Lvl 3: Friends..?
Shimmer didn't know what made her do it but somehow it happened. She glanced behind her and saw Sunset working on her paper diligently. It was clear something was motivating her to write as fast as she did. She watched her work for a few seconds before turning back around...and finding Mr. Patters staring at her with a frown. Smiling sheepishly, she picked up her pencil and worked on the Geometry test. It wasn't anything difficult; just the basics.
13. Draw and label the following: coplanar segments intersecting at point T.
Without much thought, she drew, labelled it, and moved on to the next question. For a while her mind was set on working and completing the test. But her thoughts eventually went back to Sunset. It was weird: one day they were enemies and the next...friends? She sure didn't expect Sunset to make such a proposal. To be honest, Shimmer was expecting her to ask/force her to do some dirty work of hers. But friends..? She shook her head. That was the last thing she'd ever think she'd say.
No.
That wasn't even a thing she thought Sunset would ever say.
Maybe she's doing this to make up for the fact that I lost two friends because of her...Would she really? Sunset can't possibly have done a 180-degree turn around in just a day. No one could do that. But maybe she really did feel guilty about it? No. That's not right. There's got to be a reason why she wants to be friends. Yeah, that's it. She must be trying to embarrass her even more in some way. That's got to be it. Or if not to embarrass her, get something from her. Shimmer had made a really good reputation for herself with the teachers as an A+ student. Sunset might be trying to mooch off her and get good grades through impersonation!
The human sighed. It must be so...she couldn't think of any other reason. In that case, she must be cautious around her. She mustn't let her find out she knew her plan. Just be polite but distant. That's a good plan...
"Alright, test's over. Hand it in, young people. Quit your writing and pass it up," Mr. Patters said in his usual flat tone of annoyance.
Somebody needs to retire Shimmer thought as she gave her paper to the person in front of her. She collected the papers from the person behind her and glanced at the name.
Sunset Shimmer
Shimmer swallowed. Even her handwriting was the same. The elegant curl of the s and the small "tail" left on every letter...Before she could examine it further, a hand forcefully grabbed and snatched the papers out of her hand.
"First, I catch you looking back at people's papers and now you're looking at students' answers. What's next: You're going to sneak back in here after school and jot down what you saw to improve your test?" Mr. Patters scoffed and looked down at Shimmer incredulously. " I don't know what's gotten into you, Ms. Shimmer...you're the one I've had for years, right? Not the twin who just came here?"
Shamefully, she nodded which only resulted in the teacher looking bewildered.
"I'm sorry to say this but you're getting two letter grades off your score for a double offence of cheating." He shook the paper. "You better hope this is an A paper because the best you can get now is a C."
The class began to murmur in the presence of a new topic that was sure to lose their interest in a matter of seconds: that loss of interest being caused by a bell signalling the end of the second day of school. The students all got out of their chairs in a blink of an eye. Before Shimmer could even step out the classroom the PA came on.
"Sunset Shimmer, report to the office. Sunset Shimmer, report to the office."
She sighed and made her way there. This would be the first time in years that she had ever gotten anything below a B. She wasn't the absolute best student but no doubt she was near Valedictorian status. It would take a while for her to work her grade back up to an A because of that. His tests made up a large percentage of your grade and flunking one could mean barely passing. Great. She entered the office and was greeted by the fatherly Mr. Evermint, who smiled happily.
"Ah, Ms. Shimmer! Or rather Sunset. I have your itinerary ready for you. Take this. This is your new schedule for the rest of the semester."
"...New schedule?" Shimmer repeated. Before she could take it a hand snaked around her and took the paper. "I'll take that. Thank you very much, Mr. Evermint."
Mr. Evermint glanced at Shimmer and the person behind her and laughed. "Oh, my bad. I should have made it clearer about who I was calling to the office. Hahahaha! You two have a nice day now."
Shimmer stood there and sighed.
"Hey there, sister," Sunset said nicely from behind.
Shimmer turned around and walked right past her. "I'm not your sister."
Sunset watched her go and nodded to herself. She didn't expect her to welcome her with open arms but she was grateful that she accepted her as a friend. But then again, she probably only accepted because she promised to do a favor for her if she listened.
"Fine. I'll be your friend," Shimmer said quietly, "But your favor to me is to distance yourself. There's a such thing as friends from afar."
Sunset shrugged. At least she could feel normal for once. She guessed it would be nice to know how her human self is but now that the problem she caused was solved somehow she wasn't going to meddle in her life any longer. Sunset followed the crowd of students to the outdoors and smiled happily as she walked the steps of freedom straight out of the building. From a distance she could see a certain purple haired nerd skedaddle toward Shimmer and wave around a paper excitedly. Shimmer glanced at it and bit her lip. Sunset watched them as they walked away bent over the sheet Twilight had brought.
Sunset didn't have time to think what was on the paper when the feeling of longing came to here. Her bed was calling to her in desperate cries and she wasn't going to ignore it.
"The proof is right there! This is true!" Twilight cried, "It's astonishing! How can this be?? You can't even deny it."
Shimmer frowned at the words. Her eyes ran over them over and over again. The letters registered in her head but at the same time they didn't.
"Shimmer, Sunset is you! She is literally you! This whole time we were just avoiding the fact of it being possible when it is 100% true!"
"Twilight, we weren't avoiding it at all. We already knew this. It's just now we have the DNA results to solidify what we were aware of," Shimmer told her, " So you decided to get a piece of her hair? How did you get mine?"
"I collected some from your shawl."
"You mean the one I wore to the Spring Fling??"
"Yes."
"How did you keep that tiny hair for that long?!"
Twilight smiled. "I put it in a test tube that was placed inside a case tucked under my bed."
Why was she not surprised. The human clone sighed. "So we're the same person. Now what."
"Now, I'm going to find out why the two of you can be the same person but be completely different in personality! Sunset won't tell me anything about Canterlot's occurrences so the best way to get it out of her is to have herself be told! So, naturally, I'm going to be conducting more experiments." Twilight grinned from ear to ear. "Expect to see each other often, Shimmer. you two are going to be spending some quality time together!"
"WHAT?! Where do I get a say in this??" Shimmer yelled out loud. But the nerd was already too lost in thought about her next set of tests to even hear her. Why was the universe constantly trying to throw her otherworldly double at her? Why?? She only wanted a day in which she wasn't bothered by her. But, of course, Sunset attends her school now so the chances of that are nearly impossible.
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Yaaaaaay!!!
Nice :D
Funnily enough... This has moved me to actually like the idea of them pretending to be twins... So when the romance rolls in I'm gonna have to re-wire my brain xD
On another note: I always know when you update because people favorite my story! Interesting :O
Did anyone else catch this?
That is a baseless accusation and I have never seen a teacher act like that. I looked around all the time while taking a test and never was spoken to for it.
Shimmer you fool, you only had to listen, you were under no obligation to acquiesce to Sunsets request.
And now they're going to be constantly forced together by an obsessive scientists.
This going to go sooo well.
Um shouldn't that be 180 because Shimmer saw Sunset as evil but is now good?
Well this should be an interesting turnout.
6369724 I almost didn't recognize you with the new name and pic! Hey Shaud!
6370171 It's just Mr. Patters being sarcastic. You can't always compare real life to a fictional story. They're not meant to be parallel.
6370839 Oh yeah. My bad!
6371366 Haha, yeah bit of a change huh? Moved it to match up with my Tumblr more ^-^ How are you doing?? I love the story, of course! Can't wait for more!
6371676 I'm doing fine. A new chapter should be coming along if I can remember what I was planning to write next.
Wow. This guy's nice! If a teacher at my school thinks you're cheating, they rip up your paper in front of you and give you an instant F, before doing the same to the person they caught you cheating off of for not protecting their answers well enough.
6371985 I feel that. I feel that so hard xD I went to write more Shimmer-Shammer and had to re-read it to remember what I was doing with it...
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That moment when you forget all the ideas you had for a story.
6372295 Same with my teachers! I just thought it would be a little too dramatic in the chapter.
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Even the dropping two grade levels? Cause I was accounting for all that in the comment.
6372539 Not grade levels. Letter grades. It just means he's lowering the grade on her test. Not anything like making her drop from 10th grade to 8th.
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I know, I probably didn't word it as well as I could have since I a little tired. But she is going from a potential A to a C. Just for having her head up and later looking at a paper. The teacher doesn't know what she is looking at nor gave her any time to explain. It is really over the top for a teacher to be that strict. Least in comparison to my high school and college experience.
6373052 It all depends on the individual teacher. Some are actually like that where I go to school.
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I feel sorry for you.
6373246 I feel badly for myself as well.
6374369 The trick is to just not get caught cheating.
The easiest way to do that is to not cheat of course...
6374667 I could just write the answers on my arm with a marker.
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Naaaaaaah. The trick is to know Sunset and where the teacher in question lives.
6376604 For some reason, I think Sunset might spend more time threatening me than my teachers.
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Not if you're friends!
6376619 All the more opportunity for her to be annoyed at me then!
It would probably go something like this:
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Huh. With a friend like you, who needs an enemy...?
Nah, jk.
6376744 Exactly! If she's busy hating me, then she won't be paying attention to all the people who hate her. She's got no time for enemies!
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When will the next chapter come out, I'm excited!
6397635 Soon enough!
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6395094 That's the dark horse option, so 10:1 if it pulls through.
" I don't know what's
" So you decided to get a piece
each other often, Shimmer. you two are
1 & 2. Extra spacing at the start.
3. Forgot to capitalise.