Author's Notes:

I completely cleared out a notebook writing the paper draft. For a while I was in a bit of a doozy trying to find a replacement notebook until alas! One appeared! Sometimes I get paranoid that my brother or sister will read the notebook. You see...

I'm a secret Pegasister.

What I mean by that is I hide the fact that I like MLP from my friends and family. If I ever get discovered, I'll forever be taunted for being a geek. It's bad enough my bro thinks I'm an anime freak just because I like to listen to Sad anime songs on Youtube. Animes have really good sad songs! That's it! I don't watch anime. Except for two, but other than that that's it.

I hope you guys don't think I'm not a real Pegasister for admitting this...

Princess Celestia decided to visit Twilight that morning back in Equestria. She wanted to talk to her about holding the position as Princess. Celestia was quite convinced that her former student was becoming exhausted from all her work.

Celestia spread her wings as she stretched. She climbed into a chariot and the four guardcolts flew off toward Twilight's castle. Celestia rarely ever flied and when she did it was because of an emergency. Aka Laziness...

Twenty minutes later, she got to the castle and was greeted by the sentries standing guard at the gate.

" I am here to meet Princess Twilight," Celestia said.

A guard with a rod gold coat and blue mane stepped forward. " The princess is not here, your majesty."

This guard was who we know to be Brian Flash Sentry.

" Not here? Did she leave this morning?" Celestia asked.

"No, we thought she was with you."

"I thought she was here," the ruler replied.

They stood there stiffly for a moment. Twilight wasn't there or at the Canterlot palace. Where was she? Just then the Main 5 came galloping through the front gates. " Princess Celestia!" they cried.

Celestia bowed. " Hello, girls."

"Is Twilight with you?" Applejack asked. "We didn't expect her to be gone as long as she had."

The ruler shook her head. " I'm sorry but she's not with me or at the castle. I'm looking for her myself."

The Main 5 were surprised.

"She's missing?" Rarity asked.

"I wouldn't say that," Celestia told her. " We haven't thoroughly searched for her. Can I come in?"

They nodded and Celestia followed them into Twilight's castle. They went into Twilight's private study that was connected to her library.

"She might've left a note somewhere," Rainbow Dash." That egghead..."

They looked through her papers. In drawers, in file cabinets, looking through books, searching the friendship journal, everything. But no luck. The note they were looking for was nonexistent. In a huff, Rarity tossed the file she had on the table. Fluttershy glanced at it.

S.S. records and Documents

She opened it and saw a list of dates and years. It was like a journal full of entries. Fluttershy was tempted to close it due to invasion of privacy, but she noticed the date February 21. Under it, however, was not a journal entry, but a slew of chemical formulas. All of them were crossed out and scribbled over as if in frustration. Like Twilight was trying to figure something out. Celestia saw this and narrowed her eyes.

" May I see that please?"

Fluttershy handed over the file and she studied the chemicals written down. It all seemed so familiar to her. Something was strange about the writing. The chemicals...the date...Celestia looked at the other entries and found that everything else was pertaining to Sunset Shimmer.

What?

She reread the entries again. Her eyes had not failed her. They were about Sunset. It suddenly clicked in her head. The date and the chemicals were about that day she wished to forget. The day of Sunset's accident. Celestia frowned. How did Twilight know this? How did she get ahold of any of this information? What was going on?? None of this was making any sense.

As far as Celestia was concerned, Twilight seemed to be trying to replicate the gas that caused her poor foster daughter to become corrupt. She would not allow this. She already blamed herself for Sunset's accident. She did not want a second person getting hurt.

The Main 5 sat on the floor in puzzlement thinking of where Twilight could be. They were too busy thinking to notice Celestia leave. She had to find Twilight. Taking the file with her, she went out and set off back home. She needed answers. And the first answer she was going to get was how Twilight managed to get Sunset's records and documents.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Sunset slammed her hand across the sleep button. A week had gone by since she and Twilight had come to a consensus and morning dawned on her. The alarm had interrupted her dream. A dream she so desirably wanted to keep dreaming. Sunset groaned and turned over. Just like the death bell that rang and interrupted her during her free period at the library, that damn alarm did the same. Closing her eyes, she kept dreaming.

It was a beautiful evening and she and Twilight stood on the beach. The sky was cast in glorious colors. Reds, yellows, blues, pinks, and yellows. But neither were paying any attention to the sky. They were in each other's arms, staring deeply into the other's eyes.

Twilight looked so perfect. The soft glow of the setting sun on her face, the shining violet eyes, the way her hair fluttered slightly in the breeze...It was perfect. So perfect. She was smiling at Sunset and Sunset couldn't help but melt inside. They were so close to one another. Just an inch away...

Sunset felt her eyelids grow heavy as she leaned forward. Twilight's small lips were only a few centimeters away now, just waiting to be captured by hers. Sunset's bottom lip quivered in anticipation as she came closer...

Closer...

Closer...

Beep! Beep! Beep!

In extreme anger, the sleepy girl sprung up and smashed her fist with such a force the alarm practically shattered.

" SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!!!"

Great. The alarm ruined her dream. Again. Sunset groaned and slid off her bed. Today was the day she would meet her new psychiatrist. If she were late to meet her, Principal Celestia would come after her. Sunset yawned and stretched as she stumbled to the bathroom. Her dog, Rascal, lazily raised an ear and whimpered. It was a golden retriever she had adopted from Fluttershy. Sunset had also taken in a fuzzy bunny named Carrot, who thank god was not like Angel. Angel never liked her. That bunny was a tyrant and tried to do everything it could to mess up Sunset's relationship with the Main 5. Turns out the bunny didn't have to do anything.

Sunset smacked her lips and peered at herself through the mirror. Her hair was in extreme disarray. Strands of red tangled in strands of yellow, giving her hair a weird ketchup and mustard look. Her eyes were lazy and red from sleep and her lips were chapped. Sunset scratched her arm and found herself to be very ashy as well. Mornings were not her best friend.

Sunset turned on the faucet and let the water pour hot in the basin. She grabbed a wash cloth from the cabinet and tossed it in the water. Rascal came trudging in and Sunset kicked him out. Nope. No dog was going to get in her way of getting ready for school, even if she didn't want to. Sunset got the soap and placed it on the counter as she undressed. Casually she began to wash up.

Her mind drifted back to the dream she had. It was like so many other dreams she had had that past week. Ever since Twilight decided to help her to reformation(again), she had been having very interesting dreams like the one she just had. She knew she liked Twilight as a friend, but more than that? The closest she ever got to that was thinking she was cute.

Sunset often found herself in the middle of class daydreaming about Twilight. It was the strangest thing. People around her were convinced Twilight had definitely beat her up that day and began to mill about as though she were just some normal girl. But there were still comments about Sunset's behavior. Sunset overheard this one girl saying that she practically floated through the day as if she were on Cloud Nine. Her? On Cloud Nine? Pfft!

As if.

Sunset rinsed the wash cloth out and turned the water off. She took her toothbrush and brushed her teeth.

Brush 20 times up and 20 times down. That's how you make your smile, not a frown.

Sunset rolled her eyes when this came into her head. Pinkie was always making up some kind of jingle and now she got that stuck in her head.

She went into her room and pulled on the usual orange tanktop and skirt. That's when she realized she needed a larger wardrobe. Carelessly, she grabbed a brush off the table and separated the red and yellow parts of her hair. It took a lot of work. Sunset didn't have a clue as to how Rainbow Dash managed to walk out the house with her multicolored hair all perfect when the girl refused to pick up a damn brush! Within moments, Sunset's hair was in order.

She sighed. Sunset looked at her left eye and frowned some. If she was going to make a good impression with her psychiatrist, she'd have to cover that up. She went into the bathroom and took out some foundation. Sunset never had any use for the makeup because she always was fabulous naturally. But every once in a while, she had to spruce up. Applying foundation over her scar, she practically made it disappear. With a swipe one way and the other it was invisible. That was a technique she learned form Rarity.

It was alright, but she still had to do something about the discoloration. Sunset scavenged through her cabinet before she came across some green contacts. She could hear Applejack saying to her that she should be proud of her green eyes.

You're eyes are one of the things that makes you stand out, Shimmer. Just like my eyes.

Applejack always did disapprove of makeup and things but hey. Sunset carefully raised the green contact to her eye. She tapped it in and blinked a few times. It stung and Sunset swore a little. She had only wore contacts on big nights like the Fall Formal. Looking in the mirror, she realized she did a wonderful job of covering up the scar and eye. She smiled to herself and whispered," Shimmering."

That was her lucky word. Shimmering. It was something she remembered her father used to say all the time to her when she was a young filly.

You're shimmering, my darling.

She sighed as she thought of her parents. They looked so vague and blurry in her memory now...

Sunset shook her head. No. She wouldn't think of them. The girl ran downstairs and grabbed her bag. School was today and she was almost late. Rascal's whine reminded her she needed to walk him around. Damn it. Sunset just grabbed a handful of dog food and sprinkled it into his bowl and then let him out in the backyard. He knew how to get back in. There was a doggy door anyways. She took a carrot out of her fridge and placed it in her sleeping rabbit's cage. She refilled both their water bowls and patted Rascal's head.

Taking her leather jacket with her, she ran out and headed to school. Today was the day she finally did things right. Today was the day.