Sunshine and Lollipops... and Ponies.
Singin' and Stealin' from Thieves Who don't Sing... and Some Plot.
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"....... Ugh, me so bored... Me hate Night-watch." The guard grumbled with heavy bags under his eyes.
"Just endure Fang, it still midnight. We have long watch... yawn ahead." The other guard said, rubbing his eyes.
"......... This sucks." Fang complained.
The unnamed guard's ear twitched. "... Uh... You hear that?"
"Hear what?"
"Sound like... Singing?" The unnamed guard put a paw to his ear. "... Humming?"
"..... I hear footsteps... getting... yawn closer." Fang added, and as predicted, the footsteps had a source. It was a strange being, it was completely bald not counting the short blue hair coming off it's head and wore a white tunic with a black belt tied around the waist. It was slowly approaching them while humming a strange tune that echoed through the cave. "Uh... Are you seein' weird monkey too?"
"Yeah... Ey, you think it's someone's pup?"
"That?... Well it is a tiny lil' thing... Never seen anything like it either, too frail lookin' ta be an ape an' it ain't gotta tail... How's it standin' without a tail anyway?"
"I dunno... Ew, look at it's feet, what kinda animal has 'em shaped like that?"
"Somethin' rare, I can tell ya that much. Now no sudden moves Bandit, maybe we can catch it..." Fang whispered. The thing had noticed the two and approached them with an innocent smile. "You lost, pup?" Fang asked.
"Hmm...... giggle No, I'm not lost!"
"Then what're you doin' down here, pup?"
"The 'pup' responded by clearing it's throat. "Ahem..." The being took in a long intake of breath, causing the guards to seize-up a little. Then, the being began to sing. "Flyyy me to the mooon and let me plaaay among the staaars..."
"Eh?... What are you..." Fangs eyes began to droop.
"Leeet me see what Spriiing is like on Jupiterrr and Maaars..."
"Oh... Voice so... Pretty." Bandit said as he began to wobble.
"In other wooords... Hold my haaand..." The creature began walking closer, and the guards were to tired to realize what was happening. "In other wooords... Darling kiss meeeheee!..."
"W-wait Fang!... S-she's tryin'... tryin' ta..." Bandit tried to warn, but was cut-off by the next verse.
"Fiiill my heart with sooong and let me siiing for ever mooore... Youuu are all I long for, all I worship and adooore..."
"Oh... So... Sleepy..."
"In other wooords... Please be truuue!"
Fang gave out and fell on the floor, his strength failing him along with his common sense. "Sing... Jupiter..."
"In other wooords... I love youuu..." Shizuki continued on, aiming to weaken the second one. "In other wooords... Hold my haaand..." She drew closer to Bandit, who was backing away from her. "In other wooords... Darling kiss meee..." It was at this point Fang finally fell asleep, only one guard left.
"S-stay back! I'm warnin'... N-no! Stay awake!"
"Fiiill my heart with sooong and let me siiing for ever mooore... Youuu are all I long for, all I worship and adooore..." Shizuki backed Bandit into a wall, nowhere to run. "In other wooords... Please be truuue..." She was right in front of him now, she gently placed a hand on his face. "In other wooords..." Her hand grazed down his face and onto his chin. "In other wooords..."
"... N-no!" Bandit threw a lazy, uncoordinated punch, Shizuki easily avoided it and he landed on the cold dirt. "D-dammit..."
"Shhh..." Shizuki shushed him, then continued with her song. "In other wooords... I love youuu....." The guard fell asleep, Shizuki stood proud over him. "Hm, let's see who can top that performance!"
"Gotta admit, no one can sing like you can Shizuki." Anon said
"Hm, more like no one in the universe can!"
"I dunno, Twilight told me they got sirens here." Anon informed. "You sure you wanna admit that?"
"Tch, Siren-Shmiren, I bet they sound as annoying as what they're named after!"
"Whatever... Find some rope or something so we can tie these ones up like the rest." Anon ordered.
(Equestria Girl's Universe.)
Adagio Dazzle had finally started to fall asleep, until a chill went up her spine that unnerved her. She slowly sat up from her bed, looking around her room. She found no one else was in her room, so she just sat there wondering what the hell had caused that until her door slowly creaked open. "Hey Adagio... Did you...?" It was one of her sisters, Sonata. She looked very unsure about something. "Um... Did you feel that?"
"Feel what?"
"I... I don't know what it was, it was like... A disturbance..."
"I... I believe I felt that as well... Is Aria awake?"
"Yeah, I'm awake..." Aria said as she peaked in the door frame. "So I'm not the only one here who felt that, right?"
"Apparently we all felt it..." Adagio said, rubbing her eyes. "And I bet that it came from Equestria as well."
"So what, you think we should check it out?" Sonata asked.
"We can't, our necklaces were destroyed remember?" Aria said. "So unless that portal just opens up by itself we're still stuck here."
"Hmm, a portal just openin' by itself? Unheard of!" A disembodied Scottish voice sounded.
"............."
"............."
"............. Um... You girls just heard that... Right?"
The two nodded with wide eyes.
"Oh, you three aren't lookin' so hot... I know what'll cheer ya up! Cheese! Cheese for everyone!" A small slice of cheese manifested out of thin air and landed in Adagio's hands, it looked to be cheddar from it's orange color.
"W-what sort of witchcraft is this!?"
"Keep yer shirt on, I'm gettin' some more for ya friends so just be patient." This time, the cheese spawned in Sonata's hands. It was an entire cheese wheel instead of a single slice. As for Aria, she got an entire cheese wheel as well. A wheel the size of a monster truck wheel that spawned above her head and hovered in place until she looked up.
"Fu-" The cheese cut her off by dropping on her head and crushing her.
"Aria! Are you okay!?" Adagio yelled.
"Pffhahaha! Oh, nothin' brighten's up me mood more than seeing mortals bein' crushed by cheese! Why if I were any happier I'd just rip out yer intestines and strangle the life outta ya!"
Adagio had been checking over her sister under the cheese wheel, she felt no pulse. "You... You killed her..."
"Killed her? Hah! Of course I killed her, I plum said that I crushed her under an over-sized cheese wheel! Now, where was I... Ah, yes!"
A noise similar to a watermelon being crushed flooded the room, then a loud thump sounded from behind Adagio. The moment she turned around the look on her face was of pure terror. There was Sonata's corpse, her intestines ripped out, wrapped around her throat and tied a bloody bow-tie. Blood started to pool around the body which made Adagio nearly vomit. "... Oh... Oh my god..."
"Oh I'm sorry, I just couldn't help myself! But thankfully myself was more than welcome to help I, now why don't you step into me office so we can talk business, hm?"
"Get away from me you psycho!" Adagio rushed for the door and opened it, she didn't find the long hallway, she found something much worse. She was gazing at a vast savanna with a line of rail tracks leading straight to her doorstep. "... Uh."
Fwee! Fweeee!
She heard the infamous horn of a train, and just over the horizon a train was speeding in her direction. "Holy mother of God!" She slammed the door behind her and dived out of the way. Now, you expect the train to just disappear right?
CRASH! FWEE! FWEEEEE!
Nope, the train tore down the door along with most of the wall and smashed through the parallel wall. She heard the screech of the train's breaks as it slowed down. The train over-shot it's stopping point and stopped outside of the room. Against her better judgement, Adagio went into the hole that the train stopped in.
What else could she do, try opening another door?
The new room was... Well, it definitely wasn't the savanna. The room was an enormous living room with a giant fireplace, couch, and other giant things. She was underneath a ridiculously large pine tree decorated with strange ornaments and surrounding the tree's trunk were giant presents, wrapped in colorful, glittery wrapping paper and ribbons. Looking at the train, it had somehow changed from an actual train to a toy train, and her house was now a giant doll house with a broken-down wall. "Is... Is this Wonderland?" She started walking further away from the safety of the doll house, the room felt cold yet a mysterious warmth in her heart kept her warm and made her feel fuzzy for some reason. Sadly, it only warmed her heart and not her body. However, she did find a large doll about Adagio's height with a red and white coat, so she took the coat for herself. "Much better... Now, where am I exactly?"
Tac Tac
Adagio heard the sound of glass being tapped and looked in the direction of the source. She saw someone she'd never ever expect to see, there was Sonata with her face pressed against the glass of the train car and making a stupid grin. "S-Sonata...?" Adagio ran to the front of the train as fast as she could with tears running down her face, she entered the train and ran through all of the cars until she reached Sonata's car.
"Hi Adagio-Oof!" Adagio tackled her sister to the floor and hugged her.
"My baby sister, I thought I'd never see you again! After you and Aria were killed I... Aria..." She released Sonata from her hug and looked around. "Where's Aria, is she really dead?"
"Of course she is, we're all dead!"
"I... Wait, what?"
"I'm dead, you're dead, Aria's dead, we're all dead!"
"Then... How did I die?"
"You were obliterated by the train, I was strangled by my own intestines, and Aria was crushed to death by cheese!"
"But I-"
"You THOUGHT you avoided the train, but in reality you're just in denial." Sonata said. "Look, one of your stray legs even broke the window over there!"
True to her word, there was one of Adagio's bloody legs lodged in the broken window of the car, the reason she didn't see it is the leg was in the window on the other side of the car. How it got there in the first place she had no idea. "So... Where's Aria?"
"She's talking with the conductor, he's the guy that killed us!"
"Did somebody call for a conductor?" A man walked into car, he looked like an older man and was wearing a strange tuxedo. The coloring was split down the middle with one side purple and the other side red. He also walked with a cane that was made of gold.
"Who are you!?"
"Who, me? Why I'm Sheogorath the Mad! There's no doubt about that! I'm the Daedric Prince of Madness! And I'm here to rid your hearts of sanity!... You thought I was going to say sadness now weren't ya lass?"
"....... Um... Okay? So why did you kill us?"
"Good question, why DID I kill you?... Meh, I haven't got a clue either lass, guess I just felt like it." The strange man walked in and sat down in the seat next to Adagio, she wasn't in the seat though, she was on the floor next to Sonata. "Bah, I'm just pullin' yer leg." He then reached over to the booth on the other side and pulled on the bloody leg lodged in the window that was once Adagio's own. "Eh?... Eh?... Damn, that one usually knocks 'em off their feet! Then again I usually rip off their leg myself and say it while they're bleedin' ta death... Oh well, the reason I killed you three was because I wanted to strike a deal that you can't refuse!"
"Hey, Adagio! You made it!" Aria walked up to the group, interrupting Sheogorath. "Did the royal Jackass over there give you any trouble?"
"That hurts ya know." Sheogorath said.
"Yeah, and so does getting crushed by a giant wheel of cheese." she retorted
"Fair point, now as I was saying I have an offer that you three can't refuse!"
"Why don't YOU tell us why we should listen?" Adagio said.
"I killed ya! Then brought ya back to life! I would be more than glad to mutilate ya for real and leave ya to rot in hell if that's your wish?"
"......... Alright, what's your offer?"
"Well, how would you three like to go back to your land of colorful ponies and gumdrop mountains? Not only that, but I'll even lend ya some of me power as a bonus!"
"What's the catch?" Aria asked.
"Hmm... I wouldn't call it a catch, it's more like a simple task... You will find the god of chaos and bring him too me, his name is Discord. Me and him have a score to settle... I won't call for you immediately, but for now I need an answer..."
The three sirens nodded to each other, all thinking the same thing. "We accept your terms, Sheogorath."
"Splendid! Now, as for you three it's time to wake up." Sheogorath said, earning confused looks from the three. "What, you thought all this was real!? Hah! And they say I'm a delusional psychotic train-wreck." Sheogorath developed a very serious look. "But know this, you go an betray me or chicken outta our deal? I'll turn your lungs inside-out and laugh as you lot gasp for breath like a trout in Elsweyr!" His jolly nature then returned. "But for now, ta ta, and have a merry Christmas!" He snapped his fingers and the three sirens passed out, then they reawakened in Adagio's floor.
"... Sheogorath..." Adagio said to herself. "I assume you two remember that name?"
Her sisters nodded.
"Good, that means our deal isn't a figment of our imaginations... Neither is his punishments..."
"..... Who's gonna make breakfast?" Sonata asked, the two didn't answer her question and just left the room. "... Guess I'm making it then."
(Diamond Dog burrows, Dawn Break)
"M-Miss Roxie! Get up, Quick!"
"Erm, what is iiit...?"
"T-The Haul, it's been raided!"
"What!?" The Diamond Dog leader, Roxie, jumped from her bed and ran to the treasure storage as fast as her paws could go, when she made it to the vault she saw the door was blown open by explosives. "Dammit!" She ran inside and saw that a quarter of her treasure was stolen. "... Who's the sorry sonova bitch that did this!?" A piece of paper was on the floor, she picked it up and looked at the drawing.
"... Um... M-Miss Roxie?"
"Don't you dare send anyone after this asshat..." She crumbled the picture in her paw, tossed it up, and sliced it with her scimitar. "Nobody steals from Roxie... This chew-toy's mine..."
(The Road to Ponyville)
"Two hundred, that's as high as I go!" Anon yelled.
"And I say two-fifty's as low as I go!" The Minotaur yelled back.
"..... Alright alright, How about two-thirty?"
"... Alright, I'll take it." Anon handed over the money and the Minotaur exchanged it for a well-conditioned Minotaur acoustic guitar. "You drive a hard bargain, Anon."
Anon shook his hand. "It was good doing business with ya, Silver-Horn." Two more Minotaur came by and took a rope that was tied to the large cart that held Anon's treasure, then they pulled it down the path. "And thanks for the help with the haul!"
"No problem! Just pay 'em fifty each and they won't toss the cart over a cliff!"
"Can do!" Anon climbed up the tarp that kept his loot from spilling and sat next to Shizuki, his brand new guitar ready to play. He tuned it up a bit and began playing. He did it instrumental for a few moments. "Yes! I still got it!"
"You're not half bad, monkey man!" One of the Minotaur said. He nodded and kept playing.
"This is the greatest and best song in the world... Tribute." the song started to pick up. "A long time ago me and my stalker Zuki here... We was hitchhikin' down, a long and lonesome road... All of a sudden... There shined a shiny demon... In the middle... of the road... And he said!" Anon then made his voice more nasily. "Playyy the best sooong in the world, or I'll eat yer souls." Anon's voice returned to normal and the Minotaur were nodding to the strum of his guitar. "Well me and Zuki... we looked at each other... and we each said..."
"Okay" The four said in symmetry, and the vigor of the guitar started to pick up. He hadn't noticed that he made it to Ponyville, so the citizens were going to get a show.
"And we played the first thing that came to our heads, just so happened to be! The best song in the world, it was the best song in the world! Look into my eyes and it's easy to see, one and one make two, two and one make three, it was destinyyy... Once every hundred-thousand years or so when the sun doth shine and the moon doth glow and the grass doth gro-howw!" The vigor of his guitar lightened. "Needless to say... The beast was stunned... Whip-crack went his whoopy tail!... And the beast was done. He asked us...snort 'Be you angels?' And we said nay..." Both Anon and Shizuki sang this part together. "We are but men. Rock! Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh-ah-ah! Ohhh! Whoah! Ah-Whoah-Oh!" Anon did a little guitar solo and then stopped. "I forgot the rest of the song!" Anon took in his environment, the little ponies had stopped whatever they were doing to look at the human that played guitar. "..... Huh..." Anon tossed the bags of bits to the two Minotaur and booked it to Fluttershy's house as fast as he could. "Shizuki! Lead them to Fluttershy's house!"
"What's up with him?" One of the minotaur asked.
"He's an idiot... Alrighty boys, follow me." The two shrugged their shoulders and dragged the stolen loot to Fluttershy's place, and not a single pony knew where Anon had gotten that cart full of loot. nor did they know how much trouble he would be in when Roxie tracks him down. As for the Dazzlings? I like to call that foreshadowing of actual plot, future plot, from the fuuutureee! Oooooh Spoooky!
Kay, I'm done.
Author's Note
Sheogorath takes the spot-light!
That's right bitches, I got the spark back! But because I'm a lazy bitch they'll be late as usual. Go ahead, sue me! I'll send Sheogorath after yo ass! Also, like the chapter said, this little bit with the Dazzlings will take place later, also to you Elder Scrolls fans... Wabbajack!
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