"First, you need to stand up," Sunset Shimmer said. She was quietly wondering how things had turned from a cup of coffee with a friend to this. Then she realizied that it was in no way different than what had happened the day before between her mentor and her.
Wallflower Blush stood up and nervously crossed her arms against herself like a hug.
"Next you'll need to, umm, drop your pants. You can, uhh, keep your undies on and I'll pull them down when you're on my lap, okay?"
Wallflower Blush didn't do anything, but did let out a tiny squeak.
Sunset Shimmer coughed. "Would you like me to do it for you?"
Another meek eep, followed by a tiny nod.
Sunset Shimmer reached up and opened the buttons of Wallflower Blush's jeans, then pulled them down to her knees. From underneath she revealed a pair of neutral white panties. Next she gently took a hold of Wallflower Blush's sweater-covered wrist and gently directed her across her lap so the other half of her upper body was on the couch. She didn't meet any resistance as the girl took her position. Wallflower Blush felt quite heavy over her lap, despite being partly on the couch, reminding her of one of the biggest advantages Princess Celestia had over even a grown mare. She pushed her fingers under the band of Wallflower Blush's undies and gently pulled them down, eliciting another eep and a shiver from the girl. As she stared at the thin rump of the girl she was (confusingly enough) about to spank, the realization hit Sunset Shimmer. "Uhh... we might have a problem."
"Huh?" Wallflower Blush asked. "You're not having second thoughts? 'Cos I sure am."
"No, it's that, well... if I spank you with my bare hand on your bare skin..."
"Ohh. Your magic," Wallflower Blush replied.
Sunset Shimmer tried to look around for a solution to her problem, and it was closer than she expected. The hairbrush she'd thrown on the table before, with it's sleek, oblong back, caught her eye. "Umm, I know you're not gonna like this, but I think I just figured out a solution." She reached for the hairbrush, then handed it over to Wallflower Blush.
"Are you serious?" Wallflower Blush asked, hear voice clearly carrying a note of fear with it.
"I'd need to use something to not activate my magic. And to be honest, I'm not sure if I could give you what you need with my hand alone." She put a comforting hand on the small of Wallflower Blush's back. "Or we can call the whole thing off if you want?" She was almost hoping for the other girl to say yes.
Wallfower Blush shook her head, her messy hair hiding her face as it fell down. She handed the hairbrush back. "I think I need this."
"Okay." Sunset Shimmer tried to put on a slightly more authoritative voice, trying to imitate her own mentor. "I'm going to give you a spanking with the hairbrush. It will hurt a lot. When I start, I won't stop until I think we're done. I want you to think why you've ended up in this situation." She took a short breath. "Are you ready? If you are, you have to ask for me to spank you, and there's no going back after that."
There was a silence that felt like it just kept stretching and stretching, until finally Sunset Shimmer could see Wallflower Blush squeeze her hands into tight fists against the couch. "Please, spank me for the things I did."
That was the moment Sunset Shimmer had been dreading. She pulled her arm back and brought the back of her hairbrush down on Wallflower Blush's bottom with a voice loud enough to even surprise her. The girl on her lap squirmed a bit, but made no other sound. She repeated the smack on the other buttock, with a similar response. Was she going too easy? Should there be more yelps of pain? She decided to put a bit more strenght behind her next smack, which brought out a tiny grunt and squeeze of buttocks from Wallflower Blush. Sunset Shimmer decided that it would do for now and tried to keep that amount of force in the next few strikes.
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Wallflower Blush moved her hips in clear discomfort.
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"Nnngh."
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Sunset Shimmer tried to think on how her spanking had proceeded the day before, but it was all a blur of confused memories and emotions. It didn't help that her own emotions at the current moment were conflicted as well. She was quickly finding that she didn't like giving a spanking at all, feeling awful for hitting her friend. Wallflower Blush seemed to be dealing quite well with it, but Sunset Shimmer felt hot tears burning behind her own eyes. Was she doing the right thing? Was this how Princess Celestia felt? Hadn't she been crying after her spanking as well? What had she gotten herself into?
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"Owww..." Wallflower Blush whined, now moving her hips quite a lot more from side to side, forcing Sunset Shimmer to pull her closer so she wouldn't fall of her lap.
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To both Sunset Shimmer's relief and horror, the spanking was working. Wallflower Blush had just given her first kick, or buck as the pony inside her called it. She could see pink circles over the girl's bottom wherever the handbrush had landed. The colour was still quite a pale pink, which made Sunset Shimmer realize that she would actually have to hit even harder.
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"Owww! Owwww!" Wallflower Blush whined, squeezing the cushion of the couch in her fist.
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Sunset Shimmer stopped for a moment. "How does it feel?" she asked.
"It hurts!" Wallflower Blush answered, clearly scared and nervous.
"We'll get through this together. I'm sorry I have to do this, but it's what you wanted and... and what you deserve."
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"Owww! Aaahhh! I think I'm done!"
Sunset Shimmer stopped again. "I'm sorry, but it doesn't work like that. I told you, I'd keep doing it until I was done." She remembered how Princess Celestia had treated her the day before, and knew that the real spanking was only about to start. There was a long way ahead for both of the girls.
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"Okay! Okay! Please stop!"
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"H-hey! Come on! Owww!"
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Sunset Shimmer knew exactly what was going through the mind of the girl on her lap. She'd thought she could take it bravely, yet now that the chips were down, it was getting far worse than she expected. Sunset Shimmer felt it was best not to interrupt the spanking to talk, instead concentrating on peppering the pink bottom on her lap thoroughly.
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"Oww! Okay! I've learned my lesson! Please stop!"
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"It hurts! Pleaase!"
Sunset Shimmer felt that the time had come. She'd been avoiding the tender sit spots where Wallflower Blush's tush joined her thighs.
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"OWWW! OWWW! STOP! PLEASE!"
Sunset Shimmer had to grab Wallflower Blush's hands with her free hand as she reached back to cover her rear, trying to hold them to the girl's back from the sleeves so she wouldn't activate her magic. To her relief she could hold Wallflower Blush still well enough.
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"OWWW! PLEASE STOP!"
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Wallflower Blush tried to escape, pushing herself away from Sunset Shimmer's lap. Despite holding onto the girl's wrists, Sunset Shimmer had to use both of her hands to pull her back.
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"S-Stop! *sob* Please stop, Sunset! Please! *sob*"
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The sobs and panicked pleas cut straight through Sunset Shimmer. She wanted nothing more than to throw her horrid hairbrush away and give the girl on her lap a hug and tell her that everything was okay. She also knew that now was the most critical part and she should push through just a bit longer.
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"OWWW! Please! Please! Omigosh! Please! Sunset!"
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There were angry red spots all over Wallflower Blush's bottom now. Sunset Shimmer decided it was time. She stopped her barrage and wiped some sweat from her brow she hadn't even noticed before. Wallflower Blush sniffled on her lap. "Now I want you to tell me why you're getting this punishment."
There were a few sniffles, but no other answer.
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"Oww! Okay! *sob* Okay! I was... I used the Memory Stone to steal everyone's memories! I.. *sob* I used it to make everyone forget you because I was stupid and childish and thought that if you weren't around I'd maybe get noticed or something. I don't know! *sob*
"I think you know exactly what you did," Sunset Shimmer said. The words sent cold shivers running through herself and she felt like she wanted to throw up. She tapped the hairbrush against Wallflower Blush's bottom.
"N-no! No more. I... was so angry. At you and everyone else. Everyone always told me how high school was the best time of my life and how I'd make friends that would last my whole life and how I'd maybe get a boyfriend or do fun club stuff and all I could do was stand to the side when everyone else was having fun. And then there was you! Doing whatever you wanted for years, bullying people with nobody doing anything about it! And then one night you just got forgiven for everything. It was so unfair! You'd been so horrible to everyone, including me, and you got off with a slap on the wrist!"
The words stabbed Sunset Shimmer deep. It was all true.
"I was so lonely all the time! Then I found that Memory Stone and started using it for every little thing I messed up. And soon everyone seemed to completely forget me. I was invisible wherever I went. Then I saw you with all your friends having fun, playing in a band, hanging out at the beach, working on the yearbook, and I just wanted to pay you back. I wanted everyone to treat you like you deserved!"
The amount of hate still flowing from the demure girl was overwhelming to Sunset Shimmer. She couldn't stop herself and placed a hand against the girl's bottom.
Flashes of people passing by. Of Sunset Shimmer and her friends laughing together in the cafeteria as Wallflower Blush sat in a corner table all alone. Rainbow Dash and Applejack hugging Sunset Shimmer when she showed them her latest 100 on a test. Rarity giving her a new dress to wear at a club on Friday. Sunset Shimmer working on the yearbook, wondering how a lot of the stuff was already done that she thought was still on the to do -list, only to shrug and continue, not caring about the girl dilligently working next to her. Wallflower Blush crying into her cellphone, listening to her mother's voicemail. Wallflower Blush sitting in the corner of her trashed bedroom.
And finally of using the the Memory Stone to remove the memories of people whenever she said something awkward or later on, just wanted not to be bothered. So scared of making the wrong expression, so afraid of making a mistake and losing even the slightest chance to make a friend that it was easier to just erase it all and try again. Except soon she stopped trying altogether, giving up on ever finding anyone to connect with.
Along the flashes Sunset Shimmer could hear Wallflower Blush's desperate voice shouting. "I don't want to be alone!" "I hate you Mom and Dad!" "Why does she get to have all the fun friends!" "Mom! Dad! Where are you... please just talk with me" "Why doesn't everyone hate her! She deserves to be hated! She deserves to be feared!" "Please! Somebody! Be my friend!"
The anger, disappointment, loneliness, desperation, it came crushing in. Tears were falling from Sunset Shimmer's eyes, rolling down her cheeks, unnoticed by the girl on her lap.
Wallflower Blush continued her confession. "And now I find out how awful you were actually feeling all the time and I know you didn't deserve any of the stuff I did and I was just being stupid and selfish about it. I never thought how you actually felt, only being jealous about what I thought you had! I just wanted to crawl into a hole and *sob* never come out and then all of you just smiled and forgave me. Why? How could you *sob* do it so easily? I don't get it! I just *sob* don't get it!" The rest of her words came out in an unintelligible blubbering, the floodgates finally having burst.
Sunset Shimmer tried to steady her breathing. "Let it all out. You don't have to keep it in any more and we'll finish this" She swallowed the lump in her throat and pulled her hand back.
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There were no more words. No more pleas or even resistance. Sunset Shimmer could feel the girl on her lap crumble into a bawling little child. She could make out an occasional word from underneath the torrent of tears. Once she was pretty sure she heard "mom" in there, somewhere. She slowed her pace and reduced her force, until she was barely making a sound as she continued the spanking, to drive it to finish. She gave the girl a few dozen more gentle smacks on her unresisting bottom, only stopping when Wallflower Blush finally had cried herself out enough to just sob quietly. "Shhh. It's over now," she whispered. She guided the girl up from her lap so Wallflower Blush was kneeling on the carpet between Sunset Shimmer's legs. They hugged each other tightly, this time both crying freely.
"I'm so sorry," Wallflower Blush whispered.
"You're forgiven," Sunset Shimmer answered. She stroked the other girl's hair, then back, and finally wanted to give her a soothing stroke on her sore rump, but once again, the magic took hold.
Peace. White, calm, empty, peace. A small flickering image of smiling friends from the Garden Club. Another of Wallflower on her knees after the Memory Stone had been destroyed, and Sunset Shimmer offering her a hand in friendship. This time there was no hesitation when Wallflower Blush took that hand.
Sunset Shimmer sighed as a tiny smile spread on her face. It had been all worth it for both of them, it seemed. They held each other for a while longer, Wallflower Blush finally able to cry out of happiness and relief and not loneliness or sorrow. Sunset slowly reached down and pulled Wallflower Blush's panties back up. She tried to do the same to the girl's jeans, but apparently they'd been kicked off somewhere during the spanking. At least now she could give those soothing rubs on Wallflower Blossom's rump through her underwear she deserved.
After a while longer, Wallflower Blush sighed and pulled back slightly. She stood up and gave a meek smile. "Umm, could I use your bathroom?"
Sunset Shimmer pointed at a door and watched as the other girl left to clean her face. As her eyes hit on the tops of Wallflower Blush's legs, a shiver went through her. Had she really made those red marks? Disgusted, she looked at the hairbrush and threw it behind the couch, hoping she wouldn't find it for a while.
A few minutes later, Wallflower Blush returned. She was again smiling, but as she saw Sunset Shimmer's face, she frowned. "The bathroom's free," she said.
Sunset Shimmer lifted a confused eyebrow, but walked to the bathroom. The face that looked at her from the mirror gave her quite a shock. Frazzled hair, red eyes, snotty nose and mascara running everywhere. She quickly started washing her face as well. When she returned, she found Wallflower Blush lying on her belly on the couch, still in her undies.
"I was gonna put on my pants but then I sat down and it kinda hurt a lot so I decided that if it's okay I'll stay on my belly for a little while." Wallflower Blush gave a crooked smile, one spanking survivor to another, which Sunset Shimmer gladly shared.
"Yeah, I slept on my belly last night. I guess you'll do that tonight too. I hope you're okay with the couch? The loft can't really fit two and I hear I roll around when I sleep."
Wallflower Blush looked at her in confusion. "You want me to stay here?"
"I don't want you to be alone tonight, that's all. You can stay, right?"
Wallflower Blush's lower lip trembled a bit as she nodded.
They ate a little late-evening snack, talked late into the night about anything and everything and made jokes about sunspots and blossoming wallflowers.
During the night, Sunset Shimmer heard soft crying from the couch below. She climbed down and sat down next to Wallflower Blush. They held each other wordlessly for a long while before Wallflower Blush fell back asleep. Sunset Shimmer couldn't help but notice that the other girl hadn't stopped smiling throughout her tears.