After the picnic it didn't take Sunset long to find herself in her room at the crystal palace. The sun was near set and she was afraid to fall asleep later tonight. What if the dreams still happened. The ones of Empress. the ones that had brought her to her breaking point before. She placed her amber hoof on the covers of her bed. She smiled lightly as she imagined something that would calm her down. Sunset thought of the first thing on her mind. She imagined a purple mare laying in her bed with her wings of velvet spread. Somehow through all she had been through Twilight was enough to bring a warm feeling to her heart. Was it right for her to think this deeply of her? Sunset heard the sound of hooves hitting the crystal ground. The noise was headed her way. She looked back to see it was Twilight..
"h-hi T-twilight~!" Sunset said in an excited tone of voice.
"Listen Sunset about today. When you kissed me." Twilight seemed uneasy as she stood there.
"Yeah about that I am so soo....." sunsets words were cut short as twilight had tackled her onto her own bed her lips locked with hers. Sunsets eyes widened as she felt the tender lips of the princess upon her. Sunset wanted her to stop because she was in a relationship but a deep flame inside her was telling her no. Sunsets eyes turned black as she closed them kissing Twilight back. Once again Empress was shown in her eyes. Twilight did not see this due to the fact that she now had her eyes closed as well. The amber unicorn felt embraced by the mulberry shaded alicorn. Twilight slowly folded her wings. Her feathers lightly touch the curved sides of Sunset Shimmer. Sunset shivered as she felt the light touch of her feathers on her sides. Sunset had wanted this to happen for years...Was it truly what she wanted now? Twilight slowly pulled her lips off of sunset. A string of saliva still connected their lips for a moment. Twilight licked her lips breaking that connection. Sunset was breathing very heated breaths now as she looked back at twilight. Sunsets eyes were still black where they were supposed to be white. Twilight saw this and jumped back surprised. Those eyes looked familiar, she had seen them once before.
"sunset your eyes... What happened to them~!" Twilight stayed on the bed as she slowly reached over to Sunset. She was very intrigued by her eyes.
"They are a monsters eyes." sunset said turning her head away from twilight. Sunset calling empress a monster had sent a pain in her chest. As Twilight was about to speak sunset passed out from this pain. Sunset opened her eyes to see she was dreaming. Before her was the everfree forest. Sunset stood up and looked around.. She knew this spot. The trail to Canterlot was here. Sunset looked to her right to see herself walking down the path. A pony was next to her walking as well.
"S-so sunset, You take this way every single day, Wanna take a more daring rout?" The mare with the fire color mane asked as she hopped in front of Sunset.
"Tiger it's best we get to your mother as fast as possible. After all the sooner I'm done with this boring friendship crap the sooner I can get back to studying that mirror she showed me. Also the mirror she refuses to tell me the purpose of." Sunset said to her so called companion who was blocking her way.
"you never agree to anything I say...sooo please I know a shortcut through the Everfree." Tiger said as she smiled at sunset with a passionate smile. sunset looked over at the nearby. Sunset wasn't dumb she knew that the everfree would be definitely more thrilling of a walk.
"Alright Tiger if you absolutely insist I will head off with ya in that terrifying woods." Sunset started her way into the woods thus sealing the fate of the mare who was with her.
Sunset watched herself walk into the woods. She reached a hoof out and yelled out but no words came out. The whole place surrounding her lit up in flame. Sunset was knocked back by a wave of energy as she fell back and hit the front legs of the Empress of Flame..
"The eyes of a monster huh?" Empress said as she hissed at Sunset.
"E-empress I d-didn't mean it." sunset said as she knew her name very well now.
"To late to take it back.." she chuckled as she grew to be much larger. Empress quickly bite at sunset and swallowed her
Sunset opened her eyes to see Twilight still above her. Twilight had a very concerned look on her face.
"sunset are you alright?" twilight said as she was beginning to think this was her fault.
"I'm fine Twilight.. I just have been under the whether a little bit. Been really strange since I returned here through the Portal." Sunset realized she had gone back in time...back when she came through the portal. Sunset remembered what had happened before. she closed her eyes to remember.
"We will have to see about that!" Empresses hooves began to glow in a cyan glow. She lifted her front hooves and she used magic through them to grab the flying princess. "Come down birdy!" Empress thrust her hooves down. The magic forced Celestia to slam into the ground. Celestia growled as she was plowed into the ground. She slowly stood up again.
"Sunset Shimmer I know your in there, Please my faithful student, please wake up. FFIGHT" Celestia shot a golden ball of energy at Empress. She only opened her mouth to swallow it. Empress smiled at Celestia and her faith in Sunset.
"Sunset is gone, She will never return!" Empresses wings spread as far as they could go.
"No your wrong, I know Sunset. When she loved something she would fight for it. TWILIGHT NEEDS HER, MORE THAN YOU!" Celestia said as her horn stopped glowing. "I will subdue for her return, I will not harm you and in turn hurt Sunset."
"Your foolish, Sunset has nothing to fight for, Twilight abandoned her when she needed her the most~!" Empress disappeared only to reappear beside Celestia. "Your crown is mine!"
"You don't understand. That portal is going to overload and kill us all anyways!" Celestiia yelled. "your magic essence has brought it to a breaking point."
"sunset if I'm confusing you I'm sorry." Twilight said as she slowly got off of Sunset. Twilight said after Sunset was done remembering.
"Twilight is the portal to the other world still here in the crystal Empire?" Sunset asked.. "Because we are in a load of trouble."