//------------------------------// // In which, they discovered they have been played. End of story. // Story: The Heist // by Psychodiamondstar //------------------------------// Sour Sweet sat on a tree branch that was near the window of Twilight's bedroom. She had gone sick and tired of waiting. She took out her walkie talkie and contacted Indigo Zap and Sugarcoat. "What's taking you two so long? Over."she asked. "Sorry. We realised we left Sugarcoat's laptop in your garage. So we had to think of another way to cover our tracks. Over."came Indigo's voice from the other side. "You did what?!" Sour Sweet yelled into the device in her hand. "Well, sorry about that. Over. But we did think of a brilliant way to take down the surveillance camera. We wrapped it with paper. Over" Upon hearing that, Sour Sweet's eye twitched. She inhaled. And then exhaled. "Oh, right. That's a fantastic idea because Twilight wouldn't notice that her camera suddenly went dark, even though it's FUCKING RUNNING!!!" "Don't worry. We'll delete that footage once we obtain her diary."said Sugarcoat's voice. "Oh yeah? And how are you gonna do that?" "Go to her lab. Duh. I know where her cameras connect to."said Sugarcoat. Sour Sweet face palmed. "Okay, fine. But I'm holding you two responsible if Twilight watches that footage." "Don't worry. We'll make sure that wouldn't happen."said Indigo Zap. "Oh yeah? Says the girl who broke her vase."deadpanned Sugarcoat. Sour Sweet face palmed again. "Imbeciles." She muttered before tugging the walkie talkie into her bag. She crawled to the tip of the tree branch to reach for the window. But she couldn't. So she crawled some more with her hand extended. This time, she managed to touch the window, but not open it. Snap! She looked down and realised that the branch is giving up on her because it couldn't hold her weight. She knew she shouldn't have skipped her diet. Now she's regretting. "Fuck." she cursed as the branch finally snapped. She was falling for about 10 seconds and the next thing she knew, she was dangling on a new branch with her hood. Sour Sweet breathed in relief. She took her walkie talkie and brought it near her mouth. "Uh... could one of you open the window and throw down a rope? I'm kind of hanging around right now." "You brought us into this mission and you are hanging around?! What's wrong with you?! Don't you have a part to play too?"came the aggravated voice of Sugarcoat. Sour Sweet made a sputtering noise in impatient. "No. I'm not hanging around. But I'm literally HANGING and is about to fall to my death. So one of you better move your ass over here and bring me a fucking rope so that none of you would have to pay for my funeral service. Got that?" Silence. "Hello?" "Indigo Zap is on her way. Luckily for you, we can save your falling ass because Twilight disabled her complicated security system. Not to mention, she left the house."explained Sugarcoat. A rope fell to Sour Sweet's level. She grabbed the rope and climbed up into Twilight's room to meet Indigo. Twilight's room was huge and very neatly organised. There are bookshelves built into the wall, a few stacks of paper on the floor in which the both of them assumed are unfinished science projects, a bunch of trophies from Crystal Prep, a queen-sized bed, an empty aquarium and some plants that looked like they didn't belong here. Perhaps they're from Equestria? While Sour Sweet was busy admiring the room, Indigo Zap had found Twilight's diary inside one of the drawers of her nightstand. It looked exactly like Sunset Shimmer's magical diary, but what's so different about this diary is that it's not magic and the emblem on it is a star and not a sun. Indigo tapped on Sour Sweet's shoulder to snap her out of her daydream. She shoved the book into her friend's hands. A few seconds later, Sugarcoat came into the room. "Got the diary?"She asked. "Yeah." Indigo and Sour Sweet answered simultaneously. "Open it."said Indigo. Sour Sweet opened it and what was written inside shocked her. In the centre of the page, the word Gotcha! was written in cursive. Their eyebrows formed a straight line. "Did we just get trolled by Twilight?"asked Sour Sweet in disbelief. "Yes, we did."answered Sugarcoat. Before they knew it, the lights went off and a singular spotlight was on. It was shining on a swivel chair with its back facing the girls. They could hear the door shut and locked with a click. Two familiar girls walked into the light. It was Lemon Zest and Sunny Flare. "Sorry dearie."apologised Sunny Flare. Sour Sweet, Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap stared at them in disbelief. Indigo Zap placed her hands on her cheeks. "IT'S A DOUBLE CROSS!!!"she yelled. "But why?"asked Sugarcoat. "How could you do this to us?" The swivel chair turned around to reveal a smirking Twilight Sparkle. "Allow me to explain..." ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ Earlier at 1.35 p.m. ..... Twilight Sparkle sat on a sofa in a café. She was enjoying the new dessert they have added to the menu. For a weird combination of flavours, it's surprisingly delicious. She would highly recommend it to her friend's at Canterlot High the next time they plan on an outing or a study group. She took a sip of plain water to wash out the sweetness of the dessert and she almost spat when she heard somebody slamming the table with full momentum. She swivelled around in her seat to see five familiar faces. It was the Shadowbolts from her old school. They seem to be having their weekly study group which always ends up as a hang out or a gossip session later. The Shadowbolts talked and talked and Twilight just listened because she was lonely. Sunset Shimmer and her other CHS friends didn't have the time to hang out with her so she's by herself. And of course, being an antisocial girl, she's too shy to ask the Shadowbolts if she could join them. Especially since the Friendship Games. "Do any of you think Twilight have a grudge against us because of the way we treated her before whatever went down at the Friendship Games happened?" She could hear Indigo Zap ask. Twilight tapped her chin. That question actually made her think. Do she or do she not? ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ Later at 5.14 p.m. .... Twilight lies on her bed. She was staring at the ceiling out of boredom. She was taking a break from one of her projects. That is, building a robot dog. She sighed. She couldn't stop pondering over the idea of her former classmates thinking that she holds a grudge against them. She has spent hours on that thought and discovered that she doesn't hold any. Her phone buzzed beside her. She slides her finger across the screen to unlock it. Sunny Flare had sent her a message. Hi Twilight. I have a random question to ask you. --- Sunny Flare Sure. Go ahead and ask. I'd be happy to help out with your homework if you want ;D ---Twilight Sparkle. Thanks dearie but this isn't about homework. It's about us. ---Sunny Flare. Twilight was unsure of what to reply her friend with. So she just typed in a simple "Oh." Minutes later, Sunny Flare sent a reply. Do you hold a grudge against us? We have been treating you like shit because we didn't know friendship was a thing. I was just wondering. You don't have to answer if you don't want to. I understand. ---Sunny Flare Twilight pursed her lips. What? A grudge? Of course not. Why would I hold one? I mean, sure you girls, we're horrible to me back then (no offence) but I would never. I'm not that evil, okay? I was too busy with my application for Everton to even hold one. Plus, I'm too sophisticated for that. So no. I don't hold any grudges. Don't worry :) ---Twilight Sparkle. Okay. Thank you dearie and we are terribly sorry for mistreating you. ---Sunny Flare. Twilight smiled. It's okay. We're all good here. ---Twilight Sparkle. Oh yeah. Before I go, I just want to warn you about the other Shadowbolts. They are planning on stealing your diary for the grudge thing. I plan on pranking them? I got paired with Lemon Zest to distract you. I can tell Lemon Zest everything you told me, but all I ask from you is to play along with us. So are you in? ---Sunny Flare Sure why not? Let's double cross them. Hehehe.---Twilight Sparkle. ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ In the present.... "Wait, so you two knew about this and didn't bother to tell us?!"exclaimed Sour Sweet. Yeah. How could you do this to me LemLem? After all we've done together!"added Indigo Zap imitating Rarity's dramatic gesture. Sunny Flare giggled. "All you had to do was ask. Now that that's resolved," She then took a book out from under her disguise. "who wants to read Twilight's diary for fun?" Everyone jumped in surprise. "Wait, what?!! How did you even...?" The girls said in unison while Sunny Flare held the diary in her hand with a cheese eating grin on her face. Suddenly, the swivel chair turned around to reveal Lemon Zest sitting on it with a sinister smile on her face and sitting beside her was Twilight Sparkle who was squashed to the side. "Perhaps I could provide the information here..."said the green haired girl. Indigo Zap was holding on to Sour Sweet's shoulders. "IT'S A DOUBLE DOUBLE CROSS!!!"she yelled while shaking her friend back and fourth like a mad woman. Sour Sweet slapped Indigo to get her to stop strangling her. "I know."hissed Sour Sweet. The athlete rubbed her cheeks and gave her growling friend a small smile. Sour Sweet ignored Indigo and looked at Lemon Zest. "Explain."She said. Lemon Zest tapped her fingers together. "Very well. You see...." ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ 4.03 p.m. One hour before meeting.... Lemon Zest stood in front of Twilight's house. There was no one at home, at least that's what she thinks since the house is so quiet. She happens to know where her former classmate kept her spare key. She lifted a flower pot and there, she spots a silver coloured key. She grabbed it and unlocked the door. She scanned the living room to make sure there really was nobody at home. The house was empty. There are no signs of shadows or whatsoever. Lemon Zest then ascended the stairs into Twilight's room and there, on one of the built in bookshelves, she saw a book that has her friend's six pointed star emblem on it. She pulled the book out and on the front cover, the book was labelled as Diary. "Bingo."cheered Lemon Zest to herself. She kept the book in her bag and went out the way she came in. She locked the door and placed the key back to where it belonged. She walks out of Twilight's yard and onto the pavement while whistling one of her favourite songs. She was too busy mentally celebrating her heist that she did not notice that there was a figure leaning on a tree in front of her. She tripped on the figure's leg. She fell to the ground and landed flat on her face. She got up and found the figure rummaging around her bag. The figure pulled out the diary and dashed off. "Hey! That's mine!"yelled Lemon Zest before sprinting after the thief. She managed to catch up with him because he was running very slow. Lemon Zest tackled the thief. The both of them fell to the ground with Lemon Zest on top of the thief. She pulled the thief's hood off and she was in shock. The thief was Sunny Flare. "Oh my God! You're so aggressive. Look at what you did to my favourite hoodie."she complained while showing the torn out part of her black hoodie to her friend. "Now I have to go back to change." Lemon Zest got off of Sunny. "Sorry."she said. "That's just a small tear. I'm sure no one would even notice it." Sunny Flare grabbed Lemon Zest by the collar. "Small? SMALL?! Do you have any idea how big this quote and quote small tear could cost me?" "Uh...some cash for threads and needles?" "Threads and... . NO! This small tear could cause a fashion disaster and fashion disasters are the worst kind of disasters! The worst I tell you. THE WORST!" Lemon Zest rolled her eyes. "Oh please, it's not like this small ass tear could rip the fabric of time and space or something. That would be ridiculous." She laughed dryly. She felt like Sunny Flare wants to kill her. "You're ridiculous."deadpanned Sunny Flare. Lemon Zest cleared her throat. "Can I have the diary back?" "No." "Why not?" "Because I want to read it first." "Fine." Lemon Zest extended her hand. "Let's shake on it, work together and follow Sour Sweet's plan so that she won't murder us." Sunny Flare took her friend's hand and they both did a handshake. "Of course." ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ In the present (again).... "SUNNY YOU BETTER NOT OPEN THAT BOOK!!!"yelled Twilight, her face red with embarrassment and maybe anger. She stood up from the swivel chair and attempted to pounce on her friend before Lemon Zest pounced on her from behind and pinned her to the ground. Twilight tossed and turned. Lemon Zest just pinned her harder on the ground. "Open the book Sunny!"said Lemon Zest struggling to hold her friend down. The other Shadowbolts ran to Sunny Flare's side so that they could read what's inside the diary. "At long last. All of Twilight's secrets will be revealed."said Sunny as she slowly and dramatically open the book. Once she opened the book everyone's jaw dropped. There was nothing in the book at all. Sunny Flare flipped through the whole book and still couldn't find a single word. "But how can this be? I swear it was the diary."said Sunny Flare said in disbelief. Sugarcoat giggled and stepped out of the shadow. "You know, obtaining someone's diary isn't going to be that easy, right?"she said while looking at her fingernails. Indigo Zap gasped, both her hands around Sour Sweet's and Sunny Flare's shoulder. "IT'S A TRIPLE DOUBLE CROSS! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I HAVE NEVER BEEN DOUBLE CROSSED THREE TIMES IN A ROW BEFORE. THIS IS A NEW RECORD." Sour Sweet sighed. "I guess you could say that there's a first in everything..." "Explain yourself."demanded Sunny Flare. Sugarcoat shrugged and placed her hands in her pockets. "Twilight and I were in cahoots from the start. I sent her a text shortly after our meeting at the café. I know exactly what you guys are after when you say 'get your hands dirty'. She told me that she doesn't own a diary and we thought of this brilliant idea of making you guys look foolish and then never letting you guys live it down. So I asked Twilight to prepare a fake diary and turn on her cameras so that we could record everything that just happened. End of story."she said in one breath, her tone expressionless. Sour Sweet pulled her face."WHO ELSE IS IN CAHOOTS WITH TWILIGHT JUST TO PRANK US?"she said. The bipolar girl then jabbed her finger into Indigo's chest. "ARE YOU IN CAHOOTS WITH HER TOO?!" Indigo shook her head. "Why do you guys want my diary anyway?"asked Twilight who was still pinned to the ground by Lemon Zest. She turned to her friend. "And Lemon Zest, could you get off of me? You're going to crush the life out of me before you know it." "Oh, sorry."said Lemon Zest. She stood up and helped Twilight to her feet. Twilight dusted herself and looked at the Shadowbolts, expecting an answer to her question. Indigo Zap rubbed her arm. "Well, two answers. Number one, it was from Sunny Flare's text. We plan on stealing your diary because of the grudge." "Well, you could have asked."said Twilight. "I suggested that, but SOMEBODY said it was too humiliating."said Sunny Flare directing her words to Sour Sweet who huffed. "Okay? Then what's number two?"asked Twilight. "Well, we sort of want to read your diary simply for fun, but then found out that you didn't have one."admitted Lemon Zest with a sheepish smile. She rocked on the ball of her feet. "So.... yeah. That's number two." Awkward silence. For real. Sugarcoat crossed her arms. "So, now what? Should we go home?" Twilight looked at the digital clock on her desk. It was 9.53 at night. "Uh...how about you guys stay here for a night? It's pretty late and it's dangerous to go outside. Plus, tomorrow's Sunday and there are no classes." Sour Sweet tapped her chin. "Hmmm.... a sleepover? Count me in."She said. The other girls gave a round of agreement. Twilight was right, it was pretty late. The sun has already set and the moon has taken the position of the sun. Not to mention, it's a weekend. So they could spend some time together in this sleepover and bond. And maybe binge watch some shitty movies Twilight has in her house. I mean what better way is there to spend time with your bestest friends in a sleepover other than binge watching movies together? This bond will probably last until Twilight finds out that the girls had messed with her surveillance camera and broke her vase which Sugarcoat cleaned up and had hidden the mess somewhere in this house. So let's pray for Twilight to not find out. If she does, the Shadowbolts are dead meat. THE END.