Aria Blaze didn't know what to say. She swore that if she saw Twilight, she would defend her best friend but seeing the nerd in person made her speechless. She wasn't sure if she was angry or feeling sad for Twilight because she was crying. Her body answered and her arms wrapped in Twilight's waist so that the girl would feel protected. Twilight Sparkle cries more and buries her face on Aria's shoulder
I.. I should be angry at her for breaking Sunset's heart but..... she's crying.... I'm a sucker when some girl is crying. DANG IT!
"Listen. Look at me and take a deep breath". Twilight Sparkle looks into Aria's eyes and cries more.
"I-I ca-can't!"
"Yes you can! Just follow my lead and don't panic. Just focus on me". Aria started to do her breathing technique and Twilight started to follow.
"That's it! Keep it up and you'll be okay!" Aria happily said and continues to guide Twilight.
As Twilight continues the deep breathing, the rain this started to pick up, much to Aria's chagrin.
Great. By the time I'm done with this, I can go back home and take a quick shower before I'll get sick and never go out to celebrate Aria thought to herself and smiled a little when she saw Twilight had calmed down.
Aria starts to look around the block to see if they can wait out the rain and notice a bus stop with a roof over it on the other side of the block.
Perfect, we can wait out the rain there and I can get some answers to what's going on between her and Sunset Aria thought as she looked back to see Twilight had regained composure.
"Hey, let's wait for the rain to lighten up at that bus stop over there. I don't feel like going home in this heavy rain, plus the angle of that bus stop is perfect for us to not be seen by that idiot that almost hit you," Aria said as she pointed towards the man who almost hit him as he clutched his head in pain to try to inspect the damage to his car.
Twilight and nodded as she and Aria began to walk towards the bus stop. "Thank you, Miss?"
"Blaze. Aria Blaze." Aria's said that she kept her eyes on that stop.
"Thank you so much, Aria." Twilight said with a smile as the girls reach the waiting area of the bus.
There was an awkward and silent tension around them. Aria Blaze looked at Twilight when she heard her sneezing a little. She sighed and put down her backpack so she could remove her jacket. She gives it to Twilight and looks away.
"I don't want you to catch a cold". Aria said.
"Ar-Are you sure? You might catch a cold as well".
"Don't worry, I have a spare".
IDIOT! YOU DON'T HAVE A SPARE! JUST ASK TWILIGHT THE QUESTION YOU WANTED TO ASK SINCE YOU DISCOVERED THA-
Her thoughts were interrupted by hearing Twilight crying again. She starts to feel a little sympathy for the crying nerd so she wraps her arm around Twilight and sighed.
"You know I don't like it when someone cries. Is something wrong?"
HEY! WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? BE ANGRY WITH THIS NERD!
"It's complicated... you wouldn't understand". Twilight cooed as she leaned her head on Aria's shoulder.
Stop leaning your freaking head on my shoulder! Only Fluttershy can do that! Wait what?!
"I'm open to anyone. I won't judge, I promise". Twilight wipes her tears away and looks at Aria with sadness in her eyes.
"I'm being judged at my school all the time. I didn't do anything to them and I'm an easy target to bullying because I'm to weak to fight back. I wish I was stronger like her!" Twilight's eyes widen when she remembers someone from her past and starts to cry again.
Her?
"Wh-Who's her?" Aria asked. Twilight pulls out her phone and shows her a picture of her previous lover which made Aria mad.
Of course...
"Her name is Sunset Shimmer. She's a really kind and fun person to be with, she was the first person who ever called me pretty". Twilight blushes a little and frowns when she remembered something.
"At least I thought she was. She would always be late on our dates and I was cool with it at first but.... it comes to a conclusion that she seems to be cheating on me".
Sunset!? A cheater!? Why this little crybaby! How dare she accuse Sunset of such a horrible act!? Aria thought that the anger was slowly building.
"So... did this Sunset ever do or say anything that made you suspect that she was cheating on you?" Aria said as she tried to hide her anger
"She's never done anything to me, but the more and more she became late, the lamer her excuses were getting." Twilight responded as she wiped some of her tears off.
"Just how lame were these excuses she was making?" Aria asked as she continued to glare at Twilight.
"Her excuses were always literally the same thing. I'm helping my mom with some things from her job, my mom just told me she can't make it so I'm taking the bus right now. Every excuse she would make was always about her mom and every time I would call her to ask why she was late, I got sent straight to voicemail and she would text me back twenty minutes later! I finally had enough when she made that same excuse on my birthday, no less!" Twilight ranted in a yell, while Aria stood there to take in this information.
"What if she was telling the truth?" Aria asked.
"Her excuses were always about her mom! Wouldn't you suspect that your own partner would use the same excuse over and over again?! All she cares about is her mom and herself! I bet she uses her friends so that she could feel all powerfu-"
"ENOUGH!!" Twilight's eyes winded and she was pinned on the wall by Aria who was so angry.
"Sunset Shimmer is the most kind, cheerful, and energetic person that I have ever seen but using an alibi isn't one of them. You just don't know her that much. You let yourself get the best of you. You don't get to play Sunset's feelings! It hurts me to see her cry or upset because you always see her smiling at everyone when she was hurting! It angers me to see someone hurting my best friend and I won't let that happen again! If I ever saw you again, I promise you, I won't be any nice anymore!" Aria wipes her own tears away, grabs her bag and starts running in the direction of her home.
Twilight fell to her knees as she watched Aria run away in the heavy rain trying to process everything Aria just said to her.
Could she be telling the truth about Sunset... No, she's just misled and corrupted by that liar... I know in my heart that day when I finally ended it with her... Sunset Shimmer is unfaithful. Twilight thought to herself as she got off the floor and waited for the bus. She noticed that she was still wearing Aria's hoodie and frowned a little.
I feel so bad at pushing Aria's anger limits. I should apologize tomorrow. I wonder what school she's in.
Aria was drying herself off in the bathroom after taking a shower from running in the rain as she was still processing everything that happened between her and Twilight.
I know, I shouldn't let what Twilight said about Sunset get to me, but argh! How dare she think horribly of Sunset like that!? I'm not going to act nice when I meet her again! Aria thought as she walked back to her room. She was so angry that she punched her bedroom wall and it cracked a little.
As Aria began to get dressed, she started to think about Sunset as a frown appeared on her face.
I may not know what truly happened between her and Twilight, but I know Sunset so much better than anyone else. She's kind, smart, a perfect role model, has a smile that can literally brighten anyone's day, and most of all, she's a true friend.
She heard the front door opened and she went downstairs while drying her hair with a towel. When she got downstairs, she stopped and had this annoyed face when she saw her sister was making out with Trixie... again. She sighs heavily and coughs really loud, which made both of them stop and blush in embarrassment.
"H-hey soon to be and hopefully sis-in-law, I see you're ready for your big celebration dinner." Trixie said with a sheepish tone as Starlight looked away, embarrassed that her sister had seen them.
"And I see you two are practicing for your honeymoon." Aria responded with a smirk as the lovers got even redder in the face.
"I don't know what I hate more? Getting caught in the middle of my make out session or you always make sly remarks after catching us in the act." Starlight said as Aria let out a laugh.
"Look, kissing is one thing, but it's not my fault you two can't control your priorities," Aria responded again as Starlight rolled her eyes before giving her sister a hug.
"Jokes aside, I can't wait to hear all the details on your big success!" Starlight said as Trixie joined in on the hug.
"Same here! I'm so proud of you for doing something this awesome!" Trixie yelled with excitement as the girls ended the group hug.
“I appreciate you guys so much, I may have signed up at the last minute to do it, but I bust my butt to get that spot, So you guys better be there when I cheerlead my first game!” Aria said with happiness.
“You betcha, sweetie! We wouldn’t miss it for the world, right Star?” Trixie asked Starlight, who nodded.
“Absolutely! I’ll be taking so many photos of you in your uniform on the court and I might record a video or two as well.” Starlight said in a cheery tone and Aria let out a moan at the thought of her sister embarrassing out by taking photos.
“You know what never mind. You’re so busy most of the time I don’t need you there to support me.”
Too late for that, sis. You sent out the invite and I already accepted. Besides I promise not to embarrass you... Too much.” Starlight said with a cheeky smile
“Fine, just don’t overdo it please.” Aria said as she let out another moan, while Trixie let out a laugh at their exchange.
"No promises Aria, now if you want to excuse me, I'm gonna get ready for a bit, we'll be back shortly". Starlight said she kisses Trixie's cheek before going upstairs.
As Aria, Starlight and Trixie took their seat after arriving at their favorite restaurant. Aria took a big whiff at the smell of burgers in the air as she let out a heavenly sigh.
This place is always so magical to me. Aria thought to herself as their waitress approached them.
"Welcome to Coinky Dink World! Can I take your order tonight?" Aria was startled by the familiar voice as she was shocked to see who their waitress was.
"Ca-Captain?!"
"Hiya Aria!"
Aria Blaze could not believe who she was seeing right now. She did not expect Pinkie Pie, of all people, to work in this eighties diner theme restaurant and she was their waitress for the night. Starlight and Trixie look at each other in confusion before looking back at Aria.
"Do you know her, sis?" Starlight asked.
"I'm Pinkie Pie! You must be Aria's big sister who works at Everton University as a counselor and you must be Aria's big sister's girlfriend who is a really famous magician and your girlfriend would sometimes be your assistant in your shows! I'm so glad to meet you!" Starlight's jaw drops and looks at Aria who seems to be getting used to hearing this while Trixie has already gotten used to someone being familiar with her since she is famous.
"Before you ask, no, I did not tell her anything about you guys. It's called her Pinkie sense and never question it". Aria plainly said and looks at her captain.
"I did not expect you to work here, not that I'm judging at all".
"I wanted to try something new and..." Pinkie pointed her finger on the right and Aria looked at the direction to see Sunset Shimmer eating with a woman that Aria had met before but never caught her name.
"She's the reason why I got the job". Pinkie blushed and smiled nervously thinking about Sunset. Aria smiled and looked at Sunset's direction. She saw her best friend laughing with the woman and suddenly realized that the woman she was with, was the woman who she met on her first day at school.
"Who's the woman with her?" Aria asked.
"That's Vice Principal Luna, she's Sunset's aunt".
AUNT?!
"Let's put that aside, What do you girls want today?" Pinkie happily asked.
"We'll take the family special with the special burger promo". Starlight said it made Aria happy about her sister ordering her favorite burger.
"Coming right up!" Pinkie left and went to the chef to announce the order. Around the same time that Pinkie left, Sunset's aunt, now known as Luna, got up from her seat and headed towards the restroom leaving Sunset alone.
I gotta say hi to her while I have the chance Aria thought to herself as she excused herself from the table and headed straight to Sunset.
"Hiya Sunset! I didn't expect you to make it to this place at all, after our impromptu party in the nurse's office." Aria said, gaining Sunset attention, who let out her trademark smile as she got out of her seat and gave her friend a hug.
"Hello to you too, Aria and sorry I didn't message you that my schedule was cleared again. The rain cut my time with Wallflower short and instead of heading home, my aunt thought it'd be a good idea to get a burger that was long overdue." Sunset explained as she and Aria let go of the hug.
I really love Sunset's hugs. Should I tell her about Twilight?... No. She's too happy and precious, I need to keep this to myself
"Are you okay?" Aria's thoughts snap out when Sunset was looking at her worriedly so she gave her best friend a smile.
"I'm fine. Just thinking if sunflowers look good on your hair". Aria froze when she had blurted out what seems to be the most regretful thing that she had said to her best friend. Sunset stared at Aria for a couple of seconds before letting out a huge laugh.
"Sunflower! That is hilarious! My name is Sunset so putting a flower on my head and makes me a sunflower! Oh my star Aria, you are too funny!" Sunset said as she tried to wipe the tears off her face as she continued to laugh. Aria just stared back at her friend, unable to process at what just happened.
She thought that was a joke? I wasn't even trying to be funny and that "joke" wasn't even a good one! But.... she is laughing so... it makes me smile to see that she is happy
"Soooo... you said you were here with your aunt, right?" Aria asked awkwardly as Sunset began to regain her composure.
"Yeah, almost every week. Me and Auntie Luna come here for a burger or just to grab a quick smoothie. I love spending time with her outside of school." Sunset said with glee as her bright smile began to blind half of the restaurant, even causing one of the waitresses to crash into a wall. Poor waitress.
Well, that fully explains why Pinkie said she got this job here for her. Aria thought as she tried to shield her eyes.
"So Sunset, since you and your aunt are here, do you two want to join me, my sister, and Trixie for my celebration dinner?" Aria asked and Sunset shook her head, "Sorry Aria, but me and auntie are pretty much done eating, I'm just waiting for her to come back from the bathroom and then we're heading home." Sunset said with a sad tone, before suddenly her eyes lit up
"But how about we continue your celebration tomorrow at the mall? You, me, and Vinyl could do some shopping and grabbing a bite to eat at the food court?" Sunset asked which got Aria thinking for a few seconds before nodding her head and was hugged by a happy Sunset Shimmer.
"Wonderful! Meet you at the mall at ten!" Sunset said that she saw her aunt wiping her hands with a towel. Aria immediately went pale when she can feel the dark and scary aura from Luna. Sunset's aunt looked at Aria and gave her a smile which brightened up the place and they heard another waitress had hit a wall and Aria covers her eyes.
"Glad to see you again, Ms. Blaze".
What's up with the shining smiles in this family?
"Y-You too, Vice Principal Luna".
"Oh please, call me Luna. We're not in school grounds".
"Then call me Aria". They both shake hands which made Sunset happy.
"Fair enough. So Aria, as much as we would love to stay, I'm afraid my niece and I must get going. I hope you and your family have a great dinner." Luna said as she and Sunset began to walk away, before stopping after two steps.
"Oh one more thing, Aria." Luna said as she looked back at Aria with a small smile. "Congratulations on becoming the newest Wonderbolt cheerleader." Aria watched as her best friend and her aunt left the diner. Aria smiled back as she waved goodbye at Luna and Sunset before she went back to her sister and Trixie.
"That was your friend right?" Trixie asked.
"Yep! I wanted to say hi to her when Pinkie pointed at her direction".
"Orders up!" Pinkie said as she placed their order really fast and Aria beamed in happiness when she saw the burger that she had wanted.
"Thank you so much!" Starlight and Trixie giggled and the three of them began to eat