Confessionby cerealkiller78ChaptersChapter 1chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4 (Non humane expulsion)Chapter 3 Alternate ending (Short)Chapter 1“Will you guys just listen to me for one minute??” Sunset threw her hands up in exasperation, to which Rainbow poked her hard in the chest. “No, you listen to us! It’s old Sunset, everyone knows YOU are Anon-A-Miss, so quit it with the denial already! Either fess up, or shut up, and get out of here!” “If I really was Anon-A-Miss, why would I be trying to get you guys to believe me at all? Would I really care at all if I was really her??” “Maybe! Maybe you’re trying to get us to trust you again so that you can keep getting more of our secrets, but we aren’t falling for it. So make like the demon we all know you are, and go to hell!!” Everything fell silent as Sunset turned her eyes to the floor. Rainbow was right…This was old…This fighting was old. She was sick and tired of trying to convince these people that she was innocent. There had to be some other way to gain them back. She was tired of all this. She couldn’t handle the overwhelming stress of this situation anymore. She felt her eyes sting as the tears began flowing once again, like they had so many times this last two weeks. It wasn’t long before she felt herself begin to sob in front of those she had once called friends. She took hold of a chair for support as she went down to her knees, sobbing pathetically, letting out two weeks worth of built up frustration and stress. She didn’t care that everyone was watching her, she didn’t care about anything anymore. She suddenly felt something embrace her. Soothing words were whispered into her ear. “Oh Sunset…Just give this all up. We are hurting as much as you are right now.” Came Rarity’s soft voice. “If these tears really are real, then just throw this all away. We may not ever know why you felt the need to do this, but I’m sure we can find some way to put this all behind us.” Sunset leaned into her. She couldn’t lose this again. But she knew that if she tried denying again, it would indeed be gone… “….What do you want me to do?” She whispered. “The first step to recovery and forgiveness is to admit what you did. If you really want us to forgive you, then admit what you did, and don’t deny it any longer.” “And if I do that...you will take me back?...” “And you gotta delete the Anon-A-Miss account.” Rainbow cut in sternly, her arms still crossed. “No deletion, no deal.” Sunset wasn’t sure how she was going to tackle that…but even if things did go downhill later on, at least she could gain some sort of respite in the meantime… “Ok…I did it…I...I am Anon-A-Miss.” “Took you long enough to admit that…” Dash muttered under her breath, as she pulled out her phone, and handed it to Sunset. “Now sign in, and delete the account.” She demanded. Sunset’s eyes widened a little. Right…Now?... Of course Rainbow would make her get rid of it right from the get-go…Sunset hesitantly took the phone. This was it…That respite was a lot shorter than she had been hoping it would be. The worst thing was that now she had actually admitted to them herself that she was Anon-A-Miss…so if there was even a sliver of doubt by any of them before…She had herself to thank that it would be long gone now. They would probably hold an even bigger grudge against her now, thinking that she was only refusing to take the account down. If there were even one person in the school that was secretly doubting her being Anon-A-Miss, it would be completely wiped out, now that they would probably go spreading to the entire school that they got an actual confession out of Sunset. Sunset was mentally kicking herself. Why had she confessed to being Anon-A-Miss?? Oh, that’s right…She wasn’t thinking right…She was so broken over this entire thing that she thought she could have ANY sort of respite…She should have known that was just the universe taunting her with a false sense of hope. Only a miracle would help in this situation now…And the world didn’t seem to be giving her too many of those… She went to the MyStable sign in page, if for nothing more than to simply delay the inevitable. She pretended to do stuff with the phone, taking her time. “Well?” Rainbow demanded. “How long does it take to simply delete an account?” “Uhh…right…” Sunset looked back down at the phone, taking a few deep breaths. Sweet Faust, help me… She thought to herself as she finally gave the phone back up to Dash. Dash navigated to the page for proof. Sunset turned her head away. Not just because she didn’t want to see the outcome of this…but because she honestly wouldn’t have been surprised if Dash decided to clock her in the face for this supposed stunt… She waited….and waited. She heard a sigh. She tensed up. “Wow, Sunset…I almost can’t believe it.” Here it comes… “You really manned up.” ....She had to have been exaggerating...she was being sarcastic right?... "And if you're willing to take responsibility, then I guess that's enough for me." With pure confusion, she looked back at Dash, who was holding her hand out to her. She hesitantly took the offered hand, expecting some kind of sudden animosity....But, Rainbow simply pulled her back to her feet. One thought was reeling in her mind... How?... "Guys...Do you think we might be going too far with this?" Applebloom asked quietly as she and her friends made their way down the street. "Ah mean...Sunset seems really torn up these days...I feel like we may be going beyond the realm of payback, and entering into what is just plain cruel territory. We only wanted our sisters to stop spending so much time with Sunset, but I feel like its gone beyond that now. Sunset isn't just an outcast now...People avoid her like the plague. And those who do approach her, do so in the kind of way that one would with the intent of wiping said plague out." "Not just that...But now the whole school's at each other's throats." Sweetie Belle agreed. "Well...what do we do about it?" Scootaloo asked. "Ah...ah don't know...maybe...maybe it's time to shut it down..." Apple Bloom spoke quietly as she opened the door to Sugar Cube Corner. “Will you guys just listen to me for one minute??” Apple Bloom's eyes fell on Sunset by a table where the other five were sitting. She was begging them to listen to her, but Rainbow Dash just got up in her face telling her to fess up, or get out. She continued trying to reason with them as the three girls quietly went to a table far from them, but still close enough to hear what was going on. "We're not falling for it. So make like the demon we all know you are, and go to hell!!” All three girls tensed at that. Scootaloo put a hand to her mouth in shock of what she had just heard Rainbow say. Sunset didn't say anything for a long moment...She didn't do anything...and what she did do next, broke all three girl's hearts. She began crying, which grew into sobbing. Sunset was having a complete breakdown in public, in front of her frie-....ex friends... Scootaloo could practically feel the eye rolling coming from Rainbow Dash as she watched her with no sympathy whatsoever. The three friends felt sick to their stomachs. This...was wrong. Sweetie Belle had tears in her eyes, and Apple Bloom wasn't far behind. After a while, they saw Rarity slowly got up, as she actually went over to Sunset and embraced her. Sweetie Belle felt a surge of pride that Rarity would do that, but then overwhelming guilt clouded that thought over in realization that she had taken part in putting Sunset in that position in the first place. They couldn't quite hear what Rarity was saying to Sunset. It looked like Sunset said something back to her. Then they were able to catch some of what Rarity said next: "admit what you did, and don’t deny it any longer.” Sunset said something else they couldn't catch. "And you gotta delete the Anon-A-Miss account." Rainbow spoke harshly. "No deletion, no deal." The three girls knew what was coming next...She would again try to reason, and they'd drive her out..." “Ok…I did it…I...I am Anon-A-Miss.” The three girls froze at the confession from Sunset. That...was not what they were expecting at all. Apple Bloom gulped. Had they really broken Sunset so far that she would admit to being guilty of a crime she didn't do, just to gain her friends back?...Just to gain some shred of dignity back?" Apple Bloom absentmindedly opened up her phone to the Anon-A-Miss accout. She...she had done this...All of this. Dash pulled out her phone, and handed it to Sunset. “Now sign in, and delete the account.” Apple Bloom saw Sunset visibly tense up at that demand, and for good reason too...There was no way for Sunset to access the account at all. But nonetheless, Sunset took the phone, while everyone waited. Sweetie and Scootaloo looked at Apple Bloom. "We've gotta do something..." Sweetie whispered. Apple Bloom looked down at her phone displaying the Anon-A-Miss account. Like her hand was on auto, it tapped on Account Setting, then to Account Status, with the option "Terminate Account" staring at her. She tapped it, and a warning message came up. You are about to terminate account "Anon-A-Miss" Please confirm that this is the intended action you desire. Terminate Account Cancel Apple Bloom paused, she looked back to Sunset, who looked as if she was just pretending to do stuff with the phone. Though it may have gone unnoticed to the others, she could practically feel the panic rising in Sunset. "Well? How long does it take to delete an account??" "Uhh...right." Sunset said nervously. Apple Bloom looked back at the message on her phone. She took a deep breath. Ah'm sorry Sunset...I hope I can tell that to your face someday...Until then, this is the least I can do... And with that, she tapped the "Terminate Account" option, as Sunset gave the phone back to Dash in defeat. She turned her face away from her, obviously expecting another outburst by Dash. But no outburst came. Instead, after checking to make sure the deed had been done, Rainbow offered Sunset a hand up, to which Sunset hesitantly, and confusedly accepted it as Dash pulled her back up. Apple Bloom sat back and sighed. "Well, that's that..." "Things...will get better for Sunset now...right?" Sweetie asked hopefully. "Course they will..." Apple Bloom assured. They have too... Author's Note Apple Bloom thinks she's made things better for Sunset...But now there's no proof that the CMC were the true culprits!! I have no idea when this will be updated... LOL I actually got the idea for this story while reading "Fall Apart" by Shimmer Shy. When I read the line that says "Tell you what. You tell us all the truth, take down 'Anon-a-miss's' page, 'n all will be forgiven." And I started to think...What if she actually did do that?... chapter 2Sunset didn't know why she had ever thought that making a false confession would help her at all. Word got around that the account had been closed, and though, none of her "friends" had told anyone, they all already wrongly believed it had been her all along. "What's wrong? Ran out of secrets to post?" "Maybe someone actually told her it's illegal to post other's personal stuff, and she didn't want to get busted by the cops." "Principal Celestia ought to have her expelled. We all know this was all her. Why should she get away with it?" These were only a few of the things that she heard as she walked the halls. She couldn't be with the other five at all times of the day, so the times when she was alone, everybody took advantage of. At one point, she was knocked to the ground by a group of three guys. "You think we are just going to forget about all of this Anon-A-Miss? This is not over..." One of them sneered, as another reached down and took her by the collar of her shirt. "Get out of here while you still can in one piece." "I don't think we should even give her the chance...." The third cracked his knuckles, and drew his fist back. Suddenly, there was a beep from the intercom. "Would Sunset Shimmer please report to the principal's office?" "...Looks like you got lucky this time." He reluctantly lowered his arm, and they let her go. Sunset, relieved, turned to get out of there, when down the hall, she spotted a familiar spikey haired male leaning against the wall, who seemed to have been witness to what had just happened. But, rather than come talk to her, he simply turned and walked away. "Et Tu Flash?..." She sighed sadly, and went the other way. Upon approaching the door to Celestia's office, Sunset paused, sighed, and knocked. "Come in." Sunset entered. "Sunset, please have a seat." Sunset sat on the other side of the desk. "I'm sure you know by now that Anon-A-Miss closed the MyStable account, but that has hardly done anything to quell the student body's demand for recompense to the one responsible. I can understand why... So I am taking appropriate action if necessary to find who is responsible." And I just happened to be first on the list... Sunset thought. "Sunset...Contrary to what everyone else may think of you, I genuinely believe you have changed. There is just too much evidence for that to try and argue against. The only reason I called you here is that the students expect it. But I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt here. I will ask you, like I would anyone else, and I will take your answer for complete honesty...Are you Anon-A-Miss?" Sunset opened her mouth to say no, but stopped. She had already made her false confession to the other five. If she were to say no, they would find out sooner or later, and ask her why she had denied to Principal Celestia, or they would tell Celestia themselves that Sunset had confessed to them, and then what would happen?.. "I..." "Sunset?..." Celestia looked at her worriedly. "It's not you right?... Tell me it's not you." "It...is." There was a long silence. Whoever Anon-A-Miss really was had just taken what was left of Sunset's heart, soul, and will to go on, and stomped it all to the ground. "I...I don't understand Sunset.... Why would you do this after...everything? It doesn't make any sense." She sounded so disappointed. Sunset leaned down and put her head in her hands. She sounded too much like her mentor in Equestria for her to bear it. "Sunset, I...I really have no other choice...You are expelled from being my student." With that, the tears burst forth. This was Equestria all over again. "You...You can clean out your locker..." Celestia said quietly. Sunset knew that was a dismissal... a final dismissal. She got up and left without another word. "While she was cleaning her locker out, Dash came out of her class. "Hey skipper. Skippin?" She greeted. Sunset sighed. "No Dash." "Really? Don't you have class right now?" "Not anymore..." "What do you mean?" "I got called to Celestia's office...I'm done." She put the last book in her backpack. "Done, as in?..." "Done, as in done. I got expelled." "You...Is this about Anon-A-Miss?" "please don't bring it up right now..." "...Maybe we could-" "Don't bother. I'm getting physical threats here anyway. Probably best that I leave..." "Where will you go?.." "...Back." "...Back?..." Dash repeated, afraid of the answer. "Back." Sunset confirmed. "To Equestria." "You...You're leaving?..." "I got nothing else here." She picked up her backpack. "You'll come back though, right?...Every so often?" "....I honestly don't know." Sunset turned and walked away. "What about us? We're your friends!" Sunset didn't stop. Friends?...She wasn't sure she even knew the meaning of the word anymore. Once outside, she took out her journal. Twilight, you know how you told me to find my family the last time we talked? I think I finally know who they are... With that, she picked up her backpack, and went through the portal. Chapter 3 Twilight, you know how you told me to find my family the last time we talked? I think I finally know who they are... Twilight smiled. This was good. This could only mean that they had sorted everything out and- The portal rippled, Twilight glanced over at it. The next moment, her ruby gold friend emerged from from the mirror. "Sunset?" Twilight put the journal down. "What are you doing here?...I mean, not that you aren't welcome here anytime or anything, but I wasn't expecting you. You ok?..." "Twilight, you know that message I just sent you? I finally realized what I should have known at the beginning of all of this...I was looking for a family in a foreign world that I am not a part of. No matter how much I tried to be, I just kept coming back to the factthat despite looking like them, acting like them, and being around them, I am still not one of them. I'm not like them...and I honestly don't want to be anymore. That world is not my home, and the people are not my family. Here...Equestria...This is my home. I left it in search of something better. But I learned the hard way that you'll never find anything better than home." "Sunset...What do you mean in speaking this way about the other world? Did something happen?...I mean, you told me what was going on with the Anon-A-miss account and all...but I figured things were getting better..." "No." Sunset said simply. "They did not get better at all..." Her voice dropped to a whisper. "They got so much worse." Sunset could no longer keep a neutral expression as she broke down in sobs. Shocked at this, Twilight ran over and embraced her friend. "Sunset...Oh Sunset...What in Equestria happened over there?" "Oh Twilight, what didn't happen?..." She said after a long time. "Sunset...I want you to tell me everything that happened after we talked that first time." "Did you hear what happened? Sunset Shimmer got expelled for Anon-A-Miss!" "About time! She had it coming to her." "Ding dong, the witch is gone!" "Good riddance..." Sweetie Belle gulped at looked at Apple Bloom. She looked sick. Sweetie wasn't far behind, and the guilt was crushing scootaloo inside. "She...she got expelled?..." Sweetie Belle said quietly. "Ahh feel sick..." "This is so wrong. Things were supposed to get better after we deleted the account..." Scootaloo spoke quietly. "Guys...it's time to come clean." Apple Bloom said. "What?!" Scootaloo made sure to keep her voice down. "Sunset just got expelled! I can't get expelled Bloom." "I'm not saying you should...The account was mah idea in the first place. I'll just go to principal Celestia and say it was all me..." "But Apple Bloom-" "That way, only one of us will get expelled." "You don't have to do that Bloom." "Yes, ahh do. Ahh'm the one that deserves it. But Sunset...She didn't do anything wrong." Apple Bloom left after that and went to principal Celestia's office. Scootaloo and Sweetie looked on after her with regret and guilt gnawing at them both." Principal Celestia had her head in her hands on her desk. Everything felt so wrong. How could Sunset be behind all of this? Even though she had confessed right to her, the principal was having a hard time believing it. Sunset had changed so much since the Fall Formal. It didn't make sense that she would just throw it all away for...for what even? What did she even have to gain this time when everyone knew it was her?... There was a knock at the door. Celestia got herself together and pretended to be working. "...Come in." Apple Bloom opened the door. "Apple Bloom. May I help you?" "Principal Celestia, ahh....Ahh have a confession tah make." That caught Celestia's attention. "About the whole Anon-A-Miss thing...It...it wasn't Sunset." Celestia sighed. "I'd love to believe you Apple Bloom, but she confessed right to me-" "It was me." Apple Bloom cut her off. Great...just great. She thought to herself. First nobody's Anon-A-Miss, and now everybody is... "Apple Bloom I find it very noble of you to want to give Sunset another chance by confessing in her stead, but even if I were to believe you, I don't think you truly understand just how serious this whole Anon-A-Miss fiasco really is... I had to expell Sunset." "Ahh know...which is exactly why ahh had to come forward. Sunset does not deserve to be expelled." "Why would she have admitted right to me that she was Anon-A-Miss then, if she wasn't?" "Ahh...Ah think ah know...The other day at Sugarcube Corner, Apple jack, Rarity, Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash, her previous friends said some pretty nasty stuff when she tried to talk to them Sunset broke down then, and there. They told her that if she confessed, and deleted the account, they would look past it and move on. She had to have been really desperate, because, having no way to delete the account, she said she would anyways. But Dash wanted her to delete it then, and there. Being witness to the whole thing, ah couldn't let this go on any further. So when Dash handed Sunset her phone to delete the account, ah signed in on mah own phone, and deleted it, so that when she handed the phone back, the account was gone, and they accepted her back... Ahh, ahh thought things would get better for her after that...but they didn't." Celestia listened to Apple Bloom's detailed explanation. "Apple Bloom, even if I were to believe this, why would you have done something like this in the first place?" "Because...Ahh was jealous of her. Ahh wanted tah make her look bad, like she had gone back to her old ways." "It still does not answer why she would make a false confession to me." "Because, even if she did deny it, the others would have foundout, and either abandon her again, or come to you themselves and tell you she had confessed to them." Apple Bloom's explanation did make a lot of sense...Could she have made that all up on the spot?... "Apple Bloom, I do not know what is driving you to want to put the blame for this on yourself, but without any solid evidence-" "Ahh got the evidence!" She pulled out her phone. "The account may be gone, but Mystable's got a short term option that lets you recover your account if you change your mind!" She went to the Mystable app and activated the option, and before the principal's eyes, signed into the Anon-A-miss account. "...." Celestia wordlessly took the phone, looking the page over. It was all there....She pressed the button to the intercom system. "Would Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy please report to the principal's office?" If Apple Bloom was telling the whole truth, the Sunset had essentially been blackmailed into making a false confession. Knock, knock, knock "Come in" The five girls walked into the room, Applejack spotting her little sister. "uhh, why's mah sister here?" "That is why I called you five here. As I'm sure you are all now aware, earlier today, I had no choice but to expell Sunset after I called her in here, and she admitted to being Anon-A-Miss. But just not too long ago, Apple Bloom came to me and told me a rather peculiar stoy involving you five. A story that took place the other day at Sugarcube Corner when Sunset tried talking to you, and some things were said by you five that caused her to break down in the middle of the cafe...Sound familiar?" "well..." Rarity ventured, throwing a glare in Dash's direction. "I wouldn't say by ALL five of us...But yes, it did happen...Wait...Apple Bloom was there when that happened?" "I would like you to tell me in your own words, what happened next." "Well, yes, Sunset did break down there. Despite what she had done, it greatly unnverved me to see her in such a way as she was then...So, I went to comfort her, and I told her that if she simply admitted to what she had done, and closed the account, we would look past it all and carry on. She agreed to it, and confessed to being Anon-A-Miss." There it was...A direct match to Apple Bloom's story. Celestia sighed. "Do you even realize what you have just described to me? Has it dawned on you exactly why Sunset confessed to you five that she was Anon-A-Miss?" "Because she was?..." Rainbow answered in a Duh way. "Because she was?..." Celestia repeated, prompting a further answer. "Anon-A-Miss?..." Celestia sighed at Dash's answer. "Because she was blackmailed...by you five." Fluttershy gasped. "We...We didn't blackmail her!" "Maybe not knowingly, but she had nobody else than you five. Sounds like she was so desperate, that with the promise of gaining you five back, she decided that confessing to something she did not do was a small price to pay." "But she deleted the account right in front of us!? Dash argued. "It had to have been her!" "So it would seem...Unless someone in the cafe who was witnessing all this, signed into the account on her phone out of guilt, and deleted it as you thought Sunset had." "Yuh...Ya tryin' tah pin this on mah little sis?!" Apple jack gaped at her principal. "I am not pinning anything on anyone Applejack. But I do believe Apple Bloom would like to show you something on her phone..." Applejack looked at her sister, who had been quiet during all this. "Bloom?...What's on yer phone?..." Without looking at her sister, Apple Bloom handed her sister her phone. There, on the screen, was the Anon-A-Miss Mystable page. "Wha...Bu-...I-It got deleted..." Applejack tried making sense of this. "It's the account recovery option..." Apple Bloom explained quietly. Applejack looked at her sister in shock. "This...This is some joke right?" Apple Bloom didn't say anything. A thought suddenly occured to Applejack. "If Sunset is not Anon-A-Miss, why would she admit it even tah you?" She asked the principal. "Because she thought that if she had denied to me, you five would leave her again...Would you have?..." None of the girls answered that. Celestia sighed. "Does anybody know where Sunset may have gone?" "I...She went back to Equestria..." Dash sighed. There was a series of gasps. "What?! Without even saying goodbye or anything??" Pinkie gasped. Rarity sighed. "I honestly don't blame her..." "Bloom," Applejack looked at her sister angrily. "When this has all been sorted out, Imma tan yer hide so hard-" "And I'm afraid that will be the very least of your guy's' problems... As I had no choice but to expell Sunset, I now have no choice but to also expell the lot of you." "Bloom! You are not leaving the house for the next- wait...the lot of us?" "If Sunset went back to Equestria, that is the best possible outcome of all this...People who go through the amount of stress Sunset must have gone through during all of this, most often give up on life altogether. So yes, given the severity of what did, and could have happened in all this, I now have no choice but to expell all five of you, plus Apple Bloom." There was silence. "WHAT?!!" Pinkie broke it. "What did WE do?!?" "It's more a matter of what you didn't do Pinkie, and the fact that you even need to ask that." "Principal Celestia, please reconsider! I- I can't get expelled!" Rarity pleaded. "This is senior year! No fashion school will ever take me if I get expelled!" "And no sports team will ever have me again! Or university!" Dash agreed. "I'm sorry, but my decision is final. You can all clean out your lockers." After a long period of silence had passed, Dash angrily threw up her hands and left the office, followed a moment after by the other girls. Chapter 4 (Non humane expulsion)"Bloom, what in tarnation ever possessed ya tah do something like this??" Applejack held her sister's shoulders and looked her in the eyes with a fierce glare. "I...I was just so jealous that you guys were spendin' so much time with Sunset with all yer sleepovers..." "You were jealous of our sleepovers?! Ya better have a whole lot dang better explanation than that! Ya do realize it's illegal tah post people's personal stuff online without their consent?! Yer lucky ya ain't gettin' charged at all!" Apple Bloom looked at the ground. "I am wondering...How did you get so much info on everyone?.." Rarity asked, before another thought occured to her. "Or better yet, how on earth did you get Sunset's pictures from her phone when we were at my house?.." They all looked to Apple Bloom. "I...uhh..." Apple Bloom struggled for an explanation. "We're waiting Bloom..." Applejack crossed her arms. "Ahh...can't say..." She answered quietly. "Like heck ya can't say Bloom! Spreading mah nickname was bad enough, but ah want tah know what was the cause and reason to the post that made us all abandon Sunset!" "Funny, you took the words right out of my mouth." A new voice spoke. Everybody looked down the hall to see Twilight approaching, clearly NOT happy to see them. "Twilight...Dear Twilight...I, uhh...gotta go!" Twilight pulled Rarity back. "Oh no, you're staying here too." Twilight addressed the group. "Would any one of you mind explaining why Sunset came to me in tears today because she could no longer stand to be in this world any longer??" Applejack opened her mouth to speak, but Twilight cut her off. "Don't even bother answering that. I know whats been going on. I know what happened at Sugarcube Corner, and I KNOW what was said..." She fixed Rainbow with a death glare, who visibly shrank. "Uhh...About that..." "Shut it Dash. Don't even. I just want to know what in Eque- Earth...could have possibly started all this?.." She fixed her attention on Apple Bloom. "Apple Bloom...What was that I heard Applejack say just before I came into this? Something about spreading her nickname... which if I understand correctly, was one of the first posts that Anon-A-Miss made?.." "Ahh...Ahh..." Apple Bloom trembled. "Apple Bloom, are you Anon-A-Miss?.." Apple Bloom burst into tears. "Ahh'm sorry!! It was stupid, and ah never should have done it!" "You don't even know the half of it Apple Bloom." Twilight coldly fixed her gaze on her. "You have no idea what you caused... and for what? Some extra time with your sister?...That's quite a way to go about getting more time with her...But I guess it worked, didn't it? I have a feeling you'll be spending LOTS of time with her now. Was it worth it?" Apple Bloom continued to cry. Twilight focused her attention back on the group. "I trusted you girls. I trusted you to be there for her, and you tossed her to the side when she needed you most. You shame your pony counterparts, and the elements of harmony." There ws a beep from the intercom. "Could I get all students to the gym for an assembly? All students to the gym please." "Bloom's going to tell the school the truth." Applejack explained. Twilight nodded in understanding. "Seems only right..." Twilight muttered. They made their way to the gym. Apple Bloom went to the stage as everybody filed in. "Why's Apple Bloom up on the stage?" Sweetie asked. "I think I've got a pretty good guess..." Scootaloo answered with a gulp. "Everybody, ahhve got a confession tah make. For the last two weeks, somebody has been posting your secrets for all to see on Mystable-" Someone faked a sneeze. "-Sunset!" He wiped his nose. "Oh sorry, I'm allergic to horse crap." There were some snickers around the gym. Twilight looked like she could murder whoever had spoken. "...That's what this assembly is all about. This has charade has been going on fer long enough. Sunset is not Anon-A-Miss!" "Kid...get down from the stage before you fall." There were some more snickers. "Not that I'm complaining about this assembly, it gets me out of physics class, but there's really no point to this assembly at all. Everybody knows it was Sunset! She even got expelled!" "That's the thing! Sunset did not deserve to be expelled, because ahh'm Anon-A-Miss!" "If you're Anon-A-Miss, then I'm the lord of chaos! You're as capable of an act like this, as I'm capable of making it rain chocolate!" "Though you did make it rain acid rain in the lab once..." Another piped up. "Ahh'm bein' serious! Ahh'm Anon-A-Miss and ah can prove it!" She held up her phone. "Using the Mystable's account recovery option, ahh brought back the account barely an hour ago, and ah can prove its me!" She typed away furiously on her phone. Sunset Shimmer is innocent, and I, AppleBloom am Anon-A-Miss. She pressed post, and immediately after, dozens of dings went off from people's phones, as they all looked to see Apple Bloom's post. "Is this some joke? We couldn't possibly have been duped by a sixth grader..." "You're the reason my parents basically have me on house arrest??" "Ya little punk! I oughtta clobber you!" "Photo Finish shan't EVER be able to take another photo again because of you!!" "You made the great and powerful Trixie's magic tricks out to be a sham!" "Everybody already knew your magic tricks were a sham Trixie!" Somebody else called out. "I can't take this anymore..." Sweetie went up on the stage while everybody was shouting. "She's not the only one! I was in on this too!" While on the stage, Sweetie now spotted Twilight amidst the crowd, not looking the least bit impressed that she had come forward now too. "Sweetie?!?" Rarity's shocked voice rang out. "And...me." Scootaloo got up to the stage. "Scoots?!" Dash cried angrily. "I should have known it was you three all along!" Diamond Tiara shouted. A student body mob was beginning to form as they approached the stage. Celestia came forward. "These three are being expelled for their actions. Let's not have any more expulsions!" She glared at the crowd, daring anybody to take a step further. They reluctantly backed off. "That will be all. You now all know the truth. You may all return to your classes...And if I hear anything about anybody laying one hand on these three, I will hunt that student down, and they will be out of here too...You are all dismissed." Chapter 3 Alternate ending (Short) This is just the ending the last chapter would have had without the expulsion of the humane 5 "And I'm afraid that will be the very least of Apple Bloom's problems. As I had no choice but to expell Sunset, I now have no choice but to also expell you too, Apple Bloom. "Bloom! You ain't leavin' the house for the next eight lifetimes of Granny Smith!" Applejack glared at her sister. "Sunset going back to Equestria is the best outcome that could have come from this... Do you realize, Apple Bloom, that those who go through the amount of stress Sunset must have gone through with all this, most often give up on life altogether? If Sunset had gone that route, you could very well have been charged with manslaughter." Apple Bloom gulped. Never had she considered that. "You can clean out your locker. But before you leave today, I am going to call a school assembly, and you are going to tell the school the truth, and clear Sunset's name for good." Apple Bloom dared not argue. With that dismissal, Applejack got up and led AppleBloom out of the office, the others following suit. Author's Note So, I have decided that I'm going to go both routes with this. Expulsion and non. Hopefully everybody will be happy then, Lol
Chapter 1“Will you guys just listen to me for one minute??” Sunset threw her hands up in exasperation, to which Rainbow poked her hard in the chest. “No, you listen to us! It’s old Sunset, everyone knows YOU are Anon-A-Miss, so quit it with the denial already! Either fess up, or shut up, and get out of here!” “If I really was Anon-A-Miss, why would I be trying to get you guys to believe me at all? Would I really care at all if I was really her??” “Maybe! Maybe you’re trying to get us to trust you again so that you can keep getting more of our secrets, but we aren’t falling for it. So make like the demon we all know you are, and go to hell!!” Everything fell silent as Sunset turned her eyes to the floor. Rainbow was right…This was old…This fighting was old. She was sick and tired of trying to convince these people that she was innocent. There had to be some other way to gain them back. She was tired of all this. She couldn’t handle the overwhelming stress of this situation anymore. She felt her eyes sting as the tears began flowing once again, like they had so many times this last two weeks. It wasn’t long before she felt herself begin to sob in front of those she had once called friends. She took hold of a chair for support as she went down to her knees, sobbing pathetically, letting out two weeks worth of built up frustration and stress. She didn’t care that everyone was watching her, she didn’t care about anything anymore. She suddenly felt something embrace her. Soothing words were whispered into her ear. “Oh Sunset…Just give this all up. We are hurting as much as you are right now.” Came Rarity’s soft voice. “If these tears really are real, then just throw this all away. We may not ever know why you felt the need to do this, but I’m sure we can find some way to put this all behind us.” Sunset leaned into her. She couldn’t lose this again. But she knew that if she tried denying again, it would indeed be gone… “….What do you want me to do?” She whispered. “The first step to recovery and forgiveness is to admit what you did. If you really want us to forgive you, then admit what you did, and don’t deny it any longer.” “And if I do that...you will take me back?...” “And you gotta delete the Anon-A-Miss account.” Rainbow cut in sternly, her arms still crossed. “No deletion, no deal.” Sunset wasn’t sure how she was going to tackle that…but even if things did go downhill later on, at least she could gain some sort of respite in the meantime… “Ok…I did it…I...I am Anon-A-Miss.” “Took you long enough to admit that…” Dash muttered under her breath, as she pulled out her phone, and handed it to Sunset. “Now sign in, and delete the account.” She demanded. Sunset’s eyes widened a little. Right…Now?... Of course Rainbow would make her get rid of it right from the get-go…Sunset hesitantly took the phone. This was it…That respite was a lot shorter than she had been hoping it would be. The worst thing was that now she had actually admitted to them herself that she was Anon-A-Miss…so if there was even a sliver of doubt by any of them before…She had herself to thank that it would be long gone now. They would probably hold an even bigger grudge against her now, thinking that she was only refusing to take the account down. If there were even one person in the school that was secretly doubting her being Anon-A-Miss, it would be completely wiped out, now that they would probably go spreading to the entire school that they got an actual confession out of Sunset. Sunset was mentally kicking herself. Why had she confessed to being Anon-A-Miss?? Oh, that’s right…She wasn’t thinking right…She was so broken over this entire thing that she thought she could have ANY sort of respite…She should have known that was just the universe taunting her with a false sense of hope. Only a miracle would help in this situation now…And the world didn’t seem to be giving her too many of those… She went to the MyStable sign in page, if for nothing more than to simply delay the inevitable. She pretended to do stuff with the phone, taking her time. “Well?” Rainbow demanded. “How long does it take to simply delete an account?” “Uhh…right…” Sunset looked back down at the phone, taking a few deep breaths. Sweet Faust, help me… She thought to herself as she finally gave the phone back up to Dash. Dash navigated to the page for proof. Sunset turned her head away. Not just because she didn’t want to see the outcome of this…but because she honestly wouldn’t have been surprised if Dash decided to clock her in the face for this supposed stunt… She waited….and waited. She heard a sigh. She tensed up. “Wow, Sunset…I almost can’t believe it.” Here it comes… “You really manned up.” ....She had to have been exaggerating...she was being sarcastic right?... "And if you're willing to take responsibility, then I guess that's enough for me." With pure confusion, she looked back at Dash, who was holding her hand out to her. She hesitantly took the offered hand, expecting some kind of sudden animosity....But, Rainbow simply pulled her back to her feet. One thought was reeling in her mind... How?... "Guys...Do you think we might be going too far with this?" Applebloom asked quietly as she and her friends made their way down the street. "Ah mean...Sunset seems really torn up these days...I feel like we may be going beyond the realm of payback, and entering into what is just plain cruel territory. We only wanted our sisters to stop spending so much time with Sunset, but I feel like its gone beyond that now. Sunset isn't just an outcast now...People avoid her like the plague. And those who do approach her, do so in the kind of way that one would with the intent of wiping said plague out." "Not just that...But now the whole school's at each other's throats." Sweetie Belle agreed. "Well...what do we do about it?" Scootaloo asked. "Ah...ah don't know...maybe...maybe it's time to shut it down..." Apple Bloom spoke quietly as she opened the door to Sugar Cube Corner. “Will you guys just listen to me for one minute??” Apple Bloom's eyes fell on Sunset by a table where the other five were sitting. She was begging them to listen to her, but Rainbow Dash just got up in her face telling her to fess up, or get out. She continued trying to reason with them as the three girls quietly went to a table far from them, but still close enough to hear what was going on. "We're not falling for it. So make like the demon we all know you are, and go to hell!!” All three girls tensed at that. Scootaloo put a hand to her mouth in shock of what she had just heard Rainbow say. Sunset didn't say anything for a long moment...She didn't do anything...and what she did do next, broke all three girl's hearts. She began crying, which grew into sobbing. Sunset was having a complete breakdown in public, in front of her frie-....ex friends... Scootaloo could practically feel the eye rolling coming from Rainbow Dash as she watched her with no sympathy whatsoever. The three friends felt sick to their stomachs. This...was wrong. Sweetie Belle had tears in her eyes, and Apple Bloom wasn't far behind. After a while, they saw Rarity slowly got up, as she actually went over to Sunset and embraced her. Sweetie Belle felt a surge of pride that Rarity would do that, but then overwhelming guilt clouded that thought over in realization that she had taken part in putting Sunset in that position in the first place. They couldn't quite hear what Rarity was saying to Sunset. It looked like Sunset said something back to her. Then they were able to catch some of what Rarity said next: "admit what you did, and don’t deny it any longer.” Sunset said something else they couldn't catch. "And you gotta delete the Anon-A-Miss account." Rainbow spoke harshly. "No deletion, no deal." The three girls knew what was coming next...She would again try to reason, and they'd drive her out..." “Ok…I did it…I...I am Anon-A-Miss.” The three girls froze at the confession from Sunset. That...was not what they were expecting at all. Apple Bloom gulped. Had they really broken Sunset so far that she would admit to being guilty of a crime she didn't do, just to gain her friends back?...Just to gain some shred of dignity back?" Apple Bloom absentmindedly opened up her phone to the Anon-A-Miss accout. She...she had done this...All of this. Dash pulled out her phone, and handed it to Sunset. “Now sign in, and delete the account.” Apple Bloom saw Sunset visibly tense up at that demand, and for good reason too...There was no way for Sunset to access the account at all. But nonetheless, Sunset took the phone, while everyone waited. Sweetie and Scootaloo looked at Apple Bloom. "We've gotta do something..." Sweetie whispered. Apple Bloom looked down at her phone displaying the Anon-A-Miss account. Like her hand was on auto, it tapped on Account Setting, then to Account Status, with the option "Terminate Account" staring at her. She tapped it, and a warning message came up. You are about to terminate account "Anon-A-Miss" Please confirm that this is the intended action you desire. Terminate Account Cancel Apple Bloom paused, she looked back to Sunset, who looked as if she was just pretending to do stuff with the phone. Though it may have gone unnoticed to the others, she could practically feel the panic rising in Sunset. "Well? How long does it take to delete an account??" "Uhh...right." Sunset said nervously. Apple Bloom looked back at the message on her phone. She took a deep breath. Ah'm sorry Sunset...I hope I can tell that to your face someday...Until then, this is the least I can do... And with that, she tapped the "Terminate Account" option, as Sunset gave the phone back to Dash in defeat. She turned her face away from her, obviously expecting another outburst by Dash. But no outburst came. Instead, after checking to make sure the deed had been done, Rainbow offered Sunset a hand up, to which Sunset hesitantly, and confusedly accepted it as Dash pulled her back up. Apple Bloom sat back and sighed. "Well, that's that..." "Things...will get better for Sunset now...right?" Sweetie asked hopefully. "Course they will..." Apple Bloom assured. They have too... Author's Note Apple Bloom thinks she's made things better for Sunset...But now there's no proof that the CMC were the true culprits!! I have no idea when this will be updated... LOL I actually got the idea for this story while reading "Fall Apart" by Shimmer Shy. When I read the line that says "Tell you what. You tell us all the truth, take down 'Anon-a-miss's' page, 'n all will be forgiven." And I started to think...What if she actually did do that?...
chapter 2Sunset didn't know why she had ever thought that making a false confession would help her at all. Word got around that the account had been closed, and though, none of her "friends" had told anyone, they all already wrongly believed it had been her all along. "What's wrong? Ran out of secrets to post?" "Maybe someone actually told her it's illegal to post other's personal stuff, and she didn't want to get busted by the cops." "Principal Celestia ought to have her expelled. We all know this was all her. Why should she get away with it?" These were only a few of the things that she heard as she walked the halls. She couldn't be with the other five at all times of the day, so the times when she was alone, everybody took advantage of. At one point, she was knocked to the ground by a group of three guys. "You think we are just going to forget about all of this Anon-A-Miss? This is not over..." One of them sneered, as another reached down and took her by the collar of her shirt. "Get out of here while you still can in one piece." "I don't think we should even give her the chance...." The third cracked his knuckles, and drew his fist back. Suddenly, there was a beep from the intercom. "Would Sunset Shimmer please report to the principal's office?" "...Looks like you got lucky this time." He reluctantly lowered his arm, and they let her go. Sunset, relieved, turned to get out of there, when down the hall, she spotted a familiar spikey haired male leaning against the wall, who seemed to have been witness to what had just happened. But, rather than come talk to her, he simply turned and walked away. "Et Tu Flash?..." She sighed sadly, and went the other way. Upon approaching the door to Celestia's office, Sunset paused, sighed, and knocked. "Come in." Sunset entered. "Sunset, please have a seat." Sunset sat on the other side of the desk. "I'm sure you know by now that Anon-A-Miss closed the MyStable account, but that has hardly done anything to quell the student body's demand for recompense to the one responsible. I can understand why... So I am taking appropriate action if necessary to find who is responsible." And I just happened to be first on the list... Sunset thought. "Sunset...Contrary to what everyone else may think of you, I genuinely believe you have changed. There is just too much evidence for that to try and argue against. The only reason I called you here is that the students expect it. But I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt here. I will ask you, like I would anyone else, and I will take your answer for complete honesty...Are you Anon-A-Miss?" Sunset opened her mouth to say no, but stopped. She had already made her false confession to the other five. If she were to say no, they would find out sooner or later, and ask her why she had denied to Principal Celestia, or they would tell Celestia themselves that Sunset had confessed to them, and then what would happen?.. "I..." "Sunset?..." Celestia looked at her worriedly. "It's not you right?... Tell me it's not you." "It...is." There was a long silence. Whoever Anon-A-Miss really was had just taken what was left of Sunset's heart, soul, and will to go on, and stomped it all to the ground. "I...I don't understand Sunset.... Why would you do this after...everything? It doesn't make any sense." She sounded so disappointed. Sunset leaned down and put her head in her hands. She sounded too much like her mentor in Equestria for her to bear it. "Sunset, I...I really have no other choice...You are expelled from being my student." With that, the tears burst forth. This was Equestria all over again. "You...You can clean out your locker..." Celestia said quietly. Sunset knew that was a dismissal... a final dismissal. She got up and left without another word. "While she was cleaning her locker out, Dash came out of her class. "Hey skipper. Skippin?" She greeted. Sunset sighed. "No Dash." "Really? Don't you have class right now?" "Not anymore..." "What do you mean?" "I got called to Celestia's office...I'm done." She put the last book in her backpack. "Done, as in?..." "Done, as in done. I got expelled." "You...Is this about Anon-A-Miss?" "please don't bring it up right now..." "...Maybe we could-" "Don't bother. I'm getting physical threats here anyway. Probably best that I leave..." "Where will you go?.." "...Back." "...Back?..." Dash repeated, afraid of the answer. "Back." Sunset confirmed. "To Equestria." "You...You're leaving?..." "I got nothing else here." She picked up her backpack. "You'll come back though, right?...Every so often?" "....I honestly don't know." Sunset turned and walked away. "What about us? We're your friends!" Sunset didn't stop. Friends?...She wasn't sure she even knew the meaning of the word anymore. Once outside, she took out her journal. Twilight, you know how you told me to find my family the last time we talked? I think I finally know who they are... With that, she picked up her backpack, and went through the portal.
Chapter 3 Twilight, you know how you told me to find my family the last time we talked? I think I finally know who they are... Twilight smiled. This was good. This could only mean that they had sorted everything out and- The portal rippled, Twilight glanced over at it. The next moment, her ruby gold friend emerged from from the mirror. "Sunset?" Twilight put the journal down. "What are you doing here?...I mean, not that you aren't welcome here anytime or anything, but I wasn't expecting you. You ok?..." "Twilight, you know that message I just sent you? I finally realized what I should have known at the beginning of all of this...I was looking for a family in a foreign world that I am not a part of. No matter how much I tried to be, I just kept coming back to the factthat despite looking like them, acting like them, and being around them, I am still not one of them. I'm not like them...and I honestly don't want to be anymore. That world is not my home, and the people are not my family. Here...Equestria...This is my home. I left it in search of something better. But I learned the hard way that you'll never find anything better than home." "Sunset...What do you mean in speaking this way about the other world? Did something happen?...I mean, you told me what was going on with the Anon-A-miss account and all...but I figured things were getting better..." "No." Sunset said simply. "They did not get better at all..." Her voice dropped to a whisper. "They got so much worse." Sunset could no longer keep a neutral expression as she broke down in sobs. Shocked at this, Twilight ran over and embraced her friend. "Sunset...Oh Sunset...What in Equestria happened over there?" "Oh Twilight, what didn't happen?..." She said after a long time. "Sunset...I want you to tell me everything that happened after we talked that first time." "Did you hear what happened? Sunset Shimmer got expelled for Anon-A-Miss!" "About time! She had it coming to her." "Ding dong, the witch is gone!" "Good riddance..." Sweetie Belle gulped at looked at Apple Bloom. She looked sick. Sweetie wasn't far behind, and the guilt was crushing scootaloo inside. "She...she got expelled?..." Sweetie Belle said quietly. "Ahh feel sick..." "This is so wrong. Things were supposed to get better after we deleted the account..." Scootaloo spoke quietly. "Guys...it's time to come clean." Apple Bloom said. "What?!" Scootaloo made sure to keep her voice down. "Sunset just got expelled! I can't get expelled Bloom." "I'm not saying you should...The account was mah idea in the first place. I'll just go to principal Celestia and say it was all me..." "But Apple Bloom-" "That way, only one of us will get expelled." "You don't have to do that Bloom." "Yes, ahh do. Ahh'm the one that deserves it. But Sunset...She didn't do anything wrong." Apple Bloom left after that and went to principal Celestia's office. Scootaloo and Sweetie looked on after her with regret and guilt gnawing at them both." Principal Celestia had her head in her hands on her desk. Everything felt so wrong. How could Sunset be behind all of this? Even though she had confessed right to her, the principal was having a hard time believing it. Sunset had changed so much since the Fall Formal. It didn't make sense that she would just throw it all away for...for what even? What did she even have to gain this time when everyone knew it was her?... There was a knock at the door. Celestia got herself together and pretended to be working. "...Come in." Apple Bloom opened the door. "Apple Bloom. May I help you?" "Principal Celestia, ahh....Ahh have a confession tah make." That caught Celestia's attention. "About the whole Anon-A-Miss thing...It...it wasn't Sunset." Celestia sighed. "I'd love to believe you Apple Bloom, but she confessed right to me-" "It was me." Apple Bloom cut her off. Great...just great. She thought to herself. First nobody's Anon-A-Miss, and now everybody is... "Apple Bloom I find it very noble of you to want to give Sunset another chance by confessing in her stead, but even if I were to believe you, I don't think you truly understand just how serious this whole Anon-A-Miss fiasco really is... I had to expell Sunset." "Ahh know...which is exactly why ahh had to come forward. Sunset does not deserve to be expelled." "Why would she have admitted right to me that she was Anon-A-Miss then, if she wasn't?" "Ahh...Ah think ah know...The other day at Sugarcube Corner, Apple jack, Rarity, Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash, her previous friends said some pretty nasty stuff when she tried to talk to them Sunset broke down then, and there. They told her that if she confessed, and deleted the account, they would look past it and move on. She had to have been really desperate, because, having no way to delete the account, she said she would anyways. But Dash wanted her to delete it then, and there. Being witness to the whole thing, ah couldn't let this go on any further. So when Dash handed Sunset her phone to delete the account, ah signed in on mah own phone, and deleted it, so that when she handed the phone back, the account was gone, and they accepted her back... Ahh, ahh thought things would get better for her after that...but they didn't." Celestia listened to Apple Bloom's detailed explanation. "Apple Bloom, even if I were to believe this, why would you have done something like this in the first place?" "Because...Ahh was jealous of her. Ahh wanted tah make her look bad, like she had gone back to her old ways." "It still does not answer why she would make a false confession to me." "Because, even if she did deny it, the others would have foundout, and either abandon her again, or come to you themselves and tell you she had confessed to them." Apple Bloom's explanation did make a lot of sense...Could she have made that all up on the spot?... "Apple Bloom, I do not know what is driving you to want to put the blame for this on yourself, but without any solid evidence-" "Ahh got the evidence!" She pulled out her phone. "The account may be gone, but Mystable's got a short term option that lets you recover your account if you change your mind!" She went to the Mystable app and activated the option, and before the principal's eyes, signed into the Anon-A-miss account. "...." Celestia wordlessly took the phone, looking the page over. It was all there....She pressed the button to the intercom system. "Would Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy please report to the principal's office?" If Apple Bloom was telling the whole truth, the Sunset had essentially been blackmailed into making a false confession. Knock, knock, knock "Come in" The five girls walked into the room, Applejack spotting her little sister. "uhh, why's mah sister here?" "That is why I called you five here. As I'm sure you are all now aware, earlier today, I had no choice but to expell Sunset after I called her in here, and she admitted to being Anon-A-Miss. But just not too long ago, Apple Bloom came to me and told me a rather peculiar stoy involving you five. A story that took place the other day at Sugarcube Corner when Sunset tried talking to you, and some things were said by you five that caused her to break down in the middle of the cafe...Sound familiar?" "well..." Rarity ventured, throwing a glare in Dash's direction. "I wouldn't say by ALL five of us...But yes, it did happen...Wait...Apple Bloom was there when that happened?" "I would like you to tell me in your own words, what happened next." "Well, yes, Sunset did break down there. Despite what she had done, it greatly unnverved me to see her in such a way as she was then...So, I went to comfort her, and I told her that if she simply admitted to what she had done, and closed the account, we would look past it all and carry on. She agreed to it, and confessed to being Anon-A-Miss." There it was...A direct match to Apple Bloom's story. Celestia sighed. "Do you even realize what you have just described to me? Has it dawned on you exactly why Sunset confessed to you five that she was Anon-A-Miss?" "Because she was?..." Rainbow answered in a Duh way. "Because she was?..." Celestia repeated, prompting a further answer. "Anon-A-Miss?..." Celestia sighed at Dash's answer. "Because she was blackmailed...by you five." Fluttershy gasped. "We...We didn't blackmail her!" "Maybe not knowingly, but she had nobody else than you five. Sounds like she was so desperate, that with the promise of gaining you five back, she decided that confessing to something she did not do was a small price to pay." "But she deleted the account right in front of us!? Dash argued. "It had to have been her!" "So it would seem...Unless someone in the cafe who was witnessing all this, signed into the account on her phone out of guilt, and deleted it as you thought Sunset had." "Yuh...Ya tryin' tah pin this on mah little sis?!" Apple jack gaped at her principal. "I am not pinning anything on anyone Applejack. But I do believe Apple Bloom would like to show you something on her phone..." Applejack looked at her sister, who had been quiet during all this. "Bloom?...What's on yer phone?..." Without looking at her sister, Apple Bloom handed her sister her phone. There, on the screen, was the Anon-A-Miss Mystable page. "Wha...Bu-...I-It got deleted..." Applejack tried making sense of this. "It's the account recovery option..." Apple Bloom explained quietly. Applejack looked at her sister in shock. "This...This is some joke right?" Apple Bloom didn't say anything. A thought suddenly occured to Applejack. "If Sunset is not Anon-A-Miss, why would she admit it even tah you?" She asked the principal. "Because she thought that if she had denied to me, you five would leave her again...Would you have?..." None of the girls answered that. Celestia sighed. "Does anybody know where Sunset may have gone?" "I...She went back to Equestria..." Dash sighed. There was a series of gasps. "What?! Without even saying goodbye or anything??" Pinkie gasped. Rarity sighed. "I honestly don't blame her..." "Bloom," Applejack looked at her sister angrily. "When this has all been sorted out, Imma tan yer hide so hard-" "And I'm afraid that will be the very least of your guy's' problems... As I had no choice but to expell Sunset, I now have no choice but to also expell the lot of you." "Bloom! You are not leaving the house for the next- wait...the lot of us?" "If Sunset went back to Equestria, that is the best possible outcome of all this...People who go through the amount of stress Sunset must have gone through during all of this, most often give up on life altogether. So yes, given the severity of what did, and could have happened in all this, I now have no choice but to expell all five of you, plus Apple Bloom." There was silence. "WHAT?!!" Pinkie broke it. "What did WE do?!?" "It's more a matter of what you didn't do Pinkie, and the fact that you even need to ask that." "Principal Celestia, please reconsider! I- I can't get expelled!" Rarity pleaded. "This is senior year! No fashion school will ever take me if I get expelled!" "And no sports team will ever have me again! Or university!" Dash agreed. "I'm sorry, but my decision is final. You can all clean out your lockers." After a long period of silence had passed, Dash angrily threw up her hands and left the office, followed a moment after by the other girls.
Chapter 4 (Non humane expulsion)"Bloom, what in tarnation ever possessed ya tah do something like this??" Applejack held her sister's shoulders and looked her in the eyes with a fierce glare. "I...I was just so jealous that you guys were spendin' so much time with Sunset with all yer sleepovers..." "You were jealous of our sleepovers?! Ya better have a whole lot dang better explanation than that! Ya do realize it's illegal tah post people's personal stuff online without their consent?! Yer lucky ya ain't gettin' charged at all!" Apple Bloom looked at the ground. "I am wondering...How did you get so much info on everyone?.." Rarity asked, before another thought occured to her. "Or better yet, how on earth did you get Sunset's pictures from her phone when we were at my house?.." They all looked to Apple Bloom. "I...uhh..." Apple Bloom struggled for an explanation. "We're waiting Bloom..." Applejack crossed her arms. "Ahh...can't say..." She answered quietly. "Like heck ya can't say Bloom! Spreading mah nickname was bad enough, but ah want tah know what was the cause and reason to the post that made us all abandon Sunset!" "Funny, you took the words right out of my mouth." A new voice spoke. Everybody looked down the hall to see Twilight approaching, clearly NOT happy to see them. "Twilight...Dear Twilight...I, uhh...gotta go!" Twilight pulled Rarity back. "Oh no, you're staying here too." Twilight addressed the group. "Would any one of you mind explaining why Sunset came to me in tears today because she could no longer stand to be in this world any longer??" Applejack opened her mouth to speak, but Twilight cut her off. "Don't even bother answering that. I know whats been going on. I know what happened at Sugarcube Corner, and I KNOW what was said..." She fixed Rainbow with a death glare, who visibly shrank. "Uhh...About that..." "Shut it Dash. Don't even. I just want to know what in Eque- Earth...could have possibly started all this?.." She fixed her attention on Apple Bloom. "Apple Bloom...What was that I heard Applejack say just before I came into this? Something about spreading her nickname... which if I understand correctly, was one of the first posts that Anon-A-Miss made?.." "Ahh...Ahh..." Apple Bloom trembled. "Apple Bloom, are you Anon-A-Miss?.." Apple Bloom burst into tears. "Ahh'm sorry!! It was stupid, and ah never should have done it!" "You don't even know the half of it Apple Bloom." Twilight coldly fixed her gaze on her. "You have no idea what you caused... and for what? Some extra time with your sister?...That's quite a way to go about getting more time with her...But I guess it worked, didn't it? I have a feeling you'll be spending LOTS of time with her now. Was it worth it?" Apple Bloom continued to cry. Twilight focused her attention back on the group. "I trusted you girls. I trusted you to be there for her, and you tossed her to the side when she needed you most. You shame your pony counterparts, and the elements of harmony." There ws a beep from the intercom. "Could I get all students to the gym for an assembly? All students to the gym please." "Bloom's going to tell the school the truth." Applejack explained. Twilight nodded in understanding. "Seems only right..." Twilight muttered. They made their way to the gym. Apple Bloom went to the stage as everybody filed in. "Why's Apple Bloom up on the stage?" Sweetie asked. "I think I've got a pretty good guess..." Scootaloo answered with a gulp. "Everybody, ahhve got a confession tah make. For the last two weeks, somebody has been posting your secrets for all to see on Mystable-" Someone faked a sneeze. "-Sunset!" He wiped his nose. "Oh sorry, I'm allergic to horse crap." There were some snickers around the gym. Twilight looked like she could murder whoever had spoken. "...That's what this assembly is all about. This has charade has been going on fer long enough. Sunset is not Anon-A-Miss!" "Kid...get down from the stage before you fall." There were some more snickers. "Not that I'm complaining about this assembly, it gets me out of physics class, but there's really no point to this assembly at all. Everybody knows it was Sunset! She even got expelled!" "That's the thing! Sunset did not deserve to be expelled, because ahh'm Anon-A-Miss!" "If you're Anon-A-Miss, then I'm the lord of chaos! You're as capable of an act like this, as I'm capable of making it rain chocolate!" "Though you did make it rain acid rain in the lab once..." Another piped up. "Ahh'm bein' serious! Ahh'm Anon-A-Miss and ah can prove it!" She held up her phone. "Using the Mystable's account recovery option, ahh brought back the account barely an hour ago, and ah can prove its me!" She typed away furiously on her phone. Sunset Shimmer is innocent, and I, AppleBloom am Anon-A-Miss. She pressed post, and immediately after, dozens of dings went off from people's phones, as they all looked to see Apple Bloom's post. "Is this some joke? We couldn't possibly have been duped by a sixth grader..." "You're the reason my parents basically have me on house arrest??" "Ya little punk! I oughtta clobber you!" "Photo Finish shan't EVER be able to take another photo again because of you!!" "You made the great and powerful Trixie's magic tricks out to be a sham!" "Everybody already knew your magic tricks were a sham Trixie!" Somebody else called out. "I can't take this anymore..." Sweetie went up on the stage while everybody was shouting. "She's not the only one! I was in on this too!" While on the stage, Sweetie now spotted Twilight amidst the crowd, not looking the least bit impressed that she had come forward now too. "Sweetie?!?" Rarity's shocked voice rang out. "And...me." Scootaloo got up to the stage. "Scoots?!" Dash cried angrily. "I should have known it was you three all along!" Diamond Tiara shouted. A student body mob was beginning to form as they approached the stage. Celestia came forward. "These three are being expelled for their actions. Let's not have any more expulsions!" She glared at the crowd, daring anybody to take a step further. They reluctantly backed off. "That will be all. You now all know the truth. You may all return to your classes...And if I hear anything about anybody laying one hand on these three, I will hunt that student down, and they will be out of here too...You are all dismissed."
Chapter 3 Alternate ending (Short) This is just the ending the last chapter would have had without the expulsion of the humane 5 "And I'm afraid that will be the very least of Apple Bloom's problems. As I had no choice but to expell Sunset, I now have no choice but to also expell you too, Apple Bloom. "Bloom! You ain't leavin' the house for the next eight lifetimes of Granny Smith!" Applejack glared at her sister. "Sunset going back to Equestria is the best outcome that could have come from this... Do you realize, Apple Bloom, that those who go through the amount of stress Sunset must have gone through with all this, most often give up on life altogether? If Sunset had gone that route, you could very well have been charged with manslaughter." Apple Bloom gulped. Never had she considered that. "You can clean out your locker. But before you leave today, I am going to call a school assembly, and you are going to tell the school the truth, and clear Sunset's name for good." Apple Bloom dared not argue. With that dismissal, Applejack got up and led AppleBloom out of the office, the others following suit. Author's Note So, I have decided that I'm going to go both routes with this. Expulsion and non. Hopefully everybody will be happy then, Lol
