As Aiden's final class of the day filed out, he smiled. Ever since the "Big reveal" at the football game, the incident had been covered by nearly every radio station in Canter City. The students wouldn't stop talking about it. Theories as to who and what "Dedsec" is were running rampant, and Aiden couldn't help but feel a sense of pride blossoming in him. He smiled, and pulled up his phone, and texted Marcus and Wrench.

School's out. Heading over.

"Roger that" was the reply. Aiden packed his bag and headed out of the classroom, until he noticed something strange. The first floor computer lab door was open. He slipped inside, and every computer but one was dark. He quickly accessed the login history through a hack from his phone, and he frowned as he cross-referenced the student logins with the hours of the day.

"English...Math...Lunch...wait, lunch?" Aiden said. "This room's locked during lunch."

He scrolled a bit more and found the login.

"Bloom2Flower@CCHS." Aiden said. "I mean, breaking into a computer lab isn't bad, but…"

Aiden then got a thought. He plugged into the computer webcam and sent a virus into the computer, making it so that whenever someone logged on, the webcam would activate and record the perpetrator. Aiden nodded and slipped out, his trap set.

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Marcus and Wrench headed into Sugarcube Corner to a few weird stares, mostly directed to Wrench. As they sat down and ordered, Aiden opened his laptop and explained what he had found.

"Good to know." Marcus said.

"Yep. Always good to have a plan T, for trap." Wrench said.

"Yeah. Anyway, since I have the login, I can access their browsing history." Aiden said. "Wikipedia, Google, Mystable...wait."

"That's Anon-A-Miss's site!" Marcus said. "What were they doing?"

"This." Aiden said, showing them a photo of Boreas Gale, a Football team member, in a very compromising situation with athletic tape while he was in the Nurse's office.

"That's Anon-A-Miss." Marcus said.

"There's more." Aiden said. "I think we're not dealing with a solo operation. Two others, Hyperspeed4 and LibertyBelle1, have the exact same history."

"Meaning they're working together." Wrench said.

"Right. Anon-A-Miss isn't one person, it's three." Aiden said. "We have their logins, we just need to find out who they are. Problem is, we won't be able to get them to confess based on their handles."

"So, we need to catch them in the act." Marcus said.

"Right. I think that during lunch, we'll put a little more pressure on Anon-A-Miss. With this, we can probably get them into a very compromising situation."

"Agreed." Wrench said. "First the JumboTron, then the PA system!"

"Which I can access since I'm a teacher." Aiden said.

"Let's get to work." Marcus said as their food arrived. Outside, however, Scootaloo listened with shock. She had been playing soccer with Rainbow, who headed inside to get some Hot Chocolate for the two of them. Then, she sat down and heard the conversation coming from inside.

"They know my school login?" she thought frantically. "How? I mean, the only people who know that are the teachers! Well, all the teachers are monitoring the computers, since...I need to tell the others. This is bad."

"Scoots!"

Scootaloo jumped and smiled at Rainbow.

"Hey, got our drinks. You okay?"

"Yeah, just thinking." Scootaloo replied.

"You're good, squirt." Rainbow said. "I feel bad for Boreas, you know. Anon-A-Miss nailed him hard today. He's a nice guy, now a laughingstock."

"Yeah." Scootaloo said. "Wanna keep playing?"

"Sure."

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The Next Day, Lunchtime.
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As the students sat down for lunch, everyone didn't know what would happen next. Then, the PA system crackled.

"Hello again, assholes. This is DedSec."

The whole cafeteria was silent.

"We know who you are, Anon-A-Miss, or should I say...Bloom2Flower, HyperSpeed4, and LibertyBelle1. We know who you are here. Now we'll find out who you are there. We've given you the truth. It's up to you to use it. Anon-A-Miss, your little safe haven is going down...HARD."

As the PA system crackled and went silent, the students burst into chatter. Applebloom, Sweetie, and Scootaloo slipped out in the chaos and headed to a locker bay.

"You were right, Scoots!" Sweetie said. "We're dead!"

"They don't know what the login is, though!" Applebloom pointed out. "As long as that's safe, we're fine. We'll delete the account tomorrow, and we'll be fine."

As the other two voiced their agreement, they didn't know Aiden was listening from behind the corner. He smiled, downloaded their phone data onto his own phone, and slipped away.

"Big news, guys. I've got them right where we want them." Aiden said later to Marcus and Wrench.

"Booyah!" Wrench said. "What's it gonna be?" How are we gonna reveal them?"

"I have a plan." Aiden said. "Let's show Anon-A-Miss's viewers the truth."

"Music to my non-existent ears." Wrench said.

"Let's go!" Marcus said.

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At the end of the day, Applebloom heard her phone ring.

"Hello?"

"Hello...ANON-A-MISS. This is DedSec." Aiden spoke, using a voice distorter. Applebloom gasped.

"No way…" she said.

"Way. And yeah, I know it's you and your two other friends. You've got nowhere left to run. I know your school login, the account login, and I have your plan, too. You'll find that your account has been locked and cannot be deleted, for the time being."

"What?" Applebloom said, scared beyond belief.

"I have taken over the account and I am now making a few...edits of my own." Aiden said. "You have until the end of the day tomorrow to confess, you and your little gang, or I'll leak your real identities onto the Anon-A-Miss page, along with this."

The conversation Applebloom had with Sweetie and Scootaloo played, and Applebloom started to sweat.

"You have your deadline. Make your move carefully, Anon-A-Miss. DedSec out."

Applebloom called Sweetie and Scoots, and relayed the info she had just heard.

"WHAT?" both girls cried. "We can't confess! The other students will kill us!" Sweetie cried.

"She's right! We're dead! We're so dead!" Scootaloo said. Applebloom bit her lip.

"Let's come clean to the Principal as soon as we can. Hopefully then, we'll be fine. Check the account. What's changed?"

"Everything!" Sweetie replied. "The posts have all been replaced with the same logo that was on the jumbotron at the game! And the header's just "We are Dedsec, and we have won!"

"Oh no. Oh no. Oh no!" Applebloom said. "Listen, we'll come clean, and we'll be okay. As long as we don't let anything slip, we'll be fine."

"Alright…" the other girls said, though they didn't sound convinced. Applebloom hung up and walked home silently. Heading upstairs, she collapsed on her bed and cried.

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As lunchtime came around, The three of them headed into Principal Celestia's office to a shocking sight. The new electronic communications teacher, Mr. Pearce, along with a man wearing a weird helmet, and a man spinning a pool ball on a bolo were waiting for them, along with Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna.

"Hello, you three." Aiden said. "I believe you have some explaining to do."

Author's Notes:

Yep, they got caught.

The action heats up next chapter.