//------------------------------// // Chapter 7 // Story: Sunset Shimmer: Savior of the Future // by knigsonic //------------------------------// Calamity Sparkle looked up from petting Lilths head as a portal opened in throne room. She smiled as Infinite floated through it landing before her, her ethral wings vanishing. "Ah, Infinite. I was wondering when youd return." Calamity said leaning to the side of her throne. Infinite chuckled at her creation and folded her arms. "Calamity, would you like to watch Ms. Shimmer die at the hands of your creation?" Calamity grinned wickedly and stood up walking towards her. "Of course. Its not often someone dies twice." Infinite nodded and turned around, her horn glowing as a screen appeared before them, showing the now monsterous version of the Sierns licking their lips at Sunset, getting into a fighting pose. ------------ Sunset looked at the Sierns as their new wings flaped open, and started to float them off the ground, their massive shriek/roar nearly knocking her off her feet. They then started flying around the chamber, Adagio spewing fire out her mouth lighting the arena's edges on fire. Sonata then spewed chunks of ice all over the arena. Finally Aria roared at the ceiling, shooting lightning out, causing a storm to form. Sunset sighed watching it unfold. "Great. They have elemental powers...". She leapt back as they landed nearly on top of her, throwing her Crossblade at their heads only for it to bounce off. Before she could grab it, she noticed it bumped into one of Sonata's ice blasts, collecting the element before hitting the floor and returning to normal. "So it can absorb more than just fire eh?" She said before the Sierns swiped at her with their claws. She then targeted the block of ice and threw her Crossblade right at it, only for it to bounce off, now covered in ice, and into Adagio's head as she charged another blast of fire, only to inhale ice, putting out her fire and weakening her. "YES!" Sunset cheered as the Crossblade returned to her. "One down, two to go!" She leapt over their claws as Sonata and Aria attacked at her, trying to wait for Adagio's strength to return. Sunset brought her sword out and slashed through Adagio's snout, wounding her before back fliping back a few feet and pulling back out her Crossblade, now aiming for the fire. She threw it at an angle, making it barely graze the fire, but enough to absorb the flames as it flew to Aria, stopping her from causing more lightning to strike. Sonata tried pulling their body back, now with half their limbs attacking as Aria was to stunned to defend herself. Sunset ran at them, sliding beneath Sonata's attacks only to leap up and slice at Aria's horns, cutting them off. She landed on her snout and then performed another back flip before she could attempt to eat her. Sunset looked up at the storm above them and grinned. Sonata started spewing more ice at her causing Sunset to pull her shield out to defend. When Sonata ran out of breath however, she leapt into the air, throwing her Crossblade at the storm, only for it to get struck by lightning as it shot back down, striking Sonata and electrucuting her. Sunset ran forward, dodging left and right as she tried to hit her with their tail, only to leap up spinning as she cut Sonata's fins off the sides of her head. She landed a few feet back as they tried to stand up groaning. Adagio roared fire at Sunset, only for her to throw up her shield again. She watched as the Sierns slowly began flapping their wings, slowly but surely getting off the ground. They then flew around the chamber as they started to enhale their blasts again, before shooting all three at the ceiling, creating a chaotic storm in the chamber. They hovered high above the arena and grinned as they were far from her reach. Sunset grinned back at them, surprising them as her old demon wings unfolded from her back as she leapt into the air, flapping them as she took flight. The Dazzlings shrieked in annoyance and started flying around the chamber firing their blasts to keep her away. Sunset dodged every blast she could, getting closer only for a bolt of lightning from the storm to get in her way. Noticing she felt the electricity, heat, and cold of their powers, she thought for a second as the beast charged at her. She threw her Crossblade at the storm, another bolt of lightning hitting it, charging it with all three elements before soaring back at her. She dodged it as The Dazzlings were closing in, getting hit in their chest by the Crossblade before falling back to the arena and landing. Hard. Sunset landed on their belly and looked down at the fused trio, her sword out. They looked up at her with eyes beginning for mercy. Sunset sighed. "Im sorry it has to be this way... Maybe in the next life..." She said before leaping up with her sword. She noticed the orange glow return to her hands as she preformed the endding blow... --------- "IMPOSSIBLE!!!" Calamity Sparkle shouted, her hands becoming blasters as she began shooting the room up. "HOW WAS SHE ABLE TO DEFEAT THEM!?!?" She screamed in rage. Infinite floated behind her, one hand on her mask as she thought it over. "She seems to have some skill... I remember someone else having skills like that... perhaps?" She said before her horn glowed opening another portal. Calamity turned around growling. "And what do you think your going to do?" She asked threating like as she raised her gun at Infinite. She remained still facing her portal as her horn flashed. Calamity's weapons fading out. "You do not get to order me around. I gave you this power, and I can take it away as well." Calamity frowned as her weapons returned and she willed them away. "I have a theory about this universe's Sunset Shimmer, and I am going to see if its correct." Infinite continued before floating into the portal. --------- Sunset pulled out The Dazzlings heart and hid it away. Turning around, she spotted a computer and walked towards it, noticing a slot for her phone. She pulled it out and placed it in the slot. "Here goes nothing..." she muttered as a loading bar appeared on the phone. "HONESTY APP INSTAILING" She noticed a button labeled "cage" and hit it. Suddenly the floor begun to shake as slots begun to open, a pod rising out of the ground slowly. After it all stopped, the pod opened up as Sunset walked up to it. There laid Applejack, a full grown woman, with the life nearly drained of her. Slowly, she opened her eyes to see Sunset and gently smiled. "S-Sunset... its good to see you once more..." She said, her voice weakened. Sunset helped Applejack out of the pod and onto her feet. "I wish we could meet on better terms, but I know its time for me to face my demons..." she said before slowly making her way to the computer. "I suppose your still angry with me, correct?" She asked as Sunset walked by her. "I was never angry at you girls," Sunset said placing her hand on Applejack's shoulder, "I was destroyed, heartbroken, and lost everything, but I never was angry." Applejack smiled at her. "Seems your better at being honest than I was... But I still owe you an apology and an explenation of what happened..." she said before taking Sunset's hand and placed it on her forehead. ------- Applejack was sitting on the steps with her friends in front of Canterlot High. Everywhere around them people were upset over the lose of Sunset. "I... cant believe she took her own life..." Rarity said as her tears ruined her make up, not bothering to fix it. "This is all our fault..." Fluttershy said with her head hiding behind her knees. "If we had just bothered to listen..." Rainbow Dash patted her back trying to comfort her. "We should tell Twilight... Right?" She asked nervously. Applejack nodded and stood up. "Ah'll grab her journel..." she said before heading inside. Everywhere she looked as she entered the building was just devestating. Students were still angry at Anon-A-Miss for revealing their secrets, but at least when they thought it was Sunset things werent as chaotic as they were now. In a sad sorta way, she was a lightning rod to take their anger out on. Now though, people were throwing blaim at each other, trying to tear each other, while others just laid around upset that they helped drive someone to suicide. Applejack sighed as she reachedę Sunset's locker and looked it over, still covered in spray paint from people calling her names. She opened the locker and found Sunset's journel to Princess Twilight, waiting to be used once more. "Ah'm sorry Sunset..." Applejack muttered as she carried the journel back outside. Rainbow Dash looked up to see her return. She pulled a pen out and handed it over to Applejack, who took it and begun writing in it. Pinkie Pie sighed looking to the portal knowing this wasnt going to be a pleasent visit. "Twilight's gonna hate us forever for this... She'll probably shut the portal down forever for this." She said glumly. Applejack sighed closing the journel and looked up. "What other choice do we have?" Looking to the side, she saw her sister and her friends giggling and having fun. She wondered how those three were still smiling, but decided to ignore it for the moment as the portal begun to glow. They watched as Twilight stepped through and walked uo to her, only to watch a man step through as well. He stood as tall as them with blond hair, blue eyes, and sideburns that went down to his neck. His outfit was a strange green floppy hat with a yellow strip at the base, a green tunic, brown arms and legs that didnt fit him correctly, and boots. What shocked them were his ears, pointing out like an elfs. Twilight turned to him. "Girls, this is Link. Now, whats wrong? Where is Sunset?" Applejack sighed. "Twilight... Sunset's dead..." Twilight gasped at the news while Link slowly raised his hand. "Um, who was Sunset?" Rainbow pulled out her phone and pulled up a picture showing him. "Sunset was a friend that we betrayed thinking she had gone back to her old ways... we refused to listen and kicked her out of Sugarcube Corner into the freezing cold when she tried to prove her innecent. That was the last we saw her alive... Turns out she returned to her apartment and took her life..." she told him before breaking down in tears. However, Link had stopped listening shortly after seeing the picture. "She looks familiar..." He said quietly putting his hand to his face in thought. Twilight listened as they continued to tell their story to her, her face slowly going from shock to anger. "How COULD YOU BETRAY HER LIKE THAT!?!?" She asked in rage as she got in their faces. "SHE WAS YOUR FRIEND! SHE WAS IN A GOOD POSTION IN HER LIFE? WHY WOULD SHE JUST TOSS ALL OF THAT BACK IN YOUR FACES?" She yelled at them, causing Link to grab her so she didnt attack them. It was at that point Applejack's sister and her friends walked up smiling. "Whats all the hubub?" Scootaloo asked standing by her idol who was crying her heart out. Twilight was fumming as she looked at the trio. "How are you three calm during all of this?" She asked raising her eyebrow. Sweetiebelle smiled brightly. "Were just glad to have our sister's back!" She said hugging Rarity. Link stared at them in disbeleif. "Your not even upset your sisters lost their friend forever?" He asked. "She deserved it." Applebloom said about to hold her sisters hand only for Applejack to turn around in shock. "How can ya say that Applebloom? She was innecent!" She yelled at her sister who kept smiling. "She was, but she still stole ya'll from us. And after all she did to the school before ya'll hit her with that rainbow, all she got as punishment was a slap on the wrist." Twilight finally stepped towards the trio, eyes narrow and almost set ablaze. "It was you three, wasnt it? You three were Anon-A-Miss, werent you?" She said so calmly it was scary. But they just kept smiling. "Ya, we are Anon-A-Miss." Scootalloo said triumphently. Rainbow Dash stopped crying and looked at the three girls. "You did this..." her said, her voice so calm, but at the same time full of rage. "IT WAS YOU WHO GOT HER TO KILL HERSELF!!!" She yelled about to strangle her only for to be held back Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie. Applebloom grinned and tried to hug Applejack. "Isnt it great? Now we can spend all the time in the world together!" Twilight pulled Applejack back and stood in front of the trio rage burning off her. "You three are monsters... you know that? It sickens me to see how corrupt you three are on this side... Your pony counterparts did this once, but they never went this far, never got someone to end it all, and if they did, they would of at LEAST felt bad!" She said calmly as Link held her back. "Twilight... their not worth it..." he said causing her to turn in surprise. "They are lowest of the low. Right up there with the Demon king himself... they dont deserve your time, nor anyones time." He said looking her dead in the eyes. "These girls, the ones who claimed to be your friends, while played the role of executioner, and deserve punishment, at least realise they were in the wrong." Twilight nodded and turned to the portal. "Lets go Link..." she said. Link nodded and stepped through the gate as she turned back around. "Before I go and return this gate to having it open every three moons, a word of advise. Seperate yourself from such evil. Id hate for you to end up like those three..." She said before stepping through. "We wont help you with anymore magical mishaps again." ------------ Sunset took her hand off Applejack's forehead and looked at her in confusion. "The... CMC were Anon-A-Miss this whole time... and were PROUD OF MY DEATH!?!?" she shouted in rage as her phone pinged signaling the new app was instaled as her fists begun glowing orange as she ran towards the pod and punched it, snapping it off the floor off the arena. "Wha-? How did I?" She asked confused looking at Applejack. "Seems youve gained new abilites from here." She said looking at the phone. Sunset walked back over and picked it up as the new app appeared on the sidebar. "All of us picked up a slight bit of magic while we were at camp Everfree on the run from Midnight Sparkle. But before we could learn it, she caught up to us and begun draining us of our new magic again to the point of her becoming the monster she is now." Sunset hugged her closely. "Im sorry for what happened to you girls... is there any way to stop her from draining you girls?" She asked, to which Applejack sighed nodding. "Theres only one... you... have to end our lives..." looking away from Sunset, she added, "In a way, this is the punishment we earned..." Sunset stepped back in shock. "N-No... I cant kill my friends!" She said nervous like. "Oh Sunset... We ruined our friendship all those years ago... besides, it needs to be done... Im sorry..." Sunset started to cry and hugged her tightly before letting go and drew her sword out. "Good bye Applejack... I hope we become better friends in the next life..." ------------ Bulk Biceps spun around blasting away with his Lancer as the Locust's and demon's as Lightning Dust and Little Braveheart cut through them with the chainsaw part. "I sure hope Sunset returns soon!" He shouted as they got closer to them. Suddenly a gust of wind burst from behind them, carrying Sunset high into the sky on her demon wings. They watched as she divebombed into a crowd of the monsters, causing an explosion to happen knocking them back. She then leapt up pulling her Crossblade out and threw it at a string of monsters, cutting their heads off before it returned to its owner. "GET IN THE JEEP!" She yelled as she drew her sword out and slashed through the demons around her. The trio hopped in the jeep and started it back up as Lightning Dust took aim with the mounted chain gun and unleashed a load before the vechile, taking out anything before it. Sunset landed next to her, her wings folded up as she turned to Bulk. "GO GO GO!!!" She yelled as he floored it, getting them out of there. "Wheres Applejack?" Lightning Dust asked as they made their way back to Manehatten. "Calamity Sparkle wont be draining magic from her ever again... trust me..." Sunset said before pulling down her goggles and her hood up. Lightning Dust nodded as the rode the rest of the trip in silence. --------- A portal beside Canterlot High opened up as Infinite stepped through. "So... this is this dimensions past... pathetic..." she muttered before turning to her target. Three girls hiding away typing on their phones as fast as possible. "Quick Ya'll! We gotta delete the account before they find out it was us!" Applebloom said trying to find the terminate account section. Behind her mask, Infinite smiled as she landed in front of the trio. "Oh but why would the three of you want to delete all that delicous evil work youve done to tear your school apart?" She asked starttling them. "Wha-Who are you? What do you want?" Scootallo asked getting in a fighting postion. "You may call me Infinite... I am a being from beyond your reality. And Im here to make certain events happen so my wonderfully wicked creation Calamity Sparkle rises to destroy your world." The trio backed away in fear as she got closer. " Whats that got to do with us?" Sweetie Belle asked as Infinite smiled behind her mask. "You three murdered Sunset Shimmer. Any moment now Princess Twilight will come through the portal to comfront your sisters. You three are gonna show how much your glad you got her to end it all. The rage will cause the twerp to seal the portal back up so no one will be able to stop the Calamity from starting at the Friendship Games!" Applebloom bumped into the wall shivering. "What makes you think well help you?" She asked. Infinite stopped and turned towards her, her one visible eye staring into Applebloom's soul. "Silly girl..." she said as her horn glowed. "You dont have A CHOICE!!!" Her horn fired three beams at their chests, bringing out the small bit of them that was glad Sunset was gone, and increasing it to the point it pushed other feels aside outside of spreading secrets and hurting others. "There... You are no longer the CMC... you are truly... Anon-A-Miss...."