//------------------------------// // Pick Up! Sunset's disbelief! Sisterly Talk! Slumber Party at Rainbow's House! Little CMC Meeting! // Story: Anon-A-Miss: Friendship is Home // by PonyJoel //------------------------------// Rainbow Dash is on her way to Scootaloo's house. After a rough time at Sugarcube Corner, she needed to clear her mind by having her sports game night slumber party rolling. At least it can be a fun night before starting to go to hell tomorrow morning. With Sunset Shimmer out of her life, it should be better for everyone. The worse Sunset could do is burn the school down and turn into the demon she is deep inside. Rainbow thought about possible ways of getting Sunset Shimmer even out of the school but for now, she can only think of ways to cheer up Scootaloo at the very least since she lost her father last night. Rainbow thought of the possible fun ways to get everyone excited especially when her favorite soccer team The Blue Pegasus will be taking on The Red Sparrows in the Universal Cup Finals. What a game that will be to treasure with not only her real friends but with the sisters of Applejack and Rarity. Making the sleepover 20 times cooler. It's 6:23 in the afternoon heading into nighttime. Sunset Shimmer is on her bed with a pillow on her face for the sheer amount of times she screamed. She couldn't handle so much pain in one day. From Anon-A-Miss messing up her friends, getting accused of being Anon-A-Miss, disowned by friends, hurt by her friends emotionally, getting slapped by Trixie in the girl's room, getting yelled at by her friends, confronting them about the real perpetrators behind Anon-A-Miss, getting slapped by, Rarity, getting punched by Applejack, getting kicked by Rainbow Dash, last-minute effort to show them that even Twilight has known about it at the very least, hit in the face by her journal courtesy of Rainbow Dash then finally being called the worse of names by each of her friends. It was all too much for Sunset Shimmer as she cried. Not knowing what else she can do for the time being. She wrote to Twilight about all that has happened and still no word to come. All is lost for Sunset for now but something deep inside is telling her that everything will be alright. She is trying to believe in that gut feeling but the pain is overwhelming. Sunset screamed once more into her pillow before falling asleep. She overwhelmingly tired of the crying, the screaming, the emotional pain, and the physical pain. It is now 6:30 at night. Rainbow Dash is in front of Scootaloo's house. She knocked on the door and Ember Light opens the door. "Rainbow Dash, right on time. Please come in. Scootaloo will be down here in a few minutes." Rainbow Dash walked inside of the house. Her eyes gazing upon the medals Sergeant Speedy Bullet earned in his time in the Equestrian Armed Forces. "I'm sorry for your loss Ms. Light," Rainbow said lowering her head a little and paying the respect for Speedy Bullet. "Thank you, Rainbow. It is good to know that Scootaloo has friends out there that can look out for her in times of need. I really do appreciate you inviting her to your slumber party tonight. She does need a break from the depression that's been riding up inside of her." Ember Light said as she sighed with a little sadness in her heart as well. "Don't worry, I'll be here for Scoots when she needs me most. Also, I would look after her from time to time so she won't follow a dark path that'll lead her to impending doom." "Thank you, Rainbow," Ember said. As Ember thanked Rainbow Dash for a promise she knows Rainbow will keep, Scootaloo came down with all of her belongings for the night. "I hope it's alright that your parents bring me home late in the morning since Principal Celestia told me not to come to school for the rest of the week. To come back in the new year." Scootaloo said as she kept her composure. "It's no problem Scoots. Now let's get going." Rainbow got up and headed for the door. Ember Light gave her daughter a final kiss on the head before she saw her daughter go off with Rainbow Dash. "You be safe Scootaloo." "I will mom. I love you!" Scootaloo said while blowing a kiss to her mother. "Love you too sweetie," catches her daughter's kiss and closes the door. "Hey Rainbow, you think that The Blue Pegasus will win the Universal Cup Finals?" "Hell yeah!" Rainbow shouted. "I've been waiting all year to see the Blue Pegasus win the Universal Cup Finals! Every year we don't make it but this year, we're gonna win it!" Both girls were excited. So far, walking and talking with Rainbow Dash is building the love and happiness that was taken away when her father left for war but on the other hand, she didn't really feel right with Anon-A-Miss. She would have to confess to Rainbow about it or talk to her friends Sweetie Belle and Applebloom about abandoning Anon-A-Miss. She can't afford to take another loss in her life. It is now 6:45. Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna are now home. Sharing a house together since the death of their parents many years ago. Celestia went to the kitchen to brew herself a cup of tea. To wake her mind up a little after the stress she had to inhale on Scootaloo's father death and the Anon-A-Miss ordeal. It's been a rough few days for Celestia. Hearing the laughter, the mockery, the separation between friends, the pain of students and the cries for help. Anon-A-Miss made herself known and the entire school is either fed up or happy. They couldn't make up their minds. Everyone is confused but with Rainbow Dash's prime suspect and convincing evidence made it likewise for Sunset Shimmer to be the culprit. Luna, on the other hand, had second thoughts about Anon-A-Miss and want to take things into her own matter but she is unable due to the fact that her sister forbade it. It would have caused a scene knowing the Grim Reaper is watching. Celestia sighed, poured her cup of tea and sat on the couch as Luna went to the fridge and grabbed herself a can of soda to wind down a little. Silence reigned between the two sisters until one broke the silence. "Luna, do you really think Sunset Shimmer is Anon-A-Miss?" After full thought and consideration, Luna sighed, "No dear sister. I do not believe that Sunset Shimmer is Anon-A-Miss. For starters, it'd be hard for her to keep up on the site as classes were in session. Then to go to every place of the school to dig up dirt to post on the internet isn't really her style. Sure she used to be a lot worse but she has come far past that. She saved us from the Sirens. The Sirens manipulated us into thinking that Sunset Shimmer was the cause for a lot of things during the Battle of the Bands. Hell, it wasn't supposed to be a battle, it was supposed to be a friendly school event, not a competition. Third, Sunset Shimmer knows how to play the game well enough not to get herself caught. Whoever is doing this, is playing a serious cyber game. Identity theft and cyberbullying. Whoever is doing this, will have to pay serious crimes. Whoever is doing this, he/she or they will have to suffer in the hands of the justice system since these cause of events crossed the line." After hearing Luna spoke, she concurred in her statement but questions it, "I understand you Luna but what kind of hacker would go after Sunset Shimmer and her friends. It can't be the Sirens cause they are not part of the school anymore and I highly doubt that they would have the resources to create such a heinous act." Celestia and Luna can only look at the clock as time went by. Thinking about the situation at hand. Luna taking a sip of her soda as Celestia takes a sip of her tea. Both sisters thought of what each other said. Trying to come up with a plan at the very least. Finally one of the sisters came up with a plan. "Celestia, I may have a solution to solve this cyber problem," Luna said excitedly. "Well, spill it out, Luna," Celestia said, curious to hear her sister's plan. "Well dear sister, we hire a cybernetic task force to trace the electromagnetic frequencies that use Anon-A-Miss MyStable account. Then allowing them to place a tracking signal so we can hunt down the perpetrators." Celestia is quite shocked that her sister just came up with a brilliant idea. So ingenious that it could not go wrong. "Great idea Luna. I think someone deserves a paid day off in the new year." Luna smiled that not only Celestia is fascinated with her idea but getting a paid day off from work. "Question is how we gonna hire a cybernetic task force to do their job for us," Celestia said, unsure of how it's going to work. "Leave that to me, Celestia, I have a friend that owes me some favors and would come in handy." Celestia overwhelmed with joy a little, "Then it is settled, we'll deal with the situation at hand first thing tomorrow." "In that case, I'd better start making some phone calls," Luna said as she went ahead and grabbed her phone, heading upstairs to talk in private. Celestia finished drinking her tea. "Sunset Shimmer, tomorrow will be judgment time. Let's see if you are innocent or not". Celestia said before going to her room. It is now 7:45 at night. Rainbow Dash helped Scootaloo settle into her room. The others were on their way to the house. Rainbow has a few pranks up her sleeves to make some of her friends laugh. Hopefully, her dad comes in at the right time to get pranked on. Scootaloo helped Rainbow Dash with the food, candy, sports gear, video game consoles and picking out some foam fingers to root for either The Blue Pegasus or the Red Sparrows. "This is going to be awesome Rainbow Dash!" "Hell yeah Scootaloo! It's going to be a blast knowing our team gonna win!" As soon as both girls were hyping each other up, Bow Hothoof opened the door welcoming in Rainbow's friends and sisters. Rarity, Sweetie Belle, Applejack, Applebloom, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy came inside the household heading up to Rainbow's room. Surprisingly to them, Rainbow's room is quite big for everyone. Red and blue colors all around showing support for the Blue Pegasus and the Red Sparrows in case someone from the group would like to cheer on opposite ends. Everyone is present except for Sunset Shimmer in which nobody really cared. They got her running and she won't be spilling any more secrets. "So everyone here ready for the best night of your lives!" Rainbow Dash shouted trying her best to hype everyone up. "YES WE ARE!" everyone shouted and cheered. "Tonight we gonna have a sports game night. Playing some video games, party games that our dear friend Pinkie brought over and finally some laughs in between...Oh, wait. I forgot to mention that we will also be watching tonight's Universal Cup Finals! Two teams squaring off in the heat of the moment. We have The Blue Pegasus vs The Red Sparrows! Pick a color that represents the team and sticks by it through the good and the bad. By sticking to the color that the team represents shows that you are not only awesome, not only loyal but shows how committed you are as a true Friend in my books. Scootaloo couldn't be more excited that she immediately chooses the color blue. She was already a fan of The Blue Pegasus but wanted to choose it anyway. "Alright, we have 2 for blue. I as you can clearly see am blue and wearing blue so that makes me an automatic Blue Pegasus. Anyone else wants to join team blue?" "I do, it'll match quite well with my eyes." Rarity said as she chooses the color blue. "That's 3! Anyone else?" "Not me Rainbow, I've seen a lot of red especially with Apples and to see the look on your face when your team fails will be perfect." Applejack said as she chooses red. "I'm with my big sis on that since I'm an apple and a red head." Pinkie Pie doesn't know which color to choose so she winds up choosing both. "Hah, only Pinkie would have chosen both sides cause it's hard to choose which color to choose and which team to root for." Sweetie Belle chose red and Fluttershy chose blue to represent. "Alright, now that everyone picked out their color/colors," looking at Pinkie Pie, "come here to grab your colored sports gear to put on later when the game starts. Till then, let's party!" Everyone cheered and started to party. Rainbow and Applejack were playing Galaga to see who would get the most points. Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie Pie are playing Twister. Scootaloo went up to Sweetie Belle and Applebloom. They went outside of the room and found a quiet place in Rainbow's household to have a little chat. "First of Scootaloo, sorry for your loss. I know how that feels," Apple Bloom said. "Yea I'm sorry too but remember that you're surrounded by great friends here," Sweetie Belle said to ensure her friend. "Now with that out of the way, I have something in mind to tell you," Scootaloo said with her head held high. "Sure, what is it?" Both Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom said at the same time. Without hesitation, Scootaloo said, "I want out of this Anon-A-Miss ordeal." Both girls were shocked that their friend wants to bail out of Anon-A-Miss. "Why Scootaloo? Why do you want out of Anon-A-Miss? Just yesterday you wanted in now you want out?" Apple Bloom said questioning her friend. "I only want to join Anon-A-Miss to have Rainbow Dash in my life again. So far, my depression has been taking me down for months and finally, I have something to look forward too. Also, I have no further use for Anon-A-Miss." "So what about Sunset Shimmer?" Sweetie Belle questioned. "What about her? I thought the idea to get our sisters back was to turn our sisters against her and it worked. What more can we do?" Scootaloo stated firmly. "What more you ask," Apple Bloom now feeling upset by Scootaloo reasoning to leave Anon-A-Miss. "To get rid of Sunset Shimmer once and for all. Sunset Shimmer if given a second chance can take Rainbow Dash away from you a second time. Sunset Shimmer given another chance could cost us our precious time with our sisters. Sunset Shimmer could find a way to get us caught if we don't get rid of her now. " Apple Bloom stated, confident that her words could have an effect on Scootaloo. "You do have a point there but it is my choice to make and I choose to stand aside from Anon-A-Miss before it becomes Anon-A-Mistake. Anyways what else could you've done with the account anyway?" Stern looks on Apple Bloom's and Sweetie Belle's face can be shown. "We decided to spice things up, to get the whole school to not rebel against Sunset but to a point where the teachers believe that Sunset is Anon-A-Miss, the Principals believe Sunset's Anon-A-Miss thus allowing her to get expelled for the times she would blackmail, expose other people and being a big bully." Scootaloo couldn't take it. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle have lost their minds. At least Scootaloo can see the difference between good and bad. She knows that being an accomplice is bad but seeing and hearing what her friends were doing is worse. "Sorry girls but I can't go through with what you're doing but like I promised you, Apple Bloom, I will not say who is running Anon-A-Miss. Just when you think it's enough, please deactivate the account." Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle both nodded in agreement. Once everything is done, no more Anon-A-Miss. Scootaloo sighed and went upstairs to see who's winning. Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom stood to have another talk before heading up. "So after the next few days leading up to the break, that is when we'll deactivate the account but we would have to see if Sunset Shimmer comes to school first before making any new posts." Apple Bloom stated. "Agreed." Sweetie Belle responded. "Can't get too carried away if we don't want to be caught." "C'mon Sweetie Belle, we gotta head back up to the party before we start missing it again." "Right!" Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom went back to Rainbow's room. The next hour was spent playing games. Pinkie Pie beating everyone in Twister, Sweetie Belle beating everyone in Galaga which surprised Rainbow Dash. Her highest score on Galaga was beaten by Sweetie Belle who didn't lose a life at all. Sweetie Belle is not only a natural on computers but in video games as well. The Universal Cup was about to begin. Those who went for team blue sat on the left side of the tv. Those who chose red sat at the right and Pinkie sat in the middle. Knocks can be heard on the door. Windy Whistles opened the door, "Rainbow after the game is over, everyone needs to go to bed." "Ok, mom thanks for dropping by," Rainbow said not wanting to look at her mom. Just focusing on The Blue Pegasus preparing to take down the Red Sparrows. "One more thing Rainbow," Bow Hothoof opened the door a bit too wide, "Wait, dad! The..." was cut off by the sound of a big wrench hitting her dad on the head. Causing him to fall and hold the wrench. "Where's the leak ma'am?" Bow Hothoof said before falling out. "Oh goodie," Windy Whistles said, now he'll get some sleep. Thank you, Rainbow and have a fun time watching the game!" She said as she carried her father into the room without any problems. "Wow Rainbow, your mom is pretty strong." Applejack said. "Thanks, Aj, well she is the one where I got my athletics from." "Enough chit chat! The game is about to start." Pinkie shouted. So it has. For 90 minutes straight, The Blue Pegasus and the Red Sparrows were tied up. The score is 4-4 and next goal will solidify the team with the trophy. The game went back and forth with the heart, emotion, drama and the love of the game. Everyone was on their feet when Rolling Thunder was ready to kick the ball towards the goal only to be stopped by Lightning Blaze. The announcer was on point in the action as he saw what Rolling Thunder gonna do when the Blue Pegasus stole the ball, "Rolling Thunder passing the ball to his teammates hoping to set up a pass. Red Sparrows playing tougher defense! It's anyone's game right now folks! Rolling Thunder gets the pass he needed. He shoots he scores as The Blue Pegasus win the Universal Cup Finals!". Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash cheered and screamed the loudest as their team finally won the Universal Cup Finals. After so many years that their team couldn't even make it that far, this year was that year. They were able to celebrate...together as sisters would. They hugged each other and fell cheering and tears of joy coming out of their eyes. As the girls celebrated, the others were getting tired and ready to sleep. After a few minutes of letting out their cheers, both Scootaloo and Rainbow decided now will be the right time to get some shut-eye. As of now, everyone is getting ready to sleep. Tomorrow gonna be a rough day but at least everyone went out in a blaze of glory. All except for Sunset Shimmer who wasn't even with them and those who chose team red. It is now 11:30 at night. Everyone is asleep but Sunset is having a difficult time at home.