//------------------------------// // Questions and Answers // Story: Sunset and the Seven Girls // by Kinni //------------------------------// After that, Twilight accessed the formation and did a scan of every area of the university, just to make sure that everything was fine. She smiled and nodded, and then we finally relaxed. “So, girls... Considering that Sunset has arrived, I think we should take a couple hour off and answer her questions.” I said, looking at my dimensional doppelganger in the distance. “Okay. Let's see your new roommate.” Rarity said. And we did it, walking towards Sunset. When we got close, I gestured for her to come with us, and we walked to a group of benches that were nearby. I sat down, and Pinkie and Rarity sat down right by my sides, smiling in victory and holding my arms. The other girls all sat around, including Sunset herself. “Okay.” I told her “I'm sure you have a lot of questions, and we are going to do our best to answer all of them.” She took a moment to gather her thoughts and calm down, and then asked her first question. “What was that about everyone here being able to use magic?” Twilight was the one to respond to that. “Ah, that was actually my doing.” She smiled “There was an incident where we had to fight some guy called 'King of Darkness', and we ended up harnessing the feeling of everyone on campus to defeat him.” She paused for a moment “That was strictly a one time thing, but all of them started asking us how they could help, so eventually I created those artifacts that contain spells. They are powered by the formations on campus and can only be used here, but they are activated and directed by the students.” Sunset thought about that for a bit “And I presume the whole 'escape spell' thing is similar?” Twilight nodded “Indeed. That one happened even earlier, when I decided that it was best to have an automatic way of protecting the other students who would be endangered by those events.” -0- “Considering her ability in spell and formation creation, I kinda want to hire Twilight to do some work on my palace.” Twilight said. “I'm sure she would have fun with it.” Sunset nodded. -0- “Right. That makes sense... Now, about those dangerous things that keep appearing in this college... What is the deal with that?” “Well... Essentially, because magic is starting to bloom is this world due to certain events, you could say that the source of magic here is incredibly pure.” I was the one who answered this time “Because of that, it keeps attracting dimensional monsters and similar things that want that pure magic for themselves.” I sighed “Thankfully, the fact that the magic here is still not mature also means that it is difficult to affect this world directly, so even the biggest threats can only use a fraction of their power when they come here, so we are able to hold on.” “Right...” She seemed to be considering it “And about those 'events'... I imagine it has to do with the parts of the story you said you would 'explain later'.” “Yeah... It's not really something I like remembering...” I took a moment to look at the girls, who smiled at me in support “But when I first came to this world, I wasn't exactly a good girl.” Sunset waited patiently for me to gather my thoughts, and them I told the story. I spoke about how I had become the evil ruler of the school, driving friends apart from each other. How I stole your crown, and ended up turning into a demon. How I was forgiven for that, and eventually fought alongside you against the sirens. How I met this world's Twilight and managed to save her in the same way, as well as the adventure that led to us getting the pendants. -0- “By the way, she was interested in meeting you, so I think you will have a lot to talk about the next time you go to the human world.” Sunset said. “That's fair. She also seems like an interesting person.” Twilight answered. -0- And of course, I also told her the abridged version of how I gained my six girlfriends. And again, this was the part that she seemed to be the most incredulous about. “So... Do you have any further questions?” I asked Sunset. She closed her eyes and thought. “I think just one more.” She eventually said “What are... your plans for the future? How do you plan to deal with all this magic stuff?” “Well...” I started “It's more or less like we've already been doing. The seven of us are doing our college courses here, and also doing the magic thing as a side project. We research stuff, keep crises contained and make sure the slow spread of magic isn't going to cause too much chaos.” “Ahhh...” Sunset seemed to be thinking a lot about it. “However!” Pinkie got up suddenly, walking near Sunset “There's another important matter we need to take care off!” “What...?” Sunset asked, uncomprehending. Applejack took the chance to slip into Pinkie's previous place beside me. “We need to decide how we're going to call you!” Pinkie nodded firmly “Since you're both Sunset, you should have a nickname so we can distinguish when we're talking to each of you.” “That sounds... reasonable.” Sunset concluded. “Then... Since you're Sunset, how about we call you Sun! Like Sun Wukong!” Pinkie suggested. “I'm not a monkey.” Sunset rejected immediately. “Goku, then?” “Now you're stretching the reference... And Goku is more associated with the moon, instead of the sun.” “So, Superman?” “I'm a girl.” “Supergirl?” “I'd rather not have a superhero name. “Amaterasu.” “I'd rather not have a deity name either.” And so, the two of them went back and forth as the rest of us watched. I smiled, seeing that Sunset was already getting along well with the girls.