//------------------------------// // Sacrifice and salvation // Story: Human Nature // by Dragonfire2lm //------------------------------// Sunset awoke to find herself the single audience member of natures most spectacular light shows. a golden auroara danced above and glimmered with splashes of green, orange, red and blue and almost as if it were to thank the sole pony for seeing it in all its glory the heavenly lights descened to the ground and took the shape of a fox. Though it was unlike and fox Sunset had ever seen. it had slightly longer legs, giving it an almost wolf-like build. its golden fur shimmered and danced in a nonexistent breezed in the same tempo that its seven tails elgantly swished to. The fox's ice blue eyes seemed to look right into Sunset's very soul. And then, it spoke. "Do you remeber me?" it asked and only then did the alicorn realise it was a female. Sunset was confused, her mind was foggy, hazy almost like a dream. the fox semed disapointed. "I assumed as much, I am Rainbow auroara, the seven tailed vixen of the seasons, of life, of time itself" it stated. "Why are here?" Sunset asked. "To help, or hinder considering your view of the world" Rainbow replied. "Huh?" "Things are spiralling out of control and even now you lack the power to stop it" the vixen explained. "I am here to ofer you a deal, as one of the highest forms of power on Vardos, not including yourself, Ican alter the flow of events and bring peace and harmony to equestria and vardos. For a price" ".....what do you want in exchange?" Sunset deadpanned. "For you and Manaquire to sacrifice your poers and memories of these events and to be at the mercy of Princess Celestia you will both be sent to an alternate Equestria to fulfill whatever duty she shall give you" "So even with the Vardosian failsafe in place I have to abandon everypony, and draconeqqus I know to end up in an unknown world?" "With the full wieght of your human life before you" Rainbow clarrified. "I....you know I'm not um the most friendly of humans right?" Sunset asked. "While the losses and scarring you have as a human is not as terrible in comparison with other evils on earth..in equestria the life you lived is one of the most appalling, tragic instances to ponykind, I have organised so the world you will be sent to will challenge your fears and do its best to make you a betterhuman and pony" the golden furred fox explained. "No" Sunset stated firmly. "Why not?" "Because well...ok so I may not have had to deal with the darker evils of humanity but I didn't exactly live the perfect childhood either I know I'm messed up and that is scary, really scary I know I have issues and i don't want to do a damn thing to change that because I've given up. I gave up years ago when slammed a 14 year old up against a wall and screamed at him to leave me alone" Sunset replied. "I will not go into details, for you sake, but the offer still stands it is your choice" Rainbow stated and vanished. ------------------------------------------ When Sunset woke she felt different, not scared, not worried (she was surprised to find she wasn't in pain) as she stared up at the ginat monstrosity before. She just didn't care. This startling revalation resulted in a single conclusion. she was back to normal, back to her messed up self yet still an alicorn. Time to god mod you son of a bitch she thought with a grin. "Oi!" she shouted which in turn caused Cyclone to snap his mouth shut and per down at her. Sunset chanelled magic through her horn and it sparked violently with a golden white aura. "Vale" she said firmly and let the magic do its job. One second Cyclone was there, the next he was just gone. "What the fuck just hapened?" a voice askedin shock. Hang on I know that voice.. She turned around and lo and behold was a skinny runt of a dragon she knew very well. "Holy shit good to see you Broc" she greeted. The dragon before did a double take, his eyes wide in shock. "No way!" "Yes way" she replied to his outburst. "you're here?" "Yep" she answered with grin. They shared a cheeky grin and proceed to glomp each other. "About time you got here! when you just stopped the puppetry and stuck to daydreaming it kinda of a let down ya know?" Broc said. "What can I say, I grew up" she replied. "I know geez how long has it been ten years?" "Um sory to interrupt but what the hay is going on?" Lyra asked as she walked to them.