It had been weeks since the Sirens had left the situation in Canterlot High. For weeks, there have been no sign of them. It had been a long time since anyone even heard from them. A search party was set out to look for them. But up until now, there have been no traces or leads on where they could have gone. It was just eventually given up as a ‘dead end’.
The rest of Canterlot High was able to recover quickly. Granted, those who were affected had a major headache from all that brainwashing in the song spells. It was just a minor side effect, but soon faded. Once that was taken care of, they all were working on rebuilding the friendships they damaged during the whole stretch of time.
For the Rainbow Rocks group, they had a while to regain their magic back as well. But the ordeal atleast gave them a chance to reach out to one another to tell them how they really felt. Now, they worked as a team, and not a one leader with several assistants. But this time, they had a new addition to the group. And that new addition, dear reader, was Sunset Shimmer.
The orange girl had gotten really well with the school after the whole show from the Battle of Bands. It was from that way of protecting their school did they forgive her and accepted her as a changed girl. She was happy to finally be accepted and forgiven. She did her best to even help with the group that drew her close. And now that she had her own Pony-Up form like the others, she felt a missing piece of hers from Equestria was put back.
“You know that blue one with high energy?” Rainbow asked one time while they were taking a break from their practice. “What’s up with her?”
“What do you mean, Sugarcube?” Applejack asked.
“I mean, compared to the others, she’s a little less trouble. She went crazy for the tacos when they were the specials”
“Well, she can’t really be blamed” Pinkie spoke up. Infront of her was a plate of tacos. She opened her mouth like an egg-eating snake would, and engulfed the whole plate in one bite! She chewed for a bit before swallowing it all in one gulp. “They are delicious!”
Everyone all stared at how the pink girl was able to do such a thing. Fluttershy seemed to be more surprised than they were. She thought only snakes were able to perform it. Rarity, on the other hand, was wiping Pinkie’s mouth clean with a napkin, much to her protest.
“Pinkie, dear! Mind your manners, please! This is a school, not your house! And even then, you shouldn’t do that!” the purple-haired girl reprimanded her while trying to get as much sauce off her as possible.
“I think I better just stop talking about those Sirens. They’re long gone anyway” Rainbow spoke up before she took another sip from her drink.
“Still, I don’t think we should really talk bad about them” Fluttershy spoke in almost a whisper.
“Are you kidding me? They turned us against each other! A little bad talk about them won’t hurt”
“I actually agree with Fluttershy here” Sunset nodded. “It’s not really that nice to make fun of people, even if they did the same thing to you before. Let’s not forget: I did worse and you still forgave me”
“Rarity, come on!” Pinkie gently pushed her off. “Aww, I was saving that sauce for later”
“Darling, would you rather smell like tacos all day long?”
She nodded.
The fashionista sighed before she facepalmed. “How were you raised?”
“On a farm, but later on in the bakery!”
Sunset was about to try and regain their attention again when she suddenly sensed a familiar feeling. She tried to shake it off, but it felt so strong. It was as though it was trying to reach out to her.
“Sunset, are you alright?” Fluttershy asked, concerned.
“Yeah, I’m alright, it’s a…” she was cut off by a sudden headache. It was painful. It felt like someone was trying to break into it. She let out a cry of pain.
“Oh my!” Fluttershy cried.
“Sunset?”
The pain seared through her skull. It was like a needle was trying to break its way into it. She swore she heard shrieking all around her. It was as though souls in agony were trying to tear her apart. She caught her breath as soon as the headache left her. She took deep breaths to try and make herself calm down. Soon, the aftermath of the headache left her. She felt lightheaded from all that. It hurt so much.
“Darling, you worried us!”
“What happened?”
“Are you alright?”
Sunset looked up weakly to the last person who spoke up. “I’m fine, Fluttershy. I’m fine. It was just a headache”
“Are you sure? You were screaming”
“I’ll be alright. I’ve had worse” she assured her.
She then glanced over at the window nearby, looking out to the front entrance of Canterlot High. She saw a familiar glow appear all of the sudden on the area of the statue where the portal was. It flashed for a bit before it suddenly let a small blur out. It didn’t look like Twilight, however. It looked more like…
“Oh my” Sunset gaped.
Without warning, she dashed off from the group and down to the halls. She made her way down the stairs to the first floor. Her friends tried to catch up with her, but they soon lost their breath and fell back. Her own lungs were burning, but she had to get down to where the portal was. Finally, she burst through the doors of the front entrance. She paused for a quick breath before she looked up to the figure by the portal.
Having recovered her breath, she ran over to the unconscious figure.
By then, her friends had caught up with her. They were out of breath and panting.
“Sunset…what…is…going…on?” Rainbow breathed out.
They all looked to see that Sunset was kneeling by the statue containing the portal to Equestria. She was holding another person in her arms. They all rushed over to see what the fuss was about. They were quite surprised to see who it was.
It was a boy, right about their age. He had black hair. His eyes were half-lidded as they stared as Sunset for a bit before they closed, but they could tell they were chocolate brown. He wore an orange shirt, blue pants, and red shoes. He looked rather tired as he fell asleep.
“It’s alright. Don’t worry, I got you…” Sunset whispered to him. “…Uni”