The bright rainbow vortex swirled around Sunset Shimmer as the powerful and ancient magic of the mirror transported her back to her old home of Equestria. When she finally regained her stability she found she had successfully made it through the portal. Sunset shook her head and did her best to get her bearings. Traveling through the mirror always left her with an odd tingling sensation, and she had to admit despite being born a pony it always felt weird to have hooves again instead of hands. Sunset looked around the room and found it rather empty.

"Huh, that's odd" she said to herself as she heard the doors open. She turned towards the doors expecting to see Starlight or Twilight but instead saw a rather intimidating unicorn mare with a broken horn and scar across her eye.

"You must be Sunset" The unicorn stated.

"Um' yes" Sunset nervously replied.

"Good, Starlight and The Princess have been awaiting your arrival. They have the lab set-up in the main library. Follow me" The mysterious mare stated in a calm but demanding tone.

"Uh, sure thing Ms..."

"Tempest, you may call me Tempest, I am a, I guess you could say special friend of Princess Twilight's" Tempest told her in a rather cocky and sultry tone.

"Oh, ah well, nice to meet you" Sunset nervously chuckled as she followed Tempest down the hall to where Starlight and Twilight had the lab equipment set-up.

"So, how long are we s'posed ta wait here again?" Applejack huffed as she Rarity & Fluttershy waited in front of the statue that contained the portal to their friends homeworld.

"Well until Sunset comes back I suppose darling." Rarity replied.

"Well it's lunch time and ahm starvin!" AJ huffed.

Rarity just chuckled in reply "Are you sure you aren't originally from Equestria as well Applejack, you do seem to have a rather large appetite" the fashionista joked.

"Hey, ahm a growin girl, sides I don't eat any more then Dash, and not nearly as much as Pinkie Pie!" AJ blushed.

"True" Rarity agreed. "I honestly have no idea how Ms. Pie eats as much as she does and doesn't gain a single pound!" Rarity exclaimed.

"Ah recon it all goes ta the same place as it does on Fluttershy" AJ laughed pointing to her shy friends rather large bust.

"Oh my" Fluttershy replied as she tried to use her arms to hide her chest. Angel bunny just looking angrily at the other two humans for making his master upset.

"Now, now Angel, no need to be mad at us, we were just joking around, have to find some way to pass the time." Rarity responded. The little rabbit however still giving the two the same dagger like death stare Aria had given them throughout the morning.

"Oh, I just hope this doesn't take too long" Fluttershy whispered. "Please get back soon sunset, before Aria or my little Angel Bunny one snaps." Fluttershy pouted as she looked at the statue.

"I told you we don't need you babysitting us. Get out of here already!" Aria growled at Rainbow Dash who refused to leave the nurses office.

"No way, Sunset told Pinks and I to watch you two, so that's exactly what we're gonna do!" Rainbow stubbornly replied.

"Yea, plus i'd much rather be in here then have to sit through Mr. Cranky's boring old math class" Pinkie replied with her usual happy chuckled.

"Ugg, I always hated math too." Sonata replied in agreement.

"Stop agreeing with them, stop acting like they're our friends!" Aria angrily huffed at her ditz of a sister.

"Don't be such a grouch Ari. They're trying to help, and they could be our friends you know, if you'd give em a chance." Sonata whinned.

"We don't need any pathetic humans as friends Sonata you bimbo. We are Sirens, we may be stuck in these stupid bodies now, but we're still ten times better then any human will ever be. Even ones with magical powers." Aria exclaimed.

"Oh yea, you wanna test that theory." Rainbow growled in reply putting up her fists.

"Gladly" Aria deviously smiled.

"Whoa whoa whoa whoa! Calm Down You Two!" Pinkie interjected as she moved in front of Rainbow Dash. Sonata doing the same for Aria.

"Get out of my way!" The two angry teens shouted in unison.

"Not a chance" Pinkie & Sonata replied.

"Sunset told us to watch The Dazzlings Dashie, not knock their clocks off. Think of how dissapointed she'll be if she finds out you beat one of em up!?" Pinkie begged her friend giving her the usual puppy dog eyes. Rainbow Dash just sighed and gave in, putting down her fist. "Fine" She huffed.

"You calm down too Aria" Sonata replied in an unusually demanding tone.

"And why should I do that?" Aria growled at her baby blue sister.

"Because this isn't what Dagi would want, I know you're upset right now cause she's sick, but we don't just go around beating up people for no good reason." Sonata begged.

"I would say them being responsible for this in the first place is a pretty good reason." Aria growled back at her sister.

"Maybe, but what if you did fight and win, what then. They see you beat up their friend and they might not help us save Adagio!" Sonata cried.

"So what" Aria scoffed "Hairspray kicks the bucket that just means i'm in charge which means I can finally put you in your place" Aria growled.

Sonata looked at her sister, for the first time in a long time an intense anger evident in the young siren's eyes.

"Aww, whats wrong airhead? Gonna Cry?" Aria chuckled. Though the moment was short lived as Sonata slapped Aria on the cheek as hard as she could.

"What the hell was that for!?" Aria screeched

"Stop it-just-stop it!" Sonata cried. "I-I know how much you care about Dagi, about me-so-so why are you always so cruel? Why do you say such awful things!?" Sonata sobbed as she stood right in front of her sister.

Aria just paused for a moment, unsure of what to say. Then as if a dam had burst tears began to well-up and pour from the purple siren's eyes. "You idiot. Just, s-shut up" She stuttered. "You-you know as well as I do what happens when you care about anyone." She sobbed "You care about people and Neptune, or God or The Goddess or the Universe or whatever is in charge of all this madness just-it just takes em away! Just like it did mom and dad and everybody else!" She replied as tears continued to roll down her eyes.

"Oh Ari" Sonata sighed as she tried to move foward to embrace her sister. Aria's hand out and blocking her path. "Just-just stay back Sonata." Aria sniffled as she slowly walked to one the corners of the room and crouched down and curled up into a ball putting her hoodie's hood over her head. The others just staring at her with sad empathetic looks

"She acts tough, but she's really afraid of losing her sisters, huh Dashie" Pinkie asked her rainbow haired friend.

"Yea, seems like it" Rainbow Dash sighed as she walked past the still frozen Sonata and towards the hudled down Aria.

"Hey, listen. I-i'm sorry I tried to pick a fight with you. And i'm sorry that we might be responsible for Adagio being sick and unconscious and what not." Rainbow awkwardly exclaimed. "But listen, I promise no matter what Sunset and the others will find a way to save her, to save all of you." Rainbow Dash attempted to reassure the sobbing siren.

"W-whatever" Aria quietly replied. Rainbow just sighed and shook her head. "Guess that's as a close to a thank you as we're gonna get" She thought to herself.

"Wait, so Starswirl and all the legendary pillars of Equestria are back!?" Sunset asked Twilight in disbelief.

"Yep" The nerdy princess replied "They're all out wandering Equestria as we speak" She chuckled.

"And shortly after that Twilight tried to throw a big festival but it got crashed by some creepy Yeti called the Storm King and his goons." Starlight added in. "present company excluded of course" she chuckled as Tempest stared at her.

"So i'm guessing Tempest is in the same reformed unicorns club as you and me and Trixie" Sunset joked.

"Pretty much" Starlight replied.

"OK girls, enough gossip, let's get back to work" Twilight scolded as she filled one of the beakers up with a mysterious liquid. Sunset and Starlight nodding in agreement as the continued to help expose the samples to various potions and magics.

After some time of various trials and tribulations the trio of geniuses finally found a solution.

"OK so if we add a purifying spell and filter it through the ancient rite of The Harmony of The Seaponies and then combine that with a rejuvenation spell, a blood cleansing ritual and a couple of Zecora's anti-sniffle elixirs we should be nearly complete!" Starlight cheered

"I guess" Sunset sighed

"What is it Sunset?" Starlight asked somewhat confused.

"I-its just. I agree this can work. It would defiantly cure Adagio and maybe even keep her sisters safe for awhile. But, I-i need a way to give them back their magic for good." Sunset exclaimed.

"You want to what!?" Twilight shrieked.

"You heard me" Sunset huffed in reply.

"But, but the Sirens are evil! They're villians" Twilight retorted

" So was I once." Sunset replied

"So were all of us." Starlight chimed in looking seriously at Twilight and pointing at Tempest who was obviously doing her best to stay out of the conversation by pretending to read a book.

Twilight just paused for a moment and sighed. "OK, you're right, i'm sorry. Every pony, er person deserves a second chance." Twilight agreed. "I don't know how to make this potion any stronger though. But I know someone who might. Spike, send a message to Stygian and Starswirl, tell them, tell them Princess Twilight needs their help.

Sunset just looked at Starlight in amazement, she couldn't believe it, after hearing about him her entire life she was finally going to meet Starswirl the Bearded!

Author's Notes:

Yay, finally got a new chapter up!

Oh Ari, you don't have to act so tough all the time and hide your feelings behind cruelty. It'll be OK if you accept a hug.

And man, bet Sunset will be dissapointed when she finds out what a jerk the real Starswirl is.

Until next time!