It was another great day at Canterlot High School (CHS) for everyone, except Sunset Shimmer. The girls were having a great time at the cafe; they were laughing with no care in the world. But Sunset could not stop thinking about how she was going to be able to pay for the rent of her home. I guess that was a small price to pay when it comes to moving from another world. Sunset finally decided to bring up her issue. She talked about her problem to the rest of her friends; unfortunately, none of them could come up with a solution to Sunset's predicament.
Luckily, Pinkie Pie had an idea. She pulled out a newspaper and showed it to Sunset. There was a job available for a night guard at an underground facility. The news article also mentioned a new indoor amusement park that just opened up. The grand opening for the Canterlot Funtime Castle was happening this weekend. But it was on the same day that Sunset was going to take the night guard job. Luckily, both the opening of the amusement park and the job were at the same location.
So, Sunset could spend a few hours with her friends at the attraction, while she would spend the rest of the evening at the job. It was a well thought plan.
The girls arrived at the attraction later that night. The building reminded Sunset of the Canterlot Castle back in Equestria. In fact, it did look a lot like the Canterlot Castle.
They went in the building, and their eyes gazed upon the entire new indoor amusement park. There were arcades, rides, prizes, and a stadium. The girls started to split up and went to do things they love to enjoy here.
Pinkie Pie enjoyed her time at the ball pit. Applejack and Rainbow Dash were on a one-on-one battle at laser tag. Fluttershy was given a shot on the grappling hook arcade. Rarity was doing everything she could to get enough tickets to win some fabulous jewelry from the prize store. The Crusader Movie Club, CMC, was also there for the 4D movie experience. Spike was using his old puppy eye dog tricks to get more food from strangers.
Sunset and Twilight, however, were at the stadium because they were interested in the animatronics that were on display. In fact, they were designed as Alicorns, and they both looked very familiar.
The big white animatronic with a pink flowing mane looked a lot like a younger version of Celestia. The small blue animatronic with the short mane also looked a lot like a younger version of Luna. The only difference was that Celestia was holding a microphone while Luna was playing an electric guitar with dark designs. They were both wearing purple bow-ties.
The resemblance of the animatronics hit Sunset pretty hard this time. The thought about leaving her mentor, Celestia, without a word made her feel devastated.
She put that thought away when she and Twilight caught familiar voices behind them. It was none other than the hosts of the attraction themselves. Principal Celestia and Vice-Principal Luna. They were surprised to see them. Who knew that their principals would run a place like this.
The rest of the girls caught up with them, and they were surprised to see the principals as well. The principals were so glad that the girls came for the grand opening. They wanted to show them someone else who came.
The principals and the girls arrived at the prize corner where there was a giant purple box. When the box opened, something popped out and scared the girls. It was a pink alicorn with rosey cheeks, purple tears, and a black suit with white buttons and white stripes. It had a beautiful mane design along with a blue bow that formed the mane into a long ponytail. That made Sunset realize that the animatronic looked just like Cadence from the Crystal Empire.
Then the figure coming out from the prize corner was Principal Cadence from Crystal Prep. She stated that the girls from Crystal Prep, who participated in the Friendship Games, were also here too. The girls were even more surprised as to why all the principals from both schools would be hosting this indoor amusement park. That might be why they got in touch with one another.
The night was fun, but it wouldn't last. It was almost time for Sunset to head towards the job. She waved goodbye to her friends as she left from the front door.
The girls were about to leave as well until another familiar voice shouted out to them. One that Twilight recognized. It was her big brother, Shining Armor. It was no surprise to her since she knew her brother worked along with Cadence. What surprised her was that he was in a desperate state. Cadence was with him as well. They said that Spike ran off somewhere and got lost. They need the girls’ help.
They searched all over the building until Twilight caught sight of Spike in one of the dark hallways. Spike ran towards Twilight as she embraced him in a big hug. She was worried sick if something bad happened to him. Everyone caught up as they asked him why he ran off like that. Spike said that he spotted a stranger who was sneaking around the building and causing vandalism.
Just as soon as Twilight put Spike down on the floor, she and the others spotted the mysterious figure standing at the end of the hallway. He ran away as fast as he could, but they all started to chase after him.
They all ended up in a dead end surrounded by pipes with leaking gas. They all turned around to see the figure blocking their path and shooting a powerful beam that hit the pipes and an explosion occurred. They were all caught in the fire, and their dying breaths and screams blurted out as the flames burned them until they died.
Sunset arrived at a conveniently placed elevator right out in the open. As soon as she got in, she felt the ground tremble and heard a huge explosion. She turned around to see a huge bundle of flames coming from a corner of the building. As she started to run back to see what was going on, something hit her in the back of the head. She dropped to the floor with a concussion. She was dragged into the elevator as a metal hand grabbed her ankle and pulled her in. Once she was inside, the doors closed, and the elevator went down.
Throughout the ashes of the fire, something was glowing in the darkness. It wasn't the moonlight. It wasn't the broken flickering lights. It was souls. Several living souls. They were roaming around the entire hallway. And yet, they couldn’t get out of the building. Not anymore.