//------------------------------// // Christmas Day! Presents! Letters From Principal Celestia! New Day With Family! // Story: Anon-A-Miss: Friendship is Home // by PonyJoel //------------------------------// It is now Christmas morning. Applejack and Apple Bloom didn't even sleep well last night. They were up all night struggling to have a good night sleep. Apple Bloom is the cause of everything bad that has happened to her, her friends and Applejack. Applejack felt that things were her fault for ignoring her sister. Putting Apple Bloom aside, not helping the family and spending too much time with her friends than family. It'd made both girls crazy until Granny Smith called them downstairs for presents. As the two went down, their heads were also down. Feeling sad and depressed that they couldn't even look at each other without feeling shame, disgust and embarrassed. When they were downstairs, Big Mac just finished opening his present. He got a new Xbox and game controllers. He looked at Apple Bloom and Applejack and felt sad for what they caused together. His excitement turned to serious mode as something else was going to happen. "Applejack, Apple Bloom," Granny said while in her rocking chair. "Yes?" Both girls said. "Now before I can give your presents, there is a time for punishment." "We understand Granny. Before something good comes out, we must suffer first." Applejack said sadly. "Good now get yer butts over here to Granny's lap. Big Mac! Bring me my belt!" Applejack and Apple Bloom feared Granny's belt. It leaves nothing but a huge bruise and pain on their asses. They don't know which belt she'll be using cause she had so many for discipline reasons. One time when Applejack screwed up so bad with a little white lie, she received the Apple Whip. Her ass was sore for 2 weeks as a reminder to never lie to her family ever again thus making Applejack a very honest person. Apple Bloom received Granny's Apple Leather Candlelit Belt. The hot wax was an added bonus for the time she gave Filthy Rich a bribe for her mistakes. The money cost the family to work double time to pay their taxes on time. She suffered a month of bruises on her ass. She couldn't sit down for a minute without ice on the chairs or on her bed. Each of the two sisters wondered which belt she'll use for Christmas. Big Mac came in with Granny's most feared belt in the family. The Apple Bamboo Belt. It's so strong that'll make anything bleed without blood being shattered. It's Granny's favorite belt to use for higher discipline. When she used it on Big Mac, he rarely speaks. He cursed out his teachers at school and Granny for a long time until the belt was introduced to him. His ass felt like it wasn't a part of his body anymore. He couldn't feel a thing and learned never to talk back aggressively. "So who's first?" Granny said with the belt in her hand. Applejack and Apple Bloom hugged each other in fear when Big Mac gave Granny the belt. They did not want to go through what Big Mac went. "How long did it last Big...M-Mac?" Apple Bloom said shakingly. "Six months to be precise. I hurt so much Apple Bloom that I dare not to sit down for the first few weeks. With all that pain on you, it felt like I was missing a body part because it went numb for a long time. All I have to say is thank you God that I don't have to go through what the two of you are going to get." Big Mac said. "Applejack, get yer butt up here missy. It's time to sing the 12 days of Christmas." Granny said now that she has chosen Applejack to be the first victim. Applejack could only stare until Big Mac picked her up and carried her to Granny. He made sure that the belt is in perfect contact to make the swing on Granny's lap. Applejack could only feel fear in her heart. She didn't want this at all. She wanted to be sent to detention for the rest of her school life than to take this kind of torture. When Big Mac sang the first day of Christmas, Granny made contact. Applejack screamed so loud that the birds were flying away from the barn. The Bamboo already left a mark as Apple Bloom saw and was shaking rapidly. Not wanting to go through the Bamboo belt. Big Mac continued to sing the 12 days of Christmas. For each day, Granny Smith made contact. Applejack went to a point of begging for Granny to stop when the 6th day arrived but she didn't listen. She continued to make contact. By the 8th day, Applejack was on the verge of tears wanting this new level of pain to stop. Never she felt so, bruised up in her life. When the 12th day of Christmas came, Big Mac stopped singing and Granny Smith made her final contact on Applejack. She quickly got out and ran outside to sit on the snow. When her ass sat on the snow, it didn't help her. She felt like being on fire as she screamed in pain. "Alright, Apple Bloom. Your turn." Granny said. We will be singing the 12 days of Christmas once more! Granny said loudly. Apple Bloom tried to run away but she was caught by Big Mac. "Sorry Apple Bloom, you went too far with this Anon-A-Miss crap at school and to everyone. Granny told me to make sure you stay still so I have the privilege to wrap you in duct tape like that time you and your friends did to me and Ms.Cheerliee last year for Valentine's Day." Big Mac said. Apple Bloom could only struggle. Hoping that Big Mac loses his grip but it was to no avail. Granny gave Big Mac the duct tape to wrap Apple Bloom's legs together and to make sure her hands were taped behind back so she won't get any bright ideas. Granny uses her belt to make sure she has the perfect aim of Apple Bloom's ass. Big Mac drank a cup of water and began to sing the 1st day of Christmas. Granny made contact on the first swing. Apple Bloom screamed louder than her sister did. The first swing was brutal to her that she wished she never made Anon-A-Miss. Big Mac continued to sing and Granny continued to make contact. By the 6th day of Christmas, Apple Bloom was already on the verge of tears and begging Granny to stop just like Applejack. Granny didn't listen. She continued to swing making contact on Apple Bloom. By the 10th day of Christmas, Apple Bloom was begging Applejack to come to help her but Applejack ran to the bathroom to take a cold shower. The bamboo belt already made several marks on her ass. Big Mac took his time slow so the punishment can last longer. By the 12th day when Big Mac finished singing and Granny making the final contact on Apple Bloom's ass, Apple Bloom hopped outside to sit on the snow as Applejack has done. All she can feel is the pain from the bamboo belt. When she sat down, she quickly hopped back up screaming in so much pain. Big Mac came outside with scissors and cut the tape off of Apple Bloom allowing her to walk and run again. Apple Bloom ran towards the kitchen and tried to fit her butt in the freezer but nothing she has done was working. "Now this is what happens when the two of yer commit something far worse than idiotic," Granny said. Applejack and Apple Bloom heard all that Granny said. They did deserve this punishment. Hoping it can change them for the better but the pain is too much for them. 6 months they both have to endure the pain. "Apple Bloom, we received a letter from Principal Celestia. You are now expelled from Canterlot High. However, with your Anon-A-Miss creation, no high school around the area will take you. Therefore, Celestia has issued several teachers from your school to come by. You are now being homeschooled until you graduate high school. From there you'll be eligible to go to college." Big Mac said. "And for you Applejack, I disabled your smartphone. You'll be getting a flip phone until next winter comes. You are not allowed to hang out with yer friends until all of the housework and farmwork is done. There will be no more saying I'll do it another time. Thanks to you, Apple Bloom made the biggest mistake of her life. Not only getting everyone in trouble at school, having students commit a vicious crime but making Scootaloo and Sunset Shimmer the real victim. Not only did Sunset Shimmer left our world, so did Scootaloo's ma two nights ago. As for the internet goes, you are barred from it unless it's for school purposes. When it comes down to that, Big Mac will be standing by the entire time so you can concentrate. Do yer understand that?" Granny questioned. Both sisters looked at each other and nodded. Feeling the shame, humiliation, and pain in themselves and each other. An hour later, Sweetie Belle and Rarity got out of their beds and stretched. Sweetie Belle finally went to sleep late last night by taking her father's sleeping pills. Rarity did the same but return them so that way, no one could have seen them taking them. Anyways, Sweetie Belle and Rarity made their way downstairs to see there parents sitting on the couch. Waiting for them to give not only presents but punishment as well. Cookie gave Rarity and Sweetie their gifts first. As the opened it, they received flip phones and questioned it. "The reason why the two of you are getting flip phones is due to this Anon-A-Miss fiasco. With that being said and done, I canceled services for your smartphone and transferred all of your contacts to your flip phone. No MyStable or internet access on those phones until next school year," Cookie said. "What?!" Rarity shouted. "But I need that phone for my inspirations this coming spring and summer. How can I be inspired if I don't have my internet in the palm of my hands?! " "Another thing about your inspirations Rarity," Hondo said. "It'll be on hold until the next school year starts." Rarity wanted to faint but couldn't because her parents were on the couch for fainting. "You'll be using that time to bond with your sister Sweetie Belle. Before you had no time for her because you brush her aside for friends and work. Now that work is out of the way, you and your sister can catch up together in life." Hondo stated while his arms are crossed. "You can't do that! You're messing with my life's work! My career is on the line here!" Rarity shouted. "Rarity, it was you that drove your sister away. It was you that allowed her to think differently. It was you that kicked her out of the slumber party. I thought that I didn't need to tell you that you should allow Sweetie Belle to join but now I have too. It was you that drove her to submit herself to create such a disaster at school. This would not be happening if you involved her more in your life." Cookie said. "I already made contact with those you're working with. They know that your being punished for doing what you've done to Sweetie Belle but to your friend, Sunset Shimmer who is no longer with us as far as I know. I made sure to let them keep in contact with you until the next school year. That means you won't be able to design clothes or anything fashion to sell." Hondo said. "Then where would I get my money from?!" Rarity said. "Us. We do make enough to support our own kids you know." Cookie said displeasingly. Rarity screamed in anger. Never in her life, she felt more angry at anything. She fell to her knees crying a lot. "As for you Sweetie Belle, you are barred from using the internet for a whole year. You are barred from any school programs in school including your computer science clubs. You are to remain here until your sister comes back from school." Hondo said. "Huh?" Sweetie Belle questioned. "We received a letter today from Principal Celestia. Sweetie Belle, you are now expelled from Canterlot High School due to your antics and relation with Anon-A-Miss. You helped Anon-A-Miss create disorder in your school, drove your sister's best friend Sunset Shimmer away, drove students into psychological manipulation to kill Scootaloo's mother making her an orphan. Celestia felt that this was the best way of handling things when the new year arrives. You are to remain homeschooled until you can graduate from high school. Then you can go out and apply for college with a clean slate." Hondo said. Sweetie Belle could not believe she got expelled on Christmas but then again, she deserved it after all she has done. She was shown mercy by the principals instead of by her fellow students who would have sought out for blood instead. Rarity cried that her schedule, her inspirations, and her work had to come to a halt because of Sweetie Belle. Rarity went ahead and slapped her sister in the face. The impact of the slap was so loud that it left a handprint bruise on Sweetie Belle. Both Hondo and Cookie were infuriated by the way Rarity was handling her punishment. Sweetie Belle took it, with tears in her eyes and went upstairs back to her room. Rarity turned to her parents only to see the disappointment in their eyes. Rarity realized that her anger got the best of her and she took it out on Sweetie Belle. She failed as a sister the first time when she told her that she would have been better off dead...now, that may be the case. Rarity rushed upstairs to Sweetie Belle's room but she locked the door. Sweetie Belle laid on her bed and did nothing. She didn't even bother. She grabbed her computer, went to ViewTube and listened to her music with her headphones on so she wouldn't have to hear anything coming from her door for the next few hours. Rarity tried her best to get the door open but soon gave up. She went to her room crying and jumped on to her bed so she can scream into her pillow. Things at Rainbow's house was no fun either. Her parents barred her from the soccer team after what she has done to Sunset Shimmer. For ignoring Scootaloo's depression during the weeks when her father went to war. Rainbow Dash wasn't allowed to even join in for practices. He even took her soccer ball away and tickets to the Blue Pegasus parade that'll be coming into town next week. Pinkie Pie at her house was no longer the party planner. Her mom and dad forbade her from eating anything sugary for the next 6 months. She wasn't allowed to help the Cakes at Sugarcube Corner until the next school year. As for Fluttershy, she wasn't allowed to take care of the animals after she abandoned Sunset Shimmer. She wasn't allowed to keep her bunny, Angel. She had to take him to the zoo until the next school year came which broke her heart deep down inside. Things were rough for the girls on Christmas day. Diamond Tiara was put into isolation after receiving an unforgettable beating from her former crewmates. She had two black eyes, broken ribs, a dislocated arm, broken legs, and her ankles were fractured. Diamond Tiara wanted to go home. She learned her lesson already but she could not. Rich didn't want anything to do with Diamond Tiara after what she committed. She killed a young girl's mother by burning down a house. Money was not going to set her straight. Diamond Tiara is now waiting for trial along with the other students. Scootaloo has woken up late. It is now 12:30 in the afternoon. She hasn't slept well like that since her father was around. She felt a little teary thinking about it but wiped it clear. She has a new family to call her own now. Scootaloo left her room and made her way downstairs. She saw Sombra reading the newspaper while Radiant Hope was making lunch. Scootaloo felt happiness and it was all she can ever feel. Knowing that her new life was about, to begin with her new family. As she walked past Sombra, he grabbed Scootaloo and pulled her over. "Where do you think you're going without saying hi to me," Sombra said hugging his now new daughter. "Nowhere, I was..." Scootaloo was cut off by Somrba. "Merry Christmas Scootaloo. Your mom and I both have presents for you." He said as he let Scootaloo go. "Really?!" Scootaloo shouted excitedly. "Well of course. You do deserve it after all." Sombra said. "Wait here and I'll bring your mother." Sombra got out of the couch and head towards the kitchen. Letting Hope know about Scootaloo and to bring her present. Scootaloo couldn't believe that she'll be getting presents at all. She thought her present already came since yesterday when she was taken away from the hell whole at school and away from her so-called friends. Moments later, Sombra and Hope came into the living room with two presents for Scootaloo. She opened the first one from hope. She saw that Hope bought her a new smartphone. Scootaloo went up to Hope, hugged her and kissed her on the cheek. She then opened up Sombra's gift and began to cry a little. Scootaloo took her father's journal and a picture of him with his comrades and Sombra having fun. In the picture, Scootaloo saw her dad Speedy Bullet smiling. She also saw another picture in the box. She saw Speedy Bullet, Ember Light and her from last year's Christmas photo. Scootaloo turned to Sombra. "Where did you got this picture from?" She said while tears coming out of her eyes. "Your dad sent me that picture a while back. Every now and then before his passing, we'll send each other some of our favorite moments in life to let each other know that we're alright in life. That was the last one he sent me and I believe you should hold on to it." Sombra said. Scootaloo went up to Sombra and hugged him. Hope came and joined in the hug. They were having a family moment. Scootaloo went upstairs to her room with her gifts. She set the smartphone aside and placed the two photos of her family beside her bed. She then opened Speedy Bullet's last journal entry to read. There was a message for Scootaloo. "Hey Scootaloo, I know that time is running short but I want to say is I'm proud of you for who you are going to be. Know that I will never leave you. If my body falls, my spirit is always with you. Watching over you day and night. For 13 years, you have been my pride and joy. For 13 years, I got to see my young girl growing into the young woman she wants to be. Know that whatever path you decide to walk into, I'm already there cheering you on. I'm truly blessed to have a wonderful daughter in my life. I know you'll find something great in life. I know that you will have the right guidance as well. Before I bring the pain to my next battle, I want you to know that you have the warrior's spirit in you to keep fighting. Never forget and never give up. I never gave up on you so don't you dare give up on yourself when times are hard. Just know that I love you and if I do fall, just know that you will never be alone as long as you live. Take care Scootaloo and look out for those you love in life. Your father Speedy Bullet" After reading her father's final message to her, she cried. Scootaloo misses her father and mother so much. Sombra and Hope came upstairs to check on Scootaloo and rushed into her room to comfort her. They both hugged Scootaloo as she cried her eyes out. Her father's last message was for her to never give up on herself and to look out for those she loves. After a while of hugging Sombra and Hope remained in Scootaloo's room and talked about stories about Speedy Bullet. They were telling stories of the good times they had to help Scootaloo feel better. After a while, she felt better. Sombra and Hope had something in mind for Scootaloo. They told her that when the new year arrives, they'll go ice skating. Scootaloo got a little pumped up for that. Hope left the room while Sombra remained. He let Scootaloo know that everything will work out in the end. It'll take time but the wait will be worth it. Scootaloo and Sombra hugged once more before he left the room. Scootaloo took her phone and saw the contacts she had on her old phone. She erased everyone's contact except for Principal Celestia, Luna, and Chrysalis. She no longer needs Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Applejack anymore. They were part of her dark depressing past and the best way to move forward is to let them go so she did. Scootaloo decided to take a nap. Christmas came and was horrible for most but Hearts Warming day was something very special espeically for Sunset Shimmer. Discord had something else in mind and he refuses to tell everypony about it.