//------------------------------// // Chapter 54: A Challenging Week // Story: The Lost Shimmering Sun // by Pinkie Pie Sweets //------------------------------// It's five days before her birthday and things has been simple for Sun and her friends. Sun and her friends has been doing stuff with their assignments, and their after school stuff. During the time, Sun and the girls help send invitations to the people Sun has invite for her birthday party this saturday, and Sun is kind of excited about it. Right now, Sun and her friends are in the cafeteria talking about the progress grades they have in their classes so far. And to talk about Sun's birthday this saturday. Sun also wants to talk to her friends about something that's been bothering her for some time. Rainbow Dash looks at her report and says, "I'm very glad at the grades I have. My teacher told me I've been improving." "You could say that again," Pinkie says happily." Then Applejack turns to Sun and says, "And you have Sun to thank for helping you get your grades up." "I don't think I did much. I just help Rainbow with the stuff she doesn't understand and help her study," Sun says with her cheeks blushing a bit. But Rainbow Dash says, "Yeah right. You're like the smartest kid in school. And if it wasn't for you, my grands would have been flunk and I can't be on the school sport team with failed grades." "She's right. I remember hearing from some students that you agree to Principal Celestia's request," Fluttershy adds. "What request is that?" Rarity asks. "Principal Celestia asked me if I could be one of the school tutors to help some of the students out, so I agree to help tutor some of the students," Sun explains. Rarity smiles and says, "It makes sense that Principal Celestia chose you to be one of the tutors." "You got that right. You have some great qualities and you are able to express it to everyone," Applejack happily says. Fluttershy smiles and says, "Yes. It's hard to believe it's already been a year since you started living with all of us in Canterlot City. Sun sighs and says, "Yeah. It has been a way hasn't it." Sun and her friends remember all the time they have together and it's already been like a year since Sun comes to live with Discord and Screwball. It's also around the year they all become friends with each other. Just then Rainbow Dash remembers something that Sun wants to talk about and says, "By the way Sun, you said there's something you want to talk about?" Sun looks at her friends with a sad expression and explains, "Well, feel like there's something I've been think about for some time. Ever since I one of my dreams and you all explain to me about the accident, I've been think if they're somehow linked together in a way." "What do you mean by linked together?" Fluttershy asks. "Well… remember when I dreamed about walking into a room and confront someone that started in the fire," Sun explains. The girls nod their head, replying yes. Then Sun says, "Then after that someone disappeared, I was trapped in the fire and I ended up covered in burns." The girls nod their head again. "After that. I used the mirror to help me give a warning to those from the outside, but tripped and crashed through the mirror, and can't remember anything else after that." Sun adds. The girls nods their heads meaning yes." Then Applejack has an idea what Sun is thinking and asks, "Are you saying that the dream of you being in the fire and you ended up at Canterlot High happened at the same day?" "I don't exactly sure, but I feel that there's a missing part of my memory between me being trapped in the fire and the day I was in that car accident." Sun replies feeling skeptic. Fluttershy starts to think and says, "It does seem to make since if you think about it." "But I guess Sun doesn't remember what happened during those two events. Her being in the fire explains the burn and scratches she had on her. Even her clothes were ruined." Rarity replies. "I think so too," Sun says deep in thought. Sun is starting to think about it and believes that there must be a missing part of her memory that might be important. She can't remember how she escape the fire and ends up at Canterlot High. Luckily, Sun has written every bit of her dreams and everything that has happened to her since she lives here. Sun turns to her friends and says, "I guess I just need to wait and see what kind of memories will come up." The girls reply saying they agree with her about waiting for her memory to appear, even if it will take a long time. After having their lunch, they continue to do their class routine. Sun still wishes there is a way to remember what happened between her being trapped in the fire and the accident she has experienced at Canterlot High. Days has come by and it has come on a Thursday afternoon. After school, Rainbow Dash and Sun are with Lighting Dust and Gilda practicing for the tennis game against Crystal Prep Academy. According to Lighting Dust, her cousin is captain of the team and she's a tough opponent to beat. The Tennis game is going to be a double tennis game, and two people are played on a team. Rainbow Dash and Sun are one team while Lighting Dust and Gilda are another team for the school. Right now they are practicing as hard as they can for the tennis match against their rival school. As they play, they decide to talk about the tennis game, even though CHS never beats Crystal Prep at a lot of continue to practice as they talk about the game coming up the next day. Sun says, "So your cousin is going to be in the game." "Yep. And she's one tough girl to beat," Lightning Dust says. "Well, I'm not scared of her, so I think I stand a good chance beating her," Rainbow Dash with pride. But Sun says with concern, "Be careful, Rainbow, sometime overconfidence can lead to someone downfall." "Don't worry, the three of us are great at sports, and you quite good at the game yourself." Gilda says with confidence. "Thanks. I'm just hoping we play well," Sun says. "With the way you're playing, I'm sure we'll do great. We'll give Crystal Prep a run for their money," Rainbow Dash with pride. Sun simply giggles and kind of wish she has Rainbow's confidence. For the past hour, Sun and the girls continue to practice until it's time for them to head home for the night. When Sun reaches home, she make sure her P.E Clothes are clean, racket placed in her bag, and other stuff she'll need for the Tennis game tomorrow. The next day and after getting out of their sixth period class early, Rainbow, Sun and the rest of the tennis team are at Crystal Prep Academy, since the game is going to be held and all the team mates are in their P.E Clothes and Sun has her hair in a pony tail. Sun is surprised to see that Crystal Prep is a lot different than her school and the students look a bit serious. Just then, Sun can see Dean Cadence coming towards them. Sun figure she must be the one to escort them to the tennis field today. She also figure that Principal Cinch must be busy with some important work that comes with being the principal of the whole school like Principal Celestia. Dean Cadence smiles and says, "Hello everyone and welcome to Crystal Prep for the first tennis game of the season. I'm Dean Cadence and I'll be escorting you to the tennis fields." With that Dean Cadence leads Sun and the other to the tennis field along with their coach. As they walk around the school to the school field, Sun can see that the students are very different from the students at Canterlot High. Other then they wear school uniforms, they look to seem serious about their education and have some difficult classes. Sun is so busy look around that she has got separated from Rainbow, and the team. Since she doesn't know her way around she just explore the place and see what the school has in store. But as they are going through the halls of the school, Sun and another girl bump into each other, and the other girl's stuff falls to the floor. Sun sits up to see that the girl who has bump into her is a student as well. She's wearing the girls uniform. The girl has light purple skin, dark blue hair with a purple and magenta streak on the hair and the bang, and bright purple eyes. Sun looks at the girl and asks with concern, "Are you okay?" The girl quietly says, "I'm fine." The girls then squint her eyes and says, "I can't see without my glasses." With that, the girls starts to look on the ground to see if she can find her glasses. Sun decides to help her find her glasses and look to see if it's among the stuff that falls to the ground. Sun sees the girls glasses right behind her. Sun shows the glasses to the girl with a smile and says, "Here you go." "Thanks," The girl happily replies. The girl is able to grab a hold of her glasses and put it back on her face. When she puts her glasses on, she is surprised to see Sun and doesn't remember seeing her before. Sun simply smiles and says, "I'm Sun. What's your name?" The girls fiddles her fingers and feels a bit shy around her. Sun starts to remember that she reminds her of her friend Fluttershy. The girl shyly says, "T-twilight Sparkle." "Twilight Sparkle?" Sun questionably says. The girl nods her head in reply. Sun remember that she has been receiving messages from a girl named Twilight Sparkle, but think this one might not be the same person. Sun decides to assume she's not the girls who sends her the messages and decide to talk to her new friend. "It's nice to meet you," Sun says, holding her hand out to her for a shake. Twilight looks at her with a confused look and see she's offering her a handshake. Twilight grabs hold of Sun's hand, they both shake each others hand. Twilight smiles and says."It's… nice to meet you too." Sun giggles a bit and says, "You know, you kind of remind me of a friend of mine. She can be a bit shy too." "Really?" Twilight asks. "Yeah. And I was a bit shy when I started going to Canterlot High," Sun adds with a smile. "You were?" Twilight asks. Sun nods her head and says, "Yeah." Twilight starts to smile at Sun. She never has anyone being this nice to her before. What's more, Sun goes to a different school. "So what are you doing?" Sun asks. Twilight looks at the stuff she drops with a sad expression. She sadly says, "I was getting some stuff for my chemistry class but I dropped them when I bump into you." "That's okay. I wasn't paying attention either," Sun replies. Then Sun smiles and suggests, "Tell you what, I'll help you pick up the stuff and help take them to the classroom." Twilight looks at Sun with a surprised look and asks, "Really? Are you sure?" "Yeah. Besides, you look like you could use some help," Sun replies. Sun smiles and says, "Thank you." With that, Sun helps her new friend, Twilight Sparkle picks up the chemistry stuff and helps her take the stuff to her class. Since, Twilight goes to the school it's not hard for her to find her way around. Twilight agreeing that since Sun helps her carry the stuff to her class, she can help Sun to get directions to the tennis court to find the team. As they walk Sun explains to her about what goes on in her life, including about her with amnesia. Twilight also talk to Sun about her life and the time she does at Crystal Prep. At that time, Twilight and Sun think there are some thing they both have in coming but have some differences in their lives. Twilight and Sun reach the classroom and it's not very far away either. Twilight opens the door and she and Sun walk into the classroom with the supplies for class. The supplies are some extra goggles and lab coats, gloves, and other supplies for safety reasons. As they walk into the classroom, the students are kind of confused to see Sun with Twilight. They have never seen her at the school before, but there are four who recognized her before. Twilight's teacher comes to her and Sun and says, "Thank you Twilight for bring the supplies and I see you have a new friend with you." "Yes. We kind of bump into each other in the halls and she help me carry the supplies here," Twilight explains. "Yeah. I thought it would be a good idea to help her out," Sun adds. The teacher smiles and says, "Well, it's very generous of you to help one of my students. I assume you're from Canterlot High, correct." "Yes. I supposed you recognized the gym clothes," Sun replies. "Yes. My name is Ms. Plasma. I'm a chemistry teacher." Ms. Plasma introduces herself. "It's nice to meet you, Ms. Plasma. My name is Sun," Sun replies with a smile. Before the teacher can say anything a girl's voice surprisingly says, "Wait! You're name is Sun?!" Sun looks to see who just scream. To her surprise, the girl that screams is a girl who looks exactly like Lighting Dust, but has light yellow like skin, dark blue hair with light blue highlights on it. Sun remembers where she's her face before, it's the girl that Lighting Dust show to her during the try outs. That girl is Lighting Dust cousin, Indigo Zap. Everyone, even the teacher and Twilight are confused by Indigo's reaction. The way she reacts, they believe that she has seen Sun before. Twilight asks, "You know her?" "Well, not personally, but my cousin goes to Canterlot High and she told me about this girl who lost her memory in an car accident and is practically the smartest girl at her school. She even told me she's a great tennis player and on the tennis team at this very moment." Indigo explains. Sun looks at Indigo with a surprised look and says, "Wow, I didn't realized Lighting has been telling you about me." "She did. Gotta says, you look like good competition to me, " Indigo says. Sun smiles a bit and says," Thanks." "But be warned, I won't go easy on you during the games today," Indigo replies. "Sounds fair," Sun says. "Yeah. I didn't realized you were known around here," Twilight replies. "I guess she is. I even heard from Principal Cinch and some of the other students that last year, she was caught sleeping in the stables where Crystal Prep is," Suri replies. "I remember Dean Cadence told me about it as well. She even told me that she also caught two boys from Griffon Stone cheating in the horse jumping competition. She even told me that Sun can talk to horses," Twilight adds. "Yes That's me," Sun says. Ms. Plasma smiles and says, "Looks like you became well known among the students in the school." Sun nods her head replying yes to the statement. In a way, Sun has become known to not only her school, but Crystal Prep as well. Then Ms. Plasma says, "Now, everyone pick up a coat, a pair of gloves, and goggles for you and your partner. Then we'll begin with our experiment." "Okay. I need to get to the tennis court before the team worries about me," Sun replies. Then Twilight says, "Getting there is kind of easy. When you get out of the classroom, you turn left and head straight out the door. You can't miss it." "Thanks Twilight," Sun replies. "You're welcome," Twilight says with a smile Sun starts to make her way to the door and says, "I hope I'll see you at the game today and that we get to talk again sometime." "Me too," Twilight replies. Sun smiles and says, "See you later." "Bye," Twilight says. Sun leaves the classroom, while Twilight and the students gather their supplies to do their experiment. Twilight has been teamed up with Indigo Zap, so she easily gather the stuff for them and make her way to the desk. As they put on their gears, Twilight asks, "So… it looks like you'll be going up against Sun is the tennis game?" "Seems like it. I like her. She seems to be a great opponent to challenge with." Indigo says. Twilight smiles and says, "Yes. She is. I think Sun is very special." After the conversation and putting on the gears, the class start to do their project in class. Sun is able to make is in time to see the team practicing for the game after school. Sun isn't in trouble, but will be giving a talking to about wandering off from the group. After that Sun starts to practice with Rainbow and the team for the first game of the season and know it's going to be a challenge.