Week of the unicorn

by CrossRedstone


Good pon- IT CAN TALK?!!?!?!?!?

Sunset stood there frozen in front of Spike, the dog. She had two choices, either to run or to stay. Of course running only would mean for the dog to catch up on her and since magic was out of the question-

"There you...are..."

GAH!! Oh no, oh no, oh no! She's seen me! The human Twilight has seen me! Is that a bun she's wearing? It looks kinda- GAH! Focus Sunset! Think, think, think!

Twilight in the meantime had been staring at the unicorn the entire time. She took off her glasses, cleaned them with the clothes she was wearing and put them back on. To her surprise, she still saw her dog sitting in front of the...unicorn?

"N-No. It can't be." Twilight laughed nervously, to which the pony blinked seemingly in confusion.

"You're not a unicorn. No way." the girl smiled.

"Someone probably just stuck a horn on your head. And the oversize eyes are probably just a mutation. I mean, a lot of animals are born with two heads." Twilight cleared her throat, kneeling on the ground.

"Oh dear, Spike. Look at her. Someone dyed the coat and mane of the poor pony. They must have thought it would make a nice video on the internet." she said in disgust. Spike let out a bark in response.

"Come here." the crystal prep student stretched her arm out. "I won't do anything to you."

Sunset blinked at Twilight's behavior. She definitely didn't expect the human to react in denial and thought someone had done something to the Equestrian. Questioning her own sanity, the unicorn decided to play along.

Slowly she walked towards the human, carefully keeping an eye on the dog, who had just been sitting there this entire time. Letting out an intentional snort, the unicorn finally closed the gap between herself and the human. Said human smile widened a little, when her hand came into contact with the mane of the pony. It felt very smooth, similar to human hair actually.

"What's this? Oh wow, they even painted a pictures on your flanks? They must have used a something similar to a stamp." Twilight commented, while shifting over to stroke down Sunset's neck.

It send light shivers down the unicorn's spine, which caused her to unconsciously step closer to the crystal prep student. Twilight in return used the opportunity to pet Sunset with both of her hands, which relaxed the mare even more, to the point where she rubbed her head against the human.

"You're a really trustworthy pony, huh? I hope you don't mind if I check the thing they put on your head."

Twilight of course wasn't expecting the pony to understand her. She just hoped her calm voice would keep the supposed animal calm. What it did was to warn Sunset. She could mentally prepare for her horn being touched, which most unicorns didn't really like, as it just felt annoying having your horn touched by somepony, even if it is the doctor. Or rather especially if it was the doctor.

The Equestrian managed to resist the urge to shake her head, when Twilight retracted her right hand and carefully began her examination. She carefully put to fingers on the spiraled horn, trying to figure out what exactly was glued on the poor pony.

"Huh! It feels hard. I expected cardboard." Twilight commented, slowly rubbing the horn, not noticing the pony's ears laying back on her head.

"The spirals feels real. Someone actually craved them out. But why go through all that trouble?" Twilight asked aloud.

Luckily for Sunset, the high school girl in front of her stopped touching her horn and instead readjusted the glasses. Twilight took a closer look at Sunset, slowly going through the fur of the pony with her left hand.

"It looks so real. But it just can't be. Ponies have brown, black, white, maybe even grey. But yellow?" The lavender skinned girl shook her head. "There has to be a logical explanation for this. But I can't just take you home or to crystal prep. I barely managed to teach Spike to not jump out of my back." she smiled mirthfully, petting her dog. In return, her loyal companion leaned into her hand, his tiny tail happily wagging left and right.

Please Twilight, please keep denying that I'm an actual unicorn. I hope AJ or Applebloom or even Big Mac are ready to take the fall for that. But I can't really ask my friends to lie and tell Twilight that they basically did something close to animal abuse.

Suddenly there was the sound of a phone vibrating. Twilight fished around in her pockets, until she took out hers and looked at the screen.

"He forgot it again? And of course I'm the only person he can rely on bringing it to him. Urrgh. I swear my brother is so scatterbrained at times." Twilight got up and wiped her clothes free from the dirt. Sunset looked up to her, playing all the curious, cute animal.

"I hope I can see you again. You're better company than my classmates that's for sure. Come on, Spike." the girl put a leash on her dog's color. She gave Sunset one final pet on the head, before reluctantly walking away.

At this moment, Sunset wanted to start dancing. This had gone better than she ever could have imagined. Twilight was none the wiser about her being an actual unicorn! Next time the girl came around, she just needed to put a spell on herself, to appear as a normal pony with oversize eyes.

Smiling to herself, Sunset turned around and trotted away, not noticing the tree branch sticking out of the earth. And as if fate STILL had it out for her...well, you can guess it.

"AH! Ow!" The unicorn landed with her chin on the dry ground.

Getting herself up, she rubbed the place she landed with her hoof.

"Oh man, gotta watch my step- oh no."

Dreading the inevitable, Sunset turned around and found a wide eyed Twilight Sparkle staring down at her.

"Oh yeah, I have an appointment with my hairdresser. Gotta jet!"

And thus, Sunset ran as fast as her already tired hooves could take her.