Sunset's human world origin

Katon family backyard
Date: Jun 22nd, time: 1:00 pm

*Brigid’s perspective*

Brigid and Emi watched as Sunset and Anzhong trained. Despite not having this body for even three years, Sunset was more than adept at using it. She has gotten so good at fighting that Anzhong is letting them train with real weapons, but they were still wearing armor made up of wrestling mat padding topped by a sheet of aluminum, leather guards, and a bike helmet. Despite how much Sunset usually complains about having to wear armor, this was the first time she didn’t. Brigid didn’t need to wonder why that was. The scars on her body told a story of their own.

Anzhong swung his staff down, and Sunset deflected it with one of her blades then charged in with the other. Anzhong dodged and kicked Sunset away, not hard, but she was sent stumbling away. Sunset grabbed a rock and threw it at Anzhong’s head. Anzhong blocked it easily and charged Sunset. Sunset tripped Anzhong, sending him staff then face first into the ground. Sunset hopped on his back and pointed her blades at the back of his neck.

“I win.”, Sunset cherped.

“Okay, I say we take a break. I would like to train Kiba.”

Sunset got up from Anzhong and removed her blindfold then the rest of her armor. Anzhong did the same, then they both brought the stuff to the garage. They soon came out with a training dummy, treats, and the bite proof suit thing.

Emi hopped up, carrying Tomiju, and ran over to Anzhong and Sunset. Brigid couldn’t hear what they were saying but could guess. Emi wants to train Tomiju how to be a guard dog. Sunset began teasing Emi about the idea. Probably something about how Tomiju would only be able to bite ankles judging by the fact Emi started chasing Sunset on all fours and biting at Sunset’s ankles. Sunset picked Emi up and held her upside down. Emi began to squirm, and Sunset let her down.

Anzhong called Ki and Kiba over and had all three dogs sit down with varying levels of success. Once they were all paying attention, Anzhong ordered Ki to attack the dummy. Once Ki was done, Anzhong began instructing Kiba and Tomiju on how to do it. Kiba was picking it up faster than Tomiju. Tomiju was more concerned with getting attention, but Anzhong was doing his best. He eventually managed to get Tomiju to bite at the dummy’s leg but not with the desired ferocity.

Emi helped as best she could, but that proved less than stellar as she had no idea what she was doing. After a couple hours of training, Anzhong put the bite proof suit on and had the girls hold the dogs. After Anzhong got a few feet away, Sunset and Emi gave the order to attack. Ki and Kiba ran after him, but Tomiju just sat there, looking at Emi for attention. Emi just hung and shook her head. Ki ended up grabbing Anzhong’s leg and tripping him while Kiba went straight for the butt.

“Ah bet y’re glad ya weren’t facin’ ‘er at dat moment!”, Brigid teased Anzhong.

“Oh, you should be just as glad!”, Anzhong shot back.

Brigid was about to make her own retort but was cut off by Sunset and Emi making gagging and barfing sounds. Brigid merely rolled her eyes at the girls’ antics while Anzhong got up and ordered the dogs back over to the girls. They continued the dogs’ training, but the results were very mixed for Tomiju, with her only obeying half the time.

They eventually had to stop training as it was time for Anzhong to start dinner preparations. Everyone began heading back inside, but as Brigid was taking off her boots , she saw that Sunset was fixated on the fence. “Ya comin’ in?”, Brigid called out.

“Yeah, just a minute.”, Sunset said, only taking her eyes off the fence for a moment.

As weird as this situation was, Brigid could say from experience that it was better to just let weird be weird. Brigid finished removing her boots and went inside.

Katon family backyard
Date: same day, time: 6:00 pm

*Sunset’s perspective*

Sunset waited for Brigid to go inside before approaching the fence. Whoever was on the other side would definitely get jumpy if they heard her as Sunset what she was doing. Sunset continued to listen as the person shifted their body. They were being very noisy. Even Brigid would be able to hear them from where Sunset was standing. Sunset quietly approached the fence. The person had stopped making noise now. Once she was close enough, Sunset peered through one of the small holes in the fence. On the other side, she saw purple, purple hair. Rarity. Sunset nearly growled her name out loud. It didn’t take a genius to figure out why she was spying on her family. Rarity was casing the place. Sunset so badly wanted to hop the fence and rip the girl’s throat out, but she was also curious about how she was planning on breaking in. Ultimately, Sunset decided to wait and watch. Plus, that gave her a better defense in case Sunset ended up badly hurting her.

With a plan in place, Sunset followed her family inside. While Anzhong cooked dinner and Brigid and Emi trained Tomiju, Sunset began hiding her PC. They’re house’s security system was by no means lax; every door and window were outfitted with sensors and are reinforced or bulletproof, but there’s no such thing as a pick proof lock. They do have an alarm system, but they haven’t armed it in nearly a year, and Sunset had forgotten her code. If Rarity got in, Sunset didn’t want to risk her finding anything incriminating.

Sunset dismantled her PC and placed it into plastic boxes to protect it. The less incriminating parts got scattered about her room, but the parts that could hold any sort of evidence got stashed. Sunset pushed her couch out of the way and lifted up some of the floorboards. Underness was a cubby not unlike the one Nana made but bigger. Sunset hid the remaining parts in there, covered it back up, and pushed the couch back into place.

Sunset sat down on her couch, picked up her controller, and began pursuing her game collection. She had many games at this point. Sunset picked out one that she could pause, she only had a couple of hours, and began playing.

Katon family dinner table
Date: same day, time: 8:15 pm

*Sunset’s perspective*

As Sunset sat, eating dinner, she noticed Brigid looking at her quizzically. Sunset panicked for a moment, thinking that she might be catching on to what she was doing, but calmed herself realizing that she would have no way of knowing.

Eventually Sunset got an answer to Brigid behavior. “Ah think we’ll need ta take ya shoppin’ f’r bras soon.”

“What? No, she’s not that old.”, Anzhong said.

“Anzhong, she’s nearly thirteen.”

“No, she’s still my little girl and not allowed to grow up.”

Sunset rolled her eyes. “You sound like my bio-mom.”

“Who, me?”, Anzhong asked in mock offense.

“Yes, you. My mom would always say that Spitfire and I were not allowed to grow up.”

“We’ll go shoppin’ Thurthday.”

Katon family home
Date: Jun 27th, time: 7:00 am

*Sunset’s perspective*

Everyone was running around, getting ready. Despite Sunset trying to readjust her sleep schedule, she still ended up with less than 8 hours of sleep. Grandpa Jiraiya was late due to a pile up on the highway, and he, being him, was helping the paramedics. It’s not like he was gonna be moving any time soon anyway. Minerva had an online meeting that started at 8, so could only watch the girls unil 7:55 and couldn’t have kids and dogs playing in the background.

Eventually, Anzhong, Ki, Kiba, Brigid, and Sunset just had to get going, and everyone hoped Grandpa got there soon. Anzhong, Ki, Kiba, Brigid, and Sunset filed into the car where Sunset promptly fell back asleep. The ability to fall asleep anywhere was an ability Sunset only developed upon becoming human and is up there in her favorite human abilities.

The next thing Sunset knew, she was being woken up by Brigid in the Bargain-mart parking lot. Sunset groaned but got up. Much to her releaf, Brigid picked Sunset up and carried her to the store. Sunset did have to admit that she was getting a bit too old for this, but considering parking lots were even more dangerous than roads and no place to be inpared in any way in, Sunset did give a fuck. It also gave her a chance to wake up slowly. By the time they made it to the store front, Sunset was awake enough to walk. Brigid put her down and led her over to a Starbits. Brigid ordered her and Sunset’s favorite caffeinated beverages. Despite humans not requiring, or even being able to tolerate, as much sugar as ponies, Sunset still liked her sweets. They took a set and let Sunset wake up a bit more before heading out.

Once they were done, Brigid grabbed a cart, and they headed over to the clothing section. There were a myriad of different bras of different colors, sizes, and styles. There were some called “sports bras”. Sunset examined those first. Compared to the others, they had little structure and were the most stretchable.

“So, as da name suggests, dese are designed ta give ya as much support as possible without interfering with y’r movement.”, Brigid explained.

“Why would we need support?”, Sunset asked.

“Dey help with preventin’ back problems. Dey help ta contain y’r breasts n’ keep them out a’ da way while y’re goin’ ‘bout y’r day.”

Sunset looked down at her own mammary glands. They had been growing over the last year. Looking over to Brigid, Sunset could see why they could cause back problems. Just like the rest of her, Brigid’s mammary glands were bigger than most other women’s. “What kind do you wear?”

“Some‘hin’ like dis.”, Brigid said while grabbing a bra. “Ah like ta avoid ones with a lot a’ wires. Dey poke me.”

Sunset nodded then turned back to the bras. Sunset grabbed one that looked to be about the right size and pulled the elastic part around her body. It seemed to be the right size, so Sunset grabbed a few in different styles.

“Ya wanna try dose on?”

Sunset’s face contorted in disgust. Considering where parts of these things will end up on her body, that sounded really gross.

“Don’t worry. Dat’s why Ah wash new clothes before we wear ‘em.”

“Humans are nasty.”, Sunset deadpanned.

“Says da one goin’ through puberty.” Brigid then took a moment to think before speaking again. “What’s pony puberty like?”

“Well, the basics are the same, but other than that, it’s completely different. We start at around ten and are finished when we first go into heat at fifteen.”

“Ya go through heat? Dat must be - unpleasant.”

“Very. Now, I’m no expert on this subject, but it is mainly characterized by accelerated growth and the development of sexual organs. Since we go into heat, we don’t become year round walking, stinking cauldrons of hormones and pheromones, and no, we don’t use cauldrons in our magic. We use more of what you would find in a chemistry set to make potions.”

Brigid smiled in a way Sunset knew to mean “smart ass”. “So, which do ya prefer, periods or heat?”

“Periods”, Sunset answered quickly. “As much of a pain they are, they’re better than being in heat. Periods still such though.”

Brigid nodded sympathetically, and they went over to the changing rooms. Brigid talked to the attendant, and the attendant grabbed a number, unlocked one of the rooms, and placed the number on the door handle. Unlike the first time they came, Brigid didn’t need to accompany Sunset in. That was good for Sunset. She still didn’t have any problem with nudity, just the cold, but dressing in front of others was equivalent to stripping for Equestrians, and Sunset doubted she’d ever get that association out of her head. Although, this would be considered the most vanilla peantana ever.

Sunset first tried on one of the sports bras. It was comfortable, but she wouldn’t want to wear it all the time. Sunset took it off and tried on one of the non-sports bras. It’s design was strange. The clasps to fasten it were in the one spot on her body that Sunset could not easily reach, and she knew this applied to the majority of humans. She tried anyway and was able to fasten it but not without a decent amount of difficulty. As soon as she got it on, she found it uncomfortable. Sunset checked to see if everything fit properly, and it did, and nothing was poking her. It seemed like her body just didn’t like having it on.

Sunset took it off and put her clothes back on. After gathering everything up, Sunset exited the stall as walked over to Brigid.

“Dat was quick.”

“These are uncomfortable.”, Sunset said flatly.

“Ah see. It’s okay if ya don’t want ta wear ‘em.”

“Wait, so you dragged me out a’ bed ta go shopping for something that’s completely optional.”

Brigid shrugged. “It’s optional f’r some n’ not f’r othe’s. We c’n put dose back n’ get ta da rest a’ da shoppin’.”

“I’d like to get some a’ the sports bras. Although, don’t expect me to wear ‘em outside a’ sports.”

“C’n do.” Brigid took the bras from Sunset, placed the sports bra in the cart, and took the others back to the rack. Sunset grabbed some more sports bras and put them in the cart. With that done, they went on with the rest of their shopping.

Katon family home
Date: same day, time: 7:50 am

*Jiraiya’s perspective*

Jiraiya walked into Anzhong’s and Brigid’s house slower than he normally moved. Emi ran up and hugged Jiraiya, and a small dog began sniffing him. Jiraiya was careful when patting Emi’s head. He didn’t want to stain her beanie with whatever still might be on his hands. He had used some wet wipes to clean up a bit, but he still felt like there was still stuff on his hands. Minerva said a quick “hi” and “goodbye” to Jiraiya as she rushed back to her place. As soon as Emi let go of Jiraiya, he went over to the kitchen sink to wash his hands.

Emi looked at him worriedly. “Was it really that bad?”

“A lot of people got hurt. A truck turned over trying to avoid something in the road. It hit a lot of cars and more ran into it. It was bad.”

Emi hugged Jiraiya again, which he returned as soon as his hands were dry. Emi and Jiraiya went over to the couch, where he was properly introduced to Tomiju. She was an excitable one. She danced in place while Jiraiya petted her. Soon, Anura came out of the bathroom and came over and hugged Jiraiya.

“Hey kiddo.”

“What happened? Aunt Brigid said that there was a bad accident.”, Anura asked. Emi shook her head at Anura, and she quickly got the message. “Never mind, sorry.”, Anura quickly said.

“It’s alright. It’s good that you’re curious.”, Jiraiya said in a somewhat somber tone.

“Well, I actually have some questions about Aoi.”

“Shoot”

“Why didn’t she have any family on the family tree or a birth date?”

“Well, that’s actually a bit of a story. She did have a father, but I never met him, and I’m not sure if she’s still alive. And the reason we didn’t have Aoi’s birthday written down is because we can’t have it written down anywhere. She didn’t even remember it by the time I met her, only her birth year.”

“How does someone forget their own birthday?”, Anura asked, confusedly.

“It happens as you get older”, Jiraiya said.

“And Grandma was over five hundred years old.”, Emi added. Anura’s face was a mix of shock and disbelief. It was like we told her that the Earth was really shaped like a giant banana. Jiraiya nodded to back up Emi.

“Aoi was a creature called a kitsune, a fox yokai. I wasn’t even her first human lover, but I was the first to not reject her upon learnin what she was.”

“That’s-that’s impossible.”, Anura said, shocked.

“Says a girl who’s cousins with a magical unicorn turned human from another dimension and me. A tell for if someone’s ancestor is a kitsune is if they have golden eyes. It’s not a guaranteed yes, but if they don’t, they aren’t.”, Emi explained.

Emi and Jiraiya waited for Anura to speak, letting her process everything. “We have got to be the strangest family in the world.”, Anura finally said.

“Ah wouldn’t bet money on that.”, Emi half joked.

Streets of Black Forest neighborhood
Date: same day, time: 9:30 am

*Sunset’s perspective*

For every advantage of being a human, there was a disadvantage. The human ability to get bored quickly did helps to fuel Sunset’s creativity, sometimes in destructive ways, but made shopping trips a nightmare. At least Sunset was allowed to sit in the front seat on the way back. It brought a juvenile joy to Sunset to be treated like a big kid, as stupid as that sounds.

As they turned the corner to the street that they needed to take to access the alley, Sunset noticed something in the bushes of the house across the street from theirs. Sunset only had a few seconds to make sense of it, but it was enough to know it was Rarity. She was wearing camo, but Sunset could see her head moving to track them. She wasn’t sure if Rarity saw Sunset watching her.

They soon pulled into the garage, and they began unpacking the car. Emi and Anura were training Tomiju in the backyard while Grandpa watched. Once Grandpa saw them, he went to the car and started helping to bring in the groceries. Once the groceries were situated, Grandpa left to go back home. He had the look of a man that had seen something really bad. It had long faded, but Sunset had seen that face so many times, it was hard not to see it. It brought back some of her more painful memories, ones she tries hard to forget. Sunset began to think of the old human saying “war is hell”. That couldn’t be more wrong. War is war. Hell is hell. In hell, you know no one down there is innocent. War drags in the innocent.

“Mom, can I have a drink?”, Sunset asked.

“Ah’m guessin’ y’re not askin’ f’r a soda.” Sunset shook her head. “Mango sake?” Sunset nodded. Brigid walked over to the fridge and pulled out the beverage. She then pulled out the sake set, poured some sake in the flask, and put it in the microwave. Once done, Brigid poured two glasses and handed one to Sunset. Sunset stared at the liquid inside as she waited for it to cool. “So, what drudged up dem memories?”

“What?”, Sunset asked. She heard what Brigid asked but didn’t know how she knew.

“Da face y’re makin’ is y’r “deep contemplation” face, n’ considerin’ it only came up afte’ ya saw Jiraiya n’ what happened ta him earlier, Ah’m guessin’ bad memories.”

“You’re not wrong. I’ve seen that kind of face more times than any creature should. A good number of those times were in the mirror, and don’t say anything about therapy. My answer is still “no”.”

Brigid raised her hands up in surrender. “Do ya want ta talk ta me ‘bout it?”, Brigid asked while putting her hands down.

“Not really, I don't really want ta think about it at all.”

“Dat’s understandable but not healthy.”

Sunset took a long sip before answering. “As soon as I become an alicorn, I’m going to focus scientific efforts on creating those “anti-psychotics” you mentioned and massively reform the mental health sector.”

“Ya want ta become an alicorn?”

“After over a thousand years of only being ruled by ‘em, Equestria has grown to associate alicorns with royalty. You can wear a crown, but no one will take you seriously as a ruler if you don’t have wings and a horn.”

“Ah see, like bad teeth.”

That got Sunset to laugh. “Hehe, yeah, something like that.”

“But bein’ an alicorn would make ya, at least a near, immortal. Ya’d out live everyone or, um, pony.”

“Not everypony, dragons are also near immortal creatures. The current dragon lord, their leader, was an ancient dragon back when the pillars a’ harmony were alive, a group that included Starswerl.”

“So, y’r siste’ would also likely be very long lived.” Sunset nodded. “It sounds like ya got plenty a’ reasons ta wanna become an alicorn.”

“That, I do.”

Katon family home
Date: same day, time: 1:00 pm

*Sunset’s perspective*

“Sunset, Ah’m gonna take da girls ta da park. Do ya wanna come?”, Brigid asked.

“Still hate parks.”, Sunset answered back.

“Okidoki” Brigid left Sunset’s room, and Sunset went back to watching Rarity. She had moved onto walking around their block. Brigid had noticed her, but Sunset convinced her that she was just a kid from school that had a history of being a fruitloop and was harmless.

Every few minutes, Rarity would pass by Sunset’s window. I wonder what’s going through her head. Sunset heard the car start up and saw it drive down the road. A bit later, Sunset heard the sound of the back gate opening. That thing was loud, even by normal human standards. A lot of the entrances around the house were like that. You couldn’t sneak in without sending the whole house on alert.

Sunset slid under her blanket and watched through her back window. Rarity walked up to the back doors and was most likely picking them. Sunset quietly moved from her bed to her door and grabbed her gun box on the way. It took her several minutes, but she got in. Sunset heard Rarity head straight for the stairs. As soon as it sounded like she was up the stairs, Sunset took her gun out and quietly followed Rarity. It was easy to keep quiet when you were only wearing socks.

Rarity was in Emi’s room. Sunset crept closer. She saw Rarity rummaging around Emi’s desk. All Emi had on her desk was her laptop, school work, and various items relating to her inventions. Sunset stood up from her crouching position and raised her gun.

“Wearing shoes inside the house, Rarity? Didn’t your mother teach you any manners?”, Sunset said with as much bravado as she can muster.

Rarity began to reach inside her bag and spun around to meet Sunset, but once she saw what Sunset was carrying, she put her hands up. “Where did you come from?”

“Didn’t you notice the door to your right when you broke in? And I’m surprised you’re not starting to have a panic attack. We are isolated, anyways.”

“It’s a bit weirder than that. Let’s just say I’m too focused on the fact that you have a gun to be panicking.”

“Fair enough. Now then, what were you reaching for in your bag? Don’t try any funny business.”

“Oh, I would never. Funny business was Pinkie’s domain.” Rarity reached into her bag with one hand and pulled out… something.

“What is that?”

“Oh here, I’ll show you.” Before Sunset could order her to stop, Rarity pressed a button on the device, and an ear splitting screech filled the room. It was like the dog whistle but worse. Sunset dropped her gun and covered her ears in a desperate attempt to block out the noise, but she could still hear it. Sunset staggered back and fell to the floor in pain. Rarity ran up, picked up Sunset’s gun, and pointed it at her. Only then did she turn the thing off.

“What in Tartarus is that?!”, Sunset asked, all bravado lost.

“June fifteenth, I overheard you yelling at that darling little girl about her blowing a dog whistle. After that, I just had Micro create a really loud, painful sound recording at thirty-five thousand hertz, that’s the hertz level of a dog whistle.”

“Good ta know.”

“Now, I know you had something to do with the bully bots. Where’s the computer Sunset? A simple laptop can’t run those programs.”

Sunset began to stand up and started laughing. “Hahaha, oh, Rarity, Rarity, I know you’re not going to shoot me.”, Sunset said with regained bravado. “You don’t have the metal.”, Sunset said predatorily. Sunset grabbed Rarity’s hand with the gun and moved it so the gun wasn’t aiming at her then grabbed Rarity’s throat and forced them to the ground. Sunset sat mounted on top of Rarity, and Rarity grabbed at the arm Sunset was choking her with and kicked fruitlessly. Sunset let go of Rarity’s throat, grabbed her free arm, and pinned it down to the floor. Rarity was at Sunset’s mercy, and thoughts of all the things she could do to her crossed her mind. She wasn’t going to do any of those, but she would scare her with them.

Rarity was looking at her with the most pitiful eyes she’d ever seen on a human. They wouldn’t be out of place on a pony. Sunset gave her a predatory grin and then bit her neck. At first, it was just a nibble, but then she pressed a bit harder, not enough to break the skin but enough to make her realize just what kind of situation she’d gotten herself into.

“Sunset, please let me go. I-I won’t tell anyone.”, Rarity pleaded.

“Oh, I will, but not for a while.”, Sunset said in a sultry voice. “None of my family is due to be home for hours, and in that time, I could do whatever I want with you.”

“What do you want?”

“What does any girl with raging hormones want? Although, I might just be willing to let you go, if you promise to do something for me.”

“I don’t believe you’d actually do something like that.”, Rarity said, gaining some confidence in her voice. “Even you’re not that horrible.”

“Oh, am I?” Sunset let go of the hand not holding the gun and groped one of Rarity’s breasts.

“No, you’re not.”, Rarity answered. Rarity took this opportunity to launch an attack and gave Sunset a solid left hook. This gave Rarity the chance to get her leg out and pushed herself up and Sunset off. Sunset was sent sprawling out onto the floor. Both girls quickly stood up and were still holding the gun. Rarity reached into her bag again and pulled out a stun gun. Sunset grabbed the hand with the stun gun. That left Rarity holding both weapons, and Sunset holding both of Rarity’s hands. Sunset spread their arms, forcing the two closer together, and headbutted Rarity right in her forehead. That stunned Rarity, and Sunset was able to deliver several kicks to Rarity’s stomach and solar plexus. Rarity slumped to the floor, and Sunset let her go. Rarity dropped both weapons. Sunset grabbed them, placed her gun on Emi’s bed, and put Rarity’s stun gun back in her bag.

“Now, you’re going to leave, and we’re never going to speak of this again.”, Sunset commanded.

Rarity grabbed her bag and ran back the way she came as fast as she could, which was only slightly faster than a walk. Once she was down the stairs, Sunset walked over to the discarded whistle device. Rarity had a device made that would only affect my family. What a bitch. Sunset retrieved her gun and walked around the property to make sure Rarity was gone. While Sunset was still outside, she grabbed a rock and smashed that infernal device.

Windham Correctional Center
Date: Jun 30th, time: 3:00 pm

*Simon’s perspective*

One of the guards brought Simon to a visiting section where they weren’t separated by glass. Already sitting at the table was Miria. They got these visits once a month, and they were rarely pleasant. Sometimes, he would be relapsing, other times, she would be relapsing, and the remaining times, they would both be relapsing. Simon had brought Anura’s picture with him in hopes that will motivate her to get better, but he has long since learned that he should never get his hopes up. He just wished that they could be there for Anura, even if their relationship and their relationship with their daughter will never be the same again.

Simon took his seat and looked into the dead eyes of what remained of his wife. They both remained cuffed and chained as their visits could get heated.

Miria looked at him with scoren in her eyes. “I see you’re on the wagon.”, Miria spat out.

“Did you know we have a granddaughter?”, Simon asked bluntly.

“Minerva told me.”

“Did she show you her picture?”

“Pff, no.”

Simon pulled the picture out of his jumper pocket and showed it to Miria. Miria looked at it briefly then turned her head. “Cute, and why should I care?”

Simon so badly wanted to strangle her right now but kept his emotions in check. He knew it was the addiction talking, and he wanted to get out of here. “You can stay in here and rot for all I care. I’m going to get out of here and be a grandfather.”, Simon said in an angry whisper.

The two got up from their seats and had their guards take them back to their cells. As they were being led away, Simon glanced back at Miria, and all he saw was a bitter, spiteful woman. He could no longer sense the woman he fell in love with all those years ago.