A Shimmering Sunset

Okay, I suppose I have a confession to make. You don't think I'd be the one to want to make friends, right? Well, I admit when I first met Breeze Cloud, I was just trying not to let her down. After all, if you just got tackled to the ground by the dog that belongs to a shy pegasus who probably only has a handful of friends in her life, would you want to just turn around and leave them? Didn't think so. I was also trying to prove something to Ember, so ha.

Sunset Shimmer rolled her eyes as she followed the shy pegasus through the outskirts of Canterlot. The phoenix perched on top of her was watching Breeze Cloud with keen yellow eyes, chirping every couple seconds, though the sound was nearly inaudible. "Ember, hush." Sunset whispered sharply, making Ember draw her head back, blinking, before ruffling her feathers and looking away.

"She should be around here somewhere....I think." Breeze said softly, her ears flattening for a split second before pricking again. She glanced around, her azure eyes scanning the crowd of unicorns, pegasi, and earth ponies, and the pegasus yelped when a blur ran into her. Sunset blinked, stepping back a bit. A pale pink earth pony had Breeze Cloud pinned to the ground. The mare had a poofy, dark purple mane and tail with sky blue streaks in them, dark magenta eyes, and a rolled up purple party blower surrounded by sky blue confetti for a cutie mark.

"Ohmygosh, hi Breeze!" The hyper earth pony said, grinning. Her gaze traveled to Sunset, and she immediately leaped off of the startled pegasus. "Ooooh, you're new! I haven't seen you around here before! I'm Streamer, by the way, what's your name?" She continued, talking very quickly.

"Uh....Sunset Shimmer...." Sunset said slowly, her ears flattened ad Ember lifted her head. "You see...."

"You're the personal student of Princess Celestia and you hatched a baby phoenix when you were a filly and now you're all grown up and so is the phoenix and the Princess sent you out here to make friends because you found a legend and she didn't belirve you and she says that you need to have friends and see the magic of friendship for yourself?" Streamer said, smiling wider.

Okay, well, I'm not gonna lie here. Streamer kinda scared me when we first met. I mean, she knew EVERYTHING. How does one even DO that!? Ahem, anyway....back to the story at hand...

"How did you........?" Sunset gasped, eyes growing wide.

"Just a hunch!" The pale pink pony said cheerfully. "So, we gotta get you some friends, huh? I can help with that! Gimme JUUST a sec!" Streamer said, darting off.

"Wait...that's not......what.....huh?" Sunset said, completely confused.

"She can be kinda...sudden. Guess I should have warned you before." Breeze said, smiling a bit. "She's probably off to get our other 4 friends." The pegasus explained.

"This is going to be a LONG day......." Sunset groaned as she lowered her head.

True to her word, Streamer hadn't taken long. In no less than five minutes, the pale pink earth pony came back, bouncing up and down on the road and stopping in front of Sunset. "Didn't she say she was gonna bring her friends...?" Ember said, before blinking as three ponies approached. One earth pony, one unicorn, and one pegasus.

"Well hello there." The earth pony said, smiling. She was cream colored, with a dark red-purple mane with a pale lavender streak in it, pale green eyes, and a cutie mark representing a rose. "My name is Rose Thorn. You must be the one who Streamer was talking about." She introduced, dipping her head in a bow.

"And my name's Static Boom." The pegasus introduced herself. Static Boom was black, with a silvery gray mane and tail and ice blue eyes. Her cutie mark was a single yellow lightning bolt. "This is Gemstone." Static said, jerking her hoof over to point at the unicorn, who was white with purple eyeshadow and a long, glossy red mane and tail. Her cutie mark consisted of three turquoise gems.

"Hello." Sunset greeted, scanning the five ponies around her. "Ahem. My name is Sunset Shimmer. The princess sent me here to.....ugh...try and make friends...." She flattened her ears, groaning.

"Don't worry, Sunset, it'll be fine. Not like it's the end of the world or anything." Ember said, making Sunset's head shoot up in alarm.

"The legend! Oh no, I COMPLETELY forgot!" Sunset burst out, taking off at a run and using her magic to drag Ember behind her. "We have to stop it before it's too late!" She skidded to a halt suddenly. "Ember, where are we supposed to stay?" She inquired, looking at the phoenix as she released her from the magical hold.

"Library...." Ember said, disoriented.

"Good. Come on, then." Sunset said calmly, trotting off towards the library.

Well, yeah, I was an egghead back then. But I spent my entire life in a castle with no company but Princess Celestia. Hehe.....