Life on Reset

by Clearnote


Chapter 1. Digging a Deeper Hole.

Sunset sat inside the Café looking out the window at anything that might catch her eye, while Trixie was up at the counter getting the coffees. She never thought her friendships would end like this. It felt so anticlimactic. No big goodbye party or long speeches filled with tears and meaningful words that summed up the years they spent together. It was just gone poof in the blink of an eye and not a feather ruffled. She felt so incomplete, she needed closure but couldn't get any, no one knew any different. To everyone else, life carried on as nothing changed only Sunset was left cursed with the knowledge of what should of been. Sunset frowned at this thought as she wondered if there was any point staying in the human world was there anything left for here.

Trixie came back carrying both of the coffee's "Here." Trixie handed over the hot drink with a small smile on her face.

This pulled Sunset out of thought's as she looked up to her friend, before giving her own small sad smile as she took the coffee from her "Thanks." She grasped the coffee as just the smell of it alone was enough to give her the boost she needed.

There was an awkward silence as they sat opposite each other, not knowing what to say. Trixie wanted to say something that would comfort Sunset and would make her feel better, but she couldn't think of anything. And Sunset wanted to say something that was positive, anything that didn't bring the mood down even more, but nothing came to mind. They just sat there sipping on coffee the only sound came from people working in the kitchen. The Silence was killing Trixie as she felt she had to say something, just anything.

"That wasn't the worst night's sleep I've had, I mean it wasn't comfy but I've had worse." Trixie stated with a small smile.

"I've had worse." Sunset stated, before going back to sipping her coffee as everything went back to awkward silence.

"Well that didn't work" The magician thought before she caught the smell of something bad, she held out her arm and smelt her armpit. She pulled her face back in disgusted while coughing. "Trixie thinks we should have gone home first."

Sunset lifted up her arm and did the same as her friend. "Yeah, maybe we should of." This caused the two girls to laugh. For Sunset it felt like it had been a while since she had laughed.

"There's no point now. It's not long before school actually starts." Trixie shrugged. Sunset let out a low groan as she thought about going back to school

She placed the coffee on the table before placing her head on the table too. "Sorry." Sunset mumbled something into the desk but Trixie couldn't hear a word of what she said.

"What was that, Trixie cannot hear you with your face planted in the table." The magician asked as she leaned in closer to her friend

Sunset brought her head up giving the light blue girl a sad look. "Are you sure you wanna hang around me, your gonna be known as a big meanie just by comparison."

This shocked as this wasn't the question she excepted but she had a good reply. "Pfft The Great and Powerful Trixie doesn't care what people say. They all view me as a joke, some second right magician, you're the only person who actually showed me kindness. So let them talk, they already do." She smiled as she crossed her arms looking confident. Sunset didn't know what to say she would say, she was speechless, she felt as though she didn't deserve her kindness. "Besides Trixie need's to make it up to you."

"What do you mean?" The bacon haired girl was puzzled as she gave her friend a confused look.

"Well Trixie promised to help stop Wallflower and I failed. So I'm gonna help you get the stone off her at least. We may not be able to get everyone's memories of you back, but we can stop her from doing this to anyone else she disagrees with."

Sunset agreed with that. Not only did she have to save everyone else from having their memory messed with, but she wanted to a little retribution from everything Wallflower took from her. "Thanks, I can't do it on my own."

"And you won't have to, you have the world's best Illusionist by your side." Trixie said with a wink making Sunset roll her eye before smirking. " You need to turn all that pain into fuel! LET IT BOOST YOU, GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH TO BEAT WALLFLOWER!" Trixie stated grandly as she stood on her chair grasping her fist in the air.

Sunset smiled at Trixie's antics and how much showmen ship she has, If anything Trixie was a born entertainer. "Your right I can't do anything if im mopey, but im gonna need your help to stay strong."

"Of course, ill do what I can. Now how do you close enough stop someone who can erase your memory... Hmm..." She gave a long hard thought but couldn't come up with a solid idea that would work. "Trixie doesn't want to say it but maybe we need help from those overpowered goody two shoes, pony girls ." The magician stated begrudgingly,

"No!" Sunset stated immediately, "They wouldn't believe us if we told them. If we did, Wallflower could turn it back on us and make it look like we we're the reason she went to this length. We need to Improve my Reputation, not make it worse."

"Good point" Trixie frowned. "Then what do we do."

Sunset sat there thinking for a moment before an idea popped into her head. "Trixie do you have any Smoke pellets left?"

The magician pulled over her bag over and looked inside. "Yeah, about five. Why?"

"Because I have a plan. We act as though we don't know Wallflower has the memory stone, but we keep an eye on her all day and make sure we don't loose her out of our sight. By the end of the day we follow her, while also staying out of sight. Once she's alone you throw all of your seven of your smoke pellets and we Charge in. Ill grab her bag, find and destroy the stone, while you hold Wallflower down. Easy!" Sunset explained before sipping her coffee.

"Sounds simple enough but what if someone from school sees us and tells everyone else?" Trixie asks worried.

"We're just gonna have to bare it. We cant let her run around with a mind-wiping stone, taking away anyone's memories. She has to be stopped." Sunset stated confidently.

Trixie smiled at Sunset dramatics, "Trixie thinks she would make a great assistant, maybe I should ask, not now focus." The magician mentally thought while she also adored how she really care's about everyone no matter how much they hate her. "Just thought Trixie should ask, sounds like a simple enough plan. With my help we'll be unstoppable."

Sunset eye rolled at Trixie's antics she but she could help but find them... cute, in a weird self absorbed way. Soon the time had got on and they made their way back to Canterlot high. They did as Sunset planned, they stayed together while keeping a close eye on Wallflower, they noticed no one spoke to her not a word. Some girls even thought she was new. She had no friends and she didn't understand why. Then it dawned on her, the stone! She must have used it so much no one at school knew her. Not only did it become a mission to save everyone from Wallflower, now they had to save her from herself.

It wasn't an easy task every time she bumped into Twilight and the other her confidence would disappear just that little bit. She would stare at her friends in class and just wished to go up to them and ask about hanging out at Sugarcube Corner later, but alas it was now of dream of thing to hopefully come. The worst thing was seeing them having fun without her and she couldn't help but feel like she wasn't important. The glaring eyes from students passing by didn't make things any easier either. Sunset felt as thought she had to cover her face and look down off to the side in shame. Trixie saw how bad this affected her friend, but was always on hand with a joke to cheer her up or distracted her by telling her about a new trick she was currently mastering. This always seemed to work Sunset either focused on Trixie or the task in hand.

When it eventually came to the end of the day they waited and watched as Wallflower made her way to the secret garden at the back of the school. Sunset recalled it from Wallflowers "Why is she going into the creepy woods? Maybe this is why no one talks to her? I mean come on, if that doesn't scream bad guy I don't what does." Trixie stated as she and Sunset peer at Wallflower from behind the wall.

The equestrian shook her at her new friend's behaviour. "She runs the gardening club, Its where she found The Memory Stone ."

"And you know this how?" Trixie asked her eyebrow raised.

"Long story, I'll tell you later. Come on." Sunset and Trixie followed Wallflower into the woods.

At the same time, Twilight and her friends step out the school seeing Sunset and Trixie sneak off into the back of the school's woods. "That doesn't look good?" Applejack commented aloud to her friends.

"No, it doesn't." Twilight frowned.

"Well let's not stand around here talking and lets follow them." Rainbow said she leads the group toe of Sunset and Trixie.

"I wonder what nasty tricks Sunset is up to now." Fluttershy worried.

As they walked on through the forest when suddenly there was a massive smoke cloud blinding everyone. while the smoke cleared they heard Sunset shimmer speak. "I got it."

"No don't! I need it!" Another voice cried.

The girls rush forward seeing Sunset holding a stone in the air while Trixie held down a girl. "Sunset! Hand back the stone! And Trixie let the girl go!"

Sunset turned her head In shock seeing her old friends, we're here. "No, no, no, no, no, no, not now! why now?" Sunset thought she cursed her luck, she exactly how this looked, but she needed to stop Wallflower, here and now. "Im sorry but I have to. It's for the greater good." At full strength Sunset threw the Memory stone at a rock, causing it to crack and break into tiny pieces, while blue sparks splintered from it. The memory stone was destroyed.

Trixie finally let Wallflower go, and she scuttled over to what was left of the memory stone picking up pieces of it as tears fell passed her cheek. "WHY COULDN'T YOU LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" Wallflower screamed hold a piece of the memory stone tightly.

"It was for your own good trust me." Sunset said calmly while she stepped back away from her slightly worried.

"You just can't change your old ways can you Sunset!" Twilight scolded as she and the girls went over to wallflower to comfort her.

"No you don't understand, she used that stone to wipe everyone's mind of all the-" Sunset was quickly cut off by Rainbow Dash.

"Quit it we don't need to hear more of your lies." The athlete helped Wallflower up with the rest of her friends.

Applejack then turned to look over at Trixie. "Can't believe you stoop as low to hang out with Sunset."

"Trixie would rather hang out with her then you dumb horse girls." The magician replied, she crossed her arm's and turn her to the side.

"Were telling Principle Celestia about this." Twilight as she walked off with Wallflower heading over to Celestia's office.

Sunset dropped to her knee's, tears flooded her eyes as she watched whatever chance she had of befriending of old friends walk away. She felt as though the door had slammed in her face with no return. She couldn't care about getting told off by Celestia, losing her friends hurt enough. Trixie walked over to her friend and placed a hand on her shoulder. "At least we stopped Wallflower. You'll always be know as a good person by me. Who cares what the horse girls think." Suddenly Sunset got and ran away crying leave Trixie by her self. The magician felt confessed when she realised what she had said. She wanted to chase after Sunset but had no idea where she went. "I'm sorry."