As the crowd cheers for the final event of the Friendship Games, Sunset sees the strange new Twilight Sparkle clutching her magical amulet. When she realizes exactly what Twilight intends to do with it, a gigantic train of emotions and memories hits her all at once as she desperately races to stop her -- even though she knows she's already too late.
Written from Sunset's POV in second-person. Violence tag for graphic description of physical transformation.
Written for Bicyclette's "A Thousand Words" contest!
Don't worry, Sunset. You'll save her.
Brilliant snapshot of two moments Sunset may never forget. I love her internal conflict as she struggles to partition this new Twilight from the baggage surrounding the princess. And the memory of her realizing she was dabbling with forces far greater than she realized, and the following firsthand body horror...
Powerful stuff indeed. Incredibly evocative. Thank you for it and best of luck in the judging.