//------------------------------// // Ch. 1-Moving Out, Settling In pt. 1 // Story: Equestria Girls-Manehattan University // by Burning_Heart //------------------------------// "WAHAHAHAHA, your attempt to stop me it seems wasn't enough, the dark and negative energy from this "human" world was able to make me far stronger then anything over in Equestria," said the mysterious shadow-like being, who was flying up above the massive city of Manehattan. Sunset Shimmer, with a look of horror on her face, looks above her where the creature is, only to look back down to see her best friends, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Rainbow Dash, defeated lying down in the streets. "No, this can't be happening," said Sunset, with tears rolling down her face. *HONK* "Oh but it is, and once I take you out, I can finally conquer this world and move on to conquering Equestria," said the shadowy figure. *HONK* A tendril then shoots out from the beings hand. Inching closer and closer to Sunset until finally it... *HONK*HONK*HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK* ____________________ "NOOOOO," yelled Sunset. She rises up from her bed with sweat dripping from her head. Before she has a chance to gather herself, she hears what sounds like a horn from a car going off outside. "What's going on outside...", but before she can finish speaking, her eyes widely open up. She goes to grab her phone next to her bed so that she can check the time. "5:05, what happened, it was supposed to go off at 4:30. Oh no they're already here," said Sunset in a panic. She jumps out of her bed, grabs her house shoes and puts them on and heads to open her front door. She opens the door and on the other side are her best friends, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Rainbow Dash. "Hey girls, I'm so sorry I overslept," said Sunset. She looks at her friends and sees that all of them have a worried look on their faces. "Um, whats wrong?" "I think that's what we should be asking you," said Rainbow Dash. "What do you mean," asked Sunset. "Well, your crying Sunset," said Fluttershy. Sunset is surprised, so she wipes the tears from her eyes that she didn't realize were there. "What's wrong sugarcube," asked Applejack. "It must have been the dream I was having," said Sunset. "Do you want to talk about it," asked Twilight. "Sure but can we talk about it on the way to Manehattan, we're kind of running behind," said Sunset. "Sure thing and don't worry, we can load up your stuff," said Pinkie. "Pinkies right, you go get freshened up darling. We'll handle everything here," said Rarity. Everyone gives a nod in agreement. A soft smile form on Sunset's face, "Thanks, I really appreciate it." She heads off to her bathroom so that she can clean herself up. But in the back of her head, a thought pops up in the back of her head, Was that really a dream or something else. ____________________ After getting her belongings loaded up, along with her pet and getting dressed up, Sunset and the rest of the girls get loaded onto the bus with Applejack behind the steering wheel and begin driving off to their destination. Sunset looks around and sees that everyone else has brought their pets with them. She sees Spike the dog, Opel the cat, Angel the bunny and Tank the Turtle, "Don't forget about Gummy," said Pinkie. Sunset begins to giggle and tells her, "Of course I wouldn't forget Gummy," and then goes to pet the stuffed animal on top of its head. "By the way, where's Winona AJ," asked Sunset. "Oh I would have loved for her to come, but a big city like Manehattan just isn't the kind of place for a dog like her, so I decided that she should stay home with Granny and the rest," replied Applejack. "Oh and what does that make me," said Spike. "I think you're a special case, Spike," said Twilight. "Ya, your right, I am pretty special, aren't I," replied Spike. Everyone in the van begins to start giggling. "So are you going to tell us about this dream or not," asked Rainbow Dash. "Ya tell us, tell us," said Pinkie. "Well that's the thing, I don't think it was a dream," said Sunset. "It wasn't a nightmare was it," asked Fluttershy. "No it felt more like, a vision I think," said Sunset. With that answer, everyone gave her a confused look. "What do you mean," asked Twilight. And so Sunset begins to tell her friends about the dream she had. ____________________ "...but before the tendril could hit me, I woke up thanks to all the honking this morning," said Sunset. After telling the others about her dream, she looks at the terrified looks on their faces except for Applejack who was driving. "Oh my goodness darling, that's awful," said Rarity. "Ya, it was," said Sunset. She looks over to see that Twilight is deep in thought after hearing the story. "What is it Twilight?" "Sunset, were you wearing your geode last night," asked Twilight. Sunset replied, "Yes, but I don't see how......wait, are you saying that..." "Yes, I believe your geode allowed you to see the future," said Twilight. "Now hold on a sec there Twilight. I thought we only get one magical power from our geodes," said Applejack. "But that's just it, what if the powers we have are more then we think they are," said Twilight. Everyone begins to ponder on what Twilight had just said. After a few moments of thinking, Sunset comes up with a response, "Telepathy." "What was that Sunset," asked Fluttershy. "What if my magic isn't only just being able to see into other peoples minds, but what if it's actually Telepathy," said Sunset. "Wait, so you're saying that we all have more magic powers inside us," said Rainbow. "I believe so," said Twilight. "That's So Awesome," said an excited Rainbow. "Oooo, I wonder what else we all can do," said Pinkie. Everyone begins to talk about the possibility of new or enhanced magical powers, all except for Fluttershy who sits there even quieter then she usually is. Rarity notice that Fluttershy isn't joining in on the conversation and goes to ask, "Fluttershy, whats the matter." Then Fluttershy response with, "Well it's just, if Sunset can see the future, then doesn't that mean what Sunset saw is going to happen." And with that, the inside of the van goes from everyone happily expressing the possibility of discovering new powers to complete silence with the only sound being the engine of the bus as Applejack drives down the street. "Maybe not," said Twilight. "What do you mean Twilight," said Sunset. "Well remember the future isn't set in stone and since we know of one possible outcome we can anticipate this shadow creature's arrival and make preparations for it," said Twilight. "Hey, good thinking there Twilight," said Pinkie. "Ya and just to be safe I'll write a letter to Princess Twilight when we get to the campus and see if she knows what we might be dealing with," said Sunset. "Well I hope your patient cause we still have a while before we get there," said Applejack. "Um can we pullover really quick," asked Spike. "What's the matter Spike," asked Twilight. "I need to use the little dogs room," said Spike. ____________________ After hours of driving, the gang finally make it to Manehattan University. "Alright ya'll, time to wake up," yelled Applejack. After hearing Applejack, they wake up after taking a nap on the long car ride and see that they have finally arrived. "ahhhhhh finally, I thought we never going to make it," said an exhausted Rainbow Dash. "Alright girls, we need to go to the administration office so that we can find out where it is we'll be staying," said Twilight. "I'm just glad that we all get to stay in one of the boarding houses on campus," said Fluttershy. "And that they allow pets," said Pinkie. Applejack drives to what looks like the main building of the school and goes to park in the parking lot. Everyone begins to hop out of the van and starts to stretch after the long car ride. "Hey Twilight, are you sure the rest of us can't come in," said Spike with the rest of the pets standing behind him. "I'm sorry Spike, but animals aren't allowed in the school. It will only be for a few minutes," said Twilight. "She's right, that's why we need you to stay out here to look after the others, do you think you can do that," asked Sunset. With a look of pride on his face, he lifts his front right paw to give a salute, "You can count on me girls," said Spike. The girls close the bus door and leave a few windows cracked and head to the administration office. They walk into the building, they see a woman behind the front desk and go to talk to her. They get to the desk and notice that the woman has pinkish red hair in the style of a mohawk, has a scar on her right eye and has her right arm in a sling. She looks over to see the girls standing there and asked them, "Can I help you ladies out with something?" "Um yes, we're new students here and we are trying to figure out where it is we'll be staying at," said Sunset. "Names please" asked the woman behind the desk. Each of the girls begins to tell her their names and puts the names into the computer. "Well well, aren't you all lucky. All seven of you will be staying at the same boarding house. The building is the Tempest Shadow house." "Wow that's quite the name," said Pinkie. "Ya well the woman who's in charge of that building is quite the character," the woman said. She goes to grab a key for each of the girls to their new home. "You girls be safe on your way there." "Thank you very much," said Sunset. The girls head back to the bus but before they reach the door to leave the building, the doors open up and they see a tall and slender man with a long white beard wearing an awfully mismatched colored suit which caused Rarity to faint only to be caught by Applejack. "Well well, what do we have here. New students, I presume?" "Yes we are, whats it to you pal," said Rainbow. "Oh, where are my manners, allow me to introduce myself. I'm the dean of this fine University, you can call me Dean Discord." After hearing that name, Sunset's face grew terrified but after realizing that she's in the human world, she started to calm down. "Oh, sorry about that sir," said Rainbow "It's fine but I must ask, is the young lady there filling alright," asked Dean Discord as he points at a passed out Rarity. While the girls try to think about what to say, Dean Discord says, "I bet shes just tried so I'll let you girls go to get moved into your new housing." The girls agree and head back to their bus while Applejack is carrying a passed out Rarity. Dean Discord heads over to the desk where the lady with the mohawk is at. "So where will our new students be staying at," ask Dean Discord. "The Tempest Shadow house," said the lady. Dean Discord gets a giggle from hearing that and starts to walk away but not before saying, "Well now, I do hope you take good care of them, Miss Berrytwist." ____________________ After leaving the administration office, and Rarity waking up from her little episode, the girls get back to the bus and start to drive into the campus where the boarding houses are located at. As they drive along the way they see some more first year students with moving trucks unloading their belongings but also see some other students from CHS who also decided to enroll at Manehattan University. Finally, they arrive at a building with a sign in front of it reading Tempest Shadow House. "Well girls, home sweet home," said Applejack. Everyone steps out of the van so that they can take a look at their new home. "My goodness, this house is absolutely gorgeous," said Rarity. "It even has a garage for the bus too," said Rainbow. "Well what are we waiting for, let's go check it out," said Sunset. They walk up to the front door of the house with their pets following behind them, Spike behind Twilight, Opal following Rarity, Ray resting on Sunset's shoulder, Fluttershy holding Angel and Rainbow holding Tank. Sunset grabs her key and goes to unlock the door. Once unlocked, the girls walk in to see the inside of the house. The inside has a large living room, dining room, fully equipped kitchen. Fluttershy begins to speak saying, "Wow, this place is..." "AWESOME. And look the living room has a TV, now we know where we can play our video games," said Rainbow. "You know, with a little sprucing up, this place will be amazing," said Rarity. "This is the best place to throw a party," said Pinkie. "Shouldn't we check out the upstairs to find our rooms," said Twilight. Everyone agrees and they all head up the stairs. They get up there and notice that there are nine rooms. "Okay, there's seven of us and one must belong to the person in-charge of this building, so I guess there must be someone else who'll be living with us," said Sunset. "Ohhh does that mean a new friend," asked Pinkie. But before anyone has a chance to say anything, *WOOF*WOOF*, a dog can be heard barking and everyone starts looking at Spike, who is still next to Twilight. "Don't look at me," said Spike. "I'll go check it out," said Applejack. She heads down the stairs and goes outside to find the barking dog. It's a brown and white border collie, the same as her dog back on the farm. "Winona is that you," said Applejack. "Wally, where are you!" Applejack can hear a voice yelling for a Wally and notice the dog was looking in the direction of the yelling voice. She turns to look in that direction and what she saw made her face turn bright red. She saw a girl with wavy brown hair walking towards her direction. She walks to Applejack and the dog saying, "Oh my gosh, thank you so much for finding my dog." Applejack, with a nervous stutter, says, "S-sure no problem." The girl replies, "I'm Rosebud, and this here is Wally." "N-nice to meet you, I'm Applejack." "Nice to meet you too. Maybe you could help me out, my brother and I are trying to find the boarding house I'll be staying at. Do you know where the Tempest Shadow House is," asked Rosebud? "Sure it's the one behind me, wait are you the other person who's going to be living here," said Applejack. "Does that mean you're going to be living here too," asked Rosebud. Applejack nods. Then in a burst of excitement, Rosebud says, "Yay isn't this great Wally, we get to live with such a cutie." Upon hearing that, Applejack's heart starts to beat faster. After calming down, Rosebud with an embarrassed look on her face says, "Sorry about that, I just get excited around cute girls." "Don't worry bout it," said Applejack. "Hey AJ, did you find that dog," said Sunset. She notices that Applejack is talking to another girl and goes to say hello. Applejack and Rosebud both look at Sunsets direction. Sunset begins to walk to the two and says, "Hey you must be the other person we're expecting, I'm..." "Sunny," said Rosebud. Sunset stops and looks at Rosebud and in that instant, both her hands cover her mouth and her eyes open wide and start to tear up. She says, "Rosie, is that you?" From down the street, a van is driving down and a male's voice can be heard yelling from the van, "Hey Rosie, where did you run off too." The boy stops in front of the Shadow Tempest House and gets out of the van. "I finally found you, don't run off like...," but then he stops talking, he looks and notices Sunset, "No way, Sunny is that you." Sunset, who starts crying says, "Burnie too?" Sunset starts walking towards them saying, "You guys, I'm so sorry about...," but she gets interrupted by the two people who just arrived as they both run to her and they start hugging Sunset. Both with tears in their eyes. The boy, while crying said, "We missed you so much," with Sunset saying, "I missed you both too." The girls from inside the house stepped outside seeing what was going on with Sunset and the two new people, which made everyone confused. Applejack walks over to the rest of the girls, filling awkward about the whole thing since she was close by when it happened. "Um, do you know whats going on AJ," asked Rainbow Dash with Applejack replying, "I have no idea sugarcube."