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// Night 10 
// Story: Town of Ponyville 
// by Reeve 
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	She put the pen down as she heard the knocking on the front door. Absolutely perfect, just when she felt like she was about to make a real breakthrough. The mare stood up from the desk and made her way across to the front door of the flat. She didn’t open it up immediately, still wary that the towns killings were not yet at an end.

“Who is it?” she called out, hoping that if they were dangerous her magic would obey her like it did before Cheerilee’s execution. 

“It’s Cloudchaser,” the voice called back. The mare quirked her eyebrow, she didn’t know any ‘Cloudchaser’. “I live nearby I wondered if you were okay, if you needed some company.”

Wary but curious, the mare reached out and opened the door to find a pegasus she vaguely knew by sight. In her time here in Ponyville she had seen Cloudchaser around and about, but the two had never been introduced or interacted with one another.

“Sorry, I know you’re probably still on alert after everything that’s happened,” she said apologetically, giving an awkward smile to the mare.

“No, no it’s okay,” she replied, even though it wasn’t really.

“I just wondered if maybe you were feeling a bit… lonely,” Cloudchaser continued, giving a sly little smile.

“Lonely…” the mare repeated, confused by what she meant. 

“Yeah,” Cloudchaser said, quickly stepping through the open door. “I mean, after everything that’s happened, I wouldn’t be surprised if you were feeling a tad lonesome here in this flat all by yourself.”

Cloudchaser was getting awfully close to the mare, she could feel her heart racing, was she trying to get close enough to attack?!

“I… don’t really know,” the mare said honestly.

“Oh you poor dear,” Cloudchaser said with a little titter. “You don’t have to be shy around me.”

Her face was now very close to that of the mares, who was now feeling utterly confused. Cloudchaser moved her mouth up to her ear as if to whisper something, but instead she began flicking her tongue into it before giving it a small nibble.

“Oh…” the mare said, understanding dawning on her.

“That’s right,” Cloudchaser replied, covering her mouth to supress her laughter at the mare’s naivety. “Now why don’t you and I go inside and get more comfortable?”

“Um… sure,” the mare said, still not entirely sure if this was something she wanted or not. 

Cloudchaser walked passed her and she closed the front door, when she turned she saw Cloudchaser sprawled across the sofa in a very seductive position. But the mare’s eyes were drawn to a package that sat between them on the coffee table.

“Oh that?” Cloudchaser said, following the mare’s eyes. “I saw that outside your door, it must have come in the mail and you didn’t notice it.”

“I never get mail,” the mare said, picking up the package and eyeing it curiously.

She carried it over to kitchen counter where she set it down, examining it for anything that might suggest where it came from.

“You know I’ve heard a lot about you,” Cloudchaser said from where she lay on the sofa. “You were all the rage back before all the nasty business started, a mysterious mare showing up near the Everfree Forest with no memories.”

The mare was barely listening to Cloudchaser as she began unwrapping the package. Her guest stood up and began walking slowly over to her.

“I do love a little mystery,” Cloudchaser continued as she walked up to the mare who still had her back to her. “But I would like to know your name at the very least.”

The mare still didn’t reply as she finished unwrapping the package and stared at its contents.

“Or can you not even remember that?” Cloudchaser asked. “If so, what should I call you tonight? It only seems like a common courtesy to call you something while we…”

“Twilight.”

“Pardon,” Cloudchaser said, stopping just a few feet behind the mare.

“My name,” she continued, still looking down at the open package. “Is Twilight Sparkle.”

“Oh, so you do remember,” Cloudchaser said, sounding almost giddy.

“Yes,” Twilight said, turning around to show the knife levitating before her. “I remember everything.”