The morning after finally discovering the truth about Scootaloo's home life. Learning that, whilst not bad ponies and certainly loving their daughter, Scootaloo's parents can't provide their filly with the foalhood she deserves. Thus, Rainbow Dash is left with an important decision to make. She has been as sister to Scootaloo for so long, but does she have the maturity and patience necessary to be the guardian, the mother, that Scootaloo really needs?

Princess Celestia has finally decided to introduce her two prized pupils to each other, hoping that together they'll finally start to appreciate the beauty and magic of friendship. Sunset may be proud and brash, and Twilight might be obsessive and oblivious at times, but surely they'll get along fine, right?

They'll go above and beyond that in time, but the road they'll take to get there is a rocky one.

Written for Oroboro's Sunset Shipping Contest: Changing Seasons

Cover art by Novel-Idea
Original Sunset and Twilight image by Sikander-MLP

Featured on September 1, 2017!

Updated 10/27/17: Minor edits to existing chapters; 3 new chapters added (Reconciliation, The Twilight Zone, Sowing Seeds)
Updated 11/27/17: Cover art added!