No important political meetings to attend? Check! No letters to answer? Check! A magical and child-safe gift for Flurry Heart that she's sure to love? Check!

Her schedule was clear. Shining and Cadence were off on vacation. She'd prepared all her materials. Twilight Sparkle was more than ready to spend a fun-filled weekend babysitting her favorite niece.

But she wasn't prepared for King Sombra's return. Nopony could prepare to be trapped with him inside a storybook of fairy tales.

And nopony's ever ready for an unhappy ending...

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Flurry Heart starts to wonder what she is supposed to do as an alicorn. Can a new friend help with that?

Even if he's the son of Sombra!

While no one accepts him, she does. Was that the right decision? Will she follow her heart or will she follow her role as princess? (I do not own cover art)

Small prologue of the story:
The cold wind rushed across her face as she desperately tried to outrun the pony chasing her. Her hooves hammered into the snow as she ran. She was breathing hard and fearing for her life, but it was no use. He was right behind her and catching up, but she didn't notice. The wind was loud in her ears roaring like a storm and her heart pounded in her chest. The moment she turned her head to see if he was still there he attacked, slamming her body on the ground. Her breath got knocked out of her and the shock of the impact didn't give her time to react. When she finally ignited her horn he had already cast a spell on her. She drew her last breath before darkness enveloped her vision. (read to find out what happens. ;-)

This story is a sequel to Lingering Shadows

He broke her heart once already. Luna learned her lesson when Sombra last tried to manipulate her, and she wants nothing more than to forget about what happened and put it behind her.

Sombra cannot forget, nor does he want to. Regretting what happened between them, when the chance to make things up to Luna comes from some very unexpected sources, he takes the opportunity and wants to try to court her properly.

But once bitten, twice shy, as they say. Will the two ever find happiness with one another?

I have to offer a huge thanks once again to everyone who read the previous story, Lingering Shadows, and encouraged me to go ahead with my idea for a sequel. Apologies for the wait, but here you have it at last. I'm going to try to get on a regular update schedule of at least 1-2 chapters a month with this one.

A huge thank-you to Kelisah of deviantART for graciously allowing me use of her artwork as a cover piece for this story!
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