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// 59 - End of the Beginning - The Beginnings End 
// Story: Sunset Shimmer - Six Friends One Heart 
// by Babroniedad 
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The Beginnings End



The days returned to some semblance of normal; her new normal.

Sunset continued her recovery. Within a few weeks, she was able to return to school. She was still in the wheelchair, but she had adapted. She no longer felt limited by her disability.

Dust stood trial for the attempted murder of Sunset.

During the trial, Sunset saw the footage of Dust moving through her home as she guided Sunset through her suicide. Sunset was deeply troubled when Dust left her room to wait in the hallway while she was experiencing the delusions caused by the PCP Dust had given her. Dust curled into a ball, clearly shaking and crying. She kept reaching out towards Sunset. Eventually Dust stopped shaking. She just sat there in a tight ball. She finally rose and helped Sunset into the bathroom, where Sunset tried to end her own life. Sunset was moved deeply by how troubled and damaged Dust was.

“Please Harmony, save her soul!” she breathed a silent prayer for the troubled girl.

Dust was sentenced to prison for her crimes. She was not placed in the same prison as Gilda, as it was felt she might find that a reward for her actions. Shortly after she was imprisoned, Sunset received a letter from Dust.

In the letter, Dust begged Sunset for forgiveness. Dust confessed she had come to love Sunset as a sister, and regretted all the suffering and horror she had caused her. She described how Gilda had rescued her from abuse as a child, and the unbreakable bond they shared as sisters from another mother while growing up and recovering from their shared abuse. The deep loyalty and love she felt for Gilda was what motivated her abuse of Sunset, to her lasting shame and sorrow.

After reading Dust’s letter, Sunset was determined to show her she was forgiven, and resolved to visit Dust.

Sadly, when she called the prison to arrange the visit, she was informed that Dust had died in a prison fight.

Grieved by the news, Sunset prayed for her soul, begging Harmony to comfort Dust through eternity.