Sunset Sleeps In.

by Hotel_Chicken

A Cloudy Morning.

There was a gentle and dark stillness as Sunset slept.

She comfortably cuddled the sheets as her mind drifted in the darkness. Her mind was completely free of any thoughts, of any sense of identity. The vast nothingness coddled her like a baby in a crib, lulling her deeper into a tranquil trance as she nestled deeper into the blankets.

The silence around her sadly faded however, as the distant melody of a song roused her from her sleep. A hand crept out from the covers as she blindly smacked the nightstand for her phone.

She brought the phone to her face on instinct, her heavy eyelids slowly peering open as the harsh light of the screen kissed her face.

Principal Celestia’s smiling face greeted her, accompanied by the generic tune that came with Sunset’s phone.

She lazily pressed the answer button, the bright light fading into a deep grey as the principal spoke.

“Sunset! You have to come quickly! There’s-there’s some cloud thing that’s floating over the football field and it’s laughing and—”

Sunset hung up the phone without any concern, placing it back on the nightstand as she tried to fall back asleep. At least until the familiar ringtone came back with a vengeance.

Reaching out once more, Sunset brought the phone back to her face as she answered Celestia’s call.

“Sunset? Are you there?”


“I’m here…” She tiredly admitted, earning a sigh of relief from Celestia.

“Oh, thank goodness. Sunset, Discord was trying to dig up a time capsule that the last principal had buried and then there was this smoke that came out of it and now it’s hovering over the football field! Please get here as quickly as you can with the others! We have to get rid of it as soon as possible.”

“Celestia, I… It’s Saturday,” Sunset pointed out, her eyes drifting to the time as she continued. “I had a long day yesterday and I wanted a weekend to just sleep in. I don’t have plans with anyone, no invites, no parties, just bed and tv.”

“B-but the cloud is alive and it’s—”

She hung up again, her fingers quickly moving to the settings app as she tried to switch it to airplane mode. Unfortunately, the principal was too quick for Sunset, and she was once again greeted by the principal’s frantic voice.

“Please don’t hang up, Sunset! We need you,” the principal pleaded.

“Sweet Celestia, Celestia, it’s Saturday. Can’t it wait until Monday or something?”

“But it’s alive and I don’t know if it’ll be here by then!” Celestia cried. “It’s talking about making a tornado, Sunset! The town isn’t prepared for anything like that.”

“Celestia, I don’t—”

“You won’t have homework for a week!” The principal quickly offered, as Sunset heard faint roaring wind on the other side. “Or-or maybe you can just have the week off? Anything, Sunset, just please help!”

Sunset’s head sank into her pillow as she contemplated the offer, mulling it over for a few moments before she slowly sat up.

“The girls get free sick days too,” Sunset offered as the roaring wind grew louder.

“Yes-yes! That’s great! How quickly can you all get here?”

“Just put me on speaker phone,” Sunset ordered, listening as the rushing wind suddenly roared through her speaker.

“Okay, Sunset, what do—”

“Hey! Cloudy with a chance of… something stupid!” She suddenly shouted, earning a fearful cry from Celestia.

“Sunset! What are you doing?!”


“Who is there?!” A deep voice boomed, earning a yawn from Sunset as she licked her chapped lips.

“Sunset Shimmer, I’m with the tall lady.”

“Tall… Celestia?!” The voice roared. “I recognize that mane! Do you think you could hide from Erebus?! The cloud king of Dream Valley? The living storm of se—”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, you see the horse statue in front of the building?” Sunset interrupted. “That’s a portal back to Equestria. Knock yourself out. The lady you’re yelling at is just a weird monkey, Celestia is on the other side of the mirror,” she helpfully informed him, before she promptly hung up the phone again, making sure to completely shut it off as she placed it back down on the nightstand.

She laid back down on her bed, snuggling an odd clump of sheets as she closed her eyes. But, as she tried to drift back into her dreams once more, another issue made itself known.

“… Fuck, I need to pee,” she lamented, slipping out of the covers as she made her way out of the room.

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Twilight was enjoying a calm Saturday morning, nursing a cup of coffee in her hooves as she flipped through the local paper.

A pair of scissors was floating nearby, ready to cut out a few coupons that caught her attention at the back.

Sadly, her weekly routine was cut short when she felt the castle rumbling. Thunder echoed down the halls of the castle as Twilight stood up, teleporting to the small library below the kitchen.

Thick clouds filled the room around her, eventually swirling upwards and forming the upper half of a minotaur’s chest. The massive cloud rumbled as part of it began to form into the face of a bulldog with a bright red kite for a nose.

It glanced down at Twilight with a harsh sneer, looking around the room with contempt as it suddenly spoke.

“Where is Celestia?”

“You… who are you?” Twilight asked, earning a scoff from the monster.

“I am Erebus, the living storm! I was told that I would find Celestia here so that I may exact revenge upon her!”

“Then why are you in here and not in Canterlot?”

“Because Sunset Shimmer said that Celestia would be here!” He shouted, trying his best to intimidate the purple princess.

“… Celestia is in Canterlot, it’s a city on top of a mountain north from here, you can’t miss it,” Twilight helpfully answered, trotting out of the room as she returned to her weekly couponing.

If Sunset was going to try and pass off the buck to Twilight, then she might as well pass it to Celestia. About time that alicorn got off of her fat plot and actually fought something evil.

Comments

[gapty]

Ah yes, the trope of "Sunset Shimmer is done with fighting magical threats that were shuffed into the human world by Starswirl". I like the addition to it at the end

[Grand-Galvatron]

Wow, this story is hilarious.

In my opinion, I don't really blame Sunset or Twilight for what happened in this story. If I had to fight all-powerful threats on a daily basis without a moment of peace, I'd just make it someone else's problem as well.
And I bet Starswirl was the reason as to why all those equestrian relics were in the human world, he just dumps them there so he doesn't have to deal with it anymore.

[Themaskedferret]

Hahahaha oh dear. And hey, coupon clipping is important! Those things expire darnit. n_n

[Always Breakfast]

Well at least the ancient evil is polite enough to go find his previous grudge before making new ones.

[TheGJ90]

Some Hasbro executive really hated the idea of princesses 'doing things', so Celestia and Luna can be shown SOME mercy.

Starswirl, however, can buck off (Sirens aside, as it was either banishment or killing them at the time).

[Silver Starlight]

That ending is proof of Twilight's success as a teacher.

[The Sleepless Beholder]

“The girls get free sick days too,” Sunset offered as the roaring wind grew louder.

Happy to see Sunset has her friends in her mind even when haggling her craft

But, as she tried to drift back into her dreams once more, another issue made itself known.

relatable

Love how the two solve their respective problems when it really is non of their business.

[Cerulean Blue]

Celestia, no doubt, is going to mutter something about the weekend being her days off, and why do you go bug Luna.

[Mystic Sunrise]

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Since when was that ever a trope? I know a few stories have that be a thing. But still.

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Exactly.

[redandready45]

This fic would be like if Peter Parker said, "Fuck the Green Goblin, I'm going bowling with MJ!"

I wish we could see more heroes who aim for a healthy work-life balance rather than work themselves to the bone fighting for the townspeople who constantly give them shit.

[Eroraf86]

Ha, nice! Everyone needs a good work-life balance, especially superheroes!

[ThePinkedWonder]

I'm going to bet trying to call Twilight for help isn't going to work for Celestia this time. Hopefully 'ol Sunbutt can fit dealing with this turn of events into her Saturday schedule

[redandready45]

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Erebus: Greetings Celestia! I have come for my long-awaited-

Princess Celestia (napping): Luna's fault.

Erebus (confused): What?

Princess Celestia (somewhat agitated tone): It was Luna's fault. Go bug her!

Erebus (In a polite tone): Sorry for bothering you. (In a bombastic tone) PREPARE YOURSELF PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT! MY VENGEANCE SHALL BE SWIFT!

[new55]

That was a good story.

[Hotel_Chicken]

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Honestly, that sounds like a fun sequel idea. Just progressively passing the buck along to more and more creatures.

[Hotel_Chicken]

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Funnily enough, I made a fic before this where Starswirl got called out for using Earth as a trashcan for evil magic

TThis One's for Earth.

• MLP: FiM
• Equestria Girls
• Comedy
• Random

The human Rainbow Dash and her friends enjoy a good old fashioned game of beat up a wizard.

• Profanity
• Violence
• Human
• Twilight
• Starswirl
• Rainbow Dash (EqG)
• Main 7 (EqG)

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[redandready45]

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(Erebus enters the domain of Fausticorn)

Erebus: Beware, O Mighty Creator. I shall challenge you-

(Pauses and finds her domain empty, minus a note)

Note: Sorry, I'm off forming another planet. I will be back in six days.

[Vaguely Demented]

I’m reminded of Master Shake redirecting an army of Turkeys of Christmas past/future or whatever they were. Carl was not as quick witted.

[KITTYKATS]

I love this PLS MAKE A P2

[Tempest_Flare]

considering things i love this!

[MDCommissioner]

SunTwi thinking as one is bad news for Celestia...but great comedy for the rest of us. XD

[Chaotic Ink]

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I wonder who Discord will blame?

[Chaotic Ink]

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Guess I know what I'm reading next!

[WifeOfSunsetShimmer]

Lmao, a fun read. Thx author

[Glutbier]

when Sunset doesn't get any sleep it gets epic! Ideal would be 5 scares and something extra bad for the weekend! Instead of rainbow, there is SATAN Shimmer a demon Sunset who defeats the enemy and then goes to bed and sleeps! and on Monday asks where the crater comes from! and Celestia says she has no school!that's how I imagine the sequel ha ha

[Revel Montaro]

Fat plot, hehehe! Very nice.

[Enza Ren]

The fact that Twilight instantly did the same as Sunset and just directed the cloud monster to Celestia's location got a good laugh out of me.

I can just imagine the continuation...

Erebus: Celestia! I have found your dwelling at last! Come out and face the storm!

*a window bursts open*

Luna: WHAT IS THIS NOISE!? WE ARE TRYING TO SLEEP!

Erebus: SEND OUT CELESTIA!

Luna: *groans* My sister is visiting her niece in the Crystal Empire. You want her? Simply follow the train tracks north till you come to the big crystal city!
*slams window closed*

[later]
Erebus:CELESTIA! NOW IS THE HOUR OF YOUR-

Cadance: HUSH! THE BABY IS TRYING TO SLEEP!

Erebus: *quietly* Oh, my apologies. Could you send Celestia out so that I may destroy her? Now is the hour of her reckoning.

Cadance: Aunt Celestia? You just missed her. She read that a new cakery was opening up in Manehatten and took off without even bothering to say bye. You'll want to go East till you hit the coast, then follow it South till you see the huge city, can't miss it.

Erebus: Thank you, I shall remember your aid when bringing my wrath down up Celestia.

Cadance: No prob, go get her!

[and so on]

[Psychosplodge]

That got an actual lol. Love it.

Also fuck Erebus.

[John Correa]

jsjsjsjsjsjs this fanfic is worth gold xD

[Mystic Sunrise]

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When you're both former students of Celestia, you tend to pick up some of her habits. Like bucking this to someone else.
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[redandready45]

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Erebus is how I feel when I am put on hold.

[Skyshy]

congratulations this is going into my favorites for sure this was amazing

[Phara_mine]

If every ancient evil was this polite 😔

Twi and Sunny be learning the most important lesson, dump all your problems onto someone else's head