//------------------------------// // Doom 01 // Story: The Many Destinies of Sunset Shimmer // by ratedoni //------------------------------// Doom 01 The dark room contained everything that a Union Aerospace Corporation employee could ever need while they resided on their installations so far away from home; from light reading to the most modern entertainment was found and possible on the recreational room. This was also the room where Twilight Sparkle was dragged to by a surprised woman known as Sunset Shimmer. “Okay, start talking, why are you here? Is pretty clear that you are not of this world since I know the Twilight Sparkle of this dimension” the redheaded woman said keeping her hand over Twilight’s throat and the princess could feel the kind of power behind the skin, for someone that had fought against hordes of changelings and other magical creatures it was quite the scary situation. “I had no other choice; the mirror in Equestria began to malfunction” “Nice try kid, the mirror is back home on Earth so who are you and what are you doing here? Start talking before I decide to bring you to the Security Chief. Considering that you are disguised as his little sister I don’t think he will be in a good mood in the interrogation” the woman said making Twilight gulp at her grin. “I’m saying the truth, I was at the Crystal Kingdom when the mirror activated” “Wait, Crystal Kingdom? That thing disappeared hundreds of years ago” “it came back, alongside King Sombra, thankfully we found the Crystal Heart and the citizens of the kingdom defeated him” hearing those words Sunset relented on her hold, after all, only someone from Equestria could have given her that kind of information, it was too detailed and with information concerning an obscure part of Equestria’s history that there was no way this girl was from this side of the portal. “Okay, say I believe you. What are you doing here then little pony? You are a long way from home” “I told you, the portal activated while my friends and I were on the Crystal Kingdom, then something came out of the portal, something that even scared Princess Celestia, the only time I saw her this worried was when Discord escaped” she said making Sunset wonder how many things she had missed since abandoning Equestria for this place. “And what else happened? I’m losing my patience here” “It was… what came through the portal was horrendous, red skin and full of teeth and… and, it threw fire balls, it killed seven guards before the Princesses could subdue it, and even then the creature fought back, they had to kill it” “And what does that have to do with me? Did the bitch started to blame me for that?” “No, she… she was worried that you could be in trouble” “So she sends you to deal with a problem she didn’t have time or didn’t care enough to do it herself, what a surprise, well, you can go back and tell her that it was probably somepony playing god or maybe it just led you to a dimension full of karma, I don’t give a fuck” Sunset said releasing Twilight and starting to walk away. “But why was the creature there? How it could gain access to Equestria? That’s why I decided to come here, but everything seems… normal and at the same time off” Twilight said starting to think that coming here was a terrible mistake, especially taking in consideration how Celestia’s previous student looked and acted. “How should I know? If you haven’t realized by now there’s very little opportunities to gain access to Equestria since we are in another planet and in one of its moons to make it even harder” she said pointing at one of the windows giving a view to the whole place and Twilight followed the finger of the older woman before feeling as if her jaw had hit the floor. Red and metal was the full range of things outside, the alien topography of the place screamed another world, it was fascinating and scary at the same time, to find herself in another planet even in a different dimension was something that no pony excepting Princess Luna could tell about, and here she was where no pony had ever been before, well, excepting Sunset Shimmer. But just as either pony turned human could say anything there was a huge light appearing from the farthest tower and the ground began to shake as if responding to an earthquake, and just when it stopped Sunset’s communicator picked up a call. “Sunset, are you there?” “Right here Armor, what was that?” “It came from the Argentum Tower; listen, I’ve been trying to get in contact with the marines stationed close to it but there was only interference, what’s more, I cannot pick any signal from the tower” “Well, seems like we have a situation now” Sunset said already walking to the bunker in search of her equipment; so much for having the day off, behind her Twilight began to follow her not having any idea of what was going on except for the chatter between Sunset and someone else, the voice sounded like her brother. “That’s not the worst part… Sunset, this may sound weird but there are… creatures, really weird creatures; I don’t know if they are natives of Phobos or if the scientist did some really weird experiment lately but they are not docile” Shining told her making Sunset think back on what Twilight had already told her. “Hey Armor, tell me, were these creatures red with a lot of teeth and could throw fire?” “Yes, they looked exactly like that, how?” “An encounter you may say, so what now?” “I’m trapped on the communication tower, once I got in the creatures didn’t follow me up, I guess they got bored or simply wanted something else; right now you are the only marine I could get in contact” Shining Armor told her making Sunset sigh at what was asked of her. “Let me guess, you want me to find out what happened at Argentum Tower while cleaning out whatever hostile I could find in the way” “Got it on the first try” the good humored voice was the only answer she got before she took her helmet on her hands, the Praetor Armor fitting perfectly, she then took her trusty pistol since it was the only weapon the security was permitted to carry while not on duty, later on she was sure she could find better things. “So, Twilight, still sure you want to stay here?” she said behind the helmet seeing how Twilight’s knees were shaking. “I have a duty to Equestria, besides, maybe you could need me” she said with a very feeble smile but Sunset didn’t care; with one last look at her equipment she began to move in the direction of the Argentum Tower. It was time to Rip and Tear.