Sunset walked into Derpy's room, the girl angrily pacing back and forth. “Hey, look, I appreciate you sticking up for me and all, but I really think you should make up with your-”
“I want you to run for Princess.”
“I- what?” Sunset looked confused at Derpy's outburst. “Derpy, I’m not doing that.”
“Well that’s fine, but it was going to be your restitution to me.” Derpy said casually. “Thought you wanted to make up for your past behavior towards me.”
“Wait, what?” Sunset looked even more confused. “Derpy, I don’t see how that helps you any, it really only benefits me.”
“It’s simple really.” Derpy answered. “If you win, I’ll be friends with the Spring princess and gain some popularity by proxy. Or you’ll fail, and I can get some revenge for when you bullied me out running for Fall princess freshman year.”
“I-I dunno.” Sunset looked guilty at Derpy's words. “You have to admit you’re reaching to justify it as your restitution.”
“Oh yeah. A Hundred percent.” Derpy nodded. “To be honest, I just think you’ll have some fun running as princess and it’d be nice for you to put yourself out there.”
“I appreciate that Derpy, but…” Sunset said nothing as she crossed her arms. “I don’t think I can handle another failed campaign. It hurt when I found out I was the only one who voted for me.”
Derpy seemed shocked. “What about Snips and Snails? They were your flunkies right? Didn’t they vote for you?”
“That’s what really hurt. They voted for Twilight. They helped try and steal the crown from her, but voted for Twilight anyway. That spoke louder than words just how little anyone actually liked me.”
Derpy stared at Sunset awkwardly for a moment as she thought over her next words. “Well, this time is gonna be different. You’ll have at least two votes. Me and you girl.” Derpy held out two fingers towards Sunset. “Plus, you’ve changed since the Fall Formal. People actually like you now, you're not the same… jerk, as before. Plus, I’m sure you’ll get some remorse votes due to what happened with Anon.”
“But what if I actually win?” Sunset challenged. “I… I don’t think I could go through that again. After all the times I’ve been crowned princess, I don’t think I can do it again.”
“It’s not about winning or losing.” Derpy retorted. “It’s about having fun. I just want you to have fun Sunset Shimmer. For you to feel confident in yourself again and not stress over whether you win or lose.” Derpy leaned closer. “Did you have fun before you were crowned? Whether you were campaigning or just enjoying everything the Fling offered?”
“Yeah… I did. A lot of fun actually. ” Sunset admits meekly. “But that still doesn’t benefit you any! Even with your flimsy justification.”
“Ok.” Derpy shrugged. “But I’m like super mad at my dad right now and It’ll be fun to stick it to him by having you run for princess. Plus, I could easily guilt you into doing more stuff for me if I wanted.”
Sunset was taken aback by Derpy's attitude. “You don’t seem like the guilting type.”
“I’m not, but you would be the easiest target ever to guilt trip if I wanted to.” Sunset looked nervous and scanned Derpy's room with her eyes awkwardly. “I’m kidding. I don’t guilt people.” Derpy flashed a reassuring smile which seemed to help Sunset relax. “But you would be super easy to guilt into compliance, just saying.”
“Um, alright.” Sunset said in an unsure tone. “But you’ve convinced me. I’ll run for Spring princess for you... even if it doesn’t really benefit you.” Sunset had the wind knocked out of her as Derpy barreled into her and pulled her into a tight hug. ‘She sure likes to hug.’ Sunset remarked.
“I’m glad to hear it!” Derpy finally pulled away with a bright smile on her face. “Now how about you and me slay more zombies? I can sacrifice myself to the horde to make up for earlier.”
Sunset smiled and opened her mouth to agree, only for her bag to vibrate, causing both girls to look over. “Oh, that’s Twilight. She’s probably going to tell me how her meeting with AJ went. I should take this.” Derpy smiled and pulled away, allowing Sunset to walk to her bag and take out the book.
She turned to the most recent page and looked over the words. “Hey Sunset, it’s me AJ. Twilights being panicky cause she wants to ask about the situation between you and monkeyshy and thinks you’ll stop being her friend-” Sunsets eyes widened before glaring down at the words. “Derpy! Get me a pen! I need to yell at Twilight.”
Derpy seemed confused but found a pen and threw it to Sunset.
“Twilight! You really think I’d stop being your friend over this? You’re my best friend!”
Twilight let out a sigh of relief, turning towards Applejack to see the cowgirl had lifted her hat to give Twilight a smug look. Twilight rolled her eyes and elbowed AJ, levitating her quill to respond to Sunset. “That’s a relief, I was so afraid I could lose you if I didn’t approach this right. This entire situation caught me off guard.”
“Yeah, AJ warned me she slipped up with you earlier. I expected you to ask sooner or later.”
“I wouldn’t have to if you were honest with me up front. Why didn’t you tell me something was going on with you and Fluttershy?”
“I’m sorry Twi, I really am. But you’re already doing so much for me that I didn’t want to add more work for you. I don’t want to be a burden.”
“Sunset, you are not a burden. I enjoy helping you, I want to see you happy again.”
“Perhaps, but this isn’t something you can help me with. I knew you’d try to help me and Fluttershy be friends again, but there’s no way in hell im being friends with that conniving bitch.”
Twilight visibly flinched at Sunset's words, starting to grasp just how bad this was. “Sunset! You can’t say that. I know things are difficult, but you can’t say that about Fluttershy.”
“I’m sorry Twi, but I don’t want anything to do with Fluttershy from here on out. Not anymore.”
“And why is that exactly? You can’t just spring something like that on me and not tell me what happened.”
“Twi, I‘m not very comfortable talking about what happened, especially when I’m at a friend's house. I don’t think I could keep a lid on my emotions.”
“I guess that’s understandable, but will you at least give me some details about what happened?” Twilight grew worried when Sunset didn’t respond. “Sunset? You still there?”
“Yeah I’m still here. I guess I can give you a vague run down of what happened, you may get frustrated with the lack of real details.”
“Hey, I don’t want to be pushy. Just reveal what you’re comfortable with, ok?”
“Alright, thanks Twi. You’re a good friend.” Twilight smiled and felt pretty good about herself, but then began wondering if Sunset was trying to butter her up. “So, it wasn’t too long after Fluttershy's singing performance was leaked by Anon. I knew she’d be devastated, and that she blamed me, so I went to talk to her and try to convince her I wouldn’t do something like that to her.”
“I can only imagine how that went down.”
“It was probably worse, because we had a very heated discussion relating to my guilt, whether or not i’m a terrible person who used Fluttershy, and me asking why her of all people believed I was Anon-A-Miss. Some vicious words were exchanged and afterwards I couldn’t look at Fluttershy the same anymore. She’s not a cutesy innocent angel she likes to present herself as, she’s much more conniving. Over here at least, your Flutters fine, I actually kind of adore her.”
Twilight read over Sunset's account of the event, trying desperately to think what the two girls might’ve said to each other to lead to… this. “Alright, I understand why you may not be thrilled with Fluttershy. But while I’m still not sure why you’re angriest with Fluttershy, I promise we’ll figure this out, ok?”
“That’s what I’m afraid of. I appreciate you wanting to fix things between us, but please don’t spend more effort one me, you’re already doing so much.”
“That’s what a friend does Sunset. I’m going to redouble my efforts with your recovery till you’re happy again.”
“I doubt that having Fluttershy as a friend again will help with that at all, but I won’t stop you. Even if it is an exercise in futility.”
“You underestimated me once before you know.” Twilight wrote with a triumphant smirk. She quickly realized how that might’ve come off and panickedly backtracked. “I’m so sorry! I didn’t think that through, I meant it as a joke, I don’t mean to-“
“Twilight, relax!” Sunset placed her words right next to Twilight, interrupting her. “It’s fine, I’m not offended or anything. I actually thought it was funny. I guess I can’t stop underestimating the pretty pony princess pupil.” Twilight lets out a sigh of relief and chuckles at Sunsets teasing. Her train jolts to a stop and she looks out the window to see they’re in Canterlot station. “Twi?”
“Sorry, we just pulled into Canterlot Station. I won’t be able to talk for a while.”
“Alright then, I’ll see you later Twi. Good luck picking out concubines or whatever it is you crazy royals get up to.”
“That’s not happening, I can barely date, I’m definitely not having multiple lovers vying for my attention.” Twilight's eyes lit up as she realized something. “And before you go, can I ask you something?”
“Hit me.”
Twilight stared at the journal for a long moment before writing. “Since I’m in Canterlot, how do you feel about talking to Celestia?”
Forgot to colorize that. And yes, still enjoying this work, glad to see you're back at writing
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Ah, thank you. Coloring all that was kind of a pain, like trying to format believable texts.
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I think Derpys expressed similar sentiments earlier in the story. That might be why you think you’ve seen this before.
I'd love to one day see a full account of what sunset and fluttershy said to each other
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Don’t worry, we’ll get that. It’ll be a flashback and everything. I’m aiming for it to happen after Sunset chews Flutters out right before Sunsets birthday.
Personally I doubt that it was all sunset fault what happened between her and Celestia. Celestia probably played a part without meaning to cause harm and of course she can't actually admit that she messed up. That someone else's job. She did during the wedding episode and was always using twilight and friends. And she gave the spell which messed up the cutie marks without warning what it did. She endangered everyone just to make twilight a princess. She never took responsibility for her part in when things go wrong. As for twilight getting the girls back together I'm not sure she can. Even Celestia couldn't force friendship. Give it a push yes but force no. She was just lucky that the bonds of friendship happened at all.
Derpy Hooves can really be a vengeful girl when she wants to, right?
Just kidding. I can't ever imagine Derpy Hooves with such personality, but I can relate her as a supportive friend in good and bad moments. If Sunset if crowned princess or not, I'll leave it to you.
As a note apart, I'm sorta relieved to know why the ex-equestrian is mad at human Fluttershy. Whatever she said to Sunset should have been really hurtful, tough I'll have to be patient and wait to find out.
Sheesh, what sort of stuff was said between those two?
At this point, I'm pretty sure whatever Shy said to Sunset, I'm going to look at it and ask, "That's it?" She probably insulted her hair, or something.
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hehehe yay
Sunset calls Fluttershy a conniving bitch. Which means that Flutters was scheming something.
What if it was Fluttershy who sent that post to anon-a-miss and during their argument or talk, Fluttershy accidentally let it slip out or clued Sunset in.
Kinda like what Bon bon did to Lyra but for the purpose to hurt Sunset. We saw how others see Fluttershy as sweet, kind, and would never hurt a fly. Someone like her would never do something like that.... Right.
Eh! I could be wrong, but as they say, its just a theory.
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A Pony Theory?
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Words can cut deep. Especially when they come from someone you think of as a friend. That interpersonal relationship makes you particularly vulnerable to what could be a harmless insult from someone else.
I once had a falling-out with a longtime friend, words were had. Took me years before the mere idea of running into them didn't make me sick to my stomach.
I believe the blow up with Fluttershy is what drove Sunset to have thoughts of suicide. She was the first of the human five to reach out to Sunset after the Fall Formal and was likely the last one who believed Sunset was innocent until that singing video got posted to Anon-A-Miss. The fact the the kindest person could be so cruel to her in her time of need could of been the straw that broke the camel's back for Sunset.
I believe that Fluttershy actually did know that Sunset wasn't ANON-A-MISS and came up with the scheme to post her own video to the account knowing people would not take it lightly to Sunset/anyone hurting sweet, innocent Fluttershy.
Fluttershy could have taken advantage of this to get people to hate Sunset more and when Sunset went to confront Fluttershy and tell her she didn't post that video, somehow during the conversation, Fluttershy made a mistake and expose the fact that she knew Sunset wasn't Anon a miss the whole time and she was the one who posted that video, because it's clear that none of the other girls did and that video was something only Fluttershy had and nobody else (besides her friends) knows about it or can get to it.
This is why Sunset called Fluttershy a conniving bitch, and why she is willing to be friends again with the other girls and not Fluttershy.
AJ, Pinkie, Rarity, and RD, truly did believe Sunset was Anon a miss but Fluttershy didn't. Sure, RD punch Sunset, but Fluttershy took advantage of the situation to get revenge on Sunset, knowing full well that she was innocent and overtime the guilt at what she had done began to eat away at her and just like Bon bon, she is too afraid to tell anyone what she did.
This whole mess is opposite of what Bon bon did to Lyra. Bon bon had good intentions, and Fluttershy had bad intentions.
One wanted to help and the other wanted to hurt and both realize what they did was wrong and tries to hide it from everyone else.
Lyra was eventually told the truth, but Sunset figured it out on her own, and just like Bon bon, Fluttershy will face great consequences for her actions.
But again, that's just a theory
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I’ll take your word for it. I’ve had very few friends in life, but that’s probably because I’m broken. So I have no real frame of reference.
I’m sorry you had such a bad falling out with your past friend.
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Damn, you got me; Shy compared Sunsets hair to bacon and she’s super self conscious about it so cut Fluttershy from her friends.
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You have no idea how happy I am to see speculation of what happened between the two.
However, I’m going to throw my two cents in.
This could also be Sunset thinking the worst of Fluttershy or trying to find an insult.
The video was on Sunsets phone, so she’d have to expertly steal Sunsets phone, send the video to herself, then send the video to Anon fully knowing she’d be humiliated.
A game theor- Wait, wrong channel.
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See! Right up the ally of MLP canon stories. First Starlight, now Sunset, both overly fixating on a slight they didn't like. Though, I wouldn't blame Sunset for being upset. After all, being a vegetarian, she wouldn't want to be compared to a dead animal.
Still interested to read what happened.
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So out of all things that was done and said to her when she was blamed for being Anon a miss. Fluttershy making fun of her hair and calling it bacon is what cross the line for Sunset.
I never would've guessed. I assumed that after everything she been through, from being framed, betrayed by her friends, being used as a scapegoat by all the other students posting their friends secrets, being yelled at, and punch in the face by RD, that whatever words were said between the two, couldn't compare to some sort of action, Fluttershy might have committed against Sunset.
Actions speak louder than words. And all that.
But it seems Barbarity was right in her comment.
Now I really look forward to seeing how this is all going to go down.
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I would just like to clarify that that was a joke, that's not actually what went down.
Fluttershy didn't say anything about Sunsets hair and Sunset wouldn't be offended by that. Even if she would, she wouldn't be this angry with Fluttershy.
What happened between them was much worse.
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It was on Sunsets phone.
It also seems out of character to have Flutters take revenge on anyone at all, especially humiliating herself to do it.
You'd also think that Flutters wouldn't want the actual Anon to humiliate her friends or the rest of the school, she'd be willing to keep that secret just to get back at Sunset fully knowing the real culprit was on the loose?
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So Fluttershy did do something terrible, with physical actions, not just words. But it has to be something far worse than her friend's betrayal and RD actions.
Let me guess, Sunset was in love with Fluttershy and vice versa. The two of them were probably secretly going out (maybe) and haven't told anyone yet.
Sunset haves the video of Flutters singing because Fluttershy sent it to her, or she was recording her (with Flutters knowledge of course)
But Sweetie Belle got the recording along with the photos and put them on the site. Sunset tried to tell Fluttershy that she didn't do it and would never hurt her, but Shy didn't believe her one bit. Sunset tried to explain but Shy wouldn't listen, truly believing that Sunset didn't change at all and broke her heart.
Sunset thought out everyone, Fluttershy would believe her, would stand by her side no matter what. I bet Fluttershy might have said something along those lines to Sunset.
So, to see her girlfriend turn on her and thought she betrayed her, broke Sunset to her core. That what led to the heated argument between them, Sunset was so filled with hate that she sees Fluttershy as a schemer, only pretending to love her just to hurt her later, thus why she calls Fluttershy a conniving bitch.
Sunset hates Fluttershy because she betrayed her trust and broke her heart. This is why, no one, not even Twilight, can help her. Fluttershy screwed up by not trusting Sunset, the one person she believed with all her heart who would be there for her, but just as easily threw her away like all the others.
RD may have punch Sunset but that wound can heal easy.
A broken heart however isn't as easy.
But hey that’s just a theory.
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In the original comic it’s heavily implied (pretty much outright said really) that Sunset took the video when Fluttershy and some of the girls were singing during the sleep over. Sweetie must’ve stolen that to.
I also think I’ve seen someone else make this kinda theory too.
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I love how you said that then life got in the way and the story didn’t update for 2 weeks.
Are you secretly bad luck?
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That's all well and good. But what about my broken heart theory Was I right or wrong? Is Sunset’s hatred towards Fluttershy, was because she broke Sunset’s hurt by believing she was Anon-a-miss off the bat?
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You think I'd just give away what happened in the comments where everyone could see? Nah.
I neither confirm nor deny whether or not your theory is correct. It keeps the mystery up and funny to screw with ya'll further.
Maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong. Guess we'll have to wait and see.
Don't let that discourage you from speculating on it more ,reading over your well thought out theory was very fun.
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Or she didn't do anything. Didn't take sides, but didn't help her at all, just go with everything out of cowardice/peer pressure.
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That make no sense. All her friends abandoned and betrayed her. Hell RD punch her. Not only that none of them even tried to help Sunset when the other students were yelling at her. Including Fluttershy.
Fluttershy not doing anything is hardly what I count as justifying Sunset’s anger. When the rest of her friends did do things to her.
Remember they both got into a heated argument. Fluttershy would still have to do something to even start that argument in the first place.
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Fair, but i can't see Shy doing anything. But then think about it, whats worse than doing anything? Nothing. She didn't help Sunset, Maybe it's worse than Shy has doubts and figured Sunset might be innocent but didnt anything to help.
So Fluttershy said something to Sunset during their "argument" which caused Sunset to hate her? Just what the heck did Fluttershy say to Sunset? Whatever that is, I bet whatever Fluttershy said to Sunset nearly destroyed her emotionally.