Ch 10 - Exasperation and Angrish
While an unconcious Sunset was being worked on in the ER, Twilight had asked one of them to call Flash so he could meet them there. She and the others waited in the waiting area for twenty minutes until he came busting through the door shouting Twilight's name until an irate nurse scolded him for making too much noise.
Flash gave a quick summation of what happened that afternoon, including - Flash fidgeted as he admitted this - the fight that he had intentionally provoked. Twilight sat quietly for a moment, then stood up and turn to the other girls. "Girls...I think we need to talk."
The girls stared, shocked, but then Applejack nodded solemnly and said, "Yeah...Ah think we do."
Twilight turned to a nearby nurse and asked, "Is there a spare room where we can talk in private?"
"There's one right down the hall." she replied, pointing. The girls got up and followed her.
Twilight waited until they had completely disappeared, then turned and slapped Flash in the face. Hard.
"You're an idiot." Twilight stated.
Flash chuckled sadly, rubbing his cheek. "I guess I deserve that."
"Yeah. You do." Twilight said pointedly.
Flash looked down guiltily. "I was only trying to help..."
Twilight's face softened slightly. "I know. But you're still an idiot."
"Yeah. I am" Flash said, grinning slightly.
Both of them stood there awkwardly for a minute, then Flash asked, "So what now?"
"Can you stay out here and wait for information of her condition?" Twilight asked.
Flash nodded. "Of course. And you?"
Twilight grimaced. "I need to go yell at my friends."
Flash smiled sympathetically. "Sounds like fun."
"Tell me about it." Twilight muttered, rubbing her temple.
Twilight closed the door behind her, set her backpack down and unzipped it to let Spike out - who dramatically took in a breath of air as he leapt out - and turned to face the other girls, her face solemn.
"Okay. So...why do I get the feeling this all has to do with the Anon-A-Miss incident?"
The girls winced. "You know about that?" Pinkie asked.
"Yeah. I do." Twilight said sternly. "However, Sunset only gave me a summarized version of what happened. Mind filling me in on the details?"
The girls were hesitant, but they realized Twilight was going to find out one way or another, so, hesitantly, they told her what happened. From the first post to Sunset avoiding them.
When they were done, Twilight didn't say anything. She sat down in a chair and pinched the bridge of her nose, her eyes squeezed shut. She sat like that for a long time. It started to become disconcerting.
"Twilight....please say something." Fluttershy begged.
Twilight shook her head slowly. "I....I don't know what to say. Just....." she opened her eyes and looked up, her face a mask of anger and disbelief. "Why?"
The girls looked down in shame. "We were embarassed. And angry...." Pinkie said, her hair falling limp in her face. "We...thought she was trying to hurt us again...."
"Why?" The girls' heads snapped up. Spike was sitting directly in front of them, his head tilted in confusion. "No seriously, why? Sunset became a pariah after the Fall Formal. She was shunned and hated, some were even bullying her. Why on Earth would she choose to go back to that?"
"In our defense, we did have evidence..." Rarity said weakly.
"What? You mean those photos?" Twilight asked. "Did it not occur to you that maybe someone hacked her phone? I mean, that is possible here, right? Or, or that someone took her phone, posted the photos, and then put the phone back when no one was looking?" Twilight didn't notice Rarity flinch. "I mean, just because they came from her phone doesn't mean she was the one who posted it! I mean...did you guys even try to eliminate every other possibility before you came to Sunset?" Silence. "You didn't, did you. You just...assumed that...that..."
Twilight was so frustrated by this point she couldn't even form words. Her hair had begun to stick out at odd angles as she gripped it in her fists.
"Look, what do you want us to say? We screwed up, alright?" Rainbow asked, becoming frustrated herself. "And anyway, how did you know she was telling the truth? How'd she convince you?"
Twilight gaped at Rainbow like she had just turned into an giant potato. "You seriously have to ask me that?!"
"Uh..." Rainbow stammered.
"I believed Sunset because she's my friend!" Twilight snapped, putting emphasis on the "d" in "friend." She couldn't believe she actually had to spell this out for them. "Because I trust her! That's what friends do! They have faith in each other, they stick by each other, and until there is undeniable, irrefutable evidence that says otherwise, they give them the benefit of the doubt! For crying out loud, after all this time, do you still have that little faith in her? Or did her helping us save the entire school from the sirens just go over your heads?!"
Twilight gave a bitter chuckle. She looked like she was about to burst into tears. "I mean...I thought you guys would've learned your lesson the first time, but-"
"Whaddaya mean, 'the first time'?" Applejack asked, confused.
"Come on, AJ. Your memory can't be that bad." Spike snarked. "It was before we got here. Before the Fall Formal. You guys were at each others' throats. Over some stupid fight you had."
"That wasn't our fault! Sunset tricked us!" Rainbow said defensively.
"Yes. She did. And she was wrong for that. But did any of you try to find that out?" Twilight scolded. Rainbow fell silent. "No. You didn't. You just automatically assumed the worst in each other without even trying to find a solution. And because of that you lost, what? Weeks? Months?"
"...Three years." Rarity whispered, tears streaming down her face.
"...She's right..." Fluttershy whimpered. "We...we haven't learned anything." She burst into tears and buried her face in her hands.
"No. You didn't." Twilight said, unsympathetic. "I....I shouldn't have to explain this to you! I shouldn't have to keep coming back here, just to clean up your mess, I....I just....I don't...I...."
Words failed Twilight again, and she slumped in her chair, emotionally exhausted. No one said anything. What could they say?
After a long bout of silence, Twilight asked. "Who's Anon-A-Miss?"
The girls looked shocked. "What?" Fluttershy asked, confused.
"Anon-A-Miss. Who. Is it?" Twilight emphasized.
"Didn't Sunset tell you?" Rarity asked, wiping her wet face with a handkerchief.
"No." Twilight said wearily. "All she said was that the real culprit had been caught, and that her name had been cleared. After that she stopped writing or responding to my messages."
Rainbow squeezed her eyes shut, and answered in a pained voice, "Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo."
"The CMC?" Spike asked, incredulous. "Why?"
"CMC?" Pinkie asked confused.
Twilight pinched the bridge of her nose once more, and then demanded. "Call them. Now."
"Sugarcube, Ah don't think-"
"Don't even, Applejack." Twilight snarled, glaring at her friend. "For two months I've been kept in the dark about this. For two months my friend has been wallowing in her own despair with no where to turn, and now she's in the hospital after trying to hurt herself smashing a bathroom mirror! If you don't call them and bring them here, I'll go find them. I'll knock on every door of every house in this city if I have to. I want answers, and by Celestia, I want them now!"
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mmmmm! that anger was delicious! thank you such a satisfying chapter and i can't wait to sink my teeth into the next one!
This make me so HAPPY!
Heh, as bad as I believe the canon show is now, the canon characters will never be as big a screw ups as the Humane 5.
Man Twilight what she said is true, Sunset only had to hack the phones once each and that was enough. Costing them three years, this time it took the CMC to do it twice and boom they turn thier backs on her, and worst was how the school began to tear it self apart.
Great chapter so far and can't wait for the next one.
What will happen at the end not sure, but can't wait to read more.
7470927 *ahem* Excuse me kind sir, I see that you like our Tonight's special: The Rightcious Anger grill cheese Sandwich. Would you like a Seering Anger Cola mixed with Twilight's ice cold vengance and a side order of CMC chew-out salad? and we at 'Anon-a-Miss getz their just dues' will even throw in a Bad Gal Sunset pushie with her own toy motorcycle. Thank you for coming to AaMgtjd and I hope you come again.
you know what I call the holiday special?: A Canterlot Wedding 2.0
7471155 yes please my good sire!
Did Twi's hair turn into flames.
7471174 Who doesn't? It's basically the same crappy idea with the Gabby Gums episode mixed into it.
TWILIGHT'S ON A RAMPAGE!
HIT THE DECK! *grabs helmet and dives under desk*
7471256 lol. Sorry, but no. It's just messy from her gripping it in frustration.
Ah hell yeah! The CMC's gonna get BTFO!
How does Twilight know what hacking is? Has she become that familiar with their technology?
7471416 Sunset and Twilight wrote each other regularly before Anon-A-Miss. Sometimes they'd have conversations where Sunset would have to explain some terminology from the Human World.
YOU FUCKING BITCH!!!
I literaly lashed out when I read that. Twilight's right; their friendship's way weaker than she thought.
Twilight, in the words of Takumi:
They abandoned Sunset and you! NOW MAKE THEM PAY, FOR THEIR BETRAYAL!!!
If by "chewed out" you mean "bitten into shreds like a dog does to papers or a couch", then yeah chewed out sounds about right.
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And they wonder why everybody hates the comic so much.
7471528 I know right? I don't like the comic either, yet I like Anon-a-Miss fanfics. I like how some fanfic writers deal with that shitty comic's story and turn it's consequences into something more realistic and into a real learning experience.
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At the risk of possibly getting some negative backlash, I honestly didn't mind the comic that much.
There was just one little thing that I couldn't ignore, and that was how Sunset turned a blind eye to getting shunned by her friends.
Having gone through something similar as what happened to Sunset in that comic, for about 3 years straight back when I was in grade school, I can tell you from experience that that instant forgiveness thing that Sunset did with her friends, the cmc, and probably the entire school, was a giant pile of bullshit.
Other than that, I wasn't bothered too much.
But everyone's different I suppose.
7471906 That's exactly my point when I say that I like when fanfic writers make Anon-a-Miss consequences more realistic. One of those consequences is Sunset being less forgiving about the events of Anon-a-Miss.
I can't say that I've been in the exact same place as Sunset, however I do understand when people don't want to listen to what you have to say about something/someone. It's awful. It's like you're either mute or inexistent to those people and you can't help feeling angry and/or sad because what you had to say was important.
I do believe in forgiveness, but to be forgiven, you have to earn such thing. You have to work and prove that you've changed. Sunset did that and that's why I love her as a character. The Mane 6, either their pony versions or their human, never worked to make things up for nearly anything (save for very, VERY specific episodes) and that's why I don't really like them that much... Why I'm saying all this? Because these are the reasons that make me NOT want to write an Anon-a-Miss fanfic... I would end up making very "brutal" consequences to the HuMane 5 and their sisters.
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Well I wouldn't say they're not as bad, but they have made dumb mistakes. The biggest one I could think of is the Season 4 premier when they kicked Twilight off the team because Equestria needed a Princess more so then the sixth Element of Harmony, tactician, and squad leader to properly deal with the plunder vines that could destroy the country worse then the absence of succession.
Not to mention she nearly got eating by said plants while they were arguing with each other until Spike interrupted.
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I'll take two orders please!
7472029 I more mean half the six, AJ, RD, And Rarity specifically. At this point they may as well be addressed as the straw mares of the group. To quote Professor McGonagall: theroaminglibrarian.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/mcgonagall-always-you-three.gif?w=589&h=236&crop=1
Twi, Pinkie, and Fluttershy have their moments, but lets be honest here, these three screw up far more often. The show enjoys reverting them to their Season 1 personalities for a quick cheap lesson, Rainbow especially. IMO the show's apex was in Season 2. It still has its ups but ever since the S5 finale its had far fewer.
7471155 Hmm, an excellent offer and quite delicious too! If its not too much trouble, could I get a second 'Bad Gal Sunset' plushie? The motorcycle is excellently made, but the one I got from the first movie broke rather quickly. I think the
motivationmaterial it was made of was rather flimsy and it fell apart on me. Its been far too long since I've seen one, so many thanks!7472035 *cringes* Oooohhh, sorry we ran out of the grilled cheese (I ate one eariler) so we have only one right now so do you want a 'My Past is Not Today' Shake with Twilight's Requiem of dreams create your-own-mini-buffet burger. Will that be fine sir?
7472081 OK, here is an second 'Bad Gal Sunset' plushie with her Friendship game version of the motorcycle, though I had to paint it in her colors. Also I found out we accidently gave you a bad model, but hey what can you do about it when the first movie didn't get that much rep to begin with. the model I give you was the test model for the better copies so can I have that back plz. I like to keep my mistake as a refural guide for future events. Thx for liking the food and toy it came with and I hope you have a nice day.
7472198 Hey, mistakes are made, if anyone knows that, its Hasbro! You may have it back by all means, and thank you for the wonderful little plushies and the wonderful meal. My compliments to the chef!
those girls are going to get even in more trouble from twilight
7472275 Thank you!
7472479 and that Dr. midnight is what stargazing is all all about. We'll see the Twilight stars burning brighter than the CMC and Humane five stars, it overlaps and overshadows them to the point it looks like she is 'devouring' them whole, which is something I going to grab some XL Celestia's Sunny buttered popcorn and some XL Princess Luna's Moon drop root beer and advertize my products for the event. The event name, "Anon-a-Miss: Requiem of Dreams," it's going to be a grand event of the century so come on and come all for the event of a life-time, when it stops, no one knows.
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In situations like this, there's more to it than just feeling anger or sadness, especially if your friends start to turn on you.
If it goes on long enough, then you eventually get to a point where you start to go numb from everything happening around you (kinda like Sunset in the beginning of this story).
You stop crying about how unfair things are and you stop trying to tell people that you didn't do anything.
Because instead of changing anything, all it does is leave you tired (Again, kinda like Sunset in this story).
And then there's what I call the recovery phase, which is when you try to come to terms with the fact that not all people are jerks.
My sad little story aside, if anyone ever went through what I did, and they responded similar to how Sunset did at the end of that comic, I would immediately assume that that person had reached their breaking point and had officially snapped.
As a matter of fact, that's probably what happened.
At the next sleepover, Sunset suffocated all of the girls in their sleep with a pillow before going back to Equestria.
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Like this?
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7472649 Hum... As a I've said: Things never went bad to me as they went to Sunset or you... So, I'm sorry for not being able to fully understand it. I hope you have a good day and let's see where this fanfic story goes, shall we?
7472649 Nobody dyin' in this fic.
7473435 Maybe. But that doesn't mean they don't deserve to be called out on it.
7471339 JESUS We're going in hard! Strap in!
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7472649 That sounds a bit too familiar to Middle School for my taste. i guess I should just be relived I never hit my breaking point.
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So they're like the Three Stooges of Harmony?
I could get behind that
PS: The "The Dark Horse" title was coincidental, but should be changed to the "The Derp Horses" as an pilot episode.
7476067 Perhaps, more aggravating than funny, but in a way I suppose.
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Fuck this! I'm outta here!
7476161 Fuck, I missed the last flight. Looks like I'm going to have to go with pain B. Fuast! Get the bunker ready! Shit is about to Strom through here!
I'm enjoying your story, even though I haven't finished it yet. I like these types of stories because they make me pissed, and I like being pissed at least just for a little while before. Thanks for the story and I hope you continue.
Hohohoo... shit's goin' down boy! Ha!
I'm gonna love it
Twilight, in the words of Sigfried:
7471174 I have an idea why, but can you confirm it by explaining it?
I would love to hear Tara Strong read all the Twilight dialogue in this story! It'd be so awesome!!!
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for more power
fuck yeah go twilight
also is it weird that i actauly like this flash sentry, like your version of him makes him somewhat nice to see pop up every now and then. plus his scene with twilight was pretty nice.