//------------------------------// // 1 Month after // Story: It’s not easy // by Reactception //------------------------------// SUNSET’S POV 1 MONTH AFTER THE FALL FORMAL: I was walking through the halls looking down to avoid the glares I knew were directed towards me. Just keep moving and ignore them “Hey whore.” Someone shout’s as they bump into me with enough force that I drop my book bag. Don’t dignify them with a reaction “Hey look at me when I’m speaking to you demon.” The male student says as he shoves me again. Don’t respond just look down “Don’t ignore me.” The student continues as he shoves me roughly into the wall of lockers. Don’t cry he’ll just do worse if you cry Sunset knew everything she was thinking was true but she still felt tears welling up in her eyes threatening to spill over onto her face. A voice from down the hall suddenly shouted “hey get off of her.” And in an instant Rainbow Dash appears and kicks the male student in the leg knocking him over and off of me. “Sunset are you alright?” Rainbow Dash asks looking at her with a look of sympathy and worry. Quit looking at me like that I don’t deserve your sympathy or loyalty “F-ff-fine.” I stutter out not wanting her to continue looking at me with her fake pity and remorse. The male student quickly stands up and lunges at me with full force while shouting “stop defending her.” I braced myself for impact and shut my eyes but his attack never hit me. So I opened my eyes and looked over to see the student on the ground clutching his crotch and Rainbow Dash’s knee still mid air. “OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW” the male student shouts in agony. serves him rig.....think nice thoughts. “Let’s go Sunset.” Rainbow exclaims as she reaches over and grabs Sunset by the wrist pulling her down the hall. “Mrs. Dash and Mrs. Shimmer.” Vice principal Luna’s voice shouts from behind them angrily. Rainbow Dash and me flip around only to see a very angry Vice principal staring us down and standing above the sobbing student still clutching his crotch with both hands. “MY OFFICE NOW.” She yells the veins in her neck practically pulsing. How does a human do the royal canterlot voice so well. Most likely cause she’s Luna’s counterpart but still crazy she can do it that well. The 2 girls followed Luna into her office just down the hall. And sat down in chairs in front of her desk. “Miss Luna before you........” Luna raises her hand and stops Rainbow Dash from finishing her sentence. “I understand he attacked you and Mrs Shimmer first and I didn’t bring you here to punish you.” Luna state’s. Then what are we doing here if your not gonna punish us? “You’re probably wondering why I brought you here if not to punish you” Luna continues. How’d she know I was thinking that? Wait can she read my mind? Magic? “Your here so you’re fellow students don’t mistreat you for that incident if they think I scolded you they most likely won’t seek revenge.” Luna explains in the most logical and know it all voice I’d ever heard her speak in. Rainbow Dash looked up very confused by the principal’s strange logic and opened her mouth to speak. My hand went up and I said to Rainbow “she helped us out that’s all that matters.” Rainbow responded by closing her mouth and quickly crossing her arm’s on her lap. 20ish Minutes later: BORED, BORED, CAUSE MAYHEM......no I don’t do that anymore (sigh) Why do I constantly have to keep myself in check? Eh doesn’t matter cause tonight it’ll all be ov... My thoughts were interrupted by Luna saying “you girls better get going to lunch.” Before I could even stand up Rainbow Dash had grabbed me by the hand and was dragging me to the cafeteria and our “other friends”. Dash pushed past all the other students in the cafeteria all the while dragging me on behind her as we made our way to my “new friends” usual table. “OHmygosh I heard what happened areyoualright Sunny?” Pinkie shouts speaking so fast her word mix together every now and again. Pinkie’s hands wrap around my arms and pull me into a hug still looking worried and once again shouting “Why aren’t you answering? Are you in shock? Ohmygosh guys Sunny’s in shock!” “Shimmer down sally.” Applejack says as she grabs Pinkie by the shoulders and pulls her off of me. Pinkie is the only one who genuinely cares about me and that also makes her the most dense idiot I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing. “You’re fine right Sugarcube?” Applejack asks acting as concerned as Pinkie. like you care. Be quiet but reassure them so they don’t bother you. I looked up into her emerald eyes briefly and nodded saying “of course I’m alright.” And to add to this illusion I gave the biggest smile to make them think I was fine. All the girls accepted this answer except Applejack who continued to stare at me. did I smile to wide? My worried thoughts were put to rest when Applejack sat down with the other girls again and say “I’m just glad y’all are alright.” All the girls except me spent the rest of their lunch break chatting and speaking about their plans to hangout together after school. I’m so pathetic. Release is just hours away and now I’m considering backing out of it. But I know I can’t back out it’s better for everyone if I die. The only people who pretend not to hate me are these girls but even they secretly hate me. I wish things could’ve gone differently. I wish I’d been better so I could have that genuine friendship Twilight always talked about. Maybe if things were different the girls would actually care about me but unfortunately..... My inner monologue was stopped by Pinkie waving her hand in front of my face and shouting “SUNSET? SUNSET? YOU'RE COMING RIGHT? “Huh? what was that?” I asked unsure the question I was apparently supposed to be answering. Pinkie gave me her biggest grin and spoke again “I said you’re coming bowling tonight right?” All the girls looked at me expectantly nodding behind Pinkie’s back encouraging me to join in on their wacky friendship fun. I should go I owe them that even if they are fake friends. Sunset thinks quietly to herself. you don’t owe them anything your Sunset freakin Shimmer! A much more aggressive part of Sunset’s subconscious tells her. hey! They might not care about us but we care about them. It’s the least we can do. The softer part of Sunset argued back curtly. exactly! If they don’t care about us why should we do them any favors. Responded trying to woo over Sunset. that’s the mindset that got us turned into a demon and I for one don’t wanna do that again. Soft Sunset says strangely frustrated at her other half. No! Was all the angry Sunset could say to respond to soft Sunset. it’s not like we’re busy tonight anyways. Soft Sunset tells Sunset and dark Sunset to try to finish this internal head. .......We’re killing ourself tonight you flat chested whore. Dark Sunset says with such a done with the happy bullshit attitude. I know. soft Sunset admits. so shouldn’t the last thing we do be decent. Soft Sunset finishes with those last impactful words. Ignoring both her proverbial shoulder angel and proverbial shoulder demon Sunset did something she wasn’t known for doing........ She did what felt right. “I’ll be there Pinkie” I said without thinking it through or knowing the future consequences of my response.