//------------------------------// // gathering storm // Story: shimmering hope. // by dragenfire68 //------------------------------// ((Post Innistrad)) Three girls watched from behind the glass as Sunset tried to defend herself, but it was no use, they saw her smash her phone in a fit of rage, before turning and stalking out of the store, she made it outside before quietly turning to the three girls. "you win, you can have them to yourselves, I hope that your crusade was worth I really do because you girls can tell them, I'm not coming back." this rattled the young girls, they looked at each other, before turning to Sunset who still stood there. "We are sorry, we didn't mean for this to happen." applebloom tried to apologize. "bullshit kiddo, I know you hated me, I knew that you would never stop hating me, but your hollow apology and empty words mean nothing, go ahead delete the account, I know that you won't be able to resist, besides by this time tomorrow, what happened here tonight won't mean anything," Sunset replied chuckling hollowly. "Look we're trying to apologize!!!" Sweetie belle stomped. "I don't forgive you." "WHY NOT?!" "I tried, I tried so hard, but in the end, none of it mattered, nor will it ever matter, so here at the end I refuse to give you closure, from now on, your just gonna have to live with the shitty thing you did." "I uh.... totally outta the blue, but Sunset, you forgot your coat inside," Applebloom said then realization dawned on her, being a farmer she was no stranger to death, and this time it was no different, she saw that sunset had no coat, nothing to protect her from the blizzard coming. "So I did, oh well, see you in a few decades," Sunset said, before taking off running into the night, leaving the three young girls emotional wrecks. Destruction of the book After Sunset left, she was still right, they couldn't face the consequences, not because they feared the punishments of Celestia, their sisters or even the fallout, no they couldn't stand to face themselves and the fact that thanks too them, someone lost their life, they had heard the stories of teens and adults unable to stand the pressure but to actually go through with it, it made them sick, so they deleted the account and buried their sins. "hey scootaloo, How are you holding up?" Applebloom asked when they met at their tree house later. "Honestly, I feel like I'm dying, everywhere I look, I see our sins on display, I actually forgot Sunset tutored quite a few of the younger students." "Ah know, I also forgot that Sunset helped out here quite a lot, in fact without her around, the workload seems doubled." "Wow, I didn't know that she was such a influence around the school." Sweetie belle chimed in. "So, any idea's on what we should do today?" The girls shrugged, so they simply went back to the house and spent the next few hours playing on Applebloom's old game console, trying to forget their sins and bury their regret. Meanwhile "IT'S FINISHED!!!!" a girl a lab coat cried, as she held up a strange device. very good miss sparkle, very good. a deep baritone voice echoed around her, a voice no one but she could hear. "Thanks, but why have me make this?" You want to understand magic don't you? "well yes, but where will we get the 'magic' as you call it" patience, you will get it in time, for now, simply follow my instructions, and you will have a deeper understanding of magic then you can possibly wish for, but for now, I want you too look into a place called CHS, trust me. its presence in the room fading. Meanwhile, the girl meanwhile turned to a table covered in a white bed sheet, underneath it was an ancient skeleton that she somehow got a hold of, definitely not grave robbing. "Alright, let's see if I can get this damn thing moving like I did a few days ago!!!" she cried with glee as she started humming and concentrating, her hand glowing as the skeleton's eyes started glowing purple, soon the sound of rattling bones filled the air, soon it was standing upright, little veins of magic holding the bones together, before she touched its forehead, causing it to fall apart. "woof" a small misty dog yipped, as it phased through the walls. "Hello Spike, I just finished my latest experiment!!!!" she held it up to the floating dog who sniffed it, then growled. "Yes the voice guided me in making it, but cmon, the ability to capture the magic, eventually I may be able to place you into a body, a real one, not a mechanical one." The dog tilted his head to the side, before suddenly hearing something and runs off phasing through the wall once again, leaving his owner alone, as she opened a book and began writing down notes. *on a distant plane* Ahead of fiery hair shot straight up, her eyes wide, that is until she noticed bottles all around her, she held her head for a few moments, seeing if there were signs of a migraine, but none surfaced, so she got up and left a bag of gold on the counter and a quickly scrawled note. "for Dismas and Raynolds tab" She planeswalked away, arriving in front of a surprised blue mage, who almost walked into her. "I felt him, I felt bolas make his move," she said. "WHERE!?" he asked urgently. Sunset held onto her forehead trying to pinpoint where, but so far, he had done a good job of eluding her, but what she did know is that he has yet to actually manifest on that world. "I cant pinpoint him, but I know that he's been there, but not long enough to leave a magic trail, all I know is that he has a puppet, and he's using her for something big, really really big." "damn, maybe next time we'll catch him, but for now, you can rest here, you look like you need it." Sunset grinned, her fangs showing just over her bottom lips before nodding and heading into the small village, where she could find an inn, and maybe a few supplies, for her long journey.