Chapter 1: A Frozen Friendship
“Every hero always has a tragic beginning and for me, it’s not far from the truth. I’m Sunset Shimmer and well after wondering in the cold, thinking how Anon-a-Miss ruined my life, the last thing I expected was to meet an old man”
It was a dark and cold night. Snow was falling and landing on any surface the flakes could get a chance to land, making it look like a white blanket. The night sky was a perfect blend of black and white. The temperature was a solid -3°C, so it was perfect for freezing. Today was 9th December. Only a few more weeks until the happiest day of the year: Christmas. Unfortunately, there was one teenage girl that wasn’t feeling any holiday cheer. Her name was Sunset Shimmer: former unicorn, ex-bully, redeeming anti-hero, Canterlot High defender...and now a backstabbed young lass.
Sunset was trudging through the snow, with a look on her face that resembled someone who just realized that her loved one just died and she came back from the funeral. These past few days were nothing more than a living hell for her, with her new reputation gone down the toilet, the sole fact that her friends had severed ties with her and nearly the whole school had turned against her. And it was all because of Anon-a-Miss
Anon-a-Miss. Those three words that were a big plague onto her well-being. That cyber demon had caused the whole school to be in disarray and as a result, everyone began to turn on her again, the only difference was that her friends were the first to turn on her.
The reason being was that The Rainbooms had invited her to celebrate the holidays after finding out she had no one to celebrate Christmas with. They just had fun. Mucking around, wearing costumes and just having a good time. That was when the secrets began to pop-up. First was an old family nickname of Applejack which was “piggy-wiggly”, then it was Rainbow’s failed test and last of all was the pictures from the sleepovers. With all these secrets, there was one thing they could conclude: It was Sunset Shimmer. And they certainly let her know of their anger, especially as she was sobbing in the corridors
“Why...after all I had done for them?” she whimpered. She still remembered what they said:
“We thought you our friend and you do this?! How could you?!” Fluttershy screamed with angry tears
“Consider yourself out of the Rainbooms, you big meanie! I am never throwing you another party again!” Pinkie screeched
“Why we took you in, I’ll never know! Get out of our sights Sunset!” Rarity hollered
“We should’ve ended you then an’ there and our lives would’ve been better!” Applejack snarled
“Now we ain’t making that mistake! You’re dead, you hear me?! We’re gonna ruin your life like you ruined the whole School’s!” Rainbow growled.
A fresh stream of tears fell from her cheeks. Guess whoever said that Friendship is the greatest treasure must've been drinking or something. Then secrets began to be spilled from the other students in the school and they were pissed off. With assaulting and insulting happening on her left and right. What was worse? Her friends began rallying the students to make her life a misery.
Rainbow had worked with Gilda to set an ambush with some of the bullies.
Applejack had called on the school wrestling team and they laid a beatdown on her. She even dislocated her arm
Rarity managed to convince the sushi place to fire her after making ridiculous complaints
Fluttershy had pretty much taken away her pet lizard, stating he needs a better home then ‘The old she-demon'
And Pinkie Pie had convinced the Cakes to ban her from the Shoppe...for life.
However, as she was walking she remembered that six students had backed her up. Sure, it made them outcasts but the fact they were there for her slightly warmed her up.
‘Flash, Vinyl, Derpy…’ she thought as she remembered those three who helped her when she was assaulted. She never expected her ex-boyfriend, the party girl and the clumsiest girl of CHS to help her out but If it wasn’t for them, then she would have been dead as a doornail.
‘Snips, Snails’ those thoughts continued as she remembered her old henchmen taking her to a local hospital to get treated. She never thought that they would still be there for her, especially after the Fall Formal.
But the last person that helped her really shocked her like a sudden jolt of lightning.
‘Scootaloo…’ that one was a complete turn for the books. Rainbow’s “number one fan” was also one of the students that helped her. Actually, she couldn’t call the young girl Rainbow’s number one fan, especially with the latest post on Anon-a-Miss’s webpage.
<Flashback>
“Aw great, another new post?” said one burly student
“Another Anon-a-Miss Post? Sunset is on a roll” Said a jock
“Just goes to show you: the more people change, the more they stay the same” lamented Octavia.
“Hah, Trixie always knew she was still a sleaze!” said Trixie in a smug voice
The Rainbooms noticed and immediately groaned. After their secrets were posted, they thought that Sunset had reverted back to her old ways. They thought that they were in the right. However, their thought trains had broken when they heard what was said.
“No way! Is this for real?”
“What the hell?! Isn’t she Rainbow’s number one fan?!”
“Those two are like sisters! Aren’t they?!”
“Looks like Rainbow Trash lost some of her fans!”
“I think Scootaloo may be a better liar than I thought”
Confused, The Rainbooms looked at their phones and they got shown a video. Rainbow pressed play and immediately regretted it.
It showed a shrine of Rainbow Dash completely trashed...And Scootaloo was the one who destroyed it, standing over a bust of Rainbow’s head with a metal bar. With a roar, she slammed it, shattering it to pieces.
When Scootaloo entered the lunch room. She quietly grabbed her lunch and went to find a place to eat all the while maintaining a cold look.
Rainbow was shaking in denial.
Sunset saw the thing with wide eyes and decided to leave this alone. Gut instinct getting involved may not be a good idea.
<Flashback end>
Out of all the days, that day had been a complete shocker. Everyone had gotten used to the orange-skinned girl’s praises of the athlete, but the fact that she was launching darts at her picture meant that everyone needed to have a complete overhaul of Scootaloo’s being. Nobody must’ve told Rainbow that because after catching up with her and trying to convince herself that it was a cruel joke by demanding Scootaloo to say it. The freshman’s response?
“Rainbow. If you don’t let go of my shoulder, I’m gonna break your hand at the wrist.”
The athlete just held tighter, but Scootaloo grabbed it and slammed her elbow onto it, snapping the limb. She walked off with a scowl, leaving Rainbow in tears
Poor Rainbow. The pain in her stomach was nothing compared to her pain in her heart. Naturally, she blamed Sunset for turning Scoots against her.
But the day turned into the usual assault for Sunset when three more secrets were spilled and three boys had ambushed her outside of the school and began to wail on her like a pack of wild dogs.
<Flashback start>
“You’re dead Sunset!” Said an athletic student as he gave a swift punch to her stomach. “How’d you find out about my stuffed bear?!”
“You told everyone about my family hell?! You are going to die for this!” growled one of the art students as he back-handed Sunset. “I’ll bury you alive in front of the fucking statue!”
“Oh, I’m gonna enjoy ripping your lips off, you fucking prick!” snarled Score. He was especially pissed over the fact that everyone found out he was juicing. Now he was banned from football until further notice. So he began kicking Sunset right in the stomach. She then began to crouch down, holding her stomach, coughing up blood.
“It’s not me…” She wheezed out. They were about to continue until three voices rung out.
“HEY!”
They turned around to see three pissed students. They recognized the face as Flash Sentry, Vinyl Scratch, and Derpy Hooves
“Hitting a woman, now that’s just low!”, Said Flash in an outraged manner.
“Stay outta this, Brad! This bitch needs to pay!” Yelled out Score.
“For some pieces of trash on the web?! Are you deluded or something?! IT. AIN’T. HER!” yelled out Vinyl
“She’s messing with you! This she-demon went back to her old ways! Now we’ll bury her right now!”
“Seriously?! Do you bastards still believe that gossip rag?!” Snarled Derpy. Flash and Vinyl could’ve sworn that they saw Derpy’s lazy eye align with her good one.
Not wanting to leave any witnesses, the three boys ran up to the three students with their fists raised. Whilst the fight was happening, three smaller kids walked up to Sunset and helped her move to the Nurse’s office.
“This...is...going crazy!” Wheezed a young, pudgy boy named Snips. Sunset sure weighed a lot.
“You’re... telling me! Can’t believe they still think it’s her!” grunted a lanky boy named Snails, as he held Sunset another arm over his shoulder
“Hurry up! Those three will smell a rat if we don’t get out of here!” said Scootaloo, checking to make sure any more vengeful students were coming. She was more concerned about Sunset than the fact that she had many people whispering about that video.
Flash, Vinyl, and Derpy: With a few bruises but the attackers under their boots looked on with hopeful smiles… too bad they didn’t notice a group of students noticing the whole thing
Sunset looked to see the three young juniors helping her up before she blacked out.
<Flashback end>
As grateful as she was, she couldn’t help but feel a slight bit of remorse. By helping her they ended up being the school outcasts but they didn’t mind. They cared for her wellbeing more than their reputations.
Sunset let out an empty sigh. “What’s the use of even living?” she lamented as she continued to trudge through the snow.
If they weren’t going to think she changed, why bother even living?
She put her back to the wall and crouched down, allowing the frozen temperature to seep into her skin.
If she dies from frostbite, at least her ex-friends would get their Christmas wish… however, she heard a gentle voice before it was lights out for her.
“I would’ve frozen to death if he hadn’t met me.” Sunset sighed in nostalgia.
“Yeah. Then he took you to our place.” Flora added.
Sunset smiled gently. She remembered that meeting well