Chapter 1: Sans Vs Sunset Shimmer (Edited)
Chapter 1: Sans Vs Sunset Shimmer
The Underground-Judgement Hall
A short and stocky humanoid skeleton stood facing the wall at the far end of the ordinate and brightly lit hall. He wore a blue jacket with a white fur collar, a gray shirt, black pants with a black leather belt, and black and white tennis shoes. In his hands he held two things. One was a bright red scarf that seemed to have traces of dust on it. The second was an open silver locket that held a picture of the skeleton with a second, taller, leaner skeleton who was wearing the same scarf and some kind of body armor.
Paps… I’m sorry, Paps… I could’ve saved you… thought Sans, the smile he always wore now turned upside down as he remembered discovering his brother’s scarf on top of a pile of dust. A pile of dust that had once been his brother. Not long afterwards he found the remains of the Underground Queen and his crush, Toriel. After that, he discovered a big puddle of organic monster goop sprinkled with dust. It had once been the Captain of The Royal Guard, Undyne the Undying. Soon after he uncovered the lab coat of the Royal Scientist, Alphys, and bits of scrap metal from Mettaton not long after. So many monsters dead…
Because of THEM…
The human… Sans should’ve killed them when he had the chance. But, Toriel made him swear not to. Now everyone he’d ever known or loved was dead, all because he was too afraid to break his promise and help them
I promise you, I will avenge you or die trying… and I WILL go down swinging, vowed Sans as he heard footsteps echo through the hallway. The gleam of light reflecting off of something metal told him all he needed to know about who had just entered the room: that Genocidal megalomaniac of a kid. Standing right behind the skeleton was a teenager who looked to be neither male nor female wearing a red-and-blue striped shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes. In their hand was a butcher knife. This was Frisk, although for some strange reason they were beginning to think that that wasn't their name.
Well, may fortune favor the foolish. thought Sans, forcing his usual grin onto his face before speaking in his slick and quick-witted voice.
“It’s a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming. On days like these kids like you… should be burning in Hell!” said Sans, before turning around and unleashing a full-on barrage of attacks upon Frisk. The attacks ranged from bones popping up out of nowhere attempting to impale the teen to energy blasts from what appeared to be skeletal animal head-shaped energy cannons.
“Whoa! What the Hell?!” yelled Frisk as they desperate tried to evade the onslaught.
Once the attack stopped, Sans shrugged. “Huh. Always wondered why no one ever used their strongest attack first.”
“You’re gonna regret trying to kill me. I’m gonna cut that stupid grin off of your face!” snarled Frisk as they leaped forward with their knife. Sans waited until the very last second before vanishing into thin air, causing Frisk’s attack to miss completely.
“Wha-? How did-?” said Frisk as Sans appeared right behind them.
“What? You think I’m just gonna stand there and take it?” said Sans, his left eye flashing a sinister blue and yellow as he moved his hand around, causing Frisk’s body to go bouncing off the walls like a Sith caught in a Jedi’s Force Grip, smashing into the pillars that lined the room and the floor.
Coughing up blood as they stood to face Sans, Frisk had a grin of a very different sort on their face: a sick and twisted one. “I’m gonna enjoy this,” they said before letting out a dark chuckle.
“I know you will,” said Sans.
The two bitter enemies continued fighting for what seemed like an eternity. Sans was somehow able to avoid Frisk’s attacks while managing to land a ton of his own, even managing to poison Frisk with Karmic Retribution, using the very sins that were crawling on their back against them.
Unfortunately, while he was very powerful, Sans’ stamina and endurance were beginning to run out, and unless he could find a way to get his second wind, he would die in battle and the Underground would be doomed.
Crap, I gotta think of something and I gotta think of it now, thought Sans as he collapsed onto his hands and knees.
“And now we end this. Good-bye, Sans. It hasn’t been a pleasure,” said Frisk, raising their knife to finish the job.
“You, uh, really like swinging that thing around, huh?”
Frisk froze for a moment. “Stating the obvious, Sans? I expected more for your last words,” they said, beady red eyes glaring down at Sans.
Sans sighed and looked up at Frisk. “Listen, I know you didn’t answer me before, but… somewhere in there, I can feel it… there’s a glimmer of a good person inside of you. The memory of someone who once wanted to do the right thing.”
What are you waiting for? Kill him, then kill Father, and this world will be ours to destroy! a voice said inside Frisk’s mind that didn’t quite feel like their own, making them feel conflicted somehow.
“Someone who, in another time, might’ve been… a friend? Come on, buddy… do you remember me?” continued Sans, taking note of Frisk’s hesitation and internal conflict. “Please, if you’re listening… let’s forget all this, okay? Just lay down your weapon, and… well, my job will be a lot easier.”
A tear began to trickle down Frisk’s cheek. Their grip on their knife slackened… then, out of seemingly nowhere, as though they were being driven by some unseen force, Frisk stabbed Sans with their knife. Sans choked and gasped for breath as Frisk twisted the knife inside Sans before pulling it out and calmly walking away, wiping their knife on their shirt.
“I-I guess I w-was wrong. We w-were never r-really friends, w-were we?” choked Sans, causing Frisk to stop in their tracks. “Y-you know… I secretly hoped w-we could b-be friends… th-that all you needed t-to be h-happy was s-some g-good food, s-some b-bad laughs, and s-some great friends… but you… y-you’re the kind of p-person who w-will never be h-happy… like C-Chara…”
With what little strength he had left, Sans managed to pull himself up. “W-well, I’m going to G-Grillby’s,” he said as he began to limp away. Feeling his body start to crumble into dust, Sans uttered one final sentence.
“Papyrus, you want anything?”
…
???
Sans’ eyes flew open at the sound of a large explosion. Quickly looking around, Sans realized that he was in a forest in the middle of the night as a thousand thoughts ran through his mind.
Where am I? What’s going on? How am I still alive? thought the slain skeleton in a panic.
”Relax, Sans. I brought you here.”
Sans looked behind him to see a small white dog wearing some kind of device walking up behind him from a small crater. Sans recognized the dog immediately. They called him “The Annoying Dog.” Nobody really knew much of anything about him, but for some ridiculous reason, some people thought he was the creator of their world.
The dog began barking what sounded like a sentence, which the device attached to his collar translated. ”I have saved your soul and sent you here, to this world, where you will be able to start anew,” the device said in a robotic voice.
“But, why?” asked Sans, feeling a little foolish to be talking to a dog.
”Because you’re the only one who can stop what’s coming. Namely, Chara and… your father,” explained the Annoying Dog.
“Chara’s dead. They died, like, two hours before Asriel did,” said Sans.
”No, Sans, they’re alive. They live on in Frisk’s body. They tried to do the same to young Asriel, but failed. But, now, they are destroying timeline after timeline, and they’re heading this way. You’re the only one strong enough to defeat them and save Frisk. However, that being said, your old body has degraded into dust, and in any case it would be unsuitable for this world. Behold, your new form,” said the dog, before shaking himself off, sending small bits of crystal flying from his fur, which reformed almost instantly into a full-length mirror.
Sans let out a gasp at the form that stared back at him. No longer was he a short, pudgy skeleton. Instead, a tall human teenage boy of around 16 or 17 with pale skin, icy blue eyes, a mop of white hair, and wearing a blue jacket with a white fur collar, a set of dog tags on a necklace, a gray shirt, black pants with a black leather belt, and black and white tennis shoes stared back at him.
“I… I’m… human…” said Sans as he began to feel his face and body.
”Yes, Sans. You are now Samuel Gaster, a 16-year old Junior at Canterlot High School. As a matter of fact, your first day is two months from now, a few days before their First Annual Musical Showcase. Don’t worry, though Sans, you may be human, but you still have all of the abilities you had as a skeleton. And don’t worry about living arrangements,” said the Annoying Dog, answering Sans’ unasked question. ”I’ve taken care of everything, just follow the address on your motorcycle licence. Now, if I were you, I’d head up to the school. Tonight’s the Fall Formal, and it’d be a good chance for you to meet some people and make some friends. If you’ll excuse me, I must attend Gabe the Dog’s funeral. I’m the keynote speaker, as he was a close personal friend of mine.”
With a single loud bark, the Annoying Dog vanished into thin air. Sans, seeing no other option, snapped his finger and teleported away to Canterlot High.
…
Canterlot High School-Gymnasium.
It was 11:00 on Friday night at Canterlot High School and everybody was jamming out to music provided by DJ-PON3, aka Vinyl Scratch, and the Thunderbolts, a garage rock band leg by Flash Sentry, who was a nice guy, but wasn't very popular for some reason. Among those on the dance floor was a teenage girl with lavender skin, blue hair with a pink highlight, and purple eyes. This was Twilight Sparkle, and she was in actuality a pony princess from the alternate world of Equestria on a mission to reclaim her crown, which had been stolen from her by the devious Sunset Shimmer, who would stop at what seemed like nothing to make sure she was the one who won the crown, which had been mistaken as the crown given to the Princess of the Fall Formal.
Unfortunately for Miss Shimmer, however, Twilight had managed to overcome the odds and win over the school. In the minds of most of the students, it was merely a formality that kept Twilight from her well-deserved crown.
But, that didn't keep Twilight from worrying. Not once had she seen Sunset or her flunkies, Snips and Snails, that night.
"Has anybody seen Sunset Shimmer?" asked Twilight.
Nearby, a girl around the same age with cyan blue skin and a rainbow colored hairdo and rose-colored eyes wearing a dress that matched her hair named Rainbow Dash boogied over to Twilight. "Maybe she was too embarrassed to show! She's gotta know you won by a landslide!" she said.
Twilight frowned. "Yeah... maybe," she muttered.
As Flash and his band wound down their music, Principal Celestia, a woman with chalk white skin, yellow eyes, and long hair colored bright blue, pink, and green wearing a cream colored jacket, a purple bodysuit, and high heels took the stage.
"First off, I want to say how wonderful everything looks tonight. You all did a magnificent job pulling things together after the unfortunate events of earlier," said Celestia. "And now, without further ado, I'd like to announce the winner of this year's Fall Formal Crown," she continued as her sister, Vice Principal Luna, who had blue skin and shimmering blue hair and wore a crescent moon necklace, a purple shirt, blue jeans, and black dress shoes as she carried a chest onto the stage that contained a golden tiara that had a pink star-shaped gem embedded in the top along with an envelope.
"The Princess of this year's Fall Formal is..." said Principal Celestia as she opened the envelope amid tension thick enough for a knife to cut through.
"Twilight Sparkle!"
And the whole school went nuts as Twilight took the stage to receive her crown. "Congratulations, Twilight," said Celestia, placing the crown upon Twilight's head.
But, it would be a short-lived moment of glory as the next moment, a voice screamed.
"TWILIGHT! HELP!"
"Spike?" said Twilight, looking through the crowd until she spotted her purple and green dragon turned purple and green dog getting stolen by Snips and Snails, despite the little pup's attempts to fight back. "They've got Spike!" yelled Twilight as she jumped off the stage and took off after the dognappers, crashing into a locker as they rounded a corner.
Right behind Twilight were her friends, Rainbow Dash, a cowgirl with tan skin and blonde hair named Applejack, a beautiful fashionista with chalk white skin and curly purple hair named Rarity, a pink skinned party animal with bushy pink hair named Pinkie Pie, and a yellow skinned nature lover with light pink hair named Fluttershy. Together, the six teenagers chased Snips and Snails past Trixie Lulamoon as she got peanut butter crackers out of a vending machine and out of a side entrance and around to the front of the school where a large statue of a horse was.
"That's close enough!" barked a cruel sounding voice.
That voice belonged to Sunset Shimmer, who, like Twilight, was a pony posing as a teenage girl with fiery red and yellow skin, orange skin, and light blue eyes wearing a black leather jacket, a hot pink blouse, an orange, hot pink, and yellow skirt, and black and hot pink knee-length leather boots. In her hands was a sledgehammer, poised to smash the statue. The statue also doubled as a portal back to Equestria, the world both Twilight and Sunset were from.
Twilight and her friends stopped dead in their tracks as Sunset got ready to swing her hammer. "Not another move, or I'll smash it!" threatened Sunset.
"Twilight-" said Spike, before Snails clamped the dog's muzzle shut.
"Don't hurt him!" said Twilight.
"Oh, I wouldn't dream of it," said Sunset, a smug look on her face. "I'm not a monster, Twilight. Let him go," Sunset ordered Snips and Snails, who gave her a confused look before letting the puppy go, right into the kneeling Twilight's arms.
"You don't belong here, Twilight. Give me the crown and you can go home tonight," said Sunset. "Or you can keep it, and never go home!"
Twilight and her friends gasped in horror at this ultimatum, for each option led to a devastating conclusion: if Twilight gave Sunset the crown, this world would be helpless to stop Sunset from taking over. If she refused, Equestria might not last against potentially devastating threats.
"Tick tock, Twilight. You don't have much time. The portal will be closing on its own in less than an hour," warned Sunset, jerking her head towards the slowly rising full moon in the inky blue sky.
Twilight removed the crown from her head as she tried to find the best possible solution to this problem, her eyes watering before she finally uttered one word.
"No!"
"What?!" yelled Sunset in shock. "Equestria,your friends! Lost to you, forever! Don't you see what I'm about to do to the portal?!"
"Yes, and I've also seen what you've been able to do here WITHOUT magic. Equestria will find a way to survive without my Element of Harmony. This place might not if I allow it to fall into your hands. So, go ahead, destroy the portal! You are not getting this crown!" said Twilight as she stood up and firmly placed the Element on her head.
Sunset glared at Twilight, before she dropped the sledgehammer. "Fine. You win," she said as if she couldn't care less.
Twilight smiled as her friends surrounded her cheering for her victory.
"You're so awesome!" squealed Rainbow.
"Ah can't believe you were gonna do that fer us," said Applejack with a southern drawl.
"It's no wonder you're a real live princess," said Rarity with an accent that one would expect to find amongst a group of high society people.
Unbeknownst to the group of girls, each bit of praise they gave Twilight drove Sunset closer and closer to blowing her top, until finally, with Rarity's comment, Sunset spat out in pure rage, "OH, YES, SHE'S SO VERY SPECIAL!" before she lunged at Twilight, knocking her to the ground and knocking the crown off her head.
The crown bounced once, twice, three times before it landed away from them. As Twilight held onto Sunset Shimmer in an attempt to keep her from grabbing the crown, Spike leapt in and grabbed it.
Sunset Shimmer growled in rage. "Grab him, you fools!" she snarled at Snips and Snails.
On their boss' command, Snips and Snails took off after Spike, only to be out ran by Sunset herself as she chased the purple and green puppy to the front doors of the school.
"Spike! Spike!"
Hearing Rainbow's call, Spike tossed the crown to her, thus beginning one big game of keep away. Rainbow used some fancy footwork to avoid Snips and Snails from grabbing the crown from her, before tossing it to Fluttershy, off of whom it bounced off into her hands. Upon seeing the crowd of people heading towards her, Fluttershy was immobilized by fear. A quick-thinking Applejack used a lasso, albeit one used with rope from who-knew-where, and pulled Fluttershy out of the way of the mob, but also causing her to drop the Element, which was then picked up by Snips, only for it to be snatched by Pinkie Pie, who then passed it along to Applejack, who passed it to Rarity, who passed it to Twilight, who threw it directly over her head.
"I'll take that!" said Sunset as she caught the crown out of the air. Giggling crazily, Sunset grinned as she looked at the crown in her hands. "At last... more power than I could ever imagine!"
With that, Sunset Shimmer placed the crown upon her head. Almost instantly, powerful waves of magical energy came roaring through Sunset's body as she held onto the crown for dear life, before a powerful blast of magical energy lifted her into the air, transforming her orange skin into a blood red color as a tail and demonic black and red wings grew out from her back and her hands turned into razor-sharp claws, as well as drawing the whole school out to watch the spectacle.
Where only a moment before stood a beautiful teenage girl now hovered a raging she-demon.
As Sunset looked over her new form, she let out a demonic laugh, before turning Snips and Snails into demons themselves.
"This is gonna be SO cool!" giggled Demon-Snips as Demon-Snails hissed at the girls, who slowly backed up, ready to fight them off if they had to.
Meanwhile, Sunset Shimmer had turned her attention to the frightened school people. "I've had to jump through so many hoops tonight, just to get my hands on this crown, when it really should've been mine all along!" said Sunset, her voice now dark and demonic. "But let's let bygones be bygones. I am your princess now! And you will be loyal... to ME!"
On her last words, Sunset used her dark magic to tear a gaping hole in the front of the school entrance causing the gathered students to panic and flee in terror. Nobody got very far however, before Sunset used her magic again, this time to brainwash them into becoming her mindless minions.
"Round them up and bring them to the portal," Sunset ordered Snips and Snails, who saluted and left to do Sunset's bidding. Sunset, meanwhile, attended to the teenage girls and dog outside. "Spoiler alert: I was bluffing when I said I was going to destroy the portal. I don't want to rule this pathetic little high school! I want Equestria! And with my own little teenage army behind me, I'm going to get it!"
Twilight gave a small gasp of shock when she spotted Flash Sentry among the zombified crowd, before she regained her firm stance. "No. You're not!" she said.
"Oh, please! What exactly are you going to do to stop me?! I have magic, and you have NOTHING!"snarled Sunset, her hair momentarily turning into a tuft of actual fire.
"She has us!" said Rainbow Dash as she and the others ran up to stand behind Twilight, who looked back behind her and smiled.
Sunset glared at the ensemble before laughing. "Gee, the gang really is all back together again!" she chuckled, wiping a tear from her eye, before charging up a massive ball of fire. "Now, step aside! Twilight has tried to interfere with my plans one too many times already! She needs to be dealt with!"
With that, Sunset launched the fireball at Twilight, her friends tried to shield her from the attack only for the fireball to increase in size, but before it could hit them, a bone appeared out of thin air and took the blast.
”Huh?! What?!” snarled Sunset, looking wildly around. ”Who dares defy the Princess?!”
“I dare.”
Out of the shadows emerged what looked like a teenage boy of around 16 or 17 with pale skin, icy blue eyes, a mop of white hair, and wearing a blue jacket with a white fur collar, a set of dog tags on a necklace, a gray shirt, black pants with a black leather belt, and black and white tennis shoes. A bold grin was on his face.
”Who the Hell are you?! And what’s with the grin?” snarled Sunset.
The boy chuckled. “Life’s been good to me. Name’s Samuel Gaster, but everybody calls me Sans. And it looks like I’m gonna have to knock some sanity into ya. I’d take cover if I were you." Sans said to the group of six girls.
“Now hold on just a minute, who the hay are you and what are you doing here?” said Twilight.
"And what makes you think you can give us orders?!" demanded Rainbow Dash.
“I just said, my name's Samuel Gaster, but you can call me Sans. As for what makes me think I can give you orders, perhaps you'd rather I let her vaporize you? Now get behind some cover," said Sans before summoning what looked like a large animal skull. The skull, called a Gaster-Blaster, fired and energy blast at the six girls, blasting a hole in the ground directly in front of their feet. "Now."
The girls and dog gulped in terror before darting off to find some place to hide.
"As for you, my she-demon friend..." Sans said, looking Sunset Shimmer dead in the eye. “As for you… you’re gonna have a bad time.”
Sunset snarled and yelled, ”Get him, you fools!”
“On it, Your Majesty!” said Demon-Snails before he and Demon-Snips attempted to bum-rush Sans, who merely summoned two Gaster-Blasters and opened fire, sending the two henchmen flying through the school and out the other side, angering Sunset Shimmer.
”Kneel before Sunset!” the she-demon yelled before firing a blast of dark magic at Sans who merely teleported out of the way and re-appeared in midair, a few bones aimed at Sunset.
“Take this!” yelled Sans, launching the bones.
Sunset was able to avoid the first two, but the third was able to catch her in the chest, knocking her out of the sky and onto the ground. As Sunset pulled herself up out of the ground, she noticed that she felt drained and weak, almost like she’d been poisoned somehow.
”Gragh! What did you do to me?!” snarled Sunset.
“Oh, that. That’s a little specialty of mine called Karmic Retribution. Basically, it takes all those sins you’ve got crawling on your back and makes them like a poison. Don’t worry, though, you won’t die. I’ve no intentions to kill you. I’m just trying to knock some sanity back into you,” said Sans as he landed back on the ground.
Sunset snarled and fired multiple beams of dark magic at Sans, who teleported out of the way of each and every one, getting closer to Sunset with each warp.
“Ally Oop!” said Sans as he warped over Sunset’s head and stomped on it. Growling in anger, Sunset delivered a vicious backhand to Sans, which sent him flying into the wall.
“And now we end this!” snarled Sunset as she charged up a beam of magic… or at least tried to and failed. ”Wha-? Where?” Sunset said, feeling her head for the crown, which had vanished from her head.
“Lose something?” asked Sans, a grin on his face as he tossed what was unmistakably Twilight’s crown back to the group of girls who stood up to Sunset. Rainbow Dash caught it effortlessly.
“No! No!” said Sunset Shimmer as her voice returned to normal, her body following suit as her spells began to fade away.
“And now…” said Sans, jumping into the air and summoning one of his Gaster-Blasters.
“Geeeeeeettttt dunked on!”
The beam of energy from Sans’ Gaster-Blaster drove nailed the weakening Sunset and created a large crater in front of the school. Sunset Shimmer, now back to normal, briefly opened her eyes and tried to pull herself up, only to pass out again.
“Well, that takes care of that. See you all in a couple weeks!” said Sans as he teleported away.
Twilight and her friends gathered around the crater where Sunset Shimmer lay.
“Talk about ending the party with a bang,” said Spike.
“I’ll say. Who was that guy? Where did he come from? And where did he get those weapons?” said Twilight.
"Yer guess is as good as ours, Twilight. But, shouldn't ya'll get goin' back home? That there portal is gonna close soon," said Applejack.
Twilight sighed. As much as she wanted to investigate that mysterious Sans character, she knew that she had a duty to Equestria that came first. Besides, her friends there needed her too. "I need to ask you girls a favor.”
“Sure, Twilight, anythin,’” said Applejack.
“I need you to look after Sunset Shimmer. Something tells me she doesn’t know the first thing about friendship, but you can teach her. And I have a feeling that she’s gonna need friends more than ever after this.”
“You can count on us, Twilight!” said Rainbow Dash. The rest of the group nodded in agreement and made noises of consent.
“However, I do expect some sort of apology for last Spring’s debacle,” said Rarity.
Twilight and Spike chuckled. Spike pulled on Twilight’s stocking and pointed at the moon. “Looks like it’s time for us to go.” Twilight said sadly.
The six friends group hugged one last time, before Twilight and Spike departed through the portal concealed inside the statue. Pinkie Pie attempted to run after them, only to run face-first into stone.
“Aw, bummer!” said Pinkie Pie.
...
Canterlot City-Alleyway between 5th and 7th street
Almost the very same instant as Sans appeared out of thin air, a wave of nausea and weakness washed over him, causing him to fall flat onto his face.
Strange... never had this before. Then again, I was never a human before either, thought Sans as he began to crawl further into the alleyway and managed to pull himself up to rest on the wall. Closing his eyes for a moment, Sans mind began to race
Summoning my Gaster-Blasters and bones never took that much effort before either, nor did my teleportation... maybe this new body needs to adapt to my powers before I can do any serious dunking. Wonder how long that's gonna take. More importantly, I wonder what happens next in this new life of mine, thought Sans before he chuckled a little. What was going to happen next was anyone's guess, but he knew one thing for sure. The Fallen Child was coming.
And Sans needed to be ready.
Author's Note
Whoo! This was probably my longest opening chapter to date! I had to pull an all-nighter last night just to get this thing done! My hand is really sore! Anyways, that's all for today, kiddies! Be sure to like, fave, follow, and comment! And remember: dying is easy, comedy is hard!
Chapter 2: First Day of School (Currently being edited)
Chapter 2: First Day of School
Two months had passed since the Fall Formal. Nobody really seemed to know who or what had saved them from Sunset Shimmer’s rampage and freed them from her spells. All they really knew was that when they woke up, Sunset Shimmer was lying unconscious in a crater, in her normal form once more.
But, there was no time to dwell on that now. The First Annual CHS Musical Showcase was close at hand, and everyone wanted to help get ready for it… including a reformed Sunset Shimmer.
Sunset was a little worse for wear after the Fall Formal. After she’d gotten the shit kicked out of her, she learned that her leg was injured the the point where she’d need to walk with a leg brace and a cane for the rest of her life. Even more damaged than her leg was Sunset’s reputation at CHS. Everybody outside of Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity Belle, Fluttershy, and Applejack hated Sunset Shimmer for that stunt she pulled.
Indeed, as the rest of the school worked on making posters for the showcase, not one of the students who’d volunteered wanted Sunset Shimmer’s help. Well, no one except…
“Sunset Shimmer! Over here!” called Pinkie Pie. She, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Applejack were putting the finishing touches on a poster for the Musical Showcase.
Sunset heaved a sigh as she made her way over to the girls, whispers and angry mutters following her as she went.
“I had no idea the whole school would be here,” said Sunset Shimmer in a dejected sort of voice.
Rarity and Pinkie held up their completed poster. “Quite the eye catching advertisement if I do say so myself,” said Rarity.
“And it smells like cake!” added Pinkie.
“It does?” asked Fluttershy, trying to sniff the poster.
Pinkie stuck the poster right up against Fluttershy’s nose. “I used frosting instead of paste!” she cheerfully exclaimed as she moved the poster away, leaving Fluttershy with a big blue dot of frosting on her nose.
“Uh, Fluttershy, you got a little somethin’ uh…” said Applejack, pointing at her face.
Fluttershy wiped her hand on her cheek, wiping up some of the frosting that had gotten on there, but missed the big blotch on her nose.
“Did I get it?” Fluttershy asked her friends.
“Not exactly,” said Applejack.
As Sunset cleaned off Fluttershy’s face with a tissue, Principal Celestia and Vice-Principal Luna entered the gymnasium.
“Good afternoon students! I just wanted to tell you how pleased I am that so many of you are going to be participating in the first-ever Canterlot High School Musical Showcase!” said Principal Celestia.
The whole gymnasium let out a cheer.
“This is a wonderful opportunity to raise money for all our afterschool programs here at CHS, so keep working on those signs and posters. I think it’s going to be one of the most exciting events we’ve had a CHS since the Fall Formal,” said Celestia.
At this, everyone except Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie glared daggers at Sunset Shimmer, who promptly look extremely uncomfortable and slid down the folded-up stands and wept.
…
Later that day, Sunset, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie were in the Band classroom. While the Rainbooms were getting ready to practice, Sunset was thinking about how the rest of the school hated her.
“Ugh, I am NEVER gonna live that down!” Sunset groaned aloud.
“You were pretty bad at the Fall Formal,” said Fluttershy.
“A demon. I turned into a raging she-demon.” Sunset said with an a look on her face that suggested she was not amused.
“And tried to turn everyone here into teenage zombies for your own personal army!” Pinkie Pie added, making Sunset feel even worse.
“Oh, darling, we’ve forgiven you for your past…” Rarity paused for a moment as she searched for the right word. “..boo-boos.”
“To be honest, Ah say the whole experience brought everyone at Canterlot High together closer than ever before,” said Applejack as she tuned her guitar.
“One, two, three, four!” yelled Pinkie, clacking her drumsticks together as she spoke.
As the five girls played their song, their bodies began to undergo a strange transformation. Their hair extended and seemed to take on the form of an equine tail as horse ears that seemed to be the same color as their skin emerged on the top of their heads. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy grew feathered wings that looked like they could support their weight if they used them.
Once the girls finished their song, the ears and wings vanished and their hair returned to its normal length. As Sunset gave them a round of applause, Rarity let out an excited squeal.
“I still can’t believe that happens when we play! I’ve got to look into some new accessories, something that looks good in a longer ponytail… ooh! And maybe some clip-on earrings for when I get those adorable pony ears!” said Rarity.
“Ah just wonder why it happens. Princess Twilight took her crown back to Equestria. Shouldn’t that mean she took her magic back with ‘er? And why is it affecting us? It wasn’t like we were usin’ it against Sunset or anythin.’ It was that guy with all the superpowers who beat her,” said Applejack.
“I wonder whatever happened to him. You don’t think that he attends Crystal Prep, do you?” said Rarity
“Pfft, who cares how or why it happens, or what happened to that guy who kicked Sunset’s ass! No offense,” said Rainbow.
“None taken,” said Sunset.
“Point is, It makes my band totally awesome!”
“Your band?” said Rarity, seeming somewhat offended.
“Duh! It was my idea to start the Rainbooms so we could be in the showcase!” said Rainbow. “Plus, I’m the lead singer and guitarist.”
Before Rarity could respond, however, there was a knock on the Band Room door. Though it walked a boy with dark blue hair, a black jacket with a red and white stripe across it and a white shirt that bore the image of a blue shield and a lightning bolt on the front, blue jeans, and black and white tennis shoes entered the room.
“Heard you guys outside,” said Brad “Flash” Sentry. “You guys are sounding really tight.”
“Uh, we’re gettin’ there. Rarity’s still coming in a little late on the second verse, and Applejack’s bass solo could use a little work. They’ll get it together in time for the showcase,” said Rainbow, causing Rarity and Applejack to glare daggers at her.
“Uh, I don’t suppose any of our friends from… out of town... might come, it being a special charity event and all?” said Brad.
“Sorry, Flash, Ah don’t think Twilight’s gonna be back at Canterlot High anytime soon,” said Applejack.
Brad chuckled nervously. “Okay, thought I’d ask. Keep on rockin’ it!” he said, walking backwards into a wall as he spoke, before going out the door.
“Well, someone is quite the smitten kitten,” said Rarity, before she realized Sunset Shimmer was there. “Oh, I’m sorry, I always forget that you and Flash used to be an item,” she told Sunset.
“It’s okay. Flash is a great guy and all, but I never really liked him liked him. I was just using him to become more popular,” said Sunset. “Ugh, the old me was just awful, wasn’t she?”
The Rainbooms all muttered and nodded in agreement at Sunset’s statement.
“But, the important thing is that you’ve turned yourself around,” said Applejack, placing a hand on Sunset’s shoulder.
“Thanks, Applejack, but I’m not sure that everyone else at CHS feels the same way,” said Sunset.
A beep was heard from the intercom. ”Sunset Shimmer, please report to the main foyer,” said the school secretary's voice over the speaker.
“Gotta run. I volunteered to show some new students around the school. Thought it’d be good for them to get to know the new me before they hear all the stuff about the old me,” said Sunset, giving the Rainbooms a hopeful smile as she left.
Rainbow turned to face the rest of her band. “We’ve still got a few minutes before lunch starts. Whaddya say we do ‘As Awesome As I Wanna Be,’” she said.
“Um, Rainbow Dash, I was wondering if maybe we could do the song I wrote?” asked Fluttershy.
“We’ll get to it,” said Rainbow dismissively as she slung her guitar over her shoulder.
“Oh, um, okay,” said Fluttershy, sounding disappointed as Rainbow played a few chords on her guitar.
…
Out in the main foyer, Sunset Shimmer approached what appeared to be a group of figures standing in front of the main entrance.
“Hi, are you the students I’m supposed to show around?” asked Sunset.
“We are,” said a female voice as a trio of girls emerged from the shadows. The one who spoke had a smug look on her face and bushy orange and yellow hair and wore a navy and lavender blouse with a matching skirt and leggings, a yellow belt, and knee-length navy boots. The girl on her immediate right also had a smug look and purple and mint green pigtails. She wore a turquoise vest with a white blouse underneath, purple pants with a grey belt, and purple boots, while the girl on the immediate left had a turquoise and purple ponytail and seemed to be a bit nervous. She wore a maroon shirt, a pink skirt, and maroon and grey boots. All three of them wore necklaces with what looked like a ruby embedded in them.
“Hey, what am I, chopped liver?” asked a male voice that was all too familiar to Sunset. Out of the shadows emerged a tall human teenage boy of around 16 or 17 with pale skin, icy blue eyes, a mop of white hair, and wearing a blue jacket with a white fur collar, a set of dog tags on a necklace, a gray shirt, black pants with a black leather belt, and black and white tennis shoes.
He smiled as he looked at Sunset, who had a look of blatant shock on her face. “You and I were never properly introduced the last time we met. Name’s Samuel Gaster, but everybody calls me Sans,” said Sans as he held out his hand.
“Sunset Shimmer,” said Sunset as she took Sans’ hand, only for what sounded like a fart to emerge.
“Heh, the old whoopee-cushion-in-the-hand trick,” said Sans, holding up his hand to reveal a deflated whoopee cushion. “Never fails.”
Sunset couldn’t help but chuckle as she turned to face the three girls. “And what are your names?” she asked them.
“Adagio Dazzle,” said the orange-haired girl.
“Aria Blaze,” said the girl with pigtails.
“Sonata Dusk,” said the girl with the ponytail.
“Well, shall we begin the tour?” asked Sunset.
“Yes, let’s,” said Adagio.
“Canterlot High is a great school, you’re really gonna love it,” said Sunset as she led the four newcomers down the hall.
“Oh, yes, we really sense there’s something… magical... about this place,” said Adagio.
…
As the tour continued, Sunset pointed out the various classrooms and facilities in the school.
“That’s the science lab,” said Sunset. “Computer lab is in there,” she continued, indicating the door as she spoke. “Oh, we’re having a big musical showcase this weekend. The whole school is pretty much rallying around it,” she added as they passed by a poster for the Showcase.
“A musical showcase?” asked Adagio, getting a wicked gleam in her eyes as she looked back at the other girls, both of whom got devious grins on their faces.
“You know, if it’s not too late to sign up, I think I might just take part in that,” said Sans, sounding interested. “I play a mean trombone myself, and I think it’d be a good way for me to get to know some people here.”
“Well, I’m sure Principal Celestia would let you all sign up if you’re interested,” said Sunset.
“Well, we have been known to sing from time to time,” said Aria as if she couldn’t care less.
“Hello! We sing like all the time! It’s how we get people to do what we want!” said Sonata.
Both Sans and Sunset raised an eyebrow while Adagio growled angrily at Sonata.
“What did I say?” asked Sonata.
“What you meant to say was that you agree with Cans over here, being in a Musical Showcase sounds like a great way to meet other students,” said Adagio.
“My name is Sans,” said Sans, his eyes seeming to turn just a shade darker.
“Whatever.”
“Ooh, yeah, that’s what I mean to say. What she said is what I mean to say,” said Sonata.
“And what you would have said is the you are the worst,” said Aria.
“You are!” Sonata spat back.
“You’ll have to excuse them, they’re idiots,” said Adagio.
“Hmph!”
Sunset and Sans glanced at each other, both of them clearly feeling that there was something off about these girls.
“Really? I thought they were being charming,” said Sans.
Sunset, meanwhile, noticed the necklaces the girls were wearing. “Those are pretty. Where did you-” said Sunset, reaching for Adagio’s necklace, only to have her hand grabbed, much to Sunset’s alarm.
Adagio chuckled nervously. “Sorry,” she said. “It’s just that these gems mean an awful lot to us. We’d just hate to have anything happen to them.”
With that, Adagio and Aria walked away, leaving Sonata standing there like an idiot, before one of the Adagio grabbed there and pulled her along.
“You get the feeling that there’s something off about those girls?” Sans asked Sunset.
“Yeah, do you?” asked Sunset.
“Yep. Well, I’m hungry. Which way’s the lunchroom?”
…
As Sans made his way through the lunch line, he couldn't help but feel more than a little awkward at the sight of the food on his tray, which consisted of some kind of meat inserted between what seemed to be a large chip shaped into some kind of bun with some kind of shredded green something, a shredded yellow and white something, and a diced red something, which was apparently called a "taco." Also on his tray was a red fruit of some kind. Before long he had reached a cooler containing what appeared to be a variety of small cartons. Sans picked the blue variety, punched in his lunch code, 2016, and made his way to the condiment table and grabbed two fistfuls of ketchup packets, before making his way to a solitary table to sit by himself. He opened the carton and peered inside. It held what seemed to be a white drink of some kind. Sans took a cautious sip of the drink and smacked his lips.
Not bad, thought Sans before he took a full-on drink and looked at the label, which read Kemp's 2% milk.
Huh. So this is what humans drink, thought Sans before he took another swig. Setting the milk down, Sans picked up the taco and sniffed it carefully, before taking a bite.
Wow, this is good! Better than Paps' spaghetti... sorry, Paps, thought Sans as he took another, larger bite. And now for the real headliner, thought Sans as he took one of his ketchup packets, opened it, and took a long slurp from it, causing those around him to cast weird looks at him. Taking note of this, Sans merely shrugged and continued eating.
It wasn’t long, however, before Sans found himself joined by Sunset Shimmer, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack,and Fluttershy.
Sans smiled. “I was wondering if you’d be looking for me after what happened a couple of months ago. I imagine you must have some questions for me,” he said.
“Yeah, we’ve got a couple questions,” said Rainbow. “Like, how in the Hell can you teleport and summon laser blasters shaped like monster skulls?”
“Oh, I can do more than that. I can use telekinesis, chronokinesis, and manipulate gravity. However, these days my powers take a little bit more of a toll on me than they used to,” said Sans.
“And that would be because why?” asked Applejack.
“Let’s just say this isn’t my first body. If you want the full story, come to this address after school,” said Sans, pulling out a piece of paper and putting down his address. “But, enough about me, why don’t you girls tell me a little bit about yourselves? I have a funny feeling that we’re going to be spending a lot of time together.”
…
Meanwhile, outside the lunchroom, Adagio, Sonata, and Aria were standing there, getting ready to make a big entrance.
“This is it, girls, the moment we’ve been waiting for,” said Adagio.
“Lunch?” said Sonata, an eager and excited smile on her face.
Adagio groaned in frustration. “A chance to get our true Equestrian magic back.”
“Oh. Right,” said Sonata.
“Our voices are just strong enough to make them want something so badly, they’ll fight to get it,” said Adagio.
“So, we’re just going to do what we always do? Stir up some trouble and feed off the negative energy? Some plan, Adagio,” said Aria.
“It won’t be the same as the times before! There is Equestrian magic here. Their negative energy will give us the power we need to get this entire world do our bidding,” said Adagio, a wicked gleam in her eyes forming as she spoke.
“We can get lunch after, though, right? It’s Taco Tuesday!” said Sonata excitedly.
“Just follow my lead,” said Adagio.
“Or my lead,” said Aria.
“MY lead,” said Adagio, glaring daggers at Aria as she grabbed ahold of her shirt.
“So… does this happen a lot here?!” Sans shouted to make himself heard.
“Not usually, no!” shouted Rainbow Dash.
Author's Note
At last! The chapter is complete! Victory song time!
Now, before I sign off, show of comments, who wants me to have Sans say this to Brad/Flash Sentry?
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