Raising a Human Daughter

by unleashedtwilight

Arguments

The sunlight was bright and it shined on my eyes, waking me up. “Ugh…” I said looking around. I could see that Sunset Shimmer wasn’t in the bed anymore. “Sunset…?” I asked looking around. “Hmmm…” I got out of bed to go look for her. When I got out of her room, in her messy house, I could hear water running. “Maybe she’s in the shower…” I huffed and went next to the window, watching the outside. “Mom must be so worried right now… ugh… why did this have to happen? Why does this KEEP happening!?” I exclaimed in annoyance.

“Hey.” a voice said from behind me. It was Sunset Shimmer wrapped in towel. “Maybe you should just stay here for now.”

“What? Why?”

“Well, it’s not really normal for a unicorn, let alone a talking one, to be walking around the school like that.”

“I was fine before though. I want to see Mom.” I said sternly.

“Relax, you’ll see her. Just not right now.” Sunset said walking in her room again to ger her usual school uniform on. “While I’m gone, just watch TV or something. Go on the internet if you want.” She said leaving her laptop open.

I sighed but then I smiled, at the same time trying to hide it. “Alright…”

“Alright, I’ll see you after school.” Sunset said walking out her front door and locking it.

I walked up right to the computer and smiled, using my magic to type in the web browser. “Let’s see what you did last night…” I said to myself looking through her history. It lead me to a video on YouTube. “The most embarrassing fall formal prince-- huh?” I said to myself looking at the video title. I clicked on the video to watch it. When it finished, I couldn’t help but feel angry. “This is just horrible! And-- look at how many views this video has!” I groaned rubbing my head. “There must be something I can do to fix this!” I looked around Sunset Shimmer’s room to find an answer. All I could see was the camera and microphone she used last night…. Wait a second! I thought to myself. “Don’t worry Mom, I’ll fix this…”

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“Good morning students, and happy Thursday.” Principle Celestia’s voice could be heard over the school intercom. “Just a reminder to pick up your ballets for the Princess of the Fall Formal today. They are due by the time the dance starts tomorrow night, so don’t forget to turn them in and make your voice heard.” she finished.

Back in the library, I was pacing the floor a bit. “This school has a lot of different groups that divide them Spike… I need to win them over if I’m going to get votes to be Princess of the Fall Formal…” I sighed and stopped looking at the list I prepared. “This is going to be hard without her here…”

“I know it’s rough right now Twilight… But I get the feeling that Crystals gonna be just fine.” Spike said trying to reassure me.

“But how can you be so confident about that, Spike?” I asked still in a bit of a panic. “I looked all over the school when the other students left, and while you were asleep. I didn’t see her anywhere! She’s just a little girl after all…”

“A little girl who’s smart and can use magic, Twilight. Honestly, you’re over reacting.”

“Spike… she’s my daughter. I’m not going to relax until I see her.”

Spike just sighed. “Then we’ll look for her more today, alright? For now, let’s just get popular with those groups.”

I nodded and sighed trying to gain my confidence again. “Alright Spike…” he went into my backpack and I walked out the library door. But as soon as I did…

“Hey, look…” one student whispered while others giggled as I passed by, getting strange looks at the same time.

“Why is everybody looking at me funny-- Whoa!” I exclaimed getting pulled into a room by someone. “What are you-- why did you--...” I stopped and looked at the student who pulled me in more closely as she shut the door. “Rarity…?” I asked as Spike poked his head out to see.

She ran right up to me with measuring tape, quickly pondering to herself and raised a finger as if she already got an idea. She went to her bag, pulling out various clothing, until she pulled out a light green outfit. with a gold star on the belt. As well as a blonde wig. “Perfect.” she said with a smile, quickly putting the ridiculous looking outfit on me. “Oh, yes this is good… No one will recognize you!”

I just looked at her, confused for a moment. “Why wouldn’t I want to be--” she cut me off.

“And we’ll need a disguise for your dog… which is too bad. He really is so adorable…” Rarity cooed as she pet Spike. “You know, with a little work, I could make him look like a rabbit instead.” she said as Spike fell out my bag.

“A rabbit?” I asked still lost on why she was doing all of this. Without warning though, the door opened, Applejack coming inside.

“There you are Twilight!” Applejack exclaimed walking in.

“So much for the disguise…” Rarity mused crossing her arms.

“I’ve been lookin’ all over for ya.”

“Me too.” Fluttershy said following.

“Me three!” Pinkie exclaimed quickly going inside and examining me. “I like your new look.”

“I do have an eye for these sorts of things…” Rarity started. “Not that you seem to care.”

“What!?” Pinkie Pie exclaimed.

“Why do you think she doesn’t care…?” I asked. But when I asked, all I saw was Pinkie quickly getting steamed while the others were signalling me to not talk about it. “No nevermind… Why were you all looking for me?” I asked taking the wig off. “What’s going on?”

“Oh… she hasn’t seen it yet…” Fluttershy said covering her mouth.

“Seen what??”

Pinkie then opened her bag, putting down her laptop, opening it to a youtube link. “Oh it’s not so bad, eheheh…” She said starting the video. All that could be heard in the background was Sunset Shimmer’s voice over a video clip of… me? It didn’t take too long for the video to finish.

“W-wha… I…” I stammered over the laptop.

“I… take that back… It’s pretty bad…” Pinkie said with a tone of embarrassment.

“But this all happened yesterday! At the Library!...” I looked down. “Has everyone in the school seen this? Is that why they were all looking at me that way??” They all looked to the side, pretty much answering my question. “What am I going to do…? No one’s gonna vote for me after seeing this!”

“Wait a second… what’s this?” Fluttershy pointed at the next video after the one that was posted last night. “It says this video is from the same channel and it was posted 10 minutes ago…”

“But how…?” Applejack asked.

“Only one way to find out…” Rarity said clicking on the video.

“Twilight…” Fluttershy whispered to me. “In the thumbnail before… that looked like…!” Before Fluttershy could even finish, the video started up.

“I really hope I did this right… I don’t want to be too late…” A familiar voice said in the video. Me and Fluttershy both gasped in realization of who that voice belonged to. Eventually the picture came in clear, and we could all see a small unicorn in the video. C-Crystal… I thought to myself trying to hold back my own tears. “Mom… If you’re seeing this, I just want to let you know that I’m okay. I’m at her house.” Crystal said in the video. “And to anyone else watching this video… Twilight is NOT like what the video before said about her! She cares about her friends! For all the people around her! She has always been there for everyone, and I can promise that she would be a better fall formal princess than Sunset Shimmer! She would bring us all together! Unlike Sunset Shimmer who tears us apart!” Crystal stopped and sighed. “I know you don’t know me. And you’re probably wondering why I’m a unicorn in the first place… I can’t answer that right now… Mom… I love you. And I promise that I’m okay…” the video then ended. I couldn’t help but start crying. “She’s safe… Thank goodness…” I smiled wiping my tears.

“Uhhh… Twilight?” Applejack asked looking at me. “Who… er… what was that just now?”

“Uh… well… you see…” I stammered unsure of how to answer.

“Nevermind... “ Applejack said holding her head. “Right now we need to focus on what’s important; the fall formal.”

“Well,” Pinkie turned to me. “If you still wanna run, maybe there’s something I can do to help!”

“Word of advice,” Fluttershy whispered. “Don’t accept her help. She doesn’t take anything seriously.” Fluttershy said crossing her arms.

“Uh! Why do you have to be so awful to me!?” Pinkie pouted stomping her foot.

“Oh pfft… Don’t play innocent Pinkie Pie.” Rarity pointed at her. “You are no better than she is!” she said pointing at Fluttershy.

“And what is that supposed to mean!?” Pinkie exclaimed grabbing Rarity’s arms.

“I am happy to offer my assistance as well… To someone who would appreciate what I have to offer!” Rarity exclaimed.

“What you have to offer? What about what I have to offer!?” Pinkie exclaimed, starting an argument that was too hard for me to hear everything, until Applejack finally cut them off.

“Listen to y’all carryin’ on! Get over it and move on!” She crossed her arms.

"You mean like how you got over what happened with Rainbow Dash!?" Rarity pointed.

"You know darn well that that's different!" Applejack exclaimed.

"Is not!" Rarity and Fluttershy exclaimed back.

"Is too!!" Suddenly all of them started to argue among themselves... This was just getting too much for me to take. I can't take this anymore...!!!

"STOP!!" I shouted getting up from my seat. "All of you!" I sighed going into my bag, pulling out the yearbook I found in the library. "Let me show you something." I quickly opened the book to the page showing the picture with the five of them together. "You were all friends once..."

"The freshman fair..." Applejack said smiling a bit. "Y'all remember that?" She got a few nods from the others.

"Something happened that drove you all apart. I think that something is Sunset Shimmer." I said crossing my fingers in thought.

"Well it's a nice theory darling, but Sunset Shimmer has nothing to do with it." Rarity crossed her arms.

"She's right." Fluttershy continued. "Sunset Shimmer isn't the one who used party blowers and noisemakers. It was supposed to be a quiet event. And Pinkie Pie ruined it!"

"What are you talking about!?" Pinkie asked. "I got a text from you saying you didn't want a quiet auction. You wanted a big party!"

"What? But... I didn't send you a text..."

"You don't think she's the one who's been sending those emails, do you?" Rarity asked.

"It's possible..." I said trying to put the pieces together.

"Maybe she's the reason why Rainbow Dash didn't show up that day..." Applejack said.

"Didn't you ever ask her why she didn't show?"

"Eheh... I kinda stopped talkin' to her at all after that..." Applejack answered holding her hat down.

"Maybe it's time you started then." I smiled placing her hat back on her head.

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"Hopefully mom saw that video..." I sighed laying on the couch. There isn't really much to do here... I got up to walk around the house to see what she had. I noticed a few books on a shelf and decided to browse through them. One of them, however caught my attention more than the others. "What's this...? It only has a picture of a yellow and orange sun on it..." My horn glowed as I opened the book levitating it to my face. The more I looked at it, the more I started to realize what it was... "This was the book she used to send reports to Princess Celestia..." I turned a few pages to finally find a blank page. "I wonder..." I got up and looked around the house again to try and find a pen. After finally finding one, I quickly ran back to the book, writing the following with my magic. 'Is anyone able to see this right now?' I stopped and put the pen down, waiting to see if something would happen.

After a few minutes, something started to happen. Text started to appear by itself. 'Sunset Shimmer? Is that you?'

I quickly took the pen and responded. 'No, this is Crystal. I'm in Sunset Shimmer's house.'

'In her house!? Crystal, this is Princess Celestia. Where is Twilight? Where is your mother!?'

'She's back at the school... Sunset Shimmer kind of kidnapped me. But don't worry! I'm fine.' I paused before starting to write again. 'Princess Celestia, what happened to Sunset Shimmer that caused her to act like this? What made her change so much?'

'Honestly Crystal, I've been trying to figure out that answer as well... When I first met her, I knew she had potential. She was an exceptional student with a vast knowledge of magic and spells. But what she lacked most... Was the magic of Friendship.'

Author's Note:

I realize that a lot is based on the movie, but I am trying to change a few things. Hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Comments

[dream1990]

i like that you are trying to change few things so it is like the movie plus this chapter too and i am glad that Crystal is ok

[alfaomega]

Good good let the frendship flow threw you.

[TimeTravelinc]

This is great, keep going. I wanna see a difference between EqG and your story.

Good Luck
-The Character

[TimeTravelinc]

5954292 Maybe not the version you found, but the version I found seems to say that.

Just saying.
-The Character

[Legioner8]

You know, for a child who lived on the streets and didn't even have a name, she is surprisingly well educated and proficient with computer.
Just saying.