Adagio Dazzle sat on a bench at the museum, one that was positioned in front of the prehistoric cavemen exhibit. Being quite old herself, she was tempted to make a joke about how she was still much younger compared to the ancient humans.
But there was no use. She just knew there was no point. A single touch in her chest reminded her that no matter what she did, she wouldn't be able to get this heavy feeling out of it so easily.
And what's worse, she had no idea what this feeling even meant, or if it was safe or dangerous. All she knew, was that she didn't like it one bit.
The other thing she knew? It appeared as soon as she saw the CMC breaking their friendship, an even that she had a hand in. It wasn't her intention to make them break their friendship like that.
After all, she could've made it much worse if she tried.
But that wasn't what mattered: the girls were no longer friends, Adagio had a hand in that, and this strange, uncomfortable feeling on her chest had come to pester her.
"I don't get it, every other time I caused relationships to break apart, I didn't feel like this," Adagio lowered her eyes. "So why is that seeing those girls become enemies made me feel so... bad?"
"Maybe you're feeling regret?"
Adagio flinched and turned around, seeing a pair of girls standing nearby: one with pink skin and a tiara, while the other had grey skin and glasses.
"W-Who are you?!" Adagio snapped, getting on the defensive. "How long have you been there?!"
"We actually just arrived," the girl with grey skin said. "We saw you looking rather upset for some reason, so we thought we could go up to you and see what was going on."
Adagio narrowed her eyes. "This isn't some kind of trick, is it?"
"Oh please, there are many lines we won't cross: trying to take advantage of someone while they're feeling bad about something is one of them," the pink girl said as she and the grey girl sat at Adagio's sides. "We just wanted to, I don't know, see if we could talk with you and find out what's bothering you."
Adagio took a deep breath, and let out a giggle. "Sounds like something I could learn from you. But, I don't think there's much you can help me with... um..."
"I'm Diamond Tiara," the pink girl said. "The girl with glasses is my friend, Silver Spoon."
"Hi."
"Friend, huh?" Adagio raised an eyebrow. "What kind of friend?"
"The bestest of friends!" Silver Spoon eagerly answered. "We became friends when were in kindergarten, and from there, we've been inseparable!"
"Inseparable... for some reason, I wish these group of girls had the same bond you do," Adagio sighed. "You see, I may have had a hand in ending a group of girls' friendship."
Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon exchanged looks. "Go on."
"The girls were a trio called Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle, the last one being the girl I babysat last week," Adagio took a deep breath. "While I was at her house, she told me about something she and her friends did: they crated an account named "Anon-A-Miss," where they gathered and spread secrets about people while making it seem like Sunset Shimmer did it-"
Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon groaned, startling the siren. "Right, that thing," Diamond Tiara growled. "We were among the people whose secrets got out."
"Oh, well, you have my condolences, I guess," Adagio rolled her eyes. "Anyway, I talked with her for a bit, and I chose to give her some advice: cut ties with the girls that got the idea and decided to keep Anon-A-Miss running. She did, and I got a taste of the consequences at the Rockhoof Carnival when I met Apple Bloom."
"She ruined your enjoyment at the carnival too?" Diamond Tiara asked, earning a nod from Adagio. "She did the same to us: pushing aside to grab popcorn
"Yeah, she seemed pretty upset, and we were wondering why," Silver Spoon folded her arms. "But if what you're saying is true and that's the reason, then she deserved it."
Diamond Tiara scratched her chin. "Come to think of it, we didn't see her after she bothered us..."
"I snapped at both her and her sister when I got tired of her nonsense," Adagio took a deep breath. "Anyway, just yesterday, I met the remaining Anon-A-Miss member Scootaloo, guided her to the park where she and the other two were going to talk things out, and... Sweetie Belle broke ties with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo."
Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon blinked twice. "That's it?"
"Well, I started feeling something I haven't felt before once I saw them stop being friends," Adagio put a hand over her chest. "But besides that, yeah, that's it."
"Anon-A-Miss was a disaster waiting to happen, and a mess that nobody walked out of unscathed," Diamond Tiara said, folding her arms. "Even if you pushed one of them to end their friendship with the other two, they put themselves on thin ice in the first place."
"Diamond's right," Silver Spoon said as she put a hand on Adagio's shoulder. "You can't really say it's your fault alone that their friendship ended: you did convince Sweetie to break up with Apple Bloom and Scootaloo, but that's it, right?"
"Yeah, but if it isn't only my fault, then what is this feeling that's been bothering me?" Adagio asked, putting a hand on her chest once again. "I've had it since I saw those girls end their friendship, and no matter what I do, it won't go away!"
"I'm pretty sure that's guilt over giving Sweetie Belle the idea to stop being friends with those two," Diamond Tiara answered with a shrug, Silver Spoon nodding in agreement. "I mean, she probably would've ended it anyway, but you giving her the idea does make you responsible to an extent."
Adagio rolled her eyes and lowered her head, prompting the bespectacled girl to hastily add, "But, if you want to deal with that feeling, we can help you help the Canterlot Movie Club reconcile!"
Adagio looked at Silver Spoon. "Do you really think there's a chance to make them reconcile?"
"Yeah, that might be possible," Diamond Tiara said with a smile. "It might take a while, though."
Feeling slightly better from the pep talk, Adagio stood up, dusted herself, and said to herself, "Alright then, I'm going to need your help with that."
"We'd rather let the Canterlot Movie Club keep paying for what they did for a little bit longer," Diamond Tiara said as she and Silver Spoon stood up. "But, I guess it would be better in the long run to have them owe us a favor, so sure, let's fix their friendship."
Adagio nodded with the girls, and they walked out of the
"By the way, you do know I'm a siren, right? You know, part of the trio that controlled everyone's mind with their music?"
"Yeah, but that's so last semester," Diamond Tiara answered with a dismissive wave of her hand. "You've kinda been forgotten since other magical phenomenons have happened, like lampposts coming out of nowhere."
Adagio scratched her head. "So that's why I've been crashing into those lately."
"And there's also Twilight Sparkle turning into a winged, horned evil entity that threatened to tear the fabric of reality!" Silver Spoon cheerfully added.
"Oh really?" Adagio cracked her knuckles. "I should remember that to give her a well-deserved beating for upstaging us."
And as the siren kept talking with the two girls, the mysterious feeling of guilt lessened slightly, though it would still be present until one thing was done: reconcile the Canterlot Movie Club.