TINK! TINK!
That was the sound of two sugarcubes falling into Luna's cup of coffee. Luna put her spoon into the cup and began stirring. Soon, Luna was done and took a small sip of coffee. 'Aaahhh...' she thought. 'That's better...nothing better than a fifth cup of coffee...Its just a bit bitter but...its still good...'
Luna rubbed her eyes and looked at the little clock she had on her desk. 'Hmm...Sunset Shimmer is taking a while...then again, this is her first day...she might get lost coming here...'
A few minutes later, Sunset entered the office with a face of both guilt and fear. Sunset stared at Luna for a few moments, only to notice that Luna had a much calmer look on her face than before. Sunset slowly sat down with the food from the cafeteria in tow. After a few seconds of silence, Sunset spoke up, “Um...how much trouble am I in?”
Luna took another sip of coffee. “I'm not sure...how much trouble do you think you're in?”
“Uh...er...” Sunset struggled to find the words as she tried to avoid Luna's gaze. “Well...I...I have no idea...”
Luna let out a little sigh. “Alright...first off Sunset Shimmer...I am not angry. I understand why you lashed out at Gilda. The girl is a serious problem at this school, even without the...incident with you and her.” Luna's face changed from calm to a more forceful, demanding demeanor. “However, that doesn't excuse you for trying to start a fight with her.”
“Yeah...” Sunset began twiddling her thumbs. “I know...I...I'm sorry...I...I don't know what came over me...I...I just...”
“You want your memory back, am I right?”
“Yes.” Sunset nodded. “I...I can't stop thinking about it...I want to move on but...”
“That's fine Sunset Shimmer.” Luna took another sip. “I fully understand what you mean. Regardless, you have no right to start a fight in this school. There are rules, and as such, you must follow them. Do you understand?”
“Yes. I do.”
“Good. Now eat the meal you brought with you before it gets cold.”
“Um...what about my punishment?” Sunset said as she readied herself for the worst.
“Well...” Luna scratched her chin as the aroma of her coffee began to fade. Then, a certain knock happened at Luna's door. “Come in!”
Celestia entered the room only to immediately exclaim, “Hey Luna, I...Sunset?! What are you doing here?!”
“Uh...” Sunset wasn't sure what to say. Thankfully, Luna was ready. “She got into a fight.”
“What?! On the first day?!” yelled Celestia, her face changing from surprise to anger.
“Gilda.”
“Oh.” After hearing that one word, Celestia's face changed to a disgruntled look. “Should of saw that coming...”
“Um...what do you mean by that?”
“Well...” Celestia gave a look that said, 'This happens a lot...and I'm totally used to it by now.' She continued. “Let's just say Gilda has a habit of...bringing out a certain something in people...um...what's the word I'm looking for...”
“Primal Destructive, Anger-filled Rage?” Luna responded without missing a beat.
“Yeah! That's it!” Celestia said with a huge smile.
'Wait...What?!' thought Sunset with a face of confusion and fear. 'That's what she was thinking?!'
Celestia sat down in the other chair in the room. There, she gave her usual calm smile and said, “Alright Sunset...what happened?”
“Well...um...” Sunset's body began to shake as she began twiddling her thumbs again. “I...I don't know what really happened to me...I just...”
“She went into an angry rage and attacked Gilda.” Luna said as she began refilling her coffee cup. “Gilda ran away after I got there though.”
“Did anyone get seriously hurt?” Celestia asked as she began to look Sunset over.
“No.” Sunset said as she shook her head. “I only slammed her into the locker...and hit her nose...”
“And she didn't hit you back?”
“No...she kicked me and pushed me...” said Sunset as she stared at the ground, wanting to run away from her current predicament.
Celestia gave a big sigh. “Alright...tell you what Sunset...I have the late shift today since Luna took it the other day, so...how about your punishment be just detention. It'll make things easier since I can just escort you back home after your done because I'll probably be done too.”
“Really?” said Sunset with a small smile.
“Yes.” Celestia glared at Sunset. “However, this is a one time deal Sunset. If this happens again, there will be a much bigger punishment. I know that Gilda hurt you and if I can, I will make her apologize. That doesn't excuse you attacking her, understand?”
“Yes.” Sunset nodded as tears began to flow from her eyes. “Thank you...”
“Good. Now go ahead and eat. I'll inform your next teacher you’re going to be late.”
“Thanks...” Sunset began to eat the salad in front of her. Celestia talked to Luna for a bit about a problem she was having and left the room. As Sunset was about to finish her meal, Luna spoke up, “Sunset Shimmer, um...may I call you Sunset? It'll be easier that way.”
“Sure.” Sunset nodded.
“Okay. Anyways, I want to tell you something Sunset.” Luna glared at Sunset who tried to shrink into the chair. “You're obviously afraid of me. I want you to stop that, understand?”
“Uh...”
“Look, I know I might come off as a bit more...intimidating than my sister. But, I'm here to help. If you have any problems, just let me know, okay?”
“Okay...” squeaked Sunset as she tried to nod.
“Good. Now finish your meal...I got work to do.” she said as she drank another cup of coffee. 'Sixth cup just isn't as good as the fifth...hmm...just not bitter enough...'
Sunset soon finished her meal and left Luna's office. She quickly found out that she had missed part of what was probably the most important class for her to attend. History. She knew she didn't know any history of this world, she just didn't know why. She slowly entered the classroom and was told where to sit. Before she knew it, the class was done and she found herself shuffling to another class. First, it was PE, Social Science (Sunset found this class both interesting and odd. She felt like she had studied certain parts of this subject before but in a very different way.) Computer Science and finally Art. The last two classes were especially interesting in her mind as she was pretty sure she had never studied such subjects. Soon, the day was done and Sunset began to search for the classroom where detention was going to held. As she roamed the halls, she soon stumbled onto something unexpected. As Sunset turned another corner in the school, she saw a girl grabbing another girl and threatening her. Sunset slowly approached, listening to the conversation.
“Okay you little wimp! Gilda ain't here right now, but that doesn't mean your going to be left off easily.” yelled a yellow-orange haired, athletic looking girl. The girl she was threatening was a skinny pink haired girl. “Well?!”
“Um...I...uh...” squeaked the other girl. “You see Lightning Dust...I...”
WHAM!
Lightning Dust's fist slammed the locker right by the girl. “Eep!” yelped the pink-haired girl as she crouched down. “Please don't hurt me!”
“Get up Fluttershy...your little friend Rainbow Dash isn't gonna help you this time. I lied to her earlier, telling her soccer practice is happening right now. She's over there right now, standing in a stupid field like the idiot she is when practice is actually gonna happen an hour from now...” said Lightning Dust in a dry, angry tone with a huge grin on her face. After a few seconds, Lightning grabbed Fluttershy and yelled. “I SAID GET UP!”
“Aaaahhhh!” screamed Fluttershy as she was pulled up by Lightning.
Sunset continued to watch and thought, 'Wha...what do I do?' Sunset thought back to Celestia's words, remembering her saying the punishment of detention was a one time deal. Sunset gritted her teeth as she kept looking at the scenario before her. Then, something came over her, Sunset didn't know why but she felt she had to do something. 'I...I wanna help her...' she thought, 'I don't why but I do...not only that...that Lightning Dust girl mentioned Gilda, which probably means this girl is...but...no, I don't want to get in more trouble...but I...'
However, Sunset didn't realize one thing till it was almost too late. Her body had already started moving. Before Sunset knew it, she was getting closer and closer until finally, 'I...I...I gotta do something!' she thought. 'Um...oh forget it! Here goes nothing...'
Sunset stopped in her tracks for a second, realizing that Lightning still hadn't seen her yet. Sunset closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Then, she walked up to Lightning as she was about to punch Fluttershy and grabbed her arm. “That's enough!” she yelled. “Leave her alone!”
“Who the-” yelled Lightning as she quickly shook her arm away from Sunset. “Oh...your that chick Gilda was talking about earlier!” Sunset stared daggers at Lightning as she continued to rant. “Let me guess, your one of those girls who thinks she's some hero, aren't you?!”
“I'll say this only one more time, leave her alone!”
Lightning didn't say a word. She merely cricked her neck and in a lightning fast motion, punched Sunset straight in the face.
POW!
Sunset fell back into the wall, putting her hand over her face. Lightning slammed her fist into Sunset's gut, causing Sunset to moan in pain. “Augh!”
“Say that again wimp!” taunted Lightning Dust as she stuck her tongue out. “Come on!”
Sunset glared at Lightning for a second and swung her fist out, only for Lightning to dodge it. Then Lightning kicked Sunset in the shin, causing Sunset to fall to her knees. “Ugh!”
“Hahaha! What a loser!” laughed Lightning as she let her guard down. “You pathetic little-”
POW!
Sunset slammed her fist into Lightning's face, causing her to take a few steps back. Then, Lightning looked directly at Sunset with fire in her eyes. “Oh...now you've done it...”
Before Sunset could react, Lightning charged Sunset and unleashed a fury of blows. Each of them hit Sunset in rapid succession, causing her to slowly fall back more and more. Then, as Lightning was about to deliver a final blow, Sunset slammed her fist into Lightning's stomach causing Lightning to fall back a little. “Ugh...you're just like Gilda...slow but you hit hard...too bad for you...I'm just a bit faster...” Lightning began to wear a huge grin. “You're dead meat now, newbie!”
In an instant, Sunset found herself repeatedly hit over and over till she finally fell to the ground. There, Lightning began to kick her body. “Take that you little-”
Before Lightning could finish, Fluttershy stood in front of her, her arms fully stretched out. “Enough! Stop hurting her!”
Lighting gave a face of confusion and anger. “Uh...wrong time to get a backbone wimp. Get out of my way or I'm gonna splatter your face all over the floor with her.”
Fluttershy kept standing there, her whole body trembling. She knew she couldn't win but...she knew she had to try and help the girl who was trying to save her. “No. I won't move.”
“Fine by me.” Lightning cracked her knuckles. “I was gonna hit you after this anyways.”
“Oh really? And pray tell what were you going to do after that?!” said a voice down the hallway. The two turned their heads, only to see the history teacher, Mrs. Harshwhinny. Lightning turned to Fluttershy and said, “You got off easy this time loser.”
“Don't you dare-” Harshwhinny said only to stop in mid-sentence. It was too late, Lightning Dust had already ran away. “Ugh...looks like I have another thing to tell Celestia...”
Harshwhinny went up to Fluttershy and patted her on the back. “You okay Fluttershy?”
“Yeah.” Fluttershy nodded. “But...um...what about her? She just saved me...”
“Yeah...that's Sunset Shimmer...she's supposed to be attending the detention that I'm currently about to supervise...It seems this little one wants to keep getting into trouble...” Harshwhinny looked Sunset over. She was still laying on the floor, moaning in pain. “Help me get her to the nurse's office Fluttershy. After that...I'll figure out something...”
“Okay.” Fluttershy nodded. The two picked up Sunset and helped her get down the hallway. Fluttershy looked at Sunset with calm caring eyes and thought, 'This girl tried to save me...I wonder why...'