Sunset Shimmer's Anime-tion

by FlameRose-MLP-FiM

3. A Strange, New World

Previous Chapter

After what seemed like an eternity, Sunset Shimmer's eyes slowly flickered, until she had finally awakened from being spun around in that portal. Her vision was hazy and blurry at first, but it eventually perfected.
"Uhh..." she groaned as she stood herself up. She was lucky not to have been hurt, apart from some bumps and bruises, and dizziness, but it eventually passed.

As she dusted herself off, she got her first shock: here skin was a normal, pale beige color, instead of yellow!
"What the...?" she asked. Then she got another shock. She saw black sleeves meeting her elbows, as if she had rolled them up to wash dishes. When she looked down, she saw that she was wearing black pants, and her shirt was partially yellow, like her skin color in Equestria and Canterlot City.
"What's happened to me?" she gasped. Then she had another alarming thought. "Where in Equestria am I??"

She looked around, trying to find out what exactly where she was.
Although she did calm down, she then realized that she was in some strange town, but there was nobody around.
"Hey..." she said to herself, "not a taxi in sight..." And there wasn't. From what Sunset could make out, it looked as though the entire town was abandoned.
Unsure of what to do, she quickly opened her journal and began writing.

"Dear Princess Twilight,"
She began,
"You're not going to believe this at all, but I'm not in Equestria. I repeat, not in Equestria! I don't know what happened to the portal, but from what I could feel, a lightning strike hit it, and the shockwave sent me into a completely different universe!
I don't know where I am now, but if that wasn't bad enough, my appearance has also changed, too; my skin is completely pale, and I'm not wearing the same clothes!
What's happened, and what do I do?! I'm so scared...
Please respond!

--Sunset Shimmer."

After she had written to Twilight and while hoping for a response from her, Sunset Shimmer decided to look around to see where she was.
From what she could make out as she walked around, it was completely different from Canterlot City, and Equestria.
"Wow..." she said to herself as she looked at each street and building that surrounded her. Slowly, a smile crept over her face. The more she walked, the more amazing it looked from her point of view.

"My mom and friends would like this place," she thought.
But after half an hour, Sunset walked to a nearby bench and sat down. She opened her journal, hoping for a response, but none came.

"Twilight, are you receiving my messages?"
Sunset wrote out of concern and worry.

Another half an hour later, Sunset decided it best to ask someone for help, but she wasn't sure that anyone who would believe her, even if she did ask for help.
As she walked further up the streets and sidewalks, a school caught her eyes, and it had a very mysterious name on it.
The sign read "Oorai High School".

"Huh..." Sunset thought. "That's a strange name for a high school."

Just as she had gone beyond this intriguing, yet mysterious school, Sunset stopped as she felt a mysterious rumble from under her feet, as if an earthquake was beginning to occur.
"What's going on?!" she cried.
As if to answer her question, Sunset looked into the distance, and saw strange dots from up ahead on the street. The closer they got, she saw that they were forming some vehicles that were coming down at top speed!

"YIKES!" shrieked Sunset as she ran out of the way. She got out of the way just in time, too, as the vehicles that were flying down the streets was a Panzer VI, being commanded by five high school girls while being chased by six pursuing tanks, unaware or unsure that it was part of some kind of either a tournament, or some matching game!

As the fleeing tank gave chase and the other six pursued it, Sunset kept running away from what was unfolding.

"Ha!" she laughed as she panted. "You missed me, you missed me!" she sang in a teasing tone, "and you can't catch me!"
But because she was looking back as she fled, she was running so fast that she forgot to watch where she was going!
*BUMP!!!*
She hit the wall of a nearby store, hard.
"Oww..." she groaned as she held her head, and seconds later, she passed out cold from the impact of the brick wall.
There she lay, on her back, unconscious and hurt.

When the tankery match was over and the battered tanks were transported back to where they came from, one of the four girls rushed over to where Sunset was laying.
"Hey, girls, over here!" she called out of concern.
The other four hurried over and they saw Sunset unconscious and hurt.

"Who is she?" asked the second.
"I don't--" began the third, but she abruptly stopped when her memory flashed before her eyes.
"Wait," she said. "I remember! We nearly ran her over when the other tanks were coming down on us!"
"I don't know who she is," said the fourth girl, "but she looks like she needs medical attention."
"Right!" the five girls said all at once. One of them left to get help, while the other four stayed by her side and kept people back.

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The next day, Sunset had slowly awakened again, this time with her vision a little more blurry. Her eyes looked as though she was seeing binary coded numbers, as though she were hallucinating.
"Ohh..." she groaned. "My head hurts..."

"How are you feeling?" asked a strange voice.

As Sunset's vision improved and became less blurry, the first thing that she could see and feel was that she was in a hospital bed because of the sheets covering her body, and the feel of bandages on her head, arms and legs. The next thing that she could see, a teenage girl no older than the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and in what looked like a nurse's cap.
She had pink hair similar to Pinkie's fur, her eyes were as blue as the sky, and she was dressed in what seemed to look like a very dark purple or lavender uniform. It made her look somewhat more like a nun than a doctor.

But Sunset wasn't too concerned, as she found this voice to be very caring and concerning. When her vision improved until it was better, the mysterious figure opened the curtains to her window just a little bit to let in some light.

"Who... what...?" Sunset tried to say. She tried to move, but she could barely lean forward and was too weak because of her injuries.
"Who are you...?" groaned Sunset.

The mysterious figure turned around to face her, so Sunset had a much better look at who this person was.
She smiled gently and she placed a caring hand on Sunset's shoulder.
"I'm a doctor and a repair ship. My name is Vestal," she said kindly.

Sunset's eyes widened. "How can she be a doctor and a repair ship at the same time?" Sunset thought to herself.
But putting that thought aside for a more important one, Sunset asked Vestal, "How long have I been out?" she asked.

"You've been unconscious since yesterday and last night," said Vestal, checking her notes on her clipboard.
Sunset was stunned.

To be continued in chapter 4...