Author's Note

I'm back folks. And I kept my promise...kind of. I'm about a month off but who's counting? Anyway, I needed to take some time off but I'm reading to get back into the thick of things.

Edit: In case people didn't realize, I made a couple changes...

Chapter 1

It was another scorcher in Canterlot, hitting over a hundred degrees for the second time this week. While many stayed inside basking in the coolness of their air conditioning systems, others were unfortunate, or daring, to be out in the city. Sunny Flare just happened to be one of those people.

Thankfully, since the school term was officially over she didn’t have to worry about wearing her uniform but even in wearing jeans and a t-shirt she should’ve been sweating bullets…but it may as well have been been seventy out because she felt just fine. Maybe that was a side effect of her newly discovered power.

It seemed strange that only a few weeks ago she was just a normal girl going to a normal school (if anyone considered Crystal Prep normal). Now it was summer and honestly she wished she was either inside or down at the beach, But right now she had no time to think about vacation; she was focused on one important objective as her eyes constantly gazed back and forth around her surroundings.

It wasn’t that she was nervous, but she was alert nonetheless. She was leaning against the wall of one of the buildings on the corner of Main and Magnolia Street, watching people and traffic go by on their daily commutes. Everything seemed calm, at least for the moment.

Then it happened. A slight shimmer in the air, something most people wouldn’t have noticed. But Sunny did, since this wasn’t the first time she experienced this phenomenon. She then pulled out her phone and dialed the number she currently had on speed dial. “It’s coming,” she said, without any proper greeting. The person on the receiving end hung up without an answer.

The shimmer soon evolved into a spectacle as the air around it became distorted and was now getting much more attention from passerbys. Sunny then stepped forward, brandishing the metal baton she kept in her jeans pocket. In times like this she wished she had her baseball bat instead but carrying that around would’ve given her unwanted attention. At least mores than what she was about to get now.

The distortion soon tore open and for a moment all that could be seen was some pink background that could only be described as some sort of limbo before something very large came through. Sunny had spent the past couple of weeks studying up on her mythological creatures and she could instantly identify the creature.

The creature was about twenty feet tall and looked everything like a mole, except much uglier and scarier. I was hoping it would be a tad bit…smaller, Sunny thought. She sighed as she stepped forward. “Hey ugly!”

The maulwurf (as it was properly called) suddenly looked down at her with its beady eyes. “Yeah you,” she said calmly. “Look, we both know how this is gonna go down. You’re gonna smash stuff, we’re going to get into a fight which you’ll eventually lose and then your whole pride as a monster is put at jeopardy.”

The maulwurf’s only response was to roar in her face. Sunny held her ground even when the creature’s breath was enough to make her gag. “Yeah well that’s how it’s gonna go so how about you do us all a favor and crawl back into your little portal and go home. I don’t even know how you’re even getting here after all-”

Suddenly a shot rang out nearby and the maulwurf suddenly fell backwards with a small hole right between its eyes. Sunny sighed in relief. “Took you long enough, I thought for a moment I would have to actually fight the damn thing.”

A girl with pigtails, horn-rimmed glasses and carrying a rifle much older than she was walked up to her. “I had every bit of confidence you could’ve handled it completely without me,” Sugarcoat said with a wry smile. It was weird not seeing her wear either her usual uniform or even a blouse, instead actually wearing a t-shirt and shorts. “Still, it’s nice to put father’s Winchester to good use every once in awhile…”

“I guess Twilight’s device actually worked,” Sunny said. “Though I like she needs to recalibrate a few things…like the exact location in downtown instead of just ‘downtown.’”

“I just got a text from Sour and Lemon, they’re on their way back from Manehattan.”

Sunny groaned. “We can’t possibly cover this much ground with so few people. Why can’t these other schools suddenly have students with magical powers?”

“At the rate we’re going, that’s probably not too far out,” Sugarcoat stated.

“Well anyway, what are we going to do about-?” Sunny was cut off as the maulwurf suddenly groaned and slowly got to its feet. “Seriously!? You shot that thing dead center!”

“Hmm…it must have a thicker skull than I predicted,” Sugarcoat noted. “I knew I should’ve brought the ’80 instead…”

“Okay, so what’s plan B?” Sunny said as the two of them backed away slowly. “Please don’t use me as some sort of distraction.”

“In this situation, a rifle wouldn’t do much good,” Sugarcoat said as she pulled her two pistols from her holsters. “Get ready, I’m literally going to shoot his eyes out.”

“With a metal baton!? Maybe if he was human sized I’d actually do some damage.”

“Then beat it like it owes you money.” There was a slight pause. “Um…sorry. Sour’s mannerisms are finally getting to me.”

“Just shoot the damn thing already!”

Sugarcoat didn’t hesitate as she pulled both triggers and true to her word, the giant mole screeched in pain as it was now completely blinded. Sunny meanwhile charged forward and started smashing her baton into its face. “I told you this would happen, now you’re gonna regret not going home!”

Sunny admittedly wasn’t the strongest girl but her attacks would’ve easily knocked out any regular human being. The maulwurf was only dazed by the flurry of attacks but that would be enough. “You want me to keep beating him senselessly!?”

“No, I got this…” Sugarcoat said as she took the muzzle of her gun and jammed it into the creature’s mouth. “Sunny, turn your head away.”

“Wait what the fuck-!?” Sunny was cut off again as a bullet suddenly went through the creature’s head, shattering its skull completely. “…Was that really necessary!?”

“Honestly the first shot should’ve killed it so the only other option was to blow it’s head off.” Sugarcoat paused for a few moments. “And I kind of hate rodents and father used to shoot them off the property so yes I do have a bit of bias against them.”

Sunny was surprised she didn’t throw up from the sight of the dead mole but the smell was going to get to her soon enough. She then got out her phone and dialed Twilight’s number. “Hey Twilight, it’s me.”

“Hey Sunny, did anything happen on your end?”

“Yeah…” Sunny glanced at the now dead rodent that slowly started fade away into dark particles. “But it’s taken care of. Anything else come up?”

“No, it’s pretty much gone silent on my end so feel free to come back. I’m sure you girls are hungry so I went ahead and bought lunch.”

“Thanks Twilight, we’ll be there shortly.” Sunny hung up and then glared at Sugarcoat. “You and I are going to have a talk on the way back.”

Sugarcoat rolled her eyes and scoffed. “Yes ma’am…” she said quite sourly as the two of them headed back to where Sugarcoat parked her Benz.

The Canterlot Files