A Bedazzling Job Offer

Chapters

Sonata's Secret
Adagio's Actions
Dazzling's Downfall
Aria's Advances

Sonata's Secret

You got called to a warehouse on the docks of Canterlot via a dubious note in your locker at Canterlot High. It says 'Dock 7 - Warehouse 5 - Tonight 8 o'clock - come alone <3'. Normally you would've listened to yourself and avoided that place at such an hour. No one works there at this hour and and it is only sparely lit. But the little heart on the bottom of the note had made you curious - maybe it was from a secret lover? With a mixed feeling in your stomach you arrive at the gate to the harbour and follow the signs to the designated warehouse. On your arrival you find no one there.

A look on your watch reveals that you are only a minute early. Looking around you see a figure walking towards you from the shadows. You hold your hand to your forehead, trying to find out who this person is. Finally the shadow passes the last container that blocked the light and before you stands a girl with with voluminous, curly, vivid orange hair. You had seen her around CHS earlier this week, she was one of the three new girls that switched to Canterlot High this summer.

No one knew what school they came from and they kind of just popped up on the first day of school. Not much is known about them among the students, only their names. Aria Blaze, Sonata Dusk and the girl in front of you, Adagio Dazzle. It is a cool evening but Adagio wears hardly more than an Indian woman in your stereotypical bollywood dance scene. Maybe you are right with the 'secret lover theory' of yours. As she comes closer to you, you notice something shimmering behind her wrists. On a closer look you see a blade attached to her bracers. In shock you take step back from her. Seeing you backing up she stops in her tracks. She has a grin on her face that only adds to your concern when she finally addresses you.

"Hello Anon, it's nice to see you," she says, noticing you still in your defensive position.

"No, I'm not here to kill you," she says with a glare to the wrist blade, "but I do have a job. Want in?"

You are still not sure of her intentions, so you take another step back before standing upright again.

"And what job are you talking about? And why did you need me to come here to talk about this?" you ask her, ready to get lost at any second.

"You remember what Sunset Shimmer did on the fall formal? How she controlled the minds of the students?" she smirks at you while an image starts to form in your mind.

"We plan on something much bigger than what she did," she touches the red stone in her necklace "We will make everyone in this pathetic little world adore us."

"And why do you need me then? If everyone adores you, what do you need my help for?" you ask her to bring more light into the situation.

"Having everyone feed us with their adoration has it's downsides as well," she says while starting to walk around you "The people don't exactly act normal once they are under our control. So we need someone with a clear mind to - assist us,"

The way she put emphasis on the last part makes you worry once more that there might be more to it then what she lets on to. Why would she reveal her plans to you like that if she didn't have another ace in her sleeve.

"And what's holding me back from going forth and telling everyone about your plans?" you ask her, trying to sound brave.

Suddenly you get grabbed by two pairs of arms from behind and held in place while Adagio covers the distance between you. She raises her arm before her body and poses the cold metal of her wrist blade on your throat.

"And what is holding me back from slicing your throat here and now?" she says while you cock your head back, trying to escape the sharp blade.

"Decide now. Rule with us or die like the last one who declined our offer," she puts more emphasis to her words by pressing the sharp metal a bit more against your throat.

You try to asses your chances to escape the situation, but the other two girls are surprisingly strong and prevent you moving even the slightest. Seeing no way out of it you decide to make the best out of it.

"Allright," you grunt at her "I'll do it."

Adagio takes a step back from you.

"Good choice, you'll see that we reward those who help us," she says and hands you a pendant with a green stone embedded into it.

"Wear this at any time. It protects you from our magic," she advises you while her friends let go of you.

The girls take their places beside Adagio and you identify them as Sonata and Aria, nothing that you would be surprised about. You put on the pendant before Adagio speaks to you once again.

"Good, meet us at Sugarcube-Corner tomorrow after school. We will discuss everything else there," with these words she turns around to leave.

Her friends do the same, but you can swear that you saw the blue haired one throw you a wink before turning. You watch them leave with their swaying hips until they disappear in the darkness.

~The next day at Sugarcube-Corner~

"Do you understand what we want from you?"

You sit across Sonata and Adagio at a table in one of the corners. Adagio just finished telling you your first task.

"I go into the men's locker room during the football training and try to find something you can use to weaken their friendship," you recite her order to you.

"Exactly," she confirm your answer "I have to go now. Aria and I have something else to do," she gets up and leaves you and Sonata alone at the table.

So far only Adagio spoke to you. Sonata had been sitting there, only watching her drink and occasionally taking a sip from it. Minutes pass while you can't decide if you should excuse yourself and leave or wait for her to leave first.

"So how does all this 'power through adoration' work?" you say, trying to break the awkward silence.

Sonata looks at you, almost as if she was unsure if you meant her.

"Uhm.. We collect the energy that comes from the hate and mistrust between people," she says, trying to avert looking you into the eyes.

"We have to eat normal food as well, but without that energy we would grow weak and powerless," her voice has a soft undertone to it as she explains her powers to you.

She seems different from the other two. She is surprisingly friendly for a girl with her kind plans.

"And why did you choose me? I mean there are a lot of other guys at the school that you could've asked," you investigate further.

"We had our reasons, " she says while reaching for her purse "I have to go now,"

You watch her quickly placing a bill on the table and leave the café in a hurry. Just like at the docks you have the feeling that you see a hint of red on her cheeks. Finishing your coffee you leave the café as well and head home. The next day you go into the lockers to find something that you could present to Adagio. While the other guys are on the field, training for the upcoming match against Crystal High. They foolishly left their lockers unlocked so you can easily rummage through them. You get lucky on the third one. The phone of in it is not password protected. Going through the messages you find out that this phone must belong to Flash Sentry. As expected he exchanged some lewd messages with his girlfriend Twilight. But as you open another chat history you are in for a surprise.

He not only sexted with Rarity but you find some nudes of both as well as you scroll up a bit. Forwarding the pictures and a screenshot of the messages to yourself you put the phone back where you found it. You're not as lucky on the other lockers but in one you find a diary which you take with you. There might be something inside that is of use for the girls. Quickly you leave the locker room before someone walks in on you. You send Adagio a message, telling her about your findings. She responds a few seconds later with a short message 'Give the book and the pictures do Aria, she should be in the cafeteria'.

Putting your phone back into your pocket you make your way over to the cafeteria to find Aria. You make your way to the cafeteria and look around to find Aria. Quickly, you spot her sitting on a lonely table with overview over the whole room. The expression on her face shows pure boredom while she plays with a pen. Going up to her she notices you and raises an eyebrow.

"Shouldn't you be doing something?" she asks with an annoyed sounding voice.

"I already did it," you respond, holding up the diary.

"Well look at that, you are actually useful," she says before ripping the book from your hands and eagerly flipping through the pages.

"I also found some things on Flash Sentry's phone. Do you want me to send you the pictures?" you ask her but her hand is already stretched out again.

She is signaling you with her fingers to hand her something, but you don't understand immediately.

"Your phone!" she exclaims angrily while you fumble for it.

"Here, I saved them in the pictures folder-," you tell her but get shushed by a hand gesture of hers.

She searches through the files on your phone and you are pretty sure that she found the picture when an evil grin comes over her face. But she continues to search through your phone. From a corner you can see that she is reading your messages.

"Didn't Adagio leave you alone with Sonata?" she asks and makes you stumble mentally with this off topic question.

"Uh - yeah. Why do you ask?"

"None of your business," she responds and hands you your phone back "Now get lost. I have things to do,"

Slightly confused, you take back your phone and get out of the cafeteria. Outside you decide to send Adagio another message. You tell her about the delivery and ask whether she wants you to do something else. It takes a minute until she responds, luckily for you, there's nothing more to be done today. Since you have nothing else to do you decide to hang out at Sugarcube-Corner for a while. Upon your entry, you take a look around for a table that you can sit at. To your surprise, you spot Sonata at one of the tables. Ordering a hedgehog slice and two cups of hot chocolate, you take the tablet to her table.

"Mind if I sit here?" you ask her, already halfway on the bench.

"No," she responds.

The short answer comes not from annoyance or such, but she seems concentrated on the room. If front of her lies a notebook - just like the one Aria had. Sonata writes down a short note.

"Do you want some hot chocolate?" you ask, while simultaneously pushing a cup over to her.

"Thank you, I haven't had something for a while now," she thirstily reaches for the cup and blows over the liquid to cool it before taking a small sip.

She looks up and sees you watching her drink. Hastily, she puts it down and looks over the café again. You swear you see a small blush on her cheeks before she begins playing with her ponytail, covering her face from your sight. After you finish your cake you try to spark up a conversation again.

"So... I was talking with Aria earlier. I gave her some photos that I found on Flash's phone, do you want to see them?" you ask her, forgetting that the content of most of those pictures are of explicit nature.

"Sure, show me," she replies and you hand her your phone.

She goes to the picture folder and opens the first screenshot. While she reads over some of the messages in it, you try to make some more small-talk.

"When I was with Aria she talked about you," Sonata visibly stiffens up "Was there something you wanted from me?"

Sonata continues to flip through the images, pretending that she did not hear what you said. But then the inevitable happens and one of the nudes of Rarity pops up on the screen. You can’t see it from your position, but when her face turns from bluish-grey to a cherry-red you don't need to.

"She told you, didn't she?" her voice is low, but filled with anger "She couldn't keep this one thing to herself"

"What do you mean? She barely talked with me," you try to calm her down.

"Don't act like you don't know! You set this up, with the porn on your phone, just to embarrass me," Sonata shoves your phone back across the table, showing off the picture that was still opened.

"Those are from Flash's phone. I did not set up anything," you try to reason with her.

"Yeah, likely story," she exclaims.

"Look," you take the phone and flip to the next image that Flash responded with "here, do you think I would've made the effort and get both naked pictures from Rarity and Flash just to embarrass you?"

Your words seems to reach her this time, making her calm down. She sits now across you with her arms crossed and with a disgruntled expression on her face.

"May I ask what it was that Aria supposedly told me?" you dare to ask.

She sighs.

"I thought she told you that I like you," she says and looks down to the table.

Now it is you who is caught with his pants down. Sitting there baffled, you stare at her and the pieces set themselves together in your head. Except for one part.

"But Adagio said that you killed the first one who denied your offer. If he had accepted, that would've meant that I wouldn't be on your team," you state to her.

"Adagio lied, there was no one that we asked before you. She just likes to cut out the middle man," she tells you with a little smile.

You summarize again in your head. Adagio asked you to join her team. She did so because Sonata wanted you in it. Now Sonata was sitting before you with that cute smile. You never really thought about any of the three girls in that way, especially since your first encounter with them involved a blade to your throat - not exactly one of your fetishes. Taking a closer look at Sonata now, you strive from her cerulean and dark blue striped hair, over her face with glowing raspberry eyes to her chest. She wears a bordeaux jacket that fits her body rather nicely. If you didn't knew her plans and just saw her for the first time, you would've taken her for a cute, sweet girl. And so you do now. After she had just told you how she feels about you, you take the initiative and ask her another question.

"Would you like to go and drink a chocolate together and talk about it sometime?"

"Isn't that what we are doing right now?" she asks back, pointing at the cups on the table.

You can't help but chuckle at the mention.

"Okay, let me rephrase that. Would you like to go out with me some time?"

"Why don't we continue right now?" her voice is hopeful and soft - almost enchanting.

You reach for the pendant Adagio gave you. It's still there.

"What about those notes you were taking?"

"I have plenty already," she says while showing you a previous page filled with her handwriting "Those should be enough for today,"

The conversation between the two of you is going pretty well. For what feels like only minutes, but is actually hours, you talk about your lives and learn about each other. Sonata tells you the story of how they've gotten stuck in this world in the first place and you tell her stories from your youth. It is already 6pm when you finally get up from the tables and leave Sugarcube-Corner. The streets are empty now, they always were in the hour before the rush hour. To your surprise, Sonata does not walk along the main street with you. She drags you into an alley that, as you happen to know, runs parallel to it.

"Why are we taking this way? The main street is lit much better," you tell her after you walked a bit into it.

"But that is the problem with it," she says and grabs you by your shoulders.

She pushes you towards a wall until you stand against it with you back. A mischievous grin has come to her face, while she continues to pin you against the wall. She comes closer until her chest presses against yours. You can feel her small, warm breasts squeezing against your body.

"You know - I really liked our date today," she says with a sultry voice.

Her face comes closer to yours, her eyes tracing along your lips. You know what is about to come. You lean your head forward a bit, coming to meet her halfway. The moment her lips touch yours feels electrifying. Sonata melts into the kiss, pressing herself onto you more eagerly. Her tongue is sliding over your lips before seeking an entrance. When she pushes it against them, you grant her the entry and greet it with your own. They dance around each other in your cavern. You close your eyes to savor the moment and her taste. It is sweet, with a trace of the chocolate she drank. When she eventually pulls back, a string of saliva still connects you. Sonata reaches with one finger for her lips, tracing along them as if she wanted to see if the feeling was real.

"I always wondered how that would be," she says more to herself than you.

"I want more of it," she exclaims and moves in for another kiss.

This time she is more assertive. Her moist lips press against yours repeatedly and her tongue goes on adventures in your mouth. She feels amazing, her tender lips harassing yours time after time. Her hands begin to explore your body as well. First they cup your head and guide it through the kissing. But then they wander down your body and make a stop at your chest. She must be feeling your heart racing under the fabric. You put your hands on her hips and pull her to you. Following her curves you end at her rear and cup it. It feels tight and you dare to give it a little squeeze. Sonata eeps and giggles into the kiss.

Her hands are moving again. On their way downwards they do not stop at your belly, but go straight for your crotch. You couldn't help yourself but get a bit hard over the steamy action with her. She cups the bulge in your jeans with one hand and gives it a little squeeze. It's now you who moans into the kiss. Sonata pulls her face away from yours and says with a look to your crotch
"I want you, now and here,"

The alley was not as well lit as the main street, but you could still be spotted easily by someone walking by.

"I don't think this is the right place for that," you tell her "Why don't we go to my place?"

"But I don't want to wait," she says and begins to unbuckle your jeans.

You pull her hands away.

"Not here, what if someone sees us?" you try to reason with her.

She let's go of from your belt and kisses you again. Her hands rest on your shoulders. As she pulls back, you feel something snap on your neck. Looking at her hand you see your pendant in it.

"I want you now and I will have you now," her voice sounds a bit threatening now.

She begins to hum a harmony of tones and her necklace starts to glow with a green shimmer around it. Though you never saw it before, you are pretty sure that this is some of her magic works. A numbness goes through your body, but leaves shortly. Unsure what she just did with you, you try to speak.

"Sonata I do-," you can’t say anything more, the words don't want to come over your lips.

She must've used her magic to make you comply with her. This theory is quickly proven right as she reaches once again for your belt. This time you can't help yourself but let her unbuckle it. As soon as you try to use your arms and stop her, your arms become numb and the effort worthless. She takes no time and soon you stand there in your underwear. She plants another kiss on your lips to relax you while she strokes over the bulge in your boxers with a free hand. You can't help but get harder with every rub. Soon you stand there fully erect and Sonata breaks the kiss.

"If you play along we can have a lot of fun together," she smirks at you before squatting in front of you.

She pulls your boxers down slowly, like unwrapping a present on Christmas. Still in fear of revelation you look down the alley for any passersby. Finally your penis stands there, exposed to the cool air. Her eyes trace along its length and a hungry look appears on her face. Sonata begins by giving it a short lick, like testing the flavor of a new ice cream. The smile on her face shows that she liked it. She takes another lick, this time from base to tip. Her hot, wet tongue swirls around the tip a few times before she goes ahead and tries to take it in her mouth. Only a few inches but the warmth of her mouth engulfing your member drives you crazy. To add even more pleasure she lets her tongue slide along your member, giving it a wet massage. She tries to take more of your length and moves her head forward. Your member slides over her tongue and the walls of her mouth, creating a new feeling. She has to stop, just before the bottom.

Your glans presses against the back of her throat and her uvula is tingling against the tip, giving you a special sensation. She keeps your penis in her mouth for a moment, continuing to lick along the shaft while you are stuck inside her. Her magic is still preventing you from acting up against her. Sonata pulls herself from you, keeping the lips pressed against your member, dragging them along its length. It leaves her mouth with an audible plop from the suction. Watching her work on you made you forget to look out for someone who might see you. Quickly you look around, only to find that you two are still alone. Still looking you feel her hand grabbing your penis. She starts to slowly stroke you, lubed with her own saliva. Throwing back your head in pleasure, you let out a groan. Sonata picks up the pace with each stroke.

With her other hand she reaches for your balls and gives them a soft massage before squeezing them a bit. The pain stings through your body, but her magic keeps you to her mercy. She starts to alternate between sucking and stroking. Her warm tongue and wet mouth are warming your penis before her hand grips it tight in the cool air. Throughout her actions you can feel a pressure building in you. The balls that she continuously fondled with stop stinging. You want to give her a warning, but like before the words won't come over your lips. You feel your buttocks clenching together and your member starts to twitch in her mouth, grinding against the walls. The electric pulses run through your body as you orgasm. The feeling of your hot semen shooting through your length and landing in her mouth is a burning sensation. She doesn't pull her head back and collects all of it in her mouth before swallowing it in one big gulp.She takes your member out of her mouth and stands back up. When she is face to face with you again, she shows you the pendant in one of her hands.

"I will put this back on," she says "but if you resist again I will take it from you,"

Her arms reach around your neck as she puts the pendant back where it belongs. Immediately a hot wave goes through your body, freeing you of the magic Sonata cast on you. Testing your regained freedom you take her by the shoulders.

"What if someone saw us?" you curse at her.

"Don't tell me you didn't like it," she says with a smug grin on her face.

"Are you ready for the second round?" she teases you with a finger tracing over your lips while she speaks.

Not only do you not want fall under her spell again, but you can't deny that you enjoyed yourself there.

"I guess," you reply.

Pleased with your answer, Sonata takes a step back and begins unbuckling her coat. She carelessly throws it to the ground and lets the shirt follow suit. You already felt her curves during the kissing, but seeing her in her bra let you attraction to her grow. She reaches down to her pants and drops them quickly, leaving her just in her underwear.

"Do you want to help me take these off?" she asks you with a lewd expression on her face, pointing at her panties.

Not letting her ask you twice you go on your knees and slide your thumbs under the strings. Pulling them up and to the side first, you press the fabric against her crotch. It reveals the contour of her snatch while some of her juices create a dark line on the fabric. A scent reaches your nose, sweet - but dominating, much like herself. Following the trail, your nose ends up digging itself into her crotch. Inhaling more of her smell, you get tempted to taste her as well. Dragging down her panties to the floor, you reveal her glistening slit. Your hands grab her butt and pull you towards her honeypot. Sonata sighs as you start licking her - up and down the lane with a turn at the clit. The taste is much like her scent. Eager for more, you scoop up as much as you can. While you work at her front you give her butt a squeezing. Your treatment makes her juices flow generously. When you feel a hand on your head, you look up through her boobs and into her face. She had taken of her bra.

"Don't lose yourself down there," she giggles with cheeks red from arousal.

You understand and get back up. Sonata turns towards the wall and presents her behind to you. To get yourself hard again, you reach for her slit and wipe some of her juices on your fingers to lube your penis before stroking it quickly. As soon as you are satisfied with the hardness, you take your member and direct it between her legs. Before entering her, you rub your length along her vagina. She looks you in the eyes, pleading you to press into her. Fulfilling her silent wish, you position the tip on the entrance and press lightly. Sonata bites her lower lip in anticipation. The tip of your penis slowly makes its way into her. Her tightness prevents you from sliding in easily, even though she is pretty wet. Eventually she accommodates to your girth and you slide deeper into her. You can feel the warmth of her tunnel engulfing your member more the deeper you go. A sigh washes over Sonata's lips as you penetrate her. She presses herself against your length. Resting a moment, you bask the pleasure she gives you.

Pulling back out, you let her texture massage your member. Her warmth and wetness are most enjoyable. Sonata gives you a willing look, asking for continuation. You start thrusting into her, slow at the beginning and going faster with time. She starts to moan softly while you take her from behind. Your hand explores her body and soon find their way to her breasts. Groping them - squeezing them. With two fingers you pinch her nipples, making her jump slightly at your first go. A slap can be heard every time your hips connect with her rear, slamming your length into her. Sonata's breath begins to quicken and you can feel yourself coming close to an orgasm again. Putting your hands on her hips again, you prepare for the final thrusts. Every time your length disappears in her warm tunnel she exhales sharply, like if you pressed the air out of her lungs. The signs of her upcoming orgasm are clear. Her vagina is convulsing around you randomly and her breath quickens.

Two thrusts later, she is ready. Her tunnel clenches around you, grabbing a hold of your member and keeping it inside her. When you try to pull, the feeling it creates is indescribable. It's the final push that sends you over the edge as well. Sonata lets out a lewd moan as your juices spread themselves inside her once again. Her body twitches against yours as she rides the wave of pleasure you give her. In fear that someone heard the commotion, you look around in the alley, only to find it still deserted. When she finally lets your penis go, you pull yourself out of her. She turns around and grabs your face, pulling you in for a kiss. Her body presses against yours and you can feel the wetness of her crotch on your leg, slowly running down it while your member presses against her belly. When you finally separate, she looks at you with a content smile.

"And? Did we get caught?"

"No, but we better get ourselves clean and dressed before someone does, “you answer her.

And so do you. Luckily she had a few tissues in her purse for you both. After you are done with that, she takes you by the hand and continues to walk down the alley with you.

"Do you want to meet at Sugarcube-Corner tomorrow?" you ask her out.

"I'm not sure if I can. Adagio might have made other plans already," she says with a deploring tone to her voice.

"We have to attend classes tomorrow, how about I tell you then?" she offers.

"Sounds okay,"

You continue your walk silently until a crossing comes up and she stops.

"I have to turn left now," she says while tucking a strain of her fringe behind her ear.

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow then,"

You lean in for a last goodbye kiss before she leaves into the night. As soon as you lose sight of her, you turn around to walk home in the opposite direction. With your eyes still looking back, you almost stumble into someone. Before you stands Adagio, and she does not look happy.

Adagio's Actions

Author's Note

This may, or may not happen while you are on the toilet:
MLP: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks SNEAK PEEK #1
(appearance of drinks and seating order may vary)

Adagio's Actions

Without a word, Adagio grabs you by the arm and drags you back into the alley. She swings you around, and stumbling over something on the ground, you crash into a dumpster. You flinch from the hard metal hitting your shoulder. Before you can even stand upright again you get a slap in the face from her.

"What the hell was that for?" you ask, while rubbing your cheek.

"You should know very well what that was for. Do you think that spreading hate and mistrust, causing disharmony and antagonism, breaking bonds and friendships is a one-day job?" she scolds you out.

"But I did what you asked for," you say, trying to find the source of her anger.

"I can't remember asking you to distract Sonata from her work!" she continues to shout at you.

You freeze, realizing that the only way she could've seen you distract Sonata was if she saw you two at the café. But she must've also seen you enter the alley to wait for you at this exact spot. And it takes no genius to conclude that she saw what you and Sonata did in the Alley. A cold shiver runs down your back with this realization. You try to play oblivious to that fact and cool the situation down.

"She said she had enough notes for today. She had like two pages full of them," you throw in while Adagio leans over you in anger.

"Oh, I'm not only talking about your little date, I saw you two fucking around in this alley," she says straightforward, confirming your suspicions "I will talk to Sonata about this as well,"

You sweat while Adagio continues to give you a severe lecture. It takes a minute until she let out everything.

"For now, you will work with me, so I can keep an eye on you," her voice is calm again "What you did for us today was merely a test to see if we can trust you and if you can handle it. And I'm still not so sure about the trust part,"

With this, she turns around and walks off in the same direction as Sonata, leaving you dumbfounded. After a minute of starring into her direction, you make your way home. Arriving there, you strip yourself from your clothes and take a relieving shower. With the events of today still running through your mind, you got to bed. The buzzing of your alarm wakes you from an unsatisfying sleep. Rubbing your eyes you stand up and go through your daily routine of getting ready for school. Showering, brushing teeth, combing hair, and eating breakfast. With your backpack packed, you leave through the front door. To your surprise, you are received by, a not so angry looking, Adagio.

"Good morning," she greets you.

"Mornin’," you mumble back.

Together, you start walking towards school. Halfway there, she still hasn't spoken another word with you. It is a few streets before the school when she takes an unexpected turn to the left.

"School is this way," you say, pointing into the direction you headed before.

"I know, but we are not going to school. At least not for now," she says, keeping her plans to herself.

After a few meters, a park appears on the right side. Adagio aims for one of the benches and sits down on it. She goes through her backpack and pulls out three locks, and some weird looking, flat metal tools. Guessing from their shape and the locks, those must be picklocks. Without a word, she hands you one of the locks, prompting you to open it. You picked locks before, but never with actual picklocks. You take the Z shaped one and put the pins under tension while levering the single pins into position with another one. It goes quite easy and within less than two minutes, the shackle jumps open.

"Not bad, try these too. I want you to be get used to the picks," she hands you another lock.

Like before, you open it, but manage to do it a bit faster this time. Continuing with the third lock, you seem to please Adagio with your performance. She makes you do two more picks with each lock until she is finally satisfied with your performance. You hand them back to her and she gets up, signaling you to follow her.

"What was this for?" you ask her.

"We're going to school now. I'll guard the hallway while you pick some of the lockers," she says while simultaneously handing you a pair of gloves “Put those on, we don’t want you getting arrested,”

You put on the gloves while you’re entering the building. Adagio looks around one corner and gives you the okay to begin. With quick fingers, you go to work at the first locker. Your fingers shake a little from the fear of getting caught. It takes a little longer than before and Adagio already shoots you a questioning glare when the lock pops open. Inside, you discover a stack of books. Some modern literature, as well as textbooks for class. Nothing out of the ordinary. You turn to the next locker, maybe you have more lock with this one. It's an easy lock and jumps open quickly. This time, you are luckier. Again, there are textbooks, but a bright, pink binding catches your attention. On closer inspection, you see that it is a diary. Without further ado, you slide it into your backpack. You manage to get three more opened before Adagio signals you to stop. You both take a run down the hallway and hide in the janitor’s closet. It is best for you to not be seen on the site of the crime.

"What did we get?" she asks, already reaching for your backpack.

"I got two diaries and one locker had some USB sticks in it," you say, while showing her the sticks lying at the bottom of your backpack.

She picks some and looks for any kind of labeling, but they are all blank. Putting them back, she takes a closer look at the diaries, flipping through some of the pages.

"Good, good. Let us wait another minute, and then we go for another round," she says, one ear pressed to the door.

"How do you plan to spread all those things you find out about everyone? If I may ask," you say, not without a slight sarcasm in your voice.

"That's where our magic comes to play. When we sing we can influence others. But for the best effect, to make them really start to hate each other, we need to know about their secrets," she tells you "It's hard to explain, but I think you're getting where I'm going with this,"

The two of you wait quietly in the closet for a few more moments before Adagio carefully pushes the door open and peeks outside. The hallway must be clear, since she waves for you to follow. She takes her position at the corner again and you continue to open more lockers. This is the routine for the rest of the day. Sometimes you get interrupted and have to hide inside the closet. Surprisingly no one noticed that something is missing from their lockers during recess. It is already 4pm when Adagio finally feels like having enough material.

"You can stop. We should be going now. Aria and Sonata are already waiting for us at Sugarcube-Corner," she tells you.

You follow her outside and to the café. She is quiet throughout the walk, but over the day you got the impression that she acted more friendly towards you. She might not be your best pal, but it seems that she has gotten over her anger for you. It does not take long and Adagio swings open the door to the café. She heads directly for the table with the two other girls. When Sonata sees you, she gives you a warm smile. But as her eyes wander over to Adagio, it washes away as quickly as it came. Adagio sits next to Aria, so you take the seat by Sonata.

Mrs. Cake comes along and takes your orders. You discuss your different findings of the day. You secretly show them all the USB sticks, diaries, letters, and other personal stuff you found. Throughout the conversation, Sonata leans against your shoulder. Adagio shoots you an annoyed look, but leaves it with that. You put your arm around her and the hot chocolate is no longer the only thing warming you. You feel a pressure in your lower body. Since haven't really gotten a chance to go to the toilet the whole day, you excuse yourself and go to the restroom.

When you come back, you find the table deserted. Looking around, you spot the three girls though the glass doors, standing outside. After paying for your drink, you go after them. They seem to stare at a rainbow that, as you guess, ends somewhere near Canterlot High. You snap them back to reality as you ask them what they’re looking at.

"This is no ordinary rainbow. It is created by equestrian magic. The portal to Equestria must've opened again," Sonata tells you.

"No more gathering information girls," Adagio says with an evil grin on her face. "We're going to use what we already have tomorrow. The magic from the portal will enhance our own,"

"And for you," Adagio turns to address you "You did a really good job today. We won't need your help tomorrow, so you have the day off."

"Don't forget your things," you say, handing her your bag, she puts the loot in her own.

"Is it okay if I stay a little longer?" asks Sonata.

"You wanna screw around some more with your little loverboy here?" Aria says teasingly to Sonata.

"What is your problem Aria?" Sonata is clearly upset as she almost shouts back at her friend.

"You know exactly, what my problem is Sonata," with this, she turns around and leaves.

There clearly is a conflict between the two girls. But as quickly as it rose it boils down again when Aria disappears around a corner. Adagio sighs and follows her, but not without reminding Sonata to come home in time to prepare for tomorrow. The sun has wandered down the horizon, and there is probably less than one and a half hours of daylight left. Sonata grabs your hand and gives you a hearty smile which you return.

"So, where do you wanna go?" you asks her, squeezing her hand playfully.

"I don't know... Why don't we just walk for a bit and see where we land?" she suggests, with her cute voice.

A fresh breeze comes along and Sonata pulls the hood back over her head to shield herself from the coldness. You let go of her hand and put your arm around her instead. Keeping her warm and close to you, you start to stroll along the streets. You're not talking much, just enjoying the company of each other.

After a few minutes, you end up at the same park that you were at this morning, with Adagio. You direct her towards the same bench you sat on several hours ago. You sit down on the far left end of the bench and Sonata snuggles herself up on your shoulder. Sitting there for a few moments, you start to think about what happened earlier.

Aria and Sonata never looked like they really liked each other that much. Adagio must be the one who keeps them together. She is a strong leader after all. Planning all this, and making sure that everyone does his part properly, surely isn't easy when the parties are divided against themselves. If she's not careful, that could be their downfall. And if they fail, you are just as deep in trouble as they will be. At this point there isn't really an option for you to back out of this.

"Hey Sonata, what was that Aria was so angry about earlier?" you ask her, stroking her arm softly.

"Just something dumb from the past, nothing we need to worry about now," she says, trying to avoid the topic.

"But it seemed pretty important to her. I don't want to be nosy, but maybe it helps me to understand what's going on if you tell me what happened," you say, trying to elicit more information from her.

"I really don't want to talk about it. It's something between me and her," she replies, stiffening up on the mention of this topic.

"So, what did you do today? Were you at the café again?" you ask her, changing the subject to something different.

"After school, yes. I had to visit classes today, so they won't give me detention for missing too often," she replies.

"Can't you just use your magic to make them not do it?"

"We could, but as long as we can't gain strength from them as well, it would weaken us a lot," she explains while playing with the straps of her hoodie.

"It's a quite complex magic you girls have there. Did you ever wish, like - you know, that you could stop having to use that magic?" you ask her, since this topic is a good drive for conversation so far.

"No, I never thought about that. It's part of ourselves, we can't just stop being what we are," she says, and you are unsure if you hear a tone of regret in her voice "But let us stop talking about that,"

She turns your head to hers with a hand and gives you a kiss on the lips. Silenced by her sudden advance, you return the kiss with passion. The sun is starting to set and bathes you in an orange to red shimmer. Another breeze comes along, it's starting to get colder. You embrace her, pressing your warm bodies together. Breaking the kiss, Sonata rests her head against yours. You cuddle with her for several minutes, before she speaks up again.

"I think we should go now, Adagio will get mad at me if I come back too late,"

"You could walk with me, my home is almost on your way," you suggest to spend more time with her.

She smiles and nods. Getting up from the bench, you take her hand and walk back the way Adagio and you took this morning. Before long, you reach the doorstep of your home and turn to Sonata. Placing your hands at her hips, you pull her close and give her another kiss. She melts into it, sighing as your lips part again.

"See you tomorrow," she says with a cute smile on her face.

"Watch your way home," you say as goodbye, before she turns around to leave.

Like the day before, you watch her disappear in the darkness before unlocking the door and going inside. It was a stressful day, so you make yourself a tee and take a shower while it steeps. After toweling yourself, you slip into a pajama, take a cup of tea, and watch some TV to let the evening die away. When suddenly the doorbell rings. Getting up to answer the door, you are stunned when you see who is waiting outside.

"Hi again," Aria greets you with a mischievous look on her face.

"Sonata already left," you tell her, thinking that it would be the reason for her visit.

"Oh I know that," she says with a smile that promises nothing good.

"Does Adagio want something from me?" you ask hopeful.

"Not Adagio - I want something," she says, emphasizing the ‘I’.

"And what would that be?" you ask, tired of her playing the pronoun-game.

"Revenge"

Dazzling's Downfall

It is the night of the battle of the bands. You're standing in midst of the crowd and slowly regain your self-awareness. The memories of the past days rush back through your mind. Looking around, you see others snapping back to reality like you just did. Some are massaging their temples, others shake their heads in an attempt to dispel the memories. Everyone acted pretty much the same the last days, rivaling with each other, you all did things you're regretting now. Shameful looks are exchanged between everyone.

Some are staring into the sky, jaws agape and their faces covered in sparkling rainbow light. Following their gaze, you look up and just catch a short view on a giant, winged, rainbow-colored unicorn. I rears up, before disappearing together with the music. With the stadium now again in the sunset light, everyone’s attention is going towards the stage. The three Dazzlings stand there, staring at something in their hands. They're trying to chime their tune again, but what sounded smooth and enchanting only minutes ago was merely a pathetic sounding squeak now. The magic of their music was gone. And with fruits flying after them, they're running off the stage.

Suddenly, panic takes a hold of you. If someone remembers seeing you with them, it could become very ugly, very soon for you. Not losing any time, you take to your heels and get the hell out of there. It takes you a short moment to make your way through the crowd. They're cheering at the Rainbooms, and so far no one really paid attention to you. Finally reaching the edge, you jump over the barrier and onto the grass. There, you take to your heels and run out of sight. As soon as you can no longer hear the crowd cheering, you walk normal again. You already covered a fair bit of your way home, and it takes only a short while until you arrive at the front door.

Taking out your keys, you notice that it's left ajar. Confused about how you forgot to lock it properly, you enter. As soon as you cross the doorstep, you hear a quiet sobbing. Careful not to make any noises, you close the door behind you and go further. Crossing the corner to the living room, you see someone sitting on the sofa in the dark. You can only make out their silhouette. Head in hands, you can only see it shaking slightly. Carefully, you sneak over to the light switch and get ready to run again. The light goes on and you can finally see who is sitting there. She is caught by surprise and turns around to see who switched on the light. Sonata is looking into your eyes. Over her face, you can see makeup smeared by tears. As she recognizes you through her blurred vision, she turns away from you and starts to cry again. You haven't seen her since the cafeteria incident.

A part of you wants to comfort her, but another one is still upset on how she treated you. Standing there, unable to decide what to do, you watch her tears running. Finally, you give in and sit down next to her. She feels the sofa bouncing a little as you do. As you put your arm around her, she rests her head on your shoulder. It takes her a few minutes to finally calm a little. All the while, you stroke over her head, comforting her. Finally, she removes herself from your shoulder. Looking down on the floor, she takes a deep breath before she finds the strength to talk.

"I'm sorry for what I did," she starts off "I should have listened to you when you said that it was Aria's idea,"

"Yes, you should," you're still upset that she didn't trust you.

"Now we're not only banished from Equestria, but we can't control the minds of others anymore," she continues to lament.

"There are lots of people in this world who are able to live perfectly without it," you say without responding to her feelings.

"We lived like that for thousands of years," she cries out under tears "I don't know the first thing about mortal life,"

"Then you will learn it," you're still not giving her a ledge to grab with her feelings.

"I have no idea where to sleep tonight. They'll never let us back into the hotel," Sonata buries her face into your shoulder again.

"I think you can stay for the night," you sigh.

"For realzies?" she looks you in the eyes, her makeup smudged, and infinite gratitude in her eyes.

"You can sleep in my bed. I'll take the couch," you say, unsure if this was the right decision.

Without another word, you stand up and get yourself a pair of blankets. Returning to the sofa, Sonata has calmed and is wiping her face clean with a tissue. You show her the restrooms, so she can get herself ready for sleep. While she's in there for a few minutes, you prep the sofa with some pillows to make it as comfortable as possible. Sonata comes out of the bathroom with her hair open and wearing only her panties and shirt. She’s rubbing her arm, looking bit bashful. It's like her personality got changed entirely this day. For now you don't really know if you should forgive her. Only time will tell if she actually changed. After an awkward silence, you scratch the back of your head and suggest going to bed. She nods and leaves for your bedroom. Tucking yourself into the blankets as good as you can, you see the light in your bedroom go out. The sofa is not really most comfortable, but it will work for one night.

Trying to fall asleep, you can hear quiet weeps coming from down the hallway. You're trying to ignore it and roll over. Failing at it, you try to sort everything that happened in your mind. It was Sonata's fault that you ended up under their spell. But then again, you could blame Aria for playing the cards that way. Wasn't this actually what you wanted? Sonata is here, trying to iron out her mistakes and you're pushing her away. She is trying to get a second chance with you. Maybe you should take the advice from the earlier events, and open your heart up. Tearing your hair, you grunt. Lying there like that for a good moment, you pull the blankets away and get up from the sofa.

You take a deep breath and go to your bedroom. With her head in the covers she doesn't hear you coming. Only when you lift the blankets she jerks and looks at you confused. Without a word, you lie down and spoon her. She doesn't say anything, but cuddles herself against you, savoring your embrace. You can feel on your inside that you made the right decision as you rest your head in her hair. With your arm wrapped around Sonata, you can feel her heartbeat going calmer and calmer. The two of you lie there while slowly drifting away into sleep. The next morning, you wake of to find your view obscured by a blue curtain. Shaking your head to regain clear sight again, Sonata's hair slides off your face. You both haven't moved during the night and she is still lying in your arms. She mutters something incomprehensible. You must've woken her up with your movement. She turns around and smiles at you with a sleepy look on her face.

"Good morning," she says with her cute voice.

"Morning," you greet her back.

You get rudely interrupted by your phone. The preset-alarm on your phone makes you get up and search for it. When you finally turn it off, you go and gather fresh clothes, before heading for the bathroom.

"Can't you lie here with me a little longer?" Sonata ask hopefully.

"Sorry, but I have to go to school. I've missed too many days already, and I better not draw any more attention to myself," you explain to her "I can just hope that no one remembers that I hung out with you girls a lot,"

Sonata looks down on the sheets, ashamed of herself.

"I'm going to take a shower now. Make yourself at home while I'm gone," you say, leaving for the bathroom.

You're letting the hot water run over your body and soap up. After you step out, you dry yourself with a towel. Applying a bit deodorant and brushing your teeth, you're ready to face the day. Looking at the clock, you find yourself with not much time left. Hurrying into the kitchen, you pull out some bread and make yourself a quick breakfast. Sonata watches you gulping down your food and topping it off with a glass of milk. Putting your dishes in the sink, you go to your room to get your bag. Before leaving, you stop at the kitchen.

"Make yourself some breakfast and we'll talk about everything when I'm back," you are already leaving while finishing the sentence.

"Have a nice day!" you can hear Sonata calling after you.

You turn around and wave at her. Arriving in time, you take your usual seat in the back. Nobody bat you an eye so far, and over the course of the day that does not change. It's just like it was before the Dazzlings stepped into everyone’s life. No one seems willing to remember what happened the past days. Like a silent agreement between everyone to just forget and forgive. With this already being the second incident where a supernatural force takes over the school, everyone is starting to become an expert in recovering from it. Even though no one stepped forward and put a finger on you, the whole day you're worrying someone might finally put one and one together. But as the bell rings for the final time this day, you're still scot-free. In fact, no one will ever remember your part in the whole act.

On your way home, you think about the girl who will be waiting for you there. Obviously, you can't just send her away, even if you wanted. But you're barely able to afford yourself. Having her living with you would quickly make your savings run dry. There are only two options. Either she finds herself a job in a timely manner or she eventually has to leave. If it were someone else, you might be able to ask a friend for help, but that is not an option. Still in thoughts, you arrive at the door and sigh as you turn the key. Upon your entry, you're getting greeted be a blue ball of hair. Sonata must've waited for you and wraps her arms around you. Hugging her back, you step inside with her still in your arms. When she finally let’s go of you, you close the door behind you. She smiles at you.

"I made us something for dinner!" she points over to the kitchen.

Sonata takes you by the hand and leads the way. On the table are two plates with a burger on each one. She must've found your stash of buns and patties in the freezer. Glancing over to the sink, you see a huge pile of dirty cooking gear. A lot more than making simple burgers should ever produce. Ignoring that fact for now, you take a seat with her and hungrily reach for the food. Taking your first bit, the burger crunches and crumbles. Surprised by the crispiness you lift the top bun, only to find a black disk where the patty belongs.

"Say, how long did you fry those patties?" you tenderly ask her.

"Are they not done?" she asks back, taking a bite herself.

"Not exactly," you answer.

It is funny to see the look on her face change as she reaches the charcoal in her burger. You can't help but chuckle on her reaction as she chimes in with a giggle of herself.

"I guess that didn't work like I planned,"

Taking the patty off your burger, you take another bite. It is quite enjoyable now. After you finished your 'burger', you put the plate aside. It is time to address the things you were thinking about on your way home.

"Sonata, we need to talk," you start off.

"Did I do something wrong?" she asks "It's the mess I made, isn't it?"

"No it's not about the mess, and not about the patties either," you interrupt her "It's about you staying here,"

You can already see her eyes go wide, thinking that you're about to throw her out.

"Now don't worry, you can stay. But I can't really support us both with what I got," you explain to her.

"But I don't have any money either," she says, sounding worried.

"We just got to find you a job or something," you exploit "maybe a groceries store is searching for help or something,"

Sonata is biting her lower lip, thinking about what you just told her.

"You know, I could go into town tomorrow and see if I find anything,"

You agree with her, and start clearing the table. Since the sink is already stacked to the max, you open the dishwasher and place the dirty dishes in it. After you're done, you ask Sonata if she would like to watch a movie. She says yes and you pick an old favorite of yours. While you're setting up the TV, Sonata takes a seat on the sofa. While the legal disclaimers are running, you go and fetch a blanket. Snuggling up with her, you press play. You've watched this movie countless times and know the plot by heart. She doesn't seem too be very interested in the story as well as she rests her head on your shoulder. Reaching your arm around her, she sighs. As the movie nears its end, her head gets heavier and you can hear her snoring. Watching her rest in your arms, how her chest rises and lowers with her breath. How her nostrils flatter and her eyes move under their lids. With your free arm, you stroke over her hair. She wakes up and opens her eyes, looking at you with a sleepy smile.

"Whoops, looks like I fell asleep," she mutters.

"No worries. Maybe we should go to bed and call it a night?" you suggest.

She nods and snuggles you one more time before getting of your chest. You make yourselves fresh at the bathroom, before going to your bedroom. Like last night, you lie next to her and together you fall asleep in the arms of each other. Then next morning you are wakened by the alarm again. Just like the yesterday, you don't really have much time to prepare yourself for school. Sonata tries to make up for the failed burgers from last night and makes you some breakfast while you shower. Having a little more time to spare now, you fetch the newspaper and glance over the headlines. Aside from a few local news, there's nothing that really sparks your interest. You suggest bringing some food home after school, and Sonata gladly accepts. You wish her a nice day and grab your bag. On your way out, you see her picking up the newspaper and looking through the job ads.

School passes just like yesterday. And if there was any tension left between the students, it mostly cooled down during the day. When school is finally over, you think about what food to get on your way home. The decision is made easy for you as a small man in a sombrero hands you a flyer with a 2 for 1 coupon on it. Since the restaurant is not much of a detour, you go there and pick up some food. With the food in paper bag, you hurry home before it gets cold. But when you enter, you find that Sonata is not there. On the table lies a note from her. "I'm in the city, talking to a few people. I will be back soon. xoxo Sonata" it reads. You think about eating alone, but quickly disregard that idea.

The day is almost over, and most places where Sonata could potentially go will close soon. Putting the bag with the food in the fridge, you take out your school stuff and start working on some of your homework. Whilst math and English just flow out of the pen, you get stuck with the history assignment. Since it’s not due tomorrow, you decide to do it tomorrow. With a perfect timing, you hear a faint metal clicking and scratching coming from your front door. It has been a few days, but you still remember this sound. Someone is trying to open the door with lockpicks. Scared for a second, you realize that Sonata probably didn't pick up a spare key on her way out. To ease her entrance, you open the door for her. Sonata is surprised for a second that the door opened all on its own. When she recognizes you as the friendly ghost, a smile comes on her face.

"You'll never guess what happened," She pushes you inside, eager to tell you about her day.

You end up in the kitchen, offering her to warm up the food and talk over it at a meal.

"Sure, what do did you get?"

"I got something from the new Texan restaurant," you open the fridge and get the bag out "hope you like burritos,"

"They're fine, heat em' up, I want to tell you"

While you put them in the microwave and set it to 1 minute, Sonata takes two plates from the cupboard.

"So I was at Barnyard Bargains to see if I could get a job as a cashier or clerk there," she begins to tell "And while I was sitting in the waiting room, there was another guy sitting next to me. We talked a little, and he asked me what I was doing there. So I told him about how I needed a job and that I used to sing in the past."

A beeping interrupts her, as the microwave finished heating the food. Swiftly you take it out and place the plates on the table, eager to hear the rest of her story.

"And what happened then?" you ask.

"He seemed really interested into why I'm no longer singing. I didn't want to tell him about what happened at the battle of the bands, so I told him that I couldn't get a contract," Sonata continues "He said he couldn't believe that such a nice lady, can't get a contract and handed me his business card,"

She pulls out a small piece of paper and hands it to you. Looking at it, you read the name of Fancy Pants along with his phone number and address.

"He said I should totally call him and that he would arrange an audition for me,"

"Do you know who this is?" you ask her.

"His names Fancy Pants, that's all I know about him," she replies.

"He's a pretty big guy in the high society of Canterlot. If he can hook you up with the right people, you might be golden," you say to her.

"Do you really think that he can help me with that?" she suddenly seems a bit insecure about the whole thing,

"I don't know," you start "I'm pretty sure he can. It's you who I'm more worried about."

"Me?" she is clearly confused now.

"Yeah. I mean you three were sounding like heaven when you still had your magic. But after your pendants broke, it sounded -" you pause for a second to think of another word than horrible "rather badly,"

"I know," she says, looking down on her food "I just thought that maybe with a little practice I might sing well enough,"

She sighs and puts the burrito she just wanted to take a bite from back down.

"You know, never mind," she stands up "I'll find another place to stay," Sonata doesn't sound upset, but disappointed in herself.

"Wait, I didn't mean it like that," you try to stop her "Maybe you're right. But we'll never know if you just leave now. The least we could do is give it a try,"

Sonata's movement comes to a halt. She seems to be think about what you just said. After a short moment, she sits back down.

"You're right, what’s the worst thing that can happen?" she covers her nervousness with humor.

"But you really should practice before going there," you throw in "Who knows, maybe it was just the shock that you suddenly had to sing without your magic,"

Sonata nods and starts eating. You do the same, and have to find out that the burritos cooled down during the conversation. But since you are both hungry, you eat them as they are. After the dinner, you clear the table and get something from your room. Coming back to the kitchen, you show her the DVD in your hands. It's an old musical with karaoke subtitles. The best thing you could think of to test her singing skills. Showing it to her, she seems to like your idea and prompts you to put the disk into the player. The intro starts to play and after a short moment, you select the karaoke in the menu. Sonata stands in front of the TV and looks at the words running over the screen. She reads the lyrics in her mind, but didn't start to sing yet. You are pretty sure that even here, in the privacy with you, she does not feel confident enough to start singing. Sighing, you pause the movie and Sonata turns around to you.

"You'll never know if you can if you never try," you say to encourage her.

"I - I know, but I'm just too afraid. What if I can't sing anymore? What if the magic really was what gave us our talent?" she ponders.

"Now come on. We're trying this together," you assure, and hug her from behind.

Pressing play again, the first tunes of the song start playing. You can feel her body shiver a little in your arms. Softly, you start to hum the melody into her ear. Soon, she picks up and when the first words appear on screen, she mummers them more than that she sings them. Chiming in with her, you take the lead and as the next verse starts, she picks it up herself. She gets more and more confident with each line, until she finally sings with her full voice again. It feels enchanting to you, not like before when there was actual magic coming from her tunes. This was another magic, closer to the one that defeated her only days ago. And you could tell that she felt it too. Every word she sings now, sounds just as beautiful as it did back when she wore her pendant. The song is over, and Sonata turns around in your arms, a spark of hope and happiness in her eyes.

"I did it!" she says with joy "I can still sing!"

"You sounded really good. But that was probably all thanks to my backup vocals," you tease her.

She punches you in the side playfully.

"What do you say? Let's put another one on and see if it was just a one hit wonder," you try to make a little fun of her, but she is too happy to even recognize it.

Starting the next one, she sings along to it like a superstar. This is pretty much the rest of the evening, you sit on the couch while she goes through the DVD. When the last song is over, she falls into the cushions next to you. She looks exhausted from all the fun she had. Taking a look at the clock, you see that it's already 10pm. The time flew really fast while you had fun. You suggest to her that you should go to bed and call it a night. Together, you go to the bathroom to make yourselves ready for the bed. After brushing your teeth and getting into the fitting wardrobe, you head to your room. You tuck into the blankets with her. Unable to sleep right away, you talk about tomorrow. It's a Saturday, so you won't have to go to school. You think about going for a walk with her.

It's been some time since you two sat on the bench in the park, and you feel like getting her out of the house and into the public might be a good decision. Sooner or later she will have to go out there. And the sooner, the better. Telling her about your idea, she seems to like it. Shortly after, over some lessening chit chat, you both fall asleep. Unlike the other days, you are not woken by the annoying beeping of your phone, but by something warm and wet. Your lips get parted by something and you can feel a stream of air brushing over your cheek. Opening your eyes, you look directly into Sonata's. There is a sheepish look on her face as she back up a little to speak.

"Good morning," she whispers to you.

Instead of answering, you move forward and return the kiss.

"You've been awake long?" you ask after parting from her.

"Just admiring the view," she jokes.

You give her another quick peck on the lips before getting up from the bed. A quick look at the clock tells you that it is 9am. You roll out of the bed and open the curtains to let the morning sun in. Turning back around, you see Sonata stretching before getting up herself. Not bothering with dressing up first, you two go into the kitchen and have a generous breakfast. You're not talking much, but exchange views with each other. After finishing eating, she reaches for the business card that still lies on the table. You can tell by the looks on her face that she wants to call right now.

"I don't think you should call him today,"

"He said I could call him anytime, besides he can always tell me to call back another time," she throws away your point.

Before you can even respond to that, she already grabbed the phone and is dialing the number from the bottom of the card. You can hear a quiet tooting until, after a few seconds, the other end gets picked up. After exchanging formalities, Sonata tells the man on the other end that she would like to take her chance with the audition. You can hear the other end go quiet for a few seconds and after that Sonata just goes 'yes' and 'hmm' before saying goodbye. She has a cheeky grin on her face.

"Guess what he said," she teases you "He said I could come by the Coreblast studios and make a test recording with them,"

"Did he tell you a time, or can you come whenever?" you ask her.

"He said if I could come now or later, but I want to go right now," she answers.

"Well, what are we waiting for then?" you are getting already up from the table.

Sonata follows your move, but unlike you, she heads directly for the front door.

"I think you might want to rethink about going out like that," you chuckle lightly at her almost leaving in underwear.

She looks down herself and chimes in with the laughter. Following you the bathroom, you both take a shower. It feels weird at first that she changes around you so naturally and does not even insist on you leaving while she is under the shower. Not that you would mind having a chance to admire her body. Thinking about it, her forwardness was what got the two of you together in the first place. When it's your turn to shower, you're still a bit nervous about undressing in plain view of her. When you catch her looking at you, it's clear that your worries are without a base. Just like you ogled at her, you can see her occasionally glance through the glass while she brushes her teeth. Sonata does not really have many clothes since she appeared on your doorstep with nothing in her hands. The past days she lent herself some of your shirts and wore your jeans, but luckily her clothes from the performance at the battle of the bands came out of the laundry today. Since you plan to accompany her, you choose to wear something more formal than usual. After she is pleased with both her and your attire, you leave towards the studio.

It is not far from your house, so it does not take long before you arrive at the gate of a street that leads to a tall glass building with the name of the company in big letters on it. Announcing your presence over the intercom, you get told to move up to the main entrance where you are greeted by a secretary. She leads you to a room on another floor. You get told to wait in front of a room with the sign 'Recording Room'. Shortly after, the door opens and a man in a tuxedo steps out, followed by a less formal dressed guy. You recognize the first one as Fancy Pants. His face is on TV regularly.

The other guy though looks like works here. Fancy Pants greets Sonata and you, introducing you to the producer of the studio. After a quick exchange of formalities, Fancy Pants has to leave for another meeting, so you are left alone with the casual dude. He leads you into the room they just came out from and lets you have a seat while he discusses what music and song Sonata wants for the recordings. She lists him a few and you recognize one of them being from the DVD you showed her. After they figured everything out, she goes through another door into a room that is separated from yours with a glass panel. The producer puts on a pair of headphones, and so does Sonata on the other side.

The next hours for you are filled with mostly silence, only broken by the occasional talking of the producer. All you can see is Sonata singing into the microphone passionately. As you want to excuse yourself to go to the restroom, he takes down his headphones and Sonata comes back into the room. They discuss her singing a bit more, and from what you can hear he is very impressed with her so far. He wants to play them to some sort of evaluation team to see what they think of it. If they like it, he will call Sonata and discuss a contract with her.

With everything said, you all shake hands and say goodbye. On your walk home, you chat with Sonata about the audition. She seems very confident with her performance. At home, you have lunch and then go for the walk in the park you originally wanted to do with her. The day is a bit windy, but the sun keeps you warm. Apart from occasional chats, you just enjoy each others company. And just like that, you let the day roll out peacefully.

The next weeks, things only get better for the two of you. Your relationship blooms to its full extent and Sonata even gets the contract with Coreblast. There is nothing that can stop you two from being happy together.

The End

Author's Note

I am sorry if this ending might just once again feel too sudden and abrupt, but I wanted it to come to a closure to focus on other works. There is a lot more that could have been elaborated like what happened to Adagio and Aria. To put it as it is, I don't really want to write those things at the moment and knowing myself they won't follow in the future.
I still hope you enjoyed this story regardless.

Aria's Advances

Aria shoves you back into the house and into the living room, where your tea still steams on the table. When your legs hit the couch, you fall back into the cushions. She picks up your cup and drops something in it that looks like a small blue pill. You look at her, still confused what exactly is going on as she presses the cup into your hands.

"Drink up," she says with a sharp voice.

"What did you put in there?" you ask her, looking from her to the drink and back.

"Did I fucking stutter?" she hisses out sharply.

Aria takes the cup back out of your hands and presses the rim of it to your lips with one hand. With the other, she cuts of your breath by squeezing your nose. Eventually you open your mouth and she drains the liquid into your throat. The tea is still a bit hot, so it burns while running down your throat. You cough for air as soon as you mouth is clear again. Aria takes a step back, throwing the cup aside.

"Where is your bedroom?" she asks with her commanding voice.

"It's the one down the hallway," you respond to her "But what the fuck is this even about?"

"Just move already," she scolds at you, pulling you of the couch.

Leading the way, she pushes you down the hallway with her strong arms. You are slightly embarrassed by your clothes lying around on the floor and the general mess, but that is probably nothing you should be worrying about right now. Aria does not even care too look around your room, but violently strip you of your pajama. Beginning with the shirt that she pulls over your head, and continuing with the pants. A quick rip of her makes them fall to your ankles. Looking down, you find yourself naked. But not only that. Your penis is standing there rock-hard, even though you don't feel aroused the tiniest bit. Confused about your boner, you look back at Aria. Her eyes rest on your member. With a satisfied expression she begins to rid herself from her clothes as well. It is crystal clear now what her 'revenge' consists of, but you don't want this, hell you are even a bit afraid of this girl. Trying to think about how you could escape this situation, Aria already makes the next step, pushing you onto the sheets of your bed.

"You can play along and enjoy it or you can resist and let me have all the fun," she says with a serious expression.

"Why are you doing this? I did nothing to you," you reply, not answering her question.

"Before we got banished to this place, Sonata thought it would be funny to pinch my boyfriend and fuck him," she tells you, her voice clearly filled with anger.

"Do what you want, but I will not have sex with you," you make your statement, hoping that Aria would retreat from her plans.

"You wanna do this the hard way then," she says with an evil grin "Fine, that just makes it more satisfying for me,"

She climbs over you lying on the bed, the pajama shirt in hands. First she takes your left arm and knots one sleeve around your wrist and pulls the rest through the stanchions of the headboard. You try to stop her, but she presses your left arm down with her legs and holds the right one with her free one. Your second wrist follows suit to be bonded by your pajama. Still able to move your hands, there is no change you can reach them together to untie yourself. Aria tests the strength of her knots one more time before she is fully satisfied with them restraining you. You could still kick with your legs, but Aria realized that before you and shift her body so that she is sitting on them.

"This will be over a lot faster if you just comply," she repeats "Those Viagra pills I gave you will keep you hard anyways,"

Accepting the fact that she will have you either way, you decide to just lie back and have her do her thing. Aria does not waste any time and starts to rub herself. She still sits over your legs and you can feel the movements of her body transitioning into yours. Letting your eyes wander over her body, you notice how good she looks. Her breasts are bigger than Sonata's. And from the looks on how they jiggle while she works on herself, they must be firmer too. Her body in general is bigger. Her hips especially. They are wide and you can even see her ass jiggle a bit.

Aria closed her eyes while she prepared herself and opens them now, staring at your member with a desiring look. She takes her hand that is still covered with her juices and gives your penis a few strokes to test its hardness. You feel her squeeze her hand around it, and your member does not give in in the slightest. This is probably the hardest you've ever been. Even able to feel your blood pumping through your length while it's in her iron grip, you can't help but feel a strange mix of pleasure and pain. Aria must've caught a hint of that on your face as she grins and swiftly positions herself over your length. She lets your tip slide across her slit, observing your every expressions of pleasure that you might have.

Again, you can't help yourself but let out a small groan. Looking at her face reveals that she very much enjoys seeing you caught in this fight of pleasure and avoidance. She lets you slide along her slit one more time before shifting her body forward a bit and lowering herself. You can see your length slowly disappearing inside her. She moans as your member inches its way through her tight walls. With her warm vagina around your penis, her wetness, and her folds massaging you, you let out a louder groan than before. Aria enjoys herself as well. Her breath goes faster than before and she starts to move her body up and down.

She starts slowly and lowers herself a bit more each time. Finally your penis is completely inside her. She presses her body down on you, eager to get more of your length inside her. Unable to do so, she begins to sway her hips in circles, grinding your penis against the walls of her vagina. The feeling is indescribable and renders your plan to not enjoy yourself during this practically useless as you let out another loud moan of pleasure. You can see a smile on her face, she must be satisfied that she causes you these feelings. Almost as if seeing you like this gives her more joy than the sex itself.

Aria continues to move her hips in circles, but simultaneously starts to move up and down again. Your glans is pulled and pushed against her walls in every imaginable way. Her warmth engulfs you and every move of hers sends waves of pleasure through your body. There is no way you cannot enjoy yourself under her work. Aria knows that and increases the pace, her ass jiggling every time her hips connect with yours. The workout makes her sweat, and her breasts glister in the light while they dance to her moves. You don't know for how long she's being riding your dick, but there is a pressure building inside your balls.

Your penis starts to twitch inside her, pressing itself against her insides even more. Aria moans every time she grinds her hips against yours. Every time she bottoms out, she moves them back and forth, left and right. Her juices spread over your crotch more and more every time she does. The pressure rises with every wet smack of her body onto yours. Aria does not slow down over time, but seems to move even faster. Finally you are sent over the edge, your member throbs inside her and you feel your semen shooting out and filling the insides of her. Aria feels it as well and looks at you with a smug grin. You throw your head back and let out a long sigh as you ride through your orgasm.

Normally your penis would go flaccid afterwards, but the drug keeps it stiff. This is much to Aria's liking, since she continues to fuck you like her toy. She got exhausted a bit though and leans forward, supporting herself on your chest. Her breast swinging in clear view for you now. She stops bopping her hips and goes for grinding instead. Her breasts swing in circles and the sudden urge to grab and squeeze them overcomes you. But since your hands are still tied, you can't reach up to them. Aria does not take notice of you trying to reach for her and is fully concentrated on pleasuring herself.

Her eyes are closed as she rubs her wet pussy against your crotch while your member pleases her. The continuing erection begins to get a bit painful. Her keeping going does not really help with that as well. Aria sees the look on your face and puts even more effort into it. It takes her only a few more moments to reach her own climax. Her fingers dig into your chest as her body starts to tense up. Her moaning becomes more intense as she presses herself down on you even more. You can feel her insides contracting around your member. Her back arches and she starts to shake a bit as the waves of her orgasm wash through her body. She catches her breath after her muscles relax again.

"That was a good round, don't you think?" she asks with a sly grin.

"Are you done yet?" you ask back, trying to sound as annoyed as you can.

"Far from it," she replies and removes herself from you.

She sits back on your legs and inspects your still hard penis with her hands.

"Those pills really work wonders," she says "We should make use of that,"

Aria stands up and positions her legs beside your head before kneeling back down on the bed. You have her slit now in front of your face while her head hovers over your dick. Taking your balls in her hands, she looks back at you with a mischievous grin before lowering her bottom on your face. She rubs herself over your face, spreading her juice on you. You try to not open your mouth or cause her pleasure in any way, but some of her liquid still manages to find its way through your lips. Her taste is muskier than Sonata's. It has a bitter note to it as well. She does not taste bad, but still, you don't want to give her the satisfaction of having you actively partake in her revenge. To your surprise, she removes herself from you.

"Use your tongue, or else," she squeezes your balls a little "we have to this the hard way again,"

She places her slit on your mouth once more. But you still don't do as she pleases. Your resistance is quickly met with a punishment. A stinging pain runs through your body as she, this time not so gently, squeezes your balls. You exhale sharply and try to throw your head back. But there is no more room. Aria has trapped you between her legs, and shifted herself back a bit more now as well. With her crotch now covering all of your face you can hardly breathe anymore and decide to do as she asked. You open your mouth and her juices immediately enter it, her taste is much stronger now. Beginning with some simple licking up and down her slit, you start eating her out. She responds by giving you a bit more room to breathe. Seeing the silent trade she offers, you continue licking her in patterns. A 'z' from top to bottom, scooping along the length, moving it in circles, and flicking her clit. Aria seems to like your moves and begins to moan again.

You probe her hole with your tongue and suckle on her clit a bit. The flow of her juices tells you that you're doing something right. Every time you slack a bit she presses herself onto you a bit more, taking your breath. And every time you please her well, she retorts a bit. It's a constant back and forth. Suddenly you feel something on your member. Her hands begin to stroke your still rock hard length. It actually does not hurt anymore, you must be ready again. Because you stopped licking her for a moment she punishes you once again with a squeeze of your balls. Continuing to eat her out you begin to actually like this a bit. The way Aria dominates you is quite sexy, and it’s not like she's not a really attractive woman. If you weren't in a relationship with Sonata, this might have been a dream come true.

The 'dream' pretty soon turns into an even better one as you feel something warm at your tip. Aria starts to lick the tip, letting her tongue swirl around the glans. You stop eating her out for a moment and moan into her womanhood. As before, she does not accept you stopping and rubs her warm slit on your mouth, prompting you to continue, which you do. She is pretty skilled with her mouth and slowly works herself down your length while you please her with your tongue. Both of you are already worked up a lot, and it does not take long for either of you to come close to climax. This time she is the first to give in. She moans with your member in her mouth. Her hips clench around your head, holding you in place while you give her clit the last few licks that send her over the edge completely. A generous amount of her juices starts to land in your mouth and you can't help but savor the taste and swallow them. Shortly after your member starts to throb in her mouth, making her take it out and stroke it with her hands. When she gives your glans another lick, you cum again. It shoots out and lands on her face.

After your bodies relaxed again, you feel the pain in your member from being erect for such a long time. Aria gets up from the bed and reaches for her pants, pulling out her phone. She lies back next to you and turns on the camera to take a photo of you two lying there naked. You hear the clicking sound. Satisfied with her work, she stands back up.

"Are you done now?" you ask her, trying to sound annoyed once more.

"Yes, I have everything I need right here," she says, pointing at her phone.

"Would you be so kind and untie me then?" you ask sarcastically.

"Actually I think it would be more fun if Sonata does it," she says sheepishly and winks at you.

She puts her clothes back on while you lie there baffled. Before she leaves, she pulls the blanket over you and gives you a good night kiss. She laughs over that that ironic action as she leaves the room and your house. After the door clicks close, there is a weird silence. You try to reach your hands together to untie yourself, but her knots are still holding strong. Eventually you give in and try to sleep. Your boner still stands, forming a tent under the blanket like a little watchtower that guards your sleep. It is uncomfortable to lie on your back for the whole night with your arms stretched out over your head.

The next morning you are waked by your phone's preset alarm. Trying to reach over to your pants on the floor and turn it off, you are painfully reminded of you situation again. Groaning angrily you hear footsteps coming closer until Sonata appears in the door. Her face is red, she must be boiling on the inside. She rushes up to you and slaps you right across the face. On the close-up you can see how red her eyes are, she must've been crying on her way here.

"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME!" she yells at you, "WITH ARIA OF ALL PEOPLE!"

"It wasn't my fault!" you exclaim, "She practically raped me,"

"Yeah, getting raped by a girl, do you have any more clever excuses like that?" her voice did not lower in volume. She is still shouting at you.

"I'm telling you she gave me Viagra and tied me to the bed, see?" you show her your hands still tied to the headboard.

"You probably let her do it so you look innocent!" her rage is beyond reasoning and you can't seem to convince her otherwise.

Your argument goes on for a few more minutes, without her cooling down even the slightest.

"Sonata! That's enough!" a third voice mixes itself in. Adagio stands in the door frame.

"You should know very well why Aria did this, and that he is just as much victim in this as you are," she takes Sonata to the side and talks sense into her.

Sonata finally goes quiet, but you can tell from the look on her face that this topic is not done for quite yet. And as soon as Adagio turns to you she stomps out of the room. Sonata looks after her, shaking her head. She reaches for your ankles and releases you from the bed. Rubbing your writs you thank her for it and ask about how she knew about her coming here.

"Aria was extraordinary happy this morning and when I asked her about it she told me that she got her revenge on Sonata," she explains calmly, but tired, "so I put one and one together and came here,"

"Thank you for doing so again, she was about to tear me apart," you say.

"We still need you after all, no need to thank me," she replies and turns around without another word, leaving you alone.

Sighing, you get up from the bed and take a morning shower, trying to wash of the events from last night. You really liked Sonata and it hurts you a bit that she now hates you for something you never wanted to happen. Finally a woman stepped into your life that really seemed to like, even love, you and it all got destroyed something she did in her past. The fact that you partially enjoyed last night does not really help with that. You step out of the shower and get dressed for school. Not in the mood for breakfast, you leave early. On your way you don't see any of the other students and can freely choose your seat as you arrive in the classroom. Choosing a seat at the back you take out your notebook and begin to draw meaningless lines and circles onto it.

The bell brings you back from your daydreaming as Miss Cheerilee walks into the room, pulling the TV cart behind her. This is to your liking, you can continue to dwell in your feelings without anyone noticing. A look across the room shows you three empty seats. The Dazzlings are missing once again. Cheerilee starts the movie and for the next 2 lessons a documentation on the tropes flashes through your peripheral vision. After it is over, Cheerilee reminds you all to bring in your notes tomorrow for a short test on it.

As soon as she finished speaking, the bell rings and everyone goes to the cafeteria for lunch. You sit alone with your tablet and eat your food as the double doors swing open and the three girls show up. They start singing a harmony of tones, and you instantly remember Sonata humming similar ones in the alley after she ripped off your pendant. Panicking a bit you look down and find it still around your neck. They begin to sing now as well, and the glowing of their necklaces starts to create some kind of green mist. It's very thin, but for someone who knows what to look for it is clearly visible.

The mist spreads across the cafeteria, and everyone in its area stops whatever they were doing and listens to their tune. Their magic is in full work, spreading fast and efficiently. Their singing catches everyone in their ban. The cloud nears you now and the pendant on your chest starts to warm up as the mist goes around you in a perfect, small circle. You look back to the girls and they are really putting a lot of effort in their performance. Sonata looks your way and you can see nothing but hate towards you in her stare. As they go on, your pendant gets warmer and warmer, almost burning your skin. But you know better than to rip it of right now. When they hit the crescendo you flinch and hear the sound of shattering glass.

The pendant around your neck disintegrated. Sonata's hate on you, carried through her magic and combined with Aria's feelings towards her was too much for the artifact to hold up against. Panicking, you look down to the mist on the floor, it closes the gap between you in a split second. Every thought of yours gets pushed aside and replaced with an unreasonable amount of hate. Hate towards Aria, hate towards Adagio, hate towards Sonata. And hate against everyone in the room. You did not get the chance to slowly accommodate to their magic like the others, but their personal feelings amplify the effect on you.

You are now like everyone else, caught in their magic. Unable to resist it and fully under their control.

THE END

Author's Note

If you rather watch them sing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aMexypkD3E&feature=youtu.be&t=35s
Unfortunately you cant see yourself in it...