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// Chapter 8 - "It was an accident, Part 2" 
// Story: An unexpected friendship 
// by Shadow SSS 
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	“Twilight, I am really sorry. Please just listen to me. I was stupid… an idiot… an asshole. I should have never remain quiet. I should have told you… told you that I was nervous. I truly wasn’t using you. You really are my friend… you are my best friend, and not because I want to use you, hell, if it means you forgiving me, there is no need to study together anymore, or do homework together, or anything! I just want us to be friends” 

Yes… that should do it, if she does listen… Hopefully Twilight was going to understand this, you really did not want to lose her. She was one of the few friends you had at the moment, and your very first friend here. Heck let’s be honest, she was the first real friend you had. The ones on your old school were pretty much assholes to you, they only hang around with you just because your mom always made extra food that you were never able to finish and you usually give it to them because you did not want to make your mom think you did not enjoy it.

Alright just do it.





Just go and apologize already, it’s not that hard! All you have to do is tell her what really happened. The truth is all you need to tell her, you rehearsed this speech over and over again. There was no way you would get stuck this time again. No need to overcomplicate things, no need to get nervous about this. If the speech fails, you can prove it to her. You can prove that you mean it… somehow. Maybe you can ask her how you can gain her trust back… not to break it of course, you just want to amend your mistakes.

If things don’t work out, the worst that could happen is that you lose a friend right? There was no way that she would actually turn into some kind of demon, or that monsters would creep out of portals from another world and start attacking students. Magic was not real! Magic is as real as your chances of scoring with Indigo Zap or Lemon Zest. Magic only happens in stories, movies, series, fanfic and even dreams and nightmares, but that was it. This was no dream. This was no Story. This was no fanfic. This was reality, and unless you do something, you won’t be able to get Twilight to forgive you!

Now that you were back to reality, it was time to get busy. She was right there by her lockers. Good thing that your own lockers were only just a few rows away from her. Why was it good? Because it did not make you look like a creep if you follow her around. You had to act fast, she was looking for her books. She is turning around. She noticed you are staring at her… and now she is walking away, and you are still in place doing nothing… DO SOMETHING!

Why the hell were your legs not responding? Have you forgotten how to walk all of the sudden? Or even how to call out for someone? Twilight would have probably ignored you if you call her out, but there was always a chance she wouldn’t? Then why didn’t you do it? Why didn’t you do anything to stop your friend?

You know why. You are scared. You are scared that she would not listen you what you have to say. You are scared that she will just ignore you and cast you away from her life. You did not want to lose her, and so, you remain silent, but remaining silent is slowly driving her away anyways. If you do nothing, you lose her, but if you do something, you risk losing her even faster, so what was the best thing you could do? Nothing.

Your cowardness was making you doubt again. If this is how you are going to go around in life, if this is truly what you want to do, then you are not going to get anywhere. Just do it already!

“Fucking idiot” You muttered to yourself while punching your own locker out of anger

“I would actually use the term cretin, but I doubt you even know what that word even means”

Sugarcoats voice almost made your soul leap from your body into another realm from the surprise she gave you. Really, you had to put a bell on that girl, she is a sneaky one. In reality however, what did leap from your hands, were your books that were now spread all over the floor, making you groan and lean down to pick them up

“Add inept to my previous statement” She sure has the nicest greetings, maybe the nicest ones after Sour Sweet ones.

“Good morning to you too Sugarcoat” You were tired already, and anyone could tell it from your voice being so sore and monotone “What are you doing here? I’m not in a really good mood right now” 

“I could ask you the same thing to you, but fine, I’ll go first. My friends and I were a little concerned on the events that took place during yesterday’s lunch time. Everyone saw what happened and everyone wants to know how it came to be like that. Basically, we want to know what you have done to Twilight Sparkle to make her cry and run away. No one may like her that much… with the exception of Lemon, but we thought you were her so called ‘friend’. If that is true, then how come Twilight run away from you crying and is still now avoiding talking to you?”

So she saw you staring at Twilight and then watch her leave… a creep creeping on another creep? No you are not a creep, but still, it was surprising to see Sugarcoat out of all people come and confront you. It may be true what she just said about students not really liking Twilight so much, but there are some students that do care about their peers to some degree. Lemon, Indigo, Fleur Dis Lee, Trenderhoof, heck maybe even a teacher could have come. You never imagined that Sugarcoat would be the one questioning you, she did not seem like the kind of person who worries too much on the wellbeing of other humans, she only cares about her close friends.

“Well, if you really must know… long story short, Twilight asked me if I was using her like everyone else has done. She asked me if I had basically… used her because she is smart and I just wanted to take advantage of her, but when I tried to deny it and tell her the truth… I just froze in place. Needless to say, she did not take my silence to well. She did ask me a second time, but again, I could not say anything, and she just… assumed I had used her and that she meant nothing to me. The truth is… I just got so nervous and was caught off guard, that I could not tell her the truth! I swear!”

That was what happened after all, whether Sugarcoat decides to believe you or not, it’s her problem, however, she did not seemed too thrilled about what you just said. In fact, she had that typical face of her… Almost like if she knew that this was going to happen at one point or the other, like if she had foreseen this event happening at some point. Instead of mocking you about stupid you were at the moment for remaining silent, or just turning around to leave after she got the information she essentially came here looking for, she leaned forward, pressed her index finger against her thumb and lift her hand close to your face. Before you could react, she released her index finger and hit you straight in the middle of your forehead with an annoyed expression across her face.

“You moron” she spat out annoyed and looked away for a moment. She looked to both sides almost like if she was making sure no one was looking before staring back at you right into your eyes. At that moment you could have swear she was staring right into your soul to intimidate you “If what you are telling me is true, then why haven’t you talked to her yet? What are you waiting for?” 
You were asking yourself that same question. If you truly cared about Twilight, then why have you not gone and helped her? Why haven’t you clarified things with her yet?

“Go talk to her” She said grabbing your arm and almost shoving you to the side with a strength you never imagined she had. It almost made you drop the books you were holding a second time, but luckily you managed to keep steady this time.

“H-hey…. No need to do that” You complained as she stepped back a moment and sigh “It’s not that easy… and why do you even care?”

For a moment there was only silence and then… SMACK. Her palm had connected to your cheek, leaving a small mark on it. It was not too strong, but it was strong enough to scramble your brain back in its place.

“I care because she was my friend as well and I made the same stupid mistake you are doing right now” She said without hesitation. For a moment there you could almost feel pain in her words, like if she truly cared for Twilight.

This certainly shocked you even more than what Twilight asked you yesterday. Sugarcoat, the emotionless girl in all of the school, caring for someone like Twilight? Made you wonder how they ended up splitting up, both girls are super smart, and from what you were told, Sugarcoat has been the smartest student since well, forever. Not even Twilight is as smart as her.

“You stupid idiot. Don’t you get it? Remaining quiet will only hurt you and her even more. You will regret not talking to her right away. You will regret it for years, and when it’s already too late to go back, you will look at yourself in the mirror and see how much you failed your friend that day. Let me give you this piece of advice. You can either run from your past, or learn from it. What will you choose?” 

Now you were sure she was sad. She was no longer holding back and even tears began forming in her eyes. You wanted to hug her, it felt the right thing to do, but as soon as you attempted to confront her, she frown once again and hit you in the chest with even more strength than last time.

“What in the world are you doing? You are not here to comfort me. I am here to make sure you don’t make the same mistake I did!” Maybe Sugarcoat was a bit bipolar as well? One thing was for sure, you did not want to stay for long and fuel her anger even more “Go and talk to her this instant you imbecile” 

Not exactly the motivational speech you were expecting from a ‘supportive friend’ but then again, you barely know Sugarcoat, and the fact that she was trying to help was more than enough to make you ignore all her insults and just leave her alone to go after Twilight, not daring to look back.

Maybe it was best not to look back… Maybe it was time for a change. You could not keep running your whole life. Maybe it was time to take Sugarcoat advice and actually learn from what you did. It is said that people learn more from their mistakes and failures than their victories and achievements… And boy you had a lot to learn if that was the case.





It was still not too late. You had to find her. You had to apologize… you had to stop being an idiot.

Luckily for you, you knew that Twilight did not have classes this period and neither did you, so you were in the clear, the only problem was… where to find her. The gym? No Twilight was not the athletic type. The library? No, she is probably trying to hide from you. That would be the first place you would go looking for her. Maybe…


Just like you thought, there she was, laying against a tree, hugging herself, staring into the city. For being the school ground on top of a hill, it had a pretty nice view over the city, no wonder why it was one of the most expensive academies. The education was top quality, the location was amazing and really accessible, and anyone who graduates from here is pretty much guaranteed to enter to almost any university.

Right, now that you stop thinking about the school, it was time to talk to your friend, if she even still considers you one. Just as you began approaching, you could hear it. She was sobbing and crying to herself. You had a pretty good idea why that was. It was your fault she was suffering… well yours and every other student in this school that casts her away, but mainly yours right now because you actually gave her hopes and then crashed them to the ground.


You did not want to scare her away, so you remain as silent as you could until you were right next to her. You cleared your throat to call for her attention, but she did not even bother to look at you. She kept on staring into the horizon and just wipe the tears from her eyes with the sleeve of her shirt.

“Go away” 

“Twilight… please listen to me”

She did not answer, but she did not walk away either, so maybe she was gonna listen?

“Look… I… I know… What… Uhhh… What I’m trying to say is… how to say it…” 

Once again, she was not liking your hesitation and with angered voice, she looked at you and frown “Just say it and leave”

“I was an idiot. I was not using you…. I just… froze up. I do consider you my friend and… I apologize if I hurt you. I will leave you now”

For a moment, she stared at you again and then went back to look right in front of her at the city. It seemed that you had failed… maybe it was best to leave her. Mission failed, or was it? Right as you were turning around, she pulled you from your hand and stopped you on your tracks.

Not a word was exchanged between you nor a stare. Not a breath nor a thought, still she did not let go. You made a bold move and decided to sit down by her side… to your surprise, she let go of you once you sat down and leaned her head against your shoulder and closed her eyes. It was a good five minutes of complete silence, all you could hear was the wind blowing on top of the trees and the muffled chattered of students inside the building.

Anxiety was killing you. Was this her way of showing that she forgave you? Was she just holding you like this as a goodbye? Maybe she wanted your last time together to be something nice and not a fight? You wanted to ask her… but you also did not want to disturb her. She had stopped crying. She was just… there, relaxing.

“Thank you” She finally whispered after what felt like an eternity.

“For what?”

“For not being like the others”

“So… we’re still friend?”

“Yes anon… we are still friends”





The rest of the day was pretty good for both of you. In the end, neither of you had to go through suffering or anguish. Instead, you went back to being friends once again. You could swear you saw Sugarcoat smiling at the corner of your eye once Twilight and you made peace, but… you would not worry about that. You were just glad to have your friend back.