Nightmare Moon was purged from Luna by the elements but all that negative emotion, energy and will would not stay gone forever. It took her a long time to gather herself and even then she was too weak barely more then as mist, but then she felt it one night as she spied on her hated foe in her new castle. A pulse of unprecedented power from a mirror in the castle and with out a moment's hesitation she went through the mystical artifact seeking the gain this new power.
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High school Graduation day after party. (Next day)
"Twilight you read the news about what happened in New York?" Asked Sunset as she looked up from the news paper.
Twilight looked at Sunset Shimmer "I know it's the most curious thing Sunset. I would have thought that science would end up disproving such things, but instead it was proven. So fascinating!" She squealed girlishly before sorting herself out "Anyway," she said blushing cutely "It sounds to me like the incident was also much more powerful then the one five years ago. It must have been quite the event to witness. I think I've found a new field of study for when we go to college Sunset!" she said nearly squealing again.
"Yeah I was considering going back to Equestria, but I think I'll stay a little longer to study the paranormal of this world. After all I am technically a myth here.
That brought a collective laugh from all of Sunset's friends.
"Some myth you're standing right here Sunset." said Rainbow chiding Sunset a little.
The others just continued to laugh while Twilight was far more interested in other things "So do you know which school you're going to Sunset? Because I've had my eye on a very prestigious university."
"Like I said. I was going back to Equestria. I guess I'll go whatever has the best paranormal study program and the cheapest admission price. Also remember I'm a unicorn in human form." Said Sunset.
Twilight blinked "Why? With as smart as you are you could get a scholarship no problem. And with as long as you've been here no on would even bat an eyelid. In fact there are a number of top ranked schools that would bend over backwards to have such a brilliant student as yourself attend."
The bend over backwards remark naturally got a snicker from Rainbow, which earned a death glare from Fluttershy, Rarity, and Applejack.
"Seriously you guys are no fun right now." Rainbow deadpanned.
Applejack gave Rainbow a "soft" punch in the arm.
"It's not just my smarts it's who I am. Remember I'm not this world's Sunset Shimmer. I did some digging turns out your world's Sunset was not as... as well balanced or as assertive as me the year before her freshman year of school started she jumped from her middle school roof. Celestia and Luna only new she was enrolled here. They never checked with the parents or anybody else when I showed up. In fact the two of them really are a pair of slackers and totally unorganized. Especially compared to their immortal alicorn counterparts that rule my home world." Explained Sunset. She rubbed her arm "So yeah I'm kind of guilty of identity theft in a way."
Rainbow shot AJ a glare while rubbing her arm.
Twilight rubbed her chin thought. "Unfortunately not all schools are very caring about such things. In some cases they'll overlook just about anything to have a really brilliant student attend." she sighed heavily. The idea of such things did not sit well with her, but the simple fact of the matter is that such things were in fact over looked in some cases.
"I'll do some digging but there is one more thing that been nagging at me and it personal between all of us. You see I may have lied about my age a little. You see before I came through the portal I was basically in college. I'm actually judging by my world's twilight and the fact I went to high school there with he older brother. My actual age is um.... twenty-eight... the mirror just threw me in a teenagers body." Sunset was blushing now.
This caused everyone to stop. "Wait, wait, wait. You're almost thirty?" Rainbow said incredulously.
Twilight was thoughtful for a moment. "That actually makes some sense. You have shown that you have experiences beyond what appear to be your years."
"Yeah, but that average life span back home is over one hundred. So I'm still young. Anyway any one know a good collage for the study of the paranormal?" Said Sunset.
Pinkie raised her hand. "Coolsville community College, on the east cost. It was founded by a group of detectives from the seventies that investigated that stuff." she said.
After the party ends the friends go their separate ways, but the events set into motion would see them reunited in their wake...
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Ten years later...
Canterlot City Theater Day of the classical musical arts festival.
Bon-Bon Sat in a fine robin's egg blue dress in the front row, next to her was Vinyl Scratch the well know DJ had swapped her usual attire for a proper if still loud dress of white with glow in the dark blue pink green and purple bands/rings, she also had her head phones off as well as her Sun glasses. They both where there to support there respective lovers that where now on stage performing a duet, they being Octavia Melody on the cello who was Vinyl's lover and primary partner in music. The two have hit it big with what Vinyl calls Classical Wubs. The other on stage was Lyra Heartstrings playing a grand harp, a local performer who mostly played a Lyre in her lover Bon-Bon's candy store and cafe, and a local piano in the local bars on the weekends.
The two where playing a old piece called Song of the Soul, written by a trumpet player who died performing it on this stage when a rope shaped dropping a sand bag on him during the song. When the theater was first built. In the late eighteen hundreds.
As the two played people started to here a trumpet start playing from no where hearing the new sound both performer slowed to a stop as the trumpet took over as the only sound the two looked around to find who was cutting in on their act. The gasping of the crowd made the two look behind them and there it was a floating torso of man his head smashed and his outdated in bood and sand floating there between them playing the song. After a few moments it stopped and looked at them and started to nervously chuckle as it faded out right before every sand bag dropped from the stage ropes several coming dangerously close to the two on stage one landing right where the ghost had been. Lyra then fainted and Octavia screamed so loud it shattered some pairs of glasses in the room.
Bon Bon and Vinyl rushed the stage with Bon Bon picking up Lyra and trying to shake her awake while Vinyl clapped her hand over Octavia's mouth. "Shh Tavi calm down okay?" She said holding her and stroking her back trying to get her to calm down.
"Lyra, Lyra! Please wake up! Please be okay!" Bon Bon said with barely restrained tears. "Come on you've just got to be okay Lyra."
"Somebody call nine-one-one." Vinyl shouted from the stage.