Song of usby CrossRedstoneChaptersStill waiting, like every eveningGood newsAria meets SunsetStill waiting, like every eveningAuthor's Note So I lost a bet. It happens really often. And that's how this story came to be. Oh man, let the dislikes begin.......come....screw grammar, I'm tired! Still waiting, like every evening In a well known cafe, on the outskirts of Canterlot City. It was Friday evening, so naturally it was full of people at the time. Most of them chatted happily with each other, others enjoyed their evening coffee after work and of course there was the one guy who had to flirt with the waitress. She just ignored the guy like she normally did and walked over to the windows, where three regular customers were sitting. She was all too familiar with the three girls. For years, they have been coming hear every evening of the week and stayed around for the past five years. How they got the money to come every evening, she didn’t know, as well as she didn’t know how these girls never seemed to age, though she suspected it having to do with some really expensive beauty products. After all, they had the money to come here every single day of the week. “Hi Glider!” Sonata Dusk, the youngest and most cheerful one out of the trio greeted her. Over the years, Night Glider had learned that there were only a few things that could bring the girl’s mood down. Most of the time she came over as a kind of goofy character, just enjoying life and not giving a crap about tomorrow. Night Glider had learned the hard way that this wasn’t the case. “Hello girls. The usual?” “Give me a hot cocoa. I don’t feel like caffeine today.” Aria Blaze quickly said. The girl was in the middle of the other two, when it came to age. She appeared to indifferent of her environment, but Night Glider could swear that in those deep purple eyes of hers, the girl was always plotting something. What exactly that was, the waitress probably did not want to know. The girl could be creepy if she wanted to be. Which reminded her of that one day, when Aria lost a bet to the other girls and had to wear a goth outfit for an entire week. Night Glider shivered. “Alright. Anything else?” “Nope.” Sonata shook her head. “For me too, the usual.” Adagio Dazzle nodded towards the waitress. Adagio was the oldest of the bunch. She was usually calm and collected, but could become very emotional, depending on the situation. If you got her angry, you better run. However, when she was not on a rampage, she was a nice person to talk to, even if she could be a little flirty. At least she stopped, when she got a “No”, unlike some guys Night Glider knew. But she admitted, it took some time to accept the fact that Adagio was actually bisexual. Her own family was rather conservative. While Night Glider was preparing the order for the trio, said girls were talking among each other. “No coffee, Aria?” Adagio asked. “Have to keep it mixed. Else I’m gonna throw up one of those days.” the purple skinned girl replied. “At least it isn’t as bad, as that one time in Greek.” Sonata stated, causing the other two girls to shiver. “Urrgh, I...didn’t need a flashback of that time.” the oldest of the sisters groaned, rubbing her temples. “I’m surprised we still remember that.” Aria said. “I mean that was like...it’s been almost 2000 years by now, huh? How time flies.” the girl trailed off. She leaned back a little, touching the necklace she was wearing. The other two were wearing perfect copies of that necklace. “I don’t even remember how it is to be…”normal”. I doubt any of us can go back to our old lives.” Adagio sighed sadly. “We have had this talk already. For all we know, time moves on back at home like it does here and they already have flying cars or destroyed the planet.” Aria said in a as a matter of fact tone. “Well, maybe we can ask Princess Twilight to use that time travel spell?” Sonata suggested. “That depends on three things: One:” Adagio raised a finger “Twilight actually needs to trust us. Remember, we don’t have the best reputation in Equestria. Two: Twilight would need to find a way to our world and finally: Three: combining the time travel spell and the spell to get us back home, doesn’t cause some universe breaking backlash.” Sonata and Aria looked at each other, before letting out a sigh. “Who’d have thought that the merchant is a real thing?” Sonata wondered. “Hmm, do you think he wrote all of the stories or was it the actual guys who somehow managed to get home and resume their normal lives?” “Tch, oh please. Most of them wouldn’t give up what they got. Besides, most of them have almost the same kind of backstory, so it’s easy to conclude that these were written by normal fans.” “Here you go girls.” Night Glider brought the girls coke, tea and a cocoa instead of coffee. The three gave their thanks to the waitress, giving her a generous tip in the process. “Wonder what everyone did after we just disappeared.” Sonata wondered. “This again? Can we not speak about a lost past for once?” Aria complained. “Well, did any of you did something interesting this week?” the youngest asked in return. “Found a stray cat today.” Adagio informed the others. “Damn thing stole my chicken, when I wasn’t looking.” The other two girls giggled at that. “Really? How’d that happen?” Sonata leaned forward. “Just like I said.” the oldest girl said with a smile. “I placed my chicken box next to me, while checking my mails. I try to grab one, only to feel something soft. I look down and find that little cat with its head in my box! It quickly got out with a chicken in it’s mouth and jumped down from where I was sitting. It lost the chicken in the process, but quickly picked it up and ran as if a pack of wolves were chasing after it.” Adagio laughed. “I was so dumbfounded, I just sat there like an idiot and watched everything play out.” The two girls in front of her laughed as well. “Oh. I wish you would have brought it back home. How about we get ourselves a pet?” Sonata suggested. “No.” Adagio said as a matter of factly. “Oh, come on! Don’t tell me you’re still mad about Nora throwing up on your pillow! Stuff like this just happens.” Sonata explained. “Sonata, your last couple of pets had the tendency of trying to destroy our stuff.” Adagio pointed out. “It’s not like you guys have to do the clean up. That’s what we have our staff for, right?” “You’re just using that as an excuse.” Aria deadpanned, rolling her eyes. “How about you get yourself some fish? Can’t get much wrong with that.” the oldest one suggested. “Fish are booooring.” Sonata slumped her upper body on the table. “You know, technically speaking, we are fish. In some way…” Aria trailed off. “Actually, actually, we’re kind of pony-fish. Hehe, pony-fish.” Sonata giggled. The older girls could only shake their heads. “Sucks that we can’t go to Equestria.” the blue skinned girl mused. “This might change soon.” Adagio looked out of the window. Aria could only sigh. “Sorry if I have to be pessimistic in that regard, but we have been waiting for years now. It feels like this one event should have already happened. We might have changed one little detail of the timeline that somehow prevented this whole thing from happening.” Adagio was ready to make a retort, but quickly closed her mouth again. As unlikely as it sounded, they had been on this world for a very, very long time. Their actions might have unintentionally caused some kind of butterfly effect. Like Sunset Shimmer having been arrested for some reason or never became queen bitch of Canterlot High. The trio had been purposely avoiding Canterlot City and only recently settled in the city. Even then, they had been avoiding CHS and Crystal Prep Academy to the best of their abilities. Heck, half of the time they weren’t even in the city. The reason they came back every evening to this very place, was to definitely not miss the fall of Sunset Shimmer. “Well, in that case WE’LL have to go to Sunset Shimmer on our own.” Sonata shrugged, emptying her glass. “I mean, I did see her that one time. Definitely wasn’t the human one, I’m sure of it. I could almost taste the magic.” the youngest one licked her lips. Aria looked out. “Maybe it’s a good idea to check the place out from afar.” she suggested. “Maybe.” Adagio conceded. “But I think we should wait for a little more. Fall has barely started. When was the Fall Formal at our school?” “You’re asking things.” Aria crossed her arms. “Around the holidays, maybe? Who cares, if this doesn’t happen anytime soon, I’m going in and teach Shimmer a lesson myself.” “Hey, wasn’t Dagi supposed to be the violent psychopath?” Sonata asked, pointing at the girl in front of her. Adagio’s eye twitched. “I told you not to call me that.” “What? Violent psychopath.” “Dagi.” “I know!” Sonata proclaimed happily. “But I’m the little sister! It’s my job to be annoying.” As a response, Aria slapped the back of Sonata’s head. “Hey, what gives?!” “I’m the middle sister.” Aria stated as a matter of factly. “It’s my job to keep the small fry in line.” “Urrgh, you two I swear.” Adagio groaned, though she couldn’t suppress the smile on her face. Later that evening, Sonata and Aria were already heading home. Adagio stayed behind, wanting to be sure that nothing would happen today. As she sat there, pretty much the last customer in the café, she took out her purse and opened it. After searching for a couple of seconds, she took something out, she was surprised held out even this long. Well, plastic was pretty durable if taken care off. What she held in her hand was an old, a very, millennia old ID card. Zwetkow Alewtina Date of birth: 04.02.1994 Nationality: Russia Place of birth: Moscow Date of issue: 19.08.2011 Date of expiry: 19.08.2016 Place of issue: Moscow Sex: F Good newsAuthor's Note Written in one session. Huh, new record, I just noticed, even including the breaks. Good news Adagio whistled a little tune, walking down the street of Canterlot City. Before all of this, she used to hum little tunes to herself, but even that could be a little counterproductive, to say the least. Today was one of these days where she didn’t feel like doing anything and the best was, she even could allow it. Aria and Sonata were doing their things and she didn’t care too much as to what they were, so long they didn’t do anything stupid. After crossing the street, Adagio entered a building called “Canterlot Gallery”. It was a two story tall building, including the basement, which had a little bit over very small stores inside, everything specialized in selling one kind of thing, like the Gummy Bear store, more than 20 different cloth stores, books, games, candy, and even an ice café. It was in the Gallery where the Dazzling sisters found their normal clothes again. Sure they landed in this world in their cosplays, but these things didn’t survive the years. The girls had been more than happy to get their clothes back. It was the same store Adagio entered that day, wondering if they had anything she would like. To her very, very, surprise, she found the one and only Rainbow Dash inside of this very shop. Now, this wasn’t the first time she saw Rainbow Dash. The sirens tried to avoid any kind of contact with the Rainbooms and anyone else who was important in the future but bump ins like the one on this very day happened. Adagio decided instead of turning around and going somewhere else, she acted like she was looking through the clothes while keeping an eye on the teenager. Rainbow wasn’t even looking at anything in the store. In fact, she was looking rather impatiently at one of the changing rooms. Only seconds later, Adagio found out who the blue girl had been waiting for. Stepping out of the room was none other than Applejack, who was carrying a belt in her hand. “Eeyup, that’s the one.” Adagio froze. It had been so very long since she heard that particular voice. “Finally.” Rainbow threw her arms into the air, before dropping them without grace. “I don’t get why we couldn’t just go without this.” “Ya know how Rarity gets when it comes to stuff like this,” Applejack said, smiling. “Ah, can’t belief ah'm sayin’ this, but ah missed her iffy attitude.” “Yeah. Man, I can’t believe we’ve been so stupid.” Rainbow growled. “Mhm.” AJ nodded, not commenting. “Let’s git going. Can’t miss Twilight’s coronation after all.” “Hell yeah. I can’t wait to see Sunset’s face.” The two left the shop, making it impossible for Adagio to listen in anymore, but she didn’t need to anyway. What she needed to do was call her sisters. “Yahooooo! FINALLY!!!” Sonata exclaimed, startling the servants outside her personal room. After all, this time, it was finally happening. She was so excited, she stormed right out of her room and slid down the long railing, straight down to the basement of the estate. She even accidentally knocked over a maid, who had been carrying some fresh bedsheets. “Whoops. Sorry. I only did it on purpose.” Sonata giggled, stepping over the maid. “You certainly are in high spirits, Mistress Sonata.” Sonata spun around and practically beamed at the Dazzling’s head butler Rip Off. He had a pale blue skin, short cut, still black hair, despite his age and wore the stereotypical butler outfit. “Hey, Rip. Of-fucking-course I am. It’s finally happening!!” Sonata pumped a fist into the air. “Ah.” The butler nodded. “I assume, we should prepare the guest rooms then?” “Uh….I guess we might as well. And stock up the bar. Aria and I, we have been snatching up a bottle or another lately.” “It will be done.” The butler bowed and then proceeded to help the maid. “Mistress, please be more careful with the maids and butlers. I know you do not think too fondly of them and I can understand your reasons, but please. It doesn’t exactly help my work and if you allow my personal input, I think you and the other Mistresses are punishing them enough. “Puh-lease.” Sonata crossed her arms. “These fuckers are lucky they’re not in jail. Compared to jail, this is heaven what they're going through.” Sonata turned around, an evil grin showing on her face. “Even if we have them trapped inside their own minds.” She mumbled just loud enough so that Rip Off and the maid could hear it. With those words, she left the two, with Rip Off letting out a sigh. The youngest siren walked out of the apartment and into the garden. There were still a flew flowers blooming, despite it being the fall. She found Aria there talking to one of butler’s, seemingly giving instructions to her personal garden. “...And be quick about it.” “Of course, Mistress Aria.” the butler bowed, before heading off towards the garden house. “Hey!” “Hey.” Aria greeted back. “I get it, Adagio called you.” “Yup! I can hardly stand still, I’m so excited.” Sonata squeaked. Aria only sighed. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I know I should be excited, but...I guess history hardened me too much.” “You sure it isn’t because you try to keep your character?” Sonata snickered. “You’re one to talk.” Aria rolled her eyes, smiling. “Miss happy, go lucky persona.” “Yeah, yeah. I keep telling you I’ve always been like this, but oh, no. I just have to be happy, because I’m cosplaying the comic relief.” The blue girl put her hands on her hips. “Did you tell Rip Off?” “Ran into him,” Sonata confirmed. “He’s preparing everything. When’s the last time we had visitors anyways?” “Way too long,” Aria answered, walking back to the mansion with her sister following her. “Think they will like Sake?” The lilac siren asked. “Maybe Fluttershy?” Sonata suggested shrugging. “Do you think that maybe...you know. We’ll finally see Equestria?” Aria slowed down in her steps a little, before returning to her normal pace. “I honestly have no idea.” The older siren answered. “It all depends on if Princess Twilight trusts us. And if so, if she can break the spell, which prevents us from going through the portal. In any event, no matter what happens, we’ll have to be a little more patient.” “Yeah, yeah. I know. But, whatever. At least I am finally going to be able to go ahead with Operation Flutterdash.” Aria facepalmed. A second later she started laughing really hard. Adagio found Rip Off on his P-Phone (Pony Phone, the sirens made sure to influence history enough for that to happen, yes the middle button is a horseshoe). “- and Champagne. That is all. Goodbye.” Rip Off hung up and put the phone into his pocket. “Mistress Adagio, I am pleased to see you returned.” “You old charmer.” Adagio smiled. “Busy as always?” “Nothing little old me cannot handle, I assure you.” “Old?” Adagio raised an amused eyebrow. “Have you forgotten how old I am, Rip Off?” She snorted. “But whatever. Guest rooms are being prepared?” The butler nodded. “We’re restocking the bar and we are also arranging for a small selection of clothes if needed. The kitchen is well stocked, unless you have some additional request, Mistress.” “Let me have a look first.” The siren replied. “Also, make sure we got some swimsuits. It’s been some time since we used the sauna downstairs. Not to mention, I can think of at least two of them who will want to try out the pool.” “Of course, Mistress. Is there anything else?” The butler asked. “Not as of yet. I might call you later, though.” She took a look at a nearby clock. “Still a few hours left. I’ll check out the kitchen now. If you see either Aria or Sonata or both by any chance, tell them we’ll meet at the café, as usual.” “As you wish, Mistress.” The butler bowed, just as Adagio made her way into the kitchen. Inside were already a few of staff, doing whatever they were told to do. Whenever Adagio would pass one of them, he or she would bow his or her head, before continuing with their work. The yellow skinned girl frowned when she saw that Aria and Sonata had been eating her chocolate once again. Incidentally, they ate their own sweets as well, which was a lot. Making a mental note to smack their heads later, Adagio quickly texted Rip Off, before checking on the pans and pots, thinking of what she should cook. It was her turn after all and this time, they even would have guests. Hmm...I know. I’ll make them something Russian. I bet none of them ever had Russian Food. I wonder if Sunset is vegetarian. Can Fluttershy even stand the sight of meat? Rainbow and Applejack probably like it rather simple. What could possibly be Pinkie Pie’s favorite dessert? Rarity will probably like anything I can make, as long as it is not fast food. She would ponder for thirty more minutes, before deciding. Just as she was about to head back outside, she was approached by the Dazzling’s head butler, who held out a tray of chocolate. “Thanks a lot. I’ll see you in the morning.” “Good evening, Mistress Adagio.” The butler bowed the final time of the day. Adagio herself walked into the garage. There she found that two out of three motorbikes missing. She didn’t question why her sisters didn’t let themselves drive to town. It was different each day. Putting on the helmet, she grabbed the keys, started the engine and drove down to town at maximum speed. Tonight would be an important night after all. Aria meets SunsetAuthor's Note Well, I've been in a rather bad mood the past two weeks, but I'm glad I managed to produce something. Aria meets Sunset Aria watched with mild interest the students of CHS walking alongside each other, happily chatting, laughing and generally saying that Sunset Shimmer is the biggest bitch in the entire existence. The siren resisted the urge to shake her head at those comments. These kids, children in her opinion, knew nothing about real bad people. Oh sure, Sunset did turn into a raging demon, but everyone with a greedy personality could have turned into one, had they just access to the Element of Magic. No, Sunset had simply been a school bully in a school full of idiots, who did not stand together against her. It shouldn’t have taken a pony princess from another dimension to “knock her off the throne”, so to speak. “Speaking of the devil…” Aria muttered, pretty surprised to actually see Sunset Shimmer walking up the road, her head hung low and her left wrist being bandaged. She must have been hurt, when she crashed into the ground. The siren thought, glancing over to the huge crater, which was closed off with some red and white tape. Apparently Sunset and her two lackeys or maybe former lackeys had not managed to fix the school grounds in one night. Either that or the principal and vice-principal just wanted to leave a message to the three former troublemakers and already called for an actual construction team to come over and get everything fixed. The siren mentally debated with herself whether to approach the former unicorn now or wait until school was over. Fate decided to answer the question for her, as she heard a scream. Turning her attention back to the fiery haired girl, she found her on the ground, along with some of her school books. A male student stood next to her, grinning. “Oh, did you trip yourself?” he asked in a smug tone. He then proceeded to stomp on one of her books and rub it into the dirt. Sunset looked up, tears clearly visible in her eyes, though she tried very hard to suppress them. Aria didn’t waste any more time. Before the male teen could do as much as make a noise, Aria had walked in front of him and crushed his male parts with her leg. The letters K and O were clearly visible in his eyes. He fell over to the side, unconscious and most likely unable to give on his genes. The siren didn’t pay any attention to him. Instead she focused on Sunset, who was still lying on the ground. The girl wiped her eyes with her sleeve, before looking up to her savior. The siren didn’t say a word, as she bent down and grabbed the arms of the yellow girl, helping her up. Sunset grunted from her limbs aching. “T-thanks…” she stuttered. “Don’t mention it.” Aria bent down again, this time picking up the ruined school book. It turned out to be one for history lesson. “Huh, you know my sister wrote a few lines here and there. Never understood why she’s so interested in our education system.” the siren shrugged, handing the book over to the unicorn, only for the first few pages to fall to the ground. “Well this sucks.” the siren threw the rest of the book away. Sunset looked a little crestfallen. A little group of students snickered at her misery, making her feel even worse. Aria ignored them and grabbed Sunset’s arm. “Come on. Let’s talk to your principal.” “W-what?!” The former unicorn yanked her arm free and took a few steps back. “Wh-why would we go there? I mean, it’s really no big deal- ahh! Let go of me!” “Shut it!” Aria barked and Sunset immediately went silent. “Good. Now do me a favor and lead me to the principal’s office.” “Y-yes.” the other girl stuttered, suddenly finding her savior really, really scary. She swore she saw the eyes of the girl flashing green for a second. Inside the school teenagers were busy chatting with each other. However it became eerily quiet once Aria and Sunset came into view. The latter tried her best to become one with the wall next to her. Aria in the meantime tried to keep herself calm, as the student body’s hate towards Sunset Shimmer was justified. As long as they didn’t do anything like the guy outside, it would be like helping a bully if the siren became active. Luckily most of them appeared to be satisfied by either looking the other way or gawking at the new girl. Although that too was somewhat dimmed, due to Sunset Shimmer of all people leading her around. Most of them were surprised she showed up at all. Aria kept also an eye out for any of the Rainbooms, but had no luck in seeing one of them. And before she knew it, they were in front of Celestia’s office. To say that Aria wasn’t excited, would have been a lie. “Well...here we are. So...I have to get to class-” Sunset cut herself off, when she saw Aria grabbing her arm once again. “You’re going nowhere.” the siren said with authority in her voice. She didn’t even look Sunset Shimmer in the eyes this time. Knocking at the door three times, it only took two seconds, before the audible “Come in, could be heard.” The siren could feel Sunset Shimmer shaking, from the grip she had over the girl. The unicorn probably didn’t notice Aria taking in a deep breath. Inside the office...well, Aria didn’t remember the movies that good, let alone the side locations in it, so she wasn’t sure how accurate it was compared to the movie. It was tidied up, very simple with only a few shelves, no plants or personal items. A computer sat on her desk, which had nothing on it and behind the principal was a huge window, enlightening the entire room. And that was it, aside from the principal of course, who didn’t look all too impressed upon seeing a random girl dragging Sunset Shimmer into her office. Suppressing a sigh, the principal leaned forward, crossing her fingers. “Can I help you two somehow?” Aria let go of the other girl and placed herself on one of two chairs placed in front of Celestia’s desk. “My name is Aria Blaze and let’s get straight to the point.” Don’t ask for her autograph. “Your student over here got attacked by another student in front of the school. The rest of the student body didn’t seem to care by the way. Also her history book was destroyed by the very same student.” Celestia kept a neutral expression, while her eyes wandered from Aria to Sunset. “Are you sure there was no provocation beforehand?” “Yes, I am. I am also aware that the girl over here turned into a demon last night, thanks to the Element of Magic and I’m also aware that she was cleansed with the Elements of Harmony, basically meaning she is never going to do anything ever again.” Both Celestia and Sunset stared at the girl with wide eyes. The former could pretty much guess what the girl meant with Element of Magic and Elements of Harmony, given the events the previous day. Sunset herself could pretty much guess that the girl sitting next to her must have been from Equestria as well. So far only the five girls knew about the portal, no one else. “I...see.” the principal composed herself. “Maybe you could start from the beginning.” Aria smiled. “So you really don’t know about it then…” Thirty minutes later Celestia was staring at Sunset with wide eyes. Aria politely left out the fact that she was capable of hypnotizing other people and just offhandedly mentioned that she and her sisters got sick of Equestria, incidentally happened to find out about the portal and after checking the place out, they decided to stay on this world. At this point no one could check if she was saying the truth or not. Principal Celestia was still wrapping her head around the fact that an actual pony had been attending her school for years. Not to mention Sunset must have faked the papers she submitted somehow! “Now, I would ask you to do me a favor.” Celestia looked back to Aria, who had stood up from her chair. “Keep what I told you for yourself. You can tell the vice-principal, if you want but no one else. Let Sunset stay at this school, as I can assure you. I know enough about the Elements of Harmony to know that she won’t pull anything ever again. Now, Sunset” Aria turned towards the former unicorn, taking out six envelopes in total “please hand these over to the five elements. I know this comes out of nowhere, but there’s a lot we have to discuss.” She gave Sunset the envelope, who eyed them suspiciously. “...Why do you do all of this?” the fiery haired girl asked. Aria looked down at the girl, giving her a kind smile. “You’ll see, once you and the others are at our place. Oh, before I forget. Go home. Seriously, my sisters and I watched the entire thing happening. I honestly thought back then you had all your bones broken.” The siren turned to Celestia. “Do you have any more questions, principal?” Celestia turned her head to the purple girl. “No...not...yet.” “Still wrapping your head around this, huh?” Aria chuckled. “I actually thought you would take this better after she turned into a- oh.” The siren flinched. “Sorry. Didn’t want to bring it up again.” Sunset let her head hung. “It’s fine. After all I’ve done...I deserve a lot more.” “Like being beaten into the ground?” Aria asked in a deadpan. Celestia cleared her throat. “In any event, Miss Blaze, could you please leave me your number. I will come back to you later...after a got aspirin.” “Go for the whisky.” Aria advised, writing down her number on a piece of paper. “Well then, I’ll be off.” Aria waved her hand and left the office. Once the door was closed, Celestia turned to Sunset, who shrunk under the gaze of the principal. “We have a lot to discuss, Miss Shimmer.” Later that day during lunch, the cafeteria buzzing with activity, as always. News about a girl who saved Sunset Shimmer’s hide spread quickly around the student body. Bull Dozer, the guy who decided to pay Sunset Shimmer back first, was called to Luna’s office during the first period. Almost everyone was disappointed, when they heard that the guy slipped up and basically confessed everything. On a table to the far end of the hall, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Fluttershy sat together, discussing the recent event. “I’m surprised she showed up at all.” Rainbow scowled. “I mean, after we kicked her butt yesterday I thought she was going to sit at home and sulk or something.” “Rainbow, could you please have a little bit more tact.” Rarity chided. “Although I agree. I expected her to wait maybe until after the holidays, you know, when things have a little bit calmed down.” “Hmm, ya know, ah reckon Twilight asks us to show Sunset Shimmer all ‘bout friendship, but ah also reckon ah’m still more than a little miffed at her after everything, ya know.” “Oh, come on Applejack!” Pinkie Pie drank from her tabasco bottle. “I’m sure she’s lots of fun! We just have to take the shovel and dig it out of her heart.” “That’s a weird metaphor, even for yer standards Pinkie.” Applejack replied. “Oh, um, speaking off...has anyone seen Sunset Shimmer?” asked Fluttershy. “Nope. But ah think ah saw that gal walking through the hallways, when ah came from the bathroom.” AJ informed the rest. “Didn’t look like anyone from the neighbourhood.” “Well, what did she look like?” asked Rainbow with a roll of her eyes. “Ah only got a short glance. She had similar skin ta Twilight, but had two pigtails or some similar hairstyle. Ah don’t remember her clothes, but ah did notice she was wearing some expensive gem around her neck.” “She probably wouldn’t have helped out, if she knew what Sunset has done in the past.” Rarity frowned. “I know everyone, myself included, is still miffed at her, but doing exactly what she did would be make us no better than her.” Rarity stated. “Speak of the devil.” Rainbow Dash pointed towards the entrance, where Sunset Shimmer and Principal Celestia were standing.
Still waiting, like every eveningAuthor's Note So I lost a bet. It happens really often. And that's how this story came to be. Oh man, let the dislikes begin.......come....screw grammar, I'm tired! Still waiting, like every evening In a well known cafe, on the outskirts of Canterlot City. It was Friday evening, so naturally it was full of people at the time. Most of them chatted happily with each other, others enjoyed their evening coffee after work and of course there was the one guy who had to flirt with the waitress. She just ignored the guy like she normally did and walked over to the windows, where three regular customers were sitting. She was all too familiar with the three girls. For years, they have been coming hear every evening of the week and stayed around for the past five years. How they got the money to come every evening, she didn’t know, as well as she didn’t know how these girls never seemed to age, though she suspected it having to do with some really expensive beauty products. After all, they had the money to come here every single day of the week. “Hi Glider!” Sonata Dusk, the youngest and most cheerful one out of the trio greeted her. Over the years, Night Glider had learned that there were only a few things that could bring the girl’s mood down. Most of the time she came over as a kind of goofy character, just enjoying life and not giving a crap about tomorrow. Night Glider had learned the hard way that this wasn’t the case. “Hello girls. The usual?” “Give me a hot cocoa. I don’t feel like caffeine today.” Aria Blaze quickly said. The girl was in the middle of the other two, when it came to age. She appeared to indifferent of her environment, but Night Glider could swear that in those deep purple eyes of hers, the girl was always plotting something. What exactly that was, the waitress probably did not want to know. The girl could be creepy if she wanted to be. Which reminded her of that one day, when Aria lost a bet to the other girls and had to wear a goth outfit for an entire week. Night Glider shivered. “Alright. Anything else?” “Nope.” Sonata shook her head. “For me too, the usual.” Adagio Dazzle nodded towards the waitress. Adagio was the oldest of the bunch. She was usually calm and collected, but could become very emotional, depending on the situation. If you got her angry, you better run. However, when she was not on a rampage, she was a nice person to talk to, even if she could be a little flirty. At least she stopped, when she got a “No”, unlike some guys Night Glider knew. But she admitted, it took some time to accept the fact that Adagio was actually bisexual. Her own family was rather conservative. While Night Glider was preparing the order for the trio, said girls were talking among each other. “No coffee, Aria?” Adagio asked. “Have to keep it mixed. Else I’m gonna throw up one of those days.” the purple skinned girl replied. “At least it isn’t as bad, as that one time in Greek.” Sonata stated, causing the other two girls to shiver. “Urrgh, I...didn’t need a flashback of that time.” the oldest of the sisters groaned, rubbing her temples. “I’m surprised we still remember that.” Aria said. “I mean that was like...it’s been almost 2000 years by now, huh? How time flies.” the girl trailed off. She leaned back a little, touching the necklace she was wearing. The other two were wearing perfect copies of that necklace. “I don’t even remember how it is to be…”normal”. I doubt any of us can go back to our old lives.” Adagio sighed sadly. “We have had this talk already. For all we know, time moves on back at home like it does here and they already have flying cars or destroyed the planet.” Aria said in a as a matter of fact tone. “Well, maybe we can ask Princess Twilight to use that time travel spell?” Sonata suggested. “That depends on three things: One:” Adagio raised a finger “Twilight actually needs to trust us. Remember, we don’t have the best reputation in Equestria. Two: Twilight would need to find a way to our world and finally: Three: combining the time travel spell and the spell to get us back home, doesn’t cause some universe breaking backlash.” Sonata and Aria looked at each other, before letting out a sigh. “Who’d have thought that the merchant is a real thing?” Sonata wondered. “Hmm, do you think he wrote all of the stories or was it the actual guys who somehow managed to get home and resume their normal lives?” “Tch, oh please. Most of them wouldn’t give up what they got. Besides, most of them have almost the same kind of backstory, so it’s easy to conclude that these were written by normal fans.” “Here you go girls.” Night Glider brought the girls coke, tea and a cocoa instead of coffee. The three gave their thanks to the waitress, giving her a generous tip in the process. “Wonder what everyone did after we just disappeared.” Sonata wondered. “This again? Can we not speak about a lost past for once?” Aria complained. “Well, did any of you did something interesting this week?” the youngest asked in return. “Found a stray cat today.” Adagio informed the others. “Damn thing stole my chicken, when I wasn’t looking.” The other two girls giggled at that. “Really? How’d that happen?” Sonata leaned forward. “Just like I said.” the oldest girl said with a smile. “I placed my chicken box next to me, while checking my mails. I try to grab one, only to feel something soft. I look down and find that little cat with its head in my box! It quickly got out with a chicken in it’s mouth and jumped down from where I was sitting. It lost the chicken in the process, but quickly picked it up and ran as if a pack of wolves were chasing after it.” Adagio laughed. “I was so dumbfounded, I just sat there like an idiot and watched everything play out.” The two girls in front of her laughed as well. “Oh. I wish you would have brought it back home. How about we get ourselves a pet?” Sonata suggested. “No.” Adagio said as a matter of factly. “Oh, come on! Don’t tell me you’re still mad about Nora throwing up on your pillow! Stuff like this just happens.” Sonata explained. “Sonata, your last couple of pets had the tendency of trying to destroy our stuff.” Adagio pointed out. “It’s not like you guys have to do the clean up. That’s what we have our staff for, right?” “You’re just using that as an excuse.” Aria deadpanned, rolling her eyes. “How about you get yourself some fish? Can’t get much wrong with that.” the oldest one suggested. “Fish are booooring.” Sonata slumped her upper body on the table. “You know, technically speaking, we are fish. In some way…” Aria trailed off. “Actually, actually, we’re kind of pony-fish. Hehe, pony-fish.” Sonata giggled. The older girls could only shake their heads. “Sucks that we can’t go to Equestria.” the blue skinned girl mused. “This might change soon.” Adagio looked out of the window. Aria could only sigh. “Sorry if I have to be pessimistic in that regard, but we have been waiting for years now. It feels like this one event should have already happened. We might have changed one little detail of the timeline that somehow prevented this whole thing from happening.” Adagio was ready to make a retort, but quickly closed her mouth again. As unlikely as it sounded, they had been on this world for a very, very long time. Their actions might have unintentionally caused some kind of butterfly effect. Like Sunset Shimmer having been arrested for some reason or never became queen bitch of Canterlot High. The trio had been purposely avoiding Canterlot City and only recently settled in the city. Even then, they had been avoiding CHS and Crystal Prep Academy to the best of their abilities. Heck, half of the time they weren’t even in the city. The reason they came back every evening to this very place, was to definitely not miss the fall of Sunset Shimmer. “Well, in that case WE’LL have to go to Sunset Shimmer on our own.” Sonata shrugged, emptying her glass. “I mean, I did see her that one time. Definitely wasn’t the human one, I’m sure of it. I could almost taste the magic.” the youngest one licked her lips. Aria looked out. “Maybe it’s a good idea to check the place out from afar.” she suggested. “Maybe.” Adagio conceded. “But I think we should wait for a little more. Fall has barely started. When was the Fall Formal at our school?” “You’re asking things.” Aria crossed her arms. “Around the holidays, maybe? Who cares, if this doesn’t happen anytime soon, I’m going in and teach Shimmer a lesson myself.” “Hey, wasn’t Dagi supposed to be the violent psychopath?” Sonata asked, pointing at the girl in front of her. Adagio’s eye twitched. “I told you not to call me that.” “What? Violent psychopath.” “Dagi.” “I know!” Sonata proclaimed happily. “But I’m the little sister! It’s my job to be annoying.” As a response, Aria slapped the back of Sonata’s head. “Hey, what gives?!” “I’m the middle sister.” Aria stated as a matter of factly. “It’s my job to keep the small fry in line.” “Urrgh, you two I swear.” Adagio groaned, though she couldn’t suppress the smile on her face. Later that evening, Sonata and Aria were already heading home. Adagio stayed behind, wanting to be sure that nothing would happen today. As she sat there, pretty much the last customer in the café, she took out her purse and opened it. After searching for a couple of seconds, she took something out, she was surprised held out even this long. Well, plastic was pretty durable if taken care off. What she held in her hand was an old, a very, millennia old ID card. Zwetkow Alewtina Date of birth: 04.02.1994 Nationality: Russia Place of birth: Moscow Date of issue: 19.08.2011 Date of expiry: 19.08.2016 Place of issue: Moscow Sex: F
Good newsAuthor's Note Written in one session. Huh, new record, I just noticed, even including the breaks. Good news Adagio whistled a little tune, walking down the street of Canterlot City. Before all of this, she used to hum little tunes to herself, but even that could be a little counterproductive, to say the least. Today was one of these days where she didn’t feel like doing anything and the best was, she even could allow it. Aria and Sonata were doing their things and she didn’t care too much as to what they were, so long they didn’t do anything stupid. After crossing the street, Adagio entered a building called “Canterlot Gallery”. It was a two story tall building, including the basement, which had a little bit over very small stores inside, everything specialized in selling one kind of thing, like the Gummy Bear store, more than 20 different cloth stores, books, games, candy, and even an ice café. It was in the Gallery where the Dazzling sisters found their normal clothes again. Sure they landed in this world in their cosplays, but these things didn’t survive the years. The girls had been more than happy to get their clothes back. It was the same store Adagio entered that day, wondering if they had anything she would like. To her very, very, surprise, she found the one and only Rainbow Dash inside of this very shop. Now, this wasn’t the first time she saw Rainbow Dash. The sirens tried to avoid any kind of contact with the Rainbooms and anyone else who was important in the future but bump ins like the one on this very day happened. Adagio decided instead of turning around and going somewhere else, she acted like she was looking through the clothes while keeping an eye on the teenager. Rainbow wasn’t even looking at anything in the store. In fact, she was looking rather impatiently at one of the changing rooms. Only seconds later, Adagio found out who the blue girl had been waiting for. Stepping out of the room was none other than Applejack, who was carrying a belt in her hand. “Eeyup, that’s the one.” Adagio froze. It had been so very long since she heard that particular voice. “Finally.” Rainbow threw her arms into the air, before dropping them without grace. “I don’t get why we couldn’t just go without this.” “Ya know how Rarity gets when it comes to stuff like this,” Applejack said, smiling. “Ah, can’t belief ah'm sayin’ this, but ah missed her iffy attitude.” “Yeah. Man, I can’t believe we’ve been so stupid.” Rainbow growled. “Mhm.” AJ nodded, not commenting. “Let’s git going. Can’t miss Twilight’s coronation after all.” “Hell yeah. I can’t wait to see Sunset’s face.” The two left the shop, making it impossible for Adagio to listen in anymore, but she didn’t need to anyway. What she needed to do was call her sisters. “Yahooooo! FINALLY!!!” Sonata exclaimed, startling the servants outside her personal room. After all, this time, it was finally happening. She was so excited, she stormed right out of her room and slid down the long railing, straight down to the basement of the estate. She even accidentally knocked over a maid, who had been carrying some fresh bedsheets. “Whoops. Sorry. I only did it on purpose.” Sonata giggled, stepping over the maid. “You certainly are in high spirits, Mistress Sonata.” Sonata spun around and practically beamed at the Dazzling’s head butler Rip Off. He had a pale blue skin, short cut, still black hair, despite his age and wore the stereotypical butler outfit. “Hey, Rip. Of-fucking-course I am. It’s finally happening!!” Sonata pumped a fist into the air. “Ah.” The butler nodded. “I assume, we should prepare the guest rooms then?” “Uh….I guess we might as well. And stock up the bar. Aria and I, we have been snatching up a bottle or another lately.” “It will be done.” The butler bowed and then proceeded to help the maid. “Mistress, please be more careful with the maids and butlers. I know you do not think too fondly of them and I can understand your reasons, but please. It doesn’t exactly help my work and if you allow my personal input, I think you and the other Mistresses are punishing them enough. “Puh-lease.” Sonata crossed her arms. “These fuckers are lucky they’re not in jail. Compared to jail, this is heaven what they're going through.” Sonata turned around, an evil grin showing on her face. “Even if we have them trapped inside their own minds.” She mumbled just loud enough so that Rip Off and the maid could hear it. With those words, she left the two, with Rip Off letting out a sigh. The youngest siren walked out of the apartment and into the garden. There were still a flew flowers blooming, despite it being the fall. She found Aria there talking to one of butler’s, seemingly giving instructions to her personal garden. “...And be quick about it.” “Of course, Mistress Aria.” the butler bowed, before heading off towards the garden house. “Hey!” “Hey.” Aria greeted back. “I get it, Adagio called you.” “Yup! I can hardly stand still, I’m so excited.” Sonata squeaked. Aria only sighed. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I know I should be excited, but...I guess history hardened me too much.” “You sure it isn’t because you try to keep your character?” Sonata snickered. “You’re one to talk.” Aria rolled her eyes, smiling. “Miss happy, go lucky persona.” “Yeah, yeah. I keep telling you I’ve always been like this, but oh, no. I just have to be happy, because I’m cosplaying the comic relief.” The blue girl put her hands on her hips. “Did you tell Rip Off?” “Ran into him,” Sonata confirmed. “He’s preparing everything. When’s the last time we had visitors anyways?” “Way too long,” Aria answered, walking back to the mansion with her sister following her. “Think they will like Sake?” The lilac siren asked. “Maybe Fluttershy?” Sonata suggested shrugging. “Do you think that maybe...you know. We’ll finally see Equestria?” Aria slowed down in her steps a little, before returning to her normal pace. “I honestly have no idea.” The older siren answered. “It all depends on if Princess Twilight trusts us. And if so, if she can break the spell, which prevents us from going through the portal. In any event, no matter what happens, we’ll have to be a little more patient.” “Yeah, yeah. I know. But, whatever. At least I am finally going to be able to go ahead with Operation Flutterdash.” Aria facepalmed. A second later she started laughing really hard. Adagio found Rip Off on his P-Phone (Pony Phone, the sirens made sure to influence history enough for that to happen, yes the middle button is a horseshoe). “- and Champagne. That is all. Goodbye.” Rip Off hung up and put the phone into his pocket. “Mistress Adagio, I am pleased to see you returned.” “You old charmer.” Adagio smiled. “Busy as always?” “Nothing little old me cannot handle, I assure you.” “Old?” Adagio raised an amused eyebrow. “Have you forgotten how old I am, Rip Off?” She snorted. “But whatever. Guest rooms are being prepared?” The butler nodded. “We’re restocking the bar and we are also arranging for a small selection of clothes if needed. The kitchen is well stocked, unless you have some additional request, Mistress.” “Let me have a look first.” The siren replied. “Also, make sure we got some swimsuits. It’s been some time since we used the sauna downstairs. Not to mention, I can think of at least two of them who will want to try out the pool.” “Of course, Mistress. Is there anything else?” The butler asked. “Not as of yet. I might call you later, though.” She took a look at a nearby clock. “Still a few hours left. I’ll check out the kitchen now. If you see either Aria or Sonata or both by any chance, tell them we’ll meet at the café, as usual.” “As you wish, Mistress.” The butler bowed, just as Adagio made her way into the kitchen. Inside were already a few of staff, doing whatever they were told to do. Whenever Adagio would pass one of them, he or she would bow his or her head, before continuing with their work. The yellow skinned girl frowned when she saw that Aria and Sonata had been eating her chocolate once again. Incidentally, they ate their own sweets as well, which was a lot. Making a mental note to smack their heads later, Adagio quickly texted Rip Off, before checking on the pans and pots, thinking of what she should cook. It was her turn after all and this time, they even would have guests. Hmm...I know. I’ll make them something Russian. I bet none of them ever had Russian Food. I wonder if Sunset is vegetarian. Can Fluttershy even stand the sight of meat? Rainbow and Applejack probably like it rather simple. What could possibly be Pinkie Pie’s favorite dessert? Rarity will probably like anything I can make, as long as it is not fast food. She would ponder for thirty more minutes, before deciding. Just as she was about to head back outside, she was approached by the Dazzling’s head butler, who held out a tray of chocolate. “Thanks a lot. I’ll see you in the morning.” “Good evening, Mistress Adagio.” The butler bowed the final time of the day. Adagio herself walked into the garage. There she found that two out of three motorbikes missing. She didn’t question why her sisters didn’t let themselves drive to town. It was different each day. Putting on the helmet, she grabbed the keys, started the engine and drove down to town at maximum speed. Tonight would be an important night after all.
Aria meets SunsetAuthor's Note Well, I've been in a rather bad mood the past two weeks, but I'm glad I managed to produce something. Aria meets Sunset Aria watched with mild interest the students of CHS walking alongside each other, happily chatting, laughing and generally saying that Sunset Shimmer is the biggest bitch in the entire existence. The siren resisted the urge to shake her head at those comments. These kids, children in her opinion, knew nothing about real bad people. Oh sure, Sunset did turn into a raging demon, but everyone with a greedy personality could have turned into one, had they just access to the Element of Magic. No, Sunset had simply been a school bully in a school full of idiots, who did not stand together against her. It shouldn’t have taken a pony princess from another dimension to “knock her off the throne”, so to speak. “Speaking of the devil…” Aria muttered, pretty surprised to actually see Sunset Shimmer walking up the road, her head hung low and her left wrist being bandaged. She must have been hurt, when she crashed into the ground. The siren thought, glancing over to the huge crater, which was closed off with some red and white tape. Apparently Sunset and her two lackeys or maybe former lackeys had not managed to fix the school grounds in one night. Either that or the principal and vice-principal just wanted to leave a message to the three former troublemakers and already called for an actual construction team to come over and get everything fixed. The siren mentally debated with herself whether to approach the former unicorn now or wait until school was over. Fate decided to answer the question for her, as she heard a scream. Turning her attention back to the fiery haired girl, she found her on the ground, along with some of her school books. A male student stood next to her, grinning. “Oh, did you trip yourself?” he asked in a smug tone. He then proceeded to stomp on one of her books and rub it into the dirt. Sunset looked up, tears clearly visible in her eyes, though she tried very hard to suppress them. Aria didn’t waste any more time. Before the male teen could do as much as make a noise, Aria had walked in front of him and crushed his male parts with her leg. The letters K and O were clearly visible in his eyes. He fell over to the side, unconscious and most likely unable to give on his genes. The siren didn’t pay any attention to him. Instead she focused on Sunset, who was still lying on the ground. The girl wiped her eyes with her sleeve, before looking up to her savior. The siren didn’t say a word, as she bent down and grabbed the arms of the yellow girl, helping her up. Sunset grunted from her limbs aching. “T-thanks…” she stuttered. “Don’t mention it.” Aria bent down again, this time picking up the ruined school book. It turned out to be one for history lesson. “Huh, you know my sister wrote a few lines here and there. Never understood why she’s so interested in our education system.” the siren shrugged, handing the book over to the unicorn, only for the first few pages to fall to the ground. “Well this sucks.” the siren threw the rest of the book away. Sunset looked a little crestfallen. A little group of students snickered at her misery, making her feel even worse. Aria ignored them and grabbed Sunset’s arm. “Come on. Let’s talk to your principal.” “W-what?!” The former unicorn yanked her arm free and took a few steps back. “Wh-why would we go there? I mean, it’s really no big deal- ahh! Let go of me!” “Shut it!” Aria barked and Sunset immediately went silent. “Good. Now do me a favor and lead me to the principal’s office.” “Y-yes.” the other girl stuttered, suddenly finding her savior really, really scary. She swore she saw the eyes of the girl flashing green for a second. Inside the school teenagers were busy chatting with each other. However it became eerily quiet once Aria and Sunset came into view. The latter tried her best to become one with the wall next to her. Aria in the meantime tried to keep herself calm, as the student body’s hate towards Sunset Shimmer was justified. As long as they didn’t do anything like the guy outside, it would be like helping a bully if the siren became active. Luckily most of them appeared to be satisfied by either looking the other way or gawking at the new girl. Although that too was somewhat dimmed, due to Sunset Shimmer of all people leading her around. Most of them were surprised she showed up at all. Aria kept also an eye out for any of the Rainbooms, but had no luck in seeing one of them. And before she knew it, they were in front of Celestia’s office. To say that Aria wasn’t excited, would have been a lie. “Well...here we are. So...I have to get to class-” Sunset cut herself off, when she saw Aria grabbing her arm once again. “You’re going nowhere.” the siren said with authority in her voice. She didn’t even look Sunset Shimmer in the eyes this time. Knocking at the door three times, it only took two seconds, before the audible “Come in, could be heard.” The siren could feel Sunset Shimmer shaking, from the grip she had over the girl. The unicorn probably didn’t notice Aria taking in a deep breath. Inside the office...well, Aria didn’t remember the movies that good, let alone the side locations in it, so she wasn’t sure how accurate it was compared to the movie. It was tidied up, very simple with only a few shelves, no plants or personal items. A computer sat on her desk, which had nothing on it and behind the principal was a huge window, enlightening the entire room. And that was it, aside from the principal of course, who didn’t look all too impressed upon seeing a random girl dragging Sunset Shimmer into her office. Suppressing a sigh, the principal leaned forward, crossing her fingers. “Can I help you two somehow?” Aria let go of the other girl and placed herself on one of two chairs placed in front of Celestia’s desk. “My name is Aria Blaze and let’s get straight to the point.” Don’t ask for her autograph. “Your student over here got attacked by another student in front of the school. The rest of the student body didn’t seem to care by the way. Also her history book was destroyed by the very same student.” Celestia kept a neutral expression, while her eyes wandered from Aria to Sunset. “Are you sure there was no provocation beforehand?” “Yes, I am. I am also aware that the girl over here turned into a demon last night, thanks to the Element of Magic and I’m also aware that she was cleansed with the Elements of Harmony, basically meaning she is never going to do anything ever again.” Both Celestia and Sunset stared at the girl with wide eyes. The former could pretty much guess what the girl meant with Element of Magic and Elements of Harmony, given the events the previous day. Sunset herself could pretty much guess that the girl sitting next to her must have been from Equestria as well. So far only the five girls knew about the portal, no one else. “I...see.” the principal composed herself. “Maybe you could start from the beginning.” Aria smiled. “So you really don’t know about it then…” Thirty minutes later Celestia was staring at Sunset with wide eyes. Aria politely left out the fact that she was capable of hypnotizing other people and just offhandedly mentioned that she and her sisters got sick of Equestria, incidentally happened to find out about the portal and after checking the place out, they decided to stay on this world. At this point no one could check if she was saying the truth or not. Principal Celestia was still wrapping her head around the fact that an actual pony had been attending her school for years. Not to mention Sunset must have faked the papers she submitted somehow! “Now, I would ask you to do me a favor.” Celestia looked back to Aria, who had stood up from her chair. “Keep what I told you for yourself. You can tell the vice-principal, if you want but no one else. Let Sunset stay at this school, as I can assure you. I know enough about the Elements of Harmony to know that she won’t pull anything ever again. Now, Sunset” Aria turned towards the former unicorn, taking out six envelopes in total “please hand these over to the five elements. I know this comes out of nowhere, but there’s a lot we have to discuss.” She gave Sunset the envelope, who eyed them suspiciously. “...Why do you do all of this?” the fiery haired girl asked. Aria looked down at the girl, giving her a kind smile. “You’ll see, once you and the others are at our place. Oh, before I forget. Go home. Seriously, my sisters and I watched the entire thing happening. I honestly thought back then you had all your bones broken.” The siren turned to Celestia. “Do you have any more questions, principal?” Celestia turned her head to the purple girl. “No...not...yet.” “Still wrapping your head around this, huh?” Aria chuckled. “I actually thought you would take this better after she turned into a- oh.” The siren flinched. “Sorry. Didn’t want to bring it up again.” Sunset let her head hung. “It’s fine. After all I’ve done...I deserve a lot more.” “Like being beaten into the ground?” Aria asked in a deadpan. Celestia cleared her throat. “In any event, Miss Blaze, could you please leave me your number. I will come back to you later...after a got aspirin.” “Go for the whisky.” Aria advised, writing down her number on a piece of paper. “Well then, I’ll be off.” Aria waved her hand and left the office. Once the door was closed, Celestia turned to Sunset, who shrunk under the gaze of the principal. “We have a lot to discuss, Miss Shimmer.” Later that day during lunch, the cafeteria buzzing with activity, as always. News about a girl who saved Sunset Shimmer’s hide spread quickly around the student body. Bull Dozer, the guy who decided to pay Sunset Shimmer back first, was called to Luna’s office during the first period. Almost everyone was disappointed, when they heard that the guy slipped up and basically confessed everything. On a table to the far end of the hall, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Fluttershy sat together, discussing the recent event. “I’m surprised she showed up at all.” Rainbow scowled. “I mean, after we kicked her butt yesterday I thought she was going to sit at home and sulk or something.” “Rainbow, could you please have a little bit more tact.” Rarity chided. “Although I agree. I expected her to wait maybe until after the holidays, you know, when things have a little bit calmed down.” “Hmm, ya know, ah reckon Twilight asks us to show Sunset Shimmer all ‘bout friendship, but ah also reckon ah’m still more than a little miffed at her after everything, ya know.” “Oh, come on Applejack!” Pinkie Pie drank from her tabasco bottle. “I’m sure she’s lots of fun! We just have to take the shovel and dig it out of her heart.” “That’s a weird metaphor, even for yer standards Pinkie.” Applejack replied. “Oh, um, speaking off...has anyone seen Sunset Shimmer?” asked Fluttershy. “Nope. But ah think ah saw that gal walking through the hallways, when ah came from the bathroom.” AJ informed the rest. “Didn’t look like anyone from the neighbourhood.” “Well, what did she look like?” asked Rainbow with a roll of her eyes. “Ah only got a short glance. She had similar skin ta Twilight, but had two pigtails or some similar hairstyle. Ah don’t remember her clothes, but ah did notice she was wearing some expensive gem around her neck.” “She probably wouldn’t have helped out, if she knew what Sunset has done in the past.” Rarity frowned. “I know everyone, myself included, is still miffed at her, but doing exactly what she did would be make us no better than her.” Rarity stated. “Speak of the devil.” Rainbow Dash pointed towards the entrance, where Sunset Shimmer and Principal Celestia were standing.
