Hi, it's me, Summer. It's my turn, I hope that's ok.
It was clear to me that my Stallion so deeply understood how dearly I loved these Equestria Girls. They had been such a huge help to me, ESPECIALLY when they came back to Equestria with me to rescue the Realm. I really could not have rescued Equestria without each one of them.
Well, and Princ, oops, Twilight Sparkle is amazing too, and I just love my Twin.
Spending time with them here, is just amazing... Words just cannot express...
I also realized that it was very difficult for my Stallion that I was staying with Fluttershy, but he worked with that, it was really the only way we could do it.
Still, spending all that time with Fluttershy was simply amazing for both of us. I miss my sister, but I love her Twin so much, too...
And by the way, Filia and her sister are very neat girls. They are very quiet, 'soft-spoken' is the word I think. I mean, they are Judo champs too, but you would never know. They both remind me of Princess Twilight. And they both gladly embraced True Friendship so quickly and completely. It is so special just being around them. The rest of the Equestria Girls feel the same way. It seems we feel this bond growing. Who knows what that means.
Well, the monsters are in jail, and it seems we are all a lot more relaxed. And the weather here has been very nice.
Anyway, by about nine on Saturday morning, we were loading up into a big White Van that the School owned. We were all very excited; we were going to go pick apples at Applejack's 'Sweet Apple' farm. This would be a nice break from 'life in the big city'.
I sat next to my Stallion, and he sat next to the window for me. We were also near the front so we didn't get bounced around as much. Driving still freaks me out sometimes, unless I am in his big Blue car; that car seems to just float along. My Twin's Mustang isn't bad either.
For the whole trip there, I closed my eyes, and rested my head on my Stallion's shoulder, and tried not to cry. I love all of the Equestria Girls surrounding me now, but I needed my Stallion. I can't explain much more than that.
A small breakfast was waiting for us, and Granny Smith is an excellent cook; it was very good.
By maybe ten, we were all out picking apples. Doing this together was such great fun! And with so many of us there, we were a big help to Applejack and Big Mac. With everyone working together like we did, we only needed to spend maybe five minutes on each tree, and all the ripe apples were carefully in buckets.
Such amazing friends... Working together... To help another friend... It was amazing...
We held the ladder while Apple Bloom got some of the higher apples for us; only she would brave the ladder for that. We decided she is no stranger to that wobbly thing, and just scampered up, then back down. Being up high like that didn't bother her at all.
Being around her made me home-sick.
We got probably half of the entire 'late summer' harvest picked, in about six hours, and Applejack had tears in her eyes when we were done. We all just gathered around, hugged together and cried with her a few minutes. We were all enjoying each other's presence too, and, well...
And we all promised to come back in maybe a month to help with the rest of the apples, which would be ripe by then. My Twin would need to take my place, I think.
Granny Smith had an amazing early dinner waiting at around four when we were done.
For the next few hours after dinner, we just wandered around in the meadow near the farm. It was so quiet and peaceful. It reminded me of Equestria again.
Filia and Fiona spent most of their time with Twilight Sparkle and Rarity; there seemed to be a lot of 'good chemistry' going on there for some reason. Of course, none of the rest of us minded. Besides, we all knew Twilight and Rarity would both be amazing for them.
For part of that afternoon, the rest of us sat in the grass and talked together. My Stallion and the Principal sisters were with us, it was just an amazing time.
I found out that classes would begin at the High School the Monday after next weekend, and everyone was busy getting ready for that. Of course, the Principal sisters had already reserved next weekend for 'friends from Equestria'. This phrase was surely an understatement.
After sitting and talking for some time, I sheepishly asked if my Stallion and I could go for a walk. Those amazing girls all pretty much 'shooed' us away, and my Stallion and I were off. Like I said, I loved everyone around me, but I needed my Stallion.
We just walked slowly, arm in arm, across the meadow. As we crested a hill, it seemed like hundreds of acres of meadow stretched out forever away in front of us. It was beautiful.
My Stallion and I were both amazed at the sight, and stopped walking at the same time, to take in the view.
I just sighed. "I wish I could fly here" I said quietly. I really missed flying.
My Stallion turned to face me, and kissed me softly. "Summer, you can, go ahead" he said lovingly.
He was right, of course, I could turn into a pony here. So I did.
My amazing stallion... He knelt down in the grass, and hugged me tightly, even though I was a pony, then kissed me again on the forehead. "Go ahead, amazing Mare" he said.
Flying felt so good... And it was such a nice day too. There were few trees in this meadow, it was so nice. I just flew slow circles for quite a while.
I think my Stallion hoped I would stay in the meadow beyond this hill, and I did, mostly. But I couldn't help it. I wanted to fly past our dear friends...
Everypony knew right away who I was and waved. I think Rainbow and Fluttershy started crying though, and I had to apologize to them later. They both loved flying too.
Twilight Sparkle later told me that Filia and Fiona had no idea what they were seeing, and Twilight just said out loud "Oh, Summer..."
I flew back to my Stallion, landed, and changed back to a 'people', then just cried on his shoulder for a while... I feel so torn across the worlds on both sides of the Portal. My Stallion cried with me, he feels the same way.
We were soon hugging tightly and kissing. We both enjoyed that, and we thought this might be the only chance we got for a while. I love him so much...
As the Sun headed for the horizon, we walked back to the rest, and just visited together for a while more.
Too soon, it was time to load back into the Van.
My Stallion volunteered to drive us home, to give Principal Celestia a break. Principal Celestia sat in the back with Twilight and the twins (Fiona and Filia). Then she laughed, and said she had never sat back here before.
Vice-Principal Luna sat up front to help give my Stallion directions.
And it surely must have been awesome for Filia and Fiona to be able to spend time with the High School Principal.
Fluttershy sat near the front with me. We hugged like sisters all the way home, and I apologized to her if my flying made her cry.
"It's ok Sis, next time we are in Equestria, I'll just make you both take us flying" Fluttershy said with a smile.
This would be easy enough to do.
Vice-Principal Luna directed my Stallion to the Bus Barn, and we put the Van away. Then we all got out, walked over to the bleachers, and hugged together in a tight circle. It was so nice...
Everyone headed off together, by twos or threes. It was late, so my Stallion walked Fluttershy and I back to the apartment. I hugged him again, well for a little while, at the door.
Then he left, and we locked ourselves in for the night. We took turns showering and such, and were soon snug in our beds.
After a few minutes in the dark, Fluttershy began crying softly, and I quickly jumped out of bed and hugged her as she cried. I knew she missed her sister.
I cried with her for maybe ten minutes, then she said softly "Sis, I am glad you are here. It would be really hard otherwise..."
"Fluttershy, I miss my sister, but I love you a lot too... I don't think I can stay on one side of the Portal for a long period of time; I love you and the rest of the girls here a lot..." Well, I got this much out, then I started crying too.
We just hugged each other, crying together.
Maybe half an hour later, we were both asleep in our beds. Well, she was on the couch, and I was on the cot.
It had been an amazing day.
When I woke the next morning, Fluttershy was already up and brushing her hair.
She was smiling, and I told her that her smile was still priceless to me. We just had to hug after that.
When she was finished with her hair, she threw the brush to me, and I did the same thing. Both our hair is very wavy, just different colors. Still, we are sisters. Well, in a lot of ways, we are.
We took turns getting dressed, and I borrowed some of Fluttershy's clothes. I really didn't have that many clothes here, and Fluttershy quickly ran a load of 'laundry' in two small machines out behind her apartment. I went with her of course; we always stay together now.
Still, at around nine, Fluttershy let me text my Stallion. He was up already, but was bummed because the 'compy' we would use to start working on the events of the last week, was still in Equestria. He had forgotten about that.
Fluttershy saw this, of course, and quickly sent a text to Pinkie Pie.
Pinkie was happy to help, and we texted my Stallion that Pinkie was bringing her Compy for us to use.
He texted back that this would work great, and a simple USB drive could be used to transfer the resulting files to the 'scope' for transport to Equestria. He sounded happier anyway, and said he would be over soon.
We waited until he arrived before we had some Granola. I don't think there was any food in his cubical. We cleaned up the sleeping bags and stuff while we were waiting.
Pinkie showed up with her Compy right before my Stallion arrived, and so we all ate some Granola together.
And when we told Pinkie what we were doing, she said she would be delighted to do the typing for us. This would be a big help too.
Even better, we could all do this together, and it would be an amazing time. Well, it turned out just like that. It really was amazing to work on this together.
Pinkie and Fluttershy sat on the couch with Pinkie in front of the Compy, which was on the Coffee Table. We didn't have Coffee though, I don't know. Some names here still confuse me.
My Stallion and I sat together on the cot, and talked through the wording and such. Well, to be honest, Fluttershy and Pinkie helped a LOT too; it was just amazing fun doing this together.
I took care of the first three chapters. I did most of the 'authoring' for these chapters because my Stallion was buried in research for Star Dusk's tragic life, and I included some details about this as well.
I had some amazing 'down-time' wandering around Ponyville too. I really missed that. And I spent an afternoon with our neighbor Dawn and Rarity, and THAT was amazing too.
Each of the first two chapters included a trip to the Equestria Girls world, separated by a week, I think, to check in on our Twins, Equestria pony Shysage and Equestria Girls Summer. They were here at that time. And both visits were too short, of course. Still, Princess Twilight asked us to do this the second time.
The time covered by the third chapter was just wierd. It seemed like, in a short period of time, a bunch of the 'nightmares' my Stallion and I had recently endured, just kept popping up... And at the end of that time, we learned about the real nightmare... We learned my Twin had been taken...
I think my 'creative juices' were gone just remembering that, and I had to work hard to not start crying again. Fluttershy moved next to me and we just hugged. She felt the same way, she had lost her sister.
My Stallion took over, and moved next to Pinkie. It was hard for him too, but he and his Twin knew they had to go face these monsters.
My Stallion didn't cry, but we knew it was difficult for him. He remembered trying to make some plans, but he admitted he was pretty 'shot' (his word) in the hours after his Twin showed up with the news. Still, he got things going.
He included though, the stuff about 'Pinkie Sense' saving them a lot of time early on.
Pinkie typed it in while blushing.
Pinkie helped him with the account of the trip there. Well, he recorded some of his own thoughts, although he mostly scowled as he typed them in. My Stallion honestly feels the Equestria Girls world is turning a blind eye on all this...
Still, as a Canterlot Recorder, he knew he wasn't supposed to 'edit' the account, but just include what happened. For better or worse, he recorded what he had been thinking.
Fluttershy was crying quite a bit, they had taken me soon after my Stallion left, and Fluttershy was all alone. This was very hard for her. I just held Fluttershy as she cried.
And I said too that my Stallion didn't cry, but he did at one point while we worked on the chapter about the trip there.
He was working through some of his thoughts. All of a sudden, he stopped typing, and got this dazed look on his face.
Then he said "Pinkie, when did you learn about my Mare being taken?"
Pinkie blushed, but said calmly "Aww... I got a text from Fluttershy maybe an hour after we left. I couldn't tell you though, because I knew you would be 'mush' if I did."
Well, at this point my Stallion DID start crying. And that is just hard for a man here. He kept saying, though "You're right..."
Pinkie moved, and I sat next to him, and hugged him a little while.
He was soon wiping away tears, as he got back to normal.
Still he got up and hugged Pinkie, then said "Thank you Pinkie, you saved our rescue..."
Like he typed in at the end of that chapter, Pinkie is seldom wrong... And this surely applies to both Pinkies.
Anyway, the next chapter, the actual 'rescue', was just an amazing collection of coincidences, and really, everything did go 'right'. In less that thirty minutes, we were all driving away from the two monsters in the grass, and they hadn't seen us or the car.
Well, I was unconscious still. But I tell you, waking up in my Stallions arms... That was just amazing...
[Sorry, I had to stop here and cry with him a few minutes.]
But the trip back was just amazing too. Hearing Equestria Girls Pinkie's story... And my Twin (Equestria Girls Summer) who was sitting in the front seat with her stallion, said she will NEVER forget Pinkie yelling "Whoo hoo" when asked if she could drive my Stallion's big car.
It was actually Pinkie's idea to move that information about her childhood closer to when she actually spun the car around and took off away from the monsters in my Stallion's big Blue car. That was an amazing suggestion, and the whole chapter came out a lot better.
And, really, the rest of us looked on in awe, as Pinkie typed in most of this chapter. Well, she was really the best prepared to remember and type this chapter. And there are no rules that the Canterlot Recorder has to type everything.
And this part was true; she did let us all cry together for maybe fifteen minutes, then it was party time, and the rest of the trip back was amazing fun.
And we put in that part about my Stallion making me blush; that really happened. He knew though that little things like that would help 'bring me back'.
It was like ten minutes of horror when those monsters took me, then they hit me hard, and knocked me out. My amazing Stallion tenderly helped me work quickly past all that. I really love him a lot.
Well, we could tell it was starting to get dark, but we did one more chapter. It was short, and discussed my Stallion's White Mustang briefly. But the chapter really focused on how those of us here in the Equestria Girls world, once we were all safe and together, we pretty much 'ran home' to Equestria, and cried together there with our Princess and our amazing friends.
I think we all feel that Equestria is our real home...
Spending time together doing Canterlot Recorder stuff was so amazing... When we were done with what we had actually written, we all stood together, hugging and crying. It was a group effort, and came out so well...
Pinkie absolutely loved what we had written down together, and the rest of the Equestria Girls still didn't know all these details. Pinkie wanted to email these chapters to the rest of the girls, and we all thought this was a good idea. Everyone wanted to know. Of course, Pinkie wished she could email them to Equestria...
It was dinner time anyway, so we all walked together to the Cake's. Pinkie dumped the chapters on a spare USB Drive and gave it to my Stallion, and also emailed the chapters to everyone else.
We headed downstairs, grabbed a booth, and ordered some dinner. Within fifteen minutes, Twilight, Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash had joined us... with tears in their eyes... After hugging together a few minutes, we found a bigger table. We had an amazing dinner together like that. Such amazing friends...
At around seven, we walked to the bleachers, and it was starting to get dark. Still, we stood together in a small circle hugging, and some of us were crying softly.
Then we said together what Princess often has us say:
"We are deeply devoted to each other..."
"We are true friends, and committed to true friendship..."
"We are... ...Equestria..."
Maybe a few more of us were weeping after this. I think we all felt more attached to Equestria with each passing day, I don't know...
[The Canterlot Recorder had to take over for this part. You will see why.]
Soon, everypony walked off to their homes. Twilight took Pinkie and Rarity home, and Rainbow and Applejack headed off together.
It was just Summer, Equestria Girls Fluttershy and I near the bleachers, and we walked towards the back side of the Gym, away from the bleachers, and just sat down in the grass, and talked.
Before long, a mostly full moon gently but softly illuminated the field. It really was very beautiful, even though we were surrounded by the hushed, evening 'din' of the city around us.
At one point, I gently reached over, and took Summer's hand. She squeezed my hand, but then let it go.
"Sis, I hope our actions aren't making you uncomfortable. We really are trying to be careful" Summer said tentatively.
Fluttershy smiled right away, and began to explain.
"Oh, Summer, just relax.
"It is clear to the rest of us that you both are trying so hard.
"But seriously, you both have been through so much together... You are the 'Shila', and helped pull Equestria together, and helped raise two amazing Princesses... And you both had to work and live together for over two years for all that.
"The rest of us can only guess at the depth of your relationship together, and we are not offended by your mutual affection at all. I think most of us expect to see more, I don't know."
Summer quickly reached back over and took my hand at this point. Then she spoke up quietly and lovingly "Fluttershy, my Stallion and I could only accomplish all that because of our amazing friends. We refuse to accept sole credit for that..."
Fluttershy thought a minute. "I know Sis, but those experiences have welded you both together, and none of us fault you for needing each other the way you do."
Fluttershy said this next part very quietly. "The rest of us know that the current arrangments are not optimum, and are difficult for you both. I think we would all feel a lot better if you felt free to show your affection to each other, because this might make it a little easier for you. We are all SO thankful that you are both here."
Summer started crying at this, and she and Fluttershy hugged and cried together a few minutes.
Still, both Summer and I understood where Fluttershy was coming from, and realized that we both needed to 'relax' as Fluttershy had said.
Noone spoke for a few minutes, and the girl's crying slowed.
...
Neither Fluttershy seldom, if ever, spoke from her heart. Both were usually focused on the needs of the people around her. But tonight, Summer and I had a rare privilege. Still, Equestria Girls Fluttershy knew that we both loved her a lot...
Fluttershy looked over at the doors to the Gym, and began to talk softly.
"I think your dream was an eye-opener for all of us, but especially us Equestria Girls.
"The opening chapter was so starkly, vividly real, that even thinking about it still makes us cry. We could all honestly see that EASILY happening..."
Fluttershy started weeping softly at this point, and so Summer did too, and was quickly hugging her 'other' sister again. Still, Fluttershy continued.
"We have all talked about this a few times.
"Like Princess Twilight said, we need to accomplish what we are here in this world for...
"But we all agree together that having a 'home' in Equestria means so much MORE to all of us than our Equestria pony friends could ever understand... And having THAT to look forward to is just so... Each of our 'Homecoming' will be utterly amazing..."
Fluttershy was clearly having a hard time talking at this point, but she tried to continue.
"And we all are absolutely convinced that our lives won't really 'begin' until we finally come 'home' to Equestria, to STAY..."
Fluttershy stopped briefly, then continued, still crying...
"And we all admit that each of us fights the urge every day, to just go through that Portal, and never come back here...
"And each of us fights that same urge each time we have to come back here from Equestria..."
Fluttershy could no longer talk at this point, and she and Summer just cried, hugging for maybe five minutes.
Still hugging, Fluttershy continued.
"I also think your dream was a warning for me too. I know I have a rare gift, and marrying someone who either doesn't value or understand it would be a nightmare, as your dream portrayed.
"And Shysage, my Twin and I simply could not ignore the raging sea of pain inside you, caused by people who should have loved you, but refused too, for the same reasons..."
Fluttershy stopped and cried with Summer here briefly, then again, tried to continue.
"Summer, us Equestria Girls don't know quite how you found your amazing Stallion, especially since he is from our world. And I think we all hope to find one like him some day.
"But we have all talked about this, and agree together, that waiting is far less painful than "jumping into the fire" just because we don't like waiting."
Summer couldn't help it, and said "Fluttershy, I love you so much", and they both cried hard, and hugged tightly together for a little while.
Equestria Girls Fluttershy wasn't done. And she was still crying softly.
"Sis, I don't think I have ever told anyone this...
"The day you slid out of the Portal onto the grass, I was already sorting though options for killing myself, in a way that wouldn't scare me.
"Right before you came, I was standing outside the Portal wall, passing out flyers, and asking for volunteers for the Animal Shelter. A bully from the School had just come up and kicked the entire pile of flyers out of my hand, and maybe breaking something in my hand; he kicked it really hard, and my hand hurt so bad... And the flyers were all over the grass...
"I just sat down, and curled up into a little ball... Life hurt so much, I couldn't even cry any more...
"When you came, I was beyond caring... My sister was dead... I had no friends... Noone paid any attention to me at School... I was terrified of being alone each night...
"What that boy did just made me determined to 'end it' soon; everything hurt so much...
"The second... I saw my sis... sister laying in the grass..."
Fluttershy, still crying, paused, then said this very quietly.
"Summer, you were my 'Shila' too..."
Fluttershy could say no more, and was sobbing deeply. Still sitting, I moved to Fluttershy's other side, and Summer and I both hugged her tight as she cried for a while.
Summer and I were crying with her.
I could only guess how much pain this sensitive soul carried inside. Helping her cry even a little of it 'out' was an amazing honor...
Fluttershy still tried to speak, but had to stop often and when she did stop, she cried loudly.
"Summer, when you came from Equestria and promised me you would be the best friend that I ever had, you saved my life...
"And a week later, you led me to my Twin in Equestria...
"And two weeks later, Equestria gave me my Sis--..."
Fluttershy could barely talk...
"Everything I treasure... Equestria has given me..."