After the epic battle with the sirens, Twilight Sparkle found herself visiting her friends on Earth quite often. It was not uncommon for her to be absent at least twice a month from her castle, though, only if she had finished her royal duties. That was always her primary focus; looking after Equestria, and ensuring that harmony prospered, was more important that having fun in another dimension. It never occurred to Twilight that her modification’s to Starswirl’s portal would cause any problems, as it functioned for nearly two years before any complications emerged. And the complications that did emerge were far beyond the capacity of rational imagination. They were minor problems at first, but soon, the problems escalated beyond even the royal sisters’ ability to contain. The portal became unstable and the boundary between the two dimensions shattered, leaving in its wake a permanent portal to and from Earth. We join Sunset Shimmer five years after the incident in her hilltop estate.

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“Representative Shimmer? Princess Twilight Sparkle is here to see you, ma’am.” Sunset glanced over her shoulder at her personal aid, Coco Pommel, who was clad in her typical beige suit. The outfit suited her well, complementing her pearl-white skin and sky blue hair.

“Thank you Coco. Send her in,” she said coolly, and returned to gazing out over the horizon. Most of it, anyway. A large part of the horizon was not that of Earth, but belonged to Equestria. Seeing through the portal was almost surreal at first, but after three years of dealing with inter-dimensional policies and immigration as the Earthling Representative of Equestrian Policies and Affairs, the view had become tiresome. She was forced to gaze upon it every day from her estate, unless she were in the bathrooms. Those were the only rooms that had no windows. This was her punishment, it would seem. It reminded her every day that it all was her fault. If she hadn’t stolen Twilight’s crown, then this would have never happened. Even further, if she hadn’t been so power-hungry as Celestia’s student, she wouldn’t have even known about this dimension. “Twilight, welcome back.”

“It’s good to be back, my love.” Sunset turned to lay eyes upon the young alicorn, still in pony form. “I’m sorry, would you have preferred to meet me in human form?” she asked, preparing to cast a transformation spell to make it so.

“Don’t be silly, Twilight. I love you no matter what species,” the representative replied, cupping her hands around Twilight’s muzzle and brought their lips together in a light kiss. “Though I must say, kissing a pony is something I may never grow fully accustomed to.”

Twilight Sparkle, Princess of Harmony, had become Representative Sunset's girlfriend shortly after the collapse, when it was discovered that ponies no longer changed form when the crossed through the portal. To many, it was strange for Sunset to fall for a member of a different species. Of course, most people didn't realize that she was originally from Equestria, and was stuck in her current form. She didn't really care; she was happy with Twilight

Twilight giggled and swept her mane away from her face. But her smile did not last. “Unfortunately, Sunset, or rather, Representative Shimmer, this is no social visit. I’m here on behalf of the Equestrian Council of Leaders. I need to know what progress you're making on lessening the tensions within the U.N. Council.”

“I'm not making much, unfortunately. The Vatican refuses to budge on their position while Russia, China, and Poland want to occupy Canterlot like we're in the middle of a war," Sunset explained, crossing her arms over her chest. "How's the progress coming with integrating Humans into Equestrian society?"

“Quite well, actually. Despite the understandable awkwardness, the Human-Equestrian immigrants are adapting well to life in Equestria. There’s harmony between the humans and ponies everywhere I turn now,” she said as she trotted over to sit beside Sunset. “The Council does, however, understand the need to regulate immigration between the realms. If too many Humans flood into Equestria, then it’ll start to have a strong negative impact on our economy. We've gotten together some basic guidelines for the laws, but we're still refining them.”

Sunset, once again, sighed. “Finally, some good news. i just wish things were meshing together as well over here..."

“I heard about Thunderlane’s deportation. I believe this is only the second one, right?”

“There’s more than that. The ponies are still hated by a number of humans, and a lot of those humans don’t care about hurting ponies,” Sunset said, walking over to her desk to take a seat. After a minute of silence, she spoke again. “Twilight, a pony was found murdered a few days ago.”

Twilight’s face darkened as she looked to the floor. They had known this might happen, but they were hoping it would not. “Who was it?”

“An Equestrian weather specialist named Clear Skies. She was here as a student, studying Earth meteorology. We were only able to identify her via her green card," Sunset said quietly. "The rest was just… too mangled to recognize. Was she a friend of yours?”

“I knew her, but only in passing. She was good friends with Rainbow Dash though.” Apparently, the lack of familiarity did nothing to stem the sadness in Twilight’s heart. “Did you identify the killers?”

“Yes, with the help of the new Unicorn Police Unit. They used an afterimage spell and the man was quickly found and arrested. I will be present at his hearing next week.” Sunset opened a drawer in her desk and pulled out a plain manila folder, then held it out for Twilight. A familiar purple aura enveloped the file and it floated over in front of the Alicorn’s face.

“It was a priest?”

“Yeah. I had the same reaction. He calls ponies demons and claims that he is destined to destroy them all.” Sunset stood and walked over to a bookshelf containing a large number of history books, both Equestrian and Human. It was a one of the latter that she plucked from its resting place, and opened to a section she had previously bookmarked. “It bares some semblance to a period in American history called The Civil Right’s Movement. A prominent group at the time was called the Ku Klux Klan. Lot’s of people died at their hands, just because of the color of their skin, or because they were from another country. It… kind of sickens me. Humanity had made so much progress before The Collapse. What the hell happened?”

“People, Humans and Ponies alike, fear what they don’t understand. Almost always, that fear turns to irrational hate,” Twilight said as she trotted over and nuzzled Sunset’s shoulder. Ponies were a lot smaller than humans, but Twilight had the advantage of being a bit taller than the average pony. Before her Alicorn ascension, she likely would’ve only reached Sunset’s waist, though Sunset repeatedly assured Twilight that the former preferred the shortness.

“I know, but it shouldn’t be that way…” she said and paused for a moment. “Twilight, do you regret altering the mirror? At all?”

“I regret not seeing the potential danger and I regret the loss of lives in the event, but I do not regret my actions. Firstly, because my actions allowed me to stop the sirens and after that I was able to spend time with you. I’m going to be honest, I fell for you long before The Collapse.”

“I know you did,” the Representative said with a wink. “I just wanted you to make the first move.”

“Because that totally happened, right?” Twilight said sarcastically with a foreleg raised.

“Totally. Say, I’m due to meet the Professor down at Portal Labs in a bit. Wanna come?”

“Sure! I haven’t seen her in a while, so I suppose it’s overdue.”

It was a short ride in the Representative’s limousine from the estate to the portal, and during that time, Sunset and Twilight cuddled in the spacious back seat, much to Coco’s discomfort. And it wasn’t even the interspecies relationship or the lesbianism that bothered her, but the affection itself. Coco was, by nature, a shy woman and did not farewell in moments of sensual intensity. Sunset understood this and it was for that reason that she and Twilight did not smash their faces together. Of course, they definitely, desperately wanted to.

When the car arrived at Portal Labs, located directly in front of the actual portal, Twilight was the first out, practically prancing out of the door. She was pretty excited whenever she got to meet the Professor, who now walked out of the front entrance to meet them, passing by the two armed guards at the door. Her white lab coat fluttered in the wake of her earnest stride, giving her the look of some intense fantasy scientist… which wasn’t that far off, really. “Representative Shimmer, Princess Twilight! It’s a pleasure to see you both again.”

“You as well, Professor Sparkle,” Sunset replied with a professional smile. Professor Twilight Sparkle of Earth, was currently the planet's leading (and only) expert on inter-dimensional science. To avoid confusion, most folks called her 'Professor' and left it at that. “Hey, are those new glasses?”

“Ah, yes. My old ones broke during a lab accident.”

“What happened?” Twilight chimed in, as a look of slight concern spread over her face.

“Oh, it was nothing too severe. We were comparing the strength of Equestria's Applejack to this world’s AJ and a piece of rock hit me in the head. Your E. ponies are quite the powerhouses,” the Professor said and pushed her aforementioned spectacles up her nose a bit. “I have something very interesting to show you, if you would please follow me.”

Once in the building, the couple was led through an extremely long hallway lined with dozens of steel doors, each of which led to different departments. A constant emission of white noise was always present in said hallway, so that the sensitive research beyond the doors would not be eavesdropped upon. Because of said white noise, Sunset barely registered that Professor was even speaking.

“...and, as you may recall, while we assumed that ponies and humans could not produce offspring, we were still curious. Unfortunately, we haven’t been able to find anyone to participate in the study. Until a few days ago, that is. We’ve found an interspecies couple willing to participate! And, you may be surprised to find who it is,” the Professor gushed, and led the three over to a door labeled with a piece of notebook paper that read ‘maternity ward’ in large red letters. “Oh, that’s very funny. REAL mature. Honestly, this is a professional facility people!” she shouted to no one in particular, before tearing the page off and balling it up.

“Who are the candidates?” Twilight asked.

“Equestria’s Big Macintosh, and our very own Fluttershy!” The scientist squealed, and pushed open the door to reveal the aforementioned red stallion and an embarrassed-looking Fluttershy. “I know, I was surprised too!”

Surprised was an understatement. Sunset took it in stride, having been numbed to such levels of shock, but Twilight and Coco gawked at the girl sitting on the table, resting her hand on her slightly swollen belly.

“When did this happen?” the Representative asked calmly, striding forward to greet her friend with a hug. She had, of course, known about the relationship, but the pregnancy was news to her. It would explain why no one had seen her in a while.

“Oh, um, about two months ago. It just sort of happened. We decided to come to the Professor for advice. We were so scared, but she says everything will be okay.” she said quietly, with a minuscule smile adorning her lips.

“Eeyup.”

“I see. What about the fetus? Any abnormalities in it’s development?” Sunset asked, turning to the Professor with an eyebrow raised and her arms crossed.

The Professor held out a file containing the ultrasound images for Sunset. “None. She’ll give birth to a perfectly healthy foal, it seems.”

“It’s not a human fetus?” Twilight asked, trotting forward to examine the pages in her lover’s hands.

“Nope, looks like there’s a pony flavored biscuit cooking in that there oven,” a voice said from behind them as an orange pony trotted into the room. “Darn it Mac, I knew you’d get some sweet lil’ lady knocked up eventually, but Fluttershy? Can’t say I saw that coming.”

“Sorry, Lil’ Sis. I shoulda told ya,” Big Mac replied, hanging his head.

“Now, I ain’t mad, just surprised. I just hope Fluttershy can handle it. Giving birth ain’t a walk in the park.”

“Oh, don’t worry. I know I’m going to need a C-section... By the way, Applejack, how is your family doing?”

“Pretty good, i reckon. It’s hard keeping up with the kids, especially Heavenly Skies. He’s always flyin up in the trees. Then there’s Apple Crush; she’s so strong she breaks whatever she touches. Gets that from me, I suppose.” The farmer paused and rubbed a hoof against her forehead. “Soarin’s done retired, and moved in at the farm, so it’s not quite as stressful as it was before. Speakin o’ which, I should probably get back before they drive the poor stallion crazy. I’ll see ya’ll later!” she said, before trotting out of the room.

The Professor glanced out in the hall after her and when she didn’t find whatever she was looking for, closed the door. She walked briskly over to Sunset, took the ultrasounds, and stuffed them back into a file, and then it’s respective cabinet drawer. When she turned back to the others, her face had darkened, and she had an almost deathly serious look in her eyes. “Representative, your position and mine often go hand in hand, but this time, it’s up to you to decide how we proceed after this.”

“You mean regarding knowledge of Fluttershy’s child?” The Professor nodded. “I’m not sure. I know it’s going to cause a lot of problems, but the world will find out soon enough. Give me a week. I’ll let you know of my decision then. I’m sorry Fluttershy. If this were to have happened a few years later, I would leave the decision to you, but it’s risky right now.”

“I understand. I guess for now, I’ll go with Mac back to Sweet Apple Acres,” she said, still smiling, for some reason.

“Thank you so—” Sunset was cut off by Big Mac suddenly standing up.

“Someone’s standin at the door. They’re human,” he muttered with a grimace.

From the other side of the door came a quiet gasp, and the sound of retreating footsteps. Sunset and Coco burst out to see a woman in a grey suit and a ski mask sprinting away. Coco had already drawn her Vector sub-machinegun (God knows where she was keeping the damn thing) and was taking aim at the spy, who looked back and pointed a large revolver at them. She fired off two rounds, missing both Sunset and Coco, before turning and running again.

“Legs! Shoot the LEGS!” Sunset shouted, and thankfully noted a shift in Coco’s aim. With the sound of rapid fire, the spy screamed as she fell to the floor. “Why can’t you just carry a freaking pistol like a normal bodyguard?!”

“Because I like my Vector,” Coco replied earnestly, still staring at the intruder.

Twilight promptly scowled at Coco, and teleported over to the unwanted guest. Sunset quickly followed, after ordering Coco to clean the twenty-something empty shells she had strewn across the floor. She understood Twilight’s frustration with Coco, as she shared it. It was, however, for a different reason that she became frustrated with the former tailor. For Twilight, it was the fact that Coco so quickly resorted to her guns, and stuck with them long after the need to abandon them. For Sunset, it was because she was so excessive with said guns, and caused so much unnecessary damage… damages that were paid for by Sunset’s funding.

It should be noted that Coco did not grow up in the most savory of neighborhoods, and was subject to utter, violent chaos on a near daily basis. It messed with her head, made her insensitive to the pain of others. It was quite disturbing, when you thought about it too much.

Twilight had the intruder levitated a few feet in the air and was shouting loudly at them. The usual cheesy interrogation talk. Who do you work for and such. “Twi, love, let me,” Sunset said and pulled the spy out of the mare’s magical grip. Sunset was not so cheesy, or as gentle. She turned the spy around and ripped off the mask, revealing a cute teal face, framed by matching hair with white streaks. Golden eyes. “Hello, Lyra. It’s been a while.”

She was answered by a gob of spit in her left eye.

“Fuck it. I’m not as nice as my girlfriend, and you know it.” She punctuated by tossing the extremely lightweight woman up a couple of feet and kicking her in the stomach with her four inch heels. “Start talking, bitch.”

“Like I’d—” She stopped to cough up a bit of blood. “Tell you anything, horse-fucker!”

“Uh-huh, sure.” She flipped Lyra from her prone position onto her back, and ripped the first three buttons of the spy’s shirt open. “Yeah, I thought so.” Sunset grabbed at the shiny cross necklace around Lyra’s neck and snatched it off.

“You, call the police. Human Political Espionage,” The Professor ordered one of the many individuals that had flooded the hallway at the sound of gunfire. “Representative, wait! Where are you going with that? It’s evidence!”

“I’m going home and I’m going to call a council meeting for tomorrow. Then, I’m going to down an entire bottle of JD because I fucking need it.” Sunset vaguely noticed that Twilight was scowling at her, but it was of little importance. She cared for the mare, but her job still came first.

Sunset could already tell that she was going to have a very busy week ahead of her.

Author's Note

I'm going to try to be sparse with the ANs this time around, since this literally is a way better story that my last one. Enjoy!

Edit notes: a lot.
altered several descriptive paragraphs
changed the vast majority of sentence structures
changed what kind of gun Coco has
made capitalization uniform
fixed the vast majority of punctuation errors (fuck your shit, comma splices!)
removed any 'you' in the narrative that addressed the reader (Only two of those, I think)