Author's Notes:

I hope you enjoy this chapter, it's a lengthy one which took me a while to write. I look forward to your comments and continued interest in this story.

The girls are running frantically, their hearts hammering against their chests, eyes scanning around them for a proper place to hide from Sunset. Applejack has Applebloom on her back, the young girl clinging to her sister for dear life.

This is mah fault, all mah fault. Applebloom repeats in her mind, she looks to her friends who are clinging to their big sisters hands. Terrified looks adorned their faces.

As they rounded another corner they froze in their tracks, for right in front of them is Sunset Shimmer. But instead of being in her demon form she is human and she is kneeling with her arms chained by her wrists above her head, they noticed the red stains on her clothes and quickly realize that it’s blood. Sunset is in the same position as the picture she was in, bruises and everything.

“What in tarnation?” Applejack mumbles, staring in shock at Sunset.

“Wakey, wakey.”

A voice suddenly calls out behind them, but when the girls turned around they saw no one. That is until Gilda walked into existence. The girl sneered at the beaten Sunset as she approached her.

“I said wake up!” Gilda Kicked Sunset on the left side of her head.

Sunset groans in pain as her eyes flutter open, at least the one that wasn’t swollen, she looks at Gilda who is smiling smugly while looking down at her.

“Now that I have your attention.” Gilda begins to say as she extends her right hand, gesturing someone.

Dumbbell suddenly appears and hands Gilda a metal pipe, Sunset’s eye widens upon seeing it and looks up at Gilda.

“Gilda, please don’t. I’m not Anon-A-Miss!” Sunset pleads to the girl.

“Would you quit your bullshit, we know it’s you!” Gilda says as she swings the pipe and hits Sunset’s left side.

An explosion of pain hits Sunset as she found herself unable to breath, but then another explosion of pain comes from her right side, followed by another and another as Gilda beats on Sunset.

“Not so tough now are you? Now that you don’t have a screen to hide behind!” Gilda shouts as she slams the pipe against Sunset’s elbow, shattering the bone and eliciting a scream of agony from Sunset.

The girls watch in horror as Sunset is beaten mercilessly, Rarity pulls her sister against her, her face turned away from the horrible sight to shield her. Applejack placed her stetson hat on Applebloom’s head, it’s large size covering her eyes as Applejack looks on, gritting her teeth in anger. Despite hating Sunset, she would never wish this upon her. Scootaloo was being hugged by both Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie while Rainbow Dash used her body to keep her from seeing anymore of the beating, but their efforts did little to prevent them from hearing the sickening crack of Sunset’s bones or her agonizing screams.

Rainbow Dash watches each strike impact Sunset’s body, each time causing Sunset to scream in agony, the pained look on her face as tears run down her cheeks. Rainbow’s hands ball into fists and she grits her teeth, anger building inside her the more she watches Sunset suffer. Gilda raises the pipe over her head, ready to strike Sunset again.

“STOP!!” Rainbow Dash screams as she is unable to watch anymore, she throws a punch at Gilda but it goes through her and as it approaches Sunset, the pipe impacts with her face at the same time as her fist. Making it appear that she was the one to hit Sunset, before she fell to the floor.

“You sure can take a beating, I give you that.” Gilda complimented as she rested the pipe on her shoulder, blood slowly dripping from the end.

Rainbow stared at Sunset with wide eyes, her arms are obviously broken with the bone sticking out, Sunset struggled to breath as the impact against her sides have collapsed her lungs, her left ankle was smashed and there are probably more serious injuries that Rainbow couldn’t see. But when Rainbow took in Sunset’s face, she went pale. Sunset’s left cheek bone is broken, the impact also injured her left eye and when Rainbow looked closely she realized that the impact has destroyed her left eye. Tears mixing with Sunset’s blood as she spits out several bloody and broken teeth.

The girls behind Rainbow are also equally horrified at the state Sunset is in, but none more so than the Cutie Mark Crusaders. They managed to look at Sunset and they are horrified at what they saw, but then their horror turned to guilt and shame as they are the ones that did this to Sunset. They buried their faces against the girl that held them and sobbed loudly, the girls tightening their embrace on them.

Gilda walked over to Sunset, she grabbed her hair and pulled her head up painfully to face her. “You wanna know something really fucked up? The reason you’re in the spot you are now is all thanks to Rainbow Dash.”

If Sunset could move her face she would make an expression of shock and disbelief, she mustered all the strength she had to speak.

“R..R….Ra..”

Gilda released her grip on Sunset’s hair, causing her head to fall and eliciting a painful groan from Sunset. “That’s right, your pal Rainbow set you up. She was all too happy to do it too.”

Rainbow looked away, she closed her eyes tight as they are filled with tears, She remembered when Gilda asked her where Sunset was she felt elated at being given an opportunity to make Sunset pay for humiliating her. And that night she slept peacefully, knowing that Sunset wouldn’t be bothering anyone anymore.

“Rain…...bow.”

Rainbow Dash turn to look at Sunset as she spoke her name. “Sunset…..I’m sorry.”

“Rain..bow.” Sunset repeated Rainbow Dash’s name.

Rainbow lowered her head in shame, tears hitting the shadow of her head.

“Rainbow.” again Sunset repeated, this time she is able to say her name a little clearer. “Rainbow.”

Gilda raises an eyebrow as Sunset continues repeat Rainbow Dash’s name. “Did finding out your friend betrayed you broke your mind?”

“Rainbow.” Sunset continued to repeat.

“”Tch, looser.” Gilda turns around and begins to walk away.

“Rainbow.”

“Sunset.” Rainbow Dash whispers Sunset’s name as she continues to weep.

“Rainbow..Dash.”

The change in Sunset’s voice surprises everyone and they all turn to look at Sunset.

“Rainbow Dash.” Sunset almost growls as she tries to move her broken legs.

“Good luck trying to stand on-”

Gilda cuts herself off when she sees Sunset’s legs snap back into their normal places and the broken bones healing.

“What the fuck?!” Gilda blurts out in shock as she hears more snapping sounds coming from Sunset as her body starts healing.

Sunset’s arms flail around as the bones set themselves back into place, Rainbow Dash watches Sunset open her mouth as her bones snap together, she spits out her remaining teeth and reveals to Rainbow her new razor sharp teeth. The swelling around Sunset’s right eye goes down and she snaps both eyes open, Rainbow saw her empty left eye socket just as her eye grew back. The whites of both her eyes turning black. There’s movement on Sunset’s back before it explodes to reveal two red, bat like wings. Sunset slowly rises to her feet, she pulls her hands apart an easily breaks the chains.

Everyone is shocked at what’s happening before them, Sunset is transforming into the demon from the night of the fall formal.

“RAINBOW DASH!!!” Sunset roars, causing a massive shock wave.

“Holy shit!” Gilda says in awe and fear as she watches Sunset transform.

“Screw this.” A male student says as he makes a run for it.

“RAINBOW DASH!!!” Sunset screams as she zooms towards the student, grabs the back of his head and smashes his face into the ground. His head exploding upon impact.

The girls were left speechless, horrified at what they just witnessed. Fluttershy placed her hands over her mouth to keep herself from vomiting but then something rolled towards her and when it stopped, she realized it was an eyeball. She fainted immediately.

“Fluttershy!” Pinkie calls out her friend’s name as she and Scootaloo grab a hold of her to prevent her from collapsing on the ground.

The rest of her friends look at her briefly before Sunset’s booming voice brought their attention back to her.

“RAINBOW DASH!!!”

Suddenly more students suddenly appeared around the girls, they all had looks of absolute terror. Dumbbell is shivering in fright as he glances down to what remains of the students head. Tears spill from his eyes as he looks at the demon, Sunset turns to look at him. Immediately Dumbbell turns to run away but he feels a searing pain on his arm. Dumbbell looks back to see Sunset and she has a firm grip on his arm, her touch burning him.

“RAINBOW DASH!!” Sunset roars as she rips Dumbbell’s arm out of his socket.

Dumbbell screams in agony as he collapses on to the ground, holding the spot where his arm use to be as blood gushed out. However Sunset wasn’t done, she grabbed his remaining and ripped that off too, she went to rip off his legs next, leaving him withering in agony in a pool of his own blood.

The girls watched in stunned shock, the Crusaders clinging tightly to their sisters or Pinkie in Scootaloo’s case. Tears spilled from their eyes as they bared witness to this horror.

Sunset bent down and grabbed Dumbbell’s throat, sinking her sharp claws into it before tearing it out. Dumbbell’s eyes widen as he tried to scream but can no longer do so, Sunset watched as he chocked on his own blood before his body stopped moving.

“No, fuck no I don’t want to die!” A terrified student screams as he makes a mad dash behind the girls, but Sunset made a horizontal slash and he was sliced into pieces.

“LET’S GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!!” Another student scream, signaling everyone in the room to run towards the direction the Rainbooms and Crusaders came from.

“RAINBOW DASH!!!” Sunset continues to scream Rainbow’s name as she lunges at the retreating students.

Sunset jams her hand into the back of one student and pulls out his spine, she then slices the heads, arms and legs off of several students with her claws and wings. All while screaming Rainbow’s name

“RAINBOW DASH, RAINBOW DASH, RAINBOW DASH!!”

Rainbow sobs as she watches Sunset slaughter the students, She saw that Sunset’s transformation was triggered by the news of her betrayal. This whole mess is her fault and her friends are going to get killed because of her. Every time Sunset screams her name, Rainbow felt the anger and betrayal behind it and she knew that Sunset wanted her head. But then why did she kill them but decided to mind control everyone else at school instead and what special plans did she had in store for herself and her friends.

Lightning Dust fell in front of Rainbow Dash, she tried crawling away but Sunset grabbed both her legs and pulled her back.

“NO, LET ME GO, PLEASE DON’T KILL ME!!” Lightning Dust begged desperately.

But Sunset ignored her cries for mercy as she bent Lightning Dust’s legs forward from her knees making her scream in pain. Sunset then grabs her arms and bends them back from her elbow, causing them to snap and the bone to break through her skin.

“NO, NO MORE. PLEASE!!!!” Lightning dust continues to beg, tears streaming down her face as her expression is twisted in agony.

Once again Sunset ignores her as she lifts Lightning into the air.

“PLEASE ST0-”

Lightning is cut off as Sunset folds her backwards causing an audible snap to be heard before she throws Lightning’s body in front of Rainbow. Rainbow watches the look of horror on Lightning Dust’s face, frozen in the exact moment her life left her body.

“Stay back!” Gilda warned as she crawled backwards away from Sunset.

Sunset’s hand glowed black and Gilda was lifted into the air before being pulled towards Sunset. Sunset breathed in and out, her skin turning blood red and her hair standing straight like flames. Her transformation is complete. She looked at Gilda’s terrified face and smiles wickedly, she ran a clawed hand down the side of her face.

“Not so tough now, are you?” Sunset mocked as she brought her hand towards Gilda’s chest.

“W-what are you doing?” Gilda asks, too terrified to find out the answer.

“I’m about to find out whether someone like you has a heart.” Sunset tells her as she sinks her claws slowly in Gilda’s chest.

“STOP SUNSET, THAT FUCKING HURTS!!” Gilda screamed in agony as sunk her claws deeper into Gilda’s chest.

Soon Sunset’s claws made contact with bone but she still pressed on slowly, Gilda felt the pressure building against her chest. Sunset smiled as she watched Gilda’s expression shift from terrified to a combination of terror and discomfort. Gilda grabbed on to Sunset’s hands but immediately pulled them back as Sunset’s skin is searing hot, Sunset continues to press on, the pressure slowly building against Gilda’s chest. Gilda flails her arms and legs around, her discomfort increasing by the second. Gilda’s eyes widen as she thrashes her head around in panic before grabbing Sunset’s arm again, she fights through the searing pain as she attempts to pull Sunset’s arm back but to no avail.

“AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!” Gilda let’s out a blood curdling scream as the bones on her chest break and Sunset’s hand continues forward.

Gilda screams as tears run down the sides of her face, her palms beginning to sizzle as she still attempts to pull Sunset’s arm away. Sunset continues to smile as she watches Gilda, the bully’s screams of agony are like music to her ears. She soon feels something beating against her palm.

“Oh, what’s this?” Sunset smirks as she wraps her hand around Gilda’s heart.

“NO!” Gilda desperately tries to pull Sunset’s arm away, her heart is beginning to beat erratically against Sunset’s hand.

Sunset giggles as she slowly pulls out Gilda’s heart, the girl’s screams becoming louder with every inch her heart is pulled. The girls watch in horror at Sunset’s enjoyment of Gilda’s suffering, the poor girl trying desperately to free herself. The Crusaders sob loudly as the scene of Sunset in her demon form torturing Gilda is burned into their minds, how they wished for this to be over with already.

“AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!” Gilda lets out the loudest scream she was ever produced before her head falls back and her body goes limp.

“So I guess you did have a heart after all.” Sunset states as she rips out Gilda’s heart, a cellphone floats next to her, having captured Gilda’s expression of before and after her heart was taken.

The girls collapsed as they all huddle together and sobbed in each others arms, relieved that the horror they have just witnessed is finally over. All except for Rainbow Dash who stares at Gilda’s open, dead eyes before Sunset drops her to the ground. She looks around at the mutilated bodies of the students before lowering her head and whispering softly.

“I’m sorry...I’m so sorry.”

“You’re sorry huh?”

Rainbow’s head snaps up and sees Gilda staring at her from her spot on the floor.

“Sorry that you didn’t join us?” Gilda says as she sits up. “Sorry that your name was what triggered Sunset to turn all She-demon and kill us?”

Everyone is left stunned at the fake dead Gilda suddenly speaking, but she’s far from the only one.

“You did this to us.” Dumbbell says as he turns to see the girls, a pool of blood surrounding his body. “You killed us!”

“You really screwed us over Dash.” Lightning Dust speak as she starts crawling towards Rainbow using her bent arms, her expression devoid of emotions. “You should be here, dead along with the rest of us!”

“Maybe we could’ve escaped while Sunset was busy killing you.” Gilda says as she slowly stands, blood leaking from the whole in her chest and pooling around her feet.

Rainbow was too terrified to move, but their words sunk in her mind. Maybe they were right, maybe she did deserve to die along with them for what she did.

“Don’t listen to her Rainbow!” Appplejack shouts gaining her attention. “Those varmints got exactly what they deserve for doing that to Sunset!”

“Since when do you care about what happens to her?” Lightning Dust asks. “After the way she betrayed you, I thought you wanted nothing to do with her.”

“It’s true that Sunset is a snake, but still...” Applejack wiped her eyes before glaring at Lightning Dust. “Sunset didn’t deserve to be beaten so mercilessly, especially over some photo!”

Rainbow averted her gaze from Applejack, she knew that it was also a jab at her for her part in all of this. She was always hot headed, brash, prideful and her ego always got her in trouble, but it was always at her expense. Now though, Sunset was the one to suffer for her wounded pride and ego.

“I’m glad you think that Applejack.”

The girls heads snap to Sunset as she addressed them, her arms are folded as she takes in their stunned faces.

“Sunset?…..but how can you be here?” Applejack asks, confused at how Sunset could be here without any of them noticing her approach.

“You really are a dumb hick aren’t you?” Sunset rolled her eyes. “I was here the whole time, not to mention I do have my magic.”

The Crusaders cling closer to the girl that’s holding them, the girls likewise shield them from Sunset.

“It seems that I won this little game rather quickly, I should’ve known better than to expect anything different from you girls.” Sunset said in a bored and disappointed tone. “How anti-climactic.”

Sunset then cast her gaze to Rainbow Dash who was still on the floor, their gazes locked and Sunset saw deep regret and self loathing reflected in her eyes. Sunset smirked as Rainbow closed her eyes and turned away, the athlete already lost her will to fight.

“Maybe I can squeeze out a little more entertainment out of you before I make you my slaves forever.” Sunset says as she snaps her fingers, signaling the dismembered and dead students to start moving towards the girls.

The girls started backing up in fright, except for Rainbow Dash who looked at the floor, unwilling to move.

“Rainbow Dash, what are you doing just sitting there?! Move!” Applejack shouted but Rainbow refused to move.

“Hmph finally accepting your fate Dash?” Gilda asks as she grabs on to Rainbow’s left arm and brings the girl to her feet.

Sunset walks towards Rainbow until she stands in front of her, Rainbow Dash looks up at the towering Sunset.

“What’s the matter Rainbow, you usual have more fight in you than this?” Sunset pointed out as she looked down at her former friend.

Rainbow just stared at Sunset a bit longer before finally speaking. “I’m so sorry Sunset.”

“It’s too late for that.” Sunset stated as she lifted her right hand that was glowing green towards Rainbow.

“Rainbow!” Applejack shouted, she looked towards her friends as she pushed Applebloom towards them.”Take care of my sis!”

“Applejack wait!” Applebloom called out to her big sister as she ran towards Rainbow, she attempted to follow but was held back by Pinkie Pie and Scootaloo.

As Applejack got closer to Rainbow, something grabbed on to her leg, causing her to trip. She looked back and to her horror saw the upper half of a male student, the lower part of his body was gone and bleeding out.

“I’ll be with you shortly Applejack.” Sunset says without looking at Applejack as her hand approaches Rainbow’s head.

“For lands sake, Rainbow do something!” Applejack cried out but Rainbow refused to move. Already accepting her fate.

But just before Sunset’s hand made contact with Rainbow’s head, smoke suddenly exploded from the space between them.

“The hell?!” Sunset was taken by surprise as she pulled back her hand.

“Never fear, the great and powerful Trixie is here!”

The smoke soon faded to reveal Trixie standing in front of the girls, Rainbow and Applejack by her side.

“Trixie?” Applejack couldn’t believe who had come to their rescue.

“If it isn’t the wannabe magician.” Sunset scoff.

“Say what you will demon, but the great and powerful Trixie shall defeat you with her amazing feats of magic!” Trixie declared as she pointed at Sunset, a confident smirk on her lips.

“Trixie, I appreciate you saving us and all but-”

“You should really hurry up and escape while you can Applejack.” Trixie tells Applejack without turning to face her. “You’ll only be getting in Trixie’s way.”

Applejack opened her mouth to say something but cut herself off when Sunset lunged at them, Trixie acted quickly and threw another smoke bomb at her feet, covering the area in smoke. Sunset managed to tackle something on to the ground and as the smoke cleared she saw that it was Gilda. Sunset got off Gilda but she felt something land on her back.

“Gotcha!” Trixie says as she grabs on to Sunset.

“Get off!” Sunset demands as she tries to reach for Trixie but she keeps out of her reach.

“What are you waiting for? Go!” Trixie shouts at the Rainbooms and Crusaders as she holds on for dear life.

Applejack hesitates, if she runs then she ultimately leaves Trixie to the mercy of Sunset. But if she doesn’t then they all are doomed, Applejack lowers her head as she made her decision.

“I’m sorry Trixie.” Applejack apologized as she grabbed Rainbow Dash and ran towards the others.

Trixie smiles as she see the girls make a run for it, but Sunset looks at their retreating backs with fury.

“Like hell you’re getting away!” Sunset roars as she jumps up and slams her back against the ceiling .

Trixie grits her teeth as she felt her back impact the ceiling, but still she refused to let go, Sunset slammed her back against the sides of the hallway, but Trixie continued to hold on, despite suffering internal injuries. Sunset soon lost her patients and lit herself on fire.

“AAAAAHHHHHH!” Trixie screamed in agony as she is being burned alive.

The girls hear Trixie’s agonizing screams, but they still continue to run. They can’t turn back now.

“Get the fuck off me!!” Sunset shouts as she intensifies the heat.

Trixie’s screams intensify but she still refuses to let go. Holding on tightly as she sees the girls turn a corner and disappear, Sunset lets out a roar as the fire spreads around the hallway. After a few minutes, Sunset puts out the fire and she felt Trixie slip off of back, followed by a loud thud as Trixie’s body hit the ground. Sunset turns around to see Trixie’s badly burned body, smoke still rising from certain spots on her body.

“Not bad.” Sunset comments.

“Not bad?!”

Trixie suddenly sits up and looks up at Sunset, “That performance was nothing short of amazing!”

“Hey Trixie, you might want to keep it down.” Gilda tells her as she offers Trixie a hand.

Trixie takes the offered hand as she pulls herself up. “Trixie thanks you for the assist.”

Sunset smirks as she watches Trixie cringe at the state her body is in.

“How do I take this off?” Trixie asks as she brings her hands up to grab her burnt scalp.

Sunset giggles before she snaps her fingers and Trixie is engulfed in a cloudash, Trixie coughs as she fans the cloud away to reveal that she is back to normal.

“Thanks for playing your part Trixie, now you can go to the auditorium and wait with everyone else.” Sunset thanks Trixie as she turns in the direction the girls went.

“Well, Trixie is at least thankful for the opportunity to show the Rainbooms how amazing and Powerful Trixie is,” Trixie thanked Sunset as she held her head high, a happy and satisfied smile on her lips.

“Don’t forget boastful,” Gilda whispered to Sunset causing them both to giggle.

“Can we hurry this up, I’m starting to feel a little uncomfortable with my body being this bent out of shape,” Lightning Dust half joked as she crawled up to Sunset.

“Sure thing, Trixie tell Principal Celestia to expect Fluttershy and Pinkie soon,” Sunset tells the wannabe magician.

“Sure thing and do me a favor and capture the moment when they learn the truth, I can’t wait to see the look on their faces,” Trixie giggles in excitement.

“Just go,” Sunset rolls her eyes as Trixie throws a smoke bomb at her feet and she disappears.

Back with the Rainbooms and the Crusaders, they had been running nonstop since Trixie helped them escape, but they eventually had to stop since they needed to catch their breath. Applejack leaned against the wall as she panted heavily, she felt like she had been working on the farm nonstop for days. She looks to her sister to see her on her equally as exhausted.

“You...okay….Applebloom?” Applejack asks between breaths.

“Yeah.” Applebloom answers simply.

“Come on girls...we have to keep moving.” Applejack tells her friends as they all moved down the hall.

“Peek a boo.” Sunset’s voiced echoed around them before a dark vortex appeared below Applejack.

“Applejack!” Pinkie Pie yelled as she rushed to help her friend.

“No wait, Fluttershy behind you!” Applejack called out as Sunset emerged from the wall behind Fluttershy.

“Huh?” Fluttershy turns around just as Sunset wraps her wings around her and disappears.

“FLUTTERSHY!” Rainbow yells as runs to the spot where her shy friend use to be.

“No.” Pinkie whispers as she falls to her knees in shock.

“Sunset tricked us into thinking she was going after me, just to get at Fluttershy.” Applejack realized as the dark vortex beneath her was long gone.

“And you fell for it like you do everything else.” Sunset’s voice echoed.

The girls look around frantically in search of Sunset, but then she suddenly appeared out of thin air and went straight for Scootaloo.

“Scootaloo!!” Rainbow Dash yells as she watches in horror as Sunset closes in on Scootaloo.

Scootaloo can only stare in terror at Sunset’s demonic eyes as she approaches her, but then she felt something push her aside and as she slid across the floor she looked to see it was Pinkie pie.

“Pinkie?” Scootaloo watched Pinkie smile at her before Sunset grabs her and disappears.

Silence fell upon the group of six girls as they took in what just happened, Scootaloo rises to her feet at walks towards the spot Pinkie was.

“GOD FUCKING DAMN IT!” Rainbow Dash shouts as she punches the wall next to her.

“Girls gather up, we mustn’t be separated or risk Sunset picking us off.” Rarity stated, tears welling up in her eyes at the loss of two of her friends.

“There will no need for that.” Sunset’s voice echoed around them.

Sunset appeared before the girls as they all quickly gathered up, a satisfied smile graces her lips upon seeing the girls look so shook up and exhausted.

“My, my, you girls look like you’ve been through hell.” Sunset mocked.

“Give us back our friends!” Applejack demanded.

“Or what?” Sunset dared as she slowly approaches them.

The girls were trapped, if they turn and ran then Sunset would surely catch them, but if they stayed then

Sunset will catch them either.

“Rainbow, Rarity take Applebloom and her friends and make a run for it while I take care of Sunset.” Applejack whispers to her friends.

“What?!” Both Rainbow and Rarity are shocked at Applejack’s plan.

“Applejack please don’t do this!” Applebloom begged her sister as tears welled up in her eyes.

“I’m sorry Applebloom, but I’m doing this to keep my family safe.” Applejack says while looking at her friends before she bolts towards Sunset.

“Applejack!” Applebloom yells as she reaches her hand towards her sister, tears falling down the sides of her face.

“Come on lets go!” Rainbow Dash orders as she and Rarity grab on to Applebloom while holding on to Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle with their other hands and begin to run in the opposite direction of Applejack. Tears running down her face as she abandons another friend to her fate.

Sunset raises an eyebrow at Applejack’s attempt of self sacrifice. “Really Applejack? A noble sacrifice, but I’m afraid it’ll be for nothing.”

Sunset raises her right hand that is surrounded in a black aura, the same aura surrounds Applejack and lifts her off the ground.

“Whoa nelly.” Applejack is taken by surprise at this sudden turn.

“You should already know I can easily dispatch you, it only took a simply text for you to break your friendship with Rainbow right?” Sunset mocked as she flicked her finger which caused Applejack to be hurled towards her friends.

Applejack passed over their heads and slid across the floor, the girls are shocked at seeing Applejack but before any of them could run up to her, Rarity and Rainbow are lifted up in the air by their necks.

“Now for you two.” Sunset smirked as she tossed Rarity and Rainbow towards Applejack. Both girls landing unceremoniously on Applejack.

The Crusaders tried to run towards their sisters but they are lifted into the air by Sunset’s magic.

“You three will make excellent personal maids.” Sunset says as she brought them closer and her eyes glowed green.

“Sunset wait!” Applejack called out, fear gripping her heart at seeing Sunset about to make her little sister her slave.

“Please darling, don’t do this!” Rarity pleaded.

“Leave them alone!” Rainbow shouted as she, Applejack and Rarity rose to their feet and ran towards Sunset.

“I’ll be with you three in a moment so wait your turn.” Sunset tells them with disinterest as she waves her hand and Rainbow, Rarity and Applejack were pulled towards a wall by a magic aura and are stuck in place.

The crusaders look at Sunset with fear, tears spilling from their eyes as the thought of being turned into the demon’s personal maids was about to become reality.

“Sunset please!” Applejack shouted as she struggled against the magical force.

“Leave them alone!” Rainbow Dash shouted.

“Please, take us instead!” Rarity offered.

“I’m already planning to,” Sunset stated as she reached for the Crusaders, her hand hovering over Applebloom’s head.

“What if we willingly become your slaves!” Applejack offered.

Sunset’s hand stopped and she looked to Applejack, “You’ll willingly serve me?”

“Yes!” Rarity hurriedly agreed, hope filling her that Sunset will spare their sisters.

With a wave of her hand Sunset released Rainbow, Rarity and Applejack as all three fell to the floor, she then released the Crusaders who hurriedly went to hug their sisters.

“Oh Applejack.” Applebloom sobbed into her big sisters shoulder.

“It’s okay Applebloom, everything will be alright.” Applejack assured her sister, although she wasn’t so sure that anything will be alright.

“Reunion is over, get over here now!” Sunset orders.

Rainbow, Applejack and Rarity reluctantly let go of their sisters and walked towards Sunset, the Crusaders tried to stop them but they are blocked by an invisible wall.

“Applejack please don’t do this!” Applebloom begged her big sister as she pounded against the invisible wall.

“Rarity come back!” Sweetie Belle cried out to her sister.

“Rainbow Dash!” Scootaloo called out to her sister/idol but Rainbow refused to turn around.

The three girls stood before Sunset who was smiling victoriously, “First I want you all to kneel,”

The girls did as they are told and knelt before Sunset, “Do you three swear absolute loyalty to me?”

The girls hesitated for a moment before replying in unison,

“Yes.”

“Sunset wait!” Applebloom calls out, gaining Sunset’s attention, “Please spare them, punish me instead!”

“Applebloom!” Applejack gains her sister’s attention, “there’s no need for you to get involved in this.”

“but Applejack-”

“But nothing!” Applejack cuts off Applebloom. “As long as you are safe, that’s all that maters,”

Applebloom couldn’t take it anymore, this whole mess she started has spiraled out of control. She steeled her nerves and looks at Sunset. “Sunset, do you want to know why you should punish me instead of them?”

“Please tell me,” Sunset says in amusement as she crosses her arms.

“Because I’m Anon-A-Miss!” Applebloom confesses.

There is a heavy silence but it’s soon broken as Sunset starts laughing.

“Oh my, that’s a good one Applebloom.” Sunset tells her as she wipes away a tear, but then her face turns angry. “Seriously though that’s not something to joke about,”

“I’m not joking, I really am Anon-A-Miss!” Applebloom reaches into her pocket and takes out her phone. “I’ll prove it,”

Applebloom typed something in her phone and soon after the girls phones minus Sunset received a mystable alert.

“No.” Applejack whispers as she takes out her phone and checks her Mystable and sure enough there’s a new post by Anon-A-Miss.

It was me all along Applejack,

Applejack’s face went pale,”So it was you all along?”

“No, it wasn’t just her!” Sweetie Belle suddenly spoke up.

“Sweetie Belle?” Rarity looks to her sister with wide eyes of disbelief.

“I’m sorry Rarity, but I sneaked into your room while you and your friends were sleeping and took Sunset’s phone to download her pictures before sneaking it back in.” Sweetie Belle confesses as she breaks down.

“Scootaloo,” Rainbow Dash calls out to the young dare devil, “Where you also involved in this?”

Scootallo looked at her idol as tears streamed down her face, “yes,”

“Do you have any idea what you have done?!” Rainbow shouted, her voice filled with fury.

Scootaloo flinched at Rainbow’s outburst, “I’m sorry Rainbow.”

“Sorry? Sorry doesn’t even begin to make up for what you three did!.” Rainbow screamed, her face burning with hatred, “Because of you Sunset-”

Rainbow’s eyes widen upon saying Sunset’s name, she cast a glance at Sunset and saw her looking at the Crusaders.

“Sunset was telling the truth all along.” Rarity whispers.

“She was innocent.” Applejack spoke, the weight of Sunset’s words from earlier came up.

Remember those words Applejack, you’ll soon regret them.

Applejack looks to Sunset, “Sunset, I’m so sorry.”

“Are you?” Sunset glares at Applejack before walking over to the Crusaders.

“Sunset, what’re you doing?” Rarity asks as she rises from the floor and follows behind Sunset.

“I believe you know the answer to that,” Sunset says simple as the force field in front of the Crusaders disappears.

“Hold on there Sunset, you promised you wouldn’t hurt them,” Applejack pleaded with Sunset.

“Oh don’t worry Applejack, I won’t hurt them, I just want to show all of you something,” Sunset rose into the air before firing an energy blast at the crusaders.

“NO!” Applejack and Rarity are horrified at what Sunset is doing to their sister.

“Don’t think I forgot about you,” Sunset blasts them with another energy blasts.

Sunset Shimmer is waiting beside the Wondercolt statue along with the group of students who believe in her. It was very early in the morning and very chilly.

“Tell me again why we have to do this so early?” Lightning Dust asks before letting out a yawn.

“Because the sooner we get this over with the better,” Sunset answers as she takes a sip from her cup of warm tea. “You don’t have to wait out here if you don’t want to Lightning, you can always wait inside,”

“And leave you to suffer this cold morning alone? Not a chance.” Lightning Dust smirks at Sunset.

“You don’t need to act tough Lightning.” Gilda says from her spot on top of the statue base.

“I don’t need to hear that from you of all people Gilda, I’m just being considerate towards a friend.” Lightning Dust explains.

Sunset smiles at Lightning Dust, during her reign, Lightning Dust was a reckless person, even more so than Rainbow Dash. She always strove to push her limits and didn’t care for anyone who stood in her way or was caught in the crossfire and it always got her teammates in the soccer team hurt or worse. But seeing how much different she is now is a welcome sight.

Suddenly the statue base began to ripple before a girl with purple hair stepped out.

“Oh pony feathers it’s freezing,” Twilight complained as she wrapped her arms around herself, she then noticed the students gathered around the portal. “Hello everyone, it’s great seeing you all again,”

“It’s great seeing you too Twilight,”

Twilight turn around and a big smile spreads across her lips upon seeing Sunset.

“Sunset!”

Twilight rushes to Sunset and gives her a big hug which Sunset happily returns, the two soon break the hug and Twilight looks at Sunset.

“So what’s this plan you have in mind?” Twilight asks as she shivers slightly.

“Let’s head inside first, the teachers are waiting for us in the teachers lounge.” Sunset tells her as she removes her jacket and places it on Twilight.

“But what about you?” Twilight asks worriedly.

“I got her covered.” Flash Sentry says as he places his coat on a surprised Sunset.

“Hey Flash.” Twilight greets the young man as her cheeks turn red.

“Hello Twilight, I wish we can talk but we have an important matter to deal with right now.” Flash tells her in a serious tone.

“Right.” Twilight nods as she and the group head inside the school and towards the teachers lounge.

Upon arriving at the door, Sunset knocks and waits a minute before the door is opened by Vice-Principal Luna.

“Good morning everyone.” Vice-Principal Luna greets her students and Princess.

“Good Morning Vice-Principal Luna.” Sunset greets her back.

“The teachers are all here and waiting for you miss Shimmer.” Luna tells her as she steps aside to let the group in.

Sunset spotted Principal Celestia who smiled at her, she also noticed a ring on her left ring finger. Sunset stood in front of the group of students and teachers, all eyes are on her.

“Thank you all for coming, as you know there’s a mystable page called Anon-A-Miss that’s spilling the personal secrets of everyone, student and teacher alike,” Sunset began, “Her page is designed to make it look like I’m the one doing it and as a result the entire student body minus the group here believe it’s me.”

The teachers frown as they remember the secrets posted about them, nothing serious but some images of them acting less professional or a picture of them during their high school or college days. They didn’t believe it was Sunset Shimmer, the girl ruled the school for years, blackmailing and threatening students without ever getting caught, they’ve also seen how hard Sunset has worked to make up for the wrongs she has committed and how genuinely sorry she was. But this Anon-A-Miss made it obvious that it was Sunset, something the old Sunset wouldn’t be caught dead doing.

“However I have an idea as to who it might be as well as a plan to draw them out,” Sunset says.

“And who do you believe is it that’s doing this?’ Cranky Doodle asks.

“Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo,” Sunset tells everyone.

“Why do you believe it’s those three?” Cheerily asks.

“The first secret to get posted is an embarrassing nickname of Applejack’s that no one but our group of friends and her family know and Applebloom was the one to say it over the phone when she called to check in on Applejack.” Sunset begins her explanation. “Sweetie Belle was at our slumber party at Rarity’s and she could’ve sneaked into her sisters room to steal my phone and download my photos before putting my phone back. And since those two are involved there is a high chance Schootaloo’s involved too, the junior soccer team has practice with Rainbow’s team so Scootaloo could’ve taken a photo of Rainbow Dash’s failed paper,”

“You do make an interesting point, but how do you plan on making them confess?” Cranky asks.

“By driving them into a corner.” Sunset says simply.

“I’m afraid I don’t understand.” Principal Celestia asks

“It’s simple first I’ll cause a commotion that will allow me to gather the students into the auditorium, leaving only the Rainbooms and the Crusaders left. Then I will put pressure on then to the point where they have had enough and confess.” Sunset explains her plain.

“Just what kind of commotion are you planing?” Vice-Principal Luna asks suspiciously.

“Don’t worry it won’t be anything that will harm the student or damage school property,” Sunset assured her. “I’m going to gave Gilda and the rest of the students here to pose as zombies that will hunt the girls down and to make them more realistic, Twilight and I will be using our magic on them,”

“This plan of yours seems rather risky,” Cranky noted.

“It might be but it’s our best shot at catching Anon-A-Miss,” Sunset states.”Once they confess I will bring them to the auditorium where everyone is gathered to make a public confession and apology.”

“Very well then, let’s put your plan into action.” Principal Celestia smiles at Sunset.

Sunset returns the smile but a voice echoes around them.

“Aren’t you forgetting someone?”

A puff of smoke appears in the room and as it fades it reveals none other than Trixie.

“Trixie?” Twilight raises an eyebrow at Trixie being here.

“Yes, I asked for her assistance in my plan.” Sunset explains.

“Oh yes, Sunset came to the great and powerful Trixie to ask for assistance in her plan to clear her name,” Trixie boasted, “And with Trixie’s amazing talen, her plan will work!”

Everyone in the room groaned in annoyance from Trixie’s boastfulness.

“Alright everyone, lets get started on the preparations before school starts,” Sunset says which earns her nods of agreement from everyone.

Everyone exited the classroom and went to prepare, however, Sunset pulled Gilda and Trixie aside.

“Gilda, Trixie I need to have a word with you two in private,” Sunset informs them.

Gilda and Trixie glance at each other before nodding, they followed Sunset to the Rainbooms rehearsal room, once inside Sunset locked the door.

“Okaaaay, what’s going on Sunset?” Gilda asks, looking at Sunset wooriedly.

“You two can’t tell the others what I’m about to tell you, but I plan to turn myself into the demon I became at the night of the fall formal,” Sunset confesses, earning looks of shock from the two girls.

“Are you shitting me?!” Gilda blurts out, “Sunset, why would you become something like that for this?!”

“Trixie agrees, surely there must be a better option to scare them into confessing?” Trixie asks nervously, like most of the students at CHS, she is terrified at the demon Sunset turned into that night.

“I know you don’t agree but I have to turn into a demon,” Sunset closes her eyes as Adagio’s words about her friends echoes in her mind. “I have to find out how they truly feel about me.”

Gilda and Trixie stood there staring at Sunset, both girls understanding the meaning of what she meant.

“Okay Sunset, but whatever answer you find just know that I’m here for you,” Gilda assures Sunset as she places a hand on her shoulder.

“Thanks Gilda,” Sunset thanked her friend as she places her hand over Gilda’s.

“Trixie guesses she can cheer you up with her amazing feats of magic,” Trixie also assures Sunset in her usual boastful way.

Sunset couldn’t help but giggle, “Thanks Trixie, I can’t wait to see those amazing magic displays when you fight my demon,”

“Yes, Trixie will-what?!” Trixie gasps in shock causing both Gilda and Sunset to laugh.

Rainbow Dash blinks her eyes as she regained her senses, “Wha...” she grabs on to her head as she focuses on what she just saw.

“That was Sunset and everyone else, she didn’t really kill them,” Applejack realizes as she looks to her friends.

“So it was all a lie?” Rarity asks in confusion.

“Yep.”

The girls turn to look at demon Sunset who was surrounded by the zombie students.

“It was all part of a plan to get those three to confess to their crime,” Gilda explains as she points to the crusaders on the left of the three members of the Rainbooms.

Sunset walks towards the group, magic swirling around her and the zombies as they are turned back to normal. Sunset stops in front of the Crusaders, she crosses her arms and glares at them causing them to huddle together in fright.

“Tell me, Tell me the reason behind why you humiliating your sisters and their friends, made them laughing stocks, turn everyone at CHS against each other and against ME?!” Sunset shouted the last part.

Applebloom opened her mouth to speak but a familiar voice spoke..

“I would like to hear their excuse as well.”

The girls turn to see the group of students make way for a very upset Twilight, following close behind her is a dejected looking Pinkie Pie with her hair completely flat and Fluttershy. Twilight stands next to Sunset, giving the Crusaders a death glare.

“I’m waiting.” Twilight says.

Applebloom swallows the lump that formed in her throat and steps up to the girls, “It’s because I was jealous over how much time Applejack was spending with Sunset over me, her own sister,”

“That’s it, it’s because you were jealous?!” Twilight fumed.

“N-no, it’s also because I wanted to get Sunset back for what she did to Rarity during the spring fling,” Sweetie Belle steps up.

“Sunset hurt so many people and ruined friendships, she got away with all that and wasn’t punished for it!” Scootaloo raised her voice as tears welled up in her eyes.

Sunset closed her eyes, remembering the pain ans misery she caused the students, how she delighted in their torment. She opens her eyes to glare at the Crusaders.

“You mean like you were doing with Anon-A-Miss?” Sunset pointed out.

“We know...we knew that friendships were being broken and everyone hates each other because of the posted secrets, because of us,” Sweetie Belle sobs.

“And when we saw those pictures of you being beat up and then yah turning into a demon and attacking us and the school. We realized we messed up big time.” Applebloom admitted as she began to cry.

Twilight cast a glance at Sunset to which she caught, Sunset could tell just by looking into her eyes what she wanted to say, we’ll talk later.

“We’re sorry...we’re so sorry,” Scootaloo apologizes between sobs.

“You will be once we take you to the auditorium and you confess in front of the entire school,” Sunset informs them.

The Crusaders said nothing as they continued to cry.

“And as for you five,” Twilight looks towards the Rainbooms, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie now joining them, “We are going to have a serious talk,”

The Rainbooms withered under Twilight’s intense gaze, they really screwed up big time.