Crystal Rose and Sunset Shimmer Sophmore Year

Sunset Shimmer rubbed her arm up and down as she stared at the building towering over her, she never thought a building in such perfect condition could look so threatening, "I don't know Crystal Rose, can't I just do home school?"

Luna chuckled, "Let's try going to school first, remember you need to come see my sister during lunch for your antibiotic."

Sunset Shimmer rolled her eyes, everybody seemed to think she would forget something like that, she never had much reading material outside of the school library because you needed proof of address to get a public library card. So what she had read had told her the importance of finishing an antibiotic treatment as prescribed so that you don't become immune to it.

"You are eating lunch with me and my friends right?" Crystal Rose asked, or more like pleaded.

Sunset shook her head, "I have lunch detention for the next six months."

Crystal got a certain look in her eye, "Let's see," she muttered more or less do herself, "If I suggest to Pinkie that she should do that, and have Rainbow do that, and Apple Jack would probably be willing to do that. But Fluttershy, what to do with her."

"You are not getting you and your friends lunch detention so that you can have lunch with Sunset," Luna scolded her niece, "However, I understand Why you want to have lunch with her, to work on your budding friendship. Since the reason why Sunset has Lunch detention instead of after school detention was that she had an after school job which is no longer in the picture, I think we can move her detention to after school so she can have lunch with you."

"Isn't that bending the rules?" Sunset asked.

"Maybe," Luna admitted, "Don't tell anyone that I bent the rules here okay."

"Watch out here she comes."

"Careful she might turn into a demon."

"She's here, I thought for sure that she would have been expelled."

With every whispered comment and fearful glance thrown her way Sunset's head dropped lower and lower. How was she suppose to convince them that she wasn't mean any more, that she had changed. Crystal Rose and her friends were giving her a second chance why couldn't the others?

They were afraid of her, but how was she going to prove to them that she had changed that there was nothing to be afraid of.

The answer came in English where they were reading the Prince and the Pauper, the discussion they had that day was on the different social classes of the day and how one did not interact with one below their own class.

Sunset was on the top of the pyramid, she was the queen of the school, well maybe it was time that the school got a new queen, or perhaps an old queen back.

Gilda Griffen had been the worst bully until Sunset took that title for herself. Maybe all she needed to do was give that title back. Gilda was still a bully, and a bad one at that. Sunset had just been worst, which was not something she was proud of. Usually when a kingdom was overthrown the original ruler was executed in front of a large crowd. She was sure that Gilda would agree.

"That rainbow laser blast to the face messed you up didn't it?" Gilda asked, "There's no way I'm going to beat you up in front of the school just because you asked me to. My mom said that if I get one more suspension for fighting she's sending me to military school."

Sunset frowned, she should have known she said no. There had to be something she could do, and the best thing she could do was make Gilda angry.

"Okay, it was silly anyway, I shouldn't have asked," Sunset said, walking away, her mind already figuring out a way to trick her into doing what she asked.

Gilda looked at Sunset's retreating form and wondered if she should tell the principal or something. She shook her head, no there was no way she was doing that, it could ruin her reputation as a bad girl.

Sunset knew how to push buttons, it was her specialty. She wasn't proud of it but she needed to get Gilda Griffin to pound her. She deserved it, it seemed like a fitting punishment, she had pounded on the students of Canterlot high since she got there, it was time to let them pound on her for a change.

So all she needed to know was that Gilda had a short fuse, so short that a simple thing like accidentally knocking into her in the lunch line and spilling her lunch on her would insure a punch at least. And if she said the right thing, it could be a pounding.

She had everything planned out, and it was working, the pain hurt just as much as the rainbow laser had, and she welcomed it. Sure it hurt, but she deserved it, besides this would be a large blue to her social standing people wouldn't be scared of her anymore.

"Break it up," a sharp commanding voice called out as a powerful force caused the crowd to scatter like the wind. Soon whoever it was was standing over them. Miss Griffin! I should have known you were behind this."

Sunset gulped, she hadn't thought that vice principal Luna would stop the fight. She had thought that Gilda would simply tire and leave.

"My sister would like a word with you Gilda," she snapped, before turning her attention to Sunset, "are you okay?"

Sunset nodded as she accepted the principal's hand, she was okay, unfortunately.

Celestia closed her eyes before opening them to stare at the teen in front of her, "What do you have to say for yourself?" She demanded.

"She asked for it!" The ten exclaimed.

"I'm pretty sure that she bumped into you by accident," Celestia said softly peering over her fingertips.

"No she did it on purpose," Gilda insisted, maybe if she told the principal about Sunset then maybe she wouldn't get in as much trouble, "She asked me to beat her up, when I told her no she spilled on me and got me mad so I'll do it anyway."

Celestia stood up, "I'll be right back hold still."

Luna was talking to Sunset in her office, she looked up when Celestia entered the room, "You need me to play bad cop?" She asked, she sounded almost eager.

"No," Celestia stated shaking her head, "I needed to ask Sunset something. Did you ask Gilda to beat you up?"

Sunset refused to meet her eyes, what was that emotion that choked her voice, worry? She never heard anyone sound worried towards her before, "So what if I did, I deserved it didn't I?" The words were out of her mouth before she even knew she wanted to say them.