//------------------------------// // calmed down // Story: In a time of need // by Small Muffin //------------------------------// Sonata walked over towards her bedroom door, with a mug of hot chocolate in her hand. She knocked lightly on the door, and called out to the girl inside. "Sunset, can I come in?" she asked. Sunset had been in there ever since Twilight had left an hour ago, and for half of that hour she simply cried herself dry. Any previous attempts to try and talk to her from both Sonata and Adagio were met by a stern "LEAVE ME ALONE!" But now that the tears had hopefully stopped for now, and Shimmer had calmed down, Sonata decided to give it another try. "Sunset, can I come in?" Sonata repeated nicely. When she was met without an answer again, she decided to go in anyway. Slowly, Sonata opened her bedroom door, and tiptoed her way towards her own bed. Sunset was just laying there, faced away from the door. She didn't say anything, or move, or make a sound, save for the sound of her own breathing. "You feeling better now?" Sonata asked. Sunset's head gave a small turn, indicating she was awake, and she had heard Sonata, but quickly turned it back, and rested it on a wet pillow. "I made you a hot chocolate... Ya know, if you like em..." she set the mug of hot chocolate down on the bedside table, and sat down on the floor next to the bed. "Don't suppose you wanna talk about anything, or, something???" Sonata reached her hand under her bead, and pulled out a small pile of comic books. "Ya wanna read one?" she asked, "They're 'Power Ponies' comics. I've got every issue ever made!" she said proudly, "even the cancelled ones that you can't buy anymore!" Again, Sunset didn't reply at all. "...Well, ok... But just tell me if you want one, ok," Sonata said weakly. Minutes went by, then more, then more, until the two of them them had been next to each other for about an hour and a half. The whole time, the room had been silent, save for Adagio asking how they both were every now and then. But when that silence was broken, it was Sunset who was first to speak. "Sonata..." She began. "Yeah? Yeah? What is it? What is it?" Sonata asked, admittedly a bit excited. "Well... I've just been thinking about something, and... I kinda want another opinion about it," Sunset said weakly. "Well, what it is?" Sonata asked. "Do you think I should have been that hard on Twilight?" Sunset asked. "To hard on her? Why would you say that?" Sonata replied, "She ignored all your messages, right?" "Well, yeah, but I didn't even let her explain herself," Sunset continued, "For all I know, she could've had a good reason for not being here. I mean, she is a princess, maybe she had some unavoidable royal thingy she had to do, or maybe she had other ponies asking her for help before she realized how bad I needed it, or..." Sunset took a deep breathe, "I'm here saying how nopony listened to me, and yet I sent Princess Twilight away without any kind of second thought..." "I guess you're right," Sonata replied, "She did seem like a nice girl, or pony for her." "She is..." Sunset replied, "Even though I don't care about the others anymore, I should've heard Twilight out, at least!" She sighed, "I'm glad Adagio was there to stop me. I've never felt that angry since..." "Since when?" Sonata asked. "Since I was the old me..." Sunset finished. "The old you?" Sonata repeated, "You mean the 'you' that everyone thinks was causing his whole mess?" "Yeah... That me..." Sunset replied. Sonata felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned her head to see Adagio was next to her. "You were just angry..." she began. Adagio walked over to and sat on he end of the bed. "You were angry at all your so-called friends, and you associated Princess Twilight with them, and since she was the first one out of that group you saw... You just let it all out on her." Sunset sat up, took a deep breathe, and turned to actually face the two sirens. "Thanks for stopping me Adagio," Sunset said, "Really, thank you..." she repeated with a tiny, but still existing smile. "You're welcome, Sunset," Adagio replied nicely. "I just wish I had my book right now... So I could tell Twilight I'm sorry for yelling at her..." Sunset said. "Book?" Sonata asked, "Oh, you mean..." Sonata stood up and bolted out the door, only to bolt back in with a book in her hand. The book Twilight had given to her when she left. "...This one?" "That it" Sunset said. Sonata handed her the book, "I'll write to her tomorrow, tell her I've calmed down, and that I'm ready to hear her out," Sunset sighed lightly, "None of this is Twilight's fault, I'm sure she has a good reason for not being here." Sunset told herself. "And what about everyone else?" Adagio asked. "Everyone else?" Sunset repeated, "Oh, well, I've been thinking about that as well, and I..." Adagio saw a sudden gloomy look cover Sunset's face, and Adagio suddenly felt like she shouldn't have asked that. "I know what I wanna do right now." despite what Sunset was saying, there Adagio heard a large amount of uncertainty in Sunset's voice. "Well..." Adagio continued to stare at Sunset for a few more moments, "...Alright. C'mon Sonata, lets give her some space," she said as she walked out the room. "I'll bring you another hot chocolate, that one's probably a bit to cold now," Sonata said as she followed Adagio out. "Hey, Sonata?" Sunset began. The siren turned around with a smile. "I can still, read one of these right?" Sunset asked, picking up a Power Ponies comic. "Sure, go ahead!" Sonata replied, as she walked out her room. Outside in the hallway, Sonata quickly closed the gap between her and Adagio, "Maybe this is gonna be easier than we thought," she said. Adagio shook her head in disagreement, "She may be willing to give that Princess a chance, which all depends on her reason for not being here, but even then, those other schoolgirls don't have a chance right now," she said. "Oh, ok." Sonata turned around, and looked back towards her room, "I guess we'll just take this one step at a time, then."