Parasite Shimmer

by Pinkie Pie Sweets


Chapter 8: Awaken for Forgiveness

After reaching Sunset's apartment, the girls lay her in bed and watch over her as she sleep through her terrifying experience. They then grab themselves some pizza, sodas, and breadsticks for dinner, and some cinnamon rolls for desert. As they have some food after the crazy event, they wait for their friend to wake and two more arrivals.

"Do you think they'll be able to come with the snow comin' down? Apple Bloom asks.

"I'm sure Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna will be here any minute," Applejack answers.

Then Sweetie Belle asks, "Do you think Sunset will be alright?"

"I sure hope so. She hasn't wake since we brought her back home. I'm worried about this," Twilight says in concern.

"Oh, but I'm sure Sunset will be alright. She needs lots of rest after what she went through," Fluttershy reassures, though her voice sounds weak.

"Fluttershy's right, it just going to take a little time for her to regain her strength," Mallow adds.

"Wouldn't that take more time?" Lana asks.

"I have to agree. The Nihilego uses a lot of Sunset's strength and magic so it will take a long wh or for Sunset to regain all of it back," Rotomdex explains.

Pinkie sighs, "I hope it's soon. It's suppose to be the holidays and none of us are happy."

"No one is because of the mess we caused just because of stupid jealous and resentment," Scootaloo says, feeling strong guilt.

"I wouldn't blame Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna if they expelled us," Apple Bloom replies.

"Yeah," Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo sadly agree.

Rarity pats Sweetie Belle on the head, "I'm sure Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna aren't going to have you expelled, but she is going to give you severe punishment for the trouble you caused."

"Yeah. Even though the purpose of your ridiculous idea is to hurt Sunset. You hurt us and everyone else to do it. That is so uncool," Rainbow firmly says.

"We know, and… we're sorry. We never meant for this to get so out of control," Apple Bloom remorse.

Ash puts his hand on Apple Bloom's, "I know it's hard to face something you die. Wrong, but all you can do is try what you can is try to make things right. Even though those post are still going to be around, but you should try to fix your mistake, and give people time to forgive me forget."

"Plus, it's not just your sisters and their friends, and the students who you owe an apology too," Kiawe adds.

Apple Bloom sighs, "You're right. We owe Sunset big time for putting her in this mess."

"I wish there's a way to make this up to her," Scootaloo sadly replies.

"Once Sunset wakes up, she's going to get showered with apologies from us," Applejack says.

Rarity turns to Ash and his friends with a smile, "And I'm sure Sunset will love to meet her heroes."

Ash and company begin to look skeptic, nervous, and mostly embarrassed.

"Us heroes?" Sophocles questions.

Pinkie pops with glee, "of course you are! You're the ones who helped us get the courage to find Sunset. You're also the ones who battled that meanie poke- what you call it and saved Sunset with that cool move with your cute little mouse."

Pinkie then pets Pikachu in the head. Pikachu smile to be petted.

Mallow smiles, "I guess we are heroes."

"Sounds good to me," Ash agrees.

Lillie speaks up, "Don't forget, it was you girls who got the courage to admit your mistakes to Sunset. That what really got through to her."

"She's right. And I'm sure Sunset will be glad to see you all too," Lana adds.

Twilight and the other girls look at each other thinking the same thing. They then show recovered smiles on their faces.

"Thanks guys," Twilights replies.

She then gets up from her seat, "I'm going to see how Sunset is doing."

Before anyone can answer, they hear a knock on the door.

Rarity get up from her seat, "That must be Celestia and Luna now. We'll talk to them while you go check on Sunset."

Twilight nods her head, and head inside Twilight's room, and closes the door once she's inside. Rarity opens the door and Principal Celestia and Vice Principal; Luna walkinside to get away from the cold and to talk about Sunset's condition.

Vice Principal Luna worriedly says, "We came as soon as we got your message."

"Sunset Shimmer, is she alright," Principal Celestia asks in concern.

"She's fine, but still unconscious after being possessed by a pokemon from a different world," Pinkie answers.

The two sisters look at each other hearing Pinkie's statement.

Principal Celestia asks, "By any chance, it wouldn't be this pokemon Ash and his friends are looking for."

"That's the one," Rainbow answers.

"Well, it seems that two problems have been solved," Vice Principal Luna says.

"But there's still one more problem that is going to be solved," Rarity adds.

Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo walk over to the two sisters with worried and guilty looks on their faces.

Apple Bloom is the first to speak up, "Principal Celestia, Vice Principal Luna, there's something we need to tell you."

Back in her bedroom, Sunset is still sleeping comfortably in her bed. When her eyes begin to open very slowly. As she tries to open her eyes, she lets out a groan of exhaustion, and her vision is looking blurry. She sees a strange light purple blur with dark blue with purple and magenta on top.

A calm familiar voice says, "Sunset... Sunset."

Sunset's vision becomes clearer, and can see Twilight looking at her with a kind smile.

"Twilight… Sparkle…" Sunset mutters with her eyes partly closed.

"How are you feeling?" Twilight asks.

"Tired, numbs, starving, and still upset," Sunset grumbles, but is enough for Twilight to hear.

Twilight rubs Sunset's forehead as she says, "Don't worry, you'll feel better soon."

"Do you remember what happened?" Twilight asks.

Sunset sadly sighs, and explains, "The… the last thing I remember was that I told the girls off, and ran back home crying. I was so upset that I refused to leave my room. I… I think I feel asleep soon after."

Something hit Twilight, and asks, "But… I… I think for some reason I was outside, but was in a body not like my own. I… I was attacking strange kids along with strange creatures. Everytime they attack, I get upset, yell at them, and attack them back. I then heard The Crusaders confessing that they're Anon-A-Miss to me and why they done it, and how sorry the girls are, and how you are also sorry and trying to help…"

Sunset begin to shed tears, "I… I tried to reach out of you, but something reused to let me go. Everything went blank after that."

"Was it… was it all a… dream?" Sunset asks.

Twilight shakes her head, and explains, "No. All of it really happened. You were possessed by a Pokemon Ultra Beast called Nihilego from a different world. And no, that thing is no from Equestria. Kids from the same world traveled here in order to capture it. They had no choice but to fight you so they can separate you from it. When we all told you how we felt about this, you tried to reach out to us, but the ultra beast refused to let you go. A boy named Ash along with his pokemon called a Pikachu used a powerful move, and we helped it by giving it the magic of friendship which saved you."

Sunset blinks her eyes, stunned to hear what Twilight has said. If Twilight is not her friend, Sunset will not believe every word of it.

"That's… that's a lot to take in," Sunset says still stunned.

Then she asks, "Where are the girls?"

"They're talking to Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna about the Anon-A-Miss ordeal and what you have experienced," Twilight answers.

"Oh," Sunset sadly replies.

Then Sunset asks feeling ashamed, "Are the girls still mad at me?"

"No. In fact, the girls are very worried about you. They're also very sorry for hurting you," Twilight answers.

"They're not… mad at me for yelling at them?" Sunset asks in concern.

"No. They felt really guilty after that,so they were afraid to come to you without upsetting you again," Twilight answers with a sheepish smile.

Sunset groans, "I feel like I have moved in a lifetime."

"Can you get up?" Twilight asks.

"No," Sunset answers, slowly shaking her head.

"Well, it's understand about. You were controlled by a creature from a different world," Twilight replies.

"Yeah. And I can't remember any of it," Sunset bluntly adds.

Then Sunset asks, "Twilight, how… long I was inside of this 'pokemon'."

"You were possessed and bond to it for like, um, over four days," Twilight nervously answers.

Sunset shots up and exclaims, "Four days?!"

The door to the room opens and Fluttershy is the first to come in.

She quietly asks, "Is Sunset up?"

"She is. She is just, shocked to find out she was possessed by a pokemon for days," Twilight answers.

Sunset shows a weak smile, and waves, "Hi Fluttershy."

Fluttershy smiles, "Sunset, you're okay!"

Fluttershy runs up to Sunset's bead and gives her a hug in relief. Sunset is stunned to see Fluttershy hugging her, know that Twilight is right about the girls being worried about her. Just then, Applejack and the girls come into the room and give Sunset a group hug. They are glad that Sunset is safe and sound. Ash and his friends, along with the two Heads of the school enter the room. Sunset still feels numb and confused about what happen, but all she can do is smile to see her friends care. Sunset can tell that she has her friends back.

Later on, everyone is in the living room so they can give Susnet more detail about the incident, and something to eat. Sunset has been eating almost as much as Applejack, since she hasn't eat a anything in days.

Sunset has just finished eating a pizza, and sighs, "That feels good. It feels like I hadn't eaten in years or something."

Applejack chuckles and ask, "Feelin' better."

"So much better," Sunset replies and sighs in satisfaction.

Sunset begin to feel remorse, "Girls, I'm sorry for yelling at you like that, and… apparently trying to destroy all of you while being possessed by this Pokémon thing."

Rainbows firmly glares at Sunset, "You're sorry? We're the one who should be apologizing, along other the young Crusaders."

"She's right. What we did was totally messed up on so many levels," Scootaloo says in remorse.

"Yeah. We not only did it out of jealousy, but also felt about getting you back for being a bully to us all these years," Apple Bloom adds.

"But that doesn't give us the right to do it out of either one of those reasons. Seeing the pain we caused you and you being trapped in that strange monster, we realized that we become the bullies," Sweetie Belle explains.

Sweetie Belle groans in frustration and yells, "Urgh! Why does live had to be so ironic?!"

Apple Bloom cuts in, and says, "What we're trying to say is…"

"We're sorry," The Crusader say together.

Then Fluttershy hugs Sunset, "And we're also sorry for what happened. I guess we were so upset about the secrets and photos appearing that we end up clouding our judgement… and our friendship."

"We can only hope that you can forgive us for how we treated you. Not only that we accused you, and abandoned you, but we never once stop to think on how you felt over this," Rarity adds in remorse.

"Besides, the Nihilego controlling you wasn't your fault. It sensed your emotions within your heart and was able to use their magic in a different way. In other words, the ultra beast is acting on it's own, but also sensing your emotions, of sadness, betrayal, anger, and fear," Gladion explains.

"Gladion's right. What happened to you wasn't your fault," Ash says.

"You were under the influence of the Nihilego powers," Kiawe adds.

Applejack wipes a tear from her eye, "When we saw you trapped in that monster and acting on your feelings, we come to realized that it's not just the Crusaders creating Anon-A-Miss is to blame… it's ours as well. You have the right to yell at us, and you were right."

"We weren't there for you when you need us the most. We were stupid enough to do the exact method Anon-A-Miss was created to do. To cause tension in our friendship. What's worse, the students were sending their secrets to the profile and you still took the fall for it," Rainbow adds, having anger towards the whole thing including herself.

"We're so super sorry," Pinkie sadly says, feeling like her puffy hair is going to be flat.

Principal Celestia calmly says, "Sunset, the girls, my sister and I promised that by tomorrow everything will be straighten you. By then, everyone will know who Anon-A-Miss really is and who is responsible for it."

"And we're going to delete the account, and tell everyone on what we did. Again we're sorry for everything we put you through. We hope that you still want to come to school once you're better. And if you do, we promise to never do anything like that again," Apple Bloom says.

"We'll help you with some of the house work, and anything you need until you fully recover," Scootaloo adds.

"And we can give you 30% of our allowance to show how sorry we are, "Sweetie Belle adds, giving the puppy eyes.

Sunset giggles a bit, "Thanks, but I'm not going to take your money."

"Can we at least help you around your home and around school instead?" Apple Bloom asks.

Then Applejack comes over, "And we'll help you. After what you've been through, you're going to need some help."

"And you missed so many days of school, so we can help you catch up," Pinkie adds, giving Sunset a hug.

Sunset shows a smile smile and says, "Thanks."

Sunset eyes begin to water, and shed tears down her then begin to cry that catch everyone's attention. They begin to feel sad, and remorseful for all that Sunset has endured for the longest time. Twilight hugs Sunset and she begin to shed tears too. Applejack and her firiends join Twilight in the hug for Sunset.

Ash and his friends, along with the two sisters and the Crusaders watch to see the seven girls have become friends again. And by tomorrow, everyone will learn that Sunset is innocent from the Anon-A-Miss ordeal.