Crimson Promise (A Sunlight FanFic)

Chapter 9: Theories

Flim and Flam looked down in shame. They knew that Starlight entrusted them with the one she held sacred.

"We are truly sorry, Starlight. We hadn't expected for him to see it, " said Flim.

Starlight sighed. She could hear Flim's sincerity in his voice. She turned back to face him. "I know that you are. But that still doesn't change that he now knows of the staff," said Starlight.

"So what do we about Filthy Rich?" asked Flam.

Starlight thought about moving the staff into a more protected area. But she quickly tossed the idea away, noting that it would be impossible. Then as she stared at an old safe she had hidden away, an idea came to her.

"You guys are good at making exact replicas, no?" asked Starlight.

Flim and Flam nodded, wondering what Starlight was getting at.

"Good. I am going need you to make a very realistic copy." continued Starlight.

Flim and Flam gulped. Flim was worried about Filthy Rich's anger towards finding the replica he was to be handed, to be a fake.

Starlight didn't hear any response from Flim of Flam. "Something wrong?" asked Starlight.

"It's just that Flam and I are concerned about what happens when Filthy Rich discovers the lie. I mean, how do you suppose we keep him away?" replied Flim.

Starlight smirked. She always thought two steps ahead. She knew that Filthy Rich didn't always think ahead.

"The decoy should provide me with enough time to cloak the staff. I just need you guys to do a good job. And keep him from ever being able to place a shop here." replied Starlight.

Flim and Flam breathed a sigh of relief, glad to know that Starlight had everything planned. "Okay. We will set to work on that. By the way, would happen to have a ruby? Diamond Tiara has requested that we get her a real ruby." replied Flam.

Starlight sighed. She sped to the attic and grabbed a medium-sized ruby. She sped back down and handed it to Flam.

As Starlight handed Flam the ruby, she said, "Here, this should please that brat."

Flam grabbed the ruby. He saw how the light hit it, making it sparkle in the afternoon sun. "Thanks, Starlight. We'll repay you," said, Flam.

"There's no need. As long as you help me keep the staff safe from Filthy Rich. And keep him out of town." replied Starlight, enforcing the fact that Filthy Rich was to be kept out of Canterlot.

Back at CHS, Diamond Tiara was walking into the last class of the morning. She spotted Twilight Sparkle.

As she sat down, she noticed that a rainbow-haired girl and blonde haired girl were exchanging glances at Twilight Sparkle.

"Why are they doing that? Did she do something wrong? Or is she avoiding them?" thought Diamond Tiara.

Suddenly the teacher spoke.

"Okay students, today we have a new student with us. Please welcome Diamond Tiara." said the teacher.

Diamond Tiara cleared her throat as she stood up. "Hello everyone, My name is Diamond Tiara. My dad is Filthy Rich. Yes, that Filthy Rich."

Everyone was in awe, well everyone except Twilight. She was looking at her work, not paying attention to Diamond Tiara.

Diamond Tiara was annoyed at Twilight's ignorance. She sat back down. She looked at her, who was still into her work. "Why exactly does she focus more on work rather than her friends?" thought Diamond Tiara.

Twilight, unaware of what just happened, finished her work. She looked up to see the teacher talking about the lesson. She looked back at her paper, noticing all the notes she jotted down about Sunset.

But the note that caught her eye, was the one she had underlined and circled in red. She had written Sunset's name with an equal sign next to it. At the end of the equal sign, was the word vampire. It was the word underlined and circled in red.

"That is the only explanation for what I saw." thought Twilight. She shook her head, not wanting to think about Sunset or the lies.

"Miss Sparkle, care to answer this question?" asked the teacher, interrupting Twilight's thoughts.

"Yes, Ms. Cheerlie," replied Twilight.

She got up out of her seat. As she walked past Trixie, Trixie stuck her foot out. She tripped over Trixie's foot, stumbling into Diamond Tiara.

"I am so sorry." apologized Twilight, grabbing her glasses off of Diamond Tiara's paper.

"It's fine, really," replied Diamond Tiara.

Rainbow Dash and Applejack looked at Diamond Tiara as she spoke. They were amazed that she seemed nice. They knew that her dad was, as his name stated, filthy rich.

Twilight managed to walk up to board without further incidents. She solved the equation in a matter of seconds. "There you go, Ms. Cheerlie," said Twilight, handing back the dry erase marker.

As she walked back to her seat, she avoided Trixie's second attempt at tripping her. She sat back down, still avoiding any eye contact with Applejack and Fluttershy.

The class ended in the next 30 minutes. Fluttershy and Applejack grabbed their stuff and went to lunch.

"Wow. I guess we should have realized that our lies would hurt her," said Fluttershy, her voice a whisper.

Applejack nodded. She agreed with Fluttershy. She wished that the lies they had told Twilight didn't exist. It took her a while to accept that she had to lie to protect Sunset. AppleJack didn't approve of lying to anyone, especially to her friends.

"I know, sugarcube. We may have to accept that she isn't going to trust us again, at least not for a long while," said Applejack.

Soon Fluttershy and AppleJack met up with the rest of their friends. As they went to the lunch line, they saw Sunset standing alone.

"Something wrong, Sunset?" asked Rainbow Dash. She placed a comforting hand on Sunset's shoulder.

Sunset looked at Rainbow Dash. She was glad that she had Rainbow was there. She took a deep breath, explaining what happened.

"She saw me lift Trixie up off the ground with my hand around her neck. When I turned to look for her, she was staring at me," said Sunset.

She placed her palm on her forehead. She hit it her head a little too hard though, resulting in her letting out a small groan.

Rainbow felt bad for Sunset. She knew that Sunset cared for Twilight. She looked at Sunset as she said, "You know, Pinkie invited her to join us for lunch."

Sunset looked up, a surprised expression on her face. She couldn't believe the words out of Rainbow Dash's mouth. She wasn't completely surprised to hear that Pinkie invited Twilight to hang out.

"What did she say, Rainbow?" asked Sunset, eagerly wanting to the answer.

Rainbow Dash smiled at Sunset. She was glad that she had good news to offer. "She said that she would gladly join us," replied Rainbow Dash.

Sunset just stood there stunned. She couldn't believe that Twilight actually agreed to join them. She was about to jump up with joy when her eyes caught sight of Twilight.

"Hello," said Twilight.