//------------------------------// // Getting Ready // Story: Sunset's Dusk // by Autistic Writer //------------------------------// Sunset’s Dusk Chapter Two: Getting Ready Sunset was in a robe staring at the dress that Elusive had provided her. She sighed as it was too glittery for her tastes, but Sunset barely had any tastes for fashion. She just felt the dress wasn’t her style. The goal tonight was to win over Dusk Shine. Her worries were over what the school would think of her now. She didn’t want to let anyone think she was a push over just because she was in love with Dusk Shine. So, she had to pull all the stops, even if it meant stomaching her own dislike of the glittery attire. Wait, why did she want to win him over? It was just an experiment to understand what she had been feeling towards the male lately. Ever since their kiss, Sunset couldn’t get Dusk Shine out of her mind. Every time he talked to her were a thousand birds flying in the air. She kept dreaming about him. She kept thinking he was around her all the time. She wanted him to be around her all the time. Yet, the only problem she was facing was that she was the Queen Bee of the school. Most students were either afraid of her or just avoided her like the plague. Would students avoid Dusk Shine if they had learned that he was her boyfriend? Would they be scared of Dusk Shine as well? The fiery haired female shut the curtains and closed the door to prevent any watchful eyes from noticing her changing of attire. She removed the robe and grabbed the dress and started to change into it. She pulled up the dress making sure it wouldn’t fall off her body. When she made a quick exit in her newly changed attire, she spun around in front of her mirror in order to see how it looked on her. She had to admit, Elusive was a great designer of dresses. The dress’s appearance in her eyes had captivated her to no end. Everything about the dress seemed flawless, despite how tight the dress felt on her. It almost felt that she was wearing a corset. Sunset looked down seeing the dress was short. She pulled it hoping it wouldn’t show off too much of her legs, but she glad it wasn’t too short. She did multiple tests like sitting down seeing if she could properly sit down or bend over making sure another article of clothing wouldn’t be revealed. Sunset wanted Dusk Shine to be blown away by her, not thinking she was easy. To be frank, she wasn’t sure how she felt about Dusk Shine. He was the only one that interfered with her actions as the queen bee of Canterlot High, which made her often frustrated. Yet, at the same time, she felt something about him. Something that made her frustrations seems only minor. It must have been a sight that she was…..No. “I am not in love with Dusk Shine. I mean that would be really crazy.” Sunset crossed her arms in defiance. She didn’t feel like she was in love with him. Yet, all the signs were point out that she was in fact in love with him. “There is no way I love him like that. I mean he is a great guy, but for me and him to be like that. I mean come on who would really see me dating him.” Sunset got up trying to fight these strange feelings. It was an internal struggle that Sunset was going through. One part of her loved Dusk Shine and wanted him to sweep her off her feet and become his girlfriend. The other part of her disliked Dusk Shine and wanted him out of the way, so she could rule the school. Sunset made her way to another mirror as she sat down in the chair. She started to model her hair trying to pinpoint the right style she could wear on her date with him. There wasn’t much she could to with it. It wasn’t that Sunset’s hair was short or anything like that. It was just that she didn’t see any change that she would like to make with her hair. Other styles that she tried to use made her hair look silly or not as great as the original. Sunset groaned in defeat. “Fine, I will keep my hair like this.” Sunset gazed upon her neck area. It was naked as it only showed her upper body with some cleavage. She shook her head trying to find some jewelry that would clothe her neck. The dress she wore was strapless, but she was glad it was tight enough to where it wouldn’t fall down on her on the date. She didn’t Dusk Shine or any other guy in this town noticing her underwear for the night. Her frustrations increased when she noticed that there wasn’t any jewelry in her jewelry box that would match her dress. She needed something to appear on her exposed neck. She also didn’t want Dusk Shine to stare at her cleavage, but he wasn’t a guy to do such a thing. Rainbow Blitz might have done that to her, but not Dusk Shine. Dusk Shine wouldn’t notice how sexy she looked if she went in the nude. “Whatever, I will go without one.” She shook her head not wanting to make it a big deal. She stared at her clock reading thirty minutes till seven. Dusk Shine was set to appear at seven. She would have to buy herself more time in order to hear the knocks on her door. Sunset walked downstairs to look at some photos in her photo album. She might have been the meanest girl in school, but there was a reason for her mean attitude. There was a reason why Sunset never let out any joy or her fun side. It wasn’t that she didn’t have one. It was just that…. In the past….she was a total nerd. Sunset opened up seeing that she once wore glasses with a ponytail, holding a lot of books and smiling. Sunset felt like a total dork. She didn’t want other people laughing at her and underestimating her. One day she couldn’t take all the laughing anymore. Her sad face quickly turned into an angry glare. This was the start of her journey to become the Queen Bee of the school. This new change would make everyone see that Sunset Shimmer wouldn’t be a laughing stock anymore. She ditched her hair tie and got contacts while she discontinued her need for glasses. She was the queen bee because she didn’t want anyone thinking she was soft. Yet, it was this mean persona that pushed potential friends away. Sunset ruled Canterlot High with an iron fist. That was until she met Dusk Shine and his friends. They were the only ones who tolerated Sunset’s mean spirit. They knew deep inside that Sunset was a good person. Dusk Shine even knew that Sunset had a different side to her when they were paired for a project together. She turned the pages of her photo album. Each picture in the photo album contained a story of how Sunset was able to get along with Dusk Shine and his friends. Bubble Berry and Sunset were volunteering to watch over a group of orphans. Bubble felt their sad faces needed cheering up. So, the party planner held a party in order to cheer them up. Bubble Berry took a picture of the orphans gathering together, Sunset was shocked that her picture was being taken and Bubble Berry pulling her close to him. Even though Sunset wasn’t a big fan of children, she was glad to make a different in their lives. Sunset smiled while going to the next set of pictures. Rainbow Blitz’s picture with her was rather an embarrassing one. There was a moment where he put her up in the air. Sunset shocked by how strong Blitz was. There was then another picture of where Rainbow Blitz sat Sunset on his lap. He was wearing his basketball uniform while Sunset was sitting down on his lap. They were having a blast. It was just the moment after the picture that made her embarrassed. Moment in Blitz’s shorts and a smirk comment earn him a red hand print on his cheek. Elusive’s picture was of Sunset being in his studio and he put her in multiple attires of his clothing lines. Some that made Sunset smile and others that made the female cringed. In the very least, she and Elusive took a photo together. Sunset smiled as she got to take home a few dresses that Elusive designed. Butterscotch was the only who had the fewest amount of photos. Everytime Sunset would try to take a picture; he would avoid her or duck out of the picture. But, there was a picture Sunset took where Butterscotch stood still. Sunset wasn’t in the picture, but she was the one who took it. The picture was Butterscotch with a staff member of Canterlot High. It was a female janitor that took a picture with Butterscotch. Sunset was still trying to understand why Butterscotch could take a picture with Eris. There were many rumors that the two were dating, but Butterscotch had denied the rumors. “I swear those two are dating” Sunset wasn’t buying Butterscotch’s excuse that there wasn’t anything going on between them. Applejack’s picture with Sunset was very meaningful. Applejack invited Sunset Shimmer to his family reunion. Despite the fact that his family kept teasing that Sunset was his girlfriend, Applejack only invited Sunset for she had nothing to do on that day. Sunset had announced to the Apple Family that she didn’t know who her parents were. She felt like she didn’t belong and ran off in the apple forest. This made the Apple family take Sunset in as one of their own for just a day. Sunset wore Applejack’s hat and the Apple family huddled around her for the big family photo. Sunset was grateful that they considered her one of them. She laughed as she was completely wrong about Applejack’s family. Afterwords, Sunset had a heart to heart talk with Applejack and apologize for disrespecting his family and hopes that she could come again the next reunion. Applejack couldn’t have been more proud of Sunset Shimmer. Sunset turned to the last page seeing the various pictures of Dusk Shine and her. From fighting one another, to becoming best friends, Sunset and Dusk were both contend with one another. There were moments when they were enemies, yet Sunset blushed seeing a picture of the Winter Formal. It was a photo of Dusk Shine and Sunset Shimmer. They were both were in formal attire and both were smiling in the picture. During the Winter Formal, Sunset expected Dusk Shine to dance with Flare Warden, his crush. However, Sunset had noticed the honor to dance with Dusk Shine was offered to her instead. Sunset didn’t know why Dusk Shine wanted to dance with her, but she didn’t waste that moment. Out of all the photo that was in the photo album, Sunset felt this was her most precious photo. She had made multiple copies of each photo in the album. She might have been queen bee of Canterlot High, but to some degree, she wanted to keep the six friends that she has. She might act against them during school, but once they were out, her dislike of them changed quicker than the weather. KNOCK! KNOCK! “Finally, he shows up!” Sunset smirked as she slid her photo album under the couch. She patted the photo album like a pet and walked out of the room. Sunset dusted her dress making sure she looked presentable to Dusk Shine. Someone had to look presentable between the two of them. She smirked as she was about to blow his mind by what she was wearing. Dusk Shine was unknown to romance, but he often had moments where he would blush at a pretty girl. The girl with the red and yellow hair undid the locks and opened the door. When Sunset opened the door, she saw Dusk Shine staring out at the sky. When Dusk Shine turned to face her, silence grew as Dusk Shine’s attire made Sunset Shimmer freeze. Sunset looked upon the outfit of Dusk Shine. The only thing different about him was that he wore a purple tie with five sparkles at the bottle and a large star in the middle. Sunset was in disbelief that Dusk Shine was standing there looking very attractive. She had wanted to surprise him by dressing up sexy, but he got her by dressing up like a gentleman. Her heart rate was increasing as she stood there completely blow away by his appearance. “You look really elegant tonight, Sunset.” Dusk Shine told her. “You look really handsome, Dusk.” Sunset turned away as she rubbed her arm. “So, before we go to this date, I have something to give to you.” Dusk Shine looked at her. Sunset still had her head turned to avoid the sight of him. She only muttered his appearance under her breath. Sunset just noticed that Dusk Shine was behind her and putting something on her neck. “What do you think you are doing,” Sunset voiced her rage to him. “Hold still, I am almost done putting this on you.” Dusk Shine ignored her rage to put on his gift to her. After he was done, Sunset pushed him away and rushed to a mirror. She wanted to see what exactly he put on her. Bubble Berry had the habit of marking her head with funny messages. She though she was wearing a funny message right now. Upon inspection of the mirror, Sunset found the gift wasn’t what she had thought at all. She put her fingers on the necklace that Dusk Shine gave to her. She was utterly speechless when she saw the center of the necklace had the insignia of her cutie mark. She touched each tip of the flares. She wondered how Dusk Shine came to obtain this object. She turned to him, hoping he would explain himself. “I know it’s a late birthday gift, but I worked really hard to make that for you. I know it isn’t as good as what the other guys gave you but….” Dusk Shine said before Sunset pulled him in a hug. “Thank you, Dusk Shine.” Sunset told him before backing out of the hug. She felt grateful that Dusk Shine created the necklace she wore. Yet, she had nothing to give to him. She shook her head and looked at him. “Whatever, it isn’t much anyways,” Sunset pretended to seem like her natural cruel self. She loved the gift he gave her, but if the kids at school heard that she liked the gift, then Sunset’s status as the queen bee might be at risk. “Look, let’s just get this date over with.” Sunset darted her eyes and walks passed Dusk Shine. “You’re welcome,” Dusk Shine said with a groan in his voice. He knew Sunset Shimmer heard him, but she did have a point. They were only on the date for her sake. So, he decided to play her game and go along with whatever she had planned for them. This was going to be a long night.