Walking home from something beautiful is an experience that is little appreciated. The crisp Autumn evening air, the half stunned, half comfortable silence. The general feeling that you just experienced something truly divine is akin to the much vaunted artistic bliss so many hack critics make mention of in their memoirs. In all actuality, for Sunset at least, it was the vague fullness she felt inside, and the presence of truly empathetic companionship that made the walk special.

As they walked back to Sunset's apartment Aria and Sonata chatted amongst themselves about old times in Equestria, Adagio and Sunset remaining silent behind them. After a time Adagio turned to Sunset and bade her stop "You two head back to that little bar we started at, I'm sure there's time before last call for a last drink, we'll join you shortly," Adagio said to minor protesting looks from her best friends. "Oh would you two not, I just want a private word with our new friend, and I'll pay for a drink, ONE drink Sonata." Adagio held up a finger, seeing the predatory look in Sonata's eyes at that moment.

Aria chuckled softly to herself, and in a whisper that was only a few decibels under a shout told Sonata "Come on Sona, Mommy-Dagio wants a minute alone with her new girlfriend," This statement earned an intense blush from Sunset and Adagio, the latter of whom balled her fists, and weathered the insult with grace.

"Oh goody! This means we get two mommys!" Sonata crooned, causing Sunset's face to assume a shade of red reserved for Italian hors d'oeuvres and painters, as Adagio began yelling incomprehensibly vile words to her retreating friends.

As the giggling died down, the two troublemakers entering the bar to the sound of hard rock music and cheers from the drunken patrons, the two women were left alone. Blushing profusely but managing to compose herself Sunset looked to Adagio, and being honest with herself for a moment appreciated the beauty of the older female. Dangerous as her hair was it gave her a wild and chaotic look, her sharp eyes outlined perfectly by her expressive nature, and well, "that ass really doesn't quit," Sunset internally snickered at her own thoughts, entertaining exactly what those hip hugger jeans were hiding, and earning a few snaps from the waiting orange haired hottie.

"Ahem, yes dear you can continue to internally chew on me later, for now I'd like to express my thanks," Adagio's tone was formal, and though she almost broke a smile when Sunset's face returned to the shade of a tomato, she gave her new friend a sincere look. "We haven't been back to Equestria in ages, and while we all miss the old place, none of us plan to try and break through the portal and head back. Too much has changed, too many moons have passed, and though we may miss it, none of us really want to run back anymore," Adagio shook her head at that last bit, and sighed "No Sunset, what struck at least me most, beyond the beauty of that spot, was how earnest a gesture it was to the three of us," Adagio said, meeting Sunset's gaze fully, and taking the hand of her new friend.

Sunset was a little beyond frazzled at this point, everyone had seen this kind of thing, just before the two star-crossed love interests leaned in before a kiss. More than frazzled though, Sunset was able to retain a shred of composure based on the fact that she was honestly so happy to have made her newest friends "I, um, you're welcome Adagio," Sunset said giving her a smile and not protesting in the least at having her hand held. For a reformed sea-witch one might think Adagio would have cold hands, but really they were warm, and incredibly soft. "It's just, I'm equally grateful to have some friends that understand exactly what I struggled with, and I suppose I kinda feel lucky that I get to actually help them," Sunset's tone was sincere, and she gave Adagio's hand a squeeze, if only just to show her that conviction to be a friend was real.

Adagio had kept calm to this point, she was normally as composed and cold as stone midwinter, but the look of the girl before her, barely a filly by comparison to Adagio's many years, caused her to break. Adagio brought Sunset into an embrace for the second time that evening, but this time she let the dam of her years break away. She shook, sobbing gently into Sunset's shoulder, squeezing for dear life her new friend.

Sunset was stunned for a matter of seconds, but being a quick and smart woman she recovered, and returned the embrace with as much loving tenderness as she could muster. Her ribs were going to ache a bit in the morning, but it was worth it, this was perhaps the warmest Sunset had ever felt, the single truest hug she'd ever received. The moment didn't require words, and it didn't last long, but it was heart-breakingly beautiful. Sunset looked into Adagio's deep golden eyes, and nodded knowingly, allowing the older woman to fully regain her composure.

"Thank you Sunset Shimmer, I have not been able to express those feelings before tonight, I have been the rock through all of this. You truly are a wonderful person, and I promise we're going to get you back for this," Adagio's voice was left only somewhat shaken, and drying her tears Adagio shook her head like a boxer that just returned from a fight. Like a light-switch Adagio had returned to her former attitude, and giving Sunset a predatory grin moved in extremely close "Perhaps I could repay you tonight hmm?" her voice was like velvet as she spoke, each syllable laced with husky seductive tones.

If one could see inside Sunset's mind they would be privy to a shower of sparks as the entire thing broke down. Her skin turned so red that passing cars might have stopped, were there any this late, and the closeness of the older woman caused her warm breath to wash over Sunset. "Help me," Sunset prayed to the gods in her mind, embarrassment causing her heart to skip beats. It was warm before, but now everything was hot, and there was an Earthquake, or wait no that was Sunset's knees shaking.

Adagio swept in even closer, her mouth right beside Sunset's left ear "Oh darling Sunny, what have we gotten ourselves into," Adagios gentle whisper came . This would have been delightfully creepy if it hadn't made Sunset so very nervous. Adagio then punctuated the entire scene by flicking her tongue across the earlobe of the now mentally broken Sunset Shimmer, and brushing her lips across Sunset's cheek Adagio turned and faced the bar. "Ahh lovely, time for a drink, Come Sunset, this round's on me!"

"Buh, muh, hehehe," came the squeaky voice of Sunset Shimmer as Adagio led her by the hand into the bar. "Brain reboot needed," came the internal monologue of Sunset as she was led into the bar for the second time that evening. After recovering from the trauma of Adagio's interesting behavior Sunset resumed talking to, and laughing with her new friends.

* * * * * *

As the time passed in the bar students filed slowly out, off to be drunk or asleep elsewhere, until only four remained. Sunset was drunk, not wasted, or stupid, but she was definitely drunk. Adagio was composed for the most part, the most composed of her companions, but she too was drunk, and as for Sonata and Aria? Well they were pretty well gone. How gone?

"Shut the fuck up and kiss me you stupid," Sonata said hanging off Aria, who responded by banging her head off of her palm. This had been the argument since the last buttery nipple shot they had downed, Sonata had claimed to want a kiss, and none of the girls were fully willing to reciprocate in the middle of a bar... Yet.

"Sona, come on now, we can't do that here, later!" Aria half mumbled through her palm, blushing furiously as Sunset laughed at the antics of the two women.

Sonata laid her head across the lap of the punk rock Dazzling, and made the single cutest drunken pouty face since Pinkie Pie, and that was saying something. Sonata quivered her lip slightly "I bet Sunny would kiss me if I asked her," Sonata said sounding as hurt as a drunk could. Ever the good natured trouble maker Sunset leaned down and put her lips on Sonata's forehead, and gave Aria a confident smirk that just oozed your move . This left Adagio rolling with laughter, and caused Sonata to squee.

Aria blanched, and with a quickness moved out from under Sonata, who simply giggled drunkenly as her head impacted the cushion of their bar booth. "Ok I need a smoke," Aria said hiding her blush as she retreated from the bar. Sonata grinned deviously at the remaining two women and as soon as the door closed behind Aria, Sonata followed her out.

Adagio shrugged "In case it wasn't painfully obvious we're not the most reserved ladies, especially when we're drunk." Adagio sipped the last of her beer, and Sunset shook with laughter.

"Oh yeah, reservations, that's tooootally a thing with the spider woman that licked my ear earlier!" Sunset continued to laugh as Adagio choked on the last of Sonata's beer and began laughing herself. The two women were a giggling drunken mess, and while the bar tender couldn't help but enjoy the show, she definitely needed to close up.

"Ok you two, finish up that round and go home," Lyra said, indicating the last two shots that had appeared in front of them, and winking "I gotta get home to my own girlfriend, and you four need some sleep," Lyra chuckled at the blushes she had gotten from the two women, and sauntered back to the bar, working to finish her close.

The implication Lyra made was about as subtle as the one Aria had made, luckily the presence of strong drink made the girls less embarrassed, and as the two of them picked up the last shot of the evening they clinked the small glasses together. "To new beginnings, and the future" Adagio said simply, downing the light blue drink, and Sunset did the same. Both of them slammed the glasses down the drink proving to be just a bit punchy, and sweet. A great way to end the evening.

"Ok that drink was delicious Lyra, I loved it, what do you call that?" Sunset inquired to the bartender who walked out from the back donning a jacket.

"It's called a wet pussy Sunset," Lyra said with a dead pan tone that made Adagio absolutely cackle, nearly falling onto the floor as Sunset's head turned red for the hundredth time that evening. Even Lyra lost it at seeing what she'd just done to one of her favorite patrons, Lyra wasn't usually quite that crude, but hey, making memorable nights was a great way to get tips.

* * * * * *

As Sunset and Adagio left through the front door, they spotted their two friends smoking and chatting about plans for tomorrow. To the trained eye it would be easy to see something had happened between the time they had left, and when Sunset and Adagio had rejoined them. Primarily because their shirts had switched. Adagio noticed, Sunset noticed, but clearly Sonata and Aria didn't as they tried to act very cool in front of their two friends.

"Come on guys, you can crash at my place tonight, I live closest, and we're all too drunk to do anything but sleep," Sunset, said stifling her laughter at having caught the two girls red handed. Her three new friends simply nodded, no one that drunk was going to try and walk the few miles back to an apartment, and Adagio would have likely slapped Aria if she'd mentioned trying to ride her bike back.

As the four girls stumbled their way back to Sunset's apartment they attracted what little attention was available at the hour of three in Canterlot. Laughing, joking, occasionally breaking into song, and generally being college students walking home from a drunken Friday. And as the four of them approached the front door Sonata asked something Sunset hadn't considered "How close are we gonna have to snuggle to all fit in Sunny's bed?"

"well fuck," came Sunset's internal dialog, having not even given a second thought to the fact that her room only contained a queen sized bed. Sure more than large enough for her, but four people? That was going to a tight fit, and while the couch was an option, it was barely one, as that only eliminated one girl from the equation, and that just seemed inappropriate. A sober Sunset would likely have made the floor into the communal sleeping space, as Pinkie had done when hosting large sleepovers, but a drunken Sunset had an even more incredible idea "Eh who cares, just squeeze in," or perhaps a more idiotic idea as the three women agreed, ready to pass the hell out. That point in the night is where Sunset's memory would cut off, blessedly forgetting the precise details of how the next morning came about, and slipping into a blissful drunken sleep.

* * * * * *

Sunset once sparred Luna at full speed. That was a fun fact that lived on as an Iron Hooves legend, and served as the worst ass beating that Sunset ever received. Oh sure she put up a good fight, but at some point between trying to execute a choke on her master, and the micro-second after the hold was broken, she had been kicked in the head, twice. That was the flavor of today's hangover, and it was served with a side of "never again", and "a glass of why gods why?" Sunset rolled over, attempting to escape the light peering through her windows, planting her head firmly into the squishy warm pillows she kept on her left, nuzzling them with love afforded only to that which took away the day-star.

And then the pillow gave a gentle moan, arching under Sunset. "Heh, silly pillow yo-" Like a train-wreck every memory that she had of the previous night slammed into Sunset's alcohol addled mind. Resisting the urge to open her eyes she calmed herself, she knew she'd need to not scream, and luckily for her new friends, she was excellent at remaining graceful under pressure.

Slowly opening her eyes Sunset beheld the half naked form of Adagio Dazzle, hair not murderously strangling her, peacefully snoozing, as Sunset bore her head directly into the buxom chest of said woman. Behind Adagio was a half on the bed half off the bed Sonata Dusk sandwiching a very content looking Aria blaze between herself and Adagio. The whole scene was worth a good "awww", but the fact that none of them were exactly decent, and the tangle of spooning legs made Sunset aware of three things.

Of these observations was initially that even drunk, asleep, and drooling a little the Dazzlings were all three extremely attractive. This line of thought gave rise to a blush in Sunset, and made even sharper the next two points. These being that Sunset wasn't wearing her jeans, but blessedly had retained her modesty through the evening. Third, and of utmost importance above the others was the undeniable fact that Sunset had to piss like a race horse.

Now, a rational, fully sober Sunset would likely have moved gently, extracting herself with grace and care befitting a woman of her stature. A hung over and still slightly tipsy Sunset, only now acknowledging the fact that she'd gotten to second base with Adagio in her sleep, simply rolled of the bed, and into the bathroom.

Amazingly even that failed to awaken the sleeping Sirens, and after doing her business, grabbing a handful of Tylenol and chugging enough water to make her go a second time, Sunset set to work. The life of a college student is a hard one, the liver endures training befitting The Wonderbolts during hell week, and the ability to function while hung over is tested frequently, especially around Pinkie Pie and Lyra, who made no bones about making their friend's Saturday mornings hell. Sunset, sighed as she began to search through her refrigerator for her hangover survival stash.

It was a glorious idea that Fluttershy had come up with shortly after having one too many herself. Being the closest thing to a medical student the seven had she'd done a little research and discovered the effectiveness of greasy food, black coffee, and slightly burnt toast on the process. Fluttershy could have marketed the little Tupperware containers she put the supplies in and been a millionaire, Sunset took out four of the kits and set to work preparing a gigantic hangover killer of a breakfast.

It took about twenty minutes before Adagio strode in, and seeing exactly what Sunset was doing thanked every god she could think of "Those two are going to need this," She said, grabbing a glass of water, and setting out to help with the preparations. It was clear that Adagio had earned the silly nickname the girls had given her, "Sonata prefers chewy bacon, Aria eats it completely burnt, and I'll have to make Aria's eggs as well, I swear there can't be an ounce of al dente in anything we make her or she refuses it," Adagio chuckled and donning her best Aria impression said "It might be raw and I'm not letting you bitches kill me with food," At this Sunset laughed, then cringed, her head taking that moment to wage war on her pain receptors causing her to shake for a moment.

Adagio patted Sunset's back gently and ensured that the eggs for Aria were just as close to burnt as was possible. This would prove to be a fortuitous action, as a few moments later light jogging was heard, followed by retching. Both women wrinkled their noses at the sound and did their best to ignore it, as one miserable girls could be heard stumbling back to bed, and the other trading places to worship the porcelain god immediately after.

Sunset sighed, and shook her head, cinnamon whiskey puke was an evil puke, and she had hoped that none of them would face the wrath that it belied. She made certain to have extra sugar and creamer ready, the flavor of morning vomit mouth was something that could only be cleared by strong flavors. Then something happened that Sunset hadn't expected at all, she heard gentle sobbing coming from the bathroom.

The world seemed to slow down, as Adagio turned, and with speed that Sunset swore she'd never get used to, dashed to the bathroom. "Sonata dear, it's ok, I'm right here, shh, everything's fine," came the most doting motherly tone Sunset had heard since her days under Celestia's tutelage. Adagio quickly closed the door to the bathroom to muffle the crying of Sonata, and her own gentle cooing reassurances. After a moment Adagio returned, sweating a bit, and wearing an over-sized pair of Sunset's own P.J. pants as opposed to her own jeans. "Sonata managed to wet herself when she threw up, poor girl is mortified, but I let her wear my jeans, and took these, sorry to impose,"

Adagio's tone was nervous, but Sunset simply shook her head, "Think nothing of it, I feel bad for proposing as many of those tall fruity drinks for her as I did, had I drunk that much we'd have all woken up soaked," Sunset plated the last of the breakfast, and looked to Adagio for assistance. As she turned she met the gaze of a hungry spider, and immediately realized exactly what she had just said. "Oh no Adagio, I see exactly where your mind went with that, and I can tell you that if you break my brain this morning then I'll totally throw up on you," Sunset smirked victoriously at Adagio, and placed the tray of food in her hands, grabbing the carafe and mugs.

Adagio blanched momentarily, then regaining her composure strode out of the kitchen, shaking her left hip just enough that the pants slid a few inches down the left side of her bum "Your loss Sunny dear," She whispered," turning the corner and disappearing as Sunset worked to not spill hot coffee all over herself.

"I swear I will get that evil woman one day," Sunset half joked internally, following the giant mound of orange hair to her room, where two forms were seated, nursing the bottle of water from the night prior that had been left beside them "Score for Drunk Sunny." As the two women entered the room the eyes of Sonata and Aria lit up, seeing the piles of food, cooked to their liking and the blessed coffee both hangover victims made the sound of approval and glee only the truly hungover know.

"Eat up ladies!" Sunset groaned as happily as she could muster, and taking a bit of slightly burnt toast poured everyone a cup of coffee.

* * * * * *

Breakfast passed quietly, and after a few trips to the bathroom, and a little extra nap for Sunset, the four women found themselves cleaned up and ready to at least face the darkened confines of Sunset's living room. Having agreed at breakfast that any other obligations for the day were effectively dead the four-some sat watching Sonata play one of the video-games Sunset had borrowed from Rainbow Dash. The game made for an excellent distraction to the fact that, at this point, none of them were wearing clothes that belonged to or fit them, and that all four were essentially half napping and half cuddling on the couch. It made things less awkward, though after a few hours of sobriety the hangover dislodged itself, and each girl was ready to actually begin the day.

"Hmm only two in the afternoon, not bad for an evening like that," Sunset said checking her watch and taking a look at her three newest friends. "So would you three like to hang out some more today? I usually wait till the eleventh hour to do any homework, and my Saturdays are usually totally free," Sunset had dislodged herself from the giant cuddling recovery session, and even managed to shower by the time she asked this. At this point she was looking for a way to escape her homework, a task which she had never really accomplished due to the busy nature of her other friend's Saturdays.

"I think that's a wonderful idea Sunset," Adagio said, standing and stretching like a great curly headed cat "We'd be happy to have you over while we freshen up, and then perhaps a shopping trip?" Adagio gave a hopeful look to Aria, whom nodded contentedly. This made Adagio smile, as Aria rarely agreed to such trips, and looked to Sunset who nodded happily.

"Sounds like a good time, but if you don't mind I also need to stop by Nuts and Bolts shop, my baby needs a few things before it starts to get cold and I can't ride her anymore," Sunset said, pointing to a picture of her on the bike of which she spoke. This statement alone made Aria's eyes light up, Sonata giggle, and Adagio visibly face-palm.

"Oh hell yes, what kinda bike is she? Ever taken her on any long trips? Oh wow look at that paint job? is she custom? can we see her up close before we go? I've never seen your bike in the flesh before and..." Aria continued on and on as a stunned Sunset tried to answer each question before six more took its place. Adagio and Sonata simply gathered their belongings and shook their head at the can of worms Sunny had unleashed upon herself.

Author's Notes:

Oh the things I have planned for the future, such fun, and we haven't even brought in any of the Main 6! Please keep that feedback coming, it fuels the story to become better!

Oh and that joke early on, if you get it, then you are cultured and I love you.