Chapter 23

Fluttershy and I spent the rest of the day preparing for our return to work. Since I would be staying with her, I went to my place and brought back a bunch of my things. Some clothes, some personal items, hygiene products, etc. while she made sure she had enough laundry done to last her the week. It was kind of mundane, but I enjoyed doing it with her.

I felt free of the burden of knowing that she was going to age and eventually die in front of me. Instead, she will remain a gorgeous woman for all time.

“Finally…someone to be with who I don’t have to eventually give up.” I thought as I watched her scurry about the house, getting herself ready to try to return to a normal life…despite the fact that she was no longer normal.

I wondered how Rarity was doing. What were her and Sunset up to? My girlfriend and I both watched our phones all day to make sure Rarity wasn’t contacting us, needing help.

We spent the night in the backyard, sitting by the fire, talking about the future. What will it be like? What kind of things will happen? What are we going to live through? Is it possible that we might end up being the only two living things on this planet if something happened?…like a nuclear war or a meteor impact.
Actually…it would be the three of us.

The week started out fairly normal. We made small talk in the morning as we got ready to go after showering to get the smoke smell off of us. As she was slipping her feet into her green boots, I could see on the bottoms of the feet that the tread pattern had butterflies scattered around in it. I wondered where she got boots like these.

Monday night after work we made supper and ate together, followed by watching TV in the evening. She habitually went to go get ready for bed, still not used to the idea of just staying up all night every night…I figured it would take a while for her to get over that. We tried to watch TV a bit longer, but just ended up making love on the chaise lounge…three times.

We had a fire again on Tuesday night. I tried to sell her on the idea of having sex in the fire, but she didn’t want to because she was worried that the black ash might not wash off of her skin and then everyone at work would ask her about it. So we had sex in the adirondack chair in the backyard…and ended up breaking it. So we threw it in the fire and finished our session in the grass.

Wednesday she decided to go to bed around 1am and just lay there. She was admittedly missing the whole human habit of sleeping every night. I told her it was fine, she’ll get used to being up all the time and if she wants to go to bed until then, then she should. She wanted me to lay with her, which I did. We snuggled under the covers together until morning, loving the feelings and sounds of each other as we laid there, spooning together.

Thursday we were on the couch, watching TV. Fluttershy was watching some movie she really liked that I personally wasn’t really into, so I decided to text Rarity to see how she was doing.

RARITY: I'm doing just fine! How are you and Fluttershy?

ME: She's doing great, but she's having a bit of trouble with wanting to go to bed still.

RARITY: Oh, not me! I've been at the boutique every night this week! I must admit, this condition of ours allows me to be SO much more productive. And not just time wise...I don't get tired, I don't need to stop for meals, and I can move faster because I do not have to worry about sticking myself anymore. It is simply wonderful!

ME: Just be careful that u don't let too many people know about it, like that Coco chick you have working there. Remember, there r people looking for me and they'll be just as interested in u if they realise what u r.

RARITY: Duly noted. Thank you.

ME: Everything else OK?

RARITY: Yes. Mostly.

ME: Mostly?

RARITY: I wanted to apologise for being so dramatic about the hot tub incident on Saturday. I pride myself in being a proper lady, and I was worried that you two would no longer think of me as such. What a silly notion! I should never have been so worried about it, what a fool I've been!

ME: It's fine. Like we said, we don't think any differently of u. Flutters loves you very much.

There was a pause for a few minutes. Then I got this:

RARITY: And what of you?

I didn’t know how to answer. Was she asking me if I loved her? I stared at the screen for a minute before deciding to show the messages to Fluttershy. I passed her the phone and watched her read the conversation as the light from the screen illuminated her pretty face in the dark. I saw one of her eyebrows go up when she got to the end and she looked at me.

“I told you she liked you,” she said smugly. Then she typed something into the phone before passing it back to me.

I looked at the screen and froze up when I saw that she had replied for me.

ME: Yes

I looked at my girlfriend. “Hey! Why’d you do that?”

She laughed at my reaction to what she’d done. “Don’t worry. She knows what you mean.”

I shook my head. “Let’s hope so,” I said. “Shit disturber.”

She giggled and snuggled up close to me. I watched my phone for the next while, but I never got anymore messages from Rarity that night.

My boss never asked at all about my week off. Aside from the girls, he’s the only person I currently know who is aware of my condition. As I told the girls, I had saved his life a few years back.

Before I worked there, I had stopped in at his shop to see if he could add some air to one of my truck’s tires. He was out front, writing down some information about a customer’s car when another car coming off of the street skidded sideways through his parking lot. The driver had fallen asleep, causing the car to go out of control, heading right towards him. It would have pinned him against the car he was looking at and killed him, without question. My instinct to help kicked in and I charged across the parking lot, shoulder-checking the out-of-control car so it took a different path and crashed into an old camper at the far end of the lot.

The driver survived, but was taken to the hospital when the ambulance arrived. The shop owner was shaken up pretty badly and had to close up for the day. Since the driver of the car was asleep, the shop owner was the only person to witness my abilities that day.

I took him to get a coffee so he could calm down for a bit. I told him my whole story, the same as I did with the girls. He offered me a job, paying me cash under-the-table when I told him I was in hiding and needed some cash flow. Although, I think that telling him I had been working on cars for the better part of a century also piqued his interest in me as an employee.

He has been great to me over the past few years. His gratefulness for me being there just at the right moment has led him to allow me time off whenever I need it. And he asks no questions. He also let me use the dealer plate on my truck, which is what I have been doing for a several years now. I can't actually register the vehicle myself since I'm technically off the grid...I don't even have a social insurance number, which is why he was paying me in cash. He was happy to see me return to work this week, knowing full well that if something was to happen -- like if I was discovered, I would have to leave him forever.

Friday night I got a text from Sunset.

SUNSET: Hey, I know its short notice, but I finished my finals this week and I've already got an apartment lined up in Canterlot. I've got everything pretty much packed into a U-Haul here, thanks to Twilight and her magic, but she's not coming down this weekend so do u think u could help me unload it at the new apartment?

ME: Sure. When?

SUNSET: Tomorrow? Sorry

ME: Don't be sorry. I have to work til noon though so it'll have to be after that.

SUNSET: That's perfect! I won't be in town until then anyway.

ME: K sounds good.

SUNSET: And after that, I was thinking we could all go hit the bars or something for our Saturday outing this week. The others are down with that, how about u and Flutters?

I asked my girlfriend what she thought.

“Oh,” she said a bit nervously. “I don’t really like that kind of thing, but if they’re all going then I guess I’ll go…for my friends.”

“It’s up to you.” I said. “I don’t really like bars either, but I’ll do whatever you want to.”

She nodded.

ME: We're in. But I'll have to come out here to change and get Flutters cuz I'll probs meet u at ur new place to unpack right after work.

SUNSET: Awesome! C u then!

ME: Later

The next morning I gave Fluttershy a kiss before I left for work. I worked the morning and we closed down at noon as always and I headed into Canterlot to the address that Sunset had sent me. The only other person there was Rainbow Dash, which proved to be helpful since she could zip up and down the halls like lightning, carrying boxes with her. There were about a dozen large items, a couch, a bed, some dressers and tables, most of which I brought up by myself.

We got it done pretty quick and Sunset ordered a couple of pizzas and we sat around Sunset’s small, round table and ate with cardboard boxes stacked all around us.

“So where’s this bar you want to go to, Sunset?” Dash asked.

“It’s off Hooffield St.” Sunset replied. “I don’t know how long it’s been open, but I heard through the grapevine that it’s a good time.”

“Well, even if it’s not, we’ll just go somewhere else.” Dash said. “No biggie.”

It was after 4pm, so I decided I’d better get going home to have enough time change and head back with Fluttershy.

Sunset thanked me for the help as I left. I wanted to ask her how last Sunday was with Rarity, but I couldn’t with Dash there. Eventually, we were going to have to tell the others about Rarity and Fluttershy.

Dash gave me a high-five after I had my boots on. I turned and went out and walked down the hall to take the elevator down to the parking lot.

After heading home, getting ready and driving back to town in Fluttershy’s vehicle, we met up with the other girls in the parking lot at the bar. It seemed like a rougher part of town. It put me a bit on edge.

I didn’t like bars. I have a tough time dealing with drunken behaviour, maybe it’s because I don’t know what it’s like to drink and actually feel the effect, but the last time I was in a bar there were a few broken bones that resulted. Hopefully this time will be different.

Sunset had texted everyone about twenty minutes earlier, telling us that she was already there and was inside.

“Should she be in there by herself?” I worried.

The building looked a bit drab on the outside, except for the neon sign above the front door. The parking lot was on the corner of an intersection with the bar beside it. It was a two storey building with a wide alley between it that had a chain-link fence connecting the bar to the next building.

We gathered in the parking lot. The sun had just gone down over the horizon and it was getting darker outside. All of us were there with the exception of Sunset, who was inside, and Twilight who was still in the city finishing her finals for another week. Fluttershy and I approached Rarity first, asking about her week. As she talked to Fluttershy, I could see her blue eyes darting up at me once in a while. Then I remembered the text that Fluttershy had sent her from my phone basically saying that I loved her. I figured I should probably talk to her about that tonight, just in case she had the wrong idea.

We started walking towards the front of the building, hearing the thumping of the subwoofers as they were playing whatever dance music was on inside.

When we got about ten feet from the bouncer at the front door, we heard a voice hollering. It sounded like Sunset. I looked around, trying to follow it.

I looked at Fluttershy. “Did you hear that?” I asked.

She nodded. “Yeah…where did it come from?”

Then we heard it again. This time, all of us heard it and stopped. “FUCK OFF!” the voice yelled. It was definitely Sunset.

“It sounded like it came from that alley!” Pinkie squealed in her usual tone, pointing at the fenced-off area between the bar and the next building. We walked past the bouncer at the front door and headed over to the alley. There was a small gate in the fence that was pad-locked on the inside. The alleyway was about forty feet deep, with a couple of dumpsters against the wall and some metal garbage bins were randomly placed along the side. There were some building materials stacked around as well from some recent renovations. There was a door on the right side of the alley, which presumably led into the bar.

We could see a man in there. Someone who looked like a bar patron, wearing the usual clothes that someone would wear to place like that. He also appeared to be visibly intoxicated as he was pacing around another person…

It was Sunset. She was yanking on the door to get back into the bar, but it seemed to be locked. She was yelling at him to leave her alone. As we approached the fence, we saw the drunk guy go over to the pile of building scrap and pick up a three foot long 2x4 and approach Sunset with it.

“LOOK OUT!” Dash screamed, just in time for Sunset to look over at us, then at the drunk guy as he swung the 2x4 at her. She ducked down quickly, the wood just missing the top of her head. She ran over to one of the metal garbage cans, staying crouched over slightly, worried about being hit as she grabbed the lid off of one of the cans to use as a shield just in time to block another swing of the 2x4.

The wood hit the metal lid with a loud crash.

“AAAAAAAAAHH!” Sunset cried as she dropped the lid and fell onto her back, clutching her wrist. The impact of the wood on the lid must have hit her wrist as she was holding it. “YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!” she yelled at the guy.

This all happened so fast, we barely had time to react before she was already down on the ground. When I saw him swing that piece of wood and hit her with such a loud crash, I could feel rage instantly boiling to the surface. I put my hand out, shoving on the gate, snapping the padlock off easily. Opening the gate, I walked through as the lock hit the ground with a clunk at my feet. I broke into a run and closed the thirty foot gap between me and the drunkard in only three or four steps.

He turned to me, looking surprised that I was standing in front of him so suddenly.

“Big mistake, bud.” I said, clenching my fists at my sides.

He bobbed his head stupidly before making a ‘pppft’ sound, then he raised the 2x4 again and swung it at me from his right. I leaned back slightly, letting it pass in front of my face. He looked at me for a second, caught off guard that his attack didn’t connect, then he swung again from his left. I leaned back, causing him to miss again. He didn’t hesitate to swing again from his right, but this time I brought my right fist up, delivering a right hook which caught the 2x4 in the middle, smashing it in half. Splinters of wood flew everywhere, along with the broken end of the piece of wood which spun through the air before landing with a clunk on the ground about ten feet away.

He stopped, staring with his mouth open at his weapon after he felt its weight reduce noticeably.

I wasted no time grabbing his shoulders and driving my knee into his midsection, causing him to grunt loudly as the air left his lungs from the impact. His whole body was now hurling upwards into the air. I quickly let go of his shoulders and placed one hand on the back of his head before he had flown out of my reach, shoving him downwards, driving his face towards the ground. His body hammered into the ground head-first like a javelin, leaving him in a crumpled up, motionless mess on the ground.

I stood there looking at him with my teeth gritted for a moment…then I realized I had lost my temper. Really bad.

I looked back at the girls, who were still on the outside of the fence, standing motionless. Their eyes were wide, their mouths all hanging open.

“Uh…” I said.

“Holy shit…” AJ muttered.

I stood there, worried that they might be upset or scared of me now after seeing that. Even though I had told them that I had a lot of power and was quite skilled in a fight, they were not prepared to see me display this level of violence.

I was reminded of Sunset when I heard her groaning on the ground behind me. I turned to her and squatted down. She hadn’t seen what I did to the guy since she had her eyes squeezed shut from the pain in her wrist, which she was still clutching with her other hand.

I reached out and touched her shoulder. “Hey…let me see that.”

Sunset opened her eyes, her aqua-coloured irises focusing on me right away, looking surprised to see me there so suddenly. She held out her wrist to me a bit. I could see that it was starting to swell up already. “He hit the trash can lid…” she grunted. “It jammed the lid into my arm and twisted my wrist.”

I nodded. “We saw it…that was good thinking, using the lid like a shield like that. He would have hurt you a lot worse if you hadn't been so quick to react.” I said with a reassuring smile.

She looked at me for second, then nodded, looking back down at her injury.

The other girls had gathered around by this point. Fluttershy kneeled down next to Sunset to look at her wrist a little closer.

“Uh, is that guy dead?” Dash asked, still standing behind me.

I turned and looked at the guy, laying motionless amongst the garbage in the alley. “I don’t know…” I said, looking back at Dash. “Maybe?”

I looked back at Sunset. “Why were you out here?”

Sunset shook her head. “Right after I’d gotten inside the bar, I texted you guys, and then that jerk over there started hitting on me. I didn’t want to talk to him and told him nicely to leave me alone, but he insisted and started getting aggressive. I went to the bouncer and told him what was going on, but he didn’t do anything.”

I Frowned. “He didn’t do anything? That’s his fuckin job…” I said, feeling my anger start to come back.

Sunset nodded. “Yeah, I know…I didn’t know what else to do so I tried to avoid him for a bit, but he kept following me around. I found this exit here so I came out of this door to try and get away from him, then I realized that fence was there so I tried to go back in, but that door locks from the outside. Then he came out after me…”

I shut my eyes and held my hand up. I was totally pissed now. “So wait…” I said loudly, "They have a door that you can go out, but can’t get back in…and it leads to a fenced-off alley? What the fuck kind of setup is that?” I looked at the other girls. “Is that even legal??”

They just shrugged and shook their heads…they could tell I was really upset. More upset than they’ve ever seen me...I don’t think they knew what to do.

I looked at the door that Sunset had come out of. “I’m going inside to have a chat with them. This is bullshit.” I said as I stood up and went toward the door.

Sunset looked over at me as I went. She tried to tell me: “It’s-“

I grabbed the handle and yanked the door open, ripping the metal latch-plate from the door frame. Fluttershy’s shoulders jumped as the metal plate hit the ground, sending a loud clang echoing through the alley. I stepped inside, disappearing from sight.

“…Locked.” Sunset finished, looking back at Fluttershy.

*****

Inside, I made my way through the tables and crowds. There were different coloured flood lights everywhere, as well as white strobe lights flashing all over the place. There was dance music playing so loud, you barely hear yourself think. The floor itself was moving under the weight of the bass line.

Near the back, to my immediate left was a staircase that headed up to a small landing with a door at the end. I decided to go up there to see who I was going to have a chat with. I didn’t’ even know what I was doing, or what I was going to do…all I know is that I was pissed off that Sunset was outside with an injured arm, only hours after I helped her move into her apartment as she began her summer.

As I ascended the staircase, I looked out over the dance floor from the higher view. There were lots of people, drunk, jumping around…knocking into each other. I saw one idiot run into a woman from behind, causing her to spill her drink down her front. Shaking my head, I looked around for the bouncers…I found only one, standing at the side doing nothing but watching the chaos.

“What kind of place is this?” I wondered as my temper reached new heights.

At the top of the stairs there was a bouncer standing by the door. He was a fairly large man, probably 250lbs and a few inches taller than me. He looked at me and took a few steps forward, putting his hand up signalling me to stop. “You can’t be up here!” He shouted over the deafening music.

I looked around quickly to see if anyone else was looking in our direction, not wanting anyone else in the place to see what I was about to do. After seeing that no one was watching, I quickly snapped my hand up, connecting my hand to the side of his head and he silently dropped unconscious to the floor amongst the loud music and lights.

I approached the wooden door, turned the knob and walked in, closing the door behind me. It was an office of sorts, but it seemed to double as a VIP room. There were a few small tables and a small bar on the left side. The only people in there were two extremely large men, sitting on each side of a large oak desk with a man sitting behind it. He had slicked back hair, a thin beard and was wearing a tacky suit. He looked to be of Persian descent, or maybe South American?

When I walked in he looked up to see who was entering, then his expression quickly changed when he saw me. Obviously he didn’t know me and I wasn’t supposed to be in here. The two large men stood up and walked to each side of the desk as I approached. They must have been twins because they looked pretty much identical, except one was shaved bald with no facial hair, and the other had a full head of brown hair about and a full beard. They towered over me, at least a foot taller which would put them north of seven feet. Their girth was also huge. They were chubby, but I could tell there was a lot of muscle under there.

As I walked up to the desk, I could see that the man at the desk had a plate in front of him with a steak dinner on it and he was sipping from a glass of red wine.

“HEY!” I shouted, stopping a couple feet from the desk. “What the fuck is going on here?” I said loudly. As I said this, I heard the door behind me open and close again.

“Did another bouncer just come in?” I wondered. It really didn’t matter anyway. Whoever it was, they posed no threat to me. I kept my eyes locked on the guy at the desk who looked like he was in charge.

I continued. “Your patrons down there who are getting way too rowdy and your bouncers aren’t doing jack shit! My friend just had her arm smashed up by some asshole outside in the alley. She said she asked one your guys for help and he didn’t do anything!”

I saw the slicked man at the desk stare at me in disbelief, but without fear as I talked belligerently at him.

I pointed my finger right at his face. “You’d better tell your guys to do their jobs and look after these rowdy assholes, or I’m gonna go down there myself and put every one of them, including your boys, through the fuckin wall!”

The man at the desk chuckled a bit as he wiped his mouth. I could see in my peripherals that his two towering bodyguards were closing in. They stopped at arm’s length from me.

The man at the desk leaned back in his chair casually. “Sir,” he said. “Do you not realize that I am the owner of this club?” It was obvious to me by his demeanor that he was accustomed to being in a position of power. He smugly raised his eyebrows before he continued: “Do you know what happens to guys who think they can waltz in here and talk to m-“

“HEY, DID YOU HEAR ME?” I cut in, raising my voice.

The man looked stunned for a second that I cut him off in the middle of his meaningless threat. He regained his pokerface after a second, then waved is finger towards the door, signalling his men to throw me out.

The large bald man reached out and grabbed my shirt collar with a hand the size of a ham. I grabbed his hand with mine and squeezed it hard. The feeling of the bones in his hand snapping one-by-one reminded me of squeezing a bag of pretzel sticks.

As he cried out in pain, the large bearded man on the other side of me swung his huge fist. Without letting go of the bald guy’s hand I caught the bearded man’s arm by the wrist and quickly thrusted it back upwards towards his head where his forearm smashed against his face. Both bones in his forearm snapped on impact, as well as his nose and he fell to the floor unconscious like a ton of bricks.

I brought my attention back to the bald man, who was on his knees now, making him the same height as me. Letting go of his hand, I put my hand on the side of his face and drove his head through the top of the oak desk, smashing the entire thing in half. The pieces of the desk tipped over, leaving the owner sitting there on a chair with broken wood all around him.

“How about now?” I asked the man in the chair. He had his hands up in defense, his fingers shaking like leaves in the fall breeze.

“U-u-uh…” he murmured in a shaky voice. His eyes suddenly darted over to something behind me and I remembered that someone had entered the room after me.

I turned around with fire in my eyes, ready for action, only to see a woman…a woman I recognised immediately from the picture on Sunset’s phone. She had a white zip-up jacket on with purple tights with a wavy pattern on them. Her shoulder-length hair was styled in a few different shades of blue and was spiked a little bit. She had a set of headphones around her neck and large round shades with red lenses. Her skin was pale, almost like Rarity’s. She stood there with a terrified look on her face…her fear was obvious even with those glasses blocking her eyes.

I started to feel remorseful knowing that I had frightened someone who was a friend of my friends. I was here because one of them was hurt, after all, and here I was scaring the daylights out of one of their own…someone who had a hand in helping them defeat one of their enemies no less.

I looked back at the carnage I just caused, realizing that maybe I had overreacted…slightly. I looked back at her with my expression softening as my rage continued to subside. I hadn’t been this angry in many years, but something about seeing that guy take a swing at Sunset with a 2x4 just set me off, but now that I had settled down a bit I really just wanted to leave.

I figured I’d better finish what I started, so I turned back to the owner. “Don’t make me come back here.” I said, pointing at him. It was an idle threat…I really had no intention of coming back to this shit hole. I doubted any of the girls would either.

I turned to leave, walking towards the door. I looked at the girl again, figuring she must work here as the DJ or something…she must have come into the office to talk to her boss about something when she found me tearing the place up. As I walked by her, she followed me with her eyes, hidden behind those glasses. I thought about saying ‘Hi’ or something to her, but she didn’t exactly look like she wanted to talk, so I just gave her a little smile as I passed by her. She was standing just beside the exit, so I was less than a foot away from her when I opened the door and walked out.

I texted my girlfriend on the way out to find out where they were. Paying no attention to my surroundings, I walked out of the noisy place, leaving from the front entrance as I walked over to the parking lot to meet the girls.

They immediately asked me what happened in the bar. I told them I had a chat with the manager about their bouncers not doing their duties…and that they need a bit of ‘persuasion’ in order to listen.

“How’s your arm, Sunset?” I asked.

She was sitting in the passenger front seat of Rarity’s car. “It’s pretty stiff, but I think it’ll be OK. It’s not broken or anything. Rainbow put a tensor bandage on it for me…it just sucks that my summer just started and I have to unpack all my stuff with a bad arm.”

“We can help you unpack, darling.” Rarity spoke up. “We could make a night of it, starting now!”

Sunset smiled. “You guys don’t have to do that….really.”

“Oh darling, I insist.” Rarity said, flipping her stylish purple bangs with her fingertips.

Sunset sighed. “OK…maybe a little bit tonight. I’ll order some more pizzas.”

“What about that guy in the alley?” Dash asked.

“What about him?” I asked. “Is he alive?”

Dash nodded. “Yeah, he had a pulse…but he’s still laying there. He might not make it if he doesn’t get help.”

I looked up at the night sky, rubbing the back of my neck. “OK,“ I said. “We’ll head over to Sunset’s and we’ll call him an ambulance after we leave. Sound good?”

“Sure.” Dash replied.

“You’ll have to look for a pay phone.” I said. “Pull over when you see one and call 911 from it. The dispatchers can trace your cell phone and the cops will end up finding you and they’ll ask questions about how he ended up injured like that.” I instructed.

“OK. Good thinking.” Dash said. “I’ll look after it.”

I figured the owner would look after the big guys upstairs so I didn’t mention them at all.

Everyone agreed with the plan and we headed out in our separate vehicles. Fluttershy and I went in her SUV, Rarity took Sunset with her in her car and Dash and AJ went in Pinkie’s car to look for a phone before heading to Sunset’s apartment.

Once we arrived at Sunset’s, we started unpacking her stuff and setting it up around her new place. She ordered some more pizzas and actually helped a bit with the work, picking things up with one hand and setting them out…despite Rarity’s insistence that Sunset should sit and relax.

AJ and I put Sunset’s bed frame together, then threw the mattresses on and made the bed, ready for her to use anytime she wanted. As it got later, Pinkie, Dash and AJ started to get tired and decided to call it a night. Each of them gave Sunset a hug as they left. Dash actually stuck around for another half hour since she lived fairly close. Pinkie and AJ usually left together because they lived out in the country close to each other and they would usually drive Pinkie’s car together.

After they left, Fluttershy, Rarity and I continued unpacking through the night after Sunset fell asleep in her bed. We finished up around 7:00am, wondering if Sunset would like where we put her stuff. Rarity was confident that her interior design skills had given Sunset the perfect setup, but when we told her that Sunset will probably move a few things around to her liking, Rarity stuck her nose up at us. Fluttershy and I had a chuckle at her typical over-dramatic reaction.

Sunset woke up at about 8:30am, shocked to find her place completely unpacked and set up. There were tears in her eyes as she walked around looking at everything when she found the three of us on her couch. I was sitting at the one end with my head leaned back staring at the ceiling with Fluttershy curled up beside me, eyes closed with her head on my shoulder and Rarity was leaning with her back against Fluttershy, her feet up on the armrest of the other end of the couch. Her arms were folded, resting on her knees as she stared at the floor.

Sunset grinned at the three of us. “What have you crazy immortals been up to all night?”