Sunset's human world origin

Sunset’s room
Date: Apr 9th, time: 5:00 pm

*Sunset’s perspective*

Sunset was mid repair when she got a notification on her computer. Pinkie Pie had texted her friends, telling them about another one of her stupid sleepovers. Most of the other girls replied quickly, but Jacklyn hadn’t replied yet. Probably busy on the farm. Sunset decided to take advantage of this opportunity.

Hey girls, I’m having a sleepover Friday. Who wants to come?

I’m in.

I would love to attend your soiree, darling.

Jeez Rares, why do u need so formal? What the heck is a soiree anyways?

A soiree is a social gathering at a private house, like a sleepover.

I would love to go.

Sunset opened her infiltration software and selected Jacklyn.

Pinkie, your parties are lamer than a hungry duck in snow boots.

Yo AJ, that was uncalled for.

Wait, are we sure this is Applejack?

The girls stopped using that chatroom and moved to another that Jacklyn wasn’t a part of.

You think it’s that hacker?

Absolutely, I’ve never known Applejack to say such things, and that was a rather pathetic countyism.

Pinkie, are you okay?

Yeah, that just really hurt my feelings.

“And my job here is done.”

Wonderbolts barracks
Date: 7th day of the 4th month, time: 1st hour AMR

*Spitfire’s perspective*

If there was one thing the Royal Guard was the best at, it was gosep. As a matter of fact, they were so good at it that it was easier to keep a secret by having them spread the information so much that the truth becomes indistinguishable from the misinformation. Spitfire always disliked the game of “rumor mill”, and this was the most infuriating game yet.

Spitfire had recounts ranging from Sunset teleporting in, battling some guards, and then teleporting out to Sunset commanding an entire army of griffon vikings into battle to try and take over Equestria. That left Spitfire to sort through the rumors and compare them to what she knows.

Sunset broke into the castle to steal something, presumably related to medical magic. That means any recounts of her leading armies to take over Equestria were out. Sunset likes to do stealth missions alone, so it’s unlikely that anypony, other than Philomena, helped her. That means any recounts of her being pulled out by anypony were out, especially the ones stating she was pulled out by two demons. That was just ridiculous. A few even say that one of the demons overpowered Princess Clestia. Spitfire almost laughed at that one. Speaking of ridiculous. Some of the recounts stated that Sunset came and left through a portal that leads to a world full of the most horrible monsters to ever exist. If such a thing really existed, it would have been destroyed to protect everypony from the monsters, and why would Sunset go there? What most likely really happened was that Sunset traveled from the land she now called home, shadowported in, stole whatever she came for, battled some guards to escape, and was now sailing back to the humans land.

Spitfire wasn’t sure how this information would help, but as her dad always said, “There is no such thing as useless information. Gather every bit of information and use all of it.” Spitfire pulled out her personal file on Sunset’s disappearance and placed all the retellings in it, separated into two sub folders for “plausible” and “implausible”.

The file wasn’t that big, but only because Spitfire had so little information to go off of. When Sunset first disappeared, their family went on the hunt for her. Any member that had any authority in any part of the military had their ponies searching every part of Equestria for Sunset, but they found nothing. Nopony remembered seeing her, and there were no records of her getting any sort of transportation anywhere. It was like she disappeared into thin air. This wasn’t some small three pony search. They had one of the largest tracked extended families in all of Equestria, with members from all three tribes and beyond. They even rivale the Apple family with all their extensions in size. Theories sprang up all across the family, ranging from where Sunset could’ve gone to Sunset having been killed or imprisoned. The latter two came from some of their relatives with more extreme anti-noble sentiments. At least the more extreme theories could be put to rest.

Spitfire pulled out a map of Equoes. She searched for where the humans land could be. It was very possible that the humans land was beyond explored Equoes, but that begged the question of how and why did Sunset go there. This whole situation made no sense to Spitfire.

Canterlot Ice Rink
Date: Apr 11th, time: 3:30 pm

*Rainbow’s perspective*

The Wondercolts filed into the changing room and began gearing up, bantering and boasting all the while. This was just a typical practice match. That meant that there was more bantering and boasting than there would be if they were going up against another team. Soarin’ and Cecil, being the only boys on the team, were on the receiving end of a lot of the teasing. However, that did not exclude others from the torment. The boys and girls had their own separate changing and shower areas, but it was still one locker room. None of them cared because over half the team were gay, bi, or pan, even if only a hadful were out.

“Soarin’, you’d die if Sunset smashed into you.”, Silver Contrails joked.

“I don’t need to worry about getting smashed into because I’m too agile. Nothing can touch me.” In response to that, another Colt threw something at Soarin’ and nailed him in the back of the head. “Hey!”

“So much for being untouchable.”, High Winds chastised.

The teasing went on like that until it was time to get onto the ice. The three things Sunset loved most about hockey are winning, smashing into people, and the pre- and post-game banter.

Canterville Community Center
Date: May 4th, time: 1:00 pm

*Fluttershy’s perspective*

Fluttershy watched on as Ms. Amberson started the auction. The donations made by the community were varied and some were rather expensive. It warmed Fluttershy’s heart to see that so many people cared about their work. It can be difficult to remember that most people are good when so many cases of abuse and neglect come in every week.

The auction was underway when, suddenly, a bunch of small fireworks went off and the sound of noise makers filled the air. Fluttershy looked up to see Pinkie Pie jumping around, making a huge ruckus.

“Come on everyone! Who’s ready to party?!”, Pinkie shouted while blowing noise makers.

All of the guests looked confused by the commotion, and Fluttershy was mortified.

“Young lady, what is the meaning of this?”, Mr. Amberson demanded.

At that point, Fluttershy slunk away, back into the building, and couldn’t hear the rest of the conversation. Fluttershy found herself a secluded corner, curled up into a ball, and cried like she hasn’t cried since she met Rainbow. How could Pinkie Pie do this? She ruined the auction. We won’t be able to raise the money now. What kind of friend does that?

Outside CMS
Date: May 28th, time: 10:00 am

*Rainbow’s perspective*

Mom brought Rainbow and the rest of the soft ball team to the school, but they couldn’t find where the bake sale was. Rainbow instructed the team to split up and look around, but no one found anything. Rainbow tried texting Applejack but got nothing back. She next tried calling but it went straight to voicemail. She double checked the text AJ sent her, and it said “CMS, May 28th, 10:00 am”. AJ totally bailed and didn’t even tell me. What kind of friend does that?

Outside CMS
Date: May 29th, time: 11:00 am

*Applejack’s perspective*

Applejack looked around for Rainbow Dash and the softball team while helping Granny to keep up with the line of customers. Rainbow Dash should have been there long before then. Applejack distinctly remembers sending her a text, confirming the date and time.

“Applejack, do you know where the softball team is?”, Ms. Trees asked.

“No Ms. Trees, Ah have no idea. They were supposed to be here at ten.”

“Well, let me know when they get here.”, Ms. Trees said then walked off to take care of other things.

Applejack went back to helping Granny but continued looking for rainbow hair. As the day went on, there was still no sign of the softball team. Applejack got worried but then realized that if something did happen to them, someone would’ve called either her or Ms. Trees. Applejack would’ve called them herself if she got the chance but never did get that chance. The day went on, and the bake sale was a huge success with almost everything being sold. By 3:30, everyone was packing up to leave.

“Wasn’t Rainbow supposed ta bring the softball team?”, Big Mac asked.

“Yeah, she was supposed to.”, Applejack said in a cold, angry tone.

“What happened?”

“Ah don’t know.” Stupid Rainbow making a liar out of me. What kind of a friend does that?

CMS gym
Date: Jun 4th, time: 3:30 pm

*Rarity’s perspective*

For the umpteenth time, Pinkie had rebuked Rarity’s offers of helping with the decorations and setup, and Rarity just about had it. The previous times, Pinkie Pie ended up doing everything by herself. Rarity promised herself that if that was the case this time, Rarity would no longer offer Pinkie her help.

Rarity entered the gym, and it was very nicely decorated. Rarity looked around for Pinkie and found her lying on the bleachers. Walking over, Rarity could see that Pinkie was exhausted, exhausted by Pinkie standards.

“Pinkie darling, you did an excellent job setting up for the End of Year Dance, but where are your volunteers?”

“Oh, nobody signed up to help, but that’s okay. I was able to get everything done.”

“Nobody-” Rarity was about to go off on Pinkie, but held her tongue. “I see.”, Rarity ended up saying then immediately left. Well, if she’s going to be like that, then I’m not going to be her friend.

CMS lunch room
Date: Jun 11th, time: 12:00 pm

*Sunset’s perspective*

‘Tis the final day of school, and summer break is just three hours away. Although, that also meant that today will be the last hockey match of the school year. They’re going to be playing against a new team in the area called the Center for Troubled Youth’s Berserkers. Sunset just knew that there was going to be a lot of penalties for excessive violence in that game. At least her Dot Five campaign succeeded. All five of the girls no longer sit together, hangout, or even speak to each other.

At the End of Year Dance, they stayed far away from each other, and today, they were sitting with their respective social groups. Fluttershy has become even more of a recluse and no longer talks to anyone at all. Rainbow and Jacklyn have become standoffish and cold. Pinkie Pie and Rarity seem to act the same on the outside but have become more distant towards everyone. Sunset did feel bad about taking away their coping mechanism, but it had to be done. Those girls were a threat to her.

Canterlot Ice Rink
Date: same day, time: 3:30 pm

*Sunset’s perspective*

The Wondercolts filed into the locker room and began gearing up. They all wanted this game to be a good one. As they walked out onto the field, they could see the Berserkers. The two groups huddled up and began planning. Sunset had researched the other team and found that they were very recently created to give the kids an outlet. That meant they were likely dealing with an inexperienced team with emotional issues. Sunset debated using that against them but ultimately decided she liked the way her nose looked already, and judging by the way they were acting, they would get enough of that already.

“You sounding classest. They misunderstood.”, Meg signed once Sunset explained her findings to the team. Sunset translated it for the rest of the team.

“The place’s website literally states that they specialize in helping kids through behavioral problems. It’s not classism.”, Sunset explained.

“Maybe you should go there.”, Soarin’ remarked.

“Soarin’, I’ll get you, and it’ll look like a bloody accident.”, Sunset said threateningly.

“Kids, come on now. We have a game to play.”, Coach said.

The kids grumbled but went back to planning. Once each team was ready, they lined up and waited for the buzzer. Tiny was netminder, Meg and Spade were defenders, Sunset and Fleetfoot were forwards, and Rainbow was center. The buzzer sounded, and the game was on.

The Berserkers got the puck first, but the Colts retrieved it before the Berserkers could even get over the blue line. Fleetfoot passed the puck to Sunset, and Sunset and Rainbow rushed towards the Berserkers’ net. Sunset passed the puck to Rainbow, and Rainbow charged the Berserkers’ net. The Berserkers’ netminder tried to block the shot but missed by a mile, and the puck went straight into the net.

The game continued like that, with the Berserkers getting their asses handed to them. Half way through the game, one of the Berserkers decided that they were sick of getting humiliated and began actually attacking the Colts. The ref ordered the kid into the box, but the kid just kept rampaging. Several of the larger Berserkers and Colts along with the coaches and ref tried to restrain the kid, but the kid was a beast. As they were trying to restrain the kid, the kid hit Rainbow hard upside the helmet, and she went crashing to the ice. As Rainbow hit the ground, something snapped within Sunset. Sunset took her stick and began bashing the kid. The others all backed away from the scene. Sunset just kept bashing, not paying attention to anything else, until she felt her stick get grabbed. Sunset spun around, ready to explode on whoever it was, until she saw it was Rainbow. Rainbow looked dazed and kind of out of it and collapsed again, just as Sunset registered the situation. Sunset managed to grab her but nearly lost her balance in the process as skates aren’t the most stable footwear. The Colts rushed into help while the Berserkers helped their team mate. As the Colts took Rainbow off her hands, Sunset turned to look at the berserking Berserker. They were curled up into a ball, and their team was trying to calm them down. Sunset shot them a disgusted look and went off to rejoin her team.

Parents, police, and an ambulance for Rainbow were called. The berserking Berserker wasn’t injured, aside from some nasty bruising, just freaked out. Rainbow was still out of it and very likely had a concussion. Sunset tried to get her to follow her finger, but Rainbow just looked at her, glassy-eyed. The ambulance showed up first, and one of the medics bolted over to Rainbow. Sunset immediately recognized her as one of the medics that picked her up from the fencing school and Rainbow’s mom.

“So that’s how you knew what happened to me.”

Rainbow gave no response to Sunset’s accusations.

Mama-Hothoof’s partner came running with their jump bag. Mama-Hothoof and her partner began fretting over Rainbow and asking people what happened. They loaded Rainbow into the ambulance and sped off, leaving everyone else waiting for the police. Soon the police arrived, then the parents, and everyone spent the next several minutes retelling the story.

“They definitely acted tough, but they were really just a massive baby.”, Sunset finished retelling to Brigid and the police officer.

“Thank you, I think that’s all I need.”, the officer said then walked off.

“Don’t we have exciting lives.”, Sunset deadpanned to Brigid.

Brigid merely smiled and brough Sunset to the car. They also needed to get to the hospital.

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Date: ?, time: ?

*Rainbow’s perspective*

Rainbow woke up with a splitting headache. Looking around, Rainbow found herself in the hospital and her parents, Uncle Blitz, and Gilda around her. The moment they noticed Rainbow woke up, she was bombarded with “Are you okay?”s, “How are you feeling?”s, and so on. Rainbow tried to remember what happened but couldn’t. The last thing she could remember was one of the Berserkers going berserk. If I’m in the hospital, and I can’t remember why, that means I got knocked out or the experience was so traumatic that my brain blocked it out. Judging by the headache, I’d bet on getting knocked out.

“So, who knocked me out, where are they, and where’s my hockey stick?”, Rainbow asked.

“According to your teammates, your friend, Sunset, beat you to it.”, Mom said.

At that, Rainbow’s brain promptly blue screened, and it apparently showed on her face.

“After you went down, Sunset lost it on the boy and whacked him until he went down. Do you remember stopping Sunset’s rampage?”, Mom asked.

“No, what’d I do?”

“You grabbed her stick, and that caused her to stop.”

“That’s totally awesome, but why would Sunset go ape shit over me?” The question was more to herself than anyone else.

“Aren’t you two friends?”, Dad asked.

“Not really, we’re teammates on the ice, but off the ice, I think she hates me.”

Everyone looked around, puzzled. None of them could quite make sense of Sunset’s actions.

“Whatever her reason, we’re all glad that she did. She likely kept more kids from getting hurt.”, Mom said.

“Yeah”, Rainbow said quietly. Rainbow racked her brain to try and figure out Sunset. Nothing about her sudden snap or her current behavior made any sense to Rainbow.

“Rainbow, the doctors want to keep you overnight for observation. We’ll be back later tonight and in the morning to check on you.”, Mom said. Rainbow nodded her understanding.

“And Rainbow, we support you no matter who you love. You being a lesbian has no barring on that.”, Dad added.

Rainbow shot up in alarm. “You told them?!”, Rainbow asked Gilda.

“What? No, I didn’t.”, Gilda frantically said.

“We knew since you were four and said that you were going to marry your teacher.”, Mom said.

Rainbow’s face became bright red, and she crashed back into bed, covering her face with a pillow. Rainbow was both embarrassed as that was not how she wanted to come out and relieved that it’s over. “Wait, why are you only telling me you know now?”, Rainbow said after lifting the pillow from her face.

“We only realized you were dating Gilda back in the lobby, and we realized that you were hiding the relationship from us.”, Dad said. “We don’t want you to feel like you need to hide anything from us.”

Canterlot Hospital
Date: same day, time: 5:00 pm

*Sunset’s perspective*

With the many trips they’ve needed to make to the hospital over the last eleven months, Sunset has grown quite familiar with the largest hospital in Canterlot. Grandpa Jiraiya showed Sunset around the hospital, and Sunset has become familiar to the hospital staff. Emi’s chemotherapy takes a lot longer than Sunset’s blood donation. That means that Sunset is often left to wander around or get something to eat at the food court. That is what she would normally be doing, but Raindow was here. Despite her being the former leader of the defunct Friendship Five, Sunset still felt a need to check up on her. It was strange, but Sunset guessed it was because she viewed her as one of her soldiers while on the ice.

Finding Rainbow’s room wasn’t hard. All Sunset had to do was look for the mop of rainbow in the children’s wing. When Sunset found her, Rainbow appeared to be sleeping. Sunset stood at the foot of her bed, debating whether she should wake her up. The decision was made for her as Rainbow woke up and screamed, causing Sunset to scream.

“Why are you standing at the foot of my bed?!”

“I was waiting for you to wake up!”

“Why were you doing it in such a creepy way?!”

“Is there a not creepy way of doing that?!”

That got them to calm down.

“I guess you’re right. Sunset, I’ve been informed of what happened, and I have some questions.”

“You want to know why I reacted the way I did to you being knocked out.”, Sunset said bluntly. Rainbow merely nodded. “To be honest, I don’t know.”

“That’s a flat out lie; which is strange because I’ve never heard you flat out lie before.”

“How did you-?”, Sunset asked, very confused. Rainbow was one hundred percent right. The only human that could ever see through Sunset like that was- “You learned that from Jacklyn.”

Rainbow’s face darkened at the mentioning of her name. “Yeah, I’m not anywhere as good as her, but at least I’m not some no good-” Rainbow cut herself off. Sunset smiled internally. She could only imagine all the nasty names that Rainbow wanted to call Jacklyn that even she was too polite to say out loud. “So, what’s the real reason?”

Sunset debated just leaving, but that would likely cause Rainbow to chase after her, and there was no way she didn’t have stay-in-bed orders. Sunset didn’t want the guilty conscience that would come if Rainbow were to fall and get injured. Ultimately Sunset decided to tell Rainbow some version of the truth. “Despite how annoying I find you, I respect you, and no one hurts a member of my team.”

Rainbow gave Sunset a look like she didn’t quite believe her but nodded her understanding anyways. Assured that Rainbow wouldn’t do anything stupid, Sunset truned to leave the room.

“You’re a strange one, Sunset.”, Rainbow said under her breath.

Sunset just grinned, exited the room, and made her way back to Emi’s room. Emi was also in the children’s wing but a floor up from Rainbow. Unlike the rest of the hospital, which Sunset has called canned depression, the children’s wing was actually bright and cheerful. There was wall paper with various cartoon characters on it and chests full of toys. Emi was in a double room along with another girl. Although, this was a new girl. The previous girl was moved to a different hospital a couple of weeks ago. This new girl was named Lily Light and has blue eyes, light skin, and the warmest smile Sunset had ever seen. She seemed nice and liked to talk about her dog.

“And he’s big, like he’s another human big, and he eats a lot.”, Lily said.

“Hey Sunset, sounds like we found your dog counterpart.”, Emi joked.

“Ha ha ha, very funny.”

“He once sat on me, and my dad had to get him off me because I couldn’t.”, Lily said.

“One time, Ki farted so loud that he started barking, and he’s an American Akita, so only barks when he thinks there’s an intruder.”, Emi said.

Sunset listened in as the two continued talking. Both of them were adorable. Sunset really hoped both of them would make it.