Chapter 3-4: Sunset's Past Part 1
Rage, Sonic, Shadow, XL, Twilight, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Sunset were sitting in the music room. It was Tuesday and the group was hanging out waiting for the others to get out of class. Rage was strumming on his guitar the riff for "Open Your Heart".
"Hey Sunset." Sonic says "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure thing." She says. "What was it like that one time you…well…"
"I don't want to talk about it." Sunset says. She knew what he was talking about. The time she went crazy… "I…I turned into a she-demon, a raging she-demon."
"Sorry." Sonic apologizes.
"Hey Rage would you um…come down and help me at the animal shelter today?" Fluttershy asks.
"Well…" Rage says pausing his strumming. "hm…I don't think I had plans this afternoon so I guess so."
"Oh thank you." Fluttershy says "I am sure the animals will love you just as much as we do." This got a slight chuckle from Rage as he returns to his playing.
"So Rainbow Dash how's the swim team coming along?" Applejack says.
"Girls is fine, Boys needs some work." She sighs. "Hey So-" she starts.
"Oh no, no way!" Sonic says. "There is no way I am going to join the swim team."
"Why not?" Rainbow asks "You'd do great! If you're as fast as you say on the ground then why can't you be as fast in the water?"
"No way." Sonic says.
"It's no use." Shadow says. "Sonic has a hydrophobia."
"What?" Rainbow snickers "You're scared of the water?"
"Yeah?" Sonic says "So what we all have our fears. Even Rage has some fears hidden behind that pretty face of his."
"Hey don't drag me into this." Rage says, "My fears are my own."
"Well what do you fear?" Twilight asks.
"I am curious now." Sunset chimes in. "What are you scared of Rage?"
"I am afraid of losing my friends." Rage says.
"Really?" Twilight asks "That's a silly fear."
"No really it's not." Sunset says. "Especially to him."
"What do you mean?" Twilight asks.
"I have many enemies Twilight…and many want to hurt me…not just physically but emotionally too… far too many times have I had my friends taken and turned against me… so I made a vow to protect them at all costs…but that fear of losing what is important to me always lingers here." Rage sighs as he explains.
"I mean at least his is justifiable while Sonic over here is just flat out scared of the water." Shadow chuckles.
"Sh-shut up!" Sonic says blushing. The others share a laugh that Sonic soon joins in with before they go their separate ways for the night.
The next morning Rage and Sunset were walking down the hall to gym class. "Rage." Sunset stops him. "I need to tell you something."
"What is it?" He asks.
"About…before everything." She says rubbing the back of her head. "You see…the other day I was told that some girls that I used to be friends with are here now…"
"Yeah what about it?" Rage asks.
"Well you see…" Sunset says before a voice calls.
"Sunset!" it says as three girls walk up.
The first was wearing a green t-shirt with purple and mint green hair. Her pants were long jeans. Another was wearing a grey shirt and brown pants. Her hair was a bland grey too. The last one, was Trixie. "Oh h-hey girls."
"Who's this you're talking to?" The same girl who had called her name asks.
"Oh uh… Starlight Glimmer, Trixie, Bon Bon meet Rage Chaotic. He's a very close…friend of mine." She says.
"You're friends with him?" Starlight asks before laughing "Cute."
"Hey there's nothing wrong with my friend!" Sunset says.
"Oh Sunset please how could you be friends with him. All we have heard about him is that he is some goody two-shoes hero. You're a bad girl remember?"
"I've changed." She says. "I changed a long time ago."
"This 'goody two-shoes' can still fight though." Rage says under his breath.
"Awe come on you just need to be reminded how much fun it is to cause mischief." Starlight says grabbing her arm.
"Let her go." Rage says sternly. "What part of she's changed didn't you understand?"
"Oh no Mr. Chaotic here is demanding something of me." Starlight says before she and her two friends laugh. "What if I don't?" she taunts. Suddenly she felt a painful pressure on her arm as Rage grabs it.
"I'll snap your arm…" he says in a threatening voice. Starlight who was shocked at the grip lets Sunset go and she backs away before Rage lets go of Starlight's arm.
"Hmph, fine but Sunset knows that deep down she is still a bad little girl." Starlight scoffs turning away.
"You're wrong!" Sunset says before pausing "…I've changed…"
"And for the better Sunset." Rage says. "Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Besides now you have Twilight, the girls, Sonic, Shadow, XL, Flash, and myself as friends."
"Yeah, you're right thanks." Sunset smiles hugging him.
"Any time, now let's get to gym." Rage says as the two split up and go to their respective locker rooms. Afterwards they walk into the gym for class.
The day goes by normally for the group and they are finally back in the music room like they were the day before after classes had released. Rage sat and thought back to what had happened a few weeks ago. He couldn't help but shake the feeling that he may have gone a little far with some things. But now it was too late to do anything about it. He thought back to Mobius and the other Guardians who had been like family to him. Soon he was lost in thought about all of his memories until Sunset snapped him out of it.
"Rage!" she says getting his attention.
"Oh sorry what?" he asks.
"I asked you what your thoughts on my old friends were." She repeats.
"Oh, well they are troublemakers that is for sure. I have heard a lot about some of the things they have been doing do other students since they arrived. I am glad that you changed Sunset." He says holding her hand in a caring way. "You are much better the way you are."
"Heh he's right." XL says "I mean nobody likes jerks except for other jerks that enjoy hurting others for fun too."
"They mess with any of us they mess with all of us." Rainbow Dash says.
"You got that right." Sonic says.
"Rage what's wrong?" Twilight asks him when she noticed he had zoned out again.
"Sorry…" he says with a heavy sigh. "It's just that a lot of the recent happenings are bringing back a lot of my old memoires from back before I came here…"
"Come on Rage you're not alone like you were back then. Why don't you just tell us about it all so that we can tell you?" Sonic asks
"Because some of the things that happened…I swore to never talk about…to anyone." Rage sighs "Sorry…"
"Rage we worry about you and when you are like this then we worry more you know." Sunset says.
"I know." Rage sighs. "I will be fine…just let me get a good night's sleep." He says standing up to leave.
Rage walks back to his house before quickly changing into sleeping clothing before crawling into bed before it was even 7:00. He laid there for about an hour and a half thinking before he was finally able to fall asleep.