In the Afternoon, Sunrise (who passed the first half of the day moaning and depressing) walk outside of his room to see if he could find something interesting to do, but he don’t.
“Maybe eating something will change my mood, said Sunrise. I didn’t eat anything since yesterday”.
Sunrise use his magic to create a delicious cake out of nothing. He take a bite, but he don’t feel better and destroy it. Meanwhile, Starlight had come back with Sunset in Equestria.
“So, where i can find him?” said Sunset.
“At Canterlot, said Starlight. He live in the royal castle.”
She teleport herself and Sunset Shimmer directly to the castle entry. The guards let them pass and the two mares enter the castle and they go directly to Sunrise’s room, but he is not inside.
“Where is he? He never left his room, habitually, said Starlight. Maybe he is in the dinning room.”
The mares walk to the dinning room and they see Sunrise (really pissed) magically making objects out of nothing to destroy them with rage. Starlight enter the room but Sunrise don’t seem to see her.
“Hey, Sunrise!” said Starlight
Sunrise look at her and stop to destroy random objects.
“You saw nothing, he said. What do you want?”
“I was searching you, she said. I wanted to present you one of my friends, she wanted to see you in person”
Sunset appear in the room and present herself.
“My name is Sunset Shimmer, she said. I am a former Celestia student and a friend of the princess Twilight. I am from another dimension, totally different but also very similar to Equestria. I could make you visit my world one day, you’ll love it. I was a villain in the past, mean and jealous, but today, not anymore.”
“Nice to meet another hero, said Sunrise, trying to look interrested. I am Sunrise Freezer, a multi-millennium Magician, hero and inventor.”
“I know who you are, said Sunset. Starlight told me your story, she didn’t stop talking about how cool, powerful and heroic you are”
Starlight stare at her with frown eyes. Sunrise walk outside the dinning room and disappear by teleportation.
“Do he is always like that? Asked Sunset. That was cold of him to leave without saying anything”
“No, this is the first time he act like that, said Starlight, that’s strange. Maybe his happy and peaceful side was just a mask to hide who he is really: A cold-heart liar and impostor.”
“I think something is bothering him.” said Sunset
“Maybe he feel culpability for lying to everyone about his true nature.” said Starlight.
“Seriously, Starlight, said Sunset. Let him the benefit of the doubt...”
“Anyway, i have to leave you, said Starlight. Trixie wanted me to help her for her magic show of tonight. So i will see you tomorrow!”
Starlight disappear and let Sunset alone in the castle.
“Great, now i am alone and don’t have the foggiest idea of where Sunrise is.” she said.
She decide to explore each room of the castle, hoping Sunrise would be in one of them. She finally find him in the garden, lying in the grass using his magic to make a flower grow and regress. Sunset walk in his direction slowly and sit near to him making Sunrise turn his head toward her.
“You again? He said. What do you want? An autograph?”
“I just want to talk with you, she said. You seem to feel not good”
“I am fine, he said. I am just bored a lot.”
“So, maybe we could talk together, i am sure you have good subjects of conversation...” said Sunset
“I have nothing more to talk about except if want to heard my origin story” he said
Sunset begin to lost her patience due to Sunrise attitude.
“Can i ask you something?” she said.
“Make it quick.” said Sunrise.
“Do you have a friend?” she asked.
“Hard to make friend with someone when you are immortal, he said. I realized because of it that a social life is impossible and i decided to stay alone, saving the world and working on developing the magic.”
“This is not a reason for not making friends, said Sunset. I mean, Twilight is immortal AND she have a lot of friend, me included, Discord too. They both know their friends will die one day, but they don’t think about it and just live in the present.”
Sunset came closer to him and put her right front hoof on Sunrise left front hoof to read not in his memories, but in his heart. She saw in it an intense sadness, bitterness and frustration, so intense she even feel the same way for a short moment. She come back to reality with tears flowing from her eyes.
“You know how i am feeling now” said Sunrise, visibly conscious that Sunset read in his heart. I know you can read memories, Sunset and i know Starlight have suspicions on me and she use you to confirm them. She is right: I am effectively the one who planned the attack”
Sunset is surprised and Sunrise smile.
“Read my memories and you will understand everything” said Sunrise.
“Really? Why?” she said
He put his horn against her horn, letting Sunset access to his memories. She see his past (pretty similar to his story told in the Chapter 6 and 7, except for one tiny detail.) All of his 3000 years of live (in fast forward), and the day he was sealed in a magic talisman by an unicorn. But she do something she didn’t know she could do: She could see everything by using the talisman as a camera and what she discovered shocked her.
“I know why this unicorn did that to you, said Sunset. But you won’t like to hear what he did after you get sealed.”
“You don’t have to, he said. I saw what you saw while reading my memories. That disgust me he stole my fame, my work and erase my name from this world with the Hourglass of Fate, an artifact i created who can erase from every books and memories the name of a living being from any time in the past. He told me he will erase my name from History and look like he did it, because i couldn’t find my name in any of the books i wrote.”
“That don’t explain why you did planned that attack...” said Sunset
“This is evident, he said. I wanted to be remembered again, become the famous hero i was in the past. This is the best idea i had to have the attention of Twilight and the others famous figures of the moment. Do you believe me if i told you i was feeling bad for the poor innocents that suffered, even if i could repair everything at the end. But If i felt like what you saw in my heart, this is for another reason.”
“What is it?” she asked
“Despite everyone in this world knowing who i am now, i have the feeling no one really know me, he said. Despite having a lot of attention from everypony in town, i feel like i am completely alone sometimes.”
“I think i know why do you feel like that” said a familiar voice from behind them
That was Twilight.
“You were spying?” said Sunset.
“I heard everything, said Twilight. I should be mad at you: You put our kingdom in danger for being famous again.”
“So why aren’t you mad at me?” asked Sunrise
“First, you shown honesty when you admit you planned this attack, she said. I am not stupid and i know how to recognize a set-up when i saw one. But despite of that, Honesty is one of the Elements of Harmony and that show you have a pure heart.”
She sit close to the two ponies.
“I also felt bad for you when you told your story two days ago, she said. From what you told, i realized you never really profited of the life, your life. You live since 5000 years, spent 3000 of them developing the magic and saving the world and the 2000 lefts, trapped in a magic artifact. I am very sad that pony did what he did to you, this whole time we were glorifying an impostor and a liar. I promise to make sure everything he did will be know from everyone in the world”
“Thank you, princess..” said Sunrise.
“This is why i can’t be mad at you, she said. For everything you did in the domain of the magic, i admire you. You’ve done so much for everyone and now, I think this is our turn to show our gratitude by offering you what you never had.”
“Sex?” said Discord, coming out of nowhere.
Twilight, Sunset and Sunrise gave Discord a cold stare.
“What?! He said. This is not my fault if that line sounded sexual”
“Well, this is one of the pleasure of the life, said Sunset. And personally, I wouldn’t say no to him.”
Twilight give her a cold stare, but Sunrise don’t have any emotion.
“But now, what you need is a life, friends and have fun” said Twilight.
“But i love being a hero, i really care about justice, but this world have already great heroes and it doesn’t need me.” said Sunrise
“I know exactly where you could live, said Sunset. You could be very helpful and useful in this place”
“He could also live here, in Equestria. Said Twilight. They are so many thing Sunrise have to see here”
“Same for the world i am living in” said Sunset
“Sunrise will stay with me in the castle!...I mean, Equestria!” Said Twilight.
“No, he will stay with me in my chamber!...I mean, in my world!” Said Sunset.
“What are they doing?” asked Sunrise to Discord
“I think they fight for you and you should feel really lucky. Said Discord. You want Popcorn?”
“Why not? I wonder how long they will fight each other like that” said Sunrise
Starlight appear in the garden and see Sunrise and Discord looking Sunset and Twilight fighting.
“Maybe i should come back tomorrow...” she said before teleporting somewhere else.