Spells and Louds
Chapter 51: Mending Friendship
(Spellman Estate)
We are now witnessing Sunset Shimmer live streaming and going on a toe-to-toe gameplay with her dad Neil. Uncle's Leon and Sergei and her little brother Lincoln.
And when I mean toe-to-toe. What I mean is run for your lives. Currently they are all engaged in the game Dead by Daylight and Sunset is the Hillbilly (Killer), the others are the victims.
"Why don't you guys tell me where you all are?" said Sunset as she prowls through the map.
"How about we don't? And we just keep ….. Um" Neil stays hidden as Sunset passes by him.
"Why are you all silent back there dad?" said Lincoln who's helping Leon fix a generator. "Are you dead?" asked Leon.
Neil's character emerges from hiding and makes a run for it. "Woohoo!" said Neil. "What's happening?" asked Sergei whose done fixing a generator.
"I just hid and Sunset just walked by me" said Neil. "Wait what? Where were you?" said Sunset as she looks around by the stairs. "Dad!" she yells.
"What?" said Neil. "You need to calm down there sweetie". "Maybe some therapy could do" said Leon.
Sunset then closes in on someone or better yet two people. "I'm pretty sure I know where you all are" said Sunset. "I'm actually trying to predict your movements."
Some of them chuckle at her words. "How can you predict where we are? We don't even know where some of us are" said Leon.
Neil then runs into Sergei and heals him. "Why can't we be friends, why can't we be friends" Neil sang a little. "Keep singing that dad. It's real helpful" said Lincoln who hides in a closet.
Then Sunset finds Neil and Sergei. "Oh God!" yelled Neil as he sprints in the other direction. "Thanks a lot for bailing you moron!" said Sergei as he runs away from Sunset.
"Screw you I wanted friends!" yelled Neil as he continues running. Sunset readies her chainsaw charge. "No friends here guys!" and she charges on Sergei. "God Damn it!"
"Finally found one of you guys!" said Sunset as she carries Sergei and lands him onto a hook. "I'm in need of assistance. Please!" said Sergei.
"Okay I got another one done" said Leon as he runs away from the fixed generator. "Maybe I should've used the wraith" said Sunset as she searches for the others.
"Yeah. I think you made a horrible error picking this killer" said Neil. But as he turns to the corner he's met by Sunset (Hillbilly). "Oh sweet Jesus! That is terrifying!" said Neil as he runs for it.
Sunset chainsaw charges but misses. "Oh God!" yelled Neil as he runs to the other direction. "So close! Way too close!" said Neil.
He then makes another turn around the corner and gets hit by another chainsaw charge. "Are you kidding me?!" yelled Neil.
"Finally got you!" said Sunset as she picks up Neil. "I can't believe how easily you just cheesetified you dad like that" said Sergei who's still struggling on the hook.
"Wait, you can see me?" said Neil. "Yeah, you're like running in front of me, I can see the field from my hook point of view" replied Sergei.
Sunset then places Neil onto the hook. "Well this sucks" said Neil. "You know Lincoln's been silent throughout the whole thing" said Leon as he runs away.
"Shush! Shush! Shush! Keep quiet! I'm busy" said Lincoln as he fixes another generator. "Where is my little bro anyway?" asked Sunset. "Nowhere" said Lincoln.
"Nowhere huh?" said Sunset. But then she sees Leon trying to rescue Neil and it works. Until they both get chainsaw charged. "Oh come on!" said Neil. "I tried!" said Leon.
"Yes! Two for the price of one!" said Sunset as she picks up Neil and hooks him. Then she picks up Leon and places him on another hook. "If you take a horse and another horse and you know the shit that comes out of their ass? That's what this is!" said Leon.
"Sure it is" said Sunset. Then she spots Lincoln's character saving Sergei. "Hey bro!" said Sunset as she goes after him. "Oh no! Please no!" yelled Lincoln.
But he turns around and uses his flashlight. "Be blinded!" The Hillbilly staggers into another direction.
"Wait a minute! You have a flashlight!" said Sunset in shock. "Where was that when we needed it?!" said Neil. Then Sergei rescues him from the hook.
"Can someone save me please?!" said Leon. Lincoln arrives and unhooks him. "Thank me later dude" said Lincoln.
Pretty soon they all continue fixing generators until finally the door is available to open.
"Someone go and open the door now!" said Neil as he is being chased by Sunset. "No one's escaping my land!" yelled Sunset as she chainsaw charges but missed.
"Dang it!" said Sunset. "Yes! I get to live!" said Neil as he vaults over a window.
Then they hear the door opening. "Who did that?!" said Sunset. "Umm. No one!" said Lincoln.
"I knew I smelled treachery!" said Sunset as she chainsaw charges towards the door and strikes a running Leon.
"What the hell?! Where did you come from?!" yelled Leon. "Got one of you!" said Sunset as she picks him up.
But she gets blinded by Lincoln's flashlight and drops Leon. "Yes! Thank you!" said Leon as he runs for it.
"Get to the door! The door is open!" said Lincoln. "Now you're the one getting chases little bro!" said Sunset.
"Sunset this is a little excessive! Leave me alone!" said Lincoln in fear. He then blocks Sunset's path with a wooden pallet. "Oh my god! That was close!" said Lincoln. "Oh you stunned me there!" said Sunset.
"Lincoln! We're at the door!" said Neil. "Don't give away our location you idiot!" said Sergei.
Lincoln finally arrives at the door with Sunset behind him. "Run man run!" yelled Leon who is being healed by Neil and Sergei.
When they finish healing him, they all escape. "Yes!" said Neil. "Freedom!" said Leon. "Sweet Jesus Christ!" said Sergei. "Too close sis!" said Lincoln.
"Yeah you better run! I scarred you all for life!" yelled Sunset as her character just stands there and watches all four survivors escape.
"Yeah, we're real scared there sis" said Lincoln sarcastically. "Maybe next time you could use another killer" said Sergei.
"Maybe you can use the Demogorgon. Once the Stranger Things chapter is out" said Leon. "You know I've never watched a single episode of that show" said Neil. "Really?" said Sergei. "Same here" said Lincoln.
"I've never seen the show. Maybe I'll check it out next time. But I assure you that the next time we play this and I'm the killer, I'm picking either the Wraith or the Trapper" said Sunset.
Then Sunset looks at the screen. "Well, this has been fun. I would like to thank my little bro, my dad and my uncles for being part of this" said Sunset.
"It was a true pleasure to be part of this" said Sergei. "I actually had fun in this, sort of" said Leon.
"This was really intense" said Neil. "And pretty scary" said Lincoln.
"Well thanks for watching us play guys. This is Sunset Shimmer of Shimmer cove and I'll see you all in my next video. Peace out and see you all soon" said Sunset as she turns off her camera recording and turns off her headset.
Sunset gets to work on editing her video and then posting it. After that she decides to relax on her bed. Sunset looks at her phone and checks to see if anyone was available for chatting.
As she scrolls down her contacts list she notices the name of AppleJack there and Fluttershy.
She then remembers the anonymous incident and how it all ended for her. And how she became part of a family.
But she also remembered what Lincoln did on their weekend outing with the louds. "Maybe it's about time I gave my friends a chance for forgiveness" Sunset says to herself.
She then decided to put her plan in motion. But first she needed some help.
(The next day)
Sunset is waiting by the great gate. Along with Leni and Lincoln. "Where is Luna by the way?" asked Sunset.
"She said something about having a small jam session with Sam and the band after she patrols the city with Dana and Becky" said Leni.
"Timmy is trying out for soccer and Lynn Jr is coaching him. I already talked to Lynn about taking it easy on him" said Lincoln.
"Wow! Now that's what I call looking for talent. But what about Dad?" said Sunset. "He said something about going with Leon and Sergei back to the Philippines to deal with something paranormal. Kinda like a guy's night out thing" said Lincoln.
Susnet decides not to ask any further. "Okay then." Then a raven appears and transforms into the Guardian. "You needed my help kids?' asked Gyro.
"Yeah, well Sunset needs your help" said Leni. Gyro looks to her. "Well. What is it?" asked Gyro.
"I was thinking of giving … My friends a second chance ….. To earn my forgiveness" said Sunset nervously.
Gyro smiled and understood. He also knows what Neil told him about what Lincoln said that weekend. "Alright then. Let's do this thing" said Gyro. He faces the gate and blasts it with energy.
The gate starts glowing and a portal opens. "It is done" said Gyro. "I should also tell you I texted them to come here" said Sunset.
This made Gyro a little bit impressed. "One step ahead I see. Looks like you're taking a page off of Lincoln's man-with-the-plan book" said Gyro.
"Well, I can't really take the name. Just some advice" said Sunset. Then a FutureTech car arrives and Twilight (Sci-Twi) exits the vehicle.
"Call me if you need a pick up kid" said Martin. "Will do sir" said Twilight. Martin then drives off back to FutureTech.
Twilight walks towards the group. "So, you're plan into letting your friends earn your trust back is a go?" asked Twilight.
"Pretty much. I just want this whole Anon-a-miss thing to just be something in the past. Because if Lincoln can forgive his former siblings and parents. Then maybe I can forgive my friends too" said Sunset.
Lincoln felt proud of his sister and so does Leni. Then they see multiple figures come out of the portal. It was none other than: AppleJack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Rarity. All of them in new attire (before Forgotten Friendship) and looking pretty nervous. And they were escorted by peacekeeper soldiers.
"Hey guys" said Sunset. Then Pinkie pie immediately hugs her. "Oh Sunset! We're so sorry for what happened!" said pinkie.
To Sunset, that was one thing that hasn't changed. The rest of the rainbooms approach them. "Well, I see you guys found the FutureTech outpost in your world" said Sunset.
"Yes. Well it was in the text you sent to Fluttershy" said Rarity. "And it was kinda odd why they would just let us pass" said Applejack.
"I made a few calls to McKenzie to let his guys know of the plan" replied Sunset. Then she looks to the girl who was still hugging her. "Can you please let me go now Pinkie?"
Pinkie realizes it and lets her go. "Sorry about that" said Sunset. "So. What do we do now?" asked Rainbow.
"Well. I should get going, I'll be back here at noon to close it. But if your all not here yet, I'll wait" saqid Gyro. He then turns into a raven and flies off.
Lincoln checked his watch. "As much as I would like to stay. I should get going, Jordan and the others are waiting for me at her place. We have a school project to make" said Lincoln as he hops onto his Vulture bike.
"You have fun bro" said Sunset. With that Lincoln rides off. "I'm available to hang out" said Leni. "Cool!" said Sunset.
She then turns to her friends. "Oh guys. This is my sister Leni. She's also sixteen like I am" said Sunset. "And she also has an eye for fashion."
Hearing this got Rarity's attention. "Really darling?" Leni then walks to her car. "As much as I would like to talk but we gotta go to the mall. It is a part of the hang out plan" said Leni.
"We're going to a mall?!" said Rarity. Then Eve (Eevee) comes out of the house and hops onto Sunset's arms. "Oh yeah, I'm bringing my little friend along with me" said Susnet.
And this caught Fluttershy's eyes. "Oh my goodness! She's so adorable!" said Fluttershy as she scratches Eve's chin. Making the dog bark.
"What breed is she?" asked Fluttershy. "Pokémon class. Her name is Eevee, the Evolution Pokémon" said Sunset.
"You mean like your brother white furred dog?" said Applejack. "Kinda" replied Sunset. "Now come on guys. Let's have some fun." They all had some doubts about this, but they know Sunset wants to put all of this behind and regain what they all lost, their friendship.
They all board Leni's car and drive off into Royal Woods and straight to the mall.
(30 minutes later. Royal Woods Mall)
They finally arrived at their destination. "Here we are girls. Royal Woods Mall" said Sunset.
"This is going to be amazing!" said Rarity. "Calm down there Rarity" said Rainbow Dash. Then she got a little bit curious. Rainbow was gonna ask Susnet something.
"Yes they have a place where you can buy and check out sportswear" said Sunset. Hearing this Rainbow was about to run full speed but she was stopped by AppleJack.
"Hold it right there fast and furious! Let's try not to use our powers too much" said AppleJack. Twilight and Sunset were now confused. "Powers?!"
"We have a lot to tell you guys. But I think it can all wait when we all have lunch" said Fluttershy. "And believe me you two are going to be blown away!" said Pinkie Pie.
"Okay then. Let's get to shopping and then meet at the food court" said Sunset. "I'm gonna go see if Jackie and Mandee are around" said Leni as she walks inside.
The rest of the rainbooms decided to go in pairs. Sort of.
(1 Hour of shopping later)
Twilight and Sunset were now at the food court waiting for the others. "What is taking them so long?" said Sunset. "Well. This is another universe and a mall they have never been" said Twilight.
Then they see Leni, Jackie, Mandee and Whitney approach them.
"Hey you two. Where are your friends?" said Leni. "Yeah! I wanna meet the girl with the passion for fashion. Like Leni" said Jackie.
Then they see AppleJack and Rainbow Dash, followed by Fluttershy and pinkie pie.
"I have never even heard of those basketball guys before" said Rainbow in excitement carrying her three bags of shoes and sports gear.
"It was not easy getting her to leave" said AppleJack. "But I did grab me a new wrench and screw driver from a nearby hardware store."
They all take their seats. "Seeing the puppies at the pet store was so nice" said Fluttershy. "Though there was this little girl eating some dog biscuits and cat treats."
Sunset just chuckled hearing that. "You must've witnessed Lana eating there again" said Sunset. "She's really into animal stuff" said Twilight.
"Wow! She must really like that stuff" said Rainbow Dash. "So what did you do pinkie pie?" asked AppleJack.
Pinkie pie then showed them all of the new cooking tools and a cook book on desserts. "Best. Shopping. Day. Ever!" said Pinkie.
"Of course she would buy this kind of stuff" said Rainbow. Leni and her friends were shocked at these colourful girls.
Whitney then saw something unbelievable. "Oh. My. God!" They all turned to what she saw and they were also struck with shock.
Rarity. Along with two employees. Dragging a two wagons filled with Shopping bags. "Hello everyone" said Rarity.
She then sees they were all looking at her purchases. "Oh right! Silly me! We're gonna need a bigger ride" said Rarity.
Leni was completely speechless. "Did you drain Reiningers dry or something?!" said Jackie.
"I don't know where that is. I just got this stuff from another clothes department" said Rarity. "Maybe we can call a drop ship to carry that stuff" said Sunset.
The two employees place the wagons next to their table and leave. "Thank you darlings" said Rarity.
"Well. Now that that's done. Let's get to telling you about our powers" said AppleJack. The rainbooms then tell Twilight and Sunset about the incident at Camp Everfree and how they unlocked new abilities. Sunset even told them of her new power. She touches Applejacks arm and sees the memory of their battle in the camp.
"Wow! Now that must've been intense" said Sunset. "Wait a minute! You can see what's in our minds?! Do me! Do me!" said pinkie. She grabs Sunsets hand and makes her see whats in her mind.
Which is a lot of candy, colors, happiness, joy and cupcakes. Sunset removes her hand and looks at pinkie with some slight fear. "That explains so much" said Sunset.
"I should probably tell you guys. I have some powers too" said Twilight. "What?!" they all yelled.
"It happened at FutureTech. While Martin was busy with some mechanical invention I decided to help him out. When I went to get a fusion rod for him, it started to float towards Martin, then land on his head" said Twilight.
"You have levitation powers!" said Sunset. "Wait a minutes! Where's spike?" asked Fluttershy.
"Oh, he's back at FutureTech. Enjoying Martin's Dog belly scratcher machine. I hope this doesn't become a habit" said Twilight.
"Still, you have powers now!" said Sunset. "Yeah, I do. But I still need to know how to properly control them" replied Twilight.
"And that's what we're here for" said Susnet mentioning the rainbooms as well. They were shocked at what she just said. "Thank guys" said Twilight.
"Okay, so we want to know about you Rarity" said Jackie. "Do you have any fashion advice for us?" asked Mandee.
"Yeah. I could use some help as well, even though I know fashion too. I wanna know from another person" said Leni. "Well of course darlings" replied Rarity.
They all spend the whole day at the mall chatting amongst themselves and getting to know each other. Thought Fluttershy was kinda shocked about Eevee and her evolutions.
When it was time to leave. Sunset made the call for a Dropship. And Victor was the one piloting.
"What the hell am I looking at?" asked Victor as he looks at the piles of shopping bags. "Sorry those are mine and some of them are from the other rainbooms" said Rarity as she heads for Leni's car with the others. "Someone end me" said Victor in shock.
They all drive away from the mall. But first they had to drop off Jackie, Mandee and Whitney at their homes.
(Spellman Estate. Afternoon)
Leni's Ford Edsel finally makes a stop in front of the house. They all get off and see the drop ship was already there and Victor is passing all of their shopping stuff to soldiers on the other side, with Gyro's help of course.
"You think you could use your magic to speed this up?" asked Victor. "That would make me lazy" replied Gyro.
Sunset then turns to her friends. "This was kinda nice. It was good to hang out with you girls again" said Sunset.
The Rainbooms also had a few nervous laughs. Some of them started to have some tears. Sunset looked at them and understands that they all still feel guilty for driving her away.
Sunset then approached them. "Come and let me have it girls" said Susnet. They all look at Sunset, her arms wide open for a hug.
They all had some tears and joined in. Twilight felt touched by this and also joined in the group hug.
"I missed you girls!" said Sunset. "We missed you too Sunset!" they all replied.
Leni, Victor and Gyro smiled at the mended friendship that was happening. Pretty soon they broke the group hug. "We know we still have a long road ahead of us if we're gonna regain the trust and forgiveness from you" said Pinkie pie.
"Actually I do forgive you all. But trust tis another thing" said Sunset. "We know. And we're greatful to be your friends again" said Fluttershy.
"And we'll do our best to regain the trust we all had with you. And that's no lie" said Applejack. "No matter what happens. If you need our help, we'll be there" said Rainbow Dash.
"We have your back darling. Count on it" said Rarity. "Thanks guys" said Sunset. "I look forward to hanging out with you girls again too" said Twilight.
"Don't worry Twilight. With our help you can be able to control your floating powers" said Rainbow Dash. "It's Levitation and thanks" replied Twilight.
They all waved their last goodbyes and headed into the portal. The guardian the closes the great gate.
They all looked at Sunset who was smiling and shedding some tears. "You did great back there sis" said Leni. "Spot on girl" said Victor. "The road to friendship is slowly mending its cracks" said Gyro. But it will be a long one!"
"Thanks guys. I just feel so relieved that I can put all of this doubt, worry and anger behind" said Susnet.
They then hear another drop ship arrive. Coming out was Neil, Leon and Sergei. And all three of them look shaken up.
"That. Was. Crazy!" said Leon as he lays on the ground. "Let's not do that again. Ever!" said Sergei as he sits near the steps of the great gate.
Sunset and Leni look at their dad. "You okay dad?" asked Leni. Neil doesn't respond, but instead he brings out his video camera which was attached to a headset.
"I think its best if I show you guys later" said Neil. They all looked confused at what he just said.
(Meanwhile inside of the house)
Luna arrived home before Leni and the others. She noticed that her mom was tending to Lily and all of the Pokémon (except for Eevee) were taking a nap under the tree in the back yard.
Luna decides to check whats on her TV. She heads into her room and turns on the TV. And what starts on the channel will shake her.
Luna drops the remote and looks at the screen in horror.
"Breaking News: Famous Rock Star, Mick Swagger along with his band die in a car accident while on their way to Liverpool. Drunken truck driver carrying a trailer full of cars slams into their Tour bus. Both vehicles fall of the road and straight down a ravine. The Truck Driver as well as the tour bus driver and the roadie survive."
Luna's mind began to snap back to reality. And this was the reality. A lone tear drops from her eye and onto the floor.
(Somewhere in Karazhan)
The demonic crown in the glass case starts to open its eye and feels a strong emotional force. "Luna!" it whispers.
To be continued …
It was about time I fixed the friendship problem with Sunset Shimmer and her friends. But the whole incident with Luna is for another story. One that could change her life forever. Please leave a review and tell me what you all think.