My alarm went off at the same time it always does on a Monday. It was the Monday following the mall incident, and I was not looking forward to going back to school.
'Come on, Sunset. You promised the girls that you'd be there today, no point in skipping out on them.' I thought to myself as I got out of my bed and made my way to the bathroom. I looked like shit, even though I hadn't had a single nightmare since I confronted Sundown the way I did on Saturday, though I knew she was just biding her time. I always had a bad case of bed head after waking up, one of the curses of having volume like mine. I brushed my hair, as difficult a task as that was, and my teeth and made my way back to the bedroom to get dressed.
I put on my usual attire, an orange striped skirt with a pink shirt and my leather jacket, Sasha, the one Rarity had made for me. I made my way over to my desk to pack up my homework and saw the hilt of my new switchblade glint in the cold light of my bedroom. I grabbed it and stashed it in the inside pocket of Sasha. I then threw my backpack on my back and made my way to the living room. I threw my backpack onto the couch and went to make myself some breakfast.
I poured myself a bowl of oat crunchies and a cup of tea, I don't always drink coffee, and made my way to the couch to eat. After I had eaten, and washed my dishes, I grabbed my backpack and bike's keys and made my way to the parking garage. The Kawasaki started on the first turn and I shot out of the garage to face a new day.
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I parked my bike and hopped off, and a couple of seconds later, I heard the now familiar whine of Sunset's Kawasaki Ninja ZX14-R coming up the road. I flagged her down and showed her to a parking Spot right next to mine. She hopped off and took off her helmet.
"Heya Dash, How are you doing?" she asked as I locked my bike's handlebars.
"I'm good, Sunny. You?" I replied.
"I'm good," she replied, a sudden downcast look in her eyes, "Despite the pending threat on my life from Gilda."
"Yeah. We better get inside, the others are probably waiting for us in the band room." I said as I turned to walk away.
"Yeah, probably. I'll catch up. I just wanna get my helmet in my locker and exchange books for the first few lessons." she replied
"Okay. Just be careful, alright." I told her as she moved to walk away.
"Alright, Dash." she said, walking away. I saw a familiar figure follow her, but I paid no mind to it.
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I got to my locker amid the stares and whispers, but I paid no attention to it. I got to my locker safely, and when I opened it, I spied a familiar, leather bound book emblazoned with the two toned sun that was my cutie mark. I ignored it and made to put my helmet in. I then exchanged the books I needed and as I turned to close my locker, it was slammed shut. I looked up to see Gilda towering over me.
"Hey, she-demon. I was wondering when you were gonna show up." she hissed, looking me up and down as if I were a piece of trash thrown in her path. I didn't answer, instead, I started hyperventilating. She was directly in front of me, with her Diamond Dog cronies covering any escape from all sides, advancing painstakingly slowly.
"Get away from her, you fiends. The Great and Powerful Trixie forbids you to touch a single hair on her head." Trixie said as she started running up from behind. One of her fists connected the larger of the Diamond Dogs in the face right before I passed out from lack of sufficient oxygen due to my hyperventilating. I didn't see what happened after I did, but next thing I knew, I was woken up in the nurse's office, my friends all around me, apart from Trixie.
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"Where's Trixie?" I asked them when the fuzz cleared from my head enough for me to form coherent sentences.
"We don't know, darling." Rarity replied. "Though why on earth are you worried about her? Isn't she one of the people who was mean to you before." I was about to reply when Dash spoke up.
"Actually…" she said while rubbing the back of her neck.
"What is it, Dashie." Fluttershy asked. "If you don't mind telling us, that is."
"Yeah. Trixie and Sunset patched things up over the weekend. She's a friend now." Dash said, rubbing the back of her neck in embarrassment. "I should have told you guys after Sunset told me."
"No Dash, it's my fault. I should have told them." I said. I then turned to the rest of the girls. "That's why I need to know where she is. I don't want her to get into shit for helping me. I passed out after Gilda confronted me." Just then, Nurse Redheart walked in with Principal Celestia behind her.
"It's okay, Sunset. Trixie is only going to get detention for fighting. She did a noble thing, fighting for you, when she knew it would bring her into trouble." Celestia said. “Oh, Sunset. Please meet me in my office when you are done here. There are important matters for us to discuss, and a certain friend of mine is coming.” I nodded in reply, looking down at my feet. Just then, I thought of something.
"Where is my jacket?" I asked. Rarity got up and handed it to me. I felt the inside pocket,feeling the familiar weight of the switchblade I had bought on Saturday. I didn't show it, but I was secretly relieved.
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I walked out of Vice-Principal Luna's office, feeling a little miffed that Gilda and the Diamond Dogs got off so easy for threatening someone. They had each received two weeks worth of detention. I decided to go see if Sunset was okay.
I walked to the nurse's office, and as I got there, I saw Principal Celestia and the others walk out. I walked in, and Sunset had a look of utter panic on her face as she fiddled around in her jacket pockets.
"Please tell me you didn't get too much shit for rushing to my aid?” Sunset asked me, unbridled concern flashing in her eyes.
“No, I didn't. I'm just pissed that Gilda and her cronies are getting off lightly for threatening you.” I replied, all pretenses of my third person speech gone with my rage.
“Calm down, Trixie. There is no need to get angry. It won't help any of us.” Sunset said, a faint warning laced in her voice. I got up with an exasperated sigh and walked over to the window, looking out toward where the Principal’s office was.
“I know, Sunset. I know.” I said as we both left the nurse’s office.
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I walked out of Principal Celestia's office, my lackeys behind me. I rubbed my jaw where one of Trixie's punches had landed not five minutes ago. It still hurt like shit.
'Damn that Trixie. She hits harder than one would originally suspect, but I'll get her back. She just has to wait until I'm done with Shimmer' I thought to myself.
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I left Trixie to head to the gym and went to Principal Celestia’s office, feeling a little apprehensive of what awaited me. I arrived all too soon and knocked at the door, announcing my arrival.
“Come in,” Principal Celestia said from beyond. I steeled my nerves and entered, doing a double take when I saw Detective Enigma sitting across from Principal Celestia.
“What’s going on?” I asked apprehensively, staring directly at Detective Enigma.
“Sunset, You remember Detective Enigma?” Principal Celestia asked me.
“Yes I do, but you haven't answered my question, so I’ll ask again.” I replied. “What is going on?”
“I can answer that.” Detective Enigma said, turning to me. “I did some digging into your background and found that there were gaping holes in the forms you filed for emancipated status.” I stared blankly at her, and suddenly the world faded to black around me. The last thing I remember was hearing both of them yelling my name as the world faded to nothingness.