MLP: A Journey's End

Chapter 11 - A Sunlight Ship

Author's Note: "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" belongs to DHX Media and Hasbro, while Stardust Balance is owned by the Warrior of Twilight, and I own only the story.

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"Sunset?"

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"... Shimmer?"

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"Sunset!"

After getting splashed with a little bit of water, the yellow-colored unicorn opened her eyes, and found herself looking at all of her friends.

"How are you feeling, darling?" asked Rarity, who was giving her a look of concern.

Sunset brought her hoof to her forehead, and said, "Like I've been in a car crash…"

Then, she looked around at where they were at, and asked, "Um, where are we exactly?"

"We were hoping you'd be able to tell us," replied Stardust, who sounded a little disappointed. "Seeing as that you're the one who found us, and then, proceded with attacking me and Twilight."

"I…" Sunset turned her head from Stardust to Twilight, then back to Stardust, and all of a sudden, the memories of what had just happened hit her in the blink of an eye, which made the young unicorn feel ashamed at what she had done.

"Oh, my gosh, I… I'm so sorry, you two, I didn't mean to… Elixir told me to... that wasn't what I-"

Stardust chuckled, and he shook his head, assuring her that it was fine. "I've done the whole mind control thing, Sunset, and… yeah, not a fan…"

"Neither was Casey when Evil You trapped him in that thing you called a Poké Ball," said Pinkie, and everyone but Sunset looked at her. "Oh, sorry…"

"Did I miss something?" asked Stardust's pupil, and the gold-colored Earth pony let out a heavy sigh.

"Yeah… Casey, who was with us during that whole fiasco with my alternate self, was kiled by that masked pony who-"

Now Sunset was even more confused after hearing him say that, and she replied "But I could have sworn I… uh… never mind… sorry to hear about your friend, Star."

"Thank you, and I plan on doing so much [BEEP] to Omega once I get my hooves on him…"

Sunset smirked at her friend, and said, "Well, thanks for saving me… guess that makes us even for when I-"

To her surprise, Stardust shook his head, and gestured his head over at Twilight. "If you wanna thank someone, thank her… she's the one who snapped you out of whatever dark magic thing that Elixir had on you."

"Oh, okay," replied Sunset, who gave the young princess a warm smile. "Thank you, Twilight… guess you've been working on your magic, huh?"

"Uh-huh, sure, no problem, that's what friends are for," said Twilight, speaking in a rather quick tone.

Stardust looked at her, and asked, "Uh, are you alright there, love?"

"Yeah, I'm totally fine, Jack, just a little, uh… woozy from using all that magic to turn Sunset back to normal… which is what I did… you believe me, right?"

The young and confused Earth pony replied, "Er, well, I never said that I didn't believe you, love, but I'm just glad that… um… Pinkie… what are you doing?"

The pink-colored pony was standing near Twilight again, much to everyone's confusion, and she had a suspicious look on her face.

"How do we know if you are still you, Twilight?" asked Pinkie, while the alicorn started to feel a little nervous. "If that is your real name."

Applejack rolled her eyes at her friend's behavior, and she said, "Stop actin' like that, sugarcube. Of course Twilight is still Twilight."

"Well, we all thought Stardust was Stardust when all of those bad things were happening to you and Rarity and Rainbow," reminded Pinkie. "But that wasn't the truth at all, now was it?"

Stardust was about to give a response when he found himself thinking again about what Pinkie had just said, and when he turned to look at Twilight, his girlfriend asked, "What?"

"She… kind of has a point, strangely enough," replied Stardust, surprised that he was even saying those words. "I mean, all we saw was you firing that magic blast, causing an explosion to appear, and when we got there, you looked exhausted, with your face almost as red as an apple."

"That doesn't prove anything," said Twilight, who still looked nervous.

"Well, then, how did you save Sunset, huh?" questioned Pinkie, who was raising an eyebrow at her friend. "Cause we pretty much have no idea how you did that."

Before Twilight could respond, Stardust gently pushed Pinkie away from the alicorn, and he said, "I'm not saying that I think you're another Twilight, love, but I am getting curious as to how-"

"I kissed Sunset, okay? That's how I saved her!"

As soon as she said those words, Twilight brought her hooves up to her closed muzzle, and she immediately started blushing.

Stardust was now stunned, not knowing exactly what to say next, and Sunset found herself becoming red in the face, as well.

"Uh… say what?" asked Applejack, who was mostly confused.

Spike, Starlight, and the rest of the Mane 6 were all speechless… well, except for Pinkie Pie, who said, "Huh, I did not think that she was going to say that."

Canterlot

A few minutes after leaving the throne room, Ronxor was now on his way back to the prison ship, but he stopped walking after sensing that someone was nearby.

"Anything I can help you with, Omega?" asked the silver Pegasus, turning around to look at the cloaked pony. "I have things to do, you know."

"So do I, you numbskull," replied Omega, who sounded upset with him. "But before I do those things, I am warning you right now to leave the rest of Casey's friends alone… if you know what's good for you."

Ronxor raised an eyebrow, and said, "Why do you care about those ponies? They are the ones who trapped you in limbo after your Crystal Empire plan got screwed up-"

"It's none of your damn concern as to why I care about them," growled a frustrated Omega, who was now staring down at the winged pony. "So listen to what I am saying… leave them alone, or else I'm going to suggest you as the next lab rat for one of Elixir's experiments. We clear on that?"

Ronxor did a small gulp, remembering being thrown right through a wall, and quickly nodded his head.

"S-sure thing, Omega… my apologies."

Then, he began to run away from the cloaked pony since he did not want to get hurt by Omega for a third time, and once he was gone, Omega nodded his head.

"Now that I've dealt with him, I can focus on using my actual powers against Stardust… and there is no way that he's going to stop me from what I have to do."

As Sunset began to prepare an energy blast that would come from her horn, Twilight was quickly thinking of a way to solve this dilemna.

What do I do, what do I do, what do I do, what do I… wait, something unexpected… that's it!

Once she knew what she was going to do, Twilight fired her own energy blast, but aimed it at the nearby ground instead of Sunset herself, and this caused them to be surrounded by smoke and dust.

Alright… here goes nothing!

Then, with a quick lift of her head, Twilight also closed her eyes as she delivered a kiss to her friend's muzzle.

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Please work, please work, please work!

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Ten seconds later, Sunset's horn stopped sending out little sparks of electricity, and as her eyelids began to close, the young unicorn collapsed to the ground while Twilight let out a heavy sigh of relief.

"... and that's when you showed up," said Twilight, finishing up her explanation of how she had saved Sunset from Elixir's spell.

Stardust was still stunned, and everyone else was looking at a blushing Sunset, who still had no idea what to say.

"Jack? Please say something… anything…"

Her special somepony blinked his eyes a few times, and then, with a cheeky smile, he replied, "That was… probably… one of the hottest things you've ever done since we became a couple, love."

At first, Twilight didn't respond to Stardust, but then, he started to laugh, as did Rainbow, and the alicorn princess rolled her eyes. "You're unbelievable, Jack."

"Oh, it's not that big of a deal," chuckled Stardust, who couldn't help himself. "But I sort-of figured this would happen eventually… I mean, now I know why that one song played in the mall that one day."

Sunset's blush grew deeper, while Starlight began to turn a little pink, and Twilight delivered a soft punch to Stardust's shoulder. "Knock it off."

"Alright, fine, I'm sorry," replied Stardust, nodding his head, and he spoke in a serious tone. "My apologies, love…"

Then, his smile quickly returned, and the young pony asked, "So, who decides to pick me as the best mare? You or Sunset?"

Rainbow started to laugh again, while Twilight rolled her eyes, and she said, "I am… so sorry, Sunset…"

"N-no, I get it, don't worry," replied the yellow-colored unicorn, with both of them still blushing.

However, Stardust had just one more thing to say regarding Twilight's kiss with Sunset.

"Who's better, love? Me or her?"

Rainbow's laughter started to increase, and Stardust eventually felt himself wanting to laugh, as well.

"It wasn't that kind of kiss, Jack," replied the young princess. "So, I can't really answer that…"

But then, she quickly looked at Sunset, and said, "Not that I'm saying you're a bad kisser or anything, but we didn't actually… like when I kiss him… so I can't really compare-"

"Hahahahahaha!" laughed Rainbow and Stardust, as well as Spike, who couldn't help himself, while the rest of their friends were beginning to chuckle and giggle.

Twilight frowned at Stardust, with an unamused facial expression, and once he stopped laughing, the young pony said, "Okay, I'm done… sorry, love, I know why you had to do that… besides, I'm sure that we are all going to laugh at this one future day when we look back on what happened in the past."

"Uh-huh," replied Twilight, who was now a little annoyed and embarassed. "So… um, Sunset… are you able to remember how long it took you to get from Canterlot to here?"

Glad that she was hearing the subject being changed, Sunset said, "I'd say by tomorrow afternoon, we should all able to reach the castle…"

Perfect, thought Stardust, who nodded his head. The sooner we get there, the sooner I get to take on Omega.