Sonata walked over towards her bedroom door, with a mug of hot chocolate in her hand. She knocked lightly on the door, and called out to the girl inside. "Sunset, can I come in?" she asked.
Sunset had been in there ever since Twilight had left an hour ago, and for half of that hour she simply cried herself dry. Any previous attempts to try and talk to her from both Sonata and Adagio were met by a stern "LEAVE ME ALONE!"
But now that the tears had hopefully stopped for now, and Shimmer had calmed down, Sonata decided to give it another try.
"Sunset, can I come in?" Sonata repeated nicely. When she was met without an answer again, she decided to go in anyway. Slowly, Sonata opened her bedroom door, and tiptoed her way towards her own bed.
Sunset was just laying there, faced away from the door. She didn't say anything, or move, or make a sound, save for the sound of her own breathing.
"You feeling better now?" Sonata asked. Sunset's head gave a small turn, indicating she was awake, and she had heard Sonata, but quickly turned it back, and rested it on a wet pillow. "I made you a hot chocolate... Ya know, if you like em..." she set the mug of hot chocolate down on the bedside table, and sat down on the floor next to the bed. "Don't suppose you wanna talk about anything, or, something???"
Sonata reached her hand under her bead, and pulled out a small pile of comic books. "Ya wanna read one?" she asked, "They're 'Power Ponies' comics. I've got every issue ever made!" she said proudly, "even the cancelled ones that you can't buy anymore!"
Again, Sunset didn't reply at all.
"...Well, ok... But just tell me if you want one, ok," Sonata said weakly.
Minutes went by, then more, then more, until the two of them them had been next to each other for about an hour and a half. The whole time, the room had been silent, save for Adagio asking how they both were every now and then. But when that silence was broken, it was Sunset who was first to speak.
"Sonata..." She began.
"Yeah? Yeah? What is it? What is it?" Sonata asked, admittedly a bit excited.
"Well... I've just been thinking about something, and... I kinda want another opinion about it," Sunset said weakly.
"Well, what it is?" Sonata asked.
"Do you think I should have been that hard on Twilight?" Sunset asked.
"To hard on her? Why would you say that?" Sonata replied, "She ignored all your messages, right?"
"Well, yeah, but I didn't even let her explain herself," Sunset continued, "For all I know, she could've had a good reason for not being here. I mean, she is a princess, maybe she had some unavoidable royal thingy she had to do, or maybe she had other ponies asking her for help before she realized how bad I needed it, or..."
Sunset took a deep breathe, "I'm here saying how nopony listened to me, and yet I sent Princess Twilight away without any kind of second thought..."
"I guess you're right," Sonata replied, "She did seem like a nice girl, or pony for her."
"She is..." Sunset replied, "Even though I don't care about the others anymore, I should've heard Twilight out, at least!" She sighed, "I'm glad Adagio was there to stop me. I've never felt that angry since..."
"Since when?" Sonata asked.
"Since I was the old me..." Sunset finished.
"The old you?" Sonata repeated, "You mean the 'you' that everyone thinks was causing his whole mess?"
"Yeah... That me..." Sunset replied.
Sonata felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned her head to see Adagio was next to her. "You were just angry..." she began. Adagio walked over to and sat on he end of the bed. "You were angry at all your so-called friends, and you associated Princess Twilight with them, and since she was the first one out of that group you saw... You just let it all out on her."
Sunset sat up, took a deep breathe, and turned to actually face the two sirens. "Thanks for stopping me Adagio," Sunset said, "Really, thank you..." she repeated with a tiny, but still existing smile.
"You're welcome, Sunset," Adagio replied nicely.
"I just wish I had my book right now... So I could tell Twilight I'm sorry for yelling at her..." Sunset said.
"Book?" Sonata asked, "Oh, you mean..." Sonata stood up and bolted out the door, only to bolt back in with a book in her hand. The book Twilight had given to her when she left. "...This one?"
"That it" Sunset said. Sonata handed her the book, "I'll write to her tomorrow, tell her I've calmed down, and that I'm ready to hear her out," Sunset sighed lightly, "None of this is Twilight's fault, I'm sure she has a good reason for not being here." Sunset told herself.
"And what about everyone else?" Adagio asked.
"Everyone else?" Sunset repeated, "Oh, well, I've been thinking about that as well, and I..." Adagio saw a sudden gloomy look cover Sunset's face, and Adagio suddenly felt like she shouldn't have asked that. "I know what I wanna do right now." despite what Sunset was saying, there Adagio heard a large amount of uncertainty in Sunset's voice.
"Well..." Adagio continued to stare at Sunset for a few more moments, "...Alright. C'mon Sonata, lets give her some space," she said as she walked out the room.
"I'll bring you another hot chocolate, that one's probably a bit to cold now," Sonata said as she followed Adagio out.
"Hey, Sonata?" Sunset began. The siren turned around with a smile. "I can still, read one of these right?" Sunset asked, picking up a Power Ponies comic.
"Sure, go ahead!" Sonata replied, as she walked out her room.
Outside in the hallway, Sonata quickly closed the gap between her and Adagio, "Maybe this is gonna be easier than we thought," she said.
Adagio shook her head in disagreement, "She may be willing to give that Princess a chance, which all depends on her reason for not being here, but even then, those other schoolgirls don't have a chance right now," she said.
"Oh, ok." Sonata turned around, and looked back towards her room, "I guess we'll just take this one step at a time, then."
YAY! NEW CHAPTER! Well...Sunset turned around really quickly. Then again, she is smart so...let's hope Twilight is fine with how Sunset sees things right now.
7159028 She's turned around for Twilight, and only her right now. The other's will still have a long way to go. I'm not ending this anytime soon.
7159036 YES!!! Sunset better tear up the others! YAY!!!
Really loving this story, just hope Sunset is satisfied with Twilight's answer and they can work things out.
Road to Recovery, step one!
With how far there is to go with the others, I'm hoping there are plenty of rest stops, for all involved. At least Sunset's calming down for now.
7159036 That makes sense. For the record, I hope to see their friendships restored in the end, with the Dazzlings included for good measure, but letting them off too easy just seems wrong.
Further, Adagio noticed several other messages around the same time Rainbow sent her frantic call requesting to see her, that is Sunset, immediately. One wonders how Sunset will react to those students.
Not to mention how she will feel towards the Crusaders...
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Well, that was nice little chapter.
I don't mind if it's short, it's the proof that this fic is alive.
Finally Another Update. Things are starting to get good and I sense that there's a change in the wind.
"None of this is Twilight's fault, I'm sure she has a good reason for not being here."
I Wouldn't be sure about that... as it was mentioned in the previous chapters, Twilight was having fun with her family and friends during her hearts warming eve while sunset suffered during the week when everyone accused her as "Anon a Miss". Before Sunset Tells Twilight That She's ready to talk, she should judge her first and ask her why she didn't show up.
I still see no redemption in the Hum-Five Actions. Friends are supposed to be there when a friend is suffering, always be there to comfort them, tell them that everything will be okay and try to help them back up. Not Turn Your Back on Them and remind them of the person they once were before they truly changed and they do not want to be reminded of their past, the past they hate so much. they are a pitiful excuse to be called friends.
Does Fluttershy really think she can run from her mistake? Sooner or Later. You'll have to confront sunset again and pray that she will show mercy, if not... then it will be you who'll receive the words of cruelty in return...and don't think you're Friends will accept No for an answer, They'll have drag you themselves if they have to. You Can't Run Forever.
MMMmmmmm, wow, the concept of the story is really goos, but the development is rush and full of leaked emotions, and emotions when it wasn't nedded, it appears that the story was too much for you to handle, you reall yneed and editor and rewrite the story.
Love the update even if it was short.
I've been hard of the Rainbooms, and still going to be, but seems they finally facing thier mistakes.
They will be facing a long hard road to earn Sunset trust back, let alone friendship.
Thou Fluttershy as Madara1442 is right, she can't run away the truth will come out, can't wait to see how the CMC are handled, i do hope Principal Celestia suspends them for a week or so...not just as a punishment but also to protect them from the students who may attack them
Oh this should be pointed out just as in the story When you hit a Road Block...The students should be inform who sent the gossip to the CMC, they are at fault as well.
The fact they were getting angry even thou some of them were the very students were sending such rumors and junk to Miss Amon....They should be punished by having thier names revealed and given detention and ban from various events.
This is getting good. Keep going.
7160660 Thank You.
7160386 Thanks. I appreciate the honesty.
I think you should have twilight start to go back but then change her mind and send a letter to spike telling him to shut the portal down.
Nnope. I know the forgiveness throw-around is coming right up.
I'm putting this fic up there with Dain's and cerealkiller78's as my favorite Anon A Miss stories.
It's just so beautiful how their friendship was completely torn apart, and Sunset is left hating all of them. The only thing greater than my wrath towards the CMC and the Human 5 is my joy at seeing them broken and torn apart. All that guilt, shame, misery, despair, it's so glorious! I feed on the stuff like a siren!
I can't wait for more.
Upupupu...DAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Love the story keep up the awesome work
i wish i could like every chapter
Oh good. I was hoping Sunset would reason things out like this once she calmed down. Good stuff.
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Being upset makes one do things they normally wouldn't do.
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Finally, a soul akin to myself
twilight: oh me and my friend from equestria were getting ready for a play next week and i forgot to bring the journal with me.
me: yeah that'll go well.