//------------------------------// // A SciTwi Shimmer Christmas // Story: My Little Pony: Gag Reels Are Magic // by pabrony //------------------------------// We arrived at the school, which is next door to the castle, about a half hour later thanks to a Pinkie Pie distraction. It was actually pretty impressive. It was built into the hillside with ponds on either side of the entrance path. The doors creaked slightly as Spike pushed them open. In front of us stood the tallest Christmas (or Hearth's Warming) tree I had ever seen. Even the one I saw in Manehatten as a child couldn't compare to this. Sunny told me to hide behind one of the plants as she wanted to pull a prank on Princess Twilight. She flopped on her belly and slowly inched her way toward her. When she got about a foot away, she lit up her horn and sent something flying as a distraction. When Twilight looked for whatever Sunny had used to distract her, Sunny teleported directly behind the alicorn. “BOO!” Sunny shouted with a grin. “AHHH!” Twilight screamed before teleporting somewhere other than the vestibule. I snickered after the entire scene unfolded whereas Sunny was rolling on her back laughing like a hyena. “That… that was worth it,” she said through her laughter. Twilight reappeared moments later with a frown on her face until she saw who it was. “Sunset!” she exclaimed as she ran to give her friend a hug. “Heya, Twilight,” Sunny said, still grinning from ear to ear. “Why didn't you tell me you were coming to Equestria?” “It was a last-minute idea that I thought about doing,” I chimed in, revealing myself. “Twi!” is all I heard before Twilight gave me a Pinkie-style hug. “It's great to see both of you. I was actually going to send you an invite later tonight to attend the Hearth's Warming play that is being held the day after tomorrow in Canterlot,” she told us after releasing me. “Me and Twi could only get tonight and tomorrow off from work, so we figured we'd come now,” Sunny lied. “So do you girls have any plans while you're here in Equestria?” “Honestly, it was mainly to spend some time with my family, hang out with you and your friends for a couple of hours and…” Sunny paused before lowering her voice, “...see a doctor.” “Well, it would be too hard to hang out with-” Twilight stopped mid-sentence and did a double take. “Hold on. Did you say ‘see a doctor’?” “Yes. I did.” Twilight tilted her head in confusion. “Why do you need to see a doctor here? Aren’t there doctors in your world?” she asked. “I’ve been under the weather lately and the doctors in the human world can't find out what's wrong.” Sunny replied. “Twilight, I collapsed in front of a national audience two weeks ago and nearly did it again last week during a visit with a sick child.” About an hour later, Trixie finally showed up with her wagon. “Took long enough,” Sunny grumbled. “So the Princess of Friendship can't take her friends to the hospital,” Trixie said after entering the castle. “Now who is this ‘close friend’ that Trixie is transporting to the hospital?” “This is Sunset Shimmer. I met her last year when I went on that trip while the others had that friendship problem,” Starlight replied. “Really? And just how ‘close’ have you gotten with her?” Trixie sneered. “It better not have gotten as close as our friendship has gotten when you join Trixie on tour.” “You've never seen the inside of her wagon, huh?” Sunny said, lifting one of her eyebrows. Starlight's face turned crimson at Sunny's question. “Uh, maybe once or twice,” she said sheepishly. "CUT!" we heard from off stage. "What's wrong?" Sunny asked. "Nothing regarding your performance," the director said. "It's just not moving the plot along. I don't really know what the screenwriter was thinking with this." "So this is gonna be archived then?" I asked. "Yes, Ma'am."