Sunset wakes up covered in blood once more. Like always, she has no memory of what she did the night before. However, there was a witness this time.

Edited by Rainedash!

With the defeat of the sirens and her subsequent acceptance at school, Sunset Shimmer had thought her life had made a turn for the better.

She thought it would be easy to simply forget the Dazzlings.

However, a run-in with Sonata Dusk brings in another perspective on the whole Battle of the Bands episode, one Sunset had never really stopped to contemplate.

After all, it takes one monster to understand another...
Right?

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You work for a taco store that you hate. Your job sucks. You hate your boss. And your very slowly starting to hate your life. But when a new customer catches your eye, it just might lead your lives for the better.

Rated T for Tacos.

The immortal Sonata Dusk once believed she would never run out of time. But a strange encounter on a quiet back road will show her how precious life's moments truly are.

For on this night, Sonata meets Death himself.

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An homage to Lordi's song-story "The Riff."
Thanks to Reia Hope for proofreading.
"The Ballad of Nasty Joe" is owned by the author, though he can't imagine why anyone would steal it.
Japanese Translation, by Haru.
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Note: This story contains some spoilers for Rainbow Rocks.

Rarity is a member of both the Ponytones and the Rainbooms, two bands playing for the Canterlot High Musical Showcase. No problem, right? But when complications arise, she will have to make some tough choices: The Rainbooms or the Ponytones? How will she make up with Sweetie Belle?

Thankfully, she may find help in the most unlikely of places.

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.

This story is a sequel to Twilight eats Sonata's Taco

The Dazzlings hope to sow some disharmony during gym class, but Sonata is hopelessly distracted by the the taco she lost, and her newest discovery: sweet, sweet peaches.

With a reading by AShadowOfCygnus!

The charade was over, the Dazzlings defeated, and CHS and Equestria saved from annihilation.

Since their defeat, Adagio had decided to throw in the towel and give up her remaining life. By singing a song they had kept safe with them, The Dazzlings managed to remove all of their memories and age, and begin a brand new life. Hopefully, these second lives would be a lot better than their previous lives.

By singing their song, they transformed themselves into newborns and sent themselves to the only person who would be willing to help them start over: Sunset Shimmer...

[Disclaimer] Slight Spoilers for Rainbow Rocks. Don't read this story if you don't want to be teased.

The new cover art for this story comes from a very generous writer/artist called keam. She was generous enough to lend a picture to me. You should go to her page, thank her, check her stories out and give her lots of love and support. Thanks, keam. You've been a big help!

There's also some essence of SunLight in this later on, nothing too extreme, just Sunset and Twilight sharing some deep moments together, that's all.

When Sunset Shimmer decided to keep tabs on Sonata, she didn't think she'd get to actually sit down with her and help her.

Written for the 2014 October writeoff, "Just Over The Horizon".

Cover image by sebisscout1997

The Dazzlings head to Donut Joe's to lick their wounds after the Battle of the Bands. Unfortunately, they run into the ones who defeated them and strike up a conversation that brings up old memories.

Edited by Rainedash!