Applebloom looked up from her phone when she heard her door open and gulped. AppleJack was leaning casually against her door frame, hat low and hiding her face. Applebloom quickly lowered her phone and smiled nervously at her sister.
"H-Hiya, Sis. What's up?" she questioned, heart thudding. AppleJack sighed and walked slowly into the room and sat hard in the desk chair. The two sat in silence for a few moments before AppleJack looked up. Applebloom swallowed down a gasp when she saw her sister's face in detail. Her face was pale, hair matted and messy. Her eyes were dark and dull, tear trails marking clean spots in her dirty cheeks. Applebloom had seen her sister happy. Angry. Scared. But this? She had never seen her sister so sad. After a few more tense moments, AppleJack spoke.
"Do you even know how badly you've fucked up?"
She had never cursed. AppleJack, even when furious, had never, ever, cursed at anyone. Especially not her little sister. Applebloom made a small squawking noise of surprise, but didn't say anything. Slowly, she nodded.
"No, you don't. My god, Bloom. What did you three think you could gain from this? You understand that we could all be charged with attempted murder?"
Applebloom stood, scrambling to get her feet on the floor.
"B-But we never hurt anyone! We never touched anyone! No one got physically hurt!" She cried, trying desperately to justify herself. AppleJack just watched her through a daze.
"You don't know. Gods, how do you not know?" AppleJack lamented, placing her head in her hands. Applebloom paled slightly.
"K-Know what? Sis? What do I not know?"
AppleJack looked up, and she looked so tired.
"Sunset tried to kill herself"
Applebloom completely paled and staggered backwards, like she had been hit. Her back hit the door handle to her closet and she whimpered in pain and fell to the floor, drawing her knees close. Her breathing came in sharp, ragged breaths. What? No. AppleJack had to be wrong. She just had to! They just wanted to have fun, not to take it that far!
"B-But we never wrote nothin about her!" Applebloom managed to gasp out between breaths.
"Bloom, before we found out it was you three, who did everyone think was writing those awful things? We-we all thought she was goin' back to her old ways. The girls and I thought she was using us and we said some... we said awful things, Bloom."
Now AppleJack was crying too, hands covering her face in an attempt to muffle her sobs.
"Oh god... AppleJack.. and You and her.. I'm so sorry" Applebloom cried, tears streaming.
And so the two stayed like that, on opposite sides of the room, both crying for things they could not take back.
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Fluttershy and Pinkie sat on the floor of Rainbow Dash's bedroom in silence.
"I-I feel terrible" Fluttershy finally said, retreating further into her thick green sweater. Pinkie nodded her agreement.
"Every time I think about it, I feel like I've eaten too many cupcakes and the sugary frosting is making me sick" She said, arms wrapping around her stomach.
"The animals won't talk to me much anymore" Fluttersy mourned, tears already beginning to form in her large green eyes. "I-It's like they know what I did and now they just scurry away whenever I try to start a conversation"
"I know how you feel. Pound and Pumpkin barely play with me. They just glare at me and cry whenever I come close. I heard them telling Mrs. Cake once that they didn't like playing with me anymore. Do you think that the news has spread even down to the grade schoolers?" Pinkie asked, also feeling tears building. Fluttershy didn't answer, as she was now sobbing quietly into the collar of her sweater. Pinkie leaned over and pulled her close, the two crying into each others shoulders. They heard the shower in the next room turn off and the familiar noise of Rainbow Dash stepping out. They stayed as they were, unable to leave the comfort they were receiving. Finally, the bathroom door opened and Dash stepped out wearing a baggy t-shirt and sweat pants while pressing a towel to her hair.
Her eyes landed on the two girls.
"Woah, guys, what's wrong?" She questioned, tossing her towel aside and crouching next to them. She barely caught Fluttershy whimper "S-Sunset" and she stood, crossing away from them.
"Come on guys, you're still upset about that?" She asked as she looked in her mirror, careful to not let them see her face.
"How can you be so cruel?" Pinkie snarled. Dash whipped around, unused to such hatred coming from the girl.
"Yeah! We pushed her to suicide, Dash, and you act like it's nothing! You've already gotten over it!" Fluttershy cried. Rainbow Dash glowered.
"I'm not 'over it'! I just realize that there's nothing that we can do about it now, and that there's much better things we can use our energy on than crying about it!"
Fluttershy stood and Rainbow took a step back, unused to her forceful presence. Instead of saying anything though, she simply helped Pinkie up and walked out of the room, down the stairs, and out the front door. They didn't come back.
"R-Rainbow?" Scootaloo asked from her bedroom door, nervous for her sister.
"Get out!" Rainbow Dash cried and slammed her door, breathing hard. Rage was pouring through her veins and she heard Scootalloo yelp and scamper away from her room and back to her own bedroom. Rainbow Dash grit her teeth and crossed to her desk, grabbing the small picture frame of her and the girls. She had thought it might help calm her down, but it just increased her rage. With a shout, she threw it at the ground and it shattered, glass and plastic skittering across her hard wood floor. She flung herself onto the bed and buried her face in the pillow, pounding her fists into the bedding and sobbing. She had messed up so bad. The one thing she really wanted and needed to do was the one thing she couldn't do. So, she let her emotions flow out of her and into her pillow, which muffled her screams and sobs alike until she finally fell asleep.
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Rarity lifted her head from her sketch book and blinked tiredly. Her blurry eyes took a moment to read the number on her alarm clock. 8:37 pm. She cursed and stood from her desk, taking a moment to stretch and take in her surroundings. Her usually clean and organized bedroom was filled with paper plates and crushed energy drink cans. She would usually never think of touching an energy drink, but she hadn't been sleeping well. And by that, she had been lucky to get an hour a day. She didn't like sleeping anymore. Every night, she saw the same thing. Sunset, cold and lifeless, lying on her bed with empty pill bottles around her. So, Rarity would work herself to exhaustion and crash, then do it all over again. There was a timid knocking at her door.
"R-Rarity? Mommy says dinner is ready" Sweetie Belle called out. Rarity just gave her the same response she gave her every other day.
"I'm not hungry, go away!"
She heard Sweetie sigh and walk away from her door before she picked up her cellphone and pressed the home button. There were
numerous texts, but she only responded to one.
The Girls
7:28 pm
AppleJack: Girls, we need to do something.
Fluttershy: I agree
Pinkie: Me too
AppleJack: Dash? Rarity?
8:42 pm
Rarity: I'm sorry, Girls. I was asleep. Yes, we need to do something.
She turned her phone off before walking slowly around her room a few times, stretching her legs, before taking her original seat again and burying herself in her school work until her alarm went off and she had to get ready for school.
She says that, but deep down inside she's beating herself up about it more than anyone else....
7873055 Yes! Thank you! It makes me so happy that someone understood that I wasn't making Dash heartless, but that she has so much confidence that she's trying to hide the pain with a strong lie!
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Not to mention the fact that she still takes loyalty very seriously, so these events are basically tearing away at her soul more or less.
She can't do this to herself as angry as i am at them Dash will destroy herself if she holds it in, I know she trying to be strong she thinks she needs to be. But there a right way and wrong way she going down the wrong way.
I'm sure the other two cmc will learn from Apple Bloom what happened.
i wonder how Granny Smith and Big mac are taking this a well, it must be breaking thier hearts to see Apple Jack so destroyed, and now Apple Bloom as well.
I can't wait to see more soon.
Apple Bloom just found out about Sunset's suicide attempt. Have Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo found out yet? And has Twilight visited yet?
7873260 I imagine that the CMC have been at home for the past few days, or no one has had the heart to tell them. And no, Twilight hasn't and probably won't visit the human world
How will this story be different from all the other Anon-A-Miss fanfics out there?
It's Applejack, not AppleJack. The j isn't capitalized.
yay!
enjoyed this chapter x3
hey, Astronomer Brony, the latest gave me an idea for your next one, if you're interested
Also, it's 'Applejack', not 'AppleJack'
ALSO:
Seriously, Dash? i get it, your trying to being confident and all that but pride ain't doing sh*t for ya, considering you were b*tching over a lousy secret revealed!
7873514 Um, I'm not really sure? I'm not a great writer, so it won't be sheer skill. Plenty of people have written about this before. Maybe the emotion? I tend to write when I'm emotional, and that's when I get my best writing done. Maybe that? IDK
7874192 Thanks, I'll be sure to keep that in mind next chapter. Sorry!
7874265 Yay! I'm glad you did!
7877150 I'd love to hear what you have to say! Thanks so much! And yeah, someone already pointed that out. Thanks and sorry. And yeah, Dash is an interesting character, but I am proud of how I wrote her. I really enjoy trying to show that she's a lot deeper than she is in the show.
7879230 Hey, no problem ! Just glad you're keeping it in mind.
7873071 please. I BEG you.
Let this end well between Sunset and AJ.
I want there to be love between them after this. Make AJ traipse through Tartarus to get Sunset to love her again if you want, but just let it happen.
Dude this is a very wicked take on the whole thing. Can't wait to see what happens next though to be completely honest I hope Sunset totally rejects them regardless of what they do
7873293 Did they not have the heart to tell them or do they think that the CMC already know like Applejack did? Or are Rarity and Rainbow Dash so messed up that they can't even look at their sisters and/or are afraid of what they made do to them in their anger.
7884771 I'm afraid a number of people disagree with you... and I'm one of them.
7906521 fair enough
hey don't you think that this story should have a 'Tragedy' tag?
7902130 thanks so much! I guess we'll have to see where the story progresses.
7906515 I think that everyone assumed they heard it from everyone else. And, as we've seen, RD is just straight up mad at Scootaloo and won't talk to her and Rarity doesn't talk to anyone.
I'm
7923335 I think it did, but then I had to change the tags around and I ran out of room. I may re add it later.
Um, Fluttershy, animals don't speak, they can growl, roar, animal noise, etc. What...the...f**k?
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Fluttershy has Cyan eyes! Not Green!
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I'm sorry, I don't mean to sound rude, but you have seen the show, right? Fluttershy can communicate with the animals and them with her. And I'm sorry I got the specific colors of her eyes wrong. Green. Teal. There's not a big difference. I could understand if I said she had purple eyes or something but they're very close to each other, so calm tf down please.
7941870 lol, I am calm, no issue at all. I know that Fluttershy is the Wild Thornberry of the MLP and I know Cyan is blue with a bit of green just pointing out some errors. :P
(Song from Linkin Park) Sunset Shimmer tried so hard, and got so far. But in THE END (Story title) it doesn't even matter!
sorry to rush you mate, i REALLY do, considering that you got something to do in real life, like school or something, but when's next chapter?
7995976 sorry! School is killing me, and a few of my other stories have been taking priority. Hopefully, I'll be able to have the next one out within the week though.
8013127 i don't blame ya, school is really sh*tty
8013127 also, not to bother you or anything, but do you think you can leave a line between sentences and paragraphs?
8013127 Take your time and don't rush your work. I'm loving the story and can't wait to see more.
hey, Brony, quick question: if the Humane 5 knows that the Human CMC is Anon-A-Miss, does this mean the entire school knows who Anon-A-Miss is and what happened to Sunset?
8163989 The way I imagine it is that yes, the school knows about the CMC being anon-a-miss, but not about Sunset. There are rumors and such, but no one has confirmed them for the students of Canterlot High yet. Hope that helps! :)
8176497 Makes sense. I can only imagine how cold and apathetic Sunset can be towards everyone, including Celestia, and ESPECIALLY the Humane 5 and CMC.
I got a few questions for ya:
1. Sorry to ask and bother ya for this, but...when's next chapter?
2. Is it okay if you leave some space between paragraphs and sentences in the current and future chapters?
3. Did everyone, i mean EVERYONE, accuse Sunset of being Anon-A-Miss as well as the Humane 5? Cos i forgot to mention that little detail.
8176935 it's fine! I'm actually working on an original story rn but summer starts soon so hopefully it'll be out within the month. And yes, I'll try to edit it differently. Sorry, the writing program on my laptop is weird. And I imaging that, for lack of a better phrase, everyone who was anyone accused her. Anyone who was popular and had a lot of influence and most students. However, just like at any school, there were probably some who just didn't care. Hope that helps!
I'm not sure if it fits, but I think I found a song for this:
Sounds of Silence
I'm really looking forward for more!
it's been 6 months, are you gonna make another chapter? i mean, i'm pretty sure it shouldn't take that long; considering you made 1.000-1,500 words per chapter.
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Dude, chill the fuck out. It's the author's story, he/she/they can do what they want with it. Plus, judging from previous comments from them, they're not exactly too free on time. I know first hand how. Tough that is. If you can't stand long waits, just chill the fuck out, and unfollow the story or something.
wait im kinda confused. did ss and aj have a thing
Omnipotence you really need to calm the fuck down she's in school give her a chance like damn
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*her lmao but yes thank you. I’ve had AP testing going on, and as I paid $100 for each exam, I really needed to do well. Thank you guys for being so understanding. I’m planning on finishing the story this summer.
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The way I imagine it is that they did have a ‘thing’. They weren’t dating but AJ has strong feelings for SS, and SS may have returned them. We never see for sure, but they definitely flirted a lot. Applebloom’s reaction is just to realizing how much backlash hit her sister, as she was in love with SS, who now wants nothing to do with her. Sorry, hope that helped!
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Hi there.
Do you have any plans for this story as it stands now?
Rarity's room was filled with paper plates and crushed energy drinks? Where are all the tubs of ice cream?