Four Years Later…
It had been four years ever since the two had left each other to find their own destiny and pathways, and figure out their own thoughts, fears, feelings, hopes, dreams, and ideas, and they had done so quite successfully, or at least as well as they could during and for their teen years, which is a very confusing time of life for all young people or ponies turning into young adults, I’m sure you know what that feels like and what the experience is or feels like, or at least you will someday in the future, I don’t need to explain it, and I won’t either anyways so let’s get back and continue on with the story now, shall we?
Anyhow the two were now finally meeting each other again for the very first time ever since that tragic day of pain and sorrow for the both of them to feel and experience, it had left marks that lay deep down inside of themselves, marks that they had kept hidden away from the rest of the other ponies, away from the rest of the world, they didn’t want any pony to know, and they did quite well in making sure that no pony ever did know anything about them.
But despite all their effort, time and energy used and wasted, they were still happy to finally meet each other again at long last in a simple café shop.
Star Swirl came in late of course, wizards always seemed to do just that, or they were always early, or they switched it up just to have some fun messing around with other ponies, for it was better if you never knew when they would show up, or if at all since sometimes it took them so long to come anywhere.
“You’re late,” Pearl said when he arrived, “Exactly eleven minutes late.”
“Well I’m sorry for the delay in getting here, but I’m actually on time my dear lady, for a wizard always gets where they want to go exactly when they mean to, no sooner or later, after all, how can you go faster than that which you are?”
Pearl had to agree with this point of logic that he stated and then decided it would be best perhaps to talk about something small and simple first about what had happened to them and in their lives ever since they went away so long ago, but she didn’t know what she wanted to talk about first however.
“So,” she said trying to think of something good or better to say, “How’s life?
Is it treating you well? Could it be better? Just tell me how it’s been.”
“Rough and hard,” he said, “I studied magic and practiced it and finished developing all my spells and I also finished all my school classes and actually graduated top of my class, can you believe that actually happened to me?”
“Yes, yes I can,” Pearl said trying to keep the conversation moving forward, “Anyhow my life’s been real simple, I’m actually in the process of starting that jewelry store that I always wanted and hoped for and dreamed about.
Do you remember that, way back in the pat when we we’re just young ponies?”
“Yes, yes I do, we were so little and young back then, so lost as well too.
We had no idea what we really wanted to be when we grew up, or what our destiny was, or what our dreams, thoughts, fears, hopes, and ideas would be.
But now we do, and we’re here, now, talking about them, to each other.”
“And I’m glad that we are,” Pearl said finishing off their thoughts, “But what have you been doing for the last past four years while you were away and off all alone? Surely school and your spells would not take all of that spare time away, surely you must have done other things while you were away and off alone, right? Or perhaps maybe I am misjudging you and I am wrong instead?”
“Well I’m glad that you asked, in my spare time I was looking for my parents, or at least I did it whenever I could between all the busy moments of life that I had, but tell me this, what did you do all alone here for six long years?”
“I studied my classes, graduated, studied music and now I can play the piano, cello, harp, and flute, and I am also trying to start and open up that new business that I told you about, and I’m sure that’s going to be a lot of fun.”
“I’m sure it will, new stores always bring fun, and customers, and trouble, and lots of problems, and stress, and it takes your time, effort, energy, patience, and passion with your creatively bright genius dreams, hopes and ideas just to keep it running, and that’s not to mention the paychecks or employees or anything else at all that could bother you, all those small problems that you have that are at the same time somehow big, I honestly feel sorry for you.”
“That’s okay, but I want you to tell me this one last thing and question that I have for you, and it’s a very important question so I will need you to pay close attention to me and focus, can you do that for me, please?” she asked nicely.
“Sure I can, that’s no problem at all, I can do that for you,” he said nicely.
“Alright then, here it is, the big final last question that I have for you, have your feelings for me, have they changed at all, or are they still the same?”
“Why don’t you tell me that for yourself once you’ve had a chance to think about this,” he said smiling as if there was some big secret or surprise that he had hidden deep down inside of him that he would not share the ending to.
“What do you mean by that?” Pearl asked very confused at what he said.
“Alright, I can see that you clearly can’t and don’t understand this, but allow me to let me explain what I really mean and say, what I really mean is this.”
And with that said he suddenly leaned over across the table and kissed Pearl squarely right on the lips, and it was a perfect moment never to be forgotten.