A Hero's Origins
By TheAlienBrony22

Princess Empathy

The trio walk around at a witchcraft museum. Chance looks through a metallic tribal mask, while Sunset and Luna are with a few other tourists, as well as an elderly female tour guide. The guide clears her throat and looks towards a large white ancient book. "...And behind this impenetrable glass is the recently discovered, and only known existing copy of the 'Archamada Book of Spells'." The guide spoke.

Sunset stared in awe at the book, smiling as a wave of nostalgia flows through her. 'Ahh... reminds me of the old days.' Sunset thought.

"It contains ancient witchcraft and rituals from the later sixteen hundreds." The two said in unison, Sunset mimicked the woman's words perfectly, much to the older woman's chagrin.

The tour guide gave Sunset a snide look and rolled her eyes, much to Sunset's disappointment. "Maybe you should work here, dear." the elderly woman remarked, wheeling a cart full of books away.

Luna was about to console her, until Chance walked to Sunset's side as she sulked, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Ahh don't let that old bat get you down. Far as I'm concerned, you've seen and dealt with more magical stuff than she ever has, she's got no room for her big mouth by technicality," Sunset scoffed and sulked further. "Hey, come on, you're not actually gonna let old 'mummy-face' get you down, are you? She's probably older than that spellbook, anyway!" Chance remarked, out-stretching his arms as he imitated a mummy's pose and facial expression as if they were in a tomb. Sunset felt a smile form on her face and laughed at her friend's attempt to cheer her up, which still ended up working.

Soon enough, the lighthearted moment is broken when rumbling begins, with everyone in the room soon lifting to the ceiling, seemingly magically. The tourists start to panic, and Chance immediately tries to dial in an alien, but is barely able to keep himself still long enough to see which one he was dialing in. They all reach the ceiling, and seem to be stuck. "Something tells me this isn't on the tour." Luna speculated, trying to get herself free.

Through the skylight window, a puff of red smoke travels through the air and reaches the book of spells, materializing into three individuals. The first one was a man with dark skin, had a red skull painted on his face, all while he was draped in a a red and white colored robe, and held a wooden staff with a bird's head. He wore a necklace with dozens of magical and mystical charms on it, and slowly approaches the case containing the book of spells. The other two individuals were somewhere around Chance's and Sunset's age, but one was clearly shorter than the other. They hid their faces behind masks. One had a magical rune painted on it, and the other, a crescent moon with a top hat.

The man observed the case, and smiled as he gazed at the book. "The Archamada book of Spells... All of its power shall soon be mine!" He exclaimed triumphantly.

The man takes a deep breath and opens his mouth. "Fah-Cah-Me-Doof!" The second right-most charm started glowing yellow, activating as he speaks. His eyes glowed bright as the glass encasement around the book shatters, and the book levitates off the podium, into his hands. "Finally, ultimate power is within my grasp, I can almost taste its divine essence radiating from its unexplored pages!" The man proclaimed.

Chance rolled his eyes and managed to get his hands free, then cycled to one of his aliens. "These dingbats get more wordy every time. This is a good time to go..." The man uses his staff to end the rooms' occupants' levitation, dropping them to the floor. "Hero! Oh come on!" Chance exclaimed as he fell.

Everyone screams as they're falling, and Chance quickly transforms into Armethyst, diving to the ground as he shot down a tapestry. Armethyst quickly grabs it and maneuvers it, having it act as a soft landing for the tourists, and barely manages to catch Luna and Sunset. "You two alright?" Armethyst asked.

They nodded. "We'll be fine, but they need to be stopped." Luna stated, glaring at the crooks.

Armethyst looked at the civilians and knew this was gonna be one of those kinds of fights, and decided to make an important move. "Everyone needs to get the fuck out, or you'll die in here if things go haywire!!"Armethyst exclaimed urgently.

The other tourists clearly recognize that the situation was not yet taken care of, and quickly evacuate, all while Luna, Sunset, Armethyst, the man and his two acquaintances stay behind. "Be careful, Chance. You don't know what tricks he's got up his sleeve." Luna cautioned.

Sunset stepped forward, transforming with her geode. "Let's kick their butts!" Sunset remarked.

Armethyst nodded, forming his hands into blades. The alien hero quickly jumped in front of the man, staring him down. "Dude, if you wanted a book so bad, go to the damn library!" Armethyst quipped, thrusting his blades forward.

To Armethyst's surprise, he ended up hitting only air, with the man suddenly standing right behind him. Armethyst quickly turned around, only to notice his second charm activate. He holds up his staff and takes a deep breath, then speaks. "Bethi-Mordor-Natta!" Flames started to erupt from the staff, setting the tapestry, as well as most of the museum alight. Armethyst backs up and gets ready to fire several crystals at the man, only for the man to fire red crystals out from his staff, causing Armethyst to go on the defense. Armethyst tries to charge at the man, only for a blinding flash and a large puff of smoke to blind the alien hero, causing him to slip and crash into display cabinets.

As Hex turns to finish him off, he's hit with a couple of trash cans thrown by Sunset and Luna, momentarily distracting the magician from Chance. "Guess we got his attention!" Sunset remarked.

The two other crooks stood behind them as the man gritted his teeth, approaching them with a furious look in his eyes. "Kind of wish we hadn't." Luna said, getting in front of Sunset.

The man's eyes widen, knocking Sunset and Luna back with a telekinetic force. The two individuals looked towards where the alien hero had been, only to then be met by an onslaught of several swift punches, both of the unknown attackers getting sent flying into the wall. One stood their ground, and the shorter one groaned in pain. The man tried to get a hit on the alien, Armethyst countered it and slammed his knee into his chest, then delivered several powerful punches, knocking him back into the only standing individual, causing the center-most charm to be tossed into the air in the fray, landing in Armethyst's hand while all three of the crooks get knocked out in the process.

After a few moments of pulling the crooks out of the semi-burnt building, the man and his two cohorts were lying on the cold concrete path, reeling from the attack. Luna puts a hand on Armethyst's shoulder, smiling. "Nice work!" Luna commented.

Armethyst nodded, but soon noticed that Sunset was sitting on a bench nearby, appearing saddened by something. Armethyst sighed and walked over to his friend, all while tons of cameras start to flash and people start to surround him, cheering for him. As comfortable as it felt for him to have some positive things said about him, he just wanted to talk to his friend, see what was bothering her.

Armethyst leered down at the reporters that were getting aggressive, lighting bopping him in the face with their mics, and a couple others tried climbing on top of him. At his limit with human interaction, Armethyst stared down at the reporters and simply formed his arms into blades, jamming them into the next few cameras that were shoved into his face. The reporters quieted down and backed off, all while Armethyst stared them down. "There's a thing called personal space, meatbags... respect it, or you'll get no respect from me and my allies." Armethyst cautioned.

The reporters backed off, slowly retreating from the crystalline alien hero as the man and the individuals associated with him get carted away. 'I fuckin' hate the paparazzi, no respect for personal space,' Armethyst looked over at Luna, seeing the displeased expression on her face. 'Oh man, now I'm in for an earful.' Armethyst thought.

As the RV drives along the road, Chance is examining his Rogue's Gallery box, putting away his latest trophy along with his other items, including Animo's Transmodulator, a photograph of Carlos, and the photos Sunset took of herself and him back in Caspiir. While Chance smiled at the memories, he was also listening to Sunset as she expressed her emotions. "All I'm saying is that you didn't exactly stop those three all by yourself today, okay? I helped save your sorry butt, but does anybody notice me and my contributions?" Sunset remarked.

Chance looked up at his friend, seeing the clearest sign of irritation in her eyes, all while she felt underappreciated. Raising an eyebrow, Chance decides to press further. "Hey, you still bothered by what that old crone said? If so, you do know we appreciate everything you've done so far. Sure, there have been hiccups here and there, practically everywhere, but no one's perfect. You're probably just surprised that no one outside of Canterlot City knows of the Rainbooms and their heroics, but I know that'll change one day, it'll happen!" Chance stated, trying to reassure his friend.

Sunset shot him a scowl. "That's not what's bothering me! Chance, open your eyes! I've been reduced to a damsel in distress in a number of our last few adventures, and even when I haven't been captured or taken out of the fight, I'm still doing nothing to contribute. I'm a hero, damn it! I shouldn't be getting captured or beat like this, or reduced to some passerby!" Sunset stared at the watch and sneered. "The only reason you're a hero is because of the Omnitrix. If I found it instead of you, I'd be getting all the attention, I wouldn't be trapped like some ditzy princess, and I'd get all the cool stuff that goes with it!" Sunset remarked loudly in frustration.

Chance's eyes widened in shock, "Wow, didn't even hesitate to go for the jugular, huh?" Chance looked at their sleeping space at the back of the RV, noticing the hoverboard Sugilite gave her was still right where it was when she sat it down after their encounter. "What about that hoverboard, aren't you gonna use it, rather than let it collect dust all summer?" Chance asked.

Chance watched as Sunset's eye twitched and started to shake the table in an aggravated manner. Chance was taken aback by his friend's aggressive display, but he did know where she was coming from, to a certain point. 'Wow, so this is what it's like being on the receiving end of this argument... Not gonna say what she said was false, because it wasn't, but damn, now I'm scared if the new power she unlocks turns out to be fire! I gotta think of something quick, or she's gonna blow!' Chance thought.

Chance looked around and came up with a solution, grabbing the charm that the man lost in the fight, handing it to her. Sunset stopped shaking the table and stared at the charm in her friend's hand. "Here, why don't you take it." Chance offered.

Sunset was taken aback, surprised by the offer. Carefully, Sunset picked it up, examining the charm closely as she stared down at it. "Really, you're just gonna give this to me?" Sunset asked.

Chance nodded and shrugged his shoulders. "Yeah, I didn't wanna let it collect dust in the box, so I figured it'd be for the best if you used it. Plus, I don't really know how the Omnitrix is gonna react to magic of any kind, whether it's your geode or the charm, so better not to risk it. Besides, the Omnitrix is all I need, why would I want to stack magic on top of it? I'm not Dash, my ego isn't as large as hers." Chance explained with a smile.

Sunset chuckled and playfully punched Chance's arm, hooking the charm to her necklace, letting the charm hang behind her geode. "Thanks, I appreciate it." Sunset said.

Chance nodded and leaned back in his booth. "You're welcome. Oh, and FYI, maybe you're right, in the sense that the Omnitrix is what makes me a hero, but my actions are genuine, one-hundred percent my own choices and decisions, with the rare exception being Zombrex, but I digress, maybe the next time someone needs help, I'll try to do it as me, Chance Marsten. That sound fair to you?" Chance asked.

Sunset smiled. "Sure, but don't be afraid to transform if you really need to. Don't try to get yourself killed just to prove a point." Sunset advised.

Chance chuckled. "Then it's a done deal." Chance stated.

In an ambulance, an EMT is monitoring the man, as well as the two individuals that assisted him in their attack. One of his charms suddenly glows bright yellow and he wakes up, grabbing the other two individuals and using the charm on them. "My destiny shall be fulfilled. Your work is not done!" The man proclaimed.

He blasts the back doors of the ambulance open, the vehicle screeches to a stop as he floats off, with his two assistants following after him, with the shorter one leaving behind her crescent moon/top hat mask.

In a restaurant, the trio are eating crawfish in a fancy restaurant. Down to just one crawfish, Chance moves in to snag the last one, only for Sunset to smack his hand, making him recoil. "I've been counting. You've had eleven craw-fish to my nine, let me have one more." Sunset remarked.

Chance rolled his eyes, both of them not noticing the charm's glow. "Sounds to me like it's time to make it an even dozen. A man's gotta eat!" Chance remarked.

As Chance moves in to snag the craw-fish, Sunset flicks the fork of her friend's hand with her own. "I don't think so, mister!" Sunset remarked.

The fork flies through the air and lands onto a waitress's foot, poking through her shoe. "Yowch!" The woman exclaimed.

The waitress tosses the glasses on her tray in the air in pain. One of the glasses catches on a chandelier, causing it to spin. The glass is then tossed into the kitchen, disrupting the cook and making him run into a cart with a bowl of live crawfish. The cart then rolls back into the table that the trio was sitting at, sending the bowl of crawfish straight onto Chance. Sunset casually collects the last crawfish and eats it. "OK, now I'm full." Sunset remarked, chuckling.

Chance tries to get the other crawfish off of him, all while one tries to crawl up his nose. "But they're not! OW!" Chance exclaimed. Sunset, Luna and the other patrons in the restaurant get a good laugh out of this. Sunset finally takes notices of her bright yellow glowing charm, which stops glowing just afterward.

At the witchcraft museum, Hex is sorting through all of the books looking for the Archamada Book of Spells. While he does this, the guard is stuck floating in the air. Unable to locate it, he questions the guard. "The Archamada Book of Spells. Where is it?" The man interrogated.

The guard pointed over to a large mechanical vault door. "I-It's in the vault, please don't hurt me!" The guard pleaded.

With little effort, the door is torn from its hinges, and levitated to the side. The assistants stand by the man's side, with the shorter assistant revealing herself to be Trixie, only her eyes seemed to glow and radiate a menacing red light. The man speaks out an incantation, and the book flies into his hands. "Yes, soon my power will know no limits!" The man tried to absorb the book's immense powers and abilities into himself, but soon found himself incapable of doing so. "W-What?! Why is-" The man looks at his charms, and notices that the center-most charm is missing, and recalls his fight with Armethyst. "Of course, the battle with that poorly-crafted golem!" The man gritted.

At a street market, Sunset and Luna were still laughing at Chance's expense, all while Chance kept a cottonball stuffed in the nostril that the craw-fish tried to invade, with it steadily getting redder by the second. "Y'know in all my travels, I never actually saw a craw-fish climb in someone's nostril, until today!" Luna remarked.

Chance rolled his eyes and scowled. Chance let out a mock laugh and groaned. "Nice to know my pain and suffering is entertaining to you, next time either of you feel like crying a river, I'll regale you with the story of how I got shot." Chance remarked sarcastically.

Sunset patted Chance on the back, still laughing. "Relax, it's a bit of harmless fun." Sunset reassured.

Chance stared daggers at the pair, then gestured to his nose. "Harmless fun for who, ya masochist?" Chance questioned.

Sunset smiled and pulled her friend into a hug. "Hey, by the way, thanks again for the charm, I really do appreciate the gesture. I feel like I should get you something in return," Sunset noticed an ice cream truck and ran over to it. "I'll have one strawberry pop and my friend will have a fudge bar, please!" Sunset requested.

As the ice cream man looked around in his truck, a woman cried out in terror. "Help! They stole my purse!" the woman exclaimed.

The two teens looked down the street, seeing three dudes that were much older than they were, but decided to step in and help. Luna stops them in their tracks and gets ready to fight. "That's far enough. Drop the purse, or the next ones to drop will be you three." Luna warned.

The crooks aren't intimidated and close in on her, but Luna was still prepared to fight. "Yeah? Who's gonna make us? You, bitch?" The middle man remarked.

Chance and Sunset stepped in and prepared themselves. "One woman versus three men, sounds like a very dangerous time, especially in public. Good thing she's not alone," Chance moved his feet and put his fists up, getting into a stance. "Hope you three skipped out on lunch and dinner, because I got a few knuckle sandwiches that have your names on 'em!" Chance remarked.

Sunset got into a stance and noticed the left-most man was staring her down, smirking. "He-he-hey. That's a nice necklace you got there, lady." The man remarked, reaching forward.

The charm glowed again as Sunset grabbed the man's hand, then his arm, and threw him onto the ground, twisting his arm and slamming her knee onto the back of his neck, causing the man to panic, seeing the fury in Sunset's eyes. Sunset puts her hand onto the man's face as her geode glows incredibly bright, and her eyes light up. "Sleep." Sunset commanded with disgust. The man suddenly fell limp, his eyes closing as he suddenly fell asleep.

Chance focused on the middle man and hit him with a punch, which finally provoked him to fight back. The man swung his fists at Chance, but the teen hero just weaved, ducked and dodged the punches, all while keeping his hands close to his face. Chance stepped carefully, ducking down and jabbing the man's side, only to hit something tough as a metal thunk could be heard. Chance's eyes widened and he headbutted the man, staggering him. Chance pulled the man's shirt up, seeing a pistol. Chance paused for a moment, and his face contorted into an expression of aggression. Chance yelled out and tackled the man down, letting the man have an onslaught of jabs, punches and even a couple haymakers, all while the man tried to reach for his gun, but was actually starting to lose the will to fight with how hard Chance was hitting him.

Luna was taking care of herself rather well, spin-kicking the man in the face and then pinning him to the ground. The man that Chance was punching finally gave up, and Chance dragged his bruised body over to his buddy. Sunset did the same, and made sure the men's hands were bound so they couldn't reach for their weapons, if the other two had any.

Sunset let out a sigh of relief. "Good thing that's over," Sunset looked at the middle man and his very bruised face. "Man, you really did a number on that guy, huh? I didn't even know you could fight like that!" Sunset remarked, looking over at Chance.

Chance chuckled and smiled a bit. "Yeah, my dad wanted me to learn how to defend my self, so he had me learn to box. It was hell, almost torturous, but clearly it paid off. I felt a bit rusty and my rage kinda took over for a moment, but there's always room for improvement." Chance explained.

With the incident over, the police show up on the scene as a man exits his cruiser. "We got word of a disturbance, what happened?" The officer asked.

The woman walked over to the old man as Sunset handed her the purse she nearly lost. "Those people are heroes, officer. Those lousy crooks tried to take my purse and assault that family, but they managed to stop them and get my purse back." The woman explained.

Chance scoffed and waved off the woman's words. "Nah, we're not heroes, we're just people who hate seeing dumbasses like these morons cause trouble for good people, and then subsequentially get away with it." Chance remarked, attempting to remain humble in the situation.

Sunset stepped forward and waved to the passerbys who saw the whole fight unfold. "Yeah, we were just lucky, I guess." Sunset remarked. The trio go back over to the ice cream truck, only for Sunset's gaze to travel towards a costume stand nearby, and smiles to herself, as if an idea just popped into her head.

The next day, the Rust Bucket is parked in a lot next to other RVs, while Chance and Luna are sleeping. Unfortunately, Luna was snoring very loud, to the point that Chance had to cover his ears with a pillow. "Hey. Sunset? You got any ear plugs on you that cancel out noise?" There was no response, and Chance was a bit concerned. "Sunset?" Chance asked.

Chance looks down towards Sunset, who happens to be missing. Chance raised an eyebrow, but could faintly hear the sound of a basketball being bounced and dribbled outside. Curiosity now had its grip on the alien hero, and he quietly snuck out to investigate.

Sunset was in a basketball court with the charm active, tossing a basketball at the hoop behind her without looking. The ball does not even hit the basket, but yet another series of strange and improbable events lead it directly to the net. Sunset cheered as Chance watched on, curious as to how she was able to even make that shot in the first place. "Nothing but the bottom of the net -again! Whoo!! Man, no wonder Dash loves these sports so much, this is fun!" Sunset remarked.

Sunset goes for another shot, and right as the ball goes into the net effortlessly, Chance catches it in his hand, looking skeptical. "Okay, so just from that impossible trick shot you pulled off, we're definitely not playing horse anytime soon," Chance dribbles the basketball and goes for the 3-point shot, only for the ball to bounce off the rim, and back into Sunset's hands. "How the hell did you even pull off that shot!? I can't even pull off a three-pointer!" Chance asked.

Sunset shrugged with a smile on her face. "Just lucky, I suppose. It's like every time it glows, everything just goes my way." Sunset explained.

Chance rolls his eyes. "I'm all for believing in luck, good and bad, but something that provides this much good luck has to have some form of repercussion. Not even to mention, how the hell did you put that guy to sleep so fast last night?" Chance asked.

Sunset shrugged. "What can I say? I'm charmed, maybe my emotions are tied to how strong my magic powers are." Sunset theorized.

Chance frowned. "Or the charm is making your geode stronger with every time it glows, and you use your pre-existing powers in tandem with it, providing some kind of weird power boost to your existing capabilities." Chance remarked.

Soon enough, Luna wakes up and walks out of the RV. "Nothing like a good night's sleep. Who wants breakfast?" Luna asked, stretching her body.

Before the two could answer, a loud explosion interrupts them, and their eyes look to a construction site in the near distance. "We'll have to get back to you on that, but for right now, It's Hero Time!" Chance stated, running towards the construction site as he dials in one of his aliens.

Sunset runs towards the RV, moving past Luna. "I need to get changed, it's time a new hero stepped into the lime light!" Sunset remarked, closing the door behind her, leaving Luna confused as to what was happening.

Luna follows after Chance, who had selected Vitaguar for the task at hand. Unfortunately, when he actually tried to transform, he was instead turned into Fumesquito as he flew onto the construction site. Two construction workers were stranded high above the ground and hanging by a thread, and Luna noticed another worker was trapped in a truck, a metal beam had crushed the doors as sparks from the overhead lights begin to cause fires to spread.

Fumesquito sighed. "This is gonna be close, I need to be as accurate as I can." Fumesquito remarked, fluttering upwards to the dangling workers.

Meanwhile, Sunset finally appeared on the scene, but she wasn't wearing her usual attire. Luna looked back, and was rather surprised by the sudden wardrobe change. "Sunset?" Luna asked.

Sunset was dressed in a black latex bodysuit with a silver and red tiara on her head, a red dress she had packed in her bag from Camp Everfree's fundraiser, a white domino mask and sleek elbow-length white gloves, with her body already transformed by her geode. "It's 'Princess Empathy' from now on, ma'am." Sunset corrected.

Sunset quickly ran towards the trapped man in the truck, and knocks on the glass to get his attention. "Stay calm, I'll get you out of there in no time!" Sunset's charm begins to glow as she proceeds to do a running jump onto a plank being cut, which sends the other half flying into a wrecking ball machine's controls, causing the ball to drop onto the truck, causing the metal rod to fly off hitting a control board. Fumesquito made it to the workers and was about to fly them down to the ground below, but the elevator hits him and sends Chance up into the air, screaming as he tries to regain control and save himself, all while the workers start to free fall. Sunset winces. "Uh oh!" Sunset exclaimed.

Fumesquito manages to regain control and flies back down, avoiding the elevator in the nick of time as he barely manages to save the two workers before they hit the ground. Unfortunately, the elevator ended up colliding with a support beam, breaking right through it, causing debris to fall to the ground. "Princess, move!" Luna exclaimed.

Sunset quickly darts for cover into a nearby vehicle, causing it to reverse and knock a chute-structure out of place, causing more debris to fall. Fumesquito moves upwards and tries to stop it the best he could, but ends up getting knocked down into a cement mixture. Eventually, one of the pieces of debris lands onto the truck, and pops the door open, allowing for the man to quickly escape the scene. An onlooking Fumesquito covered in cement mix wanders around, dazed by the events that transpired.

Chance looked over as Sunset was getting interviewed by a news reporter. "How did you pull of this amazing rescue?" the reporter asked.

Sunset smiled and was about to answer, but soon saw that Fumesquito was flying away. Sunset shrugged her shoulders and re-focused on the question. "With skill of course," Sunset turns to the camera and gives a triumphant thumbs up. "Who's your hero?" Sunset proclaimed to the camera.

"You heard it here first -Live!" The reporter stated.

Luna looked at Sunset with a mix of concern and worry. "This can't possibly bode well." Luna remarked, stepping into the RV.

Meanwhile, in another part of town, the man is searching for the charm, all while his assistants direct his gaze to a news report playing on a bunch of TVs, showing a teenager in a princess costume. "An exclusive, on the scene interview with our city's very own..."

"Princess Empathy!" Sunset declared.

The man is unamused, but then he squints his eyes, noticing the charm around her neck, hiding behind that accessory she wore. "Princess Empathy..." The man growled, smirking as his eyes glowed.

In the RV, Sunset was trying to learn more about the charm that made her more powerful, all while Chance is flipping through the channels on TV, only to grow more and more frustrated with every time he changes the channel, all he can hear and see is people talking about Princess Empathy. Finally, Chance just turns the TV off and slumps in his seat. Sunset smiled and turned her laptop around for Chance to see. "Hey, check it out. I cross-referenced the Archamada Book of Spells with dark magical charms, and look. It's a part of a set called the Charms of Bezel," Chance noticed one of the charms looked exactly like the one that Sunset now had. "This charm is "luck". There are also charms for fire, levitation, reincarnation... It's honestly fascinating for such powerful magical charms to even exist in a world that previously had no magic to begin with!" Sunset remarked, practically geeking out about the magic she had at her disposal.

Chance eyed the charms in the picture, and immediately recognized the rest of them as the same ones in the man's possession. "Those are the charms Mr. Freak at the museum wore when Armethyst kicked his ass!" Chance pointed out.

Sunset soon came to her own realization, snapping her fingers. "Of course! That's why he wanted the book of spells! But, I guess we dodged a bullet and put a pin in his master plan. It says that all the Charms of Bezel must be used for the spells to be at their full power, something you took care of when we crossed his path the first time!" Sunset smiled, acting giddy like a kid on Christmas morning. "But now that power's in my hands, a literal good luck charm! His loss was quite literally my gain!" Sunset remarked.

Luna sighed. "Heavy emphasis on 'was'. Sunset, as happy as I am for you to be getting stronger, we need to turn that charm back into the museum. Plus, Chance was right to assume there might be a drawback to all this good luck that we haven't seen yet." Luna explained.

Sunset's expression fell and her eyes widened. "What!? No fair, not before I use it again! The world needs someone with the power of Princess Empathy!" Sunset argued.

Chance looked back at his friend, skeptical of her motives. "Uh, news flash! You already had magical powers, ya yutz! Don't you think this is a bit greedy?" Chance questioned.

Sunset glared at Chance. "Well, now I can do a lot more than just look into people's heads and feel what they feel! I can actually kick some serious butt with this charm!" Sunset argued.

Chance frowned. "You weren't useless before you found the charm! You faced off against sirens, you literally stood up to that Twilight chick that started ripping open portals to god knows where! You helped put a perfectionist plant-powered camp counselor into jail for reformation! You're not fuckin' useless, you dumbass!" Chance stared Sunset down. "Besides, it's not you that's doing any of that stuff, it's the charm! That charm is literally manipulating your luck and turning you from an already cool chick, to a pompous and arrogant spoiled royal, and that costume's the icing on the cake!" Chance argued.

Sunset gritted her teeth and grabbed Chance by the collar of his shirt. "It's not you, either. It's that watch! You can turn into a bunch of aliens and do a bunch of stuff that normal people can't!" Sunset argued.

Chance glared at his companion and yanked her hand off of his shirt collar, gripping her wrist tightly. "At least I'm in control of my transformations and use them with the choices and decisions I make! You're solely depending on luck being on your side, so who's really in control of what they do?!" Chance yelled out.

Sunset got up in Chance's face, refusing to back down. "Last I checked, you have an alien that's literally a zombie, and you can barely even control that one! You wanna ask that question again, crybaby?" Sunset asked with a smirk, an unfamiliar golden tint started to shine in Sunset's eyes.

Chance was on the edge of exploding at the girl in front of him. Friend or not, he wasn't gonna let that slide. "Say that again, she-demon. I'll send you down to hell faster than you'd think possible." Chance growled.

Sunset balled her hands into fists, and Chance did the same. "You're just jealous that you're getting out-classed so soon!" Sunset taunted.

Chance cracked his neck. "Please, like I'd be jealous of a glorified geriatric leprechaun!" Chance taunted.

The two teens were about to go on the attack, until the radio as turned up. "And in the news of the weird, reports are coming in that the city's famed haunted history mansion has come alive, trapping dozens of visitors inside." The man on the radio informed.

That got the teens' attention. They looked towards Luna, and saw the knowing look on her face. "I'm on it, but you two need to work together on this!" Luna advised, turning the RV around.

As the RV pulls up at the haunted house, Chance runs out the door and gets ready to help. "Time to rock and roll out! Really hoping for Jump-Kick!" Chance popped the core up and selected Jump-Kick's icon, but before he pushed the core down, Sunset, dressed back in her Princess Empathy costume, jumps over him. "Hey, save some of the action for me, you spoiled royal!" Chance remarked, slamming down on the Omnitrix, transforming into Riptile instead.

Sunset leered back at the large alien. "Back off, I'll handle this!" Sunset demanded, running inside the mansion. Riptile groaned and ran after her, all while Luna ran after the pair.

As the trio arrives inside, they see the furniture and walls of the mansion wave about as if they were alive, with innocent people trapped inside. The man stands at the top of a staircase, staring down at Sunset. "I knew you couldn't resist... Princess." The man hissed with a smirk.

The innocent bystanders screamed out, and the man's staff lights up. Riptile and Luna come onto the scene, and get ready to fight, much to Princess Empathy's chagrin. "So, how should we address you when we turn you over to the cops, magic man?" Riptile quipped.

The man sneered as his lights were lit aglow. "Call me... Hex, for the curse I'll rain down upon you pitiful mortals!" Hex introduced.

Riptile looked to the innocent people and got ready to jump to their aide, until he felt a sudden kick to the face, which knocked him back, toppling him over with a pained grunt. Luna saw Princess Empathy as the attacker. "Back off, freak! I'll be the one to get them out! I've got the skill to pull it off!" 'Sunset' remarked.

Princess Empathy rushes over to help, but as she does, the second charm on the right lights up, and the stairs begin to fly apart. Riptile slowly gets back up and immediately notices the boards hurtling right towards them. Riptile quickly gets in front of Luna and shield her from the incoming attacks, wincing as the planks tear up and break into pieces as they collide with the alien hero's back.

Riptile shrugged off the pain he was feeling and chased after Princess Empathy. "I think the spoiled royal is confusing her luck with skill! Let me show you how it's done!" Riptile remarked.

Princess Empathy runs up the stairs as they fly apart, but is then flung across the room by Trixie. She's able to land on pillar with the aid of the charm, and struggles to keep balance on it as Luna catches one of the falling civilians up on the second floor. "Hurry, get outside and alert the authorities!" Luna shouted.

The person Luna saved was about to make their way to the front door, until a flying part of the catwalk above falls down and nearly crushes the person. The person soon saw that Riptile barely made it in the nick of time and lifted it above his head, and sat down as he glares at Hex. Another part of the catwalk is levitated by the sorcerer and thrown towards him, which almost knocked more civilians to the ground, if Riptile hadn't jumped at it and caught it, clutching it with all he had as he tried to keep it steady and unmoving. "I got it, thankfully!" Riptile called out.

Princess Empathy leaps across the hanging light fixtures towards the opposite side of the second floor, watching it slowly collapse. "And I've got them!" 'Sunset' announced as she swung onto one of the lights and landed in front of the civilians.

Princess Empathy closes her eyes as the pillar begins to shake, losing its balance. Her charm glows and her eyes shine bright, backing away as she jumps off, grabbing a chandelier and barely securing herself on the strut next to the civilians. "Everybody, grab hold!" 'Sunset' yelled out.

The civilians grab onto the chandelier, swinging away as the strut Chance is cautiously holding begins to move, collapsing on the floor, and sends Riptile flying, only for him to bounce and hop, rebounding himself off the wall to safety. After that, the chandelier begins to lose it's integrity, sending Princess Empathy and the others plummeting down, right until her charm glows the brightest it ever has since she got it, and the chandelier re-secures itself, tightening right before they hit the ground, allowing them to flee.

Princess Empathy jumped down as Riptile landed right before her. "Not bad, for a freakish oaf." 'Sunset' remarked, her voice now becoming remarkably deeper.

As the civilians run out, Hex closes the doors behind them, trapping the trio inside. Hex telekinetically throws Princess Empathy with his staff, and pins her to the wall, an angered expression on his face. "Give me my charm." Hex demanded.

Princess Empathy looks around and grabs onto a curtain, causing it to fall down over Hex, and as she drops safely to the floor, also topples a case of amour on him as well. "You should've said please!" 'Sunset' remarked, but before she could go any further, the two assistants stood in her way, with Trixie stepping up, her eyes glowed red as she balled her fists tightly. Princess Empathy grabbed the girl as the geode glowed, and peered into her mind.

Trixie sat with a taller and older girl with silver hair, dark purple lipstick, as well as pink-ish eyes. She wore a pink robe with purple hearts adorning it. Hex raised his staff as a blinding red light cascaded over Trixie.

Soon enough, a dark metallic necklace formed on Trixie's neck, one that looked like an amulet of some sort, but it looked incredibly familiar. The horn on the horse's head that poked from the top of the amulet gleamed red, as did the blackened wings that sprouted from its sides. The red diamond jewel in the center radiated a dark energy, and Trixie smirked wickedly, her eyes now enveloped in the reddened glow.

Princess Empathy recoiled, groaning as she clutched her head. The charm stopped glowing and started to crack. The geode stopped glowing as well, and soon enough, Sunset opened her eyes, no longer showing a golden tint that radiated from her gaze, but instead, a look of confusion. "W-Wha?" Sunset looked around, and then at herself. "What the hell am I wearing?!" Sunset wondered.

Luna yelled out, charging at the assistants with a sturdy plank in her hands, batting them away. "Sunset, run!" Luna exclaimed, trying to fend off the attackers as best she could.

Sunset quickly got up and ran off down a hall, with Hex freeing himself moments later, and goes after her. Riptile gets ready to attack the assistants, but Luna holds a hand out to stop him. "I can handle them, you must go after miss Shimmer! Keep that charm out of Hex's hands! Go!!" Luna shouted, finally managing to crack the taller assistant over the face, which caused the board to snap in half with a loud cracking sound echoing throughout the room, but Trixie wasn't giving in.

Riptile, against his better judgement, went after Sunset and Hex. Luna spun the board around, leering at Trixie as she summoned a red energy around her hands, gripping onto spheres of energy. "Don't assume that this is gonna be an easy victory, young lady! I can do this all day, if I must!" Luna exclaimed, gritting her teeth.

Sunset quickly enters a room full of antique ornaments, and doesn't see a way out of here. Sunset rests her arm on a bust's head, which reveals a button. Sunset carefully presses the button, then witnesses as a secret entrance opens up in the fire place. Sunset smirks and quickly runs through, with Riptile tackling Hex into the same room, both the sorcerer and the alien trying to one-up each other.

Riptile notices the secret passageway and smacks Hex away, then runs down it, using his tongue to pull it shut, just to try and buy himself and Sunset some time. Hex growls and looks around for another entrance.

Within the passage, Sunset runs past snakes, skulls, and rats before losing her breath. Riptile descends the stairs and can hear Sunset's breathing echo through the tunnel and tries to follow it the best he can. Sunset leans back against the wall, trying to rest and get her breath back, until she accidentally brushes up against a button, which collapses the tunnel on top of Riptile. As the smoke clears, Sunset sees him holding the collapsed rock above his head the best he can, but rushes forward as it drops to the ground. "Chance, thank god it's you! What the hell's going on?" Sunset asked.

Riptile sneered and gave her an irritated look. "Oh, my bad, I thought I was the 'freakish oaf' who got lucky finding this watch. Didn't think some pompous princess would be bothered to remember my name!" Riptile remarked sarcastically.

Sunset was very confused, and a bit hurt by his words. "Chance, I don't know what's going on, can you please educate me on what's happening right now?!" Sunset pleaded.

The alien reptile scoffed and just hoisted Sunset over his shoulder. "Let's just get this over with, I'm not gonna tolerate such disrespect from some spoiled royal, who was acting like a bratty little she-demon towards me just because I gave a damn about her, I'm especially not gonna let you get away with calling me a crybaby! You wanna start cryin', your highness? I'll give you something to cry about!" Riptile remarked angrily, marching his way down the tunnel.

Sunset was surprised, shocked and appalled by her friend's attitude. "Chance, what the hell did I do?! I don't know what is going on, and since when did I call you any of these things?!" Sunset exclaimed.

Riptile dropped Sunset onto the ground and growled, getting all up in her face like she did to him. "You got onto me for worrying about your safety and well-being! I was telling you about how I was worried about there being some sort of repercussion for that charm's power, but you didn't wanna listen! You wanted to argue, bitch, moan and complain about why it wasn't fair for you to return the charm to the museum, and you straight up kicked me in the fuckin' face, just so I wouldn't get in your way, you pompous little idiot!" Riptile exclaimed, his voice echoed out through the tunnels as the Omnitrix timed out, transforming Chance back to his normal self.

Chance stared down at Sunset, who was letting every bit of what her friend said sink in. The anger in Chance's eyes burned like a white hot fire, the neurons that activated in his brain could've ignited his whole body into a human-shaped pile of white flames. "You cared more about that stupid charm, getting attention from the news reporters, over saving lives and stopping the bad guys! What in the actual FUCK has gotten into you?! I knew there was something wrong the moment you showed up to the construction site dressed in a princess costume!" Sunset could hear Chance's aggravation echo out through the tunnel, but she had never seen him react like this. "Ever since I gave you that charm, to make you feel better, to remind you that your contributions do matter, because I can't stand to see you upset, you've had your head so far up your own ass, you can clearly taste what you ate day before we left Camp Everfree for this road trip!" Chance reprimanded.

Chance panted, trying to catch his breath as he stared down at his friend. He felt conflicted when she started tearing up. On one hand, he felt justified in what he said, he felt it within him that it had to be said. On the other hand, however, he was sure that he didn't have to be that aggressive in his tone of voice. It made him feel terrible, knowing he just screamed at his friend like that, his only friend...

Chance's anger subsided and he knelt down, pulling Sunset into a hug, one she reciprocated as she wiped the tears away. "I'm sorry, but that Charm isn't doing anything good for you, and it's pissing me off that you don't remember any of that stuff. I don't blame you, not directly, but that charm has to go. It's turned you into something that almost seems reminiscent of something you've tried to repress. The way you got aggressive, the way you held yourself to a higher standard than me, just because I can transform into strange alien creatures, you really did seem like a mix between your former bully persona, and a pompous royal blow hard who hates anything that isn't human... What's goin' on with you, can't you tell me?" Chance asked, looking at his companion with concern.

Sunset held her head low, she clutched her geode and looked into Chance's mind for a moment. Chance still expected an answer, but after a few minutes of silence, Chance pulled Sunset away, seeing that she was looking into his head. She finally snapped back to reality, and Chance just looked angry and ashamed, averting his gaze from his companion. "How much did you see?" Chance asked cautiously.

Sunset sighed, a sense of shame washed over her as well. "As far back as yesterday, that's it. Everything seemed so... surreal. To see myself in such a state of being, it was kinda cool, at first... but, the moment I got up in your face and said all those things, even feeling the weight of the things you said, I could see a golden tint in my eyes. Maybe you were right, this charm wasn't doing anything good for me, but was turning me into something I wasn't... specifically, something I was never supposed to be," Chance looked back at Sunset, unsure as to what exactly she meant by that, but considering she was starting to tear up again, he saw that deep down, that genuinely hurt her a lot, just to admit it. "I... I'm sorry, I mean it... not just for looking in your mind, but for the things I said... you know I didn't mean it, r-right?" Sunset apologized.

Chance sighed, pulling his friend into another embrace. "Only if you know that I didn't mean what I said either, I was just emotional... I felt hurt, as if you acting like this, getting all this attention on you and bragging about it, it felt like you were, in a sense.... leaving me behind." Chance apologized.

The two teens smiled and got back up, only for Chance to start floating upwards. Chance yelps and is thrown against the rubble, earning a pained grunt from the alien teenager. Sunset saw Hex, smiling as the masked assistant stood by him. "How touching, seeing two youths have a moment, it's adorable..." Hex snapped his fingers and glared at Sunset. "Grab her and snatch that charm off her body. Nothing she can do with her fancy rock anyhow." Hex commanded.

The assistant did as she was told, grabbing Sunset by the throat and dragged her along, all while she ripped the charm from her necklace, showing Hex the cracks on it. "Seems like its power can't handle you, you're a rather talented girl... how unfortunate that I'm not taking on anymore assistants... but, I'll gladly take you to your next destination, a consolation prize for being this persistent... I'll take you to your final resting place." Hex remarked.

Hex blasts a hole to the mansion's courtyard. The assistant holds Sunset off the ground as she weakly flails around. Hex places the cracked charm back in the center of his necklace, then opens up an empty tomb and has the assistant toss her inside. Hex smirks and chuckles as the tomb is closed, with several tree roots binding over the lid, encasing Sunset inside.

Sunset laid there for a moment, catching her breath within the tomb she was trapped in. She tried to push the lid open, but soon felt that something was keeping it closed. Sunset closed her eyes and shuddered, silently sobbing as she thought about how things got to this point.

Before Sunset could just lay there and wait for the end, she heard people grunting, tearing away at something large. Before she knew it, the tomb was opened, the sky was dreary and it looked like it was going to rain, all while Luna and Chance stood over her, offering their hands. Sunset wasted no time in climbing out, then squeezing the both of them. "Thank you!" Sunset expressed.

Luna hugged Sunset tightly, all while Chance stared intently at Hex and his assistant. The trio watched as Hex hovered with all the charms, as well as the book of spells. "This was an experience, but now, it's time to turn this city into an old memory." Hex stated, uttering an incantation.

A lightning bolt strikes the middle of a street, sending crowds fleeing, with some being caught up in the start of a tornado. Pillars of spewing lava erupt from the ground and apple-sized hail rains down from above, ripping through whatever they land on, all while Hex continues to chant.

Chance looks down at the Omnitrix, and it turns green. Chance pushes the button, and as the core pops up, he twists the dial around, trying to find the perfect alien for the job. Soon enough, he lands on the alien he needs and slams it down, transforming into Vitaguar. He interrupts before he can do any more major damage, and tackles Hex into a nearby mausoleum. With Hex's chanting stopped, the freakish weather starts to die down. Sunset and Luna run towards where Vitaguar landed, but the alien hero holds a hand up, trying to stop them. "Stay back, this son of a bitch is all mine after what he tried to pull!" Vitaguar called out.

Hex held his hand out, with his staff returning to his grasp. He started floating into the air and looked at the alien with a furious and insidious expression on his face. "You dare challenge me, changeling?!" Hex questions.

Vitaguar smirked. "Fuck yeah, mate! I'm gonna use your skull like a footstool, use your fancy magic stick like a toothpick, and turn your stupid cloak into my new bath robe!" Vitaguar remarked.

Hex clenched his teeth and his fists as tightly as he could, he has finally had enough, and is going to wipe these pests out. Hex enacts a spell which causes the gargoyles around him to come alive, with glowing red eyes. He also causes some of the tombs to burst open, revealing the revived rotting bodies of the deceased to be under Hex's control. The trio back up as they charge forward, ready to attack. Vitaguar fights with them, struggling to hurt them at all, even if it was just temporary, until they overrun him completely and separate him from his allies.

As Hex starts to recast his earlier spell, he's hit in the knee with a rock, which was pissing him off even more, whipping around to focus his attention on Sunset, who was smirking. "Luck only gets you so far, grandpa! You need skill, too!" Sunset chucked another rock at the sorcerer, this time it hit Hex right in the eye, causing him to roar out in pain and recoil as he tried to pull it out. Luna grabs a small, but very thick chunk of wood and runs at Hex, slamming the chunk of wood against his head, which knocks the sorcerer out. Luna smirked, but the assistant, along with a couple gargoyles and zombies were now focusing on them. Sunset rushed to Luna's side, gripping her hands tightly. "You've caused enough trouble for good people, now it's time you got a taste of your own medicine!" Sunset declared.

Sunset felt her geode glow, the heat it was giving off was like a roaring wildfire, but it felt comfortable, like a calm spring breeze. Much to everyone's surprise, the Archamada Book of Spells was starting to pour energy into Sunset herself. Sunset's body tensed up, and her eyes snapped open, now glowing entirely with a bright blue light, while that same blue light started to manifest in her hands. "You put innocent lives in danger, your stupid charm made me into something I don't deserve to be, you hurt my friend, you brainwashed someone I knew, and numerous lives probably severely injured, or outright dead! I. have. HAD ENOUGH!!" Sunset exclaimed, thrusting her hands forward, letting numerous bright blue tendrils lash forward, tearing through the zombies and gargoyles, but also smacking the assistant high into the air, careening them away from the fight altogether.

Sunset's breathing was tough, shaky and ragged. The energy soon dissipated, returning her eyes to normal as Sunset fell back into Luna's arms. Luna looked at the destruction and power Sunset exuded, feeling both impressed and rightfully terrified. "Oh my, looks like you finally unlocked a new power... whatever it was you did." Luna remarked.

Somewhere on the other side of the courtyard, Vitaguar was getting pretty busy with the monsters that kept coming his way. One of the sentient rock creatures gets sent flying across the graveyard, and Vitaguar pulverized one of the rotting bodies into a pile of parts. Another watches on as Vitaguar walks forward, picking up a gigantic decorative sword and making a taunting gesture at the gargoyle. It runs towards him as he spins the sword to clash with it, both the creature and the sword crumbling to bits. The final gargoyle and zombie get trapped in a choke-hold until both their heads gets vaporized and crushed into dust.

Vitaguar hears footsteps behind him and whips around, only to see a confused and frightened Trixie standing still. The alien sighed. "I nearly could've taken your head off, sheilah! The bloody hell're you doin' out n' about with a crazy sorcerer on the loose?!" Vitaguar reprimanded.

Trixie gulped and let out a sigh. "Can you tell me where I am right now? I don't know where I am, but I know it isn't Canterlot City." Trixie requested.

Vitaguar gritted his teeth and nodded. "You're a long way from home if you somehow ended up in New Orleans, Louisiana," Trixie's jaw dropped. "Look, seems to me like you got mixed up in the wrong crowd back home, must be why you don't remember jack about comin' 'ere. Try callin' home, tell the authorities that your friendly neighborhood alien superhero wants you home safe and sound. Bye!" Vitaguar instructed.

Before Trixie could say anything else, Vitaguar leapt over to where his allies were last seen, hoping he wasn't too late. Trixie sighed and pulled out her phone, noticing she had no service. "Damn it, I hope there's a phone booth nearby." Trixie remarked, trying to find her way out of the courtyard.

Luna ripped the charms off of Hex's body and laid them on the ground as Vitaguar came onto the scene. "Good, you're still kicking, that's great. Think you're strong enough to destroy a bunch of magic charms?" Luna asked.

Vitaguar smirked. "Let's find out, but first," Vitaguar walked over and hucked Hex's unconscious body into the same tomb that he trapped Sunset in. As Hex woke up without his staff and charms, Vitaguar closed the tomb on him, stacking several chunks of rubble on top of the lid. "Alright, now that the dark magician has disappeared, let's make these fancy trinkets-" Vitaguar looked in shock as Sunset picked up the charms, examining them thoroughly. "Oh bloody hell..." Vitaguar remarked.

The alien hero and Luna looked on, concerned as to what could possibly happen next. Sunset just stared down at the charms she grasped in her hands. "I could fly, shoot out bolts of energy, control the forces of nature, bring statues and the dead alive. I'd be unstoppable!" The Omnitrix timed out, and Sunset turned back to see Luna and Chance, their looks wracked with concern and worry. Sunset smiled and tossed the charms back on the ground, then grabbed a nearby shovel. "Or I could just be me, and I'm fine with that!" Sunset remarked, swinging the shovel down onto the charms as hard as she could, smashing the charms to dust as their mystical energy flowed into the Archamada book of spells, and then the book faded into pieces, scattering away in the wind and blowing into the sky.

Sunset smiled and dropped the shovel, walking side-by-side with the two people that liked her for who she was, and whatever she sets out to be.

Hours later, Hex sees the tomb opening, but as he's let out of the coffin, the police are there to arrest him. Hex sighed as the police cuffed and guided him to a police cruiser, along with his assistant, who was found unconscious in a bush full of thorns.

The police also called someone to come by and make sure Trixie got back to Canterlot City, all while she gave her side of the story, from what she remembers last.

As the trio drive off in the RV, with Chance and Sunset looking out the window, Luna decides to look back and smile at them. "I'm proud of you two for overcoming this difficult challenge, I know it must've been difficult. Mister Marsten, miss Shimmer, you two make for a pretty impressive team." Luna commented, returning her view to the road ahead.

Chance laid back on Sunset's bed, all while she scrolled through her phone's gallery, looking back at fond memories she shared with her friends. She smiled, but then she started to feel terrible. Chance looked over at her and sighed. "I know that look, what's on your mind now?" Chance asked.

Sunset turned her phone off and put it back in her bag. "Do you think I should forgive them, once the summer's over?" Sunset asked.

Chance's eyes went wide. He was not prepared for a question like that, especially since it hit a bit close to home, regarding the similarities in subject matter. Chance gulped and tried to come up with an answer, but all he could come up with was the honest truth. "I'm not the right person to ask that, since even I don't know if that would fix things, or cause things to stay as they were, unchanging, incapable of evolving past the situation that caused the problem in the first place... That's up to you." Chance explained, feeling very uncomfortable.

Sunset felt like she should've expected that from her friend, but in some strange way, he did have a point. It was her choice to forgive and forget, but the things her friends did, what happened during Anon-A-Miss, she didn't have it in her to move past it, not yet. Sunset smiled and glanced at her friend. "Thanks, really." Sunset regarded.

Chance let a mild smile form on his face as he playfully punched her shoulder. "You're welcome. So, Luna told me that you finally unlocked a new power," Sunset froze for a moment. "What was it that you did? When I showed back up on the scene, the monsters and zombies were totaled. I didn't even see that other crazy lady around, so you clearly did something awesome, what is it?" Chance asked.

Sunset looked at her friend and chuckled nervously. "I uh... I don't know what I did. I just know that the book of spells poured some kind of energy into me, and I guess my geode reacted in a... cooperative manner, I think? I-I'm not entirely sure what happened, but I did something, and it was useful, so that's all that matters. Now I need to figure out how to master it, channel its power into something constructive." Sunset explained.

Chance chuckled. "Don't worry, I know first-hand what it's like to have powers that you're not used to having," Chance gestured to the Omnitrix. "We'll figure it out together. Friends?" Chance offered, offering a fist bump.

Sunset smiled and laughed and raised her fist, bumping them together. "Friends." Sunset confirmed.

Luna looked at the rearview mirror, watching the two teens with a smile on her face. Chance sat up and pulled Sunset up with him. "Besides, you did do a good job with the whole 'being your own hero' thing, even if you did lose yourself for a moment. If things don't work out with your friends back home, there's no shame in being your own solo hero, or finding another team to work with. Because, well, I don't wanna downplay your friends and their achievements, but," Chance gestured to the entirety of the RV. "Just know that we'll always have your back, me especially." Chance stated, chuckling a bit.

Sunset smiled and rolled her eyes. "Keep trying, buddy, you'll get there." Sunset remarked, walking to the fridge.

Chance laughed as the RV drove down the road, almost curious as to what the next crazy adventure will be like.

Author's Note

And this was my version of "Lucky Girl". I actually do feel pretty content with how this episode turned out. I definitely wanted to explore what a genuine conflict/argument between Sunset and Chance would be like, and having the Charms of Bezel work in an almost possessive type of manner based on what power they embody, with Luck making the user pompous, arrogant and full of themselves, I think it works pretty well, but you all can tell me what you think in the comments below.

I definitely also like incorporating other characters into the story, just to make it more interesting and to give them something to do. Initially, I wanted to make Trixie and Flash into characters like Cash and JT, or Flash Thompson and Eddie Brock, respectively, but the more I thought about it, the more I had to re-work this one chapter and show off that there was something special.

This isn't the end of Trixie's appearances, she'll show up again, but it'll definitely be a little bit before she does.

I hope you enjoyed this episode, I definitely did with the constant brainstorming I did during the writing process