LEGO Equestria Girls 6

by Chronicler06


Standing Alone

Chapter 3
Standing Alone

As Sunset Shimmer woke up the following morning, she couldn’t help but notice that something didn’t feel quite right. As comfortable as the bed was, it was a little strange that she could feel it all over her body, as if she wasn’t wearing anything. Her body also somehow felt rounder than usual, along with the strange feeling of something sticking out just above her rear end. As she tried to adjust the sheets covering her, she had virtually no grip at all and the sheets just fell off. As she finally decided to open her eyes, she realized that she had hooves in place of her hands, and it was then that her grogginess finally gave way and she remembered the truth.

Right, I’m back in Equestria… thought Sunset tiredly. She yawned and stretched herself out, then rolled over and carefully climbed out of bed. After spending years in the Lego World, she had to keep reminding herself that she was now back in the body of a pony and that she had to do everything the way she used to do things. Using her unicorn magic again had been relatively easy, which she now used to make her bed in only a couple of seconds, but other things like walking on four legs and having a tail took some getting used to. At least the fact that clothing wasn’t mandatory meant that she wouldn’t have to worry about that being part of her morning routine today.

Sunset glanced around at the room she had spent the night in. It was in fact the very same room she used to reside in back when she was Princess Celestia’s personal student. As Celestia had promised, everything in this room had been left exactly the way it was when she last used it before she fled across the mirror portal all those years ago. Just looking at the all the furniture and personal items that had been left virtually untouched bought on a sense of nostalgia that reminded her of all the good memories she once shared with Princess Celestia.

The thought of pleasant memories also reminded Sunset why she couldn’t stay long, so after giving a quick brush to her mane and tail, she put on her saddlebag and opened the door. She stopped in the doorway and took one last look back into her old room, then turned forward and closed the door on her way out.

Having spent the vast majority of her youth in Canterlot Castle, Sunset knew which way to go to reach the dining room. As she entered the room, she smiled as she saw Princess Celestia seated at one end of the table, who turned to her and smiled back. As she had expected, there was an open seat on one side of the table, and on the table in front of that seat was a plate of a small stack of pancakes with strawberries and blueberries arranged into a smiling pony face.

As she sat down in the available chair, Sunset chuckled and remarked, “Been a long time since I’ve had one of these.”

“Preparing a lovely breakfast for my student has always been one of my favorite morning activities,” stated Celestia. “It is an opportunity for me to express how much I care for them, prior to whatever daily activities I have planned for them.”

“Yeah, if only I hadn’t so carelessly dismissed such appreciation the last time we did this,” muttered Sunset as she levitated a knife and fork and began cutting her first bite of the pancakes.

“Sometimes, a terrible tragedy can ultimately lead to a better life for all involved,” assured Celestia. “Twilight has told me all about the accomplishments you have made in the alternate world, including ones I never could have imagined.”

Sunset finished her first bite of pancakes — mentally noting how odd it was to be eating actual food as opposed to some Lego part made to resemble food — and quipped, “Then again, I’m sure you never could’ve imagined a place quite like the Lego World.”

“True,” acknowledged Celestia. After eating another bite of her own stack of pancakes, she continued, “A world where everything is made out of interlocking plastic bricks… I can only imagine how much of a shock it must have been for Star Swirl the Bearded when he opened that portal for the first time.”

“I take it he was the one who created the Crystal Mirror in the first place?” asked Sunset before taking another bite of her pancakes.

“Indeed,” confirmed Celestia with a nod. Along with many other mirror portals, but we agreed to never share them with anypony else, she mentally added.

“I guess that would explain how Clover the Clever was aware of its existence, being one of his best students,” noted Sunset. She paused to eat another bite of her pancakes, then spoke up, “But there’s one thing that doesn’t make any sense to me. As far as I know, the entire history of the Lego World doesn’t reach more than a hundred years ago, but if Clover the Clever really did go through the Crystal Mirror a thousand years ago… what kind of alternate world did he encounter back then?”

“How strange…” pondered Celestia as she turned her gaze aside in deep thought. After a few seconds, she turned her attention back to Sunset and speculated, “Perhaps there is more to the Lego World than even its own inhabitants might be aware of.”

“You have no idea,” mumbled Sunset under her breath, thinking back to that one time she fell through the Infinite Abyss of Nothingness and briefly visited a realm of existence that no one could have ever imagined.

Celestia had heard that remark, but considering that it was seemingly not intended for her know about it, she decided to not ask for any further information. After finishing another bite of her pancakes, she spoke up, “In any case, Sunset Shimmer, I would like to assure you that, no matter what happens, you will always be welcome to return to Equestria at any time.”

“Thanks for the offer, Princess Celestia,” responded Sunset with a smile, “but if given the choice, I’d rather stay in the Lego World. It’s where I learned to be much better than who I used to be and built a better life for myself. Not to mention, with Equestrian magic seeping into that world quite a lot recently, they’ll need someone who has at least some experience with it.” She took another bite of her pancakes, then added, “Still, worst case scenario, I suppose it’s nice that I’ll always have the option to come back here, if I absolutely have to.”

“If that is what you desire most, then I will not stop you,” assured Celestia. As she cut another piece of her pancakes, she continued, “After we are finished with breakfast, we shall return to the restricted section of the library to provide you with everything you will need for your return to the Lego World. Twilight and Luna are already there doing further research on the matter at hoof.” She smiled as she added, “Though just between us, I believe Twilight is simply taking this opportunity to learn about anything else she can get her hooves on.”

Sunset chuckled and remarked, “Yup, that’s Twilight alright.”


As Sunset and Princess Celestia returned to the restricted section, they saw Twilight was once again reading through some ancient tomes. Princess Luna, having stayed up all night assisting Twilight, was relieved to finally have the chance to return to the castle and get some rest, so she left without saying a word.

Sunset walked over to Twilight and asked, “Find out anything new?” Twilight smiled and opened her mouth, but didn’t get a chance to say anything before Sunset suddenly added, “Anything that could actually help me recover my friends’ memories?”

Twilight giggled in embarrassment and confessed, “Uh, not really, unfortunately.” She then pointed at the table as she added, “But I did draw a sketch of the Memory Stone onto that sheet of paper for you to take with you back to the Lego World.”

Sunset levitated the sheet of paper up to in front of her face to look at the sketch on it. “That’ll work,” she stated as she then opened her saddlebag and placed the sketch inside, then closed the bag. “Now that I know what to look for, maybe I can convince my friends that I’m telling the truth.”

“In the meantime,” said Twilight in determination, “I’ll stay here and search the restricted section top to bottom until I find a way to get their memories back.”

“If that’s even possible…” muttered Sunset worriedly.

“Oh, it’s possible,” responded Twilight with confidence. “Even if I have to reorganize the whole library by subject! Or maybe chronologically! Oh, and fix the broken catalogue machine!”

Sunset glanced back at the destroyed catalogue machine, then turned back to Twilight and frowned and raised an eyebrow.

Twilight giggled again in embarrassment and finished, “Uh, anyway, I’ll figure it out.”

“That’s probably the best I could ask of you,” muttered Sunset. She sighed sadly and added, “If only you could instead come with me to the Lego World. My friends already know you, so they would definitely listen to you.” She suddenly perked up as a thought crossed her mind. “Oh! Starlight Glimmer! She’s been to the Lego World and met my friends! She could come with me and prove to them that their memories have been altered!”

Twilight smiled as Sunset mentioned Starlight, but her smile faltered as she pointed out, “As wonderful as that sounds, I’m afraid that won’t be an option.”

“What do you mean?” asked Sunset, her smile beginning to fall.

“What I mean is that Starlight is currently busy taking care of other things elsewhere,” explained Twilight. “Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s a brilliant idea to consider bringing her along to vouch for you. But unfortunately, she has her own issues to deal with right now.”

Sunset let out a sigh of disappointment and said, “I understand. I was kinda hoping I could get help from a good guy, because, well… if everyone believes I’m who I used to be, then the only people who would ever listen to me are likely some criminal groups who still owe me some favors. I’d really hate to have to rely on people like that, but…” She lowered he head in resignation.

Celestia placed her hoof under Sunset’s chin and lifted her gaze up to her as she calmly stated, “If these criminals are the only ones who have the willingness and the capabilities to assist you in recovering everyone’s memories… then so be it. I can see how much you deeply care for the wellbeing of your friends, so do not be afraid to do what you must.”

Sunset smiled at Celestia’s words. If she really was determined to do whatever it took to save her friends, then she could not afford to fear the very real possibility that she may have to strike some shady deals along the way. With renewed encouragement, she glanced at both Twilight and Celestia as she said, “Thank you… both of you.”

“This is quite a contrast from the last time we parted ways,” noted Celestia. “But you are not that way anymore. With every choice you have made, despite the circumstances, you have proven yourself to possess a kind heart.”

“I guess I had a good teacher,” remarked Sunset as she turned her attention towards Twilight.

“And you were a good student,” said Twilight in response, to which both she and Sunset shared a brief laugh.

“Are you saying I wasn’t a good teacher?” Celestia suddenly asked furiously.

Twilight and Sunset immediately shared worried looks and quickly stammered apologies over each other.

Seconds later, Celestia cracked a smile, then started laughing. Upon realizing it was only a joke, Sunset and Twilight soon joined in the laughter.

“Princess Celestia has a sense of humor?” remarked Sunset. “Looks like I’m not the only one who’s changed.”

Celestia nodded and said, “Indeed, I sometimes like to think that you made me a better teacher.”

Sunset turned towards the door outside and said, “Well, if that’s everything, I should get back to the Lego World now.”

“Oh!” Twilight suddenly spoke up as she turned to Celestia. “Princess Celestia, could you send a quick message to Spike? Ask him to wait for Sunset Shimmer at the Ponyville train station, then escort her back to the Crystal Mirror. This is just to make sure she doesn’t get lost on her way back home.”

Celestia nodded in agreement, then levitated a quill and a blank sheet of parchment and began writing the message.

“Thanks, Twilight,” said Sunset. “I certainly don’t wanna waste any time wandering aimlessly through the halls of your castle.” She then chuckled at that remark.

Once Celestia finished the message and magically sent it off, she turned to Sunset and said, “Good luck, Sunset Shimmer.”

Sunset nodded in response, then turned away and walked out the doorway, beginning her long journey back to her friends in the Lego World.


Once the train rolled into Ponyville, Sunset stood up and disembarked out onto the train station’s platform. She almost immediately spotted the little purple dragon waiting there and waving to her, made even more obvious by the distinctive red cap on his head with the word “LEGO” embroidered in white rounded letters on the front of it.

“Why am I not surprised to see you wearing that thing?” asked Sunset with a playful smile as she walked over to Spike.

Spike chuckled and remarked, “Let’s face it, just the very mention of your name is enough to remind of where I got this cool hat from.” He turned away and walked over to the end of the train platform, with Sunset following right behind him. As he began leading Sunset through town, he added, “Actually, this isn’t the actual hat I got from the Lego World. This is just a replica that Rarity made for me, ‘cause the other one somehow doesn’t fit my head on this side of the portal.”

“Yeah, Starlight mentioned to me that during my previous visit,” noted Sunset.

“It sure was nice of Rarity to do that for me,” remarked Spike with a goofy smile. “I’ve always been more than happy to help her out whenever she needs assistance, which makes it all the more special when she does little things like this for me.” After a brief pause, he awkwardly asked, “Uh, speaking of Rarity, how’s the other Rarity doing in the Lego World? I heard she’s now friends with that world’s Twilight and Spike. Is the other Spike anything like me?”

Sunset gave Spike a smug look and slyly asked, “You’re just interested in the relationship between my world’s Spike and Rarity in hopes for ideas to impress your world’s Rarity, aren’t ya?”

“What?! No! That’s ridiculous!” Spike quickly denied with an awkward laugh.

Sunset simply rolled her eyes and smiled before she spoke, “Well, if you must know, once our world’s Twilight and Spike joined our team, Rarity assumed that Spike would behave very much like you did around her; always sticking close by, always happy to be with her, always willing to obey any request she made. So naturally, she quickly took advantage by asking Spike to do various favors for her; fetching items for her, carrying her luggage, even assuming he’d do things without even asking him to do it.”

“And was the other Spike happy to do all of that?” asked Spike with a smile.

Sunset immediately burst out laughing quite loudly. After a few seconds, she wiped her tears away and took a calming breath before she replied, “Oh Spike, you have no idea how badly mistaken she turned out to be. The reality was that our world’s Spike didn’t seem to develop that much interest in her, so when she had tried to take advantage of him, he was offended virtually every time, eventually reaching a breaking point where he furiously called her out for treating him like a slave.”

That revelation really stunned Spike, to the point where he almost tripped over himself as he walked. He could never imagine himself saying such an awful thing to the mare he adored so much.

“Needless to say,” continued Sunset, “their relationship has soured so much that he seems to tolerate her just because she’s friends with the rest of us. And besides, he seems to be more interested in Fluttershy.”

“Fluttershy?” repeated Spike in confusion. He hummed to himself in thought and muttered, “I guess I could see it being possible. I mean, she is very nice to everypony she meets, very caring of others, always happy to do the right thing, and I suppose she does have a natural beauty that some might find appealing, not to mention her lovely signing voice.” He glanced back at Sunset and asked, “So you’re saying that if the other Spike ever decides to visit Equestria, I should tell Fluttershy to not get too used to having a Spike around to do everything for her?”

“I seriously doubt that’s ever gonna happen, but you do whatever you feel comfortable with,” replied Sunset with an amused smile on her face.

It wasn’t much longer before they arrived at Princess Twilight’s castle. Once they stepped through the front doorway, Spike led Sunset through the hallways until they eventually reached the seemingly blank wall that concealed the hidden room containing the interdimensional portal back to the Lego World.

As Spike pushed in the loose block, Sunset asked, “Do you know the secret knock?”

Spike rolled his eyes and replied, “Of course I know the secret knock. I live here too, y’know.” He clenched his right claw and knocked on the surrounding blocks in a particular order — top left, top middle, top right, a brief pause, bottom right, bottom middle, and bottom left. Once the secret knock was completed, the stone blocks along the wall began shifting around on their own, grinding against each other as they moved aside to expose the hidden room and the Crystal Mirror stored inside, and settled to a stop in only a matter of seconds.

Sunset walked up to the currently deactivated mirror portal, then turned back to Spike and asked, “Does this thing need any particular spell to activate?”

“Not really,” replied Spike with a shrug. “Twilight told me that it just needs a boost of magical energy to get it going.”

“Sounds easy enough,” muttered Sunset as she charged up magical energy in her horn, then released it onto the magic journal mounted to the top of the mirror. She witnessed the sequence of her reddish-orange magical energy shifting through the various components of the surrounding contraption before finally being unleashed directly into the mirror itself with a bright flash. Once the flash quickly faded, the glass in the mirror was replaced with a swirling vortex.

“I’ll have to move quick as soon as I pass through, so I’d better put this back on,” said Sunset as she levitated the Jump-Gate return device out of her saddlebag and reattached it to her right foreleg. She stepped up to the portal and prepared to step through, but then suddenly paused before she turned back to Spike and asked, “Uh, is there some kind of off switch on this thing that doesn’t require unicorn magic?”

“Don’t worry,” assured Spike, “there’s an emergency lever on the back that’ll allow me to shut it off after you go through.”

“Good,” acknowledged Sunset with a nod. “Well, wish me luck.” She turned to face the portal and muttered under her breath, “I’m really gonna need it.” She took a deep breath, then reared up on her hind legs just before passing through the interdimensional portal.

Despite multiple trips through this portal, it was still a strange feeling to have her body stretched and twisted out of shape as it was pulled through the swirling vortex of rainbow colors. It was difficult to tell how long the process took, but eventually she found herself running out onto a field of cut grass. She immediately stopped herself and glanced around, confirming that she was now standing in Canterlot City’s City Park, back in the Lego World. A quick glance down at her own body also confirmed that she was no longer a quadrupedal organic pony, but rather a bipedal plastic minifig. Seeing that she had made it back to the Lego World made her smile, but then she quickly got down to business.

Sunset raised her right arm and prepared to enter a return code into the device, but paused as she considered how carefully she truly had to move. She couldn’t use the Jump-Gate in the Ninjago Region again, in case her recent brief visit had been detected and a guard was now on watch there. She had to use a different Jump-Gate that would usually see very little activity, and ultimately settled on the one in the Arctic Region. She entered the code into the device, then held her arm out forward as she hit the green open button.

The large steel doors of a Jump-Gate faded into existence right in front of her, then those doors parted open to reveal the empty interior of a research facility. Ignoring the freezing cold temperature, she quickly walked through the doorway, stepped over to the control panel on the machine beside it, then entered the coordinates that would take her right back to the floor of her hotel room in Lego City’s Paradise Sands district. The doors closed back together, then the gateway made the usual low whooshing noise for a few seconds before the doors parted open again, revealing a hallway with numbered doors on both sides.

Sunset quickly walked through the gateway and as it closed and vanished behind her, she stopped in front of one particular door and inserted her keycard into the slot beside it. With a faint beep, the door was unlocked and Sunset stepped inside. After a quick glance inside, she smiled at the confirmation that she was back at her hotel room. She then closed the door and headed down the hallway. It was now time to share her findings with her friends.


It was now the second day of the week-long vacation for the Equestria Girls. As a result of some minor disagreement, they had decided to go back to the beach and try to come up with some other activities they could do there. One idea, courtesy of Rainbow Dash, was to play a game of volleyball, so she and Applejack set up a volleyball net and prepared to play a game against some of their friends. Spike chose to join the fun by recording a video of the game on his phone.

As Spike aimed his phone at Rainbow Dash while standing close to her, she softly announced, “It’s been a grueling afternoon, but here we are: the final match! Next point wins! A hush falls over the crowd of ten thousand fans…”

Spike turned his phone towards the audience, which consisted of Rarity lying in a beach chair while holding a sun reflector in front of herself and Twilight sitting in another beach chair while reading a book. When the video turned to them, Rarity didn’t react at all and kept her eyes closed, while Twilight glanced up from her book and shouted, “Go, sports!” Twilight then just as quickly returned her attention back down to her book.

Spike turned the video back to the playing field, revealing the players for this game were Rainbow Dash and Applejack playing against Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy. For this round, Rainbow Dash was holding the ball and ready to serve it.

“I’m not holding back this time!” declared Rainbow with determination.

“That’s what I’m afraid of,” whimpered Fluttershy.

“Bring it on, Rainbow Dash!” taunted Pinkie with a scowl. “You and Applejack just bought your team a one-way ticket on the express train to you’re going down!”

Rainbow Dash smirked and remarked, “Whoa. Nice game face, Pinkie Pie.”

“Thanks!” said Pinkie contently. “I’ve been practicing all day.” When she noticed Spike slowly walking close by with his phone in hand, she quickly grabbed his wrist and pulled it close so that her face was right in the phone’s camera as she aggressively shouted, “Isn’t that right, puny camera boy?! You’re in my house now!” She then roughly shoved Spike away.

Spike staggered backwards as he struggled to regain his balance, only to trip over the cooler and tip it over as he fell over backwards behind it. “I’m okay! I’m alright!” he called out as he stood up, reclosed the lid on the cooler, and tipped it back upright. He glanced down near his feet and saw that among some of the ice that had spilled out was one can of soda. “Ooh! Don’t mind if I do…” he mumbled contently to himself as he grabbed the soda can, popped open the top, and took a sip from the cold refreshment.

“Hey, camera boy!” Rainbow Dash called out.

“Oh! Right!” responded Spike as he quickly retrieved his phone from the sand and pointed it towards the volleyball field.

With the video now on the game, Rainbow served the ball with a hard smack over the net. Fluttershy saw the ball come directly at her, but panicked and stayed firmly on the spot while holding her arms over her head. Remarkably, the ball bounced right off of Fluttershy’s head and was deflected towards Pinkie Pie. Pinkie smacked the ball forward, but aimed too low and sent it into the net, flinging the ball back at her too quickly for her to react as it deflected right off her face and over the net. Rainbow ran backwards to catch up with the high-flying ball, but tripped over herself and fell onto her back as the ball hit the sand just behind her.

Applejack started walking over to retrieve the ball, but suddenly stopped when she noticed someone approaching the group of friends. “Well well, guess who’s back?” she grumbled in displeasure.

Sunset Shimmer ran across the beach towards her friends. While her friends were all in their swimsuits, Sunset had remained in her standard outfit, having run straight from the hotel to find them back on the beach. As soon as she stopped and saw all of her friends had their — mostly negative — attention on her, she spoke up, “Great news, girls! I figured it out! Someone’s erased your memory with Equestrian magic! You don’t remember, but we’re still friends!”

“A likely story,” muttered Rainbow Dash in disbelief.

Sunset ignored that jab as she pulled a sheet of paper out of her satchel and showed the sketch to her friends. “This is the Memory Stone,” she stated. “Do any of you recognize it?”

The Equestria Girls glanced at one another and said nothing while maintaining their looks of distrust.

“Right, of course you wouldn’t,” muttered Sunset in defeat. “Whoever has it would’ve just erased your memory of ever seeing it.” She put the sketch back into her satchel, but then smiled as her hand touched her phone. She quickly pulled out her phone and began showing some pictures on it to her friends as she pointed out, “Look! See! This is proof! We are friends!”

The Equestria Girls looked closely at the images being shown to them and shared looks of uncertainty. They had to admit that photographic evidence was rather difficult to deny, though they remained pretty convinced that they had taken those pictures without Sunset.

Suddenly, Spike scoffed and began tapping away on his phone as he spoke up, “Please… Photo editing software is pretty easy to come by, and remarkably easy to learn how to use. For example…” He turned his phone to show it to everyone. “I just made Fluttershy and Applejack swap places on the volleyball field.” Sure enough, it was a picture of the volleyball field the girls had been playing on just moments ago, except Applejack and Fluttershy were standing where each other should have been.

“Yeah, wait a minute…” said Pinkie Pie suspiciously as she approached Sunset and snatched her phone out of her hand. After swiping through a few more pictures, she stopped at one and accusingly said, “Is this supposed to be me making such a ridiculous face? Ha! I’d never make a face like that!” She showed the picture to everyone with an expression on her face that was identical to the image.

With an unamused expression, Sunset flatly stated, “You’re pulling that exact same face right now.”

“It proves nothing!” shouted Pinkie in Sunset’s face before tossing the phone back to her.

Sunset fumbled with the phone, but soon firmly caught it. As she put her phone back into her satchel, she desperately exclaimed, “Seriously, what do I have to do to prove I’m telling the truth?!”

“Wait…” Twilight suddenly spoke up as she furrowed her brow. She pointed at Sunset’s arm and accusingly asked, “Is that… my Jump-Gate return device?”

Sunset glanced down at her right wrist and realized that she was still wearing the device she had “borrowed” from Twilight. As careful as she had been to avoid being perceived as the criminal that seemingly everyone now believed her to be, she now realized too late that she had failed to account for how she had acquired this device that she had desperately needed, and especially for how her friends might react to it.

With everyone now glaring at her, Sunset knew she had to say something. Since she was trying to tell them the truth, she decided to just come clean right away. “S-sorry, Twilight,” she apologized as she removed the device and held it out towards Twilight. “It was the only way I could quickly go back to Equestria to find out what’s been going on here.”

Twilight swiftly snatched the device back as she sourly retorted, “Then maybe you should’ve stayed there.”

“Seriously, I’m just trying to help you girls!” pleaded Sunset. “I really care about you!”

“I think we’ve heard more than enough of your web of lies!” Rarity firmly declared. “Consider this your final warning, Miss Shimmer. Please leave us in peace this very moment, or we shall call in the authorities to have you taken away.”

Sunset tried to respond, but as she glanced from one face to another with looks of disdain on all of them in various forms, she was forced to reluctantly accept defeat. She had given her best effort possible, and it wasn’t enough. Her friends were no longer on her side.

Sunset sighed as she hung her head in defeat, then turned around and began trudging her way back to the hotel.

“Good riddance,” grumbled Rainbow Dash as she and the others turned and walked away.

“Eeyup,” agreed Applejack. “Ah tell ya, that dirty crook will never amount to anythin’.”

Those parting words of ridicule really stung at Sunset’s heart as she continued slowly walking away with her head down. As she steadily made her way across the street and back into the hotel, she paid no attention to her surroundings. As far as she was concerned, she was well and truly standing completely alone in the Lego World.

Once Sunset finally returned to her hotel room and closed the door behind her, she flopped face-down onto the bed and finally allowed her tears to rush out. The loss of any support from her friends had left her an emotional wreck, and the only thing she could do at this point was to just let it all out. She spent the rest of the day crying in bed until she eventually sobbed herself to sleep.