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// Frontier of Nightmare 
// Story: Bloodborne: Before Dawn 
// by StardustSprinkle 
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"Shut up!" Sunset shouts as she pulls on her bacon-colored hair violently: "SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!"
"Excuse me," Luna asks: "Are you talking to me?"
"Princess Luna!" Sunset turns around, looking like a lunatic from many nights of sleeplessness: "Great to see you!"
"Um, ok?" Frightened, Luna backs off: "What are you doing at the portal this hour of the day?"
"Going back home!" Sunset replies, wearing a big, twisted smile on her face: "Oh! Look at the time! Gotta go, bye!"
"Sunset, wait!" It's too late. Sunset plunged into the mirror without noticing the glow on her blade.
"That can't be good." Luna sighs as she bathes in the morning sun.



"Fear the old blood..."
"Shut up..." Sunset murmurs as she opens her eyes. A cold sensation on her fingers implies that she's either a human in Equestria or the mirror teleports her to another realm. The howling of unholy beasts echoes through the land as Sunset gets back on her feet. This is...definitely different. The only familiar thing in this strange land is the blade she obtained from the ancient castle. Once Luna's possession, the sword emits a comforting blue light. 
"Sunset..." A voice calls out as footstep approaches the cave she's in "Sunset...". It sounds like Twilight.
"Twilight!" A glimmer of hope! Perhaps this is Equestria! 
"Sunset..." As the footstep gets closer, the voice becomes more distorted: "Sunset, Sunset, Sunset, Sunset..."
"T...Twilight?" Sunset reaches for her only friend: The Moonlight Blade. 
"SUNSET, SUNSET, SUNET, SUNSET!" the footstep grows more rapidly as it gets closer. Finally, the beast reveals itself: It's a tall, furry skinny werewolf-like creature with a vertical mouth in the middle of its' otherwise featureless face. 
"SUNSET!" The beast screams as it gets on all fours.
Stay calm! Sunset thinks while reaching for her sword: Stay calm! Don't panic! Years of facing dangerous creatures in Equestria now paid off. 
Fortunately for her, the beast was cut down before it has a chance to strike. 
"Good day to you, madam," the man with long ax bows: "You don't seem like a hunter."
"No, I'm not," Sunset replies: "Thank you for saving my life."
"Tis' but my duty," the man says before turning the long ax into a one-handed one by folding its' handle: "What is an outsider like yourself doing here? It's quite dangerous."
"I don't know anymore," Sunset replies: "I started to see those monsters a while back, and...then here I am. Anyway, I don't even know how to explain this whole situation."
"I see," The hunter says, putting his weapon away: "If you don't mind me asking, where did you get that blade?"
"Huh? This old thing?" Sunset looks back at her sword: "I found it in the wild."
"Of course," the hunter says: "It reminds me of a certain individual."
"Anyway," Sunset shifts her attention back to the stranger: "What is a hunter?"
"It's easy, really; you get a weapon and slaughter beasts," the man says.
"So is there..." Sunset stops before asking another question. Something is wrong with this man. 
"Madam?" the stranger asks: "Are you alright?"
"Wha? Yes, I'm good."
"I know of a safe place," The man says: "I can lead you there if you are interested."
"Oh, thank you! You are a lifesaver!" Her instinct screams at her as she tries to stay calm.
"As the plain is cleansed of beasts," the man bows: "Lady first."
"Oh, you are too kind!" Sunset takes a step back: "You first!"
"I insist!" 
"Ok," Sunset swallowed her heart. What's the worst that could happen? 
As she makes her way out of the cave, passing the hunter, Sunset felt something approaching her. She turned around and was greeted by an ax. The same ax was used to save her life. Luckily, she was able to grab the hand wielding the ax and takes it from the wielder before giving him a heavy head-butt.
"Gah!" The man cries out: "What reflex!"
"Stay back!" Sunset shouts, unfolding the ax and unleashes its' long-handle.
"What reflex!" The man mumbles: "You lied to me, fellow hunter."
"Just stay back!" Sunset shouts as her hands shake: "I don't want to hurt you, so just stay back!"
"Well, well," the man turns invisible for a second before showing himself before Sunset's face: "Aren't you a special one."
"Let go!" Sunset shouts as the man tries to take the ax away.
"It's too late, my friend!" The man says before bursting out in laughter: "It's either hunt, hunted!"
"I said, let go!" Sunset knocks the man to the ground with another head-butt before taking full control of the weapon, lift it high in the air, and swings down with her full might: "Why won't you listen!"
Welp, I'm done for, the man thinks, struggling to stand up: How is she still standing?
"Why won't you leave me alone..." The ax stops before touching the man's skin: "Get out of my sight..."
"Are you sure of it?" The hunter asks mockingly: "Next time we meet, you won't get this lucky."
"Next time we meet," Sunset says with a shaky yet cold voice: "You will regret your birth."
The hunter gets on his feet and retreats without his weapon. 
"Stay away..." Sunset drops her ax: "Just stay away."