> The Mane Seven Demigods
>  by Ballisticzebra
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> 1-Hey, Logan!
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The city was alive. 

Hundreds—no, thousands of people walked  to and fro like mulitcolored blood cells, and the city streets were the  veins in which they traveled. In between the chaos, she could make out  tiny moments of relative peace. Parents milled about on the front steps,  tugging at their collars and cursing the sweltering summer sun  overhead, all the while their children eagerly ran to the nearest hot  dog stand with money in fist prepared to buy a taste of sweet, sweet  Americana. A man’s body ebbed and flowed in time with every blow into  the harmonica grasped between his hands, with others stopping to drop a  few coins into a hat in front of him. 

In other words, New York  City had captured Sunset Shimmer’s heart like nothing else. And she was  completely head-over-heels for it. 

She felt a tap on her shoulder. Rainbow Dash stood right behind her, arms crossed. Behind her, tourists walked about.

“Hey  Sunset, are you going to make out with the window or what? Hurry up  already, or else we’re going to get lost from our tour group!” Rainbow  Dash said, bouncing on her heels.

“Erm, yeah.” Sunset took one  last look out the window before she tore herself away from it. The two  started to make their way back to their classmates.

“Jeez, and here I thought Rarity had a thing for Manhattan.” Rainbow punched Sunset’s arm and smirked. 

Sunset’s  response was to mock-sooth where Rainbow had punched her and roll her  eyes. “At least something interests me here, unlike yourself, Rainbow.  When was the last time you appreciated the world you lived in?”

Rainbow  shrugged as they found their way back their tour group. “I dunno. I’m  too busy making it an awesome place just by existing in it.”

Sunset’s eyes rolled once more.

“Ah,  Miss Shimmer, Miss Dash, so glad you two could join us,” Dr. Hooves  said, his voice slicing through the crowd. Some of their classmates  snickered. “Considering your incredible fascination with the  museum, would one of you like to explain to the rest of the class which  exhibit we’re in and why? How about you, Miss Dash?”

“Uhhhhh... we’re in the exhibit with a bunch of statues of ancient naked dudes from a long time ago?” Rainbow offered. 

In the crowd, Applejack facepalmed and Rarity sighed. Dr. Hooves merely shook his head. “Miss Shimmer, care to give it a go?” 

Sunset  took a small glance around the exhibit. As Rainbow had said, if  crudely, marble statues stood tall and proud along with a handful of  black-and-orange pots housed in glass cases. Other tour groups filtered  between them. Sunset swore one of the tour guides was staring at her,  but she blinked and he was showing off some pots to his group. She  shrugged it off.

“We’re in the Greek and Roman section of the  Metropolitan Art Museum,” she said, pointing to a statue of a man and  small girl. “That’s a statue of the Greek god Dionysus, or Bacchus, his  Roman form, who was the god of wine, basically. And we’re here because  it was what the summer field trip offered—a trip to New York City to  visit the Met.” 

Dr. Hooves looked surprised. “Well... I’m glad  that one of you was paying attention when I handed out the readings. In  any case, I’m going to hand out this worksheet—yes, yes, stop the  groaning. I know, it’s dreadfully boring, but it’s what you all signed  up for. You’ll have the hour to mill around the exhibit and fill it  out.” He started pulling out papers and handing them out to the  students. 

As Sunset grabbed her paper, she scanned the crowd for  signs of the tour guide but couldn’t find him in the sea of people. She  frowned. 

Most of her classmates had already started fanning out  between the art pieces. Lyra and Bon Bon stood in front of a statue of  Zeus, taking a selfie. Flash Sentry and some of his bandmates were  goofing around and scoping the floor, checking out the naked statues and  clothed girls both with equal interest (why they had signed on for the  trip, considering the relatively high cost, she didn’t know). Only a few  others were actually trying to get their worksheet done. 

“Sunset! Get over here!” Pinkie Pie yelled from next to a bench, waving her hands, oblivious to the stares she was getting. 

Sunset shook her head at her friend’s antics. She walked over to the bench where all six of her friends had gathered around. 

Applejack  looked up from her paper with a grin. “Nice goin’ there, Sunset. Ah  never expected you to be such a bookworm like Twi over here.” She jabbed  a thumb at Twilight, who was furiously scribbling down answers and  adjusting her glasses at the same time.

“Yes, I agree with  Applejack, darling. Honestly, with how much you’ve fauned over the city  itself, I was surprised that you were actually paying attention to the  teacher,” Rarity said. 

“Well, I didn’t become the Princess'  prized pupil back in Equestria just for my good looks, you know.” Sunset  shrugged. “And this city is just plain awesome. I mean, jeez... you  guys don’t realize just how huge this city is compared to the ones back  in Equestria. Even the biggest cities there are like little villages  compared to just this one alone. It feels so... alive,” she finished breathlessly. 

“Somebody’s  got a case of the Yorkies!” Pinkie chirped. She had transformed her  worksheet into a paper airplane and threw it into the crowd. It did  three loop-de-loops before she caught it. 

“That’s not even a  thing, Pinks!” Rainbow blinked. “Ah, whatever. Hey Sunset, you seem to  know this stuff. What’s Hades’ Roman name?” 

“It’s Pluto. That was his Roman form,” Sunset replied instantly. 

“Boy,  you sure do seem to know your ancient mythology,” Fluttershy said from  the bench, clutching a Met water bottle she had bought. “Most people  don’t even remember that there were other versions of the gods besides  the Greek ones. I sure didn’t, not until this trip.”

“Yeah, what gives? Oh, and thanks.” Rainbow said. 

Sunset  thought for a moment. “I dunno. I just like learning about the old  Greek and Roman stuff. They kinda remind me of the old Pegasopian  stories I learned about once.” Sunset’s expression turned wistful. “That  was a fun project...”

“Pegasopian?” Twilight asked, having finished her paper. 

“Jeez, Twilight! You’re done already!” Rainbow asked. “Can I take a look at that for one sec?” 

“No! You’re never going to learn if you just copy me.”

“Awwwww poop.” 

Sunset  cleared her throat, regaining everyone's attention. “Since you asked,  I’m happy to share. Before the unification of the three tribes of  Equestria, the ancient Pegasi, led by Commander Hurricane herself, were  the most warlike of the tribes. They had an unmatched military strength,  and their cloud cities were pretty much unsackable by any of the other  tribes, due to being hundreds of feet in the air. The more I’ve read,  the more I find the ancient Greeks and Romans to be analogous to them.  Naming conventions, armor, even architecture; they all remind me of  ancient pegasi.” 

Applejack quirked a brow. “That sound a miiiight bit fishy to anybody else, or am I just lookin’ into things?”

The girls shared uneasy looks with each other. 

Sunset  waved a hand. “Meh. I doubt it’s anything other than coincidence. The  pegasi of old loved their buildings be large and roomy, so they could  fly in them. The Greeks also liked have having open air structures. Of  course this would lead to some architecture being a bit samey. I’d guess  the same goes to their armor and names as well.”

Besides, she had  lived with the immortal Alicorn of the Sun herself, Princess Celestia.  In all of her rigorous studies with the Princess, she had never  encountered something that pointed to the two worlds colliding before.  Though, Sunset could contact Equestria at the drop of a hat thanks to  the magic journal in her bag. Maybe it was worth bugging Twilight about  later, if only to have an excuse to catch up with her friend.

“Well,  if you say so, Sunset.” Applejack looked back down at her paper and  grumbled. “Well, we better get a move on with this worksheet.” 





Sunset  sat down onto a bench. Her legs needed a break; she had handed in her  worksheet earlier, like Twilight, and had spent the rest of her time  wandering around the exhibit. She kept an eye out for that one tour  guide, but he seemed to be on the opposite side of the room whenever  Sunset found him, which suited her just fine. 

Her thoughts turned  to the exhibits themselves. All of the things in this room had to have  been hundreds of years old, masterfully crafted by the greatest minds of  their time, and yet somehow enough of it had survived the ages so that  the modern world could have a pretty fleshed out picture of what life  was like back then. It all reminded Sunset of field trips with the  Princess down to the Royal Canterlot Museum of Art and History. The  Princess could have had sent her along with an advisor, but she herself  accompanied Sunset every time. Sunset smiled as she remembered how she  would stick her muzzle right up to the glass and gaze at old artifacts,  all the while the Princess watched with her own smile at her student’s  antics. 

Her thoughts shifted back to the Princess herself, and  her smile vanished. Sunset wondered what she had thought during those  museum trips. She didn’t know exactly how old the Princess was, but  Sunset figured that a lot of the artifacts weren’t just old pieces  locked away under glass cases to her. Princess Celestia had probably  knew the ponies who those old swords and armor had belonged too... she  had probably even led the charge that had gotten those very soldiers  killed. Sunset grimaced. 

Did the Princess secretly take the time  to mourn each time she had taken Sunset down to the museum? Did she  mourn now, over the loss of her precious student who betrayed her trust  all because she had a lust for power? 

Thump!

She  was shaken out of her thoughts by the arrival of a guy with black,  windswept hair dressed in a blue zip-up hoodie and an orange t-shirt  with jeans. A bag hung over his shoulder. He sat down next to her,  though he didn’t seem to notice her. Sunset thought he was cute, in a  devilish troublemaker kinda way. He glanced around the crowded museum  with an odd expression on his face. 

Figuring a good conversation could help lighten her mood, she tried her luck: “So... like the exhibit?” 

He  jumped. “Huh? Oh, whoa. I, uh, I didn’t notice you there.” He genuinely  looked surprised. He scratched at the back of his head. “Whoops, my  bad.”

Sunset brushed back a fiery bang. “It’s no problem.” 

His  eyes went back to scanning the crowd. They reminded Sunset of the sea.  She had thought he had forgotten all about her until he spoke up again. 

“Actually... I’ve been to this exhibit once before. Probably a good few years ago at this point.” 

“Are you here on a field trip?” Sunset asked. 

“Uh,  I guess you could say that. First time I was here was on a field trip  as well.” He sighed, and as his gaze swept across the room, he looked  like he was remembering that field trip like it was a plane crash. “Let  me tell you, when your math teacher volunteers to co-host that trip,  it’s probably better just to stay home and feign vomit with some corn  and guacamole thrown together.” 

Sunset giggled. “I’ll keep that in mind. Fortunately for me our history teacher’s chaperoning our trip.” 

“Where’re you from anyways? You don’t have an accent, so probably not Manhatten. Jersey? Upstate?” 

“Nope. Canterlot.”

“And where’s that?” 

“California.”

He  let out a low whistle and glanced at her. “Dang. That’s pretty far. And  you’re telling me you signed up for a summer school field trip?” 

“Well,  it’s not a summer school field trip, it was just offered as an extra  thing. I’ve never been able to travel much, so I figured this was the  best way to go about it.” She looked up into the skylight; wispy clouds  rolled under bright blue skies. “And I’m so glad I did. New York City is absolutely breathtaking.”

“Yeah, the city's great and all, but seriously, you signed up for extra school?” 

“Huh? I take it that you live around here?” 

He beamed with pride. “Yep, and proud. My mom has an apartment not too far from here.” 

The  crowed started to thin out. The only people left were Sunset’s  classmates, who were being entertained by Dr. Hooves telling a story  about a Greek statue of Apollo, and that tour guide, who now had only  two women still following him. The boy’s eyes narrowed in on them. He  pulled out a cheap, plastic ballpoint pen and started fiddling with it. 

Sunset noticed this. Before she could point this out, a girl with blonde hair tied back into a ponytail sat besides the boy. 

“Who’s this?” she asked. Sunset almost flinched under her steely gray eyes. 

“Uh...” 

“I’m  Sunset. Nice to meet you,” Sunset offered. She held out her hand. The  girl studied it for a moment like she was looking for some sort of trap.  When she deemed it safe she took it into her own. She studied Sunset,  measuring her up like she was some puzzle, and Sunset did the same to  her. One thing Sunset knew was that she did not want to get on this girl’s bad side. 

“Annabeth,” she simply said. She let go and turned back to the boy, who put his hand over her shoulder and pulled her close. 

Sunset  politely turned her head away. She heard the two whispering to each  other, and a faint hotness tinged her face. Before she was about to  leave, Annabeth got up first. “Alright, I’ll go buy us a coffee. Be  right back. It was nice meeting you, Sunset. See you later.” 

Sunset  was going to reply, but the words caught in her throat as she watched  Annabeth walk away—a dagger that looked like the ones in this very  exhibit attached to her side. 

Sunset gulped. 

“Ahhh, don’t  worry about Annabeth,” the boy said. “She’s harmless... er, actually  that’s a total lie. But she likes you, I think. You’re fine.”

“Uhhh...” 

“Anyways, you probably want to get going.” He pointed to where Dr. Hooves was taking worksheets. “That’s your teacher, right?” 

“Huh, why would I want to do that?” she asked. 

“Eh, just trust me.”

“Uhm,  yeah. See you.” Sunset wasn’t sure if she trusted him, but she started  making her way back to her friends anyways. Over her shoulder, she saw  the boy glare at the tour guide. She wasn’t sure just what he and  Annabeth were planning, but she didn’t like it. 

Pinkie was the first to greet her when she walked up. “Heya! Who was that guy you were talking to? He was cute!” 

“He’s taken Pinkie. And trust me, you do not want to mess with his girlfriend.”

“Oh darn.” Rarity folded her arms. “Why are all the dashing ones taken before I can get to them.” 

“Ya do know that even if ya did manage to get his number, you’d be across the country in a day, right?” Applejack asked. 

“Well excuse me, Applejack. I ju—”

Alarms blared. Lights flashed. One of their classmates screamed. People started running for the exits.

“Everybody  calm down! Now, I want everybody to grab a partner and get out safely!”  Dr. Hooves yelled over the rising panic of the crowd. Unfortunately for  him, the class rushed forwards towards an exit, pulling him with them. 

“Let’s go!” Rainbow Dash yelled. The girls all nodded and surged towards the exit. 

“Hey ugly! Over here!” 

Sunset skidded to a stop and turned around. She gasped. 

The  boy had somehow managed to pull out a bronze, Greek-style sword, and he  was advancing onto the tour guide, who growled and bared his pointed  teeth. 

“Sunse—holy crap! Is that a sword?” Rainbow Dash asked. 

“Sunset! Hurry up!” Applejack yelled. 

“Look out!” Fluttershy shrieked. 

Sunset  jumped behind a column. Rainbow grabbed Fluttershy and dove behind the  doorway. The rest of her friends did the same. An orange-and black pot  smashed right on the edge of the exit. 

“Darn it. I missed.”  Sunset peeked out from behind her column to see that one of the woman  who was with the tour guide had turned into a raging she-demon. The pout  on her face did not match her pale skin, flaming hair, or her  violent red eyes. Even stranger, one of her legs was that of a donkey  while the other was a bronze amalgamation of metal. She kinda reminded  Sunset of a vampire. “Come out, Daughter of Apollo. I promise I won’t  bite, heehee. You’re not my type anyways.” 

Daughter of Apollo?  Sunset had no clue what she was talking about, but she knew that  whatever was going on was not normal. Equestrian magic maybe? Whatever  the case, she had to make sure that she and her friends made it out  safely, but it was a short dash across empty space that separated them.  The creature may have had a prosthetic leg, but Sunset was taking no  chances. Across the room, she heard glass shattering and the boy  shouting. 

The creature was thumping forward slowly. Her gait  sounded odd and mismatched. “You may not share the same scent as other  children of Apollo, but it has been a while since I’ve slain one of  them. Either way, there’s no mistaking the scent of the sun still  lingering on you like a cheap perfume!” 

“Hey! What’s the big  deal, ya friggin butt!” Rainbow Dash’s voice cracked as she peeked  around the doorway. Then her eyes widened. “Holy—” 

Thankfully  somebody pulled Rainbow Dash back, but not before the demon hissed.  “What’s this? More fresh demigod meat? Hmmm... your scent is strange  though... no matter, the more the merrier!” 

Sunset wasn’t about  to let anybody hurt her friends—she seized her chance. She held out her  hand and pulled from the small magical reservoir inside of her, causing  her fingers to be enveloped in a cyan glow. She slammed the door shut  and locked it tight. Hopefully her friends wouldn’t try to get back in.  With luck they would take the hint and instead try and help the rest of  their class escape. 

The demon woman jumped. “What the—”

Sunset  dashed out from behind the column. “Hey, ugly! I’m the one you want  right? Well come and get it!” She weaved between marble columns as the  demon screeched and gave chase. Despite the bronze leg, Sunset could  feel the heat from the demon’s hair not too far behind her. Sunset  passed an ancient bust of some Greek figure and she silently asked  Princess Twilight for forgiveness for what she was about to do. She  grabbed the priceless artifact and turned around, chucking it right into  the creature’s face where it shattered. 

“Gah! That’s it! I was going to leave you unharmed—more or less—before I handed you over, but now you’ve made me mad!” 

Sunset  flipped a bench and dipped behind it. “Just what the heck are you?  You’re not native to Equestria, that’s for sure!” Twenty feet away,  Sunset saw the boy roll out of the way as the tour guide’s massive arms  came down for a kill. Somehow she had failed to notice how tall the  guide was—maybe eight feet? Nine? 

“Equestria? Bah, you can’t trick me, Daughter of Apollo. My master will make sure that you are destroyed!” 

Sunset  grit her teeth. The creature was slowly approaching now. She wracked  her brain for an answer. And then everything clicked. 

“Y-you’re an empousa! I’ve read about you during my studies! You were daughters of the goddess Hecate!” 

“Gee, I’ve noticed.” 

“B-but that’s impossible! Equestria doesn’t have empousa or Greek goddesses! You shouldn’t exist!”

“Oh, but I do! And I assure you I can prove it!” She widened her mouth, her fangs glinted underneath the skylight. . 

Meanwhile,  the boy—she needed a name for him. Logan seemed right—Logan sidestepped  a massive fast and slashed off the arm of the giant. Logan raised his  sword into a defensive stance, but right behind him another empousa—the  other woman—was about to sink her fangs into him. 

“Behind you, Logan!” 

“What?” ‘Logan’ whirled around, and luckily his raised blade blocked the monster’s strike. 

Then  a pale face took up Sunset’s vision. She fell backwards onto the floor.  The empousa crawled over her and bared it’s fangs. “Are you ready to  d—” Before she could finish, a glowing dagger pierced her chest. She  exploded and glittering golden dust coated Sunset’s form. 

“Ew, gross... I think some of her got into my mouth...”

“Get up!” A hand gripped Sunset’s and dragged her to her feet. “You okay?”

In  front of her, Annabeth stood with her dagger in hand. Now that she was  closer to it, Sunset could confirm that it was indeed a Greek style  dagger. Had Annabeth stolen it? And why did it make the hairs on the  back of Sunset’s neck tingle? 

“Besides the awful taste in my mouth, yeah, I’m fine.”

“Yeah,  sorry about that. But we’ve got bigger issues at hand right now.”  Annabeth glared sideways. Logan had managed to block the other empousa’s  strike but he had a nasty cut over his face. He was cornered between a  water fountain and the monsters. 

“Right, we’ve gotta help Logan.” Sunset said. 

“Logan?” 

“Uh... I needed a name for him, alright? Calling him “that boy” in my head was getting old.”

Despite the situation, Annabeth let out a short laugh. “Pfffft, Logan. Ha! His name’s Percy.” 

“Whatever, we’ve gotta help him! And after this, I want answers!” 

Before  either girl could move, the skylight shattered. As the girls dove out  of the way, three more giant figures came leaping down in a shower of  glass. One of them, the tallest and ugliest, which shaggy hair and tons  of scars—obviously their leader—barked at the two monsters cornering  Percy. Luckily the rest of them were distracted enough to give Annabeth  and Sunset time to duck behind two columns. 

“You two! Why haven’t you gotten the Daughter of Apollo yet? Earl, answer me!” He pointed to the large tour guide.

Earl the Tour Guide pointed a meaty finger at Percy. “Got distracted. Found this one here, the Son of the Sea God.” 

Percy waved. “Uh, hi?” 

Their  leader growled. “Sea God, eh? This the runt who managed to defeat  Kronos? Hmph.” He snapped his fingers and pointed at the other two  giants that also arrived. “You look for the Daughter of Apollo. I can  smell her—she’s close. And leave her unharmed! Boss wants their package  in mint condition!”

“Yaaa Goober!” The others screamed before fanning out. 

“His name is Goober?” Sunset whispered. Earl and Goober... not the names she expected for Greek legends come to life. 

“Daughter of Apollo... Sunset, that must be you.” 

One  giant yelled “Noise!” and soon the two girls were each struggling in  the grasps of two huge giants. Sunset tried squirming out but it was no  use. The giants had iron grips. The best she could do was free a hand  and uselessly beat on her captor.

“Annabeth!” Percy yelled. “Just what do you guys even want with them?” 

“We  don’t want anything to do with this one,” Goober said, gesturing to  Annabeth. “We want this one here.” He examined Sunset’s face. His breath  reminded her of Rainbow’s sock drawer. “This one has got a date with  destiny, I’m afraid.”

He turned back to Percy. “You and the Athenian girl however are ripe for killing. You’ll make a fantastic lunch.” 

Percy pointed his sword straight at the giant. “No way am I getting eaten by a bunch of Canadians.” 

The  monsters laughed. What was Percy thinking? There was no way he could  fight off four giants and an empousa in the state he was in. And then it  clicked in Sunset’s mind; he was stalling. With her free hand maybe  Sunset could help him out somehow?

“It’s just you against us, Percy Jackson. Give up now and I’ll be sure to use your bone marrow in my poutine gravy.” 

“Poot poot!” the two giants yelled. Earl facepalmed. 

“I  think you forget who you’re dealing with here.” And with that, Percy  turned and slashed the water fountain. Water started to gush out of the  broken machine, creating a pool on the floor. He raised his hand and  Sunset felt something in the air change. She instantly realized that  Percy was trying to do some sort of magic, but it didn’t seem to be  working. He was too weak. 

Sunset raised her free hand. Cyan flared across her fingers.

“What  are you—” Sunset tuned Goober out. She concentrated on helping out  Percy, pulling magic from not only herself but from his and Annabeth’s  bronze weapons. Somehow, they held some sort of magical energy in  them—enough for Sunset to draw from. She then pushed all of that magic  out of herself and into Percy’s spell.

“Whoa!” he yelped. The gush  of water from the fountain became a torrent. Tendrils of water lashed  out from the pool at the giant’s feet. They slashed and struck at the  giants, causing Goober and his two lackeys to turn into dust. The  empousa screeched and she tried running away, but a water tendril  slashed her in half. Earl tried to dodge the water but Percy thrust his  sword into him and turned him into dust as well. 

And then all  three of them were alone. Percy dropped onto his butt and huffed.  Somehow he was still bone-dry. Annabeth was next to him in an instant. 

“Percy!  Are you okay?” Annabeth fished through his pack and grabbed something  that looked like a lemon square straight out of Pinkie’s pocket. Then  she shoved it into his mouth. He gulped it down and the cuts and bruises  he had acquired started to fade away. 

“Yeah... yeah, I’m fine now that you’re here.”

“Not  now, Seaweed Brain.” Annabeth shook her head as she got to her feet.  “We’d better get out of here before the cops show up. We have to get you  back to Camp, Sunset.”

“Whoa whoa whoa.” Sunset held up her hands. “What in the wide wide world are you talking about? I am not  going anywhere without an explanation. I find myself almost being  killed by creatures straight out of Greek mythos and then you two rush  in with freaking swords and daggers and magic on hand!” 

Percy and  Annabeth shared a look. “Sunset, look, I know this is going to be hard  to believe, but... we’re half-bloods. We’re half mortal, half god.  And... so are you.”

Sunset blinked once. Then twice. 

“You  see,” Annabeth continued, “when you’re a half-blood—or demigod, as we’re  also known—you tend to have strange things happen to you. Ever had some  weird thing that you couldn’t explain happen in your life?”

“Umm... well...”

“That  was probably a monster or something. Though, usually it comes to a  point at around thirteen when you start getting into real danger. But,  how old are you? Like sixteen or seventeen right? Honestly, that’s not  normal.” Sunset noticed Annabeth glance at her hand. “Then again... I  don’t think you’re a normal demigod...” 

Outside in the distance, the distant echo of police sirens could be heard. 

“Hey, Annabeth? Sunset? We gotta go, like now.” Percy said, hoisting himself up. 

“But my friends—”

“Will  probably be safer without you nearby.” Seeing the look on Sunset’s  face, Annabeth quickly added, “I’m sorry, but that’s the truth. Monsters  don’t usually go out and attack mortals unless they have good reason  to.” 

Sunset grit her teeth. “Fine. I’ll go. But only because I  want to know just what the heck is going on. After that, I’m leaving, no  matter what you say.”

Annabeth sighed. “Fine, whatever. Now, let’s get moving.”
> 2-Dashin' by you side
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"Can I please get an explanation yet?" It had been fifteen minutes since the Museum incident and Sunset, Annabeth, and Percy were still running along the streets. Sunset was starting to get very annoyed that in those fifteen minutes she had yet to get a single answer to the dozens of questions she had asked.
"No, not until we are safe. Which won't be for a while, so suck it up buttercup," Annabeth huffed. Sunset, putting aside that Annabeth had just called her "Buttercup" grit her teeth and just continued running. 
I really hope that we get there soon. Just then she realized that her friends had absolutely no idea where she was and that Dr. Whooves was probably worried sick about her. She started pulling out her phone to start calling or texting them when Annabeth suddenly took it out of her hands.
"Hey! That's my phone you just took!" Sunset protested, trying to get it back from Annabeth.
"Well your not getting it back to call or text got it? When demigods use these things it sends out like a beacon that monsters can immediately detect and follow!" Annabeth thrust the phone into her pocket without another word and kept running. 
Sunset scowled and quickly though of a way to get the word out to her friends. Wait a minute... I have magic! Duh.
She then started focusing her magic and put her hand out in front of her, even though her magic wasn't really made for levitating things like Twilight's she could still lift things to a certain degree. Having practiced on her phone plenty of times before she easily was able to maneuver the phone out of Annie's pocket without her noticing. Before she noticed Sunset put a spell on the phone so that it wouldn't send out the beacon from the magical trigger on her phone.
Sunset decided on calling Rainbow Dash since she could not only tell her friends and teacher the fastest but she could also catch up to Sunset the fastest with her super speed. She looked around real quick to see where she was and then dialed Rainbow's phone numbe
"Hey, Dash." Sunset greeted with the little breath she had, making sure she was quiet enough that the two running in front of her didn't hear.
"Sunset?! Where are you? The whole class has been looking for you ever since that monster thing attacked." Dashie almost screamed at Sunset.
"Yeah, I know. But I had to leave really quick. You know those two people who were also fighting the monster?" Sunset replied.
"You mean the guy with the sword and the girl with the knife? Yeah."
"Well, after the fight they made me come with them to take me to a safe area that they know of."
"What?!?! Are you safe?"
"Yeah, don't worry. Right now we are just running to their safe place. I was hoping you could tell the girls what happened and then come running and join me."
"Of course, I can do that super quick! Where are you now?"
"I just passed the corner of East 64th Street and Park Avenue and we are running north."
"Alright let me see where that is on a map, talk to the class, and run over to you right away. See you soon."
"Alright. Cya." Sunset put her phone back where it belonged and started to catch up with Percy and Annabeth. She made sure she was still behind them but close enough that she didn't lose them.
It turns out that they were talking, and thankfully Sunset was just close enough that she could hear what they were talking about.
"Why can't we ever just get one vacation day? Can't the gods at least do that for us after everything that has happened?" Percy asked as he looked up to the sky in vain.
"Well what do you expect? That as soon as we defeat Gaea that there will be no more monster attacks? No, of course not! And to find an unclaimed demigod at this age? That is considered more of Tyche than Nemisis," Annabeth replies, looking back at Sunset when she mentions 'unclaimed demigod'.  A minute later Rainbow Dash was suddenly beside Sunset running along with her.
“Sorry it took me so long. It is a lot harder to find a specific street on a map then you would think. And don't even get me started on how hard it is to run in these crowded streets!" Rainbow whispered to Sunset. Causing her to almost giggle. Eventually Percy and Annabeth realized that there was a 4th pair of footsteps running with them and turned around.
"What?! How long have you been there?" Percy widened his eyes.
"Mmm, about 2 minutes." Rainbow told him.
"Have you been following us this entire time?" Annabeth asked suspiciously.
"Nope, I had no idea where Sunny was until 5 minutes ago."
"How in the world did you find out where we were?" Percy wondered, his eyes gleaming. It was at this time that Sunset took her Phone from her pocket and showed it to them.
"Wha- How? I had that in my pocket! I would have been able to feel that!" Annabeth narrowed her eyes at Sunset behind her back.
"Maybe we can continue this talk while standing still? I don't know how much longer I can keep running without collapsing," Sunset wheezed out.
"Alright, we can go into this library for 5 minutes." Percy relented running towards a big building with a sign that read, "Hunter College Library,". 
Finally Sunset thought as she stepped into the library to finally get the answers she wanted.
> 3-Pinkie and the Brain Explosion
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pinkie and the Brain Explosion

“Of all the places we had to stop in why did it have to be in a library?” Rainbow groaned as she sifted through the books lined up next to each other.
“Trust me, I am not the happiest about this either. But it was the closest place to stop and libraries are surprisingly good places to fight monsters in,” Percy responded leaning on one of the shelves.
“Well, this one would be if it had big shelves with actual books,” Annabeth scoffed as she sat down in one of the many chairs in the library.
She was right. The Hunter College Library didn’t really have that many books in the building. To be truthful there seemed to be more chairs than books. Annabeth was not happy about that to say the least.
“How can a College library not have books?! You would think that they would have more books than less!”
“Well Wise Girl, this is the era of computers, phones, and online textbooks. There isn’t as much of a need for actual books for people to read nowadays when people can just get online to read with tons less effort.” Percy said.
“That doesn’t mean normal books are useless! I think that they are better than ebooks anyways. They have more of a value when you can actually hold them in your hands!”
“I have to agree with Annabeth on this one, reluctantly,” Sunset agreed.
“You see? There is still plenty of use fo- What do you mean reluctantly?!” That sent both Rainbow and Percy into hysterical laughter. After they calmed down Sunset decided to get down to business.
“So can me and Rainbow finally get some answers? I think that might be the most important thing right now.”
“No. The most important thing is to get to a safe place in the library to prepare for the inevitable monster attack,” Annabeth started speed-walking to what Sunset assumed was the back of the library.
“Why is this attack so inevitable?” Sunset asked, starting to follow after Annabeth.
“Now she’s done it” Percy whispered to Rainbow.
“Because, you decided to call your friend here when I specifically said that it would draw all monsters in a 8 mile radius!”Annabeth turned on Sunset nearly exploding.
O-kay, then. Time to defuse that ticking time-bomb. Sunset thought. “I know you did. That is why I disabled that spell when I took my phone back.”
“That. Isn’t. Possible! Do you realize how much danger you have put us all in just by making that single phone call?! Demigods have tried for decades to make it safe for us to use cell phones. None have been able to succeed!” Annabeth huffed and crossed her arms over her chest.
“Have you ever tried disabling the spell connected with that?” Sunset questioned making Annabeth blink in confusion.
“What spell?”
“The spell that makes all of the monsters aware of our location.”
“Our Hecate children have been over phones before and they have never been able to see a spell that does that.”
“Well then they must have been using the wrong type of magic.”
“We tried Roman magic along with Greek. We even had some Egyptian magicians come in and see if there was anything magical related with the phone beacon.”
“Have you tried Equestrian magic?”
“Eques-what now?”
“Equestrian magic silly! How do you think Dashie gets her speed?” Pinkie said from right beside Annabeth.
“Gah!” Everyone in the room except Pinkie shouted.
“Pinkie! Why did you have to give us heart attacks?!” Rainbow scolded, holding her hand over her heart.
“Well I didn’t mean to! It is just something that happens,” Pinkie explained.
“Wha-how-who are you?!” Annabeth asked.
“Why! I’m Pinkamena Diane Pie! Pinkie Pie for short. But you can call me Pinkie! That’s what all my friends call me,” Pinkie smiled wide, letting out an audible sound effect.
“How did you get here? Were you with Rainbow Dan?” Percy asked.
“Dash, and I can’t run as well when carrying someone,” RD corrected.
“Wait, you ran and caught up with us? We had a 15 minute head start at least!” Percy said.
“Duh, it wasn’t really that hard. It only took me so long to catch up because I had to tell everyone what happened to Sunset.”
“But that shouldn’t even be possible! How could you be that fast?” Annabeth questioned.
“Like this,” Rainbow then proceeded to run away leaving a rainbow streak where she ran. When she returned a few seconds later she had an ice cream in each hand.
“Are you a child of Hermes?” Annabeth immediately asked.
"Rainbow passed one of the ice cream cones to Pinkie who took it graciously, “Nope, I’m the daughter of Windy Whistles and Bow Hothoof. Never met a person named Hermes, and I doubt my parents have either.”
“No, I mean the god of speed, Hermes. Is that how you have your speed? Do you also have superspeed Pinkie?” Annabeth continued.
“Nope! Though I am really good at making parties and giving people good times!” Pinkie was throwing her empty cone away after having eaten the ice cream within a minute.
“So you’re a daughter of Dionysus then? The god of wine and parties?” Percy questioned.
“Nuh-uh. I don’t think alcohol should be anywhere near a party. Trust me. One time I thought I was serving normal fruit punch that was really spiked. That party did not end well for anybody!”
“Then how did you know where we were?”
“Pinkie Sense. By the way you might want to move two steps to the right,” Pinkie said, pointing to Annabeth.
“Ok…” Annabeth moved two steps to her right. “Why?”
“Twitchy butt.”
“Twitchy what?” A stone then fell two feet to Annabeth’s left, causing her to yelp.
“Twitchy butt. I have something called a Pinkie Sense. That means that my body tells me things before they happen. For instance a twitchy butt means that something is about to fall.”
“But-but how? Why? When?” Annabeth’s brain seemed to be frying from the inside out.
“I just told you how, I don’t know why, and I have had it ever since I was born.” Pinkie answered her questions.
Annabeth’s condition wasn’t improving in the slightest so I decided to change the subject. “Hey Perce, do you mind if I bring the rest of my friends with me? Don’t worry, they can take care of themselves.”
“How many of them will there be?”
“I’ll be bringing 4.”
“That’s alright with me. Is that fine with you Annie?”
“Y-yeah, go ahead. I’m just gonna...sit down.” Annabeth waved us off, doing what she said she would.
I turn to Rainbow, “Can you go and get the rest of the girls? Me and Pinkie are going to try and revive Annabeth.”
“Alright, I’ll be back in 10 seconds fla-”
“Tell our teachers where we’re going.”
Rainbow Dash pouted, “Fine. I’ll be back in 5 minutes.” She rushed off, that left Sunset and Pinkie to bring Annabeth back from the state she was in.
“Hey Pinkie, can you go and get us some smoothies from down the street?” Sunset asked. She didn’t think it would be a good idea to have Pinkie messing Annabeth up even more than she already was.
“Okie Dokie Lokie!” With that, Pinkie ran to get smoothies so fast that she left a pink dust cloud in her wake.
I heard Percy sigh while Annabeth was still twitching, “Is she always like this?”
“Oh no, she is usually more hyper when meeting new people.” Sunset sighs in return.
> 4-Honest Apple
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------



Honest Apple



It took several minutes to get Annabeth back on her feet from her fit. When they did so it was at that moment Pinkie decided to return. Of course the way she returned was by teleporting from behind Percy. When the entrance was behind Annabeth. Needless to say Percy needed to get Annabeth back up and wipe the foam that was coming from her mouth off. After that interaction Sunset asked Pinkie to stay by her side whenever Annabeth was around.
Rainbow Dash returned with Applejack in her arms to see Annabeth still a bit crazy-eyed.
“Hey Applejack, maybe you should wait a minute until you interrogate them ok?” Rainbow requested before running off.
“Alright, if you say so.”
Which leads the gang to where they are now. Annabeth drinking some bottled water recovering, Pinkie playing with something in her hands next to Sunset, Percy tending to Annabeth, and Applejack giving Annie and Percy one of the dirtiest looks Sunset had ever seen her give to someone.
“Is now a good time to ask them the questions?” AJ asked Sunset.
She sighed, “Fine, just be gentle with the first few.”
Applejack then proceeded to walk towards the duo of demigods, “Do ya mind me askin’ some questions?”
“Uh, sure thing Cowgirl.”
“Name’s Applejack. Anyways, just what the hay were ya thinkin when you kidnapped ma friend here?”
“We didn’t kidnap her, she came with us willingly,” Percy explained, rolling his eyes.
“Then why didn’t ya let her talk to us?”
“Because we didn’t want the monster coming back and hurting one of you. It was best to leave with Sunset without telling you.”
Aj raised one of her eyebrows, “Really? One little monster isn’t going to much of a problem for us. Heck, we have fought things much worse than what was in the museum.”
“You saw the monster in there?”
“Yeah, didn’t you?”
“Of course I did! It is just that mortals usually can’t see monsters.”
“Then ya might wanna talk to ma entire school if that there’s the case.”
“Why?”
“Cuz not only has every student there seen a monster, they have also helped battle them.”
“You’ve fought monsters before? Which ones were they?”
“Well, there were The Sirens, the Storm King’s magic, Sunset, Twalaght-”
“You and your friends have fought Sunset before?” Annabeth asked, talking for the first time in 10 minutes.
“Sigh Yes, they fought me a few years ago. I got so obsessed with magic that I turned into a raging she-demon.” Sunset explained in a monotone.
“But the good news is that we beat her and she became one of our bestest friends!” Pinkie yelled joyfully.
“Best,” Annabeth corrected.
“Well yeah, I guess we bested her is another way of saying it but either way we won.”
“No-that isn’t what I- ugh! Is she always this confusing?” Annabeth asked Applejack, pointing at Pinkie.
“Unfortunately yes. Ah have known her fur years and she has never made a lick of sense.”
“Is she going to make my head explode eventually?”
“Yes,” Everyone chorused around the room. No one said anything until Pinkie looked at you and said, “Greehorn, this moment is for you.”
Everyone was confused. “Who are you talking to Pinkie?” Annabeth asked, scared of what was about to happen.
“The readers, I mean, this is the fourth chapter after all!” Pinkie chimed.
Annabeth didn’t regain consciousness for another 10 minutes after that. Meanwhile Applejack grilled Percy on what was going on.
“What do ya mean our friend here is a demigod?” Applejack questioned.
“What I mean is that she is half human half god. She is a child of Apollo if that monster was right. And she is not the only one in your group of friends. Rainbow is most likely a child of Hermes and Pinkie is probably a child of Dionysus.” Percy replied. Applejack quickly moved up to him and grabbed ahold of him. “Hey! What are you doing?!”
“I’m going to let you down once you tell me everything. And the Truth this time.” Applejack lifted Percy up using only one arm. Which didn’t help Annabeth’s sanity when she came to finally.
“Wha-huh? Hey! Let go of my boyfriend!” Annabeth got up and started running toward Applejack to try and punch her away. Applejack turned and caught her punch before it got anywhere near her face.
“Now don’t even try with that, Annabeth. Ahm as strong as 20 men put t’gether.”
“That shouldn’t even be possible! Are you a demigod too?!” Annabeth’s eyes widened with realization. “You are a demigod! That must mean your friends are all demigods to!”
“Now hold on. Ahm not the child of no god. I am the child of the deceased Bright Mac and Buttercup.”
“How else would you describe your immense strength?! If I had to guess you would be a descendant of Hercules. But no one has ever been claimed by him…” Annabeth went into silent thought, mulling over the possibilities.
“Um, Flapjack? Can you let me down maybe?” Percy almost whimpered out, as he was still hanging on the wall.
“Oh uhm, sure. And the name is Applejack!”
“Right Flapplejack, that’s what I said.”
Flapplejack facepalmed, “Alright, Ah’ll let it slide for now. But for that I need you to answer all of our questions.”
“Yeah! The audience has been waiting for 3 chapters now! They don’t want to be stuck in the same Library the entire time!” Pinkie yelled. Annebeth’s eye twitched.
“Fine. Me and Annabeth will try to answer as many questions as possible.”
“Alright, first one. Where are ya taking Sunset?”
“Easy, Camp Half-Blood.” Annabeth answered,
“And what is that?”
“It’s one of the two safest places in the entire world for demigods to be at. We are taking her there so she can train in her powers and how to protect herself in the outside world.
“She doesn’t really need to train for that anymore. She has been training her magic ever since birth and has been protecting herself pretty well over the past 5 years.”
“Where did she learn all of that then?” Annabeth asked a question herself. AJ looked over to Sunset who was waving her arms in the “no” sign.
“Ah can’t say. It’s confidential.” Annabeth got a suspicious look on her face but didn’t press the issue.
“Next question, can me an’ mah friends come with her?” Applejack moved on.
“If all of you are demigods or descendants of a god then yes you can all come.”
“Speakin’ of which. None of us are the children of any ‘Gods’. We are all normal girls with some special powers.”
Annabeth sighed like she had heard all of this before, “I know it’s hard to fathom, but Sunset is a child of a god. And most likely Rainbow and Pinkie along with her.”
“An’ how would ya know somethin’ like that?”
“Because I have seen this before. Rainbow is probably a child of Hermes with her speed. Pinkie might be a child of Dionysus with how she is with parties. And Sunset is a child of Apollo since a monster confirmed that.”
“Then who’s child would ah be?”
“Where do you live?”
“On mah family’s apple farm.”
“Then Demeter.”
Applejack scoffed, “Yeah right. I can easily tell when someone isn’t tellin’ the whole truth or is downright lyin’. So what are ya holding back?”
“Nothing, and how would you be able to tell that I was lying?” Annabeth said with apprehension.
“Confidential.”
“If you are stand for the truth so much than why don’t you tell us the truth?”
“Because you haven’t given us the full truth. When you give us your truth. We’ll give you ours.”
“Fine!”
“Fine!” Applejack stormed off to sit in a chair near the corner, what no one except Applejack noticed thought was that a plant started growing near her chair leg.
“Not again, not now of all times.” She grumbled to herself as she plucked the plant out of the ground and threw it in the trash can next to her.
All of a sudden Pinkie jumped out of nowhere and looked straight at the person reading this story.
“What will happen next? Will anyone figure out Applejack’s secret? How will Twilight react to this?” Annabeth fainted for what seemed like the hundredth time. “And will Annie last a single chapter with me in it without fainting? Find out next time in: The Mane Seven Demigods! And goodnight everybody!”
> 5-Flashback Sentry
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Chapter 5-Flashback Sentry



    3,000 years ago…..(Translated from Greek for our own benefit.)

“Are we all in attendance?” Zeus asked from the center of his throne.
“Aye” The other Olympians in attendance said, Hephaestus, Dionysus, Hera, Athena, Poseidon, Apollo, Ares, Aphrodite, Artemis, Demeter, Hermes, and even Hades were all sitting on their respective thrones/stools.
“May I ask brother why we are all here? Especially me,” Hades questioned, he hadn’t seen Olympus in eons since he had been banished for doing absolutely nothing wrong.
“I will get to that, but as this is also a solstice we must discuss anything of interest in our respective realms of control. Would you like to start, brother?” Zeus said, gesturing to Poseidon.
“Yes I would,” Poseidon stood up on the octopus limbs he had that day, “Nothing is of interest in my kingdom other than I have had to ban my daughter, Kymopoleia, from my palace for destroying my stuff.” He sat back down.
Apollo stood up next, “The sun still rises and sets as it usually does. Music, art, literature, and dance are all still on the rise and they are all flourishing in the world.”
“Typhon is still being used to heat my forge and he is not getting out of there anytime soon,” Hephaestus spoke up, opting to sit down with his leg.
“I make things grow, what do you expect?” Demeter said with her scythe by her side.
“People are still falling in love all around the world. Oh, it is so romantic!” Aphrodite fanned her face as she fell down onto her throne.
“The Peloponnesian War is still going on strong and is on track to becoming a part of history as one of Greece’s biggest wars,” Ares twirled his spear in one of his hands idly.
“People are still getting married wonderfully and remaining loyal, unlike some people I know,” Hera glared at Zeus at the end of her statement to punctuate her message.
“Yeah, honey, about that….” He replied, “We all need to have children with humans, and the old fashioned way too Athena.”
Athena grumbled something about, “People always singling her out because she thought of a better way to have children.”
“What are you talking about Zeus? You know how protective Persephone is… She doesn’t like me going 100 yards near a mortal women in order to ‘woo’ them. Remember the mint girl?” Hades complained. Aphrodite who had been eating some mint-chocolate ice cream immediately got a disgusted look on her face and spit out the mouthful that she had just eaten. After which she vaporized the entire tub and shuddered.
“You see… there is a prophecy that the Delphic oracle told me. I couldn’t make sense of most of it, but I did manage to get the gist of it. Which is that we need to have one child each.”
“Pops, are you telling me that you went to the Delphic oracle without telling me?” Apollo asked, splaying his hands together and pursing his lips.
Zeus suddenly got a bit paler, “I have heard this sort of ‘calling’ recently to go see the oracle. So I went there the other day to see what was going on.”
“Dad, did you say that you had a ‘calling? Were you on Flight 828 or something?” Dionysus looked around with a smile on his face before frowning, “Oh right, that isn’t for another 3,000 years. Of course no one would get that joke.”
“Ignoring what my brother said. Dad -everyone- I have warned you all many, many times not to go to any oracles without me being there! Gods always get more important prophecies since we live longer! Do you not remember the ‘Prophecy of Seven’?” Apollo scolded everyone. They all shrank back and some of them even blushed slightly from the outburst.
“That’s why I decided to tell you. I think that we should all go to see the oracle and hear what she says so that you can interpret it for us.”
“Pops, are you sure about this? It could drive you insane if I do that. We will never know when it happens.”
“Actually I do know, it takes place in about 3,000 years. It says at the very beginning.”
“Say what now?” Apollo was stunned. Not in all the time that he was alive had he heard of a prophecy that actually told it’s victims when it would happen. “Why would the oracle do that?”
“I don’t know, maybe because she doesn’t want the virgin goddesses to have children all the time.”
“That...actually makes quite a bit of sense. Surprisingly,” Apollo started pacing around the throne room thinking out the problem, “If I bring all of you with me then I won’t have to prepare for you to come in one at a time and I can just do one big session. But then I won’t be able to hear the prophecy before hand to make sure no one freaks out…”
“Brother, I did not know that it took this much for you to prepare for us,” Artemis spoke up for the first time during the conversation, causing some of the people that were around her to jump.
“It is one of the few things that I take seriously in my domain. One wrong prophecy can lead to the end of the world, the only thing that is as important to me as my role in that is driving the sun.” Apollo told her, “I will begin preparations for us to hear the prophecy tomorrow. I need to rest for now to gain my energy.”
With that Apollo left in a flash of light, causing the other gods to dismiss themselves for the night as they retired after the meeting they just had, all dreaming about monsters coming from the ground. Well, except for Dionysus who was dreaming about wine and cake. What is up with that dude? Anyways the gods all assembled in the morning outside the cave of Delphi. Apollo was explaining the rules as he walked around.
“...and never talk while the oracle is telling the prophecy, if I can’t hear then the chances are that I won’t be able to decipher it. And the most important rule of all… don’t ever try to stop the prophecy from happening. Many people have tried to avoid prophecies all together only to fall into their own prophecy and be their own undoing,” Apollo explained, looking dead into the eyes of all of the assembled gods.
“Okay, watch out for the future got it,” Hermes said.
    “Pretty much.”

Inside the cave Apollo had laid out incense and yoga mats. So after the gods entered the Oracle's Den they sat down on their respective mats looking towards the Oracle so that they could hear what she had to say.
“Oh Great Delphic Oracle! Please grant us your wisdom today so that we may know more about our futures!” Apollo prayed from his head mat before sitting back as green mist started spilling out from the oracle’s mouth.
    




“In three-thousand years this will come true:
    First Seven Shall Be Found
    In Order To Gain The High Ground
    Do not Underestimate Her Power
    For Things Will Turn Quite Sour
    But Before You Defeat This Foe
    The Other Six Will Have To Know.”
    




    Apollo could only say one thing, “Holy-!”
> 6-Twilighting up a dark library
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------



Twilight Up A Dark Library



“And we’re back to the present! How did you guys like going back in time for a little bit? I wish I knew what happened, all I know is that you went there,” Pinkie greeted someone while looking and the wall from Sunset’s perspective. This frustrated Annabeth to no end but at last this time she didn’t faint! Progress!
“Has she escaped the insane Asylum recently or what?” Percy whispered as he sat down next to Sunset.
“Honestly I have no clue. When I first met her she made no sense to me,” Sunset whispered back.
“Does she make sense to you now?”
“Oh hell no. Me and my friend, Twilight Sparkle, have been trying to figure her out for about a year now.”
“Poor, poor, Wise Girl. I don’t think that they will make good friends,” Percy and Sunset watched as Annabeth went up to Pinkie to tell her to stop talking to a wall. Pinkie just rebounded her which made her all the angrier. Storming away into the female restroom Pinkie started following her to say sorry.
“Hey, you haven’t seen Pinkie in action. When she wants to be friends with someone. She becomes friends with them,” Sunset emphasized looking Percy in the eyes with an intense look, “One of the hardest for her was Twilight who used to go to a rival school.”
“Ok I’ll take your word for it. Who is this Twilight girl anyways?” Almost as if he had predicted it Rainbow came back with Twilight on her back panting. The reason for her panting was that Twilight had a huge backpack on her own back that look like it weighed twice as much as Twilight.
“She is,” Sunset replied as she went up to the two girls, “Twilight, why do you have all of this stuff? Did you pack enough for the next week?!”
“What do you mean? This is just my researching equipment,” Twilight opened up her bag to show that she had stuffed it with notebooks, pencils, calculators, and a whole bunch of other gear.
“What are you going to be researching Twi? The solar system?” Rainbow complained as she straightened her back and rubbed it, “if you hard brought anymore then I would have become the hunchback of Notre Dame.”
“I am not going to be researching the solar system. I will just study the demigods to see ifI can find anything interesting with their dna. Speaking of which can I ask you a few questions?” Twilight as Percy and Annabeth as she exited the bathroom to see what the ruckus was about.
“Hey Annie, I think you have a sister,” Percy told Annabeth.
“Unfortunately I have to agree with you, I am pretty sure she is a child of Athena. Somehow I can just… feel it radiating off of her.”
“That isn’t possible, I already have a mother and her name is Twilight Velvet,” Twilight said, causing Annabeth to look confusedly at her and then look at the others.
“Do any of you 4 have a missing parent?”
“Not me, both my Mom and Dad have been with me and my sisters since before I was born!”
“My family is way to overbearing to miss anything in my life.”
“Define missin’. ‘Cus ma parents have been dead for ‘bout 10 years now.”
“I am so sorry Applejack, but Sunset what about your parents?”
“My father has been missing ever since my little brother was born but I come from another world entirely...so I don’t think that really matters.”
“You come from another world?! Can you fill us in please? And with details,” Annabeth got out a notebook and a pencil from Twilight’s bag.
Yup, definitely sisters… Sunset thought as she started to tell her story as Annabeth started jotting down what she could. With the other 4 interjecting whenever they had something to correct or add.



4 Movie Recaps later....

“So there is a whole other world out there to explore? Filled with unicorns, pegasi, and other mythical beings? And they have magic? I don’t know how to process all of this information. It just- I can’t- I-” Annabeth then fainted yet again.
“Geez, I didn’t know that Jason and Annabeth had so much in common…” Percy remarked from his position, “So there has been a mirror for a millenia that has connected our worlds?”
“Yup, although it can only be accessed every 30 moons,” Sunset answered walking over to pick Annabeth up from where she was. Only for Twilight to pick her up with telekinesis when she saw Sunset struggling.
“But is it still possible that Apollo could have went to your world, had a child with your mother and came back in that time when the Portal is open?”
“It is possible but he would have had to have seduced her in that short amount of time in order to impregnate her. And I don’t think it is very possible for someone to do that.”
“Trust me, it happens a lot more often than you think.”
“I’ve heard, yeesh. People really should have carried pepper spray with them more often.”
Percy barked out a laugh, “Yeah. I’m going to go see if I can wake Annabeth I’ll talk with you some more later.”
Sunset watched as he walked away before going over to where her friends were sitting. She also looked outside and noticed that it was starting to get dark. Using the internal clock that she had she guessed it was about 8:17
“Hey Rainbow, sorry about this but can you go and get Rarity and Fluttershy real quick before the sun sets fully?”
“Sure thing! I’ll be back in a jiffy! Just depends on how much luggage Rarity wants me to bring with her. Ugh,” Rainbow stood up and just as she was about to run out the door it opened and Fluttershy walked through.
“Fluttershy? How did you get here?” Twilight asked as she stood up and gave her a hug.
“Oh, um. I took a...taxi,” She replied, Sunset noticed that she her skin and eyes were a bit discolored and her hair was a bit more ragged.
“Are you alright Fluttershy? You look a bit worse for wear,” Sunset asked, worried about her friend. She could even see something that looked a bit red in her mouth like it had started bleeding or something.
“Oh! I’m just...a bit car sick. The taxi was going a bit too fast for me.”
“A taxi going fast in New York? You must have gotten really lucky with the traffic Fluttershee,” Percy replied as he splashed some water on Annabeth’s face, waking her up.
“Pffff. Wha-What? Where am I? What happened?” She then looked over to where to group was sitting and noticed Fluttershy, “Oh great another one. Or am I dreaming still?”
“Nope! Your still wide awake!” Pinkie said as she stretched her eyelids wide and did a creepy smile.
“One, Pinkie never do that again that is creepy as hell. And two, who are you and what mysterious power do you have?” Annabeth grimaced as she got up from her table, holding the back of her head.
Fluttershy smiled sheepishly, “I don’t really have a mysterious power. The only thing I can do is speak to animals.”
Annabeth leaned over to Percy, “So what do you think? Another daughter of Demeter?”
“Yeah, I would say that. Except for the Moon shining over her head.”
“Wait what?” Everyone looked over and saw that the Moon had at that moment drifted over a window and shined directly on Fluttershy, turning her hair silver. Percy said what everyone was thinking at that moment.
“Welp, the tides are screwed.”
> 7-Fluttering Under the Night Sky
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Fluttering Under the Night Sky

Annabeth fainted.
There isn’t anything more to say. No new way to sugarcoat it. Sunset counted down in her head to when it would happen and she predicted it perfectly.
“Oh dear, is she alright?” Fluttershy asked with worry on her face, moving away from the window where the crescent moon was hanging and rushing over.
“Yup the tides are so screwed, it was supposed to be a full moon tonight,” Percy was looking out the window like he could see the ocean from where he was.
“Aren’t you even going to check if she is okay?!” Fluttershy was huddling over Annabeth checking her head and looking over at everyone.
“Oh she’s fine. This is like the 10th time she’s fainted today,” Pinkie told her, she had sat down with Aj at a table, looking a bit weary eyed.
“Okay then… why is the moon not where it’s supposed to be?”
“Because one way or another you were claimed by the Goddess Artemis for her hunters. Usually she does it face to face but I hear that when she’s busy she claims them through a sign. Nothing to worry about,” Percy got away from the window and put his shoes on, “Hey Rainbow, can you speed me over to the bay? I can most likely help keep the flooding to a minimum and help some people while doing it.”
“Sure thing, be right back ladies,” Rainbow picked Percy up bridal style and ran off. Not before they heard Percy mention to Rainbow quickly.
“How are you so strong?”
After they left everyone prepared to bunk down for the night, not even bothering to try to wake up Annabeth. They just moved her onto one of the tables to sleep. The rest found places to rest their own heads. Applejack slept on the chair she was sitting on. Sunset took off her jacket and used it as a pillow to sleep on the floor. Pinkie went… wherever she went when she wasn’t on screen. And Fluttershy after making sure everyone was comfy just sort of stayed awake. Not tired at all as she just watched the moon and the stars. A bat came in through an open window and landed on her outstretched finger.
“Well hello there my little friend. How are you tonight?” The bat let out a series of squeaks that only Fluttershy could here, “I am glad to hear that, you should go off now and start your hunting. The night doesn’t last forever you know.”
The bat flew off through the window again. Fluttershy watched it go and as she did she saw that some other nighttime animals had gathered on the windowsill.
“That means you all too. You don’t want to be drowsy all day tomorrow now do you?” The animals all looked at each other and then turned around and flew off into the night. Leaving Fluttershy to ponder her thoughts by herself again. She sighed contently as the silence enveloped her. This was her favorite time, she could just be alone and ponder her deepest thoughts without anyone to interrupt. She didn’t need to sleep often, only about 2 hours a night. She only gained this ability recently when she got her geode. Ever since then she hadn’t needed to sleep as often. It did get boring at times but then an animal would usually come around and stay with her until she drifted off to sleep. Sometimes it was Bats, sometimes it was owls. Sometimes it was even bugs flying around her. But her night time animal friends never left her side. They followed her wherever she went.
She stayed like this for hours until Percy and Rainbow came back at about 1 am. While Rainbow was soaked down to her bone Percy was completely dry.
Fluttershy tipped her head confusedly, “What happened?”
“Oh, we saved about four hundred lives out there,” Percy bragged before yawning and sitting down on a chair near Annabeth’s table, “What are you doing up?”
“Oh, I never need to sleep much. I’m much more content with just watching the night sky.”
“Hm, never met a hunter who didn’t need to sleep. They just hunt during the night and sleep through the day. Well anyways, good night.” He closed his eyes and in under a minute he started snoring and drooling. 
“He sure knows how to fall asleep fast. I might have to get some pointers from him. That would make Dr. Whooves’ lectures so much more bearable. Don’t need any help falling asleep right now though, night Shy,” And with that Rainbow ran out the door to where Fluttershy assumed the students were sleeping during the night. She was alone by herself once again under the night sky.
When she was sure that the people in hearing range were asleep she started to sing a lullaby she remembered from her childhood.

“Goodnight, goodnight, my sleepy friends
I hope to see you once again
In the day where things are so very bright
But for now sleep in my moonlight

Remember though when brother’s daylight ends
That you will be in my arms again

Never fret of the ones in the night
For they will never give you a fright
If they do my little one
Then I will fight them and I will have won

Never be responsible for an animal’s death
For they will protect you with their final breath.”

She always made herself sleepy when she sang it but she couldn’t fall asleep without it. Her mother had told her many times that neither she nor her father had ever heard it before in their lies before Fluttershy started singing it at the age of 5. But Fluttershy could always remember a figure that she knew was her mother singing it when she got scared. Slowly but surely Fluttershy’s eyelids fell farther and farther down until they closed fully and she fell asleep.
It was almost like her body changed when she was asleep because as she started sleeping her skin and hair seemed to darken a few shades all by itself...
> Waterlogged Bonus
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Meanwhile at the Hudson Shoreline…

    Percy
“I exercise a lot. That’s why,” Rainbow Dash replied to me when we got to where one of the flood zones were. And I was right, water was surging everywhere around the beach where Dash ran us to. I hop out of her arms and survey the scene around us.
Off to the right of use where the shore was supposed to be I see that the shore doesn’t exist anymore. It has been completely submerged in the water from the Hudson river. Ever since I gave those water spirits that sand dollar it seems that he has kept his river cleaner than it was. With the water looking so clean and shining under the moonlight it kind of looked peaceful almost. Except for the screams that were coming from the people bobbing in the water that had advanced far onto the streets. It seems that they had been knocked over and swept away by the current.
“Dash, can you go check on the east river and harlem banks to make sure that they are fine? If I had to guess then I would say that this will be the only section of Manhattan being flooded.
“No problem,” She quickly ran off and while I continued thinking of the best strategy she came back not even panting. “I checked all the other shores and you’re right. These are the only banks that are being flooded. The only problem is that the flood last for miles in both directions. What are we supposed to do?”
I thought it over for a moment then came up with a plan, “Say Rainbow, how fast can you run?”
“I’ve never tested it before but if Sunset is right about me being as fast as my counterpart then I can break the sound barrier if I try hard enough.”
“Think it’s fast enough to run on water?” I smirk her way as I dig through my pockets looking for my wallet. Realization dawns on her face and she thinks for a second.
“I haven’t ever tried it before except...Oh! I ran on the water once before when me and my friends were stuck on an island.” She then ran off for a second and came back a second later with 2 people in her arms soaking wet. “I can carry 2 people at once before I start to sink. I learned that the hard way.”
“Okay, I’m going to need to to run on the water and get as many people out as you can before the authorities arrive ok?” I tell her this after she set the people down and they started running off.
“Shouldn’t I be stealthier than that? What if people notice me using my power?” She sounded worried for the first time since this mission started, “Or what if I can’t get everyone out and someone drowns?!”
I grab her hands and look in her eyes as I tell her, “Dash, don’t worry. You’re so fast that I doubt anyone would be able to tell it’s you by the time you pick them up and place them down. Not only that but there is this thing called the mist that makes it so humans can’t see supernatural things as easily.” When she still looked at the water hesitantly I say one more thing that seems to shake her out of it, “And the more time you spend worrying the more time people have to drown. SO GO!”
She nods her head with a solemn look on her face and she rushes off. In less than 10 seconds people start getting lined up on the dry land. They all looked confused but they don’t seem scared other than from what just happened. Thankfully it seems the mist is working hard at making sure the mortals don’t figure out what is going on.
After being reassured of what is going on I find what I was looking for in my wallet and dive down in to the water. As I’m swimming and getting near the bottom I start yelling in the water, “Hudson! HUDSON! Yo, I got something if you help me!”
“What is it?” I turn around and see the eyes of the Hudson River water spirit looking at me. I take out the two sand dollars in my pocket and show them to his eyes. They go wide and they blink out for a second before his entire body appears before me, “What do you need me to do? I’ll do anything you need!”
“Nothing much, you know how your river flooded the street?”
“Yeah? I don’t have enough strength in me to pull back the entire flood if that’s what you want.”
    “No no no. That isn’t what I was suggesting at all. I just want you to keep everyone who got swept up floating in the water until they get help. Deal?” I wave the sand dollars in hopes of sealing the deal. He brightens up and takes the dollars instantly.
    He starts circling his hand as he puts the dollars into his version of the Aether, “They should all be floating now, I won’t let any of them sink as long as I am still alive.”
    “Thanks Hudson! I really appreciate it! I’ll come every once in a while to help clean up around here when I can!” I wave as I start swimming up to the surface.
    Before I get to far away I do hear him yell one last thing my way, “Thanks kid! Come by anytime!”





Rainbow Dash

    Ha! Perce was right! I can easily get all of these people before they sink! I’ve already helped 50 people in the last 10 minutes! Although as I go on longer I am getting slower every minute or so. I’m not used to using my speed for long periods of time. I only lose 1 or 2 mph or so every time. It’s not much but it will stack up eventually. When I started I was working with 550 mph. I’ve dropped to 535 from that time. Eventually I’m going to have to slow down enough to stay above the water while keeping my energy up.
    This would be easier with Percy but he dived down 5 minutes ago and still hasn’t come back up. I would be worried if he wasn’t the son of Popeyedon but I know he is working on a way to make saving these people easier and faster. I work in a zigzag sort of way going from person to person to street. Thankfully there is enough moon and streetlight for me to see all the people bobbing in the water. I hear some kids over to my right and before I can do anything I see the water gushing them towards the street on it’s own power. I smirk as I see a figure almost riding the water as they control the water to push citizens to the street.
    “Awesome!” I yell to Percy before I start working in the opposite direction. I check my current speed and I noticed that it’s dropped to 527. Damnit. I need to work faster otherwise I’ll have to drop down to 200 before I save even 100 people. I start moving in tighter lines so I can collect people faster than I was before. 
Before long not only are my feet moving at superspeed. But my hands are too. As I pass people my hands scoop them up faster than a normal human can blink. My mind is beginning to think of it like I’m stealing the people from the water. I don’t know why but as soon I started thinking like that my body started to act craftier and faster. Almost like it was built for working like this.
Within 30 minutes I’ve stolen about 180 people from the waves. Even though my hands are beginning to move faster my legs are still slowing down. Since starting it’s dropped to 450. As I go on longer they start slowing even more. 10 minutes ago they increased to losing 5 mph a minute. I’m guessing that eventually that they will start slowing even more than that.
I push the thought aside as I get back into the game. It doesn’t matter if I go slower, I can still save people no matter what. Not only are my legs slowing me down but my clothes have become soaked, adding another 20 to 30 pounds onto me. I considered taking them off but decided against that since it would be too awkward. 
Where are those damn rescue people? Have I just not reached them yet? Damnit! I think as I steal 2 more people who are bobbing. I probably could have gotten all of the people out by now if there weren’t so many people who were stuck in their cars and vehicles. Plus I have to avoid all the debris that is also floating in the water. It’s weird because a lot of stuff should have sunk by now. Oh! Like that hotdog cart right there! Hm, I wonder if any of them are still good? I could use a hotdog...Ugh! Focus Rainbow! She slapped her own face to get herself back in the game. But it was weird about what was going on. It was almost like the river itself was rejecting everything and keeping it floating it up. It was handy with keeping all the citizens floating but it was a pain in the ass since she also had to be wary of the debris.
She then heard another scream and went to save the person who was yelling.

3 hours later…

It only took 3 hours but we were able to get all of the people out of the water. As I expected I had to go down to 200 mph in order to stay up and still be able to save others. All in all I think we did a good job. There weren’t any deaths and there were not many injuries to people who were in the water.
“Good job Perce, although I am pretty sure that I saved way more people than you did,” I bragged to Percy.
He smiled and looked at me, “Oh yeah how many people did you save?”
“I saved 400 all by myself,” I smirked at him.
“I saved 400 people too…” His smile fell as we both came to the realization that we had tied.
“OH COME ON! How did you save so many people! I saved so many people!” I basically yelled.
“Well I just surfed and sent people to shore as I saw them. I was moving slowly but could send a lot of people at once.” He said.
“Well I was moving super fast but I could only save about 2 people at a time,” We both looked at each other and looked in the other’s eyes. In that moment I knew a rivalry had sparked between us. I decided to put it aside for the moment since it was too late and I was exhausted. “Let’s just get back to the museum, deal?”
“Deal,” And with that I picked him up again and we raced off back to the museum with the moon shining above us the whole way there. Who knew I would find a rival today.
> 8-The Rarity of a good sunrise
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------



The Rarity of a decent sunrise



Sunset awoke to see the sun shining straight into her face. She sat up and checked to see how her friends were doing. She looked to Annabeth and Percy to see they were cuddled up together which she found adorable. She then heard some sounds and looked the opposite way to see Rainbow and Pinkie both snoring like there wasn’t a tomorrow. 
One day those two are going to have to learn some manners. Sunset thought as she looked over to where Twilight and Fluttershy were sleeping. Twilight had her head leaning on her propped arm while gently breathing. And when Sunset looked at Fluttershy she giggled because Shy looked like she had been drooling in her sleep since she had a liquid running down from her mouth. She went out into the lobby and looked for where Applejack was. She found her leaning over a chair just thinking.
“Morning AJ,” Sunset said as she walked up behind Applejack. Most people would startle at this but Applejack was so used to living with Applebloom that nothing could startle her anymore.
“Mornin’ Sunset, what are ya doin’ up so early?” Applejack turned around to face Sunset.
“I always wake up early. I have never been able to sleep during the day at all. Never known why,” Sunset ponders the situation they’re in with Applejack for a while before AJ speaks.
“So you really believe what they’re saying? That we’re some kinda God childs?” She sounded very critical and suspicious.
“I’m not sure...I do believe that they aren’t evil and they care about us. But I’m not to sure on the Demigod thing,” Sunset sighed as she put her head in her hands, “Why can’t our lives just be simple teenager lives? It’s almost as if we are in a tv show or book.”
“Ah’ll tell you this. If ma mom had seen ma father die and didn’t help him. And instead fake her own death in order to abandon me and ma siblings? Ah would punch her as hard as Ah could with ma strength.” Applejack said with an angry expression. Sunset quickly put her hand on her friend’s shoulder in order to calm her down.
“Hey Jack, it’s ok. If I were ever to meet my father I would do the exact same thing you would. For now I say we go along with them. Worst thing that can happen is that they are just crazy and we get them arrested. Deal?” Sunset takes her hand off of Aj’s shoulder to reach out for a handshake.
Applejack takes the hand and shakes it, “Deal.”
Sunset lets go and kicks the chair she was leaning on, “Wanna go wake up the others?”
“Raght, Ah call wakin up Dash and Fluttersha,” And with that they went back to the room the others were sleeping in. Of course Annabeth was easy to wake up since she slept the longest.
“Annabeth, wake up. It’s bright enough to get moving,” Sunset gently shook Annabeth to make sure she woke up. She did and sat up a bit groggily.
“Oh hey Sunset. Did I faint again?” She looked around and noticed the sun was up, “And did you guys let me sleep?”
“Yes to both of those. It’s about 7 in the morning.” Sunset helped Annabeth stand up while Aj went over to wake up Rainbow.
“Rainbow Dash wake up. It’s time ta move,” She said in a stern voice. When Rainbow didn’t stir she brought back her leg and swung it into her side without saying another word. When Dash did stir and started to get up this time Jack moved over to wake up Fluttershy.
“Oof! What the hell Aj?” Rainbow sounded a bit peeved but not too mad. Applejack didn’t pay her any mind as she shook Fluttershy even harder.
“Ah would have thought that Sha would wake up easily. But she is not a mornin’ girl. Fluttersha!” Applejack basically yelled into Fluttershy’s ear which woke her up extremely well.
“Yaaaah!” She squealed as she almost flew up 5 feet in the air and then landed back down, “Applejack! Why would you do something like that!”
Sunset started to walk towards where Pinkie was still snoring. She ignored Percy since he was also woken up by Applejack’s yell. Annabeth decided to join her as they both walked up and got ready to wake her up. The thing was just as Sunset was about to shake her Pinkie’s silhouette disappeared and deflated from the spot of the blanket.
Annabeth stood up immediately and backed up a step or two, “Where did she-”
“Hey Annie! How did you sleep? Because I slept really well. Although it was kind of hard sleeping without a bed you know?” Pinkie suddenly appeared behind Annabeth. Sunset waited for the moment that she would faint but surprisingly the most that happened was a startle and an eye twitch. Sunset saw that as progress. 
Although Beth of course scolded her in hopes of it not happening again, “Pinkie! Stop doing that! I am going to have a heart attack soon enough!” Sunset knew that it was a lost cause but she didn’t want to shatter her spirits.
After they all got set up to go they were about to leave when Rainbow said to everyone, “Hey are we forgetting something?” Everyone check their belongings to make sure they had everything.
“Nope, I don’t think so. Do you guys think we are?” Percy looked back at us.
I checked with the rest of the girls before speaking, “No, we aren’t missing anything.”
“Well if we did it probably wasn’t important anyways.”
“Yeah, your right.” Sunset replied, “Now. Off we go to Camp Quarter-Pint!”
Annabeth sighed, “Camp Half-Blood.”



    A few miles away…

    Why hasn’t she come to pick me up yet?! Rarity was currently standing on the curb in front of the hotel the class was staying in. She was supposed to come at 9!
    She checked her phone again and it said that it was 9:45 am, “Ugh, I guess I’ll have to follow the old saying. ‘If you want something done you’ll have to do it yourself’!”
    She opened her phone to an app Twilight had shown them a few weeks ago. She thought back to that moment since she thought that it would make for some good exposition.
    Flashback

‘Overall I think that we should all have this app so that we can find each other in case of any emergency,’ Twilight said to her friends.
    ‘So...can you run by what this app does again?’ Rainbow dash said to her. With a confused look on her face.
    Twilight sighed for what seemed to be the 15th time during this explanation, ‘OK. This app connects all of our phone’s trackers so that we can see where our locations are at all times. That way if one of us gets kidnapped or we forget about one of our own then we can follow to see where they are.’
    ‘Twalaght. I hate to break it to ya but what are the chances that 6 of us forgets the 7th ever existed? It seems very unlikely,’ Applejack scoffed as if the chance of it happening were too small to ever happen.

    Flashback end

    “Ha! We all thought we wouldn’t forget each other. But guess what? You did! You forgot me!” She checked the app and saw that they were all moving fast as if on a bus.
    “Well I might as well wait until they stop so I can take a cab to where they really are,” She then thought about something.
    “Oooooh! That should give me just enough time to pack all my clothes! Hmmm I hope that 5 bags isn’t too much for the taxi driver...oh well!” And with that Rarity skipped back into the hotel to get her luggage. When she got to the shared room of the seven she thought, Might as well pack for all the others as well. Since they didn’t get the chance to pack for themselves.
    “Oh bellboy! Can I have your help for a moment!” She called to the nearest worker. When he looked at her it was almost as if he was under her spell.
    “Of course Ma’am. I’ll just have to know your tab so I can charge the service to it!” He came over to where she was standing.
    “Are you sure you can’t just do it for free? Not even for me?” She batted her eyes his way and the spell seemed to intensify and enlarge. And that definitely wasn’t the only thing enlarging in that second.
    “Yes Ma’am. What do you need help with?” He looked glad to help her with anything she desired.
    “That’s a good boy,” She responded with a tickle under his chin, “You can help me pack some clothes and belongings for me and my friends.”
    “Of course Ma’am where would you like me to take everything when I’m done?” He asked as he and her started walking to the elevator.
    “Oh you don’t have to do that. I can handle it from there. And please. Call me Rarity.”
    “I insist Miss Rarity. I would happily help you with anything you need.”
    “Now aren’t you a generous boy?” she pressed the button on the elevator and it closed with them in it. Taking her and the poor bellboy to where he would do her bidding without even really being in control of himself...