Equestria: Time Heals All
“Wait, are you serious!?”
Adagio Dazzle had seen and heard much in her long life. Kingdoms risen only to crumble. Great philosophers martyred for their beliefs. She and her sisters had sown disharmony and negativity across two different worlds.
“I am.” Sunset responded, “Celestia has given me permission to bring you three back to Equestria.”
Adagio Dazzle had seen and heard much in her long life.
But nothing would prepare her to return to the world of her birth, one that she had been banished from because of what she had to do to survive.
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Is everything in place on your end?
Yup! We have moved the portal to just outside of Ponyville so as to cause little to no damage when they cross.
I’ll go and let them know it’s time then.
Sunset closed the journal emblazoned with her cutie mark, stashing it lovingly in her locker.
“So…” Aria never seemed like she could emit such soft and quiet tones, her regular crass and blunt nature a complete opposite. “After all this time, we finally get to go back home, huh?”
Sunset nodded, smile on her face as she looked at her three friends. “I’m envious of you three, y’know? You three get to experience something that CHS stole from me. Redemption.”
“But we already forgave you!” Sonata said, blindly missing the point.
“I think, Sonata,” Adagio interjected, “Sunset means that we are getting to go and enjoy Equestria again, free from the dark magics that we used to survive for so long.” The shortest Siren turned her eyes, much more aged than they should be, to look at the unicorn. “It’s going to be strange, going back after so long. Even though we had tried so hard to drain that cesspool of a school of it’s Equestrian magic in hopes of going back, we all sort of knew that it wouldn’t have been enough.”
The other two Sirens nodded, Sunset smiling sadly at them. “Well I think we should hurry, they are waiting on us after all. I’m also envious of you three that you know so much about ancient Equestria!” Sunset was leading her three fellow Equestrians through the hallways of Crystal Prep, “I also wondered what it would be like to wake up in someplace I knew, only to find out that I had been asleep for hundreds of years! Everything I once knew had changed, and I now had to try and fit in again.”
“I, uh,” Sonata said looking down sadly, “I don’t remember much about Equestria… I remember we lost and got sent here by that bearded unicorn, but I only have little glimpses of what life was during or even before that.”
“We all have difficulties remembering our pasts,” Aria added, “Me and Adagio remember a little bit more, but we have a hard time recalling anything before we started feeding on negative emotions.”
“The best thing to say,” Adagio added solemnly, “Is that we have no past there. We will be lucky if people don’t ask your royalty to banish us once again.”
Sunset listened quietly to each of the three. This really was much more than returning home for them, this was going to be them attempting to find their pasts. She stopped in front of the washroom door.
“Really? A washroom?” Aria asked indignantly, “Whose idea was that?”
Sunset chuckled as she herded the three in, “Well it’s kinda hard to lock a portal location in from another world, just be happy Twilight managed to get it here at all.” She stopped in front of the closed door, watching as the three other women reacted to the Equestrian magic that was flowing from the door.
“I’ll be going last, just to make sure that this room is locked up and such, you three head on through and I will be right behind you!” Sunset gave a friendly smile as she shooed the three towards the door. “Go on, don’t be scared.”
“Doubt it could be worse than what Star Swirl did.” Aria shrugged as she passed through.
“Not a fear in the world, that one.” Adagio commented as she walked through.
Sonata went last, turning to look at the back of Sunset who was fiddling with the lock to the room. “You’ll be right behind me… right?”
Sunset turned and looked at the puppy dog eyes the former villainess was giving her. How could she have ever been evil? Sunset wondered, nodding and smiling. “I’ll be right behind you.”
Sonata gave one last look before she took a deep breath, before a large smile came to her face.
“Geronimo!” She bellowed as she jumped into the portal door, causing Sunset to shake her head at the sudden one-eighty of the girls emotions.
“Best not to keep any parties waiting.” She muttered to herself, before walking slowly through the portal herself.
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Light blinded Sunset as she was spat out from the portal, causing her to flail blindly before collapsing in a pile of limbs. Collapsing in a pile of limbs on something soft and… warm?
“Ow! Why are you so big and heavy?” Shouted a naturally singsong voice from underneath Sunset.
“I-I beg your pardon?” Sunset said, as she slowly cleared her vision and stood up as she continued to blink, “I am not heavy! Nor large! You’re… just…” Sunset stopped talking as she realized what she had landed on. “S-Sonata…? Is that… you?”
“What do you mean, ‘Is that you?’? Did the history books not properly show what us Sirens looked like?”
“I think,” Adagio’s voice came from behind Sunset, “she means the fact that we are Ponies, Sonata.”
Raspberry eyes slowly blinked open, staring at the pale cerulean limbs spread in front of her. Limbs ending in hooves was not that surprising to the Siren, however she soon noticed the lack of fin-like membrane between her cannon and forearm, causing her to rapidly stand up. Or at least attempt to, as she fell again into a mess of gangly limbs.
“Really?” Aria’s voice asked, Sunset noticing as a light fuchsia earth pony walked into view. “How could you fail at standing on your own legs, Sonata?”
“Bwaaaah?” Sunset let out a confuzzled sound as she tried to comprehend what she was seeing. Or rather, what she wasn’t seeing. All around the clearing just outside Ponyville stood a rather strange assortment of characters. Sunset Shimmer stood closest to the portal, noticing Princess Twilight as well as both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna off to the side. Twilight looked like her mind was utterly boggled at the sight before her, while Celestia and Luna looked at the three ponies standing just ahead of Sunset, a light fuchsia Earth Pony, a pale cerulean Pegasus, and a golden Unicorn, who seemed more interested with hoof studying the horn jutting out of her head.
“Well excuse me, Aria!” Sonata grumbled as she stood up, huffing at her sister. “It’s not like it’s been thousands of years since we were last here!” Sonata soon paused as she realized what she was looking at, before looking down at her own four legs standing steady on the ground. “What the hell!?” She shouted as she started dancing from leg to leg, “What’s going on? I thought we were Sirens, not Ponies!?”
“I have the feeling, judging by the reactions of our hosts,” Adagio had finally started talking, walking forward and standing beside Aria, “that this was unexpected, though maybe,” her eyes peered over at the royal sisters, “not entirely so?”
Everyone present, Sonata having been forced to stop moving when Sunset used her magic to freeze all four of her hooves onto the earth, stopped and stared at Equestria’s diarchy, questions filling the air even though nothing was being said.
“You would be correct, Adagio Dazzle,” Celestia started, striding forth as Luna followed closely behind, “that Luna and myself had held hopes that maybe something like this would occur.”
“Something like this?” Sunset asked, utterly baffled at what was starting to unfold. “Do you mean you had a feeling that they would appear like this? Did you set up the portal to give them these forms?”
“We did no such thing,” Luna stated, “though you are correct to guess that mayhaps we had. Nay, this is merely the same as when you or Twilight Sparkle travel from one world to the other.”
“Um, what?” Twilight said, “The portal gives you a form natural to the world you travel to such as me and Sunset turning into Humans, or Spike into a dog, but then we turn back into our natural forms when we return to Equestria. So why are they not Sirens?”
“Maybe this is what they mean.” Adagio said, “though I have no recollection of our… ‘natural form’ being that of Equines.”
“That is not to surprising.” Came Celestia’s calming tone, though it carried hint’s of knowledge into the current events. “Dealing with dark magics for that long can cause lasting effects.”
“Can someone please tell me what Celestia is talking about?” Sonata asked lamely, “And in, like, something simple?”
“She means, apparently, that we are ponies, numbnuts.” Aria stated dully, “Though like Adagio says, I’m not sure if I buy it.”
Celestia looked over the three Sirens, before looking to Sunset and Twilight. “Twilight, may we borrow your library? I think it is time we talk about some ancient history.”
The thought of hosting Celestia, talking about ancient history of all things, was enough to cause Twilight’s head to reach terminal velocity as she nodded. She led the delegation through her hometown, taking it slowly to allow Sonata to get used to having to walk on four legs instead of two.
“Now, where to start?” Celestia started after all present had taken seats around the room. “As I am sure Twilight and Sunset are aware, there is indeed a myth about the Sirens from ancient times, of how they threatened to ensnare Equestria and how they had to be banished.”
“That really hurt!” Sonata cried out, absentmindedly rubbing her head with a hoof as she remembered the pains of the event.
“We do apologize on Star Swirls actions,” Luna commented, “but you must understand we had no other choices available.”
“But what about the Elements of Harmony?” Twilight asked, “Couldn’t they have been used?”
Luna looked down in shame, as Celestia rubbed a wing over her sister’s back. “At that time, Luna and mine’s control over the Elements were starting to waver. Luna had started down the path to Nightmare Moon, and I was blind to see it happen. As such the Elements refused to help.”
“So you had to have Star Swirl banish them? Why couldn’t you two? Or either of you for that matter?” Sunset asked, perplexity crossing her muzzle. “I mean, you two are two of the most powerful beings in existence, right?”
“You must understand, we were not immune to the powers of the Sirens, as I am sure that our counterparts proved on the other world.” Luna said, “They had caused us to start our own bickering, which preoccupied my sister, so we called upon Star Swirl one last time.” She turned her ethereal maned head to the three fellow ancients, “That was the last action Star Swirl took, sadly. The magic he used took his very life.”
“That still doesn’t explain why we look like ponies.” Aria said with all the subtlety gravitas of a rocket launcher.
“That because, Aria Blaze,” Celestia said as she leveled her gaze onto the three sisters, “just like your sisters, Adagio Dazzle and Sonata Dusk, you three are indeed ponies. Naturally born Equestrians from a time long ago.”
WWWWHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTT?????????!!!!!!!!!! Holy headcannon, Batman!
Well, that's a twist. Not the transformation itself - we've seen images in trading cards and he like. That ending, though, now that's a story I feel like we need to learn at some point, either here or in a Sunset in Equestria spinoff.
8250410
hehe ^^
8250465
it will probably show up in Susnet in Equestria
better suited their since its not sunsets story
After the season 2 finale, I don't get the Celestia and Luna being extremely powerful idea. Sure they're the most powerful ponies, but neither of them can fly even near Wonderbolt level and we've seen a grand total of two feats of magic from them. They can move the sun and moon, which work nothing like ours and was accomplished by unicorns before, and Celestia undid Twilight's Want It Need It spell. Luna's dream abilities are tied to her cutie mark and can be moved to other ponies, so it's not a good scale of power. The most we've ever seen out of them is their lasers that Starlight and Twilight can use and Celestia's teleport shield in the Sombra timeline.
The worst though, is their track record. The Celestia vs Luna fight had nothing special in it, it took both of them to beat Sombra (Celestia couldn't beat him in the Sombra timeline), and lost to Discord, Chrysalis, and Tirek. I'll let the vines slip because they could've been asleep, (though both the sun and moon were in the sky, implying otherwise), but they got captured by changeling drones (the things that even Fluttershy fought off in droves) without anyone noticing. Their one victory without the Elements was a two alicorns vs one unicorn (umbrum were never mentioned in the show and the Sombra timeline contradicts the arc anyways. As far as we know, he's a unicorn). It's also implied they couldn't handle the Sirens either. At this rate, in a season or two, Twilight and Starlight will end up more powerful than them while still being no match for any antagonist. They're not even close to the most powerful beings on the planet, probably not even near the top 20 at this rate, and probably won't even be the strongest ponies soon.
8250693
Look there really is no point in debating it. At the end of the day its a kids show, Celestia will always be as powerful or as weak as the plot demands.
8250693
True, the sisters have had no real display of power, having a track record of failiures~
Maybe I enjoy stories with god like characters too much xD
So for my story Celestia and Luna will be all powerful regardless of what happened previously in the timeline~
And I can say that maybe my timeline will end up being different in some regards~ ;'D
I see were you went with this. The three were pony's before finding the pendents.
why are you making the status 'complete' if you are making more one-shots or canon parts of the story? should be 'incomplete'! lol.
8251213
kind of yes~
8251354
hehe, cause the main story was complete~ ;'D
The One-Shot's are extra content~
8252701
Hehe XD Sunset had to have an adorable moment before a sad one >.>
8252713
Yes, and i appreciate it being there.
8252798
Hmmmm...? Whatever is this for?
8252815
Yay ^^
I cant drag Baecon Hair throught the mud aaaall the time xP
8252820
Speaking of bacon hair, is there going to be a sequel or additional stories in this particular AU? I've grown a bit attached
8252953
Glad you like it~ ^^
I am currently writting the first chapter of the next story arc, Contest of Rivals~
8253319
Nice! Added to a book shelf and will be watching for updates :)
Happy writing, looking forward to it 😊
8258987
Got two out of three~! ^^
Blue Wendell's is my weird inverse Orange Julius. Blue and Orange being opposite/contrast colours and J beinging the 10th letter of the alphabet and W being the twentieth
I was pretty tired when i made it years ago XD
8259229
Hehe yup xD
8259245
It's never stated in canon afaik. An entirely grey area that can be exploited by authors as they wish.
Are pendants their 'magical' hearts needed for them to feed or even exist? Are they a source of their longevity/immortality? Could Dazzlings be ponies at some point? Are the pendants a corrupting influence? Absolutely nothing of it is directly answered in canon in any way.
My point is that I have A LOT of issues with quasi-redemption fics. Also, seing actual character development is interesting, unlike 'now I'm a nice guy, I just wasn't myself before'. And I don't even want to touch a pile of issues that comes with "they were not themselves for like 99% of their life".
So, (and I've read all the existing chapters, sequel included) for me they indeed do feel like OC's. Which, for me is a big disappointment, cause we have like no decent 'dazzlings as lesser evil stories' a very few decent 'dazzling redemption' stories and waaay too much 'Sonata is actualy nice, it's her sisters that are evil' stories. *shrugs* Honestly, I am definitely not a nice person, but I can't even see the story as anything fluff/SoL with a single edgy-drama moment that is very convenient for constant reuse.
8259890
Completely understandable~ ^^
Though my personal opinion is that if you write fan fiction the characters automatically become OC's, no matter how in character they are~
8260097
I getcha~
It was a risky thing to do as its not something for everyone, but i hope it doesnt disuade you from the rest of the story~ ^^
8260928
you're right~
They were some of the few not to buy into the hate, and some of the very few who had no secrets revealed, which helped prove to them that Sunset was innocent~
8260987
will there be a sequel?
8277123
There is already one that is reaching the climax~
Contest of Rivals takes place during the Friendship games~ ^^
8277186
Thank you! I'm reading it right now and so far it's awesome!
8277232
Glad you like it~ ^^
great story.
8280762
Thankee for the complimen~ ^^
theres no way this can be complete when you end on something like that because its obvious that celestia meant siren as in someone who can manipulate others when the actual sirens are saying they were fish ponies and i think they would know their original forms better than a pony who didnt meet them because they were busy with other stuff so the only answer left is that celestia did cause this to happen probably as a safety precaution but still not nice to take their forms away
8306967
This arc may be complete, but there is other stuff happening~ ^^
8306941
i get the tavi Vinyl ship but making them sisters, yeah a bit much.
8307594
Understandable~ It's not a thing for everybody and I hope it doesn't turn you off from reading the rest of the things I have planned~ ^^;
8313506
I never realized how much the Equestria Girls series parallels Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.
Part 1: "I reject my Humanity!" (Sunset = Dio Brando)
Part 2: "Ancient evil from thousands of years ago return to rule the world by using the power of ancient red stones to become the perfect beings." (Sirens = Pillar Men (hence the song in the animation))
Part 3: "Your power... is the same as mine!" (Sunset = Jotaro Kujo & Twilight Sparkle = DIO)
Part 4: A bunch of highschool students are getting crazy weird and awesome powers during the summer and have to fight a ruthless sociopath who's ready to do whatever it takes to keep their quiet life. (Sunset & friends = DUWANG gang; Gloriosa = me)
Part 5: A group of teenagers with strange powers are hunting down others with the same powers and encounter a user who traps them in a mirror world. (Susnet & friends = Passione; the girl from the EQG specials = Man In The Mirror)
8313685
Ive yet to watch that anime ^^;
8313729
It certainly lives up to the title of "Bizarre". Starts with vampires and works up to some really cool stuff.
8313745
hehe xD
8313509
still reading it on that. Would change if I could on them being sisters.
8323958
true.
This was a great story. You did a wonderful job on it.
8334900
Thank you~! ^^
Im glad you liked it~! ^^
8341175
Answer me!! (Unless you did in a chapter I haven't read yet)
8341184
It comes up later~ ^^
why is this marked compleat its clearly not
8366909
I'm afraid I don't understand ^^;
THis arc is finished, there is nothing else to add to it, but there is more to the story, which picks up in the next arc
8371705
What DOn't ya get? I'll see if I can explain some of my mad thinkings without giving away future plans~ ^^
8374275
oooooooooooooooooooo the next arc is in a new story sorry didn't realize to that
8374557
hehe no worries~ ^^