Epilogue: Last Day/Return to Equestria

Last Morning Together

Three days had passed and the day for Starlight to return home had arrived. When they woke up Sunset seemed sad, very sad and Starlight knew that it was because she would be returning home that day. She embraced her and said, "Sunset, everything will be alright, it's not like we'll never see each other again."

Sunset returned the embrace and sighed, "I know but still, not having someone to hold me at night and simply be with all the time will be hard on me."

She would not admit it, especially to Sunset, she was really looking forward to going home and she wanted to try to speed up the process without her knowing that she wanted to leave and then it hit her, they could have one more get together with Sunset's friends and after that, she could head home. She suggested, "Sunset, what would you think about meeting up with your friends before I head home."

Sunset clearly looked disappointed that she brought up going home that quickly but agreed to her plan, "Yeah we could do that."

Starlight added, "And besides, the sweets' shop is on the way to the portal."

Sunset was surprised by how quickly Starlight was to get out of bed as for the past couple days, they had laid in bed until almost noon and it made her wonder what was up. She asked, "Starlight, what's the rush? The past couple days we stayed in bed for so long but you almost seem like you're in a hurry to get back home."

Starlight replied, "It's not that." Starlight felt like Sunset was already picking up what her true desires were but would be saved when her stomach growled loudly. She then continued, "It's just that I'm really hungry and some sweets sound really good."

Sunset's stomach too growled and she replied, "Yeah I guess some sweets sound good and besides, I'm pretty sure my friends are wondering what happened to us."

Starlight grabbed Sunset by the hand and they headed into the bathroom to take a shower. They both enjoyed their final shower together and engaged in the same activities that they had been but for Starlight, it seemed to be forever until they were finished and headed out to meet up with her friends.

One Final Meet-Up

Starlight was seriously hoping that they could hurry up, get to the sweets' shop, have a quick bite to eat and then get to the portal so she could get home but that was not what Sunset had in store for them. That morning it took Sunset a while longer than normal to get her hair brushed and the more paranoid part of Starlight was thinking that Sunset was doing that on purpose. After what seemed like forever, Sunset was finally ready to go and they headed off to the sweets' shop.

When they arrived they were clinging to one another like they were three days earlier. Her friends gave her curious smiles and the first to say anything was Rarity, "Sunset, Starlight darlings, where have you been the past three days?"

Sunset buried her face in Starlight's hair and blushed, "Well, we were at home just hanging out."

With the exception of Fluttershy, her friends gave them smiles and the one who seemed to be the most curious was Pinkie. She asked, "Sunset, you should have told me what you were going to do so that we could throw you a party!"

Sunset clung on to Starlight tighter and went silent as she had no desire to tell them what happened but Starlight knew that their questions were making Sunset uncomfortable. She replied, "What we did isn't something that people share with one another in public, or anywhere for that matter."

Despite their continued curiosity, they reluctantly dropped the issue. Once it was clear that their activities would no longer be the topic of discussion, Sunset and Starlight sat down to enjoy some treats with them. Other than knowing she came from the same place Sunset came from, Sunset's friends did not know much about Starlight and wanted to have a longer conversation with her.

The first to ask anything was Applejack, "So Starlight, Ah know you're from Equestria but what do you do there?"

Starlight replied, "Well I am currently, well I was, the student of Princess Twilight until I graduated after saving Equestria from Chrysalis."

Rainbow asked, "Who is Chrysalis?"

Starlight replied, "She is a changeling queen who tried to take over Equestria by having her subjects duplicate some of the most beloved ponies in Equestria." She cast her gaze at them more intently and continued, "And the odd thing is, five of the ones captured are a lot like the five of you and even carry the same names...."

Sunset interrupted, "Starlight, I don't know if I ever told you this or not but the reason they carry the same names and personalities is that this is a parallel world to Equestria."

Starlight asked, "Parallel world, what the hay is a parallel world?"

Sunset replied, "Basically everything is the same except that here we are humans and no one has magic."

Starlight asked, "So basically everyone here has the exact same personalities and everyone here is just a duplicate of a pony in Equestria?" She turned to Sunset and asked, "So have you ever ran into the copy of yourself here?"

Sunset replied, "No I haven't, I don't know where she is or if she even exists because I would think that she would have been a student at CHS."

While they knew that Starlight meant no harm, all the talk of the parallel world thing was bothering Sunset's friends. Applejack asked, "Ah don't know about y'all, but how about we talk about something else, something other than parallel worlds?"

Starlight was hoping that this would open the door to them being able to get going sooner so she replied, "Sounds good to me."

Despite them still being very curious about Starlight and wanting to know more about her, Starlight became a lot more vague in answering questions about her and finally after an hour of chatting and snacking Starlight suggested, "Well Sunset, shall we head to the portal so I can return to Equestria?"

Sunset had a look of sadness on her face as she replied, "Yeah, I'm sure Twilight is expecting you to be back before too long."

Starlight nodded and the two headed towards the portal. Starlight wasn't sure whether Sunset could read her emotions or not but with each passing moment she was wanting to hurry up, get home and be a unicorn again.

Saying Goodbye

As the two headed towards the portal, it seemed like Starlight was walking faster, pulling Sunset along rather than walking slowly and clinging to her like she had been. Once they arrived at the portal Sunset was going to find out why she was going so fast. She asked, "Starlight, it seems like you've been in a hurry all day and since we left the sweets' shop, we haven't been clinging together, you've been walking so fast you're just pulling me by the hand. Are you in a hurry to get back to Equestria?"

Starlight had hoped that she would be able to hide her building desire to hurry and get home but since she gave herself away, she figured she better be honest with Sunset. She replied, "Actually yes Sunset, I am." She saw Sunset's face drop and continued, "It isn't that I want to hurry up and get away from you. I really like you and enjoy spending time with you but my home is in Equestria and I'm really excited to get home and be with my friends."

Sunset asked, "I can understand that but we will be seeing each other again won't we?"

Starlight replied, "Of course we will. You should come to Equestria sometime and you can meet my friends."

Sunset asked, "Do you think they would like me?"

Starlight replied, "I'm sure they would." She became more excited as she continued, "And I have friends all over Equestria. I have friends in Ponyville, I have friends out in that town I used to run and I know you'd enjoy going with Trixie and I to the changeling kingdom to meet Thorax and the rest of the hive." Her excitement only grew further as she continued, "And you'll have to have some of Sugar Belle's treats! They are the tastiest things that I've ever had and I know you'll love them too!"

Sunset could tell that Starlight was obviously in a huge hurry to return to Equestria and didn't want to do too much to keep her. She pulled Starlight close and said, "Well Starlight, I guess this is goodbye for now." She gave her a tender kiss before continuing, "I have enjoyed everything we have done and I will always remember our moments but I do hope that you will come back and we can have more sensual moments."

Coming back was something that Starlight really didn't want to do ever again but didn't want to bring that up. She replied, "Yeah, we can have more sensual moments and maybe we could have sensual moments in Equestria too."

When she was in Equestria, Sunset had never engaged in any sorts of activities so she wasn't exactly sure how ponies could even do the same thing but didn't want to bring it up. She just gave her a nervous laugh, "Maybe."

Starlight turned her head towards the portal and Sunset knew that the time to let her go was now. She pulled her close, gave her one more kiss and continued, "Like I said earlier, I guess this is goodbye for now." She released Starlight and finished, "Oh and tell Twilight that I said hi."

Starlight replied, "Oh I will!" Before Sunset could say anything else, Starlight stepped into the portal and like it was on the way there, she found herself surrounded by swirling colors and could feel herself being transformed back into her natural form.

I'm home!

In her sleeping chambers Twilight was pacing back and forth impatiently waiting for Starlight to return home. When she saw a bright flash come from the mirror and Starlight fall down onto the floor, she was relieved. Twilight rushed to her, helped her up and asked, "Starlight, where have you been? You should have been home a couple hours ago!"

Starlight replied, "Well Sunset and I got held up. We were late to rise and then we spent some time at the sweets' shop talking with her friends." She gave her a nervous look and asked, "I hope you're not mad that I'm late returning home."

Twilight asked in return, "I'm not mad and speaking of Sunset, how did you two get along? Did you two do anything fun?"

Starlight had a guilty grin on her face, "Yeah, we spent a lot of time together." Her face turned red as an apple as she continued, "To be honest, most of the time while I was over there after you suggested I stay for a few more days was spent solely with her."

Twilight gasped, "Seriously? You two spent most of the time together with no one else?"

Starlight realized that she would wind up not only digging herself in a huge hole if she kept going into detail, but could get both her and Sunset in trouble. She replied, "Yeah, we did. I don't know what it is but her and I just seem to click, that is how good of friends we became."

Twilight gave her a smile, "Well I'm glad to see that you two were able to get along so well." Her curious side then took over, "So are you two planning on seeing each other again? Do you have any plans on returning to the human world?"

This was something Starlight had absolutely no desire to do and wanted to try and stay on topic but deflect the question. She replied, "Yes we do plan on seeing each other again and we were discussing her coming to Equestria and her joining me in meeting all my friends."

Twilight asked, "All of...."

Starlight interrupted, "Yes, all of them. I told her about my friends out in my old village, I brought up Trixie and I told her about Thorax and the changeling hive. She seemed pretty interested in meeting them."

Twilight suggested, "Well I'm not overly sure about Trixie and her getting along if you two are as good of friends as you claim you are because I know how Trixie is. I know she will boast about her being your closest and best friend and that could cause them to fight."

Starlight replied, "Perhaps you're right." She began to head for the exit and continued, "Speaking of Trixie, I'm going to go and see her. I'm sure she's probably missed me."

Twilight had hoped to talk more with Starlight about her trip but knew that she was in a hurry to see Trixie. She sighed, "Well alright, don't have too much fun."

Starlight replied, "Oh I won't!"

Starlight left Twilight's chambers and felt a sense of relief. She admitted to herself that she did feel a really close bond to Sunset and the things they did together were more pleasurable than she thought possible but what mattered the most to her was that she was back home. Now to her it was just a matter of finding excuses to avoid ever having to go to the human world ever again, even if it meant trying to persuade Sunset to stay in Equestria when she came to see her.