Exposure Therapy

Spike sat there, looking at not much in particular after the two girls explained things. Well, technically Twilight made Sunset go get dressed first, then they explained things. After a moment, he scratched his temple, "Ok...so, Twi, you're telling me that Sunset Shimmer here is from another world called Equestria..."

"Actually, Equestria is the name of the country I'm from. Don't really think the world even has a name." Sunset corrected him, chuckling sheepishly.

"Right. So, she's from this Equestria, that's home to a bunch of small, multi-colored ponies, one of which she happens to really be."

"And griffons, minotaurs, dragons, but mostly ponies from what she's said." Twilight replied.

"Right. And she found out about a magic mirror that would let you travel to other realities." He looked at Sunset, "A mirror that you decided use after having a disagreement with your teacher, an alicorn who happens to have the same name as the head of this school."

"More like I threw a temper tantrum because I thought she was keeping something from me that I deserved." Sunset rubbed the back of her neck, "I was a little full of myself back then. Wasn't much better when I arrived."

"Ok, and getting here, you thought you could use your magic to get the respect and admiration you thought you were owed."

"Yeah. Was pretty damn surprised to learn there was magic here as well, I can you that much." Sunset muttered, "Scared the crap outta me when a certain Unicornblood teleported right beside me."

"I said I was sorry..." Twilight pouted, crossing her arms, "I misjudged the power required and overshot my location."

"I know, Twi. But seeing that brought the fact that I wasn't the only magic user here. Not by a long shot."

Spike snickered, "At least she didn't turn you into a saucepan while she was still learning."

"Spike!" Twilight's pout intensified while Sunset just giggled.

"But that was fun telling your parents. Anyway, since magic wasn't gonna impress anyone," She proceeded to run a hand down along her curves while giving Spike 'bedroom eyes' before Twilight kicked her foot, "I made a plan B."

"What was plan b?" He asked

Sunset gave him a look of mild incredulity, "I just showed you!" She pointed to her body.

"You...got into fights?"

"No...no, Spike." Twilight cut in while Sunset just sputtered in bewilderment, "You heard me say something about Equestria not having the same taboos on nudity and sexual behavior, right?"

"Yeah." Whatever that second one was, he thought.

"Well, Sunset decided to apply the saying, 'If you've got it, flaunt it.''

The redhead quickly recomposed herself after a moment, "Yeah...with the exception of making sure you weren't out where foals could see, it wasn't seen as a big deal." Her cheeks slowly turned the same shade as her heair, "When I found out that the stallions-I mean, the boys, here-reacted differently then the ones back in Equestria, I started using it to my advantage." She let out a rueful chuckle, "They were pretty quick to do what a girl asked when she doesn't have a problem taking her top off in front of everyone." The chuckle drifted into a sigh, "That lasted until I also found out a lot of the locals don't really approve of stuff like that. Let's just say that, plus refusing to tell them where I was from, is how I ended up here."

"O-kay..." He responded with a bit of uncertainty. Deep down though, he failed to see why people would get upset over pulling your shirt off. He'd done it a few times. Namely when it was really hot out. "So...that's when you and Twilight met?"

"Pretty much, though we weren't exactly what you'd call friends at first." Twilight told him, "Since you were pretty much the only friend I had back then, and I wasn't really good at socializing, I more or less kept to myself the majority of my first few years here. Then Sunset was assigned as my roommate."

Spike then noticed Sunset's obvious hesitation, "I'm gonna take a guess that you two didn't hit it off quite so well at first."

"You could say that." Sunset chuckled weakly, "I was...kinda bitter about being sent here to begin. Thought I was being disrespected again, and whatnot. And Twilight here..."

"I was a little bit of a wallflower. Socializing was never my strong suit, so making new friends was a problem."

"No offense, Twi, but you're still kind of a wallflower." Sunset ignored the look the other girl shot her and continued, "Anyway, for a good while we pretty much just each other as someone we were staying in the same room with. That lasted until I saw her working on a report about how density affects telekinesis. I got curious and went in a closer look."

"She started asking questions about my theories," Twilight giggled as Sunset tossed an arm over her shoulder,"And by the time either of us were really aware of it, we were done and highfiving like we had just won the Superbowl."

"Was pretty much then when we found something we both had in common. Granted it was tentative at first; we kept it to purely academics when we talked. Then it started moving to books, movies, even a few video games. After that, well..." She bounced her free arm against her side."

"And that's pretty much everything."

"Soo, Sunset is really a sentient magical pony from another realm who ran away to this world, and because of some misunderstanding, was sent here where you two became roommates and then friends, right?"

"In a nutshell, yeah." Twilight replied, "I know it sounds outland--"

"Ok, just wanted to be sure I caught the basic part." He added, causing them both to get slightly befuddled expressions.

Twilight's jaw slackened, "You...you believe us? Right away?"

Spike let out a soft snort, "Twi, you're good at a lot of things, but lying wasn't one of them. Plus, I really doubt you'd go though the trouble of making up everything you two just said."

"Well...kinda anticlimactic, but works for me!" Sunset chirped, "So, we got all that outta the way; probably a good idea for us to start showing the new student around."

"Yeah...wait, 'us'?" Twilight glanced at her.