Sunrise Chapter 7

After our little episode on the field, no one felt like going to class. So we did what all decent high School kids do when we get bored. Skip and go to the Shake shop!! Okay it sounds like something from this world’s 1960s, but these aren’t Fillydelphians we’re talking about here. In Canterlot, we have standards! Or that’s what Rarity told me when we first met. Personally I’ve never been a fan of this world’s sweets. All of the sugar they pack into their snacks goes right to my head. But I don’t mind hanging out here from time to time.

I find myself seated with the girls at their usual table near the counter. Instead of the usual chit-chat, there’s a awkward hush over the table after what was just happened. I sit on the couch with a sleeping Fluttershy and find myself playing with her hair with one hand and holding one of her anti animal abuse pamphlets gingerly in my other. The pamphlet itself doesn't have any real important information for me, but the soothing effect of running my fingers through her long pink hair is calming me down. It’s therapeutic to me for some reason.

Sitting at the head of the table is Rarity in one of the big comfy chairs. She’s curled up inside, laying her head against the side of it while flipping through a magazine. I can’t tell if she’s dozing or just bored. Sitting next to me and Fluttershy on the other end of the couch is Twilight Sparkle, nose deep in a book she brought with her. In front of us is Rainbow Dash, who apparently doesn’t know what table manners is either, because she’s leaning back in her chair, pushing back and forth with her feet against the chair legs while drinking a Banana smoothie. And at the foot of the table sits Applejack, who apparently doesn’t know how to use a chair. She sits the opposite way in the chair, with her arms slung over the back, and her legs stretched out in front of her.

I decide to break the ice. “So, Mrs Conquering Hero, how does it feel being the savior of two worlds?" I ask Twilight.

She just rolls her eyes."If you think I took any joy in what I did, I didn't. I was just doing my job." And she goes back to her book. But I'm not done plucking her strings.

"So, did you pen your own tales when you got back about your little trip? Wait, they don't give book deals for half finished jobs do they?" She shoots me a real mean look that time. I just chuckle and keep fiddling with Fluttershy's hair.

"No. They do write books about torn romances though."

“Ouch, good one, brat.” I mumble to myself and scan the room.

"Out of curiosity, Sunset,” Applejack speaks up. “What did happen with Flash Sentry anyway? You two just seemed destined to make it."

Why must Applejack open old wounds? That relationship, while brief, was the one thing that kept me from turning into ...well...what I became.

"Must all our conversations be about me?" I huff.

Rarity tries to make me see reason."Sunset, darling, you mustn't sweep things like this under the rug. Decoding your mistakes with Flash Sentry might very well be the key to not making the same mistakes in your relationship with Fluttershy."

“Fine, you might be right, but why would I want to talk about it with HER here?” I motion with my eyes towards Twilight.

“If it’s that important for me NOT to hear, I’ll just keep reading.” She deadpans and flips a page.

“I’d much rather you not be here when I go over my past love life, thank you very much.” I quip.

“Sunset...if your problem is as dire as you say, then Twilight is going to be here for quite awhile. You have to get used to having her around when we discuss things if the two of you are ever going to become friends.” Rarity says.

And just like that, my urge to punch has returned. “And who says I want HER to be my friend?!"

“Because I’m the only one that can pull your flank out of this mess.” The runt pipes up.

“Oh, so the whelp responsible for putting me in this mess thinks she can help me?” I respond. A scowl forms on her face and she puts down her book. She looks at me and opens her mouth to speak. Suddenly, Pinkie Pie decides to pay attention again.

“Look, we can argue about it all day, or you can just tell us and be done with it!” Rainbow Dash says, her impatience getting the better of her again.

“Fine, gather around then, and I’ll tell you. And while we’re at it, if you have any OTHER questions pertaining to my past, get them out NOW. Because I’m not repeating myself.”

Rarity puts her magazine away and leans forward in her chair as if she's listening with baited breath for a tragic tale of love and lost! Okay, my Rarity impression needs work but you get my point. Rainbow Dash just rolls her eyes and keeps drinking her smoothie, while Applejack scoots up to the table. The bookworm doesn’t pay me any attention at first. Whatever, I don’t care if she listens or not. With a sigh, I begin.

“It was three years ago, just after I met you girls. I was still struggling to fit in seeing as I was still getting used to the human world. Not having magic was really starting to suck at this point. And yes, Twilight, I ran into the door with my face too.”

Rarity snickers, Twilight just shakes her head.

“Anyway, so I was doing my usual skip routine because Mrs. Cheerilee’s class sucks...”

“You take that back!” Apparently that pisses her off

“Look, all I’m saying is that people that nice usually make me sick.” I look down at my sleeping beauty and smile “Usually. Now can I get back to my story?”

Applejack nods. “Continue.”

“Thank you. Now as I was saying, I was skipping Miss Cheerilee’s class and wandering the halls and that’s where I saw him. Bronze skin, electric blue hair, that confident smile. He was the coolest guy in the school. Mr. Flash Sentry. He was the only person I found somewhat attractive since I’d been there, and I was going to make him mine.”

“Alright, hold on a minute-” Applejack pipes up again.

I swear if I this bitch interrupts me one more time...I swear, just one more time. “What do you want, cowgirl?!”

“If you had eyes for Flash Sentry, how did you all of a sudden switch to ruttin’ around with Fluttershy in our gym?”

“Wait, you were WHAT?!” Twilight actually stops her reading book and looks in my direction, finally realizing that Fluttershy was tucked under my arm.

“ That’s none of your fucking business, runt.” I roll my eyes at the human reader’s digest to my left and answer Applejack’s question. “I come from a society where the female to male ratio is 5 to 1 at best, there’s people of all orientations back home.”

“I understand that, at least” Twilight says. “But you...and FLUTTERSHY?!” Twilight nods in agreement

“Yes yes, I know. It’s unexpected. We went over this earlier. Now can I finish my goddamn story?!” Applejack nods her head and I continue. “Now, I was going to make him mine. Since,like our fair Twilight over there, I spent more time with books than relationships, so I didn’t really know what ‘taking it slow’ meant.”

You ever see that look of shock on someone’s face right after they’ve realized something big? That’s exactly the face Rarity has right now as she asks me a question.

“Sunset...what did you...do, exactly?”

“Well, Fashion Bug…”

This time Twilight interrupts. “Wait, do you have nicknames for everyone?!”

And that was one question too far. “Yes, Sparklebitch, I do!”

The entire table goes quiet. Except for Rainbow Dash. Her just snicker adds to Twilight’s discomfort.

“Aww, is wittle Twiwilight upset” I add in with the most childish voice I can make. She looks like she wants to kill me, but that’ll teach her to interrupt my story again. With all the commotion, Fluttershy’s aqua colored eyes flicker open and stare up at me

“What’s with all the noise?” She asks through a yawn.

“Just laughing about nicknames, hun.” She nods and then climbs into my lap. I peck her lips, drawing awws from everyone but Twilight, who’s buried her head back in her book.

“Now, if there are no more interruptions, what I did was steel my courage, took a deep breath, walked right up to him and….politely asked him to fuck me like a mare in heat.”

“Oh...my…” Fluttershy buried her face into my shoulder.

The rest of our company exhibits varying degrees of surprise.. Rainbow Dash falls back out of her chair laughing. Applejack blushes hard and pulls her hat down over eyes. Twilight is completely disgusted, she just buries her entire face in her book and shakes her head even harder at me. And Rarity, well she just chuckles.

“Could you be anymore forward darling?”

“Yes, actually, but that’s later.”

“Wait wait wait!” Rainbow Dash, finally getting back to her seat, cuts me off. “You mean you saw Flash for all of ten seconds and wanted to screw him?!”

I nod. “What can I say, subtlety is not my thing.”

“This explains what we saw in the gym.” Applejack says.

“Actually…” Fluttershy mumbles “That...was me…”

At least she admits it. The table falls into stunned silence again. Twilight actually puts her book down. This time, no one can find the words to describe the fact that Fluttershy just admitted to making a move on me. I just give her cheek a nuzzle and cup her bottom with my hand. She responds by giving a little wiggle against my hand and a little wink. I give her a grin and a gentle squeeze. Not to draw a reaction, but just enough to let her know I got her message.

With no interruptions this time, I can get back on with my tale.

“So, after he picked his jaw up from the table, I took him somewhere secluded and had a little fun. That was a glorious free period. We definitely tested the stability of those bleachers, especially when I... .”

“Uhh, Sunset, sugar…” Applejack, clearing having enough of this part of my story, taps out. “Can you NOT give us the play by play of you and Flash knocking boots…please?”

And I thought Twilight was sheltered. “Don’t worry, I’ll spare you the details. Just know that me and him made magic that day, and many days after.”

“So it wasn’t much a relationship...more of a… “ Rarity starts.

“A screw fest, yes…” I finish for her.

“What’s a screwfest?!” The bubbly voice of Pinkie Pie breaks up the moment as she returns with a milkshake in each hand. Surprisingly I’m feeling uneasy on filling PInkie in on the conversation. Or maybe it’s just in general, since my new beau is practically sitting on my lap right now. I’ve never found myself to be self conscious like this. What is Fluttershy doing to me?

“There you are Pinkie Pie!” Dash beams as Pinkie takes a seat next to her “Sunset was talking about her relationship with Flash.”

“Oooooh, I like stories!” She giggles. “But, should we really be talking about this with FLUTTERSHY here?” The party favor has a point.

“I’m not offended Pinkie...” Fluttershy says in her soft voice. “I know that Sunset and Flash were a thing before, but talking about where they went wrong is the first step to building a more lasting relationship with me.”

”Aww Fluttershy, that’s sweet.” Twilight remarks.

“So, Sunset...I can imagine how this came to a halt.” Rarity claims.

“Yes, and no...You see… around the time I hooked up with Flash was the same time I had started terrorizing the school. For a while, he didn’t care. Flash wasn’t exactly the most popular of the rockers. When I met him he was just getting his feet wet in the whole guitarist thing. But, having the darling new girl of the school smoking his pole gave him some street cred.”

Twilight , clearly lost, makes an inquiry. “Smoking his...what?”

The look Rarity gives her is just amazing. It’s like a mix of being dumbfounded, disgusted, and creeped out all at the same time. Pinkie Pie just shakes her head, as Rainbow gives the international symbol for “you don’t want to know” by crossing her arms back and forth in an x pattern. Applejack is just mortified. She lays her head on the chair she’s sitting on. I can imagine she’s wishing this conversation would end.

I offer to help her out. “You see, Princess, when you’re dating a stallion, to relate it to back home, it requires you to learn a certain set of skills. A certain set of skills involving...oral...traits…”

“Like public speaking?!”

She is just precious. “No Twilight, NOT like public speaking. More like...hmm, how do I say this…”

“She’s talking about sucking his pecker!” Applejack shouts. If it wasn’t for all the noise around the room would have probably come to a screeching halt.

“His...pecker?!” She thinks about it for a second.

“Like a popsicle!” Pinkie says. Then I watch as the lightbulb pops in Twilight’s head, and her mouth forms a perfect O as she leans back from me in horror.

“Now do you get it?” I smirk.

She doesn’t say anything to me, she just sort of shivers there as she imagines it. Then she blushes and looks away.

“I’m surprised the Princess didn’t teach you that one.” I jab. Twilight’s blush fades and the scowl she’s been giving me returns.

“Now, to summarize. Me, plus Flash, minus clothes, equals popularity for us both. And things were good right until the time I started going all power hungry bitch. He didn’t like it, he said that I was becoming ‘more trouble than I’m worth.’ I just told him to shut up and enjoy the ride.”

“So did your…’skills’ keep him line?” Rarity asks.

I lean back against the back of the couch and grin. “Oh it did...for awhile.” Feeling uneasy, I try to end this quickly. “But as our relationship deteriorated, so did my behavior. Then came the time when I started screwing around with you guys. That was the nail in the coffin for me and flash. He dumped me, hard. And to top it all off, he did it online instead of saying it to my face.” I snort. “Which sucks, he was a good lay too.”

“Out of curiousity, how good?” Rarity questions.

“Shouldn’t you know? You were fucking him behind my back.” I shoot back at her.

“Ooooooooooooooooohhhh!” Pinkie Pie puts her hand over her mouth and leans back.

“Nonsense, I did no such thing, honest!” Rarity quickly back pedals. “Anything that happened between me and Flash was the concoction of that venomous Rumor Mill and her web of lies!”

“Calm down Fashion Bug, I’m not accusing you of anything. I know you weren’t fucking him. Weren’t you going after Blueblood at the time?”

Rarity immediately scowled “Yes, I was, but he turned out to be completely and utterly underwhelming.”

“And just how underwhelming we talking about?”

Rarity immediately puts her hands up with 4 inches of space between them.

“Ouch.” I chuckle as I enjoy seeing the uncomfortableness in the others.

“He had all the staying power of a newborn gnat.” Rarity lays her head against the left shoulder cushion of the chair.

“Hey, I got news for you.” I put my hands up with a difference of eight inches between them. Rarity gasps.

“What the hay are they talking about?!” Twilight asks.

“Twilight, this is one time where you don’t want to know.” Applejack tosses her hat on the table, completely done with the conversation. “What did this trip down memory lane accomplish anyhow?”

“Because I’ve figured out why everything went bad with Flash. Back then I wasn’t a nice person. I didn’t care about feelings. I didn’t care about friends. I only cared about taking what I needed from people...for instance, a good fuck.”

“So, have you decided what you’re going to change?” Rarity asks.

I look down at Fluttershy and hug her close. “I’m going to be more receptive to feelings from now on. I’m going to do my best to listen to my new partner’s concerns, and make sure to take care of HER needs, just as much as my own.”

“sunset…” Fluttershy beams. I cup her cheek carefully with my bandaged hand, and pull her up into a sensual kiss. The girls smile.

Pinkie Pie winds up, and jumps for joy like she’s shot out of a cannon. “You guys are sooooooo cute!” Everyone shares a laugh. I hold Fluttershy close and snuggle against her. She runs her right hand along my side and I can’t help but let out a happy sigh as we relax on the couch.

“You said we could ask any question we wanted right?” Rainbow asks after finishing off her smoothie.

Dammit, I forgot about this part. But a promise is a promise. I nod. “Yes, I did. the floor is now open to you all. Ask away.”

Rainbow asks first. “Just how long have you been here, in our world, I mean?”

Predictable. “That, is a tough question.” I lean forward slightly. “You already know I’ve been at your school about three years now. But I’ve actually been in your world…” Damn, just how long has it been? It’s hard to keep track, with the months having different names here. “I don’t know, seven, eight years maybe?”

Pinkie Pie gasps. “THAT LONG?!”

I nod. "Longer than that, maybe. It’s been a long time since I gave the Princess the heave-ho.” Fluttershy looks up at me astonished.

“So..what have you been doing all this time?” Twilight asks. “ You couldn’t possibly support yourself.”

“Well, for awhile, it was hell.” I sigh. “I pretty much drifted from town to town, taking whatever job I could to get a few bucks to eat before people started asking questions. I spent a lot of time sleeping in dirty hotels. Then, I made a discovery. This world holds things like gems in high regard. And the bigger the gem, the bigger the profit. So after my first thirty moons passed, I snuck back through the portal and set up deals with a few gem finders: for a nominal “finders fee”, I’d make them filthy rich.”

“You were selling gems from Equestria here?!” Twilight shouted, drawing some attention. She blushed nervously and lowered her voice before speaking again. “Do you know how dangerous that could have been? You had no idea how the gems would react to coming through the portal!”

“Don’t get your panties in a wad, Sparklebitch.” I hear assorted snickering, and Twilight growls in anger. “The gems I was dealing with had no effect other than they were pretty. So when I came through the portal with them, they were harmless. More importantly, my plan worked. The size alone of the gems back home in this world made me a pretty penny. Since I had saddlebags full of them, I could trade each bag for a quarter of a million per.”

“That...is….AMAZING!” Rarity squeals.

“That is so cool! You’re like an otherworldy gem merchant or something!” Pinkie says.

“So that explains all of those fancy doo-dads you have.” Applejack says.

“You’re quite right Cowgirl.” I pat Fluttershy’s side and beam. “Even with the 50/50 split of the profit, I still had more than enough money to pay for an upscale condo downtown, some decent clothes, and the thirty thousand dollar race bike I ride to school every morning."

"If you have all of this now why do you even bother GOING to school?" Twilight asks.

"Because I'm bored. That's why."

"BORED?! That’s no reason I've ever heard for going to school!" Pinkie Pie laughs. Twilight Sparkle, on the other hand, is not so enthused.

"You mean with all the limitless knowledge you could have had, your’re only going to school BECAUSE YOU'RE BORED?!" This outburst does draw attention to our table.

"Will you keep your voice down?!" I scold her. "I said I'd tell you my past. I didn't say you had to agree with my choices."

"So you just went to a high school, made ponies-"

"People," Dash corrects her.

"Sorry, people's lives hell, and stole my crown out of boredom?!"

"I SAID I went to school because I was bored! I never said ANYTHING about why I stole your damn crown!"

Another uncomfortable silence descends over the table. Little Miss Bitch over there is stewing in her anger, while everyone else tries to process what I just said.

"ummm...sunset?" Fluttershy's soft voice breaks the calm. "h...how old are you?"

"Combined? Old enough to have seen two and half tons worth of shit.” I reply dryly.

"That must be REALLY OLD." Pinkie Pie says.

“You could say that.” I chuckle. “But Here? About 17. At least, that's how old I look."

"Ponies seem to advance through the stages of maturity faster than you all, Pinkie Pie. But it’s possible that both of us could be much older than we appear." Twilight finally pitches in thoughtfully.

"They're called humans by the way," I quip.

"Oh, thank you Sunset." She replies. "I have another question. Why did you REALLY steal my crown?"

Shit...saw that coming.

"None of your damn business."

“Oh, come on Sunset.” Applejack gives the table a light slap with her fist. “You said we could ask any question we want and you’d answer it, so answer her question.” Applejack says.

“i heard you while i was sleeping hun.” Dammit Fluttershy, must you cosign? You know I can’t argue with you. So I suck my teeth and then look at Twilight.

“At first, I was just going to go back and steal what was promised to me in the first place. But then I stumbled upon something.”

“And that is…?” Twilight prods me along.

“Throughout my readings on human kind I found that the outbreaks of war and violence that plague this race used to follow a cycle. An evil ruler or group would appear. They would kill steal and destroy everything they touched, and just when it seemed like everything was lost, a unified front would engage the aggressor and drive them back to the sea. These alliances..this...unity, brought warriors and governments together to defeat even the strongest of foes. But lately, this world has fallen into a distinct lack of unification, and because of it it’s conflicts spiral out of control. So I was going to prove to the “Princess” that I didn’t need her tutelage to be successful. I was going to bring this world’s unity back. But first I needed my magic.”

“But magic doesn’t exist here silly!” Pinkie giggles.

“It did...once, but that was a long time ago. As people started growing further and further apart, their ability to use magic waned...until it completely disappeared. I thought that with Twilight’s crown, I could get my power back. But...” I shudder, thinking back on that night at the fall formal. “I was too far down the wrong path.”The shock and pain came flooding back, and I buried my face in my hands. Fluttershy hugs me tight as I begin to cry.

Thinking quickly, Rarity changes the subject.“Maybe we should change the subject from Sunset’s history and discuss other matters… Like for instance, where will you be staying, Twilight?”

“Oh, well….” Twilight muses over the thought. “I don’t know..really. I was planning to stay in the school Library again.”

Rarity dismisses the thought. “Out of the question! You shall stay with one of us as our guest of honor! Now, I would offer my home to you but...between my sister and my parents, my house is pretty full. ”

"Well Sunset has plenty o' space-"

If Fluttershy wasn’t in my lap, I would have heel kicked the cowgirl right in her fucking mouth. Twilight Sparkle?! In MY house?! I’m barely tolerating her as it is. "No fucking way."

"But you don't live with anyone-" she tries to reason.

"No."

"You're tellin' me that with all yer fancy clothes and bike, ya can;t afford to house Twilight for awhile?"

“AJ, we met for less than ten seconds and I punched her in the face!”

“Then use this as a chance to put your differences aside, darling.” Rarity adds her two cents in.

“It’ll be like a sleepover.” Pinkie claps. “Oh, that’s it! Let’s throw a welcome back party for Twilight at Sunset Shimmer’s house!”

“NOW WAIT JUST A DAMN MINUTE!”

“that sounds like a wonderful idea, can we do it sunset? can we?!”

Dammit to hell…I have a good enough argument for all of them. I could live with telling each and everyone of them to fuck off, that Bitchlight Sparklecunt wasn’t getting anywhere NEAR my house, let alone staying in my guest room or having a party. But not her...not my darling Fluttershy...I just can’t bring myself to deny my darling.

I sigh. “Fine.” I mumble.

“Ohh, this will be a perfect prelude to tomorrow’s match” Rarity squeals.

“Match?” Twilight asks.

Rainbow grins. “The lady Wondercolts are taking on the Baltimare Blaze tomorrow for their first game, and Sunset, Applejack, and I are all playing in it!”

“Rainbow Dash, aren’t you looking for more players?” Rarity asks “Twilight, how would you like to be a Substitute-!”

“AHEM!” I jam my thumb towards Rainbow Dash, the team captain and coach. Rainbow shakes her head.

“Seriously? We have enough problems as it is with Trixie. No offense Twilight, but you’re not an athlete.”

Rarity blinks, apparently shocked at our denial “Or...we could make room in our cheering section for you.” She says quietly.
“That sounds like fun, this football sounds like an excellent subject for my report to Princess Celesti-”

“Don’t. You. Fucking. Say. That. NAME!” my roar makes Fluttershy jump out of my lap.

“Umm, the Princess.” Twilight stutters out. I smirk. Looks like I scared Celestia’s new toy.
“Better.”

So I’m hosting a pre game slumber party at my house with my mortal enemy and our mutual friends. Great. But on the bright side, seeing Fluttershy in nothing but her nightwear...is a helluva consolation prize.

Author's Note

And here you have it, folks. This chapter is officially the story all about how Sunset’s life got flipped, turned upside down. So the Mane Six sit right there as she tells them the story of how...she moved to Canterlot. Take it from me, The Editor: Tornado Dash had way too much fun writing some of the innuendo in this chapter.
--Star Blaze