Doctor Whooves: A Dazzling Encounter

Adagio Dazzle hated people. They always presumed the wrong thing about her. Particularly in her romantic life. She didn't have time for such things, they were too boring, but people always presumed she was some kind of slut. After over a thousand years of living, she had only been around two people constantly. And, unfortunately for her, it was her bumbling companions.

"Check." Aria Blaze said to her fellow siren, Sonata Dusk.

Sonata pondered Aria's move, and then simply moved her king out of the way. Ever since their ordeal at Canterlot High, the three girls had been stuck in a dark, drafty apartment with no powers, and almost no money. What little money they had gotten before was by singing in bars, and other venues, using their powers of manipulation to get extra money. Unfortunately, with their pendants destroyed, the former sirens could no longer sing. In fact, whenever they tried to sing, they sounded terrible. They could no longer harmonize, and their voices were terrible. Their normal talking voices remained the same, but whenever they attempted to sing, their voices got high and screechy. The worst part? Practice wouldn't help. The pendants gave them the ability to sing, and without it, they simply couldn't.

Adagio sat a few feet away from the girls who were playing chess in the living room coffee table, which was odd for them, as Aria was so gloomy she wouldn't play anything, and Sonata was so mind-numbingly dimwitted, she couldn't understand what checkers was. Adagio was on the desktop computer they had acquired in a raffle.

Adagio wasn't a fashionista, or anything, but she did care about her looks. And, with little money, the girls had to be careful what luxuries they used. And, as far as luxuries went, water, extra food, light, television, and even extra clothing were luxuries. Thus, the girls only showered whenever they had to go out, and they had to take really short showers, much to Adagio's displeasure. She loved taking showers. The cool water against her body, the condensation it created on the mirrors, it always gave her a fresh feeling once she finished.

But, with shower's being a luxury, she looked like a nervous wreck, as did her companions. Her long curly hair was in a tangled mess, going in every direction, she couldn't wear make-up, and with little clothes, wore only a robe and her pajamas. Usually just the robe. But, no matter how bad I look, they must look worse. She tried to reassure herself, but it seldom worked. As for light, the only light they got was from the computer, and from candles, as the apartment had no windows.

"Check." Sonata said, placing her queen a few spaces away from Aria's king.

Aria smirked, and moved a knight into the same square as Sonata's queen, taking it out. "No it isn't."

Adagio chuckled at that. Aria rarely made jokes, so it at least deserved a mild chuckle when she did. She was scrolling though Canterlot High's website, seeing if there was anything new.

Sonata moved her rook into the space occupied by Aria's knight. "Check."

Aria moved her queen in the space of Sonata's rook. "Mate." She said confidently.

Sonata examined the board, with a look of confusion on her face. Then she frowned, and reached her hand under the board, and brought her arm up very quickly, scattering the chess pieces across the dimly lit room. "I hate this game." She said, folding her arms over her chest.

"You only hate it because you suck at it." Adagio replied, who was still sitting at the computer.

Sonata let out a loud "Hmp!" and turned her head to the side, away from her companions.

"Are you going to pick up the few dozen chess pieces you sent flying across the room?" Aria asked.

"Nope!" Sonata responded, her voice rather squeaky.

"Figured as much." Aria said, and got down on her knees, beginning to pick up the chess pieces.

Adagio kept scrolling through the computer. "Hm...I wonder..." She clicked on the link she discovered, and began scrolling through that too. "Oh... oh-ho ho... this is good." She said, catching her companions interest.

"What is it?" Aria asked, setting the chess pieces into the box.

"You know what our pendants do if they are destroyed, right?" Adagio asked.

"Yeah..."  Aria said.

"So?" Sonata asked.

"That means we can get them back." Adagio said.

"Uh, Adagio, I think your forgetting the fact that if we set foot on the premises of that school, we'll be attacked by a mob of angry students." Aria said.

"Yes, but, what about the seven who defeated us?" Adagio asked them.

"Uh...they had nice hair?" Sonata asked.

Adagio frowned. "That was rhetorical." She said. "But, consider what Sunset Shimmer did, and the damage she caused. The other six helped her, and reformed her. I think they'd be willing to do the same with us."

"Adagio, if you're thinking about being reformed, you're out of your mind." Aria said.

"Of course we wouldn't actually be reformed, but, we could pretend to be reformed." Adagio said. "Plus, the one who's claims she a princess, wont be there, and there is another factor."

"What factor?" Aria asked.

"This man," Adagio replied, pulling up an image of a man in a pinstripe suit, "is our other factor. He calls himself the Doctor, and just the Doctor, no name. But, I've done a little research on him, and he's pretty interesting. He's a master at negotiation., and he will help us, if he's as old as these documents say."

"How old is he?" Aria asked.

"I'll left you read the document for yourself." Adagio said. "But, this is a chance for us to get our pendants back, as well as our ability to sing. What do you think? If we're going to do this, we all need to agree on it."

"If we're getting our pendants back, I'm in." Aria said.

"I'll do it." Sonata said cheerfully.

"Great now I'm gonna get a shower." Adagio said, getting up from the computer. "I probably smell like a dead horse, and believe me, those don't smell good." And Adagio grabbed her clothes, for her shower. A nice, long, hot shower.

When Aria entered the bathroom for her shower, she reached into her pocket, and pulled out her cell phone. "Glimmer, this is Blaze. Glimmer, come in."

"Reading you loud and clear, Blaze, what's your status?"

"I need you to halt Operation Retrieve, Glimmer, something's come up. Something that might just work in our favor."