//------------------------------// // OPTIONAL (Edit) // Story: Going Out With A Bang // by Anonomis //------------------------------// “Well, they actually wrote to us. It's only been two-and-a-half years,” Sunset said “They did say they were busy with college. And it seems they've seen my counterpart,” Twilight said Twilight, Sunset, we just met your counterpart. In order to tell you apart, we've taken to calling her ‘Sci-Twi’. When does the portal open so you can visit? We miss you. “So, how do you feel about going there? Do you still resent them,” Twilight asked “Of course I still hate them. The only reason I didn't do anything was because my wife was there,” Sunset answered “I was thinking the same thing. I didn't do anything because you were there. I might be the ‘Princess of Friendship’, but they turned their backs on both of us. Yes, you did start out evil, but you changed.” “I agree. They turned their backs on you while we welcomed you back,” Dash said “I just find it hard to understand. All the work you did to change, and one incident destroys everything? They apparently were not the friends you thought they were,” Celestia said “Thank you all for the support. I'll head back alone to talk to your counterpart. We don't need the confusion with two of you there,” Sunset said “Take this. As you know, I thought about the two of us having a separate means of communication away from the others to talk in private,” Twilight said handing her a plain yellow journal Sunset threw the book in her saddlebag and headed through the portal. To her surprise, all her friends were standing by the portal. “Welcome back Sunset,” Dash said “Where's Twilight,” Sunset asked “Right here. It's nice to meet you, Miss Shimmer. I'm Twilight Sparkle, although the others constantly nickname me ‘Sci-Twi’,” Twilight said “Do you mind if we talk in private? I'd like to get to know you better.” “Of course. The school is empty, except for the principal and vice principal,” Sci-Twi answered The two made their way to the cafeteria for privacy. Sunset thought it would be nice to be away from the others. She noticed Sci-Twi was wearing a lab coat like a regular jacket, but kept her arms covered. “Do you mind telling me why you are worried about your arms? I won't judge,” Sunset asked “It was something I did when I was in high school at Crystal Prep. Someone calling themselves ‘Anon-a-Miss’ was spilling secrets about others. Because I was the school genius and an outcast, they thought it was me. My brother Shining Armor had secrets revealed about him and the dean at the time, Cadence. He distanced himself from me believing I was the cause. Cadence, his girlfriend, was the same way. I took to cutting my arms to relieve myself of the pain,” Sci-Twi answered pulling up a sleeve to show the scars “I thought I was alone. Anon-a-Miss targeted me and I carved both arms for the same reasons. Those five you saw turned their backs on me after your counterpart Princess Twilight asked them to help me. The entire school attacked me for a month before I left. I actually blew up my house in an attempt to kill myself, but decided against dying,” Sunset explained removing her jacket “I thought they were lying about a portal and another me until I saw you come out the statue. I have been studying the anomaly caused by the ‘CHS Demon’ to understand it. Those five were the reason I befriended them. That, and I want to know who Anon-a-Miss is to give some payback,” Sci-Twi said “The demon was me. As to your payback; Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo and Apple Bloom are the ones you want.” Twilight, I've met your counterpart and she's as much a victim as I am. Her school, Crystal Prep, thought she was revealing secrets about their students. She wants some payback. Let me talk to her. “My wife wants to talk to you. Just write in the book.” This is Twilight Sparkle. Apparently, Sci-Twi is a nickname the others gave me. I've been studying the magic that caused a demon to show up here at Canterlot High School. I managed to collect the energy from them and plan on releasing against them. I am Princess Twilight Sparkle of Equestria. I'd like you to promise not to cause any harm to our world. I can understand you want revenge for everyone turning against you. My mentor Princess Celestia has an open invitation if you wish to leave that world behind. That is a big decision to make. May I have some time to think about it? And yes, I do promise not to cause any harm to your world. The portal closes in two day's time. It won't open for another 30 moons. You have until then to make your choice. I'm sorry it's so short. “Princess Twilight allowed me to stay there if I want. I want to release the energy I've collected and use it against them,” Sci-Twi said “Go ahead. You and I have more in common then you think. I'll help you destroy them, if you want,” Sunset answered “Thank you. I'll try and call my brother to let him know,” Sci-Twi answered Sci-Twi pulled out her phone and called Shining and Cadence. Sunset excused her self to step out for the time her friend was on the phone. “They don't care. Even my parents, Night Light and Twilight Velvet never cared. The last time I saw them was at my graduation. Once I take my revenge, I'm leaving. They wouldn't care if I dropped dead in front of them,” Sci-Twi said sadly “I'm sorry about your family. That's hard to believe they want nothing to do with you. By the way, you can just call me Sunset.” “Sunset, if you'd like, you're welcome to stay at my house. I saw the news report about the explosion and they told me it was your house. What did you use for the explosive,” Sci-Twi asked “That was just a broken gas line and an ignition timer. Thank you for the place to crash.” After their meeting, the two headed home for the night. The next day at school Rainbow Dash and the others were joined by their siblings while Sunset was noticeably different in her actions. “What's wrong Sunny,” Pinkie asked “You're what's wrong.” “Are you still bitter about that incident,” Scootaloo asked “You're damn right I am! The only reason I never attacked you two years ago, was because my wife was present. Funny thing is, Twilight said the same thing. The Princess of Friendship doesn't take kindly about being backstabbed by others. Of course I'm not the sole victim in this,” Sunset said “What do you mean? You were the target,” Sweetie Bell said “You three posted secrets about Crystal Prep as well. They shunned me because they thought I was the cause of Anon-a-Miss. I took to carving my arms in an attempt to end it, but once it stopped, I had a renewed purpose. My entire family left me and had no care if I died,” Sci-Twi said removing her lab coat “We're sorry if we caused you harm. We never noticed anything was about Crystal Prep,” Apple Bloom said “What's your purpose for still living,” Rainbow Dash asked curiously “The five of you. You see, I spent years investigating how a demon showed up at this school and found all of you were the cause. I thought you'd like to see the fruits of my labor,” Sci-Twi answered putting her lab coat back on Luna and Celestia arrived in time to see Twilight become a demon herself. Sunset casually walked away while Twilight took out her frustrations on the others. They were left alive, but would be heavily scarred as a result. “Nice job. Even got these two,” Sunset said motioning to Celestia and Luna “They're alive. I wanted them to suffer like we have. I just hope the cameras didn’t catch it,” Sci-Twi responded “Don’t worry about that. I already wiped them when I stepped away. Let's go before anyone else shows up.” “Yeah. Thank you for everything,” Sci-Twi said Sunset made sure to take their “friends’” book with them so they can't contact Equestria any more before they headed through the portal. Sci-Twi looked at her appearance and saw she now had a horn and tail, along with the design of a flask on her rear end. Her hair was still in a ponytail and she was wearing her lab coat. “It's nice to meet you. I'm Princess Twilight Sparkle,” she said “This is yours. They don't need it,” Sunset withdrawing the book “Welcome, Miss Sparkle to Equestria. I am Princess Celestia. How did things go,” Celestia said “I turned into a demon due to the magic I collected and attacked them. The counterparts of the five of you and your siblings will live, but are going to be heavily scarred. I even attacked the principal and vice principal over their inaction to stop the assaults from happening,” Sci-Twi explained “Are you sure your family won’t miss you? It'll be two and a half years before you can return,” Princess Luna asked “I'm sure. They abandoned me and wouldn't care if I dropped dead,” Sci-Twi said “What happened when you left, Sunset?” “I was met by a girl named Wallflower Blush. She was the school's student gardener and apologized to me for everyone's treatment of me five years ago. She mentioned finding a rock that allows for the removal of memories and asked if I wanted their memory removed from the attack. Of course I said yes to it as I cut the cameras to the school,” Sunset explained ● HUMAN REALM ● Once Sunset and Sci-Twi headed back through the portal, Wallflower used her stone to remove everyone's memories related to the attack. After doing that, she casually called the police and left the scene, not wanting to be interviewed. “Hello, police? There's been an attack at Canterlot High School. I don't know what happened, but I'd like to remain anonymous,” Wallflower said over the phone The girls were taken to the hospital and doctors were surprised by what transpired. All ten of them received multiple wounds, with no consistency to relate them. “Uh, what happened,” Rainbow Dash asked sitting up in her hospital bed “Good to know at least one of you is awake. I'll inform the doctor,” the nurse said “And don't move around so much.” “I'm Doctor Redline and it's good to see you're awake. This is rather a strange case. A total of ten females, including CHS principal and vice principal, Celestia and Luna Faust along with your sister Scootaloo, Rarity Belle, Sweetie Belle, Applejack, Apple Bloom, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie were all admitted to the hospital after being attacked,” the doctor explained “What the hell happened to all of us,” Dash demanded “That's what makes it strange. All of you were attacked by what looks to be some sharp blade, but the wounds have no consistency in terms of placement, but amount,” Redline said “What do you mean,” Dash asked “Each of you have exactly thirty scars covering your bodies. Do you have any idea who might have done this,” Redline finished “No. I'm blank of the entire attack. The last thing I remember was the eight of us, except Luna and Celestia hanging out,” she said “I guess that's to be expected in a traumatic incident. If you remember anything, please let us know. Looks like all of you are awake,” Redline said before leaving the room The group was discharged from the hospital a few days later and headed to Celestia’s house to discuss what transpired and each were sworn to secrecy. Since the bandages were removed, the girls kept covered to hide their new scars. “So, we're all here to discuss what happened to cause our hospitalization,” Celestia said “All I remember was the eight of us were hanging out with Sunset and the other Twilight. After that, it's a blank,” Rarity said “So, we can remember the whole Anon-a-Miss incident, but not what happened a couple days ago? Sunset played a role in this. Each of us received exactly thirty scars. She sliced her arms thirty times,” Dash said “What about Twilight? Where does she fit in,” Applejack asked “I may be speculating, but its possible Miss Sparkle was bullied at Crystal Prep during the Anon-a-Miss incident by the three of you. She and Sunset may have that in common,” Luna said “But why can't we remember the attack itself, if we know all of this,” Pinkie asked “Memories have been known to be blocked when traumatic incidents happen,” Celestia said “I'm going to inform Twilight’s parents.” “Good afternoon Miss Twilight Velvet. I'm Canterlot High School's principal Celestia Faust. There was an attack against myself and my sister Luna, along with eight students. We believe your daughter had a role in the attack,” Celestia said “Why do you say Twilight had a part,” Velvet’s husband Night Light asked “Principal Celestia, may I explain,” Fluttershy asked “Go ahead,” Celestia said “The eight of us were hanging out with Twilight and another girl Sunset Shimmer when the Anon-a-Miss attack was brought up,” Fluttershy started “My friends Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom and I created Anon-a-Miss to humiliate Sunset when Twilight mentioned she was also attacked,” Scootaloo added “We believed Twilight was Anon-a-Miss because of our pressuring her to be the best and this was her way of acting out. Secrets about Shining were released that were private and we turned our backs against her. After it stopped, we hoped Twilight was innocent and paid for her dorm room,” Night Light explained “But what does Twilight have to do with Sunset Shimmer,” Twilight Velvet asked “Sunset Shimmer carved thirty marks in her arms. All ten of us received thirty cuts across our bodies,” Luna said “It's possible that they discussed what happened and both of them attacked us with knives. Unfortunately, we aren't sure as to the exact details of the attack,” Celestia said “Have you heard from your daughter lately?” “The last time was three days ago when she informed us of Sunset staying in her dorm,” Night Light said “We believed the two fled to avoid prosecution in the attacks,” Luna said ● EQUESTRIA ● As Sci-Twi tried to get used to her new home, the group was interrupted by Princess Twilight’s family. “Why are there two of you,” Shining asked “I'm the Twilight Sparkle from the other side of the portal. You can just call me ‘Sci-Twi’ to differentiate us. I'm guessing you're Shining Armor and that's Cadence. And the two of you are Night Light and Twilight Velvet,” Sci-Twi said “Yes, that's correct. Your family is the same,” Velvet answered “Was. They abandoned me after an incident were secrets were spread at Sunset’s school, but ended up hitting my school as well. I decided it was best to leave, after I took my revenge against those who harmed us,” Sci-Twi said “What exactly happened with your family,” Twilight asked “When I was little, they pushed me to be great. I wasn't allowed to have any grade lower then an ‘A’. During the Anon-a-Miss incident, they thought I was the cause of the leaks and turned their backs on me. Apparently something was said about my brother and he hated me over it. When I was in college, they must have had second thoughts about my involvement as they paid for my dorm room,” Sci-Twi explained “Well, we'll gladly take you in as our daughter. You need to have a proper family that will love you,” Velvet said “And you already have friends here that will help you out,” Sunset said “Thank you all for accepting me, Sci-Twi said That night both girls slept well, knowing the ones that caused them harm would suffer. “Thank you, Wallflower,” Sunset said "You're welcome, Sunset," Wallflower said, neither of them knowing what the other said