Every Dark Night Turns Into Day

Sunset

“Alright so first off you guys are sitting with us at lunch today,” Bon Bon explained as we led Indigo and the others to my locker. “We sit in the same spot almost everyday unless the lunch room gets loud and then we go to Cheerilees room.”

“They let you just sit in the classrooms like that?” Indigo inquired with a raised eyebrow as I opened my locker.

“Yeah? They don’t really care as long as we behave. Mom gives us more leeway because well she’s my mom,” I explained as I started emptying out my backpack. “My sisters sometimes join is when they’re not out causing chaos. Mainly Scootaloo. Diamond and Silver try to keep her in check but often get looped in on her plans.”

“This place is scarily lenient,” Sugarcoat mused as my book to communicate with Twilight started glowing. “I don’t mean to alarm you but your book is glowing and might explode.” I looked at their nervous faces and laughed.

“It’s okay, it’s not gonna explode. It’s a magical book. Allows me to communicate with my friends in Equestria,” I shrugged as I picked up the book and opened it.

“Who’s it from?” Bon Bon asked curiously as she peeked over my shoulder. “I didn’t know Starlight talked to you.”

“Sometimes. Twilight thinks it’s good for her to know a former villain,” I explained. “She’s a nice mare.”

“I’m sorry?” Sunny asked after she hid a snort of laughter behind a cough. “Mare?”

“Girl,” I said hastily. While I was willing to help them, I didn’t really want to give out the portals location. National security and all. “I meant girl.”

They all looked at me unconvincingly as I wrote Starlight back. I closed the book with a smirk and set it gently on the upper shelf.

“We have another question. Why did half your group vote no?” Sunny asked as she leaned against a locker.

“We’ve been rivals for the past seventy years. Back when my parents went here,” Lyra commented. She had mostly stayed quiet the entire walk in the school. “You’re the first five to show any interest in changing. Out of seventy years, none showed an interest in being somewhat friendly the older town folks have told me. It’s different than Sunset. She was only a bully for the three and half years I knew her. It’s easier to forgive someone who was mean for only three years than a school that taught it’s students to be mean for seventy years. Plus, I’m Loyalty. I’m loyal to my school but my friends too. Sunset asked me to help so I will.”

“You do have a point,” Indigo admitted as I closed my locker. “That’s easily understandable. You do realize you’re risking your classmates hating you too?”

“Not the first time they’ve hated me,” I muttered bitterly. “I’ll survive.”

“Actually they won’t,” Bon Bon reassured me. “The few I’ve polled said they’ll follow you if you get some of the Shadowbolts to calm down.”

“Great so I’m getting sympathy instead of actual effort. Just because they feel bad because of anon a miss doesn’t mean they should follow my every word.”

“Sunset I can’t believe I’m about to say this but maybe we take it as a win. Sure it’s definitely sympathy but at the same time, who saved us at the battle of the bands?” Bon Bon questioned.

“Uh me and the others?”

“And who saved us during the Friendship Games and won us the title?” Bon Bon pressed with a growing smile.

“Me?’

“Exactly!” Bon Bon exclaimed. “You! The whole school stands behind you. We should take advantage of the momentum we got and run with it, damn it!”

“Bons has a point,” Lyra admitted after a second. “I’m not one for taking advantage of people but this could change a lot of things.”

“Okay so this is the second time I’ve heard of anon a miss. What is it?” Sour demanded as she stared into my soul.

“It’s complicated. Basically my sister and her friends made an account, posted the whole school’s secrets, framed me and everyone hated me. It was shitty.”

“Your own sister did that to you? Wow,” Sugarcoat stated with the most emotion I’ve ever seen from her.

“Well she wasn’t my sister at the time but yeah. We’ve moved past it through. Still haven’t forgiven Apple Bloom.”

“Wait Apple Bloom?” Sunny asked suddenly.

“Yeah, she was the ring leader after all. Why?” I asked as Lyra and Bon Bon gave them cautious glares. “You guys know her?”

“Uh no! Not at all!” Lemon chimed in hastily. I narrowed my eyes slightly and wished Octavia was here. She developed an uncanny ability to detect when someone is lying to her. It was very useful. Used it a lot to find when my sisters were hiding stuff from me. My phone started ringing and I fished it out of my pocket, frowning.

“What is it?” Lyra asked as she peeked over my shoulder. “Canterlot Correctional Facility? Who do you know in prison?”

“No one,” I said simply as we stared at it.

“Answer it,” Bon Bon urged. “Put it on speaker please.” With a shrug, I answered it and pressed speaker.

“An inmate from the Canterlot Correctional Facility is trying to contact you. Accept the call?” A robot voice from the other side.

“Yes,” I said simply as it rang for a few seconds. “Uh hello?”

“Hello Miss Shimmer.” The Shadowbolts froze as we all stared at the phone. It had been a long time since I heard that voice. Thank the lord Twilight wasn’t here.

“Cinch,” I said coldly. “What do you want?”

“Now is that anyway for greet an old friend?”

“We aren’t friends,” I said coolly as the Shadowbolts stared at the phone. “We’re enemies and I don’t have many of those.”

“I’ll cut to the chase then. We need to talk. Come see me Saturday afternoon.” And with that, the call ended.

“What are you going to do?” Sour asked worriedly.

“I’m going to talk to her.”

“Not alone,” Lyra said instantly. “I’m going with.”

I let out a frustrated groan but nodded. There was no convincing these two once they got their mind set on something.