Rarity could feel all eyes on her as she entered CHS that morning. She ignored all the looks and comments. She could hear the whispers behind her back that she had lost her mind and had had a psychotic episode due to Anon-A-Miss. Anon-A-Miss had nothing to do with this, she thought as she took her books from her locker, this is for Sunset. Rarity looked up and down the hall before entering the music room.
"Oh my," Fluttershy said when she saw Rarity's new look.
"Good morning darling," Rarity said as she greeted Fluttershy and Spike.
"You look amazing," Spike said, wagging his tail.
"Thank you Spike," Rarity said, "you are quite the gentleman even though you are only a puppy."
Rarity took a quick look around the room. It wasn't long before her eyes settled upon an empty guitar stand. A guitar stand that had held Sunset's guitar on the previous day.
"We must have just missed her yesterday," Fluttershy said when she noticed what Rarity was looking at.
"Didn't Principal Celestia promise to tell us if she heard from Sunset," Rarity asked.
"I believe that she did," Spike answered. Rarity wanted to storm into Celestia's office at that moment and demand some answers, but she decided against that, even though she looked like a punk, didn't mean that Rarity was no longer a proper young woman. Celestia had to have known where Sunset was, Rarity couldn't think of another person that would let Sunset in after hours to get her guitar.
"So...," Fluttershy asked softly, "why the new look?"
"I was making an outfit similar to this for Sunset," Rarity replied, "now she might not have the chance to wear it, so I'm wearing it in her honor."
"Oh," Fluttershy said. She looked at how her fashionista friend was dressed. Fluttershy didn't know if she could possibly be brave enough to wear a similar outfit, but it did remind her of Sunset.
<BEEP!>
Rarity looked down at her phone. She wasn't surprised to see that she was the subject of Anon-A-Miss' latest post. She suppressed a laugh as she read the insulting post. Strange, she thought, I never noticed how childish these posts were. Rarity continued to scroll down the page, stopping every now and then to read one of the posts. Anon-A-Miss is bound to make a mistake soon or later. Rarity was thankful that Sweetie Belle and her two friends hadn't been among Anon-A-Miss' victims. Why is that, she has targeted everyone else, what makes them immune?
"Are you okay Rarity," Fluttershy asked, "you look like you've seen a ghost."
"Nothing," Rarity answered, However improbable it may be, I know who Anon-A-Miss is. Rarity was furious with herself for not seeing it earlier. The answer had been so obvious, how had she not noticed it at first. I need to show this to AJ and Rainbow, she thought, however they may not like this.
"Rarity," Fluttershy said, "please don't lie to me, you have a look on your face that says you know something."
"I figured out the identity of Anon-A-Miss," Rarity sighed, "and I'm ashamed to say that it's my sister and her two friends."
"You mean that Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo and Apple Bloom are responsible for this whole mess," Fluttershy gasped.
"Unfortunately," Rarity replied and then proceeded to tell her friend and Spike how she came to that conclusion, using the Anon-A-Miss MyStable page as evidence.
"Makes sense," Spike said after Rarity finished, "back in Equestria their counterparts caused all sorts of trouble with a gossip column in their school newspaper, they called themselves Gabby Gums."
"Gabby Gums," Rarity cringed, "atleast Anon-A-Miss has a better ring to it."
"That's for sure," Fluttershy agreed, "but shouldn't we turn this information over to Principal Celestia and Vice-Principal Luna?"
"Oh we will Darling," Rarity said with an evil grin, "but I want to to have some fun first."
Fluttershy watched as Rarity reached into her bookbag and pulled out her laptop. It didn't take long for her to pull up the page for creating a MyStable account.
"And now," Rarity said at last, "the fun begins"
"Oh my," Fluttershy said.
By the time that lunch began, the entire school was in an uproar. Someone, nobody knew who, had declared war on Anon-A-Miss. Who ever Shadow Spade was they had promised to reveal the identities of Anon-A-Miss if they didn't turn themselves in by the end of the week.
"Who is Shadow Spade," Gilda Griffin was heard asking, "and why are they claiming that Anon-A-Miss has more than one identity?"
"I don't know," Bulk Biceps replied, "but what if Sunset is innocent."
"I doubt Sunset is innocent," Rainbow said, "this is most likely a lame attempt to throw the blame on someone else."
"Sunset hasn't been seen here for over a week," Derpy replied, "and Anon-A-Miss was posting pictures of Rarity earlier today."
Rainbow refused to listen. She knew that Sunset was behind everything, even if she didn't have any proof, or any idea on how to prove it. She thought about asking Rarity for help, but Rarity was convinced that Sunset was innocent and she had managed to convince Fluttershy that she was as well. Maybe AJ or Pinkie can talk some sense into them.
Meanwhile, three younger girls were starting to panic.
"What are we going to do," Scootaloo asked.
"Whomever Shadow Spade is" Sweetie Belle said, "they said that they know who we are. Maybe we should go turn our selves in."
"Look," Apple Bloom said calmly, "there is no way Shadow Spade could know that it's us. We've covered our tracks and made sure that everything points at Sunset."
"But what if we weren't as careful as we thought," Sweetie Belle said, "my sister doesn't believe us and she is looking for the truth."
"Why don't we we take a few days from posting anything," Scootaloo suggested, "allow the heat to die down a bit."
"But then people will start to forgive Sunset," Apple Bloom replied, "we need people to remember what sort of monster she was."
"I agree with Scootaloo," Sweetie Belle.