The only sound that could be heard was that of Sunset crying into her arms. She had just told the three sirens the story about what had happened to her in the last few weeks. The story of how she was abandoned by those she trusted, those who said they would always be by her side. And now she was slumped over the table, crying herself dry.
"So let me get this straight," Adagio began, "On the simple assumption, that you might, maybe, possibly, be this Anon-A-Miss person, they all just left you like that!?" she asked.
"That's horrible!" Sonata said, "And I'm a siren who tried to take over the world!" She moved over to the crying mess of a girl and gave her a hug, "Hey, d-don't cry. It's okay, they can't hurt you anymore," she said, trying to comfort the poor girl.
"I think they've done enough as it is..." Aria mumbled.
"Ari, that's not helping," Sonata replied. Aria stood up, and walked away from the table, and towards the door, "Where you going?"
Aria opened the front door, "I'm going for a walk, I'll be back later," she replied as she walked out, and slammed the door shut behind her.
"Gee, you're a great help..." Sonata mumbled.
"I've... I've got nowhere to go..." Sunset cried, "No one wants me around..."
"Hey, that's not true," Sonata continued, "We're right here,"
"You shouldn't have even bothered saving me out there..."
"Don't say that!" Adagio snapped, "Sunset," she said. Sunset's head shifted slightly, just enough so that she could see Adagio, "Like we said earlier, we all owe you for what you did for us, so if you really have nowhere else to go, then..." she looked over at Sonata, who gave a nod. She turned back to Sunset, "...You can stay here with us if you want to."
"Stay here?" Sunset asked, "With you?"
"Yeah," Sonata replied, "There's enough space here for one more person, so why not?"
"But, what about money, how would you be able to afford all that?" Sunset asked.
"Why wouldn't we?" Adagio asked.
"Yeah, we're kinda loaded rich," Sonata said, shrugging off Sunset's question.
"Really?" Sunset asked. From the size of their apartment she thought they didn't really have that much money. "How did you get it?"
"Oh that's easy," Sonata said, "You just go up to someone, put them under your mind control magic, and say 'gimme all your money'. Simple really."
"So... you're, you're really ok with me staying here?" Sunset asked, "For as long as I need to?"
"Of course!" Sonata replied. "So, what do you say?" she asked with a beaming smile.
"Sure, I gue-"
"YYAAAAYY" Sonata effectively tackle-hugged Sunset, sending both of them, as well as the chair Sunset was sitting on, to the ground.
Adagio gave a relieved sigh, "Let the girl breath Sonata."
Sonata quickly got off of Sunset, stood up, and backed off a few steps, "Sorry."
"It's fine, but where did uh... she go?" Sunset asked, pointing to the door.
"She?" Sonata asked, "You're gonna have to be a bit more specific when you say 'she'."
"The one who just left," Sunset said, climbing back to her feet.
"Oh yeah," Adagio said, "We never did introduce ourselves, did we? My names Adagio Dazzle, she's Sonata Dusk, and the one who just left was Aria Blaze."
"So, I guess if you're staying with us, then we're friends now, right?" Sonata asked.
"Sonata, touchy subject," Adagio mumbled.
"Oh, uh, forget what I just said," Sonata said.
"Friends? I guess it does," Sunset replied, bringing a smile to Sonata's face. "I wonder what they're up to right now..."
"I can't believe Trixie got stuck with you!" Trixie yelled.
"Well you didn't have to come with me, you know?" Rainbow replied. The both of them had just gotten off of a bus they had taken from their school, and most of that trip had been arguing with one another. "You could've gone with Fluttershy and Applejack instead."
"And go to the slums?" Trixie replied dryly, "No thanks, Trixie has a thing called standards."
Rainbow rolled her eyes, and started walking away from the bus stop. "And trying to find a missing person isn't a part of those standards?" she asked.
Trixie quickly caught up with her, "Hey! What's that supposed to mean?" she asked.
"Oh shut up already..." Dash mumbled.
"Hey, Trixie heard that, and she'll have you know that-" Rainbow paid no attention to Trixie's little speech, and instead looked around at the streets around her. They were covered in a blanket of snow, most likely brought about by last nights storm, making crunching sounds with every step Dash took, and while the air wasn't quite as cold as it was when she was outside Sunset's house, it was still cold enough to send the occasional chill down her back.
"Hey! Are you even listening to me?" Trixie asked.
"Huh?" Rainbow replied.
"Clearly not..." Trixie mumbled, "I said Trixie has been here, and had no luck finding Sunset already!" she repeated.
"What?!" Dash stopped in her tracks. "You've already been here?"
"Last night Trixie came looking for her, something I'm aware you didn't do," Trixie replied smugly as she walked past Rainbow.
"I went straight to her house as soon as Princess Twilight showed up!" Dash replied.
"Why did you go there?" Trixie asked, "I mean if I was running away, the last place I'd go is my own house, so what made you think she would be there?"
"If you've already searched here, why didn't you tell Pinkie? She could've sent you somewhere else?" Rainbow asked, ignoring the previous question.
"Well how was Trixie supposed to know she was in Ponyville?" she asked, "It was dark, and there aren't any huge signs that say 'Welcome to Ponyville' on them around here."
"Alright, I get it," Rainbow rolled her eyes again, and gave Trixie a slightly puzzled look, before continuing to walk on down the street.
"What?" Trixie asked, walking on with her.
"It's just... Well, why were you looking for Sunset at night?" she asked, "You must have known about that storm, right? That could've been dangerous."
"Of course Trixie was aware that there would be a storm, what kind've idiot do you take me for?"
"Then what were you doing searching for her when you knew a snowstorm was coming?" Rainbow replied, "Cus that sounds like a pretty stupid thing to do to me."
"I just..." Trixie stopped.
Rainbow stopped also, and turned around to face Trixie, who suddenly looked, a lot less like herself. "Just what?" Dash asked.
"I just thought that, I had to find her..." Trixie replied, staring down at the snow.
Where did that come from? Rainbow thought. "Why you?"
"Trix... I hasn't exactly, been nice to her recently, have I?" Trixie asked.
"Well none of us have, really," Dash replied.
"I'll admit, I never did trust Sunset, even after she saved us from those three, whatever they were, and everyone slowly started accepting her, and letting go of their hatred for her," Trixie sighed weakly, "I never did... I always thought she was up to something, and so as soon as this whole Anon-A-Miss mess began, I instantly assumed it was her."
"So you blame yourself for this? Is that it?" Rainbow asked.
"Not really," she replied, "I just can't stop thinking that, maybe if I wasn't so quick to accuse her straight away, then maybe this wouldn't have gotten so bad," Trixie continued, "Maybe she wouldn't have ran away, I just feel like I owe her, after all, Sunset did save us, and look what we did..."
"You okay?" Dash asked.
"...So when I heard that it wasn't her, and that she was missing, I spent all day trying to find her..."
"How long were you out looking for her anyway?"
"I started as soon as those three kids admitted it was them doing all this," Trixie replied.
"Really?" Rainbow asked, "You spent all day just, running around the city?"
Trixie nodded, "I did, and I didn't find a trace of her anywhere..."
"Well... we're gonna find her," Rainbow said, "The whole school is out looking for her now, so there's no way we won't find her sooner or later."
"I guess you're right."
"Snap out of it Trixie," Dash said, "I know I could've stopped this is I hadn't just left her like I did, but what's done is done, and there's nothing we can do about that."
Trixie looked up at Rainbow, "I guess you're right," she took a deep breath, "Lets go."
"You sure you're ok now?" Rainbow asked.
"I," Trixie gave Rainbow a grin, "Trixie's fine."
The two of them heard someone, "I'm going for a walk, I'll be back later." They both turned to see who it was. Someone had just left the apartment they were standing in front of, and she slammed the door shut.
"Isn't she one of the sirens?" Rainbow asked.
The girl walked over to them, "And what do you want?" she asked.
"Nothing, why?" Rainbow replied.
"Then get the fuck out of my way!!!" she demanded.
Rainbow moved out of the way, and the siren walked onward, away from the two girls. "What's her problem?" she asked.
"Who knows?" Trixie shrugged, "She was like that last night aswell," she said.
"You ran into her last night?" Dash asked.
"Yeah, Trixie'll tell you all about it," she said as she walked the opposite direction the siren went, and Dash followed behind her.