Sssh, Twiggles.
Sugarcube Corner always has good business on Saturday. That's when all the High School students come in after a hard week of study and part time jobs to spend their money in packs of three to twenty. Sunset, Rainbow, Applejack, Pinkie, Fluttershy and Twilight were no exceptions, together they waited in a booth in the corner for their final member of their septet.
"I'm here darlings!"
Rarity's sing song voice caused the entire café to stop and acknowledge her for the briefest of moments before the general murmur re-asserted its dominance. Rarity strutted to the table clearly trying to show off her new outfit. It was much the same as her usual attire but her pale skin was contrasted by a sleek leather jacket and a pair of black stockings.
"What do you think of my new look? Personally I think it suits me remarkably."
Eyes moved from one friend to the next, daring each other to be the first to answer her. When the silence became too heavy to bare, Sunset spoke up.
"I think you wear it well, but why the change?"
Nods of agreement circled the table, with the notable exception of Twilight and Fluttershy.
Rarity didn't seem to notice, she sat down, extremely proud of her new fashion statement.
"Oh, I just thought a change would bring back a little 'pow' to my appearance."
"um... Rarity? That isn't real leather is it?" came a squeak from next to her.
Rarity scoffed, "Why of course dearie! I wouldn't settle... for... substitutes..." her demeanour changed quickly when she realised who the speaker was. Of course Fluttershy would object to her new jacket, Fluttershy was a firm animal lover, she could barely bring herself to eat eggs, let alone wear the dried skin of a cow.
"Oh, um, sorry Fluttershy... I didn't really put any thought into wear the Jacket was coming from..."
The silence was almost deafening to the group, except for Twilight who was still spaced out at the edge of the table.
Leather, huh? I could think of a few uses for that...
Sssh! Not in front of the girls!
What? They can't hear us! I'm thinking a few straps...
Applejack chose to end the silence.
"Well, ah hope this don't offend anyone, but if we're already eating their meat, then what's the harm of using the leather?"
"Yeah!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "besides, Sunset's a horse and she wears leather all the time!"
Sunset's groan completely undermined Rainbow's statement.
"Pony, Dash. Pony. And I wouldn't wear leather, but this jacket is special to me."
And then I show up wearing...
"What do you think Twilight?"
"A full leather suit, with high heels to boot, rounded off with a nice bull whi..."
She was cut off by the looks of bewilderment from her friends.
Crap.
Crap.
Double Crap.
WHOLE BASKETS FULL OF CRAP!
Come on think of something, Midi!
Me! You're the smart one!
Umm... who wears leather?
Cat Woman?
Perfect! Cat Woman!
All hail Cat Woman! Saviour of Social Lives!
"Uh.. Twilig-"
"CAT WOMAN!" Twilight shouted, causing the whole café to stop what they were doing and stare at the source of the outburst, including an unsavoury glance from Mrs. Cake. Under the sudden onslaught of attention, Twilight groaned as she slid under the table.
Yes, hide! Under the table! No-one will find you.
Shut up.
Make me.
I'm sure that could be arranged!
Oooh Sassy, me like.
"You all right down there, Sugar cube?" came Applejack's voice from above.
"is it safe?" Twilight replied meekly, holding her hands over her face. Suddenly she was hoisted by her shoulders back onto her seat, one Pinkamina Diane Pie behind her.
"Weeell, people stopped looking at you when you went under the table, buuut we are totally going to ask what the Cat Woman was about." By this time Pinkie's nose was practically rubbing her own.
"Do... do you mean the latest issue?" Twilight asked, hoping desperately that that was the last of the questions.
Pinkie waved her hand dismissively while making a sound similar to a deflating balloon. Â "No, silly! The part about the suit and the whip that totally sounded like..."
The white hand of Rarity covered her mouth and pulled her back, corralling her back to her seat. "Perhaps we should give the dear a chance to explain, hm?"
All eyes returned to Twilight. Her blush was growing stronger by the second.
Sshhh Twilight, calmly does it.
"You see, I always had a *fascination* with all of the 'empowered women' characters." She began. "Mulan, Xena, Professor Mcgonagall, and yes, Cat Woman." She looked wistfully into her drink. "I always dreamed of being powerful enough that no one would dare insult me again. I guess the leather just became part of the façade."
Wow. That was...
"Oh, that is just adorable!" Rarity cooed.
Rainbow gave Rarity a sideways glance. "Are you sure? It still sounds a little 'don't visit after dark'-ey." When she saw that the rest of the group was giving her a look like she had just kicked a puppy, she quickly backpedalled. "I mean, don't get me wrong, it was a sad story. But full leather suit? Bull whip? Sounds a little... iffy."
"hey now, nothin' wrong with an appreciation of whips." Applejack interjected.
"This coming from the girl who packs a lasso in her sleepover bags."
Legend says that the slap Rainbow Dash received could be heard in Equestria.
...
Oh shit, Twiggles. Are you okay!
I-I'm fine, those feelings were just a little personal.
Hey, hey relax. I know better than anyone how much feeling like that hurt. On the plus side, if you didn't have that hunger for power, we probably wouldn't have met.
Don't remind me.
Oh, wow. Rude. I'm here trying to be comforting and you just go ahead and insult me.
You know I'm joking.
Yeah, yeah. Whatever.
The conversation soon returned to normal, and once they had finished their sugar rich beverages the group chose to migrate to the park. Fluttershy and Rarity were feeding ducks, Applejack and Rainbow were playing football, Spike and Pinkie were chasing squirrels, and Sunset...
"BOO!"
Was hiding behind the tree Twilight was resting in the shade of. The cartoonish reaction Twilight had to being startled caused Sunset to fall down laughing.
"Oh my god!" Sunset gasped out between waves of laughter. "What was that?!"
Twilight's face tightened into a scowl before reshaping into a slight grin.
"What are you, three years old?"
"18. 22 in pony years." Sunset said plainly, eliciting a questioning look from Twilight. "Equestrian years are shorter. 300 days." Sunset smiled. "Perks of an immortal goddess controlling the celestial bodies, nice round calendar."
The two sat silent for a few moments.
"Do... do you miss it?"
"What? The calendar? Not really, it isn't that different from the ones..."
It took nearly the entire sentence for Twilight to understand what Sunset was talking about, and when she did, she was not impressed.
"Not the calendar. Equestria."
The smirk Sunset was wearing proved that the misunderstanding was intentional.
"I was just kidding Twilight. I really need to teach you how to relax." She stretched out against the tree. "Equestria. Yeah, sometimes I miss it. It's hard not to miss where you're from." Her mood changed and her face dropped from wistful to regretful. "That being said, my Memories of Equestria are pretty sour. I wasn't exactly the nicest person, well, pony around. I was rude, spiteful and narcissistic."
Her face softened again. She looked at her friends enjoying their time in the afternoon sun. "But here, here I have a lot of good memories, and friends to make more with."
"And I nearly took all of that away."
If Sunset had been drinking, she probably would have drowned.
Oops, I spoke out loud again. Sorry.
Sunset Jolted up and turned to the now both sad and nervous Twilight in an attempt to comfort her.
"Jeez, Twilight. Umm... wow." She sat down next to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "I... can't magically make you forgive yourself for what you did. Man I wish that were possible. All I can do is tell you that these people..." She stopped and directed out at the others.
Fluttershy and Rarity were laughing while surrounded by ducks.
Applejack and Rainbow Dash were arguing, but both were smiling as they did it.
And Pinkie was lying on her back sleeping. Perfectly mirroring Spike.
"They've already forgiven you." She continued. "we know it wasn't really you. Well, kinda. I mean we know it was you, but it also wasn't you, right?"
Great pep talk Shimmer.
Hey! She's trying to help!
I know, I know.
"The point is, they've dealt with this kind of thing before. Heck, you were tame compared to me. I actively tried to kill them, you only tried to indirectly." Â She smiled despite it all. "I guess it boils down to: Chin up. Things are going to be okay. I know from experience that isn't what you want to hear, but it's the truth."
I can think of a few ways to cheer you up...
Is now really the best time?
Of course not, we need to get you home. On the double.
Oh haha.
No, we actually do, the bus should be coming soon.
Twilight jumped to a standing position, forgetting she was under a tree and smacking her head on a low hanging branch.
"...ow..."
Sunset could only sit and watch as her friend hurt herself, and then swear vengeance on the unmoving tree.
"...set your leaves on fire and pour salt on your roots..."
"Woah. Twilight, calm down." Sunset said as she got up. "I don't think the tree did it on purpose."
Twilight paused, quickly shook her head and laughed at herself.
"Sorry, Sunset. I guess I'm getting a little tired." She stretched her arms and yawned. "And I thought I outgrew getting cranky before bedtime." With a whistle she called in Spike. "Come on boy. Time to go home."
"Do you want me to give you a ride? It isn't too far out of the way."
"Thank you, but I'm fine. There's another bus every few minutes, it's not like I'm going to be waiting. Besides..." She scooped Spike up in her arms. The small dog excitedly licked her and yapped. "I can't imagine Spike having much fun on a motorcycle."
"Well, don't say I didn't offer."
Twilight laughed as she said goodbye to Sunset, then she began
Note to self: Sunset offered to kill us.
She didn't offer to kill us, she offered us a nice ride home on her motorcycle.
Yeah, literally the most unsafe way to travel. Besides catapult, of course.
I think you're exaggerating.
Google it.
Fine I will.
As she walked towards the bus stop she pulled out her phone. She began searching the most dangerous forms of transportation, but paused when she noticed the time.
Hey Twiggles, what time was the bus meant to arrive?
4:15
Mhm, and doesn't that say that it's 4:21?
Yes.
And isn't that the bus there, closing its doors?
Yes.
And isn't that the last bus until tomorrow?
...
Should we sprint?
YES!
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This a rather interesting concept. I was actually anticipating Midnight Sparkle to maintain her personality from the ending of Friendship Games, but this was surprising. At the moment, I don't have any solid thoughts about the direction you're taking this, but I'm curious about where this fic may go.
I will say some of the typos caught me off guard. If you would like, I can edit through the fic should you continue it. Perhaps something you would like to discuss through messaging?
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Hail! First commenter!
I'm glad you like the idea. Truthfully I tried to keep the character, but when I couldn't nail down exactly what that meant I gave up and just wrote what felt right.
I plan to write more in the next couple weeks, and optimistically I plan to get another chapter out by Monday, but given my general laziness, I wouldn't hold your breath. Maybe once I finish the chapter I could have you give it a once over?
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I can take a look at the chapter when you finish it. Take your time
Wow I... Have about 200 words on the next chapter.
Sorry about that, all I can blame is procrastination and life.
I've e dedicated some time for it in tge next couple days though, so if I manage to stay on schedule it should be ready by monday or sooner. Sorry again.
In the meantime, North Korea amirite?
Why are there a bunch of boxes with X's in them? After every sentence or so?
I hope Twilight gets back at Sunset for scaring her.