The second Mr. Cake walked into the kitchen for dinner, Sunset held up the mysterious letter, figuring he would tell her where it came from. Mr. Cake glanced briefly at it as he hung his jacket up. "Never seen that before. Where'd you get it?"
Sunset felt her heart pound as she lowered her hand. "I found it on my desk in my room. I was hoping you knew something about it since Mrs. Cake didn't."
"Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance." Mr. Cake pulled a chair out to sit down in.
Sunset sighed as she flopped unceremoniously into her seat. Mrs. Cake placed a bowl of stew in front of her. "Sorry dearie. How about you eat some dinner?"
"Okay... I just don't know who could have sent me a letter, or why they would place it on my desk in my room and not in the mailbox with the rest of the mail." Sunset mumbled to herself as she picked her spoon up, stirring it absently as she stared at the letter.
"Oh for crying out loud! Just open it already Sunset... it ain't gonna jump up and bite ya if you do!" Mr. Cake groaned, rolling his eyes at her.
Sunset sighed, before carefully sliding the envelope open. A single piece of paper fell out, landing face down. Sunset picked it up, flipping it over so as to read it. As she scanned the words on the paper before her, she felt all color drain from her face...
Not everything in the Past is as Clear as Day. You must find the Truth before it is too Late!
"It's not signed..." Sunset weakly told her guardians as she curled her fingers around it, crumpling the paper.
Mrs. Cake frowned, looking over her pale complexion. "What does it say, dearie?"
"Nothing...it says absolutely nothing." Sunset hurriedly lied through her teeth. She had no idea what the note was talking about and wanted to wait until she did before confiding in anyone.
Sunset crept out the front door silently, pulling her hood up even as she flipped her flashlight on. She wasn't entirely sure why, but she wanted to see if Princess Celestia knew anyone that had this particular handwriting. Sunset was aware that her hunch could easily be wrong, but with the way it just appeared in her room, she suspected Equestrian magic was a hoof here. Which meant a little trip to her old home...
Which was easier said than done. Sunset blinked rapidly, vaguely wondering if the tall fence had always surrounded the school property. Shaking her head, she quickly climbed it, her jacket snagging briefly against the wiring at the top. Gritting her teeth together, she dropped to the ground, nearly losing her footing. Ducking behind a tall bush, she watched as a security guard walked past her hiding place. Way harder than she thought it was going to be.
Sunset closed the door to the elegant bedroom in the palace, panting only slightly over her wild dash through Ponyville, and all of Canterlot, to this particular room. The young unicorn trotted over to where her former mentor was sleeping, hoping against hope that she was right about this...
"Princess Celestia?" Sunset lifted a hoof up, gently prodding the sleeping ruler. "Princess Celestia I need your help with something..." Sunset used her magic to lift her mysterious letter up for the dozing princess to see.
A soft moan escaped Princess Celestia as she rolled over to crack one eye open to see who was in her room. "Wha... Guards!" Sitting upright, she turned to look to her bedroom door...only to find her sister sitting there eating popcorn while blocking the guards from coming in.
"You might wanna check who it is that you are yelling for the guards for." Princess Luna nodded her head towards the young unicorn.
Princess Celestia blinked slowly, before adjusting her gaze to the nervous pony standing by her bed. "Sunset Shimmer? What are you doing here?"
Sunset could feel her ears press themselves flat against her head. "Well you see this letter appeared out of nowhere for me and since, obviously Equestrian magic was used to get it to me I was wondering if you could tell me who wrote it..." She once again held up the piece of paper for examination.
Princess Celestia used her magic to turn on a lamp near her bed, examining the writing closely. After awhile, she shook her head as she pulled back. "Sorry Sunset. I do not recognize the hoofwriting." Pausing, she finally registered the reason why her guards haven't responded to her call. "Luna what are you doing here?"
"I figured if Sunset is sneaking about to see you in the dead of night that it might be interesting to see what you're reaction would be."
"You've been spending too much time in Pinkie's dreams."
Sunset coughed, taking a step back as she glanced between the two royal sisters. "Right... I think I better get going. I have things to do in the morning and people will notice it if I'm overly tired."
"Good night Sunset." "Next time wait till morning or something...."
Sunset stifled a yawn as she rolled over, blinking sleep from her eyes. Saturday Morning and she had no idea what she was going to do today beyond help the Cakes with the twins. Sighing, she sat up...just as a bright flash of light came from her desk. Alarmed, she sprang from her bed, climbing down swiftly to where the light came from. When she arrived at her desk, she found a plain package with her name written across it sitting on top of it. A shiver rippled through her as she looked down at the package, realizing that it had the same writing as the mystery letter. Carefully picking it up, she rolled it in her hands, trying to guess what was in it. Taking in a deep breath, she carefully unwrapped the package.
"Sunset! Time for breakfast!" Mrs. Cake called out the same time that Sunset glimpsed what was in the package.
"Coming!" Sunset sat the package down, hurrying to join the Cakes for the meal...