30 Moons After

I sighed with relieve. At last, we had rebuild Canterlot High's font door and wall.

"Well, not to shabby." Snips said pleased.

"Yeah, we did a pretty good job, you'd never know Sunset broke it to begin with." Snails replied.

I shot him a glare and he looked away. Still, I can't believe we did it in one night. Of course, we got help from a construction team later that night, but I still thought it was going to be at least a 3 month project.

"Excuse me, Sunset?" Fluttershy asked quietly.

I turned around to see the five girls standing in a line.

"We were wondering..." Shy continued.

"You want to know about Twilight's world, don't you?" I asked.

They five nodded.

"Okay, I'll tell you what you want to know, but can it wait until tommorrow?" I asked.

"Sure Sunset, we'll wait until your ready." Applejack replied.

"Great, goodnight everyone, or as they would in Equestria, everypony." I yawned and walked away.

I made my way to the abandoned house I found when I first came to this world. It was in pretty good shape, so I don't know why the previous owners left it. I walked in and went to bed, still thinking about me as a demon.

***

I stood face to face with the monster I had created. The beast roared. I turned and ran away as fast as I could, but the demon that was me only caught up and held me in one hand.

"What now Sunset Shimmer?" it asked.

I tried to free myself, but it was no good. The monster held me over it's mouth...

***

I woke up with a scream. Panting hard, I looked around to see sunlight coming in through the window. A glance at the clock told me it was time for school.

***

"Well Sunset?" Rarity asked.

"Huh?" I asked. I was distracted lately, mainly because of everything that happened the last 3 days.

"You said you'd tell us about what happened at the fall formal and Equestria at lunch." Pinkie replied.

The six of us were sitting at a table. I wonder why they bother after the way I treated them for 2 1/2 years.

"Right, first you have to understand that this world and Equestria run parallel to each other. For every human here, there's a pony over their. " I said.

"Makes sense, we did get those pony parts with that strange magic. What was that anyway?" Applejack asked.

"That was the Elements of Harmony. That magic serves at Equestria's most powerful means of defense. The crown for the princess of the fall formal was one of them, the element of magic, which can only be wielded by Twilight Sparkle herself." I replied.

"And there are six elements, Honesty, Generostiy, Kindness, Loyalty, Laughter and Magic" Applejack said.

"Yes, your pony selves wield the other five." I replied.

"Can you tell us about our pony selves?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Well, I've only seen them once, I guess I remember enough about them to satisfy you. In Equestria, your a pegasus pony Rainbow Dash, as well as Fluttershy, that's why you got those wings." I replied.

"What about me?" Rarity asked.

"Your a unicorn in Equestria Rarity, I'm pretty sure you could have done magic while you were in that pony-like state, even if you didn't have a horn." I replied.

"Are Applejack and I unicorns in Equestria too?" Pinkie asked.

"No sorry, you and Applejack are earth ponies, ponies without horns or wings. Kind of like ponies of this world." I answered.

"And Twilight?" Applejack asked.

"She's what we call an alicorn pony, a pony with both a horn and wings, they're the most powerful among ponies, and are usually royalty. Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna are both alicorns in Equestria." I replied.

"What's Equestria like?" Fluttershy asked.

It has been a while since I saw my homeland. It could have changed a lot during the 30 moons I was gone.

"Well, ponies are the dominant race, but other kinds of animals live with them in harmony. They live in town and cities, just as we do, and they speak English, but over their, it's called equine. They're not as advanced as us, they don't have computers, cell phones or MP3 players, at least, not to my knowledge. Also, the word "pony" is thrown around a lot in speech." I replied.

"What's the deal with Twilight as a princess?" Rarity asked.

"In Equestria, the title "princess" has to be earned, unless you were born into the royal family.  To do that, you'd have to study under Princess Celestia, which I did because I used to be her personal student. If I didn't leave, maybe I could have become one myself."

"I assume you left because of your own selfish desires." Applejack said seriously.

"Yes, I wanted power, so I resorted to other means to get it. When Celestia caught me, she sent me to this world, hoping I would learn to be a better pony. I did go back, but to steal the element of magic." I sighed.

"Well, when you did come, why did you break us up as friends?" Rainbow asked.

I was crying at this point.

"I did that because if I wanted to take over the school. The last thing I needed was a revolt, and you five were the best of friends I'd seen. You know there's strength in numbers, so I broke you up so you wouldn't raise against me." I sobbed.

I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Look Daring, that's in the past. I can see you're a different person, er pony now." Rarity said encouragingly.

I looked upon them.

"I'm sorry for the way I treated all of you." I said, tears drying.

"That's alright, your among friends now." Applejack said softly.

"Friends?" I asked.

"Of course, Twilight asked us to look out for you, we can't do that if you weren't our friend, could we?" Rainbow asked.

I smiled and we hugged.

***

Later that night

I stood face to face with the monster I had created. The beast roared. I was scared, but then I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked back to see my new friends behind me, even Twilight Sparkle was there. I smiled and turned back to the demon that was me, standing my ground.

"You don't scare me anymore." I shot.

"I AM you, Sunset Shimmer. You created me out of your greed and selfishness." the monster spat.

"I'm not like you, not anymore, because I learned of the most powerful thing their is." I shot back.

I could feel myself rise into the air. I looked back to see the others feeding me the power of friendship. I looked my demon self straight in the eye. She looked terrified at me. Looking down at my hands revealed they were glowing.

"It's called FRIENDSHIP!" I shouted as I shot a powerful yellow blast from my fist at the demon.

"Nooooo!" the monster shouted as the blast went right through her heart. I stopped shooting and watched as the demon fell to ground, a hole where the heart should have been. Then the rest of the body turned to dust.

I landed on the ground feeling empowered, but not with the kind of power I used to desire. I felt like I can go into the world a new person. Now that I had defeated my inner demons, it was time to change my life, for the better.