Disease

"Sonata! Time for school!" Sunset shouted up the stairs. It had been two years since they had gotten over the disease they had. Two years since Adagio and Aria died. Sunset sighed in frustration. Taking care of Sonata like she promised Aria was harder than she thought. "Sonata! Tacos!" The girl shot down the stairs in a blue blur and squeezed Sunset's cheeks, making her vaguely resemble a fish.

"Where are they?" The blue girl demanded. Sunset gave a chuckle and removed her hands off her face.

"That's for dinner. We have waffles for breakfast," Sunset replied. "You're a hard girl to wake up."

"I like my sleep," Sonata grumbled as she tried to sneak back upstairs. Chuckling, Sunset carefully grabbed her and carried her to the dining room. "Hey! Put me down!"

"No," Sunset groaned as she carried the girl. "Quit fighting or we will both fall down." She set the girl down at the table. "Now eat." Sonata grudgingly bit into her waffle and reached for her coffee. Sunset sighed as she walked upstairs to do their laundry. Sonata finished eating and took her plate and cup to the sink. As she put them in the sink, a white envelope on top of the fridge got her attention. Confused, she reached for it and read her name on the front of the envelope.

"Why is my name on this envelope?" Sonata asked and Sunset froze as the girl held up the envelope.

"I shouldn't be surprised you found it," Sunset sighed. "It's from Aria. She gave it to me so I could give you it. You can open it, I guess since you found it." Sonata nodded as she tore it open and unfolded the paper. She recognized Aria's cursive writing and traced her finger over the beautiful calligraphy. She quietly began to read.

"Sonata,

If you're reading this, I'm gone. I'm sorry I can't be there. I hope Sunset is taking good care of you like I asked. I hope you're doing well, in life and in school. I hope you don't hate me for what I did. I hated seeing you suffer with the same illness I had. I did what I had to do.

Listen to Sunset. Don't give her a hard time, she's only doing what I asked and I'm sure she's doing a damn good job. She won't live forever, so you're gonna have to take care of yourself one day. I know it seems hard to do, but you can do it. I believe in you and so does Adagio. She would tell you to get your ass in gear and focus on doing what you need to do to survive. I can't help but wonder what earth will look like a few hundred or thousand years from now. Is it beautiful? It is in my dreams.

I'm sorry I'm missing a lot of your life. I'm sorry I can't be there for your birthdays. I'm sorry I can't be there to watch you grow up. Or get married, or have kids. We will be reunited some day, just not now. Don't do anything stupid or I'll kick your ass. I don't know how, but I'll figure it out. You have a lot of potential, use it. I love you so much. Adagio does too and I know Sunset does as well. If there had been another way for me to be alive with you today, I would have taken that option. I don't know when you're reading this or if you ever will, but take care of yourself Sonata. I love you. I hope your life is as full of love and adventure as mine was. Till we meet again, Sonnie.

With love, Aria." Sonata wiped her eyes as she tried to ignore the brown stains on the bottom of the page and Sunset gave her a big hug.

"Are you okay?" Sunset asked after a moment.

"I'm not sure," Sonata admitted. "Can I stay home from school today? I don't want to go. I'll have Bon Bon bring me my school work."

"Sure, kid. I'll tell the school when i go," Sunset agreed after thinking it over.

"Kid?" Sonata scoffed. "I'm older than you."

"Fair enough," Sunset admitted with a smile. She hoisted her backpack up onto her back and waved before walking out the front door. Sonata gazed at the two urns above the fire place with the words Adagio and Aria on them. She never thought she would be the last of her kind but here she was. She would never admit this to anyone but she was ready to die. She hates being alone, especially without Aria. She had made such a turn around in her life just to be gone like that. Sonata stroked the two urns before marching up the stairs and flopping down onto her bed. She pulled out her phone and checked her calendar. She was supposed to start a weekend of baking with Bon Bon and Pinkie. She had connected a lot with the two over their shared love of baking and movies. She slumped in bed and started to snore.

Aria stood above her sisters sleeping form and tried to stroke her hair but her hand went right through her head.

"Damn it," Aria grumbled. "Good night Sonata." Aria watched over her sisters form till she awoke later that day. Sonata rubbed her eyes and stared where Aria had been sitting.

"Feels like Aria was just here," Sonata mumbled softly as she fell back asleep.