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"No..." She mumbled in response. Amber had been awake for hours, desperately closing her eyes trying to allow herself entry into the realm of sleep. But she had no such luck. The pegasus began to move, twisting and turning in her seat before finally opening her aching eyes to look at Solar. "I don't feel like m-moving..." She continued in a weak voice, smiling warmly from the kiss.

Amber looked up at Solar with a warm smile, kissing her fuzzy cheek softly. She relished any moment she could get to kiss the beautiful pegasus. "Well, I really need some sleep babe, so I'm just gonna-" She yawned quietly, wiggling a bit and getting comfy. "...sleep."

"Yeah, sleep sounds kinda nice. I'm so tired, and you as a pillow sounds pretty damn adorable~" Amber grinned and snuggled up to her marefriend's side, moaning happily as she felt her fur coat against Solar's. "Actually, you are pretty warm." She cuddled the pegasus and enjoyed the warmth. Her breathing slowed and she closed her eyes.

Amber simply raised a hoof to her lips to silence her, smiling weakly through the tears with trembling lips. "S-Solar....Please, I didn't mean anything against you, I'm just so tired of other ponies telling me what to do. I'm just...tired." She whispered, closing her eyes sadly. "I...love you so much. Don't ever think otherwise. I'm just...tired."

"S-Solar....I-I..." Amber stammered weakly, tears welling up in her eyes. Something just...clicked in her head. Everything cleared for a second, the chaos and noise drowning out as her focus was solely on Solar. This pegasus...this beautiful mare...somehow it hadn't fully clicked in her mind before this point but she realised, truly, how much she loved her. Her heart skipped a beat as she stared at the pegasus with bright, blue eyes. She took in her beautiful mane, the soft coat that glowed amongst the greys. She just remained in her seat with her mouth agape and eyes wide open.

"Guys, shut up!" Amber exclaimed, breathing heavily and holding her head. She sighed, her lips shaking as she tried to process her thoughts. She tried to find some answer, conjure up some plan to fix everything; but she couldn't. That was Scarlett's job. The one pony not here right now. She let out another quiet sigh, and sat back against her seat in silence for a moment. "Right now, I have no clue what I want to do. I sure as hell don't want to die, I sure as hell don't want to go back to my friggin' addiction, and I sure as hell don't want no unicorn's messing with my mind! Just....leave me alone..." She whimpered. "...leave me alone...."

"L-Look, I'm up for any ideas to get me off the stuff. Any. As long as it doesn't involved friggin' unicorn magic!" Amber exclaimed, her voice cracking a little. She crossed her hooves over her fuzzy chest and pouted. Does nopony listen to me? She thought to herself. "I hate the stuff. Really I do. If I can just make it without the withdrawal symptoms, I'll be fine...I'm just s-so scared of what might h-happen to me if I miss my shot." She mumbled. "I'm not addicted because of the high, the feeling, or whatever- I'm just scared what might happen if I d-don't take it..." She stuttered on some of her words, breaths choking up in her parched throat.

"Nononono..." Amber raised her hooves up in defense, shaking her head rapidly. "If there's magic involved, I don't want any part of it! No way am I letting your unicorn spells mess with my brain!" She growled, eyes darting around in fear. "If I'm going to get off morphine, I'm doing it the normal way."

"I- um..." Amber wanted to instantly pounce on the idea that the addiction could be cured, but there was something that kept rattling around at the back of her mind. Is it really that easy? Just some fancy spell or whatever and that was it...? She thought to herself, staring down at the floor of the shuttle and at the many hooves which lay upon it. The mare furrowed her brow and ruffled her wings as her mind constantly fought against herself. "U-um, what actually is the treatment thing? A spell?" She asked.

Amber slowly looked around in what was almost like a state of shock. She could barely even breathe. "R-Really?" She stuttered, her wide eyes blinking. "He can cure my addiction? I t-thought that was basically impossible....at l-least, without having to continue on with the morphine for a while longer..."

"Hey Sapphire? You alright?" Amber only just really took notice of the unicorn's sniffs and brief glimpse of sadness. Her gaze turned away from Solar and Lightning to focus on the mare who now had her back turned again. "Look, I don't really know what to say. I mean, everypony wants to settle down with a significant other someday. I guess some are just..." She briefly turned to Solar. "...luckier than others. But ponies do like you here Sapphire and ponies will want to be with you, but it doesn't help if the only Sapphire they're seeing is the one who won't see that for herself. The Sapphire that we know and love would be strong at a time like this, and give ponies some hope. That's what you're good at, right?" She cocked her head to the side slightly, with a half-smile aimed at Sapphire.

"Well we have plenty of time to discuss those points in more detail after we're out of here." Amber ruffled her wings and took a deep breath, breaking away from Solar and adjusting in her seat to get more comfy. "We're gonna get a nice place, get a ton of bits and be the sassiest elderly couple on the face of the earth, throwing bottles and dentures at the school ponies as they run on by from our balcony." She giggled, and couldn't resist giving Solar another quick peck on the cheek.

"Sweet Celestia, I love it when you get all sassy with ponies~" Amber whispered, leaning in to her marefriend and giving a quick lick on her ear as a reward. "Not only do I have the cutest pony for a marefriend, but also the most sassy pegasus..." She giggled and nuzzled back with a warm smile eternally etched onto her face.

"Well good, because I'm never getting tired of 'em~" Amber grinned as she sat upright on her haunches to peer around at the disgruntled ponies who were currently sitting on the shuttle. None of them looked particularly happy to be alive, some even...upset. But Amber was determined to try and keep her spirits up. She didn't want to scare Solar anymore, and if anything, she wanted to put on a brave face for the other ponies escaping Destiny.

Amber giggled, and returned the kiss on Solar's muzzle with a smile. "I'm sure my muzzle will heal twice as fast now!" She giggled, hugging her marefriend again happily, as she heard conversations between Spectre and Flame in the cockpit. "Your lips must have magical healing powers or something~"

Amber just couldn't get enough of Solar. All these horrible events, all the stuff they'd had to endure...it just made Amber love her pegasus marefriend more and more each and every day. She hated to admit it, but Solar was right; she was so lucky to have such an amazing mare. "Now, let's start smiling, hm?"

Amber couldn't help but chuckle at Solar's response. "Oh come on babe, you know that even the toughest of ponies cry from time to time. It shows that deep down, you care." She smiled. Her heart was pounding in her chest, and butterflies formed in her stomach every time she was able to see Solar smile. With little persuasion, Amber went in for another kiss, her lips begging for attention again and again.

"Hey, hey, come here..." Amber cooed softly, wrapping her hooves around Solar from behind and softly stroking a hoof through her mane. "It's gonna be alright, okay? I know it's hard to think about, but we'll make things work." The pegasus re-assured her marefriend, with a warm smile across her face as she soaked in Solar's beauty. "Ponies may have butted heads quite a few times, but Scarlett was still a strong leader. And, a loving mother." Amber carefully placed a kiss on top of Solar's head and continued to squeeze her tightly.

"Of course not! I know that sometimes I may be a little flirty, I know that sometimes I can act...odd, but please believe me, that I only...exclusively love you and you only." Amber gave Solar a warm smile, bringing her marefriend into a warm and fluffy cuddle. "And, if we make it out of this hellish landscape, I'll be able to prove it to you even more."

Amber's face drained when she realised what Solar was talking about. "Oh jeez, sorry Solar. I-I didn't think about what was being said, I didn't mean a-anything when I was being all flirty, honestly!" She replied through a panicked whisper. Her heart had quickened in pace, as anxiety got the better of her. "It's just something I used to do a lot, I g-guess that old habits die...hard. Or something." The pegasus' lower lip trembled and she looked up at her marefriend with puppy dog eyes.

"Oh really? Well, I know you Solar, and you look the opposite of 'fine' right now." Amber snuggled up close to her, cooing softly, to take her own mind off the horrible events conspiring as much as Solar's. "I know you're bothered by something, and I know that something is probably me. So please tell me, babe. Don't hide anything from me, yeah?" She continued, smiling warmly at the pegasus and securing the statement with a brief kiss on her muzzle.

Amber could feel everything clear a bit, and the pain in her muzzle was not nearly as heavy as it once was. The pegasus could even move it slightly, suggesting the healing was beginning to work. Luckily it wasn't anything major, otherwise it could have been a major setback. "Thanks again Sapphire. I could pay you, but I literally have nothing to pay you with." She grinned, turning her attention back to Solar for some cuddles or possibly better. "Solarrr~ guess who's muzzle you can boop again." The moment Amber's eyes lay on her marefriend she noticed something a bit off. "Solar? You okay there, babe?" She asked.

"Aww, isn't getting to see me not good enough for a payment anymore?" Amber giggled through the constant groans and grunts of pain. She didn't know why, but the pain just seemed to come in waves, her head pulsating and making her feel sick. "Okay, enough talk...I think that makes it hurt more. Ow."

"Who knows? I do get hurt quite frequently...thank goodness there's such a lovely mare like you to help me in my hour of need." Amber gave her a wry smirk, but her demeanour quickly changed again as pain shot through her muzzle once more. "So, uh, yeah, fix it and all that. Whatever you unicorns do. Chop chop."