Matt was having a hard time keeping his eyes off the girl sitting in front of him as she slowly sipped on her cola while he already finished his. They were sitting in the food court after standing in like for what seemed like hours yet the search for an empty table seemed to take much less time surprisingly considering what time of year it was. While he kept feeling Shagon in the back of his mind, the thing that shared his body was weakening drastically as it hadn’t fed on hate for awhile. After all you don’t get much hate when protecting someone which worried Matt.
Just what was Nerissa up to? The blocks in place preventing him from telling anyone about what was going on was still in place as was his orders to protect Sunset. He had no choice in protecting her yet he was pretty sure his want to do so wasn’t just because of Nerissa, there was just something about the beautiful, talented and funny young woman that was making him feel things he hasn’t felt since Will was gone.
Will, he was now sure that she was dead which hurt yet he couldn’t help feeling that he was with her being around this girl who had occupied his thoughts. He was free to be with his family and friends when Nerissa didn’t have use for him which he was thankful for even if he hated her for forcing him to hurt the girls. There were times he was sure Shagon was going to kill them, but now things had somehow changed. Nerissa had sped up her plans yet wasn’t telling him anything about them. She just gave him orders to protect the new keeper of the heart and since Khor was under his command being Mr. Huggles, he was also on protection detail. Why go from seemingly trying to possibly be trying to kill the guardians to just distracting them when he was watching over Sunset?
“So, like what you see?” Sunset asked, twirling a lock of hair around her finger as she looked a little nervous while sporting a blush. She was obviously teasing him as he got lost in his thoughts staring at her.
“Would you be mad if I said yes?” Matt asked, his mouth feeling a little dry making him wish he hadn’t finished his soda already.
“Not really.” Sunset said looking down breaking eye contact as he could see her blush deepen. He had to admit it made her look really cute yet he somehow had a feeling she normally didn’t act this way.
“That’s good.” Matt smiled, feeling as if she was a piece of him and didn’t want to live without her. It was strange and he hated that he wasn’t entirely sure if this was real or just some kind of twisted feelings Nerissa’s orders caused. “Do you like what you see?”
“Maybe.” Sunset squeaked out, the wince flashing across her face showing how embarrassed she was from not only what she admitted but how she said it making Matt chuckle softly.
“Hey Matt, who’s your friend?” A familiar voice asked startling the pair getting them to look over to see Hay Lin standing there looking back and forth while Irma seemed conflicted and Taranee looked unsure of herself. It was Cornelia’s look of rage that worried Matt.
“Hitting on a stupid crayon now, Matt?” Cornelia asked with a sneer, “What about Will?”
“Will?” Sunset asked confused.
“Matt’s girlfriend, you pastel freak.” Cornelia snapped making the three girls accompanying her drop their bags in shock while the blonde already sat hers down to cross her arms and look down her nose at Sunset angering Matt. He could feel Shagon rising and barely could keep from losing control to it as the damage would be very bad here as well as possible casualties with how crowded the place was.
“Cornelia, that is enough!” Irma snapped.
“You know your thinking the same thing! One of those freaks took Martin from you!” Cornelia hissed rounding to glare at her friend.
“Martin is my fault, don’t you dare blame someone else for that.” Irma hissed with a hurt look.
“How can you say that?” Hay Lin asked in utter shock.
“Am I a freak too?” Taranee asked as she seemed to be near tears. “Do you hate me because I’m darker than you?”
The entire group froze before turning to stare at Sunset who was laughing as she stood with a fire in her eyes as she stared at the blonde as her eyes swept over her body as Sunset stalked around the girl like a predator about to pounce.
“You know what? You’re pathetic.” Sunset said making the blonde’s jaw to drop in shock as well as the rest. “You think just because I look the way I do I’m going to be your punching bag? That I’m going to be cowed in submission by some self entitled, chicken legged, bleached blonde airhead?”
“How dare you?” Cornelia growled as she tried to pull away from Irma and Taranee who grabbed her before she could attack Sunset. “I’ll have you know I’m a natural blonde!”
“Yeah, way to go Corny.” Irma grumbled sarcastically.
“You can let her go, I’m not afraid of her. I’ve faced things a thousand times worse than some egotistical drama queen. Things that would give you nightmares.” Sunset snorted, “Heck, I was one of those things at one time!”
“Hey Sunset, please calm down, I’m sure she didn’t mean it. I expect an apology from you Cornelia.” Matt said as he moved beside Sunset and put a hand on her shoulder to support and comfort her though she shrugged it off.
“Whatever, I need to use the ladies room.” Sunset snorted as she stalked off down the hallway to the restrooms.
“What is your deal, Cornelia?” Matt demanded as Irma hurried after Sunset worrying the boy a little though he knew both of them could take care of themselves.
“My deal is you are betraying Will!” Cornelia cried as most of the gathered crowd who was likely hoping for a fight dispersed.
“We aren’t talking about Will, we are talking about you! You had no right to say those things! I never pegged you for a racist.” Matt growled actually feeling disappointed in the girl. The surprising thing was Cornelia wasn’t feeling hatred as he wasn’t automatically absorbing it so something else was up.
“I’m not, I mean I would never.” Cornelia gasped out, tears already calling as she looked to her friends stopping at Taranee who looked really hurt. “Taranee, I would never.”
“I know, you were broadcasting so loud I couldn’t block you out if I tried.” Taranee sighed taking Cornelia’s hands and rubbing the back of them with her thumbs in circles trying to calm her down. “You felt like Matt was betraying Will because you still can’t accept she’s gone. You need to stop blaming yourself for what happened, none of us was exactly supportive of Will that night. It doesn’t give you an excuse though to attack Matt’s new girlfriend the way you did.”
Matt started to deny the fact that Sunset was his girlfriend but was interrupted before he could even get a word out.
“Cornelia, we all miss her, but we have to learn to accept that she’s gone. She’s in a world we can’t get to and to be honest it might be for the best. She’s probably happy there.” Hay Lin said softly. “It is never acceptable to do what you just did though.”
“Tell her I’m sorry, I have to go.” Cornelia huffed, hurt and confusion on her face.
“Are you okay, Matt?” Hay Lin asked giving the boy a sad look.
“You know she isn’t usually like this, Matt. I don’t know what got into her.” Taranee said as Matt ran his fingers through his hair.
“I’ve known you girls a long time and I know Cornelia has hang-ups, but I don’t believe she is a bigot. I do expect an apology from her to Sunset later.” Matt said earning a gasp from Hay Lin.
“What’s her name?” Hay Lin asked a little shaky.
“Sunset Shimmer.” Matt said.
“Oh crap.” Hay Lin said as she looked about ready to pass out.
“Are you okay?” Matt asked helping the girl to a chair that she gladly took.
“Just low blood sugar.” Hay Lin said with a sheepish grin that screamed lies. Matt did know them and knew when they were like this they wouldn’t talk which always annoyed him. They would tell him in their own time and maybe with Shagon it was best they didn’t.
Sunset cursed herself for losing control like that since she hadn’t done something like that since her bully days. She didn’t like how it made her feel, not that the words from the blonde made her feel any better. She was breathing a little heavy as she splashed water in her face trying to wash away the tears that wouldn’t stop ever since her adrenaline ran out. While the boy at the music store was kind of mean and she had heard rude comments a few times so far, she had never dealt with actual all out vitriol that the blonde spewed.
“Hey, you okay?” Irma asked as she steeped into the bathroom a little surprised it was empty other than the two of them so locked the door to give them privacy.
“Come to pick up where your friend left off?” Sunset asked as she refused to meet Irma’s eyes.
“No, what Cornelia said was wrong on so many levels. I truly don’t believe she meant a word of what she said deep down though.” Irma said leaning back against the door as it was obvious she didn’t know what to do in this situation.
“So she just tosses out racist stuff like that at random?” Sunset snarked.
“You aren’t exactly innocent of insults either, but I don’t blame you after what she said. It’s no excuse, but I think I know why she went off the handle like that.” Irma sighed lightly hitting the door with the back of her head. “We lost someone very important to us three years ago and the last time we were all together we were tired and agitated and things were said that we would give anything to take back. Cornelia was the worst though and she blames herself the most out of all of us. It isn’t an excuse, I know, but when she saw you with Matt she flipped because accepting him moving on means that we will never see our friend again since Matt was dating her.”
“And how do you know how she feels?” Sunset asked finally looking up as she wiped the last traces of tears away.
“Because on some level I felt the same, but not like her. I felt hurt seeing you two together because it really does mean Matt is moving on and we really need to try to do the same. I’ll always miss our friend and I pray that she’s safe and happy, but if it means dragging her back into the mess that is our lives then maybe it is best she stays where she is if she is happy.” Irma said as she closed her eyes as she felt tears rolling down her cheeks. She was shocked when she was pulled from the door and into an embrace.
“Why am I the one comforting you when I get the feeling you came in here to comfort me?” Sunset asked bemused, she really did wonder that question but she did feel for the girl. Especially since she know who she is and who the girl was talking about.
“I better get back to my friends, but I really am sorry for how we met.” Irma sighed as she pulled back from Sunset.
“Yeah, me to.” Sunset said as Irma opened the door and walked past Matt who had Sunset’s bags waiting for her.
“You okay?” Matt asked.
“Yeah, sorry about that. I didn’t mean to tear your friend apart like that.” Sunset said.
“Don’t apologize, she deserved it. I will make sure she apologizes soon.” Matt said taking Sunset’s hand which to her somewhat surprise she didn’t shake it off as they carried bags in each of their free hands. “So, girlfriend huh?”
“In your dreams pretty boy.” Sunset snarked while wondering if perhaps that would be such a bad thing after all. Until she figured out the whole angel and magic thing perhaps it would be best to stay friends.
“Oh, I’m pretty sure you will be in my dreams. I’m not so sure I’m not dreaming now.” Matt teased before feeling a tug in his mind meaning that Nerissa was summoning him. “Do you know the time?”
“Yeah, let me check.” Sunset said letting go of his hand to pull her phone out to check. “It’s almost two, wow it’s a lot later than I thought.
“Yeah, Gramps is going to kill me. I was supposed to be back to help him at one. I’m so sorry, do you think you will be okay by yourself.”
“Of course, tell him I said hi.” Sunset said before Matt kissed her on the cheek shocking her and handing her the bags before running away.
“Well, that was different.” Sunset sighed
Irma didn’t tell Sunset the other part of why the girls may feel more raw than they would have a few weeks ago. With a girl looking just like Will in guardian form hanging around somewhere it had opened up wounds that were on the way to healing and in Cornelia’s case, it blasted the wound open and made it even bigger. As she reached Hay Lin and Taranee she knew something was wrong as they were looking pretty agitated.
“We need to go, Cornelia just called and said she’s being attacked by Ember.” Hay Lin whispered urgently as the girl had her own bags and Cornelia’s meaning the blonde must have left them and ran off.
“Well let’s go save her royal pain in the butt.” Irma groaned not wanting to deal with guardian stiff right now.
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So all the signs point to pseudo-canon pairing ... well it's not like there are better choices.
There is always Big Mac but ... he is not exactly in Sunset typing... and that's about it concerning viable romantic partners that are not-stupid and not-evil-to-the-bone.
What do you mean there are plenty? That's silly, everyone knows this corner of the multiverse is 97% female.
Matt isn't exactly wrong that Will is dead, but 🎶🎶Like the phoenix burning bright🎶🎶 she got better.
Wow, and I thought that Pinkie Pie has no verbal filter, girls may try and justify it but most of the time things said "without thinking" are true feelings. Teranee might have insight into someone's thought processes but a telepath hears thoughts, not feelings, the same way that an empath has access to someone's feelings but not thoughts. Both abilities can be misleading, after all psychopath can love a victim that he is dismembering and someone might think that he hates someone but inside feels protective. Not without reason I think that Sunset has the best and most OP ability from EG. Not only her psychometry has both but also can be used on objects. Also it's funny how some of personality traits are not-coresponding to their elements, Cornelia is passionate and has temper which are normally connected with fire , while Teranee is stoic, logical and stuborn like earth. Irma and Hay Lin ... are actually filing stereotypes of both aquamancer and aeromancer quite nicely.
Bravo Hay Lin, don't share important information. If that would be the Divination exam for Cryptic Oracle qualification you would automatically pass.
Sunset blames herself for losing control ... nah. Losing control would be finding a short way to Cornelia's heart ... through Chidori. That was an understandable response ... equal response would be answering racial slur for racial slur, attacking stereotypes is actually the lesser of two so as far as I am concerned Sunny has the moral high ground, a power that leads to many abilities some consider ... boring.
Oooo elemental attack, so the secret villain is on the move ... and Shagon is called back ... it seems that the next battle will be a battle of five armies: Guardians of Kandrakar vs Elementals vs Knights of Nerrisa vs Civilians and Police of Sheffield (maybe) vs Sunset Vandom-Shimmer (And through her representation both Canterlot City and Equestria).
As for the soulbond thingy ... I say I will stay neutral, mostly because I think that souls should remain untouched by all non-demonic, non-divine related to death hands. I have nothing against using the concept of soul mates as a writing tool but it kinda leaves a bad taste in my mouth because this concept kinda attacks free will and choice. But of course, that is just opinion, you do you.
As for which version of Will is better ... I can't say because, about the existence of comics and her telepathic potential, I learned exactly when I was checking wiki for the removability of Shadon Mask-Face. But I like your explanation for Sunset!Will being jaded against socializing: she just had the worst luck in this corner of the multiverse ... and it stuck through incarnations.
By the way after hearing Cornelia how angry in a scale from one to ten would be :
Susan where one is "You should be ashamed" and ten "Totally ballistic";
Twilight Sparkle where one is "You should be ashamed" and ten "That girl hair are literally burning!";
Sci-Twilight Sparkle where one is "Racism is illogical" and ten "Desintegrator set to cripple";
Principal and Princess Celestia where one is "Not-quite stern lecture" and ten "To THE SUN(definition of THE SUN diffrent between the two) with you";
Just curious about reactions
Nice more dafon!
11491112 Yep, for some strange reason I like the idea of Will and Matt being together and since Sunset is Will's legacy with some memories trying to popup from time to time and some feelings bubbling through I can easily see the two getting together. It kind of seems like Flash is kind of similar which is why Sunset felt attracted to him at first before deciding to use him to further her plans instead since unlike Matt he is a bit more boring. I know Mac isn't really Sunset's type, yet I can't help feeling like if done right the two could make a good pair. It is kind of weird how the ratio does seem to lean into hgh numbers for female in MLP especially. Not that it matters lol.
That is actually one of my two favorite MLP songs with Dance Magic being the other. And yep, she did just like a phoenix and has become so much stronger for it.
I never really though Cornelia had much of a filter, then again she seems like the type that when angered she takes insecurities of the person or any other ammo she knows will hit hard and use it. I have to admit that I actually didn't plan to make it that bad, but the scene kind of got away from me and I figured I got a better scene with her and Sunset than the jerk from the music store showcasing how some people felt about the people from Canterlot. You do have a very good point though you made me wonder about something unsettling. While I haven't read the actual creepypastas or whatever they are called, I know of them and something always bugged me about them seeing the memes based off them. Could Pinkie Pie actually be a psychopath? Sorry, off topic. I do to, I'm unsure of how to feel about it though I didn't know it could be used on objects. I must have missed that, but that sounds frickin awesome. That is something I often wondered wondered, makes me wonder if perhaps somewhere they originally had the others powers but were changed to avoid typecasting or some other shenanigans.
She won't have a choice in keeping it to herself much longer thanks to actually meeting a Sunset Shimmer though that might earn her a failing grade on the exam. Poor Hay Lin will have to do better on the next one, though initially hiding it definitely earned her some points on it.
Sometime I think you are reading my mind Maybe she should have doe that but blood is so hard to get out of your clothes and hair that is isn't really worth it most of the time. I'm glad it didn't look too bad on Sunset's side as I've been wanting to have a confrontation like this since I started the story though I did kind of went overboard on Cornelia's side. I do agree it can be boring, I kind of liked seeing Sunset get angry enough to stand up to Corny like that, but she's afraid to do it too much in case she likes it too much and worried about backsliding.
Yep, the next part will be a multi sided battle though the police and normal people likely won't be involved yet. I never thought about that before, but Sunset really is kind of representing Canterlot and Equestria. Hopefully I can do a good enough job as fight scenes are in my top three hardest things to write.
Thanks, I do have to admit I find the concept of soulmates kind of romantic and cool at the same time when done right. SInce you have stuck with the story so far and write so many detailed comments and everything, I'll leave it out for the story which I truly don't mind. I have several ways I can go about it, hat would have just been the easiest to get them together. I do see your points though and I do agree with them to some extent.
I actually found W.i.t.c.h. through the novelazations before it was turned into the cartoon. It contained a few pages of the comic in each one. I found the scanlations online since the actual comics wasn't translated for the US at the time which really sucked. It's why I was a little shocked seeing the cartoon the first time and wondering who the heck Blunk was and why all the girls could fly freely and all the other difference. Still, I loved the show just as much. Fast forward to today and as much as I hate to say this, it's been so long since I read or watched a lot of it so it keeps getting mixed up in my mind though perhaps that is for the better. And thanks, I wanted to give Sunset a good reason to be wary of friends to begin with not that the stuckups and nobles didn't help anything. Somepony needs to drop a few dozen lightning bolts on a few big headed jerks.
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I would say Cornelia's level one would be, "Nice shoes, did you get the skirt from the same trash can." to level ten being using anything she can see of know to not only tear somebody down, but try to drop a verbal nuke on them. She is one of my least favorite W.i.t.c.h. girls but I do see her having a good heart even if she can be a stuck-up idiot at times that like you said has no verbal filter. She can be way too blunt with things as well without much consideration for the trouble her words might cause.
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Thanks, I really hate to ask though but what is dafon?
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Well, that is nice to know how Cornelia's anger scales are named, but I was more curious about how the aforementioned characters would react to Cornelia's small ... rant? Let's go with a rant. Anyway, how they would react personally to that rant on a scale from one to ten?
Sorry, I probably should have written that question clearer.
My bad.
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Sorry, I totally misunderstood. For Susan I would think 10 for totally ballistic a Sunset is her daughter and she is feeling especially defensive of her at the moment after just being united/reunited. For Sci-Twi, I would think maybe more in the middle so maybe a 5 for being just as much hurt as she is angry. Probably along the lines of fantasizing of making Corny her guinea pig. And Celestia, I could see a range of reactions depending on circumstance. It might be a 3 for turning her into stone for a few hours to think about what happened for just a normal reaction as she has probably faced worse words from being nobility and probably brushes it off easy. If she knew Sunset was actually in truth partly her daughter then she might send her to the sun for a 10. Sorry, almost forgot Princess Twilight. She would be a little hard to gauge as it is her friend which should at least earn a 5 for wanting to drop Corny into a huge patch of poison joke. She would probably have a lot of diplomacy training so would likely hold back her anger.
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Wellll , my personal music playlist is ... diverse to say the least
MLP music ( some are twice, one English version and one polish) and fan music are prominent on it ... but I also have metal, rock, disco polo, and some themes from movies ... long story short my playlist would probably give any die-hard single genre fan a heart attack, and stroke. The only music genres that I don't want to have are rap and dubstep which I hate like dwarfs hate elves (Long conditioning caused by sleepless nights when neighbors put those exact genres on the stereo). My mom laughed when in the episode with Mane Six trying different teaching methods for Rainbow, and Pinkie was rapping I out loud declared Pinkie "a traitor of good music".
I must agree with you that "My past is not today" deserves the top ... and it's top 5 on my list:
1. Open up your eyes (In particular PrinceWhatever version)
2. Let the Rainbow remind you (Extended one)
3. My past is not today (the Polish version is nice but English is still better)
4. Welcome to the show
5. Raise this Barn (Also known as Racist Barn )
I actually think that except for her lack of filter, Cornelia is ... well she is what Rarity could become if circumstances would be slightly different. A child from a wealthy family in which parents pay more attention to a younger child and nice things are a weak substitute for affection and so she as you said takes her insecurities out on others. Is she likable? For me no, but it's understandable.
Actually, who do you think would be a better foil for Cornelia if/when groups will have their kinda written in the stars conflict? Rarity who has many similarities and access to geomancy focused on precious crystals? Or maybe Applejack with her more opposite character but a greater connection to the earth ... and blonde hair?
Aww, but you don't need to change anything, after all it's your story.
... soooo Blunk is non-existing in comic canon ... huh, go figure...
Does that mean that in comics "portal fang" is also non-existing?
Don't get me wrong, I don't hate little goblinoid and I don't want to go "Goblin Slayer" on him but I personally don't think he contributed anything to the team except for the double portal trick in the animated series. Other than that as far as I remember he was more harmfull than usefull.
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Huh more tame reactions than I was expecting ... and it actually has sense.
Also thanks , that Poison Joke coment gave me another Omake idea ... but I would need to seriously think about it .