My Past Is Complicated

“So Derpy,” Sunset’s youngest aunt smiled at me. “How did you meet Sunset?”

“Oh uh after the fall formal,” I answered. “Do you guys know about that too or?” Her two aunts looked at each other and nodded.

“Yeah we do,” Cherry Berry admitted. “Cheerilee laid it all out on table after the battle of the bands. It doesn’t change our opinion of Sunset by the way.”

“Just makes us like her more,” Berry Punch chimed in. “Not a lot of people would be able to get up after something like that and better themselves.”

“Yeah and look at what happened to all her hard work,” Cheerilee said bitterly. “She gets backstabbed by her so called friends.” A dark look crossed her two sisters faces.

“Oh yeah I got opinions about that,” Berry growled. Based on her facial expression, this wasn’t the first time it had been brought up between the four. Minuette looked slightly annoyed too and she literally just met Sunset. I suppose she has a right to be mad too. Sunset is her girlfriends niece after all.

“Careful sister,” Cherry warned as she placed a hand on her shoulder. “Ruby is still in the house.” I glanced up the stairs and listened to the laughing coming from Sunset’s room. It was a good sound to hear. Haven’t heard Sunset legitimately laugh in ages.

“Trust me, being in the house with Berry when she first found out about this anon a miss thing was something. She was shouting swear words for about two hours or so. Luckily Ruby was in school,” Minuette chuckled as she wrapped a hand around her tea cup.

“So how well do you know my niece?” Berry Punch focused on me as she sipped from her wine glass.

“Uh pretty well I’d say. I’m practically here all the time,” I admitted with a red face. As long as I didn’t say what we got up to most of the time, I should be good.

“Got plans to get married?” Berry smirked and I turned even redder.

“No!” I said quickly and she raised an eyebrow.

“What, my niece not good enough for you?” She smirked.

“”I mean no not right now! I’m only eighteen! I love her don’t get me wrong but we are both in high school and don’t even have jobs yet or have college degrees or cars or houses or even drivers license!” I hastily said. Berry Punch held up a hand and I stopped.

“Relax kid. I was only teasing,” she said with a smile. “You’re good in my books. You wouldn’t be liked by us if we didn’t taunt you a little. Good natured teasing is healthy and all.” I let out a breath and sighed.

“Oh okay,” I said. “I haven’t heard Sunset laugh in a while. I missed the sound.”

“Me too,” Cheerilee admitted. “It’s good to hear. Ruby has a way of doing that to people. Why do you think Berry suggested Ruby ask Sunset if they could play video games?”

“I thought it was to tease me to be honest,” I admitted.

“That too.”

“Sunset still doesn’t know how to drive?” Berry asked incredulously as Minuette smirked. “Seriously?”

“I’ve never shown her,” Cheerilee admitted. “Maybe in a few days I will.”

“At least Cherry isn’t teaching her how to drive!” Minuette laughed. Cherry Berry shot her a dirty look.

“I’m a good driver!” She exclaimed indignantly. The three older women stared at her. “What?”

“When you were sixteen, you backed up on the shoulder of the highway because you missed your exit,” Berry Punch said flatly.

“That was one time!”

“You also did it when you were twenty. The state trooper said he had never seen someone do something so dangerous in all his life.”

“Can you believe he wanted to take me to jail for that?” Cherry Berry scoffed.

“He should have!” Minuette shot back. “I would have if I was him. You’re lucky a car went flipping down the highway and he went to go help them.” I watched as the four stared at each other before laughing.

“Uhm muffin?” I offered weakly and held up a basket.

“Yeah sure,” Berry Punch shrugged and took one. Her eyes lit up and she swallowed hers. “Derpy, you have my full permission to marry Sunset if it means I get to have more muffins like this.” I turned a bright shade of red for what felt like the fifth time this evening.

“Hey!” Cheerilee said as she took her own muffin. “Isn’t it my job to give Sunset away?”

“Like slave trade?” Berry smirked at her. “Think that went out of style years ago sis.”

“God you’re a freak,” Cherry Berry rolled her eyes. “I hope to God it isn’t transmitted by air because if so we are all dead.”

“Berrypunchitis,” Berry whistled approvingly. “I like it. And if you got infected, it would just make you like me.”

“That’s a scary thought right there,” Minuette chuckled. “I’d turn into a blanket hogger in bed.”

“I do not hog the blanket! You do!” Berry Punch retorted as she stared at the blue woman.

“You’ll have to excuse them,” Cherry smirked as she watched the two continue their play argument. “They are like this all the time.”

“Oh okay,” I said. Cherry nodded as she focused back on Cheerilee.

“Does anyone else other than us and Derpy support Sunset?” She asked. Cheerilee inhaled and nodded.

“Yeah. Lyra and the others. Trixie and her band mates along with the sirens.”

“The sirens?” Berry raised an eyebrow as she and Minuette calmed down. “What the hell is that?”

“The girls that had us all under their spell,” I explained. “Sunset is friends with them and forgave them.”

“See? Another reason why Sunset is awesome,” Berry nodded. “Not many people would do that.”

“Especially after what they said to her,” I agreed as Berry narrowed her eyes.

“What did they say to her?” Me and Cheerilee made eye contact and I pulled out my phone, bringing up a saved video of Sunset confronting the sirens on her own that Vinyl had recorded in an attempt to break Octavia from the spell.

”You’re never gonna get away with this,” Sunset said firmly as the others watched my phone.

”Why? Because you didn’t?” Adagio asked pointedly. ”We know all about you,Sunset Shimmer. Turns out you got quite the reputation at Canterlot High.”

”I’ve changed! I’m in a much better place!”

”Sitting in the wings while your friends have all the fun?” Aria asked.

”Oh yes. You girls are so tight. And yet, they didn’t ask you to be in the group.”

”Probably afraid no one would want to see them play if she was in the group.”

”Too bad! So sad!”

”If it’s any consolation at all, no one is even gonna remember you by the time were done,” Adagio smirked as she and Sonata hip checked Sunset as they walked past her and I shut my phone off. Me and Cheerilee looked at each other as the three others sat with stunned faces as Berry chuckled.

“What’s so funny?” Minuette asked in confusion. Berry grinned at her and leaned back on the couch.

“I have a bad ass niece.”