Sunset stood perfectly still as she waited for her arm to steady itself. Her weapon pointed forward at a target, trying to hit it directly at the center of the bullseye. She had practiced for so long that she had reached a point where she could score a direct hit at the center without even trying most of the time, but she was feeling extra tense today.

Breathing in and out, she let off the round and noted she scored the hit she was aiming for with a nod. Rubbing her forehead, she sighed only for a muffled voice to be heard behind her. Nearly jumping, she removed the earmuffs she had on and turned around with the gun in her hands pointed in the direction of the voice. There leaning against the wall was the familiar face of a familiar siren. A bored expression across her shining eyes as she stood there filing her nails.

“You startle easy…” Adagio spoke, her voice showing little sign of emotion.

Sunset lowered her gun and sighed. “I do, I shouldn’t though because you’re just a figment of my imagination…”

“Am I now?” Adagio asked, her eyes not being taken off of her filing job. The siren wiggled her digits in front of her eyes to inspect them before returning to her work on her nails.

Nodding, Sunset took a triumphant step forward. “I’ve been seeing therapists, you’re nothing more than a manifestation of my own insecurities…”

“Is that so?” Adagio asked a smirk on her face, unfazed by the statement.

“It is, you’re dead Adagio… I made sure of that,” Sunset spoke sternly. “I went to the trial, I saw your execution, you only exist as a figment of my imagination at this point…”

“Then why am I still here, Sunset? I guess your little therapy isn’t working… I’m still in your head. You still sleep with a pistol under your pillow, you still have thoughts about me, and you still would never let Sonata or Aria near you unless you kept your eyes on them… Face it, you’re not over it, Sunset Shimmer,” Adagio taunted.

“I still have a ways to go, I suppose…” Sunset sighed.

Adagio dropped her nail file and locked eyes with Sunset, her fierce gaze making Sunset flinch just a tad. “You know why? Because you are trying to run from the truth…”

“No way.” Sunset shook her head.

Adagio took a step toward the redhead as she spoke, her voice getting darker and filled with venom. “The reality is, if you hadn’t gotten involved, Shimmer wouldn’t be dead.”

“That’s not true…” Sunset denied.

“It is true…” Adagio smirked as she closed the distance between the two, eventually getting only inches from Sunset’s face as she spoke.

“Had you just kept your nose out of other people’s business or maybe not come to the human world at all, she’d still be alive, and you know it. You’re the reason she’s dead… You came to this world and intervened with all of its workings, and you’re just now realizing that there is a price to pay for all of that…” Adagio grinned devilishly.

“I didn’t pull the trigger, you did!” Sunset defended.

“And who do you think put the gun in my hand?” Adagio asked.

There was a pause, Sunset didn’t want to answer that question, however Adagio decided to do so for her.

“You were the target, she died trying to save you… The reason why you can’t get me out of your head… The reason why you still have a hard time sleeping at night is because you know that it should have been you at that execution as well…” Adagio nearly whispered as she came close to Sunset’s ear, her hot breath feeling very real. “You can’t escape the fact that you know that you were the intended target… Had you not come to this world, Shimmer would be alive, her parents would be alive… And they’d be living together happily…”

Sunset froze, unable to say or do anything.

A small chuckle escaped Adagio as she spoke her next words. “There’s still a way to make it right though…”

“What’s that?” Sunset asked, her voice trembling.

“You can die…” Adagio said, her words were abrupt as Sunset felt a sharp pain in her stomach, looking down to see Adagio’s hand pressed through her gut, blood dripping out of Sunset and down Adagio’s arm. Everything faded, Sunset felt light headed until she started to close her eyes.

Sunset’s eyes shot open as she found herself back in her bedroom, she pulled the pistol from under her pillow out and pointed it around the room looking for any intruders. Once she was sure that she was alone she lowered the weapon and rested her head back on the pillow.

Tears began to well up in her eyes, and slowly streak down her face. What am I doing? She asked herself. It was clear that she was struggling to move past what had happened with Shimmer. Therapy was helping, as was opening up about it, but she knew that she’d never be normal again, despite how much she wanted to be. Her thoughts eventually fell onto Twilight and how unfair she was being to the girl.

Twilight deserves to not have to deal with the emotionally damaged person that is myself… Sunset thought. She felt pained to know that Twilight would have to keep putting up with her when she was like this, that Twilight would have to find excuses to let Sunset’s behavior pass without comment. Her options weren’t exactly great, she could either continue to hide how she was feeling from Twilight or turn the girl into a crutch who regularly listened to Sunset complain about her problems, without nary a thing she could do to fix them.

Sunset wanted to get better, she wanted to defeat the demons inside of her, but she was struggling. She didn’t know how long that would take, or if Twilight could wait that long. She deserved to be happy now, and so long as she was with Sunset, that may not have been possible in Sunset’s mind. She loved Twilight, she knew that they clicked so well and that they both were perfect together when Sunset was at her best, but Sunset didn’t know how often her best would come out.

She was determined though. Wiping her tears, Sunset sat up realizing that if she wanted Twilight, she needed to fight harder. If therapy wasn’t working, she needed to push herself harder, she needed to try as hard as she could to let her better side come out and put the past behind her.

There was an ocean of doubts in her mind, but at that moment, she was ready to push past them and try to make things work. She hoped she would succeed.

Scribbling away at the various pieces of parchment at her desk, a busy Princess Twilight Sparkle yawned and stretched as she noted she was nearing the halfway mark of her work. A small smile came to the mare’s face as she realized she could break for lunch shortly. Her mind was already gravitating to thoughts of a nice salad and perhaps a sandwich to go with it, if she was feeling extra peckish, she’d probably make a stop at the ice cream parlor at Sugar Cube Corner. Princess or not, Twilight couldn’t resist the delectable treat, and Pinkie Pie certainly made the best around.

The thought of lunch filling her mind as she zipped through paperwork prevented her from even hearing the door to her study open. A young unicorn approached the Princess and stood in front of Twilight’s crystal desk, just watching the former librarian complete paperwork in record time. She always admired how studious the Princess was, but today she seemed to have a certain fire about her that made her work even more efficiently than usual.

The unicorn sitting in front of Twilight’s desk cleared her through, catching Twilight’s attention. “Oh, Starlight… I didn’t see you come in…”

Starlight nodded and bowed respectfully. “I apologize, I guess you’re too busy…”

“Nonsense, I was just getting a little too caught up in all this paperwork, I was about to break for lunch anyway, as I’m well ahead of schedule, did you come to join me?” Twilight smiled.

Starlight had been her first “official” student in Equestria, and Twilight couldn’t be prouder of her. She shined in all the right ways, and sometimes even taught Twilight a thing or two. Starlight was brilliant, gifted and a great listener. While Spike was still her number one assistant, Starlight had become her right hoof, an advisor that worked directly for her. A part of Twilight wished she could have interested Sunset in such a role, then she would have double the brilliance on her side, however, it wasn’t meant to be.

“I’d love to join you for lunch, but that’s not why I came in here… I mean I’ll still go have lunch with you, but I actually wanted to ask you about something…” Starlight spoke, a hint of nervousness on her voice, nervousness that Twilight caught right away.

“Something wrong?” Twilight asked with a raised brow.

“It’s about the Adagio case…” Starlight lowered her head.

Twilight set her quill down and leaned in from her desk. “What of it?”

“Well, I haven’t seen the letters myself, since Spike is the one that handles the journal, but he has said that Sunset’s recent letters have been… Concerning…” Starlight spoke.

Twilight’s expression remained neutral. “Concerning how?”

“Sunset is convinced that the ordeal with Adagio isn’t over, even though she’s dead… Is there perhaps some way that Adagio’s power could still be influencing people after death? She said she spoke with the other two sirens and they claimed they never knew anything like that…” Starlight explained.

Shrugging, Twilight leaned back in her seat. “Then there you have it.”

“Only thing is… Can we really trust the word of two sirens? I mean if I were a siren I wouldn’t want to give away all the secrets to my power… Especially to creatures that I saw as potential enemies,” Starlight proposed.

Twilight placed a hoof on her chin, unable to deny that argument. She was nothing if she wasn’t logical. “I suppose that makes sense… Truthfully, we don’t know much about sirens… For a long time, we thought them extinct, but it’s possible that there are more mysteries to their powers that we don’t even know about…”

“Should we be concerned then?” Starlight asked.

“Probably not, it sounds like Sunset is just being overly paranoid again…” Twilight shrugged before stepped down from her chair and coming around to meet Starlight face to face.

Starlight blinked at that explanation. “Is that… A common occurrence then?”

Twilight smirked. “Yeah, all the time. She’s a little like me but to a bigger extreme. Sunset has a tendency to be a huge worry wart…”

“I never got the chance to meet her at the trial… What is she like?” Starlight asked as the two began to walk toward the door together.

“Sunset? She’s… She’s something else, that’s for sure…” Twilight chuckled.

Twilight was clacking away at her keyboard, trying to get a head start on some emails that her professors had sent her. She had requested a copy of the class schedules early so that she might get a head start on some of her work. Despite enjoying her time off, Twilight often felt listless if she wasn’t learning something new or studying. Too much time off drove her mad, she recalled a kid that she often took summer courses just to occupy her time. The last few summers were the only times she had even opted to simply do nothing.

Her concern was on Sunset, however, the entire time she was typing. She had hoped focusing her mind on something else would take her mind off of the girl, but it certainly seemed to have the opposite effect.

So focused on what she was doing, Twilight didn’t even hear the door open and her mother walk inside. She nearly flicked when Velvet’s hand rested on her shoulder. Looking up from her seat, she saw her mother standing there smiling. “Hello, dear. What’re you up to?”

“Oh hello, mother. I’m just emailing some teachers before class begins, you know? I have a week or so, but it never hurts to get a head start…” Twilight grinned.

“Well, that’s not inherently true… The early bird may get the worm, but the worm that sleeps in gets to live…” Velvet smirked.

Twilight shook her head and rolled her eyes. “You always know how to ruin something, don’t you, mom?”

“That’s what mothers are for.” Velvet winked.

“So how has Sunset been?” Velvet changed the subject.

Twilight bit her lip for a moment, wanting to be truthful in that she was concerned for her girlfriend, but at the same time, Sunset had never officially shared that there was any kind of problem, so Twilight would effectively be blabbing about Sunset’s business to other people.

Instead, she decided to play it cool. “She’s good…”

Velvet grabbed a nearby chair to Twilight’s other desk and pulled it up. She sat in it backward and rested her arms on the back of the chair. The more Twilight looked at her mother the more she realized there was an inner child in her that always seemed to find its way out.

“So, what’s that mansion like? I’ve never been inside it…” Velvet asked curiously.

Twilight let out a laugh. “Oh man, the house is huge. I haven’t been in at least 80% of the rooms.”

“I’m assuming she has multiple bathrooms?” Velvet asked.

“And a Japanese style bathhouse!” Twilight exclaimed with excitement.

“What!? No way!” Velvet covered her mouth.

Nodding, Twilight grinned. “Yup, apparently Shimmer was part Japanese so there are a few Japanese themed things in the house.”

“So lucky… I hear those bathhouses are divine… That and I sort of figured that Shimmer was Eurasian, she’s so beautiful, just like Sunset. They get all the best genetics…” Velvet sounded almost as if she was pouting in jealousy as she spoke.

She was far from wrong though. Twilight always noted that while pale, Sunset had a great complexion, her skin seemed nearly flawless shy of the scar on her back. She had somehow inherited thick hair though, but she wore it so lusciously. From every angle that Twilight looked at her, Sunset was drop dead gorgeous.

A part of her felt a small sense of pride knowing that she got to call such a girl her girlfriend and that others looked with envy. Twilight was seldom one for gloating, but she couldn’t lie and say that she didn’t feel great knowing that people looked at her with envy for being with such an attractive woman.

“She really is…” Twilight agreed.

Velvet sighed and looked around the room. “Say, this room is a bit messier than usual… Are you catching some bad habits from your new girlfriend?” Velvet grew a sinister smirk as she spoke, clearly enjoying the teasing of her daughter.

“Huh? Oh no, I just haven’t been home a lot, and distracted. I will clean this place up over the next few days, promise,” Twilight spoke.

Velvet came to a stand and stared at the room for a good eight seconds before wandering toward Twilight’s bed. Twilight merely watched as the woman lifted a pair of jeans from the bed and grinned. With the jeans in hand, Velvet looked back at Twilight. “So… I take it you got into Sunset’s pants then?”

Twilight blushed and cursed herself for leaving those there. She had hoped her mother would just assume they were her own jeans and leave them be. However, she had forgotten that her mother knew her exact sizes and that the jeans on the bed were far from Twilight’s size.

While Twilight did have a nice rear, Sunset had far wider hips and more defined legs. That required a few sizes larger than Twilight.

“I… Uh…” Twilight’s blush only continued to grow as she attempted to think of a believable excuse for the article to be laying on her bed.

“She… borrowed a pair of my pajamas…” Twilight lied.

Velvet grinned. “That’s odd… Because all of your pajamas have been in that hamper over there for a good week…”

Shit. Twilight cursed in her mind.

Sighing, Twilight realized she was caught. “Okay… those are probably let after we snuggled… She was originally going to spend the night anyway, but after we got… Intimate, I wanted to snuggle, so when we woke up the next day she just changed into the change of clothes she brought and said she may as well leave those here so I had them in case she forgot a change of clothes the next time she came over…”

Velvet grinned. “My my, already having her clothing over for when she spends the night? You’re practically a step away from moving in together…”

Twilight blinked at that suggestion. “Huh? No… We’re taking things at a nice pace… No need to rush to stuff like that…”

“I’m only teasing, Twilight.” Velvet giggled before folding the pants in her hands.

At that moment an object fell out of Sunset’s pocket. Setting the pants down onto Twilight’s bed, Velvet reached down and scooped up the object. It was about the size of her palm, and in the shape of a sort of a long silver rectangle with fins on one side. “What’s this?” She asked.

Twilight looked over at the object and came to a stand to come closer to examine it. She had never seen it before, but she had a vague idea of what it was. Taking the item from Velvet, Twilight gripped it between her fingers and inspected it for some kind of button. Sure enough, she located one on the side and pressed it, causing a blade to extrude from the device at alarming speeds. Both Twilight and Velvet flinched backward as the item revealed itself to be a switchblade knife.

“Well then… Aren’t those illegal?” Velvet asked.

Twilight remained silent as she stared at the blade.

“I take it you two are into some really kinky stuff then?” Velvet grinned devilishly.

Coming back to reality, Twilight blinked and shook her head. “Huh? No… It’s not like that…”

Velvet giggled and placed a finger over Twilight’s lips. “My lips are sealed. You two are consenting adults, whatever you’re into is your own business. Just… Try and be safe…”

Twilight found her eyes looking back at the blade, staring as she was mesmerized by the shining silver knife. Her mother assumed it was sexual play, but Twilight knew the truth. She knew that this blade signified something else, and to her, it was more of a reason to be concerned about Sunset. It was clear now that she still lived in fear.

Sitting down for lunch with her former student, Princess Twilight placed her hooves on the table after they ordered. Starlight running a hoof through her long mane as she spoke.

“So, this ordeal about sirens magic having lasting effects… You said you think it’s a possibility?” Starlight asked.

Sighing, Princess Twilight realized she wasn’t going to avoid talking shop so long as there were things on Starlight’s mind. Caving, she decided to entertain her thoughts. “Well, I mean it’s not like anyone’s done extensive research on the creatures… Clover the Clever did a few articles about them, but most of their findings were inconclusive.”

“What about Starswirl? I mean he defeated them and sent them to the human world, he must have known quite a bit about them! I’ve read most of his work, but I’m only recently getting to the royal archived stuff… Given that prior to meeting you, it was off limits to anyone not connected to the royal family…” Starlight cleared her throat, hoping she was at least showing her gratefulness.

Twilight nodded and grinned. “I’ve read everything in that archive and I regret to inform you that Starswirl knew very little. All he knew is that their voices granted them power and that they had to be stopped. His spell was a crude version of the mirror, and when he utilized it, it actually sent the sirens forward in time to another universe. The mirror used to displace time a little bit itself, but since we’ve stabilized it, it now sends the user to the exact time on both sides…”

“Are you sur-“ Starlight was cut off.

“I have read everything and anything by Starswirl and memorized it… Trust me, if I say it’s not there… You can take that to the bank…” Twilight stated.

Unable to argue with that, Starlight rubbed her chin in thought. “Well… Let’s go over what we already know based upon common knowledge and the trial…”

Another sigh escaped Twilight. “Sure, why not… I had hoped for a work-free lunch, but let’s talk about dangerous magical beings instead… Because I don’t get to hear about that subject enough in my line of work…”

“Sorry, just hear me out okay?” Starlight frowned and apologized. She hated stealing what precious little free time Twilight did have from work, but the situation was nagging her something fierce, fierce enough that she knew she wouldn’t be able to think straight until she talked about it.

It was difficult to stay mad at Starlight for being so studious, a trait that Twilight herself had instilled in her.

“Alright, go on.” Twilight gestured with her hoof.

Nodding, Starlight levitated a paper out of her bag and began writing down notes with a quill she magicked out of the same bag. Creating a list of bullet points. “So the first thing we know is that sirens are immortal, right?”

“All of our research points to that, sirens cannot die by old age, and they don’t get deathly ill… So long as no one tries to kill them, and they continue to feed they can live forever…” Twilight explained.

Starlight nodded in agreement as she made a note. “We also know that they get their powers from their amulets…”

“Their bodies are not good at holding magic, meaning that if an amulet is destroyed then a siren becomes powerless…” Twilight reminded.

“Right, however in Adagio’s case, she was able to restore her amulet with the magic of another,” Starlight reminded.

Twilight sighed and looked off into the distance. “Well… You’re half right…”

“Huh?” Starlight blinked. “What do you mean?”

“Shimmer’s magic was only half of what she needed…” Twilight explained.

“I don’t follow…” Starlight tilted her head.

“Before the execution of Adagio, she and I spent the last several hours of her life in her cell with her telling me quite a great deal about her life and what she had been through leading up to her being captured… and eventually executed…” Twilight explained.

Starlight blinked, this was the first she had heard of this. “Why didn’t you say anything?”

“The meeting was spur of the moment, and I didn’t feel it was necessary to tell anyone…” Twilight stated, her tone very melancholy.

“I’m going to assume that has something to do with that kiss?” Starlight raised a brow.

Sighing, Twilight finally looked back at her friend with a raised brow. “You’re still hung up on that, aren’t you?”

“Wouldn’t you be? I mean you kissed a murderer before putting her to death yourself… Not to mention this murderer and you didn’t exactly have the best history together…” Starlight crossed her hooves.

“Jealous, are we?” Twilight asked a hint of playfulness on her voice.

“I’m not jealous!” Starlight defended, her face turning a hint of crimson.

“Relax, it’s not my first kiss anyway…” Twilight giggled.

“R-really? Who else have you kissed?” Starlight leaned in with interest.

She winked at her friend. “As Rarity says… A lady doesn’t kiss and tell…”

“Ha ha… But back to you and Adagio…” Starlight said, realizing that she was unlikely to pry much more out of Twilight regarding her past romantic encounters. Though she certainly was curious as Twilight didn’t strike her as the dating type; she was far too much of a workaholic for that.

Deciding to not take her teasing any further, Twilight shrugged. “I did it because after hearing what I did… I felt the girl needed some compassion in her final moments… That she deserved to be shown some affection… You have no idea what that girl went through… Murderer or not, the horrors she endured, if someone had shown her compassion a long time ago, she probably would have never become such a thing… I just wanted her to know in her final moments that we’re not all like what she envisions…”

Starlight sunk down in her seat, a bit uncomfortable at how defensive she had just gotten. Twilight made Adagio sound so sympathetic.

“If you felt bad for her, why did you still execute her?” Starlight asked.

“Crime is crime, it can’t go unpunished. The reality is… I was too late to save her, she had done so much wrong that there was nothing I could say that would change her… Not to mention the outrage of Equestria when they found out that I allowed a murderer to walk… Her punishment was already set into motion, she chose to share her story after that fact, and to a private party and not the courtroom,” Twilight explained.

“That… Must have been hard on you…” Starlight frowned.

“One of the hardest things, I’ve ever done as a Princess…” Twilight admitted.

“Did you learn anything from her story?” Starlight asked, trying to turn the conversation back into being productive again.

“Plenty, but the only bit that I’m sharing is about the amulet…” Twilight said, her tone became very standoffish.

Starlight blinked and tilted her head once more. “Why?”

“I was told this all in confidence, what kind of Princess would I be if I simply blabbed the secrets of others?” Twilight smirked.

Starlight had no choice but to agree. “Alright, so what about the amulet? You mentioned I was only half right about how to restore them?”

Twilight nodded. “Yup, it takes one more thing…”

“Which is?” Starlight leaned in curiously.

“Lifeforce. Restoring an amulet requires the life force of another, in other words… Someone has to die to restore an amulet to power… That’s part of why sirens protect them so much, they are difficult to repair, but even more difficult to forge a new one…” Twilight stated.

“So that’s why…” Starlight pieced it all together in her mind. She wanted to ask more about the process to create a new amulet, but she assumed that if it was indeed a problem, Twilight would have mentioned it by now.

Twilight nodded. “Sadly, I don’t know if there are any lasting effects of siren’s magic, however, I can at least say that the amulet won’t be restored…”

“How are you so confident of that?” Starlight asked, her brow raised.

“When the amulet broke, the pieces that we could find were gathered, I took one of the pieces and hid it here… That way they aren’t even in the same world. Even if someone could assemble the pieces in the human world, they’d have a hard time getting the last one… The rest have either been lost before we returned to the scene, or in the possession of Detective Shining Armor…” Twilight explained.

“The human counterpart of your brother, right?” Starlight asked, recalling seeing him at the trial, though she didn’t get a chance to talk to him. She was mostly popping in and out that day and didn’t get a chance to meet anyone directly.

Nodding, Twilight grinned. “Yup, safe to say that the chances of anyone reassembling it are slim to none. However, since we have a shard… We could study it to see if we can find any evidence that siren’s powers could leave lasting effects?”

“That sounds like a research project…” Starlight smirked.

“Indeed it does, and who better to assist me than my favorite lab assistant?” Twilight returned the smirk.

“I’d be honored.” Starlight giggled.

“You should be, not many get to see me in action,” Twilight replied.

“Sounds great, but first… it looks like our lunch is here.” Starlight pointed.

Parking her car, Twilight let out a deep sigh as she realized how stressful the situation she was about to enter truly was. She had convinced Sunset to allow her to spend the night with her, and have a small little date at her estate, but she had ulterior motives. She couldn’t get her mind off of the switchblade that she found in the woman’s pants pocket, and she intended to confront her girlfriend regarding the matter. Enough was enough, she needed to tackle Sunset’s problem head-on. There was a chance that it could not only create awkward conversation but some resentment toward Twilight for even bringing it up. She was mentally preparing herself for such an outcome.

The girl took a deep breath and then exhaled as she leaned back in her seat, preparing for the worst in the event that bringing up the topic made Sunset angry or annoyed. However, Twilight knew that their relationship couldn’t last if she didn’t force Sunset to open up about this kind of thing. Twilight needed to not be kept in the dark, and if that meant getting Sunset a little upset with her, then so be it.

Twilight looked at herself in the vanity mirror of her parent’s car. Pointing to her reflection, she lectured herself. “You can do this, Twilight. Just go in there and bring the subject up… It doesn’t have to be a big fight… Let her know you are concerned and that you care about her…”

After the small pep talk, Twilight flipped the mirror back up and nodded before stepping out of her car. She approached the door to the house and took another breath before ringing the bell.

It wasn’t even eight seconds before she heard a buzzer that signified the door was unlocked. Nodding, Twilight stepped inside to see a simple dressed Sunset in the foyer, standing on the staircase looking down at Twilight. Her shining eyes looking down at Twilight, as Twilight sized her up as she stood there in her torn skinny jeans and scoop top, a familiar magical geode dangling from her neck.

Even in such simple attire, Sunset’s assets always looked stunning. It made Twilight a bit jealous of how she always looked sexy.

Taking a few steps forward, Sunset found her way off of the stairs and took Twilight’s hand in her own, a smile on her face. She seemed in a far better mood than the days prior, which set Twilight at ease.

Twilight accepted her hand being taken before Sunset used it to reel the girl in and snake an arm around her back, holding Twilight close to her body, a smile on her face. Sunset’s confidence seemed far higher today than the previous few days. “I missed you…” Sunset stated plainly.

“Missed you too…” Twilight smiled lightly, enjoying the feeling of being held by her lover.

“Sorry I’ve been acting so crappy lately…” Sunset apologized, using a free hand to stroke Twilight’s cheek with the back of her fingers.

Twilight practically melted in the girl’s touch. “Yeah… It’s alright though… I understand… I think anyway…”

“You’re too forgiving…” Sunset smirked as she placed her fingers on Twilight’s chin, forcing the girl to look up at her.

When Twilight met Sunset’s eyes, Sunset slowly allowed her eyelids to close as she closed the distance between the two, planting a tender kiss with her velvet lips on Twilight’s own. Twilight found herself relaxing, her body just allowing Sunset to hold her in place while she accepted the more dominant woman’s kiss. There was no denying that Sunset held power over Twilight, but somehow it excited Twilight. She loved the fact that Sunset could control her in all the right ways.

The kiss broke but left Twilight’s lips tingling as she opened her eyes to stare at Sunset.

“I was thinking we could order a dinner? Watch a movie or something, then see where it goes?” Sunset asked.

“See where it goes? Are you planning on undressing me and having your way with me again?” Twilight raised a brow, feeling a bit emboldened from the kiss, enough to make such a statement anyway. The longer she spent around Sunset, the more she began to appreciate the girl’s flirting, and became more capable of doing it back.

Sunset grinned, a small blush on her face. “Well… I was going to be a bit more subtle about it, but let’s see what happens before I commit to that?”

Nodding, Twilight allowed Sunset’s grip on her to loosen up as the redhead gestured toward the living room. Twilight followed for what was sure to be a very interesting night.

The bulk her the night was filled with snuggling on the couch watching a series of films, most of which neither of the two girls had ever seen. Occasionally the two would make out in between watching the television and scarfing down slices of pizza. Somewhere in between, Moon showed up to get some snuggling in with the two girls, which both happily obliged.

Before they knew it, it had turned to sometime past midnight, specifically 12:08. Sunset looked at her Apple Watch and stretched as she came to a stand. “I think that’s enough movies for one night… Wanna head to the bedroom?”

“Subtle…” Twilight rolled her eyes.

“Hey, I could have just said, ‘let’s fuck’, but I didn’t, did I?” Sunset smirked.

Twilight could only roll her eyes again as a response, unable to think of a retort to such a ridiculous statement.

Noting her girlfriend’s eye roll, Sunset sighed and shook her head. “Alright, how about… Wanna come upstairs to the bedroom and potentially fuck?”

“More to the point, but some subtlety wouldn’t kill you…” Twilight responded as she took an offered hand and came to a stand with Sunset.

“So is that a no?” Sunset asked, her face reeking of false innocence.

“You know I can’t say no to you…” Twilight rolled her eyes.

“I wonder why… It’s my tits, isn’t it?” Sunset asked.

“W-wha?” Twilight blushed and looked away.

“I noticed, you’re a tits girl, I’ve been paying attention…” Sunset teased.

“It’s actually all of you… But if you must know… They definitely don’t hurt…” Twilight admitted, unable to make eye contact as she admitted something so perverted.

Sunset giggled and nodded. “Maybe I’ll get your name tattooed on them for you.”

Twilight blushed and decided to leave that one alone as she began to follow her girlfriend upstairs. The way up was mostly uneventful shy of Twilight noticing the scenery in the hallways. She was slowly becoming more and more familiar with the house and many rooms had become familiar to her, especially the room that Sunset would call her own.

Opening the door to her bedroom, Twilight noted that the room remained as tidy as ever, which was odd because prior to becoming a millionaire, Twilight didn’t recall Sunset to be the most well-kept person. Often she left things relatively untidy at her old apartment. Twilight wondered if gaining money had instilled some kind of new manners in her.

Sunset closed the door behind them before swinging around and pinning Twilight to the back of the door with an audible thud. Twilight let out a yelp but was silenced as Sunset pinned her wrist to the wall above her head and forced her into a powerful kiss.

At first, Twilight was taken by shock, but she eased up and allowed herself to be controlled as she moaned lightly into the gesture. Sunset’s kisses were like drugs, getting just one only made Twilight want more.

Once Sunset had established dominance, she allowed her tongue to swirl around Twilight’s, the other girl not even putting up a fight for control as Sunset did as she pleased. Playfully, Sunset nipped Twilight’s lip causing a light yelp from her lover before breaking the kiss and pressing her forehead to Twilight’s.

“I love you…” Sunset nearly whispered.

“I love you too…” Twilight replied breathily as the two stared into each other’s eyes.

“Do you want me?” Sunset asked.

Twilight froze, still a bit shy at being asked such a bold question. “Y-yeah…” She managed to stutter out.

“You didn’t convince me…” Sunset teased.

Twilight managed to say it again without stuttering. “Yes…”

“Then say it…” Sunset commanded.

Turning back to face her lover, Twilight locked eyes with Sunset and spoke lustily. “I want you…”

“That’s my girl…” Sunset cooed as she reached a hand forward and pet Twilight’s cheek. “You’re learning…”

“Yes… Master…” Twilight smiled lightly as Sunset released her from being pinned to the door and allowed her to explore the room.

Twilight wandered about until she stood in the empty space next to the bed and giggled as she gestured for Sunset to come to her with her index finger. A smirk on her face, Sunset obliged and made a rapid approach, grabbing Twilight playfully, eliciting a giggle out of her girlfriend.

“You’re really into this, huh?” Twilight asked.

“Porn gives one a lot of fantasies…” Sunset admitted as she stroked Twilight’s long silky hair.

“I’ve gotten a few of my own from it too…” Twilight nearly whispered.

“Maybe I can make some of them come true?” Sunset chuckled lightly.

“I was hoping you’d say that…” Twilight spoke before stepped backward and finding the nearest surface, in this case, a vanity and clearing it off before hopping onto it, letting her rump sit on top of the surface. She was giggling playfully until she saw Sunset’s expression take a complete 180.

“What’s wrong?” Twilight asked.

Sunset rushed forward and gestured for Twilight to get down. “That was Shimmer’s…” Sunset uttered as she frantically scrambled to put everything back atop of the vanity, trying to match how it was prior, fidgeting with a light to get it back to the exact position, eventually finishing the work with a pair of spare glasses that Shimmer had left behind.

“Sunset… I…” Twilight began, but she was cut off instantly.

“Don’t ever mess with her stuff, got it?” Sunset’s tone had become very stern suddenly.

“I didn’t know…” Twilight frowned.

“Well, now you do… Fuck…” Sunset shook her head.

For some reason Sunset’s attitude about it set something off in Twilight, it ignited a fuse that Twilight had been keeping from the flame for some time. As she felt her anger and annoyance flare up, Twilight reached over to the Vanity and pushed the entire thing over, knocking it to the ground and all the contents to the floor with it. Sunset looked over at Twilight with a mixture of horror, confusion, and anger, unsure which was going to come out first. Confusion seemed to win out.

“What are you doing?” Sunset asked.

“I’ve had it with this bullshit!” Twilight yelled.

Sunset remained silent, allowing Twilight to finish.

“Shimmer is dead, Sunset! She isn’t coming back! You need to fucking let go! You think keeping this stuff exactly the way it was is going to make you feel better!? She’s dead! Dead! Dead! DEAD!” Twilight screamed as loud as she could, fed up with the behavior Sunset had been exhibiting in the past few weeks.

Sunset’s voice grew cold and low as Twilight was certain she could see tears running down the girl’s face as she knelt down to the fallen Vanity. A low pitched command exited her throat. “Get out…”

“Fine, but if I leave this house… I know I’ll never see you again…” Twilight stated as she crossed her arms looking down at her girlfriend.

“Oh?” Sunset responded, still focused on the fallen vanity.

“I know you, Sunset. You’re on a path of self-destruction, and you won’t stop until you succeed at destroying yourself. If I walk out that door, I’m positive the next time I’ll see you is in a coffin…” Twilight felt tears of her own rolled down her face, but she remained stern in her tone.

“What makes you so sure of that…” Sunset asked defensively. Her tone already saying it all to Twilight.

“I found this in your pocket at my house…” Twilight reached into her pocket and retrieved the switchblade and tossed it onto the floor. “I also still remember the revolver in the living room… I’m pretty sure that single bullet wasn’t for target practice…”

Sunset remained silent, not wanting to speak.

“I love you, Sunset… But you are too hellbent on destroying yourself… I… I can’t deal with that… You need help… I’m not the person to give it to you though…” Twilight started to stammer with her words as she spoke a truth she had known for months now.

There was no answer from Sunset. She remained still, quiet and unreadable.

Twilight reached into her wallet and retrieved a card and tossed it on the floor next to Sunset. “Give these people a call… I wanted to talk to you about all of this in another way… They’re expecting to hear from you… I don’t know what goes on in your head, but I can say this… You’re alive, Sunset… You’re alive for a reason, and destroying yourself is not a good way to repay Shimmer for keeping you alive…”

Sunset continued to give Twilight no words until the girl nodded and took her leave. “Goodbye, Sunset…”

Twilight was probably more terrified than Sunset was. At that moment, she didn’t know if she’d ever see the girl she had fallen madly in love with again.

Sunset looked over at the card and took it in her hand to examine it.

Can anyone blame Twilight for being all about those tits? I mean seriously.