//------------------------------// // Ch.6:A Day At The Mall // Story: Silent Dawn // by Blueelectric //------------------------------// After Breakfast, the four of them decided to watch TV for a bit. They fixed the couch back and sat down on it. Silent sat between Aria and Adagio and grabbed the remote. She flipped through each channel and stopped on the show called Gravity Falls. Stan was on a boat moving towards another boat. The guy was about to propose to the girl, when he showed up. "Wanna hear a joke? Here It goes: My ex wife still misses me, but her aim is getting better!" There was an awkward pause. "Her aim is getting better! ....Get it? Because marriage is terrible. The three sirens look at each other and burst out laughing. "That joke never gets old!" Sonata wheezed. Adagio turned to the others and spoke up. "I know what we can do today," Silent turned off the TV and looked at her. The yellow skinned girl grinned. "We can go to the mall!" The rest nodded and grinned. "That a great idea, Dagi!" Exclaimed Sonata. They all turned to Silent. Aria smirked at her. "So, what do you think Silent?" Silent thought for a moment and nodded her head with a smile. She excused herself before she got up to go to her room to get ready. As she got her pajamas off, she heard a knock. Knowing who's there, she opened the door and let Aria in. "Thanks." She said with a smile. Her smile dropped when Silent turned her back to grabbed some cloths. The burn scars are even worse on her back. She slowly walks up towards her. Silent look back suddenly feel ashamed. Aria hugged her tightly, resting her chin on her shoulder. "Don't be ashamed, Silent." She breathed, rubbing her back with her thumb. "I know these scars are bad, but they made you who you are today." She gazed into the beautiful icy blue eyes. "Don't ever forget that, Okay?" Silent nodded with a smile and hugged her back. They stayed that way for a moment until eventually broke away from the hug. They resume putting on their cloths. They fixed their hair and made their way back to the living room. Adagio and Sonata was on the couch waiting for them. They head out the front door as Silent locked it. They then headed down the street towards town. They paused as they look across the street towards a boutique. "Does anyone want to say high to Rarity while we're here?" Adagio asked. The others nod their heads. They headed towards the crosswalk and waited as Adagio pushed the button. They waited until the traffic stopped. They then cross the street. The bell to the shop ringed as they step inside the boutique. "I'll be right with you in a minute, darlings!" A posh voice answered. The white skinned girl walked out from the back room with a measuring tape wrapped over her shoulders and wearing glasses. She paused as she saw who enter the shop. She suddenly grinned. Rarity took off the measuring tape and glasses and sat them aside. She walked up towards them. "Hello darlings, how may I help you today?" She gazed at Silent with a look of surprise. "Nothing much, we were just heading towards the mall, when I thought we stop by this place for a while." Adagio answered. Rarity's eyes lit up at the word mall, but quickly had a look of disappointment. "I wish I could go, but I have orders to fill out." She led them to the back of the store. She gestured them to the table and start up on tea. As she waited for it to get done she sat down with them. "What have you girls been up to yesterday, and how are you doing Silent?" She began. Aria exchanged a questioning glance with Silent, who in turn nodded. "We have news to tell you about." She began. "We got kicked out of our own apartment yesterday." Rarity looked at them with sympathy. "You poor dears, did you find somewhere to stay?" Sonata nodded. "Yes, we quickly became friends with Silent here, and she offered us a place to stay." They gave Silent a grateful smile. Rarity grinned and patted Silent's hand. "You did a very great thing, darling. I know these girls did terrible things, but my friends and I had forgiven them. It's wonderful someone else besides ourselves offering them friendship." She got up and poured the tea into five teacups. She turn and gave them the tea. Silent pick up the cup and take a sip. She smiled as she tasted blackberry. She got out her notebook and wrote, "The tea is wonderful, Miss Rarity." Rarity smiled with a little blush on her checks. "Thank you, Silent." They soon finished and made their way toward the front. Adagio turned and smiled. "Thank you for the tea." Rarity smiled back. "It's no problem, and thanks for stopping by." She pushed Silent to the side. "And thank you again for helping these girls. It's very generous of you." She gave Silent a hug, who in return, happily hugged her back. They head out the door, while Rarity gave them a little wave. They soon made it to the mall. Adagio smiled and dragged Silent to a clothing store, while the other two followed behind. She picked out a shirt and shove the mute girl towards the changing room. She let the others in as well. "Silent, take off your shirt. I want to see how you look in this." Silent nodded and slowly took off her long sleeve shirt. Adagio looked in shock as she stared at her exposed skin. Sonata's face was even worst. They now know it's not her arms badly scared. Not a inch of her skin is freed from them. The only part wasn't covered in cigarette scars was her face. Adagio looked away, as she can't bare to look at it again. She gave Silent the shirt and sat down on the bench. Silent stared at her friend with concern. She put the shirt on which was a blue tank top with pink paw prints covering the front side. It was a perfect fit. She walked over, sat down beside her and and put a hand on her shoulder. Adagio gazed at her. Silent was gazing at her with a concern look. The siren embraced her. "It's not fair something like that happened to you." Tears poured down her face. "You didn't do anything wrong and you got punished for it. While we mind control a whole school with our songs and forgiven for it." She buried her face into her shoulder."I know we had our pendants brake and shunned by most of the peers, but that's nothing! But you got tortured only because you can't speak. It's not fair!" Silent hugged her back. The other two came over and gave both of them a hug. Adagio hold on tightly and sobbed in her shoulder. Silent gently rubbed her back. Adagio eventually broke free from the hug and wiped her eyes. Silent took her notebook out and wrote, "I know it isn't fair. But I stayed through it until I can escape. I know you did bad things, but you were punished enough. My father though, is a monster thorough and thorough. I will never forgive what he did." Adagio smiled. "I wouldn't forgive him either. For what he did to you it's unforgivable." She looked at the sleeve of the shirt. "Ah shoot, I made this shirt wet. Do you like this shirt." She asked Silent. The gold streak hair girl nodded. "I guess I'll pay for it." They spend a few more minutes in the store looking through the store until lunch time. Adagio paid for the shirt like she said and handed the bag to Silent. They headed towards the food court. Adagio asked if they want sushi and they nodded. They sat at a table as she went to the sushi place. Sonata snickered. Silent and Aria gave her a weird look. "Sunset Shimmer works at the sushi place." She giggled. Aria eyes went wide and she laughed as well. Silent was looking confused. Aria put her arm around her and exclaimed. "Adagio has this massive crush on Sunset." Silent nodded, completely understanding now. Adagio came back with Sunset in tow. They were chatting away as they were carrying bags of sushi. Sunset was wearing an apron with a cute green octopus on it and wearing a green pufferfish clipping in her hair. Silent understand what Aria was saying, as Adagio was blushing away. Both girls arrived at the table. Sunset grinned at Silent. "How are you doing Silent?" She wrote in her notebook. "Doing great." Sunset smiled. "Well that's good. I heard what you did. You did a very great thing And I would've done the same thing if I was in your shoes." Adagio blushed again as she sat down beside Sonata. Sunset set the bags down on the table. "I have to get back to my job. Sushi don't delivered themselves." She turned to Adagio. "It's so good to talk to you again, Adagio and I'll talk to the manager about getting you a job." She left making the other two giggled. Sonata wiggled her eyebrows. "Working with Sunset, Adagio?" Her sister glared at her. "You need to get a job too. Both of you." She turn her stare at Aria. Aria nodded her head in agreement. "True. It's not fair that Silent have to do all the work. We need to help support her. She help us so much, we need to return the favor." She gave Silent a side hug. "Besides, I heard from Dash that the video game shop need some help. I'll head over there tomorrow." Sonata sighed. "Alright." She turn to Adagio. "But that doesn't change the fact that your working with Sunset." She sang. Adagio rolled her eyes as she passed the bags around. Silent opened her bag and pulled out a box of sushi, chopsticks and packets of sesame oil. She open the box to find it full of sumeshi and sushi rolls. She opened the chopsticks and try to use it but struggled. She sighed and picked up a fork. After lunch they head towards the sporting store. Rainbow Dash was there shorting through the soccer balls. She turned and greeted them. " 'Sup!" She walked over and fist bumped them. She was wearing some sort of red sporting uniform with a baseball cap with her symbol on it. They talk for a few minutes and as they about to leave, Rainbow pat her on a back with a wink. Sonata exclaim that she wanted juice, so they head towards the juice bar. Applejack was there wearing a fruit theme uniform and a hair net. They wait in line as Trixie was in front of them waiting on her drink. After she got her drink, she look behind her and quickly ran away. "Howdy, what would you like to order." Sonata walked up. "Can I have a blueberry?" She look back at Silent. "What would you want?" She wrote something down on a page and ripped it. She handed it to Applejack. "Strawberry Lemon? OK." She look towards the other two. "What about you two?" Aria shook her head. "Nah, I'm good." Adagio ordered a plan apple. She took there orders and went into the back to make them. She glanced back at Silent. "Rarity text and told me what ya did. That was a mighty good thing too." Silent grinned back. She gave them their drinks. They walked away and sipped away at their drinks. Silent love the sweet taste of the strawberries mixed with the tanginess of the lemon. They finally left the mall and made their way back home. Aria kept glancing at Silent, who was sipping away at her drink. She was wearing a pair of shades she had bought. "Can I have a drink of that?" Silent glanced at her and gave her the drink. Adagio and Sonata watched with their jaws dropped. "I thought you didn't want any!" Exclaimed Sonata. Aria stared back at her. "I changed my mind." She said as she take a sip.