Scars of Our Past

Paper Trust

Come Thursday, Sunset's friends checked in with Vice-Principal Luna. After hearing there were no more changes, they continued to sluggishly mope to their respective classes. Though they haven't really been friends with Sunset for very long, they were taking everything really hard.

Now that she wasn't a bully, they realized why so many adults liked her. She was kind, caring and, to a point; wise beyond her years. Sunset's one of those people you could have one, genuine conversation with and find yourself spilling your deepest concerns and regrets on. When you got to know her; it was hard not to like her.

Over the past few days, the girls found themselves in a few awkward situations where they had to tell some people what had happened. On Tuesday, during soccer practice, Rainbow got distracted, thinking about Sunset and she caught the ball with her face. She had to see Nurse Tender Heart to stop her bloody nose. Tender Heart had questioned her about how she got so distracted and she ended up telling her about Sunset. Even the nurse ended up in tears. After school that day, they went to sugar cube corner and Mrs. Cake asked about Sunset, as she was a regular, more so than the other five girls. They explained the situation and, well...they all got free hot chocolate.

Wednesday afternoon, Rainbow went to help Fluttershy at the shelter. When Rookie jumped on Fluttershy, the sweet girl started to cry, remembering the first time Sunset had helped her at the shelter and the night she'd come in after saving him. After a few minutes of Fluttershy crying, clutching onto Rookie as if he was a life line; Fauna came in to see Rainbow Dash trying to calm Fluttershy down. Rainbow had to explain the situation. Fauna drove the girls to Fluttershy's after that.

During lunch, the five were still generally somber, merely picking at their food. They didn't talk to anyone and the other students gave them concerned looks. They could all see there was something wrong but none of them had the nerve to ask.

It turns out, not everyone noticed their mood.

Trixie, acting all high and mighty, walked up to their table with a sly smirk, "Hello, how are you all today?"

Her voice was far from genuine so Rarity spoke, "What is it that you need, Trixie? As you can see, none of us are really in the mood for your attitude, today."

The other girl smirked, "Well, I just couldn't help but notice Sunset hasn't been around for the last couple weeks."

The group stiffened at the mention of Sunset's name but they remained silent.

Trixie continued, now having drawn an audience form the surrounding tables, "I guess I finally scared her off. I mean, who would want to be friends with a demon anyway." Rainbow and Applejack clenched their fists and glared at her, "Maybe she did the entire world a favor and ended it."

In less than a second, Rainbow had her pinned against the brand-new window pane with a hard thump, "Talk about her like that again!" She yelled angrily, "I dare you!"

Trixie giggled a bit and smiled, "Why do you care? She's nothing more than a cockroach to the 'Great and Powerful Trixie!'"

Rainbow lifted her hand to punch Trixie but Applejack and Pinkie Pie pulled her back, each of them wore angry expressions directed at Trixie.

"She's our friend!" Rainbow yelled, the whole student body watching, "Don't talk about her like that! How would you know anything about her?! Unlike us, she doesn't have a family who cared about her! What gives you the right to judge her?!"

Trixie snorted, "Whatever gave her the right to stomp all over us? Over you? Nothing! This is just revenge for everything she's done to all of us. She deserves all of it!"