While the last few hours had given Celestia a bit of a headache dealing with Discord and her lawyer, the former arguing against adding Sunset to her will as sole benefactor. Sunrise…she had to remember that her new daughter’s name was Sunrise now. In the end though, she managed to get what she wanted done and had her lawyer write up a will leaving every single penny to Sunrise if anything happened to her.
Looking across the table to the two girls helped ease her mind, though to be honest she was a little shocked. As much as she prayed that Sunrise would make friends, she wasn’t naive enough to believe it was going to happen so fast. Even the few girls who were friends with Twilight Sparkle and promised to keep an eye out on Sunrise probably wouldn’t warm up to the girl so easily. Yet here was Fluttershy, the least likely of the girls in Celestia’s mind to give a chance to Sunrise because of the girl’s fearful and meek demeanor. Sure Fluttershy was kind and everything, but Sunrise had bullied the girl pretty badly sometimes.
Seeing how the two seemed so close warmed Celestia’s heart, though she had to wonder if perhaps they were being too close too quickly. She had nothing against same sex couples, and if the two fell in love she would be happy for them. What she didn’t want for them was for them to jump into a relationship that could end up potentially hurting both of them in the end. For now though all she could do was hope for the best as she didn’t want to get between them unless it became necessary.
“So Cel…Mom, what have you been doing this morning?” Sunrise asked as she wolfed down another chicken strip, the second order the girl ordered. It was the second order actually which reminded the woman how little she knew of what happened to the girl this past week. She knew a little, Sunrise had told her before falling back asleep on the couch watching television this morning. She knew that Sunrise hadn’t eaten in days and it had broken Celestia’s heart when she heard it and did so again seeing a reminder of it.
“I…had some business I had to take care of as well as drop off the adoption papers. The quicker they get filed the better.” Celestia said, smiling as she realized Sunrise had called her mom. She doubted she would want to admit it to her sister or Discord, but being called that made Celestia so happy. She could feel the hole in her heart healing already as she had something she always dreamed about. She wished she knew of the girl’s situation sooner, maybe she would have adopted her before now. It just felt so…right adopting the girl. “What about you, you girls seem to be getting along. Did something happen?”
“Sunrise saved me from Gilda and we sat and talked.” Fluttershy said quietly, fidgeting a little at becoming the center of attention.
“Well, Fluttershy stood up for me against Rainbow Dash.” Sunrise said, sipping on her soda as if it was no big deal. The way that Fluttershy blushed said otherwise though as Celestia quirked an eyebrow in question. It was a little shocking to not only hear that Fluttershy stood up to somebody over Sunrise, but to stand up to her best friend was jaw dropping.
“What happened?” Celestia asked slowly, trying to contain her anger at both Gilda and Rainbow Dash. Gilda was one of those few students Celestia didn’t feel was redeemable. If possible, Celestia would do whatever she could to set the girl on the right path, but she was just the type didn’t care and truly thought hurting others was okay. Rainbow Dash on the other hand could be brash, but she was a good person. To hear that she had done something to Sunrise to make even Fluttershy stand up to her was enough to make the older woman feel protective.
“Gilda pushed me down and Sunrise chased her off.” Fluttershy said, giving a smile to Sunrise before looking back down to her plate a little shyly.
“Rainbow said…I was eating from the trash.” Sunrise sighed, fidgeting herself in place as her eyes darted back and forth a few moments. Finally she sighed in defeat as if giving into something. “It was earlier in the week, it had been awhile since I’ve eaten and I ran into this older homeless woman…I think her name was Maria. She started showing me how to survive being homeless…but…when she took me to the dumpster by a restaurant…I almost threw up. She was showing me how to find food in the trash, but it smelled so bad I couldn’t handle it. Rainbow Dash must have seen me there with her…”
“Oh Sunrise!” Fluttershy gasped, covering her mouth as Sunrise obviously fought off tears. Fluttershy shocked both Celestia and Sunrise when she leaned over to hug the flame haired girl.
“You will never have to worry about that again.” Celestia said as she moved her chair to the other side of Sunrise and hugged the girl as well.
“Never again, Sunrise…we won’t let anything bad happen to you again.” Fluttershy said, her trademark shyness nowhere present in the conviction filling her voice.
“Th-thanks.” Sunrise sniffed as she wrapped her arms around both of them.
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Sunrise couldn’t help smiling as she sat curled up on the couch back home while Celestia worked on some paperwork for the school at the counter in the kitchenette. She kept stealing glances at the woman, noticing how similar she was to pony Celestia while being so different. Sure the woman had tried helping her before, but she never knew that she cared this much. Celestia hadn’t adopted her on a whim like Sunrise may have first suspected. She could tell that the woman genuinely loved her, and if Sunrise was honest with herself, she loved the woman back. It just felt that they belonged together as mother and daughter. It felt so…right…
It had only cost her the one thing that was constant in her life, her first name. As she thought about it, she understood that it was for the best as it would at least be distinctive if the human Sunset Shimmer ever showed up. Still, she did kind of wish she could have kept Sunset as her name in a way. If it gave her this new life and new home with Celestia though, it was worth giving up. What was a name compared to life with a woman who truly viewed you as a daughter, a roof over your head with a warm bed, and food on the table. Yeah, she was happy to give up her name for all of this.
Getting up from the couch Sunrise turned the television off and dropped the remote on the coffee table. She really wasn’t paying attention to what was on it anyways, but she had a question she just thought about. As she sat down next to Celestia, she watched quietly as the woman signed a paper and putting it in a stack of other similarly signed paperwork.
“You okay, honey?” Celestia asked, the term filling Sunrise with a warmth at being addressed like that.
“Well, I kind of had a question.” Sunrise asked softly, almost afraid to ask. “Where will I be sleeping?”
“In my bed of course.” Celestia said as she carefully straightened the stack of papers and slid them in her briefcase. As she shut it, Sunrise swallowed nervously, her eyes widened a little while trying to figure out if the woman meant that the way it sounded. Surely not, Celestia thought of her as a daughter, right? “I’ll be sleeping on the couch.”
“Let me sleep on the couch.” Sunrise said, a nervous giggle escaping her lips as relief filled her. “I don’t want to put you out.”
“It’s only for a few days, Sunrise. I…own a few houses, and now that I have you I can justify living in a bigger place.” Celestia explained, “I’m going to pack some tomorrow while you’re out with Fluttershy, and while we are at school Monday the movers will take everything to our new place.”
“I don’t want to cause any trouble.” Sunrise said fidgeting.
“It’s no trouble, I really want to do this. Only reason I kept this place was because it’s small and easy to clean. I really didn’t see a reason to stay in a bigger place. Only question I have is…pool or no pool.” Celestia asked, getting tackled by Sunset who squealed excitedly making the woman laugh.
No problem about the comments thing. I might not be into writing stories, but I still can understand that it can be difficult at times when you try to get things written down in a certain time frame.
I do appreciate that you explained why Sunset seemed so willing to give up her name, and I suppose her reasoning for giving it up as fast as she did (while still being somewhat reluctant to do so) does make sense.
While I do think it's sweet how much Celestia cares about Sunset, (still having trouble with remembering to type her name as Sunrise, stupid muscle memory) like how she immediately did that thing that all parents do when she saw how close Sunrise and Fluttershy already are, I do have to agree with Discord about rushing into it a little quickly with the whole being Sunset's mother thing. (Seriously Celestia, she's been your daughter for what, two or three days and you are already leaving her all your worldly possessions when you kick the bucket? I mean I understand the needing a bigger house thing, but come on!)
On that note
What better place to say good morning to the sunrise then a lounge chair next to a peaceful swimming pool.
Another good chapter, and I really need to learn how to get my thoughts into a smaller amount of text.
-BiomasterM2
Couple typos.
You meant 'sole', not 'soul'.
I think you meant 'the' rather than 'he'.
Other than that, sweet chapter.
5504765 It's not really that improbable, some people seem to be gravitating towards stories involving Sunset. On this page alone I can recognize several people from other stories, Csquared08 and Daniel-Gleebits for example.
The pacing definitely improved in this chapter. Good job.
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Sorry that it took so long, but I completed the rewrite and posted a new chapter today, hope you enjoy.
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Blame my sister on this one, she loves Fluttershy and Sunset, but I have to admit that they make a cute couple.
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Probably SunShy
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Glad that you are enjoying the new chapter. I thought that since they were doubles of their ponies, that it would be cool to throw that bit in there. Also, it helped explain where they got their money from since they are from an old noble family, even if they don't really care much about that. I love Sunset adopt stories and wish there was more. I've read a few great ones and wish there was more. Sunset is a little hesitant about changing her name, but she figured it was worth the gain, even if she is a little sad about it. Sorry I made it seem so rushed though, been trying hard to get it completed while I had free time. I am glad that you enjoy it though and hope you keep on enjoying.
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Wow, thank you very much. I hope you continue loving the story.
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Thanks, I tried making it better and tried adding a lot of details I left out of the original when I tried to keep to a clearly Sunset perspective. Now that I have this rewrite done and caught up to current, I have to say I like this way much better.
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Thanks, and I'm glad you liked the parts with Celestia. I debated just writing a few paragraphs here and there showing her perspective during Sunset's week, but thought she deserved her own chapter which had a lot more detail in it. I just hope that you find the whole truth behind the whole Celestia, Luna and Sunset thing ok when it all comes to light, though it may be a bit before that happens.
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Yeah, I do it a lot lol. She's still Sunset, just a new name to ignify a new beginning, even if she is a little reluctant to give up her name in a way. Honestly, you have a god point, I'd like to explain it away as Sunset being worried about leaving all that stuff behind after Celestia paid for it, but I wasn't thinking about it when I wrote it. I just wanted a way for Fluttershy to catch up and for Sunset to see Rainbow stunned and holding her cheek. And believe me, Rainbow did deserve the slap after what she said about Sunset when Sunset didn't hear it. All of you Rainbow fans, don't worry, she was just mad because she thought Sunset was picking on Fluttershy. She really didn't mean most of it. I'm also glad that you are enjoying the story so far and hope you keep enjoying.
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Thanks, honestly I was a little worried about going overboard at first with it. I wanted to include an idea I talked a little with my sister and a few other people. And after I decided to do that I came up with the rest of it to get Celestia to want to act more quickly that she might have because she realizes how things can completely change in the blink of an eye. The only reason she didn't adopt Sunset before was because she believed she had a home and Luna and Discord had gotten her to try and curb her wanting to mother Sunset. (I'm pretty sure most of you know by reading the story about Celestia's daughter that died before birth and put two and two together. It is why she feels so strongly towards Sunset as there is something there that draws them together as it did in the other world. And by the way, there will be a side story later explaining about Sunset's history in the pony world before coming to the human world.)
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Sorry that it seems a little fast, but happy that you are enjoying it.
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You can partly blame my sister for the pairing lol.
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Thanks, glad you understand, I use a shared computer with my family so have trouble sometimes getting time. I'm glad that you find why Sunset accepted the new name, even reluctantly, made sense. Celestia is being a little too quick in dealing with her relationship with Sunset, and there is reasons behind it, and it will cause her a little grief with her sister and Discord, but in the end it will work out. Sorry if it seemed to rushed, and it will be awhile before the true past behind Sunset is revealed as it is a little different than canon. If you want to hear it, feel free to send me a message privately and I'll reply with what is going on. Only thing I ask is that you let me know what you think about it so I have another opinion on it. I'm sure Sunset would love the pool, I know I would love one and it would be great to have a bigger home. Our home is actually kind of small, but it's a home, so alls good.
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Thank you, I'll change them in a minute. Glad you found the chapter sweet.
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Sunset adopt stories is pretty good, and I do have to admit Fluttershy and Sunset can make a cute couple.
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Thanks, glad the pacing seemed a bit better, it is a little hard to keep a good pace. Glad you enjoyed it though.
5508973 I just thought it was funny that you complained about SunShy on my story... And now here you are here!
5509664 Oh. I'm sorry if I gave the impression that I felt the whole thing about Celestia's will seemed rushed, that was not my intention. I understand that she must have good reasons for it, I was just saying that without the knowledge of what those reasons are that I'd have to agree with Discord about her easing off the gas on trusting everything she has to someone that I'm pretty sure she barely knows.
And about Sunset's past, I'm not sure if I'm the best person for it, but I'd happily give input on it if you'd still like me to, however having only made an account here recently, I'm not exactly sure how to use private messages. sorry
Again, sorry about the wording from my original comment giving you the impression that I thought the bit about Celestia's will felt rushed, I'm just not all that great at wording what my thoughts actually are.
-BiomasterM2
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It's okay, I have lots of trouble writing what I mean a lot of times and I'm sure often times what I do get out is taken differently than what I meant a lot of times lol. Anyways, at the top of the screen next to the bell and world icons is a letter icon. I'll sen you a message through that and when you get it a number will appear like it does for notifications and feed stuff. You can reply directly from inside.
And I'm really glad that you like the story.
5510102 Okay, thanks for the help.
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Your very welcome and I sent the mesage
5509805 I can't remember the exact chronology, but as a matter of fact I read this story and yours pretty much within the same hour or at least on the same day which made the SunShy shipping all that more prominent in my head.
Yeesh, Celestia's ridiculously rich!
Two words: "Update SOON!"
Just take my like...
When will the next chapter be posted?
5309790 Jesus Christ you're everywhere aren't you?
5309729 online? Update? Illuminati?
This fic has single handedly made me love sunset more, and love EQG Celestia more than I did
Midnight: Aw, Sunset was SO CUTE at the end there!
Me: No! Bad OC! Bad
Midnight: What?
Me: You're not allowed to hit on other Sunset's from other stories!
Midnight: Sowwy
5546865 I don't know this like the 3rd or 4th story I have seen you on lol just go's to show even with how many users are on you always keep running into the same bunch because of like minded taste in stories (Just another timelord, Pinklestia ,Town crier and yourself are just some of the users I keep running into)
Despite the occasional errors, I am loving this fic! After reading a similar one that just turned me off, I feel relieved in having found this one that actually is both well written and loyal to the canon at the time. Hell, the part of human Sunset makes sense...even though it is sad, and makes me both very sad for Celestia's loss and extremely happy that Sunrise is now her adopted daughter. I really have to wonder what DHX has in mind for human Sunset Shimmer, though...we got human Twilight, and I have a feeling that the next movie will have something to do with both Twilights (which I worry about there not having been a dimensional paradox with them briefly meeting before the credits of Friendship Games), and possibly the inclusion of actual human Sunset Shimmer. Like, Equestria Girls: Seeing Double or Equestria Girls: Double Trouble. What if human Sunset is a really bad person or something? I'm excited to see the fourth installation of the series...as well as what Starlight Glimmer has in store for the finale. Twilight mentioned time travel or something like that...I gotta wonder.
Yeah, you probably shouldn't bring that up with Celestia.
Molestia alert! Molestia alert!
False alarm. Move along.
*checks for romance tag*
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I think after almost starving she not going to be picky about anything edible
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Molestia? an explanation please 😅 😅
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Molested and Celestia combined.