It was like a dream, something that just came to her once in a while and only when she needed, a feeling of certainty and she had felt betrayed by it. That feeling was the one thing that led her to her fall from grace due to being certain she deserved being made a princess, but she quickly understood that it wasn’t the fault of that feeling, it was she the one that had misinterpreted it and grew arrogant and resentful.
It had changed the moment she had been hit by the powerful beam of the elements of harmony; she didn’t have any dreams, at least not the ones she used to have. She didn’t dream of faraway lands and mystical heroes, of great power and great evil. Now her dreams were filled with memories that were not her own. She knew that it had all been the belt’s fault, but since the first time she used it in the museum there had been no attack, not even the belt had been found after the suit had disintegrated. In the end, the appearance of those beings was being kept under wraps by the government just like the numerous magical hijinks in which Sunset and the rest of her friends had been involved in
The only thing that was on Sunset’s mind right now was the numerous dreams that plagued her nights, or where they visions? It was hard to tell considering her education on different dream interpretations and visions that she had studied under the Princess’ tutelage. Since she was young she had been taught of the importance of dreams and their effect on the everyday life. After dreaming with more warriors with similar armors to her own you could say she was ready to call them visions.
Humans using similar powers to her who also fought monsters appeared on her mind, but she could never recall specific things on them which infuriated her to no end. She wanted to know more about these warriors, but her dreams were not enough. She needed answers if she wanted to understand the belt and the monsters that had attacked the museum. Not even with the help of Princess Twilight were they capable of finding information about the belt. Asking both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna also ended in a dead end as neither Princess knew something about a belt; although, considering that Starswirl ended up hiding many things from Princess Celestia at the end it wasn’t a surprise.
Talking about Starswirl the bearded, the idea that there was something that had to with one of the greatest wizards in the history of Equestria and Princess Twilight didn’t know that was enough to send her into a mini meltdown according to Spike. His message and the description of the strange things Twilight did when she didn’t know something was at least entertaining.
Sunset kept looking through the bus’ window, watching how the streets and buildings became open roads and green everywhere. It brought a little smile to her face, having a special place on her heart for green roads and plains. In a way, it reminded her of Equestria and how beautiful it looked, or at least the parts she remembered. It had been such a long time since she had seen her home world that she sometimes had to concentrate to recall places from Equestria.
She once again sighed knowing that thinking about the world at the other side of the portal would only depress her. Instead of the road Sunset turned her head to watch who had woken up from her own nap and was right now talking with both Rainbow and Pinkie about probable activities at Camp Everfree.
Probably the only good thing about the whole belt fiasco had been the way Twilight seemed to come out of her shell. She was also more worried about Sunset and possible attacks from monsters to think about her own transformation back at the Friendship Games. At least there was a silver lining in all the worry considering how nervous and guilt ridden Twilight had been the first few days after her transfer from Crystal Prep; now here she was, laughing and joking with her friends like any other teenager. Sunset felt herself smile too watching the mirth from her friends.
The idea of camping had been something that took them by surprise, but apparently it was a place where Principal Celestia and Vice-Principal Luna used to go to and any place that held importance to those two seemed like a good idea to relax and focus. Heaven above, Sunset needed some time to relax after the worries of another attack. Even though the thought that another monster could attack with her out of the city was worrying, Sunset knew that there was very little chance of that happening.
As the bus came to a stop, the girls enjoyed the view of big trees, a crystal clear lake and fresh air, something most of them haven’t had in a while and seeing such a beautiful place they already felt at ease. That is until Sunset felt as if the world was ending; a terrible sound and sensation assaulting her head, it was like a signal and it made her grab her head in pain. Miles away, at an abandoned hangar that had been repurposed and decorated in strange glyphs, three humanoid being felt the calling too, each of them knowing that the moment they were waiting for was starting, now the only thing they would do was wait and bide their time.
A fourth began to track the signal as he began to run into the forest of Everfree, his multifaceted eyes shining with the sun rays as it searched for the tomb. Soon their tribe would be awakened and would lay waste to the world of humans.
And in a cave, the few remaining crystals blinked as if they themselves knew that the time of fighting would arrive at their door and a new war for survival would be unleashed.