Chapters IT'S NOT ME!
Sunset Shimmer shouted at the group of her friends, she could not believe how they were being so stubborn with not trusting her. It boiled her blood as they were putting the blame on her and the fact it was clearly set up to frame her.
"We don't believe you you snake! We'ere right to not trust you!"
A cyan haired female teen shouted at Sunset face, getting Sunset's face to morph into shock.
"W... What...?"
Sunset's fury died quickly, hearing the jock heads outburst.
"I thought you were our friend.. you.. Secret Thief!"
A normally cheery and outgoing teen was angry and lacked any energy to stay positive.
"Wait... you never trusted me..?"
Sunset Shimmer asked with despair in her trembling voice, the two teens backed up as the crowd of students gathered around. Among the crowd was three freshmen girls, They were; Apple Bloom, Sweetie Bell, and Scootaloo.
A tough farm girl teen looked away from Sunset Shimmer while using her hat to cover her disappointed face while a pink haired teen looked away from Sunsets gaze to avoid trying to comfort the traitor, and finally a well dressed teen looked at Sunset with a look of disgust.
"Oh stop acting like you didn't expect us to fully trust you after all you've done.. Honestly your acting so dramatic.."
The fancy teen said, lacking any sort of generosity to the nearly crying Sunset Shimmer.
"Y... You all lied to me.... y... you...-!"
Before Sunset could finish her sentence a buttery colored hand slapped Sunset across the face, leaving Sunset speechless. Sunset looked at the teen who slapped her, eyes going wide as a furious stare from the usually timid teen had made her own soul feel cold.
"How... How could we ever forgive and forget what you have done to us...! You bullied me for YEARS and expect any kindness from you..? Well here's what you wanted me to do... get more confident to say this..! Fuck you Sunset Shimmer... Never bother us again..."
Fluttershy yelled at Sunset, getting out all of the years of being a doormat out.
"Lets go to class girls..."
Applejack said, gathering her friends and walking away from the stunned Sunset Shimmer as other students walked away. The only students that stayed with Sunset was the CMC, so when the others were gone the three girls walked up to Sunset as she collapsed onto her knees.
"U.. Um Sunset..."
Apple bloom asked cautiously as Sunset looked mentally unstable at the moment.
"We um... didn't want this to happen..."
Apple bloom said, feeling pity for Sunset for hearing the ugly truth from her sister friends.
The trio looked nervous as Sunset slowly got onto her feet before looking at the freshmen and softly speaking.
"Thank you for showing me the truth..."
That was all Sunset said before walking down the hallway, absolutely devastated from hearing the truth before walking to the large double doors leading out to the school courtyard. Sunset pushed the double doors outward before slowly walking down the steps and toward the large statue. Looking up at the portal that led to her home world, closed unfortunately due to Twilight's attempt to keep it open longer on her side. Staring at her self reflection, Sunset placed a hand on the reflection while seeing her pony form in the reflection.
"I'm so sorry Twilight... Celestia... I failed... and I can't emotionally handle this..."
Sunset Shimmer said, having to deal with the knowledge of everything hitting her at once...
The constant overbearing company...
The over shadowing of anything electronic...
The party invite constantly changing...
Lack of support from dealing with bullies...
The month and a half of being alone before they took her into their fold...
Looking away from the portal and to the schools front to see the CMC watching her with curious expressions on their faces before Sunsets face formed into a wicked smile. Soon Sunset began walking towards the long road as many cars passed by, watching the cars rush past as a voiced called out.
"Sunset..?"
The voice was Principle Celestia and she was concerned with what Sunset was doing... the only response Sunset gave out before sighing loudly.
"I'm sorry..."
Principal Celestia's POV:
Watching Sunset jump in-front of a bus made me shriek out in shock and horror.
"SUNSET!!!!"
Sunsets body tumbled along the rough rocky road and the loud sounds of crackling bones filled my ears as the bus that hit Sunset had screeched to a halt as the driver, who looked to be in their mid 20's was wide eyed and breathing heavily. Without even realizing it, I ran up to Sunsets crumpled body and moved her hands to her neck in a attempt to hear a heartbeat.
"Bump-"
"Bump bump-"
"Bump-"
"Bump bump-"
Thank god that Sunset was alive, it was going to be hell to scold her for trying to kill herself but it didn't make any sense... Why..?
"Why did you do this... what made you do this...?"
I asked softly, looking up to see two men rushing up to Sunset body and herself. They wore paramedic uniforms and carried a large stretcher. Getting Sunsets body onto the Stretcher before taking her away making me get up to follow but a familiar voice from behind me made me stop before I could do anything I regret.
"Sister..? What has happened...?"
Looking back, I could see the concern on my sisters face and it made me feel sick to even say it...
"Sunset Shimmer just tried to kill herself..!"
A group of girls sitting in separate classes, who were in the middle of writing notes, suddenly grasp their chest tightly as a sharp pain caused them to stop what they were doing.
--Elsewhere--
Twilight Sparkle was reading a book on her table in the Crystal Castle with her friends and the group of foals when Twilight suddenly stopped speaking.
"T.. Twilight..?"
Spike, Twilight's sparkles baby brother, asked when she stopped talking to the crowd of foals and colts. Suddenly Twilight fell to the cold crystal floor and began to spasm out of control.
Everypony in the room screamed out in fear...
"TWILIGHT!!!!!!"
Cutie Mark Crusaders POV:
Applebloom, Sweetiebell and Scootaloo looked on in horror from the schools doors, witnessing Sunset jump in front of a bus and get hit with terrible force as Principal Celestia was right there.
“I think we should come clean..”
Applebloom said, her eyes never leaving the street as Sweetiebelle pulled her friend into a soft hug.
“Your right… our jealousy isn’t worth what Sunset had just did…”
Sweetiebelle said as Scootaloo looked at the two, gently grabbing her right arm and rubbing it slowly.
“Or we just delete the account… I know I have access but this isn’t something that we need to tell anyone…”
Sweetiebell Applebloom and Scootaloo nodded as Applebloom opened the Mystable App and went to the apps setting and hit the delete account with a press of her thumb the account was deleted. Looking up to see Vice Principal Luna holding her sister while she cried in her shoulder before the trio went to class with a traumatic incident stuck in their mind.
Applejacks POV:
It never felt right to hear Dash and the others claim to not have trusted Sunset Shimmer like that. It was all a lie from the emotional moment of a rash lie that Applejack never corrected. Hearing how they treated her wasn’t what Princess Twilight asked of them, but she might have thought the same thing, and it made her question her question.
“Who is Anon-a-Miss..?”
Applejack quietly said, reaching into her back pocket before bringing up to her desk during the mid semester quiz. This was a rare moment for her to do, being the one raised on a farm that for a good few years was technology free, opened the MyStable app to find the post about rarity only to not find it there anymore. Applejack’s raised her eyebrow as a stern voice from the front of class grabbed her attention.
“Are you stuck on something Applejack..?”
Mr. Cranky Doo asked, which caught the rest of the classes attention including Pinkie Pie, before Applejack raised her head to look at him.
“I got stuck on number 17 of the quiz but I got it under control.”
Mr. Cranky Doo nodded before returning what he was doing, grading homework from last period, satisfied with her answer.
Rarity’s POV:
“Gah! Another ruined design!!”
Rarity swiftly and loudly shouted before ripping up the paper in disgust, as if the paper did something wrong.
Thankfully it was a good thing that she didn’t have to do math today, but with the teacher absent, it turned into a free learning period. Ever since confronting Sunset Shimmer for being a lying snake it set rarity off, taking her ideas away and replacing it with guilt.
“That lying Bitch! I can’t believe we trusted her..!”
Rarity vented, staring at the blank canvas as tears and mascara ran down her cheeks. After staring at the canvas, memories of Sunset both ruining her chances of being prom princess and helping her make dresses and smiling as she got to see a lighter side of her and hear about some of her past.
“Why…. Why did you do it…? I… I thought you changed…”
Rainbow Dash POV:
“Haa!”
Rainbow shouted as she tossed a fast rubber ball with her right arm towards a student, nailing them hard with the dodgeball. When the student got floored by the hit, the teacher jogged up to the student to make sure they were ok.
“I….. I’m ok…. J.. just a bit dizzy…”
The student said, sitting up slowly, they wore a light gray tee shirt with the light blue shorts from gym. The student was a light gray female with blond hair and bright yellow irises that, unfortunately were caused by Strabrismus in her youth. The teacher looked at Rainbow Dash, letting out a stern warning.
“Careful Ms Dash! You could’ve seriously hurt Ms Ditzy!”
Rainbow Dash rubbed her right arm, chuckling softly.
“Sorry… I wasn’t expecting to throw it that hard..”
Rainbow couldn’t help but visualize Sunset as the opponent and try to do some sort of damage. Rainbow felt that her trust of Sunset was small, even as to make sure that she didn’t use her phone or old connections to hurt her friends like before. Her trust of her was slowly showing as she got to know the troubled use-to-be unicorn a bit more. It still made very little excuse to shout and lie to Sunsets face but with tempers flying and at the time evidence it felt right. Looking up to the ceiling, Rainbow wondered inside her head on the situation.
“What does she gain….?”
Pinkie Pie POV:
After Mr Cranky Doo interrupt everyone in class and return to grading, Pinkie looked in her phone and went through the pictures of the sleepover and other photos of she and Sunset were in. It made her tear up as the face of a her friend, who at the time was being a jerk, looking so sad from being accused by her friends and her. What made it worst was the fact that Fluttershy, the kindest and pacifist in nature, slap Sunset hard across the face and say all those hurtful words. Having gotten a copy of the latest Anon-a-Miss post before its silent deletion, looked at both the photos in close detail. Smiling softly, as her energetic fun and goofy side, as suddenly she noticed an error in the photo. Looking at the time stamp of the post. In the post it was time stamped as 6:45 am and having known sunset a little bit more, knew that she never got up before 7 am. Pinkie Pies eyes widen as the revelation hit her, Sunset was telling the truth!
Fluttershy’s POV:
Holding angel bunny closely as her small furry animal nuzzles her cheek as she couldn’t help but sob. Fluttershy said in the middle of broken sobs.
“I.. I hit her… I slapped Sunset and it wasn’t worth the vile words I said afterwards… Angel… what should I do…?”
Angel bunny continued to nuzzle their owner lovingly even though after hearing her cry most of the morning was absolutely saddening.
“I… I should apologize to Sunset… a… and try to hear her out… that’s a good idea..”
Fluttershy said softly, holding Angel in her soft grip before continuing.
“After I calmed down… a.. and feed you of course….”
—Meanwhile in Canterlot Hospital—
???: What happened!?
???: Female teen jumped infront of bus
???: vitals!?
???: shes stable with no broken bones just a concussion
???: How…!? She got hit with a bus!
???: it must be luck. Let’s get her a scan of her to make sure.
—twelve minutes later—
???: Doctor we discovered a tumor on her frontal lobe.
???: Jesus it’s massive…
???: 3.5 centimeters which is odd because extremely rarely people suffer past 1.5 centimeters tumors
???: does the patient have any family or social contacts..?
???: no records…
???: What do you mean no records!?
???: that’s what I mean.. she has no records…
???: probably an orphan than… alright check Canterlot High School’s records of her we need to find them a temporary home for the foreseeable future..
Sunset’s POV:
The soft but annoying sound of a repetitive noise filled Sunsets ears, causing her to slowly open her eyes.
“Beep-“
“Beep-“
“Beep-“
Sunset vision was blurry as she stared at the white ceiling, not understanding what was going on until a sinister chuckle caught her attention.
”finally awake… Good!”
Sunset quickly sat up despite the bruises and aching pain of her body protest, her eyes widened in fear and dread as the form of Sunset Shimmers demon was standing at the end of her bed.
”Nothing to say… awww I’m sad that you have to strength to greet your friend”
The demon lied with a sadistic grin, which got a response from the flaming redhead.
“Your not-“
Sunset began to say before the demon cut her off in which made her furious at this uncaring incarnation of hell.
“Real…? Ha! I’m your real you.. the one who saved you from all the pain from your youth.”
Before Sunset could respond the door opened up slightly, a dark tan man with a dark brown hair style and wore a coat with a hourglass on the lapel of it. The doctor saw Sunset sitting up and what appeared to be in a middle of an argument.
“Ah the mysterious patient… how are you feeling this afternoon..?”
The doctor walked up to the hospital bed, looking at her as Sunset looked at him as he continued.
“My name is Doctor Hooves but-“
Sunset interrupting the doctor with a strange request.
“Can you please take her away..?”
The demon chuckled coldly, giving a similar answer as the doctor.
”Who is her?~”
“Who is her?”
Doctor hooves looked around, not seeing anyone else in the room but the patient herself. Sunset pointed at the end of the bed, exclaiming loudly.
“The demon at the end of the bed!!!”
Doctor hooves looks at the end of the bed, seeing no one else there before looking back at her and responding.
“Does this demon come from your childhood or recently?”
Sunset growled, the memories of meeting the demon and listening to it for many years as it gave her nothing but pain a misery, before responding with a nod.
“Ever since I was little…!”
”And will be with you till the day you die~”
The sounds of a pencil writing on a notepad as Doctor Hooves looked at her with concern. Just before Sunset could continue doctor Hooves spoke in an empathetic tone.
“Miss you must understand that it’s a figment of your imagination and… your tumor…”
Sunset looked up at Doctor hooves as the color in her face drained out of her in shock.
“Yes.. you heard right a tumor. It is located on your frontal lobe which has also been found to be on the border between the frontal and Temporal lobe. So I need to ask a few questions to determine the best course of action…”
Sunset Shimmer could not believe what he heard, having a tumor in her head and why did it matter what a lobe was it’s still her brain, and could not dare to listen to the questions that were asked until two questions caused her to listen.
“Have you felt feelings far too fast and/ or at such higher than normal..?”
“Have you had any traumatic experience in the months and/ or years prior your suicide attempt..?”
Sunset felt sick to her stomach as incidents of her past slowly trickled into her mind that refused to stop.
Flashback
Sunset was shoved to the ground as a tall unicorn stallion stood over her, the stallion was a thin built with a slight yellowish orange color coat with a reddish orange mane and tail, his cutie mark was lit camp fire, his eyes were a dark blue that bore into sunsets light turquoise eye.
“You little shit stain! You have no rights to ask me for forgiveness after what you have done!”
The unicorn stallion shouted at Sunset, making the younger mare cringe as the stallion slammed his hoof down onto the wooden floor which caused it to crack. Sunset looked away in fear, seeing a small colt on the floor that was crying loudly. Sunset began to speak up in an attempt to explain what happened.
“S… sunburst just wanted a cookie..-“
As Sunset began to explain her actions the stallion slapped her across the face before hearing her out. Sunset’s vision went white as a shrill scream from the stallion was the last thing she could remember.
FlashBack End
Sunset looked up at the doctor, only to see he was gone. Looking around the room, Sunset saw a small paper plate of a pre sliced Cucumber sandwich with a small paper cup of water. With a gentle smile Sunset picked up a piece of the sandwich before taking a bite.
—Reception—
The time was 7:18 pm, A small group of people were sitting in the small chairs while waiting for the doctor to return to the group after the diagnosis of Sunsets condition. Sunset Shimmer was diagnosed with Schizophrenia and Personality Shift Disorder from the stage three tumor. The group of people there were all familiar; Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Vice-Principal Luna and Derpy Hooves.
The group said nothing for a long while until a soft voice came from the shy teen.
“S…. She can’t be that sick… can she…?”
Fluttershy asked, on the verge of tears as Rainbow Dash held her tightly before responding.
“It’s not your fault flutters… we were being rash and frankly what I said was uncalled for…-“
Rarity spoke up, cutting off the egotistical teen with her own voice that cracked from sheer despair.
“What we all said was uncalled for.. we had no way she was suffering from a stage three tumor… and where it was and described what it affected made more sense of what happened..”
The girls nodded, looking up as the doctor came back with a soft smile.
“She’s awake now… would you like to see her…?”
The doctor said as the group talked between themselves for a bit before getting a response.
“I’ll go first…”
(To be continued…)
