(Knock Knock Knock)
"Mmmmm. Huh?" Sunset was awoken from her slumber by someone knocking at her door. "Coming!" Sunset slurred as she pulled herself out of bed. Her stomach was churning and her head pounded. It was a result of whatever Pinkie's new concoction she had the previous night. She made to the door and opened it, seeing a pretty surprising face.
"Principal Celestia?" Sunset wasn't sure why the human version of her former mentor was visiting, granted the two started spending more time together at school following the Battle Bands and got along pretty well, reminding Sunset of better days in Equestria.
"Oh my." Celestia's face turned red, she then turned her head and holding her hand over her eyes. "If this is a bad time for you, I could come back later."
"Huh?" The gears in the Sunset's head finally kicked in, she looked down and remembered she wasn't wearing anything. "Oh no! I am so sorry! Give me a moment. You can come in while I get dressed."
Sunset hurried to her room giving Celestia a chance to come inside, Celestia sat down on the couch and two minutes later Sunset joined her wearing her old purple shirt and pair of jeans.
"Sorry about that. I usually get dressed when I have to answer the door, I was a little out of it from Pinkie's party last night." Sunset said.
"A simple mistake then." Celestia replied.
"Alright. So, what are you doing here? I didn't do anything-"
"No dear. You haven't really done anything wrong per say. However, I received a call from your landlord and he told me the number listed for you parents wasn't working."
Sunset jumped a little.
"I know you've told me about your home in Equestria, but you've never talked about you're parents."
Sunset hugged her arms as her stomach turned into knots. "I-I didn't say anything, because I didn't know them." Celestia's eyes widen as she listened in. "I was found on the doorstep of an orphanage and spent most of my life there until I got a chance to join Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns and eventually became the Princess' personal student until, I left."
"You don't have go on, I understand." Celestia said as she wrapped an arm around Sunset's shoulders.
"But why is my landlord asking this now?"
"Apparently he has to enforce a new policy to make sure all tenants 18 and under are allowed to stay by their parents or legal guardian's permission. If he can't reach anyone, by law he'd have to evict you."
"Evict me?" Sunset jumped out of her and started pacing. "What am I going to do? This the best apartment complex I can afford."
"Couldn't you just ask your friends to take you in? In fact you've said Princess Twilight's home is on the other side of the portal at school, you could stay with her in your home world and still be able to attend school here."
"I know, l know. But, I can't stand the thought of staying with any of them and their families, I'd just feel like I'd be leeching off of them."
"Sunset. You friends would not think of you as a leech and would be more then happy to take you for long as you need it."
"I know they wouldn't, I'm, just not sure how to feel about it."
Celestia sighed. "I'll see what I can do to help your situation."
"You will?"
"Of course. I'd hate to see you have to go to a homeless shelter after all you've been through. That said, I do want you to get in touch with your friends and let them know what's happening, that way if I can't do anything you can have a back-up plan."
"Alright Principal Celestia, I'll talk to them later."
Celestia gave Sunset a soft smile. "Good. I'll get going then to do my part." Celestia made her to the door, but stop and turned back to Sunset. "You did say you get dressed when you answer the door right. Do you, stay naked in your apartment?"
Sunset blushed. "Well, I never fully got the hang of clothes here, so I do undress when I'm alone here, and only alone. Is that a problem?"
Celestia gave Sunset another smile. "Oh no dear, just wondering. You do you."
"Alright. Good-bye then."
"Good-bye." Celestia opened the door and walked out.
"Tia, I'm not sure you should consider this option."
Celestia was in her bedroom wearing a robe and talking to her sister Luna on the phone.
"Luna she has no family, sure she's been able to live on her own for this long, but this way she'd have someone to look over her and help her have a future in this world. She's says she wants to stay and help this world adjust to magic, so she'll need a way to get by." Celestia said.
"Even then, do you really know her well enough that this can work? Aside from a connection to the sun, what all do you both have to connect with?"
"Well, there is one I found out today." Celestia told Luna about Sunset staying naked in her apartment.
"Seriously? Well, that is something." Luna replied.
"Actually I have an idea how approach this with Sunset."
"Hold on. You're not thinking of taking her there are you?"
"I am. Hoping I get to her relax and see me for more than being a principal, as well as the human version of her old mentor. "
"Taking a bit of a risk there Tia, but knowing you you're gonna go for it nonetheless."
"I care for my students Luna, I'm willing to risks for them."
"Very well then. I gotta go, I have a date later."
"I'm turning in early. Good night Luna."
"Good night Tia."
Celestia hung up her phone, take off her robe, and bundled up her bed.
'I hope this works out, for Sunset's sake.' She thought before drifting into slumber.
Two days later Sunset found herself riding with Celestia, they were past town and were along the woods. She already asked where they were headed, only for Celestia to replied someplace special to her.
"You may wanna brace yourself Sunset." Celestia said.
"Huh? Why?" Sunset asked.
"Cause we're about to go a little off-road."
"What?!"
Celestia made a sharp turn into the trees. Sunset was about to freak out, however the trail Celestia was going had enough space for her car to drive though and was straight enough to trail down.
It wasn't long before Celestia came to a stop and arrived at a large area by a lake that looked ideal for camping.
"Wow. Didn't know about this area at all." Sunset said as she gazed at the sight before her.
"Most people don't." Celestia replied. She opened her door and stepped out of the car. Sunset followed suit. "Me, Luna, and some old friends found this place by accident back in college. When we figured it wasn't among the camping areas listed for these woods it became our secret spot. We'd come here to get away for everything and just unwind."
Celestia stepped up a little bit and stretched out some. Doing so Sunset noticed something: Celestia wore only a lemon yellow dress and a pair of sandals and at the angle she was it Sunset could see her figure through the dress as sunlight encased Celestia, implying said dress was rather light. Sunset blushed as she wondered why the older woman was wearing like this while going out.
"So, why are you sharing this place with me?" Sunset asked.
Celestia turned to face. "When I found out how, you liked staying in your apartment, it reminded me of something we began doing not too after we found this place: During a weekend stay one of my friends came out of her tent completely nude." Sunset's eyes widened. "Naturally we were shocked and asked what she was doing, she replied that she's wanted to try something like this and since no one else knew of this place she could get away with it."
"I suppose that makes sense." Sunset responded. "Hold on, you said we."
Celestia blushed a bit and smiled. "She kinda dared us to get naked with her. We saw she seemed to be enjoying it, that and it was particularly hot that day so we decided to take her dare. And I suppose you could say we never looked back, we tended to just stay naked whenever we came here. Even as the years went by we'd still do it, whether to try getting back together for old times sake or just by ourselves for a small getaway.
Sunset was genuinely taken aback by this information. "So you're a nudist?"
"I consider myself a partial one. I'd only been naked outdoors here, never been a nude beach or resort, though I admit I like to sleep naked."
"Wow, never thought you of all people were in it." Something else popped into Sunset's head. "So, you brought me after learning about me getting naked on my own, is this-"
"I was hoping we could spend sometime getting to know each other outside of school and magic-related incidents, and I thought this could give us some common ground to start on. And don't worry, this is nothing sexual. I'm straight."
Sunset pondered. 'She said it wasn't sexual. Plus I do like spending time with her. And I've been looking for a place to get naked out of my apartment.' She gave Celestia a soft smile. "Okay, I'll do it."
Celestia smiled back. "Good."
"So.. I guess we gotta get undressed first." Sunset rubbed at her hand behind her head.
"If you're nervous, we could have our backs turned while we undress."
"I guess so."
The two turned around to begin. Sunset was glad she left her jacket at home to make the process faster. She pulled her blue blouse over her head, slid her feet of her boots, unzipped and pulled her pants down. She stood in her bra and panties, realizing she was seconds from being naked together with her principal. She inhaled and exhaled and proceeded to unhook her bra and let it fall to the ground, her panties then went like her pants before. She stepped out of her pants and turned around to see Celestia in the buff, holding her sandals in one hand and having her dress hanging over her forearm.
"Are you still okay with this Sunset? We could just go back and forget all this." Celestia asked.
Sunset took a moment to take in the naked form of Celestia and accept. "No, I'm just getting used to it."
"Alright, let's put our clothes in the trunk."
Sunset gathered up her clothes and follow Celestia to her car. Celestia opened up the trunk and placed her dress and sandals in it and pulled out a carrying bag, Sunset placed her own clothes in the trunk. Celestia closed the back, used her keys to lock it and placed the keys in her bag.
"Hate to imagine accidentally locking ourselves out, that'd be really embarrassing."
"Well, Luna can speak from experience."
"Wait! Luna actually did that?"
"She came here one night for a little skinny dipping session and realized it soon after." Celestia chuckled at the memory. "Poor girl had go all the way to the ranger station to call me, the rangers were nice to her and even gave her something to cover up with, but I can't forget the look of embarrassment on her face when I showed. You have no idea how many times I've teased or was tempted to tease her for it."
Sunset couldn't help but chuckle herself.
"So anything you wanna do first?" Celestia asked.
"Since you brought it up, I could go for a swim." Sunset replied.
The two ran towards the lake and jumped into the water. For Sunset this was brand new experience, she'd never swam naked before. It was pretty liberating to be moving in the water without a swimsuit holding her down. The water also helped with how it felt against every inch of her body, she also didn't have to worry about chlorine or sea salt getting in her eyes. Once it all settled in she noticed Celestia had a huge lead over her, already having a lap ahead and she didn't have much luck keeping up. About ten minutes later they made back to the shore.
"I'd think you did about thirteen laps back there, I'm impressed." Sunset said as she laid against the edge.
"Coming here, I've had plenty of practice." Celestia replied. She stepped out of the water with Sunset following suit, she then pulled out a pair of towels from her bag and set them down for the two to lay on and dry off.
"Truth be told I'm not a really good swimmer. I kinda prefer sunbathing." Sunset said
"I'd make a joke given you name, but I guess that'd be too easy." Celestia said.
"Hasn't stopped others before, but I get it. I guess I also felt a strange fixation on the Sun like I was and stuff related to it, even the one who raised it. Suppose that's why I worked so hard at magic in Equestria. I wanted to get the eye of Princess Celestia since she was connected to the Sun herself and seemed to be powerful because of it." Sunset started to frown a little.
Celestia took notice. "Something wrong?"
"Sorry. I just, get a bit sad when I think of the princess. She was the closest I've had to a mother, and I still look back on how I acted towards her before I left in regret. She was trying to help me out and encourage me to meet others, and I scoffed at what she was teaching and it got worst and worst until-" Sunset's eyes started to water. "I really messed things up between us and I just wish I could take it all back. I just-" Sunset was taken aback as she felt herself being pulled up and realized Celestia was pulling her into hug. "Wha?"
"I'm sorry dear. You don't have to keep going if it upsets you that much." Celestia said as she embraced Sunset.
"No. I wanna keep going."
"What?" Celestia pulled to look Sunset in the face. "Are you sure?"
"Yes. I don't really talk about my relationship with the Princess and really just wanna explain it all to someone."
"Well, since the Princess is supposed to be me, I suppose I could be good choice to talk it over. Go on dear, tell me as much as you wanna say."
"Alright."
Sunset hugged her in preparation. "I was already very good in my classes back at the School for Gifted Unicorns, I owe that to spending all my free time studying. So Princess Celestia noticed me and took her under her wing. And the first few years went pretty well and we enjoyed each others company, but she never got too personal. But as I got older, my ego grew with my body. I was incredibly arrogant and I had the skills to back it up. Celestia saw this and tried addressing this, usually by having me go out to make some friends. I just shrugged it off spent my time studying, even when other ponies tried to befriend me. The cracks were starting to show. And then, she showed me the mirror that lead to this world. She told to look into it tell me what I saw: I saw myself with a pair of wings meaning I was an alicorn, a powerful pony. I then became obsessed with the mirror, often bringing it up to try to get Celestia to tell more about so I could out how to get the power I wanted. She got fed eventually and told to stop bringing up and that I wasn't ready, but being the entitled brat I was at the time I thought I was. So I went behind her back to study the mirror and learned about it as well a spell that Celestia could use make me alicorn. She confronted me then and there, I demanded she turned into an alicorn like her saying I worthy and she replied saying I proved that I wasn't. She said I could still live in Canterlot but I was longer her student. And the last thing I said to her as guards were escorting me out of the castle was that she was making a big mistake. As we were near the mirror I took out the guards and leapt into the mirror ending up here. I haven't seen or spoken to her in years."
Celestia took a moment to take all this information in. "Oh dear."
"Yeah." Sunset replied as she hugged her legs and looked down. "We've got quite the history, only makes how much of bad student I became even worse."
"You're wrong in that regard."
"Huh?" Sunset turned to Celestia who had a more serious face.
"Sunset, as a principal and educator myself I've stood by the belief that there are no students, only bad teachers. Yes, you allowed your pride to consume you. However, my counterpart failed to help you learn humility and given that she was the who showed you that mirror in the first place, she only helped set you further down the path your were going." Celestia's expression softened. "And if she's anything like me, then I'm sure she knows this as well and would want nothing more than to patch things up with you."
"You, really think so?"
Celestia place finger under Sunset's chin to they could see eye-to-eye. "I'm positive." She said with a smile.
Sunset simply smiled. "This is getting really sappy."
"Maybe we should do something else."
"I suppose they go for a nature walk."
"Alright."
The two got up and went out in the woods and talked around their interests for a good while.
At the end the day Celestia brought Sunset to the highest point of the area to see the actual Sun setting.
"I never really tire of seeing something this sight." Sunset said as she watched.
"I know the feeling." Celestia responded.
"Celestia, was there a particular reason you wanted to know about me?" Sunset asked. "Especially given my living condition issue right now. Was this part of a solution you had?"
Celestia turned to Sunset and tightened her fists. 'Now or never, I guess.' She thought. "Sunset, I was thinking of bringing you home with me to help you out."
"As a house guest?"
"I was actually thinking something more." She looked Sunset straight in the face. "Sunset, I was hoping you'd let me adopt you as my daughter."
Sunset's eyes widen at this news. "Adopt me? You really want me as daughter?"
Celestia nodded. "I've always seen something in you, even during your unpleasant years, like you needed someone to look after you and help you mature into an amazing individual. And seeing how far you've came along, I'd be more than happy to give you a family. As my daughter you'd not only have a home and family but you'd have legal documentation, so you'd be able to go to college and get a career."
"I-I-I." Sunset's eyes started watering again. "I'd be more than happy to let you adopt me!" Sunset started to smile and ran up to Celestia to hug her. "You were able to put up with me at my worst and you've become so close to me that makes me happy. And even more so you did this: Bringing me to your secret spot, baring yourself to get know me better, and hear me talk about my past and helping me deal with it, all just so you could know me better and offer me a home. I'd give anything for a mother that dedicated."
Celestia returned the hug. "I am so happy that you said yes."
"So, I guess moving out of my apartment means I can't go clothing free whenever I want." Sunset joked.
"I suppose it wouldn't hurt to make my house more clothing-optional." Celestia replied.
"Really?"
Celestia gave a wink. "Hey, a nudist family is better than no family."
The soon to be mother and daughter smiled and turned back to watch the rest of the sunset, happy to have each other, happy to be a family.
