Author's Note

Hello, everyone! It took a few days for me to work up the courage to make this, so I hope you enjoy it. if it seems a little off compared to the other chapters or doesn't feel as nice, its because I've had to rewrite it once after I made a mistake and deleted all my original work on this chapter. It's still ultimately the same as how I envisioned it but...it just feels a tad off. Anyway, I have another chapter coming soon, mostly because that chapter was supposed to be apart of this one, but I split them because it didn't feel right to lengthen it so much. just to reach what I want to get to. Thank you, and enjoy!

Ch. 2 The Accident

Twilight awoke the next morning feeling particularly...empty. Of course, this was nothing to worry about, as she wasn't necessarily sad or depressed. Just...empty. It felt like a mix of contentment, and a sort of deep boredom that made it so she didn't want to get out of bed.

She guessed it had something to do with the story she and Sunset had read the previous night. That had certainly taken a lot out of her. Maybe she just felt a little drained.

Nothing a quick shower couldn't fix! Sunset had told her that their belongings would be brought up to their room in the night, so there was nothing to worry about. That didn't stop her from worrying anyway, even as she sat up to look around for anything that looked like it had to do with clothes.

Just as her eyes landed on what looked to be a wardrobe, she suddenly became acutely aware of a distinct lack of a certain person in their bed. Sunset was gone.

"Um...Sunset? Sunset!" Twilight called out to her, hoping that nothing had happened to her roommate in the night.

"I'm in here, Twilight! Gimme just a second!" Came the voice of her friend from behind the bathroom door to her left.

Twilight let out a sigh of relief as she shuffled out of bed and made her way over to the wardrobe in question, which, upon opening it, she found it contained a number of different outfits all styled in some approximation of the Harmonizers student uniforms.

A brief panic swept through Twilight as she considered the possibility that her regular clothes had been tossed aside and replaced with standard issue suits. Not that she minded of course, but they were still her clothes.

She let loose a second sigh of relief when she saw that they were on the second shelf, just under the numerous outfits that lined the wardrobe in front of her.

She picked out a uniform that suited her style and set it aside on the nightstand next to the bed as she waited for Sunset to finish up in the bathroom, which didn't take very long, as a mere five minutes later, the door to the bathroom swung open, revealing Sunset in all her glory.

"What's the matter, Twilight? You called out my name like someone had broken in or something. Is something wrong?" Sunset asked, waiting for her friend to explain the situation. When all she got back was a wide-eyed expression and stunned silence, she began to get a little worried.

"Uh...Equis to Twilight. You okay in there?"

"S-Sunset...?" Twilight said, raising a hand to point at just what had taken her attention away from the question. "Your t-towel..."

"Towel? What'd'ya mean my towel? My towel's right..." As she looked down, Sunset's eyes widened, as she finally realized just what had caught her roommate's attention to such a degree.

Standing in front of the still open bathroom doorway, stark naked, and in full view of Twilight, was Sunset Shimmer, in all her glory.

"Oh no...not again..." She looked up at her friend with a worried expression. One deep enough to tear Twilight away from her trance.

"I can explain..." Sunset took deep breath and let it out slowly.

"Wait, you sleep naked?" Twilight asked, wondering why someone would choose to not wear clothes.

"Yep! Buck naked."

Twilight couldn't help imagining Sunset in bed, completely nude and surrounded by roses. The thought made her blush like mad, and gave her a feeling she had never felt before. She couldn't quite tell what it was, but it felt like a tingle in her lower regions. She took a moment to banish the thoughts from her head and look up at her friend.

"...But why?"

"Well, it's not like I just go around naked on purpose," Sunset quickly explained, hoping Twilight wouldn't think she was some sort of pervert. "But it does feel kinda good..."

Twilight imagined it would, especially if that image of Sunset in her head was anything to go by. She kept quiet and waited for Sunset to continue.

"But that's not why I do it!" Sunset said again. "I do it because, well... I have to." At those words, Sunset's lowered her head, as if she were sad about something. Twilight noticed this and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"What do you mean, you have to?"

Sunset took a deep breath before she spoke again. "My magic is...strong. Really strong. And while I do take pride in that....it comes with a price. My body can't handle the sheer amount of magic inside of me, and it overheats."

Twilight kept silent, letting her friend vent her frustrations.

"If I don't sleep naked, my body will get too hot and I will literally catch on fire. It won't hurt anypony too badly, but any non-living thing around me is burned to a crisp."

Twilight could only stare in shock at what she just heard. "But what about now? You seem to be doing fine right now? No big magical fire in sight."

"That's because I'm awake. I can control it when I'm awake, but when I go to sleep, my magic has nothing holding it back and just leaks out on its own."

"And what about your jacket? You went to sleep in your jacket and seemed just fine."

"My jacket is made with special magical thread. It's magic conductivity makes it easier for my magic to move through and around my body without hurting anything. I guess I'm so used to sleeping naked that I took it off in the night."

Twilight couldn't help but feel bad for Sunset. Of course, she could still live a normal life, but to have to deal with the risk of hurting somepony at all times is just...too much. "I'm so sorry, Sunset."

"Hey, don't worry about it! It's not like you're the reason I'm like this, right? Besides, It's not all bad. I got that cool jacket out of it."

Twilight laughed at that. "Yeah...I guess you did, didn't you?"

"That's right. Now..." Sunset struck a pose for Twilight,, making sure to show off all her curves. "Do you like what you see?"

Twilight couldn't help but blush at the sudden display. Here she was just wanting to go take a bath, and now she's staring at Sunset, examining her body in order to figure out if she liked it or not. Not that she had much difficulty making that decision.

Sunset was a sight to behold. Beautiful unblemished amber skin, an hourglass figure, large breasts with perky nipples and a slim waist leading down to wide hips, each with their own individual cutie mark symbol covering her rump. Slender legs spread open to reveal a clean shaven slit.

And Twilight, was loving it. "You look...amazing, Sunset. Absolutely amazing."

"Wow, Twi. I thought you might like it, but I didn't know you'd like it that much." Sunset laughed it off, but Twilight could see the light blush on her cheeks.

"It's true. You're beautiful, Sunset. I mean it." Twilight said, wanting to see her get more flustered.

"Alright, alright, now you're just buttering me up." Sunset said, but blushed harder despite herself. "What do you say we get to class before Princess Luna catches us, hm?"

That seemed to have turned on a switch in Twilight's head. "Oh no, class!" She exclaimed as she practically jumped out of bed and rushed into the bathroom to shower.

"Well then. That's one way to end a conversation." Sunset said, smiling as she watched her go. She looked down at her body once more, the smile leaving her face.

Sunset had never really paid much attention to her body before. Of course, she still took care of herself, she wasn't a slob, but she only ever really saw it as a curse, a danger to those around her that she had to do everything she could to keep at bay. It wasn't anything remotely beautiful. But, as she thought about everything she had gone through because of it, her mind wandered over to Twilight.

'You're beautiful, Sunset. I mean it.' It was the first time anypony had ever seen her body and called her anything other than a pain.

A smile crept its way across her face as she thought of this, and she placed a hand to her chest. Deep down, she hoped she still felt the same when she saw her burning away in the night.