“The castle looks gorgeous,” Octavia commented as we followed young me to the throne room where a guard pushed the door open.

“Hello Sunset. Sit down please,” Celestia levitated a scroll to a waiting earth pony who trotted away with it. “You need to make friends.”

“I’m fine by myself. I only need me,” she scoffed and brushed a strand of her fiery mane. “Only making friends will distract me from my studies.”

“I’m sorry but I don’t believe that. You will make a friend,” she said firmly.

“Is this an order?” Young me asked quietly.

“Yes. And I don’t want you in the library until you bring me one friend you’ve made. That is all. You’re dismissed,” she turned her attention back to a different scroll.

“I knew she took a heavy hoofed approach with you but this is a bit much,” Twilight mumbled.

“For real,” Bon Bon agreed as she gave me a sympathetic look. “I know why you were a bit aggressive now.”

“Same here,” Octavia agreed as she wrapped a hoof around my neck. “You’re a great friend now to us all.”

“It gets worse from here,” I warned as we followed young me out of the room and into the hallway.

“Make some friends she says. It’ll be easy she says,” young me scoffed. “I’ll find a way to force a friendship so I can get back to the books.”

“Did it work?” Mom asked curiously. I gave a low chuckle.

“Nope. Watch this.”

“Will you be my friend Moondancer? After all, you would be friends with the princess’ star pupil! I could get you some books and spells you wouldn’t get anywhere else!” Young me smiled at the other mare.

“I don’t think so,” Moondancer commented as she shook her head. Young me frowned and glared at her.

“Why not? You don’t have friends either.” Young me spun around and her tail slapped Moondancer in the face as she trotted off. I had gotten in a bit of trouble for that one but I lied and said I didn’t mean to hit her. In all honesty, I meant to do it.

“That was painful looking,” Vinyl commented as Moondancer rubbed her cheek with a hoof.

“I imagine it was,” I agreed.

“Oh boy. Back in the throne room,” Derpy mumbled. We watched a young me hesitantly enter the room where Celestia was waiting.

“Have you made any friends yet my dear student?” Celestia asked curiously. Straight to the point as always.

“No I’ve been busy,” young me lied. “School work and all.” Celestia sighed and rubbed her head.

“Have you tried?” She asked pointedly as young me slammed a hoof on the ground.

“I have! I just can’t make friends. It’s not in the cards for me. Why isn’t it working? I’m being nice! I offered to help Sea Swirl with her school work. Do you want to see me fail?”

“I don’t think you could fail at friendship after all the spells you’ve done here,” Celestia announced.

“How do ponies become friends?” Young me asked her. Celestia waved a hoof in the air.

“They just do. They hang out. They read books together. Go to the movies. They just be friends.”

“That’s real helpful,” young me grumbled. “Can I go now please? I have to go on this pointless assignment you’ve assigned
Me.”

“How can she even compare learning spells to making friends?” Bon Bon wondered. “Those aren’t even remotely the same thing!”

“I’m sorry you went through this dear,” Mom hugged me as we watched young me storm out of the room. “She was a bit rough on you.”

“I deserved it,” I admitted. “I was awful and demanding.” Mom tightened her grip on me.

“Yes you were demanding but there was a better way of handling it then the way she did.”

“I agree,” Twilight admitted with wide eyes. “I’ve never knew she was like this all this time back then.”

“Where does young Sunny go now?” Vinyl asked with a smirk.

“My house,” I admitted.

“You had your own house?” Lyra grabbed my face and squished it between her hooves. I removed her hooves and smirked.

“Yes. Mom did a lot to help me out when she didn’t have to. I always came from a poor family as you all know. Mom scraped the money to get me here and how did I repay her? By running away and being unappreciative as hell. I was an awful daughter. At least I apologized to her for it before she passed. I was awful. I never should left the town.”

“Do not talk about yourself that way. Your mom told you that you were a great daughter and I agree with her one hundred percent. You weren’t bad daughter,” Mom chided.

“I guess.”

“Wow this is a nice house. Not very spacious but it had a good view,” Lyra commented as younger me stood on the balcony.

“How it all began if truth be told. I have a master plan. Took them by surprise, worked my way uphill. They looked into my eyes. I became invincible. No one can stop me for only I am in control,” young me sang softly as the others stared at me. I turned a bright shade of red.

“I forgot I sang a evil song here,” I admitted sheepishly.

“If you want me, you better contact my people. See my crown, I’ll be queen. I love the endless worshipping. I am raw, a dinosaur but I will never be extinct. So don’t mess with me, I’ll shoot you down. Don’t mess with me,” Young me flipped a makeshift crown I vaguely remember making as a filly on her head.

“Show me love and affection, I’m the future ruler. It’s best to keep me pleased. Imagine if you will, our meet on the block. I’ve got time to kill. So how about you bow down to me? It’s been fun, but won’t you please disappear? Something tells me that you can’t further my career.”

“So you do like affection!” Lyra smirked as she winked at me. “Knew it!”

“Shush.”

“See my crown, I’ll be queen. I love the endless worshipping. I am raw, a dinosaur but I will never be extinct. So don’t mess with me, I’ll shoot you down. Don’t mess with me,” young me gestured at the other houses below mine with a hoof slowly. “Cause all your heads are gonna roll. I’ve made your misery my goal. So if you want survival, kneel on my arrival. For this is how I will rule the world!”

“Thankfully you changed,” Bon Bon shivered.

“No one can stop me, for only I am in control. And if you want me you’d better contact my people. See my crown, I’ll be queen. I love the endless worshipping. I am raw, a dinosaur but I will never be extinct. So don’t mess with me, I’ll shoot you down. Don’t mess with me,” young me finished softly as she turned around and slammed the doors to the balcony shut leaving us on the balcony.

Author's Note

The song is heavily modified from this one: https://youtu.be/OMeWTcPOLGg

I feel it's a perfect song that would fit evil Sunset or Starlight. I just changed some words to make sense for a mare singing the song. Give it a listen because it's super cool.