Sunset arrived home to see smoke pouring out of her windows and the sound of smoke detectors going off. In a blind panic she slammed on her breaks, turned off the car and ran inside. Adagio was cursing loudly in multiple languages. She was in the kitchen trying her best to wave away the billows of smoke coming from various pots, pans, and the oven.

Sunset ran over and started turning the stove and oven off. Next she got an oven mitt and started grabbing the smoldering cookware and putting in the sink; under running water. Adagio watched from a corner, still trying to wave smoke away. She thought it best to get out of Sunset's way since she looked like she knew what she was doing.

As the situation got more under control, Sunset turned to Adagio and said, "What the hell Adagio?!," angrily.

Adagio scowled back and shouted defensively, "I was trying to make you supper as a way of saying thank you!"

"Supper? You almost burned the house down!" Sunset responded furiously.

" Hey, I never cooked before. I always got people to do it for me!" Adagio was angry, angry with Sunset for yelling at her and not appreciating the effort she had put into this gesture. She was also angry at herself for failing so miserably and being so incompetent. All she seemed to do anymore was fail.

"Yeah, and it shows." Sunset then stopped, looked at Adagio who looked like she didn't know whether to cry or kill Sunset, and busted out laughing.

This sent Adagio over the edge and she was about to attack when Sunset walked over to her and hugged her (still laughing). Adagio stood rigged and didn't know how to respond. What was Sunset doing? Was she mocking her? Should she strike at her? Eventually Adagio slowly brought her arms up and returned the hug.

Sunset pulled away, no longer laughing, but still giggling. "Oh Dagi, what am I going to do with you?" Sunset shook her head with a smile on her face. "Thank you. I appreciate the thought. But are you really saying that in all this time, you've never learned to cook?"

"A little at first but not really," Adagio replied, calmer, quietly, with a touch of regret. "Basic open fire cooking; but that was only until we learned we could still control people with our voices. It was easier to bend others to our will then to learn how to actually do anything."

"Ah, the drawbacks of power." Sunset then let go of Adagio's arms (which she had been holding). "Here; help me clean all this up and we'll order something ok? Pizza, subs, Chinese, your pick."

"Fine," Adagio groused but was inwardly moved by Sunset's kindness.

The two divided up the cleaning duties. Sunset scraped and cleaned the pots and pans while Adagio scrubbed down the countertops, oven, and floors. Adagio decided on Chinese and Sunset placed the order. Next the two took turns getting a shower and getting dressed in their night clothes.

By the time Sunset was done the food had arrived. Sunset answered the door and paid the delivery boy. Adagio went to Sunset's wine rack and pulled out a bottle. They got their plates and glasses and sat down on the floor in front of the couch and turned the TV on.

"I can teach if you want," Sunset said in between bites. "To cook."

"Probably would be a good thing," Adagio answered back, not really thinking about anything but finishing her meal.

"Adagio," Sunset said softly and a little hesitantly, "will you help me? Help me find and defeat whatever came through? And afterward, would you like to return to Equestria with me and Twilight?" Sunset looked at Adagio to see what her response was.

Adagio stopped eating and just looked at her food. She knew exactly who had come through; but if she told, she was dead, and not immediately either. Who knows how much suffering she'd be made to endure before Sunset and the others could stop her. Still, the idea of returning home after all this time; it was hard to pass up.

"I'll do what I can," she said in a flat voice, never looking over at Sunset who could tell she was hiding something.

"Thank you." There was no reason to push Adagio now. She was sure she'd come around eventually.

"Oh!" Sunset suddenly said and got up. She walked over to her jacket, took out the DVD Discord had given her, walked back over, sat down beside Adagio, and handed it to her.

"What's this?" Adagio asked confused but interested.

"I don't know, just that the gangster I go to for my fraudulent documents wanted me to give this to Luna."

"Any idea why?" Adagio looked it over a little more before handing it back over to Sunset.

"No. Only that he used to know her a long time ago." Sunset turned it over in her own hands a few times before putting it on the side table behind her.

"You going to give it to her?"

"I'm not sure. I said I would but I don't want to do something that might end up hurting Luna."

"Well, we can always watch it first. See if it's ok or not." Adagio was being practical. That was the safest way to go. But she was also curious to see what Sunset's moral compass was.

"No. That doesn't seem right. Whatever it is, it's between them. I'll just tell her where I got it and let her decide. If she truly knew him, she'll know what to do. I mean, I doubt if he's changed much over the years."

"Some people don't," Adagio said flatly. "Who is this guy anyhow?"

"His name is Discord."

At hearing that; Adagio's head snapped around and she looked at Sunset in complete shock and fear. "Discord, as in the Chaos Bringer?"

"One and the same. I never heard of him but Twilight told me about some of her dealings with him."

"He LIVES?!" Adagio was clearly even more agitated now.

Sunset was concerned. "Yes, apparently he was encased in stone but got lose somehow. But Twilight said he's trying to reform himself."

"I lived under the later part of his rule," Adagio said with massive amounts of blind hatred coming through, "there's no redeeming him. I'd be willing to go back with you just to hunt him down and kill him."

"Wow! Tell me how you really feel there." Sunset was taken aback. She didn't know what Adagio had gone through in her early years in Equestria, but whatever it was, it involved Discord and it wasn't good.

"You weren't there. You didn't live through it," Adagio said with a now distant, cold anger.

"You're right, I didn't. But this Discord isn't your Discord. It seems we all have a double. There's a Pinkie, Applejack, Rarity, heck everyone in both realms. I mean, didn't Celestia and Luna make you think?"

Adagio did feel a bit dumb for not making the connection sooner. "No, I didn't. But I was blind to a lot of things."

"Yep, we all have a double. Almost everyone else has met theirs. I haven't yet. I don't really know if I want to."

"Wait, so how did everyone meet?" Adagio was confused by that part (also she thought that the information might be useful later on).

Sunset then told her all about the Friendship Games, Twilight being caught in a time loop, everyone going to Equestria, the other Twilight staying behind for her protection. Adagio listened intensely. This was good information after all.

Author's Notes:

I'll pick up Pinkie's and Apple Jack's story in the next chapter.