//------------------------------// // Chapter XXXVII // Story: The Group Chat // by TheKing2001 //------------------------------// Cheerilee I walked quickly down the hall with my hands holding onto Sweetie Belle and Apple Blooms shoulders as Redheart held onto Scootaloos. The few students in the hallway gave us confused looks before glaring at Sunset and Cloudkicker walking behind us. “Where are you-” “Shut it,” Redheart grumbled as she glared down at Scootaloo. “I’m going to let you go to open Principal Celestia’s door. If you run, Kicker can easily chase you down. I’ve seen her do it to others before.” Scootaloo gulped nervously as Sweetie Belle looked terrified at her as Redheart opened the door. ”Can I have- oh you’re here,” Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna gave us startled looks as we shoved the three girls in her office. “Sunset and Cloudkicker, go home for the day,” Vice Principal Luna said as her eyes locked onto the three shaking girls coldly. “Diamond Tiara, thank you for your information. It was very helpful.” The other girl slipped out of the room as she shot her fellow classmates a smug grin with a wink before hugging Sunset’s waist. Sunset hugged her back and I let the door shut behind me as Twilight blocked the exit with Redheart. “So it was these three all along?” Twilight folded her arms as she leaned against the door. “I feel stupid for not realizing it sooner, I could have helped Sunset a lot sooner.” “Sit. Now,” Celestia pointed at some chairs as I sat Apple Bloom down. “That hurt,” Apple Bloom winced slightly and rubbed her back. Under normal circumstances, I’d feel really bad about that and I’ll admit, I felt a small bit of guilt for it. “Shut the hell up,” I snapped and quickly shook any guilt away. The three gave me stunned looks. I almost never curse unless I’m angry enough. “Why?” Celestia asked as she stared at them. “Do you know what you three did? You framed Sunset, turned this school into a war zone, someone damn well could have killed themselves over this. People have committed suicide for far less after all.” “We wanted to spend time with our sisters,” Sweetie Belle whispered as Luna tilted her head to the side and her eye twitched slightly. “You were jealous?” Luna asked incredulously and the three nodded. “The fuck?” “Luna! Language,” Celestia admonished as Luna inhaled. “Right sorry. So you three children decided to frame Sunset. How exactly does that involve your sisters?” Luna asked as she leaned against the desk with a frown. “She was spending so much time with them. Practically every waking moment. We never got to spend time with them,” Scootaloo explained as Redheart gave them probably the most enraged look I’ve ever seen on the nurses face. “You know how excited Sunset was to go hang out with you three?” Redheart sneered as she adjusted her nurses cap. “She wouldn’t stop talking about for a week and half, it’s all she would speak about. And because you got jealous, you took that from her.” The three looked down as Twilight watched quietly. “I have to let Sunset’s mom know about this. I’ll be back by tonight and I’ll let you know what she decides,” Twilight said as she shot the trio a stern look before opening the door and walking out, letting it slam behind her. “W-what are you gonna do with us?” Sweetie Belle asked nervously as the four of us glared at her and she shivered. “End of the week before winter break, you’re gonna tell everyone what you three did. We will give you these last few days of normalcy. And you will also tell Sunset to her face. And we will let her decide if she wants to get the police involved,” Celestia answered as their eyes went wide. “But we are just kids. We can’t get arrested for this. Right?” Apple Bloom asked nervously as Sweetie Belle gripped onto her arm. “You’re almost sixteen. You most definitely can be. You committed multiple crimes. Harassment, libel and probably half a dozen others I’m too angry to even think of right now,” Celestia said as she narrowed her eyes. “My sister and I will have to discuss punishment further.” “I can confirm you three won’t be allowed to any after school functions. No Camp Everfree this summer, no clubs. And Miss Cheerilee will be monitoring your online classes to make sure you aren’t abusing your privileges,” Luna added. “Lucky your classes require you to use a computer otherwise you wouldn’t be allowed near one for the rest of the year.” “And I’ll be having Raven take your cellphones at the beginning of every school day, effective immediately,” Celestia added. They gulped as I stared down Scootaloo as she looked away hastily from my cold gaze. “We didn’t act alone,” Scootaloo muttered. “Others helped.” “What?” Redheart said as we gave each other stunned looks. “We only knew our sisters secrets,” Sweetie Belle explained. “Other classmates sent in secrets. About friends and people they hated. We didn’t post the really bad stuff like uhm what was that one about Tennis Match, Scootaloo?” “The one where she got caught doing that one thing we talked about in Health class in the guys locker room,” Scootaloo answered as I resisted the urge to slam my head against a wall. “That was gross, is that really how kids are made?’ “Ah reckon so. Ah ain’t sure Ah’m interested in having kids. We quickly blocked that person afterwards. The only people who didn’t send in secrets was Lyra, Bon Bon, Derpy, Vinyl, Cherry Crash, Tennis, Octavia, Strawberry Sunrise, Flash, the flower sisters, Rumble, Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Button, Dinky, Amethyst and our sisters of course. A few others too didn’t.” “What about Cloudkicker?” Redheart asked nervously. “She, Lavender, Trixie and Fuchsia never sent in any either. But Photo Finish and Violet Burr did,” Scootaloo answered as Redheart sighed in relief. “Write those names down please sister,” Celestia said and Luna nodded, grabbing a nearby pen and hastily writing down names. “Do you still have the account up?” “Yes ma’am,” the three said in unison as they hung their heads. “Why?” Scootaloo asked as Celestia held out a hand patiently. “Show us. All four of us.”