The Time

It was a warm mid September day, and at the Ponyville train station, Fluttershy was waving off her human finance Adam, her brother Zephyr and Big Mac. Both stallions decided to take the human to Las Pegasus to celebrate his bachelor party, much to the human's reluctance, he preferred a more quiet and subdued celebration, especially since he is one week away from finally marrying the mare he loves.

"Now Adam, make sure that my brother doesn't get into trouble like he did last time he went to Las Pegasus." Fluttershy told Adam as she floated up and hugged the human.

"Hey, I managed to pay them off!" Zephyr protested as he walked into the awaiting train.

"Don't worry, I'll make sure of that." smiled Adam. "Are you sure about this? What if I do something I regret while there?" he asked the mare with worry.

"As long as you come back to me, everything will be forgiven, besides, what happens in Las Pegasus stays in Las Pegasus." the mare assured.

Adam just sighed, he might as well get it over it. He kissed the mare goodbye before grabbed his bag and got into the train.

"ALL ABOARD TO LAS PEGASUS!" the conductor yelled as the train began to leave the station. Fluttershy watched as the train departed to the west, carrying her husband-to-be.

Fluttershy trotted over to Rarity's boutique to meet her friend, and to check on her progress with the wedding dress. She walked inside and went upstairs to her friend's room to see her at the sowing machine working on the bridesmaid's dresses Rarity and the rest of Fluttershy's friends will wear next week. The moderate cyan color looked perfect, it matched her eyes well. "Uh..hey Rares..." nervously began the mare, afraid that she might be intruding too much.

Rarity turned around and smiled. "Oh hello Shy, darling, I just finished your dress this morning." she pointed over to a nearby ponykin that had the finished product on it. The pegasus' eyes grew wide in awe, it was white and flowing, the train almost looked like a cloud, the front of it looked like a white butterfly with a cyan gemstone in the center.

"Oh Rarity, this is gorgeous, this is exactly how I wanted it, thank you." she said, touched and grateful of what her friend did. "He's going to love it once he sees it at the ceremony."

"It's no big deal." said Rarity. "Anything for a good friend." she assured. "Now," she took off her red work glasses to get to the day's next order of business. "If your groom-to-be off gallivanting in Las Pegasus for the bachelor party, I think today is the perfect time to hold a bridal shower." she proposed.

"Well, as long as it is small and with just our friends, I'll be fine with it." clarified the pegasus. "And nothing crazy like alcohol or exotic dancers, please." she hopped that her friend would follow that request.

"Darling, it'll be fine, it's just going to be me, you, Applejack, Twilight and Dash having one final get together as single mares at the spa, that is all." she assured. "Now let me go grab my things, and we'll be off to the spa." she said before she got herself ready.

"It's, like, so great that you decided to come join me to enjoy the good vibes that the festival will provide." nodded a thankful Tree Hugger as she lead a deeply reluctant Spike and Starlight towards Rainbow Falls, the site of a world music festival. "This festival is going to be amazing." Tree Hugger mused.

Starlight did not look forward to this, mostly because she was forced to go by Twilight in order to make new friends, and because she had to put up with a group of ponies she despised the most; hippies.

Spike also did not look forward to this, but only because he was tasked to chaperone Starlight, since she had to remain close to either Spike and Twilight whenever she left the limits of Ponyville.

The group soon arrived at the festival, and it looked like a giant tent city than a festival. The aroma of fried foods, musk and drugs hit both Spike and Starlight pretty hard. Tree Hugger felt at home. "Awesome, the party has started." she happily trotted towards the entrance.

"Why isn't Twilight here for this again?" whispered Starlight to the baby dragon.

"Something about needing to go on a supply run." whispered Spike back, still annoyed at being saddled with the task.

Back in Ponyville, Twilight walked into a newly opened store in town, she looked around to see shelves upon shelves of various jars filled with herbs or liquids. The place was deafeningly quiet. "Hello?" she asked around. On cue, a zebra emerged from the back through a bead curtain.

"Oh, good day there, like my new lair?" greeted Zuberi with a smile at the mare.

"It looks great," complimented Twilight. "besides, this town needs an apothecary shop badly, or at least, I need one badly." she stated. "Now I don't have to order them direct from Canterlot." she looked around the place.

"So...what can I get for you?" he asked as he walked behind the counter. Twilight levitated to him her shopping list. "I'll get those right away." he bowed before taking the list and going over to the many shelves in order to get her purchases.

Twilight looked around the shop. "Any plans for today?" she asked trying to make conversation.

Zuberi was on a ladder grabbing some ginger. "Just run my shop." he explained. "Why do you ask?"

"Well...I was thinking of maybe showing you around town, make you meet you ponies, stuff like that." she asked. She had no idea why, but she has been a little intrigued by the zebra, and felt like spending some time with him. "Besides, I was going to do something, but I seemed to have forgotten what that was." she said, that thought nagged her deeply.

"Well, since you are kind to offer, I will accept." he smiled as he climbed down the ladder with a sack of herbs and some potions. "Besides, I always wanted to get to know the human's friends in a non-life threatening situation." he smirked slightly.

Twilight just nervously chuckled. "Yeah...I know what you mean." she said with a slight blush of embarrassment.

Rainbow Dash flew over Ponyville, desperate to a find a foalsitter for her five month old son who she carried on her back. Her parents were off on vacation, and no one else she knew were available.

"Hey Dash!" yelled a familiar young voice. Dash looked down to see Scootaloo waving at her from her scooter.

"Kind of busy right now," she told the filly bluntly. "Need someone who can take care of Zap while I am off at Fluttershy's bridal shower." she explained as she landed next to the filly.

"Why don't you go over to my Aunts'?" proposed the filly. "They wouldn't mind at all, they work from home and all." she assured.

"You have aunts? You never told me that before?" said Rainbow Dash, a bit confused.

"Oh yes, I stay with them most of the time since my parents are usually away on business, it's not very far, the live by the lake." she pointed down the road. "I'll introduce them to you if you want, they always wanted to meet you, seeing as though I never stop talking about you." she said sheepishly.

Dash had no other options available to her, and Zap did not seem to mind. "Fine, take me to them, but make it quick, I don't want to be late." she instructed.

"Don't worry, just follow me." said the filly before she sped off in her scooter. Dash flew after her.

At the music festival, Starlight was uncomfortable to say the least. Ponies walked and passed by her, many of them dirty of smelling like pot. She even saw group dance around a tree for some reason. She needed to find a way to get out here before she loses her mind. She looked around to see Tree Hugger in a nearby tent with a bong. "Oh, of course." she muttered, not surprised by that revelation. She turned to Spike who was on her back. "There has to be a place where we can ride out this festival, away from these ponies."

"That tent over there looks private, let's go in there." said Spike, who pointed at a large pink yurt located in a remote corner of the festival. Starlight immediately and eagerly trotted over to the yurt, relieved to have found a safe haven. She opened the entrance curtains only to reveal a disturbing sight; a hippy orgy.

Both Starlight and Spike slowly backed away without making a sound and closed the curtains. "Aw far out, you found the orgy tent." said Tree Hugger who appeared behind them, eyes bloodshot. "I didn't know you were into that Glimmer." she said proudly to the pink mare.

"Well, of course." Starlight chuckled, she decided to play along. "But you know...I'm not feeling the vibe of it yet, maybe later." she gave a fake nervous smile.

Tree Hugger just shrugged. "More for me then." she nodded before she dove inside to join the orgy currently in progress. Both Starlight and Spike took that as their cue to get out of there.

At a cafe, outside, Twilight ate her dandelion sandwich as she listened to Zuberi talk about her homeland. "And so then, the great Monkey King took his magical staff and dipped it into the water, causing land to form and spread out for as far as he could see." Zuberi explained as he related the mare the Zebrafrica creation myth.

Twilight was enthralled by the story, and by the way he told it, with smoldering intensity. She unknowingly found herself staring, hanging on every word. "Fascinating..." she muttered.

"It's one of the many stories in our oral tradition, passed down through the generations for time in memorial." he explained nonchalantly.

"Well, I find it very interesting," began Twilight. "The way you told it was well...amazing." she smiled.

"Glad to have at least entertained you for a while." he smirked. "Anyways, I must go and get some stuff for my store, it was a pleasure being with you Miss Sparkle." he sat up and bowed to her in appreciation.

"Mind if I join you?" Twilight suddenly blurted out. "To keep you company and all?" she nervously offered. She could not explain why she was drawn to him, maybe because of his mysterious nature, since other than the fact that he was Zecora's brother, not much else is known about him. Plus, he was unique, not often you encounter a zebra stallion in Equestria.

"Well, I could use the help." he smiled. "Sure, why not?" he nodded before he lead the way to the outskirts of town.

Scootaloo lead Rainbow Dash and her foal to a quaint lakeside cabin in the outskirts of town. "Aunt Holiday, Aunt Lofty, I'm home!" she announced. "I brought company over!"

The filly opened the door and inside, Aunt Lofty was cleaning the fireplace. "Oh hey Scoots." she said, before coughing, she was covered in soot. "I keep telling Holiday to clean this darn thing, but she never does it." she complained. She looked to see that her niece brought along company. "Oh, you must be Dash." she greeted as she trotted up towards the cyan mare with the foal. "I'm Lofty." she smiled.

"Hey, there, you have a pretty cool niece, I see a lot of potential in her, can't wait to see her finally fly." Rainbow Dash greeted, complimenting the filly.

"Hey!" Scootaloo complained. "I can at least hover for short distances now." she pointed out.

Lofty then noticed the baby foal on Dash's back. "Oh, look at him, my my, he's a cutie." she cooed at the colt. "What's his name?"

"Zap, his name is Zap." she stated. "Scootaloo said that you would be happy to take care of him for today, since I have a bridal shower I must go to, she's a foalhood friend and all." she explained.

"Why of course we'll take care of your cute colt." she smiled. Zap laughed back, already he seemed to have taken a liking to the new pony.

"Great, just make sure you keep him swaddled up tight, he's a flyer." Dash explained while motioning Zap to fly to Lofty's back. "Oh, and here's a cloud that you could give him if he becomes restless, he loves to sculpt." she took out a small cloud from out of her saddle bag, along with a bottle of milk, a pacifier and a blanket. Lofty happily takes them.

"Don't worry Miss Dash, we'll take good care of him." she assured. "Heck, we practically raised Scoots ourselves." she chuckled.

Dash went over and rubbed noses with little Zap. "Now be a good colt for your new foalsitters." she whispered to him before happily saying her goodbyes to both Scootaloo and Lofty and flying off towards the spa.

Rain fell on the music festival, but despite it, everyone happily watched the music performance, all while wildly dancing and playing in the mud. Luckily for Spike and Starlight, they found shelter in a tent that contained a large bar. "Well, this sucks." muttered Starlight to her dragon friend, both lounged on some beanbag chairs.

"Tell me about it." agreed Spike. "I'd rather be with Rarity at the bridal shower right now." he sighed.

"Too bad Fluttershy didn't invite me, although it's understandable, I did force her human coltfriend to snap her neck with my magic." she nodded. "Damn hippies."

"Tell me about, I'm only here because I have nothing better to do for my vacation." began a new voice. Both Spike and Starlight looked over to the beanbag chair next to them to see a dark gray gerbil creature lounging in his chair. "Plus, I thought I'd get lucky with all the 'free love' crap these ponies always spew." he explained. "They name's Grubber by the way." he greeted.

"I'm Starlight Glimmer and the baby dragon here in Spike." the mare greeted.

"My, my, Starlight Glimmer, I think I have heard of you before, weren't you the one who started that equality cult or some manure like that?" he pointed out with a smirk. "Talk about ambitious."

"Well, my crimes were all over the papers in Equestria, so yeah, I think you have heard of me." she said with annoyance, tired of everyone always reminding her of that.

"Yeah, I wanted to go to Las Pegasus, but then I heard a co-worker of mine was going there, and I didn't want to disturb her or anything." he then turned to the bartender. "Hey! Tequila shots for me and the mare over here!" he yelled at the bartender.

"Fuck tequila shots, make it jello shots, because I'm here to have some fun damn it!" she yelled at the stallion behind the bar.

Grubber laughed. "Now that's what I'm talking about!"

Spike did not like where this was going to head.

At the Spa, Rarity, Applejack and Fluttershy were in a private lounge as Fluttershy opened up the gifts her friends bought her. She decided to open Applejack's present first. She eagerly unwrapped the present to reveal an a pink apron with butterflies on them. "Oh wow, it's so cute! Thank you Applejack" she smiled.

"No problem sugar cube, we all chipped in to buy you that." she nodded, glad to have made her best friend happy.

At that moment, Dash flew in. "Oh good, got here just in time, sorry I was late Shy, had a foalsitting emergency to take care of." she explained before landing in front of her friends. "By the way, here's your gift." she gives her foalhood friend her gift.

Fluttershy methodically opened the gift to see that it was a box of ten scented candles, all of different scents. "Oh Dash, this is so cool." she was touched. "Dreamy Summer Nights, Fresh cut roses, Lavender, Lilac, Wedding day! Oh goodness, this is perfect thank you!" she gave Rainbow Dash and tight hug.

Rainbow Dash just blushed in embarrassment, she did not want her friends to know that she actually loved being given affection. "Anything for a friend." she chuckled nervously.

"Well, hopefully you would love my gift." began Rarity who gave the bride-to-be a pink box, a large one in fact.

The yellow pegasus went over and eagerly opened the box as she thought about what could possibly top Rainbow Dash's gift. But once she looked inside, her face fell and her face turned crimson. "Is that...uh...oh wow..."

"You know, in case you and him wanted to shake things up in the bedroom." smirked Rarity. "Bring some variety and all."

"Uh...yeah...I'll keep that in mind." her wings extended out in response, before she carefully closed the box again and set it down. "Especially during that time of the year." she then looked around to see that it was just her, Rarity, Dash and Applejack at the bridal shower. "By the way, has anyone seen Twilight today?" she asked with worry.

At Ponyville, the rain fell and both Twilight and Zuberi ran over to a nearby shed, both trying to find shelter from the rain. "Fluttershy won't mind if we borrowed her shed for a bit." Twilight said as she opened the unlocked door. Fluttershy never locked her shed door mostly because there was not really much of value inside apart from grounds keeping equipment and extra food for the animals under her care.

Once inside, Zuberi shook himself dry. "I should really learn to read the weather forecast, especially since I come from a place where weather isn't planned." he looked out the door to see the rain soaked landscape before him. He closed his eyes and took deep breaths in his quest to pass the time with meditation. His ears perked up as it took in the sounds of the precipitation striking the ceiling of the shelter. But he also noted a peculiar sound of a rapidly pulsating heart. He opened his eyes and turned to his companion in the shed. "Is there something a matter Miss Sparkle?" he asked.

Twilight looked at his ocean blue eyes with a blush. Without a second thought, she quickly dove in for a kiss, but the zebra stepped back, causing her to miss. "Huh?" she said with confusion and embarrassment.

"I can't..." began the zebra. "...sorry."

Twilight realized what she has done, and looked away with shame. "I-I-I...just don't know what has gotten over me...I guess it's because you're so...fascinating and well...I don't know." she did not know how to explained why she did what she did. "I guess I have been desperate for a romantic partner for too long..." she sighed.

"Miss Sparkle," he began. "I will admit that you are a profoundly interesting mare, and a beautiful one at that, but I made a vow of celibacy, long ago." he explained while he placed his hoof under her chin and made her look at him. "I have a mission to accomplish first, and until that has been fulfilled, I must remain true to the vow I took."

"A mission? What mission?" said Twilight curiously.

"I said too much." he then walked out of the shed and into the rain. "It was a pleasure getting to know you Miss Sparkle, I hope we remain friends after all of this." he said as he walked away, leaving Twilight alone.

The mare just repeatedly slammed her head against the shed door-frame out of shame. "Nice smooth going Twi, you just scared away a perfectly good stallion." she groaned. "Maybe I'll just be alone forever..." she mumbled. A dawn of realization suddenly hit her. "THE BRIDAL SHOWER!" she yelled. "I COMPLETELY FORGOT!" she wanted to run out at that very moment to the spa, but then her ears perked up to hear someone happily hum. She looked up the hill and towards Fluttershy's cottage, to see the mare herself walk back home, covered by an umbrella. "Too late..." Twilight muttered with shame. But at least it was not too late to apologize.

Fluttershy walked into her cottage while she carried her umbrella and bridal shower gifts inside. "Another toy to add to my pick emergency box." she sighed as she placed the boxes on the table. "Hey Angel, I'll get to your dinner now." she said as she walked by Angel Bunny, who stood next to his empty food bowl, arms cross. She she started to prepare the rabbit's dinner, a knock came from the front door. "I wonder who could that be?" she said to herself as she trotted over to the door and opened it, only to see the last pony she wanted to see.

"H-Hey..." sheepishly began a rain soaked Twilight Sparkle. "...uh...what's up?" she put on a fake smile. Fluttershy just looked at her with a bemused expression before she slammed the door shut, but Twilight used her magic to keep it open. "Look, I'm sorry okay?!" she exclaimed. "Please just hear me out!" she begged.

"I know you are jealous that I'm going to marry him, but you could've at least showed some support for me like a true friend would!" she snapped, upset that Twilight missed out on the last get-together with all of her friends before the wedding. "Why can't you move on already?!" trying to fight back tears.

"We were always destined to be Shy, me and him, together." the unicorn explained.

"But that was not your choice to make Twilight." Fluttershy rebutted. "Besides, if it was just up to me, I would've gladly formed a herd with you, why did you think we agreed to have that night together before the gala?" the pegasus explained, hurt by the way Twilight has been so selfish and falsely supportive lately.

Twilight looked away in shame. "Of course you would bring that up..." she trailed off. That night with Fluttershy was more awkward that romantic as she thought back to it.

"Please tell that everything you said that night was true, don't say that you only used me to get to him..." Fluttershy looked at her in desperation. Twilight said nothing but to give her friend a look of shame. That completely stunned the pegasus. "You...you...BITCH!" she yelled out with a lot of effort before giving Twilight a slap to the cheek. Although the slap was in reality, pretty pathetic and weak, it did not even leave a mark, but the unicorn understood.

"I'm sorry..." Twilight turned to leave, walking back out into the rain.

"And don't bother showing up to the wedding, because you're no longer my friend!" the pegasus yelled at her.

Those words felt like a sword got stabbed into Twilight's heart. But she continued on back to the library in the rain, as she thought back to that night.

One year ago...

Both Fluttershy and Twilight looked up at the ceiling of Fluttershy's room as they panted from exhaustion. "I...I never well...did that with another pony in the same room before..." began the pegasus, embarrassed.

"Me neither..." panted Twilight as she took a sex toy from inside her and threw it away. "..but it was going to happen anyways once we make the herd official." she explained.

"Well...I have never been...uh...touched...like that with magic before...you're good..." she blushed.

Twilight got up from the bed. "I just pretend that I'm doing it to myself, shouldn't be that different." she stretched herself out. "By the way, until Adam agrees to make a herd with us, we never speak of this, it's a one-time deal that will never happen until then." she explained.

Fluttershy nodded in agreement. "I plan on telling Adam after the gala tomorrow night, don't worry." she assured, but a thought fell on her. "I hope what we did doesn't affect our friendship..." she trailed off with worry.

"Don't worry, it won't." Twilight smiled as she took out a pink box from underneath Fluttershy's bed and put the toy away in it. "Besides, all we did was just get to know our intimate habits and making us feel more comfortable with seeing each other in our most intimate moments, since I assume there's going to maybe be threesomes and all." she lectured to justify what they did. "That doesn't make us lesbian or bi or anything...just more open." she naively explained.

"If you say so..." the pegasus said reluctantly. "...I just hope you're okay with sharing, seeing as Adam does love and all...he's just afraid of committing and admitting it because he doesn't want to hurt me and all..." she sighed.

"Of course I am okay with sharing." nodded Twilight with a smile. "But like I said before, it is all up to him, and I will support every single decision he makes." she stated matter-of-factually, although deep down, she hoped that he would pick her, not Fluttershy, not even to share, because destiny demands of it. "Anyways, it's getting late, I'll see you tomorrow at the gala." she nodded before walking out of the bedroom.

"Good night Twilight, thank you so much for everything today." she beamed, fully assured that everything she did with Twilight was the correct thing to do, she truly didn't mind, so long as Adam was happy. But little did she knew, but their friendship was affected, it would never be the same.

Present day...

Twilight returned back to the dark and cold library, drenched in rain. She was about to call out to Spike, but she realized that he and Starlight would be gone for the night and would not return until late tomorrow. She sighed as she slowly made her way to her room, her mane dripped water on the wooden floors.

"I bet all my other friends hate my guts right now." she sighed to herself. She soon reached her room and climbed up to her bed, completely dejected. She looked out of her window to see the wet and drab town landscape before her, the weather perfectly matched what she felt inside her.

"I'm so sorry about what happened." began a familiar voice. Twilight turned and saw Princess Luna herself in her room.

The mare sighed. "If you're hear to scold me for being a selfish idiot, go ahead, I deserve it." she buried her head underneath her pillow.

Luna just shook her head and used her magic to take the pillow away. "I'm not here to scold you, I'm here to help you move on." she explained. "Your jealousy is slowly ruining your life and your friendships, I cannot allow that to happen." she then floated over to Twilight. "So I'm going to give you a choice."

"And what's that?" the mare was skeptical.

"You can let me erase all feelings you have for him, erase all those memories of ever having loved him, in this life and in others." she told Twilight. "And you will never develop feelings for him ever again." she proposed.

Twilight was intrigued by that proposal. "You mean...a chance for me to finally move on?" she asked for clarification.

"But only if you want it my student." the princess smiled. "But before I do, I must show all the things that you will no longer have once I take those feelings away from you." Luna leaned over and placed her forehead against Twilight's.

Twilight's eyes glowed as visions sped by her. From the first time she discovered Adam passed out in Everfree forest long ago, to helping him adjust to life Equestria, to him and her protecting each other. All of these memories made her feel so many different emotions, from sadness, to anger, to pure love.

She desperately wanted those feelings she had for the human go away, she wanted to repair the friendships that she damaged because of those feelings, she desperately wanted for everything to return to normal, but then she realized that maybe having them removed would not fix everything, how despite the fact that she and Adam were not lovers, they still shared so many great memories together as friends and intellectual equals. How she taught him everything he needed to know about Equestria, while at the same time, she would help him bounce ideas off for the latest experiment he did.

No, she did not want to let those times where she felt truly happy to be taken away, if she was going to move on, she was going to do it on her own, without any help. "No, please!" she exclaimed. "Don't take them away, please, just don't." she begged before she opened her eyes to see that Luna was gone. The entire room was dark and silent again, the sound of rain that tapped against the window emanated from outside. Just because she could not be with him romantically, did not mean that she could not have fantastic times with him she thought. She laid down on the bed and began to quietly bawl to herself, ashamed of herself.

The next day, Rarity was in her room as she continued to work on her friends bridesmaid's dresses. There was a knock on her bedroom door and the unicorn stopped to see Twilight. She then returned her focus on the dress she sewed together. "Fluttershy told me to not bother finishing your dress." she told her. "So don't bother checking up on the progress, it's already in the bin to be used for scrap." she pointed over to a half-finished cyan dress, half-covered in crystal studs that was supposed to represent the night sky on the night of the wedding.

Twilight sighed at the sight. "How badly did I screw up this time Rares?" she asked with shame.

"Badly." responded Rarity. "At least Pinkie Pie had an excuse for not showing up, but not you."

"How long do you think it will be before she's ready to forgive me again?" she asked again, but she knew that the answer would not be good.

"Why are you asking me? You should be talking to her." Rarity responded, she too was a bit upset over Twilight's no-show from yesterday. "You know, apologize to her for being a selfish entitled un-supportive jerk during the lead up to what should be the happiest day of her life, and accept the fact that both she and Adam are happy together?" she answered bluntly.

"You're right." Twilight nodded. "I guess I should've noticed that something was wrong with me when I would rather waste my day pursuing the new zebra in town than be there for my friend." she explained. "By the way, I was planning on giving Shy this during the shower, thought I'd give this to you since she's not exactly in the talking mood." she places a box next to Rarity.

Rarity looked at the box and opened it, just to see what Twilight would have given Fluttershy yesterday if she did show up. She looked inside to see a red journal with a large pink heart in the center, with a title that read 'A Diary of Us' in bright gold lettering. "What's this?" stunned by the gift.

"Just something I picked out as a replacement for her diary." Twilight explained. "Something she could use to document her life as a married mare." she pointed out. "You can give it to her as a wedding gift and tell her that it was from you if you want." she then began to walk out of the room.

"Twilight..." began Rarity who closed the box and then levitated it to her. "...I think it's best that you give this to her yourself, show her that you at least cared enough to still buy her a gift at least." she explained.

Twilight nodded before she took the box and left the room. She knew it was going to be a slow process to rebuild her friendship with Fluttershy, but she knew that it was her responsibility to be the one that rebuilds it. There is still hope out there to fix this, and there is still hope that she can move on with her life and finally find genuine happiness in her life.

To be continued...