"What?!" Rainbow said. "Of course we care!" She stepped up and held Sunset's hand. "Okay, maybe we did get a little carried away, you know, with insulting you and everything, but we're sorry!"
"We truly are darling." Rarity added. "If we had known...."
"If you had known?" Sunset said softly. "If you had known?! If you had known, I won't be in this state!" Well, if you were sorry, you wouldn't have even doubted me in the first place!" Sunset shook her hand out of Rainbow's grasp and stood up.
"Do you even know how much pain I went through?!" She was shouting now.
"These few days, no...weeks! I have been shouted at by other students who got hurt by your sisters!" She looked directly at Applejack, Rarity and glanced slightly at Rainbow. "And you guys just immediately assumed it was me based on my what's that? Past experiences?! You didn't even care about what I had to say! You didn't even think for a moment that I could have been framed!"
"You weren't even by my side when I needed you most! You just went along with all the other students, shouting and kicking me every, single, day!"
"You didn't even care...." Sunset felt tears sting her eyes once more. "And you think one 'sorry' is gonna fix it?!" She kneeled down, grabbing and shoving items into a small suitcase. "Good thing she agreed, now all I have to care about is apologising to Celestia, I don't have to care about some people like you. At least I'll have one friend over there."
Rainbow took a few steps back. "Sunset..."
Sunset stood up. "Now if you guys would get out of my house, I need to get some rest before I leave!" She opened the door and shoved them out. "And stay out!"
Sunset slammed the door shut as she zipped up the case. She walked up to her bed, sitting down. She glanced over at old guitar, the one that she had used to play at one of the Rainbooms' performances. She remembers how much she enjoyed playing, how much she enjoyed her friends' company. Now, she was going away.
This is what i wanted right? Sunset laid down . Then why do i feel that something is missing....? She shrugged, closing her eyes. I mean, sure they accused me for what I didn't do, but they had their reasons and....yeah, they do seem like they didn't mean to hurt me...
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It was a quiet journey, from Sunset's front door to Sugarcube Corner as the five girls quietly made their way to a nearby booth.
"Guys, what are we gonna do about Sunset?!" Rainbow asked, finally breaking the silence.
"For once..." Pinkie said. "I have no idea how to make someone smile..." Her tone was as flat as she hair that hung from her head. "I don't know....how anymore..."
"Me neither." Fluttershy said. "I never thought that it would have hurt Sunset that bad....."
"Remember when we sat here?" Rainbow asked, looking around. "Before the battle of the bands? When we were talking to Twilight about the sirens?" Rainbow pointed to the table. "This was the exact same spot where we sat....and now, because of a stupid little mistake we made, we are never gonna see them again!"
The group nodded. "Now we will never see Twilight or Sunset again...." Fluttershy said. "I remember how hard she worked to change, all of it....how the whole school trusted her and how happy she looked..."
It was true. The battle of the bands was just the first step that Sunset took to make the students see the new side of her. From then on, it took many days for Sunset to gain the trust of her fellow classmates. With the help from the Rainbooms, Sunset could finally live through a school day without getting picked on.
That was until she (Anon-a-miss) came. It was but a matter of seconds that all Sunset had done fell apart. Seconds.
The group sat at the booth, awfully quiet for some reason, thinking.
"Wait..." Rarity raised her head and stared at the group. Everyone looked up at Rarity expectantly , hoping that there was, indeed still a way to fix it "Hm...we could...no no, that...no...." She scratched her chin before looking towards her friends. "Do you still remember the song we recently sang? The one we sang at the stadium after we battled the sirens?"
"Shine like Rainbows?" Pinkie asked. "Yup, I remember. Do you guys?"
Nod
"I may have a plan about that...." Rarity said. "Now who has a recorder?"
Back in Canterlot
The front doors of the castle swung open as a certain purple alicorn made her way inside, bowing slightly.
"Princess."
"You wanted to see me?"
"Yes....it's important, if not I would not have came here today."
"What is it Twilight?"
"It's about Sunset, something has happened to her....."
"I see...."