Today is the 984th Summer Sun Celebration. Through incessant whining and an unbreakable will, Sunset Shimmer has finally convinced Princess Celestia to find a way to take the day off and spend it with her. The problem is, with so little to distract her now that she's free of the constant duties of Princess for a day, she has far, far too much time to think...
This story takes place in the same timeline and three years before It's Always Such a Pleasure
This story was inspired by Buttercup by Jack Stauber
Chapters (1)
That is such good cover art.
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Oof
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Hmm? I'm not sure what you're talking about. There's no error.
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Also, thanks, I drew it myself.
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Good man
Hey m8, the embed tag doesn’t work in story descriptions.
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TIL, thanks
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Yee
An incredible fic! Super cute!
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Thanks, glad you liked it.
I'd never thought to correlate Sunset and Buttercup, but there are a lot of commonalities between the two. Oh, the tragedy this foreshadows... I have to wonder if Celestia thought back to this moment after the portal shut. I have to wonder if she thought of it after Applejack turned out to be one of the mares who brought Luna back to her. Brilliantly balanced bittersweetness. Thank you for it.
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Well you know it's always such a pleasure to write my two favorite ponies, even if one just so happens to be a happy little foal in this story. Glad you liked it.
The theme of the contest this was written for was 'candy,' and the prompt was 'bittersweet.' I ended up only getting 1/4th the way through during the hour though and decided to go ahead and finish it. It is a lot of fun to write little Sunset and Celestia together, so maybe this saga will see more later on.
I NEVER SAW THIS PARALLEL HUH