//------------------------------// // The Other Sunset // Story: Dueling Around Canterlot // by Darthvalgaav //------------------------------// Sunset Shimmer walked down an old abandoned mine shaft, a futuristic handgun in each hand. It was dark with blinking red lights in various spaces with an energy chamber right below the barrel that went down past the end of the handle. Her attire was a black leather trench coat with three metal spikes on each shoulder. Her hands were covered with black fingerless gloves while her legs were covered in ripped jeans and her shirt was had a campfire coloration. Covering one of her eyes was a device similar to that one anime with overpowered characters that was used to measure power levels. Only this one helped her detect motion in the near complete darkness. As she moved, Sunset nearly tripped on a large rock that was in her path. Shocked, she made a sound that echoed along the walls. Sunset quickly caught herself before she could fall and used the motion of her fall to move to the nearby wall where she pressed her back against it. For several minutes she remained like this, looking back and forth to see if she could see anything coming her way. Her ears also listened intently for the rustling sound her enemies would be making. Thankfully there was nothing. Good. She still had the element of surprise on her side. Surprise was something she was going to need right now. Sunset had entered this mine shaft with the rest of her team, a total of seven armed and skilled gunmen. The owner of the mine had contacted them on a mission to eliminate an infestation of very large bugs that had taken several of his workers and forced him to close down the mine. The mission seemed simple enough at the time, a standard low level mission as far as she had been concerned. That is until they got deeper into the mines searching for the damned things. One by one they became separated from the others, falling through hidden holes in the ground or simply vanishing without a trace until only the fire haired girl remained. The smart thing to do would be to head back, restock her supplies, get heavier weaponry, and return to save her allies. And she would have done it if it weren’t for the fact that she was undeniably lost. Every attempt to backtrack was met with the same results of wandering aimlessly. It was as if the mine itself had become her enemy. After Sunset started moving again, she noticed something in the air. Something that wasn’t there before. Sunset paused to sniff the familiar odor…and smiled. The girl broke into a light and careful trot down the passageway with the scent growing stronger until she saw a dimly glowing object. It was the orange glow of a barely lit cigarette whose owner pointed a sniper rifle at her as she approached. “Doc, it’s me,” said Sunset as she quickly held up her hands. Doc said nothing as he lowered his weapon. The skinny man’s white coat looked a mess, with spots of dirt and blood all over it. There were more bandages on his head while his glasses were cracked pretty bad. Looking down, Sunset saw that one of his legs was bandaged using whatever he could find which were now blood soaked. “Sorry, a bit jumpy right now,” muttered Doc before crouching. As he did, Sunset got on a knee as she searched her pockets for her emergency medical supplies in the hope that it would help her ally. “Damn things got the jump on me. Managed to get away, but not before they got a couple nips in. Seems they like what they tasted because they keep on coming.” “I thought you said you were going to quit,” said Sunset as she came up empty on anything that might help heal him. Only a few painkillers. All she could do was keep him awake and alert for the time being while hoping to find the others. One of them might have some extra supplies on them that could help. “I did,” said Doc as he pulled out his cigarette before looking at it. “But I kept one so it would be the last thing I did before I died.” “Well then you should have waited because you’re not going to die here,” stated Sunset as she got up. “We just need to find the others and then we can get you-” “Kid, it’s over,” said Doc as he placed the cancer stick back into his mouth. “You’re the first member of our group that I’ve seen in hours. The rest have probably been taken to-” Doc stopped talking instantly, taking hold of his weapon and then quickly taking aim at something behind Sunset. The flame haired girl turned around as well with her own weapons raised with fingers on the triggers. She could feel her heart pounding a mile a second as she waited, her scanned telling her that the enemy was approaching. And approach they did. Sunset gulped as they came into view, filling the tunnel behind them with an army of monstrosities. Several of them looked like dragonflies that now stood on two legs with the rest of their legs acting like clawed hands. On the ceiling were beetles whose pinchers were now equipped with blades like that on a chainsaw. Others looked like mosquitoes holding spears, ready to pierce Sunset and Doc. In the middle of them, was something that looked like a tall woman at first. But the closer she got revealed how utterly inhuman she really was. Her skin was like green armor and had butterfly like wings extending out of her back. She had pinkish, purple eyes that never blinked and a row of razor sharp teeth that grinned at her without mercy. Knowing that both she and Doc could not take out all of them with their standard equipment, as well as not knowing what was behind them, Sunset made a split second decision to activate a trap. However, when she did so everything stopped. From the energy bullet that Doc had fired to the enemy horde before them, everything seemed frozen in time. Even her own body seemed to suffer the same fate as the world around them began to pixelate widely and glitch about. Sighing to herself, Sunset used the emergency disconnect function to leave the game world behind. With a bright flash, Sunset Shimmer was no longer in the empty mine shaft but instead in the middle bustling lab full of people in white lab coats. Quickly removing the VR helmet from her head, which looked very much like a biker’s helmet with wires sticking out of the back and into the ‘immersion chair’. The immersion chair was shaped like a recliner chair and just as comfortable with the main computer being found just underneath the cushions. Since this was just the test model, there were no colors or patterns to give it any flare that she would normally prefer, leaving it a sterile white. Still dressed in the attire she was in the game, the President and CEO of Kaiba Corp stood upright while a slot opened up in one of the chair's arms to reveal her deck. “How did it go Ms. Shimmer?” asked one of the scientists as they swarmed around her. Sunset ignored them at first, rolling her eyes as she picked up her deck and put it in a deck case on her belt. Sunset then turned to look at them with a hardened glare that caused them all to take a step back. “How did it go? There was another glitch in the software! The whole thing froze when I tried to use my effect to use a trap when being attack! Something which you all claimed to have fixed!” Her eyes then turned to look at the immersion chair, the latest in gaming technology which had been in development hell for years now. The original idea for the game had come from Seto Kaiba, a virtual reality game with Dual Monsters. However, unlike the former president of Kaiba Corp, was not doing it like a straight up fantasy game but instead planned on making it the greatest MMORPG game ever. A game where you could actually play with monsters from your deck instead of just summoning them, going on mission together, and teaming up or facing off against other playing in actual battles. A place with varied interactive landscapes ranging from forests to hellish infernos to the frozen tundra. There was even going to be places in the game for those people who wanted to raise monsters like a petting zoo and crap like that! Sadly, a variety of complications soon arose for this technology. The first being an incident back when Seto Kaiba was still head of the company. A few years after his second time being stuck in VR, some moron trapped thousands of people in his own VR game for no reason. Then, after the survivors of that game had been freed, another moron tried to use VR technology to try and rule the world! What the hell?! After that, governments cracked down on the technology ending it for years. It was only recently that the bans had been lifted as long as strict government protocols were observed. So now the issue was making the game everything Sunset wanted it to be. Needless to say that wasn’t going so well. “W-We could have sworn we f-fixed the issue,” stammered one of the scientists as he took a step back from the angry teen. “We thought the reason for the glitch was because we programmed the game starts the only way to set traps was to place them on the ground and that the programming was getting confused by your effect. We even called in some other programmers from other departments to help with the issue. It should be working now.” In response, Sunset walked up to the one who had said this and jammed her finger into his chest. “But it isn’t!” shouted Sunset savagely, jabbing him again with each word. “This system needs to be able to handle any deck before it can launch. Something that has been pushed back six times already!” Before any of the scientists around her could say anything in their defense or make excuses, Sunset had spun around and began to head towards the door. “I’ll be back next week to check on your progress. If you haven’t fixed it by then you’re all fired!” As Sunset stormed out the doors to the lab, a woman in a white business suit was waiting for her. The woman, Ember, had light blue skin and darker blue hair that was cut short with white streaks on the sides near her ears. Holding a personal assistant in her hands Ember walked next to Sunset while tapping on the pad. “Have you decided to scrub the project yet?” asked Ember as she moved behind Sunset, keeping her distance but not being too far away. “We’ve already gone triple the allotted amount agreed upon for this new gaming system. Plus we are already getting negative feedback online. There are comments starting to appear on our company’s MyStable page talking about demanding a refund on their pre-orders since the gaming system looks like it will never be finished.” Without stopping, Sunset’s hands reached up to rub her temples. “I would if I could,” she stated as she fought off the oncoming headache. “But Arcane Illusions put out yesterday that they are working on the same thing as the immersion chair with a similar game. If we don’t get this up and running soon this company might be dead in the water before I turn 20.” “We still hold the market on duel disks,” stated Ember. “Arcane’s model is still twice as heavy and eats up more power than ours. Not to mention our customization lab is getting plenty of orders daily.” Sunset stopped where she was. Without a care she spun around and placed her back against the wall. “Ember, do you really think that we can keep selling the same product forever? Sooner or later someone else is going to come up with a better idea than the duel disk. I’ve already got four teams working on new models and ideas, but what if the bad press with the immersion chair keeps people from buying them? What if Arcane manages to get the chair working faster than us and then claims to be making a better duel disk than us? People will lose faith in us! They’ll try their product in a heartbeat! Then everyone here loses their jobs!” Sunset looked at Ember just in time to see the blue skinned woman roll her eyes before she joined the fire-haired girl on the wall as well. “I think you need to have a bit more faith in this company,” said Ember. “You have some of the best minds in the world working on this project. If they can’t figure it out then the clowns working at Arcane won’t be able to either. Trust me; this company is tougher than you give it credit.” As cheesy as that sounded, and let’s be honest it really is cheesy, Sunset couldn’t help but be glad for having Ember as both her bodyguard and personal assistant. She was the only one who would tell her something like this, question her choices, and so forth. Everyone else here was like a snake hiding in the grass ready to strike at the first moment of weakness. Thus Ember was the only one she could let her guard drop even slightly while knowing it was safe. The only one she trusted to make her feel better. Shaking her head, Sunset pushed herself off the wall and took a breath. “Let’s make sure everything else is in order. Do I have any more meetings?” Ember said nothing at first, simply holding up her personal assistant and scrolling down the screen. “None of the other labs has a demonstration scheduled. Nor are there any meetings. However, there are a number of complaints from labs 2, 8, and 15 having some of their staff pulled to work for Garble. It’s putting them behind.” Sunset placed two fingers on her forehead as she closed her eyes. Great, she had to deal with him again. -x- It took twenty minutes for Sunset to reach the Duel Disk Customization Department. All around her machines were at work putting together the Duel Disks while skilled workers were busy making the personal modifications that their customers wanted. Some barely required any work at all, a simple paint job that they charged $25 to $50 dollars for based on how detailed the colorations were. Others were willing to spend top dollar to modify the monster card zone slots to have a specific theme. For example, one pro player wanted those slots to look like the bed sheet ghosts one made in elementary school. To do this would require figuring out how best to modify the device so that it the tray folded neatly and lightly for easy use. Also meaning they were super expensive! The most expensive one this department had ever made was one that used gold as the metal with real gems embedded into it. That one had gotten stolen a week after they delivered it. Sunset didn’t have to look long for the person in charge of this department. She could easily spot the red skinned man who had just come out of his teens. He was tall with a buzz cut hairstyle that reminded Sunset of someone who had been in the military. However, Garble was the last person she would ever want defending this nation even as a meat shield. He stood there hovering over a table were several people were working, his high end suit looking spotless as those around him looked like they had been pulling several all nighters. “Garble!” shouted Sunset. Her target jerked back a bit at the sound of his name before turning around to look at her. At first, he looked both annoyed and angry but his expression quickly shifted to shock when he saw his boss was storming towards him. “Miss President,” he said with false pleasantry. “How good to see you. I wasn’t aware that we would be graced with your presence.” “You should have expected it to happen sooner or later,” said Sunset as she stopped in front of him, arms crossed as she did. “You’ve been pulling several of my techs working on other projects. That’s putting them behind.” She then glanced at the table where several duel disks were being made. All of them were black thus far with a twelve bladed leaf shutter in the middle. She also noticed several other components that she didn’t recognize with blueprints that did not have the Kaiba Corp stamp on them. “Please, those are dead end projects,” said Garble as he waved it off like it was no big deal. “I mean: hard light technology? That’s just idiotic. And combining motorcycles with duel disks? Who would want that? No, we need to focus on what has made this company the big buck. Normal duel disks. We’re wasting time and money with all that extra crap.” “I miss working on the candy dispensing duel disks,” said one of the people working at the table. “We were so close to keeping the candy at the right temperature so it didn’t melt while dueling.” Garble turned his head to look at the one who had spoken out, giving him a quick glare. The worker cringed enough for Sunset to notice causing her own eyes to narrow even more at what it might imply. “Actually there is a potential market for those,” stated Ember as she moved beside Sunset, briefly glancing at what was on the table as well for a moment before turning to look at Garble. “People are asking for more ways to make the duels more exciting, more action packed. Ms. Shimmer believes that hard light technology will allow duelist to interact with the field more while D-Runners will add a level of danger as well as skill.” At once, Garble’s fake pleasant demeanor shifted as he glared at Ember. “Was I talking to you? No because you’re nothing more than a secretary! Why don’t you put that public school education to use and get me a coffee!” At once, everybody in the room within ear shot stopped working to stare at Garble. Then, very slowly, they turned their heads to look at Sunset whose face remained impassive as she looked back at Garble. Then, much to the shock of Garble, Sunset smiled. “Ember, would you do me a favor and find out what Garble is working on?” As Garble gurked in surprise, Ember nodded. “Now wait a minute,” said Garble as he took a step forward while Ember scrolled down the screen on her hand held device. Sunset, however, stepped in between them while keeping her eyes on Garble. “I have a right to know what is so important that you are working on right now,” stated Sunset. “Hmm,” said the blue skinned woman as she looked back at the table. “I can’t seem to find anything on the top priority list or the anything matching the description of what he is working on. I might have missed it. Perhaps telling me order number will help track it down.” “I…I can’t be expected to remember something like that,” said Garble as he stomped his foot on the ground. “I’m a busy person who-” “Who is taking people away from projects I gave the green on,” said Sunset loudly, interrupting Garble. She had never like this man boy ever since the day he arrived. The only reason she had given him this position was that he came highly recommended by his predecessor. It soon became clear that, while he could do the job, he thought too highly of himself. He looked down at those who didn’t have the higher level education he had been afforded and often made remarks behind her back that he should be in charge of this company. That they should just keep making duel disks without expanding their business. In the past, Sunset was willing to overlook much of his asshole behavior since not many people were willing to file a complaint and he did his job. But now, he had crossed two lines. “Garble, you may not think those projects you are indirectly sabotaging are important. That we are wasting time. It is unfortunate then that our opinion is not the one that matter. Rather, it is mine.” Sunset then turned to look at all the techs who were watching them. “You may all take the rest of the day off to get some rest. When you come back in tomorrow please return to your normal lab unless I say otherwise.” The workers didn’t need to be told twice, quickly moving towards the door to escape this room. As Sunset turned to look at Garble she was pleased to see that his skin had turned a deeper shade of red. Personally she hoped Garble would let his anger make his decision for him and strike her. It would be worth the momentary pain to see Ember take him down and toss his ass out of this building. Sadly, that didn’t happen. “You can’t…” began Garble as he pointed a shaking finger in Sunset’s face. However, further words seemed to fail him as he could not for the life of him figure out anything to support why she couldn’t do this. “I can,” said Sunset in a smug tone. “Now, I want to know who ordered those duel disks to be made by the end of the business day tomorrow or else you will be put on suspension while we find out ourselves. And if I find out this is some sort of under the table job then it will cost you your job.” With that Sunset turned to leave, her jacket billowing behind her with Ember in tow. -x- “I believe it is time for us to get down to business,” said Cinch from her chair, fingers pressed against each other in a Mr. Burns-like manner as the large display screen behind her glowed a brilliant blue. Adagio was off to the side, leaning against the wall while she supposedly checked her nails. However the older woman knew that she was giving her full attention during this meeting as her eyes would briefly flicker to either her or the blank scene. Her ‘indifference’ was no more than an act. Aria, on the other hand, was sitting down on an old couch she had brought down with her attention focused on the smartphone in her hands. “What business?” asked Aria without bothering to look up. “We’ve been running around the city trying to find some loser who has any magic. If we had found someone, we would have told you. Since we haven’t, you can tell how well it’s been going.” “As for finding new minions to add to our ranks, I think I might have found a few,” said Adagio as she looked up. Aria shook her head and could be seen rolling her eyes, both neither of the other two in the room paid her any mind. “I had thought about approaching this one moron named Trixie. We had used the dummy before back when we still had our powers. However, word through the grapevine is that she’s on better terms with Sunset Shimmer and her gang. Unless we make her a more tempting offer I don’t think she would join us.” Cinch let out a sigh as she leaned back into her chair. “A pity then. How about your former sister, Sonata? Is it possible we could use her as an undercover agent?” Aria let out a dry laugh as she finally looked up from her phone. There was a cold smile on her face. “That idiot wouldn’t even know how to spell undercover much less act like a spy for us. If we did somehow manage to get her to come back she’d blow her cover within the first hour.” “And there’s no way we’re welcoming her back,” stated Adagio firmly as she crossed her arms. Cinch couldn’t help but notice that the teen’s face seemed to tint red. “I refuse to grovel before the brain dead fool in order to get her to work with us. She’d rather be a goodie-goodie so we should just forget about her.” Adagio then took a breath, her face returning to normal. “Besides, we don’t need her. I’ve heard about at least two girls who might be willing to join us if it means getting some payback to the Rainbooms. There might be a couple of other options here and there, but I’d rather not work with them.” “Sadly we can’t afford to be too picky right now,” said Cinch as she folded her hands together. “Anyone we can use right now would be a boon for us regardless of how useful them might seem at first. With the right direction and motivation any living being can be molded to serve our purposes. It is also a shame about your sister. We could have used her.” Cinch then turned around to type a few things on the control panel before her. As she did, images appeared on the scene showing them a picture of Twilight Sparkle’s house, garage, the gems belonging to the Rainbooms, and Spike. “Until we can finish making a more powerful and accurate magical detector, there are only a few beings with magic we are aware of,” continued Cinch without turning to look at the two girls. “The first being the seven gems which grant the Rainbooms their magic who are no doubt on high alert since our encounter at Camp Everfree. Trying to take their magic by force is not something we can do right now. The other is that miserable creature that Miss Sparkle keeps in her company: Spike. We might have better chances at obtaining him but for personal reasons I would rather not. At least not until we run out of other options.” “Not like we have other options,” groaned Aria. “That isn’t entirely accurate,” said Cinch. Pressing a few more buttons, the image of Twilight’s garage/lab expanded until it filled the scene entirely. “Right here is where we will find a gold mine of information. Knowing how my former student thinks, she has no doubt categorized all encounters with magic like any good researcher would do. Locations where she has found something magical or people who have been gifted with Equestrian magic. She might even have some theories as to where we might find some that she had not yet confirmed. This is why I thought reaching out to Sonata would be a good idea. With her working for us she could slip in unnoticed and deliver the information without anyone noticing.” Cinch then turned around and look at Adagio. “But since neither of you believe it would work or refuse to work with her again, we will have to try another method.” “Let me guess, breaking in the old fashioned way and stealing everything by force,” said Adagio. “Sort of,” said Cinch as she pulled out a small USB drive from her pocket. Holding it between her bony fingers she held it up for both to see. “Once we break in, the alarm will sound alerting both Twilight Sparkle as well as the local police. Meaning we won’t have a lot of time to go looking around her files to find everything we are looking for. Nor can we just steal her desktop. None of us have a car and I am sure that the police will be able to catch up with any of us running down the streets carrying something like that. Thankfully the modern age has provided us with an easy solution. Inside of this drive is a virus of my own creation. All we have to do is turn on one of her computers, insert it into a port, and the virus will be instantly uploaded into the computer where it will copy all of the data before emailing it to me. Once it has done that, it will remove all traces of its actions before going dormant until the computer is turned on again where it will send me another email of all new information. If we do this right, Twilight Sparkle and her friends will think it was just a minor break in with nothing stolen leaving us to continue operating in the shadows.” Aria rolled her eyes. “That sounds good, but what if she keeps all that information on a USB drive as well? Or if she keeps it on her computer in her own room?” Cinch paused for a minute to consider this. “I believe that the computer in her lab is our best bet,” she said as she turned around to place the USB drive on the counter behind her. “Since that is where she does all of her experiments, it would easier for her to keep the information there for easy access. Knowing Twilight Sparkle, I am sure she has the information on several separate USB drives just to make sure she never loses the information. But the main body of data will be on her hard drive.” Despite saying this, Cinch had some newfound doubts. After doing something like this, Twilight was sure to up her security measures. That or her parents might do that just to keep them safe. If they did this and came up with nothing it would make their next break in even more difficult if not impossible. However, this was a chance they needed to take. Cinch knew her own skills with science were far less than those possessed by Ms. Sparkle. Even with two girls who once belonged to a world of magic they did not know everything. Any information they got would be helpful in obtaining their goals. What’s more, if they knew what the Rainbooms were doing in advance there was a chance that they could sabotage them or beat them to their goal. There was simply too much riding on this not to do this when there was a good chance at success. “I think it's worth it,” said Adagio, speaking up again. Cinch could hear Aria groan while probably rolling her eyes. “It shouldn’t be too hard. We can just break in while those idiots are at school and their parents are at work.” “Actually, after school might be better,” said Cinch as she looked up at the screen to look at Twilight’s house. “The local police might mistake you for a couple of girls skipping school and try to get in touch with your parents. The last thing we need right now is them thinking your runaways. Also, if any of the neighbors see you there before four o’clock they might grow suspicious and call the police before you can even break in giving us less time. If you go after school lets out then it will not seem as unusual for girls heading to her home.” “Guess that makes sense,” said Adagio. “Only problem is that we don’t know when they have band practice or any of those other stupid things they do. Plus if Twilight is close to the rainbow haired loser she might super speed to us and there goes that plan.” Cinch hummed as she thought about this. The girl made a good point. If they were going to do this, they needed to be sure what those girls were going to be doing that day. Perhaps even distracting them enough so that they wouldn’t be able to focus on anything else. That or ensure that they were far enough away that the super speed wouldn’t factor in. Before Cinch could turn around to face her accomplices again, her phone began to ring almost causing the older woman to jump in her seat. It was rare for anyone to call this number since very few knew it belonged to her, two of which were in the room with her. After pulling out her phone Cinch looked at the caller ID and her eyes widened. Without anymore hesitation she answered it. “Have you finished yet?” she asked without bothering with any formalities. “No,” snapped Garble’s voice, clearly upset about something. “Then I suggest you don’t call me again until they are finished,” replied Cinch sharply as she glared in the direction of the phone. “Well they're not going to get done unless I get some help,” said Cinch’s former student in a cold tone. There was then a crash on the other line causing the older woman to think that Garble had thrown something against a nearby wall. “That bitch of a boss of mine has found out about what I’m working on for you because I needed to get extra help! I need to create a fake order into the system and soon or else I get the can. Then it becomes a problem because you don’t get what you want! So you’d better come up with a plan of distracting her while I fix this mess you put me in!” Cinch frowned deeply, bringing her free hand to rub the top of her head. This was a problem indeed. She needed that red skinned idiot to make the proper magical capture duel disks. Without him then she would be stuck cobbling together the parts like she did last time at Camp Everfree. Given how well that worked it was not something she was eager to try again. Plus knowing Garble he would no doubt sell them out if things ever got traced back to her. Meaning she needed to help him out. “I’ll see what I can do,” she said in a strained voice. “What’s your boss’s name?” “Sunset Shimmer,” said Garble. Upon hearing that name, Cinch suddenly stood upright causing her chair to roll behind her. As Garble continued to go on calling his boss plenty of foul names, Cinch’s mind began to work into overtime. Sunset Shimmer was the name of the girl who competed against her school in the Friendship Games. The girl who was Twilight Sparkle’s tag team partner! According to the information obtained by both herself and the Sirens, the Sunset Shimmer at Canterlot High was in fact from another world. Meaning that Garble’s boss had to be the Sunset Shimmer of this world! As Garble continued to ramble on, Cinch’s mind was putting the pieces into place. Sunset Shimmer of the Rainbooms was Twilight Sparkle’s friend. She came from another world. If anything were to happen to her the Rainbooms would no doubt drop everything to help her. A grin then appeared on her face. She could see the solution to their problems. And all she had to do was create a simple blog post. -x- “WHAT THE HELL!” yelled Sunset as she stared at the computer screen within her office. She stared at it, the main source of light in the room besides the glow of the full moon coming through the large windows behind her. On it was a blog post written by an Anon-a-miss II called ‘The Dual Life of Sunset Shimmer’. Mouth hanging open, she gazed at a girl who looked just like her attending school at someplace called Canterlot High. She had not gleamed the full post, only bits and pieces so far about how she was going off to have fun as a ‘normal’ schoolgirl before coming back to deal with the life as a CEO. That it was because of this divided attention that her company was falling behind on things like the immersion chair. So caught up in what she was seeing that Sunset failed to notice that the doors had been busted open and Ember was standing next to her. “I heard you scream,” said Ember quickly. “Is everything…all…what is this?” It took Sunset a moment to realize what Ember was saying. That she was looking at the screen with equal amazement and confusion. Sunset said nothing at first, just looking back at the screen. The girl on the screen couldn’t be her. She wanted to believe that this was all photo-shopped done by one of her competitors, but there was a video of her singing in a band with several other girls! Could someone have done all that? “Ember,” said Sunset as she narrowed her eyes. “Find out if there is a girl at this Canterlot High who has the same name and looks like me. If there isn’t we will ask the staff there to confirm if the general public or our investors ever catch wind of this. The last thing we need right now is for them to think I’m some sort of Disney TV sitcom star.” “I’ll have it done by morning,” said Ember as she was about to leave. However, she paused and looked back at her boss. “And, if there is such a girl?” “Then we find out what her game is and deal with it. Permanently.”