Discord was nowhere to be found. Sunset didn't know whether to be concerned about this or relieved. The God of Chaos said, he needed to "settle down" in his second home and had disappeared with his entire luggage. In any event, it didn't matter right now. What did matter was that Sunset found Twilight. The girls had missed the entire first and second period, so now it was lunch time.
The thing was, Twilight was nowhere to be found. This wouldn't be such a bad thing, if the fate of this world wouldn't rest on her shoulders. The fact itself was mind blowing enough and the fiery haired girl herself had problems keeping herself together. The only thing that prevented herself from a panic attack was the fact that her newest friend desperately needed someone to talk to, before she would ultimately panic.
Having ran out of options, the famous and at the same time infamous girl walked into the library. At this time of day barely a student was present, unless tests were coming. Sunset was lucky this time. She found Twilight at a hidden corner of the spacious library, hugging her dog Spike. Said dog looked up to Sunset, when he noticed her standing next to Twilight.
The Equestrian placed herself next to the new student and wrapped an arm around her. "Wanna talk about it?"
Twilight fiercely shook her head, accidentally hitting Spike with her bound up hair.
Suppressing a giggle, Sunset nodded. "Alright, take your time. Do you want to be alone?"
Again Twilight shook her head. She even leaned closer into the hug.
Readjusting herself, the yellow skinned girl made it herself as comfortable as possible on the ground and just waited. She could feel Twilight's tense body slowly relaxing. The purple girl scratched Spike behind the ears subconsciously, while staring at the book case in front of her.
"I'm scared, Sunset." Twilight eventually broke the silence.
"I know Twi. I am too."
"Then how are you so calm?"
The girls faced each other. "Because I know my friends are with me." Sunset gave her friend a reassuring smile, which Twilight returned meekly. Spike decided it was a great opportunity to lick Twilight's face, causing both girls to laugh.
"Spike!" Twilight complained, trying to push her dog down. Sunset actually stopped Twilight from defending herself, by holding both of her arms.
"Aaah! Let go, Sunset Shimmer!"
"Now's your chance, Spike!"
Spike fully assaulted his mistress with his dog slobber and tongue. Twilight had no chance against the combined efforts of pony girl and dog. Eventually Sunset let go of her friend and the glasses wearing girl secured Spike with her arms.
"Feeling better?"
"Yeah, but this stuff is really icky. Can you watch over Spike, while I go to the restrooms?"
"Sure thing."
As soon as Twilight was out of sight, Sunset and Spike high fived.
Twilight rubbed her face dry with one of the paper towels. She gazed upon her reflection in the mirror, thinking. Her new clothes were based on the clothes her counterpart had worn during their first meeting. She still wore glasses, but considered taking them off completely. Truth to be told, she had changed glasses shortly after the friendship games. Ever since Sunset had..."cured" her for the lack of better term, one side effect had been that Twilight's eyesight had been restored.
Since there was no way she could logically explain this to her parents, she simply order a new pair of lenses. Though she had to admit, she looked way better completely without the glasses and with her hair loose. Still it would feel like she copied her counterpart, if she simply changed her hairstyle that way.
~May I suggest to ask the peasant Rarity? She seems to know a lot about the fashion and styling~
"AHH!" Twilight jumped, frantically looking around for the voice that appeared out of nowhere. "Who's there?!"
~Stay calm, my lady. It is me, your moon, speaking to you.~
"The...moon?" Twilight whispered, recalling what Princess Celestia had told them earlier this day. The girl had to support herself on the sink, in order to not collapse to the ground. She did it once, when she got an A-. Worst day of her life. And it hurt.
~I know you're confused and scared, my lady, but I can assure you I only have the best of wishes for you.~
"Y-yeah, sure. Except every time you talk I feel like I have lost it." Twilight replied, facing the mirror again.
~My apologies, my lady. I simply thought I should seize the opportunity and talk to you, since you're alone. You don't need to speak aloud if you wish to talk to me. You simply need to think "loud" and I will hear you.~
"Think loud?"
You mean, like this?
~Yes, excellent.~
This would be really amazing, if it wouldn't be so disturbing at the same time.
~It may sound harsh, but you have to get used to it.~
So...uh...you're the moon. Er...nice to meet you, I guess.
~The pleasure is all mine, my lady. Forgive me, for listening in on your thoughts, but I do belief the peasant Rarity will be of great help in your predicament.~
Why are you calling her a peasant? Rarity is my friend. I know, we're just friends for a few days, but still. Why peasant?
~You are above them, my lady. You have been blessed with the power of the night and dreams. However, if it is your wish, I shall refrain from calling your friend peasant in the future.~
Thank you. Wait a minute! Blessed?! Do you actually know what happened to me and Sunset and the entire solar system for that matter?!
~Sadly, I do not. How should I put this? I simply know through instinct that you are the one to guide me, just as Lady Sunset Shimmer has been chosen to guide my sister through the endless void.~
"Chosen." But by whom? Or what?
~We do not know and perhaps we should focus on other things first. Like the humans who have already realized your status as a goddess.~
"G-GODDESS?!" Twilight exclaimed. I'm not a goddess or anything like that! I don't even belief in gods or the supernatural. Wait, scratch the last part.
~It may be a lot to take in, but the power you're wielding says so. You have become an essential part of human life, life on Earth in general. With a metaphorical simple snap of your fingers, you could abandon this entire planet and lead me to a new one.~
That's- I WOULD NEVER DO THAT!! THAT'S JUST WRONG!
~Forgive me, my lady. That was insensitive of me. Perhaps we should not talk any longer, until it is time for you to guide me through the void. I am sorry for all the distress I caused you.~
It's alright. I...yeah. I need some more time to think about this. And maybe talk to my friends.
~I shall leave you to your thoughts then, my lady. Have a pleasant day.~
In the meantime, in a basement, in the middle of the town, a woman sat at her computer, watching and rewatching the spectacle she had recorded today. Like most other people, she had been fascinated and a little frightened at the phenomenon of the sun not getting up, as if the earth had stopped rotating. In itself it would mean that the magnet field of the earth disappeared, thus meaning the sun would burn them to a crisp with the solar waves.
Fun fact, so far everything indicated that this just happened, minus the loss of the magnetic field. And then it happened.
The woman had been standing near Canterlot High school, coming from her night job, when all of the sudden one of the girls on the other side of the street started glowing. Acting more on instinct than any rational thought, she had grabbed into her pocket and started recording the entire spectacle.
The girl literally transformed into an angel in front of everyone present. Next she raised her arm and the sun was seemingly following it!
The woman herself knew how insane that sounded. She thought about posting this to the internet, but knew it would be just called a hoax or fake. That didn't mean she completely disregarded the idea, she simply hesitated.
This girl was obviously an angel, no a goddess! Yet she was a goddess who had not made herself known to humans. Why? The woman didn't know and that bothered her. She wanted to serve the goddess to the best of her efforts, but just starting a new religion and coming up with random interpretations from a wonder she had witnessed (and recorded!) would be mostly shrugged off as just another sect.
No she would need to talk to her goddess, as terrifying as the experience probably would be. She would offer herself to spread the word, do anything she says and win her trust through this, in order to not look like the woman simply wanted to stand in a good light or have great amounts of power.
No, she wasn't like that. Starlight Glimmer was a completely selfless human.
Luna turned off the news video on her PC and sighed. Why on earth was this happening? Covering up a raging she-demon who destroyed the front gate? Gas leak.
Covering up three fish girls, enslaving almost the entire school, who then were blasted by a giant, winged unicorn? Special effects/video editing.
Blowing up the statue, magical portals destroying a bit of the school ground? Accidents while cleaning up the field.
Having the two girls in your school, who could kill the entirety of humanity if they felt like it? Luna wanted to jump through the portal and run very far away. Perhaps they needed a principal somewhere in Ponyland? It wasn't a job people normally did after all.
"I want to go home." she whined and got up, walking towards the window. Looking outside, she could see a few students enjoying the lunch they brought with them or simply talk with each other. Well, not really "simply talk with each other". They were more huddled together, no doubt talking about the happenings today. Some of them were even looking at their smart phones, probably too watching either the life news or some youtube videos.
A sudden sound emitting from her computer, got her attention. She got an e-mail from drocsid.soahc@fluttercord.eq. Raising an eyebrow, she scanned the e-mail for any viruses, but the result came up negative. Still apprehensive, she opened the mail.
Hey Lulu,
I must say the Internet has to be the greatest achievement in human history. I mean look at this place! It's almost exactly what I did to Equestria 1000 years ago, minus the porn. Seriously, that gets old really fast. I mean what's the point in watching those things? Eh, whatever. The rest is still great.
Anyways, since princess Celly-Sun-Butt gave me the opportunity to watch pure chaos going all out, I thought I might as well be a little nice to you . Maybe Celly will let me stay here even longer then ? Urrgh, thinking too logical. Where was I? Oh yeah, help.
So, I set up a little e-mail account for myself, if I'm not available, you can just send me a quick message at the address you see.
I hope you don't mind that I have taken residence in one of the broom closets in your school. Yes there is enough space. Chaos magic. I ain't have to explain shit to you!
I'll be a little busy for a few more hours. I hope you and your sister come to the housewarming party Pinkie Pie wants to throw me.It will be a blast.
Hope to see you soon, moon cheeks!
Discord
P.S.: Celly hides her cake in a safe, in the school kitchen. It acts as a refrigerator as well. The code is 89356207
God... FUCKING DAMNIT, Star.
Oh Gods, that explains so much....
He wouldn't be Discord if he didn't stir chaos wherever he went!
Meanwhile, am I the only one who voiced the Moon like Tabitha St Germain voicing Luna in Luna Eclipsed?
Nice touch with the emotes in the email.
Celestia had a refrigerated safe installed in the kitchen? Wow...
6592882 Pff, need to think of a decent background. Kinda gave her a job, so maybe she dropped from high school.
6592904 How come no one else noticed?
6592913 I certainly didn't.
6592914 Below standard for Discord.
6592926 I thought to myself: Heck, why not?
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Just like how Japanese name their anime/manga too
You tempt me to read this...
What do?
6592882 Welp I guess that explains how Pony Starlight Glimmer messed up the universe...by screwing around with the occult at the exact same time as her human counterpart, way to go for multiverse not making a stupid free-zone.
6592904 Yes, and I can't wait to see how he deals with shipfics, particularly his pairings.
One I don't think Moon Cheeks is as applicable here and two you told her where her stash is just so she wouldn't try to kill you didn't you dissy?
I wonder what the Moon would reply if Twilight asked about the Apollo and LCROSS missions.
And oh boy... of all possible counterparts Starlight Glimmer is the one to witness Sunset! This will not end well...
That email is very like Discord (and the email server was ... interesting... I wonder if human Fluttershy could act as limiter to him like her pony counterpart.
6592969 I'm seriously considering of pairing them up in this story, but I'm really not sure about the idea.
Well. It was a great chapter! Can't wait to see what happens next.
6592969 As far as discord goes: The internet should keep him busy for quite some time. Just give him a good pvp game (free for all preferably) and tell him to have fun! (And find glitches to
weirdfreak out the other players)UPDATE! Waiting for more!
that mail from Discord. ROFL XD
Twilight's conversation with the moon left me pondering if Sunset will suddenly get homesick, now that she knows she can't leave Earth even for a day. (as there'd be no other one to raise the sun)
Starlight Glimmer... now I'm worried.
That letter of Discord, I alsmot thought he was writing it to Princess Luna instead of her human counterpart.
Starlight, Why not the Human Sunset?
6593299 I...forgot about her.
Seriously, I totally DID NOT consider her the entire time I was writing this story.
Gimme an: EPIC FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder if the sirens will pop up, simply because they were mentioned mind you. Not sure what they could really add to the story, much as I like them as characters. Discord using pony emoticons in regular emails was pretty cool, by the way. Nice chapter.
6592968 I wish there WAS a stupid free zone...
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Well Considering how the entire world is involved you are going to have to somehow include the human Sunset.
Starlight Glimmer... oh shit.
drocsid.soahc@fluttercord.eq... clever.
Well Starlight's a zealot, but she seems to want to prostrate herself before the Celestial Twins before spreading their gospel. We have a slight chance of her not being evil...completely incompetant and reminding us of the Grand Inquisitor in If the Emperor had Text-to-Speech Device, but not actively malicious and reality breaking oike her pony self.
The Random tag is strong in this story. Usually I avoid fics like this but I'm pretty curious about what will happen next.
6593326 You earn this one
But nothing says she couldn't be added in.
6593326 Hmm, well Starlight could find (and stalk) the Human Sunset before realizing it's the wrong girl. If nothing else, seeing the Human Sunset's reaction upon seeing her counterpart would be interesting. If the world finds out who is controlling the sun and moon, she'll find out eventually, no matter where she is.
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Oh we Have...
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6593326 Granted the human version may or may not exist since we have not seen her in the movies.
Starlight Glimmer the Socialist, in charge of a sun worshipping cult? What's the worst that could happen?
--There, I said it and tempted both fate and Murphy.
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I'd move there immediately. Unfortunately some days I think I wouldn't be allowed in.
6593326 I can't wait for the next chapter!
I especially want to see more of Starlight Glimmer.
First off great chapter.
I see we already have the possible makings of a Sun cult with Starlight. Didn't see that coming (the Starlight part not the worship part), but I think it could fit well with her. I'm also wondering now if Twilight is going to need some tutoring from Princess Luna on dreamwalking after what Moon had to say. That could be very interesting.
When that email came in I have to admit I was wondering who the heck it could be from, until I got to the @fluttercord.eq then I just couldn't stop laughing... until I got to "I must say the Internet has to be the greatest achievement in human history. I mean look at this place! It's almost exactly what I did to Equestria 1000 years ago, minus the porn." Then I totally fell out of my chair and had difficulty breathing through the laughs Then when I thought I was laughed out you pulled the cake safe and code out... That was just pure gold.
This just keeps getting more and more good.I can't wait for more.
Fun story.
As an aside it should have been 'believe' rather than 'belief' in its occurrences in both this chapter and the last.
Has anyone else been imagining Leona and Diana from League of Legends portraying the sun and moon or just me?
http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Leona/Background
http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Diana/Background
loved the new chapter, and i look forward to more!
6594514 I just realized they're two different kind of words. URGH! English screwed me over once again!
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If you make her a little older, she could be working her way through law school (most would-be lawyers do). In human terms, Starlight Glimmer would be a political activist, and the quickest way to political office is to be a lawyer. Probably plans to be the youngest District Attorney or something. Now, of course, her plans might change.
As for a human Sunset Shimmer, if you wanted to create parallels with Equestria Sunset, she probably dropped out of high school and fell in with a bad crowd. I kinda like the idea of running with a biker gang (maybe her gang name is "Sunset Satan?") Wait until she sees "herself" in a youtube video that Priestess Starlight posts, and then she'd come running.
6596403 I got similar ideas for human Sunset, except the biker gang thing. When did that become a theme anyway? I think before Rainbow Rocks even came out, right?
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It was probably the leather jacket. The Motocross part of the Friendship Games didn't help matters.
I will admit, I like the idea of a biker human Sunset Shimmer being smitten with SciTwi, though.
6596647 Well, I try to stay at least a little canon and from the looks of things, Sci-Twi never met Hu-Shimmer. I'll think about the biker thing, but I make no promises.
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I meant that Human Sunset meets SciTwi and thinks she's cute, not what canon has.
Sunset: Wait, I have a wacko-nutjob worshipping me, and you get the cool biker-chick?
: But she's you! It's totally awkward!
(We need a Sunset emoticon)
6596698 Ah, good idea.
We need a lot of emoticons from various ponies and Discord.
6594212 Yeah, same. Some days, you just can't brain.
Some days, you have the dumb.
Starlight Glimmer either has the possibility of becoming an antagonist, or the comic relief.
Drat. Chrysalis would have been cool, Oh well, here's hoping it works out.
Also loved Discord using the pony emoticons in his message.
Starlight, a.k.a. Trixie of Equestria?
I'd recommend against using descriptive text like the yellow skinned girl in the place of pronouns. While it's a technically true description, it sounds awkward and isn't really necessary. It also seems a little like a case of Lavender Unicorn Syndrome (LUS for short). You should be able to use Sunset and Twilight and a pronoun such as 'she' in most cases. Also, unless Sunset is in direct, physical contact with Twilight she probably can't actual feel Twilight's body relaxing although she might be able to see signs of reduced stress/tension in her posture or facial expression.
P.S.
I'd handle the whole changes to the solar system thing carefully if I were you. Short of blaming it on the random tag, there are a lots of presumed ancillary consequences of either a systemic/universal change or localized changes. If these don't happen then you either have to claim that EQG "Earth" is a little different from our own in a way that makes the changes visibly odd but not severely disruptive or that massive changes occurred (possibly include system and universe changes).
P.P.S.
The earth and sun talk very cheesily like a third party narrator. You may want to consider whether in your conception the Sun and the Moon of the EQG solar system/earth/universe were suddenly changed into sentient planetary bodies or if they are all somehow sentient and yet quiescent somehow and this woke them up somehow. Also, why would they have any notion of who/what Twilight and Sunset are anyway? If you don't want to use a legitimate reason for this of any sort, you may as well play it for the laughs/randomness and not just stick to the similar portrayals in other fics.
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I do tend to be kind of critical, so try not to take this the wrong way. It's just kind of jarring to have that much randomness all at once.
Ha! LOL! Discord shipsfhimself with Fluttershy.
So wait, Starlight was supposed to be Velvet, and then Chrysalis? I have to say, I think Starlight fits the bill so much better than Chrysalis, and her much more so than Velvet.
:)
Starlight? You mean the one who's equine alternate made a cult that literally removed the one thing that gave an individual a set of useful and highly unique skills? Huh..
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I wonder what Human Glimmer will do.