Equestria Girls HATRED Special

by EquineAvenger

Chapter 23

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“GET BACK HERE!” Not Important yelled furiously. His voice echoed throughout the area. He had chased the Crusaders who had taken the C4 detonator to one of the lower levels of the deeper section of the power plant. The three little girls hid trembling with fear behind some barrels while the misanthropic madman continued his relentless search with murder in his eyes. “No matter where you hide, I WILL FIND YOU! Your human shields couldn’t stop me! What makes you think a bunch of stupid high school kids will?!”

The Crusaders all clenched their eyes shut, utterly terrified to look at the risk of him finding them. A moment had passed and everything went silent. Apple Bloom peeked behind the barrel and saw that their pursuer wasn’t there anymore. She signaled the other two that the cost was clear and it was time to move. The three girls began to make a break for it, when all of a sudden, a big black thing jumped down from above landed right in front of them. Sweetie Belle let out a frightened squeal when she recognized the thing as their murderous pursuer.

“Found you!” Not Important said sinisterly and with his right arm, backhanded Apple Bloom so hard she went flying and slammed into the wall.

“Apple Bloom!” Both Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo yelled and rushed to their friend’s aid.

“Give me the detonator, now!” Not Important angrily demanded pointing his pistol at the three girls.

“No way!” Scootaloo defiantly yelled.

“We won’t let you hurt anymore innocent people!” Sweetie Belle retorted.

Not Important let out a hysterical laugh at their responces. “Oh really?! And what about you? Sunset told me you were the ones responsible for Anon-a-Miss. All of that because you wanted your sisters’ attention. It’d be funny if it wasn’t so pathetic.” The girls continued to glare at him, which only made him laugh at them even more. “You really think you can redeem what you’ve done after all the damage you’ve caused?! Another thing I hate about humanity; some of them can be self-rightous hypocrites who do more harm than good. By the time you’ve finally realized what you already had, you’ve already thrown it away. I’m done politely asking you to give me back my detonator. It’ll be more satisfying to pry it from your cold, dead fingers.”

Not Important pointed his gun at the three trembling girls who hugged each other tightly in an attempt to shield one another. The murderous maniac put on a satified smile as he watched the three kids shed tears and prepare for the end. But before he could pull the trigger, a teenage girl with red and yellow hair and wearing a black leather jacket suddenly appeared and tackled the dark killer making him miss the girls. The Crusaders looked to see Sunset Shimmer attempting to wrestle the gun out of Not Important’s hands.

“You just don’t know when to quit! Do you?!” Not Important yelled at Sunset as they struggled.

“I told you I’m going to stop you from hurting anymore of my friends and killing anymore people!” Sunset snapped.

Then Not Important, with his left hand, grabbed Sunset tightly around the neck and lifted her off her feet. Sunset was forced to let go of the gun and with her right arm she struggled to pry her opponent’s hand off her throat while she used her left arm to try and claw at her opponent’s evil grinning face. Apple Bloom quickly crawled over to Not important’s legs and bit him hard in his left calf. The murderous man yelled in pain and threw Sunset to the ground. He turned and grabbed the smaller girl by her hair and lifted her off the floor. Apple Bloom wailed in pain as she felt her hair being pulled and kicked around as she dangled in the air. With his free hand, Not Important reached into her coat and pulled out the detonator. Before he could do anything else, Sunset quickly got up and put him in a full nelson, which caused him to let go of Apple Bloom. With all of her strength, Sunset hurled herself and Not Important at the guard rail of the platform they were on. They both flipped and fell over the side of the railing. Luckly, Sunset managed to grab hold of the railing while Not Important plummeted down into the foggy abyss of the plant, taking the detonator with him. The Crusaders quickly helped Sunset back onto the platform.

“Sunset, are you alright?” Apple Bloom asked concernedly.

“Yes, I’m fine, Apple Bloom.” Sunset calmly assured her.

“You were awesome!” Scootaloo exclaimed.

“You saved us!” Sweetie Belle exclaimed both happy and surprised.

“Of course, why wouldn’t I?” Sunset asked.

“But after everything we did to you!” Apple Bloom said bewildered.

“We framed you for our crime!” Scootaloo added.

“We turned your friends and all of CHS against you!” Sweetie Belle also added.

“How can you be so forgiving to us?” Apple Bloom asked.

“Because you’re my sisters too.” Sunset said. This answered rendered all three girls silent. “Did you really think your sisters and their friends were the only people I cared about? Ever since I started hanging out with them, your sisters and Fluttershy and Pinkie have been like family to me. But I’ve also met and spent some time with their family members as well. Granny Smith, Maud, Big Mac, and you three have all been like family to me. And a family looks out for one another. All of you have given me a purpose, and a place to finally call home, and I am very grateful for that.”

Sunset’s words made the Crusaders think back on the times they’ve spent with her. From the aftermath of the Fall Formal to the Anon-a-Miss affair. At first they had their doubts about Sunset in the past, but this new revelation shocked each of them to their cores. The once mean-spirited and dictatoral girl was truly no more, and this practically angelic creature had taken her place.

“I’M SO SORRY!” Sweetie Belle broke down into uncontrollable tears, hugged Sunset tightly, and cryed on her shoulder. Apple Bloom and Scootaloo were also leaking an enormous amout of tears from their eyes as well. Sunset smiled warmly and gently hugged Sweetie Belle back and stroked her head. She then reached out a hand to Apple Bloom and Scootaloo to come and join in this heartwarming display of affection, which they didn’t hesitate to do.

Back at the upper level of the power plant, Principal Celestia and the other students who arrived were tending to Twilight Sparkle and the Humane Five. All six girls had been pretty badly injured from their fight with Not Important.

“Apple Bloom! Sunset!” Applejack said struggling to get up. “Ah’ve gotta find them!”

“Take it easy. You’re still in pretty bad shape.” Lyra Heartstrings said.

“Careful, not so fast.” Micro Chips said to Rainbow Dash as he and Sandalwood helped her on her feet.

“You okay?” Flash asked Twilight with concern.

“I’m fine.” Twilight warmly assured.

“Look, it’s them!” Trixie yelled pointing to a stairway leading to the lower level and coming right up to the platform they were on was Sunset Shimmer and the Crusaders all walking happily together.

“Sweetie Belle and Sunset! They’re all okay!” Rarity exclaimed overjoyed with tears welling up in her eyes.

“Scoots! Sunset!” Rainbow exclaimed shedding tears of joy.

“They’re alive!” Pinkie Pie yelled extremely happy.

“They made it!” Fluttershy said barely able to hold back her joyful tears.

“I knew they would.” Twilight said beginning to develop tears of her own.

All the other students who were there started cheering joyously and sighing in relief at seeing Sunset and the Crusaders alive and well.

“Everyone!” Sweetie Belle called to get them to quiet down for a moment.

“We would like all of you to meet our newest big sister.” Scootaloo announced.

“Sunset Shimmer!” Apple Bloom finished looking warmly up at Sunset who returned the same look.

Everyone awwed and clapped their hands at the heartwarming statement, some even wiped tears out of their eyes.

I knew you could do it, Sunset.” Twilight thought to herself as she proudly watched Sunset and the Crusaders embrace one another.

Both Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo took each of Sunset’s hands and with Apple Bloom in front led her toward the Twilight, Spike, the Humane Five, Principal Celestia, and the other students who were waiting with open arms.

“When we get back, I’m gonna throw the biggest apology and forgiveness party we’ve ever seen.” Pinkie said to herself as she felt her happiness and her hair start to rise again.

THWACK!

Suddenly, Sunset stopped in her tracks. The once warm and happy expression on her face had turned to one of shock and pain. The Crusaders and the others looked worriedly at Sunset wondering what was the matter. Then blood started to drip from her mouth. Sunset released Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo’s hands and dropped on her knees. After a moment, Sunset fell forward on her front, and to everyone’s horror, embedded in her back was a combat knife. Standing less than twenty feet behind Sunset and the Crusaders was Not Important. There was a little blood dripping from his forehead, but he was alive. He had his right arm stretched out in a form that looked like he had just thrown something, and he had a very cruel and satisfied look on his face.

“No. No!” Sweetie Belle said with horror in her voice and tears welling in her eyes as she stared down at her stabbed friend. “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

“Sorry, but I hate happy endings to sappy stories.” Not Important said remorselessly.

“SUNSET!” everyone yelled in horror and rushed to her.

“No!” a horrified Twilight exclaimed.

“Sunset, no! Please!” Fluttershy yelled tearfully.

Applejack instinctfully pulled the knife out of Sunset’s back. This move caused Sunset to yell in pain and more blood to spill from the wound. “Please sugarcude, hang in there!”

Rarity quickly took off her scarf and gave to AJ who wrapped it around Sunset’s waist to cover the wound. “Sunset, please tell us you’re okay!” Sunset’s only response was to cough up some blood.

“Sunset! Oh god, please no!” Pinkie exclaimed practically in hysterics, her hair deflated once again.

“Somebody please call an ambulance!” Rainbow yelled in tearful desperation.

“Don’t bother! She’s done for like the rest of you!” Not Important yelled. He laughed as the Crusaders and the Humane Five turned to him with eyes filled with tears and pure hatred. “How does it feel to have searched far and wide for the chance to redeem yourselves to an innocent girl you’ve wronged only for that chance to be taken away? Out of all the people I’ve killed, that one will hold a special place where my heart should be.”

Suddenly, the room started to shake as if there was an earthquake. The only person who didn’t seem to notice the shaking was Twilight who was trembling and staring down at her wounded and half dead friend.

“You… heartless… hateful… BASTARD!!!” Twilight yelled at the top of her lungs that made the room shake even more. Then her body started floating in the air and her body became engulfed by a dark purple aura. The others watched in shock and fear as a new kind of magic consumed the pony princess. After a moment, the shaking stopped and to everyone’s shock, Twilight was floating in the air, glowing dark purple, and facing toward Not Important. Her eyes were glowing bright green with a purple haze flowing from them, and she looked painfully furious.

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