Dagi in Love

"Come on, Sonata." I began to run to the stranger.

"Where?" She asked as she followed behind me.

"That shadowy figure!" I pointed at the figure, who was retreating to the next street. "We have to catch it!"

"Okie dokie!" Sonata joined me in my pursuit. I rounded the corner just in time to see a pink-shoed foot disappear into an alley. I put in a burst of speed and made it to the corner before the stranger could leave.

"Who are you?" I demanded. The figure waved its finger at me, like it was saying, "Don't you mess with Grandma, darlin'." It was gloved, which didn't give me a clue who it was- unless it was the girl with the beret who always wore gloves. She was weird.

Back to the present, I reminded myself.

"Come back here!" I yelled at the person as it began to run again.

"Uh, Adagio?" Sonata puffed behind me. "What's the point of this?"

"The point?" I asked through gritted teeth. "This person was staring at me. I'm sure of it!"

"Uh, but why's it so important to you?" Sonata asked.

"SHUT UP!" I yelled back. Sonata was silent after that. We chased the stranger down rows of streets, but eventually I began to wear out. More and more distance formed between me and my quarry. Eventually, I needed to stop running or I would collapse.

I have to admit, my first thought wasn't, What if I die this moment?, it wasn't even, What if my revenge is ruined because of this? My first thought was, How many people are going to miss me if I go?

"Dagi!" Sonata came running up behind me. "Are... we... going to... start... running... again?" She painted, hands on her knees.

"No," I replied breathlessly. "I think... we should... just... rest." And just like that, Sonata and I collapsed next to each other.

Imagine my surprise when Aria Blaze came running out of the alleyway.

"Woah!" She nearly tripped over us. "What are you two doing?"

"We were chasing someone," I explained. Aria folded her arms.

"Me too. Some girl in a hood- Adagio, she had our powers!" I understood imiediatly how serious this was. I rarely heard Aria's voice quiver in fear.

"We saw a bunch of kids fighting at Sugarcube Corner," I remembered. "She did that?"

"Yeah." Aria held up a hand. I took it and she pulled me up.

"What about me?" Sonata protested. She scrambled up without anyone's help.

"Well, she's gone now," I pointed out. "We should probably get home." Aria shrugged.

"Yeah, and we plan everything out from there."

"Of course." As we began to walk back to our house, my mind flew to earlier that day. It had been fun to help Cap and the rest of the kids at the park. And the refreshments from Sugarcube Corner- those were good.

Aria walked in front of us as Sonata fell back.

"You don't have to do this, Dagi. You have a choice now." I was caught off guard by how uncharacteristically serious her voice was.

"What are you talking about?" I asked. "A choice? How I should rule Equestria?"

"For realzies!" Sonata was back to normal when she giggled her catchphrase.

"Hurry up, guys!" Aria called.

"Hey, I'm the one that gives orders," I snapped, rushing to catch up with her.

"Pfft." Aria waved her hand.

When we reached the house, I immediately dashed upstairs to find my little notebook.

"Okay, girls," I said, bringing it downstairs and sitting down on the couch. "I think I can probably configure some of the magic to open up the portal. But it has to happen during a full moon."

"How long have you been keeping this information away from us?" Aria asked forcefully.

"Please, Aria, can we get through this without arguing?" I asked with a sigh. Aria smirked.

"You're getting soft, Adagio."

"No I'm not!" I retorted, flustered. "Anyways, the next full moon is Monday night. We can host a concert!"

"Yeah, that's good." Aria nodded. I noticed Sonata was just sitting, staring blankly ahead.

"Sonata!" I snapped my fingers twice.

"I thought we had made progress!" She shouted, snapping out of her trance. She looked at Aria's and my confused faces.

"I mean-" She blushed, "I can make the posters!"

"Good idea." I nodded and wrote it down.

Deep down, though, I didn't feel as enthusiastic as I had been before.

We continued planning out everything we needed for Monday night. The song we'd sing (a number called Welcome to the Show), the outfits we'd wear (Sonata volunteered to run out to the store tomorrow), and how we'd spread the word (no teachers were to know).

"This will be totally amazing," Aria said, leaning back with a satisfied smirk. "One final song, everyone will be under our spell, and we'll return to Equestria!"

"Yeah," I added, looking down at the papers in my hand. "We'll leave..."

"See? You are getting soft!" Aria scoffed. "You don't care anymore! You sound regretful!"

"Shut up!" I pushed Aria's shoulder and stood up. "It's late. I'm going to bed."

"Sweet dreams!" Sonata called. I didn't answer her.

I slammed the door to the room shut. How dare Aria accuse me of being soft? I was the leader. I came up with this plan. It was through my efforts we'd be back in Equestria on Tuesday morning, exacting revenge on those stupid crystal ponies and their stupid ruler!

As I lay down in my bed, an image of Cap's face flashed before me.

They'll be a Cap in Equestria, I reminded myself, closing my eyes. First things first.