All the girls were panicking. "HOLD ON! Guys! Everything's gonna be fine! Let me call a vehicle repair person." Twilight said.
"Girls. I'm sorry I got us in this mess." I said, after all, it was my fault.
"It wasn't your fault. You didn't see it." Rainbow Dash said.

Unknown Number: Wanna know what's your fault? You won't tell the other's your secrets. ;)

"I'm getting these texts from an Unknown Number saying that we all have secrets." Fluttershy said.
"So am I. Who else?" Rainbow Dash asked.
Everyone, including me all agreed.

Twilight got off the phone. "It'll be an hour before they get here so we have to sit here for an hour." Twilight said.

Everyone groaned.

"You know what? I know something we can do! I've had enough of this secret business! So we're all gonna say what the Unknown Number says that we're hiding! We're all gonna sit in a circle and go around and each of you will tell your secrets. We are clearing the air whether you guys like it or not." Rarity said.

Some of us sighed. We sat in a circle and we waited for the first person to start. I then got a text.

Unknown Number: Well now you have to share our secrets. My little plan worked!

Maybe it's for the best, they'll finally know why I've been acting off on this trip.

"I'll start. It's not a 'I got denied from a fashion store' thing. This is serious. My dad got arrested when I was little. I was 10 and Sweetie Belle was 8. He told us that he was gonna go to a bar and was gonna be back in an hour or two. An hour later, he didn't return. We were waiting 5 hours and then we got a phone call from him saying that he's been sentenced to jail for beating someone up while drunk for 1 month and he was only allowed 1 phone call and he chose to call us. He told us that he loved us and he feels stupid for beating someone up. We couldn't afford to bail him out because we had more important needs at that point so we had to wait a month for him to return. It was a bad time for us all. We were struggling financially because he made most of the money and he was fired from his job so he had to find a new job." Rarity finished.

"So that's the reason why we didn't see your dad over for a month whenever we came to your house. Anyways, here's my secret. I was put in the Juvenile Detention Center for 1 night when I was 12." Rainbow Dash started.

Everyone gasped.

"When I was 12, I decided it would be cool to skip school, so I did. And then the cops caught me and took me to a detention center. They said that they would only keep me there for 1 night because it wasn't a huge offence but I committed truancy."

"Honestly, in my bad girl days, I cut school but I was never caught." I said.

"MY TURN! MY TURN! I ALMOST DIED!" Pinkie Pie screamed.

Everyone was quiet.

"So over the summer during Sophomore year, I got knocked off of my bike and I wiped out and got sent to the hospital. I was told that if I was lying there for another 5 minutes, I would've been dead!"

No one said anything.

"I once ran over a squirrel by my car and I felt horrible about it that I hid in my room for 3 days. But the vet called to tell me that the squirrel barely survived. But was gonna be in major care for awhile. I still feel horrible about it." Fluttershy said.

"So that's why you didn't come to school for 3 days." Applejack said.

I was shaking. I was afraid to go.

"My family ain't allowed in Kentucky. A few generations ago, some of my family were crooks and they caused some crimes in Kentucky so the government banned anyone in my family from visiting Kentucky. That's why I was hesitant to go." Applejack sighed.

"THAT'S STUPID!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Yeah! Just because some of your family was bad doesn't mean that everyone is bad!" Rarity said.

"I know right?" Applejack said.

"Anyways, it's either Twilight or Sunset next." Pinkie said.

I looked at Twilight. She mouthed 'I'll go' to me.

"The reason why my mom called me last night was because...." She was about to cry. "She and my dad are getting a divorce. I don't know full details but my mom told me that things weren't working out." Twilight was crying. I hugged her. The other girls joined me in hugging her. After we all let go, the girls were looking at me.

"We know you've been hiding something. Now you have to tell us what's wrong." Rarity said.

"Sunset, we have your back no matter what." Twilight put her hand on my shoulder.

I sighed. Twilight knew about what I was about to share. She hugged me. "I was neglected by my parents growing up. They never cared for me, they always left the house and left me behind. They sometimes forgot I existed. So I ran away to begin studying with Princess Celestia. But on the bus ride to Niagara Falls, Princess Twilight informed me that my parents went through the portal to go find me. Now I'm afraid they're after me." I started crying. The girls all hugged me. Honestly, it felt kind of good to get this off my chest. I needed someone to talk to.

"Oh yeah..." Twilight said.

"You already knew?" Applejack asked.

"Yes I did. On the night when we went to Niagara Falls, Sunset woke up because she was having nightmares about her parents and I asked her what was going on."

"Why didn't you tell us darling and told Twilight?" Rarity asked.

"Look. I didn't want to tell her either but she was really concerned and I couldn't hide that I was upset." I looked down. "Please don't be mad."

"We couldn't be mad at you." Fluttershy said.

Then I got a text.

Unknown Number: Good job! Now tell your other secret.

I sighed. "But that's not the only thing going on."

"What else is going on?" Twilight asked.

"I'm depressed okay?! After the fall formal, I felt overwhelming guilt that I went to the doctors and I was diagnosed with depression. And I stayed deeply depressed until after the Friendship Games, I finally found happiness. But I still get depressed sometimes. And it seemed to come back major during this road trip. But...." I held out my arms to show my cut marks.

"You don't...." Twilight started.

"I found ways to cope with it. I don't do it as much anymore but I still do it sometimes. I hope none of you are mad at me."

I was still crying. Twilight gave me a hug first. And I hugged back. The other girls proceeded to hug me one-by-one. And then they all group hugged me. I felt loved at the moment. Nothing needed to be said. And I was fine with it. I just felt loved by my friends even though I push them away sometimes.

Twilight broke the silence. "If you need anything, you can always talk to me, or any of us. We want you here. You are loved." I hugged them tighter and cried more.

"I love you guys so much." I said, my voice breaking.

"We love you too." Fluttershy said.

We hugged for a few minutes and then we broke up the hug.

After we broke the hug, Pinkie started the conversation.

"So now that we cleared the air and shared our secrets, we still have 20 minutes until the guy gets here. What should we do?"

I shrugged. I was mentally exhausted.

"We don't have to do anything. Let's just enjoy each other's presence." Twilight said. "But first, Sunset. Are you going to be okay?"

I sighed. "The thing is, with depression, you will have moments where you feel okay but moments when you don't. Right now, I feel a little bit better but not fully okay. But there will hopefully be a day where I will be fully okay."

"And we'll be with you every step of the way!" Rainbow Dash said.

I smiled. "Thanks. It means a lot."

"No problem."

We sat in silence for 20 minutes. Then, the repair guy came to replace our tire and to get us out of the pothole. It took him like 10-15 minutes to replace it.
"Okay girls. Your tire is fixed. You can continue driving." The repair guy said.

I went to go and drive. It was still my shift. Rarity then stopped me. "Sunset, I'll drive for you. You need a break."
Being the person I am, I felt bad for causing her to feel like she has to take over for me. But I needed a break.
"Thanks. I'm just mentally exhausted." I said as I walked over to one of the bus seats.
"Oh anytime darling."

I leaned against the windows. I slowly drifted to sleep. I was exhausted. After an hour or so, I woke up. I saw that we were almost in Marble Head. Then my phone vibrated.

Unknown Number: Oh damn! I mean that for you. Because this isn't the last you'll see of me, I have more tricks up my sleeve. ;)

Author's Note

This chapter took forever to do. Mainly because I lost motivation in this chapter. I JUST WANT TO GET TO THE ENDING ALREADY! I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS! Also I have two sequels after this story. One is a one-shot and the other one has a few chapters. I'll make a blog post about it.

ANY OF THE SECRETS SHOCKING TO YOU?!

Also sorry if some of them are corny, I only have big ideas for Twilight's and Sunset's. (With Twilight's, it doesn't play a big role until the last chapter/the upcoming one-shot sequel) But I had to make secrets for all of them for it to make sense.

I don't know if you noticed but Anon-a-miss isn't canon in this story. Because I believe that it isn't really canon in the real thing because it was never mentioned. Also I really hate it. Just my opinion.

NOW FOR HINTS!!!! The Unknown Number is gonna disappear for awhile. That's a part of their trick.