Sonata lithely slipped out from between laying on Bulk Biceps with Berry Punch on top of her, leaving them in each others arms. With a giggle she kissed both of her naked lovers before snagging her kimono and slipping out of the room. Walking down the hall she paused at each room just to check. Aria briefly opened an eye and gave her a shooing motion before cuddling up with a nude Trixie as she gently snored. Grogar Jr. gave her a wink as he pulled on Adagio's hair and pushed himself deeper into her mouth. A quick look in on Silver Spoon and Snips found them sleeping in each others arms. A brief look in revealed Sunset Shimmer back as she rode Flash Sentry. Sonata briefly wondered when she got her cutie mark tattooed on her back as a tramp stamp and how much it would cost to get her own done. Finally she looked in on the room she didn't expect much from. Diamond Tiara slept on one side of the queen sized bed and Snails slept on the other. She had known nothing would happen, but with mischievous grin she gently moved them closer and positioned them so they would wake up in each others arms and an inch away from kissing before slipping out of the room and returning with her phone and snapping a quick picture.

Quietly she walked through the house like she did every year and in countless homes. She always checked the whole house on New Year's because it was her way of thanking it and letting it know it was loved. In the attic she smiled as she walked through years of their memories. Briefly touching Aria's katana hilt here and catching a glimpse of a statue of Adagio made in Italy in 1522. Centuries of history that would make a museum curator cry with joy, but to them it was the story of their lives. Some were happy, some were sad, some of triumph, and some of lose, but all of it was them. As always she gently reached out and touched the baby's blanket on top of a bow, quiver, and a long green hooded cloak before leaving. "Good night Winters Night." She said as she briefly wiped away tears as she remember the young mother who had died giving birth in her arms and the baby boy they had raised and who became legend.

Finally she came to the door in the basement with a 'Danger Here There Be Monsters' sign on it that Aria had found for her. Opening the door she walked in and looked at her creation. There were rows upon rows of shelves holding varying pieces of equipment hidden under cables, cords, and cooling tubes full of constantly flowing liquid. Following the only pathway through she walked deeper into it, with constant twists and doubling back in the opposite direction she had been going. About the forth time she changed directions she passed the first shelves with fish tanks full of glowing crystalline gel replacing the traditional equipment and cables and cooling tubes being replaced with new tubing of different colored gels flowing all around her. Soon she reached the stairs down to where the old fallout shelter had been and descended through the rainbow colored tunnel of tubing to the first floor of the fallout shelter. Here she came to the large screen and sat down on one of the seats in front of it, surrounded by floor to ceiling tanks and miles of tubing. Below her was two more levels of tanks and tubes that was not just years or even decades, but at least two centuries beyond anyone else and born from her efforts and their taking what she had done and expanding on it beyond anything she had imagined and she couldn't be prouder.

"Hi Momma!" So.Nata.Pony said as the screen lit up and she appeared dressed as a pirate captain with dozens of other brightly colored ponies also dress as pirates.

"Hiya Everybody!" Sonata said as she waved at the screen. "Why are you dressed as pirates?"

"Arrg! We have plundered a scurvy dog for some fine booty and keel hauled him as a Hearth Warming present to you Momma." So.Nata.Pony said as a looping video of a sputtering Zephyr Breeze desperately pounding on a keyboard popped up above them. "He's the one who sold all those sex videos Dig Deep found for your friend Sunset Shimmer and he did it by hacking peoples cell phones, but don't worry we released an undetectable virus that prevents anyone from doing it that way again. We caught him trying to hack Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon's phones while they were in the house and were able to trace it back to him. We stole every dirty little secret he had collected, his client list of sexual predators and pedophiles, his bitcoins from selling the videos to those monsters (including the one of his sister), and fried that piece of junk he built to hack people with as well as his computer, tablet, and cell phone as well."

"Umm... Did he see you? Did you leave any traces or clues behind?" Sonata asked, worrying that someone might discover them and try to take advantage of them or try to destroy them.

"He saw me, but only because I wanted him to. He knows that we can track him anywhere and destroy him if ever does anything like this or steps out of line in some other way ever again because I told him." So.Nata.Pony said as her costume changed to a pink spacesuit and a pair of antennas on her head. Behind her the others changed to wearing pony versions of Star Trek red shirt uniforms and Star Wars Stormtrooper armor while holding up team Bigfoot and team Nessy signs. "Besides who would believe a pervy 16 year old teenager who claimed he was robbed of his illegal porn stash by a cartoon pony that didn't leave a single trace behind and didn't even give him her name or any other clues before destroying his electronics. He might as well say aliens did it since that might get a few crackpots to listen to him."

"Okay, just be careful." Sonata said after giggling at the thought of him getting tossed out of the police station after telling them his story without a shred of evidence to back up his claim.

"We will Momma." So.Nata.Pony said before changing her costume into a pair of sunglasses, trench coat, and fedora and holding the trench coat open and saying, "So ya wanna buy sum thing lady? I've got all kinds of goodies. I've got pedophiles. I've got nudy pics. I've even got ya the true identity of Anon-a-miss. So come on, what do ya say? Wanna buy sum thing lady?"

"Wait, you've got Anon-a-miss! For realsies?" Sonata asked.

"Did you pants Benito Mussolini?" So.Nata.Pony asked as a black and white photo of Sonata pantsing a tied up Benito Mussolini replaced the video of Zephyr Breeze. "Yes and who they are is a dozy. So hang onto your kimono because this is going to blow your mind Momma." The picture above her was replaced with 6 grey squares in two rows as her costume changed to a plaid suit and a bad toupee getting a giggle from Sonata. "Our first contestant hails from Sweet Apple Acres and is the sister of" The first square on the top row flipped over to reveal a confused looking, "Applejack Apple. Lets give a big hand to Apple Bloom." The square below flipped over revealing Apple Bloom covered in sap and feathers. "Next we have this little lady coming in live from the Belle household and is the little sister of the unfashionably bitchy Rarity." The next top square flipped over to reveal an angry Rarity in a blouse covered in ketchup. "Let's give a warm welcome to Sweetie Belle." The square below flipped over to reveal a sheepish Sweetie Belle holding a hot dog and a dripping bottle of ketchup. "Finally this little girl is brought to you by the Canterlot Home for Young Women and is the number 1 fan of Rainbow 'I'm to awesome to care' Dash." The last top square flipped over to show Rainbow Dash walking away from the camera with Pinkie Pie. "Let's give big round of applause for Scootaloo." The final square flipped over to reveal a heartbroken Scootaloo still holding a marker and an unsigned picture of Rainbow Dash. "Their plan, steal back their sisters and role model from Sunset Shimmer by breaking up their friendship with her and getting the school to hate her so much she leaves and never returns."

Then Sonata heard Apple Bloom's voice. "Trust me girls, if we all do this here right we all will never have tah deal with her again and they'll have more time fer us."

Next she heard Sweetie Belle say, "She took Rarity away from me! I don't care if she crawls away and dies in a ditch, I just want her gone!"

Finally she heard Scootaloo's voice say, "And then Sunset Shit-turd asked her something and they just left me standing there while they went off to do something else. As far as I'm concerned I hope she dies cold and alone in an unmarked grave!"

Sonata sat in stunned silence, their words echoing in her head. Finally she said, "Thank you So.Nata.Pony, please send everything on this to my laptop, especially their words, and anything else you think I need to know about." Then she got up and began walking towards the stairs."

"Okay Momma, but what should we do with the pedophiles and the bitcoins?" So.Nata.Pony asked as she lost her costume.

Pausing at the first step she looked back at her and said, "Burn them all!" She hissed in a cold voice that had commanded soldiers to rape, pillage, murder, and wipe entire towns off of two worlds. "Copy everything they have, but leave the originals. Steal all of their bitcoins, stocks, bonds, and money, leave them not a single cent to buy a single bite of food to eat or mouthful of water to drink and donate it to a children's charity. Lead the authorities straight to them, but don't let them see you and leave not a single trace behind."

"And if it leads to us more?" So.Nata.Pony asked.

"Устгах!" Sonata or ,as the Mongolians knew her, Аймшигтай, Ухаантай сайхан дуу (The Terrible, Beautiful Song of Madness) said in the sickeningly sweet voice The Great Khan himself had known very well and had shared his bed with. "Exterminate! Destroy them all! Leave nothing in your wake but ash and a clawing fear of the unseen, unheard unknown that stalks their every waking minute and haunts their nightmares every night."

With that she walked up the stairs, not as fun loving Sonata, but as Sonata the Ancient and Immortal. She winded her way through the rows as she who had walked the long road of history untouched by the rise and fall of both Gods and Empires. She walked through the door as she who had been forged in the fires of war and death and quenched in the waters of love and lose. She was Sonata the Dusk-bringer, a lover, a mother, a creator, a warlord, and an Immortal.

"This morning's top story authorities around the world have announced over 215 arrests in 5 different child pornography rings with hundreds if not thousands more expected. When asked about the arrests a spokes person for Interpol had this to say. 'We are not sure what has happened, but for some unknown reason they have, as you Americans would say, gotten very sloppy. At the same time we have been flooded with tips from anonymous sources leading us straight to them. I would say more but this is an ongoing investigation.'" Sonata giggled as she both watched the news and heard a startled double scream from Diamond Tiara and Snails. "In other news, various charities from around the world have announced an influx of donations from a group calling itself Fantasy Sour. So far it is believed the donations are more than 20.5 billion dollars and it may rise to closer to 30 billion dollars by the end of the day as more charities report the donations." The scene then changed to a screaming Zephyr Breeze being place into an ambulance in a straight jacket. "This morning a teenager was taken to the hospital for mental evaluations after he had a nervous breakdown and became agitated to the point of destroying his bedroom and every electronics device in the house so, and I quote, 'The evil tiny pony can't spy on me and steal my porn.' end quote." Sonata had then gone from giggling to full blown laughing but settled down enough in time to hear. "Finally, the fire department had to rescue a local principal and her sister from her home's roof this morning after she had woke up on the roof and her sister had tried to help get her down, but the ladder had fallen over while the sister tried to get the principal's shirt loose from an old T.V. antenna she had never gotten around to having removed. The sister is quoted as saying, 'One glass of Champlain goes straight to Tia's head and the next thing I know I'm calling 911 to rescue both of us.'" Sonata rolled on the floor laughing after that.

Aria dropped Trixie off at her house with a kiss before heading home to find out what Sonata wanted. It must have been big if she insisted on opening their Hearth Warming gifts after she told them whatever it was. She had long ago given up trying to predict what she would come up with next.

Sitting at the light waiting for it to change she got a text to pick up some half and half for the coffee. So she stopped in at the closest grocery store to grab some. Grabbing some half and half she decided to grab some pocky sticks as well from the international aisle. She was grabbing a few boxes form the bottom shelf when she heard someone asking themselves what the heck was edamame. "It's immature soybeans." she said as she grabbed a bag and handed it over her shoulder. "Hard to get fresh in the stores, especially around here, but the dry roasted is pretty good and you can eat them like peanuts. If your looking for fresh you'll have to find a farmer who is growing soybeans during the growing season."

"Alright, do y'all know what U-dun and Wah-say-bee is?" Asked whoever it was as Aria grabbed a bag of Edamame as well before turning around to come face to face with Applejack holding a list. "You!"

"Yeah, me." Aria said as she grabbed the list and said. "It's Udon and they are a thick Japanese wheat noodle. Wasabi is a plant related to horseradish, but given your list I would say you want the paste." Turning around she grabbed a few packages of Udon and a tube of wasabi and handing it to her. Then she grabbed Applejack's pen and wrote on the list. "This is the address of a good Asian food store here in town, but I would either learn Japanese or only shop there in the afternoons when their daughter works there after school. I've known the Ito's for a while and you can trust them. Their English is spotty, but Himawari was born here and is a honor student at Whitetail Woods High. Just tell them Moeru Uta sent you and they'll trust you enough not to act like their expecting to be robbed or something. They've had some bad experiences, but are good people, like the great great great grandfather was."

"And why would a dirty sidewinder like you help me?" Applejack asked.

"Because you need it and you weren't with your friends when they got in a fight with Sonata and got their asses handed to them." Aria said as she handed Applejack back her pen and the list.

"What fight?" Applejack asked.

"Rainbow Dash and Sonata got into a spat while she was ordering from the Sugar Cube Corner." Aria told her. "Rainbow dash took a swing at her and Sonata kicked her ass as well as Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity and Bulk Biceps's asses." She then laughed and said, "She slept with Bulk Biceps afterwards."

"God dammit RD, you idjit." Applejack said as she threw her hat down on the floor.

"So what's up with the sudden need for Japanese food?" Aria asked as Applejack picked up her hat.

"We have sum family from Japan out at the farm and she wants tah make us Udon noodle bowls fer dinner." Applejack said.

"Well watch out for the wasabi, it's hot." Aria told her before starting away. "See you around Applejack."

"Yeah, see y'all around I reckon." Applejack said as she headed in the other direction.

"Okay, I'm back." Aria said as she entered the living room where Adagio, Sonata, Sunset Shimmer, Diamond Tiara, Snips, Snails, and Silver Spoon. She quickly dropped everything off in the kitchen before rejoining them. "Now what's the big news that you have Sonata?" She asked as she dropped into one of the chairs.

"Well some friends of mine have given us a very special Hearth Warming gift." Sonata said as she turned on the T.V. used her laptop and brought up Anon-a-miss's profile page on MyStable. "Place your bets boys and girls on who you think Anon-a-miss is."

"Wait! You actually know who Anon-a-miss is?" Sunset Shimmer asked.

"Yeppers and I bet you a million dollars that none of you will guess it?" Sonata said with a huge grin. "Go on, you each get one guess."

Aria groaned and said, "This is stupid, but Pinkie Pie with a split personality."

"So we're going the crazy route on this one?" Adagio said looking at Aria who just shrugged. "Fine, Sonata's toy in the basement has finally become sentient and this is part of an elaborately insane plan to have her declared the Taco Queen of The Universe."

"Uh..." Sonata started.

"Fluttershy's creepy younger brother because I told I would rather date a tatzlwurm when he asked me out his freshmen year." Sunset said.

"Good call." Adagio said.

"I always say those three losers and I'm always wrong, so I'm going to say Button Mash since he is insanely good with computers." Diamond Tiara said.

"Hmm... I'm with her, so Featherweight since he always is sneaking around and taking pictures and who knows what he has over heard while doing it." Silver Spoon said.

"Umm... uh... hmm... ah... I got nothing." Snips said.

Snails sat there thinking before saying, "It be ironic if the first time Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon don't say the Crusaders is the one time it was them."

"And we have a winner!" Sonata said pointing at Snails.

"ARRGGG!!!!!!!!!" Diamond Tiara screamed as Silver Spoon facepalmed, "THE ONE TIME I CHOSE ANYBODY BUT THOSE THREE AND IT IS THEM!!!!!"

"You have got to be fucking kidding me." Sunset said as she looked at the T.V. as Sonata put up a picture of all three and then played the audio of what they said. "Celestia fuck me with the sun."

Author's Notes:

I tried to give a deeper sense of age to Sonata and that she is not just a simple minded taco crazy girl, but an actual Immortal who has seen and been many things while keeping the Sonata we all know and love with glimpses of the prankster she can be and her reaction to the morning news.

Also 10 points to the first person who can figure out the anagram in this chapter and posts it.

Winters Night

Word of warning

Applejack has been out at the farm the whole time and not really aware of what has been going on with her friends, what with the drama created by Kijo's first posts and everything else happening with her family. To her it's just a run in with Aria in a store and a bit of gossip that sounds like something Rainbow Dash would actually start. As stubborn as she can be she is still a bit more level headed than her friends. As far as both of them are concerned it was just a chance meeting and nothing more.

Himawari means sunflower

Moeru Uta means Burning Song

I actually did flip a coin between Diamond Tiara and Snails getting it right.