Sunny woke up, and didn't find Izzy next to her where she had fallen asleep the night before. Sitting up removing the sheets, she hopped down and went back to the bathroom, relieving herself in a non-foalish way for the first time in over two days. Afterword, she stood in front of the mirror and sink, running a brush through her mane.

As she made herself presentable, she couldn't keep her mind off of the events of last night, and the events of the past two days that had led to it. If she was honest with herself, she never really took the time to consider her orientation, because she had never made the time for a romantic interest, which was precisely what she had on her hooves right now. It was one of the conversations that she had never had with her dad. Reunification had always come first, and unfortunately, her activism had largely pushed most interested parties away.

But now that a reunited Equestria was now in-progress, she could put a bit of her attention to matters like this.

Part of her didn't like ranking her friends, but Izzy was the first; her curiosity-fueled trip to Maretime Bay had been the spark that had set them off on an adventure that brought the three races together again. If she absolutely had to, she would likely say that Izzy was her best friend among the five of them.

The final question, though, was Izzy interested? The best way to find out was to probably ask directly. She didn't want to go into something like this assuming anything... Although the fact that they had slept together last night was rather encouraging to the earth mare.

By the time she had her mane brushed and the back of it into her signature braid, she heard the room door open. She leaned around the corner to see Izzy enter with a shopping tote.

"Morning, Sunny. Pipp's getting ready to go, said Zipp took off earlier this morning, wanted to fly most of the way there. So I figured I would make sure you're all restocked..."

The unicorn set the shopping tote down on the bed, Sunny stepped forward to look inside, and saw that Izzy had returned to My Inner Foal and gotten two more packs of diapers, foal powder, mineral oil, and wipes.

"Izzy, you didn't have to do this..."

"Well I need to make sure my foal is well supplied for her trip, silly," Izzy replied, as if the suggestion that she not do so was ridiculous.

Sunny remembered what she had paid at the adult foal supply store days ago, and was definitely going to owe her friend a favor or two.

"Izzy... Before I head off for a few days, I have to ask you something. If I don't, it's going to drive me nuts the entire time I'm gone," Sunny told her.

"You can ask me anything, Sunny," Izzy replied, making sure everything in the tote was packed securely, before adding a folded blanket to keep everything concealed.

"Izzy... These last few days have been... Indescribable. If it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't have gotten passed my first night trying this new ageplaying side of myself. And with everything that's happened since then... I'm wondering if we could be... Something more."

"More?"

"I mean, you know... Marefriends."

Sunny's cheeks lit up as that last word left her lips, and her heart was pounding as Izzy's eyes widened slightly, as she tried to discern any sort of reaction from the unicorn. Finally, after what felt like an eternity to the earth mare, Izzy gave her a soft smile.

"Well, I was sorta guessing we were headed in that direction, what with sleeping together last night and all. I mean, if that's what you want to do, yeah, I'm all for it. Marefriends it is!" Izzy declared gleefully, clapping her front hooves together.

Sunny's heart skipped a beat. She had to do a double take to make sure she heard what she just heard so quickly, before stepping forward and throwing her front legs around Izzy in a hug, which the unicorn immediately returned. She squeezed gently for several moments, before pulling back to a standing position.

"Well, now that I've gotten that off of my chest, I think I won't keep Pipp waiting any longer," Sunny said with a smile, pulling her packed suitcase out from in between their two beds.

"Yup, you said it. I should probably head over and see if Sprout is ready to go. I hope you have a good time up there!"

Sunny came in for another quick hug, and gave Izzy a kiss on the cheek as she pulled away a final time.

"You do the same!"

Sprout looked over his very unassuming saddlebag, packed with the supplies he would need for the next several days. He wouldn't be using any of it until they had arrived in Bridlewood, so it had to fit in with other unassuming luggage. He'd be pulling a small wagon, which would have his and Izzy's camping supplies, as it was a day and a half journey to Bridlewood, and they would have to stop for the night somewhere along the way.

"Just about ready, sugarcube?" His mom asked as she came through his open bedroom door to check up on him.

"Yeah, I think so, just making sure I have everything I'm going to need," he replied as she came up next to him.

Phyllis did a quick check of the contents of his bag.

"Looks like you have everything, sweetheart. You know this is the farthest you've gone without me, right?"

"Yeah, I know. Don't worry, I'll behave," Sprout assured her.

"I hope so. You're not just representing yourself, but Maretime Bay and earth ponies. Above all, have a good time."

The doorbell rang, and he fastened the saddlebag flaps closed, following his mom downstairs to the front door. She opened it, and there stood Izzy in the late morning light, next to the wagon that had already been packed.

"Hello there, Mrs. Cloverleaf. Is Sprout ready to go?" the unicorn asked.

"I believe he is," Phyllis replied, stepping aside and letting Sprout step outside, and he put his full saddlebags into the wagon, before getting hitched up to it. "Alright, be safe, you two. See you in a few days."

"We will, promise," Sprout told her. "Love you!"

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