//------------------------------// // 2nd Wish // Story: 12 Wishes for a Shimmering Christmas // by Kamen Rider SEGADash //------------------------------// “What’s goin’ on Fluttershy?” AJ asked, when Fluttershy had called a small meeting between the five of them, Fluttershy at the moment playing a game on her 3DS. “Uh… w-w-well… remember that assignment from our English class today?” Fluttershy asked. “I don’t get why we need to take English. I speak English good,” Pinkie replied,  making Rainbow, Rarity and Applejack all sigh. “Well… uh… Sunset dropped hers, and when I tried to get her attention to return it… I couldn’t,” Fluttershy stated, as she handed them the paper, with Fluttershy struggling to read it, “She’s from another word, and in said world, she has no hands, how can she write cursive so good?” “Let me read it,” Rarity sighed, taking the paper and reading it, “Let’s see here… ‘1.‘Have a roof over my head for the holidays, 2. Decorate a Christmas Tree, 3. Go Christmas Caroling, 4. Bake cookies and other holiday sweets, 5. Get a plushie of a Luma from SMG, 6. Get a copy of Super Smash Bros for 3DS, 7. Get a 3DS, 8. Go on a sleigh ride, 9. Drink Hot Cocoa by the fireplace with friends, 10. Help out the less fortunate, 11. Have a candy Christmas Calendar, and’... uh… uh... ‘12. Have a mistletoe kiss with Fluttershy.’ Oh my...” “Wait… what’s this mean, Fluttershy?” Dash wondered. “...uh… uh…” Fluttershy stuttered. “*gasp*  Could this mean that Sunset has a crush on you, Fluttershy!?” Pinkie asked. “Uh… uh…” “That’s not important, Pinkie.  What is is what else is on this list.  It’s as if Sunset… never properly celebrated Christmas,” AJ realized. “Well… she told me she doesn’t have Christmas where she’s from… she has a similar holiday… and it’s about being close to your loved ones… if I remember correctly…” Fluttershy informed, trying to remember what Sunset had told her. “Ah… Ah see…” “But what I do remember her saying, she never had a family to celebrate it with. Her adopted mother from there…” Fluttershy stated, as she pointed to the mirror that acted as a gateway back to Equestria, “Was almost always busy.” “Ohmygosh! Do you think that her real parents didn’t want to have any children and just abandoned her, and she was found by someone super important from that world, only for her to feel neglected by said super important person and then, out of feelings of jealousy, hurt and sadness came over here?!” Pinkie gasped, making the others stare at her. “Who knows?” they all shrugged, as Fluttershy looked to the list. “Um… i-i-it may be the case. Demo… I think we should all do our best to give her the best Christmas every, and fufill every wish on this list,” “I’m admittedly surprised that ‘reunite with adopted parent’ isn’t on the list,” Pinkie admitted, with Rainbow giving Pinkie a bonk on the head. “That’s probably something sensitive to her,” Rainbow figured. “And a crush isn’t?” Rarity responded. “Um… th-th-the point is that I think is that, we should make it special for her.” Fluttershy smiled. “Yea! We can help her by setting up the things on her list!” Pinkie smiled, as Rarity looked over the first one again. “Sounds like she just wants a new home to live in,” Rarity figured. “Wait… where does Sunset live?” Rainbow wondered. “Applebloom once said she saw Sunset by Faust Ave. and Strong Blvd,” AJ informed. “Isn’t that where an orphanage is?” Rarity asked, before it all dawned on them. “Didn’t we have a discussion like this earlier today?” Rainbow asked. “Not sure,” the others shrugged. Sunset had walked slowly to the streets that her friends were just talking about, sighing as she turned down Faust Ave. and saw the orphanage where she had been living.  Looking depressed, she just walked up and sat down on the steps, she tried to curl up in her blanket as best as she could, simply letting tears drip down from her eyes. “U-Uh… S-Sunset?” she heard a voice speak up as she saw Fluttershy and Rarity. “Hi…” she waved, trying to pretend that she didn’t live there. “Are you okay, dear?” Rarity asked. “Just trying to not be cold…” she responded, as Rarity glanced into a nearby window of the orphanage, noticing a familiar face, “Is that Coco?” “Oh? You know her?” “She’s my apprentice. You know her too?” Rarity responded. “Yea… she’s… one of my few friends,” Sunset sighed, “Aside from you five anyway.” “I see… but… why’s she here?  Is she an orphan too?” Sunset blinked, knowing that they knew where she lived, “Wait… how did you two find me?” “Applebloom pointed us in the right direction,” Rarity informed. “Why didn’t you ever tell us?” Fluttershy asked. “I didn’t want you two making such a fuss…” Sunset sighed. “Oh… w-w-well…” Fluttershy stuttered, as Sunset sniffled a little bit due to the cold, “W-Why don’t we get you some place warm?” “Wh-Wh-Why?” “Do you want to live there?” Rarity asked. “...not really. It’s cold in there… and…” Sunset shivered before she looked and leaned in close, “The person in charge isn’t very nice…” Rarity and Fluttershy gave a worried look to her, Fluttershy seemingly getting an idea and whispering it to Rarity. “...do you think you can stay here for a few more days… we have a plan,” Rarity told Sunset. “O...Okay,” Sunset sniffled, as Rarity and Fluttershy both smiled to her. “Come on… smile, smile,” Fluttershy told Sunset, making her giggle a little. “Since when were you laughter?” Sunset joked. “They do sound similar,” Rarity added. The three just started laughing in response. Sunset soon walked inside, going into her room, which was fairly damaged, and had some paint peeling off, there were three sets of bunkbeds, and inside one of them was occupied by a girl with peach skin, light blue hair, matching eyes, and a pink topless shirt, a blue skirt, lavender jacket, red scarf, and lavender shoes. “Hello Miss Sunset,” Coco smiled. “Hey,” Sunset waved, “And please, just call me Sunset, no need for the ‘Miss’, Coco.” “Sorry…” Coco sighed. “You never told me you knew Rarity,” Sunset stated, making Coco raise an eyebrow. “...You… you never asked,” Coco pointed out. Sunset giggled a little, before sitting on the bunk that belonged to her, which Coco was currently sitting in. “Sorry, was I… just trying to keep it warm for you, since you’re out most of the day,” Coco responded, going above Sunset’s bunk. “It’s okay, Coco.  Thanks,” Sunset smiled as she tried to relax a little, peeking at her bag, which she had set aside. “Sup?” a new voice said, as a girl with orange hair and eyes, turquoise skin, and wearing a black t-shirt with a lightning bolt design, green shorts, green shoes and a green jacket with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows. “Hi Miss Lighting,” Coco waved. “Just… Lightning,” the girl told Coco, walking up next to Sunset, simply smiling at her, “Sunset, how are you?” “Been better,” she admitted, as Lightning took out a box of chocolate covered marshmallows and handed them to the two of them, “Thanks.” “Took a lot of effort to sneak this in, I hope you enjoy it,” Lightning smiled. Sunset just smiled, trying one, before she smiled happily. Sunset simply tried to sleep that evening, but had some trouble, squirming under her thin covers, simply trying to keep warm. ‘...why’d I have to have such little control of my emotions? If I had just talked with Celestia… I’d still be at home… Twilight… come back soon’ Sunset thought, ‘I miss you… and I miss my mom as well.’ Sunset simply sat outside, school having been canceled that day due to the snow, but she didn’t have much to do. She had finished some chores and was simply sitting out in the snow, simply due to it being nice to sit in, due to the heavy snowfall having ended and the snow not being very cold. “Hey,” someone waved to Sunset, revealing her to be a girl with electric blue hair, pale skin, a white and electric shirt, blue shorts, black glasses with purple lenses, and a blue jacket. “Oh, hello Vinyl,” Sunset waved. “What’s up?” “Just enjoying the day off… I suppose,” Sunset shrugged. “Oh, okay. So… I heard from somebody you live in an orphanage,” Vinyl replied, making Sunset gasped in surprise and shock. “...yea…” Sunset nodded, sighing. “Hey, don’t feel glum about it. You have friends there, don’t you?” “Well… true…” Sunset nodded. “You’re a nice person Sunset. I hope that you can have a Merry Christmas,” Vinyl smiled. “...my caretaker hates Christmas…” Sunset sighed. “What?! Why?” “...I’ve never known why…” “Sounds like a weird thing.  Seems she could be a regular Ebenezer Scrooge.” Sunset gave a small shrug, before Vinyl pulled her into a small hug, “Hey, chin up. Hmm… Rarity told me about your situation… and… well… we managed to pull some strings…” Sunset gave a confused look to her, as Fluttershy walked on over next. “We came up with an idea to slip you out of there and someplace that you would dub a ‘real home’. A sleepover… at… my place. Coco will stay with Rarity, and Lightning will stay with Rainbow. Does that sound good?” “Uh… s-sure. I’ll… get my stuff,” Sunset whispered back, walking inside the orphanage to gather her belongings, before turning to where her caretaker was, noticing she wouldn’t really care if she, or anyone else, was gone. Sunset and Fluttershy had walked up to her place, it looked almost Japanese like from the outside from the structure of the house to the gardens around it.  Sunset was amazed by this, as Fluttershy led her in, when Sunset saw a woman in the kitchen, who happened to have white skin and gray hair while wearing a blue top, a white jacket, blue jeans and brown slippers. After a moment, Sunset saw another girl playing a game on the Wii U, and this girl looked like she could be Fluttershy’s twin, they had the same skin, eye and hair color, but this girl had a shorter cut, and she was currently wearing a green shirt, pink pants with a triple tulip design. “Uh… do you have a twin?” “She’s my cousin,” Fluttershy informed, “People get us confused for each other and twins all the time. This is my cousin Posey.” “Oh. You never said you were going to have other company,” Posey said, in a voice semi-similar to Rarity. “Sorry Posey, but Vinyl helped set this up,” Fluttershy apologized. “Wait… Vinyl? Why?” “She doesn’t like seeing anyone unhappy during the holidays,” Fluttershy answered. “...well… if I had to spend the holidays with anyone… it would be you,” Sunset smiled, making Fluttershy blush a tiny bit. Sunset walked off to explore a little bit, when Posey looked to Fluttershy. “...do you two have a thing?” Posey asked. This made Fluttershy blush before she walked over to her cousin, “No… but… we are close…” “Ah,” Posey nodded.