Thirty Years After Nameless (100 Years in TD's Equestria)
In an alleyway of Canterlot, a portal opened up silently, made up of swirling dark blue energy. A pony-shaped figure stepped through, and the portal closed behind him. The pony moved to the end of the alleyway, looking down the streets in both directions before turning and heading towards Canterlot Castle, wearing a black hooded cloak that obscured their facial features from sight, except for two green eyes that glanced side-to-side every now and then, taking in their surroundings.
"Excuse me, sir?" a foal's voice called to him, and the figure turned to see a group of small foals and fillies being led by what appeared to be a school teacher walking up to him. Apparently they were a tour or field trip group and they seemed to want to ask him something. The pony smiled, although his face was still hidden in the shadows of his hood as he looked over the group. His green eyes twinkled slightly before he spoke up.
"Yes, what do you need?" He asked, still smiling.
"Yes, do you know where to get to the Fizzlepop Fountain from here?" the teacher asked him. "We were hoping to use it as a landmark to get to the square, and we seem to be a bit lost."
"Uhh, well..." The pony stammered, raising a hoof to rub his neck, revealing brown fur. "I don't really know where that is... I haven't been here in a while..."
"Oh... well, do you at least know where the square is?" the teacher asked again. "It's where we're headed anyways."
"Well, I may be able to find it," he said, as a pair of brown wings unfolded from under some special flaps on the back of his cloak. "Give me a second please." He leaped into the sky and flew up a ways, hovering some before flying down and pointing with a hoof in the direction the square was. "Just go that way. You'll get there soon enough."
"Thank you! Thank you, Mister, uh..." the teacher tried to thank, but was stuck on the name. The pony chuckled, before a dark blue magical aura surrounded his hood and lowered it, revealing a gray mane streaked with black that flowed like it was caught in an invisible wind, and a silver crown resting on his head.
"The name's Tempus," he said, smiling. The teacher gasped with surprise and so did her class.
"OMG!" a filly squealed with delight. "You're Prince Tempus?!"
"The one and only," Tempus said with a bow. "Guardian of Time, Prince of Time, Life, and Death."
The class finally overcame their shock and several fan-girl screams came from them.
"I... this is amazing!" the teacher managed. "I can't believe... we're standing before..."
She then nervously gave him a small bow. Tempus raised a hoof, shaking his head slightly.
"No need for that. I'm not a prince of this world," he said, before shuddering slightly as a dark mist seeped out of him and swirled beside him, resolving into an alicorn with skin so dark brown it was almost black, a black mane and tail, glowing red eyes, and when he smiled, his teeth were jagged.
"I see that I'm slightly a celebrity here, though," the Guardian of Time said as his dark personality looked around.
"Celebrity? You're a LEGEND!" another filly exclaimed, none of them seemingly fazed by his darker side. "You're like, beyond world-famous, figuratively and literally!"
"Can I have your autograph?" a third filly asked, giving him the cute puppy eyes. Tempus chuckled, before a piece of paper, and a quill and ink jar materialized out of nowhere. Taking the quill in his magic, the alicorn quickly signed his name on the paper, using his magic to hand it to the filly who had asked as the quill and ink jar turned to mist and vanished.
"Thank you!" the filly cheered.
"Is it true you're from another world?" a colt asked, seemingly curious.
"And you really fought alongside the legendary Rainbow Dash and her friends?" another questioned. Tempus chuckled to himself, before nodding.
"I am from another world, yes," he said. "And I did fight alongside Rainbow Dash and her friends. I also lost two ponies I cared for a lot during that war, so I tend to not think about it a whole lot."
A sad expression crossed the Prince of Time's face, and his darker side put a wing over his back, giving him a little comfort as Tempus sniffed as his gaze became distant, reliving the sad memories of the war.
"He always gets emotional when we talk about the war... He lost one of his best friends and his sister during it," Tempus's darker side.
"Oh... I'm sorry sir," the first colt apologized. "I didn't mean to bring up anything personal."
"It's... it's fine," Tempus said as they walked along. "I've come to terms with my loss over the years. Although I am curious... to me, it's been fifteen years since that war occurred, yet when I entered this world I could tell it has been longer. How long ago was that war exactly?"
"Over one hundred years ago," the teacher explained. "And we've gone so far since then; trade between worlds has become a rather common sight in the political world of Equestria these days, and even across Equus."
Tempus chuckled, before he paused as a faint icy tingle crossed his neck.
"Well, if you think I'm such a legend, then I bet you're going to love this," he said as an icy wind started to blow through the air, and with a snapping sound, a figure appeared before their group, bipedal with shaggy black hair, ripped jeans, combat boots, and a t-shirt under a leather jacket. On his right, a sword hung from his hip, and on his left he had a silver axe. The figure raised his head to look at the group with two different colored eyes, one orange and one purple, which gave off a slight glow as a pair of black dragon wings flapped once behind his back, before settling flat against it. The class went wild once again.
"Michael Watcher?! THE Michael Watcher- oh my goodness! This is the best field trip EVER!" the foals cried out, sounding like a group of fan girls at a concert. The Pyrunian chuckled, running a hand through his black hair.
"So, a hundred years pass, and we become this legendary?" he asked nobody in particular, demonstrating his ability to break the Fourth Wall, before smiling. "But hey, I ain't complaining. This is better than sitting around back home with nothing to do any day of the year."
The class finally composed themselves when they realized they had reached the square.
"Well... looks like we're here!" the teacher remarked, then added to the two legends (three if you count the dark side of Tempus), "I'm sorry if this took up your time... Seeing a legend in the flesh is a once-in-a-lifetime experience!"
"We're used to being treated like this. Back home, we're something of a legend now that Star Seeker's last novel about our history has become a best seller," Tempus's dark side said. A sad look crossed Tempus's face, before it passed quickly.
"And, Michael is basically a celebrity because of his affiliation with us royalty," Tempus said, smiling as he lightly punched the Pyrunian's shoulder, causing him to grin wryly.
"If you can't beat them, join them," Michael said with a shrug.
"Oh... well then, I guess we can continue the tour now," the teacher noted. "Thanks for your time!"
"Thank you!" the entire class called out.
"You're welcome," Tempus said, smiling. "We have something to do anyways."
With that, him, his dark side, and Michael spread their wings and took off, flying towards the castle. Once at the castle, naturally, they were stopped at first by some guards. However, once they had taken a good look at them, they looked surprised.
"P-prince Tempus!" one of them stammered. "You grace us with your presence, you and your friend. How can we be of service?"
"I need to speak with whomever is ruler right now," Tempus said. "There is some business I must attend to, involving the Elements of Time."
The guards nodded.
"That would be Princess Sunshine, daughter of the former ruler, Princess Celestia," the first guard answered. "We shall inform her of your arrival." He gestured to one of the guards, who rushed inside to deliver the message, then said, "Please, go right ahead."
Tempus dipped his head, before he, his dark side, and Michael walked inside. Once inside, they were led by another guard to the throne room, where a Changeling monarch, similar to Chrysalis but with eight red eyes and no wings, sat upon the throne. On her head, just in front of her jagged horn, was the crown of Princess Celestia, kept in perfect condition like it was brand new. She was also wearing Celestia's royal attire. Upon seeing the figures before her, she gave them a big smile as if she had been expecting them for a while.
"Sunshine," Tempus said, bowing alongside his dark side.
"It has been a while since we last saw each other, princess," Tempus's dark side said.
"I ain't bowing if you're waiting for it," Michael grunted, still a stubborn streak in him. The Changeling gave a giggle.
"There's no need to bow, old friends," she told them, standing from her throne even as she spoke. "You may lay off the formalities."
Tempus and his dark side stood, and then Tempus chuckled.
"Sunshine, I'd actually like to formally introduce you to my dark personality," he said, smiling at the other alicorn as he spoke. "He finally decided to take a name up for himself. He chose Sundav."
"I suggested it," Michael muttered.
Sunshine smiled. "I like that name, Sundav." She gave him her hoof as she spoke. "It's a pleasure to meet you."
"The pleasure is mine, Sunshine," Sundav said, shaking her hoof.
"Time to get to business," Tempus said. "I'm not sure you know our reason for coming Sunshine, but I can explain if necessary."
Sunshine gave him a smirk. "You wish to discuss the new bearers for the Elements of Time in this world, don't you?"
Tempus blinked, before a sly smile crossed his face.
"You take after your mother," he said, before nodding. "The Elements of Time wielded with the Elements of Harmony are a powerful force. Right now, the Elements of Time are incapable of being used because there is nopony who can wield them, except any of the former wielders, who all except for Flurry and Phantom Void, who are alicorns, and possibly Zachary, I am certain are deceased."
Sunshine's smile fell for a moment.
"Actually," she corrected. "To our knowledge, my cousin Zachary has passed on too. He gave up his immortality to stay with Sugar Plum, for he couldn't bear the thought of living on long after she had been deceased herself."
"Oh..." Tempus said, his cheerful expression falling as his eyes dropped to the floor. "I understand his choice... and I am sure he will have a good afterlife."
There was a hint of him hiding something when he spoke that last part.
"For the love of time Tempus, tell her!" Sundav snapped. "You said you would make the offer anyways!"
"I'm getting to that Sundav," Tempus said softly.
Sunshine shook her head in amusement. "Please continue, Tempus."
"I may kind of have created my own afterlife..." Tempus said slowly. "I did it a while ago, and every so often I sneak into the Reapers' one and bring the souls I think deserve a better afterlife to mine... a few reunions could be arranged, for no cost, if you so wish."
It was obvious from the tone of his voice and how Michael was smiling warmly at her what Tempus meant. Sunshine smiled again.
"I would like that, and I believe that his father and mother would wish the same if they were present." She smirked. "But knowing them, you may meet one or the other, or both very soon."
"True," Tempus said, chuckling. "William always manages to surprise people."
"So, have you decided then who's to be the new bearers?" Sunshine inquired.
"I have an idea for the Element of Future," Tempus said, chuckling as he eyed Sunshine. "And she's right in front of me."
Sunshine was a little surprised, then she chuckled. "Of course you would," she said. "Like mother, like daughter."
"Exactly. However, the other Elements may be a bit of a hard situation..." Tempus explained, frowning. "Is there any of Applejack's descendants alive?"
"There's her grandchildren, and perhaps her daughter as well," Sunshine suggested.
"And do either have the same respect of truth that she had?" he asked, thinking.
"As stubbornly ingrained into them as she was from the beginning," Sunshine remarked.
Tempus laughed. "I should have guessed." A sad look crossed his face, and when he next spoke, his voice was low. "You know, the war affected me deeply... I've never really recovered from my sister or Star Seeker's deaths."
"Neither has our Celestia or Nightmare, but they don't get emotionally compromised every time it comes up," Sundav said, his dark voice lowered. "You must be strong Tempus. Otherwise, you may not continue to be the prince you used to be."
"We've all lost something," Sunshine agreed. "But we can't let it drag us down. They'd want us to keep going on."
"I know," Tempus said, before taking a deep breath. "Well, I think I'll take my leave and go to Ponyville with Sundav and Michael to see if I can find some suitable wielders. See you later Sunshine."
And with that, Tempus turned into a dark blue mist, shooting out a window followed by Sundav as a black mist.
"I ain't travelling that way," Michael muttered, before the Pyrunian vanished in a blast of icy wind.
Down in Ponyville, the quiet town hadn't changed much in one hundred years, unless you counted the obvious advances in technology that had occurred all over Equis as a whole. The townsfolk, sadly, were missing a few characters that would have been familiar faces for Tempus to see all around, even if they were normally background characters. He did notice one, however, that by all rights should not have been alive still: Derpy, flying about doing her everyday job as mail carrier.
"Of course Derpy is still around," Tempus said softly, chuckling quietly to himself before he trotted down the street, Sundav right beside him as in a blast of icy wind Michael appeared in the sky, flying over the town as he followed the two alicorns. Just then a flash of light appeared in front of them and a familiar mismatched character appeared before them.
"Oh, Tempus and Michael!" Discord greeted in a genuinely friendly manner. "So good to see you again, old friends! Where have you been all this while?"
"Discord. A pleasure to see you as always," Tempus said with a smile as Sundav dipped his head, a friendly twinkle in his glowing red eyes.
"Been on our Equestria, taking care of business," Michael said, hovering in the air. "How 'bout you Discord?"
"Oh, I've been feeling wonderful!" Discord remarked, sounding very excited and cheerful. "In fact, in just a few more months... Fluttershy and I may be blessed with yet another member in the family!"
"Congratulations," Sundav said, smiling to reveal his jagged teeth.
"Say, you happen to know if TD and Twilight are at the castle?" Tempus asked.
"Certainly!" Discord answered. "They're actually waiting on you, I'd assume." He then gave them a smirk. "However, if they don't meet you downstairs, give a holler to warn them. They could use a good wake up call now and then."
"I'll do just that," Sundav replied with a mischevious grin.
"Well, we'd best be on our way," Michael said, nodding at Discord. "Pleasure talking to you Discord."
With that, the group continued on down the road, although Michael did take the time and pleasure of doing some aerobatic tricks to stretch his wings out a good bit. When they reached the gates of the Castle, the door was answered by an Earth pony mare who had Twilight's lavender color and mane style, and TD's blue eyes. Judging from the power they could sense off her, it was a bit obvious who she was.
"We're here to see Princess Twilight and TD," Tempus said as Michael swooped down and landed beside him in a crouch, straightening up as his wings folded flat against his back.
"Tell them that three old friends have come for a visit," Sundav said with a chuckle.
The mare nodded, then trotted back inside calling, "Mom, Dad! Some old friends are here to see you!"
There was a moment's pause, and then two figures came walking up to the door to greet them. One was bipedal and the other was not. Only one seemed to have aged at all, and even then it was very slight; but the other, while still looking young, had certainly gotten much taller than they had remembered her, standing about as tall as Celestia had stood in life. TD and Twilight gave them a warm smile.
"It's been too long, my friends," TD remarked. "But it's good to see you nonetheless."
"That it has William," Tempus agreed, smiling.
"Twilight," Sundav said, dipping his head at the alicorn princess.
"Hey," Michael grunted in greeting, and although it lacked emotion, there was a warm glow to his eyes that spoke for what his voice didn't.
"Good to see you all again," Twilight greeted with a quick hug to them. She then gave a giggle and asked in obvious playfulness, "Have I gotten taller, or did you all get shorter?"
"You've gotten taller," Tempus said, laughing.
"Still ain't as tall as me," Michael added with a grin. "And I doubt you'll ever be."
"So, you've come to find new Elements of Time, haven't you?" TD asked. "Very well. Fire them at me."
"I already got one," Tempus said with a smirk. "Sunshine takes after her mother. She's the new Element of Future."
"I think he could have guessed that and probably already did," Sundav muttered.
"Anypony else you have in mind here?" Twilight inquired, looking to the male alicorn and his darker side.
"I was thinking of meeting Applejack's child or grandchildren to see if one of them would be a good fit," Tempus said.
"That's a good choice as well," TD agreed.
"Yeah, but Life and Time will be more difficult to find appropriate wielders," Tempus said, frowning.
TD and Twilight exchanged a look, then TD suggested, "For Life, you could try our daughter. We named her Bubble Heart, in memory of our dear friend."
"An appropriate name," Sundav said, smiling. "Tempus is thinking of naming his next daughter Luna, after his sister."
"And Chris has promised that one of his and Twilight's next children will be named Star Seeker, in memory of the greatest writer our world ever saw," Tempus added with a smile.
"That reminds me of a saying back in my world," TD recollected. "That our friends and family over the years are only ever truly gone if we forget them, and that they live on forever in our memories."
"I remember that from the years I hid on Earth, gathering up my strength before making my first inter-world jump to the world I now call home," Michael said.
"What about the descendants of your world's Starlight?" Tempus asked.
"Starlight's descendants... we're unsure where they are currently, for they've moved beyond Equestria," Twilight explained. "However, some of Diana and Thermidor's descendants remain and they are all well experienced in the consequences of disrupting time and misusing other such spells."
"Blame dear old Papa here for that," TD chuckled.
"I'll check in on some of them," Tempus said, before his face grew serious. "However, I do have an offer to extend to you two that I already extended to Sunshine."
"What is it?" Twilight inquired, although TD seemed to know what he was going to say.
"Are you saying what I hope you're saying?" he said almost inaudibly. Tempus nodded slightly, somehow having heard TD.
"I can offer a reunion with those who you have had to watch pass on." He said. "I've been monitoring the deaths of this world from my own, and every time I sensed the death of one whom I was friends with or cared for, I slipped into the Reapers afterlife and brought that soul to my own afterlife." He chuckled. "The first soul I actually tracked down when I returned home after the war was the first actual casualty in it."
"In other words, say yes," Sundav said with a chuckle. The two of them felt their tears falling and before any of them could protest, TD and Twilight had brought them into a group hug.
"That's a 'yes' from them," Bubble called from behind, giggling at the spectacle.
"I guessed so," Tempus said, chuckling. The alicorn's horn glowed a dark blue, and a portal opened up near them, glowing a dark blue color. The alicorn disentangled himself from his friends, followed by Sundav and Michael.
"Follow me. You can come too if you'd like Bubble," The Guardian of Time said, before him and his two companions walked into the portal.
"I'm coming!" the earth pony announced, trotting after them. TD and Twilight followed suit, the former feeling a surge of relief deep down inside. He took a deep breath and a smile crossed his face.
"It's good to be back," he said to himself, then he too stepped through the portal.
-In a different Canterlot Palace-
Aqua walked back into the Canterlot Palace after a very exhausting journey into the Griffin Kingdom. It was almost night time, and he didn't want to disturb his dad right now, so he thought he'd see him in the morning to give him the great news about the success of their mission. Aqua sighed as he opened the door of his room, and then looked around. Nopony was there. He chuckled at his silliness, then removed his armor as a thought came to his mind that he should visit Ponyville to see Bold and Pumpkin's newborn foal tomorrow as well. After that, he lay on his bed, and then looked towards the walls of his room and saw the paintings hanging on the wall. The paintings he had learned to make himself. The paintings of his mother, his siblings and the other members of his family as well. Then he looked towards the paintings which were right in front of his bed, as if they were special. In these, he could see the beautiful face of somepony very special to him.
Sunshine.
A small sob escaped him, as he remembered her. It had been a really long time since he saw her last. Then suddenly, he felt like somepony was standing beside his bed. He turned his head and noticed a cloaked pony figure before him. He got startled, and the cloaked figure giggled; judging by the voice, it seemed to be a young mare.
"You miss her so much, don't you?" she asked.
"What are you doing in my room?" Aqua demanded with a steady voice. "Don't you know that this is the personal chamber of the Captain of the Royal Guards?!"
The mare giggled again as she removed her hood so Aqua could look at her face. She had a dark purple coat and red mane.
"Well, then allow me introduce myself: Elena the Planes-Walker," she said. "Now, don't you wanna see your marefriend again?"
She smiled and before Aqua could wonder where he had heard that name before, her cloak shrouded everything around them and they disappeared, leaving only a note behind.
[Transition]
When Aqua looked around him again, he noticed he was still in the Canterlot Palace and presumably in his room, but something about it was different. The paintings had disappeared and it was now empty of decorations, or at least what were considered decorations for a palace. But something about it was... familiar... He took a look at the bed, and that's when it hit him.
This bed... it looked exactly like - but that was impossible... was it?
"I'm- I'm in... I'm in Sunshine's bed chambers?!" Aqua exclaimed in surprise. He looked around, but even Elena was nowhere to be found. However, he heard her voice like an echoed whisper call out, "You're welcome!"
Aqua wasn't sure how he should react to this. On the one hoof, he was feeling happy as he thought of Sunshine again; on the other hoof, he was a little worried that all of this could once again be a very vivid dream. As he thought about this, he could hear someone humming some kind of song in the distance, towards the direction of the throne room, and moving through the halls. It sounded like a female's voice, but something about it brought back some sweet memories to him, all revolving around a certain eight-eyed Changeling.
Aqua went out of the bed chambers and galloped towards the direction of that sweet and melodious humming sound. It had to be her! Aqua smiled as some tears began to flow from his eyes. The humming was now going louder, indicating that whoever was humming must been very near to him now.
Finally, he found himself standing in the throne room, staring ahead at a place where a balcony could be seen stretching out towards the land of Equestria and the sun was seen shining down through the opening it provided. Standing on the balcony was a large female Changeling figure, possibly a monarch of some kind. She had a rainbow exoskeleton, a large jagged horn, no wings, and from his angle Aqua could see several red insect eyes. On her head, where a kind of rainbow colored mane was seen, was a golden crown that looked very much like the crown of Aqua's grandma, Princess Celestia. Currently, the Changeling's horn was glowing with a golden aura and as he watched the sun slowly sank over the horizon, stopping only when her horn stopped glowing. Soon, the moon and stars shone in the sky above, highlighting her figure in moonlight. Aqua just kept looking at her without saying a word, as he wanted to make sure that all of this was actually happening, and even if it was a dream, he didn't want it to be end this time.
What if this IS a dream? Aqua thought to himself, as he wanted to call her name so badly. But he didn't, because if it was a dream, then as soon as he'd call her she'd just disappear, as had happened before every other time. So he just decided to keep looking at her while he still could, dream or reality. Eventually, the Changeling turned towards him, and she almost fainted when she saw him. Her eyes were wide open in utter surprise and disbelief, and her voice was quivering with emotion as she managed to speak.
"A-A-Aqua?" she asked. Although she was obviously much older than he remembered her, the voice alone was enough to confirm to him who she was.
"S-Sunshine?" Aqua soon realized that this wasn't a dream after all. "Sunshine!" He called out and galloped towards her while still shedding tears of joy. Sunshine rushed towards him as well and they both met half-way in a big hug, the Changeling giving off her purr-like hums of happiness as they embraced.
"Is it really you?" he heard her ask, sounding about ready to cry. "Please tell me this isn't a dream..."
"Yes, it's really me!" Aqua replied with a happy chuckle, "Trust me."
Sunshine finally gave in and let out her own happy tears as she hugged him tighter. She was now a bit taller than he was, but just by a foot or so. As such, she ended up leaning her head on his shoulder while she cried.
"I missed you..." she said softly through her tears.
"I missed you too..." Aqua replied, with his tears now flowing continuously as well. "I missed you so much..."
Sunshine managed a smile and nuzzled him affectionately, the hums coming a little faster as she held her long-lost treasure close to her once again. Aqua nuzzled her back with equal affection, as small blush formed on his muzzle. Hearing her melodious hums once again after so many years made him give a very joyous giggle. Sunshine then pulled away just enough so she could look to his face, focusing fully on his eyes.
"It's been... so long," she told him. "How long was it for you?"
"Well, you see... It's been almost thirty years for me..." Aqua replied making a thoughtful expression. "How... long was that for you?"
Sunshine's smile faded slightly as she gave her answer.
"More than a hundred years," she told him. Aqua's eyes widened as he heard that.
"It's been that long...?" Aqua knew that waiting for thirty years had been hard for him; how much harder must it have been on his dear marefriend? His eyes filled with tears once again as he brought his hoof towards her face to wipe a few tears. "I'm sorry, Sunshine."
"It's alright," she answered, her smile returning. "It wasn't your fault."
"If it was for me to decide, I would never have made you wait for that long..." Aqua said in a reassuring tone.
"I know you wouldn't have," she nodded, then gave a small happy sigh. "But in the end, it was worth the wait."
"It was..." Aqua said in reassurance. He hugged her close to him once again as a sob escaped his breath. "It really was, Sunshine..."
They were silent for a moment longer, the only sounds being the occasional sob and the Changeling's hums. Nothing else in the world could have bothered them at that moment in time. The entire castle could have exploded, and they wouldn't have even flinched. All that mattered was that they were reunited once more, after so many years of being apart. Aqua then pulled away a little to looked towards the face of his beautiful beloved and just stared into her eyes for the moment. The eyes he was willing to look into for the last three decades, but he knew that these eyes had waited for him much longer than that. Then without hesitation, he brought his muzzle closer to hers, and in a moment their lips touched each other's once again.
Sunshine eagerly returned his kiss and pulled him in close, feeling the love he had for her pour into her once more like a tidal wave. She had waited for this moment for so long, and now it had finally come back to her. Even so, she took her time in the kiss, savoring it for as long as possible, though she could sense both of their built up passion about to burst like a dam through that kiss. And so that happened as soon as Aqua deepened the kiss and brought himself even closer to her, feeling her sweet hums and hearing that beautiful rhythm even more clearly. Sunshine made a moan of pleasure as she let out all of her own passion into the kiss, feeling her heart pounding wildly from within. Never before had any of their kisses from before been this intense and loving. This one left them all behind and bound them to that moment as all time seemed to slow around the two lovers. Only the need for air caused them to pull out of the kiss, and even then they had pushed it as far as they could go.
After a moment later, Aqua smiled and leaned towards her for another deep, and affectionate kiss. The Changeling returned it just as quickly, savoring it with relish. She was feeling a bit tipsy from the amount of love being shared between them, but she didn't want it to go. If anything, she wanted more of it, and she never wanted it to leave. In fact, if she could help it, she planned on never having him leave her again. She made a moan once more and pulled him as close as she possibly could, trying to get as much as she could out of the pleasure they were feeling. Aqua literally could feelher heart beating in rhythm with his own, along with those melodious and sweet hums, and he was even feeling the movement of her chest along his own in same rhythm.
Now Aqua was actually feeling how painfully she had been waiting for his return. He was feeling lots of blissful emotions bursting like bubbles in his heart, as he kept himself as close to her as possible, not leaving any gap between them, whether metaphorically or literally. Soon they pulled away again and Sunshine giggled.
"You've been holding out on me," she said with a playful grin.
"Mmhmm..." Aqua hummed as he passed her a nod. Sunshine giggled again, then her smile suddenly faded as she seemed to realize something.
"Does your... family know you're here?" she asked him.
"My family...?" There was a momentary silence before Aqua seemed to realize this as well, and his smile also almost vanished. "I'm not sure if they know about this..."
Sunshine puzzled over it, then answered, "I can send them a message through the magic mirror. Aunt Twilight has it built to allow contact between other worlds if need be."
"It's been taken care of..." She suddenly heard a voice in her mind. "Don't worry, I left them a note, so they won't be worry about his absence... whenever they know of it."
As she heard this voice, out of the corner of one of her eyes, she noticed a cloaked figure standing at a distance, looking into some other direction right now. Sunshine gave a small frown in the figure's direction, then chuckled.
"Guess somepony decided to help us out with that one," she said aloud. Aqua looked in the same direction and noticed the cloaked pony, "Elena," as well. Elena looked towards them as she removed her hood, and passed her a smile.
"Looking good you two!" She passed them a cheeky smile.
"You cheeky mare," Sunshine laughed. "You planned this reunion, didn't you?"
"You... know her, Sunshine?" Aqua asked a little confused while looking towards the cloaked mare. "She's the one who brought me here..."
Sunshine smiled again. "Of course. She's the daughter of one of the ponies who fought by our parents' side 100 years ago. Aqua, say hello to Elena."
"So, she's... Elena? Elena Dawnheart?" Aqua asked with surprise.
"I am, and yes I did plan this reunion," Elena admitted. "I just couldn't wait any longer, so I thought tonight should be a good time to reunite you." She giggled. "I'd have done this earlier, if I could... but there was always some reason for which that wouldn't be possible..." she explained in an apologetic tone.
"Well, I'm glad you did it when you were able to," Sunshine replied. "Thank you Elena. Your father would be proud."
"Thanks Sunshine," Elena said with a smile of gratitude, then she noticed the expression on Aqua's face, and passed him a smirk. "Don't worry lover boy. I'm leaving you two alone now..." she said as she hid her face in her hood once again. "Bye."
That was all they heard before her image faded away completely.
"Just like her father in more ways than one," Sunshine remarked with a chuckle, then she turned back to Aqua. "I'm glad that she let them know, but... I'm still a little worried that you may be taken from me again."
"No way..." Aqua replied straightforwardly. "I'm not leaving you again."
"But... your home..." Sunshine started. Even if she didn't want him to leave, she didn't like the idea of him leaving behind everything else either.
"I'll talk to them..." Aqua replied. "They have to listen to me now... I don't wanna leave you again..."
Sunshine managed to smile again when she heard this, then she spoke again.
"Aqua, remember when we were younger and I asked you what you wanted to be?" she questioned.
"I... do remember that." Aqua replied as he managed a smile again.
"Well one thing you talked to me about was becoming a prince," Sunshine continued. "And being a princess in Equestria... it can get lonely without somepony at your side. I guess... what I'm asking is..."
"Yes?" Aqua asked, as he wanted to listen to what she wanted to say. Sunshine felt nervous, but she composed herself and finished her question.
"Would you... be my prince?" she asked. Aqua made a thoughtful expression for a second, then smiled as a blush appeared on his muzzle. He held her hoof in his own and placed it on his chest.
"I... will be your Prince, my lovely filly friend... I will," he answered. Sunshine could almost not believe her ears. She had waited so long to hear those words or any equivalent to them, and now that she was hearing him say it to her for the first time, it was the best news she had ever heard. With a squeal, she hugged him tightly and found herself bouncing up and down in her excitement. Aqua giggled to see her excitement, then after a moment he remembered something that he wanted to tell her as well.
"Uh, Sunshine..."
Sunshine stopped bouncing and composed herself.
"Yes, Aqua?" she asked.
"You know you told me that you want to become an artist?" Aqua said.
"Yeah!" she answered enthusiastically. "I've actually managed to make some good art in my spare time and before I was given control of Equestria." She then looked puzzled and tilted her head, accidentally tilting it at a 90 degree angle. "Why do you ask?"
"Well, I thought I should tell you..." Aqua explained, not at all deterred by her odd head angle. "It was really hard for me to be far from you at first..." He sighed. "But soon I realized that there was something which could keep me at peace while I was away from you..." Aqua smiled. "I've learned some of the ropes as well... I have made a lot of paintings, just to show you whenever we could meet again."
"Aqua, that's wonderful!" Sunshine exclaimed.
"Thanks..." Aqua replied as he nuzzled her again. "I wish there would be a way I could show you any of them right now..."
"Don't worry, we'll think of something," Sunshine reassured him. "Besides... your emotions have quite the story to tell in that regard. I can already tell that they're lovely."
Aqua smiled as he tilted his head at the side. Sunshine smiled back and gave him her own nuzzling, feeling her hums return when she did.
"You know, there is only one problem that your arrival is going to cause to my royal duties," she admitted. "And that's explaining where the new prince came from, and of course if he's married to me." She chuckled. "They always add that last part."
"So, would that be a problem?" Aqua asked her, seemingly in a naive fashion as he gave her a light giggle.
"Well, it would be..." Sunshine answered with a sly grin. "Unless a royal wedding was 'suddenly' being prepared."
"I guessed that," Aqua said with a giggle, as he nuzzled her affectionately. "You know what? I think that's a good idea. I don't wanna be away from you anyways."
Sunshine hummed loudly and she pulled him into a loving embrace, giving him a cheeky smile.
"Well then, my prince, what do you wish to do while the night's still young?" she asked him. Aqua didn't replied at this at moment as he kept looking towards her for the moment.
"Well," Aqua said. "Why don't we just snuggle for a while...?"
Sunshine smiled. "Right this way, lover boy."
Together, they exited the throne room and headed for Sunshine's bedroom. It was gonna be a long, love-filled night for both of them...
And with that, the series comes to a close...
MADE YA LOOK! Actually, this was originally gonna be the "finale" finale, but after some chats with friends, we decided that we've still got quite a ways to go before our well runs dry. So we decided that we're gonna continue to do these stories for a little while longer. Most of them will be on our collab account, The Guardians of Existence, and will feature new adventures for our heroes. Besides, Joy Star may have had Screwball come around into his life to try and comfort him, but his story is far from over. And that will be obvious to see once I get around to publishing that with Admirer Boy.
I'm the Terror of Dimensions, saying thank you guys so much for being with me on this journey! I hope to create more content for y'all in the future. Until then, keep up the good work!
P.S. My girlfriend has told me I should probably make some animations or audio dramas for my stories. That's not a bad idea, but I'd need a lot of help with that. [Hint hint]