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A girl with fiery hair ran as fast as she could across the sidewalk, holding her phone tightly, and with urgency. As she approached her school, she saw her friends arriving too.
Another girl, with wild rainbow hair held her phone and typed away desperately. She only looked up at the sound of the running girl. "I got your message Rainbow Dash! Has more magic seeped to this world? Did Twilight return?!" The girl, Sunset Shimmer, said with urgency.
A bubbly girl, Pinkie Pie, jumped up behind Sunset. "Or a giant cake monster covered the world in cake!?" She smiled, holding a bowl of cake mix, wildly mixing. Rainbow only looked at them with embarrassment. "Ehh...not really." She turned around and began unpacking her electric guitar.
Sunset was at a loss for words. "Uh... I don't understand." The cowgirl, Applejack, only shook her head in disappointment, "Well Sunset, I was just telling rainbow Dash here that a broken guitar string don't count as no emergency." She glared at Rainbow Dash while twirling a broken guitar string on the lightning bolt shaped guitar.
Rainbow only countered Jackie's response, "It totally does!"
An elegant purple haired girl, Rarity, scoffed while sewing a small piece of cloth. "Really, Rainbow Dash! I was in the middle of sewing a very complex appliqué on my latest frock." To which everyone exchanged questioning glances.
A small sigh came from a shy girl, Fluttershy. "Oh...! And I just finished tucking in everyone at the shelter. Now I have to start stories all over again." She looked up, hoping someone would take the reigns. Sunset was more than slightly annoyed. Granted, she wouldn't miss an opportunity to hang out with her friends, but Rainbow has to learn that people can be busy at times.
"OK, so why would you send us all an emergency text then?" Sunset crossed her arms, facing Rainbow. The latter prepared her guitar, "I just wanted to show our fans my cool new licks and pony-up..." She pointed at three pre-teen girls, who promptly waved at all six of them. "...but I kinda need all six strings to do it." She said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. She then looked at Sunset, hopeful, "So, you got any extra?"
Everyone, exhausted from the back and forth, as well as the running, only groaned. Rainbow only got red in the face while holding out her hand, expecting new strings from Sunset. Sunset obliges, "Yeah, here ya go. But I'm pretty sure all the music rooms are locked."
Rainbow only shook her head, "Meh, don't worry. Acoustics sound better in the commons anyways" She said while adjusting and tuning the new string. Jackie only shook her head while chuckling. Eventually, all but Sunset headed inside the school. Jackie noticed Sunset left behind, "You comin' Sunset?"
Sunset politely declined, "I'll... catch up in a bit."
Jackie nodded in understanding. "Take your time then."
As soon as Jackie headed inside the school, Sunset sat down in the front steps leading to the school. She placed her backpack in front of her, toying with the straps. Eventually, she opened it and pulled out a leather-bound book. In this, she took a pen, opened the book and began writing.
"Dear Princess Twilight, how's life treating you in Equestria? Any cool new magic spells? It's been pretty quiet here at CHS since the Battle of the Bands. We still pony up when we play music, which Rainbow Dash just loves to show off. But I still can't quite grasp what it's all about. I would love to hear what you think about it when you get a sec. Your friend, Sunset Shimmer."
Sunset places the book besides her and curls up on herself, sighing heavy. She really hoped Twilight had some encouraging words for her. Sometimes she wishes she could stay here, but Sunset knew Twilight had other duties to attend to. Even through proving herself after the Battle of the Bands, she still felt guilty about bringing magic to the human world. Sunset sat in solemn thought, all the while, a bus had made its stop at the front of the school.
A girl wearing a hoodie and glasses stepped out of the bus, holding a strange device. She appeared to be scanning around the statue of the Wondercolt, which promptly caused the device to beep at a higher frequency. With that, the girl touched the statue, and it felt like she could fall right through.
Hearing the beeping coming from the statue, Sunset rose from her spot. She walked slightly closer and managed to see someone tempering with the portal.
Wait, someone was tempering with the portal?
Sunset immediately got defensive, "Hey! What are you doing!?" The girl touching the statue looked up and saw a Canterlot student approaching her angrily. She bolted towards the street, which conveniently had a bus coming back towards the bus stop. Sunset tried to catch up, "Wait! Stop!" Before she could reach the mysterious girl, a car drove right in front of Sunset, which gave the girl time to board the bus and head towards the city.
Out of breath, Sunset rested her body weight on her legs. "Who was that?" Defeated, Sunset slowly made her way inside the school. Perhaps she didn't miss most of Rainbow's antics. She giggled at the idea of the girl getting excited about wings and flashing beams.
On the bus, the girl with the hoodie managed to find the seat far back on the bus. She took of the hood covering her face, and revealed hair that was dyed a dark purple color. She leaned her head back and sighed in exhaustion. Though the running she did was nothing compared to that of her school's required physical activity, she still felt tired. After all, sports weren't her thing, but her love for the unknown was.