//------------------------------// // Confession // Story: Another Chance // by Small Muffin //------------------------------// Sunset sat in homeroom, with only one thing on her mind, I've gotta fix this. She kept telling herself that for the whole thing, but she didn't know how she would do it. Fluttershy and Pinkie, they'll be easy I just need to tell them that I broke them up, should be easy. Granted, I need to say the same thing to Rainbow Dash, which could prove more problematic... She was having an entire conversation with herself about this, she had a lot to do, and no idea where to start. ...Wait, didn't I tell Fluttershy to speak to Pinkie? That deals with that I guess. And Rarity. I think I stopped her from helping Pinkie with decorations, ri- The bell went, and everyone made their way to class, except Sunset, who now had a free period, so she found an empty classroom, and sat alone with her thoughts. "What would you do in this situation Twilight? Oh who am I kidding, you'd never be stupid enough to be in something like this." slowly, a few small tears made their way out of Sunsets eyes. "I can't do this." Break time arrived, and Sunset still had no idea what to do. Think Sunset, think! There's a way to do this, you know there is. "Hey Shimmy!" Pinkie said as she bounced her way over to her. "You Ok?" "Pinkie? Yeah, I'm fine." I can do this. "Hey Pinkie, has Fluttershy said anything to you lately?" Sunset asked weakly. "Fluttershy? Yeah." she began. Good, she listened to me after all. "Well, kinda. Yesterday at lunch she tried to speak to me, but all I could hear were just a whole load a mumbles." Of course. "Why? Did you tell her to see me? Oh that reminds me, what did you need with her anyway? I can't think of anything that she could really be helpful for." Sunset sighed, "Look, Pinkie... I want you to talk to her. You two could make good friends you know." "Pffft, that's funny!" Pinkie saw the sadness that was is Sunsets eyes, "Wait, you're serious?" "Please, give her a chance." Sunset replied, again, refusing to admit the truth. She didn't want to lose Pinkie, she was the only friend she had. "Well I already did. And about two and a half years ago, I found out she wasn't worth it." Pinkie said, sounding, surprisingly, a bit angry. "W... What happened?" she asked, stalling for more time to think. "Well, she asked me to throw a big party for her for an animal, fund-raising thing or, somthing." Pinkie began, the anger was starting to grow with every word. "Then when I do, she just blows up about how this isn't what she wanted. She told me what she wanted, if I had my phone at the time I would've showed her the text." Yeah, the text. "Oh, ok." she still didn't know what to say. "Anyways, I gotta go. Me and a couple others need to set up that stage for Trixie. See ya." Pinkie turned and walked off with a wave. Oh yeah, thats today. "Well, ok... I'll talk to you-" Sunset turned around and noticed Fluttershy down the other end of the corridor, being held up against a locker by Gilda. You know what you have to do. "PINKIE WAIT!!" she shouted, bringing her to a halt. "I... We need to... You see... Oh, can you come with me a sec?" she finally asked, turning back at Fluttershy. "Um, sure I-" before she could finish, Sunset was already running down the corridor, "Hey, wait up will ya!" she said as she ran after her. "Look dork, I know you've got money on you, so hand it over." Gilda said, holding Fluttershy in place against her locker. "I, I don't, don't have any. Honest." Shy wimpered. "Well, I told you, I've been keeping Shimmer off your back, she hasn't done anything to you all week right?" Fluttershy nodded "So either you pay up, or I stop helping you out." "I never asked for any help though." Shy muttrered. "YOU LET HER GO!!!" Sunset ran up to Gilda and slamed her fist into Gildas face, sending her straight to the floor, as well as drawing the attention of the whole corridor. "Damn it Shim, What the heck was that for?" Gilda asked as she slowly got up, "That kinda hurt you know?" When she got up, Sunset immediately grabed her and slamed her up against a locker "SHUT UP!" she yelled, her eyes now filled with rage, "Now I'm gonna tell you something, and I'm only gonna tell you once. You lay another finger on her, and I'll break it off. Understand?" "Wait, you're stick-" Sunset gave her another punch, silencing her. "Do. You. Understand?" "Alright alright, I get it, I'll lay off her." Sunset let her go, as she walked off, all eyes on her. When she was out of sight, everyone looked at Sunset and Fluttershy. "You... Ok?" Sunset asked, taking deep breaths in an attempt to calm down. "I'm fine but, what was that for?" Fluttershy asked, still a bit on edge. "I told you. If you have any problems while I'm here, I'll help you out with em." "Hey Shimmy, what was all that about?" Pinkie asked, moving away from the slowly shrinking crowd of people. "Look, you two need to-" Sunset began. "That was awesome!" a voice called out. Sunset turned around to see the three crusaders amoung what was left of the crowd, as Applebloom and Sweetie Belle both pointed at Scootaloo, "She said it." they both said. "Oh, hey you three. You girls ok?" she asked, letting herself get sidetracked again. "We're fine. But I guess she's right, that was pretty cool." Sweetie replied. "Yeah, but we should probably get going, Aj won't like it if she finds out I was talking to you again." Applebloom said, "Sorry." Wait, that's it! a sudden idea came to Sunsets head, as she looked at Pinkie and Fluttershy, and then back at the crusaders. "Wait, can we talk for a sec?" "I don't know, like I said, Aj, wouldn't like it." Bloom replied nervously. "Please, I really need your help with something." Sunset said, with a hint of desperation in her voice. The three of them looked at each other, they all knew they owed her one. "Ok. What do you need?" Sweetie asked. Sunset gave a sigh of relief, "Thanks, but can we talk in there?" she pointed to an empty classroom. They all nodded, and Sunset tuened to the two behind her, "You two as well." Pinkie and Shy gave each other a small look, before following behind her. They each took a seat. "So... What is it?" Fluttershy, of all people asked. "Can you two meet me here at lunch time?" Sunset asked. "I was actually going to watch Trixies show but, I guess I can meet you here." "Sure Shimmy. But why?" "I'll explain then." she looked over to the three crusaders, "I need you three to get Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash in here as well. Can you do that?" "You want us to do WHAT!!" they all said in surprise. "You heard me, I need to speak to them," Sunset replied. "Alright, but I don't think Dash would come here because you asked for her." Scoot said. "Same with Aj, that's a ton easier said than done." Bloom continued. "Then don't tell them I asked for them." "Then, what do we say?" Sweetie asked. "I don't care what you tell them, just get them in this room. Can you do that?" They nodded, "Sure, I reckon this is payback for you helping us out before." Bloom said. "Sure, and thank you. I don't know how else I was gonna do this." she stood up and made her way to the front desk, as she opened a draw, and pulled something out. "Um. What's that?" Fluttershy asked. "Spare key, just incase this room is looked." she showed them all the key, before putting it in her pocket. "Cranky always keeps it in the same place." "Won't he notice?" Pinkie asked. "I don't care, he's never caught onto me before. Either that or he just lets me do it," she said as she walked over to the door. "See you girls later." I hope this works. Sunset sat in the room, lunch was about to start, and she still didn't feel ready to do this. I can do this. I can do this! I can do this!... I can't do this. the bell went off, and moments later, a crowd of people were making their way past the room, none of them noticed Sunset inside. About a minute later, Fluttershy, Rarity and Sweetie Belle walked in. "Um... Hi Rarity, you ok?" Sunset asked. "Fine dear, Sweetie told me you wanted to see me." Rarity replied in a light tone, which Sunset wasn't expecting. "You told her the truth?" Sunset asked Sweetie, who took a seat next to where her sister was standing. "I didn't know what to say. At least she went along with it." "Um, where's everyone else?" Shy asked as she opened her bag, letting Angel out. "We're here!" Applejack called out as she walked in with Pinkie and her sister. Her eyes were immediately fixated onto Sunset, "I wanna speak to you." "Same here. Now all we're waiting for is Rainbow Dash." Sunset replied. "Oh you've GOTTA be kidding me!" Applejack turned around to see Dash and Scootaloo. The former was, less than pleased with everyone in the room. "Hi Dash, expecting someone else?" Sunset asked, probably not the best idea. "Pfft, I'm outa here!" Dash spun around and was about to walk out. "I reckon yall should think twice about that Rainbow. There's something more going on here." Applejack said, causing Dash to turn back around. "Oh please!" she made her way over to Sunset, "Listen. I'm not scared of you, I never was! So if you and her expect me to just sit here because you wanna say something, then you've got the wrong idea!" "Could you hear me out anyway?" Sunset asked, as she focused her gaze onto the floor. "Give me one good reason!" "Cus we're all willing to stay." Aj told her, "Unless you still think you're to good for us." "Me? You're one to talk!" "Um, girls, maybe you should just... calm down first." Fluttershy said, not that anyone was listening. Sunset got up and walked to Scootaloo, who was still in the doorway, watching the whole ordeal. "Can you do me a favour? This may take a while." Applejack and Rainbow were still arguing with each other, "Ladies please! Can we at least try to be civilized about this?" Rarity asked, getting annoyed at their banter. "Isn't that basically what I just said?" Fluttershy asked. "Oh, I'm sorry. Maybe we would've heard you if you weren't so quiet all the time!" Pinkie replied. "Oh, like being quiet is a bad thing? Look at you! You're always so loud and obnoxious with everything you do, even when you know not to be!" "Lighten up Shy, I just wanna have a fun time when I do things. You got a problem with that!" "You know I think I'm starting to see what you hoped to achieve with this Sunset." Rarity mumbled through her teeth. "Oh will you two just calm down! You're acting like children." Sweetie Looked at the two pairs, "Maybe this wasn't such a good idea." she said to Applebloom. "I reckon you're right about that." Bloom looked around the room, "Hey, where's Scootaloo gone?" Rarity decided she had had enough. She got up and walked over to the door, "Sunset, the only reason I came here was to say thank you for helping my sister out, and I was willing to hear what you had to say..." she put her hand on the door knob, "But I think we all know this isn't going an- The doors locked? THE DOORS LOCKED!!!" The room quickly fell silent. "That's right, and you're not getting out until I say." Sunset replied. "What are you talking about Shimmer?" Dash asked. "Scootaloo's on the other side of the door, and she has the key." "Alright... Fine. What of you gotta say?" Dash reluctantly said. Sunset took a deep breath This is it. "About two and a half years ago, you were the best of friends, right?" "Y, yeah." Dash mumbled. "And now you all hate each other, right?" the five looked at each other and nodded. "That's all because of me." "Wait what? How? Why?" Pinkie asked. "I started off with just, petty things, causing small arguments between you all. It was pretty easy actually." she looked around at them, they were all listening. "Then I saw my chance to do something else, something bigger." "Something, bigger?" Fluttershy asked. "You were having a fund raising event for your animal shelter, and Pinkie was planning it. It was going to just be a quiet little thing, right." "It, should have been, yes." "I stole your phone and text Pinkie, tellng her you wanted a big, loud party insead. which is what it turned out to be, and it ruined everything." "You... you drove us appart?" Pinkie asked. "Not just you two," she looked over towards Dash and Aj, "I stole Ajs phone and did the same to her bake sale. I told Dash to bring the soccer team on a different day. That actually did three things, it ruined the sale, ruined some, if not all of Dashs credibility, and it gave you two the final nudge that turned you into worst enemies." Dash looked over at Aj with an apologetic look, which she returned. "I guess I... owe you an apology then, don't I?" "No, you don't owe her anything! It's me who owes all of you an apology. I'm sorry." "Wait, what about Rarity?" Pinkie asked. She looked over at her, "Remember when you asked her for help decorating the gym, and she didn't show up." "Y... Yeah." Sunsets hand started shaking, as she started to lose it, "That was me, it was all me! I did everything... It's all my fault and I'm so sorry!" "Sorry Pinkie," Fluttershy said as she put her hand on her shoulder, "I... may have said some horrible things about you over the years." The others joined in, and the five formed a group hug, "Think we can all, try again?" Applejack asked. The five of them talked amongst themselves, as Sunset walked over to the door, pulled the spare key she had kept hold of this whole time, and unlocked it. "I hope you five are happy, you deserve to be." Scootaloo opened the door, and saw all the regret, resentment, and self-hatred Sunset had been holding in over the last week. "Sunset are you..?" "I'll be fine! Just... I'll be fine." "Um." The school intercom gave off a voice that no one in the room recognized, except for Sunset. Wait, I know that voice. What is she doing here? Sunset thought. "Can Sunset Shimmer please report to the main hall," the voice spoke, Sunset hurried down towards the schools main hall as quickly as she could. "Hey, come back a se-" Dash began as she broke off the hug. "Let her go," Scootaloo interrupted, "I think she might need a moment." "We'll talk to her tomorrow Dashie." Pinkie said as she pulled Dash back in. "I think we should sort each other out first." "Fine, but I'm not done with her." When Sunset got to the main hall, there was no one there to meet her. That was... Was Twilight! "Sunset Shimmer." a voice called out behind her. She spun around to see the school principal, and Twilight, but she knew better. When she saw them both, she lost all feeling in her legs and collapsed to her knees, as tears began to flood her eyes. "P... Princess?" She gave Sunset a warm, welcoming smile. "It's good to see you again Sunset."