The Amazing Sunset Shimmer

by KozLeMage

Volume I End - Chapter 10: The world could always use more heroes

Twilight was freaking out. And it was an understatement. She saw what happened on TV, Spider-Girl was fighting with the Vulture and their fight went into one of the building surrounding Canterlot Harbor.

No reporters dared to enter the building so everyone was just speculating on what might have happened, but just when everyone thought it was over, the building had just exploded.

On the good side, no one was hurt, the policemen had managed to keep them at a respectable distance. However, when the building exploded, Spider-Girl and the Vulture were still inside. No one saw them getting out of it. And nobody knew why the building exploded in the first place.

Twilight was pacing into her room, biting her nails, shaking and almost crying. She shouldn’t have let Sunset go, it was to risky and if she was hurt, Twilight would blame herself for it.

She sat on her bed, her legs shacking violently, stress gripping her whole body. She took her phone to check if there was news about it, if someone saw Spider-girl. But no one had seen her.

Twilight was going to scream out of frustration when she heard a knock on her window, she ran towards it and opened it, and finally, she sighed of relief when she saw Sunset sitting on the exit stairway. Twilight noticed Sunset was soaking wet and bleeding badly. “Hi Twi’.” She greeted.

“Oh, my goodness, Sunset!” Twilight almost yelled, “Come on in! Quick!”

Sunset did as she was told and took place on Twilight’s bed. “Sorry about the blood.” Sunset said, glaring at the bloody sheets she was making.

“It’s nothing I’ll take care of it!” Twilight said, she took her in a quick hug, “I’ve got a first aid kit, don’t move!”

Sunset complied and Twilight took a small kit under her bed. “Why do you have a first aid kit under your bed?” She asked raising an eyebrow.

“We never know!” Twilight said has she opened it. “Take off your shirt.”

“Woah hey Twi’,” Sunset said, smirking. “Take me to diner before, or something like that.”

“We’ve already had diner remember?” Twilight replied, soaking a cotton with alcohol.

“Meh, I guess that’s true.” Sunset stated, taking of her shirt. “Be gentle then.”

Twilight cringed when she saw the big wound on Sunset’s chest, she closed her eyes and started to disinfecting the wound.

“Aouch! Stop!” Sunset quickly said, grabbing Twilight’s wrist.

“You’re a big girl,” Twilight said, getting her hand free from Sunset. “So pull it together.”

She continued her work, to Sunset’s dismay.

“So… What happened back there?”

Sunset sighed and looked away, “We lost…”

“What?” Twilight said, taken aback. “The Vulture got you?”

“No, no.” Sunset reassured her. “I’ve kicked his ass, but there was… Someone else. He took us by surprise and I’ve managed to get the Fiend and I out before the explosion.” She gritted her teeth and a dark glare appeared on her face. “The Vulture’s dead.”

Twilight dropped the cotton she was holding has she put her hands on her mouth in shock. “That’s horrible! Are you sure?”

“No one can survive an explosion like that Twi’. And even if he did survive, which I doubt, the Green Goblin got him. So, he’s dead anyway.”

“The Green Goblin?”

Sunset rolled her eyes, “He’s… The one who ordered him to kill Celestia.”

“Does he… Knows who you are?” Twilight asked her, resuming her cleaning of Sunset’s wounds.

“It’ll make a lot of sense,” Sunset admitted, her face writhing in pain because of the torture Twilight inflicted her, “There was a video, of me at Discorp, getting my powers. He must have saw this too.”

“You got you powers at Discorp?” Twilight asked, her voice between surprise and excitement.

“Yeah, yeah, long story. That’s why I wanted your help in the first place… But if the Green Goblin has access to Discorp’s confidential files, it’ll make things harder for me.” She closed her eyes and growled, “He wants me to know that he knows who I am.”

“B-But why? What’s the point?”

“I… don’t know.” She sighed in defeat, “Maybe because I’m the only one who survived the bite. Or because of what happened two years ago. I don’t know.”

“What happened two years ago?” Twilight asked curiously.

“Nothing, forget it.” Sunset quickly added. “The point is, he knows who I am. So even if I put my costume away, he’ll still be a pain in my ass, no matter what.”

“D-Does that mean…”

“Yeah,” Sunset beamed at her, “Spider-girl’s still in business.”

Twilight chuckled, “Well, you take the news pretty easily. I would’ve thought that you’ll get after him.”

“Oh, don’t worry, I’m fucking pissed.” Sunset added, still wearing her smile, “But he messed with the wrong gal’.”

A long day of work finally over. Dr Conhorse was packing his stuff to finally get home and get the rest he deserves. As he was going to shut down his computer, he heard a knock on his office door. He wondered who it could be at this hour of the night, but he just shrugged and let out a, “Come on in, it’s open.”

The door opened to reveal a person Dr Curtis Conhorse wasn’t planning to see here.

“Good evening Doctor.” Discord said, wearing a devilish grin on his face.

“S-Sir!” He jumped from his chair and held out his only hand when he saw Discord walking towards him.

Discord watched his hand but didn’t shake it, instead he glared at him and said, “So? Is it working?”

“Y-Yes!” Curt Conhorse said, dropping his arm, “The serum is working perfectly! The leg missing of our three-legged mouse had grew back!”

“Wonderful.” Discord said flatly, no emotions in his voice. “And when are you going to test it on… more interesting subject?”

The doctor bit his lips, and looked away, “Sir, we can’t do that, the serum isn’t ready for that sort of things yet.”

“It’s your job to make it work, isn’t it?” Discord added, crossing his arms on his chest, glaring at the poor doctor.

“Y-Yes, but-“

“I don’t want any excuses,” Discord quickly said, “Our investors are coming next week and if I want to keep them interested, I need to show them something, wouldn’t you agree?”

“Yes but, we can’t do-“

“Listen carefully Curtis.” He said with a tone that clearly said he didn’t care what the doctor had to say, “Find subject to test it, I don’t care who they are, hell I don’t care if you test it on yourself… But I want results, and the sooner, the better. So, don’t waste any more time, if I don’t have it by the end of the week, you’re fired.”

As he said that, he turned around and leave the office, not even bothering to close the door. Letting the poor Dr Conhorse watch him go in total disbelief.

Discord kept walking in the corridors, to finally take the elevator. But instead of going up to his penthouse, he was heading downstairs. Where his lab was.

He entered the lab and was greeted by Dr Octavius, “Greetings Sir!” he said.

“Good evening Otto.” Discord said, “Where are our friend?”

“He’s… In the back,” The doctor said, avoiding Discord’s glare, pointing in the direction he just said.

Discord walked towards where he wanted to go and stood in front of a huge plexiglass window. On the other side of it, Adrian Toomes was tied up to an operating table.

“Adrian.” He said, taking his attention.

“You!” Adrian glared furiously at him, “What are you going to do to me?”

Discord laughed and turned away, “Well, since you’re just pure disappointment for me, I’m going to turn you in something more… disciplined. And something more inclined to do what I say.”

“What?” Adrian yelled at him.

“You call yourself the Vulture…” Discord said, getting his seriousness back, he turned his face to glare one last time at him, “You won’t be disappointed.”

“Sunset! Are you okay?” Fluttershy was the first one to jump out from her chair and take Sunset in a tight hug.

“Yes Fluttershy, I’m okay.” Sunset replied, patting the head of her friend. Shu turned her gaze to the table where the rest of her friends were taking their lunch, “Hi guys.”

“Well, Ah’ll be.” Applejack said, “If it isn’t our friend Sunset Shimmer, long time no see.”

“Yeah sorry about that AJ.” Sunset said, looking at the ground.

“Don’t you worry sugarcube, Ah’m happy to see ya’.” She said, beaming at her.

“Yeah! I’m super-duper happy too!” Pinkie exclaimed, “Now the band’s back together!”

“I’m happy to be back.” Sunset replied, taking place between Rarity and Rainbow Dash.

“Did you saw what happens this past week?” Rainbow Dash asked to her friends. “There was a huge fight between that Vulture thing and my girl, Spider-girl!”

“Yes, we all saw that, I do hope she’s okay though.” Rarity said.

“She is, no body where find, so it seems no one died…” Sunset said.

She had learned that from Twilight who learned that from her brother, so it seems the Vulture didn’t die. Sunset didn’t know why, but she was relieved when Twilight said that to her.

“I hope so… I’d actually like to get in touch with her…” Rarity stated.

“Not that again Rare!” Rainbow exclaimed, “We’ve walked with you a hundred times, no one is following you!”

“I’m not followed when I’m with one of you!” Rarity lost her temper and got up from her chair, “But I feel it, every time I walk alone!”

“That’s scary…” Fluttershy added.

Sunset put a hand on her friend’s shoulder and beckoned her to sat back. She smiled at her in recomfort but she knew she had to do something about that.

Maybe Rarity was wrong, but if she wasn’t… Then someone had choose to mess with the wrong friend.

“Don’t worry Rarity,” Sunset said, “I’m sure everything’s going to be okay.”

It was night and Rarity closed down her boutique. She didn’t have a lot of customers today, but she didn’t mind, she had more time to work on her dress for the winter ball.

She verified if the door was indeed closed, and start to walk away. She didn’t have to walk that long, she lived two streets away.

She stopped walking to take her phone from her purse and she heard footsteps behind her, she quickly turns around to see if someone was here, but she didn’t find anything. She resumes her walking and the footsteps behind her resumed too. She walks faster, and the footsteps walked faster. She turned quickly and she saw someone hiding behind a car, looking right at her.

It was enough, she was so scared she didn’t have to think twice. She starts running in her house direction, and she heard the person following her had started chasing her through the dark streets. Rarity looked around if there was someone, or something to help her, but the streets were empty.

She turned to take a dark alley, and hide behind a dumpster. She leaned against the wall, her breathing was so hard she had to do her breathing exercise in the fear of being heard. She waited five long minutes, before picking her head out to see if there was someone. But nobody was there.

She sighed in relief. Maybe she was indeed imagining things. She didn’t have time to make a step that someone grabbed her from behind and put his hand on Rarity’s mouth.

She fought and struggled to get free from him but she didn’t succeed, and he dragged her in the back of the dark alley. “No please!” She screamed, before she felt him sending her face in the wall. She was stuck against the wall and she felt the stranger’s hand going under her shirt, “F-Finally…” Said a creepy voice in her hear, she tried to scream and to fought him off, but she didn’t have the strength to do so. She starts crying, still trying to get free, but she got hit behind her head.

“Easy now, little one,” The creepy voice said, “I’ve waited so long for th-”

She didn’t hear the end of the sentence as she suddenly got free from him. She turned around to see someone on top of the guy who was stalking her. “S-Spider-girl?” Rarity asked.

Indeed Spider-girl was on top of him, hitting him in the face. “Leave. Her. Alone. Freak!” She said, punching him at every word. He felt unconscious and Rarity heard Spider-girl sighed before turning toward her. “Hi there, just figured you needed some help.”

Rarity run towards her a grabbed her in a hug that took Spider-girl by surprise. “Oh my god! Thank you! Thank you! You saved me!”

“Now, now.” Sunset replied, breaking the hug. “Just doing my job. You should call the cops or something.”

Rarity totally ignored that part and noticed what Spider-girl was wearing and her eye twitched, “Is it what you usually wear?”

Spider-girl looked at her suit and sighed, “Yeah well, it used to look good.”

Indeed, her suit was now ripped from almost everywhere and blood can still be seen on her mask.

“I’ll make a new one.” Spider-girl said.

“No, don’t be silly.” Rarity added, “I’ll do it.”

Spider-girl looked at Rarity curiously but remembered she couldn’t see her face, so she asked, “What do you mean?”

“You saved my life, this is the least I could do to repay you.”

“Miss, you don’t have to repay me, like I said, I was just doing my job.” She finished, turning back preparing to jump on the nearest wall. But Rarity stopped her by putting her hand on her shoulder.

“And I’m just doing mine.” Rarity said, beaming at her.

Spider-girl sighed in defeat and said, “Well I should take the offer, then.”

Rarity beamed once again, and held to Spider-girl her visit card. “This is where I work.” She explained.

Spider-girl put he paper in her pocket, she didn’t bother to look where she was working. She already knew. “Do you think it’ll be ready next week? I kinda need it quickly.”

“Please, darling you’re insulting me.” Rarity said. “It’ll be ready tomorrow.”

“And so, she’s making you a new suit? That’s dope.” The Fiend asked, sitting on the edge of a roof.

“Yeah.” Sunset said, sitting next to him. The lower part of her mask was off so she could eat her sandwich. “I don’t think it’s a great idea to ask her that but I know that if there’s someone who can make me a new suit, it’s her.”

“That’s nice.” He replied.

Sunset chuckled. It’s already been a week since the fight with the Shocker and the Vulture. She was glad when the Fiend told her that the Shocker has been arrested. At least there was one of them behind bars.

“I also wanted to thanks you.” He said, “You saved me that night.”

“What?” She asked, then she remembered. “Oh yeah, the explosion. Meh, I wasn’t going to let you explode there.”

“No not that, I could’ve taken it.” He said. “Thank you for getting me out of the water.”

“What?”

“I…” He avoided her look, “I can’t swim…”

Sunset waited a moment, analyzing what he just said and she laughed. He rolled his eyes while Sunset was laughing at him. “Seriously?” She asked between two laughs.

“Fuck you.” He said to her.

Sunset calmed down, but a smile never leaved her face, “And I wanted to thank you, for what you told me…” She sighed, “I couldn’t have done it without you.”

“You’re welcome. See? That’s what you supposed to say when someone thanks you.”

She rolled her eyes and laughed. They were seeing each other every day since the battle, and Sunset liked it. It was always nice having someone, having a friend who had your back.

“Hey I wanted to know,” Sunset asked, “How did you know I came from Equestria?”

“Eques-what now?” He asked her, raising an eyebrow.

“Well, you told me you knew what happened two years ago, and then you told me that you knew I was from another world.”

“Ooooh, okay I see.” He said, “So Equestria is the name of your homeworld.”

“Yes?” She said, no knowing what he wanted to say.

“I didn’t know that, I just knew you where from another world.”

“And how did you knew?”

“Well,” he started, “You’re the only girl in town having magic in your body.”

Sunset jumped from surprise, “Wait! You can feel magic?”

“Of course, I can.” He said, like it was obvious. “I’m from another world too.”

“But how is that possible? I can’t use my equestrian magic in this form!”

“Hmmm,” He thought for a moment and said, “Maybe because this world isn’t able to materialize your kind of magic. I was lucky, my homeworld’s magic is the same as here.”

“So, you’re telling me…” Sunset couldn’t believe what he just said. “That this world does have magic?”

He chuckled and said, “Spidey… Every world has magic, you just have to find it.”

‘The magic of friendship isn’t just in Equestria… it’s everywhere.’

The words from princess Twilight Sparkle appeared in Sunset’s head.

‘It’s not just the magic of friendship, but… every kind of magic.’ She thought.

As he finished his sentence, he gets up and start walking towards the stairs back of the building. “See ya’ tomorrow, I’ve got something to do.”

“Wait!” Sunset called him. It was a habit of his, leaving in a middle of a conversation. Sunset didn’t like that part of him. “What am I supposed to do now?” She asked him.

He shrugged his shoulders, “The hell I know, do what you want.” He said resuming his walk.

Sunset growled but didn’t said anything instead she just watched him leave.

“You know,” He said stopping down. “I’m glad I’ve met you… The world could always use more heroes.”

As he said that, he jumped from the roof.

Sunset waited a minute before sighing and she smiled, “He almost made me blush.”

“…Ahahah look at her!” Said one of the three boys who were picking on that little girl.

“P-please leave me alone!” She screamed as one of the boys pushed her on the ground of the playground.

It was the end of the afternoon, and no one was here except them.

“Then you should give me your lunch money, then and only then I’ll leave you alone.” The boy said smirking, his friends chuckling behind him.

The girl cried, but did it anyway, she knew better than to push to far with those boys, the last time a girl dared to say no to them, they didn’t hesitate to punch her in the face. And Wendy didn’t want to be punched in the face, she hated pain. “O-okay…” She said.

She held out five bucks from her pocket, and give it to the boys.

“See? Everything is o-” The boy started, however he stopped when he saw who was standing behind the little girl.

The three boys screamed and ran away, the boy who was picking on her dropped the five bucks in his confusion.

“What?” The girl asked herself.

They ran when they saw something behind her… Is there something behind her?

She turned her head and screamed at what she saw.

A scary man was standing here, a red glare looking right at her, and a horrible mask that Wendy knew would give her nightmare. “L-Leave me alone!” She screamed, protecting herself with her arms.

When she saw he wasn’t going to move, she dropped her arms. The Fiend kneeled in front of her to be at her size, and he grabbed the five bucks that were on the ground to give her back. “I think this belongs to you.”

But she didn’t take it, she was shaking from fear. The Fiend noticed it and he sighed, “Is it because of the mask?” He asked.

Wendy quietly nodded, it resulted by a chuckle from the Fiend.

“What’s your name?” He asked.

“M-My dad told me I shouldn’t speak with strangers.” She shyly said.

“A wise advice.” The Fiend replied. “Then, let me introduce myself.”

He took his mask off, and smiled at her. “See? I’m just a normal dude. My name’s Red Light, I’m a friend of your father, but this is a secret, don’t tell anyone okay?”

“O-Okay…” She said, blushing. “A-are you a super-hero?”

“Ahaha,” Red laughed, “Yeah you could say that. Your father told me to take care of you.”

It seemed to lightened up the mood of Wendy because a small smile started to make its appearance on her face.

“Do you know where he is? It’s been a while since I last saw him…”

“I… think he’s out of town, for work.” Red said quickly.

“Oh, okay then.” Wendy seemed to believe it.

“Now I’m not a stranger, anymore am I? What’s your name?” He asked, still smiling to her.

“I’m Wendy… Wendy MacReady.” She said.

Red pretended to think for a moment before asking, “I would’ve thought your name would be Wendy Toomes.”

“MacReady is my mother’s name.” She said. It seemed she had now total confidence in him.

It actually was easy to make a child believing in you, you just have to find the right words. Luckily for her, Red was a good guy.

“And those boys?” He asked, “Who are they?”

“That’s Dumbbell, Hoops and Score. They’re always bothering me…” She admitted.

“Now,” Red said, putting a hand on her shoulders, “Next time they’re bothering you, tell them that the Demon will come to get them if they don’t stop right away.”

Wendy beamed and said, “Okay!”

“Son of a..!” Yelled Curtis Conhorse, throwing papers across his office. “That’s what he wanted since the beginning of it!”

He punched his wall and instantly regrets it, “He knew I wouldn’t test it on human! So, he made me work on it and then, he planned to threw me out and take my project for himself!”

He looked on his desk where a vial of the serum was. Un gritted his teeth and took it, “He thinks he can throw me out like that? After all I’ve done for this company?”

He sat on his chair and put the vial in a hypodermic, and breathes one, two, three times before injecting it into his shoulder. “He’ll see, and he will kneel in front of my genius!”

Something was wrong. The Doctor immediately felled on the ground and threw up. But he also felt something he never felt, something heavy from his right shoulder. He took a look at it and saw an arm was growing were he didn’t have one.

“I did it!” He screamed.

But his euphoria was short-lived when he saw green scales starting to make their appearance on it.

But not only on his new arms, but everywhere on his body. He screamed in pain as his legs grew longer than they were, his arms too, and his tong too.

He grabbed the edge of his desk with his hand- with his claw, and the desk broke at his attempt to use it to get back up to his feet. The mirror that was on top of it fell on the ground and Curtis grabbed it, he needed to know what happened to him.

He took the mirror and saw. His face was longer than before, recovered with green scales, his eyes were also green and wider, he had sharp teeth and a very long tong. He couldn’t believe it, he was…

‘… A Lizard?’

He screamed in despair. What happened to him? But more and more as he screamed, his screams transform themselves into a laugh.

“FINALLY.” The Lizard said, watching his new arm.

“Sunset, I know things have been difficult lately. And I'm sorry about that. I think I know what you're feeling.

Ever since you came in this world, you've been living with so many difficulties.

Well, take it from old woman, those things send us down a road, they make us who we are.

But look what happened to you since then. You've made friends who are willing to give everything for you.

And if anyone's destined for greatness, it's you, Sunset. You owe the world your gifts.

Someone told me someday that with great power, comes great responsibility.

You just have to figure out how to use them, and know that wherever they take you, we'll always be here Sunset.

I'll always be here.

So please, come home, Sunset. You're my daughter, and I love you.”

Sunset hanged up her phone.

She managed to make a smile behind the tears flowing down on her cheeks.

“I love you too Celestia.” She said, putting on the mask of her new outfit.

She jumped from the roof and landed on the side of a building.

Hung on the wall, she was in total disbelief in front of the window she was staring at. Rarity surpassed herself.

Her new suit was faithful to the previous one. It still had a hood and her mask didn’t change much, she had now white fabric on her eyes to mask her glare but she could see clearly through it.

It was perfect. She was planning to take some photos, she saw on the Daily Bugle newspaper that they were researching for pictures of Spider-girl.

‘Easy money.’ She had thought.

She jumped from the wall and shot a web before she began swinging through the city. Sunset always liked selfies, so she said to herself,

‘Why the hell not?’

Twilight knew she shouldn’t be out after midnight, but on the science nerd forum she used to go, they said there was going to be a meteor shower that could be seen clearly from the edge of the city.

She wasn’t sure if her three hours bus trip was worth it, but she wasn’t going home until she had seen it.

She was sitting on a bench at the edge of the Everfree Forest. Her phone starts buzzing, it was the alarm she put to prevent her from missing the meteor shower.

She looked in the sky with her camera and zoomed in. Indeed, she saw that meteors were flying by into the sky, well into space if you want to be specific.

She filmed it for a moment before something got her attention, it was a meteor drifting from its path.

Her eyes went wide open when she saw it falling… right where she was.

She ran in the opposite direction and protect herself behind a tree when she heard it hit the ground.

‘Well… it wasn’t that bad.’ She thought.

She waited a big explosion sound, and big crater into the ground. She didn’t know why she was disappointed when she saw a small rock standing in the middle of a small crater.

“That’s… Strange…” She said mostly to herself.

She put her camera down and walked cautiously towards the meteor.

She kneeled in front of it to take a look at it, she didn’t want to take it in her hands, not now.

She lets out a scream of surprise when she saw a black sticky substance getting out of it.

It moved on its own, trying to get away from the rock. Almost like… It was alive.

“Very strange…”