Trixie and Dash both arrived at Ponyville park, where they were supposed to be meeting Sunset, and noticed Rarity and Twilight had already arrived ahead of them. "HEY!" Rainbow shouted to them, before her and Trixie ran over to them. "How did you two get here before us?" Rainbow asked.
"We had a lift," Rarity replied.
"Trixie doesn't suppose Sunset's already been and gone. Has she?" Trixie asked.
Twilight shook her head. "Not yet." Twilight looked around the snow covered park, it was a rather nice place, and it seemed so different from the city that now surrounded her. "I hope she's alright..."
"She didn't sound alright over the phone," Rainbow replied, "She said it was a simple sore throat, but it sounded lke more than that."
"Well we'll just have to wait until she arrives," Rarity said, glancing around. "Whenever that is."
Trixie looked at her phone. "She should be here by now. You don't think she blew us off, do you?" she asked.
"I hope she didn't," Twilight said.
"I wouldn't put it past her right now," Dash replied, "If I was her, you're the last people I'd want to see right now..."
"Rainbow Dash! That's not funny!" Rarity said angrily.
"Good, cus I wasn't joking!" Rainbow snapped back.
"There's no need to yell, I was only saying," Rarity replied.
"Yeah, and I was only saying if Sunset doesn't show up, it wouldn't really surprise me!" Rainbow replied.
"Are we seriously about to start fighting against each other?" Trixie asked rhetorically. "Because if you ask me that's the very LAST thing we should be doing."
"Trixie's right." Twilight stood in between Rarity and Rainbow, "We all need to stay clam about this, and give Sunset a warm welcome when she gets here! Not this!"
Rainbow and Rarity looked at each other regretfully. Twilight was right, this whole mess happened because everyone got too angry at Sunset for doing this, they didn't even consider the thought that the girl spending her time crying in the bathroom might be innocent. Getting angry was one of the things that started this, and it certainly wasn't going to fix anything.
Rarity sighed, and looked around. "Hey!" she began, overjoyed that someone else was coming. "There's someone..." That joy quickly evaporated as it was obviously not Sunset. But that wasn't the worst part, the worst part was that everyone there recognized the woman walking towards them. She was the leader of the three sirens.
"Well isn't this fantastic!" Rarity mumbled.
"What is she doing here?" Rainbow asked.
"Well, if she's here to fight," Trixie began, "Take it from someone who got punched in the face by her last night, she isn't that strong."
"Rainbow..." Twilight began, "Didn't you say there was something wrong with Sunset's voice when you were talking to her over the... whatever it was?" she asked, a sudden serious tone in her voice.
"Over the phone?" Rainbow replied, "She did sound a bit off, bu-"
"You're sure that was actually Sunset, right?"
Rainbow swallowed nervously, "Yeah, I called her on her phone. Twilight, what are you trying to..." The princesses stare said it all. "You think I was talking to her?"
"Well, Sunset isn't anywhere around, and she's headed right towards us," Twilight replied.
The siren quickly approached, and seemed rather angry. "Which one of you is Rainbow Dash?" she asked.
The four girls looked at each other cautiously. "I am." Rainbow Dash stepped forward.
"Well on behalf of Sunset Shimmer, I have a message for you..."
Rainbow almost smiled. Almost. "From Suns-"
Rainbow was quickly cut off by a sudden kick to the stomach and punch in the face. As Dash stumbled back in pain, she felt the siren grab her throat and her shirt, as she swung her down into the snowy ground below. "The she-demon says "Fuck you!""
"Rainbow!" Rarity and Twilight rushed over to Rainbow who was clutching her stomach in pain, and now had a bloody nose, despite only getting hit in the face once. Rarity knelt down, and took a handkerchief from her pocket and used it to wipe Rainbow's nose. "Are you alright?" she asked.
Twilight turned her attention to ths siren behind her. "What was that for!?!?" Twilight demanded.
"Why don't you ask Rainbow."
"Twilight, be careful!" Rarity said nervously.
"Twilight?" The siren grinned, "Oh, you must be Twilight Sparkle, right?" she asked.
"That's Princess Twilight to you!!" Twilight snapped back, "Now what do you know about Sunset?"
"My apologies. My name is Adagio Dazzle," Adagio began, "Under just about any other situation I would be delighted to finally meet you in person, Princess."
"Excuse me?" Twilight questioned. "Delighted?" she repeated.
"Yes, delighted." Adagio repeated, "Anyway, I have something to tell you about Sunset Shimmer."
"We already know," Trixie interrupted, "Me and Rainbow already ran into one of you earlier."
"Must have been Aria," Adagio said, "And what did she tell you?" she asked.
"That apparently Sunset was right behind me, and she apparently followed after me when she got up off the ground, right?"
Adagio rolled her eyes, "Note to self. Have a chat with Aria about fucking up extremely delicate situations," she mumbled, "What she told you was only half true. Yes, Sunset was standing right behind you, but she didn't get up."
"W-what do you m-mean," Rainbow coughed, as she climbed her way to her feet.
"I mean she didn't get back up by herself," Adagio continued, "Me and the two others had to carry her unconcious body to our house. I think it's safe to say that, if it wasn't for Sonata, she'd be dead right now."
"So, she's at.. your house?" Rarity asked uneasily.
"I swear, no harm has come to her, but yes. She is," Adagio stated in a calm voice.
"Why should we trust you?" Trixie asked, "How do we know you aren't just lying to us about this whole thing?"
"There's probably nothing I can say that will make you change your mind. I'm aware of that," Adagio continued, "But that girl poured her heart out to the three of us, and why? Because we were willing to listen." Adagio pointed to Rainbow, "Unlike you..." she pointed at Trixie, "...and you..." and then at Rarity, "...and you, and everyone else at your school!"
"H-hey, we had our reason," Dash replied in a weak attempt to defend herself.
"You should know I now want to strangle you just for saying that!" Rainbow backed off after hearing that. "You used her to defeat us, and then threw her aside like a piece of shit!" Adagio continued, "And congratulations, you made her never want to see your face again!" Adagio turned away from the other girls, "I would go on about how much you fucked up, but I don't think I'm the right person to do that." She began to walk away, "I'll save that for Sunset."
Adagio's phone began vibrating in her pocket. She pulled it out, and answered it. "Hello?"
"Hey Adagio, it's Sunset, I..." Adagio put the phone on load speaker, so that the other girls could hear Sunset, "I just wanted to ask a favour."
"Sunset, are you alright?" Adagio asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Sunset replied.
"Are you?" Adagio asked again.
"Yeah, I promise, I'm fine."
The four girls immediately recognized Sunset's voice. "Is that... It's really her!" Rainbow said.
"Ok, what favour?" Adagio asked.
"Are you... with Rainbow Dash right now?" Sunset asked.
Adagio glanced behind her, at the girl in question. "Yeah, I am. Do you want to speak to her?"
"No, no no, no. No!" Sunset repeated, "I... really don't, uh...'
"Alright." Rainbow was a bit saddened by that, but wasn't really surprised. "What did you want?" Adagio asked, turning back towards the girls.
"Well... Don't hurt her or anything! Sonata said you seemed furious when you left, so don't... that would only make the situation worse," Sunset said.
"Alright," Adagio said.
"And, tell her that I'm alright, and that, she doesn't have to worry about me," Sunset continued. "I've also been through some of my more recent texts, so I know that there's a great big search party out there looking for me. Tell Rainbow that, she should call Pinkie Pie, and tell her to stop the search party," Sunset said, completely unaware that Rainbow, as well as Rarity, Trixe and Twilight could hear her.
"Why do you want it stopped?" Adagio asked.
"Because I don't want them to find me like this..."
"Like what?"
"Right now I, I feel so... I don't know what to think about this whole mess, and I really don't know what I'd do if I saw them right now." Sunset began quietly crying on the other end of the phone, and while she was probably trying to hide it, it didn't work. "I don't know what to do, but I know that, if I see any of them right now, it wouldn't help, at all."
"Will do, anything else?" Adagio replied softly.
"One more thing. Apparently Princess Twilight is here," Sunset continued, "Tell Rainbow Twilight can go back to Equestria. She's only wasting her time here."
"Wasting my time here?" Twilight repeated.
Sonata's voice quietly came in through the phone. "Here's your ice crea- Oh my god, Sunset what is it! Why are you crying?!"
"Is that Sonata?" Adagio asked.
"Yeah, uh, I should probably go now, see you later Adagio," Sunset replied weakly.
"I'm on my way home now," Adagio said.
"Ok. See you in a bit then." Sunset hung up the phone.
"Well, Rainbow, you heard her. You know what she wants." Adagio turned away from the girls again, pocketed her phone, and walked off. "You don't have to believe me when I say this, but I really am worried about this girl."
"Hey!" Rarity shouted. Adagio halted her movement. "We don't exactly have a choice right now, but if we hear anything from Sunset about you hurting her-"
"The three of you are gonna pay!" Trixie finished. Adagio nodded her head, and continued walking away.
The four girls looked at each other. "So now what?" Rainbow asked, "Should we, call off the search party, or..."
"I'm not going home... " Twilight Ran forward to catch up with Adagio.
"What is it?" Adagio asked.
"I'm going with you," Twilight stated.
"All due respect Princess, she really doesn't want to see you, either."
"I don't care! I'm not going home until I know she's ok," Twilight said.
"Fine," Adagio replied, "But only you, understand?" Twilight simply nodded, and her and the siren continued onwards, towards the park exit.
Huh...I thought Adagio would be a bit more...I don't know, violent? Still, a really great chapter! I'm hoping Sunset just slams the door in Twilight's face, just so this can keep going.
Well, that went better than expected. Apparently Adagio isn't that weak.
I'm faintly surprised that the group threatened the sirens about hurting Sunset. People who live in glass houses shouldn't carpet-bomb with boulder-catapults, y'know?
6986035 I've always thought of Aria as the violent one and Adagio as the fuck with your head one, though that may just be me. Plus, Adagio knows that wouldn't help. Oh and don't worry, the story isn't ending anytime soon. I mean, we haven't even gotten to Fluttershy, Aj, the rest of the school, or, the CMC yet.
No, Adagio. Don't hold back. Show Rainbow Dash how you REALLY feel. I'm being sarcastic. Anyway, I'm a little worried about what Sonata said when she saw Sunset. I'm also worried what will happen when Adagio makes it back home.
I smell... Burnt toast...
I'll deal with it later.
Sunset won't be pleased to see Twilight, but she wont be massively upset either. At least, not at Twilight herself. She's not going to want anyone trying to help her reconnect at the moment. The Sirens are giving her space. Space she needs.
6986132 You should probably get that toast before your house burns down.
6986140 It's cool. The cat ate it. I then ate the cat. I don't know why she swallowed a fly. Perhaps she'll die.
6986041 YAY!
More story!!!
6986143 Whoa! You ate the cat?!
Did it taste good?
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6986149 Probably tasted like a cat. I don't know if thats good or not.
6986158 Hmmm...maybe I should try it...
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I prefer it to dog, but less so than Squirrel.
You refer to Sonata instead of Sunset here.
Other than that, great chapter, can not wait for more!
6986195 Hm. I'll have to try squirrel the next time I see one.
6986195 WHAT?! No! You eat dog?!
Don't eat doggies!
6986199 Ah. Originaly it was Sonata, and she was worried about Sunset. Guess I accidently left that in.
6986205 Slow cook it with plenty of fluid, and mind the very small bones and any possible shot.
WHY WOULD YOU END IT THERE YOU MONSTER
yea GO DAGI kick the shit out of here and you should have trow an extra kick for saying we had our reasons.amazing chapter im hoping on next one twily dosnt talk to sunset to forgive them i wana see more slaping and fighting or honestly i hope she says fk off :D
I personally hope that Sunset slams the door in her royal lateness' face.
But I am worried what Sonata was exclaiming about.
Great chapter! Very emotional! Man, is it me, or is there dust in my eyes?!
I hope to see more soon along with Sunset's reaction to Twilight! *gulps*
Another great chapter
Keep it up
Loved it
Good job Muffin
You should really find someone to edit this. The story is great, but it's being held back by spelling and grammatical errors.
Ya know, I personally don't want her to forgive them.
Awesome Chapter! ... welp Seems the Bleep Is Gonna Hit The Fan Soon...
Twilight probably knows that it's best not to push Sunset right now. All she's going to do is check and make sure she's okay, maybe offer the odd hug and apologize for not getting in sooner to help.
At least, that's how I'd do things.
Okay let's be honest Rainbow deserved what she got and the CMC deserve a beating too. Feel that pain of your bruised and swollen face? That's how Sunset feels right you little brats. A whole lot of people deserve a ass whooping!
I'm surprised the lingering magic of the Elements don't just leave the Human 5 in a big flashy show, especially with Rainbow. Loyal my ass.
Love the chapter, and Sunset made the right choice on not seeing them. the pain too great, just talking to them over the phone had her sobbing!
i want to see the other's reactions to Rainbow's Face and learn why it happen, bet Fluttershy will break down if she heard Sunset broke down over the phone just trying to deliver the message.
best of all want the CMC to see and hear everything so they know how stupid/selfish/ and cruel they were, and see what happen because of them.
6987271 Maybe, but it wouldn't do any good at the moment. Sometimes, physical force is the solution, but in many instances it isn't.
As to the Elements leaving? Now that they have realized what they have done, they are actively trying to fix what they have broken, and mend fences with Sunset.
So...yeah, at the moment Rainbow Dash is at least trying to be a loyal friend to Sunset.
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True however I believe that some physical pain would help them understand how much they hurt Sunset. Case in point being a scene from Malcolm in the Middle the episode in which the boys ruined their mother's birthday and the eldest son explained to his brother of how badly they hurt her. He did so by punching him in the arm real hard and told him that's how their mom felt on the inside.
Well until they do fix things with I doubt they'll pony up anytime some. At least if I were writing this.
As for Dash, why didn't try to be loyal to her when she needed her most?
6990491 Maybe it would help illustrate the point, but who advocates beating a child? There are potentially more effective ways, at least in this instance.
As to Rainbow Dash? We call what she did "making a mistake," and in her case it was a whopper, but she has realized that now and is trying hard to fix what she has broken.
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....Wow I think we're getting off topic, partway at least. My point is that they deserve an ass-kicking for the crap they pulled but in no way to the extent of being beaten near death or serious injury but enough actual pain for them to remember for a long time.
And as for Dash? Yeah she did make a big mistake BUT was it one the human Bearer of Loyalty should have made in the first place? She couldn't give Sunset the benefit of a doubt or at least keep an eye on her to make sure with her own eyes if she really was Anon a Miss? And if she believed that Sunset was Anon a Miss why not try and stop her or find out why she would go back to her old ways? Especially with the backlash it would have on her?
Not trying to argue with you nor do I want to keep on going but my two main points are:
1- There times in which some people deserve a beating for the stupid crap they pull.
2- If you value loyalty and friends then you don't abandon them no matter what, you stick by them, help them out or get them to stop and do the right thing when/if they've done wrong.
Not gonna lie, rainbow dash totally earned that punch to the face. Great chapter
Rainbow deserved that punch to the face
This was an interesting chapter. Can't wait to see what twilight will do to help the situation.
Most of the Anon-A-Miss fics have RD as the designated asshole-who-doesn't-realize-things-until-its-too-late person. She's not doing a good job with her Element, it seems.
7011722 They're all like that. That's the one thing I've never liked. It even happens with Sunset redemption fics as well.
"That's Princess Twilight to you!!" Twilight snapped back
A Meaningless Title in a World that isn't governed by you or any of you're Princesses. You and Sunset may have brought magic to this world, but you are just like everyone else in this world. Your a Nobody of importance like everybody else and who would likely believe you?
7160938 That's brutally honest... I love it!
I really like this story so far, and I can totally understand Sunny that she don't know how to feel about her 'friends' after everything that happened.
That's the one thing that bothered me the most about the comic with anon a miss that they just got back to the old ways like nothing happened
well, I'm lookking forward to read the rest now
7339753 Hopefully my next chapter will be out in a day or two. (That is if I can stop being such a lazy person. )
Trixie, if I remember correctly, the punch Adagio gave you didn't just make you stumble, it sent you to the ground. So... you wanna try that again?
I love this fix so much. I keep coming back to reread it. It's an interesting dynamic, having the Sirens be thankful to Sunset instead of hating her guts forever.
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Yeah, that basically sums up Trixie.
Hmmmmm. I still have worries about the pacing, but it hasn't been too debilitating so far.
Anyone else thinking rainbow definitely have that coming I'm surprised Adagio didn't try to kill her