Chapter 2 “The Daylight Comes”
The night ended abruptly. Sunset Shimmer had been hoping that Luna would have made the night longer. She was still so exhausted. The unicorn sighed. She gently removed the covers from herself and folded them as neatly as she could at the foot of the bed and swung her hooves over the side of the plush mattress.
The tile was cold against her hooves as the gentle sound of her clicked on the floor as she went into the bathroom.
It was quite magnificent. There was a crystal jacuzzi, and a diamond encrusted sink adjacent to it.
The entire aura was enticing to her.
The orange unicorn turned on the spectacular metal handles and the jacuzzi began to fill with hot steamy water.
She sat there, and she felt it.
The tears.
It started in the back of her head and worked its way into her eyes and began to pour down her waterlogged face.
So many feelings.
So many memories.
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“Now try one more time my most lovely student.” Celestia kindly spoke for the fifth time. She nodded her head as her student tried the spell one more time.
“I just can not do it Princess!” Sunset Shimmer exclaimed as smoke filled the room.
Celestia sympathetically smiled at her student, ‘maybe she just need to see what her priorities are.’ The Sun Princess cleared her throat, “Perhaps you need to adjust what you want to accomplish, follow me please.”
The pair arose from the library and started a slow trot towards the throne room.
The Princess spoke, “Do you remember when you asked me what that large mirror was in the throne room?”
Sunset Shimmer nodded. How could she possibly forget, sometimes she would daydream about that mirror and the mystery of why Celestia would not let her look through it.
The two approached the mirror in the center of the throne room. It was gorgeous. It sparkled in the glittering sun and reflected on the walls of the palace. but it felt so-
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Cold. Sunset Shimmer looked down at her hooves and frowned. They were completely waterlogged. She sighed and pulled the plug to the tub and used her magic to levitate a towel over to her.
The Unicorn stepped out of the spa and dried herself off. Looking in the mirror in the wall, she used her light blue magic to style her mane.
After she thought she looked presentable the mare walked back into her room and out the door into the long hallway.
‘Now which way was it again?’
She followed the faint smell of pancakes and after a few twists and turns found herself in the kitchen. It was beautiful. Large glass windows and three massive ovens.
As she was lost in her gazing she didn’t even notice the small dragon on a stool making the succulent smelling food.
“Spike!”
The purple and green almost fell right off his stool. Twilight had told him that she was here, but it scared him a bit.
She smiled the best one that she could muster.
“Hi, I’m uh sorry if I startled you. Did Twilight tell you I was here?”
Spike replied hastily, “she did, but um, I kind of forgot.” He blushed a bit
Sunset Shimmer giggled, “I’m quite sorry.”
She started to make her way around the large island in the center of the kitchen, and sat across from Spike on one of the six stools placed around it.
Sunset was going to say something, but was cut off before the words left her mouth.
The sound of light hoof steps echoed down the hall as the young alicorn came around the corner into the room with Spike and Sunset Shimmer.
“Good morning everypony!” Twilight Sparkle proclaimed as she came up to the unicorn and the small dragon. “I stayed up all night and made lists, charts, and theories to why you are here Sunset Shimmer! She sighed. “And I came up with nothing!”
The other two gave each other a confused look.
Spike spoke up, “Twilight, if you didn’t find anything, then why are you so excited?”
“I’ve had ten cups of coffee, and I feel like Pinkie Pie!” She did a little hop. “Speaking of Pinkie Pie, you need to come and meet all of my friends! I’m sure they would all love to meet you.”
Sunset thought about it. “I don’t know Twilight, I’m not sure if they would like me very much.”
Twilight butted in, “no way! They are going to love you I know it!”
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Spike got Twilight to sit down and eat some breakfast, after they had finished the purple pony visibly seemed more placid than earlier that morning.
“So,” The purple pony began. “Now that I don’t feel over energized, we can go over all of the things we have on the to do list for today.”
She continued, “I was thinking we would start by taking a tour of Ponyville first, and I have already sent out letters to my friends, we will be meeting at a cute cafe we have here. Lastly, you and I will compose a letter for Princess Celes-“
“NO!
Sunset blushed, “I’m sorry Twilight, but I do’t think that I want to tell Princess Celestia that I am here.” She took in a breath, “not just yet at least.”
Twilight thought about this for a moment. ‘Not wanting to tell Princess Celestia?' The princess found that to be a little bit hard to believe.
"Are you sure Sunset, I mean she would really want to know that your here." Twilight smiled, "and I'm sure she misses you."
Sunset laughed at herself a bit, "Twilight I am almost very certain that she will not want to see me."
Twilight Sparkle sighed, Of course the Princess wants to see you, she was so worried when you wrote her in the book."
Sunset groaned, she was not getting out of this one, when Twilight had a list it had to be followed.
"Alright Twilight, you win. Let's go take that tour."
Twilight Sparkle smiled, she snatched up her list with her magic, and the pair said goodbye to Spike and headed out the massive front doors to the world that was still a bit unfamiliar to the former student.