The Witchblade EqG: The 13 Artifacts

Twilight played with her bangs as they made the drive to Equestria Land, it was strange, despite knowing that this was her first real date with Sunset, it was still nerve wracking. She had never been on a date in her life, not in middle school, and certainly not in the last almost four years of being in high school. Now she was going on a date with her girlfriend, the butterflies in her stomach were fluttering, nervousness and excitement mixing inside her.

The teen genius looked at her outfit, keeping in mind that they would be walking around an amusement park, she made sure to dress appropriately. A pair of comfortable, breathable dark violet shorts, and a sky-blue blouse that left her arms and shoulders exposed. She had second thoughts about wearing it, but Sunset convinced her otherwise. A pair of good sneakers, and a fanny-pack. Twilight glanced at Sunset, taking in her outfit. Sunset was wearing a pair of faded denim pants that hugged her legs and hips, and a red tank-top and a black bra, she knew that mostly due to the straps that were exposed.

Twilight had to admit, she found the outfit rather flattering on her.

Soon the two of them made it to the parking lot of Equestria Land, the theme park was truly enormous, the biggest attraction in all Canterlot City. This was the grand opening of the huge theme park and of course it was packed. Families and couples came to the park to enjoy its rides, positive atmosphere, and for its closing night parade. Sunset’s sports car pulled up into one of the open spaces, once they were parked the couple exited and headed towards the front entrance.

After making it through the metal detectors, Sunset and Twilight walked amongst the crowds, they could smell the theme park food, funnel cakes, pizza, and other scents wafted through the air, along with the clacking sounds of the rollercoasters and the screams of those riding them as they zoomed by. Twilight had grabbed a map of the park at the entrance, unfolding it so that they could figure out their first destination.

“Where did you want to go first?” Twilight asked.

“Eh, I’m up for whatever, if you want to hit up the rollercoasters then I’m game. But if you want to take it slow then we can.” Sunset replied.

“Well…I haven’t been on a lot of rides, maybe we could take in a show?”

Sunset looked at the map and the schedule that it had listed on one side. “There’s the Appaloosa Wild West Gun Show, it starts in ten minutes.”

“We better get moving then,” said Twilight.

The couple started moving in that direction, unaware that they were being watched. Hiding behind a booth was another couple, one had pink curly hair, and the other was an exact twin of the couple that had entered the park.

“Sorry to ask you to help me out with this, Pinkie,” Sunset apologized.

“Pssh, are you kidding? This is fun! And it’s cute, I get to watch my second favorite couple and make sure nothing gets in the way of their date,” Pinkie replied.

Sunset didn’t want to, but she was worried for those two, and she wanted to make sure nothing really bad was going on between them since neither was really giving her any information. Although she was sure that they wouldn’t get anything from spying on them, she could at least make sure that they had a date that wasn’t interrupted by the kind of things that interrupted her date with Pinkie. To keep from being spotted, she wore a baseball cap and bandanna, tying up her hair so that the cap and bandanna hid it. She also wore black shorts and an orange crop top, along with a pair of black sunglasses.

“I promise, next time, we can just enjoy the park together like a real date,” Sunset promised.

Pinkie giggled. “This is still fun, plus it’ll give me an idea of what rides we can go on when we come here!”

Sunset smiled but then noticed her little sister and Twilight were moving. “Let’s go!” As the they stealthily followed their friends, Sunset asked, “By the way, who’s your first favorite couple?”

Pinkie looped Sunset’s arm around hers and brought them close together as she answered, “Silly, that’s obviously us!”

Unknown to Pinkie and the older Sunset, there was another group of people keeping a close eye on Twilight and the younger Sunset Shimmer. One was a teenage girl, she wore a black hoodie with the hood drawn up, and a pair of denim shorts. Her hair was spikey and colored navy-blue, while her amber-yellow eyes narrowed at the sight of the younger Sunset walking alongside Twilight.

“If you stare any harder, Indigo, you’ll flash freeze them and you’ll give us away, m’kay.”

Indigo turned to see Suri, dressed in the same outfit she had on last night, she looked mildly amused by Indigo’s seething anger. “Oh, go suck on demon cock! You have any idea how pissed I am right now?!”

“I can understand your frustration, considering how much I want to kill Sunset Shimmer. But if this plan is to succeed, we must wait for our opportunity to present itself. We get Twilight Sparkle alone, and we have that Sunset hand over her necklace, leaving her powerless and you free to do whatever you want.” On Indigo’s right was Adagio Dazzle, dressed in her old hoodie and pants outfit from when her and her sisters were keeping low profiles. “Understood?”

Indigo scoffed but nodded her head in compliance.

Adagio carried a backpack, a backpack that carried Pandora’s Box. She didn’t plan on using it here, but things seldom went her way, and it was better to have it than not to. As they were about to go after their targets, Adagio’s burner rang, the lead Siren took it out and answered it. “What is it Sonata?”

{It’s about the Equestria Sunset…we…we lost her.}

Adagio nearly screamed but managed to bite her tongue to prevent herself from causing a scene. “I gave you two one job – ONE JOB – and you already botched that up?!”

{Hey, don’t bite our heads off!} Aria replied. {We’ve been out outside this big ass mansion for the last two hours, but we haven’t seen anyone else besides – what I’m assuming – is the nerd girl’s parents and that other Sunset leave the house!}

Adagio bit on her thumbnail, her main quarry was out there somewhere, and she didn’t know where. “It doesn’t matter, just get over here, the more of us there are, the easier it will be to grab Twilight Sparkle.”

{Got it, we’ll be there as soon as we can!} Sonata replied before hanging up.

Adagio sighed heavily as she pinched the bridge of her nose. Indigo and Suri noticed her frustration and were getting a little curious.

“Problem, Adagio?” Suri asked.

“Not exactly, but hopefully not. For now, I’ll have to wait for Aria and Sonata, they’re heading back this way. Keep an eye on those two and grab her when you get the chance,” Adagio ordered.

Indigo clicked her tongue while Suri nodded her compliance. The girls split up, none of them knowing that their targets were all in the same place.

Elsewhere in the theme park, yet another couple was busy. Rarity had gotten emailed by a popular social media star, Vignette Valencia, who had been put in charge of the grand opening of Equestria Land. Apparently, the starlet needed some assistance with the costumes for the park and night parade, and thanks to Rarity’s notoriety during the Canterlot City fashion show, the young fashionista was brought onboard. Applejack had accompanied her girlfriend, although she couldn’t do any actual work, she was mostly there for moral support.

“Don’t ya worry nothin’ Rares, you’ll do fine here,” Applejack reassured.

“Oh, I know, Love, but something like this could be a huge boost to my reputation, and really help me get my foot in the door of the fashion schools I want to apply to,” said Rarity.

Applejack rubbed the back of her head when she mentioned that. “Yeah…not exactly lookin’ forward to that too much.”

Rarity noted the sad tone in her girlfriend’s voice and wrapped her left arm around Applejack’s right. “Darling, you have nothing to worry about. I’m not about to let a little thing like distance break up what we have. I’m growing quite fond of our relationship.”

Applejack smiled and brought Rarity closer. “Same here, Sug. It’s just gonna be…Ah don’t know…lonely without ya.”

“Oh Jackie…”

“Is that Rarity Belle?!” A voice captured the attention of the young couple. A tall young woman approached them, her hair was grayish crimson with white streaks around the bangs and ends, her skin was a flawless shade of light yellow, and her eyes were a brilliant cornflower blue. She wore a white crop top, with a sandy colored poncho overtop it, a pair of jean shorts, and leather shoes. She also had a hairband with leaves and three grapes on either side. “There you are!”

Applejack blinked when she saw the tall young woman approach them, she was about to ask who she was before she saw her girlfriend go all starry eyed. “Uh, Sug…?”

“V-V-Vignette Valencia!” Rarity exclaimed.

Vignette walked up to Rarity and gave her a kiss on either side of the violet haired girl’s cheeks. An act that rustled Applejacks jimmies a little, well, more like a lot.

“I’m so glad you accepted my offer to help out with this grand opening, god knows I need someone with an eye for the fabulous,” Vignette remarked.

Rarity giggled happily as she looked up at Vignette. “It’ll be my honor, Vignette, believe me you have no idea how much this will help my career.”

“Oh, I have some idea,” Vignette took out her cellphone and brought up Rarity’s social media account, going through all the clothes she custom made and the girls who modeled them. “You’re trending on MyStable and Pegastragram, getting quite popular for your designs and creative flare. With our talents combined we’ll make this grand opening a hit and take the net by storm!”

Rarity made a high-pitched giddy giggle at the thought of how much this would catapult her career.

Vignette wrapped an arm around Rarity’s waist, bringing the two of them close to together as their hips pressed against each other. Applejack’s left eye twitched a bit when she noticed said hand of Vignette was slowly sliding down Rarity’s back and resting just at the base of Rarity’s spine. “We’ll be a hit, Rarity!” the social media star took out her camera and brought it up for a selfie. “Say, ‘opening day’!”

“Opening day!” Rarity and Vignette exclaimed at the same time.

Rarity’s eyes widened just a tad when she felt Vignette’s hand slide further down and rest right on her rear just as she snapped the photo. Once the photo was taken, Vignette removed herself from Rarity and swiftly opened the photo in her phone, applying filters and checking the photo for any little imperfections that needed to be adjusted.

Applejack rushed to her girlfriend’s side and harshly whispered, “Did that floozy just grope yer ass?!”

“Well…yes she did,” Rarity admitted.

“That – No one touches you like that! Ah’m gonna–!”

Rarity quickly put herself in front of Applejack and placed her hands on the farm girl’s shoulders. “Applejack, I understand you’re upset, and honestly, I am bit upset myself. But for now, please bear with it, this is a big opportunity for me and could launch my career. Please, Love?”

Applejack glanced over her lover’s shoulder, glaring at Vignette as she had her attention fixated on her phone. “If that bitch touches you like that again, I’m knockin’ her teeth out. Yer career ain’t worth gettin’ felt up, understand?”

Rarity smiled and nodded. “Yes, my love, I understand. I’m sure this was just a single little incident, nothing more.”

Vignette, seemingly done with her work, walked back to the couple with a giddy smile of her own. “We’re already up to a thousand likes and growing! Uh, who is this?”

“Oh! Where are my manners! Vignette, this is my girlfriend, Applejack Apple,” said Rarity.

Applejack tipped her hat towards the social media star and responded, “Howdy, Miss Valencia.”

“Hmm, how do you do – So, Rarity, I have some ideas that I’d love to go over with you! Shall we?” Vignette asked giving only the minimum acknowledgement of Applejack’s presence.

“I’d love to, Darling.”

As Rarity began to walk towards Vignette, Applejack walked with her. However, Vignette raised her hand in a stopping motion. “Uh, sorry, but only staff from this point forward. Not my policy, it’s the park’s.”

“Oh, that’s horse–!”

“That’s fine, it’s fine! Right, Jackie?” Rarity asked, giving her lover a pleading look to not escalate.

Applejack bit her tongue and put on a strained smile. “Eeyup, it’s perfectly fine with me, Ah’ll just…wander ‘round the park for a bit.”

“That’s the spirit!” Vignette snapped her fingers and one of the workers appeared next to her with a card. “This has unlimited credit for any ride, attraction, or food in the park. Have some fun on me.”

Applejack took the card from Vignette, she then hugged her girlfriend and whispered, “Ya better call me if somethin’ happens, Ah don’t trust that gal.”

Rarity hugged her lover back and responded, “Don’t worry, Love, I’ll be fine.”

Applejack separated herself from Rarity and began walking away, Rarity and Vignette walked side by side further into the warehouse, but not before Vignette spared the cowgirl a sinister smile before returning her attention back to the pristine beauty walking alongside her.

“AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!” Twilight screamed.

Sunset, on other hand, was less scared.

After taking in the gun show, Twilight had suggested that they go into Nightmare Moon’s Haunted Castle. Sunset wasn’t completely onboard with that idea, but Twilight had insisted. So, here they were, riding along a slow tram as various holographic, animatronic, and actor monsters came out with one horrifying scene and jump scare after the other. Compared to some of the other horrific things she had seen, this didn’t even register. Still, she wasn’t complaining, especially since Twilight was clinging to her arm whenever she got scared, pressing her arm between the cleavage of her B-cup breasts.

When the ride was over, her cute little nerd girlfriend was shaking and still clinging to her arm for dear life. “Twilight, you gonna be okay?”

“Y-Yes, y-yes, I-I’ll be f-f-fine,” Twilight answered through rattling teeth.

Sunset couldn’t help but chuckle. “If you were going to get that scared, why did you want to go in?”

“B-Because, like I told you…I’m not going to be ruled by fear. Plus…I thought it would be fun.”

Sunset nuzzled the top of Twilight’s head with her cheek and asked, “And was it?”

Twilight’s tremors had subsided, she then smiled and said, “Strangely, yes, it was.”

“Cool beans, so, what do you want to tackle next?”

As the two of the walked down the stretch of road, they came by a game stall. The man running the stall saw them and called out, “Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, toss a ring and win a prize! A winner every time and a prize for every customah! Don’t be shy, stop on by!”

Twilight stopped and looked at the game stall, it was a simple ring toss game, with the targets being about thirty empty clay jugs.

“What do ya say young lady, care to give it a try?”

“Ooh, it does look pretty easy,” Twilight commented.

“Easiest win of the day, my dear,” the man added.

Sunset sighed as she shook her head, she walked over to Twilight and turned her away slightly to talk privately. “Twilight, he’s just giving ya the old bump-and-tingle to lure you in. These games are rigged.”

“Now, now, I take offense to that Missy.”

Twilight adjusted her glasses as a smug smile appeared on her face. “Do you know what’s not rigged? The laws of physics. Assuming no air resistance and a vertical displacement of zero, horizontal displacement equals initial projectile velocity squared times the sine of twice the launch angle divided by the acceleration due to gravity.” Twilight turned around and took out some of her tickets, handing them over to the stall operator.

“Here ya go, little lady, give it a shot.”

Twilight narrowed her gaze at the rows of jugs, her mind projecting various mathematical formulas and overlaying them atop the objects before, creating a simulation of what she needed to do to achieve her win, even if the stall operator had somehow rigged the game, no amount of rigging could outdo her scientific mind. Twilight tossed the ring at the perfect angle, the circlet of plastic flew through the and landed on the nearest jug, spinning around the top of the jug for a moment before stopping.

And in the next second, popped right off.

Twilight’s eyes widened with indignation as she shouted, “WHAT?!”

“Ooooh, tough break there little miss,” said the operator in remorse.

“T-T-That’s impossible! It-It just – and then – WHAT?!”

Sunset sighed, she could see her girlfriend’s brain was short circuiting, so she decided to step in. “Alright,” Sunset then slammed some tickets onto the table, “let me have a go.”

Meanwhile, off some distance away, Indigo and Suri were keeping a close eye on the couple. Indigo gritted her teeth as she had to watch for the last hour the object of her affection being led around and clinging to the girl whom she hated with a passion. The air around them grew colder and Suri noticed, seeing a small layer of frost appear over the grass and stone.

“I’d say ‘cool it’, but that’s the problem. Get ahold of yourself, m’kay?!”

“How the hell would you feel if the person you loved was going around a theme park with someone you knew was bad for them?!” Indigo queried.

Suri scoffed at that. “Don’t know, never really had anyone I could say I actually ‘loved’. Not going to lie, I’ve had the occasional tryst once in a while, but I don’t think I can actually ‘love’ anyone. Screw, most definitely, but not fall in love with. Doesn’t match up with my career, or, at least, the career I had planned on before I died.”

Indigo snorted. “Well, that’s just sad. Speaking of what the hell are you going to do?”

“What?”

“You got a get out of hell free card, and now you’re back with a demon sword. What are you going to do now? Last, I remember, you wanted to become some famous fashion designer or some shit,” said Indigo.

Suri crossed her arms and leaned against a lamppost as a creepy smile crossed her lips. “Like I said that career path is out the window. I just decided I’m just going to revel in killing people, become a bit of a hedonist.”

“Say what?” Indigo asked in confusion.

Suri advanced on Indigo and pinned her against the side of a booth, looking her directly in the eyes as her eyes gleamed red. “I want to see how far I can go, how deep into depravity I can sink. I’ll kill who I want, men, women, kids, torture them and get off on their pleading screams! Fuck who I want and kill them in the throes of ecstasy! I’ll bathe in blood from head toe and whatever else I can think of!”

Indigo gulped and said, “You’re fuckin’ sick, Polomare…”

“Sweetie, I escaped from Hell, and Hell is where I’m heading back if I die! No matter what – if any – good deeds I do here on Earth, it all ends the same way, a one-way ticket straight down!” Suri pointed a hand down to the ground, but then just as quickly raised it swiftly, and planted her hand right between Indigo’s legs, making the jock tense up. “So why not have all the fun I can while I’m here?! Before I was constrained to being a prissy little rich schoolgirl clawing her way to the top. But now, I’m a fucking apex predator! And besides, calling me ‘sick’ is the pot calling the kettle black.”

Indigo looked away from Suri, but the demonic warrior used her free hand to make her look back.

“You’re chasing after a girl who absolutely hates you and wouldn’t bat an eye to you dying. In fact, I’m quite sure she’d smile happily!”

“Fuck you!” Indigo spat.

“I wouldn’t mind if you’re offering. But either way this ends, the result will be the same. Sparkle will NEVER love you, you’re better off just claiming her for yourself, just dive into the depths like me, because trust me, that ticket of mine has enough room for you, m’kay.” Suri released Indigo, licking her lips salaciously before leaning back against the lamppost.

Indigo shook off her irritation and returned to watching their targets, all while the words of Suri and Lemon echoed in her head. She will love me…She does love me! I just need to show her that I’m better than that bitch…! Fucking hell, they’re still at that thing?

“How are they still on that damn ring toss game?” Sunset asked with irritation.

“I don’t know, you don’t like to lose, and if Sun’s the same way, then we’ll be here a while,” said Pinkie.

“I’m kinda surprised that Twilight’s just as into this. She’s, literally, carving mathematical equations into the dirt with a stick!”

True, it had been over thirty minutes, but the couple of Sun and Twi had not left the game stall, losing their tickets and from the looks of it, losing their minds.

}}} I’ll never understand your human’s obsession with such games. {{{

It’s about the challenge, and in this case, the thrill of beating a rigged game.

}}} Hmm, so it is more like challenging fate? That is admirable. By the way, if you wish to keep this mission of yours incognito, you might want to address the issue of the farmer approaching from behind us. {{{

Thanks…………Farmer?………OH SHIT!

Just as Sunset had that reaction, she heard the familiar southern twang of her friend call out to her. “Sunset!” Pinkie and Sunset turned around and noticed Applejack walking towards them. “Well fancy meetin’ y’all here, I was about – HMM!”

Sunset and Pinkie quickly grabbed ahold of Applejack and took her behind another game stall. Once they were sure they weren’t within earshot, they released their friend.

“Sorry, Applejack, but we’re kinda in the middle of a spying mission,” said Pinkie.

Applejack raised an eyebrow. “A ‘spy mission’? Who the heck are ya spyin’ on?” Applejack then turned to her other friend. “That why yer dressed in that getup?”

Sunset sighed and said, “Take a look.”

The duo led Applejack to their spying spot, and once they did, it was clear who they were here to spy on. “Ah, Sun and Twilight. But why are y’all spyin’ on their date? This some siblin’ payback?”

Sunset shook her head. “Nothing like that, those two were kind of on uneven ground not too long ago, and I was worried.”

“And so Sunny decided that we should spy on them and make sure nothing messes up their date! Like when some punks wanted to try and make and Sunset go with them to do some hentai rated stuff, and then Sunset had to beat them up because they had guns,” Pinkie explained.

Applejack shook her head at the explanation and looked to Sunset for confirmation. To which Sunset responded with a nod. “Jeez, remind me to bring a bulletproof vest if we ever decide to double date. Or Granny’s six shooter.”

Sunset rolled her eyes playfully at her friend. “How ‘bout an armored car while we’re at it. Hold up, why are you here?”

“Are you on a date with Rarity?!” Pinkie asked.

Applejack’s expression changed to one of irritation.

“What’s wrong?” the party girl inquired.

“She got invited her because of a job offer to help with the night parade costumes, of course she accepted, mostly because it’ll be a big boost to her reputation for later, but…”

Sunset raised an eyebrow, “But…?”

The cowgirl crossed her arms as she scowled. “The girl who hired her, Vignette Valencia, she’s apparently some kinda social media star, or whatever, she…she groped Rarity’s rear.”

“WHAT?!” Pinkie exclaimed. “Did she know you’re going out with her?!”

“Well…” Applejack sighed. “…No, she didn’t. Rarity didn’t get the chance to tell her until after it happened. But somethin’ just doesn’t sit right with me when it comes to her. On top of that, Ah can’t even be around her right now because the place she’s workin’ is ‘employees only’. Gettin’ on my nerves that Ah can’t watch over her.”

Sunset smiled and placed her hand on Applejack’s shoulder in a comforting fashion. “Hey, Rarity’s a big girl, she’ll be fine. But if it’s making you that nervous, maybe we could help out?”

The farm girl shook her head. “Nah, Ah don’t wanna take ya away from yer little ‘spy mission’ over there.”

“Uh…speaking of which, Sunset, they’re gone!” Pinkie stated.

“What?!” Sunset turned around and noticed that her parallel twin and Twilight had vacated the area. “Shit! We’re gonna have to split up and look for them!”

“Ah, dang, sorry Sugar Cube, Ah’ll lend ya a hand,” Applejack offered.

“You don’t have to, AJ,” said Sunset.

“Ah want to, plus, it’ll keep my mind off of…well, you know.”

“Yay! The spy team trio is on the case! Now let’s move out!” Pinkie ordered.

Applejack and Sunset nodded. The three teens split up and began their search.

On the flipside…

“What the fuck?! How did you lose them?!” Indigo scolded. “I step away to use the can and you drop the ball!”

Suri rolled her eyes at Indigo’s accusation. “Give me a break, they were at that stupid game forever, excuse me if I had to turn away or risk falling asleep right then and there. Outcome would’ve been the same either way, m’kay.”

Indigo inhaled deeply through her nose and exhaled slowly out of her mouth, keeping her frustration in check. “Fuck it then, we’ll split up. You go that way, and I’ll go the other!”

“Fine. Call me when you find out where they are, don’t go and do something stupid, m’kay?”

Indigo rolled her eyes and dashed off down a random pathway while her partner went off another.

Aria and Sonata were driving the RV towards Equestria Land, having lost the target, they thought it better to bring their “base” with them. If this whole “kidnap human Twilight Sparkle” plan was truly where they were going, then they’d need the rolling house to hold her and get away. Sonata sat in the front with Aria, looking out the window with disinterest.

The cranky Siren sighed and said, “I know you got something to say, so say it already.”

Sonata briefly glanced to Aria before looking back out the window. “Is this really the best thing for us to do?”

“Seriously?! You’re questioning the morality of this whole plan now!” Aria exclaimed.

“I just wanna go home, even if it means we end up in a dungeon somewhere. I know you feel the same way, Ari,” Sonata accused.

Aria groaned. “Yeah, I do. I made that clear to Adagio when we started this, whatever happens, even it means begging, we ask Sunset Shimmer how we can get back to Equestria. That doesn’t mean we have to puss out, where’s your killer instinct?”

Sonata returned her attention to her big sister and frowned at her. “It’s gone, Ari, okay, it’s been gone! I’m just tired of having to fight hoof and fang for everything! I’m tired of having people hate us! I’m tired of just…all of it! And don’t act like you haven’t lost it either! If you really haven’t, you wouldn’t have let those guys catch you that easily!”

Aria made a sharp turn, which wasn’t the smartest idea since it almost made the entire RV tip over, but thankfully she didn’t and managed to turn them into an empty parking lot. She slammed the brakes then and there and stopped the hulking vehicle. Once they were stopped Aria unbuckled her seatbelt and turned to her little sister with rage in her eyes. “Are you seriously about to tell me it was my fault that we almost got gangraped?! That we’re in this mess because of ME?!”

“No! But goes to my point! I’m not saying you lost it, but it’s been worn down, and you know it! You’re just as tired as I am, but you won’t say anything because you’re afraid of what’ll happen to Dagi!”

Aria gritted her teeth and slammed her left fist on the console. As much as she hated to admit it, Sonata was right. Their big sister had always been there for them, despite being a royal pain to the both of them, she never abandoned them, never told them to leave no matter how “annoyed” she was or how “insufferable” they were. Because they all knew they the three of them were all they had left, none of their race sought to take care of them when their parents died, they were weak pups, well, Sonata and Aria were seen as much, Adagio was wanted by many of their race, seeing her potential. But they were family, and she refused to go anywhere without them.

Aria did try to make a bid for Alpha of their group, more than once, if for nothing else than to try and take some of the burden off their elder sister. However, she was beaten every time, and maybe it helped Adagio to stay sharp if she thought that Aria was always gunning for her position, or maybe it just made her more edgy. Whatever the case, Adagio was always fighting for them, even when she was acting selfishly, she still thought of them. Now she was on a vendetta against Sunset, Aria was angry at the Rainbooms, and yes, she did harbor thoughts and entertained fantasies of beating them to within an inch of their lives, but as time went on the anger turned from a raging fire into a small ember, to the point that she didn’t have the energy to be angry at them and was more focused on their situation.

Adagio was different, she kept her fire of anger burning strong while keeping them safe. Now, though, it seemed that that fire was turning into a raging inferno that was about to swallow her big sister whole, she was teaming up with a girl who was brought back from literally Hell itself, and wielding a demon possessed sword, and another girl who is a straight up psycho stalker rapist with ice powers. These were the kinds of creatures that they’d typically avoid like the plague back in Equestria, although, most Equestrians would consider the Sirens demons too.

“Dammit…why do you gotta make sense now of all damn times, huh?!” Aria asked indignantly.

“I have, you just don’t listen to me!” Aria shot her a questioning look, to which Sonata responded, “Okay, I don’t always make sense – but I have my moments!”

Aria plopped back down into her seat and grumbled loudly as she placed her face into her hands. After a couple of seconds, she dragged her hands down her face and released a long, exasperated sigh. “Fuck, alright, we agree, this whole plan is bullshit and batshit crazy! But we’re in too deep to stop now, what’s the alternative?!”

Sonata thought for a moment and then said, “We…We could help Twilight Sparkle? We’ll help Dagi catch Twilight, but then we’ll take her somewhere safe from them! To Sunset Shimmer’s mansion!”

“Great, killer plan, except for the part where we have to get past the demon swordswoman and the ice bitch! The latter of which I’m more worried about because she’ll definitely hunt us down and kill us!”

“That does sound like a bit of a predicament.”

Sonata and Aria snapped to attention and turned towards the living area of the RV, finding a strange woman with a mohawk hairdo sitting in their booth.

Aria immediately sprang to her feet and got into a fighting stance. “Who the fuck are you, and how the fuck did you get in here?!”

“I’ll admit, we’re slipping a bit. I mean, first Canterlot City and then that fiasco in Manehattan? I think most of our guys are sleeping on the job,” said the stranger.

“Answer my fucking questions! Who the hell are you and how did you get in here?!” Aria demanded.

“Oh, sorry, I really should introduce myself.” The stranger got out of the booth and stood before them. “My name is Tempest Shadow, and I’m an agent of the OSOD or the Organization of Supernatural and Otherworldly Disasters, and I’m the gal they call in to investigate and clean the sheets when magic shits the bed.”

Aria and Sonata raised an eyebrow at that.

“So…what, you’re like some government spook?” Aria asked.

“Let’s just say that I have a badge that says I can do anything I want and get away with it, if it’s in the interest of keeping the public safe. So, I’m kinda above your typical government spook. That being said, I had gathered reports about three teenage girls moving around Manehattan with a strange box and that they could sing, and then last I heard, they left the city.”

The stranger slowly walked towards Aria, keeping her orchid-colored eyes fixed on the rosy eyes of the Siren before her.

“That’s when I remembered Sunset Shimmer telling me about these three girls with beautiful singing voices, who also happened to be from the same world she was from. Now, Sunset’s a big girl, so I didn’t think much of it when I figured you guys might be heading into town, but then I lost track of you because I was pursuing another lead. Then Blood Sword goes dark and I can’t find her. So, that led me to believe that you must be working with her. Now I also saw another girl come into this RV a while back, but I don’t know who she is. Which also leads me to believe that you guys are planning something to hurt Sunset Shimmer, her friends, and family. Now then…”

Tempest transformed into her shadow state, creating tentacles that grew from her back and lashed out towards Aria. Two of them latched onto Aria’s wrists, while another two wrapped around her ankles and held up in the air. Another two came out and wrapped themselves around Sonata’s chair to keep her from trying to help. Tempest moved closer to Aria and used her right hand to produce a Time Acceleration Sphere.

“Now, I happen to have a soft spot for that kid. So, you’re going to tell me what the hell you have planned, and if you’re serious about helping, you’ll tell me everything,” Tempest warned.

Aria looked to Sonata; the youngest Siren nodded to her big sister. She understood, considering what they were up against, someone like this might be able to help them stop their elder sister and prevent true bloodshed from taking place. “How much time ya got? ‘Cause if you don’t want a lot of people to die, along with Shimmer, then we need to get to Equestria Land, now!”

Suri looked high and low, but she was having little luck in locating the happy couple. It was annoying, she saw so many victims, so many happy faces, and all she wanted to do was whip out Blood Sword and start turning those smiling faces into ones of pain and agony. However, she needed her revenge, her sweet revenge on Sunset Shimmer and Rarity Belle. Then she could truly cut lose on this city and the rest of the world.

“So, that’s what you truly desire? To bring pain and suffering?” Blood Sword asked.

“Of course, it is,” she replied. “Like I said, one way or another, I’m going straight to Hell when I die. And since I doubt I can take you with me, I’m game to have as much fun as I can here. Be it killing, fucking, or both at the same time, I’m free to do all kinds of shit!”

Suri was downright giddy at the prospect, she was a girl who had money and was promised a future in the fashion industry, but that only had so much power, and one could only go so high. But with the Blood Sword, she could take what she wanted, whoever she wanted, and never be stopped. However, there were some who gave her pause. Witchblade for one, she had not only ended Suri’s life, but thanks to her and two other Artifact wielders, managed to purge the Blood Sword from Sour Sweet. Which meant that if they teamed up again, she could lose her power.

“You want revenge on Sunset Shimmer, I want it on that whore, Sugarcoat. Don’t forget that.”

“Oh, I haven’t. Believe me, I’m kinda looking forward to messing with that girl before I go for the kill,” said Suri.

As Suri kept searching through the theme park, she noticed a girl, she was from the country, with her cowboy hat and matching boots. Blonde, green eyed, and freckled, the literal embodiment of a teenage country hick girl, she wasn’t going to lie, she admired her form. Toned muscles, nice curves, a fine combination of masculine and feminine, and her rear and chest were nothing to sneeze at either.

Hmm, I wouldn’t mind “playing” with her. Wonder if she’ll squeal like a pig if gut her like one?

“As much as I would like to indulge in a bit of carnage, we still have work to be done.”

Suri stood there a while longer, admiring the country girl and imagining all the twisted things she’d do to her before granting her the sweet release of death. Although, the process of getting there would be anything but sweet. She continued to stalk her for a little longer, watching her take out her cellphone and opening it.

Alright, let’s head out…real shame, hope we can find her later.

“Hey, Rarity, what’s goin’ on?”

Suri paused mid step, she quickly turned around and listened closely. Did she just speak the name of the girl whom she wished dead the most?

“…Uh-huh…Wait…She’s what?! Fucking dammit all! Ah knew that bitch was no good!” Applejack exclaimed.

“Excuse me, there are children here!” a passing by adult scolded.

“Pardon my French, but it’s an emergency, so kindly mind yer own damn business!” Applejack shot back. “Ah’m on my way, Sug!”

Suri’s eyes widened with murderous glee. “I’d say there is a God, but in this case, I’d have to thank the devil himself!”

“We’ll lose our target if we do. Just saying.”

Fuck that other Sunset Shimmer, she’s not even the one I really want to kill! This is my chance to finally take my sweet revenge on that bitch, and I’m not passing it up!

“Ah, what the hell, let’s do it!”

With little in the way of objections from the Blood Sword, Suri followed Applejack, the country girl not knowing that in rushing to her friend’s rescue, she was inadvertently bringing death right to her.

“……Repeat that again…BECAUSE I KNOW I HEARD CRAZY JUST NOW!” Adagio yelled in fury.

{Look, Sis…this wasn’t an easy decision for either of us, okay. Sonata and I are pissed off and angry about our whole situation, but…ugh…we’re just tired of the anger, the hate, and all of it. We want to go home, that’s the one thing we can all agree on. We want to go back to Equestria. Let’s just call this whole thing off and just…ugh…ask Sunset to show us how she got here.}

Adagio couldn’t believe what she was hearing right now, her own sister, Aria Blaze Dazzle, was giving up. Out of the three of them she was the stubbornest, most hostile, and bullheaded of the trio. But now she was asking Adagio to just give up? After everything they had been through thanks to Sunset Shimmer and her little group of friends?

“Have you really forgotten what all we’ve been through?! Months of whoring ourselves, bending over and getting fucked by these filthy humans, and damned to be treated as nothing more than walking cum dumpsters! Losing our magic and being stuck in these stupid bodies for the rest of our lives!” Adagio ranted. “Because I haven’t! I DEFINITELY, haven’t! We have a chance to get everything that is owed to us, and now you’re going to puss out on me?!”

There was silence from the other end of the phone for a moment before the voice of Sonata took over. {No, we haven’t, Dagi. But we just want to go home, and the only way to get there is have Sunset Shimmer tell us how she did it.}

Adagio tightened her hand around the burner phone, to the point that it was close to breaking in her grip. “I think you’ve also forgotten, but over there, we’re monsters of myth! Princess Twilight will remember us, and how long do you think it will be before we’re imprisoned by her highness and left to rot! With the Box, we’ll have the power! We’ll be able to take over Equestria like we were meant to all those thousands of years ago!”

{Dagi, I really think we’re in over our heads with that box thing, it’s way too dangerous, even for us! I don’t think we were meant to find it, and…honestly…I don’t think we should take it into Equestria! Who knows what it would do once we’re back there!}

Adagio’s eyes shifted color, from their rosy-magenta color, to a purple. “Tch…weak…the lot of you, you’re all weak! Everything I’ve done, I’ve done to protect you two! I’ve strived, fought, and sacrificed everything to keep us together, to keep us alive! And all I ask in return is that you just do as I say and trust in me! But it seems that you can’t even do that much anymore! All these years here in this world has dulled your killer instincts, and now you’re just shells of your former selves! Well to hell with you two! I don’t need you! I just need Pandora’s Box, I still have Indigo and Suri, they’ll do what has to be done! You two can take the RV and just go! I don’t care where you go, what you do, or who you do! I just don’t care anymore!”

Before a reply could be given, Adagio hung up the phone, and in a fit of rage, tossed the burner at the ground and let it smash to pieces. She then followed up with stomping on it repeatedly until even the pieces were smashed into tinier pieces. In the next moment, her rage fit subsided, and her eyes returned to their normal coloration. It was only after this she realized what she did.

“Fuuuuuuuuuuck…” Adagio groaned in annoyance. “I still needed that to call Indigo and Suri! Great…ugh…I knew I should’ve brought the spare.”

The eldest Siren took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, calming herself, Adagio began walking as she tried to figure out her next action.

“I can’t call them, and we never agreed on a place to meet up or a specified time…but we did designate a spot to bring Twilight Sparkle to, perhaps it’d be best if I go there and wait until–”

Adagio suddenly impacted against someone, toppling down to the ground, rear first. The Siren hissed as she rubbed her tailbone, realizing the irony of not having a tail anymore. When Adagio looked up to see who it was that got in her way she was stunned. On the ground across from her was none other than Sunset Shimmer, she was wearing sunglasses, a cap, and bandanna, all three of which had come undone the moment they bumped into each other, allowing the former unicorn’s long fiery hair to come cascading down. Her outfit was different from the one they spotted earlier, and the expression on this Sunset’s face made it look like she recognized her. But then that meant…

“Sunset…Shimmer?!”

“Adagio Dazzle?!” Sunset exclaimed.

Both girls slowly got back to their feet, never once taking their eyes off the other, whether it was out of a sense of danger or because this was the first time seeing each other since the Battle of the Bands was unclear in this moment.

“Uh…hey…Adagio,” Sunset greeted, awkwardly. “Um…long time no see?”

Adagio’s eyes narrowed with barely contained rage. “I should be asking why you’re here, but I honestly could give two shits! This is just perfect. Everyone gets what they want today. I want you to listen to me, and listen good, Shimmer.” Adagio slid her backpack off and opened it slowly. “There’s something I want from you, and you’re going to give it to me.”

Sunset narrowed her own gaze, readying herself for a fight with lead Siren. “If it’s regarding your magic, I’m sorry, but I have no way to return it to you. I know how frustrating it can be living in this world without your magic, but–”

“Did you ever whore yourself out?”

Sunset blinked. “Excuse me?”

“Did you ever have to sell your body to complete strangers? To let them violate you night after night for money, just to survive in this damned world?!” Adagio inquired.

Sunset shook her head, her mind trying to process what she was being asked. “W-Wait…are you saying that…after the Battle of the Bands…you went and became prostitutes?!” To her credit, Sunset looked genuinely shocked by this information. “Adagio…I…I had no idea…after the battle…you and your sisters, you just vanished. I did try and look for you, but you were nowhere!”

Now it was Adagio’s turn to look shocked. “You…You actually tried to look for us? Tch, no doubt so you could take us to the police or have that alicorn nerd put us in prison back in Equestria!”

Sunset looked away for a moment, she couldn’t deny that that might have happened, but knowing Princess Twilight’s streak for redemption and forgiveness, she doubted it. “No, I wanted to look for you because I wanted to help you. You’re just like me.”

“WE’RE NOTHING ALIKE!” Adagio exclaimed.

“We’re the same in the aspect that we both want what we think we deserve, and that we’ll do anything to get it. Hurt others, lie, cheat, scheme, steal, whatever it takes to be at the top and to be feared and revered. But that’s a road that only leads to destruction, for yourself and those around you,” said Sunset. “I wanted to help you; the way Princess Twilight helped me! I never wanted that to happen to you!”

Adagio’s glare settled a bit, her eyes lowering as she let Sunset’s words sink in. Was she really about to come and help them that night? To offer them safe shelter and warm food? No…No! I won’t grovel to this bitch, not after coming this far! “It doesn’t matter, fact remains is that we lost our magic because of you! We’ve spent hundreds of years in this forsaken human world, trapped in these bodies, and forced to wander the world, from one conflict to another, feeding on the negative energy like a trio of parasites! We were once proud creatures, but now we’re less than nothing here! So, I’m going to make you tell me how you came here from Equestria!”

Sunset raised an eyebrow. “And why do you want to know that?”

“To go home! We’re tired of being in this world! I can’t fathom the reason you’re still here! But maybe that’s because you haven’t been here as long as my sisters and me! Because after the first two hundred years, it starts to get irksome! Now, tell me, how did you get here?!”

Sunset crossed her arms and sighed. “I came here through a magic mirror in Equestria, enchanted by Star Swirl the Bearded.”

Figures that old fart would’ve made that.

“Before the Battle of the Bands, the portal could only open once every thirty moons and would remain open for only three days.”

“Thirty moons?! For three days?!” Adagio panicked, that meant they’d be stuck here way longer, possibly into adulthood before they could return to Equestria. “Wait…you said before the Battle of the Bands, you’re saying something changed?”

Sunset nodded. “Princess Twilight figured out a way to stabilize the portal from her end, so now she can open and close it at will and keep it open for as long as is needed.”

“Then tell me where it is!” Adagio demanded.

“I will, but only after you tell me about whatever scheme you have cooked up. I know you didn’t come here without one, and I’m getting a bad feeling right now,” said Sunset.

Adagio’s glare softened into one of evil mirth, “You’re right, I do have a plan. Part of it was to capture you and force you to tell us how to get back to Equestria. And by force, I mean I’m going to torture you in every possible way, keeping you alive long enough to tell me what I want to know!”

Despite the threat, Sunset looked unfazed. “I get it, you want to hurt me for taking something away that meant everything to you, your voices and your magic. I’m really sorry, but you were going to hurt a lot of people, you left us no choice!” Sunset’s gaze zeroed in on the backpack and she sighed again. “I’m going to go ahead and warn you right now, if you have a knife or a gun, I really suggest not using it. I’m not the same girl you battled against all those months ago.”

Adagio paused but shook it off. “Oh, it’s nothing so mundane as mortal weapon.” The yellow, curly haired Siren slowly brought her hand out of the backpack and revealed Pandora’s Box to Sunset Shimmer. Strangely enough, Adagio noticed that the metal of the bracelet on Sunset’s right wrist seemed to ripple, and the ruby gemstone glowed a little. “This is called Pandora’s Box, a nasty little ancient artifact. The moment I sing, every single human within listening range will suffer a horrible death. I literally have many hostages walking around.”

Sunset widened her stance in preparation to attack. “So, all you have to do is sing to make that work? ……I guess that means I just have to knock that out of your hands, or, the more painful option, break your jaw. Please don’t make me have to choose option two.”

Adagio released the backpack and held Pandora’s Box between her hands. “You could, Shimmer, you could. But then, I’m not the only one you should be concerning yourself with.”

Sunset’s gaze narrowed, becoming more serious. “What the hell do you mean by that?!”

Suddenly, a great, fiery explosion caught their attention. It took place on the other side of the park, but the flaming plume could be seen even from the distance they were at. Right after that explosion, a giant wall of ice sprouted up to push back against the flames, followed up by several more explosions and breaking ice.

Sunset looked back to Adagio and yelled, “What did you do?!”

A purple aura started to emanate from Pandora’s Box as Adagio stroked the top it, smiling wickedly the whole time as she said, “I had some friends come with me, friends who have a grudge against you, and your ‘sister’.”