"Today was the day.. The day I would get exposed for the horrible things I did. I silently hoped they would go easy on me or they cancelled it all together. But if not I'll just have to accept the consequenses.. I just hope they don't hate me after this.."
I made my way to Twilight's castle already thinking of what I was going to tell them when they found out. I was very nervous but put on a smile when I got there.
I walked in and saw Apple Jack, Fluttershy and Twilight already there. I saw Twilight working on a machine that was probably the hoofprint thingy. Next to it was a small table with different objects in them. My heart skipped a beat seeying what was on there.
I saw a glass that I recognized as the glass we gave Spitfire that accidently killed her. Next to it were two pistols with the tranquilizers we used to 'prank' Zephyr Breeze.
I got a smile back on my face and tried my best to act normal until the truth would come out. "Hey guys! I'm here!"
"Hey Dash!" Twilight greeted but didn't look away from the machine.
I got a seat and got a smile from Apple Jack. "Hey Rainbow. Ah thought you'd be the first one here. Aside from Fluttershy ah mean."
I quickly came up with something logical. "I had some bad traffic. You know how Derpy can be sometimes."
She let out a small chuckle. "Yup."
I noticed Fluttershy was just staring at the table with the tools. "You ok Flutters?" I knew I wasn't in the position to ask that but I couldn't just sit there saying nothing.
She just quietly nodded. "Yea.. I'm just.. Looking.."
I looked over to Apple Jack who gave me a sign to leave it. I did so and sat there watching Twilight as she worked on the machine.
It's a few minuted later now and we're all here. Twilight did some last few things before leaving the machine and getting a seat aswell. I patiently waited for her to say something getting a bit more nervous every second.
"I thought we could start this off by explaining what this is." She said pointing at the machine.
Before she could answer Pinkie put up her hoof ready to guess it. "Is it a secret revealer thingy for smart ponies?"
She just looked at her blankly for a second before responding. "No.."
She just shrugged. "Oh well. I tried."
Twilight continued. "Anyway this machine can identify any hoofprint l place under the scanner. I got hoofprints from all of ponyvile and more when I visited Celestia and if we scan these items we can figure out who did it."
"Where are those items from exactly?" Rarity asked curiously looking at them.
"These were found at the 'crime scenes' and if it was all planned by some pony else then there must be hoofprints on there somewhere."
"Let's not waste any more time then! If someone else really planned such horrible things we have to know who it is so they can pay!" Apple Jack said making it harder for me to act alright.
"Alright then. Let the exposing begin!" Twilight pushed a button on the machine and put it on. The machine made loud noices and also left some smoke. After it cleared up a little the got some gloves and put them on her hooves.
"Why are you using gloves?" Fluttershy asked confussed.
"I don't want the system to mess up due to my hoofprints. Now let's see the first one." She got the glass and put it under the scanner. She pressed a button and the machine started shining a neon green light on the glass.
Meanwhile I was waiting to get exposed and probably hated forever..
It said a 'ping' sound and some papers came out. Twilight put the glass back on the table and looked on the paper. While reading I saw her expression change into confussion.
"This is weird.. Maybe it made a mistake.." She put the paper away and tried it again only leaving the same result. She read it probably 5 times before looking at me. "Dash..? Can you come for just a sec?"
I knew what this was about and I was ready for it. "Sure.."
I walked to her and she showed me the results. "Your name is on here. I checked twice and so can't be a mistake. I just want to know if you ever touched this particular glass.." I saw the others look at me confussed too.
I took a dead breath and looked down. "I'm sorry.."
they all looked at me shocked. "What!?"
Not convinced Apple Jack got the results and looked back at me. "Ya gotta be kiddin' me.."
"It was accident.. I can explain everyth-"
Apple Jack's face turned into anger. "So you did it!?"
The others looked shocked my way not knowing what to say. I just nodded but tried to explain myself. "Yea but I can explain everything! I didn't mean to-"
I was cut off again. "No! Ah knew something was up but this.." She clearly looked very upset and walked to the door.
"AJ, wait-" She slammed the door before I could finish. The others were still looking in disbelief. Fluttershy didn't even look at me. I felt tears forming in my eyes just looking at them. "I can explain.."
They still looked at me with the same expression but saw Twilight nodding. "Ok.. Explain then.."
I took another deap breath and started. "It all started when I became part of the elite Wonderbolt group. They're the best flyers of all of the Wonderbolts and-"
"We know. You told us when you got in." Rarity cut me off.
"Right.." I continued. "So I wasn't really doing so well and I had to pass a test if I wanted to stay in.. And you all know how bad I am at tests.."
"I know.." Twilight said unamused probably waiting for me to spill the beans.
"I procrastinated and didn't finish anything.. Then Soarin knocked on my window and we spend the rest of the time I had watching movies."
"He just came flyng through your window??" Fluttershy asked confussed.
"Yea.. But that's not important!" Even mentioning broke my heart all over again.
Twilight checked the results again. "I do see his hoofprint listed here too. Where is he? Then I can talk to him later too."
"You can't.." I said feeling the tears again. "But I'll get to that part.." She stayed quiet to let me explain the next part. "I didn't finish it and was scared of being kicked out so Soarin said we could convince her with something. The best thing I thought of was bring her a drink and while making is Soarin accidently put something toxic in and it killed her.."
"It wasn't on purpose right..?" Fluttershy asked quietly.
"No! I would never do that on purpose! But we were so panicked after that that we felt like we had no choice but to play it off as a suicide.. I didn't like the idea but I didn't want any trouble.." I looked away ashamed of myself.
I looked back at the others who looked like they didn't know what to say. Fluttershy was the first one to speak up. "But what about Zephyr? Did you do that too..?" Small tears rolled down her face.
I stayed quiet for a bit before reponding. "Y-Yea.. But it also an accident.."
"How can you accidently shoot a deadly dose of tranquilizers at him??" Twilight asked confussed. The others waited for my response too.
"Soarin said we were doing a prank to 'stop him from annoying me'. I don't think he knew what was too much but it happened.. I'm sorry Fluttershy.." I felt tears rollong down my face.
To my suprise I felt a hug a few seconds later. When I looked I saw Fluttershy. She still had tears in her eyes but gave me a soft smile. "I know you didn't mean it.. It's ok.." She looked over to the others.
Pinkie got a smile too and joined in. "You look like you need a hug.."
It was nice. For the first time in a long time I felt a genuine smile form on my face. "Thanks.." We stayed in a hug for a few seconds before we let eachother go.
Twilight spoke up again. "I still want to know where Soarin is."
"Oh.. That.." As much as it hurt I had to tell them. "When Fluttershy got the idea something was wrong he wanted to kill all of you to prevent getting caught.."
"What!?" They were all shocked.
"I thought it wasn't on purpose!" Twilight said looking at me.
"I didn't want to kill any of you but he said I go with him or he would have to eliminate me too! So when you all came yesterday he tried to make you think I was suicidal so he could get away with it. So I played dead so he could leave. Then you came in.."
"So that those diary entries were fake??" Rarity asked confussed.
"And that's why you pretended to kill yourself??" Twilight followed.
"Yea.."
There was a silence. Atleast until Pinkie got a small smile. "Look on the bright side! Atleast Dashie isn't depressed!"
I just looked away trying to ignore her attempt to lighten up the situation.
The others did the same and Twilight started again. "What happened next?" She asked now a bit more intrested in the story then the topic.
"He went here and put grenades everywhere. I was able to stop him but one had a timer and I knew I would probably die if I tried to put it somewhere save. Instead Soarin apologised and when everything was save he pulled the trigger and.. killed himself.." I felt more tears and looked down again.
The rest was also quiet.
Atleast until. "Are you ok Dash..?" Fluttershy asked worried.
"W-What do you mean..?" I asked whiping away my tears.
"You went through a lot. I already forgave you. I just want to be sure you're going to be ok." She gave me a hug again.
Pinkie joined in again too. Rarity got a small smile too and hugged me too. "I'm here for you Dash."
Twilight sighed and did the same. "All of us. You're our friends Dash."
I remembered about Apple Jack. "Not all of us.." We let go of the hug and I went to the door. "I'm happy you're still my friends. It means the world to me. But I need to see AJ." They nodded understanding and I left.
I walked into the Apple family farm both feeling happy I'm still on good terms with Fluttershy, Pinkie, Rarity and Twilight but also nervous to see Apple Jack. She didn't even look at me when she left so she must be very upset. I get it. I did do some pretty horrible things. I just hope she can forgive me a little after I explain everything. If she will even listen to me..
I got to the barn and knock on it. After a few seconds I see Big Mac infront of me. "Is Apple Jack here?"
"Eyup."
"Can I go talk to her?" He nods and lets me in. He points upstairs to a room. "Thanks Big Mac." I say as I fly up the stairs. I got to the door and softly knock. "AJ? You in there?"
It takes a few seconds before I get a response. "Leave Dash.." She sounded both angry and upset.
"Just let me explain.. Please?"
I hoped for a good response but no. "You don't got any explaining to do Dash."
I sighed and sat with my back against the door. "Looks like I'm just going to have to do it here then."
There was a small gap between the next answer. "Don't make it too long.."
"Right.. So it all started when-..." I started explaining the whole story again. She cut me off a few times for questions and I could hear she was getting less tense. But I still couldn't help crying a little at the last part. I just finished the story when I heard hoofsteps. I got up and stood infront of the door trying to whipe my tears a little.
When she came out I saw she had been crying. "Rainbow Dash..?"
I whiped my tears fully and replied. "Yea Aj..?"
"Ah'm sorry." She said as she gave me a soft hug. "Ah knew something was up.. Ah just didn't know it was this big.. Ah thought you choose to do these things.. Ah'm sorry for not hearin' ya out earlier.."
I put my hooves around her too and smiled. "It's ok AJ.. I'm the one who should apologizing.. I never meant to create such a mess. I didn't want you guys to become part of that too.."
We let go of the hug and gave eachother a small smile. "Ah forgive ya Dash.. Just promise me you'll be alright.."
"I promise." We both left and made our way back to Twilight's place. We decided it would be best to keep this between the six of us. They also were there for me whenever I randomly had an emotional breakdown because of reminders or just the trauma from the whole situation. Everything's fine now and with my friends by my side it's sure to stay like that.