Author's Note

’Till Death Do Us Part...

The following chapter includes sexual themes.

Intermission I - Knock Knock (TBR)

White.

White was everywhere, practically omnipresent. As far as the eye could see, nay, comprehend. The floor was white, the sky was white, it was like sitting in the vastest field during a blizzard, only it could no longer be recognized as part of the Earth.

All this is what Noah saw as he tiredly opened his eyes and sat up. He felt weightless and even graceful as he stood upon his feet.

He stared ahead of him, all white. He stared above, all white. Just as he was to turn around, he heard a gut-wrenching voice, one that tormented his nightmares of the unknown.

"Congratulations outsider, you did it."
Noah jerked around as fast as he could to find a bizarre yet evil sight, Adagio Dazzle.

Noah's blood ran cold, "You, I put an end to you! What the hell are you doing alive?!"

"Don't worry, I'm dead. You didn't just take my energy after all, you burnt me alive. Worst pain I, and both of my sisters, have ever felt for the thousands of years we were alive."

Noah glared at Adagio, she only stared back. "What is this place?" Adagio looked away, "It's your head, your mind. Your dream, or your nightmare. Doesn't matter to me. But it's more specifically designated as Siren Hell."

"Siren Hell? Were there other sirens besides you three?" Adagio fidgeted with her fingers, "There used to, but they're all extinct as of two weeks ago, or at least I assume."

Noah examined the area, "Why is it called Siren Hell? And why is it in my head?" Adagio let her fingers go, "When we die, the souls of a siren enter the dreams of our slayer, you, until the day they die. Once that comes, we will cease to exist."

"Go on..." Noah replied, and Adagio continued, "Here, you have the ability to do whatever you want, primarily to us. Slash us, gut us, suffocate us, drown us, paralyze us, even rape us. Whatever you can think of, can be done here."

"Jesus Christ, guess you're really fucked, aren't you? But... where are your sisters?" Adagio answered, "I dropped here with Aria, but after a while, she just upped and walked away. The human brain is relatively small, so she'll end up back here in presumably less than an hou-ahh!"

Adagio was interrupted by a sharp cut against her midsection. She fell back and clenched it agonizingly. "Holy shit, it does work! I didn't even lift a finger..."

Noah neared Adagio and lifted her shirt. One long red scar rested upon Adagio's abdomen, clear as day. She winced as he felt it up, "This is fuckin’ astonishing! Lucid dreams really do exist..."

"Yes! I know! It's real! Just let me finish, then you can do whatever!" Noah let go of Adagio's shirt and she scooted away from him.

Once she was at a reasonable distance, she continued. "But... we didn't see Sonata anywhere. Maybe she was sent somewhere else, or maybe-"

"She's not dead. That must've been why only one of the pendants remained. Fuck me! How in the hell am I supposed to find her..."

Adagio looked up, "She's still in Canterlot City. Without me, or even Aria, she doesn't know what to do."

Noah tilted his head, "Why... why would you tell me?" Adagio replied, "Because I don't want her to suffer alone. Even if we must pay for our mistakes, we should do that together. As sisters."

"Okay, well, how'd you know?" Adagio eyed the floor, "When our slayer isn't sleeping, we spend our time watching our fellow sirens. Since Sonata is the only siren left, she's the only one we see." Noah nodded and crossed his arms.

He eyed Adagio, she had reached an all-time low. Not only were her powers taken, but she was also obliterated and damned to live the rest of her life being tortured until she ultimately didn't exist anymore. He kinda felt bad.

"You know why you're here, right?" She nodded, "I was a bad person, even though I had no choice."

"Oh cry me a river, you did have a choice! You always had a choice! And if that meant you had to die instead of uncountable amounts of innocent people, then you should've known what to do! I get it, it was unfair, but life's a bitch! We have to get over it! At least if you died, you'd get to go to heaven or whatever for not taking a life, but you've taken billions!"

"How were we supposed to know!?"

"The fuck you mean how were you supposed to know?! Nigga, you think ruining lives is justified by you and your sisters being able to live!? You're three sirens on a planet that has had hundreds of billions of people living on it! And you've only been there for one millennium! Imagine the number of lives you've taken back in that Equestria place!"

"I... we..." Adagio teared up and Noah stomped, "Face it, you were in the wrong from the very beginning! And now, you're fucked beyond recognition."

"We just... don't hurt us, we have nothing left," Adagio whispered, and Noah froze. "You... you know damn well you can't just die and expect nothing to happen."

"Then let us change! We'd rather do anything then cease to exist! Please! There must be something I can do at least! I can be your sex toy!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, stop! That is-no! You don't fuck your slayer, you fear them! Good God! I mean... yeah you got cake but, no. That's not happening in a million years."

"Then something, anything!" Noah stared as Adagio begged. "What happened to relaxed and apathetic Adagio? Was that just a fake or something?"

"No, I just... I haven't been able to think straight ever since I reached this place. I just... I'm sorry. I wish I just... when I was born, I didn't care for others but, when I reached this place I... the feelings just flooded me, and I bet they did the same to Aria. Not only that but I hear them."

"Who the hell is them?" Adagio held her shoulders as she sat up. "The victims we murdered, even the ones we manipulated. They keep sobbing and screaming and arguing in my head, I can't take it anymore! You don't know what it's like to hear so many people all at once cursing you out."

"You dropped a building on everyone I knew and loved. The feeling is mutual." Adagio looked away, "I just... I don't know what to do anymore..."

Noah eyed Adagio once again. A single tear had found its way down her cheek as he watched her sit and stare.

Adagio and her sisters are the cause for so many horrors occurring on Earth. Which means, nobody really knows whether or not certain people can change, or be redeemed.

Noah thought about Sunset. He knew she'd try to forgive the Sirens and what not similar to how he forgave her.

"Maybe you can change, perhaps even be forgiven, but it won't go without pain." Adagio frowned, and Noah continued, "I will find your sister, and do what I'll do. You will find Aria and bring her back. If she isn't here the next time I'm here..."

Adagio yelped as Noah yanked her hair forward with his god-like powers. "You can say goodbye to your hair."

"Okay, okay, I got it!" Noah released his grip on Adagio's hair and crossed his arms.

"Okay, so... how the hell do I get out of here?" Adagio replied whilst rubbing her hair, "Just close your eyes and wish to wake up."

"Thank you, don't forget what I said." Noah did as she instructed and he began to feel dizzy. The room around him shook and leaned as he kept his eyes closed. Within a minute or so, he opened his eyes again to find himself in his bed.

Well... that's a thing now...

Noah opened the microwave and pulled out a plate with two flat pastries that tasted like sweet cinnamon.

"The power of God, Dog, can you imagine? This last month has just been marvelous. What's next? Sunset shows up at my door?"

McFly laid on one of the couches nearby and continued to watch the dog show Noah put on. "Oi, Dog, bark damn you."

Doing what Noah asked, McFly shot up from the couch and barked as loud as he could. "Dog, I was just joking. Fuckin' relax-"

McFly completely disregarded him as he sprinted towards the front door and continued barking. Noah knew exactly what he meant, but he was dumbfounded.

"I didn't order anything, and I'm positive nobody knows I even live here except my boys..."

Feeling anxious and unsettled, Noah opened one of the drawers and grabbed a white Glock Eighteen stuck to the roof of it.

He approached the door, Bravo Six style, and readied his weapon.

He unlocked the door, pushed McFly back, and swung it open whilst aiming at whoever was behind the door.

"Who the hell-" Noah was instantly rendered speechless as he recognized who came knocking.

It was Sunset.

"Uh... hello?" Sunset greeted as she held her hands up to the sky. Noah slowly lowered the gun at the petrified Sunset and shouted.

"How in the hell did you know I lived here?!" Sunset gently pulled out her phone and opened contacts. "You made me a favorite so, I-I could see your location... I uh... did you not know that?"

"No, no, I know that. I guess I just forgot... what brings you here?" Sunset fiddled with her fingers and searched her head for an answer. "I... um... I just thought that... like... I could... you know. I... Okay, you got me, I don't know why I came over."

"I mean, I ain't got anything on my list for today so..." Noah noticed a small smile find its way onto Sunset's face. "Can I come in? I mean, McFly doesn't seem to mind."

Noah peeked down at his feet to see McFly wasn't barking or hiding. Instead, he was sniffing her.

"McFly, get the fuck in house. You can't go around smelling people nigga." Doing as he was told, McFly promptly entered the house and sat at Noah's feet.

"Well... yeah, sure. Come on in." Noah opened and held the door open for Sunset as she entered.

He thought to himself, I don't know what you're playing at God, but you better not fuck me over dude... I-I mean, if you feel like it, I guess, but c'mon man, don't be like that... wait... was I blushing? Goddamnit!

Noah dropped the thought and closed the door to find Sunset in the living room. "Well, this is nice," she spoke up.

Noah cleared his throat, "Yeah, so uh, I gotta go take a bath so... Just, relax on the couch or whatever. Don't do anything stupid, and we'll be all good."

Sunset nodded and took a seat. "Okay, pretty sure I can do that. How long will you be gone?" Noah pulled out his phone to check the time. "Give me twenty minutes."

"Twenty minutes? That sounds a little long for a bath..." Noah scratched his head, "Well, I am a dude after all so... you know..."

"You know what?" Noah's face changed once again from normal to unadulterated stupefaction. "Let's just leave it at that... pure-ass bacon-haired bitch..."

Noah left the living room and began upstairs leaving Sunset and McFly to themselves. Sunset looked around the room and frowned, "There's no way I'm just gonna stay here. I wonder what he has..."

Waiting to hear the door close to the bathroom, Sunset observed the living room. It was a warm cozy everyday living room with a nice coat of white all over. Two loveseats and one couch. In between all that was a white coffee table.

Behind the couch was a burgundy dining room table surrounded by similar burgundy dining room chairs. Just next to that was a tidy and stainless kitchen, the clean dishes still looked somewhat wet meaning they were done a while ago.

Noah somehow found a house that has all three activity centers in a right next to each other. Looking down at McFly, who laid at her feet, Sunset realized there's a lot of things she didn't know about him.

She flinched when she heard the closing of a bathroom door, Noah was finally gone. Silently, Sunset stood up and began upstairs, McFly following closely yet cautiously behind.

Sunset reached the top of the stairs to find five rooms, a bathroom, and a closet. "Wait, why would he have five rooms? Do others live here?"

Sunset opened the first door to her right to find a blue room with a bed, a dresser, a closet, and two windows. She entered and quickly found a sign on top of the closet.

Manex. These rooms were for Noah's friends, or as they called themselves, the Black Five, whenever they came over.

Sunset giggled, "What an odd name... then again, our band is named the Rainbooms."

Sunset checked each of the rooms to find the same layout, sometimes flipped or with a different coat of paint. Sunset opened the fifth door to find a master bedroom.

The walls wore a pristine coat of white and the bed had fluffy white covers. Sunset lifted the covers to find and feel soft white sheets and delicate pillows. "What's with all of this white? Wait... what's this sock doing here?"

In the middle of the bed laid a single white sock, but something was off. Sunset lifted the sock and waved it around. It was moist, not soaked, but moist regardless.

"I should probably leave this alone..." Sunset dubiously sniffed the sock despite what she told herself. She took another whiff and found herself bewildered, yet overwrought by the stench.

"Wait... ’I'm a dude?' Did he mean... oh sweet Celestia, that is disgusting!" Sunset dropped the sock and stepped away.

Sunset turned to Noah's nightstand. It was also white and contained three drawers.

Curious, Sunset bent down and opened the first draw. She found Noah's gift, his chrome Desert Eagle, laying on its side.

It was unloaded and the slide was pulled back. Sunset closed that drawer and opened the second drawer to find something heartbreaking.

Littered all across the drawer's floor were hundreds of photos. Friends and Family photos.

Sunset picked up the first one she saw and instantly felt remorse. It was a picture of Noah and his siblings at a water park.

She picked up another, a picture of Noah and a group of boys and girls alike at a monument that looked like a tall, white, and square pillar with a pyramid on top.

She picked up another to find Noah's entire family at a beach. "Dear Celestia... his life was..." Sunset stopped speaking when she noticed a photo that really caught her eye.

She picked up a photo of Noah and a black girl laying under a tree during sundown. The picture had a heart drawn on it with the name, "Sierra" above the girl's head.

"His life was perfect..."

Sunset looked up above the bed, Noah was still bathing. She decided to take the photo and two others that contained Noah's friends and family. She put the photos in her jacket pocket and closed the drawer.

Sunset stared at the third drawer, "Wonder what's in here..." Sunset pulled open the third drawer and found something that left herself at a loss for words.

A noose.

Sunset picked up the noose, it was large and durable, almost like he bought it from somewhere. It wasn't exactly long, but it also wasn't short.

From the length of it, Sunset believed it would most likely be used on a tree or a spacious living room ceiling fan.

When she lifted the noose up and out of the drawer to inspect it further, Sunset found a note beneath, it read:

-To whom it may concern...

I want my family back. I want my friends back. I want her back. Someone took them from me, but I don't know who. It wasn't the terrorists, It was someone greater. I know I'll never find them, so I've decided to just give up. I always thought suicide was a pathetic and weak thing to do, yet here I am, hanging from the tree that I was supposed to bend down on one knee. Well, it was a good run. At least until they dropped a building on everyone I held dear.

-With my dying breath, Noah ~~Christian~~ Rictorshine

Sunset dropped the note and felt her heart race.

"He was going to kill himself..."

She inspected the note further and found on the back of it was a doctor's note. He had been diagnosed with anger issues and suicidal inclinations. He would scream at everyone and had to be watched when taking medicine.

Sunset remembered when he told her about everything. She knew his life was rough but, this was something else entirely. The doctor's note seemed to have been written three years ago when he first arrived in Equis.

"He must've kept the noose as a last resort. Did his friends know about this? Did the doctors know? How... how could he suffer so much?"

Sunset stared at the noose. She couldn't let this stand. She hurried downstairs, careful not to make Noah aware of her presence, and searched his kitchen drawers.

"Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, yes!"

Sunset opened the fourth drawer to find the silverware. Above it all was a separate section that held sharper knives.

Sunset grabbed the first one she could find, closed the drawer, and rushed back upstairs to Noah's room.

She reached the room and returned to the drawer. She picked up the noose and began cutting it in certain places. She didn't want it to be noticeable, so she only cut the pieces until they were on their last strand.

Once she finished cutting, Sunset shoved the noose back into its spot in the drawer with the note underneath. She closed the drawer and slowly stood up.

"Hopefully that does it... and hopefully he doesn't resort to other things." Sunset knew she couldn't get rid of every way for Noah to kill himself, so she just hoped he would do the right thing.

Looking at her phone, Sunset found that Noah should've finished bathing ten minutes ago.

"What the..." Sunset exited Noah's room and knocked on the bathroom door. "Hey, Noah? You okay in there? It's been thirty minutes." Sunset's heart started racing immediately when she didn't hear him respond.

Of all people, Noah would've responded instantly to her. So when she didn't hear a single peep, Sunset grew worried. "Noah? Come on, don't be like this!" No answer.

Sunset started sweating, Did he drown himself?! Wha... Why isn't he responding?! Sunset thought that he might've had headphones on, but he would've felt the knocking at least.

Maybe he just fell asleep? Even if he did, Sunset didn't want to take any chances after seeing that noose. She knocked once more... nothing.

Feeling like her heart was about to detonate, Sunset barged through the door and prepared to shout, she instead froze in place and grew as red as a cherry.

Sunset forgot the most important thing about bathing, Noah was nude. "Oh... oh sweet Celestia..."

He was still alive as Sunset could see Noah's shallow breaths. "He's a heavy sleeper... of course he is."

Luckily for her, Noah laid on his side against the right tub wall, so she couldn't see his... features. But instead of feeling relieved, Sunset felt... disappointed. Not at him of course, but at the chances.

Sunset felt hot as a thought popped into her head. He's asleep, and he's nude. All it would take to see what he has is looking over... no! I can't do that! It's wrong! B-But... just the thought i-it's... overwhelming.

Sunset took one step forward, careful not to wake him up. She took another step, even more careful. "Forgive me, Noah's god." Sunset took one last step forward and she practically burned alive.

Sunset stared at it with desperate eyes. "What the... it's... it's huge!" Sunset feasted her eyes on Noah's package. "I can't even... how? How is it... is it because he's an outsider?"

Stepping back and rubbing her chest with one hand, Sunset pulled out her phone and instantly went to camera as she felt a certain feeling build in her pants.
"I-I'll just... I'll just take this p-photo and ask o-online about it... I... w-well... maybe s-something else..."

Sunset took another step forward and bent down. "No... n-no I can't d-do this... w-well... fuck it!

Sunset gripped Noah's gift and stroked it just a bit. When he didn't wake up or even flinch, Sunset smiled and undid her pants.

Sorry Noah, but it’s your fault for being annoying yet attractive at the same time.

Noah opened his eyes to find himself still in the bathtub. "W-What the hell? Oh shit, I fell asleep?! Goddamnit!"

Noah rushed out of the bathtub and quickly wrapped his towel around his waist.
He opened the door as fast as he could and ran to his room to get dressed.

"Sunset, if you're still here, I'm sorry! My blackass fell-"

Noah was rendered speechless instantly when he opened the door of his room to find Sunset fast asleep in his bed... "What... what in the name of Black Jesus?"

Noah quietly approached Sunset and whispered, "Sunset? You up? And if you are, what the fuck are you doing in my bed?" No answer.

Sunset really was asleep in his bed.
Noah was so focused on Sunset, that he didn't notice her pants and panties laying on the floor next to her until he took another step. "Holy hell, why is she not wearing any pants?"

Noah had a certain thought pop into his head, "Nope, not going to Hell." He took a deep breath and shouted, "Sunset! Wake the fuck up!" Sunset freaked and sat up against the headboard.

She hyperventilated and searched the room for who shouted and perhaps the most embarrassed face in history sat upon Sunset's face as she grew incredibly red.

"Oh... h-hi Noah."

"Kid, let's go back and forth real quick." Noah cleared his throat and Sunset itched her head.

"You're in my bed."

"Yeah."

"Under my covers."

"Yeah."

"Under my sheets."

"Yeah."

"Lying on my favorite pillow."

"Yeah."

"With no pants on."

"...yeah."

"Sunset..."

"Yeah?"

"What in God's name are you doing in my bed with no pants on."

Noah stared with incredibly disconcerted and weirded-out eyes as Sunset sweated as if she was out in the hottest desert known to man for years. She fiddled with her fingers.

"I-I just... you know how some p-people prefer to sleep w-with no pants on a-and whatnot. It j-just so happens that I'm one o-of those people... It has n-nothing to do with your b-bed specifically. A-And I'm being s-serious about that."

Noah crossed his arms, "Sunset, if you touched yourself in my bed, I swear to God." Sunset panicked, "No! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! I was tired and I slept! I-I'd never do that! That's p-perverted!"

"Yeah, it is. Now, don't get me wrong, finding you in my bed with no pants on is hot as hell. Perhaps in another world, I'd just have sex with you right then and there.”

Sunset froze so firmly, it appeared she had stopped breathing entirely.

"But that's another world, not this one. Now before this gets any more awkward than it already is, put your pants on and get out of my damn bed. My phone says it's been... eight hours? Jesus fuckin' Christ, it's six in the evening..."

Sunset gaped as she returned to Equis, "Seriously? I guess I needed more sleep than I thought. Sorry for sleeping in your bed. I'm even more sorry for doing it without pants. Your bed is just so comfortable."

Noah eyed Sunset as she grabbed her pants, "Yeah, it's one of the reasons I purchased this house. But mostly for the white. White, everywhere. It's kind of ironic considering I'm black."

"Speaking of which," Sunset began, "What do you mean exactly when you say, black? Are there only a few other colors where you come from? Do different colors define others?"

Noah scratched his head, "Well, black is a term for African American. African Americans are an ethnic group of Americans that relate to any of the black racial groups of Africa."

Sunset stood up and out of the bed, "What's Africa?" Noah smiled, "It's my ancestors' home. The second-largest continent in the world and is the second most populated, from what I remember at least."

"Okay, so, what does that have to do with you being brown? Er, black?" Noah shrugged, "To be honest, I've no goddamn clue why our skin color is brown and black. Maybe it has to do with our country being really hot or something. Hell if I know."

Sunset sat on the bed, "So, African Americans are like a species?" Noah rubbed the back of his head, "Jesus Christ, look, African Americans are not a species. They are a race within humanity. That includes you, and everyone else in this country."

"There are three main races, maybe more, my head hurts. Caucasian, white people, Negro, black people, Asian, yellow people... or is it just white people with different eyes? I don't know the other scientific terms, but there's more. When you're a long way from home for three years, your memory kinda starts to fade away."

Sunset tilted her head, "What are white people?" Noah took a seat on the bed, "Well, white people are pretty similar to people here so, no difference there. Black people have three sides: Ghetto, my friends, Upstanding, all of whom I know are dead, and both, yours truly."

"As for Asians, I don't know much about them besides their stereotypes and odd entertainment. Without a doubt, there's more to them, but I don't know them as much as I know white people so... sorry."

"As for specific colors, the white people usually come in... well... shades of white. Alongside that, they come in darker and tanner versions of the color as well. Black, on the other hand, is much darker. Like I already said, I don't know why, but we just are."

"And Asians... well... Asians have the same skin color as white people, but they can also mix with blacks. But the most different visual is their eyes. Does that answer your questions, because I've got stuff to do."

Sunset smirked, "Okay, what type of things? I mean, you did just wake up from an eight-hour nap. What could you have missed that was so important."

"Sunset, I'm fuckin' hungry. Unless you know how to cook and shit, then you can see why I need to get started on dinner. Last time I went to sleep on an empty stomach, I woke up at like four in the morning from a horrible stomach ache."

"Oh... wait, you know how to cook?" Noah grinned a bit, "Yeah, I know a little something-something about cooking. Learned it from watching my mom. You know, before a building was dropped on her."

"Well, that's different. I don't think I've ever met a boy who could cook. I don't think anyone has. If you like anyone in this school, you should use that to your advantage." Noah tilted his head, "You think so?"

"I know so. Girls like a boy who can cook. It doesn't have to be gourmet, but it does have to be more than heating up a hot pocket or some nuggets.”

"Seems legit. Do you want some? Because if you do, you're helping. I don't let girls sleep in my bed, ass hanging out for eight-hours, and then make them dinner."

Sunset smiled, embarrassed. "Yeah, that sounds about right. By the way, is it normal for McFly to sit and stare outside the back door? Because when I went downstairs-, I-I mean, sat downstairs, he just stayed there and stared."

Noah may have been less than normally intelligent at times and not very good at high school math, but he was no idiot.

He instantly caught wind of Sunset's stutter and internally hit his head on the wall. Great. Something to keep me up at night. Fan-fuckin'-tastic.

"Uh, yeah. He does that sometimes. He's a very paranoid dog. I'd get him help and all, but getting him groomed is already difficult enough."

Sunset nodded, "Makes sense. So, should we go make that dinner now?"
"Yeah, we should."

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