Sunset quickly entered the woman's restroom and stopped right in front of a sink and mirror on the wall. She rested both her hands on the edge of the sink and looked up towards the mirror to see her own face. She felt so pale when she faced that mirror. Seeing her own scars again reminding her of what happened to her back in Ishimura and Tau Volantis, how that leaper nearly tried to take her head off only to scratch her face instead and again from a few days ago when her head got hurt when they went at the Brethren Moon.

Ellie... no.. not her... Even she tried to finish up the problems she had in CHS, Sunset can't let her guilt go away like Isaac can. Everything around her was so fucked, and she can't even forgive herself about it.

As she was staring at the mirror, she saw something changed on the mirror. Fucking hell..... It's that Franco guy, standing of right in front of her where her reflection should be. He tried to cut loose Sunset before Isaac that time. When he tried to cut loose Isaac, she remembered what he said to them.
"Alright, I know you're confused right now. I can explain everything, but you gotta trust me, okay? Listen! You're in terrible, terrible dang-r!"

Before his stomach got tore open from behind him by an implement of Infector's blade before stabbing his head with its proboscis. Turning him into a slasher and screamed at Sunset. Sunset leaned back slowly from the slasher in front of her in terrified, before she heard an opening door. Sunset quickly turned her head at the door, and it was revealed that there was Isaac entered the woman's restroom, which is ironic. Sunset only stared at him for a moment with her pale face.

"You're okay?" Isaac asked worriedly, receiving a questionable nod at her, as Sunset didn't verbally reply back, she only turned her head back at the mirror in front of her where she saw the slasher-turned Franco, which was already gone. "What's wrong?" Isaac asked again as he steps closer to her.

"Nothing," Sunset replied wearily as she shook at the mirror with her both hands on the sink. "Just.... my head felt hurts of those memories."

"Good," Isaac said in relieved as he blinked his eyes. "Just make sure you alright. Because what just happened back there."

"Also, do you know this is the girl's restroom you're in?" Sunset asked, which made Isaac recoiled in surprise.

"What, oh?" Isaac stammered as he realized where the hell he's in. "Yeah, I better get out of here. You sure you'll be alright?"

"Yeah," Sunset replied with a nod without looking at him. "I'll be fine."

"Okay," Isaac then looked away from her and proceed to the door.
When he was about to go through the door, two students entered and bumped into him. The students were shocked that an adult male was in the women's restroom, Isaac quickly apologizes to them for bumping to them and quietly explains he entered the wrong bathroom. After he left, both students then saw Sunset standing at the sinks looking in the mirror and soon the two were filled with hate. They both walked over to Sunset, flanking her on both sides. Sunset soon recognizes the right one was Cloudy Kicks while on her left was Trixie Lunamoon.

Cloudy and Trixie looked back at each other with evil smiles before they looked over at the amber-haired girl. Sunset just stood silently while staring at the mirror; she figured out that Trixie and Cloudy were looking at her from the backside of her head. More than that, they both didn't look in the mirror to see how's her face was. Sunset kept silent to herself and let them speak to her.

"Well, well, look who's back after a year of hiding," Trixie said evilly as she stares at Sunset. "You finally decided to show up to our school."

"So why come to school?" Cloudy asked angrily and mocking her. "Going to try to fuck us up over for a little revenge trip of what we did to you? Anon-A-Miss?"

Sunset still kept silent to herself despite that, trying to be patient. "Come on you moron, why don't you speak something to Trixie?" Trixie asked mockingly with a happy grin.

"Yeah, why you came back eh?" Cloudy asked as she nudged her hard. "You bitch betrayed us, and now you want to hurt us more."

"You know? Wallflower told us what she had to do with us and apologized to us," Trixie added as she checked her nails. "But then again, she was supposedly right to erase the good memories of you because you being back into an alpha bitch."

"More than that," Cloudy added. "You just wearing these clothes because you wanted to show off to us."

Sunset still not answering back to them, she only looked towards the mirror. "Come on you, Sunset Shitter. Answer me!" Cloudy mocked her, as she was swinging her palm to Sunset's back.

After her palm hit Sunset's back, Sunset quickly used her reflex by hitting away Cloudy's arm while striking her chin with her left hand and disorient her against the sink. Trixie promptly stepped away in fright after Sunset made her move. Sunset then used her both hands to choke Cloudy on the sink. Trixie quickly tries to help her by attacking Sunset but failed after Sunset raises her leg and delivers a sidekick to Trixie's stomach. Sunset then looked at Cloudy again with cold eyes.

Cloudy couldn't believe what she saw the scars and the look in the eyes on Sunset's face. She quickly knew that those scars weren't made by someone from CHS, she wasn't sure who else would, and that her look was like one of the veterans who just came back from war along with those noticeable bag eyes implying lack of sleep. Cloudy was gasping for air as her hands trying to break free from Sunset's choke attack. She was nearly out of breath, until Sunset changed her facial expression into a feeling of sorrow, leaving her mouth open a little. Sunset let Cloudy go as she fell down to the ground on knees and grabbed and rubs her own throat after finally getting some air. Trixie couldn't believe that Sunset just choked Cloudy that fast, Cloudy wasn't a bit easy to take down that's for sure.

Sunset looked at Cloudy's pathetic state, before looking back towards the mirror in front of her again. Cloudy slowly got up with the help of Trixie at her side as they kept their eyes on Sunset if she planned to do something else. Trixie was very angry at this and wanted to hit her.

"How dare you!" Trixie shouted at Sunset. "Trixie is going to pay you for that!"

Sunset quickly turned around at the two students in irritation. "Then kill me for fuck's sake."

Trixie then quickly taken back of what she just said and the scars on her face. "What did you just said?" Trixie asked, doubt if she heard it wrong.

"Then.... kill me...... right now....." Sunset said again with a threat tone and with sharp eyes. "I mean it...."

Cloudy was a little shocked on what she just said, despite the fact that she was the Anon-A-Miss. "She's not joking, Trixie. I don't think she's bluffing, she means it."

When Trixie was about to say something, Sunset's video link came online and popped right in front of her, startling both Cloudy and Trixie of that. The video hologram in front of Sunset was displaying the face of Carver, who is actually still in the Vice-Principal Luna's office alongside Isaac and anyone else in the room with the exception of Wallflower who was out apologizing to every single student in the school about erasing their memory. Sunset noticed Carver's expression was showing a little sympathy, not sure to Sunset, Isaac or both. While Cloudy and Trixie were amazed by the tech that Sunset has.

"Sunset, it's Carver," Carver said quickly. "You better get here right now, the principals want to talk to you, about yourself and what you have been doing when living with Isaac.

Sunset paused for a moment about this but then replied. "Alright, I'll be right over," Sunset then cut off the video link after that.

"What was that, Sunset?" Trixie asked curiously. "I'm sure that kind of technology doesn't exist in this year."

"That's my video link function to my RIG," Sunset replied, but then hastily headed for the door.

"When did you learn to fight?" Cloudy asked as Sunset nearly got through the door and looked back.

"When a government and a cult tried to take my fucking head off," Sunset replied coldly before she gets through the door and headed for VP Luna's office.

Trixie and Cloudy weren't sure if that's true or not. "Is she joking about that?" Trixie asked her friend.

"Not sure," Cloudy replied. "But I've seen that look before, and I've never seen scars like that before, also how does she talks. But from that, I don't even know anymore if she's Anon-A-Miss or not."

Vice-Principal Luna's office.

"She's coming here?" Luna asked.

"Yeah, she's coming," Isaac replied quickly as he looked at her. "After she's here we're going to tell you about ourselves."

"Whoa, what?" Sci-Twi asked in surprised and excitement a little. "You're going to tell us about..... what are you wearing and....?"

"Yeah," Carver answered with a nod to her.

It was then Sunset walked in and glanced over at the Dazzlings, the Rainbooms and Juniper, Twilight and her team and the principals. "I'm here."

"Good then let us start with us ask questions," Celestia said as Sunset closed the door. "Where have-"

Before Celestia could finish what she was asking, someone else opened that door and entered. When the said person entered the room, they all were shocked to see that a person in snowsuit with strange symbols armor came walking into the room with his intimidating look helmet on. Except for Sunset, Isaac, Carver, AJ, and Twilight because they already know who this was.

"I thought you'll be back in the afternoon, Randall," Sunset commented with a smile.

To their amazement, Randall helmet collapsed into his holoprojector automatically without even touching it. "Hah, got things sorted a little quicker than I thought so I just decided to see how are you guys doing."

"Are you aware of the students that will react around here if they see you?" Juniper asked in disbelieve.

"Oh, I just see it," Randall replied back with a grin.

But then someone else entered the office, which was more surprising to everyone including Sunset was Cloudy and Trixie who opened the door. "Um, forgive us, but we wanted to know what's up with Sunset," Cloudy excused while forcing themselves to smile at the principals.

Everyone was silent in content, but the principals made their call. "Alright, you may enter, word will eventually spread on what happened with Sunset, so the quicker this mess gets cleaned up, the better," Celestia replied.

"Erm, may we know who these men with you, Sunset?" Trixie asked shyly.

"Despite that, you just mocked me and insulted me back in the restroom?" Sunset asked back angrily as she looked at them while the rest of them only glared at the duo, principals had the angriest glare. "Alright, you may know their names."

The trio of men in the room then speaks out their names one by one.

"Isaac Clarke."

"John Carver."

"Randall Carr."

"O-okay," Trixie said nervously, but then confident. "It's good to meet you all."

"Try harder," Carver added, which receive a couple of confused stares from Cloudy and Trixie.

Luna closed the door, and it was safe for them to talk. "We're good now, sister."

"Alright," Celestia then starts her Q&A session. "First off, how did you vanished? The only ones who knew of your disappearance at that time were only my sister and me that it reported to the police. We didn't tell the students here on how you disappeared, instead they all though you moved to another town." Which made every student in the room shocked to know why the principals didn't say she disappeared a year ago.

"Well, to a long story short I time-traveled," Sunset replied, which makes them taken back on what she just said.

"What do you mean by time-traveled, dear?" Rarity asked for useful details.

"Remember that portal between the human world and Equestria?" Twilight asked. Only Sci-Twi and Juniper who don't know about that. "The portal was closed that time because the device I made to open it whenever I want was inactive. Sunset here forced the portal open with all her magic in her body and made a portal herself. The portal was open, but once she entered, the portal malfunctioned, and it sent her to the future instead."

"Interesting," Celestia commented as their curiosity grows. "What year exactly?"

"She was sent into the year of 2508," Isaac answered, which shocked them all about it.

"To the 26th century?!" Adagio asked as she leaned her head at Iaasc. "That's impossible!"

"When you're time-traveling," Carver added as he crossed his arms in front of his chest. "Everything is possible."

"Where were you living, Sunset?" Luna asked as she wrote down what they said in the document. "You know when you were with Isaac."

"Earthrise Apartments," Isaac answered as he puts his both hands on the hip. "It's in New Horizons Lunar Colony on earth's moon."

They all glared at them in disbelieve of living in the moon, Luna, however, was a little bit happy about it. "Wait, you people can live on the moon?!" Luna asked as she stops writing and looked at them.

"Yeah, surprised me too at first," Sunset replied with a little shrug. "The colony was established in 2045, and it contains high mining resources for the earth."

"That sounds awesome!" Luna shouted while she clapped once. "Is it even breathable there?"

"Because they build the colony there," Isaac said as he tilted his head at Luna. "Yeah, eventually in a dome."

The rest of the students and Celestia can see on how excited Luna was because of her obsession to the moon, but then Celestia continued her Q&A session. "Alright, what were you working as when you're living with Isaac?"

"I worked at under Isaac in an apprenticeship position for being Ship systems Engineer," Sunset answered flatly, which gave them the odd feeling about it. "I later became an expert as Isaac."

"We were thinking you were not fit for a job a year ago," Rarity commented as her hand was putted underneath her chin. "But then again, because you're already an engineer I can't say anything more about that."

"Damn straight," Randall agreed with a nod.

"What are you wearing right now?" Celestia asked as they stared at the devices attached to the four individuals. "Those things attached to your chest and your back, and your boots?"

"The device on our chests are actually out holo-projectors to display holograms," Sunset explained while the others stood still listening to her.

"The boots we're wearing right now are our magnetic boots or zero-G boots, they've got thrusters to make someone fly and is useful to stick on some metal in space, not sure in gravity area. The devices on our backs are called a RIG or Resource Integration Gear which also helps the use of our holo-projector. It features health management, holographic displays, and navigation systems to make the job easy for the wearer. The RIG, the users, wear depends on what profession they're in."

"Okay," Celestia said, understanding some of what Sunset said but decided to put it off for later. "Tell us how did you manage to time-traveled back to this year?" She asked as Luna wrote down everything they said.

"Sunset overcharged the shock-point drive of the ship we were on with her magic when to try and escape from danger," Carver answered as he straightened his back. "The ShockPoint Drive was a device humanity uses for doing interstellar travel in space, let's say like it looks like a nuclear core. She overcharged it with magic and made us entered Shockspace while also unintendedly time-traveling us back here."

"You mentioned 'escape from danger,'" Cloudy added curiously. "What's that mean?"

Isaac, Carver, and Randall only stood there and looked at her in silent, Sunset then looked at her and had denial to answer in her eyes. "Sorry, I can't tell you..."

"What is it, Sunset?" Sonata asked as she tilted her head at her. "Just tell us."

Sunset doesn't want to answer it, but Isaac assisted her on answering it. "Everyone is dead..... because of us..."

What did he say to them just stunned them in their minds, what did he mean by that? "What do you mean everyone is dead because of you?" Trixie asked confusedly as her hands were gripping each other on her chest.

"Sunset and Isaac are both the catalysts of causing major outbreaks in the future at that time," Randall answered, which Sunset just jumped a bit to hear that. "Not by choice either."

"Outbreaks?" Pinkie asked, then put her both hands on her hips. "Wait, what are you talking about?"

"I don't want to talk to you about it," Sunset shot back slowly with a tone of threat. "That's out of the question."

Seeing Isaac, Carver and Randall were also agreed on what Sunset said, Celestia decided to move along. "Alright, you.... didn't have any weapon with you right, Sunset?"

The four individual quickly got up by that, and they looked toward Sunset, yes Sunset, for an unknown reason, has a weapon in her inventory. "Actually, I do."

Sunset then pulled out her modified rifle-contact beam from her inventory slot and showed it to them. They all except Sunset's team gulped on what piece of weapon contraption they have seen right now. A rifle that looked like has 3 holes on the firing end and shaped in a cylinder while the bottom of the gun was looked like what Sci-Twi can so some sort of laser gun, which is actually the contact beam. The colors of the rifle were in blue while the colors of the secondary weapon were in grey.

"I called this The Thunderstrike. The top gun is called Pulse Rifle which is a triple-barreled assault rifle with a rapid rate of fire and large magazine ammunition capacity," Sunset explained. "While the bottom gun is called Contact Beam which is a heavy-duty energy pulse device, the Contact Beam is used for commercial destruction where a powerful but focused explosive force is needed, and it's a heavy engineering tool designed to pound and soften hard, raw minerals into smaller pieces."

Sunset then unloaded the ammo from the pulse rifle by opened the barrel to the left side and the ammo dropped from inside of it. The shape of the name was also unique hence because the shape was much more like Russian/German grenades from WWII, it was colored grey and has some straight blue lights on the broader part of the ammo. Sunset then unloads the ammo from the contact beam by lifting the firing end of the weapon to the ceiling while the butt stock of the firearm was underneath her right arm. She then pulled the bolt on the left side of the contact beam and looked away from the gun because there were steams came out from it which slightly surprised everyone in the room. After the ammo are unloaded from the weapon, she gave the dropped ammo to Luna on her table. Before giving away her Thunderstrike to her.

"Just keep it safe will you?" Sunset told her as she gave away her hand from her weapon.

"Is there anything else you bring to school?" Luna asked. Concerned about any more future weapons Sunset may have on school grounds.

"Just some of my engineering tools," Sunset answered. "You know for fixing jobs and the like if you have any."

"Sounds great!" Sci-Twi said with a smile. "Maybe you can help me with those tools of yours?"

"Maybe," Sunset added with some doubt.

"Alright, because you have disappeared for a year," Celestia stated. "You missed one year of your previous class. The good thing is, seeing you in the same age as the rest of the girls in here, you can join up with the next grade with these girls in your class. If you want of course."

"That's my plan, Principal Celestia," Sunset replied quickly. "I want to go back to my class again and finish up everything here."

"Well then, welcome back," Luna said as she finished up anything she wrote. "But I warn you because everyone in the school thinks you're still the Anon-A-Miss there's a chance that they try to harm you."

"Yeah, we were planning to find out who was behind that," Isaac commented with a grin.

"Well let's call it a day, for now, Isaac," Sunset said as she turned at Carver. "I'll handle it from here. You handle with the authority."

"Alright," Carver nodded in agreement.

"Hang on," Fluttershy halted them. "You have a problem with the police?"

"Yeah, they have found out about this," Randall answered with a sigh. "You better stay out of this, it's our problem now, you don't want to know."

They all hung in silence, but then Rarity spoke out. "Okay then, Randall."

"Randall, what's with your hand?" Pinkie asked as she popped out from beside Randall quickly and grabbed his hands "It feels cold when I touch it."

"That's his prosthetic hands," Sunset answered as she looked back at Pinkie in annoyance of her 'Pinkie magic.' "A psychopath cut off his hands with a bone saw."

Everyone quickly scooted away on that and Pinkie was looking like she was about to nearly throw-up on him. "Oh, I-I'm sorry to hear that!" Pinkie said quickly in pity.

"It's alright, I'm dealing with it," Randall replied as he patted her shoulder.

"Hey, Randall," Aria called out looking at him. "What's with those weird symbols on your suit?"

"Oh, it's the symbol of my former religion," Randall replied, waved his arms on his sides. "It's my lucky charm."

"Huh, your religion?" Twilight asked. "Hang on. You mean Unitology?"

"Yeah, Unitology," Isaac responded. "A blind religion."

"Why it was called a blind religion?" Luna asked.

"Doing rituals that involve death," Randall replied, which terrified them as they imagined about it.

"O-okay," Celestia responded awkwardly as sweat came down from her head after hearing what Randall said.

Then someone came into the office, and it was Wallflower Blush. "So how your progress going?" Celestia asked sternly.

"Still working on it and I have told a lot of them about what I did," Wallflower responded in fear as she playing with her nails to calm down.
"I'll make sure to finish it right away."

"Good, now Sunset," Celestia called, want to know something. "Since the class already began the study, do you have books for class?"

"No, but I have text logs with me if I want to write something," Sunset showed them the text log she meant about and showing them how to use it.

"But I would use it if I have no books on me."

"I see," Celestia made her decision to where to put her. "Girls, I will put Sunset in your class." Which they all got up on that, knowing that the Rainbooms, the Dazzlings, Juniper, Wallflower, Cloudy, and Trixie are one class in their grade.

"Are you sure, Principal Celestia?" Trixie asked worriedly. "The classes were in are full with those who hate Sunset."

"Don't worry about it," Sunset responded coldly as she turned her head at Trixie. "I'll be fine."

"Are you sure?" Twilight asked as she walked over to her. "They can-"

"It's fine, Twilight," Sunset replied as she holds her shoulder. "I can handle it." Sunset then let's go her shoulder after that.

"Come on, Sunset," Celestia said as she comes over to her. "Let's us escort you to your class."

Celestia along with the girls then leave the office and headed to the specific class that Celestia mentioned, leaving Carver, Isaac, Randall, Twilight and VP Luna inside. "Well, we got this sorted out. Why don't you leave now?" Luna asked.

Isaac sighed as he looked at Carver, Randall, and Twilight before looking back Luna. "There's also a secret about Sunset that Principal Celestia should know about it. It concerns her age."

"She's 17, right?" Luna asked, which received a head shake from Isaac. "How old is she?"

"She's physically 22 years old," Isaac replied, Luna was felt shocked and froze of her age. "When she traveled to the future she has spent six years with me. She's mentally 19 due to cryo-like coma she went through after an incident we both went through. Princess Celestia of Equestria used an age reverse spell on her along with me and Carver so she can look young again for school."

"Hang on, how old are you?" Luna asked Isaac.

"I'm 49 years old," Isaac responded, which Luna felt disbelieve on that.

"Why she's back then?" Luna asked, wanting the details.

"When she was living with me, it wasn't always easy," Isaac answered with a sorrowful voice. "We've been through a hellhole so we can survive and Sunset has never been happy for a long time after what we've through. I just want to see her happy again."

"Okay...." Luna said in pity. "Anything else about her?"

"You might want her to be put on suicide watch, Vice-Principal Luna," Twilight recommended with pity. "Isaac told me that when she was living with him, she's been suffering a form of dementia from an incident, and for 3 years Sunset has tried to commit suicide if not for Isaac stopped her from doing so for 20 times."

Luna became eye-widen to hear this information, she really needs to talk to Celestia about it. "This is bad."

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Celestia and the rest of the girls escorted Sunset to her classroom where the girls were in. Along the way through the hall, Sonata and Juniper managed to give some writing books for Sunset to write. The girls and the principal were talking to each other neutrally on the way, Sunset, however, kept silent to herself and hid her face underneath her hood again. They stopped for a moment in the middle of the hall because the principal was talking to Ms. Cherilee.

As they wait for the principal to finish talking with Ms. Cherilee, AJ and Wallflower noticed Sunset was looking at her right. When Wallflower called her, she didn't respond and only kept staring to her right. Not sure what's with her, AJ called up the others to look on what's with Sunset. Honestly, the way she was staring was like she was seeing a ghost.

Sunset was looking at her right seeing someone was standing in the right hall from where she is standing. He was standing there, arms crossing in front of his chest, his body shook slightly, and he breathes staggeringly as he was looked like he was cold or traumatized. Overall than that, his clothes were that of a USG officer suit, the only difference being he was covered in blood from head to toe. She then noticed that his left leg was replaced with a metal peg leg and his right arm was gone. When she looked on his face, he was brown/negro skin, bald, his brown eyes, his face. The near-death Hammond was standing right there, and he slowly turned his head looking straight towards her like a haunting ghost he is.

"Do you think....." Hammond said with an injured voice. "....Losing my leg and arm was enough to kill me, Sunset?"

Her eyes went wide and sharper, and her mouth opened a little as she kept staring at the crippled Hammond on her right. But then she was interrupted by Celestia calling her name a little aloud. Sunset quickly turned her head towards the principal and the girls with her. Celestia, Wallflower, Sci-Twi, Rarity, and Aria confused on what was going on with her. But the rest of them were kind of worried what's with her.

"Is everything alright, Sunset?" Celestia asked firmly trying to get what was going on as she looked over at her face.

Instead of replying, however, Sunset turned her head again towards where she did saw Hammond. But then only to found out he wasn't there anymore, the semi-empty hallway filled with some students she recognized of. Was her dementia getting worse?

"Are you okay, Sunset?" Applejack asked as she comes close to her. "Ya' looks like you've been seeing a ghost,"

Sunset kept silent to herself for a moment as she stares at where did she saw the ghost of Hammond. "I did, AJ."

Sunset then turned around and walked on forward, leaving the rest nearly behind her if not for them to catch up with her. Sunset was taking the lead of the group instead of the principal because Sunset doesn't know which class she's in. But then when she's just using the locator to find the specific classroom. They just felt disbelieve that the locator escorted them to the correct classroom where Sunset will be studying. "We just forgot that you have a navigation system," Sci-Twi commented awkwardly.

Celestia knocked on the door before entering the class before the girls minus Sunset followed up from behind the principal. The girls went to their respective seats while Celestia stood next to the teacher Mr. Cranky Doodle. Celestia prepped up her announcement of Sunset's return back to class. Though she does know, they won't like it, but Sunset was pretty confidence can handle that, and she would be kept an eye on her.

"May I have your attention, students?" Celestia asked, and the class of students including the teacher focusing their attention on her. "I know most of you does not feel so comfortable with the presence of the Anon-A-Miss right now, which all of you know her as Sunset. But after she has agreed on our conditions, we have let her join back in our school. Sunset if you please?"

Sunset then entered the class and stood next to the principal. It was clear they show their hating face towards Sunset who was still hiding her face underneath her hood. Sunset then looked down to her holo-projector, wanted to check something first. Then Celestia continued her words.
"I know how are you all feeling right now. But Sunset promised us to not do anything that could harm to any student and teacher in the school. If Sunset does something beyond the boundaries of this school, you may report directly to Vice-Principal Luna or me."

"What if she-?!" a student asked, which is Ringo.

"I guarantee to make sure she does not do her thing as the Anon-A-Miss for sure," Celestia replied quickly. "Sunset, your seat is between Fluttershy and Watermelody."

Sunset only nodded to the principal and slowly made her way to her seat. Sunset gave a good look around her class, walking passed her angry peers before sat down and comforting herself on her chair. Putting her writing books on her table and pencil and pen beside it. Sunset only looked straightforward at the principal.

"Alright, now I will leave to you-" Celestia then got interrupted by the PA systems being active.

"Principal Celestia, please come to Vice-Principal Luna's office," the PA systems said. "It's important."

"Oh, if you excuse me," Celestia said with a nod. "I need to go to my sister's office."

After receiving a nod from the teacher, she quickly leaves the class. But then, all angry eyes including the teacher's eyes and except those who just came back from the office were staring at her as sharp as they can. Sunset reminded herself that those eyes were like those stalkers who try to stab her back. With their claws and heads. Sunset only kept her cool for this.

"We'll be watching you, Sunset," Watermelody threatened from beside Sunset, gave a 'keep an eye on you' gesture. "Don't do something stupid."

Sunset only sighed sincerely at the threat. "I'll be watching myself about it."

But then someone opened the classroom door again, and it was Celestia again for God's sake what did she want now. From the looks of it, she forgot to tell them something. Something that might have benefited the principal or the students around Sunset.

"By the way, during her time away, Sunset has been specializing in an engineering background of sorts and is consider by some to be an expert in engineering," Celestia shouted out, which they happen to they give disbelieve glares to Sunset. "So if you have something that needs fixing you can ask her about it. That's all people. And erm, Mr. Cranky? Those... things attached to her chest and back are her pieces of equipment, not accessories," Celestia then exits the class again, literally heading for Luna's office.

"I hope you're right about being an engineer," Mr. Cranky stated. "If you're lying..."

"If I did, I shouldn't be here right now," Sunset added, they were surprised by her response.

"Right..." Mr. Cranky then quickly changed the topic. "Now, back to the maths."

They then continue on their study, alongside the hatred feeling with the presence of Sunset among them. While most of the students were kind of bored to study maths, Sunset was the one who was being sharp on reviewing it. It was after a few minutes later, the teacher gave them all a task to finish up the math questions given by the teacher. Some of the students having a hard time to answer them, some of them felt like gave up on working it, Sunset, however, was kind of enjoying to finish the math questions in 15 minutes flat.

After she finished working the math in her writing book, she closed the book and put her pen next to it and leaned her back against the chair. Sunset sighed in relieve as she casually looked around her, watching the other students still working on their math task, seeing some of the students were staring at her, and seeing Mr. Cranky checked his phone before changed his sight to the students and Sunset. Sunset then looked to her left, noticed that Watermelody was working on the math while at the same time looked at Sunset with anger and suspicion. Sunset remained cold to herself as she turned her head forward, looking down in front of the table.

But then, she had on odd feeling there. She slowly leaned forward and turned her head a little to her left with a blank stare. There was someone else in the presence around her, a ghostly presence. Sunset became worried because she felt that ghostly person was right next to her, her mouth was open showing her teeth and her eyes widen in fear. Sunset then slowly as ever turned her head to her right to see who was standing next to her. But then her fear vanished, and she lets out a breath of relieve to know there was no one right next to her except Fluttershy who was still working on the math in her seat. Fluttershy noticed a weird and looked at Sunset, who was staring at her.

"What?" Fluttershy asked as she halted to writing.

"Erm, nothing," Sunset then turned her head forward, avoiding eye contact with Fluttershy as she mumbled to herself. "Nothing."

Knowing there was still a lot of time waiting for everyone in the class to finish their maths, Sunset only kept silent to herself in her seat. But then, because her lack of sleep for several weeks back in the future, she felt tired again in her seat. She tried to resist sleep, but then she let her eyes closed and leaned her head against her chair because she was feeling weary than usual. Drifted again into sleep while in the class.

---

As Sunset searched for any more Necromorphs along the walkways that surrounded them. Isaac was busy putting a replacement battery in a slot for the door that led deeper into the mines. Stross was around here somewhere having lost his mind, and she was going to give him a piece of her one. The comm video of Stross sticking a screwdriver in Ellie's eye was still fresh in their heads, and they were going to get answers out of him one way or the other.

With the battery replaced they made their way to the door only to pause to shoot at a pair of Crawlers before leaving without a second glance. Being too focused on trying to find Ellie rather than deal with small fry.

They walked into the tunnel that was in front of them while hearing a message over the intercom about survival chambers being the only hope for survival should a cave-in occur. As they headed towards the door on the other end of the tunnel, they took little note of a passage to the left that was sealed off by a gate. That was until Stross came out from the other side surprising them.

Then she saw it, and if Sunsets face weren't hidden under her mask, her skin tone would have dropped a few shades at what he held in his hand. A screwdriver with Ellie's eye attached to it

"There you are!" Stross said as he looked at Sunset with crazy eye's while he focused solely on her and forgot about Isaac. "We've been waiting for you... now it's your turn! Step Three, then you'll..."

Whatever he was going to say next was cut off as Ellie appeared from behind him with a pipe in her hands as she swings it through the air and striking Stross in the back, knocking him away from the fence looking with the intent to kill with her one eye before she turned to the two behind the fence.

"Ellie?!" The two engineers said in surprise, seeing their friend was still alive.

'You owe me an eye you bastards!" Ellie demanded.

Ellie then went on the defensive when Stross got up and started attacking again.

Sunset stared at the wall for a few seconds, hearing Stross shout that the 'patient was not cooperating' and that she 'needed another session,' where she believed that he had devolved into a more insane version of the scientists that had been experimenting on the three of them.

They knew that Ellie could handle herself and that they couldn't help her at this time.

"Come on Isaac we got to stop them from killing each other," Sunset said before rushing down the hall.

"Sunset wait!" Isaac said to gain the young women's attention.

Turning around to look back she first became unaware of the tentacle bursting out of the wall above her and wrapped around her legs. She barely got off a scream before the tentacle dragged her through the hole in the wall. She felt herself get bashed by several rock walls before she heard her suit seal itself shut as she went into her personal oxygen supplies.

When Sunset felt the tentacle release her, she realized she was in space, outside the area she and Isaac had been. She then watches the tentacle craw into another hole in the wall.

"I'm starting to regret that time when Pinkie and Fluttershy showed me their hentai tentacle porn fetish."

"Sunset you alright!" Isaac said, his voice laced with worry over her comm channel.

"Yea, but that thing dragged me outside. Got to find a way back in."

"Ellie lied!"

Isaac was then caught off from any reply he was going to say next when Stross's voice came over her speakers. "She won't help... but you two will. You'll see her after Step Three!"

"Isaac, he ran off, deeper into the mines," Ellie said, sounding tired over the call. Which was understandable considering that her eye had been torn from her body, but also brought relief to sunset knowing she was still alive.

"We got problems on our end too, get somewhere safe will come to you,"Isaac replied.

"I'll try."

"Sunset, find a way back inside. We will link up and meet back with Ellie."

"Got it, shouldn't be too hard," Sunset replied before turning her comm off.

Sunset looked around her area and saw the place had about a dozen active lasers floating around her. She then sees a mining tub leading back inside the mines blocked by a pair of mining lasers.
Sunset frowned at that. Why were the lasers blocking the way back inside? Was it some attempt to contain the infection or something she probably never know. Looking around she saw a booster placement station. They were the same modules Isaac used to bring the elevator up to use when they needed to go to the solar array.

Grabbing one with her kineses module she dutifully connected it to one of the two lasers that she needed to change the directions. Floating back a few meters she fired at it and watch the ignited booster push the active laser away. Another minute went by, and she did the same with the other one. With her path clear, Sunset flew down into the tonal only to stop at the danger posed in front of her.

Cysts

Sunset hated these things, they were always in a place where it inhibited her and Isaac's progress. If it wasn't for the unusual sound, they made it probably have been the death of either of them on the few encounters they've had.

Looking around she sees the dead body of a long-dead miner floating against the wall. Saying a small apology to the dead man, she grabbed his body with her kinesis module and shot it at the Cysts blocking her way. After they were cleared, she made her way to the airlock at the end and exited the vacuum. Now that she was back inside she called Isaac.

"Isaac, I'm back inside," Sunset reported while she looked around to what looked like an operations room and there, Sunset found a shiny new toy.

"Good, I'm sending you my location. Ellie are you alright, any sign of Stross?" Isaac inquired.

"I'm safe for now, but Stross has lost it!" Ellie replied. "I think he's coming for you and Sunset... but I've found something that you're going to want to see. Here's my location. Just hurry up and get here, I'm not in any shape to be fighting."

"We'll get to you as soon as we can," Sunset replied before cutting her comm off.

That's when Sunset finally took notice of her situation. She was actually alone for the first time. When she and Isaac first encounter the Necromorphs on board the Ishimura, she stuck by Isaac's side like glue. Now she had to navigate through dark undead infested mines to make it back to her friends. Shaking her head of any fears she had of fighting by her self she reached and picked up her new weapon from the counter. A Contact Beam cannon. She'd remember seeing the schematics for one back on the Ishimura and has haded herself for not buying it.

Now Sunset readied her new Contact Beam with ammo and was now ready for anything that may come her way. Whatever lied in front of her she can take it down whether it be the Undead, Tiedmann or Stross.

Looking around again, she spotted a med back on the counter as well as some Plasma Cutter ammo. Grabbing the two, she set off to a small elevator on the other side of the room. Pressing the lift controls brought her up to the next level onto a catwalk.

Walking down the path, she spots a lone black slasher dropping down at the far end of the catwalk. Before she can raise her weapon to fire she heard some screeches coming from below. Looking down she saw a pair of Lurkers pop out. Seeing a few polls off to the side she grabbed it with her Kinesis and impaled the Slasher the rock face. Focusing her Contact Beam downward she charged a pair of contact energy blasts at the two. With the three threats down she moved along the catwalk till a Puker jumped down from above. It only took two seconds for Sunset to react to bringing it down. Walking around a stone support beam, two more Slashers dropped from the vents from above. Her next shot collided with the first one's chest sending it back and falling off the catwalk. When she was about to shoot the next one, her weapon died out. Looking down at it she saw that the weapon counter read zero. Cursing herself of the rookie mistake. Seeing no time to reaload, she switch to her Pulse Rifle and began firing at the second Slashers legs and bringing it down as well. Satisfied with the outcome, she reached down to pick up the fallen weapon.

That was when Sunset heard a shuffling behind her, turning back a third Slasher. She had just managed to put her Pulse rifle between them as its bone sword arms came down on top of her. It didn't help that the thing's head was trying to get to rip out her throat. Not wanting to drag this on, she lifted her leg and smashed down on the Necromorphs knee cap, hard.

It stumbled back a way to the point where it gave Sunset just enough room to bring her Pulse rifle about and unleashed a storm of pulse rounds into Slashers shoulders and head, forcing the thing back even more. When it neared the edge of the catwalk, she ceased fire and reared up again and delivered a side kick into the things chest making it tumble over and fall into the dark caverns below.

She was then safe to pick up her discarded Contact Beam reload it with a new beam clip. Satisfied by the action, she moved on, only around the next corner of the catwalk as another Slasher AND a Puker fell from above.

'Man, am I popular right now, why is that?" Sunset said in annoyance as she dispatched the two with a trio of shots. One going to the Slasher while it took two to down the Puker.

Finally reaching the door at the catwalk. Sunset reached out to tap the open holo only to hear a roar from behind. Doing a quick 180, she hip fired the Contact Beam. Her shot landed right where the victim's collarbone would be. The Slasher made one step back before hitting the ground with a thud.

Hit the door controls Sunset entered the next area with no opposition. On the other side of the door, she found that the path on her left, which had to be the correct way to go and was blocked by three mine traps that had lasers revealing where she shouldn't walk, though instead of messing with that she walked over to a secure storage room.

That also had three dead miners looking like they were trying to claw their way in before whatever got them. Reaching to the door, she used a spare Power Node she picked up earlier on the door to give her access.

Inside was a number of supplies and utilities. Bunkbeds, food, medpacks, stasis packs, wall lockers and a toilet. All the necessity for when something like a cave in should accrue. To bad most of it would go to waste.

Walking over to the supplies first she saw a box of protein bars. Seeing that made her stomach gurgle a little. Seeing that her spot was secured, Sunset clasped her helmet and scarf three of the bars and pocketed the rest for later. With her stomach satisfied, she picked up a large medpack and a stasis pack. Looking over at the bunks she saw something peaking on the lower bed. Walking over she saw it was a schematic for an elite military Suit.

That both made her confused and very happy. Confused as to why this was down here in a shelter inside a mine and happy that she can put on a better piece of badass armor. Sorting that in her RIG for later till the next time she was at a suit kiosk. Seeing nothing else of interest, she moved out of the room and past the dead bodies. She tossed one of the bodies on the laser mines, tripping them so she can move on.

From there Sunset opened the door in front of her and found another passage that had cysts on the walls around her. Taking a nearby supply crate she launching it out, forcing the cysts to fire their charges at the walls opposite of where they were resting and die without hurting anyone.

With those taken care of the Sunset made her way towards the door at the end. Pulling the panel off of the terminal she looked it over before she began her hack, have never done something like this before but had seen Isaac do it nearly a dozen times already.

Reaching in Sunset started grabbing hold of some wires and started to moved around.

She had no idea what she was doing.

After about a minute of trying to figure the door controls out, she got shocked by the thing making her jerk back with a yelp. "Son of a...how does Isaac make this so easy?"
After fiddling with it some more, she got down the first sequence. Redoing another pattern but in the same style got the second sequence in. Before Sunset could start the third sequence, she was interrupted when the door opened, and Stross came charging at her.

"There you are!" Stross said, to which he raised his hand and grabbed onto Sunset as he pushed himself into the tunnel that she just came from.

"Whoa, Stross what are you doing?!" Sunset said as she tried to push the crazed man away.

"You have to face her for me!" Stross shouted, to which he drove the screwdriver into the side of Sunsets helmet causing it to suddenly broke apart like she hit the command to disassemble. Right before he tried to drive the screwdriver into Sunset's eye, "Tell her I didn't mean to do it!"

"Stross it's me!" Sunset called out while she struggled against Stross over the control of the screwdriver.

"See her!"

"Stross!"

"Tell her!"

"STOP!" Sunset yelled at the madman as the screwdriver got closer to her face.

"Step three! STEP THREE!"

"SUNSET!"

---

Sunset quickly woke up with cold sweat and irregular breathing after dreaming of her past. As she tried to control her breathing, she looked around and noticed that everyone in the class had finished their math task. And noticed everyone, including Mr. Cranky, were staring at her because of her action of sleeping in the class. She can see Watermelody was giving an evil grin at her.

"Ms. Shimmer," Mr. Cranky called out. "You finished your paper? Because I don't like it seeing someone sleep while doing so."

"I-I'm done, sir," Sunset then opened her book to see her own work. "It's-"
But then halted to noticed, someone just fucked up her job. Her math work was destroyed in scribbles of abstract writing and drawings that would mock Sunset. Sunset just dropped her book on the table in disbelieve and froze. But then leaned her back against her chair in irritation.

"What' wrong, Miss. Shimmer?" Mr. Cranky asked sternly. "You didn't finish, right?"

"I'm finished, but someone destroyed my math task with writings and drawings," Sunset replied coldly and in annoyance. "Who did this?"

"Sunset," Applejack called out from behind her, she was sitting behind Sunset. "It was Watermelody."

Sunset and Mr. Cranky then stared down at Watermelody who has destroyed Sunset's work. Mr. Cranky and Sunset were obviously mad to what Watermelody did. Before Mr. Cranky asked her, Sunset was the first who asked Watermelody.

"What was that for?" Sunset asked with a flat and cold tone.

"That's for what secret you spill out from me long ago, Anon-A-Miss!" Watermelody shot back in anger as she points her finger at her. "You just can't stop, can't you?"

"That's enough, Watermelody!" Mr. Cranky shouted from the front of the class. "I know she's the Anon-A-Miss, but I do not tolerate with student messing with others work like this! So don't disturb her and do your own work or I'll have you repeat the entire lesson!"

Watermelody then recoiled in fear as she nervously looked away from Sunset and looked at the teacher as she comforts herself in her seat. "So sorry, sir!"

Sunset slowly looked away from Watermelody and only froze with her arms on her table. "Now apologized to Sunset," Mr. Cranky ordered, but Watermelody shows her protest.

"What?!" Watermelody asked furiously as she leaned her head forward. "I don't want to apologize to her!"

Before Mr. Cranky gave the order again, Sunset speaks out. "She's right, Mr. Cranky. I don't need her to apologize."

Mr. Cranky, Watermelody, and the rest except AJ were surprised when she said that. But now, Sunset was kind of pissed. Sunset puts her elbows on the table and put her forehead on top of her hands that gripped to each other. Without expectation and in sudden, Sunset just bashed her own table with her own goddamned fist, loud enough to make everyone in the class jumped and loud enough to be heard to the other classes near she's in. And there was one more thing that they didn't expect to hear from Sunset.

"FUCK!"

Everyone including the teacher in the class was taken back on what she just said in the class loudly. Sunset, after screamed, she bowed her head and rubbed her face in irritation and upset. And she just froze on that pose while everyone was staring at her. Fluttershy felt terrible on Sunset's math work was ruined. Fluttershy had decided, to give her work to Sunset.
Fluttershy grabbed her book and reached her book to Sunset. Everyone was surprised by what Fluttershy was doing. Sunset then looked over to her right, and she was also surprised by the kind act. Sunset straightened her back as she kept staring Fluttershy's book in little confusion.

"Why are you giving me your book?" Sunset asked softly.

Fluttershy silent for a moment before answering. "I don't want to see you like this because someone destroyed your work."

Sunset felt content on that for a moment, before decided to sincerely take the book from Fluttershy and going to work back again on the math quiz.
"Thanks, Shy," Sunset said softly without smiling.

"Your welcome."

A couple of hours after studying in the class, the school day was over, and Sunset alongside AJ came out from the class first. They both were stood next to their wanted to talk something about the school. But then, the rest of the students in the class came out and headed to their lockers. And much annoyingly, Watermelody came over to Sunset and Applejack because her problem with the girl she thinks was the 'Anon-A-Miss' was not over yet.

"Hey, you!" Watermelody called out, looked a little angry at her. "We're not done yet!"

Sunset just sighed in irritation in front of AJ, before looking over at Watermelody. "What now, Watermelody?"

"Do you think I just let you get away like that, Anon-A-Miss?" Watermelody asked, stared her down in the eyes. "I know you're trying to continue to hurt us like long ago."

If not Sunset felt annoyed of this Anon-A-Miss bullshit, Sunset was annoyed that it felt like got some talk with Tiedmann back in the Sprawl. "And how do you know that?"

"That's what you do, Sunset!" Watermelody said as Sunset listens to her with a patient heart, Applejack only watched them. "I'm going to deal with you if you have a plan to get something out of us, you hear me?"

Sunset sighed and then shook her head. "I assure you, I've got no such plans on that."

"Oh really?" Watermelody joked, not believing her. "You know, it's nice to hear you don't need any apologies from me. You have realized your actions, eh?"

"I know what I'm doing, Watermelody," Sunset shot back with an angry tone, then she poked her chest with her index finger. "And I've just had enough of your goddamn shit about the Anon-A-Miss!" Sunset then looked away from her by turning her head to her right, "and I don't need your goddamn apology because of-"

Sunset somehow halted on what she's saying because she was staring on something that both Applejack and Watermelody don't know of. They both looked over to where Sunset was staring, all they saw only students getting and putting their stuff in their locker. They both looked back at Sunset again; she was still staring to her right. Watermelody was about to shout at her on what she's starting to her right, but then she noticed that Sunset somehow looked worried by looking the gesture of her mouth and her eyes under the hood. Watermelody looked over at Applejack in confusion, before looking back at Sunset.

"Sunset?" Watermelody called with a pat to her shoulder, which Sunset was startled by that and quickly looked at her. "What's wrong with you?"

Sunset then looked over to her right again, noticing something that she just saw a few seconds ago was gone. "Did I-?"

"Honestly, I've never seen you be that worried as the Anon-A-Miss," Watermelody stated in confusion. "Did you see something else out of the ordinary?"

"I thought I saw Stross right there-, nevermind," Sunset answered as she pointed her finger to the direction of where sees him, but then realizing who she was talking to. "Sorry, I just-."

"Who's Stross?" Watermelody asked, she never heard that name either in CHS or in the city.

"Your loss or something? And be honest with me."

Sunset was feeling doubt in silence to answer her, but she instead answers her with regret and honest.

"Nolan Stross. I- *sigh* someone who tried to help us with something important. But I had to kill him because he was turning into a psycho and attacked me." Watermelody and Applejack became eye-widen on what she just said.

"You what?" Watermeoldy asked in shock. It's the first time to hear Sunset ever killed someone.

Their conversation then interrupted by the announcement of the PA systems. "Sunset Shimmer, please come to Vice-Principal Luna's office. Mayor Mare waiting for you in Vice-Principals Luna's Office. Sunset Shimmer, Please come to Vice-Principal's office."

Everyone in that hall including Watermelody herself was surprised by what the PA systems said. "What? Mayor Mare wants to talk to you? That's impossible!" Watermelody stated in disbelieve.

"When you got through a fucking hellhole," Sunset replied coldly. "It's possible, let's go, AJ."

Sunset and Applejack left for heading to VP Luna's office, leaving Watermelody standing there as she watched them leave. Soon, Sonata, Wallflower, Rarity, and Adagio came over to her and stood next to and besides her. They all watched them leave, wondering why Mayor Mare wanted to talk with Sunset. It's their first time hearing about that.

"Mayor Mare wanted to talk with Sunset?" Rarity asked in disbelieve. "I can't believe it!"

"Something's up with her," Wallflower stated nervously. "Did she had trouble with her?"

"Not sure," Adagio replied hastily. "But I think she can handle it."
Sonata then noticed Watermelody's look, and she was looking like she was in shock. "Hey, what's with you?"

"Sunset," Watermelody halted, then continue. "Sunset said she killed someone. She killed someone named Stross."

The four then looked at Watermelody in shock for what did they just heard from her. "She killed who?" Rarity asked.

"Stross," Watermelody said again. "She had killed him because he was becoming a psycho."

They all then looked forward again toward where Sunset and Applejack take their leave. "What else is she hiding?" Adagio wondered to herself.

---

Both Sunset and Applejack reached the office. Sunset knocked on the door before entering the office. They saw the mayor was talking with the principals and Twilight upon entering. The mayor and the principals looked at who entered the office and greeted them.

"Hello, Sunset, Applejack."

"Hi, Mayor," Sunset replied while AJ only gave a greeting nod to her. "You wanted to see me?"

"Yes, I want to talk about your apartment, Ms. Shimmer," Mayor Mare speak out. "Since your disappearance, we have sealed off until you have been founded until now."

"We already saw it, Mayor," Applejack said, remembered looks like now. "It was left in bad condition."

"I know," Mayor replied in understood. "After you're back, we have taking care of your apartment, Ms. Shimmer. To make it as clean as it originally looked like. Today you have your own apartment to live when you go back to see it."

Sunset only smiled with this announcement. "Thanks for the apartment. But what of Isaac, Carver, and Randall?"

"We have also given them an apartment, the one next door to yours," Mayor Mare added. "More than that, free of tax and fees."

"It's good to hear that," Sunset answered with a smile. "Thank you, Mayor Mare."

"Your welcome, Miss. Shimmer."

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