Sunset's human world origin

Platinum Wood’s house
Date: Oct 22nd, time: 8:00 pm

*third person’s perspective*

Trust me, you don’t want to go into Platinum’s head.

“Mom, Dad, I’m home.”, Platinum said. Platinum walked over to his mom and kissed her on her cheek. “What was that? Oh, work was fine.” Platinum turned to his dad. “You can’t talk to me like that. I’m respected by my colleagues and better paid than you ever were! I am not a failure!” Platinum ran to the kitchen to grab a knife. “I’m not going to take this from you anymore! I’ll show you that I’m not a failure!” Platinum drove the knife into his father’s chest until all that showed was the handle. “Yes Mommy, I’ll fix the hole.”, Platinum said with his head down like a scolded child. Platinum went into another room and came back with his taxidermy bag. “I know I still need to find Magnum, Mom. I’m working on it. The little girl? Oh yes, I found her. She’s the daughter of one of the college profs. I tried to grab her when I first found her, but her mom got in the way. I’ll grab her soon, though, and then she can be a part of our family.”, Platinum said to his mom while repairing his dad. Turning to the other bodies “What do you guys think of this plan?” Platinum began going over his plans to get Magnum Knuckles and Sunset Shimmer with the other taxidermied bodies in the room.

Sunset’s room
Date: Oct 31st, time: 9:00 am

*Sunset’s perspective*

“Come in, Emi.”, Sunset said in English before Emi knocked.

“Okay, you are getting too good at that.”, Emi said, rushing in. “Guess what day it is today.”

“Sun’s day”

“Sun-day, not sun’s day, and yes. But, it’s also my BIRTHDAY. Ah’m 4 years old as of 2:16 this mornin’.”

“I understood half of that.”

Emi shrugged her shoulders. “Do you like your computer?”, Emi said a lot slower.

“Yes, it helps.”

“What’s Blackfeather?”

“Blackfeather was - (Equestrian word for friend). He was-” Sunset mimicked a shooting motion, but Emi was too young to understand what that meant.

“Wanna go play?”

“Bi-rth-day, important day?”

“Very”

“I play with you all day.”

“YES!”

Katon family back porch
Date: Oct 31st, time: 5:00 pm

*Sunset’s perspective*

Sunset and Brigid were sitting outside, carving pumpkins. Anzhong was upstairs, helping Emi with her costume. Sunset was dressed as Little Red Ridin’hood. Brigid thought it would be funny, considering they shared a name. Brigid was dressed as the big bad wolf.

“What is this holiday called?”, Sunset asked.

“It’s called Halloween. It’s a holiday from mo homeland a’ Ireland. It is ‘hen the veil between da realms a’ da livin’ n’ da realm a’ the dead is da thinnest, n’ da spirits c’n cross over ta our world. It used ta be ‘hat we would invite our ancestors inta our homes ta share in our celebrations. We still do ‘hat, but now we also go door ta door, askin’ f’r candy. Now, it ain’t only da good spirits ‘hat are a’ visiting. Dere be evil spirits too. Dat’s why we wear scary costumes. Dat way, dey think we be one a’ ‘em and leave us alone. At da end a’ da night, we will have a feast ta honor our dead.”, Brigid explained.

“It kind of sounds like [Equestrian name for Nightmare Night]. We would collect candy, and at the end of the night, we would give half of it to [Equestrian name for Nightmare Moon]. [Equestrian mane for Nightmare Moon] is a vengeful goddess, and if we didn’t give her enough candy, she would eat us.”, Sunset said.

“‘Hat is a very interesting soundin’ holiday. What day is it on?”, Brigid asked.

“Oct 22”, Sunset answered.

“Pretty close in date too. Ah wonder if-”

Sunset stopped listening at that point. What Brigid said about spirits crossing over got Sunset thinking. She could feel a change in the ambient energy, but she couldn’t tell if it was from spirits or the people.

“Little Red”

Sunset’s attention was pulled back to reality.

“Sorry, Ah was ramblin’ again. Are ya done with y’r pumpkin?”, Brigid asked.

“Yes. Will these things really scare evil spirits away from home?”, Sunset asked.

“Dun know. Ah jus’ know ‘his is fun.”, Brigid said.

This is fun. Even if I’m still crap with my hands.

“Are you two done carving yet?”, Anzhong asked. As he apparently makes a habit of doing, Anzhong was suddenly standing right next to them. He’s got to teach me how he disappears and reappears like that.

Anzhong was wearing a tan coat and hat and a rubber dog snout.

“Ya ready ta figh’ crime, McRuff?”, Brigid asked in a joking tone.

“I still have no idea who I’m dressed as.”, Anzhong said.

“You’re McRuff the crime hound. He takes a bit out of crime wherever he goes. - Brigid makes me watch his shorts.”, Sunset said.

“Come on! Come on! We're burning daylight, and we’ll soon be burning moon light. Let’s go!”, Emi said importantly. Emi was bouncing up and down and wearing a burglar outfit.

“Okay, okay, we’re coming.”, Brigid said. “We jus’ have ta get dese pumpkins lit n’ ‘hen we’ll get going.”

“Yay!”, Emi exclaimed.

Katon family’s backyard
Date: Nov 1st, time: 6:36 pm

*Sunset’s perspective*

Brigid and Sunset were in the backyard harvesting potatoes. There was a decent amount of cloud coverage. It was going to rain soon. It always amazed Sunset to watch the clouds move on their own.

“Dat’s a pretty sunset.”, Brigid said.

“What?”, Sunset asked.

“Dat’s what this time a’ day is called.”

Sunset’s eyes widened at that. “My name, Sunset.”

“Y’r real name is Sunset. Dat’s great, now all we need is y’r last name.”

Sunset thought on how to translate her name into English. “What is English word for light reflecting?”

“Well, shimmer is one word.-”

“Shimmer! My name is Sunset Shimmer.”, Sunset said with a smile.

“Well, dat’s one mystery down.”

Brigid’s home office
Date: Nov 3rd, time: 11:00 pm

*Brigid’s perspective*

Brigid was in her office grading papers when there was a knock at the door.

“Come in.”

“Hello, Brigid.”, Sunset said.

“Sunset, ‘hat are ya still doin’ up?”

“Remember that security guard that tried to grab me a couple weeks ago?”

“Platinum Wood, he was suspended. He’s actually coming back in a couple days. Why? Do ya not feel safe around him?”

“He is the one who shoot me, and he made dead one of the street people I lived with. He was called Blackfeather.”

“Where did dis happen?”, Brigid said, alarmed.

“I know where, but not where’s called.”

“Get Anzhong. We’re going ta get a location and file a police report.

Canterville police station 9
Date: Nov 4th, time: 12:00 am

*Brigid’s perspective*

After spending an hour trying to find the overpass Sunset used to live under, they found it and were now entering the closest police station.

“Hello, my name is Anzhong Katon. I am a lawyer in the DA’s office and am here in regards to the murder of a man known as Blackfeather.” Anzhong told the front desk officers.

“That case is still being investigated. I was unaware that the state already assigned a prosecutor.”, the front desk officer said.

“I was not assigned to the case. I have someone with me that witnessed the killing.” Anzhong gestured to Sunset. “This is Sunset Shimmer. She witnessed the murder and can identify the shooter.”

“I’ll contact the detective. We’ll set up a time for Miss. Shimmer to be interviewed.”

“Thank you.”

With that, the Katons left to go home.

Outside the interview room
Date: Nov 4th, time: 12:00 pm

*Sunset’s perspective*

“Okay Sunset, Anzhong n’ Ah are gonna be in ‘here with ya da whole time. Da nice detective is jus’ gonna ask ya some questions. Is ‘hat okay?”, Brigid asked.

“If they ask something you’re not comfortable answering, you don’t have to.”, Anzhong said.

“Okay”, Sunset answered. Now all I need to do is phrase everything so I don’t sound like a crazy person.

The three entered into the interview room where they were met by the detective. They sat down and let introductions get underway.

“Hello, I am Detective Sentry. I understand you have information regarding one of my cases.”, the detective said.

“Go on.”, Brigid said to Sunset.

“My name is Sunset Shimmer. I lived with Blackfeather when he was shot. A man named Platinum Wood shot him. Platinum Wood works as security at Canterville College.”, Sunset told Detective Sentry.

“Can you tell me what happened before and after Blackfeather was shot?”, Detective Sentry asked.

“I was not there when it started. When I did come back, there was group of men attacking the tent group. The attacking group leader pulled out same thing you have on belt and shot Blackfeather. After he shot Blackfeather, he saw me and shot me. Projectile went through here.” Sunset pointed to her scared wound. Oh, she probably needs to know when it happened. “It happened on Sep four.”

“Okay, if I bring in a forensic artist, can you describe the other attackers and any other people that would’ve witnessed the attack?”, the detective asked.

Sunset nodded yes.

The detective nodded back and left to get the forensic artist.

“I get good feeling from her.”, Sunset said.

“What do you mean?”, Brigid asked.

“Well, I get these feelings about people. I can feel them. Is that not common?”, Sunset replies.

“The ability itself is inherent to all humans, but having it strong enough that you are consciously aware of it, is far less common. We call it a sixth sense or a gut feeling or intuition.”, Anzhong said.

“Is it bad that I have a strong sixth sense?”, Sunset asked, getting nervous.

“It’s not bad. You just need to learn how to use it properly, or it can overwhelm you. That is something I can teach you.”, Anzhong said.

“Thank you.”, Sunset said.

“Sorry, that took so long. This is Sketch Pad. He's our best forensic artist.”, Detective Sentry said, walking back in.

“Hello, so Sunset Shimmer. You said you already identified one of the attackers. How many other attackers were there.”, Sketch Pad asked.

“There were six others.”, Sunset responded.

“Okay, can describe the height, weight, facial features, and any other identifying features of the attackers.”

“Yes”

It took a bit, but they were able to get sketches of the attackers and some of the other witnesses.

“I know the attackers.”, Detective Sentry said.

“You do?”, Brigid asked.

“These boys are repeat offenders. They spent more time in the slammer than their own homes, but considering what their parents were like, that might have seemed like a good thing to them. The problem is, all of these boys have gone missing in the last two months.”, Detective Sentry said.