When The Sun Sets

Fleur De Lis

Well, today was a crappy day.

Of course, Fleur De Lis would never say the word "crappy" in public. It wasn't ladylike.

But it was, in fact, a crappy day. She was still yearning for Smarty Pants, her old boyfriend. Fleur De Lis loved Smarty Pants so much, and she couldn't bear to lose him.

Unfortunately, this had already happened.

Smarty Pants had ditched Fleur for the hot-shot Sapphire Shores, and Fleur was angry, to say the least.

Fleur De Lis sat down, exasperated, on the bed. It was almost eight o'clock, two hours since the meeting between Sunset Shimmer, Trixie, and Celestia.

She just hoped she used the correct, ladylike language and gestures.

What was Fleur De Lis, anyway? Just another pretty Unicorn with a pink mane. (You want to know a secret? Fleur's mane was originally green until she dyed it. Have you ever heard of a Unicorn with a green mane? Unspeakable)

The Unicorn had signed up for an internship mainly because she didn't want to be a trophy wife anymore. How many times has she been tossed out the door after another hotshot stallion stomped on her heart? Countless. She wanted to be...needed. Loved. Worth something more then her pretty face.

Being a Power would give her that luxury. Fleur De Lis would be accepted into a community that loved her, that would bow down to her awesomeness.

Awesomeness. Another unladylike word. If Smarty Parts found out, she would have been dumped ages ago.

Fleur De Lis thought about her intentions when suddenly she began to drift to sleep, sprawled out on the bed. She would start training in the morning.

"All right, cupcakes!" yelled out Sunset Shimmer like an army general the next morning. Trixie had gotten rid of that ridiculous wizard's hat and cape, while Fleur De Lis averted some terrible bed-head damage (using a few tips from Lotus Flower, Fleur's beautician).

"Okay, so, today we will be doing something to let me know where you're at with magic," Sunset continued. "What I will be doing is creating an illusion with my magic, transporting us, so to speak, to a different location where there will be some tasks you must complete. Don't worry about passing this one, this is normally what we use at the final test.

"So, what I will need you to do is just show me what you would do as a Unicorn to defeat this villain. Don't worry about a thing, this is ONLY an illusion, and you won't actually get hurt."

Fleur and Trixie nodded simultaneously, and Sunset smiled.

Her horn began to shimmer with a red aura. Soon, Sunset shut her eyes from the force of the magic, and the scene started to shift into what looked like the wrecked Canterlot Castle.

Fleur started to panic, taken aback by the weirdness of the situation.

Weirdness. How unladylike.

Suddenly a form which looked like an Alicorn shimmered into place, and it started to become more detailed.

The Alicorn's wings shifted into an oblong, oval-like shape, and its coat turned black. Her mane was misty, and her eyes were very cat-like.

Trixie gasped. "Night Mare Moon!"

It was, in fact, Night Mare Moon. Fleur screamed in terror at the sight. She had never seen Night Mare herself, but she knew the terrors that monster brought.

Night Mare laughed. Fleur looked over at Sunset, who was taking notes on a pad of paper, completely unnerved by the situation.

Trixie started to conjure up a spell. Fleur looked at her in awe. Was she seriously trying to beat this monster? Trixie suddenly looked up, done with her spell. Soon, a little rope, no longer then three feet, appeared and started to fly over to Night Mare to tie her legs. The black mare cackled, apparently amused by Trixie's antics, and she snapped the ropes without much effort.

Trixie gasped, and ran back a bit, screaming. With a surge of confidence, Fleur stepped up to the Mare in the Moon, holding her head high. In the corner of her eye, she saw Sunset's eyes shoot up.

Using a spell Fancy Pants had taught her, Fleur's horn started to glow a light pink aura. She started to summon all of her strength, and a surge of lilies started to fly from her horn each glowing a white light. The lilies wrapped around Night Mare Moon, strapping her legs together. Night Mare's eyes shot up, looking surprised. The glare from the lilies made the Mare in the Moon wince in pain, and screamed, not of pain, but of anger.

Fleur's confidence sank lower then the sun. The spell itself was low rate and crappy.

How much Fleur wished she could say that in public!

Soon, Night Mare got fed up so much, in a flash of mist, she destroyed the lilies. Fleur watched them wilt. Then the mare reared up, yelling out a battle cry, and lunged towards Trixie and Fleur.

The two Unicorns screamed, scattering everywhere. Somewhere in Fleur's thoughts, she knew she would die.

Night Mare Moon galloped towards Trixie first, catching up to her quick. Trixie kept teleporting every few meters, though, causing the mare to scream in rage, shooting bursts of night magic everywhere. Trixie kept teleporting so much, that Night Mare soon got bored of her and threw her across the room using her magic.

Trixie slammed against the wall with a slam, then slid down. Her body was limp on the floor.

Fleur De Lis stifled back a scream, then turned her attention towards the evil mare.

With a jump, Fleur realized how foolish she had been for taking her attention off of the Mare in the Moon, who was now hurtling towards her at top speed, horn glowing with a powerful magic.

The horn pierced through Fleur's body, killing her instantly.

"Well then," Sunset Shimmer remarked as the two Unicorns began to stir.

"But...I thought I was dead!" Trixie stammered out, shaking out the last of her shivers.

"Yes, well, I did tell you nothing would happen. It was just a projection," Sunset replied.

Fleur was still shaking from her encounter with the evil mare. In fact, she was certain she could still feel Night Mare Moon's horn piercing through her heart.

"So, how did we do, miss?" Fleur asked her, almost forgetting to put on her Manehattan accent.

Sunset sighed. "Well, we have a lot of work to do."