The bell rang for the first period to end. Bini grabbed a book about human anatomy to help her draw figures better. She waved goodbye to the head Librarian Cheerliee before heading into the halls of Canterlot High. Bini was a small girl despite being in grade 10 so she had to weave her way through carefully because no one really knew she was there in the first place.

She grunted as she exited the crowd into another hallway, thankful for space to breathe.

"Hey, bitch." A rough female voice rang out, followed by some snickers. Bini knew it wasn't directed at her. Her days of being called that word were over. It's not like she was a bully. No. she never was. She was just at the wrong place at the wrong time, in grade 7. She rubbed her good eye and pushed up her glasses to see further down the hallway. She was permanently blind in one eye and her good eye had trouble seeing far away but she was able to see Gilda, two girl members of the soccer team, and Trixie, the great and stupid magician who almost blew up the school last year approaching Sunset Shimmer. Who had been backed up into her locker, a locker that had been decorated by a crudely drawn demon with the words "She-demon bitch should die."

Not really creative on the scale of the insults but OK.

"Gilda. I never hurt you." Sunset said, each step Sunset took seemed to cause her some pain until the cold metal of her locker pressed against her back. "Leave me be."

"Can't do that, Sunshit." Gilda snarled turning into a way too big of a grin. "I have been wanting to do this for a long time. Right, Trixie? It's time for you to pay."

Trixie nodded with a glare at Sunset. Gilda brought back her fist. Sunset didn't even try to defend herself as the fist came down, slamming into Sunset's stomach. She cried out in pain, the doubled over when Trixie pushed her to the ground with an evil crackle.

Everything in Bini's head yelled at her to help Sunset. But Bini wasn't a fighter. It was true she was a red belt at Taekwondo but she was a weakling. Bini looked down at the large heavy book in her hands. For the first time, she thought about what it would be like to hit someone with that sort of book. Maybe Sunset Shimmer was rubbing off on her? Wait, of course not.

Bini marched towards the group, somewhere she thought this might be the end of her. She would probably get punched in the nose so hard that it somehow hit her brain and she died but anything is better than being a bully or a bystander. The group was too preoccupied with laughing as Sunset tried to get off the ground, only to have Gilda pick her up by her collar and slam her full force into her locker that Bini was pretty sure just got dented, to notice Bini walk behind them as they circle the poor girl, raise the book up and bring it down on Trixie.

Since Bini was small, Trixie was medium size and Gilda was tall, Trixie was her best bet to get the message across that Bini has a book and she isn't afraid to use it. It slammed into Trixie's head. Trixie screamed in alarm as she collapsed to the ground followed by everyone looking at Bini, still holding the book like a mad teenager on drugs over Trixie's body, whose head was spinning.

"Put down Sunset Shimmer, and I won't hit your lackeys with this book."

Bini thought it sounded a lot more threatening in her head. All she got back was sick laughter from people who enjoyed pain and a groan from Trixie below. Gilda used her free hand to point at Bini with a wicked grin.

"Deal with the idiot. Anyone who defends Sunshit deserves to get beat up." Gilda ordered. Sunset clawed at Gilda's hand as she struggled to escape.

"No! Stop!" Sunset pleaded but no one listened to her. The two soccer team girls started approaching Bini. Bini took a few steps back in alarm as the bell rang for the second period to begin. Gilda punched Sunset in the face to make her stop yelling. Bini held her book close as the girls moved to grab her.

One slid behind Bini and grabbed her arms, raising her off the ground, Bini started frantically kicking as the other girl ripped the only thing she had going for her out of her hands and slammed it to the ground. Suddenly she heard multiple people running. Everyone froze for a moment until Rainbow Dash, Captain of almost every sports team kicked Gilda in the stomach. Followed by Rarity, the school's local student fashion designer grabbing Sunset and pulling her away. Then Applejack shoved the girl holding Bini to the ground, making them both fall to hit the ground hard.

Applejack gave Bini and weak smile as she helped her up, picked up the book from the ground, then joined Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity who sat on the ground trying to see Sunset's injuries as Rainbow Dash marched up to Gilda with a scowl.

"What the fuck was that, Rainbow Dash?" Gilda yelled enraged as she pulled herself off the ground to have Trixie and the other two cower behind her. "She tried to kill you on Friday and now you are helping her!?"

"Look, she isn't my most favorite person in the world but she is trying to change! Beating an already injured girl is kind of weak anyway! So back the hell off, Gilda." Rainbow Dash argued back. Rainbow Dash turned to the group to make sure Sunset and Bini were okay.

"You guys OK?" She asked the pair. Bini and Sunset mutely nodded despite the fact Sunset clearly wasn't. Bini managed to grab her book and slip away from the group she knew she wasn't welcome in. They were heroes, Bini was just some random girl who was always at the wrong place at the wrong time. She ran down the hallway, not daring to look back as she headed to Art class.

Rainbow Dash continued her yelling match at Gilda, throwing insults at each other and in Gilda's case at Sunset Shimmer. Sunset sat on the floor against the lockers, tears were falling down her face as Rarity tried to convince her to see Nurse Redheart.

"What is going on here?" Vice-Principal Luna demanded, making everyone stop and turn to her with guilt expressions. Rainbow was the first to move, pointing an accusing finger at Gilda with a snarl.

"Gilda was beating up Sunset Shimmer, then sent her lackeys to hurt...Um...What's that other girl's name?" Rainbow Dash stopped and turned to her friends. Everyone looked at Pinkie Pie, the resident, I know everything about everyone, person. She smiled and pulled out her secret party planning book, turning to a page that showed Bini's information.

"Bini Filters! She likes art, really bad at math, spends most of her t-"

Applejack covered Pinkie's mouth before she went on a full-on rant about Bini's history. Luna walked over and checked on Sunset, who had a bruise forming on her cheek. She cringed away from Luna's touch as Luna lightly held Sunset's face towards her own to see the damage.

"Miss. Griffin," Luna said with more hostility than ever before. Making everyone, including Gilda want to sink into a dark hole and never come out. Luna pushed herself back up and glared at the student, who was doing her best to seem strong and brave in front of her 'friends'. "Go to the main office at once with your...friends."

They nodded without a fight but Gilda shot off one last insult to Sunset before running off. Luna sighed and looked down the empty part of the hallway before turning back to the six girls in distress.

"I will go find Miss. Filters. One of you takes Sunset to the infirmary. The rest go back to class. Alright?"

They all nodded. It was silently decided that Fluttershy would be the one to take Sunset since she had a spare. Fluttershy helped her up and they began slowly going down the hall as the rest of the friends broke up to head to their own classes. Each with a concerned expression as they disappeared deeper into the school.

Luna grabbed her school walkie-talkie and pressed the button to the main office.

"Inkwell. Do you know which class Bini Filters is currently in?" She asked. It took a moment but a response soon came back.

"Miss. Filters has Art class second period. Um...Is everything alright? I have Gilda, Trixie and-"

"There was an incident." Luna interrupted. "Just...Make them wait until I get Bini to talk to Celestia. They have a lot of explaining to do."

"Sure," Inkwell replied. They closed the channel and Luna headed off to find Bini.

---End of Chapter Four---

Author's Note

My high school experience is pretty different than Canterlot high. For one thing, we have three Vice-Principals which sort of seems like overkill. We don't have a nurse's office. If we get hurt or sick we are sent home. Also, we have uniforms where we go. So some things might not be as accurate to a public school because I go to a catholic one.

I am in grade 12 right now, graduating in two months and I barely remember what grade 10 was like. That might be a problem...