A Reminder Of Hope Part 7 | Epilogue
By, serenityx
"They say a person needs three things to be truly happy in this world; someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for."
Yet, what if actually, you had all three... but in one?
"T-Twilight..."
Twilight was above all things that moment. There she was, looking as beautiful and peaceful as ever. Twilight couldn't help but smile brightly at that she. Sunset was laid in the bed, head no longer towards the side excluding her hair. Her eyes remained closed but her eyelashes fluttered. Twilight picked herself off her cushioned chair and made her way over to Sunset. She rested her bottom on the side of the hospital bed and held her girlfriends arm.
"You're awake... you don't know how happy I am to see that you're awake."
"...I can only imagine," Sunset spoke before revealing her cyan eyes.
Twilight softly giggled before moving her hand to Sunset's left cheek. Sunset responded with a small smile and moving her own hand to cup Twilight's that rested on her face.
"Are you alright?" She asked suddenly remembering her own concern.
"I'm okay. Some bruises, but nothing troubling. I'm more worried about you Sunny," Twilight replied.
"Heh, well I am the one in the hospital bed..."
"Yeah, I think I'm done with hospitals for awhile." Twilight says. Then Sunset coughs slightly. Twilight reacts by removing her hand and reaching for the plastic cup of water. She carefully hands it to Sunset. "Here; hydrate."
She took the cup, "Thank you." and drank.
"Don't mention it. So, how are you feeling?"
"A little sore, no headache or anything."
"Good." Twilight smiled.
"So what happened if you don't mind me asking?" Sunset questioned.
Twilight's face becomes neutral again. "The men, the ones who tried to rob me, got arrested."
Sunset nodded. "They did? I remember I beat them up pretty badly. I suppose they got to me before I could finish them off. What happened after I, I'm guessing blacked out?"
Twilight sighed. "You did. Also, they tried to bribe me again afterwards. Obviously I refused and then they tried to attack me. I was so furious at the time I just grabbed one of the computer monitors from one of the desks and threw it on their thick heads."
Sunset started to laugh. "Smart thinking, wish I thought of that. Thanks for standing up for me babe."
Twilight playfully rolled her eyes. "Yeah yeah. So when they went unconscious, I went for my purse and dialed the police. They came and took those burglars to jail."
"Right where they belong," Sunset said.
"-and as for SAIP HQ, our computer lab is is destructed, the whole first floor is damaged, the vault has been violated, and the lobby is just a mess. Luckily they didn't get into any of our project rooms, but it's going to take us awhile to fix everything up. Gear Shift, my only guard, was knocked out from sleeping gas so we have to have people come in to purify the air in places the gas could of sneaked into," Twilight explained.
"I'm so sorry Twilight. I should of left the house way earlier than I did to check in on you; but you said you'd call if something happened. It was then too late when I realized something felt wrong." Sunset frowned.
Twilight shook her head. "No, don't blame yourself Sunset. I was so caught up in my work I should've realized how late it was. When I saw those two men lurking in the corner, I should of just called the police then and there!"
Sunset reached and took Twilight's hand. "Hey, I know how you can get. I expected you to run a little late like usual. Besides, those crooks had you on the spot. There was nothing you could really do but run. I mean... you could've ran in the opposite direction from the building but whatever works ya know?"
Twilight groaned. "I panicked okay? I thought it would be safe inside but once again, my instincts were way off. Way to go me! Go inside the exact building the bad guys want to rob!" She slapped her face with her free hand. "Wait, how'd you know I would be late from work?" She asked suspiciously.
"Aren't you always?" Sunset tilted her head.
"Well yeah but..."
"You're changing the topic. Please, continue," She interrupted.
"Okay, so I guess it's not any of our faults besides the burglars. Although I am going to buy a better security system and hire some more guards," Twilight finished.
"Great idea. Better safe than sorry," Sunset said then chuckled into space. Twilight joined in after her.
When the laughs dialed down, Twilight softly sighed and started to look around the room still at her girlfriend's side.
"I guess this wasn't exactly how you want to restart our relationship huh?" Twilight brings up.
Sunset faced her again. "What do you mean?"
"It just seems we're already off to a rocky start. I'm sorry, I don't mean to sound mundane, but it was only two days ago we decided to stop stressing and just begin our relationship again from the top."
Sunset blinked. "Why would we need to do that?"
Twilight looked at her confused. "It was your idea! What, are you saying you don't want to try this anymore?" Twilight said with a bit of hurt in her voice.
"Well I'm just saying, why do we need to try if we already are in a good place?" Sunset mentioned.
Twilight shook her head. "That's the thing; we aren't."
"Oh... why?" She asked.
Twilight stared at her. "Uhm because, things, we- why are you making this difficult? You already know why."
Sunset shrugged. "Maybe, but I want to hear your perspective."
"Things have changed." Twilight exclaimed. She then realized her response and lowered her gaze.
"That's really your answer? ...Okay then." Sunset crosses her arms and closes her eyes once again. "Wake me up at dusk."
"...You just totally avoided using our names- wait a second. You can't do that Sunset! You asked me a question and I answered truthfully. Now you're just acting immature." Twilight snarked.
"Am I?" She opened her eyes again. "What changed Twilight? Just because someone loses their memory doesn't mean anything has changed."
"..."
"What's wrong now? Lost your vocabulary?"
"...Why are we fighting?" Twilight quietly spoke.
"Not fighting, discussing," Sunset corrects.
"Why are we discussing this? I thought we were fine." Twilight bit her lip.
"No, we are fine. I just want to know what gave you the obligation to say that."
"The obligation to say what?" Twilight asked in a demanding tone.
"The obligation to say 'try' and that 'things have changed'. What has changed exactly? I'm still Sunset Shimmer."
Twilight nodded. "You are, I'm sorry. You're the same woman that became my best friend, the same woman who has experienced with me, and the same woman I fell in love with. Nothings really changed, I guess I don't really know why I said that... you just had me on the spot and-"
Sunset took her girlfriend's hand again. "I forgive you."
Twilight squeezed Sunset's hand and smiled. "So, what now?"
"I dunno, what's your opinion on having children?" Sunset asked.
Twilight glared at her, face flushed a deep red. "S-Sunset... we aren't even engaged or anything..."
Sunset giggled. "I'm just messing with you Twi. Though, I could of sworn I..."
Twilight tilted her head. "You could of sworn you what? You just trailed off," She said.
"I..." Sunset felt confused. She rubbed her head and bit her lip.
"Sunny?" Twilight called out.
"Twilight I- I think-"
"What?" Twilight was really curious now.
Sunset opened her mouth to answer but nothing came out. Twilight looked over to her hand and felt Sunset's grip on her loosen. Scared, she faced Sunset again who's eyes were again closed. Her mouth was barely an inch open and her breathing was steady.
"Sunset!?" Twilight panicked. "No, not again. You can't keep fainting on me Sunny!"
When Sunset awoke again, she wasn't confused this time. In fact, she felt well rested and actually pretty great. It was kind of dim in the room; it must've been around dinner time. She looked around and saw her girlfriend who was sitting in the same chair she was in last time, but instead of on her phone, she was watching the TV. She felt a rush while she was staring at her. A good rush; her heart started to pound rapidly. Sunset sprung out of her laid position and sat straight up.
"Twilight!"
Twilight jumped when she heard Sunset. "Sunset?" She rushed over to the bed and sat on the side next to girlfriend. "You're awake again; you fell asleep when we were talking the last time and-"
Before she could let Twilight finish her sentence, Sunset pressed her lips against Twilights. Twilight was in shock and a little bit weirded out... but decided to deal with it. So, she melted into the kiss applying her own force. Sunset wrapped her arms around her girlfriends torso pulling her in closer. Twilight put her hands onto Sunset's shoulders and moaned. The kiss lasted a full minute before Sunset pulled away leaving a smack at the end. The pink on Twilight's cheeks showed that she was now enjoyed.
"Oh I've missed that..." Sunset happily sighed.
Twilight giggled. "Yeah, I've missed you too- wait, Sunset you...?"
Sunset only smiled at her.
Twilight went wide eyed and threw herself onto Sunset embracing her in a tight hug. Sunset almost fell backwards from the impact. She felt Twilight beginning to cry into her chest.
"Oh my goodness, oh my goodness..." Twilight repeated in between her squeaks.
Sunset put her right hand on the back of Twilight's head and started rubbing her hair. "I know, vent all you need to."
"I can't believe it... it's almost been a whole month... but it felt like years..." Twilight looked up and sniffed.
Sunset kissed the top of Twilight's forehead. "You never gave up."
She shook her head. "Of course not! I would have never given up on you Sunset!"
Sunset nodded and paused before saying anything else."I'm sorry," Sunset apologized.
Twilight blinked and finally ended the embrace. "For what?"
"Causing an accident, making you go through this pain, going unconscious multiple times..." Sunset went through the list.
"Don't apologize for that. You didn't mean for those to happen Sunset. Besides, we're okay and that's all that matters," Twilight told her.
"I guess that's true," Sunset softly laughed.
Twilight nodded. "So... everything?" She asked.
Sunset nodded back. "Yes, everything. I remember college, I remember work, I remember adulthood, and of course I remember you and me."
Twilight sighed. "Magnifique."
Sunset smiled and held both of Twilight's hands. "Je t'aime."
"Je t'aime aussi," Twilight smiled back.
"So... you want to get the doctor? I'm so ready to get out of here..."
"In a minute," Twilight said scotting to the back of the bed next to Sunset and laying down. "I want to cherish this moment a little longer."
Sunset laid herself down and rested her head on Twilight's shoulder. "Alright, I can- will wait."
"Shut up," Twilight said.
"Hey, fine." She sighed. "What's another moment right?" Sunset mentioned.
"Yeah, it gives us more to remember," Twilight replied.
"We can only hope..." Sunset said.
There was a pause. "No, don't say things like that."
"Why? It's true," Sunset stated.
"..."
"Twilight,"
"Mm?"
"It's hard to forget someone... who's given you so much to remember."
Twilight grinned brightly. She reached her head down and Sunset reached hers upwards as they shared another kiss. They locked their hands together and Sunset returned to resting her head on Twilight's shoulder.
So much had happened. The couple though, were happy. Love can be a fickle thing... but Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle always managed to make it work. Just like, well, like they do everything.
FIN~
So, that's their story. What's yours?