Cover Art by Jumboz95

Sonata Dusk knows she isn't the brightest light bulb in the bag. Dusk Shine is studying in the library when she comes in asking for help "becoming smarter."

"Twilight" and "Other" tag represent Dusk Shine.

The Dazzlings are a formidable trio, but after a week of staying home together, Adagio is anxious to get away from her two companions for a while, and they split up for the day to catch up on personal needs and simple errands they had to put off all week. Nothing they can't handle, right?

Featured 11/16/14!

Adagio Dazzle and Aria Blaze are living in complete and utter grief. No sooner had their necklaces been destroyed when an incident that they would rather forget comes to occur, destroying the trio and leaving a shattered duo. Through it all, a single girl sets out to make their lives more happy. With something sweet, of course!

Dedicated to all my friends down at Anti-Depression Ponies, and for all of you who feel down sometimes.

The night is young. It has been a week since the Battle of the Bands. An argument breaks out at a dining room table, with three teenage girls. Someone gets thrown out.

Even unable to sing well, a siren is never silent.

This is how it feels to be Sonata Dusk, right now.

When you try and use dark magic to take over Canterlot High, it never ends well.
The Dazzlings lost their powers and were thoroughly embarrassed by Sunset Shimmer, Princess Twilight, and company.

For Sonata, it didn't get much better. Fed up with her inherent ignorance, Adagio takes her frustrations out on Sonata, and kicks her out of the group. With nowhere to go, she winds up wandering the streets. Luckily for her, she wandered into the right place at the right time.

She'll be borrowing someone's kindness for a while.

Will Sonata be able to atone for her mistakes?
Will she be able to make friends?

Author's Note: Originally, I planned to entirely change this. But I realized this provides me with a beautiful opportunity. A chance to explore a world of what-ifs. Sonata being saved by Vinyl after the Battle of the Bands could change the entire timeline from here on out. Let's go.

This story is a sequel to Expulsion

Sonata Dusk, once lost and unsure, is living proof that people can change. When she realizes how hard it is to make amends and regain the respect of her peers, she will make an attempt to do some good, so the students of Canterlot High could see who she really is.

Setting up a café sounds like a great start.

When Sunset Shimmer needs some money to get her jacket cleaned and repaired, she decides to take a part-time job to make some cash. She didn't expect to get a rather surprising co-worker, nor did she expect things to turn out quite like they did.

My first Equestria Girls story, happening after the events of Rainbow Rocks. Cover art courtesy of jankrys00.

When Sonata ends up getting a message from a wrong number on her phone, she decides this to be an opportunity to make friends.

Entry for the Everfree Northwest Pre-Con Contest, where the prompt revolves around making friends.

Sonata is a freshmen at Canterlot University, and meets Adagio and Aria who aren't really excited to see her. And unexpecting things keep happening. Also, they get really annoyed of each other.
If you finished this read the sequel: Spring Buddies, Well Not Exactly.

When Sonata and Aria return to school after disappearing for several weeks, Sunset begins to find out the reason the girls turned into such evil beings.

Credit for artwork goes to Jack-a-Lynn on DeviantArt.