"To be honest I am worried about her. I'm just glad that some of the students seem to not believe that this anon-a-miss character is her plus Steel and his crew, as irritating as they seem to her actually are trying to make things easy on her." Luna stated as she leaned against Celestia's desk.
If it had been even a week before Luna wouldn't have been so worried about the confident, egoistic teen but now Sunset seemed to be a shell of her former self, rather it was from the emotional distress or a side effect of the rainbow blast.
"Keep an eye on her, I know we can't lessen the penalties we put on her but I can't help but worry that she will injure herself out there but this is the only way that we can minimize her interaction with other students until the hostility lessens."
Celestia listened to Luna's concerns, which mirrored her own. She was just about to say something when the door to her office slammed shut and Sunset stormed in, drenched in green paint and looking rather angry.
"What happened this time?" Celestia asked, eyes widening as the girl walked past toward the private bathroom inside Celestia's office, pausing only to answer between clenched teeth
"Oh, I am sure you'll get a phone call soon enough."
The two sisters exchanged looks at that before Luna held up her hands in surrender "whatever she did you get to handle it. You live with her."
Celestia sighed just as the phone rang, pinching the bridge of her nose as she picked up the receiver you just have to be a mercurial person don't you, Sunset Shimmer? She thought.
"What happened?" Celestia asked calmly as soon as Sunset came out of the bathroom, dripping wet from where she had washed off most of the paint in the sink. Celestia could see Sunset practically deflate at the question.
"Thunderlane threw paint all over me and I lost my temper and may have…" sunset began, looking away from the principal who just responded with: "overreacted?"
Sunset nodded at that and added in a small voice "I swear I didn't mean to punch him."
She didn't dare to make eye contact with Celestia, afraid to just know how much anger would be in her mentor's violet eyes.
"I can't overlook the fact that you hit a student. However, I think having you help out a bit more after school for the next three days would suffice since you seem repentant though I do want you to publicly apologize to him and know that he will not get away with the paint incident." Celestia said after a while.
Sunset risked looking up then, though she glanced down an instant later unable to make eye contact.
"Yes, ma'am."
Sunset heard the sound of Celestia's chair scooting away from the desk followed by the sound of approaching footfall.
"Sunset, change isn't easy. It doesn't excuse any, should we say misbehavior. However, I do understand that this is hard for you." Celestia said, brushing a strand of hair out of the teen's face before she added: "we'll talk more about this at home okay?"
Sunset nodded in understanding, a knot forming in her throat as she thought about the implications of that sentence. Is she going to kick me out? What if I just...messed up too much? What if she has given up on me?
She felt as if her heart was going to bolt out of her chest at that. She felt as if she was lost all over again. She felt like she was going to be sick or burst into tears and she didn't know which one that would actually happen if she lost any more control of herself.
It's just like before...I keep fucking up. No wonder no one ever really wanted me around. I am the worse being in existence!
"I'm sorry Miss. Celestia." she muttered before hastily leaving the room, brushing past Celestia.
"Well, she left like a bat out of hell. What did you do to her?"
Luna asked, having nearly been crashed into by the teen on her way back into the front office.
"I really don't know. Sometimes I wish I could see what that girl is thinking. You should see her at times, I never thought I would ever see her that broken, not to mention she has night terrors and right then, she looked almost terrified of me."
Luna walked over to the older woman, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Sunset needs guidance, Patience, affection and even discipline. I honestly think the girl needs positive interaction. That day while I was treating her injuries she said something that concerned me...she thought I was trying to punish her or something and today, she practically broke down about how nothing was fair."