//------------------------------// // Interlude: The Slayer slays, The Watcher... // Story: The Equestrian Omni-Knight // by Azure5555 //------------------------------// It had been quite a few days since Sunset left her small apartment for the spare living quarters in Caritas. She said good bye to no one and was greeted by few, but those few had kind hearts in a night life filled with ill intent. Sunset gained a family she never thought she missed...A family that welcomed her with open arms. It helped that Caritas now had a large sum of income in gold coin upon her arrival. "Sunset Shimmer, is there something you'd like to share with the rest of the class?" Asked her fourth period math teacher. "I hate everyone equally, and there is no one alive who can understand my sexual preference." Before her prude of a teacher could act upon her now growing ire both at her "star" student and the cacophony of the class the bell had rung, signalling the end of another class. "Here's the work for this semester's book. Have fun grading." "If you weren't such an outstanding student I would have had you expelled by now." The day was almost over, the year was just beginning, but Sunset Shimmer was tired of it. She had since mastered high grade mathematics, economy, literature, and the fine arts under the tutelage of Celestia. There had been SOME trouble with subjects such as history and home ec, but nothing that couldn't be handled. As such, Sunset was given a number of grace periods or as Vice Principle Luna liked to refer them as: Independent Study. Fifth and sixth periods were as such, which had meant Two wonderful hours (Or one hundred and fourteen minutes exactly) stuck in the library. A creepily well stocked with information on the occult library. "Hey Shimmer!" Cried Rainbow Dash. The only reason Sunset had even agreed to enrolling in CHS was to gain the incredible power she had been promised. Her task: Locate five teenagers with attitude. And yes, though her magic already a force to be reckoned with grew substantially with each new headway she met in befriending the now tight nit group of girls she had come to recognize as "friends". Nay, BEST "friends". "Sup Crash?" Said Sunset with a coy smile. "Oh come on that was one time!" "One time everyday for at least a week." The two synchronized their steps as they navigated the halls. "Speaking of weeks, it's only been two and you finished the book for trig! You gotta help me out math wiz!" "Says the up and coming aeronautics engineer. You've tackled far more complex problems while bouncing a soccer ball on your ankle." "Yeah I'm awesome, hold that thought I'm gonna be late!" "Pfft, heaven forbid..." Sunset made her lonesome way to the prison the school called a library. The only thing creepier than the library was it's warden, Wesley Wyndam-Pryce. "Hello Mister Pryce." Said Sunset monotonously. "We've been sharing the same space for quite some time young miss. At the very least call me Wesley." He wasn't horrible, he just seemed...strange. He was always trying to get her to join the afterschool book club. That meant she'd be stuck organizing and rearanging and filing away valuable hours of the day. Hours that could now be spent in Caritas where it was closer to school and vampire free. "May I have access to the school's wifi?" Asked Sunset. "If you would only join the book club there would be no need to ask." Wesley handed Sunset the keycard, the contents of which Sunset Shimmer had already memorized. The only reason she would constantly request the card was out of a common courtesy. [Network: Watcher] [Password: Council] The key always seemed rather ominous, it obviously meant something but what not even the principles knew. Sunset linked herself in with a personal computer, one which she was given very specific orders for. 'You'll want something big with out it being over incumbent. It's gotta hold a TON of memory and it needs to be just as powerful as you.' Though the last part was not to be taken literally, it was no less taken to heart. The various mystic augmentations had been worth every bit as it gave her the fastest hardware in the city. Linked to the school internet, Sunset ran her various proxies in order to access the greater web. Research at this point consisted of everything that went bump in the night. Disappearances. Mysterious Deaths. Kidnappings. Freaky side-shows. Everything became relevant when it was a matter of life or death. "I do hope you're keeping to school subjects miss Shimmer." "Of course Mister Pryce." Of course she wasn't. She needed answers, even if the only answers she'd ever get would come in the form of rumors or anecdotal evidence. Two hours came and went and all Sunset managed to find was the address to a seedy nightclub. Chances were she needed backup. Making her way out of the library into the emptying school, Sunset rummaged through her things for her life line to a genuine Equestria. The pendant buzzed in her grasp once...twice...click. "Hello? Who's there?" -Ancient home: Hero- 'Aaaaaagh...who's calling me...' "Master? Master it's Sunset." 'Audible gasp.' "Sunset! How long has it been!? You're not in trouble are you?" "No, no, well not yet at least. How's you're imprisonment?" "Over with actually, I got to meet one of the evolved or I guess I should say Displaced." "Oh wow...oh no way! You're free! So how'd first contact go?" I have to groan for a bit...it's not that I'm not happy to be talking with my former apprentice, it's just I feel a bit embarrassed with my encounter. "I got wrecked by their Princess Luna. Silver, go figure." "Wait, what? But you said Luna hated fighting." "Luna in OUR world hates fighting. In literally every other reality Luna practically lives for the fight." 'The wounds she gave me are proof of that...' "Silver...shouldn't you be dead? How'd you survive?" I began to hear some clanging and the turning of a dial. "*sigh* I was rescued by an amazing field medic. Oh she's beautiful...most wonderful form of intelligent life I've had the honor of being a patient to. Strong, intelligent, absolutely amazing eyes that-" "Hold that thought I'll call you back." "Sunset? Sunset Shimmer? Huh, she hung up." Within the confines of an empty locker sat VAMPYR. It was an old, daunting tome that seemed to draw her attention away from the world. She almost didn't see the stake flying at her. A quick step back from her locker and there in her field of vision was the sharpened rod of wood. The next rod was burned to cinders, more-so as a statement to whoever it was wanted to pick a fight. At the end of the hall was a tall figure cloaked in grey and a hubcap ax in his arm. The silent being walked away and towards the library. "Wesley." Sunset glowered for a bit and regained her composure. -CHS Library- The library always seemed to be empty, but this time Wesley Wyndam-Pryce sat in the very middle of the great library, reading the varied works of Poe. Sunset practically slammed the tome before him, the librarian didn't even flinch as he nonchalantly turned a page. "So the Slayer shows her true colors." Another page. "What do you know about the disappearances?" "I don't feel very inclined to tell you. And before you leave yes you will need to file the proper documents regarding tomes from the "Dark Age" section of the library." Another page. "I don't have time for games, either you tell me or this section of the school will need flash fire insurance." "Quite unfortunately for you, I have nothing but time to play games. Either outcome gets us nowhere." Wesley placed a marker in his book, and placed it on the table. "Ugh, fine. Give me the registration forms," as Wesley rose from his seat Sunset stopped him with one last question: "But first you tell me about the Watcher's Council." "A new slayer then? The Watchers are an ancient organization put in place to train young women such as yourself into becoming the last bastion against the demons that plague the world," Wesley came and went to and from his desk with a form in his hand. "Unfortunately for THIS world. The Council was never formed and even in the former the Watchers had been slain along with the Council." "Riveting, now about the vampire attacks-" "Ah ah, tomorrow will be a better day. Onward dear slayer, Night is breaking." As Wesley ushered Sunset out the door, she could only sigh in resignation. The towns safety would have to be put on hold for another night. "Alright fine, but next time you want my attention just ask."