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Sunset Shimmy

by shortskirtsandexplosions

Chapter 4: Evening, She's Shimmyin'

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"For the last time, Applejack!" Rainbow Dash frowned as she walked towards the Apple Family garage, carrying two guitar cases. "We're not a country band or an indie band..." She glared aside. "We're a rock band!"

"Nnnngh..." Applejack grunted, lugging an amplifier in the late afternoon sunset. "How do y'all figure?"

"Look, it's so simple even a bumpkin like you can figure it out." She smirked. "Are we smoking, drinking, and losing our spouses?"

"Uh... reckon we ain't."

"Then we're not a country band!"

"Then what about that 'indie' nonsense?"

"Are you wearing a shirt?"

"Eeyup."

"Am I wearing a shirt?"

"Er... yes?"

"You think the other gals are wearing shirts?"

"Well, of course they are!"

Rainbow smirked. "Well, there you have it!" She waved Applejack off as she stepped into the garage. "We're a rock band!"

"Hrmmm..." Applejack grumbled.

Clearing her throat, Rainbow dropped the two guitar cases and struck a pose. "Never fear, awesomeness is here—!"

"Shhhhhhhhhh!" Fluttershy hissed. She and Pinkie Pie motioned for silence, then pointed across the room.

"Guhh..." Applejack placed the amplifier down beside Rainbow Dash. Both girls craned their necks to see.

Atop the couch positioned along the edge of the garage, Rarity sat. But she wasn't alone. Sunset Shimmer lay across the full length of the sofa, asleep and on her back. She laid her head across Rarity's lap with a dumb smile plastered to her face. Her glasses lay crooked over twitching eyelids, and her arms were bent straight up, as were her lower legs and feet.

Applejack and Rainbow blinked before exchanging blank expressions.

Rarity cleared her throat quietly. She held a finger up. "Observe..." She reached down and stroked Sunset's hair, then scratched along the inner nape of her neck.

Sunset squirmed slightly. "Squee..." Her lips curved as she made a whinnying sound, and soon her legs and feet were making tiny little "hoofie-kicks" in the air of the garage. Her body settled down with a slight twitch to her pelvis, as if shaking a tail that wasn't there.

Fluttershy clutched her hands together while smiling warmly.

"Girls, I do believe I have made an observation," Rarity whispered, continuing to brush the teenager's red and yellow hair. "I think Sunset Shimmer might be adorable."

"Abso-doodle-lutely!" Pinkie chirped.

"Bleackkk." Rainbow's face twitched as she folded her arms. "If you say so."

"Oh Rainbow..." Fluttershy giggled lightly. "It's okay to admit that you find Sunset to be adoracute."

"So, what you're saying is..." Rainbow raised an eyebrow. "If I pranced around like an idiot on all fours and started eating fruit without using my hands made silly horse noises, then I would be adorable?"

"Don't be ridiculous." Applejack winked. "Yer already adorable."

"Ugh. I am not taking this from a bassist!"

"Hrmmmm..." Sunset nuzzled Rarity's palm as her left ear twitched, followed by her right.

Rainbow blinked. "Although..." She rubbed her chin, squinting at Sunset's face. "...with the way the light glints off her glasses while she lies there..."

"Give innnnnnn..." Pinkie leaned over, eyes swirling. "...give in to the cutenessssss."

"Ugh... c-can we just do our rehearsals already?"

"What's the rush, darling?" Rarity smiled. "We're all here. After more than one crisis, we're all in one piece. What's more, we're all happy."

"Most of all Sunset Shimmer," Fluttershy cooed, kneeling down to stroke the girl's cheek. "Think about it. For so long, she's struggled to get by the evil way. But now that she's found friendship, she's returned to her Equestrian roots. It's like... like arriving home after being terribly lost for so long."

"Hmmm... reckon I can't fault her for that," Applejack said. She smiled. "And, all things considered, she's mostly harmless nowadays."

"That's the best kind of Sunset Shimmer!" Pinkie said.

"Heh. Darn tootin'."

"As long as she doesn't start making horse noises when she steps up to the mic," Rainbow said, squatting beside Fluttershy.

"Of course not, Rainbow. She knows better than that." She smiled and leaned in, "nuzzling" the teenager. "But, for now, it's nice to know that she's forever our little pony."

The rest of the girls nodded and giggled lightly.

Silence.

"So, tomorrow...!" Pinkie grinned. "Can I come to school as an alligator?!"

"NO." they all barked.

"Awwwwwwwww..." Pinkie hung her head.

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