Dear Princess Twilight,
First off, I apologise for my bad handwriting in this and the previous letter. My hand had been sprained badly and I hadn’t noticed it -- I just thought it hurt because it had been stomped on, and I tried to shake it off, but it turned out much worse than I thought.
I’m better now though so don’t worry.
But today, I learned a valuable lesson that I’d like to share.
My hand hurt that morning. It was bruised on the wrist and moving it around was a little hard but I thought it was normal after what had happened last night.
I hopped on my motorcycle and rode to school. Everyone was there, except Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.
I raised my hand to wave at them as I closed the distance but, the agony surged through me, from wrist to elbow and I dropped my hand.
It was then that it occurred to me -- I shouldn’t let them see it
They would probably get worried over something that shouldn’t be their problem, not to mention I still thought my wrist wasn’t a big deal. So I waved with my left hand instead.
“Hello Sunset,” Twilight waved back when she saw me approaching.
“Hi girls!” I held my right hand behind me casually. “How is everything?”
Pinkie stepped forward and pushed Applejack aside. “OH! OH! I came up with the new recipe for a new cupcake that will BLOW YOUR MIIIIIIIND!” She said, wiggling her fingers.
“How so?” I raised my eyebrow.
“Well, there are strawberries, berries, blueberries, cherries..-”Pinkie started counting with her fingers.
“Hol’ on a secon’!” Applejack interrupted her. “Ya putting all those in that cupcake but ya ain’t putting apples?”
“It’s a berry chocolate cupcake! Not an apple chocolate cupcake silly!” Pinkie chuckled.
“Well, anything else?” I looked around to see if anyone else had to say anything.
“Well, now that you are asking it…” Rarity stood in front of us. Letting us see her new orchid fabric dress. “What do you all think?”
“Ain’t this the third time you’re asking that?” Applejack tilted her head to the side.
“But I didn’t get Sunset’s opinion on it darling!” she pointed at me.
Applejack rolled her eyes and sighed.
“Well I like the colour.” I put my hand on my chin and looked her up and down. “It really looks good on you. Did you make it?”
“Of course I did!” She dropped her hand.
Twilight stepped up with Spike sticking his head out of her backpack. “How are you today?” she asked me, “Are you...feeling better after yesterday?”
She was getting a bit too close to me -- I was worried she may catch a glimpse of my hand. “Oh, yeah, I feel… better.” I put my left hand on her shoulder, “It was… certainly rough to get those past memories out but it was necessary.” I smiled at her.
“Yeah, you are right,” Twilight smiled back.
“Let’s hope you don’t have to go through another one of those,” Spike put his paw next to his mouth and looked at me conspiratorially, and whispered. “She ate a whole bucket of ice cream last night.”
Twilight blushed and let out a nervous laughter. “W-w-wha? pfft!...NO!” She quickly pushed Spike back into her backpack.
“Hey, has anyone seen Rainbow and Fluttershy?” I realized suddenly that I have not asked about them yet.
“Nuh uh!”
“Nope.”
“Spike and I haven’t seen them yet.”
“Oh, don’t worry darling.” Rarity added. “There they are.” She pointed behind us.
I followed her finger to Rainbow and Fluttershy, walking down the hall towards us. I raised my hand to wave again, only to be reminded by the surge of pain that ran through my whole system.
“Hey, Sunset. Is everythin’ alright?” Applehack raised an eyebrow, checking me up and down. She had probably caught a glimpse of me silently groaning in pain.
“What?! Yeah, yeah. Why are you asking?” I nodded rapidly.
“Nothin’ I just-”
“HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?” Rarity pushed Rinabow Dash back.
“Nothing. Just checking the new dress that you put on to impress Fluttershy.” Rainbow Dash let go of Rarity’s dress.
“Huh.” Rarity scoffed.“And what were you doing right before now? Whispering into her ear to choose you as her model?” Rarity suggested.
“NO!” Rainbow Dash stomped her foot on the floor and clenched her fist. “I don’t need to do so. Why would she ask you with your “I’m so pretty” attitude?” She mimicked Rarity.
“Uhm, Can you two please stop fighting?” Fluttershy raised her finger.
“Well I’m not the one who felt the need to push Fluttershy into changing her decision.” Rarity sneered and turned her face away.
“Heh,” Rainbow Dash rubbed her face too, “Don’t worry, I’m so awesome that she would never think of choosing you anyway!” Rainbow Dash scoffed.
“What the hey is goin’ on here again?”Applejack stepped in to separate them.
“Is this about the art project again?” Twilight asked.
Fluttershy just nodded , looking away.
“Wha has gotten inta ya two?” Applejack raised her voice, “You've been picking at each other since yesterday.”
Rainbow Dash turned to Rarity again, “Someone is just jealous of how awesome I am and they're not!”
“How dare you accuse me of such a thing?”Rarity didn’t hesitate to answer back, “you are the jealous one here!”
They kept on and on until we all had to separate and head to our own class. I just
hope Rainbow and Rarity stop whatever drama they’re making out of Fluttershy’s art project and just get over it.
Due to the change in our schedules, I had art as my first class today. However I hadn’t picked it as a main class but rather something to fill the time between my other classes it was still a fun activity and thankfully Ms. Colourful Brush didn’t go hard on me either.
Drawing with my left hand was harder than I’d thought -- I could barely draw a straight line. I didn’t even bother to pick up and hold the palette. Instead, I put it on a stance next to me.
We were trying to draw the crystal vase Ms Colourful Brush gave us as a reference, while she was checking on everyone's work one by one. When she got to me, she was really disappointed.
“My, my, Sunset, what are you doing?” she said, “This is not a vase, it’s just a clump of clay that you’ve drawn!” she looked at the hand that I was holding the brush with. “Left hand?”
“Oh, right, I’ve decided that I want to improve my other hand too.” I gave her a wide smile to reassure her.
“I suppose it’s alright then.” She rubbed her chin without noticing that her hand had some paint on it, making her chin green. “Trying to follow Da Pincti’s footsteps I see. Keep it up. It’s going to be a rough start.”
She tried to step away and check up on others canvases, but her leg got caught up in my easel and tipped it over. Without even thinking for a second, I reached out to catch it.I groaned as I tried to catch the easel. If it wasn’t because of Ms. Colourful Brush’s help, I would have certainly let go of it in pain.
“Sorry, I didn’t pay attention there...are yo- OH MY!” she gasped. “Sunset...your hand!”
It was then that I realised my sleeves had dropped and my right hand was exposed. Ms. Colourful Brush held my hand and took a good look at it. “Oh my, my... Sunset this...this looks very bad.”
All the students were staring at me -- including Fluttershy and Pinkie. So much for not wanting to make them worry.
“Head to the infirmary right now and get that hand checked,” She took me outside of the class and the moment she saw the hesitation in my eyes she repeated. “What are you waiting for? Hurry!”
It was then that I realized my hand was in far worse condition than I had imagined. And the worst part was that I had to work after school. I couldn’t skip the day -- I needed the money. Sure, I have enough savings for this month's rent, but if I wanted to have enough money for next month’s rent I had to start saving again from now.
I looked at my hand, wrapped in bandage, still quite painful to move around. It was going to make my job hard. As if Ms. Salty Sushi doesn’t give me enough of a hard time to begin with.
I let out a sigh and continued my way towards the bathroom. It was then that I heard a call from behind.
“Sunset!”
It was Applejack. Her eyes were locked on me as she stepped closer.
“Hey, um…” she said, “Ah heard you were in the infirmary. Are ya alright?” She rubbed the back of her head.
“Yeah.” I nodded, “I’m fine. Don’t worry.” I started walking again but she wasn’t done.
“Pinkie said it was somethin’ about your hand.” She stepped forward.
“Oh, it’s just a sprain.” I shook my head at her.
“So. How did it happen?” She looked me in the eyes.
I froze. That was a question I did not want to answer. Especially to Applejack.
It wasn’t too complicated. I just had to say I fell from my motorcycle. “Well, ...I uh…” But as soon as I looked into her green eyes,It felt as if they were staring right through my soul, giving me a chill on my back.
“You?” She raised an eyebrow and tilted her head.
“I...you know…” I don’t know why, but I couldn’t bring myself to lie to her. “Actually, you know what? It's not important.”
“Wha?” her head pulled back.
“OK, sorry but I reeaaaallly have to go to the bathroom right now.” I gave a big smile, showing my teeth to assure her and walked away as fast as I could.
Once I got to the bathroom, I let out a sigh of relief.“What happened there?Why couldn’t I just...Lie?” I looked in the mirror and asked myself.
The moment I saw her eyes, the moment her gaze pierced mine, I just...couldn’t do it.
“I mean, it’s not like I am lying for a bad reason. It’s just that I don’t want them to worry.” I told myself. “It’s not their problem anyway…”
I stepped out but Applejack was waiting for me.
“Are ya feelin’ better?” She put her hand on my shoulder.
“Yeah.” I nodded.
“So, you didn’t s-”
“OH! Look at the time! I should head to class. Catch you later!” I ran away and waved my left hand at her.
Eventually, the History class ended and I learned absolutely nothing. I could feel my brain overheating from frustration though, still happy that it ended. I truly don’t know how much more I can take from Ms.Dusty Fossil’s teaching.
As I was walking to my locker, Applejack showed up in my way again, her arms crossed with a serious frown on her face. If it wasn’t because of pinky jumping out in front of her, I would have gulped.
“Uhm...hi?” I said, as I waved my left hand at them. “What is it girls?”
Applejack let go of crossing her arms and walked forward. “Sunset ah know you are hiding somethin’ from us. Spit it out. What happened to yer hand?”
I took a step back and hid my bandaged hand behind my back, even though they already knew about it. “I-it’s nothing.” I straightened up -- . I couldn’t show insecurity to her or else she would have kept coming back and pushing me for an answer “Why do you want to know so badly anyway? It’s not that big of a deal.”
“Oh it isn’t?” Pinkie put her finger on her chin and looked up. “But Ms. Pointy Syringe said that it was a really bad sprain?” She looked at Applejack afterwards. “OK, let's go tell her that it’s actually nothing.” with a big smile she started hopping away before Applejack grabbed her.
“Look,” She said, as she turned Pinkie back towards me again. “Ah’m just concerned for you. Ah don’t get why you were hiding it either but…” She sighed before continuing. “If you are dealing with something just… tell us. Were ya harassed Sunset?”
I shook my head. “Thank you, Applejack. But I’m fine. It’s something I have to deal with. Don’t trouble yourself.” I tried to walk away.
“Hold on a secon’!” She put her hand on my chest and stopped me. Her height made her tower in front of me. “What this thing?” She raised an eyebrow and put her hands on her hips.
“Just, knock it off!” I pushed her hand away. “I’m fine, now just leave me alone... please.”
She let me walk off after that.
“Was I too harsh? Did I come across as mean?!” The thoughts clouded my mind moments after I got away from them. I didn’t want to push them away too. I was already dealing with a lot of stuff --Steely Armor and Flaming Star being the major issues. But I couldn’t do much about them then -- I had to give them both time. One to process stuff and the other, well, to calm down I suppose.
This was my responsibility. I started all of this and I had to take care of it too.