After signing my note, in my own blood, I changed into my pajamas for what I planned to be the last time. I laid in my bed staring at the ceiling through the tears in my eyes. I moved my right hand from behind my head onto the mattress and just happened to hit my phone.

Why did I bring this in here again? I wondered as I turned it on. Oh well. May as well check MyStable one last time before I go.

After my phone was on, I got blasted with text and voice message alerts.

Might as well see what kind of shit they decided to send me, I thought sadly. I pulled up the texts and read them one by one.

What happened to u at school Sunny?

-PP

Right. Like you care. Next...

You missed one awesome song, Sunset. It totally kicked ass.

Go to Hell you egotistical bitch. Next...

Darling, there was no reason to run off like that. My attire wasn't that bad.

Yes. That's what I truly care about. Your outfits. Next...

You ok sugarcube? You ran off without a word.

Go back to picking apples instead of a bass guitar. Honestly. Next...

Spike said you were upset about something before you left. Twilight wants to know what it is.

So you'll help at the animal shelter but not pay attention to "friends" in need? Best revenge ever.

Now they care? I have to run off crying in the middle of a song? I should have tried that months ago if that's what it took, I speculated as tears began streaming down my face. I'm not even bother with the voicemails. They've hurt me enough.

I was just about to turn my phone back off when it rang. The display showed "Fluttershy". The only reason I answered was because I figured I could use it as a way to tell them off.

"What do you want?" I asked angrily.

"Sunset Shimmer?" came the unmistakable voice of Twilight.

"Oh hello, princess," I replied. "I see the clique taught you to use a cell phone."

"Sunset, please tell me what's wrong," she begged. "Something is bothering you and I'd like to try to help."

"Really? Like you wanted to help last night?" I cried. "I know you saw the cuts on my arm. But it wasn't important. 'Never mind'. Remember those words? I sure as fuck do."

"Sunset, I-" Twilight began before I interrupted.

"Oh save it. You are the ring leader in this whole mess," I ranted as tears continued to flow like rivers down my cheeks. "I may as well have been on my own after the Fall Formal. You told the rest of your friends to get their revenge on me before you left."

"I never-" she started before being interrupted again.

"For being the 'Princess of Friendship', you sure know how treat your alleged friends," I said before ending the call. I turned the phone off before Flutterbitch could redial my number for Twilight. I rolled over and crossed my arms to bury my face as I cried until my eyes hurt.

The next thing I remember, there was a pounding on the front door, accompanied by the sound of my name being shouted. I looked at clock and saw that it was 8:23 pm.

Who the fuck is pounding on my door at this time? I pondered as I got up and stumbled to the door, puffy eyes and all. The answer to my question was answered as I approached the door.

"Sunset! You okay in there?! Sunset!" I recognized Rainbow Dash's voice coming from the other side of the door. After double checking to make sure the security chain was latched, I unlocked the deadbolt to confront the blue-skinned skank through the door.

"What do you want?" I asked her.

"Can I come in?" she asked nonchalantly.

"Actually... no," I said as my anger began building. "I would like to be alone. Since that's how you and the rest of your crew would prefer me."

"What?!" she exclaimed allegedly surprised. "We never wanted that. Twilight told us-"

"Oh so you're only here because Twilight told you about her phone call with me," I interrupted with a burning fire in my eyes. "Here's the deal. You and anyone else that's with you have ten seconds to leave or I call the police."

I slammed the door in her face and locked the deadbolt. I walked back to my bedroom as my anger gave way back to sadness as my already sore eyes began watering again.

The nerve of them, I thought somberly. Can't they not take a hint? My phone is off and I didn't return their texts. I want to be alone.

'How did I get back to school?' I wondered after waking up in Ms. Cheerilee's empty classroom.

I looked around, confused, before deciding to leave the classroom to investigate what was going on. After leaving the classroom, I began hearing "Friendship Through The Ages" playing over the PA system.

'Really? I have listen to this again?' I thought as the heartache began surface.

"We know all about you, Sunset Shimmer," I heard Adagio say behind me. When I turned around, however, all I saw was an empty hallway.

"Waiting the wings while your 'friends' have all the fun?" Aria chimed in, again, from behind. Spinning around again, I came face-to-face with the Rainbooms.

"You seriously think you're good enough to play in my band?" Rainbow Dash asked me.

"She can't play any instruments or sing worth a damn," grinned Twilight Sparkle.

"I know I speak for everyone when I say that she would make us look bad visually," Rarity said.

"Yer probably right Rarity. Besides we're at capacity fer band members already," Applejack laughed at me.

"No. I can't listen to this! It's not true! I'm a good person!" I shouted with my hands over my ears and tears escaping my eyes.

"Really? Would good person bully someone to the point of tears?" Fluttershy inquired.

"But I apologized. I can't undo the hurt I caused you," I continued to cry.

"But you did have lots of fun doing it. Didn't you?" Pinkie Pie said as she pressed her forehead to mine.

I fell to my knees and held my head in my hands as I cried uncontrollably.

"Oh, yes. You girls are sooo tight. And yet, they didn't ask you to be in the band," Adagio laughed

"Probably afraid no one would want to see them play if she was in the group," Aria said as she began circling me with her sisters.

"Too bad. So sad," Sonata chimed in.

I didn't know what to say. They were right...

"If it's any consolation, no one is going remember you at all..." Adagio's words echoed through the darkening hallway.

"Nooooo!" I shouted.

"Nooooo!" I continued shouting as I sat straight up in bed, drenched in a cold sweat. My heart felt like it was going to go flying out of my chest. I looked at the clock. 3:18am. I grabbed my phone and turned the power on.

"Please, please pick up," I said quietly as the phone rang.

"Hello?" came a groggy, weak voice.

"Please tell me Twilight is there," I cried.

"Sunset? Are-are you okay?"

"Fluttershy, please tell me Twilight is staying with you," I begged. "I'm sorry it's so late but I really need to talk to her badly."

"Yeah, just a minute," Fluttershy said sleepily. "She's asleep in my bed."

After what seemed like an eternity, Twilight got on the phone.

"Sunset? Are you okay?" she asked with concern in her voice. "What's wrong?"

"No, I-I'm not okay," I replied as I bawled like a baby. "I'm so... so confused. I-I feel so alone. It doesn't seem like... like... like anyone cares. I want to give up."

"Wait. Slow down," she said as I continued to cry. "What do you mean by 'give up'? Are you considering..."

"Yes. I-I want to hang myself," I admitted. "I-I'm so sorry I-I yelled at you and... and Rainbow Dash earlier. Twilight, I-I need help."

"Shhhh," Twilight consoled me over the phone. "Everything is going to be fine, don't worry."

"I-I don't know what to do," I sobbed. "Part of me wants to... to die but another part of me wants to live. I-I'm just... I don't know what to do."

"Sunset, please tell me what is going on," Twilight said to me in a soothing tone. "Start from the beginning, slowly."

"They-they hate me," I cried. "All of-of them."

"Who hates you?" she asked.

"Th-the rest of the girls," I wept. "Rain-Rainbow Dash and Rarity es-especially."

"Fluttershy, can you get the, uh, thing that keeps this powered. I'm going to need it." I heard her whisper before coming back to me. "What did everypo-, er, everybody do that makes them hate you?"

"Th-they don't want anything to...to do with... with..." I completely broke down again. My eyes began to hurt from all the crying.

"Sunset, I need you to dig deep and be strong. Okay?" she told me calmly. "I will stay on the phone as long you need me to."

"Uh-huh," I managed through my bawling.

"Whenever you're ready, continue," Twilight told me softly.

I just sat and cried into the phone for close to fifteen minutes before I regained the ability to speak, listening to Twilight's calming voice the whole time.

"Th-the girls... they won't in-invite me..." I sobbed. "They won't invite to... to an-any slum-slumber parties. *sniff* I-I never get asked to... to... Oh, Twilight, why do-do they hate me?"

"Sunset, I don't think they hate you," Twilight said. "I think they don't realize what they're doing."

"I'm... I'm sorry, Twilight," I cried. "I'm not strong. *sniff* I-I need to end th-the... the pain somehow."

"Sunset, you are strong," Twilight told me. "I know because I saw it before you reformed yourself."

"Twilight, I... I..." I stammered. "Th-that was when I was, *sniff* was... a bully. Now I-I'm all alone."

"You are not alone," Twilight said softly. "You will always have me, at least."

"Th-thank you," I sniffed as tears continued to roll down my face. "But... what happens after you... you go back to Equestria? This is, *sniff* is just... gonna continue after you... you..." I began to break down again at the thought of how I'll be treated by the rest of the girls after Twilight leaves. Twilight began consoling me as I cried uncontrollably again for another ten minutes or so.

"I just want to... to... belong some-somewhere," I stuttered after regaining the ability to speak once again. "I-I don't feel that..."

"Sunset, everyone belongs somewh-," Twilight said as the phone went silent.

Author's Notes:

Originally published on 4/2/17. The ending was rewritten on 4/19/17 to slow down the storytelling.