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// Looming 
// Story: Sunset's Bizarre Adventure: Friendship is Unbreakable 
// by StardustSprinkle 
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Alone in her room, Sunset hides. The blinds shut, the lights out. The friendship she earned, the friendship she feared. They called her the cursed; her friends claimed otherwise. Nevertheless, one disaster comes after the other. What if my friends are wrong?
Sunset groans at the thought, burying her head in her hands. Her fists clutch, pulling strings of red out. 
"Days Gone By..." Sunset mumbles as a humanoid figure with crimson color and yellow strip emerge. Sunset examines her stand: The figure, with glowing orange eyes, hair flowing like flame, yet lacks a mouth, standstill.
"That is enough," Sunset sighs, reach a hand out as her stand pulls its' master up from the ground: "Thank you," Sunset says as her stand vanishes into thin air. Sunset sighs again as the girl drags her body across the room and opens the blinds. The afternoon sun brights up the entire room as shadows are cast-off to the nether. Sunset turns around, leans against the window frame, and observes her room. Where there is sun, the shadow will die. However, what of the corners where the sun will never shine? Sunset frowns at the thought, pulling the blinds down again. The room is once again engulfed in darkness. 
My friends, they have been at my side; Sunset covers her face with a palm: But what have I ever done for them aside from bringing disasters? Is there anything I can do? I should leave them alone, right? Would the dazzlings have attacked regardless of my existence? Would Luna be ok if I never came to this school? Did I bring all those bad things? Or was it just bad timing? Sunset lets out another sigh. 
"We used to fight with each other!"
"Agh!" Startled by her phone, Sunset falls off of the frame and lands facedown on the ground. 
"Hi, Rainbow," Sunset picks up the phone.
"Sunset, where the hay are you?" Rainbow shouts: "I called you like five times!"
"Sorry, sorry," Sunset gets back on her feet.
"We are supposed to meet at 3, remember?" 
"R...right!" Sunset hastily puts her jacket on before hanging up: "Just one minute!"
They are my only friends, Sunset thinks, her mind still clouded: And I will protect them, no matter the price. 
As Sunset leaves her apartment, a tiny insect with glowing green eyes and tree-like skin follows closely. 



"Where are you off to?" Chrysalis asks while lying on the sofa.
"Your story," Twilight says with a cold tone, putting a hoodie on: "I must know whether it is true or not."
"Then be my guest," Chrysalis sighs, shaking her head as Twilight, a few machine-looking purple arms, each with three fingers and multiple joints connected by a ball-like structure, grabs a book and shoves it into Twilight's abdomen.  
"You ok?" Chrysalis asks, raising an eyebrow as Twilight's upper body curls up. 
"I am fine," Twilight gagged before hastily leaving her house, slamming the door shut. 
"If you say so," Chrysalis rolls her eyes as a bug-like creature emerges from her sleeve, flies out of the window, and follows Twilight. 



"Where is Sunset?" Rainbow groans.
"Girls, I do not know if you have taken notice of this," Rarity pouts, struggles to think of a word: "But Sunset has been...eh..."
"Secluded?" Fluttershy adds, petting a rabbit on her laps.
"Yes, what she says," Rarity gives credit to Fluttershy: "The point being, Sunset is reluctant to share anything with us."
"Maybe she is just tired?" Applejack adjusts her hat: "It has been rough for her recently."
"We need to throw a party for her!" Pinkie says, firing the party canon as confetti cover her friends: "You know, to show Sunset that we love her!"
"Thank you, Pinkie," Rarity coughs up a few confetti: "But I do not think that is it."
"I agree with Rarity," Rainbow adds, still looking at her phone while Fluttershy gives Pinkie an angry stare: "Ever since the incident with Luna, Sunset just...cut herself off from us!"
"Maybe Sunset thought she was bringing us bad luck!" Applejack says, pulling Rainbow's phone away to her hand with the help of stand power. 
"Give it back!" Rainbow run-up to Applejack, trying to get her phone back.
"Then that is it! We need to throw a party!" Pinkie refrained from firing the party canon again so to avoid Fluttershy's stare. 
"Pinkie may be right," Fluttershy says as the rabbit snore on her legs: "We just need to let Sunset know that we are here!"
"Sunset?" Rainbow snatched her phone from Applejack's grasp, but instead of checking her phone, Rainbow's attention was diverted to a hooded figure next to the portal.
The figure tilted her head slightly, revealing a strange device in her hands.
"Oh, no, partner," As her power activates, the device flies out of the figure's hand and to Applejack's grasp. 
Having no options, the figure runs in the opposite direction.
"Wait up!" Rainbow throws her phone at Applejack before launching herself at the figure: "Anvil Chorus! Help me!" 
As a blue line covers her body, Rainbow pulls the figure flying towards her. However, just as Rainbow's hand touched the figure's back, the figure disappeared into nothingness.
"Um, girls? Who was that?" Just arrived at the scene, Sunset is visibly confused about the situation.
"I do not know!" Rainbow stares at their hands, jaws dropped: "What was that?"
"Do not know," Applejack put Rainbow's phone into her hands before showing Sunset the device: "But we have a problem!"



On the other side of the school, where the student battled the sirens weeks ago, a book flips open as a hooded figure slowly crawls out. The figure covers her mouth with a hand before vomiting out a book named: Portal Two.
"Ough! Ough!" The figure coughs, struggling to get up. It is indeed hard to keep two abilities together.