Equestria Girls - Canterlot Court

“Good luck out there Sunny” the player from Canterlot high she had subbed for told her before giving her a high five, at the beginning Sunset had hated that nicknamed given to her by Pinkie, but now she saw it as something as a flag, a way for those that had forgiven her for her past actions to treat her as a close friend.

Now, she will pay that favor back by taking the Canterlot Court by storm.

CANTERLOT COURT

Match 2: The First Step

“So, Cloudy, any plan?” Sunset said looking back at the captain still seating down in the bench while Twilight typed something down in her, tablet. Once Shining had found out in what he had pushed Twilight without knowing and the whole deal with Cinch he had wanted to make it up for her little sister and got her that tablet so she could do all kind of nice things. With the help of Sunset now it was full of apps.

“You will take Line Stream’s position in 2” the faces of Sunset and Twilight both showed the confusion about the number “Oh right, the number is in reference of the position” Cloudy took the handheld white board at her side, in it there was the design of the full court “I should have explained this first, but well… in basketball there are five positions and we refer to them by numbers, number 2 is the shooting guard, I see you more as a power forward, but well, I need someone out there that can stop Sky Light”

“You want me to stop her?” Sunset said looking in the direction of the North Canterlot squad, in specific the blue and white haired member of the team.

“Well, there is no one in the team that can get close to her speed, but I know you are almost as athletic as Rainbow, so if there is any chance of someone stopping her is you, if you don’t want to I can put you in another position” for answer Sunset had a very scary grin in her face.

“Nah, that’s exactly what I wanted” she said with all her bravado coming back to her while she walked into the court to join the other members of Canterlot High, her eyes once again lightning up, it was as if they showed the kind of power Sunset had at the moment.

To say that Twilight was a little bit intimidated by the sight of Sunset was an understatement; she had never seen such face coming from her friend, but Cloudy kept her cool under that sight.

“Look at that, I never thought I would see that face coming from Sunset once again” she said much to the surprise of Twilight.

“What do you mean by that?”

“Until now you have only seen the nice side of Sunset, the friendly girl that wants to helps everyone with any problem, but there is a side that you never saw, the one of the She-Demon”

“I heard Rarity and the others talk about it before but…”

“But it was only talk, right? I mean, no one in Canterlot High really like to remember the days when Sunset Shimmer used to bully everyone around, now she is the pride of Canterlot but I guess even Sunset wants to let some steam from time to time” ‘but even I know that’s not the bullying look that Sunset used to have, this is something else, what is this pressure that I feel?’ was what Cloudy was thinking looking at the back of Sunset while this one got in position.

“So, the captain has a plan?” one of the girls asked Sunset.

“Let me take care of Sky Light, you girls keep defending as you were and keep your eyes open for rebounds, we need quick points If we want to make a comeback” she answered back before a voice among the girls interrupted.

“Geez, who put you in charge now? You are not a regular in the team and you are giving us orders now?”

“Shut up Belle, if Cloudy brought her into the team was for a reason, I know we had our differences with Sunset, but you saw that she changed, heck, she even helped us break the losing streak in the Friendship Games” the shorter girl with red hair with a white streak on it said, Roseluck if Sunset remembered her name.

“Yeah yeah, I get it, is not as if we could do any worst right now” Sunset still had the focused glare pointed in the direction of Sky Light while the girls behind her took their places for the start of their offensive.

With the ball in the hands of Rose the game started again but soon after crossing into the court of North Canterlot they were stopped.

‘What’s with this defense?’ Sunset thought watching how her teammates couldn’t advance, Roseluck had the ball but she found incapable of shooting with the close defense she found herself at.

‘Dammit, if they only had good offense this could be easier, we would fight our way into the paint, but even the second team has a good defense' Roseluck thought trying to get some distance between herself and the girl marking 'wait… is that… there it is!’ Roseluck thought and  with a quick flick of her hand the ball went sailing through the air.

‘Idiot, making a pass like that, you must be desperate right now’ Sky Light thought looking at the ball sailing through the air before a hand caught the ball, except that it belonged to a girl with a blue sky uniform with red and yellow hair ‘what? How is she open?’ The girl that had been marking Sunset was also confused, how did she move so fast?

Before the other players could react Sunset got herself in position and jumped ready to shot and with everything ready the ball arced through the air before cleanly going inside the basket. For a second everyone was silent only watching the new player take her first points as a player of Canterlot High before the bench cheered by what she did.

“Way to go Sunny! I didn’t know that Sunset could do a jump shot that cleanly!” Cloudy said in happiness with Twilight also smiling at the points Sunset made. The aforementioned girl didn’t waste time celebrating moving back into defense with the rest of the team.

North Canterlot wasted no time into attacking moving the ball around until Sky Light stood in front of Sunset.

“So Canterlot has a new weapon, nice one kid, but offense doesn’t win a game” Sky said to Sunset while this one kept looking her movements, seeing the way she bounced the ball, the way her legs moved and she tried to react but Sky Light dribbled through her and did one more layup “if you have no defense there is no way to stop me”

‘She is good, but why? Why is she only in the bench? She is good enough to play with the regulars so… why?’ This question looped through Sunset’s head while Canterlot once again moved the ball finding the same type of airtight defense as before Rose once again passed the ball to Sunset only to find that this time she hadn’t blown right through the defense like last time.

“This time you are not getting through me” the short haired girl told Sunset but this one only smirked.

“I never planned to do it”

“What?”

“I just wanted to verify something” Sunset said before once again jumping, the ball making an arc and once again getting into the basket “I just wanted to see how far away I could shoot” she said making the North Canterlot player feel shock at how easy Sunset made that shot look.

“Three points! If I had known Sunset was this good I would have called her a long time ago!” Cloudy said jumping up and down, but Twilight was not jumping or shouting, instead she was looking at Sunset’s eyes, the red and yellow haired girl seemed so completely focused in the game that she wasn’t paying attention to anything except Sky Light and the ball, what was going on in Sunset’s head?

“Well, I didn’t know Canterlot had a new shot expert, but you don’t have much time to make a comeback, not if we keep making points” Sky Light mocked Sunset by trying to do the same drive she had done the time before, but now it was a different situation, now Sunset had the answer to her question.

‘That’s it, that’s why she is on the bench, I can see it now!’ was what went through the head of Sunset while Sky Light once again tried to do an easy layup but something happened, Sky soon noticed something at her side, she felt a shadow and before she could let the ball go it was knocked out of her hand.

“How?... How was she capable of following me?” Sky Light was shocked at how fast Sunset reacted to her movement, but North Canterlot still had the ball.

Twilight was sure now, there was something happening in here, Sunset was fast, of that she was well aware of since Sunset tried to keep herself in shape by running with Applejack and Rainbow Dash, but this was ludicrous, even Cloudy was aware that something was happening.

“Hey, Twilight… is Sunset… is Sunset using magic or something like that? I mean, that was beyond unbelievable”

“No, that wasn’t magic, there was no aura projection or anthropomorphization” Cloudy’s face was clear in the fact that she hadn’t understood a word of what she had said which made Twilight blush “I mean, there is no bright colors or Sunset growing ears so that means at least that it has nothing to do with ponying up at least” ‘but, I’m sure there is some kind of magic involved in this, is it possible that she is using some kind of passive ability?’

But for now they had to pay attention to the match, after all they were still losing and North Canterlot had the ball once again.

‘Tch, Canterlot is tightening the defense, it seems that their new player is rising their moral, doesn’t matter, I will continue making more points’ Sky Light thought seeing how a member of North Canterlot sends the ball to her but a hand suddenly intercepted the ball trajectory ‘what?’

“I finally found your weakness, the whole point of your offense is to rotate the ball until it falls into your hands, then you will make a layup, I finally caught up with your movements” Sunset said with the same focused look in her eyes, but this time they seemed to turn into a gold color for some reason.

“Go back! Is a fast break!” but it was too late, none of their members could catch up with Sunset until Sky Light got herself in front of Sunset “no way you can take another shot”

“I never said I would” Sunset said before she quickly sidestepped Sky leaving her behind in shock.

“That’s… that’s my move” but Sunset was not finished, she could feel power filling her body, her muscles and her mind, she focused that energy into her legs and with a strong jump she went for the basket.

“Wait, that’s not a layup!” Cloudy said surprised at what Sunset was doing, it was a bigger jump than the ones of Sky Light, she was not looking for a shot or leaving the ball hit the blackboard for quick points, she was looking for something else. Sunset’s body almost seemed to float as she got closer to her target, she was shining and if someone had asked them what had happened, for a second it looked as if Sunset had gained wings of golden fire “that’s a dunk!”

And with that Sunset’s hand got in contact with the basket, sending the ball right through it for two points, the basket rim groaning from the extra weight of Sunset’s body, a second later she let go lightly landing, her eyes focusing in the shocked Sky Light.

“Don’t you dare think the match is over”