While the two sisters finally made it back to the house safe and sound and having some kind police watch the house, Celestia still felt unnerved about the whole situation that her own boys and their girlfriends were put through. As soon as they were inside, Celestia told everyone to sit on the couch. Sunset and Eternal looked pretty nervous about what was going to happen, while Twilight was still trying to salvage what was left of her laptop. Heat had an ice pack over his left eye as he was still recovering from the fight.

"Now, I know you had to do what you two thought was right, but still… I have to ask… how were you two able to even fight off that many thugs?" Celestia asked, trying to not freak out again.

"Yes, it's clear you're hiding something and we only want to know so that we can understand, not punish you," Luna added. Eternal nodded and Sunset looked down, feeling a bit guilty.

"Okay, you win. But if we told you the truth, you wouldn't believe a word of it if we told you," Sunset pointed out. Celestia shook her head left and right. Luna also did the same before explaining themselves.

"After all the events that have taken place in this school year, between raging she-demons, magical sirens and evil forest entities, nothing is hard to believe anymore," Celestia assured.

“So try us,” Luna followed up.

"Okay then… here it is," Sunset then cleared her throat. "It all started during our trip to Filthy Rich's company. I… convinced Eternal to come with me to the spider research exhibit. There was this… accident that had everyone evacuate, but a couple of spiders that made their way out by hitching a ride on us, bit the both of us on the hand, and well...you know the rest…"

Celestia looked shocked… and somewhat infuriated. "You wandered off by yourselves without my authorization?" she asked, crossed.

"I'm sorry, Celestia. I just… wanted to look around a little! I will admit, I was wrong to wander off and drag Eternal into it, knowing full well he was against the idea. But just… hear me out before you flip out some more." Sunset said, putting her hands up defensively. Celestia's mad expression still remained, but it wasn't as intense. "After the spiders bit both of us, Eternal drove us back to my house, we rested and then… the next day, our bodies… they became like this and I couldn't fit in any of my old clothes."

"Same here, my new body tore up my clothes. We called in Rarity to help make us a new wardrobe, which she did, but… due to having seen us in our… birthday suits, she wound up fainting after the whole mess." Eternal added. Celestia and Luna were both shocked and had noticeable blush.

"I… I see. D-Don't tell me you--" Luna almost jumped to conclusions.

"No, I made it clear to Rarity that she didn't try anything with Eternal, I even stayed in the same room with him for reassurance. So anyways, after getting our new wardrobe, I decided to go and pick up some lunch for me and Eternal. And of course… I got sexually harassed, but kicked the creep's ass," Sunset went on.

"And while she was getting us lunch, I carried Rarity home to her shop. But… when I got there, I caught the scent of blood and stumbled upon a burglary in progress. The jerks planned to rob Rarity's shop and then kill her and her family so no witnesses could be found. And they were about to… have their way with Rarity's mother. But I acted on instinct and attacked each of them and subdued them before calling the police." Eternal said from his perspective.

"And after that, we told the police what happened, ate lunch and then headed back home, but wound up being followed by a couple of goons who were obviously working for someone. We took them down as well, but now that forced us into hiding. You… already know about the dinner we had with you, so later on, we took Heat and Twilight to the abandoned warehouse where they could work on their projects,"

“But you already know the rest with how well that turned out,” Eternal followed up while looking at Twilight's shot up laptop. "However… the thing we didn't tell you… was how we saved both Heat and Twilight and stopped the bad guys. Well… Sunset had a theory that we might have similar attributes to the spiders that bit us and… she was correct. Watch," Eternal instructed.

He then walked over to a bare wall of the house, proceeding to climb up it like a spider. Luna and Celestia watched with shock and awe that their son/nephew is demonstrating a hint of his spider powers before safely climbing down.

"Not only that, but I also spun a web… at one of the thugs, but I don't know how I did it,” Eternal followed up. "Maybe it was some kind of hand gesture, but I can't remember." he made different kinds of hand signs and without even thinking, he made one particular hand sign with his middle and ring finger pressing against his palm while his thumb, pinky and index finger were extended outwards… which triggered the webbing and… ultimately hit Celestia square in the face. Celestia let out a muffled groan as she staggered back when the webbing hit her in the mouth.

"Uh-oh… Twilight… Now would be a good time to…" Heat said, slightly terrified.

"I hear you," Twilight replied, sharing his fear before they ran up Heat's bedroom. Sunset backed up as Celestia glared at her son, pulling the web off her face. Luna snickered a little from seeing the web facial her sister got.

"Uh… oops?" Eternal shrugged, chuckling nervously. Celestia's face turned red with anger. "Okay, look that was
intentional, there's no need to make a fuss about it… I… uh… I'll be upstairs then. Sunset, run!" he urged. Sunset didn't have to be told twice and ran upstairs with her boyfriend close behind.

"Oh no you don't!" Celestia yelled before Luna intervened.

"Now, now, sister. He didn't mean it. After all, that was a good look for you," Luna giggled. Celestia wanted to blow her top off right now. "Wait, before you explode, perhaps some cake will help calm your nerves. You love cake after all."

The angry principal's temper then slowly faded and sighed in defeat. "I suppose one slice of cake wouldn't hurt."

"Sister, if you had the chance, you'd eat out an entire bakery," Luna joked.

"Would not!" Tia scoffed.

"Would too!" Lulu teased.

-Eternal’s Bedroom-

“Well,” Sunset said as she sat down on the bed. “The past two days have been pretty eventful to say the least.”

"Two? We barely got our powers yesterday," Eternal corrected.

“Come on, we can crawl like a spider, you’re able to shoot webs, we fought off at least several thugs,” Sunset said with a smile. “We’re practically untouchable.”

“You can’t be sure about that,” Eternal added. “We aren’t sure who hired those guys and I feel the closer we get to their boss the more he’ll want our heads later.”

“I hate it when you’re right,” Sunset said with a sigh. “Still I feel really bad for getting Twilight’s laptop shot. There’s gotta be some way I can repay her for what happened.”

“I’m sure we’ll figure something out,” Eternal assured.

“Yeah, well I need to lie down after today,” Sunset added with a sigh. “You got any spare sleeping bags or anything?”

“Actually, maybe you and I could share a bed?”

"Uh… r-r-really? Won't your mom get mad?"

"Sunset, worst case scenario, she'll probably just embarrass us to death with thoughts of us getting down and dirty overnight," Eternal said.

“Probably,” Sunset said with a sigh. "If you insist, I'll sleep with you tonight. Just gotta change out of my day clothes."

"Alright. I'll go ahead and give you some privacy," Eternal then left his room and closed the door to let Sunset do her business.

“Okay, you can come on,” she said after she was done. He walked back in and saw his lady in a purple tank top that was unable to cover her belly button and had on black panties. “What, is something wrong?”

"N-No, it's just that… you look so… beautiful… and cute," Eternal blushed, seeing her flawless figure like this.

“Look if you’re uncomfortable-” Sunset blushed, covering herself a little.

“No, it’s fine. I like you just fine the way you are. I was just… surprised by how gorgeous you looked just now," Eternal assured.

"T...Thanks, that's… real sweet of you." she replied, flicking some of her hair out of her face. "So, anyways… shall we… head to bed then?"

"Yeah… we've had… a long day today," Eternal nodded. Both him and Sunset get into his bed and begin snuggling under the covers. He leaned in and gave her a kiss on the cheek and whispered in her ear. "Goodnight, babe. Love you."

"I love you too, babe. Goodnight," she whispered back before snuggling in her boyfriend's arms safe and sound, making cute snoring sounds.

-Heat’s Bedroom-

“All my work….down the toilet…” Twilight said, still in shock at the damage her laptop was in.

"I'm sorry, Twilight. If we had all been extra careful, then maybe we could've saved our work. But now I guess we'll have to salvage the thing for parts," Heat said, hugging his girlfriend.

“How’re we gonna explain how my laptop was practically shot at when we were dealing with deranged bandits?”

"My mom and aunt can probably vouch for our teacher and tell them what happened, so... " Heat paused when he realized something, "Hey, wait a minute! Twilight, do you still have your laptop with you?"

“Yeah, but I was planning on trashing it soon, why?” she asked.

"Don't do that yet! I need to check your laptop first," Heat said. He took Twilight’s laptop form her and went to his dresser and took out his toolkit. Taking out a screwdriver, he turned it over and opened up her laptop. After opening it up, he smirks and takes out the one thing that was still intact. Her hard drive. "BINGO!!! Twilight, it looks like we're getting that passing grade after all." he said happily, waving her hard drive in his hand.

Twilight gasped as her eyes twinkled adorkably and a huge smile dawned on her face. "HEAT BLITZ, YOU'RE A LIFESAVER!!!" she shouted.

“If anything, I think we just got lucky,” Heat added. “If it was a few inches closer, your hard drive would’ve been history.”

“Yeah, but how am I gonna afford a new laptop?” Twilight added with a worried tone. “My dad’s been behind on his job for awhile, and my mom is still doing what she can for our house.”

"Uh… good point. And I hardly have enough in my allowance jar for the right laptop model," Heat said, slumping down on the bed. "I guess I didn't plan that far ahead."

“I know they both worked very hard to get the laptop that’s now riddled with bullet holes, but now it’s destroyed.”

“I’m sure we can figure something out,” Heat added with a sigh. “But for now, I think we should hit the hay, I’ve had enough excitement for one day.”

"Yeah, me too. I'll go ahead and get some blankets and head downstairs," Twilight said, getting up and ready to leave.

"No, wait. You can sleep in my bed if you want. You're a guest in my home, so it's only fair you get to sleep comfortably," Heat insisted.

"I can't do that. Those jerks hurt you, remember?!" Twilight said.

"Okay, how about this… we can both sleep in my room. It's been too long a day and we deserve a little break.”

“Um, wouldn’t you mom, react a little...I don’t know… bad?”

"You know my mom better than anyone, she'd never be upset with us because I'm her most trusted son and you're her star student. That and she knows we'd never try anything "improper" when we're alone." Heat explained. "So, what do you say?"

“I guess,” she said blushing.

"Alright then. I'm gonna step out so you can change," Heat said before leaving his bedroom and closing the door. Heat waited a little while until…

"Okay, Heat, you can come in now," Twilight called out. Heat walked in and there, he saw Twilight, sitting on his bed in her cute cream yellow pajamas with pink hearts. He blushed a little from seeing her in those.

"Wow… y-you look so… cute in those pajamas," he stuttered hesitantly.

"Uh… thanks," she giggled nervously.

-Next Morning-

Morning soon rolled around the corner as Celestia and Luna were fixing breakfast. The sounds of birds chirping happily outside and the stove was on.

“Boys, Twilight, Sunset, breakfast is ready,” Celestia’s voice called out as she was fixing Ham and Cheese Omelettes with Hash Browns and Sausages.

Luna was stretching her limbs while turning on the TV and then sat herself down, scooting against the dining table. Sunset's boys, along with their girlfriends all got up and came downstairs, still in their sleepwear.

“Morning mom,” Eternal said with a yawn.

“Morning Ms. Celestia,” Twilight yawned, stretching her arms

“Morning,” Celestia said with a smile. “Just wash your hands and enjoy the omelettes. I plan to do some shopping for you both, seeing your new forms after what happened yesterday really threw me for a loop.”

“But we brought up Rarity the other day,” Sunset mentioned.

“I know,” Celestia added. “And doesn’t Rarity run a boutique at the mall?”

“Oh right,”

"I think her general manager, Sassy Saddles, keeps the business running in that boutique," Eternal brought up. “If we're lucky, we might run into her if Rarity stopped by there.”

"Good idea. So, after breakfast, I would like for you two to brush your teeth and get dressed so we can head out later, okay?" Celestia said. “You’ll need new clothes when you go to school tomorrow.

“Okay, you got it,” Sunset said with a smile as they all ate their breakfast. She smiled as she ate Celestia's delicious home-cooking. "So good." she said after gulping down a bite.

Eternal chuckled. "That was cute," he said. Having made Sunset glare at him with her cheeks puffed up and pouty, he chuckled some more and kept eating his meal. While they were eating, Luna flipped to another channel and it was the WWE channel.

"Ugh… this again? What is it with a bunch of muscle-bound meatheads throwing each other around like a bunch of lunatics?" Heat asked, facepalming himself.

"Beats me, but I heard a few WWE wrestlers got into movies," Twilight said.

"Regardless, it looks more like a big-ass street fight for oversized kids," Eternal said.

"Shh, quiet! Look!" Sunset pointed as the commercial went on.

"Are you feeling lucky today?! Do you have the courage to step into the ring? Do you have the guts to step in and take on the reigning CHAMPIONS?!?!?!" the man on the TV asked. The TV then showed two wrestlers. One was a man who looked like an older version of Bulk Biceps, but with a beard and had longer hair. The other was a woman with purple grape-colored skin, turquoise eyes and hot pink hair.

"You… have got to be kidding me," Sunset said in disgust.

"If so, then come on down to the Canterlot Stadium! TONIGHT at 8PM sharp to sign up! And whichever tag team takes down the reigning champions will win a grand prize of $3,000!!!" the man shouted excitedly.

Just then, Twilight's eyes lit up like the twinkling night sky. "THAT'S IT!!! THAT'S THE ANSWER TO OUR PROBLEM!!!" she shouted.

"If we had that prize money, we can get you a new laptop!" Heat said in realization.

"Well, we are out of options for other means of earning money, so perhaps Eternal and I can enter the tournament," Sunset offered.

Eternal was drinking his orange juice until he choked on Sunset's words. "Uh, excuse me?" he asked, thinking he misheard her.

"Uh… I dunno, Sunset. I'm not sure I feel comfortable having you and Eternal use your newfound powers for me,” Twilight brought up.

“Honestly, I'm not exactly too fond of this idea myself either” Celestia said with a stern tone. “I dealt with enough drama last night after that incident with those thugs. I'd rather not have my own son be used as a rag doll for some chump change.”

“Come on Please?” Sunset asked. “I feel really bad for what happened after Twilight’s laptop was destroyed."

"My answer is "no" and that's final! Those wrestling matches are nothing but trouble!" Celestia said sternly again.

"Listen, mom, I know you don't like the idea, but Twilight's laptop is broken. Even if I were to save up my allowance more, it wouldn't matter because our report would be long overdue," Heat tried to reason.

"And I understand, but like I said before, those kinds of sports are dangerous and barbaric. I will find a solution for Twilight's problem somehow, but I will not have my oldest son wrestle. No, that's it. End of discussion," Celestia said sternly to the point where Eternal got annoyed.

Unknowingly, he made the hand sign under the table and spun a web at the ground, frustrated. So, with the whole issue out of the way, he finished his breakfast and got up from his seat. "Thanks for breakfast. I'm gonna go change now," Eternal said before leaving.

"Mom, don't you think you were a bit too hasty?" Heat asked.

"Heat Blitz, your mother has made her decision!" Luna butted in, startling him with her yelling.

"Luna, you don't talk to him that way, I'll handle it," Celestia yelled back. While the two sisters were arguing, Sunset excused herself after finishing her breakfast and went upstairs to check on her lover.

There he was, squeezing the bridge between his eyes. "Hey, babe…" she said hesitantly.

"Hey, Sunset." he replied calmly, but still felt frustrated. Sunset sat next to him, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Sometimes, she just… gets on my nerves." he groaned.

"I know you're upset and so am I. But try to understand from your mother's point of view. She's worried about your well-being, we barely escaped from those bad guys last night, so I'm pretty sure she's still on edge. I know you want to help Twilight, but sometimes…" Sunset paused, trying to come up with the right answer.

"Sunset… if she understood how I felt and had a little more faith in me and my newfound powers, she'd have let me take a shot at this. It's the fastest and only way to get the money for Twilight's laptop." Eternal argued. "Look at us, we've been granted powers for a reason. To not use them just because my family says so would be a waste."

"I understand, babe. But you gotta understand how scared your mother is for you. Both you and your brother are the only kids she has left of your father. She almost lost one of you, imagine how she'd feel if she actually does," Sunset argued.

"I'm stronger now! I'm faster, more agile and can practically do anything a spider can," Eternal, at the mention of the word "spider", jumped to the ceiling, sticking to it like glue. "If she had faith in my powers, she'd be more understanding of what I
do," he then folds his arms, hanging from the ceiling, crossed with his mom.

"Maybe you forgot…" Sunset said before jumping onto the ceiling with him. "...we're on the same boat here. The only difference between your powers and mine is I can't shoot organic webs like you can. Nor do I have that venomous bite of yours. But I'm still as strong and fast and agile as you. Remember…the wrestling match is a tag-team match."

"And how do you propose we get there?" he said. “From the way my mom was acting, she’s going to expect me to bring the car directly home after we get out of school.”

“You have your webs don't you?” she added. “You can probably use them to hop and swing from rooftop to rooftop.”

“Yeah, but you don’t have that means of travel,” he told her.

“What, you can’t carry me?” sunset pouted. “I can piggy back off you and we can be back before your mom has a chance to figure out what’s going on.”

"Hmm… you know… that's not a bad idea. But the other question remains: where are we gonna get our suits?

"Well… you got a lot of clothes you hardly wear anymore, try that," Sunset said. "I'll see if I can find any clothes of mine I can use for a wrestling outfit."

“Well what about me?” Sunset asked. “I’d rather not give your mom a heart attack knowing that I was on TV.”

"Hmm… You can borrow some of my own clothes. I think my old size can probably fit you," Eternal said.

“Okay,” she said with a smile. “Let’s see what we have then,”

After talking it over, Eternal went and closed and locked his bedroom door so his mom wouldn't peek in and then began looking through all of his clothes. Both from his closet and his drawers. Needless to say, they were making quite the mess. One that Eternal would eventually have to clean up afterwards.

Soon, Eternal stumbled upon an old grey, long-sleeved shirt and an orange tank top he got from a couple of years ago." Hey, I found some tops that we can use.”

“Okay, but we can’t exactly have them blank,” sunset told him. “What can we do about that?”

Eternal thought about it for a bit until he remembered some of the tools that he keeps under his beds. He goes around to check where his bed is, and pulls out a box. He then opens the box to take out some spray cans.

“These can take care of that,” he told her. “Got an idea what you want your spider symbol to look like and what color?”

“Well since it’s an orange top, I’d like a yellow spider symbol,” she told him. “Plus I’ll be the one to paint it, I'm more careful with the paint.”

“Do what you want babe,” he told her with a smile. “I have some ideas for my setup as well.” Eternal then set his outfit aside on his pillow before folding up some of his clothes and putting them away while hanging up the rest. Afterwards, Eternal got out a notebook and began drawing up a symbol for his wrestling outfit.

He then gave Sunset his notebook so she could draw up her own symbol for her costume. As soon as both of them finished, Sunset took some scissors from Eternal's home desk and cut out the symbols before placing them on each of their outfits.

"Babe, I'm gonna need you to hold it for me while I get the spray paint." she said. Eternal happily obliged and held their designs together before Sunset worked her magic. Some of the paint got on Eternal's hands, but it was easily removable with coconut oil and washable.

Moments later… their outfits were complete. Now they just had to get rid of the excess paint from their skin. So, they exit out of his room and quietly walk downstairs. Luck was on their side when they found that Celestia and Luna weren't downstairs, nor were Heat and Twilight. They must've gone upstairs while they were busy or maybe left the house to go do something.

“Where’d everyone go?” Sunset asked as she and Eternal walked around.

“Don't know,” he added. As he looked around, he saw what looked to be a note on the counter top.

“Dear Eternal,

We left to go and find a new laptop for Twilight that’s compatible with her hard drive, and we’re also having a guest come over to talk to everyone about the upcoming trial in about two weeks, and other things,

Love, Celestia.”

“Looks like mom and aunt left with Twilight and Heat to find a new laptop for her,” Eternal added.

Eternal seized this opportunity to grab the coconut oil from one of the cupboards. The young couple drenched their hands in the stuff, making sure they got all the areas. Once it was time, they washed their hands and BOOM, no more spray paint on their skin.

"Okay, so now what do we do?" Sunset asked.

"Now… we wait. And just so you know… I've had little to no practice with… swinging," Eternal quietly whispered that last part to Sunset.

“Neither do I, and I can’t spin webs like you can,” she said in annoyance. “I guess I can experiment with my claws and new found agility.”

"Alright. Follow me to the backyard. There's plenty of space," Eternal said.

“Sweet,” she said with a smile. After that, she followed her boyfriend, Eternal out towards the backyard, which was so huge, you could fit a big pool out here and host a potluck at the same time, too. The Backyard is like a large square. Trees on each corner and a very grassy yard with a wooden bench on the right side. "Wow… I remember this place used to be a lot bigger when we were little."

"Yeah, but what can you do? We all gotta grow up eventually," Eternal said. "Now then, let's get to practicing, shall we?"

Sunset's confident smirk said it all and soon, she started things off by running a few laps around the yard. The more she ran, the more her speed increased. But then, she almost crashed right into the fence and without even thinking, she jumped and placed her hands on the fence, pushing herself backwards in the air, doing a double backflip.

“Woah, that was a rush,” she said with a smile. “I didn’t think that I’d run or move that fast.”

"You're way more acrobatic than before," Eternal commented.

"Hmm… I wonder what else I can do," Sunset said, looking over at one of the trees in the corner outside of the backyard. With her smirk lighting up even more, she backed up a little and then ran off towards the tree and then jumped, landing against the fence, but catapulted herself onto the tree trunk. "WOO-HOO-HOO!!! Check me out, babe!"

"Looking good, but… you do realize that sticking to the tree… with your bun-buns showing off from the top is kind of… revealing," Eternal pointed. Sunset blushed and looked behind her and saw her big ass cheeks. He's right and if anyone saw her in this position, she'd be screwed if they got a picture of this.

So, in a haste, she tried to get off the tree trunk. But… she couldn't. Her hands seemed to be stuck to the trunk and was slightly panicking. She pulled and pulled, but couldn't break free. Eternal could tell she needed help. He went over to her and grabbed her hand.

"Alright, Sunset. We're gonna work together on this. Just… relax… and on the count of three, we pull. Ready?" Eternal asked. She nodded. "One… two… three… PULL!" and so he pulled on her wrist while she pulled her hands away from the trunk, but nothing happened. "Damn… Sunset, how can you get stuck on a tree trunk, but not on a fence?"

“How should I know?” she asked in a panic.

"Okay, calm down, no need to snap at me," Eternal said… then suddenly. "Wait… I think I got it. Sunset, think of something that relaxes you. Anything at all. Soft music, a tasty meal, a comfy bed, whatever it takes, think of something that relaxes you."

"Uh… o-o-okay," Sunset nodded. She took in a few deep breaths, closing her eyes as she tried thinking about something soothing. And the first thought that pops into her head… was snuggling with her boyfriend in a warm, cozy bed. Right then and there, her warm smile returned and her hands finally let go of the trunk… only to wind up falling onto her lover, which caused him to fall to the ground.

“Hehe, sorry about that,” Sunset said with a nervous smile. “I’m not even sure why that happened to be honest.”

"Maybe our powers are affected by our emotions, or maybe they're linked somehow." Eternal said, thinking about it. He was about to get up, but when he put his hands on Sunset's hips, she gave a slight moan, making him stop. "What's wrong? Did I hurt you or something?"

"No, I… i don't hurt that easily," Sunset said as she got up herself. She stretched herself and Eternal watched her, trying to figure out why she moaned like that. "I don't know, babe, it's like my entire body just… jolted from a single touch. I'm not sure why, but I think it was from when you touched me. Did, uh… did you… by any chance, squeeze me a tiny bit?"

"Not too tightly, I hope. Why?" Eternal said.

"I think the added force in your grips on my hips kinda triggered something inside of me. I don’t think I've ever felt that happen to me before.”

"Must be some newly added feature to your… transformation. Let's uh… “ Sunset didn’t even give Eternal a chance to speak as she went for his groin, cupping it in response to see if there was a similar reaction. He jolted in response and let out a light moan himself.

“Wh-why’d you do that?” he asked as to why Sunset ust did that.

“What? I wanted to see if it was just affecting me or not,” she shrugged. “Plus you did grope me earlier after you saw up my skirt.”

"That was for when you tried to feed me that churro! Do you realize how hard it was to chomp down on that thing? I almost broke my teeth, it was like eating a crowbar," Eternal said.

“Come on, I said I was sorry,” she teased as she let go. “Besides, it’s not fair if I get flustered.”

Eternal looked down and saw his bulge as well and blushed deeply. "Uh… we may… n-n-never speak of this to anyone, okay?" He extended his hand to his girlfriend to call a truce. And Sunset just nodded and went over to her boyfriend, hugging him.

Some time passed and Sunset and Eternal were now back inside the house, watching TV and trying to think of something to do with the prize money. They couldn't just show up with a brand new laptop with some mysterious money they somehow "came across," because they'd be found out by Celestia and Luna.

“Okay, so if our folks can’t find a laptop for Twilight's hard drive, how’re we gonna explain when we get a new one if we get the prize money?” Sunset asked Eternal.

"Good question. We don't really have a lot of options here, so…" Eternal paused for a bit and then went off the tip of his tongue. "What if… after we buy the laptop she needs… we could always say we… ran into Mr. Filthy Rich and he maybe offered to buy it for us." Eternal said.

“Is your mom really gonna buy that lie?” Sunset added with a dull stare.

"Probably not, but maybe if we gave him what's left of the money as a way to… have him play along with our cover story." Eternal said before realizing… "No, that's a stupid idea. He's much too honest. And we can't even do odd jobs either. They don't pay enough," Eternal said.

“There’s also the fact that-” Sunset was cut off when they heard the front door open.

“Sunset! Eternal! We’re back!” That was Heat Blitz called out walking in..

“Hey guys, how'd it go?” Sunset followed up as she and Eternal got up from their seats and met with whoever was at the front door. They walked up to not only just see Twilight, Heat, Celestia and Luna there. Twilight’s parents, Shining Armor, Spike, Flurry Heart, and Dean Cadance were also here as well.

“Hey everyone,” Sunset said with a friendly smile. “Oh and Flurry’s here.”

“Hi Ms Sunset,” she said with a smile on her face.

‘Why is she so cute?’ Sunset thought to herself.

“It’s good to see you Eternal. Same to you Sunset,” Twilight Velvet said with a smile on her face.

“Hi Ms. Velvet,” Sunset said with a smile.

"Hmm? I didn't know we'd have company over. What's the occasion?" Eternal asked.

"We ran into them after we browsed through every store that sold computers. And… unfortunately, we couldn't find any laptops that were compatible with Twilight's hard drive," Celestia explained.

"So we went to the tech support guys and explained our situation, and they said that the laptop that we’re looking for won’t be shipped for another three weeks,” Heat followed up.

“Oh man,” Sunset said with a sigh. “That must've been a nightmare.

"Did you find any laptops you could get next day delivery? Maybe ones online?" Eternal asked.

"Yes, but… it was too expensive. $650. And none of us had the proper funds to make that kind of purchase," Luna stated.

"Blast!" Eternal said in frustration, making sure not to cuss in front of the baby. "And graduation day is in 4 days. What do we do now?"

"We'll worry about that later. For now, Shining has something he wants to say to all of us. And it's in our best interest to hear what's up," Celestia said.

"O-Okay," Sunset said. After everyone was inside and the door closed, Eternal turned off the TV and everyone else took a seat on the couch. However, Heat sat far away from Night Light, since he was still shook up from when he almost shot at him. Night still felt guilty and couldn't look at him, mostly out of shame for himself.

“So what’s new?” Eternal asked.

“Well, I’ve got good news and bad news,” Shining explained.

“What's the bad news?" Sunset asked.

“Well as far as bad news goes, they’re pretty much keeping quiet about who hired them and they won’t give up a name,” Shining explained. “When I asked them why, there was one of them that was sweating bullets. They won’t tell us who hired them to go after you at the beginning.”

“Great…” Sunset said in annoyance. “So what's the good news?”

“If you all can come to testify in a few days, we can make sure that the ones’ that attacked you and your friends, can be put away for life,” Shining added. “I even talked to Rarity and her family about the same setup. They plan to testify in a few days as well.”

“Guess that’s a good thing,” Sunset added with a smile.

"I also wanted to go over what happened last night, recently. It seems like the guys who were making an illegal trade are actually members of a dangerous gang. Two of them had a devil-ish ram tattoo on their backs, meaning they were one of the higher-ups. You're lucky you didn't get shot by any of these guys, they're bad news. And I doubt their boss is gonna sit around and let them squeal. Can I trust you guys to testify about the stuff that went on there?" Shining asked.

"Sure. We'll do what we can," Eternal nodded.

"Same with me and Twilight," Heat agreed.

"I won't let this hold me back," Twilight also agreed.

"Thank you. Now, Celestia… if you don't mind, I'd like to talk with your oldest son and Sunset alone, if that's alright." Shining said.

“What about?” Celestia asked.

"Just a little… coming-of-age talk, if it's alright. They've done a lot for me and my family… especially my little sister." Shining clarified.

"Hmm… well, okay. I suppose it couldn't hurt." Celestia approved.

“Okay,” Shining said as he walked over to Sunset and Eternal. “Is there any place where we can talk in private?”

“We can try my room,” Eternal mentioned.

"Alright, lead the way," Shining shrugged. The eldest son led the police captain upstairs to his bedroom with Sunset following close behind, leaving the rest of the families downstairs. After arriving, Shining closed the door and cleared his throat. "Alright, you two. Have a seat."

The young couple do so, but are confused. "Shining? What's going on? Are we in trouble?"

"No, you're not in trouble. But… I did hear from Celestia that… you two wanted to help pay for Twilight's laptop using some prize money from a wrestling match. The only problem is… she doesn't approve, right?" Shining asked.

“She told you?” Sunset asked, a little nervous.

"Yeah. But… I'm a different case." Shining began. "You see, guys… you're about to reach that age where you're gonna wind up making choices that'll change you into the type of man and woman you'll become for the rest of your lives. But every choice has a consequence as well as a reward. You just gotta be careful with how you'll make these choices. Sometimes, you'll wind up making mistakes or the wrong judgement call. But it's still up to you to make up for any mistakes you might make… because that's what being an adult is all about. And you two are… how old?"

"I'll be 18 on Thursday," Eternal confirmed.

"I'm already 18," Sunset said.

"Okay, well since you're technically an adult, you gotta pay attention to the choices you make. And Eternal… you'll have to be prepared for whatever life throws at you. And sometimes, you'll either have to handle problems on your own or as a team with your family and friends and I can tell that you two have this spark that's ready to shine from within you. A very powerful spark. But always remember this: With great power… comes great responsibility," Shining finished.

“So that’s your big talk with us?” Sunset asked, confused.

“Yeah, seeing as you’ll be making your own choices one day,” Shining added with a smile as he walked up to shake both of their hands. “Good talk you two.”

“Um… thanks for the advice Shining Armor,” Sunset added.

“Okay, I’ll be heading out, and make sure you keep my sister safe alright?” Shining added as he walked out of their room, leaving both Sunset and Eternal alone.

“Okay, that was awkward,” Eternal added as he and Sunset looked at each other. “I was expecting him to yell at us or something.”

“Same,” Sunset followed up. “We’re gonna have to come clean after we win the tag team match.”

Author's Note

Had fun with this chapter, and credit goes to Israel Yabuki for the setup of the chapter.