A Search For Something More

Chapter 59: Graduation

It has been over a week since the encounter with Eternal War.

Princess Twilight briefly went back to Equestria to report what happened to Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Princess Cadance before all four of them came to our world. After the Princesses adjusted to their human bodies, they met up with the Rainbooms and the former E.M.R. to discuss what happened and what to do with Eternal War himself. Throughout the past weekend, they worked together to create a device used to slowly drain the magic from the black demon without breaking the statue and freeing him and taking that energy to Equestria for safekeeping. Afterward, Doc got some help from a few friends in Gallophrey to take Eternal War out of the country and drop him into the ocean where the demon is lost in the depths. They even scanned the area to make sure that no one would ever find him and that there was no special energy that Eternal War could use in any way to free himself from his prison so that he will never be seen again.

Canterlot High School has been livelier than ever even though we had finals the week after the battle. Friends new and old, whether they were fighting for the E.M.R. or the Rainbooms, were coming together in unity as we all took our finals one by one over the entire week. The yearbooks started to come out, and people were signing each other's copies expressing how the seniors will be missed, and everyone else is looking forward to seeing each other next year. On the last day of school, Pinkie Pie threw a party during all three lunch periods as a heartfelt way of saying tearful goodbyes to all of our friends.

As for me, I've been very quiet.

I've taken part in all the celebrations and the goodbyes as I took my finals and prepared for graduation, but even then, I've been a little distant. I never hang out with anyone after any of the finals, and I never really talked to anyone. I just stay at home after school and think about certain things.

It probably isn't a surprise that all of my friends noticed my sudden demeanor. Soarin and Caramel tried to talk to me during our last days of science, history, and P.E., but my mind has been too distant to talk to them whether it is over our finals or not. All of my other friends have been trying to talk to me, but I haven't been paying attention, and yet I know they understand because deep in their minds, they know what I'm thinking about.

Octavia and Sunset.

The three of us haven't spoken to each other since the battle. We're not angry with each other or anything like that, but we have a lot to think about after learning so much about how our relationships were part of an evil scheme.

It's currently the Tuesday after finals have ended. I, Octavia, Sunset, Soarin, Caramel, Sonata, Vinyl, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Derpy, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Lyra, Bon Bon, Twilight and all the other seniors are going to graduate in three days. Doc has already graduated from Gallophrey High, and we all came to cheer him on as he received the highest marks in his class.

Apart from that, I have been staying at home ever since finals ended. My gown and cap have already arrived, and I've been staring at it for the past couple of hours. It's hard to believe that after so many years of school, I am finally going to graduate and go to college. Even with my parents showing their excitement that their little boy is growing up and all of my friends are excited yet sad to leave CHS, I still can't believe this is happening.

But at the same time, knowing that I'm about to graduate makes me feel worse. Over the week, I made a decision about my feelings for Octavia and Sunset, and I'm worried about how they are going to react when I tell them. Even though no one has said anything, it feels like everyone knows that graduation day may as well be the due date to make my final choice. I can feel it in my heart that both of the girls I love are just as worried as I am about what I'm going to say.