My Sweet Sunset

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the official characters from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Lauren Faust is the person who created this generation of ponies. I don't own any of the official characters from Harry Potter. J.K. Rowling is the writer behind the entire series and holds ownership.

Author's Note: As far as I am aware, there is no categorized shipping that involves Sunset Shimmer. I aim to change this. Now, Sunset Shimmer may be a bit out of character in this as she has found her own form of friendship. I guess you can also consider this a type of crossover with Equestria Girls...

The sliding of a glass door is heard, before its closed shut again.

"Hey Sunset..."

A young woman with fiery red/orange yellow hair and moderate cyan-colored eyes gazes to her right. It was a young man with unruly black hair and the greenest of eyes. He leans against the cherry-stained wood patio railing.

"Hey yourself, Emerald," she greets the boy.

"So, whatcha thinking about, babe?" he asks her, looking to her.

"Of my original home," she answers, looking back towards the cloudless night sky, the full moon painting a beautiful backdrop against the stars that can be seen in a bright city like Canterlot.

"Oh... Equestria, huh...?"

Equestria: Another world described by Sunset Shimmer to be that to humans a fantasy wonderland, and full of magic, inhabited entirely by sentient animals such as ponies, griffins, zebras, and other races.

She chuckles softly. It's been so long since she appeared in this world, twelve years, to be exact. "To think, a long time ago, I vowed that I would get revenge as I vanished through that magic mirror that brought me to this world."

Emerald would recall that fateful night they met. "I was abandoned by my relatives at a young age and when I saw a flash of light, I found you... of course you didn't have a lick of clothing on you."

She shoves him playfully, a blush forming upon her cheeks.

"I was confused, I wondered what happened to my pony body, and there you stood, in horrible rags for clothing. We were complete opposites in every sense of the world," said Sunset Shimmer. "How we stuck together, I will never know."

She grabs hold of him, and eventually she is held in his embrace as they continue to stargaze as she is brought towards the cushioned outdoor couch. They are soon lying down, her over top him in his arms.

Emerald looks to her. "Probably because I was an abused orphan who was abandoned by his only living relatives in a different country entirely, and you were apparently in the middle of nowhere with no known recorded history in this world."

"You gave me your shirt that was three times too big for you," Sunset recalls.

"And I did not leave you, feeling that I had to help you in some way," said Emerald.

They were different from each other, but their eyes could tell stories better than anything. Emerald saw in her eyes the first time anger and betrayal. Sunset saw in his eyes the first time loneliness and neglect. His shirt stunk like hell but Sunset fought against the odor and against taking it off. The two stuck together living out on the streets of Canterlot, just finding any abandoned building downtown to sleep in, and stealing food or clothing from a thrift store when no one was looking. At the time, they were both the age of five.

"In a way, you did. Remember that orphanage? The kids were cruel, and I learned you could perform magic like I could that one particular day..."

Emerald remembers their shared childhood in the Starswirl Orphanage. He and Sunset lived on the streets when one day, about a month or so after they were caught by a clerk stealing food and they ran for it. The police tracked them down, but the officer took pity on them because they were homeless. They recall hearing the man mutter about how they were never noticed by anybody was anyone's guess. Instead of getting in trouble, they were brought to the orphanage. Of course, Sunset was the braver of the two as Emerald himself was distrusting of adults at first, considering his abuse at the hands of his former relatives.

While Sunset Shimmer had a name to go by, exotic as it sounded, Emerald never knew his true name. When asked, Emerald was truthful when he said his uncle who ditched him in the wilderness of this country used to be only called Boy or Freak. So the matron of the orphanage on the day they arrived there, named him Emerald Lightning; due to the color of his eyes and the strange lightning bolt-shaped birthmark on the temple of his forehead. They still stuck together when they lived in that orphanage, until three months when they were brought to it; some older boys were trying to be intimidating against Sunset. Emerald in his shout had somehow unleashed a gust of wind magic that blew the bullies into the walls, forcing them to run away and tattle on them. Of course, the head matron did not believe them, saying that magic did not exist.

But at the time of the bully incident, Sunset knew that magic existed as she herself held a large degree of magical talent in her humanized body; she kept silent about it and a few tests in secret confirmed that Emerald was magical like her. It was when they started school, did Sunset and Emerald both learn that this world had a hidden society of magic users after being visited by a person who worked for the magical branch of Child Services for the U.S. Government. They continued their mundane schooling, but "special classes" they took was for magic training. It was when Emerald learned fully about the Wizarding World, was he told that records of him were found. However, given the fact that he grew up as Emerald Lightning, he did not take back the name he was born with: Harry Potter.

"Our days in that orphanage went by so fast for me."

"Elementary was a breeze. At least, when I was not being treated for what I believed was a scar turned out to be a cursed mark caused by very dark magic."

Sunset nods. The "scar" was no longer there today, a barely faded reminder after Healers from St. Lorelei Hospital of Magic hidden in the Colorado Mountains treated him, also ridding him of what was some sort of magic-leeching parasite. Emerald never felt better after he was cured of that blight upon him, ridding him of headaches he would experience now and then at a young age.

"I was glad they helped you. Sure, the scar made you look unique, but when you told me what the adult magic healers told you what was lurking inside it." She shivered a bit. To think a long time ago she wanted magical knowledge like that. "You looked so much better without that scar. And you were happier without it."

"Do you remember when we entered Jr. High? We were nervous like most students who entered a new school, but we stuck together. We met five different girls on that first year of Jr. High, who soon became our closest friends in all of Canterlot," Emerald reminisces.

The five girls in particular were Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkamena Diane Pie (or Pinkie Pie), and Applejack. And just like Emerald and Sunset, the five girls were also mages.

Applejack was a country gal who lived at the family owned and operated orchard known as Sweet Apple Acres. She was a home-down country gal who always spoke her mind with the truth and honesty. She hardly ever lied; in fact, she was a horrible liar. She was nervous being in a new school, having little or no friends as every day after school she would do whatever chores she was capable of handling at her house and with the apple farm. A week since the new school year, Emerald and Sunset saw some prissy prep girls make fun of Applejack because of the way she dressed. Sunset stood up from her seat during lunch, stood in front of Applejack, and told the girls Applejack looked great in what she wore, and then to go piss off. Emerald laughed, hearing Sunset telling the girls off as Applejack was brought to their table they sat at during lunch, and introduced herself and Emerald. Applejack would smile and introduce herself to them.

Pinkie Pie was a girl who was born from an Amish Family. Of course, she was considered the rebellious child of the family, similar to her cousin Maud Pie. She always loved to smile, and plan parties, and enjoy pranks, and also enjoy the modern world's technology that her family did not utilize being they were Amish. But if there was one thing that Pinkie loved about her ma and pa; they were easily supportable of their daughter no matter what, as they were family. Despite this, Pinkie would always try and make friends, or cheer up those who were having sad days. She and Emerald easily clicked after an incident with some bully named Gilda. Both Emerald and Pinkie disliked those who would bully others just to feel superior.

Rarity was the girl who looked to be from a rich family. Her mother was a fashion designer/model, and like mother like daughter, Rarity grew up idolizing her mother when it comes to fashion design. It was Sunset who met Rarity during one Home Economics class, as they sat together in class. Now, Sunset was good when it comes to using a sewing machine back at the orphanage. She could fix things with simple patching up, but Rarity was an expert, giving Sunset pointers and taught her some subtle tricks when using needles and thread, the sewing machine, and the like. When Emerald met Rarity, one of his favorite old shirts had a small hole in the left side and she pretty much took the shirt off him just to fix it. She apologized afterward, but Emerald waved it off. The next few days, Rarity soon became part of the group, meeting their other friends.

Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash were friends since childhood. Fluttershy was always bullied a lot because of her shy attitude, and being meek most of the time. She always had a passion for taking care of animals, and these bullies would often ridicule her for being so soft. That's when she met Rainbow Dash, a tomboy who did not like how Fluttershy was being bullied in Elementary. Of course, being the tougher of the duo, Rainbow Dash also had her bully problem because she was a girl who always dressed in boys' clothing, and enjoying boys' sports than playing with girly dress-up dolls and such. The same bully, Gilda, was one of Rainbow Dash's old tormentors, and when poor Fluttershy ran afoul with her two weeks into the school year, Emerald stood up for her in the hallway seeing the girl getting pushed around. Fluttershy would be grateful for Emerald standing up for her, saying it was usually Rainbow Dash that protected her. They became friends. Fluttershy would meet Sunset Shimmer, and also become friends. Rainbow Dash soon fell into the group when she heard how Emerald protected Fluttershy from Gilda's scathing comments. Their friendship was also built on athletics as both she and Emerald loved the sport of soccer.

All seven shared a deep bond that could never be broken, even when friends would have arguments with friends their first year of Jr. High school. You could say that the magic of friendship ties these seven teenagers together in an unbreakable ribbon of light that would shine against the darkest of the dark. This bond was solidified when one fateful evening during a school-hosted party for the new students attending, near the end of the school year, Gilda and her group (who were a grade year above the Golden Seven as Emerald and friends nicknamed themselves) caused some sabotage with the rigged lighting of the stage in the school auditorium. When one of the stage lights crashed on top of one of the other students, the seven immediately rushed to help with other students, while school faculty would call 911 to report the incident. Gilda would be seen by Sunset sneaking out the back door and she would give chase. Gilda would admit to being the one that caused the accident, and got busted when Principle Discord overheard following the Golden Seven.

At the end, when all seven were in the park when the party ended prematurely, their magic shined forth, forming a ribbon of rainbow light that connected with one another. The girls and one boy all obtained in flashes of light tattoos positioned on their left upper arms; Sunset later dubbed them with the term cutie marks. Sunset's was her old cutie mark reappearing on her human form which was a sun-like image that seemed to represent balance, Emerald's was a seven point star symbol with six surrounding sparkles and a thin lightning bolt diagonally across, Applejack's was three small apples, Fluttershy's was three butterflies, Rarity's was a trio of diamond gems, Pinkie Pie's was a trio of party balloons, and Rainbow Dash's was a white cloud with a jagged rainbow lightning bolt.

"To think, you giving me friendship all those years ago dissolved my anger towards my old problems, and I started to enjoy living as a human." She nuzzles him in an affectionate manner. They grew up together, met friends later on in life, and bonded with those five friends that magic even recognized, given the fact they are the only seven mages on Earth with cutie marks. "Then we fell in love..."

Emerald smiles fondly. "That was a romantic date, huh? Pinkie was so ecstatic when she and the others learned we were dating, she hosted a party for us."

Sunset laughs, finding such great humor in those wonderful memories. They were only fourteen when Emerald wanted to take her out on a friend date, which turned out to become a real date, which set up the beginning of a beautiful romantic relationship. A relationship that lasted for four years (and counting).

Today, at age seventeen, the two teenagers were legally adults in the (magical) eyes of the law, but were a year away from being recognized as adults in the muggle world. But, they have since left the orphanage. And obtained a form of adulthood when they filed for emancipation at age fifteen. Both have jobs so they could earn money, and able to own the small one-story house they currently live at.

It was a school night, tonight. Tomorrow was Monday, and they had school in the morning. It is getting late, after all.

"We should get some sleep, babe," he whispers to her.

Memory lane was fun to explore...

"I'm too comfortable here," she tells him.

"Well... I don't feel like getting up until you do."

Sunset gives him a soft smack on the chest. "I'm not moving..."

Emerald does not respond. He only holds her tighter. It was a warm night, perfect to sleep outdoors on the patio.

"Well, guess we're sleeping on the patio tonight instead of a comfortable fluffy bed with no clothes on," Emerald softly teases. Oh, don't worry; they're clothed outside. Emerald just wanted a more comfortable bed so he can snuggle with Sunset more with clothing being optional.

"Good," she mumbles sleepily, eyes closing. She didn't care about it anyway.

A warm smile drifts over Emerald's lips, before he too closed his eyes.

"Hey babe?" he asks after five minutes of silence.

"What?"

"Why were you thinking of Equestria?"

She makes a soft contended sigh. "If I haven't met you, I would have been bitter, angry, alone, and likely on this date I would have tried to return to my world of origin and carry out the revenge I have long forgotten... using what would be considered forbidden dark magical knowledge from the Wizarding World, tainting my soul with a darkness that would likely never go away."

"Don't leave me, sweetie... okay?"

"Don't worry," said Sunset, still in a soft murmur, "I'll never leave you, Emerald. You're precious in my heart. The magic of friendship, our love, is stronger than any dark magic..."

Emerald's lips curl with a smile. "Yes it is, babe..."

The two dreamed of a future that both desire to have come true: a future where they are married and start a family together. High above the semi-quiet city of Canterlot, Kentucky, the full moon would give off a soft rainbow-like shimmer. This rainbow shimmery glare would not be seen by anyone in the muggle or wizarding world because it was very brief.

In another world, a sad Princess Celestia would gaze upon the magic mirror of which her former self-exiled student Sunset Shimmer has vanished into a long time ago. She remembered the threat her former student made against her and her kingdom, and was contemplating whether or not to send Twilight Sparkle, Equestria's latest princess to ascend to royalty, to go through the magic mirror and track down Sunset Shimmer...

Choices, choices...

If only Celestia knew her former student had found love and friendship a long time ago, and has let go of that old hatred to embrace the magic of friendship...

Short, somewhat random, but it was on my mind and I just allowed my fingers to do the typing. I looked back and changed what didn't sound right, and added more content here and there. I am currently pleased with what I produced within just thirty minutes.

This is likely THE first Harry Potter crossover that used Sunset Shimmer as an actual pairing. And likely this will be the only one. It IS an interesting concept, after all. It also took me awhile where I can place the fictional city of Canterlot within our real world; I chose Kentucky in the end.

Also: the name Emerald Lightning is the name I always give my ponified Harry Potter. Let's just say that Harry did not know his true name until Wizarding Child Services uncovered his origins, and regardless of this discovery identified himself as Emerald Lightning. No British Wizarding World contact. No Dumbledore...

And that's it.

Hope you enjoyed this short little story of mine.

Hmm, maybe I should start writing more story prompts...