School was out temporarily (apparently that stupid Silver Wish idiot broke a law. Not that Sunny Side was surprised, she always knew she would be a Troop) because of 'federal reasons', and Sunny Side wanted to splurge as much as possible.

The lack of assignments and the fact that it had been down pouring for the past few days were what compelled her to watch the com feed. To her delight, it had live footage of the silver Troop being chased by the Feds. The Temp on screen pulled u a picture of her and how much the reward for her was. Sunny Side smiled and leaned back. She was happy to tell the Feds last night how stupid Silver was, and how she was expecting her to become a Troop eventually

She didn't feel bad about sending out that post on Social Media; worry would give one wrinkles. Besides, Sunny Side was simply meant to be on the com feed, she was the prettiest and the most pleasing to the eye, after all. Temps on screen had to be very affluent, and to Sunny Side's demise, Silver Wish was stunningly beautiful. ("Not as much as me, though!" Sunny thought)

She had grown up to know Silver Wish. They went to the same boarding school in Ponyville and both saw...

… Sunny shook her head and pushed the thought from her mind. That teacher was breaking the rules, and nopony broke the rules in the State of Menulis, that was just wrong and stupid. Silver Wish had always been her nemesis, and Sunny hated the fact that Silver got all the attention, all of the praise; just for having long, silver hair and good grades. To Sunny, she was just another pretty pony who was her rival.

Sunny sighed and rested her head on the headrest of the couch. Her com blinked to show that she had a message, and Sunny smiled. "Open!" she sang as she sat up.

Video chat? It read, and the signature, which was signed in a swirl of perfect hand writing: Lilac. Sunny rolled her eyes. Lilac was a nice filly, but she was too clingy for Sunny's taste. No, she did not feel like video chatting with her, and Sunny Side put that promptly in the reply box and sent it. Lilac had seemed to get it into her head that just because she showed up Silver Wish in defense of her that they were automatically best friends. In Sunny's mind, that was far from true.

Now that she was out of the way, Sunny could focus on more important things, like doing her hair for instance. Sunny Side twirled her bangs away from her light blue eyes. Being beautiful was so hard; especially having beautiful hair. One who has beautiful hair must take good and proper care of it, and Sunny (making sure she was fabulous in every way possible) was obliged to take hours of washing, priming and combing it.

Colored hair was a gift in the State. Most ponies had gray or black or white hair, which gave a uniform feel to the country. Not that colored hair was frowned upon in any way, but having blond, pink or purple hair... even silver hair was a gift.

Trotting back to the bathroom, Sunny shivered when she passed the bedroom. She peeked her head in and scrunched her nose. The wall (which was entirely a window) was cracked at the bottom. Sunny frowned; she must have opened it last night for some fresh air.

Without thinking any more on it, Sunny trotted over to the window and shut it with a snap. Humming a lively tune, she trotted into the wide bathroom and turned on the bath with a short command of 'hot water, please'. Sunny continued to hum as steam filled up the room, and she pulled the pins that were holding her messy bun up out of her golden locks.

The mirror, after a few minuted of brushing and humming, had clouded up which hampered Sunny's vision to see herself. With a swift motion, she raised her hoof and swiped the mirror in a practiced motion and stared into the clear surface which now had droplets of water cascading down it.

Sunny choked back a scream as a face looked back at her that wasn't hers. A pony, a silver pony was standing in the corner of the bathroom, leaning against the door. Sunny Side spun around, ready to smack the living daylights out of the pony who had sneaked in. She would recognize that coat anywhere.

Silver Wish.

Her hoof was caught on the way down, and a hind leg connected with her stomach in a flash, knocking the wind out of Sunny. Silver Wish threw her into the bedroom and pounced on top of her, hooves battering her legs that covered her face. Finally, Silvers hooves pried away Sunny's and exposed her face. Silver's hoof roughly shoved itself into Sunny's mouth, cutting off her scream.

Silver leaned down and growled. "Try to call the Feds and I'll rip out your tongue," she hissed lowly, her eyes giving away that she meant what she was saying. Sunny sniffed and felt tears well in her eyes. "Alright," Silver paused. "I'm going to take my hoof off now. Scream and your dead," she growled, almost inaudible through her panting.

She lifted her hoof off, leaving Sunny crying and pleading pathetically. Silver visibly rolled her eyes. "Shut up," she snapped. Sunny did so with a clap of her teeth slamming together.

Silver would kill her. Silver would kill her.

The silver pony sat on her haunches and glared at Sunny with an icy blue stare. Sunny gulped and ducked her head. "Now, I'm going to ask you something, and you're going to answer as best as possible, or so hep me, I'll kill you," Silver shoved her face so they were nose to nose, leaving Sunny wide eyed and nodding.

"Where. Is. Professor. Potts?" she spat each word like it was poison, her teethe bared and eyes cold. Sunny gulped and backed away, lifting her chin shakily and trying to exude confidence that she didn't really feel.

Sunny narrowed her eyes. "I'm not helping a Troop," she spat. Silver hissed and took a menacing step towards her, snorting at her evident bravado. "No! You know what? You're nothing but a traitor and a stupid brat who rebelled just because of a stupid project you didn't want to!" Sunny's voice rose to a hysterical laughter. "You'd be insane to think that I'd help you!" Sunny screamed, charging Silver with all she had.

Sunny rammed her head into Silver's shoulder and pushed as hard as she could. Silver cried out and spun around, charging back. The silver filly opened her jaw and bit down onto the nearest part of Sunny and pulled. Sunny cried out as she felt her teeth sink into Sunny's muzzle. The white filly however swung a hoof that connected with Silver's mouth, and Silver let go of her muzzle.

Kicking with all her might, Silver pushed away from Sunny and placed a firm and last kick on Sunny's right shoulder. Letting out a cry, the white filly fell to the ground with a dull thump.

Silver stood silently, panting and wiping the blood from her mouth with a hoof, her body still tense and ready to attack again. "What the hell is wrong with you?" Silver screamed. Sunny coughed and looked up at Silver, spitting to the side. "You'd think I'd give up everything because of a stupid project?" Silver laughed sourly and swung her head from side to side. "No, I ran away because of the god damned State, that's why!" Silver rasped furiously, growling at Sunny's confused face.

Sunny propped herself up painfully. "Why the hell are you here?" she hissed through closed teeth. "Why would you think I would help you?"

"Just answer my question."

"About Potts?"

Silver nodded. "Yeah," she panted, narrowing her eyes. "Well?" she spat when Sunny didn't answer for a few moments.

Sunny sighed, not willing to mess herself up anymore. Her shoulder hurt like fire and she had no intention to keep fighting. "Since you've gone AWOL, they closed the school campus to search for you," she said quietly, not looking Silver in the eye. "Classes have been closed since you're little," she paused. "endeavor," she sighed and stood up, walking past Silver without looking at her.

Silver watched her go. "Going to report me?" she asked, nervousness creeping into her voice.

Sunny sighed, exasperated. "No, Silver Wish," she called from the living room, turning on the com. "Besides, I know why you're here," she said as Silver Wish trotted into the arch leading to the living room.

"Oh?"

Sunny turned and looked at her, full in the face. "You're here because of what happened to Ms. Downy, aren't you?'

Silver's eyes widened.