Chapter 43 Promo · 4:57am Apr 1st, 2018
“And presenting, your Fall Formal Princess! Sunset Shimmer!”
Principal Celestia’s voice chimed through the intercom as the smirking teenager waltzed her way up to the stage. The crowd was cheering in a frenzy, some earnestly and some from being browbeaten. One way or another though, she’d won for the second time in a row. It was a gratifying stroke of the ego when the principal who looked like her estranged old teacher placed a crown upon her head. Her Celestia had failed to recognize her greatness and gave away all her hard work and study’s dues to adopt and reward some random bumpkin and granted her a horn instead of gracing her own student with wings. This Celestia she had bent around her finger praised her academics and granted her the fame she deserved. In the hindsight of years, Shimmer would see each of these crowns as a hollow, undeserved victory.
But her mind wasn’t on that this time, a year back. She was only gushing with relief and pride at how she’d beaten the competition. Sunflower Orange had her worried for awhile, some of the students even seemed to gun for her run again especially to dethrone Sunset. Pretty, popular, older, definitely a threat. But after the gymnastics competition she got a stroke of luck when the Orange pulled out of the ballot in the aftermath of her friend taking a bad fall. The only other opponent was the Belle; Juliet by given name, Rarity by friends. She had a chance, a fighting chance. Not one Sunset took a risk on. The schemes flew free, even though something caused several of them to fail unexpectedly; no matter how private she made them. But when she changed her strategy, kept her ploys to just herself and two new idiot lackeys, it all worked out in the end. Rarity wasn’t beaten, she was destroyed with her four cohorts all taking hits. As she looked upon the crowd from the stage, Sunset Shimmer held back a burst of laughter as she saw the teary eyed, purple haired fashion designer run off in a partially frayed dress.
-Pathetic, did she really expect to have a chance and actually showed up in that mess?! Surprised she even had time to put it all in one piece!-
Nice, a flashback sequence. Go ahead and show us what you plan to do with this Sunset Shimmer.
You better treat Sunset in a good way
, cause if you do anything to her...I’ll do to you.
Good promo by the way
A flashback eh? It’s definately well worded and I like Sunset comparing the Celestias, but I’m not gonna lie; this felt pretty generic as far as Sunset flashbacks go. Nothing bad, but nothing I haven’t read or imagined before involving Sunset. Still I’m hyped for the next arc and finally seeing our two main kaigu groups interact.
ooo flashback
While I look forward to the next chapter..... the paranoid part of me worries this may be the set up for a March 32 prank. Time will tell.......
Assuming that this isn't an April Fool's post, it's got me chomping at the bit. Seems that there are a few blanks you wish to fill in prior to the events of EG1.
Nice to see a promo. Gotta say, maybe Sunset is remembering about her past crimes while returning to the mirror after her incident with Enjin. BTW, retroactively speaking, I believe that I enjoyed your version of Celestia and Sunset making up compared with Forgotten Friendship (though Ff also did a good job in patching SS and Celestia up). Hope to see the chapter soon.
Wow, just wow. The "demons" of the past have left their mark. Sunset must carry these memories of her past with a lot of guilt and regret. I know I would if I was that horrible. It's surprising though that Rarity hasn't brought this up that much.
This is definitely a chapter I'm looking forward to, especially if it's about Sunset's past. Bring it on Tarb. :)