The room was pure dark, even in the middle of the day. The animals had all been removed from the room, given to new homes. The plants lay dying from neglect. The teenager had removed the animals before the same could happen to them. She no longer saw her fit to care for anything after what she had done, for she had been the cause of someone’s final straw.

Not just anyone but a friend. All because she allowed some insignificant internet post to get to her. True, the pastel themed girl had been bullied by the redhead at one point in time. Yes, it gave her sad days, made her cry, but never did it go so far that something so important was stolen from her, pushing her over the edge.

The pastel pinkette couldn’t even look at herself in the mirror anymore. She had gone as far to start skipping school the past few days, acting sick for her naive mother.

A burst of light entered the room causing the teen to duck further into her blankets, eyes burning from not seeing light in for more than a few days.

“Fluttershy, get your ass up! You’ve already skipped Monday and Tuesday, you can’t have a third fucking day in a row.” A prisma haired girl jerked the blankets of the teen. Rainbow Dash was met with sight of her shy friend in a curled position and a grimace on her face, which held home to old and now new tear streaks. Rainbow let out a strong sigh. “Listen we did fucked up shit. It was all of us, the whole school that led to… you know. So don’t beat yourself up.”

“You don’t understand what I did, i-it can never be f-forgive.” The sobbing teen said, giving more sobs as heavier tears began to fall.

Rainbow looked down at her oldest friend feeling up with sadness for not only her sad state but also all of their bad decisions. If Rainbow Dash was being honest with herself, her and Fluttershy did do the most damage. The sky blue skinned teens pride wouldn’t allow her to admit though.

“That’s not true. I mean Ray was perfectly fine in the shelter, besides VC Luna adopted him Monday, so when Sunset gets out of the hospital she’ll be with him again.” Rainbow Dash said.

“B-but Sunset could be dead right now. All because of m-m-me." The girl's intense sobs and stuttering had begun to grow, agitating for the athlete.

“She could be dead right now because of all of us. We all played a role. Sunset wouldn’t want you sitting here sulking to death in here.” Rainbow said.

“What would she want?- probably for me to feel as much pain as she did for what I did to her.” Fluttershy said.

“Nah, Sunset isn’t like that anymore. She wants you to own your shit, let it go and move on. Just like how she has done in the past with her own baggage... You can’t let this destroy your life, none of us can.” Rainbow said, her voice beginning to break as her own emotions and guilt caught up to her.

Fluttershy looked at her now crying partner and reached forward to connect them in a hug. The two teens sat there in the messy bed crying and holding onto each other.

“D-do you think she’ll ever forgive us?” Rainbow dash said weakly. Fluttershy could only respond with more tears.

***

Countless buckets of apples spread in a line down an orchard trail. The farmer removed her hat, quickly wiping sweat off brow and returned to the apple picking she kept herself occupied with.

A hop on the bunch and a grunt edmitting from the force, she started grabbing apples and letting gravity guide them to the bucket below. The blonde had made this her routine for countless hours, after school or after helping move out personal items from a dusty, lonely factory during the weekend. Lost in her own world the girl hadn’t heard the heeled footsteps approaching.

“You can’t keep this up forever darling.” A posh voice said.

Apple simply responded by rolling her eyes and continuing her work.

“You can’t ignore me either.” The voice said again. The royal purple haired girl sighed, “Your brother called me. He said you’ve been out doing this for hours, for many days.” Rarity said, concern laying in her words.

“Eeyup.”

“Darling, won’t you please come down and talk to me? Don’t pretend I haven't noticed you avoiding me. My texts, in the halls, and class.” Rarity said, sadness lacing her accent.

“What do ya want me to say, Rares?” The country girl asked, staying perched in the tree and picking the last few apples she could reach.

“Whatever is on your mind.”

“There's nothin’, you can go home, I got work ta do.” Applejack said getting down from the tree and moving to the next.

As the freckled skinned girl worked on her new tree she suddenly heard struggling whimpers. “What in tarnation?” The emeralds held in the teens' eyes shifted to the sound, being met with the sight of Rarity attempting to climb a tree and grab an apple.

“Rarity, what in the world are you doin’?”

“I’m helping darling, you said you have work. I'm helping it go faster so we can talk.” Rarity clarified in her mid-atlantic accent.

Applejack sat baffled at the ivory designer for a moment. “Don't go doin’ that now, ya hear? You don't know how ta do it, Ah don't want ya getting hurt.” The stetson wearing teen said sternly.

“Well, I’m going to help either way, you want to be stubborn? Fine, so will I.” The fashionista said struggling to stay up right and grab a second apple.

The farmer huffed going back to her work but making sure to keep one eye on her partner, knowing she was struggling.

As the two worked on their respective trees, Applejack finished hers much quicker, she got down from the tree. She decided to wait for the other to finish, snacking on one of the apples gathered. The blonde heard a startled shout, whipping her head up, she saw Rarity beginning to fall out of the tree. Acting quickly the strong girl threw her arms out, “Rare, It’s okay to fall I'll catch you!”

“No, I don't need help d-darling.” The ivory skinned girl siad, clearly not even believing herself.

“That ain't true! You're not gonna be able to get back up all by yourself.” Applejack said, the sherbet skinned teen grew agitated by her partner's stubbornness, “Don't be stubborn, trust me! I'm here for you!”

Rarity looked down, “Promise you’ll catch me?”

“Always.” Applejack said with earnest.

Convinced, the curled haired teen let go, landing in her girlfriend's arms.

“See? It wasn't that hard, I'd told ya i’d catch you.” The farmer said lowering Rarities heels to the ground.

“Thank you darling,” Ivory hands placed themselves on freckled cheeks, dark blue making contact with forest green, “You know it's the same for you right? I'll always be here to catch you if you fall, there's no need to be stubborn.”

“Oh plumed apples, rares. Was this all some weird metaphor thing?” Applejack said, rolling her eyes.

“Maybe, I had not intended it but, the universe is funny sometimes my dear.” Rarity paused for a moment, searching her partner's eyes, “Please talk to me, I know the Sunset Shimmer situation is bothering you, the guilt has taken its great toll on me too.” The dark purple haired girl said, moving her hands down to the other girl's shoulders, placing her head into the farmer's chest. “Ignoring and fighting her in the situation were atrocious acts on both our parts. We’ll have chances to give real apologies to Sunset, even if she doesn't forgive us, at least she knows we regret it. It’ll give her and us closure.”

Applejack could feel rare tears beginning to build up, “Ah-ah just can't believe it was our own sisters- over jealousy! What did we do wrong to make them think they had to go that far? No matter how hard ah try, I just still don't understand it.”

“Darling me too. I thought we had lovely relationships with our sisters, though they obviously didn't feel the same.” Rarity thought for a moment, “...I suggest we do what we are now, communicate and talk with them. They already know they're in trouble, but perhaps we take the more communicative route?”

“Yea, Ah suppose… I’ve been wantin’ to visit Sunset, she gets to leave the hospital in couple days.” The country accented teen said.

“I’d agree, but I think the principles are right. She’s in a very delicate place right now. Seeing us would probably be a lot, she needs space and time, we need to allow her to come to us first.” Rarity said, once again looking her hugging partner in the eyes.

“How do we know she'll even come to us?” The blonde said, the sun beginning to set behind the two cuddled teenagers.

“We hope, darling, we hope.”

***

Pinkie Pie frantically ran around her kitchen in the middle of the night. The kitchen was covered in many bags of flour, empty icing bags, cupcake tins and batter. The once frizzy haired teen had spent all night for days making many batches of ‘I'm-sorry-I-didn't-stand-up-for-you-please-accept-my-apology’ cupcakes.

“Pinkie…” a slow monotone voice said.

Crazed mumbling had met the voice as the pink turned gray skinned girl was locked into her current new batch. The holder of the lifeless voice tried to capture her younger sister's attention again, she was once again met with her party-loving sister mixing more batter. As the mute purple haired girl slowly moved her eyes across the room the geologist notice six d-i-yed forms that held recognizable features of her friends. Maud decided then that had been enough to allow her sister's meltdown any longer. The older moved forward, placing firm hands on her sisters shoulders. Holding the younger teen still, Maud forced eye contact, “Pinkie, you need to calm down.”

“Calm down?! I’m calm! I’m just baking fun treats with all of my friend’s, silly!” The baker said with glossed over eyes that looked right through her sister. Pinkie raced out of her sister's grip and moved to a flour bag that had several old pieces of bacon taped to the top and a smiley face on the front.

“Isn't that right Sunset Shimmer? We are all happy and having a fun baking party!” The melting down teen said. Pinkie's hands came around the sides of the flour bag as she made an imitation of Sunset's voice, “Yes! Thank you so much Pinkie for the cupcakes. How’d you know red velvet is my favorite?”

Pinkie looked toward the bag, scooting it closer to her in a half hug, “Oh Sunset, I know everyone’s favorite treat, silly. I’m just glad all of us get to enjoy them together!” The now straight haired girl said, brushing her arm around the room, gesturing to the other figments of her group of friends.

“Pinkie, I know you're going through alot right now but you need to get a grip.” Maud said with her emotionless face and voice. Pinkie’s dazed manic smile faltered, being noticed, Maud continued reeling her sister back to reality, “This isn't helping you or your friends.”

Maud knew she succeeded in regaining her sister's sanity as the muted pink girl began quick deep breaths that led to loud, hollering sobs. The dark gray skinned girl hugged her sister, rubbing circles into her back.

Pinkie Pie’s waterfalls of tears continued for several minutes, her sister simply kept their hug tight. As the younger teen began to calm down she spoke, “What do I do? I took away someone's smile, it’s all my fault. All I've ever wanted is to make others happy and laugh but now I've been a part of causing someone to become so incredibly sad.”

“That whole situation is messed up. It wasn't you, a lot of people and things were involved. Pinkie on a broader scale, you didn't do anything. Don't place the blame on yourself. I don't know why Sunset has disappeared but it's not directly because of you, I promise.” Maud said only in emotion that her younger sister could hear.

“But that's just it! You're right, I didn't do anything! When all the girls were being mad at her, I didn't say anything, in fact I tried to avoid us even talking about it! I don't want to believe it was Sunset but I didn't want my friends to start hating me too! I simply stood in the back and cowered while they kicked her out of Sugar Cube Corner, I did nothing but cry and blank out when they were trying to save her life! I was involved because I did nothing to help!” Pinkie Pie cried loudly.

Maud thought for a moment, “Pinkie sometimes all you can do is stand back, and that's okay. Yes, It didn't help but it didn't hurt either. Whatever Sunset did, it was because of all those who did directly hurt her, whether it was cyberly, physically or verbally.”

Pinkie sniffled, her sister recapturing their comforting embrace, “It’s okay, Pinkie, I’m sure you can make it up to her.” Maud said, still in monotone.

The pink teen had regained some color and bounced back, “You think so?” Maud gave a rare small smile to her sister and nodded.

Author's Note

Howdy doo lady loo's!
Maybe little insight on the girls this time around. I do plan on making a part two about the CMC's thoughts and feelings. Should I make that next chapter or save it for later and give the next story moving chapter with sunset and scitwi? Lmk what you think!
Thanks for reading it means a lot <3
Also hope you enjoyed my little drawings i loved the rarijack and pinkie ones lol
Feel free to comment and interact, it's apart of what I look forward to :D