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// Chapter 2 
// Story: Don't Cry Because It's Over...Smile Because It Happened. 
// by cerealkiller78 
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Twilight and Sunset talked for a while after that, before Twilight had to leave. They said their goodbyes once more. Twilight hated when she had to leave, knowing that there was always a very real chance that she may never see Sunset again. 

Sunset had to admit that Twilight was right...she didn't want it to end either. She had never wanted any of it to end. Just being the last of her friends in the human world was hard enough. But how many times would Twilight have to go through losing her friends, only to keep living, herself?

Twilight was right. Sunset wouldn't want that. 

It was already hard enough for her. She missed them. She missed them all.

Sunset put her hand to her arm, and her eyes flashed white, as she re-lived  all of her memories. 

She could see them again this way...all of them, like a movie playing. Nobody else could remember their loved ones this way. All they had...and all Twilight would have, were thoughts of times long past, that would slowly fade over time. But everytime she watched memories like this, it was like immediately living them again, and the memories would then be fresh in her mind again, so that she would never forget.

She watched them all. She would spend hours like this, re-living them all, one by one, down as far as the Fall Formal.

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Twilight came again the next week. They spent time speaking of times long past. Soon, Sunset decided to ask Twilight something she had been wanting to for a while now.

"Twilight, can I ask you a favor?"

"Anything Sunset." Twilight replied.

"I want you to show me what it's like in Equestria now, and the things you do everyday there while ruling."

"Show you?.." Twilight hesitated. "Well, gee Sunset...I can't exactly bring you over there now."

"You don't have to." she said, gesturing to Twilight's arm. "You brought it with you."

Twilight understood. Sunset was referring to her memories. Her recent memories of Equestria, and ruling it.

"Oh! No problem!" Twilight agreed, holding her arm out for Sunset to take.

Sunset's eyes flashed and turned white when she touched Twilight's arm. Twilight thought it was a very interesting and unique gift that Sunset had. Nopony in Equestria had the ability to look into another pony's memories...and it wasn't just ponies and people whose memories Sunset could see...she could see animal's memories, and even the natural elements' memories, like when she catches a snowflake, she had told Twilight that she sees its process of becoming that snowflake. Or when she touches something wooden, like a chair, she sees the process of it becoming that chair, starting from the time that it was a tree. 

Sunset could basically see the memories of all living things... and that was impressive.

Sunset stayed like that for a while, before letting go of Twilight's arm.

"Wow Twilight, you've really got your arms full, no pun intended."

Twilight laughed. "Ya, it's pretty hectic."

"Looks like Equestria has really changed."

"It has." Twilight agreed. "It's hardly recognizable anymore from what we grew up with."

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Sunset joked.

"I'm...not sure." Twilight said quietly.