30 Moons After

The rest of the day went without a hitch. Before I knew it, my shift was done.

"See you tomorrow Ditzy." I called as I walked out.

"Goodbye Sunset." she replied.

I was greeted by Twilight when I got out.

"Something happened to the mail. I calculated that reliability in the mail system went up over 200% in 4 hours today."she said in disbelief.

Poor Twi.

"Yeah, I know, I organized the mail room and corrected Ditzy's vision with a spell." I replied.

The Princess looked at me shocked. She remained that way for several second before she shook it off.

"That's great you did that for Ditzy Sunset, but are you sure you.."

"Yes, I'm positive, I spend said four hours  THOROUGHLY researching the subject." I replied.

The alicorn sighed. "Okay, if you're sure. Let's go to see Rarity."

Twilight led me to a colorful tower like building called the "Carousel Boutique". She knocked on the door and called out for Rarity.

"Coming!" a voice called within, and the white unicorn opened the door.

"Ah Twilight darling, so nice of you to drop by, and you Sunset." Rarity said.

"Always a pleasure, you still have Spike with you?" Twilight asked.

"I'm in here!" Spike called.

We walked in to see Spike covered in various fabric and ribbons. He was standing next to a mannequin that held a partly finished dress.

"Need me back at the library already Twi?" Spike asked jokingly.

"I assumed you taught Flash everything he needs to know about being my assistant, you tell me." Twi replied.

"True, but you can't beat experience, can you?"

"No you can't, I assume you'll be back when Flash has to return to duty back to Canterlot?"

"Of course. You two don't get enough time together."

I had chuckle at the spectacle before me.

"I know darling. It's so funny when they converse." Rarity told me.

I hated to change the subject so quickly, but...

"We're here because Twi said you've been in a similar situation I'm in right now." I replied.

"Which is?"

"I have a demon living in my head."

Rarity's face went somber. "Yes dear, I was tricked into becoming the host for an evil shadow queen. After I was freed from her grip, I had to put up with her in my head. We shared a mental link, and she mocked me with my weaknesses."

"What did you do to beat her?"

"Well, I'll tell you what a wise pony once told me. You have to accept the fact that it happened, then draw from it the lesson you learned. Then, can you move on."

I considered this. Sure I accept the that it happened. My fear is that no one...nopony will accept me because of it. As for what I learned from everything 2 and a half years ago was I was a total jerk and had to learn what friendship was.

"That doesn't really help me now. I just...I don't want to become an outcast."

"Then make sure you have friends and family around. I know what fear can do to anyone. Fear can drive a pony to make bad decisions. I should know, it happened to me." Rarity said.

I felt a hoof on my shoulder. The princess spoke softly. "You don't have to be afraid Sunset, we'll be here for you, every step of the way."

I nodded. With that, we left the boutique and continued to the library. As we walked, Twilight sighed as we pasted a clearing in the middle of town.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"It's nothing" the alicorn replied.

"You can tell me Twilight."

"You'd think it would silly."

"Try me."

Twilight sighed. "Okay, I use to live in a castle that stood in that spot."

A castle in Ponyville? That must have been something to see.

"What happened to it?" I asked.

"It was destroyed by an evil unicorn stallion named King Sombra. I thought he was dead, but his horn regenerated the rest of his body, and he came back looking for my friends and me. He attack Ponyville out of  vengeance and spite. We managed to evacuate everypony and fought him, but he managed to knock out my friends until it was just me and him. I remember feeling so angry at him for hurting my friends and all the innocent ponies in town. I..."

Twilight remained silent for a moment. Her face showed such distress that I wasn't sure if I wanted to hear the rest.

"I charged up my horn shot a powerful blast right through his heart."

"You killed him?" I asked in disbelief.

"I wasn't thinking when I did it, I just did. *sigh* Needless to say, I regretted it after I did it. I mean, just killing somepony in cold blood like that, what does that say about you?"

"Back in the other universe, we call that being human. You made a mistake because you're a flawed being. I should know what angry can do to someone, it can lead them to do horrific things. And I know everyone is vulnerable to it."

We arrived at the library after a moment of silence.

"You know, this library was actually destroyed once."

"Was it?"

"Oh yeah, a creature named Tirek escaped from Tartarus and stole magic from ponies, the princess not to far down the list. Celestia, Luna, and Cadance all transferred their magic to me to keep it from him. When he found me, he blasted Golden Oaks to smithereens. Fortunately, a friend of mine had no trouble fixing it after Tirek was back in his prison, in fact, you could say it was a snap for him." Twilight finished with a wink.

From the way she said it, you'd think all she had to do was get someone to snap their fingers.