Author's Note

Okey dokey guys, this is my first story that I will be posting chapter-by-chapter here. It's about my OC, Sunstar Bright, getting together with Big Mac. Yes, it is a clopfic. Yes, it is about two stallions. Do the maths and sort out whether you want to be reading this.

Enjoy! :)

The Break of Day

All it takes is a single moment

Sunstar Bright had always been a popular stallion. He had the looks, the personality and the ability to be just that one pony who everyone looked up to. With a coat of dawn yellow and a mane of sunset red, his cutie mark of a rising sun glistened in the light and he was loved by all of Ponyville as a hard-working, good-looking stallion.
This is not to say that he didn't have any problems, however.
His younger sister, Dawn Bright, was incredibly jealous of the attention that was denied to her. Even on her birthdays, the parties that she held somehow turned out being focused on Sunstar. The few friends that Dawn had actually made only turned up so they could get a good long look at the charming stallion.
And so Dawn had felt forgotten for most of her life, a misery made of her school and social lives, mockery made of her own appearance. Thus, she harboured a deep resentment towards her brother, for she blamed him for every problem that took place in her life. Even her own cutie mark, while normally a momentous occasion, was overshadowed by the fact her brother was there, always watching her.

While Sunstar had a jealous sister to put up with, the biggest problem he had to conceal was his attitude towards other ponies. Specifically towards other stallions. Sunstar had never minded being with mares, but he had found a considerably stronger allure to stallions ever since that day at the Galloping Gala, where Sunstar had been modelling some of Rarity's finest outfits (which, apparently, showed off his cutie mark beautifully. While he was up on that catwalk, his eye had been caught by who he now considered to be the best-looking stallion in all of Ponyville, and most likely in the whole of Equestria. A huge stallion with a deep red coat and a bright orange mane was working at the traditional Apple Family apple stall. While Sunstar knew Applejack on sight (who wouldn't recognise one of the ponies instrumental in stopping Discord or Nightmare Moon?), he couldn't identify who this mysterious red stallion was. So intent on his subject, Sunstar walked off the edge of the catwalk and plowed into a group of nearby ponies that were watching his performance. Everyone in the area gasped as Sunstar fell and, after landing on at least 3 other ponies, he realised that everypony was looking at him. Including the big red stallion at the apple stall. As he was helped up, Sunstar's cheeks were at least the same colour as his mane until he realised that the stallion he had been watching was no longer looking at him. The crowd applauded as Sunstar clambered back onto the catwalk and posed one last time before retreating behind the curtains. After that day, Sunstar knew he would never feel the same way about any other pony ever again.

So, even as the mares practically lined up to try to get with Sunstar, they were almost entirely ignored. Sunstar had a new pony in mind. A pony that he could only suspect of working at Sweet Apple Acres, and a pony that Sunstar hoped, truly hoped, felt the same way about him. From that day on, he knew he had to find that mystery red pony with the orange mane and the green apple cutie mark.
Sunstar had to find Big Macintosh.