"I'm so sorry...I didn't mean any of this to happen..."

When I said those words, I meant every one of them. For during that dark moment, I was not in control of my actions. There was something else inside of me that forced me to do all of it. Something powerful. Something wicked. Something that I did not want to become.

And it called itself...Midnight Sparkle.

Sunset Shimmer has grown and changed from who she was. For a long time she's kept to her own path through life in the human world and kept her silence from across the rift that separates her from Princess Celestia.

But there's something important to say and a lot of healing still left to do.

It's time they talked again.

Finalist in the Forbidden Knowledge event on http://writeoff.me/. A big thank you to everyone who critiqued and reviewed the story there.

When Sunset was just a filly under the tutelage of Princess Celestia, she developed a powerful crush on her mentor.

It didn’t end well.

Years later, Sunset is older, wiser, and ready to finally reconcile. But as she’s prepared to put her past behind her, Sunset finds out with growing horror that some feelings aren’t so easily forgotten.

After the Friendship Games, Twilight and Sunset have a chat and stargaze for a bit.