"I've been waiting a long time for this." Sigma said as landed a strike right across the left side of Theta's muzzle. Theta falling to the tile floor as his blood from the scars on his neck and some new wounds that had been getting Sigma began to spill onto the floor. Theta quickly regained his footing, which wasn't easy as his padded paws didn't get the best traction on the tile floor.
"It has been three days Sig, have really wanted a rematch that bad?" Theta asked Sigma sarcastically.
"Yes." Sigma snarled as his eyes continued to burn a deep blood red.
"Huh, so be it then." Theta said as the two huskies charged at each other again, teeth and claws making contact with each other. Sigma was larger than Theta and his strikes proved it. Theta being knocked off balance after every strike. Theta's strikes only doing minor damage against the black husky.
Sunset continued to watch the fight between the two rivals from the safety of the shadows. Her enjoying the show, her really wishing that she had some popcorn for this epic showdown that her companion was easily being the winner of. If Sigma really wanted he could've ended this battle several times over, but he wanted to savor this fight.
After another strike by Sigma's right paw, Theta being knocked to the ground. Theta tried to get back up but his movements were stopped when Sigma put his paws on top of his neck. Sigma sharp teeth growling as he growled down at him.
"Fine, get it over with it. Kill me!" Theta shouted at Sigma as the black husky increased the pressure on his neck.
"I don't want to kill you brother, at least, not yet anyway." Sigma said with a devilish smirk on his face. "I want to savor the moment when your flesh turns cold, your blood runs dry, and the light leaves your eyes." Sigma said in a manner that made Theta wish he had the ability to breathe fire. Theta squirming underneath Sigma's claws. Sigma only making his claws dig deeper into Theta's flesh.
"What are you planning, Sig?" Theta asked weakly, him having lost a fair amount of his blood. The blood that was flowing from the scars on his neck turning his fur a slight pink color.
"Now wouldn't you like to know, but you will have to wait, my dear brother. But don't worry, we will meet again." Sigma said to his former brother has he released him from his death grip and began to walk toward Sunset. "Come on Sunset, we're done here." Sigma said as the two partners disappearing out of one of the back doors of the school.
Theta couldn't move, he was too injured and exhausted. His eyes began to waver as unconsciousness set in. "Is how it ends for me. Dying in an alternate universe, in the body of a white dog at the claws of my own brother." Theta thought as black spots began to form in his vision. "At least, you can say that my death was honorable." Theta continued to think as he heard someone calling out to him. He couldn't hear want they were saying, everything was muffled. He then saw someone he didn't recognize kneeling beside him. She was a yellow-skinned girl with pink hair.
"Is this an angel. Am I really dying?" Theta thought has he saw the pink-haired speak to him. He couldn't hear what she was saying, all of his senses were shutting down, that including his hearing. But he could make out her saying 'You are going to be alright'.
Theta vision continued to fade as unconsciousness continued to set in. His vision now playing tricks on him as the pink-hair girl began to warp into a familiar sight. The girl warped into the form of a yellowish-gray unicorn with a red mane with purple and pink highlights. Theta felt his facial muscles make a small as he stared up at the unicorn mare.
"You're going to be alright." The mare said as Theta's eyes began to flicker in and out of consciousness. "Everything will be fine." She continued as Theta body began to feel cold. Theta wasn't used to the cold, he was a dragon for Alpha's sake. "All of your pain be gone soon enough." She said in a muffled tone.
"Moon Dancer... I wonder what happened to her. Is she alright? I hope so." Theta thought as the blackness of unconsciousness overtook him. And then nothing, nothing but the eternal blackness of unconsciousness.
Several hours later, Theta's eyes slowly began to open again. He was no longer on the cold tile floor of Canterlot High's hallway, but instead, he was in some kind of hospital room. Theta had to squint his eyes as he was nearly blinded by the bright lights of the room. Theta groaned in annoyance and tried to roll over away from the bright lights. Theta's groaning and attempts at moving catching the attention of the only person in the room. Him rushing to the injured husky's side.
"Wow, wow, wow, don't try to move Theta. You got hurt pretty bad by Sigma." The only person in the room said, it was Zulu. Theta grimacing at the mention of his former brother. The changeling turned human running his hand across Theta's once white fur, it being stained red from a mix of his own and Sigma's blood.
"Where... am I?" Theta asked Zulu through a grunt of pain.
"You're at the animal shelter in the city. Twilight was lucky enough to find this world's Fluttershy just in time to save your ass." Zulu said with nervous laughter, laughter that came to an end when Theta didn't return any in return. Not just because he wasn't in the mood for humor, but it also hurt every time that he breathed.
"What happened to Sigma?" Theta asked Zulu as he laid his head on the small medical bed that he was laying on top of.
"We don't know." Zulu said looking away from the crippled husky in front of him. "He disappeared with that Sunset Shimmer not after he nearly killed you." Zulu said, his words filled with bitterness.
"Sometimes I even doubt if that dragon even has a moral bone left in his body." Theta heard Zulu mumble underneath his breath. He couldn't tell if Zulu wanted to hear his insults of his former brother or not, but he didn't care. Zulu, as much as it pained Theta, was right. The brother that had once played with when he was just a hatchling was gone. All that was left was a traitorous monster that had it his mission to make his life as miserable as possible.
"What about Twilight and Spike." Theta asked Zulu weakly.
"There both ok, and waiting just outside with Fluttershy." Zulu said to as the door to the room that the two were opened and one of the vets of the shelter walked in. She was a light yellow-skinned girl with light hair with white highlights. She looked to be in her early to mid-twenties and was wearing a white veterinarian coat and a pair of reading glasses. The girl holding a brown clipboard in her right hand.
"Remember not to talk, you are still a dog." Zulu whispered to Theta, the wounded husky slowly nodding in agreement as his grimaced as another sharp pain rippled throughout his body.
"You don't have to remind me of what I am." Theta thought as the vet removed her glasses and placed them in the collar of his coat.
"How is he?" Zulu asked with genuine concern in his words. Theta really beginning to feel like he was Zulu's pet, and he his owner.
"Feeling like hammered shit." Theta internally groaned as his body was rocked by another sharp pain going through his midsection.
"Well, I have some good news and I have some bad news. Which would you like to hear first." The vet said to Zulu as he continued to run his right through Theta's bloodied fur.
"Bad news first please." Zulu said, his heart beginning to beat faster.
"Well, you're dog Theta is that correct?" She said, Zulu nodding at her words. "Took quite a beating from the dog that attacked him." She said, her eye widening as she read Theta's list of injuries. Her even surprised that this dog was even breathing.
"What kind of beating?" Zulu asked seeing that woman's eyes had widened as she looked at the clipboard.
"Well, he sustained several bite and claws marks to the head and lower neck, a minor concussion, and him losing some blood in the process. But it wasn't the wounds from this fight that surprised us." She said striking Zulu's attention even further.
"What do you mean?" Zulu asked.
"Well... it seems that when we took X-Rays of Theta we found, even more, injuries. Injuries that he couldn't have gotten from the fight that brought him here in the first place." She said, Zulu sending Theta a quick look before speaking to the vet again.
"What kind of injuries?" Zulu asked, urging the vet to continue.
"Well, his X-Rays showed that he had two broken ribs that were in the process of being healed, several other healed bones that seemed to have been broken earlier in his life, and a few other minor injuries of unknown origin. In short, your dog has taken a lot of damage in his life." She said.
"And that's the bad news." Zulu said, getting a nod from the vet in return.
"Yes, even despite his injuries sustained in both his latest fight and his entire life. I have a firm belief that he will be able to make a few recovery." She said with a smile. A wave of relief washing over Zulu at her words.
"Well, that's good to hear!" Zulu said with a sigh of relief.
"Yes, yes it is. If you don't mind I have to check Theta's vitals, and it isn't recommended that you are here when I do them." She said.
"Of course, I'll be right back Theta." Zulu said as he ran his hand through Theta fur for one last time. "And remember no talking." Zulu whispered to Theta as he left his side. Theta giving him a slow nod. Theta's head was killing him and he just wanted to go back to left the room not long afterward.
Zulu seeing Twilight with Spike resting in her lap and Fluttershy waiting just outside the door of the room. Twilight anxiously tapping her left foot as she looked up at Zulu. Twilight's eyes puffy and red like she had been crying recently.
"How is he?" Twilight asked Zulu as he took the seat right next to her. Twilight words filled with worry for the dragon turned husky that had now probably saved her life for the second time in less than a week.
"He took quite a beating from Sigma, but the vet says that he will make a full recovery." Zulu said to Twilight, a sigh of relief coming from her.
"Oh! That's great news, I can't imagine what we would've done if we returned home and he wasn't ok." Twilight said, not realizing the problem of talking Equestria next to Fluttershy.
"Why would that be the case. Isn't Theta your dog Twilight?" Fluttershy asked putting Twilight on the spot.
"Um..." Twilight stared at Fluttershy, her brain farting and unable to come up with a believable answer. Good thing Zulu's brain was still working and was able to swoop in and save the day.
"He's not, he's actually my dog, and I don't think it would be good to go home and tell my... parents that my dog had got himself killed in a fight with another dog." Zulu said quickly, saving Twilight from some awkwardness. Twilight sending Zulu a look that said 'thank you'. Another question coming to Fluttershy's mind.
"Another... fight?" Fluttershy asked, Twilight's eyes shooting toward Zulu. Zulu didn't even break a sweat, he was a changeling even if this world didn't show him as one. He was still had training since birth to be the best liar he could possibly be.
"Yes, he has gone through... a lot throughout his life. Several broken ribs that were in the process of healing and some other broken bones that had healed from earlier in his life." Zulu said.
"Wow, I had no idea how much Theta had been going through." Twilight said as the door to the room was in opened. The vet exiting the room with Theta not far behind her. The white husky having most his fur been cleaned and having a large cone that wrapped around his head. Theta looking less than assumed.
"There you go, just like brand new, minus a few scratches here and there." The vet said.
"Thank you, I don't want I would've done if Theta wasn't alright." Zulu thanked the vet as Theta took a seat next to Zulu. Theta doing his best to remove the cone that was attached to his head. He was pretty much royalty, he didn't deserve to be treated like nothing more than someone's bucking pet. At least, in his opinion anyway.
"Now make sure that he keeps that cone on for at least a week and that he has no strenuous activity until his wounds seal up and are healed completely." The vet said to Zulu.
"Of course, we don't want Theta to get hurt again." Zulu said with a happy on his smile.
"I'm a dragon, getting hurt to nothing new to me." Theta groaned internally, him more just wanting to return to Equestria so that he could have his built armor of scales and fire breath again.
"Well, it's getting late and we should find some place where we can stay for the night." Twilight said as she looked out to see the sun beginning to set over the horizon.
"What about Zulu's place, can't you just stay there?" Fluttershy asked. Twilight beginning to sweat bullets again as their cover looked like it was about to be broken. Again Zulu's coming to the rescue again.
"We could, but both of our parents are out on business trips and they won't back until the weekend and neither of us has keys to our respective houses." Zulu said to Fluttershy. Twilight, Theta, and Spike all looking at Zulu. Them all surprised by his unrivaled ability to come up with believable bullshit just out of the blue.
"Well, you guys could stay at my place until your folks get back." Fluttershy offered, Twilight's eye widening at the pink-haired girl's words. Sure, she was Fluttershy. This world's version of the Element of Kindness, but she hadn't her to be so helpful as to actually allow two people that she had just met that same day to spend a certain amount of time with her. This was shocking, even coming from Fluttershy.
"Are you sure, I mean, I don't want either us to be a burden on to you?" Twilight asked Fluttershy politely. It was the most she could do after such a generous offer.
"Yes, there's plenty of room over at my place and if Theta's wounds began to start acting up well... I have all of the things necessary at my place to take care of him, just in case." Fluttershy said, standing by her words. A smile spreading across Fluttershy's face.
"Ok then, then we should start heading toward your place since it's about to get dark soon." Twilight said as the sky was in the final moments of the stage that she was made after.
"Great, follow me to my car and I will drive you guys there." Fluttershy said as she took a pair of keys that were on a keychain that was attached to her skirt. Fluttershy leading the rest out of the animal shelter.
"Ugh! I guess I better get this over with." Theta internally groaned as he followed after the rest. The giant cone that was on his head making it difficult for him to move in a straight line as he had almost no peripheral vision, not to mention all of the drugs that were currently in his system. "Wait..." Theta thought as his came to a complete stop. "What the buck is a car?" Theta thought as he followed the rest out of the animal shelter and into the parking lot. Theta walking out just in time to see Fluttershy getting into some kind of yellow self-propelled carriage with four doors.
"What the buck is that thing?"
It didn't take long for Fluttershy to her 'car' to her house and parked her 'car' on the side of the road in front of her house. The house being an average-sized two story house made out of brown brick and with a black tiled roof.
"Here we are!" Fluttershy said as she turned off her car and stepped out, her being quickly followed by Twilight (who was sitting in the front passenger seat with Spike in her lap the entire trip), and then shortly by Zulu. Zulu having seat in the backseat with Theta as they traveled. Theta not taking car rides every well. Him jumping out of the car the second Zulu opened his door.
"Are you alright, bud?" Zulu asked Theta as the white husky implanted his coned head into the grass front yard that was in front of Fluttershy's house.
Theta wanted more than anything than to respond with a sarcastic comment, but he knew he couldn't, given that Fluttershy was standing not that far away. He instead opted to just holding up his left paw to signal that he was alright. The car ride was terrible, given the general motion sickness that he received while in the backseat, something that was only amplified by the infernal cone that was on his head that made it possible to see anything to his left or right.
"Don't worry Zulu, He'll be alright." Fluttershy said with a small laugh. "Most dogs don't like riding in the back of cars." Fluttershy said with a small laugh.
"Ugh! Why did I agree to this horseshit?" Theta internally groaned as he followed after Fluttershy to the front door of her home.
"Come on it, my parents should be home by now." Fluttershy said as she opened the door to her home and lead everyone inside. Fluttershy wasn't lying when she said this place was big.
"Wow, this place is huge!" Twilight said in awe, a slight blush appearing on Fluttershy's face. Twilight eyes falling on her falling on a wooden bookcase that was on the far end of the front room and resting next to a large black piano.
"Thank you, Twilight." Fluttershy said as one of her parents came into view from a top of the stairs. It being Fluttershy's mom, her an amber-colored woman with raspberry hair that was done up and matching eyes and wearing a pair of blue glasses over her raspberry-colored eyes.
"Oh dearie you're back, and it seems that you brought some friends." Fluttershy's mom said in a voice that could've rivaled her daughter's in volume.
"Yes mom, do you think that Twilight and Zulu could spend the weekend here?" Fluttershy's asked her mother as Zulu entered the house. Fluttershy pointing to both of her new friends.
"Why would we have to do that dearie?" Fluttershy's mom asked in a calm voice. Fluttershy's dad now coming into view. Him a teal-skinned middle age man with pinkish-gray hair and mustache.
"What is this about friends staying over?" Fluttershy's father asked in a tone of voice that was similar that of his wife and daughter. Fluttershy beginning to visibly sweat in front of her parents.
"Um... you see..." Fluttershy stammered in front of her parents. Zulu having to come to the recuse.
"Well, the thing is Mr. and Mrs. Shy. It happens that Twilight's and my own parents are out of the city on business and won't be able to return until the end of the weekend and neither of us has a key to our respective places." Zulu quickly said to Fluttershy's parents, him making that it didn't sound like he was related to Twilight in any way. "Plus, there's one more thing." Zulu said as Theta lumbered into the large house.
"What do you mean..." Fluttershy's mom began to ask, her stopping mid-sentence when her gaze fell on that of Theta. "Aw... what happened to this poor little guy." Fluttershy's mom said as she walked down the stair as kneeled down to Theta.
"He was attacked by another dog earlier today, so he has to have that cone on his head for at least a week." Zulu said to Fluttershy's mom.
"Oh that poor thing, you two can stay here until your folks get back." She said as she patted Theta on the top of the head.
"Thank you." Twilight thanked Twilight's parents.
"Come on Twilight, you can sleep in my room." Fluttershy said as he led Twilight up the stairs and down the hall that led to her room. Spike following close behind the two teenagers. Spike making it into Fluttershy's room just as the door to it closed.
"You can and your dog can stay in the spare room." Fluttershy's dad said to Zulu as he began to lead him down another flight of stairs that led to a lower level of the house. Fluttershy's dad taking Zulu to a room that was at the far end of the hall. "I think this should be enough for you during your stay." Fluttershy's dad said as he opened the door to the spare room and showed Zulu the room that he would be staying in for the time being.
The room was of average size and had green carpet and felt a little weird on Theta's padded paws. There being a window that let the last drops of sunlight shine through on the right-hand side of the room. The room having a twin-sized bed on the far end of the room that was right in front of the window. A white dresser with empty soda cans must have been on top of it for quite some time.
"It will do most nicely for the time being." Zulu said to Fluttershy's dad as Theta laid down on the bed and took a well-deserved nap.
"Diner should be ready in a few hours, and it is first come first served." Fluttershy's dad said from the doorway.
"Ok, thank you, sir." Zulu said as he took a seat next to the sleeping husky.
"You're welcome, and Mr. Shy is perfectly adequate." Fluttershy's dad said as he began to close the door.
"Yes, I'll keep that in mind." Zulu said as he took his first real look at the room that surrounded him.
"Oh, and one more thing before I go." Mr. Shy said, his tone becoming more direct while still keeping his polite demeanor.
"Yes, what is it?" Zulu asked Mr. Fluttershy.
"I just want to know what is your plans for my daughter?" Mr. Fluttershy asked Zulu crossing his arms, him doing the whole protective dad trope. Or as Zulu knew it, Changeling Basic Training #117.
Good thing Zulu didn't have to use any of his training to deal with this question since he wasn't even interested in either version of Fluttershy that he had met.
"You need not worry sir, I can promise you that I am not interested in going after your daughter. My eyes are set on... someone else." Zulu said his words seeming to be effective against Mr. Shy as he happy nodded his head.
"Good, I tell you when dinner is ready." Mr. Shy said as he closed the door behind him.
"Thank you!" Zulu called through the door.
"You're welcome!" Zulu heard Mr. Shy call back.
Zulu let out a sigh as he collapsed completely unto his bed for the time being. "What a day." Zulu sighed as he stared up at the ceiling above him. Fluttershy's room must have been the room directly above his as he could her the laughter of Fluttershy and Twilight from below. "This might not actually be that bad." Zulu thought out loud. Him getting an unexpected response in return.
"That's easy for you to say." Theta said waking up from his short nap.
"Oh quit being such a party popper Theta." Zulu said to Theta, getting an expected grunt in return.
"No, I won't." Theta said closed his eyes again. Zulu letting out a short laugh as he decided to just lay in the bed that he was sharing with the injured husky until dinner was ready.
"You can sleep in my room until your folks return." Fluttershy said as she led Twilight into her room. Fluttershy's room living up to the person who owned it. Fluttershy's room being rather large and with a queen-sized bed with light green sheets and yellow pillows at the far end of the room. The bed facing a piece of technology that Twilight didn't recognize. She thought she heard Fluttershy calling it a TV. The walls of Fluttershy's room being completely covered with posters of animals, most notably being butterflies.
"So what do you think?" Fluttershy asked Twilight as she took a seat on her bed.
"It's... nice." Twilight said as she scanned her eyes around the room. Her gaze falling on a small bookcase that was filled with all different kinds of books. Twilight eyes widening as she locked onto one that was a yearbook to Canterlot High from what seemed like a few years ago.
"What's this?" Twilight asked Fluttershy as she picked up the yearbook.
"Huh?" Fluttershy said as she stared at the blue book with a yellow horse on the cover. "Oh, that's my yearbook from my sophomore year. You can look through it if you want." Fluttershy said as she took some kind of electronic device out of her pocket and use her finger to play with it. Twilight had heard Fluttershy call it a 'phone' and it seemed to be some kind of communication device as she saw Fluttershy call the animal shelter with it just after she helped save Theta from his attack from Sigma.
"Cool, thank you." Twilight thanked Fluttershy as she sat on the purple carpet floor of Fluttershy's room and began to skim through the yearbooks pages. Twilight never had a yearbook when she was back in Equestria. When she went to Celestia School for Gifted Unicorns she had never found it necessary to have a book to remember something that he mind would remember for her anyway. Plus she didn't have real friends at the time to sign her yearbook.
Twilight's fingers stopped when she came to that realization. "Wow, I really was different when I was just a filly." Twilight thought, her having a hard time finding a memory in last few months where she wasn't with her friends. Even in the past few days, she had been without her friends for than usual. But with the time lost with her friends she had earned more time with Zulu, somepony that she had come to be very fond of. The thought of Zulu bringing a warm smile to Twilight's face. Her slowly beginning to continue flipping through the pages of the book in front of her. Spike having cuddled up next to her crossed legs. Twilight happily humming to herself as she skimmed through the book in front of her.
Twilight's skimming came to a halt when she fell on a picture that caught her eye. The picture showing a younger version of Fluttershy sitting with four other girls. All of the girls looking oddly familar. Twilight being able to guess two of the girls being younger versions of Applejack and Pinkie Pie based on what she saw of them earlier that same day. The other two it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that they were her other friends, or this world's versions of her friends, Rainbow Dash and Rarity. Twilight taking special note that they all looked like they were friends, something that didn't seem to be true anymore.
"Um... Fluttershy." Twilight said catching the pink-haired girl's attention.
"Yeah, Twilight?" Fluttershy said, looking away from her phone.
"What's this?" Twilight said standing up and walking over to where Fluttershy was sitting on her bed. Twilight showing her the photo in question. Fluttershy tensing up as she stared at the photo that Twilight was showing her.
Fluttershy let out a sigh as she spoke to Twilight. "The Freshman Faire, our school holds it every year for all of the incoming Freshman to the school. That was a picture that I took with my friends Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash. At least I did when they were my friends." Fluttershy said glumly.
"What happened, between you and your friends? What made you stop being friends?" Twilight asked.
"What didn't happen." Fluttershy said as she placed her hand on the picture of Pinkie.
"What do you mean?" Twilight asked.
"Well... all of us seemed to drift apart over what now that I think about it were small things." Fluttershy said with a seemingly forced laugh. "It all happened when I was holding a fundraiser for the local animal shelter." Fluttershy said, Twilight nodding when appropriate. "Pinkie was helping me out with the preparations and that's when everything went wrong." Fluttershy said as she placed her face in her hands in a groan.
"What do you mean?" Twilight asked, Spike having hopped onto the bed and now resting in Twilight's lap. Spike's purple paw running across the picture of Rarity.
"Well, I guess Pinkie didn't get the memo that a fundraiser is supposed to be a serious occasion and brought fireworks. The fireworks scaring all of the animals and pure chaos ensued." Fluttershy explained to Twilight.
"What happened after that?" Twilight asked Fluttershy, the pink-haired girl letting out another sigh.
"I kind of... yelled at Pinkie for what she did. I'm not proud of what I did, but I did it. Pinkie and I stopped stop talking not long after that." Fluttershy said.
"How long ago was this?"
"A... year and a half ago, why do you ask."
"No reason, what about everyone else. I heard from Applejack that she had something against Rainbow Dash." Twilight asked Fluttershy.
"I don't know much about what happened between Rainbow and Applejack." Fluttershy said with a shrug. "You'll have to ask them about that, all I know is that I haven't talked to each other since sophomore year over a year and a half ago." Fluttershy said, Twilight beginning to create a connection between this two instances.
"Fluttershy, I know this might sound random, but when did Sunset start going to CHS?" Twilight asked Fluttershy, testing out her theory.
"That is random, but I remember seeing Sunset for the first time just at the end of Freshman year. Why do you ask?" Fluttershy said to Twilight.
"No reason, just curious. That girl does seem to have a certain amount of interest in me." Twilight said as the door to Fluttershy's room was opened. It was Fluttershy's mom.
"Diner is ready... if you want something to eat." Fluttershy's mom said from the doorway.
"Ok, thanks, mom. We'll be right out." Fluttershy said to her mother. Fluttershy's mom left the room with the door still opened a little bit. "You coming Twilight?" Fluttershy asked Twilight as she hopped off her bed.
"Yeah... I'll be right behind you." Twilight said as Fluttershy left the room.
Once Fluttershy left Twilight hopped off the bed and went over to the small bookcase that was in Fluttershy's room, her returning the yearbook to where it was before. The gears inside Twilight's head turning.
Believing that it was safe enough for him to speak, Spike spoke to Twilight. "Whatcha thinking Twilight?" Spike asked Spike and he walked over to the bookcase with her.
"I don't know Spike, I just can't shake the feeling that my friends no longer being... well friends in this world has to do something with that Sunset Shimmer." Twilight said to Spike, her almost spitting out the name of her rival.
"Twilight, not that I would put it past Sunset to do something like break up your friends, but what makes so sure that she was the one that caused your friends to break up? I mean going through so much terrible to break a group of five friends seems a little excessive." Spike said to Twilight, her letting out a sigh.
"I know Spike, but there has to be a reason for Fluttershy and Pinkie having a falling out around the same time that Applejack has a falling out with Rainbow. And both them happening after Sunset started going to CHS." Twilight said, Spike scratching his chin with his paw.
"I guess you have a point Twi, but how are you going to prove that Sunset was behind this?" Spike asked Twilight.
"I don't know Spike, but I do intend to get to the bottom of what happened to my friends." Twilight said as a growl of hunger came from her stomach. "But first, I need to get some energy before I can even begin worrying about Sunset." Twilight said with a laugh. Twilight leaving Fluttershy's room with Spike following close behind. Her nose leading her to the kitchen of the house. A kitchen that also worked as a dining room. Her reading to start filling her stomach with much-needed food. No one in the house aware that at the furthermost reaches of the city Sunset and Sigma were preparing for the phrase of their plan. Or, at least, the next stage of one of their plans.
Near the edge of the city, inside of an abandoned building, Sunset and Sigma were having a special discussion as the sun began to set. The building being a large two story house that despite being abandoned for quite some time before Sunset had turned it into her makeshift home. It was still in good condition and after that some rewiring and one large generator that was located in the backyard, she made it so that it would get power.
"Was what you did really necessary?" Sunset scolded Sigma as she entered the abandoned building. This old house being the only place that she actually felt safe and at home. That even including back in Equestria.
"Probably not, but it was worth it." Sigma said in a certain amount of satisfaction in his voice. Sigma's words sending shivers down Sunset's spine.
"Um... ok." Sunset said as she climbed the stairs of the house that she 'borrowed' when she went into her own self-isolation. Sigma seeing Sunset's unsettledness and wanting to take full advantage of it.
"Sunset, you seem on edge?" Sigma asked as he followed after her.
"What makes you say that?" Sunset asked as she entered the master bedroom of the abandoned house. The room being her's since she made this house her home during her stay in the human world. Sunset placing her backpack at the edge of the queen-size bed that was located in the middle of the room and collapsing onto it out of exhaustion.
"Seriously, have you looked at yourself in the mirror lately." Sigma said as he took a seat on his rump at the front of the bed.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Sunset shouted at Sigma, slightly offended. Sunset honestly didn't care what she looked like, even when she lived in Equestria. As long as her hair was good and she looked as badass as ever, she didn't care about anything else. She was more concerned as she had to keep up the appearance of the ruler of CHS, and any sign of weakness could destroy that image that she had been building for years.
"I don't mean any offense." Sigma said holding up his front paws, one benefit of being a dog was that he had the evolutionary advantage of being cute. Something that he was going to take advantage of. "But just look at yourself." Sigma said as he circled the bed and took a seat at Sunset right side. "All that stress in your muscles from the planning of an invasion of a country as gotten to you. Not mention having to deal those idiots, Snips and Snails, I think their names are." Sigma said, Sunset absent-mindedly nodding her head in agreement.
"Hey, they are pretty stupid, but they do everything I say so I guess it balances out." Sunset said to Sigma as she moved into a sitting position on top of her bed.
"Does it?" Sigma questioned as he hopped on top of the bed. Everything going according to plan.
"What do you mean?" Sunset asked as Sigma took a seat behind Sunset and began to lightly massage her shoulders. "And what are you doing?" Sunset asked Sigma as the muscles in his shoulders began to soften.
"I'm just loosening those stressful muscles in your shoulders, now just relax you are going to enjoy this." Sigma said as he began to press a little.
"Ok... Oh yes!" Sunset gasped as her muscles loosened.
"Hook..."
"Hmm... you still didn't answer my question." Sunset said as she bit her lip.
"Oh yes." Sigma said in mock forgetfulness. "You see, I believe you would be far more effective in getting the crown that you desire if you go straight to the source of all your problems." Sigma said as he began to move his paws further up Sunset's neck.
"What do you mean..." Sunset asked Sigma, her stopping mid-sentence to let out a pleasureful moan as Sigma continued to work over her shoulder and now moving up to her neck. "Oh yes! Right there, I needed this for too long!"
"Line..."
"Well, you see while you could get the old fashioned way through the dance. You could just break into the school at the dead of night and just... I don't take the crown." Sigma suggested as his paws were nearing closer and closer to his target.
"Steal the crown? I don't know Sigma, that is a little extreme, isn't it." Sunset said as the excellent massage that she was receiving from the dragon turned husky was clouding her judgment.
"You don't have worry about that, you have those minions of yours. They'll do all of the dirty work for you, while you will get all of the profits." Sigma whispered into Sunset's ear. Sunset's signature smug smile appearing at his next words. "Profits that will include you becoming the rightful Queen of Equestria." Sigma whispered his finding exactly what he was looking for.
"You are right, and you will be right by my side as the King of all of the Dragons. Imagine it, you and me ruling over all of the world with an iron fist." Sunset said, Sigma knowing that he had caught her.
"And Sinker!"
"I can imagine that..." Sigma whispered into Sunset's ear as his paws wrapped around the pressure points of Sunset's neck. "Only you won't be a part of it." Sigma whispered with a devilish smile on his face.
"Wait what!?" Sunset shouted as Sigma enacted his plan all along. Sigma's claws digging into Sunset's flesh and enacting her pressure points. Sunset's eyes rolling into the back of her head as unconsciousness overtook her. Sigma's releasing his paws and making her fall gently onto the bed.
"Shh... shh you must have tired yourself more than I thought." Sigma said to the unconscious Sunset, him having fun playing with his pry. Sunset's head falling gracefully onto one of the many pillows that were at the top of the bed. "You may be brilliant Sunset, but have the same problem that all ponies have. They trust ponies, or in my case dragons too quickly." Sigma whispered into Sunset's ear. Sigma walking over to the end of the bed and taking the gem that was connected to his collar off and pointing it directly at the unconsciousness body of Sunset.
"Don't feel so bad, just know that your power will help me become the most powerful creature ever." Sigma said as the cornflower blue gem began to glow. An orange beam from Sunset's unconscious body and into the blue gem. The gem beginning to turn a bright orange. "This is too easy." Sigma said as the gem continued to drain the life force of Sunset and turn it into very powerful magic. Sunset aging several decades as Sigma continued to drain her of her magic.
But just after Sigma externally celebrated an electric shock came from the gem and Sigma yelped and dropped the gem. The gem turning to its blue color and all of the life force that it had drained from Sunset returning to her. Sunset returning to her original teenager self.
"Buck!" Sigma shouted in pain as he picked the gem off of the carpeted ground. "I don't get it, you were supposed to work." Sigma shouted at the blue gem. Him actually getting something in response.
"You foal, you know the rules. I can only drain the power of the one that I am destined for." A deep voice that made Sigma's fur stand on end said. The voice coming directly from the gem.
"You said your bearer was here!" Sigma snarled at the gem. The voice of the gem laughing at his words.
"Oh dragons, you never read between the lines, don't you." The gem mocks Sigma. The dragon turned husky rage beginning to build.
"What do you mean?" Sigma snarled.
"I never said my bearer was here. I said that one of the bearers of my brother was here. You foal." The gem said, Sigma's irritation only growing.
"So you tricked me." Sigma snarled at the blue gem, another laugh coming from the gem.
"Ha, ha, ha! NO! You just didn't listen to me." The gem said, Sigma's red eye burning even redder than usual.
"So, I had no reason for being here." Sigma said to the gem, him having to fight the urge to just crush it in his claws.
"Not entirely, like I saif one of my brothers and his bearer is in this world."
"Who and where?" Sigma asked the gem, another evil laugh coming from the blue gem.
"Ha, ha, not so fast you young one, the rest of my brethren will be revealed to you in time, but first you must reunite me with my bearer." The gem said.
"Then who is your bearer and where is it?" Sigma asked the gem, him about done with the blue rhombus that he was holding in his
"Why, tell you when I could show you." The gem said as the gem began to glow and projected an image to Sigma. The image showing a cornflower blue unicorn with a light blue almost white mane and purple eyes. The unicorn wearing a purple cloak with stars of different colors and sizes that covered the cloak. The unicorn also wearing a matching magician hat. A devilish smile appearing on Sigma face as he stared at the unicorn.
"Do you know of this unicorn?" The gem asked as the image of his bearer disappeared.
"Yes, yes I do. Do you know of this pony's location?" Sigma asked, his faith in the blue gem returning.
"I am afraid that is not something that I do know. All I know is that she is in Equestria. Where exactly I cannot." The gem said, now not treating Sigma as an inferior being.
"Figures, given what she does for a living it would be difficult to find her." Sigma thought out loud. "Do you think you could tell the location of another one of your brethren?" Sigma asked the gem.
"I do know the location of another of my brothers and of his bearer, but it will take a lot to find him." The gem said.
"I have traveled to an alternate universe and became a dog, I think I can handle whatever you can throw at me." Sigma said sarcastically.
"Well then, if you are sure the only other brother of mine that I know where is he is in..." The gem said pausing for dramatic.
"Yes, what is it!?" Sigma shouted frustrated.
"Tartarus." The gem said and Sigma's red eyes shrank.
"You've got to be bucking kidding me."