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// 7: Human World 
// Story: A Cynical Pony 
// by TwiPON3 
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Monday 26 March 2018 07:00, CHS, Daria Morgendorffer's POV




"Move!" I said as I was thrown across a picnic mat where a guy and several girls were sitting, "Damn!"
I didn't bother to move, just like the first time I went between worlds.
"Are ya okay?" a guy with a northeastern accent said.
"Mm-hm. What day is it?"
"Monday 26 March 2018 07:00," the guy replied, "Do you need any help?"
"No," I said, adjusting my glasses and getting up, "I'm fine."
I looked for anyone that I might recognize. The first one that I saw was a human Rainbow Dash.
"Weren't you just in there, Rainbow Dash?"
"You're creeping me out," she replied, taking a step backward.
"I'm sorry," I said, my vision returning to its muted perception of color, "It's a long story."
"So tell me."
"I was sucked into this place called Equestria, and now I want to get back to Lawndale. I met other yous."
"Mah God, Darling!"
I snapped over to Rarity, "What?"
Is that damn growth still there?
"That look! It's so... severe!"
I rolled my eyes, "Is there anyone who could help me?"
"Maybe I could help?" Human Princess Twilight Sparkle said.
"Let me guess," I said, "You're a princess, too?"
"I don't think so," she said, getting out one of those things that Sunset Shimmer had and began tapping on it, "According to my genealogy, I don't come from any line of royalty," she looked up and showed me something on it, "The only connection I have to the royal bloodline dates back to about 1067. The Sparkle family is actually 98% Nordic, with small traces of Scottish and Irish mixed in," she turned it off and put it in her pocket, "We were never part of the Royal Family."
"Miss Sparkle," a woman called.
"Yes?"
The woman was taller than any of the girls that I was around. She had red eyes, Moderate sapphire blue and pale, light grayish persian blue hair and wings of some sort, Light phthalo bluish gray skin, and wore Pale, light grayish magenta eyeliner. She was dressed in a magenta shirt with a thick, white collar that had a navy moon on it, a belt over the shirt, grayish navy jeans, and white shoes with a magenta pattern. She also had a pair of fangs.
I'm leaving!
I started running in one direction as fast as I could go, "No! No, no, no, no no!"




Monday 26 March 2018 02:30, Castle of Friendship, Sunset Shimmer's POV




"Woah, woah, woah, woah!" I said, pissed at Rainbow Dash, "You just let her go in there? How in tartarus do you think that she will react when she finds that her help is VAMPIRES!?"
My vampireism was clearly showing. I could feel it.
"I'm sorry! I didn't know!" she said, backing into a wire on the mirror, "I'll fix this mess!"
I sighed, put my head down, then felt my vampire features recess, making me look as if I were just a regular unicorn again, "Just... stay here and don't mess anything up. The best case scenario is that she's at CHS and doesn't know that half of the student body and Vice-Principal Luna are vampires."
"It sounds bad when you put it like that."
"It is."
"Be careful."
"Thanks," I said with a smile as I grabbed my phone and went back through the mirror. Evidently, my S8 was the only thing keeping the window open to Canterlot.




Thursday 05 August 1999 08:55, Lawndale High School, Sunset Shimmer's POV




I was thrown into a girl's bathroom, where a cheerleader with blond hair was standing in shock, looking at me.
"What in Equestria?"
"You can talk?"
I felt my body change to human, and thank Celestia that my clothes came along for the ride.
"Uh, yeah. Why wouldn't I be?"
"What are you?"
"A po- va- human!"
"I've never seen a PoVaHuman before!" she squeaked as I stood up.
"Hey, can you tell me your name?"
"Brittany Taylor. Now who are you?"
Her eyes got big when she said that, "I'm Sunset Shimmer."
THIS must be what she was meaning when she said one of the girls was a bimbo.
"I'll see you around, Sunset!"
"Oh, where are you going?"
"Let's see, one of my friends went missing, and we need to pull her out of Colorful Ponyland," she said before running off.
I was in the bathroom by myself now.
"Okay, then," I said, walking out into the hallway, "The portal's gone haywire, and I thing, judging by what Starlight said, I'm in Daria's time and home," I looked around, "or school."
I had turned a few corners before I found the door that I was looking for


ANGELA LI: PRINCIPAL


"Please enter," someone said as I opened the door, "May I-- oh my God!"
"I need an address for a girl? Her name is Daria Mogenfoffer, uh Morgendorffer."
"I can't give out addresses. Please leave!"
I left the room, looking at myself in the front camera on my Galaxy S8, and noticed that my vampire was showing.
"Lovely," I said to myself, "That explains Angela Li's reaction. I think that's who she is."
I tried to check my text messages, but no signal. Almost like the towers hadn't been put up yet.
"This must be how Princess Twilight felt when she fist came to CHS. Makes me really sorry now for putting her through that shit on YouTube."
I put the phone in a pocket inside my leather jacket, then summoned a ball of fire about the size of a golf ball, then started idly tossing and catching it with my right hand. Immediately, I felt myself return to the appearance of a normal human. The halls were empty, so I was safe. That is, until I noticed someone walking behind me.
"Are you really-?" I lost my concentration when I snapped around at her out of shock, and the ball rolled down the hall, making a single trail of fire, "Oh my God!"
I turned back around to find that the fire had started to spread across the hall, so I used my magic to smother it out, "Dear Celestia," I panted.
"Did you just..."
I went over to the girl, "Please don't tell anypo- I mean, anybody!"
"Okay," she said, "They wouldn't believe me, anyway. It's just... impossible. I'm Jodi Landon."
"Sunset Shimmer," I said as she held out a hand, "Uh..."
"Brittany said she saw a unicorn come out of the mirror in the girl's bathroom. It sounds like a fantasy she's always had."
"I see."
"Well Sunset, I wish I could stay and chat, but one of my classmates is missing, and I need to help find her."
"Would she happen to be this Daria Morgendorffer?"
"Uh, yeah. How did you know it was her?"
"I just... kinda heard around."
"Oh. Mr O'Neil said he's going to pick us up at the front of the school to take some of us to Daria's. Care to help?"
"Uh, yeah."
We went out and got in her teacher's car, then rode to this dark-magenta house. The car was packed, but the ride was surprisingly okay. On the way there, I met Jane Lane, Mack Mackenzie, Stacy Rowe, Tiffany Blum-Deckler, and their teacher, Mr O'Neil. Halfway there, though, the back-left tire blew out.
"My hair," Tiffany said, slowly.
"I'm sorry if I was sitting wrong!" Stacy said.
"It's alright," Timothy O'Neil said, pulling to the side of the road.
"Yeah, Stacy," Mack said, "It's just a blown tire. These things happen."
Jane stayed quiet and Jodi looked at me uneasily.
"Are you okay, Jodi," I asked.
"I'm fine."
We all got out so Mr O'Neil could try to fix the tire. Sadly, he didn't have any tools, "I'm sorry. I must've left my tire emergency kit at my apartment when I cleaned out my car last week."
An idea came to my head, "Maybe I could fix it."
"Oh no," he replied, "It's too dangerous."
"I'll be fine," I said, handing my jacket to Jodi and supporting the car with my magic (covered by me making it look like I was resting it on my shoulder) and unscrewing the lug nuts by hand.
"Is she for real?" Stacy said as I pulled the tire off and let the car rest on it.
I noticed Jane recording me, but I payed no attention, "Daria should really see this."
"I think so," Jodi replied to Stacy with complete awe.
When I got up, I popped my back, then noticed Stacy in the way of a matte-gray, 1995 Lexus that had to be going 100MPH.
"Watch out!" I yelled, speeding over and pushing her out of the way. I, unsurprisingly, was hit. Whoever was driving the car was decent enough to get out and check on me.
"Dammit!"
"Sunset, oh my God, are you alright?"
"Ouch.
"If she survived that," Mack said, "I'm coming to school in a bikini."
"Dammit, communists! How many more innocent lives are you going to take, dammit!?"
I got back up as if nothing had happened to me, which was met with nothing but shock, "It's okay, dude. I'm fine," I said, rubbing either side of my nose with my hands.
"Ewww!" he shuddered when I opened my eyes and looked up.
My eyes flashed back to moderate cyan. They must've been red this whole time, along with my fangs barely showing.
"Are... you okay?" I said as he ran backward against his car.
"Mr Morgenfoffer," Mr O'Neil said, "are you okay?"
"Something is up with this girl!"
"Wait... are you her dad?" I asked.
"He is," Jane said, "And he's gonna snap any second."
I noticed several cups of Starbuck's Coffee in his car, "Maybe you should lay off of the coffee."
"Dammit! It's not the damn coffee, dammit!" he said, becoming hostile.
"Mr Morgendorffer," Jodi said, "This goes against my better judgment, but Mr O'Neil had a blowout, and maybe you could take some of us to Daria's with you? We're going to help look for her."
I went and got the new tire out of the trunk, but it wasn't inflated.
"Mr O'Neil," I said, holding the tire in one hand, "Why is there no air in it?
"Oh, I must've left my air pump at home, too."
"Ugh! Never mind, I'll do it, myself."
I started blowing up the tire, receiving attention from everyone standing there that I'd rather not have.
"Are you sure that you're okay, Sunset?"
"Yeah," I said, putting the cap back on the nozzle.
"How did you do it?" Tiffany asked as I was putting the new tire on.
"I work out," I replied, putting the thing back on the ground.
"Must be a pretty good thing you've got going, huh Sunset?" Mack asked.
"Let's just say that I've done it for a long time."
With the tire replaced,  Jodi returned my jacket and we all headed back to Daria's house.
"So, what kind of name is 'Sunset Shimmer' anyway?" Jodi asked.
I looked at my reflection in the mirror and came up with a story that would not only explain my name, but the symbol on my shirt, too, "My mom was always really symbolic with things. I was born at Sunset, so that's where 'Sunset' comes from. She said that it looked like a shimmer, so that's where the name 'Shimmer' comes from."
"I take it that your mom likes a lot of things."
"She'd be destroyed to find out how bad Daria's disappearance has been on everyone."




Jake Morgendorffer's POV




I've got my foot on the gas, and a hammer in my head about this!
My phone started ringing.
"Hello? Hello!? HELLO!?"
"Jake," Helen said over the phone, "Where are you?"
"I'm on the way home, honey! I can be there in 15 minutes!"
I hung up because some idiot wouldn't drive.
I blew my horn and rolled down my window, "Get out of my way, dammit!"
"Learn to drive!"
"I've gotta find my  daughter, dammit!" I said, swerving around the car. Their teacher followed me.
"There was something strange about that girl," I said to myself, "Those tattoos on her hands and face."
I ended up getting pulled over, but that girl came up and got rid of the officer.
"Sir, I'm going to need to see your license and registration. Do you know how fast you were going?"
"Not fast enough, dammit!" I said, slamming my fist on the horn.
"Excuse me," that flame-haired girl said causing me to look out the window, "I think that you've got the wrong people, officer," her eyes were red, and I swore I saw fangs, "We're looking for a girl who spontaneously went missing last night, and you're impairing our search," her eyes got a red glow at that word.
"On your way, then!" he replied, running to his car as she regained her normal appearance.
"Mr Morgendorffer, is it?" she said, turning to me with some kind of genuine concern.
"Mommy!"
"I really would lay off the coffee for a little while. Just a suggestion, because I don't like what it's doing to you."
I nodded, going for my Starbuck's cup in my cupholder.
"Or, you could just go with decaf," she said, walking back to the other car.
"Mr Morgendorffer, I'm scared!"
"Freaky."
"Alright, girls," I said, finishing the drive to the house after the girl was in the other car, "I don't know what just happened, but we should all-- I want my mommy!"
"I think he was going to say 'stay calm', Stacy."




Sunset Shimmer's POV




Mr Morgendorffer was pulled over by the police, so I knew that I had to intervene, "Don't worry," I said, getting out, "I've got this."
I walked over to the cop, who was talking to Mr Morgendorffer, "Excuse me, I think that you've got the wrong people, officer," I showed my vampire, "We're looking for a girl who spontaneously went missing last night, and you're impairing our search," I made sure that I meant business.
"On your way, then!" he replied, reverting to my normal self and turning to Mr Morgedorffer, "Mr Morgendorffer, is it?"
"Mommy!"
"I really would lay off the coffee for a little while. Just a suggestion, because I don't like what it's doing to you."
He nodded, then reached for his Starbuck's cup.
"Or, you could just go with decaf," I said, walking back to Mr O'Neil's car.
The second I got in, Mr Morgendorffer led us to their house. With no more interruptions, thank God.
At Daria's house, I was greeted as warmly as possible through her mom's and sister's anxiety and worry.
"I'm Sunset Shimmer," I said to the both of them.
"Helen," the man in the suit said to the brown-haired woman, "There is something up with this girl!"
"Jake!" she scolded.
"I'm Quinn," the oange-haired teenager said, "and that's my mom," she pointed to Mrs Morgendorffer.
"I'm Sunset Shimmer," I replied, "And I think I can get Daria back."