One: A Turn Of Events
As the smoke began to clear, a purple teenager with wings stepped forward towards the giant crater in the ground. She looked downwards towards the amber, fiery haired girl.
“You will never rule in Equestria!” she shouted, “Tonight you’ve shown them who you really are! You’re shown—“
Twilight stopped abruptly, noticing that the bacon haired girl looked rather different. She looked smaller somehow, more frail. And she was unconscious.
With a gasp, Twilight slid down the crater to where the unconscious Sunset Shimmer laid. Twilight gently shook the small girl’s shoulder hoping she would wake, “Sunset?” When no response came, Twilight gently lifted the sleeping girl from the ground.
Applejack slid down the crater to help the pony princess carry the fiery haired girl out of the crater.
Once they were out, Applejack slowly put the sleeping girl to the ground. Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie surrounded the small child, forming a barrier around Twilight who was now holding the girl in her arms.
“What happened to her Twilight?” The quiet pink haired girl wondered out loud.
“I don’t know!” Twilight shouted, “I don’t understand! This wasn’t supposed to happen... this doesn’t normally happen! I don’t know why she looks so young... I-I think I should—“
“Twilight,” the fair skinned principal said approaching the teenagers with pony ears. The group whipped their heads around to face Principal Celestia, “May I speak with you?”
Twilight gently handed the teenager-turned-child over to Fluttershy’s waiting hands and stood up from the group to walk towards Princess Celestia’s human counterpart.
As Twilight and Principal Celestia walked towards her office, she couldn’t help but wonder exactly why the principal wanted to see her. Is she going to turn her over to the police of this world? What if Princess Celestia finds out what happened and removes her as her pupil? Well she knew the last one couldn’t happen. Becoming the Princess of Friendship technically meant that she graduated from the sun princess’s school. She probably wanted to talk to her about Sunset Shimmer. But what about her though? Like why did she turn into a raging she-demon and tried to control the whole school? What if she blames it on her? Twilight! Pull yourself together! You can’t start freaking out right now... Just breathe. She thought to herself.
Principal Celestia opened the door to her dark and switched on the lights, making the dark room seem less intimidating. “Please sit down,” she pointed to the seat in front of her brown desk.
Twilight sat down, “What did you wish to speak with me about Principal Celestia? I’m assuming it’s to discuss what happened with Sunset Shimmer and why—“
“She turned into a demon that destroyed the front of the school? Or why she suddenly does not look the correct age to be in high school?” Principal Celestia finished.
Twilight cringed but nodded, “Well I don’t exactly know what happened. This has never before happened back in Equestria when my friends and I used the Elements of Harmony. And I’m not sure if I can fix this or if she’s going to become her correct age again over time. Or—”
“Twilight,” the principal spoke with a calm demeanor and a single hand raised, reminding the pony girl of the principal’s princess counterpart, “Calm down. You’re not in trouble. I just need to know what happened.”
Twilight blushed slightly, “Sorry,” she said softly, “Well... I guess I should start from the beginning...”
Fluttershy gently ran her hand along the small girl’s mangled red and golden hair. She and her friends were now sitting along the front steps of Canterlot High waiting for the pony princess to return from her discussion with the principal. She watched as the students left the campus to go home. Some rode home on their own while others got picked up, and the rest walked or rode away on bikes.
Looking down at the child in her arms, she noticed that the girl’s clothes look too big on her. It seemed as though she was playing dress up in her parent’s clothes. Her hair was a mess, sticking to her face from sweating, and she looked dirty from head to toe. She noticed that the back of her infamous leather jacket had blood stains where her shoulder blades were. She also noticed that they’re were scars near the girl’s collarbones. The scars that were most noticeable were the two long and very noticeable scars on the small girl’s face. One that was across her right cheek and another that was vertically over her left eye. She also had some scratches on her other eye. Oh my! Did she always have those? She thought worriedly to herself.
“Do you think she’s going to be okay?” the shy girl turned towards her pink curly haired friend, the animal lover noticed that she too, looked a little worried.
“Ah don’ know Pinkie,” the blond haired cowgirl said looking down at the sleeping child, “When Twilight comes back, Ahm sure she’ll know wha to do. Or wha happened for that matter.”
Just then the group saw the winged teenager step through the large whole in front of the school that was caused by the former teenager, who was now sleeping in Fluttershy’s arms.
“Twilight!” Twilight’s friends said gleefully as Pinkie Pie ran to hug her.
“Hey girls!” Twilight said returning the pink girl’s big hug.
“What where you talking about with Principal C?” Her rainbow haired friend asked nodding towards the inside of the school.
“Well she asked me what happened and what we were going to do about Sunset Shimmer,” Twilight reasoned.
“Darling, what exactly are we going to do about—“ Rarity began when the girl in question started stirring in Fluttershy’s arms.
The group all turned to the small child, who was slowly opened her cyan eyes.
“Wh-where am I?” the girl said after she opened her eyes, and was now starting to panic, “Princess Celestia!” Sunset called out, now noticing that strange beings surrounding her. She then realized that she was being held by one of them, making her whimper and panic even more.
“Hey it’s okay, you’re okay,” Twilight told the girl as Fluttershy softly placed her in the space next to her.
The red haired girl started trembling as she began to cry, noticing that she too, looked like the strange creatures.
Before Sunset could go any more hysterical, Twilight moved closer towards the amber girl, “Sunset sweetie, you’re okay,” she said extending her arms around the crying girl. Sunset flinched away from the purple teenager. Twilight retracted her embrace and held the small girl’s hands instead, “We’re you’re friends. Don’t worry, we aren’t going to hurt you. I’m going to bring you back to Equestria and Princess Celestia. Okay?”
At the mention of the princess, Sunset’s crying slowed down a bit, “P-Princess Celestia?” she repeated looking up at the older girl.
Twilight nodded slowly wiping the still running tears off the Sunset’s face. She then couldn’t help but stare at the scars across the former teenager’s face. Twilight blinked, not knowing how to react to the scars that were now present and very visible. Twilight squeezed her eyes shut for a second to clear her thoughts, “Yes. My name is Twilight Sparkle, and Princess Celestina is my mentor. She sent me here to find you. Can you tell me the last thing you remember?”
Sunset’s eyes shifted back and forth, trying to control her hiccups, “I-I was practicing... I was in class and I d-don’t know, it all w-went black. I don’t remember! I think I had a magic outburst... I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to! I-I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’M SORRY!” Sunset screamed out, starting to grow hysterical, “P-please d-don’t p-punish me! I p-promise I w-won’t do it again!”
“Shhh... It’s okay. It was an accident. Don’t worry about it. Neither I, nor Princess Celestia is going to punish you. We were just worried about you,” Twilight gently and slowly embraced the girl, running her hand trough Sunset’s tangled hair, “Can you tell me how old you are?”
Sunset looked up at Twilight wiping the tears from her face, “I-I just turned s-six.”
“Okay. Listen we’re going to take you back to Equestria. But in order to do that, I need to do something first. I’m going to go to Equestria for a bit and I’m going to come back—“ Twilight was cut off when the girl let out a loud, sniffled cry.
“No! P-please d-don’t leave me!” The girl cried holding on to the skirt of Twilight’s pink dress.
Twilight was taken aback by the girl’s outburst. “Hey it’s okay,” once again she embraced the trembling girl, “I know you don’t want me to leave you here but I need to tell Princess Celestia that I’ve found you. I’m just going to be gone for a little bit. You’re not going to be alone. These are my friends,” Twilight said, pointing to her left where her friends stood, “They’re going to watch you. I trust them.”
Sunset looked to her right where Twilight was pointing then looked back towards the older girl in front of her, “You d-do?” She sniffled wiping the still flowing tears from her face.
“Yes. I trust them. Here let me introduce you to them. This is Fluttershy,” Twilight pointed to the pink haired girl sitting closest to Sunset, who gave her a gentle smile, “And this is Rarity,” Twilight pointed towards the pale purple haired fashionista who bowed, “That’s Pinkie Pie,” Twilight said pointing towards the curly haired pink girl as she waved happily towards Sunset, “Applejack,” Twilight pointed to the blond girl in the cowgirl hat who tipped her hat in their direction, “And that’s Rainbow Dash,” Twilight said finally pointing towards the blue rainbow haired girl who did nothing.
Looking back towards Sunset, Twilight held her hands once more, “Listen to me sweetie, I trust them. Are you okay with me leaving you here with them for a bit?”
Sunset looked towards Twilight’s group of friends and then looked back at Twilight. She definitely did not want Twilight to leave her in this strange world. Sunset looked at the closest pink haired creature beside her, who have her a warm smile. It made Sunset relax a little. Sunset looked down at her hands before finally nodding back up at Twilight.
Twilight smiled, “Okay then. I’ll be right back,” Twilight stood up to walk towards the portal as Sunset immediately scooted closer to Fluttershy.
Twilight stepped through the portal. When she was back in Equestria, she wobbled about as she lost her balance from still standing on her back hooves. Twilight then finally managed to gain her balance when she went on all fours.
“Twilight!” the group said in unison.
“You’re back!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed.
“You’re got you’re crown!” Rarity said pointing towards the shiny crown.
“I knew you could do it!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed giving Twilight a big hug.
“Oh, we were so worried,” Applejack said wiping a few tears away.
“Sunset Shimmer, is she alright?” Princess Celestia asked stepping forward with a concerned look on her face.
“Um...” Twilight began slowly looking at towards her mentor, then looking back at the mirror, then at her old mentor again, “She’s fine I think... She doesn’t look very badly hurt or anything... but...”
“Twilight you’re scaring me,” the white alicorn told her, a bit of panic rising in her voice.
“Well, uh... when she placed the element on her head, she turned into... a monster... a demon almost. Then my new friends and I blasted her with the elements and... she’s a child now,” Twilight finished with a panicked voice.
“A child? Whatever do you mean Twilight Sparkle?” the blue alicorn asked stepping forward next to her older sister.
“She was unconscious after my friends and I blasted her with the rainbow. But that’s when we realized that she looked younger than before. And when she woke up, she was terrified of everything and everyp- everyone around her. I asked her how old she was and she said that she just turned six,” Twilight hesitantly glanced at her old mentor with a confused and panicked expression on her face.
Princess Celestia sighed, stepping closer to Twilight, “Where is she now?”
Twilight was a bit surprised to hear a bit of sadness in the princess’s voice, “I-I left her with my friends. I told her that I needed to come here for a bit and that I’ll return to bring her to you.”
“Alright Twilight. Being her to me,” Princess Celestia said.
Twilight nodded before turning back towards the mirror and into the human world.
The young girl watched as the winged purple girl went through the base of the statue. Through! She said that she was going to Equestria for a bit but what the girl could not understand was why Twilight went through the statue. Maybe it was a portal? A portal to Equestria. If Equestria was in there, then how did she end up here? Did she cause something that made her end up in this strange world? What was worrying her the most was what the sun princess was going to say to her once Twilight takes her back to Equestria. Will she punish her? What if she says that she doesn’t want her anymore? That she’ll never forgive her for practicing spells without an older pony? What if she tells her that she’s a mistake and that she will never amount to anything?
Rarity, who was sitting right next to Sunset, was watching her as Sunset seemed to be fighting back tears. Thinking quickly, she tilted her head to the right a little to face her. “So Sunset,” Sunset looked up towards Rarity, her eyes still a little red from her breakdown earlier, “How old are you my dear?”
Sunset said nothing and instead opted for looking down at her feet. Taking a deep breath, she looked back up at Rarity, “S-six,” she whispered before Sunset looked back towards the big hole in the building, wondering what could have caused that. Did she do that? Did she accidentally teleport here and she caused the building to be damaged along with the big whole in the ground?
Suddenly, Sunset felt her back beginning to hurt. “Ow...” was all she managed to say before she collapsed to the ground from her spot on the stairs.
“Sunset!” Rarity called out as her friends came running to her from where they stood beside the statute.
All Sunset could feel was pain. She felt like her back was on fire. She tried, but failed to blink away her foggy vision as a blur of colorful girls ran towards her.
“Sunset!” Rarity called out as she grabbed the small girl’s shoulder but was surprised when she young girl flinched away from Rarity and scooted away from the pale girl as she whimpered and began to tremble and cry. The girl looked absolutely terrified. Rarity frowned as Sunset started to mumble something under her labored breathing.
“Wha in tarnation happened?” Applejack asked her pale friend over the amber child’s wails.
Sunset was full out panicking now. She violently trembled as she sobbed, hearing the all too familiar voices in her head. You’ll never amount to anything. You deserve what’s happening to you. You deserve this! Nopony wants you. Nopony will ever want you. You stupid, stupid child.
Slowly, Fluttershy approached the trembling Sunset, taking note of the fear in her eyes. She looked completely out of it. Staring ahead at nothing as she sobbed. Fluttershy stopped just in reach of the girl, “Shhh... it’s alright. It’s okay. You’re okay. You’re safe here with us.”
Fluttershy slowly reached her hands out to the trembling girl and gently embraced her.
As Sunset’s cries began to slow, the base of the statue began to glow.
“It’s Twilight!” Rainbow declared as the purple girl stepped out of the portal.
Twilight looked confused as she noticed Fluttershy holding the frightened Sunset Shimmer close to her.
“What happened? Is she alright?” Twilight asked her friends as she got closer to the stairs in front of the school.
Rarity frowned, feeling a little guilty. “I’m not sure darling. One minute I was talking to Sunset and the next thing I know, she looked like she was in pain and when I tried to ask her what’s wrong, she moved away from me and had a panic attack.”
Twilight frowned and approached the small girl being held by her shy friend, “Hey it’s alright. I’m back. I’m here Sunset.”
Sunset looked at Twilight for a moment before she broke free of Fluttershy’s embrace and wrapped her arms around Twilight’s long legs. Twilight knelt down to return Sunset’s embrace.
“D-does Princess Celestia know w-where I am? A-are you gonna take me to her?” Sunset asked still trembling from her panic attack, “I-I’m sorry! P-please d-don’t let her punish m-me.”
Twilight stroked her hand trough the girl’s red hair, “Shhh... it’s okay. Don’t worry. She’s not going to punish you. She’s worried about you.”
Sunset wiped away her tears, “She-she’s not g-going to punish me?”
Twilight shook her head, “No sweetie. She just wants you home. Come on,” Twilight said, standing up from her spot on the floor. She grabbed the small girl’s hand, “Let’s go home.”
Before Twilight walked though the portal, she turned around to hug her friends, “I know this isn’t goodbye forever. I’ll be back soon. I promise.”
Twilight let go of her friends’ group hug and stepped through the portal with Sunset’s amber hand in hers.
Hello everyone! This is my first fanfic. I was very hesitant about posting this, and I’m not sure whether people will like it or not. This story definitely needs some improvement, but I’ve proofread this chapter to the best of my ability. I hope you like it and I hope you all have a wonderful week!
-girasol 🌻
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I love this keep it up
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Thank you so much!
Very interesting I will love to read more
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I love it! Keep up the good work!!
This fic is the best thing to ever happen to the Dazzlings. The only thing that can stop them is if the girls find Sunset's journal and figure out how to use it.
I love seeing more fics with this concept! Can't wait to see where this goes! Ive been awol from the fandom for awhile, but its great to see this fic
Im enjoying this. I would say the only moment that could have added much tension too the story was when twilight was telling Celestia her story of what happened.
If their was pungentant moment of emotion. Because she did something EVEN if incidently? That is not that it was not emotional. It would just conveyed that idea even more clearly...
A writeing quote that I find useful is take it too 11 for everything. Because you want your readers to feel like their heart is bleeding and soaring with your characters.
Otherwise I am enjoying it.
Thank you for this story.
Have a kind day!
i kinda wanted princess celestia to come with all her regalia ( i wonder what kind of clothes she would have) and being motherly to little sunset but in human form.