A Garden Is A Tricky Thing To Grow

by Old Goat Abadeer

Chapter 1: Tending The Garden

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Sunset Shimmer walked through the halls of Canterlot High, a bright smile on her face. It had been exactly one month since the incident she and her friends had dubbed "Forgotten Friendship" Where an envious young girl named Wallflower Blush had attempted to erase everyone's good memories of the red-headed Equestrian turned teen. And for a brief moment Sunset had even lost her own memories. Thankfully however as in the past the magic of friendship had won out the day.

Turning the corner she found her friends congregating in their usual spot as she gave them a wave.

"Heh, bout time yea got here slowpoke." Rainbow Dash teased giving Sunset a cocky grin.

"Yeah, Rarity's been havin a fit thinkin were gonna be late ta that fancy smancy spa and we don't even have appointments." Applejack added.

"Appointments or no Applejack it is still rude to arrive late" Rarity huffed, AJ just rolling her eyes.

Sunset just looked at her friends and laughed. "Hehe, sorry girls." She awkwardly smiled. "But that's actually what i'm here to talk about"

"Oh-a-are you not coming?" Fluttershy asked.

"Sorry girls, but when Rarity asked us all during lunch I didn't really have the chance to get a word in edge wise and..."

"And you already had previous commitments you promised to help out with but didn't want to ruin Rarity's good mood so waited till after all our classes were done to say anything!" Pinkie Pie randomly interrupted.

".....ahh, yeah" Sunset confirmed, even after all this time still being occasionally caught off guard by the girl's seemingly clarvoiant outbursts.

"Well, I guess if you already have plans..." Twilight Sparkle sighed. "But we'll still see you at the mall tomorrow right!?" The adorkable purple girl asked in a somewhat uncertain tone.

"Of course, I wouldn't miss it for the world" Sunset Smiled placing her hand on Twilight's shoulder. The nerdy girl just giving a soft smile back as Sunset said her goodbyes to her group of friends and headed towards the back side of the school.

Sunset walked through the faculty parking lot towards the small forested area behind the school. Truth be told over the past month Sunset had grown to appriciate the small space. The trees and the grass all beautiful, vibrant and green. Even the small dirt path leading to her destination seemed to be viberant and lively, well as much as dirt could be. Stepping through a patch of bushes Sunset finally arrived at Canterlot High's Secret Garden. Or technically not so secret anymore, but that's the name that had stuck with the area none the less, and it was well deserving of such a title. The area was full of rare flowers and other such plants that had been carefully cared for, the mixture of soft yet bright colors and scents was a beauty to behold.

"H-hey, i'm glad you made it!" A happy yet nervous voice greeted, snapping Sunset out of her musings.

"Oh, hey Wallflower, how yea doin?" Sunset asked the shy green-thumbed girl with A smile.

"Oh, i'm fine" Wallflower blushed. "I'm glad you came to help, but-you know-you don't have to if you don't want to." Wallflower finished.

"Nonsense" Sunset chuckled. "You asked me for my help and I told you i'd be happy to oblige." Sunset reassured her as she set her backpack down letting it lean on a nearbye rock.

"Oh I-I know" Wallflower began "It's just-you know-it's not like it's your fault Derpy crashed her bike on her paper-route this morning or that Roseluck had to leave early to help her sisters with an emergency at their flower shop" Wallflower explained.

Sunset looked at the girl and just gave another soft smile. Despite the girl's somewhat unrully grass green hair and rather plain light dirt brown long sleeved shirt, she really was quite the cutie. Her freckles gave her a bit of a tomboyish quality despite her obvious shy and feminine nature. And despite the somewhat baggy long sleeved shirt it was quite easy to tell that Wallflower was just as well endowed as Fluttershy. Her hips were no laughing matter either. Her backside may have not been as large or plump as AJ's but their were still noticable curves and...assets.

"W-well thanks" Wallflower nervously replied. "We should probably get started" she exclaimed once again getting Sunset to focus on the situation at hand.

"Sure, sounds good to me" Sunset agreed glad her friend seemingly hadn't noticed her oogling.

A few hours had passed as the two girls had been busy tending to the garden and its various plants.

"Man this gardening stuff sure is hard work!" Sunset wheezed as she caught her breath and took a drink of water.

"Yea, but it's worth it" Wallflower Blush softly smiled as she looked at the small white flower she had just finished planting.

"He, you really like flowers, don't yea?" Sunset teased the girl. Wallflower just blushing in return.

"Well, yea-it's just-you know" Wallflower stutered. "Just what?" Sunset playfully inquired. "Flowers were always what I wanted to be" Wallflower confessed. Sunset saying nothing just looking at the girl with a rather confused face.

Wallflower just sighed. "Flowers, even though they don't speak, even though they don't move they are still noticable, so vibrant and colorful they can't help but have a strong presence to people. Flowers represent so many things.....confessions of love, please of forgivness, consule for the loss of a loved one, or just a thank you. They're so beautiful, so important, they have so much presence." Wallflower melancholically sighed looking down at the plants she so adored.

All of a sudden she felt Sunset's hand on her shoulder. "Hey now, what have I told you about sulking" Sunset teasingly scolded. "You're so much prettier when you smile." Sunset chuckled as she wipped some dirt off the blushing girl's cheek.

"I told you before Wallflower, every existance matters. No matter how small or insignifigant you may feel at times, it doesn't change the truth of how special and unique you are" Sunset reassured her friend. "And trust me, you deffinitely have presence" Sunset finished with a smile.

"S-Sunset-I-I" Wallflower stuttered, trying her best to get a reply out as her cheeks turned even more red, only to have her efforts made null and void as Sunset just gave the girl a small boop on the nose causing her shy nature to go out of control making the girl blush and nervously laugh like a fangirl trying to talk to a movie star.

"Well I guess I best be off" Sunset announced, knocking Wallflower out of her euphoria.

"Huh!?" The girl asked in a sad/confused tone.

"Sorry" Sunset chuckled "But you aren't the only one I promised to help today"


Author's Note

New spur-of the moment story, yay!!! Sorry but Forgotten Friendship was beautiful and I just had to try my hand at a fic based on it!

Anywho next time Sunset & Trixie practice "real magic" and then a day at the mall with friends. And yes we will get to smexy times eventually I promise!!

Thanks for reading and as per usual will try to go back and fix mistakes as I see them!

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