//------------------------------// // An Ever After Tale 01 // Story: The Many Destinies of Sunset Shimmer // by ratedoni //------------------------------// Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, a young unicorn fought against the teachings of her guardian and in a last show of defiance jumped into a powerful portal that brought her to a new land, where even her own body had changed. After years of gaining power she was then defeated by a powerful princess; left behind, the unicorn made friends and with them she grew up to be a guardian instead of a villain. “Was it really necessary to say that story again? I’m pretty sure they all know it considering they are reading about the destiny of Sunset Shimmer” “It is always nice to start from the beginning when telling the story” “But the readers already now the beginning, you could have just started the moment she got the key” Would you two please shut up? This story doesn’t need this many narrators. “What?” “How?” Why are you looking at me like that? Is like if you have never seen a narrator before; either way, you two are irrelevant for now, this story is not the same Ever After, things are going to change this time around. “But the story has to be the same, which is the whole point of Ever After High” “Not since Raven Queen became a rebel” “That has nothing to do with it, at the end of the day Raven Queen will become part of the Snow White tale and fulfill her destiny” Who cares about that crap? “Excuse me?” Like I said, who cares about that? Royal or Rebel, that’s not important this time around, the only thing I care this time is to tell the story of Sunset Shimmer and how it will affect this world. “Of course is importa “What… what did you do?” What I should have done before either of you started talking: take you out of the picture, or Story Book if we have to start using fairy tale related puns. Okay, sorry for that but the narrators would started spinning the tale around the two different factions in this school and even thought is really interesting to see it, or in this case read it, there’s more important points to focus on this time around. So, let’s start with some explanations, my name is Rated Oni and until now I was content to simply talk to you from the author notes but I see that will NOT be possible anymore considering the trouble those two narrators make on a daily basis on their respective world so they left me no other choice but to directly intervene. Continuing on, welcome to the world of Ever After High, where the descendants of the original fairy tale characters come to learn their respective roles in those stories so they could one day be able to recreate them. Every time they do it the story changes a little bit taking in consideration that different people with different personalities are the ones doing the recreation. Mind you, that’s probably why the stories have never been quite consistent through the ages, something to remember I suppose. So, what does this have to do with us? Everything, but as one archeologist said, ‘spoilers’, so I cannot tell you everything but I can tell you this, what this Sunset will do in this school may or may not affect every single living world in the multiverse; I said may or may not because unlike the offspring of our two Ever After High narrators I don’t interfere, I may give a nudge or two but I will not guide the actions of these creatures, I simply write about them. Either way, the sun kissed girl we all loved and adored… I know she isn’t blond but I had to do the pun, you got it? Sun cutie mark? Oh fine, no more puns. So there she was, standing in front of the statue with all her bags at her feet being in the center of a group hug from her friends. “Oh, I hope you didn’t forget something, what if you forgot your charger or your laptop, then there is no way you can talk with us, or what if…” “Is okay Fluttershy, Sparky helped me with my bags” Sunset told her friend while the rest of the human elements let her go. “Do you really have to go darling? I’m not saying it just because we will miss you but all this about a school for fairy tales seems a little…” “Fucked up?” “I was going to say convoluted; there was no need for that kind of language Rainbow” “Hey! I call it as I see it! This is too weird… but I know you Sunset, you just love the kind of puzzles that give me a headache all the time” “But even Tetris gives you a headache Dashie” “Not helping Pinkie” “I know guys but… you all read the letter” I think she is referring to the second letter coming with the acceptance letter “that other me… she… she is going to need my help” “But is it necessary for ya to be so far away? We have all become like family and Ah don’t want to see this family be separated” “If what it says here is right then we will still communicate with each other through emails and chat; I’m not going to take a long time to come back girls.” “But what about your grades? I mean, I don’t know if that school has the same curriculum” “I talked with Principal Celestia; apparently she was really interested about this other world” “Is anyone surprised about that one? Ah swear those two sisters have taken this whole ‘Parallel Universes’ business like Rainbow to Zap Apple Cider” the aforementioned girl had to contain her drool at the simple mention of those words. “As I was saying, we talked and she decided that my knowledge of sciences… and basically all the other courses in the school are comparable to a graduating student so she will take my time at Ever After High as extra credits for when I return” “Like I said, I just wish you wouldn’t leave us for so long” “I will miss all of you, the school, everything really, but I believe this important, not just for me, but for everyone in the multiverse… better get going. I will admit this though, I’m excited about seeing this other world” she said before placing the tip of her new key on the surface and in clear words she began the enchantment. “Mirror, mirror On the wall Quickly take me To this new world” She said and like magic the portal brightly activated and in the next second, once their eyes recovered from the flash, the six other girls found that not even the bags had been left behind. With deep sighs the girls took a look at each other knowing well that they will miss Sunset but something told them that they will see Sunset very soon and who know, maybe alongside anyone she would meet at the other side of her figurative rainbow. ----- Just as the girls were preparing to return to their respective houses Sunset found herself in a very familiar place, a vortex that felt more like an amusement park attraction with its fondness for turns and loops, and just like that, she found herself once more breathing air that seemed so familiar and alien at the same time. Sunset took a couple of seconds to re-orient and get back her bearings, but mostly her sight and balance since this time her whole body wasn’t transformed from a biped to a quadruped. “Well, at least that’s one thing I don’t have to worry about this time” she said to herself before standing up to see if anything had changed, and change it did, her whole attire had seemed to adjust in ways she found interesting. Her usual low heeled boots, low in comparison to others like those used by Rarity, were now high heeled silver shoes, her usual teal shirt and jeans had become into white thighs with a long red strip on them and a long white shirt with a bow in a sailor style, it reminded her of the old British school uniform she had seen on the internet. But the one thing that changed in a way she liked was her jacket, this time becoming a long white and red jacket, pulling it off she saw her cutie mark on the back bringing a smile on her face to be wearing once again that part of her old pony life. She also put attention to her hair and skin, the first becoming even longer and wavier with the golden highlights becoming thicker now making her look more like a blonde than a redhead; the latter was now a soft cream color with a light tan reflecting the time she spent outside doing different activities with her friends. “Wow, I can’t believe that other Twilight can go through the statue every time she visits” a voice coming from way down almost made Sunset jump out of her skin, a second later she looked down finding a small purple dog staring at her with a smile “hey Sunset” “Spike… what are you doing here?” “Meh, Twilight told me to keep an eye on you in case anything happened, although between you and me I think she is expecting me to tell her about stuff in this universe and help her do some remote experiments” the canine said showing his brand new sense of humor. “Well, whatever the reason I… well, thank you Spike, guess we are on a new adventure, ready for it boy?” “You can bet a box of doggy treats, talking about them, do you have any Sunset?” “Tell you this, let’s find the school and we will both have a late lunch” “Now, you’re talking” Sunset laughed at the enthusiasm the small dog was showing before rising a hand ready to take hold of her bags before it began to glow and the bags started to levitate as if by… “Magic… this world has magic, guess I shouldn’t be surprised if this is the land of fairy tales” “Guess Twilight will not be the only one curious about this world” Spike said recognizing the face Sunset was making; after all, it was the same Twilight had anytime magic was involved.