//------------------------------// // Holiday Forgiveness // Story: Equestria Ninja Girls Holidays Unwrapped // by WarriorofFaith18 //------------------------------// As the Canterlot High Christmas party continued, Mikey was heading back to the gymnasium after putting props away after performing when he passed the band room and saw Sapphire Night sitting in there looking dismal. "Yo, Sapphire, the party's starting! You don't wanna miss it." he grinned as he entered. Sapphire Night looked up. "I... Don't think I show go." "What?! What do you mean?" Mikey gasped. Sapphire sighed. "I'm not sure I'm welcome. Not after what I did." "But it’s Christmas. Everyone should be welcome. Except Shredder. And Rahzar. And Hothead. And the Krang. And Cozy Glow. Oh! And Dark Codex. And-" Mikey kept listing names before Sapphire clamped his mouth shut. "I get the idea." She glared before releasing him. "But you should be on the welcome list." "You wouldn’t say that after you saw THIS!" Sapphire then held up a yearbook. Mikey looked at the yearbook photo of her and Sunset. "Oh, it's the picture of you and Sunset when you painted that mural!" But when Sapphire turned the page, he gasped. there were two pictures of her: one of her looking ready to break the camera. And the other of her as Inkphire Blotch. "You were voted the new "Biggest Meanie"?!" "Oh, no. I voted "Super Meanie"! Worse than Sunset Shimmer, ten fold!" Sapphire then sighed. "You make a few mistakes, you go a little crazy, and your branded for life!" She lowered her head in shame. Mikey sat by her. "Yeah. I know the feeling. I’m always treated like a goofball, and every time I tried to warn my friends, they don’t believe me. And it nearly results in costing us. Even when I knew the Meanbooms weren’t our friends, I was afraid nobody would listen, especially after Sunset yelled at me in Equestria. But if she went through the same thing and was able to prove herself, so can you." "That’s gonna take forever." Sapphire grumbled before perking up. "Unless-" "Got an idea?" "And I’m gonna need your help." "Just say the word and I’m there!" Mikey gleamed as Sapphire whispered to him her plan. ------- Later, Everyone in Canterlot High was enjoying the party. While that's going on, Sapphire Night peeked out from behind the curtain. "Okay, ready Mikey?" she whispered. Mikey gave her a thumbs up. "You know it, girl!" The lights dimmed and a spotlight shined on Sapphire who began to sing. [Sapphire Night] All the decorations And the lights up on the tree Gifts in celebration For our friends and family Looking back now I regret being a tad extreme When Christmas comes around Will it forget the queen of mean? I see a whole lotta nothing Stuffing my stockings Ain’t nobody shopping for me Taking the crown was an error I wanted to wear it But I was not the fairest You see I was jealous, spelling Sunset I ruined those paintings And got baned from the show So I took my magic paintbrush Turned the Rainbooms on each other And caused a lot woe Just give me a chance To reverse it I don’t deserve this I was going outta my mind Now they’re gonna cancel My Christmas How ‘bout forgiveness? Everything is gonna be fine Just gotta rewind Just gotta rewind Just gotta rewind Just gotta rewind [Mikey] Let’s see what’s in the cards (Mmhm) You took the game too far Up to the roof just like that Even called me a gnat I guess I could have done better Should of told my bros no matter Will Christmas visit at all Or skip us this December?! Sapphire Night: Mikey, I’m really sorry Mikey: Me too [Sapphire Night] Just give me a chance To reverse it I don’t deserve this I was going outta my mind Now they’re gonna cancel My Christmas Mikey: How ‘bout the good list? [Both] Everything is gonna be fine Just give me a chance To reverse it I don’t deserve this I was going outta my mind Now they’re gonna cancel My Christmas It was just business! Everything is gonna be fine Just gotta rewind (Just gotta rewind) Just gotta rewind (Just gotta rewind) Just gotta rewind Just gotta rewind Just gotta rewind As she finished her song, she accidentally bumped into the Christmas Tree, causing it to topple over and crash on the snack table, launching all the food all over everyone. The star went flying, bouncing off all the walls and destroying the decorations. "NO!" Sapphire cried. Soon everything was ruined and everyone just looked at her as grabbed her hair. "Okay. That could have gone better." Mikey sweated, trying to sound positive. At last, Flash Sentry spoke. "Uh, Sapphire..." Sapphire Night interrupted him. "Don't say it! I know! 'There's the bad girl we love to hate!" she ran away in tears. "Sapphire!" Mikey cried. Flash Sentry called after her. "I was gonna say great song!" Mikey jumped off stage and patted him on the shoulder. "Don’t worry about it, Flash. I’ll tell her." "Mikey?" Mikey turned to see the Rainbooms walk up to him as Twilight spoke. "What’s the matter with Sapphire?" "This is why." Mikey help up the yearbook as The Rainbooms looked at it confused. "That’s a picture of her and Sunset painting the mural." Applejack pointed out. Mikey looked at the yearbook. "Oops! Wrong one!" He chuckled before turning the page. "Here it is." This time, The Rainbooms gasped at what they saw. "Super meanie?! This is worse than how they labeled Sunset Shimmer!" Shouted Rainbow. Sunset Shimmer however winced. "Hurts just as bad." "How did we not notice this when we made that yearbook?!" Rarity wondered. "That's horrible! No wonder she was so upset!" Fluttershy gasped. "Although, it is kind of the truth. She was really really really really really really really really mean! Especially since she temporarily destroyed our friendship, got us sent to detention, wacked Lancer, zapped Blade Swipe, and..." Everyone glared at Pinkie who smiled sheepishly. "... And she totally changed after all that." "We need to show Leo and the others." Twilight took the yearbook and led Mikey and the girls. Shortly, they show the picture to the rest of the Turtles, Allies, Princess Twilight, Starlight, Blade Swipe, and the Mane Six and all are just as shocked. "Oh boy." Leo gulped. "Okay. I'll admit it. That is just plain mean." Raph grimaced. "Even after all she’s done, we wouldn’t be treating her like this. Well, not anymore." Donnie clarified. "Agreed. It’s bad enough the guilt will never go away, but this is..... too much." Starlight sighed. "This is way worse than those Gabby Gum articles back home." The Pony Rainbow stated. "eyup." Pony Applejack agreed. "How uncouth!" Pony Rarity huffed. Pony Fluttershy angrily turned to the Wondercolts. "How could you all be so... MEAN?! Even if Sapphire did do horrible things, she doesn't deserve to be labeled like that!" "That picture is from last year! Right after that Inkphire incident. We all know she's changed now." Bonbon explained. "Yeah. You should see the pictures of her in this year's book." Lyra handed the group other yearbooks. Everyone looked at past yearbooks and sees pictures of Sapphire trying to hit the camera away. They were still just as surprised. "Wow. And I thought Sunset was rough." Princess Twilight gasped. Pony Pinkie popped up. "I say we turn her frown upside down!" She turned Sapphire's picture upside down. Pinkie Pie popped up beside her. "Yeah! But first, let’s bake some extra goodies to fix the snack table." "Okie dokie Loki!" Both Pinkies then ran to the kitchen. "Let's go find Sapphire and try to calm her down." Leo began to walk before Sunset stopped him. "Hang on, Leo. I think it would be better if people who can relate to her should go." She Looked at Karai, April, Bebop and Rocksteady, Starlight, Gloriosa, Juniper, Blade Swipe and Wallflower. Leo nodded and let the group pass as he and his brothers helped clean up. ------- Meanwhile outside, Sapphire sat on a bench, crying. "I should have known that wouldn’t have worked. Instead, I ruined their party! It’s no use. I really am a monster." "Trying to mend your past ways does not make one a monster." said a familiar voice. Sapphire perked up and looked to see a familiar humanoid rat in a maroon kimono standing right in front of her and screamed, falling off the bench and hiding behind it. "Giant ghost rat!" "It is nice to meet you too." the rat deadpanned. Sapphire looked up. "A-are you some k-kind of ghost of Christmas past or something?" "Yes. And no. I am a ghost of a past ninja. One who had and always will treasure his family." Sapphire then realized who the rat was. "y-you’re Master Splinter!" "Yes I was. And you must be Sapphire Night." Sapphire sighed while sitting back on the bench. "Yeah. The Super meanie of Canterlot High." Master Splinter sat next to her. "I’ve seen that you are an artist. I remember that was I wanted to be as a child. That’s how I chose names for the Turtles." "It doesn’t matter! Nobody cares about how good my art is! Not from somebody who does too much wrong." Splinter took a stick and began to draw on the snow as he explained. "Sapphire, facing problems in life is like painting a masterpiece. You will have mistakes, but by correcting those mistakes, with help from loved ones, you will help make tomorrow brighter and better than yesterday was. And you have friends who made those mistakes who understand." Sapphire looked to see that Splinter drew a picture of her and began to think about his words before she heard another voice. "Sapphire?" Sapphire looked back for a second to see Sunset and the others arrive, then looked back and sees that Splinter was gone. She then looked dismal as she spoke. "Oh, hey, girls. What are you doing out here?" "Looking for you." April smiled. "To remind you that we share your pain and understand you better than anyone." Blade added. "Da. So Sapphire girl no be upset." Rocksteady chimed in. "Because we did things we regret too, girl." Bebop sighed. "Sapphire, if anyone understands you, it's all of us." Karai finished. Sapphire looked unconvinced. "Yeah, right. Like any of you have done anything as bad as me!" April took a deep breath. "As a matter of fact, we have... I walked out on the guys when they accidentally got my dad mutated. Or more so getting possessed by an alien crystal and disintegrated Donnie. I still have nightmares about that." she shuddered. "I had lived with the lie that Shredder was my father and tried to kill my real father, Splinter." Karai sighed. "I messed up my uncles movie by stealing props only to be exposed by Sunset and the girls and having to work in a theater. Then trapped the girls in a mirror. All because I wanted to be a star." Juniper shared. Glorsia walked up. "I was possessed by magical geodes trying to make camp great while trying to save my home, only to turn into a monster myself." "I thought I was never gonna be able to return to pony kind after the Krang mutated me and being manipulated by Dark Codex. Which would have possessed me to destroying Equestria." Blade shared. "It was bad enough when we were working for Shredder, but when it meant destroying our world, guilt went sky high." Bebop admitted. "Nearly cost us planet, especially mama!" Rocksteady added. Wallflower blushed as she made circles in the snow. "You know my end. Using the memory stone to make people forget Sunset Shimmer, all because I felt invisible." "I was power hungry and tried to make people follow me. And I’ve been labeled a meanie too." Sunset shrugged. Sapphire perked up a little but was still sad. "Okay, maybe some of you did do worse than me. But none of that ever got you labeled a villain for life!" "Actually... It did for me." Sapphire listened as Starlight sat next to her. "You see, I made a very similar mistake like you did, Sapphire. Believe it or not, but I used to be pretty bad. Like evil bad! I ruled a village with an iron hoof and manipulated them into giving up their talents and that being equal was the way to live. When Princess Twilight and her friends arrived, they foiled plans and I was forced to flee. Just like Sunset and her friends outed you for destroying those art pieces." "I guess... so, what did you do next?" Sapphire asked. "Same thing you did. I vowed revenge and sought to destroy their friendship." "Did you create evil clones of them?" Starlight shook her head. "Nope. I did something much worse! I stole a time travel spell and went back in time to stop them from ever becoming friends in the first place. And that lead to multiple bad futures in which every villain they ever faced took over Equestria until finally it was a barren wasteland." Sapphire Night stared in shock. "Wow!" "And even though they forgave me, they didn't trust me. Especially Twilight. She never let me do anything unsupervised. Not even when I got called to solve a Friendship Problem. I can't tell you how annoying that was. But yeah, I essentially labeled a bad guy too. So you see, we’ve all done things just as bad as you." "Even though we always fear of dealing with our pasts again, we are also relieved that there are others who are going through the same thing." Blade smiled. Sunset then shared some advice. "And I'd be lying if I didn't say that being called "Biggest Meanie" still hurts. But Master Splinter once told me that we can't change what we do in the past. Only work on making tomorrow better." Sapphire was then reminded about what Splinter told her not too long ago. "And facing problems is like painting a masterpiece..." Glorsia Daisy looked confused. "What was that?" Sapphire quickly shook it off. "Just...... something I heard someone say." Karai, Sunset, and April all smiled, knowing who it was. Just then, April got a text. "Donnie said the party's been fixed." Sapphire winced. "I'm not sure I should go back to party. Especially after I ruined it in the first place." "Dang, girl, it wasn't your fault." Bebop pointed out. "Da. Was accident." Rocksteady pleaded. "Your our friend, Sapphire. And we want you to be apart of the fun." Juniper assured her. Sapphire still felt unsure. "I don't know..." Wallflower took her hand. "Would you at least go back for me?" She batted her eyes pleadingly. It was enough for Sapphire to smile. "What kind of girlfriend would I be if I didn't." and they all headed back. --------- Soon the group came back to the party and saw everything looked as it did before the accident. They were then greeted by the Turtles and the others. "Hey, your all just in time!" Mikey smiled. "In time for what?" Sunset asked. "You'll see!" Pinkie bounced up and down. "It'll be super duper musitastic!" Pony Pinkie was equally excited. "Let's just say the Wondercolts what to give you guys something special." Raph explained. Sapphire gasped, fearing the worst. "Oh no!" Wallflower rubbed her shoulder. "It's okay, Sapphire." "Indeed. And we think you'll be pleasantly surprised." Rarity assured. They all watched as the Wondercolts appeared on stage and began to sing, while a slideshow showed pictures of Sapphire and all the reformed antagonists and all the good they have done. [Wondercolts] Soft words, spoken freely, fill the air with joyful soundssounds Warm smiles shared with gladness life the spirits of those worn down Families comes home strangers makes new friends (2×) Happiness flows when we reach out with open hands Love grows at Christmastime, When best that's within us is willingly given Hearts heals at Christmastime When seeds of forgiveness are planted within our hearts A little tenderness can spread untill whole World fills refreshed, we all are blessed with love Love grows at Christmastime, When best that's within us is willingly given Hearts heals at Christmastime When seeds of forgiveness are planted within our hearts After the song, they cheered. "That beautiful." Sniffled Rocksteady. "Not gonna cry. Not gonna cry." Bebop whimpered as he hugged Rocksteady. "This is our way of saying we're sorry for labeling you, Sapphire." Flash apologized. "And to the rest of you if we had made you feel bad about past mistakes." Micro Chip added. "From now on, No one will be labeled a meanie ever again." Sandalwood promised. "Can you ever forgive us, Sapphire?" Bonbon asked hopefully. Sapphire was choked up with joy. "If you guys can forgive me, then I can forgive you all." Everyone cheered as hugs were given. at the corner, Principal Celestia watched what happened with Vice Principal Luna and Cranky Doodle and shed a tear of joy at what she saw. "Least there was only minimum damage." Cranky mumbled as he munched on a peanut cluster. "Let's get this party back on!" Both Pinkies cheered. As everyone returned to enjoying the party, Sapphire and Wallflower gaze at each other. "Merry Christmas, Inkphire Blotch." Wallflower playfully nudged her. Sapphire chuckled. "Merry Christmas, Stonewall Bloomer." Then, they both kissed. To be Continued