This story is a sequel to The Diamond in the Rough
Concert after concert. Failure after failure. Night after night of tears and nightmares.
Sonata Dusk's solo career is dead on arrival. Her performances are relegated to the auditorium of CHS, the only place people know her. This desperation has been met with contempt, and her concerts end up being completely empty of onlookers.
Except for you.
The prettiest, and perhaps the purest, of the Dazzlings has captivated you, and you want her fresh start to be a success. So, after the two of you start talking after her shows, you know exactly what to do to help her.
Because you love seeing her smile.
8th installment of the The Cute, the Fluffy, and Romantic
WARNING: May contain lots of fluff
Idea and synopsis by LightningSword
**Featured from November 8-9, 2016 
Good work, my friend. Good work.
Alright so i haven't read any of this series, Do i need to read from the first instalment or just kick off where ever?
Amazing.
Also the next one... it's aria...Yep Definitely Aria...Or is it?
Anyway's that was a good read.
I kept expecting a kiss, only to not get one.
Oh well, this was adorable, regardless.
10/10 - IGN. You should add the Wonderbolts after finishing the other two stories, it will be so awesome since there is not even ten 2nd person stories of Spitfire and Soarin (Fleetfoot does not have any 2nd person story
)
Luved it
The dazzlings just do not get the love that they deserve. It's good to see someone spreading the love.
Another one that's amazing. Great job buddy. Hope you're doing alright.
Aw geez. That'd just be awful! Poor Sonata...
Snot? I think not.
Anyway, great job, dude. Another amazing addition to the Fluff Series.
7706183 fixed. Thank you
7706190 No problem.
Oh, and it's already featured.
7705885 kick off wherever
Another great piece of work from you and an big shout out to LightningSword for helping you with this. He did a great job!
On another note, as a music lover, I absolutely loved this one more than your usual ones in this series!
7706028 Yeah, I'd love to see one of Spitfire!
Man, my heartstrings were pulled hard when I pictured and imagined Sonata's sobbing
: it hurt even more when she revealed she had a nightmare about it, and that it came extremely close to a reality
. That could be the worst possible thing anyone could go through in their life. I'm glad through that 2nd Person did such a great deed for her in bringing in an audience that night since it could've been the night that she would no longer trust him; and feel that he only came out of pity
.
Fantastic work as always (also to LS) and always looking forward to the net installment
. Sure Adagio or Aria can have quirks about them that rough around the edges... but surely that can't mean they have a soft spot hidden somewhere that can be found with enough determination
congrats on being featured!
Ah, I was wondering if lighting sword would get involed with these :p
Have a like for this amazing story!
It is nicely writen and even the feels were great. 10/10 Points my friend!!
Cheers!
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Bravo my friend! Just what it needed! And it's featured
Yay, Sonata!
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Aww. Sonata is really adorable in this story. Well done, my friend.
An adorable, heartwarming story for everyone's favorite ex-Dazzling! You really captured Sonata's cuteness with this, and definitely made me smile.
It was an honor helping you out, my friend. This turned out beautifully. Excellent job!
Dude. This was amazing. I think this one is taking the cake for my favorite of The Cute, The Fluffy, and The Romantic
7706939 Thank you! And thanks again for your help!
While these certainly are sweet and fuzzy as advertised, having all the stories be similar damsel in distress scenarios is getting a bit stale. Confidence is attractive too.
Did I do this shoutout thing right?
Excellent job, good sir.
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Well... This to me wasn't all that fluffy as it was more realistic. That's not a bad thing. You help Sonata because you feel bad and you like the look of her smile. So you decide to make her tha happiest she's ever been in her life. That's the best possible way to treat a woman. Make her happy so she can show off the most beautiful part of her. Her smile.
Good Job!
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Aww, this story really makes me want to hug Sonata!
Once again, you did an awesome job Nordryd!
This was perfect i Love it.
Coud you maby do fleur de lis next?
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Aww this was cute!!! This was just the thing to take my mind off this election junk! Your stories are awesome!! Keep it up!!!
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Sweet thanks. will read this after green leaves of everfree
P.S After finally watching it i cant help but just think how adorable sunset shimmer looked at the end of the movie. The way her hair is was amazing. But nothing beats fluttershy. Especially Friendship games when she was doing archery.
That was the cutest thing, Also realised some noticable things you wrote that also happen in the coppershy series, The dipping and whatnot. Love it and was a great story! and i completely agree out of the dazzling's sonata is 100% the most adorable.
So, moondancer next?
7706998 Meh. I'll take it.
We ran away
Now all my friends have gone
Maybe we've outgrown all the things that we once loved
Run Away
But what are we runnin' from?
A show of hands of those in this Audience of One
Where have they gone?
This puts whatever I'm working on to shame.
Nice job!
So, you help Sonata because you feel bad and you like seeing her happy. What do you end up doing? You make her the happiest she's ever been...
Also: You scored it with Sonata. She's in your arms, and that would make me the happiest man alive.
Yay! Another great one, and with my favorite Dazzling to boot!
Makes me wish I could have tacos right now.
After all the hate, and bigotry and words from the election that have made me sick to my stomach, i needed a fluffy, feel good story like this. Thank you, Nordryd!
Yay way to go, You made my favorite dazzling happy.
7709685 You and me both!
ugh, the fluff. My heart died every other paragraph this is amazing
The fluff... the romance... the writing...
It's all so... perfect...
I just can't...
HHNNNNNNNGGGG!!!
You definitely haven't lost your touch, Nordryd! This is adorable as always.
What a good way to start on fimfiction.net. I always liked Sonata the most out of the dazzlings. She seemed to be the least bad out of the trio. Also, loved the story. Sort of reminds me of the episode "The times are a Changeling" where everybody starts off by hating Thorax but end up liking him. Just shows how one person can change a persons life. Good job. I look forward to more.
-Galaxy Inferno
The way that this is written, it makes me wonder if Sonata's music was actually meant to make people feel peaceful and happy, but was corrupted whenever she was around Adagio and Aria, cause people to hate each other instead.
Anyway, loved the story... and may have shed a little liquid pride reading this.
And as always,
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You sir, are amazing at what you do. Keep up the work. It's as good as ever
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I knew deeply this was going to be such a huge seller, especially thanks to this ad campaign, which I've also placed in the SSPB and Advertisements groups. In both groups, I will place ads for his future stories, whatever comes next from the wonderful factory of Nordryd.