It was just a normal day at Union Academy... well, as normal as it can get anyway. The members of the Shady & Most Likely Dangerous Books Club, a branch of the Literature Club which currently consisted of Twilight, Sunset, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Crydius, Crona, Marshall Lee, Ed, Double-D, Ben, Enrico, Rolf, and Dipper Pines, were having a meeting.
"Hey, when is Twilight gonna get here?" Marshall asked while skimming through the Necronomicon Ex Mortis without a care in the world.
As if right on cue, Twilight showed up. "Um, Sunset, do you have a minute? We need to talk."
"T-Talk? You want to talk? We can talk. I like talking. Talking is cool." Sunset said, turning to Twilight with a nervous smile. "What do you want to talk about?"
"Y-You see, there's something... I should tell you. Something very personal, but also very important. T-To me." Twilight began nervously, grabbing the attention of everyone. "I've... been avoiding this because... Well, it's kind of embarrassing. But... I think you may already suspect."
Sunset's cheeks began to turn pink as she began to feel where Twilight was going with her words. Double-D covered his mouth silently along with Crona, both of them blushing at the sight.
Crydius grinned excitedly. "Hey, hey, are they finally gonna-?"
"Seriously?" Rainbow said, only for Rolf to smash her over the head with an ornate wooden meat tenderizer.
"SILENCE, SHE-WHO-IS-CLEARLY-ATTRACTED-TO-SHY-FLUTTER-GIRL!"
"WHA?! I do not!" Rainbow squawked, an atomic blush on her cheeks.
Back with Twilight, she was still speaking her confession to Sunset. "If we don't... settle this now, maybe we never will. And I don't want that. I know I'll regret that. More than anything."
Sunset gulped as Twilight finally began mustering the courage. "So, I want you to hear this. The truth is... I... I-I..."
"SPEAK GIRL! LET YOUR HEART BE HEARD!" Ben shouted.
"I'M ACTUALLY NOT GOOD AT CELLULAR BIOLOGY!" Twilight confessed in embarrassment, holding out her biology test paper. "I got a B Minus on the last test! And I need you to help me study!"
The shattering of glass was heard as Sunset stared frozen in absolute disbelief, the girl going gray at being cockblocked in such a manner. Double-D sighed and shook his head in disappointment while Ben slammed his head into his desk and Crydius facepalmed so hard, that it echoed across the room.
"OH, COME ON!" Rarity's little sister Sweetie Belle complained as she popped in out of nowhere.
"Honestly, Twilight! You could have just asked me!" Double-D said in annoyance.
"Hey guys, have you seen Sunset? She hasn't been seen for a while now. I'm worried." Flash said as he was sitting in the cafeteria with the gang.
Eddy was casually balancing a spoon on his nose, Ben was nervously drumming his fingers while writing all sorts of fanfic ideas on paper, Rina was texting her grandmother, Junior was playing jacks, Chris was stacking his duel cards, and Ed was wolfing down a huge helping of everything.
"She seems to be pretty upset that her relationship with Twilight isn't going anywhere..." Double-D said sadly.
"Jeez, can't Sunset just spit it out that she wants to bang her? Watching them dance around each other is painful." Eddy groaned.
"Word on that!" Ben said as he and Eddy bumped fists.
"Rolf! Your customs are crazy enough to work, what do you suggest?" Junior asked the Son of a Shepard.
"Ah, yes! In Rolf's homeland, we have a very special means of making someone ours."
Rolf then smiled as he took out a handcrafted spear. "Take giant wooden spear made from your old grandma's teeth."
He then proceeded to tie a neat red ribbon to the handle. "Tie fancy red ribbon to wood."
He then turned to see Twilight getting her food with Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow, Pinkie, and Rarity beside her and aimed the spear to throw at Twilight's rear.
"Now throw the spear to-!"
"STRETCH, YOU COULD GET ARRESTED FOR THAT!" Eddy cried as he tackled the Son of a Shepard down to prevent him from doing something that would not work out the way he hoped.
"Ah, yes, in the Go-Go lands of the free, throwing spears at others is frowned upon," Rolf said, getting the gist of why he was stopped.
"I'm honestly surprised you have not been arrested yet," Chris said, amazed at how Rolf's culture was so radically different from the rest of the world.
"Do you have any OTHER ideas?" Ben asked with his arms folded.
"Hmmm, Rolf has another idea, and it is much better appreciated among you fancy go-go freestyle players!"
"This better be a good one," Chris said, arms crossed.
As Rolf explained his plan, Double-D sighed sadly, Flash understanding his distress and nodding.
"Yeah, you have feelings for them too, huh?"
"Correct. You've told us that you and Sunset used to date before breaking up because she was in an… evil phase. Then you fell in love with Twilight's counterpart from a magical land of… ponies?"
Flash nodded. "Yup, that's the basic gist of it."
Chris nodded and took decided he should impart his wisdom in helping Flash with his predicament.
"All right, talk to Papa Chris. What's on your mind?"
Flash said nothing as he turned back to look at Twilight.
"Oh, right," Chris said, already getting the picture. "Well, don't worry Flash, Flash, hundred-yard-dash, because ol' C-Dawg here has got something planned that will guarantee you and Double-D get together with Sunset and Twilight.
Flash stared bewildered at Chris after hearing the nickname he was given. "Why did you make it sound like I ran track?"
"Eh, felt like making a Zootopia reference. Anyways, here's what I'm thinking..."
*Meanwhile, later that day...*
For his Plan B, Rolf had taken Sunset to the nearby pub run by Berry Punch along with Dominator.
"So, Rolfy-Boy here told me things are a little rocky between you and Egghead Number Two. And in a situation like that, there's only one thing that'll help: DRINKING!" Dominator said as she procured a table for herself, Sunset, and Rolf.
"Wait, aren't we technically too young to drink?" Sunset asked nervously.
"You want to get technical, or you want to get wasted?" Dominator retorted from her spot just as the waiter came with their drinks.
Sunset stared at her drink, in deep thought.
Then, without a moment's hesitation, she downed it all in one gulp.
*Later*
"And that... is why... I'm the only one in the group-*HIC*-who wears pants." Sunset said, starting to get a little tipsy.
"Ah yes, it is customary for the women in a marriage to wear pants if they are the ones running their family in Rolf's homeland," Rolf said, nodding his head as he grabbed some drinks of an exotic blend.
"Huh... That explains so much and yet so little." Dominator said awkwardly.
*Even More Later*
"And then she said... We said-*HIC*-'FIFTEEN'! *HIC* It was... so romantic..." Sunset said, now thoroughly drunk. A massive atomic blush was on her face as she swayed and danced in her seat.
"How does solving the fancy mathematic equations result in true love? I ask you!" Rolf asked with a shrug.
*Even MORE Later*
Sunset had her head buried in the table, sobbing. "Why won't she just (BEEP) me? Am I not (BEEP)able? I'd (BEEP) me if I were her-*HIC*"
"I'm starting to think this isn't exactly 'helping' as much as I thought it would..." Dominator thought with a frown.
"The naughty language is being covered by the fancy doo-hickey sounds that come from nowhere!" Rolf said in agreement.
Just then, Twilight Sparkle came into the pub, a look of worry on her fair face.
"Sunset! There you are! I've been looking all over for you! It feels like lately, you've been... avoiding me. Is something wrong?"
Sunset bolted from her seat and grabbed Twilight's shoulders, drunk tears running down her face.
"WHY WON'T YOU JUST (BEEP) ME?!" Sunset Shimmer screeched out, drunk as all hell with tears running down her cheek and some snot threatening to blow out of one of her nostrils.
Twilight was pale as a sheet at Sunset's drunken scream, unable to formulate a simple response. She was stuttering, words failing her and her mind was no better as if she was a computer experiencing the dreaded blue screen of death.
"Check, please!" Dominator said to Berry Punch, who smirked.
"Nah, keep it on the tab. I think she's earned it with how much she put away."
"And Rolf has only had starters!" Rolf declared, having downed multiple glasses, and not the least bit even remotely buzzed, to begin with.
The mission was successful, somewhat, and now it was time to get out of the AO.
"Hey, brother~!" Ben playfully said as he sat down beside Crydius, who was sitting by himself in the club room.
"Please don't call me that even if we are brothers."
"Nope!" Ben retorted, popping the 'P'. "We're family, so we call each other as such."
"Whatever..." Crydius grumbled as he checked his phone. Ben leaned over his shoulder and saw he was texting someone.
"Oh, who's that? Your GIRLFRIEND~?"
"As a matter of fact; Yes. Don't get butthurt that you don't have any girls of your own."
"Thou hast WOUNDED me, brother dearest!" Ben said dramatically before perking up when he felt a powerful aura coming from nearby. He got up to go and inspect it, but Crydius grabbed his sleeve to stop him.
"Don't bother. It's all under control."
"Are you sure?"
"Relax. Chara has never failed me when I needed them to get the job done."
"Like what, killing people?" Ben asked flatly as Crydius put away his phone and gave his brother an annoyed look.
"In another universe, maybe. But not this one. I sent him to confront Sunset on how she's running from her feelings and all that."
"And you're SURE they won't just cut Sunset up into teeny-tiny chunks?" Ben asked as Crydius chuckled.
"Chara may seem demented but they have a lot of depth to their character. You just have to trust me on this."
"Alright..." Ben was justifiably and reasonably unsure of letting a murderous midget run around the campus unattended but if his estranged brother said it would be fine, then he supposed he had no reason to worry.
Right?
Soon, during class, Sunset came in with a determined look on her face despite her reddened cheeks.
"T-T-Twilight!"
Twilight jumped in her seat and turned around. "Geez, Sunset, you scared me! And where have you-?"
Sunset then stopped Twilight, grabbing her shoulders firmly as she finally spoke what needed to be said.
"I LOVE YOU!"
Twilight blushed as Sunset stuttered. "I-U-Um..."
Ben made a 'Just Breath' motion to Sunset while Double-D nodded proudly. Fluttershy covered her mouth with a blush at what was going on and Pinkie Pie and Rina's smiles threatened to tear their heads off.
"I'm not sure... how it happened... Or why... but... I've... been in love with you... For a while now."
"She's really doin' it!" Eddy whispered with a smirk.
"Awwww, how romantic!" Ed cooed.
"I was afraid to tell you... because I was afraid it would ruin our friendship... but... As much as I like having you as a friend... I can't pretend I don't want us to be more... So… I... decided to tell you..."
"And Rolf did not even need to use the Spear of Romance!" Rolf whispered to Junior, who grinned with a nod.
"Every moment I'm with you makes me so happy. And... I want us to share as many of these moments as we can. I... Um... What I mean to ask is... um... Will you... be my girlfriend?"
Twilight blushed as she struggled to find the right words. "Sunset... I... Um... I'm... really happy you told me this... I didn't think... Um... Oh geez, I don't know what to say."
"How about 'CAN IT WAIT UNTIL AFTER CLASS?'" Rainbow darkly said to them.
"Shut up, this is a heartwarming moment." Chris scowled, aiming his FAN at Rainbow's head.
"HOW THE HELL DOES HE HAVE A GUN IN SCHOOL?!"
"Students, please," The teacher, Bartholomew Oobleck, spoke up. "As happy as I am for the union of Miss Shimmer and Miss Sparkle, there is still a lesson going on! And Mister Azkalero, please keep that firearm away. We do not need another Locker Room Incident."
"What the teacher said!" Rainbow exclaimed.
"Fine, but we will let those two lovebirds have their moment later. And nobody better interrupt, alright?" Chris said dangerously, making a slit-throat gesture as Rainbow gulped.
"G-got it…"
"Okay, Ben, you got this..." Ben said to himself, taking a few deep breaths to psyche himself up for what he had planned.
The girl he was looking for was right there. Simply enjoying the garden areas of Union Academy. Indeed, Penny Polendina was simply admiring the flowers and the birds that were kept there.
Steeling his nerves, Ben approached Penny, who perked up when she noticed him and turned around.
"Oh, hello, Ben! How are you today?"
"Penny, Sunset managed to confess her feelings to Twilight, so I figure I might as well do my own confession...e-ever since we met, I've...well..."
"Yes?" Penny asked, cutely tilting her head, though she had a feeling in her core what he was trying to say.
"I-I really...I really like you! Ever since I ran into you that day, it was love at first sight! I-I know this is sudden but...c-could we try...working together?"
Penny's eyes widened slightly before she smiled brightly, giving Ben the metaphorical equivalent of diabetes.
"Well, if you truly feel that way, then you will have to take me out on a date!" Penny exclaimed with a bright smile that gave Ben the metaphorical equivalent of diabetes.
Ben stuttered and could not give a coherent response. He was only snapped out of it when a certain bunny-eared girl popped out behind him.
"He'd love to, Penny!" Junior grinned.
"Junior! What the hell are you doing here?!" Ben exclaimed.
"Muffin Button, duh! So, are you gonna court the little lady or what?"
Ben spun around and turned to Penny. "Yeah, I'll do whatever you want, Penny!"
Penny smiled and handed Ben a slip of paper.
"Berry Punch's Pub, tonight, two days from now, 8:00 Sharp. And do dress nicely for the occasion, Benjamin."
Safe to say, Benjamin Shigura howled to the moon when he got back to his dorm in pure excitement at getting a date with Penny Polendina.
The next day, Chris saw Ben at the gym watching Mukuro lifting weights and noticed in his eyes how he wanted to talk to her.
"Hey Ben," Chris said, causing Ben to snap out of it and turn towards him. "I know what you're thinking, so let me give you some advice. Just go talk to her, dude. Introduce yourself and ask her if she wants to hang out later."
Ben turned to look at Mukuro again, before taking a deep breath as he walked toward her.
"Hi, Mukuro," Ben said, starting things off nicely with a simple hello. Mukuro put away the dumbbells she was lifting as she turned to Ben.
"Hello, Ben. It's nice to see you again. What brings you here?"
"Nice to see you too. Umm..." Ben cleared his throat before he continued. Don't screw this up, dawg. "I was wondering if you, and me, could hang out, together. Sometime. Soon."
Okay, pretty solid, pretty solid. Got a couple of things to work out, but we're making good progress.
"Ok. How does Berry Punch's Pub tomorrow night at 8:00 sound?" Mukuro asked. Ben happily shook his head yes in confirmation. "Alright, see you there."
As she walked away, Chris walked up to Ben, who had a doofy grin on his face. "Wow, that went better than expected. Nice job, Ben."
"Thanks. Honestly cannot wait until Eight comes around." After he said that though, his smile faltered as he started remembering something about the location and time. "Why am I getting the strangest sense of déjà vu right now?"
Ben's eyes widened in realization as he frowned heavily, remembering when and where he first heard that exact same setup, from Penny Polendina. You fucked up, dude...
"FUCK!"
… This is what I WOULD say if you didn't have someone like Chris to help you out.
"Hey, don't start panicking on me now."
"How can I NOT panic, I already have a date with Penny, and like an idiot, I forgot about it and asked Mukuro out!"
"Huh, so that's why you were so giddy last night. Anyways, Ben, trust me, there's a silver lining to this. At least you don't have to worry about the dates happening at separate locations." Chris said, trying to calm his friend down.
"Honestly that's probably somehow worse. What am I gonna do, I'm screwed!" Ben yelled, before getting smacked by Chris, who then proceeded to hold his head in his hands.
"Ben, focus. Panicking is going to get you nowhere, so just take a deep breath and calm. down. Now, there's only one way to fix this and that involves a little something called polyamory."
Ben stared at Chris in confusion after he said that. "Huh?"
Chris shook his head at Ben's confusion.
"I... bruh, how do you, a bisexual, leaning on actually being a pansexual, not know what polyamory means? It means having the desire to have relationships with more than one partner. Once you get to Berry Punch's just tell Penny and Mukuro that you want to date them both. Simple."
Once Chris released his hold on Ben, he started thinking over what Chris told him, his eyes slowly expanding as the realization starts to hit him like a truck.
"Oh my god, you're right. How did I not notice this? Thanks, Chris."
"Anytime my guy, anytime."
Flash smiled as he saw Sunset and Twilight walking home from school together, holding hands and looking at each other lovingly. The rocker boy then sighed, remembering the time he and Sunset were in a relationship, but that was when she was still 'evil' and 'power-hungry'.
"I'm just glad you could find your own happiness, Sunset. You and Twilight deserve each other."
Chris then walked up and gently shook Flash by the shoulder. "Dawg, why you acting so mopey? We made a plan, remember?"
Flash's eyes widened as he remembered the night before when he talked with Chris and Double-D. "Oh, right."
"Exactly. Good luck and Godspeed you two… Godspeed."
Chris saluted the two as they walked up to Twilight and Sunset. Once they got the girl's attention, they looked at each other, then nodded.
"Sunset..." Flash said as he put his hand on Twilight's shoulder.
"Twilight..." Double-D said as he did the same after taking a deep breath to calm his nerves.
"I'm going to be honest here, I... I still have feelings for you. For both of you. And Twilight, I know that my feelings for you are technically towards an alternate counterpart of you, at the end of the day, as long as you're you, I don't care where you're from," Flash said.
"I may not be the best when it comes to expressing myself, but I'll at least try. Twilight, you and Sunset have quite possibly the greatest minds I have ever seen, possibly far greater than my own. On top of that, you're not just intelligent, you're also very beautiful," Double-D added.
"Basically, what we're trying to ask here is: Can we be your boyfriends? Please?" Flash asked worriedly.
Sunset and Twilight looked at each other for about a couple of seconds before Sunset spoke up first. "Sure, could be interesting if I'm being honest."
Flash and Double-D looked at each other in disbelief, before turning back to the girls.
"You mean it?"
The girls smiled and nodded their heads yes. Flash couldn't help but smile and breathe a sigh of relief before pulling Sunset into a hug, causing her to chuckle as she hugged him back.
"Yeah, to be honest, I missed you too, Flash..."
Nearby, with Chris, he was smiling. "Knew you guys could do it."
With Rina, she was busy working on something in one of the many Chemistry Laboratories available in Union. She was experimenting with some of her powers and seeing what kinds of reactions certain materials can provide.
Right now, she was testing out some fur taken from some animals from the Zoology Labs. While she was only limited to mimicking humans and anthropomorphic beings, she was testing to what extent her limits go to.
And to go beyond them, if at all possible.
She concentrated on her power, seeing if she can work it out. Slowly but surely, her left arm started to shift, and it morphed into the desired shape. Gone was a human left arm and in its place was a wolf's left front leg. She flexed the paws and extended and retracted the claws present.
The reason why she was in the Chem Lab was that she theorized that certain chemicals could provide boosts to her shape-shifting. Right now, she was testing out some basic silver and applying it to her new wolf limb. She winced in pain as the changes underwent but soon her pain was replaced with wonder as her furry limb was encased in beautiful silver armor. Even the claws were shining in the light.
"Pretty nifty power, Miss Corzin," a stern woman's voice grabbed her attention and made her turn to face whoever had spoken to her.
Her breath stilled. There she was, one of the most beautiful women she had personally laid eyes upon.
Flawless pale skin coupled with a slim and sensual body, her hair a long mane spun from darkness, and her eyes glowing an ethereal green glow. She was clad in her teaching outfit which did absolutely nothing to hide how drop-dead gorgeous she was.
Professor Shego was notorious throughout the Azeasany campus for being stern and talking down to those that cross her. She was also one of the most fantasized teachers around the school for both males and females alike. Rina herself had done so on more than one occasion.
Shego smirked and sashayed towards the awestruck student, cupping her chin and bringing her close.
"Your powers need a bit of work, but it is formidable even in their infantile state," she whispered into Rina's ear. The girl was too stunned and awestruck to speak. Steam rose from her ears as her face became an atomic tomato in color.
Shego was also notorious for being a serial flirt, especially to students who caught her fancy. Rumors upon rumors upon rumors had spread about her bedding students but none had been proven as either true or false. And right now, Rina was her fancy. Shego was the predator lurking through the jungle, stalking her prey for the sheer thrill of it.
Releasing Rina from her clutches, Shego sashayed out of the room, knowing full well that Rina's eyes were locked on her bakery.
"If you wish, I can give you a more… in-depth analysis of your powers, Miss Corzin~…" She winked at the awestruck student before walking down the hall, drawing the eyes of many a student as she passed them by.
Rina exhaled and dropped to her knees.
"Dios Mio… What a woman!"
Meanwhile, in a dark decrypt throne room, the tall shadowy figure watched as Double-D, Flash, Twilight, and Sunset walked home together, holding hands. He then waved two clawed fingers and the scene changed to show Crydius texting his girlfriend on his phone.
"They return to hound me once more...No, I shall not have them ruin everything I've built over the last few centuries. I will have my desired victory...yes, everything will be mine, eventually...and those two brats and their 'friends' won't stop me!"
"What…"
"The…"
"Hell…"
Ben, Chris, and Junior respectively deadpanned when they saw the scene before them. Rina was looking excited while Eddy and Ed were staring in amazement and curiosity, while Rolf seemed vaguely interested, rubbing his chin in deep thought.
Sunset, Twilight, Flash, and Double-D were nervously standing before everyone as they revealed something from behind them.
It was a little girl, around a head or so shorter than Ruby, who was also here and just as bewildered as those who are present, with light pink skin and cybernetic lines going down from her azure blue eyes. She wore a typical student's outfit, tailored to her size, consisting of a dark jacket worn over a bright blue vest, and aqua-colored button-up shirt for the upper, and a plaid skirt consisting of her lower. Her hair starts off as a royal purplish-blue that slowly turns to fiery orange the further away from the base it gets, held back by a red headband. There is a tuft of fiery red hair with orange streaks on the left side of her face.
"Ladies and gentlemen…" Double-D began nervously. "Meet Gamma, our… daughter…"
Silence dominated the room. It was not until the clock finished it's minute everyone broke the silence.
"WHAT?!"
Hey, it's just me doing an Author's Note this time.
To put it simply, I had a falling out with Caw-zrs6 over some issues with one of our friends and planned co-writers. Hurtful words were said and I'll admit that I was mostly the one at fault here. So, for the time being, I'm just taking from the original two versions of Dreamworld Paradox and cobbling them together until we reach the first official arc, then we'll take a break until New Year when we're all more stable and able to work together.
Anyway. I'll see you all next time. Hope you have a good day and always respect your friends and treat them with love and care.