//------------------------------// // Prologue // Story: EQG Series Finale (new) - Part 2/2 // by EverythingGuy //------------------------------// Somewhere on the edge of a small suburban town was a path that led into a nearby woods. On the other side of the woods was a grassy field where the sun shone brightly overhead. Walking through the field was a young teenage girl with yellowish skin, yellow and red streaked hair, and pigtails. Accompanying her was a boy with slightly darker orange skin and hair, and a girl with light purple skin and purple and blue streaked hair, both of whom were a little younger than she was. The trio lay down in the field and stared up at the bright clear sky. They had no idea their lives were about to change forever in a very bad way. “Beautiful isn’t it?” asked the orange skinned girl. “I love days like this” said the boy. “So what are you guys gonna do first when we get back to school?” asked the light purple skinned girl. It was currently the last day of autumn break. Tomorrow they would resume their respective school years, high school freshman year for the older girl and the final year of middle school for the younger two “I’m probably gonna go to the library during lunch and check for new books.” “If you find anything on mechanics —.” started the boy. “I’ll make sure to tell you, Mr future inventor.” the light purple girl interrupted playfully. “That certainly makes sense.” teased the older orange girl. “Right” said the boy, rolling his eyes “As if you both don’t read books too sometimes.” He was hoping to be an inventor when he grew up. “We’re not as obsessed with machines as you, Sunburst” replied the older girl with a smirk. “As for me, I’m gonna look for a music class.” That got the other two’s attention. “You mean-“ asked the purple skinned girl. “Yep.” said the older girl confidentially, standing up and putting her hands on her hips “I’m gonna try to start singing to everyone.” The other two kids jumped to their feet in excitement “Sunset, that’s great!” Sunburst exclaimed, hugging her. “About time, too!” commented the younger girl, joining in on the group hug “Everyone’s gonna love your voice!” “I certainly hope so.” said Sunset, frowning slightly in doubt. “Come on, Double S.” said the younger girl “You know we’ll be cheering you on the whole time.” “Thanks, Starlight.” she sighed. Sunset had been a good singer since she was only four years old, when she came up with a lullaby to put three year old Sunburst to sleep (with some help from their mother). Every now and then she would sing for him, their parents, Starlight, and sometimes even their other neighbors, who all loved hearing her beautiful voice. However, she was considerably shy about sharing her talent any further than that, which was part of the reason she mostly kept to herself at school, aside of course from her brother and Starlight, her best and only other friend since childhood. Now though, it seemed she was finally ready to step up and take a big challenge. “And if you want” Starlight continued “I can join at some point and help you out.” “That means I’ll have to cheer you both on!” Sunburst commented in surprise. “Thanks for offering to help Starlight” said Sunset “But I think it’s best for me to start this off on my own merit.” ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— Many miles away in the city of Canterlot, one of the four walls of the pedestal underneath a statue in front of another high school started to glow mysteriously. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— Back in the field, Sunset suddenly felt a huge jolt of pain in her stomach out of nowhere, making her double over and the other two let go of the hug. “Are you okay?” said Sunburst. “I … think so.” Sunset groaned. “What the heck was that?” Then they all noticed something incredibly alarming. Sunset’s hands were disintegrating into dust and floating away into the sky in an eastward direction. “What’s happening to you?!” cried Starlight. “I don’t know!” Sunset exclaimed. She looked down and saw the same thing was happening to the rest of her body. “Sunset!” cried Sunburst, trying to grab his sister again, but much to all their horror, his hands went right through her. Sunset then ran in the opposite direction as where “her dust” was going, with her companions following alongside, but that did nothing and when she got to the end of the field she was engulfed by it. “GUYS HELP ME!” she screamed at the top of her lungs just as there was a massive flash of light and a wave of energy that knocked the other two of their feet. When the light had cleared, Starlight and Sunburst glanced back up at their surroundings and found the area to be absent of one. Sunset had vanished. “Sunset?” Sunburst meekly asked to the field as they got to their feet. “Uh, Sunburst?“ Starlight said, prompting him to glance at her “WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENED?!” “I have NO idea.” “Where’d she go?” They ran into the woods and started looking around, hoping this was some kind of prank the older girl has played on them. “Sunset? Where are you?!” “Okay, very funny Double S! You got us! You can come out now!” But no matter how much they yelled, there was no reply from the voice they were listening for. Just dead silence. “No, no! This can’t be happening!” Sunburst started to hyperventilate. “Kids!” The two turned to see three adults running their way, a married couple and a single woman. “What’s going on? We heard screaming. Are you alright?” asked the woman. “No, Mom.” said Starlight running to her in tears “We’re not.” Sunburst, also in tears, collapsed to his knees. “Sunburst?” asked his father, coming over and putting his hand on his shoulder “Where’s your sister?” All Sunburst could stammer was “G-g-gone.” “Is she hiding?” said his mother in slight annoyance “I thought I told her-“ “N-n-no.” the boy managed to get out “She’s disappeared.” Sunburst’s parents and Starlight’s mother, who was still holding her sobbing daughter, could only look at each other. It took a moment, but realization finally hit them. This was no joke. It was horrifying reality. Sunburst suddenly yelled out to the sky. ”SUNSET!”