"So much power!"

Sunset suddenly found herself wide awake. She had thought that she had heard some one speaking in her apartment. She reached over and turned on the lamp on her bedside table. Then she noticed her phone vibrating. She had turned the ringer off before she had gone to bed. She picked it up.

"Hello?" she asked groggily.

"Sunset?" a soft spoken voice asked.

"Oh hey Fluttershy, what's up?"

"Um, if you aren't busy do you think you and Twilight could meet me at the diner on 5th Avenue?" Fluttershy asked, "that's if you aren't busy."

"Of course, I always have times for my friends," Sunset said, "5th Avenue, that's the Greasy Spoon right? Give me fifteen minutes to get ready and to pick up Twilight and we'll meet you there. Is everything alright?"

"Yes, I just need someone to talk to and Rainbow and the others don't know what I'm going through." Fluttershy said.

Sunset and Twilight rode in silence to the Greasy Spoon. Twilight wasn't fully awake when Sunset had picked her up at her parents house. As they approached the diner, Sunset saw only Fluttershy's car in the parking lot parked near the front door. When they walked inside they found their friend seated at a booth. Fluttershy only had an untouched glass a water in front of her. The waitress came up to the table as both Sunset and Twilight sat down.

"Coffee for me, Twilight?" Sunset said. Twilight only yawned while nodding her head in the affirmative.

"Cream or sugar? The waitress asked.

"No thank you." Sunset answered, again Twilight only nodded. The waitress promptly brought the two girls their coffee.

"Would you girls like to order?" she asked. Both Fluttershy and Twilight shook their heads no.

"Could I please get an extra-large hashbrown cooked extra crispy all the way and two sunny-side up eggs with toast, oh and could I get extra jalapeno?" Sunset asked. Both Fluttershy and Twilight looked at her with looks of confusion.

Sunset waited for the waitress to leave.

"What's up Fluttershy?" she asked finally.

"Um, I wanted to talk to you two, since you both had similar experiences" Fluttershy said in a near whisper, "becoming monsters."

"What exactly do you want to know Fluttershy?" Twilight asked, her coffee having finally kicked in.

"How can you go on living day to day knowing that just beneath the surface..." Fluttershy said. Both Twilight and Sunset looked at each other. It was Twilight who spoke first.

"I wish I could tell you that the pain goes away," Twilight said, adjusting her glasses, "but I know that Midnight Sparkle will always be there."

"As long as we don't allow our dark sides to have any power over us we remain in control," Sunset replied, "not a day goes by that my inner demons don't try to consume me."

Fluttershy looked like she was about breakdown. She had hoped that her two friends had the answers she sought.

"But as long as we stick together, we can overcome the encroaching darkness." Sunset said, giving both Fluttershy and Twilight a spark of hope.

After dropping Twilight back at her parents house Sunset returned home to her apartment. Since it was a Saturday she decided to go back to bed. Quietly she turned off the lights and slipped between the covers and slowly, sleep overtook her.

"So much power, wasted."

Author's Note

I know that this was short, but I have more coming.