The Beginning of a Shimmer

As Sunset Shimmer ran off to her room, Luna heard the sound of crying all the way from her throne room. Luna got up to go see where the sound came from, and she followed it to Sunset Shimmer’s room. There, she opened the door to find her lying on her bed, crying into a pillow. Luna approached Sunset Shimmer quietly, and as she did, Sunset Shimmer raised her head from the pillow. Luna now stood next to Sunset Shimmer, hoping that she’d find a way to calm her sadness. Sunset Shimmer turned her head. In front of her she saw Luna frowning, and all she could do to respond was look away from her. “Are you alright Sunset?” Sunset Shimmer sniffled, and with a deep breath she sighed, “No…..not really.”

“What is bothering you, dear niece of mine?”

“Well, just now I found out that dad…..my dad…..had been turned to stone….by mom.” When Luna heard this she stood there in silence. She didn’t know what to say, for not even Luna had known about this.

“Turned…to stone?”

“Yes.”

Again Luna paused in silence, speechless.

“I am so sorry to hear this, Sunset. I never imagined that my sister would do such a thing.” Sunset Shimmer turned her head slowly back towards Luna. She thought that Luna would had known about this, but just then she remembered that Celestia had hid him shortly after he was turned to a stone statue.

“Y-you weren’t there….when it happened?”

“No, I thought Celestia would’ve told me about this by now. I suppose she didn’t to keep me from getting hurt. To keep you from getting hurt.”

“Oh.” Sunset Shimmer sniffled, and looked at Luna. “I…I remember when dad was a pony…an alicorn pony.” Sunset Shimmer got up from her bed, and walked over to her dresser. There, she opened a drawer on the dresser, and inside was an old photo. She used her unicorn powers and levitated the photo out of the drawer. At the same time, once the photo was taken out, she closed the drawer, and headed towards Luna. She gave the photo to Luna, and Luna levitated it with her unicorn powers. Luna looked at the photo, and in it she saw Celestia, a young Sunset Shimmer, and Discord, but in the form of an alicorn. He had large wings, one of them resting on Celestia’s back. The other was sticking up in the air. And in the photo, Luna also noticed something. She had been in it too.

“Everyone I love- er, loved, is in that photo” Sunset Shimmer said quietly.

Luna looked up from the photo, and with a very small smile, her eyes watered. “This photo of yours, it is of my sister’s wedding. I remember this day, when she married Discord.” Luna placed the photo beside her as she sat on the bed. “You were really little at the time, when you could barely speak.” Sunset Shimmer looked at Luna, and took a second look at the photo. She saw Celestia and Luna both wearing gowns that sparkled in the light. “Mom’s dress, it’s very beautiful.”

“Indeed it is,” Luna replied, “and guess what? I helped pick it out.” As Luna said this, she smiled at Sunset Shimmer.

“I can tell, because your dress is even prettier auntie Luna.”

Luna blushed, and smiled at the same time. She had never been complimented like that before, and certainly not from Celestia. Luna then spread her forelegs out from left to right in a welcoming hug. “Aww, come here you!” Luna said with joy. Sunset Shimmer smiled, jumped forward, and gave Luna a really tight hug. As she smiled, she asked, “Can you tell me more about daddy?”

"Of course my dear, but another time, for I want this moment to stay special.” And with that, they continued to hug until they felt they needed to let go of each other. And before they let go, Sunset Shimmer thought to herself, Well, I guess everything’s okay, even without dad, as long as I have Luna by my side, I’ll be alright. And as she thought that, she smiled even bigger just knowing she was lucky to have an aunt like Luna.