Sunset was turning in for the night when she heard a knock on her door. She opened it, and there stood Pinkie Pie and Sonata Dusk. She was surprised when she saw them.
“So what are you two doing here?” she asked them. She looked more closely and saw that Sonata had a bag with her—two bags, in fact.
“She needs a place to stay”, Pinkie said while a sheepish Sonata just looked down.
“I thought she has a home to go to?” Sunset asked.
“Well…that’s not really true..” Sonata said, almost in a whisper. Sunset realized they’re still in front of her house, so she let them in. She seated them on the sofa while she took a chair and sat down almost in from of them.
“So what is this about?” she asked them.
“Well, since we came here, I have lived with Adagio and Aria…” Sonata began. Sunset nodded. She recalled very well her story about Adagio kicking her out of the Dazzlings. Since she wasn’t part of the group anymore, she has lost a place to stay.
“She did live with us for a week”, Pinkie added.
‘I know that”, Sunset said. “Well, looks like you do need a place to stay, so this can be your place”, she said. Sonata looked up.
“Realsis?" she said with that trademark word of hers. Sunset nodded.
“Thanksie!” she said, getting up and hugging her. Pinkie smiled also.
“Thanks for looking after my ‘sis’”, Pinkie said as she got up.
“Hey, we’re friends here”, Sunset replied. Pinkie said her farewell then, and once she left Sunset took one of Sonata’s bag as she led her upstairs.
“I do need someone with me”, confided Sunset as they went up. “It’s been lonely here, and I guess it wouldn’t be so bad to have someone around.” They walked a little bit more, through a quite wide corridor until they stopped in front of a door.
“You can stay here”, Sunset announced as she opened the room. “It’s a guest room, just in case, and since you’re my guest, you might as well have it.” Sonata peaked in as Sunset turned on the light. It was tastefully decorated, if a bit bare. It had a bed, actually wide. It had a night stand and drawer as well. On top of the night stand was a lamp.
“Guess there’s no entertainment here”, Sunset said apologetically. “I’ve got a TV downstairs, if you noticed, and an mp3 player dock plus speakers. I also have one in my room.”
“I think I’ll like it here”, Sonata said happily. “It’s better than nothing!”
“Great! Then we’re all set up”, Sunset said. She placed the bad in the room while Sonata brought in the other. After making sure she’s okay, Sunset left her to go into her room.
She sighed when she closed the door.
Guess I’ll need to get a job, she told herself. She kept putting it off, but she realized she can no longer afford to live the way she’s doing now, especially not when she has someone with her.
I’ll look for one online first thing tomorrow, she promised to herself. She also meant to ask Sonata if she’d like to help out, but it will have to wait until morning. Before she tucked herself in, she wrote on her notebook.
Sunset Shimmer. Coming in from Equestria, she has now found a home in Canterlot City. After meeting Twilight Sparkle and befriending the Rainbooms, she decided to change her ways for the better. It wasn’t easy, and there were still struggles, but she had managed to turn her life around, and also vowed to help others who wanted to.
Recently she had helped Sonata Dusk to do just that. Like her, Sonata came from Equestria as well, though she had been in the human world far longer than she was. Plus she had been with a group called the Dazzlings, led by Adagio Dazzle. The Dazzlings had enchanted pendants on them that they used to get others to do their bidding. The Rainbooms, of which Sunset was part of, confronted them in Canterlot High’s Battle of the Bands. The Dazzlings were defeated, and their pendants shattered.
After those events Adagio and the others had some arguments, and it was at that point that Aria Blaze, the other member of the group, who found the excuse she needed to get Sonata out. Aria had had enough of Sonata, thinking her not fit for their group. She convinced Adagio to get Sonata out, and she agreed.
The events then led to Sonata going over to them, and even though she had just been with them for a week, she had greatly adjusted to how they do things. More or less. There was still much work to be done, and every now and then she might backslide, but she had made great progress through that time.
Sunset woke up. It was early in the morning, and she looked around for her clock. Since it was a Saturday, she didn’t have to worry about getting up late. She took out her laptop and set it up. While waiting for it to turn on, she went out of her room to check on Sonata. She saw her room open, and there Sonata was seated on her bed. She had just got dressed then.
“Good morning”, she greeted Sonata, still a bit sleepy.
“Hi there!” she chirped. She bounded out of the bed.
“I got something to show you”, she told her, beckoning for her to follow. They went to her room, and she showed her the laptop.
“We need to have a job so we can have something to support ourselves”, she told Sonata. She nodded.
“I figured that online jobs are the best these days, so we’ll find one without having to go out there”, she explained.
“Yeah, I was thinking of that”, Sonata admitted. “I do need to help out here.”
“That’s right”, agreed Sunset. Well at least she’s sensible, she added as a thought. They spent the morning looking for a job, carrying their breakfast with them to her room and eating there. When they found something they found suitable, they sent emails.
“I guess that should do”, Sunset said. She sat back to think. She realized that the house needed wi-fi. She asked then Sonata if she had a laptop, but she shook her head. She sighed.
“We really need to have things here like another laptop, if we’ll have a job, even if it’s here at home”, she remarked. She thought of having a small office set-up. They could do some work after classes, maybe do research or write for someone, she figured.
Later that day they went to the grocery store to buy some food. She texted anyone who would like to join them, and not surprisingly Pinkie came. Sonata was excited to see her.
The rest of the day was spent back at their house. Sunset checked on her email while Sonata and Pinkie helped out in cleaning the house.
“Hey, I got an email”, Sunset called out to both of them, peaking by the stairs as she did so. The two climbed up the stairs, running while they did so. They read excitedly and celebrated when Sunset got a job. Sonata too got hers. Both of them applied as writers for an online magazine, and the job didn’t require them to write a lot, so it was perfect for them.
At least one problem solved, Sunset thought with relief. The email said that they can start Monday, so Sunset and Sonata made their schedule so that they could do their work and their studies as well as soon as they got home. Since the work load said that they only need to do 3 articles per week, they had enough time to go about their school work as well.
That night, Sunset thought of some things before going to sleep. Definitely they needed another laptop, so they planned to get one on their first pay, even if meant getting a used one.
Much better than just having one, that way we can get more work done, she decided. She also thought to have wi-fi, so Sonata can do her work in her room. Things were slowly looking up, even if they weren’t as fast as she hoped it would be. It was a start, and she knew that it is a new beginning for her and for her friends.