Luna sighed as she listened to the mournful sound that Sunset kept playing on the guitar. The girl had locked herself in her room as soon as they had entered the house. Just what did Celestia say to her? I mean I know she took the kid’s phone before sending her off to work but she didn't raise her voice.
She couldn't imagine her sister saying anything that would hurt the girl this badly, but she knew that Sunset wasn't in a good place emotionally at the moment and who knew what was going on inside Sunset’s head. If only I could help her some way. I know Celestia wants me to help her open up but Sunset is one difficult case.
She was so preoccupied that when her phone began to ring that she almost jumped out of her skin. “Hello?” she asked, only to hear a cheerful sounding voice exclaim on the other end of the phone:
“Hey, Lulu! Chrys told me you wanted me to call! So what's going on? You would usually call if you just wanted to chat.”
Luna winced at the nickname before rolling her eyes “Hello Discord. I needed to call in a favor from you. I’m sure Chrysalis told you about Celestia’s new house guest.” Luna answered, just as the sound of something being tossed at the wall caused her to groan “Can I call you back? Speak of the devil and she shall appear..or in this case throw something at the wall.”
She heard Discord laugh before the line went dead, though she knew he would question her about this later. Let's go see what little miss sunshine managed to do this time.
Luna was surprised to find the teen had opened the door, though the source of the crash seemed to be from the heavy seemingly leather-bound book that was laying in the middle of the hallway.
“Sunset? What happened?” Luna asked, picking the book up though Sunset just glared over at her as she answered.
“Burn that damned thing!”
Luna sent her a light glare as she carried the book back into the room, using it to deliver a light smack to the head of the teen as she replied: “I don't know what this is but it's not a good idea to get rid of all mementos from the past.”
After placing the book down on the bedside table the blue-haired woman took a seat beside the girl as she asked: “now what has made you so moody?”
She didn't really expect Sunset to answer at all but to her surprise, the redhead looked up briefly and said in a shaky, quiet tone “do you think I’m still that demon?”
“No.”
Luna didn't even have to think about her answer.
“What I see is a teenage girl with a short fuse, sarcastic streak and a ton of intelligence and willpower. What is all this about? That fight you and that football player got in?”
Sunset looked up then, eyes slightly widening as she absorbed her vice principal’s words. Wait, did she just say something nice about me? Even after I was such a snide little brat for all these years? She wondered as she managed a slight nod, feeling an arm wrap around her shoulders lightly.
“Well you did make a bad choice today but by no means does that mean you're that harpy you turned into the night of the dance.” Luna assured before adding with a grin “If that was the case then Celestia and I would both be monsters.”
Sniffling Sunset looked up at Luna then “what do you mean?”
Luna sighed then but answered in the same warm tone “Celestia and I both got in our fair share of trouble when we were younger. Perhaps later tonight when my sister gets back she’ll tell you about some of the dumb stuff we did.”
“Where is she anyway? Is the school board still throwing a fit?” Sunset questioned, earning a chuckle.
“No, Naysay is afraid to say anything else to her after she basically asked what he thought happened to the school, it got ripped apart by a magical flying unicorn.”
Sunset couldn't help but laugh at the response, she could imagine the embarrassed look on the man’s face.
“then what is she doing?”
Luna just shrugged as she stood up, pulling Sunset up with her.
“That, I can not tell you since my sister has sworn me to secrecy. However, I can say we are definitely ordering pizza and having some fun.”
When Celestia got home that evening she was surprised to find Sunset asleep on the sofa while Luna was cleaning up the kitchen.
“It seems like you two get along well.” She commented, setting a box down on the table before shrugging out of her jacket.
“She may be a cheeky thing but she isn't a bad kid. But you do need to sit her down and talk to her about your expectations. She acted like she was waiting on her executioner earlier and only stopped being a downer when I told her that we both had our fair share of trouble.”
Celestia frowned as she heard this, recalling how timid the girl seemed to be during their talk after school before the girl had gone to help on the wall.
“You don't think I have been too hard on her, do you?” she asked, earning a chuckle.
“Sis, too hard on her would be if you had started yelling or hit her. You literally had an open discussion with her. As a principal, you sentenced her to ISS and as a parent, you took her phone. Three days in a quiet room or without her phone isn't going to kill her.” Luna assured before turning grim “whatever this is that has been bothering her is deeper than that, right now structure and reassurance is the best thing you can give her.”
Celestia sighed then and glanced over at the sleeping teen.
“I might have been too aloof earlier. She was upset and I just ignored it. I mean there are ways I could still be professional and still not act like some kind of warden.” She admitted, earning a sigh.
“Tia, she may thought you were angry or worse but whatever this is has to stem from something worse than a firm talking to. She asked me if I thought she was still that demon and she looked so dejected and scared like she expected to suddenly be lashed out at in rage.”