A beam of magic shot through Adagio's chest and she cried out. It spread throughout her body like water rushing through a river. The Siren gritted her teeth and took a shaky step toward Twilight.

"You think you can kill me? Not it you kill your beloved first."

Twilight shot another beam at her and this one went through her arm. Adagio yelped and bit her tongue. She let a creepy smile come across her face.

"This isn't going to do a thing. Kill her and you'll have me in a pile of ash. Do it, Twilight! Or are you scared to?!"

Rarity took a step forward ready to knock the zombie thing down when Celestia put out a hand. Adagio kept talking with absolute pleasure as her body deteriorated slowly.

"I saw that Sunset has no necklace. That explains why the power of the jewel was so low when I first sensed it. I will admit, you had me fooled this whole time. But it was a very stupid thing not to have a necklace. You see, Demi Sirens are destructive, more so than any kind of Siren."

She looked to Twilight.

"You more than others should know, Twilight."

She looked around to see if anyone was following. They looked irritated and pissed. This brought a good cackle. Twilight shot another beam and her laugh was cut short. Adagio grimaced.

"Feeling a bit...dead yet?" Twilight asked bitterly.

"N-No...just a bit uncomfortable from this..." Adagio told her with a lopsided smile. "Death isn't as close as you would like it to be, Twi."

She chuckled and continued.

"Well, my dear sister, Sonata told me what happened two weeks ago with you and Sunset. She called it The Night of the Fire Siren. And I have to admit it...Sunset almost had you on your death bed!"

She laughed and Twilight felt rage come over her. Adagio was talking about the night of the full moon when Sunset had turned into a Siren and nearly killed her. It wasn't funny. At all. Adagio sneered.

"I don't know how you still love her after that. Love is blind, and you obviously were quite blinded by it to not see how quick your life was about to end."

Furious, Twilight increased the level of magic that tore through Adagio and the girl groaned. But that didn't stop her from talking smack. Celestia went to Sunset and began the process of removing the jewel shard.

"And I found it quite amusing that you and Sunny weren't in the same house tonight. Oh, don't tell me you two had a falling out! Was it because of me playing cosplay and nearly stabbing her? Oh no! She thought it was you, didn't she!"

Adagio laughed.

"Well! It's pretty obvious Sunset is not very loyal to you, Twilight."

Twilight hesitated before blasting a hole through her leg.

"You're curious! Well, I'll tell you! If she loved you so very much, why didn't she trust you when you said it wasn't you who cut her hand and shoulder? Why did all her trust immediately fall away to the point where you two weren't getting along? How come she didn't try to look further for clues that it could disprove that it was you?? Did she REALLY believe it was you and leave it at that?"

Twilight stood there for a moment and thought on it. It was true that Sunset immediately became vicious and untrusting...But there was a reason! Her life was so difficult that she couldn't help but feel that way...But...Did she still love her? Sunset didn't try to make amends for a whole week. She just kicked her and Celestia out and stopped talking to them...

"NO! DON'T LISTEN TO HER, TWILIGHT!" Pinkie Pie screamed.

"She's only trying to turn you against Sunset!" Rainbow Dash yelled.

Adagio was laughing very hard. It was clear any signs of sanity were erased. But suddenly she stopped and started coughing. A thick cloud of smoke was coming from her mouth and her eyes widened. The poison. the jewel was completely corrupted. They heard someone cry out and a burst of magic sparked. It was Celestia. She was flung back from Sunset and was on the ground.

The ruler grimaced and shouted," It's too late! The poison has taken over! I can't remove the jewel without killing her!"

Sunset was on the ground (still unconscious from some chapters ago, mind you). Her body jerked and twitched and the black smoke of dark magic came from her mouth and surrounded her. Twilight immediately ran to her.

"No! Twilight! If the smoke touches you, you will die!!!" Celestia screamed.

"B-But Sunset..." Twilight uttered.

"Let her go," Celestia said regretfully. "She's gone..."

Twilight stood in between Adagio and Sunset, both hacking up deadly smoke and dying. The Main 5 and Celestia backed away and were screaming to Twilight to move away. The princess stood staring at Sunset. The girl was someone she cared about. Even if she had many flaws in her character. She remembered her radiant smile and sweet words. The way she wrapped her arms around her and would kiss her good morning once upon a time ago. How her protectiveness of her made her feel loved...even if Sunset may not love her anymore, Twilight knew she still loved her.

With one last glance at her friends and respected former teacher, she whispered two words.

"I'm sorry."

They knew instantly what Twilight was going to do.

"NO!!!!!!!!"

Twilight ran to Sunset and was wrapped in dark magic. She could feel it grabbing at her, trying to claw her and take it in its grip. Pain surged through her body and pulsed as if it were her heartbeat. Twilight began to cough and black smoke entered her mouth and nostrils, choking her. Outside of the thick cloud she could hear her friends screaming. She ignored their cries and bent down next to Sunset. If Sunset would have to die, she didn't want that. Twilight leaned close to Sunset and kissed her.

Immediately, Twilight felt her soul being sucked from her body and going into Sunset. Her vision blurred as a brilliant white light came shining through the cloud of black. Her life was slipping away...The last thing she saw before she closed her eyes was Sunset's eyes opening.

Author's Notes:

I'm just really terrible, aren't I.