Bounce.
“Mommy!”
Bounce, bounce.
“Wake up!”
Bounce, bounce, bounce.
Sunset slowly opened her eyes. “What?” she mumbled, reaching for the alarm clock. “What time is it?”
“Grandma's about to raise the sun!” Stardust jumped excitedly.
Closing her eyes, Sunset groaned and turned over. Stretching out, she found the other half of the bed empty. “Where's mommy?”
“On the porch with everybody else. Or, is it everypony else...?”
“Either is acceptable.” A smile crossed her lips when she heard Wallflower's voice.
“Morning, my love. I have a nice pot of coffee with your name on it.”
“I knew there was a reason I married you.” Slowly, she pulled herself from the bed and followed her girls out onto the porch. As they stepped out, the faintest of rays light began peeking over the horizon.
“Come on, Grandma!” Stardust shouted, flying into the air, “You. Can. Do it!”
Honey joined in the cheer. “Go, Grandma!”
Sunset took a sip of her coffee. She may have seen it a thousand times, but it never failed to amaze her. She and Wallflower stood behind their foals. Her wife pressed against her. Sunset looked around. “We're missing something.”
“What?”
It took Sunset a moment before she charged up her horn. In a flash of red light, a sunflower appeared. Sunset placed it in Wallflower's mane. “Because you're my sun, Flower.”
“You're my Sunset. And hopeless.”
“It worked then...” She pouted into her coffee.
“And, sadly,” her lips met Sunset's, “it still works now.”
Applause arose from the children as the sun came into full view in the sky.
Their parents missed it.
They were experiencing a rise of their own.