The sizzling contents on the pan never failed to make Sunset smile at the irony of what she was doing. As a member of a mostly vegetarian race the idea of eating meat almost daily was certainly an interesting way of life that the redhead had become more than used to, getting to the point in which she not only ate it alongside her friends but also enjoyed by herself.
Watching the bacon get crispy Sunset knew that Rainbow Dash or Applejack would have several jabs for Sunset comparing her hair to those pieces of delicious heaven, but she had heard almost everything under the sun after her fall out of grace at the hands of Princess Twilight; and taking in consideration what happened with Anon-A-Miss none of her friends even had the heart to make a pun or a joke around her.
Sunset knew that it was not healthy the way her friends were acting after what had happened in the winter and even thought she was grateful that her friends showed her that they were sorry, but the extremes in which they -and the rest of the school- acted was getting a little too much.
Leaving those thoughts behind, Sunset heard the bread slices being pop out of the toaster and put her breakfast in a plate. Sitting down at her cozy dining room she then turned on the TV to hear what had happened in Canterlot. While she may not be someone who enjoyed reading the news like others she still put attention to the ongoing events in the city and the nation on a whole. You never know when something magically influenced could happen. The last time it had brought the Sirens to their door and with something like the Friendship Games -which her friends were very preoccupied with for some reason- it was better to be prepared for what could happen.
Taking a bite from one of the toasted slices of bread she put attention to one of the anchors telling about an accident yesterday. Apparently it was about a young girl that had been part of an accident. Sunset was surprised since she recognized her as one of the Canterlot Motley Crew friends that was ignoring them like the rest of the school. Apparently Dinky was hit by a falling tree and if it weren’t because she had jumped out of the way she had been killed. Right now she was in the hospital with a broken leg.
According to the report the tree was not an old one and in fact, it seemed as if it had been hit with enough power to break it. This was the third case of a young girl being in the middle of an accident. It was truly something to be curious about, although, really, who would want to hurt little girls? If it was truly someone behind those accidents then it was someone very wrong on the head.
Sunset took her bag, knowing that whatever could happen was for now beyond her capabilities and it would be better to let the proper authorities check upon the accidents. If it was something magical in nature then she would know about it in some way. With that she then locked her apartment and began her trip to Canterlot High ready for more shenanigans among the students. Sadly that was her last quiet morning because it was at that morning where everything changed for the pony turned human girl.
Alongside her, there was another family living close by, their kid also attending Canterlot junior High. She had never really talked with them but she knew the kid; she was a little awkward but a nice girl and also a longtime friend of Applebloom, even before she and the others got together as the CMC. Twist also was one of the few who didn’t think Sunset was Anon-A-Miss and was incredibly disappointed on Applebloom, to the point that those two haven’t talked since last year.
Waving a hello to her fellow redhead, Twist grinned and -after watching both sides- began to cross the street to walk alongside the older girl. That’s when things began to get weird, because just as she was watching the girl start walking Sunset also saw something completely out of this world. First it was the way the ground lightly rumbled beneath her and then what could only be called a rolling boulder came out of nowhere along the street just at the right moment to strike a van right on its side.
It was just a second but Sunset would swear that it was the longest second in her life because she could see it all happening at bullet time just at it started. The rolling boulder struck the van with enough force to make it skid to its right into Twist who had stopped in fear at what was coming her way. Sunset knew that this would possibly be most horrifying thing she would ever see. A young innocent girl was about to be killed in front of her and she could do nothing. She had neither magic nor the speed necessary to save Twist. She was only a human being now, completely useless in a situation where a horn or a pair of wings could be the difference.
She hated that. She hated being so weak, so useless in comparison with people like Rainbow or Applejack who had the speed and power to run and make the save. She was not Princess Twilight who was the true bearer of the Element of Magic, once the strongest unicorn alive and now a Princess. Sunset was nothing compared to them, without strength or magic… not now… not ever.
NEVER AGAIN!
Just as her desire to reach Twist came to the front Sunset extended the hand that was holding her old coffee thermos in the direction of Twist. It was then that she felt the change inside of her, as if something had woken up and a part extended out of her own body. In a blink everything was over and instead of her thermos there was Twist in her arms and her thermos was the one in middle air before it was hit by the skidding van and sent flying.
Neither redhead was sure what happened but the boulder that had attacked the van had disappeared without a trace. Sunset just knew that something weird… something bizarre had just happened.