//------------------------------// // Scenario 19: The Short and Sweet of it // Story: Reality is Magic // by ninjintonic //------------------------------// SUNSET'S APARTMENT - 2:00 AM, TUESDAY MIDNIGHT Two months later... It's another one of those nights where I tossed and turned for an attempt to sleep, I felt cold throughout these hot summer nights. My days and tasks progressively have gotten more troublesome for every meeting with Twilight from Equestria. I wasn't sure what to think, but when I do, it was nothing but a blank space. My mind actively dwelt on our conversation last night at Sugar Cube Corner, that ended me in state of aloofness: "Sunset, I'm sorry... It seems that every time I visit, it's nothing but bad news..." "Twilight... It's not your fault... If it's meant to be that way, then I have to fulfill my goal, no matter what... But I'm not sure how to tell the girls..." "... That's something you have to figure out on your own, and I know you will because you girls have the love and affection for one another. I'm sure they'll understand." I held a moment of silence which left me in dreary emotion. "Sunset..." She placed her hand on mine, "I'm not forcing you to do this, but this seems to be the wise decision to make..." "I know... You're right..." Twilight withdrew her hand back, "Tirek on the other hand, must be stopped. You have to find the magic of friendship again." "But how?" "Sunset... I wish I can help you, but you know this world better than I do." "... I don't think so..." "Yes you do, you're the one who figured out that there wasn't any curse to begin with, and that it's actually karma that came upon you." Sunset contorted to Twilight's words, "I guess so..." "You guess so? I know you can." Twilight's straight expression that slowly formed into a grin, "Sunset, I know it's not the same with our remaining friends anymore, but to my understanding, friendship has evolved to a different meaning in this world." I raised a quizzical eyebrow, "What do you mean?" "... Sometimes you just need to distance yourself from your friends. If they care, they'll notice... It's just reality... Reality is Magic..." Sometimes I need to distance myself from my friends. If they care, they will notice. Twilight's words are like solving a Rubik's Cube. I love Princess Twilight, but she has always been a mystery to me; Nevertheless, I kept those words into mind ever since I left Sugar Cube Corner, which kept me awake in the middle of the night. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PARTY CITY, HUMANEHATTAN - 12:06 PM, TUESDAY Pinkie had a shopping cart filled with party supplies, which brought the public in curiosity. It was to the point that she was already annoyed when the seventh person asked her what she was going to do with all the supplies. She brushed him away with words, "It's for work.." In her roguish thought, she swears if the eighth person asks the same question, she'll run the person over with her cart. She was at the section browsing through unique variants of balloons. She was intrigued at one, it was the self-inflating balloon, which came to her inquiring mind, wondering how it would work. On the front packaging, it says "As seen on TV". She looked at the back of the product to read the instructions. "Pinkie Pie!" A familiar child with long pink hair and white highlights appeared from the end of the aisle, and was holding her bumblebee stuffed-toy. She ran towards my direction, and jumped in a hug. I lowered myself slightly to be attuned with her small height, and balance back a hug also. "Hey Honey Bee!" Pinkie's emotion vastly skipped to a feeling of lightheartedness. Children are her weakness, especially when one jumps in for a hug. "What are you doing here?" She gently ran her fingers through her hair, to clearly see her smiling small face. "Honey Bee!" Honey Bee's mother appeared at the end of the aisle from where Honey Bee ran from. Flutter Shy's smoldering look faded to an awe as she saw Pinkie hugging Honey Bee in a mild distance of the aisle. Flutter Shy casually trotted close to them, then carried Honey Bee by her hips, and greeted Pinkie in a low voice, "Oh... Hi Pinkie Pie..." "Hey Flutter Shy, remember the time you used to just call me Pinkie?" "Ummm.... Yeah..." "It just sounds weird when you say my whole name..." Flutter Shy ran the fingers through her own hair, and looked down on the ground timidly but with response in a low voice, "Ummm ok..." Pinkie, with her normal tone, "So, what are you guys up to?" "Well... I'm here to buy gift wrappers.." "Oh, ok." Flutter Shy eyed in amazement of how much supplies that nearly filled up Pinkie's whole cart, "Wow, I guess there's always that one part of you that hasn't changed... I guess..." in her low voice. "Oh, you mean my cart? Well, I'm an event planner." "Which explains it...." "Yeah... Vinyl and I have this event today that requires a lot of party supplies, balloons, and all them doohickeys... So yeah..." "Oh... Ok..." With short silence that filled in between them, Pinkie reinitialized, "So, what do you do now?" "Oh ummm... I'm a practice manager at a big veterinarian's office." "Oh, as expected of you, Flutter Shy. That's awesome." Flutter Shy grinned at me, and Honey Bee remained a smile, "Ummm... I'm sorry I couldn't give you my phone number before when we met at the pet convetion..." "Oh, I figured you felt uncomfortable giving it to me, so I didn't take it offensively." "Well, you can take down my phone number now... Only if you like..." "Oh of course." Pinkie replied optimistically. Pinkie pulled out her cell phone from her purse and saved Flutter Shy's number in her contacts when she verbally gave it to her. Pinkie called her and let it went to voicemail, so Flutter Shy can save Pinkie's number as well. "Thank You..." Flutter Shy expressed in gratitude. Pinkie reasserted in standard tone, "Oh no, Thank You." They both smiled, and Flutter Shy continued with words, "So ummm... I better get going, today is Honey Bee's friend's birthday, thus why I'm here to buy a gift wrapper..." "Oh that's fine, but it was nice to bump into you and your daughter again. Hope we can catch up next time." "Sounds like a plan." Flutter Shy and Honey Bee waved at Pinkie, and left the aisle. As I continued pushing the cart to browse through the random party supplies that hung on the peg hooks, a short-height male employee with a name-tag: Snips appeared in front of me, "Hey ma'am, I don't mean to be rude or anything, but you're freakin' everybody out with that amount of stuff on your cart... Is everything ok?" Pinkie's day had finally brightened up after meeting with Flutter Shy and her daughter again, but the employee instantly ruined it just like that. She face-palmed with frustration, followed by an angry grunt. With Pinkie's mischievous thought, this employee had a perfect body size to run over with her cart, but only she didn't. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUNSET'S APARTMENT - 5:08 PM, SAME DAY I made my entry to my empty apartment, closing the door behind me. Pinkie and Lyra don't come home until six. I tossed my things at their usual spots, my big purse by a nearby sofa, and my keys on the counter-table while sorting through my mails. Most of them were junk mails that I end up throwing away. But there were three sealed envelopes, purple in color with stars designs on its bottom left corner. Each had my name, Pinkie, and Lyra's. To my consideration, I decided not to throw these away. I unsealed my purple-colored mail, and pulled out of what looked like a wedding invitation, with a beautiful flower design. My thought process of my own problem faded away in an instant when I read the invitation: TOGETHER WITH THEIR FAMILIES Twilight Sparkle AND Flash Sentry REQUEST THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY AT THE CELEBRATION OF THEIR MARRIAGE SATURDAY THE TWENTY-EIGHTH OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTEEN CRYSTAL PALACE CHURCH 541 TROTTINGHAM - HUMANEHATTAN I couldn't believe it at first, but it is true. Twilight Sparkle is getting married this month. I can imagine how the girls would react to this turn of event, especially Pinkie. I reverted back to the words of my good friend from Equestria, "Sometimes you just need to distance yourself from your friends. If they care, they'll notice." At the same time, I comprehend in thought, focusing at the photo magnet on the refrigerator. It was a photo of me and the girls sitting on a log at Sweet Apple Pond. Due to the wind that nearly knocked over my camera, it only snapped the bottom half of our bodies. So to compensate the misshapen picture, we decided to write our names to our corresponding bodies, along with a quote that we all came up with: I can't express in words how happy I am for Twilight and Flash. It's also a perfect, special occasion to get us all to reunite again in harmony. Coincidence or not, I didn't care much for it. But Fate does play an interesting role in our daily lives. I was ready to give up hope for friendship at one point, thinking were permanently disconnected from it. But as what Lyra had mentioned before, I forged on. At the end of this long road, it's safe to say that we're all connected again, just like old times.