º Better Together º - SunDash

º chapter one º

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          "Sunset! Get over here!"
          Sunset slipped her phone into her pocket and joined her five friends, who were casually lounging in front of the school statue. She then noticed that there was in fact a sixth girl standing among her group, a girl she didn't recognise at all.
Applejack was the first to laugh at Sunset's confused face. "Sunset, meet Rainbow Dash. Dash, meet Sunset Shimmer."
Sunset smiled. She was all for meeting and welcoming new people. Rainbow Dash stepped forward with her hand outstretched. She was wearing a red printed t-shirt and denim shorts. The shorts which Sunset couldn't help but notice were especially short. What was most suprising however was the girl's startling mass of hair, which was depicted all the colours of the rainbow. Sunset took her hand and shook it. "Nice to meet you."

"You too," Rainbow replied. Sunset picked up on the new girl's squeaky voice. It had quite a harsh tone to it. The pair took a very small moment to look at each other properly, before the school bell rang.

"Ah was gonna show Dash around the school now, but since y'all have the next class together I'll leave you to it Sunset," Applejack started before rushing off into the crowd, the other five girls following her. Rainbow Dash and Sunset were left together.

Rainbow fiddled on her phone, and Sunset cleared her throat. "Uhm, do you wanna—   What's your locker number?" Sunset stuttered. She had no idea why; she didn't usually stutter.

      Rainbow Dash then started scrolling on her phone. "42," she said. Sunset nodded and beckoned Dash to follow her through the school.
She doesn't talk much... Sunset thought, as the pair walked in silence to the lockers. They found Rainbow's, which only two numbers away from Sunset's, so they both gathered their books and headed to chemistry class.

         As the pair of them started walking, once again in silence, Sunset let her mind wonder. She couldn't help but stare at Rainbow Dash. She was so... shy, and so Sunset didn't really know what to do or say. Just then however, that changed.

      "So, tell me a bit about this school." Rainbow spoke, tucking a loose strand of red hair behind her ear. "I mean, is it a typical boring high school or...?"

       Sunset chuckled, "I'm pretty sure all high schools are boring, so if you came here for excitement, bad luck." This lightened the mood as the pair laughed together. Sunset continued, "What was your old school like?"

      "Ok... let's just not go there right now..." Rainbow Dash laughed nervously. Sunset pulled a questioning look, but didn't say anything about it.

      "Well, welcome to S8, the greatest chemistry class you will ever attend," Sunset said, trying to be as serious as she could. Rainbow Dash couldn't help but laugh and so Sunset had to join her.

      "Way to advertise it. It better be as good as you say..." Rainbow chuckled. The girls walked into the classroom together, only to be surprised by a bubbly, pink, Pinkie Pie.

      "Hey Sunset! Hey Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie squealed, not with any less energy than usual.

      "Pinkie? I didn't realise you were in this class," Sunset glanced at her, confused. She looked over at Rainbow Dash, who should have been standing right next to her, but had instead rushed to the back of the classroom to grab a seat. Strange. Sunset and Pinkie followed her to the back at took a seat as near as possible. Sunset was a desk away, and Pinkie sat in front. Rainbow Dash fiddled with her pencil, then her pen, then started poking holes in the eraser next to her. Sunset observed, smiled, but didn't comment.