Both Sunsets were asked out by Celestia, with Luna accompanying them, the four women headed to a restaurant that Sun had recommended. After ordering, the Sunsets pondered why Celestia wanted to talk to them in private like this? After they had their meal, a nervous Celestia fidgeted in place, Luna rolled her eyes and nudged her big sister, fixing her with an annoyed glare.

“C’mon, Tia, just spit it out already,” Luna urged.

Celestia shot her little sister an annoyed glare of her own, she knew full well that she needed to spit it out and that dragging this out would just make this whole situation more awkward.

Both Sunsets gave each other questioning looks.

“Okay, what’s going on?” Sunset asked.

The Principal of CHS took a deep breath and steeled herself for what she was going to say next. “I’ve been thinking about this for a while now, Sunset, and…I wanted to know what you think…about…about my adopting you?”

Sun looked to her twin, noticing the stunned expression on her face, she then turned to Celestia and said, “Wait, I thought you had already? Aren’t you her Guardian?”

“Well, yes, but it’s not the same as adoption.” Celestia looked directly at her Sunset, maintaining eye contact as she spoke. “I know I look and sound like your old mentor from your world, I always felt that that put a strain on how close we could be because I reminded you too much of her, and I didn’t want to cause you any more grief or make you go through whatever heartache you went through because you left on…ahem…not so amicable terms.”

Celestia reached out with her right hand and placed it atop of Sunset’s and smiled at her. “But I hope that you can see that I’m not her, and would be willing to become my daughter, officially, anyway. You don’t have to agree to it, because no matter what, I’ll always consider you to be my child, Sunset. But the decision is yours. Sunset?”

The former unicorn had tears running down her face, she lowered her head, and tried to stifle her sniffling, but it wasn’t working. Ever since her own parents became the very snobs and elitists that they despised, Princess Celestia became a true second mother to her, a mother who she ended up scorning and defying. For years she waited to hear those words from the pony she looked up to the most in her life, before her parents became a-holes, and now, in another world, another Celestia said the exact words that she wished to hear from her. It was all too much for her, Sunset couldn’t hold back the tears, thank goodness they were in a private eating area so no one could see her bawling like a child.

“Sis, Sis, it’s okay.” Sun consoled. “What’s wrong?”

Celestia felt a slight twinge of dread creep into her heart, afraid that she may have gone too far in asking something like that. Luna was starting to worry as well, she thought Sunset would be thrilled at the idea of her big sister adopting her into the family, goodness knows those two act as mother and child, especially after the Anon-A-Miss incident, and the more recent “War of the Trinity”, or so it was called among the group.

After a minute, Sunset finally lifted her head and revealed that her expression wasn’t one of sadness, but one of happiness as a wide smile split her face.

“I’ve…I’ve always wanted to hear those words from the pony I most respected in my world, and now…I’ve heard them from the woman I most respect in this world,” said Sunset.

Celestia felt herself choke up. “S-Sunset.”

The flame haired girl reached out with both hands and took Celestia’s right into them. “And the answer is yes, I would be honored to be ‘officially’ counted as your daughter…Mom.”

Celestia couldn’t hold it in any longer, she got out of her chair and went around the table to embrace Sunset, both women hugged each other tight. Luna and Sun watched, feeling a little choked up themselves, as they witnessed the start of a new family. After their hug, Celestia went back to her seat, and both her and Sunset couldn’t help their wide smiles from beaming.

“Well, it looks like I finally have a niece I can spoil and hangout with, and pass on all my gamer tips,” said Luna as she leaned on the table.

Sun raised an eyebrow. “You play, Ms. Luna?”

“Just, Luna, hun. You’re technically my niece too, you can call me Luna, or Aunt Luna.”

Celestia snickered as she let slip, “Or Auntie Lulu~”

Luna blushed hard and glared daggers at her big sister. “No! No! Not ‘Lulu’! I don’t need that going around at school!”

Celestia crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. “Oh yes, heaven forbid that our students find out that their strict, icy vice principal, is actually an avid gamer, swears like a sailor online, goes around the house in her underwear on the weekends, and is actually very laid back.”

“Shut up! I am NOT like that! Don’t give them the wrong impression!” Luna growled as she shook her big sister.

The twin Sunsets couldn’t help but laugh, for Sunset, she laughed harder, in all her four years at Canterlot High, she had only ever known the one dynamic of the two sisters who ran the school. Celestia was the kind but fair kind of teacher, and more often than not, she would either lecture you, give you a stern warning, or issue you a tough but fair punishment. Plus, it didn’t help that disappointing Celestia made it feel like you just disappointed your own mother. While Luna was often times the rule enforcer, god have mercy on your soul if you were sent to see Vice Principal Luna.

So, to hear that Luna was the exact opposite at home, well, it was just too funny a thing to not imagine. After getting a handle on her laughing fit, Sunset managed to ask, “So, you game, Luna?”

Luna, thankful for the distraction, turned to Sunset. “Yes, I go by the handle: N1ghtmar3_M00N. How about you?”

Sunset crossed her arms and leaned back as she answered, “PyR0_P0WN8.”

At that moment, Luna’s eyes widened with realization, memories of games past flashed through her mind. Of the many gamers she had trounced over her years, there was one that seemed to be her equal or greater.

[Defeated by: PyR0_P0WN8]

[Sniped by: PyR0_P0WN8]

[Left in the dust by: PyR0_P0WN8]

[PyR0_P0WN8 WINS]

[PyR0_P0WN8]

[PyR0_P0WN8]

“Uh, Luna, you alright?” Sunset asked.

The midnight blue woman’s left eye twitched, something that did not go unnoticed by Celestia. “Sister, you’re starting to weird us out.”

The corner of Luna’s mouth turned up into a smile as her brow furrowed. “Oh-ho-ho, so you’re the one who’s been giving me grief in the gaming spheres. I’ve waited for this day for a long, long time.”

It seemed to finally click in Sunset’s head when Luna said this, that gamertag, she thought it was familiar, but she didn’t think Luna was the owner. “Oh jeez…you’re that N1ghtmar3_M00N, aren’t you?”

“Indeed I am. Change of plans, Sunset, you and I are going back to the villa, and we’re going to settle the score once and for all!” Luna leaned forward on the table, staring down her new niece.

Sunset smirked and leaned forward to match her new aunt’s stare. “You think you can beat me in a head-to-head, Auntie Lulu?”

Celestia and Sun snorted as they attempted to stifle their laughter. Luna’s face turned blood red from embarrassment at being called “Auntie Lulu”, but her own smirk didn’t diminish in the slightest. While this was going on, Celestia took this moment to gesture to Sun to come with her, the earthly twin of Sunset got up and walked next to Celestia as she stood some ways from the table, watching Luna and Sunset trash talk each other.

“What’s up Ms. C?” Sun asked.

“Sun, I just want you to know that my adopting of Sunset doesn’t mean I’m trying to take her away from you,” Celestia explained.

“Oh?” Sun was a little surprised by this.

“I know you’ve lost your family and have found that in Sunset. Believe me, I know just how important a sister can be.” Her gaze returned to her own sister. “Despite our quarrels, jabs, and nitpicking, I’d never trade a life without Luna for anything in this or any other world. Do you feel that way about Sunset?”

Sun looked back at her twin, she understood exactly what Celestia meant. Despite their short time together, Sun loved Sunset, she was like the missing piece of her life that she didn’t know she was missing. Twilight was a different story, she was in love with her, and she filled a piece of her heart, but in a romantic sense. Sunset was filling the hole that the loss of her mother and father left, all these years she had been alone, with no one to really confide in, to seek comfort from, and now she had someone like that, even though Sunset was from another world, they synced so well together that they might as well be twin sisters.

“I also want you to know that, although I’m not adopting you, I consider you to be just as important to me as Sunset is.”

Sun turned to the tall woman next to her with a look of shock on her face. “Y-You do?”

Celestia looked down at the young woman and smiled sincerely at her. “Of course, you’re important to Sunset, and that means you’re important to us too. I don’t plan on being your parent, after all, you’re a mature young woman with ample wealth, resources, and knowledge to live on your own.” Celestia scratched her chin, her face tinting pink as she tried to find the right words. “Well…I know you probably don’t need the advice of Luna or myself, you’ve done very well on your own thus far. But if you ever need to talk to us, for whatever reason, don’t hesitate to call on us,” she then placed her left hand gently upon Sun’s right shoulder, “we’re family now.”

Sun felt her throat choke up as tears began to well up in her eyes, she quickly turned away from Celestia, trying to wipe them away. Her heart fluttered at the idea of being a family, but… “I, uh, I-I need to use the restroom, BRB!”

The rich girl ducked out of their private eating room and rushed into the restroom, after making sure that she was alone, Sun began to pace the room, the tears wouldn’t stop and the feeling in her chest wasn’t going away. No, no you can’t let this happen right now! She told herself. Ms. Celestia and Luna are…are…great…but they’re not Mom and Dad!

Sun paused in front of the mirror, turned on the cold water, and splashed her face with it, thankfully she wasn’t wearing any makeup, the benefits of being a natural beauty. After splashing herself two more times Sun stared at her reflection and gripped the sides of the sink tight. Get it together Shimmer, you have a plan, everything’s falling into place, and if what that bastard said was true, the other Artifacts will gather in Canterlot.

She looked at her hands, feeling them tremble a bit. I haven’t come this far to wuss out now…It’ll all turn out okay…in the end. And then we’ll all be a better family than we are now. Sun took a deep breath and wiped her face, after making sure that she wasn’t crying anymore, she left the room. When she opened the door, she was surprised to see Celestia waiting outside.

“Sun, are you alright?” Celestia asked.

Sun waved off her concern as she said, “Oh, yeah…I just got a little emotional back there and I needed a moment, sorry.”

Celestia shook her head. “No, it’s alright. And you don’t have to excuse yourself like that, you don’t need to hide how you’re feeling from us, okay?”

“Okay, it’s just that you kinda reminded me of my mother when you said all that…it brought back some memories,” Sun half lied.

In a rather surprising move, Sun opened her arms and hugged Celestia, catching the school principal off guard. “Don’t worry about it, and I would be honored to call you family.”

Celestia returned the hug, happy to bring Sun some form of motherly comfort into her life. Sun allowed herself to enjoy this moment, all the while she repeated the same phrase in her mind again and again: This is only temporary…I’m allowing myself to feel this…

While the rest of the girls were doing their own thing, Twilight managed to get Pinkie Pie alone. She was nervous and fidgety, making the pink party planner cock her head to the side in confusion as they sat on her bed.

“What’s up, Sci-Twi?” Pinkie asked.

“Well, I wanted to ask – wait, ‘Sci-Twi’?”

“Yep, a little nickname since you love science so much,” Pinkie bubbly responded.

Twilight shook off her initial confusion and went back to her question. “I…well…this might be a bit personal, but I wanted to know…did you and Sunset…did you, um…become intimate with each other?”

Pinkie Pie blushed hard, there were few things in this world that could silence the hyper teenage girl aside from slapping a hand over her mouth or stuffing it with something, but that topic did the job quick. Pinkie rubbed the back of her head as thought out her answer, and finally said, “Yes, twice, actually.”

“And…how was it?” Twilight asked.

“It…It was amazing! I mean, doing it feels good to begin with, but…it was deeper than that, I…” Pinkie started to get a little more flustered. “I felt like Sunset had eyes only for me. I kind of have a problem of not thinking I’m attractive enough for her…so to have her take me, and to feel connected to her like that, it was deep, here.” Pinkie placed her hand over her chest, indicating where she felt the connection.

Twilight was a bit shocked to hear that Pinkie had body issues as well, Pinkie always seemed upbeat and optimistic about everything, but it seemed even someone as cheerful as her could feel like that. Honestly, Twilight couldn’t see anything wrong with Pinkie, she was quite attractive, speaking objectively of course.

“Why did you want to know?” Just then a saucy smirk appeared on Pinkie Pie’s face, taking an almost feline quality to it. “Wanted to know how wild Sunny is in bed before you two get to it~?”

Now it was Twilight’s turn to blush hard as she shook her head back and forth. “NO! N-N-Nothing like that, I promise! I just…wanted to have an idea what would feel like…whenever…if I ever get that far with her.”

Pinkie smiled and said, “Of course you will, silly! Sun loves you, and I promise your time together will be magical!”

Twilight hesitated to confess this to Pinkie Pie, but since they were both dating a Sunset, and considering that both were in the business of monster slaying, she decided that she could trust her. “Pinkie…there’s something that I need to tell you. Something that will explain why I’m asking you these questions.”

Pinkie sat quietly as Twilight explained the kind of torment she had suffered under Indigo Zap, every touch, every little thing that she had her do, she recounted it all to Pinkie. The pink party girl merely listened, her expressions shifting accordingly to every confession of Indigo’s transgressions. When it was over, Twilight looked down at the sheets, gripping her skirt tightly.

“So…you see…that’s why I wanted to know. The only thing I’ve felt during those times with Indigo was fear…part of me is afraid to be intimate with Sunset, and I know it’s irrational to feel that way, Sun’s proven that she’d rather die than hurt me, but that part is still whispering to me.” Twilight felt tears falling from her eyes and didn’t bother to wipe them. “I want to be with Sun, I want to have sex with her and not feel like I’m going to be used! I want to feel that same connection that you felt with your Sunset! But…”

Pinkie Pie inched closer and brought Twilight into a tight hug, the young genius returned the hug and buried her face into Pinkie’s shoulder. “Twilight, I promise you, when you and Sunny are alone together, when you feel the love in your heart swell, all that bad stuff will go away. And whenever you feel it coming back, just remember that it’s not her, it’s Sun. Focus on her face, and that feeling, and you’ll be alright. I Pinkie Promise.”

Twilight smiled a little and whispered, “Thank you, Pinkie.”

After a minute of hugging, both girls separated. Twilight took off her glasses and wiped her tears away, Pinkie did the same, feeling sad for her friend for having to have gone through something like that.

“I wish you could come to CHS,” said Pinkie. “You’d be so much happier there.”

“I wish I could too,” Twilight placed her glasses back on her face and smiled back at her friend. “But we’re too close to the end of the school year, and with graduation around the corner, it just wouldn’t be possible. Plus…Principal Cinch would never allow letting her star student go. But we’ll get to see each other during the Friendship Games, so there’s that.”

Pinkie Pie sighed in disappointment. “I guess, but I’d feel a lot better if you were there.” The curly pink haired girl got off the bed and stretched a bit. “Okay, now let’s turn this frown upside down with something sweet!”

Just then Pinkie and Twilight’s phones went off, both girls pulled them out and saw that Sun had sent a group text that read: [Showdown in the game room, ten minutes!]

Twilight and Pinkie glanced at each other, confused as to what was going on. They got up and headed downstairs and into the hallway, heading towards the right wing of the villa. They eventually arrived and found that Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Principal Celestia, and Sun were already in the game room. It was an expansive room filled with various arcade and console games; OLED flat screens took up one side for the consoles while the arcade machines were scattered about. The group stood at the center of the room, gathered around one large game machine. It looked like a Dance Dance Revolution game, but different, bigger.

“Hi!” Pinkie happily greeted. “What’s going on?”

“Oh, Sis, and Ms. L are going to have an epic gamer showdown, and I thought we should be witnesses,” Sun answered.

Rainbow crossed her arms and asked, “Well, where are they?”

“Changing, Sun said that they should wear something that’s easy to move around in. Although I’m not quite sure why yet,” said Celestia as she looked to her adopted daughter’s twin.

“Oh, you’ll see.”

Twilight looked around the room and noticed that they were short a couple. “Um, where are Rarity and Applejack?”

Fluttershy turned red at the mention of their names and said, “I-I-I think they should be here soon!”

Rainbow looked to her longtime friend and raised a curious eyebrow. “Why are you all red?”

“Uh…”

“We’re here!”

The group turned towards the door and watched as Rarity and Applejack entered the room. Although, something was off. While it wasn’t necessarily odd to see Applejack with ruffled up and disheveled clothes, given how active she was with working on her farm that was usually the state of her wardrobe, however, it was very odd to see that Rarity was in the same state. The fashionista diva of their group took great pride in her immaculate clothes, never a wrinkle or ruffle, never a stain or speck, so it was more than a little strange to see Rarity in such a state, not to mention her hair was a little out of place here and there, something that Rarity would throw a hissy fit over.

“W-What?” Applejack asked.

Sun smirked as she gave them a knowing look. “You guys alright? You look like you had some trouble on the way here.”

Applejack and Rarity took a moment to look at each other, their faces turned red when they noticed that they were in the cliché state of dress that you would normally see a teenage couple in after having to rush away when they were in the middle of something…important.

“Well ya see–”

“There’s a perfectly logical explanation–!”

“Yeah, perfectly logical!” Applejack affirmed.

“Oh, this I gotta hear.”

Rarity and Applejack turned around and watched Sunset and Luna entered the room. Sunset was wearing a magenta sports bra with black lining, and a pair of black shorts that hugged her thighs, hips, and rear. Luna was dressed in a similar attire, except her sports bra was a deep shade of violet, and her shorts were a dark navy blue. Both women had their hair tied up into ponytails, and both were wearing tennis shoes, ready for whatever it was that Sun had planned for them.

“By all means, Ms. Belle, Ms. Apple, enlighten us on what the ‘logical explanation’ to your current state of dress is,” Luna encouraged, sporting the same knowing smirk as Sun.

The new couple started to sweat; this was not how they wanted to be found out. Thankfully, mercy came in the form of a fair skinned woman. Celestia clapped her hands repeatedly, gaining the attention of the group and drawing the attention away from Rarity and Applejack.

“Okay, that’s enough. Are we going to get this competition started sometime today?” Celestia asked.

With mentioning of the match, Luna and Sunset turned their gazes on each other, glaring down the other with intense competitiveness as they approached the machine Sunset and Luna took notice of the game’s name.

“Knock Out Big Fighters? Never heard of it,” said Luna.

“Same,” Sunset added.

Sun walked around to the front of the machine and explained, “That’s because this baby is imported from Japan. I paid someone to do an English patch to the game text so I could play it. Basically, it’s a fusion of an arcade fighter and dancing game, and a combo of giant robots and kaiju.”

The screen was about seventy inches and stood about six feet tall. The platform was about twelve feet wide and seven feet in length, the platform was a translucent blue color, with a white circle band at the middle, two squares on the right and left that were deep blue, and two more on the top and bottom that were red.

“It’s very advanced, it can read your actions in real time and translate them into moves for your selected character. For the more complex super moves, you need to do a dance in order to activate them, the more stylish your moves, the stronger the move you can use. It’s a real workout, but super fun. I figured you two haven’t played this game, which makes it the perfect game for you two to play. Neither one of you will have the advantage since you don’t have prior knowledge. So, what do you guys say?”

Sunset looked at Luna, and Luna looked at Sunset, both nodded to each other and nodded to Sun, confirming that they would accept this challenge.

“Let’s do it,” they said in unison.

Sun activated the game, making the platform expand itself more to allow for two player access. Both women stepped onto the platform and into their respective zones, upon doing so, four holes opened at the four corners of the platform. Poles rose from them, at the top a node glowed and emitted light from all four of the towers. When this happened, the screen displayed that it was scanning the players and, on the screen, it said in bold letters “Begin stretching as game scans”.

As they did this, Sunset took this time to give Luna a heads up. “You should probably bow out now, Auntie. I have the clear advantage here.”

“Oh? How so my dear Niece?” Luna inquired.

“I’ve done my fair share of dancing, at house parties, at the school dances, and a little more thanks to the girls. And, you know, I’ve fought demons, so this should be fairly easy,” said Sunset.

Luna stretched her arms over her head, making her impressive bust standout and drawing the attention of her students, a certain rainbow haired one to be exact. But thanks to a swift slap on the arm by Fluttershy, she was able to rein her in. “Don’t be so sure, Sunset. On that note though, if at all possible, tone down your superpowers.”

“Like I need super enhanced abilities to beat you.” Looking at her bracelet, Sunset spoke to the Witchblade mentally. Hey, partner, can you tamp down the power? I don’t want to win ‘cause you gave me a boost.

}}} It is done, and, Sunset, take her down. {{{

Wow, I didn’t think you were invested in this.

}}} When it comes to my host, I take any challenge seriously. {{{

Heh, either you’ve always been that way, or I’m rubbing off on ya.

The game finished scanning them and brought up the character selection screen and stated: [PLAYER 1 SELECT YOUR TITAN!] Sunset raised her right hand and moved it over several robot and monster characters, finally settling on a giant robot, it had deep crimson color, with a bright blue visor, and triangle shaped reactor at the center of its chest. [CHARACTER SELECTED: ROMA DEFENDER! PLAYER 2 SELECT YOUR TITAN!] Luna smirked and began moving through her selection, her eye was drawn to a kaiju, a giant silver lizard with green spines and blue eyes. [CHARACTER SELECTED: ZODGILLA!]

The characters loaded up into the game and assumed their fighting stances, at the same time, Luna and Sunset assumed their own ready stances. And when the game began to play…it went off.

[START]

Sunset began showing off her dance moves right away, popping and locking and strutted her stuff. Everyone quickly found that the game was interpreting her intentions through her moves. Roma Defender got into attack position and dashed straight for Zodgilla, it’s right fist cocked back, and right before the impact, the elbow of the robot ignited and added a boost of speed to the attack, knocking Zodgilla upside the head and sending the titanic lizard into some buildings to add some environmental damage to his health bar. Sunset stopped and swiped her thumb across her nose as she shot Luna a smug grin.

Luna grinned back, she allowed Sunset the first move, mostly to see how the machine worked, but now that she had an idea, Luna was ready to attack. In a shocking display, Luna began swaying to the music, slow at first, but then her rhythm began to increase faster and faster. At the same time, Zodgilla rose from the rumble, its eyes glowing with fury. Luna spun around and made a finger gun gesture and pretended to fire it, Zodgilla responded to this action by opening its large maw. The spines on the kaiju’s back glowed bright violet and then unleashed a powerful energy beam from its mouth towards Roma Defender. Sunset responded by raising her both arms up into a defensive position, the robot responded by creating a forcefield.

The shield blocked the beam attack but was causing some damage. Luna smiled and shuffled forward, making Zodgilla dash towards Roma Defender. The Vice Principal spun around and jumped up, coming down into a classic superhero landing, Zodgilla mimicked the movements as it used its tail to launch itself into the air, and then came down with a powerful overhead tail whip. This attack broke the shield of Roma Defender and left the robot defenseless and stunned. Luna capitalized on this opening and busted out a few more dance moves while also throwing in some punches and kicks, Zodgilla began wailing on Roma Defender, slashing at the chest plate with its claws, slamming it with its tail, and biting its arm with its jaws.

There was a pause in the fight as Luna allowed Sunset’s avatar to rise back to its feet. Sunset shot a competitive glare at her newly acquired aunt, apparently Luna was a dancer as well.

“Oh, so that’s how it’s going to be?!” Sunset asked.

“Damn right!” Luna responded.

The group could practically see their dueling auras rise into the air, Sunset’s taking on the form of a dragon while Luna’s was that of a tiger, causing them all to gulp. The music seemed to get faster and it only fueled the heat of their gaming spirits, Sunset and Luna started into another series of moves, turning this into the most literal definition of a dance battle as one could get. A mixture of punches and kicks, coupled with fluid dance moves, pop and locking, and some moves that were on par with J-Pop and K-Pop groups. The avatars on the screen acted out their intentions as they the battle waged between them, lasers and plasma beams were exchanged, steely blades met razor sharp claws, and the roar of a power core matched the roar of a giant monster.

“Jesus H. Christ…this is kinda hot, and badass!” Rainbow exclaimed. “How the hell does VP Luna know how to dance like that?!”

Celestia sighed as she shook her head. “Well, my little sister did like to hit the party scene, raves, and dance clubs, things like that. She never really lost her moves, especially during the Star Swirl Music Festival.”

Sunset and Luna continued their dance fight, their bodies moving to the beat of the music as they threw their arms out this way and that, their ponytails whipping through the air as the lights illuminated their sweat licked bodies. Sunset turned up the heat and tapped into the deepest corners of her repertoire, and somehow doing so unlocked the robot’s final form. Roma Defender underwent a transformation, bringing out its full arsenal, next to its name the words “Assault Mode” were flashing. Luna saw this and responded in kind, busting out her own high-level dance moves and succeeding in unlocking a transformation for her kaiju. Zodgilla’s body glowed, veins appeared across its body and shined bright violet as its spines permanently kept glowing. Next to the kaiju’s name were the words “Blazing State”.

Luna and Sunset were panting, both gave each other a quick glance before returning it to the screen in front of them. Their avatars were already at low on health, the game recognized this and entered “Final Battle”, the screen stated that the only way to defeat the opponent would be through the use of a ultimate move, normal and super attacks would not lower health but would build up energy gauge, essentially this came down to whoever could get their ultimate attack first and left them free to wail on each other until that moment.

The two women slammed their feet forward and began dancing with greater fervor than before. The avatars charged for each other and began brawling like there was no tomorrow, the area looked like a nuclear bomb had gone off, the sky was red, and the buildings were mostly turned into rubble save for a few that were sparsely spaced around the arena. Each strike, each slash of the blade caused a shockwave roar out through the arena, all while Sunset and Luna continued their dancing, every once and a while shooting a smug glare at the other. The others were biting their nails, metaphorically speaking, watching as Sunset and Luna’s avatars’ ultimate gauges rose higher and higher, nearly full. The two dance fighters took a big step forward and threw a punch, causing Roma Defender and Zodgilla to throw a punch at their opponents. Their attacks landed, and upon doing so, sent them both skidding backwards, however, this also allowed them both to fill their ultimate gauges to the max.

[FINAL ATTACK!!!]

Sunset danced harder and faster, ending her routine by crossing her arms in front of her chest into an “X” pattern and then breaking it while thrusting her chest forward. Roma Defender mimicked this action as the triangle shaped reactor on its chest shined brighter and brighter until it unleashed a massive azure beam that was labeled “FULL POWER: REACTOR OVERLOAD!”. Luna responded with her own moves, finishing by dragging her right hand up across her body and pointing it at the screen in the same finger gun gesture then firing it. Zodgilla focused all its power into its mouth, spun around and then roared, firing an equally massive beam of nuclear energy beam which was named, “KING’S ROAR!”.

The two beams slammed into each other, causing a power struggle. Sunset and Luna continued their dance, seeing that the beams were influenced by their actions, so now it became a matter of endurance and dance skill.

“Getting tired, Auntie?!”

“You look a little winded yourself, dear Niece!”

“This is getting rather intense,” said Rarity as she clung to Applejack’s arm.

“YOU CAN DO IT, SUNNY!” Pinkie yelled.

“C’MON LUNA! SHOW HER WHAT YOU GOT!!!” Celestia screamed, causing the younger women to look at her with surprise. “What? I love Sunset, but that’s still my little sister up there.”

“Point,” Sun replied. “KICK HER ASS, SIS!!!”

Luna and Sunset released a loud battle cry as they made their final move, the point of contact between the two beams reached critical mass and created a huge explosion that whited out the entire screen. The two dancers stopped and waited to see who was left standing, but both were shocked when they saw the head of a ruined robot and the skull of a kaiju lying on the ground. On the screen it flashed the words:

[M. A. D: MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION!]

[DRAW!]

Luna and Sunset collapsed in exhaustion, panting, and huffing from their intense dance battle.

“You’ve…got…to be…kidding me!” Sunset exclaimed between pants.

“Indeed…that…that was bullshit…!” Luna agreed.

Celestia decided to step in here and tapped her sister and daughter on the shoulder. “Okay, how about we just say that the two of you are the best, why not just become a gaming duo? I think you’d both be able to beat any opponent that came your way.”

She did have a point, if nothing else, Luna and Sunset had gained mutual respect for the other’s gaming skills. And the prospect of joining forces and becoming the ultimate gamer team did sound very appealing.

“Plus, the two of you are clearly too exhausted to do a rematch, so I suggest resting up.”

“W-We can fight again!” Sunset stated.

“Yeah, g-gamers never quit!” Luna responded.

Celestia squeezed both of their shoulders as she smiled, but her brow was furrowed. “No, you both deserve a good rest. Just because you’re an adult, Luna, don’t think I’m not still your big damn sister!” Her gaze fell on Sunset, making her flinch. “And Sunset, same to you. Just because you’ve saved the world two times, don’t think that I’m not going to come down hard on you as your mother! Understood?”

“Y-Yes ma’am!” they said in unison.

“Good, now let’s head upstairs.” Celestia grabbed them by their sports bras and began dragging them off the platform and towards the entrance.

None of the girls dared to stop Celestia, one thing would never change no matter who had superpowers. Celestia was the law, and you’d damn well better respect that.

“Oooookay…I’m stepping up! Sun, you in?!” Rainbow asked.

Sun removed her clothing, much to the others’ surprise, and revealed she had on similar attire to Sunset underneath. “Oh, this’ll be fun!”

“Sun…” Twilight called out.

Suns stopped and turned to her girlfriend. “Yeah, Sparky?”

Twilight hugged Sun and then gave a little kiss on the cheek. “Kick her butt.”

“Of course, I am, I can’t embarrass myself in front of my girlfriend, right?”

The game started up again and the others held their breath.

“Ready, Pride Parade?!”

“Only if you’re ready to lose, Bacon Hair!”

Author's Note

I love Glitch Techs and I just had to incorporate that dance fight scene from the second season. And provide you all with a little eye candy. You're welcome