A Choice Between Two Doors

by Silver Shadows

Sunset Shimmer

The young unicorn was always inspired by the darkness. Her cutie mark portrayed the image of the sunset and she earned it by showing her magical talents to the princess. She was the personal pupil of Princess Celestia and she delved into both kinds of magic without reprimands of being too into dark magic. It was never a secret that Sunset Shimmer loved to explore all of the ways to torture somepony and ways to mind control them. Well, except for Princess Celestia, who was determined to find everything good about Sunset and continuously made excuses for her behavior, but that’s another story.

The light stood for a youth and innocence that Sunset had rolled her eyes at and spat at. She hated the light. It interfered with her studies of dark magic. She felt like she was practically destined to become the greatest dark user and perhaps become an alicorn by delving into her studies.

Without a second thought, she plunged into the darkness.

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Every fragment of her was ripped and thrown into the other side as soon as the six girls shot a rainbow at her. She felt her dark side slip away as the crown went back to the princess’s head.

She screamed internally, the dark ropes finally being torn off by the sheer power of it. Her demon wings and horn were ripped away as she opened her eyes to the light as well as all the things she was afraid would distract her from her studies.

What she did see were flowers blooming and happy voices singing. There was laughing in the background, and they weren’t the maniac laughter she was used to, it was joyful laughter, the sound both humans and ponies made when they told one another a joke. There were tons of animals resting and many playing. It wasn’t the survival of the fittest in the light, everyone worked together.

When she opened her eyes again, she saw hand helping her up, a chance to enjoy the light as it truly was.

She heard Celestia’s soft voice in Equestria, feeling like she was dreaming. Welcome home Sunset Shimmer.