//------------------------------// // Sunset Threatens the Mane 6 // Story: Through the Mirror // by MiraculousDragonMaster //------------------------------// Through The Mirror Chapter 9 Sunset Threatens the Mane 6 A few minutes later, the Mane 6 were wandering throughout the hallways of the school, trying to be as discreet as possible. Since they weren't actually students at the school, they had to pretend to either be going to the restrooms or to a class that was at the other side of the building to avoid suspicion. Soon, they had found a dead end that was darker than the rest of the hall because of the broken fluorescent lights that would sometimes spark from the bulbs. "This area needs some remodelling." Rarity said, not liking the darkness. "The lights just need a little fixing up, Rarity." Applejack said, looking up at the broken light bulbs for a couple of seconds. Suddenly, Twilight felt like there was someone watching them from behind. A second later, her hunch was proven correct. "Can't believe I didn't recognize you earlier." It was Sunset Shimmer. She was leaning against one of the lockers. "Should've known that Princess Celestia would send her prized pupil here after my crown." She then pointed her finger over at the other five girls. "Though you five shouldn't have come along." "It's my crown!" Twilight retorted back. "And we weren't about to let our friend go here alone." Rainbow Dash said. "Imbalance or not." Sunset smirked at them. "Whatever. And be lucky that your other counterparts aren't here right now." She replied. She then began to circle around the Mane 6. "This is just a minor setback. You six truly don't know the first thing about this place, and I already rule it." "If that's so, why do you need my crown?" Twilight asked. "You went to a whole lot of trouble to switch it with the one that belongs here?" "Pop quiz." Sunset suddenly said. "What happens when you brings an Element of Harmony into an alternate world?" Twilight opened her mouth to answer, but then she closed it as she realized that she actually doesn't know. "You don't know? Seriously?" Sunset laughed. "And you're supposed to be Princess Celestia's star student? Then again, what were the chances she'd find somepony as bright as me to take under her wing after I decided to leave Equestria? Bit embarrassing that you were the best she could do." The girls didn't like her gloating, and they glared at Sunset, crossing their arms in front of their chests. "Twilight is 100% more the star student than you can ever hope to be." Rainbow said. Sunset glared at her, but then it morphed back into the snarky grin she had on earlier. "Oh, please. Like what can she do that I can't?" "A whole lot of things." Applejack answered, remembering all that the six of them had been through together. Sunset rolled her eyes. "Whatever." She scoffed. "By the way, you better keep an eye on your friends." She said to Twilight. "Hate for one of them to be... taken away from you." "Is that a threat?" Rainbow asked, her eyes narrowing more. "Oh, of course not." Sunset replied with a false sweetness, making the other girls that were defending Twilight glare even more fiercely. "But I'd make myself pretty scarce around here if I were you five. Don't want everyone to know you're not really who you say who are. And you especially don't want them to know that you and your princess don't belong here." She turned to leave the shadowed area, but she sent Twilight one last smirk. "You wanna be a princess here? Please. You don't know the first thing about fitting in." With that, she left the darkened part of the hallway. Twilight, Rarity and Fluttershy looked visibly scared, but Applejack, Rainbow and Pinkie cheered them up a bit. "Don't worry, girls." AJ assured them, placing her hand on Rarity's shoulder. "She was just trying to get under our skin." "Once Twilight wins Fall Formal Princess, everything will be okey-dokey!" Pinkie added with a big smile, hugging Twilight's shoulder. "Besides, since everyone here is afraid of Sunset Shimmer, I'm pretty sure that along with a good campaign, Twilight will have this whole thing in the bag." Rainbow said with a confident pump of her arm and her other arm around Fluttershy's shoulders. Twilight smiled at her friends' confidence in her. She just hoped that it will be enough for her to get back her crown before it's too late. Meanwhile, Sunset had come back to where Snips and Snails were waiting for her at another hallway. "I want you to follow her." She ordered them. "Bring me something I can use just like I did with that last girl who thought she could challenge me." "You got it, Sunset Shimmer." Snips said with a salute, and Snails followed his best friend's action. "When the crown and its power are mine, Twilight Sparkle and her pathetic friends will be sorry they ever set hoof into this world." Sunset said as she crossed her arms in front of her. An evil smile then came up on her face. "Not that they would've been much safer if they'd stayed in Equestria."