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// When The Sunset Shimmers 
// Story: I See A Princess 
// by MoxieTheFox 
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	Sunset Shimmer made her way into the mountains leading to Ponyville. Her hooves throbbed and her legs ached. She had trudged through snow and ice to reach here. The warm evening sun beamed down on top of her head. She looks down from the mountains onto Ponyville, a small, peaceful town. A devilish grin jumped onto her face.
"Ponyville," she whispers to herself. The name felt good. The taste it left in her mouth was sweet. "Ponyville. Where the Elements of Harmony reside. Or so I've heard..." Of course Twilight Sparkle didn't stay there anymore. She was now too busy for her friends.....At least, that's what Sunset Shimmer thought. Sunset slowly walked down the mountainside. It was only until midnight when she finally reached Ponyville.
At the edge of the town Sunset Shimmer examined the tiny homes and wells, and their residents. They all look happy to Sunset. Of course, she was happy as well. She was especially glad that she was out the human world. All it's people, food, sports.  Everything still haunts her mind. Her head hurt every time the words "Canterlot High" or "humans" came up. As if she ever wanted to go back. 
She trots into the town, her hood still tightly fit around her head. Many smile or wave, some even talk to her. She knows she can't talk to them, but she really wants to. They all greet her with joy. She removes her hood, but just a little, only where her horn, "crown", and face are showing. The widest smile appears on her yellow-orange face. Everywhere her hooves take her, she smiles. She even giggles at some of the fillies and colts, but not in a mean manner. She giggles because they chase each other, having fun and laughing. She had never seen something that made her heart warm from the cold she trudged through. She could feel the frost still clinging to the ends of her coat, mane, and tail. She could still hear the howling winds of the frozen wastes. Every time she closed her eyes she saw her nightmares; humans, snow, ice, Twilight Sparkle, Princess Celestia. She had been mentally scared from these things. 
"Hello!" A cheerful pink pony says. Sunset is startled by her appearance, mainly because she wasn't there a moment again. The pony frowns at her slightly, staring at her. With a gulp, Sunset flashes an awkward smile.
"You don't look familiar..." says she. "You must be new here!" The pony smiles and jumps up and down.
"I'm your new friend Pinkie Pie!" she announces. "And what is yours?" Sunset Shimmer begins to sweat. Her ears go down and she backs slowly away from Pinkie Pie, trying to get some air that hasn't been used by the pony that talks a mile a minute. Her eyes bolt to the left then to the right. She sees nothing but homes, ponies, and ground.
"I-I-I....ummm.....uuhhhh..." Sunset tries finding the right words, but they refuse to come to her. What if she tells Pinkie her real name? Will she remember her? Will she forget her past and accept her now? Sunset Shimmer didn't remember the pony's name, even though she had heard before. She could only remember the horrors of her past. The Mirror, the crystals, the humiliating defeat. The thoughts made her shiver and sweat even more. What would she do? She also remembered that traitorous ex-boyfriend of hers, Flash Sentry. She remembered Twilight Sparkle flirting and smiling as if she could talk to him all day. Those thoughts made her angry, her face glowing a dark red. She knew she would hate Ponyville from the moment she stuck a hoof on its grounds. Everypony would want to be her friend and would definitely want to know her name. Her name.....her name.....
Sunset Shimmer's eyes bolt to a topaz a white unicorn with a purple mane was carrying with her magic. Sunset's eyes meet hers, and the unicorn walks over. Sweat is now stinging her eyes and softening her legs. 
"Hello Pinkie," the white unicorn pipes. "Darling, who is this sweet young mare?" Pinkie shrugs.
"She hasn't told me yet,' she says. Sunset Shimmer bites her bottom lip, frightened and hot. 
"Topaz," she yelps from panic. Pinkie and the other pony look at her suspiciously.
"Topaz......" Sunset Shimmer watches dust rise up from behind a carriage. "Dust! My Name is Topaz Dust. Nice to meet her Pinkie Pie, and....."
"Rarity," says the other unicorn. "My name is Rarity." Sunset Shimmer, also known as Topaz Dust from her newly made friends, looks at the unicorn.
"Could you take me to the Ponyville Library," she asks. She needed to find Twilight Sparkle, and she though Spike would be a good start. That is, if he didn't notice who she is. 
"Well of course dear!" Rarity says. "When do you wish to go there?" Sunset lets out an evil smile.
"When the sunset shimmers."