Sunset Shimmer leaned against her desk and looked over the empty classroom. “I guess no one wanted to say bye. Again.” She sighed and picked up her backpack. Most called her silly for using it instead of a briefcase like the rest of the professors who taught at Twilight’s University for Magical Studies, but she had grown accustomed to it during her years of going to Canterlot High. In fact, my students there think it’s awesome that I use a backpack like them. “I suppose just one of many differences between humans and ponies.”

She was grateful that Twilight was willing to take the risk of allowing her to be one of the summer professors, even though this was the school’s first year open. She hadn’t had much of a reason to return to Equestria before now, and it had even been hard this time as she had been forced to admit her crimes so that she could ‘start anew’ as Celestia put it. All she knew was that every pony looked at her funny and that she was still alone in what was supposed to be her hometown.

A quick shake of her head and she was rid of the nasty thoughts, for now was not the time to dwell on such things. The sun was shining, her classes were over, and tomorrow she would be leaving to go home to be with her own kind. She faltered at the thought, though immediately blamed it to the shouting she only just now heard. Sunset stretched her hearing and heard a young stallion’s voice. She couldn’t quite tell what he was saying, but pinpointing his location was an easy feat for someone as powerful as herself.

Snap almost jumped out of his skin when a bright yellow flash came out of nowhere. The two stood there for a moment as the two students he’d been talking to yelped and took off running. He tried not to falter but the presence of beautiful mare suddenly showing up was still intimidating to him, especially when they looked somewhat annoyed. However, he remembered just then why he was here and lunged forward while asking, “Are you Sunset Shimmer?”

She now had to take an almost double take as the stallion was being admittedly creepy. “Um, yes?”

“That is fantastic,” Snap yelled as he leaped into the air and hovered there.

Sunset on the other hand crossed her arms and grimaced. “Look, as much as I’m up for making a new friend, I have a strict no creepers rule. Violators will be shot.”

The cold edge to the end stopped Snap as he remembered that he needed to calm down. His spirits followed his height as he drifted down and extended a hand to her. “My name is Snap Shot, and I’m sorry for getting carried away. However, I am a photographer and the mere idea of getting a royal permit and going to this Earth place and all of its fantastic new sites, forms, figures, creatures, hmph.”

A hand had firmly clamped over his mouth while Sunset put one hand on her hip and shifted her weight to follow suit. “So you just want to see if I can get you a royal permit? Sorry, but no dice. I have no control over that type of stuff.” She bowed for a moment to show her lack of wings and muttered, “I’m no princess, remember?”

Snap swallowed hard as he still was trying to calm down. “Yes, but we know you have the most extensive knowledge on this other world,” he swallowed hard as shiver ran through him, “and a close connection to both Princess Twilight and Celestia. Hopefully you could throw in a good word for us to get a royal...Yeah I’m not finishing that without exploding.”

Sunset stared at the wide grin on the black stallion and gave him nothing. He was just here to use her and that was it. Still, she was already packed at her apartment in the castle and had an afternoon to kill. Seeing him explode could be fun. “So you’re a photographer?”

A small search in his bag and he produced his camera. “Yes!”

“And you have a flair for theater. Great.”

“Um, no. Sorry.” A long pause came between them and he gave a nervous cough to try to prompt her to say something. Sunset only raised an eyebrow as he still stood there. “I honestly have no idea where to go from here though.” A sheepish smile spread over his face as Sunset Shimmer raised an eyebrow.

“Well normally if one is to come to someone for business, they tell them about their business and why they should help.” She rubbed her forehead when Snap paled at the comment. “Or, I don’t know, butter em up with dinner first I guess?”

Snap simply stood there for a few moments as he mulled it over. It wasn’t a date, but with her slender figure and stacked chest he feared what would come out of his mouth if a protracted conversation lasted. It didn’t help that she looked pretty cool in her black jacket and orange short skirt. You work in porn idiot. How much worse could you get with conversation topics? He stood up straight and extended a shaking hand. “It would be my pleasure Ms. Shimmer.”

Sunset looked down at the hand and the small smile on his face. He can’t be serious. She glanced down at her clothes and suddenly felt underdressed, at least when compared to the white button up shirt and tie that he was wearing with black slacks. “Well, seeing as you ambushed me just after I got done teaching,” she paused to glance at the time, “why don’t we meet up at seven so I can be a bit better dressed? I mean, I doubt we’re going to the hayburger, right?”

A chill ran down Snap’s spine as he realized that he would need to figure out a nice place to go to instead of just the nearest. “Yeah, and that means I have a reservation to make. If you give me your address i can get you the name of the restaurant by the end of the hour.”

“Sure I guess.” Sunset still wasn’t sure what to make of the stallion, but decided a free meal and some company was worth losing a peaceful afternoon. She scrawled her address on a piece of paper and watched as he flew off. “Guess I have to go get dressed now.”

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Snap glided to a stop in front of the restaurant Smut had told him about, Club Paris. Supposedly it was one of the best places to dine in all of Canterlot that he might be able to stomach. I suppose that’s what happens when you live off of ramen and broth for three months though. He swallowed hard at the small entrance and hoped that Sunset had gotten his letter, even though she shouldn’t be there for another fifteen minutes. He walked up to the host and declared, “Snap Shot sir. Reservation for two at seven.”

A quick glance down and the host nodded his approval. “Please come this way sir. The man who got you the table also gave you two bottle of wine and this note.”

Snap accepted the card as the stallion set down two menus.

Dear Snap,

Here are two bottles of wine. One is for your date’s enjoyment. The other I demand you drink now so that you can relax.

Sincerely,
Smut

The card was tucked into his shirt as Snap rolled his eyes. There was no reason he needed to relax. This was a simple business date and–

“Agh.”

He froze as his hand fell on his skull. It slowly drifted away as the pain didn’t return. He glanced around himself for something to have possibly hurt him. However, there was nothing, just like before. Snap pinched the bridge of his nose as he contemplated why he would be freaking out now before sighing. A small search through his bag produced a pen and he wrote on the back of Smut’s card, One candle lit dinner with Maud, complete with a bottle of wine. Do ASAP! “There, that should let my mind rest.”

And rest it did. For fifteen minutes.

Then thirty.

Then an hour.

When Snap glanced at the clock and saw it was eight thirty already, he knew he should give up. There had been no reason she should have come in the first place, so why would she show up now. It’s about time a girl just flat out rejected me. However, instead of simply leaving, he popped the first bottle’s cork, and soon popped the second as well.

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“Fuck me.”

“Well that’s definitely a different tone from last night.”

Snap spent a moment as his groggy brain tried to comprehend what had just been said, and then from whom. He glanced over and was thankful for the curtains being closed as a pained throb went through his skull. However, the darkness couldn’t quite show him who was in the room with him and, despite the voice being familiar, he couldn’t quite figure it out. “Hello?”

“Morning idiot.” She suddenly got much louder as she asked, “Sleep well?”

He groaned and curled up into the fetal position as his head split open from pain. “Please don’t do that.”

“I guess I really shouldn’t. It’s the least I could do seeing as I was a pretty big bitch to you last night.”

A slight tilting of the bed caused him to cautiously open his eyes back up. Only because she was this close to him could he make out the shapely flank and twin colored sun on her thigh. He spent a moment trying to analyze this fact before his mind finally caught up. Snap fell out of the bed as he tried to put space between himself and Sunset Shimmer. This got a chuckle out of her as he groaned loudly again. “Get up here idiot.”

“Bu, bu, but you aren’t dressed.”

Sunset glanced at her far more than ample bosom and nodded slightly. “And there is absolutely no way I might have known that already?”

He cautiously crawled back onto the bed with his eyes directly on the sheet. “But why are you naked?”

Sunset laid down and turned his head to her face. “Maybe it is because I tried getting to get you to sleep with me last night and you went on an hour long tirade about why I shouldn’t come near you and how I had been right to blow you off.”

Snap paled at the fact that he couldn’t remember a damn part of that. All he could remember was popping two bottles of wine and, “Oh fuck me.”

“Let me guess, can’t remember a damn thing, can you?”

“No, I can’t,” he said while with his face was once more buried into the bed.

Sunset took in a deep breath. She could lie. She could so easily just lie to him. However, he had been more than honest with her last night and she couldn’t betray his trust again. “Let me fill you in then.”

“When I went to pick out what I might wear last night, I asked Twilight to help me vent about how I was being used by a corporate lackey.” She paused as Snap pushed his head further into the sheet. “I was wrong, I know that now. I was especially wrong when I lied to Twilight and told her our evening was cancelled and spent the afternoon talking to her and exploring Canterlot. However, then we passed that restaurant you had put in your letter and I saw you sitting there with a bottle of wine. Three hours after I was supposed to meet up with you. I may be a bitch, but I couldn’t just leave you alone when you looked so miserable.”

“That is when I took you back here. When I tried apologizing you simply shook your head and stated that I must have found out who you were.” Another pause filled the room as Sunset tried to put a hand on the now shaking stallion. “Just like now. And just like me.”

Now Snap was the one to look up and see Sunset looking down. “What… what do you mean by that?”

“Do you keep up with the news?”

“No.”

Sunset almost chuckled at that as she knew with each word her chances at a happy ending for her trip slipped away. “Well, then you wouldn’t know that I am a terrible person. I abused Celestia’s kindness, tried to rip apart two worlds, and wasn’t willing to come back for years because I was afraid. Only the offer to teach Dimensional Travel Effects caused me to decide I had reason enough to come back. And now I even brushed off a pretty decent stallion for no reason.”

Snap closed his eyes and tried to think, tried to know what to tell her. He didn’t know though. He only knew what he had been told and had experienced. He opened his eyes again and managed a small smile. “That doesn’t sound too bad. Besides, you had a good point yesterday with how we were using you, and I doubt you would have been any less convinced by that when I told you about my organization–”

“Which you told me about last night, though I doubt as kindly as you would have wanted to.”

He blushed and nodded. “Yes. And my boss warned me that he was leaving something out. However, I think he was right. It didn’t matter, just as it doesn’t now.” Snap’s hand squeezed hers and he gave her a real smile. “You don’t seem that bad to me, and I guess I can see your point. I shouldn’t have simply stated our intent as if you were a tool, and for that I’m sorry.”

Sunset couldn’t believe her ears. He didn’t care.

He doesn’t care.

Snap yelped as Sunset’s naked body pressed against his in a fierce embrace. “Thank you, Thank you so much.”

He spent an awkward moment thinking about what to do but then slipped his arms around her and held her tight. The two sat there for a few moments before Sunset squirmed out and stood tall in her naked glory while declaring, “Alright, I believe I am ready for those pictures now!” She smacked herself as her photographer cringed on the bed in pain. “Sorry.”

Once she had retrieved a remedy from the kitchens for Snap’s headache, the robe clad mare led the stallion out into the castle. Snap was happy to that the mare had cheered up and the two laughed as the tour continued. The whole way through Sunset felt a weight leave her shoulders as her companion asked her every question he could think of. Letting another person know everything, one of her kind especially, felt amazing.

However, as she leaned out a window, his eyes began working. She barely noticed as the flash went off and captured her in a blue robe that stopped mid thigh and showed plenty of cleavage.

“That’s one.”

“What?”

“Pictures. That’s one.”

“Oh yeah, that’s right, your job.”

Snap stopped for a moment as her tone lowered from the happiness that gave her the beautiful and small smile in the picture. “I’m sorry Sunset, but it isn’t like we could do this forever anyways. It’s almost noon, and I thought you had to leave soon after lunch.”

Sunset glanced longingly at him for a moment and then nodded as she accepted the truth. She was a full grown mare and knew better than to believe in fantasies.

And so the photo shoot began with her bending over the same window and glancing back as her cute posterior was there for all to enjoy. However, even as Sunset leaned against a wall with a cocky smile and half of the robe off now to show off one luscious breast, he couldn’t shake off the feeling that something was off.

However, he did have one thought to try to fix anything he may have screwed up. Snap grinned mischievously as he asked, “Wanna get in trouble?”

She shrugged and said, “Seeing as I’ll be gone in a few hours... sure, why not. Besides, you’re probably too innocent to get us in any real trouble.”

“Oh yeah?” With that Snap took off down the halls until he finally managed to find the throne room. He pointed triumphantly at Celestia’s currently vacant throne and said, “There, with your robe hanging off of one arm and you leaning back in it.”

“You can’t be serious.”

“Do I look like I’m kidding?”

The stupid smile on his face made her almost burst into laughter as she let out a rushed, “Always.”

“I promise to take the blame if Celestia minds.”

Sunset smiled once more and strode across the throne room. She had imagined so many times the day she would have been crowned princess, the applause she would have received. Those dreams had almost stopped long ago, but not entirely. She spun around and held the robe over her figure for a single moment before tossing it over one arm and sitting back into the throne. The ancient wood sent chills up her spine, but she doubted it was because of the cold.

She stared down at Snap as he came over and went on a single knee for the picture. Sure one of her legs was crossed to hide her pussy, but he could still see her massive chest and perky nipples in full view. However, just as was normal for Snap, his eyes weren’t on her body. Instead, she made direct eye contact with him and felt her heart flutter. A thin lipped smile full of contentment crossed her lips as she knew she had for once found a stallion worth returning for. Snap got the picture just before her mind reminded her that at most they were acquaintances for now.

The yellow mare came down from the throne room as she softly stated, “I have to go soon, and when I do, I don’t know when or if I will return.”

“If? Why wouldn’t you come back?”

Sunset glanced up into the surprised and now quite red faced stallion. “I have no friends here. You are one of the few ponies who heard my story and didn’t run or judge me and I’ve only known you for twelve hours, maybe less.”

It was now Snap’s turn to look down. “Yeah, I guess that it would be pretty damn silly to use me as a reason to come back then, wouldn’t it?” Snap took a deep breath in and then extended his hand. “I still must thank you though for all that you have done. It was a pleasure to meet you and hopefully our paths will meet again some time.”

She smiled at him and took his hand while her magic sought a pen and paper. The handshake only ended once the items had been retrieved and the letter written. Sunset snatched it from the air and extended it to Snap. “For you. I still stood you up yesterday, so consider this repayment. Now get going you idiot, and please, don’t forget about me.”

Snap nodded as a large smile crossed his face. He glanced down at the paper and noted with strange curiosity that it was an address, but to a place he had never been to before. Underneath it simply stated, My house. He folded the piece of paper with a mental note to take it with him if he ever went to Earth and spent one last moment looking back the way Sunset had left before leaving to send everything to Snap and tell him his job was done and that he had met a truly wonderful mare.

Author's Note

So… will Snap forget? That is all I’m going to say, and I’m probably going to regret it anyways.

Also, for the other part of this chapter’s comments, first one to state a mare’s name that Snap has seen decides part of the next chapter. See you all tomorrow.

Oh, and my editor put this as an alternate ending after reading this. I decided I had to share.

And then he went back to the rock farm, and married Maud. And then they had 26 foals, one of which was a mutant and ended up a pegasus. That pegasus then developed a Cutiemark for aerial photography, and started doing PlayBolts. A new fliers-only porno. Smut adopted him shortly afterwards. It was a tad awkward. THE END.