A Happy Ending

Saturday, 8:00 PM. Equestria Academy Library, Spare Room.

He came like he asked. I felt honored like nothing I've felt before. For once, someone was doing something for me, not because I was their Prized Student to be taken advantage of, but because he cared for me.

"Hey Sunset, I'm glad you didn't uh, *cough* forget, I guess, hehe. I brought us some good old fashioned pizza, if you're still hungry that is!" he threw the box onto my bed like a ragdoll, barely missing my legs. "Careful you, you might get Pizza on my books! Haha," I felt exhilarated. Finally I had someone special in my life I could interact with. Not a snarky Princess who doesn't truly care,

An hour had passed. We sat their, eating, making witty remarks, gossiping and overall having a really great time. He was just an amazing person. We didn't have much in common but we shared one fact, we had each other as friends now. No, not even that. I...

"Sunset, Today has been great. I... I like you, a lot in fact. I must sound silly right now though,"

Those words pierced my ears like blades. I had just heard a miracle. It felt like a wave of happiness had just swept over me. "I... don't know what to say Flash. I think I, well, I've not felt like this. Ever. I've not had anyone in my life to look up to. I had someone once, but they tried to force me into friendship, I couldn't live with that. But now, I think I've learnt it myself. I had always told myself that friendship was folly. A waste of time, a passing trend to just forget about. But being with you has changed something inside me,"

"We're both outcasts, I know that. We're always alone, cast aside by the cool kids because they see us as nothing but trash, perfectly fine to throw away to the vermin. But you Sunset? After being with you today, talking with you and learning more about you, I feel like I myself have finally found the one person who I can come to when I have troubles, the one person who would listen. Who cares,"

He was right. Both of us, connected by the dark fate that is being alone. But now that is gone, because we may be alone from people, but together, we are connected by more than just friendship.

"You're right Flash. All I've ever done is read books, study and just... never make an effort to make friends. I though friendship wasn't magic. I thought it was futile because someone close to me tried to force me into it, when I said clearly that isn't how it works. She tried sending me away to watch over a celebration and acting like it was imperative I make friends for it all to go well."

Suddenly I had a feeling of hatred inside my heart. Celestia. The person I once looked up to more than a princess, but a true friend, had betrayed me. I didn't need friendship if all it meant was being lectured and used by a mentor.

"You see Sunset? We are a lot more in common than you think. We've both suffered the tragedy of being cast aside, we've both come through unscathed because we've met each other. We're meant to be, you and I. Today, I think that has been set into stone by the divines themselves!"

I had just released my feelings in an instant to someone I had known less than a day, yet it felt like he was the one person I had been seeking my whole existence. He veered towards me, I performed the exact same action. We were connected by more than friendship. more than magic. It was Love. Magic that stems far to the ancient Crystal Empire itself, the greatest, most powerful magic ever to be seen in Equestria.

I felt Flash's lips upon mine. A Key upon a lock just begging to be unlocked, to be freed. I felt like at that one moment, everything had changed. I was no longer Sunset Shimmer, pony with no friends to speak of. No longer that one pony you'd see running away from a party offering. I felt like I had found my meaning.

"I.. I'm sorry Sunset. That must have been a bit um, sudden. Forgive me for being so rash. I-"

"Flash, you don't need to apologize. I would have said the same thing, but not now since I realize this wasn't a mistake. You and me are meant to be. You've helped me find who I really am. For that, I humbly thank you. How about you come here again, every Saturday at this time, we'll make it our little hide-away!" I felt like I was proposing to a man I'd met in the street, how strange it felt, yet I knew that he was... the one for me.

"I'd like that. Okay I've gotta get going. Stupid Exams. But hey, we came here to learn and that's what we have to do I suppose. See ya Sunset,"

He left not long after, no doubt to be ready for an exam he has in a few days. But already I feel lost without him being with me. I can endure though. I had met him and fell in love with him in the span of 2 days, but it felt like the right decision, the best decision I had ever made. And now he would come back by will! No one had to be forced into this. It was purely of will and heart. I feel like that is what has made me believe that maybe friendship, love, they really are special.