Muffled sobs came from underneath a mountain of blankets, the room awash with darkness as the blinds were closed tightly.
Light came pouring in as the door was opened, Fluttershy's mother sticking her head in. “Fluttershy? I made lunch.” Came the voice of Fluttershy's mother as she looked in. “I know you’re upset about your friend, but you really should eat something.”
Fluttershy only cried harder when her mother said ‘friend’, it being a harsh reminder of what she had lost.
Mrs. Shy sighed and walked in, setting the plate of food down on Fluttershy's dresser and sitting on her bed. She sat there for a few moments as Fluttershy cried her heart out. “Fluttershy, can we please talk?”
Fluttershy's crying quieted down ever so slightly. The bed shifted and the mountain of blankets moved as Fluttershy poked her head to meet her mother. Her face was a mess of snot and tears, her eyes red and puffy. She sniffled to try and contain herself, hiccuping as she looked up at her mother.
Mrs. Shy frowned and reached for some tissues, cleaning up her daughter's face. “Sweetheart, I know you’re upset about everything that’s happened, but you’re crying like it happened yesterday.” She said as she threw the tissues to the side and got a new one. “I’m surprised you haven’t died of dehydration yet.”
Fluttershy could only babble incoherently as she tried to collect herself. “I-it’s just I-I-I’m s-such a t-t-terrible p-person. I-I s-should’ve known I-I-it wasn’t S-Sunset.” After saying her friend's name, Fluttershy began bawling again, retreating back into her blanket mountain.
“Sweetheart, you had pretty compelling evidence, everyone else at school thought it was her too.” She got quiet. “I even thought it was her, I even yelled at her to go away when she came to see you. Said she should stop ruining my daughter's life and befriending her was your biggest mistake…” Mrs. Shy frowned. She couldn’t believe she had said that to a young girl, even with Anon-A-Miss. “That would make me a worse person Fluttershy.”
Fluttershy poked her head out again, still blubbering. “N-no, y-you were t-trying to pr-protect m-me. I-I’m the w-w-worst p-person ever, I-I d-did something horrible."
Mrs. Shy doubted that. Her daughter was probably beating herself up over something minor, probably rolling her eyes at Sunset once or twice. “Fluttershy, I doubt what you did was any worse than what the rest of the school did. Didn’t your friend Rainbow Dash slap her in the face?”
“I punched her actually.” Came Rainbow’s voice from the door. Mrs. Shy looked over to see an embarrassed Rainbow Dash rubbing the back of her neck. “Even back then I thought I might have gone too far.”
“Oh, Rainbow Dash. We weren’t expecting to see you today.” Mrs. Shy said with a small smile. Fluttershy however just stared at Dash pitifully, tears running down her face.
“Yeah, well, I decided to pay a visit.” Rainbow cringed at the scene. “Thought Flutters might want to get out of the house a bit.”
Fluttershy sniffled. “I-I d-dunno Dash. I d-d-don’t think I-I’m really u-up for d-doing anything t-today.”
“Ah, well, I guess that’s fine.” Rainbow Dash said walking in. “It’s just I was really excited to share some news…” she stopped a foot from Fluttershy's bed. “News about Sunset.”
“W-what?” Fluttershy perked up at that. “What d-do you m-m-mean?”
“Hold on there Flutters.” Rainbow Dash held a finger out. “I’m not telling you unless you hang out with me.”
“D-Dash, I a-appreciate you trying to get me o-out of m-m-my house a b-bit, but I’m n-not sure if I-I won’t break down a-and embarrass you.” Fluttershy said sheepishly. “Plus, w-what if we run I-into Sunset?”
“That’s the thing: Sunsets with AJ.” Rainbow Dash said with a smirk.
Fluttershy's eyes widened and she jumped out of her bed. “W-what do you mean s-she’s with Applejack?”
“I’m not telling you.” Dashes smirk grew wider. “Unless you get cleaned up and we have some fun.”
Fluttershy frowned in disapproval. “I think you should go Fluttershy.” Fluttershy looked backwards to her mother. “It’ll be good for you to do something rather than cry all the time. Plus, when was the last time you two had a girls day out?”
Being pressured by her friend and mother alike, Fluttershy gave a small groan of defeat. “Alright, f-fine. Just let me g-get cleaned up and p-put some Makeup o-on.” She crossed her arms and gave Rainbow a small glare. “But this better not be s-some hair brained scheme o-of yours Dash.”
Rainbow held up her hands defensively. “Hey, after Anon-A-Miss, I’m taking a break from making any schemes, hair brained or otherwise.”
She gave her a scrutinizing glare before walking out of her room and to the bathroom.
“This isn’t a scheme right?” Mrs. Shy asked getting off the bed. “She’ll probably feel worse if you don’t actually have any news.”
“Do I really seem that untrustworthy?” Rainbow said with an annoyed huff.
The entire restaurant was quiet for a full minute, nobody saying anything as the two girls stared at each other.
Sunsets face softened and she looked away from Applejack. Her face became crimson and she cleared her throat and lifted her hands. “Sorry everybody, so sorry, me and my friend are just having a… heated discussion. Just go back to your lunches, there’s nothing to see here.”
Sunset gave a nervous smile before sitting down and lowering her head, hiding her face behind one of her hands. “I can’t believe I just did that… Look, I’m sorry for yelling at you, but I’m tired of everyone giving that bitch a free pass just because she’s all cute and shy.”
Applejack recoiled when Sunset described Fluttershy as a ‘bitch’. Sunset never used that kind of language, especially when describing her friends. “A-Ah just… why… this doesn’t… huh?”
Sunset rolled her eyes. “Yeah, you heard right. I hate Fluttershy. Pretty insane twist huh?”
“A-Ah just don’t understand. Ah thought for certain yah and RD were going to have the most… issues.”
“And we are, as my friend. Me and Rainbow, as friends, will have a lot of issues we need to sort out.” Sunset crossed her arms. “But I want nothing to do with… her.”
Applejack just stared at Sunset dumbfounded. She couldn’t think of any possible reason Sunset would have such burning hate for Fluttershy. She opened her mouth to ask why but was interrupted when a squat, slightly overweight Italian man with brown hair and a funny mustache came up to their table. “Ah, excuse’a me.” He asked in a thick Italian accent.
The girls looked over, Sunsets blush returning when they saw the man’s name tag said ‘Mario’. “Is something the matter sir?”
“I was’a told there was some kind of’a commotion over here.” The man said. “Is everything alright'a?”
Sunsets blush deepened. “Y-yes, everything is fine.”
“We were just having a tense discussion when Ah said something that made my friend angry.”
“I’m sorry for any inconvenience, we can leave if you want.” Sunset offered sheepishly.
“Just as long as you promise to not’a do it again you can stay.”
“I promise sir.” Sunset nodded feverishly. “There won’t be any more problems. Sorry again.”
With that, Mario nodded and walked off. Sunset groaned and face planted against the table. “I can’t believe I freaked out in a restaurant two days in a row. At this rate, I’ll be banned from every restaurant in the city within the year.”
“Are yah sure yah can keep a lid on that temper of yers? Ah still want to talk about what’s going on between yah and Fluttershy.”
Sunset lifted her face to look at Applejack with an annoyed glare. “Ok fine, but if we get kicked out don’t blame me.” She lifts her body off the table and sits up. “And before you ask, no, I don’t hate her because I was in love with her or anything. I wasn’t attracted to any of you girls like that.”
“Well, that wasn’t going to be my first guess per se.” Applejack said while giving Sunset an odd look. “Was it because she wasn’t kind when we were accusing you?”
“She was pretty subdued compared to the rest of you when that happened, so no. Dash was the one that probably best betrayed her element, though you could argue she was being loyal to all of you. Fluttershy doesn’t have that kind of excuse, especially with… what she did.” Sunsets glare hardened.
Applejack tilted her head. “What did she-”
“Applejack.” Sunset snapped. “We’ve been on speaking terms for barely an hour, please don’t ruin it.” Sunset huffed. “I’ll tell you when I’m ready.”
Applejack sat quietly for a few seconds. “Alright, Ah don’t want to make you uncomfortable... or mad Ah guess.”
Sunset sighed and her glare disappeared. “Sorry, I shouldn’t yell at you like that. I get why you want to know what happened but I’m just… not comfortable talking about her. Whenever I think about what happened, I can’t decide whether to start bawling or break a freaking window.”
Applejack didn’t respond, merely grabbing Sunset's hands and squeezing them lightly. “Ah know this probably isn’t what yah want to hear, but whatever happened between the two of yah, it can be fixed.”
“No, it can’t.” Sunset shook her head. “But I understand why you would say that, and I won’t hold it against you if you continue being friends with her. Just keep her far away from me and don’t try to force a confrontation between us.”
“Ah won’t force you into anything yer not ready for.” Applejack nodded and gave a small smile. “Me and the girls will progress at the pace yer comfortable with, though we wouldn’t mind if it said pace was a little fast.”
“I bet you girls would.” Sunset laughed. “We’ll see Jackie. I have my up days and my down days.”
Applejack's breath hitched. Sunset just called her Jackie. She hadn’t done that since Anon-A-Miss started and hadn’t expected to hear it from her so early. She told herself not to get used to it, like Sunset said, she’d probably feel different about Applejack day to day.
Finally the waitress returned and placed bread on the table, filling up a small plate with oil and herbs. “Well I don't know about you, but I'm a bit tired with having emotional conversations for the time being." She grabbed a piece of bread. "Let's eat."
Applejack smiled and did the same. "That's the best thing you've said all day."
The two pushed their respective pieces together like they were toasting each other and began chowing down.
Mario? Really?
Are you being serious right now? I get the reference.
So much nostalgia.
What did Flutters do to Sunset to make her so angry and hate her guts?
I feel they're gonna talk it out next chapter.
Well, not talk it out, more like yell it out.
Oh come on. Are we ever actually going to get to hear what the problem is. Personally I am surprised that any of them are getting a second chance. I would have moved to equestria and forget about Celestia since she didn't care enough about me to even try once to talk with me not even after Luna came back. She gave the book away like it didn't matter and never thought about what those actions might say.
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Cant tell if you genuinely hate me jumping the shark and having a Mario expy explicitly there or not.
I dunno man, I'm just the author. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
This fic is awesome, very eager for more wonderful chapters, hope the huMANE SIX all make up with Sunset........esp. Fluttershy, what did she do?
What did Fluttershy do, cuz this reaction can't just be because phenomous what did she do, and if it is just because of anonymous why Fluttershy
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Who knows, we'll have to wait to see what the author says.
So by the sounds of things Fluttershy apparently did something so terrible that Sunset was unwilling to ever forgive her. What exactly it could've been we don't know and judging by how Fluttershy reacted in the beginning it's possible she either doesn't realize or didn't consider what she did as bad or perhaps she simply repressed it.
Either way it seems we have a fairly big nuke that's about to go off which should be interesting.
The Mario thing was a little cheesy (Damnit) I mean with all the wacky pizza names you could've gone with simply having the owner be named Mario seems a little weak. Cruchy Crust, Extra Cheese, Deep Dish, Red Sauce, Cheesy Bread, there's more than few cooky names you could've gone with but no biggie.
I figured that Fluttershy is devastated right now after everything what happened.
And dang... Rainbow Dash punched Sunset in the face during Anon, and yet Sunset still considered her as a friend? Granted, they still have issues to sort out, but still, if punching Sunset was the worst thing that Rainbow Dash had done to Sunset, I'm both concerned and scared to imagine what Fluttershy had done to warrant Sunset’s hate.
On a side note: I wonder what Pinkie Pie had been doing throughout all of this? She is the only Rainboom that we haven't heard from yet in this story.
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Not for a while, closest we'll have to a nuke for the next few chapters is AJ telling Rainbow the situation.
I could've done that, but that defeats the whole purpose of jumping the shark with a Mario expy for an explicit Mario reference.
Also why all Pizza names? This is an Italian restaurant. Surely there are Italian puns as well.
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With all the references to what happened before the story, I'm tempted to write my own straightforward Anon story. Maybe one day.
I did realize that before I started writing, and was going to have Pinkie instead of Sunset and AJ talking, but I decided against it.
I'm planning on writing Pinkie first when Monday rolls around, which shouldn't be too long now.
Gotta say, those who are the kindest sometimes are the most capable of cruelty. Now ya' got me even more curious what Flutters did.
Given that Sunset still considers Rainbow a friend despite getting punched in the face by her(damnit Dashie), whatever went down between her and Fluttershy must have been nuclear levels of ugly.
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It's still quite remarkable that Sunset is still (slowly) willing to still be friends with Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and even Pinkie Pie. Even if RD literally punched Sunset, but at least she realized quickly that was a bit too far.
I'm still going to keep dreading just what did Fluttershy do to Sunset that the latter absolutely refuses to reconcile with her?
And now that you mention it... yeah... where in the world is Pinkie Pie this whole time?
Sunset at least slugged rainbow back right?
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I would love to read it whenever you decided to write it. For now, I'm eager for the next chapter of this story.
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So much expectations riding on this.
Hopefully I don't get lynched for failing to meet standards.
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That won't be revealed for a while. First I need Flutters to find out that Sunset hates her which won't be for quite a few chapters.
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Probably doing Pinkie things like breaking the fourth wall.
I might actually write that when we introduce her.
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When Rainbow did it, no. She was too shocked to do anything.
When the two talk, that'll definitely be happening.
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Eh I like Pizza and forgot it was an Italian Restaurant.
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Payback's a bitch, and that bitch's name is Sunset Shimmer.
I'm happy to see some progress being made but I am really curious now as to why Sunset is so angry with Fluttershy. Maybe something to do with Godzilla's cousin. I just can't see what else she might have done to anger Sunset so much. Doing great with the story!
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I'm a patient incorporeal sentience that can possess water to communicate, so I can wait.
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Looking forward to seeing that lol
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It has to be surprising though. Like Rainbow walks up all like "hey Sunset" then 👊
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Godzilla’s cousin?
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I thought you were the Lady of the Lake.
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I’ll make it somewhat of a surprise, though Sunset won’t suddenly strike Rainbow out of the blue. I’ve got a plan.
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Right on 🤘
I'm sorry but...Fluttershy - FLUTTERSHY - is Sunset's hang-up? Why do I feel like Flutters had an emotional blackout and some other side of hers did something to Sunset?
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Sounds like a Soap Opera. Flutters would be insanely confused when Sunset tells her she did something she doesn’t even remember.
Hopefully the author isn’t dumb enough to write that, but I wouldn’t put it past him.
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Like...if I was to put money on who did Sunset wrong the worst...Fluttershy would be one heck of a long shot.
You DO know that Posey has a name right?
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Nah, that's my great-great-great-great-grand aunt.
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I tried looking it up, the Internet was very unhelpful
Oh boy, i really want to know what Fluttershy did to Sunset
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Do you have Excalibur with you? I hear accepting swords from watery tarts is a great form of government.
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Nah, that's her thing. I just occasionally puppet random humans to type stuff for me (since human bodies have plenty of water for me to control).
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So, you’re basically a blood bender.
This is great story, I'll be watching your career with great interest.
I love when Anon-a-Miss stories are more than revenge porn. I myself wrote Anon-a-Miss stroy as well... shamelessly riding on the populariy wave.
Also I expected Fluttershy of all people be the one to break camels back.
I assume this is supposed to be Mrs Shy speaking here?
In the words of Captain Bertorelli, "What a mistak-a to mak-a!"
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The MLP comics made a lot of nods to other franchises, Mario and Luigi made cameos in one of them.
Lol I don’t know why her saying she punched her actually was so funny to me.
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Author: “I dunno I’m just the author” and “We’ll have to see what the author says!”
Me hol up…..
Just finished this chapter, and I’ve not read comments, so I’ve no idea if what Shy did has be revealed or not. Given the amount of hatred (both Sunset’s and Fluttershy’s) for her on display, there’s not much she could have done that isn’t just totally out of left field.
The only thing I could think of is that Shy somehow got rid of Ray, either by killing him (doubtful) or, more likely, releasing him. The later would also allow for a means of resolving the conflict, namely by recovering him.
what a way to help your daughter
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oh my....... even very nice people can get angry
I can think of a couple reasons
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well thats a weird question to ask
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