Author's Note

Enjoy reading! And once again, please ignore the mistakes

Day 2 2/2

Since the girls left, Celestia had been unable to focus on her work and had only been thinking about recent events. Just a week ago, every day had been the same, without any changes, without thinking about the possibility of other dimensions. Her only worries were her students, school and one big problem called Sunset Shimmer. And now? She had met a princess from another dimension, her students grew wings and pony ears, and the biggest bully of the school had turned into a demon. The simplicity of her life had turned into a pretzel, complicating everything, but as they say, "every cloud has a silver lining". Thanks to these complications, during the Fall Formal, Sunset's painful and delicate soul was revealed, who knew no other way to achieve her goals. Despite the fact that only two days had passed since Sunset announced her desire to change her life and fix all the damage she had done, she had changed beyond recognition. In those less than two days, she had not caused any conflict with anyone and had not created any intrigue. She changed from a choleric to a meek lamb.

Unfortunately for her, the students seemed to take advantage of this and decided to pay her back for those three years of bullying everyone. Yesterday's incident indicated this.

She was glad that Sunset was trying to change, but no one changes into a flawless angel overnight, it takes time. So she is shocked that she did not give the culprit or culprits of that event. She and Luna knew perfectly well that she knew who was responsible for it, unfortunately she decided to cover it up by making up some hackneyed lie, they knew her and knew that she could do better. She was supposed to ask her about it when she entered her office with the girls, but when she saw her pale face, she decided to let it go for today, and she already has a lot on her mind. She ends every day at school by cleaning the facility, she was also supposed to rebuild the wall that she demolished after her transformation, and she did this until Luna sent her home. The next day when she, her sister and the teachers arrived at the school, they were shocked to find that the wall had been rebuilt one hundred percent. She didn't want Sunset to tell her how she had done it, because she knew full well that it wasn't her, but some students with hearts of gold.

Celestia looked back at the clock. It was almost ten o'clock and her paperwork hadn't moved forward.

She combed her hair and sighed loudly. She loved being a principal, but this paperwork was driving her crazy. She could use some caffeine for such a difficult job. With that in mind, she left the office and headed to the cafeteria.

A lesson was currently in progress, so she was in quite a shock when she saw Sunset huddled under her locker. In the quiet hallway, she could hear her stifled sobs perfectly, which moved her heart. She didn't know why, but she had always had a soft spot for Sunset.

The woman quickened her pace.

"Sunset Shimmer, what happened?"

The student stopped crying after hearing her, and her body stiffened. Not even a second had passed before she relaxed and reached behind her to the locker door and closed it. There, in large red letters, were the words "DEMON" and "MONSTER". The color flowing down the locker indicated that the letters were fresh, Sunset herself must have come here a moment ago.

Or maybe she wrote it herself and immediately blamed an innocent person

Celestia pushed those thoughts out of her head. She wouldn't let her student's past deeds blind her to the seriousness of the situation. Now the girl was hated by the entire school, she needed support.

"Sunset?" - she crouched down next to her. She gently combed her hair trying to calm her down "Do you want to talk about it?"

The girl shook her head.

"Do you know who did this?"

Another shake of the head. Sunset curled herself tighter as if wanting to disappear from her sight, she felt it very clearly. At that moment she began to question her earlier years, how could someone who looked so fragile be the perpetrator of tyranny in her school? Maybe it was a strange reasoning, but somehow she couldn't connect the two girls into one person, they were too different. If Sunset had said at that moment that her twin sister was behind it, she might have believed it.

Celestia comfortingly rubbed the back of the crying girl. She wanted to do something to make it easier for Sunset, but her hands were tied. She couldn't force everyone in this school to forgive her, even a few teachers still held a grudge against her for her past misdeeds. She was the principal, not God. She couldn't change or force people's minds.

Feeling uncomfortable from kneeling for so long, she sat down next to her student. The cold floor sent unpleasant shivers down her spine.

"What was your previous lesson?" She asked after a long pause.

"Art"

The girl's hoarse voice tugged at Celestia's heart.

"And what happened that made you skip class?"

Instead of an answer, she got a shrug and a quiet sniffle.

"Did anyone say anything to you?" She was a bit surprised when Sunset snorted.

"They didn't have to say anything, I know exactly what they think of me" she pointed to the locker behind her "Now you know too. It would be better for everyone if I disappeared forever"

"Sunset, you can't think like that..."

"You're here!"

The exchange of sentences was interrupted by Rarity. The slightly out of breath girl glanced briefly at the still curled up flame-haired girl and in that short time Celestia could see pure sympathy for the girl.

"You have to stop Applejack and Rainbow Dash!"

Hearing both girls' names, Sunset finally raised her head.

"What happened?" She had a feeling she would have another piece of paperwork, only with the police.

"After Sunset ran away, I sent a message to the girls about what happened in art class. Aj and Dash didn't take it well"

Celestia and Rarity watched in shock as Sunset Shimmer ran towards the art class, the flame-haired girl ran into the wall on the turn, but it didn't stop her for a moment.

"What happened there?"

"I'll explain later, now you have to stop them before they do something they'll regret"

Celestia nodded and together with the fashionista ran after Sunset.

Even before they reached the door, muffled screams could be heard in the hallway. They were so loud that students and teachers from neighboring classes came out into the hallway. Luna and Fluttershy ran down the other side of the hallway.

"Do you know what this is about?" the vice principal asked.

"I guess. Please go back to your classrooms, there's nothing interesting here" She spoke to the onlookers.

As if to spite them, a cry of pain came from behind the door. Everyone in the hallway quickly entered the classroom.

Inside, a real armageddon was raging. All the students in the art class formed a circle and chanted many different words, creating only incomprehensible uproar. The teacher tried to shout over the students but even Celestia couldn't make out what he was saying over the screams of the students.

"What's going on here!?" Luna shouted at the top of her lungs.

Despite her composure, it was Luna who always lost her temper first and she was considered the principal more than Celestia, who by the way was the real principal and her sister was just the deputy, but despite that, the students were the most afraid of Luna, so as soon as her voice reached the students' ears, they immediately fell silent, which couldn't be said for the people inside the circle they had created. They parted like the sea as soon as they saw the principal. And there were three scared boys lying against the wall trying to hide from Applejack and Rainbow Dash's attacks. The only person in the room who tried to stop the girls, and not encourage them like the rest, was Sunset Shimmer, who like a koala sat on the back of a cowgirl trying to stop her with her weight alone. She wrapped her legs around the blonde's hips so she wouldn't fall, because her hands were busy holding Rainbow Dash's kicking shirt. She was shouting something to both girls, but Applejack and Rainbow Dash were shouting insults so loudly at the scared boys that they didn't hear her.

"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?!" Luna called again, but with more fire, which reached the girls.

As if by the wave of a magic wand, the commotion stopped.

Finding a chance to escape, without waiting even a second, the three boys almost fell to their knees in front of the women.

"Please help us! They've gone crazy!" One called out.

"It's probably Sunset Shimmer's influence that's doing this to them" The other added.

"If I were you, I'd watch what I say" Rainbow threatened.

"And if I were you, young lady, I'd sit quietly and beg the Creator that your behavior would not be punished with expulsion" Luna replied, moving her gaze from the rainbow-haired girl to Sunset Shimmer still hanging on Applejack's back "And you can get off now".

As if burned, she jumped off the cowgirl, only to jump on her back again when she wanted to attack the closest of the boys.

"Applejack!" Celestia called out.

AJ lowered her head under the weight of the principal's scolding gaze. Despite unclenching her fists and taking a step back, Sunset was still sitting on her back.

"Can someone finally explain what this madness is all about?"

"This is all Sunset Shimmer's fault," the third boy called out.

"You scumbag!" Rainbow Dash called out.

"This is my last warning, Miss Dash, if I have to silence you or Miss Applejack again, it will end in suspension."

Rainbow joined the cowgirl in examining the floor.

Celestia looked at the teacher, who just shrugged.

"I don't know how it started. Miss Shimmer ran out of the room without a word, and a moment later Applejack and Rainbow Dash ran in, almost immediately attacking the boys."

"So my question is, what happened before I met you, Sunset?"

"Stomach ache" She replied before Celestia could finish her sentence.

"Sweetheart..."

Celestia almost forgot about Rarity and Fluttershy, who were standing next to them.

The purple-haired girl looked straight into Sunset's panicked eyes. The key to solving this incident was the fashionista, who was engaged in a staring war with the former tyrant.

"Rarity?"

"Rarity."

Celestia shifted her gaze to Sunset, who looked down almost immediately after making contact.

"Rarity, what happened here?"

Everyone in the crowd looked at her. Even those who were in class seemed eager to find out what had happened. And if Sunset Shimmer was responsible for it.

So Rarity explained everything that had happened. She didn't leave anything out, she gave the tiniest details, like the laughter of the rest of the class after Sunset ran out, which only caused Applejack and Rainbow Dash to glare at each other, and the threats both girls made towards the boys, which caused the principals to glare at each other. The story ended with Rarity running out.

Celestia could feel a migraine coming on. Before Sunset took the crown, her life had been simpler, she almost missed him, but only almost. She would rather feel the pain of a migraine for the rest of her life than for Sunset to turn to the dark side again. She wouldn't let this girl doubt herself, she would give her soul to Satan himself if it would help Sunset Shimmer.

"I invite all five of you to my office. We need to talk, and you Sunset can come down now."

*

The silence was deafening.

Not a single word had been spoken since the door closed.

During her career as principal, she had hosted both the perpetrators and the victims of the brawl in her office many times. But even years of experience had not prepared her for the two girls to throw themselves at three boys who were begging for the chance to have protection, and since the school had none, Luna had to make do with standing between them.

Looking at it from a different perspective, Luna was doing a better job than any security guard, Celestia thought.

"You do realize that your behavior today could result in suspension? What were you thinking?"

"Principal Celestia, what else were we supposed to do? They attacked Sunset."

"For example, you could have come to me and Vice Principal Luna, Rainbow Dash. Besides, they attacked her mentally, not physically, and you both did the opposite."

"Exactly! Did you see our bruises?"

The blue-haired one was already taking off his shirt, Luna stopped him before he could undress.

"Spitershot, please calm down. And besides, you can only blame yourselves"

"So when Sunset does such tricks, you only wag your finger at her, and if someone repays her in the same way, they are threatened with suspension and expulsion? Where is the justice in that?!"

"Sunset Shimmer will atone for her misdeeds every day, whether it's her after-school work or the students who try to make her life miserable at every turn. Justice is not retaliating in kind, it's lynching. And that's quite a big difference"

"I should suspend each of you for a week, but since Sunset didn't press charges, you'll be suspended for one day. As for you girls, it's a harder situation, you attacked your friends, I should expel you from school" Celestia looked at the self-satisfied young men "Unless the boys don't press charges"

Celestia felt quite a bit of satisfaction at their faces. If they think they've won this round, they're sorely mistaken.

"Well, if you look at it from the other side, they provoked Miss Dash and Miss Applejack. The police might come to the same conclusion if they pressed charges."

Sometimes she got the feeling that Luna took pleasure in mentally tormenting her.

The three boys had a short but heated argument.

"We won't press charges if they are punished on our terms," Spitershot replied.

The sisters exchanged a quick look.

"Okay, what would that be?" Celestia agreed, much to the girl's dismay.

"Two weeks suspension, they have to treat us like the Three Kings, cook us lunches for three weeks, and bow to us at every turn for a whole month."

Before any of the girls could protest, Celestia spoke up.

"They'll be suspended for three days, they'll work in the cafeteria for a week cooking for the entire school, then the possibility of spitting in your meals will drop to zero, and as for the other two conditions, we can stop bowing but only for two days"

"Okay" The three of them replied almost immediately.

Applejack and Rainbow Dash looked like they were about to explode.

"You can go now."