Searing went downstairs when she smelled a breakfast pizza. On the other side of the island was Discord, as usual. Unlike usual, and oddly enough for a chaos spirit, there was something different about him. "Discord?" Searing asked as she put a slice of breakfast on a plate.

"Yes, Searing?"

"Why are you wearing a wig that looks like Princess Sparkle's mane?"

"Isn't it obvious, Searing?" Discord took a bite of the crust of his slice. "I need to channel her essence in order to make a checklist for you."

"What for?"

"Today is our last day here. We leave at sundown."

"Alright! Unicorn body, here I come!" A tangentially related question came to mind. "Say, where did you get that wig?"

Twilight walked into her bathroom in the middle of the night with a severe magical headache from one intense experiment too many. She saw her maneless head and blearily groaned as she looked through the medicine cabinet for something to help with the pain. The missing mane could be dealt with later, after she got a good long night's sleep. 3 PM sounded like a good time to wake up.

"I have my sources," Discord dismissively said. "Anyways, you'd better get packing. Don't want to leave anything valuable behind, after all."

"And what about the rest of the day?"

"Chill, relax, do whatever you want. I strongly recommend you pack up all your clothes. You may want them later."

"Yeah okay sure." Searing wolfed down the rest of her slice of breakfast pizza and ran back upstairs. Her room now looked like it came out of an airport check in area. For once, she didn't care what it looked like. There were empty suitcases laying open on her bed, just waiting to be filled. Instead of working on packing immediately, she got her phone and made a call.

"Hello?" A familiar English accented voice tiredly answered.

"Searing, today's my last day here," Not-Unicorn Searing said.

All exhaustion disappeared from the other side. "When do you leave?"

"Sundown."

"I'm coming over."

"When are you-" Searing looked at her quiet phone. "She hung up on me."

Not-Unicorn Searing, freshly showered and wearing her workout clothes, opened the bathroom door and saw Human Searing. "How long have you been there?"

"About five minutes," Human Searing answered. "Let me help you pack up."

"Thanks." They made the short walk to Not-Unicorn Searing's room and promptly got to work. "So, do you have any ideas for what to do after this?"

"Well, I was thinking of an endurance competition with some workouts, but it's your call."

"Hmmm. . ." Not-Unicorn Searing found her kimono and put it on, looking more like her double. "You know, I want to fight something. Are there any dojos we can raid around here?"

"If you're willing to take an hour long train ride, we can go to Little Tokyo."

"What's that?"

Human Searing thought for a bit. "Think of it like a Japanese cultural town. Eris only let me go once in a while, mostly because of school. But now that school's out, we can go."

"So, dojo raid is a go?"

"Dojo raid is a go. But first, packing."

On the train, Not-Unicorn Searing fell asleep on Human Searing's shoulder. Human Searing took a break from drawing in her sketchpad to take a selfie of the moment. Once she had a satisfactory picture, she went back to her drawing of a unicorn in battle.

Human Searing was awake and alert as soon as she stepped off the train. "Alright, where's our first dojo?"

"Before we get started, there's one thing we have to get."

"Can't be lunch, so what is it?"

"Different kimonos. Smaller ones that we can fight in more easily. I realized it on the way here."

"I yield to your reasoning," Not-Unicorn said with a sigh. "Let's get it over with."

One trip later, and the two had matching white short skirted kimonos with cherry blossom prints. Human Searing, by coincidence, also had her workout clothes on under her kimono. As a result, they looked fully identical.

"So, what's our real first stop?" Not-Unicorn Searing asked.

Human Searing checked her phone. "The Kirakil Dojo. All women, open to challengers, and I informed them of our challenge. It's just down the street."

"Sweet."

"And now, presenting the challengers!" An announcer said to those watching in person and online. "A tag team duo that wishes to face the whole Kirakil Dojo. Students, Sensei, and janitor alike. Unfortunately, the janitor isn't here right now. Instead of telling you about them, I'll let them introduce themselves."

Two pocket doors were slammed open simultaneously by Searing Victory and Searing Victory, standing side by side. "My name is Searing Victory," the left one said.

"And my name is Searing Victory," the right one said.

They struck a mirrored pose. "And I will live up to my name!" They called out at the same time.

"Standard rules will be applied," the announcer stated. "Any style is permitted. Chasing a retreating opponent is not permitted. All participants have one and only one retreat. Dirty moves will bring NO HONOR! Begin!"

Both Searings ran at their dozen opponents and were soon in the thick of it. They moved with great efficiency and speed, tossing opponents left and right. Some tosses went to the floor, but some landed one person on another.

After a mere two minutes, only the Sensei was left, and she was a tougher opponent. Eventually, her focus was stuck on one Searing for long enough that she could be suplexed by the other.

"And the twins have done it!" The announcer announced. "Call me crazy, but I don't think they got hit."

"Agh," one Searing said as she massaged a spot on her shoulder that had gotten hit. "That stings."

"Okay, not many hits. Still, quite impressive." The announcer turned to the challengers. "Ladies, the receptionist will have your reward."

"Thank you," the other Searing said.

Out in the foyer, the receptionist handed each Searing a coupon for two free mochi balls at a local mochi ball place. They thanked her and left.

"Phew," Human Searing said as she started checking her phone again. "That was. . . Actually pretty fun."

"It is a thrill," Not-Unicorn Searing agreed. "It's very different from fighting minotaurs as a unicorn, though. You got another one lined up yet?"

"One moment. . . And there we go. The Gurragan Dojo is next."

"Whoo! We're on a winning streak!" Not-Unicorn Searing cheered.

"Two consecutive victories is not a winning streak," Human Searing replied. "We should rest and get some lunch."

"Nah. We can handle a third one, and we will win!"

Human Searing sighed. "If you say so." She looked over the list of dojos and found one. "The Wanpan dojo is available and close by."

"Sweet!"

The third match did not go well. Human Searing got beaten very quickly, and Not-Unicorn had an opponent in her grasp when her stomach didn't so much grumble as it did roar. It brought the match to a halt and brought Not-Unicorn Searing down.

"I told you," Human Searing said from the sideline. "We concede!" She called as she went in and picked up her counterpart. "We accept this defeat."

"I refuse. . ." Not-Unicorn weakly stated. "I won't be beaten by hunger. . ."

"Apologies for this." Human Searing punched Not-Unicorn Searing's gut.

"Oof!" Not-Unicorn Searing lost the rest of her strength with the one move, but thanks to Human Searing holding her up, she only slumped instead of falling. "Okay. . . You made your point. . ."

With a few polite words, Human Searing thanked the dojo's members, adjusted her hold, and left with her counterpart draped over her shoulder. After collecting their items, Human Searing left and started walking somewhere with intent.

A few minutes later, Human Searing put Not-Unicorn Searing down in a chair at the Path of Heaven ramen cart. "Two heavenly bowls, please," she said as she sat down.

"Gladly," the cart owner said. In a matter of minutes, he had the two bowls out in front of the identical girls. "Here you go."

Not-Unicorn Searing seemed to perk up at the smell of the ramen almost a full minute later. "That smells good."

"Eat up." Human Searing put a fork in Not-Unicorn Searing's hand. "We're not challenging another dojo today."

"But-"

"No, and that's final." Human Searing skillfully went at her ramen bowl with her chopsticks, and was soon deep in the flavor with a smile. "Mmmmm!!!!! This is worth living for!"

"Thank you," the cart owner said.

Not-Unicorn Searing started on her ramen and soon discovered the miraculous flavor. "What she said!"

"Thank you," the cart owner repeated.

Both Searings left the cart with nearly full stomachs, wanting only their free mochi balls for dessert. Thankfully, it was a ten minute walk, so there was time for them to work up a bit of extra room for the sweets.

As soon as they went into the mochi ball place, Not-Unicorn Searing said, "I don't think Yang would like being in here for too long. It's a bit chilly."

"Maybe you could get them for her?" Human Searing teasingly asked as she got the coupons.

"Yeah. Wait, no, I mean-"

Human Searing chuckled at Not-Unicorn Searing's reaction. "Relax, Searing. Just look over the flavors and make your choice."

Between the identical girls, they picked out a whole rainbow of flavors and colors, buying four more of the small desserts on top of the eight free ones they'd earned. They took their time to share and enjoy the sweets, not only to savor the flavor, but also to actually eat them all. The ramen had taken up more stomach space than they had expected.

When they left, they were painfully full (painfull, if you will), and were groaning. "We should have held off a bit," Human Searing said.

"Yeah," her counterpart agreed. "Hey, what's our budget?"

"Well. . ."

"I'm going to go to Searing's, mom!" Human Searing said as she approached the door to the garage. "She's leaving at sundown!"

A credit card embedded itself in the solid wood door inches from Searing's face. "Use that and have fun doing whatever you want. Make it memorable. Adieu!"

". . .No? Yes?"

Not-Unicorn Searing gave a nonplussed look. "No limit?"

"No limit."

"Shopping spree?"

"Shopping spree."

"Hey, Searing?"

"Yeah, Searing?"

"Do you think we should unbox this stuff and get rid of the packaging to lighten things a bit?"

"No. . ." Searing looked at their numerous items. "Not all of it. Maybe we could get rid of the internal packaging on the bigger items, then stick the smaller related items in with them, maybe some thin books too."

"Let's use that empty table."

"Oh wow. We got, what, twelve bags down to four?"

"Very impressive." Searing checked her phone. "Sundown's in a few hours. Let's go."

"Alright."

Before the two went to Not-Unicorn Searing's place, they made a stop not far away. It was a particular fence, and Not-Unicorn Searing was at it in a moment, struggling to defend herself from a happy dog. "Hey, Buddy," she said. "I brought a friend along. Do you want to say Hi to her?"

Human Searing came around and saw Buddy. She joined her double at the fence and piled on the affection. "Aww, he's so friendly. Oh yes you are~"

Mr. Trender came out a moment later and had to rub his eyes at the sight of the two girls. "Searing?"

"Yes?" They asked in stereo.

"Why does it look like there's two of you?"

"Oh, there's only one of me," Not-Unicorn Searing said. "This is my double. I think I mentioned her once or twice. Searing, this is Mr. Trender. Mr. Trender, this is Searing."

"So I'm not hallucinating?"

"Nope," Human Searing said. "It's nice to meet you."

"Why are there two of you anyways?"

"Some kind of planned cosmic coincidence, I think. However that works."

"Huh. So, dare I ask why you've come to visit?"

Not-Unicorn Searing paused for a bit before answering. "Well. . . I'm leaving at sunset, and I just wanted to say bye. I know the idle talks weren't-"

"You say those talks weren't important and I'll smack you," Mr. Trender firmly interjected. "You were the reason for me to get out of my comfy chair more often, and I enjoyed the discussions. You were open to what I had to say, and you weren't afraid to talk back either. Remember what I said about respecting and listening to your elders?"

"It's a good idea, but I have my own life to live, too."

"Hey, Searing?" Human Searing asked.

"Yes, Searing?" Not-Unicorn Searing asked.

"Do you want me to visit him in your stead?"

"What did I just say?" Mr. Trender firmly asked.

"Uhm. . . Ehe. . . Respecting and listening to your elders is good, but I have my own life to live."

"And don't you forget it. Come on in and play with Buddy for a bit." Both Searings went through the gate and were more properly greeted by Buddy.

Not-Unicorn Searing left Human Searing to get attacked by doggy kisses while she found a good stick. "Hey, Buddy!" She had the dog's attention. "Go fetch!" She threw the stick towards the far fence and Buddy left to go get it.

"Is that dog always so happy?" Human Searing asked.

"I've never seen him sad."

"Well, that's-why did he bring the stick to me?" Human Searing gave up on the question, got the stick, and took her turn to throw it. "Well, happy dogs are always a good thing."

"And he also knows when to just be there," Mr. Trender added as Buddy brought the stick to Not-Unicorn Searing. "Sometimes, that's all you need."

Half an hour later, Searing opened the door to Discord's place. "We're back - hng!" She promptly got hit with a beam of magic in the exact precise middle of her collarbone and had to lean against the wall, hand over the impact site.

Discord walked up as he tossed a nerf gun to the side. "That, Searing, will allow you to switch between-"

"Wrong one!" Not-Unicorn Searing shouted as she went over to Human Searing. "Hey, how are you feeling?"

"I'll be fine in a bit." Human Searing said between slow and steady breaths. "Tell me how it looks."

Not-Unicorn Searing slowly removed Human Searing's hand. "Uhm. . ."

"Is it bad?"

Not-Unicorn Searing took a picture and showed it to Human Searing. "That's what my cutie mark looks like."

"A gold trophy, blue ribbon, and wings of fire? Huh."

Discord turned Not-Unicorn Searing to face him and hit her with the same spell, leaving her with the same mark in the same spot. "Both of you can now switch between human and unicorn form, though I wouldn't recommend trying that just yet. Give the magic a few minutes to settle down."

"What about our clothes?" Not-Unicorn Searing asked once she got a grip on the pain.

"You really think I wouldn't think that far ahead?"

"Yes."

Discord swooned. "Oh, you wound me with your words! Terribly so!" Then he fell over, suddenly holding half of a BLT sandwich over his chest.

Both Searings looked at each other. Human Searing was confused while Not-Unicorn Searing simply shrugged.

When they looked back, Discord was sitting in a chair next to the body, poking it with a stick. "I think Discord is dead."

"Discord is dead?" Human Searing asked.

"I'm not about to go into that skit," Not-Unicorn Searing firmly said.

"Party pooper." Discord pulled the toothpick from the sandwich and the dead body deflated like a balloon, flying all around until it disappeared. "Anyways, the switch comes with a nifty little trick: anything you wear in one form disappears when switching to the other, then comes back when you switch back, just like when you changed."

"So if I go unicorn, I won't have anything on," Human Searing said. "But when I go back to human, I'll have the same clothes on, regardless of what happened?"

"Exactly! Just think of all the time you can save when travelling!"

"You can't wear a suitcase."

"Correction: you can't functionally wear a suitcase."

The gears clicked in Human Searing's head. "Discord, I will always be grateful for this god-tier lifehack."

"You are welcome. Now, go upstairs and double check everything one more time, then pack it up. You don't have long."

Both Searings ran upstairs with their loot and to the airport terminal themed bedroom. "Alright, let's see if I can do this." Not-Unicorn Searing found her magic, then the new magic Discord had granted her, and tapped it. She lit up with a bright blue glow and a moment later, was a unicorn again. She even had the saddlebags from the bunker on her. "It works!" Unicorn Searing happily exclaimed.

Human Searing pulled her into a hug. "You're so cute like this!"

"You do know you'll look like this when you figure out the same thing, right?"

"I don't care! And I can say I hugged a friendly unicorn now!" Human Searing let go of the hug and started laughing. "When did my life become so weird that I'm not even fazed by my double turning into a talking unicorn?"

"There are no unicorns I know of that can't talk." Unicorn Searing started levitating things around and repacking them to make room for her newest gains. "This is so much easier than packing by hand." She even took the saddlebags off so she could better appreciate her return to form. Human Searing was speechless as she watched the magic at work. It wasn't long before everything was packed away, and Unicorn Searing went back to her human form. "Mind helping me hold everything for a moment?"

"Oh, sure." Human Searing started on her assigned task, getting all the suitcases and bags on Not-Unicorn Searing's arms and in her hands. "What about the saddlebags?"

"Put them on me like a belt. Quickly." As soon as the saddlebags were on, Not-Unicorn Searing went back to Unicorn form, bereft of all her luggage. "That's cool."

"Yeah, it is. Hey, umm. . . Can I. . ?"

"Yeah, sure, you can get on my back."

Human Searing mostly held back a squee of excitement as she did just that.

Finally, it was sundown. Eris decided to show up just in time to say her farewells and get some pictures of Human and Unicorn Searing together. She also mildly berated Discord for accidentally giving Human Searing the ability to become a unicorn and sticking her with a permanent, well placed, and very cleanly designed tattoo.

"Well, I guess I'll see you later," Human Searing said to Unicorn Searing.

"Save the sap for the trees," Unicorn Searing retorted.

"Oh alright."

Discord put a hand between Searing's ears. "Time for us to go. Toodles!" With a vertical beam of magic, he took Searing up, up, and up until they landed on the moon. "Alright, we're stopping here for a moment."

"How am I breathing?" Searing asked.

"Magic, Searing. Now hold still." Discord turned back into his Draconequus form, snapped a shoulder length rubber glove onto his talon arm, and reached deep into Searing's ear. "Let's see, we do a bit of this, a bit of that. . . And there we go!" He pulled his arm out, then pulled the glove out and threw it away, littering on the moon.

The mare rubbed her ear to get the feeling of the extraction out. "What did you just do?"

"Well, if you must know, I simply put a little spell on you. All that luggage you've got with your human form is locked away for now."

"WHAT? But. . . That means my cannons are still locked away. . ." Sad Searing was sad.

"Relax. The lock will be undone when we get back to Equestria. By the way, you still have BPS, so we're not going back to Equestria."

"Awwww. . . Hey, what's that thing coming towards us?"

Discord turned and saw the incoming thing. "Oh, that's Desmond the Moon Bear. Hi, Desmond!"

"How did you get here?" Desmond asked.

"Welp, that's it. Joke's over, we're leaving." Discord and Searing teleported away with a snap.

Author's Notes:

Credit to mustangdrew4 for suggesting the farewell scene with Mr. Trender and Buddy.

The next stop will be so chaotic, it may even be heretical.