//------------------------------// // Just let me do this for you! // Story: Distant Shore // by Artistkun //------------------------------// Sunset Shimmer woke up with something wet touching her back. She sits up and looks around to see nothing but water that has a unique color. She stood up and was confused as to why she was standing on water. Sunset looks around and starts walking a little, observing the view around her. "This is... interesting?" She stopped when she saw her reflection in the water. She looks really different. She had her hair cut up to her neck, her hair was dyed to blue and her streaks were sky blue. She was still wearing her signature leather jacket but her shirt wasn't her usual shirt with her cutie mark on it, it was replaced by a big yellow star. She was wearing navy blue shorts and she wasn't wearing her boots. This was scaring her. She doesn't remember changing her style ... unless this was a dream. She looks around before looking back to the water. "What is this place?" Sunset asked herself. She continues to walk forward to see if there was any exit around this place. The view was the same color as the water. She raises her right arm to see that it was wrapped with a lot of bandages. She removes it a little and screams in fear because it was a prophetic arm. "How did this happen?" Sunset dropped down on her knees and began to shake in fear. She was confused and scared about what she had seen right now. She just wants to go home and take care of Lapis, the gem she had rescued from the mirror. Then something happened. The view changed and showed her some memories that she was not familiar with. It was like a lot of clips that was playing really fast, making her head feel really hard. She covered her ears when voices started to whisper through her ears. "STOP!" It really hurts. Hearing all of those voices and screaming made Sunset want to end this. "I SAID ENOUGH!" Then it stopped. The memories that were showing to the view had disappeared. The whispers were also gone as well. Sunset was breathing heavily while looking at her left hand to see it was shaking. She was scared. She heard a sound like someone was lifting something heavy. She stood up and ran towards the direction of the sound. "I'm coming to save you!" Sunset Shimmer shouted. Sunset Shimmer was trying her best to run as fast as she can. She wasn't alone in this place and she will do everything she can to escape with that person. She gasped in shock to see Lapis Lazuli, and it seemed like she was trapped in water chains "Lapis?" Sunset whispered, but she didn't stop running towards her. Lapis Lazuli heard footsteps coming close to her direction and was afraid to look behind her because it might be the gem she had been fighting. Sunset stopped and saw that Lapis' gem was fixed. She saw that Lapis seemed to struggle to break free from the chains. "Lapis!" Lapis' eyes winded in shock to hear her crush's voice. She turns her head around to see it really was Sunset Shimmer. "Su-Sunset! Why do you keep coming back?!" Lapis shouted and Sunset became confused. She didn't know what Lapis meant, but she brushed that thought away and went in front of Lapis. She got to see Lapis' eyes but she couldn't tell what color it is. "Lapis, let me free you! We'll get out of this place!" Sunset said. "I can't!" Sunset jolted in surprise to Lapis' sudden tone in her voice. "I can't get distracted! I... I got to hold us down with the weight of your planet's ocean! I got to keep her..." Lapis lifts her arm a bit and she seems to be struggling. Her? "I'm going to free you!" Sunset reaches slowly reaches out to Lapis and stops when Lapis' chains pulled her a bit but she gains control again. "I told you.. NO!" The chains drag Lapis down the water and Sunset drops down on her knees and looks at the water. She began to panic and tries putting her hand down and grabs Lapis' wrist. She tries pulling her up with the strength she has. "I... I WON'T LEAVE WITHOUT YOU!" Her hand slipped and the chains had dragged Lapis down completely. Sunset punches the water and she could feel tears coming out of her eyes. "LAZULI!" She heard another person coming out of the water and it seems like she also had water chains. Sunset saw a quartz gem located to the nose area. The gem was really big and buff. The gem looks at her and slowly crawled towards her really fast and Sunset trips down but backs away. "You..." Sunset began to panic to the scary gem that seems like she wanted to kill her. "W-Who are you?!" Sunset shouted. "You... You.... You... YOU!" The gem reached her hand out to Sunset and the former unicorn closes her eyes really tight because she didn't want look at the gem's scary eyes. Sunset opens her eyes to the sound of the gem being dragged to the other side of the water. The gem disappeared into the water and soon Lapis appeared again but this time, she was bruised up and she knelt to the water. Sunset crawled and also knelt down to look into Lapis' eyes. "Can't you see? I can't stop, not for a second. Don't try to save me, I don't want your help!" Sunset Shimmer held Lapis' cheek and looks at her with sadness in her eyes. She didn't know what to do in this situation. She felt so useless because she didn't know how to help Lazuli. "Sunset... please just leave me alone..." "But-" "JUST LET ME DO THIS FOR YOU!" "Lapis..." "NO!" Lapis looks down at the water and Sunset could only do was watch her. "I'm not Lapis anymore." The gem stood up and activated her wings to cover herself. "We're Malachite now.." With that, she goes to the water and Sunset stood up. "LAZULI!" She felt the water began to shake and she backs away. The water rises and Sunset couldn't breathe. Her eyes winded and saw a really tall gem with four eyes looking at her. "GO"