“Dinner tonight was lovely, Aaron,” I swooned, holding my lover close to me as we walked into our apartment. “I had a great time.”
“I’m glad you enjoyed it, Luxi,” he said with a smile as we headed to the bedroom.
I released my hold on him and sauntered over to my side of the bed while he kicked his shoes off. “Not that I’m being ungrateful or anything, Aaron, but I’ve always wondered why we rarely went out for dinner.”
He snickered. “Do you really have to ask?”
“Whatever do you mean?” I asked as I changed out of my evening dress, exchanging it for a nightgown.
He looked back at me with a smirk. “If we get unlucky enough to get a female waitress, I’d have to keep you from threatening her.”
“Oh, come on! That happened one time!”
“One time too many, Luxi. We don’t want to revive the city’s fear of ‘the Mane-iac’,” he said with air quotes as he mentioned my nickname before taking off his shirt. I licked my lips slowly as I took in his form, my vision slowly going up his bare back.
I giggled softly, crawling over to him as he continued to undress. “Aaron, honey…” I murmured slowly, my warm breath caressing his neck. “Could you help a mare out? I have a little… itch that needs to be scratched.”
“I don’t think I’m up for it tonight, Luxi,” he chuckled. “Will a little overnight cuddling do for now?”
I grinned evilly. Aaron always said that at first. It didn’t take much for me to coerce him. Hell, sometimes he denied me just for the sake of being a tease. You’d think that I’d be annoyed by this, but it actually made things all the more exciting.
Plus I wouldn’t get to use my “special gift.”
I leaned over his shoulder and tenderly grasped his chin with my hand, turning his head so he could see me. “Unfortunately, I don’t think ‘a little overnight cuddling’ will tide me over.” Aaron opened his mouth to reply, but the sensation of something on his stomach stopped him.
Said something being my long, green mane.
“Surely you could reconsider,” I crooned. “You wouldn’t deny a mare with needs, would you?” My hair began to run up his torso, its silky texture making him shiver with delight.
He was like putty in my hands.
“S-sorry, Luxi, but I’m not feely feeling it right now,” Aaron said as he tried to pry my mane off his chest, but I wasn’t giving up that easily. His hand was quickly enveloped within my voluminous locks, and I tied up his other hand for good measure.
“Are you sure?” I asked with a purr in my voice, going down to give his neck small, loving kisses, eliciting short laughs from him. “Luxi, stop!” he laughed, trying to move his body away from me, but I already had a strong enough grip on him to render his efforts useless.
“I don’t think I can stop, love,” I said coyly, resuming my kisses. “This little itch of mine is just too unbearable.”
RIIIIIIIING! RIIIIIIIING!
The sudden chime of my cell phone made my ear twitch erratically. “Who the hell!?” I said angrily, my mane tensing up as I glared at my phone.
“Agh! Luxi!” Aaron cried out as I accidentally squeezed him with my hair.
“Oh! I’m sorry honey!” I said, immediately loosening my grip and softly massaging his upper body while my tail reached for my phone. “Hello?”
“Hey, Luxi.”
“Oh. Hi, Jackie.”
“Did I call at a bad time?”
While I was upset at her for interrupting my moment with Aaron, I couldn’t lash out at her. “Ehhhhh… Kind of.”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I was just wondering if you were free tomorrow,” she said. “I’ve got the day off, so I figured we could spend it together, Mares’ Day Out and whatnot.”
“Hold on a second,” I told her as I covered the phone and looked over at Aaron. “Honey, do we have any plans for tomorrow?”
He pondered the thought as he finished changing. “Well, I have to catch up on some paperwork at the office-”
“Ugh… Enough said,” I winced before turning back to the phone. “Yep, I’m totally free tomorrow. What time were you planning on going out?”
“I was thinking around eleven or so. Sound good?”
“Sounds perfect. Aaron’s working at the office again, so I’ll need something to do. You’ve saved the day again, Mistress Mare-velous!”
She chuckled. “No problem, it’s my civic duty, after all. See you tomorrow, Luxi.”
“What was that all about?” Aaron asked as I hung up.
“Jackie’s got the day off, so we’re having a Mares’ Day Out tomorrow,” I told him.
“You mean you don’t want to spend time with me at the office?” he pouted.
“That is the one place where I just can’t be with you. You always have to focus on your work with ‘zero distractions,’ so I figured it was best to just let you do your thing and smother you when you get home.”
“You do realize that I’m doing all the work you used to do when you ran the company, right?”
I giggled and patted his head with my mane. “And you’re doing a great job at it, so who am I to stop you?”
“Heh, that’s one way of saying that you don’t plan on working again.”
“Well, why would I? We’re more than financially stable. You make more than enough to support the two of us. We could even raise a baby on your earnings if we wanted to.” My eyes widened for a moment before a wicked grin slowly grew on my face. “Speaking of babies, where were we before we were interrupted?”
“About to go to bed,” he said quickly before wrapping himself in the sheets.
“Huh? Hey! No fair!”
“You snooze, you lose, hon,” he laughed.
I folded my arms, looking at him with a cold stare. “Hmph! Fine, then. I’ll just make up the deficit tomorrow.” I got under the sheets and scooted over to my Aaron, holding him from behind and pulling him close.
“See? Plain old cuddling isn’t so bad, now is it?” he asked.
“Don’t push it.”
“Y’know, I don’t remember the old Luxi being this forward.”
I looked down at him and raised an eyebrow. “What brought that up?” I asked, then I glanced upwards to see an old picture of Aaron standing beside an orchid-coated mare with a long, blue mane and tail as well as a pair of light blue eyes.
I still found it hard to believe that mare was me.
Aaron was right, though. Before the accident, I wasn’t quite as… boisterous as I am now. I certainly wasn’t as open with my affections for him back then, either. I doubt that the old me would’ve worked up the nerve to tell him how I felt, and because of that, I’m somewhat grateful for my transformation.
But did Aaron feel the same way?
“Aaron?” I said softly.
“Hm?”
“Do you ever… miss the old Luxi?”
“What do you mean?” he asked.
“Well, I remember when you told me that you planned on asking me out the day I had that accident, so are there ever times where… you wished that-”
“It never happened?” he finished for me. “Of course not. Sure, you’re a little different from before, but I know that you’re still the same Luxi I met twenty years ago. If anything, being with you now is a lot more exciting. Not many guys out there can say they have a superpowered marefriend.”
“…If you mean all that, say it to my face,” I told him.
Aaron turned around and looked me in the eye, cupping my face with his hands. “Luxi, I love you, and I always will, no matter what.”
Before I could say anything, he pulled me in for a deep kiss, and I was quickly lost in the euphoria it brought me, purging all the doubt from my mind. He loved me and only me. I was his.
And he was all mine.
“Feel better now?” he asked after pulling back.
“Much better. Thanks, Aaron,” I said, embracing him once more and closing my eyes contently, the warmth of his body soothing me as sleep took us both. “He loves me,” I kept repeating to myself. “He loves me, he loves me, he loves me.”
The next morning, a sweet scent roused me from my sleep, my eyes slowly fluttering open as I found myself alone in the bed. I stretched my arms and legs out, letting out a yawn before getting out of bed. I slowly trudged out of the bedroom as I tried to rub the sleep out of my eyes?
“Aaron?” I called out as I entered the living room.
“Oh! Luxi, you’re awake,” he answered. He was already dressed in a suit and had his briefcase in hand. With a smile, he walked over to me and gave me a quick peck on the lips. “You saved me the trip of walking to the bedroom. I made a stack of pancakes for you, and they’re waiting on the kitchen counter. I’ll see you when I get home, okay?”
“Sure. Have a good day, love,” I answered. “Oh! Hold on. Your hair’s a little messy.” I stretched several tendrils of my mane over to his hair, fixing it up his and finishing with a loving pat on his head. “My Aaron needs to look his best when he goes out.”
“Good to see that you still got it,” he chuckled.
“It’ll take more than a vat of chemicals and a bolt of lightning to make me forget what I was born to do,” I grinned cockily. “Now, as much as I’d love to keep you here, you have to get to work on time, so go on ahead.”
“Okay. I’ll see you when I get back,” Aaron said, giving me a quick kiss on the cheek and rushing out the door.
I let out another yawn and walked over to the kitchen, scratching my back as my tail reached for the warm plate of food that was waiting for me? “What time is it?” I thought before glancing at the clock hanging above the fridge. “Eight-thirty? I’ve got more than enough time to get ready, then.”
After pouring myself a glass of water and grabbing a fork and knife, I headed to the living room and turned on the TV, flipping through the channels. While I searched for something to watch, I reached for a picture frame standing on a nearby shelf, bringing it over to me and setting it on my lap.
“I’ll see you later, sweetheart,” I sighed, tracing my finger along Aaron’s picture.
I fixed my mane with a pocket comb as I walked down the hallway towards Jackie’s place, the teeth of the comb running smoothly down the ponytail that was slung over my shoulder, contrasting nicely with my light red t-shirt and black jeans.
As I rounded the corner of the hallway, I saw Jackie walking out of her apartment, her eyes stuck on her phone while she blindly locked her door. “Hey there, Jackie!” I called out, causing her to look up in surprise.
“Oh, Luxi! You’re here!”
“Like I said I would be,” I answered with a suspicious look. “Anyway, you’re looking good.”
The earth mare chuckled sheepishly, looking down at her black tank top and green jeans. “Well, I didn’t really put much thought into it. I just threw on the first two things I found in my closet.”
“Oh, so it’s only a coincidence that the colors of your outfit match those of your alter-ego?” I whispered. “It’s a wonder how half of Maretropolis hasn’t figured out your identity yet.”
“Ugh, you sound like String Theory,” she spat.
“Are you two still arguing over who’s the real leader of the team?” I asked as we made our way back to the elevator, pushing the button for the first floor.
“I’m just saying that I have more leader potential! I mean, I love the mare. I really do, but think about it: when we drop in on the bad guys, who are they more afraid of, Mistress Mare-velous or the Masked Matterhorn?”
“If we’re judging solely on the fear factor, shouldn’t Willow be the leader? I mean, y’know, considering that, as the Saddle Rager, she can turn into a hulking beast whenever she gets angry.”
Jackie sighed. “Whose side are you on?”
“Nopony’s. I’m just an impartial mare stating the facts.”
The air fell silent as the elevator took us further and further down.
“…You are the better fighter though,” I added.
“Why, thank you,” she said with a bow of the head. “Anyway, I was thinking that since we’re going out together, you could choose where we go.”
“Well, that’s rather courteous of you, I could really use a day at the Atlus.”
“The what-now?” Jackie said, her eyes shrunken to the size of pin pricks.
“You know, the huge mall at the center of Maretropilis?” I said, unsure why she needed a reminder.
She cleared her throat. “Riiiight, right. Okay, then. We’ll take a cab there. I’ll pay.”
“I don’t mind splitting,” I insisted as the elevator reached the lobby. I felt a little suspicious about the way Jackie was acting today. What was with her getting all nervous when I mentioned the Atlus? Was there someone there that she didn’t want to run into? No, that couldn’t be it. This was Jackie Goldenmane I was thinking about. She wasn’t afraid of anyone. She was willing to fight me over Aaron for pony’s sake. Not to toot my own horn, but knowing how… “riled up” I get when he’s involved, it takes only the bravest of ponies to stand up to that.
“Ugh… I’m thinking too much. Whatever it is, I’m sure it’s nothing important.”
Once we caught a cab and reached the mall, I noticed Jackie frantically texting on her phone, and I couldn’t help but get a little curious. “Soo… what’s got you so worked up?” I asked.
She looked up at me and locked her phone. “Huh? Oh, I was just texting Jewel Blessing,” she answered, then her voice fell to a low whisper. “She’s been messaging me nonstop about what adjustments she should make to her Radiance suit.”
“You don’t say… Well, that does sound like her.”
Jackie’s phone chimed again, and I tried to sneak a peek to see what Jewel was telling her, but the screen’s brightness was too low to see a thing. “So, uh… How about we head to Manehattan & Company?” she said once she sent a reply.
“Manehattan & Company?” I asked. “But you hate clothes shopping.”
“Yeah, I do, but… I saw a couple of outfits the other day that I think Aaron would love to see you in.”
Just then, my ears twitched erratically and I grabbed Jackie with my mane, pulling her close and rushing over to the store in question. “Why didn’t you tell me that sooner? Let’s go!”
I stood in one the store’s dressing rooms, staring at my reflection in the mirror hanging on the wall. I struck a few poses in the short, black dress I was wearing, making a “come hither” gesture with my tail. “What’s that, Aaron?” I said to the mirror. “I look ravishing? Oh, you little charmer! Well, I plan on ravishing you later tonight.” I chuckled to myself and let out a long sigh. “Hmm… I wonder what Jackie will think.”
I strutted out of the dressing room, only to see Jackie whispering into her phone. “I know, I know, but I’m working on it! Just do your thing, okay?” She hung up the phone with a frustrated grunt, and I cleared my throat to get her attention.
“Are you alright?” I asked. “You seem… distressed.”
“Oh, it’s just one of my coworkers from my day job. I told him that today was my day off, but he just insisted on calling me,” she explained. “Sometimes I wonder why I thought juggling two different lives was a good idea.”
I scoffed. “Please. If you tried spending a day at my old job, you’d be begging to go back to your little juggling act.”
“And now you have poor Aaron suffering through it. A little mean, don’t you think?” she asked with a smirk.
“Aaron has experience in the business. He’s more than capable at pulling it off. In fact, I’d argue that he’s running the company better than I ever could, but enough about him.” I did a little spin and worked my dress. “What do you think? Sexy, no?”
“Very,” she agreed.
“I gotta hand it to you, Jackie. You do know how to pick a good outfit,” I told her.
The earth mare chuckled. “Thanks, now let’s see how the dress looks with these boots.”
“Gee, for a mare that hates clothes shopping, you sure are eager to see me in all these outfits. We’ve been here almost two hours.”
She blinked. “Oh, really? I didn’t even notice how much time has passed. Well, uh… we could make this the last outfit and head to one of the restaurants for lunch.”
“Sure,” I said as I took the boots and went back into the dressing room.
“Hm… these boots do look pretty hot. Not bad, Jackie. Not bad.”
“Good afternoon, ladies,” a teenage pegasus said as he approached our table, scratching his head. “Um… my name is Sour Cream, and I’m gonna be your server today. Let’s see, um… can I start you off with something to drink?”
“Yes, sweetie. I’ll take a ginger ale,” I answered.
The flustered colt nodded and scribbled on his little notepad before turning to Jackie. “And for you?”
“I’ll take a root beer,” she said.
“Okay, I’ll be back with your drinks in a jiffy,” the waiter said before taking off, almost dropping his notepad as he walked away.
“Obviously, it’s somepony’s first day,” Jackie quipped.
“Oh, stop. Go easy on the kid,” I told her.
She shrugged. “I’m just sayin’. As long as he doesn’t mess up our order, I’m good.”
“Well, I’m going to give him an extra tip.”
“Heh. I’m surprised you have any money left after all those outfits you bought,” Jackie chuckled, looking to the side of my chair at the two large bags that were nearly filled to the brim. “I kinda regret having you try on all those outfits. If I had known that you would’ve bought them all, I wouldn’t have had you try them on.”
I shook my head. “Don’t feel bad. I can afford it. I used to run a multi-million bit company, remember? It’s been ten months since my last paycheck and I still haven’t made a dent in my bank account.”
Jackie raised an eyebrow. “Are you done bragging, or…”
“What?” I asked, putting my hands and several tendrils of hair to my chest. “I’m not bragging.”
“I’m just teasing, Luxi.”
“Hmph! I don’t appreciate being teased, Jackie.”
“I’ll be more careful next time, then.”
“Here are your drinks, ladies,” Sour Cream said as he approached us with a tray holding two tall glasses. He grabbed one glass and set it down in front of me. “You ordered the ginger ale, right?”
I nodded. “Thank you very much, sweetie.”
“And a root beer for you, miss,” he said as he gave Jackie her drink. He then took his notepad back out as we ordered our food. “Okay, I’ll have those orders coming right up!”
“So far, so good,” Jackie muttered as Sour Cream left.
“You’re too much,” I said. “Don’t give the kid such a hard time!”
“You know I’m just playin’ around.”
“I thought that you were the hero and I was the ex-villain.”
She gave me a wicked grin. “Maybe all this time I’ve spent around you is turning me evil.” She then let out a low snicker.
“I’ll have to let the others know that you’re starting to defect to the side of darkness,” I said, and we both had a good laugh at that.
“It’s so weird, Luxi,” Jackie sighed.
I tilted my head. “What is?”
“The fact that we’re friends. Considering our prior history, you’d think that there’d still be some resentment between us.”
I took a sip of my drink as I thought about it. “It wasn’t that bad. I mean, we’ve had our squabbles, but nothing major.”
Jackie leaned back into her chair, looking at me with an unconvinced stare. “Nothing major?” She looked around before leaning forward and whispering to me. “Did you forget that we tried to kill each other while screaming at the top of our lungs?”
“Well, I was willing to put that behind me,” I said. “Even though we did try to kill each other, I did feel some respect for you as a rival for Aaron’s love.”
The mare choked on her drink. “Say what?”
“Oh, don’t deny it, Jackie. I know you liked him.”
“Pfft! I have no idea what you’re talking about!” she said as she looked at her phone again. “I did not like him like that!”
“Oh, really?” I smiled. “You seemed to like him ‘like that’ a whole lot the night we fought. ‘Let ‘im go, or you’ll be sorry! Get your paws off ‘im! What gives you the right to call him your beloved? Aaron would never fall for a crazy mare like you!’”
“You’re taking what I said out of context!” she objected, her cheeks flushed with a light shade of pink.
“Deniaaaaaaaaal~” I sang.
“I was just doing my job as an uper-say ero-hay,” Jackie growled.
“If you ask me, that sounds like a load of ull-bay it-shay. Come on, you can tell me. It’s not like I’m gonna get mad or anything. I mean, he’s already mine.”
“Okay, fine. Maybe I did like him,” she grumbled.
“See? Now was that so hard?” I asked.
“Well, it was kinda personal, so… yeah.” Jackie looked away for a moment, but then she looked back at me with an accusatory stare. “Why all the questions about Aaron, anyway?”
Just like that, it was me who was put on the spot. “You know how I can get about my man,” I explained with a shrug. “I know I can be seen as a little… ‘obsessive’ with him-”
“A little?”
“-but it’s only because I love him so much. I just want to make sure that he never loses interest in me.”
Jackie frowned. “Lose interest? Luxi, you and I both know that Aaron doesn’t look at mares like that. He loves you, and he’d never leave you for something as stupid as ‘lost interest’.”
I said nothing.
“That’s what you’re afraid of, isn’t it?” she asked.
“Well, not exactly…” I answered, twirling my mane with my finger. “I’m just worried that he prefers how I was before the accident. Whenever I look at our old pictures, I wonder how much he misses the old me. I know he keeps saying that he loves me regardless, but… I just can’t help but question that.”
A chuckle.
I looked up and saw Jackie with a small smile on her face, shaking her head as little laughs escaped her. “What’s so funny?” I asked.
“You have no idea how much that man loves you, do you, Luxi?”
“What?”
The mare sighed. “Remember when we had that big fight, and Aaron had to break us up?”
I nodded. “Yeah. He asked if he could talk to you in private, and that’s when he told you who I really was.”
“That’s not all he told me. He said that he needed to be there for you, that he couldn’t just leave you at a time when you needed him the most.”
“He did?”
“Uh-huh. At the time, I didn’t want him to choose you, because I thought he’d be putting himself in danger, but even after everything I said to convince him, he still insisted on staying by your side. He said that he wasn’t going to let the accident change anything between you, and that he’d never leave you for anything.”
I sat there, speechless at what I had just heard. “Wow… He said all that?”
“He sure did. I realized that night that Aaron loved you more than anything, and with the history that he had with you, there was no way he’d choose any other mare over you. You don’t realize how much that man needs you in his life, Luxi.”
I slumped in my chair, putting a hand to my forehead. “Ugh, now I feel like an idiot.”
Jackie shook her head again. “Don’t beat yourself up over it. Even the most confident mares get insecure sometimes. Just know that you have at least two others that are here for you.”
I raised an eyebrow. “Two?”
“Yup. First there’s Aaron, and then there’s me. You’re gonna need a gal pal to hang with whenever you need some mare time.”
My cheeks went red as a small smile grew on my face, and a few locks of hair gently grasped my friend’s hand. “Thanks, Jackie.”
She put her other hand on top of my hair, giving me a reassuring grin. “Don’t mention it.”
Just then, Jackie’s phone started to ring, the sudden chime and vibrations making us jump a little.
“Uh… Mind if I take this?” she asked.
“Sure, go ahead.”
“Hello?” she answered. “Yeah, Jewel. I’m at the small booth in the back… Well, duh. Of course she’s with me… Okay, see you in a sec.”
“What was all that?” I asked.
“Oh, nothing,” she said innocently, looking to her left.
I looked over in the same direction and saw Jewel Blessing walking towards us, along with-
“Aaron!?” I exclaimed, shooting out of my chair. “What are you doing here?”
He chuckled nervously. “Well, I…”
I narrowed my eyes at him. “Don’t. Lie.”
“Okay, okay,” he said. “I… didn’t really have to go to work today.”
“I can see that,” I scoffed, noticing that he wasn’t wearing the business suit he had on when he left this morning, “but if you didn’t have to go to work, then what was the point of taking your briefcase with you?”
“Well, the briefcase was where I kept my change of clothes. After I left, I went down to Jackie’s place and changed there.”
“You were in on this, too?” I asked, my head turning to the earth mare, who merely shrugged her shoulders.
“Just doing my part to help a Maretropolis citizen,” she quipped.
“I’m sorry I lied to you, Luxi,” Aaron said, walking up to me, and placing his hands on my shoulders, “but I had to make you think that I’d be busy for the day, and the only time you don’t want to be with me is when I’m at work.”
I frowned. “But why, honey? What did you have to do that was so important?”
“I needed some time to get a little special something for you, and I asked Jewel to help me out.”
“He needed a consultant to help him pick out the right one,” the unicorn giggled. “Well? Don’t keep her waiting, Aaron.”
He blinked. “Oh, right. Of course.” Aaron dug into his pocket, doing his best to keep whatever was inside hidden as he took it out. Whatever it was, he held it behind his back with one hand, took a deep sigh…
and got down on one knee.
My heart skipped several beats as he went down, and I almost fell back onto the floor, only for Jackie to catch me.
“Whoa there, girl,” she said softly. “You don’t wanna be unconscious for this.”
I looked down at Aaron, my breaths rapid, short, and shallow. My heart was beating at an incredibly fast pace, and that twitch in my eye returned for the first time in months.
“Luxurious Locks,” my love began, “you’re an… amazing mare. I don’t know where I’d be right now if I hadn’t met you. These past twenty years knowing you have been incredible, especially the last ten months. After all we’ve been through, I just can’t imagine being with anyone else.”
He brought his hidden hand in front of him, revealing a small black box. He then opened it with a shaky hand, revealing a gorgeous diamond ring inside.
“So… if you’d have me, I’d love for you to be my wi-.”
Before he could even finish, I wrapped him in as much hair as I could, bringing my beloved close to me in the most loving hug I could give him.
“YES!” I yelled. “YESYESYESYESYES! A MILLION TIMES, YES!”
I gave Aaron an affectionate nuzzle as everyone in the restaurant applauded for us. At that moment, every single doubt I had was washed away. I was the only thing that Aaron needed, and he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me and only me.
I’d probably go so far as to say he loved me more than I loved him.
“I even have the wedding date planned,” he spoke up, his voice strained from the tight grip I had on him.
I loosened my hold a little and allowed him to breathe. “Really? When?” I asked.
“In two months. On the anniversary of the day you came back into my life.”
At that point, my eyes were flooded with tears, and I felt a hand touch my shoulder. I looked over and saw Jackie looking at me, holding back tears herself. “Told ya,” she whispered.
I looked back at Aaron, and he placed his hand on my cheek, wiping my face clean. “Sorry about that. I didn’t mean to make you cry.”
“Are you kidding?” I sniffled. “You’ve made me the happiest mare in the world!” I lifted Aaron off the floor and rushed out of the restaurant, heading towards the mall exit.
“Wha? Luxi, where are we going?” he asked in a panic.
“I’m taking you home!” I answered, letting out a loud cackle.
Once we were outside, I latched a lock of hair onto one of the city lightposts and launched myself up into the air with my future husband in tow.
“Waaaaaah! Luxiiiiii!” he yelled. “You know I don’t like being up this high!”
“Sorry, hon, but this is the fastest way home!” I laughed as we flew through the Maretropolis sky, my excitement growing by the second.
“Why do you wanna go home all of a sudden!?” he asked.
A sinister chuckle escaped me, and I looked back at him, caressing his chin with my mane. “We still have to make up for last night! I’m really feeling that itch now!”
THE END
Author's Note
What!? Sketchy wrote a sequel!? To the bunker! The apocalypse is nigh!
Seriously, though, I never thought I'd write a sequel to any of my stories. I mainly avoided them because I don't write a story unless I felt that burning desire to make it, and for a sequel, that desire has to be at least as strong as the one I felt for the original iteration, and for the first time, it happened.
I felt compelled to explore some of Luxi's insecurities and doubts about her relationship with Aaron, while also employing her usual brand of craziness. Of course, it's not as extreme as the original story since most of it is spent with her away from Aaron, but I think it's pretty clear that she's still crazy for him.
Master Zamairiac would be proud.
It was also kinda fun coming up with civilian names for the other Power Ponies, and I took bits and pieces of elements from the 2014 MLP Annual comic (Mare-velous and Matterhorn's rivalry) to flesh things out a little more. Anyway, let me know what you guys thought of this story in the comments. Keep it sketchy, folks!
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And no, this does not guarantee that I'll make a sequel to one of my other stories.
