The very next day...

The seven were together outside the school.

With Sunset in the middle to protect her.

Of course, people could still see her.

Rainbow Dash was in the back, Fluttershy and Gohan to her left, Pinkie and Rarity to her right, and Applejack in the front.

"...I'm sorry you guys have to do this." Sunset whispered.

"No worries, we have you covered." Rainbow Dash said.

They all entered the place, and of course, people gave some mean looks at Sunset.

But they were also confused.

These six were surrounding her...

Protecting her...

Applebloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle were all together, and also noticed.

"What the?" Applebloom asked.

"Why are they on her side?" Sweetie Belle asked.

The three walked up to Applejack, and they all stopped.

"Hey, sis." Applejack said.

"I thought y'all broke up with Sunset." Applebloom said.

"That was a mistake." Applejack said.

"But she's Anon-A-Miss." Scootaloo said.

"It's not possible." Gohan said.

"She's lying to you...!" Sweetie Belle said.

Other students kinda crowded around this.

"I don't know why you're on her side." Flash said.

"She's made us all look like idiots." He said.

Rarity and Pinkie faced Flash and held their hands out to their sides as protection.

More people started crowding around.

"You don't know, man! You don't know the stuff I did to believe it!" Pinkie said.

"...What?" Scootaloo asked.

"Crack!" Pinkie yelled.

...

"...ling Pop Rocks!" She said.

"What?" Gohan asked.

"Don't mind her." Rarity said to everyone.

Everyone else started shielding Sunset the same way...

A few girls approached from the back, and-

"Don't even try it." Rainbow Dash warned.

Suddenly, she had a strange red aura around her...

Then she suddenly got her pony parts.

With her longer hair.

The crowd started moving back once that suddenly happened.

But the trio we all know and love remained persistent.

"She hasn't changed." Applebloom said.

"Applebloom, you'll know the truth soon enough." Applejack said sternly.

Suddenly, Applebloom started sweating, and-

"L-Let's go, girls." She said.

The three then just shuffled away.

The others were still around, and Rainbow Dash lost her wings and stuff.

The formation started moving forward, and everyone just started making a path for them...

"...Thanks, guys." Sunset whispered.

"Like Dashie said! We got you covered!" Pinkie said.

"Applebloom is acting out." Applejack said.

"There's a sign." She said.

"We'll catch 'em eventually... Probably." Rainbow Dash said.

"How'd you do that, though?" Sunset asked.

"...I guess I was just too awesome." Rainbow Dash said.

"No, seriously, what did you do?" Sunset asked.

"Alright, to be honest, I really don't know how I did it, but it was totally cool." Rainbow Dash said.

"Interesting..." Sunset said.

"More on that later." Gohan said.

"We'll be late for class." He said.

Well, Rainbow Dash was with Scootaloo in the crowded hallway.

It's lunchtime, so...

"Ugh, I'm a huge moron." Rainbow Dash muttered.

"Why do you say that?" Scootaloo asked.

Rainbow Dash opened her locker.

"I got a freaking D on another trig quiz." She said, throwing her bag into her locker.

She grabbed her wallet, and put it in her shirt pocket.

Then she slammed her locker shut.

"I'll see ya around, Scoots." She said, walking away.

...She didn't lock it.

...

As soon as she was out of sight...

...

Scootaloo opened up the locker.

She rummaged through Rainbow Dash's locker and found exactly what she was looking for.

Money!

That quiz!

Of course, she couldn't take a picture of it here...

So she stuffed it into her bag.

Then she slammed Rainbow Dash's locker shut and giddily skipped away.

It's the same scene again, but with Applejack and Applebloom.

Crowded hallways, and they were traversing through it.

"Ugh, Granny's gonna kill me when I get home." Applejack said.

"Why do ya say that?" Applebloom asked.

"I slept on the job, doing chores. Never finished them. She's probably figured it out by now..." Applejack said.

"Really..." Applebloom said.

"Big Mac had the audacity to take this picture!" Applejack said, pulling out her phone.

It was a picture of Applejack sleeping, using the tree as a pillow and her hat as a sleep mask.

Applebloom tried not to laugh.

"Big Mac did that?" She asked.

"Yeah. Ugh. Well, see ya around, sis." Applejack said, putting her phone away.

"See ya..." Applebloom said.

With that, they went their separate ways.

Whew...

The lunchroom is packed, but everyone is yelling at each other.

You know, "I told you that in confidence!"

"You told them WHAT!?"

And more!

Rainbow Dash just slammed her lunch tray on the table, where the rest of her friends were.

She was angry, but...

She had a bit of a smirk.

"...I can't tell if you're angry or not." Gohan said.

"A bit of both." Rainbow Dash said.

"People keep teasing you too?" Fluttershy asked.

"Yeah." Rainbow Dash said.

"Yep." Pinkie said.

"Really?" Gohan asked.

"You haven't?" Rarity asked.

"No... I suppose nobody would want to deal with me." Gohan said.

"You're lucky, heh." Rainbow Dash said.

"People are calling me Anon-A-Miss, unsurprisingly." Sunset said.

"People keep asking me why we still associate with ya." Applejack said.

"The entire cafeteria is a war zone." Rarity said.

"How did their secrets pour out?" Gohan asked.

"Either Anon-A-Miss is that good or people are giving secrets away." Fluttershy said.

"We gave some bait to our sisters, if they take it, we know it's them." Rarity said.

"What did you do? You guys never told us." Gohan said.

"Oh, I made a fake failed test. I think Scoots took the bait." Rainbow Dash said.

"I fibbed and told Applebloom I slept on the job." Applejack said.

"I showed her a picture of me sleeping, and she took the bait." She said.

"How do you know?" Gohan asked.

"Well, if my phone ain't here, where do you think it is?" Applejack asked.

"...Ah. Clever." Gohan said.

"I intentionally made a horrendous fabric pattern last night, and left it out conspicuously." Rarity said.

"I was sort of... in on it." Fluttershy said.

"Yes, I loudly chatted with Fluttershy about it... Anyone could hear it in my household." Rarity said.

"I wouldn't be surprised if it appears on the internet." She said.

"...Someone check." Gohan said.

So, Sunset pulled out her phone, and-

"Yep. How does Rarity come up with this stuff? LOL!" She said.

Pinkie leaned over to see, and-

"26 likes. I think her popularity is wearing off." She said.

"Wait, is our other stuff on there?" Applejack asked.

Scrolling down, and-

"Piggly Wiggly caught napping on the job! Hah!" Sunset said.

"5 minutes ago." She added.

"How do you mess up 5x + 3 = 20!?"

"7 minutes ago."

"Well. We have our culprits." Rainbow Dash said.

Gohan just stood up.

"Lets go. They're stopping right now." He said.

"Oh, hey, that time your mother showed up is on here." Sunset said.

"...Alright, back to the point... Let's go." Gohan said.

"Later. We need to eat." Rainbow Dash said.

"Er... Yeah. Let's eat first." Gohan said.

Well, classes have ended.

The cafeteria has a few kids who decided to stay a bit after school.

Maybe hang out, eat some more, do some homework, avoid abusive par- I mean...

And it just so happens that the trio we all know and love are there.

They sat down at a table...

"I feel like that quiz was rough, what do you think?" Scootaloo asked.

Then, only Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Rarity appeared.

"Hello, girls." Rarity said, looking a bit peeved.

"Oh, hey Rarity...?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"What's up?" Applebloom asked.

"Do ya care to explain this...?" Applejack asked, pulling out her phone.

The same post from before about her sleeping.

"...Explain that?" Applebloom asked.

Rainbow Dash and Rarity also took out their phones.

"I'm guessing Big Mac told someone..." Applebloom lied.

"You were the only one I told about this." Applejack said.

"Uh... Did ya...?" Applebloom asked.

"Scoots, how did my quiz show up on here?" Rainbow Dash asked.

She showed the picture and post of the failed quiz, and-

"Heck if I know..." Scootaloo lied.

"You told others, right...?" She asked.

"Scoots, I aced that quiz." Rainbow Dash said.

"Er... What? But you forgot was PEMDAS stood for." Scootaloo said.

"So you looked at it." Rainbow Dash said, smirking.

Well, shit.

Scootaloo started sweating...

"Sweetie, how did this horrendous pattern get on the internet?" Rarity asked, showing her that post.

"Didn't you send Fluttershy a photo?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"You talked really loudly..." She said.

Rarity smirked.

"I never sent it to her. I must've forgotten..." She said.

"You were also the only one home with me that night..." She added.

"...I-I gotta go home..." Scootaloo said.

"W-What are you trying to say...?" Sweetie Belle asked.

Then, from behind the sitting three...

"We caught you."

The three turned around to see none other than Gohan, blocking their 'escape.'

"You three were clever, trying not to leave any evidence..." He said.

"But you fell for it." Rainbow Dash said.

The three just... couldn't respond.

They did look sad and stressed, though.

"Applebloom, did it ever cross your mind that we literally did chores together yesterday?" Applejack asked.

"You never saw me napping." She said.

"Scoots, I made a fake test. You fell for it. Even worse, you thought I was that stupid." Rainbow Dash said.

"Even worse, you all tried to pin it on our friend." Rarity said.

"What do you have to say for yourselves?" Applejack asked.

Well...

"...W-We... didn't do anything..." Applebloom muttered.

"Stop lying." Gohan said.

"You can't find an excuse to-"

Ah, shit, the little Sweetie Belle's actually tearing up.

"W-We did it!" She sobbed.

Okay, Gohan's not an expert with crying kids.

'Did I go too far, or...?' He thought.

"Oh dear." Rarity said.

"Calm down...!" Scootaloo said.

"I'm sorry...!" Sweetie Belle sobbed.

Rarity immediately knelt down to hug and console her sister.

Then Pinkie just appeared out from under the table with her phone.

"Okay, you made them cry, meanie!" She yelled at Gohan.

"W-What?" Gohan asked.

"...Nah, I'm kiddin'." Pinkie said.

Then Fluttershy and Sunset appeared out of nowhere with their phones.

"We stopped recording once she started crying." Sunset said.

"Y-You recorded that?" Applebloom asked.

"We needed concrete evidence." Gohan said.

"Now, y'all have two options." Applejack said.

"Admit that you're guilty, and admit that you tried pinning it on Sunset, or..." Rainbow Dash said.

"Or what...?" Scootaloo asked.

"We'll just take this to the principal." Gohan said.

"And the internet." Pinkie said.

"But..." Applebloom said.

"You'll get in trouble, obviously." Gohan said.

"Ruining people's reputations, spreading extremely personal information, and trying to frame an innocent person..." He said.

"I hope you got everything you wanted out of this." He said.

"Gohan, stop making them look really villainous." Sunset said.

"...Sorry." Gohan said.

"That's what we should be saying..." Applebloom said.

"You darn right!" Applejack said.

Sweetie Belle wiped her eyes and nodded.

"Yeah..." Scootaloo said.

"We didn't mean for it to go this far..." Applebloom said.

"Honest." She added.

"But why?" Sunset asked.

"I know I don't have the best past with you, but..." She said.

"Well..." Applebloom began.

"I got jealous that AJ was spending time with you and her friends, not her family. And I'm still hurt by what you've done before..." She said.

"Really?" Applejack asked.

"Yeah. We haven't done anything fun together for weeks, and you haven't even noticed..." Applebloom said.

Applejack took her hat off...

"I'm sorry for ignoring ya..." She said.

"She made up Anon-A-Miss and posted the story about Applejack, and made it look like you had done it." Scootaloo said.

"Applebloom told us about it... and we felt the same. You wouldn't even let me hang out with your friends." Sweetie Belle said, pointing at Rarity.

"Well... I suppose I made a rash decision that night." Rarity said.

"I snuck into the room while you slept and transferred the photos from Sunset's phone to mine." Sweetie Belle said.

"You were hiding behind the door, waiting until we went to bed." Gohan said.

"Uh... Yeah." Sweetie Belle said.

"Well, what about you?" Rainbow Dash asked Scootaloo.

"We're not sisters, but... You're like a big sister to me, and I also got jealous that you started hanging out with her." Scootaloo said.

"Can... you ever forgive us?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Of course." Rarity said.

They hugged again.

Applejack put her hat back on and also hugged her sister.

"You're family." She said.

"Cmon, Scoots. Bring it in." Rainbow Dash said, gesturing for a hug.

Another hug.

...

"Girls..." Sunset said.

"I'm sorry for anything I've done to you in the past." She said.

The girls stopped hugging.

"What Sunset did in the past will always be there." Gohan said.

"Just like how this Anon-A-Miss thing will never disappear. But they were mistakes. Mistakes you'll never repeat again." He said.

"Yeah..." Applebloom said.

And so...

Sunset's name was immediately cleared.

The three girls ended up with six months of detention for this.

They learned a valuable lesson from this.

Don't spread shit about people, or else a pissed Saiyan will come for you.

Oh, and people's feelings will be hurt. Reputations will be needlessly ruined and friendships will be destroyed.

But nonetheless, the holidays were very enjoyable for all.

Christmas Day. December 25th.

It's snowing today, what a miracle.

Chi Chi created a feast!

And Gohan devoured 95% of it.

He had to leave some for everyone else.

But that's not the important part right now.

Someone asked him to meet up today.

Fluttershy had asked him to meet up at Canterlot High for just a quick moment.

Nothing special.

Now, Chi Chi said yes, but...

It's a special day, so it's a very limited time.

Fluttershy was waiting outside Canterlot High, wearing a green watch cap, green coat, pink mittens, and a blue scarf.

She wore some black fleece pants to defend against the weather.

There was a red box wrapped in a golden ribbon right beside the Wondercolt's statue, over the portal.

She was patiently waiting for Gohan's arrival...

And he just landed right in front of her.

Wearing a green sweater that says "Happy Holidays" in white, red pants, and brown shoes.

"Hey, Fluttershy." He said.

"Hey." Fluttershy said.

"Why'd you ask me to come here today?" Gohan asked.

"To give you your present." Fluttershy said.

"Wait, you told me specifically not to bring something." Gohan said.

"I know." Fluttershy said, reaching up and grabbing the present.

"B-But you...?" Gohan asked, pointing.

Now he kinda felt like shit.

"This was made by Rarity, but... She wanted me to give it to you." Fluttershy said.

"But I didn't get her a gift either." Gohan said.

"Your gift to us was saving our friendship. Just take it." Fluttershy said, holding it out to him.

"I... I don't think that makes sense." Gohan said.

"We can all agree you saved this friendship, so you need something in return." Fluttershy said.

"Er... I... Uh... T-Thanks." Gohan said, reluctantly taking the gift.

"Are you sure I don't need to get you guys something back?" He asked.

"Don't worry about it." Fluttershy said.

"Er... Okay." Gohan said.

"If you want, you could open it now... O-Or at home." Fluttershy said.

"I'll peek at it with the cover hovering over it." Gohan said, doing just that.

"...Is this a red version of my gi? No, wait, there's green... Oh, a holiday themed gi?" He asked.

The orange part is red and the blue parts are green.

The boots are even green, aw...

Fluttershy nodded.

"I thought it would be a good idea..." She said.

Gohan smiled.

"I love it." He said, closing the box.

"Thanks, Fluttershy." He said.

"Merry Christmas." Fluttershy said.

She stepped forward and gave Gohan a hug.

Gohan hugged her back with the present in one hand.

Now, Gohan didn't know, but Fluttershy was blushing.

But it was really cold, so it was a very light pink.

You'd think it was there just because it's cold.

The hug broke, and...

"I better head to Sweet Apple Acres... The gang's waiting on me." Fluttershy said.

"Ah, I wish I could come. My mother is expecting me home in probably 58 seconds, so I have to hurry up. I said about five minutes and she took out a timer." Gohan said.

"I'll tell them you said hi." Fluttershy said.

"Thanks... And thanks for this too." Gohan said.

"I'll see you after break." Fluttershy said.

"Bye." Gohan said, flying up.

Then he zoomed away before his mother could kill him.

...

'...Rarity, I have no guts. I can't do it.' Fluttershy thought.

I tried I'm sorry

It kinda sucks but again

No excuse