From Xenoverse to Equestria

Parallel Quest Three

Unexpected Visitor

(Canterlot High School)

The school bell rang as students began to rush into the school. Off in the distance, a truck quickly makes its way to the parking lot as Applejack surprisingly parked it perfectly given how they were rushing through traffic and trying not to crash into anyone else on the road.

“Aw, man! We’re late!?” Rainbow Dash asked as she along with her friends quickly hopped out of Applejack’s truck and rushed into the school.

“It’s not a surprise seeing how we had to talk about our new friend from outer space. Still, I kinda feel bad for leaving Sunset with that ruffian.” Rarity said following after Rainbow Dash while trying to avoid some of the students in their way.

“Those are the rules of the nose goes!” Pinkie said as she placed a finger on her nose. “She just wasn’t quick enough. So now she has to pay the price for losing~”

“Maybe we should bring her something as an apology for letting her watch over Belle?” Fluttershy suggested as the others nodded in agreement.

“We’ll pick something up on the way to her place. But for now, let’s just focus on getting to class on time before we are-” Before Rainbow Dash could finish, she soon toppled backward from crashing into someone. “Ow! Watch where you’re going, dude!”

“First of all, I’m not a dude. Second, no running in the hallways Ms. Rainbow Dash.” said a familiar voice as the teen looked up to see that she bumped into Principal Celestia. This caused her along with the others to blink in surprise as Rainbow Dash quickly pulled herself up.

“S-Sorry Principal Celestia. Didn’t mean to bump into you like that.”

“I’m a bit surprised to see you five late for the first period at the same time.” The Principal said as she noticed someone missing from the group. “If you don’t mind me asking, where is Sunset Shimmer?”

“Um...Well...You see Principal Celestia...she’s…”

“She’s sick!” Rarity said, butting in on Rainbow Dash’s explanation. “Nasty case of...um….strep throat!”

“Strep throat?” Celestia asked as she raised an eyebrow.

“Yeah, she sounded sick over the phone. Poor thing was sicker than Apple Bloom getting the chickenpox.” Applejack said as the others agreed with her

“I see...well if that’s the case. Would you mind stopping by her classes to pick up her homework? Just because she’s sick, doesn’t mean she isn’t able to do her work right?”

“O-Oh course. We’ll be sure to do that around lunchtime!” Pinkie Pie said as she heard the second bell ring. “Oh, fudge! We’re late for class!”

“Sorry for cutting this short Principal Celestia, but we gotta go! Bye!” With that, Rainbow Dash and the others quickly rushed off to their class. Celestia continued to watch them for a bit before heading off in the direction of the school parking lot.

“Not that I don’t trust them. But if she does have strep throat, then I’ll stop by her place just to be sure if they’re telling the truth.”

“Sister, where are you going?” Celestia paused upon hearing a familiar voice. Looking over her shoulder, she could see her sister poking her head from behind the office door.

“Just heading over to Sunset’s house. Her friends say that she’s sick with a nasty case of strep throat.”

“You think they’re telling the truth?”

“As much as I want to believe that. I just want to make sure Sunset isn’t doing anything suspicious.”

“If you say so. Just be careful when you get there.” Celestia simply nodded before heading off to her car.

Meanwhile back in the school, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy quickly barreled into the room to their first-period class. They let out loud exhausted pants as the class looked over at them with how they entered the class or due to curiosity as to why they were late. Cranky Doodle turned his attention to the doorway with an unamused expression on his face.

“You’re late. Care to explain why that is?” He asked as Rainbow Dash took a deep breath to explain.

“Principal Celestia stopped us to have a word with her. That’s why we’re late for the most part.” She said before Cranky nodded and motions them to take a seat.

“Next time try to come to school on time instead of being late,” Cranky said as the girls quickly took to their assigned seats. “Now if you all would be so kind as to pull out your homework so we can go over it together, please?” He asked which caused some of the students to groan in annoyance. “Quit your bellyaching. If you have done the work like you were supposed to do, then you wouldn’t be complaining about it.”

“I’m starting to wish I stayed with the alien.” Rainbow Dash said in a low audible tone for the others to hear.

“Well you shouldn’t have placed your finger on your nose~,” Pinkie Pie said in a singsong tone.

“Next time I’m choosing alien sitting duty over going to school if that’s the case.”

“Maybe if you do better at your studies, then you wouldn’t have a problem with school work.” Rarity said, chiming in on the conversation. “But to an important matter at hand, what do we do about the situation with Belle?”

“What about it?” Fluttershy asked.

“We do have stuff outside of school life after all. And we can’t just keep watch over her every time we switch off between the six of us. Someone might find it suspicious that one of us is absent from school due to some odd reason.”

“Not to mention that we can’t use the whole sick excuse every time. And not all the teachers here are not that gullible. Especially if it’s Sunset’s turn to look after her.” Applejack added. “What’s to say none of them would take time out of their schedule to see if she is sick?”

“I...haven’t thought about it to be honest...oh crap. Principal Celestia might be doing that right now!”

“Hey! No whispering while I’m talking Rainbow Dash!” Cranky yelled as he turned his attention to the others. “That also applies to the others. Anyone talking while I’m talking will get after-school detention. Got it!?”

“Yes, Mr. Doodle.” The class said before Cranky snorted and went back to his work.

“We’ll talk about this during lunch.” Applejack said as the others agreed and turned their attention to today’s lesson.

(Sunset’s House)

"So...if I'm getting this correctly. You are a time patroller from a city in another dimension called Conton City. In the city, there are not just other humans like me, but other aliens like you that go on missions to protect the timeline so that nothing disastrous happens to the proper timeline?"

"More or less. I don't understand much of it. But I'm kind of forced to do missions for the Supreme Kai of Time."

"Forced?" Sunset asked as Belle looked off to the side while pressing her pointing fingers together.

"I...prefer not to talk about it. At least not right now." She said as Sunset took notice of Belle's deminer.

"Say no more. I know the feeling all too well." She said before walking over to Belle with another plate of cooked meat and handing it over to the Saiyan. "I won't press the issue until you want to talk about it."

"Thanks." She said before quickly devouring the steak in less than a couple of seconds, for a girl who was about the same height as Applejack's sister, she sure had a huge appetite, this was Belle's tenth piece of meat that she cooked. Then again it shouldn't surprise her given how Belle was an alien from another world. "I'm a bit surprised that you have a lot of food inside that refrigerator of yours."

"You can thank the food pantry that I go to. Can't spend a lot of my own money on certain foods seeing how I need it to pay rent."

"How much do you have to pay?"

"one-hundred and twenty dollars for a year," Sunset said as it caused Belle to blink in surprise from hearing this.

"....Okay...How!?"

"Well, it's kind of a funny story. During my...evil phase, I ended up getting involved in an argument with a girl named Diamond Tiara and her dad Filthy Rich. The argument was that Tiara bought a house without telling her dad."

"Why would she do that?"

"Because she couldn't have a party at her parents' house, she wanted a place where she could have all the parties that she wanted without causing a mess at her own house. Keep in mind that she's fifteen years old."

"But wouldn't she still have to clean up after the party is over and done?"

"That's what I thought as well. She thought she could just use Rich's money to solve everything. So as punishment, he gave me the deed to the house and property. All I had to do was pay rent, which was the property rent, and the electric bills. I even got free cable after saving his daughter from getting hit by a truck."

"Geez, you're one lucky human to get a deal like that."

"I shouldn't be that lucky given how I was during my time as a bully. But yeah, that's how I got this place in a nutshell." She said before walking over to a nearby closet that led to the laundry room. "Now, seeing how you're going to be staying in town for a while, we need to make you blend in with the folks in town."

"What do you mean by that?" Belle asks as Sunset returns and presents the Saiyan with a tank top and shorts. The Saiyan deadpans upon seeing this before looking at Sunset with the same expression on her face. “No! I am not wearing that!” She yelled, folding her arms in protest to the clothes that Sunset picked out for her.

“Come on. If you’re going to blend in with us humans, you gotta wear something that won’t let you stick out like a sore thumb.” Sunset said as the Saiyan simply huffed in annoyance.

"I'm willing to compromise with being limited to my usual training, hiding my tail so people won't freak out, and limiting my food intake because the money that you have goes to rent and bills. But there is no way in hell am I going to wear something like that. Do you know how much of a pain that will do to me, pride-wise?"

“These are the only clothes that I have. Mainly because my clothes are too big for you to wear, and these were the only clothes I have that could fit you.”

“I’m not wearing something as stupid as that. I prefer not to show as much skin as possible.”

“Come on. It’s not that bad of an outfit. I mean the only thing you’ll be showing would be just your arms, belly, and legs.”

“I’m not doing it. What’s wrong with the way I look anyway?”

“You look like someone that came from out of space or an anime convention! Now stop arguing and just put on some normal clothes!” Sunset yelled as she tossed them at Belle's face, only for the Saiyan to stop them with her telepathic powers "...Okay how are you able to do that."

“I learn a few tricks while exploring different timelines and stuff," Belle answered before placing the clothes off to the side. "Of course, there are some aliens who can do this better than I can. I learned how to do this, just in case someone throws something at me like a pair of clothing." She said before leaning back in her seat. "You’re going to have to make me wear them if that’s the case.”

“Well can you at least take the armor pad, gloves, and shoes off then? Can we at least agree on that?”

“....Fine, but I’m not taking off the cloth part from around my waist. It’s kinda the only thing that hides my tail from people who would see it.”

“Well I guess that will do for now...speaking of, why do you wear that strange get up if you don’t mind me asking?”

“It’s armor that helps absorb most impact from attacks. I normally wear stuff like this for when it comes to missions that involve fighting heavy hitters.”

“Does it even work?”

“Yes….F-For the most part at least.” She said as Sunset raised an eyebrow at her for noticing dents, burn marks, and claw marks on her armor. “Hey! I wear it for personal reasons. Don’t judge me!”

“Whatever you say.” Sunset rolled her eyes at Belle's statement as she walked over to the stove once again. “Still hungry? I still got plenty of meat that I don't eat much of.”

“Is it because you're a magical talking pony?” Belle asked as Sunset nodded.

“Not really. I'm a pescetarian. Can't eat meat from an animal like cow, chicken, pork, etc. seafood and eggs, on the other hand, I can eat. Hence why I haven't cooked you anything fish-related.”

“So if you were to eat anything meat-related?”

“I'll be sick and out of commission for a day or two depending.”

“Fair enough, I'll keep my hands off your seafood stuff. Though I'm a bit surprised. You would think that being a human would let you eat stuff that humans can eat, meat wise that is.”

“I guess it's because I'm from a world where ponies never eat meat? But I never paid much attention to it.” Sunset said before placing another steak on the pan she was cooking on.

“Good point...Limiting my eating intake will be annoying, but I can manage.”

"If we do run out of meat, I can substitute the meat with Tofu, if that helps?" Sunset said as it caused Belle to tilt her in confusion.

“.....The hell is tofu?” She asked as it caused Sunset to look over at her with a dumbfounded expression on her face. "What?"

“You never had tofu before?” Sunset asked as Belle shook her head.

"What's it made out of?"

“Dried soybeans that are soaked in water, crushed and boiled. The best thing about Tofu is it can take on the flavor of the food you want it to take, so long as you soak it in said flavor for a while."

"...You're joking...right? There's no way food can do that?"

"I'll cook you some up for tonight if you want?"

"Be my guess, but I have my doubts if what you're saying is true about this...tofu food." She said before hearing a knock at the door. “Hey someone is knocking at the door. Want me to get it?”

“Huh? Oh, yeah. Sure, go ahead.” Sunset said absentmindedly as the Saiyan floated off out of the kitchen and towards the front door of her home. As Belle opened the door, she saw a woman with light magenta ish gray skin, her hair was a mixed palette of light grayish cyan, light grayish harlequin, light aquamarine, light sapphire blue, and light grayish mulberry. Her clothes looked like she was either the owner of a company or that she worked in a place of professional business.

“Um, can I help you?” Belle asked as the woman blinked in surprise upon seeing the way Belle looked. It also didn't help that she had a tail and she was floating off the ground. The woman shook her head to this as she looked at Belle.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I was under the impression that Sunset Shimmer lives here?” She asked before Belle looked back in the direction of the kitchen.

“Sunset! You got a visitor!”

“If they're with Jehovah's Witnesses or the catholic church. Tell them to get the hell off my property. Which considering how I have the deed to this land and house, it's effectively every-” Sunset paused upon seeing who was at the door as the woman waved at her with a smile. “P-Principal Celestia!?” She yelled as she accidentally flipped the meat she was cooking into the air, only for the Saiyan to quickly bolted up into the air, and caught it with her hands before eating it. This took Sunset and Celestia by surprise as the principal entered the house. “W-What are you doing here?”

“Hello to you too Sunset,” Celestia said as a chuckle escaped her lips. “I came by to see if you were feeling okay seeing how your friends said that you had strep throat.” She said before looking over at Belle. “But I see that it was a lie played by your friends just to make sure you wouldn’t get in trouble after the fall formal event.”

“Belle!” Sunset yelled as she pointed to her tail and her floating off the ground. Belle groaned in annoyance as she landed back onto the ground and hid her tail underneath the cloth she had wrapped around her waist.

“Um….you didn’t see that right?” Belle asked as Celestia raised an eyebrow in humor to this. “Of course you did…” She said as Celestia looked over at Sunset.

“Care to explain your otherworldly friend, Sunset?”

“Goodbye, high school life.” Sunset sighs as she motions Celestia to follow her into the kitchen. “You know that earthquake that happened this morning?”

“I have, why?”

“Well let’s just say that Belle was the cause of the earthquake.” She said as Belle chuckled awkwardly and blushed in embarrassment.

“That would explain the giant hole in front of your house,” Celestia said before looking over at Belle. “Did you fall out of the sky or did you end up like how Sunset came to Canterlot?”

“I ended up here in your world while I was on a time patrol mission.”

“Time patrol?”

“She’s pretty much someone that fixes things that happen in a timeline of history, right?” Sunset stated as Belle waved her hand sideways a bit.

“In a way, yes. If there’s a problem in the timeline that can cause problems in the future, then it is up to us Time Patrollers to go and fix it.” Belle said as she leaned back into her seat. “Sadly, I kinda failed at the mission I was on and was soon blasted off through a portal from the planet I was on before said planet blew up. And the next thing I knew, I found myself here in this world.”

“Hm...so just like Sunset, only a bit different. Is there a way for you to get back to where you come from?”

“Well, I do have a beacon that they gave us in case we ended up stranded on a planet or different universe. Sunset said that there might be a problem with that seeing how when I tried to call someone on my communicator, all I got was static. So I’m waiting for about a month or two before heading over to her world and trying it there or something.”

“So for the time being, you’re stuck here in Canterlot?” The Principal asked as the Saiyan nodded. “Mind if I ask how old you are?”

“I’m seventeen.” She said before both Sunset and Celestia blinked in surprise at her age before saying in the union.

“You’re seventeen, but you're no taller than Applejack's sister, Apple Bloom!” They said as the Saiyan shrugged.

“Technically I joined the time patrollers at the age of 16.”

“B-But aren’t you a bit young to be doing something like that. Aren’t there rules for joining these Time Patrollers?” Celestia asked, again the Saiyan shrugged like it was nothing.

“Not that I know of. The only requirements were confidence in your capabilities, and a strong desire to protect history...Though in my case, it is a bit different.” She said before noticing Celestia raising an eyebrow at her. "I prefer not to talk about it, nor am I willing to talk about it yet."

"Fair, we just met. So I can't expect you to tell me everything until I gain your trust. But that doesn't mean I can't ask you other questions, does it?" The principal asked as Belle shook her head. "Seeing that you’re kinda stuck here in Canterlot. What do you plan on doing?”

“Can’t do much at the moment. I’m kinda limited to some degree seeing I don’t have money, I don’t have a way to get a job, and I can’t do the stuff I normally do when I’m in Conton City.”

“Mainly because you both fall under the 'no information available because you're not from planet earth."

“Yeah, pretty much,” Sunset said as Celestia placed a hand on her chin.

“I see….how about I make you both a deal?” Celestia asked as the teens looked at her with interest.

“What kind of deal?” Belle asked as she and Sunset noticed a smile appearing on Celestia’s face.

“One where it would benefit you both.”