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// A Thousand Years 
// Story: Canterlot And Beyond 
// by Starlight Shadow 
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I like it up here on the balcony, lowering the great flaming jewel that sits in the sky during the day slowly but surely. I love creating sunsets more than anything, deep orange and fiery pink staining the sky, with a few pale pink clouds completing my cosmic painting. 

As it fell ever lower, and the sky turned ever darker, he sneaks up behind me. That rascally creature who stole my heart all those years ago. Discord, the love of my life.

Some have said that it is unnatural for such a creature to woo a pony; others, most likely nobles, sniff that such a crime against nature is unworthy of my heart. No doubt they wish to have their children marry me. Such a foolish wish. 

He gently unhooked the heavy, shimmering purple Court cloak I had yet to take off and tossed it aside, kissing me gently at the base of my neck. I shivered in pleasure, my horn still glowing with light. 

"Discord..." I chided, a touch of sing-song in my tone. "If you don't stop that right now I'll drop the sun..." 

"Oh, don't tell me you don't like it, Tia." He chuckled. "Besides, what's wrong with the occasional explosion?" 

"Well, there's the fire, for one thing." I turned to face him as the sun rested in its cosmic cradle. 

"True." 

We stood together in silence for a while, as Luna raised her moon and brought out the stars. My sunset slowly faded, the night gently painting over top of the sunset and turning it a dazzling purple. 

I turned and kissed my beloved, gently but passionately. We had both missed each other during the thousand years he was trapped in stone; it was an unspoken truth between us. 

A thousand years. With any other millennium, it would pass in a blink, but that particular one seemed to stretch on and on, the days going by at a snails' pace. It was a gamble to have Fluttershy reform him, but it worked. It worked, and now the waiting was over.

He nuzzled me in return. "Would you like to join me for a shower?"

"I could never say no to that."