While Sunset Shimmer was being processed at the First Percent of Canterlot City, the last bell at school had rung, and Apple Bloom was eager to get to the tree house to meet up with her friends Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle. The three had planned during lunch to meet there after school. Apple Bloom was walking down the hallway of CHS looking at her phone, when a hand suddenly reached out from a doorway that she was passing by, taking a hold of her arm tightly and pulling her into the music room.

“Aaah,” Apple Bloom yelped out. “What in tarnation?”

“It’s just us,” Sweetie Belle's voice snapped the shocked girl back to reality. “I just want to know why you wanted to meet us at the club house.”

Confused, Apple Bloom saw standing in front of her Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, both looked a bit unhappy to see her. Looking back at her phone, she smiled to them both, saying as she held up her phone for both to see clearly, “Hey, guys, Ah was just lookin' fer you two. Yer not gonna believe this, but our plan worked. Check out this video.”

Scootaloo was about to say something, when Apple Bloom, while beaming a great smile to her, pressed the playback tab on her phone. To Scootaloo’s and Sweetie Belle's shock, they both saw the fight that Sunset had with her friends. As Sweetie Belle took in the awful scene, Scootaloo said, “I don’t believe it. It actually worked! I can’t believe she's finally gone.”

“Yeah, Ah know. Now that she's gone,” Apple Bloom began while locking eyes with Sweetie Belle, “Ah think it's time ta take down the website, don’t you, Sweetie Belle?”

“No, I don’t think we should do that just yet.”

“WHAT?” both Scootaloo and Apple Bloom exclaimed in shock. “Why not?”

Both girls looked at Sweetie Belle in disbelief, while Sweetie Belle stared back blankly at them. Seeing the looks on her friends' faces, Sweetie Belle smiled, saying, “If we take it down now, and she makes up with our sisters, we'll be back where we started. We need to at least wait for a few weeks before we take it down.”

Before the three could say anything more, they all three heard loud footsteps coming down the hallway. Quickly shutting her phone off and hiding it in her pocket, Apple Bloom stepped out into the hallway, nearly getting run over by Principal Celestia as the woman ran down the hallway towards the front doors. She looked more worried than upset with Apple Bloom for nearly running the farm girl over.

Celestia looked at the teen, then said, trying to catch her breath, “Why are you in the music room, Apple Bloom. Don’t you know that school is over now?”

“Yes, ma’am. Ah was just pickin' up my sister's guitar for her, is all. She wanted ta take it home fer practice.”

“I see. Well I don’t have time to stick around. I need to go.”

“What's wrong? Ya look more worried than a cat stuck at a dog show. Why're ya in such a rush?”

Looking down for a few seconds, Principal Celestia failed to see Apple Bloom's friends listening from around the doorway of the music room. She looked back up, clearly on the verge of screaming at someone. Apple Bloom suddenly found herself hoping it would not be her on the receiving end.

“It’s Sunset Shimmer, Apple Bloom. She's been arrested. I can’t say anything more than that. I need to go now.”

Before Celestia could leave, Apple Bloom noticed a video tape in the woman's hands. "What's that tape, Principal Celestia?"

Principal Celestia didn't answer as she left the slightly confused teen standing in the hallway. Apple Bloom heard Celestia call into her radio as the principal ran down the hallway, “Luna, get to the precinct. Don’t let Sunset say anything until her father and their lawyer get there.”

Apple Bloom turned to face her two friends, a sick grin plastered on her face as she said happily to both of them, “Did y’all hear that? Sunset's in jail where she belongs. We'll get our sisters back for sure once they hear about--”

“No, we won’t. Once they find out about this, they’ll make up with her for sure,” Sweetie Belle interrupted. “We need to make sure we don’t take down the account, but don’t post anything new until we see her back at school. If we post anything now, especially since she's in jail, it'll be obvious that Sunset's not Anon-a-Miss.”

Scootaloo nodded her reply, then looked at Apple Bloom, who looked a bit worried but also nodded.

The three left the music room and headed towards the front of the school. getting there a few moments later, each of them sat down on the steps. Scootaloo said while looking out to the cold, icy parking lot, “I wonder how Sunset actually got herself sent to jail. I mean, she's been pretty good and all, and I doubt our postings were bad enough to get her sent to jail.”

Her statement went unanswered. Looking further at their account on MyStable, the girls were shocked to see actual death threats in more than one of the comments. Reading them, each of the girls got more worried as they read each one.

“You're going to pay for posting this shit, Sunset Shimmer,” one post read.

“You're a filthy bitch, Sunset Shimmer. You should burn in hell for this shit, you demon bitch. I’ll make you pay for this shit,” another one read.

“You loser, Sunset. You lost at the Fall Formal, destroyed friendships, and now you post our shit. You don’t deserve to live, you hellbent slut,” a third read.

“How dare you try to pretend to be good when you're nothing but a little bitch. This school meant something, but because of you, it's crap. I hope I see you after school so I can make you pay for this, Sunset,” the fourth and final one read.

The girls spent several moments mulling over how to proceed with the comments they had seen on the website. Scootaloo said, “Why not just delete them?”

“Yeah, we should. We need to delete them so that no one sees those comments.”

As Apple Bloom was about to start to delete them, Sweetie Belle said, “Wait, we can’t.” Both girls looked at her skeptically. Sweetie Belle continued, “Don’t you see? If we do that, then what reason does she have to leave our sisters alone?”

“Are you nuts?" Scootaloo exclaimed. "We want to make her leave our sisters alone, not drive her out of the school.”

“Think about it, Scootaloo. If we leave the comments, and Sunset does leave, we'll have what we want. I say we leave them, at least for now. We can always delete them later.”

Looking back at the comments, Scootaloo and Apple Bloom nodded in agreement. Sweetie Belle stood up just as her sister and the rest of Sunset's former friends came out, greeting the three with clear bitterness in their voices. Not wanting to start an argument in front of her friends, Sweetie Belle hastily waved her goodbyes to her friends as she and Rarity walked across the street to the bus stop. Rainbow sat down next to her sister, lightly punching Scootaloo on the shoulder, saying to her, “How about after you get your homework done, we play a video game together, Squirt?”

“Yeah, that'd be great,” replied Scootaloo cheerfully. “Can we play ‘Pony Hawks: Wondercolts?”

“Sure thing, Squirt, but you need to get all of your homework done first. No slacking off and having to rush through it like you did last time. Got it?”

“Sure thing, Rainbow.”

A few moments later, Rainbow's and Scootaloo’s mother pulled into the parking lot, beeped the horn, and the two headed home. Waving goodbye to Scootaloo, Apple Bloom looked at her sister as she watched the older teen hang up her phone. She said, “Applejack, what do you wanna do after our chores are done?”

“Well, Apple Bloom, with the day Ah've had today, Ah think Ah'll just sit on the couch and watch a movie. Wanna join me?”

Apple Bloom beamed a great smile to her sister, exclaiming excitedly, “Sure as shooting Ah’ll join ya! Can we watch ‘The Last Roundup’? Can we, please?”

“No. We sure as heck ain't about ta watch that movie, Apple Bloom. It's not suited for a young'un like yerself. We will however watch...”

Applejack stopped, placing a hand to her chin as her brother pulled into the parking lot and waited for the two to get in. “I know. We’ll watch ‘Fist with Friends’. How's that sound?”

“I’d rather be kicked by a bull than watch that lover’s couples' movie” Apple Bloom replied, scrunching her nose up. “Come on, Applejack. Can’t we watch the movie that I picked?”

“No! Yer too young fer that.”

“Well, shoot. Ah was hoping ta see plenty of rough cowboys getting dirty and talking bad.”

“Yeah, I bet ya were,” Applejack replied, grabbing her sister around the neck and giving her a noogie, causing the younger girl to squeal in laughter. “Now, let's get going. Can’t keep Big McIntosh waiting.”

The two headed over to the family's pickup, got in, and were soon off towards home. Soon after, Big McIntosh pulled into the farm's drive way. Apple Bloom hopped out and headed in, while her sister stayed outside for a few minutes. Looking around, Applejack took in how quiet and peaceful the farm was before she, too, headed inside. Lastly, Big McIntosh went inside to help prepare dinner, while both Applejack and Apple Bloom started up on their chores.

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