“Flash watch out!”
A giant ball of fire came crashing down on him and thus the rest of his health bar went down to zero.
Sunset was left alone to face Tirek himself; the four legged demon laughs at her friend’s demise. Pulling up the battle menu, Sunset cast the strongest spell she had, and it landed with a direct hit. Sunset lets out a silent cheer, but before she could celebrate or react a bright beam of fiery orange light came straight at her and engulfed her, diminishing the rest of her health bar.
Game over.
Sunset pulls off the VR head gear and shakes her head to help air her hair out. Wearing the gear for almost an hour caused some sweat to form on her. She turns to find Flash doing the same and he pulls off his VR gear.
“Man, that was just…wow.” Sunset says out loud.
“Yeah you can say that again.” Flash says walking over to her. “That was fun while it lasted.”
The two of them walk out of the game room only to be met with a long line of people waiting for their turn in the room.
Leaving the arcade building, both teens were airing out their shirts.
“Man, that last boss was pretty tough,” Flash says. “Tirek right?”
“Yeah he’s the main boss you got to beat.” Sunset answers. “I remember my first time fighting him I lost all of my lives and potions…phew…fighting him in VR is way tougher, it’s definitely more fun.”
The two of them find themselves a bench to relax on.
“So, you have this game?” Flash asks.
“Yeah but I only have the regular game on the console.” Sunset says. “If you want you can come over sometimes to play it is a two-player game.”
“Sure, that sounds fun,” Flash says smiling. “I wouldn’t mind getting better at my character. Flash leans back with his head against the bench while Sunset just had her back against the bench.
Not far from them was a younger couple enjoying their time in the park. They held hands and laughed as they walked side by side.
Sunset watches them as they walk off and then turns to look at Flash who had his eyes closed as he was resting on the bench. She can see his chest rising and falling then. Maybe if she could scooch a little closer then maybe she could. Wait? What is she thinking? Her face begins to blush as her imagination begins to wander off.
While Sunset was having her inner problems going on and about with each other, Flash suddenly felt a chill run down his back. He looks up around the crowd walking only to find someone within the crowd looking back at him.
It was a girl in red her black hair was draped over her left eye as she stared at Flash. This girl brings up her hands and draws in her finger towards herself as if signaling him to follow her. She then says something but is too far for Flash to hear what.
Suddenly Flash’s body begins to move on its own.
Slowly, he got up from the bench and started to make his way towards the girl. It was as if something was pulling him towards her.
A light red mist begins to crawl towards Flash slithering up his leg and then to his chest. Once it reached his face it felt as if someone blew powder in face causing a bit of an itch.
Wiping his face with the back of his hand he looks around to find himself.
“Why hello there.” Someone whispers in his ear.
Sunset was still sitting on the bench, her head feeling a few degrees warmer. A buzzing sound came from her pocket causing her to jump slightly. She shakes her head in hopes to cool down and pulls out her phone, Sunset reads the message.
Where are you guys? We’re going to get lunch.
It was a message from Rainbow.
Just got out of an arcade and we'll meet you at the food area.
The only response she got was a thumb up emoji. Sunset puts away her phone and turns to tell Flash what was going on…only when she did he wasn’t there.
“Flash?”
Sunset looks around to see where the rocker could’ve run off to. He was literally sitting right next to her. How could she have not noticed him getting up and walking away. She gets up from the bench and looks around, he couldn’t have gone too far.
“Flash?” Sunset calls out hoping that he responds. She gets nothing which causes her to worry a little. She thinks she sees him and makes her over to him. “Hey Flash, come on, the others are…waiting…um hello?” Sunset indeed found Flash, but when she did she found him with someone.
“Oh, hey Sunset,” Flash says, turning around. “I’d like for you to meet a friend of mine, Somna.” He moves to the side to reveal a girl in red, her short black hair covering one of her eyes as she smiles at Sunset. Something shiny came from her hair causing Sunset to squint her eyes. A large crystal hairpin stuck out of her hair is shining the sunlight from above.
“Why hello there.” Somna greets her and brings up her hand and smiles. “Flash has told me so much about you.”
“Uh…I’m sorry, but how do you know Flash?” Sunset asks.
“Don’t you remember her?” Flash says. “She was one of my closest friends when we used to date.”
“She is? I don’t…” Sunset couldn’t finish what she was about to say because a sudden ping in her head as if something was trying to pry itself into her brain. She shakes her head to help and once the feeling left her the image of Somna appears in her mind. “Oh…yeah…I remember, I think.”
Somna wraps an arm around Flash’s waist and begins to laugh.
Sunset could feel her eye twitch at the sudden close contact.
“Remember the time when I would try to third wheel you guys whenever you went out?” Somna says with a laugh. “How have you been by the way?”
“I’ve been okay.” Sunset says, sounding a little confused.
“No more “evil” Sunset stuff no more?” Somna lightly teases.
“No, I’m…”
“She isn’t like that anymore, she's completely changed.” Flash interrupts her.
“Oh, I must have been gone longer than expected.” Somna says.
Sunset nods her head then the message from Rainbow pops back in her head.
“I almost forgot the rest of the group is at the food area and are waiting for us.” Sunset says. “Let’s not keep them waiting…it was nice seeing you…uh again.” Sunset was about to grab Flash’s hand; he pulled it out of reach and grabbed Somna’s.
“Hey, why don’t you join us?” He asks Somna. “I’m sure everyone will be happy to see you.”
“Oh, I would, but I actually have to leave soon,” Somna sadly says. “Maybe next time…it was nice seeing you again Flash.” She places her hand on his and squeezes it.
Flash freezes for a bit before smiling at her and waves bye.
Somna turns to Sunset and waves goodbye to which Sunset returns. And with that she left walking off amongst the crowd.
With her finally gone, Sunset turns to Flash to see him standing still with his eyes blank.
“Flash?” Sunset places a hand on his shoulder and gives him a light shake.
“Huh?” Flash shakes his head and looks at Sunset with a confused look.
“You okay there?” Sunset gives him a worried look.
“Yeah yeah I’m fine.”
Sunset gives him a few minutes to clear his head before telling him about the message she got from Rainbow Dash. Seeing that the hour-long game they played gave them a workout he thought that getting lunch was a good idea.
As the two of them made their way towards the food area Sunset noticed that Flash was walking a bit behind her.
“Hey, you slowing down there skipper?” Sunset asks jokingly.
“Yeah, I’m good, just a little tired,” Flash says with a smile. “Guess that game took out more from me than expected.”
It didn’t take long for the two teens to arrive and it took even less time for one of their friends to spot them.
“Sunset Shimmer! Over here!” Yells a certain pink haired girl.
Both teens smile as they are greeted by the party enthusiast and make their way over to her. When they get close enough the two teens see that the rest of the group is already here and eating.
“Hey, you two y'all having a good time?” Applejack asks.
Sunset notices the lack of a certain red apple doll.
“Okay I guess we just spent some time in the arcade.” Sunset answers taking a seat next to Twilight. “What about you Twilight? You and Rarity have a fun time in the fun house?”
The bookworm looks up confused as she pulls away from a large fluff of cotton candy.
“Fun house? What are you…OW!” Twilight was hit on the shoulder by Rarity who kept her attention elsewhere. “Oh yeah the fun house um yeah it was really…fun? She turns her head to Rarity for approval which got her a big smile from the fashionista.
“Okay…” Sunset just shrugs her shoulders and looks at the rest of her friends.
Both Rainbow and Pinkie were stuffing their faces with corn dogs in what seems like an eating competition
Flash sat next to Scootaloo who was cheering on her honorary big sister. All Flash could do was listen and agree with the young girl as she explains why Rainbow is going to win and how she is so awesome.
Sunset smiles at his second attempt to interact with her.
Somna…
Her face pops into Sunset’s head, who was she? She tried her best to see her in memoires, but no matter what she just couldn’t see her face in anything. Well she did say it was during her time when she was…well evil. Still Sunset just couldn’t remember her in any situation.
“Maybe I’m just overthinking this?” Sunset says to herself. The image of Flash and Somna laughing with each other appears in her head. Which causes Sunset to clench her fist, but quickly release her hold. “Wait I’m not…no…”
“Sunset are you alright?” Twilight asks as she notices her friends having a frown on her face. “You look like you're struggling with something.”
“Huh? Oh no I’m fine just thinking about something that’s all.” Sunset says. “Boy I’m getting pretty hungry I’ll be right back just going to go get something to eat.” She quickly gets up and makes her over to one of the food stands.
“Oh, let me join you darling I too am quite famished,” Rarity says getting up from her seat. Before she could go too far she turns around to her younger sister. “Sweetiebelle would you like something?”
Her sister shakes her head no and goes back to watching the corn dog eating competition with her friends.
The two teens wait in line to order something which was all part of Rarity’s plan.
“So Sunset,” Rarity starts. “How was your day?”
“Oh, it’s alright I guess.” Sunset says, staring at the menu board above the cashier.
“Did you do anything…fun?” Rarity asks, emphasizing the last word. “It was just you and Flash…alone…together.”
Sunset turns and gives her a confused look. It felt as if she was playing a game of 21 questions. She notices the look of extreme curiosity in her eyes.
“Um well we...uh...played this new game system in the arcade room.”
Rarity gives her a disappointed look.
“Come now darling, certainly you two did something a bit more…entertaining?”
“Wait wait wait,” Sunset waves her hands in front of her. “Are you trying to say what I think you’re trying to say?”
Suddenly, the fashionista gave her the most innocent look she could muster.
“Why I have no idea what you’re trying to say?”
Sunset lets out a sigh.
“Rarity whatever you’re thinking just don’t even bother Flash and I aren’t a thing…whatsoever.” Sunset says with a sigh. “And no there isn’t any sort of spark between us either.” Even though that spark may be one sided says a small voice in the back of Sunset’s head.
Rarity lets out a disappointed huff and just nods her head.
“Alright darling if that’s what you say then I won’t pry.”
Sunset smiles at her and turns back around to the menu to figure out what she wants.
“But.”
Sunset rolls her eyes.
“If there is some sort of itty bitty tiny spark of some kind,” Rarity says with an innocent smile. “then I’d be happy to listen and help with anything darling.”
Sunset lets out a small sigh and only raises a thumb up to her and continues to read the menu.
A few minutes pass by and the image of Somna pops up again followed by her close interaction with Flash and the way they laughed with each other. This causes Sunset to let out a low grumble and turns around to face her purple haired friend.
“Actually…” Sunset starts but was unable to finish as she was dragged away by Rarity into a more secluded area where they could talk in private.
“One moment darling we need to find a more appropriate area to speak of this.”