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Twilight woke up with a start. Even after camp Everfree, she’d been having nightmares about Midnight Sparkle. It seemed to follow her, no matter how far she tried to run, or how hard she tried to fight it. She held her hands over her ears, and started to gently hum, trying to fill her mind with fuzz, and ignore the scary thoughts rushing through. It almost seemed to work, until her phone started ringing with a call.
She put down her hands with a sigh, and picked up her phone. It’s her girlfriend, Sunset Shimmer. ‘Why is she calling so late?’
Twilight picks up her phone. “Hello, Sunset? What’s the issue?”
‘…um, just…I…had a bit of a nightmare, and just needed to talk to someone…did I wake you up?’
“No. I…also woke up from a nightmare. What was yours about?”
Twilight heard Sunset sigh on the other end of the line. ‘I had a nightmare about…about when I turned into that she-demon. I know it was so long ago at this point, but I’m still scared of it. I know I told you all about how Midnight isn’t you, and that you shouldn’t be scared, meanwhile I turn around and I’m still like this.’
“There’s nothing wrong with that!” Twilight immediately protested. “You…you can still be scared. You can, but you still helped me, too. Those aren’t mutually exclusive.”
The other end of the line was quiet for a while. ‘…yeah. Yeah. Thank you. Um, do you wanna talk about your nightmare?’
Twilight froze up a little, but took a deep breath. “…it was Midnight Sparkle again. She…she said that ‘your life is mine’…and tried to take me over again. It scared me so badly…”
Sunset didn’t speak for a few moments, and Twilight was scared. Did she scare her off? What happened?
‘Twi? Do you want me to come over?’
“Please.” Twilight’s voice broke a little. She heard the call end, but just laid down on her bed, trying to ignore the doubts stirring in her mind. Not even 5 minutes later, she can hear a motorcycle on the street down below, racing towards her home.
Twilight went downstairs as quick as she could, and opened the door just as Sunset was about to knock. She just rushed into a hug, and Sunset embraced her, guiding them back inside and closing the door.