MLDC: Firestorm Crisis

by Michael_Ravencroft

Entry 44: From now until forever

The morning light drifted into Sunset’s bedroom, the rays hitting her eyes and making her groan in annoyance that the sun had chosen such an annoying way to wake her from sleep. She turned around, away from the window and the annoying rays of the sun, only to find something a lot more pleasant to look at.

Twilight was asleep next to her, breathing softly, and her eyes giving away the faintest show of a twitch. Dreaming, huh Sparky?

Sunset brushed some of her lover’s hair over her ear, allowing her to see more of her beautiful, sleeping face. It was still hard for Sunset to believe that everything had calmed down after only three months.

After the entire thing went down, in what was being peddled as the “Firestorm Crisis”, the world was taking a deeper look into the creation of the Firestorms, and the ones responsible, finding paper trails that led to some very influential and wealthy individuals who were backing the Organization. Apparently there were some who managed to escape Dusk Shine’s wrath, but it seemed like the law was catching up to each of the stragglers.

It also put into perspective the existence of beings with great power, especially those who used them for both the defense of the populace, and the destruction of the world.

So far, no one had tried to fill the power vacuum that the Organization left behind, and personally, Sunset was glad. These last three months were probably the best they had in a while.

Twilight moaned as her eyes fluttered open, her lips curled into a smile as she looked upon her girlfriend. “Hey.”

“Hey, did I wake you?” Sunset asked.

“No, but I guess we should get up,” said Twilight.

A sultry smile appeared on Sunset’s lips as she moved closer to her lover, wrapping a hand around her waist. “Or, we could just stay in bed, and play all day. Although, we will have to do something about these pesky pajama pants.”

Twilight shivered in delight at the feeling of Sunset’s hand slowly making its way towards her rear, but sighed and stopped her. “As fun as that sounds, we do have that double date with Lyra and Bonbon later today, and that other thing as well.”

Sunset snorted. “How the heck did we get roped into doing double date, couple things with them?”

Twilight raised an eyebrow. “Gee, I don’t know? Maybe it had do with that last date we went on. You know, the one with the movies, the late night dinner, the inappropriate touching during the ride home, and the inevitable foursome that took place in your living room!”

Sunset blushed as she remembered that night. “Heh, heh…yeah, that was a fun night though, right?”

“I couldn’t stand for half the day,” said Twilight in a deadpan tone.

“Sooooo…you really had fun?”

“You’re going to be the monkey in the middle if it devolves that far.”

Sunset gulped, the idea was tantalizing, and at the same time terrifying. With that established, both girls decided to get up and shower, together.

After some light messing around in said shower. Sunset went into her kitchen and began cooking up some breakfast for them, with a flick of her wrist she began to take out the ingredients, humming a happy tune as she used her magic to help in the cooking process.

Twilight waved her hand over the TV, turning it on to the news as she logged onto her laptop that she kept at Sunset’s.

The news was still going on about the Firestorm Crisis, noting the appearance of a couple of crimson and purple Firestorms who were stopping the ones who were threatening the people of the planet. Thankfully their identities were never found out, so they were both able to live a life of peace, for the most part.

“So, find anything interesting?” Sunset asked.

“No, despite all the info that was leaked onto the Net from when Dusk destroyed most of the Organization, there’s still nothing on this ‘Mastermind’.”

Ever since Dusk Shine had revealed what the identity of the Organization leader to be a Firestorm, but more than that, a Deathstorm from another dimension. The rest of the Organization Big Three were revealed.

Crazy Rich and Rich Industries, his son Filthy Rich was scandalized, along with their daughter, Diamond Tiara. Sunset felt bad for them, especially Diamond Tiara, she had no part in what the Organization did, but because of it, she would be stigmatized for it for a long time. Thankfully though, the youngest sisters of their friends were more than happy to be there for her, and soon a friendship formed between them.

The other was Cherry Jubilee, the woman was apparently a distant friend of the apple family, and Applejack had even worked on her orchard for a bit as part of getting some extra money for the family. Reports still came in on how the land where Jubilee’s orchard and family were located was completely uninhabitable, nothing living or dead could survive there and the entire area was sectioned off as a hazardous zone.

“Well, this other Deathstorm isn’t here, at least that’s what Dusk told us,” said Sunset.

“Yes, but there’s still the chance that that Deathstorm could come back, and what’s worse, what world could she have come from to be just as powerful as Dusk Shine?” Twilight pondered.

Sunset walked over to her lover and placed her hands on her shoulders. “Let’s not worry too much about the ‘what ifs’, for now we have some semblance of peace, and some friends to see. So let’s eat up and head out.”

“G…let me go, I need to get ready…” Rainbow groaned.

Rainbow Dash was currently in bed, having realized that she was going to be late for the event if she didn’t get up soon, however, it was a bit of a trick to get out of the vice grip of her girlfriend’s arms.

Gilda was lying behind Rainbow, in nothing but a tank top and boxers, while Rainbow…was wearing less than that under the covers.

They had had quite the wild night, despite knowing what they were going to be doing Saturday, but still, a little fun couldn’t have hurt.

Rainbow sighed as she looked back at the girl who was once her friend, then enemy, and now girlfriend. It took some time, but eventually, both Gilda and Rainbow Dash realized what they felt for each other was real and decided to give it a shot. So far, neither had regretted it.

After some prodding with her elbow, Rainbow Dash managed to make Gilda release her, unfortunately she hadn’t realized how close she was to the edge of the bed, so when she rolled out she rolled right off the edge and onto the floor, taking the sheets with her.

Gilda finally awoke with a start as she looked around and saw that Dash wasn’t around. She followed the groans to the left side of the bed and watched as her girlfriend tried to squirm her way out of the sheets that wrapped up her body.

“Well, it’s not the sexiest look you’ve come up with Dash, but I don’t mind unwrapping my toys,” said Gilda with a pervy grin.

“Ha, ha, would help me get out of this, I don’t want to be late!” Rainbow shot back.

Gilda chuckled. “Alright, alright, don’t get your panties in a wad.” She then stopped and looked over to the corner of the room, noticing said undergarments were in a wad next to her other clothes. “Well, too late for that huh?”

“I’m seriously going to drop kick you.”

The former delinquent dropped to the floor, straddling the wrapped up Rainbow Dash as she leaned down. “I don’t mind, you know I like it rough, Dashie.”

“Gilda…c’mon,” said Rainbow.

Gilda sighed, smiled and kissed Rainbow on the lips. “You owe me a good time later tonight.”

“Might be sooner if it goes well today.”

Gilda grinned and got off her girlfriend, tugging at a loose part of the sheets, allowing it to unravel a little so that Rainbow could finally move. The prismatic girl got the sheet, using them to cover herself and making it look like she had a makeshift white dress on.

“Damn, you actually look hotter like that,” said Gilda.

Rainbow smirked. “Hurry and get in there so I can shower too.”

“Fine, fine.”

The former punk walked into Rainbow’s bathroom and shut the door. Rainbow Dash chuckled as she looked upon her life and how it turned out thus far. Gilda was really all she wanted in a girlfriend, she was as brash as herself, and just as daring. Crass, perverted to the same level as she was, and despite the gruff exterior, Gilda did have a soft and caring side, it was as if little by little Rainbow Dash was reaching out to that shy little girl she remembered back at the Junior Speedsters camp.

A pang of guilt hit Rainbow’s heart as she sat there on the edge of bed, remembering that it was her own actions that forced Gilda to build up a wall of aggression and pride around her heart, shutting in that girl from long ago to try and show Rainbow that she was strong and not the weak little girl she remembered.

Actually…you were way stronger than me G. You had enough courage to tell me that you liked me, and that you liked other girls, and you definitely had more guts than me when you kissed me, thought Rainbow.

“Of course, I acted like a scared little girl. I felt different like that, but I was afraid to show it…”

“Would you stop with the guilt trip?” Gilda called out from the doorway. “We both messed up, we were young, and too emotional to understand to how to deal with it. You pretended to not be into girls, and I…well…I became an asshole. So neither of us is perfect, but we can at least start over, we’re both willing to.”

Rainbow Dash smiled, Gilda was right. If anything this past year had taught them, is that things were changing, and change was painful, but through it something better can come about.

“Thanks, G.”

“No problem. So, are you going to just sit there, or are you going to join me in here?”

Rainbow Dash smirked, stood up, and released the sheets she was using to cover herself.

Gilda went a little wide eyed and smirked. “So, that a yes?”

Summer vacation was about to get underway in a week for most of the schools in the city, and to celebrate, a music festival was being held at the center of the city. Famous singers like Sapphire Shores, and even the Queen of Pop herself, Countess Coloratura had come.

But more than that, it was also going to serve as a venue for newer, local bands to showcase their talent to the city. So of course, Rainbow Dash had gotten the Rainbooms entered, believing it a perfect opportunity to display how “awesome” they were to the whole city.

Although one may argue that they had already established that awesomeness by saving the entire city from a trio of super powered monster girls from another world, but most of that event was kept quiet, a lot of the footage that contained them in it was mysteriously wiped from the net.

But people who knew, knew. It wasn’t broadcasted to everyone, it was seen in the subtle nod, thumbs up, or wink to the girls who helped save the city. Kind of an unspoken rule among the citizens to not let on to anyone who could hurt their saviors.

A motorcycle whizzed into the parking lot, carrying Twilight and Sunset, both dismounted the bike and proceeded into the festival, currently, a band by the name of Flash Drive was currently playing to the crowd, the lead guitarist was shredding away at his instrument, belting out the lyrics of his song as the crowd cheered for him.

Among the crowd, the lead singer/guitarist, Flash Sentry, spotted someone familiar, Sunset Shimmer. At first he was a little apprehensive, but then saw her with someone, a girl with dark purple hair and pink and violet streak running through it. Sunset was smiling, a real genuine smile, and so was the girl next to her.

It had been a long time since he’d seen that smile on his ex-girlfriend’s face, and it made him happy. She used to be closed off, prideful, and – as much as he didn’t like to say it – a royal bitch.

However, the girl he was looking at was different, especially since she waved to him and shouted out with the crowd. Flash smiled and struck a loud chord, making the crowd even more excited. Sunset seemed to catch the meaning behind it threw Flash a thumbs up.

“So that was your…ahem…ex-boyfriend, huh?” Twilight asked nervously.

“Yeah, Flash Sentry, he was alright.”

“Oh…um…he seems really successful in his music…” Twilight murmured.

Sunset threw her arm over Twilight’s shoulder, bringing the nerd girl close to her. “Hey, I’m not leaving you for anyone, alright? I want to be with you, at this point Flash’s a friend…well…I think, I’ll have to have a real talk with him about who I was when we met. But otherwise, you’re my girlfriend Sparky.”

The former unicorn punctuated this with a nuzzle to Twilight’s cheek, making the purple girl giggle in response, she was starting to like this Equestrian show of affection.

“Please spare us the cutesy displays.”

Sunset and Twilight turned to see a familiar trio.

“Adagio, Sonata, Aria, you guys came!” Sunset exclaimed.

“Of course we did, Sunny, wherever there is music, you can bet the Sirens would make an appearance,” said Adagio.

The alpha Siren slid up next to Sunset, leaning on the other girl’s shoulder and practically invading her personal space. While Sunset didn’t mind, having chalked it up to Adagio’s flirty demeanor, Twilight’s face was turning a bit red from the display.

Apparently Adagio had not backed down from her earlier stated attraction to Sunset, and was not subtle in her flirting and overall means of seduction.

Twilight glanced to the other two Sirens, Sonata and Aria, who were currently locked arm and arm as Sonata rested her head against the gruff Siren’s shoulder.

“And you two don’t find this a little infuriating?” Twilight asked.

“Nope.” Aria answered.

“Why?!”

“Because Dagi’s always going to love us, no matter what! So even if she flirts and stuff, it’s not like she can’t still love us, too,” said Sonata.

“Yeah, I mean, not like we can’t expand our little love circle. I was actually getting used to the idea of having her in the group,” said Aria.

Twilight’s eye twitched, they were truly Equestrian if what Sunset had told her about polyamorous relationships was true. Despite knowing that Sunset would be true to her, it was still unsettling to watch Adagio practically glob onto Sunset, and – Oh my goddess is she actually putting Sunset’s arm in-between her cleavage!?

Sure enough Adagio had somehow gotten Sunset’s right arm precariously placed right between her assets, the blush on Sunset’s face was more than enough evidence to show that she was aware of this. Twilight then moved closer to Sunset and managed to get Sunset’s left arm between her own cleavage, making Sunset blush even harder.

“Adagio Dazzle, I would very much appreciate it if you wouldn’t cling to my girlfriend,” said Twilight.

Adagio giggled in her seductive, yet taunting tone. “Oh Twily, I don’t see a ring on this finger yet, so fair game sweetie.”

“I’m working on it – eep!” Twilight shut her mouth, realizing what she had said.

Adagio raised an eyebrow and smirked at the declaration.

“Sunset and Twilight sitting in a tree, K, I, S, S, I, N, G. First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the baby carriage!” Sonata sang.

“Sonata, it’s not possible for two girls to have a child, other than adoption,” said Twilight in a matter-of-fact tone.

“Um…Twi, you remember that sheet of paper with that spell that I said was to be used a lot later in our lives? Well…” Sunset leaned closer to her lover and whispered into Twilight’s ear.

Twilight turned completely red and finally fell over, steam practically wafting out of her ears as the implications of what Sunset said were setting into her brain.

As they looked upon the downed girl, Adagio nodded. “Well, I never said we couldn’t share.”

“Seriously?! You know Countess Coloratura?!” Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash yelled in unison.

Applejack shook her head from the near deafening double whammy yell into her ear. “Ow, and yeah, Ah do know her. But she definitely didn’t call herself ‘Countess’, Rara was way different from what she is now.”

Rarity picked up on that. “Excuse me, darling, but ‘Rara’?”

“Yeah, Rara was more of a down to Earth kind of gal, she even thought her whole name was a mouthful, so Ah shortened it, takin’ Colo-RA-tu-RA, and callin’ her Rara.” Applejack explained.

Pinkie and Rainbow were just standing there with their mouths hanging open, Applejack had known the Queen of Pop since childhood, and apparently that same Queen of Pop recognized her enough to actually run up to her earlier that day and give her a hug.

Of course, the look of jealousy on both the party girl and sports girl was not lost on anyone, and neither was it lost on Rarity, but everyone believed her jealousy didn’t stem from the same place as Pinkie and Rainbow.

“Well…I-I’m glad you got to see your famous…talented…beautiful…well endowed, childhood friend,” said Rarity, putting on a smile as her right eye twitched.

Fluttershy, Pinkie, and Rainbow were definitely not buying that.

“Aww, c’mon sugarcube, Rara’s an old friend…and ‘sides…yer meh girlfriend so, y’know,” said Applejack as she blushed.

Rarity took of her keytar and went over to hug the farm girl and place a kiss on her freckled cheek. “I do now, and I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have gotten jealous like that.”

“Ugh, all this lovey dovey stuff’s going to give me diabetes, we need to get ready, where’s Twilight and Sunset?!” Rainbow asked.

“Over here!”

The rest of the girls watched as Sunset and Twilight walked backstage, following behind them were Sirens.

“Sorry, got a little sidetracked,” said Sunset.

Pinkie appeared before Sonata, and the two girls fist bumped and went to some crazy greeting routine.

“Hey Sona, you guys here for the showcase?’ Pinkie asked.

“Yeah, we’re in it too!” Sonata replied.

“You are?” Fluttershy asked.

“Yes, as The Dazzlings,” said Adagio.

Shocker, thought Rainbow. “C’mon, let’s go set up.”

The girls set to work getting the stage ready for their turn in the showcase, while doing so the newly named Dazzlings helped out. The trio explained how they went to see this girl named Tree Hugger, who showed them how to achieve their singing voices again, but instead of drawing on the negative energy, she taught them how to bring about positive feelings from those they sang to and draw energy from that. The change actually helped them, making their bodies feel more rejuvenated. The Sirens doubted it would grant them immortality, but it prolong their lives a little more beyond the norm of some humans. While they continued to set up, Twilight managed to peek behind the curtain and looked into the crowd.

There she saw her mother and father, a bit of nervousness entered her stomach, she had never sang in front of her parents before. At least not on this grand a scale.

A couple of feet from them were Shining Armor and Cadance. Twilight remembered the long explanation she and Shining Armor had to give to Cadance about what happened to him, as well as what Twilight was. At first she thought Cadance was going to leave and never speak to them again. But then she embraced them both, holding both brother and sister tight as she cried, saying how they had been through so much and that she wished she had known.

In the end, everything turned out fine. They were able to reverse Shining Armor’s death into something along the lines of witness protection due to his connection to the military, saying they had to fake his death until it was safe. Of course the government went along with this as giving the full explanation would mean revealing the full truth about the Firestorm Crisis. Now the two were even closer than ever, and there was the promise of wedding bells in the near future.

Twilight spotted a couple more familiar faces and motioned for Sunset to come to her. Sunset walked over and looked through the gap in the curtain.

It was there she spotted Celestia and Luna, both wearing casual, comfortable clothes. There were some nervous looks from some of the teenagers who went to the school, wondering if they had done something wrong to warrant their principals to come to a music showcase like this.

True to their word, both women had officially adopted Sunset, with Celestia, on paper, being her adopted mother, and Luna being a co-guardian, but really acting like the second mother.

Celestia and Luna had offered Sunset a room at their house, to be more like a family, with the promise of restricting their more private activities to the bedroom, and only when she was gone.

As much as Sunset enjoyed the offer, she had gotten used to the apartment and living on her own, plus she knew how much in love with each other they were, and didn’t want them to have to retrain themselves from showing it to each other because she was around. Besides, it made things less awkward when Sunset had Twilight over, no worrying about her two “moms” walking in on them.

However, she was still feeling nervous about this. Sunset had never sung in front of anyone, ever, aside from during that battle with the super powered Sirens.

“Nervous?” Twilight asked.

“A little…you too?” Sunset asked.

“Yeah.”

“We’ve faced life or death situations that put this all to shame, and yet we can still feel this way over just performing?” Sunset chuckled.

Twilight smiled. “I think it’s good that we can still feel nervous about small things like this, because no matter what crazy things come our way, we can still return to a life like this, with our friends and families.”

“Speaking of which…Twilight…about that thing I wanted to do when the time comes…?”

Twilight placed her index finger on Sunset’s lips and gave a soft “shh”. “We can talk about that later, but right now, let’s make some music with our friends.”

The Rainbooms stood upon the stage, with the Dazzlings giving them the thumbs up from the side. The curtain rose up and instantly a roaring cheer assaulted them.

Sunset and Twilight glanced about, looking upon everything. They still couldn’t believe where they were now, one who was made to aid in the world’s destruction, and another who forsake her home world and plotted to take it over. Both never thought that their lives would become more than what they were allotted, love certainly never came to mind.

Yet here they were, about to play for hundreds of people, surrounded by friends and family, heroes to the world, and both having found a special connection to each other, their lives forever intertwined.