> Best friends have consequences > by Leafy > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Day 1: A peaceful beginning > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was another day at canterlot mall, and Starlight was hanging out with her best friend, Sunset Shimmer. It was a bit of a coincedence that the two were hanging out together, specially after the whole mirror magic incident with Juniper Montage. And so the two girls were sitting at a table, drinking some smoothes. "It's great to be here together once more! Just the two of us, and no distractions.... So peaceful...." Starlight said. To be honest, she was right. Just her and Sunset, having a good time talking to each other. It really was peaceful. Sunset smiled. "Your right Starlight. It is quite peaceful. Say, how's everything going in Equestria?" "Oh it's fine. Just a little less adventure nowadays. Just wish there was though. Everything is now soooo boring." "Boring? How? Isn't twilight giving you friendship lessons? Or did they stopped? I mean, I know this count's, but what about the others?" "We stopped those a little while back, but we still do some." She took another sip from her smoothie. "Oh. I see. But still, Twilight's choice is her choice, we should respect that." "That's the exact thing I said when Twilight took an entire day doing nothing." Starlight said."Eh, but that dosn't matter. How are things going at CHS?" "Oh not much. Just samo samo. Nothing new here." Sunset said. "Looks like we have nothing going on in our worlds. Though I could use a little adventure....." It was true. Starlight was bored to death, and she needed somthing to do, like real bad. "Well tell you this: how bout we take a stroll in the park? Can't hurt, right? Besides, we are both bored, so I figured that can help. What do you say?" "Eh, it will do for me. Just hope I don't regret it later on." Starlight said."But..... It does sound nice. Count me in!" later..... Sunset and Starlight were taking a stroll around the park, just like they planned. They were peacefully walking and talking to each other. This is how Sunset imagned it would be. Peaceful, just her and Starlight, and a nice spring day. Of course she missed her friends, but she did enjoy her time with Starlight. After a little while later, the sun begain to set, signaling that the day is coming to an end. Neither of them wanted to head back, but it was a must. Besides, Starlight is still staying with her bestie Sunset (after her aproval from the princess), for two more days. "We should head home. It's getting late. What do you say?" Sunset said. Starlight nodded in agreement. She was very tired after a good day like this. So the two of them head over to Sunset's house to get some rest. "I hope we get another day like this. It was really relaxing." Starlight said. "Yeah. Me too." Sunset said, and continued the walk back home. > Day 2, part 1: An interrupted band practice (among other things) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Has anyone seen Sunset?" That is what Twilight asked one morning at Canterlot high in the band room. "We can't practice without her! Whare is she?" Spike decided to speak up. "Uh guys? Isn't she hanging out with Starlight? Just like yesterday?" "Again?! Wasn't yesterday enough for her?!" Rainbow said with a rather angry tone of voice. "Oh! Hey everyone! Sorry I'm late, but I brought a friend!" Starlight comes out from behind Sunset and waves to everyone. Unfortunately, nobody was intrested. "Hey sunset..... Can we talk?" asked Twilight with a concerned tone of voice. "Sure! What's up?" Sunset said as she walked over to Twilight. "Sunset..... Haven't you been Hanging out with Starlight too much? I mean, you did skip practice yesterday to be with her....." "I did? Oops..... Sorry. Totally forgot we had practice....." Now Twilight was confused. How could she forget? "But..... You were the one to plan for us to have practice that day........ How did you forget?" "I honestly don't know. Must have slipped my mind. Say, do we have a spare instrument for Starlight?" Now Twilight was feaurious. First, she comes into the room 10 minutes late, then she dosn't show up for practice yesterday, and now this?! This was outragious to Twilight! "Fine! If that's your case, then maybe you shouldn't come at all! And no, we do not have one for Starlight. What happened to you Sunset Shimmer? You never skipped a day of practice! Why do it now?" This one left Sunset in a tizziy. She wanted to spend time with her friends, and Starlight at the same time! If only she could.... Suddenly, Rainbow Dash walks over with an uneasy look. "Hey Twilight? Sunset? Do we have any spare guitars? I kinda broke mine......" Twilight slapped her head to show clear signs of annoyance. "Ugh, it's in the storage room. Go and get one for your self." Twilight said with a rather sharp tone. She didn't wanna deal with this nonsense that's going on, so she went on back to her bandmates, and began practising. Sunset begain to worry for her friends. Was her skipping practice just to hang out with another friend? "Hey Sunset. You okay? You seem to be wandering off. Is something wrong?" Starlight said as she walked over to Sunset. "Huh? Oh! Nonono. I'm fine really. Why you ask?" "You seemed to be lost in thought, so........." Starlight wasn't kidding when she said that. Sunset really was lost in her own thoughts. She was trying to figure out how to handle this problem. After all, this one was a biggie, unlike her past problems. "I'll be fine, trust me. Has there ever been a problem I can't solve?" Sunset said with a lot of confidence. She was sure she was gonna solve this problem before Starlight leaves back to Equestria....... "So! What do you wanna do after school? I could go for some ice cream. What do you say?" At that moment, all of Sunset's friends looked at her, waiting for her decision. "l-I...... Uh......" To be continued in part 2........ "Aw come on no name! Be fair!" (gah! Pinkie!) > Day 2, part 2: The tough choice! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "So Sunset, what will it be? Spending time with Starlight? Or our band practice?" Rainbow asked. "Come on Dash! Don't push her! She can make her own choice! Let her be." Spike said, trying to make some sense to Rainbow. "I-I'll..... Go with Starlight. Sorry everyone." Sunset said. Everyone's jaw dropped. Spending time with Starlight?! Has she gone mad? "Alright, she's gone mad everyone." Spike said. "Come on Sunset! You didn't even give our question a thought! Do you really wanna be with Starlight for the rest of the day, and not with your original friends?" Rainbow asked. "Hey! For the record, I've been her friend before she came to this world, and besides, she spends time with the other Twilight, so what's the big deal if she spends time with me?" Starlight said. "Okay everyone, that's enough. I'm going with Starlight, and that's final." Sunset was sure of her decision, and was sticking to it no matter what. Fluttershy finally spoke up. "For the record, I don't think it's fair if you spend time with Starlight more than you do with us. It's just not right. We are your friends, so why not be with us?" She dose have a point, but I wanna make sure Starlight's time here is enjoyable! Sunset said to herself. "I think it's time we go, right Sunset?" Starlight asked Sunset. "Yeah.... let's go." Sunset replied. I'm sorry everyone. I really am.