Scars of Our Past

Too Nice?

The week of Halloween came and went with a flash. Sunset was still fretting about Thursday but that's nothing new. She hated going to school and her only solace was her friends, but they couldn't be there all the time to protect her, nor did she expect them to. Still, she was starting to think her friends and Principal Celestia were wrong; did she really deserve all of this? It had been almost three weeks since the formal, and no one was even loosening up.

Trixie also returned to school Monday and she still insisted on being the one to punish Sunset for what she'd done. It also turned out that Snips and Snails had decided that they would rather be Trixie's goons but Sunset was sure they were getting treated better by Trixie than they ever did by her.

"Sunset!" Rainbow Dash called as she met Sunset at her locker, "Pinkie wants us all in the cafeteria to discuss last minute plans for tomorrow."

"Alright." Sunset sighed but this went unnoticed by the sporty girl.

They began walking to the cafeteria in silence, classmates giving Sunset various glares and insults but Sunset was too lost in her own, insecure thoughts as she hugged her bag tightly to her chest, the contents of which were weighing down on her subconscious as much as her feelings of fear when thinking; what if she sunk back into old habits?

They weren't far from the cafeteria when she heard someone say; "She has to know that they just feel sorry for her." Sunset stopped walking and focused on the voice in the hall, "Who would want to be friends with a demon. She should go back to where ever she came from." "Principal Celestia is just too nice to expel her." Another voice replied

Sunset hugged her bag tighter to her chest and looked to the ground.

"Who said that?" Rainbow yelled angrily, trying to find the offender in the crowd.

Out of all the things Sunset had heard over the past three weeks, people taking pity on her was never something she considered. The selling point for her was, in Sunset's eyes, that Principal Celestia was just that; too nice.

"Are you OK, Sunset?" Rainbow asked as she noticed Sunset backing away.

"I have to go." The flame haired girl muttered and she took off running.

Of course, Rainbow followed her, trying to get her to slow down but they were both in a full-on sprint. Rainbow saw Sunset duck into the library but by the time she got there herself, Sunset had already disappeared among the books.

Even to herself, Rainbow could admit that she did not really have the skill set to make Sunset feel better the way she needed. So, she did the next best thing; texted her friends.

When they arrived, Rainbow told them the situation and what she had heard the other students say. They asked Cheerilee if she had seen where Sunset ran off to and she pointed them to the second floor of the library, the place where no one really went.

They split up and scanned the aisles. It didn't take long until Pinkie Pie heard sniffling and went to investigate. When she rounded a corner, she could see Sunset hugging her knees, shoulders shaking as she cried silently.

Pinkie, for once, walked quietly as not to scare her but still managed a bright smile. "Hey, Sunset! We've been looking all over for you."

Sunset looked up at Pinkie with red puffy eyes, "Just leave me alone, Pinkie."

"Nope!" Pinkie said as she sat down beside Sunset, despite the other girl's wishes, "You're crying and you don't leave your friends alone when their sad."

"Right!" Rainbow Dash said as she and the others came out from the shelves, having heard Pinkie's voice, "It's what friends do."

They all sat in a little circle in front of Sunset, Rarity sat on her other side and rubbed her back comfortingly, something Sunset stopped herself from flinching away from.