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Early Morning

At breakfast, Luna announces that she and Celestia will no longer be staying at the dorm.

"There's no longer any reason for us to be here," she says. "We've completed our investigation and we know who's been harassing you kids, so..." She shrugs.

"Aww, we'll miss having you around," Pinkie says.

"Yeah, gaming nights won't be the same without you," Rainbow says.

"Oh, I'll still come around for gaming," Luna says. "I just won't be staying over. Unless I get drunk."

The laughter that follows is interrupted by a massive crack of thunder, followed by a rolling boom that rattles the windows.

"Yikes!" Rainbow yelps, eyes wide.

"That sure came out of nowhere," Twilight says. "I mean, I know we're supposed to have storms today, but..."

I get up and head outside to look around. One side of the sky is a bright, early morning pink. The other side is heavy, purplish-gray, and flashing with occasional lightning.

I head back inside. "Yeah there's a storm out there."

There's another massive crack of thunder, and the lights in the dorm flicker. The windows light up with a blinding flash of lightning.

Cadance rushes in breathlessly. "I'm driving everyone to school today," she says as she finishes buttoning her blouse. "Hurry up and get ready, we want to beat the rain."

We all quickly finish breakfast and gather our things. By the time we get to school, it's pouring rain...

After School

It rained and thundered all day. The lights went out twice...

Coach Chrysalis sends out a notice over Canterbook for the tennis team to meet in the auditorium after school.

"Okay, so...obviously we can't practice today," she says with a grimace. "Girls, you need to be here early tomorrow to catch the bus. Now, we're already a lock for regionals, but don't phone it in tomorrow, alright?"

"Right!" the girls cheer.

"Okay then. Take care going home, everyone. Be safe."

Even as she says this, the lights go out again...

I head for the nurse's office to meet up with the others. Cadance is giving us a ride back to the dorm.

Evening

The rain and thunder aren't letting up. The winds have cooled everything down...

After dinner, Luna asks me to help pack up the last of her and Celestia's things.

"I won't be going home until tomorrow, obviously," she says. "I'm not getting out in this." As she closes a suitcase, she sits down and sighs. "Flash, there's something I want to give you." She reaches into the bottom of a box and pulls out something sealed in a plastic bag. It's an old T-shirt covered in blood stains.

"This is the shirt I was wearing the day I stabbed my sister," Luna says. "I've kept it all these years as a reminder...to chain myself to the past. To make sure I could never forgive myself." She takes a deep breath. "I'm finally ready to move on, to stop living in the past. I'm ready to forgive myself." She chuckles. "I should just throw this thing away, but...somehow it feels more appropriate to entrust it to you."

I don't know what to say, so I quietly accept it.

Luna shifts the contents of the box, then puts it aside. "So...lately I've had more than a few talks with Celestia about this whole situation with Sunset Shimmer and the hacking and everything..."

I tense up.

"She told me that you lot had identified the hacker in the dorm, and resolved that situation on your own. She wouldn't say who it was, but I think I know." Luna stands up. "Tell me, honestly, how close you and your friends are to putting an end to all of this."

"The honest truth?" I shrug. "I don't know. But this is something we have to deal with ourselves, on the same playing field Sunset Shimmer has all her pieces on. I can't explain why, or...or what exactly is going on that you and Principal Celestia aren't aware of. It's...it's just not something I can explain."

"Are you kids having some kind of secret hacker war with Sunset Shimmer?" Luna asks.

I snort. "Something like that."

Luna nods. "That's what I thought." She shakes her head. "Way out of my league." She sighs. "Anyway...I've decided to trust Celestia's judgment on this one. I guess sometimes justice has to be meted out by one's peers." She gives me a piercing look. "I'm putting a lot of faith and trust in you and your friends. That isn't easy for me, but...I've accepted that it's the right thing to do."