The two boy's let us in. The boy with the wild orange hair said his name was Black Ion and his brother with the combed white haired was named Cell. When we approached their house they stopped us to talk. "So..." Black Ion was speaking, his voice sounded like a male Applejack. "I take it you three are these Elements of Harmony our mom told us about?"

"Our mom told us that her past might come back to find her." Cell responded. His voice was calm and almost emotionless. "She never talked about her past other than that either a group of people that answer to The Elements Of Harmony or a girl by the name of Adagio might ask for her. Honestly I thought she was in witness protection but you girls don't look like any kinda criminals."

"Well were not!" Rainbow blurted out. "We are just trying to make up for something that happened ten years ago."

Cell and Black Ion looked over to each other then back to us. Cell spoke. "Mom's in the back tending to the garden. But any funny business and this whole neighborhood will fill with cops in under five minutes."

"We just want to talk. That's all." I responded. With that said Black Ion opened the door. The house was even bigger on the inside then it was on the outside. He Pretty much walked us in a 'B' line to a large glass sliding door. Through it I saw Sonata on her knees pulling weeds wearing a sundress and a bonnet that looked like one Rarity might have designed. I opened the sliding door and spoke. "Sonata?"

She turned at the sound of my voice. Her eyes grew wide at first but she then took a deep breath and looked much more relaxed. "Black Ion, Cell I have some things to discuss with our guests." Black Ion and Cell nodded and left. Sonata stood up dusting dirt of her sundress and walked over to us. "I was expecting you to find me, but I thought it would be much later."

We all took a seat in the literal sitting room of sonatas home. She has a whole room just for sitting! I'd probably make a rich person joke about now but this couch is so soft! Any way Twilight, Applejack, Rarity and I were sitting on the amazingly soft couch, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie were sitting on the these fancy large chairs and Sonata was sitting on sky blue recliner. Why am I getting a deja vu feeling from this?

"Well I prefer to think of it as luck. Sorry my husband isn't home to join in on this conversation his work keeps him busy most days."

"He's a chemistry professor at Harvard university. Been with the place since Black Ion and Cell were babies."

"When I first moved to Boston I took the first job I could find, a janitor for Harvard. I knocked over some experiments of his and that's how we met, he wasn't mad about it either in fact he was glad it did it."

"Not sure, he still hasn't told me what the experiment was, whenever I ask about it he say's it was just a stupid idea."

"Red Atom is the man who discovered how to recycle nuclear waste into another form of energy that can be converted into electricity! I can understand Twilight not knowing who he is but ...seriously guys am I the only one?"

"Seems that way." Rainbow blurted out. "Oh and I've been meaning to ask you something Sonata, how come you don't seem as... ditz now then when you were ten years ago?"

Rainbow had a point. Sonata not only acts well.. Intelligent but her speech and even tone of voice sounds... smarter. "Did your husband teach you?"

Sonata started to laugh a little. "I take it that when Aria told you our story she only gave the general specifics?"

"It's only logical that your curiosity would lead you to ask that type of question. If you must know it was also the pendants. During our pony to siren transformation."

"Yes. As it changed us physically it also changed us mentally, the way we perceived things, the way we thought and the way we acted. Before the pendants Aria was the kindest person you would have ever met, she always was the first to help others. Adagio was shy and gullible, didn't talk much either come to think about it." Sounds like a Fluttershy doppleganger. "And I was rather quick to understand whatever I was faced with. After the pendants my mind was blank most of the time, Aria stopped caring about others and Adagio became... evil's the best way to put it."

But wait then what was up with Adagio going crazy? "So why did Adagio start to lose it after they broke?"

"I'm not sure on that either. In fact I had almost put the past to rest until three years ago."

Sonata stood up. "I'll be back." The silence when Sonata left was rather ominous and felt like every second was an hour. When she returned she had an envelope with a small bulge in it. "Three years ago Adagio sent me this letter and..." Sonata opened the envelope and pulled out a red stone covered in small scratches and cracks. Her pendent!?

"How in the!?" Sonata gave me the letter that was in the envelope and I read out loud.

Dear Sonata

I've done it! I found a way to repair the pendants! Yours was the first and it may look bad but it should start to fix itself the more you use it. When I found your address I just knew you must have expected this, rich people are always bickering so your pendant will be normal in no time. I've had no luck contacting Aria, must have moved from the old home. Since you're around a bunch of rich people once they're under your control just use their wealth to track her down. Then we can be together again.

I looked up to Sonata. Her eyes were filled with tears. "Ten years, I had hoped she had put it behind her like Aria and I have. This was the last thing I wanted to see." Sonata broke down in tears. I was the first to comfort her and the others followed until we were all in a huge group hug. "You have to find her and stop this madness. The return address say's the letter was sent from a psychiatric hospital in D.C. It's called The Bedrock Institute for the Clinically Insane."

We spent the next several hours with Sonata comforting her from that episode. We passed the time by asking her about how her marriage has been. Then I asked the million dollar question. "So what happened to Cell and Black Ions mom?"

Sonata's face turned to a sad expression. "Well... Red Atom told me she was in a car crash. Cell was with her, he survived she didn't." That explains why he seemed protective of Sonata. "Ever since then Cell's been unable to show any emotion other than aggression." And that's why he spoke without any emotions or real tone of voice. "He didn't warm up to me until after two months into my marriage with Red Atom. He means well even if he doesn't show it or say it."

"Black Ion was well over the death of his mother by the time I came around, guess some people deal with losses better than others." Sonata looks at the wall behind us. A large grandfather clock stood reading seven PM. "It's late you should go back to get some rest."

We were all tired and we had another trip to make. "Yeah, but we won't be able to go until after a week. I had to pull strings to make Boston our new destination before we were able to come here. After that though I shouldn't have any problem making D.C our next stop."

Sonata Looked worried. "Well it's been three years since she sent that letter so a week couldn't hurt. Also will it be alright if I come with you?"

I felt a ping of joy. "Of course, I wanted Aria to come but she Denied the offer because she Didn't want Silver Dust to be alone or miss school."

"Silver Dust? Oh her child, I left before she was born. So that's her name, glad to know." A smile appeared on Sonata's face. "Do you know how to contact her? Aria I mean."

"Yeah, I have her home phone number. Silver Dust gave it to me before we left to come here." I pulled out my phone and gave it to Sonata. "Six years is a long time to not talk to a good friend."

Sonata gave me a tear filled smile and dialed the number. "Hello? Aria... Yes it's Sonata."

After The Song

by BioQuillFiction

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