"Hey! Get out!"

"Yer not welcome here Sunset!"

"No, wait, please!" Sunset pleaded frantically. "I know you don't trust me-"

"Darn right we don't, Traitor," Applejack cut her off.

"And we have a perfectly good reason not to," Rarity added. "You took advantage of our generosity, our kindness and our loyalty. You lied to us Sunset. All this time you were laughing at us behind our backs."

Tears started to stream down Sunset's cheeks. "No, please! I really am your friend, I could never betray you like this!"

"You were never our friend! We let you into our hearts and you repaid us like this?! Revealing our secrets and fears to the entire school?!" Fluttershy screamed, her eyes flooding with tears.

"But look, Twilight reminded me that-" Sunset attempted again, placing the journal on the table.

"We don't care!" Rainbow Dash snatched up the book and threw it at Sunset. It hit her on the shoulder and fell to the floor. "Now get out and leave us alone!"

Sunset knew they were never going to listen to or believe her then. She crouched, scooped up the journal and ran out the door of Sugarcube Corner. Her feet somehow led her to Canterlot High, as the snow began to fall heavier.

"It's not fair, it's just not fair..." Sunset slid down the front of the statue. She covered her face with her hands and threw the journal down next to her.

She wasn't sure how long she stayed there, reliving all on the nightmares from the past week while the snow piled up on her hair and shoulders. Sunset was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't notice the cold or the sun starting to sink beneath the skyline.

"Um... excuse me, but are you ok?" A voice suddenly broke through her thoughts.

"No but don't worry about it," Sunset sighed and wiped her sleeve across her eyes. "Hang on, that voice... Twilight??"

"Um... yes, but how do you know my name? Do I know you? Should I know you? And what's wrong? Why are you still at school late in the evening?" Twilight paused to take a breath.

While Twilight had been talking, Sunset had realised this was not her Twilight... or rather, the Equestrian Twilight. Although she and pony Twilight had often wondered about the human version of her friend, neither of them had ever actually seen her.

The shock of seeing this dorky teenager in front of her made Sunset temporarily forget her friendship troubles. Human Twilight wore glasses, unlike her Equestrian counterpart, and she had her hair in a different style (a bun, as oppose to loose). She was still warbling on about various places she might have met Sunset a long time ago (and how it was very cold).

Her awkward, antisocial attitude made Sunset smile, just for a second. "Sorry, I mistook you for another Twilight I know... we've never met, so don't worry about it."

Twilight blinked and straightened her glasses. "Ok... but that still doesn't explain why you're sat in the snow looking like someone just cancelled Christmas."

"It doesn't matter, just leave it," Sunset mumbled. "Why are you here anyway? You don't go to Canterlot High."

Twilight paused, "I'm... collecting data."

"Data? For what?"

Twilight's face lit up; it wasn't often people took interest in her experiments. "Well, I've been investigating a new type of... I guess you'd call it energy. It peaked a few weeks ago and all my charts and experiments show its source to be Canterlot High."

This made Sunset sit up. Could this 'new energy' Twilight was talking about be magic? If Twilight found out the truth...

"So have you seen anything unusual happening in or around school lately?" Twilight continued, "you do go to this school right?"

"Uh yes, I do," Sunset answered, "and I didn't see anything."

"Oh." Twilight looked so sad that Sunset half wanted to tell her the truth. "But I can't," she thought to herself. "She wouldn't understand and the knowledge of another dimension filled with magical, talking ponies would almost certainly drive her crazy."

"Well I'd better be going home now..." Twilight took a step back.

"Ok," Sunset replied simply and hung her head again.

"Are you just going to sit here all night?" Twilight interrogated, "do you even have somewhere to go?"

"Yes, I have an apartment," Sunset didn't look up as she answered Twilight's question.

"Well your family will worry about you if you don't get home soon," Twilight crossed her arms. She wasn't sure why, but this amber skinned girl intrigued her, which was unusual for Twilight (as she was rather antisocial).

"No, they won't," Sunset replied. Twilight opened her mouth to ask why but Sunset spoke again before she could get the words out, "I don't live with my family, Twilight, I live alone."

"Oh... isn't that lonely?" Twilight asked sympathetically, "I can't imagine not having my family around to support me."

"Well thanks a bunch," Sunset glowered.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. But you should really be getting back to your apartment, there's due to be the biggest snow storm in thirty-two years tonight!" Twilight looked both excited and cautious at the same time. "I wonder if extremely cold conditions affect this new energy? I should go so I can set up my equipment to test it!"

Sunset stood up. "You're probably right: I shouldn't stay out on a night like this. I mean, I'm lots of things but I'm not suicidal!"

Twilight looked confused, "uhh..."

Sunset sighed, "It was a joke Twilight..."

"Oh, right! Ha ha ha..."

"A little bit slow on the uptake there Twilight, but I'll pretend I didn't notice." Sunset chuckled.

"So where do you live?" Twilight looked at Sunset as they walked out of CHS.

"Everfree Apartments. It's not actually to far away from here."

"I think I know where you mean. Well um I guess this is goodbye then," Twilight awkwardly straightened her skirt.

"Yeah..."

"Do you think we could meet up again some time?" Twilight spoke quickly, "it's just I've never really had a friend before and well... you seem like a nice person..."

"I'm not so sure about that, but if you want," Sunset looked slightly perplexed.

Twilight squeed, "bye then!"

They separated and walked towards their respective homes. Sunset smiled to herself

"Maybe I can make a friend after all..."

Author's Note

Sorry, but I'm not planning for this to be a shipping fic...