"But why, Adagio! You and Aria always get to go and do stuff! Why can't Pinkie Pie come over?"
"Because you're reckless enough! I've had to vacuum the couch from taco crumbs the last three nights and the last thing we need is more trouble!"
"But it would only be for a couple days!"
Adagio murmured to herself, "If you ask me that's a couple days too many."
"Did you say something Adagio?"
"No, Sonata, nothing at all."
"OK, then! I'm going to go ask Aria now."
Sonata skipped out of the room and to the front door where Aria stood. Aria picked up her purse as Sonata stood inches away from her face.
"Hey, Aria, can I-"
"I don't care, Sonata."
"Does that mean yes?"
"Sure," Aria turned to both of them, "I'm going to be gone the next few days. Adagio, Don't give your sister a hard time. Sonata, no feeding your stuffed panda on the couch. I sat there yesterday on a taco and it won't wash out of my new leather pants."
"But where is Henry supposed to eat then?"
"I don't care where 'Henry' eats. As long as it's not on the couch!"
"So, I can have Pinkie Pie over then?"
"Go nuts. See you in a couple days."
Adagio looked stunned.
She reached out for the door and shouted, "But, Aria! I-"
Aria shut the door in her face. Adagio grabbed her nose and rubbed it.
"I'm gonna go call Pinkie Pie! Ooh, I hope she can bring tacos! Or maybe candy! Or candy tacos!"
"Well, you can't call her if you don't have a phone!"
Adagio snatched the phone from Sonata's hand and ran towards the living room.
"Hey! That's not fair!"
"All's fair in love and- Hey! How'd you get my phone?"
"Henry got it for me."
Adagio turned around and behind her was Henry the stuffed panda.
Adagio pointed her finger at Henry and said, "OK, that thing's creeping me out."
Adagio turned her head back around and Henry was sitting in Sonata's arms. She started to stroke Henry as she dialed Pinkie Pie's number. She put the phone up to her ear and waited as it rang.
"Hi Pinkie! I was wondering if you would want to come over to my house for a sleepover!"
There was a pause.
"OK! See you in an hour!"
Sonata hung up the phone and Adagio walked over. They traded their phones back and Sonata danced with Henry.
"Ooh! You'll have to go take a bath while I get ready. Now remember to scrub behind your ears and no tacos in the bathroom. Remember when you couldn't find meat and instead you used-"
"Sonata, I don't think anyone needs to hear that story. Ever."
"OK, then. I'm gonna go to my room."
Sonata set Henry down on the kitchen counter and ran upstairs to her room.
Adagio rolled her shoulders and said to herself, "I think I'll go take a shower."
Adagio went upstairs to the bathroom that was connected to her room. She stepped in and took off her jacket. Adagio leaned over the sink and closer to the mirror as she removed her makeup. The door shifted and she went and locked it. She stepped back and took the big, spiky barrette out of her hair. As she took another step, something crunched under her foot. She looked down and saw Henry sitting next to the crushed taco under her foot.
"Oh, I hope that's meat."
Adagio lifted her foot and sat on the counter next to the sink. She filled the sink with water and washed off her foot.
Adagio rolled her eyes and said, "Guess I won't get to shower."
She looked down at Henry.
"I'm happy I left on the rest of my cloths."
She grabbed her jacket from the floor. She redid her makeup and put her barrette back in. She went back downstairs to find Pinkie Pie and Sonata sitting on the couch eating tacos and watching a movie. Adagio walked in front of the television and looked at Sonata sternly.
"Aria said no tacos on the couch."
Sonata looked at Adagio and said, "No she didn't. She said no feeding Henry on the couch. Now move over. The movie's just getting good!"
Adagio stormed off and sat on a barstool in the kitchen. She watched as they sat there, quietly, watching the movie. Adagio realized they might stay that way for awhile so she started to relax. After a couple minutes, the movie was over.
"Adagio!" Sonata yelled, "We're bored!"
Adagio didn't answer.
She turned to Pinkie Pie and whispered, "I think she's asleep. Let's sneak into the kitchen and find where they hide the candy."
"OK! I know this is gonna be the best sleepover ever! I Pinkie promise!" she whispered in response.
They jumped off the couch and started to crawl across the floor and into the kitchen. Sonata and Pinkie stood up and Sonata pulled a barstool across the floor. She stood on it and started to look through the cupboards.
Sonata said to herself, "Candy. Candy. Where's the candy?"
She lifted a can of soup to reveal a small bag of flavored sugar and a sugar stick. Sonata read the name of the candy aloud.
"Ummy Nummy Sugar Sticks."
She flipped it over and read the instructions.
"Step One. Pick out a flavor of juice."
Pinkie Pie ran over to the fridge and pulled out a container of fruit punch.
"Step Two. Measure out one tablespoon of the juice you have selected and place it in the sugar mixture."
"I'm not sure what a tablespoon is so I'll just put in a reasonable amount."
Pinkie Pie dumped the whole container of fruit punch onto the sugar.
"Step Three. Let air dry for an hour."
"An hour! We don't have enough patience to wait for an hour!"
"I know what to do!"
Sonata grabbed the sugar and put it in the microwave.
"There. Now all we have to do is wait three minutes and it-"
"Three minutes! It may as well be three years! We'll eat it how it is and that's that!"
Pinkie Pie pulled it from the microwave and split the sugar stick in half and handed one of the halves to Sonata. Sonata dipped it into the sugar and it stuck to it. She strained to pull it off and when it came off, it slipped from Sonata's hands and flew across the room into Adagio's hair.
"Maybe we didn't use enough fruit punch."
Pinkie Pie laughed nervously as Sonata gasped and said, "Adagio's gonna kill me."
They walked over to Adagio and Sonata tried to pull the candy out of her hair.
"The sugar is too sticky!"
Pinkie Pie started to help pull out the candy and they succeed to do so. Along with part of Adagio's hair.
Adagio woke up and said groggily, "What are you doing with that- My hair!"
Adagio's hand felt where the candy had been.
"You're dead!"
Sonata and Pinkie Pie started to run, Adagio not far behind. They ran upstairs and Sonata and Pinkie Pie ran into Sonata's room and locked the door. Adagio pounded on the door with her fist.
"Let me in so I can strangle you!"
Pinkie Pie said frightened, "You're not making a very compelling argument."
"Shut up, Pinkie Pie!"
Adagio automatically stopped when something started to climb up the back of her leg. She whipped her head around to find Henry.
"Oh, it's you. In fact. I want to beat the stuffing out of you more than Sonata."
She picked up Henry and attempted to rip him piece from piece, but couldn't.
"What's this thing made of? Steel?"
She dropped it and it landed on her toe. It was too heavy to be all stuffing inside.
"Ouch!"
She kicked the stuffed panda aside and went downstairs. Sonata unlocked the door and peered out. She and Pinkie Pie left and went downstairs to find a note on the kitchen counter. It read:
Sonata and Pinkie Pie,
I left to go to the hairdressers. Go buy groceries. The list is on the fridge. Also, clean up this place before I come home or you'll be eating dirt for dinner.
-Adagio
Sonata put down the note and they started to clean all the fruit punch on the floor and straighten out the cupboards.
"I'm glad that's done. What's on the grocery list?"
Sonata read it aloud.
"Eggs, Milk, Butter, Bread."
Sonata scrawled on more items.
"Tacos, Fruit Punch, Ummy Nummy Sugar Sticks, and Canned Dog Food."
"Canned Dog Food?"
"It's for Henry."
"Ohhhhh," said Pinkie Pie, "That makes more sense."
Sonata grabbed her purse and put money off the counter into it.
"OK, let's go!" said Sonata as they walked out the door.
They walked down the road until they made it to the grocery store.
They walked in and stared at the giant amount of food that sat before them.
"OK, let's split the list. I'll take the first few things and you can take the last."
Sonata ripped the list in half and handed the bottom half to Pinkie Pie. Sonata ran to the dairy section and picked up two bottles of milk, one chocolate and the other regular. She lugged the milk across floor as she tried to walk to the freezers.
"I wish I would have gotten a basket or a shopping cart or something."
She continued to struggle with the milk when a man walked up to her.
"Do you need some help?"
Sonata looked up. He had his hand extended and looked to be about her age. Sonata let go of one of the bottles of milk and put her hand over her mouth trying to hide her smile. The man had stopped smiling and seemed to be uncomfortable with the amount of time she had been sitting there like that. Everything was silent except for the faint music playing in the background. The man laughed nervously to break the silence.
"Not that this hasn't been... exhilarating, and all, but I have to go. Somewhere."
He pulled back his hand and quickly walked away. Sonata fell back and closed her eyes, her hands laid across her chest. She was smiling from ear to ear.
She murmured to herself, "He was the cutest, most spectacular, most wonderful, most spectacular, most-"
"Sonata! We have a real emergency on our hands!"
Sonata quickly sat up and opened her eyes, alarmed be Pinkie Pie's scream.
"What is it? A fire? A tornado? Just tell me already!"
Pinkie Pie's mouth opened and her scream echoed around the store.
"There's a two-for-one sale on jellybeans!"
"What? And you didn't get any yet? Scratch the other things off the list. All were getting is jellybeans!"
Sonata stood up and they ran into the aisle that contained all candy. Pinkie Pie zipped over to where the jellybeans were and showed them to Sonata.
"How are we supposed to carry all of these?"
"Just take the entire display. That's why they put it on a separate stand."
Pinkie Pie grabbed the cardboard display stand and ran over to the checkout Sonata was waiting at.
The cashier was an older man with gray hair and a tangled beard.
"We need these checked out, pronto!"
"OK, whippersnapper, I just need to see your ID."
"ID? Why!"
"Well, you can't purchase alcoholic beverages unless you are of age. I need to see your ID to make sure you're old enough."
"What do you mean 'alcoholic beverages!' These are jellybeans!"
The man looked over his glasses and then took them off and wiped them on his shirt.
He put them back on and squinted at the candy.
"Well so they are. Sorry for the inconvenience, whippersnappers. For your troubles, I'll throw in a hard candy for each of ya."
Sonata and Pinkie Pie jumped up and down as they squealed with delight. The man ran about fifty bags of jellybeans through and put them back on the display stand in bags.
"Let's see now. Your total is $67.92."
Sonata rummaged through her purse and pulled out a pack of gum and set it on the counter.
The man took the gum and crammed it into the register.
He called to them as the walked out of the stores front door, "Come again!"
Sonata and Pinkie Pie rolled the display stand full of jellybeans home and carefully walked in.
"Phew! Adagio's not home yet. We'll have enough time to hide these."
Sonata ran into the living room and pulled up the cushions on the couch. Pinkie Pie followed and started to shove them under where they sat. Adagio unlocked the door and slowly walked in.
Sonata started to panic, "Quick, hide!
"Okie Dokie Lokie!"
Sonata and Pinkie Pie ran up to the top of the stairs and looked out into the living room. Adagio walked into the living room and stretched her arms above her head. She had gotten her hair cut and had gotten a new barrette that was purple with a music note buckle. She took out her existing barrette and put in the one she had just obtained. Adagio yawned at looked at her phone for the time. The numbers switched to 9:47 p.m. and she turned it back off.
Adagio cupped her hand around her mouth and shouted, "Sonata! Pinkie Pie! I'm back from the hairdressers! I also picked up tacos for dinner!"
Sonata started to scream and Pinkie Pie whipped her hand over Sonata's mouth and pressed her index finger across her own lips.
"Sonata? Where are you guys?"
Adagio glanced around the room and sat down on the couch. As she did so, a bag of jellybeans escaped from under the cushion. Adagio picked it up and carefully examined it in her hands. She opened the bag, turned on the television, and started to eat the bag of jellybeans. A few minutes later, there was a knock on the door. Adagio set down the bag of jellybeans next to her on the couch and went to answer it. On the other side of the door were two large men and an older man with gray hair and a beard. The older man adjusted his glasses and pointed at Adagio.
"That's the one! That's the one that stole the jellybeans!"
The two men, Adagio now realized we're police officers, grabbed her by the arms.
The older man spoke again, "There was another one, though!" He pointed a wrinkled finger at Adagio's face, "Where's your accomplice!"
"Accomplice? Jellybeans? Sonata!"
Sonata started to slowly walk down the stairs, Pinkie Pie directly behind her. She walked through the living room and flipped up the couch cushions. Pinkie Pie tugged on one of the police officers sleeves and pointed at the pile of jellybeans sitting on the frame of the couch. He immediately let go of Adagio and walked over to the couch.
"Hey! We got 'em!"
The older man walked over to the couch and started to pack the bags of jellybeans into his car outside.
"I'm sorry ladies, but we're going to have to take you downtown."
"Pinkie ain't going back to jail!"
Pinkie ran past the police officers and out the door. Sonata dug her hand into the pocket of her jeans and pulled out a $5 bill. She started to slowly wave it in front of the police officer's face.
"How 'bout we have all of this go away."
"Well, if you can find His thirteen brothers you could just pay for the jellybeans."
Adagio grabbed her wallet and pulled out $100.
"Will this cover the fine?"
"Sure will."
The police officer grabbed the money and released Adagio.
"Have a nice night!" one of the police officers shouted from their car.
Adagio clenched her teeth and grunted, "Sonata won't."
Sonata closed the door and immediately Adagio was hovering over Sonata.
"What in all of Equestria would make you steal hundreds of dollars in jellybeans!"
"Well, we're not really in Equestria, so-"
"Sonata! You almost went to jail because of candy!"
Adagio leaned back and murmured, "Actually I'm surprised we didn't get arrested after the Battle of the Bands."
She leaned forward to Sonata, "But that's not the point! No tacos for you! And wait until Aria hears about this!"
Adagio walked into the kitchen and stood near the box of tacos. She had her elbows spread apart and sitting on the counter as she texted Aria.
Sonata went into the living room and sat on the couch and set her head in her hands.
She quietly spoke to herself, "N-no tacos, no P-Pinkie Pie, no happiness."
She sobbed as she waited for Aria to come home tomorrow.
Adagio walked into the living room and sat down next to Sonata with a taco.
"Here, Sonata, you can have this."
Sonata's face lit up and she reached out for the taco.
Adagio shielded the taco with her arm and said, "If you promise that you and Pinkie Pie are quiet tonight."
"What do you mean? Pinkie Pie left while the- Pinkie Pie!"
Pinkie Pie was standing by the door.
"I made a promise that this would be the best sleepover ever and I never break a Pinkie promise!"
Sonata got up from her spot on the couch and ran over to Pinkie Pie, smothering her with a hug. They all sat down on the couch and each ate a taco. When she was done eating, Sonata started to look around the room.
"What about Henry?"
"What about- Ah!"
Henry had brushed against Adagio's back and she jumped up off of the couch.
"Where did you get that thing!"
"Some kind of market. Shadow market? Night market? Dark market?"
"The black market?"
"Yeah, that's it!"
Adagio clenched her hand into a fist and smacked it against her forehead.
"I live among idiots," Adagio said as she shook her head.
Pinkie Pie had a movie and she put it in the DVD player.
"What is this?"
Pinkie shrugged, "Something I found in Adagio's room."
"When were you even in my room?"
The movie started and all of their eyes were glued to the screen. A video of Adagio came up on the screen. She was wearing a leotard and a sweatband on her forehead. Pinkie Pie turned the volume up on the television.
The movie Adagio said, "OK, are you ready to shake your groove thing!"
Adagio started to dance inside the screen. Sonata and Pinkie Pie burst out laughing and Adagio ran from the couch and pulled the disc from the DVD player.
"I'm gonna kill you for this Pinkie Pie!"
Adagio snapped the disc in half and threw in into a trash can. Her eyes turned fiery and her hands were clenched into fists. She stormed upstairs and as her door slammed shut, Pinkie Pie started to run her hands through her hair.
"What are you doing?"
Pinkie Pie pulled out another disc.
"I have another copy of the movie. Let's go make more and sell in on the black market!"
