The Most Important Thing
Seven girls in jeans and sweaters sat around a nicked, chipped old table in Applejack's living room. The furniture was old, worn-out, and mismatched, but comfortable, and the whole house smelled of apples. A merry fire crackled in the ancient brick fireplace, and though the stockings had been taken down the day before, the holiday decorations were still hanging all over the house.
Sunset Shimmer took a sip of her hot apple cider and smiled, humming appreciatively. "This is nice," she said.
Applejack grinned. "Granny's special recipe."
"Not the cider," Sunset said. "I mean, yeah, the cider's great. What I meant was...all of this. Everything." She gestured around. "Spending the holidays with friends around a fire, just enjoying each other's company."
"What was Christmas like where you're from?" Twilight asked curiously, wiping her glasses on her sweater.
"Well, back there, it isn't called Christmas, it's called Hearth's Warming." Sunset took another sip of cider, then told the girls the story of the founding of Equestria, the bitter feuding of the three tribes, and the Fire of Friendship that drove away the Windigos. The girls listened in rapt attention.
When Sunset was finished, she finished her cider, then said, "The way we celebrate is pretty much the same, though. I mean, there are some differences. In Equestria, we hang hoofmade dolls instead of stockings. The traditional dishes for Hearth's Warming dinner are different. There's a flag we raise." She shrugged. "Little differences." She fell silent, a wistful look on her face.
"Sunset? What's the matter?" Rarity asked.
Sunset sighed and looked down at her empty mug. "Sorry, I was just...thinking about the last time I spent Hearth's Warming with my family." She chuckled dryly. "I was eight. It was the year before I left home to study at Celestia's school. They wanted me to come home for Hearth's Warming, but I was so wrapped up in everything I was learning, I just..." She ran a finger along the lip of her mug.
"I haven't seen Mom and Dad in ten years," she whispered. With a sniff, she added, "Until...until just now, I haven't even thought of them..."
Tears welled up in her eyes. Pinkie and Twilight immediately moved to her side, wrapping their arms around her and hugging her tight.
* * * * *
Five days later, Sunset Shimmer stood, shivering, in the courtyard of Canterlot High School. A fine layer of snow dusted the ground, and the chill seeped through her coat, muffler, and gloves. "W-why are we h-here again?" she asked, teeth chattering.
Her friends stood with her, all similarly afflicted by the bitter cold that had settled in early in the day on New Year's Eve. "It's important," Pinkie said softly. "Just trust me."
The base of the ruined statue began to glow. Three people stepped out. In the center, wearing the same clothes she always wore upon emerging from the portal, was Princess Twilight Sparkle. The others were a man and a woman in their early forties. They stumbled as they exited the portal. Twilight held their hands and steadied them.
Sunset stared at them, eyes wide with shock and disbelief. They looked at each other, surprise and shock written on their faces as they each felt their own foreheads and noses. Then, they turned to face the girls gathered on the snowy lawn ahead of them.
They gasped.
Sunset took a shaky step forward, feeling her lip tremble.
"M-Mom? Dad...?"
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RIGHT IN THA FEELS!!!
SEQUEL!
(I know each chapter is USUALLY self-contained but seriously...)
Beautiful chapter here. Nothing more is necessary to be said.
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One part sad, one part happy. Those are some good friends.
Shame on you for not continuing this.
I still take issue regarding the time past since she went through the mirror. Frankly, Twilight seems to old for it to have only been three years since Sunset left to the point of the first episode. Granted, we don't know their growth and age rates, but given what we know about the series, we can at least assume longer then normal horse lifespans. By a lot, given Granny Smith. So it strikes me that it was longer on the Equestrian side then the human. All we know is that the mirror only opens the portal "naturally" every 30 moons. We can figure a bit under 2 1/2 years for us, but given Luna and the rather odd cycle that implies, who knows how long that actually is over there. So, if you are gonna add how that encounter actually goes, which I would like to see, please take that into account.
Merry Christmas, one and all.
This is...... beautiful! Must have more!
"Now Sunset, we heard all about your zombie army shenanigans!"
"Oh . . . That."
"You're grounded for two weeks!"
"But that was forever ago! I can't be grounded; what if I have to help save the world?"
"You should've thought of that before you concocted the goofiest evil plan in over a millennium."
"Now I remember why I left..."
Great story, man! I suddenly feel like writing a fic about guys/stallions talking about well...y'know. Phones. War. Girls. Shool. Dicks. Girls...... Masturbation. Does anyone second?
Awe, this is so sweet. I love it! More please?
The daws are strong with this one...
You... damn near made me cry... with this one...
Bravo Mythril Moth... Bravo...
Interesting...
Best Christmas/Hearths Warming gift ever
*slow clap*
6768903 I liked where it ended, so I left it at that.
6768912 Yyyyeah I'll be sure to get riiiiiight on that...
In all seriousness, though, thanks for writing this. I was jonesing for more Sunset without even realizing it, and your chapter scratched that itch.
The feels...are too strong!
Aww...such feels...
It feels powerful, but it also feels very incomplete.
I feel this would go for a good length story. I want it to happen.
Damn it... I just came here from Sucker for a Cute Face! That itls way too much cuteband sweet for one hour...
Please tell me that Celestia is her mom please please
Please let there be a part 2. I want to see what happens.
...Why would Twilight bring two new people through and create confusion when she could just bring Sunset through and it'd be a more straightforward meeting?
6770835 Because it's supposed to be a surprise?
That was sweet.
That was sweet..
But way too short.
6770678 I just came here from several dark end stories. This was very much needed.
The feels!
Dang, I have to say this could be a very nice story all on it's own. It was such a good premise, and something I haven't seen a lot of.
I know you probably won't continue it, I wish you would, but it's your story, and your rules. So, who knows, maybe someone else will create a story like this.
And then Tirek followed through the portal, completely surprising Twilight. But just before he tried to attack Twilight, Saitama punched him and he was blown to bits.
The end.
6773854 I like this ending...
Aww...
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She could bring Sunset through and it'd still be a surprise.
6774258 *sigh* Some people just can't accept something for what it is...
6774258
Sunset is afraid of Equestria (or just really likes the human world) and her parents might never even experience this new world or would've known if Sunset was okay if Princess Twilight didn't bring them.
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You did a great job with the ending. You were not going to force Sunset to Equestria against her will and this feels like something that would happen. I'm sure they would get past some problems and just accept that they would get to see each other for (insert amount of time).
6773496 I'm currently working on one
. It's a Rule 63 kind of fic. I think this website needs more interesting, slice-of-life based fics about the male version of the Mane Six that isn't clop.
6774267
lol, it's not bad, I just don't see why she didn't do it the other way...
6775410 Because she didn't, now let it go.
I know it's technically supposed to be a sad ponemoji, but it looks like a sad smile to me.
Dang, I keep having to restart my heart lately!
All my feelings, you Magnificent bastard...!
Cute
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Sadly, I have none.
That is exactly what Sunset needed to experience at that time of the year.
Fall back! Our shields can't handle feels of this magnitude!
6834565 Rarity's cutie mark has nothing to do with her talent for finding gems, because that wasn't what she got her cutie mark for. She got her cutie mark for sharing her love of beauty and style with other ponies. That's why she didn't get her cutie mark until after she'd redesigned the costumes using the gems she found and made everypony happy.