Rainbooms vs Shadowbolts
“Rarity, are you sure she’s around here?” Fluttershy asked as they walked through the mall, trying to search for their friend.
“Yes, darling, I’m sure,” Rarity replied as she looked at every angle and store in the mall. “Her Mystable said she was here with her new ‘friends’ after all.”
Applejack crossed her arms. “Why are we here anyways?”
“To find Sunset,” Rarity answered, “I told you this before, didn’t I?”
“You did,” Rainbow growled. “But why? The bitch is probably moping around as she can’t prove she’s innocent while we all know the truth of Anon-A-Miss. She’s the one who’s behind it, why are you so into finding her now?”
Rarity gazed back at Rainbow and frowned heavily at her friend’s words and rolled her eyes, “Because I simply wish to talk with her, Rainbow Dash. Am I not allowed to do so? I recall you not being the one in charge. You’re only in charge of the teams at school.”
“I’m trying to protect you,” Rainbow growled. “You’ll be leaving in tears.”
“Now, I know Sunset would be happy to have someone listen to her, darling. I think she won’t leave me in tears as you say. She’s put those ways behind her, hasn’t she?” Rarity questioned as she gazed over to another area and beamed brightly. She pointed over to where Sunset was. “Ah! There she is.”
Rainbow was quick to get in front of Rarity. “Rarity! Listen to me! Nothing good can come out of listening to the bitch. Even talking with her will kill you inside.”
“Please, it’s just a little talk,” Rarity pushed Rainbow out of the way as she walked over to her friend, stopping when she saw the Shadowbolts. She knew Sunset was hanging out with them, but she didn’t think she would look so… happy while doing so. It put her off a little. “Sunset?” She called out as she walked up to them. “May you spare a word with me, darling?”
Sunset looked at her before down at the table, almost wincing when she saw Indigo’s hand slammed down onto the table, and growl out at the Wondercolt. Rarity jumped at the sudden movement but didn’t show it. She wanted to make sure she was calm so she wouldn’t yell but even that seemed unlikely.
Before Indigo could even get a word out, the other Rainbooms appeared and Sunset froze up. She hated how Rainbooms managed to find her here, and perhaps this would be another fallout between them… maybe more fighting would happen.
But what really happened was Indigo and Rainbow were staring each other down with equal glares, while Sugarcoat looked away, barely gazing at her old friend.
The other Shadowbolts gave each other a look, as well as the Rainbooms. This was going to be awkward. No doubt about it.
“So, uh, this is awkward,” Sunset whispered out, getting nods from the two groups except for Indigo and Rainbow. “Err… reunion of old friends?”
“No!” Both Indigo and Rainbow shouted.
“It’s not a reunion of old friends,” Indigo growled. “She ended the friendship a long time ago.”
“Me?” asked Rainbow. “I think you mean you two ended it!” She pointed at both Indigo and Sugarcoat. “You were the ones who ditch me to another school because you wanted to get away from my apparent ego!”
“Apparent?” Sugarcoat echoed. “There is no apparent! You do have an ego, and you always boosted it to us whenever you won a game. We just got tired of it, so we changed our mind about which school we were going too. It didn’t mean we wanted to end the friendship. We just wanted a break from your ego.”
Rainbow didn’t think she could be any more angry than she already was, but somehow, she managed to be more mad than before. “Fuck you,” she hissed out.
“No thanks, but thank you for the offer,” Sugarcoat spat back, getting a few giggles from her friends, including Sunset. “I’m not into you at all.”
Indigo laughed and crossed her arms at her old friend. “What the fuck do you Rainfucks want?” Sunset smiled weakly at how her new group was standing up for her. Maybe this could be her new family.
“I wanted to talk with Sunset, not them,” Rarity said.
“Fine, what do you want?”
Rarity turned to the quiet girl and took a deep breath before opening her mouth to give out a blowing blow. Her confession blew Sunset away, as well as the Rainbooms and Sugarcoat. But it had left the remaining Shadowbolts confused out of their minds.
“I know you’re not Anon-A-Miss.”
“What!?” shouted the Rainbooms, blown away.
“What?” whispered Sunset while Sugarcoat just blinked.
Lemon waved her hands quickly and cleared her throat, pushing down her headphones off of her ears and rested them on her shoulders, “What’s Anon-A-Miss?” she asked.
“The online secret revealer I told you about,” Sugarcoat explained. “Those five idiots believed it was Sunset along with the rest of Canterlot High.”
Sunny leaned back in her seat and glared at the Rainbooms, Sour growled lowly and crossed her arms, Indigo hissed, and Lemon just stared at her newfound friend and sighed heavily before shooting a death glare at the Rainbooms. Sunset just shrunk back into her seat and didn’t know what to think by this point.
She didn’t want to know what to do.
“Are you fucking kidding me?” Indigo pinched her nose. “Let me guess, Rainbow Fuck, you just assumed it was her like you always do when something doesn’t go your away? Push the blame to the person who didn’t do shit?” Rainbow remained silent. “Good to know you haven’t changed one bit since our last meeting.”
“Hey! You didn’t even know her a few days ago!” Rainbow growled, crossing her arms. “You would’ve assumed the same if it happened at your fancy school!”
“No, I wouldn’t!” Indigo hissed back, moving towards her. “At least I would’ve given the chance for the guy to explain unlike you. How do I know this? Sugar told us!”
Sunset blinked and looked at Sugarcoat. “What? What else did you tell them?” she asked.
“Nothing else,” Sugarcoat assured. “Only what you told me when we first met. Just the important things. Nothing private has been revealed, and it doesn’t have to be.”
Rarity shifted on her feet. “Sunset, darling, please--”
“No,” Sunset sighed heavily. “Just go. I don't want to see you guys anymore. Try again when I ‘forgive’ you for all you’ve done to me. Oh, and Rainbow, see if Gilda is up for another of beat up the weakling.”
Sunny stopped sipping her drink, mid sip and stopped a bit too quickly, before coughing a bit, punching her chest before taking a few breaths. Her face looked shocked.
“What?” She gasped. “What’s ‘beating up the weakling’?”
“Should you tell them or should I?” Sunset asked, a bit of a smirk on her face, and Rainbow shifted uncomfortably. The Rainbooms even looked surprised like Sunny did.
“RD?” Fluttershy asked quietly. “What does she mean?”
Sour looked between her friend and enemy, suddenly feeling angry when she got a good idea on what happened. Beat up the weakling… did Sunset mean she was beat up or…?
“Are you saying you were the weakling?” Sour asked in a pissed off tone. “Is that what you’re saying, Sunset?”
Rainbow gulped and looked down at the ground, feeling like this would turn on her faster than she wanted it to. She wanted this to turn on Sunset and make Rarity see she wasn’t innocent but guilty. What proof did Rarity even have anyways?
Nothing!
“I was,” Sunset revealed, “--and Rainbow made it all happen. She set it up with Gilda and her lackeys. She made me think she wanted to speak with me, and I actually thought she believed me.”
Indigo took a deep breath and held back on punching Rainbow in the middle of the mall. She knew if she did, there was no way she would be able to stay without being told to leave before she did anything to make matters worse. But the urge to punch her was stronger than anything she ever felt before. Damnit, why did they have to be in the mall?!
“Leave,” Indigo growled, sitting back down in her spot. “Leave before I do something that could get me banned from the mall because right now, I really want to punch you until you’re out cold, Rainbow.”
“C’mon, RD, let’s go,” Applejack said, pulling her friend away from the Shadowbolts.
Pinkie followed for a moment before looking back at Sunset, who held a mix between mad and sad. She smiled sadly at her friend. “Bye, Sunset,” she waved softly before running to catch up with her group of friends.
A moment of silence passed between the Shadowbolts.
“This isn’t over, is it?” Sunset asked quietly.
“No,” Indigo shook her head.
“It’s not over,” Sour finished. “It’s only begun.”