Twilight stared at the page, not knowing what to feel. Princess Celestia has responded...
“Wha did it say?” Applejack asked, shifting her eyes back and forth from the purple teen and the brown book.
“It was Princess Celestia,” Twilight affirmed, staring blankly at Sunset’s brown journal at her side, “She said not to bring Sunset through the portal.”
“Did it say anything else?” Rarity asked.
Twilight shook her head, “No,” she sniffled again. While she was relieved that Princess Celestia had written back, another part of her felt crossed. If the sun princess had written back earlier, then Sunset wouldn’t have gotten hurt. No, I can’t blame Celestia, she has other responsibilities. She has a whole kingdom to look over after all... I should’ve brought Sunset home to Equestria sooner. Because of me, Sunset got hurt. But Sunset is her student. Why didn’t she reply back sooner? She could have at least sent an explanation why instead of leaving them in the dark.
“She should have said so instead of leaving us hanging,” Rainbow growled, firing a heated glare at the base of the statue.
“She really didn’t say anything else?” Applejack asked, putting her hands on her hips in frustration, seeming not to fully believe how short of a response the princess gave.
Twilight shook her head, “No,” she repeated, growing a little agitated at the fact.
Applejack sighed, putting two fingers to the bridge of her nose, “Wha are we gonna do now?”
“I trapped her here,” Twilight whispered, not hearing her friend’s question, “I shouldn’t have brought her here. She’s trapped here with nothing that can help her.”
Seeing her friend in distress, Fluttershy knelt down next to Twilight, “You didn’t know.”
Yeah, I didn’t know... but that doesn’t mean that it’s not my fault... “She’s my responsibility. And I... it’s... I should’ve left as soon as there was trouble.”
Applejack sighed again, “Twilight. Ya did what ya could. Now it’s that Princess’s responsibility to come here.”
“Yeah!” Rainbow growled.
“She could’ve at least told you why, and what she thinks Sunny has,” Pinkie added.
“I don’t know what to do now,” Twilight said, finally answering Applejack’s question.
Applejack quickly darted her eyes around the yard, suddenly remembering where they were, “Ah don’t think we should stay here any longer.”
“Well, we could go to my place,” Rainbow suggested.
Twilight faced her sporty friend, “Yeah... okay... I don’t wanna wake Sunset so I suggest we start moving before she wakes up.”
Rainbow nodded, “I’ll call my parents to let them know we’re comin’. I’m sure they’ll be cool on leaving us by ourselves for the night.”
Upon opening her eyes, Sunset noted that she was in the back seat of someone’s car. Turning to her right, she looked up to see Twilight’s worried purple face staring down at her.
“How are you feeling Sunset?” Twilight asked, running her fingers through the young girl’s mangled hair.
Sunset whimpered and dug her head into Twilight’s shoulder, “My back hurts.”
“Your back?” Twilight parroted. Hm, that’s odd. She’s hasn’t complained about her back in a while. That episode did seem like it took a big toll on her.
Twilight placed the back of her hand to Sunset’s forehead, noting how much paler she looked then before. She doesn’t feel warm, or cold. She simply looked drained. Her eyes were surprisingly still pink from crying, and they were halfway closed, as if she was fighting consciousness.
“Where are we going?” Sunset asked, trying to peak her head out the window.
“Rainbow’s house,” Twilight said.
Sunset nodded, her eyes were barely open now.
Twilight slowly caressed the girl’s hair, “Sleep honey, it’s okay.”
The first thing Twilight noticed was the amount of pictures the walls had of the rainbow haired girl. There were trophies and metals all with the name Rainbow Dash on them.
“You sure have a lot of trophies,” Pinkie told Rainbow as she picked one of the gold trophies up from the shelf, “Way more then the last time I was here.”
Rainbow gave a sheepish shrug, “Yeah, a lot of ‘em aren’t even real.”
Applejack picked a small one up, “Like this one? Rainbow Dash. Age Three,” she read aloud, “First Time—“
Rainbow gave out a startled cry and scrambled over to Applejack, “That’s uh, not mine!” She snatched the small trophy from the farm girl and hid it behind the taller trophies on the shelf.
“Aw!” Pinkie said, holding up a photo of the rainbow haired girl as a baby in diapers, “It’s baby Dashie!”
Rainbow’s eyes shrunk at the sight of the photo and snatched it from the cotton candy girl, “Gah... I really shoulda’ve hidden these,” the sporty girl turned beet red before placing the photo face down on the shelf, along with other embarrassing pictures.
Twilight slowly set Sunset down on the couch and sat on the spot next to her. She sighed and checked the girl’s forehead with the back of her hand once again.
“How is she?” Flutttershy whispered, sitting down next to Twilight.
Twilight sighed once more and looked towards Fluttershy, “She’s tired. That episode took a lot out of her.”
Applejack sadly shook her head, “Poor thing. She looked like she was in so much pain.”
Twilight wilted at her friend’s statement. Of course she noticed that Sunset was in pain, but she didn’t want to think about it. She glanced to her left at Sunset, who now seemed to be peacefully asleep with her head rested on one of the pillows.
The sight made Twilight relax a little. At least now she doesn’t seem to be in any pain. Sighing, Twilight pulled Sunset’s brown journal from her backpack, checking for what seemed like the million time, if the sun princess had written anything else in the journal that she may have missed. As expected, that last thing Princess Celestia had sent was about not taking Sunset through the portal.
Slamming it closed and putting her hands to her face, Twilight tried to make sense of the short response. Why couldn’t she have told her that long time ago when she first asked for help? Why did she respond so late and give such a blunt response?
Twilight sighed once more and leaned back into the couch. She glanced at the clock in the corner of the living room. 11:30—wait a minute!
Twilight leaped up from her seat, suddenly remembering her appointment with Vice Principal Luna.
“What’s the matter darling?” Rarity asked, confused on why Twilight looked panicked so suddenly.
“I forgot about Vice Principal Luna!” Twilight told the group, putting her hands up to her hair.
“Oh... Wha time did ya say you were gonna meet ‘er?” Applejack asked, Twilight’s anxiousness rubbing off on her.
“Eleven!” Twilight half yelled, not wanting to wake Sunset up, “I told her we’d be at Rarity’s!”
“I told her that a situation came up,” Fluttershy told the group.
Every head in the room turned to face Fluttershy.
“What?” Twilight asked, surprised by the timid girl had said.
Fluttershy shrunk in her seat at the many eyes on her, “I-I have her number. I just told her that Twilight won’t be able to make it.”
“Why do you have Vice Principal Luna’s number?” Pinkie asked.
Fluttershy shrugged, “My parents said to have both hers and Principal Celestia’s for emergencies.”
“Fluttershy do you mind telling her to meet me here? I still am curious to see how Sunset lived over here. Plus Princess Celestia would want that information as well, and I promised her I’d get it.”
Fluttershy nodded, pulled out her phone and began texting, “Okay. I don’t know how soon she’ll reply.”
“You’re going to go with Vice Principal Luna?” Rainbow asked, remembering that Twilight had asked them to go instead since she’ll be in Equestria.
Twilight rubbed her lips together in thought, “Well, I guess so. I just said one of you girls could go since... I thought... I’d be in Equestria by then.”
“Um... I don’t mean to be rude but... how will Sunset take it?” Fluttershy asked, nervously twiddling with her pink hair.
Twilight shook her head, “I’m not sure how she’ll react. I’m mean, you saw how she reacted the other day went I went outside with Flash.”
Applejack sighed, “I hope she takes it well,” Applejack frowned. Deep down, she know the young girl wouldn’t take the news well.
Rainbow shook her head, “I uh, don’t think it’s gonna go well. Calling it now.”
Pinkie sat next to Twilight on the floor, “I know she doesn’t trust us as well as she trusts you, but I Pinkie Promise that I’ll try to keep her happy.”
Twilight smiled at her energetic friend, “Thank you Pinkie. I really hope that she at least trusts you girls a little better after today.”
Fluttershy glanced at Sunset, who was thankfully still asleep. A chime from her phone brought her gaze away, “She replied.”
“What’d she say?” Applejack asked.
Fluttershy quickly read over the message, “She’s coming at 1:30.”
Sunset awoke with a jolt, not recognizing where she currently was. After yawning and rubbing her eyes, she realized that she was inside a house. Rainbow Dash’s house, according to Twilight.
“Hey Sunset how are you feeling?” Twilight asked, slowly caressing the young girl’s hair.
Sunset looked up at Twilight and smiled a small smile, “Better.”
Twilight definitely believed it. While the black veins were still present, the girl’s color had returned, “Does your back still hurt?”
Sunset shook her head, “A little.”
“Like before? What part of your back?” Twilight asked, already suspecting what the girl would answer.
Sunset positioned herself to sit up but stopped when she felt a sharp stab along her spine, “All over.”
Twilight frowned, not expecting this answer, making her feel confused. She thought the girl would say that her shoulder blades were hurting like before. Sunset hadn’t been complaining about her back since they left Pinkie’s place, so Twilight irresponsibility hadn’t checked. Why was it suddenly hurting again?
“Sunset,” Twilight started, squeezing the young girl’s hand with hers, “I want to check your back, but in order to do that, I’m going to need you to sit up. Do you think you can do that for me? Or are you in too much pain?”
Sunset nodded, her eyes turning confident and determined, “I can do it.”
“Okay,” Twilight said, grabbing Sunset’s other hand, “We’re going to take this slow okay? If I hurt you, or you wanna lay back down, tell me. Okay?”
Sunset nodded and closed her eyes.
Taking that as her cue to go, Twilight slowly brought Sunset up into a sitting position, freezing a little when the girl gave out a small whimper.
Sunset’s face was scrunched up, telling Twilight that she was uncomfortable. The fiery haired girl took several deep breaths before nodding to Twilight, signaling her to continue.
Twilight ran her fingers through Sunset’s hair, trying to sooth her before slowly lifting up the girl’s shirt to inspect her back.
It took all of Twilight’s willpower to hold back a gasp. The poor child’s back was completely covered in the veins. There was no trace of her golden skin tone anywhere. It was just... black.
Glancing over the rest of Sunset’s body, Twilight noted that the veins did in fact increase in the latest episode. It worried the older girl. Is this what the veins do? Is the rest of her going to end up like this? Her eyes wandered over to the burn that the portal had left on Sunset’s face, as well as her arm where Twilight had touched her right afterwards. The purple teen hadn’t noticed before, but the places that the burn marks were was where the veins were growing, giving those spots a charred look.
“Twilight?” Sunset called. The older girl hadn’t spoken in a while. She was just frozen in place, staring at her bare back.
Twilight blinked at the sound of Sunset’s voice, “Sunset,” she began, rubbing her lips together and looking at the girl in front of her in the eye, “Do you trust me?”
Sunset eyes widened at that. Looking downwards at her lap, she began taking quick breaths. Sunset closed her eyes. She did trust Twilight. She really did. But... how can she be so sure? What if she’s making a mistake and the older girl shouldn’t be trusted? What if—
Stop it! Twilight has been nothing but kind to you! She promised she’ll fix me... Sunset took a deep breath and slowly let it out. Finally, she nodded at the princess.
Twilight smiled and placed her hand to Sunset’s cheek, a bit of pride filling within her. She knew that Sunset had trouble with trust, and that her question must’ve overwhelmed her, but she said that she trusted her in the end. And that in itself is a big deal.
“Okay,” Twilight said before grabbing onto Sunset’s small hands again, “I’m going to try something, something that will help me understand what’s going on. But it might hurt... but I promise it’ll only be for a little... Is... that okay?”
Sunset sniffled but nodded all the same.
“Okay,” Twilight said, “I’ll be right back. I’m going to get Fluttershy. I need her to help me. Is that okay?”
Sunset nodded.
“Okay, I’ll be right back,” Twilight told her, getting up from her spot on the floor and quickly disappearing around the corner.
When Twilight was out of sight, Sunset whimpered and laid flat on her stomach, positioning her head on top of the pillows.
The pain in her back, as well as everywhere else was beginning to increase. She also felt nauseous, her stomach making cartwheels within her. To make matters worse, her head was beginning to pound.
Taking deep breaths, Sunset tightly gripped onto the pillow. Trying in vain to think about anything other than the pain.
“Sunset?” She heard Twilight’s voice call, “What’s the matter?”
Sunset lifted her head to see blurry images of Twilight and Fluttershy right beside her, “D-don’t feel g-good.”
Twilight immediately knelt down and put a hand to Sunset’s forehead. She was burning up, “Do you feel nauseous or—“
Sunset nodded, cutting Twilight off.
“Okay, there a trash right by you.”
Sunset looked down at the trash can, her pants becoming heavier. After a violent cough, Sunset stuck her face near the trash.
When her stomach had calmed down, Sunset slowly lifted her face from the trash can and nodded to Twilight.
Twilight set the trash down and ran her fingers through Sunset’s hair, “Feel better?”
Sunset shook her head and closed her eyes.
“Let’s go clean you up in the bathroom,” Twilight said, standing up from the floor, “Maybe that’ll help you feel a little better.”
“Feel better?” Twilight asked, removing the cloth from Sunset’s face.
Sunset nodded then opened her eyes when Twilight took the cloth away. She was face to face with her reflection in the full-body mirror on the bathroom door. The most noticeable thing about her was not the scars, as it usually was. Now, it was... those black... things.
Twilight watched Sunset carefully as she continued to stare at her reflection. Sunset hesitantly placed her hand on her face, covering the veins on her cheek. When the girl whimpered, Twilight didn’t hesitate to embrace her. Hearing Sunset’s soft cries shattered Twilight’s heart, “Oh Sunset...”
Sunset sniffled, “I am... I am a m-mon-monster.”
Twilight turned Sunset around so that they were face to face with each other, “Sunset, don’t call yourself that. I told you—“
“B-but I am! I l-look... look...” Sunset didn’t finish her sentence, her negative thoughts overwhelming her.
Twilight hugged Sunset tight, “No Sunset. You’re beautiful. You’re such a strong—“
“No,” Sunset whimpered, puffy eyes staring up at Twilight, “I’m n-not strong. I always c-cry. L-like a baby.”
“Sunset,” Twilight started, putting a hand under the girl’s chin and wiping a few tears away with her thumb, “Just because you cry, does not mean you’re not strong.”
Sunset furrowed her brows together in confusion, “It-it... d-doesn’t?”
“No, sweetie,” Twilight smiled at her, “Crying is natural, it wouldn’t be normal if you didn’t cry.”
“B-but mother and f-father always told me that I’m w-weak ‘c-cause I cry.”
Twilight shook her head, “Don’t ever listen to a thing those ponies have said. It was wrong for them to tell you that.”
Sunset didn’t respond. She wishes she could forget everything about her parents. But she just can’t. Her mind wouldn’t let her, not matter how hard she tried, their voices and taunts still echoed inside her head. Sunset sniffled, “So, it’s o-okay to cry?”
Twilight nodded, “It’s very okay to cry.”
Sunset wrapped her arms around Twilight, letting more tears flow as she did.
“Sunset, you are such a strong little girl. You are not weak. Listen to me Sunset,” Twilight let go of the embrace and placed a hand to Sunset’s face, “I know you’ve had a terrible past, with ponies that have never cared for you. But, that was in the past. Now, you have me, you have Princess Celestia, and all of our friends downstairs. Sunset you have ponies, and people that care about you, that love you. Don’t ever forget that. Okay?”
Sunset nodded and embraced Twilight once more.
“Are you ready to go back downstairs?” Twilight asked, breaking the embrace.
Sunset was about to nod when she felt the now familiar sway of nausea flow through her. Oh no. Not again... Sunset looked up at Twilight only to see a blur of purple there instead of the pony princess. She then felt hands take her over to the toilet as her stomach churned up.
“It’s okay... it’s okay...” she heard Twilight’s warming voice call, “It’s alright Sunset, I’m right here with you... it’s okay...”
Sunset gave one last hacking cough before her stomach stopped churning. After a few deep breaths, Sunset nodded up at Twilight, who flushed the toilet in repone.
Twilight carefully wiped Sunset’s mouth, “You’re gonna be okay.”
After Twilight cleaned Sunset up, the pony princess walked with Sunset in her arms into the living room, where they found the rest of the girls.
Applejack noticed them first, a concerned expression coming over her face, “Is she alright?”
Twilight sighed, giving the group the impression that something had happened upstairs.
Rainbow shifted her eyes from Twilight to Sunset, who had her arms wrapped around Twilight’s neck and had her face buried in her shoulder, seeming to be recovering from crying.
Twilight set Sunset down on the couch and ran a hand through her hair, “Do you want to eat something?”
Sunset shook her head and kept her face downwards towards her lap. While she was a little hungry, she didn’t feel like eating anything.
Rainbow stood up from her seat next to Fluttershy, “Ya sure kid?” She made her way over to the kitchen and quickly returned carrying boxes in hand, “Look what we’re having.”
Sunset took a couple of sniffs, lifting her head up at the familiar smell.
...
Rarity blinked at her pizza, “I can’t believe I’m eating pizza once again.”
Sunset smirked at her and took a big bite of her cheesy pizza.
“Well ya could’ve gotten a salad or somethin’ fancy,” Applejack said, not minding the pizza again at all.
Rarity blinked again, forming a thin line with her mouth, “Well... I—should have thought of that,” Rarity grumbled, stabbing her fork in her pizza.
Rainbow stuffed another slice of pizza in her mouth, “So,” she began playing with a soccer ball with her foot, “Wha ya guysh wana do?”
“Rainbow Dash,” Rarity began, making a disgusted and disapproving face at the soccer player, “Do not talk with your mouth full.”
Rainbow ignored her as she rolled her eyes and began dribbling her old soccer ball with the inside of her feet, not paying any attention to her pale friend.
Sunset watched the battered ball as Rainbow effortlessly showed off with some neat tricks.
Seeing Sunset’s gaze, Rainbow turned to her, “You wanna go outside and kick the ball around squirt?”
Sunset looked up at Rainbow and nodded.
“Okay Sunset,” Rainbow began, placing the worn out soccer ball down on the grassy yard, “Let’s just take this easy ‘k? I don’t want ya getting hurt or anything.”
Sunset nodded. She understood why the older girl said that. While she feels better at the moment, she had to agree to that logic.
Twilight told the athlete that they shouldn’t overdo it, and that Sunset should be resting. But Rainbow insisted, saying that it could help take her mind off of everything. Twilight in the end, agreed, but only if the two took it easy, and went inside as soon as Sunset gets tired.
“Ready?” Rainbow said, jumping up and down in place to warm up a little.
Sunset nodded and locked her eyes on the ball.
Rainbow gently kicked the ball over to the girl, who had her right leg ready to kick the ball.
The ball went bouncing over the Rainbow’s left side, who quickly dashed on over to retrieve the ball.
Making the same movement from before, the rainbow haired girl passed the ball over to Sunset, who had her eyes hard set on the approaching ball.
Using all the strength she could muster, Sunset kicked the ball—right into Rainbow Dash’s midsection.
Rainbow doubled over from the surprisingly strong impact, “GA!”
Sunset froze, not knowing how to react. On one hand, it was kinda funny how her kick cause the teen to double over. However, Rainbow might be angry with her for hitting her with the ball. Will she yell at her? Tell that she didn’t want to play with her anymore?
Rainbow noted the girl’s tense posture, and chuckled while she rubbed her stomach, “You’ve got a strong kick squirt.”
Rainbow laughed. Not a vile or mocking laugh but a real, friendly laugh. A small smile creeped up on Sunset’s face, and a giggle was beginning to build. Seeing Rainbow’s embarrassed expression only made her laugh harder, and soon, Sunset was full on belly laughing at the teen.
Rainbow couldn’t help but laugh a little herself.
Twilight was watching Rainbow and Sunset continue to pass the ball to one another from inside the athlete’s patio doorway. A proud smile formed on her lips. Seems like Sunset is building up the confidence to trust another person.
Seeing the child laughing made her happy, but it also came with a sense of sadness. Recalling the scene in the bathroom, Twilight looked down at her feet and began wringing her hands together.
Sunset didn’t feel like she was enough for her parents, or for anyone. She was told by her parents that she was a weakling. The child even said that she looked at herself as a monster.
Twilight let out a deep sigh. How could Celestia not know about Sunset’s past until she was a little older? It’s so obvious at first glance that the child has been in a terrible household.
Twilight frowned. Something felt off about the way Celestia talked about her time with Sunset. The sun princess never spoke to her about the specifics, but it seemed as thought Celestia didn’t know much about Sunset’s past. But wasn’t Sunset her personal student? Surely the princess and the unicorn must’ve spent a lot of time together, being that Twilight did spend most of her day with Celestia, conversing about everything and anything.
A bigger question came to mind. How come Celestia didn’t warn her about Sunset’s phobias and dark self-image?
And an even bigger question came to the purple teen: why is Celestia so reluctant in responding? Why the short message?
“Whatcha thinkin’ ‘bout Twi?” Applejack said, standing across the doorway from the pony princess, crossing her arms over her chest.
Twilight looked up to meet the farm girl’s concerned eyes. Shaking her head, she turned to face outside, setting her eyes on Sunset, who was getting tips on how to pass the soccer ball better from Rainbow Dash.
“I’m... I don’t know... suspicious I guess is the best word to describe what I’m feeling,” Twilight said, continuing to wring her hands.
Applejack frowned, “Suspicious? Of what?”
“Princess Celestia,” Twilight told her, feeling guilt bubble up inside of her at the declaration. What is she thinking? It’s Princess Celestia for pony’s sake! It’s her duty to protect all of her subjects. And that’s what the sun princess must be doing now. She must be researching over there. Yeah, that must be it. It has to be...
But then why was she feeling this way?
“Maybe I’m angry at her too,” Twilight said, bitting the inside of her cheek.
Applejack shrugged, “Ya have every right ta be. I don’ blame ya. She gives us a short response and doesn’ even follow up? What’s up with that?” Applejack turned her gaze over to Sunset and watched her happily kick the soccer ball around, “Have ya tried reaching out ta her again?”
Twilight shook her head, “I don’t know what to do...”
Applejack put a sympathetic hand to her friend’s shoulder, “No one expects ya to.”
Twilight smiled, “I know. I’m just starting to grow more desperate with each passing day! I don’t want Sunset to be in anymore pain. And not just physically... She’s just suffering too much... I...” Twilight shook her head, not wanting to go on.
Applejack fortunately read Twilight’s facade, and easily knew where her head was, “Whomever ‘er parents are... they don’t deserve her,” Applejack’s mouth formed into a frown, noting wanting to set the mood even lower than it already was.
Twilight sighed, equally not wanting to continue the conversation, “I think I’m just going to send Celestia another message.”
Applejack nodded, “Tell ‘er the truth Twilight. Don’t skimp on yer feelings.”
Twilight nodded and made her way inside and walked on over to the living room, finding Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy watching a show.
Twilight grabbed the journal that was safely tucked inside her bag. She grabbed a pen and opened up to a blank page, ready to rant to the sun princess.
Twilight idly tapped the pen to the edge of the book. Where does she start with this? Does she tell how how angry she is? How she feels like the sun princess has betrayed her? Or should she tell her about Sunset’s latest episode?
Sighing, Twilight slammed the book closed and crossed her arms, keeping her eyes on the yin and yang sun on the front cover as a thought came over her.
Is this why Sunset had run away in the first place? Did she feel the same betrayal she’s feeling now? Something must’ve happened to damage Sunset’s trust with Princess Celestia. If Twilight was in Sunset’s place, would she have ran away from Celestia as well?
“Look, Mr Feeny, the only thing I’m not worried about in my life is Cory and my friendship.”
At that, Twilight lifted her head up to the TV. There was a gray-haired man in a coat, talking with a young, shaggy haired boy in a classroom. The older man had a canvas in hand, telling the young boy to tug on the stubborn fabric until the gray-haired man finally gave it a little snip with scissors.
“You see Mr. Hunter, once the integrity has been breached, even the strongest fabric, can unravel. Even the strongest friendship...”
Twilight blinked at television. The teen felt as if that man was speaking to her. As if he knew her problems. The fabric metaphor was an interesting way to interpret a friendship problem. Friends can have their frights and fallouts. But eventually, they work it out.
Is this what was going on between her and Celestia? Is their friendship being pulled apart? Was Sunset and Celestia’s relationship snipped and never repaired? Or... was it never strong enough in the first place?
Twilight bit her lip. She can’t even trust her mentor who just happens to be the ruler of Equestria? Isn’t she supposed to be a bearer of an Element of Harmony? She’s one of the ponies who represent the Magic of Friendship! What is wrong with her?
Maybe the man in the TV had a point. Maybe friendship can be fragile. But both sides need to work together to mend it, and make it stronger. And most importantly, they need to have faith in trust that it’ll work out again.
Applejack’s words rang in her mind. Tell her the truth about how you feel...
I need to trust that Celestia is doing her job... Trust... and tell her how you feel...
Taking that as her inspiration, Twilight opened the book and began to write.
Dear Princess Celestia,
I’ve received your message. Sunset and I were just about to step through the portal. But I stopped when I heard her scream. The portal... it burned her.
I know that you’re busy, but Sunset’s your student. In fact in her eyes, she still attends your school, and that you recently saved her from the streets. I’m doing my best trying to figure out what kind of spell or curse the Elements placed on her, but I need help. I need your help. Sunset needs you.
Before we tried the portal, I told myself that I’m not longer going to sit here and wait for your response. But now that Sunset can’t cross over, I don’t know what to do. I’m scared. I don’t know what’s going to happen. I’m working in the dark here!
What kind of response is that! It’s so blunt and confusing! How did you know that the portal would hurt her? What do you know that I don’t?
I don’t want to rant, but I feel like I’ve been abandoned. That you’re abandoning Sunset!
Sunset seems to be growing worse every day. She’s fighting it, and we’re doing the best we can to be make her happy... But I don’t know where this curse will go.
She needs you. I need you.
I need to know if your in, or if you’re leaving me on my own.
Princess Twilight Sparkle