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// Don't Let Go 
// Story: Live Life 
// by Gpizano 
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	The next couple of days had just been a blur for Sunset Shimmer. They had to stay in town a bit longer for more questioning by the police, the search for Tirek proving fruitless since his home looked to be abandoned. She didn't doubt he had a hell of a head start at this point, who knew where he would be by now? With five crystals. Could he learn how to tap into his magic and use them? Would they work for him? All of these questions were buzzing around in her head on top of the issue of her girlfriend. Jackie was having a hard time sleeping, she was trying to drink more and she didn't crawl out of bed unless she had to use the bathroom or she got too hungry. It was all so bad that the fact they managed to keep two of the crystals seemed so minuscule, incapable of balancing out all the bad with it's good. But they couldn't stay here in Canterlot... they had lives to return to in Los Pegasus.

Packing proved to be less than an issue, most of their stuff had been packed up since leaving the camp and was ready to go. All her friends that lived in Canterlot were ready to see them off from Applejack's farm, which gave Sunset the opportunity to go between almost all her friends to check on the other crystal. It didn't like up for any of them... which just left one person.

"Here."

Rainbow Dash was confused for a moment, then her eyes widened upon seeing the crystal with a scar being held out to her. She looked back up to Sunset and shook her head.

"Shouldn't you take it?"

"We don't know where Tirek is or what he'll do. If he thinks someone here has the remaining crystals here in Canterlot, then there's someone who can use magic to stop him if he has some himself."

"I guess...."

"Dash. Please. I can't be here to protect any of you. We can't risk losing anyone else..."

Although hesitation was still clear, Rainbow gave a nod before taking the crystal, gazing upon it as it started to glow a gently deep red, the same as her eyes. With that, they shared one last hug before Sunset headed over to the van, looking into the driver's seat to see how her girlfriend was doing. Not good, but that was to be expected when Jackie hadn't had a good night's sleep in days and was deeply disturbed. Sunset reached through the open window and gently caressed her cheek, wanting to comfort her but any hope of a reaction was dashed. Sunset sighed and headed over to her bike, putting her helmet on and warming it up as her friends, the rest of the Apple family, Sweetie Bell and Scootaloo saw them off.

They'd hit the highway soon enough, Canterlot falling behind them with the open road ahead. Sunset was ahead of the Siren's and Tino's van, her grip on her bike tightening as she started increasing speed. She was approaching dangerous levels and going way far ahead of everyone but it was... comforting. She wanted to go fast like this. Just...

Her vision became slightly blurry, causing her to slow down as she blinked to try and clear the tears. 

.... it was going to be a long ride home.