On the outskirts of Canterlot lay a patch of grasslands with various trees, the sound of the night filled by the noisy crickets and passing cars, before a sudden gust of wind quietly hummed with electricity.

ZAP. ZAP ZAP ZAP. ZAP.

A large electric sphere forms in one of the patches of grass, as it burst out forks of electricity that grew bigger and bigger.

ZAP ZAP ZAP ZAP. ZAPZAPZAPZAPZAP.

Bushes and tree leaves caught in the forks of electricity bursts into flames, as the sphere reached its end and disappeared, revealing a naked woman with dark orchid skin and moderate rose hair kneeling down on one knee and fist. She slowly stood up and scanned her grassy surroundings.

Nothing but grass and trees. Tempest then made out what appeared to be a building in the distance, before walking forward.

Approaching the parking lot, she scans the several parked motorcycles before entering the diner. The patrons and staff are surprised to see her walking in naked, with her not minding their reactions as she scanned the clothes of several people before approaching the one over at the billiard board.

She’s wearing an all black outfit. Pants, Jacket, Shirt and boots are all covered in black. With her scans saying that the clothes are a perfect match, she approaches the female in question before saying her demands.

“I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle.” This earns her the laughter of the female’s friends in unison.

“You forgot to say please.” The female sarcastically responds, huffing out a puff of smoke on Tempest’s face.

Noticing her dead expression, she puts the lit cigar against her neck but to no avail. Tempest doesn’t feel anything as the female tightens the push, which earns her a sharp and painful grab from Tempest’s left arm.
Tempest let go of the woman’s arm as she gets hit by two poles, turning around and grabbing them by their collars, throwing them to the wall with no effort as they crash through it.

Turning around to face the injured woman, she is met with a knife stuck on her stomach, again to no avail as she pulls out the knife and disarms the attacker. She sticks the knife on his back with ease, then pushing off another patron who charged at her with a baseball bat.

“H-here! Take it!” The female relented and gave her the keys.

Tempest walks out of the diner, with a set of clothes, jacket and boots that compliments her brute force and beauty. Hopping on the motorcycle, she turns the engine on and prepares to leave until the owner of the diner runs out to the entrance and fires a warning shot with his sawed off in the air.

“Can’t let you take the lady’s wheels, sonny.” The owner threatened, “Now get off before I put you down.”

Tempest slowly looked back at the owner of the diner with a slightly irritated expression, getting off the motorcycle after lowering the kickstand, slowly approaching the armed owner.

Quickly grabbing and swiping off the sawed-off shotgun from his hands, Tempest slowly got closer and closer menacingly, backing him up a corner before taking his shades from his chest pocket. Putting it on to complete her look, she turns around and returns to her newly claimed motorcycle, holstering her sawed-off inside her jacket.

Taking off and headed to the highway, Tempest then heads off for Canterlot to find the Mane Seven.

The same day, different thing. That has been the daily routine of the seven young girls at Canterlot High, particularly since Sunset Shimmer arrived to the human world from Equestria. Pulling an all-nighter to review for her History Lessons, Sunset knew that the moment the alarm goes off would be trouble for her.

BZZT BZZT. BZZT BZZT.

Sunset let out a tired groan in response to the sounds of her alarm piercing her eardrums, before wearily extending her right arm to snooze the alarm clock. “Five more minutes….” Sunset muttered.

Not too long, her phone’s alarm clock rings off with the same tune from Post Crush she’s been using as her alarm ringtone. The image of her, Pinkie and Post Crush lights up with the words “It’s School Time!” filling the middle of the screen.

Giving up on getting five more minutes of sleep, Sunset gets up from the bed and heads off for the bathroom to give herself a soothing warm shower and prepare for today’s classes, turning on the small radio on the bathroom shelf to listen in on the latest weather update of the day.

A few moments passed, three knocks on the door introduce caught her attention, along with the calm and nerdy voice of her roommate. “Sunset, please do not waste excess hot water this time alright?”

“I won’t, Twilight. Promise!” She replied before chuckling.

After showering and getting dressed, Sunset walked to the fridge and took out her bowl of Chinese takeout leftovers from last night. Not minding if it’s cold or hot, she then sat down on the chair and placed the bowl on the table next to Twilight, chowing down on her quick breakfast.

Noticing this, Twilight raised an eyebrow at her breakfast. “Sunset, you do know that eating cold food in the morning’s bad for your health, right?”

“Twilight, it’s 6 in the morning and our class starts at thirty minutes, we barely have time to cook a decent breakfast meal.” She replied.

“Well, as you see. nothing disrupts the digestive system more than a cold beverage, especially on an empty stomach – it sends a big shock throughout the entire body! You really should eat warm foods more often.”

Sunset chuckled it off while Twilight continued to glare at the cold noodle strings while eating cereal.

“I’m serious, Sunset. I just don’t want you to have any health problems.”

“Okay, Twilight. Sorry for eating cold food, next time I’ll cook us up some warm pancakes. How does that sound to you?” She said while looking at Twilight with a smile.

“Add in blueberries and it’s a deal,” Twilight happily responded

As both girls finish off the last of their morning meal, Sunset heads off for the garage to start up the bike, all the while putting on her helmet. Twilight never did like riding two-wheeled vehicles, but with Sunset as the driver, she feels safer knowing that she’s a good motorcyclist.

Twilight hops on the back of the motorcycle after retrieving her bag and helmet, and placed her arms around Sunset’s waist. The two students then head off for Canterlot High, Sunset letting out a big roar from her motorcycle's engine as she makes a break for it, waking up the neighbors in the process.

As soon as they arrive at Canterlot however, things aren’t looking good. Various policemen are in the scene, checking every crook and cranny of the school for any suspicious items, all the while inspecting every student’s belongings. Both girls hop off from the motorcycle, taking off their helmets as they approached the entrance of the school.

From there, they are approached by a female police officer. “Ladies, sorry to bother you, but may I check your bags?” She asked politely. Sunset and Twilight agreed, opening their bags to let the officer check their belongings.

After a few moments, the police officer apologized, “Sorry for the inconvenience, but we’re just making sure no one is carrying anything dangerous. All students are to head off to the gymnasium for an announcement.”

“Thank you, Officer.” Twilight thanked.

Arriving at the gym not too long after, all students are talking about what happened last night, with the rest of their friends doing the same before being spotted in the crowd of students by the two girls. Pinkie and AJ are busy comforting Fluttershy, sobbing on AJ’s shoulder while Pinkie patted her back.

“What’s going on?” Sunset inquired.

“Murder, that’s what happened,” Rainbow responded with a worried look on her face, both Sunset and Twilight gasped.

“It’s dreadful, really. Some ruffian went through Micro Chips’s residency last night and murdered both him and Sandalwood.” Rarity added, “I just hope the others and their parents are okay after this horrific incident.”

“Micro Chips was murdered!?” Twilight said in shock.

“Yeah, Twilight. I don’t know why anyone could do this to him. He didn’t deserve this!” Rainbow angrily exclaimed.

Sunset then pulled Rainbow for an embrace, trying to soothe her anger down.

A few moments later, both Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna, accompanied by Police Captain Celaeno walks onto the stage, Celestia took the microphone.

“Students of CHS,” Principal Celestia started, “in light of recent events from last night’s incident, me and Vice Principal Luna, along with Captain Celaeno, have agreed that the best course of action is to provide the school with additional security to ensure that the safety of the school, staff, and students are safeguarded.”

Vice Principal Luna then added, “Rest assured, we will do everything to keep the school and everyone safe.”

Captain Celaeno then took the microphone from the vice-principal, “that also means checking your bags for any suspicious items, curfews and regular monitoring of every crook and cranny of the school. I assure you, we are only doing this to make sure that nothing slips past this school that intends to harm anyone.”

“Thank you, Captain. Now all students, classes will resume despite the added security. After this, please return to your respective classes and be sure to report any suspicious activity on the school grounds. That is all.”

Students then dispersed, all the while talking about the announcement. For the seven girls, they all walked back to the school’s hall quietly, not sure what to make of the announcement and last night’s incident.

What they didn’t know is that somewhere out there, Chrysalis was watching through the lenses of her scope, setting her sights on Wallflower Blush.

Author's Note

Thanks to Walker of Voids for pre-reading and editing some of the stuff in this chapter!