Tap! Tap! Tap!
Sunset continued to tap one of her fingers on the desk. She had observed Luna doing it earlier and the habit had somehow transferred to Sunset. Thankfully, she didn't mind it at all. What Sunset did mind was the fact that she had spent almost thirty minutes staring at the journal, trying to find the words she wanted to write. She just sat there, thinking, 'What do I write? I mean, is there really anything I can write down besides, 'Dear journal, I lost my memory and then I found out my name is Sunset Shimmer and I now live with a nice lady named Miss Celestia, who offered to take care of me.' Yeah...that sounds so exciting...ugh, I can't believe this...' Sunset put down the pen. She took one last glance at the blank journal and closed it. 'Forget it...there's nothing I can write in this journal that's worth writing...Besides, it's not like writing in this dumb thing will change anything...'
Sunset soon got up from the desk and went to bed. There she slowly laid down on her bed and went under the covers. Her eyes slowly closed and soon, she was asleep.
The next day...
“Good morning!” exclaimed Celestia as she entered Sunset's room with a giant smile. Sunset slowly opened her eyes, trying to figure out what was going on.
“SHUT UP CELESTIA!” yelled Luna from across the house. “STOP BEING SO HAPPY BEFORE I HAVE MY MORNING COFFEE!”
“I know Luna...I know...” said Celestia as her face changed from happy to annoyed. “Sorry about my sister...she happens to like the night...a lot...”
Sunset blinked several times and got up and stretched her arms. “Good morning...” she said as she tried to put herself together. Sunset got out of bed with a long yawn as she stretched her arms again. She realized she had a strange urge to scratch herself but resisted to do so. Sunset glanced at Celestia as she gave another huge grin. “Uh...why are you smiling so much?”
“Oh nothing...its just...well...nice to have someone here.”
“Oh...okay...”
Celestia's smile shrank a little but it was still there. 'Sunset...looks like the poor girl is still confused...I wonder what she would be like if she had her memory back...' Soon, the two entered the kitchen, where Celestia began to make waffles and started Luna's coffee. “Okay Sunset...since you seem to still be...adjusting to everything...do you just want to relax today?”
Sunset shook her head. “No. I think...I think I need to accept that my memories gone and move on Miss Celestia.”
“Just call me Celestia and...are you sure?” Celestia's expression changed to a face filled with worry. “I mean...you still don't know who you are.”
“It's fine...” Sunset twiddled her thumbs as she continued talking. “I stayed up last night with that journal and...I didn't write in it.”
“You didn't? Why not?”
“Well...its not like I had anything I could write about myself anyways. All I could write is the fact that I don't remember anything and that you're taking care of me.” Sunset showed a small frown. “Besides, even if I accept the fact that my memories are gone...its not like writing that down will change anything...”
“I see...we should still try to get your memories back though..."
"I know...I just...I'll figure it out later, is that okay?"
"If that's what you want to do, then that's fine. Why don't we just have breakfast and then we can try those tests?”
“Sure.” Sunset nodded and showed a small smile. “Those waffles sure smell good.” Sunset stopped for a second and thought, 'Huh...for some reason, it feels like my nose should be a bit better at smelling things...but it isn't...I wonder why...'
“I know they smell good! That and I'm glad you know what a waffle is...”
“Yeah...I think I've heard of them before...though I'm not sure if I've ever eaten one before...”
Celestia walked over and put a plate of waffles in front of Sunset. “Then here's to a new experience!”
Sunset showed a huge grin. “Okay! Thank you Celestia!”
“Heh heh...don't mention it!”
The two had a great time eating breakfast even though Sunset didn't really have anything to talk about. Thankfully, Celestia had plenty of stories to tell about her times as the Principal of Canterlot High. Soon Luna came to the kitchen, only to grab her coffee and quickly turn around and go back to her room. Sunset gave a face of both shock and confusion. “Um...is she always like that in the morning?”
“Yeah...don't worry, when the afternoon rolls around, she's a completely different person.”
“Is she nice when she changes?”
“Oh yeah. Heck, she's probably nicer than me when the time comes around.”
“Wow...that's gonna be hard to beat if you say she's nicer than you...”
The two shared a small laugh. Celestia left the dinning room and soon came back with the tests. There, she gave Sunset the tests and a small pencil. A few hours later, Sunset was done and gave the tests back. Celestia quickly graded the papers and confronted Sunset.
“Okay Sunset...I just got done grading your tests and...”
Sunset showed a small frown again. “Oh no...are they bad?”
“No! Not at all Sunset...in fact, I am very impressed with the results!”
“Really?!” Sunset gave a face filled with surprise.
“Yes.” Celestia nodded. “You passed almost every test with near perfection...and some of these are slightly advanced tests. However, you...um...failed one test though...”
“Oh...what did I fail?”
“History.”
Sunset slumped over. “Yeah...I had a feeling you were going to say that...when I took that test...I had no idea what any of the questions were asking...I didn't recognize any of the people or places it was talking about...”
“Yeah...” Celestia sat down, scratching her head. “Perhaps your amnesia affected that as well...however, you passed everything else with near perfection! That's really impressive Sunset!”
“Thanks.”
“This is really good Sunset. Tell me, were those tests easy for you?”
“Yeah.” Sunset nodded. “I barely had to think with all of the other tests.”
“That's good! Besides, everyone has a subject they're weak at. I can always ask Harshwhinny to help you with history later. Thanks to these tests, you should be at the level to go ahead and go to my school!”
“Really?! Are you sure?”
“Yeah.” Celestia nodded. “In fact, you probably are already at a higher level than you should be at your age!”
“Wow...thank you Celestia!”
“Heh heh...no problem! Don't worry, I already signed you up for tomorrow! Is that okay?”
“Yeah! As I said earlier, I've accepted that my memories are gone and I need to go ahead and move on.”
Celestia showed her usual calm smile, “That's a really grown up thing to say Sunset. Alright, tomorrow will be your first day of school then...you don't mind that do you?”
“No...Or at least I hope I don't mind...”
“Good. Though if you are going to go ahead and go to school...I need you to do one thing though.”
“Okay...what do I need to do?”
“You need to also try to make a friend.”
“A friend?” Sunset looked down as she heard those words. 'Huh...why do I have this weird feeling...like I've heard this before...'
The next day...
Sunset's eyes kept growing. Now, she knew she had actually already seen the school before, she just didn't remember it. She began exiting Celestia's car. “Okay Sunset, we're finally here!”
“...”
“Sunset?”
“It's big...”
“Hee hee, I know its big Sunset. Now, I already gave you the map of the school. You still have it don't you?”
“Yeah.” Sunset nodded. “My first class is there, right?” she asked as she pointed out a room on the map.
“Yes.” Celestia gave her usual calm kind smile. “Don't worry, you'll do fine.”
“Okay...thanks.”
“No problem, now remember Sunset, I want you to try and make a friend, alright? I've got to go to the back entrance for a meeting so I'll let you off here.”
“Okay.” said Sunset as began to walk to the main entrance of the school. 'Okay Sunset...' she thought, 'first day of school...hope this goes well...'
As she entered the large double doors to the school, a small group of teenagers began to walk to the school entrance. The group was two girls and two boys. Then, one boy spoke up, “Hey Gilda, isn't that the chick that got totaled in a fight with you a month ago?”
Gilda paused for a second as she saw Sunset enter the building. “Yeah Hoops, I think that's her.”
The other girl in the group gave a huge grin. “So Gilda, should we give her a 'friendly' welcome back?”
Gilda gave a grin back. “Yeah Lightning Dust...that's sounds like a great idea!”
Very interesting! Good chapter! So! Sunset won't really care too much about her amnesia at the moment, but eventually, she'll wonder again after the events in the next chapter? Fascinating! I also liked this:
She has no idea! Lol.
Keep up the awesome work! I hope this'll be updated again soon!
Uh.. They didn't suspend Gilda for fighting a nonstudent on campus and that fight nearly getting the non student killed? God this school sucks
6214605 Hey, look at the first film, they let Sunset do whatever she wanted, remember?! I'm just being loyal to the material!
6214603 Thank you! Glad you enjoy the story! I almost quit the story due to an earlier comment, but now I 'm ready to keep going!
6214644 oh don't worry I'm not blaming you...... Completely, but from what was shown it didn't look like sunset did much actual physical abuse to the students, more blackmail and rumor spreading, and she "supposedly" had the principles unawares that she was that bad, but the principles had to directly get involved here, and Gilda even admitted to doing it! So theirs no reason to FOR HER TO NOT BE SUSPENDED.
GOD THOSE TWO SUCK AS PRINCIPLES.
6214671 Its been two weeks since Gilda confessed. Though I don't know how long usual suspension lasts...
6214680 ohhhhhhh ok .......forgot
But yeah that is around the usual amount of time it takes
....good job
6214691 It's cool. Glad you like the story!
Heheheh~ I may not like coffee, but I agree with Luna in that some of us aren't morning people.
6215002 That's probably my favorite line of this chapter. When I wrote it, I questioned if it was in character for Luna but then I thought, 'Ah, who cares? It's Luna. People probably expect that from her.' That and I don't see Luna as a morning person.
So even though she almost killed her and probably would have gone to jail, she's actually willing to start another incident with Sunset. Oh I can only foresee good things happening because of this.
Anyway good story so far, I like the premise though I'm more interested in seeing how Sunset interacts with the Mane 6, which I figure will probably happen after the whole incident with Gilda that's coming up soon. Anyway interested to see more.
6215738 Thank you for liking the story! Always nice to see a fan!
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Hard to see a Fan Without a Face.
6215770 You still have a body, don't you? That means I can still see you.
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Mainly meant that as a joke but whatever. Also give me stories a check if possible.
6215774 Sure.
Oh, this won't end well...
6216302 Time for more unnecessary drama!
I'm Like Luna in the Morining... need meh coffee before anything goes down...
but...wait... these upcoming Drama Levels... they are.. they are... OVER 9000!!!!!
(Yush i had to make that )
6216913 It's fine. It's unnecessary drama after all.
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Mind if I ask just how serious the head injury was and what kind of surgery she needed done?
6217837 Um...I never thought that far. Lets just keep it vague for the story's sake. The focus is she lost her memories of being a pony, that's all.
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Okay just thought I'd ask.
6217886 Sorry if I let you down.
6217884 Thank you! I hope you'll keep reading as I update more and more!
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You didn't just was curious.
6217897 Okay. Thanks for being a fan! Also, if you have more questions, just ask.
6218111 Thank you!
Oh boy... this will be troublesome...
I imagine that either she will have a brief relapse to her former angry-demon-queen self or one of the human elements will help her, perhaps even a bit of both. Also Gilda will probably later learn Sunset lost her memories and do something stupid out of guilt.
Good work
6220821 Thank you!
Dammit. Delinquency ruins everything!
Man, after Gilda getting in a fight with Sunset already and accidentally causing a locker to fall on her, you'd think she wouldn't be looking to get in a fight again. Somehow, I don't get the feeling she's looking forward to seeing Sunset again for make-up hugs and kisses either.
Well, if Sunset has anything like the study habits Princess Celestia enforced on her, she'll probably blow through her classes.
Because nothing says "I'm Awesome" like beating up the disabled.
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Do they know she's disabled? It might not be common knowledge.
Oh how wrong you are, Sunset...
Okay.” said Sunset as she began to walk to the main entrance of the school.
Always trying to help :-)