Sunset looked at herself in the bathroom mirror as she brushed her hair. She was wearing the nice outfit Rarity had made her. It consisted of a light blue knee length dress, navy blue leggings, black slip-on shoes, and a black three-quarter sleeved cardigan.
“Breakfast’s ready!” She heard Sombra shout. She gave her hair one more quick brush and headed downstairs.
“Good morning, Sunset,” Celestia greeted from the table, where a plate of eggs and bacon waited for Sunset.
“Morning,” Sunset replied, sitting down and starting to eat breakfast.
“Are you ready for school today?” Sombra asked.
“Yep. But I’m still a little nervous,” Sunset looked down at her plate.
“Well, don’t worry. Remember your friends are going to be there, so you’re not alone. Ok?” He assured her.
“Ok,” Sunset smiled.
“Ok. Sunset, go and get your things, it’s time to head for school,” Celestia said, after placing her plate in the dishwasher. “I’ll drop you off on the way to CHS.”
Sunset nodded and went to do just that. As she finished packing her bag, she looked over at her bookshelf, at the heavy tome that was found with her when she came through the portal. She knew there was something about the book, something important, but she just couldn’t remember what. She just hoped that someday she would remember. Shaking her head, she picked up her bag and headed downstairs.
“See you both, when you get home,” Sombra said, hugging both before they left. “How does corn beef sound for dinner tonight?”
“Sounds wonderful dear,” Celestia answered, kissing him on the cheek.
Half an hour later, Celestia pulled up at Canterlot Elementary and let Sunset out. Sunset looked over to see her new friends gathered near the entrance.
“Have a good day, Sunset!” Celestia called from the car.
“Thanks!” Sunset called back, waving as Celestia drove away. She then walked over to the girls. “Hey, girls.”
“Hi, Sunset! Are you ready for school?!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed.
“As ready as I’ll ever be,” Sunset answered.
“Don’t you worry, sugarcube, if you need help with anything you just let us know,” Applejack assured her.
“Ok,” Sunset smiled, then turned to Rarity. “By the way, thanks again for the dress Rarity, it feels and looks great.”
“You are most welcome, darling,” Rarity said. “I told you it would look good.”
“Yeah. It makes you looks 20% cooler,” Rainbow commented.
“Thanks,” Sunset blushed.
“Um, we better get going before we’re late,” Fluttershy suggested. “We need to get to home room for our schedules.”
They all nodded in agreement before heading inside. Thankfully, they all had the same home room. Sunset was told to wait outside so she could be introduced to the class.
“All right, settled everyone,” Mrs Rose Luck called, as all the students calm downed. “Now, before we get started, we have a new student to introduce,” she started, motioning Sunset in. “I want to introduce Sunset Shimmer, please, make her feel welcome.”
“Hi, everyone,” Sunset greeted shyly, waving a little.
“Sunset, you can sit between Rainbow and Flash,” Mrs Luck told her, pointing at the desk between her rainbow haired friend and a boy with blue hair. Sunset walked over and sat down at the desk.
“Hi, my name is Flash Sentry,” the boy greeted, hold out a hand.
“Hi,” Sunset shook his hand.
“Welcome to Canterlot Elementary,” he said.
“Thanks,” she smiled before turning back to look up the front.
“Now, students,” Mrs Luck started. “I know most of your brains are still in holiday mode, but it’s time to switch back into learning mode.”
She did role call before giving them their schedules and letting them go to their first class. Sunset looked down at her schedule to see she had history next.
“Hey, do you want to sit next to me in history,” Flash asked next to her.
“Sure,” Sunset smiled shyly.
And so, began Sunset’s first day of school. She found that the classes that focused on magic seem to come easy for her. One interesting thing to happen during charms class, was Pinkie placing the space expanding spell on her hair. Now Pinkie’s hair could hold all sorts of things.
“Bags can be lost or stolen, but unless you get a haircut, your hair is always there,” Pinkie had explained when asked why she did it. Sunset and the other girls simply shrugged and put it down as Pinkie being Pinkie.
By the end of the day Sunset was exhausted but happy. She was smiling brightly all the way home, and all through the afternoon to dinner.
“How was your first day of school?” Celestia asked after they sat down for dinner.
“It was great!” Sunset exclaimed. “I got to learn a lot and I made some new friends.”
“That’s good to hear,” Sombra grinned.
“Speaking of hearing,” Celestia started. “I heard about Pinkie Pie putting an expending charm on her hair instead of a bag. Is that true?”
“Yeah,” Sunset answered. “And the nurse said it’s permanent, so we just have to get used to Pinkie using her hair as storage. The girls explain to me that it’s just Pinkie being herself. They also told me about her Pinkie Sense and her always true hunches.”
“I see.”
“Yea, I suggested that maybe Pinkie should be tested to see if she has a form of seer ability,” Sunset said.
“That would explain some things if it was true,” Celestia agreed with the suggestion.
They finished dinner, then watched a movie, and went to bed.
Dear journal,
The last week has been both hectic and amazing. I’ve made so many new friends. First there’s Flash, he’s cool, in a dorky kinda way. Then there’s Vinyl and Octavia, who love music like me, only they have different tastes in music. Vinyl likes rock ‘n’ roll and pop etc. Whereas Octavia likes the more classical music.
Next, there’s Bon-Bon and Lyra, I found they like games, especially Pokémon, and Bon-Bon’s mom owns a sweet shop which I can’t wait to check out.
Last but certainly not least, there’s Trixie. She wants to be a great magician like her dad. She was feeling a bit down the other day, because she thinks that she not a good magician since she is a squib. Thankfully, I set her straight.
Well, that’s all for now. I can’t wait to see what the rest of the year brings.
Sunset Shimmer