A wounded dust

Along the night road inside a shiny black range rover, Adagio dazzle, the lead singer of the really popular music trio, "The Dazzlings", sat behind the steering wheel of the car. And next to her sat her good childhood friend Sunset shimmer. another well known singer with the reputation of being a model citizen of Canterlot city who always likes to help out others in need, like the homeless, or playing with kids at the local orphanage, amongst other good deeds. Adagio was currently driving along the streets of canterlot with a confused look on her face. About five minutes ago she felt a strange cold feeling on her cheek which just came out of nowhere. She did not have the car windows open, so it couldn't of been from the weather outside. She began to quickly look around the roof of the car to see if there was any leaks anywhere, but there wasn't.

"Strange" she softly said.

"What was that?" Sunset turned to look at Adagio with a confused look on her face.

"Oh it's nothing dear, i'm just thinking about nonsense again" she sighed softly. But Sunset knew something was up, after all she was her friend, a close one at that. Whenever Adagio and her two younger sisters would go on tours to promote a new album they would be doing, or be inside a recording studio for days, rehearsing any new songs, or even preparing to do live shows for screaming adoring fans, Sunset would always be there, backstage, or traveling with them on their long tours, the results would always be stressful for the poofy haired girl. After all she always got the full blunt of things for being the lead singer of the band. That meant she had to do more paperwork, rehearse more lines, and stay up for long hours or even the whole nights making plans and designing outfits for her and her younger siblings. Adagio does enjoy what she does, but it always adds stress to the poor woman, for the amount of work she has to put in and the little times she can actually have a break can be so overwhelming on her. So anytime she has an opportunity to go out and be free like this, she jumps the gun and goes in a heartbeat. But something right now is off, and sunset wants to get to bottom of it.

"Care to tell me what's really wrong? dagio" Sunset asked her friend with a slight frown on her face.

Adagio fliched slightly at her friend's frown and sighed again "I just can't help but wonder what that feeling was a moment ago", she gave off a worried look.

Sunset's frown changed into a look of worry and concern. "What kind of feeling was it?, asked Sunset.

"I just got this strange horrible chill on my cheek" she spoke softly.

"Did it just come out of nowhere?", asked Sunset with worry on her face,

"Yes i think so. I looked around the front of the car and even the roof, but there is nothing out of the ordinary in here, and it was nothing from outside, all the windows are shut!", she finished.

Now Sunset was worried. "Are you sure its nothing wrong with you?" she asked worryingly.

"Sunset what are you asking?" Adagio asked surprisingly, with a frown on her face.

"I'm just worried about your health that's all. Sunset nervously said. Think about it she followed up, you work to hard for hours and you rarely take breaks, but when you do they are too short!. If you keep on overworking like you do, you are bound to get health problems!" Sunset finished with a frown on her face.

Adagio realised she had a good point. "But dear! i have to work hard in order for us to have success, it cannot just be simply handed to us, she stated, and i can't just let Sonata or Aria take over, that would be selfish of me. So as the oldest i took responsibility to work the hardest and carry most of the weight!" She finished with a jolt of pride in her voice.

Sunset just simply facepalmed at what Adagio just said. "I know you choose to do all that!, but you have to think about your health when you work to hard dagio, it's gonna catch up on you eventually." Sunset finished.

Adagio just rolled her eyes and sighed. Deep down she knew that her friend was right and one day she will have to slow down to think about her health. She sighed again. "Your right Sunset, i do need to cut it down a little" she chuckled.

Sunset gave her friend a warm smile, "i'm only looking out for my good friend," she gave Adagio a warm smile while placing her hand on her shoulder.

Adagio smiled at her friend for looking out for her well being and keeping her company in this cold night. " Thank you dear" she said warmly.

Sunset gave her a soft pat on her shoulder with a warm smile still on her face. "Your welcome anytime dagio." Now how about we get some grub, i'm famished" she said with a small chuckle.

Adagio just rolled her eyes at her friend and just continued smiling, forgetting about that feeling she got on her cheek minutes ago. "Ok dear, you have any place in particular you want to go to?" She asked her hungry friend.

"Hmm Sunset thought for a minute. How about that nice kebab place just 5 minutes away from here?"

"Ooh that sounds like a fine idea!. i have not had a decent kebab in ages" she excitedly said as she thought about the delicious food which almost made her mouth water.

Sunset gave a small chuckle at her friend's reaction excitement. "Arnt we getting excited!" Sunset laughed.

Adagio just stuck her tongue at her fiery head friend as she drove downtown towards a small market area.

(Meanwhile)

Inside an alleyway right in the open, lay the body of a young teen who was murdered in cold blood just minutes ago. He lay there with both his eyes closed, hiding the shock and horror inside those lids. His neck had a deep line going across it which had blood leaking from it, staining his black hoodie. His form was like an angel, both his arms spread wide, and his legs were uneven, one was straight while the other one was bent. Just minutes ago this was a happy teen, full of positivity even though it rubbed one teen the wrong way, it was still proof that he was not a negative person, he was full of energy. For it to be taken away by a click of a finger, an air trigger no less.

Unbeknownst to that teen and the seven others that were present, they were not the only ones that was a part of that chaos. One more person was watching the chaos from the shadows. Behind some trash cans, near the entrance to the large space was a silhouette of a small child. This child was only small and judging by its body movement it was shaking, a lot, also crying could be heard, with small sniffles and shallow breathing. This child was scared to death at what it saw, who could blame it, it just witnessed a murder and a violent fight.

The child began to get up to its feet and slowly move out from the shadows behind its cover. The child stepped into the light to reveal its clothing and gender, a young messy looking boy with long dark green spiky hair with the front covering his eyes, the sides resting on his shoulders, and the back just passing the bottom of his neck. He wore a torn up green sleeveless vest with a red t-shirt underneath, and a pair of long dark green shorts, and a pair of ripped white sneakers, showing his small toes. His tanned face was covered with scars and scratches , with additional bruises forming on his right cheek and the side of his jaw. He looked roughed up pretty badly. He began to slowly move his small form from behind his cover with his left hand clutching a piece of paper and his right hand leaning against a brick wall keeping him supported as he slowly limped his way towards the open.

He looked to his left and to his right observing the area around him as he nervously began moving towards the pathway that leads towards the main town. he ignored the dead body that was in the light as he trudged towards the exit. When he got into the middle of the tight alleyway the wind blew viciously which caused the little boy to clutch his vest for warmth and his hair to blow all over the place, revealing his bloodshot blue eyes, which still had tears streaming down his eyes as he continued to make his way towards the town. When he got to the entrance and, or in his case the exit to alley, he looked around for any signs of life, but there were not too many people about as it was late at night, and the only people who were around were just finishing up in their stores or doing late night shopping.

The little boy was about to make his move when he felt a sharp pain in his leg and collapsed to the ground with a thud. He sat on his bum with tears streaming down his face as he clutched his leg which was in intense pain, and he was too weak to call for help, and there were not that many people out to see him anyway. As he was about to lose hope, he heard a loud feminine gasp, "OH MY STARS!!" the female voice shouted. This made the little boy almost jump out of his skin and look up from his leg to see a poofy haired woman crouching right in front him with a look of sadness mixed with horror on her face. "Oh my sweetheart she spoke softly what has happened to you??" she reached her hand forward, but the child instantly recoiled back with fear as more tears began to fall from his face.

Adagio saw this and stopped her hand's movement. "Don't worry dear, i won't hurt you!" she spoke softly. The child heard the innocence in her voice and stopped his movement. He looked at Adagio giving him a caring look and he began to cry very hard. This caused Adagio's heart to break and she leant forward and embraced the small broken child. "shhhhh sh sh! she hushed softly dont worry sweetheart, you're safe now!"she whispered softly as she rubbed his back softly.

On a roof, looking down at the hugging duo, was the silhouette of a teen standing on the edge of the roof.

"So....you still live!".