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Celestia’s sun beamed overhead as we traveled down the tracks once more. Last night, we were forced to leave Rarity’s dead body with the rest of the pony corpses beside our camp. And to make matters worse…

AJ never returned.

We waited and waited, spending the rest of the night sleeping at the same ambushed camp, but she never showed up. Dash even ran off to look for her, but she hadn't found her either. I know we'd gone a ways from the camp, but this was honestly surprising. She was probably, what, 2 minutes of jogging away from us at the camp last night? How the hell did she lose us? I started feeling a bit guilty about running off like I did.

Twi had somehow convinced the others that I had just argued with AJ, after stealing her whip, until we heard gunfire. No mention of our spontaneous sex session was uttered, and I was grateful. If AJ did return soon, maybe she wouldn’t beat me to death anymore. That'd be nice.

Twi could keep a secret. We both knew Dash could not. So, it was between us. Our strange relationship got even stranger starting today. Oh well.

We continued down the tracks. When we lost Rarity, Twi had an intense talk with Spike.

What’s an intense talk? you ask.

I don’t know.

Very helpful

Yeah, anyway, they talked intensely for a while until the little bastard fell asleep. I know this was rough on him, but it was rough on all of us as well. Especially me. Not only did I lose my friends Rarity and AJ on the same night, but I got blue-balled too!

Woooooow

Yeah whatever. It was alright, really. When we all settled back down again, I zipped myself in the tent and jacked off.

And thank you for the information. Anything more you’d like to share with the class?

Sure. After I finished, I burst into tears.

Congrats

We continued on, Celestia’s sun burning my skin. I wished there were some clouds covering it up or something. For a split second, I forgot about our entire situation and almost asked Dash if she could move a cloud for us. Damn, I missed their flight as much as they did.

So, now... it was only Twi, Dash, Spike, Snow, the guards, and me. Only two of the mane six were accounted for, so it was time to get serious about keeping them safe. As we walked, Twi called out.

“Who was supposed to be on watch?”

I squinted my eye. “Didn’t you already have that discussion?”

“No, we didn’t. I got distracted with all the crap that happened.”

“But you and Dash were talking when I got to camp, weren’t you?”

I noticed Dash eye me nervously.

“Yeah?” Twi continued, “We were all awake when we got attacked. If you mean her ratting you out, that’s cause you woke her up with that stupid little escape attempt.”

“I … uh … okay…”

It was silent for a moment until Dash sighed defeatedly. “It was-“

“Me,” the guard I’d insulted yesterday cut her off.

“But I-“

“I know!” the guard interrupted again, “I was supposed to wake you up, but I fell asleep, okay?”

“But-“

“It wasn’t your fault!” the guard cont-

You know, it’d be a lot easier if I knew this motherfucker’s name.

Then ask him, peabrain.

The guard continued, “Listen, I-“

“Hey, what’s your name?”

Everybody eyed me for a second. Barging into conversations was my specialty though, so they didn’t think much of it.

“Drift.”

“Drift?”

“Yeah.”

“What kinda fucking name is that? Is that first or last?”

“Wow. It's first, you disrespectful asshole. Yours is pretty fucking dumb too.”

“Whatever. It’s odd that you have that name though. I mean, there aren’t even cars in this world. How’d your parents come up with that?”

D’mitry, you fucking moron, there are other definitions for the word drift. Read a damn dictionary.

Twi glanced back at me. “What’s a car?”

Damn.

“Nothing. Never mind.”

She rolled her eyes as Drift continued.

“Anyway, so-“

“Hey, what about you?” I asked, pointing at the other guard.

“Blaze.”

“D’mitry,” Twi called from the front. She glared at me and nodded her head back to her saddlebag, reminding me that she had the whip now. “Quit interrupting.”

“Sorry, Twi.”

“Anyway, so … yeah, it was me. I apologize, Princess.”

Twi huffed. “Okay. I guess we can forgive you for now. However, Princess Celestia will be hearing about this. Your punishment is up to her, understood?”

Drift gulped and nervously glanced back at his rump. “U- understood, Princess.”

Celestia’s sun continued to beam down on us after we stopped to eat lunch. I was starting to sweat a bit.

Hey, I have a suggestion for you.

What is that?

Maybe take off your jacket?

Mmm. I don’t feel like it.

Then burn alive.

Okay.

We continued along. The walk was quiet, with the only sound being the crunching of pebbles and grass beneath us. We could see Canterlot now, but it was still a little ways away. I sighed. My injured leg was getting really damn tired. This caused me to fall toward the back of the line. When Dash asked if I was alright, I lied and told her I just wanted to keep our backs clear.

Suddenly, the sun seemed brighter. The track laying ahead of us shimmered brightly. I shielded my eye as I looked up at the sky, trying not to burn my retina again. I could see the sun moving around awkwardly, almost dancing above us. The others stopped and looked up at it as well.

Before any of us could speak of it, the sun grew dimmer before quickly falling down past the horizon. Within seconds, the sun was gone, and the sky was dark. I opened my mouth to speak, but as I did, an extremely loud explosion rung out from the horizon. The wind from its shockwave blasted us front and center, throwing us all off balance as it swept through for half a minute. Trees shook violently, and my tall ass eventually couldn’t stand the pressure any longer and fell to the ground.

After the wind finally settled, I saw Luna’s moon quickly rise to the middle of the now-night sky. I shook my head as I sat back up and turned to Twi.

“What the fuck was that? Did the sun just crash into the damn world?”

“What kinda fucking hypothesis is that?” she replied, “You really think that’s what would happen if the sun collided with the world?”

“Hey! Anything is possible in this crazy ass world.”

“Well, that is not. Celestia’s sun is tens of millions of miles away from here. It is also thousands of times bigger than Equis. You wouldn’t even be able to see if her sun collided with the world. You’d evaporate instantly before it swallowed everything whole. So, no, D’mitry, the sun did not just ‘crash into the world’.”

Her and I stared at one another for a few seconds before I responded.

“Nerd.”

She rolled her eyes as Snow joined the conversation.

“Do you think Princess Celestia’s alright?”

Twi sighed. “I don’t know. Her sun falling isn’t a good sign. She may be in trouble. Hopefully Luna can lock sun and moon in kinetic orbit if she’s unable to raise it again. The cycle has to continue.”

“Hopefully,” Dash said, “regardless, we should probably hurry.”

“But it’s nighttime now,” I stated.

Everybody looked at me for a second. Dash eventually nodded approvingly.

“Actually, yeah... D is right. Let’s go back to bed.”

“What?” Twi asked, “It’s only fucking noon!”

“No it ain't,” I retorted.

“It basically is…” she replied.

“Nuh uh.”

“Uh huh.”

"Nuh uh."

"Just because Celestia's sun went down doesn't automatically mean it's nighttime. It's still technically afterno-"

"Nuh uh."

"Shut the fuck up! We're gonna wait an-"

"Nuh uh."

"-D SEE IF ANYT-"

"NUH UH."

"D'mitry! Sweet Celestia, you are fucking annoying sometimes!"

"Nuh uh."

Twi shook her head and facehoofed. Guard Drift then dramatically yawned.

“Boy am I exhausted...” he said.

“Same here,” Blaze added, joining in with his own yawn.

“Are you guys fucking serious?” Twi scoffed.

Before she knew it, we were all dramatically yawning and stretching.

“I don’t know, Twi,” I said, “honestly, jokes aside, I’m guessing none of us slept all that well last night. I say this is a good thing, and we should just accept it as is. Let’s set up camp and go back to bed.”

“Not happening.”

Everybody sighed, but I didn’t give up. I hobbled up to Twi’s side and leaned down to whisper in her ear.

“I’ll give you a massage if you let us sleep.”

“Are you serious right now? You really think a massage is gonna change my-“

“Hooves too.”

She stayed silent for a moment before responding.

“Okay… let’s set up camp.”