//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: Nothing More, Right? // by FireworksPOP //------------------------------// Flash sighed as he took one last look at Sunset’s painting, and left. He walked back to his car, and went home, but not in time to catch sight of a cart next to the park serving orange juice. Freshmen year, after Sunset’s first day. Flash walked along the side walk with Sunset by his side, both all smiles. “Thanks for the tour today.” She smiled sweetly. “No problem, hey you wan’t some orange juice?” “Sure.” Why am I thinking about her so much?! He got out of his car and walked inside. Wait a minuet, today is- He ran to the calendar Scootaloo used to write down the different days that her group met. February sixth. Oh jeeze. February sixth, eight days until valentines day, and valentines day was when they had there first kiss, and how had he not remembered that?! I am the stupidest most idiotic bitch on the planet. He sighed, Flash sat down on the couch. I do care about her, but were just friends, nothing more, nothing less, right? Sunset Shimmer stared at a dresser in her apartment. She tilted her head, still staring at the spot on her dresser. She looked around. She saw her guitar, the photos of her friends.Why does it feel like something’s missing? She had this image in her mind of something else that should be there, but couldn’t make it out. There’s supposed to be something there! I swear I feel like it’s been missing for a year! What the heck is it? Sunset laid down in her bed, and pulled out a small deep blue bear with stars dotted across it’s body from under her pillow. One of the only possessions she was able to keep when she became Celesta's student, an Ursa Minor. It was a small stuffed animal her father had gotten her when she was little, and her brother used to play with her as she used her magic to use it like a puppet and made the little toy dance while he watched. She hugged it close. She knew if Rainbow knew this was actually in her backpack everyday at school she would never live it down, but still, it was something she never wanted to let go of, and she was afraid if she left it alone it would disappear like most things in her life did. Sunset pulled her bear closer and her eyes slowly drifted down, until she was asleep. A loud pounding came from the door. Sunset yawned. “One minuet...” She closed her eyes and fell back asleep. The door fell to the floor with a loud crash. Still, Sunset was asleep. “Ah...maybe I shouldn't be the one to knock on doors, i’ll fix it-” Applejack walked inside fallowed by her friends. They all looked around. “Why wasn’t she at Sugar Cube corner?” Fluttershy looked around, hoping to see her friend. Rainbow grumbled. “We were supposed to go over what I told you all about this mourning!” “Were is she?” Pinkie gleefully skipped around and down the hall to Sunset’s room. Rainbow dashed after her, (pun intended), and was fallowed by the rest of her friends. She burst out laughing when she saw Sunset. “Aww, teddy bear!” Pinkie began to jump up and down. Twilight walked up to Sunset’s bed. “I never thought I would see this happening.” She smirked. “SUNSET!” Rarity looked wide eyed as she stared at her friend still somehow asleep, cuddleing a small deep blue colored bear with a star mark on it’s forehead. Fluttershy stood next to the bed next to Twilight. ”Sunset, please wake up, we have something we need to tell you because you weren't there when Rainbow told us.” Sunset sat up in her bed and yawned. “Hey guys...why are you here so early?” “Seriously?! Rarity’s yelling dosn’t wake you up but Fluttershy’s whisper does?! How is that even scientific!?” “Twilight, we passed unscientific a long time ago...” She looked over at Rainbow Dash, who was on the floor laughing so hard she wasn’t taking time to breath, and Pinkie Pie stood there giggling, while Rarity had out a sketch book and a pencil doodling something. “...What’s going on?” Rainbow leaped up from the floor and yanked the little blue bear off of Sunset’s bed. “HEY!” Sunset grabbed it back from Rainbow and pulled it close, scowling at the rainbow haired girl. “Last time I let you touch something that was important to me you broke it!” “It wasn’t that bad.” “My favorite guitar?! You call looking like a pile of wood chips and strings not that bad?! I had to take it to Equestria so I could cast a rejuvenation spell on it!” “Okay, I feel like we need an explanation to why you are in high school and your cuddling a toy bear like Rarity would a diamond.” Twilight crossed her arms. “Pinkie cuddles that alligator all day!” “We expect that from her, she’s wack!” Rainbow grabbed the little bear and held it away from Sunset. Sunset jumped out of her covers still wearing the clothes she had had on the day before and Ran after Rainbow, but no use, Rainbow had her super speed. Applejack stood in front of RD causing her to stop and regretfully hand it back to Sunset. The crimson haired girl snatched it back and scowled. “Don’t take it again or I swear you will have a worse day than when you fell into the pig pen at AJ’s farm!” “Yeash, sorry, it’s just a teddy bear.” Sunset sat down on her bed as her eyes started to fill with tears. “My dad gave it to me when I was little.” She hugged it tighter. Applejack grabbed Rainbow’s shoulders and shook her. “You little bitch!” “I didn’t know!” “You should have! Why else would she be cuddlin' a bear?!" “Can we just tell her about what we did last night?” Fluttershy pushed the two apart. “I feel like we are getting a little off topic.” Rainbow rolled her eyes. “Fine, Sunset, grab your guitar, the one you use during our performances, not the one I broke that you use to play stuff like Let It Rain.” “Why?” “Yesterday, I found a account on MyStable about us, and people were asking when we would do a performance with the Flash Drives.” “So I talked to Sandalwood, and he said the Flash Drive fans wanted them to do it to, so...” Fluttershy smiled. AJ let began to look exited. “And he agreed to it and we need to go and practice!” Sunset wen’t pale. “I’m going to go change.” She put her bear back on the bed and walked away to the washroom. Twilight looked over at Rarity. “What are you drawing?” “I was inspired by that bear! The stars, the color!” She held out her scratchpad. “I have designed a whole new line!”