Shimmering Sunset

by Darknight293


Saving a Soul and Burying The Past

You took another deep breath, trying to calm yourself as you looked around the Gym from your position near the top of the stands.

Needless to say you've been antsy all day since you overheard Katherine's cruel plan. You didn't want to admit it, but it's true. She's planning to kill Sunset to 'take her out of the equation,' and since Sunset and her friends don't look like they're willing to talk her life is in your hands.

Funny, weeks ago you almost died. Then you spent time in the hospital only to move to a completely different town to avoid exactly what is happening right now: Bullying with the threat of physical violence and death.

You observed Sunset talking to Rainbow Dash on the other side of the Gym as she was sitting on the floor against the wall with her arms hugging her knees. It was obvious she was still hurt from your morning conversation, then again who wouldn't be upset by people thinking they're a demon?

Well...Katherine and Billy might be fine with it.

Rainbow had an arm around her shoulder, no doubt comforting her. She did glare in your direction now and then while Sunset refused to even look up or anywhere else for that matter. You let out a sigh and pull out your phone, putting in the password.

And right there was a text from an unknown number that was sent to you three seconds ago.

You open the messenger app and read the message, confused by the sudden message in pink colored writing, "How can you hurt Sunset's feelings without talking to her about her past first?! >:("

You stare at it and try to ponder who sent it, only to get another message, "It's Pinkie Pie by the way. :3"

You blink a few times, then respond to her, "Pinkie?! How did you get my number?!"

"Simple! I asked Sunny for it!"

Sunny? Wait, did she mean Sunset? How did she get your number?! Maybe you should ask Pinkie that.

"How did she get my number..?"

"Well duh! Since she was the one to lead you around the school and all you'd probably become reallllly good friends so I convinced her to convince the principal to give her your number! Cool huh?"

"But I....what...never mind...why are you texting me anyway? I thought you guys didn't want to talk to me."

"Course we don't like you since you hurt Sunny's feelings, but I know you're not a bad guy and she tells herself that but is super duper upset now. You need to talk to her, make up, and kiss already!"

What?! You nearly blurted that out loud to the entire Gym as you silently typed back, a blush forming on your cheeks.

"What do you mean kiss her Pinkie? We're not dating! I don't even like her that way!"

"Suuuuure you don't~. That's why you keep looking at her, your even doing it right now!"

Wha- how did she know you- wait a minute.

You turn around at the sound of giggling to find a pink girl with pink puffy hair right there, smiling and waving at you even though you're a seat apart.

"Pinkie....how long have you been right there?"

She giggles again and gets up, jumping down to your row and sitting next to you, "A few minutes! Enough time to observe your observations of Sunny!"

Sweet merciful god this girl either eats sugar for breakfast and lunch or doesn't have a quiet voice. You're lucky the gym has lots of conversations and some boys playing basketball to drown her sentence out.

"S-so? What's that got to do with anything Pinkie? Why are you here anyway? You don't have PE!"

She puts a finger to her mouth and looks at you with half-lidded eyes, speaking in a song-song voice, "I think you like her~" she then changed her uncomfortable gaze on you to a smile once more and answered your other question, "Well we're not doing anything in art class today so I came here! Cool huh?"

You stuttered as you spoke, ignoring the answer to your question as Pinkie was not helping you or your blush with that look she gave you, "I-I-I do not! She's just been a good friend so far and I've been a jac-...really bad person to her." You weren't sure about your own words, but you have been a jerk to her...

She nodded, "Yuppers, now you've gone and hurt her sensitive heart," Pinkie pretends to have an injured heart, putting her hands over her chest and faking a gasp of pain. She then looks at you again with a frown on her face.

"So you gotta do what's right! You gotta apologize to her face-to-face today if you care about her!"

Pinkie's got a point there, but you were gonna do more than apologize today. You were gonna end up having to save her life from a psychopath that had a switchblade and her accomplice. You looked over at Sunset again as you thought this, causing Pinkie to speak up again.

"Oooooh! I knew it! Pinkie sense never lies!" Before you could speak up as you looked at Pinkie again she started talking in a sing-song voice, "You like Sunny~ You like Sunny~"

Your blush grew hotter as you stampered, "P-pinkie! Please b-be quiet! I only care for her as friend!" Your own heart questioned why you were blushing then.

It seemed Pinkie thought that as well, "Then why are you blushing so badly?"

"Because I-" Suddenly the bell rang, Pinkie instantly getting up and patting your head. Before you can reply to her, she disappears in mere seconds. You get up and hope the blood is leaving your cheeks as you spot Sunset and Rainbow both looking at you while they leave the gym.

You shake your head and move on to get your things for your next class. You'd have to endure two languages classes and a class with Pinkie before the afternoon.

You silently prayed to any god or goddess that existed that Pinkie wouldn't verbally kill your ears and brain with her teasing before school was over.

You reach your locker and open it to get your things as you thought back to Pinkie's conversation with you. It caused the blush to return to your cheeks as you remember her teasing about you liking Sunny- Sunset! Not Sunny...but it was kinda a cute nickname.

You grumble and mentally note to never speak of Sunset around Pinkie ever again, lest she teases you more. Course that was if you don't die today....

You close your locker and stand up to head to your next class, English 2 was just gonna be fun today.


some time later...

The last few minutes of Spanish class seemed to tick by oh so slowly. It's like it was ticking down to Sunset's demise...and it was making you very uncomfortable in your chair as you waited for that bell to ring.

The scar on your stomach was rather itchy now, you were getting too antsy it seems. You just need to calm down, yeah! You start to take a deep breath quietly as the other classmates made idle chatter with each other.

You breath in and out, slowly calming down. Just keep doing it like this til-

*Riiiiing*

Sweetlordalmighty!

Whatever breathing you did to calm yourself vaporized as the bell rang and scared you to death. Some of the other students were snickering or giggling as they left the classroom to go home. You blush and try to avoid any eye contact as you quickly grab your things and make way to your locker.

You honestly had no fucking clue what you were doing, you should've gone to the principal or the police. But now it's too late seeing how it can happen any minute, or second!

Your breathing hicks as you put on your backpack and slam the locker closed rather loudly. Some students look your way but you don't mind them, instead heading outside as fast as you can in hopes of finding Katherine or Sunset.

You start to look around the somewhat crowded school grounds but can't find them. You try to stay calm as you keep looking, but unable to see- wait!

You spot Katherine and Cobalt exiting the school grounds and heading to one of the quieter parts of town that still had some alleyways. You start to follow them as fast as you can, while trying to not get caught. You couldn't tell what they were saying with the minor noise but it seemed like they were following Sunset.

How could you tell? You could see Sunset from your position behind them. You start to make a plan on how you'd save her life from this psychopath.

Perhaps if you took out Cobalt first you can gang up on Katherine together? Unless he has a weapon on him too...what if they ambush Sunset and kill her before you can even reach Cobalt? Maybe you can throw a rock or a brick to distract them?

Wait....wait wait wait!

Where are they?!

Your eyes go wide and your breathing picks up in panic as you look around the oddly quiet part of town your in. You can't find any of them! They're gone! You lost them!

You start to run around and check the alleyways of the not-so-tall buildings. If you can't find them....if Sunny gets killed...You shake your head and try to hold in a tear. You'd stop Katherine, it won't be like Hoofington!

A few minutes pass and you still can't find them. You're starting to lose hope as you frantically run through the street and alleyways, perhaps you're going in circles! And where is the rest of the town?!

Then you hear a sound you're actually glad to hear. The sound of fighting and yelling.

You start to run in the direction of the noise, taking about a dozen seconds to reach the alleyway that the sounds of fighting are coming from.

You take a deep breath and peer down the alleyway to see a sight you had hoped to see.

Standing in front of you is the three people you lost track of! Cobalt looks like hell though, he's holding his left arm with his right and leaning against a wall with the right side of his body and with some blood trickling down the back of his neck.

Sunset, meanwhile has a few red cuts on her cheeks and one faint cut on her neck that has yet to draw blood. It seems like she almost got killed by the switchblade. She is panting rather hard and so is Cobalt.

You couldn't tell how Katherine was, but it did seem like she had a bruise on her cheek and it seemed like the fight had been going on for at least two to three minutes or more. It was hard to tell honestly. You look down to find a rock about the size of your palm and quietly set your backpack down, picking up the rock and standing again as Katherine spoke in a rather crazed tone.

"Come on you bitch! You're trapped so let's make this quick and easy by cutting your so called heart out!"

Sunset gritted her teeth and held her fists up in a defensive stance, seems like she wasn't giving up anytime soon nor was Katherine. You had to act fast before it was too late. Because if you didn't you'd have a dead girl and a still living and crazed woman on your hands.

You go around the corner with the rock in your right hand and get up behind Cobalt. Just as Sunset looks behind Katherine and sees you, you slam the rock on Cobalt's head. It causes him to grunt in pain before falling down onto the strangely clean alleyway street.

You can't help but smile at Cobalt going down, until you feel a sudden pressure on your neck and your back against the wall. The pain causing you to close your eyes for a second.

You cough and open your eyes to see Katherine staring right back at you, grinning madly. You look to your right to see Sunset holding her right arm with her left hand, blood trickling down it from a long cut on her arm. Rather similar to the one on your left arm.

You look back at Katherine who starts to speak like a crazy person, "You may have taken out Cobalt and forced me to commit murder, but you're not gonna stop me now you weak son of a bitch nerd!" The switchblade pressed harder against your throat, nearly drawing blood.

"In fact, maybe if I kill you first Sunshit will give in and do what I say instead!"

W-what?! You couldn't even speak out due to the horror of death being seconds away, ironic it would be like this though. An alleyway with a switchblade, but in what was supposedly one of the safest towns around. Katherine seemed pleased by your fear, pulling back the switchblade and preparing to drive it into your chest. At least you'd die doing what was right.....right?

"Hey bitch!"

Kathrine stops moving and looks to the sound of the voice, you would've as well. But before you can a brick slams right into Kathrine's face and causes her to fall down! She drops the switchblade in the process, you swear you heard the sound of cracking bones when the brick hit her nose.

You look over to Sunset who's breathing rather hard and still bleeding along her arm. She looks at you and gives you a tired grin, "She...she deserved more than that, but I'm not like her anymore." You give a smile in return despite the adrenaline, Sunset dares to walk slowly to you till she's next to you and hold her bleeding arm as you both look down at the unconscious duo.

You look back at Sunset who was looking back at you. She looks down to the ground and lightly blushes, "Th-thanks, for helping me out. I could've probably taken her but it's good to have friends to help you in a fight right?"

You nodded and instinctively put a hand on her left shoulder, causing her to look back at you. After a minute of awkward silence you clear your throat and look back at the criminals, "We should call the cops and have them come take these two away."

You could feel her nod in reply. You decide to pull out your phone and dial 9-1-1, telling the operator there was an attempted first degree murder. After figuring out where you were thanks to Sunny, you tell the operator your location and not so long afterwards you can hear the wailing of the siren of a police car nearby.

After answering the questions the police officers give you, they arrest Cobalt and Katherine for attempting to murder Sunny and you, but mostly her. They offered to take her to the hospital but she stated she would be fine with you, which caused a light blush on your cheeks.

Though the cops were reluctant, it was obvious she wasn't too injured. Shortly after the cops leave with the criminals, you offer to escort Sunset back to her home. She agrees and lets you do so, both of you grabbing your school bags before leaving the alleyway. As you're walking to her home she starts up a conversation with you.

"So you know I became a she-demon and tried to enslave an entire student body, and I was a total bitch in the past. Yet you risked your life to save me....why?"

You look at her to find her staring back into your eyes, wanting answers. You sigh and decided to answer her question, "Because you're clearly different than whatever you were than before. You've been nice to me since we've met, and I couldn't sit by and let someone murder you when I could prevent it."

She giggled, "That's it? No other reason?"

She seemed to lean in and wrap her free arm around yours, the bleeding on her right arm had stopped since the cut wasn't too deep. She had just been winded beforehand. You try to stop the rising blood in your cheeks as you spoke, "Y-yeah, I'm sure Sunny." Oh gosh darn it Pinkie!

She smirked as you called her by her nickname. You both reach the suburbs of the town as she leaned closer, "You know, if you like me you can just say it. You did save my life after all."

You sigh, you didn't know how you felt about her. This was all too new to you, but your heart seemed to argue with your mind. So you stop her and look her in the eyes, this catches her attention fully, "Sunny, I don't know how I feel about you except that so far you've been a good friend to me and that I did the right thing by saving your life. But I'd like to at least get to know the new Sunset Shimmer and forget about the old one before I make a decision."

She smiles sweetly at you and leans even closer to you. You couldn't tell what she was doing till you felt her lips on your cheek, giving you a quick kiss and causing you to blush deeply now. She giggles at your blush and spoke proudly, "You saved my life so you can't deny me that New Guy."

You shake your head and start to walk again, "Why do you keep calling me new guy instead of my real name?"

She stays leaning on your arm and shrugs, "Because I like it better? Plus it irritates you which makes it fun."

You roll your eyes and open your mouth to reply when you suddenly bump into a hooded figure. You look to them to apologize only to see three of them instead, two of them walking ahead while the one on the left looked back at you.

You weren't sure due to the hood, but you swear it was a girl with blue skin and a red pendant around her neck. She seemed to give you a quick smile before turning around and catching up to the other two figures. You look back at Sunset who's raising an eyebrow at you, "Who was that?"

You shrug and start to walk again, "I dunno, never seen them before," She seemed satisfied with your answer for now. You both stayed quiet till you reach her house. It was a good looking two story white colored building, come to think of it your house might be a few blocks away from here! Nevertheless it seemed more expensive than your home.

You walk up to the front porch and stop, Sunset letting go of your arm and looking at you. It's a bit awkward, but she smiles and helps get rid of it as she spoke again, "I'll...tell the girls what happened, they'll know you saved my life. Thanks again by the way." She kissed your cheek again and quickly headed to her front door, not giving you time to respond or ask her about her arm.

She opens it and looks back at you giving you a wink that causes you to blush again before going inside. Once she disappears you turn around and start to walk back to your home, lost in thought.

So now you've saved a girl's life, who has a crush on you, jailed a psychopath, and met three strange hooded figures all in one day. It made school and living with your parents seem like a walk in the park....

Oh shit! Your parents!

You start to run home, keeping your backpack on as you did. If you didn't get home soon they'd be worried sick! It still takes you a few minutes to find your way home even with the help of GPS on your phone. You reach the front door and bend over, take a few deep breaths due to exhaustion before you stand tall again and open the door, walking inside to your fate.

"Mom? Dad? I'm home!"

You walk in to find the house is quiet. Too quiet...you turn on the lights and set down your backpack before walking into the kitchen and turning on the lights there. Looking around, you spot a note on the table and walk over to it. You pick up the note and start to read it:

"Hey sweetie, had to run out for a bit with your Dad to the store for some groceries. Help yourself to anything that's left in the kitchen and do your homework!

-Love Mom

You sigh in relief and smile, setting the note down and going back into the living room to sit on the couch. Relaxed, you turn on the TV and watch some cartoons. Though you mind soon drifts to other thoughts a few minutes later.

Your right hand moves to your cheek as you thought about Sunny kissing you there again. Causing the damned blush to return again as your heart beated bit faster. Perhaps you did have a crush on her? It was hard for you to tell after today's events.

Speaking of events, that quickly brought up the thought of the three hooded figures. You didn't know if you should worry about them, but one thing bothered you the most despite everything else.

Who's the blue girl that smiled at you..?