My Past Is Complicated

“I’ll never get used to that,” I groaned and rubbed my head. Sunset gave a chuckle as she stood on her hooves. The others were making various groans and moans as they shakily stood up.

“Jesus Christ,” Lyra grumbled. “I’m gonna feel that migraine for a few days.”

“Ditto,” Bon Bon agreed. She rubbed a hoof across her head and Lyra held a hoof to her mouth.

“Think I’m gonna vomit,” she mumbled. I quickly stepped away. I love my friends and all but I don’t wanna be vomited on. I’ve been vomited on enough when Dinky was a baby. Bon Bon rubbed her back with a hoof and a worried expression. Lyra slowly removed her hoof after a few tense seconds.

“I think I’m good,” she admitted. “Thank fuck.” Cheerilee stepped away from Sunset and stared at her.

“Sunset? Are you feeling okay? You have some weird stains on your hooves,” Cheerilee pointed out. I glanced down at Sunset. I kinda thought that wave would have gotten all the blood all her but I guess it missed some spots.

“Never better,” Sunset grinned as she looked around. “I’ve missed the castle. Good to be in a somewhat safe place.”

“Hey Cheerilee?” I asked quietly. “Can we talk real quick?” The older mare glanced over at me and nodded. Lyra glanced at us as we walked over to a dark corner.

“What’s up Derpy?” She asked curiously. “I assume this is about Sunset.” I nodded quickly.

“It’s scary how you always know when I’m about to voice my concerns about her,” I sighed. “She killed the entire crew on that ship. To save you. We kinda think the necklace she’s wearing is the cause. If she didn’t kill them herself outright, they died when the ship crashed into the water.” Cheerilees expression turned to shock as we looked over at Sunset talking with High Winds and playing with the red gem.

“We need Twilight.”

We sat in the throne room with our hooves resting on the table, taking in the shocked faces of the others. Rarity and Fluttershy looked slightly green when I went into some details about how Sunset killed some of the griffins.

“She did what?” Applejack asked in awe. She didn’t have a green face or anything or looked sick. She looked impressed along with Dash if anything.

“She killed every living creature on board,” I repeated myself. “If it moved and wasn’t a prisoner, she killed it. She stabbed a creature to death with her horn. Decapitated another with a piece of metal that she threw.”

“And you think the amulet is the problem?” Twilight asked nervously.

“Yes. You weren’t there. Her eyes are red now, her magic is red instead of golden orange and the gem was glowing everytime she killed. Trust me.” Twilight held up a hoof to stop me as Moondancer looked nervously at Lemon Hearts.

“We believe you don’t worry,” Twilight reassured me.

“We didn’t mean for any of this to happen! Really!” Lemon Hearts exclaimed.

“We’re sorry,” she and Moondancer said in unison.

“How can we help?” Minuette asked nervously.

“Well obviously we have to get the necklace off her. I want to do my research before we do. Just to be safe so we know there isn’t any side effects of us just straight removing it,” Twilight answered. “Lemon Hearts, you and the others keep an eye on Sunset. We need to keep her indoors. We and the rest of the Mane Six will go to Zecora. The gem had a zebra on it so I’m willing to bet she has to know something.”

“Yeah!” Rainbow Dash pumped a hoof in the air. “We will get her back under control in no time.”

“Why do we have to keep her indoors?” Earth Lyra asked curiously. “It’s gonna be hard to do that without a good reason.” Twilight let out a long sigh.

“You said as soon as she found out Cheerilee was in danger she went crazy and went on her killing rampage, right?” She asked.

“Uhm yeah?” Earth Bon Bon said. “You think it’s connected, don’t you?” Twilight let out another breath as she nodded.

“I do. Obviously the amulet is affecting how she reacts to thinks. If Cheerilee even falls or gets bumped into accidentally in public, it could send her flying into a murderous rage. I don’t want to have to explain to the townsfolk or Celestia about why her former student massacred a whole town single handly! That would be a very bad look for us all. Plus ponies would die. From what you told us, the royal guard wouldn’t stand a chance.”

“Or the Wonderbolts,” High Winds chimed in. She was wearing an uncharacteristically serious face. Her two teammates she had mentioned were in the room with the same serious faces. Surprise didn’t seem like the type to ever take anything serious. I wonder if she and Pinkie are related with how random she can be. I remember Dash about had a heart attack when we walked in with three of her idols.

“She’s right,” Soarin agreed. “We also aren’t gonna tell Spits or the others about this. We don’t want it getting out. Especially since we know. It would look bad for us all, like the Princess said.” Twilight turned a shade of red.

“You don’t have to call me that Soarin. Twilight is fine,” she mumbled and played with her mane. Both Lyra’s and Surprise smirked at each other.

“This is probably the craziest thing I’ve ever seen!” Surprise grinned. “A whole ‘nother world! Right at our hooftips. Are there doubles of us?”

“Uhm yes dear,” Octavia admitted. “Spitfire is the soccer team captain. Our worlds Rainbow is the co captain along with Soarin.” Twilight clapped her hooves together and we all glanced at her.

“Alright. We have our assigned tasks. Let’s get to work!” She flapped her wings and hovered above us. “Let’s hope we find something. If I’m right, that isn’t Sunset anymore. That’s a literal killing machine. And make sure Cheerilee stays in her view and doesn’t get hurt at all.”

“You got it,” I nodded. “And keep her indoors.”

“At all cost. Applejack, bring your rope before we come back. We might have to tie her down like we did with Dash that one time.” Rainbow glared at her.

“I thought we agreed to never speak of that again.” They started arguing before laughing as they flew out the room, the earth bound elements galloping after them. Me and the others? We went to find Sunset and pray she didn’t get out. Thankfully Spike was distracting her.