Sunset should be happy. She's completely reformed from her old ways, help saved the human world multiple times, and has many friends she considers closer than family. And yet, underneath all the good she now has, some part of her can't help but feel like she hasn't truly earned it. She hides this feeling well, even from herself at times, but when she suspects that one of her new friends is struck with the same feeling, she'll find that she can't ignore the truth that's right in front of her. And maybe she'll find that mutual feelings mean more than she could have ever expected...
An entry for Oroboro's Sunset Shipping contest (at the very last minute... again). I'm proving to be very bad at keeping to any kind of timeline/deadline... But hey, at least it's done! Once again, not planning to win anything with this story, just wanted to add my humble submission to glorious sunwaifu the contest. Just the contest...
Enjoy the story!
P.S. I expect a Juniper character tag to be created quite soon specifically for the sake of this story. I'm waiting Fimfiction... Edit: Mission Accomplished. Heh heh. 
Edit: Okay, so I just took a second look at the contest page and I noticed something I completely skipped over when originally reading the contest. Apparently there was an actual prompt we were supposed to follow when writing... Which I totally and accidentally ignored and did not use in the slightest. Whoops. 
Ah well, way too late to fix it now and to be honest trying to shoe-horn that in there would have been really annoying anyway with all the other stuff I had in mind. So meh, if it disqualifies me from consideration then so be it. I hope you guys enjoy the story anyway.
I used to be a hardcore SunLight shipper, but this...This right here is my new OTP. I would never have even considered shipping these two, but you did an excellent job convincing me otherwise. Congrats on that. The characters were well written and you did an amazing job portraying their struggles without being too telling or overly dramatic. Over all this was a well written and believable romance that didn't feel too rushed for a one shot. This is going in the favorites.
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*Chuckles maniacally* Yes... The first step in my plan to supplant all Sunset ships with Suniper has been completed. Soon, very soon, I shall plant Suniper as the RULING SHIP OF THE GLORIOUS SUNWAIFU, and all will bend to its majesty! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Also, thank you very much for the praise. Glad you enjoyed it.
Huh, was wondering who the hell juniper was and now i have to watch the stuff i missed when i get home. Hopefully they have nothing to do with that tree gaylord from the camp.
This was good though. Was having to piece stuff together with context clues but that wasn't too difficult.
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Hmmm... I never thought about what this story would be like for somebody who hasn't seen the new trio of Equestria Girl Specials... So, um, short version: Juniper had a super condensed version of SciTwi's too-much-magic transformation and briefly ran-amok through the mall until she was stopped and turned to normal. And I do mean super condensed, it took up less than half of a 20ish minute short. I think...
The main difference between Juni and SciTwi was that Twi was being peer pressured into doing something she didn't want to do, while Juni seemingly didn't care about the risks and just went ahead and kept using the magic even when told it was dangerous. A small but important distinction in motivation but one that the crux of the fic is built upon.
Oh also, spoilers for the Movie Magic/Mirror Magic specials I guess... I mean, you really probably should watch them before reading a fic with one of its primary new characters heavily involved in the story.
Eh, spoilers don't bother me. I feel that if somebody can't enjoy a movie after they learn something about it or learn the ending then they don't deserve to watch it in the first place and should grow a pair.
And yeah, i was able to figure out relatively what happened through the story. It was mostly the start where i had trouble.
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Good on yah then. Hope you enjoyed the story anyway despite any confusion.
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Oh for sure. It was pretty good. Probably would have been better if i hadn't been saturating myself in Sunset ships from the contest, but that's entirely my fault for the shipping overload.
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There can never be enough Sunset!
But yeah, best to spread the Glorious Sun Worship out a bit so that it doesn't overwhelm you with its greatness.
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It's literally all I've been doing for the past few work days. Starting to burn out lol.
கதை நன்றாக இருந்தது! நான் கதாபாத்திரங்களின் வளர்ச்சிக்கும் காட்சிக்கும் இடையில் நீங்கள் மாற்றப்பட்ட வழிவையும் நேசித்தேன்! உங்கள் விளக்கம் எனக்கு மகிழ்ச்சியை அளித்தது, நீ நன்றாகவே நம்புகிறேன்! நீங்கள் சலவை சாஸ் வைக்க வேண்டாம் உறுதி!
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... I have no idea what language this is but I assume you enjoyed the story so... thanks?
The shipping's a little pat, but I still liked this. :)
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I am unsure of the meaning of the usage of 'pat' in this instance, but I'm happy you enjoyed it. Might even be continuing with this little ship in the near future~
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Like, standard? Expected? Unexciting? "Falling for your savior" is a classic trope, is my point, but you did some excellent character work that carries the story regardless. :)
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Thanks. When I was coming up with the idea for the story, I kinda struggled about for a bit to figure out a motivation for the two to be attracted to each other aside from the obvious of 'you're pretty, thus I like you'. Thus I hit upon the similarities they had in their actions made that the linchpin of the story, which I'm rather proud of actually.
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And you definitely do draw them together in terms of what they've been through. It was nice seeing what you came up with for Juniper in particular. :)
Congratulations, you helped give me the final push to get Juniper to show up early in Bridge canon.
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Well okay then.
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here is what translate said
I can guess all of the movies except this one, what was 'Shark Jaw' supposed to be?
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Jaws. Not the most creative reference name but, well... Jaws is a very simple title.
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Okay I guess you are right about that