//------------------------------// // Night // Story: Sunset's Bizarre Adventure: Friendship is Unbreakable // by StardustSprinkle //------------------------------// "So, you need me?" The door to Twilight's bedroom cracks open. "Yes, I do," Twilight murmurs, lying on her bed as her glasses rests in her palm: "Today, I saw someone looking exactly like you, what was that all about?" "Ah, Sunset," Glomung smirks before sitting down on the side of Twilight's bed: "We are...associated. Never mind that I heard that you had trouble with the stand books?" "Yes," Twilight inhales: "It hurts, Glomung. A lot." "It's only natural," Glomung sighed, putting a hand on Twilight's leg: "Those six girls are different, their stands steam from Equestrian magic." "Is that so..." Twilight yawns: "Earlier, you told me that you never asked for a stand, and you mentioned a foundation called the Speedwagon Foundation, what are those exactly?" "In 2012," Glomung explains, her eyes closed: "Something happened, I was [chosen], by something, or should I say, someone. He sought to make the world a perfect place. However, this man was defeated and the process of creating a perfect world was interrupted. Ever since then, I tried to restore what that man fought for. Yet, the Speedwagon Foundation always stood in my way." "So, you want me to do your work," Twilight commented. "I never expected this process to be so painful," Glomung lied: "I'm sorry. If you want out, then I will leave you alone, and we shall never cross paths again." "Someone has already died for this endeavor," Twilight says, her body jerked: "Because of me, there is no going back." "You sure?" With her eyes open, Glomung turns her attention to Twilight: "A perfect world maybe for, but I don't want you to get hurt even more so than you did." "Cut it off," Twilight mumbled: "I will bring them back to life, correct?" "Maybe yes," Glomung shrugged: "But if you don't try, then they will stay dead." "Then I will do as you wish," Twilight sighed: "I'm exhausted, leave me alone." "Of course," Glomung says before turning off the light and leaving Twilight: "Good night, Twilight." "Good night, Sunset," Twilight murmurs as the sound of footstep strays further. "So tomorrow, eh?" Sunset tosses the magic journal on her desk: "So I have to meet Twilight in her castle tomorrow morning...great..." "Sugar cube?" A cadence of knocking almost sent Sunset through the roof. "One sec!" Sunset ran down the stairs and opened the door: "Oh, Applejack?" "Howdy, sugar cube?" Applejack beamed, holding a pie in her hands: "Can I come in?" "Of course!" Sunset let Applejack in before locking the door: "What are you doing here?" "Oh, just to talk," Applejack put the steaming apple pie on Sunset's table: "Have you been hiding something, sugar cube?" "No, it's..." Sunset facepalmed: "I'm just stressed out about everything." "Then how can I help you?" Applejack takes her hat off: "That's what friends are for!" "I..." Sunset exhaled: I can't drag my friends into more danger! What should I say? "Sugar cube," Applejack put a hand over Sunset's shoulder: "Look, I know you are still a bit dazzled about everything, but please allow me to help!" "I don't know," Sunset looks at Applejack in the eye: "I just don't know what to think at this point." "Look," Applejack looks right back at Sunset: "It's ok if you don't want to say anything, but I just don't want you to get hurt." "I'm not gonna be hurt," Sunset chuckled: "I just need to meet Twilight in Equestria at five am tomorrow." "I can give you a ride!" Applejack offer: "What do you say?' "Yeah, thank you," Sunset beamed. "Ok then," Applejack gives Sunset a slam on the back: "Do you have plates and silverware?" "Sure, let me get them, they are in the kitchen." The rest of the night was spent pie eating and chit-chatting.