Step 37: Determination
Step 37: Determination
Wrapped in a blue scarf and wool jacket, Sunset walked up the frosted steps of Canterlot High, dreading what she would find beyond the front doors. With everything else that had happened over the weekend, the thought of confronting her broken circle of friends had seemed more distant than it really was.
She pushed the doors open, stepping into the central rotunda. I’m going to fix this. Don’t know how, but I’ll put everything back together. She took a right, weaving through students until she got to her locker. After pulling out her history book and slamming the door shut, Sunset saw Twilight standing down the hall at her own locker. She caught Sunset looking at her and stared back with hesitant longing.
Sunset’s breakfast churned in her stomach. She could approach Twilight now—talk to her again. Maybe she still couldn’t tell her the truth, but saying anything was better than nothing at this point. Yet Sunset’s legs refused to work properly. She tried to smile, but it came out as a lopsided grimace.
Twilight took a step forward, but the first bell stopped her advance. She gave Sunset one more look before turning the other way.
Sunset slumped against her locker, regaining the feeling in her legs. Only you can make me feel like an idiot, Twilight. She picked herself up and made her way to class. Rarity was already seated at the front, and Sunset mentally crossed her fingers, hoping Rarity wasn’t mad at her as well.
Quite the contrary, when Sunset sat down, Rarity gave her the widest smile Sunset had seen on her. “Why hello, Sunset! How’s my closest friend this morning?”
“Okay, I guess,” Sunset said evenly. “How are you?”
“I’m doing great, thanks for asking! I spent all weekend working on different dress designs for the ball. Which reminds me, you have to come over so I can work on yours.”
“R-really? You’d do that for me?”
Rarity held a hand to her mouth and laughed. “Darling, of course! That’s what friends do for each other! You appreciate my style and charms!” She clenched her teeth. “Unlike a certain group of people whom I shall not mention.”
All right, so this is going to be harder than I thought. As Sunset pondered the right words to defuse Rarity, Mr. Noteworthy walked in, ending all side-chatter. Sunset pulled out her notes but hardly paid the lecture any mind. If Rarity’s still mad, the others are as well. Sunset tapped her pencil against the paper. Bringing them back together was going to take every ounce of cunning and planning she had. And a lot of luck.
She bit her tongue. With her recent run of luck... well, it could go either way.
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Sunset hadn’t seen anyone else during passing period, and her second class contained none of her friends. She devoted it to more planning, but realized, until she had a good gauge of just how mad the girls were at one another, it’d be hard to come up with the perfect plan. All the while, Twilight’s hesitant look flashed in her mind.
How do I fix us, Sparky? I’ll do anything for you to talk to me again. Sunset shot up straight and tightly clutched her pencil. Does Twilight know about what happened on Friday? Oh Celestia, she’s going to hate me even more when she finds out what I did! Sunset whined and slammed her face against her desk.
“Is something wrong, Miss Shimmer?” Miss Cheerilee asked.
Sunset groaned and looked up. “All my friends hate each other, and my best friend is about to hate me even more.”
Miss Cheerilee opened her mouth to respond, but hesitated. “Oh… umm.” A bead of sweat ran down the side of her face. “W-well, I hope things get better soon, Sunset.”
“Thanks.” Sunset buried her head into her desk again. Thankfully, Cheerilee found the destruction of friendships a good enough excuse to not bother Sunset for the last twenty minutes of class. When the bell rang, Sunset hastily grabbed her things and left, acknowledging the smile of encouragement from Miss Cheerilee.
After stopping to put her things away in her locker, Sunset made her way to the lunchroom, bracing herself for what lay on the other side. She slipped in and scanned the room, and while she wasn’t surprised at what she saw, her heart still ached.
Her friends were scattered about at different tables. Applejack sat in one corner with Apple Bloom, a few students from the garden club, and some of the marching band. Rarity sat near the middle with Sweetie Belle, and a combination of fashionistas, drama students, and cheerleaders. Rainbow and Fluttershy sat against the east wall with Scootaloo, and Flash and his band. Pinkie was nowhere to be seen.
Oddly enough, none of the Canterlot Motley Crew looked excited to be where they were.
As Sunset took a few steps further into the cafeteria, Rarity got up and approached her. “Sunset, there you are! Come, I saved a spot for you!” She looped an arm around Sunset’s.
Just then, Applejack came up from Sunset’s left. “Hey, Sunset! We got a spot saved just for you! Why don’t you come and sit with us?”
Sunset gave her a pained smile. “Well, actually—”
Rarity cut in. “I’m sorry, I believe I asked first,” she said, her smile now laced with malice. “And she’d rather sit with me anyway.”
Applejack put a hand on Sunset’s shoulder. “Why? ‘Cause yer more cultured? Ah don’t think Sunset wants to be bothered by your tales of high frou-frou fashion. Ain't that right, Sunny?”
“Well, I mean—”
Rarity gave a gentle tug on Sunset’s arm. “Don’t presume to speak for her. And unlike you, I’m sure Sunset appreciates my ‘high frou-frou fashion’ as it were.”
“Girls, please—”
Applejack took Sunset’s other arm and pulled. “You were the one speakin’ for her first. Come on, Sunset, would you rather sit with this fuss bucket, or with me?”
“I want—”
“That’s not fair, Applejack!” Rarity tugged harder on Sunset’s arm. “Sunset, you’d rather have an engaging conversation with me than this country rube, wouldn’t you?”
“What I really want is—”
Applejack pulled harder. “Ah ain’t no country rube! Now quit tryin’ to hog my friend!”
Rarity pulled back. “Quit trying to hog my friend!”
“Girls!” Sunset shouted, getting them to stop pulling her arms from their sockets. “I’m not the last slice of cake!”
Rarity gave her a sympathetic pout. “Oh sweetie, of course not.” She glared at Applejack again. “You see what you’re doing?”
“You started it!” Applejack said, fuming.
“Hey, hey, hey!” Rainbow stomped over, glaring at both of them. “Quit playing tug-of-war with Sunset.”
Applejack narrowed her eyes. “Stay out of this, Rainbow.”
“Oh, I’d love to, but something tells me, you’d drag me into it anyway!”
Sunset groaned in pain. “This is going to get worse before it gets better.”
Rainbow pushed Rarity off of Sunset and took command of her arm. “Let go, Applefat,” Rainbow said, ignoring Rarity’s outraged cry. “Today’s my day with Sunset anyway.”
“No it ain’t! And even if it were, the calendar’s null and void anyway!”
Sunset stopped gritting her teeth and looked between the two of them. “Calendar? What calendar?”
All of three of them switched from anger to guilt in the blink of an eye. “Aw, shucks,” Applejack said, her cheeks pink. “A while back, we sort of made a schedule of when each of us would get to spend some personal time with you. You know, get to know you on a one-on-one basis.”
“I knew you guys were up to something!” Sunset shouted.
“Hey, we were doing you a favor,” Rainbow said, tightening her grip. “We were trying to keep you out of that dingy factory for as long as we could.”
Well, you don’t have to worry about that anymore.
Rarity put both her hands on Sunset’s shoulders, trying to ease her out of the others’ grasp. “We had your best interests at heart. Just like I do now. Come with me, and we can start the designs for your ball gown!”
“No fair!” Rainbow shouted. “You can’t bribe her!”
“It’s not a bribe, it’s a generous offer. I give it to all my friends!”
The cafeteria door opened up, and Twilight walked inside, pausing at the scene across from her. All four girls stopped their struggling and stared at her.
Sunset glanced at each of them, seeing ideas build themselves in their heads. Eyes wide, Sunset looked at Twilight and mouthed, “Run.”
Twilight quickly backed out of the cafeteria.
With the girls distracted, Sunset pulled her arms back, shaking them out and rolling her shoulders. “Look,” she snapped, “this is stupid. You’re all friends; you shouldn’t be fighting over…” She made a wild gesture with her newly freed arms. “This!”
Rarity crossed her arms and turned her nose up. “I refuse to be friends again until I get an apology.”
Applejack put her hands on her hips. “An apology for what? Us tellin’ the truth?”
Rainbow scoffed. “Yeah, you telling the truth. That’s rich.”
“Stop it!” Sunset gripped her hair. “Yes, you were all terrible to each other, but I’m the cause of all this, remember? Come on, how about you all band together and remember how good it felt to stand up to me?” Sunset put on a strained smile.
Rainbow shook her head. “At least you apologized afterward.”
Applejack gaped at her. “Hey, Ah apologized, too!”
“Yeah, after hiding it for years! You targeted me for something I didn’t even do!” Rainbow threw her hands up. “I could have had a boyfriend by now!”
“You don’t care about boyfriends!”
“Don’t tell me what I do and don’t care about.”
Rarity tittered under her breath. “Immature children.”
Both of them rounded on her. “Oh, don’t you start again!” Applejack said.
“Aaaaaaaaaaauuugh!” Sunset’s scream drew the attention of anyone who wasn’t already watching them. “Be friends, dammit!”
They all looked at each other, then gave an uneasy glance to Sunset.
“Fine! Fine! Keep acting like idiots!” Sunset backed up, pointing a finger at them. “But mark my words, I’ll get you all to make up with each other, even if it kills me.” She hit the wall and realized she was a good foot from the door. She repositioned herself and backed out, pointing from her eyes to theirs.
Out in the hallway, she made another short scream and stomped off, not entirely sure where she was going. Her stomach growled, but returning to the cafeteria would destroy the meaningful exit she had made. Still, her stomach persisted for food, rumbling obnoxiously. She walked down the halls to the nearest snack machine and purchased a fruit bar to tide herself over.
Chewing thoughtfully on the strawberry flavored bar, Sunset pondered what she could do for the next twenty minutes until class. She thought of chasing after Twilight, but her nightmare from two nights prior reared its ugly head.
Twilight isn’t a jerk though. She’s not going to act like that. Yet the question of what Sunset could potentially say to her stopped any advance. Sunset still couldn’t give Twilight a reasonable explanation.
Sunset tore the last bit of her snack out of the wrapper and practically swallowed it whole. She tossed the wrapper away and resumed her aimless wandering. Twilight and the rest of her friends teeter-tottered back and forth in her mind, with the Winter Ball balanced between them.
The ball. Maybe I can—
Sunset turned the corner and crashed into someone, knocking both of them to the floor. The growl building in her throat died when she lifted her head and saw Twilight sitting across from her, rubbing her nose.
“Twilight! I’m so sorry, are you okay?” Sunset got up and offered her a hand.
“Y-yeah, I’m fine.” Twilight looked tentatively at the hand for a moment before taking it. As soon as she was on her feet, she pulled away. “Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.” Sunset’s stuck tongue came not from the curse this time. Try as she might, she couldn’t think of how to move the conversation forward. Both girls stared at different spots on the ground.
Twilight finally looked at her. “Sunset…”
“Yes?” she asked, a little too eagerly.
The pause carried on for a few tense seconds. “How are you doing?”
Sunset opened her mouth but wasn’t sure how to respond. To explain exactly how she was doing would take the rest of the day, so, feeling the pressure on her throat, she simplified it to, “I’ve been better.”
“Oh.” Twilight looked down again and twirled a finger through her hair. “Listen… Shining told me about what happened a few nights ago… about how he found out where you were staying.”
Sunset hunched her shoulders. “Yeah. Should have figured he’d mention that.”
“So, does that mean the Lulamoons really took you in?”
“Yeah.” Sunset couldn’t fight the guilty smile slipping across her lips. “It’s actually pretty nice, not having to wake up in an old factory.”
“That’s good.” Twilight smiled. “I’m really glad you found somewhere to stay. If you left…”
In that empty space, Sunset found a spark of hope.
“Twilight!” Sunset snatched at the hope, and subsequently Twilight’s hand. “I know you want to know why I said those things that night. And I swear, one day, I’ll tell you—I’ll tell you everything.” She squeezed Twilight’s hand. “I made a mistake. I made a lot of mistakes. But in the end, it doesn’t matter why I made them; what matters is how I’m going to fix them.” Sunset took a breath. “And… I don’t know how I’m going to fix them, but I’m going to fix them!” Sunset refused to look anywhere else but Twilight’s eyes.
Twilight stared right back at Sunset. Neither of them blinked. Sunset could see her face reflected in Twilight’s eyes, determined yet still vulnerable.
Slowly, Twilight lifted her other hand and placed it on top of Sunset’s. “Okay,” she said softly. “I believe you.”
Sunset blinked, returning moisture to her eyes. “Really?”
“Yes. I still want an explanation, but… I can tell you really are sorry.” She nibbled the bottom of her lip. “And… I really missed talking to you.”
Sunset suppressed a sniffle, and instead flung her arms around Twilight in a tight embrace, graciously returned. The smell of lavender graced Sunset’s nose, and she never realized how much she had appreciated it until then. “I really missed talking to you too, Sparky.”
Twilight sighed. “I really don’t get you.”
“I don’t get me sometimes either.”
They pulled apart so both of them could try, and fail, to discreetly wipe their eyes. Twilight jerked a thumb in the direction of the cafeteria. “So, umm, what was—”
The bell sounded at that moment, and the first rumblings of the student stampede could be felt. Sunset was almost grateful that the lunch period was over. “I’ll explain later,” she said, hoping that when she did, Twilight wouldn’t take back her belief in her. “Have you seen Pinkie today?”
Twilight shook her head.
The stampede approached from the west, bringing with it the calamitous racket only high schoolers could make. Twilight and Sunset pressed themselves against the lockers to avoid getting swept away. “Well,” Sunset said, “I guess I’ll—” She spotted a head of cyan hair with a white streak slowly moving closer to her position. Oh no, not today! She poked Twilight on the shoulder. “Got to go, talk to you later!” She quickly slipped into the crowd and kept her head low.
Her heart was swelling with joy now. She wasn’t about to let Lyra ruin, what was in all likelihood, a temporary happiness.
Positive thoughts, Shimmer, positive thoughts. You’ve started to repair one friendship, now you just have to fix five more. She made it to her classroom and sighed audibly. “It’s going to be one of those weeks, isn’t it?”
******
During her last class, Sunset received a text from Pinkie, telling her to go to the gym after school. With only four days left until the ball, she assumed she and Pinkie were going to be working overtime to make sure everything got done. Sunset had a sinking feeling the others weren’t going to be of much assistance now.
The last bell rang, and students began their flock home. Sunset stored her things in her locker and headed for the gym, let down that it still lacked any decorations.
“Pinkie?” she called. She put her guard up in case Pinkie was trying to get the drop on her. No matter which way she looked, however, Sunset found no sign of anything pink or poofy. Her phone went off, and she flipped it open. “Hello?”
“Are the girls with you?” a scratchy voice asked.
“Nooo,” Sunset said slowly.
“Good.” The speaker broke into a fit of coughs.
Sunset gripped her phone. “Pinkie, why do you sound sick?”
“Because I maaaay have caught the flu over the weekend.”
“Oh no!” Sunset moved the phone in front of her. “No, no, no! You are not allowed to be sick now of all times!”
Pinkie sneezed and sniffled. “Sorry, Sunny, but I can’t help it.” Even in a nasal tone, Pinkie still sounded upbeat, albeit drowsy. “If I hadn’t already thrown-up three times today, I’d totally be there!”
Sunset tugged at her hair with her free hand. “Pinkie, what am I supposed to do then?”
“Easy! You’ll have to be in charge of the dance!”
“No!”
“Yes!”
“Pinkie, I don’t know what I’m doing! I can’t organize a dance in four days!”
“Sure you can! I believe in y-y-yachoo! You! And don’t worry, I’ll text you all the things you need to remember! You’ll make a great head party planner!” Her voice became serious. “You’ll have to find someone else to cater the party though.”
“Why?”
“Because Applejack is a butt! And you can tell her I said that!”
“I’m not telling her that, Pinkie,” Sunset deadpanned. “And if I’m in charge now, then I’m keeping her as the caterer.”
Pinkie tried to growl, but ended up in another coughing fit. “F-fine. I’ll text you some other ones in case you change your mind. Or, she acts like a butt!”
Sunset sighed. “Anything else?”
“Yep; we have just over two-thousand dollars for the budget! If you still want ice sculptures, they’re kinda expensive, but I bet—achoo! I bet you can manage money super well. I’ll text you everything else!”
“Thanks, Pinks,” Sunset said unenthusiastically. She flipped her phone shut and stowed it in her pocket instead of flinging it against the wall.
“Okay, no big deal. Pinkie is sick, so you’re officially in charge of the ball everyone is thinking you’re going to mess up. Your friends are still mad at each other and will probably never work together even if it is with you. You have four days to put together said ball, which is also the last time all your angry friends will be together in one place. And if it fails, you’re banned from everything between now and graduation. Oh, and there’s finals.”
Sunset threw her head back and screamed, stomping her foot repeatedly against the floor. She took a deep breath and raised her hands. “Okay, okay, I’m cool. This just seems like a large problem, but it all has one simple solution: don’t mess up the ball! And look on the bright side, Twilight isn’t mad at you anymore!”
“Sunset?”
“Twilight!” Sunset spun around, her heart racing. “When did you come in?”
“Right about when you stopped screaming, I think. Are you okay?”
“No, no I’m not!” Sunset started pacing the floor. “I have to put on a dance so great, it’ll stop the school from hating my guts, and stop our friends from hating each other's!”
Twilight’s face paled, coinciding with her wide eyes. “They hate each other? Why do they hate each other?”
Sunset threw her arms in the air. “Because on Friday, we went to go get pizza, and Rainbow found out Applejack started the rumor that she was gay, but she only did that because Pinkie told everyone she worshipped an apple god, but Pinkie only did that because her punch got ruined which Fluttershy accidentally caused because she brought animals to the party, and then, of course, they start insulting Rarity and her tendency to be high society and whatnot. And then, there was pizza flying and dirty bras and I tried to sing a song and it didn’t work, and it’s all my fault!”
Twilight put a hand on one of Sunset’s arms and gently lowered it. “Okay, first, calm down.”
Sunset’s eye twitched. “You know I hate—”
Twilight took Sunset’s hand and gave it a squeeze. “Calm,” she said firmly, looking Sunset in the eye.
Had it been anyone else, Sunset was certain she would have ignored them and continued to panic. Yet, Twilight’s touch and strong expression were enough to make Sunset take pause and gather her wits. She took a breath and exhaled slowly. “Okay, I’m good again.”
“Good.” Twilight’s hand slowly retreated. “So, I’m guessing this is the mistake you were talking about earlier?”
“Yeah.” Sunset took a seat in the extended bleachers. “I thought after the princess had brought them back together, they had put aside all their petty differences. Turns out, there was a whole list of things they did to each other while they weren’t friends.” She hung her head. “My stupid, evil plan worked even better than I thought it would.”
Twilight took a seat next to her. “Well, I won’t lie and say you didn’t have a hand in it. But don’t you think you’re blaming yourself too much?”
“No, I’m blaming myself just the right amount. I’m the root of all evil and backstabbing at this school, Twilight. Everyone lived in peace and harmony until I showed up.”
“Okay, I’m sure that’s an exaggeration.”
Sunset leaned back and looked at the ceiling. “Exaggeration or not, I still screwed up.”
Twilight twiddled her thumbs. “Well… maybe you did single-handedly make some of the students miserable.” She smiled at Sunset. “But that doesn’t mean you have to single-handedly fix everything.”
Sunset sat up, giving Twilight her full attention. Her dream returned, and she remembered the other Twilight’s cold look. Sunset squeezed her eyes shut, driving the image out. She opened her eyes and replaced it with the real Twilight’s sweet face.
“Twilight, will you help me organize the Winter Ball and reunite our friends?”
Twilight nodded. “Of course I will.”
With an eager grin, Sunset stood and offered her hand to Twilight. She wanted to do a lot more. She wanted to take Twilight and spin her around, praising what a wonderful human being she was. Sunset wanted to dance with her and spill every secret she had been hiding.
Sunset wanted to finish the kiss they had started Thanksgiving night.
But that would all come later. She had just gotten Twilight back; she wouldn’t take any chances to lose her right now. Besides, they had a mission to accomplish. So, Sunset was content to just having Twilight’s hand in hers, electricity running up her arm and into her heart.
“I hope you have a pen and paper, Sparky.” Sunset looked at the empty gymnasium. “Because we have a lot of work to do.”
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I literally stayed up this late and interrupted reading a book that was released tonight just so i oculd read this chapter as soon as it got released. I will be doing this all week.
It seems everything will be fine.
And good to see Sunset and human Twilight talk again.
It's 2:11 AM currently but I couldn't sleep until I finished the chapter. I love how this is all going. Nothing feels too rushed or too slow and pacing is one of those things that's really important but super hard. At least for me. Keep up the great work.
(This was going to be a Sunset emoji until I realized we don't have one.)
Yay, new chapter! Although I might end up saying that all week. This is going to be a wonderful week. Glad Sunset has mostly made up with Twilight at least, one down, another five to go. Though Pinkie being down with the flu feels a bit contrived, but oh well, at least it'll let Sunset take the lead on the party she has to make sure succeeds.
Ironic that now they're fighting over Sunset, as she's the remaining neutral. Was that a Best Night Ever reference ("Run")? Still good advice. Looking forward to Sunset's plan- she split them up once, if she has to trick them into reconciling, or force it, well, so be it. Though I wonder if the CMC could help, they're probably not happy about their big sisters fighting either.
Why would you do that?
Why would you post a new chapter like 10 minutes before I have to go to a meeting?
Dear lord, I never read anything so fast in my entire life.
So, Sunset, Pinkie's sick. No pressure.
At least Twilight's back, so there's that
So... now for the party in 4 days. And fixing friendships. And who knows what else.
A long week indeed. At least you're not alone in it.
Sunset is filled with...Determination.
Really? Don't you still have to do what people say? Can't anyone order you calm?
Heh, well okay, at least there seems to be hope again. She really is going to have to figure out how to tell the truth about what happened though.
I think it would be hilarious if Rainbow Rocks happened in this universe. I can just imagine Princess Twilight coming through the portal and Sunset immediately punching her in the face so hard she goes back through the portal, unconcious.
Really?
Dare I ask?
Quite.
Oh dear.
Oh this isn't gonna end well.
Hey, she's being reasonable here.
Probably.
There's the Purplesmart we know.
You're in no position to say that.
Quite.
Really?
Eeyup.
You can't be serious.
Good luck.
Oh right, I remember that.
Gone Horribly Right, huh?
You're too kind.
I'd say get a laptop and a Word doc, it's faster, trust me. Plus, you can send it to each other. or better yet, work on a Google Doc.
Anyone that watches videos on SSundee's channel should know this gag. Then again, I could be wrong.
Maybe for everybody to be friends again Sunset just needs to start a "Shake your Tail" montage which would get the Winter Ball done at the same time. Lol
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I don't have any comments for this particular chapter, but it's nice to see the focus back on what drew me in to start with; slice-of-life-y human problems as opposed to whoosh-bang-magic-murder-gang-fights. Granted, I think it was hinted somewhere that that was where things were going in the long run, but at least we have this for now.
YESSSSS. I've never been so happy to see Twilight Sparkle in my entire life, and once again I will be hoping my day goes fast to read tomorrow's. Lol.
Huh, was sure you were going with rarity knowing the truth, but this works just as well ^^
I've got to say the tug-o-Sunset in the cafeteria was hilarious (especially Sunset's reaction and the little 'run' moment with Twilight). So was Pinkie's current situation, although it worries me. Does anyone want to imagine what a feverish and delirious Pinkie Pie might be like?
The first step is always the hardest.
But not if you get a helping push?
She's got a plan to
those lost souls!
Pretend you are about to committ suicide by jumping off the building and see how that works out. It's the perfect plan!
Best. Week. Ever!
This is my favorite part of today's chapter.
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Fine, fine. Fuck it. I'ma gonna continue this shit:
This chapter...
It fills you with... Determination!
EEEERRRRRGGGHHH
Mind you, I have nothing against Undertale. In fact, I like it. But the second I saw this word as the chapter title, I kind of expected this shit.
Readjusting my sleeping schedule to more efficiently read these, just got to wait until morning.
Loving it!
/Drops everything again.
Two chapters in a row?! I think I've blissed out in a fever dream.
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We're bronies. We're the ones most known for doing this level of shit, mang. It's in our blood. (Injected through various needles, but I digress.)
*(You see one of your favorite stories updated after a long hiatus.)
*(You feel a strange warmth rise up in you.)
*(Knowing that, through it all, Sunset will continue to walk the Long Road to Friendship...)
*(You're filled with...
CONTENTMENT.)
Loved the new chapter and I look forward to more! I am surprised Twilight did not catch on Sunset's slip of words when she mentioned a "Princess" and an "Evil Plan"
6874872 Damn you, I was hoping for some determination
*You see a new chapter was posted for the Sunset Bomb... You are filled with DETERMINATION.
Sorry, I'm Undertale trash :3
6874928 I figured enough people would be doing that, but I couldn't resist, so in the end I decided to subvert it.
6874774 Didn't you see? This is the 2nd Long Week of Friendship, everyday a new chapter.
This serves for both the story and the readers.
This story... Thiiiiss story... It's pretty much the real reason I keep checking back here, even though I don't have time to write anything anymore.
I'm so glad you've updated, reading this makes me genuinely happy, and I can't wait to see things... well 'work out' would be a far too cutesy term. I think 'come to the right ending' is better. Not super good, not purposefully awful, not contrived, just... the right ending. And I believe you're one of the few authors who can pull that off.
Amazing work!
It always is, Shimmy. It always is.
And now Pinkie is channeling Princess Bubblegum.
Which makes sense. I mean, they're both pink...
O_o;;
That's...a hell of a budget for a school dance. Like...more than twice what it should cost to put one on.
They certainly do.
But they'll be doing it together, and that's how rebuilding starts.
Loved this chapter, eagerly awaiting the next!
Wow what a great chapter! All I ever want is more SunLight, and this definitely delivers!
10/10 would read again
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What a cute scene that was.
Glad to see another chapter up. It's hard, so you deserve an Internet.
Unfortunately, all I'm allowed to give is a moustache.
Knowing that they could fix the Winter Ball and the friendship they all had...
it fills Twilight and Sunset with DETERMINATION!
Finally, the truth sets her free.
Quick! We need montage Music!!!
FOUND IT!
Something tells me that Lyra is actually going to screw up the dance on purpose to get back at Sunset for everything she did.
Don't you mean: Deter-mare-nation?
Eh, eh? Wakka, wakka.
6873280 ...Point taken.
Saw title, predicted bad time, prediction came true.
6872208 In all honesty, I would probably be more than pissed off if someone tried to manipulate/missuse me.
Another explanation is:i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/870/345/a47.jpg
New chapter! :)
We're finally back in Canterlot High after the craziest weekend of her life. This chapter was the first chapter in awhile that didn't give me this looming foreboding sense. It felt more like this a sense of picking up where you left off, which makes sense given that Sunset has had so much on her plate lately that it's finally time to re-enter school, reality, and the current state of things.
The most notable thing that happened this chapter for me was how the first girl that Sunset sort of made up with was Twilight. I thought there would be this big build-up and she would be the very last one that Sunset had to make up with. Instead, she's the very first! I guess it makes sense though because she's not fighting with the other girls so much as just upset with Sunset herself. Although working her way eventually to Twilight would have created a great build-up, it's good that this means that Sunset will at least have to back-up and won't have to try and solve all of this on her own.
It's weird, but I honestly don't feel like there is much I can say. You write the characters as perfectly as ever. I loved the tensions between everyone and Sunset's own frustrations in trying to sort through this. That really was what made this chapter for me ^^. I wonder and wouldn't be surprised if Sunset's anger in the lunch room is the first thing that makes the others feel guilty and reflect on there own behavior.
Nothing really caught my eye at all in way of spelling/grammar except for one ("and stop our friends from hating each other's!").
And that's it! the curse hasn't reared it's unpredictable head in awhile, which is undoubtedly a relief for Sunset. Knowing Sunset, she'll probably try to create a successful ball and help her friends at the same time. Perhaps by organizing a ball that celebrates their friendships alongside the school itself. A school spirit theme that celebrates friendship, alongside with forgiveness and mending bonds, could be something that reaches out to the entire student body, her friends, as well as helping others to see Sunset in a brand new light
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Why am I so forgetful, I barely remember anything from this story.
It's time for a reread I guess!
6874749 *steps out of bunker*
*reads comment*
*steps into bunker*
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We are all Undertale trash.
who brings animals to a party? thats animal abuse
Cute chapter.
Still waiting on that explanation for the Lulamoons, though. This is starting to become ridiculous and irritating.