A Glimmering Sunset

After spending some time in the human world and helping save Sunset and her friends from Juniper's magical mirror, the time had come for Starlight to say good-bye, "I'm so sad to leave. I haven't really had the chance to get to know all of you."

It was at that moment that Sunset's book notified her she had a message from Twilight. It read, "Dear Sunset, some lessons are better learned in action and you girls are great teachers. Starlight should stay for a few more days, enjoy the premiere!"

Everyone began to cheer and Starlight chuckled, "Think you can focus on the positive?"

Sunset replied, "Whatever happens is going to happen, I just gotta live in the moment, right?"

Starlight enthusiastically replied, "Right!"

After receiving the good news that she could stay in the human world for a few days, Starlight was happy but did have one concern, where would she wind up staying? Despite not having been there long, Starlight already thought of Sunset as a friend and figured she could ask her, "Sunset, I don't mean to be a bother but do you think I could stay with you while I'm here?"

Sunset was thrilled with her question as she normally didn't have anyone to keep her company at home. She threw her arms around her and exclaimed, "Of course you can Starlight! It is going to be so nice to have someone to talk to at night for a change."

Starlight couldn't help but laugh over the comment, "You mean not be like Princess Luna is every night and have to talk to yourself?"

The last time Sunset had been in Canterlot was before Luna had returned from the moon so she asked, "Not be like Princess Luna? Who is Princess Luna?"

Starlight was shocked that her new friend had no clue who Princess Luna was. She gave her a shocked look and asked, "You know, Princess Celestia's sister?"

Sunset continued to look confused and then it hit Starlight, Sunset left Equestria prior to Luna's return. She continued, "Perhaps we can go over that at another time." She looked down at her watch and continued, "So what time is the premiere?"

Sunset replied, "Oh it is at 1900 but I think we should go home and get ready so we can meet our friends at 1830."

Starlight agreed and Sunset lead her to her house. While they were headed there, Sunset grabbed a hold of Starlight's hand causing her to wonder what was going on but then remembered that earlier she had her arm around her, she figured that it was just something that human friends do.

Once they arrived at Sunset's, Starlight began to look around in curiosity at some of the things in there. While the castle did have a stove, there were a couple of things that looked completely unfamiliar to her. She headed into the kitchen, pointed at the microwave and asked, "Sunset, what is this thing and what does it do?"

At first Sunset found the question rather silly but then realized that Starlight had never even seen a microwave, nor had she likely seen many of the appliances in her house. She replied, "It is a microwave. It cooks food much more quickly than a stove because it uses radiation."

Starlight asked, "You mean something like ultraviolet radiation?"

Sunset replied, "Sort of but this radiation is much more powerful."

Starlight said, "Ok." She then headed into the living room and saw another thing that they did not have in Equestria. She pointed at it and asked, "And what is that thing?"

Sunset replied, "It is a TV, it is what we use to entertain ourselves."

Starlight couldn't help but wonder how staring at a black screen would be entertaining and Sunset could tell it. She pointed to the couch and ordered, "Sit down and I'll show you how it works."

Starlight sat down and Sunset plopped down next to her. She turned the TV on and an old rerun of a sitcom that Sunset liked was on. She quickly got absorbed in it while Starlight sat there and found it rather boring but she didn't want to say anything to Sunset because she was worried that she may have to go home if she did. After the show was over Sunset asked, "Starlight, what did you think of it?"

Starlight replied, "Well, it was ok but I just didn't find it all that entertaining."

A new episode of a popular talk show came on and it did not take long for Starlight to get into it. On the show it had mothers bringing potential fathers in for paternity tests and she couldn't believe how the guests were behaving. She broke down laughing, "People seriously act like this and they seriously don't know who the father of their child is?" Her laugh became harder, "This would never happen in Equestria, never!"

Sunset also found the show entertaining but knew that the ramifications of the tests were nothing to laugh about. She replied, "Starlight, there are some humans out there who behave a lot different than the ponies in Equestria do." She paused for a minute before continuing, "Some people just sleep around a lot."

Starlight had a confused look on her face and asked, "You mean they sleep in different places?"

Sunset couldn't help but chuckle a bit over how naive Starlight was. She replied, "No, they'll have sex with a lot of different people. That is how the women get pregnant and don't know who the father of their child is."

Starlight gagged, "Ugh, how could anypony, I mean anyone stand to do that?"

Sunset could understand why Starlight was so naive when it came to things but really wanted to end the questions. She replied, "It's just human nature, well with some people."

Starlight nodded letting her friend know that she understood. Before they knew it, it was time to head to the cinema to catch the movie. Sunset pulled her up by the hand and said, "Well let's get going, I don't want to be late."

Tardiness was one thing that Starlight herself loathed so she shook her head in agreement. Like she did when they headed to her house, Sunset held Starlight's hand as they headed to the cinema. While Starlight still found it kind of odd, she did admit to herself that Sunset holding her hand felt good, very good.