Eileen's Exhilarating Collection of Extremely Short Fiction

by EileenSaysHi

September 2023: "The Prophecy" (AWARD WINNER)

Author's Note:

Winner of the September 2023 Flashfic 150 competition!

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Sunset Shimmer, Royal Apprentice to Princess Celestia, wasn’t like other ponies.

Of course, she could say that about a lot of things. But what made her certain she was special, beyond merely her position, was a little guiding voice.

A prophet.

Sunset Shimmer had a prophet in her head.

The others wouldn’t have understood how this could be. Even the Princess would’ve been baffled. After all, if one of them tried to test it with some insipid question, like what will the Gifted School chefs serve next week, she wouldn’t have had an answer. So Sunset didn’t talk about the prophet.

But prophets didn’t deal in such silly, needless knowledge. Prophets focused on what was important.

That was how Sunset knew she had a great prophet in her head.

Because it had told her what really mattered. Where her destiny lay.

She looked over at the Royal Throne, and grinned.

Comments

[FanOfMostEverything]

When something tells you everything you want to hear, you should ask yourself what it wants from you. Especially when it’s a voice in your head. Unfortunately, self-analysis was never Sunset’s strong suit at this time in her life.

[TheGJ90]

Scenes like this remind me of the concept of the shadow self. If you all have so much as looked up the definition, you probably have a suspicion as to what this 'Prophet' could actually be.