Book one of "Who We Become".
Sunset always knew that she was destined for greatness, but she never dreamed of how great she could become. Not until she had seen it - the mirror had shown her as an alicorn. Ignoring Celestia's warnings, Sunset goes l...
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Nothing mattered anymore. It had been a week since Sunset had moved into her own house, a week since Applejack proved she was beyond forgiveness, and nothing mattered anymore.
Sunset had known that for a long-time, but everything changed once it really sunk in. While she continued to go to school to fill her time, she was done playing nice.
For the past few yefars, Sunset had worked to make a name for herself. Freshman year had been slowly building popularity. Sophomore year had been spent dividing the school into more manageable cliques. And in junior year, she earned herself titles and crowns by making the most out of the work she'd put in.
Everything had been carefully planned for the best long-term payoff. But there was no long term anymore. Everything Sunset had accomplished brought her to where she was, and that was all there was going to be. And this? This life she'd made for herself? It just wasn't good enough.
By coming out into the open and dominating everyone into doing whatever she wanted, she was throwing away her ability to play the innocent one, but that didn't matter. Even if word got back to the faculty, there wouldn't be time for them to do anything. The whole school could hate her and it wouldn't make any difference, so long as they also feared her. There were only three people Sunset could be said to be at all close with, and she had no doubt that Snips and Snails would stay by her side.
Flash, on the other hand, had only been a matter of time. Still, she had thought he might stick around for a little longer. But there was no denying what was coming when she got his text.
Sunset, we need to talk. Meet me at the pizza place.
It was tempting to just not go. It wouldn't really matter. Whether they broke up or not, Sunset would be gone in just over two weeks.
But it wasn't like she had anything better to do. She'd dropped journalism once she found better ways to fill her time, like her job. But she didn't have work on Mondays, so there was nothing waiting for her except an empty house, and she wasn't in a hurry to get back to that.
Although they had met at school, the pizzeria was where Sunset and Flash had actually talked for the first time. It remained a consistent destination throughout their relationship, in equal parts because of its proximity to the school and Flash's overly sentimental nature.
There was no sign of Loverboy when she arrived, so she bought a soda and chose a seat. Although she was a little hungry, she opted to not order any pizza. She wasn't planning on sticking around long enough to eat.
This was what she wanted, really. One less loose end when she went back to Equestria. And if Flash was pushed to the point of hating her, they wouldn't need to draw this out over the rest of the month.
It was only a minute or two until Flash showed up. Like her, he didn't bother to order anything. Good, that meant neither of them were holding any delusions that this could be an amicable meeting.
