Warning: The following chapter contains a rape scene. I and those of us here at Ravencroft Studios do not condone nor support such acts IRL. That being said, these are fictional characters, in a fictional world.

You have been warned. There's only one though.

It was the end of gym class, one of Twilight’s least favorite classes. Yes, she understood the need to keep her body in shape and healthy, and that exercise was a vital part of that, after all, what good was a brilliant mind if the body failed it? That being said, it didn’t mean that Twilight was cut out for it. Crystal Prep excelled in improving not only the students’ mental, but their physical ability as well.

Archery was a requirement at Crystal Prep, so there was no getting out of it. In her whole time at the school, she hadn’t made a bull’s eye even once, she was always a centimeter off here, or a inch there, and sometimes her arrows flew way over the target. It also didn’t help that the coach always looked down at her with a judgmental glare.

Twilight didn’t like to disappoint her teachers, even her Physical Education teacher, but every time Twilight missed she would blow the whistle and say “Again!” until her quiver was empty, then make her run out and get the arrows to do it all over again. There were so many times that she wanted to just yell at the coach that her teaching method wasn’t working for her, but that would mean talking back to a respected adult, a teacher, and despite everything, Twilight wasn’t one to disobey a teacher, nor talk back at them. No matter how much they deserved it.

When she was done, Twilight was released late. Thankfully it was the last class of the day. Sunset was waiting for her outside so that they could drive over to Twilight’s place tonight to go over a few more theories, the last two weeks have thrown her worldview into question recently. Angels, demons, strange metamorphic armor, a second Sunset Shimmer…it was a lot.

Twilight wasn’t a religious girl, but when you saw winged beings wielding swords of light and wearing golden armor, and then see a person donned in dark armor with demon like creatures coming from him, it was hard to not start thinking that there may’ve been more to those texts than she once thought.

Fortunately, being released late meant that Twilight could shower without having to watch her back. She tried to not use the showers when possible, not because she was shy or anything…okay, maybe she was shy and self-conscious about her body, but that was mostly due to the other occupants in the showers. Her female peers didn’t have any qualms about talking about how flat Twilight’s ass was, or how small her breasts were, or how mousy she looked.

They never missed a chance to take shots at her body image, and it seemed to just get worse as the years went on. Saying that she would never get a boyfriend, how the only way she’d get a guy was by going commando and spreading her legs, “Cause every guy likes an easy lay, Sparkle.”

Not that it mattered to her, the boys in CPA never appealed to her. They were as bad as the girls, and despite how many times the girls said she wasn’t attractive enough to draw a boy’s attention, the boys themselves had no problem leering at her with lecherous eyes.

But, Twilight found out quickly it wasn’t the boys she needed to worry about…

While in the showers, under the warm running water, Twilight didn’t hear the wet footfalls of someone approaching. It was while her arms were up and rinsing her hair that the unknown person slapped a hand around her mouth and pushed her against the wall.

Twilight released muffled screams as her heart pounded in her chest. The person behind her was pressing their body against her, and from what Twilight could feel, they were female. Right now, Twilight wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing, well, in her case, either way it was bad.

“C’mon Twi, don’t be scared, it’s me.”

Twilight froze upon recognizing the voice, it was Indigo Zap. The hand that had been placed over her mouth moved away, allowing Twilight to speak. “I-I-Indigo…w-what are you d-d-doing here?”

“Coach put you through the ringer today, so I thought I’d come and make sure you didn’t collapse from exhaustion in here,” said Indigo with a sly tone.

“I-I’m fine, r-really, Indigo, you don’t have to worry!” Twilight stated.

“Oh, but I do…” Indigo slid her right hand over Twilight’s taut stomach, bringing it to her right hip and slowly moving further down until she cupped Twilight’s right ass cheek in her hand, giving it a firm squeeze that made the teen genius flinch. “You’ve been hanging around that Sunset chick a lot…”

“S-Sunset’s j-just a…a…” It just occurred to Twilight that she never really defined her relationship with Sunset Shimmer.

The only person she could call a friend moved away a long time ago, but since then, she hadn’t really had anyone else to call “friend”. Sunset, well, she couldn’t call her an acquaintance, not with the frequent number of times she met with her over the past few weeks. Sunset defended her, got mad for her, weren’t those qualities of a friendship?

“Tell me somethin’, what does she do for you?” Indigo asked as her left hand moved down over Twilight’s neck, then her collarbone, and then finding its resting place atop her left breast.

Twilight hissed as she felt Indigo’s left hand knead her left bosom, and then used her thumb and forefinger to pinch Twilight’s now erect nipple.

Twilight had come to rely on a number of different methods to keep her mind occupied. One of them was reciting the Periodic Table of Elements, alphabetically, mentally naming them, their symbols, atomic numbers, and electronegativity, anything to keep her mind off of what was happening right now.

Actinium…Symbol: Ac…Atomic Number: 89…Electronegativity: 1.1…Aluminum…Symbol: Al…Atomic Number: 13…Electronegativity: 1.61…

“Does she make you feel good like I can?”

Americium…Symbol: Am…Atomic Number: 95…Electronegativity: 1.3…

Indigo stopped groping Twilight’s rear and slowly ran her right hand back to Twilight’s stomach, from there she traveled lower, making Twilight whimper and her body shudder in revulsion, but to Indigo, it was a shudder of desire. Then Twilight yelped, feeling Indigo’s right hand play with her flower. An involuntary moan escaped her mouth when Indigo brought her lips to Twilight’s neck, kissing her and nipping at her neck, making sure to do so in a place that wouldn’t be noticeable unless she undressed.

Antimony…Symbol: Sb…Atomic Number: 9…95…Electron-n-n-negativity: 2.05…Argon…Symbol: Ar…Atomic Number: 18…Electronegativity: None…

Twilight put her hands against the wall, feeling her core tighten up and her back beginning to arch. Indigo slipped a digit into Twilight’s slit, the teen genius felt her heart racing with fear as Indigo’s index and ring fingers penetrated her deeper and deeper, finally stopping just a few inches from the final barrier that marked her as virgin.

“What do you say, Twilight? Ready to give this to me?” Indigo asked in a sultry voice.

“P-P-Please…not here…not like this…” Twilight begged.

Indigo placed a kiss next to Twilight’s right cheek and smiled. “Just thought I’d ask, besides, I’d rather do this in a bed so I can have a better view of you. But for now…”

Twilight tensed as she felt Indigo’s fingers begin piston into her, doing so with practiced ease as Indigo managed to go in and keep from breaking her hymen, all while still managing to stimulate her girlhood with each stroke of the athlete’s digits.

Arsenic…Symbol: As…Atomic Number: 33…Electronegativity: 2.18…Astatine…Symbol: At…Atomic Number: 85…Electronegativity: 2.2…

Indigo was panting, and so was Twilight, she squeezed Twilight’s breast harder, causing Twilight to yelp again. The feeling of her wet cunt around her fingers, fucking in the school showers, it was like something out of a porno and it was turning Indigo on.

Beryllium, Symbol: Be, Atomic Number: 4, Electronegativity: 1.57! Bismuth, Symbol: Bi, Atomic Number: 83, Electronegativity: 2.02! Bohrium, Symbol: Bh, Atomic Number:107, Electronegativity: None! Boron, Symbol: B-B-B, A-Atomic Number: 5, Electronegativity: 2.04!

Twilight bit her bottom lip and kept her eyes shut, staring straight at the wall and just waiting for this to end. Her wish was granted when Indigo curled her fingers up and pressed against Twilight’s G-spot, and immediately, her body was rocked with an orgasm. Her girlhood released a copious amount of fluids onto Indigo’s hand as her legs shook. Twilight started to go slack a bit, making Indigo stop.

“Whoa there, easy girl,” said Indigo as she held Twilight up. “Little pent up there, weren’t you?”

Twilight said nothing, shame filled her, as it did every time this happened. Mentally, she knew it was just a physical reaction, achieving orgasm and “cumming” were two different things. When you cummed, it was done via mutual actions of both partners, an orgasm is just the body’s reaction to being sexually stimulated. That’s all this was, just sexual stimulation, she felt not an ounce of satisfaction in this. Emotionally, though, she still felt like shit for letting it happen. Her only saving grace was that Indigo never pushed too deep into her, allowing Twilight to keep her virginity. For how much longer was a different story.

“I’d like you to return the favor, maybe eat me out?” Indigo teased.

Twilight gulped, hard. Indigo never asked for that, did Indigo finger her to orgasm, yes, but never to go down on the athlete.

“Just kidding, I have somewhere to be, and it’ll look weird if we’re in here for too long.” Indigo propped Twilight against the wall and gave her a chaste kiss on her lips. “You’re my girl, Twilight. No one else’s, you understand?”

Twilight slowly nodded.

“Good girl. One day, I’ll make a proper woman out of you. Just you, me, my bed, and a wild night of mind blowing sex. Later.”

Twilight waited until Indigo left to release the tension in her body. There was no reason to cry about it anymore, she had done plenty of that before when it first started, but now she saw no need in breaking down. At this point, it was a fact of life for Twilight Sparkle, to be abused by Indigo in some fashion, but one thing that did worry her was what Indigo might do to Sunset. It didn’t matter if Twilight was or wasn’t in a relationship with Sunset Shimmer, so long as Indigo perceived she might be, that was enough.

Maybe…Maybe it’s time I just gave into her…I don’t want Sunset to get hurt because of me.

Twilight continued her shower, scrubbing a little harder than was necessary between her legs to the point that it hurt a little. When she was done, Twilight found Sunset waiting for her. Sunset had forgone her motorcycle, not wanting to scare Twilight every time she rode, so she switched red to a Corvette ZR1. Twilight was starting to notice a theme when it came to Sunset, one: she liked red, and two: she liked fast vehicles.

“Hey, Sparky, you alright?” Sunset asked.

Twilight stiffened. “W-Why do you ask?!”

Sunset blinked. “You just look a little flushed.”

“O-O-Oh, yes…” Twilight began playing with one of her bangs. “I-It was the hot shower I took, I was really sore after class so I just stayed under there a little longer than I should’ve.”

Sunset’s expression was neutral and hard to read, which only made Twilight more nervous. Sunset had already gotten into a stare down with Indigo not too long ago, if she found out what the school’s number one athlete was doing to her……well, Twilight wasn’t sure of Sunset’s physical ability, but she wasn’t about to take any chances when it came to Indigo.

“Okay, well, hop in and we’ll head to your place,” said Sunset.

Twilight breathed a sigh of relief, whether Sunset bought it or not, at least the subject wouldn’t be broached for a while. The teenage prodigy entered Sunset’s car, once inside, Sunset turned on the car. The engine whirred to life, she pressed on the gas and took a moment to listen to the engine roar.

“I like my bike, but I love my car,” said Sunset.

“You really do love your fast vehicles, don’t you?” Twilight asked.

“You bet, if it’s got less than eight-hundred horsepower, I don’t want that weak shit!” Sunset stated.

Twilight glanced to Sunset, and then the car. “Uh…Sunset, when you got this car…did you, uh, modify it?”

Sunset slowly turned to Twilight, and then smiled wickedly. “Oh no…I just bought the 1,200 horsepower version!”

Without another word, Sunset shifted gears and took off down the road, making Twilight shriek. A couple of miles later, Sunset slowed down and let Twilight catch her breath.

“Seriously though, Twi, what’s up?”

“W-Why do you think something’s up?” Twilight asked.

Sunset spared her a glance before looking back at the road. “Sparky, please, you were in there for a while, I’m just…worried is all. Sorry, if I’m being paranoid, but I just don’t like you being alone in that place.”

Twilight felt a lump form in her throat, forcing herself not to shed tears. Sunset was worried about her, even while waiting for her outside, she was worried about her wellbeing. “S-Sunset…may I ask you a question?”

“Anything, Sparky.”

Twilight wrung her hands and bit her bottom lip as she mustered up the courage. “Are…Are we friends?”

Sunset cocked an eyebrow at that as they came to a stop light. “Um…okay…were we not? I thought we were.”

Twilight’s eyes widened with fear. How could she ask such a question? Of course Sunset would get offended by that. “I’M SORRY, I’M SORRY, I’M SORRY! Please don’t be mad at me! I-I-I didn’t mean to offend you! I-I-I–!”

Sunset turned back to the road, turned into a parking lot, parked, and said, “Twilight calm down, breathe in and out, do it with me.” Sunset inhaled, and Twilight mimicked her, and then she exhaled, Twilight did the same. The two of them did this for about a minute before Twilight calmed down. “You good, Sparky?”

Twilight silently nodded.

“Okay…so, let me ask you something. Why did you not think we’re friends?” Sunset asked. “You won’t offend me, I promise, I just want to know.”

Twilight played with one of her bangs. A nervous habit she hadn’t managed to kick. “I know you see how everyone treats me at Crystal Prep. I’m just…skeptical whenever someone gets close to me there, every person whom I think would be nice and friendly, only ends up hurting me in some way. It’s like the unspoken rite of passage to pick on Twilight Sparkle, and if you don’t, something is wrong with you.”

Sunset’s blood was boiling as she listened to this, but made sure not let Twilight see just how angry she was for fear of Twilight taking it the wrong way.

“Everyday I’m afraid that you’ll wake up one morning and realize that I’m not worth it…you’re strong, beautiful, intelligent, it’s probably why no one’s come after you, but that won’t last. And when it starts…EEP!” Twilight yelped as she felt Sunset take her hand.

“Twilight, listen to me.” The bespectacled girl nervously looked at Sunset and was surprised by the sincere look in her eyes. “You are my friend, Twilight Sparkle. I know you have trust issues, and they’re warranted, but you never have to worry about that with me. You don’t deserve the crap those assholes pile onto you, just because they’re jealous, fuck ‘em! You are who you are, don’t ever apologize for being smarter than someone else! And it’s not like you’re flaunting it, right?”

Twilight shook her head in the negative.

“Well then even more reason to fuck ‘em then! I don’t care if the school picks on me, trust me, I know how to deal with assholes. But I won’t betray you to them…” Sunset released Twilight’s and brought up the amulet on her necklace. “I swear on this treasure of mine, you can trust me.”

Tears welled up in Twilight’s eyes, she tried to bite back her sobs, but it wasn’t happening. Twilight bawled her eyes out, and without thinking, she threw herself at Sunset the best she could, resting her head against the redhead’s chest. Sunset was stunned for a few seconds, but she quickly got over it and hugged Twilight, rubbing her hand down her back in a soothing motion.

It was strange, other than her family, she didn’t like it when others touched her, that unfortunately was due to Indigo Zap, but when Sunset held her, touched her, she felt safe, safer than she had ever felt before. All the doubt and worry melted away, she had a friend, someone who wouldn’t betray her, someone who wouldn’t harm her. She was so happy, so relieved that she couldn’t tell if she was crying because she was happy or sad anymore.

In Sunset’s mind, she felt great sorrow for Twilight, but also great anger. The kind of hell she endured in CPA, alone, with no one to help her, keeping it all bottled up inside and just taking it. Sunset held Twilight tighter, she didn’t want to let Twilight go, fearing that she might break if she did, but this girl in her arms, she needed her. But Twilight also needed to get some relief.

Once Twilight was done crying, Sunset asked, “Hey, why do you say we take a break from working on the mystery of my doppelganger and the energy, and just hang out tonight?”

“Oh…a-are you sure?”

“Positive, in fact, we’ll hit the town! I know of this great rave taking place tonight, and we’re going! No weaseling out of this, Sparky. You,” Sunset booped Twilight’s nose, “need to cut loose and relax, and a rave is perfect for that.”

Twilight knew of raves, underground gatherings of teens where loud music was played, consumption of alcohol and drugs was rampant, and…the occasional sexual encounter. “I-I-I-I-I-I don’t know…I’m not a good dancer…plus…I don’t drink or do drugs…”

“Who says you need to do all that to have a good time? C’mon, Sparky, you need this bad. I’ll be with you the whole time as well. Plus, you can stay at my place, we can turn it into a sleepover~”

The corners of Twilight’s lips turned up into a smile. “S-Sleepover? You mean, like a Slumber Party?”

Sunset blinked. “Well, yeah, we can make it that. Hell, you can stay over the whole weekend if you want.”

Twilight became jittery with excitement. The whole going to a rave thing made her nervous, but the prospect of having a Slumber Party for the first time excited her to no end. “O-Okay, yes, l-let’s do it!”

“Alright! First, we’re gonna need the appropriate wardrobe, call your folks and tell them you’ll be staying over with me!” Sunset stated.

“Okay.” Twilight took out her cellphone, but then paused when she realized that she didn’t know where Sunset lived. “…Um, what is your address exactly? I need to give it to them so my parents know where I’m at.”

“Oops, sorry, it’s at 311 Chestnut Ave, uptown.”

“Cool beans, I’ll just – wait…did you just say…uptown?!”

Twilight gaped as they rolled up to Sunset’s home. It was a lavish estate, far too big for one person. A black iron gate kept the property secure, along with a seven-foot-tall gate. When Sunset drove up to it, she pressed a button on the roof of her car and the gate automatically opened up. She drove up the mile long path into the circle driveway, which then led to a garage. Sunset pressed another button and opened it, allowing Twilight to see an assortment of bikes and cars, all of which ranked high in horsepower and speed.

Once she pulled in, both Sunset and Twilight exited the car. Sunset led Twilight through the door and into the house proper. When Twilight got inside, she was taken aback at just how huge the inside was, there were Romanesque columns that held up the ceiling, warm, mahogany wooden floors, with red wall paper and white molding at the top and bottom.

Sunset noticed how Twilights jaw had dropped and said, “You’ll swallow a fly if you keep it open that long, Sparky.”

Twilight shook herself from her stupor and blushed in embarrassment. “S-Sorry, it’s just…I didn’t know…”

“That I’m filthy stinkin’ rich?” Sunset finished.

“Yeah…”

“Don’t worry about it, as far as I’m concerned it doesn’t define me. It’s useful to get what I need. Now, let’s get you some clothes that’ll suit you.”

Twilight followed Sunset as they went up the dual winding stairs, and down a long hallway. The young genius stopped before a set of double doors that was labeled, “Lab II”. Sunset stopped and smirked, she turned around and opened the doors, and when she did, Twilight’s eyes nearly bulged out of her skull. The inside was filled with a plethora of scientific equipment, beakers, test tubes, a centrifuge, computers, an assortment of tools, gadgets, cataloged minerals and chemicals, and books for reference.

“Like my little wonderland?” Sunset asked.

“It’s…It’s beautiful,” Twilight whispered.

Sunset slowly closed the doors as she said, “Don’t go into the light, Sparky, or I’ll never see you again.”

Twilight turned to Sunset and grabbed her by the shoulders. “PLEASE LET ME SEE IT LATER?!”

Sunset chuckled. “Okay, okay, I’ll take you in there tomorrow. C’mon, we still need to get you ready.”

The two teens entered Sunset’s bedroom, it was the master bedroom, which meant it was huge. High ceilings, a fireplace set up to one side of the wall, a shelf with books, a big flat screen TV and an assortment of game consoles. And of course, a giant walk-in closet. Off to the back, next to the queen sized bed, was the doorway to the bathroom, which had a marble interior, a bathtub big enough for two people to bathe in comfortably, and a waterfall shower.

“I have a cleaning service come here at the end of each week while I’m at school. I have more than a dozen rooms in this place, so you can imagine how long it takes to clean it properly, now, let’s get down to business,” said Sunset.

“Um…‘b-business’?” Twilight asked.

“Well we’re definitely not going to a rave in our uniforms, I have some clothes that are some sizes smaller that I haven’t given out so we can see what fits you. First I’d like to get a sense of what I’m working with, so, if you don’t mind, you can strip down.”

Twilight’s mind suddenly flashed back to Indigo, remembering a separate incident where she was made to strip before her. She unconsciously gripped her vest as if to make sure that it wouldn’t come off of its own volition. “I-Is that really n-necessary?”

“Well, I want to get the right clothes for you. You don’t have to be fully naked, I just need to get a sense of what you look like without the uniform. There’s a robe in my bathroom, you can change into that and come back out if you want,” Sunset suggested.

That seemed like the safe enough option, Twilight headed to the bathroom and closed the door. Her encounter with Indigo had left her jittery and paranoid, like all their encounters did. She knew that Sunset wasn’t planning on forcing herself onto her, besides… “Who else but Indigo would want me…”

Twilight began removing her clothes until she was standing in her underwear. She looked at herself in the mirror and sighed in disappointment. She wasn’t the most voluptuous of girls, her bust only coming in at a B-cup, her hips weren’t curvy like Fleur’s were, and her rear…well…not to be vain, but Twilight thought she had a good rear end…Indigo seemed to think so. Twilight shook her head, trying to push what happened out of her head. She saw the bathrobe and put it on before coming back out.

Once Sunset saw that Twilight had come out, she took a moment to circle her and take in some mental measurements. “Okay…you actually have a nice figure without that uniform on, Sparky.”

“Don’t lie…”

“I mean it, I’m not lying. We are seriously going to work on that body image confidence, and tonight will be step one. As for your outfit…” Sunset disappeared into her closet, Twilight sat at the edge of the bed and awaited her return, about a couple of minutes later, Sunset came out producing two outfits. “I’m thinking we go in these!”

Twilight blushed. “Oh my…”

Night descended on Canterlot City, for most residents, during this time of danger, would avoid dark areas of the city and stick to the most lit places. Malls, shopping centers, anywhere where there was a large amount of people and a lot of light. However, there were those among the populace who – despite all warnings – weren’t going to let the threat of a dark demon king prevent them from having a good time in the shadows of the night.

The warehousing district was one of those places that people definitely avoided these days, which meant it was perfect for raves. Cars poured in at different times, parking in out-of-the-way places so as to not arouse the suspicion of cops or security that might be roaming around. The address was sent out via the internet, and only to those who were in the know of such events. One of those who were, was one Sunset Shimmer as she pulled into the district, cutting off her headlights. Her passenger protested that they wouldn’t be able to see where they were going.

Sunset smirked as she pressed a button on the dashboard and the screen that was set in the center switched over to a live view of outside through a night vision camera. Twilight had to admit, she was impressed. Sunset pulled into a small area, she took her black ZR1 so that it would more easily blend into the surroundings, and plus, the red one was her favorite and she wasn’t about to risk it getting scratched up or impounded. The rich girl excited her car along with Twilight, both of them walked until they reached the edge of the building where the light was more prominent.

When Sunset was underneath it, her outfit was on full display. She wore a sparkling, magenta crop top that seemed a little baggy, offering enough of a view of her cleavage and side boob, along with a pair of gray hip hugging short-shorts. She wore three gold bracelets on her right wrist that dangled, while her left bicep had similar rings wrapped around it. Her treasured necklace was still hanging around her neck, nestling itself just above the valley of her mounds. Her exposed midriff showed she had a jewel sun symbol on her bellybutton – cosmetically glued, not pierced – and to complete the look, a pair of lace-up, black strap heeled sandals, open toed and showing off her red nail polish.

“C’mon, Sparky, we don’t want to miss the fun,” said Sunset.

“I…I don’t know about this…” Twilight whimpered from the shadows. “W-What if someone laughs at me…I-I don’t have the figure you do, Sunset…”

“No, you don’t. And that’s fine, because you’re you, and you’re cute, and if I may say so, hot as hell. Now get out here!” Sunset demanded as she reached into the shadows and pulled Twilight into the light.

Twilight was wearing a crop top as well, with two lacey straps going across her abdomen, exposing her midriff and shoulders, and her hair was still done up in its signature ponytail. She wore snug fitting jeans that accentuated Twilight’s rear nicely, with a looping chain belt that sported a magenta, six-pointed star at the end that hung loosely against Twilight’s left leg. Finishing this ensemble was a pair of black, platform heels, opened toed.

“You look great, Sparky, just stick by me – Whoa-kay!” Sunset was startled a little when Twilight wrapped herself around Sunset’s right arm. “O-Okay, that’s taking it literally.”

“S-Sorry…I-I’m just a little scared,” said Twilight truthfully.

Sunset smiled and patted Twilight’s hand. “I’m with you, you have nothing to worry about. C’mon, let’s go and have some fun.”

The fiery redhead didn’t want to freak Twilight out, but given the way they were dressed and the way Twilight was clinging to her, she was sure that the people they met were probably going to think that they were girlfriends. Sunset had to admit, she didn’t really mind that misunderstanding, especially given how firmly her arm was pressed between Twilight’s breasts. Sunset mentally slapped herself for thinking about that.

Keep it in your pants Shimmer! This is about showing Twilight a good time! God knows this girl needs it…the last thing you need is to complicate this relationship.

Eventually they made it to the entrance where a buff guy was standing guard. When they reached the door he looked down at them, Sunset reached into her pocket and pulled out her cellphone, showing off an email that indicated that she was invited to this rave. The man nodded and opened the door for them. Sunset and Twilight walked down a long hallway, the closer they got to the opposite end, the more they could hear a rhythmic thumping noise.

When they reached the end, Sunset opened the door, and both girls were treated to a near ear destroying techno beat that assaulted their eardrums. A smoke machine let a thin layer of mist hang in the air, allowing the laser lights to shine brighter, and create crazy displays in time with the music. The room was at least twice as big as Crystal Prep’s auditorium, a makeshift stage was set up at the far end where speakers and an elaborate turntable was set up.

A large amount of the attending teens were clustered at the center of the room, dancing feverishly to the beat of the DJ. To one side of the room, Sunset could spot a slapped-together bar, serving various alcoholic beverages. As her eyes slowly adjusted to the dark interior, Sunset was able to catch more details. There was a second stairway that led to a second floor, it overlooked the downstairs and was no doubt furnished with either bean bag chairs, cheap couches, and probably a mattress or two.

The dance floor was raised, and divided into multiple squares that glowed different colors in time with the music, granting a bit more illumination, but not too much as to disturb the atmosphere. Speaking of the atmosphere, Sunset and Twilight could already pick up on the aroma of sweat, alcohol, and some other substances that she was sure weren’t legal. Many of the attendees had neon glow sticks in their hands and were waving them around like a tribal shaman calling for the spirits, and others were glow rings that dangled around wrists and necks.

“It’s loud!” Twilight commented.

“Yeah, great huh?!” Sunset asked.

Twilight offered a weak smile. “Sunset, we may run into Lemon Zest, these are the kind of places she likes to go to!”

“Fuck her if she is here! We’re here to have fun, forget CPA, forget those bitches, there’s just you, me, and this kickass music! Woooo!” Sunset cheered.

Twilight had to admit, Sunset’s carefree attitude was infectious, especially given the environment they were in. If her parents found out she was at such an event, or god forbid, her brother, she would be in so much trouble. But, at this moment, Twilight had to agree with Sunset, she needed to relax and have fun, she needed to do something that was outside her comfort zone.

“Whoa-ho, what do we have here?”

Sunset and Twilight turned to their right and saw five guys approach them, guys Sunset could tell were going to be trouble. The two on the right were a pair of twins, they did the typical twin thing of dressing similarly, they had a light skin tone, similar to Big Mac, with deep red hair and blue eyes. Sunset figured them for troublemakers, probably dressed alike to throw people off. The one on the far left was fairly muscular, wore a tank top, and was a mustard yellow color. His green hair was done up in a Mohawk and he wore a pair of shades, it was as if he couldn’t decide to go as a stereotypical tough guy or impersonate the Terminator. The second from the left was a tall, skinny beanstalk of a guy, with long gray hair, and an evergreen skin tone. The one in the middle – the leader, she assumed – wore a black overcoat, had a dark purple skin tone and black hair.

“S’up, name’s Dark, just dark,” said the leader.

“Uh-huh,” said Sunset in an unimpressed tone.

“These are my friends, Double and Trouble,” Dark pointed to the twins, “Mogar,” he then pointed to the big guy, “and last we have Crow.”

“Nice to meet you, well, see ya.” Sunset turned herself and Twilight in the opposite direction and were about to head further in.

That is until Dark cut them off. “Whoa, whoa, what’s the rush hotness? You and your cute friend should hang with us.”

Sunset felt Twilight grip her arm tighter, she released an annoyed sigh as she looked at Dark. “Look, I came here to have some fun with my friend, not to get hit on by some randos. Now I’ll ask nicely, please leave.”

Dark did not seem to take the hint as he approached Twilight. “Ah, c’mon, you’re not seriously going to think I’m buying that. As hot as you two are dressed, I know you’re looking for some company.” The lead teen gently placed his hand on Twilight’s right shoulder and her breath hitched at his touch. “I’m sure your nerdy friend here is looking for some action. I don’t mean that as an offense, I think nerdy looking girls are hot.”

His crew nodded in agreement.

It was at that moment that Sunset turned on her heel, and slipped her arm out of Twilight’s grasp. Once she did, she used her free right hand to grab Dark’s right wrist and squeeze down on it like vice. Dark cried in pain, but then cocked back his left fist to punch Sunset. Before he could land the punch, she released him, ducked down, and swept his legs from underneath Dark.

Dark went down like a town of brinks onto his back, and before he could recover, Sunset swiftly stomped on his manhood so hard that it made his crew cross their legs in empathic pain.

Sunset ground her right foot into his nuts, making the teen continue to cry in pain. “Get this straight shithead, when a girl says they’re not interested, that means they’re NOT INTERESTED!” Sunset raised her leg and then kicked him hard, now making the onlookers and even Twilight wince. She stomped on him yet again, and continued. “I better not see you or your boys around us, ‘cause I swear on everything that’s holy, I’ll make your mother cry when she’s seen what I’ve done to you!” Sunset gave him one more kick for good measure before backing away. “Someone get him an ice pack.”

“Y-You…b-bitch!” Dark whined in a high voice.

“Yeah, but I’m the bitch who kicked your ass.” Her eyes narrowed as she turned her steely gaze onto the four remaining boys, and they froze up, even Mogar. “That goes for you assholes too, only I’ll hang you from this ceiling by your nut sacks! Got it?!”

They nodded.

“Good talk.” Sunset confidently sauntered over to Twilight and draped her right arm over her shoulders. “Sparky, let’s go.”

Needless to say, Twilight was stunned speechless. Although she thought that was excessive as hell, she was also happy at how Sunset defended her.

After that commotion the rave went on. Twilight still didn’t feel confident enough to get on the dance floor, so she opted to sit close by to it and watch Sunset. The girl was a natural dancer, the way her body moved to the beat of music, as if she was becoming one with it, each movement made purposefully and without wasted energy, it mesmerized Twilight. Sunset’s fiery hair moved wildly as her arms went up and down her own body, and spinning around and continuing her motions again without a hitch.

Twilight could feel her face starting to get warm, along with a fluttering feeling in her stomach. The teen genius slapped herself mentally. Stop it, Twilight! Don’t think of Sunset that way…But what way was she thinking about her? Twilight would be the first to admit, she didn’t know the first thing about romance or being intimate. Her only intimate encounters were only ever with…Indigo Zap, and even then they were unwanted. Whether there was romantic motive behind them was another matter, but romance never crossed her mind.

When she hit puberty, she was told she’d start to notice boys more, and she did, but she also started to notice girls too. But that wasn’t her main focus in life, she was dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge, her dream of becoming a top scientist of renown was her goal, as well as to further the betterment of humankind. It was a grand goal and she wanted to pursue it fully. Things like romance and relationships tended to bog her down. Although the ones inside her family never did, and she always went to great lengths to maintain those bonds.

However, biology couldn’t be fought forever. When Twilight was younger, she thought she could fight the growing urges in her body to masturbate, but that attempt failed, so naturally she did, but only when it started to interfere with her work, which wasn’t often.

Now though…it seemed Twilight’s mind and body were trying to push her towards pursuing something else she had been avoiding. The thing of it was, she never questioned her sexuality, honestly, with what Indigo was doing to her, she thought the psychological trauma would force her to seek the touch of the opposite sex, like you get bitten by dog as a child and grow to hate them out of fear.

But she couldn’t…even if she wanted to give these growing feelings any attention, she couldn’t risk losing the only friend she’d ever had. On top of that, even if Sunset swung that way, why would she go for someone like her? Compared to Sunset I’m…

“Whew, that was fun!” Sunset exclaimed as she walked towards Twilight and sat in the chair next to her. “That DJ-PON3 is on fire! Sparky, you need to come up there!”

Twilight fidgeted in her seat. “I don’t know…like I said, I’m not a good dancer.”

“You think anyone here can really dance?” Sunset asked.

“You seem to be able to dance, very well in fact.”

Sunset shook her head. “Sparky, it’s not about whether you know some kickass moves from a music video or whatever, just go out there and move to the music. That’s all anyone’s doing up there. And some of them look like they’re having muscle spasms rather than dancing.”

Twilight turned to Sunset with an unassured look. “But…you were dancing so good up there, you were…ahem…beautiful.”

Sunset blushed a little. “Thanks, Sparky…b-but, that’s just me.” The beat picked up as DJ-PON3 started a new song. “Okay, you’re dancing with me this time.”

Twilight watched as Sunset got up from her seat and stood in front of her. The flame haired girl took Twilight’s hands into her own and pulled her up out of the chair, Twilight protested as Sunset led her towards the dance floor. Yet, despite her protesting, Twilight found that she wasn’t resisting at all. Maybe it was the clasping of their hands, or maybe it was the confidence that radiated off of Sunset, but whatever it was, Twilight found her efforts to pull away futile.

Before the young genius realized it, she was on the dance floor among a plethora of teens. The music began to play, everyone began banging their heads to beat as the techno music thumped through the large speakers, the lights dancing in the air and down below their feet.

Twilight froze as she watched Sunset begin to slowly move to the grove of the music, she noticed that Sunset was keeping eye contact with her, her gaze only breaking for a short moment as she turned in place and gave a quick over-the-shoulder glance before turning and facing her again. Twilight didn’t know when it happened, but her head started to bob to the music, her foot began to tap to the rhythm, and before she knew it, Twilight was starting to move.

“That’s it, Sparky, don’t think about it! Just let your body flow to the beat,” Sunset instructed as a smile broke out on her face.

Twilight felt herself smiling as well, her body began to move and flow, she mimicked a few moves she had seen while watching Sunset and the other dancers, modifying them to work with her limited ability.

Sunset’s smile broadened as she watched Twilight start to dance for real now, to Sunset’s amazement, Twilight wasn’t as uncoordinated as she made herself out to be, she had rhythm, but lacked a descent repertoire, she could tell the nerdy girl was mimicking some moves and turning them into a kind of mixed version of her own. All in all, not bad for a first timer. The fiery redhead decided to get a little bold, Twilight had always been forced to follow someone else’s lead, she decided to let Twilight lead this time.

Twilight was starting to get the hang of this, and generally having fun. But then she noticed Sunset moving closer to her, for a moment, she thought Sunset was going to grab her. That was half true, Sunset did reach out to her, but only to take her hands and guide them to Sunset’s body body, starting at her hips. Sunset leaned close to her ear and said, “You lead, Sparky.”

The teen prodigy didn’t fully understand, but one look in Sunset’s eyes and that was enough to tell her, she wanted Twilight to take charge. Without thinking, Twilight gripped Sunset’s hips and began moving, and Sunset mimicked her. The two began a dance as one, running their hands over each other as they looked into the others’ eyes. Sunset turned around and slowly grinded against Twilight, all while Twilight rubbed her hand over Sunset’s exposed stomach. At this distance, she was able to catch a whiff of Sunset’s scent, it was intoxicating, her fruity shampoo, mixed with her natural scent made Twilight feel dizzy, but in a good way.

For Sunset, as ashamed as she was to admit it, she was enjoying how Twilight was touching her, and responded to her grinding by pushing back with her own body. Sunset didn’t know what kind of abuse Twilight suffered, but she was glad that it wasn’t so bad as to not allow her to get this close.

As the music was drawing towards its climax, both girls now faced each other, they were no longer pawing at each other and just dancing to the beat, eyes closed, but both keenly aware of the others’ presence. Twilight, in a rather impulsive move, reached out with her hands, cupped Sunset’s cheeks, and pressed her lips against the redhead’s.

One would imagine that Sunset would be shocked, but that wasn’t the case. Sunset responded to her kiss by throwing her arms around Twilight’s neck, parting her lips, and slipping her tongue into the bespectacled girl’s mouth. The music was coming to end as both girls were occupied with their makeout session rather than dancing. Twilight’s hands moved down from Sunset’s face and over her chest, going lower down Sunset’s stomach and resting on her tight rear, making Sunset moan into her Twilight’s mouth. Sunset had to fight to keep her hands where they were, even in her state of passion she was still concerned with scaring Twilight by touching her someplace she wasn’t ready to be touched.

When the music finally ended, and the beat slowed to a low thrum, Twilight and Sunset parted lips. A cliché strand of saliva connected them through the gaps as both girls panted heavily from both their passionate kissing and the dancing they had done. Something finally clicked in Twilight’s mind just then, as if the lights had been turned back on and she just realized where she was.

Twilight took in the scene before her, Sunset’s arms were draped around her neck, her hands were gripping Sunset’s ass, and their bodies were pressed together. W-What did I just…?! Twilight’s heart began to race as she realized what she had just done, she kissed Sunset, no, she French kissed Sunset, tongue and all. She felt Sunset up, and was groping her ass, right in the middle of the dance floor, in front of everyone. Her only friend…she had done this to her friend…

“Sparky…what’s wrong?” Sunset asked worriedly as she watched Twilight’s face morph with horror. “Sparky?”

Twilight tore herself away from Sunset as panic gripped her heart. She watched as Sunset moved towards her, but she quickly put her hand up and yelled, “NO!” Sunset froze in her tracks. “J-Just…I-I’M SORRY!!!” Twilight jumped off of the dance floor and ran into the crowd. She thought she heard Sunset call her name, but the music drowned out everything else.

Twilight had exited the building, ran further down and then stopped. She leaned against the wall and slid down, resting on her rear as she brought her legs up to her chest and cried hard. She couldn’t believe she had done that. She felt up her friend, groped her, and made out with her. Sunset Shimmer, the one girl in Crystal Prep who gave a damn about her, who actually cared enough to protect her, and she just threw that all away because of some hormone induced state of bliss and euphoria, getting caught up in the heat of the moment.

“Great work, Sparkle…you just f-fucked up the only real friendship you could’ve had…she probably hates me now…I…I forced my tongue down her throat and grabbed her butt! Hell, I groped her breasts on the way to her butt! I…I did the same thing as Indigo did to me…I’m so messed up…”

“Hey, Dark, guess who I found!”

Twilight ceased her crying and looked up, standing a few feet away was one of the twins she saw earlier, Trouble, or maybe Double? Whatever, the point is, it was one of Dark’s crew. And speak of the devil, he and the rest of his crew rounded the corner. Twilight slowly got back to her feet, realizing that she had just ran out into an unknown place without thinking.

The buildings were long and had fairly wide passages. She glanced to her right and saw her only chance at escape, the problem was, would she be quick enough?

Dark skulked towards Twilight, his eyes narrowed with malice. “Well, well, your that bitch’s girlfriend! Fuck, my dick is sore as all hell, but you know what, I’m willing to endure it for you!”

Twilight’s eyes widened with fear as she made a mad dash towards the opposite path. Dark’s crew gave chase as Twilight continued to run as fast as she could manage. But unfortunately, a discarded cola can was in her path, when she stepped on it, Twilight slipped and tumbled on the concrete until she slammed against the wall of the warehouse on her right.

Twilight cried as pain radiated from her left ankle, it was either broken or sprained, she couldn’t tell at the moment. The rest of her body hurt from the fall, her sides, and arms had abrasions from the rough ground that scrapped at her bare skin. Unfortunately, while Twilight was incapacitated, the rest of Dark’s crew caught up to her. Without a care for her injuries, Mogar and Crow grabbed Twilight by the arms and dragged her to meet Dark halfway. Twilight tried to fight back, but the pain from the fall and her busted ankle was making every attempt magnify the pain.

When they finally met up with Dark, Mogar and Crow repositioned Twilight so that she was lying on her back, with both teens pinning her to the ground. Twilight knew this position, this situation, she had been put in it more times than she cared to recall. Without even thinking, her eyes began to glaze over as Twilight mentally checked out and began listing the Periodic Table of Elements in alphabetical order.

Actinium…Symbol: Ac…Atomic Number: 89…Electronegativity: 1.1…Aluminum…Symbol: Al…Atomic Number: 13…Electronegativity: 1.61… Americium…Symbol: Am…Atomic Number: 95…Electronega–

*SLAP!*

Twilight was brought back to the waking world, her left cheek stung greatly, and it was then she realized she was slapped.

“WAKE UP! I’m not letting you check out! I want you here! ‘Cause when that dyke girlfriend of yours finds you, I want you to tell her everything that we did!” Dark stated.

Twilight began to cry, not even Indigo was this cruel, at least with her, she could focus on something else, but Dark and his crew weren’t going to allow her that luxury, they were going to make sure she was aware of everything they were going to do to her.

Dark stood back up and looked at the twins. “You two, get her pants off!”

A devilish grin passed between the two boys as they approached Twilight, hands at the ready to undress her. That is, they were, until a rock sailed through the air and nailed Double in the back of his head and made him fall to his knees, clutching the back of his head. Trouble looked around and then paused as he pointed towards the way they came.

Everyone, including Twilight, watched as Sunset Shimmer slowly walked towards them. Twilight wasn’t sure if it was a trick of the light, or if it was her mind creating some elaborate fantasy to explain what she was seeing, but…Sunset’s hair was on fire, actually, it would be more accurate to say that Sunset’s hair was made of fire, and her amulet was glowing a bright red color.

But this wasn’t a hallucination, no, this was real. Sunset’s eyes were narrowed into dangerous slits, her hands balled up into fists, and her hair raging like a wildfire. She had come to find Twilight, but when she saw this, she reached her breaking point, there was no need to hold back for these scum.

“You have about ten seconds to get off of her and run before I fucking kill…Every! Single! One! Of! You!” Sunset stated, punctuated each word with each step.

“Uh…Dark, m-maybe we should run?” Crow suggested.

“Fuck her!” Double shouted as he pulled out a gun from his waistband.

“SUNSET!”

Double fired five rounds towards Sunset, her body jerked as each round hit her body one after the other, making her stop dead in her tracks. The others grinned with glee at seeing how Double stopped her, but their joy was short lived when the bullet holes ignited and then, in a matter of nanoseconds, were completely healed up. Double couldn’t believe what he was seeing, and readied to fire again.

Sunset got into a runner’s stance and dashed towards Double, in a matter of seconds she was upon him, grabbing the gun with her right hand. Her hand glowed bright orange as the gun in Double’s hand turned into molten slag, melting into his hand and burning off his digits, indeed, his entire hand in one go. Double screamed painfully as searing heat cauterized the wound, preventing a bleed out. But that was the least of his worries as Sunset grabbed him by the face with her left hand, and then tossed him like a ragdoll down the opposite way. Double landed against some crates, smashing into them, his face baring a handprint.

Mogar released Twilight as he went in to punch Sunset. The flame girl merely sidestepped him and punched him in the gut, but her fist didn’t stop there. No, her superheated fist burned straight through him until Sunset’s fist was poking out of his back. She quickly retracted her fist as Mogar stumbled backwards, looking down at the arm sized hole in his stomach that was burned into him. The shock was enough to keep him silent as he fell onto the ground, dead.

Trouble took out a knife and readied himself to stab Sunset, but when he did, Sunset proved to be the faster. She struck his hand and made him release the knife as it fell from his hand. Sunset performed a spinning roundhouse kick that sent Trouble flying in the same direction as his brother, crashing right into Double and burying them both in the ruined remains of the crates.

Crow released Twilight and began to run away, but Sunset wasn’t having any of that. She dashed across the way and appeared in front of Crow. The skinny teen dropped to his knees and cried, “MERCY, PLEASE?!”

Sunset’s turquoise colored eyes changed to a burning gold color as she said, “All out of mercy, got plenty of fire though.” Sunset raised her right hand and snapped her fingers.

As soon as she did that, a pillar of fire erupted underneath Crow, his screams muffled from the roar of the flames. Twilight witnessed this massacre, and despite the terrifying things that were happening, she was relieved, Sunset…somehow, had come to save her, she was going to be saved–!

*CHLICK!*

Twilight felt pain erupt from her chest, but she couldn’t scream. When she looked down she saw that there was a knife in her chest. Her heart…it was slowly beating less and less, the strength in Twilight’s body was fading and her vision blurring a little.

Sunset dismissed the flames, but then gasped in horror when she saw Dark’s hand gripped around the knife she had disarmed from Trouble, that same knife was plunged into Twilight’s chest. Everything blurred at that moment, she watched as Dark reached into his jacket to pull something out, but she didn’t care, she needed to get to Twilight. With the same incredible speed, she dashed towards Dark and punched him right in the face, sending him flying ten feet away onto his back. Sunset knelt before Twilight, holding the young genius in her arms as she cried flaming embers.

“TWILIGHT! I’m sorry, I’m so sorry I wasn’t here for you!” Sunset sobbed.

“Sunset…” Twilight weakly groaned.

Sunset placed her right hand against Twilight’s cheeks as she looked into her eyes. “I need you to trust me Twilight, I know I look scary, but I promise you I won’t let you die! Just trust me, please!”

Twilight used what strength she could and spoke, “I…trust…you…”

Sunset gently placed Twilight back on the ground, she hurriedly removed the knife from her chest, making Twilight release a strained, painful gasp. Sunset brought her face to hover over Twilights, she then tilted her head back and had her mouth open as if performing CPR.

The fire woman placed her lips against Twilight’s, and in the small gap between their lips, one could see a stream of fire passing from Sunset’s mouth into Twilight’s. The heartbeat in Twilight was slowing down second by second, but Sunset wasn’t giving up as she came back up.

“C’mon, Twilight – Sparky, I need you to want to live! The flames can save you, but you need to want to live! FIGHT GODDAMMIT! COME BACK TO ME!”

Sunset went down and pressed her lips to Twilight’s again. Flames passed from her to Twilight, but something different happened. At the center of Twilight’s body, an orange glow began to pulsate through her. Sunset parted her lips, inhaled again, and then passed more flames into Twilight. The pulses grew stronger, in sync with her beating heart. The wound in Twilight’s chest erupted with flames, and in a matter of seconds, was healed as if nothing had happened. The pulses went over her body, healing the abrasions, and even her busted ankle. Sunset blew one more bit of flames into Twilight before parting her lips from Twilight’s.

Twilight’s eyes fluttered open, a comfortable heat filled her body, soothing all the pain she had earlier, actually, there was no pain at all. She looked up and saw Sunset, her eyes still crying embers as she smiled down at her. “S-Sunset, am I alive?”

“Yes, Sparky, you are!” Sunset exclaimed happily.

“H-How?” Twilight slowly sat up as she looked at her chest, the hole in her shirt where the knife stabbed her was still there, but her skin showed no signs of damage. Her heart was beating normally too, and the pain in her ankle was gone. “Why are you on fire?”

Sunset looked down at Twilight’s chest, Twilight followed her gaze as her eyes rested upon the amulet on Sunset’s necklace. “The treasure of mine, it’s the reason for my fire, and the reason I was able to save you. I know I may look like a monster, but–”

Twilight threw herself at Sunset, wrapping her arms around the fire girl’s neck as she sobbed in both sadness and happiness. Sunset tentatively wrapped her arms around Twilight, hugging her back and crying at how close she came to losing someone she cared about.

“F-Fucking…bitches…!”

Sunset and Twilight broke their hug and watched as Dark got back up. “I’ll kill you both! Fuck the rules, I’ll use it anyway!”

Dark reached back into his coat and produced a vial of Tar. He popped the top and downed the substance, tossing the vial and letting it shatter against the ground. Sunset got in front of Twilight, ready to protect her as her flaming hair rose up in response to her fury. Dark began to transform, his clothes tore apart as he fully transformed into a Blacknight right before them.

“You’re with the Blood Kings!” Sunset exclaimed.

“Yeah! Now you know how royally fucked you are!” Dark stated.

Just then, storm clouds began to gather overhead, thunder roared as lightning crackled and arced through the sky. The stone at the center of the amulet pulsated, warning Sunset that this wasn’t an ordinary storm. She had a good idea what this was and smirked. “Hope you brought an umbrella.”

“What?”

At that moment, a bolt of yellow lightning crashed down upon Dark, followed up by a blast blue thunder energy. Dark howled in pain before he completely exploded, ending his life. From the storm clouds, two Sentinels descended to the ground.

The first was female. She was yellow in color, with black hair that had yellow streaks in it, along with blue eyes. She wore the standard golden armor of the Sentinels, but in her right hand she held a javelin that was made of pure lightning.

The second one was male and taller than the female. He was bulky, and a light shade of blue. His hair was dark like hers, but had wavy blue highlights. His eyes were the opposite color of the female, yellow.

“Here I thought it was going to be a boring night, Ramiel,” said the female Sentinel.

“Indeed, Barakiel, but I do think that was overkill even for us. Only one attack would have sufficed,” said Ramiel.

Barakiel shrugged. “Eh, he’s vaporized, so who cares. On that note, what’s that?”

Ramiel looked to where Barakiel was looking and spotted Sunset and Twilight, his eyes narrowed in contemplation. “I haven’t heard of any of these Blood Kings being able to summon fire.”

Barakiel turned around and aimed her javelin towards the girls. “Just in case, best not to take any chances.”

“WAIT!” Twilight, against the protests of Sunset, got up and stood in front of her. “We’re not with those guys! They were going to rape me! Su – she saved me!”

Ramiel crossed his arms as he hummed in thought. “Perhaps we should take a moment to–”

“Nope, gonna zap ‘em!”

Lightning shot from Barakiel’s lance as an explosion went off right where Sunset and Twilight were.

Ramiel sighed heavily. “Really? They might’ve been innocent?”

Barakiel twirled her lightning javelin around and rested it across her shoulders. “You see the way those two were dressed? Even if they were telling the truth, they were probably a couple of sluts. The sin of lust is punishable.”

Ramiel thought about it and nodded. “You do have a point there.”

“Un-fucking-believable…”

Ramiel and Barakiel looked back at the dust cloud when they heard a voice. Just then, a torrent of flames erupted from the spot where Barakiel shot her lightning. The smoke burned away, and revealed Twilight in a protective flame aura, having collapsed to her knees from the surprise of the attack, but standing before her was Sunset, but she was different.

Sunset’s body was covered in obsidian black armor that hugged her body tightly, all except a small section on her chest which formed a V, allowing some of Sunset’s breasts to be exposed, along with her stomach, stopping just below her navel. The amulet was fastened to the armor just below her collarbone, glowing an angry orange-red. The armor continued upwards, covering her neck, chin, forehead, and sides of her face. Her wildfire hair continued to bellow as it whipped back and forth, releasing crackling embers every other second. The armor had cracks that glowed orange, as if molten magma was flowing through them.

“Well, I guess this confirms something for me. I thought you Sentinels were angels, but I was SOOO wrong. You’re no angels! Angels would be able to tell the difference between someone who was bad and someone who has suffered! You attacked Twilight, someone who hasn’t done a damn thing to deserve any kind of punishment! And you judge her like that?!”

Sunset’s fire aura flared as she widened her stance.

“You don’t have the right to judge anyone! I’LL judge you!”

Sunset called forth her flames. Twilight watched as the properties of the flames began to change, becoming solid and tangible. In a matter of seconds, Sunset had formed a katana from the solidified flames, twirling it around before getting into a runner’s stance and taking off towards Ramiel and Barakiel.

Barakiel hurriedly brought her javelin up to defend, blocking Sunset’s blade just in time. The strength and power of her attack caught the Sentinel off guard, forcing her to skid backwards. Barakiel dug her heels into the ground as she tried to stop Sunset, but it was proving difficult.

Sunset thrust out her left hand, summoning more flames. The flames solidified and transformed into another katana, she raised that sword and readied stab Barakiel. But just then, Ramiel fired a beam of thunder energy towards them. An eruption of fire formed behind Sunset, forming a barrier as the thunder beam struck against it and exploded. Barakiel charged her body with electricity and released a burst of it. Sunset gritted her teeth in pain as the sting of the lightning passed through her body, making her falter in her follow up attack.

This allowed Barakiel to slip away and gain some elevation, Ramiel flew up and joined her, both Sentinels now looked down at Sunset with a bit of shock.

“What is she?!” Barakiel asked.

“This power…to be able to match us…” Ramiel’s eyes widened with realization. “Could this be the power of an Artifact?!”

Barakiel’s eyes widened as well at the mention of an Artifact. “I-I-Impossible! How could another Artifact be here in the same place?!”

“YOU GUYS DONE WITH YOU’RE POW-WOW?!” Sunset asked indignantly.

The two Sentinels watched as Sunset summoned more flames around her. Those flames began to take form next to her, with each passing second, their form was becoming clearer until they had solidified into a motorcycle. Sunset hopped one, twisted the throttle, popped a wheelie and took off. The fire vehicle lifted off the ground as Sunset started to fly in the sky.

Barakiel growled in anger. “If she is using an Artifact, we’ll just kill her and take it back to Mistress! One more tool in the arsenal against the Darkness!”

The lightning Sentinel raised her javelin into the sky. The storm clouds above fired off several lightning bolts at Sunset, trying to snipe her out of the sky. But Sunset was quick, dodging the lightning easily and with minimal effort, which only further infuriated Barakiel. Ramiel clapped his hands together, creating a thunder energy wave that resonated through the air. The blast was powerful, making Sunset’s construct break apart and leave her hanging in the air, that is until her back sprouted flaming bat-like wings.

Sunset charged for Ramiel and delivered a fire boosted punch to his face, burning the side of his face as he went into a tailspin. She shifted her focus to Barakiel, creating fire construct bow and arrow, she notched three arrows at once and loosed them at the Sentinel. Barakiel twirled her javelin around, blocking the first volley, but Sunset wasn’t done. She fired more and more arrows, forcing Barakiel to go on the defensive.

Two arrows managed to hit Barakiel, but they only got stuck in the armor she was wearing. Sunset dismissed her bow and snapped her fingers, the arrows that were lodged in Barakiel’s armor exploded, making the lightning Sentinel bleed liquid-light ichor. Barakiel grunted in pain and fury as she loosed more lightning bolts and Sunset released more fire arrows.

While this exchange was going on, Ramiel assessed the situation. They weren’t fighting at full power, at best they were at half power due to the night, had this been day time, they might have a chance, a chance because this Artifact wielder was well versed in the use of hers, this wasn’t a novice who happened to pick it up off the streets, no, she had trained in its use. Ramiel needed something to turn the tide of this battle, he looked back to the ground and saw Twilight, her eyes glued to Sunset.

Ramiel nodded curtly as he decided to take Twilight as a hostage. The thunder Sentinel flew straight towards her, Twilight only now caught on that Ramiel was coming for her, but was already upon her before she could scream or call out to Sunset. Ramiel reached out to take Twilight, but the fire aura around her erupted into seven construct vipers.

The vipers each lashed out at Ramiel, snapping their jaws at him as they forced the thunder Sentinel to retreat from Twilight. Sunset saw this and wrapped flames around her right arm, she then thrust that same arm towards Ramiel, the flames transformed and turned into an Asian Long Dragon, its jaws opened wide and chomped down on his left wing, making Ramiel yell in pain. Sunset whipped her arm back and dragged Ramiel up into the air, reeled him in, and then threw him towards Barakiel.

Both Sentinels collided into each other, and Sunset used this opportunity to create a giant construct mallet. She hefted the construct up and then slammed it down on both of them at once, sending the two Sentinels into a nosedive straight into the concrete, both landing with a huge “BOOM!”.

Sunset landed on the ground where Twilight was. Her fury for these things was only intensifying. “Time for your judgement!”

Sunset’s body erupted with flames, those flames surrounded her and Twilight, and tore through two buildings next to her. Inside the flames, Twilight watched as Sunset’s body began to morph. The obsidian armor grew over her body, elongating her neck and turning her face into a muzzle. Her arms and legs grew out and now had claws, a tail formed behind her, and flaming wings erupted from her back. When it was over, Sunset was now thirty feet tall, and was a bipedal dragon. Her flaming hair was like a mane that bellowed with greater intensity, upon her head was a crown of four horns, each crescent shaped, her eyes were pools of fire, and her teeth were as sharp as sword blades. At the center of the dragon’s chest, the amulet shined even brighter.

Ramiel and Barakiel gazed upon the fire dragon with fear, for they realized now that they were in the presence of an Artifact wielder.

Dragon Shimmer inhaled deeply and then released a jet of flames upon the two Sentinels. Neither one had time to scream, yell, beg, or whimper as the great hellfire of the dragon bathed over them and erased their existence from this world. Dragon Shimmer snapped her jaws shut and gave a loud victorious roar that reverberated throughout the whole area.

Twilight finally managed to find the strength to stand up. When she did, she slowly walked towards Sunset, she stopped after ten steps and called out, “Sunset?!”

Dragon Shimmer got down on all fours and turned her body around so that she could face Twilight. The huge dragon lowered her head and looked upon Twilight with sad eyes. Twilight understood what those eyes were saying without Dragon Shimmer saying a word. The teen genius reached out with her right hand and placed it upon Dragon Shimmer’s muzzle, surprising her. “I’m not afraid of you…I could never be afraid of you, Sunset.”

Dragon Shimmer’s eyes began to cry blue flames as a smile formed on her muzzle.

Just then, Dragon Shimmer sensed something that made her turn away from Twilight and look up into the sky. It was then that she appeared, clad in black armor, hair red as blood with her bangs and ends tinted yellow, and turquoise colored eyes. Dragon Shimmer knew who this was, the news talked of her a lot in regards to the demons that possessed people. This was Witchblade.

“Who or what the hell are you?! What are you doing here?!” Witchblade demanded.

Dragon Shimmer’s eyes widened upon hearing the voice of Witchblade. No fucking way! M-M-My double’s Witchblade?! Shit! Dragon Shimmer glanced down at Twilight, she carefully used her fire wing to block Twilight from view. She didn’t know if she should respond to her, if Witchblade recognized her voice, what would Witchblade do?

One thing’s certain right now, I need to get Twilight out of here…we both need to get out of here…

Dragon Shimmer glanced about the area, it was then she spotted the space where she hid her car. I know it’s not my favorite one…but I still don’t like doing this. Dragon Shimmer opened her mouth and blasted a fireball right at that location, making it explode in a shower of flames.

“What the hell are you doing?!” Witchblade demanded as she sprouted blades from her armor.

Yeah, they don’t call her “Witchblade” for nothing.

Dragon Shimmer summoned a tornado of flames to surround her and Twilight. Once covered, Dragon Shimmer began to morph back into her human form.

“Sunset, what’s going on?!” Twilight asked.

“Witchblade is here!”

“Witchblade?! O-Okay, that’s good right?! She’s not like those Sentinels, she saved the city,” said Twilight.

“Yeah, there’s a chance that she’s actually my doppelganger and I’m so not in the mood to deal with that tonight. So hang on, we’re making a quick getaway!”

Twilight didn’t argue with Sunset, she just hugged her tight. Sunset used her flames to bore a hole through the ground and slipped down into it.

Up top, the fire tornado continued to rage until, suddenly, it stopped, petering out until it was only embers. Witchblade flew down to the ground and searched the area, but the concrete was too hot to land on, having melted into molten rock.

“It got away…was it the Darkness?”

}}} No, that was something else. Not only that, but I sense Mother’s Sentinels were here. Emphasis on were. {{{

Witchblade looked about the area, seeing the destruction that thing caused and taking it in. “That thing was powerful enough to take one of Angelus’ Sentinel’s?”

}}} From what I can feel, two actually. Heh. {{{

“Don’t sound too happy about it. Whatever that was can take out Sentinels…crap…great, we just got something else to worry about! As if the Darkness wasn’t enough.”

In case any of you are curious as to what Dragon Shimmer looks like, here's a LINK to the canon dragon form.

For Human Sunset's armor, reference this LINK and/or this LINK.