Cheating the Cycle of Life- A Padded Pony Collab

Thanks to the Internet meme about her, Sunset Shimmer’s life became one of ridicule and unending taunts from bullies. She tried her best to grin and bear it (especially since Rainbow Dash had threatened to beat up anyone who made any rude remarks about Sunset Shimmer), but “Weird Baby Girl” only seemed to grow and grow in popularity. And as it grew, so did the taunting, teasing, and unending humiliation.

But, just when Sunset Shimmer was resigned to the fact that she would probably forever be defined by the meme (and even briefly considered returning to Equestria to escape the shame and teasing), an unexpected development caused Canterlot High and much of the internet to forget about “Weird Baby Girl”.

“But Mom,” Button Mash complained, as his mother watched over him with eyes like that of a hawk locked dead on its prey “Sunset and I had a deal, and she lost. It’s not my fault she sucks at Super Smash Brothers.”

“From what I understand, the only reason she issued that challenge, was because you went back on your agreement not to tell anyone about it,” Button’s Mom scolded, as she saw to it that the photos Button Mash had taken of Sunset Shimmer padded with his phone (and on every website with a profile that he’d uploaded them to) were deleted “For absolutely no reason at all.”

“But how am I supposed to make up for the meme I created?” Button Mash asked out loud “I can’t just ask people to take back ‘Weird Baby Girl’ it’s recently cracked the top ten memes list at number nine! There’s no stopping it now!”

Button’s Mom smirked, as she said to Button “Well, I know one thing that the Internet always eats up like crazy. And it just so happens, I’ve got several videos worth of that content.”

“What do you mean - wait, you can’t possibly mean-” Button Mash shivered.

“I do,” Button’s Mom giggled “I can tell right now, that ‘Silly Gamer Boy’ is going to become much more popular than ‘Weird Baby Girl’. And you’re going to help promote it.”

“No way! I’d rather die of embarrassment!" Button Mash protested.

“Then perhaps you would rather the entire Internet know you as ‘Crazy Diaper Boy’?” Button’s Mom suggested “Because I’ve got just as many home videos of you from when you were in diapers, and I’m certain they’d be even more popular than those videos from you failed gamer channel a few months back.”

“That’s not fair! I can’t win either way!” Button Mash complained loudly.

“Well, it’s the least you can do to make it up to poor Sunset Shimmer after all the humiliation you caused her!” Button’s Mom said seriously “If you don’t want to lose your allowance, on top of being the talk of the web, I suggest you do as I say.”

Sure enough, in a matter of weeks, “Silly Gamer Boy” had completely eclipsed “Weird Baby Girl” as the new Internet meme that everyone was talking about. By the time two months had passed, everyone but Sunset Shimmer, The Rainbooms, and Button and his mom, still remembered “Weird Baby Girl”.

To ensure such an incident would never happen again, Sunset Shimmer vowed to be extra careful (and buy some skirts that were not so easily pulled down by mischievous boys and girls if they so desired).

“I just hope Princess Twilight never finds out about this,” Sunset Shimmer thought to herself “Then again, maybe she already noticed during our sleepovers and just didn’t say anything.” She HAD noticed what looked like a pacifier like shape beneath Twilight’s shirt, and had heard a few crinkles coming from the Princess of Friendship.