Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze and Sonata Dusk are at the top of their game after having regained their singing voices. With high-charting albums, a growing fanbase, and minutes away from playing their first headlining show, they have nearly forgotten about the incident at Canterlot High.
But when Rainbow Dash and Sunset Shimmer confront them backstage, the incident is brought back for them, along with the pain and hardships they had to go through in the months afterwards before getting to where they are now.
As Dash asks the Dazzlings questions and Adagio tells their story, Dash ponders in her mind whether the once-villains truly deserve forgiveness.
Cover art by amberflicker.
Chapters (1)
Obligatory musical reference!
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Yeah, when I can't think of a title for my story, I always try to find a song title that is fitting. And it helps that I already like AC/DC.
How did you like the story, by the way?
-Kirb.
6563066 It was really good.
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AC/DC fan?
Instant follow.
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Nice! Finally someone made story where they became popular! And nice twist! I figured it out before revealing, but it still was nice. Like, you combined two my favorite head canons in one! Rainbow might be little too aggressive here, but whatever
6563462 Yay! While we're on the subject, who did you like better? Bon or Brian?
6563080 Thanks! At this point I have no plans for a sequel--honestly I'm not even a fan of the EQG movies--but if it becomes popular enough I might write one.
6563621 Yeah, I'm surprised that so few people have made stories where they become famous without the help of magic. As for Rainbow, yeah, sorry about that. Thing is, she's even my favorite character from the mane 6, but I can't help but feel like she'd be the one to still think that they're evil. I was torn between her and Applejack, but I eventually chose her because I can't get AJ's mannerisms quite right.
-Kirb.
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Brian, to be honest. When I first heard ans AC/DC song it was his high pitched, eergetic screaming that greeted me while singing about sexual metaphors.
Not to say that Bon Scott isn't a great singer, and to be fair the two sound very alike, at least when they sing in a restrained voice.
It's just that, for me personally, Brian Johnson IS the voice of the band.
And he doesn't need autotune.
6563688 In my opinion, no good singer should require Auto Tune to sound good.
Personally, nostalgia pushes me a little more in the Bon camp, mainly because that was my first exposure to the band via my dad (R.I.P.) showing me his album collection. Besides, he could play the bagpipes! But some of my favorite AC/DC songs are from the Brian era, so I'm a little torn.
On a related note, it sure is a shame about Malcolm, isn't it?
-Kirb.
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Yeah.
Thank you, Kirb! It's nice to be credited for your work, although the only support I gave was fixing some grammar.
(BTW, this is Poetix. I changed my username again because I reconsidered, and decided to keep CyberLucifer.)
6563728 Ah, you're welcome. And hey, any support counts, regardless of how small!
6563706 It sure will suck when Angus dies. That is, if he dies. At this point, with their hard rock lifestyle, the fact that he hasn't died yet is so baffling to me that I'm willing to buy that he's an immortal.
-Kirb.
I had a feeling Vivain Dawn was sunset shimmer. A stage name always have clues to who they are.
6564232 Funny thing, I didn't originally choose that name because "Dawn" was in it--and was the opposite of Sunset--I rather chose it because it was similar to Vincent Dawn, the most well known pseudonym of Italian B-movie director Bruno Mattei, hence Dash's line:
I only noticed in hindsight that little bit of foreshadowing.
Anyway, thanks for reading. Did you like the fic?
-Kirb.
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Well I think that Angus Young will only die if Keith Richards does as well. And we know the latter is still alive and kicking.
6565479 That's my thought, yeah. It sure will be a sad day when all the beloved classic rockers go. Hey, we already lost Lou Reed and Ray Manzarek. Who's next? Paul McCartney? Eric Clapton? Angus Young? Keith Richards? At this point it's honestly a bit of a crapshoot.
-Kirb.
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One day the dark tides of crap rap and shitty teen pop will recede and a new day of music will dawn, a day that illuminates a reborn world of Rock and Metal.
Here have some metal to cheer up your day:
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6566829 YEEEAAAAAHHH
I, too, am shocked by the lack of rock in the music charts. Even more shocked was I, though, when there were no rock songs in Rainbow Rocks. Still, I like the idea that the Dazzlings became a glam metal band and made it into the music world again after the incident at Canterlot High.
-Kirb.
Yes. But I think you should have a story covering the sirens and sunset on how they meet and the other girls trying to figure out why sunset doesn't spend much time with them. Better yet you can use this story as a launchpad for the story. I bet the other girls response would be priceless especially if you add in Princess Twilight.
I myself figured out who their mysterious benefactor was quite quickly, but I don't know whether it was that predictable, or I can just chalk it up to the sh
load of fics I've read over the past few years 
Good little story though! Don't know if it really warrants the sad tag, but the story itself was pretty neat nevertheless
6567818 Really? Wow, people want a sequel to this, that's surprising.
If I could be honest, I was originally going to elaborate on how the Sirens met Vivian/Sunset, but I felt that would've made it too long, and people aren't going to read a oneshot fic that's too long. Either way, thanks for the tips.
6576485 Yeah, the fact that her last name was "Dawn" may have been too obvious.
And I was wondering about the sad tag myself. It has plenty of sad moments, but in general it's uplifting. At this point I might remove it. (If only there was a "heartwarming" tag on FIMFiction...)
-Kirb.
6577362 oh, you're right, her name WAS Dawn in their story
Nah, it was other things that pointed it all to Sunset, plus some sort of an inkling that it might have been her.
6577790 Fair enough. I mean, she was a guitarist in a band that had a keytar player. There aren't many bands that have one of those.
-Kirb.
6577852 That, and also the fact that Sunset was in the story, and besides keeping Dash from rage killing everyone, just kept silent and didn't demand any explanations.
But as I said, I might have been too observant in this story
6579335 Hey, if I were Sunset, I'd want to go with Dash too! Her temper is such that I'd be fearful for whoever she was angry at!
Though now that I think of it, maybe I've made Dash a little too angry in this.
-Kirb.
6580103 I think you did. But it was amusing, so you're forgiven
Finally got around to reading this!
I'll happily accept that they never really lost it, because otherwise they'd be the only villains I know of in this show to be permanently crippled after their confrontation, which is a little messed up for 'friendship is magic.'
I liked the story overall, but there is something that bugged me: It's another story that completely throws Rainbow under the Jerk bus (though I see you acknowledged this already), has her lashing out right away, and she receives no karma whatsoever for it. Not even much of a reprimand, if I read it right.
I'm not at all fond of the 'good guys' resorting to violence before they're strictly forced to, but going with this interpretation of Rainbow's hotheadedness and how she acted here? One of the Dazzlings should have socked her in the face. Bare minimum.
Then again, I get that they didn't want to risk opening old wounds by letting her get rightfully arrested or anything, but just a
"By the way? You're a total bitch sometimes."
"Yea, I kinda see that now, sorry."
would have been enough for me. At least it appears to end happily for the trio (And T.B.) anyway.
6601807 Hey, it's not any more messed up than Sombra getting killed it TCE.
Yeah, the funny thing is, Dash is actually my favorite character, but I've only had her in two recent stories, and one of them (this one) depicted her like a total bitch. I guess I was rushing this a little too much to give her a good scolding afterwards, but keep in mind that this is EQG Dash we're talking about. Not the same Dash as the one we've come to know and love in the show, mind you.
Thanks for reading! And thanks too for being the only commenter to acknowledge that T.B. Player was, in fact, part of the group! Kinda.
-Kirb.
I honestly don't find Rainbow OOC in any way here. She's facing someone who she didn't know had changed.
I'm just a tiny bit confused why Sunset brought her, but I'm guessing Sunset wanted Rainbow to see the Dazzlings had changed BEFORE telling her everything.
I like this, and good to see the Dazzlings reformed.
6612051 Haha, well, maybe Sunset still didn't want to admit that she helped out the Dazzlings for fear that Dash would consider her a traitor. I don't know, that's totally not one of the parts that I missed when writing or anything! roundstable.com/forums/images/smilies/liarjack.gif
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Honestly I'm surprised that more Dazzlings redemption fics don't have them continuing to pursue music and becoming successful with it.
-Kirb.
las dazzle son mis personajes faboritos su historia tiene un final para EQG un final de segundas oportunidades y de q juntas y un poco de fe pueden tener una gran historia, amo a Adagio, Aria y Sonata y a vivian quien les extendio la mano, una historia genial y hermosa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rle00OeqCec&index=19&list=WL
6618247 Me alegro de que te guste. Hablo un poco de español (mi padre era parte hispánica), pero no mucho. De todos modos, gracias por leer y comentar!
-Kirb.
Flea would like a word with you, Aria
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I'm actually sort of making fun of the "Nobody likes the bassist" mentality. Especially since there are so many bassists who are exceptions to that. (Roger Waters anyone?)
Hell, even the name "T.B. Player" was lifted from That Thing You Do.
Anyway, thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed it!
-Kirb.
6624437 I did, definitely! By the way, Klaus Flouride is another great exception to the rule
6624480 John Paul Jones, too, as well as Chris Wolstenholme, John Deacon, Sting, Paul McCartney, Jack Bruce, Bootsy Collins, Nikki Sixx, Chris Squire, Billy Sheehan, Gene Simmons, and the late Cliff Burton. As a drummer myself, bassists and drummers do seem to get a bad rap in the music industry.
I'm glad you liked my story. Even though I'm still not an Equestria Girls fan, I might write some form of followup to this if enough people like it.
-Kirb.
6624563 That would be great, but you shouldn't feel pressured to. I used to drum, myself, so I get where you're coming from. Luckily, my friends all love hearing me play whenever I have the free time to do so.
My name is Grann, and I approve of this story.
I don't know what is it that bothers me about Rainbow; there just is.
Other than that though, it was a really enjoyable read.
6994992 Yeah, some other people have told me that Dash is acting out of character in this fic and is too mean, and also that she's let off the hook too easy. Guess it was okay when Sunset did it in the actual movies?
Either way, thanks for reading! At some point I might write a sequel for this.
7280004 Yeah, sorry about that ^^; Maybe I went overboard on villainizing my favorite character.
pretty gud. Just like everyone else though, I think you made Dash way too violent. She attacked Adagio twice, tried to strangle Aria, and was verbally abusive the entire time everyone was saying "Stop, we don't have magic anymore."
7383908 I know, this is really the only part of this fanfic that I regret. Especially since (at the time at least) she was my favorite character. But oh well, can't turn back time and change it, now can I?
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Only thing you can do is write a bonus chapter trying to explain Rainbow Dash's thoughts. Why was she so quick to anger, why did she want them to be evil so badly? Maybe Dashs home life isn't as awesome as she makes out, and she needed to feel like she was doing good the best way she knows how.