It was a quiet and peaceful night, with stars twinkling and the waxing crescent of the moon shining what light it could. No breeze, no rustling of leaves, not even a single cricket daring to interrupt the moment with a chirp, nor a frog or toad letting out a croak.

So of course it could not last.

In a spot on the sidewalk, the air shimmered and twisted, taking on red and gold colors. Parts of it shifted and solidified, taking on humanoid form. The forms emerged, revealing two versions of Sunset Shimmer. One was the sentai villain Shimmer, dressed in her gold armor and carrying her staff. The other was Siren Sunset Shimmer, looking human with the exception of the glowing red gem around her neck.

The two of them turned to house they now stood in front of.

"Why are we doing this?" Siren Shimmer asked, crossing her arms in front of her chest and scowling at the house.

"Having second thoughts?" the other Sunset asked.

"I don't see the point. In fact, the whole thing seems like a bad idea. At best, it will mean we're stuck with a whining brat until we win, and at worst, it will piss the 'heroes' or whatever you want to call them off further, meaning they'll have even more reason to kick our ass."

Sentai villain Sunset turned to look as Siren Shimmer, and narrowing her eyes.

"If you don't want to do this--" she started, only to be cut off.

"I'll still do it," Siren Shimmer replied. "You and Sunburn are the ones who'll probably take the brunt of it when things go tits up, anyways."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"You two are supposed to be our big and powerful ones, her with her massive, flaming balls, and you with your big, hard staff." Siren Shimmer smirked. "Pretty sure that you two would be the ones that the heroes blow away first." Her eyes narrowed. "Especially that Power Ranger Sunset, or whatever she called herself. Pretty sure you're the one that she would love to blow more than anyone else."

S.V. Sunset threw her head back and let out a massive huff.

"Are you done with your juvenile innuendos?" she asked. "Can we get this started and over with?"

"In a hurry to get home and polish your staff?"

"And I'm very tempted to impale you with it!" S.V. Sunset snarled.

"Not even going to buy me dinner first?" Siren Shimmer asked. As she got a glare in response, she turned, letting out a chuckle as she walked onto the lawn.

"Okay, okay," she called out. "Please do that voodoo that you do so well."

S.V. Sunset let out a huff of annoyance, glaring at the siren and considering possible violence that may or may not be lethal. She then stepped onto the grass herself and lifted her staff as high as she could. Bringing it down hard, she stabbed the base into the ground. The red lightning of her power shot out of the top and into the sky. Reaching its peak, the magic curved out and came back down to strike the ground, encompassing the house and its yard, with the two of them on the inside. It then shifted into a solid dome before fading from sight.

"There," S.V. Sunset stated. "Now no one outside the dome can see or hear what's going on."

Siren Shimmer smirked, taking a step closer to the house. One hand went to the jewel on her neck, activating her siren powers.

In one room of the barrier surrounded house slept unicorn Sunset Shimmer, stretched out across the bed that the young, human Sunset Shimmer slept in. It had been by unicorn Sunset's own choice. If she had wanted, she could have slept on the couch, or have Luna sleep on the couch and take the second spare bedroom, but for some reason, unicorn Sunset had decided to sleep in the same room as the human child version. As such, she now laid spread out at the foot of the bed, sleeping more like a dog than a human or pony.

She was having a wonderful dream where dozens of handsome stallions and beautiful mares were all around her, worshipping her, telling her how much they loved and desired her. Her own little pony harem. They were just putting on some sexy music and pulling out bottle of lubricant and... other things... when something woke her up.

Unicorn Sunset's eyes popped open as her ears perked up. She lifted her head, turning it from side to side as she tried to catch whatever it was which had waken her just as she was getting to the good part.

After a while, she thought she heard... singing?

Getting up, she circled around the room, ears twitching and shifting as she tried to pinpoint the source.

It sounded like it was coming from outside. But this was supposed to be a nice, quiet neighborhood, and it was the middle of the night. None of the neighbors would be playing music so loud it could be heard by others so late, would they?

Pushing the blinds open, she peeked outside.

Two figures stood on the lawn, and from what she could tell, it was safe to guess that both were other versions of Sunset Shimmer. One was dressed in some sort of armor, holding a staff that had a glowing red gem on the top. The other was dressed in clothes that were from this world, and had something glowing red around her neck.

It was easy to figure out that they were using magic. One of them had to be singing.

But why?

Behind her, the young human Sunset sat up in bed. She opened her eyes, their normal color hidden by the red glow of magic. She climbed out of bed and stood up, shoulders slumped and half-swaying. She slowly walked toward the door, her body moving as though she were a marionette having her strings pulled. One hand flopped at the wrist as she reached up and took a hold of the doorknob. Nerveless fingers tried to tighten around the smooth metal, slipping free as she tried to open the door.

After the fourth attempt, unicorn Sunset took a gentle hold of the young human one in her magic. Carefully, she lifted the child up and set her back in bed. Unicorn Sunset quickly ran for the door, pulling it open, then slamming it shut behind her as quick as she could.

Hopefully, putting her back into bed will cause young Sunset to go back to sleep. That was a highly unlikely seeing as she was under some sort of magic mind control though. The more likely possibility was that she would get back up, and try again, in which case, unicorn Sunset had to hope that the child would have trouble with the door all over again.

As quick as she could, unicorn Sunset Shimmer ran down the hall toward Celestia's room, giving a knock before throwing the door open.

"Celestia!" Sunset shouted.

Celestia did not respond. She simply kept sleeping. They Sunsets outside must be doing something to keep her asleep, allowing them to do whatever they were planning.

But unicorn Sunset was a Sunset Shimmer as well, and clearly whatever they were doing did not work on her for some reason. Maybe she could do something that would wake Celestia up.

One idea suddenly came to mind. Admittedly not the best, but there was a time limit. So the unicorn Sunset Shimmer conjured her magic, horn glowing pale blue with energy, which she then turned to electricity.

There was a crackle and pop as the magically created electricity shot through the air and hit Celestia's exposed foot. This caused Celestia to yelp out in surprise (and maybe pain), and roll over, falling out of the bed in the process.

"Celestia!" Sunset called out again. "There are two Sunset Shimmers in the yard, and I think they're trying to get the child Sunset."

Celestia was still mostly asleep, barely awaken by the figurative shock of the literal shock, and with having unicorn Sunset speaking so fast that all her words ran together into one long syllable, it was hard to tell what was actually being said. However, one thing managed to get through to her.

A child was in trouble.

Getting up, Celestia ran for the door as fast as she could, dressed in nothing but an old shirt and her panties. Her bare feet slapped against the carpeting and linoleum as she made her way through the house and for the front door. After throwing the door open, she stepped outside, walking out onto the lawn.

There, she saw the two Sunset Shimmers. She did not know what they were called, nor did she care. All that mattered to her was that they were a threat.

The two of them stopped a moment at the sight of Celestia approaching. Siren Shimmer had stopped singing, she and S.V. Sunset taking a step back.

"How is she still awake?" Siren Shimmer asked. "My magic should have put her to sleep."

Celestia came to a stop, looking at the two. Her gaze turned hard and lips pressed tight. Her shoulders went square as she straightened up to her full height. She gave a tug of her shirt, making it as straight and smoothed out as she could. Celestia then placed her hands on her hips.

"I will ask this politely once," she stated. "Please stop what you are doing, and leave quietly."

The two Sunsets looked at Celestia, then to each other, then burst into laughter.

Siren Shimmer stopped first, walking over to Celestia and putting her hands on her hips as well.

"And what if we refuse?" Siren Shimmer asked. "I don't know how you were able to beat my sleep spell, but you're still just a normal human, with no magic. What could you--"

Celestia stepped forward toward the siren and attacked. Her hand shot forward, fingers curled but knuckles straight, driving the second joint into Siren Shimmer's throat.

Siren Shimmer stumbled backwards before falling onto her butt. Her eyes were wide as she clutched at her throat, gasping for air. Every breath hurt, like she was trying to swallow a baseball. The only noise she could make was a horrible rasp.

She could not sing like this. Which meant she could not use her powers.

"Been working on that since the sirens took over my school," Celestia stated. "Nice to know that it would work."

"Imps!" S.V. Sunset called out, raising her staff. Six of the small orange demons appeared between her and Celestia, baring their teeth and letting out hisses. They wove back and forth as they spread out, circling around Celestia and trapping her in a ring. One lunged forward, swiping at her with its claws.

Celestia was able to jump back in time to avoid a direct hit. However, the imp's claws managed to snag her shirt and rip the front of it, tearing it off to expose Celestia's bare d-cup breasts and pale pink panties.

All of the imps froze, staring at the now bare-chested authority figure. They then all shot backwards and hit the ground as far more blood than even a full-grown elephant could contain shot from their noses in seven foot high twin fountains.

Sentai Villain Sunset Shimmer let out a groan, rubbing at her face.

"Well that was a waste," she sighed out. Gripping her staff she started to raise it up. Before she could get it very high, a pale blue aura engulfed it, giving it a hard yank. S.V. Sunset grabbed onto it with both hands, keeping it from being pulled from her grip.

At the door stood unicorn Sunset Shimmer. Her eyes were narrowed, ears pulled back, and tip of her tongue sticking out between her lips as her horn glowed. She tried to pull the staff from the other Sunset Shimmer's grip, but was not used to using her magic against someone who could directly fight her like this.

Luckily, she was not alone. While S.V. Sunset was fighting the unicorn's magic go keep her staff, Celestia charged forward, grabbing a hold of it as well. A tingle of power shot up Celestia's arms and through her body as she held it, twisting and yanking to try and pull it free of S.V. Sunset's grasp.

There was an explosion of pain and loud thump as Siren Shimmer punched Celestia right where her shoulders met with the base of her neck. A cry of pain escaped from Celestia as she was hit, the blow making her entire body going numb and limp for a second. Siren Shimmer grabbed a hold of Celestia before she could fall to the ground, and catapulted her across the yard.

The air was knocked from Celestia's lungs as she hit the ground, her shoulder giving a loud pop as she landed on it and skidded across the grass. She could feel bits of her skin being scraped away in the process. Pain started to course through the entire left side of her body. Everything turned gray and colorless, darkness edging at her vision.

The sound of laughter filled her ears.

"Well, this is more entertaining than I expected," S.V. Sunset declared, staff no longer being tugged by someone else. "But it's time we finished." She turned to Siren Shimmer. "I take it you can't sing right now."

Siren Shimmer gave a shake of her head, giving Celestia a glare.

Get up! Celestia thought to herself as she tried to do so. Get! Up! She placed the palm of one hand against the grass, her arm shaking as she tried to support her weight with it.

"Well," S.V. Sunset continued, "I guess I'll have to get her myself." Her eyes narrowed as she started to walk toward the house, a predatory grin spreading across her mouth. "Even if it means going through an annoying little unicorn." Gripping her staff, she turned to point it at unicorn Sunset. It hummed as the jewel started glowing with energy. Pulling the staff back, S.V. Sunset then thrust it forward, unleashing a blast of red lightning.

Time slowed down for Celestia. She could see the staff being pointed at the door to her home, and the unicorn standing in front of it. She knew what was coming. Her body finally found the strength to get up. To run toward the danger. Celestia could see the electricity crackling around the gemstone before shooting out, traveling through the air toward unicorn Sunset.

She was not going to make it.

She had to.

In a flash of warm golden light, Celestia appeared between the villain Sunset Shimmer and the unicorn one, the red lightning now coming directly at her. There was another flash of golden light as Celestia threw her hands up, a shield of energy forming between her and the attack. The shield glowed and hummed as it was struck, taking on an orange tint where the opposing energy hit and was dispersed.

"What?" S.V. Sunset cried out. "How is that possible?"

Upbeat instrumental music began playing as the golden glow surrounded Celestia, lifting her off the ground. A pair of ears appeared on top of her head, covered in white fur. Celestia's hair grew and grew until it reached her ankles, then began to float and shimmer, looking less like hair and more like the aurora dancing across the sky. Feathery white wings sprouted from her back, spreading wide around her. The remnants of her clothes vanished, to be replaced by a long, white silk dress. A gold belt wrapped around her waist, as did bands around her wrists and ankles, and a circlet around her head. A piece of golden armor formed around her shoulders and down across her chest, ending with a point that rested against her cleavage.

The principal turned angelic goddess reached a hand out, fingers spread wide. The magical staff yanked itself free of Sentai Villain Sunset Shimmer, flying directly into Celestia's grasp. As soon as her fingers grasped the shaft, the red gem at the top exploded, being replaced by a glowing amber-colored one that filled the entire sun symbol.

With a swipe of the staff, Celestia sent out a wave of pure golden energy.

The barrier around them shattered.

Celestia held the staff up above her head.

"Now," she called out, "be gone!" With another wave, she released another wave. Sentai Villain Sunset and Siren Shimmer let out cries as they were hit, they and the downed imps vanishing from sight.

Letting out a sigh of relief, Celestia released her weapon. She then collapsed, reverting back to her human form and torn clothes as she passed out.