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// Chapter 5: Anon-A-Miss Confession 
// Story: Sun's Hearth's Warming Eve Journey 
// by Pinkie Pie Sweets 
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Meanwhile back at Sun's home world, the snow has stop falling for a while, but the dark clouds are still about. In Sun's bedroom, Adagio, Aria, and Sonata are still sleeping in her room in their sleeping bags on the floor. As the sun comes up, each of the three girls start to wake up. Adagio is the first to fully wake up while her sisters fall back to sleep, and notices Sun is not in her bed anymore. Adagio gets up and begin to look around the house, but Sun is nowhere inside the house.

Adagio runs back into the room and panicked shouts, "Girls, wake up!"

Aria and Sonata hears Adagio's screaming and start to slowly wake up with tired look on their faces. Discord and Screwball hears the screaming to and walk into the room in their pajamas with tired looks as well.

Arai yawns and says, "Adagio is it a little early for one of your outburst?"

"Yeah, we're out of school and some of us like to sleep late," Sonata replies.

Adagio narrows her eyes with frustration, and says, "Oh really, well while we're all sleeping, Sun has suddenly disappear from her room and from the house for that matter."

Discord hears this and shockley reacts, "Wait what?!"

"It's true, Sun is nowhere in the house. She's gone," Adagio sadly replies.

"But where could have she gone off to?" Screwball asks starting to get very worried..

"Well where ever Sun's gone too, Nina seems to gone along with her," Sonata replies pointing towards Nina's bed.

The others turn over to the bed to see that Nina is also gone, along with her bag of food, and a few of her toys are missing. They start to think that maybe last night or early in the morning before anyone wakes up that Sun has gone off somewhere and takes her cat with her.

Sonata starts to whimper and says, "You don't think she… ran away, did she?"

"I don't think Sun is the type to do this even with the Anon-A-Miss ordeal going on," Aria replies.

Adagio starts to think about ti and look around the room. She then notices that the book that she uses to contact Princess Twilight is still around, but she wonders why. She opens the book to an entry and sees a piece of paper with a note inside, and starts to read it.

Then Screwball, "Maybe it has something to do with the nightmares she's been having and wants to go out on her walks.

"She could have at least told one of us about it," Discord clarifies.

"I think that Anon-A-Miss problem made her run away," Sonata says looking upset.

"Well, I still think it's those dreams she's been having," Screwball suggests.

But then Adagio says, "But it's none of those options."

The others look at Adagio holding a note and the book that's used to contact Twilight.

Adagio comes over and says, "Sun didn't leave because of Anon-A-Miss or her nightmares."

"Really, then why did she?" Sonata asks.

Adagio hold out the note and the book, and says, "Just read these and you'll see, and from the looks of it she had to leave in a rush."

Discord takes the note from Adagio and begins to read the note.

The note says, "Dear family and friends, sorry I have to leave all of the sudden, but I hope you understand why. I know some of you remember a special map Princess Twilight has that help her find friendship problem. Well, I suddenly transformed early before any of you wake up and according to Twilight, I along with her and all of her friends are being sent to Canterlot my home in Equestria for a Friendship problem. I felt scared, but I know that I have to go, and I might be able to see my family after so long. I have already given you presents so you can open when you get up or wait until Christmas. I hope you all will take care and have a Merry Christmas.

Love,

Sun

P.S Nina really wanted to come with me, so I decide to let her come to Equestria with me, and I'll ask Twilight to bring the book from her end with me so you can contact with me if you need to."

After reading the note to everyone, they are completely shocked that Sun has gone back to Equestria, and to the same city where she lived when she's small. Right now everyone know that Sun has to go, and seeing her family she been missing for so long is like a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Discord sighs sadly, and says, "I guess there nothing much we can do."

"You're right, it seems that Sun has to go because of a problem she can help fix. I sure hope she get back home soon." Screwball replies, agreeing there's not much they can do.

The Dazzling can also see Discord is right. Sun has to go back eventually, but during the time of the problems she's been dealing with, it might help Sun to take her mind out of her troubles. However, Adagio knows that she has to do something to help Sun with this.

Adagio says in a serious and leadership tone, "We may not be able to do thing for Sun in Equestria, but maybe we can still help Sun around here."

"We can we do that?" Sonata asks.

Luckily Aria has an idea, and says, "We find out who Anon-A-Miss really is, and prove Sun didn't do it."

"Exactly," Adagio replies.

Sonata, Aria, and Screwball agree to the idea. Even though they can't help Sun with her nightmare problem, they can help Sun with the Anon-A-Miss problem. They all think it's time they put their heads together and put an end to this tension at the school.

Then Discord says, "Well it will be a good idea to have some breakfast before you girls can do your investigation."

Agreeing to the idea, Discord and the girls go downstairs so they can make some breakfast. They have some omelette of their choice with hashbrowns some meat depending who wants some, and a side of fruits. After having some breakfast, Adagio, Aria, Sonata, and Screwball are trying to put their head together in order to figure this Anon-A-Miss problem out.

Screwball thinks about it, and asks "Okay girls, so what do we know so far about this Anon-A-Miss?"

"Well, we all know that her or she somehow got a hold of the girls secrets first, and then it spread to the entire school," Arai explains.

The girls know that they need to figure this out very carefully and see what they remember about this.

Adagio realizes something important and asks, "Wait, when did this all started?"

Aria and Sonata try to think about the situation because they seem to be there when the situation started.

Arai says,"Well, it happened the next day after our sleepover,"

"Yeah, and the first thing that was posted what Applejack childhood nickname," Sonata adds.

Adagio starts to think about it and says, "Right, besides us including Sun, the only other who could have known about it is Applejack's family."

"What about the posting came from Sun's phone," Screwball asks.

Adagio writes down what they know and says, "Well, we know Sun doesn't have a lock on it."

"And the only other people who were at Rarity's house a that time besides us, was Rarity's sister and her parents," Aria replies.

Then Sonata adds, "Let's not forget about the exam Rainbow kind of flunked at, was it also on the day you and Rainbow was helping coach the indoor soccer team."

"That's right," Aria adds.

"And Scootaloo and I were there at that time too," Screwball clarifies.

Aria thinks about this and says, "The only connection is that all of the girls secrets were posted first, and then somehow got spread to the entire school."

As the girls talk about the situation, Adagio makes sure to write down the clues and every details she can think of. Just then, Adagio remember that those who are close to them can ever know about the secrets and personal stuff. Looking at her notes and thinking about what's been going on at the sleepovers, the truth has finally hit her. Making her gasp in realization. The three girls hear this and look to see Adagio has a shocked expression her face.

Arai question asks, "Adagio?"

"Are you okay?" Sonata asks looking confused.

"Did you figure something out?" Screwball asks.

Adagio doesn't reply to any of their questions at all. Alls she does is get up and passes the three jackets, gloves, and their bags. From the looks of it, they figure Adagio has figure something out, and they need to get going to see if it's true.

Adagio grabs her bag and jacket as she says, "Come on girls we need to go find the other. I know who Anon-A-Miss is or should I say are, and I think I know why."

Hearing this, The four girls decide to get their winter wear on, and go find the others. Luckily at this time, they know where, the five are going to be at. Adagio manages to take Sun's note and her book that she uses to write Twilight to use as evidence for Sun's innocence. Luckily, they have a good idea where the girls could be at during this time, and that place is Sugarcube Corner, and they are right. At Sugarcube Corner, Rainbow and the other four are simply having some snacks and drinks feeling a bit gloomy about the whole thing.

Just then, Screwballs and The Dazzlings come into the building and see the others right away. The girls see The Dazzlings along with Screwball, and they're not in the mood to talk to them, especially for the argument they had a few days ago. The the four comes over to the table, there's need a few minutes of silence.

Adagio breaks the silence and says, "Girls we need to take."

"What's there to talk about, here to apologize for Sun of the posting she did," Applejack says looking annoyed and not giving a care.

"You're the ones who are going to apologize to Sun when we tell you something," Aria remarks with a sad look on her face.

Fluttershy becomes sad seeing Aria's face, as she, "I know that look Aria, something must have happened didn't it?"

"Sun left home and went back to Equestria early this morning, and been gone for a while now," Sonata sadly explains.

"What?!" The girls exclaims with shocked looks on their faces.

The shock has catch the attention of everyone else in the cafe. After calming themselves down, they want to know what happened. Then everyone goes back to their business.

Adagio says, "I know you might not believe it, but here's the note that Sun wrote, and the journal entry to confirm when she left. Also, for the past few days Sun had been writing to Twilight about her dreams whenever she wakes up late at night."

Adagio then put the note and the book with some bookmarks on the table. The girls read the note and are shocked see what has happen. They then read the journal entries about what's Sun been talking to Twilight about during the they read, the girls are starting to feel awful for what Sun has been writing to Twilight. The thought to themselves how could they ever think Sun would do something like this, and how they ever think that without proof. After reading the last entry, the five girls look up at the four in front of them, and all nine of them are showing sad and worried looks in their faces.

Sonata sadly says, "Now you understand why Sun can't be Anon-A-Miss at this point."

"Yeah. Man, I feel like such a jerk," Rainbow replies feeling so guilty.

The Applejack says, "I think we're all at fault of this."

"By the way, have there been any more posting up until now?" Aria asks.

Rarity takes out her phone to see if there's any posting so far, and there has. There's been three posting around two hours ago. Since Sun has return to Equestria early in the morning, this is more than enough to confirm that Sun is not behind this.

But Pinkie asks, "But if Sun wasn't Anon-A-Miss, then who is?"

"Adagio seems to have a good idea, but wanted to wait until we're here to tell all of us," Aria answers.

Fluttershy asks, "You know who did it?"

Adagio nods her head and explains, "Yes, it took me some time, but after looking through all the details. I can figure out what's occurred. Since we know that only the nine of us including Applejack's family could have easily post the Piggy wiggy story."

The girls nod their heads in reply.

"Back at Rarity's house, I had a bit of trouble figuring out how the photos that was posted, that is until Sun told me that she never kept her phone locked, so any of us, including Rarity's family could have used it without knowing. At that time, they had to be careful because Sun was having one of her nightmares. Then there was the soccer practice Rainbow and Aria did the same day Rainbow got one of her old test back with a bad score. Who ever know about the test could have easily take the test without anyone noticing and put it on the internet." Adagio explains the scenes further.

The girls are kind of surprised that Adagio are able to put the clues together, but one question still remains.

"I guess it shows that whoever Anon-A-Miss is could have been there during those event," Aria suspects.

Adagio nod her head, "Yes, but there's not one person involved in this it's…

But before Adagio can hear anything, a familiar country accent voice says, "Yes, we were Anon-A-Miss, not Sun."

The girls gasp to hear the voice and turn to see Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo are here as well. From the looks of it, they have guilty looks on their faces. With Apple Bloom's confession, the girls have see the identities of Anon-A-Miss, but are completely shocked.

"Apple Bloom, how could you do something like that?" Applejack asks with a shock.

"We're sorry, we didn't mean for the whole thing to get out of hand," Apple Bloom sadly replies.

"But why did you three do it?" Screwball asks looking sad.

Apple Bloom sighs sadly and explains her reason, "It's because of your sister. I guess I didn't like how you all were spending too much time with each other instead of her family during the holidays. After I finished talking to Applejack on the phone, I created the profile and posted the story to make Applejack look bad, and look like Sun was doing it."

"Then when Apple Bloom told us what she did, we agreed with her. When you all were at that sleepover last night where you didn't let me join, I snuck into the room that night and took Sun's phone. It was unlocked so it was easy to post the photos online and able to access the profile," Sweetie Belle adds.

Then Scootaloo sadly adds, "And I snuck into Rainbow's backpack while we're one break and post the test on line to. That's when we see The Dazzlings, Screwball, and Sun talking. Hering how much Sun is suffering already and how the snow storm is having a terrible effect on we, we realized that we were being selfish, and doesn't want this to go on anymore."

"Then when I saw Sun heading out early in the morning, I know that she ran away because of Anon-A-Miss and that we need to fix this right away. So we post a few last secret to confirm Sun's innocence, and came here to find you y'all and tell you the truth," Apple Bloom adds.

The girls are stunned to hear the whole story, and to see that Sun suffer something deep is what convince them to stop this. In away, it turn out they are also have some part for this to happen.

"I guess in a way, we made you all feel left out," Aria replies.

Then Rarity says, "So Anon-A-Miss was created to separate us from Sun."

"Yes, and we really sorry that things gone too far that we drove Sun into running away," Sweetie Belle says feeling like she's going to cry.

Then Apple Bloom says, "We wouldn't blame you if you never forgive us for doing something completely stupid."

The girls look at each other with concern looks. They can see The Crusaders feel very sorry for what happen, and what to do what they can to fix this.

Applejack hugs her sister with a reassuring smile and says, "Of course I forgive you, you're my little sister. True be told, I guess we're part of the blame why this Anon-A-Miss problem continue like this.

"She's right, we should never believe Sun would do something like this. We should have been there for Sun, but was too embarrassed and end up jumping to conclusions without getting the facts straight," Fluttershy adds.

Then Rainbow says, "And we made you all left out and what drove you into doing this."

"And still, Sun didn't run away from home," Adagio confirms.

The Crusader look at them with a confused look and say," huh!"

Sonata explains, "Sun was called over to go back to Equestria to solve a friendship problem, and had to leave for a while. At first some of us assumed she ranway because of the Anon-A-Miss problem, or her nightmare until we saw the letter and note. However, we have to agree that going over there might give her a break from it, and Twilight might also be able to help her with her nightmare situation."

Hearing this news make The Crusaders a little better and glad that what they have done hasn't cause Sun to leave like that.

Apple Bloom sighs with relief and says, "Glad to hear Sun is alright, but we still need to fix this."

"But how?" Sweetie Belle ask.

Rarity comes over to her sister, and says, "That's something you three need to figure out."

Then Aria asks, "What I want to know is to show you three manage to get the secrets of others. I don't know it seems that you couldn't have got them on your own."

The Crusaders look a bit nervous and worried, but know they have to explain that detail.

Scootaloo takes a deep breath and explains, "That's because all those other secrets we posed were from the students from Canterlot High. After posting some of the photos, we started receiving requests of posting other people's secrets, and we posed all of them. We didn't want to at first, but we still did it anyway. We should have stopped the moment the requests have started."

This has caused the girls to become speechless. All the other posting from the Anon-A-Miss profile has been posted by other students the whole time, and Sun still takes the blame for it.

Aria becomes upset and asks, "Are you saying that all those students who blamed Sun had posted another secret for you to post online?"

"That's kind of ironic, if you ask me," Sonata replies.

"You said it," Pinkie agrees.

Adagio turns to The Crusaders, and says, "We need to fix this and fast, before this ends up getting worse than it already has."

"But how?" Fluttershy asks.

Luckily Apple Bloom has the answer figured out, "We can post an apology letter on Anon-A-Miss account, once everyone reads it, we'll delete the account.

"And then we'll tell Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna, so they can send letters to every student in the school," Sweetie Belle says.

Scootaloo looks a bit confused at that idea and asks, "Are we able to see them out of school?"

"My dad can talk to them about it and help us," Screwball replies.

But Rarity sadly asks, "But what about Sun, how are we going to make this up to her other then just simply apologize to her?"

"We can throw Sun the best Christmas party ever, and when Sun said she's going come back that's when we'll set everything up, and make this A Sun Appreciation Day Party," Pinki replies to the idea.

However, Adagio says, "Don't know about the appreciation day, but a party will be fine."

With that, the girls agree to what they need to do in order to fix this whole mess.

Applejack gets up and say, "Then let's get started and save the holiday."

With that, the girls decide to get to work. The others are hoping they are able to fix this, and with the help from each other, it will be possible. All the girls can think about is how Sun is handling back in Equestria. They hope Twilight and her friends can take care of her, and wonder what kind of friendship problem Sun is called for that she can help fix.