"Gah..." Sunset groans, her body stiff, her eyelids heavy and her throat parched.
"So you are finally awake, welcome back to the land of living."
"I was dead?" Sunset struggles to open her eyes: "Princess Luna? Is that you? Have you come to pick me up for the afterlife?"
"Luna yes, Princess no," The Vice Principal comments: "And no, I do not have such power."
"Oh," Sunset groans again: "Where am I?"
"Hospital," Luna replies: "You have been asleep for the past week or so. All thanks to Rarity, the situation is under control."
"Stand?" Sunset asks, her eyes half open.
"Yes, all your friends are stand users," Luna continued: "You should thank Rarity, she saved you."
"Wha?" Sunset's eyes bulged out as a tingling sensation, almost as if tiny legs crawling around, comes from inside of her body: "What in Celestia's name?"
"Calm down," Sensing the panic in Sunset's voice, Luna explains: "It's Rarity. Her stand looks like a swarm of tiny spiders made of crystal. They can turn anything into crystal and back. As we are speaking now, a few of those things are repairing your insides by turning damaged parts into crystal, fixing them and turning them back."
"Oh..." Now fully awake with a forced smile on her face, Sunset gagged: "How charming! What is it called!"
"Belle in the Ball," Luna says: "It's named after her sister, Sweetie Bell."
"I see," Sunset inhaled sharply as tiny spiders crawling around in her body cavity: "By the way, why are you here?"
"Well, you certainly haven't noticed the bed beneath me," Luna explains: "We are roommates for now."
"I'm sorry," Sunset apologizes: "I just...I don't know."
"It doesn't matter," Luna sighed: "Sunset, something is wrong here. Someone is trying to infiltrate Canterlot High. Just yesterday, three stand users transferred to our school."
"Mid-semester?" Sunset frowned: "But I thought..."
"The school board somehow get involved," Luna continued: "Besides, I lost a huge portion of my memory after attempting to get to Camp Everfree."
"So, you think the new students are responsible?" Sunset asks.
"Not directly," Luna replies: "Deep within the forest, lies seven pieces of crystal. You have seen one in Fluttershy's room already. As if now, we have a few more pieces, but I know someone will try to take them from us."
"I'm sorry, Vice-Principal," It's Sunset's turn to sigh now: "I'm not qualified for such a job. Nor am I able to protect them. Can't you just call the cops or something?"
"Sharp now, aren't we?" Luna says: "Well, I will not force your hand. But that certain someone, she...awakened her stand with the help of such a crystal. As a result, her stand was powerful beyond imagination. Luck for us, her crystal is now broken and her stand is weakened. However, I do believe you are the only one who can stop her."
"S'up, Ace!" Twilight Sparkle greets: "You done with Physics?"
"Yes," The football player replies, his face distorted as he holds done his laughter: "You seem happy in recently. What happened to 'what is up' and 'Are you done with physics homework'?"
"Well, what can I say," Twilight pushes her glass: "Are you participating in the music thingy?"
"You mean the Music Showcase?" Ace replies, leaning against his locker: "Don't we have like a physics exam and a lab report due the next day?"
"Most students aren't as careful as you and I," Twilight shrugs: "Well, good to know someone here is still sane."
"Say, Twilight," Ace asks: "It's good to know you are happy and all, but don't you think our new Physics teacher is a bit...odd?"
"Oh?" Twilight raised an eyebrow: "How?"
"First, she just appeared out of nowhere," Ace whispers: "One day she's not here, next day she acts like she has been here since forever. No one even questioned what happened to our old teacher! Besides, I saw weird things happening around her just the other day. It's like things are floating in the air and..."
"You are just tired!" Twilight suddenly shouts: "Oh look what time it is! Time for me to go, bye!"
"Wai..." Before he had time to react, Twilight was already out of his sight, leaving Ace standing alone in the hall. Something is definitely wrong. Ace thinks to himself: perhaps I should check out that Canterlot High during the festival. Was our new teacher a student from there?