Walking into her home Rainbow opened a door next to her leading into the garage noticing her parents velchiel wasn’t there she shrugged her shoulders and shut the door. Turning to her right she headed downstairs to her room setting her backpack down next to her dresser.

“It feels good to be home now I can relax and watch some Tv I wonder if there is a soccer game on today” she thought entering her room. “I bet the Canterlot horseshoes are finding yet another way to lose yet another game”.

Her room was filled with all sorts of sports memorabilia and pennants of various soccer, and baseball teams she and her family rooted for. The top of her dresser was covered with trophies and medals she won for either soccer or baseball games she had taken part in. Taking off her shirt she held it in her hands noticing it had blood splattered on the front of it.

“Great if mom sees I got blood on my shirt from hitting that uncool Sunset Shimmer she’ll get really mad at me”. She muttered, walking over to her dresser she opened the top drawer taking out a fresh shirt quickly getting dressed she tossed her dirty shirt into her laundry basket. “Now to head upstairs and watch some Tv” she muttered.

Heading back upstairs she took a seat on the couch picking up the remote turning the Tv on she began flipping through various channels stopping at a soccer game. A few minutes went by before she heard the garage door begin to open getting up she looked out the front window seeing her parents car pulling into the garage. Returning to the couch she continued to watch the soccer game play out turning the volume up she listened to the announcer.

“It’s Daisy Fields going for the goal with a penalty kick can she make the goal and win the game for the Sovereign Horns” The announcer said, as Rainbow intently watched the game play out.

Another announcer chimed in, “I don’t know Note Beat things are looking pretty bad for the Sovereign Horns with the game scored at one and one this might not go well for Daisy Fields”

Entering the house Mrs. Dash set down a bag of groceries giving her daughter a slightly angery look, “Rainbow why are you watching Tv and not doing your homework?” she said, noticing Rainbow was wearing a dark blue hoodie she added, “And why are you wearing your winter hoodie when it's” turning her attention to the thermostat located on the wall next to her she finished “sixty-eight inside and sixty four outside I swear honey there is no need to wear your winter clothing right now”.

“Duh” Rainbow replied, “the reason I am not doing my ‘homework’ right now is because I’m watching a soccer game.” turning her attention back to the game Rainbow added, “obviously it's a bit chilly in here why else would I wear a hoodie in doors”?

“Don’t get snippy with your mother Rainbow” Mr. Dash chimed in getting inside himself Mr. Dash set his things down adding,“Rainbow you know the rules” walking over to her he took the remote from Rainbows hand and switching off the Tv adding “no sports shows or Tv of any kind until your homework is done”.

“Aww come on dad I was just about to find something really cool to watch” she whined in protest, “can’t I do my homework after I watch some Tv”?

“No” he flatly replied, “I want you at the kitchen table doing your homework within five minutes.'' watching her get off the couch with a very sullen attitude he finished, “you can stop with the attitude this instant young lady”

“Fine, whatever” she replied, receiving an angry look from her father she headed downstairs to collect her homework. Grumbling under her breath she entered her room “I better get my laundry into the laundry room before mom yells at me as well” she thought. Picking up her laundry basket she called out, “Mom, I’m going to leave my laundry next to the washer for you”.

“Alright honey,'' her mother called back “I’ll be downstairs in a few minutes”.

Walking into the laundry room Rainbow very unceremoniously dumped her laundry onto the floor making sure to pick up her bloodstained shirt first. Placing it back into the basket at the bottom she quickly placed the rest of her laundry on top returning to her room a few seconds later. Getting her homework she headed upstairs taking a seat at the kitchen table looking over her homework she sighed.

“Man I hate math” she groaned, “I mean really I don’t see why I have to learn this boring stuff it's not like I’m actually going to use any of this when I get older”. Catching her mother's attention she added, “This sucks I would rather be watching Tv”.

Opening a cupboard Mrs. Dash began to put away the groceries, “Now honey if you give it a try, I am sure you’ll come to see that math isn’t that hard you just have to apply yourself to it is all” putting the last of the food away she closed the cupboard as Mr. Dash came into the kitchen “Dear did you remember to bring in the laundry detergent”?

“I thought you had it honey” He replied entering the kitchen, receiving a flat look from her he turned around and headed for the garage door “I’ll go check the car” turning his attention to Rainbow he finished, “and you I want your homework done before dinner do you understand Rainbow”?

“Yeah I understand” she replied, looking down at her homework she muttered “I bet Glider Fire doesn’t have to do any boring homework”

Heading into the garage Bow returned a few minutes later with a green bottle of detergent placing it on the kitchen table. Taking the detergent with her Mrs. Dash headed downstairs entering the laundry room a few seconds later. Turning the washer on she picked up her daughters laundry basket placing it on the dryer next to her. Taking Rainbows clothing out one piece of clothing at a time she began to place her daughters clothing into the machine. Finding Rainbows blood stained shirt at the bottom of the basket she took it out looking it over her eyes narrowed furious anger swept over her like a tidal wave.

“Rainbow Alice Dash” she screamed out, “get down here now!” hearing two sets of footsteps coming down the stairs and the door opening and closing she tried to remain calm, “get in here” she finished.

“Honey why are you---” Thrusting her hand into his chest she cut his words short. Taking the shirt from her Bow looked it over turning his attention to Rainbow who stood nearby his own anger began to surge handing it over to Rainbow he finished, “You need to explain to us why your shirt has blood on it when this morning it didn’t have any”.

Looking down Rainbow sighed slowly she looked back up her eyes locked with her parents fearing the punishment she would receive she decided to play it cool. Hoping her parents wouldn’t catch on she grinned catching their daughters facial expression her father folded his arms over his chest his jaw locked with immeasurable anger.

“It's not blood” He heard Rainbow say to his complete disbelief, “it's actually ketchup there was a food fight at school today and I got splattered by a flying tomato” further adding to their disbelief and anger both her parents watched in shock as their Rainbow headed back upstairs. “It’s nothing to be worried about trust me you guys there wasn’t any trouble at school today”

“Rainbow are you telling us the truth” her mother asked clearly upset by her daughters behavior, “Rainbow where are you going you need to answer our questions”?

“Uh, into the kitchen to finish my homework before you and dad start dinner” she replied.

She watched Rainbow head into the kitchen taking a seat at the kitchen table following her into the kitchen Mrs. Dash sat down across from her daughter. Growing impatient with her daughters behavior Mrs. Dash folded her arms under her large ample breast staring coldly at Rainbow. Rainbow for her part sat in her chair staring at her math homework trying hard to make herself look as innocent as she could.

“Yeah that was a really bad food fight that we had at school today,” she half-heartedly snickered, not finding her daughter's behavior the least bit funny Mrs. Dash tried all she could to contain her anger while listening to her daughters every word. “but since Sunset Shimmer was the one who started the food fight in the first place she had to be the one to clean up the mess”. Returning to her homework she finished much to her mother's anger, “I wasn’t about to stick around and help Sunset clean up the entire cafeteria no sir I had way too many cool things to do like soccer pra---”

“If you are trying to get out of this trust me Rainbow you won’t like our response” Mrs. Dash interrupted her having heard enough of her daughters transparent lies. Slamming her hands palms down on the table she watched as Rainbow jumped having been startled by the sudden noise, “We will give you one last chance to come clean about this Rainbow!”

“Are you sure about that Principal Celestia” hearing her father's voice in the hallway leading to her parents' room Rainbow gulped clearly catching her mother's attention. “Are you going to file charges against my daughter for this”?

“Charges”? Rainbow thought, “you have got to be kidding me!?! Why would principal Celestia file charges on me for hitting that brat Sunset Shimmer” she continued to think, hearing her father’s footsteps coming down the hallway she turned her attention to him receiving a very angry glare from him. Out loud she began, “Uh, dad I-I can expl---”

“Save it” he interrupted her watching her look down he turned his attention to his wife, adding, “I have good news and bad news honey which do you want to hear first”?

Sighing she stood up leaning against a chimney cabinet Windy looked into her husband's eyes seeing only worry staring back at her own. Thinking over her choices she gave her daughter a passing glance, “tell me” she began, “how bad is it Bow?”

Taking his wife into a hug he whispered into her ear, “It’s not as bad as you might think Windy” ending the hug he added, “would you like me to tell you the good news first honey”?

“Yes” she flatly replied sitting back down she stared daggers at her daughter, “I think we all need to hear both the good and bad news isn’t that right Rainbow Alice Dash”?

“Y-yes mo-mom” she replied not looking up.

Taking a seat himself Bow cleared his throat, letting out a sigh he began, “Alright it was principal Celestia who called me a few moments ago she wanted to know if there was any trouble going on at home that would explain Rainbow’s recent behavior.” looking at his daughter, he continued, “I told her that as far as I know there isn’t anything going on”.

“So what is the ‘good news’ then honey” Windy chimed in clearly worried, “and better still why would Principal Celestia--” her eyes widened with relation swallowing hard she finished, “our daughter got into a fight today didn’t she honey?”

“Yes” he grumbled adding, “Celestia told me she has video evidence of this so the good news is that Celestia while she explained to me that she is Sunset Shimmers legal guardian she won’t be filling charges against our daughter. However,” taking a breath he tried to calm himself down trying to remind himself that his daughter was only thirteen, “she wants the choice to file charges against Rainbow to be Sunsets choice”.

“Ok so what’s the bad news then” Windy asked.

“The bad news is that Rainbow will either be suspended or expelled from school for this”. He replied, tightening his hand into a fist he closed his eyes continuing, “you do understand what that means Rainbow don’t you?”

“Yes sir I do” she replied, looking up she fought back her tears, “I-It means that I---”

“You will tells us this instant why you felt the need to fight with Sunset Shimmer!” her father demanded “Did you think it was ‘cool’ to start a fight with her?!”

“I fought with her because she is a bully she was trying to take a shirt from Fluttershy Applejack was trying to get the shirt back from Sunset and Rarity stood there not getting involved.” Confounded by their daughters confession Rainbow saw only looks of anger and shame etched on her parents' faces feeling guilty over her actions from earlier in the day she sniffed. “Everyone knows that Sunset is a bully, always has been, always will be,” she continued, “I only did what I thought was right nothing more and nothing less”.

“Why did you lie to us and why did you try to cover up the fact that you got into a fight with Sunset” Her mother finally spoke her voice shook with shame and anger “Tell us Rainbow why you did this”.

“I don’t know why I lied to either of you about this” she replied “I only know that I did what I had to do to help Fluttershy get her shirt back”.

Placing a soft gentle hand on his forearm Windy tried to comfort her husband seeing his temper was reaching the breaking point. Trying to keep himself from screaming at Rainbow he stood up crossing his arms over his muscular chest. Swallowing hard he sighed getting up herself Windy stared at Rainbow trying hard not loose her own temper.

“You don’t know ‘why’ you lied to us yet you did,” Bow finally spoke having calmed down a bit, “tell me Rainbow did you fear the punishment that you would receive”?

“I’m sorry” she whispered back. Getting up she continued slightly raising her voice, “Look I don’t know if that was the reason or not for my actions today but I am sorry for what I did”.

“Do you fully understand that if Sunsets parents get involved and they more than likely will they could file charges against you for doing this to their daughter,” her mother snapped, “you could face juvenile hall for this and being expelled from school won’t look good on your academic record”. sighing finished, “Not to mention you;re a junior black-belt in karate for crying out loud Rainbow you’re supposed to know better than this! Or did you skip the lessons about martial arts being for defense only”?

“I didn’t skip anything mom you were both there when sensei Jiro gave me my black-belt” she snapped back in rage, “Sunset stole that shirt from Fluttershy I was only trying to help get it back nothing more than that”

“What proof do you have that Sunset actually stole that shirt and that Fluttershy didn’t give her that shirt Rainbow?” her father yelled.

“I-well-she, that is, well I--she” Rainbow stammered trying to find the right words to defend her action “she is a bully that’s all the proof that I needed” she finally got out, “I don’t need any other proof than that”.

“Take your homework to your room Rainbow as now you are grounded and just so you know you will not be going to the Colts game on Saturday” her father growled, “you are as of this moment grounded for the next two weeks”.

“But that’s not fair,” she protested.

“Fair you want to talk about what’s fair! Do you honestly think it was fair to either of us that you lied to you us about this whole incident Rainbow?!” Her mother screamed, “Do you think it was fair of you to hit Sunset Shimmer over of all the dumbest most, stupidest things like a shirt?”

“No I---” Rainbow began only to be interrupted by her father.

“Perhaps you think it is fair that both your mother and I are worried that your principal will expel you from school when she sees us tomorrow” turning to his wife, he added, “I will go to CHS tomorrow and talk with Principal Celestia perhaps there is a solution to this other than expelling our daughter”. Turning his attention back to Rainbow he finished, “You are to go to your room this instant and remain there until dinner is ready after diner you are to go back to your room, there will be no video games or tv while you are grounded”.

Grabbing her homework from the kitchen table Rainbow stormed off slamming her bedroom door behind her. Rainbow threw herself into her bed angry and hurt by her parents decision she buried her face into her pillow thinking about her actions earlier in the day. Taking his wife gently by the arms Mr. Dash led her to the couch sitting down next to her he held her in his arms. Laying her head onto his shoulder she blinked away her tears.

Next Chapter: August 3rd, Wednesday, 4:00 pm (Fluttershy, Sunset chapter) part sixteen Estimated time remaining: 4 Hours, 39 Minutes