//------------------------------// // Chapter XIX // Story: Being A Parent Is Hard // by TheKing2001 //------------------------------// “So let’s get this straight. The principals were fucking useless and all of our classmates are under those girls spell,” Rainbow grumbled as we walked. We had just left the principals office and they had been pretty damn useless. Even Lyra, Bon Bon and Derpy were under their spell. That sucked. They were going to make a band with Octavia and Vinyl but they all had an argument and fell out. Octavia was going solo, Derpy got pissed because Octavia still wouldn’t let her use the musical saw and left the group to make a band with Raspberry Fluff and Blueberry Pie. Bon Bon and Lyra were making their own group involving the piano and singing. I didn’t even know they sang or played the piano. Vinyl just didn’t give a fuck at all she told me and never wanted to be in it to begin with. She only was going along with it because the others wanted a band. “There might be one person who might not be under the spell,” Pinkie pointed to Moms classroom. “Miss Cheerilee.” We all walked into the room where Mom was sitting at her desk. I assumed she was grading papers. She looked up and her eyes lit up when she saw me. “Ah Sunset! How’s my favorite daughter?” She beamed. I gave a flinch as the others stared at me in shock. We were keeping that a secret. “I’m good Mom,” I figured I might as well as go with proper titles since we weren’t keeping it a secret anymore. “How are you?” “Really good. What are you girls up to?” Mom went back to her paperwork. “Uh just looking to talk to you about something,” Rainbow leaned forward. “Have those new girls came and talked to you at all?” “You mean Adagio, Sonata and Aria?” They did. Sonata is a very nice girl. They even sang me a song I hadn’t heard in years. Magical singing voices if you never heard them sing,” Mom sighed dreamily. My heart sank at that. “Oh okay,” Rarity muttered. Mom’s eyes flashed green and I took a hesitant step back. “And I know my daughter is going to win the Battle of the Bands because she’s the greatest and most important girl in this school,” Mom stood up as she leaned forward and kissed my forehead. I heard a faint awww come from Fluttershy. “I’ll see you after school and we can go home. Good luck winning, love. I know you’ll do it.” “Thanks Mom,” I forced a smile as I left the classroom. Great. All the people I cared about were under their spell. Lovely. Fucking lovely. “What the hell? Mom?” Rainbow demanded. I turned around and they were all staring at me curiously. I turned a bright shade of red. “Uh yeah?” I offered weakly. “When the heck did that happen?” Pinkie demanded, staring at me with wide eyes. “Uh after the Fall Formal,” I admitted. “I live with her obviously.” “But you’re not from here darling. How can she be your mom?” Rarity questioned. “Because she adopted me,” I answered as I stepped to my locker. I heard them running after me. “How is that even possible?” Applejack asked. I was getting pretty tired of playing twenty fucking questions. “I’m getting tired of playing twenty questions. Why do you care?” I demanded. They hadn’t been acting like my friends, rudely bringing up my past and then being all like no offense and shit. “Uh Ah don’t know?” Applejack shrugged. “Curiosity Ah guess.” “Must be cool to have Miss Cheerilee be your mom. Bet she gives you all the answers and tells you when our tests are coming up,” Rainbow commented. I gave a bitter laugh as I searched through my locker. “Nope. She doesn’t tell me anything like that. If anything, she’s harder on me,” I pulled out my book with my cutie mark on it. I held out my hand to Rarity. “Pen.” “What?” She asked in confusion. I groaned and rolled my eyes. “I need a pen. This book is magical. If I can get a letter to Princess Celestia, she can get a message to Twilight and she can come help us,” I explained as I was losing my patience. “Pen. Now.” Rarity raised an eyebrow but complied. Thankfully she kept her loud mouth shut. “Thanks,” I let out a sigh. “Been a long time since I wrote these words. Dear Princess Celestia.” ------------------------------------------------------------- “I don’t think she’s coming,” Rainbow grumbled as she kicked a soccer ball into the air before running to catch it. “We’ve been sitting here for hours.” “She’s right. All of our classmates have walked past us,” Applejack grudgingly agreed. Everyone except Lyra, Bon Bon and Derpy since they were walking up to me. “Hey Sunset,” Lyra greeted me. “Wanna join me and Bon Bons band? We’re the winning band after all.” “No. Derpy and the Muffins are,” Derpy grumbled. She gave her friends a dirty look. “You’re all wrong. The Rainbooms are the best because I’m the lead singer and guitarist. I’m the best,” Rainbow boasted. All her friends minus me gave her a dirty look while Pinkie rolled her eyes. “Sure you are,” Bon Bon commented with a smirk. “Anyway Sunset, who do you pick? We’re all friends here except for them.” She pointed at the Rainbooms. I gave a sigh. “Them. You guys are under some spell or something. I’ll fix this don’t worry,” I promised. All three girls frowned. They didn’t look happy about that answer. “Okay then. Hope you will cheer for us to win,” Lyra gave a cold grin to Rainbow who glared at her. She and Bon Bon walked away to Lyra’s car. Derpy grinned at me. “Good luck Sunset,” she walked away to her own car and got in her grey lovebug with bubbles on the side. I stepped away from the portal as the surface shimmered and Twilight shot out of it. “Twilight!” All the girls minus me called out and ran to her. I reached her first and held out a hand. She looked uncomfortable before she took it. “I’m backkkkk,” she grinned weakly. Rainbow hugged her quickly. “We noticed,” Rainbow rolled her eyes. Twilight gave her a hug before stepping away with a serious expression. “And I’ve got some bad news about those new girls.”