//------------------------------// // Aftermath (Edited) // Story: Siren Bay // by ZombieBrony22 //------------------------------// I leaned my hand against the wall as I looked out the window from our fallout shelter. Luckily, CHS was built back during the Cold War, so it had one. I was inside it with several of the students, including Twilight [Not the Equestrian one], Sunset Shimmer, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Applejack. The others... they were up there with the Dazzlings as their pawns. Their... soldiers of action. "What the hell happened today?" Sunset asked me. "... I have no idea. It just... went down." I said. "Do you remember this morning? I should've seen this coming a week away." Sunset said. "Sunset. I keep telling you. This wasn't your fault. The Dazzlings did this, they locked us in here. Not you." I said to her. "But Night Flier, it was so obvious! The riots, all of those sick people, and THIS..." We were silent as distant explosions went off. Most likely military choppers trying to bomb the city. Looks like they're failing. THEN The school bell rang as we walked into the large building. I managed to catch a glimpse of that statue that was, apparently, a portal to another world. I walked past it and inside the big doors where I saw Sunset waiting for me. "Hey, you." She said. "Hey, Sunset." I said, catching up to her. "Did you hear of last night, about that riot down the street?" Sunset asked me. "Actually, I was there. I saw that they were all just... killing. Not themselves, but police. Do you think Equestrian magic was involved?" I asked her. "Huh, I hope not. We had enough problems at the Friendship Games." Sunset said. "Yeah, no kidding." I said back. We kept walking past the classes until Celestia came down the hall. "Hello, Sunset, hello... um..." "Night Flier." I reminded her as I rolled my eyes. "Sorry. With all of the students for the past years, it's become impossible for me to recognize new students until a few months." Celestia explained. "It's fine. You should've seen it at my last school. They NEVER recognized my name and I've been there since 2nd Grade!" I chuckled. It's always good to remember Manehattan Middle School. But now, I'm at Canterlot High. Trust me, I've been here for 2 months and I already like this school more than I've ever loved Manehattan. I had Cheerlie as my first class, so I shouldn't be late. I went down the hall and saw that she was off for today and there were no substitutes. "What? Her too? Hope you got you're flu shot..." Celestia said to me as she shook her head and walked away. Before I could ask what to do now, I saw that her class was now in the library, browsing. Browsing? That's... weird. I decided to see what they were browsing and I saw books on... the human brain? "Hey, Button Mash, what is this?" I asked a younger classmate. "I think it was those Siren girls. I-I mean, think about it! No-one's heard anything about them since the Battle of The Bands, and that was what, a year ago?" Button asked. "I don't know... maybe." I said. "Well, can you bring it up with Sunset? I wanna make sure Sweetie Belle's okay." Button said to me. "Sure thing. Go check on your girl." I joked. "SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!" He called back as he paced down the hall. I found Sunset on the table just as bewildered over this "Brain Phase" as I was. "What do you think?" I asked. "No idea." Sunset said. "You know, Button said it could be those girls, The Dazzlings, right?" I asked. "Um, actually, we have an anatomy project due tomorrow, Sunset." Trixie said. "Oh, right. That one that was due 5 days ago!" Sunset said. Of course those two had to go at it today. They were enemies since Trixie locked Sunset's friends inside a music storage room to win the Battle of The Bands. "W-WHAT?! Blasphemy!" Trixie shouted as she ran to see the school portal. "Well, mystery solved, Detective Sunset." I joked. She chuckled and we both laughed as Trixie started freaking out due to the overdue assignment. "Wait, so these are the due kids?" I asked. "I guess." Sunset said. After the first class, we tried to see if Cheerilee was okay. We checked the nurse's office, but they were out also. "Man, anyone else out today?" Luna asked under her breath as she went to imform her sister. "Where IS everyone? You don't think Button Mash was right, do you?" Sunset asked. "I have no idea." I said as I ruffled my hair in confusion. We decided to see if the others were still here. We went to the gym and saw that Rainbow was still there. "Rainbow, just because it's a free day and hardly anyone's here doesn't mean you should lift weights alone! You could suffocate." Sunset said. "I'll be fine. Besides, I'm not... pushing myself." Rainbow said lifting the weight. "Go on, I'll watch her." Sunset said rolling her eyes. "Got it." I said. I went to the cafeteria to find Pinkie Pie in the back, working on the sweets in the back. "Hey Pinkie. Where's Fluttershy?" I asked. "Not here. Probably with her boyfriend." Pinkie said in her high voice. "Okay, is anyone here today?" I asked. "Well, let me think... oh! There's Vinyl Scratch, Octavia, Sunset, you, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Celestia--" "Okay, Pinkie, that's enough." I chuckled. Then, out of nowhere, the school alarms went off. "Attention, all students. I really don't know how else to say this, EVERYONE TO THE FALLOUT SHELTER!" Celestia cried. "Oh crap..." I said. I ran to get Rainbow, but she was already ahead of me. We ran for the shelter, but the doors shut. We turned around and saw... "Oh, no..." Sunset said.