//------------------------------// // Confession // Story: In a time of need // by Small Muffin //------------------------------// Aria and Sonata both stood outside the door to the principal office. While Adagio had gone inside with Sunset to keep an eye on her, the two of them were given very simple instructions. Don't let anyone in. Given that the hallways were dead quiet, this wasn't exactly hard, no one had even walked past the office since they got there. "How much longer are they gonna be?" Sonata asked, "I don't really wanna waste anymore of my time here." "I told you before, I don't know," Aria replied, "Besides, I don't think any of us really want to be here anyway." "Good point," Sonata replied. "I don't even know why Sunset came to do this," Aria continued, "If I was Sunset I would just leave without so much as a goodbye text!" "Can't argue with you there," Sonata replied, "How much longer are they gonna be? I'm bored!" "What did I just say, about you asking that?!" Aria asked aggressively. "Well sorry! I'll be sure to keep it to myself next time," Sonata replied. "Good." "Um..." a voice murmured. Both of the sirens moved their attention away from each other, and towards the third voice. There were three little girls standing in front of them, each looking rather confused. "Yeah, what is it?" Aria asked. "Can we... Go in?" one of the girls asked. "Yeah sure, go ahead," Sonata replied. Both Aria and Sonata were standing right in front of the office door. "Can you... Move then?" the second girl asked. "No, I can't," Aria replied bluntly. "So... How are we suppose to-" the third girl. began. "Scootaloo... Do those two look... Kinda, familiar to you?" the second girl interrupted. The three of them took a moment to look at the two sirens. "Now that you mention it, a little bit, yeah." A few more moments past of the three girls staring at them, before they all slowly backed off a bit. From the looks on each of their faces, they had just recognized the two sirens. "We should uh, probably come back in later." "Me two!" "Agreed!" The three of them were about to dash down the hallway as fast as they could. But the opening of the principals office door made them stop, as they saw Sunset walk out from the office. "Hey... You alright?" Sonata asked. Sunset completely blanked her, not giving any kind of reply. Adagio followed shortly behind her, closing the office door as she left. "How'd it go?" Aria asked. "We're going home," Adagio replied bluntly. "Guessing it went badly?" Sonata asked. "You could say that." Adagio noticed the three other girls, each of whome were staring at Sunset. "And who are they?" the two sirens shrugged. "Um, Sunset..." one of them began. Surprisingly, that got her attention. Sunset looked up, only just now noticing they were there. It was Sweetie Belle, Applebloom and Scootaloo. "We uh..." Sweetie began nervously, "We... We wanna say were sorry fo-" "Save your breathe!" Sunset interrupted. "I know what you're gonna say. You're sorry, you should've believed me, and all that stuff, but just save your breathe!" With that said, Sunset wasted no time, and without giving either of the girls any time to reply, she began walking away. The three sirens simply followed behind her. The three crusaders were quick to follow behind them. "Hang on, that ain't what we..." Bloom began, "Well, we do wanna apologize, but we need to tel-" "She said she didn't want to hear it," Aria interrupted. "Yeah but, we-" Scootaloo began. "Didn't you two have a thingy at the principals office?" Sonata asked, "You should probably go to that, and leave us alone." "Why did you three even come here?" Sweetie asked, "And why are you with Sunset anyway?" "None of your concern, kid," Adagio said. "Honestly, I think it is our concern," Scootaloo replied nervously. "And whys that?" Adagio asked. "Well beacause... We're Ano-" Applebloom froze mid sentence. "Well?" Adagio asked, "Why is this your concern?" "Well... You see..." Scootaloo began, only to be interrupted by the schools bell. Homeroom had just ended, meaning that any moment now, the hallways would be filled with other students. Students that Sunset would rather avoid more than anything right now. Sunset quickly put her hood back, hoping that no one would realize who she was before she could leave. "Look, I appreciate you're both trying to apologize, but I really gotta go now!" She was about to bolt it down the hall, but when the school bell stopped, three voices shouted from behind her in unison. "WE'RE ANON-A-MISS!!!!" Silence fell within the hallway, as some students stood in the door ways of their classrooms. Everyone there had heard that rather loud confession, and now they waited for Sunset's response. Sunset slowly turned around, and removed her hood. She simply stared at the three small girls. She was speechless, and thoughtless. The silence was broken by the sound of laughter. Aria and Sonata had burst out laughing. "Alright... That was a good one!!" Sonata laughed. "Yeah... We almost believed you there for a second!!" Aria continued. "We're not joking!!!" Sweetie Belle shouted. "Yeah, we're serious here!" Scootaloo said. "Oh of course you are!" Sonata continued, still laughing. "And I'm actually the real princess of Equestria!" "Fucking hilarious..." The two sirens immediately stopped laughing, as they looked over at Adagio, who didn't seem to find any of it to be a joke. "Um... Adagio?" Aria began, "They're not serious, are they?" "You three did this to me?" Sunset mumbled quietly. Her eyes were filled with shock, and her body seemed paralyzed, not moving an inch. "You're joking, right?" She didn't know what to think about what the crusaders had said. They had just told her that they were the ones responsible for everything she had gone through, and she just couldn't believe it. "Please tell me you're joking..." "Listen you three!" Adagio began in a loud, commanding voice, "I can appreciate a twisted sense of humor, but this isn't the time! So I'm gonna give you three seconds to take that back!!!" Applebloom shook her head, "We're not joking..." she replied glumly. "You three destroyed my entire life..." "We didn't mean for it to go this far, we-" Sweetie said. "So you ACCIDENTALLY destroyed my life?!?!" Sunset asked, as a flow of tears began to flow down from her eyes. "I... Guess so..." Scootaloo replied. It was then that Sunset felt something deep down inside her. Something had been triggered in her that she hadn't felt in a long, long time. A fire that she thought was long extinguished from her. A deep, deep anger she hadn't felt since that one night. That night that she, nor anyone else at the school would ever forget, and as that anger grew, she could feel that she was about to snap at any moment. "I need to go!" Sunset rushed as fast as she could out of the school. "Sunset!!" Sonata shouted down the hall. "You two go make sure she's ok," Adagio said. "And what are yo-" Aria began. "I said, go make sure she's alright!" Adagio repeated. Aria and Sonata both glanced at each other, and ran after Sunset, leaving Adagio with the three culprits. Adagio took a few steps towards the three girls, who each closed their eyes tight and prepared themselfs for the worst. It wasn't like they could really run away, if they did, then they would simply get it off of someone else later. But Adagio didn't actually hit them. Instead, they heard the sound of clapping. They opened their eyes to see Adagio was actually applauding them, which not only confused them, but everyone else around them. "Congratulations. I'm impressed," Adagio began, "And I mean that, I am seriously impressed with you three!" her applause stopped. "You broke her. You took someone who was brave enough to stand up to me and my sisters, and is the only reason any of you are alive right now, and you broke her down into a crying, hopeless, broken mess of a pony, who just wanted someone to listen to what she had she to say." "We're sorry..." Applebloom mumbled. "I don't quite think that will cut it for her!" Adagio continued, "How many times has she apologized for what she'd done, and yet in the end, you all threw her away like a piece of shit." She looked around at the other students around her. "You know what, I think you three would make great sirens. I mean just look at this. If you can do this at such a young age, then I really do think you would make fantastic sirens." Adagio grinned rather maliciously. "Though, all of that aside, like I said, I'm very impressed you were able to pull this off. You remind me of myself when I was younger." "Anyway. I should go make sure Sunset is ok." Adagio turned away from the three girls. "I just hope you can sleep at night knowing that she's never coming back, and it's all your fault..." Adagio left the three of them standing there completely speechless, as she too, walked down the hallway in the same direction Sunset, Aria, and Sonata did.