//------------------------------// // Chapter 10: The Full and Honest Truth // Story: Sun's Equestira Girls Adventure // by Pinkie Pie Sweets //------------------------------// Chapter 10: The Full and Honest Truth Later that day, Discord has drop of Sun, Screwball along with her friends at the boutique. Sun is glad that Screwball isn't hurt too bad after the fight she had with Falling Star. When they walk into the boutique, they can see that Sun friends are busy finding good dresses for the dance. Rarity turns to where Sun and the other are, and happily says, "Hello girls, I take it you were able to finish whatever you need to take care of." "You could say that. Actually I kind of ran into trouble on my way back and then I had to deal with stuff about my sister," Sun nervously explains. "What's that?" Rainbow Dash ask. Before Sun can answer, Scootaloo jumps in with excitement and screams, "SCrewball was an awesome fight between the other new girl." "She means Screwball was having a fist fight with Falling Star," Apple Blossom calmly replies. "And those two were really going at it," Sweetie Belle adds. The girls are very shocked to hear that Screwball has gotten into a fight with Falling Star. They can even see some of the bruises that Screwball has on parts of her body, and how messy her hair is. They figure something must have happen to get herself into another fight. But before anyone can ask more about the fight, Twilight runs into the boutique and into one of the fitting rooms. From the expression on her face, Sun and the other others can tell that something must be wrong. They don't know what's going on, but figure something must've happened. Rarity goes to the room and asks from the outside," Is everything okay?" "Yes," Twilight answers. "Twilight, are you sure you're alright?" Sun asks in concern. "Don't worry Sun,I'm okay," Twilight answers. Applejack comes up to Sun and says, "Maybe Twilight just need some time to herself for a bit. Until then We like to know what in the hay happened that our sisters were talking about." Sun nods her head and agree to let Twilight have some time along. While Sun and Screwball start to explain about the fight and what happened earlier. Twilight is very, very upset about what will become of her and Spike, along with the dance and her crown. "Only it's not okay. It's not okay at all. If I don't win my crown tonight, I won't be able to go back to Equestria for another thirty moons," Twilight says upsetly. She then sits on the ground while using her hands to cover her face in sadness. She sadly asks, "Oh, what are we going to do?" Spike can see that Twilight is very upset and worried that they won't be able to go home if they can't get the crown. He then has an idea, but it's going to be hard for both of them. "We tell them the truth. Let them know what's at stake if we don't get the crown tonight. They'll help us think of something," Spike answers. But Twilight worriedly says, "But what if they won't?" "What will happen when they found out how different I really am," Twilight adds while she looks in the mirror. She imagines seeing her pony self in the mirror. She is very worried about how her new friends are going to react if they find out she's a pony princess from another world. Spike comes to Twilight and says, "Twilight, Sun and her friends hang out with you because they saw what is in your heart. They aren't going to care if you're a pony princess who came from Equestria. Twilight then realizes that Spike is right. Sun and her friends loves her because she is special to them and loves her for just being herself. She can also see that they might not care if about her original form and origin. She think it will be best for them to know the truth about her. She then starts to think of something else she should tell them. However, she knows it will be a shock for them, especially for Sun and her family. Twilight pats Spike on the head with a smile, and says, "I'm glad you followed me here, Spike." "Me too," Spike says with a smile. But says with concern, "Unless we'll end up being here for another thirty moons." Twilight sighs sadly and says, "Also… I think we should also tell Sun and I believe the crown can help Sun reveal who she really was." "You really think the crown can do that for her?" Spike asks. "It's worth a shot," Twilight answers. Spike says with concern, "Yeah. I just hope Sun can handle it?" "Me too, Spike," Twilight sadly answers. Twilight stands up and take a deep breath to calm her nerves. She really wants to do what is right for everyone and thinks Sun deserves to know. Then Twilight pulls the curtains to the side to see her friends looking at her with worried looks, Twilight figures Sum must have told her of what happened at the school. Applejack asks with concern, "You okay, sugarcube." "To be honest, I'm not fine. I'd figures Sun told us what happened." Twilight answers with a sad look. "She did. What Falling Star tried to do was awful," Fluttershy replies. "Yeah. That's really low of her," Rainbow says with anger. "I know. I'm also surprised that Screwball was able to take her on," Twilight says. "Yep. I'll do anything when it comes to my sister, her friends, and my friend. You are my sister's friend and I had to help as well," Screwball says with pride. Twilight smiles back and says, "You really care for your sister." "Yep," Screwball with a smile. Rarity then comes into the conversation and says, "As much I like to talk about Screwball's helpfulness, but I believe we're getting a bit off topic." Twilight nods her head and says, "Yes. Because of what Falling Star did to the school gym along with our hard work, the fall formal has to be postponed until tomorrow." "Yeah. It's a real; bummer, "Pinkie says, feeling disappointed. "But the fall formal has to happen tonight," Twilight declares. "Huh!" The girls reply looking really confused. They are wondering why Twilight wants the dance to go on tonight. Twilight knows she has to tell them the truth about her reason. Twilight sighs in defeats and tries to explains, "You see…" However, before Twilight can continue, Pinkie happily explains, "You're from an alternate world and you're a pony princess there and the crown actually has a magical element embedded in it that helps power up other magical elements, and without it they don't work anymore, and you need them all to help protect your magical world, and if you don't get the crown tonight, you'll be stuck in this world and you won't be able to get back for, like, a really, really long time!" Pinkie simple shows a big smile after her explanation. Sun and the others girls are a bit confused of Pinkie's idea. Twilight and Spike however, are shocked to hear that Pinkie is actually right about them. They are also having a hard time believe that Pinkie can guess it correctly. "Yeah, I pretty sure that is not the reason," Rainbow says not believing a word Pinkie says. "Sounds a bit far fetched to me," Scootaloo replies. But Spike bluntly announces, "Nope. She's pretty much spot on." "He can talk!" Rarity horror screams. Spike walks over to the girls and says, "Yeah, and back in Equestria, I'm not even a dog. I'm a ferocious fire breathing dragon." "A baby dragon is more like it," Twilight replies with a giggle. Sun and her friends are very shocked to hear Spike is actually talking and here they think he's just a cute little puppy. Fluttershy pushes Sun and Applejack to the said to take a better look at Spike. She happily says, "That is so amazing." She then crouches down to Spike's leve and happily asks, "Tell me, what are you thinking about right now." Spike looks at Fluttershy with an awkward look. He can tell that Fluttershy is happily waiting for an answer. He then look at Rarity and he kind of knows what he wants. Rarity starts to get a little worried when Spike starts to stare at her. Spike walks up to Rarity and says, "Sure love a scratch behind the old ears?" Rarity starts to feel a bit uncomfortable about hearing the request from the little dog. She is not sure about it. Spike notice this and says, "Uh, maybe later." Twilight turns to Pinkie and surprisingly asks, "How did you know all that?" "Just a hunch," Pinkie answers with a smile. Just then Applejack says, "WAit a minute! Let me get this straight, you're a pony." "You're a princess?" Rarity surprisingly aks. "You're from another world?" Fluttershy surprisingly asks. "And your dog is actually a dragon?" Sun asks with a confused look. Twilight starts to blush as she scratches her head. She nods her head meaning yes to all of their questions. Then Rainbow Dash says "That… is... Awesome!" The next thing Twilight knows, all of their friends are very excited to hear about their sisters join in to talk to Twilight. Spike smile at Twilight and says. "See, told ya." Twilight can see that Spike is right about her friends trust towards her. They don't care if she's different, but they are excited to see the attention she's getting. After that, Sun and the others realize there are still a few question thya need to know about. Sweetie Belle walk in front of Twilight and asks, "Twilight, if you're from another world, than what are you doing here?" The girls sees that Sweetie Belle has a point. They are wonder why Twilight is here. "Well, I'm actually here to get my crown back and make sure Falling Star doesn't get her hooves… I mean hand on it," Twilight explains. Just then Sun realizes this and nervously asks, "This crown wouldn't happen to be the same on that Fluttershy and I found that game me a weird reaction." "That's the one," Spike answers. "Oh dear," Fluttershy says with concern. "Aw man!" Sun says with annoyance while face palming her head. Then Rainbow says, "So that's why you wanted to sign up for the Fall Formal. The crown that were using is you and you need to win it back." "Yes," Twilight answers. "But what does Falling Star want with it. It's not like it can grant wishes or anything?" Apple Bloom asks with curiosity. "It may not be able to grant wishes, but it's contains very powerful magic," Twilight explains. "And Falling Star stole the crown from Twilight," Spike adds. "What?!" Pinkie screams freaking out. "She… she stole it?!" Sun surprisingly asks. "She did. Like me she also used to lived in Equestra too," Twilight answers while nodding her head. Rarity says with concern, "I know Falling Star was mean and rotten, but I could never imagine her to be a thief. Then again, she did stole one of the camera that Photo Finish used." "I can't believe she would do something like this," Scootaloo says with a shock. Then Sun says, "So she wants your crown so she can use it powers." "Right," Spike answers. "But what purpose does Falling Star want the crown's power?" Fluttershy asks. Twilight sighs sadly and says, "I believe the reason why is because she wants to be powerful and better than everypony with magic. However… I think she's wants to be better at magic than Sun was." "Huh!" The girls says with a shock. Then they all look at Sun who is just as surprised as they are. Applejack goes up to Twilight and says, "Sugar are you saying that Falling Star has some kind of grudge against Sun. And in case you forget, Sun can't use magic and never knew her until now." Before Twilight can say anything, Sun says out of the blue, "Maybe… maybe I do know her." "What do you mean, Sun?" Fluttershy asks. "Remember that dream I told you about another unicorn was hurting a smaller unicorn and another unicorn took her on looks like?" Sun replies. The girls nod their head in replies. Sun turns to her friends and explain, "I think… I think that unicorn mare that was being so mean was Falling Star and the other one that was able to stop her was me." The girls are very shocked to hear what Sun is saying. If that dream really happened in her past, then she's starting to remember. However they know the reason for Falling Star's resentment towards her. "Well, when you put it like that, I guess Falling Star must really hate you for it," Pinkie says. "More than just that, Falling Star is terrible jealous of Sun," Twilight sadly adds. "But why?" Rarity asks. Twilight believes now will be the good time to tell Sun and the others the truth. About time to tell Sun who she really is or was before she's the person she is now. Twilight turns to her friends and says, "Girls, what I'm about to tell you will not only be a really big shock, but it will also be the truth as to what Falling Star hates Sun so much. Moe thant that… it's about who Sun used to be before being here." The girls are very shocked to hear what Twilight is saying. She knows something about Falling star. What's more, she knows something about Sun. Sun is very anxious about learning the truth about herself and start to think, is it a possibility she has lived in the same world as she does. Rarity turns to Sun and asks in a whisper, "Sun, are you sure you want to know about this?" "I know it might be a shock for me, but it may be the only way to know about my past. There might be something I can understand if Twilight explains," Sun whispers back. Twilight comes up to them and says, "You know, if you don't want me to tell you it's alright with me." "Don't worry Twilight, I'll try to understand what ever you have to say," Sun says looking serious. Twilight can see that Sun really wants to know about her past and the truth about it. At the same time, Twilight is very worried on how Sun and the others will react to it. After taking a deep breath, Twilight feels ready to tell them about Sun. "Are you all ready?" Twilight asks in concern. "Yes," The girls answers. After taking another deep breath, Twilight explains, "I was reading your journals and other books when you invited me to stay in your house for the night, I've noticed you have a lot of dreams and memories from your past and all of them involve you being a pony." Sun nods her head with reply. "You see, I'm the one who been replying to your messages and entries," Twilight says. Sun surprisingly asks, "You are?!" "Yes. During the time, I've been trying to very hard along with my friends to figure out what happened to you and how you really ended up at Canterlot High," Twilight answers. But Rainbow suspiciously asks, "Wait! Are you saying you have an idea on how Sun ended up at Canterlot High." "I do," Twilight sadly answers. "What happened?"Applejack asks in concern. "And where was Sun at before she got to Canterlot High. She was somewhere she end up with all these scratches and burn marks," Pinkie adds. Twilight sadly answers, "I know. The truth is, Sun, you're actually name is Sunset Shimmer and you used to live in Equestria like me." "Equestra? That… that name sounds very familiar," Sun says feeling like her head is hurting. Then Sun feels more pain as she says, "Sunset Shimmer? I… I know… that name." "Yeah. What's more you were a unicorn mare and was Princess Celestia's star Student, just like me," Twilight adds. "Is that's the reason why Sun called Principal celestia princess a few times," Pinkie asks with a shock. "Yes," Twilight answers. Then Fluttershy asks, "Um Twilight, if Sun used to live in Equestria, how did she ended up at the front lawn of Canterlot High." "Even I don't know where she was, before I've met her at the school," Screwball replies. "I'm getting to that," Twilight replies. Twilight turns to Sun and asks, "Sun, I remember you writing in the journal about your finding a mysterious pony in the room and she started the fire. You also said you have fallen through the mirror and can't remember anything else." "Yes. I did," Sun answers. "Did you found out about that?" Apple Bloom asks. "She did," Spike answers. Then Twilight continues with her explanation, "Well I found out on the day of the fire, Princess Celestia told me that a magical mirror was in the throne room of her castle at the time. That crystal mirror is a gateway to an alternate world. This world. And during my brother's wedding a few months ago, the culprit who started the fire invaded the wedding as well. She exposed herself of her crime," "So the one who crashed your brother's wedding was the same one who started the fire Sun was in," Sweetie Belle asks." "I'm afraid it's true," Twilight sadly answers?" "But… why would she do something like this?" Scootaloo asks in concern. "The reason why is because she don't was Sun to testify of what she done. Her name was Queen Chrysalis and she's queen of the changeling. She along with her changelings can transform into ponies they love and gains power by feeding off love for them. She was trying to create a smile fire to create enough distraction to take Princess Celestia's place," Twilight adly explains. Sun sighs and says, "That must be the reason why I recognized the Crystalis when I've met her at Manehattan. I saw someone just like her when I was trapped in the fire. I ended up with her plans and wanted me to stay quiet." "That's terrible," Rarity says." "It was. When she confused about her crime, it shocked all of the ponies in the Altar, especially Princess Celestia. She was heartbroken when you were gone, but was more upset to find out that you're supposed death was no accident," Twilight answers. "I… I have no idea," Sun says feeling so upset." "What a horrible thing to do?" Fluttershy sadly says." "Your Princess Celestia must have been crushed," Applejack replies. "She was. But now, she's happy to know that all this time you've been alive and well. However you also lost your memory," Twilight replies. Then she says, "Also with the portal opens every thirty moons, you weren't about to return to Equestria even if you have your memories." "So that's how Sun was able to come here and don't remember what happened between the two memories," Pinkie says. "She went through a portal and was then in no time at all," Rainbow Dash adds. "I… I had no idea," Sun says looking upset. Then she starts to cry and says, "I had no idea that I used to live in your world, it explains all the dream that I have. I never… I never knew how worried Princess Celestia was of me, or my family. I… I… was forced to leave everypony I loved." The girls are getting surprised of what she's saying. She is saying stuff and is starting to cry very much. They realizes one thing, sun is starting to remember everything, but it's still not enough. Twilight hugs Sun and says, "I understand. It must have huring remember of everypony and everything you had to leave behind. What happened wasn't your fault, what happened was forced upon you." Sun nods her head in reply, but still crying after learning the truth. Then Twilight says, "But Princess Celestia also wanted me to find you and make sure you're alright, and you are. She also said that you can come back to Equestria or you can stay here. Maybe you can see her before the portal closes tonight." "I think I would love that," Sun says still having tears, but showing a smile on her face. But Screwball says, "But first we need to get your crown back before tonight." "She's right. The gym is still a terrible mess, and can't do the dance there," applejack adds. Then Twilight gets up and declares, "The only way to make sure we get to have the dance tonight and win my crown is that we clean up the gym." Sun gets up with less tears and says, "You're right. We need to clean the gym up and make sure you win your crown back." "We can do it, if we all work together," Twilight replies. "Now that's what I want to see in fall formal princesses," Applejack says with a smile. "Let's do this!" Pinkie cheers. Twilight then turns to Sun and says, "Sun, when one of us do win the crown, I want you to try it on again." "How come?" Sun asks. "Well, the crown is actually an element known as the element of magic. It's also connected to other elements. Together they're called the elements of harmony," Twilight explains. Sun starts to think about it and says, "Elements of Harmony? I… I think I read about them a few times." Twilight smiles and says, "The elements of Harmony are very powerful object and my friend and I used them to protect Equestria. The friends you have now are counterparts to my friends." "What that has to do with Sun wearing your crown?" Rainbow asks. "Well, Princess Celestia told me that when Sun was in the school as Sunset Shimmer, the students were a bit skeptic about being friends with her. Falling Star was also a student, but jealous on how Sun was more powerful with magic with her and was Princess Celestia's student. One day, Falling Star went too far and picked on a small unicorn and Sun stopped her with powerful magic. Falling Star was expelled from the school after that," Twilight explains. "Let me guess, Falling Star blames her for it," Screwball asks suspiciously. "Yeah. She was really mad at her," Spike answers. "No wonder she hatted Sun so much," Scootaloo says. "She's jealous of Sun for being better at magic than she is," Sweetie Belle here. "Yeah. After what happened, Sun decided to focus more on her studies and not to be friends with anyone. But being here helped change that for the better, "Spike says." "You can say that again. Now Sun is one of our bestie best friend," Pinkie says while giving Sun a hug. Sun smiles and says, "Thanks Pinkie." Twilight giggles and says, "Yeah. I think my crown reacted to you because you become more connected to it." "So that means, sun can control the element's magic?" Rainbow asks in excitement. "Maybe it. I mostly believe my crown can help you be more clearly with your past and understand it more," Twilight answers. "You really think it will work?" Fluttershy asks. "Well, it's worth a try and we need to head to the gym now," Twilight answers. "Right!" The girls agree to the idea. With that, the girls decide to start heading towards the gym. As they start to make her way other then. Sun is still surprised hearing about her past and her home. She's surprised that she lived in another world too, and Twilight is able to help get more of her memories back. Sun turns to Twilight and asks, "Twilight, do you think I can see her while we're at the school? After we clean up the gym." "Of course. I'm sure Princess Celestia will be very happy to see you, and to give you the other half of your necklace," Twilight answers with a smile. Sun is kind of surprised to hear that Princess Celestia has the other half of the necklace from her dreams. However, she is very glad the have met Twilight. The only one who has been able to help get her memories back. Now she;s going to be able to meet another one from her past. She just hope she's ready to meet her again after all this time.