Change Isn't Easy

“Get out of the carriage,” Sunset sneered and jerked her head as Dusk and Cement gave each other wary looks. “Now!”

“We uh feel safer inside,” Dusk hugged Cement nervously as she glowed red and screamed.

Sunset yanked the pegasus mare out of the carriage, slamming a hoof into her jaw, watching coldly she gave a cry and Dusks head whipped to the side.

“Worthless waste of space,” Sunset slowly trotted to her and kicked her hard in the stomach. “Waste of oxygen.”

“Please,” Dusk begged as Sunset dragged along with ground with her magic and the unicorn continued to repeatedly slam her hooves into her face and chest as Cement watched in fear. “H-help me!”

Cement forced his legs to move as he jumped out of the carriage and ran at Sunset, the mare giving a pained cry as his hoof connected with her head.

“Ugh,” Sunset stumbled and watched Dusk spit some blood out of her mouth with blood leaking out of her nose down her muzzle. “Gonna feel that in the morning.”

She spun around and ducked to avoid a wild punch thrown by Cement before standing up, her hoof connecting with his sternum.

“Ow!”

Sunset smirked slightly at him before taking a hoof to her side as she grunted. She levitated a bruised Dusk from the ground where the mare laid groaning, using her as a shield and watched with a bored expression as Cements punches landed on his friend. Or whatever she was to him.

“Stop it and hit her, not me you dolt!” Dusk cried out and gave him a dirty look before giving a terrified scream as Sunset flung her at him, watching as the two went rolling.

“That was from Silverspeed,” Sunset growled and the angry unicorn trotted to the two before kicking Cement in the face and giving a pained cry. “Ow!”

“Get what you deserve,” Cement snorted and Sunset hit her knees and he slammed a hoof into her stomach.

“Bitch,” Sunset spit into his face. She normally never would spit on another pony but this was a rare circumstance in her eyes. She rolled away and looked around hastily, sighing slightly in relief as Silver Spoon continued to sit with her back turned. “You’re lucky she’s here or else I’d gut you.”

“You know what I just realized,” Soarin said as he and Surprise continued flying over the woods.

“What?” Surprise asked and spared a glance at the stallion.

“That fight we broke up earlier. It was a fucking distraction,” Soarin grumbled and his hooves shook slightly with what Surprise assumed was anger as she gave him a startled look. Soarin almost never cursed like her. “Distract all of us Wonderbolts from being able to go to the school with paperwork. And we all fell for it. I did. You did. Spitfire, Misty, Icy, Rapidfire and more did.”

“Yeah,” Surprise sighed and shook her yellow mane. She was admittedly angry as well, which startled her. She almost never felt anger or got annoyed. She always did have a soft spot for kids. “I just am worried about Sunset and Silverspeed.”

“I’m not worried about Sunset,” Soarin chuckled and Surprise gave him a startled look.

“Why?”

“Hear me out. I’ve known Sunset since I was a colt. I’ve seen her in countless fights and I know personally she can hold her own. When she gets angry, she doesn’t stop hitting whatever is in front of her like Spitfire until they’re down and unconscious. So I’m not worried about Sunset. I’m more worried for the poor ponies involved when Sunset gets her hooves on them,” Soarin explained and Surprise found herself agreeing. She may not have known Sunset as long as Soarin, but she’s heard stories from Blaze and Fleetfoot as well as Soarin and Spitfire.

If Sunset can make Spitfire wary of getting into a fight, then Surprise sure as hell wanted to stay far away from her as she could until she was calm at least.

“Did you hear that?” Soarin asked suddenly and Surprise’s ear flicked as she picked up faint screaming.

“Mhm,” Surprise muttered and the two hovered briefly before pointing below them where what looked like a carriage lay town apart and some ponies fighting. “There.”

When the two landed, neither of them were prepared to see a stallion being slammed into a tree as Wallflower watched in fear as Sunset continued slamming her hooves into his face.

“Sweet Celestia,” Surprise whispered with a slack jawed expression. She was no stranger to fights. She did go to a public high school after all, but none compared to the level of violence she was seeing. “Get Silver Spoon. I’ll uh try to calm her down.”

“Be careful,” Wallflower warned as she hugged herself. “I heard screaming and I found them going at it. I tried to call out to her but she didn’t hear me.”

“Hey! Calm down!” Surprise shouted as she trotted closer with a wary expression, watching Sunset continue to hit the stallion who barely managed to block some of the hits with his foreleg. A pegasus mare laid behind them unconscious as Surprise gulped. “Sunset!”

“Surprise?” Sunset paused and her eyes slightly widened. “Wallflower? What are you guys doing here?”

“Looking for you,” Wallflower answered and joined Surprise. “We’re all worried about you.”

“Give him to me,” Surprise gestured at the barely conscious stallion and Sunset hit him again. “Hey, drop it. You’ve already proven your point, Sunset. He’s already beat up. Don’t gotta hurt him anymore.”

“Do you know what he did?” Sunset snapped and gestured at Soarin hugging Silver Spoon. “He could have hurt her and the entire class.”

“And he’s gonna get punished,” Soarin promised and shifted slightly to block Silver Spoons view. “I promise you that. We got all the others caught.”

“Let me take him,” Surprise pleaded and stepped closer to Sunset. “Drop him. Please?”

The three watched nervously before Sunset nodded, her horn quit glowed as Cement collapsed on the ground and Sunset hugged Surprise.

“It’s okay,” Surprise commented quietly and hugged her back before tossing her own hoof cuffs to Wallflower. “It’s okay to cry. He’s out. Can you cuff him please?”

“Yeah,” Wallflower answered and hesitantly approached him as she fumbled with the cold metal objects for a few seconds.

“I’m sorry,” Sunset sighed and Surprise rubbed a hoof against her back.

“It’s okay. Conflict sucks. I don’t like ponies fighting and all. But you did what you had to do and I can respect that,” Surprise answered and nuzzled the mare. “Come on, let’s get you and Silver Spoon checked out. You’re bruised pretty bad. I’m sure Silverspeed is worried sick.”

“I’m fine,” Silver Spoon tapped Soarin’s shoulder. “Let me go.”

“Alright. Just don’t go near the uncuffed ponies. Go straight to Surprise or Wallflower,” Soarin unwrapped his wings from around her and nudged toward them before tossing his own cuffs onto the unconscious mare. “We need to get these four looked at too.”

Sunset nodded and coughed over Surprise’s should before going limp.

“I-is she okay?” Wallflower asked worriedly as she pressed a hoof against her head and Surprise nodded.

“She passed out. Help me carry her please.”

Wallflower nodded and flung one of Sunset’s forelegs around her neck as some other Wonderbolts landed, giving the two concerned looks before trotting over to Soarin.

Silverspeed hugged Silver Spoon as the two sat in a white room with the other elements, Spike, Fuchsia, Spitfire, Blaze and a few other Wonderbolts as Sunset groaned from her hospital bed.

“I swear to Celestia, I am never letting you out of my sight,” Silverspeed announced and continued kissing Silver Spoons forehead. “As long as I live. You’re sleeping next to me, I’m going to school with you and-”

“I get the point momma,” Silver Spoon interjected and pushed up her spare glasses on her face. They weren’t blue like she loved but she could at least see properly now. “I’m okay. It was admittedly terrifying but well, Mom found me pretty quickly.”

“I feel like shit,” Sunset moaned and everypony chuckled as they looked at her.

“Language in front of the filly dear,” Silverspeed chided with a smile. She had obviously been worried when she was told about Sunset and had admittedly cried more than she originally was going to admit to when she saw the two ponies.

“You look like it,” Wave Chill snickered and Sunset rolled her eyes as she sat up.

“Dang. Everypony is here. How did Red Heart allow all this?” Sunset asked and Watermelody shrugged.

“We may have abused the fact we saved the world to get in here,” Watermelody admitted with a sheepish smile. “Mainly Wallflower, believe it or not. She said it first actually. Surprised us all too.”

Wallflower blushed as Sunset gave her a grateful smile before Sunset locked eyes with Twilight and sighed.

“Hey Twilight.”

“Hey Sunset,” Twilight patted the mare on her hoof. “Before you even start, I forgive you. My jaw and head still hurts but it’ll pass. We can talk about it later. You just worry about getting yourself healed up. You looked pretty bad before they cleaned up your blood.”

“Heh, you should see the other guy,” Sunset joked and grinned before wincing as she laid down. “Side hurts. Said I got a few bruised ribs. I’m just lucky I don’t got a concussion.”

“Or dead. Or got any broken limbs,” Spitfire added dryly from her chair. “Because if you died, I’d have brought you back from the dead just to kill you again.”

“Spitfire!” Blaze snapped and Sunset laughed.

“It’s cool. Relax Blazey,” Spitfire pressed a hoof on her back.

“Let’s give them some space,” High Winds commented and jerked her head to the door. She and Misty trotted past Sunset, pausing to pat her on the shoulder before leaving the room.

“Feel better,” Blaze kissed Sunset’s forehead and trotted away with a unreadable expression.

“Anytime Silver Spoon or you want to come by, our doors are open,” Fleetfoot said as she passed Silverspeed. “Spitfire’s idea. You’re one of us.”

“Thanks.”

Sunset rolled her head to watch the other ponies leave as she yawned, stretching her hind legs out on her bed.

“So,” Silverspeed fluttered her wings slightly and glanced at the door before dropping onto the bed and nuzzling Sunset. “How’s the head?”

“Hurts,” Sunset admitted and idly watched Silver Spoon climb onto the railing glowing teal and Sunset levitated her next to the two. “But I’ll be fine.”

“Wasn’t your magic red?” Silver Spoon pointed with a confused look before curling into a ball.

"Yeah, it was. When I get mad, my magical aura changes colors. My magics normally a tealish blue like you just saw. Can one of you hand me that medicine on the table?” Sunset asked and pointed to it as Silver Spoon tossed it to her. “Thanks Silver Spoon.”

“Welcome,” Silver Spoon watched as Sunset forced the pills down her throat with a gag. “I hate pills too.”

“I’m ready to leave. I get to leave in two days or so Red Heart said,” Sunset said and rested her head on Silverspeeds side. “I want to go play video games.”

“I’ll have a surprise for you when you do. I think I still have my nurse outfit from a few Nightmare Nights back,” Silverspeed tapped a hoof against her chin and smirked slightly at a blushing Sunset.

“So that explains why Red was giving you a dirty look last year,” Sunset mused with a tired smile. “She seemed pretty annoyed about that outfit.”

“Why would she be mad about that? I was a doctor one year?” Silver Spoon asked curiously as the two looked at each other.

“Nothing,” Silverspeed answered with a faint pink tinge on her face. Sunset yawned again and felt Silverspeed kissing her forehead. “I love you, you know that? I may have almost killed a pony earlier.”

“Mom almost did too,” Silver Spoon interjected and the two gave her confused looks.

“Mom now huh?” Silverspeed winked slightly as Silver Spoon looked away before nodding.

“As long as she promises to never leave like dad. She’s gonna be staying, right?” Silver Spoon asked and the two nodded.

“She’s been dating me for a good few years now,” Silverspeed snickered and hugged Silver Spoon with a foreleg. “I trust Sunset. If I didn’t, she wouldn’t be around you. If Sunset was going to have left, she would have by now.”

“She’s right. I don’t plan on leaving,” Sunset agreed and hugged the two.

“Are you crying?” Silver Spoon raised an eyebrow and Sunset shook her head.

“Maybe,” Sunset admitted and idly felt Silver Spoon nuzzling her chest fur. “You two wanna sleep here? It’s a bit tight in this hospital bed, but I can try to make it work.”

“Well, I don’t plan on leaving till you’re out and after today, Silver Spoon is definitely not leaving my sight,” Silverspeed answered and Sunset closed the door with her magic.

“Well, that’s solved,” Sunset chuckled and levitated a blanket around them as Silverspeed yawned. “Goodnight.”

“Night.”

“Night Mom. Night Momma,” Silver Spoon wrapped her tail around herself and placed her glasses on the small table next to her along with her necklace.

Sunset turned the lights off with her magic and closed the blinds as the room went near pitch black.

“I hate the dark,” Silver Spoons voice came from the void.

Sunset nodded before her horn glowed and opened the blinds slightly.

“That work?” Sunset asked and waited for a response that came in the form of a snore. “Well, I take that as a yes.”

Silverspeed breathed quietly and wrapped a leg around Sunset as the unicorn shifted slightly.

“And I’m talking to myself.”

Sunset closed her eyes and stretched slightly before starting to snore quietly herself.