In which, they plan and steal.
Saturday, 1.30 p.m.
Canterlot Cafê.
The café that was suppose to be a quiet hangout spot is a cacophony of loud chatter today. If anyone had to guess, it's probably because of the new dessert the manager had added onto the menu. Just who doesn't like new desserts? Desserts are like the greatest creation of God because nobody can resist the sweet, sweet taste of it! Ahem, we're getting side tracked here. We should jump right back onto the point.
Each table was a cosseted huddle of people raising their voices to be heard above the din. The food is secondary to the information that is exchanged here. Over the over-salted fries alliances are formed and gossip traded like poker chips. As five girls sat at the corner table with books and papers and drinks that are not available on the menu in which they smuggled in, tries to concentrate on their studies. They have been doing that for a couple of hours. Studying in a noisy environment is extremely difficult because no matter how hard they tried, there will always be gossips that are so juicy that they had no choice but to eavesdrop on in order to not miss them because they might not hear it again in another location.
Sour Sweet, the leader of this study group pushes her things aside, feeling defeated by the amount of distraction she could hear from her surroundings. "Let's take a break girls."she said.
The rest of the Shadowbolts looked up from their books and instantly shoved everything aside. Lemon Zest stood up and did a little stretch. "Ah, I feel like we could ace this test like a piece of cake."she said. She placed both her arms behind her head and looked at the long line in front of the counter that was still going on even outside the entrance. "Speaking of cake, I wonder what kind of cake they have today."
Sunny Flare leaned back onto the sofa with a teacup of tea in her hands. "Whatever cake they have today is certainly not worth your time dearie. I mean, look at the line. Are you willing to wait for hours and hours just to purchase a small slice of overpriced cake?" She sips her tea.
Lemon Zest shook her head. "No."
"My thoughts exactly."said Sunny Flare placing the teacup down onto the plate.
Indigo Zap suddenly stood up and slammed both her hands onto the table really hard, causing the drinks on the table to jump a little and also causing a scene to the others who are near the Shadowbolts' table. Sugarcoat gave her a nasty stare. Indigo smiled awkwardly and sat back down as if nothing has happened.
Sugarcoat raised an annoyed eyebrow. "You know, slamming the table with full momentum isn't necessary when it comes to gaining our attention right? We have names for a reason, okay?"
Indigo sank a little bit deeper into the sofa. She can't think of a comeback for Sugarcoat's statement. Noticing this, Sugarcoat placed her head on her palm, forgetting whatever has happened. "Is there something you want to tell us? We are all ears. Well, except for Lemon."she said, looking at Lemon Zest who was bobbing to the music playing in her headset.
Indigo Zap scratched the back of her head. "Well, I know the Friendship Games are over for a few days ago buuuuuut I may have stumbled across a question in my shower."
Sour Sweet, who was sitting next to Indigo grabbed her by the collar. "Spill the juicy beans sister! I know about your weird obsession with sexy vampires."
Indigo blinked at Sour Sweet upon mentioning a movie series, she liked which was completely unrelated to the question she have in mind. Indigo pushed her friend's hands away. "This has nothing to do with sexy vampires and it never was in the first place."
Lemon Zest lowered her headphones to her neck. "So what was the question you have in mind?"
Indigo Zap tapped her fingers on the table. She does this whenever a conversation turns awkward. "Do any of you think Twilight have a grudge against us because of the way we treated her before whatever went down at the Friendship Games happened?"
There was an awkward pause with curiosity written all over the Shadowbolts' faces.
Sour Sweet scoffed. "Oh please, Twilight is an innocent soul. She would NEVER hold a grudge against us unless you're including the fact that she almost killed us all when she got high on Equestrian magic. But then again, she only did it for knowledge. So all's well ends well at the end, am I right?"she ended that sentence with a forced smile on her face. Sour Sweet is obviously still mad at Twilight for almost killing her.
Sugarcoat leaned in. "On the contrary, there's also this idiom known as 'don't judge a book by its cover' which could be clarified as the total opposite of your statement."she said. Sour Sweet growled at her. As much as she hates to admit it, Sugarcoat has a point though. She can't regard Twilight as 'innocent' just by looking at the way she acts, she needs to know what's on her mind. This bipolar chick wants answers and she had gotten the most brilliant idea to get them.
"Okay girls, we're going to get our hands dirty tonight!"said Sour Sweet with a large grin on her face. The others just gave her a confused look on their faces as she rubs her hands together like a villain.
"Uh..."started Lemon Zest. "What do you mean by that?"
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4. 45 p.m.
Headquarters, a.k.a Sour Sweet's garage.
A hooded figure knocked on the door. The door opened up a little. "Password."said a voice from inside.
Lemon Zest rolled her eyes and lowered her hood. "Just open the God damn door Sour."
"I need a password. Have you not read what's written on the note I sent you?"
Lemon Zest massaged the bridge of her nose. She remembered how humiliating the password is. The last thing she needs right now is for somebody to think that she has lost her marbles making fart noises in the backyard to a door. She brought her arm up to her mouth and blew into the fold of her arm and produced a loud fart noise. A man who was walking his dog just stopped and looked at Lemon while his dog lifted its hind legs at its owner. Lemon Zest smiled at the man. She could feel her cheeks slowly heating up from embarrassment.
She turns to Sour Sweet who was behind the door. "Open the fucking door Sour."she said before looking back at the man. He's clearly too busy staring at Lemon up till the point that he hadn't noticed that his dog was using him as a fire hydro.
"Give me a moment. The chain is stuck."said Sour Sweet.
"What?! Dude!!! Can you unstuck it quickly?"
"I'm trying to. It's not easy you know."
Lemon Zest threw her hands up in disappointment. "You know what? Fuck the door. I'm coming in."said Lemon Zest moving backwards.
"Wait what are you-"
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
Before Sour Sweet could finish her sentence, Lemon Zest had already kicked the door down.
"Oh my God! My parents are going to kill me!"exclaimed Sour Sweet with her hands on her head.
"Just use tape. They fix everything."said Lemon Zest patting her bipolar friend on her shoulder before walking into the garage.
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5.03 p.m.
Still in the garage....
The girls are sitting around a table in the centre of the garage. Sour Sweet was pacing forth and back. "Okay girls. I have gathered you all here today because every single one of you have a set of skills that are needed for the mission I'm about to reveal."
Sugarcoat raised her hand. Sour Sweet looked at her. "Yes?"
"So what exactly are we doing here again?"asked Sugarcoat.
"We're going to find answers to Indigo's question."answered Sour Sweet.
"Oh, you mean we go and ask Twilight about the grudge thing, hoping that it won't be awkward?"said Sunny Flare.
"Pch. Ask Twilight my ass. That's too humiliating."said Sour Sweet with her arms folded. "We're going to break into her house."
Sugarcoat stood up from the stool she was sitting on. "I'm out of here. I don't want a criminal record."
"SUGARCOAT YOU BETTER SIT THE FUCK BACK DOWN OR I'LL TELL PINKIE PIE ABOUT YOUR WEIRD OBSESSION WITH BOKU NO PICO!"said Sour Sweet,pointing at her friend.
Sugarcoat placed her hands on her hips. "She knows I don't watch anime so nice try Sour."
"I'll tell her you like, like her and that you have a sample of her hair in your room." Sugarcoat blushed. "Don't you dare! Especially the second part because that's not true. You only made that up just to bribe me into joining this mission."
"Oh, it's true. I saw it in your room once."said Sour Sweet. She took her phone out. "I think I took a picture...."
"Okay, okay. Fine. I'll join this dumb mission. But I'm holding you responsible if Twilight calls the cops."Sugarcoat said as she sat back down.
Lemon Zest smiled at Sugarcoat with a pair of dancing eyebrows. "Oh la la. Is that how crazy you are over that girl?"
"Shut up Lemon."said Sugarcoat pushing her friend's face away.
Sour Sweet walked over to the blackboard that has crappy drawings all over it. "Twilight's house is full of security so it'll be a pain in the ass to break into. And that is why you guys need to pay attention. So here's what we're gonna do."she said with a police baton which she got out of nowhere in her hands. She pointed at two stickman. "Sunny Flare and Lemon Zest. You two are the distractions. So distract Twilight for us will you?"
"Uh, how about we don't break into-" Sour Sweet glared at Sunny Flare before she could finish her sentence. The fashionista sank into her scarf.
"We're breaking in to avoid awkwardness dearie."stated Sour Sweet, imitating Sunny Flare's way of talking. "So listen up and stick to the plan princess!" The bipolar girl cleared her throat. She pointed at another two stickman. She turns to look at her two other friends. "Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap, you two will be in charge of disabling Twilight's security system. Is that clear?"
"But I know almost nothing about algorithms."said Sugarcoat.
"You said the word 'almost' so it means you still know something."pointed Indigo Zap gleefully which earned an annoyed sigh from Sugarcoat. The bespectacled girl tries to think of a way to outsmart her idiotic friend, but her train of thoughts was interrupted by a few knocks on the door which came from the other side of the room.
"Sour Sweetie, how's your study group? I made snacks. It's peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Your favourite."said a female voice in a sing song tone. "I also took Mr. Cuddles to wash because he desperately needs a bath."added the voice.
Sour Sweet blushed. "Thanks mum. Just leave the sandwiches outside. I'll go get them later alright?"she called back with a forced cheerful tone in her voice. She could hear the girls giggling.
"So Sour, who is this Mr. Cuddles?"teased Indigo Zap as she tries to suppress a laugh.
"That's not important and it's none of your business."said Sour Sweet, trying to hold the urge to beat the hell out of Indigo Zap with the police baton in her hands for teasing her.
Sunny Flare raised her hand and lowered it once she got Sour
Sweet's attention. "You haven't told us your part dearie."
Sour Sweet clasped her hands together. "Ah yes. My part. I'll just sneak in through the back door, then into Twilight's bedroom and obtain her diary. Mission accomplished. Once we get her diary, we'll be able to find the answer to the question we have encountered earlier."
"Sour! Your sandwiches are getting dry and cold. And Mr. Cuddles is waiting for you in your room. He's a little wet, but he's still nice to play with."said the female voice from earlier. Sour Sweet buried her face in her hands.
"Thanks mum."she mumbled. The dam in the Shadowbolts' mind has broken. They erupted into laughter. They never knew someone like Sour Sweet could be so childish. So now that they know, they are obviously not going to let her live that down. Ever. Because that is what best friends do compared with just friends.
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7.50 p.m.
Twilight's front yard.
Five bushes inched closer towards Twilight Sparkle's house to get a closer look. The house was huge. In fact, it looked like a castle. Sunny Flare stuck her head out from the bush she was hiding in and admired the building in front of her. "This house is huge. I suddenly wish this was my home..."said the fashionista.
"How rich do you think she is?"asked Lemon Zest.
"Probably very rich. I mean we're talking about the daughter of Professor Night Light for God's sake. He's like the most brilliant man after Einstein."stated Sugarcoat. She looked down into the bush. "And was it really necessary for us to put on these spy suits? I really hate the feeling when it sticks to your skin once you sweat. I find it irritating."
Sour Sweet shushed everybody who was talking. "There's no time for chit chat or complaints. Now move your asses to your positions and stick to the plan."she said in a hushed voice.
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Twilight Sparkle sat in her lab. She was going through some blueprints of a robot dog. She thought it'll be a good idea to keep Spike accompanied while she was at school. She sighed in exhaustion as she has worked on this ever since she got home from school. She grabbed the mug on her desk and took a sip from it. She shuddered at the taste of cold coffee and placed the mug down on the desk once again. She leaned back in her swivel chair and Spike hopped on her lap. After giving her dog a few strokes, her doorbell rang.
"That must be the pizza delivery guy."she said to her dog.
"Finally."said Spike the talking dog. "I'm starving and they better nøt charge you. They're late. One. Minute. Late."
Twilight giggled at her dog's statement. She ascended a flight of stairs which leads to her living room. She opened the door and saw two familiar faces.
"Good afternoon madame, I am uh...Bob and I'm from France. "said Sunny Flare. She was wearing a cap, a Hawaiian style shirt with boxers and a fake moustache. "And this is my wife uh...Elena...also from France."she said as she gestured to Lemon Zest who was wearing a pizza delivery uniform.
"But I'm a-"
"Shhhh!"hissed Sunny Flare with her hand over Lemon's mouth. "Lovely neighbourhood isn't it?"she added before giving Twilight an awkward smile. This is so awkward...she thought.
Twilight leaned on the side of the door with her hands folded. She gave the 'french guy' and the 'pizza delivery guy' an unimpressed face. She stuck two fingers out. "Two things, "she said. She pointed at her index finger. "It's evening, not afternoon, " she then point at her middle finger "and your disguises aren't fooling me Sunny Flare and Lemon Zest. What are you guys even doing here anyway?"
Sunny Flare and Lemon Zest looked at each other. They have been found out. They need to think of an alternative way of distracting this science girl. Quick. They stared at Twilight who tilted her head expectantly.
"Playing truth or dare."they suddenly blurted simultaneously. Twilight pushed her glasses to the bridge of her nose. "Wha...?"
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Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap snuck into Twilight's house through the chimney. They created a mess with cinder upon breaking in. Sugarcoat looked up and notice there's a surveillance camera in the corner. Sugarcoat unzipped her backpack only to discover that her laptop that contained the hacking code in it was not there. She had left it in Sour Sweet's garage earlier when they plot this heist. "Shit."she cursed. "I left my laptop. What do we do now?"
Indigo Zap punched her palm. "I've got this. Just clean up after me Sugar Buns."she said as she looked at Sugarcoat. The other girl felt like something bad and idiotic is going to happen.
"Whatever you do, don't break any-"
Plang!
"-thing...." Sugarcoat looked at the vase Indigo had broke while trying to kick the surveillance camera. (Who the heck, even kicks the surveillance camera when they are performing a heist?) Sugarcoat face palmed. She felt bad for Twilight because that vase looked expensive and it's a very nice vase too.
"Sorry."apologised Indigo.
"What was that?"said Twilight.
"Shit."whispered Sugarcoat. "Hide!"
Twilight turned around to try and find the source of the noise she heard. She scanned the living room for a moment and shrugged. She had not noticed that there are two girls in the living room who did a really bad job at hiding. Indigo Zap hid in front of the couch. That's a really odd place to hide isn't it? But if I had to guess, I'd say that she tried to hide under the couch but failed. And as for Sugarcoat, she just hid under the table. She thought it was a great hiding spot at first, but then she realised that her legs are visible. She didn't bother changing to a new hiding spot because it was too late.
"Is everything alright dearie?"asked Sunny Flare.
"I swear I heard something..."said Twilight scratching the back of her head. "I think I'll go check it out. I'll be right back."
Lemon Zest grabbed Twilight by the wrist before she could step away from them. "Maybe you're just over thinking. How about let's go have some desserts and chill for a moment?"said Lemon Zest as she watches Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap sneak up the stairs to Twilight's room quietly. Twilight raised an eyebrow.
"What are you looking at?"she asked and looked into the direction Lemon was looking at.
"Uh..."started Lemon. "Oh is that a picture of your brother getting married? Wow, Principal Cadence must be lucky to marry a guy as nice as your brother." She complimented as she points at the picture hanging on the wall.
"Yeah. And I felt lucky having her as my sister in law."said Twilight.
"Cool. But you know what else is cool?"
"What?"
"Me treating you a sundae! Come on Twi, we really want to get to know you more."persuaded Lemon Zest.
Twilight rubbed her arm with one hand. "Uh....sure?"
"Okay great! Let's go!"said Lemon Zest as she grabbed Twilight by the arm and dragged her out of her house in a rush.
"But can I at least feed Spike first?"
"No! He's a smart dog. He can feed himself."said Lemon Zest pushing Twilight from behind. She then leans towards Sunny Flare. "Did you bring your purse? I left mine at home."she whispered.
"Are you for real?!"hissed Sunny Flare. Lemon Zest nodded with a crooked smile.
In which, they discovered they have been played. End of story.
In which, they discovered they have been played. End of story.
Sour Sweet sat on a tree branch that was near the window of Twilight's bedroom. She had gone sick and tired of waiting. She took out her walkie talkie and contacted Indigo Zap and Sugarcoat.
"What's taking you two so long? Over."she asked.
"Sorry. We realised we left Sugarcoat's laptop in your garage. So we had to think of another way to cover our tracks. Over."came Indigo's voice from the other side.
"You did what?!" Sour Sweet yelled into the device in her hand.
"Well, sorry about that. Over. But we did think of a brilliant way to take down the surveillance camera. We wrapped it with paper. Over" Upon hearing that, Sour Sweet's eye twitched. She inhaled. And then exhaled.
"Oh, right. That's a fantastic idea because Twilight wouldn't notice that her camera suddenly went dark, even though it's FUCKING RUNNING!!!"
"Don't worry. We'll delete that footage once we obtain her diary."said Sugarcoat's voice.
"Oh yeah? And how are you gonna do that?"
"Go to her lab. Duh. I know where her cameras connect to."said Sugarcoat.
Sour Sweet face palmed. "Okay, fine. But I'm holding you two responsible if Twilight watches that footage."
"Don't worry. We'll make sure that wouldn't happen."said Indigo Zap.
"Oh yeah? Says the girl who broke her vase."deadpanned Sugarcoat. Sour Sweet face palmed again.
"Imbeciles." She muttered before tugging the walkie talkie into her bag. She crawled to the tip of the tree branch to reach for the window. But she couldn't. So she crawled some more with her hand extended. This time, she managed
to touch the window, but not open it.
Snap!
She looked down and realised that the branch is giving up on her because it couldn't hold her weight. She knew she shouldn't have skipped her diet. Now she's regretting.
"Fuck." she cursed as the branch finally snapped. She was falling for about 10 seconds and the next thing she knew, she was dangling on a new branch with her hood. Sour Sweet breathed in relief. She took her walkie talkie and brought it near her mouth. "Uh... could one of you open the window and throw down a rope? I'm kind of hanging around right now."
"You brought us into this mission and you are hanging around?! What's wrong with you?! Don't you have a part to play too?"came the aggravated voice of Sugarcoat.
Sour Sweet made a sputtering noise in impatient. "No. I'm not hanging around. But I'm literally HANGING and is about to fall to my death. So one of you better move your ass over here and bring me a fucking rope so that none of you would have to pay for my funeral service. Got that?"
Silence.
"Hello?"
"Indigo Zap is on her way. Luckily for you, we can save your falling ass because Twilight disabled her complicated security system. Not to mention, she left the house."explained Sugarcoat.
A rope fell to Sour Sweet's level. She grabbed the rope and climbed up into Twilight's room to meet Indigo. Twilight's room was huge and very neatly organised. There are bookshelves built into the wall, a few stacks of paper on the floor in which the both of them assumed are unfinished science projects, a bunch of trophies from Crystal Prep, a queen-sized bed, an empty aquarium and some plants that looked like they didn't belong here. Perhaps they're from Equestria?
While Sour Sweet was busy admiring the room, Indigo Zap had found Twilight's diary inside one of the drawers of her nightstand. It looked exactly like Sunset Shimmer's magical diary, but what's so different about this diary is that it's not magic and the emblem on it is a star and not a sun. Indigo tapped on Sour Sweet's shoulder to snap her out of her daydream. She shoved the book into her friend's hands. A few seconds later, Sugarcoat came into the room.
"Got the diary?"She asked.
"Yeah." Indigo and Sour Sweet answered simultaneously.
"Open it."said Indigo.
Sour Sweet opened it and what was written inside shocked her. In the centre of the page, the word Gotcha! was written in cursive. Their eyebrows formed a straight line.
"Did we just get trolled by Twilight?"asked Sour Sweet in disbelief.
"Yes, we did."answered Sugarcoat. Before they knew it, the lights went off and a singular spotlight was on. It was shining on a swivel chair with its back facing the girls. They could hear the door shut and locked with a click. Two familiar girls walked into the light. It was Lemon Zest and Sunny Flare.
"Sorry dearie."apologised Sunny Flare.
Sour Sweet, Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap stared at them in disbelief. Indigo Zap placed her hands on her cheeks. "IT'S A DOUBLE CROSS!!!"she yelled.
"But why?"asked Sugarcoat. "How could you do this to us?"
The swivel chair turned around to reveal a smirking Twilight Sparkle. "Allow me to explain..."
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Earlier at 1.35 p.m. .....
Twilight Sparkle sat on a sofa in a café. She was enjoying the new dessert they have added to the menu. For a weird combination of flavours, it's surprisingly delicious. She would highly recommend it to her friend's at Canterlot High the next time they plan on an outing or a study group. She took a sip of plain water to wash out the sweetness of the dessert and she almost spat when she heard somebody slamming the table with full momentum.
She swivelled around in her seat to see five familiar faces. It was the Shadowbolts from her old school. They seem to be having their weekly study group which always ends up as a hang out or a gossip session later.
The Shadowbolts talked and talked and Twilight just listened because she was lonely. Sunset Shimmer and her other CHS friends didn't have the time to hang out with her so she's by herself. And of course, being an antisocial girl, she's too shy to ask the Shadowbolts if she could join them. Especially since the Friendship Games.
"Do any of you think Twilight have a grudge against us because of the way we treated her before whatever went down at the Friendship Games happened?" She could hear Indigo Zap ask. Twilight tapped her chin. That question actually made her think. Do she or do she not?
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Later at 5.14 p.m. ....
Twilight lies on her bed. She was staring at the ceiling out of boredom. She was taking a break from one of her projects. That is, building a robot dog. She sighed. She couldn't stop pondering over the idea of her former classmates thinking that she holds a grudge against them. She has spent hours on that thought and discovered that she doesn't hold any.
Her phone buzzed beside her. She slides her finger across the screen to unlock it. Sunny Flare had sent her a message.
Hi Twilight. I have a random question to ask you. --- Sunny Flare
Sure. Go ahead and ask. I'd be happy to help out with your homework if you want ;D ---Twilight Sparkle.
Thanks dearie but this isn't about homework. It's about us. ---Sunny Flare.
Twilight was unsure of what to reply her friend with. So she just typed in a simple "Oh." Minutes later, Sunny Flare sent a reply.
Do you hold a grudge against us? We have been treating you like shit because we didn't know friendship was a thing. I was just wondering. You don't have to answer if you don't want to. I understand. ---Sunny Flare
Twilight pursed her lips.
What? A grudge? Of course not. Why would I hold one? I mean, sure you girls, we're horrible to me back then (no offence) but I would never. I'm not that evil, okay? I was too busy with my application for Everton to even hold one. Plus, I'm too sophisticated for that. So no. I don't hold any grudges. Don't worry :) ---Twilight Sparkle.
Okay. Thank you dearie and we are terribly sorry for mistreating you. ---Sunny Flare.
Twilight smiled.
It's okay. We're all good here. ---Twilight Sparkle.
Oh yeah. Before I go, I just want to warn you about the other Shadowbolts. They are planning on stealing your diary for the grudge thing. I plan on pranking them? I got paired with Lemon Zest to distract you. I can tell Lemon Zest everything you told me, but all I ask from you is to play along with us. So are you in? ---Sunny Flare
Sure why not? Let's double cross them. Hehehe.---Twilight Sparkle.
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In the present....
"Wait, so you two knew about this and didn't bother to tell us?!"exclaimed Sour Sweet.
Yeah. How could you do this to me LemLem? After all we've done together!"added Indigo Zap imitating Rarity's dramatic gesture.
Sunny Flare giggled. "All you had to do was ask. Now that that's resolved," She then took a book out from under her disguise. "who wants to read Twilight's diary for fun?"
Everyone jumped in surprise. "Wait, what?!! How did you even...?" The girls said in unison while Sunny Flare held the diary in her hand with a cheese eating grin on her face.
Suddenly, the swivel chair turned around to reveal Lemon Zest sitting on it with a sinister smile on her face and sitting beside her was Twilight Sparkle who was squashed to the side. "Perhaps I could provide the information here..."said the green haired girl.
Indigo Zap was holding on to Sour Sweet's shoulders. "IT'S A DOUBLE DOUBLE CROSS!!!"she yelled while shaking her friend back and fourth like a mad woman. Sour Sweet slapped Indigo to get her to stop strangling her.
"I know."hissed Sour Sweet. The athlete rubbed her cheeks and gave her growling friend a small smile.
Sour Sweet ignored Indigo and looked at Lemon Zest. "Explain."She said.
Lemon Zest tapped her fingers together. "Very well. You see...."
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4.03 p.m.
One hour before meeting....
Lemon Zest stood in front of Twilight's house. There was no one at home, at least that's what she thinks since the house is so quiet. She happens to know where her former classmate kept her spare key. She lifted a flower pot and there, she spots a silver coloured key. She grabbed it and unlocked the door. She scanned the living room to make sure there really was nobody at home. The house was empty. There are no signs of shadows or whatsoever.
Lemon Zest then ascended the stairs into Twilight's room and there, on one of the built in bookshelves, she saw a book that has her friend's six pointed star emblem on it. She pulled the book out and on the front cover, the book was labelled as Diary.
"Bingo."cheered Lemon Zest to herself. She kept the book in her bag and went out the way she came in. She locked the door and placed the key back to where it belonged. She walks out of Twilight's yard and onto the pavement while whistling one of her favourite songs. She was too busy mentally celebrating her heist that she did not notice that there was a figure leaning on a tree in front of her.
She tripped on the figure's leg. She fell to the ground and landed flat on her face. She got up and found the figure rummaging around her bag. The figure pulled out the diary and dashed off.
"Hey! That's mine!"yelled Lemon Zest before sprinting after the thief. She managed to catch up with him because he was running very slow. Lemon Zest tackled the thief. The both of them fell to the ground with Lemon Zest on top of the thief. She pulled the thief's hood off and she was in shock. The thief was Sunny Flare.
"Oh my God! You're so aggressive. Look at what you did to my favourite hoodie."she complained while showing the torn out part of her black hoodie to her friend. "Now I have to go back to change."
Lemon Zest got off of Sunny. "Sorry."she said. "That's just a small tear. I'm sure no one would even notice it."
Sunny Flare grabbed Lemon Zest by the collar. "Small? SMALL?! Do you have any idea how big this quote and quote small tear could cost me?"
"Uh...some cash for threads and needles?"
"Threads and... . NO! This small tear could cause a fashion disaster and fashion disasters are the worst kind of disasters! The worst I tell you. THE WORST!"
Lemon Zest rolled her eyes. "Oh please, it's not like this small ass tear could rip the fabric of time and space or something. That would be ridiculous." She laughed dryly. She felt like Sunny Flare wants to kill her.
"You're ridiculous."deadpanned Sunny Flare. Lemon Zest cleared her throat.
"Can I have the diary back?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because I want to read it first."
"Fine." Lemon Zest extended her hand. "Let's shake on it, work together and follow Sour Sweet's plan so that she won't murder us."
Sunny Flare took her friend's hand and they both did a handshake. "Of course."
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In the present (again)....
"SUNNY YOU BETTER NOT OPEN THAT BOOK!!!"yelled Twilight, her face red with embarrassment and maybe anger. She stood up from the swivel chair and attempted to pounce on her friend before Lemon Zest pounced on her from behind and pinned her to the ground. Twilight tossed and turned. Lemon Zest just pinned her harder on the ground.
"Open the book Sunny!"said Lemon Zest struggling to hold her friend down. The other Shadowbolts ran to Sunny Flare's side so that they could read what's inside the diary.
"At long last. All of Twilight's secrets will be revealed."said Sunny as she slowly and dramatically open the book. Once she opened the book everyone's jaw dropped. There was nothing in the book at all. Sunny Flare flipped through the whole book and still couldn't find a single word.
"But how can this be? I swear it was the diary."said Sunny Flare said in disbelief.
Sugarcoat giggled and stepped out of the shadow. "You know, obtaining someone's diary isn't going to be that easy, right?"she said while looking at her fingernails.
Indigo Zap gasped, both her hands around Sour Sweet's and Sunny Flare's shoulder. "IT'S A TRIPLE DOUBLE CROSS! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I HAVE NEVER BEEN DOUBLE CROSSED THREE TIMES IN A ROW BEFORE. THIS IS A NEW RECORD."
Sour Sweet sighed. "I guess you could say that there's a first in everything..."
"Explain yourself."demanded Sunny Flare.
Sugarcoat shrugged and placed her hands in her pockets. "Twilight and I were in cahoots from the start. I sent her a text shortly after our meeting at the café. I know exactly what you guys are after when you say 'get your hands dirty'. She told me that she doesn't own a diary and we thought of this brilliant idea of making you guys look foolish and then never letting you guys live it down. So I asked Twilight to prepare a fake diary and turn on her cameras so that we could record everything that just happened. End of story."she said in one breath, her tone expressionless.
Sour Sweet pulled her face."WHO ELSE IS IN CAHOOTS WITH TWILIGHT JUST TO PRANK US?"she said. The bipolar girl then jabbed her finger into Indigo's chest. "ARE YOU IN CAHOOTS WITH HER TOO?!" Indigo shook her head.
"Why do you guys want my diary anyway?"asked Twilight who was still pinned to the ground by Lemon Zest. She turned to her friend. "And Lemon Zest, could you get off of me? You're going to crush the life out of me before you know it."
"Oh, sorry."said Lemon Zest. She stood up and helped Twilight to her feet. Twilight dusted herself and looked at the Shadowbolts, expecting an answer to her question.
Indigo Zap rubbed her arm. "Well, two answers. Number one, it was from Sunny Flare's text. We plan on stealing your diary because of the grudge."
"Well, you could have asked."said Twilight.
"I suggested that, but SOMEBODY said it was too humiliating."said Sunny Flare directing her words to Sour Sweet who huffed.
"Okay? Then what's number two?"asked Twilight.
"Well, we sort of want to read your diary simply for fun, but then found out that you didn't have one."admitted Lemon Zest with a sheepish smile. She rocked on the ball of her feet. "So.... yeah. That's number two."
Awkward silence. For real.
Sugarcoat crossed her arms. "So, now what? Should we go home?"
Twilight looked at the digital clock on her desk. It was 9.53 at night. "Uh...how about you guys stay here for a night? It's pretty late and it's dangerous to go outside. Plus, tomorrow's Sunday and there are no classes."
Sour Sweet tapped her chin. "Hmmm.... a sleepover? Count me in."She said. The other girls gave a round of agreement. Twilight was right, it was pretty late. The sun has already set and the moon has taken the position of the sun. Not to mention, it's a weekend. So they could spend some time together in this sleepover and bond. And maybe binge watch some shitty movies Twilight has in her house. I mean what better way is there to spend time with your bestest friends in a sleepover other than binge watching movies together?
This bond will probably last until Twilight finds out that the girls had messed with her surveillance camera and broke her vase which Sugarcoat cleaned up and had hidden the mess somewhere in this house. So let's pray for Twilight to not find out. If she does, the Shadowbolts are dead meat.
THE END.
Author's Note
Here, have a random one shot story I wrote. I swear, this came out to be longer than I thought. It's so long that I had to separate it into two chapters so that I could easily edit it without having to scroll through 6000+ words. God, I'm so rusty when it comes to writing (Yes, I haven't written a story in a long time
and this is my first time writing one here on this site).
So I hope y'all enjoyed It!
