//------------------------------// // Prologue // Story: Anon-A-Miss: Anguish // by CapNTilfy //------------------------------// Apple Bloom entered the cafeteria and glanced around in the hopes that her follow Crusaders would be around. She cupped her hands to her mouth. "Scootaloo! Sweetie Belle!" Nobody came, and she began to worry... ---------------------------------------------- Sweetie Belle scanned the cafeteria, then saw Apple Bloom looking worried. She hurried over to her friend. "Apple Bloom!" The farmer turned, gasped, then hugged Sweetie Belle with a sigh of relief. "Oh, thank goodness!" Sweetie Belle broke the hug. "You haven't seen Wallflower around, have you?" Apple Bloom shook her head. "Y'all seen Scoots?" Sweetie Belle shook her head, but she understood the implication of her friend's question. All three of them needed to be together. "No splitting up, then." "Correct. We should look for her together." The pair walked off in search of their fellow Crusader. ---------------------------------------------- Scootaloo entered the cafeteria, fueled by her adrenaline spike. Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom had to be nearby... She grunted in frustration. All of this noise was making it hard to focus, but she had to push through it. The other girls needed to know they were being used! ---------------------------------------------- Trixie strolled into the cafeteria, eagerly anticipating the impending mob. She even surprised herself with this genius plan! The expression on Sunset Shimmer's face would no doubt be priceless! The illusionist grit her teeth, recalling the night that her rightful victory was stolen from her. Damn her! Trixie was glad she joined forces with Wallflower Blush. They made a pretty great team! Her phone buzzed, and she smiled widely. The trigger had been pulled! ---------------------------------------------- Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle took out their phones, and their eyes widened in horror. The two glanced at each other, disbelief on their faces. ---------------------------------------------- All of the students gradually stopped shouting at each other, causing Scootaloo to feel dread in the pit of her stomach. "Wh-What's going on?" She took out her phone, read the message... Then in her shock, uttered a word she rarely said. "Fuck." ---------------------------------------------- Wallflower Blush looked around, and a smile slowly formed on her face. Students began to get up from their chairs, glaring daggers in Sunset Shimmer's direction. Her friends were likely going to get caught in the crossfire, but that would be a small price to pay. It was their fault for not believing her, after all. The gardener ran a hand through her hair as the shouts of anger had began anew. She noticed the rest of the Rainbooms form a circle around her foe. It was almost heartwarming, really. ---------------------------------------------- Trixie folded her arms and watched as the Rainbooms tried to protect Sunset Shimmer. She knew Wallflower would have her back if they were ever in a situation like that. She found the sight to be touching, if only mildly so. And yet, something in the back of her mind began to gnaw at her... ---------------------------------------------- Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom stared in awe at the mob that began to descend upon their sisters, then shook their heads and snapped out of it. "We've gotta do somethin'!" Apple Bloom tugged at a student's shirt, only to be gently pushed away. She tried again, with the same result. The farmer looked at Sweetie Belle, who simply stood there. "Sweetie Belle!" Scootaloo rushed to her two friends, finally reuniting with them. "There you are," Apple Bloom exclaimed as she got off of the floor. "Guys," Scootaloo said. "There's something you need to-" Scootaloo was cut off as a near-deafening shriek pierced her ears. ---------------------------------------------- Trixie watched as a student broke through the Rainboom's defenses. Oh god... What were they going to do to Sunset?! Before she had further time to think, a shriek echoed throughout the lunchroom. ---------------------------------------------- Wallflower ran around the cafeteria in an effort to get a good view of Sunset Shimmer's fate. The mob of students drew closer, and closer... Suddenly, a scream stopped everyone in their tracks. It was unlike anything Wallflower had ever heard before! A barely audible thud soon followed, along with the Rainbooms in a panic. The gardener tried to listen in... "...tarnation happened?!" "Sunset!" "Please be okay..." "...unconscious..." The students started moving away from the scene, parting to make room for something. "Get the fuck out of our way," yelled Rainbow Dash. The athlete, along with Applejack, carried a motionless Sunset Shimmer out of the cafeteria as the rest of the girls followed. Wallflower Blush gasped at the sight. ---------------------------------------------- Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo stared as their sisters and their friends carried Sunset off. There was something haunting about seeing someone limp and seemingly lifeless, and the scream she had uttered played through their heads. The trio flinched. ---------------------------------------------- Trixie shuddered as the Rainbooms passed her by. The sound of Sunset Shimmer's shriek and fainting played in her head, causing her to shudder again. It was at that moment that the illusionist came to a realization. ...Oh god. I'm horrible... Sure, Sunset needed to learn not to upstage her... but she didn't mean to make her scream like that! What had she done?! ---------------------------------------------- Wallflower flinched as she felt a pang of guilt. She thought Sunset would just freak out and flee from the cafeteria, not have some sort of psychotic breakdown! The gardener grabbed her head with a yelp as the scream and thud replayed in her mind. She figured turning the whole school against each other... Wallflower paused. She... She turned the whole school against each other. Just to make her feel better about herself. For revenge.... ...Just like Sunset. Tears began streaming down her face upon her revelation. She jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Turning around, she saw Trixie. "Hey," the illusionist said quietly. Wallflower shot over to her friend and burst into tears, sobbing uncontrollably. Trixie flinched and stood still for a moment, then hugged Wallflower as she felt tears of her own begin to fall. "...What..." The illusionist turned her head in the direction of the voice she heard to see Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo standing together, their expressions a mixture of anger and confusion. "What did you do to her," shouted Sweetie Belle. Wallflower was still beside herself, unable to answer the question. Sweetie Belle sighed heavily. "Fine," she said angrily. "You stay there, then." "Where are you three going," Trixie asked. "Ain't it obvious," Apple Bloom asked. "We're going to tell the girls everything!" Wallflower shuddered, then looked at the Crusaders. "No... I will." Trixie broke the hug. "Me too." "Guess we're gonna do this together, huh," Scootaloo asked. "Sure looks that way," Sweetie Belle said. The five girls made their way to the nurse's office.