Sunset Shimmer talks to Twilight about her feelings of idolization towards Celestia, and about the person she can only become without her.
Takes place during Rainbow Rocks.
Cover art: "Sunset Shimmer" by Koveliana on DeviantArt
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I await all the tearful Sunlestia reunion stories to come.
I absolutely loved this. Sunset Shimmer is best pony.
5084731 Me too.
5084731 You and me both. Sunset was amazing in that movie; she needs more love.
5085460 Amen to that! Though your awesome profile pic is working hard to take the top spot.
5085496 I'm glad the feels were strong with this one.
So beautiful! Sunlestia reunion? Yes Yes?
Great story here. This is something I wish had happened in the movie, but it was too short for that to happen. I like Rainbow Rocks, but I felt they should have given some more personal time to Sunset like your story does here. She still had a fairly good showing in the movie, but I wanted more Sunset Shimmer. I wanted more Twilight and Sunset together like how you have them here. So great story!
It was very nice and sweet.
Brilliant, beautiful job! Sunset Shimmer is such an interesting character, and you've more than done her justice here!
5087725 Maybe maybe? I'd love to see someone tackle it.
5087845 I felt the exact same way in theater. Twilight and Sunset have this fascinating bond as Celestia's former proteges, but it felt criminally underused. Hopefully we'll see more of them together in the possible third movie. Glad you liked the story!
5087937 Thanks so much! I agree, Rainbow Rocks sent Sunset flying to my top ten pony list, and I'd love to see her return in another movie.
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*Snorts* Well it sure as heck wouldn't be me. I'd probably ruin it.
5088193 Indeed, same here. Looking forward to Equestria Academy!
5088200 I don't know, if you had an idea for a Sunlestia reunion, then you should run with it. No reason why you can't try it out and later improve it if you want.
5088204 Equestria Academy? Wait, has the third movie been announced already?
Because that sounds so awesome! 
5088240 Actually, apparently it's a spin-off series rumored to premiere in France sometime in the next year or so.
5088254 No... you have to be joking... can the world really be ready for this?
HASBRO, TAKE ALL MY BITS.
5088282 LET'S START A DONATION POOL!
5088357 Wait until I get a credit card, then we'll start going places.
30 years later: #SunsetforPresident2044
5088387 I have a credit card... but it's depleted.
5088432 Ouch, that's rough. I'm too young to have one, but that's probably for the best. Otherwise I'd drive my family into poverty buying pony merch.
Beautifully and emotionally written. Thank you.
Selectively favorited.
5088629 You're very welcome! Thank you for the favorite!
5088456 Eh, I'll live. And it's probably for the best, as I myself have already nearly done that.
Nice! Always up for more Sunset Shimmer. She's basically turning the Mane 6 into the Mane 7. She's like the Green Ranger of MLP now.
Ooh, this was very nice. Sunset is a really interesting character, and her interactions and reminiscences with Twilight were lovely.
5089999 5090110 Go go Power Ponies! MLP x Power Rangers crossover, someone make it happen!
5090563 Thanks, friend!
Very well done. These are the kind of Slice of Life story's that I like. Keep up the good work.
5091827 Thank you! I'm glad you liked the story, I'll definitely continue trying to improve when writing in the Slice of Life genre.
That cover art>.>
I guess I will give this a read
Seriously beautiful. And believable.
Sunset Shimmer has easily become one of my favorite characters in the series, both encompassing regular MLP and EqG, and I think you did a wonderful job capturing her beautiful, melancholic personality in this story. There's something about her that draws attention, and I think you hit the nail on the head, so to speak.
First off, I really love your visuals- from the very beginning, your description of the sunrise had me. The symmetry of watching the sunrise and then at the same time putting the 'crescent moons' in her palms... wonderful. I appreciate the time it takes to make a reader see what you see, and I think you did an amazing job of doing exactly that without adding extra stuff in between that, while it wouldn't have made it any less memorable, would have slowed the scene down and been all but unnecessary.
I'll admit that I was sorely disappointed that they didn't make some additional time in the movie to give Twilight and Sunset a moment together when they were both being open with one another, and honestly I don't think the writers for the movie could have done a better job than you have here. I particularly liked Sunset's view of Princess Celestia and how her whole downward spiral was drawn from a desire to be closer to her; and so like Icarus was she that Sunset ended up plunging away from the very sun she strove to be near. Poetic, sad, and a great parallel to Twilight that shows both how similar and how different the two girls are.
And lastly, I would be remiss if I didn't mention your dialogue. It was to the point and, as far as I'm concerned, perfectly in character- I could hear the words in each of their voices, and at no point in the story did I sit back and go "Wow that sounded weird." or anything like that. It truly felt straight out of the movie, and the emotion you conveyed through it felt well-paced and true.
Overall, you've presented us with a beautiful work from Sunset's perspective that offers her a believable motivation for her actions, and I have to admit that I long for the day when she can go back through the mirror and see Princess Celestia once more. Thank you for sharing this with us.
5094489 Thank you!
5094864 Thank you so much for the detailed review! Besides the final battle, the kitchen scene with Twilight and Sunset was my favorite part of the movie, and like you, I was disappointed it wasn't expanded upon more. I wanted this story to read like a deleted scene of the movie, so I'm very glad I was able to achieve that goal in both tone and dialogue.
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I really liked it -- that was the moment when you truly realize that Twilight and Sunset are Not That Different. This adds extra meaning to the fact that they both find the same Humanoid man attractive. And what's more, under the spell of the Sirens, he hurts both their feelings!
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Well, here's hoping that we get to see a lot more of Sunset and Twilight in the next movie! I'd love to see the two of them develop their relationship further.
5096734
um you do realise that Twilight is an alicorn not a unicorn?
5097368 Absolutely. And yet the real beauty of it is that their similarity does not make Sunset a pre-Twilight. Each of them made different choices that set them on different destinies. And in some senses, Sunset is a better person than Twilight. Where Twilight has never really fallen from grace, Sunset has rejected and subsequently reimagined the essence of who she is as a person, and is stronger because of it. Though no longer to Lesson Zero extremes, Twilight may actually still be a young Sunset, relying on Celestia in order to feel validated, and... God, I love their dichotomy too much.
5107487 Oops.
Thanks for pointing out that error; I'll fix it right away.
5107990 You're welcome!
5088432 5088282 I'd help with that pool however until my next check I have exactly 3 pennies in my bank account. I kinda splurged a bit an underground brony convention in California last week.
5092798 You're welcome.
I actually enjoyed this quite a bit. I normally prefer a more even mix of narration and dialogue, but your dialogue was pretty strong. Well done.
That... is an interesting point.
Huh.
...Huh.
I think I actually agree.
In some ways Twilight was better than Sunset. Twilight was able to overcome her insecurities sooner, and even when she was anxious she was never as rude as Sunset (in fall of sunset shimmer the same students who approached twilight in episode 1 invite her; sunset rudely brushed them off.)
Twilight grew as a person, and actually understood the elements. Sunset is where twilight was at the start. She's learning about friendship, is growing as a human being. Twilight grew beyond sunset on her own; sunset is but had to be pushed.
You sure you're a high-schooler? A lot of people in my college classes weren't this good.
5154377 Very true, I'm glad you pointed that out. Twilight definitely deserves her crown, though I'd like to think that the two can still learn from each other.
5163303 Not all high schoolers spend their lives on instagram.
Though to be fair to your classmates, I've been writing fanfiction for about 2 1/2 years now, so that experience helps level the playing field somewhat. Glad to know you think my writing is on that level! 
5100550 Ja, they make such good friends and are very similar (not just that they are/were students of Celestia).
Beautiful story, I love how your stories can be so short but so meaningful and touching. Keep on writing!
I liked the fic, yeah I really like exploring different shades of Sunset's personality. But the end kinda puzzles me. Sunset struggled to get rid of Celestia's influence for such a long time and it's understandable that some of it still stays with her, but her last phrase sounds like she just gave up. I think that the healthy attitude towards Celestia for Sunset is somewhat in between adoration and rejection, and now she's still on the rejection part. It would be really difficult for her to meet Celestia now, and she'll likely start to cling to her again. Maybe you wanted to show that she's finally ready to meet Celestia without any danger to her personality, but I think it's still too early for that.
All in all, thank you.
6066425 I'm curious as to what you mean. The last paragraphs seem to iindicate that sunset knows she's only at the beginning of building herself up to where or perhaps who she wants to be. I don't think she will return till she's almost or entirely finished with that process.
6185856 To be honest, I don't remember already what the fic and my comment were about (no offence to the author, but I kinda read a lot). But if you ask the question with more details, I'll try to answer.
6187178
Basically I'm just curious as to what it is that sunset does to say that shes giving up or that shes going to meet with Celestia soon, i kinda got the opposite impression and was wondering whether I'd missed something important.
Sorry about the reply, i didn't realize how long ago it was haha. Yeah, there is a lot of Fanfic available and I understand what you mean.
As to the impression I got it was just that Sunsets working on her self and she wants to meet celestia, in the long term after thats finished. Also something about wanting to solve the whole dazzilings and all.
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I doubt that I meant that Sunset was going to meet Celestia soon, I just said that it was too early for that (but if only I could go to the past and ask myself why I said that, it kinda puzzles me too
). But I still think that Sunset's thoughts like "For you, my princess" or "She remembers, she cares, she loves, loves, loves me" mean that she lost some of her independence which was so difficult for her to acquire in the first place. It's just like when you break up with someone and then you try not to depend on them anymore and then they ask you to come back and you start to doubt your own decisions again. Sunset's words are a step back. The phrase "For you, my princess" freaks me out in particular because it shows high levels of dependence. She does things by herself but not for herself and she still seeks Celestia's approval. even if in the distant future.
6187519 Huh, thats so interesting, I hadn't really considered it quite like that.
Thanks so much!
So that's what she was doing.
I'm glad I don't spend that much time when it comes to studying. 😐
That one sure came out of nowhere. 😦
And you did and she forgived you.