Saddle Up, Sunshine

***Part 1: Morning Coffee***

Sunset Shimmer gave Applejack a quick kiss as she carried two steaming mugs of freshly brewed coffee out of the kitchen.

Both girls sat down at the table, coffee in hand.

"That was… quite an evening…"

Sunset let out a light chuckle before taking a long sip out of her mug.

"I haven't felt this good in… years."

"You were pretty great."

Applejack agreed before drinking.

"It's been quite a while since we did something so exhausting in bed."

The cowgirls laughed together and shared a loving kiss.

Sunset glanced towards the newspaper on the table.

"Princess Twilight and I talked last night, before we went to bed."

Applejack cocked her head and frowned.

The sudden tone and conversation shift left her stunned.

"What for? Sunshine doesn't have any magic lessons during the summer months."

"I know… I know… I should have talked to you before talking to Twilight, but I'm afraid Sunshine isn't meant to be in this world. All of her classmates hate her, and… Well, Twilight and I think it would be best for her to leave this world… forever."

Applejack's thoughts immediately turned to the bullies that picked on Sunshine the day before.

"Yeah…"

She sighed softly.

"I think you’re right, babe.”

Now, Sunset was shocked.

She had a whole speech planned.

Afraid that she was going to half to convince her wife to part with their daughter, she had prepared a well-structured argument.

“You… seem to be taking this really well. Are you alright?”

Applejack smiled sadly.

“I always thought this is where we were going, Sunset. I knew she’d move to Equestria some day. This world never mixes with pony magic very well.”

Sunset felt a wave of relief wash over her.

“Okay, Applejack. I guess that just leaves the matter of telling Sunshine. She has that dance she told us she wanted to go to, so we should tell her after that. I don’t want her thinking about something that stressful before a party.”

Applejack shifted in her chair.

“About that… This dance Sunshine mentioned… I don’t want her to go.”

Sunset frowned at her wife’s blunt opinion.

“You don’t? You’re fine with her going to Equestria but not a school dance?”

Applejack folded her arms across her breasts.

“Equestria has its punks, I’m sure, but that school has brats like Dennis. I don’t want my baby to spend another second in his presence.”

Sunset placed her mug on the table aggressively, causing the vase and silverware to shake.

“She’s my baby too, and I say she’s going.”

Her wife gave in immediately, standing quickly as she took her coffee into the kitchen.

She couldn’t argue with the woman who actually birthed their daughter.

“Fine! Let her go! I just think that little tool is up to something, and I don’t want our girl anywhere near him.”

Sunset held her mug to her lips.

“He’s always had it out for her, and he’ll never change.”

She didn’t drink, but she saved herself from having to make eye contact with her wife, a silent act of defiance.

Then, she set her coffee down and shot Applejack a hard glare.

“Duly noted.”

***Part 2: Aftermath***

Sunshine inhaled sharply as her eyes fluttered open.

She felt cold and sore.

"Ohhhhh…"

Sunshine groaned as she combed her fingers through the dirt around her.

"Wh-Where am…"

Her sight came back, slowly.

She looked up at the horse pens around her.

Sunshine had slept the night away in the stable.

She tried to sit upright, but her arms and legs burned, and that was nothing compared to the pain radiating from between her legs.

Though it hurt more than anything she had felt before, she fought through the pain until she could get a better view of her surroundings.

Then, she looked down and observed her own form.

She was nearly completely nude.

Sunshine wore only her panties that were attached to one leg and her socks and shoes.

She looked around for her shirt.

Her shirt, along with her pants, sat by the door.

Still dazed and confused, Sunset crawled to her clothes, and she began putting them over her dirt-covered body.

As she dressed herself, memories of the night before came back to Sunshine, memories of Cider and the loss of her virginity.

Her head was on a swivel, spinning around in circles as she searched for her lover.

Sunshine felt something nudge her back, and she stumbled forward.

She quickly turned around to come face to face with the stallion she was searching for.

Sunshine smiled.

"Cider…"

She licked her lips as she caressed his snout.

"Come here…"

Sunshine grabbed his cheeks and pulled the stallion into a deep kiss.

She mashed her lips against his and moaned into Cider's mouth.

When she pulled away, a thick strand of saliva connected their mouths.

"Who's a pretty horse?"

Cider whinnied affectionately.

"That's right…"

Sunshine chuckled.

"It is you…"

She looked down at her filthy form.

"Uhg… I think I need a shower… There's a lot I need to think about."

Cider watched as Sunshine made her way to the door.

She stopped her hand just before she could touch the handle.

In the cold of the early morning, Sunshine could now think with a new clarity, a clarity she didn’t have when her mind was plagued by thoughts and desires of sex.

"I really enjoyed myself…"

Sunshine spoke softly as she looked back at her stallion.

"I hope we can have some fun again sometime."

With her last words hanging in the cold, morning air, Sunshine left the stable.

Huddling in her muddy shirt, she trudged down the hill towards the fence and the dirt road that would lead her back to the homestead.

Several sore minutes later, Sunshine arrived at the front door.

Stealth was her mission, now.

She cracked the door open, slowly and quietly, and she peeked inside.

Sunshine saw Applejack sitting at the table alone.

Her eyes glanced back and forth between the table and the stairs leading up to her room.

Sunshine let out a heavy sigh.

"There's no way I can make it without her seeing me…"

At that moment, Sunshine heard heavy footsteps approaching the door.

She panicked, and tried to flee across the porch, but the door opened before she could move.

Big Mac stood at the door, looking down at her.

"Sunshine?"

Sunshine froze, and she slowly turned around to face the man towering over her.

"Hey, Mac… I just got back from… my morning jog…"

Big Mac cocked his head to the side.

"Thanks for getting the door for me."

Sunshine laughed nervously as she slipped past him and walked inside.

"I'm really, really sore… I think I’ll go take a bath, or something."

"Eeyup."

Big Mac nodded his head, not giving her story a second thought.

He closed the door behind her and returned to the table.

"Sunshine?” Applejack looked up from the table.

"What on earth… You're filthy. What have you been doing? Where have you been?"

Sunshine brushed her muddy hair out of her eyes as she began climbing the stairs.

"Morning jog… I need a shower."

Applejack chuckled lightly.

"You sure do, Sunny. Ya' better get goin' before ya' track more mud on the floor."

Sunshine wasn't sure, but she could have sworn she saw Applejack wink.

Could she have known about her and Cider?

Sunshine shook her head and dismissed the thought as she trudged down the hall to the bathroom.

Sunset appeared in the doorway leading into the kitchen.

"Mmm… Don't take too long in there, Sunshine! Princess Twilight will be up soon, and I want her to take you dress shopping with Rarity for the dance."

"Sure thing, mom!"

Sunshine dashed up the stairs before closing the bathroom doors down beginning to strip naked.

"Mmmmm… Here we go again…"

***Part 3: Dance Magic***

Her mom and Twilight weren’t kidding when they told her Rarity was the best in the world when it came to designing dresses.

If anything, the fashionista’s exploits were grossly understated and underrated.

Instead of buying a dress for herself, like Sunshine had originally envisioned, Rarity opted to make a dress all by herself, and she accomplished the task in a matter of hours.

When Sunshine saw her gown, her breath was taken away.

The primary color was a healthy mix of orange and yellow, the hue of a setting sun.

Dark red highlights dotted the rest of the dress, providing accents and drawing attention away from the chest, which was split under her chin, allowing a generous amount of her cleavage to be seen.

There were no shoulders.

Instead, the dress wrapped around Sunshine’s neck and connected to her sleeves via lace bridges that protruded from her sides.

Then, to top it all off, there was the flowing cape gracefully following after her.

It began behind her neck and fell to her heels, not touching the ground.

Sunshine looked herself over in the mirror, spinning in circles and marking sure to catch a glimpse of herself in every possible angle.

In the dress, she looked like a princess, like royalty.

Rarity stood behind her, watching Sunshine as she admired herself in the mirror.

“Thank you, Miss Rarity. I… I don’t know what to say…”

The older woman brushed her words to the side with a modest wave of her hand.

“Oh, think nothing of it, darling. I owed your mothers a favor, and I was happy to deliver. Besides, Sunset Shimmer’s little girl deserves only the best.”

Then, she glanced over her shoulder, towards Sunset and Applejack, who were talking across the room.

Rarity leaned in close to Sunshine and lowered her tone to a whisper.

“Confidentially, my dear, who’s the lucky young man?”

That question startled Sunshine.

“Wha-What are you talking about?”

Rarity smiled mischievously as she gestured to Sunshine’s sexy form.

“I’m not your mother, darling. You can be honest with me. I promise not to tell a soul. Now, who is he? I wouldn’t have gone through so much effort to make you look this good if I didn’t think you had a line of gentlemen waiting for you at that dance.”

Sunshine smiled and shook her head as her cheeks turned pink.

“It’s not like that, Miss Rarity. I… I don’t have a boyfriend.”

Her thoughts briefly turned to Cider and the intimate sex they had shared the night before.

Was he not her boyfriend?

Sunshine wasn’t sure.

She liked the stallion and cared for him, but he had always been more of a friend, even since her days as a little filly.

“Hmm… Well, don’t be discouraged, dear. After tonight, you’ll have a man for sure. You already have the body…”

Rarity pointed to Sunshine’s chest and her exposed flesh.

“… I’m just making sure those boys at your school get the right idea.”

*What is she… ‘right idea’? What does she think I’m going to do tonight?*

There wasn’t a single boy at school that Sunshine liked.

Having sexual or even romantic feelings for one of them was ultimately out of the question.

She didn’t just ‘not like’ them.

She hated them.

Rarity could see the look of indifference in Sunshine’s eyes.

“I apologize, Sunshine. I didn’t think that you might be attracted to girls instead.”

Sunshine’s eyes widened, and her cheeks felt as though they were on fire.

*That’s even worse!*

“Then again, I shouldn't put it past you, darling. Your mother married Applejack, after all.”

Rarity laughed before pulling obliviously pulling the obviously discomforted Sunshine into an embrace.

“I’m only teasing, dear. You’re going to have fun, tonight. I just know it.”

Trapped in Rarity’s arms, Sunshine had a moment to question why she was really doing the things she was.

The only reason she wanted to go to the dance in the first place was because Dennis dared her.

He called her bluff, and if she didn’t show, she’d be letting him win.

Tonight was her chance to wipe his smug grin off of his stupid face.

***Up Next: The Menace***