Unlikely saviors
The streets of Canterlot were filled with a cold air, as snow fell down onto the sidewalk. People were rushing through with some of their christmas shopping, trying to get out of the freezing streets as quickly as they could. All except for one person. One person who had lost everything she had in a few simple days.
Sunset walked alone through the cold streets. Wearing her thickest coat, gloves and pants. Knowing how cold it had been the last few days she had worn as much as she could, but it wasn't helping her much.
After being abandoned by those she trusted the most, those who said they would always be there for her, she had given up with her life at CHS, and simply wanted to get as far away from it as possible. She had written a letter to Twilight explaining her problem, and asked for any advice she could give, but she hadn't responded. Just like the others, she had left her.
As she continued through town, as she had done for the last few hours, she turned into an alleyway, rested her back onto the icy brick wall, and slumped down onto the ground. She wrapped her arms around her legs, in an attempt to keep herself warm, as the freezing air surrounded her.
Despite her hours of walking, she didn't have any idea where she was going to go, and it had only just dawned on her that she had nowhere to go, and no one to turn to.
As she tried to get up, she felt her legs give out from the freezing air, and fell forward, leaving her laying helplessly in the snow. "I give up," she muttered as she stopped trying, and accepted her death. She would freeze to death out here, in a part of town she didn't even know, and in the end, no one would miss her. She closed her eyes, and waited for it to all end.
"Hey, aren't you...?" Sunset opened her eyes slightly as she heard a familiar voice, but all she could see from where she was were the legs of the one in front of her. Her head fell back down into the snow below her, and she felt everything around her fade away.
"SUNSET! OPEN UP! WE NEED TO TALK TO YOU!!!" Rainbow banged on Sunset's apartment door, shivering in her coat, as she tried to get her attention.
Only a few hours ago, the three crusaders of their school, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, had come out and admitted that they were Anon-A-Miss. Naturally, everyone was rather angry at them to say to least, but Rainbow and the five girls behind her needed to see Sunset.
"COME ON SHIMMER, OPEN UP! IT'S FREEZING OUT HERE!" she yelled as she continued to bash as loudly as she could on the door in front of her.
"Dear, we're so sorry for what we've done, and we just want to explain ourselves," Rarity said in a much lighter tone. "So could you please open up?!"
"No offence but, I don't even think she heard that," Pinkie said. She was on her mobile, calling Sunset's apartment phone, with no results. "Come on, pick up already!"
"Try her mobile again," Applejack replied, "Maybe she's turned it back on."
Pinkie rolled her eyes in annoyance, "I was trying that less than ten minutes ago, and I've been trying since before Twilight got here!" she pointed to the girl in question, who was shivering in one of Rarity's thick coats, as the mirror-portal didn't give her one when she arrived.
Twilight walked up to Dash and the front door. "Sunset? It's me Twilight. I told you I was coming as soon as I could, I want to help sort this mess out. So could you open the door and let us in?" she said to no avail.
Rainbow gave ot a sigh, "That's it, we're coming in." She unziped and reached into one of her coat pockets, and pulled out a long, thin piece of metal. She leaned forward, and inserted the metal piece into the lock.
"Um, Rainbow, what are you doing?" Fluttershy asked as Dash continued to mess about with the lock.
"I'm getting us in, what does it look like?"
"Uh. Dash, I know our worlds have some rather... significant differences, but I'm pretty sure this is illegal," Twilight said.
"Rainbow, I'm afraid to ask this but, why do you know how to do this?" Rarity asked dryly.
"Because I've been locked outside my own house too many times, besides, it's not that hard to learn." There was a click, as the door opened, and Rainbow stood back upstraight. "We're in."
The six of them walked into the the small apartment. The place was a mess, papers and books scattered around the floor by her desk. A small radio, laptop, and a tv were sitting on a chest of drawers opposite her bed, which looked like it hadn't been properly made in weeks, her school bag was open, sitting in the corner of the room, an overflowing bin, and two doors to other sections of the apartment.
"This is where Sunset's been staying all this time?" Fluttershy asked.
"How could she live in this?" Rarity asked.
"I guess this is why we never had a sleep-over at her place, this place is tiny," Pinkie said.
"Sunset?" Applejack called out, "Yall are here, r-right?"
"Yeah, come out will you," Rainbow added. Neither of them got an answer, and Rainbow rushed into the kitchen, "Come on! This isn't funny!" She yelled desperately. Still no answer. "She's... She's not here," Dash said worriedly.
Twilight heard a light ringing sound, "Wait, do you girls hear that?" The six of them listened closely, and quickly pinpointed that the sound was coming from the pile or books.
"I think we found her phone..." Pinkie said weakly, as Twilight walked over to the pile and moved some of the papers away.
"No... This is..." Twilight picked up the source of the sound. It was her magic book, ringing and vibrating in Twilight's hands, implying Sunset had a new, unread message from Twilight. "It's her book," she told the others as she opened it to the page with the new message.
Twilight saw it was the same message she had sent to Sunset earlier, about coming to help sort this out. Slowly, she pieced together what this must have meant. "If this is new, then she was already gone before I sent it..." her face twisted into one of pure horror. "So, she's been gone for at least three hours!"
"In this weather!" Applejack said, "We've gotta go find her, right now!"
"Are you insane!" Rarity replied, "You did see the weather report earlier right? This is only going to get worse!"
"Well, we can't just leave her out there!" Rainbow yelled, "She'll freeze to de-"
"Don't even think about that!" Twilight interrupted, "Rarity's right, if this weather is going to get worse, then we'd be insane to try and find her right now."
"But... Fine," Dash said reluctantly, "So what do we do now?" she asked.
"Who lives the closest to where we are right now?" Twilight asked.
"Me," Fluttershy replied, "My house is about five minutes away. I never knew I lived so close to her."
"Then we'll stay there for the night, and tomorrow, we're going to find her." The six of them walked out of the apartment, and Pinkie closed the door behind her, being the last one out. "We have to believe that she'll be alright, that she'll make it through this."
Sunset felt herself wake up. She was lying in a rather comfortable bed, as she opened her eyes slightly to see the ceiling above her. Just a dream, she thought with a sigh of relief. She saw her clothes were folded up at the end of the bed, and she was now wearing a dark blue shirt and black pajama pants under the large duvet.
She closed her eyes, still feeling incredibly tired, but they shot open quickly when she realized, she didn't own these clothes. She then heard a nice sounding hum coming from next to her, and quickly leaned up, pushing the bed duvet off her, and looked towards the source of the sound.
Sonata Dusk, one of the three sirens from a few months ago, was sat, leaned up against a wall, wearing the same things Sunset was, reading a comic, when she realised Sunset was awake now. "Sunset! You're awake?!" she said with a smile, as she bounced to her feet.
Sunset recognized her almost immediately. "You... aren't you one of the..?" she asked, wide eyed.
"SHE'S AWAKE!" Sonata shouted, interrupting Sunset.
The door on the other side of the room from where the two of them was opened, and the two other sirens walked in, also wearing more or less the same things, with a few colour differences. Aria gave a relieved sigh, "Thank Celestia."
Sunset felt a chill rush down her spine, as the two of them came closer and closer. "W-what do you want?!" she asked, unable to hide the clear fear in her voice, as she jolted off the bed, and backed away as much as she could, eventually reaching a closed window.
"Easy now. We're not going to hurt you Sunset," Adagio began calmly, "If we wanted to... you wouldn't be here right now."
"What do you mean?" she asked nervously.
"You really don't remember?" Aria asked, "You were freezing to death in the streets. You're lucky we found you when we did."
"That was... That was you?" Sunset asked.
"Yeah, you've been out for hours now, and you've got about five million calls and messages," Sonata replied. She climbed her way over and off the other side of the bed, and walked over to Sunset. "Are you okay?" she asked.
Sunset was surprised to see the look of genuine concern in the siren's eyes. "I'm... I'm fine." She looked over to the other two, who looked just as concerned, "So, you three... saved me? You three?! Why?" she asked, not about to let her guard down right now.
"We can talk about that in the morning, right now, you need to get some sleep," Aria replied.
"No thanks, I think I'll just leave now," Sunset said, just wanting to get out of here.
"No can do." Sonata walked over to Sunset, and pulled one of the window curtains aside, revealing a huge snowstorm outside. "That storm has only been getting worse and worse, and you're lucky to still be alive right now. There's no way you'd make it home!"
"Sonata's right, you are not going out there, especially in the state you're in," Adagio said.
"What state? I'm fine," Sunset asked, walking slowly back over to the bed.
"No you're not," Adagio replied. Sunset looked at her, and Adagio saw something in her eyes. It was more than just fear of the three around her, there was something else. "You're really not..." she said as she tried to make out what it was.
The constant stare was very quickly making Sunset uncomfortable. "Um... Dagi, what is it?" Sonata asked.
Adagio shook her head, snapping her back to reality. "S-sorry, I was... Sorry about that." She walked over to Sunset at the other side of the bed, and put her hand on her shoulder reassuringly. "I know how this must look to you, the last time we met we almost killed you and your friends. But we really aren't going to hurt you," she said calmly.
"Yeah, my friends," Sunset mumbled.
"Just stay the night, you can leave in the morning if you want, we won't do anything," Aria added.
As much as she didn't want to, Sunset was still unbelievably tired, she could lay on that bed and be out like a light. Although, it wasn't like she had much of a choice in the matter, as the storm outside basically meant she was stuck here. But the way they were talking to her, and the looks of concern they all had, it was clear the three of them were worried about her, but why?
"Alright, you win," Sunset said reluctantly, with no other real choice, "I'll stay the night."
The three of them gave a sigh of relief. "Thanks Sunset," Sonata said, "Oh, you've probably noticed by now, but I leant you a pair of my pj's for the night, and your other clothes are nice and clean for the morning."
"Yeah I uh... I noticed," Sunset replied slowly, sitting back, and then laying down on the bed.
"We'll see you in the morning Shimmer," Aria said as she and Adagio walked to the door, and out the room.
Sonata followed behind them, but stopped and spun around right before she was about to leave. "Do you want anything? Water? Comic book? An extra pillow?"
"No, I'm... I'll be fine," Sunset replied nicely.
Sonata nodded, "Oki-doki. Good night Sunset," she replied back as she turned off the light switch, before leaving the room and closing the door behind her. "Sweet dreams."
Sunset gave a weak smile, before pulling the large duvet back over her, resting her head on the soft pillow, and almost immediately drifted off to sleep.
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Decent writing, good punctuation, and an intriguing new direction in which the Dazzlings have gone. I can't wait to see where this story goes!
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Wait, what do you mean?
6267871 They're actually helping the one who defeated them and made them powerless. Not something I would have expected.
In most story's the dazzling are also homeless
6267925 Oh... When I read that I was under the thought you might be under the asumption that they were the human worlds version of them, and the ones we now were gone. Whoops.
6267940 Why'd you delete your other comment?
I'm intrigued
This is well written. I always get a warm fuzzy feeling when reading your stories.
Keep up the good work.
6268042 Aww, thanks.
Glad you like it. 
So, no one going to comment on how Sonata, maybe even with Aria, had strip Sunset of her clothes while she was passed out. Or the fact Sunset didn't even comment on it.
Anyways, good chapter, can't wait to read the next one.
6268168 Gotta be honest, I was waiting for that comment.
6268176
interesting premise...let's see where this goes...
Very interesting start. I'm curious to know why the Dazzlings take Sunset in even though they are once enemies. Still, I like to see where this story goes.
YO! IMMA HIT THAT FAV AND LIKE!!!
Amazing start from I can say so far
Still lacking in grammar and spelling errors.
I'm intrigued also that out of all people it had to be the Dazzlings to save her life. I hope there will be an explination for it.
Good luck. You still need a proof reader fyi.
6270520 Thanks, I do try my best.
I'm certainly intrigued.
ok im hooked
there are a couple of typos, but nothing that obstructs reading. this is super cute and very enjoyable. I like the premise and would like to see where this goes
my guess is the sirens are grateful to be free of their dark magic... but it's nice to see a fic where they help Sunset instead of the other way around
All of my yes. Take them. All of them!
This is interesting. Sadly the only things about Adagio, Sonata and Aria i can find after rainbow rocks are fan fics. Why HAsbro why cant you bring them back
Interesting! I like this a LOT so far! I wonder if Sunset will make new friends in the Dazzlings? And what if her old friends? The Main 5?
6268076 I think I know what's gonna happen next
This is a good start, but I feel the story needs more description. For example, instead of writing "Sunset was terrified," write something along the lines of "her blood froze in her veins" or "a chill went down her spine."
I also found surprising to see a siren say "thank Celestia" since I doubt they worshipped her before being banished, and especially after who knows how many years in the human world.
That said, it's better than to have Aria thank a god from our world. Except maybe Odin. He's cool.
I suggest to find synonyms for "cold" for the beginning of the chapter as well, since it's repeated quite a lot in the first few paragraphs.
Corrections;
She would freeze to death out here
Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo
explain ourselves,"
The door on the other side of the room from where the two of them was opened
"That was... That was you?" Sunset asked. or "That was... That was you!" Sunset yelled.
the look of genuine concern in the siren's eyes.
who looked just as concerned
Comment;
Oh Rainbow Dash.
So, I uh, feel like I'm missinh something here. What is Anon A Miss? Why is Sunset off by herself? Is that explained later, or should I read your first story first?
I just dont want to go further in to this without info.
6851817 I'm assuming it's the human version of the episode where the Crusaders worked for the school paper and spread the rumors about everyone. I forget the name of teh episode. Gabby Gums or something like that. They most likely sadi a bunch of bad stuff about Sunset too and she took it to heart. Maybe.
A dazzlings are good story. That's different. You got me
For those asking about Annon-A-Miss. Say it out loud. It should be self explanatory after that
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Basically the immediate prequel to this story's drama hails from the Equestria Girls Holiday Special comic
7426528 This isn't a sequel to anything.
"I'm sure she will be just fine"
Next scene.
"Bill!we found another body!"
End
Ok seriously I love how this started so I can't wait for more
Guys we are missing a very big point that should be brought up.
Someone. Had to strip sunset.
7932523
you act like that's a bad thing
Man. First chapter, and already I'm loving this. The Dazzlings even feel in-character, at least to me (considering all the Wubcake content I've experienced). Sonata's the perky one, Aria's the brusque one, and Adagio's the one who you don't quite know what she's thinking until she makes it obvious.
8489195
One of the best old NC jokes. XP
8489195 lol
This was a fun start. I'm optimistic.
6851817
year to miss. and a Christmas special (it should be an April Fool's or Halloween special in my opinion) where Senset is framed for posting everyone's secret online, the rsobowns abandon her and no one believes her
It's stupid but unfortunately it's from Hasbro so the chance of it being canonical is +90%
I hope I clarified things.