It was precisely 9pm at Canterlot High, I was patching up the schools entrance that I had manhandled with the beams of magic that were controlling me. (I'm not proud of it, okay?) Minutes ago I watched Twilight walk through the portal leading back to Equestria just before it closed. I honestly was sad to see her go. The Five girls who she befriended seemed really proud to have her reunite them. It made me want to go throw myself back in the hole I crawled out of when I felt a strong feeling of regret after everything I've ever done since being here. Those five girls that rightfully shoved me into the ground with the rainbow of harmony had left just Two minutes ago, but for me, it felt like a whole hour. After I watched them leave, Vice Principal Luna let me off the hook. I was scared to leave but after a while it was just Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna so I couldn't stay. I just wanted to cry more because I couldn't go home to Equestria and would be stuck here with no place to go. But then a voice made me jump.
"Are you heading home Sunset? I've got to get going." Principal Celestia said.
I didn't say a word.
"What you've done tonight shall not go unpunished," Said Vice Principal Luna, "You are being suspended for a while, young lady!"
"Luna, Can I talk to you in private for a minute?" Whispered Princess er- Principal Celestia.
After they disappeared, I felt so lonely that I had began tearing up. I couldn't go home, couldn't stay here. I decided the only thing to do was beg for forgiveness. So when they came out I fell on my knees.
"Okay fine, Do what you have to. But please don't make me leave now. Please," I cried, "If I go I'll be all alone. I'm not ready to be alone."
Principal Celestia looked down at me, wiped away my tears and hugged me gently which made me cry harder. Seeing as how getting a hug from her made me think of Princess Celestia and the fact that I couldn't go back to Equestria.
"I can understand how you're feeling Sunset," she said, "Perhaps we can work something out."
"For the record I'm totally against this." Said Vice Principal Luna.
"I can understand that," I said "I just know I deserve whatever punishment you give me, you can't make me feel any worse after what I did so please just lay it on me."
"We are suspending you for four weeks." Said Vice Principal Luna sternly.
"I thought we agreed two weeks." Said Principal Celestia
"You also said I could be bad cop." Yelled Vice Principal Luna, which chased me right off with Principal Celestia following me.
"Sunset, Wait," She called back. "Listen, I know this is probably very difficult for you right now, So, here's what we're going to do. We'll suspend you for two weeks."
I nodded to confirm I understood.
"But," Principal Celestia continued, "You can come stay with me and my niece, Cadence if you would like. If you ever need me to come home I could have Vice Principal Luna take over the school, provided she doesn't do anything reckless. Is that okay?"
"Yes," I sighed, meaning it. Then she took my hand and we drove to her place.
It was just a few miles from school. It made me feel comfortable.
"There, now you just stay here and I'll fix up the sofa bed for You." She said.
So she walked into the living room. I had a pretty rough night, I really needed some sleep. I began to grab some of the cups she had and start stacking them and then I took the stack down. Then I took a straw and tried to flip it into one of the cups. Just then Principal Celestia called me into the living room, I looked down at the Sofa that was folded out and transformed into a bed. It looked very comfy but I just knew there had to be a catch. Why would Principal Celestia be so nice to me? What I did was terrible and awful and immature and there was no way, no way I could've deserved this.
"Thank you so much Principal Celestia," I said, "But why are you being so nice to me?"
"When you crawled out of that hole, I realized you were truly sorry and remorseful," She said, "It wouldn't be right If I had left you so alone like that. After all, most of the other students were giving you glares of hatred."
"Rightly so." I muttered
"Sunset Shimmer," She said, scaring me a little, "I will not stand here anymore and listen to you talk bad about yourself. You are beautiful, if they don't believe you are truly sorry then that's their problem. Now get some rest child, you've had a long night, but I promise tomorrow will be better." She came over to me and hugged me. When she did, I couldn't help but smile a little through my tears. Then she went to the kitchen.
I stripped down to my underwear, given the fact that I had only owned one set of clothes. My arms and legs were covered with Goosebumps. So I got into the sofa bed and adjusted myself to make myself comfortable. The sofa bed was working just fine. Then Principal Celestia walked in with some crackers and a bottle of water. She put them on the side table and asked if there was anything else I needed.
"No, please, no thanks," I said to Principal Celestia, "You've already done enough for me and I thank you for that."
"You're very welcome Sunset."
she said walking out of the room, I then turned off the bedside lamp and lied down. I was still pretty sore from the impact of the rainbow, but it didn't affect me heavily. After that, I went to sleep. Where Nightmares would soon await.