Please note this is my very first fanfic so please don't judge if there's any grammar or spelling mistakes. Everyone make mistakes sometimes.

Dear Diary,

My name is Sunset Shimmer, your new owner. This is so exciting, I can't wait to share you my daily life stories, routines and other cool stuffs so you get to know me better. As owner, I promised I will take good care of you and keep writing my daily experiences. For now, let's just say I am so glad to have you here, and I can wait to write some more here as days went by

Sincerely,

Sunset Shimmer

Sunset closed the diary and decided to set off to dreamland. According to her, dreaming about positive things was the only thing she can do to relax.

Well, she was about to put that to the number one spot in her to-do list when suddenly, she heard a loud knock on her bedroom door.

"Shimmer? Sunset Shimmer, answer me!" The voice, slightly high-pitched, called for her.

"Coming!" Sunset answered as she rose from her chair walking to the door. She opened the door revealing a yellow mare with reddish-orange mane tied up in a bun. Her attire was an old-fashioned, blue dress.

"What took you so long?" The yellow mare inquired.

"I was just signing off my diary and-"

"Signing off your diary?!" The mare stopped her. "I told you to get ready for the gala tonight!"

"But I haven't written something in the diary and I thought I could-"

The mare stopped the filly with a hoof on her mouth.

"We can do that later, sweetie. For now, let me help you getting dress quickly."

Her mother lighted up her horn levitating a red, orange and yellow skirt from the closet and slided it into the filly's body. Then she tied up her mane into a bun.

"Come on, Shimmer! We don't want to keep the princess waiting!" Her mother yelled as she took her hoof and dragged her outside.

Then, she called for a chariot. It wasn't really a very fancy chariot, just a wooden chariot and that's all they can afford for a transportation.

They arrived at the Canterlot castle few hours ago. The coachpony opened the door for the two ladies to step out, first came Lady Fire Cracker then her daughter, Lady Sunset Shimmer. Although they weren't wealthy to be considered as a lady, but Fire Cracker wanted her name to be address as 'lady', since ponies believed that one of her husband's ancestors was the mighty Starswirl the Bearded, but some of them believed they were all rumors.

"May I present, Lady Fire Cracker and her daughter, Lady Sunset Shimmer of Canterlot." One of the royal guard proudly presented.

The gate was opened with yellow auras, revealing two ponies walking inside. One of them kept her head held high and the other hung hers.

The Princess of the Sun was standing at the other end of the hallway. There she stood regally with her colorful mane flowing and the majestic c6drown upon her head, her wings spread widely making her look tall.

Sunset had never seen the princess looked so majestic before her eyes. She had seen her on television several times but not in real life.

Sunset looked to her right, seeing her mother curtsy to the princess. She immediately followed her mother's act with a nervous chuckle.

"It is a pleasure to meet you in person, Lady Fire Cracker." Princess Celestia welcomed.

"It is a pleasure to meet you too, your majesty." The mare accepted her welcome.

"This must be the Lady Sunset Shimmer, your daughter. Oh how beautiful she is!"

"Thank you, your highness."

"I also sense she might be smart as well, I'm holding up an audition and for the winner to be accepted to my school of gifted unicorns."

Fire Cracker rubbed her chin, thinking about the idea. Their family consists of many powerful sorcerers and wizards. Then she thought about her daughter keeping that bloodline going.

"Hmm," Fire Cracker muttered, still rubbing her chin. "As much as I really wanted her to become like me, I think it's best for her to follow in her father's footsteps. So I accepted the offer."

Sunset's father was a very noble sorcerer. He helped thousands of ponies far and wide with his amazing duscoveries. The ponies appreciated him as much as Starswirl the Bearded. That was after he died of Leukemia, right before Sunset was born.

"Excellent!" Celestia exclaimed, signing Sunset's name in her list of other unicorns' names who are interested in joining as well.

"One of my messengers will tell you when will the event took place." Celestia explained.

Fire Cracker and Sunset Shimmer made their way to the ballroom. Their entrance wasn't quite formal, but that doesn't matter for Sunset Shimmer anyway, as she did not like getting the attention.

"Mother, I think we made a big mistake." Sunset whispered to her mother.

"Mistake? Shimmer, this is a good oppurtunity for you. With Celestia being your teacher, ponies will start praising you. With you being a powerful unicorn or some sort, we can raise money and be the wealthy ladies we are meant to be!" Her mother explained.

"But I'm no good at magic. I haven't aced levitation yet."

Sunset tried levitating a slice of cake, but it fell as she tried bringing it close to her.

"See?!" Sunset admitted.

"That is why you need to learn, dear! Perhaps we can borrow your father's spellbooks. We'll start off something simple then we can go to the advanced spells."

She trailed off as a group of unicorn mares came into the ballroom. Ponies started gasping seeing them walked by.

"Who are they?" Fire Cracker questioned in wonder.

A pegasus mare heard her question. "Are you over the moon or what? They are the highest level of unicorns! People say they can mastered age spells and almost close to mastered immortality spells!"

Fire Cracker scooted near to her daughter.

"You see, darling? This is what I wanted you to be. With this opportunity, you can become like them and be praised by ponies! Don't you think this is a wonderful idea, Shimmer?" She whispered in her ear.

"I guess so." Sunset replied.

"I have an idea. Why don't you hang out with them? Being friends with important ponies makes you look better, a great way to start things off!"

"But I don't think it's the perfect time to-"

"No 'buts', Shimmer!"

Her mother pushed her to the group of unicorns they mentioned earlier.

The unicorns were siting in a round table drinking punch. Sunset wanted to escape, but the unicorns already saw her. She rubbed the back of her neck and gulped.

"Hi, my name is Sunset Shimmer. I heard you mares are.. umm.. powerful unicorns?"

Awkward silence filled their conversation, until one of them spoken up.

"We are really advanced in magic. We worked really hard to get this title and we don't socialize with.. strangers." She said with no emotion in her tone.

"Alright, well," Sunset chuckled. "I decided to join this audition and-"

"We don't talk about personal stuffs, just magic and apparently that's it. So if there is nothing you want to talk about aside from magic, then I suggest you leave right now."

"It's nothing personal, it's just-"

"Doubt it."

The unicorns laughed and left the table, leaving Sunset alone.

She had felt like she did not exist, like she was invisible, like ponies kept on ignoring her everytime she speaks. Yes, she might be timid, but that doesn't mean she cannot share something interesting. Seeing how the unicorns treated her, she had also felt she was, well, an outcast.

She turned away and walked back towards her mother with her head hung low. Her mother notices this and walked to her daughter."

"What's wrong, dear? Did they not like you?"

"I don't want to talk about it. I just wanna go home."

"We're not going home unless you told me all about it."

"Mom, you don't understand!" Sunset yelled as she had tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Sweetie, what did they to you?! Why are you crying?!"

"Mom, can't you see?! I just wanna go home!" Sunset stormed off as she ran outside.

"Sunset, wait!"

Fire Cracker followed her daughter. Fortunately, she was much faster than her, able to block her way.

"Okay, we are going home now, but you need to tell me what's this all about onece we get home, okay?"

Sunset sniffed and nodded. Fire Cracker gave her a hug and Sunset returned it.

"What is the commotion all about?"

The two unicorns looked back as they saw Princess Celestia standing behind them. Fire Cracker stood up and embraced the princess.

"I'm sorry, your highness, but we must get home now."

"Is there any reason why you would leave the gala so early?" The princess asked.

"We have some... family business to attend, princess. We are so sorry to leave this wonderful occasion early."

"That is no problem, Lady Fire Cracker, I simply understand. Guards, escort the lady and her daughter to their chariot."

The guards saluted and gestured the ladies to follow them. They hopped inside their wooden chariot and were set to leave. After that few hours journey, they made into their home, sweet home in no time.

Woah, that was shorter than I expected. Welp, that's chapter one so.. hope you guys like it. Incase you are wondering, Sunset was nine in this chapter, so that's why she was not really advanced or something. Chapter two might be longer (I think?) so stay tuned for that!