Author's Notes:

Here's the second chapter, it might take a little longer for the next chapter to be posted, but until then enjoy this one.

Planning The Next move

“Let me get this straight, you thought we were all going to jump you?” Gilda asks, a sly smile tugging at her lips as she glanced at Sunset next to her.

“Oh come off it, if you were in my position and you received a message from your friend to meet you in the gymnasium, only to find all the lights out, then they all turn on and you suddenly find yourself surrounded by students with the exits blocked. wouldn’t you think the same thing?” Sunset countered as she walked beside Gilda, the rest of the students surrounding them as they walked out of the school.

“She’s got you there Gilda.” Dumbbell said from behind the girls, a playful smile on his lips.

“Yeah, yeah, I guess I would assume the same thing.” Gilda agreed.

“In hindsight, maybe you shouldn’t have gone with waiting in the gymnasium after school.” Flash added, standing besides Sunset.

“Hey layoff, we were in a hurry to talk to her and the school was the first think to come up for a meeting spot!” Gilda defended her decision.

“So things at school are that bad if you really needed to talk to me?” Sunset asked, remembering the urgency of the message Gilda sent.

Gilda’s face took on a serious expression. “You have no idea, a lot more secrets have been posted and like a said earlier the whole school wants your head. Including Rainbow.”

“Rainbow Dash?”

Gilda pulled out her phone and signed in to Mstable, she showed Sunset the image of her and Rainbow kissing.

“Oh.” was all Sunset said.

“Yeah.” Gilda turned off her phone and placed it back in her pocket.

“But you don’t seem too upset about it.” Sunset pointed out.

“Because all that picture did is confirm that I like girls, besides with the reputation I have, nobody would dare bother me about it.” Gilda told Sunset with a shrug.

“Speaking of reputation, since you’re known for having a short fuse I thought you were going to be furious.” Dumbbell added. “That’s one reason why I went to find you, to make sure you wouldn’t do anything rash against Sunset.”

“I wouldn’t blame you for thinking that.” Gilda said as she let out a tired sigh. “But I’ve been taking anger management classes to keep my anger under control.”

Sunset and the rest of the group are surprised at this revelation, Gilda looked at Sunset and smiled.

“You didn’t think you were the only one who wanted to change yourself did you?”

“I guess not.” Sunset returned the smile.

The group of students stood in front of the Canterlot High Wondercolt State.

“So how are we going to expose Anon A Miss?” Dumbbell asks.

“I haven’t figured that out myself yet but thanks to a certain trio, I now know where to start.” Sunset answered as all eyes are on her.

“A certain trio?” Flash asks.

“I went to see the sirens.”

Everyone minus Sunset gasped.

“By yourself?!” Snips shouted.

“Obviously, I didn’t have anyone to back me up.” Sunset says.

“Oh right, sorry.” Snails apologizes as he scratches the back of his head bashfully.

“It’s alright, I went to the sirens to see if they were behind Anon A Miss. Turns out they aren’t.” Sunset told them. “But after promising to help them with their current living situation, they agreed to help me and I explained to them everything that went down between since the first post.”

“Are you sure it’s a good idea to trust them?” Lightning Dust asks. “From what happened at the battle of the bands, those girls are bad news.”

“I know, but it was worth a try.” Sunset answers Lightning Dust.

“So who’s Anon A Miss? I want to test out my new wrestling moves on them.” Dumbbell asks as he cracks his knuckles.

“It’s Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo.” Sunset tells them.

“WHAT?!” The group of students shouts in disbelief.

“Those three twerps?!” Lightning Dust’s face is twisted in anger. “Why the hell would they frame you for this?!”

“That part I still don’t know, I haven’t done anything bad to them to warrant this.” Sunset says, she’s been trying to wrap her head around their motive, why go this far to get revenge on her, or is it revenge at all?

“We we’ll confront them tomorrow and pry the truth out of them.” Gilda says, the group of students agreeing with her.

“That won’t do us any good.” Flash speaks up. “In fact it’ll only make the situation worse for Sunset.”

“What do you mean?” Snails asks.

“Flash is right, without any proof that they’re Anon A Miss, they’ll just deny it and you’ll be accused of making them confess to cover for me. Not to mention they’ll tell their sisters what happened.” Sunset explains as suddenly Adagio’s words popped in her mind.

Their friendship with you is nothing but a facade…...They’ve been playing you like a pipe since day one.

“Sunset are you alright?” Flash asks worriedly.

“Huh? Oh uh yeah, I was just lost in thought.” Sunset assured him giving Flash a reassuring smile.

Flash eyes her suspiciously but lets the matter drop for now.

“So now we just have to come up with a plan to make them confess, sounds easy enough.” Gilda says in a sarcastic tone.

“Yeah.” Sunset says just as a cold gust of wind blows past them causing some of them to shiver.

“We’ll pick this up tomorrow, I don;t know about the rest of you but I don’t want to talk about this as I freeze.” Gilda says as the other nod in agreement.

“That would be best, Thank you everyone for believing me.” Sunset thanked the group, they all wished each other goodnight before departing. As Sunset began her walk home, she heard a car horn and turned around to see Gilda pull up next to her in her car.

“Hop in, I’ll give you a ride home.” Gilda offered to which Sunset nodded as she went around Gilda’s car and took a seat in the passenger side. As Gilda drove, Sunset noticed that Gilda is going the right way but she hasn’t told her her address yet.

Gilda notices her questioning look and knowing what she was about to asks, answered her question. “Dash already told me your address.”

Sunset’s eyes widen in surprise at the answer. “But why would Rainbow tell you my address?”

Gilda’s expression suddenly turned serious which unnerved Sunset. “Probably because she thought we were going to jump you.”

“What?!” Sunset couldn’t believe it, there’s no way Rainbow would want that to happen to her.

“It’s true, she even told me where you work, your work schedule and what classes you have.” Gilda informed her as she stopped at a red light and turned to face Sunset. “She wanted to hurt you Sunset.”

Sunset shook her head. “I know Rainbow Dash and I didn’t always see eye to eye, but to actually want me to get hurt...”

“Whether you believe it or not, that’s the situation we have to face now. Other students who have been hurt, humiliated or both by Anon A Miss want payback, they want to see you hurt.” Gilda reminds her. “But that’s not everything.”

Sunset looks at Gilda. “There’s more?”

Gilda nods. “Yes, some of the secrets posted by Anon A Miss were sent in by the students.”

Sunset was stunned by this revelation, an image of several students cornering her and yelling at her popped in her mind, mixed in the angry students faces were several that are smiling; enjoying Sunset’s suffering. Sunset clenched her fists in anger, her eyes narrowed as she grit her teeth.

Those damn hypocrites! Sunset thought. Gilda turned back just as the light turned green, the rest of the drive was silent with Sunset seething in anger.

After Gilda dropped Sunset off at her apartment building, she gave her her number and told her to contact her is she needed anything before driving off. Sunset made her way into her apartment building, she climbed up the stair until finally arriving at her floor. She unlocked her door and entered her apartment, she went to her room and immediately fell on her bed. The days events exhausting her, she felt happy and relieved that she had someone that believe her, she felt anger at the students who falsely blamed her for their spilled secrets knowing that some of them were the ones who sent them to Anon A Miss. Then there was Rainbow’s betrayal.

Just because someone stands by your side, that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re on your side. Be very careful about who you decide to call a “friend”.

Adagio’s words echoed in her mind, Sunset sighed as she got up and called Vice- Principal Luna to update her and Principal Celestia on the situation, she then wrote to Twilight before deciding to take a shower and get ready for bed.

As Sunset slept, she tossed and turned in her bed as she was having a nightmare. The entire school cornering her and beating her, even her friends joined in. No matter how much she begged them to stop they continued until a maniacal laughter echoed around them causing her to wake up with a gasp. She stood sitting on her bed, gasping for breath, her body covered in sweat. She looked at the time and it was 2:30 am, she grabbed her phone by the nightstand and dialed Gilda’s number. It rang several times before Gilda answered.

“Hello?” Gilda asks in a tired voice.

“I know what we need to do.”