Chapter 23

A few weeks have past since the dance and it was the day before the portal would open so they could finally go home to Equestria. It was early in the morning and once again, Heavy and his two fiances were sleeping together peacefully in each others arms and their wings, the girls have even grown a habit of wrapping Heavy in their wings to hold him closer in both in their arms, it was warm and a very good feeling for Heavy knowing the love the girls had for him. Finally Sunset Shimmer was the first to stir from her slumber, unwrapped her wings around Heavy and sat up in her bed to yawn. She turned and smiled at Heavy and Twilight as she quietly crawled out of bed and stretched out, she then looked around and saw a calender and frowned as she realized that the end of Twilight and Heavy's time in this world was almost up, she loved both of them with all her heart, but the idea that she knew that she was going back with them and leaving the friends she made here was eating her up inside. She swallowed her sadness and put on a smile as she walked over to Twilight's side of the bed and gently shook Twilight awake, Twilight yawned and unwrapped her wings from Heavy and quietly got out of bed and rubbed her eyes while smiling."Good morning Sunset, did you sleep well last night?"

"Well...yeah...sort of,"Sunset answered solemnly, making Twilight sense a feeling of conflict within Sunset's mind.

"Sort of?...is there something wrong?"Twilight asked, putting her hand on Sunset's shoulder.

"It's...nothing, lets just get ready for school...Its going to be our last day at the school,"Sunset answered with a solemn tone.

"Oh yeah, the portals opening tomorrow...me, Heavy and you get to go back to Equestria tomorrow,"Twilight said before suddenly feeling a rush of sadness in Sunset, finally she realized what was wrong and rubbed Sunset's back while a tear streamed down Sunset's cheek."Oh...Sunset, I'm sorry...I forgot that you have been here longer than any pony I have ever known, I...I imagine that its kinda hard to leave this place."

Sunset began to sob quietly while hugging Twilight tightly for comfort."Oh Twilight...I-I really want to go back with you and Heavy...but I...I know that I have to say goodbye to my friends, but I never imagined how hard it would be to leave this place...It was my home for so long...and now...I have to say goodbye to my friends, it hurts so much Twilight,"Sunset explained through her sobs, gaining more back rubs from Twilight.

"Shhhhhh...its okay Sunset, please don't cry...everything will be alright, we'll always be able to visit our friends here when ever we want...but your going to have to tell them whats going on, they at least need to know that your going with us, I just know that they will understand,"Twilight explained, calming Sunset down a bit as she dried her eyes. She then felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to see Heavy giving her a solemn look, letting her know that he heard their conversation.

"Sunset...I understand what your feeling, and I know it is hard, but their is no way around this...unless...you wanna stay here...I will understand if you do,"Heavy offered, only to get hugged by Sunset in return.

"No...I do wanna go back with the two of you, and i will...its just that...Its just going to be so hard to say good bye to my friends...Heavy? how did you ever manage to handle such pain?"Sunset asked, almost sobbing once more. Heavy just gave both girls a sad look and to their surprise, a tear rolled down his cheek as he kissed Sunset on the forehead and hugged her in a warm embrace.

"Just tell them the truth, like Twilight said...they will understand,"Heavy whispered in Sunset's ear as he parted from the hug, Sunset manage to dry her eyes once more and nod to him, gaining a small smile from Heavy.

"Okay...I will...I will tell them...I'm going home with you and Twilight,"Sunset said with determination and a bit of sadness as she put on a brave face and turned to Twilight."Well...lets go get ready Twilight, we don't want to be late."

"That's the spirit Sunset, now lets make this last day with our friends count okay?"Twilight said with a smile. Sunset nodded and finally manage to smile a bit as her and Twilight went to the bathroom to get dress to go to school, Heavy just sat in bed and rubbed his temples as he could still feel the confliction in Sunset's mind with every passing moment. Finally after a few minutes, the girls came out of the bathroom fully dressed and smiling at Heavy as if they were hoping for an opinion.

"You two look as beautiful as always...no matter what form the two of you take,"Heavy complimented, gaining a giggle from the girls.

"Thanks Heavy your too kind, would you like to stay here and watch the place while we're at school? we need some privacy to break the news to the school, and you don't need to be there to absorb all that drama,"Sunset asked as the girls began to leave, Heavy only chuckled as he gave them a solemn smile.

"I suppose I could stay here for a bit, please...take your time girls and break it to them easily, but remember...give them the truth,"Heavy informed as the girls left, he then sighed as he found another magazine on Twilight's side of the bed and began to read it to past the time.

Meanwhile the girls had made it down the stairs and left the house slowly and silently, they then chose to fly to school and took off into the sky and flew through the peaceful and gentle clouds, and yet Sunset still felt uneasy about the news she had to give to her friends. Twilight sensed the confliction within Sunset and put her hand on Sunset's shoulder again to reassure her that everything was going to be alright, Sunset smiled as the girls finally came upon the school and descended as the students were just getting off the bus, they landed on in front of the school and sat on the stairs and waited on their friends. Luckily they did not need to wait long as their friends got off the bus and rushed to them to greet them happily.

"Hey girls, and how are the two of you fine ladies doing today?"Rarity asked kindly.

"We're doing great, but girls...there's something we need to tell you all, and...its not going to be easy to say,"Twilight said with a solemn tone and smile, while Sunset just frowned and bowed her head down.

"What do you mean girls? Whats wrong?"Fluttershy questioned.

"Girls...walk with us,"Twilight said as her and Sunset walked inside the school with the girls close behind them. They walked through the halls quietly gaining looks from all the students they came across, finally they made it to Sunset's locker and as Sunset was opening her locker, Twilight began to explain."Girls...tomorrow is the day that the portal is going to open again...and that's when we will be leaving."

"Awwww, do you have to go Twilight?"Pinkie Pie asked with a frown as her hair went flat.

"Yes...its soon time for me to go, but don't worry I will always visit you girls,"Twilight reassured with a smile.

"Her and Heavy are not the only ones leaving girls,"Sunset suddenly said as she shut her locker and turned to frown at her friends.

"W-what do you mean sugar cube?"Apple Jack asked in a worried tone, only getting a solemn look from Sunset.

"Sunset...your scaring us,"Rainbow Dash added with the same tone. Sunset sighed as she put on a brave face and gave the girls a serious look.

"Girls...tomorrow I'm going back to Equestria with Twilight and Heavy, their...the ones I wanna be with and its about time I went back and faced my consequences with princess Celestia,"Sunset said, gaining both shocked and sad looks from the girls, Fluttershy had even started to cry as she hugged Sunset, and was gaining the attention of other students.

"Sunset...noooo,"Fluttershy whimpered a she cried in Sunset's arm.

"Well...why do you have to go? We're already going to lose Twilight! why do you need to leave?!"Rainbow Dash said frantically with a shaky voice trying to fight back tears.

"Girls...I know...believe me...this is really hard to do, but I have to be strong, me, Heavy and Twilight love each other and...we want to be together girls...I will never forget the friendship we all have together and I promise when ever we have a chance...we will visit you, but for now...I have to go with Heavy and Twilight,"Sunset said in a bit of a shaky tone. The girls began to tear up and even sob as their hearts broke at the news, finally they came up to Sunset and Twilight and gave them a tight group hug, making Twilight and Sunset silently cry and hug them back.

"Sunset...please promise us...you'll come back,"Pinkie whimpered out.

"Oh we do respect what you want darling...but...its just going to be so hard to say...goodbye,"Rarity sobbed as her make up ran.

"We're going miss you sugar cube,"Apple Jack said as she held both girls tight in her arms.

"Just...don't you two forget about us...okay,"Rainbow demanded in a shaky tone as she did her best to hide her tears with her arms.

"Trust me girls, we will visit all of you...always...we never turn our backs on our friends,"Twilight stated with a sad smile.

"Is everything alright out here? What is with all the sadness girls?"questioned the voice of vice principle Luna as the girls broke from the hug, made an attempt to dry their tears and turned to see the vice principle approaching them.

"I'm sorry vice principle Luna, Its just that...tomorrow the portals opening and...I have chosen to go back home with Heavy and Twilight,"Sunset answered with a frown, shocking the vice principle.

"Really?...I...I'm really sorry to hear that Sunset...me and my sister had grown quite...fond of you since you first came here, I'm sorry to hear that you will be leaving, I will have to inform my sister of this,"Luna said in a sad voice as she surprised everyone by hugging Sunset."But I'm glad your growing up and following your heart...this is a very grown up thing your doing Sunset."

"Thanks...vice principle Luna,"Sunset said while hugging her back, finally after a solid minute of hugging, they broke from it and smiled.

"My advice girls...make this last day together count, do something you girls will never forget,"Luna whispered to the girls as she then walked back to her office quietly, leaving the girls to tangle with their problem.

"Maybe Luna's right, we should make this last day count, so what do you want to do girls?"Fluttershy asked curiously.

"Sunset already has an idea,"Twilight pointed out as she turned to Sunset who was smiling with embarrassment."How about one last slumber party girls, just all of us and Heavy tonight, what do you say?"

"That sounds like a mighty fine idea girls,"Apple Jack said with a smile.

"I agree, one more fun night with the three of you sounds like a grand idea,"Rarity agreed.

"Yeah...one last party with the you girls,"Pinkie said in a more sad and happy tone rather than excited one.

"Yay, another slumber party,"Fluttershy said quietly with tears still in her eyes.

"That sounds...like an awesome idea girls,"Rainbow said with a sniffle while managing to dry her eyes.

"Then its settled, one last slumber party for tonight,"Twilight announced in a more happy tone.

"Now lets start off by having a good last day at school with each other,"Sunset added gaining a nod from all the girls as they all finally walked through the halls both sad and happy together, knowing that they were going to have the time of their life's tonight, and knowing that Heavy Weight was in for a surprise tonight.

YEP ONE LAST SLUMBER PARTY PEOPLE, HOPE YOU LIKE THEM.