Rolling over in the bed, Sunset woke up staring at the ceiling. This isn’t my factory, where the fuck am I? She wondered. She started to sit up when a older women opened the door.

“Hello,” The older women smiled at Sunset.

“Uhm hi,” Sunset replied. “Who are you and where am I?”

“I’m a doctor. As for who am I, you can call me Serenity. You’re at my house. My daughter and her friends brought you here,” Serenity explained.

“I’m sorry but I have no idea what to say to this. Who exactly is your daughter?” Sunset kept looking around cautiously. The older women sat on the bed.

“My daughters name is Trixie. She and her friends were exploring a factory they told me before leaving for school and found you there injured.” She decided to not bring up the suicide attempt. She would slowly work up to talking about that later once the younger girl was more comfortable.

“Trixie brought me here? What time is it and what day is it?”

“Yes she did. Its about 2:30 in the afternoon and it’s a Friday. Trixie already texted me saying her friend’s would be joining her here after school. They wanna talk to you.”

“I was a bitch to that whole school. Half of them hate me. Why would they help me?” Sunset demanded.

The older women shrugged. “You’d have to ask them that. You must be thirsty and hungry, I’ll bring up some food,” She stood and worked her way to the door.

“Thank you,” Sunset said softly. Twenty minutes later, Sunset was eating a ham sandwich and drinking a water while the older women looked on. They both heard the downstairs door open.

“Mom! Trixie is home!” Trixie yelled up the stairs.

“Well, your friends are here. I’ll give you guys some space,” Serenity said as she left the room. Right after, Trixie’s, Lyra and Bon Bons heads poked into the doorway cautiously. Sunset just stared as the other girls walked in and shut the door.

“Hey there,” Bon Bon said softly.

“Hello,” Sunset said with an uncomfortable expression.

“Are you feeling okay?” Lyra questioned. Bon Bon quickly elbowed her.

“Ow!” the mint girl yelped.

“What she means is that we are glad to see you awake,” Bon Bon continued speaking. Trixie and Lyra both nodded in agreement. Each girl sat on the bed.

“We were very worried about you,” Lyra said.

“Why? Don’t you hate me? Everyone else does?” Sunset mumbled.

Lyra quickly shook her head. “I don’t hate you. Bon Bon and Trixie never did either.” Sunset stared at her.

“You slammed a sledge hammer into the portal,” she deadpanned.A memory flashed through lyra’s mind of her slamming a sledge hammer into the statues horse legs and she winced.

“I’m truly sorry about that. I was blackmailed into it,” Lyra admitted.

Bon Bon glared at her. “You said you refused Gilda’s demand.”

Lyra tossed her hands up. “She threatened to tell your mom about us and get you kicked out. It’s the beginning of December, what would you have me do?”

“It’s okay,” Sunset interjected. “The portal can still be used, the horse is just damaged,” she sighed in frustration. “When can I leave?” Sunset asked the others. “I want to get home.”

Trixie shook her head. “Trixie’s mom said you are staying here. To live here. She doesn’t want you to sleep in that factory. It’s very dangerous.”The other two nodded.

“Why were you three there then?” Sunset inquired.

“Someone decided urban exploring would be entertaining,” Bon Bon said, looking at Lyra.

“Lucky for us, we were there at the right time,” Lyra looked back.

“Can I at least go get my stuff from the factory?” Sunset asked. She wasn’t enthused about being forced to stay in this house, she assumed she could escape when the others were asleep. Lyra and Bon Bon looked to each other and then Trixie who shrugged.Lyra slowly pulled onto the dirt road next the abandoned building and put the car in park before shutting it off and hopping out. Her other three occupants got out and Sunset walked to the door. Bon Bon and Lyra followed her upstairs while Trixie picked up some of Sunsets belongings from the downstairs and carried them out to Lyra’s car.

Sunset breathed in slowly. She had taken some time getting used to the awful smell of the abandoned factory, but soon began to appreciate it. It signified safety from the elements even though one wall was slowly starting to fall apart and one upstairs room had a hole in it. She soon got to her bedroom with the other two girls hot on her heels. Lyra started gathering the clothes while Sunset grabbed her phone and backpack with a laptop in it.

“Anything else?” Bon Bon questioned. “You have some bowls and stuff in the kitchen.”

Sunset shook her head. “I’ll leave them here. Someone else may need this place and it’ll help them to have that stuff.” She didn’t say the real reason was to sneak back over so she saw no real point to carry everything.

Bon Bon nodded. “Good idea.”

“Hey what about this?” Lyra asked, walking over to a small metal box and picked it up, causing Sunset to freeze.

“Hey uh I’ll take that,” she tried to say before Lyra flipped it open and stared down.

“What the hell?” she demanded.

“What?” Bon Bon asked, edging over to her partner and looking down. She soon looked to Sunset who looked at the floor nervously.

“It’s uhm nothing,” she lied. “Can you hand me that?”

“Absolutely not,” Lyra exclaimed and dumped the box cutter blades into her palm carefully. “You’re not getting these back.”Bon Bon could only nod her agreement.They got all of Sunsets meager belongs into the car and headed back to Trixie’s. Once all the girls got inside and Sunset was sure Trixie and her parents were asleep, Sunset sneaked out the spare room with her backpack on to the downstairs. She put her hand on the front doors door handle.

“Going somewhere?” A voice behind her startled her. She jumped and spun around. Behind her was Bon Bon in pajamas with her feet kicked up on the couch watching Sunset.

“Uh I was just going out for a walk,” she quickly lied. “Beautiful night out.”

“With your backpack?” Bon Bon inquired, standing up and stretching.

“Why are you here anyway? Do you live here or something?” Sunset asked nervously.

“Nah, Trixie’s mom had a feeling you might try to leave in the middle of the night so I volunteered to stay and watch the front door,” Bon Bon explained, looking at the other girl with narrowed eyes. “Why would you try to leave? Why go back to that life?” Sunset sighed and sat down on the couch. Bon Bon quickly joined her.

“Because I don’t deserve this. I was awful, I deserve to live in that run down building,” Sunset hugged herself.

“Trust me, no one deserves that. You already got punished by Principle Celestia and VP Luna,” Bon Bon stated shaking her head. “I know it doesn’t seem like it right now, but you deserve this,” she gestured around her. “A warm, safe, secure place to sleep.”

“I was a total bitch to everyone,” Sunset shot a response back. “I don’t deserve to be happy.”

Bon Bon only smiled and shook her head. “You left me, Lyra and Trixie alone. You weren’t a total jerk. Yeah sure you were rude to some of friends but not us. Therefore we are on your side. Why wouldn’t you go to a homeless shelter or something?” Sunset pulled her legs in close to her chest and sniffled. Bon Bon put her hand on her shoulder.

“I tried. I saw Fluttershy and Applejack volunteering at one. I didn’t want to explain my living situation so I turned around to leave. Applejack noticed me though before I could and asked me why I was here. Lying to her is way harder than it looks by the way.”

Bon Bon laughed. “Trust me, I know. Try being related to her.”

Sunset looked surprised. “You’re related to Applejack?”

“She’s my cousin. My mom and Granny Smith work together often. They deliver apples and other such produce to our candy store, we give them publicity and sell said produce.” Sunset yawned and nodded.

“Someone’s tired”, Bon Bon teased. “Will you stay now Sunset?”

“I still am not hundred percent but I’ll try to stay. It’s cold outside, gonna be the worst winter yet I hear,” Sunset sighed. Bon Bon nodded and laid down on the couch. “You should come over and hangout at my place sometime. You can help make some candy if you want.”

Sunset nodded slowly. “Sure.”

When Trixie woke up, she found Sunset and Bon Bon snoring on the couch together. She only smirked and rolled her eyes.

Author's Note

It should be fairly obvious now I love me some Lyra and Bon Bon😂😂