As the final bell rang, the girls gathered in the band room to collect their thoughts. Applejack stood in the middle of the room as de facto leader of the meeting.
"Alright. Ah think we can all agree," Applejack nodded pointedly at Rainbow, who chose to stare at the floor. "beyond a shadow of th' doubt, that Sunset ain't Anon-A-Miss."
Sunset just sat in her chair, her arms crossed. It was obvious that she was still angry at being accused in the first place.
"Now, that being said," Applejack faltered slightly, placing her hands on her hips. "It still don't change th' fact that the pictures from this mornin' came from her phone."
Sunset nodded stiffly. They had compared the photos with the ones on her phone and confirmed that, yes, they were the same pics.
Applejack took a few steps towards Sunset and asked carefully, "Sunset, is it possible, that ya sent th' photos ta someone else, and they posted them?"
Sunset fought back the urge to snap at her friend at the implication, her sense of logic overcoming her anger. She instead shook her head and said. "After I took the pictures, I turned my phone off, wrote to Twilight, and went to bed. I didn't send them to anyone."
"Are you sure, darling?" Rarity asked at her right. "Not even by accident?"
Sunset didn't even turn around as she answered. "There's no one to send them to, even by accident. You five are the only friends I have listed in my phone."
An uncomfortable silence fell on the group.
"Maybe....someone hacked into her phone?" Fluttershy spoke up for the first time since that awful morning.
Rainbow nodded. "It wouldn't be hard for someone from the Computer lab." She narrowed her eyes and muttered. "Never did trust those nerds..."
"But that doesn't explain how they found out about 'Piggly Wiggly'." Sunset pointed out. "I definitely didn't have that in my phone."
"Yeah. Th' only ones that know about it are you guys and mah fam.........ly........." Applejack's eyes widened and her speech tapered off as a horrible thought crossed her mind. "Rarity.....besides the six o' us, who was in the house last night?"
Rarity's brows furrowed in confusion as she answered, "No one expect for my parents. And......." Her eyes became wide too and a hand covered her mouth as she realized what Applejack was getting at.
And slowly, the others began to catch on as well. Pinkie and Fluttershy looked at each other in horror. Rainbow clenched her jaw and her hands fisted in her lap. Sunset's mouth set into a firm, grim line.
Applejack's hands balled into fists at her side. "Where are they now?"
"I think I heard them mention going to Scootaloo's house...." Fluttershy whimpered out.
As Applejack whirled around and placed her hand on the doorknob, Rarity called out. "Now Applejack, dear, I understand you are upset. But please, for your own sake, don't do anything rash."
Applejack turned her head and said calmly, "Oh don't worry. Ah won't kill 'em. But that's only cuz it'd be a pain in th' ass to bury all three 'o their corpses."
She turned the knob and held the door open. "Y'all comin'?"
As one, the group rose fro their seats and walked out the door.
Apple Bloom sat at the edge of Scootaloo's bed, staring at her phone. She could feel Sweetie Belle's and Scootaloo's stares boring into her.
"Maybe we should stop...." Sweetie Belle said nervously.
"Oh come on, Sweetie." Scootaloo said rolling her eyes. "You wanna hang out with your sis, don't you? Bloom said she saw them fighting this morning. We just need to give 'em a little push."
"But-"
"Hey, you were fine with it yesterday. We all agreed this is the only way to get our sisters to hang out with us. And besides, we've already gone this far. May as well see it through to the end."
Apple Bloom sighed. Scootaloo had a point. It was far too late to turn back now. What was one more picture in the long run?
But before Apple Bloom could press "send", Scootaloo's bedroom door exploded open and her phone was forcibly swiped from her hand.
Apple Bloom's heart pounded in her chest as she slowly turned to face the furious expression on her big sister's face.