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// Bitter 
// Story: Bittersweet 
// by Soul_Eater 
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Dulcé walked the halls of Las Pegasus Highschool, on her right trotted Sonata Dusk munching on a greasy street taco, on her immediate left was Adagio Dazzle and next her walked Aria. The quartet were happily heading toward the auditorium for the talent show try-outs, jabbing jokes about each other's crushes. Dulcé blushed when Adagio made subtle joke about her eyeing a very handsome stallion duo..............Flim and Flam. Dulcé had let it slip that she found Flim cute.
When they arrived they were in time to see a blue unicorn catch the stage ablaze! They lauhed, Trixie was a good illusionist unless nervous. Among the music ponies category they saw Vinyl Scratch bobbing away and Beauty Brass playing some jazz. They warmed up and did a run through of their song.
News however, came that only trios or solos were needed; that left Dulcé to sing solo. After the auditions the LPPD showed up and had students open lockers. At this time ad well that the Dazzlings were framing Dulcé for drug possession by placing prescription drugs in her locker, drugs that had a different name. A few moments later the Buck Ball star of the school shoved 15 kilos of meth into the locker as well. Poor Dulcé as hard as she tried ended up charged and convicted and sentenced to 4 years in prison. The buck ball star of a stallion paid off ponies to say that they saw Dulcé but the drugs.
Four years went by, and Dulcé struggled to land a couple of jobs to make ends meet. Her parents had passed while she was in prison in a freak accident. Dulcé dreamed of singing and making it big, but those dreams were gone; a fire of anger and hurt burned deep. News had reached her that her old friends had returned from their banishment and had tried to call her. The times she did answer it was all cursing and yelling. 

Phone Call

"I don't give a fuck Adagio! You three ruined my Celestia-damned life..............for all I care you can rot in Tartarus!"
"Look Dulcé! You'll meet us at our old favorite coffee shop in one week at 2pm and don't be late!" 
"Aria you stupid whore out Adagio on the line!" silence ensued for a solid five minutes when Sonata could be heard.
"Dulcé please just meet us there.............we need to talk about the past and something we've learned while were serving our time in the other dimension."
"Fine I'll be there!" Dulcé slammed the phone down and began to shove marshmallows and Nutella into her muzzle.
As the days went by, she wondered what the hell was so damned important that her rivals wanted to meet up? She also in free time stalked the Dazzlings and saw them meeting the ponies they had bullied in school after that fateful year, what was their play? She wondered for it was all rather confusing to sat the least.
The day came and she slowly flapped her wings to the designated location and took a corner booth and waited. Her mind was foggy and her heart broken, her dreams flooded in like flood waters over a dam. The door bell tinkled and she ignored it, her thoughts were elsewhere when she looked up and saw Adagio, Aria and Sonata.............the latter eating a really greasy street taco. 
"Let's get this talk over with shall we?"
"Agreed Adagio" was the short curt reply. So the conversation began.