Sunset Shimmer was crying loudly. Even if her mind had been severely limited by the regression, she was still vaguely aware of what was the cause of most of her outward distress. She was vaguely aware that something really bad had happened and that no-one she knew was going to help her, but she didn’t why it was so, nor how she was going to get out of the situation- begin mostly naked, cold and dirty.
Celestia, Luna, and Cadence looked down on Sunset’s newfound state and picked her up; a number of thoughts running through their minds. Everyone else had been picked up by their parents and taken home, yet Sunset was the only one who still needed to help, and no-one had come for her in an hour since the last parents had originally left.
“Celestia? Since I’m not part of CHS’s staff, can you tell me what this little girl is still doing here?” Cadence raised a brow and folded her arms.
“This little girl is Sunset Shimmer,” Celestia said, slowly rocking Sunset as she talked. “she used to be a… peculiar student. Went from a bully and a leash-hater to one of the most respectful kind of the students. Her parents hardly ever showed up, thought.”
Cadence walked up to Celestia, petting what little hair Sunset had on her head.
“I take they never really followed her scholastic career, then.” Cadence said. Celestia made a clicking sound with her tongue.
“Actually, no. The problem is that her parents are… unresponsive. They seem to be a little too busy to closely follow Sunset, and perhaps they’re currently out of town,”
“Which would explain why her parents have yet to arrive.”Cadence said. “Well, then what shall we do about that?”
“I think we should bring her home and see what happens from there,” Luna suggested.
“And leave her alone inside the house?” Celestia said, shaking her head. “No, we can’t do that. She cannot sustain herself in this state, and even just five minutes may be fatal.”
“And what are we going to do, then?!” Luna asked. “Use the hospital’s thermal crib and pray she does not get immediately adopted?”
“Since I was in the first few weeks of my gestation before getting my clock turned back, I have enough supplies to keep her safe and clean for a little bit,” Cadence said unsurely, “but I don’t know if I am ready for it, or if my husband is, for that matter.”
“That would be nice from your part.” Celestia switched arms to keep Sunset off the ground. “But I can’t force that onto you, if you aren’t sure of it.”
“But then who’s gonna do it?” Luna said rolling her eyes. “We as sisters probably will barely scrape by with our leftover cash and resources, and I don’t think that go door to door asking for such help is wise.”
“But she’s basically dependant on her husband as well!” Celestia said loudly. “We can’t jump dump Sunset in the trash or in Cadence’s hands!”
“Who said I wanted to—” Luna said, before begin interrupted by Sunset Shimmer loudly wailing in Celestia’s arms, causing Luna to cover her ears and making Celestia hug Sunset in an attempt to calm her down.
“See? You scared her!” Celestia snarled while showing her teeth to Luna.
“Woah!” Cadence recoiled, almost stumbling backwards into the muddy ground.
“Well, fine, you won. But what’s your big idea now?” Luna shook her first towards Celestia.
“Okay, okay, I am sorry for stirring up trouble.” Cadence snatched Sunset out of Celestia’s hands. “I will take her up and see what can I do.”
Laying on the black seats of a car, Sugarcoat was crying loudly, massaging her reddened left cheek and as her back – forced in a S-like shape – felt in an overwhelming, searing hot pain, as if it had been hit by an heated hammer that also forced her in such a position.
As she did so, Sugarcoat could also hear little babies and younger kids crying and wailing from below and behind her, thusly out of her sight.
She could perfectly see a seemingly-towering grey big boy sitting just next to her, and he was frowning deep and glaring at her. Next to him was a girl, who was driving the car as if she was trying to escape from the cops.
“For fuck’s sake Upper Crust, did you really had to slap her?!” The boy’s voice shouted as the car shook and tilted towards the left. “She is already in pain. Do you want to make the situation worse?”
“But she just doesn’t stop crying!” Upper Crust shouted, her head turned to the left. “How am I supposed to shut her up?” the car rolled in the opposite direction, causing Sugarcoat to bump against the other side’s car door.
“Maybe you could just suck it up and keep calling her and the others’ parents!”
“Look, I offered to use my car, the ambulance was too crowded and all but I thought I was mostly gonna bring other people home, not the wounded!” Upper Crust shouted.
“Check the context next time, jackass!” The boy said as the car seemed to slow down. “Thank God we’re at the hospital already, otherwise the ER would’ve got another one to tend for.”
“Watch your mouth.” Upper Crust said, as the car slowed down until it fully stopped.
“I’m going to call up these babies’ parents now.” She opened the car door and drop-kicked her way of the car. “Your task is to bring them in, Nurse Bluey.”
“Screw you, Upper Crust.” The boy said opening the car’s door on Sugarcoat’s side.
“Do you think you can walk?” He asked. “I can try to pull off a bridal carry if you can’t.”