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// 8: Revelation 
// Story: Rainbow Dash, Please Report to the Principal's Office 
// by TheGuineaPig45 
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To: Rainbow Dash
From: Principal Celestia

Dear Rainbow Dash,
I feel as if I owe you an apology. This project was supposed to be a simple surprise for your classmates. You'd learn your lines, film the video, then head back to your classes by Tuesday. There weren't supposed to be any complications. After all, I had no reason to anticipate the violent reaction your fellow peers would have to your absence. Yet, here we are.
Micro Chips hid a camera in my office to spy on us. The police caught him, and now he's in out-of-school suspension for a week. Zephyr Breeze manipulated several classmates into giving him their belongings, pretending like he knew what your peers refer to as "the truth". Your own friends, Applejack and Rarity, began arguing because one wanted to know and the other didn't. The whole school fell into CHAOS, all because you were in my office.
And then, there's Diamond Tiara. I almost want to applaud her, because she's the only one who tried to put an end to this madness. But at the same time, she just made it worse. She exposed the secrets of almost every other student, humiliating them and starting at least three fights in the hallway. Her actions are inexcusable, but so are the actions of every student who exposed another to save their own hide. Not once in my entire career have I had to make a list of students who need to be written up. In fact, this time, it's easier to make a list of students don't need to be written up. That's how far this situation spiraled out of control.
To be frank, I am utterly appalled at the actions of your peers. When I reached out to you to film this "Welcome to Canterlot High" video, it was because I had full pride in our Wondercolts. I thought we had a school full of students who regularly practice the magic of friendship and spread its ideals wherever they go. This video was meant to be a pleasant surprise for them, celebrating the wonderful things they've accomplished and the fantastic people they've become. Of course, I see now that the words on the script I gave you are false, and perhaps our students are not worthy of the praise we were planning to give them. If this is how they treated each other, how they treat you, then clearly, I have failed as the principal of this school. I'm sorry, but I'm cancelling the project.
When you get the chance, I would suggest you thank Sunset Shimmer, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, and Twilight Sparkle. They are the only students who truly stayed out of this. None of them tried to invade your privacy, and none of them encouraged their fellow peers to find "the truth" out for them. Also, thank Vice Principal Luna. She caught wind of this faster than I did, and, over the weekend, pretended to be on the students' side to learn much of the information I have just relayed to you. Micro Chips and Sandalwood confessed all the secrets, theories, and drama to her on Saturday, so without her, we would not have learned about Zephyr Breeze, who hid the camera, etc.
Again, Rainbow Dash, I am so sorry. This is my fault for not better educating my students on the values of friendship. You deserve to be treated better than the way they've treated you.
Sincerely,
Principal Celestia



To: Applejack, Rarity, Micro Chips, Diamond Tiara, Sandalwood, Zephyr Breeze, +89 others
From: Rainbow Dash

Wow. Just wow. I can't believe all of you. I leave you guys alone for ONE week, and THIS is what you get into?
Principal Celestia told me everything, and you all should be ashamed. We were creating a special video to surprise you and celebrate us as Wondercolts, but now, I'm not even proud to be a Wondercolt. Why did it even matter why I went to the principal's office? Did it affect you? No! Instead of just respecting my privacy and letting me do this, all you did was cause trouble for everyone.
Micro Chips, you embarrassed my dad and sent both of my parents into a frenzy of fear. Zephyr Breeze, you are NOT my boyfriend, and destroyed any chance you had at ever becoming my boyfriend (not that you had a chance to begin with). Trixie, because of your rumors, I was getting spammed with texts about my "relationship with Celestia" in the middle of the night! Diamond Tiara, you went way out of line because of jealousy. And Rarity, I can't believe you, one of my best friends, was on board with all of this! All of you, turning my secrets into a watch party? Seriously? That makes me sick! Canterlot High School, this project was for YOU, and you ruined it.
But I'm not the one who needs an apology the most. No, that "honor" goes to Principal Celestia. She trusted you, believed in you, loved you, and you let her down! I know she's chewing you out at the assembly as I'm typing this, but once it's over, and you serve whatever punishment she has coming your way, you owe her the biggest apology in the history of the world. Just... don't let Zephyr Breeze come up with it, since he clearly doesn't know his history.
Starting tomorrow, I'll be back in class, since my video project was cancelled. And instead of hearing rumors about ME or what I'M going to do, I better be hearing about how you're going to make this up to Principal Celestia. Because SHE deserves better.
Come on, team. Show us what it really means to be a Wondercolt.



To: Sunset Shimmer, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Twilight Sparkle
From: Rainbow Dash

Hey, girls. Sorry I haven't really been in contact with you lately. As I'm sure you've heard by now, I was working with Celestia to film a "Welcome to Canterlot High" video. It would've celebrated our current students as Wondercolts, and also would've been shown to future generations as a way to showcase how special our school is. That's why I said it was "good"! Except, now, it's not even going to happen.
I had to get taken out of class to review my script, revise some details, rehearse, and other stuff like that. And, at the climax of the video, I was going to give an improvised speech about how important friendship is at CHS. To make it as authentic as possible, I chose to separate myself from everyone for a week, just to see what life without friendship was like, and how having friends enhanced my life and made it better. I'm sorry I left you in the dark, but, as I'm sure Sci-Twi would agree, the experiment probably wouldn't have worked as well if you all had known.
Of course, the whole school scandal kind of ruined everything, but if there's one thing I learned while making the video, it's that you guys are the most AWESOME friends a girl could ever have! I felt so lonely without you! It sucked having no one to talk to or hang out with! But that's all over now. I'll be back in school tomorrow, and I can't wait to be friends with you again.
Thanks for being awesome and not hunting for "the truth". It means a lot to know I can trust you. Hopefully, the rest of our class will see the error of their ways soon.
You're the truest Wondercolts of them all.