Day 4 (morning).

Golden Passion walked through the castle's halls. As she did, she could feel many memories of one of the most beautiful yet shortest phases in her childhood come back to her mind. She welcomed and smiled fondly at them. She remembered how precious they were to her and locked them in her heart, not to be forgotten again.

She gave slow and steady steps as she admired the architecture and the solitude the halls provided her. This time, she was one hundred percent sure it was fine to explore the castle, since Luna herself had told her to do so while she attended court. Passion smiled once more remembering her princess's enthusiasm at the idea of going back to work after a thousand years of leaving Celestia by herself.

When Passion came back to reality she realized she was approaching a door which was being watched by a pair of guards. She slightly lifted the necklace that hung on her neck and looked at it. The necklace was enchanted to make her wings appear invisible and nopony would suspect her... well, that is overestimating. At least the guards would suspect less of her.

At the other side of the big door with beautiful cravings sat an alabaster princess who, for the first time in... who knows, had nothing to do.

"Your Majesty, a strange mare-" Celestia chuckled, immediately knowing who it was.

"Let her in" and the doors opened, revealing a nervous Passion slowly entering Celestia's study. Once the doors were closed, Passion finally let out the breath she was holding.

"How can you stand all this... privacy invasion?" the nervous mare asked, having not too fond memories about the same guards.

"It's for security, so it is actually necessary. Even if they are not really effective when it comes to facing Nightmares or Gods of Chaos" Celestia joked, though she seemed distant, something that wasn't quite normal and Passion knew this. The princess watched her morning sun looming over the skies, and didn't notice the golden coated mare surveying the bookshelves.

"It's... a lot neater than I remember" Passion remarked with a very low tone, as if not wanting to break the peaceful atmosphere they had.

"Well, Lulu sneaked up here last night and arranged everything... Though I do appreciate her efforts to give me some time for myself and make me forget my duties, I feel this place that I used to have as a sanctuary rather... unfamiliar." Celestia sighed and her gaze met the cold floor "I have a lot of time in my hooves right now, but I can't seem to find it any use."

"You're a workhorse" Passion joked and the old princess chuckled.

"Well. You, my dear fiery warrior, are not exactly the life of the party." Celestia retorted, and both ancient mares exploded in laughter. Celestia was enjoying her old friend's company, but this old friend reminded her of another friend of hers.

"So, you really don't have any ideas on what to do?" asked Passion after the laughter subdued. Both mares were looking at the scenery outside the window, showered by the sunlight.

"Actually, I do." Celestia's horn lit up and a scroll, a quill and a bottle of ink were levitated towards her "Excuse me for a second, my dear." the younger alicorn nodded with a calm smile before Celestia began her letter.

"My Faithful Student"

...No, no.

"My Faithful Student Friend"

And suddenly, the princess had an idea for a little, harmless prank.

"Golden Passion, would you be a dear and fetch me another scroll?" a moment later, the princess had already finished her letter and was focused in giving it the last touches. She had to rewrite the whole thing since it had a lot of scratches (due to a lot of second thoughts), and this was something not very characteristic of the secure and decided princess.

"Sure thing... No, wait. Can't you do that with your magic?" Celestia ignored Passion and she kept the quill dancing around the scroll, fixing this and that word. "...Fine” Passion grabbed a scroll from a drawer in Celestia’s desk and walked towards her. She took a small peek at the mess of a letter Celestia had in her magical grip and gasped at what she could figure out.

“’Tia… sometimes you can be so… so… cruel” Passion muttered with a blank expression “You are telling her to come here half an hour from now?!” she was a little worried about the poor victim, but at least she was going to be able to fulfill the favor Joe had asked her the night before.

“She’ll be fine” Celestia chuckled regally “I promise I will keep an eye on her and will intervene in case anything goes out of control… again.” Yes, she was referring to that time when she enchanted her doll, and a well concealed shiver went down through her spine at the memory. Celestia proceeded to rewrite and send the letter and just some seconds later both alicorns sat in silence, without knowing what else to do.

“So…” Passion awkwardly tried to break the unbearable silence. They both shared a couple of glances which showed their indecision on what to do while waiting for the arrival of a certain lavender unicorn. Then, a particular object caught both of the mares' attention.

“Princess Celestia of Equestria” the commander began her threat, glaring daggers back at the Sun Goddess. Of course, the princess didn’t stay behind. I dare say that the Princess’ stare was even more deadly. While the commander’s features irradiated anger, pride, courage and tenacity, the Princess’ stare was filled with…

Calmness. Yes, calmness. As if every little twitch that the fierce warrior’s muscles gave was in her plans. Every situation: wrapped around her hoof. Every little soldier: puppets she could control with ease. Any common pony would squirm in agony under that gaze. However the courageous commander would feel irritated. 'How could she wipe out that cocky grin from her face?' She would ask herself. And I repeat: would. Because this time, this time she was sure she was…

“I shall win this time! I will not allow you to defeat me!” the air surrounding the clashing mares was filled with so much tension I felt I could poke it with the tip of my lavender horn. I sat some inches away from them, watching the entire scene with awe. Next to me sat Princess Luna, who was as painfully calm as her sister.

“D-do you think Passion will win?” I whispered to the Princess next to me.

“I highly doubt it” Luna answered nonchalantly. I was a little surprised since she didn’t seem to be supporting her… marefriend too much.

“I’m sorry for intruding, Princess but I’ve been wondering… Why don’t you… um… support her?” I finally allowed the questions in my head to be asked, with a little embarrassment and nervousness.

“And why don’t you support ‘Tia, Twilight Sparkle?” the cryptic princess answered back with another question. I must admit this was quite irritating, but also that the question had caught me off guard.

Because she can handle this.

Because she doesn’t need me.

Because I believe in her.

Because I lo…

But only silence came, and Luna’s attention went back to the two mares in front of us. Of course I wouldn’t say such irrational things! It didn’t even make any sense at all!

Wait, If I actually… lrmph… her, then doesn’t that mean I would actually support her?

But when I looked closer, I could see the Night Princess’ lips curled into a very slight smile… a victory smile, just like her sister’s. I gave up; she was too much for me. Both of them. Then, I realized I actually was sitting in the same room with the two mares who, by just thinking about them, could make my day as worst as being in Tartarus itself for just five minutes.

…If they only knew… They’d banish me from Equestria! Or maybe I could be sent to the moon!

I turned my gaze at the two mares locked in their fierce battle. It was clear that the world around meant nothing to them right now.

“Jaque!” Passion shouted in joy and delight in a foreign language with a strange accent. On the board I could see that most of the soldiers were gone, the white king was surrounded and escaping seemed impossible. But the princess chuckled. Her horn began glowing with a soft golden light, and a white piece on the chess board moved. And, as if by magic…

“Check mate~” Princess Celestia sang in victory, and Passion froze. Luna giggled and I could only feel how all my positive feelings towards the princess simply skyrocketed.

Such… cleverness…

“WHAT. THE. BUCK!”after several seconds of silence, Passion yelled in disbelief.

“Watch that vocabulary, young filly” the Princess scolded the shocked mare sternly, just like a mother would.

“S-sorry ‘Tia” Passion retreated with a blush across her cheeks. I could only feel sympathy for her though it had been far worse with me; I had only lasted 3 minutes because of Princess Celestia’s pity…

Luna rose with graceful practiced movements and turned to look at Passion right in front of the doorway. They shared glances which spoke a thousand words for them. I helplessly burned with curiosity to know what they were saying and just how they could tell each other so much with simple eye-contact!

Worst of all, I would not dare to ask the princess for help. I would rather eat diamonds and rubies with Spike, which would result in a severe digestive problem. And that certainly wouldn’t help in the slightest with the current problem at hoof.

“Well, dearest sister, congratulations for your victory. I shall be retiring for court” Luna said, already outside of the room, but before she could close the doors, the princess still had something to tell her.

“Please, Luna, don’t hesitate to come for help if-“

“’Tia, don’t worry about me” she assured her concerned sister with security in her eyes and a calm grin. I looked at the princess, already formulating what to say, but Passion seemed to have noticed and shot me an ‘It’s something they should solve’ look. The princess sighed in an attempt to calm her nerves down. “It is already my second day of court. I shall be perfectly fine by myself. I am well aware a problem may rise and I will ask for help if required, but you should really, really trust me a little bit more, sister…”

“Yes, Luna… I am sorry… I just…”

Passion was standing beside me. I stood up as well and she signaled me to follow her. Though confused, I did as she said and followed her out of the room, still looking back at the princess’s unusual insecure and helpless demeanor.

Luna reentered the room and closed the doors behind her. For a moment I thought it wouldn’t be a good idea to neglect a princess’s duties, but then I remembered all the tragic incidents that occurred thanks to miscommunication. The sisters had to solve this; I remembered when Princess Celestia had summoned me because of a presumed terrorist, who resulted to be her old friend Golden Passion, that was in her castle and things almost got out of hoof.

A sigh escaped my lips and, as a result, a hoof had taken my shoulder. I lifted my gaze which had been fixed on the floor and met Passion’s gentle eyes.

“Is something wrong, Twilight?” she asked with her unique accent which maybe had resulted from the long process of adaptation to modern ways.

For a moment, I was lost thinking of the many possible things this young looking but actually old mare had lived. Probably she had been confined to a restricted area and began to grow disconnected from modern society. If that was to be the case, then she and Luna would actually have a lot more in common that anypony who barely knew them could think.

“Twilight!” Passion’s voice woke me up once again from my theory-forming state “You are honestly starting to worry me” and just the last thing I wanted happened; blood began to rush into my cheeks, making my embarrassment noticeable.

“I-I’m fine… I… just…” my gaze lowered once more, but before it could meet the floor it was caught by something shiny hanging from Passion’s neck; some sort of necklace. My gaze moved slightly to the left and noticed her wings weren’t there “wha- Your wings. What happened to them?”

“Oh, they are there. Why?” Passion at first had a questioning eyebrow raised, but then her face lit up as she remembered something “Oh! This necklace you see here” she pointed at said object with her hoof “is encha-“

“Enchanted?! How?! Who did it?!” I would have tackled the mare onto the ground if it weren’t because we were actually inside a castle, right in front of Princess Celestia’s studio. I thanked whoever else I could think of for making Celestia dismiss the guards when I arrived; it had saved me some embarrassment I didn’t actually pay attention to at the moment.

“I believe it is magic only Luna can use” she answered considerably calmly, but her face still showed confusion and surprise “but it is an illusion spell which hides my wings. By the way, don’t worry about anypony listening to our conversation.” This last comment made me come back to reality… again.

“I’m really sorry!” I imitated my friend Fluttershy, backing away trying to hide my face from the embarrassment. Unfortunately, I did not have her abundant mane…

Great, Twilight! Just great! And you actually expected to have something with either of the princesses. Amazing.

“Really. Don’t worry about it” I couldn’t believe Passion’s patience and thanked whoever raised her “I have heard you have an amazing talent and interest for magic, so if I can I’ll ask Luna about this spell later. For now I have something to tell you. I took you out here to ask you something: I wanted to invite you somewhere both as an apology and a thank you gift.”

“Huh?”

“You know, I wanted to apologize for what happened a few nights ago…” Passion trailed off, but she did not need to finish the sentence for me to know what she meant. In fact, I was thankful she didn’t finish it.

“There’s n-no need to do that, really” I reassured her with even more embarrassment than before.

“Yes I do. There somepony who wants to see you… Oh, I forgot to tell you I wanted to take you to ‘Doughnut Joe’s’”

“Where?!”

Noon.

Passion and I sat in silence in the giant dining room, eating relatively simple food. For some reason neither of us had a lot of appetite at the moment, so we had asked for small portions of food.

There was nopony else besides us in the dining room; the princess was in her chambers and Luna was already in court. Things seemed to have ended up well between the two, but the princess still needed some time to think. At least, that was what Passion had told me to calm my nerves. I trusted her words because I knew she understood the princesses more than I’d had been able to understand them at the time.

“So, you will be doing an experiment with Celestia?” Passion asked, giving her dandelion sandwich a big bite after finishing her question. For a moment, I thought of how amusing it was that, even though she was supposed to be royalty, her mannerisms when eating weren’t really the… best.

“Oh, yes! Though it has been studied before I don’t think it’s been studied enough” I inwardly facehoofed; nothing will ever be studied enough for me! “Well, it has to do with the influence of crystals in magic and the many things we can do with them. Your necklace really called my attention and I’d like to study it later with the princess”

“I’d be more than glad to give it to you if I didn’t need it to cover myself. I’m really sorry”

“No, it’s fine, really!” I took a sip of my apple juice, my only cover at the moment. I felt guilty for bringing up the necklace in the first place! Now I had made her feel like she owed me something...

“But if I am not mistaken it illusions have something to do with playing around with light... I don't know. I did not study that field of magic. Only the very basics.” Passion said thoughtfully, her eyes darting through the room and her mouth taking another bite from the sandwich.

“I see…” I regretted not having any scrolls or quills nearby for taking notes, so I did my best at trying to engrave it into my brain “So, which field of magic did you study?”

“Defensive and Offensive spells. Mostly Offensive” Passion nonchalantly answered.

Having finished her sandwich she proceeded to take the plates and the empty glass to the kitchen, probably to wash them herself, until a chef, after gasping in horror, stopped her and took the dishes himself back into the kitchen. She shot me a ‘what was that all about?’ look and returned to her seat.

I thought it was pretty strange a pony would focus on Offensive spells, but I thought it would be rude and invasive to ask further questions. Silence took place and I thanked I still had some sandwich left; something to keep my mouth occupied on. Fortunately, before I took what could be considered the slowest bite taken in pony history (because it was the last), Passion spoke up.

“Joe wanted to see you. That’s the second reason I invited you there” Passion suddenly whispered “I don’t know why, but it seems to be important.”

“I wonder what it is…” I had to admit I couldn’t really wait; I really missed Joe, however I also had a study session to attend to in a few minutes.

I used to visit his Doughnut shop in a daily basis when the princess urged me to relax and get to know Canterlot (with guards escorting me, of course). Being the unsocial mare I was I had nothing else to do than to read books and the place I chose to do so was Doughnut Joe’s. The owner, Joe, was really patient, relaxed and a good listener, so I didn’t have that many problems that I did have with the other ponies when it came to maintaining a normal conversation.

“Thanks for inviting me, by the way”

“In exchange, I should thank you for accepting to accompany me.” Then, I realized there was something else very amusing about this mare; she did not practice many mannerisms on the table, but she pretty much behaving like a… gentlecolt?

“Miss Twilight Sparkle” a royal guard suddenly spoke, another one behind him “Princess Celestia requests your presence”

“Well, time to go” I sheepishly smiled at Passion, standing up and allowing the servants to pick up the dishes and thanking them “I guess we’ll meet later”

“Best of wishes” I ignored the unnecessary formality of the expression and gave her a thankful smile before walking towards the guards. For some reason, I felt like I was ignoring something really important.

Afternoon.

“Princess… are you alright?” the princess stood in her balcony without her regalia, a sight that I did not always see. She gazed out to the landscape, not turning back to look at me. Her silence worried me; had things really gone well?

“Yes, my faithful student” I couldn’t believe those words. Everything contradicted them; her actions, her tone of voice, even the words themselves! She was doing nothing, just staring out at the empty landscape, but that was exactly what was wrong! She was doing nothing!

Yes, I admit it. I was waiting for a hug. That hug we always shared every time I came to visit or vice versa.

“I… am sorry” suddenly, almost as if she had read my thoughts, she turned around to approach me and gave me the hug I had longed for. However, ignoring the blush appearing on my cheeks and absentmindedly nuzzling her chest, I couldn’t stop asking myself ‘why is she apologizing?’ Of course, at first I thought she had noticed how distant she was behaving with me, but then I felt like there was some other meaning, some other reason behind that apology.

Definitely, I wasn’t prepared for this. Princess Celestia with a pained tone and expression? I felt both scared and privileged to be witnessing this; this was something not everypony could see which probably meant she trusted me. She had always had to give that calm, gentle and strong image of herself to her little ponies.

But I had no idea of how to react, what to do or what to say about this… revealing behavior. What if I did something wrong? What if I failed?

“Twiilght” Celestia broke the embrace, her gentle expression had already returned “would you like to come inside and catch up? Or would you prefer to jump to the experiments right away?”

“I think…” something had changed. Something felt different and… off. I couldn’t believe this calm escapade anymore… I had questions, and both as a scientific and a pony, I wanted answers.

‘My Faithful Friend’ the header of the letter said. No, it did not say 'Student’ like it was accustomed to, it said ‘Friend’ and when I read that word I couldn’t have felt happier. Sure, my feelings were different, but… I was her friend; not a just student, not just a little pony. I was her friend.

…But in that moment, I had no idea if it was a good idea to believe that and get my hopes up. Maybe this Celestia I’ve always known hadn’t been Celestia, but Princess Celestia. Maybe that sad mare I saw staring at the beautiful landscape, acting as if my presence had been completely unimportant was the real Celestia…

If that was the case… did I ever mean anything else to her?

No. Don’t start this again.

Even if I was starting to doubt the princess, I’ve always doubted myself; building hypotheses and believing in them, completely forgetting that they were nothing more than that, hypotheses, unproved, baseless theories built up from speculation.

So, what does a scientist do? Test these hypotheses.

“I think I’d like to chat a little bit about the past days…” we walked side by side back to the inside of her chambers and sat together on her cushion. We spoke about many different subjects. I told her about Passion’s poems and how romantic they were. We laughed and joked when I commented these poems were directed at her sister, Luna. Oh, how beautiful her smile was. It felt really nice to be the one responsible for that laughter... However, while we conversed, something that interrupted our laughter had slipped up my mouth…

“And, Celestia, it seems like…” I paused and covered my mouth with my hoof. Color rose up to my cheeks once more and I cursed the ridiculous connection between the nervous and circulatory system. “I-I’m sorry, Princess. I-“

“Don’t be. Actually that little ‘accident’ will be another victory for the day!” I giggled nervously; that was the only answer my brain could formulate. Not logical at all.

A victory?

I was confused. I did not know what to think of her behavior, but at least I understood what else had changed; what felt so odd.

My point of view of her. It had changed.

Sunset.

“Twilight!” Joe waved his hoof joyfully and I quickly took a seat in front of the counter, forgetting that I had left Passion behind “I’ve missed you around here!”

“Joe! How have you been?” I asked him, he was already serving my old usual order.

“It’s been the same as always. Though I’m sure you can’t say the same for yourself.” He handed me my strawberry doughnut with extra sprinkles. It was somehow surprising that I had always asked for extra sweetness, but I only ate from one to two and the sweet taste and soft texture calmed me down after a long day of studies “For dear Celestia’s sake, I did see you at the train that one time of the Dessert Competition, but now that I take a good look at you..” he released a whistle “I can honestly say you really have grown up into a fine mare. No less, one that has saved Equestria two? Three times?”

“I-it’s nothing, really. And it wasn’t just me, my friends were there too” for an instant, I could feel how much I really missed those mares. Joe simply chuckled as if giving up.

“Hey there, Passion!” Joe greeted my magically disguised friend still awkwardly standing and uncomfortably looking at all the ponies sitting and talking around, paying no mind to the new customers. “Come, sit! You know you are always welcome here!”

“Sorry” she simply apologized, her eyes still darting around the place. Joe was preparing something else; in a matter of seconds a chocolate doughnut lacking in sprinkles was on the counter in front of Passion.

"So, how did you meet?" I asked.

"I was just taking a stroll through the town and I just happened to have found this place..." Passion explained sheepishly. Her cheeks had taken a deeper shade and understood that perhaps she didn't really happened to have stumbled upon

"Thank you by the way. For bringing Twilight here as I asked, I mean" then, he began approaching a door that seemed to lead to his room or some sort of storage room. “Now, for what I wanted to speak with you, would you please follow me?”

“Passion can’t come?”

“That’s up to you to decide” I nodded. I believed he was actually asking if trusted her or not.

“Alright, ladies. Please, come”

Passion and I shared confused glances, but in the end we followed him to what seemed to be both a kitchen and a storage room. There were ingredients to make not only doughnuts but also different kinds of desserts and there were also different boxes gathered up in a corner. Sweat began forming in my brow, even if the place was well conditioned; I was nervous for what Joe had to tell me. What could be so important to demand such privacy?

‘I still can imagine the sort of scandal that would happen if this conversation were to be heard by any... undesirable audiences.’ Cadence’s words from the previous day echoed through my head… It only made my nerves go haywire. Almost.

“The princess came here a few nights ago” and that was what had finally triggered my insane mode once more in that day, the first thing was reading that Princess Celestia had invited me to Canterlot in half an hour from the moment I received the letter.

“WHAT?! WHEN?! WHAT DID SHE DO?! WHAT DID SHE TELL YOU?! DID SHE GIVE YOU SOMETHING?!” I tackled the poor stallion. Fortunately, before I could yell any more nonsense, Passion grabbed me forcefully and covered my mouth with a hoof. Joe went outside and apologized with the customers. How many times would I make a fool out of myself that day?

I noticed another amusing thing about my new friend: she was as, if not more, strong as Applejack herself. Though it could be problematic since she doesn’t seem to control that strength very well; I had to tell her to release me because she was hurting me. I imagined her working in Sweet Apple Acres… and all I could see were miles and miles of knocked trees… and a sobbing Apple family.

“Please Twilight” Joe returned with a troubled expression “avoid doing that again…”

“I’m sorry, I just…” I slumped into the floor and sighed in frustration. Passion sat beside me and suddenly I felt something feathery wrapping me. I tried to see what it was, but it was… invisible?

Oh, right. Her wings… wait, isn’t this a little risky?

I shot Passion a concerned glance, and she responded with more gentleness and a wink. Really, how many times have I written the word ‘gentle’?

“Anyways, I was really nervous. She was very different from usual and… she seemed very… sad or distressed…” Joe went to look for something in one of the drawers and pulled a scroll out of them; a scroll with the princess’ seal! “She dropped this.” I took it with my magic and began skimming through the words clearly written by her “I-I was too scared to open it and read it, but even more to go and return it… I-I mean, what if she suspects I’ve read it and throws me into a dun-“

“She’s not like that” I closed the scroll, a strange feeling overflowing in my chest. I had to fully read and analyze this letter’s content in the solitude of my old chambers. “Thank you” I said with a somber tone and began walking slowly towards the shop’s exit. I had a lot of thinking to do in my room.

Evening

“T-Twilight!”

“She’ll be fine” Passion assured the nervous Joe even though she had no idea of what was going on. Well, maybe she did have one but… it was just too crazy. “I’ll pay for the both of us.”

“Alright…” Joe sighed and the two of them returned to the shop area “I owe you your discount” for the first time in the past minutes, Joe smiled.

“I think it’s time for me to go” she quickly ate the rest of her doughnut and put the bits on the counter.

“Keep a close eye on that mare! Weird stuff can happen if she gets out of control”

“I will”

Already out of the doughnut shop, Passion could see evening had already settled in and she could do nothing but think about how fast time could flow, but that didn’t matter at the moment; she had something to do.

She began walking through the dark, but still busy streets of Canterlot. Ponies in elegant dresses walked past her, shooting the same disgusting glances of the day before; she couldn’t understand entirely why. Sure, she wasn’t wearing any dresses, she hated how they weighed down on her. Also, her tail wasn’t that short. If she let it reach the ground it could become quite troublesome.

‘Ignore them’ she thought; more important tasks were at hoof. Her walking continued until she stood in front of a completely desolated and dark alley. Ears twitched. There was something here and there was only one way to know what.

Already submerged in the darkness of the abandoned alley, Passion could see a shadow dashing around her. She stayed calm and showed no signs of fear, but it’s not like it was too hard to do.

“You know it’s not working, right?” Passion nonchalantly remarked and her statement seemed to have served its intended purpose.

“Buck! It never works!” from the shadows, came a bat winged stallion; one of Luna’s guards! Fangs stuck out of his mouth, his ears were pointy and his amber eyes glowed in the darkness.

“What is it that you want” she did not ask, she demanded to know.

“I want you to disappear!” the night guard said with venom, already in his fighting stance. Passion simply rolled her eyes; somepony wanting her to vanish from existence was not anything new at all.

“Alright. What did I do to you now?”

“You took my Luna away from me!” he vanished into the shadows and tackled Passion from behind. However, Passion casually dodged it; it was a very predictable move, as predictable as this guard’s behavior. She and Luna always knew there would be ponies finding out and disagreeing about their relationship even if they did their best at hiding it, and were prepared for whatever that would have to come.

“Your Luna?” Passion added this to her list of the most absurd things she could have heard.

“Yeah! You’ve never deserved her! You’re not even able to… please her properly!” Passion facehoofed inwardly; it was very comical, but sad at the same time that ponies nowadays related sexual acts with absolutely everything so easily! Obviously, their relationship only being a couple of days old, still needed some time before going to something more… intimate. Even so, she felt the need to tease the stallion just a little further.

“I don’t require having that atrocity of yours between my legs to make my princess shout in delight” she said with a cocky grin plastered on her features “Now I know that thing is just for show; you’re not even stallion enough to confess! Why do I even bother arguing with the likes of you?” This false arrogant behavior was the only useful thing she had learned from nobles.

“Maybe because you know you’re not good enough for her!” sure, Passion always thought Luna was too good for her… but Luna wanted to be with her; she wasn’t an object and was free to think and do as she pleased as long as it wasn’t outside the law and ethics. So, as long as Luna was with her... she had no objections. Passion would do everything in her power to make her happy.

“Are you good enough for her then? If that were to be the case then you and I wouldn’t even be here standing.” The cockiness had whipped from her features and replaced by seriousness “Now, if you try to do any other stupidity then I shall…”

“What? Tell Luna?”

“No, I’ll take care of you myself” she shook her head side to side, removing the scarlet mane covering her left eye. The stallion gasped in terror when he saw said eye, for reasons not even Passion herself was aware of… yet. “Then I’ll tell Luna. Is that clear?” the stallion nodded firmly and disappeared into the darkness.

With another movement of her head, the mane was back into its previous position. Passion sighed in exhaustion and her ears dropped. She laughed that the stallion didn't even give his name; not that she cared about it. Suddenly, they perked up again when she could hear somepony shouting…

“WATCH OUT!” before she could respond a bottle fell on her from the air and its contents poured all over her. Luckily, the glass hadn’t made any new wounds on her coat.

However, she still had things to worry about. The bottle had not come from any normal place and its contents weren’t normal at all either.

In a flash, Passion’s gender was swapped.

Author's Note

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