The Story of -F
Chapter 36: Sharpness
Previous Chapter Next Chapter"Aunt Faith, can we talk?" Scootaloo asked, cracking her knuckles very silently. She gave a quick look at Sabrina Ray, who was out of cares to give and typing away on her computer and humming to her music which was blasted so loud Scootaloo could hear it from across the room.
"Oh dear," she mumbled. "Is this about your mother? Look, Scootaloo," Her Aunt took a chair and sat her down. Scootaloo looked at her Aunt, was it possibly she was being... nice? Did she know she knew about Celestia?
"Um... Aunt-"
"We thought she died years ago." Her Aunt began. Scootaloos eyes widened as she took note of everything that she said. "And your dad didn't know what to tell you. You were only four and you could barely remember her, so we came up with that excuse. I am so, so sorry dear."
"Oh, um..." She had no clue how to respond. "It's okay. But can is see her?" She was now stuck in the mud on the topic of her mom.
"No, she's in Noah's Dawn. She wouldn't be out for two years." Aunt Faith replied, standing up and adjusting her pant suit.
"There is such thing as visiting hour."
"You can visit her later now, we are having a new person come in to this house her name is Sugar Cube."
"Sugar Coat," Scootaloo corrected without even relizing it.
"Yes, Sugar Coat-" Aunt Faith paused. "How did you know that?"
"She talked to my near Fun Fraps." Scootaloo said, ripping the cord out of Sabrinas computer.
She stopped humming and looked up. "Hey!". Scootaloo hushed her and handing her 20$ under the table. She'd do anything for money. And now Scootaloo wanted her to record the conversation. Sabrina did as told, throwing her headphones on to make it seem as if she was listening to music.
"What did she talk to you about?" Aunt Faith asked, as if she was worried.
Scootaloo tried not to smirk. "Are you worried?"
Sabrina stared at Scootaloo. What is going on in that head of hers? She though.
"Ofcourse not, but a report just came out," Scootaloos Aunt slowly slid her finger on her tablet. "Your Principle went missing. Oh dear god."
"What! She's the only teacher who's nice!" Sabrina complained, sliding her ear buds out.
"It's horrible." She nodded.
"You know what's horrible?" Scootaloo asked, opening up a magazine. "Getting hit in the head with a shovel.". Scootaloo sucked in air and tightened her lips. She knew that that was a real dumb idea, especially sence her Aunt dropped her tablet into the rug.
"How'd you come up with that?" Sabrina asked in horror.
"Well..." Scootaloo looked at her Aunt and at Sabrina. Sabrina looked in worry, as if Scootaloo killed her or something. And her Aunt looked at her in anger. She watched as her fingers rimmed a knife which was in a drawer. "I know you killed her, Aunt Faith."
"Woah!" Sabrina Ray sprang to her feet. "What the hell are you talking about? Are you going insane?"
"Sugar Coat told me." Scootaloo said very quietly.
"She's a liar, right?' Sabrina Ray asked in sadness. She cried on the inside. It was more hitting her angrey pillow then anything. Aunt Faith showed no emotion.
"Did you kidnap them?" Scootaloo questioned, reacting to Faiths lack of emotion. "Did you kill Rainbow Da-"
Scootaloos Aunt ripped the knife out from the drawer and then put it to her neck. Scootaloo stood in disbelief. "Don't you dare speak or move."
Sabrina grabbed a knife as well and and held it behind her head as if she was going to throw it. "Stop!" She shouted.
"Try me, Sabrina. See what happens." Faith demanded in a daring tone. Sabrina didn't move. Neither did Scootaloo who had tears streaming down her face.
* * *
Arias alarm went off loudly. Aria eyes opened and she sighed. Her mind had been on Harmony all night. And now her alarm had went off at the wrong time. Lucky me-
Aria looked at the ceiling. She couldn't move. She had a pain in her stomach she had never had, ever. It was like a really painful cramp, not normal, but also the feeling to throw up. Was this just her monthly lady sturggle? No, she never felt like this then. She felt hotter the usual as well. She felt her forehead. A little hot. Well, it was the summer and about 90 degrees.
Aria sat up, then instantly fell down. She felt like someone took a knife and put it in her gut then twisted it, many, many, many times. Aria felt tears well in her eyes.
A cramp? She screamed in her head. Am I crying over a cramp?
Aria gritted her teeth and swallowed down what seemed like throw up. She felt the sharp pain get worse. She couldn't even breath without crying. And then soon she found herself bawling. Bawling very hard.
"Adagio?" She cried in the sob as she turned onto her side and cried more. "Sonata?" Aria found her voice getting weaker.
"Seriously Aria?" Adagio yawned as she walked in, her short hair poofy. "I was sleep- Aria? Sis, are you okay?" Adagio sat on the bed and began to shake Aria. She was one who was prone to pain and never cried when she had it, and Adagio knew that. "Aria?"
"It hurts!" She complained in tears. "It hurts really really bad!"
"Cmon, get up and shake it off." Adagio smiled optimistically, trying to help her up.
"I - I can't sit up." Aria said, shutting her eyes.
"Did you try? Cmom," Adagio grabbed Arias arms and sat her up as if she was a doll. Aria was very still for a moment and then started breathing heavily, as if she couldn't breath. Her face began turning red, and she began sobbing harder.
"I CAN'T!" Aria screamed, throwing up a little over the bed. Adagio leaned her back and gave her a concerned look.
"Do you need to go to the hospital?" Adagio sympathetically said as she stroked Arias hair. Aria nodded, wiping tears from her eyes and puke from her mouth.
Adagio sighed heavily, patting her sister on the back, then making eye contact with the window. Where F stood. Smiling under the shadow of the hoodie. "Go to hell." She told F, hoping Aria didn't hear.
* * *
Applebloom looked at Scootaloo concerned. How many words had she spoken that day in school? The amount of relationships Applebloom had ever been in, zero. "What is your problem? You haven't said anything at all today."
"Cool." Scootaloo replied, obviously not paying attention.
Applebloom frowned. "I asked what's your problem, you haven't spoken at all."
"I don't have one." Scootaloo said, wanting Applebloom to get off her back. She pulled at the bottom of her green shorts.
"Scootaloo, is something going on with F? Your Aunt? Did you-"
She covered her mouth instantly. "Applebloom everything is fine."
Applebloom ripped Scoots hand of her mouth. "Be honest. Is it your mom?"
"I can't see her. For two years." Scootaloo said as she slammed her hand on a locker.
"That sucks."
"I convicted her. About Celestia. Infront of Sabrina."
"And?"
"And she put a knife to my throat, Applebloom!" Scootaloo shouted crossly. "And that wasn't the most comfortable feeling."
"Scootaloo please report to the principles office." Vice Principle Luna echoed over the loud speaker, sending a shrivel up her spine.
Applebloom put her hand on her sholder. "I'll go with you and I'll call Sweetie Belle."
"Where is Sweetie Belle?" Scootaloo asked. Applebloom shrugged. Scootaloo began walking away from Applebloom.
"You really don't know?" A voice said. Applebloom turned around to see Snips, Snails, and Diamond Tiara, smiling.
"I'm needed?" Scootaloo opened the door to Vice Principle Lunas office. Scootaloo could tell by her facial expression and the police man next to her that she... was dead.
"Yes. Very." Luna started, not kind at all. "Where were you on the night of the break in?"
"Oh, that. Like every other student, sleeping." Scootaloo bit her tounge not to laugh at these dumb questions. Which is when she shortly remembered she was in the school. Oh hell no... she thought.
"Are you sure about that?" The police man, with the name Max asked.
Scootaloo nodded. "Totally."
"Okay. Now you can tell the police why the hell you were at the Golden Oak Library the night the girls escaped." Luna said, putting her hand towards the officer.
"I wasn't."
"Are you sure about that?" Max asked again. Scootaloo nodded again.
Luna breathed heavily. "Okay. Final question. What do you know about my sisters disappearenss?"
"Nothing." Scootaloo lied. Wow, this was the first time she hadn't felt bad. She felt horrible!
"I'm going to give you a chance to anwser all those questions again." Luna said, arms crossed.
"I'm just going to give you the same anwsers."
"Don't lie. Don't protect Applebloom."
"Woah, woah. You think I'm protecting Applebloom?"
Luna nodded, "Now tell us."
"You know what. Fine. I'm sick of lying to everyone." Scootaloo breathed in and out to get ride of the horrible feeling she desired. "Yes. Me and the Crusaders broke into the school. You know why? Ms. Cheerilie was a liar. I broke into the office files at the hospital and found something out. She was pregnant and she didn't even tell the dad, that's pretty screwed up, so we punished her, or her classroom. And why was I at the Golden Oak Library? Because we wanted to help Aria get her and our friends back. Because I lost Rainbow and I can't lose anyone else. And what do I know about Celestias disappearenss? That she's dead. And my Aunt killed her. Hit her in the head with a shovel and then burried her. Why? Because my Aunt is crazy. And I've known that from day one and I should have said something. And Sugar Coat, from Crystal Prep Academy or whatever and her friends Sour Sweet sare her in the act. And they came to us because we knew we went to this school. And when I convicted her last night she put a knife to my throat. And this is all I know, honest."
Luna and Max looked at Scootaloo in a look they never gave a little kid ever. Luna a had tears in her eyes and Max was blinking repeatedly to make sure Scootaloo wasn't a hallucination. Scootaloo grabbed her bag and stood up. She didn't know whether or not she would make it out of the office.
"I'm going to ask you to put your bag down and turn around." Max demanded, taking his handcuffs out.
"What? Why?" Scootaloo questioned, dropping her bag not as an order but in shock.
"Turn around." Max grabbed Scootaloo and yanked her around. Scootaloo found a chill of metal on her hand cuffs. "You are under arrest."
* * *
"Okay, so this there is a mini example of the sort of problem your supposed to create for the younger students coming next year. Sence this is your second to last week of high school, life is going to be easier." Mr. Times, the math teacher said, handing packers to everyone. Sunset gave glances around, having about no idea where the hell the dazzlings where. Her fingers were cramping from texting her whole contact list about three times asking what the hell is happening?
"Sunset," Mr. Times asked, putting her paper on her desk. "Please put that phone away."
"Sorry." Sunset apologized putting her phone in her black jacket.
"Of you need any help or have any other questions, feel free to ask." He said in a whisper, and then boomed. "Okay, so you can work with partners."
Sunset put her hand above her eyebrows as if she was blocking her eyes from the sun. She didn't want to work in a partner. She didn't want to do anything. Allegro was gone, and that was lucky for her. But now Alison was here. And she already had her pack. Misty, Fleetfoot, Cecelia from the piano shop, and Trixie.
"You need a partner?" Sunset looked up and sare Trixie.
"What about Alison? And Misty?" Sunset asked, wanting Trixie to go away.
"I don't want to work with you, and I'm saying that in the nicest way possible. I just want to tell you something."
"Same here. I just want to graduate. And get out of here, I don't want to hear you. Why don't you work in a three some with your squad of four people."
Trixie looked confused. Then she leaned in and whispered, "I know what your keeping."
"You sure?" Sunset snickered, flipping to the back of her paper.
"You wanna tell me Adagio didn't kill Flash?"
Sunset dropped her pencil. She stared at her paper and didn't say a word.
"Yes Shimmer, I'm sure." Trixie turned around and walked over to Alison and Misty. Trixie said something Sunset couldn't hear. Then Ali snickered and look at Sunset. And mouthed a sentence. Sunset knew exactly what she mouthed.
Harmony is mine now.
* * *
"Adagio?" Sonata asked, hugging her older sister.
"What." Adagio asked thing to make her poofy short hair work.
"Is Aria going to die?"
"Ofcourse not. She's just having stomach pains." Adagio couldn't get F's evil smile out of her head. It hadn't took her a lot of thought to know this was F, who poisoned her. She found a needle under the bed. Did F think she was an idiot? Clearly.
"But, she looked really sick and it scared me." Sonata snuggled up next to Adagio on the chair. "Did F have something to do with this?"
"No." Adagio lied.
"Oh. Alison?"
"No. It's just cramps, everyone gets them." Adagio said, wanting to shut Sonata up so bad. Adagio picked her phone up. Applejack was calling her.
"Hello?" Adagio anwsered, becoming confused at Applejacks loud chatter.
* * *
"I got your message, Applejack." Sunset asked as she ran into the fixed Apple Family house. It looked the same. "What's the problem?"
Applejack, Big Mac and Granny Smith all sat at a table with papers in front of them. Applejack looked depressed. Max, a police officer stood there as well. "She's gone." Granny Smith said with worry.
"Gone? Who?" Sunset asked, trying to quickly put the puzzle together in her head.
"Applebloom." Applejack said holding up a note so only Sunset could see.
The Salvage jackets gone as well. The note read. Then Applejack picked another card up that was visable to all. "She, or someone left this."
Only way to hide is to run. -Salvage
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