Chapter 4

Twilight is flying around the castle seeking for Sunset when she finds the fiery haired unicorn a few meters of the main entrance, sitting in shadow of a group of trees. The princess lands, walks on Sunset's direction and sees the unicorn is sobbing and crying.

"Sunset?" Spoke Twilight softly.

"Twilight?" said the unicorn turning to the princess.

"I'm sorry for yelled with you" Said Sunset wiping her eyes with the back of her front hooves.

"Don't worry, It's ok, guess there's a lot of things in your mind now." Said Twilight sitting on Sunset's side and putting a wing over her.

"I would like to hear, if you want to tell, but if you don't feel ready, we can just stay here or came back to my home"

Sunset let a long sigh escapes of her nostrils.

"No, I think is time to tell you. After all these years living out of Equestria, Canterlot, the School for Gifted Unicorns, all this seems so distant now, like if was just a dream or a memory of other life. I remember the joy i felt when was accepted as a Celestia personal student. Even if all the sadness I felt when I was a little girl, I mean a filly, her visits makes my days happy, I felt I was loved. Now when I thinks on those days, I see that I was so trapped in the pain for not know nothing about my parents that I didn't cared about make any friends. When I start studying with Celestia, she always tell me the importance of having friends, not be alone in the world, but I ignored her every time, wasn't the friendship who was make me the best student, was my own effort, my skills, my dedication. When I came to that world, I was alone again and worse, without my magic to help. Took a long time to me discover how that place works and I did a lot of awful things that I'm not proud of, but I'm not like this anymore today"

"Now I see that I wasn't a good friend to you Sunset, never came to my mind that so many things have happened to you before our first meet, I don't even cared about why you leaved Equestria or how many years have you spent in those world. I'm sorry" Said Twilight with a bit of sadness in her voice.

"It's ok Twi, you aren't the first who don't know almost nothing about my life, but I think that like our friends, you don't asked me because was waiting I was ready to speak about my past. I'm not ready to tell you all, not yet, and just for you know, I'm living in this city for almost seven years"

"Seven years? When princess Celestia told me you was her pupil before me, I thought that was a year or two, but you're older than Shining Armor, what makes you our older sister, wow."

"I'm not sure how I feel about this, we're friends and sisters, I sort of like this, at least one good thing in all this. I think I could deal with the fact that I have a sister now." Said Sunset smiling to her sister.

"Me too." Said Twilight smiling back. "And about Celestia, what you will do? You'll forgive her?" asked the princess.

Sunset turn away her eyes from Twilight, looking to the ground before answer.

"Still hurts inside when I think on this, in all that I had passed until here. I stayed a long time without anyone at my side. Before you and the girls be friends with me, I was alone, most for my own guilty, I hurt all people around me because I was jealous and angry, I felt angry because all they had someone who loves him, they loved and was loved back, something that I never felt. Now I know you care about me, and I'm not alone anymore, you and the girls accepted me even after all I did and I'm very happy for this."

Sunset stops and look to her sister before continue.

"Now, after all she told me, I can't stop thinking in how my life could be different that is today, who I could be if I was raised by my parents, if I was lived with my family? Who knows if you and I could be friends on my mother's school? Without has necessary you save the world from the demon I once became." Tears fall from Sunset's eyes.

"Sunset, I know you're mad with Celestia now, but I truly believe she's sorry for her mistakes, for all the pain she caused to you."

"I know she's sorry, I could see in her eyes, but me, at least one part of me don't want forgive her for all she did, at least not now. It means that in the bottom I'm still evil? That I'm the same bad pony I was before? I thought I had changed, that now I was a better person, but seems like I was wrong" Said Sunset looking sadly to her sister.

"You really changed Sunset, if you still was the same pony that one day stole my crown, you'll hadn't felt any remorse for what you did and wasn't ready to forgive like are now. We all make mistakes."

"Not you. You're perfect Twilight. All that I never will be you are. You have friends who love you because who you are and not for pity, you deserve all of you have conquered, I'l never be good as you." Sunset rubs the back of her hooves in her eyes, wiping the tears. Twilight place a hoof on her sister chin, upping the unicorn face's and look in to Sunset's eyes.

"I'm not perfect Sunset, we're not so different, our friends loves you for who you proved to be and not for pity. When I was studding with princess Celestia, I don't even cared about have friends. I had my parents, my brother and Spike, so I don't need any friend, at least was I thought on that time. Was so many ponies around me who wanted be friends with me and I ignored all they. When I moved to Ponyville, I left all my friends behind like they was nothing, and there's one that I hurt more than all, Moondancer, she always saw me was her best friend. One day she throw a party, her first party, her first attempt to out of her shell because she was so introverted and I, the pony who few years after became the princess of friendship, the pony she thought was her best friend simply left her behind and never came back at least to say that was sorry. After I start living in Ponyville, I just forgot all they for years. I faced so many things, monsters, the end of Equestria in so many occasions that I can't even counts, but nothing hurt me more than see how she suffered because of me, and this is only one of my many errors. Even the princess of Friendship can be a jerk sometimes. Don't let your past or the errors that other ponies made define who you are today. We can't change the past, but can change how we react to him."

"None of us have to be perfect I guess, we are only persons, I mean ponies, we all make mistakes after all. You forgiven me and I'll be a big hypocrite if don't do the same to the princess, but I need some time to process this, to accept she's my lost mother. Can we go to the castle now? I wanna rest a little and if I know the Twlights, they lost herself easily in the books and I have to remember that exists a whole world out they." Said Sunset hitting a little punch in her sister's shoulder.

"You really like her, isn't? Every time you talk about her, your tone is so kind and sweet that I almost feel jealous."

"Yeah, she's my best friend. Please don't tell to the girls" Said Sunset with a little smile

"Don't worry sis, your secret is safe with me." Answered Twilight with a wink.

"I was in her place not long ago. The last thing I want is that she have to live all that I lived. Even after all I did to all in Canterlot High the girls did her best to make me feel well, to help me let my past in the past, but they don't lived what I lived, so even with all the support they give me, I still had to accept that I wasn't that monster anymore, not only that one who I turned when put the crown, but that one I was since arrived there and even before. Twilly was no guilty for all she did when turn in Midnight Sparkle, she was only other victim of my acts, if I never had stolen your crown, the magic will never came to my world and she would never corrupted by power. Is all my fault Twilight, and I have to do all I can for she stay safe, I would never forgive myself if she get hurt by my fault, it will not be fair."

The princess stands up and extends a hoof to her sister

"Well, let's go home. The day is almost over and I guess the girls are starting to worry about us."

Sunset grab her sister's hoof and stand on her hooves.

"You're right, thanks Twi"

"You're welcome, this is what are sisters for. Come on, you need a mug of hot cocoa and a good night of sleep. Tomorrow we can discuss what to do next"