Twilight rushed into Canterlot General in a panic, running up to the front desk and slamming her palms down as hard as she could in order to get the receptionist's attention. The woman calmly looked up at the girl and set her crossword puzzle down. "Can I help you?"

Twilight would have normal blushed in embarrassment, but this was an emergency. "My friend was assaulted and more than likely severely injured last night. She was brought here for treatment, I need to see her! I need to know that she's ok!"

The receptionist gave the alicorn turned human a deadpan stare. "What's their name?" She looked down and was ready to start typing.

"Sunset Shimmer."

The woman didn't even need to look up the girl, as she had already had her file up. "Ya just missed her. She was discharged a few minutes ago, left with three other girls about your age, if ya head out now you might be able to catch her before she leaves." Twilight ran out the door passing the four of her 'friends' that hadn't been arrested.

With Sunset and the Dazzlings.

"Hey, Sunny?" Sunset looked at Sonata as the Siren helped her out of the wheelchair she was in and into the Siren's van. Apparently the blue Siren, who the others had confirmed was the youngest of them, had a habit of giving people nicknames. "Aren't those your friends?" Sunset's eyes widened and she looked out of rear window of the van. Sure enough, there were her 'friends' and they seemed to be looking for her. She was about to tell the Siren to ignore them, she wasn't in the mood to talk after all, but then a certain purple skinned pony turned human caught her eye.

"Twilight..." Sunset wanted to get out of the van and roll over to her friend and mentor, but at the same time she didn't want to face the Princess, knowing that she would probably have to interact with the others if she did. After weighing her options Sunset sighed. "Seeing as you three are letting me stay with you and Adagio payed my hospital bills... I hate having to ask any more of you but... Could... Could one of you give Twilight some money for a cab and your address? I'd go over and talk to her now but..."

Sonata placed a hand on Sunset's shoulder, gave her an understanding smile and nodded before taking off toward the group of five, Aria groaned and got out of the van before walking after her younger sister to make sure she didn't screw things up.

Twilight and her 'friends' were looking around in a panic, trying to find Sunset before she left. Just as she was about to call out her friend's name again, a bubbly voice reached her ears. "Hey there!"

Twilight and the others turned Applejack quickly getting ready for a fight once she realized who had just spoken. "What in tarnations are you doing here Siren?"

"Actually, my name's Sonata." Applejack and the others blinked in confusion at the Siren's nonchalant response as she the blue skinned girl walked up to Twilight. "You're Twilight right?" Twilight quietly nodded as Sonata pulled out her wallet in order to pull out some bills and a business card. "Sunny-"

"Sunny? Do you mean Sunset!?" Twilight grabbed the girl by the shoulders and began shaking her. "Where is she!? I usually try not to be violent, but so help me Faust, if the three of you- Ahhghh!!!"

Aria glared at the Princess as she twisted her wrist while Sonata recovered from the violent shaking she had just received. Hearing snow crunch the purple Siren turned and glared at Applejack as she approached. "Back off or I'll feed you your own hat." Judging by the look in the Siren's eyes, AJ decided it was in her best interest to do as she said. Once the blonde had backed away the Siren returned her gaze to the royal. "Look, normally someone that touched my little sister would be laying on the ground and missing a few teeth, but I'm going to let it slide this time because you're just trying to find Sunset." Aria let Twilight go and the girl started rubbing her wrist.

Twilight glared at the Siren before letting out a heavy sigh. "I'm sorry, I'm just worried about Sunset, she was attacked last night and-"

"We know." Twilight looked at the purple Siren in confusion as she jerked her thumb in Sonata's direction. "The ditz over there is the one who found her." Sonata nodded very enthusiastically in response. "Anyway she wanted us to give you our address and some money for a cab before the four of us took off."

"But I thought there were only three of you?" Aria groaned and looked at the one that she had dubbed 'the Pink Menace' after the Battle of the Bands.

"Me, my sisters and Sunset." Twilight and the others gasped. "Yeah, that's right. Sunset's going to be staying at our place until her leg heals. And she's doing it willingly." Rarity narrowed her eyes and pointed at Twilight.

"You see what we mean darling? Sunset is cavorting with the enemy! She's a traitor!" Twilight wheeled around and was about to smack Rarity when Sonata rushed past her and stared into the white girl's eyes, said girl cringing in fear.

"Ok, first of all if what Sunset said about the last week is true, you have no right to call her a traitor after leaving her crying in the middle of a school hallway!" The four humans cringed in shame. "Secondly, the reason she's staying with us is because she is afraid that the lot of you will do something to her similar to what that Rainbow Dash did." They cringed again, their hearts starting to ache. "And finally, your hair is stupid!"* Rarity gasped in shock at the insult.

Applejack and Twilight, being the most, level headed of the group looked at the older Siren, who was staring at her little sister in shock, she and Adagio had never seen Sonata genuinely angry before. "A'right I guess it's understandable she wouldn't want to be near us for a while after... What Rainbow did... But why would she stay with you three? Why wouldn't she just stay at her own place?"

Aria raised an eyebrow at the farmer. "Seriously? The lot of you are supposed to be her friends and you didn't know? She's homeless you hick." Aria ignored the stunned look on the humans faces and turned toward Twilight before pulling a few bills and a business card out of her wallet and handing them to Twilight. "She's staying with us at this address Princess, you're welcome to come see her and talk if you want." Hey eyes shifted to the real humans. "They're not." Without another word Aria walked over to her sister and slapped her on the back of her head to get her attention. "Let's go."

"Now hold on a cotton pickin minute!" Applejack ran over and grabbed Aria's shoulder. "What do you mean we're not welcome to come see her!? She's our friend too!"

Aria simply looked over her shoulder at the cowgirl. "Unless you want to have your ass dragged into that hospital for a broken arm, I suggest you let go. Now."

"You don't scare me Siren, you don't have magic anymore!"

Aria snorted. "I've been all around the world cowgirl, I don't need magic to beat the shit out of you. I'm highly trained is several styles of martial arts and can literally break even bone in your body in under thirty minutes."** Applejack's grip loosened at the lack of emotion in the Siren's voice. She wasn't trying to intimidate the cowgirl, she was just stating a fact.

Aria shook the girls had off her shoulder and walked away with her sister, quickly getting into their van, which drove away, with the girls seeing Sunset inside.

Twilight watched the retreating van for a moment before looking at the true humans, her mind made up. "Where do I find a taxi?"

Canterlot Police Department.

Rainbow moved in front of the camera as she was given a placard with her name on it. The camera flashed once and she turned to the side where it flashed again before having the placard taken and being led to a holding cell with Gilda and other three students that had attacked Sunset. Gilda would have run over and decked the girl but this wasn't her first rodeo. She knew the guards responded to a fight quickly and that they weren't nice to the instigators. So she settled with glaring at the girl that couldn't manage to finish off the dying she-demon.

It didn't matter though, once she got out she'd get the prismatic bitch for being weak, and she'd make sure the she-demon died for real the next time.

Rainbow sat down in the corner and hugged her knees to her chest as she began crying once again.

Author's Note

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"It looks like a bunch of purple curly fries!"
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Some of these styles include Krav Maga, Judo, Hapkido, Jiu-Jitsu, Taekwondo and Muay Thai.