SUNSET’S POV AT THE BOWLING ALLEY:
Why’d I come here.
I’m genuinely concerned that I agreed to come bowling with these girl’s.
All of my “friend’s” were currently laughing at some inside joke I didn’t understand as I anxiously waited for her turn.
3 more rounds and this will all be over. And I can go kill myself in peace and quiet. Sunset thought as everyone bowling in the bowling alley boo’ed and cheered as their balls hit the pin’s or in some cases didn’t hit the pin’s.
Told you this was a waste of time! My “shoulder demon” says as she continues to sit their in silence.
No! Don’t listen to that villain. My “shoulder angel” exclaims as angry as the good side of a person could.
Suddenly someone tapped me on the shoulder startling me so much I leap out of my seat and onto Fluttershy’s lap.
Quickly jumping up off the startled girl’s lap and onto her feet she turns to Rainbow Dash who was the one who tapped her on the shoulder.
“You’re up Sunset.” She exclaims obviously impatient to take her turn.
I got up and headed over to pick up my aqua colored bowling ball from the line up. Gently I lift the ball and swing it back behind me with little force and then release it on my return swing at full force.
The ball quickly darts down the alley and curves way to the left causing the ball to only knock down 2 pin’s.
I went and grabbed the ball again preparing to knock down more pin’s only to have the ball go straight to the right and into the gutter.
Applejack came over and patted me on the back “Aw Shucks Sunset tha’ts rotten luck.” Applejack says sadly trying to reassure me but failing.
See we can’t even do bowling right. Her dark mind thinks as she sits back down between Fluttershy & Rainbow Dash again.
After a moment of complete silence and depressing thoughts once again drift to my plan’s for later tonight. 2 More rounds and then bowling’s officially over.
“Ugh. Why did I have to come?” A voice said from behind Sunset at the pay station.
I recognize that voice...... Sunset thought to herself.
The voice continue’s to speak quite loudly to express it’s discomfort “I could be playing Halo 2 Online with Shouldn’tIBeDoingMyHomework12”
A response came from another voice one Sunset knew all to well. Celestia Responded to the original voice (Luna) by saying “It’s my turn to choose what we do for game night.”
Weakly I peered over the crevice of my neon red seat to look up behind her at the pay station. Only to see Principal Celestia in a bright red Hawaiian bowling shirt with pink and red flowers on it.
And standing next to her is Vice Principal Luna in a matching bowling shirt but in neon green with orange and yellow flowers.
No. I can’t deal with Celestia last time I saw her....the fall formal she looked so disappointed in me.
I can’t see that again it hurt so much and she sounded so much like the Princess that night.
It’s fine maybe they won’t notice me or the other’s if I act normal.
“Hi Principal Celestia.” Pinkie suddenly exclaims jumping out of her seat and waving both hands over her head.
Go friggin figure. annoyed Sunset also wave’s at their principal and Vice principal with the rest of her friends silently.
Celestia then looks at me and smile’s?
Why would she be so happy to see me?
“Hello student’s.” Luna politely say’s with a nod as she and Celestia approach us.
It’s just for a minute you won’t have to be around her for too long Sunset was thinking to keep herself as optimistic as well a depressed & suicidal person could be.
Rarity quickly squashed this optimistic idea by asking “We we’re just about to finish up this game wanna join us for the next one?”
Is my life always gonna suck this bad? Sunset thinks annoyed for what she though was the 8th time that day.
Luna give Celestia a look of: don’t. But Celestia being the socially unaware principal immediately respond’s by saying “of course we wanna join our best student’s.”
Awkwardly the girls offer their Vice Principal and principal seats. Luna sit’s in between Rarity and Pinkie Pie and with no other seat’s open Rainbow Dash offers her seat next to me to Celestia.
Which the older woman graciously accepts as she sit’s next to me while Pinkie takes her turn on the lane.
Celestia turns to me and asks “how are you doing Sunset?” Her voice matching Princess Celestia’s for that sickly sweet almost fake sounding enthusiasm.
Oh shit she wants to talk to me but I wanna avoid her. What to do??
Wait she asked me how I’m doing so that’s an opportunity for an escape..........what could be wrong with me. Sunset ponders as she glances around the room to find an excuse.
Then I saw my opportunity Pinkie’s chili fries. I ate some earlier I can pretend I’m having stomach issue’s. And I’ll give it 20 seconds more before I answer how I’m doing so it’s an even 30 seconds AKA a normal response time for the average conversation.
Approximately 20 seconds later I turn to Celestia and respond with “I’m having some belly issue’s don’t think Pinkie’s fries {points at Pinkie and her chili fries} aren’t sitting too well.”
Alright now all I need is a burp followed by I’ll be back. Then pretend I need to use the toilet but instead plan how to avoid Celestia the rest of the night. By the god's I’m a genius!
Keep you’re pride in check! My “shoulder angel” reminds her before she gets too cocky like how she did at the fall formal.
“Excuse me a {burp} moment” I exclaim to Celestia pretending to need the bathroom as I grasp my “rumbling” stomach.
I quickly entered the bathroom and ran into the biggest stall locking the door so I could plot how to avoid my ex-mentor’s doppelgänger.
45 minutes later:
Why aren’t they looking for me yet? I wonder not that I care if they even did after all they are fake friends.
I slowly exit the stall feeling comfortable enough with my plan to avoid Celestia that I could look for my “friends” and see what was happening and why no one had entered the restroom since she had entered her stall.
Only to find the bathroom torn apart as if someone savagely ripped everything off the walls.
How did I not hear this happening? I wonder as I carefully step over the shattered mirror now on the floor instead of over the sink.
I reach for the ripped in half doorknob and slowly turn it hoping not to cut my had on the twisted and ripped metal sticking off of it.
The actual bowling alley was even worse the lane’s wood was ripped up as if a bear had pulled it off and from where she was it looked as if the arcade and it’s machine’s we’re broken.
Heck even the payment and renting booth’s were wrecked but the most horrifying part was the corpse’s their were burning or burned bodies everywhere in the alley.
The girls?!! I thought with a gasp darting over to were our seat’s had been only to find 6 burning corpse’s their flesh bubbling and melting away.
“No! No! No no no {sob} why? How?” Was all I could mutter as a melt down in horror next to what I was sure was my friend’s.
Even if they didn’t love me I loved them. I continue to think in despair and misery as my tears flow freely down my face to the burnt ground.
One of the corpse’s hands suddenly reaches up and grabs my leg startling me and causing my entire body to catapult into the air in an instant.
I look down and see a frilly and sparkly pink dress with a singed purple and white ribbon in the middle.
That’s Twilight’s dress from the night of the fall formal. I realize startled by the revelation that Twilight was here….in this world.
”why would you do this?? the burning Twilight corpse asks as it’s other hand grabs onto Sunset’s other leg.
{internal screaming}
I guess you can’t blame a demon for not being able to cut off their heh horns. The burned corpse chuckles in a dry wheezing fashion.
I should’ve never given you a chance….
….I should’ve known what a monster you were and would always be {cough}. The Twilight corpse continue’s her word hitting me like a dagger.
I tried to argue and say I could change but all I managed to say was “bu-bu-but—“ My voice barely coming out in a raspy gasp for air.
What’s going on why is everyone dead? why can’t I speak? How is Twilight here? that and dozens of other thoughts raced through my mind but the feeling I was feeling most was guilt as if I was the cause of all of this.
Suddenly all 6 of the corpse’s around me moved jerking their heads to look up towards my face and in the voices of my “friends” all chant “Bitch! Murderer! Demon!”
And just when I thought they were done and that this couldn’t get any worse they said one last word “Failure!”
That was a word I had a complicated and stressful relationship with in the past. It was my trigger word if you want to call it that.
Hearing the word failure again made me snap and look down at the goopy remains of Twilight Sparkle and scream “SHUT UP!” As I angrily swung at the body’s head.
Instead of colliding with a dead body my hand hit ash as I suddenly grew claw’s my hand turning a familiar shade of red as fire engulfed it.
Not again I can’t turn into that again. I start to panic as the red fiery skin spread’s up my arm like a rash or a fungus.
“No.” I shout turning away from the red spreading up my arm faster and faster only to see a mirror on the other side of me.
I know what I’m gonna see in the mirror so I clamp my eyes shutting hoping not to see myself as the monster I truly am again.
But after a few seconds my eye’s open hoping that I was wrong and the demon wouldn’t be staring back if I looked at the mirror but as always my reflection was simply a red demon with a dazzling yet terrifying smile.
”Hello Sunset…...” the Demon starts her smile somehow growing wider then it already was as she speaks.
You don’t show weakness to bullies or people persecuting you so don’t show weakness to anyone especially not………Yourself.
“Leave now! Before I make you leave.” I boldly declare acting as if I have the high ground in this confrontation even though in truth I was scared shitless.
Oh! Sunny your adorable when you’re trying to be tough and act like you could beat me. the demon declare’s looking at her claws with a grin her entire body giving off pure confidence the one thing I didn’t have anymore.
“Huh” I sigh loudly before starting again “Leave before I get upset.” I declare.
Aww look a widdle Sunset being so cute.” The demon mocked in a baby voice and to add insult to injury she grabbed my cheeks with her hands as she said cute acting as if she was some kind old grandma playing with their baby granddaughter.
How can she just switch from being so condescending and caring to how she was at the fall formal?
Because you have both those sides to you. The demon declares with a flourish answering my inner thought’s.
How’d she?….
My thoughts were cut off by the Demon exasperated exclaiming Because I am you. At the top of her lungs.
Her outburst startled me and broke my facade for a second revealing how scared I really am. But I quickly put it back up and boldly declare “It’s not true I’m nothing like you.”
”Really?” the demon says with the most that’s bullshit and with both know it look I’d ever seen.
“Really!” I declare back as smug as possibly can under the circumstances.
Once again the demon the bulls hit look and stated “If I’m not you then how do I know you’ve been wondering why you’re “Fake friends” are still around after this much time has passed?”
“Ugh-umm because…..” i start trying to formulate an answer only to be stopped by the demon holding her hand up to make me stop.
I hate how smug she is.
“Maybe they want to dump you like the Princess did and twist the knife as it were? Or maybe their loyalty to Twilight is stronger then you thought?”
They’d never hurt me intentionally? Right? And they only knew Twilight for 3 days…..
So why?
The demon smugly looks at me her eyes meeting mine. “Maybe deep down you know the reason they haven’t left at tears you up inside.”
Deep down I knew and she was right it hurt but still have to hear it so finally let my tough girl facade fall tears pouring out my eyes slowly as I look down and ask the demon “Why?”
The demon grab’s me by the chin and tilts my face so I am once again looking her in the eyes as she say’s “Because they do love you and the fact somebody can love a monster like you who doesn’t deserve it makes you know you’ll just let them down in the end.”
And with that demon let’s go of my face as I fall to my knee’s the truth of my situation burning my very soul and causing agonizing pain.
I’m afraid that’s all the time we have for today Miss Shimmer but it was a helpful session. The demon say’s now wearing huge clunky glasses and holding a clipboard.
What?
I want to ask what she means but nothing but sobs come out as I kneel there.
The demon tilts her glasses and say’s Time to wake up.”
Yo Sunset you in here. The familiar voice of Rainbow Dash calls out as I sit up on the bowling toilet seat I must fell asleep on.
Must've fallen asleep trying to avoid Celestia.
I quickly stand up and rush out of the stall past s confused looking Rainbow Dash and into the main room of the bowling center.
“Sunset? We’ve been worried sick.” The voice of Rarity declares from her left as all the girls and Celestia and Luna came up to her.
The longer you’re with them the more they’ll care for you and the harder you’re suicide will be for them and you. Better to leave and end it all now. Sunset’s shoulder devil declares in her mind.
It’s time!
“I uh-uh gotta go.” I stutter as I rush past them and out the bowling alley doors.
I heard them chasing after me and yelling my name loudly their voices full of very real concern and care.
After about 20 minutes of running in the cold I no longer heard them behind me and decided it was safe to stop and pull out my smartphone’s map app.
I scrolled the map for about 5 minutes before I saw it cloverdale bridge was only a mile away and it was tall enough that it would probably kill me and if it didn’t the freezing winter water would.
As good a place as any.
You don’t have to do this. Sunset’s shoulder angel whispers.
I’m done listening to you.
You’ve delayed this to long.
I’m ready to die….
TO BE CONTINUED…….