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// The hater 
// Story: The return of Nightmare Twilight 
// by Sombra63 
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‘Good afternoon.’
‘Juste une seconde please.’ 
The elegant mare sorted through a variety of colored ribbon. Varying colors from green to blue flew by her in a baby blue aura until she finally came upon a ruby red ribbon sparkling in the light of the afternoon sun streaming through the windows of town hall.
‘ Parfait, Sparkle always dose the trick, non? Why Fleur you are a talent. Now, how can I...
The mare, Sunlight assumed was Fleur, reared back in horror, screeching incoherently.
‘Oh my stars, whatever happened to your coiffure!’
‘ Oh, you mean my mane.  It’s kind of a long story. I’m just here to check on the decorations and then I’ll be out of your hair.’
‘My hair? What about your hair ?!’
And suddenly Sunlight found herself being pushed by a forehead the second time that day, shouting protests and exclamations for help as she was pushed right out the door, a flightless baby dragon right behind her, hearts popping out of her like bubbles as she flew.
‘Too green !’
Who ever wears an outfit exactly like the statue of Liberty?
‘Too yellow !’
How much does this hat weigh?
‘Too poofy!’
What is this the 80’s?
‘Not poofy enough!’
Can I go now?
‘To frilly!’
No wait this one is much heavier.
‘Too shiny!’
Do you think I’m a hippy?
After what seemed like hundreds of dresses had been tried on and discarded, at last the fashion mare found a dress that she actually liked.
‘Now go on dear, you were telling me where you’re from.’
Then she began to choke the life out of poor Sunlight, pulling a strap on the gem covered saddle so far back it pulled her right off her feet, making her stand like a monkey on stilts.
‘ I’ve-uuuaaugh-been sssent ffrom Cantorlot-to--‘
‘Huh?!’
Upon her exclamation Fleur and Sunlight went flying to opposite ends of the boutique. With a crash both mares hit the purple floors. Fleur, somehow unaffected, jumped off the floor and stooped over Sunlight. Her face held a look of pure empathy, but not because she had just been launched all the way across the room by her carelesness.
‘Cantorlot? I am so sorry for you!’
‘The snootiness’
‘The selfishness’
‘The delirium!’
‘J'ai toujours détesté y aller!’
Shaking her head, Sunlight pulled her thoughts together and tried to remember her old French lessens.
‘ Wait, you hate it there? I would think a sophistocated mare like you would love a place like Cantorlot.’
The pink mare seemed absolutely disgusted by the very idea. Pantomiming, in the most lady like fashion she had ever seen, barfing and gagging.
‘ No, no,no,no! I despise that misérable place! Have you ever met any pony who lives there!’
Fleur shouted, seeming to forget that the mare she was shouting at was, in fact, from Cantorlot.
‘ They’re all a bunch of prissy unicorn brats who wouldn’t know manière if walked up to them and asked directions to the train station.’
By then the mare’s eyes were alight with anger and Sunlight thought she saw a vein buldging from her temple. Afraid that any sudden movements or loud noises would provoke the mare, Sunlight sputtered out an almost incoherent reply.
‘W-well they are a-a liiittle s-s-snooty.’
The mare turned to the pink haired unicorn, her anger fogged mind somehow finding an agreement in her stuttered and quiet words.
‘ You think so to0?’
And suddenly Fleur was right next to her, pulling her into a giant bear hug.
‘ We are going to be the best of amis you and I.’
Oh come-!’
‘ Emeralds! What was I thinking ? Let me get some rubys.’
The white mare took that oppurtunity to exit stage right.
‘Quick, before she decides to dye my mane a new color!

Having escaped the clutches of the crazy Cantorlot hating unicorn, Sunlight made her way to the peaceful looking park on the edge of town.
‘Wasn’t she wonderful?’
The love struck dragon sighed, leaning aganst Sunlight’s head while sitting on her back.
‘ Focus Casanova—what’s next on the list?’ 
Phila cleared her throat dramatically before reading the next item on the list.
‘Music, it’s the last one.’
As the dragon finished reading, coincidently, music began to play. Quietly at first, but louder as they got nearer and nearer to a small clearing where a brownish-grey mare stood playing beautiful music on a well maintained cello. She was so deeply concentrating on her music that she failed to notice the intruders. Sunlight would have been satisfied to merely sit and listen to her incredible music all day if it weren’t for the insistent nudge from Phila to propel her forward.
‘Hello!!’
*Screeech*
The grey mare’s concentration broke at Sunlight’s too loud greeting and the bow somehow clasped in her hoofs went scratching across the cello’s strings. She looked distainfuly at Sunlight, clearly annoyed by the interuption.
‘ Oh my, I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to break your concentration. I’m just here to check up on the music and it’s sounding lovely.
The mare continued to glare at Sunlight as the uncomfortable silence grew.
‘ I’m Sunlight Shimmer.’
‘…’
‘Whats your name?’
‘…’
‘um…’
The mare at last began to speak.
‘ You wish to know my name, unicorn?’
‘Yes.’
‘After defiling my privacy and destroying my concentration?’
‘Um, yes.’
‘Very well then. I am Octavia Adagio Brillante.’
‘Gee, that’s a long name.’ An unhelpful dragon chimed in from the sidelines.
‘My word, a dragon! How peculiar. What would your name be, young drake?
The attention now turned to Phila, whose face went from surprise to smugness in zero seconds flat.
‘The name’s Philomena, but you can just call me Phila.’
But any furthur quistians were cut off as the dragon was lifted from the ground and placed none to gently on Sunlight’s back in an aura of golden magic.
‘Well, anyways we better be going.’
Pony and dragon walked several minutes until Octavia came trotting, as fast as one could trot while lugging a cello case behind oneself, right behind the unicorn riding dragon.
‘Wait! There’s so much more I would like to know!’
Phila was intrigued by the idea of somepony actually being interested in her.
‘What do you wanna know?’
‘ I wish to know absolutely everything!’
‘ Weeellll… All right then. It all started when a mommy dragon and a daddy dragon loved each other very much…’
And so, unicorn, and earth pony began listening to a VERY DETAILED biography about one baby dragon.
Let’s just say that Sunlight was not looking forward to having this conversation again.