Two weeks have passed since magic has returned to Equestria. In those two weeks, the ponies of Bridlewood, Maretime Bay, and Zephyr Heights have begun to merge, traveling to one another's homes and exploring the new world that Sunny Starscout and her friends have created. To learn about their magic and how the other races have lived their lives all this time.
It is a new age, one that a lone unicorn Shining Star has been trying to achieve for most of her life. One that she and her husband Argyle had worked to achieve for as long as they had been together. It is a dream come true, one that their own daughter had a hoof in creating.
Now, Shining Star travels to Maretime Bay in the hopes of finally meeting the daughter she has been forced to watch grow up from afar for so many years.
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Behold, my first G5 story is now ready to go! All based on an idea I had revolving around the fact that we have yet to meet Sunny's mother. Also, a quick shout out to Dr.Wolf over on Youtube for helping to encourage this idea in his own video detailing who Sunny's mother might have been.
Please enjoy 
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Update: Featured on 8/14/2022! Still amazing no matter how many times it happens! Thank you everyone who reads my work!
Yeah, it is a possibility that Sunny's mother might be a unicorn.
But we dont have any evidence, so we will have to wait and see
Candance is her grandmother!!!?
wait nvm
Its Twilight sparkle + Rainbow Dash
Reference to a Tell your tale episode!!
Unboxing of Izzy!
wow, she is sooo like Twilight😊
ummm yeah.......
but we got the crystal brighthouse in the proses so.....😦
We made it in the way of harmony😊
oh ho ho ho!
You will want to see her😉
what we needed
was the magic of friendship
I did tear up a little. Quite an entrance for Sunny's mother, and I see that parts of the youtube show has been incorporated.
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Glad you like it, and yes, I added parts of the Youtube show as I was making edits as I quite like a number of the episodes. Especially the ones that focus on Izzy
Incorporating some of Twilight's characteristics into Sunny's mom was a brilliant move. Giving her magic that has a mind of its own and works more on instinct and emotion was a great aspect of her character as we'll. Her inner monologues were perfect and filled with excellent dramatic irony. Seeing her thoughts is A perfect idea, as this is her story and an emotional one at that, so a direct link to her thoughts is the way to go. A scholar that's always eager to learn is a really fun and likeable and adorable character type.
The love she has for her daughter was palpable. Seriously, that love was so deep and beautifully expressed that it could singlehandedly resurrect the entire Changeling race its so well written. The moment she puts her glasses on and finally sees her daughter close up and is just overjoyed and thrilled beyond words is just so beautiful.
Also, perfect flashbacks! Having them be transitioned into through photographs was a cool device. It felt like watching a movie. I also like Star Scout the Pegasus and the way you characterized him. Hopefully he's still alive. If not, more flashbacks with him please! Having all three pony races being involved in Sunny's very existence really hammers the point home.
I'm glad you had the meeting in the first chapter. It wouldn't make sense for it to be dragged out too long. Shining Star was nervous and anxious, but she wouldn't put off being with her daughter now that they're standing face to face after all these years. This isn't a story about keeping secrets, this is a story about love, redemption, and bonding, and you've done well in getting that across.
(Also, THANK YOU for not following the cartoon and cgi special. I like how you handled Sunny's alicorn powers better. Be creative and keep doing your own thing.)
Lastly, Sunny's reaction was very in character. It was adorable, sweet, and filled with positive energy. Also, the words she said are just perfect and mean a whole lot. Sunny could have said a lot of things here: "I missed you", "I'm so glad you're here", "You finally came back", or even "I've always wanted to meet you." But instead, she says "I have a Mom!" That line actually made me misty eyed because of the heartbreaking implications of that line. What that line gets across is that Sunny has been without her mother for so long that she has accepted the fact that she just doesn't have one, or even has never had one. So much so that when she sees the wedding photo, Sunny says "You married my Dad?" instead of going right to the obvious to the outside observer "You're my Mom?" She needs to see the other two pictures before she can even conceive of the conclusion that this unicorn mare is her mother. This is made even worse when you factor in her father's premature death. Sunny had no one at all, and she never even entertained the thought that she had a Mom out there somewhere because in her mind, she never had a mother. It was her strong optimism and faith in her father's teachings that kept her going, and then her friends helped even more. Quite possibly on the nick of time, because her failure at Canterlogic was possibly her breaking point. Anyway, after all this time, that empty space she's been ignoring is finally filled. She actually has a Mom that loves her and is proud of her and holds the same values and beliefs as her, and even shares personality traits with her (Sunny did assault Izzy with questions when they first met, albeit in a slightly calmer way, but that's just Argyle's genes mellowing out Star's genes).
So yeah, with an obvious and justifiable reason for having to leave her, it makes sense that after the initial shock, thag Sunny would just be SO HAPPY!!!
WOW! This is gonna be the greatest G5 story on the site. Mark by words it'll be in the Featured box for a long time. Thank you for bringing this masterpiece to life and feel free to take your time in crafting more chapters that are as ever bit of a work art as this one!
Great start! I look forward to more!
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I’m glad you like it so far. And don’t worry, the next chapters will have plenty of flashbacks involving Star Scout and will give a more details about each of the photos (I was originally going to make the flashbacks of this chapter longer, but I figured that could be saved for later as to preserve the story’s flow).
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Glad to hear that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdnbAvnRrQs
Fantastic first chapter! I can't wait 'til the next comes out
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Glad you like it
I've been waiting for a story like this since Dr. Wolf's video. I can't wait for more!
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That video definitely played a part in the inspiration. And as Firey Joker says, “Fanfic writers, TO YOUR KEYBOARDS!!!”
This was sweet. I'll be looking forward to where this is going.
I have my own theory about Sunny's mother myself. I really should turn it into a story before canon makes it obsolete.
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Glad you like it. And even if cannon does get in the way, then you can just say it’s an alternate world. I’ve done that for a number of stories that started out at least partly cannon
You know, I have never watched G5 but I somehow knew that was gonna happen
She's not the only one
Awww
Hilarious
I thought that was common knowledge
Ahhh emotions... wonderful things
I'm beholding
Okay, I can tell this is going to be amazing. I love Sunny's mom!
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Some of the best parts, indeed. The bit with the moon was added because my editor thought the old version didn’t have enough flavor
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I’m glad you like it
Just wait until you learn more about Star Scout
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I read that and thought of the scean from yugio abridged
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Hehehehhehehe
A couple of mistakes detected
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Thank you for catching that
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Is he perhaps a descendant of Star Hunter the Pegasus?
Well calling it now in this story Sunny is a descendant of Twilight Sparkle, with how Sunny "Twilight's" and now her mom does too it's for sure a genetic trait. Also I still swear Izzy is part of the Pie family! She had a ancestor named Moon Cheese or something!
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I'm actually not 100% sure who that is, but I may look into it for future chapters.
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There is probably some Twilight in there somewhere, though I can definitely see Izzy being a descendant of pinkie
This is so beautiful! And it's only the first chapter. I can't wait to see more.
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I’m glad you enjoyed it
My head cannons pretty similar to this, basically the same orange unicorn that's most likely a descendent of twilight but with the added twist of her being the mom of both sunny and Izzy but they had to split the family after ponies came sniffing. Izzy is just as much of an outlier in her town as sunny with the same purply colors of argyle.
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A very interesting idea. I remember a story somewhere on FIM where Izzy was born to two pegesi and had to be taken to Bridlewood by Queen Haven
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Nice call back to New Generation and tell your Tale of her experience
To be honest I kind of wish to see the relationship between Izzy and sprout
pegasi
And funny you mentioned it there was supposed to be an original idea about Twilight tried to advance a flying machine so Earth ponies could fly
Surprise your daughter is sort of an alicorn
Healthy
pegasi
There's a couple of theories about that she could be related to Twilight Sparkle but that could be a stretch but still it makes sense I mean the family knows the story pretty well of her history
Will Phylis, and Sprout meet Star, and the two mares have a reunion?
Star’s rambling came to a screeching halt as she realized that everypony was staring at her with varying degrees of concern and curiosity. Sunny’s eyes were particularly wide in shock and confusion. Only Hitch, the one who had silenced her, looked mildly amused.
I did it again, Star thought, her face getting so hot she was sure she was as red as her grandmother’s coat. I got to excited and went on a science rant. Why now? Ok, I know WHY, but still!
Probably that runs in the family she's twilighting and I do like how hitch is not to shook about this
This was such a cute story!
