“Hi Sunset!” Pinkie exclaimed.
“Hey Pinkie,” Sunset replied.
Pinkie Pie was the first to arrive to the sleepover, which makes sense since Pinkie Pie loves parties more than anyone else Sunset knows. Sunset wanted to wait until everyone was here before she explained her situation.
Around thirty minutes later, Rarity and Applejack showed up. They had been at the theater watching some sort of murder mystery movie, so they came together.
Twilight showed up next, she had been working to try to figure out if there was some way to reopen the portal. Sunset made sure to tell her that Princess Twilight’s device to keep the portal open was missing, and that the portal would open itself in a few more days.
Last to arrive was Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. Rainbow Dash had been at her first regional soccer match where she played for Canterlot against Crystal Heights. Fluttershy never missed Rainbow’s High School games, and she wasn’t going to miss her Regional League games either.
After everyone arrived, Sunset ordered a few pizzas for the sleepover. Veggie pizza for Fluttershy and herself, Pepperoni for Rainbow and Applejack, and Supreme for Twilight, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie.
Once the pizzas arrived, and everyone had settled down to eat them, Sunset decided to tell them what was going on.
She explained to everyone how she had gone to the park, and then had that weird dream. She told them about how she had walked onto the water, and how the world had transformed into nothingness. Sunset told them all about the poem, and got out her notebook to show it to them. She then told them about the girl from Equestria that she met at her highschool dance, and how she rang the bell in the dream.
“Who knows, darling, it could just be a dream and nothing more,” said Rarity.
“I’m not really sure about that, especially since we know equestrian magic exists in this world,” Sunset replied. “Dreams were a big part of magic prophecy in Equestria, and I’m betting this dream definitely means something.
“Sunset is probably right, especially since she herself is from Equestria, it would only make sense that Equestrian phenomena would still occur to her,” Twilight added.
“We’ve dealt with Equestrian magic before, and we can handle it again, I mean it couldn’t possibly be worse than anything else we’ve dealt with right,” Rainbow stated.
“Never say that, Rainbow, you know things can always be worse,” Applejack responded.
“If you don’t mind me asking, could you tell us who the pony you met at that dance was? maybe finding out if they have a human counterpart here could help,” Fluttershy asked politely.
“Oh, sure, her name was Cheerilee,” Sunset responded.
“The librarian?” the five other girls questioned simultaneously.
“Yeah, but I feel like Equestria’s Cheerilee is far different than the one here,” Sunset replied. “She’s probably some big name popstar by now, she definitely dressed the part.” Sunset smiled at the memory.
“Well if Miss Cheerilee can’t help us, we could ask Marble, She was taking college psychology classes while she was in high school,” siad Pinkie.
“Your sister was dual-enrolled in college classes?” Sunset asked.
“Yes, and she had amazing grades as well, and since you guys are my friends I’m sure she’d help us out,” Pinkie replied.
“Alright we’ll go see her tomorrow then,” Sunset said.
“You guys wanna watch a movie?” Rainbow asked. “This is a slumber party after all.”
Everyone seemed to agree that was a great idea.
“Alright guys but just one, we need to try to get to the bottom of this situation tomorrow.” Sunset voiced her concern.
Sunset went over to her movie collection, and got her copy of Dr Dolittle. She chose a comedy movie to lighten the mood of the sleepover a bit.
Rainbow dash fell asleep within 20 minutes of the movie starting. She was probably tired from the soccer match she had played earlier that day. Fluttershy had always loved this movie since she was a kid, but loved it even more now that she could relate to being able to talk to animals. Applejack was tired and chose to go to sleep at some point.
After the movie was over everyone got ready to go to sleep, they were going to go see Marble Pie tomorrow, and see if her knowledge of psychology would help them to interpret Sunset’s Dream.
Sunset had lied awake in her bed for awhile after that, she couldn’t stop worrying about what this dream meant, and why Cheerilee was part of it.
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Sunset found herself in Canterlot. Strangely nopony was around except her, and this other pony in a dark hood over by one of the streetside food stands.
Sunset trotted over to the pony and asked who they are. As soon as she asked them the question everything went dark around the two. The pony then removed her hood.
The pony had a dark purple mane with speckled stars.
“The bell has been rung and the clock is ticking, Sunset Shimmer,” The pony said.
As she finished talking a clock started chiming in the distance. Then the pony disappeared
A scroll appeared in front of her, she read the contents.
The Sun Sets in Canterlot
The time of it’s day is now Twilight
When will the sunshine return
After Sunset finishes reading the haiku, a mirror appears in front of her. She touches the mirror to find out it’s a portal. Sunset walks through the mirror.
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Sunset jolted awake to find that morning was just cracking. She went to go get her journal to write down the new poem. After she had finished writing the new poem in her journal, she decided to make breakfast while she waited for the others to wake up. Today they were going to see if Marble would be able to make any sense of the dreams. Sunset also wondered if she should talk to this world’s Cheerilee.
Sunset had finished making breakfast for everyone just as Pinkie Pie was waking up.