Sugarcube Corner Main Dining Area.

Since the girls had graduated from High School Mr & Mrs. Cake had quite the few renovations done on the old in-home bakery and store with the aid of Pinkie and the other girls. One of those many additions that was actually part of one of Pinkie and Fluttershy’s fundraisers back in the day, was a karaoke set up and since both Vinyl and her apprentice Lemon Zest were present and the place now entirely belonged to Pinkie Pie with the Cakes having signed over the rights to this particular place to Pinkie as a graduation gift? Pinkie and the two DJ’s had managed to turn the entire front end of the store from a normal bakery to a techno lighted dance floor and Sunset and Twilight were the centers of attention.

Pinkie had always been one to be more cheerful and bombastic than most, it showed in her smile, her parties, and her actions to do the right thing even if those actions seemed unorthodox and full of nonsense. However the if there was anyone the Cakes had faith in to take care of the old place and make it something great while they perused other ventures? It was Pinkie Pie one hundred and ten percent no doubts.

At first the entire notion made Pinkie super-duper nerviousxcited! She wanted nothing more in life than to bring smiles and happiness to everyone she met, the best way she knew how to do that was to throw them a party, tell a joke or just do something to brighten up their day even if it was only a little bit.

She like Fluttershy, was also a caretaker. Someone who loved to work with children as well as animals which is why she was so for helping the meek girl in her attempts to save the animal shelter as well as the cakes bakery back in High School. Back then the Cakes were beginning to struggle with money due to more people moving out of Canterlot due to an increase in magic attacks, higher taxes and all that political and otherworldly stuff.

Pinkie dreaded what the world would be like without the cakes sweets and goodies as well as their favorite hangout spot! After all it was at this very bakery that Pinkie met Fluttershy when they were both little, and then they’d gone on to meet the other girls. Then it was in this bakery where they’d sat down with a defeated Sunset Shimmer and convinced her to be their friend over hot coco and cookies. It was where they celebrated Sunset's birthday for the very first time, the flame headed girl having never had a birthday party thrown for her by anyone, it's where she threw Sci-Twi's 'welcome to the rainbooms' party, where they threw the Dazzlings 'We're good now' party. They'd thrown so many parties and shared so many laughs!

They didn’t want to lose that place no matter what dirty tricks that jerk Filthy Rich and his equally sneaky brat of a daughter Diamond Tiara at the time tried. Together with her friends Pinkie had saved Sugarcube Corner and had thrown a special party at the bakery to celebrate, a party that got a bit too wild for some and not wild enough for others. The entire time brought a smile or cringe to the faces of those who were there, for some it brought both but Pinkie was happy she made people smile anyway and that was the goal for tonight.

It was the night before her friend’s wedding! Everything needed to be perfect, she’d seen the two lovebirds connection around the same time Rarity noticed it back during the Friendship games all those years ago and she’d been plotting this entire moment YEARS in advance from her party cave which may or may not have been magically reconstructed underneath the bakery. She wanted everyone to have a good time but she wanted to ensure that the biggest and brightest smiles were the ones of her soon to be married best friends. She knew much about the two lovebirds, many of their secrets both embarrassing and erotic and therefore she’d used those to her advantage to help surprise them on this special night.

She also enlisted the aid of Sunset’s friends from Equestria on a few of them! One of which Sunset had already received in the form of her mother showing up clad in a dress made for her by Rarity.

They were sure to be surprised and Pinkie had secret cameras set up everywhere to get a shot of their reaction so she could forever savor the look on theirs and everyone faces for years to come. As everyone gathered and took their seats on the different couches and chairs that had been set up after all the tables and other chairs had been moved beforehand, everyone had a drink in hand and were simply waiting for the true festivities to begin.

For a while it was just everyone having a laugh and sharing stories old and new, both Celestia’s & human Luna and Bright Dawn seemed to be having a particular good time sharing stories about Sunset Shimmer much to the embarrassment of Sunset Shimmer and the eternal glee of the older women as well as Sunset’s friends as the fiery haired girl tried her best not to pop a blood vessel from blushing so much.

As the time neared closer to the midnight hour, Pinkie figured it was time to finally get the show underway! Grabbing a fresh bottle of cider she'd pull one of her trusty bedazzled drumsticks from her poofy pink mass of hair and would cling the side of the bottle in order to get everyone's attention centered on her.

"Alright ladies, it's time for the reflection and exchange of engagement gifts! Who wants to go first?" Pinkie asked wondering which of the girls would go first, among the rainbooms, shadowbolts and dazzlings alone they each had a surprise for the two lovebirds.

"Well we won the coin toss-" Rainbow smirked flipping a gold coin skillfully between her fingers and tossing it into the air and then catching and grinning victoriously at Indigo Zap. "So we'll go first"

"Just keep pushin' Dash, see where it gets you." Indigo Zap sneered playfully at Rainbow, the two had an intense but friendly rivalry and rainbow was very good at pushing Zap's buttons and vise versa.

Grinning a smug grin Rainbow replied "Probably where it usually gets me; me between your legs and Fluttershy square on your face" Rainbow stuck her tongue out at Indigo and properly blew a raspberry.

The crowd of females shared a laugh at Indigo's flustered expression and her sad attempt to make a come back but sadly she had none. Dash: 1, Zap: 0. That is until Fluttershy properly slapped Rainbow upside the head and fixed her with 'the stare' and pouted her lower lip and gave her an 'really?' look. Shy: 1 Dash: 0

"Anyway; guess I'll start off." Rainbow Dash stated as she took a stand and took another sip of her cider finishing it and tossing it skillfully in the trash.

The girls had all in one way or another put in a hard effort to this wedding and this portion was no exception. At this time, they'd reflect on their time with Sunset and Twilight, both good and bad, they'd share their best and worst memories and then exchange a gift to celebrate their engagement. Each of the girls had spent time getting a gift that was suited perfectly for their two best friends, each of them having collaborated with their Equestrian counterpart to acquire the best gift possible. With magic and the ability to cross dimensions, possibilities were endless, they could go as far as their imaginations could take them and when it came to this group of girls? No one held a candle when it came to imagination.

Rainbow Dash was up first, the loyal athlete had been through much with the two eggheads and she owed them both a lot and so she'd hoped her gift was a good one.

"Well where to begin with you two eggheads?" Rainbow said smiling her usual grin as she ran a hand through her long rainbow colored hair. "You two have been nothing short of awesome since the day we all became friends because as we all know Sunset; we weren't always so cool." Rainbow continued looking to Sunset with a wry smile hoping she was treading on thin ice but Sunset's calm look told her she didn't mind.

"I mean back when I first met you sophomore year? Faust almighty I wanted to smack the streaks out of your hair you were such a bitch-" Rainbow stated recounting how much of a bitch Sunset was when she first met the pony girl. She'd tried to be cool and show the girl around and get her to join a team or club and make friends and she'd insulted rainbow making several unruly comment about her hair and tomboyish nature.

Bright Dawn raised an eyebrow and slanted the other fixing Rainbow with a stern glare and said. "Excuse me?" The woman's stare instantly sent a chill down rainbow's spine but it was calmed when her daughter placed a hand over hers.

"It's alright mom; she's not wrong...in fact she's being polite about it" Sunset admitted and looked down in shame. "I was in a very bad place back then."

"I'm sorry Sunny..." Bright Dawn felt instantly guilty that she wasn't there to reprimand her daughter before she'd done anything terrible.

"Me too; but it's alright, I've made peace with all these things, I did them, it's in the past, they've all forgiven me and I forgive myself but I'll never forget those things less I fall back into who I once was; and neither I nor anyone else here wants that."

"Yep" Rainbow nodded

"Mhm" Replied Fluttershy

"Totes" Pinkie said

"Indeed" Rarity stated

"Eeeyup" said Applejack

"Trixie agrees."

"I learned the hard way to never threaten Twilight in front of you so I agree" Starlight said remembering how nasty Sunset had gotten with her before they'd made nice because Starlight had threatened Twilight.

"You only snapped at me once and that's after you were reformed...even if I did deserve it but still...you were so mean...." Twilight replied twiddling her fingers.

"I know, and I'll always say I'm sorry about it Twily." Sunset replied holding the young woman's hand

"But hey you know what they say right? The bigger they are, the harder they fall...but the harder one falls, the stronger they can rise." Rainbow stated wisely and smiled at her two friends. "Sunset you were once some big shot prodigy with a massive stick up your snatch because you didn't know how to play nice and make friends, you came into this world, to our school and almost effortlessly tore any harmony we had at CHS to shreds...enter Princess Twilight and she reunites us and we hand you your demon ass on a platter-"

"You're shamelessly crass aren't you?" Bright Dawn asked as she looked at Rainbow Dash with a pouted lip

"Ohohoho immensely...anyway after that I was really ready to be done with you but then I remembered that Princess Twilight wanted us to help you and after having taken a couple days to think about it and some convincing from the girls we finally got a hold of you and well...you remember what happened in here right?" Rainbow said rubbing the back of her head

"How could I ever forget? It was how I basically ended up getting my first job here at Sugarcube corner." Sunset blushed sheepishly. "Even if I had to work off damages for the first month."

"Yeah but hey we all laughed it off afterwards right? Hell we even threw a party and had a slumber party, your very first one ever and ooohohoho boy..."

"Aaaaargh no...please no..." Sunset groaned knowing her pleas would fall on deaf ears, her face falling into her hands to cover her blush.

"Ooooo momma smells a story" Bright Dawn said in a sing songy tone and grinned broadly leaning in to hear Dash's tale.

"So there we all are having just finished stuffing our faces with pizza and drowning our bladders in soda; Sunset here thinks she's hot shit and get this...thought she could..." Rainbow snickered and tried to contain her laughter at the memory. ""Beat Pinkie in Twisted!"

"Oooohohoho the twisted story!!! Good pick Dashie!" Pinkie giggled gleefully remembering that little incident very well and how hilarious it was.

"Oooh do tell" Bright Dawn insisted. "I remember playing twisted as a young mare; college was wiiiiiild" Dawn cheered with a laugh.

"How about she doesn't and we just get to the gifts?!" Sunset insisted; 'No! Please not that story!! Dash why?!' Sunset thought with a pitiful whine.

"So her first mistake was downing all that soda and candy without taking a trip or two to the can" Rainbow explained recounting how much of a sugar rush Sunset was on.

"I was just trying to have fun!" Sunset whined. "Besides those cupcakes were like...SUPER GOOD! They had fried ice cream in the center for Celestia's sake!" Sunset explained as Rainbow continued to recount the embarrassing memory.

"Still, we warned you...'Don't play twisted on a full stomach' did you listen? Noooooo~...'I can handle it, I'm no light weight; I can take her' I believe were your exact words"

Everyone in the room shared a chuckle or a laugh at Sunset's past self and Sunset herself laughed too. She didn't mind it being brought up, it was just it being brought up in front of her adoptive and paternal mother(s) was super embarrassing and out of left field and she wasn't sure if she had enough quips to survive the coming onslaught of stories her friends had in store.

"So we start playing, I admit she wasn't too bad a little stiff but she got the hang of it and managed to get Applejack & Rarity out...and then we saw it-"

"Uuuugh" Sunset pulled her best Fluttershy and hid behind her hair.

"Saw what?" Dawn asked quirking a brow

"My cutie mark." Sunset muttered in a Fluttershy esque manner.

The gears began to turn in her head and her eyes zeored in on her daughters rear. "Wait you-?" Dawn asked in shock

Blushing massively Sunset threw up her hands and shouted "Yes! Yes okay! I've still got my cutie mark stamped on my ass geez! It's not like I went and got it stamped there! I was always there when I got here!!" Sunset finished with an embarrassed whine.

"I think it's adorable" Twilight replied with a cute smile and nudged Sunset.

"And it was on that night you got your first group nickname-"

"Please don't-" Sunset whined and tried to cover her ears but it was too late as all the girls teasingly sang out her nickname

"SUN-BUTT!" Chanted the other Rainbooms minus Twilight Sparkle.

Each of the girls had their teasing names. Rarity was Marshmallow, Pinkie was Bubblehead, Fluttershy was Squeaky, Twilight was Sci-Twi, Applejack was Hayseed, Rainbow Dash was Rainbow Crash or Crashie, Sunset was Sun-Butt; they all knew them by heart and often times were used as terms of endearment rather than insults or teases. So of course they coined her Sun-Butt, it was simply and to the point; not to mention it had a double meaning because that was also a teasing nickname given to Celestia of Equestria by Discord.

"You all suck!" Sunset protested.

Grinning still and calming down her giggle-fit Rainbow replied"We love you too Sun-Butt; anyway me and Pinkie start laughing our asses off and I ended losing and so it was only you and Pinkie and I'll admit you didn't go out like a little bitch, you stuck it out right up until pinkie-"

"Fucking cheated-OW!" Sunset snapped proclaiming Pinkie had cheated back then only to gain a swift smack upside the head by her mother.

"What did I tell you about that mouth young lady?" Dawn stated sternly with a cheeky grin.

"Oh you're just LOVING THIS aren't you?!" Sunset narrowed her eyes at her mother and pouted her lip.

"Oooooh immensely so and I'm sure your friends are too" Dawn teased, her cheeky smirk persisting. "You're just lucky you're too old for me to actually spank you"

Grinning broadly and looking to Sunset's mother she replied."Oh don't worry Dawn; Sci-Twi more than has that covered right egghead?" Rainbow replied getting a big blush out of the pair of soon to be newlyweds.

Sci-Twi pushed her glasses back up on her face and tried her best to calm her blushing and then replied. "Guess you'd know; Fluttershy is always the one spanking you isn't she?"

Rainbow laughed "Touche egghead, touche; anyway Pinkie used her hair to tickle underneath Sunset's stomach and well? Her body wasn't ready and so totally lost her lunch on Pinkie's floor. Rarity of course is flipping out, Applejack and Pinkie are trying to clean and me? Well after I finished laughing for about a good two minutes-"

"Bitch-ow!! Tch worth it" Sunset huffed getting another smack from her mother

"I helped her up to the spare room and got her to sleep and kept an eye on her throughout the night...you had a pretty bad nightmare that night and we found out the real reason why you threw up." Rainbow stated as she was about to reveal a tender moment the five girls had shared.

"Before all that you'd never had a single friend...not one, no childhood buddies, no school-yard crushes, nothing; you'd never once had a slumber party either and so you felt out of place...you felt like if you didn't try hard to be apart of the group and keep up with us that we'd abandon you or something...and you remember what I said to you when you told me that?" Rainbow asked looking at Sunset with a knowing grin.

"Yeah you said 'For an egghead you're pretty dumb' " Sunset mirrored Rainbows words to her from all the way back then.

Rainbow nodded "Exactly; I told you that was stupid because we agreed to help you be a better person and a good friend. You told me about how you were an orphan, about how everyone you did try to make friends with ended up ditching you or low key just using you for your smarts. I thought that was pretty fucked up; so I promised that I'd never abandon you and that I'd forever be your most loyal friend"

Remembering that tender moment always brought a couple of tears to Sunset's eyes, she remembered how kind and sincere Rainbow was that day with her, how easy she was able to just talk to the girl and have her listen. Rainbow and Sunset were very close, they understood each other quite well, like Sunset, Rainbow was an orphan too. Her mother having died when she was little and her dad having died in a work related accident when he saved another co-workers life by giving up his own.

The loss was devastating; Rainbow had shut down for weeks and had nearly made a huge mistake by using her super speed in an attempt to go back in time and save her fathers life. Luckily Sunset and Twilight managed to stop her before she went too far, catching Rainbow was no easy feat as she truly lived up to her title as the fastest alive. However once they captured her and brought her back home in the end it wasn't just the two of them and their explanation as to why time travel was a bad idea to fix the problem, but Fluttershy was the one to comfort Rainbow when she broken down the hardest any of the girls had seen her break down and the rest of her friends followed suit, having a nice long needed cry about it and comforting Rainbow Dash through it all like loyal friends do.

"And now as I look at you and where you are? I'm damn proud that I made you my friend Sunset, without you safe to say the dazzlings would've made us all their bitches-"

"Oh in the best kind of way for us and the worst kind of way for you." Adagio replied with a hearty laugh. "Mmmm the things I'd have done with you had we not lost Sunny" Adagio teased with a vicious toothy grin

"Something tells me there's some 'history' between the two of you dear" Dawn said with a cheeky smirk as she looked between her daughter and Adagio.

"Um, I mean; well uh-" Sunset had no idea how to respond. Adagio was her closest friend besides the rest of the girls but she was really the only one she continued to have 'benefits' with. Sunset loved and wanted to be with Twilight and only Twilight however years past experiences gave Sunset a sense of closeness to her friends in the rainbooms and even the dazzlings that no one else had. She had wondered for awhile if this would bother Twilight but much to her surprise to bookworm didn't mind, in fact she welcomed the extra attention. Having been such an introvert most of her life Twilight had explained that she enjoyed the experimentation however only allowed it with the friends they had like the rainbooms, the dazzlings and even the shadowbolts to an extent. Twilight's twenty first birthday was certainly a day to remember for all the shadowbolts.

Grinning with devious mirth Adagio replied "Oh didn't Sunny tell you Dawn?" Adagio said with a mock gasp of surprise. "Why I'm shocked at you Shimmy! How could you not tell your mommy about your best friend and all the fun times we've had together?!" Adagio said mock pouting. "Did all our good times mean nothing?" Adagio feigned a hurt expression.

"I...you...I can't...but we-" Sunset stammered and tried her best to reply. 'Dammit Adagio, I am so getting you back for this you puffy haired bitch!' Sunset screamed internally.

"I can tell I have MANY a story to get from you; Adagio was it?" Dawn said looking toward the eldest siren with a mischievous smile.

"MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM?!?!?!?!?!" Sunset whined completely flustered.

"I'd be honored to shared all my raunchy tales of mischief with your little filly; she's a riot at parties!" Adagio said with a grin laced with devious mirth.

Sunset properly flipped Adagio off and mouthed 'I hate you!' and Adagio's reply was to blow Sunset a teasing kiss and throw her a wink and mouth. 'Love you too'

"Anyway...we'd have lost the battle of the bands without you, this entire dimension would've gotten ripped to shreds without you, Hell none of us would've made it through all this without you; and the same goes for you Sci-Twi; that big brain of yours is gonna take you places and I'll never be able to stop saying thank you for all the support and tutoring you gave me all these years even though I was-"

"A total airheaded jock with the attention span of a dumbbell?" Twilight answered semi-curtly, she took her 'teaching' very seriously and didn't quite like class clowns especially when they weren't funny and Rainbow Dash when she was trying to be 'funny' to Twilight wasn't very funny at all especially when it was making light of her teachings and tutoring but luckily they'd gotten passed that.

"Yeah; that...but you get what I mean right? You both are some of my best friends and I've always hoped you two would hook up, honestly I thought Twi would go for Flash at first but after seeing how hard she curbed him all the time? I thought for sure she'd ask Sunset out but then she started getting moist for that Timber Spruce guy-"

"I WAS CAUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT!!!" Twilight whined with a blush.

"Hey it happens to the best of us, I mean Hell not for nothing but Flash Sentry wasn't and still ain't ugly, if I swung that way I can't say I wouldn't jump at him" Rainbow shrugged.

"Just how many of you are only into females?" Dawn asked cocking an eyebrow.

"To save a lot of confusion mom? Most of the girls are bi-sexual or gay; ratio of worthwhile guys in this world is kinda low to be honest and the ratio of super cute females is very high." Sunset chuckled and patted her mom on the back. "Why? looking to get back in the game mom?" Sunset teased.

"Hmhm perhaps I am; Like I told you upstairs, I'm not that old Sunset; I mean creator above I'm only 45" Dawn said giving a casual flip of her hair. "I'm still allowed to have my fun."

Many of the women in the room gave an impressed whistle at that tidbit of information. For 45 Bright Dawn looked VERY good, truly if it weren't for her very womanly and developed body she could easily be mistaken for Sunset Shimmer's older sister. Sunset most certainly got her looks from her mother with her skin, hair and eyes being a mixture between her mom and dad, the red coming from her mother and the yellow coming from her dad. The one doing the most 'observing' was Vice Principal Luna and she was certainly enthralled by Dawn.

"But yeah I thought that was it for the whole sunlight ship, thought it sunk and dead but nope; cut to a two weeks later and little Sci-Twi is trying to find out a way to ask Sunset out...and then wouldn't you know it? Sunset was doing the same thing! It's like you two are always mirroring each other somehow some way and its awesome you two are so close. So I know it's chessy and really old school but, this is my gift to you both."

Rainbow said using her speed to dash over to the gift table and grabbed the two presents wrapped her by which were obviously wrapped in rainbow wrapping paper. Handing one to each of the bribes to be Rainbow chuckled with a kind grin.

"Ooooh it feels like a book!" Twilight chirped.

"Oooh this feels like games or movies...Dashie you know us so well" Sunset chuckled.

Sunset and Twilight were both geeks, nerds and total dorks and they loved each other dearly for it all. From cartoons to anime, from dubstep to rock and roll, from sci-fi to fantasy; Sunset and Twilight enjoyed fiction so much and Sunset in particular was a sucker for a good movie and a total sucker for a good video game. Twilight would open her package first and after she got past the initial shock she let out a big fangirlish squeal and scream of pure joy.

With stars in her eyes Twilight exclaimed "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! DASHIE YOU DIDN'T!!!!!"

"Ohoho but I did, you earned it egghead" Rainbow smirked.

"What did you get ladybug?" Cadence asked.

"DARING DO AND THE THIEVES GAUNTLET THE COMPLETE SERIES! SIGNED BY A.K. YERLING!!!! OH THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!" Twilight hopped up and down in adorkable bliss as she held her newest book.

"Awww no fair!!! I've been searching years for that book!" Princess Twilight whined. "How on Earth did you end up finding that?!"

"A little snooping, digging and super sonic speed goes a long long way princess." Rainbow grinned wiping her knuckles on her shirt.

Seeing what Twilight had gotten only made Sunset excited about what she could have possibly gotten, her friends were always so considerate and meaningful with their gifts so this had to be good. "So I wonder what I go-oh no....NO...BUCKING....WAY!-OWWWW! OH COME ON!" Sunset shouted and stopped her excitement to complain about her mothers discipline only to remember she did in fact curse just in another language. "Sorry but oh my Celestia! Dash you are the best!"

"Well don't keep us in suspense what is it?" Dawn asked

"The entire Power Ponies movie collection including the two team ups and the 'civil war' arc which leads into a really big movie coming out in a few years! I've been waiting for this set for years but missed out on the pre-order for the collectors edition! How did you get this!?! They only sold six!"

Rainbow grinned and looked to Fluttershy who blushed and hid behind her hair and Rainbow replied. "We went to the Headquarters in Fillywood and asked them very, very nicely."

"Well thanks a ton Dash; trust that we are all totally going to go see that when it comes out, its still a few years off so we'll be able to take the babies!" Sunset cheered with a chuckle and she got up to hug her friend but Rainbow beat her too it and used her speed to dash over and hug Sunset and properly gave her a noogie and laughed.

"Ah think nothin' of it Sun-Butt; friends forever remember?"

"Fuck you Crashie-OWWW!!!! Twi?!?" Sunset whirled to see her fiance had smacked her hard on the ass with a telekinetic paddle and she smirked. "You're mother might not be able to spank you; but I sure as Hell can."

"Oh you are just getting the biggest kick out of this aren't you!?" Sunset narrowed her eyes at her lover and pouted her lips a little.

Sci-Twi stuck her tongue out at Sunset and giggled mischievously"Hehehe maybe a little more than I should."

"Fine, I'll remember that come bedtime Sparky" Sunset sneered deviously.

"Anyway last thing is this-" Rainbow lifted the geode around her neck. "You said these things act like keys to that Crystal Heart you found underneath the chapel, we got no idea what'll happen when it opens but I got a feeling it'll be pretty awesome, so here's to your futures and may you both stay loyal to one another through all your lifetimes." Rainbow finished and dashed over to the crystal heart which sat on display in a special made case made by Rarity's crystal magic.

The heart was about the same size as the actual crystal heart but it was adorned with seven key holes, each the shape of the girls cutie marks. When Rainbow's geode necklace came into contact with the heart it shined a blue light and morphed into a crystallized version of Rainbow's cutie mark and inserted itself. The heart flashing a blue light and the light would stay where the keyhole met the crystal. As Rainbow went back to her seat she plopped herself down next to Fluttershy, wrapped an arm around her waist, pulled her in close making the meek girl go. 'Eeep!' and planted a kiss on the yellow skinned girls cheek making her blush.

"You're up Applejack" Rainbow said looking to the farmer.

"Well alright then; now Mrs. Dawn 'fore I start I just want ya ta know I don't have in me ta lie and havin' been friends with Sugarcoat over the years has taught me that sometimes blunt honesty ain't such a bad thing, so uh...just know I might say some things bout Sunset that are kinda...harsh....true...but harsh" Applejack explained. She was a kind southern girl, always had been even had very prim and proper roots on her mothers side of the family the oranges and being friends and now girlfriend with Rarity? She knew all to well how to be polite but Sugarcoat had reminded her that she was still herself and didn't have to always keep her southern sweetness in everything, sometimes you had to just tell it how it was even if it sounded really rude or harsh.

"I understand; I wasn't perfect, no where near close, I made a lot of mistakes and I've come to peace with them and I know my daughter has too, it may unsettle me to hear all this all in one night but I've longed to be this close to my daughter and know about her life good and bad, so as you kids say; let 'er rip" Dawn said taking a large chug of a hard cider herself, she hadn't taken a sip of cider in four years since she decided to get clean, she heard this cider had no hangover affects so she saw no reason not to indulge, at least for one night.

Applejack nodded and tipped her stetson politely to Sunset's mother. "Thank ya kindly Mrs.Dawn and I have ta say it's a pleasure ta meet ya and we're all super glad you could be here for Sunset, safe to say she might not have been such a lowdown dirty snake if ya we're, not that ya coulda done much, I mean you were a whole dimension apart."

"And trust me when I say that I FULLY intend on making up for all my time lost as a mother, as the saying goes 'a mothers work is never done' "

Applejack nodded and smiled, Sunset's mother was wise as she was understanding. " Yer right, anyway onto the main event. Sunset I remember the very first time we met, do you?"

"Yeah; it was English and we needed to grade each others homework and I was well...none too nice about how I graded you" Sunset blushed sheepishly.

Putting a hand to her hip Applejack cocked a smirk and said"Yeah, you used a sharpie to mark an 'F' on my paper and told me I was a dumb hick who should stick to farm work."

"You pulled no punches did you?" Dawn asked looking to her daughter

"Not my style ma" Sunset chuckled with a shrug

"You get that from me; cause I don't either" Dawn chuckled along with her daughter and continued to listen.

"Fer the most part in the beginnin' ah did my best to stay away from ya and not cause a ruckus but then ya start pickin' on my little sister and the only reason why both me and Big Mac ain't pummel ya was cuz we both were tryin' to be humble and because ya blackmailed us...after that whole thing with the video of the crusaders and their 'talent practicing' humility could go right out the barn doors and into the mud cause I was ready to plant you like an apple seed and be none to gentle 'bout it."

"I'd have deserved that, they were just trying to practice for the school talent show and I was just busy trying to be petty and make sure no one tried to outshine me at anything even if I wasn't taking part in it." Sunset sighed and groaned. "Mom pardon my language but I am so sorry I was such a bitch" Sunset deadpanned.

"I know you are and I'm sorry I wasn't there to stop you; you forever have my apologizes Applejack"

"Aw shucks it ain't nothin' but water under the bridge now as they say; the crusaders have long since let that little video go and have actually made a whole web channel around doin' silly stuff like that online so hey it worked out in the end."

"Really? I'll have to give it a watch then, sounds quite entertaining." Dawn suggested and nodded with a smile. "What's it called?"

"Crusaders; look 'em up they're super popular, my little sis and her friends got some real talent behind 'em too with the group a friends they made for themselves after we left CHS." Applejack stated. "We all left a lot of things behind at CHS, teachers, friends...family" Applejack's voice hitched for only a moment and she balled her fist which was instantly calmed by Rarity and her calming gaze but Applejack insisted that she simply say what she needed to regardless if it stirred up her emotions. This wasn't about her, it was about her best friends and their future together.

"I can honestly say I value that more since I meet you Sunset, back then when you weren't our friend safe to say my family and our roots were what you dug at the most. No stereotype was too cliche and no insult was too cruel and then you managed to do the one thing that not many can do. You lied in order to split up me and the girls...and I couldn't see through not a single one."

A few gasps were heard from the group of women, Applejack was known to be a super human lie detector; no one, not even Rainbow Dash who had one of the best poker faces ever couldn't lie to her. No the only ones capable of lying to Applejack and getting away with it were Pinkie Pie, Sunset & Mrs. Celestia; when Sunset had begun her rule of the school the first thing she'd done was divide up the one friendship at CHS that was the strongest, the one that seemed to hold many of the other ones together. All it took were some fake emails and texts, a few nasty rumors and viola; Sun-Bitch Shimmer had successfully destroyed the most powerful friendship at CHS in recent memory and with it all others fell and she stood upon them as their queen.

"Fer a whole year, neither me or Dash or Rarity talked; Pinkie was just well...Pinkie and 'Shy well...I guess we'll get to that later when its her turn" Applejack said solemnly shifting her eyes to the meek girl and she sighed. "Then Twi came along, girl was strange but maybe strange was what we needed in our lives, at the time we were all basically bein' forced ta work together on the fall formal by Mrs. Celestia and we all didn't want too for two reasons..."

"Right, one was because I was running unopposed at the time and you hated the idea that I was gonna win with no one to stop me" Sunset recounted and sighed. "After the last dance when Bon-Bon tried to run against me? No girl dared to try and run against me again." Sunset admitted

"Yeah and obviously the second reason was we hated each other but I think deep down we all wanted to still be friends, just we were all too stubborn and 'Shy just didn't know what in the Hell to do...but then Twilight comes along and shines a light on all that you've done and honestly? Never before did I wanna pile drive you into the football field after finding out you managed to pull that big of a lie over me, but Twilight said she had a way to win the formal and I felt like that would be poetic justice as they say."

"And you couldn't have been more right, in just under three days Twilight managed to undo 2 and a half years of scheming and plotting and then completely united everyone against me and knocked me clean off my petty high horse-Ow! Moooooom!? Horse doesn't mean the same thing here as it does in Equestria!" Sunset whined when her mom smacked her upside the head again but then instantly apologized by way of kissing the spot where she hit her better.

"Whoops, sorry dear, reflexes; mmmawh, all better?" Bright Dawn stated shamelessly and was just waiting for her daughters reaction.

"MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM?!?!" Sunset whined again which got a laugh out of everyone. First there was 'No offense' now it's constantly being embarrassed by my mother. Life just LOVES to stick me with running gags. Sunset thought

Meanwhile Princess Twilight was blushing heavily and twirling a lock of her hair at the retelling of her first trip to the human world and how she met Sunset Shimmer as her human self. She couldn't have imagined that the experience would've resolved like it did but all involved were glad that it did, most of all Sunset.

"After we literally shot you down and broke your control on the school I was about ready to just let the authorities of either this world or the one you were from ta handle ya; but I didn't believe that would've been the right choice then and I still don't; sendin' you to jail woulda just made you more bitter, more spiteful towards us and everyone; you might have tried to seek revenge and knowing how smart you are? I'm sure you would've found a way and that's the truth."

Applejack as everyone knew; was no lair and she told it how it was and what was on her mind. In truth back then when she had taken in Twilight's words to be Sunset's friend and teach her the ways of the magic of friendship; she wasn't exactly sure what to do. On the one hand she'd caused herself and her best friends years of grief and emotional turmoil; some more than others, anyone else would've just let the girl go about her business and not bother with her thinking her irredeemable. But on the other hand there was a chance she could change, she had said she didn't know another way, never knew what friendship...true friendship was like. Applejack knew that was no lie and so based on that she gave Sunset her second chance and Applejack couldn't be happier to have given her that honest chance.

"So we took some time to think things through and met up here, we all screamed, yelled and even out right started throwing blows; but after all that? We were thick as thieves, we understood one another, we agreed to help one another and be honest with each other as well as ourselves. You promised me first that you'd always do your best to remain honest; we all toasted apple cider and partied the night away and since then ya been nothin' but a good friend even when we weren't-" Applejack lamented over one of her greatest shames and the other girls hung their heads in shame as well save for Twilight

"Girls c'mon...I'm over that Anon-A-Miss thing; it was just petty drama and my karma coming back to bite me at a bad time; I've let it go" Sunset said reassuringly to her friends knowing they all still felt bad about that entire incident.

"Yeah but still we...I; said some things that I wish I ain't say sugarcube...we made you cry and left you to pick up the pieces and that's something while we forgive ourselves for; we will never forget."

"I can tell I have a lot to catch up on don't I?" Dawn asked to Celestia

"Oh big time" the principal answered with a chuckle

"And then when the sirens showed up? Even though Twilight was there ta help us through it, it was all cause a you that we won that battle Sunset, if you hadn't stepped up we'd have been done for."

"That's the honest truth!" Adagio retorted and a laugh. "But hey we lost fair and square, no hard feelings" Adagio waved a dismissive hand.

"Then there was the friendship games and boy howdy did you show everyone what you were made of that day; everyone in school was countin' on ya and it was you vs Sci-Twi; needless to say everyone was very excited to see how that would turn out, .never thinking that it would end up like this-"

"I did!" Replied Rarity, Sunny Flare, Pinkie & Cadence

"Anyway...after Twi had joined the group things just kept on changin'; I mean camp Everfree was just the beginning of well,this-" Applejack said using her super strength to lift the seat Rarity was sitting in effortlessly off the ground making the posh fashion designer yelp in suprise.

"A-AJ! Put me down this insta-eeep!" Rarity snapped at the farmer who promptly dropped the chair and Rarity with it but she quickly grabbed Rarity in her arms and grinned wolfishly.

"Say what Marshmallow?" Applejack said with a grin and Rarity replied by shoving the girls hat over her face and hitting her repeatedly but the farmer just laughed it off as the posh female tried to punish her.

"You.Are.Such.A.Ruffian!" Rarity said with each hit but laughed along with Applejack

"Mmm y'know as I recall sugarcube you quite like it rough so me bein' a ruffian is right up your ally!" Applejack shot back with a devious grin and marveled in Rarity's flustered expression

A round of 'Ooooooooooooooooooo' came from a majority of the girls in the room watching the couple interact.

"Heheheh Sun-Bun are all you're friends this amusing? I quite like them" Bright Dawn asked with a smile and marveled in her daughters expression.

'Oh no she didn't just call me that in front of them!' Sunset screamed internally as her cheeks tinted pinkish red with embarrassed fury

After Applejack and Rarity ceased their little tussle Applejack put the posh female down and continued to speak but not before getting a well deserved slap on the ass.

"Alright where was I? Right Everfree...it's when we all truly started showing signs of our powers and we saved everyone again. After that solvin' magical hiccups kinda became our thing, stoppin' rouge magic, solvin' friendship problems; it was a blast and you and Twi were always the ones leadin' the charge and always the ones to help the ones who couldn't help themselves when life knocks 'em down" Applejack said as a small tear escaped her right eye and traveled down her cheek but she didn't stop smiling but anyone who knew Applejack knew she had a lot of hidden pain, things she kept bottle up because she mostly only cried on the inside; unless someone died. That was the case with this, back in High School after she'd graduated from High School along with Big Mac, Granny Smith had fallen very ill and despite their best efforts she only had so much time left and when they finally lost her; Applejack had taken it the hardest.

She'd buried herself in her farm work, neglected all her college work and was being super protective and smothering towards Apple Bloom in a way that the young girl wasn't very appreciative of. All of the girls had made their attempts to talk with Applejack back then, help her cope, make her see reason; and in the end Applejack in her stubbornness had continued to refuse their help and at night would travel out to the Everfree forest and let her rage out on the forest trees using her super strength. The girls all knew this wasn't healthy for Applejack and had attempted to stop her however in her stubborn and grief fueled rage she'd ended up attacking the girls who'd tried to fight her to get her to stop, namely Sunset, Rainbow and Pinkie. Rainbow and Sunset had attacked Applejack for knocking out(very lightly and passively with a chop to the neck) Fluttershy and Twilight in order to keep them from interfering however in the end it was a well needed slap to the face and stern talking to from Rarity that snapped the farmer out of her depression and it was on that day Rarity revealed her feelings for the farmer.

"You and Twi have been nothin' but a big help ever since Granny passed; ya always help me on the farm when I need the extra hands, you've helped improve our crop, you're brains have helped with all the big business decisions i wasn't able to make prior to gettin' my degree, ya always know just what ta say and what makes sense and ya have both lead us all through some rough times. And I can say with absolute honesty that I couldn't have picked no one better to pair the two of y'all with; you're two peas from the same pod you two and I just know that your future is gonna be a bright one; so from me and the whole Apple family, heres to the sunlight" Applejack said with a smile as she grabbed a box from the table and handed it to the two lovebirds.

Taking it they'd look inside to find a pair of golden bands that bore a horseshoe on them and then in the bottom of the box sat a bag full of what appeared to be seeds.

"These here bands symbolize the bond of trust ya'll hold together, the horseshoe engraved on the side there is a charm from Equestria that pony me and Twi searched up. So as long as your honest to yourselves and one another, good fortune will always fall upon ya'll" Applejack said with a gracious smile and looked to Rarity who gave her a knowing look. "And they made darn good accessories too; Rarity designed 'em"

"Thank you AJ, Rarity; these are beautiful." Twilight responded taking one from the box and slipping it upon her wrist and admiring the make of the band and Sunset followed suit donning hers as well.

"Yeah; thanks AJ, nothing like a good ol fashioned good luck charm to ensure a bright future huh?" Sunset said with a chuckle

"Yer damn right! And I can say with absoulte honesty that you two and yer little ones are gonna have a great life together. Ta Family!" Applejack stated as she went and inserted her geode into the crystal heart, the geode having morphed into her cutie mark and made the heart shine an orange glow. Walking back over to Rarity and the others she'd take a seat and grab another cider. "S'whose next?"

"Well I suppose it only makes sense that I go next of course darling." Rarity said as she took a small posh sip of her cider and stood up.

"Oh geez give her some room everyone; drama queen Rarity is about to go wild" Rainbow Dash teased from her position next to Fluttershy.

"Oh, ha-ha; how predictably crass of you Dash" Rarity said sarcastically and rolled her eyes and gave a posh hrumph and put a hand to her hip. "I mean it's not like I set up an entire act based on this one little moment in ti-" Rarity was cut off by her cell phone ringing. "Oh one moment dears, this is important" Answering the phone Rarity would give her usual. "Helloooooooo? Why yes...yes I did"

"Did what Rarity?" Coco Pommel asked curiously.

"Why I picked up the phone darling"

"'Uh yes, that's ob-"

"BECAUSE I CALLED IT!" Rarity shouted and gave a haughty laugh along with her Equestrian self as she went into full blown drama queen mode. " I mean goodness I have waited for this day for the two of you for SO LONG! I had started to lose faith in how bright the 'sunlight' could shine during the events of camp Everfree but ooooooh no; that was merely a test! Fate was testing to see if little Twily's heart could be swayed and while it wavered for a moment, lo it was Sunset Shimmer who was to be the one to claim Twilight Sparkle! Oh how marvelous is it?! The tale of a villain turned hero who falls in love with a lonely prodigy?! It's so romantic!" Rarity explained and exclaimed in classic dramatic fashion befitting of the fashionista.

"I can't believe you actually collaborated a drama moment with yourself" Sunset said to Pony Rarity who sat next to Pony Pinkie Pie.

"T'was too good an opportunity to pass up darling! Oh and I do hope you like our gift to you and Twilight" Rarity said with a semi devious smile and remained silent in a way that sent chills up Sunset's spine. Rarity's gifts were more often than not clothing or fashion related so she had a feeling this gift was going to be either really sweet or really embarrassing.

"But anyway I digress; they both have come such a long way since I've met them both; most of all Sunset. Why before we'd become friends? Dear maker it'd have done me no greater pleasure than to slap the color off you for what you did during the spring fling when you first arrived." Rarity said with a thin line of tease mixed with serious as she semi scolded Sunset for what she did back then if for no other reason than to be dramatic. "I mean I'd been effectively slut shamed and discredited for how long?"

Sunset sighed and hung her head. "Six months; have I apologized for that a lot?"

"Yes, quite much so and really I'd gotten all the 'tension' I needed to get out the time we met here during the fall formal and I well um-"

"Literally slapped some sense into me?" Sunset replied with a wry chuckle.

"Yes; that...and you treated me to the spa and many a shopping trip so I've long since forgiven you darling. Since your turn around you've become nothing short of the most generous girl that I know; you've given so much without asking anything in return, you aid anyone who needs your help regardless of whether there is anything in it for you or not, you have always been there to comfort us in our darkest hours and helped us all pull through some rather...difficult times" Rarity explained as she had gone through a rather unfortunate situation in college where she'd been the victim of hazing and rape along with other girls like Twilight, Fluttershy & even Pinkie Pie. It had happened to Rarity more than once however and Suri Polamare in league with Diamond Tiara nearly had her broken but it was Sunset & Twilight with their smarts and cunning that helped her pull through it all.

"I wouldn't be here without either of you and I owe you both my life and then some. College was a very rough road for us all and with your smarts and you having my back? They'd have torn me apart and I'd not be the fabulous fashionista you see before you all today; so it is with this gift that I extend my eternal thanks to you both and hope that you will both always remain generous as you live your lives." Rarity said as she handed the lovers her gift which was expertly wrapped up.

Taking the gift from Rarity they'd open it and both of them would burn a bright blushing red. For a moment they simply sat stunned and it was Sunset who recovered first and spoke.

"Um...wow...t-thanks Rarity; um these are..." Sunset whistled and tried to have her face not look like a cherry.

"Yeah...what Sunny said" Twilight for the first time in awhile was at a loss for words.

"My finest work if I do say so myself; I've made you many a dress darlings but these? These will make you look like goddess to one another on your honeymoon I assure you" Rarity said with a semi-saucy smile and winked at the two of them. "And they are magically enchanted; but you'll discover that little function later.

In the box sat a pair of nightgowns complete with skimpy panties, bra and stockings. Sunset's pair was a perfect weave of her natural colors red and yellow with some orange added in and her cutie mark was stamped on the panties that came with it. Twilight's was much the same but the colors were indigo, violet & pink with her cutie mark stamped on the panties.

"They're made from the finest of Equestrian treads and I laced them with special crystals that well...you'll find out what they do when you put them on" Rarity chuckled; she didn't wish to spoil the surprise that her garments held before the time was right. "And finally this-" she held up her geode and sighed a little "Tis a shame to get rid of such a fabulous accessory" Rarity said as she used her magic to levitate the geode to the heart, it took her cutie marks form and inserted itself making the heart glow a indigo light

"You humans and the way you wear clothes is so strange; I mean in Equestria it is perfectly acceptable to be completely naked and only have accessories; why is the same not true here?" Dawn questioned

"Because the human body's more 'private' areas are a lot more defined in this world and they are honestly kiiiinda prudish...well...not ALL of them obviously." Sunset said with a teasing smile to Twilight Sparkle and winked at her wife to be who blushed in kind.

"Hm; I do suppose you're right, I mean these breasts they have in this world are way larger and harder to hide than in Equestria; and why did the portal have to make mine so...-heavy?" Dawn pouted slightly and looked down at her very well developed and bouncy 32 F's and if she'd been paying attention she'd notice she'd was getting 'noticed' by human Luna again. Shrugging she would turn to her daughter again.

"Though I do certainly see the appeal however, yours are almost as big as mine so I'm sure young Ms.Sparkle often literally has her hands full am I right dear?" Dawn asked her daughter shamelessly with a Cheshire grin

"MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM?!!?!" Sunset whined trying to hide her crimson face as best she could. 'I am SO getting back at her for this somehow someday!' Sunset thought in her head as everyone shared another laugh over the adorable and embarrassing interaction Sunset had with her mother.

The whole while Dawn laughed and grinned through it all, happy she was able to finally get some time with her daughter even if it meant embarrassing her nonstop; she owed her that much after being gone so long plus it would seem she'd plenty earned it and was taking it rather well. She didn't want to insult or 'make fun' of her daughter and thus far hadn't crossed any lines; she was simply having fun with her little girl and it would seem even if she was super embarrassed? Sunset was having the time of her life and couldn't stop smiling and that was something as a mother Dawn loved to see.