05: That Intimate Moment
Starshadow still had her eyes closed but she could tell it was morning. Cracking her eyes open she saw that the sun was already up and heard the various birds outside chirping happily. As she became more aware of her surroundings, she also felt a...
Interlude: That After-party
Vinyl Scratche's after party was in full swing. As soon as the majority of the audience had left Vinyl returned to the main dance hall and looked at the handful of ponies still present. Her assistants and the club employees were all present, as well as...
04: That Massive Stallion
As Starshadow and Big Mac entered her hotel room she felt slightly self conscious that her room was so basic. She had been in the hotel room Vinyl had gotten when she had seen the unicorn's recent show in Manehattan; it was a suite with a separately...
03: That Apple Cider
Though the hotel Starshadow was staying at was close by to the club, it still took her and Big Mac almost twenty minutes to make the short trip. Starshadow wanted to avoid being seen, not because she didn't want to be seen alone with the large...
02: That Music and Concert
In the next forty five minutes the dance club went from almost deserted to absolutely packed. There was barely enough standing room on the floors, and anypony who wanted to walk somewhere had to force their way through the massive crowd just to move a...
01: That Strong, Silent Type
"Is that the last barrel?" Bar Back called out. "Eeyup." Big Macintosh replied, hoisting the final barrel onto his back and bringing it through the back door. He placed the full barrel next to the five others he had brought in, grunting as he heaved...
Sweet Dreams 2
A few hours later, after they had eaten and gotten changed for bed, Sonya and Marcus sat in a recliner, a thin blanket over the pair as they played video games together. The game was an RPG, and one of her favorites at that; she loved the story of the...
Sweet Dreams 1
Sonya smiled and waved goodbye to her friends, the two kitten sisters waving back as they made their way out of the schoolyard towards their house. The little Pomeranian puppy watched them until they disappeared from the schoolyard, their words of...
30. Confrontation
"This is it." Octavia said, pointing at the large mansion in front of them. Big Macintosh was in absolute shock at the size of the house that Starshadow grew up in, and even Twilight was surprised at the sheer size despite having grown up in Canterlot...
29. Reunion
As the city of Canterlot slept peacefully and Luna's moon reached its highest peak in the dark night sky, a lone pony stood on the Canterlot train station platform, silently awaiting the arrival of a train not listed in any schedule. Specter thought...
28: Departure
Somewhere between Ponyville and Canterlot, on a set of sparsely used side tracks that lead into a patch of overgrown brush, a single car train sat silently in the shadows of the forest. Out of sight of any train that passed by on the main railroad...
27: Investigation
"I'm coming, for Celestia's sake!" Vinyl shouted as she slowly trudged down the stairs to answer her door. Grumbling in annoyance that it was probably some salespony who didn't understand that just because the sun was beginning to rise didn't mean that...