Finding Family.

The Sirens stood outside Sunset's room, hearing crying coming from within. "Sunset, please, we want to help you, but we can't do that if you don't talk to us."

Sunset heard them, and shouted back, though the door muffled it a bit. "Leave me alone!" Adagio frowned.

"Sunset Shimmer I know you're hurting right now, but you have to talk about it or things will only get worse. I'm coming in whether you want me to or not." The eldest Siren grabbed the door know and tried to twist it, only to find it locked. "Damn it. Aria could you...?" Adagio looked at the middle sibling and saw her nod as she pulled out a bobbypin. A second later the door opened.

Sonata looked at the girl with fiery hair that was laying on the bed and frowned. She was about to open her mouth to speak when her phone started ringing. She pulled it out of her pocket and hit the end call button upon seeing that it was a former boyfriend. A second later her eyes widened and the Siren got an idea. Slipping the phone into her pocket Sonata went out the door and headed to her room.

Sunset's head raised off of the pillow she had buried her face in, and it was clear to the eldest Siren, whom had sat down on the bed next to her, that she had been crying her eyes out at the fact that even Twilight had 'abandoned' her. "Please, go away."

"Sunset, believe me, if I thought it would help, I would. But I know that if I do that, you will most likely hurt yourself." Sunset opened her mouth to argue only for the eldest Siren to give her a flat look. "Look me in the eyes and tell me you haven't thought about hurting yourself today." Sunset did as the Siren said and opened her mouth to speak, but no words were able to come out. Adagio gave the girl a small smile. "I'm here if you need someone to listen."

Sunset rolled onto her back and sighed before blowing her nose into a tissue from a box on the nightstand. "I just don't understand why Anon-a-Miss did this to me. Why now? Everything was finally going right for me, I was happy, I had friends!" Sunset frowned as the words left her mouth, her thoughts drifting and finally settling on an image of the five human girls standing over her broken and battered body, a dog collar with her name on it in Rainbow's hand. "Well, I was a dog had owners at the very least..."

Adagio frowned and gripped the girl's shoulder. "Stop that. You are not an animal, and if I ever hear you refer to yourself as a dog again, I'm going to slap you."

Sunset didn't know why, but she felt the need to smirk. "Well technically humans, and ponies, and even Hippocampi are-" Sunset's phone beeped, the girl sighed and pulled out said phone, seeing that Anon-a-Miss had made another post. "Who are they making angry at me... Uh Adagio?"

The Siren looked over the girl's shoulder. "Yes?" The puffy haired girl looked at the post and smirked. "Well, well, well. It seems as if Sonata want's to play hero..."

On the Anon-a-Miss MyStable page, which Sonata had temporarily hijacked, was... Honestly a pretty threatening message. 'Anon-a-Miss, by the end of the week, your name and greatest secrets shall be revealed. Should you wish to avoid this fate, as well as the pain you have brought upon Sunset Shimmer, you shall reveal yourself to the entirety of Canterlot High and delete this account. You have 48 hours to comply.' Underneath the post was a timer that was steadily ticking down.

Sweet Apple Acres.

"Sunset said some things when I talked with her, and looking back, seeing the way you girls treated her at the Battle of the Bands, as much as it hurts to admit it, I think she might have been right. So let me ask you this, did any of you ever think of Sunset as your friend? No, wait, scratch that, did you ever even think of her as a person?" Twilight, having finished crying before Applejack arrived to pick her up, was livid once more. She and the Rainbooms, sans Rainbow Dash, were currently in Applejack's room at Sweet Apple Acres.

The only one who was actually brave enough to respond, was Fluttershy. "I..." She gulped and looked away. "Not at first... At first I saw her as a trophy, and after a few days, I saw her wounded animal... But after a few months I really did start to see her as a friend... I-I can't believe I treated her like that, like this..." Fluttershy barely managed to look into Twilight's eyes. "I'm sorry." What more could she say?

Twilight's eyes softened a bit, but not very much. "I'm not the one you need to apologize too." She looked at the others. "What about you?"

Pinkie, who's skin and hair had seemingly changed to a darker color, shook her head. "I was just happy that everyone else was smiling... I never really though about Sunset... I never really thought about making her smile..."

"Loath as I am to admit it... I saw her as nothing more than a charity case and a model for my clothes Darling... I had only really started to connect with her right before this started." Tears began to form and mascara began to run.

Twilight looked at the only one who remained silent. "Well? What about you Applejack?"

Applejack looked at the ceiling for a moment before steeling her nerves. "No. I didn't, and I still don't." Applejack ignored the gasps that came from her fellow humans and matched the glare that Twilight gave her. "People don't change Twilight. She's a no-good, lying, snake in the grass who honestly deserves whatever she gets. Rainbow went to far, but I won't lie, I probably would have too had I been there."

Twilight's gaze remained on the cowgirl for a moment before she closed her eyes. "I see." After a few moments of silence she opened her eyes.

"I've come to a decision. We are going to find out who Anon-a-Miss really is. We are going to make them confess. They are going to ask Sunset for forgiveness, you are going to ask Sunset for forgiveness, the entire school is going to ask Sunset for forgiveness. And once everything is over and done with, unless she objects for some reason, I am taking Sunset back to Equestria. Afterwards, I am going to sever my connections with all of you. Except Fluttershy, because I believe that she actually saw Sunset as a person." She turned to said girl and handed her Sunset's journal. "If Sunset chooses to leave, you will be the only one keeping me from closing the portal."

She turned back to the others. "I will continue to aid the school if anything magical in nature causes trouble. Only because it will be the right thing to do." Silence reigned supreme for a few seconds. "Now that that is done with, Applejack, call your sister and get her over here. Now." Applejack glared at the Princess but did as she asked. A few moments later Applebloom walked into the room.

"Whaddaya need..." She looked at Twilight and her heart dropped into her stomach. She knew, she didn't know how, but she knew. "H-howdy Princess..."

"Applebloom, I'm only going to ask this once. Are you, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, Anon-a-Miss?"

Applebloom tried to calm herself and opened her mouth. "Yes." Applebloom looked away once she saw the utterly destroyed look on Applejack's face. "It was my idea, I started it and brought Sweetie and Scoots on board later. How did you figure out it was us?"

Twilight frowned at the girl. "Well, I hope you're happy with yourselves. As for your question, I used my brain. Only Sunset, the girls and Applejack's family knew about Piggly Wiggly, Sweetie would clearly know about Rarity's failed dresses and the junior soccer team, which Scootaloo is on, trains at the same time as the upperclassmen team, and they share a locker room." The four elder girl's eyes widened at how they had missed that. "Aside from that your counterparts in Equestria did something very similar."

Applebloom glared at the Princess. "I don't see why you care, so we told a few secrets, so what? It's not like anyone actually got hurt!"

"That's where you're wrong. You've destroyed several friendships and ruined several people's reputations. From what I understand, several students have requested to be transferred to another school because of you. And worst of all, you're actions led to Sunset getting attacked. Physically."

Applebloom gulped, in that moment she knew that she and her friends had gone too far. "W-what? Is she okay? We didn't mean for her to get hurt, honest!"

Twilight snorted. "While I would just love to explain the hypocrisy of that statement, I need you to answer a simple question. Why? What could possibly possess you to do something like this? Was it revenge for the torment she put you through for three years?"

Applebloom looked away. "A-a little... It was mostly because she was spending so much time with our sisters... They were barely spending time with us anymore..."

Twilight had to restrain herself. "I don't like violence Applebloom. I try to find peaceful solutions to problems. But if you're seriously telling me that the three of you almost got Sunset killed because you were jealous, well, the only thing keeping me from slapping you is the fact that you are a child. To answer your question, she is going to recover, but she is most certainly not okay." Applebloom cringed at the steel in the Princess's voice.

"Now, you are going to call your friends and the three of you are coming with me. We're going to where Sunset is staying, the three of you are going to ask her for forgiveness, afterwards we are going to go and find Principal Celestia and you are going confess to her. And if the three of you try to weasel out of any punishment she gives you, not even Faust herself would be able to protect you. Do you understand?"

The girl squeaked. "Ok." Applebloom's phone beeped and she checked it, seeing that Sweetie Belle had texted her, telling her to look at the Anon-a-Miss page. The message and Twilight's word caused the girl to faint from panic.