Five Nights at Equestria Girls

Night 22: The Painful Truth About Lies

In the shadows stood Springtrap, watching Sunset Shimmer's apartment. He had followed the redhead from the school, hoping to get a chance to launch an attack on her. He also wanted to see if she had any weaknesses that he could exploit to his advantage. His anger at having her defeat his army was enough to make him want to kill her now. However, he forced himself to wait, knowing that the emotional torture was going to be fun to witness. Springtrap spied on Sunset as she showed the girls everything and trailed her as she flew to Twilight's house. He was grateful that her home wasn't far from the apartment. Furthermore, seeing how both the girls and Twilight reacted to Sunset's appearance gave Springtrap an idea of how to get under her skin.

"How sweet of the purple-haired nerd to ruin her happy day for me," said Springtrap, stepping out of the shadows. "She gave me exactly what I need to destroy that bitch she calls a friend."

Springtrap made his way down the street, ideas forming in his head. An orchestra of crickets accompanied him as he stomped his way back to the abandoned electrical building. He would strike again, but this time the girls weren't going to be able to destroy him. And the redhead was going to see that she had pissed off the wrong animatronic rabbit. His eyes glowed red as he clenched his fists.

"You'll see how bad my wrath can be, Sunset Shimmer. Just wait..."

*The Next Day*

Applejack pulled into the student parking lot, parking her truck in the space next to Fluttershy's van. She was careful about not bumping into the animal lover's van or running over the curb. She didn't want to jostle her truck and injure Rarity in the process. Once she had safely pulled into the parking space, Applejack removed her keys from the ignition. The drive from Rarity's house had been a quiet one. Both girls were worried about Twilight and Sunset, especially since Twilight was finally going to know about Demon Shimmer. Although Applejack was happy to see the redhead coming clean after months of badgering, she didn't want to see her get hurt. She put her keys into her pocket and looked over at Rarity.

"Do you think that Twilight took it well?" asked Applejack.

"I don't know, but I hope Twilight did. Sunset did seem pretty rattled after how we reacted to it," replied Rarity, meeting the cowgirl's green eyes.

"Yeah, I might've been a bit harsh towards her. I just don't like it when my friends lie to me," said Applejack as she adjusted her hat. "I prefer to hear the cold, hard truth."

"I know, darling. It's one of the things I like about you," Rarity said, placing her hand on Applejack's shoulder. "Now, how about we get out of here and meet the girls?"

"Yeah. Let me get out, and I'll help you," said Applejack, slinging her backpack over her one shoulder.

"It's alright, AJ. I can get out by myself," Rarity said, grabbing her backpack from the back seat.

Applejack, having turned around and was about to open her door, stopped moving. That statement made her turn around and look at her girlfriend. Her hand, which had been resting on the door handle, moved towards her girlfriend's smaller one and gripped it. Applejack's green eyes grew dark with worry. She didn't want her to get hurt, not after what happened yesterday. And she was going to be damned if she let [i]anything[/i] happen to Rarity on her watch.

"Rare, you still have your stitches in. Getting out of the truck could pull some of them free. So let me help you please," begged the cowgirl, giving the fashionista her best puppy dog eyes she could manage.

Rarity tried to avoid looking at Applejack. However, she knew that she couldn't resist her beautiful emerald eyes. It was one of her weaknesses when it came to her girlfriend. And when Applejack did the classic puppy dog eyes, it was just too hard for her to resist it. After a few minutes of trying to ignore the urge, Rarity gave in and looked at her. She gave Applejack a gentle smile as she squeezed her hand.