Ms. Harshwhinny fell forwards onto the hard floor, the black on the teacher's left eye was still fresh. The gun sizzling in Sunset's hand like the bacon her hair was so reminiscent of cooking on a pan. It became unbearably hot, so she dropped it on the floor next to Harshwhinny's feet. Cursing under her breath so she didn't attract any attention, she shook her hand and knelt down, waited a moment so the thing could cool down and proceeded to pick up the gun. She placed the device in her bag as Harshwhinny began to stir.
"Ugh, what on earth happened to me?" The downed teacher rubbed her temple. She focused herself and saw one of her students staring at her. "Sunset?" What on earth is going on? What happened in here?"
"I don't Ms Harshwhinny, I just got here and you were passed out with the room in a mess. Don't you know?"
"I... am afraid I don't, but thank you for your concern. How unprofessional of me to allow something like this to happen, and I'm not even sure what happened." She got up and dusted herself off, proceeding to head out of the room.
"Are you going to see the nurse?"
"About what?"
"That black eye of yours, it looks pretty bad." Ms' Harshwhinny got a small mirror out of her bag, and was surprised so see a a black circle covering here right eye.
"Ah yes, I shall indeed." A scowl formed on her face as she briskly walked out of the room, hitting her head on the side of the door. She herself then left the classroom after her teacher turned a corner. She headed towards acertain part of the school that hadn't had its lightbulbs changed in a long time, making it much darker than any other area. She didn't mind though, it just meant that she could do what she wanted on her own without anyone disturbing her. She stood on the outskirts of the area, got a notebook out and began writing in it.
"Test #5
Subject: Ms. Harshwhinny
Analysis: First attempt at testing device on someone other than those two little idiots Snips and Snails. So far, it appears to be successful, with her having little recollection of the prior events in the class. However, she appeared to frown at me quite a bit. Of course, she usually wears a frown but I must assume the possibility that she might have some recollection of what occurred. For now, I'll follow her to see if there are any side effects of using the gun. Another issue encountered in the test was that the gun appeared to still burn up after it is fired. Other than that, everything appears to be in order. Hints of a small decrease in depth perception were evident, but that is to be expected with use of the gun." She closed the notebook, and ran towards the nurse's office.
"How did this happen?" Nurse Redheart frowned.
"That's the thing, I don't know how." The teacher said. "I simply woke up in my class with no recollection of what happened."
"Was anyone in there with you?"
"Hmm. Yes actually, there was. When I woke up I saw-"
"Hello Ms. Harshwhinny." Sunset popped through the door.
"Ah, Sunset Shimmer. Yes, she was with me when I woke up."
"Sunset?" Nurse Redheart raised an eyebrow at the girl. "Why were you there? From what Ms. Harshwhinny said she was in there alone besides you, but why were you in the room in the first place?"
"I walked by the classroom and she was passed out." Sunset said, smiling. "I went in and helped her up. How is she?"
"I'll live." Harshwhinny responded.
"And you have no idea how she could've gotten a black eye and a wrecked classroom?" Redheart asked, eyebrow still raised.
"Sorry, can't think of anything." The young girl shrugged.
"Alright then, thank you for your help. I'll let Cranky know you were here." Sunset nodded and left the room.
"Okay Harshwhinny, it looks like you weren't roughed up too badly aside from the eye. Just wear this eye patch, take a few painkillers for a few days and you'll be as right as rain."
"That's a relief." The teacher sighed. "But I'd be slightly more at ease if I knew how I got it in the first place."
"I'm sure we'll know sooner or later." Sunset smiled hopefully.
"It just doesn't make sense Stable." She sighed, rubbing her temples. "How does one just not remember how they got hit?"
"Mild amnesia, perhaps?" The calm doctor said.
"It didn't look like it was that severe at all though, not nearly enough for amnesia."
"Maybe the fall is what caused her to forget?"
"Checked I checked for head and skull injuries, but it was just that black eye as well as a few bruises in the stomach area. And get this; Sunset was the only one there when she woke up, and she just got there right after all of this happened, when she was supposed to be in a lesson for Cranky."
I don't know, maybe she was going to the bathroom and stumbled across her."
"Ugh, why are you being so resistant?"
"I'm just playing devil's advocate Redheart; things aren't always what they look like on the exterior."
"I guess you're right, but it just all seems so strange."
"I will agree that it does all seem a tad too coincidental, there is still a part of me that thinks you've been reading too many Shadow Spade novels."
"Okay, so what do you suggest I do?"
"Well my opinion on the matter is if you really feel like there's more to it, check the school cameras, they'll be sure to see what happened." Stable said.
Sunset left the gallery, being sure to log out of the administrator's computer. Idiot had left it on and she saved it just before he logged off. It was the perfect opportunity to slip in and out to collect what she needed for further examination, as well as remove any traces of her. Soon the footage was off the school server permanently and on her USB drive.
"Okay let's see, I'll just get the camera footage from 11:10 to 12:15 and... done. Now let's just delete this." She thought as she tapped her fingers on the keyboard. Everything was where she wanted it to be. She sat up and quickly made sure she hadn't left anything behind before walking out the door to see nurse Redheart.
"Oh hey Ms Redheart, what are you doing here?"
"I'm just helping look through the camera footage to see if I can he Ms Harshwhinny."
"Oh, well good luck to you. I was just finishing off some homework. I'll be going now." She smiled and left.
School was over, and she had everything she needed at the moment. She'd find out what was wrong with the gun and fix it in due time.
"Testing appears to be successful, Ms. Harshwhinny seems to have no recollection of the events, but I still need to figure out why the memory gun burnt out, but I may have. The memory canister is safe as well, no damage from the burning out appears to be sustained. However, my work might be compromised. Nurse Redheart could possibly be getting close to what I'm doing, but I suppose it doesn't really matter. Worst case scenario is I have a new test subject."