I've been undone a lot before you
You can tie your favourite noose around my neck
Cut me down when I turn blue and act like I'm the wreck
I don't need your help
I don't need your help
I don't need your help

You're so shook when I look right past you
So surprised you don't get an answer
Guess no one told you, now I told you
We're not living in the void
Ain't it weird to feel small 'n stuff?

-Undo by Transviolet

“You! What are you doing here?” Rainbow Dash shouted pointing a finger at Adagio. “What did you do to them?”

Adagio looked offended, “Me? I didn’t do anything to them. Even if I wanted to, I have no necklace nor do I have my sisters. I am here to help the Princess and help my dear Sunset,” said Adagio as she put a gentle arm around the pony turned human.

Twilight sighed as she had hoped Adagio would stay out of things, but luck was not on her side today. Nothing was going well, what was the point of plans if others didn't follow them?

“Oh Sweetie Belle, did she hurt you?” Rarity cooed at her younger sister. Sweetie Belle shook her head while biting her bottom lip. She look troubled and worried on top of guilty.

“Applejack ah need ta talk ta ya, we all do,” Applebloom began.

“Not now sugar cube, we’re busy with Twilight,” Applejack said.

“You don't understand,” Scootaloo tried to say until she too was interrupted.

“We'll hang later Scoots,” Rainbow Dash said quickly as she turned her attention back to the former siren.

The three younger girls looked at each other before speaking all at once, “Listen, we have something to say!”

Their older sisters and almost sister turned to them. Before they could say anything, Twilight stepped in. “What it is girls?” she asked tentatively.

“Ah started anon-a-miss an’ roped Sweetie Belle an’ Scootaloo into it, it's all my fault,” Apple Bloom told them while looking down at her feet.

Sweetie Belle shook her head, “We can't let you take all the blame ‘bloom, I'm the one who stole Sunset’s phone. I had overheard you guys telling Sunset that she needed to give you guys access to her phone after the fall formal,”

“I snuck a peek at Rainbow Dash's failed test paper. Sunset stole you guys away from us, so we wanted revenge. We didn't think it would be so easy,” Scootaloo admitted.

Everyone was in shock as the girls presented their cases and confessed to their crimes. For what felt like hours, no one spoke a word until Applejack did. “Ah, ah don't know what ta say Apple Bloom,” Applejack stuttered while shaking her head.

“Please tell me this is a joke. Sweetie Belle, please tell me that you're kidding,” Rarity pleaded with her younger sister. Unfortunately, Sweetie’s expression betrayed her hopes as she broke down in tears and fell to the floor.

“Too bad Aria's not here, she rather enjoys the taste of despair,” Adagio whispered in Twilight's ear.

Twilight shot Adagio a quick glare. While what she said was fascinating, now was not the time for such comments. Twilight really should have seen this coming as it was similar to the Gabby Gums incident but quite a bit more harmful.

“No! I don't believe this! This can't be what happened, you were my brat of a little sister Scootaloo,” Rainbow cried as she shook her head, “You betrayed me!”

“Like how you betrayed Sunset,” Adagio said with a knowing smirk.

“But that’s different!” Rainbow shouted at Adagio, “She betrayed me first!” she looked down at her clenched fists, “Or I thought she had, I don't know if I ever trusted her at her at all,”

“Maybe if we had been better friends, we would have listened to her from the beginning, like Twilight and Flash did,” Fluttershy said quietly but just loud enough to be heard.

Twilight deeply regretted her decision to leave Sunset here, they were far too young to handle the heavy burden of another pony or person's growth. Yet despite this, Sunset was thriving and helped others find friendship, without the Rainbooms. Once this was all over, she hoped things could only improve.

“Twilight dear, do you think you could let us talk to Sunset and apologize for this misunderstanding?” Rarity asked.

Before Twilight could answer, Adagio spoke, “Misunderstanding? You call getting someone fired and threatening them a misunderstanding? You three will not go anywhere near Sunset until she takes you to court. It's too late to apologise. I am a master manipulator and I recognize when someone else tries,”

Rainbow Dash glared at her and yelled, “You can't keep us from her! Why do you even care? You’re evil,”

“I wouldn't say I'm evil per say, certainly not good though. But unlike you three, I don't turn my back on someone who's helped me. It's because of her that you even defeated us, she even went out of her way to save Sonata. I highly doubt you would have done the same. You see the world in black and white, everyone is either good or bad. You’re still such a child,” Adagio shook her head, “Maybe when you're an adult and more mature you'll understand that the world is in shades of grey nothing is what it first appears to be,”

Rainbow Dash glowered at her, “You’re our age! You think you’re better than us?! Well your not!” she screeched.

“I don't think, I know I'm better than you,” Adagio wore yet another smirk.

“Enough bickering! I have had it up to here with your arguing!” Twilight stood up slamming her hands on table finally losing her cool. “You three failed at friendship, Sunset is better off without you three. Sometimes friendship cannot be salvaged,” Twilight turned her attention to Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy, “I am disappointed in you two, however you realized your mistakes and you didn't try to destroy someone's life, you have high chances of becoming stronger from this experience,”

Twilight turned towards the youngest members of this meeting. “Why didn't you three tell your older sisters how you felt about being excluded?” she asked.

“We tried, they don't really listen to us. We’re family and yet we were left out like we didn't matter,” Sweetie Belle admitted.

“It was Christmas time, it's hard enough finding any time during school to spend with them. We had hoped that with the holidays coming up and no school, things would get better,” Scootaloo added.

“Applejack keeps saying that Christmas was bout family, all ah wanted was to spend time with my big sis, mah family. It's just been us three apple's since ma and pa died a couple Christmases ago,” Applebloom told them while looking down at feet as tears began welling up. “Guess we didn’ stop an’ think about what'd happen next. About how others felt.” Apple Bloom then broke down altogether as she fell to her knees and sobbed into her arms.

Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo sat down next to their friend and hugged her before the former took her turn to speak. “We were happy that it worked at first. After Sunset was out of the picture, you guys started hanging out with us again. Then Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy started the whole ‘we believe in Sunset’ thing, but we got lucky because it was only them and not our sisters,” Sweetie told them.

“We're sorry we had to hurt you guys,” Scootaloo apologised.

Twilight noticed Scootaloo said nothing about how she was sorry they framed Sunset. Sweetie Belle's speech also lacked remorse for what they had done to the former unicorn. Adagio was clearly in agreement with her by the look of distaste on her face. The look grew murderous when the elder three got up to comfort their younger sisters.

“It's okay Sweetie Belle everyone makes mistakes I still love you anyway,” Rarity told her sister hugging her close.

“Just don't do it again Scoots and we'll be fine,” Rainbow dash patting her on the back.

“Your family Bloom, ah shouldn't have left ya out,” Applejack told her sister wiping the tears from eyes.

Before Twilight could speak up, Adagio stepped in and said, “Well I’m glad your little family squabbles are all sorted out. We will see you in court, stay away from Sunset until then, Twilight and I have more important places to be.” With that, Adagio turned to Twilight who had fury lit in her eyes as the former siren lead the way out of their meeting place.

Flash was waiting for them in his car, his head nodding along to music coming from the things in his odd shaped ears. Twilight was pretty sure they were small headphones but humans have so many different things she couldn't be entirely sure unless someone told her.

Adagio quickly opened the door and slid inside with Aria claiming the seat next to Flash and Twilight following behind.

“How'd it go?” Sonata asked as soon as they were seated, “Did you find out who hurt Sunny?”

“Yes we did,” Adagio stated confidently.

“Great, tell us who they are so we can kick their asses,” Aria said from the front seat, not even bothering to turn around to face them.

“Well that might be a bad idea, they are young. Still just fillies or whatever you call them here,” Twilight told her hoping that she wouldn't have to convince Aria not to beat up such young girls.

“Kids or children,” Flash informed her, “Aira’s not going to beat up kids, she's short tempered and abrasive at times but not crazy,”

“Besides, it's no fun if they can't fight back,” Aria added. Adagio raised an eyebrow to her sister while Sonata just gasped in horrific shock.

“Don't let mom hear that, or she might cook for you,” Flash told her. “I could always tell her,” that earned him a glare.

“You wouldn't dare,”

“Try me, I talked to her and she has a new concoction she's been dying to try and is looking for a guinea pig,” Flash spoke with a grin.

Aria huffed and crossed her arms, Twilight didn't know the siren very well but she could swear there was a small pout on her face. The sight of which made her chuckle a bit.

“Fine, I promise not beat up children not because it's not any fun but because it is wrong to do so. Happy now?” Aria huffed at Flash who merely smiled at her. “So who was it?” She asked looking at Twilight thought the rearview mirror.

Twilight sighed, “Applejack and Rarity's little sisters and Rainbow’s surrogate sister.”

Sonata stared at her in shock, “Their own family? I don't understand why someone would do that,”

“They felt abandoned, all this was because they were left out and ignored,” Adagio said with a shake of her head. “Shameful really, all they wanted was to be loved and they resorted to cyberbullying.” At that comment, Twilight raised an eyebrow at Adagio and was about to retort when she silenced the princess. “Yes Princess, I’m well aware that I’m a pot calling the kettle black, but we never actually hurt anyone, just encouraged their argumentative sides.”

“You'd think after watching us get our asses handed to us, they'd think twice before attempting something like that, and watching Sunset get taken down too,” Aria added.

“What are we gonna tell Sunny?” Sonata asked concerned for her friend.

“The truth, she deserves to know,” Flash answered. As he had personally known her the longest, the others knew he was right, but that didn’t make it any easier.

“Maybe we can tell her over food, that always cheers me up. Everything looks better with a full stomach.” Sonata suggested.

Flash shrugged and said, “It couldn't hurt, but nothing requiring knives, I don't want her to stab anything like her coffee table,”

“Or one of the rain-bitches,” Aria added.

“Is that because it's your job?” Flash teases her before turning the car on, “So where are we going?”

Sonata was about to speak up when Aria reached back and slapped her hand over her mouth. “We are not going to any Mexican restaurant of any kind,” she said bluntly.

“But it's Tuesday! Your supposed to have tacos on Tuesday. It's like a law or something,” Sonata spoke with a pout.”

“What's your favourite food Twilight?” Flash intervene before they could start arguing.

“Hay Burger's,” They were the best thing she had ever tasted.

“Well we don't have hay burger's but Sandalwood swears by this place that serves veggie burgers I'm sure it's close enough, we can always pick up a chicken sandwich for Sunset. Does that sound good to you three?” Flash asked the Dazzlings.

Sonata continued to pout, “It's Tuesday and that means tacos,” she complained before sighing, “But fine, we'll go get burgers,”

“You could get a taco burger, so it kinda counts,” Flash told the pouting siren.

Said siren brightened up instantly at the thought. “Really!? A taco burger will definitely work,”

While Sonata gushed happily over the future taco burger, Twilight glanced over at Adagio and said, “You've been rather quiet, something on your mind?”

“Quite a few things actually,” Adagio responded staring out the window.

Twilight gave Adagio a sympathetic look before placing a gentle hand on her shoulder. “Bit for your thoughts?” Twilight said gently.

Adagio turned to look at her and said, “Until recently, Aria and Sonata were my only family. While they drive me up the wall most of time, I could never imagine abandoning them, let alone tormenting them. I had plenty of opportunities to do so, believe me. How dare they even attempt to call themselves a family. Not when Sunset was so easily disposed of.” Adagio then stole a forlorn glance of her sisters while Twilight gazed at her sympathetically. “We haven't been here nearly as long as Sunset, I'm not sure how she managed to survive on her own, let alone thrive. I know she will rise above this Anon-a-miss business. But she shouldn't have had to in the first place.”

Twilight wasn't sure she herself would have survived this place without Spike by her side. She thought about how many times she had been on the verge of a full blown panic attack until he had calmed her enough till she could function again. When Twilight needed a place to stay, he had found the time to make her a bed of books. He had encouraged her to open up to her friends. When had things gone so wrong?

Author's Note

Big thanks as always to Speculore! We r almost done just a chapter or two left.