While Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo got Sunset to calm down, Sonata pulled out her laptop and with Sunset's permission, she logged onto her cousin's email. Within minutes her hands were flying across the keys as she worked diligently to track down the origin of the email. Whomever Incognito was, they had hidden their tacks well. That can't be right.
"Sunset," Sonata asked after a moment, "does anyone else have access to your laptop besides you?"
"No," Sunset answered, "the only time it leaves my side is during gym class, then I leave it in my locker."
"Who ever wrote this email," Sonata explained, "wrote it using your laptop."
All five girls stared at the computer for a moment.
"We might as well open it so that we can print it out and add to the evidence." Sunset sighed.
"Scootaloo," Rainbow said, "Why don't you and Pinkie take Sunset into the kitchen. She shouldn't have to see this." Scootaloo and Pinkie both nodded and helped Sunset to the kitchen.
"Good thinking Dashie," Sonata said.
"She really doesn't deserve this," Rainbow replied, "when I find Incognito, I'm going to kick their butt."
"I'll join you," Sonata said as she clicked on the email, "now what vulgarities does Incognito have in-store for us today.'
"I'm, did the screen freeze," Rainbow asked, "it's blank."
"No," Sonata said after testing the mouse. Incognito had sent Sunset a blank email. Both Rainbow and Sonata realized that this meant that Incognito could get to Sunset no matter where she was.
"I'm calling my Aunt," Sonata said as she took out her phone, "Incognito is toying with us."
In the kitchen, Scootaloo and Pinkie were relieved that Sunset was no longer on the verge of tears. Pinkie managed to get Sunset to atleast nibble on a cookie.
"Scootaloo, stay here with Sunset," Pinkie said with an amazing amount of authority in her voice, "keep her here."
Scootaloo watched as Pinkie went back to the living room to discuss the situation with Rainbow and Sonata.
"Sunset," Scootaloo said finally, "I never meant for this to happen. I wanted a big sister and went about the wrong way to get one. I know that you probably don't like me, and will probably never speak to me again, but I promise to be the best little sister you could ask for."
Sunset didn't say anything. Instead she reached out and took Scootaloo's hand in her's and gave it a gentle squeeze before leaning onto the younger girl's shoulder and drifting off to sleep.
That is how Celestia found them when she walked into the house twenty minutes later. She smiled at the two of them and was about to say something, when Scootaloo stopped her by holding up one finger in front of her lips and looking at Celestia.
"How long have they been like that?" Celestia whispered as she entered the living room and sat down on the couch opposite of Sonata.
"For a while," Rainbow answered, "we couldn't bring ourselves to break them up."
Pinkie got up to make everyone some nachos and to check on Sunset and Scootaloo while Sonata and Rainbow told Celestia what they had learned, which wasn't much.
"I'll have Sunset leave her things in my office when she goes to gym," Celestia sighed, "and I'll see if Luna could assign her another locker."
"We might want to do the same thing for Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom," Rainbow said, "now that the whole school knows that they were Anon-a-Miss, they could be targets now."
Celestia knew that Rainbow was right. If there was one thing that her years of teaching had taught her, it was that teenagers could be viciously vindictive toward each other.
"You and your friends will look out for them?' Celestia asked.
"Of course Aunt Tia," Sonata answered, "Scootaloo is family."
Do they really think of me as family, Scootaloo thought to herself after she heard Sonata's words. Scootaloo had never felt this welcome before. They barely knew her, why were they willing to accept her, even after what she had done to Sunset. She looked at the sleeping girl's face and noticed a big smile of content.
"Hey, Scoots," Rainbow Dash said from the entryway to the kitchen, "come here I want to talk to ya."
Scootaloo felt nervous as she disentangled herself from Sunset and stood up. Rainbow led hey to a place where the two of them could speak in private.
"Look Scootaloo," Rainbow began, "I don't know why you did what you did, and frankly, I don't much care."
Scootaloo could feel a lump rising in her throat.
"Tomorrow at school, when you and your friends aren't in class, you are to be glued to my side." Rainbow said, "if we could forgive Sunset, then there is absolutely no reason why I can't forgive you."
"But we really hurt everyone," Scootaloo protested.
"It's nothing worse than what I used to do." Sunset said from behind Scootaloo, "I was unanimously voted the school's 'Biggest Meanie' remember."
Scootaloo hadn't heard Sunset get up. She had thought that the older girl was still asleep when she had left the kitchen. After her brief nap, Sunset looked reinvigorated, and determined to find Incognito.