My Life Sucks

Sunset snored loudly into her pillow, a thin line of drool leaking out of her mouth, her blanket tossed haphazardly over her body and her hind leg kicked occasionally.

“Srnnk,” Sunset snored and a whinny followed as the teenage unicorn rolled over onto her back. Her room in the castle was decorated with posters lazily on her walls, a blue guitar resting lazily against the wall. A Playmare and Playcolt magazine were stuffed under her mattress out of sight from whenever her mom would go into her room.

Sunset’s alarm went off, a shrill annoying sound bouncing around on her nightstand.

“Ow!” Sunset’s head slammed against her head board, her hoof flailing around for her alarm, slamming a hoof down on it to silence the infernal thing. “Peace and quiet again, thank the moon and stars.”

Sunset curled up in a ball and squeezed her eyes shut in an attempt to go back to sleep, using her magic to wrap herself with her blankets into a cocoon.

“Sunset,” Raven sang out as she tapped a hoof against the door and Sunset slammed her face into the pillow. “It’s seven thirty. Your mom is waiting on you for breakfast and you also have school today.”

“Oh uh I’m sick!” Sunset called back and coughed out. “Achoo!”

“Oh yeah?” Raven grasped the door handle with her red aura and opened the door, trotting inside as she looked around the pitch black room. “My word, Sunset. Turn a light on, would ya?”

Raven turned the light switch on and Sunset hissed like a vampony would, Raven rolling her eyes.

“Sick with what?” Raven asked as she trotted closer and yanked the blanket off of Sunset’s head.

“Hey!” Sunset snapped and Raven stared at her. “I’m trying to recover from my crippling illness.”

“What illness?”

“Monoorangosis?” Sunset offered weakly and Raven raised an eyebrow. “I can’t see or tastes oranges. Oh no.” Sunset yanked the blanket from Raven’s grasp with her magic and curled back up with it.

“Ah yes, very tragic,” Raven nodded sagely and Sunset smirked in victory. “Luckily for you, I know the cure.”

“Sleep?”

“Nope,” Raven smirked and stepped back to open the bathroom door. “Wanna know what?”

“Not really, but I feel I have no choice in the matter since you’re still here.”

“An ice cold shower!” Raven yanked Sunset out of bed with her magic and Sunset screamed, flailing a hoof for her bed as Raven levitated her in the air.

Two guards trotted past as Sunset screamed again, the two giving each other worried looks.

“Oh boy. If the Princess’ daughter dies on our watch, we will be tossed in Tartarus for sure,” The first stallion muttered worriedly as the second scoffed.

“It’s just Raven dragging her out of bed. If you listen, you can hear Raven in there right now,” the second said and they both stood still as Raven shouted something. “Called it.”

“Still, one day it could be an intruder,” the first chided as they continued walking.

“I’m going to kill you for this,” Sunset snarled as Raven continued spraying her with the shower head. “Can I get some heat at least, eh? Is that too much to ask for? I’m a fifteen year old, I can clean myself.”

“Yes, yes. We will be in the dining room,” Raven used her magic to toss the shower head to Sunset and the mare caught it. “Ten minutes, tops or I send in your mom to come get you.”

Sunset rolled her eyes but nodded as Raven trotted out the bathroom, shutting the door behind her as Sunset squirted some shampoo onto her mane, using her magic to rub into her mane.

Sunset stood in the shower, sighing happily as the warm water sprayed over her body. She much preferred hot water over freezing cold water. Only freaks of nature liked cold showers. And Sunset was very much so a normal pony. Excluding the fact that her mom was Princess Celestia, the almighty ruler of Equestria and Sunset was her personal student, but minor details.

“My eyes! My eyes!” Sunset yelped as her shampoo leaked into her eyes and she slammed muzzle first into the wall. “Ughhhh.”

Stupid shampoo. Stupid eyes, Sunset grumbled internally as she hastily wiped at her eyes with a wash cloth. Seriously, why not have a product that doesn’t burn your eyes?

Sunset rubbed the shampoo into her tail and yawned as she dipped her head under the stream of water, watching the soap drip off her coat onto the tiles in the shower.

“This feels good,” Sunset said to herself as she flicked the soap out of her tail. “Least Raven coulda done is turn some freaking music on.”

Celestia sat on her chair, patiently tapping a hoof on the table as she and Raven both looked at the clock.

“Where is she?” Celestia finally asked and Raven shrugged. “She does know she has school in an hour, correct?”

“Yes, she does. She pretended to be sick in an attempt to get out so I dragged her to the shower,” Raven answered and took a sip of her coffee as Celestia chuckled. The door to the dining room flung open and Sunset trotted in with a smile and her head held high as she shut the doors with her magic, her saddlebags resting on her back. “Ah, here she is.”

“Morning,” Sunset levitated her saddlebags off and set them by her seat, climbing onto her chair with a warm smile. “Hey mom, hey Raven.”

“Hello dear,” Celestia levitated a cup of coffee over to her. “I trust you slept well?”

“Not long enough,” Sunset grumbled and stabbed a pancake with a fork after pouring strawberry syrup over it.

“You slept for fifteen hours according to my chart,” Raven chimed in and Sunset scowled at her. “How much more sleep do you need?”

“Twenty four hours. Trying to set the world record for sleeping the longest. And getting sprayed with a cold shower at an ungodly hour is not helping,” Sunset snapped and shoved the pancake in her mouth. “Huh, not bad.”

“You can attempt that this Saturday,” Celestia covered her mouth with a hoof to hide her smirk. “Provided your homework is completed, of course. I do believe you got an exam for Maple Toffees class on ancient Equestria next week so you’ll have to study.”

Sunset stifled a groan and resisted the urge to slam her face against the table. Specially for the reason she’d get strawberry syrup all over her mane. She loved strawberry anything, but not enough to wear it as a fashion statement.

“Do I even have to go to school? It’s boring. Tell me, when in Equestria will I ever be asked by somepony on the street what the answer to four hunded and twenty six multiplied by thirty eight is?” Sunset complained and Raven shared a tired look with Celestia. “It’s sixteen thousand, one hundred and eighty eight, by the way.”

“Your education is important. Especially since you’re a Princess,” Celestia chided and wiped off Sunset’s cheek with a napkin. “Ponies expect you to know the history of our fair country. And you’ll need to know math when you buy groceries or do taxes.”

“I like science class,” Sunset admitted and grinned widely. “I like blowing stuff up. I love explosions.”

“Ah yes. I certainly love having to replace windows and the desks of my school because my daughter decided to wake up one day and be a weapon of mass destruction,” Celestia teased and Sunset blushed as Raven let out a snort.

“One time I blow up a classroom and you two never let me hear the end of it,” Sunset scowled at her food. “One time.”

“Technically it was three times. And then there was the time you blew up a hill on the outskirts of town during your plant science class,” Raven corrected and snickered at the expression Sunset wore.

“And then there was the science fair,” Celestia mused as she scratched her chin with a hoof. “I quite vividly remember yours and one Twilight Sparkle’s project both blowing up in the judges faces.”

“So did Moondancers!” Sunset shot back and growled, taking a sip of her coffee, making a face before levitating a container of creamer in and pouring some more in her cup. “Can’t you just have all my school work brought to the castle? I don’t feel like going to school today or quite frankly, ever again.”

Raven and Celestia shared a concerned glance before Sunset stabbed her pancake hard enough to put a crack in her plate and she gave an annoyed sigh.

“It’s not like I have any friends there,” Sunset continued. “Everypony is either afraid of me for being your daughter and student or is jealous and wants me do something for them. Even the teachers walk on eggshells around me. I guarantee you if I threw a cup at Professor Gusty Wings head, he’d apologize to me for it. It’s ridiculous.”

“First off, please don’t throw anything at my faculty. Secondly, I’m certain you will find friends. Twilight Velvet and her husband are old family friends. Maybe you can befriend their daughter,” Celestia suggested as she idly made a mental note to talk to her staff about this. “Or Moondancer. There’s hundreds of unicorns in my school and even more ponies around Equestria to meet. There’s yaks and minotaurs and griffons. I get new students every day from all over.”

“With my luck, I’ll be Ravens age on my deathbed alone,” Sunset muttered and Raven shot her a look as Sunset grinned.

“I’m only thirty. How old do you think I am.”

“Sixty nine,” Sunset replied and Celestia rolled her eyes. “Sorry.”

“Forgiven. Now hurry up and eat. You’ll be late school if you don’t hurry up,” Celestia reminded Sunset and the unicorn groaned.

“And what a pity that would be,” Sunset muttered with an eyeroll. “Fine, I’ll go.”

“That’s the spirit. And don’t forget your lunch!” Celestia levitated a purple lunch bag into her saddlebags. “Your favorite is in there.”

Sunset pumped a hoof enthusiastically.

“Heck yeah!” Sunset cheered and Celestia smirked. “Peanut butter and jelly is god tier food.”

“Yes, yes we know,” Raven snorted and hid a smile. “Don’t forget to study for any upcoming tests.”

“Joy.”

And now Sunset was once again not looking forward to going to school.