Dancing in darkness to the sound of a drum.
Sunset laid on her bed with her hands behind her head,her eyes focusing and unfocusing on her patterned ceiling. She remained still except for the rare time she turned her head to look at the light that kept flashing on her phone screen,the light remaining for about a minute before the phone finally went back into sleep mode. Sunset only let out a sigh before turning her head back to look up at her ceiling. She knew it was Twilight. At least she knew 90% of the messages were from Twilight. She also knew she was very worried about her but who wasn't? Even Sunset was worried about Sunset right now. She wasn't sleeping properly and when she managed to get some shut eye the nightmares would just come back and bite her in the ass. Ever since her new job at this treasure hunting type company she's changed or at least thats what her friends have said..multiple times. They think she's just acting out for no reason. She can't tell them what her job consists of. The treasure,the fights, the amount of close calls she's had, the deaths...the screams. Sunset had finally given up trying to get even a minutes sleep so she sat up and threw her legs over the edge of the bed,putting her head in her hands and slowly dragging her hands up and through her hair. Her hands lowered to the edge of her bed,gripping the wooden bedframe before finally pushing herself up to her feet.
Sunset wobbled a bit after standing up,holding her head while she walked into her bathroom. She stopped at the sink and grabbed a glass,filling it with tap water and taking a painkiller to stop her pounding head. She splashed some water on her face after she put her glass down,lifting her head to look at herself in the mirror. She was a mess. She looked like a monster that had just been woken from its hundred years of slumber. Or a runner from that zombie game The Last of Us because hell her eyes were bloodshot enough to look red. Walking back into her room she saw her phone go off once again. She stopped for a moment before finally deciding to look at the messages. She watched the screen light up and her eyes widened a little bit. 13 missed calls and 17 text messages from Twilight. These ranged from:
"Sunny what's wrong?"
to
"Babe honestly you're starting to scare me now."
to
"Sunset Shimmer if you don't talk to me soon so god help me I will come over there and get you to talk,"
Sunset only chuckled light at that last one. It was really more of an empty threat if anything. She put her phone back into sleep mode before placing it in her pocket and walked downstairs,stubmling slightly down and quickly putting her hand on the wall to steady herself.
"Food..I gotta eat..food," Sunset grumbled tiredly to herself,pushing herself up to her feet again. She growled angrily and walked over to the fridge,flinging the door open and grabbing a sandwich she had in there. She pulled a chair out with a loud creak and flung herself onto it. Sunset only managed to take a small bite out of her sandwich before her phone began to ring. She put her food down before scrambling around for her phone,quickly picking it up off the floor after it had fallen out of her pocket. She saw the caller ID as Sparky and knew Twi wouldn't give up unless she answered so she just cleared her throat and answered the call.
"Hello?"
"Sunny! Oh my god you finally answered I thought something had happened to you!"
"You doubt my strength and street smarts?"
"More like I've noticed your change of character recently. I'm worried about you,Sunny..."
Sunset only stayed silent before leaning her head on her hand,letting out a long sigh.
"I know,babe..I'm sorry its just..work is really backing me up and well its hard to balance friends and work and school ya know?"
"Okay. So where do you work?"
Sunset froze up. Fuck. What was she going to tell her? 'Oh yeah don't worry about me Twi I'm just constantly risking my life for old treasure and artifacts haha no big deal right?' She thought to herself before realising she hadn't said anything for a bit.
"Sunset?"
"Um..DMV?" She responded then slapped herself for sounding so unsure.
'Real smooth,Sunset'
"Is that so?"
"Uh..yep! Gotta love working at some shitty office all day with people yelling at you 24/7,"
"Right..So thats a load of crap." Twilight spoke down the phone,her voice getting more annoyed with each word. "Now I'll ask again. What. Is. Your. Job?"
"Uh...um..I work as an engineer for the National Canterlot laboratory and in fact I've just got an email saying there is a problem and have got to come in gotta go bye!" Sunset said quickly before ending the call and throwing her phone on the table. She ran over to the sofa and grabbed a pillow before she screamed loudly into it,throwing the pillow back after she was done with her little episode. She just stood still before turning on her heel and walking over to the coat hanger,grabbing her trench coat and keys from the bowl on the sideboard by the door. She slipped her coat on and knee high boots before opening the door,taking a deep breath through her nose and letting the breath out of her mouth. She took one step outside,the crunch of the snow echoing slightly in the dimmly lit,empty street. She closed the door behind her and slipped her hand in her pockets,walking down the road with her head hanging slightly. She lifted her head slightly and looked around as she thought she heard a noise but quickly dismissed the thought when she realised how stupid it seemed and kept on walking through the snow.
Sunset got as far as the park about 10 minutes from her house before she stopped to strech slightly to loosen her now probably frozen joints. She sighed in relief,a puff of condensation coming out her mouth.
"So this is work huh?" A voice from behind her spoke angrily,the sound of a shoe tapping in the snow. Sunset felt her body freeze up and her eyes widen so much that they could of just jumped of the sockets and run off. She knew she had to turn around. Or she could run. Running sounded like a good plan right about now but she knew that Twilight would just find her again. She knew where she lived afterall. She stuck to plan A and turned around only to be face to face...chest to face with her girlfriend. Sunset only gulped and took her glasses out of her coat pocket,slipping them on her face with a nervous smile.
"Yes..? But hey look..glasses!"
"That normally works but not today,Sunset," Twilight snapped back,storming up to the firey haired girl and grabbing her hand before marching off,pulling Sunset along with her.
"Twi..babe..where are we going..?" Sunset asked with a slightly scared tone,biting her lip hard.
"We-" Twilight responded,moving her index finger to point at herself then Sunset "-are going to have a long talk."
'Fuck my life.' Sunset mentally cursed.
Sunset just sat on a bench in the park,listening to Twilight drone on about this that and the other. Of course she stopped pay attention after the first minute. She's learnt that when Twilight rants at her about herself its best to just tune her out and recollect her own thoughts. Sunset could understand Twilight's anger but she also knew that telling Twilight would be a horrible idea and would only end in distaster. But she had to tell her otherwise she'd have more of this lecture stuff and even she was not mentally prepared for that.
'Love is patient, love is kind..'
"Twilight!" Sunset yelled,shooting up out of her seat and looking at her girlfriend with both angry but also sad eyes. Twilight closed her mouth and looked up at Sunset,a little shocked at her sudden outburst since Sunset was usually quite a mellow person. She also knew that whenever Sunset yelled or got annoyed or had that look in her eye that someone had really pushed their luck.
"You want to know so badly what job I have? Why I am like I am now? Why you think I'm changing so much?! I'll tell you why! It's because I'm a treasure hunter! You know those video games that Rainbow and Apple play? Uncharted? Thats what I do for a living! The climbing, the puzzles, the shooting, the constantly having to watch my friends and co-workers die its all fucking real,Twilight! I never told you because I know you'd try and talk me out of this but guess what? No matter what happens I still want to do this job. It pays well and I'm good at it and..you can't take that away from me..." Sunset ranted. Half way through tears began to fall from her eyes. Both angry and sad because she was angry about having to now spill everything she worked so hard to keep hidden but also sad because she hated the fact that she had to keep this from Twilight for so long. The look on Twilights face only confirmed Sunset's fears. Sunset only only hung her head and slipped her glasses off for a moment to wipe her eyes,sobbing and her voice cracking from time to time.
"Sunset..." Twilight spoke in a soft tone. Sunset could hear Twilight stand up and walk over to her. She prepared herself for a lecture..but it never came. She felt soft,gloved fingers curl around her chin and lift her head up to look at her. Twilight leant up and forward and kissed Sunset. It wasn't passionate. It was loving,caring and warm. Sunset was in so much shock it took her a full minute before she just grabbed Twilight desperatly and deepened the kiss. She really needed this affection after so long without anything. Twilight pulled away after a moment but her hand remained on Sunset's cheek.
"Sunny..that was really all you?" Twilight spoke carefully but that didn't stop the small smile appear on her lips. Why was she smiling? Her girlfriend had finally confirmed all the thoughts Twilight had about her. She had heard the stories from the other girls but none of them were observant enough to notice that it was Sunset they were talking about in the stories of this amazing treasure hunter who throughout everything outwited her enemies and worked her way to fame and fortune. They stories even spoke of her matching or even surpassing Daring Do.
Sunset just stood dumbfound before she finally managed to pass some words past her lips "You..knew it was me?"
"Not at first. But the girls heard stories of this treasure hunter and she..well she sounded very familar and you know me,always picking up on certian things quickly," Twilight giggled before finally lowering her hand from the firey haired girls cheek and slipped into her hand instead "Now lets go home and talk about this properly,"
Twilight held a gold coin up in the air in front of the light causing it to shimmer and sparkle. She flipped it over and saw a pirate sigal. It wasn't anything speical in the eyes of a normal person but if you knew who that coin belonged to then you'd be in complete awe.
"I see you found the doubloon," Sunset spoke from the doorway of the kitchen causing Twilight to lift her head to look at her girlfriend. The smile on Twilight's face was boarderline manic.
"I can't believe you found Henry Avery's treasure. Missing for hunderds of years only to be uncovered by one Sunset Shimmer. This must be worth thousands. Why don't you sell it? I mean sure its nice to have but you could get alot of money from it," Twilight spoke,turning her attention back to the doubloon.
"There would be no point-" She stopped speaking to put Twilight's mug down and sit next to Twilight before smirking "-becuase I already sold the others,"
"If you sold the others..." Twilight started before her eyes went wide and she slowly turned her head to face Sunset,who was still smirking.
"Sunny...how much money do you have...?" Twilight asked very carefully,her face looking both excited and concerned. Sunset wiped out a pen and grabbed a piece of paper laying on the coffee table. She began to write something down but covered the anwser with her hand. She folded the piece of paper a couple of times before handing it to Twilight. The younger girl raised an eyebrow at her but took the paper and began to unfold it. She began to take a sip of her drink but instantly spat it out when she saw the amount on the piece of paper. With hot coco dribbling down her chin she just snapped her head up to look at her girlfriend,who was on the verge of bursting into laughter,and spoke.
"T-t-t-there are...8 digits here...8! Thats not normal!" Twilight shouted. She went to say something but Sunset silenced her by capturing her lips in a soft kiss only to pull away after a few seconds. She looked at her girlfriend loving and just rested her forehead against hers.
"I know..but hey now I know you don't just love me for my money," She joked which earned a 'har har' and a playful punch from Twilight. The younger girl just put her mug down and crawled into Sunset's arms,who happily embraced her and just sighed.
"Something the matter?"
"No..just feels nice to finally hold you like this again..I really need it," Sunset replied with a warm smile,kissing the younger girls cheek. Twilight just responded by snuggling closer to Sunset,her head now resting on the firey haired girls chest.
"Can you tell me how you found El Dorado?" Twilight asked,glancing up to Sunset with a hopeful smile. Sunset just chuckled and looked down at the girl with a grin.
"Well it all started when I went searching for the coffin of Sir Francis Drake..."
Author's Note
Can you tell I've been playing alot of Uncharted recently? It's noticeable isn't it? Oh well. Anyways I hope you enjoyed this little story I know it kinda sucks but I did what I can ^^.
BlueSupernova Out
