The Witchblade EqG: The 13 Artifacts

White…

An infinite nothingness…

This is what Sunset Shimmer saw, this is where she was. The infinite nothing. The only thing here, was herself and her Witchblade. Sunset looked to her right, then the left, she looked up, she looked down. She wasn’t floating, to her bare feet, it felt as if she was standing on something solid, and yet there was nothing solid beneath her. Her senses were no good here, there was no smells other than her natural scent, no sound other than the sound of her breathing, there was just nothing.

“I don’t…I don’t know what I should be doing…?”

“Anything you want, Hun.”

Sunset watched as particles of light combined and formed a body. After a moment, the body took full shape and form, becoming…someone that Sunset hadn’t expected to see.

“ADAGIO?!” Sunset exclaimed.

Indeed, the eldest of the Siren sisters stood before Sunset, as bare as she was, giving her that trademark smirk of hers. “Who else do you know that looks this drop dead sexy? Oh…sorry, poor choice of words on my par – Oh, hello!”

Sunset rushed towards Adagio and hugged her fiercely, making Adagio raise her arms at the sudden embrace as she blushed. “You’re alive! I’m not alone in here! I can’t believe you’re here, Adagio!”

Adagio’s shocked expression slowly morphed into a smile as she placed one hand on Sunset’s back and another on her head, stroking Sunset’s hair gently as the former unicorn cried into her chest. “Heh, it took the end of the universe to get you to bury your face in my chest.”

“Shut up,” she replied happily.

“It’s okay, Hun, you’ll be alright,” Adagio assured.

Sunset broke the hug and placed her hands on Adagio’s shoulders. “How is this possible?”

Adagio’s smile turned sad. “Well, the thing is, I’m not Adagio and at the same time, I am.”

Sunset looked upon Adagio is confusion. “I…I don’t understand, how can you both be and not be Adagio?!”

“I guess the easiest way to explain this is that I’m a sort of simulacrum. I have Adagio’s memories, personality, and mannerisms, maybe in a part of her soul, but I am also a guide, or another term is personal companion, given life by the Thirteen Artifacts to help you along in creating the new world,” Adagio explained.

Sunset removed her hands from Adagio and looked upon her. “A guide and personal companion?”

Adagio tapped the side of her head. “I have all the knowledge of the universe, and all the ones before this one. With that knowledge, I can explain to you what happened in the previous worlds and answer any questions you might have on how this all works. At the same time, I’m here to keep you company to make sure you don’t go insane from loneliness.”

Sunset rubbed the back of her head as she took a moment to digest what Adagio had told her. “Okay…but why Adagio? Why not Pinkie Pie, the girl that I love? Or one of my other friends?”

“Well, that’s still a possibility, I can be anyone you want and be them. But, for practical purposes, becoming Adagio was a better choice as it would help you stay grounded. If I appeared to you as Pinkie, you might be tempted to remain in this eternal nothing for the rest of eternity.”

That did make a lot of sense, if she had Pinkie, then why would she remake the world? But Adagio was a distraction alone. “Do you have to be naked?”

“I could ask you the same thing, Sunny.” Adagio assumed a coy and sexy pose. “We can even do that if you want.”

“Heh, yeah, you’re definitely part Adagio,” Sunset deadpanned.

Adagio shrugged. “Can’t blame a girl for trying. But in all seriousness, if you want to put clothes on me, you can, you can make clothes for yourself.”

Sunset raised an eyebrow. “Really?”

Adagio opened her arms as she gestured towards the white nothingness. “Think of this world as a blank canvass, or piece paper. You can create anything or erase it at your leisure. The only limit, Sunny, is your imagination.”

Sunset concentrated and in a flash of light her old attire was upon her body. She then looked at Adagio and recalled the outfit she wore when they first met, and again, a flash of light went off and Adagio was clothed. “Wow…you were right.”

“Naturally.”

Sunset playfully rolled her eyes. “So, how long do I have?”

“Until what?” Adagio asked.

“I mean, is there a time limit? Do I only have so long before I’m – essentially – not a god anymore?”

Adagio chuckled. “Sunny, everything was wiped clean. Which means time was too. You cannot age here, you won’t get hungry, everything is just still. While in this state, you have transcended the need to eat, exhaustion will never touch you, and as I said before, time is gone. There is only here and now, and whatever you want to do.” Adagio put her hands behind her back and leaned forward a bit as she looked directly into Sunset’s eyes. “So, what do you want to do, Sunset?”

The former unicorn sighed as she looked around. “I know you said I can’t get exhausted…but I feel tired.”

Sunset raised her right hand, she concentrated on the loft she lived in before moving in with Sun. In an instant the area around her transformed into her old home, exactly as she remembered it. Sunset inhaled; the place even smelled like how she remembered. Sunset walked up the stairs to her bed and plopped down on it, reveling in the familiar sensation of her bedsheets.

Adagio walked around the room, humming as she noted everything inside. “I always wondered what your home looked like. I like it.” The eldest Siren sister walked up the stairs and sat on the edge of Sunset’s bed. “Going to take a nap?”

“Yes…” Sunset turned around and laid on her back as she looked at Adagio. “Do you mind sleeping with me? I don’t want to be alone right now…”

Adagio giggled coyly as she crawled up the bed and next to Sunset. “If this was your plan all along, I don’t know why you bothered putting clothes on us.”

“Not what I meant you perv.”

“Hi pot, I’m kettle.”

“……Touché. Still, not what I meant.”

“I know, can’t help it.” Adagio laid on her back and stared up at the ceiling. “Sirens are naturally sensual beings, it’s just our nature.”

Sunset chuckled as if Adagio had just told a joke. “Either that or you’re just plain horny.”

“That too.”

Sunset turned onto her left side as her eye lids grew heavy. “Just…don’t leave me…please…?”

Adagio turned on her left side and pulled Sunset close to her. “I’ll be here, just rest for now.”

“Thank you…”

Sunset awoke with a start; her brow and body were drenched with sweat as she panted and gasped. Adagio sat next to her and rubbed small circles on Sunset’s back in an attempt to calm her and reassure Sunset of her presence.

“Bad dream?” Adagio asked.

Sunset nodded as she tried to catch her breath. “Everything just…sorta caught up with me…” Sunset looked around, noticing the absence of a clock and asked, “How long have I been out?”

“Like I said, time doesn’t exist.”

Sunset blinked and then sighed. “Right, forgot about that.” The flame haired teen swung her legs over the edge and sat down, leaning forward as she contemplated the events up until now. “Since you know everything, let me ask you, would Cozy Glow’s plan have worked? Could she erase freewill?”

Adagio sat cross legged on the bed and said, “Absolutely. As the wielder of all Thirteen Artifacts, the universe is yours to create as you please, if that includes removing freewill, then yes, it very much can be done.”

Sunset turned her head and looked at Adagio with an incredulous expression. “You’re telling me you would just let her do that?! Take away people’s ability to think and act for themselves?!”

“I will admit, it would be the first time anyone has ever attempted it, but I am not in charge of what those who wield the Power are and aren’t allowed to do. As the one who possess the Thirteen, you oversee what this universe is to become.”

Sunset shuddered a bit, there were essentially no rules, no guardrails to prevent someone with an evil mind to create a world to their liking. Anyone could make themselves into an overlord and no one would be able to stop them. Although, that did raise another question. “Cozy said that each time she recreated the world, it changed from what she envisioned, why is that?”

Adagio raised her right index finger and pointed at Sunset. “It’s like you said, Sunset, you can’t stop people from changing. Variables will always exist that will change everything about what is created. For a while, things may stay as you intended, but as time goes on, variables pop up that change the way things occur going into the future. Cozy Glow saw this after the fourth time, understanding that she couldn’t stop people from doing things differently, becoming different.”

“Cozy said that I wasn’t a part of the previous worlds that she created, that this one was the first one, why was that?” Sunset asked.

Adagio thought about the best way to describe it to her. “A bit harder to explain, but essentially, every so many recreations of the universe inevitably create, for a lack of a better term, a Splinter.”

“Splinter, or aberration?”

“Splinter sounds better, because it’s not a mistake, just something new. These Splinters can result in the creation of parallel worlds, or something new being added to the new world that wasn’t there before. The Power can have unsuspecting results on the universe that not even the one who creates the new universe can know. You, Sunset, are one of those Splinters.”

“So does that mean Equestria was one of these ‘Splinters’?”

Adagio nodded. “But not because of Cozy Glow, your world has existed for a very long time, and it has only been recently that the two worlds have touched, resulting in your crossing over and influencing events of Cozy’s fifth iteration. I will say, this is the fastest of the Thirteen Artifacts have come together.”

Sunset raised an eyebrow at that. “Cozy said that it was seven years before it happened to her, and with me it took just a few months because she was accelerating the events. How long does it normally take?”

Adagio shook her head. “There’s no set time on when the Thirteen Artifacts will gather. It can be in seven years, seven months, it could be well after you are dead and buried before it happens, it could happen generations into the future. There have been iterations where it was hundreds of years before all of the Artifacts were gathered.”

“Yeah, about that, why is that they’re always there? If Cozy really wanted to remake the world like she wanted, she’d have to make sure that no one would be able to use them. I can already see the Angelus and the Darkness enjoying that they have a host that has no freewill of their own, same thing for the Blood Sword and Pandora’s Box. Why didn’t she say she’d erase the Artifacts?”

Adagio smirked as she said, “Because she can’t. The Thirteen Artifacts are a universal staple of eternity. They can’t be destroyed, nor can another Artifact be created, there will always be thirteen, and they will always exist. They are the pillars that keep all of reality together. If Cozy was successful, she would’ve found that to be impossible, and yet again, another of her worlds would be flawed. So, you see, her plan was doomed to fail from the start. Sure, she might be able to bury them, keep the Artifacts from surfacing for a long, long time, but eventually they would rise and cause havoc in her new world and we’d be back to square one.”

“One more question, if I wanted, could I remake the world back to what it used to be? With some alterations?”

Adagio nodded. “Of course, there’s nothing saying you have to make a new world, if you wish, you can bring back everything the way it was.”

Sunset went silent for a minute as she thought about what she needed to do. She could make everything the way it was before Applejack died, prevent all the bad things that ended up killing the people she loved from happening, but then there was the thought that something would happen, and she’d end up with the same heartache and sorrow as the previous world. She had to be smart about this, doing nothing wasn’t an option, living in this still expanse was just running away from the problem. And Sunset wasn’t the type of girl, or mare, who just stood idly by and waited for what she wanted.

“Is there a version in the past worlds where Twilight Sparkle is happy?” Sunset asked.

“Yes, several as a matter of fact. In one iteration she’s just an ordinary girl and goes to Canterlot High, eventually becoming friends with your friends and marrying her high school sweetheart, your old boyfriend,” said Adagio.

“Flash Sentry?! Seriously?”

“Yep, happily married with two children, and the wife of a brilliant musician. Another one has Twilight as a genius, going to Crystal Prep, but she encounters the human you. You’re both rivals and do everything you can to one up the other, becoming somewhat enemies.”

Sunset deadpanned. “That doesn’t sound particularly happy to me.”

“Oh, but it is, in your mid-twenties the two of you go to a seminar, get drunk off your asses, and end up having hot, passionate, angry sex!” Adagio announced happily. “Twilight and the human you wake up and realize that your animosity for each actually stemmed from an attraction for each other. The human you is bisexual and has identified as such, Twilight hadn’t come to grips with her sexuality and after some emotional turmoil and soul searching, the two of you eventually tie the knot and live on happily ever after.”

“Nice to know…” Sunset thought for a moment again. “Adagio, how does this work?”

Adagio scooted closer to Sunset, taking a seat on her left as she held out her right hand. “You need only take my hand, and my knowledge of the worlds will be shared with you. That includes Equestria as well. You’ll know everything about everything and be able to know of the different variables that led to what happened in your world, and what you can change to prevent them. Just remember that–”

“I can’t make the world perfect. That’s fine, I’m not aiming for perfect, I just want the world to be the world, even if it means I have to use the Witchblade until the day I die, then I’ll do it. At least if that happens, I can rest knowing that – at least for my lifetime – I kept the world from ending,” said Sunset with determination.

“Now you’re catching on. Are you ready to begin?” Adagio asked.

Sunset placed her hand in Adagio’s, and at that moment, her mind was filled with the infinite knowledge of the universe, seeing the events of the fifth world, all the people’s choices that led up to the events of Canterlot City’s battle, the Wendigos, everything. It was a lot, but she needed to see, she needed to know what she could do to keep the world stable. Ideas already formed in Sunset’s head as she watched everything, she raised her right hand and the Witchblade began to glow. The Witchblade released a blast of colorful light that erupted with a thunderous noise and power equivalent to the Big Bang. That power roared through the vast nothingness as matter was created and then light, soon stars blinked into existence along galaxies and planets. Earth appeared before the two women, and suddenly, several lights shot towards the Earth.

“What are those?” Sunset asked.

“They’re the souls that were waiting to exist, they’re returning home to be born. Don’t stop now, Sunset, you’re almost done.”

Sunset stood up and began to wave her right hand about like a conductor leading an orchestra. The music was in her heart as she pulled it all together, seeing the possibilities, the pitfalls, and the promises to be, choosing the right outcomes to make sure that the worst would not occur, or if it did, there would be safeguards to prevent the very worst from happening until it was addressed. More and more of the world was created, and then she saw Equestria, her birthplace, her original home. Sunset waved her right hand and started bringing Equestria back into being, remaking it so that Princess Twilight and her friends were the defenders of their world yet again, that they were all friends and would continue to be so into the future. Sunset didn’t know what Equestria’s future would be, but at least she knew it was in good hooves. When it was done, Sunset and Adagio were the only ones left, time had not been initiated yet, so everything was still, awaiting Sunset’s order to start.

“Let’s say hello to a whole new world, Adagio.”

“Oh, I can’t wait.”

Sunset and Adagio turned into pure energy, one was red, the other yellow, and the third was bright white. That light broke apart into thirteen different lights, each one representing one of the Thirteen Artifacts. All but one of them were scattered across the world, a dark crimson light that united with Sunset’s orb. Adagio’s orb shot off towards the new universe, and right behind it was Sunset Shimmer. The moment she entered, the world, the universe, came to life, the sun cresting over the edge of the Earth as a new era dawned on this new universe.

“I can’t believe you really did all that.”

“I did, and it was…not easy.”

Sunset sat on a park bench, next to her was her human counterpart, Sun. The two girls were just enjoying a nice spring day out, just people watching.

Sunset had recreated the world; it was peaceful to a degree. She had brought Sun back, but not with the Ember Stone. Sun’s parents were alive, with Cozy Glow gone, they were never killed, and because of that, Sun was able to grow up with her parents. They would eventually move to Canterlot City where she was enrolled into Crystal Prep the same day as Twilight Sparkle was. Sun felt a tug in her mind that told her to befriend this girl, practically crushing on her at first sight. There were some altercations with the popular girls, Sunny Flare, Sour Sweet, Sugarcoat, Lemon Zest, and Indigo Zap, but Sunset’s domineering presence kept them in check.

The hazing continued, but Sun managed to keep a good majority of it from getting as out of hand as it did in the previous world. Indigo, at one point, attempted to hurt Twilight, much like herself in the past. But something prevented her from doing so, a small tug in the back of her mind that made her stop, and even apologize to Twilight. In a strange twist, it was Twilight that helped Indigo realize her feelings for Lemon Zest and got the two together. Sugarcoat, despite being part of Sunny Flare’s popular girl clique, initiated a friendship with both her and Sun, eventually bringing Indigo and Lemon into their group.

A new clique was forming, and soon the hazing was coming to an end. An end that Principal Cinch did not like, she ordered her daughter, on multiple occasions, to get it started again. She needed the students to focus their animosity and stress on Twilight, which would in turn force the teen genius to focus on winning more academic awards for their school so long as she promised to protect her. But with more than half of Sunny’s clique joining Sun and Twilight, that was becoming near impossible. Cinch did get the same tug as Sun and Indigo, telling her to take a different path, but she ignored it and continued forward with her plans.

This would become too much for Sunny Flare, who, along with Sour Sweet’s encouragement, allowed her to stand up to her mother and declare that she would no longer do her evil bidding. This didn’t sit too well with Abacus Cinch who flew into a rage and began beating her daughter in her office, thankfully Sun, Indigo, and Sour were there and managed to stop the enraged principal, Twilight would then bring Dean Cadence to see what had happened, and with that, Dean Cadence was put in charge, and Principal Cinch was placed in jail. Sunny Flare would go on to apologize to Twilight for everything she put her through, and in the end gaining two new friends to their group. It was around Springtime that something odd occurred to Sun, one night, after she and Twilight spent some passionate time together, Sun was hit with a flood of memories, memories of the past, of a world that was darker, where she did things that could not be forgiven.

She awoke in the middle of night and cried hard, waking Twilight. The teen genius held her girlfriend tight in her arms for hours as she cried and cried some more, guilt hitting her like a ton of bricks, and at the same time, happiness, because she was back, back with the person she loved, and with the parents that were taken from her. Sun was also given a time and date to go and see her big sister, which was why they were here now.

“I was waiting for the day you fully remembered, Sun, I’m glad you did,” said Sunset.

“I can’t believe how you spun that nonsense of how we’re long-lost twin sisters who happen to share the same name,” said Sun.

“Hey, I explained to you and your mom and dad – or my mom and dad – whatever – about where I came from. It was their idea, I just spiced it up and made it believable,” Sunset clarified.

Sun sighed as she rested her arms on her thighs. “So, how are things with your roommates?”

Sunset blushed and then pinched the bridge of her nose. “Oh, they’re good…great, to be honest.

Sunset kept the events of Canterlot High, which meant she ended up getting blasted with a rainbow laser, again, and she had to fight the Sirens, again. But this time around, she made sure that that tragedy was avoided.

Adagio, Sonata, and Aria ran as far and as fast as they could from the stage, panting heavily from their run. They had lost it all, their power, their gemstones, everything. Adagio looked at the shards she managed to grab before they ran, the last remnants of the cursed jewels they used to become more powerful. Yet again, another of her decisions that seemed to work, but in the end would fail. Just like before.

“W-What do we do now?” Sonata asked scared.

“Fuck if I know, Sona! We just got our asses handed to us by a bunch of wannabe magical girls! And now we got nothing?!” Aria stated.

“B-But we were using our magic to stay in that nice hotel, where are we supposed to live? We don’t have money, or IDs, we don’t exist here,” Sonata added.

“JUST SHUT UP!” Adagio shouted, causing both of her sisters to go silent. “I’ll figure something out…I won’t let us be homeless.”

“You don’t have to be.”

All three Siren sisters turned around and saw Sunset Shimmer walking towards them, hands up and palms open, showing that she came unarmed and with no intention of fighting. Aria was not of the same mind though; she rushed towards Sunset and threw a punch in her direction. Sunset backed up, dodging Aria’s punch as she kept throwing them. Aria threw another punch, but Sunset managed to catch it, the streetlamp’s light sheened off Sunset’s silver bracelet.

“I’m not here to fight you, I don’t want to hurt you,” said Sunset as she pushed back and made Aria stumble backwards before she regained her balance.

Adagio growled angrily as she stomped her way towards Sunset and said, “You’ve already hurt us, Sunset Shimmer! You’ve taken away our powers, now we have no where to go, and nothing to our names in this world! What else can we do?!”

“Live with me.”

Adagio, Sonata, and Aria all stared wide eyed at Sunset with shocked expressions.

“Say what?” Sonata asked. “You want us to live with you?”

“It might be a bit cramped, but at least you three won’t have to live on the streets,” said Sunset in a kind tone.

Adagio scoffed at the offer. “You beat us and now you’re taking pity on us! Screw you, Shimmer! I’d sooner become a whore to pay for a place than–!”

“NO!” Sunset shouted as she rushed towards Adagio and clasped both of her hands around Adagio’s right. “Please don’t do that! You’re better than that, Adagio! You all are! I won’t let you sell your bodies! Adagio, don’t let your anger blind you, I know deep down that all you want is to keep your sisters safe! If you go down that road, trust me when I say that it’ll only end in pain for everyone, especially you! I’m not taking pity on you, Adagio, I’m trying to help a friend.”

Adagio couldn’t believe what she was hearing, nor what she was seeing. It was as if Sunset Shimmer was practically begging Adagio to come and stay with them. Adagio’s anger only rose, how dare Sunset undermine her like this, how dare she suggest such a thing. She just wanted them to live under her roof so that she could revel in the idea that they were dependent on her to survive, how long would it be before Sunset made them do degrading things just to stay there? Probably turn them into sex slaves like the ancient Siren tales told of old.

“Let me tell you right now Sunset Shimmer, I–!” Adagio stopped as a tug at the back of her mind suddenly told her to think this through. A strange foreboding feeling fell over Adagio, a feeling that told her if she didn’t take up this offer that a worse fate awaited herself and her sisters. Adagio looked over her shoulder and to Sonata and Aria, ever since their parents died, Adagio swore she’d keep them safe, and yet every decision she had made up until now has only made things worse. Perhaps it was time to take another route? “Okay.”

“OKAY?!” Sonata and Aria exclaimed.

“You mean it?” Sunset asked.

Adagio exhaled slowly as she relaxed her body. “Every decision I have made up ‘til now has led to more hardships for us. I don’t know what to do from here, I don’t know where we can go. We don’t exist here, we have no money, there’s only one option for girls like us, and I’m…I just have a feeling that we’ll only endure worse hardship. So, if I must take the lesser of two evils, then yes. I’ll accept your offer. Whoa now!”

Sunset quickly enveloped Adagio in a hug and cried a little. “I promise, you won’t regret this, Adagio, neither of you will.”

Adagio grumbled at the show of unwanted affection. “The longer you hug me the more I am.” Sunset released her immediately. “You do realize that your little group of friends won’t take kindly to us, right?”

“I know that, but they trust me, and I trust them to honor my decisions,” said Sunset. “Now, let’s go home.”

Sonata suddenly felt teary eyed when she heard that and happily skipped along until she was standing next to Sunset. Adagio sighed and followed them, taking her position on Sunset’s right. Aria stayed behind, crossing her arms, and pouting at the situation.

“Aria Blaze, get your ass over here or I’ll come over there and drag you along by your pigtails!” Adagio threatened.

Aria began walking behind them while grumbling under her breath, “Their twintails, not pigtails…”

Adagio placed her hands on her hips as she gave Sunset a sideways glance. “If we’re going to live with you, there are going to be some ground rules, understand?!”

“Such as?”

“We’re not cooking or cleaning anything of yours!”

“Okay.”

“We’re not your friends, we’re just roommates sharing the same space!”

“Sure.”

“You’re not allowed to proposition sex from me or my sisters! If you even think about touching either of them, I’ll personally rip out your organs and eat them!”

“Read you loud and clear,” said Sunset happily.

Sonata tapped the tips of her fingers together and said, “Um…Dagi, I kinda want to try cooking again.”

“If you want, I can make sure that the fridge is full of ingredients, just tell me in advance what you might want to make and I’ll get them for you,” said Sunset.

“Really?!” Sonata asked with a twinkle in her eye.

Sunset nodded.

Adagio face palmed. “I just said we weren’t going to cook for her.”

“I’m not cooking for Sunset; I’m cooking for all of us!”

Adagio couldn’t really argue with that, plus, Sonata looked really happy and right now they needed the pick me up after their defeat.

“Tch, don’t expect me to make it easy for you, Shimmer, I’m going to make it a living hell for you,” said Aria.

“Fine by me,” Sunset waved off the threat. “Trust me when I say, I’ve been through worse. Also, I was thinking of starting a gaming channel on ViewTube, and I’ve been looking for a cohost, wanna join in? I get donations from my subscribers, and I’m sure they’d like to see two girls gaming instead of just one,” Sunset suggested.

Aria had liked video games when they were first invented, and over the years they’ve gotten cooler and cooler. “Well…I guess…but I get sixty-percent of the revenue!”

“Deal.”

“THAT’S IT, HOLD ON!” Adagio yelled as everyone stopped walking. “Why are you agreeing to everything I’m saying?! I basically just said we’re going to freeload and do nothing while you do all the hard work! Anyone else would rescind the offer!”

Sunset crossed her arms and nodded. “You’re right, anyone else would. But we’re both Equestrians, we’re not like other people here. We gotta help each other out when we can.”

Adagio blinked. “But…we’re not ponies, we’re basically monsters.”

“And I became a demon that wanted to take over my homeland, and now I’m not. So, technically, we’re both monsters.” Sunset started walking and called out, “Are you guys coming or what?”

The Siren sisters glanced between each other and then quickly caught up to Sunset. Adagio walked a little closer to Sunset and whispered, “If you feel as if you must do anything to us, I ask that you do it to me instead, I’d rather you not touch my sisters,” Adagio blushed while offering.

“Down girl.”

“Despite all that, they have actually helped with the chores around the place,” said Sunset. “Although now Adagio’s developed a crush on me, and if I’m not mistaken, so have the others, but Aria’s being tsundere about it.”

Sun laughed when she heard this and wiped a tear from her eye. “Heh, how’s Pinkie taking that?”

“Oh, she loves it. Apparently, she’s quite open to having more than one person to love, so long as I remember who is number one,” she explained.

“And something tells me that Adagio and Pinkie are fighting for that number one spot, right?”

Sunset recalled all the different incidents that involved those two competing for her attention, the gratuitous amounts of fanservice, the “accidental” undressing while she walked in, and of course there was that one time where both just straight up cornered her naked in the bedroom and tried to compete to see who could make Sunset orgasm the most.

“When I remade the world, I didn’t intend to become the protagonist of a harem anime,” Sunset deadpanned.

“Oh, poor you, how ever will you cope?” Sun mocked.

“Fuck you,” Sunset replied.

“Oh no, now you’re going to include your little sister into your harem?! You’ve truly become a harem anime protag now!” Sun stated in a melodramatic fashion.

Sunset swatted at Sun until the human version apologized, and then stuck out her tongue.

“Sorry for not keeping up to date with you as much, with Twilight, and the girls, I’ve kind of been enjoying myself,” said Sun.

“That’s alright, I wanted you to live your life, but I still wanted to be a part of it,” said Sunset.

Sun looked at Sunset’s wrist. “You kept the Witchblade, huh?”

Sunset nodded. “I thought it was better that way, the world will get chaotic at some point, if I can act as a force to keep the scales balanced, then I will.”

“Is Fluttershy still the Magdalena?”

Sunset explained how, yes, she kept Fluttershy as the Magdalena, because, honestly, she seemed like the only right person to wield the Spear of Destiny. Of course, she did alter a few things, such as Somnambula exposing Neighsay’s plans to use Fluttershy as his personal weapon to take control of the Darkness and the Angelus. So far, the Angelus had not appeared yet, neither had the Darkness, but Sunset knew that they would make themselves known someday.

“They couldn’t undo the combat knowledge, so now Shy knows how to fight with the Spear and how to fight in general. Believe me, it takes a huge load off everyone knowing that Fluttershy can kick the ass of anyone who tries to hurt her,” said Sunset.

“I’m sure. What about AJ and Rarity?”

“They’re together, I omitted a certain part of Applejack’s life concerning her big brother, and focused that attention to Rarity,” Sunset explained.

Sun raised an eyebrow. “What exactly happened with her and her brother?”

“Nothing that I’m willing to break a Pinkie Promise over.”

Sun rolled her eyes and looked down at the pavement. She twiddled her thumbs for a minute or two before sighing heavily. “I guess I should ask the obvious question.”

“Why did I let you keep all your memories about what happened in the fifth world?” Sunset asked.

Sun placed her right hand against her head. “I can still remember the look on Twilight’s face when…when I killed her…the words of forgiveness from Fluttershy…killing Indigo after she gave up the Glacier Stone…and everything in between. Was…Was this your way of punishing me?”

“Not exactly.” Sunset placed her hand over Sun’s and looked her in the eyes. “I became who I am because of my memories like that. I hurt people, and I kept that the same thing here in this new world. I became this way because I learned from what I did in Equestria, and what I did here. You’re still young, Sun, and you have a lot to experience. I let you keep those memories so you would never forget, and always remembered to be better than you once were and appreciate what you have now.”

Sun smiled a little and added, “And because you needed someone to talk about what happened in the fifth world, and who else better than yourself.”

“Partially, and I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be,” Sun leaned against Sunset’s shoulder. “I deserve to remember what I did, because now, every time I look at Twilight’s smiling face, I love her more and more each time. And every time, I’m thankful that I get to have her again, to have my parents.”

Sunset hugged Sun with her right arm and nuzzled the top of her head. “If you ever want to fight by my side again, I know where the Ember Stone is.”

“If you need me, I’ll take it back. But for now, I just want to be a normal girl again, a normal rich girl with a genius level intellect who is also dating a girl who also has a genius level intellect,” said Sun.

Sunset rolled her eyes. “Oh yeah, completely normal life.”

“Shut up.” Sunset and Sun stood up from the bench and started walking towards the entrance to the park. Sun’s car was parked next to a meter, while Sunset’s bike was next to the gate entrance. “We should plan a double date sometime, or a slumber party.”

“Yeah, a double date, plus three.”

“Oooh, sounds like an orgy, can’t wait!”

“Just get in your car and go to Twilight, you damn horndog!” Sunset stated.

Sun got into her car and rolled down her window. “Takes one to know one, Sis. And…I love you, Sis.”

Sunset smiled and said, “Love you too, lil’ Sis.”

Sun rolled up the window and took off down the road, heading to her girlfriend to enjoy some quality time with her lover, and then back to her home to spend time with the parents she loved so much.

Sunset put on her bike helmet and drove down the streets of Canterlot City, taking the long way home as she enjoyed the drive and drank in the serenity of this moment.

I remade the world with alterations, those who made choices that drastically affected everyone, I gave them a stronger conscience so that they would think twice about their decisions. I didn’t take away their ability to choose their path, I just made it so that they would think better about it before doing it. Granted, it has worked with some, and for others it hasn’t, but again, that’s life, and I can’t control that.

I didn’t change the events of the Fall Formal or the Battle of the Bands, because it was those events that shaped me into the person I am now.

I nipped Anon-A-Miss in the bud by talking to Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo. I sat them down with their respective sisters and explained to them that I wasn’t trying to make them ignore them, and that I wanted to include them in our little slumber parties, the girls agreed with me, and just like that, Anon-A-Miss was defeated before it started, and no Wendigos, at least for now, but I’m on the look out for them.

Sugarcoat remains the keeper of the Heart Stone, it’s the most harmless of the Artifacts, and it seemed right to keep it in her family.

The Flim Flam brothers still tried to get Applejack’s family to sell their land, but a little direction here and there from myself led the Apple Family to find the hidden gold under their land, and basically it let them claim the rights so that the Flim Flam brothers couldn’t do a thing to them anymore.

I didn’t forget about Lightning Dust, instead of her taking her father’s bullshit, she confessed to Rainbow Dash and her parents about his abuse, and together with Principal Celestia, they were able to put that bastard behind bars. Now she lives with Rainbow as her live-in girlfriend, and Rainbow’s parents couldn’t be happier.

I learned about the corruption in the city, and how Maria Mare was part it when it came to Crystal Prep. I gave Maria the choice to do the right thing, and thankfully she took it, now her and Celestia are a happy couple. Oh, and I’m officially adopted as Celestia’s daughter here.

Equestria is safe and normal, Princess Twilight is still an alicorn, and the Elements of Harmony still exist. I managed to bring back two worlds I call home.

Sunset pulled up to her home and chained up her bike.

Honestly, I know there will be some bad things coming, but that’s fine. I know we’re not meant to be perfect; we can only do what we can to make our world better, learn from our mistakes, and not repeat them.

Sunset walked up to her door, but before she could use the key, she saw Aria open it and blushed hard. Aria was standing in front of Sunset, wearing nothing but a yellow apron, Sunset looked at the gruff Siren up and down as her mouth hung open.

“For the record, I had no say in this whatsoever,” Aria deadpanned.

The soft pitter patter of footsteps snapped Sunset out of her stupor, and it was then that Adagio appeared next to Aria, also wearing nothing but a purple apron that did little to contain her impressive bust. “Oh, Sunny, you’re back a little early.”

“I…I just finished meeting up with Sun…and yeah…we got done a little sooner than I expected…uh…w-w-what’s going on?” Sunset asked.

Adagio hooked her right arm around Aria’s neck, drawing her little sister close to her semi-naked body. “The girls and I decided that we would surprise you, so we’re making dinner.”

“Wearing only aprons?”

“Well, we didn’t want to get our clothes dirty,” said Adagio in a coy tone.

She released Aria and walked back inside, granting Sunset an obstructed view of her rear as she did. Aria put her hands behind her and said, “You can walk in, I’m not letting you see my ass!”

Sunset walked in and that’s when she saw the kitchen, indeed, they were cooking a dinner big enough to feed four people, because in the kitchen she also saw Sonata, in a pink apron, and Pinkie Pie in a white apron. The two culinary talented women were in the zone, a bit dirtier than Aria and Adagio as they had been doing much of the cooking. The two cooks stopped for a moment and happily greeted Sunset.

“Sunny’s home!” Sonata cheered.

“Aw, we aren’t done yet, we were hoping you’d be out for a least thirty more minutes,” said Pinkie with a pouty face.

Adagio appeared behind Sunset and draped her arms over her shoulders, pressing her chest to Sunset’s back. “Well, I’m sure I can entertain Sunny for thirty minutes, maybe even help build up your appetite,” she whispered into her ear.

Pinkie Pie’s cheeks puffed up when she heard that, she then pointed the ladle she was holding in Adagio’s direction and said, “Hey, Dagi, that’s against the rules! I’m cooking!”

“Yes, yes you are, and really, Aria and I aren’t doing anything but watching you two cook, so…” Adagio pulled away from Sunset and walked over to the still embarrassed Aria. She gave her little sister a slap on the rear, making her yelp and jump a few feet forward. “While you two cook, Aria and I will have some fun with Sunset. And after we’re done eating, we’ll enjoy a little Pie for dessert.”

Pinkie blushed under the seductive gaze of Adagio. Still, she huffed and crossed her arms over her own impressive chest as she turned away. “Fine, but you better leave room.”

“Dear, Pinkie, there’s always room for Pie,” said Adagio with a wink.

The eldest Siren sister pulled at the straps of Aria’s apron and led her towards the stairs, both ascended and stopped halfway.

Aria, still blushing from embarrassment looked in Sunset’s direction and said, “Well, a-a-are you coming up here or what?!”

Sunset looked from there and back to the kitchen, and then back to the stairs. Indeed, this new world was different, and in some ways better than the last. So far, she hadn’t had to use the Witchblade that much, but Sunset knew that would change soon, and when it did, she would be ready to defend this new world that she created, so that everyone could live their best life, happy and with no regrets.

“Yeah, I’m coming.”

“No, you aren’t, but you will soon~”

“How the hell did my life get like this? Oh…right…I did it.”