//------------------------------// // Let's Go Rider Kick 01 // Story: The Many Destinies of Sunset Shimmer // by ratedoni //------------------------------// Rider Kick! 01 For many teenagers the idea of even stepping close to a museum in a weekend was the stuff of nightmares, but for a certain trio it was a dream come true, so here they were, a redheaded girl and a duo of girls so similar to each other than the employees and visitors to the Canterlot History Museum would swear they were twins although the truth was far crazier. Princess Twilight found herself at home away from home when she stepped through the portal and immediately hugged her friends. Yes, they were alternate versions of her friends back in Ponyville but their friendship meant a lot for the princess for different reasons and she would never think that she liked them for that single reason; they were unique and had quirks that separated from the other elements of harmony. She was also really interested in the way the Twilight of that dimension could be so similar to her and at the same time have her own personality, likes and fears, just like how much the girl loved sci-fi movies and books, it was a fun experience every time they met and compared notes about different projects. But the biggest surprise after all this time had been Sunset Shimmer. Starlight had been surprised that she wasn’t the first unicorn that gave Twilight trouble, she already met one and had become close friends with Trixie, but that there was a unicorn of great power, and that basically had the same (unofficial) ranking as Twilight when it came to saving worlds and magical adventures was eye opening. And twilight had to admit that it was true, that unlike Starlight, Twilight didn’t turn Sunset into her student, all this time Twilight had seen Sunset as an equal, it was a humbling experience really to not only stay in contact with another student of Celestia but a pony that could go hoof on hoof with her in every subject and magical theory. So with those two members of the Humane Seven (phrase coined by Pinkie of course), the trio decided to spend time on a new exposition at the local museum, a place that the human Twilight knew like the back of her hand, with Sunset also knowing about several expositions, mainly those that she found interesting. And what an exposition it was, full of artifacts and art from hundreds of years ago. “Well, you gotta admit, this is quite interesting” Sunset said watching one of the stones and the figures on it “they still don’t know who made them or what they represent” “I read that one theory is that they tell some kind of story, but they’re not sure from what period or even who made them” the bespectacled girl told the other resident of Canterlot. “That sounds bad, do you think Starswirl had anything to do with this Princess?” the aforementioned pony princess didn’t mind being referred as that, having two Twilights could make things a little confusing. “I don’t know, I don’t recognize any of these drawings, but considering that Starswirl send the sirens to this dimension is not unrealistic to think he used this dimension as a prison for more creatures” “Well, considering these things were done hundreds of years ago I think they are bones by now” Sunset said trying to disperse any feeling of unease her companions could have, so with that round of questions complete they began to check the rest of the exhibition but there was something that caught their attention, something blinking on Sunset’s chevron jacket. Taking the round object out of her pocket she found out that the compass-style radar form the machine was functional once again. “Wait… is that my magic container?” Twilight asked surprised to see her friend with that had caused so much trouble. “I found it after the celebrations for winning the Friendship Games, well, it was more like a tie, but I found it close to the remnants of the Wondercolt Statue” hearing that place made Twilight wince slightly “I decided to keep it, who knows what would happen if somebody else found it and began playing with it?” “I think it was a wise choice, magic by itself can be dangerous, both of you were lucky that it had no lasting effect in either” the princess told them in a tone of voice that showed how serious the situation at the Friendship Games had been. But after receiving the opinion of the princess the trio began following the radar until they found themselves in front of a rectangular block that had a very familiar symbol on it, one that surprised the three girls. “My cutie mark” the princess exclaimed seeing the symbol on the stone; it was definitely not something Sunset was expecting to see that day and considering the readings from the containing unit it definitely held equestrian magic. “Well, mystery solved, Starswirl definitely had something to do with this” “That name really do brings memories back” a cultured and calm voice said right behind them making them almost jump; quickly turning around they found a man with a three piece and gold rimmed glasses watching the stone with a content smile on his face. While most women would agree that the man was incredibly handsome there was something in him that made the three girls weary of him, he was putting them on edge by his mere presence and it seemed that the man had realized that. “Now, please, do not be alarmed, I’m not here to cause a commotion, although… well, I cannot say the same about my companions” he said with the same calm demeanor before Sunset saw one of the guards of the exhibition being send flying by a mountain of a man while a guy with wild blonde hair got close to a pair of statues and with a simple touch of his hand they changed color to green, he had effectively brought back to life the statues. In seconds the exhibition hall became chaos, the statues brought to life began to attack security while the suited man joined his companions. “Now please, we do not need to make quite this chaos yet, we came here for our old power, no need to get ahead of things my good friends” he said taking on his hand a trio of pendants before he turned to the statues “get rid of the witnesses and then destroy the stone” he said before he and the other two men began to shine and simply vanished. “They know teleportation!” “That’s the first thing that comes to your mind princess?!” Sunset said trying to process what had happened while avoiding the panicked civilians that were trying to escape from the monsters “you heard what they said, they want to destroy the stone, which means...” “That the stone has properties to defeat them!” the princess said before taking the glass covering the stone taking the stone on her hands turning to the statues, then she began to concentrate her magic but the stone didn’t react to it “is not working!” and like that one of the statues backhanded her on the face sending her flying through the air before crashing against a wall. “Twilight!” at that moment Sunset saw red, she haven’t felt this angry before in such a long time, not since when twilight put her friends on danger with her reckless use of the same device she had on her hands, remembering that gave her an idea “I don’t know what the hell you are, but nobody hurts my friends!” she said opening the device to see if she could drain whatever magic they had but something went wrong, or right depending on which side of the fight you were. Instead of draining something happened, energy began to pour from the device quickly finding a target, the stone that had been send to the floor and once it made contact with it the stone began to float on the air before a flash blinded everyone inside the exhibition for a second. When Sunset opened her eyes the stone was floating in front of her but instead of grey stone it had become something new, taking it on her hands she saw that it was now shiny and white, almost like plastic but sturdy like steel; it had an oblong form, completely white with a round space inside shown by a clear circle and as if her hand was being moved by itself Sunset put the object on her waist, instantly two long and thin extensions appeared to fasten the now obvious belt to her waist. Then she saw the magic device that Twilight had created and saw that it had transformed as well, now being pure white with her own cutie mark found in the center, the size was perfect for the part in the belt; knowing what to do now she pressed a part on top of the belt and the left part of the belt, the one directly around the clear display opened up like a claw and she put the device inside just as a voice inside was heard. “Core Ready!” the voice told her as she raised her hand pointing at the sky, looking directly at the statues who hadn’t moved in fear or surprise, Sunset didn’t care, she only had one thing on her mind, destroy them. “HENSHIN!” she screamed not knowing from where the words had come from but she felt a surge of power as she put her hand down closing the claw around the core. “Element Installed!” and like that she changed, a beautiful white armor with red highlights appeared around her body, her face hidden behind a helmet with two big red eyes that had lighted up as the transformation was complete; something resembling a unicorn horn was present on the helmet as the around the eyes there were red marks resembling those she had when she became Daydream, but she wasn’t that pseudo-alicorn, no, she was something more, the name appeared on her mind. She was Kamen Rider Yujo.