Adagio awoke to the feel of her girlfriend trying to quietly slip out of the bed. Adagio assumed she was going to get their shower ready as she had been the past few days. Sunset usually took great care not to wake the sleeping siren and Adagio often wondered why, but decided against asking about it. She knew that her nightmares had gotten less intense, but she still had them and she always noticed the pools of water on her girlfriend's chest in the morning.

Adagio smiled as she realized that Sunset knew what that pool on her chest was every morning, but the girl said nothing about it. She didn't pry or demand to know why Adagio cried in her sleep. She just cared that she did, so she let her sleep. Sunset was truly amazing.

Sunset had another morning habit that Adagio had grown to love rather quickly. She would sing quietly as she prepared for the day in the morning. She usually began the moment she got out of bed and didn't stop until she 'woke' her girlfriend to start the day. That was why Adagio had no problem laying in bed and pretending to sleep, just so she could hear that amazing singing from her lover.

Adagio sighed happily as she heard the sounds of water running in the bathroom and her lover's voice emanating from the bathroom. She said a silent prayer that she could wake up this happily every day. She sang a variety of songs every morning and they typically set the mood for the day. When Adagio would awake to the sounds of a grungy rock song, Sunset would usually go through her day slightly more aggressively. However, when she sang a love song in the morning, Sunset would be incredibly affectionate throughout the day.

Adagio had only stayed with Sunset for a little over a week, so she knew that she may have read too much into it, but she doubted it. She may have only known Sunset Shimmer for a few days, but she felt as if she had known the girl for a hundred years.

The couple had been spending the past few days meeting at the farm early in the morning and working in the fields most of the day. Granny Smith had made mention of paying them for their work, but they both agreed that Rarity's amazing planning skills were all the payment they needed.

They had discussed the plan at length several days before hand and now they were simply working on the farm until Rarity fine-tuned the plan.

Adagio smiled as she caught part of the song her girlfriend was singing and she noticed the other girl had taken the liberty of changing some of the lyrics.

"When she's calling for you..." the girl sang. Adagio smiled as she recognized the love song, and she imagined all of the affection she would shower her lover with later.

The past week had been fairly relaxing for the girls. Rainbow and Fluttershy had stayed in their house, spending most of the week getting the older girl moved in completely, so Adagio had yet to face Rainbow's wrath. Pinkie popped in to help around the farm occasionally, but otherwise had nothing interesting going on in her life aside from what Adagio already knew about. Rarity and Applejack had grown comfortable being affectionate with one-another in front of the others.

All in all, Adagio considered herself to be content with her current situation. She hoped that when the culprit behind the leaked video was found, Rainbow would direct her rage at them instead of the siren. As much as Adagio had lived through, she had never been scared of anyone. Rainbow was different. The girl had something in her eyes that unnerved the centuries-old siren. Something fierce and primal burned within her that promised agony to anyone who hurt anything that was dear to the girl. Adagio was, perhaps for the first time in her life, scared of someone else.

"Before you tell her goodbye..." Sunset sang as she returned to the room. "Adagio... sweetie... it's time to wake up..." she said softly as she shook the siren.

"No. Keep singing." Adagio muttered as she buried her head in the pillow. "I don't want to go work today."

Sunset giggled slightly, a sound that sent a wave a warmth through the siren. "We have to keep working with them, Adagio. After we figure out who sent those videos to Applejack, we can let everything go back to normal."

"I like the way things are now..." Adagio yawned as she sat upright. "Y'know... minus the whole Rainbow-is-totally-gonna-kill-me, thing."

"She's not going to kill you." Sunset said firmly. "She's gonna get over it eventually, but right now that's not important."

"I know." Adagio said before finally pulling herself out of bed. "Farm work is just really hard."

Sunset laughed and nodded. "Yes, it is. Still, it's going to be completely worth it soon. Do you have any idea how great our bodies have looked since we've started working there?"

Adagio gave her lover's body a hungry glance before smirking. "Trust me when I say, yes, I have noticed."

Sunset seemed to lose focus as she stared at Adagio's exposed body. She shook her head quickly and said, "We don't have time this morning."

Adagio pouted for a moment before Sunset kissed her softly on the lips. "Come on." Sunset said as the kiss ended. "Let's just go get our shower and then we can take care of that when we get back."

Adagio smiled and gently slid her hand around the girl's waist. "I'm holding you to that."

"This isn't good." Applejack said as she stared at her phone.

"What's the matter?" Rarity asked. She had stayed the night on the farm again the previous night and the two now stood in front of the barn waiting for their friends to show up.

"I jus' got a new video sent to my phone..." she whispered.

"What is it?" Rarity asked. Instead of answering the other girl simply handed the phone to her lover. Rarity watched in silence for a moment before gasping softly. On the screen Sunset and Adagio made passionate love. "Not good, indeed." she said. "We have to let them know about this when they arrive."

"Didn't you hear what Adagio said. If we show them this video, it's gonna hurt them. We can't afford to do that." she said firmly. "We just ain't gonna show it to 'em."

It had been a week since the couple had had that particular conversation and Rarity was still not convinced that they had made the best decision, but after she and Applejack had returned to the barn, she had explained it in a way that made more sense.

They were once again, standing before the barn awaiting the arrival of their two friends, when Rarity looked over at her lover. Applejack had taken to wearing a new wardrobe for the summer and Rarity marveled at how amazing she looked. Her shirt was sleeveless flannel, the front of which tied into a knot that barely managed to contain her modest breasts. Her shorts were cut so high on her thigh that the thought of them made Rarity want to swoon.

Sweat beaded down the farmers chest in the humid morning heat and she leaned against the barn, awaiting their friends to start the day. She took off her hat and used it to fan her face, the motion gently pushing her hair away from her face. Her face was already flushed from their early morning chores that they took care of before their friends joined them every day and she seemed to pant slightly.

Rarity bit her lip as the sight of her girlfriend began to increase her desires. "I really wish you wouldn't look like that, darling." she said quietly.

"Like what?" Applejack asked, her voice betraying a slight annoyance at what she perceived as an insult.

Rarity smiled kindly and leaned her head to whisper in her lovers ear. "Like the perfect apple-snack." she whispered before kissing Applejack quickly on the neck.

Applejack shuddered at the touch and grinned before laughing quietly. "You really need to work on your dirty talk, Rares."

"I'd rather just work on you." she said with a wink.

"Much better." Applejack said with a nod as she replaced her hat atop her head. "We can do that later though."

"We had better, dear." Rarity said as she kissed her lover's neck once more. She then grinned and pulled away.

At that moment to figures crested the hill in front of the barn and waved down at them. Sunset and Adagio came running down the hill towards the couple, both of the girls smiling widely. "Hey." Adagio chirped happily as they finally arrived before their friends. "What's up?"

"Just waitin' on ya'll." Applejack said with a grin as she dropped her hand on the siren's shoulder. "Ya'll ready to work?"

"As ready as we are every day." Sunset said.

"So that's not at all?" Rarity asked with a wink. "So, Applejack, is today the day we finally take care of those chores in the barn?" Rarity asked.

"I think so, we've been putting it off long enough... I've bout figured out what we need in there." Applejack said with a shrug. She then tossed her phone to Adagio. "Would you hold that? I gotta carry some buckets out here and I don't wanna risk droppin' that."

Adagio nodded and stared at the phone as Applejack and Rarity ran into the barn together.

"I wish they would have given us more warning we were going to do that today." Sunset said, her voice low. "I'm not exactly ready..."

"Neither am I..." Adagio said quietly. After several minutes of silence, Applejack's phone went off.

"It's that number." Adagio announced. "Should I open it?"

"Yes, we need to know what it is." Sunset said as she placed a shaky hand on her lover's shoulder. She knew exactly what the message would be, and she was not excited to see her girlfriend's reaction to it.

Adagio opened the message and stared at the screen as her own voice escaped the speaker. "It would crush our relationship..." The siren's jaw dropped as the video played the intimate details of their night of passion a week previously.

Applejack and Rarity stepped from the barn, buckets in hand, with shocked expressions upon their faces. Adagio dropped the phone on the ground and turned to her girlfriend.

"How could you?" she asked quietly.

"Adagio-"

"Don't!" The siren screamed in her fury. "You don't fucking get it, do you?" she asked as she pointed an accusing finger at her lover. "I gave you everything! Everything I had in my heart I gave it to you, and you couldn't take a relationship with me seriously enough to do one thing I asked of you! You're the first person in over a thousand years that I even remotely cared about and trusted and this is how you repay me?"

Sunset hung her head as tears fell down her cheeks. "Adagio..."

"All I wanted was to spend every day of the rest of my fleeting life with you, and you just wanted a good time, is that it?" Adagio barely registered the crack in her voice and the tears falling down her face.

"No..." Sunset whimpered.

"You are the only thing that has ever truly mattered to me. You are the only reason I can even get out of bed in the morning. The sound of your voice... carrying through our home... our home... it was the only time I ever... I thought I could stay like that forever..." Adagio fell to the ground."You know, you were the only thing I had left... the only thing that mattered..." she said in a quiet whisper. "Just leave..." she said quietly through her tears. "Just leave me alone... forever..."

"Adagio... you don't mean that..." Sunset pleaded as she leaned down to meet the siren's eyes. "I-"

Adagio shoved the girl roughly in her chest and stared at her with pain until Sunset could bare it no longer. She quickly turned her head away from the accusing eyes and ran back the way she came... alone.

"Wait!" Rarity shouted as she ran after the other girl.

"She was all I had..." Adagio mumbled as Applejack sat beside her.

Applejack quickly draped her arm over the siren's shoulders and smiled at her. "Not anymore she ain't." she said. "You've got other people that care about ya a whole lot."

Adagio smiled at the farm girl and nodded before resting her arm on the other girl's shoulder. "Thank you, A.J." she whispered. The siren turned to face the larger girl. "You don't know how much that means to me."

Applejack smiled and whispered as softly as she could. "Y'ready?"

Adagio nodded briskley before the other girl tilted her chin forward, her lips quickly closing the distance between them. Adagio leaned into the kiss and wrapped her arms around Applejack's waist, pushing their kiss deeper.

Applejack pulled away quickly before shouting. "Why would you do that?"

Adagio blinked once. "You're the one who kissed me!" she shouted.

Applejack stood and walked briskly to the barn. "That was stupid." she said over her shoulder. "If Rares finds out she'll kill ya."

"You mean she'll kill you for kissing me!" Adagio yelled angrily as she wiped at her eyes and began walking towards Applejack's house. The two stood on the porch for a moment before Adagio said. "If you don't tell her I won't either, and we can just agree it was both our fault."

Applejack nodded once. "Alright, well let's get in the house 'fore she comes back."

The two entered the house and quickly ran to the farmer's room. Adagio immediately sat on the bed and began crying again. "I can't believe she's gone..." she said.

"Only been together a week or so and you already can't imagine bein' away from her, huh?" Applejack asked as she sat on the bed next to the siren. "Guess she really does mean that much to ya."

"She does..." Adagio whimpered.

Applejack's phone began ringing again and she quickly answered it. "Hello... Good... Yeah, she's still torn up... how's Sunset holding up?"

"How is she?" Adagio asked.

"She's still cryin' about what you said." Applejack said with a light smile. "She says... she's gonna miss you..."

"I'll miss her too..." Adagio said quietly. She wiped at her eyes before smiling. "Is Rarity coming back soon?"

"Yeah, she walked with Sunset till the bus-stop and then walked back apparently... Says that Rainbow and Pinkie and Fluttershy's headin' to her house to check in on her."

"Good..." Adagio said with a nod...

"Alright..." Applejack said into the phone. "We're in the room, see you in a sec..."

The door to the bedroom opened and Rarity strolled in before sitting on the bed between Adagio and Applejack. "I kissed Sunset." she said bluntly.

"Adagio kissed me." Applejack said with a smile.

"So..." Adagio said quietly. "Everything's going according to plan."

Then, the three girls laughed.

"I wanna talk to Sunset before the girls get there." Adagio said. "They're still in the dark, right?"

Rarity nodded. "Yes, they have no idea about the plan, so whoever's been following us won't catch on... Although, it does worry me."

"Why'sat?" Applejack asked.

"Because, now Rainbow will think she has even more reason to hate Adagio." Rarity said.

"It'll be okay." Adagio said with a shrug. "Once we catch whoever it is, Rainbow can direct all that rage at them." She quickly pulled her phone out of her pocket before Applejack swatted it away.

"Yer phone's bugged, remember?" she asked. "Use mine."

Adagio smiled sheepishly before accepting the phone she was handed. She quickly dialed Sunset number and waited.

"Hello?" Sunset's voice asked through the line.

"Hey..." Adagio said quietly.

Sunset began sobbing quietly. "I can't believe you said that." she said. "You really feel that way?"

"With all my heart..." Adagio smiled.

"When this is all over... I'm going to make love to you everyday for a month straight."

"Careful... I might hold you to that." Adagio giggled.

"So... you kissed Applejack?"

"Don't get mad... remember, it's part of the plan."

"No, I just have to ask... did she..."

"Taste like apples? Yes."

Sunset laughed loudly. "I knew it!" she cried.

"The girl's are going to be there soon. Rarity called them and told them what happened, so I've got to go soon. I just wanted to hear your voice again... I don't know when the next time I get to hear it will be."

"Alright." Sunset said, disappointment evident in her tone. "I can't wait to see you again."

*Click.*

"Does nobody said goodbye anymore?" Adagio huffed playfully as she returned the phone.

"Adagio... I know that part of the plan was my idea, but you've got to understand I am still a little upset that you kissed my girl." Rarity said suddenly. "Now, obviously, I'm not going to take it out on you or anything, but a girl needs to mark her territory, you understand?"

"You can stay in Bloom's room tonight." Applejack said as Rarity mounted her waist.

"That seems good." Adagio said as she quickly exited the room, the sounds of primal moans filling the air as she closed the door. "Those two are like rabbits, I swear." she chuckled quietly to herself.

She smiled as she realized half of the information they were gathering was ready and it was almost time to execute the rest of the plan... so long as no unforeseen circumstances arose.

She would later kick herself for jinxing them all with such a thought.