Pack's Loyalty

Pack’s Loyalty

Chapter 1: A friendship that was frozen. A heart that is shattered

“Rumours are started by haters, spread by fools and accepted by idiots”

It was a dark and cold night. Snow was falling and landing on any surface the flakes could get a chance to land, making it look like a white blanket. The night sky was a perfect blend of black and white. The temperature was a solid -3°C, so it was perfect for freezing. Today was 23rd December. Only two more days until the happiest day of the year: Christmas. Unfortunately, there was one teenage girl that wasn’t feeling any holiday cheer. Her name was Sunset Shimmer: former unicorn, ex-bully, redeeming anti-hero, Canterlot High defender...and now a backstabbed young lass.

Sunset was trudging through the snow, with a look on her face that resembled someone who just realized that her loved one just died and she came back from the funeral. These past few days were nothing more than a living hell for her, with her new reputation gone down the toilet, the sole fact that her friends had severed ties with her and nearly the whole school had turned against her. And it was all because of Anon-a-Miss

Anon-a-Miss. Those three words that were a big plague on her well-being. That cyber demon had caused the whole school to be in disarray and as a result everyone began to turn on her again, the only difference was that her friends were the first to turn on her. The reason being was that The Rainbooms had invited her to celebrate the holidays after finding out she had no one to celebrate Christmas with. They just had fun. Mucking around, wearing costumes and just having a good time. That was when the secrets began to pop-up. First was an old family nickname of Applejack which was “piggy-wiggly”, then it was Rainbow’s failed test and last of all was the pictures from the sleepovers. With all these secrets, there was one thing they could conclude: It was Sunset Shimmer. And they certainly let her know of their anger, especially as she was sobbing in the corridors

“Why...after all I had done for them?” she whimpered. She still remembered what they said:

“Why should we listen to your lies?!” That was Applejack, the “most honest” student of CHS.
“We thought you were our friend!” Rainbow said that one. She sure showed true loyalty that time (!)
“You don’t belong here, Sunset!” Rarity said that. That uptight, bitchy little snob

A fresh stream of tears fell from her cheeks. Guess whoever said that Friendship is the greatest treasure must've been drinking or something. Next secrets began to be spilled from the other students in the school and they were pissed off, with assaulting and insulting happening on her left and right. Hell, even Rainbow managed to trick Sunset by getting her old friend Gilda and her gang of thugs to brutalize her and leave her near death.

However, as she was walking she remembered that six students had backed her up. Sure, it made them outcasts but the fact they were there for her slightly warmed her up.

‘Flash, Vinyl, Derpy…’ she thought as she remembered those three who helped her when she was assaulted. She never expected her ex-boyfriend, the party girl and the clumsiest girl of CHS to help her out but If it wasn’t for them, then she would have been dead as a doornail.

‘Snips, Snails’ those thoughts continued as she remembered her old henchmen taking her to a local hospital to get treated. She never thought that they would still be there for her, especially after the Fall Formal. But the last person that helped her really shocked her like a sudden jolt of lightning.

‘Scootaloo…’ that one was a complete turn for the books. Rainbow’s “number one fan” was also one of the students that helped her. Actually, she couldn’t call the young girl Rainbow’s number one fan, especially with the latest post on Anon-a-Miss’s webpage.

“Aw great, another new post?” said one burly student

“Another Anon-a-Miss Post? Sunset is on a roll” Said a jock

“Just goes to show you: the more people change, the more they stay the same” lamented Octavia.

“Hah, Trixie always knew she was still a sleaze!” said Trixie in a smug voice

The Rainbooms noticed and immediately groaned. After their secrets were posted, they thought that Sunset had reverted back into her old ways. They thought that they were in the right. However, their thought trains had broken when they heard what was said.

“No way! Is this for real?”

“What the hell?! Isn’t she her number one fan?!”

“Those two are like sisters! Aren’t they?!”

“Looks like Rainbow Trash lost some of her fanbase!”

“I think Scootaloo may be a better liar than I thought”

Confused, The Rainbooms looked at their phones and they got shown a video. Rainbow pressed play and immediately regretted it.

It showed Scootaloo with a dart in her hand and was going to launch it at a dartboard...with a picture of Rainbow Dash in the centre! The Dart hit between the eyes and Scootaloo began smirking. “Aw, yeah, still got it!” she cackled. “Alright Rainbow Ass, you say you’re fast? Try and dodge this!” the dart left her hand and landed right next to the previously thrown one. What she said next really chilled everyone’s bones:

“Oh, I’ve been waiting to do this...This will be so much fun...” The video stopped.

The whole cafeteria was in silence taking in this new information. Rainbow’s “biggest fan” hated her guts? As soon as Scootaloo came into the Cafeteria, everyone looked with scared looks: her face, rather than being bright and full of innocence, was dark and had a cold glare on her face as she scanned the cafeteria. Silently, she got her lunch and found a place of solitude.

When Rainbow saw her surrogate sister, her face was in denial, evident by the quick shaking of her head and her muttering “it can’t be true”

Sunset had also saw the whole thing, eyes wide, and began to walk out the other way. Gut instinct told her that it was probably best to not get involved.

Out of all the days, that day had been a complete shocker. Everyone had gotten use to the orange-skinned girl’s praises of the athlete, but the fact that she was launching darts at her picture meant that everyone needed to have a complete overhaul of Scootaloo’s being. Nobody must’ve told Rainbow that because after catching up with her and trying to convince herself that it was a cruel joke by demanding Scootaloo to say it. The freshman’s response? A heavy right cross right into her stomach right in front of the whole school. To add the final nail into the coffin, she just said:

“I’ve been waiting to do that for over 3 years…”

Then she walked of, with a Cheshire grin and muttering “Pathetic dumbass. Can’t believe I looked up to her” Poor Rainbow. The pain in her stomach was nothing compared to her pain in her heart. Naturally, she blamed Sunset for turning Scoots against her, going so far as punching her cheek.

But the day turned into the usual assault for Sunset, when three more secrets were spilled and three boys had ambushed her outside of the school and began to wail on her like a pack of wild dogs.

“You’re dead Sunset!” Said an athletic student as he gave a swift punch to her stomach. “How’d you find out about my stuffed bear?!”

“You told everyone about my family hell?! You are going to die for this!” growled one of the artistic student as he back-handed Sunset. “I’ll bury you alive in front of the fucking statue!”

“Oh, I’m gonna enjoy ripping your lips off, you fucking prick!” snarled Score. He was especially pissed over the fact that everyone found out he was juicing. Now he was banned from football until further notice. So he began kicking Sunset right in the stomach. She then began to crouch down, holding her stomach, coughing up blood.

“It’s not me…” She wheezed out. They were about to continue until three voices rung out.

“HEY!”

They turned around to see three pissed students. They recognised the face as Flash Sentry, Vinyl Scratch and Derpy Hooves

“Hitting a woman, now that’s just low!”, Said Flash in an outraged manner.
“Stay outta this, Brad! This bitch needs to pay!” Yelled out Score.

“For some pieces of trash on the web?! Are you deluded or something?! IT. AIN’T. HER!” yelled out Vinyl

“She’s messing with you! This she-demon went back to her old ways! Now we’ll bury her right now!”

“Seriously?! Do you bastards still believe that gossip rag?!” Snarled Derpy. Flash and Vinyl could’ve sworn that they saw Derpy’s lazy eye align with her good one.

Not wanting to leave any witnesses, the three boys ran up to the three students with their fists raised. Whilst the fight was happening, three smaller kids walked up to Sunset and helped her move to the Nurse’s office.

“This...is...going crazy!” Wheezed a young, pudgy boy named Snips. Sunset sure weighed a lot.

“You’re... telling me! Can’t believe they still think it’s her!” grunted a lanky boy named Snails, as he held Sunset other arm over his shoulder

“Hurry up! Those three will smell a rat if we don’t get out of here!” said Scootaloo, checking to make sure any more vengeful students were coming. She was more concerned about Sunset than the fact that she had many people whispering about that video.

Flash, Vinyl and Derpy: With a few bruises but the attackers under their boots looked on with hopeful smiles… too bad they didn’t notice a group of students noticing the whole thing

Sunset looked to see the three young juniors helping her up before she blacked out.

As grateful as she was, she couldn’t help but feel a slight bit of remorse. By helping her they ended up being the school outcasts but they didn’t mind. They cared for her wellbeing more than their reputations.

Sunset let out an empty sigh. “What’s the use of even living?” she lamented as she continued to trudge through the snow. She put her back to the wall and crouched down, allowing the frozen temperature to seep into her skin.

If she dies from frostbite, at least her ex-friends would get their Christmas wish… however she heard a gentle voice before it was lights out for her.