The Witchblade EqG: The 13 Artifacts

Sunset brought the three newest Artifacts into her secret underground vault. Forutnately, or rather, unfortunately, everyone was distracted with the mayhem that had occurred, and the death of Applejack. Sunset paused as she used her flames to place the accursed Blood Sword into place, part of her really wanted to incinerate the sword, she didn’t know if it would destroy the Artifact, but if it caused the demon inside some major discomfort and pain, then it might’ve been worth it. However, she couldn’t afford to let her grief over her new friend’s death muddy her goal, she was so much closer now than she had ever been.

Once she had placed the new Artifacts in their places, Sunset stood in the center of the vault, looking to each individual container to take stock of her collection. “The Angelus, the Darkness, Pandora’s Box, the Glacier Stone, the Blood Sword, my Ember Stone, Sis has the Witchblade, Fluttershy has the Spear of Destiny, Sugarcoat has the Heart Stone, I still need the Wheel of Shadows and the Rapture, and last but not least I have…”

Sunset looked to the pedestal but paused when she saw that there was nothing in the ballistic glass case. Panic gripped Sunset as she rushed to the case and found that it was empty. “FUCK!” Sunset exclaimed, and then she spotted the crack on the side that was just big enough for the coin to have slipped out. “Motherfucking Coin of Solomon! I thought I took every precaution when it came to that thing! Shit, shit! It took me two years just to track that little thing down! I am NOT spending another two finding it again!”

The wielder of the Ember Stone took a deep breath as she tried to calm herself. “Okay, get a grip Shimmer, it can’t have gotten far. UGH! This is the last thing I need after all this bullshit today!” First things first, Sunset needed to head back up, if she lingered too long then everyone would be looking for her, and right now her house was currently housing the Sparkle Family. “Twilight…”

Sunset exited the vault, making a point to check the security footage later to see where the Coin had gone, and then headed back up to the ground level. After making sure no one was around to see her exit her secret door, Sunset walked on out and headed upstairs to Twilight’s room. Mr. Night Light and Mrs. Twilight Velvet had thanked Sunset for protecting their daughter, again, after they returned to the mansion.

Honestly, the praise was starting to make her blush, both because it was embarrassing and because they didn’t know the full lengths that Sunset was going to in order to protect Twilight, or what she did. It was a bit confusing as to how Twilight was able to not be affected by Pandora’s Box.

Sunset had offered the explanation that it may’ve been due to her, explaining that she had used the Ember Stone’s power to save Twilight from a life-threatening mortal wound, and that some of the Ember Stone’s magic may have lingered in her body, acting as a passive shield to keep Twilight safe.

Sunset walked the long hallway and stopped at Twilight’s door, she knocked a few times and said, “Hey, Sparky, it’s me……Can I come in?”

“Yes,” she replied.

Sunset opened the door and saw her girlfriend lying on the bed and staring up at the ceiling. The flame haired teen walked inside and sat down at the edge of the bed next to Twilight, she gently placed her left hand over Twilight’s left and gave a light squeeze. “How’re you holding up?”

“I…I think something’s wrong with me…” Twilight answered.

“Are you hurt?” Sunset asked worriedly.

“No…I don’t feel happy that Indigo’s dead…but…neither do I feel sad that she is…I just feel…I don’t know what to feel!” Twilight exclaimed in frustration. “She forced me to perform sexual acts on her, she stalked me, and forced herself onto me many times during my nearly four years of high school! Not once did she think about me and what I wanted, she only took from me, said she loved me! And then she goes and starts apologizing for not sticking up for me and promising to protect me!”

Twilight shot up as she looked at Sunset with teary eyes and a furrowed brow. “How am I supposed to process that! She had her friends kidnap me and threaten to record my rape and throw it out onto the internet! All while she was beating you up! I hate her for that, I hate everything she did to me! So why am I not happy she’s finally dead and out of my life forever?!!!” Twilight gripped Sunset’s left arm with both of her hands as she looked into the turquoise eyes of her lover. “Tell me, is something wrong with me?! Am I so messed up now I can’t rejoice in the death of my rapist?!”

Sunset hated seeing the person she loved in so much pain like this, and it only made her gladder that she ended Indigo’s life. Physical damage could heal, but psychological damage would take longer to heal, and after enduring four years’ worth of it, during a time in a person’s life when they’re just developing in both mind and body, it would take a long time before Twilight was completely freed of Indigo’s shadow. Damn you, Indigo, even in death you’re still a fucking pain in the ass.

“No, there’s nothing wrong about that. You’re the one who asked me not to kill her, maybe, what you really wanted, was for her to pay for her crimes. To see her put in jail, punished, and made to face all the pain that she subjected you to. You want closure…I wish I could give that to you…” Sunset lamented.

“……Have sex with me…”

Sunset blinked and then looked at Twilight, believing she had heard her wrong Sunset asked, “What did you say, Sparky? ‘Cause it sounded like you just asked–”

“I asked you to have sex with me! Right here, right now!”

Sunset opened her mouth to say something, but Twilight immediately captured Sunset’s mouth with her own. Forcing her tongue down her girlfriend’s throat as they both hit the bed together. Sunset was shocked by this, trying to figure out what the right course of action was here. Twilight took advantage of Sunset’s hesitation as she broke the kiss and sat up, she reached for the hem of her blouse and pulled it up, revealing her pink bra clad breasts. Sunset finally snapped out of her daze and placed her hands on Twilight’s shoulders to prevent her from going any further.

“Whoa, Sparky, what’s gotten into you?!”

“I just want you to have sex with me! What’s wrong with that?!” Twilight argued.

“Look…” Sunset gulped. “God knows I really want to do it with you.”

“So then–!”

“BUT!” Sunset interjected. “Not like this, not while you’re confused and hurting.”

“Please, Sunset,” Twilight begged. “I want to erase everything that Indigo did to me! I feel as if my body is still hers, even now!” The teen genius shook off Sunset’s hands and unclasped her bra next, allowing Twilight’s B-cup assets to come into full view. “I want to give myself to you! I love you, Sunset Shimmer! I want to give everything to you! Please…Sunset…”

The rich teen watched as her girlfriend wept, she wanted to take her pain away, and honestly, after all this loss, pain, and stress…perhaps it wasn’t such a bad idea to do something passionate. No, it was. “Okay, I’ll sleep with you, Twilight.” The teen genius smiled and leaned down, but Sunset placed her right index finger on Twilight’s lips. “But I want you to think on it. Tomorrow night give me your answer, Twilight, if you still feel the same way, then I’ll make love to you.”

Twilight stuttered as she watched Sunset get up and walk towards the door, but finally managed to get out the words, “But, Sunset, I do want this!”

“Twilight, we’ve just gone through a lot of emotional shit in the last twenty-four hours. We lost Applejack, Indigo’s dead, nothing’s going to be the same from this point forward. I love you, and nothing’s going to change that, but I want you to have time to clear your mind. The last thing I want to do is take advantage of you when you’re in a vulnerable emotional state. Okay?” Sunset asked.

Twilight looked a little disappointed, but she smiled gratefully at her girlfriend. “Okay…I’m…I’m sorry I acted like that.”

Sunset smiled back. “I don’t mind, in fact, I think we’ll make it a thing tomorrow.”

“I don’t get it?”

“You’ll be on top and take the lead, Sparky. I don’t mind being your plaything,” said Sunset in a seductive tone.

Twilight blushed.

“Oh, and thanks for giving me a preview.”

Twilight looked down at herself and remembered that she was half-naked. As if just remembering to feel embarrassed, Twilight quickly covered her breasts and quickly lied on the bed with her back turned to Sunset. “N-Not funny! Sunset!”

“Alright, alright,” Sunset walked to the door and was about to close it, but then added, “Just so you know, I like them.”

Twilight listened as Sunset closed the door, her face was on fire, but despite that, Twilight couldn’t help but feel a sense of pride and joy that her girlfriend had liked her breasts. Thank you, Sunset.

Fluttershy had spent this whole time with Rarity, she was still in a daze about the everything but was aware of what was happening around them. Hours had passed by as she sat with her friend in the hospital. True to her word, Special Agent Tempest had made sure that Applejack’s body was taken to a hospital that would promise to take care of the young apple farmer’s body until her family could make arrangements. In those hours, Fluttershy had watched as Rarity’s family came in, Sweetie Belle, Mrs. Cookie and Mr. Hondo hugged Rarity tight, and wept openly because they knew that Rarity’s friend was gone.

For her part, Fluttershy wasn’t aware if her mother and father knew that Rarity and Applejack were together, but, from what Fluttershy could tell, it seemed Sweetie Belle was crying harder than the adults, perhaps she did know of their relationship. Not long after their arrival did the Apple family come in, greeted by Rarity’s family.

Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle hugged fiercely as they wept, Big Macintosh Apple, the stoic and strong young man that he was, looked hollow inside, as if a chunk of his soul had been gouged out. Granny Smith was crying as well, and repeatedly apologizing in prayer to both of the Apple kids’ deceased parents for not protecting their children better.

The worst part of this was that they had yet to see the body, and Fluttershy knew that the cries would be infinitely worse when they did. From what she understood, Applejack was decapitated, but Sunset managed to reunite Applejack’s head with her body, something that the family – while not feeling that way now – would be grateful for.

Fluttershy was worried for Rarity, she had barely spoken a word since they arrived, and wondered if she’d ever speak at all after this.

“Fluttershy…”

The animal lover perked up upon hearing the fashionista’s voice. “Yes, Rarity? Is there something I can get you?”

“……Do you…Do you think Applejack is in heaven?” Rarity asked.

The question honestly shocked Fluttershy, it seemed – at least to Fluttershy – that the answer was obvious. “Of course, she is, Applejack was an honest, hardworking, and good person, Rarity.”

“What if…she did something? Something bad.”

Fluttershy raised an eyebrow in confusion. “Well…to be honest, Rarity, not everyone can go through life without doing something bad. Lying, cheating, some sins are worse than others. But it all depends on your actions, the good outweighing the bad, and I think Applejack has done more good than bad in her life.”

Rarity hugged herself as fear gripped her. “Fluttershy…there’s something I need to tell you, something that Applejack did that quite frankly has me worried that she may not be where she is meant to. But I don’t want anyone else to know.”

Fluttershy nodded, not sure what Applejack could’ve done that would make Rarity worry for her soul like this.

“Applejack and her big brother, for a time, they were…having relations with each other.”

Fluttershy clamped her mouth, fighting a gasp that wanted to come out, but it was obvious that this information was a shock, evident by her wide eyes.

“For a time, they were engaging in such actions, up until a couple of months ago, right around the time when Apple Bloom was kidnapped. She and her brother stopped their private affair and decided to pursue their own paths,” said Rarity.

“Oh…Oh my…Um…well…were they in love?” Fluttershy asked.

“No, it was merely a…I guess you could phrase it as…an ‘activity’ they did together. There was no romantic love in their actions, just…an urge that needed fulfillment. If you’re wondering, no, they never did anything to Apple Bloom, she was in the dark about this until that very same incident. Granny Smith is aware of it, but Sunset was the first to discover this when she was working on their farm. Now you know why I asked.”

Fluttershy had to admit, she would have never pegged Applejack and Big Mac to have…that kind of a relationship, even if it was short lived. There as a slight revulsion when she thought about it, she really couldn’t imagine it, it was as if imagining herself and her little brother. Although, when comparing Zephyr to Mac…she could see Mac’s appeal.

“Well…I…”

“Is there any way you can make sure that she does?” Rarity asked desperately. “You are the only one here who’s closest to God Himself, surely that must give you some say in where a soul goes after it departs this world?!”

Fluttershy placed her hands on Rarity’s shoulders and looked her in the eyes. “Rarity…I’m sorry, but I don’t. I…I may have His blood, but…I don’t have that power, or that kind of Authority.” Just then an idea popped into her mind. “But…I may know someone who can make sure that she’s not at least…um…down there.” The shy girl fished out her cellphone from her jeans and called a number on it that Rarity did not recognize. “Hello, Teacher? I have a favor to ask of you.”

(The next day…)

Pinkie Pie was in her room, she had stopped crying and only looked upon a picture in her cellphone of the girls when they were at Sun’s private villa. Her focus was on Applejack, she was smiling happily into the camera, while Rarity was resting her head against Applejack’s right shoulder as she smiled too. She glanced to her right for the tenth time that afternoon, Sunset had left her the journal that allowed communication between Earth and Equestria, which made the pink party girl wish she had gone with her, but she suspected this was something that needed to be done between Equestrians.

Just then the journal glowed, Pinkie put her phone away and hurriedly opened it to view Sunset’s message.

“Hey, Pinkie. How are you doing?”

Pinkie picked up a pen and began writing her response.

“Okay, just worried about you is all. How are you doing?”

There was a pregnant pause before Sunset wrote back.

“……Adagio was laid to rest a few hours ago.”

Pinkie did a double take at that information, she knew the Siren was tired when last she saw her, but dead?

“H-How?! S-She was just tired! Did…Was she…you know…capital punishment and all that?”

“No…nothing like that. It was Pandora’s Box. It had some kind of curse that stole a large amount of Adagio’s life force. She only had twenty-four hours to live, so we took her and her sisters to the sea. It was nice, they were so happy, swimming together in the waters of Equestria for the first time in a thousand years. Princess Twilight and I were there when she fell asleep and passed away…”

Pinkie didn’t know what to say after hearing that, saying “I’m sorry” didn’t feel right, not after everything that happened. But the way Sunset wrote it, it sounded like she was sad about Adagio’s passing.

“Sunny, are you sad that she died?”

“…I know it’s…it’s kinda messed up. But I understand why she did what she did, I don’t condone it, but I understand. All she wanted to do was protect her family, her sisters, and give them a better life. I…I’m just a bit confused by all this…”

“I’m sorry, are you coming back soon?”

“Probably later today, I need some time to clear my head a bit. How are things over there?”

“Applejack’s family was going to start planning her funeral, it probably won’t be for a couple of weeks since…well…Granny Smith, in her own words said, ‘Ah had everythin’ ready fer when Ah went…Never thought Ah be outlivin’ my own grandchildren…’ The Apples and Pies actually go back a bit in our family history, so we’re going to be helping them out the best we can.”

“That’s good to hear. I’ll talk to you later, in person.”

“Okay, a-and don’t rush, take as much time as you need.”

“Thanks…I love you, Pinkie.”

Pinkie Pie smiled and replied.

“I love you too, Sunny.”

With that last sentence, their conversation ended. Pinkie sighed as she closed the journal, she couldn’t imagine what Sunset was feeling. Well, maybe a little, Adagio did all the awful things she did in order to keep her family together and to keep them safe. And they had been around for than a thousand years, stuck on an alien world with no way to get home. Pinkie imagined what the situation would’ve been if she and her sisters were put into the same situation, would Limestone do the kind of things that Adagio did? Would Maud?

A knock came at her door and Pinkie looked up, standing there was Limestone, she looked as sad as Pinkie felt, despite the fact that the eldest daughter of the Pie family having the same stoic expression. “Hey, Sis.”

“Hey, Lime, what’s up?” Pinkie asked.

“Nothin’…” Limestone walked into Pinkie’s room and then sat next to her. Without a word she wrapped her right arm around Pinkie and brought both of them down to the bed and into a hug.

“Lime?”

“Sorry…can you put up with this for a little bit?” Limestone asked.

Pinkie understood what the older Pie sister was asking, she was never one to wear her emotions on her sleeve like Pinkie. So, she understood that Limestone wanted to just be with her little sister, about a minute into the cuddle, another knock came at her door and Pinkie found Maud standing there.

“Hi,” said Maud.

The second oldest Pie sister walked in and joined them, taking up the vacant spot on Pinkie’s right to cuddle next to her. And then there was a third knock, and the youngest Pie, Marble, was in the doorway. Without a word spoken, she too joined the sisterly cuddle session and found a spot next to Lime to hug.

I guess…I guess I can understand why Adagio did what she did, too.

It was a little later in the day that following Sunday, and Twilight Sparkle was reaffirming her position on what Sunset had asked her. She had thought this through, she wanted to do this, not just because she wanted to get rid of all the bad memories that Indigo had created regarding sex and what it meant. Although she knew what they were engaging in wasn’t that, it was rape, pure and simple. However, it can’t be said that the acts weren’t translatable to her relationship. With her resolved steeled, Twilight did the only thing she could do.

Text Sunset that she was…was ready to…to sleep with her. Twilight gulped, “Oh god, I’m really about to do this…” Twilight took out her cellphone and typed the words as quickly as she could to keep herself from chickening out at the last second. Before completely reading the entire thing, she hit “send”. When she heard the notification that it was delivered, Twilight looked down to see what it was she had written, and she went pale.

[Sunset I wanted to let you know that I was ready to have sex with you as in right now as in I want to get bare naked with no clothes or underwater and perform sexual acts with you and lose my virginity to someone I love deeply and I’m rambling why am I rambling you already know what sex means and you’re so hot so it only makes sense that you know about that kind of stuff and I’m going to stop writing before I chicken out of this and don’t send it all also U R SEXY HOT!]

Twilight’s mouth hung open as she made croaking noises, she couldn’t believe what she had sent to Sunset, it was a full-on text wall of things and it was embarrassing as all get out. “She’s going to think I’m a complete and utter dork…”

About a minute later, Sunset replied to Twilight. The teen genius cringed at what she might see, after what she had sent, Twilight was certain that she was going to say no. Then she read the text.

[Sparky, you are so adorkable it should be a crime. And stop kicking yourself about what you said, ‘cause I know you are. Anyway, if you’re really up to it, I’d be more than happy to make love you tonight. Only if it’s something you really want.]

It seemed Sunset was still wanting to make sure that Twilight was willing to go through this, despite knowing that Sunset would probably stop in the middle if Twilight wanted her to. Knowing that, Twilight typed her reply with one simple word, “Yes”.

Sunset was still deep in thought about what had happened with Adagio and the events surrounding her life and death. She decided to just wander around the town of Ponyville. She’d switch her view from the road to her surroundings, watching the many ponies of this happy little hamlet go about their everyday business. Part of her wished she had their bliss right now, because back on Earth, sadness awaited her.

Applejack…

Sunset still could not get over the guilt, even though it was Suri who killed her friend, part of Sunset blamed herself for not being fast enough or intuitive enough to sense something was wrong and be able to rush into action.

Dammit…I may have the Witchblade…but I’m still powerless when it counts…

Just then, Sunset found herself bumping into another pony, which sent the amber mare falling backwards onto her rear. “Oh, jeez, I’m sorry! I was spacing out a little bit…”

“Aw, ain’t nothin’, no harm no foul.”

Sunset’s eyes widened when she heard that very familiar southern twang. She dreaded to even raise her head but felt compelled to. When Sunset looked up, she was greeted to the site of an orange Earth pony mare, with emerald, green eyes, a blonde mane, freckles, and a Stetson hat. She had a cart hitched to her that was full of apples, and on the other side of that cart was a yellow filly with a red mane, pink bow, and amber colored eyes.

“A-A-Applejack…?!” Sunset gasped.

“Yes ma’am, that’d be me,” said Applejack as she tipped her hat to Sunset. “Ya lookin’ to buy some apples, Miss? We haven’t set up shop yet, but if ya wait a bit Ah can–”

“I’M SORRY!” Sunset wailed as she practically got on her knees before the Earth pony mare, tears streaming down her face. “I’M SO SORRY I WASN’T THERE IN TIME, AJ! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!”

Applejack was stunned by the sudden outburst from the mare before her, although, rather than be disturbed, she was more concerned than anything. “Whoa now, settle down, Miss, Ah don’t know what yer talkin’ ‘bout. This is the first time Ah’ve ever seen ya…so…wait a minute.” Applejack looked upon the mare a little more closely and remembered. “Wait, aren’t you Sunset Shimmer?”

“Yes! Yes, I am! And I’m so sorry!” Sunset wailed again.

Apple Bloom walked up next to her big sister and asked, “Uh…Sis, is she alright?”

Sunset finally snapped out of her episode when she heard Apple Bloom’s voice. The fiery maned mare wiped her eyes and blushed in embarrassment when she realized the spectacle she just made of herself in front of all these ponies, and the pony counterpart of one of her dear friends. “I…I’m sorry, I was…I’ve just had a really bad day so…I’ll just leave.”

Before Sunset could get too far, Applejack reached out and placed her hoof on Sunset’s shoulder. “Wait a sec Sugar Cube.” Sunset visibly flinched upon hearing Applejack’s pet name for her and her friends. “You don’t expect me to just let ya leave after all that, ‘sides, it looks like need somepony to talk to right now.”

Sunset wanted to kindly turn down the offer, but…she didn’t. “I…I’d like that, if you don’t mind.”

“Alright then, Bloom, go on and take the cart into the market, yer in charge,” said Applejack.

“Cool!” Apple Bloom waited for Applejack to unhitch herself from the applecart, and once she had, Apple Bloom fitted herself in and began pulling the cart forward with ease. “You can count on me, Sis!”

Applejack watched Apple Bloom walk away and then turned her attention to Sunset. “Now, why don’t we take a walk for a bit.”

It was less a question and more a statement, which made Sunset smile a little. The two mares walked a bit until they were in the park, Sunset and Applejack stopped before a shady tree and both mares sat down underneath it. Every part of Sunset wanted to just wrap her forelegs around Applejack and bawl into her fur, to hold her friend once again even if it wasn’t the Applejack she lost.

“So, what’s got ya down? Ya look sadder than Winona when she can’t find her favorite chew toy,” said Applejack.

Sunset wondered if it was a good thing to tell Applejack about her human counterpart’s fate. What if doing so invoked some kind of jinx that would bring about something like that here? Does having her counterpart die in the human world cause some kind of ripple effect that would eventually bring about the death of this Applejack? Fear gripped Sunset’s heart, she couldn’t bear that, losing Applejack back on Earth was painful, but to have this Applejack before her die because she wasn’t fast enough to save her human counterpart, it would destroy her. Especially when she thought about the saddened and grief-stricken faces of Twilight and the rest of the girls here in Equestria. All these thoughts swam in Sunset’s head, causing her to hyperventilate.

“Whoa there, take it easy Sunset, ya look like yer about to have a Twilight level panic attack,” said Applejack.

“I…I…I just don’t want anything bad to happen to you because of me,” Sunset confessed.

Applejack tilted her head to the side in confusion. “Why would anythin’ bad happen to me?”

“Because…” Sunset was about to say what happened, but stopped herself, “……It’s probably better that you don’t know…”

Applejack frowned and said, “Honesty is my policy, and Ah can tell whatever’s eaten at ya has somethin’ to do with me, considerin’ all that ya said back there. Whatever it is, ya can tell me.”

Sunset stamped her hoof as tears began to flow down her muzzle. “I can’t, because I’m afraid you’ll die if I do!” Sunset immediately clasped her hooves over her mouth.

That got a curious eyebrow raise out of Applejack. “Okay, now ya really need to tell me what’s up.”

The amber unicorn cursed herself mentally, she let her emotions get the better of her and she blurted out part of the problem without meaning to. Sunset glanced to Applejack and saw her serious expression baring down on her, that same expression that told you that she wasn’t about to let this go.

“Applejack…something happened on the other side of the mirror…something really bad.” Sunset went into the explanation of the past twenty-four hours, including the death of Applejack’s counterpart, the defeat of Adagio, and Adagio’s burial not too long ago. “I’m so sorry…I wasn’t fast enough to save her – to save you! I’m supposed to be able to protect my friends, that’s why I have the power I do now! But in the end, I couldn’t do anything!”

Applejack had to admit, she was shocked by this information. She knew about her parallel double that existed where Sunset now lived, but she didn’t think that she’d die so young. But now she understood why Sunset was begging for forgiveness earlier, and why she looked as if she was beating herself up.

“Now listen here, Sunset, stop blamin’ yerself,” said Applejack.

“But…But I…”

“The other me died protectin’ Rarity, right?” Sunset nodded in affirmation. “Then Ah have a good idea of what was on her mind then, she may’ve hoped you were comin’ to save ‘em. But she must’ve realized that the important thing was that Rarity be safe, even if it meant sacrificin’ my life to do so. Ah know Ah’d never blame you for not bein’ there in time, if anythin’, I’d be glad that you managed to save Rarity. So, stop holdin’ onto that guilt, it won’t do ya any good, and neither will it help the rest of yer friends.”

Sunset sniffled as she listened to Applejack’s words, taking comfort in hearing her friend’s voice once again.

The Earth pony mare gently placed her right hoof on Sunset’s left shoulder and smiled at the mare before her. “Don’t let this stop ya from bein’ the hero that ya are, Sunset. If ya keep dwellin’ on the past, yer gonna lose sight of all those ya coulda saved. So, learn from it, and move forward. Ah know it’ll be hard…but yer friends will need ya now more than ever. And if it gets to be too much, tell ‘em, sometimes sharing in yer grief is better with others and helps ya heal. Believe me, Ah know that all too well.”

“Thank you, Applejack……Would…Would it be too awkward if I asked to hug you?” Sunset asked timidly.

Applejack smiled warmly at Sunset, opened her forelegs, and answered, “Not awkward at all, Sugar Cube.”

Sunset scooted closer and wrapped her forelegs around Applejack, as the other mare did to her. Without wanting to, Sunset began to bawl, crying into Applejack’s shoulder as the blonde mare gently stroked Sunset’s mane. “I’m sorry…I’m sorry…”

“Shh, shh, Ah forgive ya, Sugar Cube, it’s alright,” Applejack gently cooed.

It would be a while before Sunset and Applejack separated and went their separate ways, but in the end, Sunset believed that this was the closure that she needed. She wished she could bring Rarity or the others back to do the same, but it wasn’t fair to this Applejack to have her become an emotional crutch to the others. Sunset would return to Earth and help her friends heal the best she could, in any way she could, and nothing would stop her from protecting her friends, nothing.

Twilight took a deep breath; tonight was the night. Sunset’s big sister had returned from her home world not too long ago, she seemed better, but Twilight knew that loss like this wouldn’t heal over the next forty-eight hours, it would take weeks, months maybe. The teen genius did feel a little guilty though, while she was deeply saddened by the loss of Applejack, one of her newest friends, she knew that she wouldn’t feel the same level of pain as the others would. But that was only because she hadn’t known Applejack as long as the others.

Twilight pushed that aside for now, she needed to focus on what was going to happen here in the next couple of minutes. Her parents were already in their room, Spike was sleeping comfortably in her room, and Sunset’s pony counterpart was in her bed, resting after an emotionally and physically draining two days. That meant that their activities would be mostly private and go uninterrupted for the remainder of the night.

The bespectacled girl chose some casual nightwear, she really didn’t have anything in the realm of sexy lingerie or revealing pajamas. Which was disappointing she didn’t mind saying, Twilight wanted to at least dress sexy for her girlfriend, who, after all this time waiting for her, was ready to show her how much she loved her on a physical level. Twilight had no doubts that Sunset was going to be dressed in something provocative and very risqué, possibly see-through and/or with little fabric that left little to the imagination. Just the thought of that made Twilight gulp.

The lavender girl stood before the door to her girlfriend’s room, she took a steadying breath and then knocked on the door. “Sunset, it’s me, Twilight.”

A couple of seconds later, the door opened, and Twilight almost had a comical, anime style nosebleed. Sunset had a black bra on, with thin strips, and triangle shaped cups that only covered a small portion of her breasts, leaving almost everything but the nipples and areola visible, but the fabric was thin, so you could practically see them anyway. Her lower half sported a matching thong, which also had the same nearly transparent fabric, and hugged her sex tight enough to show off a camel toe. Twilight could also smell a heavenly perfume coming off her girlfriend’s body, all this combined was having an instant arousing effect on Twilight’s body.

“Hey, Sparky,” said Sunset in a sultry voice.

“H-Hi!” Twilight squeaked.

Sunset chuckled and held out her right hand towards the teen genius. “Take my hand, Twilight, and I’ll guide you in.”

Twilight looked at the proffered hand, and without thinking, grasped it. Sunset gently guided Twilight into her room, closing the door behind them. She continued to guide Twilight until they were both sitting on the edge of the bed. Now that they were in the same room, Twilight took stock of her own outfit. A pair of dark violet pajama shorts, no panties, and pale teal t-shirt, and underneath that a plain white bra.

“Wow…I feel like I either came underdressed or overdressed and I can’t decide which one right now,” said Twilight nervously.

Sunset chuckled a little and said, “Don’t worry, Sparky, there wasn’t a dress code. But, in your opinion, was this too much?”

Twilight shook her head vehemently. “No, no, it’s…you’re hot! I mean – I – oh crap, whatever, you are hot, there’s nothing else that needs to be said.”

“Thanks, but don’t sell yourself short.” Sunset leaned closer and whispered into her ear, “I think you’re hot just as you are, Sparky.”

Twilight shivered in delight upon feeling Sunset’s hot breath flow over her ear. “So, what did you have in mind?”

Sunset smiled. “Well, I have been thinking about how to make you feel the most comfortable. I’m pretty sure that the last thing you want is a domineering girl to be on top of you and make you writhe underneath her. Tonight, is about you, and making you feel loved and safe. So, bearing that in mind, I got these.” Sunset reached under the pillow and produced a pair of handcuffs.

Twilight’s eyes flew open, and her body went stiff. “Uh…S-Sunset, why do you have two pairs of handcuffs?”

“They were leftovers from my self-defense training, I had to train in how to fight with my hands restrained in case of kidnapping,” she explained.

“And…Y-You want to use those on…me?” Twilight asked with a twinge of fear in her voice. She was ready, mentally, and possibly physically, to have sex with her girlfriend, but she wasn’t expecting to venture into bondage this early in their relationship, hell, she wasn’t even sure she was comfortable with being tied up after everything she had been through.

Upon seeing Twilight’s reaction, Sunset immediately reassured Twilight, “No, no, babe, these aren’t for you, I swear! They’re for me.”

That threw off Twilight. “What?”

“I want you to feel safe and in control, and the best way I could think of doing that is if I tied myself up and let you have your way with me,” Sunset explained.

Twilight looked at the handcuffs, two pairs, one for each wrist, the length was just long enough to attach them to the bedposts on either side without causing strain on Sunset’s arms. While it was true, if Sunset was handcuffed to the bed, there was no possible way she’d be able to fight back against Twilight, she’d be completely at Twilight’s mercy.

“But…w-what if I don’t want to do that to you? I don’t want to just use you as a sex doll…I want to make love to you…” Twilight said hesitantly.

Sunset put the cuffs on the bed and took both of Twilight’s hands into her own. “Sparky, you’ve had to endure being used and forced to have sex with someone who had a twisted view of how she thought she loved you. I know that something like that isn’t going to go away, and I’m afraid if I say something, or touch someplace, it might remind you of what she did and just put you into a panic attack. And that’s the last thing I want to do. Try this out first, and if you don’t think it’s going to work, you can uncuff me and I’ll be on the bottom for the whole night.”

Twilight was deeply touched by this gesture; Sunset was willing to go through these lengths just to make sure that she was comfortable and felt safe throughout the process. Without thinking, Twilight leaned forward and kissed Sunset deeply, this time the amber teen was ready and reciprocated the kiss, gently wrapping her arms around Twilight to bring her closer. After a few seconds in the make out session, Twilight broke the kiss and leaned her forehead against Sunset’s.

“How did I get so lucky to have found someone like you?” Twilight asked.

“Maybe it’s not just luck, maybe it’s fate?” Sunset replied lovingly. “I love you, Sparky.”

“I do too, Sunset.” Twilight scooted back and took one of the handcuffs into her right hand. “I…I guess we could try it.”

Sunset smiled as she took the other handcuff and slapped onto her left wrist, Twilight handed her the second pair and placed it onto her right wrist. “Now, before we start. Underwear off now, or do you want to strip me when I’m handcuffed?”

Twilight gulped again; she already knew how she wanted this. “Uh…take off your bra but leave your panties on…I…I want to take those off myself!”

A seductive smile formed on Sunset’s lips as she reached around behind her back and unclasped the bra, letting the thin fabric fall off her and revealed her voluptuous breasts in all their splendor. Twilight had the sudden urge to tackle Sunset and suckle from those perfect fleshy orbs but managed to restrain herself. Sunset crawled backwards onto the bed and got into position on the bed, placing her head gently against the pillow as she spread her arms out and prepared to have Twilight restrain her.

Twilight crawled further onto the bed and slapped the first handcuff onto the bed post, she reached over and did the same for the second. She stood on her knees and looked down, drinking in Sunset’s seductive body, her breasts on full display, her legs crossed in an alluring way, she was all hers, from this point on, Twilight was in charge of what happened.

“Do whatever you want, Sparky, I’ll tell you when it’s too much.”

“I…I think we need to establish a safety word,” Twilight suggested.

“We’re not doing anything that extreme. Unless that’s what you want, in which case I have some toys under the bed–”

“NO! No! Nothing like that! I just don’t want to go overboard and end up hurting you, this is my first time and the last thing I want to do is hurt you,” said Twilight.

Sunset nodded in understanding. “I get it, so, how about……Ember? Like my Artifact.”

“That’ll do, now then…h-here I go…”

Twilight gently ran her hands over Sunset’s body, her hands glided over Sunset’s mammaries, giving them a squeeze as she felt the hardened nipples of the amber girl poke at her palms. From there she ran them down her toned stomach, and over her hips. In a daring move, she moved them further behind and gave Sunset’s rear a squeeze, earning her a small moan of satisfaction. Twilight had to admit, this was very stimulating, she had never touched another girl so intimately before, even after taking her hands off Sunset, her hands still had a phantom feeling.

The teen genius straddled her girlfriend, her virgin cunny tingling with excitement as she briefly grazed over Sunset’s camel toe. Twilight undid her ponytail and let her long hair cascade down, some of it spilling over her shoulders, something that Sunset seemed to like. Twilight leaned down and kissed Sunset hungrily, both girls moaning as they’re tongues danced in each other’s mouths. The teen genius’ hands found themselves on top of Sunset’s breasts again, kneading them like a baker would bread dough, Sunset’s moans grew a bit louder from Twilight’s ministrations as she wriggled underneath her nerdy girlfriend.

Twilight broke the kiss again, both girls panted heavily as they stared into each other’s eyes. She then moved downward, scooting back so that her head was level with Sunset’s breasts. Twilight kissed the right breast, and then took an experimental lick of Sunset’s nipple.

“Umph, Sparky, keep at that~” Sunset urged.

Twilight opened her mouth and latched onto Sunset’s breast and began fulfilling her earlier desire of suckling from Sunset. She sucked, licked, and kissed Sunset’s breast, while using her right hand to squeeze and, in another daring move, pinched Sunset’s nipple.

“Aww fuck, yes, Sparky…! God, I’ve wanted you to do this to me since…” Sunset cut herself off.

Twilight stopped for a moment and looked up at Sunset. “Since when?”

Sunset, with a bright blush on her face, answered, “Since that rave a month ago…you were so hot when you were dancing, and the way we were pawing at each other…I got kind of hot and bothered and I really wanted to go at it with you that night.”

Twilight had a look of shame on her face when she heard this new information. “I’m sorry…you’ve had to wait this long for me to get my act together…”

“Hey!” Sunset exclaimed in a serious tone. “Don’t ever blame yourself for that! Just because I was horny doesn’t mean you were under any obligation to ‘take care of me’. You were ready today, and that’s all that matters.”

Twilight smiled and resumed her make out with Sunset’s breasts. She moved to her left one and showed it the same amount of affection as she did to Sunset’s right. After a minute of playing with Sunset’s bosom, Twilight decided that it was time to make this more official. Twilight scooted down further, this time hooking her thumbs under Sunset’s thong. Twilight was able to slip the small amount of material off as Sunset scooted up a little to assist Twilight in taking off the thong. Once it was off, Twilight decided that it was time for her to reveal something to Sunset.

Sunset watched as Twilight sat back and shimmied out of her pajama shorts, allowing her to catch a glimpse of Twilight’s glistening sex. The urge to bury her face between Twilight’s legs was strong, but she had to tamp that down, this was about Twilight, and besides, Sunset knew she’d be getting some more attention soon enough.

With the garment gone, Twilight gently parted Sunset’s legs and gained access to her girlfriend’s moistened slit. She gave an audible gulp when she got to see it, a brief flash of a memory went through Twilight’s mind, remembering a dark time when Indigo “gently guided” her down on her knees and stare at her abuser’s sex. Along with that was the memory of having said abuser press Twilight’s head between her legs as she reluctantly, resentfully, licked Indigo’s pussy.

Twilight shook her head of the memory, this wasn’t Indigo, this wasn’t CPA, this was her and Sunset, and unlike that time, she wasn’t being forced to do it. Sunset was tied up, the only one to decide if she was going to go down on Sunset was Twilight herself. The teen genius experimented a bit, running her fingers over Sunset’ vulva, which made the redhead shudder with delight at being intimately touched down there. Twilight used two of her fingers to part Sunset’s labia and peer inside through her vaginal canal, which was currently dripping with arousal.

The lavender colored girl took those same two fingers and gently prodded Sunset’s entrance.

“Aaaah~” Sunset moaned sensually.

Hearing Sunset’s moans made Twilight’s heart race, she then pushed her fingers deeper into her girlfriend’s snatch, feeling the tight muscles of Sunset’s inner walls clamp down, relax, and then clamp up again, as if they were trying to milk Twilight’s fingers. Although she’d never admit it out loud, Twilight had viewed a few porn video websites, especially after she discovered her orientation. She did so under the rationale that it was for “research purposes”, after all, even though most of it was fake, it at least allowed her to get a rudimentary idea of how to please another girl. She did try a few of those things on herself and found some of the techniques to be useful, but while she liked it, she wasn’t sure Sunset would, but it was worth giving it a shot.

Twilight twisted her hand around and curled her fingers upwards, if her deductions were correct, the g-spot should’ve been somewhere just bit into the vagina. Although every girl was different, so there was no guarantee it’d be there exactly, it could be a few centimeters further back, or to the side or–”

“HOLY FUCK!” Sunset exclaimed.

Or right there, she thought.

With her prize found, Twilight began messaging Sunset’s g-spot, causing the teenage bad girl to cry out in ecstasy from Twilight’s prodding of her most sensitive spot.

“Oh shit – oh fuck – Twilight – you – Shit! Aaaaah!”

Twilight gulped again as she watched Sunset wriggle around, her back arching just a bit as the pleasure began to overtake her. Out of instinct, Twilight’s free hand traveled down to her own dripping pussy, inserting two fingers into her sopping hole, and began to rhythmically thrust them in and out. Twilight took out her fingers from Sunset’s pussy and brought her mouth to it, she gave it a few licks, savoring the taste of her girlfriend’s juices, and then pierced the entrance with her tongue.

“OH FUCK, YES, SPARKY!”

Twilight, spurred on by Sunset’s cries, dove deeper, lapping at her inner walls while finger fucking herself, her ass lifted into the air and swayed back and forth as she ate out Sunset. The teen genius switched back to fingering Sunset, but this time she wrapped her lips around Sunset’s clit and began lick and sucking the sensitive nub for all it was worth.

“T-Twilight – Aaaah – I-I’m going – to – to –!”

Sunset couldn’t hold on any longer as her first orgasm of the night came rushing in. Twilight was treated to a splash of feminine juices, normally, this would be the part where she would pull away. But not this time, she loved the taste of Sunset’s vaginal juices, it was so much different from how she tasted. Perhaps it was the fact that she was not being forced, or the fact that it was with someone she cared about? Whatever the case was, Twilight eagerly gulped down every drop that Sunset gave, not only that, but the way Sunset’s back arched, and her cries on top of that, it all culminated together to drive Twilight over the edge as she furiously drove her fingers in and out of herself like a piston.

Twilight reached her own climax as she cummed, leaking out a good amount of her own love juices as she felt the spoils drip down her inner thighs. She moaned into Sunset’s pussy, which in turn only intensified the pleasurable climax she was experiencing. After a few seconds, the deluge from Sunset stopped, along with Twilight’s own leaking. Twilight removed her left hand from her pussy and sat up on her knees to inspect the damage. Sunset’s hair was licked with sweat, along with the rest of her body. The fiery haired girl’s chest rose and fell rapidly, and the area around her crotch was soaked with her juices.

“Sparky…that…that was awesome…!” Sunset stated between pants.

“I…I’ve never had such an intense orgasm such as that…n-not even when I’ve m-masturbated,” she admitted.

“You…You can do more…Sparky…I can take it!”

Twilight was embarrassed to admit it, but she did want more, she was starting to enjoy it, having Sunset at her mercy like this. This enjoyment didn’t come from a place of cruelty or superiority, but out of arousal, and okay, perhaps a bit of superiority. Twilight grabbed the hem of her shirt and pulled it off, and just as quickly removed her bra, revealing her own assets to Sunset yet again. There was something else she saw on those sites, although she wasn’t sure if this would really give them satisfaction like the girls on the videos portrayed, but it was still worth trying.

Twilight crawled forward until she was over Sunset, she grabbed Sunset’s legs around the crook of her knees and pushed her legs back. Sunset’s heart pounded with excitement at what her nerdy girlfriend was going to do next, and thankfully she didn’t have to wait long. Twilight scooted her crotch forward and pressed her pussy against Sunset’s. The heat coming off both their sexes radiated between them, that, and the fact that they were both sensitive after cumming just a few seconds ago, made the contact even more electrifying.

“You gonna ride me, Sparky?” Sunset asked in a sultry tone.

Twilight did her best to put on a sexy, serious expression, but on her it only looked like a cute pout. “Y-Yes, I-I’m going to r-ride you, Sunset Shimmer! I’m going to p-pound you like a female dog in heat!”

Sunset snorted from the attempted dirty talk from her adorkable girlfriend. “You mean, ‘fuck me like a bitch in heat’, right?”

If it wasn’t for the fact that Twilight’s face was already red from all this activity, she’d be blushing out of embarrassment. “Y-Yes, that’s what I meant – said! That’s what I said!”

Before her embarrassment won out, Twilight began griding her pussy against Sunset’s. The amber girl moaned louder into the room, feeling the weight of Twilight’s hips as she pressed and ground, and then switched to a humping motion that rocked her back and forth. During this time, Sunset was granted a grand sight of watching Twilight hover over her, her breasts shaking back and forth with each thrust as her face twisted into a pleasured expression.

“Oh, oh my! Oh, Sunset this feels good~” Twilight panted.

“Fuck, yes, Sparky! Fuck me, harder!” Sunset exclaimed.

Twilight did as requested, slapping her hips repeatedly into Sunset’s as if she had a male sex organ. On a twisted level, she wished she did, just so she could enjoy the visceral feeling of penetrating her lover, and in the end marking her from the inside out. But this was satisfying, more than satisfying, it was perfect. Twilight leaned down, her hands resting on either side of Sunset’s head as she gyrated her hips against Sunset and feeling the woman beneath her press back in response.

Both girls stared into the other’s lust filled eyes and in the next moment, Twilight initiated another deep kiss as she continued to claim her lover. Their kissing lasted longer; no words needed to be said as they started to meld on a spiritual level. Deep inside, Twilight could feel the awful memories of her times with Indigo fade away into obscurity, because none of those moments could match this one. They were both close, about to reach their second climax of the night. Sunset wrapped her legs around Twilight’s waist as they kissed and tribbed more and more until they reached their apex. Sunset and Twilight moaned into the other’s mouth as they both came at the same time, drenching the other’s pussies in their love juices.

Their kissing and grinding kept going as they road out this orgasm for all it was worth. A minute passed, the longest minute of their lives, Twilight collapsed atop Sunset, her head resting on the redhead’s breasts. Twilight, lazily, and with what strength she could gather, reluctantly got off Sunset and got the key to the cuffs. She unlocked both and removed the metal shackles from Sunset’s wrists. Now free, Twilight went back to lying atop her girlfriend, cuddling close to her, and letting the afterglow wash over them.

Sunset wrapped her arms around her lover and asked, “How do you feel, Sparky?”

Twilight smiled and hugged Sunset tighter. “Loved…and safe. Thank you for this, Sunset. Although, next time, I’d rather not use those again.”

“Didn’t like them too much huh?”

“Not that…it’s just…I don’t want to have to be afraid of you. I’m not afraid of you out there, and I definitely don’t want to be afraid of you in here,” Twilight explained. “I want you to make love to me next time. No cuffs, no restraints, just us together.”

“I understand, but, as far as first times go, I think this was pretty good. I will say this, that was hot from beginning to end, Sparky, and I loved every moment of it.”

Twilight giggled. “I did, too. Ugh, but now I’m tired.”

“Let’s sleep then, we have school tomorrow, and I know you don’t want to be tardy because you sexed your girlfriend,” Sunset teased.

“Do NOT use the ‘T’ word right now.”

“Sorry.”

At a small mansion in one of the richer parts of the city, Lemon Zest laid sprawled out on the floor of her room. The room itself was destroyed, her various CDs and music players were broken, having been tossed across the room and smashed, her desk and lamps were thrown about, evidence of a frenzied state of mind.

Lemon Zest held onto one thing that wasn’t destroyed, one thing that she made sure survived her grief-stricken rage. A photo of herself and Indigo Zap back when they first became friends during freshman year. It wasn’t anything fancy, just Indigo hooking an arm around Lemon’s neck as she smiled at the camera of another Crystal Prep student who bothered to take the photo for them. Lemon was holding up a peace sign and smiling just as broadly as Indigo was.

For nearly four years the two of them had been hanging out, messing with other people, going to parties together, and generally just doing what they loved. Indigo was the only one that filled the void in her life, her parents didn’t much care what she did, so long as she didn’t die, get low grades, or get arrested, she was free to do whatever she wanted to do. They were barely home if at all, Lemon suspected that they had fallen out of love a long time ago and were just keeping up a front for her until she was old enough to understand how things were.

From then on, they came home less and less, leaving only staff to make sure that she had food and that the home was taken care of. Of course, thanks to that, Lemon had developed an almost carefree attitude about things, throwing parties, doing a few drugs here and there, and even getting a “happy ending” at the end of some of her parties. During those times, Indigo would act as her bodyguard, making sure that Lemon Zest didn’t do something too over the top that she couldn’t recover from it. Or if she was so blitzed out of her mind that she couldn’t see when a guy was about to take advantage of her without her permission.

Now she had no one, Sugarcoat had completely left their group, and really, she was never a “friend” of theirs, just someone who was avoiding getting the same treatment as Sparkle, and her family did have some ties to law enforcement, which helped here and there. Sunny Flare was the Principal’s daughter, which had its perks, and Sour Sweet, well, she was rich and bipolar, which for the uneducated translated into “crazy”, and not many people wanted to mess with a “crazy bitch”.

The five of them were Crystal Prep’s elite clique, no one was above them, and everyone was below them, the most popular girls in school. Tier one in grades, looks, and influence, they could have anyone they wanted and throw them away just as quickly. To this day, despite the times that Indigo told her why she wanted Twilight Sparkle as a girlfriend, she still couldn’t understand why.

The nerd of a girl didn’t care about Indigo in the slightest, she only helped her with her schoolwork once, and did it so nonchalantly, as if she didn’t care that Indigo was a popular girl. That was the reason, but still, she had known Indigo longer, they were friends, and did a lot of things together, even talked about the kind of stuff the other got off on. They were close, closer than Twilight would ever be, Indigo was too blind to see it, but she did, she could see how Twilight hated every time that Indigo touched her, violated her, and Lemon Zest hated it to. Not on the principal that it was wrong, no, because it was all the things that she wanted Indigo to do her.

At night she would recall the memories of watching Indigo molest Twilight, as she often acted as the lookout for her, and replaced Twilight with herself, only instead of whimpering and crying, she would moan and pant, and ask for more.

Now her last memory of her beloved best friend, her first crush, was of the two of them of having sex in the music room. And about telling her friend and crush off about Twilight never accepting her love.

Zest’s hands tightened into fists, she knew who was responsible for her friend’s death, it was as clear to her as day itself. Sunset-fucking-Shimmer…She had gone to the site where all the destruction took place, she was there with Indigo’s parents when they were brought to identify the body. There was a gaping hole in Indigo’s chest, a hole that was made by something that was burning hot, and after what Indigo told her about Sunset Shimmer, and she saw teen bad girl do, she knew without a shred of doubt that Sunset was responsible for killing Indigo.

Thus, led to her break down a moment ago, destroying her room in a fit of rage, rage because she was unable to dissuade the girl she loved from chasing after Twilight, rage because there was no way to prove Sunset Shimmer killed Indigo, and what’s more, there was no way for her to exact revenge on the fiery haired teen that wouldn’t end with Lemon Zest herself joining Indigo Zap in the afterlife.

Lemon let out a dark chuckle as an idea crossed her mind, “Maybe I’d get to see her again…” Lemon glanced off to one of the pieces of a broken CD that was on the floor, briefly contemplating ending her life to be with Indigo once more. But somehow, that wasn’t going to work for her, not yet anyway. She had to make Sunset Shimmer pay, she had to make her feel this same pain that she was feeling. “I’m sorry, Indie…but, I’m going to have to hurt Twilight. You may not forgive me, but we’ll have plenty of time to make up…”

The following Monday was exactly as Twilight and Sunset expected it to be, the school had some black banners up, mourning the death of its star athlete, Indigo Zap. Although it seemed some were saddened by her passing, the overall feeling of sadness didn’t seem to permeate the school as much as one would think. Everyone knew the kind of person Indigo Zap was, it was the same way when Suri Polomare died, there wasn’t much mourning when it came to her either. Indigo was intimidating, not bad when you were on good terms with her, but if you were on her bad side, you’d best be already thinking of how you should beg for forgiveness before she got to you.

She was tougher than any boy, and twice as ruthless. Her athletic prowess second to none, and her charisma to lead their various sports teams was unparalleled. A lot of the students knew that a loss like this was bad for Crystal Prep, especially given that the Friendship Games would be held in another week or two, who was going to fill her spot?

Of course, none of that mattered to Twilight and Sunset, for Twilight, this was the first time in her four years of Crystal Prep that she was able to walk down the halls without fear. No one dared mess with her thanks to Sunset’s threat, and after what she did to Indigo, Lemon, Sour, and Sunny Flare, it was evident that she wasn’t above making good on her threats. And now that Indigo Zap was gone, she could finally enjoy the remainder of her senior year without fear, without anxiety, without any stress whatsoever, hell, she didn’t even care that she was on the Friendship Games team anymore, Indigo was gone.

Not only that, but she had just gotten through making love to the most beautiful, strong, and courageous girl she had ever met. Now Twilight knew what the meaning of the phrase “On cloud nine” meant, this feeling, right here, that’s what it meant.

Sunset couldn’t help but notice the smile on her face and said, “Don’t go thinking too hard about what we did last night, Sparky. You don’t want to have an accident in the middle of class,” she teased.

Twilight blushed and huffed at Sunset. “I’m perfectly capable of reining in my, ahem, carnal desires. One night does is not proven to turn you into a sex obsessed wacko.”

Sunset smirked and nudged her girlfriend with her elbow. “Uh-huh, keep telling yourself that, Sparky. But soon you’ll be cornering me in hall somewhere and saying ‘Sunset, we’re doing it, in the library, now!’”

Twilight gasped at the insinuation. “I would never suggest such a thing! Especially in a library of all places, I wouldn’t even think – nay – consider – defiling such a sacred place!”

The flame haired girl rolled her eyes and gently bopped Twilight on the head. “Okay, okay, just a joke, Sparky.”

“S-Sorry, I just don’t like it when people talk about libraries like that,” said Twilight.

Sunset’s smile broadened as she leaned forward and kissed Twilight on the cheek. “Damn, why are you so adorkable?!”

From then on, the day went pretty well, it was a little weird to see a vacant spot in some of her classes, because those vacant spots were where Indigo used to sit, and in each class, she saw a little memorial placed there in memory of her. It was no secret that Twilight was Indigo’s “favorite”, so no one expected her to feel bad or give any credence to the fact that Indigo was gone. They weren’t even offended that she looked happier than normal, how else would one act if their bully had just up and died?

Twilight had asked Sunset to not escort her around, at least for today, she wanted to enjoy the feeling of not having to look over her shoulder anymore. To not be afraid of Indigo suddenly appearing and making her do something lascivious to her and say that she “loved” her. That was no more.

The bespectacled girl made a side trip to the girls’ room before her next class started. After she was done, she started washing her hands, but paused when she saw the door to the girls’ room open, and she froze when she saw who it was.

“Lemon Zest?”

The hardcore party teen looked a mess, she hadn’t seen her all day, but she did not look good. Her hair was a mess, uncombed and frayed, she had bags under her eyes, and were red and puffy, probably from crying. Her uniform looked disheveled, like she didn’t really care about how she looked today. And what was more striking, was the dead look in her eyes.

“Hey, Sparkle…guess you heard the news by now…Indie’s dead,” she said with a hollow voice.

“I…I know. I’m sorry for your loss, Lemon,” said Twilight. She did mean it, even though Indigo was a monster to her, to Lemon Zest, she was her best friend.

Lemon Zest chuckled at Twilight’s apology. “Don’t pretend that you care, Sparkle…I know you’re fuckin’ happy as all hell that she’s dead. Don’t deny it!”

Before, Twilight would cringe in fear of Lemon and the other girls, but now, things were different. There was no reason to be afraid anymore. “Okay, yes, I am happy she’s dead.”

“Tch, good, at least you’re being honest.”

“I am, because after everything she did to me, after everything this school allowed her to get away with in regard to how she treated me, my sympathy for her passing is negligible. She only went on and on about how she was in love with me, and in the same breath molested and raped me while you watched!” Twilight accused.

Lemon Zest’s eyebrow rose in surprise. “Wait, you knew I was there?”

“I’m not stupid, Lemon, I know that some of the places she had me in to rape me ran the risk of us getting caught, as daring as she was, she wasn’t that stupid, she’d need a lookout. Someone to make sure no one would interrupt her, am I wrong?” Twilight asked as she crossed her arms.

Lemon Zest shrugged. “Nope, you hit the nail on the head, Sparkle. Yeah, I was her lookout. Not like anyone would’ve cared, but you can’t always count on that, there might be that one person who could just decide to grow a conscious and rat out Indie. So, yeah, I kept the coast clear while she made you eat out her pussy or ate you out!”

Twilight’s brow furrowed. “How can you live with yourself?! Seriously?! Indigo was obsessed with me, a clinical case of a stalker, and there’s normally no reasoning with them. But you, as far as I’m aware, you have full use of your cognitive abilities! I’m surprised you didn’t join in at some point! Did it ever occur to you how much I suffered because of her?! How much fear gripped me every single day that I walked through these halls wondering, ‘Is she coming for me today?’ or ‘Should I pack an extra pair of underwear in case Indigo rips mine off?’!”

Lemon smirked, “Sounds like fun to me.”

Twilight growled angrily. “You’re just as disgusting a person as she was! I pity her, but I don’t feel sorry that she died! Because now I can walk around this accursed school free of fear!”

That’s when Lemon Zest expression turned dark. “Yeah…that would be the case…but you really should still be afraid, Sparkle.” Lemon Zest reached into the back of her skirt and pulled out a butcher’s knife.

Twilight’s blood ran cold upon seeing the deadly weapon, her heart pounded in her chest as she gripped the sink to the point that she thought the porcelain would crack. “L-Lemon Zest…w-why do you have that?!”

Lemon inspected the knife in her right hand, then gazed at her reflection in the blade. “You’re a genius, right Sparkle? I’m pretty sure you know what I’m going to do with this.”

“I-I’ll scream!” Twilight threatened.

“Wouldn’t be much fun if you didn’t.”

“S-Someone will come if I do!” Twilight argued.

“Everyone’s in class now, this bathroom is in the middle of the hallway, there’s not a classroom for at least twenty feet in either direction. And if someone does come in because you screamed…well…I guess it’s your fault that they die before their time,” said Lemon Zest.

This wasn’t happening, this couldn’t be happening. Twilight looked around for a place to escape to, the wall was behind her, there were stalls to her left, but it wouldn’t take more than a good kick to get them open, and then Twilight would be in a literal kill box. The door was behind Lemon Zest, but the space between the stalls and the sink was wide, allowing for more foot traffic. If she could just get around Lemon, she might be able to run into a classroom, or at the very least call Sunset. Of course, Twilight knew that that didn’t come without the risk of getting stabbed. The only question was what part of her body was Twilight willing to let get stabbed if it meant getting away from Lemon.

I have to avoid getting cuts on my arteries. Two are located on my arms, another two on my neck, and another two around my inner thighs. There’s also my organs…a stab to my sides would cause serious pain, but nothing immediately life threatening. A stab to my stomach is the same, but that’s not counting the bacterial infection I’ll most likely get from my stomach contents bleeding out into the rest of my body…then there’s the pain…can I survive the initial shock of getting stabbed to even react?

Twilight thought back to the first time she had even been stabbed, it was back during the rave that Sunset brought her to, she was stabbed in the heart by some gang punk, she would’ve died that night if not for Sunset’s Ember Stone. She had to bet on that, she had to bet that Sunset would get to her in time to bring her back from the brink.

“I bet you’re trying to figure out the best way to get to the door and run away, right?” Lemon guessed. “Sorry to tell you, Sparkle…but you’re going to die in this bathroom. I tried to think of a more undignified place to do it in, but this seemed better. Although, I could’ve just done the deed while you were in there pissing, but I thought that was rude.”

Twilight had an idea, she slowly let the straps of her backpack slide down until the right loop was off.

*Brrrrrrrinnnnnnnnggggg*

The sound of the school bell went off and Lemon smiled with bloodlust. “The bell’s been rung, Sparkle!”

Lemon ran towards Twilight and thrust the knife forward. Thinking quickly, Twilight brought her backpack around and used it as a shield, blocking the knife just in time. Lemon felt the blade sink into something thick and heavy, she tried to pull it out, but it wasn’t budging. Twilight then twisted to the right, then the left, and then a hard twist back to the right making Lemon release the knife as Twilight threw her backpack to the side. Now without a weapon, Twilight took this moment to make a break for the door.

However, at the last second, Lemon caught the teen genius by her hair bun and dragged her backwards hard, making Twilight fall to the floor and bang her head against the tile. Twilight’s vision was filled with stars as her head pounded in pain, the world spun around as a dizzy spell overcame her. Before she could fully come out of it. Lemon Zest kicked Twilight across the face, making her roll until she hit the stalls. Her glasses skittered across the floor until they hit the opposite wall, cracked, and broken.

“Indigo was my only friend…” Lemon Zest walked towards Twilight and dragged her up by her collar and slammed her against the stall door. “The only person who gave a damn about me!”

Lemon Zest slapped Twilight across the face, three times, with each strike harder than the last. Twilight managed to come back and said weakly, “Lemon…please…stop…”

“Stop? I thought you would’ve figured it out by now, Sparkle!” Lemon Zest threw Twilight back to the floor and kicked open a stall door. She grabbed her again and dragged Twilight until her head was hovering over the toilet bowl. “There are no brakes on the rape train!”

The neon green haired teen thrust Twilight’s head into the toilet water, Twilight thrashed about as she tried to get away, but thanks to the earlier beating, Twilight was still too much in a daze to properly fight back. The only thing driving her actions was her fight or flight instinct. This only spurned Lemon Zest to push Twilight’s head more into the bowl until her nose pressed into the hole of the bowl. Twilight couldn’t hold her breath any longer and opened her mouth, letting in a large amount of toilet water into her mouth and nose and down in her lungs.

Lemon kept holding Twilight there for a few more seconds before she pulled her out. Twilight gasped and coughed violently as she tried to catch her breath, but Lemon Zest put her back down into it again. Lemon kept repeating this action two more times, holding her down just a little longer each time before releasing Twilight. The teen genius crawled on the floor, gasping for air as her lungs burned with each intake of air. Her hair and clothes were drenched in toilet water, blood trickled from her lip, and from a cut above her forehead.

Twilight desperately tried to cry out, she could barely make a sound. Lemon Zest walked over to where the knife was still stuck in the backpack and began trying to dislodge it. While Lemon was distracted, Twilight summoned all the strength she could and began crawling towards the door, she needed to get outside, even if she couldn’t scream or talk right now, she could at least bang on the lockers and gain the attention of someone.

“Oh-ho-ho hell no!”

Twilight felt herself getting dragged back by her legs and then being violently turned around so that she was facing upwards. Lemon Zest had gotten the knife free from the backpack and now looked down at Twilight, she crouched low and looked into Twilight’s eyes with that same cold, dark expression she had earlier.

“You know something, Twilight. I envied you because Indie gave you so much attention.”

Lemon Zest took the knife and stabbed Twilight in her right shoulder, causing the teen genius to release a strained scream as the cold metal pierced her flesh.

“She was so infatuated with you, so absorbed by you, that it honestly pissed me off.”

Lemon retracted the knife and then stabbed it into Twilight’s left side. Twilight released another scream, feeling the hot blood pour from both her wounds.

“Every time I watched her screw you, I imagined myself in your place, hell, there were times when I wanted to just tear you away from her and just finish the job myself. But I know Indie would’ve been pissed at me for stopping her and you…”

Lemon took out the knife from Twilight’s side and then stabbed her in the stomach. She twisted the knife back and forth, eliciting more screams from Twilight.

“Did you know that we had sex in the music room, about a day before she died? It was so hot, and everything I fantasized about…I even said she could use me the same way did you…! Maybe I should’ve tried harder, maybe then she’d be alive right now…? But I guess we’ll never know, will we? Because your bitch of a girlfriend, Sunset – FUCKING – Shimmer KILLED HER!!!”

Lemon Zest raised her knife high over her head and brought it down straight into Twilight’s chest, causing the lavender girl to cough up blood.

“SHE KILLED HER!”

Another stab.

“SHE KILLED HER!”

A third stab.

“SHE KILLED HER!”

A fourth stab.

“SHE KILLED HER!”

A fifth stab.

“SHE KILLED HER!!!!!!”

When all was said and done, Twilight was a bloody mess on the floor, blood pooled on the floor around her as she struggled to cling onto what life she had left. Lemon Zest was covered in Twilight’s blood, she was amazed that she was still alive despite the loss of blood and how many times she stabbed her, but even she could tell that that wouldn’t be the case for much longer.

Lemon got off Twilight and began walking to the door. “I’m going to leave you here, Twilight, in the last few moments of life that you have, remember that you and Sunset are to blame for this.”

The door closed then and there, leaving Twilight alone, blood pooling in her mouth as her heartbeats started to fade. The room was starting to go dark, and her body growing colder by the second.

Some would think that this was how Twilight Sparkle was to die, in a high school bathroom, but sometimes fate has other things in mind. What neither of the two girls knew was that during the scuffle, when Twilight rolled and hit the stall, a certain gold coin flew out of her pocket and struck the back wall of the stalls. The little Artifact spun around and around and was suddenly propelled upwards when Twilight had thrashed about with her hands earlier.

The coin landed on the edge of the stall’s wall and rolled until it was at the edge of the divider, overlooking the event below. When it was over, and Twilight was left for dead, fate or whatever unknown force which guided the Coin of Solomon sprang into action. The Coin of Solomon dropped from its perch and bounced high into the air after hitting the floor, a stray wind from the air vent angled the gold coin just enough for it to drop right into the center stab wound on Twilight’s body. The Coin of Solomon slowly inserted itself deeper into her wound until it disappeared entirely.

Just then the door to the girls’ room burst open, literally, it burst apart due to a fiery blast. Sunset Shimmer screamed bloody murder when she saw Twilight’s mutilated state. “TWILIGHT!!!!!” Sunset ran inside and dropped to her knees next to her lover. “TWILIGHT, SPARKY, BABE, I’M SO SORRY! I SHOULDN’T HAVE STOPPED WATCHING OVER YOU! HANG IN THERE, DON’T YOU DARE STOP FIGHTING!”

This seemed to garner someone’s attention as there were footsteps coming from the hallway. Sunset turned to her left and saw that Dean Cadence was standing in the doorway, she drooped a stack of papers as she brought her hands to her mouth, her eyes were wide with a mixture of sadness and terror of what she saw.

“S-SUNSET WHAT IN THE–?!”

“JUST KEEP EVERYONE OUT OF HERE, CALL THE POLICE TOO! I’M GOING TO TRY AND SAVE HER!” Sunset stated. When she saw Cadence was still stunned, she yelled, “DON’T THINK ABOUT IT, JUST DO IT!”

Twilight coughed up more blood, and that seemed to kick Cadence into high gear as she quickly took out her cellphone and dialed the police. “Hello, this is Dean Cadenza of Crystal Prep Academy! There’s been an assault and one of my students is seriously injured, I need an ambulance and police presence here, NOW!!” Cadence took out the walkie that the teachers were issued when they monitored the halls and said over the channel, “Attention all faculty and security staff, as Dean of Students, I’m issuing a lockdown of the entire school, a student has been gravely wounded and police are on the way! I repeat, I want an immediate lockdown of the Academy!”

Meanwhile, Sunset pulled at the buttons of her shirt until her Ember Stone was revealed. “Don’t worry, Sparky, I’ll have you fixed up just like last time, just…hang…in there?”

Suddenly, the stab wounds on Twilight started to glow green. The injuries to her face were fixed in less than a few seconds, followed by the mending of the stab wounds. In almost no time at all, Twilight’s injuries had been completely healed, the only thing to indicate that she had been wounded was the amount of blood that was around her and staining her uniform, plus there was the actual damage to the uniform.

Twilight’s eyes fluttered open, and her first sight was that of a crying Sunset Shimmer. “Oh, thank god, Sparky, you’re alive!”

Sunset hugged her fiercely, but then Twilight pushed her girlfriend to the side as she turned around onto her hands and knees and began vomiting the toilet water she had inhaled earlier. The burning sensation from doing that subsided just as quickly as it happened, her lungs and throat were no longer in pain, in fact, she felt really good.

“Sparky, are…are you alright now?” Sunset asked.

Twilight glanced towards Sunset and gasped, she reached out to touch Sunset’s face, cupping her cheek in the palm of her right hand. “This…This can’t be…”

“W-What?!” Sunset asked in a panic.

“I…I can see you. I mean…I can see you, Sunset, without my glasses! You look so clear!” Twilight exclaimed.

It finally dawned on Sunset that Twilight’s glasses were lying on the floor a few feet away, completely broken, and yet, Twilight was able to see her clear as day?

“Sunset, did you’re Ember Stone heal my eyes too?!” Twilight asked happily.

Sunset was baffled, she was completely confused.

Twilight took both of Sunset’s hand into her own and asked, “Sunset, what’s wrong?”

“I…Sparky, I…I didn’t even get the chance to do anything yet…you healed on your own…”