//------------------------------// // Apologizes and Endings // Story: Rising of the Sun // by Starlight Comet //------------------------------// May 9, 2013, 8:00pm Sunrise stood backstage, nervous about how the students would react when they saw him. He watched as the Dazzlings were defeated by the Rainbooms and Sunset Shimmer. As he watched his fellow students regain their senses, he saw Celestia standing behind him. "Are you sure about this?" she asked with concern. "I have to, Mom," Sunrise replied, "If I don't, I wouldn't be able to live with myself over this." Celestia then turned him around and said, "Before you go out there, I just want you to know how proud I am of you. Over these past few years, I've seen you grow into a very mature, young man. A mother couldn't ask for a better son." Sunrise then took this opportunity to wrap his mother in a long embrace and said, "I love you, Mom. No matter what happens in life, I will always be your son." As soon as the crowd died down, Sunrise walked on stage. As he made his way to the center, he took a microphone and began his speech. "Hi, I'm pretty sure you all know why I'm up here. First, I want to apologize to the entire student body who saw the incident last week. I don't blame any of you if you hate me for it, but I want to make it perfectly clear that I will do whatever it takes to earn your trust back." When this response was met with silence, Sunrise continued, "Second, I want to apologize to the glee club members, especially Flash. I want him to personally know that I would never intend to hurt him in any way, shape or form." At this, Sunrise heard footsteps as someone walked onto the stage. He turned to his left and saw Flash, who had a few cuts and bruises on his face. The two of them then stood foot to foot, face to face. Sunrise closed his eyes, waiting for Flash's response. Suddenly, he felt two arms wrap around him. He opened his eyes and saw that Flash was hugging him. As he pulled away, Sunrise saw that Flash was smiling from ear to ear. Sunrise smiled back and pulled Flash in for another hug, which was meet by the cheers of the crowd. As he and Flash separated, Sunrise returned to his speech. "Now," he continued, "there is another part of my speech that I need to say to a certain someone. I'd like to call forth Sonata Dusk to the stage." Almost immediately, Sonata came from stage right and nervously walked up to Sunrise. Sunrise then turned away from the crowd and starred at Sonata. "Sonata," he stated, "You have to believe me when I say that I am both truly and deeply sorry about what I did to you. I would never hurt you like that; I would have died before I could lay a hand on you." As he was about to wrap up his speech, a thought clicked into his head. He decided right then and there that he was going to spill it. "Also," he continued, "there's something I want to say to you..." Meanwhile backstage, Luna and Celestia were giving each other puzzled looks. "Was this part of his original speech?" Luna asked. "No." replied Celestia. As they pondered this, Sunrise continued with his confession. "It's something I should have told you when I first met you. The thing is,....I love you, Sonata Dusk. I have always have and I always will." Sunrise looked down to see that Sonata had a surprised look on her face and wasn't responding. Sunrise began to fear that he had broken her. Suddenly, Sonata jumped toward Sunrise, wrapped her arms around his neck, and connected her lips with his. Sunrise was taken by surprise, but then started kissing her back. After 10 seconds, their lips parted and Sonata greeted him with a loving smile. "I love you, too." she said. As soon as she said this, Sunrise smiled and hugged her tightly. Almost on cue, a roar came from the crowd as the entire school cheered for the new couple. The members of the glee club rushed over to Sonata and Sunrise, each expressing their congratulations. As Sunrise looked around at his peers, his friends, and his love, he couldn't help but shed a few tear. It's weird, he thought, how one bad event can turn out to be the start of something great for someone. Suddenly, a pink-haired girl came out of nowhere and wrapped both Sonata and Sunrise into a massive hug. "LET'S PARTY!!!" she cried out. "What should we sing?" Flash asked. After thinking for a moment, Sunrise said, "I think I know the perfect song. Twilight, could you give us a hand?" "Sure." Twilight said. With a aura glowing around her, Flash's, Caramel's, Big Mac's, Sunrise's, Soarin's, Vinyl's, Lyra's, and The Doctor's clothes changed to white tuxedos. In addition, Twilight's, Applejack's, Cherilee's, Sonata's, Rainbow Dash's, Octavia's, Bon Bon's, and Derpy's dresses changed into 50s style clothes. Sunrise then grabbed the microphone and began to sing to a cheering crowd. Four years you think for sure That’s all you've got to endure All the total dicks All the stuck up chicks So superficial, so immature Then when you graduate You take a look around and you say HEY WAIT This is the same as where I just came from I thought it was over Aw that’s just great The whole damn world is just as obsessed With who‘s the best dressed and who‘s having sex, Who‘s got the money, who gets the honeys, Who‘s kinda cute and who‘s just a mess And you still don’t have the right look And you don’t have the right friends Nothing changes but the faces, the names, and the trends High school never ends Check out the popular kids You’ll never guess what Jessica did How did Mary Kate lose all that weight And Katie had a baby so I guess Tom’s straight And the only thing that matters Is climbing up that social ladder Still care about your hair and the car you drive Doesn't matter if you’re sixteen or thirty-five Reese Witherspoon, She’s the prom queen Bill Gates, Captain of the chess team Jack Black, the clown Brad Pitt, the quarterback I've seen it all before I want my money back The whole damn world is just as obsessed With who’s the best dressed and who’s having sex, Who’s in the clubs and who’s on the drugs, Who’s throwing up before they digest And you still don’t have the right look And you don’t have the right friends And you’re still listen to the same shit you did back then High school never ends High school never ends The whole damn world is just as obsessed With who‘s the best dressed and who‘s having sex, Who‘s got the money, who gets the honeys, Who‘s kinda cute and who‘s just a mess And I still don’t have the right look And I still have the same three friends And I’m pretty much the same as I was back then High school never ends High school never ends High school never ends Here we go again