After lunch and through the rest of the classes Sunset tried to have a regular day until her meeting with Mac. 'Tried' been the key word, Right after lunch 4 of her 6 friends would assault her with questions that ranged from normal and annoying to personal and deserving of a slap in the back of the head, well actually Sunset delivered one to Rainbow for one of her stupid questions.

Still Sunset managed to avoid most most of the minefield. Mondays was the day she did have the least classes along her friends but their constant questioning was causing other students to shot at her.

"So the POWERFUL TRIXIE heard that you lost your V-card, is that true?". The white headed girl at Sunset's right asked.

Sunset facepalmed, Rainbow was getting anothe- no three slaps to the back of her head." Please Trixie, not you too, I'm not in the mood".

"Oh, you lost your card? That's not good Sunset, you should go to the library, Cheerilee is in charge of lost and found items". The blonde mail girl to Sunset's left got into the conversation as well.

Now it was Trixie who facepalmed, Sunset sighed loudly." Thanks Ditzy, I'll keep it in mind". Ditzy nodded and went back to her own world happily mumbling to herself, the silence stretched for a while with only Ditzy's incessant happy mood drowning it. Soon however Trixie couldn't stand it anymore.

"What's up with you? Even you aren't this happy regularly?.

"Uh hmmm well, I'm been having troubles with some classes and the Principal suggested that my parents could find me a tutor and I was surprised when she told me that I could ask Big Macintosh for tutoring". Her smile and the obvious blush on her cheeks activated all alarms in Sunset.

"I don't see what's all the buzz about Applejack's brother that every girl is drooling over the guy, I mean sure he's handsome if you like country style hunks, and sure he's tall and strong, and those green eyes and freckles accent his fa- you know what?maybe the powerful Trixie should get his tutoring as well and maybe a lot of dic-".

"ENOUGH!". Sunset slammed her fist on the desk so hard that the laud noise did everyone turn toward the trio.

"Shimmer, Lulamoon and Doo mind explaining all the commotion?". A very annoyed Mr Doodle asked.

"Nothing sir, just a little accident". Sunset answered while holding her right hand with the left one, she hit the desk too hard and now her hand was hurting.

"Very well, but no more interruptions". The teacher continued with his class.

"Are you ok Sunset?". Asked Ditzy Doo.

" (sigh) not as well as I would like but... Ditzy? What would you do if Macintosh had a girlfriend already? Would you still go after him?". Sunset asked the blonde girl.

"Oh no no no, I would never do such a thing".
The girl felt into a awkward silence while fidgeting with her fingers.

"If, Macintosh accept to be your tutor you should asking first before throwing yourself head first don't you think". Sunset felt bad for the girl, of all the girls that as Trixie putted 'drooled' over Mac she was perhaps the most innocent so at least Sunset would make sure she didn't broke hard.

"Thank Sunset, for the advice and all". Ditzy extended her hand for a handshake but when Sunset's did contact the pain from before as well as some of the black glow passed on to Ditzy.

"Arghh, still hurt".

"You should go to the infirmary, I think your hand is swelling up".

"Uff, just what I need, ok hey Trixie, Ditzy could you cover for me on the next class?".

"Sure thing Sunset".

"Yeah, why not?".

As the class finished Sunset did her way to the infirmary, after telling nurse Redheart of her 'accident', she wraps her hand.

"Here, take those together and rest here for a bit, I'll prepare a prescription for you and inform the office, ok? Oh there's a patient in the other bed but don't worry about him". The nurse left Sunset alone with the other guy.

Sunset took a deep breath and rested on the bed, then remembering something she sat and took her phone out.

"Hi, Mr Scroll how are you?... Fine thanks, well actually I got into an accident and one of my hand is hurt but it should be ok by tomorrow... I'm sorry sir, I know how busy we are but... Even if my hand was ok I was about to ask for the day off to... No sir that's not it I'm...-". Before Sunset could continue giving explanations to her boss her phone was take it from her the person behind.

"Howdy Mr Scroll, name's Macintosh Apple, owner of Sweet Apple Acres and Products nice talkin to ya... Yes, yur employee Miss Shimmer had been givin me the basics and helpin with ma questions... About that I'll like to see ya personally and see if we can find an agreement... That'll be perfect, now about Miss Sunset she seem to be in a bind right now and it'll speak volumes of you as an employer if ya were to give her the day off to recover as well as to continue with her explanation about yur business... That's mighty generous of ya sir, I can see that we're gonna be good partners, hava a good one Mister, I'll be meetin ya soon".

Once finished Mac passed the phone back to it's owner and before Sunset could step out of her stunned state Mac gently took her injured hand between his and kissed it with a sad expression.
"You... were here the whole time?" Sunset asked while sitting back in the bed.

"Eeyep, were lookin for a place to hide for a while and asked a favor from Redheart, how about ya Sunny? How did ya hurt yur hand?".

Sunset blushed a little remembering the silly incident. "I...Got mad for nothing".

"Somehow I don think this was nothin". Mac answered while realising Sunset's hand and sitting in front of her in the other bed.

Sunset puffed cheeks at what Mac comment." What about ya, hiding here ain't yur style".

Mac laughed, a soft deep laugh." True, I have an argument with someone I respect but... things got a little hard and I got mad too, guess we are both hardheads uh".

Sunset smiled. " Guess yur right, maybe that's why we're together". Sunset moved to sit next to him and rested her head in his shoulder. " So what did ya said to my boss, that sounded like ya got me that day off".

"Well, I wasn't goin to say anythin but ya know I can resist went ya use country slang, got ya today and tomorrow off, with pay". That surprised Sunset.

"You what? No way!, how?".

"Just told him ya were helpin me and were doin an excellent job, the rest was just ma charm". Sunset laughed and playfully punch him in the shoulder, unfortunately she used her bad hand, Sunset recoiled from the pain.

"Sunny, seriously how did this happened?". Mac took her hand and applied a little bit of pressure in the hand soothing some of the pain.

Sunset's expression turned sad and Mac lifted her face to see her cyan eyes directly.(sigh) " I was in class when Ditzy and Trixie started talking about you, Ditzy said that you were going to tutor her and was too happy for my liking, sorry I know is stupid buhm-". Sunset didn't get to finish for her boyfriend silence her with a kiss.

"Sorry hun, I know how hard ya have it but please never doubt even for a second that ma heart belongs to you and only you".

"I know... and thank you, still more that once I wanted to smack Rainbow in the head".

"Yur not the only one Sunny, the line goes wide and long". The two laughed at the joke. " Anyway, I had enough moppin for a day, I'll be goin to check on ma cousins and yes not only do I have Ditzy but Pinkie's sister Marble and another girl from Cloudsdale named Fleetfoot as possible clients but I haven't decided anything yet, anyway I'll come back to go with ya so you better wait for me, ok?".

"Of course, don't be late". The secret couple kissed again and Mac was gone soon after. Sunset was left with only the warm of were Mac sat a few seconds ago and decided that as soon as her relationship was reviled she wouldn't let more rumors run rampant anymore, Mac was hers and she would make sure everyone respected that.

The rest of the day went by and it was time for some explaining before moving on.

CHS AUDITORIUM.
"So she's living with Miss Cheerilee, and how do we know she's not lying about her two friends?". Rainbow was not convinced of Aria's good turn, much less that she didn't have magic.

"Well? We did saw their stones brake after we won, their expressions were too real to be a ruse". Rarity too wasn't so happy with this new development.

"My sister and I will keep an eye on Cheerilee for now and will let you know in case we see anything wrong, you should just keep alert too, alright then girls I'll see you tomorrow". After the report Luna left the 7 girls to plan their own move.

"I say that we should go where she's hiding and force her to tell us the true". Rainbow was been as inpatient as always.

"As much as I hate to admit it maybe Rainbow's idea ain't so bad".
Surprisingly Applejack opted for first idea.

"Yeah, we can use Applejack's lasso and hug tie her for info and if she doesn't cooperate we force her to .... to... to... I have nothing".
Pinkie said surprised of her own shortcoming.

"I don't know, I mean aren't we jumping to conclusions, if she said she's reformed maybe we could give her the benefit of the doubt".

" Sorry Twi but you don't know what the sirens are capable of, if we let her free and she's still rotten she can turn us against one another again and this time for good". Applejack once again urged to take action against Aria.

"Girls, I think that Twilight is right, is better if we observe for the moment and plan for countermeasures in case something is a miss, besides if we confront her without argument we may turn Cheerilee hostile toward us and she's Big Mac's friend remember".
Sunset felt bad for using Mac against her sister but she didn't want this to get overboard, the mention of Mac got the desired effect as Applejack flinched and went silent.

"I am with Sunset and Twilight in this one, it's been almost two years since the battle of the bands and if they were planning revenge they probably would have done it already don't you think?". Rarity opted for a cautious approach and the debate was now tied.

All eyes turned to the last and quiet member who now seemed to wish she was still invisible.

"Well hmm I... Hmmm. I think that it ... would best if... we... wait?".
Rainbow and Applejack facepalmed while Sunset and Twilight give the girl nods of approval.

"Finnnne! We'll wait for now, but at the first sign of magic voodoo we hunt her down!". Rainbow wasn't going to back down so easily.

After agreeing the group started to split up." Twilight, can I talk to you?". Sunset and Twilight were walking toward the Principal's office.

"Sure, it's this about the siren girl or?".

"It's about the other thing, my magic, something serious is happening with it and I decided to look for help, so... I'm going to Equestria, and Mac is coming with me".

"Isn't that against the rules of balance or something?".

"Maybe, but we already prepared for this so there's no going back now. I wanted to let you know just in case".

"I see, ok, don't worry, we'll keep the forth strong while you're gone".

"Thanks Twi, I'll let you know how it go when we come back".

"Good luck Sunset". Sunset split from twilight who continued her way to the Principal's office. As Twilight got close to the door she could heard a discussion going on inside.

"-ou crazy? Why the hell would you mention his parents, HIS DEAD PARENTS! for crying out loud, and here I thought I was the queen of dick moves but you just went and swoop my crown and throne with that, (sigh) I don't get it sis, first you praise Sunset for been responsible then you reprehend her boyfriend who we know almost from the day he was born for almost the same thing? Seriously Tia way to put your foot deep in your-".

"I KNOW! Ok? I know I screwed up big time sister, but I'm still don't know why I got so angry, one moment I was talking about his tutoring job and next I'm digging into his personal life with Sunset! I just... Sunset is going to hate me when she find out".

"I wouldn't go that far, she's definitely gonna be mad maybe just like that time that Mac hurt his you know what because of my innocent joke".

"Didn't she spank you so hard that you couldn't seat for a week?".

"Ten days actually".

Celestia could only sigh an resign herself to wherever punishment Sunset would think for her in due time.

"I would be more worried if Granny Smith finds out, now that would make me cry for mercy".

Celestia paled at her sister comment, the memory of an angry Granny chasing them around the farm played like a horror movie in her mind.

Just outside the office Twilight Sparkle who heard the whole exchange decided that right now wasn't the best moment to ask for a few pointers in the next tests, so the girl left the sisters unnoticed.

CHS FRONT YARD.
Sunset didn't wait long for her boyfriend to arrive, Mac walked from the other side of the street and waved at Sunset, right after see him again Sunset started to second guess her decision of bringing Mac with her, but she knew that there was no way of turning him down, Mac was set on in going with her and part of her was happy while the other part that feared for him resisted.

"Hey there, didn't make ya wait long did I?".

"No, I send a message to Princess Twilight a few minutes ago but she hasn't answered yet". Mac saw Sunset averting his eyes and he knew right away what the problem was.

"Sunny? Are you still worried about that deal with yur pony body, I told ya already that I don care what you look like in that other world, you could be a mix of reptile, goat, lion and eagle for all I care and I will still love ya with all ma soul honey".

"Thank you, for real, I know is silly but i I can be more paranoid that Rainbow sometimes".

"Ya still look cute though". Sunset smiled at that and give him a quick kiss.

"What happen to your truck anyway? I saw you walking over here".

"If I left it around here someone may recognize it and wonder why I'm here so I left it parked around but not too far".

"I see, hmmm still no answer from the Princess, maybe we shoul- whoa". Sunset tried to touch the surface of the statue and to her surprise the portal was active, she pulled her hand quickly.

"Its that it?" Mac saw the plate of the statue turn liquid and a golden light forming a margin around.

"Yeah, didn't expected to be active already". Sunset tried the portal again and the surface morphed once more as normal.
"It looks fine but..." Sunset opened her two way magic journal and yet found no answer from Twilight.

"It's yur call Sunny, if ya say something is wrong we back off".

Sunset considered for a minute but the weight of the situation didn't left much room for delay." No, we do this now and come back pronto". Sunset took a breath of determination and extended her good hand to Mac. Mac smiled and took her smaller hand with his.

"That's ma girl".

Sunset walked inside the portal with Mac in tow. The sensation of transportation and transformation was impossible to describe.Despite done it before Sunset still found the experience odd at best and terrifying at worst, it felt as if an army of little insect walking under your skin were working, taking and replacing everything they came across, Sunset believed that time displacement was also involved since time worked differently in both worlds, it make sense since in the human world time was controlled by astrological movements while in Equestria it was by the will of the sisters.

Finally, the couple was literally thrown out by the portal which immediately lost its magic turning into a normal dusty mirror.

"Whoa, that... was one heck of a ride, Sunny? Sunny where are ya?".

"Down here". Mac directed his eyes under him and when he saw Sunset any semblance of speech left him. Gone was the sexy and beautiful human girl he fell in love with, in her place was a small horse, a pony, a mare with amber fur and a crimson and bright yellow mane, she had a little muzzle, ears in top of her head as well as a little horn in her forehead, her unmistakable cyan eyes was the only thing that Mac recognized right away, her hands were replaced with hooves that she had currently retracted over her barrel.

"Mac... You are staring". Sunset told him with a blush on her cheeks.

"I'm... I'm sorry Sunny, it just... Kinda?".

"I know, shocking uh?". Mac moved from over her, with clumsy moves, he managed a sitting position. Sunset too managed the same but with more grace.

"Honey, look at me, please?". Sunset did it and Mac could see a little wet spot were a tear had disappeared. With his knew hoof, Mac lifted Sunset's chin and smiled softly at her." i told ya I didn't care what you looked like and I thought I was ready for anything but I was wrong... Yur the cutest thing that I ever had the chance to see".

"Cu- cute? Me? I mean... Am I cute?".

"I'm tellin the true Sunny, look at that cute little muzzle". To explain his point Mac booped Sunset in the tip of her snout.

"Sh-shut up you, look who's talking". Sunset push him and Mac fell on his back, when he look up he saw the way he looked now as a pony as well.

He saw his reflection in the mirror from where they came from, he was taller that Sunset and he was covered in red fur, muzzle, hooves, mane, the whole thing that changed in Sunset changed in him however something was weird while Sunset didn't have any clothes over her body Mac still had his black shirt on as well as his locket, he turned to Sunset and saw her staring at him now.

"Wow, you look...(giggle) funny ha ha ha". Sunset laughed a little before recovering.

"Glad ya like what you see but... Are ya naked?".

Sunset immediately covered her body part with her arms and hooves. "What? No its just... Well I don't know how to explained but we don't use many clothes here so, yeah".

"Then why are ya covering yurself uh?".

"Force of habit I guess, anyway that's not important, how do you feel, are you ok? Anything weird?".

"Nope, good so far, just afraid in how am I gonna scratch my back if I get an itch".

"Be serious Mac, I don't want anything happening to you, this is the first time a human has come through the portal".

"Alright alright sorry, I'm fine, no pain or otherwise".

"Good (sight), let see". Sunset tried to walk but immediately fell to the floor in pain.

"Sunset! Arggh, uff". Mac Tried to reach her but he fell to the floor as well. His new body was going to be a lot of problems.

"My hand... My hoof". Sunset saw that her hoof was wrapped in bandages just like her hand was before crossing."Looks like the portal don't cure injuries either, That's good to know and bad to know now". Sunset stood up but couldn't support her weight over her injured hoof forcing her to seat in her flanks again.

Mac did this way to her with shaking steps but managed to seat next to her.

"Maybe you can cure yurself with magic". Mac proposed the idea while inspecting her hoof.

"That may work but we don't have any right now".

"Didn't ya tell me one time that here you can use that horn of ya to do it?". Mac pointed to the middle of her forehead where Sunset forgot the extra limb she had.

"Oh yeah, sorry, let me see, it have been years since last time". As she focused her horn light up and Sunset could feel the pool of magic within her starting to awake." It's working, let me try".
Sunset pointed to a nearby torch mounted on the wall, the first try did make it flick bit it didn't burn, with a deep breath Sunset tried again succeeding this time. As soon as Sunset finished that one she did the same with the next one an soon she activated all 4 torches in the small room.

"Still got it". Sunset then focused on her right hoof, she could feel her magic trying to mend the injury but her focus wasn't enough.
"Ufff, ok, that was harder that I thought".

Mac moved closer to her and dropped next to her."Jump on".

"What?".

"Come on Sunny, if ya can't walk then I'll carry ya".

"No that's... I'm fine I can walk by myself".

"Really? Prove it".

Sunset blushed and looked around the room for anything that could help her for support but no luck." Come on Hon, its for yur own good until ya can cure yurself".

"(Sigh) Fine... and thank you". Sunset moved her body over Mac's and when ready he rose from the floor in all four with no problem.

"See? No problem". Mac walked forward almost falling once, this time it was him blushing.

"Not so easy uh?". Sunset smiled at her boyfriend. Now free of all distractions Sunset realise that the room was different from the last time Sunset crossed the portal. Instead of the personal library of Princess Twilight this room looked smaller and simple giving her a sense of deja vu, a round room with no special feature, with only a few magic torches, then something clicked in her memory.

"This isn't Twilight's castle, this is the royal palace! The royal library!".

"Meanin?". Mac asked not knowing what the complication was.

"It means we are in Canterlot and not Ponyville. This isn't good, even if we take the train to ponyville it would take a couple of hours to reach Ponyville and we don't have time to waste".

"Maybe the Princess is in this palace, we can ask right?".

"That's right Princess Celestia can call Twilight over here or send us in a flying chariot to Ponyville, it would take only minutes".

"That sound like a plan, so now what?".

"Let's get out of this room first, then we look for the princess".

Mac did as instructed and moved to the single door, first he tried to push it with one of his hooves but the door didn't budge. Next was with his forehead but still didn't work." I think that this door is lock".

"Here let me try". Sunset focused her magic and found just a simple spell blocking it, a few seconds later the two ponies heard a click indicating their success." Try now". Mac nodded and pushed the door again, this time the door didn't resist and the visitors were greeted with the view of a disaster.

Books and scrolls were everywhere, but instead of been carefully arranged in shelves or tables they were laying around the floor and in broken bookshelves, some were even half burned, the damage was obvious even for the two newcomers.

"Someone played too rough around here".

"This is bad, whatever happened here was recent if no one has had the time to clean this up, we better move carefully".

"Aye aye ma lady, hold on tight". Mac moved a little bit faster and Sunset found herself Impressed, it took her a good deal of time and effort to learn how to walk in two feet but Mac was doing it in record time.

Walking out of the that section was easy, the door was barely standing which worried Sunset even more, if this was an attack at the castle the guards would be in high alert.

"HEY YOU TWO!, this area is restricted". A loud voice called to them, Mac turned to see the ma-pony yelling at them. The guard as Mac realized just by looking at his armor and helmet was a few inches shorter that him even with the helmet but taller that Sunset and he had wings.

"Easy there fella, we mean no harm". Mac tried to act polite, no sense in butting heads with the authorities of this place.

"I'm not your 'fella' and you are trespassing royal property, you know how serious that is?".

"We are not here to cause trouble sir, we came to talk with Princess Celestia or Princess Twilight, they know who we are"..Sunset tried to defuse the situation.

" Sorry filly but I wasn't born yesterday, if you were know by the princesses then you wouldn't have sneaked like your doing right now".

"That's not it, we just came through the mirror and-".

"You! You came through the mirror? Then you are part of those rebels! You won't get away scumbags!". The guard assumed a fighting stand and Mac reacted at that, his mind told him to be calm but his instincts told him to be ready.

Mac assumed a similar position with his legs wide and his knees slightly bending.

"Stop please! This is just a misunderstanding, we are not rebels or enemies, we just want help from the princess". Sunset pleads fell into deaf ears as the guard charged forward. Mac stood his ground but Sunset urged him to not engage, in his confusion Mac failed to realize that the guard took flight and rather that collide with him the guard rammed Sunset taking her with him. "SUNSET!".

"MAC!". Sunset's call was short as he drop her on the floor hard, the mare bounced in the floor twice before laying still.

"NO!". Mac lost all reason at the sight of her lover been treated like a rag doll. The earth pony broke into a rush and seeing him the guard charged forward as well, his pace was slower that Mac's but both were in a coalition course, the years of experience as a Linebacker told Mac what the flying pony was about to do and Mac knew how to countered, as the two stallions got almost in front of each other the guard jumped trying to fly but the red pony read the move and used a nearby pile of debris as a ramp jumping high enough to tackle the guard in mid jump.

The impact drove the air out of the guard and worse yet, the red stallion used him as a pillow to soften the fall knocking him unconscious. With no further threat Mac rushed to Sunset's side.

"Sunny! Are ya ok? Please!". Mac moved the mare slowly to have her head facing up and moved his ear over her chest to listen for heartbeats, fortunately the amber pony woke soon.

"Mac? Ugggh what... Happened?".

"Are ya ok Sunny?". How do ya feel?".

"Like that time I rode with Rainbow Dash in her motorbike".
Mac took the unicorn mare between his arms and hugged her for dear life.

"I'm sorry sweetheart, I fail ya, I was supposed to protect ya and yet".

"Mac honey, is not your fault nobody could predict that, he probably went after me first because of my magic, there's no way you could know that, I'm fine, we're still together, that's all that matters right now". Sunset hugged the bigger pony for comfort and support, she knew that Mac would protect her from anything human or pony, but he was only human and he was allowed to fail.

"We need to move from here, more guards may be on their way".
Mac nodded and lowered his body for Sunset to climb over him.

"I'll be goin faster so hold on around ma neck". Sunset did so, putting her arms around his strong neck and kissed him to let him know she was ready.

The red stallion started his gallop under Sunset's guide, luckily the layout of the castle remained the same through her absence and they manage to avoid most of the guards but soon found themselves in another predicament.

Either the guard Mac knocked before woke up and sounded the alarm or another guard found him and did so, it didn't matter what, the defenders soon found the couple and labeled as rebels they were pursued again.

"What's with all the commotion?". A light purple coated unicorn asked one of the guards.

"Ah Miss Glimmer, I'm afraid that our defenses were breach again and a couple of rebels from the other side have invaded the castle, at this moment some of my fellow ponies are hot in pursuit".

"More rebels! How were they able to cross the princess barrier?".

"We don't know, the guard that found them say that they claim to come from the mirror inside the library".

"That's the portal to CHS, someone most had found it".

Another guard approached the two ponies." The rebels crossed the courtyard and are heading straight for the left wing of the castle".

"What? That part was guarded by 5 of our best guards, how come they slipped away?".

"They are too crafty sir! The red earth pony moves very fast even though he's carrying the other in his back and the unicorn had very strong magic".

"Alright! That's it, we can't let them get deeper into the castle, I'll stop them myself". Starlight Glimmer said with all the confidence of somepony who had fought the princess of friendship, Discord, and the queen of the changelings and came on top, without waiting for permission she teleported to the last location they were spotted and started her hunting.

In the other side of the castle the intruders continued their march toward the royal chambers were the princess could be found.
"Mac this is pointless! You are getting more injuries everytime that we encounter more guards". Sunset was surprised they had got this far, every time they found one or more guards they have tried to explain things but they won't listen and attacked them immediately forcing them to defend themselves and so far they have knocked 15 guards already, but every confrontation had left injuries in Mac.

"I don care! until I make sure yur safe and with the princess I'm not stoppin". Mac had a cut lip, he had been kicked in the head and ribs and was shot with magic twice already and yet he moved like he was fresh, Sunset too noticed her magic been stronger, specially when she saw Mac in danger, her spells came faster and more powerful that she thought.

The stallion was forced to stop when a flash in appeared in from of them leaving behind a light purple unicorn with purple mane.
"Stop in the name of Equestria and surrender!".

"Starlight? Starlight Glimmer? Oh thanks Celestia, it's me, Sunset Shimmer, we need your help please!".

"You are a fool if you think I'm going to fall for the same trick that you used against Princess Twilight. And your going to paid for hurting MY FRIEND!".

"What?! I don't understand, don't you recognize me?".

"Sunny we hafta be carefull, I don know why but this girl looks dangerous".

As if to make the stallion right, the purple mare charged her horn and took a ready stand similar to Mac's." No please, we are not rebels, we came here from the human world to talk to princess Twilight and ask her about magic, nothing else".

"Enough with that! Using the image of an old friend to get close and cause harm, you changelings are despicable! And you... At least she tried but you?... Big Macintosh Apple would never remove that awful yoke of his, you two are going DOWN!".

The enemy unicorn shot a powerful blast of magic that reached them in seconds, Sunset could feel the intensity of the magic and knew that blocking it was impossible, before she could warn her steed Mac moved out of the way dodging the blast by a few inches.

Both unicorns were surprised by the unnatural feast of speed. Sunset turned to ask her companion how did he managed such act only to see him covered in the pink glow that would surface from time to time." Mac you're glowing".

"Ya mean 'We' Sunny". Sunset saw what he mean and like he said both ponies were glowing, Sunset didn't know why but somehow she knew that the glow was the reason for their power up. Mac had been running non stop and fighting guards all while carrying her in his back. Sunset's magic was also augmented not only in power but the speed in which she was able to cast spells with out feeling exhausted.

"I don know what kind of magic is this but as long as help me keepin ya safe that's all that matter to me".

Starlight shot another blast but like before Mac avoided it completely. "Starlight! Please stop, WE. ARE. NOT. ENEMIES.". Sunset shouted as Mac dodged salvo after salvo of magic blasts.

Sunset was forced to retaliate when Starlight almost shot them, her shot allowed Mac time to recover while Starlight moved to defence.

"Almost got me there rebel!, I'll admit, your magic is good and that lapdog of yours is something else but it will take more that that to beat me haaa". Starlight teleported just behind the stallion, horn charged already. Even with his increased speed Mac couldn't move fast enough, rather that try to avoided Mac turned hard sending Sunset away while he took the blunt of the attack.

Compared to the other magic attacks who in Mac opinion felt like a punch to the guts this one was on a whole different level of pain, even so he endured, his right side burned with pain and he could swear that smoke was coming out of there, Mac turned to face the unicorn but the moment his hoof touched floor Mac lost all his strength and fell down motionless.

"One down one mor- arrggh". Starlight's chant was send flying along her own body when a tear eyed Sunset shot her with a powerful magic sphere.

"THAT was for calling MY boyfriend a lapdog and THIS is for HURTING HIM!". Sunset prepared another attack while Starlight recovered in shaky legs, before the purple mare could rise to her hooves Sunset unleashed a other magic bullet, Starlight focused in a magic in her magic shield but the attack was too much for it and Starlight was struck again and send flying, she was caught off guard twice already but luckily the fake Sunset didn't have that pink glow from before otherwise the damage would have been worst. Starlight charged up and when she saw the fake pony start charging her horn again but much slower and she knew she had her.

Starlight let loose her magic and the blast was send forward to meet the amber unicorn only for this one to disappear at the last second, Starlight cursed as she knew what happened, she closed her eyes expecting pain and suffering but the blow never came.

Slowly, very slowly Starlight opened her eyes only to find the charged horn next to her head." you... lose...". The fake Sunset declared, breathing hard and still crying but with the fierce look in her eyes Starlight didn't even tried to move. The enraged mare moved back, flinching every time her bandaged hoof would touch the floor, she did her way next to the fallen fake Macintosh and breathing softly she used the magic in her horn in the stallion.

The pink glow that engulfed them before came back and from the looks of it it was brighter this time, almost blinding, from her position Starlight saw the fake Sunset whispering something to her companion, then she rested next to him with her muzzle touching his almost like a kiss.

Finally, the glow banished completely with a flash, Starlight didn't know if the adrenaline of the battle or the shock of almost been blast to bits caused it, but she could swear she saw wings adorning the sides of the unicorn mare.

Author's Notes:

Thanks for reading and your welcome to leave constructive comments or recommendations to other stories if you like. I will add fighting scenes to the group of things that are hard for me to write, hope I do better in the next one. Oh and Happy new year!. see you next time.