//------------------------------// // Chapter 26 // Story: The Sun of My Heart 2: Love's Flames // by BlueSun52 //------------------------------// Brides and Grooms - Part III It was once again Monday morning and the students of Canterlot High were back from the weekend. Most of the senior students in the couples class had already taken their seats and awaited for it to start. At Swift’s and Pinkie’s seats, the two completely ignored one another as both weren’t interested in talking. Sunset was staring at the two for a moment before rolling her eyes and looked at the empty seat where Soul should have been sitting. Sunset thought back to what had happened when she and Soul were about to finally become one with each other intimately. But it was quickly put to a halt when his mother broke into the house with an entire SWAT force and dragged Soul out of her home. While she was frustrated that Dawn would go that far and that her home was trashed during the break-in, it was repaired by the repair crew that the police force sent and she did feel a bit better. So in a way, she won a little. Though in her mind, Sunset did wonder where Soul was. On cue, Soul burst through the door, earning everyone's attention with his bloodshot eyes and clothing that was barely on him. “Oh dear me, what happened to you?” Rarity asked out of concern. “Yeah, you look more worse than that time Warhawk topped you as the greatest Star Wars fan when he pointed out that you messed up by showing all of us the Star Wars movies numerically instead of watching them from original to new,” Zero commented. “Angrily, I might add.” Soul remained silent until he walked over to his seat next to Sunset and banged his head on the table. “My mom… was making me… learn the consequences of sex… again,” he answered. “And we learned it nonstop until I left home today.” “Dear god,” Zero commented. He pursed his lips as a thought occurred to him. “Hey wait, why would she do that? It’s not like you two were about to do it or something.” All of Soul’s and Sunset’s friends then looked at Sunset at once and saw that she was blushing deeply. She looked away from them, embarrassed. “... Oh my god, did you two actually do it!?” Zero questioned. “Zero! There is no need to shout someone’s personal business! And you have no reason to ask that question!” Rarity said. There was a moment of silence for everyone until she spoke up. “Well, are you going to answer or not? It's rude you know to keep us waiting.” Sunset stared at Rarity with half-lid eyes before letting out a sigh. ”No, we didn’t do it,” she answered. “We were going to, but something just… came up.” “Ah, I see,” Zero said. “He was too small in the pa—” *WHACK!* “AAAAH!” Twilight had smacked Zero in the back of the head with her book. “I’m taking away your talking privileges for the rest of the class,” she said before looking back at Sunset with a raised brow. “What exactly came up, if you don’t mind answering?” “Was it another one of thoses, ‘This not the right moment’ kind of things?” Treble guessed as he was standing next to Twilight. “Wha—? Eh, Treble, you’re not supposed to be in this class!” Twilight said. “What are you doing here?” “I sensed something was wrong with the sexiness of the Force and I had to come here posthaste!” Treble explained. “But I see now that it’s just Soul and Sunset so I pretty much have an idea where this is going. Like, Sunset offers herself to Soul and he doesn’t want to because they’re not ready and all that.” “Um actually… Soul was the one that offered this time,” Sunset corrected as she blushed. Everyone’s eyes widened when they looked over to Soul whose head was still on the table. “He did what!?” they all said at the same time. The only answer they got from Sunset was a simple nod. “This just… changes everything about what I see in life! Treble said. “Like… why the milk is white!... Mmh, I think that was just the one thing that makes me question life.” “Okay, can everyone please stop asking about this?” Sunset asked. “It is very personal and we are in a classroom right now.” “She’s right, this is not the place for conversation like this,” Rarity said. -A Few Hours Later- “This is where we have our conversation!” Rarity said, sitting in her usual spot in the cafeteria. All the girls were at their usual table while all the guys were over at their table. “Rarity, this is even worse!” Sunset pointed out. “Everyone at the school can hear what we’re saying!” “You’re right, you’re right. We should talk about this somewhere else.” -A Few More Hours Later- “I believe here is more appropriate,” Rarity declared. It was after school now and all the girls were at the cafe. It was busy with many customers coming in and out and several students from their school were also there. “Rarity!” “Oh, I’m so sorry, dear. I just really wanted to hear what happened,” Rarity admitted. “Okay, there is one place that we’ll all be safe from the world and its ever-invading ears.” Some time had passed and the girls were now at one of Rarity’s favorite places to be, the spa. Rarity, Sunset, Twilight, Fluttershy and Applejack were in the spa tub while Sonata was getting her back rubbed, Pinkie was taking a mud bath and Rainbow Dash was on the side as she didn’t want to do anything at the spa. “Now is this a much better?” Rarity asked. “Yes, this is a much better place,” Sunset replied as she let out a content sigh. “I really needed this after what had happened yesterday.” “So uh, what did happen?” Fluttershy asked. “And please be as specific as possible,” Sonata added. “I want size details.” Sunset raised a brow. “I thought you were going out with Warhawk?” she asked. “I am, but I still would like to know,” Sonata replied. “Because of… reasons.” Sunset rolled her eyes before she started to tell her story. “Basically, Soul and I were over at my place. We were talking about some of the marriage stuff that we went over and, well, it was putting us into our usual mood.” “You mean you two were making out again?” Rainbow Dash guessed. “Yes, we were,” Sunset answered. “And halfway through, he asked if we could… do it together for the first time.” Some of the girls blushed except for Rainbow Dash, who had a sly smile on her face. “Aww, that sounds so sweet,” Rarity said. “To be honest, I kinda thought Soul would be the type to wait until marriage.” “I guess all this talk about being in a marriage put him the right mood for it,” Sunset explained. “The next thing I knew, I took him to my room and we got undressed and laid on the bed together.” “And then you banged, right?” Rainbow Dash guessed. “Rainbow! That is so rude!” Rarity said. “Plus, she told us already that they didn’t, so shush!” Rainbow Dash leaned up against the wall and mumbled to herself. “Anyways, after we cuddled and made out for a bit, we were about to get to the best parts before a… smoke grenade crashed through my window,” Sunset said. “A… smoke grenade?” Applejack asked. “Yes and after that, a whole SWAT force came crashing down my front door and tackled Soul to the ground.” “Oh my!” Fluttershy said. “Then I found out that Soul’s mom was the reason of all that was happening!” Sunset said with anger growing in her. “My aunt did that!?” Applejack asked. “That's… actually something Ah would expect her to. She's a very traditional woman.” “Traditional wouldn't be the word I would use in this case, Applejack,” Rarity said. “So, let me get this straight. You two were about to be one and his mother came barging in with an entire specialized police force?” “In a nutshell, yes, that's exactly what happened,” Sunset replied. She clenched her hands. “I swear, if Soul and I ever get married for real, I'll put a restraining order on her and make sure my kids never know that insane woman!” Everyone stared at Sunset with blank expressions. Sunset then looked around at her friends after starting to calm down and blushed. “...Okay, maybe that would be a little too far,” Sunset admitted. “Sorry, I've been under a bit of stress because of all this.” “No, no! It's understandable,” Rarity reassured. “After what you went through, who wouldn't be?” “I agree with Rarity,” Fluttershy said. “It did sound like something to get stressed out about. But, um… maybe you shouldn't really go through with restraining Mrs. Dawn. She is Soul’s mom and he does love her even when she can be… Um…” “A nut job?” Rainbow Dash suggested. “A wackado?” Pinkie suggested. “A psycho b****?” Sonata suggested. “A woman who has strange ways of dealing with her children using unconventional means?” Twilight suggested. “Yes, um... let's go with Twilight’s version,” Fluttershy said. “All I can say is that she’s out of control and something needs to be done about it,” Rainbow Dash said. “But what should—” “Let me stop you right there, Twilight,” Rainbow Dash interrupted. “I said something needed to be done, but that doesn't mean I have an idea or anything like that. It’s just a suggestion, nothing more than that.” “Oh… Just thought you were onto something,” Twilight said. “So Pinkie, how have… you been doing lately?” “You mean besides dealing with my no-good husband, Swift? Yeah, everything’s just been great!” Pinkie answered angrily as her eyes were covered with cucumbers. “I swear, he hasn’t been taking our relationship seriously! He thinks it’s like some kind of pretend thing or something.” Twilight opened her mouth until Applejack covered it with her hand. “Just run with it,” Applejack said before turning to Pinkie. “Pinkie, maybe y’all should talk to Swift about all this. He is your husband after all.” “No way, Jack. In fact, after this week, we’re getting a divorce!” Pinkie declared. All the girls looked at Pinkie with blank expressions. “... A divorce?... With Swift?... At the end of this week?... The same week that our marriage class ends?” Rainbow Dash asked with half-lid eyes. “I’m beginning to think that you’ve been taking everyone on a joy ride here with all the fighting you and Swift have been doing.” “You heard me! After the divorce proceedings and getting everything he has, we’ll go back to being boyfriend and girlfriend again,” Pinkie explained with her arms crossed. “................I have never been so unsure in my life of why I’m even friends with you, Pinkie,” Rainbow Dash commented. “Well duh, that’s because I made you into my friend!” Pinkie answered with a bright smile plastered on her face. “Oh… right.” “So let me get this straight,” Swift said. Most of the guys were at the soccer field as they were sitting on the benches. Soul had just told them what had happened during the weekend much to their surprise. “Your mom had gotten permission to have some SWAT members watch you and Sunset if you two tried to do the beast with a billion backs, and when you were just that close to achieving the one thing every guy in history—” “Except the gays,” Zero added. “—and your mom came in with a task force of SWAT units and they tackled you down, broke Sunset’s door and window and dragged you out of the house?” Swift finished. The only response he got from Soul was a nod. “That is f***** up!” “Yeah, I know, I was there,” Soul said. “Dude, you really need to do something about your mom,” Night said. “This is by far the worst thing she has done to you. And this is coming from the guy who’s kinda okay with her.” “It wasn’t that bad,” Soul said, sounding unsure of himself. “She was just… looking out for me…” “Soul, she just flat out brought in with a SWAT force and you were tackled!” Night said. “It’s very clear at this point that she doesn't trust you.” “She’s my mom, what am I supposed to do!?” Soul yelled. “She’s always been there for me when I needed her the most.” “But you didn’t need her for this. This was something that you wanted to do and it sounded like you were ready,” Clyde said. “I agree with Night on this: something has to be done. I mean, what if all of a sudden she doesn’t want you to be with Sunset anymore? Would you let her take you away from her?” “No! I… Stop it, stop it right now!” Soul said as he stood up. “Look, sorry guys, but this isn’t helping me think straight right now. Let’s just focus on this class we’re taking and leave it at that. All this just came up suddenly and I need some time to think it over.” “He’s right, we’d better just leave it as it is,” Rivet said. “Sorry Soul, we weren’t trying to make things any harder on you.” “Yeah man, we were just concerned for you,” Zero said. “Thanks guys, and I really appreciate it,” Soul said before sitting back down and letting out a sigh. “So, what are we doing for this week anyway? I fell asleep during the class.” “We’re supposed to be taking care of some baby made out of a flour bag,” Night said. He held up a makeshift baby flour bag that was covered in various stockings. The arms and legs were filled with cotton while the head was a glued on white ball with a crudely drawn face. “... Is that what you and Fluttershy’s baby’s going to look like?” Soul asked. “Because it’s a very ugly—” *WHACK!* “OW!” Night threw the baby at Soul and the guys watched Soul fall down the benches before he landed on the ground with a loud thud. Soul’s eyes rolled oppositely from each other while he groaned in pain. “Fluttershy made that herself, you douche!” Night yelled. “Basically, we’re supposed to take care of them, make some pictures with them for the teacher and write about a two-page long essay about what it means to be a parent,” Clyde explained. “Although me and Pinkie are going to be changing duties for the baby every other day,” Swift said. “You two are still not talking to each other?” Clyde asked. “Oh, you have no idea,” Swift said. “So wait, where’s mine then?” Soul asked as he was getting up. “I think Sunset has it with her,” Rivet replied. “You should check with her about it.” “Yeah, sounds like a good idea,” Soul said before he stretched his back and walked off. Just as soon as he was gone, Night looked to the others. “So, um, just curious. What does everyone else think of Dawn?” “I don't like her to be honest,” Clyde said. “I don’t have nothing against her, but my mom more or less hates her,” Swift said. “She’s more of a meh to me,” Rivet said. “She’s a psycho b*****,” Zero said. Later on the week, Soul was over at Sunset’s home during the day and they were taking some funny pictures with their flour baby and wrote down their some of their essay. Sunset placed it on a table and walked over to Soul as she sat next to him. “Well, that was fun,” Sunset commented. “Heh, it was funny when you were pretending to feed that thing peas.” Soul chuckled. “Yeah, it was pretty funny,” he said. “...Soul, we need to talk about what happened,” Sunset said. “I know you didn’t want to talk about it right away, but this is something that we really need to discuss.” Soul let out a sigh. “About my mom, right?” he guessed. “Babe, I know how much you love her and everything, but this has gone too far. You need to tell her that this was wrong and she didn’t have any business to get between us,” Sunset said. “She brought in a SWAT force and broke down my door! Do you even know how long it took to get all the smoke out of my room?” “Sunset, she just.. cares a lot about me and—” “No Soul, this isn’t about caring,” Sunset interrupted. “This is flat-out not trusting you to make your own decisions in life, and it’s clear she doesn’t trust me either. We’ve been together for almost a year and a half and she did all this! I’m sick of her getting into our life, Soul. This has to stop.” Soul remained silent for a moment as he was thinking over what Susnet had said. She had a point. Looking back at everything his mother had said to him made him realize that she never trusted him, even when it was important to him. And even when he was about to do something he knew she wouldn’t like, it still didn’t excuse what had happened. He let out a weary sigh and placed a hand over Sunset’s. “You’re right, this does have to stop,” Soul said. “But I don’t know how I can. She’s always had it her way, and it never is pretty whenever someone tries to convince her otherwise.” Sunset looked down for a moment as she pondered on a solution. “I… I think I have an answer,” she said. “It may not be a perfect one, but I think it’s for the best, at least for a while.” Soul looked up at her with a raised brow. “What is it?” he asked. Sunset held Soul’s hand with both of hers and stared him right in the eyes. “Soul, will you trust me on this, and no matter what happens, we’ll still be together, right?” she asked. “Because it’s going to be a drastic step and it may get ugly.” Soul made a small smile and nodded. “Of course I will trust you and will still be together with you,” he said. “Whatever is it, I can bare with it.” Sunset stared at Soul for a moment with uncertainty before letting speaking up. “Alright, this is what I think you should do…” It was the end of the week and everyone in the marriage class was there for the last time. Each of them had brought back their baby flour bags and were waiting on the results for their grades in the class outside in the hallway. One by one, couples were asked to come in and review their final grades for the class. Pinkie and Swift left the classroom as Twilight and Zero passed them inside. The two remained silent for a moment before Swift spoke up to her. “So… We ended up with a B plus,” Swift said. “That’s… actually better than I thought we were going to get…” “Yeah…” Pinkie said with a frown while she was looking away from Swift. “...Pinkie, um, what shou—” “Swift.” “Um, yeah?” “I wanted to say that I’m sorry.” “...What?” “About taking this thing too far… I guess I thought if I made this into like a real marriage you would want to really marry me soon and we would get a house together. Then I would make you those cakes that you like so much and you would make those tasty, delicious waffles that you make so gooooood.” Pinkie lost her train of thought as she was thinking about Swift’s homemade waffles. “Eh, Pinkie?” “What? Oh right! Anyways, I think we’re better off just dating right now. Marriage is too much work and I want to try doing some things on my own,” Pinkie explained. “Do you forgive me, Swifty Wifty?” She made her puppy eyes and stared at Swift as it was beginning to get to him. Swift let out a sigh and smiled as he placed a hand on her cheek. “Of course I do, sweetie,” he said before leaning forward and pressing his lips against hers. Pinkie smiled and accepted Swift’s kiss, returning his with her own. As the two passionately kissed, Rainbow Dash looked at the two with half-lid eyes. “Those two were made for each other,” she commented. “No doubt,” Rivet agreed. “I can’t believe I got a C minus!” Twilight complained as she and Zero came out. “What the heck was wrong with you!?” “Me? How was it my fault?” Zero asked. Twilight glared at him as she lifted up their baby flour bag only for it to be just the head. “Using the baby for a punching bag after your last one was too worn out?” she explained. “What kind of idiot would do that!?” “...Technically, you should know since you were married to one,” Zero said with a sly smile. Twilight growled with rage as she went into her bag and pulled out her dog, Spike. Spike growled at Zero while Zero had a worried look on him. “Spike, sic him!” Twilight commanded and let Spike go on the floor. Zero let out a yelp before running away as Spike chased him down the hallways. “I can't believe that teacher!” Rarity said as she walked out with Clyde. “Giving us an A minus, the very nerve!” “Rarity, it was just a class,” Clyde said. “But it represents everything we are as a couple!” Rarity retorted. “How can that woman justify that grade after everything we have done in this class?” “Well, she did point out that you weren’t supposed to put makeup on the baby.” “...I-I just thought our baby could use some lip gloss was all,” Rarity defended. “And the lipstick and the eyeliners?” “... Let’s not continue this.” Sunset and Soul walked out of the classroom and the two smiled. “An A plus!” Sunset chimed. “We did pretty well together despite what has happened.” “Heh, yeah, I’m so glad to have you, Sunny,” Soul said before he hugged her. “Congrats you two!” Pinkie cheered. “So, what are you guys going to do now?” Soul and Sunset looked at each other with blank looks before looking back at the others. “We um… We got some plans, but we’re waiting until after school to take care of them,” Soul replied. “Really? What kind of plans?” Swift asked. “Let’s just say that we have some big plans right now,” Sunset explained. “We’ll tell you guys about it later.” “Um, Sunset, we better get going,” Soul said. “We got a lot to take care of.” “Yeah… We’ll see you guys later,” Sunset said. Soul and Sunset waved bye to the gang before they headed out together down the hallways. While the gang looked at them with confused looks, Zero was walking by them and overheard the whole thing while Spike was gnawing on his foot. “Huh, wonder what that was about?” Zero asked. “I don’t know, but… I got a tingly feeling in the back of my elbow,” Pinkie said. “And it’s not the good kind of feeling either.” “Oh dear… I hope nothing bad is happening,” Fluttershy said. “I guess we’ll have to wait and see,” Night said. It was evening time at the Writer’s home. At the window of Soul’s room he was throwing boxes and various items out the window as Sunset was catching them. Soul was packing up his suitcases filled with his clothes and went over to the window to look down at Sunset. “Here’s the rest of my clothes,” Soul said before he threw them down and Sunset caught them. “Is that the last of your clothes?” Sunset asked. “Umm… No, still a couple of cases I need to throw,” Soul replied. “Okay, just hurry up! We don’t want your mom suspecting something too soon,” Sunset said. Soul nodded before he went and brought back another suitcase. He then threw it over towards Sunset thinking that it was light. Unfortunately when she caught it, the suitcase fell on her as it was heavier than she thought it was. “OW! Soul, what’s in this thing!?” “Eh… My Xbox, games, lightsabers and other kinds of stuff that I need…” “I told you to pack what you needed! Not what you want!” “Yeah, I know.” Sunset groaned. “Okay, that should be all of it,” Soul said. “Just head back in your car and get out of here. I’ll be there shortly after I… take care of this.” Sunset frowned and nodded before she carried the suitcases out of the backyard and towards her car. Soul sighed before he turned back to look at his room. It was mostly emptied out because of his packing. The only thing that was left was a simple backpack with some of his other belongings and his dog, Toby laying on the bed. Soul walked over to Toby and looked at him with a sad smile. “I’m sorry, boy. I can’t take you with me on this, but… hopefully I’ll see you soon.” Toby let out a sad whimper as he nuzzled up against Soul’s face. Soul wrapped his arms around him as he hugged his best and closest friend. Soul let go of him and gave him one more pat before picking up his bag and heading out of his room. Just as Soul opened the door, Comet was standing before him and looking down at the floor with a concerned expression. He looked up at Soul and had a frown plastered on his face. “You got everything out?” Comet asked, hoping not hear what Soul’s reply was. “Yeah… We got everything out of there…” “Son… I know that your mom did something very wrong here, and I didn’t support it, but surely there’s a better way to handle this than… what you’re going to do now.” “I wish there was dad, but I came to the realization that this is something I have to do now,” Soul explained. “Maybe I’m going to regret it, maybe I’ll be happier for it, but for the first time I’m making a decision that’s my own and not going to worry about what someone else thinks. I’m doing it for me this time. I know that sounds greedy and irresponsible, but—” Comet laid a hand on Soul’s shoulder and smiled gently. “No, it’s not greedy or irresponsible,” he assured. “This is an experience that you want to have. No one should stop you from having it when you’ve already proven more than once that you’re mature and grown up. I don’t like this idea at all, but… I shouldn’t stop you. You’re my son and I have to let you go at some point in my life. I just wish it wasn’t now.” Soul made a small smile before letting out a sigh. “Yeah… I wish it wasn’t either,” he said. “Just… try not to make your mom too upset about this. She’s going to have a hard time with it.” Soul frowned and looked down the stairs where he could hear his mother and sister laughing and giggling. “It’s… going to be hard to do that…” Soul took a deep breath and walked down the stairs with Comet behind him. When Soul got to the last step, he looked over in the living room to see Dawn playing with Novel on the playmat as she was tickling her belly. “Mommy’s going to get you!” Dawn said as she continued to tickle Novel. Novel let out small giggles as she squirmed around on the mat. Dawn looked up to see Soul with his bag over his shoulder and raised a brow. “Soul, why do you have a bag? Are you heading somewhere for the night?” Soul looked at his mom as she was staring at him suspiciously and looked over to his sister who looked at him with a blank expressions before turning into a joyous one. Soul felt a pain in his heart as he looked at his little sister. Steeling himself, he looked over to Dawn with a serious expression. “Mom, I have to tell you something,” Soul said. “It’s about what you did last weekend.” Dawn rolled her eyes and picked Novel up as she stood. “Soul, we’ve been over this already,” she said. “I told you that you weren't going to do that as long as you’re going to live under my roof. I would not let you do what thousands of other teens do so stupidly.” “Except I’m not a teen anymore. I’ve grown up since I first came here,” Soul retorted. “Oh, so you’ve grown up? When did this happened?” Dawn mocked. “When you were still climbing trees and falling off of them, talking nonstop about Star Wars or when you were hiding behind my back and were about to have sex with Sunset?” Soul’s eyes furrowed. “You know what, you can talk like you’re grown up, but that doesn’t mean you’ve grown at all,” Dawn said. “I know what it meant to grow up. It means that you have to sacrifice almost everything to do what is right. I had to raise a baby boy who I gave birth to and taught him how to talk. For years, I’ve helped make that boy grow up and tried to make him into a fine man who wouldn’t lie to his mother about doing something she did when she was almost his age. So if I have to use a little force to make sure that he stays on the right path, then I’ll do it because I care deeply for that boy. If you don’t like that, then you can just go and live somewhere else.” Soul glared at Dawn for a moment before he let out his anger in a deep calming breath and looked at her. “Yeah, that was the plan,” he said. “............W-What?” “I said, that was the plan,” Soul said again. “I’ve… decided to go live with Sunset now.” Dawn was speechless as she looked at her son. Her lips quivered with shock, and before long her voice was shaky. “S-Soul you… no, you can’t just leave!” she shouted, which made Novel start to cry. “Y-You can’t just up and leave like that! You’re too young!” “So? Sunset has been living on her own for years and she’s more than willing to let me stay with her,” Soul said. “I know how to clean and cook well enough and she’ll help me learn whatever I need to know to live on my own.” “Comet! D-Do you hear what your son is saying!?” Dawn asked. “Tell him how ridiculous this sounds!” Comet looked at Soul for a moment before looking at Dawn. “Yes honey, I hear what he’s saying… and if he wants to go, we can’t stand in his way,” he replied. “WHAT!?” Novel cried harder from Dawn’s yelling which made Dawn stop and look down. “I-I’m sorry, sweetie… Here, let daddy take you up to your room where things will be quiet,” Dawn said before looking at her husband with an angry expression. Comet let out a sigh before he walked over and took Novel away from her. He went up the stairs as Novel kept on crying, and before long, the two were out of sight. Soul watched the two go up before looking back at his mother to see rage in her eyes. “Do you have any idea what you’re doing?” Dawn asked in a low angry tone. “You're turning your back on your family for… Sunset, who’s clearly filling your head with lies and deceiving you!?” Soul glared at Dawn. “She’s my girlfriend, my best friend and the woman I’m deeply in love with,” he replied. “And never once has she tried to deceive me or lie to get her way with me. I trust her with my life and I am more than willing to do whatever it takes to be with her. You on the other hand haven’t given me any reason to trust you anymore. You may have given me my faith, but now I choose to continue to believe in it, not because you forced me into it.” “How dare yo—” “And I would never force my beliefs towards anyone! Not even the ones I care deeply about! If they don’t want to, then they are allowed to do that because that’s their life! Just like this is my life! You can say what you want, but I am through playing this game with you. So now, I’m going and there’s nothing you can do to stop it.” Soul turned his back to Dawn and walked towards the front door. He opened it and slammed it right behind him. Dawn froze in place as she watched him walk away from her, her eyes moving when she saw him through the window heading to his motorcycle. In one desperate act, she ran towards the door and flung it open. Soul got on his bike and placed the helmet over his head. Just as he started it, Dawn came rushing towards him and stopped next to him with a angry expression as her tears were pouring from her eyes. “Soul Benjamin Writer! If you dare leave this driveway, you will never be welcomed back into this house!” Dawn yelled. “Do you hear me!?” Soul paused for a moment as the engines of his bike ran. He turned with his helmet still on and looked at Dawn. “If that’s what it takes to be a free man… then I’ll bare it with all my soul,” he replied. Dawn’s expression suddenly turned to shock as tears still streamed from her eyes. Without saying a word, Soul backed up with his bike and drove up the street. She watched as he was getting farther and farther away from her. She felt a pain in her chest as she clutched onto the center of her shirt. Her legs wobbled hysterically until she fell on the ground. Her expression slowly turned into sadness as she regretted what she said in her moment of anger. She slowly reached out with her hand towards where Soul had gone and disappeared. “W-Wait… I-I’m s-s-sorry,” she weakly said as tears were pouring out of her eyes. “P-Please come b-back…” Dawn couldn’t bare it any more and she fell on her side as she wailed out her pain. She cried and cried as the pain grew inside of her. “SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUL!” The moon shined brightly with the starry night. But its beauty was wasted on a horrid day for the Writer family.