During the height of the Anon-a-Miss scandal, a certain comedian finds himself trapped on the wrong side of a magic portal.
Yes, this is an Anon-a-Miss story in 2023, with the usual storyline: Sunset gets framed, she gets bullied, then finally proven innocent, yada yada yada, but with Sans thrown in the mix. Now, I know what you're thinking and what you're probably typing out in the comments rn:
"OMG, the Anon-a-Miss story is way overused, I mean, there's like, hundreds of them! And Sans was SOO 2016. You should like, be more creative and, original, and stuff."*
Well read it anyway, you might like it. Anyways, this took me way too long to write. I mean, I've been working on this for at least three months, and all I've got is the first chapter 😂, so don't expect frequent updates. This is also my first story, so only constructive criticism, please. Enjoy!
"SUNSET SHIMMER, PLEASE REPORT TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE."
Sunset groaned. It wasn't the first time she was sent to the office since Anon-a-Miss started causing trouble at CHS. Only a week ago, Anon-a-Miss began some pretty embarrassing information on MyStable about different students at CHS, causing fights, bullying, teasing, and broken friendships. By now, Sunset would usually be with her friends, comforting them and helping them discover who's behind all this. Except for one small problem. Everyone unanimously agreed that Sunset is the culprit. The plaintiff? Her closest friends. Definitely didn't help that some embarrassing pictures of her friends that were posted were taken from her phone.
"Good morning Sunset," Principal Celestia greeted from behind her desk as Sunset walked through the office door.
"Morning." Sunset grumbled.
"How's your eye doing? I hope it's healing alright."
"It's fine," Sunset assured her. Although she couldn't say the same for the kids who attempted to jump her yesterday morning. Emphasis on attempted. They did, however, manage to get a punch in, thus the black eye.
"i'm assuming that wasn't from a prank telescope."
That's when Sunset noticed the boy sitting next to Principal Celestia's desk. He had white skin and messy white hair, blue/yellow eyes, and a smile on his face. As for clothing, he wore a white shirt under his blue hoodie, black shorts with a white vertical stripe on each leg, and… pink slippers with white socks? Underdressed is an understatement for this guy, like he just woke up realizing he was late for school and barely spent any time getting dressed.
"Sunset, meet Canterlot High's newest student: Sans," Celestia introduced, "Sans, this is Sunset Shimmer, one of our top students and your tour guide for today."
"sup," Sans said with a smile, getting up and extending his hand out for her to shake.
"Hi-" Sunset started to say as she grabbed his hand, before getting cut off by the loud sound of a whoopee cushion deflating.
"heh, third time today. told ya the whoopee cushion in the hand trick's hilarious." Sans chuckled as Principal Celestia began to laugh.
"I fell for the same trick when he first came in," Celestia said chuckling. Even Sunset joined in, which was the first time in a while.
"Anyways, Sans, could you wait outside for a moment?" Celestia asked once the laughing had stopped, "I want to talk with Sunset."
"sure thing," Sans replied with a shrug before walking out of the office.
After he left, Principal Celestia asked Sunset whether she knew who Anon-a-Miss was. Principal Celestia and her sister, Vice-Principal Luna, were probably the only ones at CHS who believed Sunset wasn't Anon-a-Miss.
"I still have no idea," Sunset sadly replied, "I just wish this were all over."
"And everyone still thinks it's you?" Principal Celestia asked.
"I think that's pretty clear." Sunset said, pointing to her hurt eye.
"I don't understand why everyone believes this poor excuse of a set up? Back before you changed for the better, we could never trace anything back to you," Celestia explained," but this "Anon-a-Miss" is just screaming your name."
Sunset forced a smile, "Thanks, I guess."
"Well, hopefully we can find out who it really is and hopefully get everything back to normal," Principal Celestia said hopefully.
"You sound hopeful." Sunset commented.
"Anyways," Principal Celestia continued, " I wanted you to show Sans around so that you could meet him and keep a close eye on him."
"Why?" Sunset questioned.
"The last time someone, or multiple someones, new came to this school in the middle of the year, you'll remember things didn't exactly go too well. Sans seems alright, but I've been wrong before. From what I heard, you were the first one to pick up something off about the Dazzlings last year," Celestia explained.
"I guess. Also, why don't you guys just have new students complete paperwork and do background checks like every other school?" Sunset wondered.
Celestia shrugged.
"Too hard and inconvenient for the writer. Anyways, I just want you to keep an eye on him for about a week and let me know if he's someone to worry about."
"I won't let you down."
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As the school bell rang signaling second period, Sunset walked out of the office to find Sans sleeping on a chair next to the door.
"Uhh, Sans?" Sunset asked, wondering how he got to sleep so fast, especially in the hallway.
"that time already?" Sans asked, opening his eyes.
"Yep." Sunset replied.
"welp, let's get started then," Sans said as he got up.
Starting with the office, Sunset began showing Sans around the school. As she showed him the different classes, Sans seemed to do his best to pay attention, or look like it at least. Besides the pretty frequent joke or pun, he stayed silent. As they toured, the halls were mostly empty, save for the few students that weren't in classes, each of them giving Sunset death glares as they walked by.
"you don't seem too popular around here," Sans said, noticing all the hateful stares, " they all got a bone to pick with you?"
Sunset only looked back confused, not getting the joke.
"nevermind," Sans said casually.
Sunset sighed.
"It wasn't always like this. I used to have friends, but then someone online framed me for posting embarrassing stuff about them and now… everyone hates me," Sunset sadly explained.
"heh, high school drama, am i right?" Sans remarked as they finished their walk around the school.
"i take it the posts were really bad then?" He asked.
"Well, at first it was just a nickname and some goofy selfies of my friends," Sunset replied, " but now everyone is being targeted. Grades, habits, relationships, really just gossip on steroids."
Sans chuckled,"huh, i guess that makes sense, but that doesn't really explain why everyone blames you. i mean, you don't seem like the type of person who would do this, unless i'm missing something?"
Sunset hesitated to respond. Did she really want to tell him everything? All the mistakes she made that caused her friends to blame her? The years of bullying that caused the whole school to blame her? Before she could answer, however, the bell ending first period rang, causing the halls to start to fill with students.
"Well, that's the bell. We don't want to be late for our next class," Sunset said, dodging his question, "You have your schedule, right?"
"yep, got it right here," Sans replied, pulling out a crumpled piece of paper out from his hoodie pocket.
"Great, well, it was really nice to meet you Sans. I think you will really like it here at CHS, and if you need anything or any help catching up, just let me know," Sunset offered.
"thanks, although the only thing i'll probably be catching up on is some zzz's," Sans joked.
"welp, i guess i'll see ya later, sunny," Sans said with a wink, before walking away. This caught Sunset off guard a bit, due to the fact that she's only known him for about an hour and he's already given her a nickname. Shaking her head, she quickly hurried to her next class, thinking about nothing but the morning's events.
Little did she know, however, both her and Sans... were being watched.
Walking into the library with her two best friends, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, Applebloom proceeded to explain what happened as she sat down in front of one of the library's computers.
"We have a problem," Applebloom replied.
"Like what?" asked Scootaloo. What was so important that they had to use some of their only study time for?
"The new kid, did you guys see him?" Applebloom inquired.
"No, and what does this new kid have to do with us?" Sweetie Belle asked. Scootaloo nodded in agreement.
"Well, ah saw him talking with Sunset earlier. Apparently she gave him a tour around the school this morning. If Sunset convinces him that she's not Anon-A-Miss, then he could help her convince everyone else! I mean, he wasn't even here to know what she was like before! Our whole plan could fall apart!" Applebloom worriedly explained.
"Calm down Applebloom, " Scootaloo reassured, "we'll just do what we always do: find something embarrassing about him, post it on MyStable, then frame Sunset for it."
That's when Sweetie Belle spoke up, "Guys, I'm not really sure about this anymore," she said, "I mean, I think we're taking this a bit too far."
"Well, it's too late to turn back now, " Applebloom sighed, "for now, we should just make sure this new kid is on our side, starting with finding out who he is."
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A few hours earlier under Mt Ebott…
Sound of snow crunching under Sans's slippers was the only sound to be heard in Snowdin forest. Sans was currently heading to his sentry post near the old ruins, where he was supposed to "watch for humans," but he mostly just sat around and slept. This was the first of three posts he worked at throughout the day and throughout the underground, which was well suited for him because, as a skeleton, he could survive really any environment, from the freezing cold of Snowdin, to the burning heat of Hotland. (heh, King Asgore really is bad at names)
Today, however, for the sake of the plot, Sans decided to walk to his post the more, traditional, way, rather than taking his special "shortcut". He had no reason to hurry anyway. As he walked, he noticed a little path leading towards the bottom of a steep ledge. Deciding to check it out (again, for the sake of the plot), Sans discovered another short path parallel to the road above.
"huh, can't believe i haven't been here before," Sans said, as he looked all around him. Definitely didn't beat the giant door he found near his post a few days ago though. He still loved going there and sharing bad jokes with the lady behind it. He made a mental note to remember to visit her after this. On the walls around him, Sans swore he could see little yellow eyes watching him through the holes and cracks. Then, the path came to an end.
"well, that was anticlimactic," Sans said with a shrug. But before he started to head back, Sans noticed a large cave opening to his right, big enough for him to walk through.
"huh, wonder what's in here?" Sans wondered aloud. After deciding to walk through the dark tunnel, he wondered where it led. He didn't have to wonder for very long though, because he soon found himself in a small room, with the only light coming from the shining stones on the walls and the glowing mushrooms on the ground. At the end of the room, rested a purple wooden door, engraved with the Delta Rune, emblem of the Kingdom of Monsters. Smiling and without saying anything, Sans walked up to the door.
*KNOCK KNOCK*
Before he could begin practicing the knock-knock joke, the door suddenly swung open, causing Sans to stumble backwards.
"what the…?" Sans started to say, trying to figure out what he was seeing. In front of him, the door had swung wide open, but instead of a room behind it, there was just a glowing, mirror-like wall. Walking over to it, Sans decided to try putting his hand on it. Guess you could say he was trying to get a feel for it (ok I'll stop). He was definitely even more surprised when his hand went right through.
"huh. something tells me this isn't a normal door," Sans noticed. It looked like some kind of magic he'd never seen before. He began to wonder if it was some old forgotten puzzle that was left when Monsters first crossed through. It would explain the emblem on the door. But he couldn't figure out what the puzzle was. Sans took a minute to consider his options: 1) he could leave and try to forget about what he saw, going back to the normal day to day routine, or 2) see where this led, and hopefully be back before Papyrus's bedtime, as he could get very cranky without his bedtime story.
"well, let's see what's behind door number one." Sans joked as he walked through.
Suddenly, Sans felt like he was being sucked down a large cosmic drain as he swirled round and round, feeling more and more stretched out as he did. He could see colors race past as moved faster than the speed of light, causing his head completely empty as it tried to comprehend the chaos.
*CRASH*
Then, almost as suddenly as it began, the madness ended, leaving Sans laying on the ground, passed out from the experience.
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About fifteen minutes passed before Sans finally came to his senses. Opening his eyes, Sans could make out the cloudy gray sky above him. Suddenly, he realized what he was seeing. The sky. Getting up, he looked at the area around him.
"what the- where am i? is this the… surface?!" Sans asked himself, taken aback. This was the very last place he expected to end up when he walked through that door. But, as he looked around, something didn't feel right. He felt like his senses were dramatically increased. That's when he looked down and realized he had skin.
"what did that door do to me?" Sans said, amazed. He was human! But how? Looking around more, he noticed something off about this place. It looked very cartoonish, much unlike his more pixelated world.
"i must not be on earth anymore, at least not mine," Sans deduced, and turned towards the giant horse statue behind him.
"guess this is the portal i went through, " Sans said, placing his hand on the statue. His hand, however, would not go through. His stomach fell, realizing his only way back home had closed. He pounded on the statue, trying to get any response he could from it, to no avail. Just as he began to give up hope, he backed away from the statue and the big building it was in front of, accidentally bumping into someone, causing them to fall.
"woops, sorry about that," Sans said, turning towards them, "didn't see ya there."
On the ground was a yellow skinned girl with pink hair, who was scrambling to pick up the papers surrounding her.
"ya need a hand?" Sans asked, as he bent down to pick up some of the papers.
"Oh, uh, th-thanks," She said softly.
"no problem," Sans said, giving her the remaining papers and extending hand to help pull her up. Hesitantly, the girl took his hand. But as he pulled her off the ground, the whoopee cushion in his hand deflated, making a funny sound.
"heh, the old whoopee cushion in the hand trick, it's always funny," Sans said, chuckling. The girl only looked down, cheeks turning red. But he did notice a small smile.
"the name's sans. sans the… uh nevermind," he continued, "i'd ask for your name, but, you don't seem to be in the most talkative mood."
"It's fluttershy," she whispered, head still facing downwards.
"huh?"
"F-fluttershy."
"c'mon kid, you gotta speak up, i can barely hear a thing."
"Fluttershy!," she quietly screeched, but just loud enough for Sans to hear. Boy, was this girl shy. Sans wanted to ask her where he was, but didn't want to have to ask three times. He had to figure out a way to get her talking.
"so, uh, what's those papers you got there for?" He asked, trying to get a conversation going.
"Oh, these are flyers for the animal shelter. It's not very easy taking care of a lot of animals, so we're always looking for volunteers. Would you like one?" Fluttershy asked, with the topic of animals seeming to help her speak normally.
"sure," Sans replied, taking a paper and stuffing it into his hoodie pocket.
"by the way, " Sans started to ask, seeing that she was more comfortable, "could ya tell me where we are? i kinda got turned around."
"This is Canterlot High, " Fluttershy replied, "Are you a new student? I guess that would explain why I haven't seen you before."
huh, do i really look that young in this world? Sans wondered, i guess i might as well play along. maybe someone here knows a thing or two about magic portals. just hope that i can get back soon.
"uh, yep, you got me," Sans said, jokingly putting his hands up, "i was just making sure i was at the right, uh, school."
"Well, I can show you where the Principal's office is, and school doesn't start for at least 10 minutes, so she should be able to arrange a tour for you," Fluttershy offered.
"thanks ki- i mean Shy," Sans said, correcting himself. He didn't want to accidentally reveal he was older than the all the kids here.
About five minutes later Sans stood in front of the office door, Fluttershy having gone back to the statue to hand out flyers.
"welp, here we go again," Sans said to himself before knocking on the office door.
"Come in." A voice from the office called. Opening the door, Sans saw a woman with light pink skin and long, rainbow-like hair behind a brown desk, signing some papers.
"sup," Sans greeted, going up to her and extending his hand. She looked up, noticing his hand.
"Good mor-" She started to say, as she shook his hand, before getting cut off by yet another whoopee cushion trick.
"yep, still funny," Sans chuckled as Principal Celestia also started to laugh.
"It seems we got quite the prankster," Principal Celestia chuckled, "So, what can I do for you?"
"well, fluttershy said that new students come to you," Sans answered.
"Oh, I don't remember CHS getting a new student today," Principal Celestia wondered, starting to look through some of the papers on her desk.
"it was last minute," Sans shrugged, hoping the lie would work.
"Oh ok," Principal Celestia said, grabbing the school PA microphone, "Here, let me just call for a student so they can show you around the school while it's still early."
"SUNSET SHIMMER, PLEASE REPORT TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE."
people here have the weirdest names, Sans thought to himself.
"Well, while we wait for her I'll have Vice-Principal Luna make you your schedule," Principal Celestia told him as she got up from her chair, "In the meantime, feel free to take a seat."
"sounds good," Sans said as she left the room, taking a seat in a conveniently placed chair next to her desk. After waiting for a few minutes, Principal Celestia came back with a piece of paper and sat down at her desk, facing Sans.
"So, here is your schedule, with a school map on the back. You'll miss your 1st period, Chemistry, due to your tour, but after that you can head over to your second class, Algebra II," Principal Celestia explained, handing Sans the paper, which he stuffed into his hoodie pocket.
"If you have any questions or need anything, feel free to ask me or your fellow students," she finished with a smile, just before someone came through the door.
"Good morning Sunset," Principal Celestia greeted, as the girl walked in. Sunset had dark orange skin and red hair with streaks of yellow, explaining the name. She also wore a black eye, which seemed to explain her mood, and made Sans wonder what kind of kids went here.
"Morning," she grumbled back.
"How's your eye doing?" Principal Celestia asked,"I hope it's healing alright."
"It's fine,"Sunset assured, even though Sans could tell it wasn't. That's when he decided to join the conversation.
"i'm assuming that wasn't from a prank telescope," he said jokingly, trying to lighten the mood. Sunset then turned to Sans, seeming to have just noticed him, looking surprised.
The lunchroom was a mess. Students everywhere were arguing, and some could be found crying in the corner, being comforted by their remaining friends. This was the last place Sunset wanted to be, surrounded by people who very likely hated her, but she threw on the hood of her black hoodie, covering as much of her face as possible, and made her way through the lunch line anyway. After successfully getting her food without drawing attention, Sunset proceeded to weave through the mass of students in the room and proceeded to sit at her now normal empty table at the back of the room, the best place for blending into the background. Or so she thought.
"got room for one more?" a familiar voice asked. Looking up, she noticed Sans smiling from across the table, holding a tray with a burger and… a ketchup bottle? How'd he pull that off? Normally the school just provided little packets, not full bottles.
"Oh, uh sure," Sunset replied, returning the smile, deciding to ignore it.
"thanks," Sans said, sitting down across from her.
"so, uh, is this much fighting normal?" He asked, looking around.
"No, no its not," Sunset said, starting to use her fork to poke at her food, "It used to be very different." But it seemed something else grabbed Sans's attention.
"is this supposed to be a burger?" Sans questioned as he inspected his food, "what's with the patty?"
"What do you mean?" Sunset asked, reasonably confused, "It's made from plants just like every other patty, unless your school somehow did it differently."
"huh, " Sans said, before comically throwing the burger over his shoulder, which landed straight into a conveniently placed trash can behind him.
"i liked my ketchup plain anyway," Sans shrugged, before taking the ketchup bottle and chugging it. Sunset couldn't help but stare. Wouldn't be too far off to say she was a bit grossed out. Almost reminded her of Pinkie Pie's randomness, just without literally all the energy. But she also couldn't help but feel suspicion rising in her. There was something off about him, but not in the same way as the Dazzlings. Sunset wasn't the only one watching him drink though.
"Is he drinking ketchup?" Applebloom asked, stunned. A few tables away, the trio sat, watching both Sunset and Sans.
"This is exactly what we need!" Scootaloo said excitedly, "Quick, take the picture!"
"I can't," Sweetie Belle replied, putting down her phone,"Sunset's too close."
"What do you mean?" Scootaloo asked.
"I mean she's in the shot," Sweetie Belle explained,"and if she's in the picture then everyone will know she didn't take it."
"It's okay, we don't need one," Applebloom told them,"we'll just post about it tonight and make it sound like Sunset. C'mon, let's go before they see us."
Nodding, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle got up with Applebloom and left the lunchroom.
Meanwhile, Sans placed his now empty ketchup bottle on the table.
"what?" Sans asked with a smile, seeing Sunsets face.
"Uh, nothing," Sunset replied, quickly shaking her head.
"y'know, quite a few kids came up to me, warning me about you," Sans told her.
"Humph, figures,"Sunset said, rolling her eyes as she went back to poking her food.
"ya, especially this really energetic pink girl, who told me you were the biggest, backstabbing, no-good, secret stealing meanie she ever knew," Sans chuckled.
"Then, why are you sitting with me?" Sunset finally decided to ask.
"I mean, if everyones telling you I'm the 'worst person in the world', then why be here?" she asked sadly, hurt that Pinkie Pie would say that about her, even though it didn't surprise her.
"well, let's just say i'm a pretty sans-ational judge of character," Sans joked with a wink. That got Sunset chuckling, despite his bad pun.
"Thanks," Sunset said in a sarcastic but joking tone.
"no problem," Sans replied with a smile, right before the bell rang to signify the end of lunch, causing everyone to head to their next class.
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The band room was filled with kids tuning their instruments and getting ready for class, although there was still tension in the air from lunch. After prepping her electric guitar, Rainbow Dash looked over towards her friends to see Fluttershy pulling out her tambourine from her backpack, while also trying to keep her furry friends in, Pinkie Pie warming up on the drums, Rarity turning on her keytar, and Applejack tightening the strings on her bass. Rainbow didn't know how they did it, but even though their instruments weren't usually used for band class, she and her friends somehow convinced Mrs. Lee to let them use their instruments, except Pinkie, who's drums were already allowed.
That's when Sunset Shimmer walked in. Oh, the amount of self-restraint Rainbow needed to not go over to that backstabbing fake and give her a piece of her mind- did she know how much she hurt her friends? The amount of comforting it took for Fluttershy to come back to school, after Sunset posted and made fun of a video of her singing yesterday? How much convincing (not to mention ice cream) it took to keep Rarity from quitting her small fashion business after those photos got out? Sure, Sunset posted Rainbow's bad grades as well, but most people already knew she wasn't the best student. What she cared about was her friends.
Then Rainbow noticed Sunset wasn't trying to sneak in without being noticed as per usual, but she walked in laughing. Laughing at something the boy behind her said and suddenly, Rainbow Dash remembered something. She remembered the laughs they used to share together as well, and all the happy memories she and Sunset gained through their friendship. Sadness and a little bit of guilt started to sweep over Rainbow Dash.
No, snap out of it! Rainbow Dash thought, shaking her head as she pushed her feelings away, It's her fault the school is a mess again.
"Who's that?" Applejack asked, looking over at the boy with Sunset.
"Yes, and why is he hanging out with… her?" Rarity questioned, apparently too disgusted to say her name.
"Oh, that's the new kid, Sans," Fluttershy said in her usual quiet voice,"I met him this morning, he's really nice."
"Do ya know where he's from?" Applejack asked.
"No, he didn't say," Fluttershy replied.
"Who cares where he's from," Rainbow Dash said, joining the conversation, "what we should be asking is why he's conspiring with the likes of Sunset Shimmer."
"He doesn't seem to be 'conspiring'," Fluttershy pointed out as they watched them interact.
"Ooo! I met him earlier too," Pinkie remembered,"I warned him this morning about her, but I guess he wasn't really listening."
"Fluttershy's right, just because he's talking to her doesn't mean he's someone bad, just someone who doesn't know better," Applejack said, before Mrs. Lee got up to address the class, causing them to go silent.
"Good morning class. Before we start off, I would like to introduce a new student that will be joining us today. Sans, could you please stand up and introduce yourself, and tell us what instrument you play?" Mrs. Lee asked.
Sans, who was in the back, shrugged before standing up to introduce himself.
"sup. the name's sans, and i play the trombone. i guess coming in halfway through the year means i'll be behind, but don't worry, i'll play it by ear," Sans joked with a smile.
"Pinkie Pie, what did I tell you about using the drums for comedic purposes?" Mrs. Lee scolded.
"Sorry Mrs. Lee, I couldn't help it," Pinkie apologized, snickering.
"Anyways," Mrs. Lee continued, looking back at Sans, "if you don't mind me asking, why the trombone?"
"heh, that's a long story, mostly including a dead pun. i won't try telling you the pun though, it's pretty bad to the trom-bone," Sans joked again. Unlike the last joke, however, this one gained a few snickers from the class.
"Well, thank you Sans for the introduction. You can sit back down now," Mrs. Lee told him, causing him to sit.
After that band class went back to normal, with everyone practicing the music they've been working on as a class. Rainbow Dash, who thought she was obviously doing the best, noticed Sans was really good with the trombone. He was only just given the sheet music for the song they've been practicing for the past week, and yet he could easily keep up without mistakes, much to Rainbow's annoyance.
"Great job today everyone," Mrs. Lee said at the end of class,"homework will be practicing lines 30-40, make sure you have them memorized for tomorrow."
Right after she finished talking, the bell rang, causing everyone to pack up their things and start heading out. Leaving the room with her friends, Rainbow Dash noticed Sunset and Sans talking, before seeing Sunset wave goodbye as she left down the hall.
"C'mon y'all, let's go say hi," Applejack said, motioning for the group to follow her as she approached him.
"Hey, you must be Sans," Applejack said, walking up to him.
"the one and only," Sans replied with a smile, turning towards her,"and you guys must be sunset's old friends. she told me quite a bit about ya."
"Oh ya? Like what?" Rainbow asked, a challenge evident in her tone.
"i'm pretty sure she mentioned you guys were in band,"Sans replied, seeming to not notice Rainbows tone,"heh, as a matter of fact i told her i got one too."
"Really?" Fluttershy asked curiously.
"yep, got it right here,"Sans winked, pulling out a rubber band. Only Pinkie Pie laughed, leaving the others to either groan or face palm.
Guess now I know what Sunset was laughing at earlier, Rainbow Dash thought.
"hm, one out of five. tough crowd, huh?"Sans noticed, still smiling as he prepared his next joke,"welp, at least it was 20% cooler than it could've been, eh Rainbow?"
This caught Rainbow Dash off guard, causing her to take a step back.
"H-how did you-?" She started to ask, before Sans cut her off.
"so, what can i do ya guys for?" Sans grinned, getting back to the point.
"Well darling," Rarity began to say," we couldn't help but notice you hanging out with Sunset Shimmer, and we-"
"im gonna stop ya right there, darling,"Sans said, cutting her off,"i'm assuming you guys are here to warn me about our 'secret stealing' friend?"
The Rainbooms nodded.
"*sigh* well then, i've got a question for ya," Sans said, and Rainbow Dash could've swore she saw the white in his eyes darken for a moment, as well as the lights around them, before going back to normal as if nothing happened.
"do you think even the worst person can change? that everyone can be a good person, if they just try? did you believe sunset could change? or was it just out of pity that you accepted her friendship? sunset told me about how she used to be the school bully, before you five somehow changed her mind. she told me about how lonely she felt while being 'in power', and how happy it made her to have friends. but i guess it was too good to be true, huh?"
"Sunset's a liar," Rainbow Dash retorted, "She only acted like our friend so she could steal everyone's secrets and cause this mess again."
Sans shrugged,"you guys may blame her for the state of this place, but is she the only one doing the teasing? is she the one doing any of the actual friendship breaking, or starting all the fights? if anything, i'd say she's the true victim here. i don't know about you, but i haven't exactly seen any good come out of this for her. she lost friends, a decent reputation, not to mention any sense of safety she might have had here. i mean, have you seen her eye? heh, i guess you can imagine how that happened."
Rainbow Dash wanted to argue, but instead she just looked down at her feet as the feelings of guilt she tried to push away earlier came back twice as hard. Now that he mentioned it, she did remember seeing Sunsets left eye looking blacker than it should've during class, and she knew it was no accident. Glancing at her friends, she could tell they were also guiltfully rethinking their situation.
"but, hey, what do i know? i'm just the new kid,"Sans continued," you guys know her better than i probably ever will. but, maybe anon-a-miss is not the only one at fault, even if it is her. maybe it's the kids fighting each other, defending their own self image or putting down others that's to blame as well? all i know is, this anon-a-miss person only has as much power as you guys give them…does that make any sense?"
The Rainbooms remained silent, contemplating their actions, too stunned by his response to speak.
"welp, that's my take on your situation. i guess i'll be on my way, seeing as i'm gonna be late for class," Sans said with a wink as he began walking away, before stopping and turning towards them to say one last thing.
"take care of yourselves, cause a certain someone still really cares about you."
And with that, Sans left, leaving the guilt-ridden Rainbooms standing there, before eventually heading to their next class as well.
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"So, how did your first day go?" Sunset asked Sans as they walked out of the school doors after school had ended.
Sans shrugged,"eh, besides the overwhelming amount of drama i was thrown into, it was fine."
"Ya, sorry about that," Sunset apologized, "anyways, thanks for giving me a chance. I know how cringe it sounds, but it's nice having a friend again."
"no problem," Sans replied with a smile, "so how's your eye doing?"
"Eh, its ok. It'll feel much better once I figure out who this Anon-a-Miss is and show them exactly who they're messing with," She replied darkly, before Sans's phone began ringing.
"huh, that's weird," Sans said before taking his phone out of his pocket. He barely ever used the thing, only holding on to it in case his brother Papyrus needed to call him, although Sans'll also sometimes use it to anonymously troll him on the Undernet by sending him bad puns in the comic sans font whenever Sans would get bored, which was even funnier 'cause Papyrus still doesn't know it's him. Taking out the phone, he looked to see who it was.
"Who is it?" Sunset asked, who was also wondering what was so weird about receiving a call.
"its my brother," Sans replied in surprise, "sorry, i've gotta take this."
how is he calling me? how is this even possible? Sans wondered as he answered the call after walking a short distance away from Sunset.
"sup."
"SANS! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!" the angry voice of Papyrus asked from the phone speaker, "I'VE LOOKED EVERYWHERE FOR YOU! I EVEN ASKED UNDYNE AND SHE SAID SHE NEVER SAW YOU AT YOUR POST IN WATERFALL OR HOTLAND! SANS, I SWEAR IF YOU'VE BEEN HIDING AT GRILLBYS' AGAIN-"
"bro chill, i'm ok," Sans replied casually.
"THAT STILL DOESN'T TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE!"
"oh ya, i'm in another world."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE IN ANOTHER WORLD?"
"i went through some kind of portal thingy, and now i'm here."
"WELL, GO BACK THROUGH! METTATON'S SHOW IS ABOUT START AND I DON'T WANT TO MISS IT."
"well, uh, i can't exactly do that."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU CAN'T?"
"the portal closed."
"OH, WELL I'M SURE YOU CAN FIGURE OUT SOMETHING, EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEONE AS GREAT AS ME TO BE THERE TO HELP YOU OUT!"
"thanks paps, but i think i might be here awhile."
"BUT THEN WHO'S GOING TO READ ME MY BEDTIME STORY?!"
"i could tell ya one over the phone later if you want."
"GREAT IDEA SANS, I'LL CALL YOU LATER. OOH, MAYBE I COULD INVITE UNDYNE AND WE COULD HAVE A SLEEPOVER!"
"sure, just try not to burn the house down. you know how undyne gets when she cooks."
"OKIE DOKIE! ALSO, YOU LEFT YOUR SOCK BY THE TV. I'LL LEAVE A STICKY NOTE SO YOU'LL REMEMBER TO PICK IT UP WHEN YOU GET BACK."
"sounds good. also, could ya feed Johnson for me while i'm gone?"
"SANS, FOR THE LAST TIME: YOU CAN'T FEED YOUR PET ROCK. IT'S A ROCK."
"sure ya can, it's easy. just sprinkle some sprinkles on it every once and a while, and make sure it doesn't go anywhere."
"FINE. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY YOU NAMED IT THAT. KNOWING YOU I THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME BAD PUN."
"ya well, i didn't want your relationship with it to have a rocky start."
" *Frustrated sigh* WHATEVER, JUST GET A BACK AS SOON AS YOU CAN, IT CAN GET PRETTY LONELY HERE."
"don't you mean bonely?"
". . . GOODBYE SANS."
And with that Papyrus hung up, leaving Sans chuckling a bit.
"so, uh, sunset?" Sans asked as he walked up to her.
"Ya?" She replied, noticing him walking back towards her.
"you, uh, don't happen to know how to open up a magic portal, do you?"
“Magic portal?” Sunset asked, caught off guard by Sans's question. He couldn't be referring to that portal…could he?
“nevermind, my bro just, uh, needed help with updog” Sans quickly lied. The last thing he needed was people thinking he was crazy.
“What's updog?” Sunset asked.
Sans grinned, “nothing much, what's up with you?”
“Huh?” Sunset confusedly asked, before realizing the joke, “Ooh, whats up do- ya got it.”
“say, i'm still pretty new to the area. do ya know any good places to hang out at?”
“Well, normally me and my friends like to go to Sweet Shoppe a few blocks from here, but I haven't gone there for a while since, well, you know.”
“i see. welp i think i might try it out later, wanna come?”
Sunset shook her head, “Thanks, but I've got a lot of studying to do. That and my old friends hang out there a lot, so it's best if i just stay away for now. See you tomorrow?”
“heh, no promises,” Sans chuckled.
And with that Sunset quickly made her way home, leaving Sans to decide what to do next. He had hoped that Sunset might have an idea of how to open the portal, but by the way she reacted, she didn't seem to. Although, remembering her reaction, he could almost sense a hint of fear? He'd have to figure that out later, but for now he wanted a way home.
maybe the portal opened on its own already? Sans thought, making his way to the statue, it could have just been on some kind of cool down.
He then put his hand on the front of the statue, and got his disappointing answer.
welp, it was worth a shot, Sans shrugged. Maybe the school library was still open? This was their statue after all, so there's got to be something in there he could use. Deciding to take a look, Sans walked up the steps and back into the school.
looks like it's still open, Sans realized as he walked in, seeing students still lingering inside, probably for clubs.
alright, where did sunny say the library was again?
To be honest, Sans wasn't really paying attention during the morning tour, seeing as he didn't think he'd be here that long. After looking around a bit, he decided to ask a nearby girl standing near the trophy case. She had light gray skin, blond hair, and yellow eyes, and seemed to be selling muffins. Walking over to her, he also realized one of her eyes was a bit off center. It didn't seem to affect her though, as she quickly noticed him and waved.
“Hi, would you like a muffin?” She asked, showing him a small basket full of homemade muffins.
“thanks, but i'm kinda broke right now. i was just wondering if you could point me to the library,” Sans said, although now he wondered if she was the best candidate to give him directions.
“You new around here?” She asked, “What's your name?”
“sans.”
“Nice to meet you, I'm Derpy.”
“nice to meet ya too. so, about the library…”
“Oh, ya. It should be straight down that hallway,” Derpy told him, pointing towards the middle hallway. He thanked her, and ended up taking a muffin when she told him they were free, eating it as he walked. He almost dropped it though when he almost bumped into three kids running out of the library.
heh, kids. always running somewhere, Sans thought to himself as he entered the library.
The library was huge, probably even large enough to fit two or more of Snowdin’s own “Librarby”. It was a circular, two storied room, lined with tall bookshelves and had a glass dome for a ceiling. In the middle of the room was a circular table with computers surrounding a small horse statue.
maybe the internet’s got something useful, Sans thought as he made his way to one of the computers. Sitting down, he realized he needed a username and password. Luckily, a small sticker on the top right corner told him it was his name and student ID. After searching for this world's search engine, he finally found it; an engine called “FireFoal”.
more puns like these and i might just stay here, Sans jokingly thought, a little surprised that not only the school but the internet browser was a horse reference.
[canterlot high statue]
Sadly, the query didn't bring up more than a couple articles, and none of them said anything about a portal. Sans decided he'd have to be a bit more specific if he wanted to find anything.
[magic portal at canterlot high]
[Sorry, we couldn't find any results for ‘magic portal at canterlot high’. Showing results for ‘magic at canterlot high’.]
At first Sans was disappointed that there wasn't anything on portals, until he started looking through a post someone made online that had popped up, revealing that CHS didn't have as clean a past as he thought.
[Sci_Twi314 Has anyone else noticed the weird magical things going on at Canterlot High lately? I mean, I can't have been the only one to notice the two big rainbow lasers coming from the school, right? I'm trying to research the phenomenon, so any info about it would be greatly appreciated.]
A picture was attached to it, showing a huge crater in between the statue and the school's front door, or, use-to-be front door, as a giant hole in the school replaced the glass entrances. Sans looked through the replies, finding that most didn't believe anything was going on at the school, while a few others also noticed weird things at the school, commenting about what they saw or heard.
One reply caught his eye, claiming to have seen the cause of the damage, and took a photo of the supposed battle. The picture was attached, and showed two large, intertwined rainbows coming out of a bright orb, and meeting about a hundred feet in the air. At the peak of the rainbows, a third one looked to have shot out towards the base of what looked to be a rainbow tornado. The light show seemed to have taken place in between the school and the statue, with the tornado looking to have been right where the crater was in the first photo. After a bit more scanning, Sans could see outlines of people in the bright orb, but too bright to make anything else out. Sans was just about to continue scrolling, when he looked a bit closer at the tornado. At the top, he could make out what seemed to be a crowned head and wings, with red/yellow hair that seemed… fiery. Although the face was cut off by the rainbow, Sans had a pretty good idea of who that hair belonged to. Sunset and this school was hiding something, and it looked like he'd have to find out whatever it was if he wanted to go home.
Intending to ask about it later, Sans printed out the two photos and logged out, tired out from all that investigating. Now that he thought about it, where was he gonna sleep? He was pretty sure the school wasn't open all night, and he had no money to pay for a hotel. Well, that wasn't completely true. He still had about 60 G's, but he was willing to bet this world didn't have the same currency, not that he had anything to bet with. Might be worth a try though anyway, right? After all, if the humans in his world viewed gold as valuable, then these guys might too.
Quickly logging back into the computer, Sans found a hotel pretty close by, called “Stable Inn”.
ok, at first it was just coincidence, but now there's got to be some reason for all these puns, Sans thought to himself as he pulled up the directions and printed them out. The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't help but feel like he ended up in a town consisting of a horse worshiping cult. The rainbow tornado could probably be some kind of ritual that introduced new members.
heh, all the more reason to ‘giddy up’ on outta here, Sans chuckled to himself as he left school grounds and started towards the Inn.
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*Hey Sunset, I thought I'd write and, you know, check up on how you're doing.
*Thanks Twilight, I'm still holding up.
*Great to hear! So, how was it today? I'm guessing everyone still thinks it's you?
*Well, I think I managed to convince one guy I'm innocent.
*Really? Who?
*His name is Sans, but he's a new student, so I don't know if it will take long for everyone else to convince him otherwise.
*Well, at least someone's over there's got your back for now.
*I guess, but something about him seems off. Not off like the Dazzlings, but I just can't escape that feeling.
*Does he act weird or mean?
*No, he's probably the most laid back person I've met, and pretty funny too. Thing is, I think he tried asking about the portal earlier, but then acted like he was asking about a game. That and a few other things have me questioning things.
*Hmm, I'll look into it. In the meantime, be careful, and find whoever's doing this soon. If Sans does end up being someone to worry about, then you girls will have to make up and quickly.
*Trust me, I will. And thanks for still believing in me Twilight. It means a lot to know I've got a friend, even if you're in another world.
*Of course! I'll always be your friend, and I know the others felt the same, you just have to remind them.
*But how do I do that if they refuse to listen?
*I'm sure you'll figure something out. Just remember, the fate of your friends and even your school may be dependent on the discovery of Anon-a-Miss. Don't give up. Stay Determined.
