"I can't believe you are my sister's replacement! What happened to you finding new job opportunities to the west?"
"Oh I was very under appreciated out there. So when my good friend Tirek called me and offered me this position, well. Who was I to turn down such an opportunity to give this school what it really needed?"
There were quite a few things Luna could say to that. Chrysalis's brand of teaching had been thought of as rather... severe. It was why she had lost the principal position to Celestia and was passed over for a position as dean of Crystal Prep Academy, the position instead going to Cadence. Luna didn't doubt that the woman was still quite bitter over the two losses and her black little heart must of been fluttering with glee at having finally gotten what she wanted.
"And what exactly do you think this school needs, Chrysalis?"
"I'm sorry? I don't think that is the proper way to address me."
Gritting her teeth, Luna took a deep breath in through her nose and then slowly let it out.
"Principal Chrysalis?"
It felt like a vile taste was in her mouth after having said that and that smug smirk on the woman's face wasn't helping either. The taller woman stalked over to the desk, her venomous green suit oddly complimenting her dark toned skin and long, teal green hair. Chrysalis stopped for a moment, picking up the name plate and sliding it out of the holder before moving to take a seat behind the desk, turning Celestia's nameplate in her hands.
"Much better. And as for what this school needs, well... clearly it needed something sweet, foolish Principal Celestia was unable to give it. Proper discipline."
"The students have always been properly disciplined."
"Oh? Because she trusted them? Believed that they would always act properly and promote... harmony?"
The last word she had said with a sneer before tossing Celestia's name plate into the waste basket next to the desk.
"That has lead to chaos in the hallways, students acting out of control and attacking others while the teachers have been too lazy or soft to act! You see dear Luna, that simply will not do in my school. Those beasts that you like to call students have had it too good, they think they can get away with anything! But I will bring order and make them obey, then this school will become one of the finest in the city. Perhaps even the whole country! But to start... an example must be made."
"The students involved with Anon-A-Miss and the cafeteria incident have already been dealt with!"
The laugh that came from Chrysalis was enough to make Luna feel a chill run down her spine.
"Oh come now, to go even further than what has already done would be... cruel. No, I think when the students come back from their holiday break, I shall deliver a clear message to them personally. Then the faculty will be next. Oh and Luna? If you try to interfere with my plans, well... your stay at this school would certainly become a nightmare for you."
Feeling her stomach drop hard, Luna could only fight down the spark of fear that had ignited and slowly nod her head. Seeing the vice principal submit made Chrysalis look like a cat that had just eaten the canary and all the fish in the tank.
"Good. Now let's get to work, shall we?"
"Okay, Sunshine, I know you said you're okay with this, but are you like, sure, sure? I mean, I will vouch for my friends until the end of days that whatever you tell them will not leave their lips outside of our group but-"
"Jackie. It's fine. I'm fine."
Although truthfully she didn't actually feel fine. It felt like a horde of butterflies were doing the conga in her stomach but she knew this would have to be done. She didn't want to run away again and she couldn't risk Jackie ponying up (although Jackie was insisting that they change the name to either Pony Breaker or Pony Mode) while she played and have other people see. Letting Jackie keep on lying had crossed her mind but she couldn't keep the woman from playing music. Which was why she had convinced Jackie to get the rest of the group together the next day so that she could explain some things to all of them.
They had all gathered together in their apartment and currently Sunset Shimmer was in her bedroom with Jackie, assuring the other that she was fine with this. Although now it was getting on her nerves so she simply dragged Jackie out to the living room where everyone was seated. Bobby and Poppy looked neutral while Tino, and especially Sandy, had looks of disappointment on their faces when they saw Jackie. Seeing that and Jackie grimacing, Sunset Shimmer took a deep breath and knew it was now or never.
"Look, guys... Jackie wasn't on drugs a few nights back... I made her lie to cover for me. And what I am about to tell you and what you are about to see... you can't tell anyone else."
All eyes looked curiously and suspiciously to Jackie, who nodded in turn.
"I want you all to promise. Seriously."
Knowing it must of been serious since Jackie didn't try to threaten them in a manner that was more comedic than threatening, one by one they all nodded before turning their attention back to Sunset Shimmer. The red head motioned for Jackie to get her guitar and get ready.
"I know what I am about to tell you is going to be hard to believe... but after you see this I hope you will be more inclined to do so."
When Sunset Shimmer gave the go ahead, Jackie started to play the start of 'Santeria' by Sublime and while they were both nervous and awkward at first, Jackie soon let go and really played. As the song took on a more rocking edge, the silver light from before appeared. Everyone's eyes widened as they saw pony ears appear on top of Jackie's head, her hair lengthen into a short ponytail and wings appear on her back. By the time the song ended, everyone was dead silent. Jackie and Sunset exchanged nervous looks, wondering how to break the ice but Tino ended up beating them to the punch.
"MIERDA! ¿Cómo en el infierno- que tienes oídos pony chica!"
"Uh, Tino, switch the language, I can only understand about... half of that."
"JACKS! You got those ears outta' the top of your head! And-and wings! Girl, what the hell?! Did you spike our drinks?!"
Even though it didn't feel like a hallucination, Tino still had to make sure as. Approaching Jackie so that he was close enough to reach out and give a good tug to her wing.
"Ow! Stop that!"
Before she could move her hand, her wing moved instead, slapping Tino's hand away and making the others jump.
"Dios mio... they're real!"
"Yeah, no shit! Now Sunshine, can you please tell us what the hell is up with this magic shit?"
With a soft, weary sigh, Sunset Shimmer leaned against the wall and started by giving the others the same information she had given Jackie. That she had stolen a magical crown from her hometown and brought it to Canterlot, how she had been a raging bitch for three years tormenting people before then, how she had turned into a she-demon, how she had helped her new friends in the battle of the bands... and how her ex-friends had turned against her as she explained the Anon-A-Miss incident. She had the complete attention of the five for the most part, excluding Jackie since when she took a seat on the floor near the couch, Sandy had kept trying to reach out to pet Jackie's new pony ears.
"Damn. That's messed up."
Tino had basically summed up the whole situation very nicely.
"I can't stand bullies... but what they did wasn't right."
Poppy had her arms crossed, scowling by the end of it but also smirking when she saw Jackie smack Sandy's hand away for about the tenth time during the explanation.
"Still, ponying up? How... precious."
"Shut up! That's not what we're calling it! It's either going to be Pony Breaker or Pony Mode."
"... cute."
As Jackie glared at a snickering Poppy (and Tino who couldn't choke down his chortles), Sunset Shimmer cleared her throat to get their attention once more.
"I've told you a lot, I suppose I could just leave it at "it's magic" and call it good..."
"Doesn't explain where you're from. Or how this place has a magical crown no one in the world has heard of or where it disappeared to."
"Yes, Poppy... I suppose those are questions I will have to answer."
For a moment she paused, teetering on the edge as she took a deep breath before taking the plunge.
"I'm... not from here. Not from this world. I actually came through a portal from another world. Where magic was common and I was a unicorn. There are no humans there, just ponies and other races. When I stole the magic crown from someone who became a dear friend to me, I brought magic into this world with me and as far as I know, that's what is making these things happen."
Silence. Terrible, oppressing silence as five pairs of eyes stared at her. What were they thinking? Did they think she was crazy? Would the call her a liar and want nothing to do with her? Sweet Celestia she hoped they-
"Eh, I buy it."
All eyes snapped to Tino. Not Bobby who would probably of been the one to take this the easiest. Not Jackie who was on her side already, but Tino. When the blonde noticed that everyone was staring at him, he gave a shrug of his shoulders.
"What? I mean, if she used to be a unicorn or whatever, she looks pretty damn good now. Plus, how can you say there isn't magic or a portal to another world when Jackie here just grew wings and pony ears?"
While there was still some skepticism, the logic (what little they had) seemed sound enough at the moment. They certainly couldn't think of any other explanation outside of magic since this clearly wasn't a hallucination. And if magic was real, why would they discount magic portals?
"O... kay. I suppose for the sake of argument and based on what we've seen... there is not much of a reason to doubt what you say Sunset. But where does that leave Jackie? Is this... a thing now?"
"To be honest... I don't know Sandy. I couldn't even figure out how my ex-friends magic worked, even though they're basically this world's elements of harmony."
"Elements of what now?"
"Ugh, that's another story Jackie."
By now Jackie's Pony Breaker had started to fade, leaving a Sandy disappointed since she hadn't gotten a chance to pet Jackie's cute pony ears!
"Either way... if you want to keep this a secret, can you two figure out how to not make it happen by tomorrow?"
"Why? What's happening?"
"Seriously Jackie? We got booked at a club for new years! You know, that big break we need for a shot to take it to the next level?"
Both Jackie and Sunset Shimmer became very quiet, faces going slightly pale as the guitarist summed the situation up beautifully.
"... FUCK!"
7496317 Oh you think Luna is screwed NOW.
And after the CMC did that little announcement in the cafeteria... it's pretty safe to say word has spread.
7496327 You... have earned five mustaches. Use them well.
Liking this Chrysalis and her evilness. Are we gonna see the mc or the human 5 at all in this?
I wonder how bad the othr students feel for blaming Sunset and helping driving her away...pretty bad I bet sicne it broke Pinciapal Celestia.
I also wodner what does this mean for the Rainbooms, they each failed thier element.
Apple Jack I'm the most disappointed in, I meant element of Honesty...and she refused to listen to Sunset.
Well look forward to the next chapters and see what the new Principal has store for the shcool.
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From what we're seeing with Jackie, I suppose their elements transferred to Jackie and her friend, who do seems worthy of them...
At least, that's my hypothesis!
As for Chrislias I would more than likely want to see her screw up bad enough to were the main five go after her with Celestia backing them up perhaps in some sort of fight that coast the bug b - - - - to lose her job and for the tirek to get his butt handed to him on silver platter. Very well written chapter can't wait to see what else goes down. I would love to see where Celestia has been for the past year or so.
7496676 I imagine so after the holidays, but I dunno if I wanna save it as reveal for the sequel or something. XD
7496717 I always wondered if being the element of honesty meant being a lie detector.
Either way yeah they fucked up but they haven't learned all the lessons their pony counterparts did. Plus this is basically a Canterlot Wedding all over again and the pony versions sucked handling that. XD
7496736 Well that's what makes the magic powers tricky in the human world since the writing staff in the movies basically made them deus ex mcguffins. I mean look at the previews to the new movies. BAM super powers.
HOWEVER. That might support my hypothesis that there is human magic in the world, it's just that the conversion of Equestrian Magic to Human magic is kinda shitty and takes time. But since humans haven't used magic in forever, at the moment it needs a catalyst. Like say a magic crown or a unicorn human who is connected with the elements of harmony and so OBVIOUSLY an alicorn now so what the fuck Hasbro.
Anyways, if the new OCs are going to be like, a new set of elements of harmony then it's going to be a tad different in a way.
7496920 What? It hasn't been a year. I kinda thought I established that it's barely been two weeks since the Anon-A-Miss dealie and like, only half a week that she spoke to Twilight. I mean yeah I'm moving fast but I figure that can slide since the show and movies kinda play it fast and lose with time.
And UNLIKE the show, I'm going to make Chrysalis more competent so she's not going to be dethroned so soon.
7497213 Yeah, the Elements and their working aren't very well definitely in the show, and even less in the human world's version; my hypothesis is merely that they'd work the same as the Equestrian Elements of Harmony. Since their designated* owners (the Human5) showed themselves to be everything against what the elements represents during the Anon-a-Miss incident (and to be honest, even before, since they had a big fallout based on some flimsy evidence planted by Sunset), the elements would have followed the current owner of their version of "Magic" (Sunset) to new owners, owners who proved themselves to fit what they would represent (not taking their inner nature into consideration).
After all, the elements themselves defines vague concepts, and do not define the behavior of their recipients, just a profound part of their nature. I think that, for example, Jackie could be loyalty (or kindness for that matter) simply because it's deeply anchored in her nature. It would make sense that the Elements2 would be different in both behavior and history than the Elements1, but so long as their nature do represents what the elements entails, there's no reason that they shouldn't be worthy.
Additionally, the magic leylines of (...)
That's merely my theory of the EoH and their inner working. I still eagerly await to see what you're going to do with both Sunset's situation and Canterlot's!
And to be honest, I will deeply enjoy whatever Chrysalis does to this damned school. >:]
7497227 OOOPS sorry thought it had been a full year due to her spending a entire Christmas with her new friend Jackie. So yeah sorry about that. Any how hope to see where Celestia wound up after she left chs soon.
7497250 I like the thoughts bouncing around in your head. Very nice.
Although I think everyone comes down too hard on the humane 5. For one they've never been the elements before and they've only been the elements of harmony for like what, a couple months? And they've only had to learn like, two friendship lessons in two movies compared to what, the four seasons of lessons the mane 6 have had. Not to mention ponies and humans are different in terms of environment and stuff. I mean come on, as a human I can say compared to ponies, we suck.
But yeah, I have been thinking about elements and if it isn't obvious who gets what element already, here's what I think.
Jackie would be a fit for loyalty but as I think about the others, I would say she fits more to kindness. Then I would put Bobby as honesty, Tino as generosity, Poppy for loyalty, which would leave laughter for Sandy (which I'll have to justify but I can see it since she likes to do shows that make people feel happy).
But that's just my thought for now.
7497265 No worries, it's just that in the comic it happened before X-mas so that's the time frame I put it in.
7497290 I think that the reason most people come down as hard on them as they do is because of how quickly they turned their back on Sunset, no matter how she proved she was a different person; Ingratitude and the principle of betrayal is pretty much hated by (almost) everyone. Both her friends and Canterlot were quick to turn their back or even try to physically harm Sunset based on little to no evidence. So people (me included) want to see some sort of closure for Sunset, and some sort of karma for the H5.
But yeah, they ARE pretty new to this magic thing and to elements in general. However, Cyberbullying, framing, physical aggression, and all that ensued didn't need magic. Just three little girls, a phone, and the subsequent behavior didn't need to have anything magically induced (such as the Dazzlings' singing) to degenerate from. Which led Sunset to fleeing Canterlot half emotionally broken. They ARE human, and their actions were very human, in all its glory and flaw.
The fact that Sunny's seen as a bit of a martyr in this situation doesn't help people to appreciate the H5 there, even if they're not entirely bad. The student body, however, knew for a large part that it wasn't Sunset and kept sending secrets AND framed her along with the CMC.
I personally do wish a bit of karmic retribution to the H5 and the school in general, but I'm more interested in seeing a new Sunset bloom in her new life, with new friends, and if possible, even a tiny bit of happiness in this dark world. :P
As a wise man once said:
"All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day."
That one bad day has happened and CHS will suffer the consequences of their actions.
7497437 True. But you also forget the second element that was out of the Humane 5's control. Shitty writing. XD
Anyways, I wanted to try and make it so that all around the situation was fucked. Yeah Sunset Shimmer had saved the school and made up for the fall formal, BUT she also tormented people and hurt them for three years running. The problem with the comic is that it could of been a beautifully complex story but they had to just cram it all into one issue.
And yeah, I'm hoping that I'm writing the west coast sort of experience well for Sunset Shimmer. It's definitely not Canterlot anymore, there are shades of gray instead of black and white.
7498126 Lol, I hadn't even considered Fluffle puff. But I could totally see her as the new secretary/secret spy that gets information passed along through crayon drawings to Chrysalis.
But yeah, I can't say I'm going to show a lot of CHS in this story, sort of want to keep it a surprise/shock for both you guys and Sunset Shimmer when she finally hears about... things.
And I'm just roflmao.
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I think it would sound a lot more natural if it was something like this
" ¡¿pero como MIERDA te salieron esas orejas de caballo chica?!"
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I'll be honest, I don't speak Spanish so I just put it through google translate. I didn't think about anyone noticing or actually speaking spanish when they read. XD