In the ruined city of Manehattan, Sunset looks up at a familiar image she has encountered many times by now, The Shadow Man. She looks around and sees that all of her friends are down on the ground, not moving at all and she focuses all of her attention on The Shadow Man. "Why, why do all this. What did we ever do to you," yelled Sunset! But what she heard next was something that she wouldn't expect, as The Shadow Man just starts to laugh, "Hahahaha, oh you poor little thing. I just want to spread my darkness around the world and plunge the world into chaos and you all got in my way, nothing more nothing less."
Sunset fell to the ground, tears in her eyes and looked on as what The Shadow Man said had come true, the world that she has called home for many years now is no more. The sound of footsteps begins to approach Sunset, getting closer and closer until they stop and a shadow lums over her. She looks up and she sees The Shadow Man look down at her making her more terrified. The Shadow Man smiles at her and tells her, "Don't worry though, I'll be sure to unity you with your friends really quickly." He raises his arm up and it turns into a sharp spear and he plunges it into Sunset's chest.
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"AAAAAAA," yelled Sunset. She raises out of her bed in a cold sweat with tears in her eyes. She looks around and realizes that she in her room and then suddenly, the door to her room swings open. "Sunny, is everything alright," said Rosebud. She looks at Sunset in the state that she's in, "Oh no, not again." She goes over to Sunset and set on her bed and holds her while stroking her hair, "This makes the third time this week."
"Ya, and it keeps getting worse each time," said Sunset. Sunset stops Rosebud from stroking her hair, "It's okay Rosie, I'll be fine. And sorry if I woke you up."
"Hey don't worry about it, I just wanted to make sure you were okay," said Rosebud. Rosebud gets off of Sunset's bed and starts to leave her room. She turns around to wave bye to Sunset and Sunset waves back and Rosebud leaves the room. Sunset lays back down on her bed and starts to think back. It's been a week since she and Burning returned from Equestria after their last run-in with The Shadow Man, who nearly killed Burning, and ever since they came back Sunset's future visions have been happening every other day. But each vision that she sees is worst each time. So Sunset tries to clear her head and tries to go back to sleep.
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It's the next day in the early morning and Sunset is sitting at a table in the campus courtyard still tried from last night. While sitting at the table, out of nowhere a cold feeling hits Sunset on the cheek and it makes her jump. She turns around to see who it is and it's her boyfriend, Burning Heart, with a bottle of iced coffee. "Sorry if I scared you there, Sunny," said Burning. He places the iced coffee in front of Sunset and takes a set next to Sunset, "I thought you could use a little caffeine."
"Thanks, Burnie, I needed this," said Sunset. She opens the bottle and takes a drank. She puts the bottle down and looks over at Burning, "So how are you feeling no side effect from Equestrian magic."
"Nope, I feel pretty good for a someone who almost died." Burning then looks over at Sunset and he asks her, "But what about you, Rosie told me that you've been having those visions almost every night since we came back."
"Ya I have but I'm fine okay, there's no need to worry," said Sunset.
"Of course I'm going to worry Sunny," said Burning. Sunset looks at Burning and surprises him with a kiss on the cheek, "Thank for worrying about me but I'm fine." Sunset grabs her phone to look at the time, "Shoot, look at the time. I need to hurry or I'll be late for my first class."
"Want me to go with you, I still have some time before my first class," said Burning.
"Sure, I'd like that." So the two walk to Sunset's next class, holding each other's hand.
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After her class has ended, Sunset exits the room still tried from the previous night. "Stupid coffee, didn't work at all," said Sunset. While walking to her destination, she comes across Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Rosebud on their way to their business management course. "Hey there sugarcube," said Applejack.
"Hey there girls," said Sunset. Rarity gasps at the sight of Sunset and runs up to her. "Oh my goodness, darling, you look just awful." Rarity examines Sunset's eyes as there are dark circles under them and are puffy. "Are you okay there, Sunset? You look like you've been crying," said Pinkie Pie.
"If you need to talk to us or anything, we're always here to listen," said Fluttershy.
"Really girls, I'm okay. Just a few bad dreams, that's all it is," said Sunset. But before someone could say something else to her, Sunset looks at her phone and starts to head off, "Sorry, got to go. See you all later." The girls watch as Sunset disappears out of sight, "I sure hope she doing alright," said Rosebud.
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Durning one of her courses, Sunset is still tired and is on the verge of collapsing. She's sitting at her desk trying to listen to the lecture when the person next to her asks her if she is feeling okay and that person is her friend, Wallflower Blush. "Hey, Sunset, are you feeling okay? You don't look too good," asked Wallflower.
"Yes, Wallflower, I'm fine," said Sunset.
"Okay, but if you need to talk to someone I'm here for you," said Wallflower. But Sunset just nods and the two continue their course. After an hour has passed, Sunset and Wallflower are leaving the classroom to grab a drank. "So what are you feeling today, Sunset," asked Wallflower. Sunset still tried from the week of nightmarish future visions tiredly tells her, "Need coffee."
"Oh? I was thinking of like a smooth or something, but coffee sounds good," said Wallflower. With the two walking to a coffee house Wallflower looks back at Sunset, who is slowly falling behind looking as if she is on the verge of passing out. Wallflower, who is concerned about her, walks up to her and asks her, "Hey, Sunset, are you sure you're feeling okay?" Wallflower goes to places her hand on Sunset's shoulder but before she could make contact, Sunset passes out and fells to the ground. Wallflower begins to freak out after seeing Sunset hit the ground, "Oh no, Sunset!" So Wallflower pulls out her cell phone and dials 9-1-1.
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Slowly opening her eyes, Sunset looks to see that she is in a hospital room and looks over to the side of the bed and sees Wallflower. "Wallflower? What's going on? Where am I?"
"Oh Sunset, thank goodness you're okay," said Wallflower. Wallflower gets up out of the chair to give Sunset a hug, but she stops herself thinking that Sunset might be in pain and goes to sit back down. "You're in a hospital Sunset. You took a bad fall when we were going to go get coffee, so I called for an ambulance."
Felling down about the whole situation, Sunset tells her, "I'm sorry to worry you, Wallflower."
"Don't worry about that. How are you feeling though," said Wallflower?
"A little drowsy, but that's about it."
"Oh, okay." Wallflower looks down, away from Sunset sight. Sunset looks at Wallflower and sees that she is looking away from her. "Wallflower, whats wrong." Wallflower bites her lip and decides to ask her, "You're lying Sunset."
"What do you mean," said Sunset.
"The doctor's took a brain scan to make sure it wasn't damaged when you fell. And they noticed irregular waves due to emotional stress." Sunset stood there in silents while listening to Wallflower. "Look, I know we haven't been friends as long as you've been with Twilight and the others, but I was hoping that we wouldn't keep secrets from each other."
"Listen, Wallflower. I'm sorry but I can't tell you."
"Why? What's so important that you can't tell me and is a treat to your health," yelled Wallflower.
"Because it's about the future okay," yelled Sunset. She soon covers her mouth and Sunset curls up into a ball on the hospital bed. Wallflower is surprised about what Sunset said about it being about the future and decides to ask her more about it. "What do you mean." But Sunset's doesn't say anything, with her face buried in her knees. Wallflower goes to try and gets Sunset to talk, "Listen to me Sunset, I don't what you're trying to hide, but maybe it would help if you talk to someone about it." Sunset starts to come out of her ball and looks over at Wallflower, crying. "Okay, I'll tell you."
Sunset begins to tell Wallflower about her future visions that she's been having ever since she came back from Equestria. "I've been having visions of the future that started about a month and a half ago."
"Does this have to do with magic," asked Wallflower.
"Yes, it does. See it turns out that Sometimes I can see into the future and what I see is horrible. There's is person whos calling himself the Shadow Man and he's trying to plunge the world into darkness and in all of my visions he succeeds. Me, Twilight, and the others, we try to stop him but we end up failing and one by one, I see him killing every one of them until I'm the last one standing."
Wallflower is shocked to hear this, with her hand over her mouth. "But he's just one guy right, how is he so strong," asked Wallflower.
"When I saw the future the first time he was alone. But everytime since, he's grown himself an army and it gets bigger with every vision I have. That's why I haven't told anyone, how can you tell someone that they're going to die." Sunset is about to start crying but Wallflower goes to hold her, "It's going to okay." Sunset then starts to cry in Wallflower's arm with Wallflower stroking Sunset's hair trying to calm her down.
After a few minutes have passed, Sunset finally calmed down after telling Wallflower everything she has been keeping secret till now. "Thank you, Wallflower. It felt good to get that off my chest."
"Your welcome and listen Sunset, I know I don't have any magic powers anymore. Again, sorry about back then," said an embarrassed Wallflower.
"Hey, don't worry about it. I've forgiven you already," said Sunset.
"Right, even still if there's any way that I can help out I will," said Wallflower. She looks at Sunset in the eyes and blushes. She clears her through and decides she needs to tell Sunset something. "Sunset, I want to help you out not just because we're friend okay." Sunset, confused by what Wallflower said asks her, "What do you mean?"
"The truth is, Sunset." Wallflower looks into Sunset's eye's and slowly reaches for her hand. "I...I,"
Suddenly the door to Sunset's hospital room swing open and on the other side is Burning Heart. "Sunny!" Both Sunset and Wallflower look at the doorway, with Wallflower being confused by the person at the door. But she looks at Sunset, who has a big smile on her face. "Burnie," said Sunset. Burning runs into the room and hugs Sunset. He releases her from the hug and starts asking a lot of question, "Sunny, are you okay? Are you hurting anywhere? What did the doctors say? What..." Sunset places her fingers on Burning's lips to make him stop talking. "Burnie, I'm fine." Wallflower looks on as Sunset and a man she hasn't met before are talking so casually with one another and speaks up, "Um, Sunset. Who is this?"
"Oh sorry about that. Let me introduce you two. Burnie, this is Wallflower Blush, she's a friend from back in high school. It was her the called the ambulance that got me here. Wallflower, this is Burning Heart, he's an old friend that had a long time ago and we reunited when college started up and he's also my boyfriend." Then suddenly a deep sinking filling hits Wallflower, but before she knew it Burning came to her and started to shake her hand. She looks up at him and he smiles at her and tells her, "Thank you so much for helping Sunset. I hope that we can be friends."
"Oh um, sure," said Wallflower. Sunset looks at the two before realizing that Wallflower didn't finish telling her what she was saying, "By the way, you were saying something before Burnie show. What was it?"
"Oh, sorry for interrupting you two's conversation. I can leave the room if you all need some privacy," said Burning.
Wallflower gets up from her chair and tells them, "No it's fine, it wasn't important." Wallflower starts to leave the room to leave the couple alone. "Well, I should get going and let you two have some alone time." She reaches the doorway and stop and turns around to look at Sunset and tells her, "Don't forget, it's not healthy to keep secrets in a relationship," before leaving the room.
"What does she mean," asked Burning. Sunset takes a deep breath and tells him, "Burnie, there something I need to tell you and the others."
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Outside of the hospital room, Wallflower is walking down the hallway thinking to herself, "So, she has a boyfriend huh. I mean why wouldn't she. She's smart, pretty, popular." She stops walking and starts to cry in the hallway with no one else around and she can feel her heart breaking. "It looks like I waited too long," said a crying Wallflower.
She walks out of the hospital and walks down the street until she passes an abanded ally where she hears familiar singing.
🎵Ah, ah-ah, ah-ahh🎵
🎵Ah, ah-ah, ah-ahh🎵
Wallflower remembered back when CHS had the Battle of the Bands the orchestrated by The Dazzlings and used their singing to control the student of the school. So she goes down the ally to see if it really is them or not. She gets closer to where the singing is coming from and she peaks around a corner to see who is singing and in fact, it was them. She tries to sneak away but suddenly, the singing stops, "Well, well, looks like we have a visitor here girls," said Adagio. Wallflower stops in place, turns around, and walks around the corner and comes face to face with The Dazzlings. "Hey girls, it's one of the people on his list," shouted Sonata. Confused by what she just said, Wallflower shakes her head and tells them, "Look, I don't know what you three are doing here, but leave Sunset and her friends alone. They beat you all once and they can do it again."
"Stupid, we didn't come here for her or them," said Aria.
"You're not?" Adagio starts to walk closer to Wallflower and tells her, "No. We came here because we have a 'friend' who wants to talk to you." Adagio looks behind Wallflower and laughs, "And look, he's here." Wallflower turns around and what she sees scares her, a man who emerges from a nearby shadow. She falls back and falls over and the man reaches for her, so she tries to cover herself. But nothing happens, so Wallflower looks and sees that the man is offering her a hand, she takes his hand and he helps her up. "Are you The Shadow Man," asked Wallflower.
"Yes, I am and I've come to make a deal with you."