The County Fair aka Southern Fried Sirens

Another day another dollar or in the case of the former sirens, another day another dollar wasted. They were sitting on the couch watching T.V when they where interrupted by the loudest noise they've ever heard. Adagio looks around the front room for the source of the strange sound. "What the hell was that?"

"I don't know," Sonata replied looking around. "But boy was it loud."

They heard the noise again but it was much louder this time. "Aria," Adagio said looking at the purple haired girl. "Do you know what that rumbling noise is?"

Aria looked at Adagio, blushed, and turned away from her. "Uh, that would be my stomach growling." she said as she rubs her empty stomach. "We haven't eaten anything since yesterday afternoon."

Now it was time for Adagio's stomach to growl. "Ooh, right, so that's why I feel so weak." she replied leaning back on the couch. "Being flat broke sucks."

"Hey Sonata." Aria said looking at the blue colored girl. "Do we have any tacos left?"

"Nope, we ate the rest of my stash yesterday, remember?" Sonata weakly replied.

"Damn, so that's what we ate yesterday." Aria muttered. "I'm so hungry that I forgot that we ate those tacos."

The girls sigh at their luck. They had absolutely no food whatsoever and for some reason Sonata would journey to the fridge to see if magical fairies filled their empty refrigerator with food, only to come back disappointed into the front room and lay down conserving any energy she had left from her journey.

It was getting so bad that Adagio thought about calling Sunset for assistance, but every time she picked up the phone she would slap herself and put it back down sighing sadly. "Look girls," Adagio began. "I know things are rough right now, but we've been through worse, we can pull through this."

"Hey Dagi." Sonata said looking at Adagio with a crazed look. "Your hair kind of looks like a big carrot." Sonata's mouth starts drooling uncontrollably as she eyed Adagio's hair. "I bet it's soooo good and tasty."

"What are you talking about? My- SONATA!" Sonata jumped on Adagio trying to eat her hair. "Sonata! get off me!" Adagio grunted trying to push her off. "Aria don't just sit there! Help me!"

Aria doesn't move a muscle. "Sorry, too weak to help you, too weak to care." while Adagio tried to keep the hungry Sonata from eating her hair, Aria merely turned up the T.V to drown out their struggle.

Hey all! The Canterlot County Fair is happing today! Come on by for fun games, fun rides, and free food! We hope to see you there for fun and merriment!

The girls all stared at the T.V mouths agape. "Did that guy say that there would be free food?" Sonata asks pointing at the T.V.

Why yes I did little girl! As in it wont cost you a dime!

The girls looked at each other, then at the T.V, then, back to each other again and immediately raced for the door heading towards Canterlot City County Fair.

The County Fair was full of many visitors wondering around the fair grounds. Some were riding rides, and others were playing games winning prizes and overall having a great time. Except for the sirens of course as they were only here for one thing and one thing only. To feast like they never feasted before.

"All right girls!" Adagio said standing at the entrance with her hands on her hips with a devilish smirk. "It's feeding time!" the girls scattered throughout the feeding grounds looking for their next meal.

Sonata was wondering around when the familiar sent of tacos filled her nose. "Yummy! Tacos!" with her mouth watering for sustenance she followed the sent till she found a small stand. "Well hello there little lady," spoke the vendor. "Would you like free tacos?"

"Yes please!" Sonata replied happily. He gives her a bag and a spork. "Uh, what's this?" she said eyeing the bag. "Tacos don't come in bags silly, they come in wrapping paper."

"It's called a walking taco young miss." he replied. "it's a taco, but in a bag."

"Hmm," Sonata uses the spork to scoop some of her taco out of the bag and takes a bite shivering in pleasure." Oh yeah, soo good."

Meanwhile, Aria was partaking in the consumption of a triple cheese hamburger. "Oh, Mmm, oh god yes." she moans as she took another bite of her burger making all the guys scoot closer to her.

"Damn, that must be one good burger." one guy said. "I'll have what she's having."

And as for Adagio, she was currently in a hot dog eating contest scarfing down hot dogs like a professional. "Wow, I've never seen a girl put away so many hot dogs."

"I know, she's really turning me on."

"...Dude...What?"

"Hey, a girl's gotta eat ya know."

Hours later, Sonata wondered around the fair grounds, looking for her two friends among the crowd. "Man those were some good tacos, I wonder what else they have here?" she saw Aria sitting down eating her fourth cheeseburger. "Hey Aria! I found you."

Aria nodded acknowledging her existence while still eating her burger.

"Ooo, that looks sooo good! Where you'd get that?" Sonata asks taking a seat next to Aria.

"There you are." Adagio said walking up to the girls holding her first place trophy. "I've been looking everywhere for you guys!"

"Hey Dagi!" Sonata waved. "Nice trophy."

Adagio sits her trophy on the table taking the seat next to Sonata. "Girls, guess what?! I've been chosen to be a judge for the county fair bake-off!"

"Hmph? How'd you win that?" Aria asked talking with her mouth full.

"Aria, don't talk with your mouth full." Adagio said folding her arms. "But if you must know, I won by eating the most hot dogs, those fools had no chance against me. And guess what? You two are my co-judges."

Aria and Sonata gave each other a high five. "Alright! So when does it start?" Sonata asks.

"In about ten minutes." Adagio replied. "We will eat well today girls!" the sirens started laughing loudly causing other people to look at them strangely.

"Mommy, what are those girls laughing about?"

"Just keep walking sweetheart."

As the girls made their way to there destination a man came running up to them. "E-Excuse me," he said panting. "But which one of you is Adagio Dazzle?"

"That would be me." Adagio said standing forward.

The man took a deep breath trying to catch his breath. "I'm so sorry Miss, but the bake-off has been cancelled."

"What?!" Adagio screamed grabbing the man by the collar shaking him. "Why was it cancelled?!"

The man just looked off to the side. "You wouldn't believe me even if I told you."

Adagio dropped the man on the ground and puts her hands on her hips." Try me."

Seeing that there was no other way, the man relented and told the girls to follow him. They followed him wondering what could've happened that would cause the bake-off to be cancelled. Their questions were finally answered when they approached a small tent of one of the contestants covered in yellow police tape.

Adagio ignores the tape and walks inside the tent. "What the hell happened to-OH MY GOD!"

Sonata and Aria quickly rushed inside and saw the object of Adagio's shock, one of the contestants was lying on a big plate with her skin crispy like fried chicken. The sheriff looks up at the girls covered their mouths in shock. "What are you three doing in here? Cant you read?"

"What the hell happened to her?!" Adagio asked pointing at the plate.

"Oh, this, well this was Miss Sunday Dinner." the sheriff said standing up adjusting his hat. "Damn shame, she was a shoe-in to win the bake-off this year too." he kneels down again looking at the crispy contestant. "It look at least thirteen rolls of paper towels just to soak up all the grease." he rips off a piece of her skin and sniffs it and ate it.

"Oh god." Sonata gasped covering her mouth.

"What the hell?!" Aria whispered to herself. "You've gotta be shitting me!"

"Hm, yep, she was at least doubled flowered and deep fried for ten minutes with at least twelve different herbs and spices. The killer even left behind some mashed potatoes with a side of gravy and macaroni and cheese." he grabs a plate and rips off Miss Sunday's arm and sits it on his plate while using a spoon to grab the potatoes and macaroni and cheese. "We're dealing with one sick son of a bitch. I sure the killer will strike again."

The girls quickly leave the tent before they saw anything that would cause them to lose their lunch. "Yuck!" Sonata said clutching her stomach sticking her tongue out. "That was sooo disgusting!"

"I think those four cheeseburgers I had are coming back." Aria replied covering her mouth. "I think I need to find a trash can or something!"

Adagio just stood still with her arms folded. She didn't know what was worse, the fact that the bake-off was cancelled due to someone getting cooked into fried chicken or the fact that said someone was being devoured because they got turned into fried chicken. Then, a thought hit Adagio. "Hey, did you girls get the name of that officer?"

Sonata shook her head no while Aria was busy losing her lunch in the nearest trash can. "Hm, well I'm sure he's still around looking for the killer."

"What are we going to do Dagi?" Sonata asks holding Aria's hair back while she emptied her stomach. "The county fair is sure to be cancelled if there is another death. And I'm still hungry!" Sonata winced as Aria upchucked the rest of her lunch.

"Personally, I'm good being with being hungry." Aria groaned. "We don't even know who did it or where the killer will strike next."

Adagio rubbed her chin thoughtfully thinking of anything that was said. "Ah-Ha!" she exclaimed. "Yes we do!" she took out a piece of paper and pointed at a name. "See?! Miss Sunday Dinner! She was a contestant in the bake-off?"

"Duh, that officer guy said the same thing." Aria said leaning on the trash can. "So what?"

"So that means that the killer is going after the contestants!" Adagio said looking smug. "Ha! I'm such a genius!"

"Wow Dagi! You're super duper smart!" Sonata said putting her hands together.

"Hmph! But of course." Adagio replied proudly. "Now come on! We've got to save our dinner!"

"As long as it's not chicken." Aria groaned before throwing up in the trash can again.

The girls returned to the tent where Miss Sunday Dinner became a Sunday dinner looking for clues for anything that lead to the whereabouts of the killer. They searched high and low for anything suspicious but to no avail. "Uggh! This is hopeless!" Adagio shouted kicking a pebble. "Sonata, sniff for clues."

"...Do I look like a damn dog to you?" Sonata replied insulted, crossing her arms.

"Would you do it for a Sonata snack?" Adagio said holding up a taco in her hand. Losing her dignity, Sonata got on all fours barking like a dog. "Good girl, now search for clues."

Sonata sniffed all around the tent while Adagio and Aria stood and watching Sonata as she crawled under a table barking loudly. "Hm? Did you find something?" Adagio asked.

The blue haired siren appeared from under the table with a piece of paper in her mouth. "Good girl Sonata." Adagio cheered tossing the taco to Sonata who ate it in one bite while Adagio and Aria studied their first clue. "Miss Chili?" Adagio muttered looking at the name.

"Wasn't there a Miss Chili on the contestant list?" Aria questioned.

Opening her list of contestants, Aria and Adagio searched for the name Miss Chili. "I don't see a Miss Chili." Adagio said. "Do you?"

"Nope." Aria simply replied. "But I do see a Miss Beef Stew." Both girls look at each other.

"Aw Damn."

In another tent not to far away, Adagio, Sonata and Aria stood scratching their heads while the Mayor spoke with the officer about the human sized pot filled with chili while a dead Miss Beef Stew simmering in it. "Well, it pains me to do this, but I guess I'll have to cancel the rest of the fair." spoke the mayor while look at the pot.

"I don't understand," Sonata said. "Miss Beef stew wasn't Miss Chili, there wasn't even a Miss Chili."

"She was Miss Chili last year." the officer replied grabbing a ladle and dipping it in the pot and sipping some. "Still hot too."

Aria turned to Adagio with a disgusted look on her face. "Ugh, this is disgusting."

"Hm, It would seem that our killer added some jalapeños. We're dealing with a culinary expert here." grabbing some sour cream, he scoops some out and dumps it in the pot. "Does anybody have any crackers to go with this?"

The mayor just put her hands on her hips glaring in the officer. "Crackers?! Listen Sergeant Sprinkles, you better find our killer before I decide to cancel the rest of the fair and maybe your job as well! Get me?"

"Gotcha Ma'am." Sprinkles replied looking down.

"Good, now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back with my date." and with that the mayor walked past the girls and out the door.

"Your name is Sprinkles?" Sonata asks breaking the silence.

Sprinkles sighed heavily glancing off to the side. "Yes, High School was not a fun time either."

Aria slowly puts her hand back down.

"Well that was a total bust." Adagio complied walking around the fairgrounds. "Whoever this person is, is seriously messed up in the head."

"Not to mention being one step ahead of us." Aria added. "What are we missing?"

"Ooh! Ooh! I know! I know!" Sonata exclaimed."

"Oh please, enlighten us." Aria replied folding her arms.

"Ok! Get this, so apparently our killer chief is targeting the contestants right?" Adagio and Aria nodded their heads. "Well, what if our killer was a constant too! I mean turning Miss Sunday Dinner into...that and what happened to Miss Beef Stew."

"That-That makes sense." Aria begrudgingly agreed. "Sergeant Sprinkles did say that the killer is a culinary expert."

"And speaking of Sergeant Sprinkles, he sure did know how exactly Miss Sunday Dinner was killed." Adagio finished.

Adagio and Aria looked up at each other. "You don't think."

"That's right!" Sonata jumped in with a proud look. "The killer is the mayor's date!"

"No stupid!" Aria replied flinging Sonata's hair. "The killer is Sprinkles!"

"For realizes?!"

"Come on girls. Let's go find our culinary officer." Adagio said waving for them to follow her.

Using their list of contestants, the girls searched throughout the fairgrounds searching for Sprinkles. They went in every tent warning the contestants of certain death if they stayed any longer. "There! That should be all the competition." Adagio remarked. "With no competitors left Sprinkles will have no choice but to leave the fair."

"Uh, Dagi?" Sonata said with a finger under her chin. "With no competitors how are we gonna eat?"

Adagio stood blankly for a few seconds before she facepalmed. "Son of a bitch."

"You stupid girls! You just had to get in my way!" the Dazzlings quickly turned around to the very irate Sergeant Sprinkles. "You just had to stop my revenge."

"Revenge?" Aria questioned.

Sprinkles paced back and forth like a lion stalking its prey. "Yes revenge! Every year I always lose the bake-off! Last place; Every single year. But not this year, this year I decided that I was going to prove that I am the better culinary chef!"

"Look asswipe!" Aria shot back. "You probably lost because your cooking was people! Nobody would eat that garbage!"

"Because they wouldn't see the genius of it! A true genius of the art of cooking can make a meal out of anything! And I'll prove it! By making you three into cupcakes!" he charges towards the girls in an attempt to grab them, but they just simply sidestepped out the way making him fall down a cliff.

Meanwhile at the bottom, Fluttershy was playing with the rabbits in her petting zoo until Sprinkles fell down in the middle of her petting zoo. The rabbits all looked at their intruder and immediately swarmed him as Fluttershy watches in shock as her rabbits devoured Sprinkles until he was nothing but bones. "Huh, that's new." she said.

As for the sirens, they felt no joy in their victory. Sure Sprinkles was no more but their feast was no more as well. Sighing sadly at their poor fortune and an another hungry night, the girls began to walk home until a jet black car with a yellow flash pulled up next to them. "Hey girls," Sunset Shimmer said poking her head out the window.

"Shimmer?" Adagio said looking at her. "What do you want? I don't feel like putting up with your crap today."

"I heard about what you girls did today at the fair." she said. "Saving the constants from a serial killer and all."

"Get to the point Shimmer." Aria said not looking at her.

Sunset sighed as she looked back at her boyfriend who just smiled in nodded at her. "Look, I know that we not the best of friends right now, but I was wondering if you wanted to join Brad and I for dinner. We're going to an all you can eat buffet and I thought that-"

The sirens stop walking and look over towards Sunset. "Why did us ask us this? You know we don't have any money." Adagio said.

"Hey don't worry about it." Brad replied. " I'll pay for you guys."

"You'd do that for us?" Sonata asks. "Even after the whole mind control thing."

"Sure, Sunset was a bad girl herself once." he said as Sunset shot him a glare. "But, if she's willing to forgive ya and be friends, I can too."

The sirens looked at each other, unsure if they should take up Sunset's offer, but the rumbling of their stomachs gave their answer. "Step into the Bradmobile." Brad said unlocking the doors.

"You dork." Sunset replied rolling her eyes.

The girls entered the car and drove away with Sunset and Brad to dinner. Once again they were helped by the same person who defeated them at the Battle of the Bands. "Hey, Shimmer." Adagio said from the back seat.

"Yeah?"

"...Thanks."

Sunset's eyes widen at Adagio's gratitude. "Your welcome." she said smiling. "So, does this mean that-"

"Don't push it Shimmer." Adagio replied firmly.

"Sorry."

Author's Note

A minor victory for the girls poor luck. But at least they wont go home hungry tonight. I really enjoy writing this. Just some snippets of stories of the girls as they try to adjust to their new lives.
I think you'll enjoy the next story I got planned.