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// Chapter 5 
// Story: The New Girl 
// by Nineveh Orion 
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Sunset listened with a growing smile as Luster explained what she had in mind. "You really are Twilight's student, aren't you? She had the same idea when she first came here. Very different reasons of course, and no raging she demons to worry about at the end either."

Luster wasn't sure what to make of that but held her questions for now. "So is it possible?"

Sunset nodded. "You can go to the Fall Formal. Unless you pull out all kinds of crazy ideas, doubt you'll be made princess though." She smirked. "Twilight just has that magnetic personality, kindness, and charm, that the whole school was behind her. No offense."

Luster rolled her eyes. She definitely didn't have all of that. While she was much better at friendship now than before moving to Ponyville, she was still nowhere near Princess Twilight and her friend's level. Where was an ancient returning evil when she needed one?

Sunset, meanwhile, had another more important question on her mind. "Do you know where you're staying while you're here? Twilight hasn't said anything to me about you going back and forth to Equestria and here."

Luster blinked as she tapped her chin. Where was she supposed to stay? The thought had never crossed her mind. "I don't know. I didn't plan that far ahead it seems," she sighed.

Sunset rolled her eyes. Typical. It must have been a pony thing because none of them had ever planned that far ahead it seemed. She sure didn't, and Starlight didn't stay long enough for it to be a problem. The less said about Twilight's stay in the Library, the better. "You can stay with me then," she smiled.

Luster blinked in surprise. "Really? You don't mind?"

Sunset nodded. "I have an extra guest room in case anypony from Equestria decides to come over. Usually, Twilight stays with Twi and her family, but she stays with me if they're out of town."

Luster tapped her chin. "Isn't that weird for them though? Seeing another version of their daughter? I can't say I know Princess Twilight's parents in Equestria however."

Sunset chuckled. "Oh, it was at first. Twilight and Twi can both tell you how that first night went. But Velvet and Night Light love and treat Twilight as their own daughter, and damn anyone who says otherwise. Twilight loves them as much as her own parents."

Luster smiled. "But what about your family?"

Sunset sighed. "I'm still single. Not for a lack of trying though," she grumbled. "Only Pinkie has started a family among us. For a while, we all thought Twi and Timber Spruce would tie the knot as well."

Luster frowned. That name sounded familiar for some reason. "What happened? Are they not together?"

Sunset shook her head and frowned. "We caught him cheating on her with another girl. From Crystal Prep of all places. Safe to say, Twi was not happy, and we just barely kept her from cutting off his penis and shoving it down his throat. Among other things."

Luster winced. She did not want to imagine what that could even look like, nor could she imagine Princess Twilight doing the same. She was too fair for something so barbaric. She quickly decided to change the subject. "So about that guest room you have..."

Sunset quickly did her best to suppress her anger and nodded. "You can stay here the rest of the day, and then we'll grab something on the way home."

That sounded like a plan to Luster, as she sighed.