My Little Miraculous Ladybug

School-Time Interactions, Part 2

Later that night, after everyone went home, Twilight and her friends decided to settle in for the night. While Applejack and Pinkie Pie headed off to the library and Rainbow and Fluttershy departed for the science lab, Twilight plopped herself on one of two mattresses that Discord had conjured up for them before leaving for his home dimension. While Rarity and Spike lay down on the one immediately next to hers, Twilight lay awake, wondering, until a familiar voice snapped her out of her misery.

"Hey," Sunset said to her. "Everything okay?"

Twilight paused. "Yeah, it's okay," she lied. "Why do you ask?"

"Because you haven't been yourself ever since you came here," Sunset said. "I want to know if there's anything that's bothering you."

"Everything's fine," Twilight lied again. "Nothing has been bothering me."

Sunset frowned deeply. "We'll see about that," she said at last. She grabbed Twilight's arm and her eyes began to glow white. At last, she let go of her arm and faced her with a serious look. "Was it that bad?" she asked.

"What do you mean?" Twilight asked, feigning ignorance, though deep down, she knew exactly what Sunset was talking about.

"The wedding," Sunset said, very matter-of-factly.

Twilight blinked. "How did you know?"

Sunset took out the geode she had acquired at Camp Everfree. "See this?" Twilight nodded. "I got this a few weeks ago. This geode allows me to access someone's thoughts and memories." Twilight shuddered. If this was the case, then whatever secrets she or anybody else Sunset came into contact with had were not really safe anymore.

"Promise you won't go around using this on anyone whenever you feel like?" she asked Sunset, concerned.

"I promise on Celestia's name," Sunset replied. "Now, what was it about the wedding that made you so hurt and angry?"

Twilight sighed. She was hoping that this topic wouldn't be discussed. "All right, here's what happened," she started. And so she told Sunset everything that had gone down at the wedding of her brother and Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, from how the impostor Chrysalis impersonated Cadence; to how no one would listen to how she, Twilight, had tried to warn everypony about the impostor. She also took care to mention how her friends threw her under the cart for somepony they barely met, with her brother and mentor following suit, and she could have died of starvation and dehydration when the impostor sent her underground and how it was only through sheer luck that she managed to escape. By the end of it, Sunset was in awe, and not in a favorable context.

"I'm glad I wasn't around when that happened," she said at last. "What in Equestria was Celestia even thinking?"

"I don't know," Twilight grumbled. "I'm starting to think that maybe she doesn't care about me or anypony else as much as she lets on."

Sunset looked at her in sympathy. "Would it help if I told you that you aren't the only one who has faced something like this?" she said at last.

Twilight blinked. "Seriously?"

"Uh-huh," Sunset replied sadly. "After the Battle of the Bands, someone named Anon-a-Miss started spreading nasty rumors about the students. Naturally, people assumed that I was the one behind it, and everyone turned on me, even our friends at Canterlot High."

Twilight blinked, hardly believing this. "Harsh," was all she could manage to say.

"Yeah," Sunset sighed. "Eventually, the whole thing cleared up when Anon-a-Miss was revealed to be three girls named Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle, who leaked the secrets out of pure spite. They got punished very badly and the gang was brought back together again, but sometimes, I still feel annoyed and mad that the others never tried to hear my side of the story."