So that’s the way it ended.

Well, the prom I mean. But not our story. Or our friendships.

I really am sorry it took me so long to write to you again. After we had to seal the portal between the worlds, I kind of lost the journal. It was Fluttershy who found it while we were going through some of our old things. Would you believe I’d accidently covered it with a Sugar Cane dust jacket? I have literally no memory of that. Man, college was weird.

Of course, there was one other event after we graduated and started getting ready for college; that last sleepover at Pinkie’s. That night was CRAZY. It was the usual crowd, of course, plus Maud and Trixie. Would you believe that Lyra and Bon Bon showed up? I was shocked, too, but they fit in just fine.

I’m not gonna lie, we might have ventured into the questionably legal side of things and made a vow to never reveal what went down that night. Or who went down on whom. Sorry, but I can’t break that promise. Not even for you.

You’ll just have to use your imagination.

Well, I suppose you wanna know how my versions of the girls are doing. Let’s see…

AJ and Rarity didn’t waste much time after they made things official. They got engaged that very next Christmas when Rarity came home to visit from school. They just celebrated their seventh anniversary last week. They live on the farm, naturally, but AJ built Rarity her own design studio on the property that she can work in. Her fashion is apparently all the rage in Paris this season.

Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash went to Canterlot U together. I wish I could say it was a ‘Happily Ever After’ kind of thing, but it really wasn’t. They had fun together and loved each other very much, but their opinions on monogamy tended to butt heads. As Pinkie Pie explained it to me, she had no problem with inviting others into their bed. She did have a problem when Dash did it alone when Pinkie was out of town. They broke up a few months later, then got back together, then broke up again. Ultimately they decided to call it quits entirely before their relationship poisoned their friendship. Pinkie Pie eventually met a really nice guy at Maud and Trixie’s wedding. They’ve been married a few years now, already got three kids. She’s happy.

And Dash? She dropped out of school and formed a new band with Flash Sentry. She’s got one of the hottest acts in the world right now. Turns out she and Flash have the same standards when it comes to groupies, so those two hedonists are living it up on their world tour. They even have a son. Can you believe it?

As for me and Fluttershy, well… We went to different schools and I’ve gotta tell you that the long-distance relationship thing sucks. Like, really sucks. We decided that while we loved each other, we needed a break until after school. If things were still there when we graduated, we’d see how it went then.

We just got married last month.

I’m writing this on the porch of our new ranch-house. We bought an old horse farm and we’re converting it into an animal sanctuary. I’m so happy, Twilight. We’re so very, very happy.

We just got our invitations to the ten year reunion at Canterlot High. After thinking about, I don’t think we’re gonna go. It’d be nice to see the old schoolmates, but when things ended as perfectly as they did at prom? Maybe it’s better to leave the past in the past.

Some things get sweeter the older they become.

Alright, I’d better wrap this up. AJ and Rarity are coming over for dinner tonight. I can hear my wife calling from the kitchen. Ha. My wife.

It really is crazy how things can turn out. And all this because one night you and I lost ourselves in the heat of the moment.

Thanks for that.

Write you later,

Sunset Shimmer

…

PS,

How’s your brother these days? You should ask him if he remembers a student from Celestia's school who rocked his world one summer.

Bye!

Author's Note

November 12, 2014 - November 20, 2019

"Everything could change like that,
And all these years go by so fast,
But nothing lasts forever."