//------------------------------// // 13. // Story: Fifteen Friendships // by AShadowOfCygnus //------------------------------// He brought the time machine, she brought the muffins, and together they sailed the heavens. It was a chance arrangement -- an accident, more than anything -- but as they went on, she felt more and more. 'Star-crossed' crossed her mind, and love-sick crossed her eyes. But no matter her lopsided grins, her coy, awkward skirting, he just smiled and asked where to next. Nothing changed when the foal came -- not his, she could never -- and nothing changed when her love began to fade. He made it a home for them, and tried not to let them see the sadness in his eyes.