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>You gave the room a quick glance.
>Violet was nowhere to be seen, the bed was a mess no doubt thanks to your thrashing, but otherwise it was just as you remembered it.
“Well, it wasn’t a dream.”
>Tossing the covers off, you stretched each leg in turn.
>Your hip joints ached, but moved just fine.
“I travel to the other side most nights. This time…”

>Tempest nodded every once in a while as you recounted what had just happened.
“...and then I woke up here.”
>She let out a groan and rolled her eyes.
>”How many times have you been warned that she’s just going to use you? And you chose to ignore all that?”
>She slapped a hoof on her face.
>”First she used you to please herself and to get you to talk. So you told her everything and then she used you some more to please herself some more.”
>After a second of silence, she slid the hoof to her temple to rub it.
>”The Princess was right to not trust you with everything. Now… now we’re going to go back to her and you’re going to tell her what you just told me, word to word. She’ll decide what to do with you.”
>You…
>Said nothing.
>It wasn’t exactly undeserved.
>Instead, you hopped off the bed and onto your hooves.
>”I’ll be downstairs making something to eat. We’ll leave as soon as we can.”
>Tempest glared at you for a second before she wheeled around and strode out of the room, her shod hooves thudding on the carpets.
>You stayed behind, staring down at your own hooves.
>The worst part was that she wasn’t wrong.
>Princess Luna trusted you with her greatest secret and you just revealed it to her worst enemy.

>Violet laid on the couch as you scaled down the stairs.
>It paused licking its rear leg, leaving it sticking up like a fencepost, to stare at you.
>”You ponies have interesting dreams. You mated, but are unhappy. Why?”
>You glanced at the cat as you passed.
“Long story. I’ll explain later.”
>Which would hopefully be never, given Tempest’s haste to leave.

>Said hasty mare had donned her armor as you sneaked into the kitchen.
>She’d laid out a few slices of bread with some butter and cheese on them, along with a glass of orange juice for both of you.
>”Go ahead. It’s a bit of a trip through the snow so we need something.”
>Her voice was colder than it was yesterday.
>You nodded and hopped on a chair.