//------------------------------// // sunset vs the neckbeard day 2 // Story: Sunset vs the Neckbeard // by Autistic Witch //------------------------------// Sunset’s bedroom Aug 31, 2015 The sound of her alarm rang through Sunset’s ears. Her initial attempts to block out the noise proved fruitless, until she remembered her ears were still on top of her head. The universe would not be so easily defeated in its attempts to wake Sunset up however. The cold air of the room bombarded Sunset’s body as the blankets that had once been covering her were now gone. It was not until Sunset’s favorite sound in the multiverse brushed her ears did she finally give into defeat and begin actually waking up. “Good morning, Sunset.” her favorite sound came again, and Sunset looked up to see its source. “I’m cold.”, she said in a childish tone. “Well, you’ll be less cold once you get dressed. Now come on, we need to get ready for school.” “Mmm, blanket.” “Sunset, if you don’t start getting ready, I’m gonna teleport you into a cold bath.”, Twi said while walking down the stairs. Knowing from past experience that this was no idle threat, Sunset sprang to life and began to chase after the purple feathered beauty. “I’m coming. I’m coming.”, she frantically said in her normal voice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canterlot High cafeteria Lunchtime Once again, the Rainbooms were sat around their usual creaky, old lunch table that probably hadn’t been replaced since the cafeteria was first added in the roaring 20’s; enjoying reject batch baked beans, vegetables that turn to green goo when stabbed, and meat that the school claims is beef - buuut; and experiencing the added company of Le Parfum. The normal chatter at the table ceased when Stinkus Ultimus made its, and its owner’s, presence known. The seven girls all turned their heads to face the interloper who dared intrude upon the sacred lunchtime meeting ground of the Rainbooms decreed as such by the sacred highschool rights of highschool politics, dibs, and ‘this is where we’ve always sat’. “Hi, Sunset. Can I talk to you in private?” “No, you may absolutely not. Anything you could possibly need to say to me in private, you can say in front of my friends.” “Okay, then mind if I sit here?” “Actually yes, I do-” was all Sunset was able to say before Obadiah sat on the seat directly to Sunset’s left, causing the chair to screech like it was being murdered, “-mind.”, Sunset finished under her breath. "Until this is over, I need to sit in the middle." Sunset telepathically transmitted to her friends. "Understood." They all replied across the link. “I know what you did yesterday.” “Oh, do you mean me embarrassing you and sending you waddling back to your mommy.” The other girls giggled at that, remembering their own memories or the telepathically transmitted memories Sunset gave them. “You used your powers to block my powers after I called you a mere mortal, and that’s why I couldn’t smite you and your friends. I was mistaken when I called you that.” “Hmm, yes, yes, you were.” “I don't know why I was not able to sense it before. You are clearly like me, and this is why we should join together in marriage and power, destroy the United States government, and rule over this county as its rightful king and queen.”, Obadiah said in a grandiose tone that was filtered through his fatty face. “No, thank you. I’m already one of the rulers of great land.” Thinking that this interaction was over, Sunset turned her head back to one she calls “the center of her universe”. The wannabe king was not pleased by this. Obadiah stood up and began to shout. “What do you want me to do to prove to you that we are destined to be together?! Do you want me to fight her?! I’ll kill her if that’s what it takes?!” It was that moment the world stopped. The cafeteria had already gone quiet due to Obadiah’s shouting, but now every insect, bird, mammal, and reptile around the school went quiet. Even the mechanical noises from the lights, kitchen, and sky seemed quieter. The air was completely still. You did not need to be magic to feel the power radiating off of Sunset. It billowed and rippled through space. The temperature in the room was rising. Sunset slowly stood up and turned to face Obadiah. Even though the two were the same height, at that moment, Sunset seemed to tower over him. Those who believe that an alicorn’s rage is the most terrifying force in the world are mistaken. The only thing more terrifying than an alicorn’s rage, is the rage of a teenage alicorn. The Rainbooms didn’t need any warning. They knew it was time to duck and cover their ears. With the full force of the royal Canterlot voice “How dare you threaten my beloved! How dare you even think that I would go out with you if you threatened my beloved! I wouldn’t go out with you even if I wasn’t in a relationship! You are absolutely disgusting! You’re covered in grease, you smell like rotting food and shit, and you can’t take ‘no’ for an answer!”, Sunset said, now trying to catch her breath. “I-I-I-Its not my fault I’m too big to wipe!”, Obadiah shouted before waddle-stromming off. That last statement stunned everyone else into continuing the silence for a few moments longer. The extended silence was finally broken by a simultaneous “ewww” from everybody in the lunchroom. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Second floor hallways of Canterlot High 5th period Sunset was making her way back to class from the bathrooms. The class was AP physics. Meaning it was one of the few classes she shared with Twilight. Meaning she didn’t want to waste a single moment of that class, but alas, the Hershey squirts waited for no man, woman, or teenage demi-goddess, especially not ones caused by highschool cafeteria food. Sunset would bring her own food if it didn’t mean it would be cold. She did once try to use her powers to heat up her food, but that led to her melting the plastic container. The occasional clenched ass run to the bathroom is preferable to cleaning melted plastic off your hands. Sunset was almost back to her class when Stinkus Ultimus Shitus hit her nose. Sunset rounded the corner, only to see the shit-meister himself. “What do you want now?” Sunset was tempted to use one of the many colorful nicknames he gained after the incident in the cafeteria, but decided not to. She just wanted to get back to Twilight. “You humiliated me in front of the entire school.”, Obadiah barked. “Half the school. Only half of the student body can fit in the cafeteria at a time.”, Sunset corrected. “Whatever! You will fight me for your honor. Right here, right now.” “What, you don’t want anybody else watching? Is it because you know you’ll lose horribly?”, Sunset teased. “Fight me!” Sunset just shrugged. “As you wish.” Obadiah immediately charged towards Sunset. Sunset just sidestepped the attack. Obadiah tripped and tumbled to the floor, landing with a resounding thud. That probably could’ve been picked up on the Richter scale. With a great deal of effort, Obadiah managed to stand back up. When he turned around to face Sunset again, blood was gushing from his nose, and he looked to be on the verge of crying. “Dude, you should go to the nurse’s office.” “No, this fight is not over!” Obadiah began clenching his nose and started crying. Being completely done with his bullshit, Sunset walked over to Obadiah and lightly push-kicked him in his stomach, sending him to his ass. “Now this fight is over.” Sunset then turned back to finish walking to class. “Get back here! This is not finished!”, Obadiah screamed. Sunset just ignored him. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Band room of Canterlot High After school Sunset had told the rest of the Rainbooms about her encounter with Obadiah in the hallway. She had already called her parents and was now waiting for her name to be called over the intercom. “Maybe he was too embarrassed from being beaten by a girl that he didn’t tell his mom.”, Rainbow said. “Doubt so. He was crying like a baby during the fight. He probably called his mom the moment he got to the nurse’s office.”, Sunset said. "Sunset Shimmer to the principal’s office." was then heard over the intercom shortly after. “Told ya.” was all Sunset said before walking out the door and to the shit show that was about to ensue. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hallway outside of the principal’s office About two minutes later Sunset hadn’t even reached the principal’s door, and she could already hear a woman shouting up a storm. “I want that girl expelled! I’m going to press charges!” were but a few of the nasty things the woman was saying. “Hmm, it’s been over two years since I was last called to your principal’s office.”, Anzhong said in his usual gentle, Japanese accented voice. Seemingly from out of nowhere, Anzhong and Kiba were now standing right next to Sunset. “Yeah, sorry about this. I-” was all Sunset could get out before her father interrupted her. “Sunset, you have nothing to apologize for. You have grown a lot in these last two years, and I know that any fight you get involved in, is a fight worth having.” Sunset breathed in deeply before saying “Thank you.”. With a warm smile on his face “Now, let’s go inside before mama Beard breaks something.”, Anzhong said. That got Sunset to chuckle. As the two opened the door, they felt the need to cover their ears and Kiba did her best to flatten her ears against her head; the woman was screaming so loud. “Good, now everyone’s here.” Principal Celestia could barely be heard over the raving woman. “Now, can everyone please have a seat? Ma’am, can you please have- Ma’am!” With the woman not listening, Principal Celestia decided to pull out her ultimate weapon. Principal Celestia may not have the royal Canterlot voice, but she does have something just as good. Principal Celestia placed both index fingers into her mouth and proceeded to make a sound that could best be described as a boiling kettle put next to a megaphone. With the woman now silent and everyone’s ears sufficiently ringing, Principal Celestia spoke again. “Now everyone, take a seat, please.” The woman took her seat as Sunset, Kiba, and Anzhong walked over to the two remaining seats. Once seated, Sunset got a good look at the woman. She was surprisingly fit. Sunset was expecting her to be as big as her son, but she looks like she runs and bathes regularly. That still didn’t make the ugly, neon pink tracksuit she’s wearing look any better. That was all the info Sunset could obtain before the lady became physically painful to look at. “Now, does everyone know why they are here?”, Principal Celestia asked. “She punched me.”, Obadiah whined. “Ew, gross, no. You’re too disgusting to punch.”, Sunset said, offended. “That’s enough.”, Principal Celestia said in a commanding voice “Obadiah, please tell your side of the story. “At lunch today, I asked Sunset if she wanted to go out with me, and she just blew up at me and started calling me really mean names. Later, I went to ask her for an apology, and she attacked me. She gave me a bloody nose.”, Obadiah said, still whining and pointing to his bloody nose. “See? I want that girl suspended and arrested.”, Mama Beard demanded. Celestia merely raised her hand and turned to Sunset. “Sunset?”, Principal Celestia asked. “What he said was mostly true, but he omitted all of yesterday and most of what he said today.” Sunset began her story, retelling every incident from the day before, minus the part about her using magic. “You’re a liar and a bitch!”, Mama Beard shouted. “No, I’m a guitarist and a witch. Get your facts straight, lady.”, Sunset retorted with a smirk. “Ma’am, be quiet and sit down, or I’ll call the school’s resource officer!”, Principal Celestia commanded. Mama Beard sat back down but continued to glare at Sunset. Anzhong remained silent. Waiting for when he was needed. “Now, back to what I was saying. Obadiah did ask me out, but in this mega delusional way of how we would conquer the US and become king and queen. He also threatened to kill Twilight, and that’s why I was shouting at him. The fight during 5th period happened when we were alone in the hallway. He blocked my way to class, and he challenged me to a fight. The events of the fight went as follows: he charged at me first with what I would barely call a punch, I side stepped him, he tripped over himself and fell to the floor, that’s where the bloody nose is from, he got back up but was too busy crying to continue the fight, he demanded the fight go on, and that’s when I push kicked him to the floor. After that I went back to class.”, Sunset finished. “See! That bitch assaulted my son! I want her expelled and arrested!”, Mama Beard shouted. “Mrs. Beard, your son threatened to kill another student! This school takes threats like that very seriously. We also have cameras in the hallways, and there have been several witnesses to all the other events. This meeting was merely a formality. Your son is suspended, pending explosion, effective immediately. Sunset, you will have to attend detention this week for fighting.”, Principal Celestia said. Sunset just shrugged her shoulders. This is when Anzhong spoke up. “I would like a copy of the video and witness statements. I plan on pressing charges. “That will require a warrant. Once you get that I will happily give them to you.”, Principal Celestia said. “You can’t do that to my son! I’ll sue.”, Mama Beard screeched. “I very much can. I work for the DA’s office. I’ll hear you in court. I think it’s time for us to go home, Sunset.”, Anzhong said, never once raising his voice. The father and daughter pair began to make their way out. When the two were halfway to the door, Mrs. Bread jumped from her seat and made a grab for Sunset’s hair. When Mrs. Bread’s hand came close to Sunset, Anzhong struck her wrist with his cane with enough force to leave a mark and would later bruise. Anzhong’s cane is actually a jō staff “disguised” as a cane. It's heavy and hard enough to leave someone with broken bones. Turning to face the foolish woman, Anzhong spoke in a low voice that could chill a wendigo to it’s bones “I would like the security footage of this room as well, please.” “Of course.”, Principal Celestia responded. “We will be leaving now.” With that, Anzhong turned back to leave. Sunset turned her head to face the Beards and gave them a knowing, predatory, fang filled smile. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Katon family living room 5:30 p.m. “She did ‘hat?!”, Sunset’s mother shouted in her thick Irish accent. “Mrs. Beard-”, Sunset’s father tried to repeat before he was cut off. “Ah ‘eard wha’ ya said. Ah jus’ find it almos’ impossible ta believe ‘hat someone would be so stupid as ta attack our daughte’ in fron’ of a mandated reporte’.”, she said, still enraged but not shouting. Sunset has always been amazed by how her parents were nearly complete opposites but have been happily married for nearly fifteen years. Brigid was a typical Irish woman: loud, bold, and aggressive. Anzhong was a typical ninja: quiet, reserved, and avoids confrontation. Brigid wears bright reds and other light colors. Anzhong wears dark blues and blacks. Brigid has fire engine red, long, very curly hair. Anzhong has short, straight, blue hair that could be mistaken for black in low light. Anzhong is short and slim. Brigid is tall and broad. Anzhong is a trained fighter of many martial arts. Brigid learned how to fight on the streets during the Troubles. The only things not complete opposites about them are their intelligences and loving hearts. “The good thing is that both assaults were captured on video surveillance. The boy will not likely be incarcerated. The mother on the other hand. I have her for attempted assault of a minor and aiding in the delinquency of a minor.”, Anzhong said. “Y’r not gonna get inta trouble for whacking the Karen, right?”, Emi asked. “I’ll be fine. I acted in defence of my daughter. I’m, as they say, in the clear. Although, the defence attorney might use that as an excuse to lighten her sentence.”, Anzhong answered his younger daughter. “Have ya already filed da police report, or do ya need me ta drive ya ta da station?”, Brigid asked her husband. “I do need a ride to the station. Thank you.”, Anzhong replied. “I offered Dad a ride, but he said “I'd rather not ride on that deathtrap.”. I, personally, have never been so offended in my life.”, Sunset said in a joking tone. “I’ll call Kiba in.”, Sunset said in her normal tone. Sunset began to go through the motions of bringing Kiba in. Open door, call Kiba, get out of the way, pata pata bang, close door, Kiba’s in. Sunset turned to look at the dog that was now splattered against the side of the kitchen counter like a cartoon. “Come on, Kiba. Time for work.”, she said. With that, Kiba got up and began walking over to where her harness is kept. Anzhong and Brigid began making their way there as well. “We’ll be back within an hour. I’ll start making dinner then. Sunset, you can go ahead and get Emi and yourself a snack. Emi, start on your homework.”, Anzhong said. “Got it.”, Sunset said. “Fiiine.”, Emi said.