As promised to you all I give you all the reason Sunset was pushed over the edge. I look forward to reading your comments about this chapter.

Twilight watched through the window as Sunset’s heart monitor showed that her heart began to beat steadily. Before anyone could stop her, Twilight rushed into Sunset's room.

Sunset slowly opened her eyes her vision blurred badly. Twilight, seeing that Sunset was trying to reach out for someone to grasp onto, quickly took a hold of Sunset's hand as Sunset moaned, “Rainbow?”

“No, Sunset, Rainbow isn’t here. It's me, Twilight.”

“T-Twilight isn’t here. She's in Equestria,” Sunset groaned. “Sh-She couldn’t have come here, not after what I did to her back home.”

Gently laying her other hand onto Sunset's shoulder, Twilight sniffed hard. She opened her mouth to speak, when she heard from Mr. Cake, “I want you three out of here now!”

Looking up through the window, Twilight watched as Brushed Jade led the Crusaders away, clear looks of shame on their faces as they were led down the hallway. Celestia and Luna went with them, both looking furious. Twilight gently laid Sunset's hand down over the wounded girl's chest, leaned in, and very softly kissed Sunset on her forehead.

“You just rest now.” Twilight said, looking into Sunset’s weary, weak eyes as tears slowly streamed down Twilight's cheeks. “I’ll be back soon. So you just sleep now. I have some things I have to attend to, but I promise I’ll be back soon.”

Mr. Cake, noticing Vinyl, Octavia, and Mrs. Cake walking down the hallway toward Sunset's room, quickly went to greet his wife. Upon hearing that Sunset was awake, Mrs. Cake rushed into Sunset's room, followed by both Vinyl and Octavia. The three stood around Sunset's bed, with Mrs. Cake taking her daughter's hand into her own after Twilight had backed away from Sunset's bed.

“Sunset, thank God you're awake! Mom's here now. You have nothing to worry about.”

Octavia and Vinyl exchanged glances. Vinyl took out her phone, pressed the speaker button on it, and began to type. With each press of the enter button, her phone chimed out, “Will. She. Be. Alright. Now?”

Mr. Cake looked at her with slight confusion. “Yes, I think so. But why are you two here? I mean, I appreciate it, but--”

“She saved Vinyl's life,” Octavia began gently resting her hands onto Vinyl's shoulders as she stood behind Vinyl. Hesitantly, she continued, “Sunset...saved me from being raped two years ago. She beat the hell out of Dumbbell Stallion. If...If it weren't for her, I'm sure neither of us would be here right now.”

"I...I'm sorry you two went through that, and I'm sorry I made you talk about it."

"It's fine," Octavia said softly. "I won't pretend I got over it, but...I'm coping. We're helping each other get through it."

Not knowing what else to say, Mr. Cake simply looked back to his daughter, who was breathing heavily, betraying her exhaustion. One of the doctors began to check Sunset’s vitals as he said, “I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask you all to leave. She'll need her rest.”

“I’m not leaving my baby!” Mrs. Cake spat back.

Sunset winced in fear at the sudden outburst, something her father caught onto. Mr. Cake laid a hand over Mrs. Cake's arm, gently saying, “Honey, the doctor is right. We need to let Sunset rest. We can come back in a few hours.”

Defeated, Mrs. Cake nodded, sniffing hard as she gently leaned in, kissing Sunset on her forehead and whispering, “I love you, honey. We'll be back soon.” Looking to her husband, she continued bitterly, “I want to know why those three did this! I want to know what gave them the right to hurt Sunset, Carrot! Don’t let that officer take them away without finding out why they did this to our baby!”

Mr. Cake led his wife out of Sunset’s room. Vinyl and Octavia both followed, but Vinyl quickly stopped her tracks. Vinyl turned around and went back into Sunset’s room and walked up to her bed. As Sunset looked at her with sad, weak eyes, Vinyl hugged Sunset warmly. Taking out her phone, she quickly texted with the speaker still on. “Thank you for saving my life and Octy's.” Vinyl headed out, joining Octavia and the Cakes as they all made their way downstairs.

Sunset, seeing that everyone was gone, began to struggle to sit up and climb out of bed, pulling off all the leads and wires and pulling out the IV needle. Her legs felt like lead weights. Sunset took a few painful breaths before forcing herself up out of bed, muttering to herself, “I have to find Rainbow. I have to make things right for us. I can't leave without doing that first.”

Looking around, even though her vision was blurry, she soon found a cabinet sitting across from her bed. Walking over to it, and nearly falling over twice as she approached it, Sunset opened it and found her clothing hanging inside. As she got dressed, Sunset was shocked to find her water flask still in her coat pocket, along with her wallet and bus pass. Sunset, although in very much pain, slowly made her way to the door and into the hallway to find Rainbow Dash.

Picking a direction at random, Sunset headed left and down the hallway until she came to a bathroom. Curious, Sunset walked in and looked at her face in the mirror. Or rather, what was left of her face. Horrified, Sunset quickly headed out of the bathroom, running into a security guard.

“Hey, watch where you're going,” he said impatiently. When he got a good look at her, though, his tone changed. "Are you alright? Is there really no one helping you get to the bathroom and back?" Realizing quickly that the guard didn’t recognize her, and suddenly getting an idea, Sunset wrapped her arms around him and pretended to slightly faint in his arms. “Hey, stay with me,” the guard said, surprised. “Listen, let me help you over to a bench. Then, I can get you some proper help.”

“Thank you,” Sunset replied weakly as she quickly reached behind him, taking his cuffs and key. “I'm so tired. I thought I'd be able to get to the bathroom just fine, but I guess I was wrong.”

“I see. What's your name? I can call it in,” the guard replied, leading Sunset over to a nearby bench after Sunset gave her name. “Here we are. Just sit tight for a bit and catch your breath, Miss Shimmer.”

“Can you get me something to drink, please?”

“Sure thing.”

The guard walked away. Once he turned a corner, Sunset took her chance, spotting a fire door only a few feet from her. Sunset pushed through the door, moving quickly when she heard the alarm go off. She quickly moved across the street and sat at the bus stop, ignoring the looks everyone was giving her. The bus came a few minutes later. Sunset got on and was soon standing in front of the school.

“It’s four o’clock right now,” Sunset muttered to herself, looking at her watch. “Rainbow should be at Sugarcube Corner now.” Sighing, she continued, “I hope.”

Seeing a janitor emptying out the outside trash cans, Sunset quickly convinced him to let her into the school. Getting her binder and a pen from her locker, Sunset quickly made her way outside and to Sugarcube Corner. Sunset walked into her parents' cafe, finding Rainbow sitting at her friends' normal booth. With all her courage mustered, she asked softly, “Rainbow, c-can we talk?”

Rainbow didn’t even look up from her drink. “Get the fuck outta here, Sunset. You're not wanted here.”

“Rainbow, please, I just--”

“No!” Rainbow spat in rage. “You think you can post all that shit about me and then have the fucking nerve to come here and try to talk about it like it didn’t even happen?”

“Rainbow, I didn’t post that stuff about you!”

“Now, I see you're posting shit about Scootaloo. Who the fuck do you think you are!?”

“I thought I was your friend! I thought you loved me!”

“You stupid fucking idiot,” Rainbow got up from her chair, glaring angrily at Sunset. “Did you really think we loved you? Did you really think I could love a monster like you?” Sunset lowered her head, tears slowly streamed down her cheeks and Rainbow continued, “Those bandages really do a good job at covering up the monster we've seen you become. You remember what Twilight said after she beat you down? She was right, you don’t deserve to rule Equestria, but she was also wrong about something. You don't deserve our friendship.”

“I-I'm sorry for all I've done, but I'm trying to show that I've changed, that I--”

“Sunset, open your eyes, would you!” Rainbow got close to Sunset and said. "None of us wanted to be your friend that day. After the emotional high of that night, we realized exactly what we agreed to. But still, we put up with you because that's what Twilight wanted. But all that time, we never forgot what you did, and we were sure you'd go back to being the bitch you really are. And you proved us right. You keep saying you changed, but a few months of being good still don't erase all the shit you pulled for more that two years, especially when you were just pretending to be good!"

Sunsets good eye widened. Her body began to tremble as she stammered, “P-Please tell me your lying.”

“I'm not lying, Sunset. Unlike you, I actually value honesty. We never wanted to be your friend. We still don't.”

Sunset swallowed hard. Taking a step back, her good eye twitched, moving rapidly back and forth as she recalled the conversation she overheard between Twilight and Princess Celestia.

"She wouldn’t know how to be good if you hit her with the Elements of Harmony!”

“What would you have me to do, Twilight? Just give up on her like I did before?”

“Yes! You know what she's done! Mind control, attempted murder, declaring war on you, the list goes on! For the good of all of Equestria, you have to stay away from her! She can't be redeemed. She belongs in Tartarus, where she can’t hurt anypony else.”

Reaching up, Sunset tore off her bandages, revealing the stitches underneath. “Is this what you truly see me as, Rainbow? A monster?”

“Yes, Sun--”

Before Rainbow could finish, Sunset grabbed Rainbow's shirt collar, yanked her closer, and planted her lips against Rainbow's. Rainbow’s eyes went wide as she felt Sunset’s lips on her own. Letting go of Rainbow after their lips parted, Sunset said just barely above a whisper, “Then, if that's truly how you and the others see me, you won't have to see me again. Not after tonight.” Sunset turned to leave. Looking over her shoulder as she reached the door, she continued with bitter tears running down her cheeks, “I love you, Rainbow. I wish you could've seen that. But if a monster is all I am to you, then so be it.”

Before Rainbow could think of anything to say or do, Sunset bolted from the cafe, leaving Rainbow to think on her words. Rainbow returned to her seat, thinking, “Mom was right about her. She's just a bully, nothing more.” Turning her phone on, Rainbow dialed her mother. “Mom, can you come to Sugarcube Corner? I...I need to talk to you.”

“I’ll be there in about twenty minutes, dear. What’s wrong? You sound upset.”

“I just had a fight with Sunset. I think I might've done something really stupid.” Rainbow looked over to the bandages on the floor where Sunset had stood during their fight. Picking them up, she muttered, “You were right about her, Mom. She's a bad influence on me.”

“Honey, those words were spoken in anger. I was upset because you forgot about your sist--” Mrs. Dash’s words fell short as she got a beep on her phone. “Rainbow, I need to put you on hold. I have another call coming in. I’ll just be a minute.”

“Alright.”

Taking the new phone call, Mrs. Dash’s eyes went wide with fear and anger. She quickly hung up and reconnected with Rainbow. “Rainbow, your sister's been arrested. I'll come get you, and we both will meet her at the police station.”

“She's been what!?” Rainbow exclaimed. “Why? How? When?”

"We'll find out what happened when we get to the police station. Principal Celestia is asking for you to be there, although I don't know why or what's going on."

"Alright, just hurry." Rainbow hung up the phone and threw out Sunset's bandages, thinking to herself, "This has to be because Sunset's last post. How could I ever have fallen in love with a bitch like that?"