Equestria Girls: Secrets Beyond the Stars

by GoldenGoomba900


Original vs Remastered

Sunset Shimmer held Cinch with Applejack's arms, hovering outside the shattered window in full uniform, only her red and yellow hair giving possible identity to her.

Floating into the room, Sunset Shimmer set Cinch down on the floor, people backing away from the strangely-dressed woman. "You!" She shouted, pointing to a man in a trucker cap and wife-beater. "Get her to the hospital. I'll keep them busy." The man paused, unsure if she was talking to him or not. "GO!" She shouted, the man (and several others) scrambling to follow her orders. Applejack's arms vanished from her uniform and Shimmer began following her clone.

A pair of doors slammed shut in front of Tested and The Second Sunset, cutting them off from the rest of the school. "Wh- you!" Tested said, turning around, annoyed. She recognized Shimmer's hair from the duel they'd had over the school.

"I'm here to stop you Tested, and that monster you call a clo-" Before she could say another thing, the Shimmer clone had punched her in the stomach and thrown her to the floor.

"I take it you heard my explanation of Second Sunset. Good. Now we will see who really is superior." Tested left to let the clone continue her dirty work.

Picking up Shimmer by her helmet, the clone tossed her into a series of lockers, breaking them. Levitating to her feet, Sunset noticed that this scenario seemed familiar. The clone threw another punch towards Sunset's head, the girl grabbing it with her powers and twisting it behind the clone's back before shoving her into another set of lockers. Panting, the clone wiped the spittle from her lower jaw and smiled, letting loose her burning wings.

"Celestia above." Shimmer gasped as the other three girls arrived to back her up.

"I didn't see that coming!" Pinkie admitted.

"That's probably not good..." Fluttershy mumbled.

"We should probably leave." Applejack said as the two charged at one another, Shimmer once again being flung away. This time through a brick wall.

"Now? When she needs us?" Pinkie asked, horrified.

"No, to get the MONSTER away from all these people! You help get them to safety, I'm gonna back Sunset up!"

"Which one?" Pinkie asked as Applejack followed the brawl.

Sunset landed in the art room, splattering paint and charcoal everywhere. Second Sunset followed, climbing through the newly formed hole and grinning malevolently. That was, until Shimmer grabbed a wooden art stand and smashed it over her clone's head. As the clone held the top of its skull, Sunset grabbed a nearby painting and smashed it over her clone's head, the frame binding her and allowing the proper one to use several pieces of pottery, a large stained glass collage, and the art teacher's computer monitor as impromptu weaponry.

The clone tore the wooden frame apart and grabbed Shimmer, throwing her through the floor, into the shop room. Shimmer awkwardly stumbled away to hide while her clone leaped down the hole after her, unaware she was now at a massive disadvantage. The entire room began flaring up as the various blades and bands began running, a loud buzzing noise covering up any other sound. Looking for her prey, the clone noticed a swinging door, leading to a hallway. Thinking her victim had fled, the beastie never considered that the real Shimmer was standing behind her with a sledge hammer.

Well, up until Shimmer swung, cracking her clone's ribcage like a raw egg. Second Sunset went down, clutching her side as the real Sunset wiped her forehead, dropping the sledge to the ground.

"Yeah, who's superior now!" She laughed, turning from her downed opponent. "I win! I ALWAYS win!" Her victory was short lived, as the clone quickly swept her burning wing under Shimmer's foot, knocking her to the floor and setting her leg ablaze. As the real Shimmer fell, trying to contain the fire, the clone stood up, stained and beaten, but far from finished.

Once more it grabbed the real Shimmer, this time by her burning leg, dangling her up-side down as it stared at the many, whirring devices. Moving its eyes across the room as Shimmer fruitlessly struggled in her grasp, the clone noticed the belt-sander and smiled.

Stepping to the belt-sander, the beast jammed Sunset Shimmer's foot into it, slowly grinding her boot away. Pushing harder and harder, the rubber and plastic on Shimmer's sole turned into fine dust, it becoming clear the clone wasn't going to destroy JUST her boot. The belt-sander ground and ground, the pieces of Shimmer's shoe all gone, the only thing stopping the creature from grinding her foot to a bloody stump was her sock.

"Hey!" Applejack shouted from the hole above. "Get your hands off her!" The clone dropped Shimmer, much to the original's relief, and began approaching Applejack, unimpressed.

"I don't like people who hurt m-" The clone cut her off with a heel-drop, slamming the country girl to the ground as it breathed deeply, unhappy that it had failed to kill two different people today. She intended to end this losing streak right here, and was about to stomp Applejack's head into a fine mush. Something stopped her high-heel though, as a hand held the foot back, covered by the cowgirl's hat. Pulling her foot away, Applejack slowly got up, smiling as she brushed her palms.

"Hoo-wee..." She said, laughing. "I am DEFINITELY going to enjoy this." Four additional arms came from her sides, giving her eight limbs in total. The clone backed away, slightly confused, but soon stood her ground, grabbing one of the jigsaw rigs and throwing it at her. Applejack ducked and turned to look at the device, but soon found Second Sunset's fist in her spine, tossing her towards the hole the rig had left, into the chemistry room.

Moaning as she stood up, Applejack wiped some blood from her upper lip. "There we go." She laughed, turning to the clone. "Now it's a rodeo." The two charged towards one-another, Second Sunset throwing a punch, only to be caught by Applejack. She tried another, that was also caught. Before the clone could go for the headbutt, one of Applejack's arms burst from her lower back and began pulling on its hair. The clone frantically flapped its burning wings, singing Applejack's hand and forcing her to let go. The cowgirl pushed away from Second Sunset, grasping her gloved hand in pain. "What in tarnation?"

The clone paused briefly and put the pieces together, smiling as she summoned fireballs in her now-free hands. Looking up, Applejack gasped and backed away from the flames. She threw one at her, Applejack grabbing a leftover textbook and using it as an inpromptu shield. The book turned to ashes on contact with the flame. Applejack looked around the room for items that she could use before her eyes settled on a chemical shower and eye-wash station. The only problem was that it was behind the burning mare, who was looking to kill. The clone threw the second fireball, Applejack ducking as it passed over her hat, burning a hole through it and slamming into a chemistry set. As the chemicals and beakers hit the floor, Applejack snapped her fingers, an idea forming. Using her hands, she tossed a chair at the clone and ran to the chemistry lab's side-room, Second Sunset hot on her trail. Slamming the door behind her, Applejack looked around the side-room, smiling as she saw the stockpile of dangerous chemicals. She then frowned as she realized they were behind a metal gate, to keep ne'er-do-wells and criminals from using them for their own nefarious purposes.

The clone easily tore through the wooden door, slamming it to the ground as Applejack began reaching through the metal bars, a large bottle of bleach just barely out of her grasp. She used her powers to snatch it as the clone approached her, unhappy, but soon found another problem: the bleach wouldn't fit through the bars. The clone laughed as she watched Applejack struggle with the bottle, each step making her more and more frantic.

"Come on, come on!" She shouted, trying to think as the clone grabbed her by the leg and began burning it with her flames. Holding onto the bottle and the bars for dear life, Applejack sprouted a third arm and began unscrewing the concentrated bleach's cap, the liquid pouring to the floor. Growing fed up, the clone let go, knocking Applejack into the bars, letting her drop into the growing puddle. Getting up, Applejack swung her arm at the clone, who was out of reach. Despite this, something amazing happened: the Clone grabbed its skin and began screaming. Looking over herself, Applejack realized that with the leather padded suit and gloves, the gasmask, and the rubber boots, she was pretty much immune to the Bleach's effects.

Grinning devilishly, Applejack unsummoned her arms and stepped closer to Second Sunset, who backed away. She'd never been burned before, she'd never had the feeling of her skin in pain, singing itself on the liquid that ran down her body. She looked up in time to see AJ's bleach-coated fist. The clone grabbed it, but recoiled in pain, unsure what was causing this horrific sensation.

"Aw, ya don't like that, Sugarcube?" Applejack asked, her voice muffled by the black mask. "That's a pity, because I'm a REAL touchy-feely kinda gal." Throwing a fireball at Applejack and fleeing back into the main chemistry room, she missed and hit the gate, finally knocking it open.

The clone panted and wheezed as it hid from the chemical mare, trying desperately to remove the liquid on its body. That was, until Applejack entered the room, carrying even more bottles of dangerous chemicals. Unscrewing the caps and whistling, Applejack tossed the bottles of fuming chemicals down the rows of desks. She wasn't going to hurt her, she was just gonna smoke her out.

"And I thought Twilight said this gasmask didn't work no more." She laughed, Second Sunset coughing and panting as the chemical fumes filled the room. Finally, the clone couldn't take it anymore and dashed out into the halls, trying to get some fresh air.