//------------------------------// // A Deal With The Devil // Story: Sunset's Gone // by sapphirebluez //------------------------------// At the entrance of the Everfree Forest Nature Reserve…. The sun was slowly beginning to set behind the horizon drifting off to sleep…. A lone figure layed sprawled on the ground, whips of smoke arose from her charred body, pieces of her clothes had been either burned off or singed, she was a pitiful sight to look at. One could have mistaken her for a slightly burnt corpse if not for the slight trembles that coursed through her body or the weak coughs and dying moans that made its way out of her. Sunset Shimmer was dying, and she knew that. “N-No” she whispered. “I c-can’t go yet...” She coughed and hacked. Once. Twice. A small trail of blood flew of her mouth and splatted on the ground nearby her. She loathed that coppery taste of blood in her mouth and she shivered at the hot tears that stung her eyes and rolled down her cheeks Damn “I don’t want to die. Not now. Not yet.” So many regrets….. Darkness…. “A-ah?” Sunset gasped, she had once again found herself warped in the black abyss. The same black abyss with that voice. At first she had no idea who it was, now, she knew. Her evil demon. Her other darker, wicked and more lusting self. She knew. Sunset quickly picked herself of the ground. Weird. There was nothing yet she could still stand. Screw Gravity. A cackle pierced through the silence. “Why, hello, Sunset dearie,” purred a voice. Sunset Shimmer took a deep breath. She was ready. She was not going to submit to her again, this bitch had cost her life. Made her hate the friends she was willing to forgive, that manipulative bitch, now, she had lost everything. “What the hell do you want?” Sunset stood tall and brave. No backing away now. “Sunset, you know I just want to have a little chat with you...” “Well, you can take your little chitty-chat to Tartarus, you have already cost me so much. ” Her chest felt heavy and her heart ached with sadness, she resisted an urge to scream to punch the wall, kick something, anything. She needed something to beat up, something to unleash her rage. Her sadness and terror. Sunset saw her, hair pointed upwards with a combination of red and yellow like a burning flame, skin of a brilliant crimson and claws that could shred flesh like paper. The demon was here and she knew that it was the end. She was never going to see her friends again. Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Twilight Sparkle, Rarity and Fluttershy. They were gone. Forever. She would never return to Equestria, her home and see her beloved mentor Celestia, she could never apologize for her wrongdoings to her. She had so many things she wanted to say to her. Sunset closed her eyes as memories of her mentor-no, mother. The only family she had ever had. Princess Celestia had raised her like her own while her parents neglected her. Screw them. They wanted always a colt anyways She had saw that particular unicorn filly had more than potential and when Celestia had looked into the eyes of that filly and say nothing but emptiness an neglection inside. She had unfurled her wings and took Sunset under. During the years with her mentor, Celestia had poured her love into the filly and she blossomed from a little filly into a strong, talented and beautiful mare. There was no spell in the archives that she didn’t know and no subject that she couldn’t pass. But Sunset wanted more…. Whelp, look at where that brought her. Down this shithole. “Come on Sunny, I’m not here to actually hurt you...” the demon said in a sickly sweet voice. “In fact, I have a deal for you, darling.” “What makes you think I would even accept it, coming from a person-no, monster form you?” Sunset snorted and her hand clenched into fists before continuing. “The last time I checked, you’ve cost me a huge amount of humiliation and hate!” “But I am you, as you are me, just well….your more...how would I put it? Sadistic side. After all you only want is to be alive again, isn’t it? “You wanted to feel the love, comfort and bliss from your friends and ‘family’!. But alas, that was all taken away by your own dark desires, which manifested and thus I, was born.” the demon hissed gleefully and let out a loud cackle. “Hmph” Sunset snorted, but somehow, curiosity had wormed its way through her and she couldn’t help asking : “What deal could you possibly make that could me swoon over it like a in-love-schoolgirl? Tell me, demon, what could you tempt me with?” “Ahh~” her demon counterpart giggled maliciously. “You see, I am not exactly...living. I only exist as of now, am since I am you much much more sadistic side hehe~ Not gonna lie, I was thinking of giving you ” “A CHANCE OF RESURRECTION.” Sunset took a step back on the nonexistent floor, shocked. Life? “A chance of the beautiful gift of life, a chance to take a breath, a chance of love and be loved.” her evil counterpart continued. She inhaled a shuddered breath, to see everyone she loved and cared so much again. Wait, Sunset noticed a slight twitched grin at the edge of the demon's mouth. It was barely noticeable but to Sunset, it was too bloody obvious, it was the kind of obvious grin she would give when she a dirty plot up her sleeve. Of course, it was a deal, there had to be a catch… “IF, I do accept the deal, what's in it for YOU?" The grin grew wider. Sunset felt herself tremble, it was not going to be a small price to pay…. At the entrance of the Everfree Forest Nature Reserve…. The last of the sun was it’s tiny tip, as it left only it’s shimmering wake behind…. An athlete was readying herself to go into the reserve, as she neared the entrance, she practically skidded to a halt and her hands flew to her mouth to muffle a scream at what she saw: A lone figure layed sprawled on the ground, whips of smoke arose from her charred body, pieces of her clothes had been either burned off or singed, she was a pitiful sight to look at. The sun had disappeared now…. The sunset was gone…..