Stardust Balance

The couple of next few minutes consisted of us dining in a small, neat cafe and listening to Twilight enthusiastically inform us about her grades and progress in Canterlot High, Sunset happily adding in some comments here and there as they sat opposite of me. Lovely little spot by the window, but my attention was more on the rapidly speaking glasses-adorning teen than the walking shoppers outside. Like my girlfriend, this Twilight's voice was melidiously and entrancing to listen to, especially when it's about a subject she loves.

After I took a bite from my sandwich, the human Twilight blinked with a pause, grinning quite sheepishly in epiphany. "Sorry, guess I went a little overboard..."

"The day I stop enjoying hearing you talk, Twilight, is the day of the apocalypse." Haha! My own grin stretched at the reddened hue on her cheeks. Sunset chuckled at our antics, elbows propped on the table with a warm smile.

"I'm just glad we get to hang out without any looming danger on the horizon, for once."

"...What about that race derby back in Ponyville?"

"I mean, hanging out together without so many ponies in the way... Not that I'm not happy making lots of new friends! But y'know, you and I personally don't hang out too often without something getting in the way, Stardust. I-I mean, not that Twilight here's getting in the way either-!"

My laughter cut her off. "Sunset, I swear, sometime you're just as bad as Twilight." The yellow teenager stared at her food sheepishly, her blush matching the current human Twilight's. "But yeah, it's great we're hanging out together. And Twilight, it means a lot to me how well you're doing in CHS. You're gonna do fantastic there, as I said before."

"That means a lot..." The purple-haired girl replied with a meekish gratified smile, eyes sparkling in warmth. Then, the teen glanced around the open cafe with interest, then snapped back with an embarrassed look. "A significant number of people keep looking at us, why...?"

"Ignore them." Sunset placed a hand on the other girl's shoulder. "They're probably misunderstanding something."

And I had an idea as to what. "Most likely thinking we're on a date." I shrugged, smirking at their reactions and casting a side-glare to the observing patrons, immediately resulting in them all looking back to their food. "There we go. Sorry about that."

"It's not your fault." Twilight shook her head. "I guess some people's imagination often get the best of them."

"Yeah." Sunset concurred in amusement, grinning lightly. "A boy dating two girls at once. A bit of a stretch, don't you think?"

"You'd be surprised." I took another bite from the fulfilling food, observing their curious looks as they waited for me to continue. Swallowing, I obliged the two. "Back where I... Come from, there are, in many places, instances of a shared relationships between a boy and two girls, and vice versa. Hell, even more than that. Sometimes they work, other times they end in disaster."

"Oh." Both teens traded rather bewildered looks, Sunset leaning forward with a cautious frown. "Have you ever...?"

"Dated two girls together? If only." I snorted in amusement. "Unless you count prom, the answer's no."

"Why? What happened at prom?" Twilight's ever inquisitive nature showed itself, leaning forward more eagerly than her friend beside her.

"I took two dates."

It was a brief moment before the reaction. "Two?" Sunset's eyes widened. "Wow, you must've been popular with the ladies, I'm guessing."

"That was a long time ago, yes." I smirked at Sunset's surprised blink, the teen only just kidding upon her statement. "Those days are long behind me though. And trust me, I have no desire to recollect my prom night. It wasn't fun, I'll tell you that much."

The next few minutes were spent in comfortable silence, finishing our main courses and moving on to desserts. Sunset insisted ordering and getting them herself, and I relented enough, inquiring to Twilight exactly how well she's doing making friends, to which the teen sheepishly, yet eagerly responded with another long speech with few pauses of breath, ceasing only when Sunset arrived with the bowls of jelly ice cream. Suffice to say, I was relieved to hear the progress human Twilight was making, better than her horrendous experience back at Crystal Prep.

More minutes of pause before Twilight spoke up again, "B-By the way, I was wondering about something..." Oh really now? My eyes glanced up from my bowl to the teen in interest. Already, Twilight was glowing a faint pink upon asking this, "When... When did you and your Twilight started... Dating?"

"I wondered about that too." Sunset added whilst digging her spoon into her strawberry ice cream, sounding slightly forced saying that. "It must've been something, getting together with a Princess. How did it happen?"

History lesson commenced! "Believe it or not, it was right on the night of her coronation." I grinned at the memory. "And it was Twilight who confessed first, having overheard me discussing with Spike about my feelings for her." A reminder to keep doors shut at all times when sharing a secret with someone else.

Sunset perked up in intrigue. "So in other words, it was before we met." Twilight glanced between us curiously, evidenly interested to hear this tale.

"Yep. And in fact you could argue that our first official date was during the Fall Formal." Though I'd rather it wasn't and instead that restuarant, personally.

"I've heard snippets about that." Twilight confessed, no longer focusing on her ice cream. "You and Twilight came to this world to search for Sunset after she stole the Princess's crown, if I'm correct." Glancing at Sunset's flustered look, I nodded. "Maybe we could hear your side of the events, Stardust? I'm interested to hear what you and Twilight went through visiting our world for the first time."

It was no picnic, I'll say that much...

Nonetheless, I was happy to oblige despite the awful memories. "As I'm sure Sunset and the girls made it sound more complicated than it was. Allow me to set the record straight love." Leaning back as Twilight leaned forward, I relaxed myself and started off. "This whole affair started when Twilight, our friends and I were invited to the Crystal Empire, for a reason I have forgotton about entirely. One night Sunset stole the crown and the Princesses provided exposition which really didn't help with anything, and Twilight and I followed Sunset to the human world so that we could... We could..."

"...Stardust?" My eyes snapped open as Sunset said my name in slight concern, grinning sheepishly.

"I'm sorry. I fell asleep, because the whole thing was boring." Both teens blinked, Sunset then tyring not to giggle behind her spoon. "Now where was I...?"

"You and Twilight were heading to this world."

"Yes, that's right. Twilight. She was Celestia's student you know... Or was Sunset her student?" I blew a playful raspberry, making an 'eh' gesture. "Her memory is flexible." Twilight looked earnestly confused in contrast to Sunset barely hiding her amusement at my 'spin' of events. "But, to be fair, it was all part of a grand scheme, because Sunset wanted to use the crown to take over a school that she already had control of."

"I... Huh?" Sunset was now hiding her giggles behind a palm, Twilight furrowing her brow questionably.

"You see ladies, only a villain deals in absolutes."

"But wait, that doesn't make any sense-!"

I raised the soda bottle. "I on the other hand deal in absolutes!" And took a wide gulp, trying not to laugh as hard as Sunset was behind her hand. Twilight blinked, probably wondering if she was being teased or not.

"But... What you just said is an absolute in itself..."

"Anyway! So Twilight and I practically declared war with Sunset for winning the crown in a covuluted plan to obtain votes from a student body who never heard of Twilight and feared Sunset for some inexplicable reason."

"Not exactly inexplicable..." Sunset stated in quiet sheepishness, a wide grin still on her face.

Twilight continued to frown. "But what I don't understand is why, as you put it, 'declaring war' on someone would be something a 'Princess of Friendship' would do. Isn't that counterproductive?"

"We declared war in the name of friendship!" My soda slammed on the surface playfully, inciting their brief blinking, and I declared with joking seriousness. "We couldn't let Sunset run everything. She was a tyrannical zealot who ouaght to oppose her will on everyone else, and that's Celestia's job!" Now Sunset looked close to bursting to tears at my behaviour, Twilight also crasking a small smile at my jokes. "Don't you see, don't you see there has to be a balance between Chaos and Harmony. And in order to maintain that balance, Celestia wanted to get rid of Chaos forever!"

I'm on a roll here.

I admit, I too am amused by this.

"And all of a sudden, after a thousand years of Harmony, Sunset wanted to make a thousand years of Chaos! That's not balance!"

My wide-eyed stare gazed back at their incredulous looks... Followed with humoured laughter from all three mouths, ignoring the annoyed and curious stares of patrons at the three teens enjoying themselves to their heart's content.