Sunset knew many things, like every rule of magic that was impossible to break. Take for example time traveling, which she knew that a unicorn could only travel once to the past without help from a powerful artifact or tapping directly into a magic leylane. She also knew that the usage of dark magic was heavily addictive and there was a whole 12 steps program back in Equestria about it.
She also knew many things about technology, just like how to program and create hardware out of junk parts. The face of Princess Twilight Sparkle whenever she started to talk about a new application or an upgrade she have completed was worth the royal treasury considering how flabbergasted and confused she looked. It was a proud moment for the redhead to make the usually confident egghead girl feel like a fish out of water for once.
Sunset also knew one new thing since arriving in Ever After High, one very important thing. Headmaster Grimm’s mustache was the most interesting thing in the office. Sunset Shimmer had found the man dry and uninteresting after meeting him for the first time and it was not a nice feeling to have after finally getting to know some of the students in the school. Students that seemed to ooze charisma -and in some cases be able to give enough sugar to kill a diabetic- but the headmaster seemed like such a normal person for the school that she wondered if his ‘normal’ personality was in fact what made him weird in the school.
The redhead -more like blonde now- continued to walk in the direction of the castleteria by following the signs. While walking Sunset used the time to observe the way the school was decorated, reminding her more of a castle out of a fairytale, which was quite fitting considering the usage it had. The windows were tall and elegant with beautiful curtains, vases and portraits everywhere. Sunset knew that if she sends a photo to Rarity, this one would find the way to break through the portal and visit the school.
With that idea on her head she finally opened the doors to the castleteria and prepared herself for the onslaught of weirdness. What happened in the end was absolutely nothing since the castleteria was as normal as the cafeteria back in Canterlot High. People sitting down with friends, others were waiting in line to be served and a grumpy lady behind the counter putting food on the plates, although back home they had Granny Smith and not a troll.
Of course, the décor and arrangement reminded everyone that they were in a school for royalty, heroes and wicked villains, with a big marble staircase leading to a second floor that seemed equally well decorated to the amusement of Sunset.
Taking some food for herself, noticing also the quality of the stuff, she searched for a table and found one that was occupied by just one person, and that one was Raven Queen. She didn’t take long to decide where she would sit and Sunset took her tray and took a seat opposite to Raven.
“Anything new on your side?” the blonde Sunset Shimmer asked to the gothic looking girl making her smile in a peculiar way.
“Are you sure you want to sit down with the future Evil Queen?” she said obviously seeing some humor in the question and situation. At least Raven Queen seemed to use her future destiny in ways that would entertain her.
“I come from a school that has been reminded time and time again one thing. The most important part of our lives is friendship, if you want to sit down with your friends at lunch then do it. So that’s why I’m here” She answered taking a bite out of her steak and promptly understood one thing. If food would always taste that good then she would not mind staying at the school for the whole year.
“That’s a nice view of the world you guys have. Thank you Sunset Shimmer” Raven said and in her eyes Sunset could see how grateful she was about not he words said by Sunset but by her actions sitting down with her.
As Sunset began to dig in into her food she noticed a nervous boy wearing a crown and getting closer to them. He seemed a little nerdy and shy and his eyes seemed to be focused in the other teenager at the table much to Sunset’s amusement.
“Hey Raven, uh, you look gor- I mean, great, I don’t even know what gor is” it was quite funny to see a guy like him stumble across his words when talking with a girl that caught his fancy.
“Oh don’t worry, I know what gor means” Sunset said with his teasing smirk that she tended to use only with Twilight and Flash. In response the boy flushed slightly at the implication in Sunset’s word.
“So a prince and a heroine want to sit with the villain, you two must be pretty Dar-” a flash of light took the three by surprise as the three turned their heads to the staircase. Coming down arm to arm were none other than Apple White and the aforementioned Daring “ing”
“No, I’m Dexter, Dexterous Charming, Daring is my” once again the flash came and Sunset wanted to slap the blonde boy behind its head remembering that she told him to avoid flashing others “brother… oh gor” at least Dexter had found a good use to his new created word.
“Raven, Sunset, how’s every enchanted thing” the smiling princess said to both while they met as a group in the middle of the castleteria.
“Apple White, good to see you”
“You two are friends?” A slightly confused Sunset asked to the two main characters of Snow White.
“Of course we are, she is my villain, and there is no one more important than her in my story” Apple said confusing Sunset even more by how happy she sounded mentioning Raven. Curiouser and curiouser Sunset had in her mind looking at both girls and the easy going way in which they interacted.
“Hey Daring”
“I have to warn you Raven, don’t stare at the teeth, I just got a whitening” then the prince seemed to have remembered Sunset’s words because he turned away from them to smile. Following the flash of incandescent light she started to laugh. The three little pigs were sitting at the adjacent table and while two of them had the bright idea to bring sunglasses, the third one, the one she had nicknamed Walking Barbeque had an apple on his mouth. The sight of a slightly burned pig with the apple on his muzzle was hilarious.
“Alright, if I ever use a grill outside you are the man I’m calling” she said while Daring pointed at her with both index fingers.
“Anything for a beautiful damsel” Before they could continue their shenanigans a bell began to ring signaling the ending of lunch for the students.
“Oh, there’s the bell, time for Good Kingdom Management, Raven, what’s your next class?”
“Ah, History of Evil Spells” the dark haired teenager said not quite as happy as her friend, but Sunset had to admit she was quite interested in that class, from the scientific point of view of course, to see what differences dark magic had in the user compare to Equestria. Just before they could all separate and leave for their respective classes there was one last thing happening.
“Did she just growl at Daring?” Definitely, Sunset would not get bored at this school.