After their date gets cut short by friends, Sunset and Rarity have a talk about where their relationship is going.

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It had seemed like a good idea at the time, until Sunset actually read what Twilight wrote in her letter. She'd already said yes to seeing Celestia again, and she wouldn't go back on her word. As long as she remained convinced that this was a good idea and that it would all end well, she could get through it without a problem.

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Sunset didn't understand the big deal about spring in the human world. It wasn't any more magical than spring in Equestria, it just required less help to get going. Humans, however, considered it the season of rebirth, and while she didn't understand it she could at least accept it.

Thankfully, Rarity was patient enough to explain it to her.

Written for Oroboro's Changing Seasons shipping contest.

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Princess Celestia has finally decided to introduce her two prized pupils to each other, hoping that together they'll finally start to appreciate the beauty and magic of friendship. Sunset may be proud and brash, and Twilight might be obsessive and oblivious at times, but surely they'll get along fine, right?

They'll go above and beyond that in time, but the road they'll take to get there is a rocky one.

Written for Oroboro's Sunset Shipping Contest: Changing Seasons

Cover art by Novel-Idea
Original Sunset and Twilight image by Sikander-MLP

Featured on September 1, 2017!

Updated 10/27/17: Minor edits to existing chapters; 3 new chapters added (Reconciliation, The Twilight Zone, Sowing Seeds)
Updated 11/27/17: Cover art added!

The first time it happened, Sunset didn’t pay it any mind due to the circumstances. The second time it happened, she noticed it and brushed it off as the action of a concerned friend. The third time it happened, she finally figured out that Rarity was flirting with her.

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In Equestria, the only season ponies can experience until they meet their soul mate is winter. When Sunset crossed over to the human world, she met her soul mate, and was able to experience the other seasons. The problem is, she isn't in Equestria anymore, and her soul mate is human.

And Sunset doesn't want to force that onto Rarity when to humans, the term soul mate applies to something that isn't real.

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Sunset has a crush on Twilight. The problem is, she seems to have a type: people who are incredibly powerful, have some measure of authority and power in their positions, and still have very sweet personalities.

And Twilight is far more powerful and popular than Flash ever was.

But it's okay. It's not like Twilight likes her back, right? Right.

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Twilight had never gone shopping just for the sake of it, until she met Rarity. She’d never had someone her own age who had wanted to do something like that with her before, as friends.

Assuming, of course, that Rarity was even her friend. She still wasn’t entirely sure of that, and she wanted Rarity to be her friend, even as a small voice whispered in the back of her mind with discontent at the label for some odd reason. It would be okay to consider her a friend, right?

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It's morning in the human world, and Sunset wants to show Twilight something before the sun comes up.

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The tricky thing about love is that it strikes without warning and often makes you fall for someone you can't have. For some, this means someone way out of their league. For others, this means falling for someone who is secretly a pony from another world. Good thing people always act rationally and openly express their feelings, right?

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