Apple Bloom updated the Anon-A-Miss profile, for the final time, then closed her laptop.
As she headed for the stairs, she stopped by Applejack's room.
Peering inside she saw Applejack sprawled on her bed. She looked like she had been crying.
Apple Bloom's heart clenched. "Sis....fer wut it's worth....Ah'm sorry."
She turned and left. She didn't see her sister raise her head in confusion.
She got a phone call just as she was heading for Big Mac's truck.
"What did you do?!"
"It's over Scootaloo. Soon everyone will know the truth."
"They're going to KILL us, Apple Bloom! Did you not see what they did to Sunset?!"
"That's why Ah confessed."
"Why? Why the hell would you do this?!"
"CUZ IT DON'T MATTER ANYMORE!"
"......"
"....Applejack knows, Scootaloo. She told me to mah face that she hated me."
"....How do you know she knows?"
"Why else would she say that? To mah face, no less." Apple Bloom wiped her eyes. "Ah started this whole thing to git mah sister back, and Ah wound up losin' her anyway. And Sunset's probably dead right now cuza me."
She sighed. "Look, Ah didn't mention you or Sweetie Belle. This whole thing was mah idea. As far as CHS is concerned, Ah'm th' only one responsible."
She hung up before Scootaloo could respond. As she climbed into the truck, she turned to her brother and said, "There's somethin' Ah gotta tell you."
Rainbow Dash hadn't slept well last night.
She couldn't stop thinking about....what she'd been thinking about.
At the time, it had seemed like a good idea. A simple idea. Now though....
She saw Lightning Dust and went up to speak to her. "Hey. So....how'd it go?"
"It went well enough." Lightning turned to glare at her, and Rainbow noticed she had a large bandage on her nose. "Of course, you'd know that if you'd actually bothered to show up."
Rainbow nodded. "So...that's it, then."
Lightning smirked. "Yep. That bitch won't be posting anything for a long time."
As she started to walk away, Rainbow felt the need to ask, "Have you seen Gilda ?"
Lightening shrugged indifferently. "Hell should I know? Ya think I'm friends with that skank?" She walked off.
Rainbow sighed, and leaned against the lockers. It was over. With this, the Anon-A-Miss posts would finally stop.
Just then her phone went off. It was a message from.....Anon-A-Miss?!
But that was impossible! If what Lightning said was true, then.....
Out of curiosity, she tapped the Mystable app.
What she saw made her irises shrink to pinpricks.
"Mah name is Apple Bloom....and Ah am Anon-A-Miss. No, this not a joke. No, Sunset Shimmer did not threaten or blackmail me inta sayin' this. Sunset had nothin' ta do with this. Well....actually, she did, inna way, but Ah'll get ta that inna minute.....
An' Ah know summa y'all still don't believe me. That Sunset's somehow coachin' me offscreen.
Sunset Shimmer was beaten up last night.
There's a picture a' her on Mystable goin' around with her beaten to a pulp. It was taken last night. Y'all can look it up fer yerselves. Ah don't know who did this. Ah don't where Sunset is....Ah don't know...if she's even still alive.....sob....
But needless to say, Ah don't think she'd have the energy ta use a phone or computer right now. This was me. ONLY me.
An' when Ah look back, all this started over somethin'....so stupid. Mah big sis an' her friends were throwin' a slumber party fer Sunset, and Ah...Ah threw a mad fit cuz they wouldn't let me come. Ah posted that thing about "Piggly Wiggly" outta spite. Ah thought - Ah wanted.....Ah don't know what Ah wanted.....
This has gotten outta control. Ah never meant fer things ta go this far. Ah am so sorry....to everyone Ah hurt."
Everyone in CHS watched the lastest - and last - Anon-A-Miss video, and it was though a fog was lifted. And as they watched Apple Bloom walk down the hall, her face completely blank, all they could do was stare. There was no hatred, no anger....only disbelief.
"Will Apple Bloom please come to the principal's office?"
Apple Bloom gave a slight glance towards Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, before marching towards her fate.
Rainbow's body was on autopilot. She wasn't seeing or hearing. Only moving.
She stopped when she found Scootaloo, who was backing away in fear.
"Scootaloo....did you help her?"
"...I..."
"Did. You. Help. Her?!"
"Yeah. We did."
They turned to Sweetie Belle, who was staring at the floor, hugging herself.
Rarity was horror-stricken. "Sweetie...no..."
"We're so sorry." Sweetie began to weep.
Rainbow wasn't thinking. She grabbed Scootaloo by the collar and yanked her to eye level.
"Do you have any idea what you've done?!"
"We didn't mean for things to go this far!" Scootaloo cried. "We never wanted Sunset to die!"
Rainbow froze. "...Die?"
"You haven't seen it, have you?" Rarity asked. Upon seeing Rainbow's confused face, Rarity pulled out her phone, found the picture, and held up her phone for Rainbow to see.
Rainbow promptly collapsed to the floor, releasing a frightened Scootaloo.
Sunset ran her blackened fingers over her journal for the umpteenth time. She considered sending Twilight a message, also for the umpteenth time.
In the end, she sighed, placed the book back on the coffee table, and exited her apartment.
She felt no sorrow as she fired a magical blast, completely engulfing the place in flames.