My legs wobbled and my hands trembled as I made my way closer to the edge of the roof of Canterlot High. The cool breeze that stroked my face and weaved through my hair was slightly soothing and a welcome distraction to my heart, which was rapidly hammering against my chest. I stared down at the nothingness below, just the empty paving of the school walkway, and the odd autumn leaf that left a splash of colour. I gulped in fear. The school was that high up, that if I jumped, I'd be dead on impact.

But that's what I wanted, right? Quick, easy and painless.

I'm sure my peers would walk up in the morning and smile with delight that the she-demon was finally gone. They wouldn't have to worry about me ruining their lives anymore, me hurting anyone or causing more trouble than I already had. In fact, no one would care. I had no family here and even my own back in Equestria had never made any attempt to come find me. I wiped a lone tear from my face and clenched my hands into tight fists, my nails cutting into the skin of my palms. My mother was probably sitting there, happy her disappointment of a daughter was gone. And my dad, he probably hadn't even noticed my absence. Celestia might be the only one who would really care, but I doubt she would for long. She'd already replaced me with Twilight Sparkle, she didn't need her former student.

None of my "friends" would care either. I don't even think they care about helping me. They're only putting up with me because Twilight asked them to. And part of me can't blame them. They're nice people. I'm not. Fluttershy's the only one who actually cares. She's too kind to see me for what I am.

I take a deep breath and step up, so I'm right on the edge of the roof, the toes of my leather boots pointing off into the empty air.

You can do this, Sunset. This is what you've always wanted. Now it can finally happen.

"This'll be good for everyone." I whispered to myself. "You won't do any more damage now. Everyone will be happier."

I let a foot dangle off the roof and take a final breath, squeezing my eyes shut and preparing myself for the fall. Suddenly, I felt myself tip sideways and crash onto the ground, my firey hair partly cushioning my face, softening the impact.

Was I dead? I open my eyes and look around. Nope I was still on the roof of the school, the only difference now is that there was someone else with me. A boy who stood up, dusted himself off and held out his hand to help me up. I shook my head, so he instead retracted his hand and ran it through his pale blue hair. I could hear his breath, rapid and shallow, like he'd been the one about to jump. I rolled my eyes and stood up, folding my arms across my chest as I watched him pacing from each side of the building to the next.

I knew who he was. Hell, everyone knew who he was. Sky Blue. He'd practically took over my role as being the popular kid at CHS, only difference is he was popular for all the right reasons. He cared about everyone and he'd drop anything to help them. That was why he was such a quick choice for head of the Student Council. I was probably just another way to boost his ratings: Heroic Sky Saves Useless Sunset.

"What do you think you're doing?! Are you crazy?!" he yelled, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"What did it look like I was doing, enjoying the view?" I grumbled sarcastically, just loud enough for him to hear.

His pacing stopped and he shook his head. "Why? Why would you want to..."

"Have you seen my life?" I asked angrily. "Everyone hates me."

"I don't."

I laughed. "Yeah, I know you don't. You're Sky Blue, you like everyone. Do you even know who I am?"

He gave a subtle nod, "Sunset Shimmer. You sit in front of me in Cranky's English class."

I blinked a couple of times just to register what he'd said. Usually I just expected people to go with, "Sunset Shimmer, the girl who took over the entire school and ruined everything", I didn't know they actually thought of me as anything else.

"Look, I've done so many bad things that I don't deserve to be here. You might look past that and tell me I shouldn't do this, but I say otherwise." I peered out across the flickering lights of the town and closed my eyes. "I don't deserve your kindness. All I've ever done is hurt people. This'll be best."

"No." His voice, firm and clear, cut through the silence. I felt his hand on my wrist and I sucked in a breath, the pain shooting through me. He immediately removed it and whispered an apology.

He didn't say anything for a short while after, his grey eyes deep in thought. I was tempted to just turn around and jump, but I couldn't. Something about him made me feel like I needed to stay, to at least hear him out.

"Give me a week." Sky paused. And... And if I can't convince you to stay... I'll let you jump, no question."

I gave him a skeptical look. "Why should I believe you? Why would you let me jump?"

He sighed. "I'm not gonna make you stay if you don't want to, but I think I can persuade you to live."

I looked down at my shoes. A week. He only wanted a week. Seven days. I could deal with that, couldn't I? This would only reassure me that I was right in what I was doing. Right?

I sighed dramatically. "Fine. You have a week."

Sky gave me a toothy grin. "Thank you, Sunset."

Author's Note

This is my first fanfic so I apologise if it's crap this is the first of a total of eight chapters I'm planning to write and I really hope you enjoy.