Sunset is frozen in place as she stares at the mare turned woman in front of her, Princess Celestia is here?! But why?! Sunset screams internally before she remembers how they parted and when she came back, she stole Twilight’s crown. “Is she….is she taking me back to Equestria?

Princess Celestia looks into Sunset’s eyes, the same moderate cyan eyes that reminded her of her sister, the same eyes that were once filled with anger now displayed fear. Fear towards her.

“It has been so long since we last saw each other,” Princess Celestia spoke in a gentle tone,

“Y-yeah,” Sunset managed a response,

Silence settled between the two of them as they simply stared at one another, eventually Princess Celestia broke the silence.

“Do you mind if we talk inside?” Celestia asks,

“Oh! Uh sure!” Sunset quickly responds as she wills her legs to move,

Princess Celestia moves aside to allow Sunset access to the door, Sunset reaches into her skirt pocket and fumbles with her keys before pulling them out and inserting her apartment key into the keyhole. After unlocking and opening the door, Sunset moves aside and holds the door open for the princess.

“Thank you Sunset,” Princess Celestia thanks Sunset as she steps inside her apartment, she starts looking around, taking note of everything she sees.

Sunset gulps nervously as she watches Princess Celestia inspect her apartment, “Um, would you like something to drink?”

Princess Celestia turns around to face Sunset, a bright smile on her lips, “No thank you Sunset, I just want to talk,”

“O-Okay,” Sunset says nervously as she leads Celestia towards her bedroom,

They both take a seat on Sunset’s bed, Celestia looks around Sunset’s room, noting the posters, the bookshelf full of books, she then noticed the framed picture of Sunset with her friends resting on the nightstand. She reaches for it and picks it up, holding it in her hands, Celestia looks at a smiling Sunset posing with the human counterparts of the mane 6. Celestia also notices something about the glass surface, it looked like it was stained with water, as if someone had been crying while looking at it.

“Sunset,”

“Y-yes?” Sunset sat straight on her bed at hearing the authoritative tone in the princess’s voice,

“Twilight has informed me about what has been happening, about Anon-A-Miss,” Celestia places the frame back on the night stand and faces Sunset, “But I want to hear what has been happening to you from you directly,”

Sunset gulps as she tells the princess every, after she was done Sunset watches the princess carefully, she knew from experience the mask that Celestia wore when dealing with annoying nobles, the same mask that she is wearing now. However, Sunset notices the slight trembling in Celestia’s hands and before she could asks what was wrong, Princess Celestia brings up her hands to cup Sunset’s face, surprising the teen,

“Oh my poor Sunset,” Princess Celestia says as tears well up in her eyes, “I’m so sorry,”

“Why are you apologizing? None of this was your fault,” Sunset stated as she looked into Celestia’s tear filled eyes,

“If I had known what was happening to you, how alone and isolated you felt, I would have come through the portal much sooner,” Princess Celestia spoke as she rubbed Sunset’s cheek with her right thumb,

Sunset felt touched that her former mentor would care so much about her, but then a sense of doubt filled her heart as she realized something.

“Then, why did you give the journal to Twilight?” Sunset spoke in a soft tone, her eyelids lowering slightly, “if you cared about me, why did Twilight respond when I first asked for help against the sirens and not you?”

Pain filled Celestia’s as she closed them tight, “Because she would do a better job at teaching you than I ever did,”

Sunset watches a stray tear slide done Celestia’s right cheek, The princess opens her eyes her mask has been removed and Sunset could see the pain reflected off of her eyes.

“Ever since you left, I have been going over the events that led up to our parting,” Celestia began, a far away look in her eyes, “I realized that I may have been impatient and showed you the mirror before you were ready,”

“Impatient? What do you mean?” Sunset asks, she wasn’t expecting this,

“Sunset, when I first took you in as my student when you were a little filly, I knew you had the potential to be something great. But,” Celestia closes her eyes as she took a deep breath before exhaling, when she opened her eyes, there was something different about them that Sunset recognized as a certain look she would give her, “As time passed and the more time we spent together I started seeing you less as my student and more like...my daughter,”

Sunset’s eyes widen at Celestia’s admission, her heart pounded against her chest as Celestia called her what she always longed to be, her daughter, “You….you see me as your daughter?”

Celestia smiles, “Yes, with every spell you mastered, with every test you passed, with every obstacle you overcame, I was so very proud of you Sunset, seeing you succeed brought me so much happiness and pride,”

“But my pride led me to keep pushing you, my pride kept you from making any real friends as you spent all your time studying. You even saw other ponies as beneath you,”

“That’s not true! It was my own pride and arrogance that led me down a dark path!” Sunset spoke as she grabbed Celestia’s wrists, tears forming in her eyes as she looked into her mother’s pale, light grayish magenta eyes, “You were nothing but a kind and loving mother who only wanted me to be happy. I was a selfish daughter who demanded you to make me a princess, I even accused you of being selfish when you denied me my demand!”

“All the more reason why I am to blame,” Celestia continues as she removes her hands from Sunset’s cheeks and instead positions them to hold Sunset’s own hands, “I wanted you to succeed so badly that I grew impatient, I dreamed of one day seeing you rule equestria by my side as mother and daughter and maybe one day see you surpass me and become somepony great that all of equestria will look up to for wisdom and guidance,”

Tears spilled from Celestia’s eyes as she now looks at Sunset with deep sadness and regret,”I wanted so badly to see that dream be reality that I selfishly groomed you to be somepony who desires being a princess above everything, I erased any dreams and aspirations you might have head, just to make you like myself,”

Sunset is left stunned, she tried to wrap her mind around what she has been told and looking back, Sunset couldn’t remember thinking about anything else but becoming a princess. She opens her mouth, but no words came out. She was rendered speechless.

“By the time I realized how it was negatively impacting you, I tried to guide you to the proper bath but you were so stubborn. Like mother like daughter I guess,” Celestia joked, “When I was informed that you were in the restricted section of the library, I felt a cold chill go up my spine, I feared the worst and quickly teleport myself to your location; but you I was too late and you found the knowledge you sought.”

“And when you looked at me with your eyes so full of anger, it was as if I was looking into the eyes of my sister Luna, and just like with my sister, I made the mistake of banishing you from the castle and forcing you to flee through the portal,”

Celestia releases her hold on Sunset and turns away from her, “Since then I have been plagued with nightmares about your time in this world, seeing you laying in a gutter starving and in rags, one nightmare was so terrible that I woke up screaming and in tears. I saw you dead, all alone and helpless,”

“Not a day goes by that I replay what happened in my mind, trying to figure out what went wrong and what I could’ve done differently. I guess it doesn’t matter now,” Celestia sighs as she stares at the wall, “After Twilight came back from this world after you stole her crown, I asked her if you were alright and was greatly relieved that you were, I contemplated whether I should contact you using our journals, but I never did. Twilight succeed where I have failed, she and her friends freed Luna from the darkness and did the same for you, she fixed my mistakes and for that I will always be grateful, So I decided to give Twilight my journal, in the hopes that she’ll do a much better job at guiding you then I ever did,”

“I’m so sorry Sunset,” Celestia says in a soft tone as she cries silently,

Celestia suddenly feels something wrap around her waist and she looks down to see a pair of arms, she then feels something rest against her back and turns her head to see that it’s Sunset,

“Thank you for telling me, and I did find it hard at first to adjust but once I did, I used the skills you taught me when you dealt with the snobbish elite ponies as well as the diplomats, although it wasn’t with good intentions,” Sunset chuckled as she continued, “My drive to become a princess kept me motivated which helped me get through the years spent here and since we’re being honest here, I missed you too, despite being angry with you, I still missed you so much,”

Princess Celestia turns around and wraps her arms around Sunset as she begins to sob.

“I’m so sorry, for hurting you, for betraying, and abandoning you!” Sunset sobbed into Celestia’s chest,

Celestia smiles, it’s a smile full of kindness and love as she holds her daughter in her arms, something she missed terribly. Both mother and daughter held on to each other for dear life as if they would disappear the instant they let go, they muttered apologies after apologies through their sobs until their crying stopped and Sunset raises her head to look at her mother. Both of them have smiles as Celestia leans her head down to rest against Sunset, the warmth Sunset felt from the contact spreads from her forehead to the rest of her body. Sunset and Celestia close their eyes as a sudden warmth envelopes their bodies. Suddenly they both emit a golden aura as their hairs extend into a pony tail and pony ears sprout from on top of their heads, white wings sprout from Celestia’s back and they also move to wrap around Sunset.

Sunset felt so warm and safe being in her mother’s embrace, how she missed feeling her feathers,

Wait, feathers?! Sunset thought as she snapped her eyes opened and pulled back from the hug, to her shock, her mother had somehow ponied up and even more shocking, her cutie mark is displayed on her cheeks, “Mom, you ponied up!”

“It appears you have as well,” Celestia points out, she sees her daughter’s cutie mark on display on her cheeks as well,

Before either of them can dwell on it any further, the sound of the door belle echoed throughout Sunset’s apartment, startling them both.

“W-who could that be?” Sunset wondered, she normally never receives any visitors this late.

“Right on time,” Celestia spoke as she gets up from the bed and proceeds to head towards Sunset’s apartment door,

“Wait, what’s going on? Mom!” Sunset calls out to her mother as she follows after her, She sees Celestia open her apartment door, her wings, extra pony tail and pony ears having already disappeared like her and is surprised at who her visitor is,

“Principal Celestia?”

“Good evening Sunset,” The principal greeted, a kind smile on her lips,

“I hope you don’t mind us stopping by?” Vice-Principal Luna voiced from behind her sister,

“But we couldn’t wait till Christmas to give you your surprise!” an excited voice spoke before a man with black hair, white eyebrows and goatee suddenly sprang in front of Principal Celestia, “It’s nice to finally meet you Sunset Shimmer, my Fiance often talks about you,”

Sunset didn’t know what to make of this situation, she turned to her mother and silently asks her just what the hey is going on?

Princess Celestia chuckles at her daughter’s expression before answering, “Let’s get everypony inside first,”

“Everypony,” The man chuckles before being elbowed by his fiance,

“Behave yourself Discord,” Celestia warns as the trio stepped inside Sunset’s apartment,

“I believe introductions are in order, My name is Discord. A pleasure to make your acquaintance,” Discord bowed at Sunset,

“Uh, I’m Sunset Shimmer. Nice to meet you too,” Sunset says as she curtsies, she then looks at her mother, “Okay seriously, what’s going on?”

“Just this,” Principal Celestia spoke as she pulled out a file folder from her bag and handed it to Sunset,

Sunset takes the file folder, she opens it and pulls out its contents. Her eyes widen upon reading it and she looks up to the four smiling adults in the room, “This….this is….”

“An adoption form,” Luna finishes for Sunset, smiling ear to ear, “It means that you are now officially the daughter of my sister and her fiance, not to mention my niece as well!”

“I….I..” Sunset didn’t know what to say,

Principal Celestia steps up to Sunset and places her hands on her shoulder, “I’ve waited for the right time to show you this, and after finding out about my counter part, I knew I needed her on board for this,”

Sunset turns to Princess Celestia, “You knew about this?”

The princes nods, “Twilight informed me that my counter part wanted to discuss something very important regarding you, I assumed the worst but seeing the huge smile on her face told me otherwise,”

“That’s why I couldn’t tell you why I needed to meet with Twilight, it would’ve spoiled the surprised,” Principal Celestia explains, her smile never faltering,

Sunset looks at all of them then back at the piece of paper in her hands, “I...I have a family now?”

“Yes Sunset, you have a family. A family that will love and support you always,” Principal Celestia says as tears filled her eyes,

Tears soon pooled in Sunset’s eyes before dropping on to the paper, “I have a family…...I have a family,”

Sunset repeated, not fully believing that this was actually happening, but the more she repeated it, the more it began to sink in. she brought the adoption paper close to her face until it rested against her forehead.

“I have a family…..I have a family….haha...hahahaha!” Sunset laughs as a smile forms on her lips, she wasn’t going to be alone anymore. She has a family now,

She suddenly feels herself being enveloped and lifts her head to see everyone hugging her.

“I’ve also made it official in equestria as well, you are officially my daughter which makes you a princess and my heir,” Princess Celestia says as tears fall down the sides of her face,

“A princess?” Sunset says in disbelief,

“I can’t believe I have a princess for a niece!” Luna spoke as she hugged Sunset tight,

“Our little princess,” Discord looks at his Fiance before looking down at Sunset, “I hope you don’t mind the nickname?”

“No, I don’t mind at all. Dad,” Sunset says with a teary smile, she actually has a father now,

Discord smiles as he hugs Sunset tighter, ‘Dad’ those words are like music to his ears.

“So now I have two mothers and fathers?” Sunset says as she looks at Princess Celestia with a sly smile,

Suddenly every ones attention shifts towards the princess.

“W-what?” Princess Celestia stutters nervously, her cheeks turning red,

“So what’s the relationship between you and my counter part?” Discord asks, a hint of mischief in his voice,

“Well uh….it’s complicated!” Princess Celestia answers simply,

“I bet he burns for you as much as you burn for him,” Discord says as she winks at the Princess,

Princess Celestia’s face turns beat red causing everyone to break out in laughter. Sunset couldn’t believe it, she never in her wildest dreams could’ve expected something like this to happen to her, not to mention that she was now a princess. That will take some getting use to. For now Sunset just enjoyed being surrounded by her new family and making her equestrian mother blush in embarrassment, she now wonders what the equestria versions of her new father and aunt are like?

Xoxoxoxo

Applejack sits on a couch in the living room, a mug of hot chocolate in her hands, she stares sadly at the rising steam. With Applebloom helping her out with her chores, Applejack was able to get done a lot sooner, but unfortunately that gave her time to reflect on her actions towards a former friend.

You really are a dumb hick aren’t you?

And you fell for it like you do everything else.

It only took a simple text for you to break your friendship with Rainbow right?

Applejack closes her eyes and lowers her head as more of Sunset’s words echoed In her head.

Temper, temperApplejack, you wouldn’t want to do something you’ll regret.

I see the liar stepped up to defend her real friend.

You lied to my face when you said I was family.

You lied when you said you were my friend, you lied when you told me that you forgave me for what I did to you and your friends!

You know what? I’m glad I still had my doubts about you because you ended up proving me right.

Remember those words Applejack, you’ll soon regret them,

Applejack grit her teeth, everything Sunset had said was true. This whole time Sunset was the one being honest while she had been lying to her, to everyone and even herself about what how she truly felt about Sunset.

“You okay there Applejack?”

Applejack snapped her head up to see the concern look of her big brother, “Oh, hey big Mac. am fine-” Applejack stops herself, she was about to lie again,

“Ya know what? No. am not okay,”

Big Mac moves to sit besides Applejack and places a comforting hand on her shoulder, “Yah wanna talk about it?”

Applejack doesn’t say anything, but big Mac knew his sister well enough to know that she was thinking it over.

“Say Big Mac, am ah really a dumb hick?” Applejack asks,

“Now why would yah go and think that? Of course you’re not,” Big Mac answers, he couldn’t believe that his sister would ask that,

“Then how come ah keep getting the wool pulled over ma eyes?” Applejack stated before adding, “When Sunset tricked me into breaking off ma friendship with my friends, ah was so blinded with anger that ah didn’t even bother to talk to them about why they did what they did. And after princess Twilight helped bring us together, Ah swore to myself that ah wasn’t going to be fooled like this again. Yah know how that turned out,”

“Yer not dumb, little sis, yah just let yer emotions get the better of ya. Happens to all of us, yah did mention that the pictures from yalls slumber party are from her phone and that she was the only one to take the pictures” Big Mac assures her, “But just because something looks obvious, doesn’t always mean it is,”

“Ah know, ah know. Ah refused to listen to Sunset and now she won’t listen to anything ah have to say, much less talk to me,” Applejack sighs sadly, she thought that talking things over with Sunset would help them reconcile, like how Twilight convinced her to to talk to Rainbow Dash and the two patched things up. Bur that wasn’t the case, Sunset was more hurt than she had thought and it looked like simply talking things over won’t work this time. And speaking of Rainbow Dash.

“Ah still can’t believe that Rainbow would set Sunset up like that,” Applejack mused, of all the rash things Rainbow had ever done, this was by far the worst and with deadly consequences. Remembering the beating Sunset took causes a shiver to run up Applejack’s spine. Granted none of that was real, but what she saw could’ve happened, especially since some of the students were already riled up because of Anon-A-Miss.

“It goes back to what ah was sayin, we let our emotions get the better of us,” Big Mac repeated as he leans back on the sofa.

“Ah bet Ma and Pa are really disappointed in me,” Applejack mutters, picturing her parents disappointed looks in her mind. She winces as she imagines her father turning his head away from her.

“That’s true, but they will also tell yah to go and fix yer mistakes,” Big Mac reminded her,

“How can I fix mah mistakes if Sunset won’t even hear me out,” Applejack sighs in defeat as she takes a sip of her hot chocolate,

“Words alone won’t fix this, Applejack. Ya can say yer sorry a million times and it sill won’t mean a thing,” Big Mac tells her firmly, “Action speak louder than words,”

Actions speak louder than words.

Sunset’s voice echoed in Applejack’s head, causing her to smile slightly, “Ya know, that’s exactly what Sunset told me when she was helping me out on the farm not long after the fall formal,”

“Then ya know it’s good advice, like the group that helped Sunset clear her name, ya just need to work together with yer friends to show Sunset how truly sorry ya all are,” Big Mac says the last part with hope,

“Ah just wish I knew where to start,” Applejack admitted, felling completely lost on what to do,

“Yah will figure it out, I have faith in yah,” Big Mac assured Applejack as she laid a comforting hand on her shoulder,

“Thanks big brother,” Applejack thanks big Mac as she flashes him a smile, but it quickly disappears as she remembers another very important matter. “But first we gotta find a way not to loose our farm,”

Big Mac’s mood suddenly turns somber, “Eeyup,”

“Applebloom’s actions really put is us in a very difficult and frightening situation, I still can’t believe that Sunset still chose to protect her and her friends even after what they did to her.” Applejack says as she remembers what Applebloom told her about how Sunset turned into a demon to show to entire school what they will be dealing with if they so much as look at the Crusaders funny, “She’s a better person ah will ever be,”

“Yah and yer friends did help her move on from the person she use to be,” Big Mac pints out,

“Wish ah trusted her though,”

“True, but it’s difficult to fully trust someone when you still hold resentment towards them. yah only truly trusted family,” Big Mac points out as he stand up from the sofa,”I’m going to lock up before going to bed, don’t stay up to late,”

“Goodnight Big Mac,”

“Night AJ,” Big Mac bids Applejack goodnight before leaving the leaving room,

Applejack stares at her mug, her thoughts going over what Big Mac had said about family, “Family huh? Ah guess Sunset was never really family to me,”

Applejack gulps down the last of her hot chocolate before getting up and heading into the kitchen to wash her mug, then heads towards the bathroom to get ready for bed. As she goes to her room to retrieve her pajamas she spots the framed photo of her and her friends sitting by her nightstand. But one of the faces is covered in black marker to prevent anyone from seeing who it is, but Applejack knows. She sighs sadly once again before retrieving her pajamas and heading towards the bathroom.

Maybe there’s a way to remove it without damaging the photo, AJ thought as she entered the bathroom,

Xoxoxoxo

“Are you sure you don’t want to come home with us Sunset?” Principal Celestia asks as she, Luna, Discord, Princess Celestia and Sunset stood in front of Sunset’s apartment door, “Your room is ready for you to move in,”

“Your going to love your room Sunset!” Luna gushes,

“I’m sure, I’ll be gradually moving my things during the week so I’ll fully move in by the time Christmas break starts,” Sunset informs her newly adopted mother,

“I’ll be spending the night here and return to equestria by morning in time for me to raise the sun,” Princess Celestia tells them earning raised eyebrows from the humans,

“Mom here raises and lowers the sun and the moon,” Sunset informs them,

“Y-You raise the sun and the moon?!” Luna is shocked to hear this,

“I did, but my sister is in charge of raising and lowering the moon now,” Princess Celestia adds as she smirks at seeing Vice-Principal Luna’s shocked expression,

“I do-I mean she does?!” Vice-principal Luna couldn’t believe that the pony versions of her sister and herself where the ones to dictate the night and the day. Although she did feel a little jealous that her older sisters pony counter part can control something as enormous as the sun itself,

“Yes,” Princess Celestia says simple,

“Then we’ll see you at school tomorrow Sunset,” Principal Celestia says as she steps up to Sunset, she kisses her forehead before giving her a tight hug, “Goodnight my little sunshine,”

Both Sunset and Princess Celestia are surprised to hear the principal say that, mainly because that’s what Princess Celestia use to call Sunset when she was a filly. Sunset smiles as she returns the hug.

“Goodnight Mom,”

Principal Celestia pulls away from the hug, only for Luna to quickly replace her.

“Goodnight kiddo!” Luna says excitedly as she squeezes Sunset tight,

“Goodnight Aunt Luna,” Sunset manages to reply as she felt the air being squeezed out of her,

Luna squeals at being called Aunt causing both Celestias to grin in amusement. Luna was soon pried off of Sunset by Discord who took her place in giving Sunset a hug.

“Have pleasant dreams sweetheart,”

“Thanks, you too Dad,” Sunset replies as she and Discord break the hug,

Sunset opens her apartment door to let the trio of humans leave before closing the door behind them, she turns back to look at her equestrian mother, “You wouldn’t happen to bring some pajamas?”

Celestia chuckles before responding, “No but I believe I can manage,”

Princess Celestia begins to focus, causing herself to pony up before her attire changed and she was now wearing white pajamas with her cutie mark on the front of her pajama top.

“Of course,” Sunset smiles as she motions to her bedroom, “You take the bed while I take the couch,”

“Yeah uh, that’s not gonna happen Sunset,” Celestia informs her daughter as she crosses her arms, “I’ll take the couch,”

“It’s alright, I’ll take the couch,” Sunset argued,

“I insist on taking it,” Celestia argues back, refusing to let her daughter sleep on the couch while she sleeps in a warm bed,

“Stubborn aren’t you?” Sunset comments as she raises an eyebrow,

“Where do you think you get it from?” Celestia smiles slyly at Sunset,

“Just take the bed will you,” Sunset groans as she look at her mother with pleading nice,

“Nice try Sunset,” Celestia remains unmoved, Sunset had always resorted to that look whenever she tried to get her to do something she wanted,

“Darn, I was hooping it would still work,” Sunset mutters,

“How about this, we both share the bed. It’ll be like when you were a filly,” Celestia offer as a bright smile lights her face, whenever Sunset had a bad dream, Celestia would allow the filly to sleep in her bed to assure the filly that she would be right here if she needed her,

“Yeah, when I was a filly. If you hadn’t noticed I’m not a filly anymore,” Sunset gestures towards herself,

“Oh Sunset, don’t you know that to me you’ll still be my little filly,” Celestia cooed,

“Urgh fine,” Sunset relented with a groan, causing her mother to giggle, “let me just go get changed,”

A few minutes later Sunset steps inside her room and sees her mother already laying on her bed, Celestia pats the spot next to her, motioning for Sunset to join her. Sunset obeys as she gets on top of her bed and Celestia pulls the covers over them at the same time wrapping an arm around Sunset.

“Comfy?” Celestia asks, a warm smile on her lips,

“Yes,” Sunset answers, a slight blush on her cheeks,

Celestia brings her daughter closer and despite Sunset’s protest earlier, she happily scoots closer and snuggles close to her mother. Celestia fells her daughter’s warmth against her, her eyelids started getting heavy and as she was about to close them, Sunset spoke up.

“How did you find my apartment?” Sunset asks,

“I asked my counter part where you lived and she wrote it down for me,” Was Celestia’s simple answer, “She was kind enough to give me a ride here before heading off to get Luna and her Fiance,”

“Speaking of which, how is Aunt Luna in equestria?” Sunset asks, curious as to what her alicorn aunt does,

“She’s fine, she watches over our little ponies as they sleep. Traveling through the dream realm to ensure they have a restful sleep,” Celestia answers Sunset’s question,

“That’s cool,” Sunset says as her eyes felt heavy, once her eyes fully closed she was out like a light,

Celestia gazed at her daughter’s sleeping form, she looked so calm and peaceful. Finally after so many years she had her daughter back, but then she frowned as she remembered what had been happening to her daughter this past week, she grit her teeth as she recalled Sunset choking up as she mentioned her former friends, her blood boiled as Sunset told her about Rainbow Dash’s plan to have her beaten. All over a picture of her kissing a girl. Celestia was no stranger to the limelight, having kissed her fare share of stallions and mares in the past and being royalty, news quickly spreads that she’s seeing somepony and although she was upset in the beginning about this, she learned to deal with it in fun, creative ways like the newspapers suddenly all going missing. But to resort to physically harming somepony, especially her own daughter and that it was the embodiment of the element of loyalty no less. Celestia would have to have a talk with Rainbow Dash.

But for now Celestia’s focus is on her sleeping daughter, she leaned her head closer to Sunset and kissed her forehead.

“Goodnight my little sunshine,” Celestia whispers gently before closing her eyes and drifting off to sleep,

Xoxoxoxo

Applejack wipes off the sweat from her forehead using her forearm after placing a large apple basket next to the other baskets full of apples.

“Mighty appreciate yah helping me harvest the apples, Sunset,” Applejack thanked Sunset as she placed her basket of apples next to Applejack,

“No problem Applejack, I want to prove to everyone including you girls that I’ve changed now, and the best way to do that is through my actions. Actions speak louder than words after all,” Sunset explains,

“Well yer off to a good start, Ah can appreciate hard work and ya have been working hard all this week. “Applejack complimented, “Ah had no idea ya were this strong, Princess Twilight didn’t seem all that strong when she arrived,”

“I don’t know about Princess Twilight, but I’ve always been pretty strong, Even for a unicorn, besides my magic studies I made sure to keep myself fit,” Sunset tells Applejack, “And even after coming to this world, I still work out,”

“Well yah certainly have the guns to prove it,” Applejack motions to Sunset’s exposed arms that had noticeable muscle tone,

“Thanks,” Sunset rubs the back of her head shyly, a small blush on her cheeks,

“What do you say we break for lunch now?” Applejack asks as she pulls out her phone to check the time. it read 12:15,

“Sounds good to me,” Sunset agreed as she and Applejack made their way inside the house,

Sunset and Applejack sat down in the kitchen table and enjoyed some sandwiches that Applejack prepared, as Sunset ate her sandwich, Applejack decided to ask her something.

“Say Sunset, can ah ask you somethin?”

Sunset looks to Applejack, she swallows the food in her mouth before answering,”Uh, sure,”

“Yah come from the same world as Twilight right?” Applejack asks to which Sunset nodded, “Why did yah come to this world?”

Sunset lets out a sigh, she knew someone was bound to ask that question, “I had a falling out with my teacher,”

“Oh?” Applejack places her sandwich on her plate as she gives Sunset her full attention,

“Basically I demanded that she make me princess and accused her of holding me back,” Sunset shuts her eyes tight as she remembers that fateful night, “I was angry and after she renounced me as her student and ordered her guards to take me out of the castle, I knew that there was only one path for me to take. So I knocked out the guards and entered a mirror portal that led to this world.”

Applejack notices Sunset’s trembling hands that have balled into fists.

“I can’t believe how stupid I was,” Sunset mutters as she feels tears stinging her eyes,

“She must’ve meant a lot to yah, huh?” Applejack asks,

“She meant the world to me, she was like my mother…..and I betrayed her,” a sob rocks Sunset’s body as her tears spilled from her eyes, whenever she thought about Princess Celestia, Sunset would always get angry. But there was a small part of her that still missed her, and now that her anger has been washed away thanks to the elements she now felt the full weight of how much she missed her mentor as well as her actions towards her before she left.

Sunset felt movement from the other end of the table and soon felt a pair of arms wrap around her.

“It’s okay Sunset, let it all out,” Applejack encouraged the former unicorn,

That was all it took for Sunset to start wailing as she clung to Applejack who simple held Sunset as she cried her heart out. Sunset cried in Applejack’s arms for ten minutes before calming down and pulling back a little.

“Thanks Applejack, I really needed to do that,” Sunset thanks the farmer as she wipes away her tears,

“Don’t mention it Sunset, it’s what friends are for,” Applejack replies, giving Sunset a warm smile,

“Friend?” Sunset blinks, did she hear her right?

“That’s right, yer my friend Sunset, ah will always be there for my friends,” Applejack tells her honestly,

Sunset smiled before throwing her arms around Applejack and hugging her tight, “Thank you so much Applejack,”

“Yer mighty welcome Sunset,” Applejack tells Sunset as she returns the hug,

Sunset was very happy right now, but that happiness was quickly replaced by an excruciating pain that exploded from her back. Sunset pulls back, but something is keeping her in place. She looks to Applejack and notices her monotone expression.

“What’s the matter Sunset? Did it hurt being stabbed in the back?” Applejack asks in an emotionless tone,

Sunset tried to speak but no words escaped her mouth as her body started to go numb, her knees buckled as she collapsed on them, She looks up at Applejack and notices a bloodied knife in her right hand. Sunset’s eyes roll to the back of her head as she falls to her side. Dead.

Applejack looks down at the dead Sunset, “As if I would ever call a demon like you a friend,”

“NO!!”

Applejack bolts up from her bed, her body covered in sweat, her heart hammering against her chest as she panted heavily. She took in her surroundings and realized that she was still in her room.

“A dream?” Applejack says aloud, bringing her right hand against her forehead, “But why in tarnation would ah dream of stabbing Sunset in the ba-”

Applejack’s eyes widen in realization,

“Ah did stab her in the back,”

Applejack brought her knees to her chest, wrapped her arms around them and rested her forehead on her knees, “Oh Sunset,” Applejack whispers Sunset’s name as she quietly sobs.

She’s unaware that her door was open a crack to allow a certain red haired little girl to see her.

Xoxoxoxo

Where am I?

Rainbow Dash asks out lout as she looks around but sees nothing but darkness, her legs start moving, taking her deeper into the darkness.

Where am I going?

Her question was soon answered as she sees someone up ahead, her eyes widen upon seeing a bloodied and beaten Sunset with her arms chained up into the darkness.

Sunset?! what’s going on?! What is this?!

“Can’t believe Gilda chickened out,” Rainbow Dash spoke as she stood in front of the beaten Sunset,

Wait a minute, why did a spoke?

“Guess if you want something done right you gotta do it yourself!” Rainbow Dash raised her voice in the end as she kicked Sunset on her side causing Sunset to groan in pain.

Why did I do that?! Stop kicking her!!

Rainbow Dash shouted as her body kicked Sunset repeatedly.

“You think you’re so funny posting that photo huh? Well who’s laughing now?!” Rainbow spoke again as she started punching Sunset now,”You traitorous bitch! You fucked with me for the last time!”

Stop!! stop it now!!

Rainbow screamed as her body moved against her will, she felt every punch that landed on Sunset’s face and body.

“You piece of shit, demon scum!” Rainbow shouted as she pulled on Sunset’s hair, making her face up as she punched her face with her free hand,

For the love of god please Stop!!

Rainbow pleaded with herself as her body punched Sunset repeatedly in the face.

“R-Rainbow,” Sunset started to speak, even as Rainbow continued to punch her, “I’m not Anon-A-M-”

“Oh save it for someone who cares!” Rainbow Dash interrupts Sunset as she grabs the sides of her face and rams her knee against her face, eliciting a crunching sound,

NO!

Rainbow’s body let go of Sunset, droplets of blood fall and sink into the darkness as Sunset whimpers in pain.

“I’m going to make sure you don’t hurt anyone else ever again,” Rainbow threatens as a sledgehammer appears in her hand,

Wait a minute, what are you going to do with that?!

Rainbow asks herself in a frightening voice as she feels herself lift the sledgehammer over her head.

“Go to hell you demon!” Rainbow Dash shouts as she brings the sledgehammer down on Sunset’s head,

SUNSET!!!!!

Xoxoxoxo

“GAH!”

Rainbow Dash bolted up from her bed and fell off to the side, entangling herself with her covers. Rainbow flails her arms and legs around in an attempt to throw off her covers. Finally Rainbow Dash manages to toss her cover to the side, her eyes darted from side to side in a panic, taking note that she was back in her room.

“A nightmare?” Rainbow Dash realizes as her heart hammers against her chest, she manages to stand up and notices that she’s drenched in sweat,

“It felt so real,” Rainbow Dash looks at her hands, she can still feel the punches she gave Sunset, “Is that how I really feel?”

Rainbow Dash shakes her head.

“Stupid question,”

Rainbow Dash leans her back on a wall before sliding down to the floor, “This is so fucked up, I’m fucked up,”

Rainbow hated feeling this way, feeling week, helpless, desperate for the nightmares to end. She wondered if this is how Sunset must have felt? She began to recall how she made Sunset do the most ridiculous things she could think of under the guise of it being a friendship lesson.

“Sunset wasn’t stupid, she knew that I was messing with her and she still did what I told her to do,” Rainbow mutters to herself, “I was such a bitch heh maybe I still am.”

Rainbow’s body shutters as it still remembers the beating it gave Sunset.

“Damn it, how am I going to fix this?” Rainbow Dash bangs her had behind her and groans, she sighs before looking at the dresser by the foot of her bed.

Rainbow Dash gets up on shaky legs and makes her way towards her dresser where a framed photo of her and her friends sits on top of, Rainbow picks up the frame and looks at her friends smiling faces. She focuses on the image of her and Sunset, the both of them are smiling as they had their arms over each others shoulders.

“Sunset, I promise I will make it up to you. I swear,” Rainbow Dash vows before placing the picture frame back and returning to bed, she makes herself comfortable before closing her eyes. Hopefully she won’t get another nightmare.

Xoxoxoxo

Fluttershy found herself wandering the halls of CHS, her eyes darting back and forth nervously, “Oh my, I wonder where everyone is?”

“I’m not this person!”

Fluttershy suddenly hears a very familiar voice coming from around the corner, she catiously approaches and takes a peek. Her eyes widen upon seeing Sunset and herself.

“No, you’re not! You’re not the person we thought you were! you’re not our friend!”

All the color drained from Fluttershy’s face as she realized what she was witnessing, this was the moment that she and her friends made the terrible mistake of abandoning Sunset, but in this case it was just the two of them.

“No, I...I am, I promise.” Sunset pleads desperately as tears spill from her eyes,

Flutterhsy watches herself turn around and begin to walk away, as Sunset collapses to her knees and starts to cry. Fluttershy clutches her heard with both hands as tears flow down the sides of her cheeks, what had she done?

“SUNSET!!”

Fluttershy cries out Sunset’s name as she races towards her, wanting desperately to hold the former unicorn, to comfort her, tell her that everything will be alright and apologize for hurting her. but to her confusion, instead of getting closer to the distraught girl, she found herself getting further away. With each step she took, the distance between her and Sunset continued to increase until she could no longer see her. Despite this Fluttershy continues to run, not dare giving up. But she then trips and falls flat on the ground, Fluttershy’s body is rocked with sobs as she cries in despair.

“Sunset, I’m so sorry,”

Suddenly a blast of light shoots into the air from far away, but Fluttershy is too distraught to notice. However a familiar voice snaps her out of it.

“Really? Are you actually shedding tears for her, even after what she did to you?”

Fluttershy’s gasps as her head snaps up and looks upon the demonic form of her friend Sunset Shimmer as she descends in front of her, Fluttershy crawls back, putting as much distance between her and the demon who wore a cruel and malicious smile.

“Why bother crying over someone who made your life a living hell?” The demon asks, “And don’t deny it with saying that she’s not like that anymore and that she’s your friend. We both know how you truly feel,”

“YOU’RE NOT OUR FRIEND!”

Fluttershy recoils as she hears her own cruel world hurled back at her.

“Those are your exact words,” The demon reminded her.

“I...I...” Fluttershy stammered as she tried to come up with a response, but what could she say? She didn’t mean them right? Of course she did. She meant every word. She was so angry at Sunset for hurting her and her friends again.

“You hate her, you’ve always hated her.” The demon taunted Fluttershy, “Let me remind you why you hate her so much,”

The scene suddenly changed and Fluttershy found herself alone in the hallway of her school, “What is this?”

“Well if it isn’t Fluttershy,”

Fluttershy turns around to see Sunset Shimmer staring down at her with a sinister smile, “S-Sunset?”

Suddenly Sunset grabs Fluttershy by her hair and pulls the shy girl to her feet, she then proceeds to drag the poor girl towards the lockers.

“Sunset, what re you doing?! You’re hurting me!” Fluttershy pleads with the fiery haired girl as she tries to pry her hair out of Sunset’s grip.

“That’s the idea, you sure are stupid,” Sunset ridiculed Fluttershy as she opens a locker and shoves the girl inside before closing it and locking it.

“Sunset, No!! Please let me out!!” Fluttershy cries out as she desperately pounds her fist against the locker,

“Later looser,” Sunset bids Fluttershy farewell as she walks away, laughing at Fluttershy’s predicament,

“SUNSET COME BACK, PLEASE SUNSET!!!!!” Tears spills from Fluttershy’s eyes as she hears Sunset’s laughter grow weaker as she leaves her trapped in the locker.

The scene changes as Fluttershy stumbles forward, her hand reaching out and grabs something to prevent her from falling forward.

“What happened ?!” Fluttershy looks around and realizes that she’s inside a bathroom stall.

She then feels someone grab on to her hair and pull her head back, she’s shock to see Sunset who is smiling maliciously at her before she pushes Fluttershy’s head forward and into the toilet.

“Sunset stop!!” Fluttershy cries out when Sunset pulls her head out of the toilet,

“You really are a dirty little shit aren’t you?” Sunset mocks as she dunks Fluttershy’s face back into the toilet.

Flattershy’s arms flail around as she desperately tries to grab on to something only for Sunset to pull her head back before dunking it again.

“Sunset….please…..I can’t breath!!” Fluttershy says between dunks, something was terribly wrong. Sunset was never this cruel.

The scene changes again as Fluttershy stumbles forward, her hair is completely dry as she takes labored breaths as collect herself. Suddenly there’s a flash and she looks up to see Sunset holding up her phone and on her other hand she’s dangling what looks like her clo- Fluttershy’s eyes widen as she recognizesher clothes, she looks down and to her horror realizes that she’s completely naked.

Sunset just laughs as she continues to take pictures, Fluttershy attempts to reach for them but Sunset just kicks her back. Fluttershy curls herself into a ball and begins to cry, all the while Sunset just laughs. Fluttershy shuts her eyes tight, trying her best to ignore Sunset’s laughter.

“Poor little Fluttershy, if you think this is bad, wait until you meet my mother and aunt,” The demon leaned her face closer to Fluttershy’s, a wicked grin on her face, “Especially my Mother,”

Suddenly the darkness returned and Fluttershy felt a chill go up her spine, she dared to open her eyes and was meet with a pair slitted, moderate cyan eyes, with a crescent moon behind them. She shut her eyes tight but then felt a burning sensation which caused her to snap her eyes open. She was surrounded by flames which then formed the shape of an equine with wings and a horn, a sun shined its intense light above it. Fluttershy screamed as she was fully consumed by the flames.

Xoxoxoxo

Fluttershy jumps out of her bed screaming in terror, she looks around and wonders what horror she’s in now. She hears footsteps wuickly approaching her bedroom door before it swings open to reveal her brother.

“Fluttershy are you okay?! I heard you screaming!” Zephyr Breeze asks in a worried tone as he gazes at his older sister.

Upon seeing her brother Fluttershy begins to sobs causing Zephyr to immediately come to her side and wrapping his arms around her in a comforting hug.

“It’s okay, I’m right here,” Zephyr tries to comfort his wailing sister,

“Oh Zephyr, It was awful, just awful!!” Fluttershy cries harder as the events of what happened in her dream flash through her mind.

Xoxoxoxo

Rarity looks over her mannequin, inspecting the outfit she has placed on it, an outfit that is the exact same one that Sunset Shimmer currently wears. After making sure that everything is perfect, Rarity turns to her work table where a wig head sits on top of along with a perfect replica of Sunset’s hair. She removes the wig from the wig head and places it on top of the mannequins head, she adjust the wig before stepping back to admire her work.

“Perfect,” Rarity says, her mannequin was ready,

Rarity takes a deep breath to steady her nerves, this is all part of her healing process as well as practice her apology to Sunset. She needed to convey to Sunset how truly sorry she is for hurting her and for it to sound truly genuine.

“Sunset Shimmer, I...”

Rarity began to say but her words quickly died in her throat as she watched in absolute shock as the mannequin morphed into the demonic entity that she was all too familiar with, the mannequin’s arms became flesh as it’s skin quickly turned red, the wig came alive as it rose up like flames, the outfit changed into the demonic dress that the demon Sunset wore, as bat-like wings sprouted from the mannequin’s back, Finally the mannequin’s face morphed into the sinister face of the demon.

Rarity began to tremble at the monstrosity and lets out shriek as she stretches her wings, Rarity takes a step back and trips on a roll of fabric, she flails her arms in an attempt to balance herself but it was no use. Rarity landed hard on her butt. Rarity ignores the pain as her eyes are locked on the demonic form of Sunset who simply just stares at her, guilt quickly overcomes as tears start filling her eyes.

“Sunset, I’m so sorry,” Rarity apologizes before breaking down, her mascara running down the sides of her cheeks, staining them black,

But then she fells a hand on her shoulder causing her to turn around and come face to face with a pair of cold blue eyes with vertical pupils. Rarity screams as she jumps back and gets a good look at the individual, she had dark purple skin, her elegantly groomed long hair that’s much longer than her own looked ethereal. If not for the multi colors it wound be the same color as hers. She is wearing an elegant dress with a modified version of Rarity’s symbol featuring stars and glimmer.

“Why are you crying over that tramp? You hated her,remember?” The young woman spoke as she looks down at Rarity.

“Who are you?!” Rarity demanded as she kept her distance from her,

The woman chuckles, “I’m the better version of you, you can call me Nightmare Rarity,”

“No, you can’t be! You’re not real!” Rarity denies, this monster can’t possibly be her,

“Not yet, I’m not, but I could be, You could be me if you just gave up your friends,” Nightmare Rarity suggested, smiling deviously,

“Why on earth would I give up my friends?!” Rarity shouted, getting some courage to argue with this woman,

“They’re holding you back darling,” Nightmare Rarity tells her, “They’ve always been holding you back,”

“That’s a lie! My friends have been a great help to me, they inspire me to create my best work!” Rarity argues, how dare this twisted version of herself tell her to let go of her friends,

Nightmare Rarity chuckles, “You have before and what a relief that was, no more listening to them complain about your fashion sense, no more relying on them to model for you when they clearly want to be someplace else,”

Nightmare Rarity then walks closer to Rarity who proceeds to back up but then her back collides with something and to her surprise it’s demon Sunset.

“Take her for example, she ruined your big night at the spring fling, humiliated you and yet you had the nerve to make her your friend!” Nightmare Rarity shouted angrily before calming down, her sinister smirk returning, “Thank heavens you came to your senses and dropped this hussy,”

“No! That wasn’t Sunset’s fault! It is mine!” Rarity insisted,

“Say, it’s such a shame to let that lovely dress you made go to waste. Why don’t you give it to Sunset?” Nightmare Rarity suggested, ignoring Rarity, “I’m sure a demon such as herself will appreciate it, that’s what she is after all,”

“That’s a lie, Sunset isn’t this monster!” Rarity angrily shouts, she glares at her corrupted form as she continues to smile at her,

“The look on her face when she see you give it to her will be priceless!” Nightmare Rarity laughs as their surroundings suddenly change,

Rarity looks around and realizes that they are a white void, but then she spots Sunset who is looking normal with herself in front of her, hands extended to give Sunset a present. Rarity’s eyes widen in horror,

“No,”

Rarity mutters as she sees Sunset take the present, exhibiting a smile full of happiness.

“Sunset don’t!” Rarity gets up and tries to run towards them but is held back by Nightmare Rarity,

“Bare witness darling, as the demon shows her true form,” Nightmare Rarity declares as they watch Sunset rip off the rapper, revealing a white box,

“Sunset please! Drop that box!” Rarity pleads as she struggles against Nightmare Rarity’s grip,

Sunset opens the lid and upon discovering it’s contents, the smile is instantly wiped from her face. She looks at Rarity with a look of shock and hurt. Rarity simply smiles as the box’s contents rise up to reveal the demon dress, it then jumps at Sunset. Tackling her into the ground.

“Sunset!” Rarity watches in horror as Sunset struggles with the dress as it forces itself over her head,

Rarity notices that as the dress passes over Sunset’s head, her struggles start to lessen and also that her hair started rising up. When Sunset’s head emerged from the head of the dress, it was now that of the demon. Sunset’s struggles completely stopped as her body was transformed into a demon, Rarity broke out in laughter as she too transformed into her corrupted form.

Rarity witness this horror as tears overflowed down her face, she was devastated, “No...no...NOOOOO!!!

Xoxoxoxo

Rarity jumped out of her bed and landed in an unladylike pose with her legs dangling in the air and her upper back on the floor, she groaned in discomfort as she lifted her sleeping mask off her eyes which immediately landed on a box under her bed. Rarity sighs as she moves herself until she’s laying down to retrieve the box before taking up a sitting position. She removes the lid of the box and sees the demon dress, she couldn’t bring herself to throw it away or throw it in her closet of shame, it’s as if some part of her was telling her that she’ll be needing it. But what use could she have with this?!

“Perhaps it represents my deep resentment towards Sunset?”

Rarity guesses as she puts the lid back on the back and places it under her bed, she then climbs on top of her bed with grace and tucks herself in.

“Just what am I going to do?” Rarity asks out loud as she pulls down her sleeping masks over her eyes and tries to go back to sleep,

Xoxoxoxo

Pinkie Pie is leaning around a corner in the hallway of CHS as she waits for someone, she hears footsteps approaching and sticks her foot out of the corner. As she expected someone trips over her foot and falls flat on their face, eliciting laughter from the students in the hallway. The scene soon changes to Pinkie waiting patiently in her classroom, humming a happy tunes as she waits for her next prank to happen. On cue a loud farting noise was heart as someone sat on the whoopee cushion she placed on their chair, the whole classroom erupted in laughter. The next prank Pinkie pulled she used itching powder which caused her victim to scratch like crazy causing everyone to laugh at their misfortune. Pinkie continued pulling prank after prank, making people laugh. She loved it.

Her final prank for the day was a simple bucket of water over a slightly opened door, Pinkie waited anxiously and soon the door opened followed by the sound of water hitting the floor. Everyone burst out in laughter as the victim had the bucket over their head, Pinkie laughed the hardest but when the person removed the bucket off their head, Pinkie is shocked to find out it was Sunset Shimmer. Even worse is that she looked absolutely miserable, Sunset stared at Pinkie, her dejected eyes bore into Pinkie’s soul and then it dawned on Pinkie that the victim of her pranks had been Sunset all along. Tears spilled from Sunset’s eyes as everyone continues to laugh at her. Pinkie watches with extreme guilt.

“What have I done?” Pinkie says, on the verge of tears herself,

She reaches out a hand towards Sunset when suddenly everything around her changes, she finds herself inside Sunset’s apartment and she feels something wet against her shoes. Something red. Pinkie follows the trail of red liquid which led to Sunset’s room. She carefully opens the door and she is horrified at what she finds. There, dangling from a rope tied around her neck that reaches the ceiling is the lifeless body of Sunset Shimmer, her wrists have been cut, causing her blood to pour out. Pinkie falls to her knees on the blood, her hair instantly deflates as tears cascade down her wide eyes. She did this, she caused Sunset to take her own life. Instead of making people smile, she took away the smile of someone who needed to laugh more than anyone. Pinkie lifts up her hands shakily to see themcovered in Sunset’s blood, she starts chuckling softly, growing ever louder by the second before becoming full blown laughter. Pinkie laughs and laughs as her tears continue to fall, before finally releasing a wail of pain and sorrow.

Xoxoxoxo

Pinkie wakes up screaming, tears cascade down the sides of her face and on to her pillow as she continues to scream. The door to her room bursts open and her sisters and parents stormed inside her bedroom.

“Pinkamena what’s going on?!” Pinkie’s mother shouts as she looks around her daughter’s room, searching for any sign of danger,

Pinkie’s sisters quickly rushed to their wailing sister.

“Pinkie Pie what’s wrong?!” Maud asks in extreme worry, her usual monotone voice giving way to concern,

“What the hell are you shouting about?!” Limestone asks in both irritation and worry,

“Pinkie, please tell us what’s wrong?!” Marble asks worriedly as she holds her twin’s hand,

Pinkie looks at her Twin sister, then at the rest of her family before throwing her arms around Marble,

“I’M SORRY, I’M SO SORRY SUNSET!!!!” Pinkie wails in Marbles shoulder,

Marble quickly brings her arms around Pinkie, holding her close as she attempts to calm her down.

“It’s okay Pinkie, everything is going to be alright!” Marble assures Pinkie as she continues to wail,

Soon the rest of the Pie family joins in hugging Pinkie, hearing Pinkie cry in such misery felt like a stab through their hearts, Pinkie kept crying and crying, the image of Sunset’s lifeless body still lingered in her mind.

Xoxoxoxo

Sunset shimmer is sleeping peacefully in her bed, but the sound of her alarm disturbed that piece. Sunset groaned as she extended her arm and tried several times to hit the snooze button before finally hitting it. Sunset sits up on her bed and stretches her arms up, feeling several pops Sunset brings her arms down and opens her eyes.

“That was the best sleep I have ever gotten,” Sunset says out loud as she turns next to her to greet her mother, only to find the spot empty,

“Mom?”

Sunset gets off her bed, she began t wonder if the events of last night were just a dream when she notices a note on her dresser, she picks up the note and reads it.

“’Sunset, sorry for not being there for you when you woke up. But as you know I had to leave for equestria to raise the sun and you were sleeping so peacefully that I didn’t want to wake you. I’ll be back later for a visit with your aunt, I can’t wait for you two to meet! Love, Celestia’”

Sunset placed the note down and sighs, at least this proves it wasn’t a dream. But she still would’ve like to greet her mother in the morning.

“But at I’ll get to see her later,” Sunset smiled as she went to her bathroom to get ready for school,

Xoxoxoxoxo

Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie are waiting by the Canterlot statue for their friends, both girls looking absolutely miserable. Pinkie’s hair is still flat and both girls eyes are red with bags under them, they had a hard time getting back to sleep as the horrible nightmares still plagued them.

“Morning darlings!”

Both girls turn to see Rarity and Sweetie Belle approaching, They couldn’t place their finger on it but Rarity seemed kind of off.

“My goodness, you two look dreadful!” Rarity gasps upon seeing the state of her friends, she moves close to inspect them and wonders what could’ve caused this,

“We didn’t sleep well,” Fluttershy informs Rarity sadly,

“Horrible nightmares,” Pinkie Pie added, her voice didn’t have it’s usual peppiness,

“You too huh?” Rarity voices as she to tells them about her nightmares,

“Better count me in as well,”

All four girls turn to see Applejack and Applebloom.

“Ah couldn’t get a lick of sleep without those damn nightmares popping up,” Applejack describes as she joins her friends,

“Why do yah suppose this is happening to all of yah?” Applebloom inquires as she remembers seeing Applejack break down last night,

“Does...does it have something to do with Sunset?” Sweetie Belle asks nervously as she twiddles her thumbs,

Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie all shut their eyes tight as they recollect their frightening dream.

“I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to make you all remember something that you’re obviously not comfortable with!” Sweetie Belle apologizes profusely,

“It’s alright Sweetie Belle, you have nothing to apologize for,” Rarity assures her little sister,

“This is something we have to deal with until we makes things right with Sunset,” Applejack adds as she lowers her hat to cover her eyes,

The group was silent for a while until Rainbow Dash finally shows up, one look at her and they could tell that she was in the same boat as them. Besides her is Scootaloo who looked downcast standing next to her idol, silence resumed but for only a little while as soon gasps were heard all round them. Signaling Sunset’s arrival.

Sure enough, Sunset was approaching them, but the Rainbooms noticed that there was an extra bounce in her step. She was even smiling. But that smile disappeared as she spotted the Rainbooms and Crusaders.

“Ready girls?” Sunset asks in a monotone voice,

The Crusaders nodded wordlessly as they followed Sunset inside, the Rainbooms followed suit. Unable to look at Sunset as their nightmares kept on flashing through their minds.

Author's Notes:

Here's the next chapter, I hope you all enjoy it and I look forward to your comments! I would also like to than KR Chrome for his help in writing this chapter.