As much as Sunset loves being the personal student of Princess Celestia herself, sometimes she can’t help but feel she’s being held back by the Princess. Too many lessons waste her time in teaching her things like ‘being the bigger mare’ and ‘restraining oneself’, rather than teaching her actually useful magic.

After a particularly heated discussion on the matter with the titular Mare of the Sun, Sunset bumps into a gorgeous orange mare with the most dazzling scarlet and golden mane. Even better than the spellbinding physique of the unicorn was her knowledge of incredible magics and the promise to teaching them to the young pupil.

With all that, how could Sunset not follow the pony into whatever deep, dark hole they went in?

My entry into the Sunset x Sunset Shipping Contest.