Author's Notes:

Everybody loves Sunset Shimmer! Even Candy!

And lets not forget ketchup and mustard!

I especially posted this for a special somepony named not evil...

Sunset got to the office just as the bell rang. There she saw Twilight, Principal Celestia, and a lady who had too much makeup on her face. Twilight and Celestia were surprised to see what she had done to cover up her scar and discolored eye. It was like she never had it. The lady beside them was tall and youngish. Obviously, she read to many Cover Girl magazines. The lady smiled.

"Why you must be Ms. Sunset Shimmer. I'm Ms. Maybeline, your new psychiatrist."

Maybe it's Maybeline.

Sunset couldn't help but snicker a little. Her name had to be Maybeline. The lady noticed this and chuckled.

"Yes, it's like the makeup company."

Principal Celestia cast a warning glance at her and cleared her throat. "So, Ms. Maybeline. Do you have all the paperwork you need? I could get her school records if you'd like."

The psychiatrist shook her head. " Oh no, I don't like to use those as references. I prefer to get to know my patients firsthand."

Sunset felt a little sick hearing the word patient. It was like saying she was insane. Which she kind of was to a degree, I guess.

Celestia nodded and smiled rather stiffly. "Well, I hope you two will get to know each other well and enjoy one another's company. I'll warn you though. This one's a feisty one."

Mrs. Maybeline nodded and looked to her new patient. She walked out with Twilight and Sunset following.

"Twilight will show you the meeting room!" Principal Celestia called out.

The psychiatrist walked behind the two girls and observed them as they talked.

"Sunset, what happened to..." Twilight pointed to her eye.

"I was trying to not make a bad impression," Sunset whispered.

Twilight shook her head. "You don't need to be artificial about it. It's not the outside that counts, it's what's on the inside."

Twilight poked Sunset's cheek and she blushed. "Ok, I hear you..."

The purple girl smiled understandingly. " I know what you're feeling. I get that way around Flash sometimes. Whenever he comes around, I just instinctively make a point to make myself look better." Her cheeks turned a slight pink as well.

Sunset's heart throbbed painfully. Her smile faltered some. "Y-Yeah, I see..."

Sunset didn't understand the feeling she had in her chest. Why was her heart in pain? She knew Twilight liked Flash. Why was it that it started hurting just now? It's not like she liked Flash anymore. Actually, there were never any feelings for the guy in the first place.

But then Twilight turned to Sunset with a mischievous grin on her face. " You're not...you know, trying to hit on Ms. Maybeline, are you?"

Sunset was taken aback. What?! Was she implying that she wasn't straight?!*Hopefully, to those of you who are considered 'not straight' do not take offense to this. This is just personal inside monologue of Sunset Shimmer*

"What?! No?!" she yelled loudly.

Twilight laughed and covered the angry girl's mouth. She glanced back at the lady, who had stopped to pick up a folder she dropped a bit way's back.

"Shh! You'll get us in trouble!"

Sunset glared at her and Twilight knew what was coming. Before she could do it, Twilight quickly removed her hand. Sunset's teeth were barred and she clicked them together once and smirked. Yeah, that's right. She was going to bite her again.

"Lucky."

Twilight stuck her tongue out at her and Sunset felt her face redden as she smiled. She could never stay mad at that cute face. Twilight was too innocent and nice and perfect for her to get mad at for a long time. The two girls stopped in front of room 217 and waited for Ms. Maybeline to catch up. When she did, she opened the door and inside was a desk, two bean bag lounge chairs, a bookshelf full of books, and a chalkboard.

"Looks pretty good to me," Ms. Maybeline said to herself. "I've been to some schools where there are roaches everywhere!"

Twilight nudged Sunset into the room and waved to her. The girl waved back and smiled. With that, Twilight closed the door and turned to head to class when she saw a few certain somebodies peeking around the corner.

Rarity was the first one to come out into the open. There was no point in acting like they hadn't been caught. Twilight waited for them with a frown near the door Sunset Shimmer went into. The Main 5 and Brian Flash Sentry came to her looking guilty. This was the fifth time Twilight had caught them spying on her and Sunset when they were around one another. Through the whole week, she saw them ducking behind trash cans and acting like they weren't looking.

Twilight had become aggravated with them. Not because they were she wanted only her and Sunset to hang out. No, not that. She was aggravated because her friends were spying on them from suspicion pertaining to Sunset Shimmer. Twilight sighed. From the slight blush on Flash's face, she was pretty sure he heard that comment she just said earlier.

"Girls, why are you so intent on spying? Can't you just be friends with her?"

"I just don't trust her, Twi!" Applejack said outright. "The way she changed from good to evil those what, seven months ago now?, was so unnatural! It was just too sudden. Same with her randomly deciding to be normal a week ago. What's with that?!"

"Yeah!" Rainbow Dash added. "What's going on here? You seem to know. Why don't you tell us?"

Twilight bit her lip. She never told them the reason why Sunset became evil so suddenly. She wanted to, but it just didn't seem right. It just wasn't her place to spout Sunset's personal business. Who goes around saying that their foster mother scarred them for life and banished them to another world? No one. Besides, it was up to Sunset to tell them.

"I don't know why she changed..."

It was a lie that the Element of Honesty could not let go by. "You're lying."

Twilight frowned. "Then what do you want me to say?"

"Tell us the truth, Twilight," Rarity said. "We just want to know why she's changed so much. We're not trying to pressure you--"

"Uh, yeah we are," Pinkamena said flatly. She obviously didn't want to play games.

Rarity cleared her throat. "S-So we are. We are trying to, uh, pressure you into telling us. Just say it, Twilight. We just want to know."

The princess stood in front of her friends indecisively. Should she tell them? Or should she not? Sweat ran down her forehead as she tried to decide. This was hard. It was like choosing one friend over the other. Only this was quite different. It was a choice between a corrupted girl and a good, happy group of friends. The obvious choice would be the group of friends. But she promised Sunset she'd stick by her side. But her friends really want to know what's up...

Brian Flash Sentry placed a hand on her shoulder. "I give up. You can stay around Sunset all you want, but just know that your friends, your real friends, had counted on you to make the right decision. And if this is right, we won't stop you."

He turned and the others followed him.

"I'll be watching," Rainbow Dash told her. "Miss Sunshine will be Miss Sundown if she so much as touch a hair on your head."

Applejack nodded in agreement. She was pissed and Twilight could see it in her eyes. The others silently followed. Fluttershy turned around for a brief second before continuing on with the others.

Twilight stood alone in the hall. Damn it.

Damn it.

Sunset and Ms. Maybeline talked casually about life and things. The icebreaker broke the ice in no time. They were enjoying themselves as they talked about stuff. For a psychiatrist, Ms. Maybeline was pretty chill.

"So, do you have any other friends beside Twilight?" she asked.

Sunset hesitated. And automatically Ms. Maybeline knew she hit a wall. Sunset could sense her awareness as well. I mean, Sunset majored in psychology back in Equestria. It was pretty ironic that she needed a psychiatrist.*See Sunset Shimmer is bae!!!*

"No." No point in lying.

"Did you ever have friends beside Twilight before?" Ms. Maybeline asked.

Sunset sighed and nodded. " Yes. I had five other friends. They were, in truth, my very first friends that I had ever had..."

And from there, she began to talk of their good times. Like when Rarity did Applejack's makeup, or when Rainbow Dash won the MVP award for being the greatest soccer player the Wondercolts ever had, or even when Fluttershy invited them to the Animal Shelter and everyone ended up walking out of there with a pet or two.

She described Fluttershy's quiet manner and love for animals. How she was shy and had a lovely singing voice. How Fluttershy could come from being the timid one to being an extreme boss and blow everyone away with her extensive amount of courage and ability to stand up against those that underestimated her.

Sunset got to talking about Applejack's hard working attitude. The girl always took work seriously and got it done as soon as it needed to be. The cowgirl's accent as what made her stand out and Sunset liked that. She wasn't like the rest of them. No one was like the other really. But Applejack was the most noticeable one out of them all and was proud of her family and upbringing, no matter what anyone said.

Rainbow Dash was a speedster; she was as reliable as Applejack was when it came to getting things done. Most of the time. With a need for exercise, she was the busiest of them all. Always out on the field taking a shot at the goal and landing the ball square in the middle of the net. Sunset had challenged her once in a game of soccer best 2:3. Of course, she lost. No one could beat Rainbow when it came to running around with a white and black ball in front of her.

And then it came down to Pinkie. Man, did she drive her crazy! That girl was always doing something. Sunset swore Pinkie has ADHD, but no! That's just her! Sunset remembered the very first party she went to. The 'Sunset Shimmer isn't evil anymore and now is our best friend' party. She was wiped out thirty minutes into the thing.

And Rarity. That girl was constantly spinning out new dresses and designs. Rarity was always jealous of how manageable Sunset's hair was. It was so fabulous with just a few strokes of a brush. Every weekend, Rarity had called over her and Fluttershy to try on her newest fashion line. Absolutely stunning is all she knew her work to be.

By the time Sunset finished telling Ms. Maybeline about them, the bell had rang and the session was over.

Ms. Maybeline leaned over and shook her hand. "I thank you for coming to therapy! I hope to see you on Monday!"

Sunset smiled and left feeling happy and sad at the same time. Bittersweet it was.

Bittersweet.