The incident with Rarity was now a week old. Celestia handled it herself, erasing any sign of a college application, and contacting the police. Sky, the Humane 6, and Flash were talking about the event, and Celestia's response.
"Remind me to not get on Celestia's bad side." Sky said, nodding in awe.
"I've never seen her like this. It's like a switch flipped in her, you know?" Sunset said.
"Or she put her students ahead of the legal justice system." Sky said in respect.
"Oh, what she did was completely legal. At least, she could pay to cover it." Rainbow said.
"Good to know." Sky said.
School at Cloudsdale Academy was closed due to an investigation for a gang or a form of club with rape cases similar to Rarity's.
"Hey, I have an idea about this." Sky said.
"What would that be?" Rainbow asked.
"I need those condoms those students had, and I need some barbed wire..." Sky plotted.
Some of the group winced at the thought of that, but Rainbow nodded in wicked awe.
"That would be AWESOME!" She said, mostly clueless on what he meant.
"Trust me, they have something similar in Brazil. Worked like a charm; rape cases dropped significantly by the fear of a barbed condom." Sky insisted.
Rainbow then understood, but she still felt in awe.
"Okay, let's do it." Rainbow said.
"I am kidding, guys. She could just buy them, I told Fluttershy to text her the link." Sky said.
"Not funny, man." Flash said.
"Sorry, didn't think you would be so shocked by it." Sky said as he decided to take a walk.
He wound up outside the school, where the Shadowbolts were waiting for a meeting with the Humane 6.
But they found Sky instead.
"S--Sky! We... um..." Jet Set stammered.
"Shut it. They're inside right now, you should go see them." I said.
"Celestia wouldn't let us in the building, not since the Friendship Games." Sugarcoat said.
"Then, get out." Sky said as he walked away from them.
"Sky... Sky!" Sugarcoat called out, but it was useless, he was long gone.
"Why won't he calm down? He's been a whack-job ever since the Friendship Games." Jet Set dismissed.
Before anyone could say anything, a cyan blur pinned him to the wall.
"Because you hurt him, punk." Sugarcoat said as she released Jet Set from her iron grip.
All the others did was stare in awe as the Humane 6 came to the scene.
"Oh, hey..." Sugarcoat said awkwardly.
"Where did he go?" Fluttershy asked.
"That way." Lemon Zest said.
Fluttershy then bolted after him while the others stayed with the Shadowbolts.
"Sky, wait!" Fluttershy mustered before coughing, scaring Sky half to death.
"Fluttershy, careful! You could've--"
"But I didn't. Look, you have a right to be angry, but don't push them away." Fluttershy said.
"If you knew half of what she put me through--"
"No! Stop this. This isn't you, don't say it is. Pushing everyone away, acting so isolated, stop it. Now." Fluttershy said while giving Sky her infamous stare.
Sky glared back for a moment, but couldn't bare pushing her away as well.
"Fine. I'll give them one chance, one. Don't expect me to like it." Sky said as he started heading back.
Fluttershy simply smiled, knowing that she's starting to turn him around.
Now she hopes the others can finish the job.
The Humane 6, the Shadowbolts, and Sky were all at Sugarcube Corner, trying to form their words.
"So, um... what's been happenin', Sky?" Sour Sweet tried to kick things off.
"Peachy." He replied.
Another silence followed that lasted for a few minutes.
"Look, Sky, we're sorry for what we did. Some of us more than others, but you get the point. We were, um... asking for your forgiveness." Sugarcoat said.
Sky seemed stunned for a second, and then he started to chuckle.
Then laugh.
The others had no idea what to do as Sky was now cackling like Dr. Frankenstein. Pinkie seemed happy, smiling aimlessly so herself. The others, however, had no idea what to do.
"Me? F- forgive you?! Just like THAT! Hahahahaha!" Sky continued to laugh.
He finally started to calm down.
"Oh, believe me. It's gonna take more than an 'I'm sorry' and a 'pretty please'. You want my forgiveness, you're gonna have to earn it." Sky said.
Some of the Shadowbolts grew a skeptical look.
"N-- not like that! Sickos..." Sky said as he got up and headed off.
The others had no clue what to say to each other. Pinkie finally cleared her throat.
"Well, at least he smiled!" Pinkie said, trying to lighten the mood.
Fluttershy got up and started to follow him. She made it halfway before she realized that she wasn't alone.
"Hey." A voice said behind her.
She quickly elbowed the voice's stomach and flipped it to the ground, to see...
"Sky?! Geez, you startled me!" She said as she helped him up.
"Sorry. I thought you some stalker." Sky apologized as he wiped off his shirt of dust.
"It's alright. Just don't do that." She said.
"Got it. Let's go home." Sky said.
The two started off home when he realized something.
"From what I heard from the others, you freeze under fear. But there you were ready to snap my neck. What's up with that?" Sky asked.
"...Nothing." Fluttershy said.
"You wanna be true to your nickname." Sky answered.
"What? No! What makes you think that?!" Fluttershy whispered.
"Considering the fact that you now go by 'Fluttershy instead of your real name really says a lot." He said.
"Okay, so I stick to the name, so what? It's not hurting anybody." Fluttershy said.
"No, but it's hurting yourself. They should know who you really are, like I do." Sky insisted.
"Sky, you don't get it. They gave me that name because they saw someone who is shy, scared, and timid. They can do whatever they want, but if they want to hurt me, they have another thing coming." Fluttershy said.
"Suit yourself... Flutterfly."