Edited by Icecreammac

Edited by Sadistic Fluttershy

The person that Fluttershy is talking about in her song towards the end of this chapter is Sunset.

Vice Principal Luna talks to BOTH princess Celestia and Principal Celestia I tried to show whom is talking when and were in this chapter.

Luna stared shocked at the girl holding Gilda’s hand. She was the spitting image of Sunset. She wore a short black coat with a red zipper, a black silk blouse with a pinkish blouse underneath. Her hands were covered in black and red leather gloves, and she wore short, black and red leather boots.

Luna gulped at the sight. “Twilight, is that Sunset?”

“No, Luna. Her name is Summer Sunrise.”

Summer glared at Luna and said, “If you don’t mind, I would like to go home now.”

Nodding, Luna took out her cell phone, calling her sister. After a few moments, Principal Celestia picked up.

"Hello?"

“Tia, it's Luna. I need to know if it's alright with you if Twilight has a guest come over for a few days?”

“What guest is that?”

Luna hesitated a bit before answering. “Your counterpart Princess Celestia. Twilight needed to inform her of Sunset's death, and I--”

“Very well, but tell her not to expect a warm welcome. I am rather upset that she is only now showing up.”

“I'll let her know. Thank you, Tia.” Luna hung up the phone, then looked to her sister's counterpart and softly said, “I'll be able to take you to our place, but my sister isn’t very happy about this.” Looking down, Luna continued, “I am not happy about this either. However, there is a time and a place for anger and grief, and this is not that time.” Looking back up, she continued, “If you all will follow me, I’ll take you to my car.”

“I fully understand. I should have been there for Sunset, and I wasn’t. I don’t expect any special treatment from any of you. I can find another place to sleep tonight.” Princess Celestia offered.

“No! You’ll be coming home with me and Twilight, and that's final!”

“You really are my sister's counterpart,” Princess Celestia said, grinning. Looking down, Princess Celestia continued, “I am sorry if my presence here will cause any rift between you and your sister.”

“Think nothing of it.” Luna nodded, stepping aside while Twilight helped Princess Celestia over to Luna’s car. “Besides, I am rather looking forward to seeing the look on my sister's face when she sees you.”

Luna led the way to her car. Princess Celestia sat up front, Twilight sat behind her with Summer next to her, and Gilda and Sonata sat in the back. No one said a word as Luna drove until Summer spoke up.

“You can drop us off at the local library. We can find our way back home from there.”

“That sounds fine,” Luna replied. “I think I have enough gas for that.”

Applejack had pulled out of Fluttershy’s driveway and waved a tearful goodbye to her two friends. Rainbow headed inside Fluttershy’s house and went upstairs. Fluttershy called after her, “The bathroom is free if you want to take a shower. I’ll get you some clean clothes to sleep in tonight.”

Rainbow Dash stared for a moment before speaking. “Thanks, Fluttershy. I’ll try not to take long,” she said, quickly adding, “Twilight's staying for the funeral and the trial, by the way. She's bunking with Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna.”

“I’ll call them while you're in the shower to get the funeral date and to offer my sympathy to the Cakes.”

“Alright. When I get out, I'd like to be alone, if that's alright with you.”

Fluttershy nodded her reply and took out her phone.

“Hello?” came Luna's voice.

“Vice Principal Luna?”

“Hello, Fluttershy. What can I help you with?”

"Do you know when Sunset's funeral is?"

"I am sorry, Fluttershy, but I don't. I will be sure to get it when I see my sister. Is there something else I can help you with?"

“Yes. Is Twilight with you?”

“Yes, she is.”

“Can you put her on, please?”

“Sure.”

Fluttershy didn't have to wait long before she heard Twilight's voice.

“Fluttershy, it's Twilight.”

“Twilight, I have a letter for you from Sunset.”

Fluttershy heard Twilight talking to Luna, but she couldn't hear the words. Soon, Twilight said. “Alright. We should be there in about twenty or thirty minutes.”

The two bid each other farewell as Fluttershy hung up the phone. She went on to wander the house, cleaning, doing anything to keep her mind off of recent events. She cleaned the walls and most of the floor, even using her own toothbrush to clean between the cracks, the scrubbing slowly working itself into her psyche and helping her lose herself in her work.

Twenty minutes later, Twilight knocked on Fluttershy's door. The door opened to reveal Fluttershy, and both Twilight and Luna immediately noticed how grimy she looked, though they chose not to comment on it or the strong scent of cleaning solution. Fluttershy simply handed Twilight the letter and wordlessly shut the door before Twilight could say anything. The women heard an audible click as Fluttershy locked the door, and Twilight remarked, “Well, that could have gone better.

“Give her some time, Twilight," Luna said softly as she turned to leave, "She's hurting just as much as we are, after all. Sunset's death hit all of us hard, and I think she just needs some time and space.”

“I understand.” Twilight headed back to Luna's car, where Gilda, Sonata, and Summer Sunrise were waiting for her. “I know you three didn’t really know Sunset all that well, but I--”

“Speak for yourself!” Summer snarled. “I knew her rather well, going by everything Chrysalis was able to tell me of her. Now, if you don’t mind, I would like to get Gilda home. She and I both need rest.”

“You know Chrysalis? But how?” Twilight's eyes widened with fear. “I mean, you're not a changeling, right? What are you, Summer?”

Summer tightly balled up her hands into fists, saying, “None of your business! Just drop it, Twilight!”

Gilda gently massaged Summer's shoulders. “You need to calm down, Summer. She saved your life, remember? You guys can fight some other time, but not now. Give her time to deal with Sunset's death.”

Relaxing, Summer swallowed hard and said, “You're right Gilda. I'm sorry, Twilight. I just can’t believe Fourteen is gone.” Looking back down, Summer continued softly, “Can we just get to the library now? Gilda, Sonata and I can find our way back home from there.”

“Not a problem,” Luna chimed in. “Let's get back in the car and head over to the library.” Getting in, she muttered to herself, “Then I can get you out of my car and away from Twilight.”

Fluttershy turned around and headed back to the kitchen as Rainbow called, “Hey, umm, not to be rude or anything, but can I do some laundry while I'm here?”

“I’ll wash your clothes for you while you shower, Rainbow,” Fluttershy replied, not looking up from her cleaning. “It’ll give me something to do while you're here. Feel free to use the kitchen and guest rooms while you're here.”

“Alright.”

Rainbow headed back to the bathroom, leaving her clothes on the floor outside of the room. Locking the door, she turned on the water and stepped into the tub. The warmth of water felt relaxing on Rainbow's body, allowing her to calm down from her anger and sorrow. But she couldn't forget everything that happened, and so, she slumped down onto the bottom of the tub and started crying, hoping the shower would drown out her sorrows.

Fluttershy hummed as she took Rainbow's clothing to the washroom. As she picked up the shirt, something fell out from one of the pockets. She reached down picked it up and opened it, seeing that it was a letter from Sunset. After a bit of debate, she started reading it. Fresh tears sprung forth as she read, her sorrow coming back in full force. But that was not the only thing she felt. She felt anger, a glowing, boiling rage.

The door to the bathroom opened, and out walked a freshly washed Rainbow Dash. She sighed, drying her hair with a towel, and suddenly stopped in her tracks. A chill ran down her spine, a feeling of danger worming its way into her consciousness. She turned and saw Fluttershy standing nearby, shaking, refusing to meet her eyes.

“F-Fluttershy, what's wrong? You look really upset,” Rainbow said nervously as she made her way to her friend. She reached out to her when she didn’t get a response. “Come on, tell me.”

“How dare you?” Fluttershy began, slapping Rainbow's hand away. “How dare you, Rainbow Dash!” she shouted, her whole body shaking with anger.

“What? What did I do?” Rainbow Dash, said backing away from Fluttershy.

Fluttershy crossed her arms and glared at Rainbow. “I found Sunset's letter.”

Rainbow winced. Knowing that Fluttershy was upset with her made losing Sunset that much more painful.

Fluttershy continued coldly, “How dare you lie to her, Rainbow Dash!”

“I didn’t lie to her! None of us wanted to be frie--”

“I wanted to be her friend!" the shy girl snapped, cutting Rainbow off. "But do you know what hurts even more than you saying those awful things to her?” Fluttershy’s tears streamed down her cheeks. “What hurts even more than losing her, even more than never seeing her smile or hearing her laugh anymore, is that you said that I didn’t want anything to do with her when you knew that I did!”

Rainbow looked down in shame before turning to walk away. She stopped when Fluttershy grabbed her arm and said, “No! You can’t just walk away from this! We are having this out whether you like it or not!”

“Damn it, Fluttershy, I didn’t know Sunset was going to kill herself!”

“You didn’t have to know! All you had to do was be loyal and be there for her! What was it that pushed you so far that you had to break her heart?”

Rainbow pulled back from Fluttershy's tirade. “I don’t know. Maybe it was the science paper that I saw online. Maybe it was the photos of me from her phone. I really don’t know what set me off.”

Unsatisfied, Fluttershy yelled, “Why couldn’t you just love her and treat her with respect and kindness? Why did you have say those things to her!?”

"Well, what about you, huh!? It's not like you were getting cozy with her! It's not like you gave her the benefit of the doubt; you abandoned her along with the rest of us!" Rainbow turned around and punched the wall behind her shouting, “Damn it, I hate Sunset for doing this!” Rainbow fell to her knees, sobbing. “I loved her, and I hate her. All I can think of is wanting her in my arms. I hate myself for what I said to her.”

“You don’t get to say you loved her. Not after what you did, Rainbow. Yeah, I know I screwed up, too, but you were the one who never actually wanted her to be our friend. At least my feelings up to the whole Anon-a-Miss thing were honest. You were just faking your love for her.”

"That's not true" Rainbow spat back in anger “I did love her Fluttershy.”

Fluttershy slapped Rainbow, yelling, “How dare you say that you loved her! How dare you claim to be loyal when you're really not!”

Rainbow simply got up and stomped into the guest room, slamming the door behind her and locking it.

Fluttershy ran after her, pounding on the door. “I hate you, Rainbow! I hate what you did to Sunset! I hate everything about you and about this whole situation!” Fluttershy yelled. As her pounding slowed, then stopped, she turned around and closed her eyes sliding to the floor beneath her with her back against the door. She held her knees to her chest. She cried, her heart broken. She lifted her head, tears running down her face, and she continued, “You had no right to say what you did, Rainbow.”

“Leave me alone, Fluttershy! Don’t you fucking think I know that already!?” Rainbow yelled, hitting the door with her fist. “I hate what I did, but I can’t change it… I have to live with it for the rest of my life, and I hate it,” Rainbow Dash finished limply, striking the door again. "It kills me."

Fluttershy listened for a moment before shaking her head. “Do you even know how I became friends with her, Rainbow? I became friends with her when I taught her how to read our language shortly after getting here. Her grades in English Literature were failing badly, and she confided in me that she couldn't read. So, I taught her how to read, and we became friends soon after that.”

Looking up through her reddened eyes, Fluttershy continued, “I was so happy when Sunset was able to sign her name and actually read an entire novel without having to stop to try to sound out a word.” Putting her head back down, Fluttershy sobbed out, “Because of you, I'll never be able to hear her read to me again.”

“I don’t care, Fluttershy. Just leave me alone.”

“Fine. I’ll leave you alone.” Getting up, her eyes stinging from her crying, Fluttershy added, “You can stay here or go home. I don’t care what you do.”

Fluttershy headed outside to her garden, where she found Angel Bunny had gotten out of his holding room again. Rolling her eyes, Fluttershy gently picked him up and carried him inside. She walked upstairs to her room shutting the door behind her and plopped down onto her bed. Angel nuzzled Fluttershy's belly with his head, causing her to lightly chuckle. Looking out to the garden, she began to sing.

"Here in my garden, the angels are weeping
Because you are sleeping.

Here in my garden, you sleep peacefully.

I know that tomorrow
Will bring only more sorrow.

How I wish I could hold you,
If only for a while.

How I wish I could see you,
Smile and laugh with you.

Here in my garden, the angels are weeping
Because you are sleeping.

It should have been me.
I should have been the one to go.
I would trade all this pain today
for you to be happy and stay.

Yet here in my garden you're sleeping,
and now, all of God's angels are weeping.

I wish I could hold you,
If only for a little while,
While you smile and laugh.

I miss you so.
I know you had to go.

But I wish you could have stayed.
And I wish I didn’t stray from my path.

So here in my garden the angels are weeping.

I wish Rainbow and I didn’t fight,
that we could just hold you tight
And never let you go.

Here in my garden the angels are weeping
Because you are now sleeping.

I miss you so.
I wish you could have stayed.
I wish I had not strayed from my path.

But here in my garden the angels must weep
Because you are asleep

With their wings of love and happiness wrapped around you.
Here in my garden the angels are weeping

Because you're forever sleeping.

And I didn't even get to say....goodbye."

Fluttershy finished her song just in time. Her cracking voice quickly made way to uncontrollable sobbing. Her muffled wails flowed through the vents into Rainbow's room, and the athlete heard them clearly.

Angel gently snuggled up against Fluttershy’s back, closing his eyes until he and Fluttershy both feel asleep. Rainbow remained on the floor, curled up and crying until she, too, fell asleep. Neither girl slept peacefully that night.