"Thank you, Sunset." Steller Flare said. "Now I blame myself more than ever. What kind of mother am I for not seeing the signs? I should've paid more attention, then maybe your brother wouldn't have fled to that other place." She added.

"I think it just sort of exploded when my brother started struggling with the school. There's no way you could've known mom." Sunset said.

"Then who can we blame if not me? I am the one who sent him to that school which only made matters worse for him." Steller Flare said. Starlight was just sitting there, saying nothing. She had been informed by Sunset about the time Steller Flare essentially starved herself nearly to death over Sunset's disappearance. And now seeing the mare in question continuing to simply shame herself over everything...it seems Sunburst's disappearance hit the unicorn hard enough and thus Starlight had to admit that the mare had suffered through enough hardship for one lifetime without needing Starlight to shove things down her throat.

"Mom please...stop beating yourself over the things you can't change. What's done is done. At some point, Sunburst will come back to this world, and he'll hopefully be even better than he was when he left." Sunset said.

"Your right. Right now, all I can do is stay strong and wait. I'll make sure to eat this time. I don't want him coming home to a dead mother. A mother that now just wants to apologize to her own son." Steller Flare said. "I shouldn't have sent him away so soon. Maybe if I had waited a few years or something else along those lines." She addded.

"I think it wouldn't have mattered mom. Sunburst was already being compared to me. Starlight was his only friend it seems." Sunset said.

"That...was the main reason why I sent him away. I was hoping being sent away from home would stop the bullying." Steller Flare said. "What? Don't think I didn't notice? He and Starlight here may have tried to hide it, but a mother knows these things. I made a judgement call hoping for him to get away from it all." She added.

"That's why you forced him? To try and get him away from all the bullying?" Starlight asked, speaking for the first time during this conversation.

"Yes. It was a judgement call like I said. I made a choice to try and help my son, not hurt him further. But it seems my choice had the opposite effect in the end." Steller flare said.

"You were his mother. I can't fault you for making a choice that you thought would be better. I just...wish I could've gone with at least. I think I could've at least helped. But I couldn't go. Not without having some sort of advanced magical knowledge." Starlight said. "Maybe if I did, then maybe wouldn't have turned out the way he did." She added.

"No. I don't think there was any stopping what ultimately happened. Even if you went with him or not Starlight, I doubt that you being there could've changed the outcome at all." Steller Flare said. "...Call it a mother's intuition. One day, when you're a mother, you'll understand. And trust me Starlight, I think you'd make a great mother someday." She added. Starlight blushed at the compliment.

"T-thanks for the compliment." Starlight said.

"I must say, for a pegasus colt, he defiantly is a catch Twily." Twilight Velvet said.

"Mom, seriously?" Twilight Sparkle said.

"Oh, don't worry I'm happily taken. Besides, he's a little too young for me. I am getting up there in years after all." Velvet said.

"Mom..." Sparkle said. Meanwhile off to the sides, both Night Light and Flash Sentry were just staring at the talking mares.

"So...how long do we let them just talk?" Flash Sentry asked as the two mares continued to talk about him.

"However long it takes them really. My wife can be persistent if nothing else." Night Light said.

"Twilight can be pretty persistent too I noticed from her talks to you." Flash Sentry said.

"Which Twilight?" Night Light asked.

"...Must you ask? Also, nice try with trying to confuse me." Flash Sentry said.

"Darn it. Your as smart as Twilight said you were." Night Light said.

"Straight As like she said. I spent a lot of time studying after all. It's also why I got a bit of an advanced placement. I was apperently too smart for 8th grade so...pratically everyone agreed to put me in high school a year early." Flash Sentry said.

"...Yeah that sounds just like my girl." Night Light said.

"Which one?" Flash Sentry asked, smiling.

"...Well played Flash Sentry; well played." Night Light said.

"Okay you two, stop messing with each other, please." Velvet said.

"Welp, our ladies await." Flash Sentry said as he sat down next to Twilight Sparkle.

"A bit of a gentlecolt are we?" Velvet asked as her husband sat down next to her.

"Let me guess, something you got from your father?" Sparkle asked Flash Sentry.

"Actually that would've been my mother before she died trying to chase away a robber at our old house. We moved away from our original home before Dad became the new Police Chief." Flash answered.

"Oh no, that's terrible." Night Light said.

"My mom may have been a stay-at-home mother, but she wanted to help my dad in case he ever needed it. And that was help he needed as otherwise, dad and I would've never known there was a robber in the house." Flash explained.

"It's too bad she died helping then. She sounds like she would've been a nice gal to meet." Velvet said.

"Heh...if you think you embarrass your daughter, then you're not that much different than my own mother." Flash Sentry said.

"It's like my daughter can't get away from it." Night Light said.

"Same with Flash, apparently." Sparkle said. Everyone shared a laugh.

"Guess that's another sign that you two belong with each other." Night Light said. "From what Shining Armor told me, you quite literally, left an entire life behind to be with my daughter. That is dedication at its finest." He added. "So, I'd say you've more than earned my favor as it is. Not many people would just randomly give up everything like you did." The unicorn stallion concluded.

"Your daughter is a one-of-a-kind girl. Well...mare really, I suppose. Going to take some getting used to that." Flash Sentry said. "But for your daughter, it'll be worth it." He added.

"I like the effort your going to put into this. I just know you two are going to make a great couple. Call it a mother's intuition." Velvet said.

"Mom, how can you be so sure?" Sparkle asked.

"Twilight Sparkle, when your a mother like I am, you'll understand." Velvet said.

"Isn't it a little too soon to be talking about kids?" Flash Sentry asked.

"My sentiments exactly." Sparkle said.

"Take your time but don't take too long okay? I want both my kids to give me some grand kids to spoil sooner rather than later." Velvet said.

"Oh boy..." Sparkle said, getting embarrassed.

Author's Note

Yes, I had to do this. Because I can.