Studying Abroad

It has been about a week since Princess Twilight returned to Equestria. Though none of them wanted her to go, they understood that she has responsibilities back home in Equestria. Though it was Sunset Shimmer who seemed to be the one most bothered by the princess's return to her former home. Right now, Sunset was in her French class; if there was one thing she truly missed about being Princess Celestia's student was the courses on magical theory and potion making. Bored out of her mind, she decided to write a letter to Twilight:

Dear Princess Twilight,

Everyone here at Canterlot high miss you a lot. The last time you were here, I forgot to ask: has anything changed in Equestria since the last time I was there? Rarity is still geeking out over the fact that you have your own castle! (You should really send us a picture of it!) The Rainbooms are still together and I must say we are better than ever...or almost. It's not the same without you though...What's going on with you and everypony else in Equestria? Hope to hear from you soon,

Your friend,

Sunset Shimmer

Sunset Shimmer would never admit it to anyone, but deep in her heart she knew she missed Equestria greatly. The only thing stopping her, (Though she would never tell anyone this) was fear. She was afraid of facing Princess Celestia after all that's happened. Before she knew it, her book was glowing and vibrating. She opened it to see Twilight had replied and even managed to send her a picture of her new castle in Ponyville. Sunset's jaw dropped at the sight. She couldn't wait to show this picture to the girls at lunchtime...especially Rarity! The letter read:

Dear Sunset Shimmer,

I miss all of you too, but as you know, being a princess in Equestria means I now have many responsibilities. I pinkie promise that I will try my hardest to find time to come and visit again. My Rarity geeked out over the castle when she first saw it too! I guess some things simply don't change...So far, nothing's changed in Equestria and there isn't really anything new...it's actually kind of peaceful...

I know this is kind of persona, and you don't have to answer me if you don't want to, but I was wondering why you left Equestria in the first place and why you haven't ever returned? Like I said, you don't have to answer that, but it's just something I've been wondering about....

I told Princess Celestia about what happened at the battle of the bands and she wanted me to tell you that she is quite proud of you. She also suggested that I take you as my personal student...I told her that I would talk to you about it and leave that up to you. Once again, you don't have to answer me right away or ever for that matter...Anyway, I'm hoping you are in class right now, so I will leave you to your studies. Write to me when you can and when you feel comfortable.

Your friend,

Twilight Sparkle

Sunset was a bit taken back by Twilight's questions. She had never considered talking about her past with anyone-or anypony- until now. She truly had to think about it and she had to figure out if she was truly ready to be a student like that again. She suddenly felt her mouth...smiling? Why was she smiling? It seemed that every time she got a message from Twilight she would smile. She didn't quite understand what that meant, but Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy all thought it was 'true love' or something of the sorts. Though Sunset just shrugged it off; she didn't understand these feeling, so she buried them deep within her mind. She spent the rest of her French class thinking about Twilight's letter. She did the same thing in chemistry. She even tried thinking about her feelings for Twilight, but when that became a headache, she dropped it for a bit.`

'Maybe it is love? Maybe it's just that she makes me think of home and she is my friend now...gah! I don't know...but what if it love? What if this ruins our friendship...?' she thought to herself. She couldn't wait to see her friends at lunchtime. She really wanted to see Rarity's face when she would see Twilight's castle. She considered becoming Twilight's student, but every time the thought came to her, the fear of history repeating itself did too. Finally it was lunchtime! Sunset sat at the table that she and her friends usually sit at everyday and was soon greeted by them. Just as she assumed, Rarity almost fainted at the sight of Twilight's castle.

"Princess Twilight asked me if I wanted to be her student...it was actually Princess Celestia's idea.." She said, hoping to get some advice from her friends.

"You should totally do it! It would give the author something to work with!" Pinkie said with a grin as she got confused looks from everyone.

"Moving on, you should do it if you want to Sunset. The choice is yours to make after all..." Fluttershy said.

"Yeah! If you want to be her student, you should totally do it!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"You know what? I think I will!" Sunset exclaimed as she began writing a reply to Princess Twilight:

Dear Princess Twilight,

If you'd like, I'd be honored to be your student! (If you want me to be your student of course!) And I suppose it won't kill me to tell you a bit about my past....but we will get to that later. You should have seen the look on Rarity's face when she saw the picture of your castle. It's really nice! Write me back as soon as you can!

Your (if you agree to this) faithful student,

Sunset Shimmer