Shimmer stared down at her food and said nothing. She poked the unidentified meat with a plastic fork and bit her lip. It had been three days since she last saw herself. Well, her doppleganger that is. Lunch time at school had rolled around and nothing out of the ordinary was happening...It was Monday and Shimmer wasn't any closer to figuring out how she existed and at the same time her other self existed than on Friday night. The other girl had disappeared right after her last words.
"Because I'm possible."
Shimmer frowned. It was so corny. Yet it felt as though it were seriously a true thing. She was there, no mistake. Therefore...she was possible. So as lame as that was it held some truth to it. But how her double was there...no explanation. All Shimmer got from her was a confusing short speech about dimensions and myths?
Shimmer tapped a finger on her chin. Even now it didn't make much sense to her...
"You'd be surprised at what you think to be absolute; the only solution or explanation. What you find logical can be altered and completely shattered, becoming the illogical. What makes sense to you here can be complete and utter nonsense in another dimension. Ideas you believe to be myths and old legends are what reality consists of in the multiverse..."
She sighed. It was all a mystery to her. She couldn't understand anything. Her double talking about her being a version of her...the sudden take off...her cold glare...Now that Shimmer thought about it, that girl was nothing like her. She, Sunset Shimmer, had always been a happy, upbeat person whose passion was music. She always smiled and her eyes shined with joy. Shimmer had many friends and was considered to be popular at Pointeville High.
But this other person...
She looked aggressive. Her eyes had a dangerous gleam to them. The smirk on her face curled cruelly. And the way she held herself; her head high and shoulders back like she was of importance. Shimmer's double had a low growl to her voice, one that intimidated her. The black leather jacket, orchid colored shirt, her skirt, and the tall black boots with purple flames that licked upward all reminded Shimmer of a gangster of some sort. Like she was some kind of biker or bad girl.
She shuddered. Shimmer had gotten a weird vibe from her. It was one that made her hair stand on end. If this girl really was her...She didn't like it. They were nothing alike as far as she knew. Looking up from her food she surveyed the cafeteria. Teens ate, talked with their friends, and laughed every now and then. It was like any normal day. But what wasn't normal was that her two best friends weren't at the table with her. Shimmer was sitting by herself...
Squinting, she tried to find them. Her friends always sat with her at lunch. It was like an unspoken tradition between them. Ever since they started high school two years ago they had become fast friends, all their personalities clicking together like puzzle pieces. During lunch was the first time she got to see them during the school day if you didn't count the walk to school. Their classes were all different from each others and so that's how it worked out. But this morning the two of them didn't walk to school with her. Shimmer started to wonder if they weren't feeling well or something...
And that's when her eyes landed on a girl with orchid skin and pink-purple hair that curled around her oval face and a boy with white hair and skin wearing a scarf. She smiled. It was Double Diamond and Sugar Belle. They were sitting around the music students. They must've assumed that Shimmer wasn't there and decided to sit at another table. The fiery-headed girl got up from her seat, tray in hand, and walked over to them.
The two of them were talking about an upcoming event: The Spring Fling. Shimmer placed her tray down on the table and said," Hi! I didn't see you guys this morning and thought you two might not have been here."
Double Diamond and Sugar Belle jumped when she spoke, like they hadn't expected her to appear. Double Diamond looked down at his food with great interest and Sugar Belle poked her food.
"What do you want."
Shimmer's smile faded somewhat.
"Uhm, I want to talk to you guys."
"Well, we don't. So you can go back to your table," Sugar Belle said sourly.
Shimmer paused. This was usually not how her friends talked to her...She looked at Double Diamond. He kept looking down at his food as if it was something spectacular. It was apparent that he would not respond to anything she said.
"...Is something wrong?" she asked.
"Yes. And that 'something wrong' is you!" Sugar Belle snapped.
Shimmer stood back with her eyes wide.
"Me?? All I did was walk over here and say hi! How am I doing anything wrong??"
Sugar Belle frowned.
"Don't act like you don't remember last Friday night."
The fiery-headed girl nodded slowly.
"Yes..? I remember it..?"
"Then you know why we aren't friends anymore!"
"How are we not friends anymore?! I just texted you to see how you were doing and you sent this threatening message talking about harassment and assault! Now what was that all about?!"
Sugar Belle stood up and pointed at Double Diamond.
"Last Friday night you came into the shop and were about to beat him up! Over spilling your coffee--"
"I don't even drink coffee! And why would I beat him up? I wasn't even there!"
"--You had a smart mouth and were acting like a total jerk! If you were feeling bad that day why didn't you just say so? We would've left you alone!"
"I didn't even go to the shop! I went home!" Shimmer cried out. She was completely confused and upset. "What are you even talking about??"
"What are you talking about?! You didn't go straight home! You came to the shop and hurt Double Diamond!" Sugar Belle yelled.
"I didn't!"
"Yes, you did!"
"But I didn't!"
"Oh, yes. You. Did!!!"
"I DIDN'T!!!"
"YES, YOU DID!!!"
"I SWEAR TO FAUST I DIDN'T EVEN TOUCH DOUBLE DIAMOND!!!!!"
Sugar Belle glared at her with such intensity that the expression 'If looks could kill' certainly was relevant to the situation at hand. Sugar Belle let out a low growl of frustration before speaking in a dangerously calm voice.
"Don't play dumb, Shimmer! I remember everything! The first thing I noticed when you walked in was that you were wearing a completely different outfit from usual. A leather jacket...a skirt...boots with flames on them...It was like you were trying to look like some kind of bad girl! And, as if to complete the look, you were being pretty snappy! You seemed to be a completely different person.
"I don't want to speak to you ever again, Sunset! There! Since you kept insisting we call you that from now on, you bitch! Lay your hands on anyone again and I will call the police!!"
Shimmer didn't reply to her. She just stared. There was no way...A black leather jacket, a skirt, boots with flame designs, and her attitude...It had to be...It had to be her. Shimmer turned on her heel and walked out the cafeteria. It wasn't just her who saw them, this double. It was her friends, too! And she destroyed a friendship they had had for two years!
It may not be a long time to be friends with someone but these two were the ones she always hung out with. They were her main friends and now one violent act done by a gangster-wannabe look-alike has ruined it. Shimmer gritted her teeth, feeling the anger inside of her rise. She shouldn't have yelled at Sugar Belle like that. It wasn't her fault that she was angry...It was her's.
It was Sunset's fault. She had never seen her friend so angry before. And it was directed at her! But it wasn't Shimmer that did that to Double Diamond! And then she called her a bitch. A bitch! Never had anyone called her such a name! Shimmer's vision became blurry as tears began to form. It was all her double's fault.
Shimmer ran through the hall and burst into a room full of instruments: the Music room. She grabbed her guitar and shut herself in one of the smaller cubicles used as a practice room. In there she opened the case and furiously strummed the strings, making a loud and terrible noise. She didn't care. All she knew was that she was angry.
Angry at Sunset.