The weekend had arrived, offering the Dazzlings a rare opportunity to relax before the chaos of their packed schedule. Between soccer practice and finals looming just around the corner, the three sisters—Adagio, Aria, and Sonata—knew their free time would soon be scarce. Determined to make the most of the day, they decided to spend it together, exploring Canterlot and enjoying the calm before the storm.

Adagio led the group, her confident stride setting the pace. "Let's make today count," she said, glancing over her shoulder at her sisters. "Who knows when we'll get another chance like this?"

"Agreed," Aria said, stretching her arms over her head. "But if we don’t stop for snacks soon, I’m revolting."

Sonata grinned, skipping beside her sisters. "Snacks, exploring, and maybe some shopping! It's gonna be the best day ever!"

The trio laughed as they wandered through Canterlot’s streets, chatting and window-shopping. Eventually, their path led them to the front of Canterlot High School. It felt weird but for some reason, the girls felt driven to come to the school. Just then the girls' geodes started to shine.

“Why are we here?” Aria asked, frowning. "And why are our geodes acting up again?"

“I don’t know,” Adagio admitted, folding her arms. “But it’s weird that we feel connected to stay here despite it being a weekend?”

Before they could turn back, a voice called out from the shadows near the school entrance. “Well, isn’t this convenient?” The Dazzlings turned to see Dawnshine stepping into view. Her eyes blazed with fury, and her posture radiated hostility.

"Dawnshine?" Sonata asked, tilting her head. The three sisters stayed close to one another, unaware of what Dawnshine was going to do or had planned. Sonata looked and noticed something hanging from Dawnshine's neck. "Hey! That's a geode just like ours!" Adagio and Aria looked closer and sure enough, Dawnshine had somehow gotten her hands on a geode as well.

"How long have you had that geode for? Did you find it in Everfree Forest like we did?" Aria questioned. Just then Dawnshine's geode sparked and glowed menacingly as Dawnshine's eyes glowed. "Something isn't right. Dawnshine! What's wrong?

“Don’t act like you care,” Dawnshine snapped. “You have everything—friends, talent, respect, a family! And what do I have? Nothing!” The sisters exchanged concerned glances. Was this why Dawnshine was so mean? Because she was jealous of the Dazzlings because they had something she didn't?

“Look, Dawnshine,” Adagio began, stepping forward, “I don’t know what you think we’ve done to upset you, but—”

“Don’t play innocent with me!” Dawnshine interrupted. Her hand shot to her neck, where a glowing geode hung on a chain. “I’m done watching you three steal the spotlight. With this, I’ll finally get what I deserve!”

The geode’s glow intensified, and a wave of energy burst from Dawnshine, cracking the pavement beneath her. The Dazzlings staggered back, shielding themselves from the shockwave. A ball of energy surrounded Dawnshine, engulfing her in it as she smirked and let the power take over.

“What power!” Aria shouted over the roar of energy.

“You can feel it from here!” Adagio said, her voice tense. When the wave of energy subsided the Dazzlings were in shock to see what was once Dawnshine, now a devilish monster standing before them. The Dazzlings gasped, no longer did Dawnshine stand, now stood someone completely different.

The monster looked at its new form and smiled, feeling the power it had within. "I can feel the power coursing through my veins! This is what I've wanted my whole life! A body worthy of my power! No longer is Dawnshine, for now, I am Eclipse Dawnshine! The new and improved Dawnshine that has no flaws! The Dawnshine that will stand at the top of the world with an iron fist!" The monster then looked at the Dazzlings. "The Dawnshine that will defeat you!" Without warning, Dawnshine sent a blast of magic hurtling toward them. Aria and Sonata leaped into action, dodging the attack and moving to counter.

“Stay back, Adagio!” Aria called, launching herself at Dawnshine. “You don’t have powers yet!”

Adagio clenched her fists, frustration welling up inside her as she watched her sisters take on the fight without her.

Aria and Sonata worked together, dodging and weaving as they tried to disarm Dawnshine. Sonata’s agility allowed her to keep Dawnshine distracted while Aria went in for direct attacks. using her screaming powers to her advantage But Dawnshine’s geode amplified her strength and speed, making her a formidable opponent. Adagio nearly fainted when Dawnshine let out a blast that chipped Sonata's shoulder, making the poor girl wince in pain.

“You can’t stop me!” Dawnshine shouted, sending a shockwave that knocked both Aria and Sonata to the ground.

Adagio took a step forward, her instincts screaming at her to help. But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t summon her powers. She could only hope that her sisters could hold their own against Dawnshine. 'Cmon powers, I need you!'

Meanwhile, across town at Sugarcube Corner, the Rainbooms were gathered, enjoying their weekend together. It had been a while since the seven had all been together so they decided to have a friendly gathering to catch up.

Pinkie Pie suddenly froze, her whole body trembling. “Uh-oh,” she said, her eyes wide.

“What is it, Pinkie?” Sunset asked, concern crossing her face.

“My Pinkie Sense is tingling!” Pinkie exclaimed as she shook in place. “Something bad is happening!” Pinkie looked over at Sunset with worry. “The girls are in trouble! They’re at Canterlot High!”

The group didn’t hesitate. Although they never understood Pinkie's oddness, and probably never would, they knew better than to question it as it was always spot on. Grabbing their geodes, they rushed out of Sugarcube Corner and raced to Canterlot High to help the Dazzlings with whatever the situation was.

Back at the school, the battle raged on. Dawnshine had taken control of the fight, her blasts of magic forcing Aria and Sonata to stay on the defensive.

“You’re nothing without your precious magic!” Dawnshine taunted, aiming a particularly powerful blast at Sonata.

Adagio watched in worry, she knew that Aria could continue to let out those ear-piercing screams but looking over at her Adagio could tell Aria was tired. She watched as Aria tried to let out another scream but nothing came out, shocking the two of them. Aria tried again but nothing came out. Adagio turned her head to see Sonata who was about to avoid the attack, stopped in place.

The earlier attack that chipped her shoulder was getting to her, the adrenaline rush was no longer there and the pain was excruciating, so much so that it made it hard to move. And because of that, it was making it made her an early target to attack. Adagio watched in horror as Dawnshine powered up a huge attack, one that would no doubt kill Sonata if it hit. Aria rushed over to push Sonata out of the way but it was clear that she wouldn't make it in time.

"NO!" Adagio screamed before ponying up as a flash of light surrounded her as her geode shined. Just as the attack was about to land, a shimmering barrier appeared just like Rarity's, deflecting the blast.

Her two sisters gasped but smiled at the sight. "Dagi! Your geode! Its powers are working!"

Aria crossed her arms but she had a smile on her face. "It's about time they worked! But I'm glad they chose now."

Adagio stood in front of her sisters, a smile on her face as her geode glowed brightly. “I guess all it took was one of you nearly dying for it to activate. It must have felt my ambition to protect you guys,” she said, her voice steady.

Adagio’s newfound power surged through her, with it, she felt like she could do anything. Aria and Sonata quickly followed suit, their geodes reacting to their sister’s energy as the three geodes shined brighter than ever before. Together, the Dazzlings faced Dawnshine, their confidence renewed.

But Dawnshine wasn’t done yet. “You think that’s enough to stop me?” she sneered. "It doesn't matter how many of you there are! I'll defeat you all!" Before she could attack again, she noticed the Rainbooms had arrived, their own geodes glowing as they joined the fray.

“Dawnshine, stop this!” Sunset called. “You don’t have to do this!”

“Stay out of it!” Dawnshine shouted, sending a blast toward the Rainbooms. Rainbow Dash darted forward with her speed, trying to grab Dawnshine’s geode, but Dawnshine blocked her and sent her flying backward back slamming into Fluttershy and Twilight who were charging in to attack.

The battle escalated, with the Rainbooms and the Dazzlings working together to subdue Dawnshine. The ten of them worked in harmony directing their attacks and creating openings for the others to strike. But Dawnshine was strong, not letting any of their attacks strike. Despite the Rainbooms and Dazzlings working together, they still had trouble against Dawnshine's power.

Dawnshine used one hand to release a strong blast at the Rainbooms but Rarity's barrier magic blocked the attack. However, the attack had no stop in sight and left the Rainbooms with no chance of counterattacking. The Dazzlings gasped, Dawnshine was single-handedly putting the Dazzling's mom and her friends out of the fight. Dawnshine turned her head toward the Dazzlings and prepared to unleash her most powerful attack yet, aiming directly at Aria and Adagio.

“No!” Sonata shouted, stepping in front of her sisters and absorbing the attack! Her geode pulsed with energy, and she released a powerful wave of magic that knocked Dawnshine back. With her attack knocking Dawnshine away, her attack that had been keeping the Rainbooms on defense subsided, giving them the chance to return back to the fight.

Eclipse Dawnshine seethed in anger, gritting her teeth. "HOW?! Why won't you guys quit!"

"Because us Dazzlings don't give up!" Adagio then started to glow. "Because our friendship with one another will always push up! Because together we can do anything! We have something you don't Dawnshine! One thing that's your biggest weakness! Friendship! And with friendship comes equality!" Adagio started to glow as she started to float in the air. The Rainbooms noticed this and smiled as they started to glow and float with her.

Aria noticed this and smiled before she started to glow and float up with her sister. "Humility!"

Sonata smiled as she joined everyone else. "And the most important thing of all! Love!"

Along with the Elements of Harmony: Magic, Honesty, Loyalty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, and Sunset's element: Forgiveness, the seven Rainbooms held hands before a rainbow shot out of them and into the sky where a unicorn came down and front of them. The Dazzlings seeing this gasped and smiled, decided to follow their lead they held their hands. With their elements of Equality, Humility, and Love, the three Dazzlings shot out a rainbow of their own as it went into the sky where a siren came down from and in front of them.

"No! No! No! NO! I refuse to lose to you!" Using all of her power, Eclipse Dawnshine combined her energy as it transformed into a devilish-looking demon. It let out a roar but the unicorn and siren stayed strong, as the siren let out a roar of its own.

The Dazzlings and the Rainbooms combined their powers, their magic manifesting as a radiant siren and a majestic unicorn. Dawnshine, in response, unleashed the monstrous demon formed by her corrupted geode. The battle was fierce, each side unleashing their most powerful attacks as the three collided in a monstrous clash. But the combined strength of the siren and the unicorn proved too much for Dawnshine’s demon as they both sliced through it like it was nothing.

"NOOOOOOOO!!!!" With a final, harmonious strike, the siren and unicorn destroyed the demon and shattered Dawnshine’s geode.

As the dust settled, Dawnshine lay on the ground, her energy spent. The Dazzlings and the Rainbooms approached her cautiously.

“Dawnshine,” Sunset said gently, kneeling beside her. “It’s over.”

Dawnshine looked up with anger before she looked down and started to cry as tears streamed down her face. “I just… I just wanted to be noticed. To have friends. To matter.” The Rainbooms and Dazzlings looked at one another confused. Dawnshine looked at them and began her tale.

Flashback

A younger Dawnshine at the age of six was seen in her room at her desk, doing homework with a smile on her face. "I'm an only child so I didn't grow up with any siblings. My mom and dad were very successful and because of that they were always gone due to work, but they expected a lot from me." Dawnshine spoke as the flashback continued.

A woman held a test paper with a 96 on it, Dawnshine was in front of her with a frown as she looked down. Her face was blacked out but anyone could tell she was upset. "A ninety-six!? That's the best you could do!?" The woman then slapped Dawnshine across the face.

Dawnshine started to cry as tears streamed down her face. "I-I tried my best. I studied really hard. T-The teacher said I-I got the best score out of the whole test."

The woman scoffed before slapping Dawnshine even harder as the young Dawnshine fell to the ground. "A ninety-six isn't good enough! You aren't studying hard enough! You're such a failure! Why couldn't we have had a better kid!" The woman walked away leaving Dawnshine on the ground.

The young Dawnshine looked up, tears in her eyes, as she tried reaching for her mom. "I'm sorry! I'll do better next time! Don't leave! Mommy!" Dawnshine's mom walked away, a bright white light engulfing the younger Dawnshine.

The scene then shifted over to an older-looking Dawnshine who was now twelve years old with two other girls. Dawnshine could be seen looking down in shock and sadness, a burst Bey in her hand. "And that's it! The Dragonslayer advance to the next round! Gabby and Genesis took care of Dawnshine like it was nothing! With a final score of 2-0, the Dragonslayers win the game 3-0!"

The crowd goes wild as Dawnshine sighs and walks back to her teammates, their faces are also blacked out but their frowns are evident. "I guess we'll just have to practice a bit more, right team?"

One of the girls scoffed as she crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. "Yeah, right. We were never a team. I didn't even want to take part in this but my parents forced me to."

The other girls nodded. "Yeah, don't think we're a team or friends. Just because our parents work together doesn't mean we do."

Dawnshine gasped. "B-but all the training we did. All the times we hung out together. Did that not mean anything?"

The two girls looked at each other before bursting out in laughter. "Oh man, what a loser! She actually thought we enjoyed the time together."

"If I could I would get that time back. I hated every moment of it. No wonder no one likes being around you. Not even your own parents like you!" The two girls started laughing again before turning around and walking away, leaving a very sad Dawnshine alone.

"It must suck to be you." Dawnshine turned around to see Gabby who had a smirk on her face. "First you lose a match and then your so-called friends, too bad. But hey don't feel too bad, you were destined to lose our match before it even started! Your fate was sealed from the very beginning, and it seems the same applied to your friends." Gabby laughed out of loud before leaving Dawnshine to herself as she looked down at the floor doing her best to keep in the tears, her fists tightened.

"And then there was the Tag Team Tournament. I had teamed up with two girls whose parents worked with mine. The three of us hung out and trained for the tournament, and I thought we had formed a friendship, but I was wrong. We lost the match and they left." Dawnshine said as the flashback switched to another scene.

Dawnshine was in her room a few days later after losing the match to Gabby. She sighed as she laid on her bed looking up at the ceiling until she heard a sound. She got up and looked outside to see the Dazzlings running with their friends and family. "Because we are the Dazzlings and we will be adored!" Sonata, Adagio, and Aria yelled at once, as sisters.

Dawnshine bitterly watched the Dazzlings who had big smiles on their faces run past her house. "Yes, I see it." Dawnshine heard her mother say. She got closer to her door to eavesdrop on the conversation. "It's all over the news. That group that calls them the Dazzlings won the tournament. That Sonata girl beat Gabby. The match was so intense that the whole stadium collapsed, absolutely stunning. I'd never seen something like that in my whole life. It's a shame, I wish I had a girl like those three. Maybe I should ask their mother if they want a switch in kids." Dawnshine's mother laughed. "That Adagio girl looks to have a lot of potential. Oh, but then that Aria girl has guts and strength. And then who can forget about Sonata? Now she showed true leadership and won her team the game." Dawnshine's mom sighed. "What I would give to have one of them as my daughter."

Dawnshine gripped her dress as tears streamed down her face. "Why aren't I good enough for you?" Dawnshine walked away from the door and onto her bed. For the next couple of days, the news would be full of nothing but the Dazzlings and their victory. Adagio this. Aria that. Sonata beating Gabby. It all made Gabby sick. And the more she heard her parents talk about them and worship them like they were gods, the more Gabby hated the Dazzlings by the minute.

"The more my parents talked about you guys and how they wish they had a different kid, hurt. A lot. It made me wish I was better. My whole life I thought I wasn't good enough for them. It's no excuse but with my parents treating me like nothing and not having any friends, I was jealous of everyone who had it better than me. And before I knew it, I had become a bully." Dawnshine said as the flashback switched over to another memory one last time.

Dawnshine could be seen, she was fourteen years old and now in middle school. She was in a bed, shaking in fear, tears in her eyes with a jacket covering her naked body. Her clothes had been ripped off her and were thrown onto the floor. A man stood in front of the bed shirtless and with nothing but boxers on. His face was blackened out but he wore a smile on his face before putting his clothes back on.

"Well, that was fun." The man looked down at Dawnshine, a smirk on his face. "You can try and tell my brother what we did, but who will he believe? His older brother who he's looked up to his whole life or his pathetic daughter he wishes he never gave birth to?" Dawnshine stayed quiet, not because she was scared, but because she knew the answer. "Yeah, that's what I thought." The man finished getting dressed and left the room leaving Dawnshine all alone.

Dawnshine's breaths were shaky until she started crying. She looked down at a certain... private area and hugged her jacket to cover her body. Never again did she want to go through something like that ever again. And the sad part was that there was nothing she could do. She couldn't go to her parents, they wouldn't believe her. And the man that just the room... was a police officer, no way the police would believe another police officer did what he did.

"It doesn't take a genius to know what happened in that bedroom that day. My dad's brother, my uncle, he well... you know. I didn't tell anyone and kept it to myself. But that was the moment that destroyed me. At that moment, after going through that hell, I was done. My life had been terrible, my parents didn't care about me, I had no friends, and my life had no purpose. All of that combined with holding in a secret as big as that destroyed me within. So, I stopped caring what people thought of me and started doing whatever I wanted to." Dawnshine said as memories of when she was a bully and all the bad things she had done up until that point flashed before her.

End of Flashback

"And now you know. All I ever wanted was to have friends, a family who loved me, and to feel like I mattered... and not a pathetic failure who was a mistake to be born." Dawnshine said as she looked down at the ground gritting her teeth, as she tried to hold back the tears.

The Dazzlings and the Rainbooms were shocked to hear Dawnshine's story. The Dazzlings looked down, they felt bad for Dawnshine and what she had to go through. Adagio smiled as she offered her hand. “We're so sorry that you had to deal with that, no one should have to go through that."

Aria offered a hand as well. "Despite all that you did, we forgive you. And if you want, we can be your friends.”

Dawnshine hesitated, then took Adagio’s and Aria's hand. “You’d really want to be friends with me? After everything I’ve done?”

Sonata nodded as she patted Dawnshine's back. “Of course! Everyone deserves a second chance." Sonata looked over at her mom with a smile. "Just like we had been given." She muttered to herself before looking back at Dawnshine. "Like the saying goes today's enemy is tomorrow's friend.”

Dawnshine smiled faintly. “Thank you.”

As the group helped Dawnshine to her feet, Sunset turned to the Dazzlings. “So,” she said, crossing her arms. “When were you planning to tell me about your geodes?”

Adagio rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly. “We were going to. Eventually.”

Sunset sighed but smiled. “Well, at least now we know. And it looks like you’ve got a handle on them. To think three more elements would join the Elements of Harmony.” The Dazzlings exchanged grins, mostly just happy their mother wasn't mad at them.

Dawnshine looked at the group, hope flickering in her eyes. “Do you really think I can change?”

Sunset placed a hand on her shoulder as she looked over at her girls. “I've been in your position before, and so have they long ago. With your friends, I know you can. I'm sure these three can help you even after everything. Trust me.” Dawnshine looked worried but when she saw Sunset's smile, it made her not as worried, showing a smile of her own.

As the sun set over Canterlot, the Dazzlings, and the Rainbooms walked away together, ready to help Dawnshine find her dazzling second chance just as they had. Just moments ago the eleven of them had been fighting with one another, with Dawnshine trying to kill them, but now they were all standing together ready for new beginnings with Dawnshine at their side.

Author's Note

Probably one of the more, if not, the most darkest chapter I wrote. Did the fight scene suck? Yeah, it probably did, but I wanted to focus more on Dawnshine's backstory. Honestly, this was one of my favorite chapters to write, it might be a stretch to say my favorite one to write all time... but probably top 10 for sure, maybe top 5. Also, to answer anyone before they ask, I didn't go into full detail about Dawnshine's evil form because I thought, why not just have them envision it? Because, let's be honest, what I would envision would be different from what you envision. We all have imaginations, so use it and tell me what you imagined Dawnshine's evil form to look like. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!