...Shimmering?
Maud stood amid the trees of the forest as the setting sun cast orange and red-hued rays among the branches. She didn't really hear the noises of the forest until she realized they had stopped. The birds no longer chirped, there were no small creatures scurrying about, and even the crickets that had just emerged had gone silent.
Someone else was near.
She heard someone behind her and turned around slowly, calmly, and without any emotion on her face. She was met with the sight of a slightly nervous, slightly cross Sunset Shimmer.
How poetic, Maud thought to herself, Seeing Sunset Shimmer while the sunset still shimmered...
Then she remebered why she was there in the first place, and all thoughts of poems and romance flew from her mind.
"You're impossibly smart... and strong. That symbol seems to mean more to you than it does most people. You... you tried to demolish the school. And sometimes you speak like you're from a different world." Her gaze shifted from Sunset's face to the general direction of the sunset. "You almost fainted when you heard some humans eat horse meat, and you hate Celestia without a direct reason."
Sunset blinked in surprise, unaware of how much the woman before her had been paying attention to her. Maud had obviously given this much thought, and she was about to get answers one way or another.
"Where are you from?" The grey girl had no infliction in her tone, only a sparkle in her eyes.
"Somewhere else." Sunset whispered as she stepped forward, towards Maud.
"But where?" Maud's voice lowered to a whisper on the last syllable, and her eyes narrowed. She watched as Sunset looked away briefly before looking back at her. She was thinking, Maud realized. Maud could only hope that Sunset trusted her.
It was a big risk for Sunset. One wrong word, telling the wrong person, hell even lying could make this end badly. Maud understood the reason for Sunset's uncertainty, and her insecurities.
"...It's called Equestria." Sunset looked into Maud's light blue eyes, and a rush of adrenaline flowed through both of them as each realized what exactly this meant. "It's... a different world."
Maud took in a deep breath. She had known, but it was still shocking to hear it said out loud.
"I know what really happened. The Fall Formal, then the Battle..." Maud's voice trailed off as she tried to word it right. Sunset had a shocked look on her face. Maud wasn't in high school, and she certainly didn't go to CHS--how could she have known? She didn't consider the fact that Maud was Pinkie's sister.
"There... It--it was..." The scientist inside Maud didn't want to admit it, but the dreamer--and the romantic--in her was pushing through. What Sunset--and the others--had done, it had no earthly--no human explanation.
"Say it." Sunset stepped forward again, and was only an arm's length away from Maud. "Out loud. Say it."
"...Magic."
Sunset stood frozen, utterly exposed. Maud stood there with less expression on her face, but inside her mind worked a million miles an hour.
"Are you afraid? Shocked? Confused?" Sunset implored quietly, almost resigned.
"I'm not afraid of you." Maud said firmly. She saw regret and pain flash across Sunset's face. "I'm not afraid of you, Sunset."
"Then ask me what happened." Sunset's face darkened, "Ask what happened at the Fall Formal."
"You wouldn't hurt anyone." Maud's voice was dangerously close to showing emotion, but not the one Sunset thought it would be. Maud almost sounded... happy.
"You think you know me?" Sunset glared at Maud, but the grey girl didn't even flinch. She stood her ground, confident that Sunset would never hurt her. She was slightly startled when Sunset grabbed her by the hand and began to drag her deeper into the forest.
"Where are we going?"
"Deeper into the forest. You need to see... You need to see the magic for yourself."
"But--I thought only friendship--" Maud was confused, but she was interrupted before she continue.
"We thought that at first, too." Sunset nodded, "But there's... a way around that."
Maud was silent for a few moments. Soon enough they had gone further into the forest, and it was becoming steadily darker every second. For the first time a pang of fear surged through her. They could get lost, or be attacked, or any number of things. And the had no kind of flashlight or way to see in the dark.
Or so she thought.
Sunset took off her jacket in one fell swoop and tossed in onto a nearby log, as if she had practiced that move. As the sun slipped further and further away she glanced at Maud with a bit of fear and excitement in her eyes. She held up her hand in front of her face, and Maud found herself transfixed by the sight.
Sunset was glowing a bright orange color. She lit up the forest like a night-light or a glow-stick would, and all Maud could do was stand there in awe. She's shimmering. Sunset took a step towards Maud.
"This is what I am. I'm not of this world." Maud isn't sure what Sunset expected of her--fear, nervousness, pity maybe--but she was obviously not expecting Maud to grab her hand and lace their fingers together. Maud enjoyed the blush on Sunset's face, and the way the glow was suddenly tinged with pink.
"You're beautiful."
Sunset sighed, but there was a small smile on her face.
"And you're impossible."
Sunset woke up with a start. Her heart pounded in her chest and she struggled to clear her mind of the mental image of her and Maud of all people.
She glanced around and found that all of her friends were still asleep, so she decided to join them in slumber once again.
She didn't notice Maud peering through the doorway at her.
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Thought I should let you all know that I was procrastinating school work and decided that this needed another chapter... I may need mental help.
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Beautiful.
alright, when she said the "you wouldnt hurt me" thing, and the "i'm not afraid", a word pierced my thoughts.
Twilight.
lets see if I was right.
edit: yeah... we gotta put this puppy down. I'll get the shovel.
they.
5604330 Eeyup ;) I had to look up the script for Twilight to do this chapter. I feel dirty...
5604325 Thank you! :D
5604345 The ships official name too....Shaud....wow man way to take credit for that one lol.
5604355 This pairing was the reason I made an account. I wanted to write fanfics about Shaud... Then I wrote pretty much EVERY OTHER Sunset Shimmer pairing xDDDD
5604357 Might as well just make one big Sunset x Every character orgy story than so you don't miss any.....
5604375 ...Won't say I haven't considered this...
5604379 I was being sarcastic but go right on ahead if you want. I mean we already have an orgy with Sunset and 5 of the main 6 somewhere on this site....omg I just started something that will end in either amazingness or flames...still wondering when you will start a phobia story for the other 5 though lol.
5604384 I know it was sarcasm xD And you are right; we have AT LEAST one story like that (then there is one with her and the sirens...) I think we're good on the orgy stories. I DO have an idea for a "Suddenly almost everyone falls in love with Sunset" story, though. Not smut related but still shipping...
And I honestly don't know when that story will be coming out. It's been hard thinking of phobias for them.
5604391 Why do I find the idea of Pinkie Pie fearing Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream hilarious all of a sudden....omg now I got Rarity being scared of leather, AJ being scared of mangoes, Rainbow being scared of cats, and Fluttershy being scared of public restrooms running through my head a mile a minute now lol. Damn my slight writer instincts damn them lol.
5604408 What even xD I could use about half of those, actually... RARITY BEING AFRAID OF SUNSET'S JACKET THOUGH
5604417 I know right. I was just sitting here and BAM my brain got full of "WTF" and I love it when that happens because it keeps me entertained for the next 30 minutes XD. Rarity being scared of Sunset's jacket is now running through my head at the speed of light...
What? I'm not really sure what I just read. Confusion levels increasing.
5604432 You just read a Twilight parody featuring Sunset Shimmer and Maud ;3
5604434 Oh, that was where that came from....huh....Twilight....omg Twilight Sparkle sparkling is stuck in my head now.
5604434 I suppose that would explain why nothing made much sense. Although now that I think about it, I do recall someone making a Twilight joke about this story in an earlier blog post, so I probably should have expected this.
5604449 I added a "This is a Twilight reference" the the author's note so that others can catch on. I didn't think this would be so obscure xD
5604469 Eh, no problem. I guess the years of avoiding the Twilight movies like the plague are starting to catch up to me.
...excuse me...need to somehow exercise the amount of liquid sugar you injected into my veins and then stuffed my gob full of every confection known to man. That is to say, TOO MUCH SWEET/CUTE!!!! That said, nice piece AND spoof of a book series that still makes me feel dirty for having read it.
5604548 :D Thank you!
No... you... did... NOT JUST DO THAT!!!
You did. You totally just did that?
Why?
And why do I think Maud is still more expressive than Kristen Stewart?
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My dear, I have no idea why.
And Maud has more expressions than Stewart, for sure xDDDD
Maud is impossible because she is totally yoda in costume or she is missing the "emotional response" part of her occipital lobe
You know, after reading the second chapter again, I'm convinced that it's actually some strange Glow induced dream that Sunset is having during the sleep over.
As for why her dream resembles the Twilight series, I'd bet that Sunset has either seen whichever movie/book this scene happened in out of curiosity to see what a story sharing Twilight's name is about, or she is secretly just a huge fan of the series. Either one is still hilarious, the first to see what her reaction to the weird dream would be after she wakes up (I imagine it would involve copious amounts of screaming in terror), the second to see her friends' reactions if they ever found out she's a fan of the series.
-BiomasterM2
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I bet Rarity loves the series too. Rainbow Dash thinks its lame. AJ says the thought of sun resisting blood sucking monsters is not a pleasent one. And dunno about the others.
5606059 And Pinkie would continue to make Sunset Shimmering jokes, all the while being completely indifferent. (At least until she finds out Sunset was dreaming about Maud, that probably won't be fun for Sunset to explain)
"Dreaming about your sister? what are you talking about Pinkie?" Sunset asked, trying not to dart her eyes like Applejack did when she lied.
"Oh, she's just wondering what this" -Rainbow pulled out her phone, showing Sunset a video of her sleeping, mumbling Maud's name and moving her arms as though she was holding someone in a very intimate manner, all the while her glow shimmering a beautiful shade of pink, thanks to the blush she sported.- "was all about."
Sunset's glow turning scarlet red and making it seem like the kitchen had caught on fire was the theme of conversation for weeks to come. That, and Pinkie calling the new couple 'Shaud'.
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5606203 This.
The only way out would be to topic change immediately into "So I've seen every Twilight movie several times, and enjoyed all of them", as that might be the only way to distract them long enough to slip out the nearest window, and run like crazy to the nearest interdimensional portal.
But even then that would probably backfire spectacularly. Rainbow might even get her flailing to escape the bush she'd inevitably fall into after sliding out the window on camera to go with the dream rambling about Maud.
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It all could have been avoided had she chosed the true safest option. Changing her name and taking a one way trip to Saddle Arabia.
You did it. You really did it.
And it's fucking genius
Dammit. Stupid sexy Shaud.
5606331 Alas, hindset is 20/20. Nothing to do now but except fate. Or flee to Equestria in order to find a way to magically erase everyone's memory concerning anything involving the sleep over
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I CAN'T LEAVE YOU TWO ALONE FOR FIVE MINUTES CAN I?!
XD This is all just so brilliant...
5608736 I apologize for nothing. Once the ball starts rolling, it's nigh impossible to stop.
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Childhood flashback right there. And nope, you shouldn't leave us alone.
Off topic, is there a "shaud" story on the works?
Oddly, I figured Sunset would have a different relationship to Maud. One that involved fetal positions and sleepless nights of terror.
Maud approves of this!
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... Uh... at least I think she does,
You know what? Because of this story the only thing I can think of when I hear this song now is that everyone is literally shining like rainbows whenever they sing, or do anything else, really. So thanks for that amusing image. (Sunset really shouldn't have let the rest of the Rainbooms know were she keeps her Glow stashed.
*scoots back in chair as far as possible*
I feel sorry for you.
NOT!
KEEP THIS STORY ALIVE!
This was pretty funny, wondering if you'll do more comedy stories with the characters in the future and if so, what'll it entail?
Novel ship, also super adorable. 10/10 would read full slash fic. Well done!
That was interesting. Both chapters.
I'm honestly kind of interested to see where this hinted Sunset/Rarity might go...
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The same way anyone watching a plague knows what the symptoms are.
... I'm actually wondering how in the world I can't stand the Twilight series - having read this blog of a person reading the series* - and yet want to see more of this slashfic. Pastel Ponies of Friendship make everything better?
*The first chapter of the book is the furthest back in the blog archive, thus you use the back arrow to progress forward. If you even want to.
I'm sorry but it must be said that this is still a better romance then twilight
5604556 Probably because she is.
Going on a Sunset binge and added this to my list of things to read. Didn't think much of the tititle till I read the chapter names.
I lost my shit
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Huh.