A five year-old orange skinned girl with red and yellow hair wearing dark blue leather armour with a worn dagger at her side groaned as she trekked up the mountain. She took a deep breath as approached the large “This is Sunset, time to say your final goodbyes to this horrid world.” She took a step forward, she closed her eyes as she felt the air pushing against her body.

She groaned as she felt a light thud on a soft surface, she sat up only to see she was sitting on a bed of golden flowers on a green field. She growled “Well that fucking failed! Now where the fuck am I?!”

Sunset exited the room to see a crying dark blue equine lying on a green patch of grass. It was large with wings and a horn on it’s body, a picture of the moon on it’s flanks with a starry mane flowing in the air as if gravity didn’t affect it. Sunset cautiously approached as it wailed “Why does nopony respect me!”

Sunset made a small sound and the equine jumped in shock. It took a deep breath “It’s quite surprising to see a human down here, it should be impossible for you to be here?”

Sunset frowned “I entered by jumping into the mountain, I didn’t think there was anything alive down here” she then scowled “Don’t mention humans around me, I hate them with a passion!”

The equine frowned “It’s not healthy to despise your own kind yet again I understand the feeling. My name is Luna, Princess of the Night.”

Sunset frowned “My name is Sunset Shimmer, now where is this place?”

Luna frowned “This is the underground, home to ponies and a few other races who have been sealed away due to fear.”

Sunset grimaced “I understand. That brings me to another question where should I go now

Luna levitated the girl onto her back “I am taking you back to the castle, it would not be safe for you to stay out here. Ponies aren't exactly accepting of you kind

Sunset nodded was Luna took off into the sky, Sunset eyes widened as she saw a marvellous looking castle that would make the grandest of human castle look ugly in comparison.

Two bat-like ponies with slitted eyes wearing pitch black armour to pulled out their spears as Sunset hopped off Luna’s back, Luna raised a hoof “At ease, she’s with me.”

The guards nodded at Sunset “Forgive us, we were concerned. We didn’t expect to see a human arrive with the Princess.”

Sunset chuckled darkly “I despise humans as well, I would gladly wipe them off the map of the world.” Luna as well as the two guards shared a concerned look but then shook their heads.

Sunset and Luna entered the marvellously decorated hallways, golden banners of the the Sun and dark blue banner of the Moon covered the walls as stalwart guards and suits of armour stood at attention. They approached a room with a dark blue door and a moon symbol on it only for a mare similar to Luna only she had a white coat with an aurora like mane as well as picture of the sun on her flanks.

Luna frowned as she turned to Sunset “This is my sister, Princess Celestia.”

Celestia’s eyes widened as her horn flared “A Human!” She fired a magical blast at Sunset, a dark blue barrier appeared between the two as Luna glared at her sister!

Sunset grimaced “I have no desire to harm you, humans have caused me a lot of harm. I am not like the humans on the surface.”

Sunset entered Luna’s room, she looked around in awe of the star patterns that covered walls with a glowing white moon on the room. A massive dark blue bed with slightly lighter blue pillows sat in the middle of the room, a decent sized lighter blue vanity was on one side while a black bedside table was next to the bed.

Celestia growled at Luna outside of the room “Why did you bring a human here, they are dangerous monsters?!”

Luna eyes narrowed turning into teal slits for mere moments “Like I am, the ponies consider me a dangerous monster. You have done nothing to convince them otherwise, I gave them years of my life fighting the darkest monsters in this world and they repay me with hatred.” She then stormed into the room “Leave me alone with Sunset, I don’t wish to speak with you till the morning! If you disturb me, I may say something we would both regret!”

Celestia was stunned at her sister’s abrasive behaviour, what had her ponies being doing to her sister to cause her to behave like this she didn’t know but she intended to find out. Luna meanwhile had smiled as Sunset was reading a book of the shelf “What are you reading, is that a book on magic?”

Sunset nodded as her body glowed with red energy before she teleported across the room. Luna’s jaw dropped in shock “How in two seconds have you learned how to teleport, humans aren’t supposed to be able to do that without years of training?”

Sunset rolled her eyes as a red glowing orb materialised “This is my soul, it is powered by determination and I can use it to power magic. In one of these books it mentions such things.”

Luna frowned “You’re smart, and quite a devout seeker of knowledge.”

Sunset nodded “I taught myself how to read, life has been tough for me. In truth I had decided it wasn’t worth it anymore, a year of keeping myself alive with just my wits alone is exhausting.”

Luna frowned “You’re stronger than I, at your age I would have crumbled under the pressure.”

Sunset shook her head “It was quite difficult.’

Luna gave Sunset a smile “Enough of that depressing talk, how about we have some. Fun. If you want I can even help you practice some magic.”

Sunset gave the her first smile of the day “I’d love that.” Luna levitated a book of the shelf with a smile, the pair spent the rest of they day discussing magic.

The next morning Sunset and Luna woke up, Sunset had a shower while Luna cleaned up Sunset’s clothes. Luna smiled as Sunset came out of the bathroom “I will need to get you some new clothes.”

Sunset frowned “Are you sure any ponies will clothe me, they seem to hate humans.”

Luna frowned “I am a princess remember, they do have to obey my orders by law even if they don’t like me.”

Sunset raised an eyebrow “So what’s the agenda for today?”

Luna frowned “Some new clothes, for starters.”

Sunset nodded as she looked at her blue leather armour “I made bluer with blueberry juice so I would blend in better at night, when I did most of my thievery. It was the only way to get food.”

Luna shook her head “You won’t have to do that anymore, speaking of which, I’ll have some food brought to us, I’ll see you in a few minutes.”

Sunset closed her eyes as several pillows glowed red as they hovered around her in the air, while her Determination Soul Magic was powerful splitting focus for multiple objects still required effort.

A few moments later Luna returned to hear small booms coming from her bedroom, she entered to see that Sunset was sweating bullets as the seven pillows were producing small booms of sound as they passed through the air.

Luna frowned “Sunset, slow down.” Sunset opened her eyes as the pillows began to slow in her magic. Luna frowned “Don’t move them too fast, they were creating sonic booms.”

Sunset smiled tiredly “Oh.”

Luna sighed “When you overuse you magic you will feel tired” she then smiled “luckily our food is infused with magic which means with a bit of food you’ll be back up to speed. Also I informed the chef that you eat meat, he caters to griffons as well.”

Sunset smiled weakly “I would like that.”

Just then a pale blue unicorn stallion with a dark blue mane and a chef’s hat for a cutie mark entered the room only to drop almost drop the platter he was carrying. Luna frowned “Don’t be alarmed, she has my trust and therefore she should have yours as well.”

The stallion took a deep breath and smiled as he placed a plate with a chicken and several vegetables on it “I am Chef, Iron Skillet and…” Both him and Luna watched in shock as the human dove into the food like a rabid beast who hadn’t been fed in months.

Author's Note

I hope you enjoy the beginning to this Undertale inspired story.