Rarity smiled. The last slumber party had been a great success, though it wasn’t exactly a recent event. Recent events had almost cost her and her friends this upcoming slumber party. Maybe even their friendship. Fortunately, things had turned out for the better. Rarity smiled, grateful they hadn’t cancelled their plans.

She was also curious to see Sunsets house. She’d never been. Her friends were as excited as she was for sure. Pinkie Pie had corrected her once for referring to it as a sleepover, noting that sleepovers are nothing like a slumber party. And a party it’s always been, regardless of the place and company. This made it just a bit more special every time.

“Uhm, Rarity? We’re here.” Fluttershy said.

Rarity snapped back to the present, having been daydreaming and reminiscing on her way to Pinkie Pie, along with Fluttershy. They knocked on the door, hearing a faint and somewhat muffled “just a minute!” from Pinkie Pie in the background.

Moments later, the back door to the Sugarcube Corner unlocked, revealing towering stacks of various games and boxes of party props set up and ready to go. Today was no exception: this had happened on every sleepover slumber party occasion.

“Pinkie Pie, I know you love to party and to game but...” Rarity eyed the stacks and sighed “you do realize there is only so much time in a day?”

“I know!” she cheered. “This is just so we can pick!”

“Do you get these out of storage every time we have a party?” Fluttershy asked.

“Well yeah, but it’s no biggy. They’re all organized by popularity so these are just the few best things. There’s a ton more that ...”

“That’s… that’s okay. I was just wondering out loud.” Fluttershy went to peek in some of the boxes but didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary about them. ”Do you have anything special for tonight?”

“I always have something special, silly!” Pinkie laughed. “After all, parties are my specialty and this game in particular ”

*****

Elsewhere, Applejack and Rainbow Dash were about to arrive at Sunsets. They had their respective sleeping bags and other necessities. They were packed a lot lighter than the others and got a head start.

“Ah sure am glad we can have a sleepover again.” AJ said “Ah’ll be honest, Ah hadn’t expected things to turn out this well. At least, not so soon.”

“I know right? But I guess even friends don’t see eye to eye all the time.” Rainbow replied. “Although, this was kind of a big deal.”

“All Ah know is that I got along with y’all before, and Ah’ll do what Ah can to help us stick together.” Applejack gleefully walked along. Rainbow didn’t mind; she was pretty excited herself.

Rainbow checked her map app looking at the overhead pictures. Looking to see if she could spot Sunsets house just by looking in the general direction of the address, but nothing really stood out. Well, that wasn’t exactly true. All the houses were outstanding. Every house was unique and fancy, but nothing really screamed “Sunset” for her to look out for.

“AJ, do you happen to know what Sunsets house looks like? I can’t find it just by looking.”

“Can’t say Ah do, sugarcube” AJ drawled, “Ah don’t even live in the city, and it’s mah first time being in these fancy districts.” She looked over to Dash “Sorry.”

“‘s Fine” Dash slurred. Still, she was pretty excited to know Sunset lived in one of these houses. The map showed that pretty much every house had a pool to it. It got her thinking.

“Hey Applejack, what do you expect her house to be like? Most places here have a pool, and I’d love to dip in since it’s warm enough.”

Applejack opened her mouth but was interrupted immediately.

“Ooh ooh! I’ll bet she has a massive TV too! I’d love to race against you guys! The internet is nothing but slackers.”

Applejack just kept listening, this wasn’t over. Video games weren’t her forté, but having fun with her friends and being competitive were. Ah guess racing ‘em might be fun.

“Do you think we’ll get our own bedrooms? Or just one king sized bedroom for all of us? I’m not sure which one to root for!”

“Uhm, Rainbow, are ya gonna let me answer your questions or uhh”

“Who am I kid-... Oh, sorry AJ. So, what ya expect?”

“Ah don’t need to expect anything. Ah can just find out.” Rainbow gave a confused look ”Ah mean we’re here. And Ah’m hopin’ for the king sized for all of us.”

They walked up to right in front of the house. They gazed up in amazement at the number of stories. It wasn’t a highrise but for a single house, it was plenty.

They got on the steps to the front door and knocked. When no response came they rang the doorbell, which sounded a popular ringtone. After a few seconds, they heard a voice call out.

“Hey Rainbow, hey Applejack! Hang on I’ll be right there!” the voice said. Moments later the door opened to reveal Sunset, dressed in a one piece bathing suit.

“Called it!” Dash whispered to Applejack. Sunset let them into a very spacious hallway.

“Well, welcome to my house.” Sunset said “How do you like it?”

Once they walked inside, their jaws dropped to the ground in amazement. It almost looked bigger on the inside. The hallway lead straight through the house and into the back yard. Along the hallway there were various doors and steps to different rooms. On one side, there were two big glass paneled doors presumably leading into the living room. Or, at least, one of the perhaps few living rooms.

“Uhm, well, can uhh. Ah guess I’d like a tour?” AJ said. Rainbow just grinned gleefully in agreement.

“Well, if you like we can take a tour as soon as the rest arrives. For now, lets just wait for them in the back yard.”

“Sunset?”

“Yes Rainbow?”

“You wouldn’t happen to have any spare bathing suits my size, would you?”

“Just follow me”

Sunset lead them into her bedroom. The room itself was larger than the averaged sized master bedroom. However, the items that inhabited the room didn’t seem all that fancy. On the walls were posters of her favorite bands and some video game ones as well. On the corner of her bedroom, a large desk obtained the space with three monitors on it with pictures of her and her friends as screensavers.

“Nice room you got here” Rainbow said.

Sunset smiled “Thanks. It’s not all fancy shmancy like the rest of the house is. I like to be simple for decor and not go full out on the expensive things even if I do live in this large house”

“Which also raises me to ask you a question Sunset” Applejack said

“Huh?”

“Ah’m curious as to why and how you’re living here”

“We’ll talk about that later okay?”

Applejack shrugged “If you say so”

Rainbow tapped her foot to get their attention.

“So how about that bathing suit for me?”

Sunset had momentarily forgotten about the bathing suit she said she would get for Rainbow. She motioned them into the largest closet they have ever seen in their life. On each side of the walls there were dozens of outfits as well as an entire wall that had countless amounts of shoes taking each of the spaces in the wall. On the far end had a wall of bathing suits of various sizes. Sunset walked over to find the perfect one for her athletic friend. Sunset finally found the one she could give to Rainbow. It was a one piece suit just like hers only that it had a Rainbow lightning bolt that went from around the hips to the collar. Sunset presented the clothing to her.

Rainbows eyes lit up in amazement of how awesome it looked. “Perfect!”

“Keep it. I never wore it anyway. I picked it out cause it looked cool and it’s definitely your size so I wouldn’t be able to fit in it anyway”

Rainbow hugged Sunset “Thank you so much!”

“You’re welcome”

A little while later, the doorbell rang again, this time opening up to Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Rarity. They were greeted by the rest of their friends, Sunset, Rainbow and Applejack.

“This place is fabulous!” Rarity squeed.

Sunset giggled. “I know I know, it’s big and fancy but it’s no big deal really”

Rarity gasped “Not a big deal? Darling you live on the fanciest neighbourhood in the entire city and you say it’s not a big deal? I beg to differ!”

“Calm down Rarity. Ah’ know it’s awesome n’ all but ta’ Sunset it’s just a regular house. No problem in that is there?”

“I suppose not” Rarity mumbled.

Fluttershy smiled “I think it’s lovely”

“Oh yeah I forgot to ask. Since you’re rich and all, do you have a car?” Rainbow asked.

“Why you ask?” Sunset inquired.

Rainbow shrugged. “I don’t know. Some of the students drive to school given that Flash has his Camaro and now that I think about it, you don’t even drive to school do you?”

“Er… not really but I don’t really drive all that much. Sure I have my driver’s license but I’m not a fan of driving”

“Yeah but I’d still like to see what you drive though” Rainbow Dash said.

Sunset sighed “Alright, follow me”

Sunset led them into the underground garage under the house The garage was filled with exotic cars, sports cars, even every day cars. All of her friends were amazed at the amount of cars that filled the space. Some of which some of them were their dream cars. Sunset continued to lead them to the far corner of the garage and pulled off the cover that protected the vehicle revealing a 2015 Ford Mustang GT. The car was a fiery red orange color with her Cutie Mark on the hood as well her name that was written on the side skirts. The wheels were painted black as well as her lights including her windows having a faint black colored tint to them.

“There she is” Sunset said.

“Wow that’s so AWESOME!” Rainbow Dash fan squealed. “I’ve always been a mustang girl but I could never afford one. It’s beautiful Sunset. What kind of power is it running?”

Sunset shrugged. “I don’t know much about cars and stuff. But I do know she’s running a seven hundred horsepower V8 engine, supercharged too”

Rainbows excitement grew even louder. “Oh my gosh oh my gosh that’s even more awesome!”

The rest of Rainbows friends rolled their eyes but smiled. Rainbow was getting over excited at seeing her friends car and the potential it had.

“And it’s a six speed standard”

“Wait, you know how to drive a stickshift?” Rainbow asked, stopping in mid excitement.

Sunset sighed “Unfortunately I do. If ya’ll didn’t know. Flash’s Camaro is also a six speed standard. He taught me how even after all the things I did to him”

“Well that was nice of him” Fluttershy said.

“Yeah I guess so. Let’s head back upstairs and get ready for dinner”

The others shared worried glances once Sunset walked passed them heading up the stairs to the dining room. She just didn’t seem all that excited or worried? They weren’t sure.

*****

Sunset was going about setting the table for her house guests when they insisted on helping her.

“You guys don’t have to you know. Afterall, you are all my houseguests”

“Nonsense Sunset. We’re your friends. We always help each other” Rarity said

The others nodded in agreement.

“So what’s tonight's’ grub Sunset?” Rainbow asked “I’m starving”

Sunset shrugged. “Dunno. Maybe we could make dinner ourselves? I mean, we’re all together right? Sure some of you have cooking experience”

AJ smiled “Shoot, I think that’s a great idea! Ah’ could make us my world famous Apple Family double bacon stacked cheeseburger”

Rainbow’s mouth opened which she appeared to be drooling.

Even though Sunset doesn’t eat meat that much, it did sound good to her. When she first came to this world she wasn’t a fan of eating meat at first but she adapted to this world’s diet as well as their eating habits. Sunset nodded in agreement.

“Could I just have a salad? I’m a vegetarian” Fluttershy asked.

“Of course sugar. Ah’ know you’re a vegetarian. We make great salads too”

“Okay. That sounds good”

“I can’t wait to sink my teeth into that burger AJ!” Rainbow Dash said, still drooling.

AJ gave a short chuckle “Ah’ know you love em. Let’s get to cookin’ now”

And with that, everyone went to the kitchen

*****

After supper, the gang wondered what to do next. Walking down the hallway they spotted an open door that appeared to be…

“You have your own movie theatre?!” Pinkie Pie asked, clearly excited.

Sunset nodded “Yeah. I do”

AppleJack whistled in impressment as well as amazement.

“Wow this is somethin’ sugar. What do you gals think we should watch tonight?”

“While you guys figure out what we’re gonna watch, I’ll get the popcorn ready!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed happily and ran inside the room.

Sunset motioned over to her shelf with all different kinds of movies in their own proper category as well as in alphabetical order.  She examined each row carefully for what movie they were to watch tonight.

“How do you guys feel about this movie?” Sunset said picking the particular movie from the shelf.

The title read “A Romance in Paris” Which was described to be a cheesy chick flick. They all were girls afterall. The other girls were agreeing,but Rainbow gagged.

“A chick flick movie? Seriously Sunset? I’m way too awesome to be watching a movie like that”

“Oh come on Dashie, chick flicks are the best kinds of movies!” Pinkie Pie said.

“I must say that they are my favorite too” Rarity added

Applejack simply shrugged “Ah’m not a fan of them either RD but hey, a movie is a movie”

Sunset smiled “Oh come on Rainbow, I promise you’ll love this one”

Rainbow rolled her eyes “If you say so”

Sunset put the movie on and sat down in the seat next to her friends. The movie started and they sat back and enjoyed it quietly.

‘I wonder who’ll cry first…’ Sunset thought, she shrugged in her mind ‘I probably won’t. I’ve seen this too many times’

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