Believe it or not, there was a time when I wasn't a completely horrible human being and was just an innocent little kid. You see, the Canterlot School for Gifted Mages was one of the top magic schools in the whole country, maybe even the whole world. While they don't require a tuition fee, top ones like these only accepted the brightest and most powerful mages. To get into this school, you needed to pass two tests. The written exam to test you intelligence which I aced of course. Then, the spell casting exam which was supposed to test your magical potential. After days spent practicing, the day of the exam arrived.
A six year old Sunset Shimmer nervously in a classroom in one of the towers, in from of the panel of judges who were going to decide her future. She had just been asked to create a ball of light. A rather simple spell compared to what she had expected, but did little to sooth her rattle nerves. She gulped and folded her hands together as though and prayer and concentrated her magic.
A spark of light from her hands began to glow and sunset began to pull them apart. The ball soon took form and began to grow as Sunset moved her hands apart and poured magic into it. The professors nodded and began writing on their clipboards. Sunset smiled and began to think of something that would impress them for sure. She began to move her hands furthered her hands and began pouring even more magic in, making the ball continue to grow in size and powered. The professor's oh'd and nodded towards each other. Sunset beamed with pride and prepared for the grand finale.
She contracted the ball in, then let it implode, creating a loud boom and a ring of vibrant colors burst out of the room and escaped the tower. The professors were amazed and even applauded a little. Sunset bowed, still grinning with enthusiasm, she was going to get in for sure now! All seemed to going great until...
BOOM!
The sound of another explosion followed by lightning. The professors and Sunset raced to the windows and what they saw stunned them. In another nearby tower, magical lighting seemed to be pouring out of the windows. Then suddenly, what appeared to be a dragon head burst through the roof!
"What in the world is going on!?"
"It looks like a magic surge!"
Wait, what's a magic surge?
It's what happens when a mage looses control of their magic, Rainbow.
Oh, thanks Sunset.
So anyway...
The professors continued to panic amongst themselves as Sunset continued to be mesmerized by the spectacle in front of her. She had never seen so much raw magic before! She was so focused on it what she almost didn't hear the door slam open.
"What just happened!?"
They all turned to see a new figure standing at the door way. She was dressed casually in a purple shirt and jeans in contrast to the professors' more traditional wizardly robes and Sunset's fancy (though uncomfortable) dress her mother had picked out for today. One of the professors spoke up.
"Lady Luna! Don't you see.." she stammered, pointing out the window to the dragon head. Luna raised a hand, silencing them.
Hold up again. "Lady" Luna?
Magical society thing, I'll explain later.
"I know, my sister has got that covered. I came to discover the cause of the explosion from this room." she explained. Sure enough they heard something and everyone turned back to the windows to see the dragon head disappear from view and the lightning disappear. They looked back to Luna but before any of the professors could speak up, Sunset walked forward with a sincere apologetic expression of her cute little face.
"I'm sorry Lady Luna. I just wanted to show off for the professors so I'd make it into this school. My parents really really want me to get into this school." Sunset lowered her eyes to the floor? Had she been responsible for that spectacle a moment ago? Was she about to be thrown out for almost destroying the school? Would she also be blacklisted from every other magic after this? What would her parent's say? They had already pressured her hard to get into this school, and they would probably call her a disgrace to the family name when word got out about the incident.
Sunset sneaked a glance to Luna. She didn't look angry or disappointed but rather...surprised? "Really?" She asked curiously. She began to examine Sunset. "You were the cause of the first explosion?" Sunset felt herself stiffen under the woman's intense gaze. Finally one of the professors chimed in.
"Indeed. We only asked Ms. Shimmer here to create a simple ball of light, but she managed to create something akin to a sonic rainboom!"
Luna's gazed turned stern again as she processed the information. Then she did something, something unexpected. She smiled. She walked to Sunset and knelt down to her eye level. "That was quite impressive, especially for one as young as yourself. What is your name, young one?" she asked kindly. Sunset gulped and replied nervously,
"S-Sunset Shimmer! Miss Lady Luna Ma'am!" Luna chuckled a little at the response, "Just 'Luna' please and I do believe you just earned yourself a spot at this school for next semester. Isn't that right?" She looked towards the professors who all nodded rapidly in agreement. Luna picked herself off the floor.
"Now, I must be off to see what Celestia had to deal with, but I look forward to meeting you again, Sunset Shimmer, and seeing how much you've learned. Good day everyone." With that Luna left the room.
For a few moments there was silence as everyone contemplated on what just happened, Sunset in particular. Slowly Sunset began to smile and hopped in into the air, yelling at the top of her little lungs:
"YES!"
Awww!
Yeah Yeah, I was cute back then. But it felt like the greatest day in my life. I had gotten into one of the best magic schools and at only the age of six!
Is that how you first met Celestia and Luna? But where does Twilight come into this?
Well Rarity, that's the funny part. Turns out she had her exam scheduled that day too, in a tower just across from the one mine was in...
*GASP* No way!
Yes way everyone. Twilight was that powerful, even as a kid. She told me that not me later that not only had she hatched a dragon egg and made the baby grow to enormous size, she also turned her parents into plants! Apparently she was struggling with her exam when my explosion awakened her 'dormant magic' so to speak. It was no surprise she got it in, and that wasn't even the best part.
Whaddya mean?
You see Applejack, Celestia and Luna were visiting some colleagues at their old school when they saw the explosions. They split up to cover more ground. While Luna checked on me, Celestia helped calm Twilight's magic down and undo the damage.
Wow
It gets better. Apparently Celestia and Luna talked to the heads of the school and they were concerned that not even they could handle two powerful six year olds on their own, so Celestia and Luna offered to help them by becoming our personal tutors! Anyway, when we weren't in out standard classes, they were allowed time off from their own jobs at CHS to help us further develop our magic while sharing their own knowledge of it.
Anyway, that's a little further down the line. It didn't actually begin until the first day of magic school, and that's when I met the greatest friend I ever had.
Oh! Oh! Was it Twilight?
*Sigh*..yes Pinkie. That's when I met Twilight Sparkle.