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// Prologue 
// Story: Seven Saviors 
// by Arcanum -Phantasy 
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Sunset stood on the edge of a bridge that overlooked Canterlot City, a completely dull look in her eyes as she watched the people go about their business. All of their happy cheers and warm smiles gave Sunset a rather strange feeling, like she was a ghost among the living. A sad smile crossed her face as the irony of such a thought sunk into her mind. She cast her gaze to the clear night sky, drinking in the natural beauty of the stars and full moon.
So pretty, she thought as she took off her coat letting the winter chill caress her body as her gaze shifted to the dark water in the stream below.
It's like a giant mirror.
Immediately, memories of Equestria jumped to the front of her mind.The time she spent with Princess Celestia, learning all kinds of spells as her personal student. All the late nights she had a nightmare as a foal and snuck into the solar Monarch's bedroom for comfort. There was even a time she helped the Princess pull a prank on her personal aid, Raven, that backfired brilliantly. Then she remembered how it all ended, and a grimace crossed her face. At that point, she didn't need anymore reasons to go through with her decision. It was funny in a way, not everyone knew how their story was supposed to end, but now that Sunset found herself closing in on her own final chapter, she found that there could be no better way for it to end.
Not wanting to have any regrets, she leaned up against the bridge's guardrail and yelled, "I AM NOT ANON-A-MISS!!!"
Her voice echoed across the otherwise silent landscape, taking her last display of defiance with it. With all of her obtainable regrets fulfilled, she climbed atop the railing, took one last look at the sky and closed her eyes. 
It's a beautiful night to die.
She jumped.
Or at least she tried to. At the last second a feminine voice screamed and Sunset felt the kind of pressure around her chest that only a pair of arms could give as she was slowly pulled back onto the safety of the bridge. With a loud flop, the two landed back on solid ground, Sunset's savior panting heavily for her efforts.
"Whew! That was close!" she said, voice shaky as she continued to hold Sunset tight. "If I had been just a second late-"
She finished her thought off with a shiver.
"Anyway, are you okay Sunset?"
The girl in question laid there atop the other girl, her mind running at a million miles an hour trying to piece together what had just happened. Slowly, she lifted her head to get a look at her rescuer only to be met by the mismatched golden eyes of the last person she expected to see. 
"D-Derpy?"
The grey girl gave a weary smirk and said, "That's my name."
Sunset blinked, her head still a mangled jumble of emotions slowly processed what was happening.
"B-But why?"
"Huh?" Derpy asked, head tilted in confusion.
"W-Why did you save me?"
Derpy gave Sunset a gentle smile and said, "Because you're not Anon-a-miss."
As Derpy's words sunk in, the shield Sunset held over her heart finally broke. Right there, in the arms of someone she had treated worse than Fluttershy in her darkest days, the damaged girl cried. Cried in shameful sorrow for her situation and what she tried to do on this god forsaken bridge, but also in joy. Joy that in spite of everything, there was at least one person who believed her, who knew that she wasn't Anon-a-miss. As the tears fell, Derpy held her tightly, giving her both the warmth and security she desperately needed. As she did, a single thought ran through her head.
I don't know who you are Annon-a-miss, but when I find you, I'm gonna make you pay for what you did to Sunset.
"D-D-Derpy?" Sunset sniffled.
"Yeah?"
"Thank you."
"No prob," she smiled. "Now, think you can walk?"
Still shaking, Sunset nodded then rose to her feet.
"At'a girl," Derpy smirked as she got to her feet."Now c'mon, lets get out of here."
Again, Sunset nodded. 
With that, Sunset put her jacket back on and the two girls made the long trek down the path off of the bridge and into a nearby parking lot where a light grey bug with blue bubble decals on the sides greeted them. Without saying a word, Derpy opened the door for Sunset before quickly walking around to get into the driver's seat. Not even a second after putting the key in the ignition, the gray teen turned on the heater, more for Sunset's benefit then her own as the poor girl had been shivering the whole way. Granted, how much of that shiver was from the cold was something Derpy wasn't willing to explore if Sunset wasn't. For a while the two sat in silence, basking in the warm air Derpy's car produced, but eventually, the awkwardness of their situation became too much for them
"So," Derpy said, tone forcefully cheerful. "Where do you live?"
"Huh?" Sunset mumbled.
"Where do you live?"
Sunset grimaced, then in a tone that was a strange mix of shame and resolution said, "The corner of 4 and 7."
Derpy rased a brow, confused.
"Like 4th street and 7th street?"
"No," she answered, trembling as she fought to hold back tears of shame. "Dock 4 and 7."
The awkward silence from earlier returned with a vengeance as Sunset turned her attention towards the passenger side window when the implications of Sunset's words sunk in.
No way. Are you kidding?
"Well," Derpy said, aggressively shifting the warmed car into drive. "That makes this a bit easier."
"W-What?" Sunset asked, jolted out of her doldrums by the vehicle's sudden roar to life. "Where are we going?"
"My place, silly," Derpy smiled. "I'm not gonna save you just to let you freeze to death in some warehouse."
"Y-You really don't need to do that," Sunset stuttered, shocked by the girl's act of kindness after being denied such a curtesy for so long. 
"Nonsense, I've got more than enough room."
"B-But-"
"Nope, my car, my rules. And I say you are going to sleep in a warm bed in a nice safe house. You got that?"
"Y-Yes ma'am....."
With that, a smiling Derpy and thoroughly floored Sunset drove off into the night, but as the two closed in on what was going to be the first comfortable bed in days for one of them, the other was silently seething.
When I find you Anon-a-miss, I swear I am going to end you!