Heaven's Touch – Chapter 1
An Equestria Girls FlashShimmer Fanfiction
A/N: This story is somewhat of an AU based on and inspired by a movie directed by Mark Waters called Just Like Heaven (2005) but is mostly very much like my view of Equestria Girls.
"Sunset, wake up!"
Sunset Shimmer jumped, bolting up from her desk.
"I-I'm awake!" She said quickly but she was still a little out of it.
"Class is over…"
"Oh."
"Don't tell me..." Her best friend, Applejack, who had woken her up exclaimed. "You stayed up all night studying again, didn't you?"
"No." Sunset said bluntly, which earned her a doubtful look. "Okay, maybe."
"Sunset." Applejack said firmly.
"Yes." Sunset sighed, sinking in her seat.
"You really need to stop doing that…" Applejack told her consolingly.
"That's not going to get me into my first choice of college." Sunset replied in a serious tone.
"Sunset, we don't graduate for two more years. You have plenty of time to prepare. Don't you think you're over thinkin' things just a little bit?" Applejack asked her.
Sunset gathered her books from her desk, wiping some drool from the side of her mouth and standing up to leave, with a confident smile, she said. "Can never start too early, right?"
She started heading out of the classroom but Applejack stopped her. "Sunset, wait!"
Sunset stopped short, turning around to look at Applejack. "What?"
"Ah know you hate when I do this but I…. um… set you up with another blind date." Applejack said uneasily.
"Applejack!" Sunset sighed exasperatedly. "I've told you already… I don't have time for dating… or a boyfriend for that matter."
"Ah know, Ah know…" Applejack replied. "But I still say that if you had a boyfriend, you'd probably be less agro about this college thing. Ah… Ah just want you to be happy, Sunset."
"I am happy."
Applejack gave her a genuine look of concern. "Sunset, you can't seriously believe that."
"I… I do." She told her but she sounded unsure about it.
"Ah'm telling you this because Ah'm your best friend and Ah care about you…" Applejack said compassionately, putting her hands on Sunset's shoulder. "By focusing on this college thing, you're missing out on living your life to the fullest. And life is short."
Sunset opened her mouth to say something but no words came and she just looked away. She knew Applejack was right.
"Just… Just something to think about." Applejack continued, giving her a kindhearted smile and a friendly punch in the shoulder.
Sunset sighed half-heartedly but still didn't say anything.
Applejack checked her phone. "Oh! I gotta go. I promised Pinkie Pie Ah'd cover her shift at Sugarcube Café while she was away on vacation with Twilight and her family." With a quick wave, she headed out of the classroom but poked her head back in to say one last thing. "Ah care about you, Sunset. Don't take this college thing so seriously because along the way, you'll be missing out on your own life."
Sunset lingered in the classroom for a bit after Applejack finally left. Thinking over it more, Applejack was completely right. She spent so much time studying to prepare for the college she so desperately wanted to get into but because of it, she spent most of her free time alone, cooped up in her room, always looking at books or researching on her laptop. She had a decent number of friends but they kind of drifted away and Applejack was really the only one who stuck around but for how long? It was only a matter of time till she would drift away as well.
Gripping her books tightly to her chest, she heading out of the classroom as well and out of the school to go home. She was very deep in thought as she walked, not really paying much attention to what was going on around her.
"Watch out! I can't stop!" A voice warned.
It was a boy who was about the same age as Sunset and he was riding a motor scooter. His brakes seemed to have stopped working and he couldn't control his scooter. It didn't help that he was panicking like crazy.
Apparently Sunset didn't hear his warning and once she saw him coming towards her, it was too late. Him and his scooter collided right into her, knocking her flat on her back with a deafening thud.
The collision allowed the boy to finally stop though. He jumped off his motor scooter and ran towards Sunset's side immediately.
"Oh, man!" He exclaimed. "Are you okay?!"
But Sunset was completely unconscious. He tried to shake her but that didn't do anything. He feared for the worst and went to check her pulse. It was there but she was definitely out cold.
"This is bad!" He screamed, feeling terrible that he was the reason she was hurt. "I-I need to call an ambulance!"