Sunset Shimmer bounced excitedly in the seat of Shining Armor’s car, a giddy grin plastered on her face. Seeing her, Shining Armor was reminded of a kid about to be taken to an amusement park, or Twilight when they took her to the science museum. You see, since things had been settled with regards to the Mystery Murder cases and the Wendigos, Shining Armor thought he’d give her something in return. That something being her choice of vehicle from the police impound lot.

Shining Armor knew that Sunset lamented the loss of her motorcycle, so after talking with Celestia, she agreed that Sunset could get a new one, but she wasn’t exactly thrilled about it being one from a police impound lot, who knew what heinous things were done in some of those vehicles, or with them.

Personally speaking, Sunset didn’t care, she missed her bike, she missed the freedom it gave her, and right now, for all she cared, it could’ve been a bike ridden by a serial killer or a mafia boss, can’t fault the machine, it wasn’t like it could choose who rode it or not.

“And you’re sure this is okay? I thought you guys did like auctions or something?” Sunset inquired.

“Totally, sometimes we get a little overcrowded in there so sometimes we like to either donate or sell them for cheap, or just give them away,” said Shining Armor.

“And you’re sure they have bikes? Like nice ones?”

“I’m not a bike aficionado, but the ones at this lot looked cool to me.”

Sunset’s excitement levels grew when they reached the lot, Shining Armor flashed his badge and they were let through. After speaking with the sergeant in charge of the lot, they were given free reign and told to radio in when they found what they wanted. Sunset felt like a kid in a candy shop, they had a section that was dedicated to all the impounded motorcycles, some were large Harley-Davidson bikes, others were your typical speed types.

The former unicorn looked through a variety of them, mounting different ones as she got a feel for the bike. Since they were practically giving them away, Sunset wanted to make sure she got the right one. After about thirty minutes of searching, Sunset believed she found it, sitting by itself as if the bike sensed her coming and intentionally rolled out to meet her.

“Eeeee! A 2019 Honda Valkyrie 1800!” Sunset ran so fast that she might as well have teleported, because by the time Shining Armor bothered to turn his head, Sunset was gone and already at the bike.

“My last bike was a Honda, but I always like the way these looked, and it’s crimson colored!” Sunset looked the bike up and down, inspecting closely for any dents, missing parts, or broken ones. “And it’s in great shape, too!”

“Suffice to say we found your dream bike?” Shining Armor asked with a grin.

Sunset nodded vigorously.

Shining Armor unhooked the radio from his belt and pressed the “call” button. “Sarge, this is Armor, can you meet us in section 10-A, I think we found what we’re looking for.”

Ten minutes later a tow truck loaded the bike and brought it to the front. Shining Armor and Sunset filled out the necessary paperwork to release it to her, and they were nice enough to fill it with a full tank of gas. Sunset had brought a helmet on the off chance that she’d find something she wanted, and man was she happy she did.

Sunset mounted her new bike and turned it on, she missed the sound of the engine as it roared beneath her, like a steel dragon she had tamed and was going to ride into battle. Sunset twisted the throttle and listened to the roar a few more times before turning to Shining Armor.

“Would it be awkward if I hugged you?”

Shining Armor made a wavy motion with his hand.

“Screw it.” Sunset got off the bike and hugged the man. “Thank you, Shining Armor!”

Shining sighed and patted her on the back. “You’re welcome, but don’t expect me to fix any speeding tickets for you. I don’t want to hear about a girl with flaming hair doing a hundred in a thirty zone.”

Sunset rolled her eyes as she released Shining. “One time, and I wasn’t even caught.”

“Wait, what?”

“Uh…gee, I gotta go and show Pinkie my new ride cool okay thanks bye!” Sunset spouted as she mounted her new steed and took off down the road.

Sunset took the scenic route down the busy roads, enjoying the ride the whole way through. It allowed her time to reflect upon everything that happened, and how things changed drastically in the last three months. Going from bully, to hero, to persona non grata, and then back to hero again.

The mayor of Canterlot City announced that the Mystery Murder cases had officially been closed, and that the effort was thanks in large part to the CCPD and Witchblade. Fluttershy was apparently the descendant of someone who was basically a demi-god, Anon-A-Miss was found out and ended, and Sunset got herself an awesome girlfriend.

The month of February was coming close to an end, with one more week left in the month, and now too long after that, she and the girls would be planning out what they might do. Some had proposed they head to the beach, it was going to be nice weather – or so was predicted by the weather people – so it provided a good opportunity to just head out, do some surfing, work on tans, and barbecue, and just have a good time.

Sunset admitted, the beach did appeal to her. She hadn’t done a lot of swimming back in Equestria, although Princess Celestia did make it a point to have somepony teach her the basics, something that she did more of here in the human world since swimming as a pony and swimming as a human was very different.

Every so often, Sunset would find herself glancing at the bracelet that adorned her right wrist, the Witchblade. It had been instrumental in not only saving her life, but also saving her friends and ending the threat of the Wendigos. Now that they were gone, Sunset wondered what else she was to do with it? What was her purpose in this world?

}}} Those who bear me are destined for great things, Sunset Shimmer. {{{

That I believe. But, I’m also wondering what I want to do in this life. I mean, back in Equestria, I knew what my destiny was. But here, you’re kind of like a Blank Flank, free to try and do all kinds of things, and see where they take you. But…it’s also plagued with anxieties too. A cutie mark gives you a sense of security, letting you know what you are meant to do.

}}} I can see that, but I also know that you are not just strong, but brilliant, and together, there’s nothing we can’t achieve. {{{

Sunset smiled and continued her drive, heading towards Pinkie Pie’s home. When she first saw the place, Sunset thought she had the wrong address, as the house looked so drab and plain that Sunset didn’t think that this place could be Pinkie’s home. In the end, she was proven wrong. Pinkie’s mother and father, Cloudy Quartz Pie and Igneous Feldspar Pie, were once of the Amish faith, but when they got older, they broke away from that life.

They raised their family in the city, but kept to some of their teachings, knowing that the world wasn’t as black and white as some faiths had it. The hole that Sunset had made when she fought against the Wendigo that tried to molest and kill Pinkie, was pretty much fixed now, you could barely tell that it was once damaged at all.

The former unicorn pulled up to the sidewalk and parked, taking off her helmet, Sunset walked up and stood at the porch. She rang the doorbell and waited for someone to answer. The one who answered was one of the Pie sisters, Sunset learned quickly that Pinkie was one of four sisters, she had met Maud Pie, the second oldest, the youngest after Pinkie was Marble Pie.

The one who answered was Limestone Pie, the oldest of the Pie Sisters. She was a tomboy, and rough around the edges. She had short cut silver hair, a bluish-gray complexion, and piercing, lime colored eyes. She wore a loose fitting t-shirt that hung off her body, allowing her shoulders and collar bone to be seen. Below that she wore black boy shorts and no shoes. Size wise she was head smaller than Sunset, her eyes on level with her nose, but she was twenty-years-old, and despite her size, she was a strong and tough girl.

“Oh, it’s you,” said Lime.

“Y-Yeah, it’s me…is Pinkie home?” Sunset asked politely.

Limestone scanned Sunset up and down, she then turned her head and said, “Pinkie, your dyke girlfriend is at the door!”

Sunset’s left eye twitched, for some reason, Limestone did not like her very much. They went to different schools, Maud and Pinkie went to CHS, with Maud graduating last year. Marble was at CHS but as as sophmore, and Limestone was currently in college. Sunset’s reputation preceded her, having gone up through even the graduating seniors that she was not a nice person, but surely they knew she wasn’t like that anymore. Either that or Limestone just did not like her, and for some reason seemed offended that her sister was dating a girl.

Maud had somehow, stealthily, appeared behind Limestone and smacked upside the head.

“OW! Son of a bitch, that hurt, Maud!” Lime stated.

“Don’t call other people names, Lime. You’re basically insulting Pinkie when you say that,” said Maud in her monotone, but if one listened closely, they could hear a bit of irritation.

Lime glanced to Sunset and then frowned. “Not our fault she’s gay, she could’ve fallen for that rainbow haired chick – I kinda like her! But no, of all the gay girls in the city, she had to fall for the bitch queen of CHS – OW!”

Maud smacked her again, this time enough to make her stumble a bit. “I said to watch your language. Go upstairs.” The way Maud spoke, it was more of an order than a request. Lime grumbled and walked upstairs. “I apologize for my big sister, she’s protective of Pinkie. Come in.”

Sunset walked in and Maud closed the door. “I understand, you protect your family……How do your parents feel about it?”

Maud led them to the living room where they sat. “Pinkie’s always been the oddball in the family, I like to think that we represent extremes. Marble, shyness. Lime, aggressiveness. Pinkie, happiness. And me, I’m a riot.”

Sunset had to bite the inside of her lip to keep from laughing.

“But, in a way, we knew that Pinkie wasn’t one to be hindered by gender when it came to love. If she loved someone, it wouldn’t be because they were a boy or a girl, but whether they made her happy or not. So, just focus on making my sister happy.”

Sunset kind of worried about that, she didn’t want to cause a rift in Pinkie’s family. Both Maud and Sunset turned when they heard footsteps coming down the stairs, Pinkie hopped the last one and flashed them a bright smile.

“Sunset!” Pinkie greeted.

Sunset stood up and the pink bundle of energy zipped across the room, wrapping her arms around her girlfriend in yet another of her bone crushing hugs. After a few seconds, Pinkie released her and asked, “What brings you here?”

“Well, I finally got a new bike!” Sunset announced happily.

Pinkie gasped as she placed her hands against her cheeks. “Seriously?! I know your last one got totaled and that you’ve been wanting a new one since! Ooh, I hope it didn’t cost too much…”

Sunset shook her head. “Nah, I got it for a steal from a police impound lot!” Sunset realized how that sounded, she then glanced at Maud who arched an eyebrow. “Not that I stole it from a impound lot! Shining Armor said he’d help replace my bike with one from the impound lot!”

“You seem chummy with that police detective.” Maud mused.

Pinkie and Sunset chuckled nervously.

“Uh, well, you know, he’s helped out a lot! What with Pinkie’s case, Anon-A-Miss, you know, stuff like that!” Sunset explained.

“Y-Yeah! Plus, he’s super nice! I mean, he’s looked out for us since those monsters showed up!” Pinkie added.

Maud slowly nodded. “So long as you’re not having an affair with him. I’m fine with it.”

Sunset moved closer to Pinkie, wrapping her arm around the party planner’s waist as she brought her closer. “Trust me, that you don’t have to worry about that.”

Pinkie blushed.

A ghost of a smile formed on Maud’s face.

“So, I was wondering if you were up for a ride? I wanted to take to you to a shop so we can pick you out a helmet?” Sunset asked.

Pinkie Pie squealed with delight at the idea. “Yes!”

“Be careful while you drive there.”

Sunset nodded.

Both Sunset and Pinkie walked out of the house, while Maud made her way upstairs. She stopped before the door to her little sister’s room and let herself in. Limestone was at the window, she shared a room with Marble, but right now she was out with their parents running errands. Limestone was seated at her window, looking down at the front of the house as Pinkie and Sunset strolled towards Sunset’s bike. Pinkie zipped to the new vehicle and seemed to be talking excitedly about as Sunset chuckled.

Limestone didn’t even bother to look to see who it was as she said, “Ya ever heard of knocking?”

“Pinkie’s too nice to say this, but I’m not. Don’t insult her girlfriend like that.”

“Not like I’m lying,” Lime shot back.

“No, but you are lying to yourself.”

Limestone looked away from the scene down below and growled as she turned towards her little sister. “The fuck you say?!”

“You’re lying to yourself, Lime. You’re angry at your sister because she can more openly express how she feels. For Pinkie, gender never mattered, so long as the person she’s with makes her happy, she’s attracted to them. But, you, you’re unhappy because you feel you must maintain this hard as granite persona, when really, you’re softer than talc on the inside.”

Lime growled louder, her face turning red as she got up, cocked back her fist, and thrust it towards Maud. The second oldest Pie sister easily caught her smaller sister’s fist, Limestone kept pushing forward, trying to connect her punch to Maud’s face rather than using her other fist. Maud had always been freakishly strong, a fact that annoyed Limestone to no end.

“I’m not gay!” Limestone asserted. “And I just don’t like Sunset Shimmer! She’s the one who messed with Pinkie back in the day, and we’re just going to forget all about that and accept she’s changed?!”

Maud tightened her grip on Limestone’s fist, the pain that radiated from her grip made Limestone buckle. “I may not have been there to see all of it, but Anon-A-Miss tortured the school, tortured Sunset Shimmer and hurt Pinkie Pie. She was miserable when Pinkie Pie realized she abandoned Sunset when her friend needed help the most. I won’t say Sunset Shimmer’s a saint, but she’s trying to be a better person, and if there’s anyone who can make sure that that stays true, it’s Pinkie.”

Maud released Lime’s fist, Limestone backed away and massaged her sore hand and glared a little at Maud.

“And try not to stare at Sunset too much, I know she’s attractive, but it’s not right to lust after your little sister’s girlfriend.” Maud warned.

“Shut up…”

Maud nodded and left the room. Limestone walked back to her window and watched as Sunset and Pinkie mounted the bike, she had to admit, it was a nice bike. She then watched them pull away and drive down the road. Lime didn’t want to admit it…but she was, she was gay, she liked girls, but even she knew that her abrasive personality was a turn off, but Sunset, Sunset looked to be just the right amount of badass and loving at the same time. When she first saw her, Limestone felt a twinge of attraction towards her. The Anon-A-Miss fiasco kind of turned her off, but at the same time made her more attractive to her. Now, her big sister got her.

Not like you had a chance, you were too chickenshit to even try and ask her out, Lime thought. She did look hot on that bike, though…

Young Blood sat among his lieutenants, he hadn’t spoken much about what happened on the night of the sit down two days ago, but since then, the Russian mob and Italian mob groups that were trying to muscle in on Canterlot were being hit and hit hard. It was no mystery to Young Blood who was behind it, Sombra King. The power he displayed at the sit down, the savage brutality of his actions, the disturbing power her wielded, there was no way it wasn’t him.

The leader of the Blood Pack, Canterlot City’s local gang, informed his lieutenants of the events of the sit down, all of them looked at him as if he were crazy, and quite frankly he didn’t care, he knew what he saw, what he felt. He glanced about the room, a dingy little apartment, the manager of the place was on the take, and thanks to that they could use any room in the building to conduct a meeting in. It wasn’t the Ritz, the drywall was cracked, the carpet was shabby, and of course there was a musty smell of the place. To Young’s left there were four lieutenants, two men, and two women, and to his right, another four, all guys.

Young Blood sighed heavily and said, “We’re going to team up with ‘em.”

“Are you serious?!” one asked.

“Dead serious. ‘Cause that’s what we’re going to be if we don’t!” Young stated.

“Look, Blood, I know shit’s been weird around here lately, but that shit’s over! Those monsters haven’t shown up in three weeks now!” a female lieutenant said.

“This ain’t up for discussion, we formed the Blood Pack to drive out those bastards from our city, and in less than forty-eight hours, this guy’s hit them harder than we ever have, and if we’re not careful, he’ll do the same to us.”

“Right you are gov’ner!”

Everyone in the room shot straight up, guns drawn.

“Now, now, there ain’t no need for guns. Could ya be a chap and turn off some of the lights though?”

Everyone looked at each other wearily.

“C’mon ya bloody wankers, I ain’t got all night!”

Young Blood moved towards the light switches, turning off all but the one in the kitchen, giving them some light. Upon doing so, the shadows began to move around the couch, within a few seconds, a creature appeared, kicking back and smiling, toothily, at them. The creature hopped off the couch and walked over towards the group, all of them backed away and pointed their guns at it.

The creature black with gray veins around its body, a long nose, sharp teeth, long, sharp nails, and beady, glowing yellow eyes. The creature wore a tank top shirt emblazoned with the Union Jack flag, and a pair of grimy looking shorts. The creature hopped up and landed on the table.

“What…What are you?” Young asked.

“Somethin’ that ya don’t want to know too much about. Anyway, I was hearin’ you wanted to partner with Mr. King?”

Young Blood nodded. “Yes, you work for him?”

The creature gave him a deadpan look. “Really? I just appeared out of the shadows, and ya can’t figure that out?” The others looked nervous, but then the creature laughed. “Ah, just messin’ with ya!”

“O-Oh, cool…so, can you send a message to Mr. King? We want a meeting with him,” said Young.

The creature smiled knowingly. “Oh, you don’t ‘ave to worry ‘bout that, Mr. King already knows. In fact, he wants to meet with ‘cha. Right now.”

Young Blood straightened up. “Good, where?”

“Naw, gov’ner, I mean right here, right now.” A knock came at the door and Young Blood’s crew pointed their guns in that direction. “Well, go on then, answer it! Oh, and I’d put those away if I were you, else you’ll be haven those pieces shoved down ye throats or up your arses!”

Young Blood made a motion for his lieutenants to put their guns away. Reluctantly, they did as he said. The leader of the Blood Pack walked towards the front door, steeled himself, and then opened it. Just as the creature said, Sombra King was standing there. It took all that Young Blood had to not run, even without seeing his power, he could feel an air of intimidation around him, he was a killer, a true killer.

“Thanks for seeing me,” said Sombra.

“No problem, Mr. King.”

Young Blood stepped out of the way and walked in. Once inside, Sombra took stock of the eight others in the room, nodding to each of them. He then looked at the creature and asked, “Ya behave yourself?”

“As well behaved as I can be with this lot, had them scared shitless when I appeared!”

Sombra made a motion for the creature to get off, to which it did. Sombra pulled up an extra chair and motioned for everyone to set back down. Young Blood and his lieutenants did as he asked and waited to hear what Sombra had to say.

“If you join with me, you have to abide by these three rules: Respect, Honor, and Loyalty. Can anyone tell me which of these deserves the highest punishment?” Sombra asked.

The group glanced amongst each other as if silently discussing, after a minute, one of the male lieutenants said, “Loyalty?”

“You’re one-third right. The answer is, all of ‘em. Disloyalty begets disrespect, and disrespect begets dishonor. They all go hand-in-hand, break one and you’ve broken all three, so, the answer is: all of the ‘em deserve severe punishment. Tell me somethin’, what do you guys mostly sell and do?”

“Guns, drugs, that sort of thing,” said one of the female lieutenants.

“No pimpin’?” Sombra asked.

Young Blood furrowed his brow. “I got two little sisters, and a girlfriend. I don’t want to think about putting someone as young as them into that shit, but those mobsters have no problem with it. And that’s part of the reason we want them out.”

Sombra nodded in understanding. “I get it, I do. That’s good that you do that, ya have standards, I respect that, and I’ll honor that.” Sombra crossed his arms and looked each member in the eye. “As of today, you’re not the Blood Pack anymore, you’re the Blood Kings. You and I, Young Blood, we’re runnin’ this together. You want these other guys out, and I want to rule the city.”

“What are you suggesting?” Young Blood asked.

“We hit the Russians, hard, fast, and make it showy. I know where they’re shored up. I was plannin’ on attacking them myself,” said Sombra.

“Hit them?! All of ‘em?! You’ll get slaughtered! We’re big, but there’s a reason we don’t hit them head on! They got more firepower around their compound!”

Sombra smiled, at that moment, tendrils began to appear from behind his back, along with two larger ones that had snapping jaws and red glowing eyes. “I think I can manage.”

Celestia rested in a queen sized bed, the silken sheets caressing her naked body. The room she was in was a familiar one, it was the room of her lover, Maria Mare. It was a spacious room, with warm, mahogany wood walls, and a velvet red carpet. There was a bookshelf across from the bed that was built into the wall, and behind it a panic room. Maria had told her this just in case anything happened, she never believed anyone would be stupid enough to attack the Mayor’s Mansion, her private security wasn’t anything to sneeze at.

She and Maria had been on a date earlier that afternoon, and then somehow she let herself get talked into coming to the Mayor’s Mansion, and then one thing led to another and Celestia found herself having sex with her.

It wasn’t like this was the first time they had done it, in the year and a half that they had secretly been together, they’ve slept together at least a dozen or more times. However…Celestia couldn’t say that they were making love, there was affection between them, but…Celestia wasn’t sure if love was part of it.

Celestia glanced over her shoulder and looked upon the woman she slept with. Despite being seven years her senior, Maria was still a beautiful woman, she was physically fit, her arms had lean muscle to match her legs, her breasts were full and firm, all and all, she was quite a catch. Celestia winced a little when she looked at her left shoulder and noticed a “love” bite.

At least she remembered to do it someplace that I can cover up, she thought.

Celestia remembered, back when she was in college, it was then when she first met Maria Mare. She was running for mayor at the time, Celestia was moved by her words and actions, so moved that she joined the mayor’s campaign staff. She immediately made an impression on Maria, so much so that they became friends. That friendship would eventually blossom into infatuation, but Celestia never acted on it, and she was never sure of Maria’s orientation.

Years later, they still kept in contact with each other. On the day that she found Sunset Shimmer, Celestia knew that she needed to help this girl, it was as if a voice inside her was telling her that Sunset needed her. Celestia had asked Maria to look into Sunset’s identity, but could find nothing, not a trace of Sunset could be found anywhere in the city’s database.

Celestia didn’t want to have Sunset be thrown into the foster care system, when their parents died, Celestia and Luna were in it for a while until Celestia was old enough to take up responsibility. She asked Maria for help, practically begging her to find a way so that Sunset wouldn’t go through that and be under her care.

It was on that day that the deal was struck. Maria would use her power to forge Sunset some documents, good enough that no one would be able to tell that they were fake. The payment? Celestia was to be her secret lover. In truth, Celestia didn’t mind that arrangement, she still carried a torch for Maria.

For a while their relationship was fun, but then Celestia started to see how…aggressive Maria was. Maria never struck Celestia, but she was very domineering, almost controlling. For nearly four years their relationship stayed like this, and, to a degree, Celestia didn’t mind. Part of her craved to be controlled, she had always been the one to make all the decisions, all the hard choices, both as a big sister and as a principal. It just felt…nice to not be in control.

However, Celestia knew that that wasn’t a healthy relationship. She envied what Sunset and Pinkie had, although it was a new relationship, Celestia could tell that the two of them would be happy together. Which begged the question, was she happy?

Celestia thought she was happy. The school principal reached over to the nightstand and picked up her phone to check the time, it was eight ‘o clock. Celestia turned around and lightly shook Maria’s arm.

“Maria, I need to head back home, I got school tomorrow.”

Maria stirred awake and turned on her side to face Celestia. “When you say stuff like that, it makes me feel like I just sleep with a high schooler. Perhaps next time I should find a cute uniform for you to wear? Maybe a cheerleader?”

Celestia blushed. “Don’t start that, Maria.”

Maria smirked and laid back. “I’ll have them bring the car around and drive you back.” Maria played with a lock of her hair and grimaced a little when she saw patches of pink. “Guess I’ll need to have another dye job done.”

Celestia removed the blanket and started collecting her clothes to put back on. “I don’t get why you dyed it gray? Your hair color’s cute.”

Maria smiled. “Thank you, but, the people of the city trust the image of a refined older woman of power. Besides, no one’s going to take me seriously when I have neon pink hair, it was great when I was in high school and college, but now, no.”

Celestia shrugged, politics were always messy and confusing, not that Celestia was a stranger to it herself, having gone to many a school district meeting regarding budgets and the like.

“I was thinking, Celly, maybe it’s time we took this public,” said Maria.

Celestia stopped partway through putting on her clothes as she snapped her head in Maria’s direction with a shocked expression. “R-Really?”

Maria nodded.

“I…I don’t know what to say…what brought this on?”

“The shallow reason, elections are coming up, and I’m looking to score some points in the LGBTQ community by finally coming out of the closet.”

Celestia had a downcast look on her face as she turned away. “Oh…I see.”

Maria smirked, she got up from the bed and crawled her way over to Celestia. She then hugged her lover from behind and nuzzled her cheek against Celestia’s. “And because I’m kind of tired of the secrecy, I’d much rather show people how much I love you.”

Celestia shuddered when Maria switched from nuzzling and began kissing her gently on the nape of her neck, her kisses continued until she stopped around the bite mark she left. Celestia glanced at Maria and saw a look of contempt.

“It’s not that bad,” said Celestia.

“I don’t like that part of myself…getting too worked up and hurting you…”

“I know you don’t mean it,” said Celestia.

Maria leaned down and gently kissed the bite mark, she then moved up and gently kissed Celestia, the principal returned it, adding a bit of tongue as she did. A few more seconds and Celestia would find herself kicking off her pants and underwear again, but she had responsibilities, she had to go or Luna would start to worry. Celestia finished getting dressed and flashed a smile at her lover before leaving the room.

\\\/// You don’t need her, she’s only using you. \\\///

Please be quiet, I don’t want to hear you right now. As if there wasn’t enough going on in her life, now there was a voice in her head. Before it was like a whisper in the back of her head, more recently, it’s become a lot louder, to the point that it was as if someone was right next to her.

\\\/// You know it, I know it. She says she loves you, but I can feel it. Her words are devoid of love, lust perhaps, but love? Don’t act as if you haven’t already thought it true. \\\///

………Things can change.

\\\/// Well, I will agree with you there. Things will change, and you’ll have to make a decision soon. \\\///

Celestia stopped on the stairs. What kind of decision?

\\\/// Which is more important to you, the love you think you feel for this woman, or the love you know you feel for your sister and Sunset. \\\///

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