A Happy Ending

Ugh. Today has just been awful.  The test in mathematics was too easy... I need something to actually challenge my intellect. I learned from Princess Celestia, most knowledgeable pony in the land. But this is the land of Humanity now, so no one will know my real past. I need a break and something to eat....

I headed to the Sundae bar to get something to eat, then I dropped my money while paying, people laughing at me inside...

"Hey you dropped this," he said.

"Thank you... I'm um. Sunset Shimmer,"

"You're welcome, and I'm Flash Sentry,"

Flash Sentry. I've heard that name before. He's that guy who's always on his... own.

"Sunset huh? So you're that girl who's always hanging around the library, am I right?"

He knows me?

"Y-Yes, I'm Sunset Shimmer. How did you uh, know me?"

"You stick out a lot. Well, no offense. It's just you seem to live in the library with how long you stay there,"

Little does he know I do live there. The librarian was nice enough to give me a spare room, since no one wants me in their dorms...

But I wonder... why does he act like he cares? Flash Sentry, another outcast like me, I thought he would also be like me in the regard that we don't need anybody. That Friendship was just folly.

"Well I... do live there. I was lent a room since no one else will accept me, but I don't care,"

"So um, Sunset was it? I wasn't sure but uh... I wondered if maybe, you wanted to hang out more some time... have someone to talk to. We both know what it's like being, well, alone, right?"

He's right. I do know loneliness. But the only difference is likely that I chose loneliness. Because I didn't want to be forced into Friendship. Something I don't want or need. But he could be an... exception. I... well.

"I guess so. Sure Flash. We can meet in my room at the library tomorrow night. I'll bring sundaes-" he suddenly interrupted me "Don't worry about that, I'll buy us some dinner!"

I felt almost flattered. It was becoming clear to me. This was more than just friendship that was being created. More than just a bond holding friends together. It was something... stronger than all this. But what? This was something I had to discover. I could finally prove that friendship isn't the strongest magicto ever be found. But how? Somehow I felt that Flash was part of this puzzle, the missing link to fix it.