Harmony U

The door to Sunset Shimmer’s room swung open.

Sunset was sitting backwards in her desk chair, leaning over the backrest and reading a book. She looked up at her unexpected visitor.

“Twilight? What’s up, you okay?”

Twilight was panting. She had a pile of very old-looking books in her arms.

“Magic,” she panted, “Equestrian magic.”

A few moments later, Twilight had spread out several books, maps, charts and graphs on Sunset’s desk. They all looked way too scientific for Sunset to understand.

“Uhh, what is all this Twi? What do you mean Equestrian magic?”

“Do you remember the magical anomaly detection device that I completed after our CHS graduation?” Twilight asked, rolling out a large map of the state.

“Sure, of course. We used it to track down tons of magical items and send them back to Princess Twilight in Equestria. What’s going on?”

“Well until now, it’s worked perfectly and every time anything magical occurred in our world, I was immediately alerted. But recently, something has felt off to me. Everyone has been acting… strange. But the device never registered any magic at all, so I figured it was just normal life stuff - you know, college and exams and stuff. But then I realized a flaw in my device.”

“Wait, do think I’ve been acting strange lately?” Sunset seemed a little taken aback.

“Well, yes. Er, not in a bad way though.”

“Oh… okay... Sorry, continue.”

“Well you see, until now the magical items and anomalies in our world have been contained to fairly localized areas. The memory stone, the magic mirror, the Dazzlings’ amulets, all could only affect our world within a small radius. My device could detect items like those,” she pulled out a red marker and marked little ‘X’s all over the map, presumably where any magical item or anomaly had been found, “because it was detecting the difference between the natural energies of our world, and the magical energies surrounding the Equestrian items. In other words, the device relied on the magic being condensed within an area. But I modified the device to detect any magical energies, no matter how trace of an amount, and regardless of whether they were contained or not, and…” She took the marker and drew a big red circle around the whole map.

Sunset’s eyes widened. “So then… there’s magic -”

“- Everywhere,” Twilight finished for her. “Canterlot High, Crystal Prep, Harmony U, our homes.”

“That’s… pretty heavy stuff. But what’s it do? I mean, I don’t feel any different. Maybe it’s just sort of residual portal… stuff?”

Twilight shook her head.

“We can’t be sure. We’ve seen how dangerous magic can be. On this scale, I don’t even want to think of the damage it might cause.”

“I see… what are we gonna do?”

‘I don’t know… I was hoping you might have an idea.”

“You mean because I’m Equestrian?” Sunset raised an eyebrow.

“Oh, uh, actually... because you’re my best friend...” Twilight blushed and rubbed her arm, looking away.

“Oh… Umm, thanks,” Sunset blushed as well. “Have you told any of the others?”

“Not yet… I don’t want to worry them if it is a false alarm.”

“And you don’t have any leads or ideas where it could be coming from?”

Twilight shook her head again. “I have equipment monitoring every portal we know about, and every magical item that we’ve come across is accounted for, either here with us or back in Equestria with Princess Twilight.”

“So then it’s something new?”

“Right. And we have no idea where it is, who has it, or even what it does.”

Sunset nodded and stood up. “I see. Welp, only one thing to do then,”

“Really? You have an idea?”

Sunset nodded. “Sure do! We investigate. We’ll start by going around town and seeing if anything out of the ordinary is going on.”

“Okay… yes! That’s a great idea, Sunset!”

Sunset smiled. “So… maybe the mall? I can pick you up around 6?”

“Sounds perfect! I’ll go get ready!”

Twilight quickly packed up her pile of academia and allowed Sunset to open the door for her to leave.

“Great! It’s a date! See you then, Twi!” Sunset said with a wink, closing the door behind Twilight.

In the dorm hallway, Twilight blushed.

“A… date?” she said out loud to herself.

Picking out the right outfit to wear suddenly felt a lot more important to Twilight than it had before.

___

A few hours later Sunset found herself walking side-by-side with Twilight in the Canterlot mall. Like always, it was swarming with all the colorful people of Canterlot, including more than a few students. It reminded Sunset of her time at high school after she had met Twilight and all the rest of her friends. It felt nice to be back.

Sunset looked over at her purple-pink friend. Twilight was wearing a white blouse top tucked into a navy blue ruffled skirt, and tall light blue socks in purple ballet flats that had a slight heel on them, and of course, her glasses.

Sunset was wearing a black short sleeved romper with pink trim on the sleeves of the arms and shorts and some hot pink strappy sandals with a slight heel.

“You look… great, by the way,” Sunset said to Twilight.

“Oh, this? I just threw something on…” she replied, blushing. “But… so do you.”

Sunset smiled. “Thanks! Now where should we start - Movies? Shopping? Boba tea?”

“Are you sure this counts as investigating? It doesn’t feel very detective-like.”

“Well if we have no idea what we’re looking for, all we can really do is look around, right? That doesn’t mean we can’t have a little fun while we’re doing it. Plus it’s Friday!”

“I guess you’re right… How about some boba then?” Twilight smiled a little. Sunset always knew how to make things sound simple and easy, and put her mind at ease when she got worked up.

“You got it, boba it is! And hey, it’s on me this time.”

They went to the boba tea shoppe on the second floor, got their drinks, and sat down.

“So, anything feel off yet?” Sunset asked her friend.

“Not really. Actually, it’s more like the opposite. Everything feels… great.”

“Oh yeah? Didn’t you say earlier that I had been acting strange lately? Is that still true?”

“Well… I just meant that you’ve seemed a little more, I dunno, assertive and… like you’ve been a lot more… noticeable lately? Or… Ugh, I don’t know how to say it! It’s like ever since we started at HU, every time I see you It's like I really see you… That doesn’t make any sense though, does it?”

Sunset chuckled. “Well in a crazy sort of way, sure. Was I… not noticeable before? I thought the red hair kinda made me stand out but maybe I should add some color to my wardrobe.”

“No, that’s not it! Of course I’ve always noticed, just… not like this…”

They sipped their tea in silence for a few seconds, both looking through the mall at the throngs of people going from store to store, girls laughing and window shopping together, families enjoying their time together.

Sunset spoke up: “So… I’ve kind of noticed you in that way too, you know. I think.”

“Y-you have?”

Twilight noticed Sunset looking more at her feet and the ground around the table then at her. It was very un-Sunset-like.

“Well yeah, I guess. I mean… I’ve definitely been thinking about you more.

“Really?” Twilight didn’t know why that made her so nervous.

“Sure… Like tonight when you came into my room… I was really happy because I had been thinking about what it would be like to hang out with you… just the two of us.”

Twilight didn’t know what to say. Sunset had been one of her best friend’s ever since they had met - possibly even her very best friend - but when they were alone, especially recently, it felt different than when she was with any of the others.

“H-hey Sunset?”

“Yes?”

“I’m really glad you asked me out tonight.”

Sunset flushed. “Uh s-sure, of course. Gotta do that investigating, you know… heh… heh…”

They both enjoyed the comfortable silence while sipping on their drinks.

___

Sunset Shimmer pushed Twilight down onto the bed then climbed on top of her, leaning over her and kissing her neck. Twilight whimpered and clutched Sunset’s back, making sure the girl was pulled tightly against her.

After spending hours at the mall together, drinking boba tea, walking around stores shopping, and even catching a movie, it had become more and more clear to both girls that there was a romantic, sexual tension between them. It was everywhere: a brush of the hands, a meeting of their eyes, a flirtatious laugh or pointed compliment. By the time they had gotten in the car to go back to school, it had become unbearable. Sunset invited Twilight back to her dorm room, making sure to point out that Applejack was away for the weekend again. As soon as they made it to the door, the two were all over each other.

“Are you sure this is okay?” Twilight asked concernedly. “I’ve never really… I mean technically I’m still a…” Sunset stifled her lover’s overthinking with a few expert flicks of her tongue over Twilight’s neck that made the inexperienced girl shiver and shake with pleasure.

Sunset moved her face close to Twilight’s ear and whispered: “We only go as far as you want. Do you want to stop?”

“No…,” Twilight whimpered, her eyes rolling back a little at the feeling of Sunset’s warm breath teasing her ear, and the sensation of Sunset’s saliva cooling on her neck after the licking that happened moments before.

“Good,” Sunset replied, sitting up and looking over twilight. She looked adorable to Sunset, laid on her back, looking up into Sunset’s eyes with something between horny desperation and romantic longing, for once not wearing her glasses. Sunset teased her hands over Twilight’s body, finally able to freely explore the intellectual's frame. Her hands slowly wandered over Twilight’s waist and hips, up to her breasts. Even in a support bra and still wearing her top, they felt small. It wasn’t a turn-off for Sunset. She liked small. She liked Twilight.

“Y-you’re staring...,” Twilight said with a blush. “If… If you wanted to take my shirt off… I wouldn’t mind... “

Sunset giggled. “Oh I’m plannin’ on it, Twi. I might take some other things off too. Just let me know how far is too far, okay? But until then…” Sunset moved her hands to Twilight’s top, starting at the top button… and then the second… and third. Twilight squirmed a little as her shirt slowly opened, revealing her pink bra beneath. She knew there wasn’t a lot there to look at, but she wasn’t completely flat either, just… perky. And having herself exposed before the hungry eyes of Sunset made her feel… surprisingly sexy.

Sunset finished unbuttoning the shirt, then helped Twilight out of it, and tossed it over the edge of the bed. Then she reached both arms around Twilight’s back and teased the hooks of her bra. “Can I take this off too?” she asked in Twilight’s ear.

“Okay…” Twilight said, and immediately squeaked when she felt Sunset release the hooks and tug her bra off. It followed her shirt over the edge of the bed. Sunset leaned back to get a better look. Twilight covered herself and looked sheepishly at her partner.

Sunset smiled warmly at her. “Shy? It’s okay if you are. I know I tease you about it sometimes but… It’s something that I kind of like about you. Here, maybe this will make you feel better.” Sunset tugged one arm out of her romper, and then the other, and let the material fall and bunch around her hips. She wasn’t wearing a bra underneath, and her tits popped out in all their glory. Sunset blushed and crossed her arms at her stomach, avoiding eye-contact with Twilight. “So… like what you see?”

Twilight stared, astonished, and nodded. Then, realizing Sunset couldn’t see her nodding, said, “Yes… You’re um… really… really sexy....” Sunset looked at her and smiled in a way that made Twilight’s heart flutter. Sunset’s B-cups were bigger than her A’s. She wouldn’t have thought that one cup size would make that huge a difference, but the subtle heft they displayed, and the slight jiggle they had whenever Sunset moved made Twilight both envious and incredibly aroused.

“S-sorry,” Twilight said, “I don’t really know what to do… I feel bad that I’m just kind of lying here and making you do all the work…”

Sunset leaned back over Twilight, letting their bodies come together warmly. Twilight took a deep involuntary breath of air when she felt Sunset’s boobs slide over her own, their nipples pleasurably rubbing against each other. Sunset looked into Twilight’s eyes and asked: “Do you want to touch me?”

Without thinking, Twilight said: “Yes.” It came out as breathy and urgent.

Sunset rested her head beside Twilight’s and nipped at her earlobe playfully, then whispered seductively into her ear, letting her breath tickle Twilight’s neck and tease the poor girl even more: “Then touch me.”

Twilight’s toes curled and she wrapped her legs around Sunset’s lower half, moving her lips to Sunset’s neck. She had never been intimate with anyone before. She hadn’t expected her first time to be with a girl. She had never really even thought about it before. Not until she had met Sunset, anyway. Now, as she kissed her friend’s neck, felt her breasts sliding over her naked torso, and listened to the purr-like moans of pleasure coming from the bad-girl-turned-good, she realized that no fantasy could have come close to the pleasure of reality. She was a lesbian. She couldn’t deny it anymore. It felt too good and too right for her to ever say otherwise. She covered Sunset’s neck in wet kisses, and lovingly caressed her back.

Sunset moaned, feeling Twilight finally come alive, more than just reciprocating, she began to take control, to maneuver Sunset’s body into the best position for her to please it. Twilight’s hands crawled over Sunset’s bare back, tugging her a bit forwards or a bit backwards as they needed, or just glided along drawing a trail of tingling sensation behind them on Sunset’s skin. Sunset bathed in the feeling, letting it wash over her, losing herself to Twilight.

After a long time of teasing each other with neck kisses, playful biting, and caressing of the flesh, Sunset wanted more. She let her hand slide to Twilight’s skirt. The article was already pushed up to Twi’s hips, doing little to hide her modesty, but Sunset didn’t stop there. She let her palm brush the soft thin fabric of Twilight’s panties, feel her mound. It was soft and hot and smooth. She felt the lips part slightly and decided to rub a small circle in the area. Twilight moaned and passionately sucked Sunset’s neck, leaving the beginning of a hickey.

Sunset slid her hands into Twilight’s panties. She couldn’t resist any longer. She felt the warm, soft, and slightly fuzzy skin of Twilight’s pelvis region, obviously well-trimmed, and then the hot wet slit of her vagina. She teased her middle finger over the sopping snatch, drew a line back and forth between the lips, making twilight shudder and squeak. Then she slowly let her finger sink inside, into the indescribably tight, warm pussy of her best friend.

Twilight stopped. “Uh m-maybe we should take it a bit slower, S-sunset? If you don’t mind, I mean…”

Sunset quickly withdrew her hand, slightly embarrassed that she had taken it so far on their first time. “Right! Yes, sorry, Twi. Got a little carried away I guess… My bad.” She sat up, looking Twilight over. The other girl was looking back at her, looking a little guilty, if Sunset had to guess. She was covering herself again and blushing brightly.

“S-sorry…” Twilight murmured. “I… I really did enjoy it, I just… I’ve never really done anything like that before and I just don’t know how I feel about everything yet. I just… really like you, Sunset… and I don’t want to ruin things, so when stuff started happening all at once and we were having fun and then having fun fun and then we started you know… I was really happy, but it just felt so fast, I -” Twilight rambled, stumbling her sentences together into one long speech.

“Twi, Twi! Slow down!”

Sunset laughed in a friendly way that made Twilight feel relieved. She had been worried that Sunset might be upset or resent her for stopping their sexual escapade too soon.

“I completely understand. I told you to stop me when things went too far, and you did. Thank you, Twi. You were amazing. You are amazing.”

Twilight flushed deep red and smiled. “We can still cuddle, if you want. I know it’s not as sexy as what we were just doing but… it can still be a little sexy.” She sat up and found her skirt around her waist, and pulled it off, tossing it to the floor and leaving her in just her baby blue cotton hipsters panties.

Sunset smiled back at her, “That sounds perfect,” and tugged the rest of her romper down and off, flinging it to join the rest of their clothes on the floor. Sunset’s panties were lilac bikini cuts with a black polka dot pattern. Once they were fully relieved of nearly all of their clothing, Sunset laid back down and pulled Twilight into her so that they were facing each other.

The warmth between the two was pleasant. Their almost-naked bodies nestled into each other, nurturing a sense of safety and belonging. Their noses touched gently at the tips, their foreheads colliding gently. Twilight found Sunset’s hand by her side and took it into her own, interlacing their fingers.

“You know… I can’t believe I did all that before I even got my first kiss. I’m glad I did though, I think it kind of made the surprise better…” Twilight confessed.

“Oh my god, Twilight, you haven’t ever been kissed? I am so sorry. If I had known, I wouldn’t have… I mean I would have offered… er… well, I hope I didn’t steal a special life moment from you…”

Twilight giggled. “Nah, I don’t mind. I never really held any expectations about how this kind of thing would happen to me. I mean I never really thought it would happen at all until recently. So don’t worry about it! I mean, unless you want to kiss me right now to make up for it!” She chuckled at her own playful joke.

“We… could. If you want…” Sunset said, very seriously. Twilight stopped laughing and met Sunset’s gaze. The romantic tension between the two was suddenly back. The air was thick with it. Both girls could feel their own heart rates climbing.

“O-okay… y-yes… I mean, sure, if that’s alright with you…” Twilight said without making any attempt to hide her blush. She looked into Sunset’s eyes, very aware of the closeness of their faces now. Without saying anything else, they began moving their lips closer and closer together. Twilight stopped centimeters from Sunset, allowing her to close the distance.

She did.

Twilight could feel her heart beat rise to a fever pitch before losing all feeling in her body except for her lips. Sunset’s soft lips pressed gently into hers. It wasn’t an especially sexy kiss - there was no tongue or force or movement to it - but rather, a romantic kiss. It was gentle and soft. It was a touching of the lips to symbolize the mutual acceptance of an intimate moment. It was more than Twilight ever could have hoped for.

When Sunset finally withdrew her mouth from her own, Twilight felt like a different person. The kiss had stayed on her lips, absorbed into her skin. Sunset started to speak but Twilight reached up and drew her back in, pressed them back together. This new kiss was more aggressive. Twilight needed it to be. And she needed it over and over again. She couldn’t believe she was making out with another girl. She couldn’t believe she was making out with Sunset Shimmer, her best friend. But she did believe that she liked it. She knew she did.