"I am very excited that you decided to accept our offer." Nurse Redheart said very eagerly as she drove to the street corner where Adagio had requested them to meet. It was a rather gloomy day, with rain pouring over the landscape, giving it a rather murky air to it. Redheart, herself being quite the exceptional psychiatrist, was eagerly waiting for who she hoped could advance to become her protégé. Adagio, talking a mile a minute,

"You have no idea how much this means to me. I was almost getting prepared to just accept that I was going to be homeless and miserable for the rest of my life. This is a dream come true for me. I had no idea that the place also doubled as a homeless shelter." Adagio said as Redheart was approaching the place. A couple of left turns later, Redheart had made it, where Adagio was waiting patiently.

"Oh, there you are, I will hang up now. Do you see the white Cadillac to your left?" Redheart proclaimed. Adagio, after putting the cell phone back in her bag, heard the horn emanating from said Cadillac. Adagio, with a beaming grin on her face, approached the vehicle with great anticipation. She then got to the vehicle, opened the now-unlocked door and jumped inside.

"Oh my god! I cannot believe that I am getting to do this. I have always been such an avid researcher of psychology." Adagio said with tons of anticipation on her face. Psychology had been her favorite course, which resulted in the exceptional grades she got in those classes. She was very gifted with the knowledge of the mind which she had yearned to learn after her sister, Sonata's mental breakdown after the Dazzlings disbanded. Once she had learned the courses, she had wanted to see her sister again, in hopes of figuring out what had triggered her degradation into insanity. For all of the years, she had used to search for her, she had made little progress. Now, finally, after all this time, she would not only be able to use this opportunity in order to make her life a hell of a lot easier, with the constant supply of money, food, and had having quite the place as a shelter for her, she would also be able to secure the research and knowledge to uncover what had happened to Sonata all that time ago.

"Now I am just going to warn you right here right now, the patients housed in this place e can get a little jumpy when it comes to new members of our little family." Redheart said, with a tinge of worry on her face.

"They do not seem to like it when things change all of a sudden, it breaks their focus. It is also liable to make them agitated." Redheart concluded.

"Oh, you will not need to worry about my safety. There will probably be nothing to worry about. I have used almost 4 years of study in order to do something like this. I am sure as hell not going to waste it just sitting around and crying over my misfortunes like a certain sister of mine did." Adagio interjected with a look of displeasure on her face at the mentioning of her sister. She did not like to mention her good-for-nothing older sister, Aria Blaze, who had squandered their efforts in order to achieve fame only for herself. This rash decision had resulted in her life rapidly spiraling out of control until she had become homeless and destitute, struggling to eat even the simplest of meals. Her arrogance had ruined her life, and the same type of arrogance had almost ruined Adagio's life too, had it not been for this golden window of opportunity that had come to knock on her door. This was her way of showing up her snobbish sister who thought that she was superior to everyone else, even her other sisters. With this opportunity, maybe she would earn huge profits from this and be able to prove to Aria that she really did not know anything about them at all

"As a breath of relief for you, not all of the patients living at the facility are dangerous. Actually, most of them are quite harmless around the staff and others. We keep the dangerous ones away from the others. You, fortunately, will probably not have to deal with them during your time here. You can see them if you request it, but we will not force you to do so." Redheart exclaimed, with an air of sheer passion and appreciation for the safety of her fellow employees.

"Do not worry, I will be fine. With everything that I have learned through class and from what I intend to gain from this experience, I promise that I will be more than ready to accomplish this task, you have my word." Adagio proclaimed with a look of sincerity and triumph on her face. She knew that with this miracle, she would be able to carve out her future with no setbacks to get in the way. This would enable her to be able to finally find her long-lost sister and be able to reclaim the years they had lost.

"Alright, new girl, here we are. Welcome to the Canterlot Home for the Mentally Deranged". Redheart said with a beaming smile on her face. The shining metal gates of the gigantic complex opened up, and Adagio proceeded to take her eager first steps toward what she hoped was a more lucrative career and a better life ahead of her.

Author's Note

Sorry for the slow chapter, I'm trying to take this story one step at a time. Chapter 2 will be published either tomorrow or Saturday.

Hope you guys enjoy what I've come up with so far. This chapter is mainly about giving character development towards Adagio and Redheart's budding friendship.

Can't wait to impress you guys tomorrow. I promise that Chapter 2 will give you guys a taste of what's to come.