The Dazzlings spent the following evening in the guest bedroom, a single lunar guard stationed right outside their door. While the former-sirens had agreed to become students of Princess Twilight Sparkle, they were also a mischievous flight risk.

"It sure was lucky that hayseed managed to remember that from you, Sonata" Aria groaned as she lay on her bed, her mane having been let down and adorned with a small, pink nightcap.

"I know right, she seems really well-organized" Sonata chirped cheerily, completely oblivious to the obvious sarcasm. Aria simply averted her gaze and sighed, wondering why it was that she put up with those shenanigans of hers for so many millennia.

"Anybody is more organized than you two" Adagio deadpanned as she struggled to brush her mane, only to fumble with the brush. The Dazzling leader scowled at the hooves she had and bent down to pick the brush up, only to fumble with it once again.

"Stupid hooves" she cursed under her breath as she gripped the item with her teeth. The handle had a bit of dust on it from being the floor, giving Adagio another reason to scowl. She spat the brush out onto the counter of the dresser.

"Having trouble there, Dagi?" Aria snickered a bit beneath her breath, enjoying the annoyed look she spotted in the mirror. Adagio merely glared at her cohort through the lens and turned on the swiveling stool she sat upon.

"You'd be having trouble too if you were in my shoes" she stated with a tone exactly as annoyed as her expression.

"Nope, I already got someone to brush my hair for me" Aria replied with a quick gesture to Sonata, whom of which happily nodded. "If you want, I can loan her to you?" she joked. Adagio just groaned again and swiveled back around. Aria gave a short gesture and Sonata went over, picking up the brush in her mouth and working on the big mess of orange curls.

"This is only the beginning of the end for these ponies" Adagio gave a conniving look towards the mirror, imagining all manner of schemes within her head.

"Oh goody, the orange pompom with legs comes up with another world conquest scheme, there's a shock" Aria mocked, provoking her leader into glaring daggers at her.

"Don't pretend that you weren't thinking it too. We might not be in our true forms, but we still have complete access to Equestrian magic, we can get our powers back now and-"

"And what, plunge the world into slavery until we get our butts handed to us and banished to the human world again?" Aria interrupted angrily. Sonata dropped the brush and joined Adagio in an open-mouth stare, completely aghast at what their "comrade" just said.

"What are you saying, Aria?" questioned the Dazzling leader.

"Why bother trying to get our powers back when all that's going to happen is we get banished to another world all over again, it's completely pointless!" she argued. Her friends merely continued staring at her as she hopped off the bed and approached Adagio. "I don't know about you, but I am NOT about to waste my time, only for everything to end exactly the same as it did before" she stated with as much venom in her voice as a king cobra. "I'm not crazy about this whole 'friendship lesson' hing either, but at least that one won't end in total disaster" she whipped her head back and returned to the bed, leaving her former friends to just stare at her.

"How...how can you say that?" Sonata all but wept. There were more than enough tears in her eyes for even Adagio to feel bad for her.

"Easily, especially when you have someone like Adagio ordering you around for what feels like forever" Aria responded.

"So you think that trying to survive was my fault?!" the former-siren screamed. Aria sat up on the bed and glared at her.

"Survival is easy when you're a siren, but when you're human, it's a totally different scenario altogether. Had I never met you, then I'd probably still be a siren, simply living out in the ocean where I belong" she answered.

"The only place you belong is the worthless gutter we were left in before all of this!" Adagio bellowed angrily. The guard outside tapped on the door and inquired if everything was okay. Considering how loud they were being, it's surprising to not hear Twilight or Spike asking it.

"Everything's fine!" both the louder sirens yelled in unison. Sonata may have not been the sharpest of the shed's many tools, but even she knew that things weren't actually fine there. If she didn't do anything about it, then things would probably be even worse.

"Guys, come on, we can't let any of this get to us" she tried to reason, only for both her friends to take her words wrongly.

"I'm not letting anything but the truth get to me, and the truth is that my life would be so much better without her!" Aria yelled. Adagio was so angry, she nearly galloped right over towards the insubordinate, but Sonata got in her way.

"What do you think you're doing, Sonata?" she asked through clenched teeth.

"I know that look in your eyes, Adagio, but I'm not about to let you hurt Aria" she said as she looked her former leader right in the eye. Her legs may have been shivering a bit, but that didn't shake her resolve. Adagio saw the fire burning in her eyes, and she was actually impressed by it. Adagio had never seen this side of Sonata before, and honestly, she thought she'd never see the day she did. With one last glare at Aria, she mentally spat at her and just retired in the other bed without so much as a word.

Aria and Sonata were nervous, but it only got worse as she just shut up and appeared to go to sleep without anything to say or anything to do. While Sonata thought that something had gone wrong, Aria merely kept her composure and did the same she did. It was going to be a bit tricky, but she'd eventually find a way to get some sleep. Still, she'd have a much easier time than Sonata; for one thing, her bed was situated right between the others, and for another, she knew better than to assume Adagio would just let something go. If she managed to get any sleep that night, it probably wouldn't be enough.

Meanwhile, a certain baby dragon headed out towards the balcony adjacent to the throne room. Just as he expected, Twilight was standing there with her hooves leaning on top of the railing.

"So, did you have trouble sleeping, too?" Twilight suddenly asked, taking Spike by surprise.

"Yeah, but are you up for the same reason I am?" he asked the princess, only for her to sigh and agree with him.

"I just don't know what Discord was thinking, bringing them here. After everything with Tirek, I just can't trust him" she worried, looking towards the town below.

"I can't really trust him either, but just look at the positives here; he made the Dazzlings into ponies to keep them from using their magic, and you've been looking for an excuse to be a teacher on the magic of friendship. I say it's a win-win" he placed a hand on her back and delicately stroked her withers, hoping his words had sunk in. Twilight's expression brightened just a little bit, but she still didn't seem certain of anything.

"Well...*sigh* let's just sleep on it. I can't really teach them if I'm asleep, now can I?" she sarcastically asked before heading back. Having known her for so long, spike knew better than to think she was able to relax. If anything, all he really did by talking about all of that was make matters worse. For now, all that could be done was wait until morning and see what happens from there.

Author's Note

I originally planned to have Adagio go on a long-winded speech on how they could get their magic back, but I decided to have Aria interject right away, just to get the ball rolling. I don't know if I dropped in in-between there, but I'm certain that someone will tell me whether or not I have.