Scars of Our Past

Acceptance

Sunset pulled herself out of bed, looking at the clock to see that she only slept in a few more hours than she would have for school. With no plans for the day however, she slipped on a pair of track pants and a heavy black slip-on hoodie then headed down stairs.

Unlike most morning's she heard Luna's voice from the kitchen and for once, sounded wide awake.

Celestia began to walk out of the living room when she spotted Sunset, "Good morning, Sunset. How did you sleep?"

"Good, thanks." She looked over to the kitchen where Luna was still talking with someone. "Who is she walking to?"

Celestia giggled, "Chrysalis got here an hour ago. It didn't take long to get Luna out of bed after that."

Sunset laughed. Thought she's only seen Chrysalis once, Sunset thought she was cool. Besides, Chrys seemed to come up in almost every conversation she'd had with the youngest sister. Sunset felt that Chrysalis was going to be an...interesting person the more she got to know her.

Celestia lead the way into the kitchen where Luna was talking very animatedly to Chrys about a video game that she's been wanting. The darker woman chuckled at her friend's antics and just continued to listen until, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Sunset and Celestia enter the room.

Chrys turned to look at Sunset and smiled, "Hey, it's nice to see you again."

Sunset gave a shy smile as she leaned on the counter next to Celestia, "Yeah, nice to see you too."

Chrys understood Sunset's shyness considering the first and only time they saw each other, Sunset was in the hospital and had just discovered Chrysalis was her social worker.

"Relax, kid." Chrysalis smiled, "I'm off duty until after the holidays. It's good to see you without the cast."

Sunset grinned, "I'm glad to have it off. It's good to lift stuff normally."

"That's great to hear." the woman told her, "I'm looking forward to getting to know you more."

The younger girl gave a kind but nervous smile as she glanced at Celestia who was focused on making tea.

Chrys observed Sunset's stance and smiled a bit. The flame haired girl stuck close to the kettle and her eyes subtly followed Celestia around the kitchen when she left it, to make sure she was still close by.

It seems someone's gotten rather attached. Chrysalis mused, shooting a look at Luna who understood and smiled, indicating that she too had noticed.

Celestia finished brewing the tea and offered Chrysalis some who politely declined. She handed Sunset a cup who smiled and gave a quick 'thanks' before resting against the counter again. In complete, unplanned synchronization, Sunset and Celestia both took a long sip from their mugs and exhaled deeply with the same pleased smile on their faces. The only thing difference between them at that moment, other than physical appearance, was that Celestia had better posture. It was almost like Sunset was Celestia's biological child.

After watching the two, again, move in sync, Chrysalis snorted and begin to giggle. Luna, who had been valiantly keeping her composure, started to laugh as well.

Celestia and Sunset gave each other confused looks and, when the laughter didn't stop, Celestia whispered something in Sunset's ear. The younger girl nodded and discreetly slipped out of the kitchen with Celestia and headed to the study and away from the apparent lunatics.