//------------------------------// // Welcome Back, Sunset! // Story: Princess Sunset Shimmer // by Hayloud //------------------------------// Sunset walked out of the mirror, now at the Pony Realm, more specifically at Twilight's castle. Starlight and Twilight were there side by side looking at the portal with shocked-surprised expressions, she saw the shocked faces of Twilight and Starlight which she wasn't expecting, she was expecting the to meet them with a hug, but not those expressions, almost like they saw a villain or an… No! I'm not an Alicorn! She was very confused, so she might ask what they were seeing. "Sunset?" Twilight asked, breaking the silence that was in the room, Sunset instantly got it, she was for sure an Alicorn now, did this mean that she would turn into a princess? Probably not, but it was worthy of a check. She took a glance at her flank and she saw the large Alicorn wings, Sunset could be wrong so she took another glance and saw the wings again, so she had a triple-check and saw the wings again, suddenly she was looking back and forth to her flank and her friends. "Okay, we get it, you are an Alicorn now," Starlight said, slightly annoyed by Sunset looking back and forth at her wings. Twilight got surprised, but not shocked, she kinda expected that kind of reaction from Starlight, she found it funny very funny, hilarious, suddenly she wasn't controlling her body anymore and started laughing, Starlight got very confused and started laughing too, and even Sunset started laughing. "Now stop the laughing, we have to talk to Princess Celestia about this," Twilight said after abruptly stopping laughing. Sunset nodded and they walked out of the room, Starlight followed them as if she needed to be with them, and since Twilight didn't say anything about it, she stayed with them. They walked to the Train Station, where they would wait for a train to Canterlot. Sunset even suggested that they should go flying, but Twilight preferred not to fly since Starlight Glimmer did not have wings and Sunset did not know how to fly, this would be possibly a disaster. They kept walking on their way, and they finally got to the Train Station, and a train to Canterlot seemed to just have passed, so they had to wait, for some reason, just Starlight seemed tired of walking that much, so she sat. Sunset kept telling them stories of her life and things that she did with the rest of the Mane 7. Unexpectedly, Twilight pictured the train getting closer, making a huge black cloud of smoke and creating sparks in its track, Twilight was counting the time while Sunset talked, so they knew it took about half an hour to show up a train to Canterlot, finally. "Finally!" Twilight said as she saw the Train arriving. They all appeared to be relieved by the train's arrival. They entered the train in an oddly straight line Twilight, Sunset, and Starlight respectively. Their wagon was the business class wagon and was full of businessmares and businesstallions, it had no empty chairs for them to sit on. "Well, where should we sit?" Sunset asked, looking to another wagon, which was the economy class and was full of earth ponies and pegasi in most, but it still had some Unicorns in it, and Twilight shook her head in silence pointing to another direction which was the royal class, that was reserved for only Princesses and friends. "Ooooh! I was never in the royal class!" Sunset said with a happy expression and a huge broad smile on her face, her eyes shining with the much amazed they were, Twilight never had saw such a happy expression from her. "Let's go," Twilight said and went straight to the royal class, which had ponyguards guarding the entrance, the ponyguards instantly opened their way to the royal class. Starlight nodded, and she and Sunset followed Twilight. They entered the Royal Class, which had golden walls, a minibar with tons of drinks, it had a cabinet with a massive variety of food, and it had even a bathroom for them to use. Their seats were fluffy and soft, it was nearly like Sunset's dream bed. The only thing that was running through Sunset's mind was how she wished she had her cell phone at the moment. "Are we going to sit or stay here gazing at the seats?" Starlight asked, she was right, they were just looking, but not doing anything, and Sunset decided to take the first step. She went right to the minibar. "Let's drink some!" She said in emotion as she opened the door utilizing her magic. All of her friends started to stare at her in a confused, but surprised, they started to look at each other as if Sunset knew something they didn't, "Why are you girls staring at me?" "Are you able to drink legally?" Twilight asked Sunset. She stood there for a moment with her eyes wide open and blinking repeatedly rapidly, and nodded. Surprisingly, they realized that she had graduated back in the Human Realm. "Well, I don't think we should talk to Celestia drunk." Starlight was worried because she knew Celestia hadn't forgiven her entirely, she knew Celestia didn't forget her past as she did with Sunset or Discord. Well, even forgetting all the concerns she knew that going drunk to the godlike ruler of the entire world castle wouldn't be a good impression anyways. "Ok, we shouldn't drink, I get it!" Sunset said, still wanting to have a drink, she was upset because they would not drink, but she knew Starlight was right and they shouldn't go to Celestia's castle drunk. "Let's just wait until the train gets into Canterlot," Starlight said. Both nodded. "Let's play Q&A, someone makes a question and the others answer," Starlight explained, that idea sounded good for Sunset that gave a smile. "What are you most passionate about in the human world?" Sunset asked, being the first to ask, "My favorite thing besides my friends is the technology" "Ice Cream!" Starlight answered in a hurry. "Astronomy, I love to learn new types of magic even if it is from another world," Twilight said with a wide smile. "Ok, umm. Would you rather be a pony forever or be a human forever?" Starlight asked, Sunset heard this, her happiness was drained fast like water in the shower. "I… cannot… choose." This question broke down Sunset, in a way that she couldn't hold her feelings anymore, she loved her friends so bad and wanted to be with them, although she had the feeling that they would or did forget her, and she started to cry, her eyes were full of tears and her vision was getting blurrier. "Hey, hey, calm down, Sunny, I didn't mean to hurt you," Starlight said as she rushed to hug Sunset, Twilight mimicked her and they kept hugging each other, which made Sunset more comfortable and less saddened, she quickly stopped crying and gave a smile. "I love you all," She said, still emotional. "So, what should we keep doing while we wait until the train arrives?" Twilight asked. "What about just staying here talking to each other," Sunset answered with a smile."What happened to Spike anyways?" "He is…" Twilight hesitated for a moment, "…busy with something important" "Okay…" Sunset said feeling the strange vibes emanating from Twilight, almost as if she was lying Pfft. Why would PRINCESS TWILIGHT SPARKLE lie to me about something so trifling Sunset started to look out the window and thin about how fine her friends must be. The train got to Canterlot. Birds were tweeting as the bright celestial sun was illuminating the glass which reflected the light causing a shimmer that amazed Sunset's eyes that looked wide awake to the glass windows of the train station. The train stopped abruptly and they knew that it was time to go. Sunset's heart felt an extreme feeling of going back home, but she was undeniably missing her human friends. No matter how many hours had passed or how much she tried, her humanity would never allow her to forget the feeling she had that they didn't and will never need her, they never did before why they would now, that she was gone, she wanted to be there living with them having a peacefully weekend at the beach or simply going to the Shopping Mall to buy some new clothes, even fighting a She-Demon would be great. Sunset was deeply dipped in her thoughts that she did not realize Twilight calling her until Starlight shouted, "Hey! Are we getting out or are we going to live on this train?" "So- sorry, I dived so deeply into my thoughts that I did not hear you, sorry Star, can I call you Star?" She asked. Starlight felt happy about Sunset calling her Star, but she was also angry for having to stand there calling Sunset. "Anyways, Sunny, let's go?" She asked, making Sunset give a big smile, she really loved the nickname, but it did remember her of her human friends, which was very sad. She trotted at a fast pace going in Twilight and Starlight's direction. They started to walk in the castle's direction. "Why I don't have a nickname?" Twilight questioned. "Ok, Twillie," Starlight said, Twilight reacted frowning. Both Sunset and Starlight looked at each other and laughed as they kept walking. "What should we do when we make it to the castle?" Starlight asked. Twilight was very sure that they would just end up with Sunset's wings would be removed and she didn't even though what should she do when they get there. "We will talk to Princess Celestia at first, then we will…" Twilight wasn't sure how they would remove her wings anyways. "We will what?" Starlight asked "…Depending on her choice, remove Sunset's wings or maybe she will have a coro-" Twilight started to explain, but she was interrupted by Sunset. "CORONATION? Am I going to turn into a PRINCESS?" Sunset said, shocking even Starlight which didn't expect that kind of reaction. "Maybe, didn't you pay attention to my explanation?" Twilight said. She stopped walking making them both perplexed. "Why did you stop so unexpectedly?" Sunset asked "Oh, we're here," Twilight answered. Sunset tilted her head slightly to the left in confusion. "The castle has now an invisibility enchantment, in case the villains are willing to destroy it, and it also comes with an illusion enchantment for them to think that the castle is farther away," Starlight explained making Sunset surprisedly excited with the news. Twilight's horn started to glow, she made a spell right after this. Purple steam started to appear, it was from Twilight's spell, they were unable to move during it, so Sunset started to get desperate, trying to go away, but the spell prevented her from doing it. The steam started to grow into a hurricane shape and made them float inside the castle, right in front of Celestia. The mist disappeared and they were now looking at Princess Celestia who was on her throne sitting, with Luna on her throne either. "What the hay?" Sunset said, her breath was very quick and she looked to be very concerned with the "New way to enter the castle, also," Twilight answered relieving her. "What brings you here?" Celestia asked. They kept quiet as Sunset stepped in on their front and opened her wings. The giant orange alicorn wings made Celestia have an immense surprise, mostly because she didn't notice earlier those oversized wings. Sunset felt frightened chills, in case Celestia command her execution. This was hard to happen but it was certainly a possibility. "An alicorn?" Luna asked, clearly shocked by the current announcement. Her face was indeed showing her shock. Celestia kept "Yup," Sunset answered with a fake smile trying to comfort them, mostly herself, but deep inside she felt like this was the moment of her very death. "Well, it is common knowledge that all Alicorns are royalty," Celestia told with a heavily calm voice. The sound echoed on Sunset's pony ears calming her and giving her the peace that she needed at the moment. She was very tranquilized, but one thing remained, the feeling that she would possibly turn into royalty. "What does… does this means?" Sunset asked stuttering with nervousness, she was hoping to turn into a princess, but she was also feared of not being able to handle all of the princess' lifestyle and duties. "This means that you, Sunset Shimmer are going to be the newest Equestrian Princess," Celestia responded. Sunset gasped, but before Sunset could re-answer Celestia resumed, "And your coronation will be tomorrow." A mix of shock and surprise seemed to invade them, Sunset did not know if it was because her coronation was so sudden or because she was so calm while giving such shocking news as these were, "WHAT?!" Sunset, Luna, Twilight, and Starlight shouted synchronized.