//------------------------------// // Shadows Appears // Story: Mirage Shimmer // by RedPegasus //------------------------------// Sunset opens her eyes slowly, her vision takes a while to focus on something, the first thing she notices is that she is in a bed, the softness of a mattress and the warmth of a blanket betrayed that fact. The next thing is that the room where the bed is, is very clean and tidy, with a little bit of elegance, a small mental puzzle makes you realize that it is Rarity's room. He hears a breath at his side, turning his head, sees the sleeping face of her violete hair friend. ... It takes a few seconds for her mind to process the information. When that does it her eyes open wide and she jumps almost falling from the bed. "Wh-What...? WHAT?!!" He stared at the sleeping girl for a moment if he knew how to react. "Okay, okay, calm down you Sunset, I SAY CALM DOWN YOU!" She commands herself in her head. "Now, think carefully, what was ... what happened?" Closes his eyes and puts his brain to work. Recent memories soon arrive. She remembers her encounter with the brother of Twilight, remembers how she and her friends went to her house, and then ... then ... Her eyes widen at the memory of the magical chaos that enveloped her friend. Not only that, he also remembered how he had, in some way, entered his mind, and seen what had happened. Twilight, placidly asleep, oblivious to Sunset's thoughts, whispers quietly in her dreams. The view makes Sunset smile. He calmly approaches and shakes the girl a little. "Twilight, Twi, Wake Up" It takes a moment, but slowly the girl wakes up, her sight clouded by the shadow and the absence of her glasses prevents her from distinguishing anything. "Who?" "I'm Twilight, Sunset, are you okay?" "Sunset ... Sunset Shimmer?" "Yes, are you okay?" Twilight sits, checks the bed with her hands. "... my glasses?" Sunset is a little surprised, soon looks around, the darkness makes it impossible to see, so it is directed to turn on the light. With the room lit up,noticing lso lenses of the girl on the bedside table next to the bed. He takes them and delivers them to them. "here" The scientist takes her glasses and puts them on, adjusting them a little and seeing again. "... Sunset, what happened?" The equine formed takes a moment to answer. "Do you ... remember... something...?" "remember...?" At that moment the memories of the or happened through his head. Instinctively hugs herself by wrapping her body in a ball. Sunset sees her worried, sits next to her and surrounds her with one arm. "It's fine, Twilight. It's over now, you're safe now." Twilight looks down at the ground, his expression still showing some fear. "... where we are?" "At Rarity's house I think the others should have brought us." Twilight looks up but seeing Sunset can not help but let out a cry of surprise. "What ?! What's wrong ?!" "Y-Y-You ha-hav-have ..." "... what? What is it?" Twilight tries to speak but can only stutter, looks around and sees a small mirror on the bedside table, his hands shaking slightly takes it and puts it in front of the face of Sunset, this to see his reflection saber much the Eyes and pupils dilate, right on his forehead is what appears to be a jewel in the shape of an orange rhombus. The door of the room opens and the 5 girls do not hide their astonishment and curiosity to see her friend ex equina crossing her eyes in an obviously useless attempt to see her own front at the same time her fingers examine the jewel in it. "what what what what…?" Pinkie Pie takes the head of the former equine in her hands and begins to examine the jewel, closes one eye and opens the other intensely for a better view, shakes Sunset's head with intensity leaving this dizzy, covers the gem with his Breath and then cleans it with her elbow leaving it so bright and so shiny that the party fanatic can be reflected in the four faces. "Uh, shining" Drop the girl. "Cute ornament, Sunsie." "O-ornament ... it's not an ornament, Pinkie! It's ...! ... it's ... I do not know what it is!" Applejack asks both. "Are they both? Sunset, Twilight?" "Um ... I ... I'm fine ... I guess." "I'm ... I'm fine, just... this thing ..." All observe the new decoration on the head of Sunset, after a while is Rainbow who breaks the silence. "Meh, it's not the weirdest thing we've seen, talking about weird, what happened? " Before the question all turn to Twilight waiting for an answer. The girl with glasses is full of nerves to see the center of attention. "I... I..." "Calm down sugar cube, we're not annoying or anything, we just want to know what happened." Twilight makes a silent moment and then sighs "... on Saturday, when I returned home, I found among my things, a digital memory, I have no idea where it came from, but in it, there was information, and records about the Equimia, The way it affects the quantum and electromagnetic fields, even had a plane of an artifact capable of controlling it. " Sunset is curious about what is said "artifact? What kind of artifact?" "It was like a neural sensor helmet, only it had a shape ... like a tiara, or something like that." At the mention of the word "crown" the look of Sunset is filled with panic. The shy girl shows in her hands the two pieces of the crown. "Um ... could it be... this??" "Yes, it's the artifact I built based on the planes. " With some haste Sunset takes the pieces and accommodates them so that they are assembled. Rarity gets worried about "Darling ... it's ..." "Is a replica ... of the crown ... of the Princess Twilight... " All are astonished and somewhat frightened at this fact, Twilight feels the increase in tension and unconsciously embraces her legs becoming as small as she can. "Twilight, where did you get that memory?" "I-I... I don't know where he left alone... it was in my wallet when I came back from the picnic." "And where is it now?" "I... I suppose it will be in my house and-... oh my God! My house! What happened to my house ?!" There is a deep silence while the four of the five students look at each other with discomfort looking for a way to respond or in the best case anyone else who did. "... well... you'll see..." "It's something complicated ... we ..." "We went to your house because we heard that ... well ..." Pinkie is the one who decides to tell everything. "Your brother went to our school to talk to Sunsie because you had been crazy about the whole magic thing and he asked Sunsie to help you stop being crazy and go out to have fun so We all went there and brought some cake but when we arrived all your house was like "Brum! Brumbrumbrumbrumbrum "with that magic thing coming from everywhere and breaking everything inside we wanted to enter but the magic did not leave us so Sunsie got a way to enter through the basement window and came to help you while we were outside and While we waited for the floor to be full of purple flowers and it started to shake and we were like "bruuuu thiiiiiiiiis mooooooooveeeessss aaaaaaaaaa looooooooooot" but then ended when there was a big "PLOF" and all the magic in your house went away and Applejack kicked the door so we could Enter and we went in and went to where they were but we found the two sleeping on the floor and then we heard police sirens and Rainbow said we had to leave and Rarity asked "why?" To what Applejack said we could not tell anyone What happened and Fluttershy and I nodded like that. " With that he moves the shy girl's head at the same time as his nodding. There is a faint silence. … a while… "... now my parents are going to punish me until I finish college, and they will never stop treating me like a child." "Calm sugar cube, everything will be fine." Fine ?! FINE ?! My house is destroyed! I sure lost all my data and my files of this and any previous research! Surely they will also expel me from school and send me to an even stricter one and will not let me continue doing research or projects! I'm going to become just a girl in a lab coat that all she does is look at cells through a microscope and play with beakers with highly volatile chemicals that do not stand out at all from all the other brains with lab coats ! I WILL NEVER BE RECOGNIZED AND I WILL BE JUST IGNORED BY ALL THE REST OF MY LIFE! Does that sound like "FINE" to you ?! " Very large eyes and tightly closed mouths is the only response from all present. "... I'm sorry, I did not want to scream" she hugs her knees. " "... no ... no problem, come on, do not be like that." "How could I not be ... now ... I lost my only chance to be someone recognized, someone that people admire ... now I will only be the rare four eyes that sits in the front row of the room ... just like always ..." With her forehead resting on her knees, the girl tries to contain her desire to cry. They all look at her with much concern, Sunset sits across the girl and looks for the right words to say next. Sunset is the first to speak "... hey ... you know ... for us, you are not one," rare four eyes. " " Rainbow makes a brief interruption. "Actually, if you are, but, that's what we like about you." Twilight looks up a little, his glassy eyes are greeted by soft smiles. Sunset continues to say "I know things ... they've been very crazy lately." "And that you say, since last autumn everything has been very rare for us." The athlete looks with an accomplice smile at the former villain who returns an equal. After a little laughter shared by all the farmer speaks to the scientist "But you know one thing? The whole thing, it has helped us realize something important." "... sniff ... what thing?" "That even in the craziest moments, we will always have our friends to help us." The girl takes off her glasses and wipes her eyes a little. "... but I... I don't have ... friends ..." Pinkie sticks her face to hers "Twilight you silly!" Laugh a little "we are your friends!" "... but ... why would they want to be ... my friends ...?" "I just told you" Rainbow replies "we like you, we like you the way you are, you're different from Princess Twilight, but that makes it great." "… the princess…" Rarity holds hands "Maybe we do not know you as deep as we would like, but that's why we want to try, we'd like to meet you and you'll know us." "… why…?" Sunset smiles and puts a hand on his shoulder "because that's what friendship is about." She did not know why, but the smiles all directed him made her feel something warm in her chest, her mind tried to make sense but failed, it was a feeling he had never experienced. A bark pulled her out of her thoughts, one she knew perfectly, all eyes turn to the door and the puppy they all know runs in to immediately jump to he mistress throwing her on the bed and give her a series of joyful licking. "Ha ha ha Spike! Oh what a joy to see you are well!" Sitting up to sit, she hugs her cub who cheerfully rubs against her wagging her tail. While caressing your puppy, look back at the group. "... all of you ... really want ... to be my friends?" "But ... do not you think I'm ... weird?" "Yeah, but for the third time, we like that about you, weird people are the best, look at Pinkie." As if answering the prayer, the party girl inflates a single balloon and blows her arms at a speed impossible to catch by the human eye, or pony eye, forms ... nothing, the balloon falls to the ground without modifications but the arms Of Pinkie are completely scrambled in a knot that should not be able to achieve for someone with bones. "Heh heh! I need to practice more." After a laugh on the part of her friends and another mental issue registered to try to resolve later on part of Twilight, the farmer takes the floor. "Maybe you're weird, or maybe we're the weird ones." Rarity finishes the phrase "but rare or not, we are friends, nothing will change that." A smile on the part of Sunset is followed by a hug, soon all, including Pinkie who managed to bare his arms, embrace the scientist who with watery eyes, flushed cheeks and a smile she knew herself, had not been embodied in her face in For a long time, allowed himself to be the center of that show of affection. The moment is softly broken by a sound, Sunset recognizes it as her cell phone signaling a call, the hug is broken and the ex equestrian walks to his jacket to take the device out of his pocket and answer. "Hello?" From the other side of the device you hear the voice of Flash Sentry. "Hey Sunset, it's flash, um ... where are you now?" His tone seemed nervous and agitated, and Sunset did not need to think hard to realize that something was happening to the boy. "I'm at Rarity's house, why?" "It's ... damn ... the guys and I ... well, to make it short the guys and I were just going around, and we spent close to where you live and ... oh god ..." "Flash what is happening? You're scaring me" "The building is ... full of police, surrounded and ... looks ... they're checking your apartment." At the statement Sunset's gaze is filled with terror, her throat is dry and her whole body freezes, her fingers firmly assert the phone to avoid dropping it. ***Mirage*** The Sunset department was a short bus ride from Rarity's house, so it was not ten minutes to arrive. As Flash had said, the whole place was full of uniformed officers. They could be seen entering and exiting the building, interrogating occupants of this and adjacent buildings. None could believe what they saw. Sunset was overcast. An elegant band courtesy of Rarity covered the gem on his forehead, but that was not the point of interest now. For a moment they just stayed there near the place, not knowing what to do or think "Sunset!" All them turn to the call, see Flash approach at a hurry. An officer close by had heard the shout, and as he turned, he distinguished the group, ... and Sunset ... "Flash ..." Sunset speaks in a muted tone. "Sunset what's going on?" He asks the boy full of concern. "... I-..." His phrase does not end because another voice is heard. "Sunset shimmer!" This time when they turn around, they all notice an officer approaching with a slow but steady pace. His face only reflects seriousness and coldness. With a matching voice his face speaks. "You are under arrest" ***Mirage*** Sunset's hands are carried to her back and her wrists are handcuffed while a pair of officers hold her by both arms. "What-what-what-is-this has to be a mistake!" The officer who had spoken to him stood in front of her with the same serious and cold look. "The only mistake here is to have believed that your lie would go unpunished." "what are you talking about?!" Rainbow walks over and looks annoyed at the officer, "hey, who's that ?! I do not care if he's a cop, he can not treat our friend like that." The other girls and also Flash observe the scene with much confusion, Spike in arms of Fluttershy begins to bark to the officer with annoyance. "I am Sergeant Silver Shield to you, and you better keep quiet, do not get into police matters." "I'm going to break your-" Applejack with help of Flash manage to hold to Rainbow so that it did not commit some madness against the official. Twlight, timid but willing to help, approaches the sergeant. "Oh, excuse me, my name is Twilight Sparkle, I'm the sister of Officer Shining Armor, if I may-" Silver Shield interrupts her "Miss Sparkle, we were looking for her." Turns to see another officer "call them." "Yes sir" the officer speaks in almost military pose and hurries away. "Looking for me, what do you mean? And why are they arresting Sunset?" Silver Shield does not respond but in a few seconds everyone sees a man and a woman running up to them, Twilight recognizes them instantly. "Mom Dad?" "Oh my little one!" Shouts the woman embracing the girl "What a relief that you are safe!" "What are you doing here?" Her father responds "Shining called us and told us that someone had entered the house, we called the police, but we worried when we did not find you at home." The mother of Twilight looks at Sunset with an angry gesture. "You're the delinquent who took my girl?!" "Delinquent ?! I'm no delinquent!" ... "no longer at least ..." he whispers under. Rarity approaches calmly, "excuse me madam, but I think this is just a big misunderstanding. " "And who are all you?" "They are my friends!" Exclaims twilight breaking the hug of her mother "And Sunset is my friend too! What are they doing ?!" "My job" replies the sergeant "Sunset Shimmer you are under suspicion of having raided the residence Velvet Night." "What ?! I did not do such a thing!" "Do not pretend, we find your footprints in the window that leads to the basement, it is notorious that you entered the house there." "S-Yeah ... but I did not!" "As if that were not enough, while we analyzed your profile we discovered something interesting, the records of the lady who responds to the name" Sunset Shimmer ", do not match your own, we compare your prints with the tracks in the records, and they do not match either, you You're not Sunset Shimmer. " The phrase completely freezes the atmosphere. Sunset's body freezes and his heart beats with force from his fear, his pupils dilate and no matter how much he tries to speak, he is unable. The others maintain a similar state. "Sunset Shimmer" The sargeant exclaims in a sarcastic tone. "You are detained for suspicion of burglary, vandalism, damage to private property, and identity theft." It was the last thing Sunset could understand before her head was completely clouded. Her mind starts spinning trying to find a way out of this situation but it is impossible. The screams and calls of her friends are heard as whispers in the distance as she feels as the police officers guide her in the direction of a patrol. In her mind he sees images of his past in Equestria, and his past in this world. "... is it the end ...? Will it fit everything for me ...? ... what ... what will happen to me now ...? ... And if they find out who I am and here ... they go To make me ...? They will send me to a laboratory ... and if they find Equestria? ... I will return ... I will put everyone in danger again ... I ... girls ... I am sorry. .. Princess Celestia ... Princess Twilight ... I failed ... I'm sorry ... I'm sorry ... " "STOP RIGHT THERE!!!" The sudden scream breaks the mental block of Sunset. Her attention and that of everyone present is addressed to a person, a man who slowly but steadily approaches the group. The sudden scream breaks the mental block of Sunset. Your attention and that of everyone present is addressed to a person. A man dressed in an elegant black suit that seems to melt with the shadows of the place, his eyes, so serious and cold, the same color as the blood, his mere presence seems to cover the place with a haunting aura. With slow but steady steps he walks towards the sergeant looking at him with a serious countenance, and something to frighten you. "M-Mister ... Mister Sombra ..." The sergeant speaks shakily. "Director Sombra?" The friendly friends turn to the scientist who seems to recognize the man. "Director?" Rainbow question filled with doubt. Rarity opens her eyes and exclaims. "Ah, wait, I've seen it before, yes! It's Alphonse Sombra! Director of Crystal Prep!!" The man now recognized by all, like Alphonse Sombra, looks at Sunset, and he lifts his gaze to the sergeant. "Officer, how do I think ah already said, this situation is but a serious misunderstanding, and I personally, I hold myself liable for damages." "Wha-what?" "This lady ..." He turns to see Sunset and this gives him a puzzled look, he only gives a warm and friendly smile. "Is no delinquent, nor a" thief of identity "is about, my personal protege." "excuse me?" The officer is not the only one to be surprised, since all present present a similar state while they look closely at the man. "Your-your protected? Ho-how is that ...?" "You can see it yourself." With that said Shadow gives the sergeant an open notebook that contains certificates, records, legal and judicial records, all referred to Sunset Shimmer. Among the judicial documents one stands out for the police, a judicial document in which he establishes Shadow as a "Legal Guardian". "T-then you-" "If you like you can take these documents to the station to analyze them carefully, but if I can save your work I can assure you that everyone is in perfect order, I am aware of the great coincidence of name and visual kinship, but that is just a great Coincidence, I assure you that there is no crime to resolve here. " "And-ya ... I see ... it seems ... it seems so." "Hey a moment!" Exclaims the father of Twilight "That does not explain why burst into our home." The director's face is covered with guilt and grief. "Oh, I fear, I must make a very difficult confession, you see, a few days ago, I asked my protege and Miss Sparkle to do a job for me." All eyes fell on the girl with the glasses who saw the center of attention back a little. "The details are not important, but due to a mistake completely mine, the situation got out of control, Miss Sparkle ended up in a serious predicament due to my oversight, and I am deeply sorry for it." The girl's mother looks puzzled. "What ... what do you mean?" Shadow approaches the couple and with a pen writes on a checkbook .. "Please accept my apologies, and this small compensation for the damages caused." He gives the check to the couple and when they see him they open their eyes in surprise. "Sm ... small ... ?!" "If your daughter suffers any harm from this problem, let me know immediately, I will take care of the medical bill" turn to Silver "official, would you please let my protege go?" "S-Sure!" Sunset breathes deeply as she frees herself and rubbing her wrists, she walks toward her friends, who almost throw themselves into her arms, Sunset just sinks into the embrace trying to calm down. With Sunset released, the police are quick to dismiss the matter, and withdraw from the scene. Sunset sighs relieved, although it lasts little, since Alphonse SOmbra approaches her and looks at her with an extremely serious countenance However the good mood is broken when Sombra approaches and looks closely at the former equine. Sunset swallows, feeling intimidated by the man's presence. Sombra extends a piece of paper toward her. "come and see me when you do not have class, I think there is a lot, we have to tell each other" he remarks to the others girls "bring your friends if you want." The ex-equine only manages to take the paper and without waiting for an answer on his part the man moves away from the group, goes to a black car parked nearby, a man in a chauffeur uniform opens the door and then enters his puts The driver's seat, the car is moving away from the place. The sky had somehow clouded over, and a very faint rain began to fall as Sunset watched the road through which the car disappeared from view. ***Mirage*** Later in the evening, Sunset and Twilight settle into the first apartment. "I do not mind having you as a guest, but do you want to stay here?" "Yes, I do not feel like being alone tonight" "I understand" Twilight sits on the bed and looks down. Sunset sees her worried as she checks through her things. "Are you ok Twi?" "Yes ... I'm fine, um, I did not thank you for letting me stay here today, thank you." "Do not mention it, anything for a friend." She smiles at her. "… friend…" He smiled a little at the word. "Here! Here you are!" Exclaims Sunset taking her laptop and brings it to the table. Twilight sees her curious "what are you doing?" "Ah ... I ... I will not ... I did not tell you this because ... I was afraid of how you would react, but ... the thing is that I have several records and studies that I did myself on the mag-, the Equimia, a long time ago ..." "Oh oh…" "I'm sorry I did not tell you but ..." "You were afraid that ... happened ... what happened ..." "... something like that..." Twilight lowers his head again. "... hey Twi, do not worry about that anymore, yes?" "I made a stupid mistake ... I should not have gotten into this in the first place ..." "It was not your fault what happened Twi ..." Sunset was not sure what to say to encourage her friend ... Return your attention to your computer, in search of your files related to magic. However ... you do not find them ... check between your documents, your files, but they are not ... "... and my data ...?" Check more thoroughly and scan your entire hard drive ... "Where are my data ...?" Twilight sees her puzzled as she begins to flinch. "Are not ... my data ... where are my data?!!!" ***Mirage*** Somewhere, Sun, look at that digital memory. He smiles and caresses the bird on his shoulder. "Good boy, you did a good job" The bird alone chirps in response. ***Mirage*** The next morning, Sunset woke up and the first thing she did, was to look at her reflection in the bathroom mirror. Her face felt tired, the day before had been too exhausting. Removing the hair from her forehead, she noticed that the strange gem had disappeared. She sighed "One less thing to worry about ... I hope ..." After cleaning return to the room. There she sees her latest friend quietly asleep. To see her so calm helps her to calm herself. It had happened too much in a short time, she needed a day of rest. She mentally hoped it was that day. ***Mirage*** "Sunset ... I don't think I should be here..." Not much later, both Sunset and TWilight are in front of the school entrance. "You will not think of staying in my apartment all day" "But ... is that..." "Let's go Twi, after yesterday, we could both use a normal day" The take of the hand and both go towards the entrance. Luck was not on her side that day, as soon as they crossed the front door, the sub director Luna is shown in front of them, with her arms crossed and a look that, although neutral, gives off a flash of accusation and doubt. Twilight could only stand behind Sunset in a failed attempt not to be seen, her partner is not in a better position, only keeps watching the sub director with a clear fear. "I was expecting you two." "To ... us?" "" Us "? ... I ... too ...?" "Celestia is waiting for us, come on." Luna does not wait for an answer and just turns around to walk, both girls remain frozen in their position, Sunset shakes his head and follows, it was not appropriate to disobey, Twilight to be alone in the hall quickly catch up with them. ***Mirage*** When arriving at the office of the director, both girls are surprised to see the rest of the group there. Luna closes the door and leans against it, blocking the only exit. The seven meet, in their faces is reflected that no one knows what happens. The school principal maintains a serious, neutral gesture while sitting at her desk with both eyes closed. Finally after a very uncomfortable silence, the director speaks. "Very well, who will tell me what happened?" All the girls look at each other, not very sure of which she was referring, although there were certain ideas in their heads. Finally Sunset sighs and speaks. "Sorry Director, it's my fault." "No!" Twilight interrupts "I was the one who started this!" "Twilight leave me, the worst thing you can do is expel me" "But it's my fault." "it is not mine." "it's not my fault!" Exclaims the pink hair girl of the group "... wait, what are we talking about?" "Principal Celestia, I am responsible, I infiltrated the school to get information about the strange energy that is here and ... I just ... I got over ... I had to be careful I ... I'm sorry ..." "But it's my fault you get to magic in the first place, maybe ... I should have kept quiet ..." "Do not blame yourself like sugar cube" "But it's my fault!" The principal decides to interrupt this strange debate. "Look girls, I don't really care if it's someone else's fault or not, but after seeing the news, the robbery, the house of ..." look at Twilight "Miss Sparkle, I want to knowwhat really happened." Another silence comes before Twilight begins to speak. "I knew there was something in this school, this ... magic, I wanted to know what it was and how it worked, and well ... I built this mechanism that in theory ... I had to allow myself to control it ... but ... I failed in my calculations ... If it were not for Sunset I ... I do not know what had happened.. "But it was by me that you knew the magic" "I feel fair, I think it's everyone's responsibility." Speak Rainbow. Applejack nods. "We agreed to show him what we could do." Sunset follows her sentence. "I just ... I thought if I saw the magic of friendship ... we could control it." Celestia speaks again. "Like I said, I'm not looking for guilty, but I want to know if whatever happened, will have some sequel that I need to worry about." "Well ... Twilight ..." "... I don't think I have what it takes to be able to study and control this, magic, I ... maybe I should just forget my research ..." The voice and hurt look of the girl worries everyone present. Rainbow puts on a nervous smile "... well, I know ... there were problems, but really ... none of them affected the school so ... I do not think there's reason to worry so much." The blow of the principal's hand against her desk and the sudden way she stands up surprises the girls. "I don't care that it does not affect school!" As if it were a reflection they all recede and come closer together. "Do you think I just care about this institution?! Any of you could have seriously hurt yourself! Have you thought about that?! Silence and looks of grief and confusion is they only answer. Celestia grabs her forehead and seats her chair a little to sit back. Luna to see the silence of his sister approaches him and puts a hand on his shoulder. "Sister, calm down" "How can I be calm when my students just..." The group of friends look at their director silently, not sure what to say or do. The principal rubs her head a moment and then stares at the girls. "Look girls, I don't know anything about this magic issue, and I'm not your mother, so I don't think it's right that I meddle, but I would like you to realize the situation." Silence is still present. "Sunset." The named stifles a slight cry when the director gives her a fixed and slightly accusing look. "Your behavior after the autumn dance changed, you managed to make friends and accept the school, just as we have accepted you, but I am surprised that you have decided to do all this on your own, instead of asking your friends for help or if Want to inform me of the situation. " "I-I'm sorry ... I ..." Not knowing what to say, the former equine is silent, being scolded by the director made her feel that she was returning to her childhood when Princess Celestia made her see her mistakes, a mixture of guilt and nostalgia fills her chest. "... I ... I know that it caused a lot of problems, just ... I wanted to do this on my own ... show me that I can do something besides just ... put everyone in danger ..." Her friends give her a little hug that comforts her a little. Rarity is the first to speak "you have already done much in school dear, you do not need to prove anything to anyone." Applejack supports it "it's true, give yourself a little more credit." Celestia takes back the word "redeem you is good, but you do not have to force yourself to fix things yourself." "I know, I'm sorry ... I just wanted ... to prove myself." Twilight is approaching something fearful. "You did it, it was you ... who helped me ..." "You helped us all!" Exclaims Rainbow. "More than you can imagine." This time the hug is warmer and their biggest smiles, Sunset invites Twilight to join them and this something fearful but happy accedes. The principal lets them enjoy a bit of the moment before continuing to talk. "Twilight." The girl is separated from the hug and looks at the director with some fear. "I can understand your motives, but your actions surprise me, I know you are not my student, but if you are so smart to find a way to control an unknown source of energy, you should be smart enough to understand the risks involved." The scientist just looks down. "... I know ... I should ... I had to make sure ... I could do it ... I did not think it alone ... I wanted to know what it was ... I wanted to see ... what I could do with that ..." Twilight felt strange about the situation, Celestia looked so natural at the time of scolding her, she almost felt that she was talking ... with her mother ... or something like that .. "As for the rest." All eyes are on Celestia. "I have kept it until now, but I can not keep quiet, and I can't help feeling that all you see the magic issue as a game, all of you, now carry a power that our world doesn't understand, a power That none of you understand, pushing away the press and security officers has not been easy, and not that I care about the future of this school, I worry about what they can do with all you, what anyone could do with six teenage girls who can become horses, or ponys or whatever, that is something that none of you seems to care, or is that they have not thought about it? What could happen if someone out of school knew?" None of the present dares to see Celestia and choose to look away to some other point without really paying attention to what they look. "I know you all take your own precautions to protect everything and everyone from magic, but it doesn't seem like you are protecting yourself, THAT'S, what worries me." More silence, more looks of guilt, and regret. The director rises and walks to them. "I am not your mother, but I am the director of this school, and as such, I worry about my students, I would like to be the one that has to face demons and black magic, but I can't, all I can do is ask you to be careful, will you? " The director's tone of voice seemed almost pleading, they all looked at each other for a moment and in an apologetic look, shared by all, the answer came through Sunset. "We're sorry ... Principal Celestia, we will have ... more care from now, we promise." The principal smiles warmly at everyone and lets out a sigh. "Well, that reassures me, now, before we retire, is there anything else I should know about this matter?" Sunset hesitates a moment, but after the recent talk he prefers to let the whole thing out. "Well ... the other I, that is, the Sunset Shimmer of this world, ah been living with me for a few days." Both Celestia and Luna are a little surprised by the news. "Although, I don't know where she is now, it doesn't seem to be a problem either... she's just around here." Both women are silent, waiting for if there was anything else I would like to say, that it was. "Also yesterday ... after ... what happened ..." Celestia's understanding gaze lets her know that she understands what she is talking about. "The police went to my apartment, and not to make the story so long, I was accused of identity theft, they wanted to arrest me, but this guy came ... how ...?" "The Director Sombra..." Both sisters are surprised. "Sombra?" "You mean, Alphonse Sombra?" "Yes, he came and had some documents, where according to him, he said that I was under his care ... or something ... with that the officers let me go." Both women watched in silence, did not need words to know that they both thought the same. "Sunset, did he tell you anything in particular?" "Um ... no ... not much ... but ... he left me a phone ... he said he wanted ... to go talk to him when he could and ... to take my friends, yes wanted to..." No one talks again, the seven friends see how both directives seem to communicate with their own looks. The director is the one who speaks after a faint silence. "Girls, whatever you planned for Saturday, cancel it, go talk to Shadow, and see what he want."