Each of the other sirens stared with varying levels of shock, disgust, and downright rage. Sunset had just finished her story of everything that had led up to the current moment, from the start of Anon-a-Miss up to Crescendo’s deal with her.
“I always knew Canterlot High was a bit of a madhouse-” Adagio started with a sneer.
“But that crosses every damn line there is.” Aria finished, looking about ready to explode.
Sonata had snaked around for another hug, “Even if it was just to save yourself and Da-uhh-Marred...thank you!” She sniffed a bit, “You saved us...or are in the process of saving us.” Dusk added with a chuckle.
Sunset gave a tired smile, a wave of relief coming over her after having to retell the story. Maybe Rainbow could take over for the next telling? This was getting stressful.
Adagio turned to her fellow sirens with a raised eyebrow, “Σκέψεις?” This earned thinking looks from the other two.
Dash and Sunset paused, both looking at each other then the Dazzlings, “Come again?”
“One moment, if you could?” Adagio requested, “Thoughts?” She repeated in the foreign language.
“You can already guess my stance.” Aria nodded.
“Argonaut til the end, huh Aria?” Adagio chuckled, casting a smile at the other.
Aria smirked, nodding, “Besides, Crescendo did pass the crown to her. She’s the queen now and it’d probably be a good idea to stick by her.”
“Certainly didn’t expect Crescendo to pass it to Sunset of all people.” Sonata giggled, returning to her seat after the lengthy hug. “But yeah, if Ari’s sticking around, I will too!”
“Well I never expected her to pass it to anyone at the rate things were going.” Adagio rolled her eyes with a huff, “Well, I can’t really leave you two on your lonesome, now can I?”
“You’re just mad because you liked to think you were the queen.” Aria sniped back, a small grin on her face.
“Aren’t I though?” She chuckled, smirking at Aria with a casual flip of her bangs.
“...no, she’s over there!” Sonata pointed at Sunset, earning a surprised and wide-eyed look from the girl in question.
“Wait, what? What I do?” Deer in the headlights, thy name was Sunset Stanza.
“Don’t worry about it.” Adagio confirmed, casting almost a pouting glance at Sonata.
“For starters though, Adagio should get us out of this crappy apartment and somewhere more accessible. Pity only gets us so far. Especially when we’ll be getting ‘better' soon.” Aria hummed, drumming her fingers on the table, “Especially if we’re going to be sticking with these two to any degree.”
“We can spend some time looking around for a new place after we adjourn here.” Adagio reasoned.
“We finally get to leave that shithole?!” Sonata grinned, earning surprised looks from the other two, “What?”
“Hearing you swearing just...sounds wrong.” Aria shrugged.
“Language, Sonata.” Adagio added with a shake of her head.
“I’m almost as old as you guys!” Sonata shouted, pouting at them.
“And that rarely shows.” Aria snickered, banter at full strength.
“Uh, how old are you guys anyways?” Marred asked after a moment, coming out of the daze of hearing the incomprehensible gibberish.
“Tsk, tsk Spectrum!” Adagio huffed, “Don’t you know never to ask a lady her age?”
“Well I wouldn’t know, I’m not a lady.” Dash paused, “As in I’m a girl! There’s a difference between the two!” She went about as red as Sunset’s hair once was after Adagio started guffawing.
“Nah, she’s right.” Aria nodded, “And let’s be honest, Adagio’s no lady either.”
Sonata giggled, “Well, we’re all over a thousand. Ari’s the oldest, Dagi follows by two years, and I’m back another twenty.”
“Wait, what?!” Dash gaped, “You’re over a thousand?! That-you’re pulling my leg!”
“Nope!” Sonata grinned.
“No, no, we are indeed that old. Of course we’re still looking great for it.” Adagio hand waved, nodding.
“Well, most of us.” Aria snarked.
“Oh, hush.” Adagio rolled her eyes in return.
“So, wait, if you’re all like thousands of years old and stuff… How the hell did we manage to beat you three?” Marred asked, wide-eyed. “Shouldn’t you be experienced and stuff?”
“Luck, clearly.” Aria scoffed.
“The magic of friendship.” Sunset deadpanned, “That’s all Sparkle could provide as an answer. I can hardly remember what we actually did.”
“There was a lot of singing and rainbows.” Marred supplied, “Kind of a standard performance for my band.”
“Actually it was kinda cringey.” Sonata said honestly.
Dash hung her head, “It...kinda sucked.”
Sunset raised her eyebrows, noting that it had been Fluttershy’s song. “Even so, The Rainbooms don’t really exist anymore.”
“Right. I imagine they wouldn't after everything you told us.” Aria nodded.
“You know, you seem pretty on board with all this, Aria.” Dash noted.
“Indeed, given your demeanor during the Battle, I figured you’d be a lot more against this.” Sunset mused aloud, leaning back.
“Well, yeah, I was an Argonaut. Loyalty to the queen was always our number one.” Aria placed a fist on her shoulder, arm across her chest in a salute of sorts. “‘Sides, have a lot less to be miffed about now.”
“Oh yes, put us on a nice show, Aria.” Adagio replied.
Sonata bumped her gently, “C’mon, Dagi.”
“What’s an Argonaut?” Rainbow blinked, “Sounds kinda cool.”
“The royal guards of Maretonia. Some were lucky enough to become the personal guards of the Queen herself, but I was just an average soldier.” Aria explained.
Sunset supplied an answer to the unasked question, “Maretonia is their home island on Terra.”
“And to be honest, it’s nice to see this side of her come out again.” Adagio admitted with what might’ve been a smile.
Aria fought at the proud smirk coming to her lips, but overall failed.
“So you were willing to drop any hostility because of me being the new queen?” Sunset blinked, rather surprised.
“Well, you also promised to help us out and not let us die, so there’s that too.” Aria deadpanned as the smirk locked in place, “So we’re kinda grateful for that.”
Sunset rubbed the back of her head, “Really, you don’t need to keep thanking me for this. Had we known you all were going to die because of what happened at the Battle, we would’ve found something else to stop you.”
Dash nodded, “Yeah, we wanted to stop you and all, but we never intended to actually do all this crap. Twilight never mentioned anything about the things keeping you alive.”
“Her book had hardly anything on your-our kind.” Sunset nodded, correcting herself at the technical slip up.
“I wouldn’t expect it to. Equestria has always been a xenophobic country. They hardly want to learn about griffons, let alone mind-afflicting sea dragons.” Aria deadpanned once more, rolling her eyes.
“Come on, it's the land of friendship and harmony. It can’t be that bad.” Dash chuckled.
Sunset looked away, whistling innocuously.
“Yeah, sorry to break it to you, but pretty pony friendship land isn’t as hunky-dory as you’d think. They’re even afraid of their own ruler. Just ask her.” Aria snorted, nodding to Sunset.
Sunset sniffed angrily, “I am not afraid of Celestia, I assure you.” That came out a lot more bitter than she had initially intended.
“Pfft, I hope not! We may have to go back and talk to her and stuff!” Sonata said.
“What? Why?” Dash blinked, “What does Celestia have to do with any of this?”
“She’s the Princess of Equestria. Or at least one of them. If we ever decide to go back and try to rebuild or something, we’re gonna need her help.” Sonata nodded.
“Why would we need her help?” Sunset frowned, eyelids lowering in annoyance.
Anyone with a single brain cell could sense the bad blood soaked across the history books here, so Adagio wisely changed the subject, “That’s a far off point.” She shook her head, “And a considerable one when we bring up how many enemies we have near the portal, on both sides.”
“Not to mention we still need two more amulets.” Aria nodded.
“I’m willing to try to make another.” Sunset supplied, glancing between Aria and Sonata, relieved to have the subject shifted away. Celestia was not a topic she wanted to discuss right now.
Sonata looked at Aria, “Uhh… Maybe you should...?” She half-asked.
Aria shook her head, “You need it more than me. Go ahead, ‘Nata.” Aria waved, smiling a bit as she leaned back in her chair.
“You sure?” She asked, concerned.
“I’ve lasted the best out of us so far. Besides, if those tears over the last month have told me anything, you could use it.” She nodded, assuring Sonata it would be fine.
“Alright…” Sonata nodded to Sunset, “Go ahead.”
Sunset nodded, taking a breath and bringing her hands together in a light glow. A look of pained concentration crossed her face as another amulet began to form, the brilliant Heart dropping into her palm as she doubled over into Rainbow, “!” She panted, “Okay, yeah, too soon. Shoulda waited longer…”
Marred grabbed hold of her shoulders, helping her up and leaning in to support her friend. “Easy, Stanz, easy.”
Despite still being as thin as a bean pole, Aria was at Sunset’s side immediately as well.
“Oh my goodness, be careful!” Sonata slapped her hands over her mouth.
“I’m alright, I’m alright.” Sunset breathed, holding up the gem to inspect it, “No more magic for today.” Despite the nearness in time to the last one being made, it looked flawless.
“Probably a wise idea.” Adagio frowned, finding herself concerned as well.
“You should rest for now. We’ll be okay on our own.” Aria suggested, standing from her crouch.
Marred nodded, “We need to meet up with the soccer team anyways.” She pulled out her dad’s phone, “One sec, gotta let my dad know about that.”
Sunset held herself steady on the table, “I suppose you three will be looking for a new place to stay after this?” She held out her palm, offering the gem to Sonata.
“Eeeeee! Thank you thank you thank you!” Sonata grinned, snatching up the gem eagerly and stringing it around her neck, “Ah~ Ahhhhh!~”
“Along with other things.” Adagio nodded, an amused smile crossing her face at Sonata’s excitement, “But we shouldn’t be too hard to find. We’ll get ourselves some cell phones and such so it’ll be easier to keep in touch.”
“Here.” Sunset grabbed one of the napkins, scribbling an address on it, “This is where I’m staying right now. If you need anything feel free to drop by for a visit.” She nodded, with a smile, “Hope to...uh, see you three again soon.” Sunset could only hope her smile didn’t look as awkward as it felt.
“Oh.” Dazzle smirked, “You will.”
“Wonderful.” Sunset nodded, standing up. Yeah, Adagio would be a very interesting person for her social circle.
‘...I mean, yeah.’ Blaze said into Dash’s ear, ‘That’s fine. Spitfire and Soarin, they’re, uh… Spitfire’s responsible. Just be sure to be here before dinner; I’m about to go pick up your mom from the airport.’
“A’ight dad, we’ll be home soon. Let mom know I’m okay, don’t want her upturning the city before dinner.” Dash responded, now walking down the sidewalk with Sunset, the Dazzlings having gone their own way.
‘I’ll do my best. Be safe, Dashie.’
“I will. See you soon, daddo.” She smiled, ending the call. “Sooooo, how are we gonna explain this to my team?”
“I don’t know; they’re your team.” Sunset said with a small hint of amusement. “Though, didn’t they turn their backs on us too?” That amusement drained away as quickly as it appeared.
“They...didn’t technically. They stayed neutral.” Dash sighed, “Kinda still a dick move and I’m gonna flog Fleet for it.” She ground her teeth a little, “But Misty still said that we could go to them for help, so...let’s stay optimistic?”
“...Right.” Sunset sighed as well, “I just have a bad feeling about this.”
“All things considered, not unreasonable.” She shrugged, “But come on, Soarin is like the most easy going guy in the world.”
“I wouldn’t know.” Sunset shrugged, “Never really cared to learn about the seniors in our freshman year.”
“Well, then you’re gonna now. He’s a great guy, I promise.” Rainbow assured, giving a wide smile.
Rainbow’s enthusiasm was almost contagious, a hint of a smile forming on Sunset’s face, “And Spitfire?”
“Well, she’s not gonna be mad today.” Dash chuckled, “She’s kinda a dick, but the lovable kind, you know. It's a sign that she likes you.”
Sunset chuckled, “Kinda like me?”
“Don’t be too hard on yourself!” She laughed, punching her shoulder, “You’re too much of a kitten to be a dickhead.”
“A kitten, really?” Sunset almost scoffed, “I thought I was a raging she-demon.”
“Here I thought you hated that nickname?” Dash raised an eyebrow as they turned the corner, Clipper’s sitting at the end of the plaza.
“I’ll admit, it’s growing on me.” Sunset giggled.
“Really? The self imposed insult is growing on you?” Dash laughed, “Shouldn’t that be a sign of insanity or something?”
“Hey, if insanity is accepting that I have a bit of dark magic still, bring it on.” Sunset smirked.
“Well yeah, that Hear-wait...still?” She tilted her head.
“What, you thought my demon form was made from light magic?”
“Th-that’s still there?” Marred blinked, certainly not expecting that, “But I thought you were a siren now?”
“Magic is like all matter, Mar. Can’t be destroyed or created. Once you get dark magic flowing through you like I did, it never really leaves.” She sighed, kicking a stray rock down the street, “Theoretically, I can still use it. It's just...I doubt I’ll have very good control over that much all at once. Like during the Formal.”
Mar rubbed her shoulder, “Yeah, I guess that makes sense… Doesn’t make me any less nervous though.”
Sunset nodded, “If I’ve kept it in line this long with no trouble, I should be able to do so for longer...until I can start training it.” She added quietly.
Marred stopped outside the front door of the guitar shop, turning around to face Sunset, “You can do that?” She asked. “Are...you sure that’s a good idea? I mean, it took some weird magic from Twilight just to put it away last time.”
“What happens if I don’t?” She shrugged, “Lose control one day and slaughter someone in a fit of fury? I need to learn how to control it properly. That’ll at least mitigate some risk.”
Dash let out a breath, forming a smoky cloud of heat, “If you’re sure, I’ll be ready and willing to help if you need me to.”
“Thanks Marred. I can always count on ya, can’t I?” Sunset let out a sigh of relief, smiling at her best friend.
“You know it!” Dash grinned back. “And now… We gotta deal with these, uh…”
“Dorks?”
“Hey!” Dash laughed, “They’re still my team!”
“Exactly.” Sunset smirked.
“Well, Soarin is inside, so I guess that’s fair. C’mon. Let’s see what awaits us.” She pushed open the doors, full of vigor and ready to deal with whatever was inside!
The room was dead silent, all eyes on her.
“...wassup?” Dash said smoothly, nearly falling over as she tried to lean against a guitar rack. Sunset face palmed.
“...Yep, that’s Dash alright.” Fleet smiled weakly.
“Oh, okay!” Surprise nodded, clearing her throat, “...HOLY SHIT!”
“Ugh, hey Surprise. Yep, thanks for helping me up.” She said, climbing to her feet.
“Hey, I couldn’t have gotten there in time if I wanted to get my ‘holy shit’ out of the way.” Surprise said.
Frowning heavily, Misty went up to her captain, her whole body shaking.
Dash dusted herself off, “H-hey, Mist...uh, what’s up?” She tried smiling.
She was pulled into a tight hug, “OH MY GOD I AM SO SORRY!” Dash’s co-captain shivered.
“WAHH!” Dash exclaimed, Sunset flinching back from the sudden grab as well.
Fleet followed Misty over, scratching the back of her head, “H-Hey cap…” She smiled nervously after Misty let go.
Dash instantly shifted from a sad smile to a fierce glare, “Hey.”
“...I fucked up, I know.” Fleet slumped over, sighing.
“Yeah, no shit, Flatfoot.” Marred growled out, “I oughta break a guitar over your head!” Her eye twitched, and to some degree, even Dash herself was surprised with how angry she was getting.
“The point is.” Spitfire got directly in between them, defending both her boyfriend’s livelihood and her friend’s cranium, “You and Sunset are okay.” The fiery-haired woman motioned Sunset inside more. “At least, I’m guessing you’re Sunset.”
“Sunset Stanza, at your service.” She gave a light courtesy, eyeing Spitfire over, trying to get a feel for the newcomer.
“...Why do you two look so different?” Misty asked, almost immediately biting her lip after.
“That’d be some magic bullshit. Healing spell had side effects.” Dash took point, being the one to explain this time around. She looked around the room, taking track of each person there. It looked like only the main members of the team, and ex-members, were there. Spitfire, Surprise, Misty, and Flatfoot...wait, where was Soarin?
“Hey! Who’s here?” A voice from the back room spoke up, three figures running out. “What the?” Nightshade blinked at the two.
Soarin followed from behind them, carrying a platter of hot drinks, “I could’ve sworn I heard Dash’s voi-” He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw the two high schoolers, nearly spilling the drinks.
Nightshade looked between the two, “Is that…?”
“Hey! You’re the three that found us, right?” Dash found herself and Sunset swarmed instantly.
“Holy shit, what happened?!” Nightshade gasped, looking her over.
Starry looked particularly worried, “This doesn’t match the pattern, it can’t be them…” She muttered to herself.
“No.” Spitfire shook her head, “They already told us who’s fault this was.” The fiery headed woman explained the situation.
“Whew!” Blitz wiped her forehead, “That’s a relief. So what are you two gonna do now?”
“We’re...dropping out of CHS.” Dash nodded, looking away.
“What?!” The current members of the team gasped, “Cap, are you serious?” Misty shook her head, staring.
“Where are you gonna go? You need to finish high-” Spitfire glanced at Nightshade, both blinking at each other, “You guys can’t be serious.”
“It's the only other high school in the area.” Sunset shrugged, “And it's not full of people that hate our guts.”
“I never thought I’d see the day when we’d run you out, cap.” Fleet said remorsefully, “But it’s probably for the best.”
Dash sighed at that, wilting slightly, “It's not you guys’ fault. Staying in the same school as those nutjobs though? That’s a death sentence for us. Who knows what Gilda might try, what she might incite the rest of the school to do?”
“For our own safety, it's best we leave as soon as possible.” Sunset nodded, “I think it’d be best to make it so with Principal Celestia tomorrow.”
“Well, welcome to Crystal Prep then.” Starry offered a hand, “Hope you enjoy the tail end of your senior year.”
Sunset took it with a tired smile, “Hoping to ride it out in peace.”
Nightshade winced, “Yeah, ‘bout that. Mind coming to visit us and our other friends in the rec room when you get the chance? We’ve got some stuff to talk about.”
Sunset drew her mouth into the line of a confused frown, “I suppose so, yeah. Something wrong?”
“Little bit.” Soarin nodded, “But it's probably best if Izzy and her friends explain it to you tomorrow.”
“Yeah, just take care of my little sis while you’re there.” Fleet nodded, “She needed to transfer there as well after ...well that’s not important.” She waved, “Just be good to her, or I’ll sock you in the teeth.” Floot smiled a bit.
“We’ll keep an eye out.” Marred nodded, not entirely sure why Fleetfoot was as on edge about this as how she came off. Fleet hardly talked about her sister when they hung out. It always seemed like a rather private matter.
“And Izzy too, of course.” Soarin smiled.
“Soarin! I can take care of myself.” The pale blue girl crossed her arms, pouting.
“I love you Izzy!~” Soarin chuckled, ruffling her hair.
“And I’m sure my girlfriend will be around to help as well.” Misty said, nodding, “All in all, we’ll all keep in touch. We have… connections.”
“Right. Gonna try and get a new phone tomorrow too. So I’ll be sure to give you guys our new numbers once that gets all filled out and stuff.” Rainbow nodded, shoving her hands in her pockets.
“Beyond that, sounds like we have a plan. Get new phones in the morning, transfer to CP and meet up with you three then?” Sunset nodded to herself, looking over at Starry.
“Six. There’s six of us.” She nodded, “We’re looking forwards to getting to know you two, and are beyond relieved that you’re alright now.”
“Thanks.” Sunset smiled, “I wasn’t expecting much of a warm reception, honestly. It’s a lot different from what I’m used to.”
“Well, we’ll be sure to change that!” Blitz bounced over, jamming out to the pink headphones on her ears. Sunset hadn’t bothered to notice them earlier, but now with the girl in her face and the music blaring from them, it was harder to ignore, “Early introduction! I’m Blueball Blitz! But I used-”
Nightshade stepped in, covering her friend’s mouth, “We’ll get to that tomorrow, BB. They need their rest.”
“Huh? Okay! I can wait!” She nodded, pulling back and smiling at Sunset.
Sunset just nodded, giving the girls a curious look. Whatever was coming tomorrow was bound to be something important.
“Well, I guess that’s it then?” Marred asked, looking between the gathered crowd.
“Seems like.” Spitfire nodded, “You should probably get home. Can’t imagine your dad being too happy about you guys being out for very long after what happened.”
“No, neither can I.” Dash chuckled weakly, “Alright, Stanz, let’s go.”
“Right behind you.” Sunset nodded, “See you all later.”
“Good luck, you two.” Spitfire smiled genuinely at Dash, “And keep in touch.”
“I will.” Dash smiled back. “Promise.”
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The walk back was shorter in this direction, and the car sitting in the driveway showed that Rainbow Blaze was home, “Looks like he’s back from picking up your mom.” Sunset noted.
“Oh, sweet!” Dash’s mood lightened at the thought; having to leave her teammates hanging still stuck in the back of her mind, internally bringing her down during the walk.
“...Don’t you think your Mom’s going to be upset?” Sunset asked.
“Weeeeell, yeah, but she’ll see that I’m okay.” Dash put simply. “It’s just gonna be great to have her home.”
“Can’t believe I finally get to meet this enigma. She really away that often?” Sunset raised her eyebrows.
“Yeah, she does a lot of trips all over the world, so she isn’t home often.” Dash said, shrugging a bit.
“Sounds pretty cool.” She admitted, “Guess I’m about to meet her then? Heh, wish the circumstances were better.”
“Yeah, me too. But hey, considering everything, it was going to happen.” Dash sighed softly, preparing herself as she put a hand on the door leading from the garage into the house. Softly, she cracked open the door, hearing the voices pouring out from inside.
“You let them go out again?! Blaze, do you know how dangerous that could be for them out on the streets?!” A feminine voice exclaimed from Dash’s living room.
“What, do you want them to be prisoners?!” Rainbow Blaze refuted weakly. “Besides, this was by high school students, not by one of your enemies!”
“That doesn’t matter, Blaze!” Dash motioned Sunset inside, quietly, slipping through the kitchen. “They could still get hurt again, or some more of that magic shit could happen, or-”
“H-Hey, Mom.” Dash said weakly to the tan skinned, grayscale-haired woman in front of her.
Daring Do spun around, dropped her bags to the ground, and immediately embraced her daughter, “Oh my God, Dash!” She said breathlessly, tears already flowing from her eyes, “You had me so worried!”
Sunset stood off to the side, feeling a bit awkward as she watched the two embrace.
Dash hugged back, “Sorry, mom. Things got so nuts outta nowhere.”
“I know, I know, I-” She wiped a tear away, taking a steadying breath, “When I heard you were in the hospital, I thought…” She bit her lip, pausing to calm herself. “I thought it was because of me.”
“No, no, it wasn’t you. I got myself in trouble.” She forced out a laugh, “As per usual.”
Daring pulled away a little, looking Dash over, “Some big trouble, it looks like.”
She winced, “Yeah. Kind of a long story, but hey! I look a bit more like you now.”
Sunset stepped forwards before Dash’s awful joke could land, “I’m sorry. This is my fault. Rainbow got herself mixed up in an issue of mine and got hurt for it.”
Rainbow shook her head, “No way. This was just as much my issue. This isn’t your fault, Stanz.”
“...Are you Sunset Shimmer?” Daring asked her, a calculating frown on her face.
Sunset held her stance. She always knew a confrontation like this would come. After everything, she had always been surprised it hadn’t come from Blaze, “Yes, ma’am, though I’d prefer Sunset Stanza if you use a last name.”
“You changed too?” She half-asked, looking at Blaze for confirmation. Daring’s husband nodded with a patient - if not forced - smile. With that confirmed, she looked over Sunset a bit harder, before silently coming to her conclusion and nodding to herself. “Well, our guest room is open to you any time, Miss Stanza.”
And it appeared that it wouldn’t come from Rainbow’s mom either, “Thank you. It’s a pleasure to finally meet you.” She breathed a sigh of relief. Rainbow felt a little more relaxed as well.
“Call me Daring.” She nodded pleasantly, “And it’s a pleasure to meet you too.”
“Right, hello Ms. Daring.” Sunset smiled.
“Right.” Dash nodded, “Now that you’ve finally met her, I can saY THAT MY MOM IS THE COOLEST MOM EVER!” Rainbow exploded.
Daring laughed, and Blaze came over, pulling her close. “I told you they’d be okay.”
“You did, and you were right.” Daring pecked him on the cheek.
Sunset chuckled at Rainbow’s outburst, “I can only imagine how much you resisted telling me about her before.”
“Aww man, it was hard enough not to tell Fluttershy until she met her! You have no idea!” Dash wilted almost immediately after uttering the name, “So...yeah…”
“Well, late as it is, how about we all settle in for some dinner?” Blaze asked them, knowing now would be a good distraction time.
“Maybe I should head to the bedroom. I’m sure you’ve got some catching up to do and-” Even Sunset knew she had no hope of finishing that sentence.
“-What?! No!” Dash jumped in quickly, “Come on, Stanz! You’re a part of the family now too, right?” She looked back at her parents.
“Yeah, of course.” Blaze nodded.
Daring merely smiled in response.
Family. There was that word again.
Sunset blinked. Dash had used it back before Anon-a-Miss had shown up. Said she and the Rainbooms were family to her. Now look where she was… She blinked again. Still with Dash. That was where. Stanza looked up, turquoise eyes locking with rose red.
Maybe it was worth the chance.