Equestria Girls HATRED Special

Sunset Shimmer woke up and found herself on a soft bed in an unfamiliar bedroom. But how? Last time she checked she was outside in the middle of nowhere freezing cold. She got out of the bed and cautiously walked out of the room, down the hallway, and eventually found herself in the dining room. She found that the table was set for two with two candles lit. She walked around the table staring at the plates and silverware in confusion. Her back was now turned toward the kitchen, but she continued to stare at the table unaware of a huge, shadowy figure approaching her from behind. When the figure set foot on the dining room floor it made a board creak which caused Sunset to spin around to see what made the sound. She gasped when she saw the dark, grim-looking stranger. He looked as if he was Bulk Biceps’ height, as he dwarfed her in size. He wore a long black leather coat. His skin was pale, almost as white as the snow. He had long black hair that almost covered most of his face, however, she could make out his eyes which stared down at her as if a predator had caught its prey. Sunset was afraid at this man’s appearance, so much that she couldn’t move, and just continued staring up at him wondering what he wanted.

“I see you’ve finally awoken.” The man said in what sounded like a gruff, but friendly tone of voice. Her fear started to die down. “You must be hungry. What would you like?”

“Do you have any salad? I’m a vegetarian.” Sunset asked sheepishly.

Soon enough, the strange man had whipped up two salads for both of them. As they sat at the table and ate their food, Sunset was beginning to wonder if this was the person who saved her from the cold.

“Did you like it?” the man asked.

“Yes, it was delicious. Thank you.” Sunset said with a smile. Her plate was cleared.

“Good.” The man then got up from his seat, took their plates and utensils, and headed toward the kitchen to clean them.

“Wait, are you the one who brought me here?” Sunset asked following him into the kitchen.

“Yes, you were out cold and nearly frozen when I found you. You didn’t even have a winter coat on.”

“Uh, thank you.” Sunset said softly.

“Rest here for the night. There are extra blankets in the hallway closet. Tomorrow morning, you can take one of the coats in the front door closet and be on your away if you need to go somewhere.” The man put the dishes in sink. But then he turned to the girl with a confused expression. “What were you doing out there all alone anyway, were you lost?”

“I was looking for my family.”

“Who are they?”

“I don’t know.”

“What do you mean you don’t know?” the man asked astonished.

“It’s a long story. Some of it might be hard to believe.”

“Try me.”

And so Sunset told the stranger about how she used to be a tyrannical bully at Canterlot High until the girls she would soon call her friends opened her eyes to the magic of friendship. She also told him about the Battle of the Bands, the Dazzlings, and how she had been working to make amends with the people she wronged only to be shunned and ostracized. And then came Anon-a-Miss, where everything went wrong. She explained how someone started posting everyone’s secrets on the internet and how everyone began to believe she was the one to blame, including her friends. It was this part where Sunset began to shed tears as she continued her tale. She told of how she came to believe there was no hope of convincing anyone of her innocence and therefore there was no place for her there. So she decided to run away and see if she could find someone out there willing to accept her.

“Surely there must’ve been someone there who cared for you. Someone who wouldn’t turn their back completely on a fellow human being.” The man said as if trying to comfort the sobbing girl, but in reality, he was trying to get her to reveal something about herself she wasn’t telling him.

“Well that’s it, I’m not human.” Sunset admitted.

“I’m afraid I don’t understand.”

“Perhaps it’s best that I show you.” Sunset walked to a wide open area of the kitchen and began to sing Silent Night, a song that she had heard quiet often during the holiday season. As she sang, her body started to surge with magic, a small aura of light appeared around her body, and she levitated a few inches off the floor. The man watched and pretended to look like he had never seen it before; he had already seen her power when he found her. Soon, Sunset stopped singing and returned to normal.

“Amazing!” the man said with fake surprise. Then he put on what looked like a face of sadness. “I now fully understand your situation. It would appear fate brought us together tonight. You see, we may have more in common than you think, young lady.”

Hearing this, Sunset’s interest in this strange man sparked even more, and she listened intently as he continued.

“I, myself, have had my share of misery. The world is a cruel and hateful place and I've had my share of unrelenting hatred in my life. The truth is we are both individuals that everyone has some problem with. When people look at me, they don’t see me as a human being. I live alone, isolating myself from the rest of the world. Because no matter what I do they will never see me as anything but a nobody, a freak, a monster.”

Sunset felt like she was looking in a mirror when she looked at him. She saw another outcast like herself. “You saved my life, you’re not a monster. You’ve shown me that you’re a good person, and you can see I’m a good person as well. We’re not bad people, we’re just misunderstood. I’m sure if we do something great, people will start to see how special and good we are.” Sunset said sympathetically.

"You really believe that?"

"A good friend once taught me that: when things look bad, 'sometimes all you can do is stay strong, remember who you are, and find your family.' And I've been following those all night because I believe there is truth in them."

The man smiled. “What’s your name?”

“It’s Sunset Shimmer.”

“Well Sunset Shimmer, I think you just found your family. If it’s okay with you?”

Sunset felt tears of joy streaming from her eyes. “YES! It is!” she said with pure happiness. She thought she had done exactly what Twilight told her to do; she had found where she belonged. She couldn’t contain herself anymore and ran over to her new friend and gave him a big, tight hug. He gently hugged her back.

Soon enough, they both realized it was getting late, the clock read 11:56 pm.

“Well, we’d better get to bed.” The man told Sunset. He led her down the hallway to her room. “Good night Sunset, sweet dreams.”

“Wait, you never told me your name.”

“Well, I’ve been isolated from mankind for so long, I always thought it was not important. You may call me whatever you like.”

“Well good night, Mr. Not Important.” Sunset said teasingly. “It’s a start; I’ll find a better one eventually.”

Not Important smiled at her as he slowly closed the door. Alone in her new room, Sunset felt she had final earned the happy ending she had wanted for herself for so long. But now, it was starting to feel more like a happy new beginning. For the first time in a whole week, she would sleep well.

Not Important walked down the hallway and entered a doorway leading to the basement. Once he closed the door behind him, his seemingly friendly face turned to one of pure malice. He walked down the basement stairs, past the bloody bodies of the couple who were the true owners of the house, and over to a table with all his weapons laid on it. New additions to his arsenal were a shotgun, an smg, a flamethrower, flash bombs, Molotov cocktails, and a bulletproof vest he got from the police station in his hometown.

“This is all working out perfectly!” he thought to himself. As he thought about how he was going to use his new ‘friend’ for his plans, he began to laugh. It wasn’t natural laughter; it was laughter that sounded like it was coming from the devil himself. Sunset Shimmer was unable to hear it because she was already happily, fast asleep.