Author's Note

A Second Time, She Came Knocking...

Intermission V - Knock Knock... Again (TBR)

FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE RAINBOW ROCKS EVENT

Sierra.

Such a beautiful and unique name. With her short black hair and smooth chocolate skin. Her lovely green eyes and gorgeous figure. The way she spoke, so caringly. The way she moved, so gracefully.

Why did she have to go?

Why did the Sirens do what they did? Why couldn't they just leave? Why did they have to attack her on that day? The day the world stood still. Why couldn't the world be a better place overall?

These questions ran rampant through Noah's head as he stared at a photo of his deceased beloved in his bed. Years had passed, the Sirens had been dealt with, but he still didn't feel whole.

He meant what he said when he spared Sonata, but a part of him felt like shooting himself in the foot for letting her get away. He wanted justice, but he couldn't believe that's how it'd be fulfilled.

He wondered if his plan would help. If that hole would be filled, but he kept thinking about Sunset. She was like Sierra reincarnated, but he knew that didn't exist. Nonetheless, Sunset was remarkable.

She was almost better than Sierra, but Noah couldn't understand his feelings. Should he love her? Or should he just go with his plan? Did she love him? And if so, when was she going to make a move?

He gazed at the window, at the stars. They twinkled and shined like sumptuous diamonds. He always thought of Sierra that way. Like a diamond. But far in the distance, he saw the setting sun.

He thought of Sunset again. She's known Noah for much longer, despite their history, and has managed to touch his heart. Why? Why was Sunset so... enchanting?

He reminisced of when she hugged him during Christmas Eve. It felt warm and genuine, just like Sierra's. Maybe, there was more to her than he thought. Maybe... maybe she was there for a reason.

An angel sent to ease his pain. As he was hers, maybe. He wondered, how unimaginable Sunset's lips would feel against his own. He wondered how incomprehensible her bare skin would feel against his own.

He wanted her, he wanted something to fill the void, but what was he supposed to do if she denied? Would he just go with the plan? What would she think of him? A coward? A swine? A joke? A memory?

The opportunity opened up for him, why shouldn't he? If he does, it won't affect her. But what if it did? What if she did love him? What would she do? He had to know.

It was a matter of love and life. He needed to know whether or not she loved him as much as he did once and for all, and he knew how. Something was coming up in the next month, he forgot what it was, but it'd be the perfect way to get his answer.

He'll run his plan until the end to find out, then he'll truly decide. Yes! It was a perfect idea, and it all depended on Sunset. He hoped she loved him. He didn't want to go through with the plan, but he knew his friends would. But he just couldn't fathom doing that to Sunset. She was flawless.

*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK*

"Well... that's unexpected..."

"Sunset, are you fuckin' serious? No mention, no head's up, no nothing. You just show up at with a suitcase, a sleeping bag, and more shit to my house at fuckin' 10:00 at night?"

"Look, I couldn't sleep! A-And I wanted to surprise you!" Noah stuttered, "Motherfucker, I have shit to do! I was gonna do my thing and head to bed! How the hell are we supposed to have a sleepover?"

"How everybody has a sleepover, sleep-over." Noah rolled his eyes, "Sunset, we're good friends, but this is dumb. You didn't tell me jack shit." Sunset rushed up to Noah, "Look, I'm sleeping over, and there isn't a thing that you can do to stop me!"

"Excuse me, kid?" Sunset got up in his face, "Noah, let me sleep over." Noah crossed his arms, "You're lucky a nigga like me is so nice."

"Yes, I am." Sunset neared the living room, spread the area by pushing the couches and the footrest out, and laid her sleeping bag out in the middle. "Do you have a sleeping bag?"

"Of course, because that was at the top of my list when I was escaping a nation with the help of a glowing metal amulet around my neck." Sunset smiled, "We can share if you want?"

"I have blankets. I'll be back." Noah unfolded his arms and began upstairs. He opened the hallway closet and retrieved two blankets and a pillow. He returned downstairs to find Sunset unpacking her suitcase.

"This is ridiculous, you know that?" Sunset shrugged, "Don't act like this isn't something nice. Sleepovers can be more fun when there are just two good friends instead of several simple friends."

"Yeah, but... ugh, whatever kid.” Noah approached the area the couches surrounded and laid out his blankets and pillow. He grabbed it and tried to fluff it up.

"Uh, I still have to shower Noah." He slapped his face, "Goddamnit, that's right. Look, head upstairs and to the right near the bathroom, there's a large closet. There's plenty of towels up there, take your pick."

Finishing laying out her clothes, Sunset stood up and began upstairs. She opened the closet and found a large white towel. She grabbed it, threw it over her shoulder, and entered the bathroom.

Noah sat downstairs, This isn't what I had in mind, dude. I meant at school, not here. This is weird, dumb, and too much of a fuckin’... never mind.

Noah laid in the darkness next to Sunset. She claimed that she showed up to get a good night's sleep, but it'd been nearly an hour and she was wide awake.

"So uh... how have you been?” Noah asked, and Sunset sighed, "I've been... better. Recently I... I've been thinking about my life. How it's going, where it's going... when it'll stop. The usual."

"Oh, sounds a lot like my own problems, just without the soul-crushing despair of loss." Sunset faced him, "What was it like? Living in a world of people like yourself. When the world wasn't under siege of chaos."

Noah closed his eyes, "It was... beautiful, in a sense. I used to think it was hell, everyone did. That what happened was just the way the world worked, and it was. But it wasn't all bad."

"Looking back, I took everything for granted. I wish I didn't, I wish I could've stopped mourning and bitching and crying myself to sleep. I wish I could've just... lived."

"I remember before it happened. Life got hard, but it was Goddamn delightful. I remember hating going to camps and after-schools, but it was just me."

"I remember being in elementary school and how we slowly grew up and became the figures we idolized for years. I remember how in middle school we started becoming grown men and women. How fuckin' weird puberty was."

"I remember my country being crazy and disgusting, but extraordinary. Disastrous things occurred day-to-day, but my heart is more at peace knowing it wasn't their fault."

"As for my family, well, we were just another family of loving and humorous people. I remember when I was young, I'd sneak into my brother's bed and sleep there. It'd be annoying to him, but I was a scared four-year-old. Not my fault."

"But you can't imagine how dumb I felt when during my last year of elementary school, my younger sister started doing the same thing to me. Albeit, she was only two years younger than me, and I'm four years younger than my brother, but still."

"I found it annoying of course, but when I look back, she didn't mean me any harm. She was just scared, like me. I miss those days when I'd wake up and she'd be next to me. I'd act like an ass, but she kept doing it so, it didn't matter.”

"Nowadays, the only thing I have to sleep with is my pillow and... nothing I guess. I long for when I get that experience again. I'd love it. It makes sleeping so cozy and pleasant when you wake up."

Sunset reddened, "Well... if you want, you and I can do it." Noah's face fell flat, "Sunset, you can't just barge into my house, take a shower, I tell you a sad story, and you wanna make it up by doing the thing I recollected of."

"Why not?" Noah struggled to find an answer, "B-Because... I..." Sunset smiled, "Noah, I'm Equestrian. That means that I am born and raised to be a good person and help out no matter what. You lost everything. If doing this will make you feel happy, why can't I?"

Noah sighed, "Fine, but how do you wanna do this?" Sunset crawled out of her sleeping bag and rolled it up, leaving it at the feet of the TV stand. She then flung the covers that were on top of Noah over her, and she snuggled in. Facing Noah as he watched.

Noah stared at Sunset, she stared back. "So, you getting anything?" Noah's head twitched, 'Y-Yeah, I'm getting something." Sunset grinned, "Good! So, I wanted to talk about something else."

"Shoot." Sunset laid her head down on the pillow, "I've been thinking about love," Noah's heart began beating faster than a chaingun. "And I've been wondering about Flash."

The chaingun was hit by a train, that was then blown up, and then eaten by a giant wolverine, that was then pulverized, that was then incinerated, that was then extinguished by mustard, and was then incinerated again.

"I don't know why, he just... he feels like that type of boy that everybody loves and looks up to. I've wondered what his arms would feel like around me, what his lips would feel like against mine, what his... well... you know what I'm talking about.”

Fuck! Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck! Fuck my stupid black life to Hell and back!

"Oh yeah, he seems like the type of dude you'd go well with, I guess." Sunset smiled, "Right!? I feel like if I could get him to love me, everything I'd ever wanted at this place would come true! Best friends, a school that likes me, and someone to hold and caress me."

"I'll be honest, I wasn't sure you'd approve, so I'm glad you do. That helps a lot." Noah nodded, "Yeah, no, sure, I got you kid." Noah felt his heart shatter.

Sunset grabbed the covers and pulled them closer, "I'm glad we could talk like this. It always helps to speak with a best friend of yours when you aren't sure what to do."

Best. Friends... hah... hah hah hah...

"Yeah, no, I totally agree. Talking about my problems that should normally lead to crippling depression but instead lead to blinding anger issues is something beneficial."

"Great, see you tomorrow?" Noah nodded again and reached for his side of the covers, "Good night kid, sweet dreams." Sunset turned to face the coach and he did the same.

Sunset exhaled, a large odd weight had been lifted off her shoulders, and with her best friend of all people. She truly felt satisfied with the day and was anxiously awaiting the next.

Noah, on the other hand, sniffled as a single simple tear streamed down his left cheek. He still had the plan, but would it even matter? He felt the shift of Sunset's hair brush over him and he closed his eyes.

Fuck my life. Sweet dreams Sunset, sweet fuckin' dreams...

"I don't get what's the big deal," Adagio stated as she folded her arms. "Flash! She said fuckin' Flash! She knows I have a bad history with the guy, and she also knows Twilight is fuckin' gay for him, so what the actual hell!"

"Females here apparently are always searching for a prince charming to call theirs. If there was one in your school, you should've anticipated that at least one of your friends was going to like him. It's out of your control if that friend is also the one you love.”

"How the fuck am I supposed to beat that? The dude's an ass, but he's fuckin' impeccable! Girls drool when thinking of his dumbass limp dick, and half of the girls at the school don't even know I have one!”

"He's like every stereotypical white boy in a teenage romance movie to ever fuckin' exist! Every girl goes wild for him! If Sunset has her thoughts on him, I-I'll never get her!"

"Flash's ass will swoop down, grab Sunset by her stupid, sexy ass, and fuckin' dip out of their faster than I can say, 'You ass!'" Adagio sighed, "This can be solved easily, you know that right?" Noah cocked his head, "The fuck are you talking about?"

"Tell her about it." Noah felt that dumb feeling return, "No!" Adagio suspired, "Then force her too. You have that stupid plan coming up, right? Instead of asking her in the end, show her how much you truly love and care for her. Once the end nears, see whether or not she cracks."

"But, what about Flash?" Adagio unfolded her arms, "Indeed, Flash will be a tough opponent, but you have to be willing to fight for Sunset. You have to show her how much greater you are. Then, she won't care for Flash."

"But... but what if I try so hard and get so far, but in the end, it doesn't even matter?" Adagio shrugged, "Then it is what it is. You tried and did what you could. You failed, oh well. Move on, it's not like you can't."

"But I don't want to move on! Ever since the Battle of the Bands, I've had feelings for her that I thought could never make itself known in my head. I want her, and that's final goddamnit."

"Than go get her."

Noah felt something jolt through his brain. Like a straight line of blood-red indomitable determination. He looked to Adagio for a moment, something was off. She wasn't acting like her normal self.

"What's your deal? You're acting normal. You're acting like a good person, which I know you aren't." Adagio gripped her left shoulder, "Being in this hell has... done things."

"I've been seeing all that I've done for what it truly was, fatuous bloodshed. I was a monster. I made my sisters a monster, and I felt no remorse for anyone or anything."

"You may not believe me, but everything I've done is so comically stupid, it's a fucking comedy. I wish I didn't do it. I wish I had the heart to see what I was doing to billions of people, and my sisters."

"If I could... maybe I wouldn't be here right now. Maybe I wouldn't be dead." Noah felt that sympathy return, "Well, as a victim of your bullshit, I can safely say you're on a better path." Adagio smiled.

"Now, I'm gonna go to sleep for real and start the next day. Don't fuck around and do something stupid while I'm gone, got it?" Adagio folded her arms, "Not much to do here regardless..."

Noah gently sat down and closed his eyes. As quick as he was there, he was gone. His presence faded into the neverending breeze, and the Super Element, was gone.

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