Sunset's human world origin

Forst family home
Date: Mar 11th, time: 3:40 pm

*Fluttershy’s perspective*

Fluttershy ran into her house and straight up to her room on the verge of crying. She didn’t want to cry. She promised Rainbow that she wouldn’t cry. She had tried to be brave, but all she ended up doing was turning herself into Sunset’s target. Why did I think I can do that without the girls? I’m not strong. I’m not fast. I’m just a nobody.

Knock knock knock

“Hey Fluttershy, it’s me. Open up.”, Rainbow called through the door.

Fluttershy pulled herself off the floor and let Rainbow in.

“Yo, what happened? I saw you running to your house, and I asked Coach to let me out of practice early. Ar-are you crying?” Rainbow was still wearing her soccer uniform and smelled really bad.

“I’m sorry. I know I promised you I wasn’t going to cry anymore.”

“Forget about that. Who made you cry?”

“It was Sunset. I don’t know what happened, but she just snapped after another kid bumped into her.”

Rainbow’s face turned confused and serious. “What do you mean by “snapped”?”

“Well, exactly that. She yelled at him and was going to beat him up.”

“That doesn’t sound like Sunset.”, Rainbow said, even more confused.

“Well, it’s not like we actually know Sunset.”

“That’s true. I’ll talk to her.”, Rainbow said, then pulled Fluttershy into a hug. “Hey, it’s okay to cry.” Fluttershy returned the hug in full. Rainbow dash always made her feel safe; even if Fluttershy had to hold her breath to hug her. She was like her valiant knight in sweat stained jerseys.

“Thank you, Rainbow, and you smell bad.”, Fluttershy said.

“Oh, uh, sorry.” Rainbow pulled out of the hug, gave Fluttershy a thumbs up, and left her room.

Fluttershy walked over to her computer. She was going to learn how to fight. She first looked up Muay Thai, which is what Rainbow practiced, then Krav Maga, which is what Rarity practiced, and then LINE system, which is what Pinkie practiced. Then, Fluttershy remembered something she heard one of her classmates say. Fluttershy looked up Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, which was designed by a lighter fighter to take on heavier fighters. Finally, Fluttershy decided that she would learn BJJ and LINE system. If Sunset was going to become a bully, Fluttershy was going to be ready for her.

Streets of Black Forest neighborhood
Date: same day, time: 3:45 pm

*Rainbow’s perspective*

Rainbow sprinted at top speed to catch up to Sunset. Rainbow knew that she lived somewhere in the neighborhood and suspected she lived on the same street as Pinkie. Even if her suspicion wasn’t true, Sunset still walked down Pinkie’s street every day. It did not take long for Rainbow to catch up to Sunset. Sunset was strolling along the sidewalk like it was any other day, like she hadn’t made Fluttershy cry.

Sunset apparently heard Rainbow coming as she turned around to meet her. “Well, that was quick. I would’ve thought that you'd confront me tomorrow, and to answer your burning question, your little friend got in my way. She needed to be taught a lesson.”

“What about the kid who bumped into you?”, Rainbow said while crossing her arms.

“Crashed is more like it. We were in an empty corridor, and he crashed into me so hard that he fell to the floor, and it really hurt.”, Sunset said matter-of-factly.

“Okay, that was on him, but trying to beat him up. Don’t you think that’s a bit of an over reaction?”

Sunset’s face became cold and hard. She looked like Rainbow just insulted her very existence. “No” was all Sunset said.

Rainbow was surprised by this. For as long as Rainbow knew Sunset, she was cold, distant, quick to anger, and violent, but this was a new level. Previously, Sunset was viewed as a punisher, someone who kept the bullies in check, but now, she was the bully. “What happened to you? You were someone I respected, but now, you’re a bully. I thought you hated bullies.”

“Oh, I do, but I hate being the victim more. I’m never going to let someone make me a victim ever again. Now, do you plan on fighting me?”

“We won’t let you do that, Sunset.”, Rainbow said angrily.

“Hm, we’ll see about that.” After that, Sunset turned and resumed walking.

Rainbow was left there, seething with rage. To see someone she admired fall like that made Rainbow lose hope in the world, and the only way she knew how to express that was through anger.

Sunset’s room
Date: same day, time: 3:50 pm

*Sunset’s perspective*

After Sunset got home, she pulled up a file named “Dot Five”. Inside were the addresses, emails, passwords, and phone numbers of each of the Friendship Five along with psychological analyses of the girls and “weak links” within the group. The weak lines are between Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash and Jacklyn. The only thing keeping that group together was its nature as a coping mechanism. All Sunset needs now is their schedule, and she will be able to cause havoc in their ranks. It may take a while, but Sunset has more than enough time. “Operation “Destruction of the Five” is a go.”

Sunset’s room
Date: same day, time: 6:00 pm

*Brigid’s perspective*

“Hey Sunset, c’n Ah come in?”, Brigid called from outside the door.

“Just a minute!”, Sunset called back. “Come in.”, Sunset called after a couple minutes.

Brigid entered the dark room and went over to Sunset’s desk with two hot chocolates in hand. It was just light enough for Brigid to see, but dark enough for Brigid to be able to see Sunset’s glowing eyes. Despite them being teal, they glowed a bright yellow with only a hint of teal. “C’n we talk f’r a bit?”, Brigid asked while offering Sunset one of the cups. Sunset took the offered cup and led Brigid over to her couch. “Considering every‘hin’ ya’ve been through, Ah think it would be best f’r ya ta go to therapy.”

Sunset immediately became alarmed by this. “Mom, I’m an alien. I can’t talk to a therapist. I’d be institutionalized.”

“Ya c’n leave out da parts about bein’ from anothe’ planet, but ya’ve been badly bullied, abused by y’r own government, gone ta war, been da target a’ a serial kille’, n’ now every‘hin’ dat’s goin’ on with Emi. Dat much trauma doesn’t jus’ go away.”

“No!”, Sunset exclaimed. “I don’t want doctors examining me or any of that! I don’t want to be taken away!”

Brigid pulled the terrified girl into a hug and rubbed her back. “What is da mental health field like in Equestria? Ah think ya mentioned it as “nonexistent”.”

“Yeah, there are some asylum-like places that are more like prisons for ponies that can’t operate in society because of their mental illness, but that’s it.”

“Ah see why y’r so resistant ta da idea a’ therapy, but it’s not like dat ‘ere. Well, it hasn’t been since da invention a’ antipsychotics, n’ we also have doctor/patient confidentiality. Dat means dat a doctor c’n not tell othe’s dat ya are or have any‘hin’ without y’r written consent. Dat also applies ta Anzhong n’ me. Da only exception is a court order, but does are taken very seriously.”

“Really?”, Sunset asked while letting go of the hug.

“Ah’m not joken. Ya c’n even look up da HIPAA if ya want ta. It applies ta all health fields.”

“I see, but I still don’t want to. It will take some time for me ta warm up to the idea.”

“Ah c’n understand dat. Do ya want ta talk ‘bout more scientific topics?”

“Yes please.”, Sunset said immediately.

“Okay, ya said dat EQ magic n’ Earth magic c’n’t mix, but y’r eyes glow. Why is dat?”

“My eyes are bioluminescent, not magiluminescent. Although, I have no idea why that trait transferred over.”

“Hm, human eyes are a bit fluorescent. Maybe it has some‘hin’ ta do with dat.”

“Hm, maybe. It’s one of my goals to open that portal permanently in order to research it more.”

“Ah actually have an idea on how ta do some research without needin’ an open portal.”

“How?”

“Ah want ta take y’r DNA ta be tested. Now, Ah will have me colleague test it, n’ he won’t know were it came from. All he’ll know is dat I got some human DNA dat needs testin’ f’r one a me projects.”

“DNA?”

“How,” Right, dey haven’t gone over dat in school yet. “DNA is da code inside y’r cells dat tells dem how ta work.”

Sunset looked speculative for a moment. “I don’t get it.”

“Well, da relevant information is dat, in Equestria, ya should have pony DNA, but here, ya should have human DNA. Ah want ta see if y’r DNA varies from normal human DNA.”

Sunset seemed alarmed again but not as much as earlier. “I won’t be taken away if your colleague finds something weird?”

“No, ya won’t. Da only people who will know where da DNA came from are in dis room.”

“Okay”, Sunset said after thinking about it for a minute.

“Great. Before ya brush y’r teeth in da mornin’, Ah’ll collect a sample.”

Sunset’s room
Date: Mar 12th, time: 4:00 pm

*Sunset’s perspective*

The first step of any good operation is intel gathering. Sunset needed things she could exploit and a lot of them. Even if the only reason the group exists is to act as a coping mechanism, it still had years to develop and get stronger. Sunset would need to find something to drive a wedge between them.

Pinkie is the president of the party planning committee and has been setting up for the Spring Fling. It also has a crowning. There was nothing attached to that princess title, but Sunset was still going to sign up. Fluttershy volunteers at the animal shelter and regularly hands out fliers for it in the courtyard. Jacklyn works on her family’s farms after school. There are two O’Apple farms in the greater Canterlot area, Sweet Apple Acres, which is now only a fraction of its former size, where Jacklyn lives, and within Canterville city limits, and Great Apple Orchards, which is outside city limits and a couple dozen acres big. Jacklyn works on Sweet Apple Acres during the week but goes and helps on Great Apple Orchards on the weekends. Rainbow has various sports after school and then takes the bus back to her house. Rarity has drama club and sewing club after school then home.

Now that she has their schedules, Sunset needs to hack into or copy their accounts. Just logging into their accounts would cause her activity to be noticed, but Sunset had a plan. Ever since her first guitar lesson, Sunset had been buying damaged consoles, repairing them, and selling them at a reduced price. This has not only proven profitable, but Sunset has been using any extra computer components to create an extra powerful computer. It’s by no means a supercomputer, but Sunset can use it to access the dark web and several programs that would allow her to appear as anyone she wants.

Sunset hasn’t figured out the specifics yet, but the overall goal for each of the girls was clear. Make it look like the others made a liar out of Jacklyn, were disloyal to Rainbow, rebuked Rarity’s generous offers, were unkind to Fluttershy, and that Pinkie Pie made a mess of things with her hyper activity. Once I’m done with them, the Friendship Five will never reform, and none of the girls will have the strength to stop me on their own.

Canterville College
Date: Mar 19th, time: 4:30 pm

*Brigid’s perspective*

When Brigid dropped off the samples, Dr. Thunderstrike, Brigid’s colleague, said to give him a week. With it having been a week, Brigid was on her way to get the results. Dr. Thunderstrike’s lab is on the second floor of the science building. Which left Brigid with only a walk to the end of the hallway and down a flight of stairs. Dr. Thunderstrike’s lab was, like most of the other labs, one of the cleanest places on campus, but Brigid knew that clean and tidy wasn’t Striker’s personality. She’d seen his house. He wasn’t a hoarder, but it was scary.

“Hey Striker, ya got me test results?”

“Yes, I do, and they’re pretty interesting.”

“How so?”

“Well, they’re all definitely human, but this one seems to have been edited somehow but is otherwise normal, and these two have also been edited but have some odd genes.”

“What do ya mean by odd, n’ how c’n ya tell if some‘hin’ has been edited if it is normal? Would dere be any health problems associated with da editin’.”

“To answer your first question, this person has RHnull blood, incredible hearing and smell, bioluminescent eyes, and nearly six times as many rod cells than a normal human. This person would be blind, but if they could see, would have excellent night vision. They also have an incredible sense of smell and hearing. I asked another geneticist I knew, and she said it looks like this second person has fox DNA, and this first person seems to have alien DNA. To answer your third question, no, the DNA is where it should be, and I can’t find anything that would cause health problems. Whatever technique was used is better than anything we’ve created. To answer your second question, it’s hard to explain. It’s just something you learn to notice after dealing with DNA as long as I have. Where did you get these samples?”, Striker asked with enthusiasm.

“Ya know Ah c’n’t tell ya who me test participants are.” Brigid reached over and grabbed one of the samples. “But Ah c’n tell ya dat dis one is mine.”

“What happened?”, Striker asked, now, much less enthusiastic.

“Dat, Ah also c’n’t tell ya. What Ah c’n tell ya is dat dere is more ta da world dan eithe’ a’ us realized.”

“You just recited the reason why scientists exist. Can’t ya give me something?”

“Magic is real, n’ a magical alien has come ta Earth n’ now lives in me house.”, Brigid deadpanned.

“Fine, don’t tell me.”, Striker said while throwing his hands in the air.

Brigid chuckled to herself, grabbed the other samples, and began exiting the lab. Sometimes, honesty really is the best policy. Before Brigid left, she turned to address Striker. “Oh, by da way, don’t send me samples out ta othe’s without my permission.”

“Sorry about that. I’ll email you the full results.”

Sunset’s room
Date: Mar 30th, time: 9:00 pm

*Sunset’s perspective*

Sunset sat at her desk, admiring her work. She could see the girls becoming more tense with each other at school. Her plans were working.

For Pinkie Pie and Rarity, Sunset had created an email account named “CMS_PPC_Official@bmail.com” and covertly told everyone to send all offers to help with event set up to that address. Sunset got very few offers. Everyone at the school were still apathetic little shits. Pretending to be Pinkie, Sunset would tell every offer that she got, including Rarity’s, that there were plenty of volunteers.

For everyone else, for now, are only getting insults and mean messages from the spoofed numbers and hacked accounts of their friends. For them, it will likely be one big thing that shatters the friendship instead of a slow build up. This actually worked better for Sunset as that lessens the risk of them talking and figuring out what is going on, but as soon as the opportunity shows itself, Sunset will pounce.

CMS gym
Date: Apr 1st, time: 3:30 pm

*Sunset’s perspective*

Sunset entered the school gym, and, just as she suspected, Pinkie Pie was the only one in there. “Aw, are you here all alone?”, Sunset said in a mock affectionate voice.

Pinkie Pie spun around and glared at Sunset. “Yes, and you’re here to sign up.”

“What can I say? If I don't do it, no one will.”, Sunset said nonchalantly.

“Yeah, yeah”, Pinkie said while handing Sunset the clipboard.

Just like with the Fall Formal, no one has signed up to be the Spring Fling princess. The sheer amount of apathy these students show is pathetic. Sunset finished signing up, handed the clipboard back to Pinkie, and exited the gym. The halls were mostly empty with most kids still being in clubs. As she was walking to the front doors, she noticed that the kid that crashed into her was also in the halls. Sunset snuck up behind him and spun him around. “Hello again.”

The boy looked like he was ready to crap himself. “Look, I’m sorry about bumping into you. I’m sorry.”, he blabbered out.

“Oh, now you’re sorry. Ya know, I was recovering from an injury that week, so that really hurt, and now, there will be no one to interfere.”

The boy became too scared to speak as Sunset chucked him into the lockers, shoulder first. The boy let out a welp of pain and slid to the ground.

“By the way, if you ever tell anyone about this, I’ll do much worse to you.”, Sunset said, then walked away.

Sunset’s room
Date: same day, time: 3:50 pm

*Sunset’s perspective*

Sunset went straight to her desk as soon as she got home. With the Friendship Five well on their way to falling apart, Sunset wanted to turn her sights to the rest of the school. With most students being so apathetic, they will be easy to control, but there were some students that would need some more attention. There were too many to make specific plans for them all, but they were still teenagers. A few untraceable bots to shake their confidence, a few threats at school, and Sunset will dominate.

As Sunset walked to her desk, she heard something coming from her bathroom. Sunset quietly placed her boots and backpack on the floor and picked up her hockey stick. Sunset snuck over to the door, ready to find an intruder, but only found Emi standing over her toilet, puking her guts out. “Emi!”, Sunset shouted, alarmed. “Are you okay?”

Emi slowly moved her head to meet Sunset. She was pale as a ghost but still gave Sunset a smile. “Sorry, I was setting up an April fool’s joke for you but got sick in the middle of it.”, Emi crooked out.

“Hey, don’t be sorry. Are you all done, or do you think you need to stay here a bit longer?”

“I think I’m good.”

“Okay, let’s get you to bed.” Sunset put the stick down and picked Emi up and carried her back to her room. On her way down the hall, Sunset grabbed the CBD oil from the bathroom. Sunset placed Emi on her bed then grabbed the bag of cookies kept in her desk. Sunset put a few drops of the oil on one of the cookies and gave it to Emi. “Do you want another one without the oil?”

“Yes, please.”

Sunset handed Emi two more cookies then placed the bag back in its drawer. “Do you need anything else?”

“Water”

“Okay, I’ll be right back.” Sunset was almost out of Emi’s room when Emi spoke up.

“Oh, watch where you step near your couch. There are some loose whoopie cushions on the floor.”

“Got it”, Sunset said quietly. Emi was getting worse.

CMS gym
Date: Apr 6th, time: 7:30 pm

*Sunset’s perspective*

Brigid had dropped Sunset and Flash off at CMS, and now, the party is in full swing. Sunset and Flash sat off in the bleachers, watching the other kids dance and give passing glances to Sunset. What Sunset had become has spread to the other students. Some of them have started to investigate Sunset’s bots and even started linking them to her. There was no way for them to prove it as those bots are completely autonomous and completely untraceable unless you have a sample of Sunset’s code. Either way, Sunset found their efforts amusing.

“Hey, Sunset.”, Flash said.

“Yeah”

“I’m not sure how to say this, but I’ve been hearing some rumors about you. Are they true?”

“You’re going to have to be more specific. I’ve heard a rumor that I’m actually an alien from another planet.”, Sunset said with a grin.

“Well, these ones say that you’ve become a bully and are threatening to beat students up if they don’t vote for you.”, Flash said nervously.

“Flash, let’s say I was that. How effective were my previous methods of keeping the school’s bully population in check? How long did it take for them to be back to their old tricks?”, Sunset said with all seriousness.

“But not all of the kids you’re targeting are bullies.”

“I’m just making sure that no one will interfere. I’m just trying to make this school safe for the two of us.”, Sunset said while cupping Flash’s face in her hands.

Flashed pulled Sunset’s hands off his face and averted his gaze. “I don’t like it.”, Flash said forlornly.

Sunset wanted to say she didn’t like it either, but she doesn’t like lying to Flash. Sunset liked the power, the other students fearing her. It was intoxicating. “I know.”, was all Sunset could say.

“Okay everyone, it’s time to announce who will be crowned prince or princess.”, Principal Winters announced.

Everyone in attendance gathered around the stage, but Sunset held herself and Flash back so she didn’t have to weave through students to get to the stairs like at the Fall Formal. The newly appointed Vice Principal Leo handed Winters the envelope, and Winters read it out. “And the princess of the Spring Fling is - Sunset Shimmer.”

Very few students clapped or cheered, and the few that did were unenthusiastic. Both Leo and Winters looked confused by this, Leo more than Winters. Sunset climbed up onto the stage and received her crown. None of the other students seemed happy in the slightest, but Sunset didn’t care. She had power, she had control over her life, and nobody, not even the principals, could do anything to stop her.