Tragic Sunset

Sunset had her arms wrapped tightly around Sunrise's waist as the wind blew her scarlet and golden locks wildly as they zipped down the deserted country road. She had the biggest grin ever etched upon her beautiful features and was hugging him a bit tighter then needed, not out of fear, but just to feel him closer to her.

He turned his head for a split second and his marine blue eyes sparkled like the ocean on a perfect summer day and those eyes were reflecting as much love as the aqua green eyes they were gazing into.

"Hang on tight, Sunset! We're going through some curves up ahead and we need to handle them just right." Sunrise told her though it came out muffled through his helmet.

She replied through her in her own muffled helmet where some of her long hair was sticking out of, "I trust you with my life, Sunrise and I have more than enough faith in your ability to build your own scooter to beyond perfection! You got the best grade ever in metal shop!"

"Nice to have a vote of confidence nevertheless we still need to be careful so lean in a little to the left and let's book it!" as they hit the curves and zoom zoomed!

They kept zooming down that lonesome country road passing through the most attractive sceneries till they turned off the road down a small dirt trail into the woods and kept going till at last reaching their destination.

It was a small secluded forest lake. It was a charming tranquil lonely forgotten place, yet still perfect if you wanted a romantic getaway without going too far from Canterlot.

The lake and meadow found in this forest clearing neither had an official name they were simply instead called by the locals Lake Parime and the Nysa's meadow. Both names came from different mythologies. The lake was named after the mystical lake of the same name supposedly near the site of El Dorado and Nysa's meadow was named after the beautiful valley full of nymphs from Greek Mythology.

Sunset took off her helmet and she just looked like a goddess the way the sunlight glistened on her silhouette and how her fiery hair blew so dramatically, she was so breathtaking and beautiful it was more than enough to turn any guy on and making him really want to get it on.

Sunrise had to exercise a lot of self-discipline and not to go crazy and give into his primal instincts and do something that might have been fun for the moment but could have seriously bad consequences later.

Plus even if he did give into the temptation of what his basic instincts were screaming for him to do with Sunset he'd have to answer to her daddy for deflowering his minor daughter, so even thinking about it was out of the question.

Even though honestly a majority of guys would undoubtedly act upon those impulsive desires and not care about a dad who might break both your legs in four different places and also could disembowel you with his bare hands for having sex with his teenage daughter!

As a result he wasn't that stupid he do it. So did he have the strong desire like a vast majority of adolescents who dated wanting to have sex? Yeah, that was true. Was he dumb enough to act on it? NO! He was smart enough to control it no matter how hard it was he managed it. Barely but he managed it.

Sunset at the moment was oblivious that her boyfriend was fighting with his basic instincts to have a more intimate moment with her as she had her back to him so she couldn't see him at the moment so she wasn't looking at the battle you could clearly see going on in his eyes.

She was just super happy to have this lovely Friday afternoon for them to have their first alone date before her finally competing in the last month of Equestria Games. She was beyond burned out and had had enough stress and just want to relax and have some fun and take a moment to truly enjoy her first real date.

Letting out a long sigh she breathed in the revitalizing air and the even more invigorating rays of the sun bathed her body with its life giving energy. With a huge smile and twinkle to her aqua eyes she sighed deeply once more and closed her eyes while letting her leather jacket fall to the ground.

Stretching for a moment and grinning even more widely she got a running start and started to execute a small number of handsprings then managed to use a log as a vault to fly into the air do a few spins and land flawlessly.

"I feel so alive and free! I have not felt this good in a long time! Like I'm finally free as a bird and there is no stress or strife. That the outside world does not exist and right now we are the only two people in this world. Just you and I.

No school, no parents, none of my friends here at the moment and no crazy magic to ruin this moment! Just you and I having a late picnic in the woods. Just you and I and no-one else! I'm so elated! I could totally fly! Oh my!" she giggled madly as she ponied up and floated for a few moments before she calm down and blushed.

"Sorry, Sunrise, we still don't really comprehend exactly how magic works in the Human World or why it likewise gives the impression to be continuously changing in how it manifest itself. We can still all pony up when we show our elements, on the other hand we have also been ponying up when we have strong moments of friendship. More recently it's becoming increasingly apparent that it seems moments of truest love set it off too.

I'm guessing it's because there are so many different types' unexplored kinds of magic yet to be fully explored in this world. It's all very fascinating when you really stop to think about it even if it does go over one's head quickly.

Um, Sunrise, you okay? You're looking a bit funny. Is something wrong?" Sunset asked concerningly as she saw that Sunrise had a strange look she couldn't quite put into words on his face. Other than looking like he was fighting with himself, though about what?

He shook his head to clear it and smiled kindly at her and spoke kindly in replying to her concerned inquire. "I'm fine, Sunset, really I am, um can I get some help getting our picnic unloaded so we can have this date?"

"Alright, my dad made sure to pack us a lot of great food for our picnic date. I still can't believe our luck that the canceled this afternoon's classes so we got to come here early. I mean we were planning to come here after school, but we got here much earlier since they let us out earlier. Wonder why?" she pondered aloud as she got the picnic basket they had tied down on the tangerine and red-violet scooter untied and began to set up their picnic.

"I think I know the answer and you can thanks Pinkie Pie for giving us the extra time."

"Pinkie Pie? What she do?"

"You recall the fire alarm went off about 1:15? And we were released from the school about twenty minutes later?" he asked to which she nodded as they worked together to set up their picnic.

"We were in home EC together and we're busy baking and such and she got distracted and in a domino effect one thing led to another and well the room ended up in both smoke, cake batter, and a hell of a lot of frosting by the end of it. Consequently that's why we got out early.

Don't have all the clues as to what distracted her, but knowing Pinkie it doesn't take much to make her loses her focus does it?"

Laughing madly she nodded in agreement, "Yeah, Pinkie can be quite scatterbrained, though I can only think right now three things that might be on her mind distracting her," Sunset said she started to count on her fingers.

"She's either still too wrapped up on the idea of planning a victory party for me for winning the Equestrian Games, which she's been planning before the Games started, she could be thinking about her next date with Cheese Sandwich or the last thing could be as simply she was daydreaming with too many ideas in her head she simply lost all sense of reality! Or there is one more possibility that she might have a family thing going on, but it's got to be one of those things."

"Well she does bring at least laughter with her wherever she goes as she is that element. Um what kind of picnic food is this? I've never seen food like this?" he questioned as he took out some strange boxes and lifted them to see food he'd never seen before.

He was intimated by the chopsticks and the rest of the serving dishes all clearly from Japanese culture. Sunset simply smiled and picked up the box and began to explain.

"Since we're on a picnic my dad thought it be nice to have a Hanami or a Cherry Blossom Viewing style picnic like they do every year in Japan. He's always wanted to go to Japan just to attend one in person and see those beautiful cherry blossom trees.

But the brief history of the Cherry Blossom Viewing Picnic is this," Is the first recorded mentioned of it Japanese history is in their ancient chronicles Kojiki records dated back to the year 712 A.D.

The story goes on about an emperor and empress were on different boats and a cherry blossom petal landed in his cup and soon became a symbol of prosperity for the imperial family and then soon after people would go to the mountains to worship the gods among the beauty of the cherry blossoms and hopefully predict good fortune to come in the near future and they bring these boxes known as sagejubako aka bentos.

So we have these bentos or picnic boxes and they are fill with the traditional food one would have at a picnic to view the blooming of the cherry blossom. All made fresh and perfectly by my dad," she began to point to each item to tell him what it was.

"This is kasutera kamaboko a type of rolled egg. Kamaboko is a type of fish paste loaf made from quite a long list of items, we also have very safe sushi. For dessert we have grilled rice balls and ohitashi or wild vegetables. So what do you think?" she asked eagerly as she handled the chopsticks like a pro and popped a piece of sushi into her mouth and smiled with pleasure.

"Hmm. My dad is the best cook ever! No-one not here in this world or Equestria could cook like him! He's so gifted with math, cooking and he can speak almost any language you throw at him given the chance!" Sunset declared proudly.

Sunrise struggled to use the chopsticks but could not do it and he chuckled nervously. He hadn't let Sunset know that learning to do those love haiku poems had been very hard because of the few things he didn't really excel at was learning other languages and had to admit he had used Google quite a bit to help him write the poems.

Still he wanted to make Sunset happy so he had learned a few things but he was nowhere near as good as she seemed to think he was at this. Still he tried a few more times to eat the food with the chopsticks.

He also decided to drink this strange green drink which Sunset said was called "Aojiru" and was made from kale greens, barely grass and green tea leaves and while it had a bitter taste was supposed to be very healthy and increase longevity.

It however didn't take Sunset long to realize that he was having trouble and she began to show him how to do it and admit she hadn't learned all this stuff overnight either but it was through learning a lot her parents' interests she learned about herself and they became a real family.

She even started to feed him pieces of the picnic directly into his mouth and then he managed to pop a few rice balls into her mouth. The passion was heating up between them as they finished the picnic and took a short walk around the small lake and skipped a few stones which she beat him at.

Then they watched the sunset together and holding hands the whole time and as the last of the sun disappeared beneath the horizon and the moon was rising into the midnight blue heavens and diamond stars came out to play she whispered to him the words.

"Watashi wa, anata o aishitemasu, Hinode Kagayaite!" (I love you, Sunrise Aglow!)

"Watashi wa, anata o aishitemasu, Nichibotsu Shima!" (I love you, Sunset Shimmer!)

Then they just started to kiss and they just kept kissing till they could no longer breathe and even then it was like they were so intoxicated on the love they felt for each other they rather die from this intoxication then come back up for air. However in the end they chose to break apart from their lip locking so they could live to see another day and do it again.

As they gathered up their things they noticed a strange flower blooming in the moonlight because these were moon flowers and they only bloomed in moonlight as soon as sunlight touched them they closed.

Being a total romantic he picked the biggest and prettiest of these white blossoms and put it into Sunset's hair and she melted into pile of gooey happiness and she plucked a pink one as some were white the others pink and put the pink one the collar of his shirt and they became enveloped in one more super romantic passionate kiss before they knew they better get home before both of them got their hides skinned.

Still it had been just the perfect date and it made Sunset feel very calm and relaxed and better about the next three weeks seeing if she could win the Equestrian Games. Sunrise got her home safe and sound and more importantly on time, and she reassured her parents they did not do anything more physical then kiss.

Still Sunset was beyond happy and if anyone could feel any happier she liked to see them top how she felt at that moment having been on a date with a boy she truly cared about who cared about her and this wasn't like how she was using Flash to become popular. She was truly falling hopelessly, helplessly and breathlessly in love and it looked like all the Mane Seven girls could say they really knew both the magic and power of Friendship and True Love! And it was very powerful indeed!

But how powerful was it? They would soon find out just how powerful all the different magics of the worlds would turn out to be.

It look as if the various different magics were continuing to manifest in numerous different ways the more the girls learned about the three primary magics that united them all together in their most powerful and most potent form. The Magic of Friendship, True Love and Family all combined were a greater power than anything ever conceived ever in either Equestria or Earth!

It appeared all of them were all intensely feeling all three of these powerful magics because they all with the exception of for Twilight yet again woke up to an extremely bizarre manifestation of their growing magic.

Sunset woke up first and she felt so euphoric as if she under no circumstances ever feel despair or negative emotions again. She was just bursting at the seams with positive emotions in addition to such ecstasy that she felt she'd never touch the ground ever again! That's how good she was feeling!

It took about 30 seconds for her to realize she wasn't touching the bed even! She really woke up and realized she was hovering in her ponied up form with a brilliant glittering magical aura surrounding her body not to mention she was at least a full four feet above her bed!

She actually said a few words that she knew she would not say normally for her mom may not use soap on her but would find a way to chastise her for using foal language the way she did!

It actually did bring her parents in and they were about to give her a verbal scolding; however as soon as they opened her door they're stunned into dumbness seeing their daughter floating in midair.

They had gotten use to quite lot of things to do with the magic that their daughter had brought to this world. Nevertheless in view of the fact that no-one could seemed to figure out how it really worked; or why it was constantly changing in how it manifest one could never really be truly prepared for what types of side-effects they'd be faced with!

This was certainly one they did not foresee happening that was for sure. They knew she had gotten wings of both fire and light on two different occasions but never had they seen her levitating like this!

As a result both her parents exclaimed their shock both in Chinese and Japanese respectfully and after about ten minutes of just staring at her floating she kind of looked at them and said.

"Um, not to sound rude or anything, but you gonna help me figure out how to touch the ground again?! I can't stay up in the air forever! And I can't figure out how to pony down! So are you help me get down or not?!" she exclaimed in a panic.

"Okay, relax, sweetheart! We'll figure this out! Just calm down and take a few deep breaths! That should help some," her dad said first as Sunset took a few deep breaths to calm down however it still didn't help her to come down.

Her mom seemed to be thinking hard then looked up at her daughter thoughtfully and asked a question, "Um, Sunset, sweetie? Do you happen to remember what you were dreaming about or feeling when you were dreaming?"

"I was dreaming about all the good things happening in my life. How everything is as near perfect as perfect can be and I felt really happy when I woke up. Like feeling so happy I could fly. But I don't get why I'm literally in the air because of it! Ahh!" as she went a little higher as she finished speaking.

"Well, we still don't understand how Equestrian Magic works in the human world, but I'm at least hypothesizing one theory that at least seems to have some facts backing it up."

"What's your hypothesis, Sunfire? I'd like to hear it fast!" as she was now hitching up her pajama pants as they were starting to slip off her from her shooting up in the air a moment ago.

Her dad decided it was safer at the moment to turn around in case one her pajama pants did slip off before they figured out how to get her down. And also he didn't trust how what his face would look like or what he might say when his wife offered up her theory. So it was better just to keep looking away till they could figure out how to get Sunset down.

Her mom just gazed amusingly with her royal blue eyes into her daughter's aqua green ones and explained in a matter-of-fact tone her theory. "I strongly believe, Sunset that when you or your friends experience strong emotions either tied to your Elements of Harmony or moments of truest friendship or otherwise intense passion brought on by love you pony up.

Therefore my conclusion is and I'm certain I'm right about this is each and every time you and your friends are experiencing intense positive emotions it triggers your magic. Like it's responding to your adrenal glands almost, a reflex or just a natural response to the heighten endorphin levels in your brain."

"You think part of the way magic works is on a biological function?" Sunset asked in a flabbergasted tone to her mother who simply smiled and nodded.

"I really believe part of how magic works here is on some biological level with your natural body chemistry. Just look at the facts and think about it for a moment sweetheart.

You have been transforming more and more frequently have you not? Especially at moments when you are having heighten periods of happiness brought on by positive emotions and experiences and just overall feelings of being euphoric? So it's not that far-fetched is it, sweetie?

I'm pretty sure all you need to do to touch the ground once more is simply to let the euphoria die down some and then let the dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin and norepinephrine levels drop back down to normal. So give it a few moments and you should be able to float back down."

Taking a few more deep breaths and a few moments later it did feel like the raging hormones and endorphin levels were going back to normal and she touched down and her mom caught her in her arms.

"Thanks for catching me."

"It's nothing sweetie. You might want to check with your friends though and at least see if my theory holds water. I'm sure it make Twilight more than euphoric herself to see if some of the reason magic happens is based on it reacting to your endorphins levels. Whenever you are excited or something."

Now let's get ready for breakfast because you sweetheart have to compete today in the final month event of Eventing and your father and I really do want to see you win these games!"

"Sure thing. Make me the most healthiest breakfast you can and I'll check with my friends to find out if any of them woke up four feet above their beds and then we can try and put your theory to the test! I never really thought if magic did have some biological ties but I guess it's really possible.

I mean when I was a unicorn it was part of my own biology and it it's a fact the more you feel the more energy is put into your magical spells. So I guess it's really is possible that on some level here the more energy we feel the more we trigger our own magic. Or at least that's one of the most plausible theories we have had!"

"Just make sure you don't get so excite you fly off your horse in the competition, Sunset. We don't need Solar Flare spooked or to see you get hurt."

"I understand, Yin Yang and I get it some self-control is needed. I'll be at the breakfast table in in twenty minutes tops I just need to really run this by my friends!"

So while her parents fixed the biggest and healthiest breakfast they could Sunset was having an emergency video chat with her friends who were all actually trying to get ahold of each other for the same reason as Sunset.

Even if it was only 6:45 a.m. all of them with the exception of Twilight of course had woken up to find themselves levitating directly four feet above their beds. Twilight hadn't woken up levitating however she had had been having an intuitive feeling and a dream of it before waking up so that was something.

Unlike Sunset though everyone else had come crashing down on their beds even Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy since for some reason their wings would not let them go down. So when they finally ponied down they all came crashing onto the bed.

Of course their families had all demanded angrily at them what the hell was the reason for causing such a big commotion that early in the morning.

Not knowing what to say or how to tell their parents the truth the girls had told half-truths that they had fallen out of bed and also gotten tangled in the sheets and made more of a mess trying to get untangled. Well everyone that is but Pinkie Pie had said that.

She had said the truth but her parents didn't really believe it or even react to her excitedly telling them she had been floating. Her parents being their very somber grim selves they hadn't said anything other than to clean up her room and get ready of all those leftover donut crumbs before they had a pests problem again.

They all revealed all of them had had dreams full of great euphoria and they all admitted to feeling full only good positive feelings and just overall being happier than normal. So Sunset then presented them with her mom's theory on why they seemed to be ponying up more often and what might be one causes of their magic changing.

They all agreed it was possible but then all the girls well Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Applejack asked if this was a response to heighten levels of happy brain chemicals causing them to pony up how did that explain Pinkie Pie who seemed to be on a permanent happy trip high?

Sunset was at a lost at first but Twilight being one of science said the theory still held a lot of facts and a lot of water. It just meant what was a normal level of happy chemicals for most of them was simply not the same as what was normal for Pinkie Pie.

Therefore for her it just meant she needed a much higher dose then what was her normal levels to trigger the magic yet it was still a very good theory since normal was different for everyone.

Because when they all stopped and really thought about it for a good ten minutes it seemed to make perfect sense if they all pony up when they did have heighten serotonin levels it was backed up by a lot of facts.

Therefore by the time the video chat was over and everyone was hurrying do get breakfast they all seven agreed with Sunset's mom's theory. It was also backed up by music transforming them too because music did stimulate some pleasure senses in the brain and they were all happier and having fun playing their music together as well, so it all fit in a nutshell really.

They did not have much more time to think about it because they all had to get to the stables for the Games. It was the final month of events and everyone was still eager to see Sunset win this.

Of course the final event of Eventing was still two weeks away. These were merely the preliminary this weekend. Still everyone was very happy and glad everything was fixed up and ready to go.

The girls were all ecstatic to see their boyfriends waiting for them at the stables all of them gotten their early to help with the setting it up so the girls could sleep in some and keep Sunset calm down some so she would not get too nervous about the finals.

The boyfriends had become as closes as friends as their magical and beautiful sweethearts were and if it was possible for them to pony up they in all probability be doing it as often as the girls were! They might even have woken up floating above their beds from how ecstatic and full of magic the way they were feeling!

They had been talking about a great deal of different topics while waiting for the girls to get to the stables. They had all really gotten to each other for who each was on the inside. Though the one thing each guy was not shy about sharing was the reason why he was so madly in love with his girlfriend and just why they each felt they had found their soul mate in the girls.

Thing were really hectic but after a few moments of love and friendship everyone went to their seats leaving Sunset alone in the stable with Solar Flare to finish getting ready. She saw that the other riders had already finished had getting ready and most likely gone to the outside. Figuring she be the last to go get ready she was about to leave when she heard a very frustrated voice and someone crying near the back of the barn.

Stopping she turned and slowly walked to the back of the barn where in a room where they keep the grooming supplies she saw Midnight clearly crying her heart out and looking very upset.

"Midnight? You okay?" she asked cautiously as she opened the door a little.

Midnight stopped crying and got angry and yelled at her. "What are you doing spying on me?! I wasn't crying! I just tripped and it hurt like the dickens! I'm not needing your cheating self to pity me!"

"Midnight…" Sunset start to say concerningly as Midnight tried furiously to brush past her but Sunset caught her by her left wrist and forced her to look her.

"Let me go, cheater!" she snarled furiously at Sunset thrashing wildly like a beast however Sunset didn't let go of her wrist though she did relax her grip, yet did not let go of her. Taking a deep breathe she spoke in a soft and sympathetic voice to her rival trying to show her kindness and friendship which she unmistakably needed so desperately at this moment.

"You and I both know I'm not a cheater, Midnight, and I know you have never actually believed me to be one either. You're honestly just petrified of disappointing your parents because you know to them second place isn't good enough.

For your parents it's perfect or nothing, right? If you're not absolutely not the best and perfect then you're of no value at all; and therefore not worth of any love or affection, correct? That's how it is for you, is it not?"

"I don't know what the hell you're talking about! Mind your own business! Now let me go!" as she thrashed and wrestled harder trying to get loose but it was clear by her frighten eyes she was worried that Sunset knew the horrible truth that she did not want anyone to know nor did she want it to be said aloud at all.

Feeling so much sympathy and wanting to really help someone who needed it so badly Sunset bravely continued on with talking to the confused and frighten young girl. "Midnight, please, I know okay? I know," she told her comfortingly as she stroked her face kindly and wiped away a few tears. Midnight took one hand and look at Sunset in a strange way.

"I know your parents have way too high expectations and you are really just trying to please them by any means necessary. Even if it means acting in a way that's not the real you just to make them happy.

On the other hand, Midnight, I can also see quite unmistakably for myself that you miss just riding and doing this for fun. Furthermore, I can also see that you feel that just doing your best should be worthy of being loved; not having to be perfect. That love should be freely given not have to be earned under certain conditions."

Midnight became anger once more and threw aside Sunset's hand for a moment before screaming. "Huh?! You spying?!"

"No, Midnight I didn't spy, not exactly anyway," Sunset replied honestly and explained, "My friend and me inadvertently overheard your parents' belittling at you that one time because I accidently left my journal in the stables," pausing for a moment looking away then looking back at Midnight before admitting something that been nagging her since overhearing that cruel exchange.

"I can't image how awful you must have felt at that moment, to feel like you have to be perfect just to be loved by your own mom and dad." Sunset remarked sadly to Midnight and then to Midnight's confusion she saw Sunset's face full of a strange assortment of feelings that seemed to be bitterness, gloom, anguish guilt and many other unusual feelings.

After a moment of all that raging inside the former unicorn turn to her teenage Korean rival and confessed a few shocking secrets that she was sure Midnight did not know about her but might sympathize with at least.

"Did you know that my parents aren't my birth parents? That I'm a foster child? Did you know that? Are you aware of the fact I wasn't exactly a nice person until a special friend showed me a better way?

I was a bitch plain and simple I was a bitch and if anyone deserved not to be loved or kicked out of house it was me. I treated my mom and dad like worthless people when they loved me unconditionally and never even yelled at me no-matter-how awful I was.

I have felt extremely bad about my previous behavior, Midnight, like I was so ashamed by it I literally went out of my way to make everyone at school believe I was parentless and homeless rather than let them know how bad I was to my parents or that I even had parents or a home at all!

I just could not live with the thought with how my friends or anyone at school for that matter would react if they found out just how ungrateful and unloving I was to the two people who loved me like no-one else has loved me before or since. I can't even bring myself to call them Mom and Dad because I'm still ashamed of how I behaved."

Midnight starred at here rival in shock and now she was the one looking at her with sympathy and feeling bad. Like maybe she and Sunset really weren't that different and could maybe actually be good friends.

"That's really surprising, Sunset," Midnight finally said at last in a small but surprised voice as she gave Sunset a curious look. "Your parents every time I have seen you with them I've never seen such love and affection that doesn't have to be earned. They seem so kind, fun and cool.

You also seem to have one amazing hot and cool boyfriend along with six amazing best friends. I never thought you had anything to be ashamed of or that you had anything you regretted. I also did not know you are a foster child. I guess I don't know a lot about you, though truthfully I have wanted to be friends with you and everyone in our riding class but my parents…" she let it hang there looking thoroughly miserable by the fact that her parents' actions had left her friendless and so alone to the point it left her crying by herself because she didn't have anyone to comfort or confide her pain in.

Sunset smiled warmly to show the lonely girl she wasn't alone anymore. It made Sunset happy to see she had made the connection she'd been hoping to make ever since overhearing that wicked conversation and finding out the anguish poor Midnight suffered all alone.

The two archrivals were no longer rivals as of that moment instead they were now real friends comforting each other and they just fell into each other's arms embracing the other in a much needed hug of love and friendship.

As they hugged and cried at the same time Sunset whispered to Midnight softly. "Well I've some things in my past that I'm not proud of, Midnight," as they broke apart enough to be arm's length from each other and Sunset handed her a tissues and gave her a serious look and added.

"You still don't believe me? You can ask anyone at my school and they'll tell you I was a bully and a bitch and it will be confirmed I was a raging she-demon and that's fact! I surely was not a friend in the least bit or I wasn't until after the events of the Fall Formal.

I can also attest for myself, Midnight; though my friends cannot back this one up given they only known my parents for such a short time. But I'd be lying through my teeth if I didn't say I was anything but a very poor daughter and just treated my parents very poorly till I was shown how to be a better person.

Now I don't treat anyone like shit and I will never take anything like friendship, love or family for granted again nor will I do anything to hurt anyone I care about ever again! That's a promise!" she finished passionately.

Midnight laughed and giggled at that and spoke softly confessing more of her true feelings to her new friend. "Well, you're right, Sunset. I know you're not a cheater when it comes to the horseback riding and your right also that I just miss doing this for fun and the simple pleasure of it.

I don't like having to be a nasty person when I'm really far from it, all I have ever wished is to be myself who I really am on the inside and not this awful person my parents want me to be. I want to be me! All the same, Sunset, what am I supposed to do regarding my parents? I truly fear they will disown me if I don't meet their demands."

Sunset twisted the dangling piece of red hair in front of her face for a moment before speaking. Choosing her words very carefully she then spoke to Midnight but it was more a question then just telling her something.

"Well, Midnight, ask yourself this? What's gonna make you happier? Being someone you're not and doing things to make others happy? Or being true to yourself and making yourself happy?

Because it seems to me your parents shouldn't put their wants and happiness before what you want for yourself or what makes you happy. More importantly? Love should not have to be earned by someone else's terms, it should be freely given devoid of any demands needing to be met.

My parents have always told me two things, Midnight. One is be true to yourself and you'll find happiness by being you. The other is love is unconditional and it needs nothing to be given its just there for all of us to share and have.

Because looking at you right now? It's not a very pretty picture at all its quite sad actually.

You are alone and unhappy and crying in a grooming closet because you're so stressed out by being forced to be perfect which no-one can be. Pushed past a point no-one should be pushed to begin with; and you're not happy at all nor are you having any fun. You are utterly friendless and depressed because you're not permitted to be even yourself. So that's pretty sad and pathetic; no other words really for it, sorry," apologized Sunset to which Midnight was crying once more but nodded in agreement that it was pretty pathetic the position she was in.

Feeling sorry for Midnight still but trying to still hopefully help some Sunset reminded her of something she seemed to have been made to forget. "I don't care about being the best or winning or losing the Games, I'm just here to do my best and have fun doing it. Because I know win or lose I'm still gonna be happy for giving it my all, having fun doing it. Most importantly no-matter whether I win or not I'll still have my best friends here for me whether I get the trophy or not. Because for me? They are the true prize for having them in my makes me a winner and I don't need a cheap piece of replaceable tin to make me feel like a winner when I'm with them.

Because winning isn't as important as having fun and just knowing people you care about who care about you are happy that you're happy."

Both really understood everything that Sunset was saying and grateful she had said it. Midnight felt a lot better from their conversation as the pair stood in silence for a few moments then they heard someone come in and it was Butch.

"Hey there you two are! You guys better hurry up! The Games start in ten minutes and you need to be out in the arena in eight minutes! You both okay?"

"We're fine, Butch," Sunset reassured him swiftly covering for Midnight who couldn't say anything at the moment still being a bit distraught. "Just needed to give each other some moral support and wish each other luck. We'll be out in a minute. Don't worry we'll be out in time, don't panic."

"Okay, as long as you're out in time. Jackie was getting a little antsy and I don't want anyone to get in trouble this late in the game. So good luck to both of you! See you in a few minutes!" and with that the rugged good-looking cowboy hightailed out of the barn.

Sunset then gave Midnight a big hug and smiled at her and couldn't help but pony up from this act of true friendship which shocked Midnight for a second but she did feel much better as Sunset quickly pony down too.

"I won't explain that particular peculiarity about myself at the moment, no time, but I will later, I promise. But just know it a sign of true friendship. Now come on. Let's go have some fun and enjoy ourselves, okay?"

"Yes! Let's have some fun!" as the girls climbed on their horses blazed swiftly from the barn to the arena to meet up with the other riders. When they got to the arena Sunset whispered to Midnight, "Haeng-un-eul bibnida" Which meant in "Good Luck" in Korean.

In a little while one and all was enjoying watching this whole obstacle course that was the event of Eventing and to Sunset's delight she could see for herself since Midnight went before her she was taking her advice and forgetting everything else and just having fun for once.

After that particular Saturday ended the girls were all in the stables helping Sunset put her things away and tending to her horse when Midnight showed up, the girls were on the defense expecting Midnight to be rude and nasty but we're genuinely surprised when she came over smiling.

"You did a great job in the arena today, Sunset and thank you again for doing what you did before the start of the Games. I can honestly say neither my parents nor the girls at my school would have done anything so kind," she said as she hung her head sadly.

"You're welcome, Midnight, everyone just needs to cry sometimes, there no shame in that, but it is a shame when you have to be alone. All of my friends here can tell you no-one should ever have to be alone."

"No, that's true no-one should be. I envy all of you for having such loving families, amazing boyfriends, lucky to be friends with each other and getting to go to the best school in all of Canterlot."

"Why would you say CHS is the best school in Canterlot?" Twilight inquired curiously.

"Well, I do know you use to attend Crystal Prep which I can tell you my school is just like an all-girls version of it. Even the school uniform is similar we just wear black and teal, though you can have the finest academic education money can buy, though what's the point of being so damn smart and successful and all if you have no-one to share it with?"

"Never thought about it that way, but I reckon you got a point there, Midnight. We at CHS don't really care so much about perfection like other schools do."

"Yeah we do like being are awesome selves but not to like an exaggerated extreme."

"Nor do we force ourselves to wear some sever identity robbing uniform of conformity!"

"Yeah, Twilight's old school and what we heard about your school sound like they are just so not fun! Like no-one would have fun, laughter or ever have a party even for a dance it just be so blah!"

"We don't mean to insult you or your school if we are though, dear."

"It's okay, I've thought the same thing. I personally don't see how wearing a uniform gonna do any of the bogus shit they say it's gonna do. It's just clothes and we don't have fun and I'm tired of being pushed and pushed to be perfect," Midnight confessed and then she got really nervous and kept glancing around.

"You alright there, Midnight? You look scared is something the matter?" Twilight asked seeing a look on Midnight face she was all too familiar with.

"Umm…I just don't want my parents catching me right now about to do what I'm gonna do, but here it goes…" she started to say as she gritted her teeth and just everything said in a huge rush.

"Doyouthingwecouldhangoutsometimeanddosomethingfun?!"

"HUH?!"

"Um once more, with clarity?" requested Applejack for the stunned girls who had no idea what the heck this girl just said.

"I was wondering if we could possibly…" gulping "hang out?" she stuttered out loud looking extremely nervous and shocked at her own audacity to ask the question.

The girls were more than a little shocked themselves but looked at each other and grinned and nodded and one by one all ponied up well excepted Twilight of course.

"We'd love to hang out with you, Midnight, we were planning on doing some study sessions at each other's house for the next few weeks, you know because with the end of the school year approaching we got final exams?" Sunset explained.

"We also while we're studying going to of course be having plenty of fun and other activities going on, darling, no need to make studying boring and dull when it can be more interesting." Rarity informed her sweetly as she was eyeing clearly already having makeovers on the brain.

"We are also gonna make sure to squeeze in a few dates with our boyfriends in-between cramming for finals, our families of course these Games. So the next two and half months are gonna be buzzing with activities, but that's what makes its all the more fun, sugarcube!" Applejack expressed with a gleeful smile.

"Sounds like it will be a lot of fun, which I honestly don't know too much about since I'm not really allowed to have much of it or any. Oh, I've got to go before my parents figure out I've been stalling in the barn. So um I'll meet you all afterschool at the Sugarcube Café and we'll take it from there?"

"Sure, see you later, Midnight! Looking forward to getting to know the real you!" Sunset told her as they hugged quickly.

"I'm looking forward to finding out who I really am as well! See you later!" she replied as she came out of the embrace. With a quick smile she waved then bolted out of the barn before her parents did realize she'd been stalling or even worse trying to make friends!

"Well that was totally unexpected, but nevertheless cool and awesome!" Rainbow Dash admitted though she did look a bit confused as did the other girls about this whole turnaround with Midnight's whole demeanor.

"Um, Sunset, would you kindly share with us, darling what in the name of heaven happened today that turned that um unpleasant wench into someone who seems fairly likeable?"

"Long story, but I'll tell you on the way out as we got to go now."

So the scores for the Games seemed fairly the same as the others were roughly around the same with Sunset in the lead with Midnight in close second but still it would come to how they did in the final run.

Still the girls did have other things on their minds as they did say the school year was almost up and they did have to study for final exams coming up fast. Twilight was just as diligent and as serious about studying as her Equestrian counterpart and the other girls were about as enthusiastic as their pony counterparts were about it.

The fact is while people like getting good grades and succeeding there just not a lot of joy or fun in studying, it's just boring and not very easy to do, especially when the weather is so darn nice and perfect.

So the girls like everyone else at CHS was forcing themselves to find creative ways to have fun and get their studying done so they would not fail their exams.

Fledge was even worried actually extra worried as this was the first time he'd ever have to take exams and he really wanted to pass and he was doing his best to keep the boys spirits up and also plan with them how best to sneak in a few dates with their girlfriends in-between all this.

They didn't even have time for band practice with how much they needed to study that's how much they needed to study!

Still that Monday afterschool the girls all shared a quick parfait with their boyfriends followed by a really passionate kiss, afterwards the boys said their goodbyes to their sweethearts to begin trying to make their study session fun and that they call them later.

After they left the girls were left to wait for Midnight. It was 3:40 right now and they felt they at least wait till 4:15 for her since they didn't know her school schedule or how she get away from her parents, since they all at least understood her parents were very strict and she had to be really sly.

It was about 4:05 when they saw someone they had never seen in the Café walk in looking very nervous like they were scared to death just to be in a local hang out. It was Midnight alright but she looked well different since she wasn't in her riding clothes with honestly was all they seen her in, though they had imaged her in a school uniform like Twilight's old one just in the colors she'd said hers were.

Midnight's hair was long and loose with a hair clip with a black crescent moon and gray cloud on the left side, which must be here cutie mark in Equestria. Her outfit was way different than they expected.

She sported a mini magenta leather jacket, a teal mini t-shirt with her cutie mark on it with her midriff exposed, teal fingerless gloves, a half magenta, half teal miniskirt with a gold studded belt, black leggings and teal and magenta ankle boots.

"Wow, that's sure not what I was expecting her to wear! I don't know whether to call it funky or marginally madcap, but it's quite a statement outfit I'll say that much for sure," Rarity managed to utter once the shock wore off as the girl spotted them and hurried over to them.

"Hey!" she said a little too loudly and people stared and she blushed so she quickly sat down and the girls pushed forward the parfait they'd been saving for her. She managed a weak thank you and began to eat it a manner that suggest she had never had one before.

The girls sat awkwardly for a few moments not knowing what to say or do as Midnight finished the sweet treat but after a few minutes they just started talking about a few things like for example the latest episode of Tecna Mark's webshow and a few of their personal likes and dislikes and after that it was easy.

Then the girls all went to the first place they'd agreed to go study at which was at Canterlot Park by the lake and they'd a good time there and things went very well from there.

Midnight was having a good time and all the girls were happy to get to know the real her and to carry on their mission to spread the Magic of Friendship to the world. It wasn't till it was almost 6:30 that Midnight panicked when she heard the nearby clock tower chime.

"Oh, shit! I've got to go before my parents get home from work or they are gonna kill me! I told them I was going to go to a study party yes, but if I don't get home soon they'll know I didn't go to one with the girls from my own school! Oh! Where are you guys meeting tomorrow and what's the quickest way to get there?" she asked she hastily packed up her things.

"Um, we're going to be studying tomorrow at Twilight's house and then go around to each girl's house for the rest of the week. We'll text you the address, but do you really have to be so sneaky? I mean you didn't lie to your parents you are at a study party. Does it matter if it with girls from your school or not?" Fluttershy asked in a confused voice as she finished packing Midnight's backpack for her.

"You really don't get how bad this be if my parents knew I was hanging out with you guys at all do you? Let me enlighten the seven of you then, I don't have friends at school, and if I did have 'friends" it would only be people they would approve as friends; that not even be really friends if you must know.

My parents don't believe in friends merely acquaintances, not real friends. They say there is no such thing as friends only minor acquaintances one must deal with and only people you must deal with to get ahead with in life!" she spat bitterly at the ground with huge angry tears in her eyes again shocking the girls who had been having a good time with her.

No-one spoke again for a few moments then they all grouped hug the girl and again they ponied up except Twilight who did though have a faint glow about her.

They had taken a few minutes to give a short history on their secret which Midnight confessed she'd heard about at her school. Though since it had come from the school most well-known gossip girl no-one ever knew if what came out of her mouth was fact or fiction; consequently almost no-one ever believed her about anything.

Though secretly Midnight felt this was one rumor that was true and held onto the hope with a burning desire to know it was true and was overjoyed to see it was.

The girls assured her they'd be her friends and that they give her one day the courage to stand up to her parents and just tell them what she wanted and actually needed as opposed to what they wanted and thought was right.

Midnight hoped one day that be true but for now she had to get home or face their wraith. She gave them her cell number and to text her their addresses and she meet them for the rest of the study sessions and anything else they could manage.

Well that day did set the precedent as of how the next two weeks went and they went quickly by.

Basically the format was they all meet at the Café for a quick treat then the girls the go to one of the girls' house and the boys do the same amongst themselves. They study from 4 to 6 then go home for dinner with their families and to watch for the alert on their computers around 8:15 if Tecna's webshow had updated.

Her webshow currently had been focusing heavily on the topics of acceptance, individuality, being true to yourself, and most importantly of all; how it was really time for the world to really stop treating the LGBT community as a bunch of sinful leapers and to wake the hell up and realize that those who mistreated them were the evil sinners not the other way around.

As Tecna stated loudly and clearly on her last episode for all her viewers these truths. Here were those truths. Not any of the LGBT people were mental ill nor were they any different than anyone else on the planet.

Even more importantly falling in love was under no circumstances a sin no matter who it was with, and it was HUMANS not God who thought falling love with the same sex was wrong. God created man and gave us free will and the ability to love.

The simple fact that everyone seemed to really overlook all the time is this the only reason Adam and Eve were together at all was they were the only two freaking people on the planet according to the Bible on the planet so who else were they gonna hook up with? If God had created more people at once then they would have had the option of choosing anyone they liked to give their hearts too; but no they did not have any choice in the matter did they?

Therefore saying man and woman only belonged to each other is just saying we were never given any options to choose at all who we wish to love and who really love us!

She also pointed out another overlooked fact that the Bible was written for another time and another era and this was the year 2016. There is no discounting that the Bible does possess good morals and lessons to live by, however you can't live in the past you must live in the now; and realize the world's grown and changed, so live in the reality; and not in a time where all woman could do was sew and feed camels and such!

The time had come to stop thinking people who didn't conform to what you think is 'normal' are evil sinners. There is no normal or perfect and it's time we learned to accept people for who they are and realize we are not so different. Look for what the same and not what we think is different and realize at the end of the day it's a lot like water and rain we are very much the same.

Also she said all those things we think are so different in religion? Maybe different names or rules or whatever, but in end we are all just talking about the same thing. Different names and aspects but in the end it comes down to the same basic belief and that we all are really talking about in a nutshell of the same thing so no need to go to war when we all in the end may have different names but we are still talking about basically the same thing!

We are one race living on this planet, humans and we have all the same basic needs, wants and desires and it's time we stop fighting pointless battles with our brethren and just truly became one. Otherwise we will inflected doomsday upon ourselves.

As a result it was really no surprise that everyone had been become even more addicted to Tecna's webshow then usual lately in addition the likes on the webshow gone through roof. The offline results had had the desired effect Tecna had been aiming for as more and more people were really thinking and talking about the real things that truly mattered in life and not the stupid shit that didn't mattered at all.

It was the Friday before the last day of the Games. The next day all eight riders would be competing and Sunday be the awards ceremony. It was already a full day enough for Sunset who had an extra thing to do today and it wasn't studying with the girls.

She'd to see her psychologist Dr. Destine today from 4 to 5, so she'd have to skip today's study session and she felt bad since she'd been doing her best to really help Midnight but she couldn't miss her appointment either.

Still as she packed her bag that morning Daybreak seemed to sense Sunset was down and ran and got her parents.

"Sunset, sweetie, you okay?" asked her mom as she came into the room while doing her normal braid on the left side, "You look a bit down this morning, is everything alright?"

"I'm alright, Sunfire, nothing the matter, really," Sunset replied quickly as she tried to brush it off as she was trying to put her homework in the correct folders in her ring binder to take to school when her father glanced over her shoulder after finishing putting his hair into its normal side braided ponytail.

"You are certainty not alright, Sunset," he said at once just glancing at his daughter's magenta ring binder with her cutie mark on it, "otherwise you would not be mixing up your book report on a "Midsummer Night's Dream" for English with your biology term paper on the myths and facts of globe warming. Nor do I think you also put your extra credit essay on for history on historical moments of women empowerment throughout history out of order."

"Oh! I can't believe how befuddled I am!" as she tried to fix it franticly; but her dad took it from her, "I'll fix this for you, honey while you tell your mom what's on your mind, don't worry about it," he smiled as she gushed with both with love and relief.

He then jerked his head towards the kitchen/dining room and added. "Though, please go have your breakfast smoothie and sandwich while you talk to your mom, okay? We don't need you to go to school on an empty stomach and I made them extra nutritious today."

"Onmyo o arigatogozaimashita" (Thank you, Yin Yang) Sunset replied swiftly with a boy and went to kitchen which was actually the left half was the kitchen and right half was the dining room.

So she started to eat her breakfast and then heard her mom open a bottle and place two gummies next to her plate. "We want you to start taking two gummy vitamins from now on every morning. So we got an extra-large jar of Vita-fusion Multivites," Sunfire explained as Sunset seemed confused for a moment then her mom offered an explanation.

"You probably don't recall at your last doctor's visit but your doctor did say you could use some extra vitamins and we just want you to be as healthy as possible. We don't need you to have any blood pressure problems or cholesterol, diabetes or any number of things that can go wrong in a young person life."

Sunset looked annoyed for a moment as she quickly chewed the fruit flavored gummies up. "Sunfire! Please! I already eat a very healthy diet, I'm physical active, and as far we know I don't have any underlying genetic dispositions that would predispose me to anything! Isn't it bad enough I'm already seeing a shrink?"

"Sunset, don't talk that way to your mother! We're just trying to make sure you stay healthy all the way around; physically, mentally and emotionally. It's just being a parent and most parents can be to a certain extent overprotective about some things concerning their children. Also many of us rather be safe than sorry when it comes to our children as well is all, sweetheart," her dad lightly snapped as he finished getting her binder properly organized.

"Gomenasai" (Sorry) "I know you are just trying to take care of me because you love me and you're just being my parents and I do love you for it. I'm just really exhausted from everything going on and to tell the truth I had my other two nightmares last night."

"Hmm, that would explain why you weren't floating above the bed this morning as you've been doing that for almost two weeks," her mom replied and gave a small chuckle. "I knew you were probably burned out and that's why you didn't wake up floating, but I didn't think the nightmares came back."

"Yes, we thought they went away once you gave some peace to the other Sunset. Have they still be going on and you haven't told us?" her father inquired with great concern as he gave her binder which she put into her bag.

"They still come just not as often, even with my dreams of euphoria they slip in for a few moments, but I just push them far back in my mind. I have way too many more important matters to think about then two silly dreams. So we better hurry or I'll be late for school," pointing to the zodiac clock and they nodded and hurried to drop Sunset off at school.

They reminded they pick her up early to take her to her therapy appointment and she needed to get a goodnight sleep if she wanted to hopefully win tomorrow the Games. She smiled and said she understood and hugged and kissed them and they took off.

Sunset then turned and looked shocked and scared. The courtyard was deathly quiet as was the whole school, it had that eerie feeling one gets as if they are in a horror movie and the ax murderer about to behead them.

She felt all of sudden like she should be scared as she made her way into school. It was still deathly quiet and it was like it was abandon, there was absolutely no-one at all the school was empty and abandoned it was just creepy.

"Where is everyone?" Sunset began to panic as she kept wandering the halls and there was no sound or hide or hair of anyone not a student or teacher not even a mouse could be seen scurrying by! What was going on? Were zombies about to come out of the floor or something?

Then all of a sudden all the lights in the school went out and it was pitch black you could not even see your own nose it was that dark. Sunset was now really panicking. Then she just bolt and just kept running till she somehow managed to find her way to the gym and threw open the doors and let out a scream.

But that was not just of fear but surprise because the whole school was gathered there and it was the biggest party she had seen so far and everyone was just shouting her name.

"Congratulations, Sunset Shimmer! Good Luck! Take home the gold tomorrow!" and then she realized as she looked around the whole school was throwing her a party to hopefully celebrating her winning the Games tomorrow.

The Rainbooms confirmed as much as they were playing some of their best songs all but Twilight ponied up and the whole school just saying how much they believe in her and that they just wanted to party. She could also just tell by looking at everyone faces if they hadn't thrown this party today Pinkie Pie would have literally exploded from having to wait till after the weekend to throw it, so they just spent the whole school day partying and enjoying themselves and even Celestia and Luna said they need to break the tension somehow and they were all eager to see Sunset win tomorrow which everyone felt was for sure.

It just seemed so perfect like everyone was happy and things couldn't be better. As if to really prove that point you just had to look up at the ceiling of the gym. For all seven of the girls were floating in the air from the euphoria brought on by true friendship and them being on a romantic unprecedented high because all their boyfriends were at the party so between the dancing and kissing they could help but fly.

Twilight may not have a ponytail or ears yet but she was now gaining an aura so it was slight progress! But they were all extremely intoxicated on love and friendship that day so no-one was prepared for what was going to happen tomorrow.

The next day was so charged with excitement and energy it was like a bomb might go off. The other riders already knew the person going to win was for sure gonna be Sunset who had been pretty much flawless throughout the whole competition and they just wanted to be good sports and see where they could finish.

It did shock the Riders how Midnight's behavior had seemed to change over the last two weeks as she had attempted to befriend them as well and been a lot nice to them overall.

It was a very nice day so the whole arena was exposed to the world and everyone was getting ready to see the last event. The final Eventing to see how everyone placed. Then tomorrow they'd have the awards ceremony.

Things seemed to go smoothly and all went very well. It went Carmel, Cookie, Choco, Red Velvet, Solar Wind, North Star, and Midnight.

Finally it was Sunset's turn she was last to go and she was feeling very confident she had done this perfectly and in great time all month long she would do perfectly and even better time today and clinch the win.

She got to the starting position of the difficult obstacle course and she knew she was gonna win but still remained focused and then she heard the sound to start and went too it.

She was doing great making better time than anyone else and showing off both beauty and skill all at once then just as she came to the end of the course about to finish it happened.

There had been absolutely no wind that day at all the weatherman had even said that morning no chance of wind at all. But for some mysterious reason a very strong wind gust blew for just a moment all the way through arena and everyone tried to hold everything together, but unfortunately one of Rarity's spare bags she had brought to hold a spare riding outfit for Sunset in case something happened to hers was caught by the wind gust.

It all happened so fast but in slow motion at the same time. The bag blew into the arena and whipped around in a snakelike way and made a strange disturbing sound as it whipped around Solar Flare as they were approaching the last part of the course.

Solar Flare like any horse would gave into an instinct so strong and so integrated into her DNA for thousands of years and so much a part of any horse there's no rider on Earth that can do anything to stop what happened next.

Scared of her mind by the bag she went into a sheer panic and bucked wildly and she threw Sunset off with such force she sent her a good 15 feet and the impact was more than enough to knock Sunset out for a moment and also knock her helmet off her head too.

Then it happened to everyone who watched in silent horror as Solar Flare still in a panic began to buck and thrash wildly about and began to trample and kick Sunset and everyone heard the loud unmistakable sound of bones being broken and they saw it as Solar Flare's front hooves came slamming down right on Sunset's head.

It was then Midnight came rushing out on Nightmare and leapt off her horse and finally manage to calm down Solar Flare and everyone was just staring at Sunset battered and bloody still form. It didn't take sharp eye to know this was really bad, because they could all see clear as day a large pool of bright red blood oozing from around Sunset's head.

Then reality set in and the paramedics were rushing out to do what they could and the girls and Sunset's parents were all rushing to get to her but they were trying to be held back as Butch's family was trying to get people to calm down and get them to realize they do more harm than good if they tried to help.

But the girls, their boyfriends and Sunset's parents managed to get outside as Sunset was taken outside in a stretcher and they were listening as the paramedics were saying they had called a Lifeflight helicopter and they were taking Sunset to the nearest trauma center which was in the city, St. Margaret. They gave them directions and told them they had to hurry as the chopper touched down and everyone watched as they saw their friend who was unconscious being loaded into a chopper.

It was unreal to them as they watched that chopper take off. How could they go from 24 hours ago having a party and being so happy they were literally touch the ceiling to know seeing their friend fighting for her life?

There was no time to take it in the next thing to do was get to the hospital as fast as possible and pray that this world didn't lose TWO SUNSET SHIMMERS!