//------------------------------// // Chapter 10 // Story: Sirens of the Night: Sunset's Tale // by The Crazed Werewolf //------------------------------// "I'm a person..." I said quietly. I leafed through the papers in the file a second time. I actually existed! I had a future in the human world. As I looked at my birth certificate I noticed several tear stains forming. "There's something wrong," I said. Luna and Celestia leaned over to look, while Raven grabbed the paperwork and began looking for her mistake. "I'm happy, the happiest that I've ever been in fact," I explained, "and yet, I'm crying." "It's part of human nature," Celestia, "and pony nature too, I'll wager." "I have a future," I said excitedly, "for the first time in a long time I don't feel adrift... I feel alive!" "One more thing Sunset," Luna said, "today is your last day of Detention, tomorrow you go to class." My elation at having the paperwork required to survive in this world was suddenly diminished. Was I being thrown back to the wolves? The student body at CHS still hated me. Most of them anyway. Atleast I had five friends. Then I remembered that I only had P.E. with Rainbow and Art with Pinkie. Well I'd see them at lunch. Then I realized that I couldn't hide forever. Eventually I would have to face the rest of my fellow students, even if they did hate me. "I'm done with detention," I sighed. "Yes," Luna said, "and I hope that it is the last you see of it until you graduate." I hoped that she was right, I had endeavored to change. Never again did I want to be the biggest meanie. That part of my life was over. "My past is not today," I whispered to myself, "tomorrow isn't written." "What was that Sunset," Celestia asked me. "Nothing," I replied, "just something that the Princess used to say to me." "Come by my office after school," Celestia said, "I don't want to put you in a position where the other students could hurt you. "Ok," I said as I indicated the paperwork that was now my past, present and future, "could I keep this and look at it?" Celestia looked at both Raven and Luna. Raven cocked an eyebrow while Luna just leaned back in her chair. The moment of silence seemed to last forever. "Sure," Celestia said, "I don't see what harm it would do." After lunch, both Celestia and Raven returned to the Administration Office. Luna sat quietly playing a game on her phone and I began to read each sheet of paper in the file. Most of it was what I expected. However, the final sheet of paper threw me off guard. It was a petition to adopt me. I read it atleast three times. The only thing missing was my signature and the date. Celestia wants to adopt me, I thought to myself, why would she want to do that after everything that I've done, I'm a monster. I don't deserve her love. Suddenly I found myself having trouble breathing and the room was spinning. I think that Luna was trying to say something to me, but all I could hear was a ringing in my ears. I'm not exactly sure what happened next, but the next thing I knew, I was sitting on the floor, with papers spread out around me, and Luna was standing over me with a look of concern on her face. "Sunset... Sunset are you alright," Luna was saying, "you hit the floor hard, I'm calling the nurse, don't move." I sat there, waiting and watching my surroundings. Even though I could hear Luna speaking normally, everything and everyone around me seemed to be moving extremely fast. I remember that Nurse Red Hearts arrived and asked me several questions while she looked me over and shined a little flashlight in my eyes. By the time I told her my answers, she had departed from the detention room and return with a stretcher. She advised Luna to call my parents and then she took me to the Nurse's office and had me lay down on one of the beds. As I lay there, I thought about everything that I had done to Celestia, both this world's and Equestria's. I thought about how much of a bitch that I had been and how I had only ever made Celestia's life a living hell. And yet she wanted to adopt me? She must have seen something that I couldn't, or I refused to see in myself. If she was willing to sacrifice so much just to give me another chance, then I guess that I could give myself a chance as well. I made up my mind in that moment that I would allow Celestia to become my mother. I was starting to nod off, when I heard a couple of voices whispering by the Nurse's desk. I tried to see who was out there, but all I could see through the curtain was human shapes. "How are you feeling," Celestia asked me, "Luna told me that you passed out." "I'm feeling better now that you're here....mom," I said trying out the word, "I think that I just got a little overwhelmed." A smile spread across Celestia's face, and her eyes lit up the room. Nurse Red Hearts stood there watch the entire exchange with a look of disbelief. Celestia sat down on the edge of the bed and took my hand into hers. "I will always be here for you my Sunshine," Celestia said. "Mother," Red Hearts said, "daughter? That's not in her records." "My records might be incomplete," I answered sheepishly. Red Hearts looked at Celestia, waiting for an explanation. "It's a long story Red,"Celestia said, "just know that if anything happens to Sunset, come and get me immediately." "Um, Ms. Hearts," I asked, "could we have some privacy?" "Sure, I need to go check on the medical supplies in the locker room," Red Hearts answered as she stood up, "just don't try to get out of that bed young lady." We bo watched as the school nurse left her office. "I'll do it," I said once Celestia and I were alone, "I'll become your daughter." "Sunset," Celestia said, "I want you to think about this, if you allow me to adopt you, then things are going to change for you." "I can only go up from here," I said, "living with you and Luna has shown me what has been missing from my life, you've shown me what I've always been searching for. You knew what I needed even though I didn't." I meant every word I said. I finally had a family.