The next morning, Whaehonah was once again awoken by someone knocking on her car door, another five guards were standing outside the car trying to place her under arrest. Whaehonah was hoping that the case had been dropped, but the guards surrounding her car made it obvious that the case was still on. Before Whaehonah could do anything to leave, Twilight Sparkle arrived and began talking to the guards.

“Excuse me, what seems to be the problem sir?” She asked

“The pony in this thing is wanted for cannibalism, your majesty.” The guard said looking back at the car

Twilight thought about this for a moment, then an idea began to form. Twilight didn’t want Whaehonah to face the punishment for cannibalism, since she saw potential in her.

“I want you to drop the charges this one time, I have plans for this pony.” She demanded

“Yes your majesty.” The guard said, bowing before leaving

Whaehonah was overjoyed at this, but she still knew that there was a catch.

“Thanks Twilight, I’m glad you saved me, but what’s the catch.?” Whaehonah said getting out of the car

“I’m not asking for anything in return, but I would like an explanation for you eating other ponies.” Twilight said putting a hoof on Whaehonah’s shoulder

Whaehonah gave her explanation and it sent chills down Twilight’s spine, just the thought of eating another pony was enough to make her quiver in disgust, but she knew there was good in Whaehonah, and she would do her best to make sure history doesn't repeat itself.

“Well I hope you’ve learned your lesson from all this.” Twilight said walking Whaehonah into the school

“I have.” She answered

“Well it’s time for class now, Rainbow Dash is waiting for you.” Twilight said gesturing to Rainbow’s classroom.

Whaehonah went to class and took a seat between Ocellus and Smolder. Almost every student looked at Whaehonah, and in the hallway going to the next class, they began asking her why she was surrounded by the royal guards as well as questions about the car. She didn’t want to discuss the situation with the guards but she did tell them about the car. The students were disappointed about not being told why the guards were surrounding her but they all liked what she told them about the car and were all interested in learning more about it. They arrived at the next class and Whaehonah already didn’t like what the assignment was.

“Alright everypony, today’s assignment is like a game of truth or dare, but without the dare. Each one of you will ask the one next to you a question and they have to answer in truth, each one who gives a genuine answer gets an apple fritter. So let’s start with you Sand Bar.” Applejack said explaining the assignment

“Alright, Whaehonah, why were you surrounded by guards?” Sand Bar asked

“Can I please please skip this one Applejack?” Whaehonah asked

“You could, but it wouldn’t look good on your first report card.” Applejack replied

“Alright, I was wanted for cannibalism.” Whaehonah answered

Applejack gave Whaehonah an apple fritter for her honesty, but then the whole class started giving her some strange looks. Applejack saw this and was not pleased with everyone looking at Whaehonah this way.

“Alright y’all, this is not the way we look at others. It’s in her past and it’s time for us to move on.” Applejack said getting everyone back on track

After honesty class, everyone still looked at Whaehonah like she was a monster and many even avoided her like the horsey hives, some even called her the school cannibal, everyone except for Ocellus and her friends wanted nothing to do with her. Twilight saw Whaehonah walking down the hallway to the next class with her head down and felt the need to check on her.

“Whaehonah, what’s wrong?” Twilight asked

“Nothing.” She replied

“I can tell something’s going on. What is it?” Twilight said still concerned

“I was asked a question in honesty class about why the guards were surrounding me out front and because of my honesty, everyone is looking at me like a monster and calling me the school cannibal.” She answered

“Who asked the question?” Twilight asked

“Sand Bar.” She replied putting her head back down

“I’ll have a meetup to discuss this, go see Starlight in the council office and I’ll get Sand Bar.” Twilight said, pointing Whaehonah in the direction of the council office.

Whaehonah went to the council office and was greeted by Starlight, shortly after the greeting, Twilight stepped in with Sand Bar. The young earth pony expressed a confused look.

“So, what’s going on Whaehonah?” Starlight asked

“Sand Bar asked me a question in honesty class, the question was about why I was being surrounded by the royal guards. I answered in truth because it wouldn’t look good on my report card if I didn’t, now I’m seen as a monster.” Whaehonah answered

“Well, you are a monster for eating another pony.” Sand Bar replied

“Alright, Sand Bar you’re not helping. Now why did you ask such a personal question?” Starlight said, scolding Sand Bar

“Well I was curious, I didn’t know the outcome would be like this.” Sand Bar said getting defensive

“Look, it’s pretty clear she didn’t want to talk about it, I understand curiosity can get the best of somepony, but that’s no reason to embarrass another pony just to get an answer that’s not even important .” Starlight said, getting a little frustrated

“Sand Bar, I understand curiosity is something that can eat away at somepony’s mind, but some things are best left unknown.” Said Whaehonah

The three ponies talked for a while, and Starlight sent them to class.

Later that day, a school meetup was called regarding Whaehonah’s case. Twilight stood silently for a moment before speaking.

“Alright everyone, I have something important to say regarding something that has been going on today. Okay so there has been some harassment going on towards a certain creature that I want to address.” Twilight announced

Everyone looked at each other for a few seconds before she began speaking again.

“Now, I want to put it out there that such behavior will not be tolerated in my school, this is a friendship school and we do not ridicule others for past actions or their differences. That’s all.” Twilight said dismissing the group

The group left and Whaehonah did feel a bit better afterwards but still kept to herself for a while.

Author's Note

Don’t ask about personal problems if you don’t know the individual that well.