Not long ago, a mysterious user named Anon A Miss ran havoc on CHS, the user spreads everyone's darkest secrets, causing fights and disharmony in the school. And then they all believed that Sunset Shimmer is the culprit.
She spends two weeks, two damn weeks, enduring all that hate, assault, and abuse, and the 5 girls she called friends were not there for her, they thought she was back to her evil deeds. Sunset Shimmer was innocent, but nobody believed her, not even Flash, nor the teachers as well. She was all alone.
She tried to reason with the girls one last time, only for them to throw her away, that was it. Just it. They were never her family, never.
What's worse, Rainbow Dash plotted to have her beaten up, she had Gilda and her team to take care of that. Only that they went too far, they ambushed Sunset in the gym, beaten her up, kidnapped her, and took her to an abandoned factory, leaving her to die. Only to be saved by Snips and Snails, and they also knew she was innocent, that's why they rescued her.
And later on, the police got involved, the Police Commissioner, Swift Order has got Applebloom and her friends to fess up for everything they did, and he also got Gilda and her group to confess their crimes as well, which not only makes the 5 girls horrified but they felt utterly guilty for throwing Sunset away when she needed them the most. And she almost died because they left her, they're not being the true friends she thought they are.
Now, everyone was in the cafeteria, including Sunset, she was also here to give some punishments to the people who wronged her, that is until Gilda suddenly step up and tries to negotiate with her.
"Hey, Sunset, how about a deal?" Everyone at the table turned their attention towards Gilda.
Sunset glared at her. "What?"
"You see those three pieces of garbage over there?" Gilda questioned her, pointing to the real culprits of Anon A Miss. "We're not the bad guys here. They are. They turned everyone against you and made fools out of all of us," she leaned to her and whispered. "If you cut us some slack, I promise that I'll make some things happen for you."
"You do know we can see what you're trying to do, Miss Gilda?" Swift Order questioned her, his grip tightened on his taser. "We may not hear it but I can tell what you're saying to her!"
"That's right!" Applejack shouted, tightening her hold on Applebloom. "You ain't layin' a finger on Applebloom, ya' hear me?!"
"Quiet!" All their attention was turned to Sunset. "So you're saying that you're going to take care of them for me?" she questioned Gilda.
Gilda eagerly nodded. "Totally! Just wait, it will happen soon!"
"Woah, Woah, Woah, hold on there," Swift Order interrupted, he turned his head to Sunset. "Miss Shimmer, are you saying you're letting them walk away free and retaliate on the three girls who ruined you??"
Sunset sighs, "With all due respect, Commissioner, " she replied. "What I mean by that is for Gilda and her gang to be their bodyguards in case if everyone here will attack them once the truth got out."
Hearing this makes Gilda angry, "WHA?!" She shouted. "BUT I THOUGHT WE WERE ON THE SAME PAGE!!"
"Silence!" Celestia shouted, making Gilda silent but she's still unhappy. "It was Sunset's decision to whether or not she can put you in jail!"
"I'm afraid we can't allow them to walk away from facing justice, Miss Celestia," Swift Order said sadly.
This shocks everyone, including the CMC and Rainbow Dash, fearing that there is no way out of this except to be taken away.
"W-What do you mean?" Principal Celestia asked him.
"Well," Swift Order explains to her. "We, me and my comrades, and friends, we are the Canterlot Police Department, we took it upon ourselves to protect and serve as the Law, and nothing says about leaving a group of criminals who have done a serious amount of crimes such as the ones that Gilda and her group had committed to just walk away."
He turns back to Sunset, "I'm sorry Miss Shimmer but I don't think we can fulfill your requests of letting them walk away from this, the Law is the Law. So no matter what you say, about everyone involved in this mess, we would still have to take them away, just for the sake of the Law." He told her sadly.
Sunset thought about it for a moment, just as she was about to make Gilda and her group protect Applebloom and her friends, only to realize that she can't do that, the police won't allow that, Gilda and she assembled team nearly killed her, so that was... understandable to say the least. But there are still a few more people who were not going to end up with the same fate as them.
After a minute, she finally spoke, "Okay, that'll do...."
Hearing this makes everyone shocked, including the CMC, not only they feared of going to jail, but they have to share the same cell with them, and they might possibly get killed. But Rainbow Dash did not flinch, not even one bit. She orchestrated the hit on Sunset, she knew she messed big time, and she must pay the price. If only she's not that stupid to figure out the truth, maybe none of this would've happened but it happened, and there is nothing she can do but to face the consequences of her actions.
"But just one condition," Sunset speaks again. "If you're going to take Gilda and her team away, please do so, but only if you're willing to spare Rainbow Dash and Applebloom and her friends from ending up in jail as well?"
Now, this surprises everyone, even Rainbow Dash but she knew there's still more.
"Are you quite certain of sparing the three girls and Miss Dash, Miss Shimmer?" Swift Order asked her, being so skeptical about her decision.
"I already have," Sunset answered. "The three girls are just kids who made a stupid mistake, Rainbow Dash is just someone who lets her anger get the better of her but Gilda and her group," she stopped, turning to the group of people that nearly killed her. "I admit, I'm also a terrible person before but I tried to make up for it, and I did, only for all of that to go to waste," hearing this makes her former friends feel even more guilty. "Sure, I made people's lives miserable but I would never stand so low like what they did. And thinking about it, I don't see any redeeming qualities they have in them if they're willing to do such thing, so yes, I have made my decision."
Now, this makes Gilda, Lightning Dust, and everyone else begin to yell out in desperation, begging her desperately while Rainbow Dash and the CMC just stayed still, surprised by Sunset's decision.
"I know you don't want to go jail," Sunset told Gilda and the rest. "But you heard The Commissioner, there's no way of redeeming you all as what the Law says, except, sparing Rainbow Dash and the three girls..."
"This is not fucking fair!" Lightning Dust yelled outrage, she turned her eyes to the CMC, still clinging on the 4 girls. "If it weren't for those brats," she pointed at them, " we wouldn't get even deeper into this shit!"
"I don't tolerate that language, Miss Dust!" Principal Celestia told her coldly.
"Shut up, bitch!" Lightning Dust yelled at her, making everyone shocked that a student would yell at her own school Principal, Sunset would never get that far. "Don't be such a hypocrite when you also say the same thing during your personal life! Hell, I might as-"
But she was interrupted when someone landed a decent punch on her face, knocking her on the ground. Lightning Dust groaned In pain and looked up to see Sunset standing before her, her glare was murderous that sends a shiver in the entire cafeteria, even Discord uncharacteristically flinched at that.
"That earns you extra few years in prison!" Sunset yelled at her, although, she was immediately calmed down when Swift Order places his hand on her shoulder.
"Miss Shimmer, please," Swift Order told her softly. "Let me take it from here."
Sunset sighs but she obeys and steps aside, allowing Swift Order to do his job.
"You heard it right there, Miss Dust," Swift Order told her strictly and harshly. "You, Gilda, and everyone else had committed a very serious amount of crimes against Miss Shimmer. Your original punishment is to force you to be the bodyguards for the Anon A Miss masterminds but as the Law, we can't allow that, so you're punishment is to be taken away along with your accomplices, the only blessing here is sparing Rainbow Dash and the real masterminds from going down with you all, that was all we could do. If you dare to retaliate, then that's extra 6 years in prison for you, young lady!"
"And why can't we get the same blessing as them?!" Lightning Dust yelled at him. "This is bullshit!!"
"Again, it's not Miss Shimmer's decision to take you all away," Swift Order told her again, his authority stands still. "We, like the Law, we decide to put you all away for your crimes, Miss Shimmer's only decision is to spare Miss Dash and the real culprits if we were to take you all behind bars!"
"And if that was the case, I have something to say," Principal Celestia announced, "Gilda, Lightning Dust, and everyone who were involved in that night, all of you were hereby expelled from Canterlot High! And for you girls," she turned to the CMC. "You three are suspended for the rest of the school year, you are all banned from extracurricular activities, you're banned from the trip to Camp Everfree, speaking of which, there will be no Friendship Games at all! No prom, no camping trip to Camp Everfree, no Spring dance and all other activities!"
She takes deep breaths and turns her attention back to Swift Order, "Commissioner, I'm finished, you can take care of the rest now."
"Thank you," Swift Order replied, then turning to his comrades. "Now, let's take them away. We got all of the evidence we need, all that was left to do is to serve some justice. Tomorrow, we're taking them to court."
So then, the Canterlot Police Department handcuffed, Gilda, Lightning Dust, and everyone else, and they escorted them away from the cafeteria. Sunset watched as the police officers took them all away, Gilda was being handcuffed by Swift Order, she took one last look at Sunset before she was finally escorted out of the cafeteria.
As everyone left, the 5 girls and the CMC stared sadly at Sunset while Sunset just stood there, staring at the door where she last saw them just now.
With a little bit of hesitation, Applebloom decided to speak to her, "Sunset?"
But Sunset didn't respond, she just stood there. Like nothing.
"Darling?" Rarity called her.
Not taking the silence anymore, Pinkie Pie pops up in front of her, "C'moooon! Please say something!" She begged and she looked into her eyes. "Maybe with a cherry on the top?! Please Sunset, say something!"
"Shut up," Sunset finally said, and boy, that tone was cold. Pinkie Pie whimpered and quickly rejoined with the girls. She still did not bother to turn to them but she continued, "Just be ready for a court hearing tomorrow. Don't be late."
The girls flinched at that cold tone but after everything that happened, they knew they deserved it.
Applejack nodded profusely, "We-we will, Sunset, we will," she answered.
So then, Sunset left the cafeteria as well, followed by Snips and Snails.