Sick Day
The strong rain this afternoon pours down on CHS and the home team is battling with their arch-rivals; Crystal Prep Academy.
It was the last minutes of full-time, but neither boh sides score a single goal. If it carries on like this, the game will be decided by extra, and if the results are the same as of now, then the game will be decided by penalties.
Gilda chases down Indigo but the captain cross the ball high to Lemon Zest on the left wing. She kicks the ball high and goes past Fire Flare and Spitfire. She gets the ball back. And then kicks the ball to the box. Both Indigo and Sunny Flare have their eyes on the ball.
But before Indigo attempts to headbutted it to the goal, Ember does that first, and the ball falls in Gilda's direction. The midfielder looks to Derpy on the left, so taps the ball to the muffin lover. Derpy dribbled past Sugarcoat and kicks the ball high to the forwards.
Lightning Dust and Rainbow Dash are marking both Fleur de Lis and Sour Sweet. Sunset has some room to score.
"All yours Sunset!" Rainbow tells her.
Sunset nodded with a confident smile on her face. Her attention is on the ball falling from the sky.
Twist your body to the fullest. If you practice every day and night, you can get it right.
Sunset catches the ball and here comes her signature move; The Shimmer Spinner! Despite the cold of the rain, she continues spinning in a form of a mini tornado. After like ten seconds, Sunset stops and kicks the ball hard while in mid-air. The goalie was way too late to react and CHS finally breaks the deadlock.
Full-time whistle blows just as CHS takes the lead in the dying seconds. The school and their team cheered so loud as Sunset and the team celebrates their nerve wrecking earned victory. They circle around Sunset as they celebrate, complimenting her for her winning shot to end the deadlock.
"The Shimmer Spinner is the always the winner!" Rainbow exclaims and rubs Sunset's hair.
"Wouldn't be easier if you just do it more often?" Strawberry Sunrise asks her dryly.
"I thought we already discussed this," Rainbow told her. "Only Sunset can use her special as a last resort, or if she needs to. But she can't use it more than frequently. We can't let her get injured again, are we?"
"Oh indeed, not." Ember agreed as the others nodded.
Fleetfoot yawns. "I am bored with the entire game." She said tiredly. "Almost none of the Crystal Prep forwards tried to shoot past me."
"That's because our defense is impenetrable as usual," Ember replied arrogantly as she lays her around Smolder and Strawberry Sunrise's shoulders. "The Defenda Girlz!!" The three girls shouted as if the atmosphere around was more of a Rockstar theme.
The team chuckles at the defenders' signature celebration. However, they need to get warm soon since the raindrops are getting harder and harder. So the defenders immediately stopped their celebration and follows the rest of the team back into the school building.
About an hour later, the girls were gathered in the band room. Both Sunset and Dash are wearing warm hoodies with their cutie marks on the torso part. They're resting before their next class, and after class, it's detention time. Just one more week and their detention is served.
"Another tough game," Rainbow finally says. "But we did. All thanks to you, Sunset."
Sunset smiles in return. "Well, it was a team effort, after all. It's no wonder Fleetfoot got bored during the duration of the game. Just standing by the goalpost. She could sneak to the nurse's office for a nap for all we know."
Rainbow chuckles at that. "She's gonna be in big trouble once they discover her, but can we blame her for getting bored as a goalkeeper? Sometimes, she's bored with that."
"Yes, but she was expecting a challenge." Sunset reminded her. "And she only preferred to be a goalie, nothing more, nothing else."
"Good point." Rainbow agreed.
"Well, at least both of yah had a good game today." Applejack chimes in.
"It is tough, but thanks to Sunset, we pulled through." Rainbow replied to her. Sunset can't help but feel cold and she shivers.
"I was glad I don't have to be out in the rain for any longer!" Rarity exclaimed dramatically. "I look like a mess out there!" She soon calms down. "But I watched with you both until the game ends. Seeing the both of you playing well makes me forget about my worries of my looks."
Rainbow rolls her eyes. "Yeah, whatever. It works this way, Rarity. We play the game no matter what weather it was."
And next thing Sunset knew, she coughs. Enough to get the girls' attention towards her. Sunset shivers again as she sneezed as well. Rainbow Dash puts her hand on Sunset's forehead and, much to her surprise, her friend is burning up.
"Wow, Sunset, you're getting hot." Rainbow said worriedly. And then she wrap her arms around Sunset for an embrace to help her warm. She immediately turns back to the girls. "This is not what it looks like!" Rainbow denied and her face blushed.
Sunset coughs a little and looks up at her friends. "Girls, I think I got colds..." she said silently. "I think the cold from the rain got me. Now I'm sick."
Twilight puts her hand on Sunset's neck, and yes, she is burning up.
"You are burning up!" Twilight cried worriedly and then she helps her up. "Now come on, let's get you to Nurse Redheart."
They escort Sunset to the infirmary. Sunset is shivering again, and she hugs her arms to get warm. Applejack's grip on her shoulders should be enough to keep Sunset warm a little.
The girls enter the infirmary and finds Nurse Redheart tucking Fleetfoot in. Yep, Sunset's right, Fleetfoot would definitely sleep in here.
"Oh hello, girls," Nurse Redheart warmly greeted them.
"Hello, Nurse Redheart," Twilight greeted. "Our friend here just got sick. Not too long after the game."
Redheart's smile drops. "Oh, I see." She comes forward and touch Sunset by her forehead. "Oh dear! You're burning up. Come here and rest. I have a lot of beds here."
Redheart led Sunset to one bed. She sits down on one, removes her boots and lays her back on the soft, warm bed. Fleetfoot is sleeping on the other side of the room. Redheart tucks Sunset in so she will get warm. She turns back to the girls.
"Don't worry, I will monitor your friend until the day is done," Redheart informs them. "I just need to call her parents and-" She stopped when she realize that Sunset is not from this world. "Oh, I forgot. Miss Shimmer is not born here."
"We'll take care of her ourselves," Fluttershy said.
"But how can we be sure nothing happens to Sunset while we are gone?" Rainbow hesitantly questions her.
"Rainbow Dash, we talked about this with our counterparts the other day," Twilight reminded her. "We're trying not to go crazy over this. It's time we can count on someone we can trust to look after her while we are not around." She turns back to the nurse. "Thank you again, Nurse Redheart. Although we have detention after the last class for the day."
"Just one more week and our detention shall be lifted," Rainbow groans.
"Oh, don't worry." Nurse Redheart replied. "Sunset Shimmer will be comfortable here. She just needs some sleep to pass the time. You can check on her before you leave."
The girls check on Sunset who is on the verge to fall asleep. But before she goes to sleep, her friends check up on her.
"Sunset, before we leave, is there anything you need?" Fluttershy asks her softly.
Sunset slowly gazes to Pinkie Pie. "Pinkie... I need something... to sleep with." She's getting exhausted at this point to say anything.
Then it click her head, knowing what Sunset wants. She digs her hair for the Princess Twilight Sparkle plushie and lays it next to Sunset's face. "Will this do?"
Sunset smiles, grabbing the plushie with her hand underneath the warm blankets. "Yes, this always do..." And with that, she fell into a peaceful slumber.
The girls watch as Sunset fell asleep with the plush toy beside her. She was so cute, no lie. However, though, their attention to Sunset was interrupted when they hear snoring. They turned to their right to see Fleetfoot snoring in her sleep.
"What about Fleetfoot?" Rainbow Dash pointed at the goalkeeper.
"Oh, she will have a serious word with Principal Celestia for sneaking in here for a nap," Redheart answered. "But I was kind enough to let her have her nap. But it doesn't mean I should ignore this. But anyway, it's best for you girls to get going and come back later, okay? Your friend is safe here with me."
"We trust yah, Nurse Redheart," Applejack said thankfully. "Come on, girls. Let's go."
The girls turned to leave the infirmary. Hoping to take care of Sunset once they get her home.
Few hours later, the girls are now in Sunset's home. All of them are in their pajamas with Sunset being wrapped in a warm blanket on her bed. The smell of a nice hot soup makes her stomach growling.
After several minutes, Twilight scale upstairs with a bowl of soup in her hands. And when she sits next to her, she realizes the problem; Sunset can't help herself with the soup and two; spoonfeeding her might have embarrassed her.
"Twilight," The girls snaps herself out of it when Sunset calls her. "Look, I can see you're having a bit of trouble wanting how you do this. Yes, I'm so cold and wrapped in a blanket, but if anything to make me feel better, spoonfeed me will do."
Twilight sighs in relief. She thought there is no way to keep Sunset warm with this soup. So with that, she spoonfeed her friend as Sunset suggested. Normally, Sunset should be embarrassed by this, especially that other day where Applejack spoonfed her on purpose. But it doesn't matter now when her friends are babying her for getting kidnapped for the 55th time, that time with Princess Twilight and her friends really helped them ease their paranoia a little.
Minutes passed, and Sunset is loving the taste of the soup every time Twilight spoonfeeds her. Added with small pieces of vegetables in her soup only makes it even better.
"Delicious, right?" Twilight asks her.
Sunset eagerly nodded. "More than that," she answers back with a smile on her face. "I'm getting better already."
Twilight smiled as well. "That's good to hear." She then continues to spoonfeed her.
After a while. It was time for bed. It was a good thing Principal Celestia is kind enough to let them off from detention for tomorrow morning this weekend. Of course, any of them would love to sleep with Sunset, but since she is sick, she doesn't want anyone to catch her sickness, so they understand and rather sleep in their own sleeping bags instead. While Twilight is sleeping on the couch.
But there is one tiny problem; Sunset can't sleep.
She's been sleeping a lot back in the school infirmary and now she can't sleep for the night. As much as she is comfortable underneath this warm blanket, she can't sleep. So she stood up and look down to see her friends sleeping in their own sleeping bags. She knew them for so long. Rainbow Dash is not a heavy sleeper than Applejack was. Maybe she can help.
"Pssst, Rainbow Dash." Sunset whispers to her friend down below. She keeps whispering for her name until her friend moans when her peaceful slumber is interrupted. She slowly sits up with a half tired look on her face. She gazes up to see Sunset calling her name.
Her face turns into genuine concern. "What? What is it?" She asks quietly and fly towards to the owner's bed.
"I...I can't sleep." Sunset said quietly as Rainbow sits next to her.
"You can't sleep?" Rainbow asks her concern, and she gets the nod in return.
"I've been sleeping a lot in the infirmary," Sunset told her. "And because of that, I can't sleep."
"And I get that it's something you want me to help you with?" Rainbow asks her, and again, she gets a nod in return.
"You're not the heavy sleeper than any of us, and so does Applejack," Sunset said and Rainbow just rolls her eyes. "But anyway, let's talk about this from your experience. How do you get Scootalo asleep?"
Rainbow looks back into the past of getting Scootalo asleep. "Well, I'm not so good at storytellings but I came up with the awesome story as possible that she even loved it, and wanted to hear more from it until she eventually got tired."
"Hmm, if that works, will you do the same for me?" Sunset asks her.
Rainbow smiles. "If it helps you go to sleep, I will do what I can, sweetie. Now, just lie down," she lays Sunset on her back and tucking her in. "And listen to this awesome story you ever heard in youe whole life." She clears her throat and begin; "Once a upon a time..."
......
"Wow," Sunset was awed but tries not to be so loud to disturb the other girls. "Really?"
Rainbow eagerly nodded. "Yep, and Daring Doo resorts to..."
.....
".....and they finally live an awesome ever after." Rainbow finished. She checks the time on her phone and it's already 1:00 A.M. "I've been telling you this story for almost two hours. It should work."
And yes, she's right, Sunset is yawning. "Yeah. It worked, alright." Her eyelids are finally getting tired and that's what she needs.
Rainbow Dash picks up the plush toy of her pony self and places it next to Sunset. "Am I the best mom?" she whispers to her.
Sunset smirks. "No. You're just my second favorite." She replied playfully.
"Whoever is your number one mom needs to stop being better than me," Rainbow playfully complained. "But anyway, goodnight, sweetie."
"Night, mommy Dash." So then Rainbow planted a kiss on her forehead, making Sunset fell into a deep sleep.
Also LikedSimilarAuthor
- MASTERMIND360 · 8.3k words · 35 9 · 2k views
- MASTERMIND360 · 3.5k words · 10 11 · 756 views
- EncoreP · 3.5k words · 35 5 · 2.9k views
- Uz Naimat · 5k words · 28 3 · 1k views
- Phantom-Dragon · 2.4k words · 28 6 · 1.2k views
- Xenont · 1.4k words · 63 6 · 4.5k views
- Art Inspired · 1.2k words · 47 0 · 1.2k views
Stats
Page generated in 0.088 seconds
Total duration
737 users online
910,336 hits today, 2,439,861 yesterday
FIMFiction
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Fanfiction
Designed and coded by knighty & Xaquseg - © 2011-2024
Follow & Support Us
Support us
SubStar
Chat!
Discord
Follow us
Twitter
MLP: Friendship is Magic® - © 2024 Hasbro Inc.®
Fimfiction is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Hasbro Inc.®
remove more than before frequently. That flows better and makes more sense.
How would they have detention for the weekend, if not for Sunset's cold, when there is no school during that time.
11146330
Didn't I already established that the girls have few weeks detention because of the hamster ball incident? By few weeks I mean that includes weekends.
But here, Principal Celestia understands the situation and lets them go so they can take care of Sunset.
11146333
How would that work exactly? They wake up and she lets them in for an hour than free to go. Yeah that's dumb and it's better to just only have it be weekdays. Do schools do this in real life? The times I got in trouble during my 13 years of school can be counted on one hand, so I don't know for sure, but this seems dumb to me. There is a limit to how they can punish you and weekend detention seems beyond that to me.
11146339
Alright. No other excuses left to say. Still, it's a fanfic. Okay, probably not an excuse but I need to update this.
11146341
One reason you need a great editor. They do more than help you look for mistakes. They can ask questions about confusing things and addressed implications you didn't think of like I have done. Also you have no obligation to update and shouldn't feel like you have to. Only update when you want to and be sure to make sure you are ready to. No rush.
Doesn't she already know it's Fluttershy, unless that changed since the time she mentioned it.
11146346
I already have two editors. One is Uz Naimat helping to edit my other story, It's You... and another writer name Arkadios who I asked help for editing my new story, Football Adventures.
And of course I was sure to update, It's only been a week since my last update.
11146349
If I'm being honest, they're just being playful. Still, maybe they should've mentioned who is Sunset's number one favorite but oh well.
11146341
I know you admit it's a mistake, but I just realized them having detention on the weekend is a plot hole or at least a minor inconsistency to the plot. It wasn't something they had to address during the dentist chapter. Either it's the weekend and they ignored it, or it was on a weekday and should have notified Celestia they are going to be late or even skip the day. I know you are likely going to say they addressed it off screen, but the problem is you brought this issue into existence by bringing up that plot point without thinking how it would affect previous chapters.
11148275
Yeah. All I can say is I did not planned ahead while I was writing. I had the idea and started writing.
If I remember correctly, you just have to rework the punishment chapter to where they still start the sleepover thing and alter their punishment scene from Celestia to not mention Aj punishing her and the story should flow without any issues with you changing the ball chapter. Though I will later go through it just to make sure.
11198387
Aj: Dangit, Dash! Yah got one job! This ain't putting a smile on my face!
Pinkie: Dang it Aj! You stole my line.
Mastermind360: Oopsie. That one is on me.
In case you couldn't figure it out the reference was A gag in one episode of ed edd n eddy where the Kankers were on holiday and spending it on Eddy's front lawn, annoying the eds.
11198388
I'd do that but not at the moment.
11198392
Actually, I took that scene with AJ scolding RD as a reference from that "How It Should Have Ended" video, "Avengers Infinity War: How It Should Have Ended" in the video, one of Thanos' guys said the sister has escape and he replied "Dangit! You guys got one job! This does not put a smile on my face!"
11198395
Still feel Pinkie would be the ideal person to say it since she is all about making people smile. It just makes more sense for her to say it then Aj. That was just me making a joking jab at you using the wrong character for such a line. If you disagree fine let's move on. Tomorrow, I guess I will go read through this again to see any changes you need to make for the fic to still make sense and you can work on them whenever.
11198395
Also, I didn't say that was the reference you used. It was the referenced I used for my joking jab. In case that wasn't clear.
11198469
I was speaking about Rarity
11198473
I know. I never said I never loved Rarity. I thought it was funny. To me.
11198478
No. I was saying thanks for proving you don't love Sunset, Rarity.
11198478
Also, what does it mean when Pinkie treats Sunset fairly even too fairly as a mother? I can't figure out what that means.