Christmas was fast approaching and CHS was getting itself ready for the festive season. Students, many wearing Santa hats and reindeer antlers, were decorating the halls with Christmas decorations giving CHS a real Christmasy feeling. Forte and his friends, were chosen to decorate the Christmas tree that was displayed in the main entrance foyer. The tree was half decorated, baubles covered only half of it and there was still tinsel and lights to add.
Rarity was delicately placing baubles on the thin branches, "This tree will look simply fabulous by the time we're finished."
"I love decorating the Christmas tree," Fluttershy added placing another bauble on it, "I'm really pleased Principal Celestia chose us this year to decorate it."
"Couldn't she have picked someone else?"
Everyone turned to the only male in the group.
"Decorating Christmas trees is boring," Forte added.
Groans if disapproval were heard from the girls.
"Don't be a grumpy guts," Pinkie said excitedly, popping up behind Forte and hugging him tightly, "It's Christmas!"
"I know it's just that I don't get excited about it."
"Why not?" asked Rainbow.
Forte shrugged his shoulders, "I just don't."
"Well this year that is going to change," Pinkie exclaimed.
She reached behind her and rummaged through her bag and took something out, "This year you'll have the merriest merry Christmas ever!"
Forte felt Pinkie place something on his head. Reaching up he felt that they were antlers.
"Looking good Pony Boy."
Forte rolled his eyes and turned to his girlfriend, "Thank you Sunny. Where's yours?"
"Right here."
She walked forward and wrapped Forte into a hug and kissed him on the lips. A moment later she pulled back and on top of her head were a pair of translucent antlers the glowed red due to an LED light in the headband. Forte's were translucent also except his glowed electric blue.
"Do girl reindeer have antlers?" Forte asked.
"They do," Sunset replied, kissing him again, "Now come on Pony Boy, let's decorate this tree and enjoy the festive season."
"Yeah, let's."
The ringing of the bell signalled the end of the school day, much to the relief of every student. Forte had just finished an incredibly boring maths lesson about algebra. The monotonous tone of the teacher did nothing to liven his enthusiasm for the topic.
"Stupid algebra. What's it ever done for me?" he grumbled to himself.
"Something getting you down Forte?"
Forte turned around to the source of the voice and saw the girls approach.
"Hi Sunset, hi girls."
Forte and Sunset gave each other another hug, much to the delight of the others.
"Just stupid algebra."
The girls shared a laugh for they too knew to horrible evil that is algebra.
"Tell us about it. So Forte, you got any plans for tonight?" asked Sunset.
"No, why?"
"Excellent. You're coming to Pinkie's tonight for a sleepover. No ifs no buts. Understood?"
"Yes ma'am."
Sunset smiled sweetly and held out her hand for Forte. He took her hand and the two began walking down the corridor, the other girls snickering behind them. They made their way out of the school along with the rest of CHS students and headed for the car park.
"I'm just gonna head home first and grab a couple of things," Forte said going to the drivers' side door, "Sunset you coming?"
"Sure, I'd love to."
Forte turned to the other girls, "We'll see you at Pinkie's if that's OK?"
"That's fine, see you later alligator!" replied a jubilant Pinkie.
The girls walked away, waving in the process. Sunset and Forte walked over to his car, in electric blue, opened the doors and got in.
"Bastard!" Forte muttered.
"What's wrong?" asked Sunset concerned.
Forte removed the antlers that were still on his head and held them up to Sunset.
"These hit the car as I was getting in. Forgot I was still wearing them," he said, blushing a little in embarrassment.
Forte looked to Sunset and saw she had her hand to her mouth, giggling.
"You deliberately didn't say anything?"
"Yep. Thought it would be funny," she replied with a shit-eating grin.
"Ha ha Pony Girl," he dead-panned.
"Thank you Pony Boy."
They both finally got in and closed the doors. Forte handed Sunset the antlers.
"Look after these would you?"
"Sure. I love your new car by the way. The DS3 isn't it?"
"Yep. The 1.6L version with a proper manual gearbox," he replied as he switched on the engine, "Not a stupid automatic."
"Don't you like automatics?"
Forte shook his head, "Not really, a manual gearbox gives me complete control of the gears. The beauty of changing the gear just shy of the rev line.....truly amazing."
Sunset smirked, "It's going be a crowded relationship with you, me and the car."
Forte rolled his eyes, "Yeah I love you to."
The two gave each other a kiss and pulled out of the car park, Forte directing a disgusted look at Flash's Mustang on the way, and headed for Forte's house.
"Mind if I switch the radio on?" asked Sunset.
"Go ahead."
Sunset reached forward and switched the radio on, cycling through the stations until she found one she liked. Fortunately, Sunset had an excellent taste in music.
"I picked Retro FM, love the stuff from the 80's and 90's," she commented, "Humans are very skilled when it comes to music."
"Well, most are. Some only succeed because stupid people buy their drivel, which they probably didn't write themselves."
"Agree with you there. Any idiot can make an album now an make a quick buck."
"Maybe we should put an album together?" suggested Forte, "We already have a fan base."
"Sounds good, we should wait until after the holiday though."
"Agreed. I might actually enjoy Christmas this year."
"Have you not liked them in the past?"
"Not so much not liked them, more I was alone."
Stopping at the red lights, Sunset took the opportunity to comfort Forte and placed her hand on top of his which was currently resting on the gear stick.
"You won't have to celebrate Christmas alone any more Pony Boy, not now you have me and the others."
Forte smiled, "No I won't. Christmas is going to be good this year."
"Yep", replied Sunset removing her hand from Forte, "Nothing can ruin it this year."
The lights changed and Forte set off again, switching on the wipers as rain began falling. Looking up Forte saw very large, grey clouds looming over head.
"Looks like it's going to piss it down."
Sunset looked out of the window and came to the same conclusion.
"Yeah it does, good thing I left my raincoat at your place."
"Yeah, it's still hung up in the hallway by the way."
"Thanks, I'll take it with me when we go to Pinkies."
They were moving along at a steady 30mph down a suburban street, rain becoming heavier causing puddles to form on the road.
"Hey Forte, I was wondering if you-"
"SHITTING PEUGEOT!"
Sunset felt herself jerked forward, her sear belt preventing her from going head first through the wind screen. They came to a sudden halt and they both watched as a Peugeot pulled out of a junction without looking or indicating. The driver seemed oblivious to the carnage they nearly caused and held their hands up as if to say 'What's the problem?'.
"TRY FUCKING LOOKING BEFORE YOU PULL OUT YOU GORMLESS FUCKING SHIT-STAIN!"
They both watched as the Peugeot drove away without a care in the world, the driver not even acknowledging them.
Forte shook his head in disbelief, "Vile disgusting thing! Peugeot's are a blight on humanity and must be purged from existence!"
Forte turned to Sunset to see she was a little shaken and had only just caught her breath.
"You OK?" he asked, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.
Sunset nodded, "Yeah I'm OK.......at least we know the brakes work."
"Yeah," he chuckled lightly, "So long as you're OK."
Forte set off again, deeply thankful Sunset was OK. The rest of the journey went by without incident, arriving at Forte's just as the heavens' opened. Sunset and Forte left the car in the driveway and ran inside for cover.
"Made that just in time," Forte said as he closed the door, "You OK? You're not too wet are you?"
"No I'm fine thanks. Is it OK if I grab a drink while I'm here?"
"Help yourself, you don't have to ask."
"Thanks," Sunset replied with a gentle smile, "Are your parents home?"
"No they're both out until later. I'll leave them a message saying where we are. Get yourself a drink while I go and get some stuff from upstairs."
"Sure thing."
Forte headed off upstairs, watched by Sunset. She walked into the kitchen and headed straight for the fridge. Having a look to see what there was she saw something she liked in cranberry juice. Taking the carton out and putting it on the side, she then took out a glass from the cupboard and set it down and poured herself a drink.
The cool fruity taste provided much needed refreshment after a long day of school. Sunset also took the liberty of helping herself to a fondant fancy, something to tide her over until tea later where, it was mutually agreed that pizza would be ordered.
Sunset had decided on a simple Margherita pizza, garlic bread and side order of chips whilst Forte had decided on a Pollo pizza, garlic bread and a side order of cheesy chips.
She was eating the cake when Forte returned and entered the kitchen, already wearing his raincoat.
"Someone's eager to get going," Sunset teased.
"Shush you," Forte replied trying not to laugh, "Cake stealer."
Sunset looked to the Fondant fancy in her hand and finished it off, almost swallowing it whole.
"I didn't steal it, it asked me to eat it."
"A cake asked you to eat it?" he asked sceptically.
Sunset nodded, "Yeah, I mean I wasn't going to but it asked so politely and since I'm a nice girl now I couldn't really say no, could I?"
"No, I suppose not. You ready to get going?"
"Sure," she replied giving him a kiss on the lips, "It's pizza and sleepover time."
Sunset put the empty glass in the dishwasher and followed Forte out of the kitchen and into the hallway. Grabbing her raincoat off the hook, she put it on and did up the buttons and tie-belt. Forte reached behind and her and pulled her hood up.
"Wouldn't want your lovely bacon hair getting wet now, would we?"
Sunset deadpaned, "Bacon hair?"
"Yeah, your hair looks like bacon. Hasn't anybody told you before?"
"No. They haven't," she replied scowling at Forte, getting so close to him their noses nearly touched.
Beads of perspiration started to form on his head. Sunset's scowling face and folded arms started to make Forte feel a little intimidated. He'd really gotten himself in deep now, he thought. It would take a lot of foot massages, hugs and cuddles to get out of this with his cojones intact. Suddenly, the hallway was filled with uproarious laughter.
Forte looked confused as Sunset's laughter became more hearty. Wrapping her arms around him into a tight hug, she managed to stop laughing and looked at him directly in the eyes.
Smiling sweetly, she spoke.
"You're cute when you get all panicky."
Forte felt like a great weight had been lifted.
"You were having me on?" he asked as the penny dropped.
"Yep."
"Oh.........so we're all good then?"
Sunset nodded, "Yeah, I've been told my hair looks like bacon before. Rainbow was the first one to mention it. Now come on, we have a sleepover to go to."
Sunset opened the front door and groaned at the weather. In the few minutes they had been inside the rain had become a heavy downpour. Fortunately, they only had a few yards to walk to the car. Forte pressed a button on his car key that unlocked the doors, allowing Sunset to get in while he locked the front door. A few seconds later Forte got in, placing his bags on the back seats. Turning to Sunset, who now had her hood down and seatbelt on, he spoke.
"Ready?"
"Ready."
Forte fastened his seatbelt and started the engine. He first switched on the windscreen wipers and he headlights before moving off. Reversing out of the driveway and into the road, he set off for Pinkie's, Sunset playing on her phone in the process.
"New phone?" asked Forte.
"Yeah, iPhone 6 Plus. I got a red one as you can see."
"I have the same phone, but in blue. My mum got me it just after I moved here. You still got the same number?"
"Yeah, don't worry. I didn't change it."
"So I can spend all night sending you flirty texts?"
Sunset giggled, "If you want to. Play your cards right and I'll do more than that Pony Boy."
Forte's cheeks went a bright shade of red.
"You're not thinking dirty things are you?" Sunset asked teasingly.
"NO!"
Sunset burst into full blown laughter, "Yes you are! You are totally thinking dirty thoughts!"
Forte's blush went redder and redder as words escaped him.
"What kind of dirty things are you thinking? Kinky stuff? Tying me down to the bed and having your way with me?"
Forte didn't immediately reply.
"...........this conversation has gone off topic."
"You didn't answer the question."
Forte didn't reply and very deliberately kept his eyes on the road, his cheeks going red. Sunset, grinning at the sight, nearly split her sides laughing.
"I'll put it down as a maybe."
Sunset smiled and started typing into her phone.
"Note to self," she started, "Buy some rope."
Forte fidgeted slightly in his seat.
"Lots and lots of rope," she continued.
Forte gulped.
Several minutes later they arrived at Pinkies, Forte parking in the driveway after Pinkie sending a message her parents said he could. Putting their hoods up, they grabbed their bags and got out of the car. Walking briskly up the path, rain still pouring heavily, they rang the doorbell and very quickly it was answered by the host herself.
"Hey guys!"
"Hey Pinkie," replied Sunset, "You've not started without us have you?"
Pinkie recoiled in exaggerated shock, "I would never start a party without my friends around."
"Then can we come in? It's a little cold out here."
Pinkie stood aside and allowed them to enter. Closing the door she turned to Forte and Sunset.
"Just hang your coats up over there," she said pointing to some hooks in the hallway, "Come on up, we'll order pizza soon."
Forte and Sunset hung their raincoats up and removed their shoes, and followed Pinkie upstairs. Sure enough, the other girls were already in the room. Fluttershy and Rainbow were playing each other on the Xbox in what seemed to be a heated contest.
"Hey girls, Forte and Sunset are here," Pinkie said as she entered her bedroom.
The girls looked up and greeted their friends.
"Hey Forte, hey Sunset," they chorused.
They entered the room, Pinkie plopping herself on the bed, Sunset went over to Rarity and Applejack whilst Forte joined Rainbow and Fluttershy. They were busy playing Forza Motorsport 6. Fluttershy appeared to be winning, much to Rainbow's annoyance.
Sunset sat on the floor in front of Rarity, who herself was sat on the bed. She suddenly felt some hands grab her hair causing her to shudder in shock.
"Sorry darling," Rarity said, "I was going to Prench braid your hair, if that's OK?"
"Sure, go ahead."
Rarity immediately got out a brush and began brushing Sunset's hair, readying it for braiding whilst Forte sat and watched Fluttershy and Rainbow battle it out on Forza.
"So, anything in particular planned tonight, or are we just hanging out?" asked Forte.
"Just hanging out," replied Pinkie, "and pizza. Speaking of which, you guys wanna order now?"
"Sure."
"Why not?"
"Hell yes, I'm starving."
"What does every one want?" asked Pinkie taking out a notepad.
Everyone gave their orders to Pinkie who took out her phone and rang the takeaway joint. Whilst everyone ordered a pizza each along with (cheesy) chips, they would share some garlic bread. Chicken pieces were also ordered for anyone who wanted any. Taking advantage of special deals, they ended up ordering eight pizzas, four garlic breads, two bottles of soft drinks, eight portions of fries and a dozen pieces of chicken. The total cost came to around $60 in which they split the bill, paying around $8.50 each.
Twenty minutes later, the food arrived. Pizzas of various kinds scattered the bedroom floor, resting in front of their new owners. Forte had a Pollo, Sunset a Margherita, Rainbow a Meat Feast, Rarity had a Quattro Stagioni, Applejack had a Milano, Pinkie had a Capricciosa and Fluttershy had a Formaggi. The heavenly smells of the pizzas was enough to make anyone start drooling.
None of them wasted no time in stuffing their faces.
A while later, empty cardboard pizza boxes were neatly piled up next to the door. Only a few slices remained of the pizzas, the garlic bread and chicken had all been eaten. The girls and Forte, were once again doing various activities. Rainbow was having her hair brushed by Fluttershy whilst Applejack was having her fingernails painted.
Forte and Sunset were playing each other on PES 2017. Forte was playing as his beloved Wonderbolts, Sunset was playing as Cloudsdale Athletic. Sunset was winning 4-1. A frustrated Forte began gripping the controller harder and harder in frustration as Sunset shut out each attack he made. Not even changing his tactics from a 4-3-1-2 to a 3-4-3 for more fluid attacking yielded a positive impact.
The full time whistle went and huffing indignantly, Forte folded his arms.
"I only let you win because you're a girl, and I was being nice."
"Of course you were," Sunset replied, hugging her boyfriend, "Another game?"
"Sure. I'll beat you this time though."
Forte began setting up the rematch whilst Sunset turned around to face the others. Feeling content and like she really belonged in this group of friends, she felt like she had to say something in gratitude.
"Girls?" she said, gaining their attention, "Thank you for doing this. I haven't done anything like this in so long....it's good to have friends."
"Hey I feel the same," replied Rainbow, "I don't know what I'd do without you gals.......or guy," she finished, looking at Forte.
"I feel the same. You girls have definitely helped me settle in at CHS," he said smiling, before looking at Sunset, "And I got a girlfriend as well."
Forte and Sunset gave each other a kiss and a hug, eliciting a chorus of 'awww's from the girls.
"Same here," added Applejack, "It means a lot to me. Havin' friends to support me makes me-"
Just then her phone began ringing.
"Goldurn it! That's ma phone. Could someone get the for me?"
Fluttershy took out Applejack's phone and laid it next to her. Answering the call and putting it on loudspeaker, she gave the thumbs up to Applejack.
"Whoever this is, you just ruined a real heartwarmin' moment.
"Hey Big Sis. Granny wanted me to call and make sure you're doin' alright."
"'Course I'm alright, I'm with my friends!"
"Yeah AJ's fine, she wearing nail polish!" Sunset said loudly down the phone, prompting a grumpy look from Applejack.
"Alright alright, I'm just the messenger. Have a good night..........Piggly Wiggly."
The call cut off before Applejack could respond. The girls and Forte each looked confused, some looked like they wanted to laugh.
"Did your sister just call you 'Piggly Wiggly'?" asked Sunset.
"Uh.....yeah.....she did," she stuttered out, embarrassed,"Oh I was hopin' I would never have to tell this story again."
Applejack sighed and began to tell the story of how she earned the name.
"When I was little, I used to follow my Granny Smith around when she as doin' chores. I 'specially loved it when she fed the pigs. So one day I snuck into the pig pen and started playin' with the pigs. Granny said I stayed in there for hours. SO she started callin' me 'Piggly Wiggly' and it stuck as a family nickname. Applebloom likes to use it when she thinks I'm gettin' too big for my britches."
Applejack laughed a little at the memory, "Well that's family for you, gotta take the good with the bad."
The two girls looked around the room and saw that they had fallen asleep.
"Uh....maybe we oughta go to sleep."
"Yeah," replied Sunset.
She walked over to the games console and removed the game and put it back in the case. Switching the console and TV off, she got into her sleeping bag and settled down for the night.
A short while later, a still awake Sunset couldn't help but smile over the night's events. She truly felt like she had a family again, and a sense of belonging she hadn't felt in a long time. Reaching into her bag she took out her enchanted book and began writing.
Dear Twilight
The following morning the close friends entered CHS for another day of oh-so-exciting learning and fun. Applejack being the only one who didn't look like they wanted to go back to bed. Proven by Pinkie stretching her arms and yawning.
"You sleepy Pinkie?" asked Applejack.
"Never! Parties give me energy. Parties are my.....my....my something."
"Hey Piggly Wiggly!"
"What!" Applejack responded in shock, "Did someone just-"
"Sis! Sis! You gotta see this!" Apple Bloom yelled running up to them, holding up her phone to her sister, "Look!"
Applejack looked at what she was being shown. What she saw was a post showing what she told the others the night before.
"How th- What th-" she stuttered.
"It was posted a couple of hours ago."
Applejack looked at the post, specifically as to who posted it.
"Who this, 'Anon-a-miss'?"
"Her profile was created the same time as the posts, no clue who it is," Apple Bloom said, "She posted on your page, my page, all of you guys pages. The whole school probably knows about it by now."
Students made 'Piggly Wiggly' remarks as they passed Applejack, snickering and laughing in the process.
"Well this aint gonna bother me, i can handle a little teasing," said defiantly.
"Fine, but what about this Anon-a-miss?" Rainbow demanded, "How did she know about your nickname?"
"And why would she post it online, that's.....that's just cruel."
*BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRNG*
"I guess questions will have to wait until after school."
Sunset put a comforting hand on Applejack's shoulder, "Let us know if we can help AJ."
"Sure thing Sunset," she replied, a little deflated.
The girls and Forte walked away, leaving Applejack with her sister.
"So...this Anon-a-miss person?" queried Apple Bloom.
"What about her?"
"well the only people who knew about your nickname was us and your friends, you sure you didn't tell anybody else?"
"Positive. What are you gettin' at Apple Bloom?"
"Well, Sunset only heard the story last night, and the colours on the Anon-a-miss page are the same as her hair."
Applejack felt a pang of anger, insulted at the mere suggestion that her friend would do such a thing.
"Apple Bloom! How could you! Sunset's a friend"
"Okay okay, just a thought. I'll see you after school."
Several hours later, school had ended once again. Applejack had been teased all day about the nickname and 'Anon-a-miss' was the topic of many discussions. Forte and Sunset were in his car driving to Rarity's for the next slumber party. Sunset was understandably excited about spending another night with her closest friends. Soon, Forte pulled up outside the house. Seeing as several cars were already on the driveway, Forte parked on the road just outside the house.
Getting out of the car, Sunset and Forte made their way to the front door and rang the door bell. Within a few seconds the door was answered.
"Hello darlings, so glad you could make it."
"Same here," replied Sunset with a bright smile, "We;re excited to be here."
"Then let's waste no time, come on in and make yourselves comfortable."
Forte and Sunset went in, hanging their raincoats on the hooks in the hallway and removing their footwear. They followed Rarity upstairs to her bedroom where they saw the other girls already waiting for them, Pinkie wearing a black hooded cloak and carrying a candle.
"Okay! Who ready for GHOST STORIES! I got some creepy tales lined up."
"You know Pinkie," Sunset said suddenly, causing her to jump, "If you want to hear stories about beings in another world, I've still got the journal from Twilight Sparkle."
"Oh yeah," Rainbow replied, "Does that thing still work?"
"Sure. I use it all the time. She says 'hi', by the way."
"That magic journal really is something," Fluttershy said softly, "It's like texting, except to another world."
"It's pretty amazing isn't it?" Sunset replied, sitting on the edge of the bed, "Back home the closest thing we had to mobile phones was magic burping dragons."
"Well make sure to tell Twilight everything," Rarity said, "In the meantime, let's party!"
Pinkie, Rainbow and Fluttershy burst into singing.
Hey, hey everybody
I've got something to say
We may be as different
As the night is from day
But if you look a little deeper
"Are you recording that?" Rarity asked Sunset, whom she noticed was holding her phone up in the direction of the singing girls.
"I want to capture the memories," she replied, smiling at being able to keep this memory alive for years to come.
The girls finished the song and Pinkie decided to excitedly carry out an old time classic.
"STAGE DIVE!"
She messed up the jump and crashed into one of Rarity's wardrobes. In a heap on the floor, entangled on some clothes, Pinkie sat up and sheepishly looked up to the others.
"I guess it works better when there's a stage."
Sunset helped her to her feet
"I think this is the sixth door you've broken by dancing Pinkie," Fluttershy said.
"Nope, twelfth," Sunset corrected.
"Rarity, what are all these clothes?" asked Pinkie.
Rarity sighed and adorned a face of regret and embarrassment.
"Just my closet of shame. It's where I put the outfits I make or buy that turn out to be horrible. I clean it out and donate everything to charity every so often," she said, grimacing at the ghastly clothes, "I should probably do so again."
"What are you talking about?" asked Pinkie, who was now wearing a top hat and tails,"This stuff is great. It's perfect material for outrageous selfies!"
The group spent the next hour or so dressing up in clothes from the 'Closet of Shame'. Forte, being male, was spared having to try on outfits due to them only being made to fit girls. Sunset handed him her phone and asked him to take pictures.
"Looking good girls," he teased.
"Oh shush you," replied Sunset, "Or we'll find a cute little outfit for you to try."
Forte rolled his eyes, "Oh I'm sooooo scared."
The girls looked unamused. They then looked amongst themselves and nodded and began to approach Forte, encircling him so he couldn't escape. Applejack and Rainbow grabbed him by the arms and frog-marched him to the wardrobe. Rarity opened it and rummaged through until she found an 'appropriate' outfit.
"Ah," Rarity said, eyes twinkling in delight, "This will do."
She pulled the outfit out into full view.
The girls cheered in delight.
Forte's face paled in fright.
Another hour of fun had passed, or torture in Forte's case, when the girls decided to call it a night. After everyone else had fallen asleep, Sunset took out her magical book and began writing to Twilight again.
Dear Twilight,
My second slumber party with the girls, and already I feel so much closer to everyone! I haven't felt so loved, so accepted, in... well... ever! I feel like I finally have a family again. Without all of you to help and support me, I'd be—Well, you know what I would be! Anyway, I should get some sleep. But I want to let you know, before I do... that I love you all.
Sunset Shimmer
A few days had passed without incident, and without any more slumber parties, when Sunset walked into school at the start of another school day. Seeing the girls sans Forte in the corridor, she walked over to greet them.
"Hey girls," she said.
They turned around, but instead of smiling, cheerful faces; her friends looked pissed.
"What's going.....on?" she asked nervously.
Applejack stepped forward, "Sunset, do you.....have you lost your phone recently?"
"No, it's right here," she said by getting it out and showing them, "Why?"
"Then you need to explain this!" Applejack said angrily, holding out her phone.
Sunset looked down at the phone's screen. Her face became one of abject horror as she saw Anon-a-Miss had posted very familiar looking photos.
OMG What a bunch of dorks Hahahahahah
"What?! How did she get our pictures?"
"They're not our pictures Sunset," Applejack said forcefully, "All of those pictures were taken by YOU. They're YOURS!"
"Wait, but I've have my phone with me all of this time. How did she-"
"Yeah! How did she? How did she know about my nickname? How did she get the pictures from YOUR phone?"
Applejack angrily pointed a finger at Sunset, "It was you all along! You're Anon-a-Miss!"
"We trusted you Sunset," Rainbow said, disappointment audible in her voice, "We thought you were our friend."
"How could you do this, after all we've been through together?" asked Rarity.
"No! Wait you guys, I didn't do this!" Sunset sobbed, tears already falling from her eyes, "I could never hurt any of you."
"But you did!" screamed Pinkie, angrily pointing a finger at Sunset, "You must've been pretending to be our friend, when all along you were just after our secrets. You...you secret stealer!"
"No! NO!" Sunset sobbed, "I don't know how she got this stuff but it, it wasn't me! I'm not this person!"
Sunset was getting closer and closer to completely breaking down in the hallway. Her heart was felt like it was being ripped to pieces as one by one her friends disbelieved her.
"No you're not!" cried Fluttershy angrily, "You're not the person we thought you were. You're NOT our friend!"
Tears were flowing freely down Sunset's face, "No, I..I am, I promise."
"This is it Sunset," Applejack said defiantly, folding her arms, "You're not going to take advantage of us any more."
All the girls began walking away, leaving a crying Sunset in the hallway.
"I'm sorry, but you did this to us," Applejack continued, "Tell whatever secrets you want. But we don't have to listen."
The girls walked out of sight and other students just walked on by, ignoring Sunset. She slowly got to her feet and, vision blurred by tears, ran down the corridors to the girls toilets.
"Sunset!"
Sunset looked to the source of the voice, and smiled at the sight of the owner.
"Forte!"
She ran to Forte and, like her life depended on it, hugged him as tight as she could. She began crying again as Forte embraced her comfortingly.
"I take it you saw the posts?" he asked.
"The girls showed me them."
"Why are you so upset though?"
".......They think I'm Anon-a-Miss."
There was a moment of silence as the information sank into Forte.
"Why......why would they think you did it?"
"Because the photos came from my phone."
Forte could see how that makes Sunset prime suspect, but it's still jumping to conclusions.
"Could I have a look at your phone?" he asked.
Sunset looked at him confused, "Why?"
"Please?"
Sunset smiled and nodded, "OK, but only because you're my boyfriend."
She gave him a small kiss on the lips and handed him her phone.
"Thank you," he replied,"Oh, could you put in the password first?"
"Password?"
"To get past the lock screen?"
"I don't have a lock screen."
Forte was stunned to say the least. Not only is it a serious security issue, it could also explain how her photos were used.
"Then anybody could have gained access."
"Come again?"
"Without a security lock anyone could pick this phone up and access everything. Your contacts, texts......photos. Did you know you could have one?"
"I guess I forgot," she replied, face palming, "How could I be so stupid?"
"Do you want me to show you how to set one up?"
"Yeah, please."
"Sure, we've both got free periods now. Wanna go to the music room, it should be empty now?"
"I'd love to."
A few minutes later they were sat in the music room. Forte was going through Sunset's phone, showing her how to set up a security lock. After making one and testing it, they began writing down notes about the situation they were in; piecing together clues that could help identify the culprit.
"Well whoever it was knew about Applejack's nickname, and gained access to my photos," Sunset said, pacing up and down, "And set up the page in such a way to make it look like I did it."
"Have you noticed it all started after the slumber parties?" asked Forte.
"Well yeah, that's why the girls think I did it."
Forte shook his head, "No, what I mean is it started after Pinkie's party."
"What are you getting at?"
"Who originally knew of Applejacks' nickname?"
"Applejack and her family."
"Who else was present at Rarity's that night apart from us?"
"Well there was Rarity's parents before they went out, there was Sweetie B-"
Sunset paused as realisation struck her, "Sweetie Bell and Apple Bloom are friends aren't they?"
"As far as I know, so is...Scootaloo, I think her name is. Idolises Rainbow."
"But what would they have to gain from doing this?"
Forte shrugged his shoulders, "You being away from their sisters. Considering what happened earlier, you could say they succeeded."
Sunset sat down on the piano stool, tears once again starting to form in her eyes. Frustration and confusion reigned inside of her as she mulled over why, if they were responsible, they would do this.
Seeing his girlfriend was upset, he walked over to her and sat down next to her. Putting an arm around her, she rested her head on his shoulder and put an arm around his waist. His comforting embrace doing wonders to put her at ease and quell her fears.
"But why have they done it?" asked Sunset.
"It could be any number of reasons. What do you want to do in the meantime?"
"Monitor what Anon-a-Miss posts and keep our own record."
"Will you be OK?" he asked, nuzzling her hair.
"I will be now you're at my side."