When Sunset Shimmer first came to the human world, she became friends with Trixie Lulamoon, her first friend.
After Princess Celestia denies her destiny, Sunset Shimmer defies her former mentor and flees to the human world, intending to create an army to invade Equestria with, however, that changes when she becomes friends with Trixie Lulamoon, who takes an interest in Sunset.
Now with a friend by her side, will she invade her former home or does she open up to friendship?
Sunset Shimmer didn’t expect much when she came through the portal. Of course, she knew that the mirror her former mentor showed her led to a different world, but didn’t know exactly where it led. Naturally curious, Sunset gained an obsession with this mirror that showed her the destiny before her.
When she saw the mirror for the first time, her mentor was looking at it with a far-away look on her face, lost in her thoughts.
Sunset stood before the mirror and looked into it and Princess Celestia asked her student what she had seen and Sunset was honest. The former student of Princess Celestia was a powerful unicorn but saw something unique, she had a pair of wings on her back.
In the land of Equestria were three pony tribes. There were the earth ponies that were very strong and knew how to control the earth, making farming easy for them. There were the unicorns who used magic frequently compared to the earth ponies who couldn’t manipulate it the same way as unicorns like Sunset. The third and final notable tribe was the Pegasi who lived on the clouds and could manipulate the weather making the earth pony crops grow.
However, there was a “fourth” tribe of sorts but they were very rare, so rare that the fourth tribe became the rulers and this was because they had the abilities of all the tribes together. This did so they became the rulers of all pony tribes. They were called the Alicorns. They had the strength of earth ponies, horns from the unicorns and wings from the pegasi.
However, when Sunset explained what she saw to her mentor, Princess Celestia, who was an Alicorn and the ruler of Equestria, seemed... disappointed with the revelation.
Sunset became obsessed with the mirror and asked constantly about it to her mentor who refused to answer any questions other than Starswirl the Bearded who was one of the most powerful unicorns from a distant past, had created it.
This frustrated Sunset, the only answer she wanted was if there was a possibility for her to become an Alicorn or if it showed her future but her mentor refused to answer for whatever reason.
One day, Princess Celestia ordered Sunset to go out and make some friends and not enter the library until she made some friends. Sunset followed the order to the best of her abilities but found it to be difficult and decided instead to read some books about the mirror which didn’t please her mentor.
Princess Celestia, her former mentor told Sunset to pack her bag and that she was banished from the castle.
Sunset Shimmer who grew up in an orphanage that didn’t have anywhere to go was devastated. She did pack her bags but she did something that her mentor didn’t expect her to do; she ran towards the mirror with multiple royal guards on her tail which she knocked out with her magic and fled through the mirror, successfully entering a different world.
Now, in the present moment, Sunset looked down at her body. Her forehooves were very different. On the tip of her “forehoof” were small pointy things. She noticed that she was wearing clothes which made her feel a bit confused. She was no stranger to clothes but in Equestria, unless there was a special event or a noble, most if not all ponies never wore clothes.
She was wearing an orange teeshirt with her cutie mark on it. With the teeshirt, she had a black leather jacket. On her lower body, she had an orange skirt with a yellow stripe and black boots with purple glitter.
Her body was something that confused her. She was shaped like a strange form of... monkey was the best way she could describe it. In this world, monkey-like bodies were the dominant species.
Currently, she was in a school called Canterlot High School. She momentarily had a heart attack when she saw Principal Celestia. The woman had warmly greeted her and asked what Sunset was doing there. The former student of Princess Celestia had said she wanted to join the school to which the Principal signed her up. After some problems regarding her ID, Sunset became a student at the high school the mirror led her to.
Earlier that morning, she had mathematics and history which was very interesting but she was frightened when she heard about humans—the monkey creature she turned into—who had started numerous wars for a multitude of reasons. Of course, Equestria wasn’t free from such charges, Equestria had started their fair share of wars.
The last war in Equestria was about... fifteen years ago. If history served her correctly, It was the Griffins and Ponies who fought over a piece of land that they couldn’t agree on. However, the humans fought over different things, sure, pieces of landmasses were something they also fought over, but they also fought over something called “oil”.
Sunset looked at the fruit bowl she had received for lunch which was the only thing they had for vegetarians today and took a bite.
Mathematics was essentially the same, it wasn’t too difficult for her but there were a few words she didn’t recognise she had to search up to understand. Otherwise, her two first classes weren’t boring, if anything she felt like a little filly all over again who was interested in everything the world had to offer.
The fire-haired girl looked around the cafeteria and noticed everyone interacting with each other. It was... fun to see. Despite the noticeable difference in species, it was mostly the same. They interacted like the ponies back in Equestria and took care of each other.
However, just like in Equestria; she was all alone, with no one to speak to and no one who wanted to be with her.
That was until she heard a fake cough behind her. Turning to the sound, she found a light-blue-skinned teenager with silver-white hair. She smiled at Sunset. “Hello new student, I am the great and powerful Trixie!” She introduced herself in third person. “And I couldn’t help but notice you were all alone, can I sit with you?”
Surprised, Sunset didn’t know how to respond. She never did have any friends back in Equestria so she wasn’t sure how to reply to this girl. However, the silence from Sunset’s end caused the other teen to frown in disappointment.
“But if you want to be alone, Trixie can sit somewhere else,” Trixie spoke and was about to turn away.
“Wait!” Sunset blurted out. The other teenager stopped and turned to Sunset. “You can... sit with me if it isn’t too much?”
Trixie smiled widely and sat across from Sunset. The company made the fire-haired girl feel less lonely which was a strange feeling. She was so used to being alone that she was unsure of how to act around Trixie... was her name right?
“So, Trixie heard that you are the new student is that true?” Trixie asked, taking a bite from her sandwich.
“Yes, I moved from a place far away,” Sunset replied while taking a sip of her water. Trixie looked intrigued by this piece of knowledge.
“Oh! I hope you enjoy it here at Canterlot High. First time here or have you been here before?” Trixie asked curiously while looking at a student who had shouted something that caused some of the girls to jump.
“I’ve never been here before, completely new to this school and city,” Sunset replied while looking towards a grey-skinned boy who wore a black suit and sunglasses who was laughing at the girls who jumped while the girls looked at the boy with glares that could kill.
“Oh! Then the great and powerful Trixie shall show you around!” Trixie spoke with a fist raised in the air until she looked at the girl across from her with a sheepish expression. “If you want to of course,”
The fire-haired girl giggled. “Sure, I have nothing better to do, and it is a good idea to know where to go to hang out and stuff,”
Trixie grinned in satisfaction and the rest of the lunch continued with nothing else disturbing them. They chatted lightly about different topics. Sunset was fascinated with Trixie who claimed to have magic abilities and showed a few tricks. Sunset also made a lie that she came from a city called New York that she learned existed in this world. Trixie had squealed when she learned of that fact... lie.
The bell then rang, signalling that it was time for classes to start again.
“Well,” Trixie spoke while placing her food tray on top of the other trays. “It looks to Trixie that it’s time for classes again. When does your last class end?”
Sunset pulled out her class schedule for the entire week she received from Vice-Principal Luna who had frightened Sunset. If Vice-Principal Luna was Celestia’s sister, then it meant that Princess Celestia also had a sister.
“My last class ends at fifteen-thirty,” Sunset answered putting the schedule in the bag she brought along from Equestria. Trixie had a thoughtful expression.
“Trixie’s last class ends at sixteen, will you be doing anything today?” The light blue-skinned teenager asked.
Sunset shook her head. “No, I don’t have anything to do today what do you have planned?”
As they walked into the school hallways along with the other students, Sunset noticed she was getting curious looks from five girls. Sunset gave a small wave which they returned.
“Trixie was thinking she could show you around the city, or at least the most notable ones most of us go to,” Trixie replied while holding three books for her English class. Sunset smiled at the girl.
“Sounds like a great idea, I’ll wait for you... is there a library here?” Sunset asked with intrigue. Trixie nodded furiously.
“Yes, there’s a library, however, Trixie cannot show you now but you could ask one of the other students,” Trixie replied while motioning with her hand towards the other students.
The thought frightened Sunset slightly. She had difficulties with making friends back in Equestria, Trixie was... Sunset didn’t know what Trixie was to her, but the thought of asking anyone she didn’t just terrified her.
Oblivious to the fire-haired girl's struggle, Trixie went on towards her class. “See you later... what is your name?” The girl blushed in embarrassment when she realised she hadn’t asked for her new friend’s name.
“Sunset. Sunset Shimmer,” the fire-haired girl replied.
“See you later, Sunset!” The magician turned around and made her way to her class while Sunset did the same.
After Sunset had finished her final class, she had been worried about going to the library because she didn’t know where it was. That is, of course, not the reason she was afraid, what she was fearful of was asking someone for directions.
She wasn’t known for being sociable which may to an outsider look contradictory considering she spoke to Trixie in the cafeteria, but that was because Sunset didn’t want the other teen to feel saddened or disappointed that the new filly—girl, didn’t want to speak with her.
However, her antisocial behaviour proved to be difficult after twenty minutes of walking through the corridors, giving her only ten minutes to do her homework before Trixie showed her around the city.
Sunset became lucky, however, when she noticed a large sign by the end of the corridor that read; Library. There were two large double doors with small, narrow windows showing the inside of the library.
Quickening her phase, she made it to the doors and walked inside, she felt her heart do a loop when her eyes met two floors filled with books. In the middle was a circular table with... something she had never seen before. It was a large box with a cable leading towards an alphabet and something else to the side she couldn’t name.
Curious, she made her way up to it and studied it.
It sort of resembled a typewriter that journalists in Equestria used. Perhaps it was something similar?
Satisfied with her findings, she made her way over to an empty table and pulled out her notebook and books she had been given by teachers to study for the term. She had been given a pencil that was similar to a quill but this... pencil didn’t need ink, all she needed to do was sharpen it every once in a while and the eraser could ‘erase’ words she had misspelled or written the wrong thing.
That had pleasantly surprised the former student of Princess Celestia.
With that, Sunset began to fill her homework with all the knowledge she had and remembered what the teachers had said in her classes while looking at her notes for references.
Occasionally, she would look for words she didn’t understand or know while looking at the large double doors for her... for Trixie.
Luckily for Sunset, the blue-skinned teen didn’t come through the doors until she had managed to finish the last of her homework which was chemistry which took some time to finish due to some words being different due to their Equestrian counterparts.
Sunset placed her homework inside a folder when the double doors opened with a slam, causing the fire-haired girl to jump and see Trixie walk inside with a smug look on her face which quickly disappeared when the librarian, Miss Cheerilee shushed the girl and chastised her for slamming the doors.
The sheepish magician made her way to Sunset who tried her best not to laugh at the situation.
“Is there a reason for you slamming the doors to a library?” Sunset whispered with a raised brow while holding her hoof—hand to her mouth to stifle her giggling.
“Trixie is not used to being quiet unless it’s inside a classroom,” She whispered back while trying to contain her blush. Sunset raised a brow.
“Then just imagine this as a classroom,”
She watched the confusion on the magician's face until there was a slight look of understanding. The fire-haired girl grabbed her bag and got up from the chair. “So, what do you want to show me?” At this, the blue-skinned teenager forgot all about the last few seconds as she squealed loudly causing Miss Cheerilee to shush the teen and usher them out of the library.
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In the city of Canterlot, Sunset couldn’t help but be amazed by how big and tall the buildings were. They were also beautiful which showed due to the amount of people walking by and gazing at the tall structures. Many of them must either have been similar to Sunset; new to the city or tourists visiting.
In the city centre was a large mall with four floors filled with multiple different food places, clothing stores, electronics and even a car dealership. It was all interesting to Sunset.
They had something called electricity which seemed to function as some form of magic but humans didn’t have magic so they must have gotten that resource from some other place on this earth. The car dealership amazed Sunset mostly because of the fact it looked like a wagon but this wagon didn’t have humans pulling it, instead; it relied on a battery made for cars and oil—the same thing she read had started multiple wars which confused her.
If they had the resource why was there a need for fighting? She shook her head. Humans were a weird species.
The outside of the mall had hundreds of cars lined up in something called a “parking lot” specifically for vehicles for cars and something called a “motorcycle” that resembled a bicycle but had an engine and also relied on oil and a battery similar to a car but for motorcycles. There was a third place for something called a “truck” which is a very large vehicle that contained hundreds of different things for the shops in the mall or things the mall needed.
When Sunset and Trixie stood outside, the magician threw her hands in the air and had a small dance which ended with her standing on one leg on the tip of her toes.
“A voila!” Trixie said in her best posh accent that sounded similar to Canterlot nobility in Equestria. “Here is the mall where most if not all of Canterlot High School goes to after school and on the weekends.”
Trixie motioned with her hand to follow her. The magician led the former student of Princess Celestia to the entrance and the former unicorn was amazed by the screens that showcased multiple different products that companies wanted to sell to their customers as well as different food advertisements.
It was like the magic shows she had seen in Canterlot during the Summer Sun Celebration but the difference here was that there was no source of magic, just “electricity,” some kind of moving pictures and creativity on the humans' part.
Looking around, Sunset’s eyes landed on the multitude of teenagers she recognised from school. Many of them were chatting with people they knew or hung out with friends. There were also older people walking around essentially doing the same as the high schoolers but were more... refined? She couldn’t put the right words but she would leave it at that.
“So this is the mall,” Sunset stated with a surprised look. She turned to Trixie who had turned to face her when she heard the fire-haired girl speak. “I gotta say; it’s impressive.”
Trixie had a small smile. “Trixie is pleased. But she knows that it probably is nothing compared to the ones in New York, but I hope this can suffice for your needs,”
“Don’t worry, Trixie, it most certainly will,” Sunset reassured. As she had said those words, however, she felt a lump in her throat. It was... weird, it was as if her body couldn’t handle the lie she had created. She shook off the feeling to the side, she could deal with the emotions later that had started to infect her mind.
The girls walked to multiple clothing stores and tried a few dresses. Trixie had surprisingly good taste in colours and dresses. She had picked up a neon light blue dress that reached the calves and left the breathing room while giving her curves justice. Sunset had found a wine-red Bardot pleat dress that she had fallen for. In the end, Sunset didn’t buy it because she was still waiting for orders from the bank. All she had were bits from Equestria which was the currency there.
Despite this knowledge, Sunset promised herself that she would buy the dress at a different time. Now, however, she needed to save everything she had.
After looking at the clothes, they made their way to a food court and ordered burgers on Trixie’s dime because she was adamant about paying. Trixie had ordered a double bacon cheeseburger and a large soda to go with it.
Sunset had been unsure of what to order. In Equestria, they didn’t eat any form of meat apart from fish which was mostly excluded for the pegasi but other ponies could eat it as well. However, now she wasn’t in Equestria, she was in the mirror world where she was transformed into a human who was predominantly omnivores and did have meat in their diet. To be on the safe side, she decided to order the same thing Trixie did but felt nervous about eating the meat.
That changed when she took her first bite, it felt like heaven. Before she knew it she had finished her meal in a matter of seconds, leaving a wide-eyed Trixie who blinked before shrugging and finishing her lunch.
After that, they made their way towards a place called “cinema” or “theatre” depending on the dialect of the language she spoke in this world. There were multiple different “movies” as she learned they were called, that were on display either on what they were showing or old classics that they had once played.
“Do you want to watch a movie with Trixie?” The magician asked, glancing over to her friend. “I’ll pay!”
Sunset rolled her eyes and chuckled. “Sure, what do you feel in the mood for?”
The blue-skinned teenager beamed and practically dragged Sunset towards a display which showed a man and woman looking into each other's eyes with small smiles gracing their lips.
“A romance story?” Sunset questioned, surprised by her... Trixie’s taste in genre.
The magician though, nodded furiously. “Trixie’s favourite actor is in this one. Pipsqueak is such a good actor, the first movie I saw of him was when he welcomed the return of a queen who ruled the night. He played the role of a soldier who hated the day but adored the night. The queen returns and he joins her when a war starts between the ‘daylighters’ as their called in the movie Nightlighters. Ever since I have watched every movie and TV show he’s been in.”
Sunset smiled at the other teenagers’ enthusiasm. “Well, now I’m curious as to why he’s so good in your books. Shall we watch?”
The teenager jumped and Sunset swore she heard her entire back crack at the bone-crushing hug before she was released and essentially forced to pick snacks and drinks.
Sunset grinned to herself. ‘Why was Princess Celestia hesitant to allow me into this world? Probably because of some selfish reason.’
Without realising it, she was squeezing her drink a little too hard so small drops of soda ran down to her hand which was noticed by Trixie, particularly her strong hands.
“Are you okay?” Trixie asked with concern. Sunset looked down at her hand and felt the unnecessary strength in her hand.
“Yeah, sorry, a lot on my mind right now,” she smiled a convincing smile before making her way over to the counter, Trixie following with concerned eyes.
