Rise of the Angel of Death

Twilight’s group with the human main five saw as Sunset returned. "So what is Malthael doing?" Twilight asked.

"To tell you the truth, I have no idea." Sunset finished.

"Well how can you not?" Rainbow asked.

"Well he may act like a goof… and he is, but he’s also very great at planning honestly." Sunset finished.

"So what are we going to do about the Sirens? Because, at this point we should worry about them more than Malthael." Rarity reasoned

"Well, you girls are connected to the Elements of Harmony so in theory we should be able to use them on these sirens." Twilight explained.

‘Can someone pick up that phone… because I just called it,’ Sunset thought. ‘Oh man, I’m starting to sound like Mal. At least it’s only in my thoughts.’

"Aww yeah, let's magic up and take these sirens out!" Rainbow Dash boomed.

"Ooh, I know the perfect place to do it!" Pinkie Pie cheered. "They're having a pre-battle of the bands party in the gym tomorrow. Everyone who's competing is gonna be there, so they'll show up for sure." She finished.

"Alright so we have a plan." Twilight said with a nod. "We'll harness the Elements and stop those sirens at the party, and then we can worry about whatever it is that Malthael's doing." She finished with a wave of her hand.

That night, Sonata got the text to meet Malthael soon. The siren was so excited. As she walked up to the street where they were supposed to meet at, she saw Malthael leaning against a light post. He looked at the siren. In his hand was a bouquet of flowers. "Hello Sonata good to see you." He handed her the flowers, Sonata was amazed, they were the flowers she loved.

"Wow, I love these! How did you know?" Mal shrugged and gave her a smile.

"I didn't, they just reminded me of you." Sonata's grin widened at the cheesy line.

“That's so sweet, thank you. So, what are we going to do for our date?" Sonata asked.

"I was thinking of breaking out an oldie but a goodie, dinner and a movie." Mal said offering her an arm Sonata took the arm and nodded at him.

"Sounds fun, let's go. Ooh, where are we gonna eat?"

"Well, considering most of my money is made of gold and silver, how about we go somewhere where I should wear a tie, but won't." Sonata giggled at his response and nodded again. The two walked arm in arm so they could find the fanciest restaurant they could.

The restaurant was very good for them some nice Italian place. Mal and Sonata walked in and the server behind the podium gave them an odd look, the kind that tries to tell someone that you’re beneath them with just their eyes. Mal just ignored it and walked up to the podium and leaned his back on it.

“How can I help you, sir?” The server asked with obvious disdain.

Mal smirked at that and reached into his coin purse and brought out a pure gold coin. He started to flip it and answered the server, “We’d like a table for two please. And if you could make it the best table in the place, that’d be great.”

The server regarded the gold with shock. All of a sudden his entire demeanor changed. He swallowed nervously and broke out into a cold sweat. “Umm… that table is currently occupied, sir, I’m sorry.”

Sonata was a little disappointed by that, but Mal’s smirk just got wider as he pulled out a few more coins and leaned in closer to the server.

“Aww, that’s too bad.” He whispered. “See, I’m on an important date here, and I won’t accept anything but the best. If you could help me accomplish that, I’d be willing to pay you handsomely.” He concluded, dropping one of the coins in the server’s hands. The server looked Mal in the eyes before responding.

“I’ll see what I can do.” The server walked away and got a few other members of the staff to help him. A minute or so later they saw a confused couple being led to another part of the restaurant. The server came back and grabbed two menus. “Your table is ready now sir.”

Sonata grinned as the server led them to a secluded table for two, complete with a candle in the center. Mal pulled one of the seats out and motioned for Sonata to take it. She sat down and Mal pushed the seat back in, as he took his own seat.

“Thank you very much.” Mal told the server.

“Your welcome. Your waiter will be with you shortly. Can I get you anything in the meantime?”

“Just some water for now.” Mal replied. The server nodded and walked away.

As soon as he was out of earshot Sonata started to giggle. “That was really cool.”

“It wasn’t anything special.” Mal dismissed with a shrug. “So, what can you tell me about the beautiful girl sitting in front of me?” He asked.

Sonata smiled and started tugging at her ponytail. “Well, I’ve been around Adagio and Aria for about as long as I can remember. They’re great and everything, but sometimes I feel like that they baby me just because I’m the youngest.”

“That could just show that they care about you. From what I remember, I babied my little sister a bit.” Mal said with a wistful smile at the scraps of memory that he had.

“What do you mean by that? How could you not remember your own sister?”

Mal’s smile drooped a bit at that and sighed a little. “Remember how I said that Celestia’s parents came after me.” Sonata nodded at that. “Well, right when I was killing them they bound me up in anti-magic chains, put me to sleep, and sent me to Tartarus for over a thousand years. Because of that a lot of my memories are messed up beyond belief.”

Sonata didn’t know what to say at that. Her smile fell, and she reached across the table and grabbed Mal’s hands. “I’m sorry, I didn’t know.”

“Don’t worry about it. I’ve gotten used to it. Besides, a lot of good has come from it. It led me here after all.” Mal said with a grin, one that Sonata readily returned. “So, what was up with that singing back in the cafeteria?” He asked already having a general idea.

“Well, we’re sirens, so we used a bit of our magic to draw out conflict to feed on it. The more we get the more we can make others adore us.” Sonata answered casually.

Mal arched an eyebrow at that. ‘So Chrissy and her changelings aren’t the only ones who feed on emotions. I wonder if there’s a species for every emotion. That’s something to make a note of for later.’

“You’re using magic to make others adore you?” Mal asked.

“Well yeah, what other way is there to do it?” Sonata answered innocently as if it were obvious.

Mal blinked a few times, not sure how to tackle the issue at the moment. If the other two sirens had similar mindsets then he would have his work cut out for him. Mal decided to open that can of worms later and decided to ask his other question now.

“So you actually feed on conflict? Can you eat other things too?”

“Yeah, we do, and we can eat other things too, but it’s mostly for taste.” Sonata said, picking up some of the complimentary bread and taking a bite in demonstration. “In the end, if we don’t feed on conflict, we get really sick, and then we’d…” Sonata stopped, not wanting to finish that thought. It was Mal’s turn to hold Sonata’s hand.

“Sorry if I made you uncomfortable. I was just curious about that that’s all.” Mal said, trying to show sympathy.

“It’s fine, you didn’t know either.” Sonata said. “I’m just surprised you haven’t called me a monster after hearing that.” She finished, downcast, having gone through it before.

“I’ve seen a lot of things during my time in Equestria. Someone that feeds on an emotion isn’t anything new.” Mal said evenly before breaking out into a small grin. “Besides, I don’t think I could call someone as cute as you a monster.”

After that, Sonata and Mal swapped a few stories. Despite what most people believed, Sonata wasn't as bad as they thought. Actually the Dazzlings seemed to have had a hard life both in Equestria and outside it. During a hand holding at the candle lit dinner he did a much deeper soul scan.

As the movie came about, it was about two people who seemed to be born to feuding families and started a forbidden love and after everything they get together.

‘Ugh, this movie is so dull.’ Mal thought, desperately trying to stay awake for the sake of his date. ‘Why couldn’t we have gone to a comedy or something that doesn’t make me want to claw my eyes out and take power drills to my ears? Oh, would you look at that? They just had a misunderstanding that’s causing them to break up for a while. I’m a borderline amnesiac and even I know that’s one of the biggest clichés ever,’ he snarked in his head. He turned his head and saw Sonata smiling at him. ‘Ah crap, Sonata’s looking at me, quick, smile back and pretend you like this.’ He did just that and gave the hand he was holding a little squeeze just for good measure.

‘There ya go Mal. Now, just keep looking at her and go to your happy place so you don’t have to think about this dull, dull movie. Actually, this looks like a good part of the movie to initiate the old arm sneak around the girl maneuver.’ Mal started to utilize one of the oldest tricks in the book. He pretended to stretch, but his real target was the adorable siren sitting next to him. Mal successfully put his arm around Sonata’s shoulders. Mal’s move did not go unnoticed, as soon as he did it Sonata quietly laughed for a moment and moved closer to Mal, and allowing his grip on her to tighten. She then went back to enjoying the movie while Mal congratulated himself for his expert timing.

As they got out from the movie Mal walked Sonata home. "I had a great time." Sonata said, as they held their hands together.

"Me too," The two of them slowly close the distance and kissed, with their eyes closed as they slowly ended it. Sonata slowly reentered her home to see the other two sirens looking at her.

"So how was it?"

"Best. Date. Ever." Sonata said with a dopey smile.

"Could you be a little more specific?" Adagio said.

"Right, well, he got me my favorite flowers, and said they reminded him of me."

"Euch, that's so sappy I might just puke." Aria said making a gagging motion and noise.

"Well I thought it was nice." Sonata replied, sticking her tongue out at the other siren. "After that we went to a really nice restaurant. I know we don't really eat like normal people but it was still nice that he paid. Ooh, you should've seen all the looks we got because we weren't wearing fancy clothes." Sonata giggled remembering it. "And then we saw one of those romance movies, I don't think Mal liked it much, but I thought it was really good. And then he walked me home and... we kissed." Sonata finished, bouncing on her feet and making a squealing sound.

"That's not what I meant Sonata. What did you learn about him?" Adagio asked slightly irritated.

Sonata paused. "Well he did come to Equestria long ago and had little control over his powers he has also fought the princesses and removed the darker sides of their souls. I think the girl who he yelled at was Celestia’s dark side who he removed in a fight with her, he also became a hero king, his best friend is Discord..." The two had to stop her there.

"Wait Discord, as in the mad god who ruled Equestria and made reality into his plaything?" Aria asked.

"Yeah, they met like a thousand years ago and are now friends, somewhat." That did not bode well. Discord was the most powerful being on Equestria.

"The only time he did not win a fight was when some being called Demise absorbed all the alicorns magic which was around nine or ten plus his two alicorn magics that Demise held." What she just described was basically another thing that crashed their hopes of revenge.

"Okay, why hasn't he just taken us out yet?" Aria asked, unnerved.

"I don't know, if he can do everything Sonata just described then he could squash us underfoot any time he wants. I think he's toying with us." Adagio thought aloud.

"I don't think Mal would do that." Sonata said, defending the angel. "He's really nice. Maybe he's just giving us a chance to change."

"Sonata, I know you have a little crush on Malthael right now, but you barely know him." Adagio chided. "And we can't change. We feed on the conflict we create in others, and no magic in Equestria or beyond can change that." Adagio finished.

Sonata had a bit of sadness at this. "I guess you’re right..." She looked down. "I just thought we could finally be loved." The Dazzlings looked down as well.

"Sonata I thought we got past this." Adagio said. The three of them had a hug. Out in the shadows, Mal sighed as he saw this.

‘Looks like I’m going to have to hit the books on magic theory again.’ Mal thought. ‘It’s time to get started on my plan.’

At the pre battle of the bands the Rainbooms had met up with everyone. The Dazzlings were there as well. "Ok girls this is our chance." Twilight started.

"Well I see you got a band." Twilight turned to see Mal leaning on a wall with a sickle shaped guitar.

"Malthael, why do you have a guitar?" She asked.

"I'm not in the battle of the band's if you must know." Mal said as he turned to walk out the door, before he did though he craned his neck toward Twilight. “Oh, you do realize that The Elements of Harmony were destroyed after Demise absorbed them, don’t you? So, if you were planning on using them then you’d probably end up looking like an idiot after making some big declaration about the magic of friendship or something.” He explained walking out of the room. The Dazzlings noticed this and followed after him. Twilight face palmed, she had completely forgotten about all that.

"Wait Mal can play guitar?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Did you know that, Sunset?" Sunset just shook her head.

"No I didn't, then again there's actually a lot I don't know about him. Like what his life was like before he was in Equestria, mostly because he doesn't know a lot about it. He says that his sleep in Tartarus screwed up his memories." Sunset stated while Twilight was slowly starting to unravel.

"How could I forget that?" Twilight said, starting to panic. "Now what are we supposed to do? If the Elements are gone then so is our connection to them and without the Elements we can't cleanse the sirens. And if we can't cleanse the sirens then their magic will grow!" All of a sudden a paper airplane flew into her face. Twilight unfolded it revealing a note.

Calm down Sparky. Just try music

Signed... oh you know.

PS, also, I don't think now’s a good time to try any magic, this world and Equestria are too far apart. PPS my magic is perfectly fine by the way. I can do whatever I want.

Next to this was a little drawing of a Mal-style troll face. And with that the message ended.