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Duties

by Hiver

Chapter 47

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Chapter 47

The top of the tower rising above Canterlot was covered in a fine dusting of snow, but most of the cover had been either shovelled away or blown away by the wind.

Stretching my wings, I walked to look out over the city below. Lights were slowly coming on as Celestia settled her sun below the horizon.

Snow was still falling from the clouds above, as was appropriate. Tomorrow was Hearth’s Warming after all.

Not that any of us were in a Hearth’s Warming kind of mood. Discord’s revelation of not being able to send her back was… it had hit everyone hard.

Sparks and Twilight harder than most.

I knew exactly how much it sucked to be trapped in a world not your own, leaving family and friends behind.

It hit me kind of hard too to be completely honest. Made me…

…Remember.

“Hey.”

I glanced back at the familiar voice as Sunset moved up next to me, “Hey… are you sure you should be up here? It’s cold.”

She smiled a bit, “Luckily I have an Alicorn to help keep me warm,” she answered and moved up next to me.

Smiling back, I slipped my wing around her against the wind, “Warming spell too?”

“Mmm,” she agreed and touched her horn against mine, “Not really that effective against wind though, you know.”

“Yeah,” I agreed and pulled her a bit closer, “…I thought you were going to stay with the Twilights?”

She sighed softly, “…Twi and Twilight are going to Twi’s parents to spend the night. Twilight’s taking things kind of hard. She may be stuck here for a bit, they’re trying to figure things out. I think they were talking about Twilight picking a new name until she can return.”

“Yeah.”

“…And you?”

“Hmm?”

“…Kind of what happened to you too, right? I chose to leave. I didn’t know what was behind the Mirror, but I chose to go through it. You didn’t have a choice in coming here.”

I nodded and sighed, clicking my horn softly against hers, “To be completely honest, we don’t know that. I don’t remember anything between maybe half way through a day on Earth and waking up in a hospital in Equestria. For all we know, I might have chosen to go here.”

Sunset frowned and nodded, “Still…”

“…Yeah,” I admitted, “Yeah, it struck a bit too close to home. Especially since it’s my fault.”

“It’s not your fault,” Sunset protested and pulled back to frown slightly at me, “It’s Discord's.”

“That she ended up here, yes. But not that she’s stuck. I’m the one that got into a fight with her and messed up the parchment with the spell.”

Sunset shook her head quickly, “You was protecting Amber. It’s not your fault!”

“Maybe not just my fault, but I am still somewhat responsible,” I admitted, “It’s true and you know it.”

Sunset frowned and then shook her head before leaning against my side, touching horns again, “…Twilight doesn’t blame you.”

“I know.”

I blamed me. I just blamed Discord more.

“…Some Hearth’s Warming this turned out,” I then said after a moment as I looked at her.

She smiled a bit, “You got something for me, didn’t you?”
Yes and no,” I sighed and then smiled a bit at her slightly confused expression, “I had planned to bribe Rarity for a rush order, but things got a bit… well… hectic. With the entire Griffon thing, I got distracted and you know…”

That got a small grin from her, “Yeah, things have been kind of busy.”

“Mmm,” I said and tapped her horn with mine, “…You know, I read about this entire horn thing.”

“Oh?” she asked, cheeks turning a bit red.

I nodded, “Mmm. I had to dig a little to find out where it’s from, most of what I found about it was from romance novels. But I finally managed to find it in a history book on the old Unicorn tribes.”

Sunset nodded, “Yeah,” she admitted, “It started for negotiations… if one starts casting, all it takes it a twitch of the head and they're is curled up in pain on the floor. But that’s just how it started, not what it became.”

“Mmm,” I agreed with a small smile, “Hence, trashy romance novels. Mostly with Unicorn stallions in armour on the cover.”

Sunset blushes a bit and nodded, “…Yeah,” she admitted, “But it is historical too. Before actually kissing spread from the Earth Ponies, it’s what Unicorns did. It’s… nice. Luna doesn’t do it?”

“Not really. Back before she Ascended she was a Pegasus. She’s more about wings than horn,” I said with a small smile, “And Twi?”

“…Sometimes. She prefers more modern.”

Grinning a bit, I ignited my horn in a simple light spell while holding it against hers. Sunset blushed a bit and did the same thing.

Our magic sparkled softly, and I could see why Unicorns used to do this. It felt very, very intimate. Kind of… tingly. Very nice kind of tingly.

Smiling, I reached into my satchel with my magic from where it was sitting on the ground to pull out a small present, “I did manage to figure something out.”

Sunset blinked and shifted back to glance down at it, “For me?”

“Like I would leave you without a present.”

Smiling a bit, she unwrapped it and opened the box to reveal a simple gold filament attached to a golden ring. Sunset blinked and them smiled, “Wow, where did you find that!?”

“Ran into it during my research,” I admitted, “I know, not really fashionable anymore, but I found a jeweller that could make it in time. I thought you might like it.”

“I love it. Put it on? Those are impossible to do on your own.”

Nodding, I lifted it from the box and slid the ring down her horn to the base before carefully weaving the gold along her horn into the slight grooves of her horn before I looked at her, “You look amazing. I was right, that does suit you.”

The smile alone was well worth what I had to pay the pony that made it to put me before his other orders.

Sunset glanced up at her horn and then turned her attention back to me, “Let’s head inside.”

“Cold?”

She shifted closer, “No.”

Huh?

Oh!


Author's Note

AN// Many thanks to FPSCanarussia for betaing this last section. Yes, it's sadly the last of the story for now, more to come in the future however. I would also remind everyone that my patreon exist.

If you like to see more of my stores placed in other universes, they can be found over at forum.spacebattles.com

Anyway, hope you all enjoyed this one and see you next week for the next one.:twilightsmile:

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