A wounded dust

The following morning, in a certain hospital room slept four occupants. Two members of the Dazzlings Aria and Sonata slept sitting on some chairs while Sonata leaned her head on Aria's shoulder. Meanwhile Adagio was by a bedside with both her arms crossed on the bed with her head leaned against them sleeping. Inside the bed slept Skid Dust who had his body under the blankets and his head buried in his pillow, with his long green hair being very messy. The morning sun was beginning to break through the hospital room's window and shine it's light in the room. It first hit Adagio causing her to slowly stir in her sleep. She slowly opened her eyes and groaned softly as she sat up gently and raised her hands to rub at her eyes to get rid of the sleepiness in them. Once she was done doing that she began to slowly look around the room and her eyes stopped at her two younger siblings sleeping on the pair of chairs on the other side of the room. She smiled at her two younger siblings and let out a sigh. She turned her head towards the door to see it closed, blocking her view to see the outside. Adagio the faced the desk that was next to her and she saw two pieces of paper on top of each other. Out of curiosity she picked them up and scanned them. After about a minute of reading she put the papers down and smiled sweetly to herself as she remembered the earlier events of the morning, although all was not positive, Adagio did earn something, or someone very precious from the event. She shifted her gaze towards the bed and smiled very warmly at the little boy sleeping in it. Last night Adagio decided to adopt this poor child because he was all alone, he had no family left to call his own, and his only other living family member was suddenly taken from him two days ago in cold blood. It made Adagio's heartbreak after hearing the story about this child and how he had a tough life for the past two years. But everything is now going to change. He was her son now and she and her sisters swore to raise him and love him right. Right now all Adagio wanted to do was cuddle with her new son and let him know that he had a new family to care for him where his old family left off. She slowly stretched both her arms towards the bed and with one of her hands she slowly and gently slid the covers of her sleeping son. She then put both her arms under the sleeping child and very gently she lifted him up towards her chest where she cradled him in her arms. She looked down at him with a very loving and caring smile on her face. She watched him snuggle up into her chest and get comfortable some more, while watching him she felt great pride in herself, here she was caring for her own child in her arms and in a way protecting him from the dangers of the outside world by holding him in her arms. She thought to herself on how her own mother and father felt when she was only a baby. She must have been the most fragile thing in the world back then, kinda like how Skid is to her now. With that thought done she slowly turned and walked towards her sisters who were still sleeping. She got to them and very carefully she went down to one knee in front of them still cradling Skid in her arms.

"Aria, Sonata, c mon girls it's time to wake up" Adagio said softly. This caused the two sleeping girls to stir in there sleep. Sonata opened her eyes slightly to see a very blurry Adagio kneeling on one knee in front of them holding something in her arms. Sonata focused her eyes for a few more moments before she realized what her older sister was holding and she shot up instantly, headbutting Aria along the way, but she paid her sister no mind as her attention was now on someone else. She got out of her chair and crouched in front of Adagio and started to smile sweetly at a still sleeping Skid in her arms. Moments after Aria fully got up whilst rubbing her chin, annoyed that Sonata headbutted her. She was about to give her a piece of her mind, but once her vision settled on what was in front of her, all her frustrations instantly left and was replaced with warmth and love as she saw her older sister in front of her cradling her new nephew. She got down to Adagio's level and smiled sweetly at the sleeping child.

"He looks so peaceful Dagi". Aria spoke softly. Adagio smiled in return and looked down at her son who was still sleeping peacefully in her arms. Sonata who was still smiling sweetly at him got a bit closer and asked Adagio a question.

"Hey Dagi, could i maybe hold my new little nephew maybe for a couple of minutes?" She asked sweetly. Adagio thought about this for a second before she gave her younger sister a confirming smile.

"Of course dear, but do be careful with him" Adagio warned Sonata.

This caused Sonata to squee quietly before she stretched both her arms forward towards the still sleeping child in Adagio's arms. Adagio slowly moved him towards her sister's arms and gently laid him down on her where she brought him to her chest and cradled him like Adagio did. She looked down at his sleeping form and could not help but squee at how cute he looked. She still could not believe he was now apart of her family. Just like Adagio, she was also happy that he became apart of there trio, but also devastated at what she heard about what he had to go through with his older brother before he met his untimely end 2 days ago.

"Hey girls, i'm going to find the nurse and ask her when we can leave with this little one. As you now know we have alot to think about this week, plus what are the girls gonna think about this, and more importantly, what are mom, dad, and the other family are gonna think about this. So it's best if we could take him home and plan things out step by step for the coming week." Adagio said.

"True, plus a lot of shopping is in order as well don't forget. I doubt the kid had a lot of things to go on considering he only relied on his older brother for the past 2 years, and from what i heard from you earlier this morning, him and his brother barely made it" Aria sadly looked at her sleeping nephew in Sonata's arms. Sonata nodded her in agreement as she looked at the sleeping child with a frown on her face.

"We gotta make sure he gets things he missed out on in his early years. He already got a new family which is us. Sonata beckoned to Aria, Adagio, and herself. Now all he needs is things he likes". Sonata spoke with a small smile on her face. Adagio who was now standing by the door of Skid's hospital room looked at her younger sister and nodded her head in agreement.

"Yes dear i agree with you 100% but we can think about that later, right now you girls stay with my boy while i go find miss. Healing Heart." And with that said Adagio left the room to find the nurse while she left her son in the loving hands of her two younger sisters.

(Meanwhile. Inside an apartment building.)

Rio lights. Aka Knucklehead was sitting down on a large couch in a living room deep in thought about what transpired earlier that morning. He had alot of things on his mind regarding that child, his friend Turban, and the now deceased Morrison. Either one he thought about just ended up putting a frown on his face. Two frustrating events happened this week that really got under his skin. Plus now he's gotta hide the truth about Skid's whereabouts from his friend Turban and his fellow gang mates, because he knows what would happen if he caught wind of his location. And let's just say that more unnecessary lives will be in danger. As he was still sitting there deep in thought. BOOOOOM!!!

There was a massive crash sound and glass breaking and scattering just behind one of the doors in the apartment. He could only sigh and facepalm as he got up and walked towards the door where the noise came from. As he stopped right in front of the door, he heard a muffled teen voice coming from the other side. He just sighed again and decided to open the door to inspect the inside of a medium sized messy room.

What he saw only made him facepalm again. In the middle of the room was a medium sized red rug with flame designs on that covered half the middle floor. And to the left of the room was a broken bunk bed that looked completely smashed and destroyed, with the wood sticking out in odd directions. And to top it all off under the broken bed was a teen around Rio light's age just lying there face down cursing a few frustrated words.

"C mon Roa Wing, that's the third time you broke the bed this week, and there goes another glass cup." Rio points towards a shattered glass cup all over the floor near the bed. The teen lying on the floor still faced down said a few more cursed words before he finally bothered to look up.

"Fuck this Rio i'm done" Roa frowned before pushing the broken bed of him causing dust to fly everywhere. Now that Roa Wing was standing his appearance was also more clear. He has slight darker skin than Rio Lights, with medium long dark green shaggy hair where the back just about reached the bottom of his neck and the side pasted his ears, almost touching his shoulders. The front of his hair covered his forehead completely and it reached just in front of both his red eyes. For his clothes he wore a black hoodie with the word LEGEND written in yellow on the front, a long pair of camo shorts that reached his knees. The shorts were being kept up by a plain black belt. On his feet he wore a pair of plain black sneakers. And on his hands he wore fingerless gloves. He was also just about shorter than Rio Lights.

"So Rio. Care to tell me where you were in the early hours of the morning?". Roa asks the bigger teen completely ignoring his annoyed look and the mess he just caused.

Rio lights just sighed once more before looking at the other teen, waiting for his answer. " I was out doing things with the guys.. you know.. the usual." He spoke with a hint of nervousness in his voice.

"You mean you were with that no good snuck up little shit and his brainless followers right?" Roa had a serious look on his face behind his hair.

Rio flinched at the other teen's seriousness for a few seconds. "Look, it was nothing like that at all, it was a casual night out." He said, completely hiding the fact that he witnessed Turban kill someone right in front of him.

Roa began to smirk slightly. " You think i'm stupid don't you bro. I know too well what Turban does around these streets. Plus i told you countless times to watch your back and stay away from him and that crowd havant i?" Roa Wing walked up to Rio Lights with glare on his face, something that caught him off guard before he returned the glare with his own.

"Why do you care right now? i mean you never seemed interested in what i did in the past so why now!?" Rio was raising his voice a little at this point which did not faze Roa in anyway.

Roa Wing softened his gaze for a bit before speaking up. "I always cared about your safety but you being stubborn and always distant from your family always made it hard to approach you. So i decided to give you space and let you do your own thing, as you did for me. One last thing, i also know how strong you are , you never come back home with bruises on your face." Roa pointed a finger to the right cheek or Rio Lights, which had a bruise from last night's action with Morrison. Rio looked a bit surprised from this. He always knew he strong, a bit to strong for someone his age, so that made him in a way have a slight high pain tolerance than others his age. He should know this considering he has been through so many street fights in life.

"Listen,Roa Wing began speaking again. I don't know what happened this morning, and to be honest, i don't care what happened because it's not my business to know what your doing. But it is my business to make sure that my little brother is safe and unharmed. And right now. I can tell something is hurting you from the inside. So tell me the truth, Roa Wing got right up to Rio. What happened this morning!?" Roa Wing brought back his glare.

Rio was taken aback by his statement before he sighed once more and looked at his big brother's eyes. " What do you wanna know?".

(Meanwhile. At Twilight Sparkle's house.)

The morning sun was beginning to break through the window in the guest room where Sunset Shimmer and her son Fire Stone slept. The bright light was starting to reach Sunset's face, which caused her to slowly stir in her sleep. She opened her eyes softly and groaned before slowly sitting up and rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. Once she got her bearings together she looked down to her right to see the most precious person in her life. She smiled sweetly at her son who was still sleeping peacefully next to her. She sighed warmly as she thought about the things that she wanted to do with him now that she was back from her tour with the Dazzlings and now had some free time to herself. She continued to smile at her son as she slowly bent her head down and gave a tender kiss on Fire Stone's head. "Mommy is back home now baby" Sunset whispered softly to her sleeping child. Sunset then got out of bed and stretched her body to relax her still tired muscles. Once that was done she made her way towards the large closet where her clothes were neatly folded. She took of her sleeping clothes and put them back into the closet, then she got changed into her regular clothes. When she was done she was about to go out the door to see if anyone else was awake but then she heard her son beginning to stir in his sleep, Sunset smiled and walked towards the bed to surprise her child.

Fire Stone finally began to open his eyes and gave out a small yawn as he rubbed his eyes with both his hands. Once he was done he sat up and moved his long red hair out of face and grumbled because he was still sleepy. He looked around the room for a few seconds before his tired gaze finally fell on something he was longing to see. He instantly woke up as he saw his mother by the bedside smiling very motherly at him. He instantly shot out of bed and went to his mom who was waiting with open arms. "MOTHER!! YOU'RE BACK HOME!" Fire Stone cried as he hugged his mother tightly. Sunset returned the hug with equal force and love. " You have no idea how much i have missed you sweetheart. Oh i've missed you so so much" Sunset was on the verge of tears as she continued holding her child against her. They continued to hold each other for another minute before Sunset pulled back the hug and looked down at Fire Stone, still with a smile on her face. "Have you been a good boy for auntie Twi?" Sunset asked her son.

Fire Stone nodded his head with a cute smile on his face." Of course mother. I even helped her and spike around the house and i behaved alot." Fire Stone said excitedly. Sunset chuckled and rested her right hand on Fire Stone's head and begun to ruffle his hair. "That's my boy. Tell you what, once we leave and go home, let me settle in for a few days. Then after that we can spend some time together and have fun, how does that sound?." Sunset smiled at her son. Fire Stone's eyes lit up like diamonds and he nodded his head vigorously. Sunset laughed at her son's action and brought him in for another hug, which he returned.

"Ok sweetheart, how about you go and wash yourself up and i will meet you downstairs for breakfast." Sunset patted his shoulder. Fire Stone saluted his mother and immediately left the room and headed straight to the bathroom. Sunset sighed happily as she watched her son leave the room and thought about the things she would do with him to make up for lost time with him. Sunset decided to make her way out the room and headed down the stairs and she made her way towards the kitchen where she saw Twilight cooking some breakfast and Spike setting up the table with plates and cups.

"Morning guys" Sunset smiled. Spike and Twilight looked her way and both smiled her way. "Morning". They both spoke in unison. Sunset gave a small chuckle at them and she decided to seat herself at the table.

"Was it a lovely moment with Fire Stone.? Twilight asked. Sunset nodded her head and sighed happily. " You have no idea how happy he was when he saw me this morning." Sunset smiled at Twilight. She returned the smile and went back to her cooking. A few minutes later Fire Stone who was all washed up and changed came downstairs and entered the kitchen, catching everyone else's attention. Sunset went wide eyed at how he looked. He had his red hair tied back into a long ponytail,and he was wearing a long sleeved black button up shirt with a red lion head on the left side, white long baggy pants, and a pair of black boots. Twilight and Spike both looked impressed while Sunset clasped her hands together and smiled at her son's appearance. "My, what's the special occasion"? Twilight chuckled. Fire Stone just stood there and smiled. "My mom is back home, so i decided to look nice and present myself properly like she and you both taught me." Fire Stone finished with a toothy grin and a thumbs up. Twilight smiled and gave him a thumbs up herself while Sunset just stared at him with a very warm smile on her face. " Come over here you." Sunset beckoned him to come over, which he followed.  Once he arrived to her she immediately picked him up and rested him on her lap where she proceeded to hug him tightly. Spike who was silent the entire time was watching with a small smile on his face. "I'm happy for the both of you."Spike said sweetly. Twilight agreed with her son.

Once Sunset was done hugging her son she proceeded to let him down from her lap so he could take his own seat to eat breakfast. After an interesting breakfast which was  mostly filled with laughter and chatter, the grown ups told there respected sons to leave them be because there was something Sunset had to speak to Twilight about. Something very important.

"So. What do you need to talk to me about.?" Asked Twilight.

"Last night Adagio found a child who was really hurt so we both decided to take him to the hospital." Sunset finished.

"Oh my Goodness. I hope the dear is alright." Twilight spoke with a sad look on her face.

"So do i Twilight. So do i" Sunset spoke while thinking about last night's events.

(Meanwhile. Back at the hospital.)

Aria, and Sonata were currently on standby in Skid Dust's room waiting for Hard Stone to come and pick them up from the hospital and take them home. Just minutes ago the nurse Healing Heart gave Adagio the all clear for her to take home her newly adopted son. She was more than pleased with this news. It was like christmas has come early for her, but to say the least, Skid Dust's story is far from a christmas tail,( You already know this by now, anyway) Adagio had alot of things planned for her new child, but she was going to take things step by step, so she would not overwhelm herself with activities, considering that's the kinda life her and her sisters live as celebrities. But now something important has happened in her life, something magical in her opinion. She has a son now and she was going to give him all the time in the world and put her career on a temporary hiatus.

Skid Dust has not to long ago woken up, but the weird thing is that instead of waking up in his hospital bed, he woke up in the arms of Sonata Dusk, who was looking down at him with a look full of love and care. At first he was confused, but then he began to warm up to her and Aria and he began to enjoy there company. Adagio walked back into the room to the most adorable sight ever. Skid was currently sitting on Aria's lap while she straightened his hair and Sonata was crouched in front of him, making him smile and occasionally chuckle by being her silly goofy self. This put a big smile On Adagio's face as she watched her sisters interact with their new family member. She walked up to the three and looked down at them especially her adopted son with a warm smile on her face. Skid looked up at the young woman smiling at him and for some reason he just froze and many things were starting to play in his head . His mind was a complete mess at the moment. Shrouded in darkness with no light to be seen, just pitch black. Then images of past events came to view, each image had something in common. Each of them were past happy events. He could see himself sitting with his original family, all laughing and having fun together. More and more images began to play, showing more happy memories, and they became clearer to. One image showed him and his family in a group picture. His father was a big man with a well built figure. He had short dark blond spiky hair and and brown eyes. He stood taller than the others. He was at the back and he was smiling warmly. Next to him was a name.(Cobalt Dust.) Next was his mother. She was a beautiful woman with long elegant black hair, and a nice body figure any man would like. She had sky blue eyes like Skid and she stood next to her husband, smiling sweetly. Next to her was also a name.( Sapphire Dust.) Now was his older sister. Like her mother she was also very beautiful. She had long flowing red hair and beautiful red eyes. She also had a nice body figure. Her name.( Marble Dust.) Next was his older brother. He had medium long dark green spiky hair. He had a lean firm build for a boy his age. He stood next to his sister with both eyes shut and he a had a big toothy grin on his face with both his hands raised doin the peace sign. His name( Cliff Dust.) Skid Dust was standing in front of both his siblings with a cute smile on his face. He looked at this image with a small smile on his face, until something strange began to happen. His older sister began to fade away slowly. Skid watched this in horror as he tried to reach out for her but he couldn't reach. She continued to fade until she was barely seen, moments after she disappeared completely. Skid just stood there teary eyed at this event until he heard her voice with a soft echo to it. " You are my precious little brother, and i love you." Until it was silence. Then he saw his mother begining to fade just like his sister. He stood helplessly as he watched her fade until she was completely gone like his sister. But like his sister he heard her voice with an echo to it as well." It doesn't matter where i am or where you are, just know that i will always be with you my precious baby Dust." Just like before there was total silence. Then Skid saw his father begining to fade until he was gone. Then he heard his voice for one last time as well. " Grow up to be a big strong healthy man and take on life with gusto." Then there was silence. Only Cliff remained. Skid watched his older brother for a few moments until just like the other three, he too began to fade. Skid just watched helplessly crying unable to do anything until Cliff was gone. But just like the others he left one final message. "You gotta always keep moving forward no matter what."

There was complete silence, complete darkness. Skid just stayed where he was completely alone, with no one to lean on, or to guide him down the right path. Until the darkness in front of him began to light up and one silhouette began coming towards him. It got closer and closer until he could recognise the darkened form. The form began to light up and reveal itself to be Adagio Dazzle staring at him with a warm smile on her face. Skid watched her still form for moments until he saw two more silhouettes come out from behind her and took a place on both her left and right sides. He watched as these forms slowly brightened up to reveal her two younger sisters Aria Blaze and Sonata Dusk both also smiling warmly at him and not moving. Then the light behind them began to shine bright and engulf the four of them completely. As Skid was blinded by the light he heard a very soft warm voice speak in his mind. "You have only known pain and suffering. But now you must heal." The voice spoke in warmth that filled Skid to his core and helped him relax as the light finally engulfed him, snapping him back to reality.

Skid Dust snapped out of his trance like state and saw his new mother looking at him with a very worried look on her voice. "Oh my goodness dear you almost gave me a heart attack." Adagio spoke very worriedly. Skid saw the genuine care behind her words and eyes and he could not contain his emotions anymore as he lept out of Aria's lap and straight to Adagio crying. This caught the poofy haired woman by surprise as it did the other the two girls, but she immediately snapped out of it. She crouched down to Skid's level and brought him in for a tight hug to calm him. Adagio was whispering comforting words and trying to calm him down. Aria And Sonata looked at him very worryingly and wanted to move and help him, but Adagio saw them and she s gave them the look silently saying she got this under control. Both sisters decided to stay put but they both still looked at him with worry on there faces. Adagio continued to hold Skid in her embrace for several minutes until his crying was softened to an eventual stop. Adagio pulled back from the hug to look at her son who was looking up at her with his now shiny blue eyes.

"Are you ok sweetheart?" Adagio looked at Skid with some worry in her eyes.

Skid just looked at her for a few seconds before answering. "I-im fine now m- mom" Skid hesitantly spoke that last word.

Adagio instantly wore a look of surprise on her face as she heard Skid speak those last words.

"W-what did you just call me.?" She stuttered as tears were starting to sting her eyes.

Skid said nothing as he went back into her embrace and sighed softly. "thank you...mom." He spoke that word again.

Adagio could not hold her tears back anymore as she held Skid Dust tightly in her arms. " Oh i love you so much my child" Adagio spoke while crying softly and holding her son tightly. A hug that was soon followed by Aria and Sonata.

"I love all. Skid said happily while he was in the warm embraces of the Dazzlings.. his new family. Finally. Skid Dust was beginning to heal.