"Nice place you have hear Sunset. I'm impressed." Adagio tried to sound underwhelmed but was legitimately impressed with Sunset's apartment. It was extremely nice and looked to be leagues out of her possible price range. "But I am curious; how could you ever afford it?" she asked as she turned around to look at Sunset.

"Unlike you, I had time to prepare. I was able to smuggle over several precious stones that I was able to sell. I'm, or at least I was, a millionaire. But the my funds are starting to run a bit low, so I've started working to supplement what I still have left."

"Yeesss. Having time to prepare would be nice. For Star Swirl, all he thought about was getting rid of a threat. He never once considered what would happen to us after we were banished or what would happen to the inhabitants of the world he sent us to." Adagio was angry and bitter over what Star Swirl did. One of the biggest regrets she had was not making it back in time to kill him. He got to live a long, happy life. All she got to do was live and that was unforgivable.

"Did you? Did you ever think about how what you did effected the people around you?" Sunset asked. She didn't know if she was mocking the former Siren or was actually trying to make her think about her actions.

"Outside of my enjoyment at watching others tear one and another apart - no." Adagio then laughed like an older sibling who found out their younger one still believed in Santa Clause. "Did you? No of course you didn't. No one thinks about others. At best, maybe they think about those closest to them, those that bring them joy or provide them with something useful; but, honestly, that's it. And why should they? We're born alone and die alone. Any good, any joy, any pleasure we experience is in that short space in between. So too is any pain, sorrow, or suffering. It's only logical that one only thinks about maximizing their own happiness and minimizing their own sadness no matter what."
Sunset felt her blood boil but she kept calm. Truth was she had felt and thought the exact same way. She understood Adagio. Heck she had been Adagio. Sunset took a deep breath before replying. "If you truly believed that, then how could you be mad at Star Swirl?"

"Because I was on the receiving end. That and the hypocrisy on his part. On the part of all you so called 'heroes'. To you, it's only about defeating the villain. You vanquish the monster, the town's folk are saved, hazzah and hallelujah. But you never think of the monster. Of what shall become of them. Which as I said would be fine if you didn't pat yourselves on the back for it. In the end you're no better than us."

"You could have stayed. We would have taken you in. They took me in. I'm taking you in now. Tell me, would you have done the same?" Sunset's voice was firm, strong, yet still loving.

Adagio looked down and thought for a bit before looking back up and replying, "No, I wouldn't."

The two women looked at each other, sizing the other up. Suddenly Adagio doubled over in pain.

"Adagio, what is it?" Sunset said as she ran over to her and put her arm around her shoulders.

"I . . . I . . . I got to go!" she yelled.

"Huh? What, the hospital?" Sunset asked growing more worried.

"N-n-n-n-oooooooo. The BATHROOM!" Tonight Adagio ate the most she had in months and now all that food had ran through her unaccustomed digestive system and was screaming to be let out.

"Wha - oh, oh, yeah. Here, I'll show you."

Sunset led Adagio to the bathroom to which she immediately ran into, slamming the door behind her. Sunset just sat down on her bed, not believing what she had just seen. Adagio, The Mighty, had been brought so low that a value meal ran through her like water through a sieve.

Sunset waited for what seemed like a hour for Adagio to come out. She was growing concerned and slowly walked up to the door. Behind it she could hear crying. Sunset opened the door to see Adagio crying on the toilet, her pants, stained with feces, laying in a heap on the floor. Despite her best effort, she hadn't made it in time.

"GET OUT! No one's supposed to see this!" Adagio shouted in a tearful rage.

Sunset silently walked over and gave Adagio a hug. She fought back at first; crying, screaming, hitting, but eventually she gave up and just cried in sunset's arms.

Sunset kissed her on the top of the head and said, "It'll be ok, it'll be ok."

After a while, Adagio was able to calm down. Her cries turned into mild sobs. Sunset let go, turned the shower, and went over and picked up the soiled pants and underwear. "Hand me the rest of your clothes and I'll wash them. After you take a shower of course." Sunset smiled at Adagio.

Adagio wiped her eyes. "Don't. Just burn them. Get rid of them. I have other clothes. Not many, but some." She stopped, got up, took her top and bra off, and handed them to Sunset. Then she said, "Thank you."

"What are friends for?" Sunset simply replied with a shrug and left.

Adagio got in the shower and started crying again because she knew she was going to have to betray Sunset and after the kindness she had just shown Adagio, she really started to wonder if eternal pain and suffering at the hands of Queen Chrysalis would be any worse than the guilt she was going to have to live with after she did betray Sunset.