Mean.

by kittyhasnosoul

Rating: everyone
Tags: Sunset Shimmer, Cheerilee, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Snips, Human, Snails
Length: 1312

A glimpse into Sunset Shimmer's life two weeks before the Fall Formal.

Two weeks before the Fall Formal, Sunset Shimmer plans her plan to take Twilight Sparkle's crown and once and for all take over the Equestrian throne.

Set two weeks before the events of 'Equestria Girls'.

Published 2014-04-08 22:40:04 UTC
Last updated 2014-04-08 22:40:04 UTC

Chapter 1

Past

I walked through the school hallways, pushing people out of my way as I walked to class.

Some were willing to move out of the way, and some weren't.
Those who weren't got thrown into the nearest locker.

I was what most high school people would call, the 'mean' girl. Most people would think that being mean made you popular, but it really doesn't, at least in my case.

I slammed the class door open, causing a loud bang that distracted the whole class.

"Miss Shimmer, you're late again." The teacher told me, straightening a stack of unfinished homework she was about to give out to the class.

I scoffed at her, "Yeah, I guess I am." I said as I sat down in my desk and put my feet up on the desk.

The teacher, Mrs. Cheerilee, straightened her bright pink reading glasses and said, "If you are late again tomorrow, I will have to contact your parents."

I rolled my eyes, "They wouldn't care."

Mrs. Cheerilee coughed, then got up from her desk and walked around the classroom handing out homework.

When she reached my desk, she stopped for a moment before giving me my homework.
"Miss Shimmer, I will have to see you after class in detention for your recklessness."
I grunted, then forcefully took the piece of paper out of her grasp.

Some kid with glasses threw a crinkled up piece of paper at me, my eye twitched as I felt it hit the back of my head.
I sharply turned backwards towards the boy, ignoring the angry glance that Mrs. Cheerilee was giving me.

"Excuse me?" I said with a sharp tone.

The boy grinned sheepishly, then backed up his desk a few inches, running into the girl behind him.
"S-sorry?" He stuttered, looking left and right for a place to escape.

"You better be sorry! Do you even know who I am?"

He fell out of his desk and his glasses fell off, breaking when they hit the ground.

I laughed, then walked away as he blindly struggled to find his glasses on the hard floor.

I'm mean, and I love it.

I unlocked the door to my apartment, the lock clicked as I turned the rusty old motel key.
I entered the apartment, and as soon as I closed the door behind me I took off my boots.

I had been going to that school pretending that my parents were living with me in my apartment, which they weren't.
My parents were all the way back in Equestria, probably searching day and night for me.

They probably assume I'm dead by now, Celestia's way too afraid to go through the portal, and my parents are clueless.

I laid down in my dusty bed, as I laid my head down on the pillow particles of dust flew around me.

Next to my bed was a broken window, allowing the sounds of the traffic outside into my apartment.

I closed my eyes, mentally filtering out the sounds.

Within seconds I drifted off into dream land.

My eyelids slowly opened, then closed when I was blinded by the rays of sun coming from the outside world.
I turned my head away from the window, and squinted as I attempted to read the numbers on my alarm clock.

"Two forty," I muttered, slowly drifting back to sleep.

I didn't care about being late for school, I wouldn't even be going to school if it wasn't for the fall formal that was happening in two weeks.

In my home world, you're considered an adult by the time you're thirteen, but in this world you can't even drink hard-cider until you're twenty one! It took me a few weeks to get over that.

But cider is nothing compared to coffee. They don't have coffee in Equestria, and I don't understand why. All it is is coffee beans and caffeine, and maybe some other stuff.

But who cares? As long as it's good, I'm sure the ingredients can't be that bad.

I sat up, and rubbed my right eye with my hand.
I got out of my bed and walked over to my dresser, picked up the green horse-hair brush and brushed out my red and yellow hair.

I dropped the brush onto the floor lazily, then walked over to put on my boots.

As soon as I got done putting them on, I opened up the door and it creaked as I pushed it open.

I stepped out of the doorway, stretched my arms with a relieved sigh, and walked down the path to Canterlot High.

As I walked threw the school hallways to the cafeteria room, I thought over my plans to take the spot as Equestria's queen.

Princess Celestia had taught me all about what would happen if you took an element of harmony into an alternate world and put it on the head of someone with a dark heart back when I was her student.

After what I did to her, I bet she didn't even think to tell another one of her personal protege's about the portal.
Students' cringed and shrunk as I walked by them, giving each of them an unforgiving stare.

I was coming close to the cafeteria door, until two dweebs stepped in front of me.

"Hello, Sunset Shimmer!" One said to me in a dumb-sounding tone.

I rose my nose into the air, "Snips, Snails, what is so important that you had to interrupt my thoughts?"

Snails smiled apologetically, "Sorry, Sunset Shimmer. We just wanted to give you these," he pulled out a bouquet of lily's.

"What is this garbage?" I asked, making a disgusted face at them.

"We were wondering if you wanted to go to the fall formal with us," Snips said, smiling hopefully.

"No."

Snips's smile faded, "W-why not?"

I scoffed once again, "Why would I go to the dance with two short idiots?! And you should know that I'm going with my boyfriend."

They both frowned, then walked away, clearing the path to the cafeteria.

Granny Smith put a red delicious apple on my lunch tray, and I walked away to sit at my table.

"Move it," I said, pushing a girl with curly pink hair over.
I sat down in her spot, and she was forced to go and sit at the next table over.

I took a bite into my apple as I starred off into space, thinking about my plans to overtake the Equestrian throne.

I had written down the plan on a piece of paper just in case I forgot a step and placed it in my backpack, where no one would find it.

First, three days before the Fall Formal when the portal is open, I am going to go threw the portal and I happened to know that her replacement for me was now 'Equestria's newest princess' and would be staying at the Crystal Empire that night, where the mirror was currently at.

I would win the crown by default at the Fall Formal, and use its power to brainwash the kids at this school and use them to help me take over Equestria.

It was the perfect plan, and there was no possible way it could fail.

Present

I was wrong, there was a way it could fail.

Now here I am, helping rebuild the part of the school archway that I broke, and just ten minutes ago I was so close to taking over Equestria and finally getting what I deserve.

At this point, I really wish that I could just go back to Equestria. But it's too late for that, I can't face the princess, I can't face my family, and the portal won't open for a long while.

I guess, for now, all I can do is regain everybody's trust.