While Sunset and her father were in Equestria, Gilda’s watch sounded, disturbing her sleep. Picking it up off the floor, the gangster looked at it and saw that it was eleven in the morning. Gilda let out a soft sigh of relief as she looked to see she was still held in Summer's arms.

“Shut off, you stupid thing,” Gilda snarled, trying to shut off her watch in order to allow Summer to sleep. “This stupid watch. Why do I even carry this with me?” As she held the watch in her hand, she sobered up and thought, “That's right. Because grandpa gave me this before I left home.”

The two had spent the entire night making love to each other. Though she was tired, Gilda also felt joy and happiness. Seeing that Summer was still asleep, she gently leaned in kissing Summer on her lips. Summer woke up and smiled warmly to Gilda as she pulled the biker into her, placing her lips against Gilda's. The two locked lips, remaining in each other's arms.

“I love you Summer,” Gilda began as she pulled away, ending the passionate kiss, causing Summer to moan playfully. “I won’t leave you, I promise.”

Gilda allowed Summer to pull her closer again for another kiss. Gilda slowly opened her mouth again, allowing Summer to slip her tongue into her mouth. The two rolled over, with Gilda coming to rest under Summer, flat on her back as the two continued to kiss each other. Summer slowly and seductively worked her way down to Gilda’s stomach, kissing and licking every part of her from her neck to her stomach. With each kiss and lick, the gangster would moan as the sheer pleasure of it all began take effect of her.

Just as Summer slipped her thumbs into Gilda's underwear, they both heard a loud knock on the door.

“Summer, Gilda, you two up yet?” Adagio’s voice boomed out with clear anger. “Get up! We need to talk to you both!”

Burying her head into Gilda's ample breasts, Summer let out a grunt as she snarled out, “Worst timing ever!” causing Gilda to lightly giggle in response.

Gilda sighed lightly as she started running her fingers through Summer's hair, calming the girl down slightly. Summer remained on top of Gilda, facing the door of the bedroom. Their breathing slowly became synchronized as Gilda said softly, “We better get up, Summer. We need to see what Adagio wants.”

“I know.” Summer nuzzled Gilda's left breast as she continued. “I know what she wants. Adagio wants me to return the Heart Crystals to her and her two sisters so they can feed and regain both their healthy body weight and power.”

Looking up, Summer sighed slightly. Gilda patted her gently on her lower back, saying, “Once you're done with that, we can come back in here and spend the rest of the day in bed together.”

“Yeah, that sounds like fun, Gilda.”

Summer got up and let the sheets and blanket fall to the bed. When Summer turned around, Gilda was shocked to see scars covering most of Summer's back. Several of the scars crisscrossed, as if they were made with a whip.

Summer headed over to a nearby desk. She opened the bottom-left drawer of the desk, taking out the Heart Crystals.

“You're right, Gilda; I need to give them these. I only hope my magic worked.” Holding up the stones for Gilda to see, Summer continued, “I used so much dark magic last night that I'm worried that I might've overdone it.”

Gilda got out of bed herself, allowing the sheets and blanket that covered her nearly naked body to fall to the floor. Slightly confused, she said, “Summer, what were you trying to do to those stones last night?”

Again, Adagio knocked on the door, which was followed by Sonata's voice. “Hey, get up! We just want to talk to you. For realizies.”

“Okay!” Summer spat back in anger. “For the love of Chrysalis, we will be with you idiots in just a fucking minute.” Realizing what she just said and seeing a confused look on Gilda's face, Summer continued, “Hand me my clothes, Gilda. I’ll explain everything once we're dressed.”

Gilda looked at Summer, then said softly as she dropped her eyes, “Summer, what happened to your back?”

Summer looked down, saying, “You saw the scars, didn’t you?” Noticing the nod Gilda gave, Summer continued as Gilda picked up their clothing, “This is what happens to someone that disobeys my caretaker back where I'm from.” Looking down as she slipped on her pants and buttoned them closed, Summer continued, “I disobeyed a order and was punished for it. You have to understand: For my entire life, I've been trained to obey and to kill. It's all I know how to do.”

Pulling her shirt down, Summer picked up the blanket and placed it back onto the bed. Gilda finished getting dressed, then opened the door, allowing Adagio to enter, followed by Sonata. Sonata looked worried, while Adagio looked angry.

Summer held up the stones for both of the sirens to see, saying, “I will return to you what was so wrongfully stolen. I enchanted them to make them nearly unbreakable this time.”

Adagio took the stones and placed one over Sonata’s neck, laying the stone gently onto Sonata’s chest. Adagio smiled warmly to her sister, kissing her gently on the cheek, saying, “You head into the living room and give Aria her crystal. I’ll join you in just a few minutes.” Sonata skipped away happily.

Seeing her sister was out of the bedroom, Adagio turned her attention back to Summer and Gilda. “Alright, I want you two out of our home by the time we get back.”

Gilda’s eyes went wide, then narrowed with anger as she spat back in rage, “Hey! You said we could stay--”

“Gilda,” Summer interrupted, “it's alri--” Summer herself was cut short as she suddenly felt pain wash over her like molten metal being poured onto her skin. Falling to her knees, she screamed in pain, holding her stomach. Gilda rushed to her side, pulling her gently into her, laying Summer's head into her lap.

Looking at Adagio, who simply scoffed at Summer's predicament, she snarled, “Do something, you fucking asshole!”

“What do you expect me to do, human? Sing her a get-well-soon song?” Adagio laughed coldly, feeling the magic of her Heart Crystal taking effect. She continued, “Like I said, I want you and that bitch of yours out of our home by the time we get back.” Adagio turned to leave, but she quickly turned around, saying as she narrowed her eyes to Summer, who lay in pain in Gilda’s lap, “This is what you get for attacking and threatening me, you little bitch.” Before Gilda could stop her, Adagio kicked Summer in her stomach, causing her to throw up.

Leaving the room and going into the living room, Adagio snapped her fingers, getting her sisters' attention as she headed for the front door. Sonata looked down, saying softly, “I don’t want to go with you, Adagio.”

Adagio stopped in her tracks, her hand just barely gripping the door handle. She snarled back in rage to Sonata, “Get up. You're going to go feed, then you're going to help us take over the school and get that magic so we can get our revenge on Star Swirl for what he did to us.”

Aria didn’t say anything as she got off the couch, put her own Heart Crystal on, then headed for the door. Sonata looked down at her Heart Crystal and sniffed hard, saying, “I would rather die than to go back to Equestria and relive all of the pain of losing my little ones. I don’t want vengeance, Adagio, and I don’t care if you want that for me.” Looking up as tears began to fall from her eyes, Sonata continued bitterly. “All I want is to find some place here in this world that I can live in peace.” As Adagio trembled in rage, Sonata looked away and finished, “I know Summer can do that for me, but you've become so consumed with hate and pain that you lost sight of who you are.”

Spinning around and glaring, Adagio screamed, “FINE, YOU UNGRATEFUL BRAT! STAY HERE UNTIL YOU BECOME NOTHING MORE THAN BONES! SEE WHAT I CARE!” Spinning back around and grabbing the door handle, Adagio continued bitterly, “I only fed you and sung you to sleep while we lived in fear that the ponies would destroy us, for fuck sake's! Its not my fucking fault that we lost everything!” Adagio tore the door open and stomped out into the hallway, followed by Aria, leaving Sonata to cry on the couch. Slamming the door shut, Adagio and Aria left to go feed, while Sonata remained behind, too upset to leave the room.

Gilda came out of the bedroom, followed by Summer a few moments later. Summer looked paler but better overall. Gilda sat Summer down next to Sonata, who grabbed onto Summer before either could protest and started to sob into her shoulder. Summer looked at Gilda with confusion as Gilda motioned for her to take care of the crying siren. Lightly wrapping her arms around her, Summer softly whispered to Sonata, "It's...it's alright, Sonata. We're here now, s-so stop crying." Gently running her hands through Sonata's hair, Summer continued just as softly, “I...I know it hurts to lose everything you had, Sonata. I'm sorry I was such a bitch to you or to your sisters.”

Sonata slowly ended the hug, saying through her sobs and blurry eyes, “It's okay. I forgive you. But she's right, I need to eat. I’m just scared of hurting those I wanna be friends with.”

“I know. Listen, give me a few moments to explain some things to Gilda. Then, I’ll take you out and help you control your powers so you can feed without hurting anyone.”

"You can do that!?" Excited, Sonata threw herself over Summer, wrapping her arms around Summer tightly, saying, “Thank you, Summer! I knew you couldn’t be completely evil, even when I saw you use that magic last night.”

Gently pushing Sonata off of her, Summer smiled gently to Sonata. Turning her attention to Gilda, she said, “Alright, sit down. I need to explain to you what is happening to me.”

Gilda sat down next to Summer's left. Summer cleared her throat, saying softly as she looked down at her lap, “There's no easy way to say this. I-I’m dying, Gilda. That's why I've had those attacks.”

Gilda said nothing, too shocked and scared to form any words. She blinked a few times as Summer continued, “I need a transfusion of either blood or dark magic to live. Otherwise, I'll die within about three months, four tops.”

Swallowing hard, Gilda said bitterly, “Why the fuck didn’t you tell me about this sooner? We could've had you at a hosp--”

“Human blood won’t work, Gilda. I'm not human. The only one that can save me is Fourteen.”

“Fourteen?” Sonata injected with a raised eyebrow and confused look. “Fourteen what?”

“Fourteen's a person. She looks like me,” Summer replied, sighing lightly. “You three mistook me for her when we first met, remember?”

“Oh, yeah, now I remember. We thought you were Sunset Shimmer. So she's Fourteen, huh?”

“Yes. I need her blood. Otherwise, I'll die.”

Sonata hopped off the couch, holding her hand out to Summer and saying excitedly, “Alright, then it's settled. You help me to gain the weight I lost after starving for the past few months, and I--” Her words fell short when a thought hit her. “Hey, how can you teach me to control my powers. I mean, you're not a siren, are you?”

“No, I'm not. I'm,” Summer swallowed hard as she slowly looked up, causing Sonata to take a giant step back from her in fear of what she saw staring back at her, “something else entirely. Something very dangerous, but something that can and will save your life if you allow me to do so, Sonata.”

Gilda also got off the couch and looked at Summer, then raised a hand to her mouth in shock. As she backed away from Summer, she said, “You said you were evil last night." Gilda gulped. "I didn’t expect this.”

Summer stood up slowly, her eyes black as night and her canines protruding slightly out of her lips and lower lips. She had a wicked grin on her face.

“I was once a full Equestrian. Now, there's something else in me, something pure evil.” Turning around, she held her arms around her stomach and closed her eyes as she continued through a soft growl, “Chrysalis did this to me to make me the perfect weapon in her stupid war against Princess Celestia. She tortured me physically and mentally to force me to obey her. I hate her with all my being, and there's nothing I wouldn't do to give her her just desserts.”

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