Secrets in Equestria

After freeing Luna from Nightmare Moon, everypony but Sunset was surprised to find that Luna was Celestia’s sister. It wasn’t shocking at all if you knew the story. Once the shock died down, they returned to Ponyville. Sunset was ready to leave but decided the element bearers needed to stay close and so Sunset asked to stay. Celestia was more than happy to let her stay and then left with the Elements of Harmony to keep them safe. Sunset immediately left for the longest sleep of her life.

Sunset woke up the next morning thinking about the day before. She couldn’t believe she had actually asked Celestia to stay in Ponyville. What had she been thinking? Sure the girls that had helped her were nice but she could hardly consider the five her friends. Sunset didn’t need friends, she was the most powerful unicorn in Equestria. Friends would only get in the way of her becoming great. “I better tell Celestia I’m ready to go home to Canterlot and continue my studies there.”

Sunset yawned and got herself ready for the day and then she headed downstairs where it, her element, was, sort of. There was a picture she had on table in the center of the room. In it was her and the others with the elements on. She let out a sigh and sat down. “That’s right, the elements of harmony. They are the reasons I stayed here in this, whatever kind of hole this is? Sure the library is nice enough and I have books to read but nothing beats Canterlot.” With a sigh she stood up and went to the kitchen for a bite to eat. She mixed up some pancake batter and turned on the stove. She put some batter in a pan and waited. “I can’t believe I’m stuck here with a hick, a dramatic fashionista, an utterly insane pony, a tom colt, and a pony who talks with animals.” A knock came to the door. Sunset took the pan off the stove and turned it off. She walked over to the door irritable that any pony would dare come by this early. When she opened the door, there she was. “What?”

“Well that’s a nice howdy do for you.” There was a moment of pause. “So Sunset, could I get you to come down to the farm and-”

“Let me stop you there Applejack. First off I just woke up and two, I don’t like farms. So good luck with whatever is going on with you.” Sunset slammed the door in Applejacks face. She turned away from the door when it flew open behind her. “Seriously, I know you didn’t just kick the door open!” She flipped around and snarled.

“And I’m positive that you didn’t slam the door in my face!” Applejack and Sunset butt their foreheads together. “If you’re gonna be livin’ here, you need to learn some respect missy.”

“I didn’t want to come here to begin with but the elements of harmony kinda forced me into it. I would be more than happy to go home and get away from ponyville and your hillbilly farm but I can’t really do that.”

“You little varmint.”

“Oh no, you called me a varmit. Is that really the best you’ve got you little hick.”

Applejack growled and flipped around before bucking Sunset across the room into the wall. “Get out of here Sunset, you don’t belong here and you never will.” Applejack may have overreacted a bitbut she hated being called names like hick and hillbilly. It wasn’t just herself that had been insulted but her family as well and besides, she didn’t use all her strength to buck Sunset. Applejack turned around and made it to the door in time for a magic bolt to hit her and send her flying out of the building.

Sunset walked over to the door and smiled while limping. “Next time don’t turn your back on me!” Sunset slammed the door and went back to the kitchen. “No good hayseed.” Just as she reached the table, she heard a buzzing coming from upstairs. “Fantastic, maybe Celestia wants me back.” Sunset ran upstairs and into her room optimistic about the possibility of going back to Canterlot. She grabbed the book off her nightstand and opened it up. What she saw inside was not what she was expecting. There were two golden tickets and a message from Celestia. Sunset skimmed through the message and groaned before writing back to her teacher.

Dear Princess Celestia,
Yeah, thanks for the tickets, to bad there aren’t more for the rest of the gang, all well?

The note was meant to be sarcastic but when Sunset received more tickets for the others and an apology from her teacher, she facehoofed. “I should really work on my sarcasm in note form. Apparently it doesn’t translate well on paper.” Sunset picked up the tickets and chuckled. There were six tickets and only one of her. Perhaps she could go to Canterlot and hand them out to ponies she didn’t know or she could toss them aside. The truth was, she wasn’t about to invite those ponies to a high society ball like the Grand Galloping Gala. She opened her dresser and placed every ticket inside until she decided what she would do.

Sunset marched back downstairs and into the kitchen where she started to once again make some pancakes when a knock came to the door. “You have got to be kidding me.” Sunset gave an irritated look as she walked toward the door. The minute the door opened, a cerulean hoof hit her right in the face and sent her to the ground. She looked up and saw many bodies of the same pony spinning around. She could hear a voice echoing in her head. She shook her head and slowly stood up to see and hear Rainbow Dash yelling at her. “How dare you hit me, do you have any idea what I could do to you?”

“You are such a scumbag, how you managed to get an element of harmony is beyond me.” Rainbow turned her back to Sunset but stood still. “I don’t care who you are, hurt one of my friends again and I will personally have you cut into pieces, got it?” Rainbow Dash flew off and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Sunset scoffed and walked back to her kitchen to finish making her breakfast. After five minutes of baking, she was finally able to sit down and eat. She cut into her pancake and lifted it up to her mouth when another knock came to the door before the door flew open. “Are you serious, can’t a mare…get…YOU! Who are you and why are you following me?” Sunset asked the pony in black who decided to circle her like a vulture. “What-”

“Shut up you little narcissist. I know who you are and I know you don’t deserve the element of magic.” Sunset charged up her horn but stopped when she heard what the pony said next. “You could be a great element but unfortunately you work for Celestia. You need to stop and use the power for the good of everypony.” With that said, the pony disappeared in a flash of light leaving Sunset more than a little confused and a bit angry.

“Did she just call me a narcissist?” Sunset went back the kitchen grumbling as she went. If it wasn’t bad enough she had to deal with five ponies she didn’t like, she had to deal with a pony dressed in black who could only bring on more pain for her in this town. Before she knew it, Sunset had finished her food. She had spent her breakfast grumbling about the ponies driving her nuts. It was probably for the best since her pancake had gotten cold, her first bite had been noticeably so. Complaining lessened the blow of eating cold pancakes.

Sunset looked up at the clock and saw that it read nine-forty five. “Great, rather than getting things done, I spent my morning in arguments with idiots.” She let out a sigh and went back to her room to get herself presentable and ready for the day. It had taken too long to get ready because her mane had been stubborn and wouldn’t work with her. She had to wash her mane, blow dry it and then pull out way too many knots. By the time she made it downstairs, it was an hour later. “My morning routine went from a thirty minute routine to an hour routine. What else could go wrong today!?”

Sunset checked her saddle bag just in case. When she found everything she needed was there, she hurriedly left the library. “First stop, Sofa’s and Quills.” She made a quick walk for the shop as running would just get her sweaty and after the morning she had, she didn’t need to be more miserable. “Besides, I’m probably just going get more flak from somepony. I don’t need to be sweaty on top of it.” She said and then bumped into a pony. When she looked up at the pony, she saw a very angry looking pink pony named Pinkie. “Great, the psychopath is here.” Sunset thought as she backed up. “Look, you probably want to chew me out now but can you wait until tonight when I’m not so busy?”

“No, I can’t! You hurt my friend and she can’t do her job at the farm. You shouldn’t fight with friends and you need to apologize.” Pinkie Pie stomped her hoof on the ground.

Sunset chuckled by the thought that Pinkie thought that she could intimidate. It was also a bit irritating. “She is the one that kicked my door opened and kicked me across the room. Both her and the rainbow maned tom colt wasted my morning. The hick deserved it and so does Rainbow Ditz and the fact that you think we’re friends is hilarious. Now get out of my way before I blast you away you looney.” Sunset pushed past Pinkie who was yelling at her. Sunset ignored it and continued on her way. “It’s going to be a long day.”

After the longest day of her life, Sunset had finally finished up her shopping and walked back to the library. The sun was now setting and she was tired. “No thanks to those crazy ponies who caused me to be late getting started.” Sunset opened the door to the library and started to light the nearby lamp when she saw two ponies out of the corner of her eye. She quickly lit her horn and turned to the intruders. When she saw who they were, she gasped. “Mom, dad!?”

Pinkie began twitching angrily after Sunset left when she felt a very soft hoof on her shoulder. “Pinkie darling, what’s wrong?” Pinkies hair deflated. “Oh dear, this isn’t good.” Rarity said as Pinkie ran off toward sugarcube corner. “Pinkamena is back, oh no.” Rarity ran off to find help.

Pinkies hair had deflated and her coat had turned a much darker color. “Oh Sunset, if you think I’m a looney, just wait until I get done with you, not that you will have much to say afterword.” Pinkamena ran into sugarcube corner and down into the cellar. She ran as far as she could to the back where a sign hung on a door with planks on it. The sign said NOPONY LEAVES. Pinkamena ripped off the barricade and dropped the sign on the floor. She opened the door and looked at the place she hadn’t seen for years.

A table was an island at the far end of the room. Pinkamena flipped a switch on the wall. The lights flickered on and revealed the gruesome room. The table was now clearly visible as well as the dried blood on it and the rest of the room. Against the far wall was a trough behind the table against the wall next to a counter. Pinkamena walked over to the other side of the counter and smiled. The trough was covered from top to bottom in dry blood as was the counter and the items on said counter. There were knives and machetes, saws of different variety, and other tools for cutting. Above her were the cutie marks of all those that she had killed. Below them on a shelf were the skulls of the ponies the cutie marks belonged to. Pikamena turned to the table and saw the pill bottle. She began shaking and her expression kept changing from angry to sad. She picked up the pill bottle still shaking and opened up the bottle. She looked inside and found only a couple pills left. “I have to take these.” Pinkies good side said.
“No, Sunset must be punished.” Pinkamena said.

“But I’m getting better.”

“You don’t want to get better, not really.”

“Sure I do, I’m a good pony now.”

“No, your not a good pony, you kill ponies that make you mad.”

“No, I can’t but, no, I won’t do it.”

“You will, you can’t resist me anymore, I AM YOU!” Pinkamena laughed as she tossed the pills away into a corner of the room. “Sunset Shimmer is my next victim, she deserves PUNISHMENT!” Pinkamena emphasized the final word and continued to cackle. She picked up the round saw blade and revved it. Old flesh and cartilage flew off the blade as it spun. “SHE WILL PAY!”