Author'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