The Story of -F
Chapter 26: Guilty or Innocent?
Previous Chapter Next Chapter"Guys!" Sweetie Belle gasped at Sonata, Applejack, Applebloom, and Fluttershy who were all in the library, doing research before the big dance, or Spring Fling.
"What ya need, we're preparing the dance," Applebloom asked. "And why do you look like you just ran a marathon?"
"Scootaloo... F.... water." Sweetie breathed heavily, sitting on a chair and taking Appleblooms water and drinking it.
"Huh?" They all said to Sweetie Belle.
Sweetie Belle breathed heavily once more. "Scootaloo is F."
"Hold on, legit not even an hour ago you told me Sonata and Arias human counterparts were F and F.5." Applebloom interrupted.
Sonata look confused. "My human counterpart is what now?"
"I was wrong." Sweetie concluded. "Now, Button told me he sare her send that first message, pain something something."
"Button Mash? Why'd ya believe him?" Applejack complaimed.
Sweetie Belle thought. "I guess I don't know. But still, remember Scootaloo did hate us for a few days and she told us she had also got a text from F. And then we apologized for being rude and well, ignoring her and then she created Speed. Don't you remember that? She felt bad for being F so she became Speed, but then..."
"Someone stole the game from her?" Fluttershy suggested.
Sonata nodded. "That would be ridiculous for a ten year old to kill all those people, she's weak."
"She's thirteen and she punched a locker when you can't even open one."
"Thirteen and ten are the same number."
"And you, are... an idiot." Concluded Applejack.
"Can you all shush!" Sweetie Belle demanded. The girls all went silent. "She could be F!"
"Sweetie Belle! We've been looking all over for you. Are you okay!" Scootaloo asked, putting a hand on her sholder from behind. Sweetie turned quickly and looked her friend in the eye. She same calmness in her eyes. She knew evil was behind it though.
"I gotta run." Sweetie ran to the door. Rarity stopped her when she only ran two steps.
"You can't be alone." Rarity told her.
"Why not!" Sweetie Belle shouted with anger.
"Why didn't you tell us about Allegro being Sonatas human counterpart? And her going onto the stand!"
Sweetie slapped Scootaloo without even thinking. "What the fuck! You told!"
"Sweetie Belle! Language!"
"Aria found out!" Scootaloo looked back at Rarity. "Where's Sunset?"
Rarity gulped. "You see darlings, she got arrested for helping Aria."
* * *
Cameras flashed in Sunsets face as the police took pictures of her. Sunset remained silent. She gave a solemn look at everyone. She kept that face while she put her jailsuit on, some people straightened her hair then tied it up, Officer Cadence gave her a cheap monolage, and then shoved her being bars. She sat up, doing what teachers call "Slant" in school, starting at the wall. She looked down at her combat boots. And thought.
Shit.
"Cmon Spencer." A lady demanded, opening her prison cell. "Laundry time."
"Sunset." She corrected, standing up.
"Same thing." The lady slammed the cell behind her.
"No. Not even close."
"What did you say!" The lady took Sunset and slammed her against the brick wall. Then she grabbed her collar and stood her up, like a doll. Sunset kept that same look. "I said, WHAT DID YOU SAY!"
"Spencer and Sunset are not the same. My name is Sunset Shimmer. Not Spencer."
"Now, Sunset Shimmer, tell me why your here?"
She stood still. "I was framed."
"WHY ARE YOU HERE!"
"I helped my friend Aria kill four people." Sunset eyes widened as she relized she made a mistake. "No... two people-"
"Come with me," the lady grabbed her by her collar.
Sunset gave the same look once again. Shit she thought.
* * *
"Holy shit." Sweetie Belle gasped. "Aria killed Rainbow and Adagio as well according to this."
Rarity ripped the paper out of Sweeties hand. She read the print. "Wha- what? They can't do that!"
"Aria's gonna be guilty. She's guilty. We lost. F wins." Sonata cried, putting her head in her hands.
"Her lawyer is gonna-"
"Maggie's leaving her, she told me." Sonata remarked sadly. "Aria's taking the plea."
"The plea? She is now?"
Sonata shrugged and nodded.
"Sweetie Belle, go to school." Rarity ordered.
"It's seven o'clock! It's to early-"
"GO!" Rarity roared. She heard Sweeties little heels click and then stop. "The plea?"
Sonata shrugged again. "She told me she doesn't want to, but she looks like she has no choice.
Ring ring. The two took there phones out.
She will take the Plea. Or she will be in a mazgle. -F
"A mazgle? The fuc-"
Rarity stood up to here her car alarm go off. "Sweetie!" Rarity yelled as she ran outside quickly. She sare Sweetie Belle was hiding behind her car, tears in eyes. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I just sare a bird..." Sweetie Belles eyes moved to the shadow in a purple hoodie and who was spying on her in the bushes.
"A bird? You sure?" Sonata asked.
"I'm going to school." Sweetie got up and ran to the bush as Rarity and Sonata went back inside.
Sweetie Belle reached the bush. She moved threw the twigs until she sare the shadow.
It was Misty, or Mystery as she prefered. She was Appleblooms old babysitter.
"What are you doing here?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Where is Applebloom?" She said sternly.
Sweetie Belle shrugged. "Why?"
"Shes gone... she's crazy... she needs help..."
"What?"
"Aria forced her to take the bloody close, she's crazy, she needs to go to Noah Dawns."
Sweeties eyes widened. Noah's Dawn, kids say, where the nuts go.
* * *
"Aria, did you get a message last night?" Pinkie asked, taking a piece of paper out of her pockets.
"Sunsets in jail." Aria anwsered, folding laundry.
"No, it's this," Pinkie Pie showed her the paper. Aria unraveled it and looked at it.
Aisle add sea nova I dig car.
"Um... a shitty wroten Anagram?" Aria suggested, handing Pinkie the note.
"It's from Yellow Coat."
Aria's eyes widened and she looked at Pinkie Pie. "Yellow who?"
"You gotta get to the trail, go, go, go!" Pinkie cheered. "I'm coming to! I'm going to the stand! Haven't ya heard!"
Aria ignored her. "Oh goodie?"
"Sunset?" Pinkie said as a girl who resembled Sunset Shimmer walked over to them. It was Sunset.
Sunset and tears in her eyes. "We need to go to the trail."
"Did you get the message from Yellow coat? Or whoever?" Pinkie shook Sunset.
Sunset nodded, "I might know what it means. "
"What? Tell us!" Aria yelled.
"Aisle add sea nova, a magic expression from Equestria, and also a verse from The Equestrian Lullaby. Not the one you know, the one I grew up with."
"Okay, we know F is from Equestria. So? Ofcourse they know this song."
"When did we find this out?" Pinkie interrupted.
"Wait," Aria commented, ignoring Pinkie. "Me and Sonatas human counterparts can't be F if we're from Equestria."
"True." Sunset agreed. "We really got to go now."
* * *
"Applebloom?" Misty and Big Mac knocked on Appleblooms bedroom door.
"Misty, come in?" Applebloom said as a question. She got up of her bed."Um what are you-"
"Did Aria force you to?" Misty began.
"Force me to what?"
"You need help Applebloom. Your crazy." Big Mac interrupted.
Appleblooms eyes widened. "Crazy?"
"That body they found of Rainbow was a fake. I sare you, making her bloody clothe." Misty cried softy. She reached put to touch Appleblooms arm, but she declined.
"No, I didn't do that." Applebloom told them. She did. She remembered. Scootaloo began and let her finish the job.
"We found the clothe. You need to go to Noah's Dawn."
"No I don't." Applebloom concluded hiding her fear. She grabbed her chair for suport.
"Alison did it, she's perfectly fine now-"
"Alison Grace was crazy. She killed Sasha Flames because she was having a child." Applebloom told her.
"Applebloom, this is for your help. There not even pressing charges-"
"IM NOT ALISON!" Applebloom grabbed the chair and threw it across the room. It smashed into pieces as it hit the walls. Misty had moved out of the way of the chair. Applebloom didn't know what was happening, but the next thing she knew her older brother was holding her down and a nurse from Noah's Dawn was holing her down and putting her to sleep.
"Alison is..." Applebloom feel asleep.
* * *
"Are you sure about the Plea?" Maggie whispered to Aria. They were at the Trail. The faith of Arias life was about to be announced after the next witness.
"I didn't kill anyone." Aria said.
"Next to the stand." The judge announced. "Alison Grace."
"The nut?" Rarity whispered to Applejack. Applejack hit her.
"She's not a nut."
Alison strided into the room, her long brown hair with purple at the end flowing behind her. Her cold purple eyes stood out as she walked in a yellow dress that was a little lighter then her tan skin and matched her hair tie. She was perfect looking.
Sunset and Pinkie, who were next to eachother near police officers, looked at eachother.
"Alison, it's been a long time." Hanna said.
"Oh Hanna, it really has." Alisons voice was perfect as well, not high nor low.
"What is the connection with the case?" Hanna asked.
"Oh, Aria hates me," Alison lied.
"Sweetheart, I don't even know your name." Aria objected.
"Hush!" Maggie demanded.
"I'm kidding Aria. Don't take it personally I was in your shoes," Alison said politley. "But, I did see her take a shovel and murder Adagio. Poor Adagio, crying for help. It's not me! she cried. Aria didn't listen. She murdered her."
"Adagio?" Everyone asked.
"Yes, that's who she killed right?"
"No, she killed Twilight and Flash."
Alison gasped. "What! No way! I thought she killed Adagio!"
"Mistakes," Hanna narrowed her eyes to Aria. Aria sank in her seat.
"I have no idea about Flash except that she shoot her twice in the head."
Aria slammed her head down and began to cry.
In the lobby, Alison began to have a nice conversation with Hanna. They talked and laughed. Applejack was discusted she had to leave her dance she up for this. As soon as Hanna walked away, she walked over to her.
"Who the hell are you?" Applejack asked, anger in her eyes.
"Honest. And right," Alison spoke like she was full of venom. "You will all be in jail."
"One day you will be."
"No. I'm sweet Alison. No problem with me."
"You - you are a liar!" Fluttershy cried.
"I'm not a lier, you are a pretty girl, I love your hair!"
"Thank you-"
"I'm a siren." Sonata interrupted. "I am not afraid to show my fangs."
"A siren!" Alison laughed. "Don't let you mind wander, it's way to small to be out on its own!"
* * *
The time.
The waiting was over.
Arias verdict.
"Have you reached a vertict?" The judge asked. Pinkie and Sunset held hands. Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Sonata did as well. Aria shook on her own two feet.
"We have." A man said. "In this case of the law, we find Aria Blaze...
Guilty...
For the murders of Rainbow Dash, Adagio Dazzle, Flash Sentrey, and Twilight Sparkle."
"Case closed!" The judge yelled, slamming his little gavel down.
Tears formed in Arias eyes and feel like waterfalls. She looked back at the rainbooms and her sister, stood up in shock. She felt the cold handcuffs be put on her wrist. She swung her head up and cried.
The girls looked over at Cadence, who nodded another officer towards the girls.
They knew what this met. They were all being arrested for helping Aria.
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