It was a lovely spring afternoon at Canterlot high. Two teens stood in front of the wonder colt's statue. One with blue hair and sandy colored skin, another with fiery crimson hair and amber skin.
Sunset took a deep breath. “Ready for your first visit to my home world? Got to be honest I have no idea what we will find on the other side of that portal, could be a destroyed castle, a giant monster, or just a normal day.” She smiled at her boyfriend.
Flash chuckled. “I am ready, and whatever is on the other side...I’m sure you and Twilight can handle it.” They both looked at each other and smiled.
“Two days in Equestria here we come.” Sunset stepped through fallowed by Flash, and everything went bright with swirls of different colors. SMACK! Sunset rolled out of the crystal mirror with Flash behind her and they both hit a wall. Sunset shook her head and looked around. “I think were here, I swear no matter how many times I do that I’ll always end up hitting my head on something.”
Flash stood up and wobbled around a bit on four hooves before balancing himself, then stretched out his wings. “So, I like a Pegasus now, right?”
“Yep.” Sunset looked around. “Now were is-” She looked up were a small purple and green dragon was tangled up in a rope on the ceiling, witch was pretty high. “That’s weird.”
“I’v been dating a human turned pony who once turned herself into a demon that almost destroyed the school, that doesn't even begin to top that.” Flash let a goofy grin spread across his face. Sunset playful nipped at his pony ear.
“OMIGOSH OMIGOSH OMIGOSH!” A small foal with an orange coat and pink hair ran up to them. “ARE YOU SUNSET SHIMMER AND FLASH SENTRY!?!”
Sunset tilted her head. “Yes...”
Another with a red mane and light yellow coat and another with a purple and pink mane and white coat ran up to them. “Our ship was right! They are back together!” Sweetie said. Flash and Sunset both blushed.
“You three ship us?” Sunset said.
“Of course we do!” Apple bloom buzzed with excitement. “Ever since Twilight told us all about her visit’s to your world! We always ship the most unlikely pony’s, and it worked! On you two at least, Ms. Cheerily and Big Mac didn’t go so well...”
A purple blur ran into the room so fast no one could see it. “I KNEW IT!” Twilight.
Flash face palmed. Or was it hoof faced? Or hoof muzzled? Forget it. “You ship us to?”
“Only since the battle of the bands!”
“Huh, right about the time we got back together.” Sunset let out a slight chuckle. “Imagine if oth- AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!” Sunset yelled as she looked over and two Flash’s were standing next to each other in complete shock. “WHAT THE HECK!?!”
“You look like me!” One of them said. “Although your mane is a little shorter.”
Sunset looked back and fourth at the two, then turned to Twilight. “You’ve been dating the other Flash?”
Twilight and Equestrian Flash nodded. “When did this start?” Twilight said.
“You might not want to know, you might get a little mad.”
“No I will not, tell me!”
“So, It was during Anon-a-Miss, and I was out on the soccer field going the long way home to avoid any angry students; so when I was just walking down the field a big rock hit the back of my head, and I turned around and saw Dash, then she kicked her soccer ball and it hit me in the face. So then I try to run, and she calls out names at me that I don’t want to mention, she ends up catching up to me, then punches me and I hit the dirt.”
Flash laid his wing on Sunset’s back. “I herd crying, and a lot of profanity I can never un-hear, so I fallowed it to the soccer field, and I saw what Rainbow was doing to her, so I ran over to them, and Rainbow ran off. Sunset wasn’t hurt that badly, but I helped her get home, she asked me why me of all people would help her.”
“And you told me that you still cared for me.”
“That night I went to go check on her, that’s when Abby opened the door when I knocked.”
“Who’s Abby?” Twilight asked.
“Abby’s my technical sister, Celestia ever tell you how old I was when I left?”
“No.”
“Around the same age as when you became her pupil, anyway, so I fell through the portal and knocked into a girl my age wearing a hat twice her size and we became friends, her grandmother became my guardian and me and we became like sisters, apparently her parents were killed by this crazy guy right in front of her a few months before and no one believed her, and so her real name is actually Daring Do and she is right now probably being chased by Auizotl and his cats.”
“The other Daring Do is technically your sister?!”
“Yep, hey Flash, you want to go to sugar cube corner? I can’t promise Pinkie won’t be there and knowing her she probably ships us to.”
“Sure, one question, if were in Equestria, does that mean they built it to look like a giant cake?”
“Your a goofball, but yes, they did build it to look like a bunch of sweets.”
“Oh jeez you were right.” Flash looked up at Sugar Cube Corner which looked like a sweets factory had blown up on it, honestly it reminded him of a ginger bread house Pinkie had made when they had been in the third grade.
One day in December the class teacher brought supplies for each group to make a ginger bread house. Flash had gotten partnered with Moon Shine, Sandalwood, and Pinkie Pie. And oh boy did she know how to decorate! Most of them hardly participated, because in less than ten seconds she had built a ginger bread house that looked just like the building in front of them. Weird, she can decorate a ginger bread house perfectly but paint like a three year old. Sunset’s golden stripes in her hair were still orange on there date that night.
“Yep. Get ready for this, if there counterparts are any indication...” She pushed open the door and two fowls jumped on her. “These two are just as mischievous!” She laughed. “Okay guys, get off of me now, please!” The two looked at each other and jumped off. “You two have so much energy!”
“Yoohoo! Dearies, Sunset!” Mrs. Cake rushed over to her. “Why I haven't seen you in years!”
Sunset laughed. “Nice to see you two Chiffon Swirl.”
“Oh who’s your friend here?”
“This is Flash Sentry, well, his counterpart, Flash, meet Chiffon Swirl, one of my friends from before I became Celestia’s student.”
“Nice to meet you.” Flash smiled.
“You must tell me what you have been up to! How’s Abby by the way?”
“Good, she’s umm... an Author now.”
“Wait, how do you know about Abby?” Flash asked.
“Sunset came to visit me and tell me were she went after she had left for those two years, I haven't seen her since!”
Flash leaned closer to Sunset. “She know your sister is Daring Do?”
“No, no she doesn't. “Well, Chiffon, glad to see you made so well.”
“Oh thanks Sunset, you two wan’t to find a table out side? It’s a perfect day.”
“Thank you Chiffon.” After ordering two vanilla shakes, Sunset and Flash found a nice table in the shade.
“I got you something yesterday.” Flash sweetly smiles.
“What is it?”
“Something that I completely forgot to bring with us.” He said after looking through his saddle bag...which used to be his book bag, thanks to that portal.
“Your so silly.”
“I know.” He crossed his eyes and stuck out his tong. “Hey, who am I?”
“Derpy!”
“Correct!” He laughed.
“Thanks for never changing.”
”Your welcome!” he said in his silliest singing voice.
Sunset laughed. “Why is it ever time I thank you for something and you quote that movie?”
“I don’t know, I thought that song was funny, hey did I ever tell you about the time my older brother got me arrested?”
“No, but now I want to know more.”
“Okay, so a long time ago in elementary school my mom told my brother to take me to the park to play with sandalwood and a few other kids from my class. He took me in his car, but when we got out we weren't at the park, we were in a this big hidden spot behind this building. He tells me to stay in the corner by the fence and he goes to this table with a bunch of cards and pocket chips on it, next thing I know, two of the guys get into this bloody fist fight and this third guy has a dagger in his hand, so I ran, my brother went after me yelling ‘your not telling anyone about this or your dead!’ And he catches up to me, turned out I had just ran back to the entrance. Then I hear police sirens, and everything goes crazy! I hear a gun fire while another officer grabbed me and puts me in the back seat of the car, while there catching my brother and getting control of the guys, one officer asks me what my mom’s phone number is, and then she calls her. My mom was like six hours away because that day she was getting my dad from the airport. When they finally get everyone we all go to a police station and I have to spend half the night there, of course in a separate cell from the poker guys because they would kill me. When my mom finally shows up, we get out of there and my brother gets grounded for three years and I get ice cream...
and that’s how my brother got me arrested.”
“So let me get this strait, your brother, instead of taking you to a park, took you to a shady part of town so he could play poker with a bunch of drunk murders?”
“Yep.”
“Dude that is messed up!!” She laughed harder and fell backward. “I have to tell Abby that story, she might even change your names and make you characters for a side story!”
“Seriously?”
“Oh she will, she changed my name when she wrote about the golden ring and I had come with her, if your brother sees a book with a description of that happening he’s gonna freak!”
“That would be good, as soon as those three years were up he chased me around with a big cardboard box and duck tape.”
“What?”
“He put me inside and tried to mail me to Madagascar, and since he didn’t have enough stamps he put me in the back of the truck when the driver wasn’t looking.”
“And what happened?”
“It took people until I was at the airport to notice that a box was screaming.”
“Oh my gosh! What happened then?”
“This guy finally opens the box and I end up at another police station, not the same one though, we do not live close to the airport, so when my dad gets there three hours later we go back home and apparently my mom thought the whole day I was in my room taking a nap!”
“So do you have like a list of how many times your brother has tried to kill you?”
“Yes actually, It’s as long as our house is tall!”
“Is’t your house two stories plus an attic?”
“Yes, it is. My brother has hated me since I told mom the whole story of what happened that day when we got arrested.”
“Your brother have a girlfriend?”
“Yes he does, she’s like old you when we were at school, only multiply that by three hundred thousand, and now that I think about it that gift I ahd for you is probably being stolen or thrown into a trash can right now.”
“What do you mean ‘when we were at school?’
“That stuff never really left the school, you were really sweet when we weren't at CHS.”
“Aww thanks.”
”Your welcome!”
“Your a clown, hey you remember that girl from before we started dating in the seventh grade? When we were just friends?”
“How could I forget?! She used to carry around a doll of me and had a shrine to me in her locker!”
Flash and Sunset stepped out of the portal with their heads spinning. Pony Pinkie, decided to tie them both up into a rope, for some stupid reason, and grabbed it so they spun around fast and strait through the crystal mirror. Once they caught their balance, Flash said; “you wan’t to come to my place? We can get your gift.”
“Sure.” Sunset smiled. “Your parents are out of town right?”
“Yep, business trip or something like that.” They walked down the sidewalk as they talked.
“Okay, I’m not sure i’m ready to meet your parent’s.”
“We’ll have to deal with my brother sooner or later.” He grumbled.
“It’ll get better... probably.”
“I wish...” Flash took out a key and opened the door. “Mabye it will...heck some of these stories would be great to tell our-”
“HI!”
“AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! Oh wait, sorry Sapphire, I thought you were Thunderlane.”
“It’s okay, guess what happened over the weekend while you were gone!”
“What?”
“Thunderlane tried to send me to China! He didn’t get far though, the mail guy caught him trying to put the box in the truck, you wouldn’t believe it!”
“Oh I believe it all right, Sapphire, this is my girlfriend, Sunset Shimmer.”
“Nice to meet you Sapphire.” Sapphire looked up at her.
“When do I get to be an aunt?”
Sunset’s eyes went wide with surprise while Flash had a mortified look on his face. “Sorry Sorry Sorry! She tens to rush everything a little to much and bye Sapphire!” He shooed her away. “I want to die.” he groaned.
“It’s fine...” Sunset patted his shoulder.
“My family is crazy.”
“Don’t say that, but I do agree.”
“Thanks.” Flash sighed and looked back into her eyes. “Just one of the many reasons I love you.” He leaned in closer and his lips met hers, and oh just that feeling...and where was she? Flash opened his eyes. Sunset was curled up in the corner with a frightful look on her face starring at something behind him.
“Oop’s, did I interrupt you two?” Flash turned to see his greatest fear, his brother. “Sorry, maybe I should leave...NOT!” Thunderlane cackled. “I guess you came hear for this?!” He held out a small red box. “This for your girlfriend?”
Sunset got up and smirked. “I know what’s going on here, Thunderlane?”
“Hm?”
“I used to be a bully, still don’t feel great about that and I won’t take the time to tell you the story, but are you doing this because your insecure about yourself and want to make other people feel bad to make yourself feel better about your life?” Thunderlane dropped the box and ran up the stairs. “I’ll take that as a yes.”
“Wow...I think you just broke my brother.” Sapphire ran back into the room. “Can someone please answer my question now?”
“Sapphire? Why don’t you go watch cloudy?”
“Cloudy with a chance of pudding! YAY!! Now were did I put that CD?”
“Try your room in that fort you built to protect it.”
“Right!” Sapphire ran up the stairs.
“She’s a big fan of those movies huh?” Sunset shook her head. “I probably shouldn’t tell her that I was on the set for that and that they use real pudding.”
“No, do not tell her, she’ll go nuts.” Flash picked up the box and opened the door. “These are for you.” He handed Sunset the box.
She opened it. “Oh Flash there beautiful.” Two earrings where inside shaped like setting suns. “Thank you.” Sunset gave him a kiss and Flash’s face was red and he now had a goofy grin spread across it.
“I still can’t find my cloudy CD!” Sapphire stomped down the stairs. “I looked every were!”
“Did you check the DVD player?” Flash said.
“Oh you got to be kidding me! #$**&#!”
“Sapphire! Your not allowed to use that word!”
“Sorry, can you make me some lunch? And some popcorn?”
Flash rolled his eyes. “Lunch was two hours ago, did you not eat?”
“I was, but Thunderlane threw my sandwich at my face and then it fell on the floor, when mommy and daddy aren't hear your the only reason I don’t starve to death, and there not here, like a lot.”
“They come back.”
“Last week they showed up for an hour before leaving again.”
“Okay, so there not here some times.”
“There never here, look over there, that’s the last family portrait we have taken together.” She pointed to the shelf. “And I’m three months old in that one! I’m ten know!”
“Your right, Sunset, you wan’t to stay for lunch?”
“Sure Flash, so you guys basically live here alone?”
“Yeah, we got used to it after a little while.” The sound of a vacuum turning on caught everyone’s attention. “Is Thunderlane doing his chores? Jeez Sunset, your good.”
“He normally doesn't?”
“If you saw the upstairs it would make a whole lot of sense.” Sapphire said.
“Okay Sapphire, you go find your CD, I’ll make lunch, Sunset, you mind staying with Sapphire?” Flash said.
“Sure, I promised Pinkie I would watch the movie sometime this week, if I don’t she’ll kill me, she said something about starting a pudding club?”
“Ooo I wan’t to join a pudding club! I’v watched the movie series seven times through!” Sapphire said as she went through a box of CD’s. “Here it is!”
Sunset sat down on the couch with Sapphire and Flash went to the kitchen.
“Stevo! My best friend and trusted colleague!”
“Stevo!”
“Can I count on you for your help?”
“Can.”
Flash walked out of the kitchen with some sandwiches and broccoli. “Here you guys, got your lunch done.”
“Thanks Flash.” Sunset took a bite of her sandwich and looked back up at him. “Your going to do that again, aren't you?”
”Your welcome!”
“Flash your a goofball.”
“I know.”
“You two have those really crazy nights were you sleep together?” Sapphire asked.
Sunset and Flash stared at her. “Just watch the movie.” Flash groaned.
“Fine by me.”
”How does she know all this stuff?” Sunset whispered.
”She reads a lot of mature rated books.”
”Why does she even have them?”
”She sneeks them out of my brother’s room, thanks to that she knows about that nerve in people’s necks.”
”I feel more scared of your sister than I am your brother!”
”Don’t worry, I’m almost five percent sure she’s forgotten about what she learned about multiple stab wounds.”
”What kind of books are these?!”
”Orange Tree Yard and some other’s.”
”You have got to be kidding.”
”This time, I’m not.”
”She’s ten! How does she even understand half the words in those books?”
”I have no idea. So, where are we in this movie?”
“Slate just blew up anchovies land!” Sapphire’s eyes were glued to the screen. “And I want to do that!”
”She wan’t to blow up an amusement park?”
”That’s not even half of it.”
”I am starting to seriously regret being near her.”
”Don’t worry, she said our family and friends were not on the list.”
