Rainbow Dash stood glaring out her window as Aria Blaze and Sonata Dusk proceeded to tepee the place all while laughing like a pair of hyenas. Sweetie Belle walked by and looked at Rainbow’s angry face.
“Ha,” Aria chuckled, “Rainbow looks ready to bust a gut.” Sweetie Belle attempted to slide away, but Aria grabbed her. “Hey, shorty, what’s up? Stick around and have a can of soda!”
“I don’t want to, you’re in big trouble Aria,” Sweetie Belle proclaimed.
“Relax Shrimp,” Aria countered. “Rainbow Dash can’t do anything; she got grounded today!” Up in her room, Rainbow Dash looked ready to kill only to fall back on her bed. “A toast to Rainbow!” Aria proclaimed grabbing a can of soda.
Sonata raised her drink, “with lots of butter!”
Finally, Sweetie Belle managed to escape, and at the same moment, the sirens leader Adagio Dazzle arrived on the scene with arms full of (get ready for a shocker folks) books.
“Adagio you’re not gonna believe this, Rainbow Dash got…” Aria began.
“And you girls won't believe all the books I found while I was cleaning out the library’s unwanted books for detention.” Adagio interrupted. “I admit I still hate this world, but it has a few things that are interesting, listen to this 'the scarab beetle feasts on the flesh of living or dead tissue by burrowing through its host and slowly eating them!' and I've got more books about things like this." Adagio enjoyed the thought of humans suffering, some of her other books were on the subject of serial killers, mid-evil wars and devices, and interrogation techniques.
“Cool!” Sonata remarked. Aria, however, wasn’t listening she was making faces at Rainbow’s window while Rainbow growled down at her completely powerless.
“And just wait until you hear about some of the diseases this world has,” Adagio told Sonata as she pulled out a medical book. “Listen to this, ‘the crimson flu; symptoms include a high temperament, habitual manipulation of others, and a natural curl of the hair’ Oh my,” Adagio read slowly.
“That sounds familiar!” Sonata exclaimed. “Cause it sounds like Ummm…”
“It sounds like Adagio, brainless!” Aria inserted herself into the conversation.
“Me?” Adagio questioned. “Really? That’s stupid, why am I taking diagnoses from you two? I’ll give you temperamental but manipulative?” Adagio spoke with confidence but then quickly continued reading.
Aria suddenly inserted herself between Adagio and the book, “will you listen? Rainbow Dash got stuck in her room! Grounded I tell ya!” she said pointing up however Rainbow Dash seemed to have vanished. “Quick she’s hiding!”
Aria walked up to the door and began repeatedly ringing the bell. Inside Rainbow Dash quickly got annoyed and opened the door while preparing a fist.
“No, no, no you’re not supposed to be outside, you’ve been grounded!” Aria lectured, Rainbow Dash growled before Aria slammed the door shut.
Adagio was still reading the book. “Aria, am I ever hard to hear?”
“Huh, you say something? Will you speak up and put that book away!” Aria responded.
Rainbow Dash returned to the living room where a large window gave her view to her visitors. Suddenly, a light blue foot with a face on the big toe popped up on the window.
“Hello Rainbow, why are you such a sad sack?” The toe questioned with Sonata’s voice.
“Because she has been grounded!” another toe with a face answered. “Oh, pardon us!” The other toes now revealed to have faces as well stated.
Sonata giggled. “I should be in show business!”
Rainbow Dash angrily closed the curtains. Meanwhile, Adagio kept reading. “Other symptoms may include a sensitivity to heat.” Adagio suddenly noticed how much she was sweating. “Aria!” she declared alarmed, “I think I have Crimson Flu!”
“Give me a break Adagio; you’re about as sick as Sonata is.” Aria countered.
Suddenly the blue foot appeared on one side of Aria. “Hello, I’m stinky!” The other foot rose up. “And I’m clammy!” Sonata giggled again.
“But you know,” Aria added. “You do look a little green around the gills.”
“She does?” Sonata questioned. “What a pity.”
Aria grabbed the book. “Yeah, hate to say it but this has you written all over it Adagio. But don’t worry it says here there are some tests to see how advanced it is.”
“Tests?” Adagio questioned.
Before long Adagio was wearing a traditional hospital gown as Sonata looked over the book (upside down), “paging Dr. Sonata, Dr. Sonata! One moment please.”
“Ummm,” Adagio questioned. “Aria I’m confused, how is Sonata supposed to?”
Aria was putting on fishing gear as she responded. “(gasp) confusion that’s a sign of Crimson Flu. And what are talking about, don’t you remember that Sonata is a fully certified doctor?”
“She is?” Adagio inquired.
Aria grabbed Adagio in fake concern. “Oh no! Amnesia, another symptom. Don’t you quit on me Adagio! I’ll be right back. By the way nice panties.”
Indeed, Adagio’s ensemble did nothing to hide her underwear even as she tried to stretch it over them. “Please, rest your bottom,” Sonata ordered.
Aria whistled to herself as she walked toward Rainbow’s house with a fishing pole. Aria opened the mail slot and saw Rainbow Dash attempting to pick the lock on a kitchen cabinet. Aria cast in her line, and a moment later she reeled in. “Hey, what the?” was all Rainbow could say as her athletic shorts were suddenly ripped off her body.
Meanwhile, doctor Sonata prepared her (cough, cough) tools. “An eggbeater Sonata?” Adagio questioned. “Is that part of the…” But her sentence was cut off as Sonata inserted the device in Adagio’s mouth, spun it around, and stretched out Adagio’s tongue.
Sonata pulled out a banana which was tied attached to an empty carrot can via a string. Sonata put the banana part by her ear and moved the can across Adagio’s tongue. After moving the can around for a while, Sonata released Adagio’s tongue and grabbed her shoe which she then proceeded to eat. Sonata looked to Adagio after she swallowed. “How long have you been a size two?”
Adagio gasped. “Size two? But I’ve always worn a size six shoe Dr. Sonata!”
Aria walked up grinning like a demon. “Sounds like another symptom to me, did Dr. Sonata give you the rubber glove treatment yet?”
“Aria, I’m so unwell!” Adagio relented.
“Oh Adagio, just tell me has anyone tried to kick you?” Aria questioned.
“No.”
“Good, because that’s the last symptom,” Aria stated patting Adagio on the back and placing a kick me sign on her. “You’re in the clear.”
“Why I feel better already. Thank you Dr. Sonata!” Suddenly Aria kicked Adagio.
Aria gasped. “Oh no, Adagio I thought you didn’t have that last symptom!” Aria grabbed Adagio by the shoulders. “You can beat this Adagio; you’re a fighter!”
Adagio turned to Sonata. “Dr. Sonata, you have to help me!” Adagio begged.
“Next!” Sonata declared.
“No, wait!” Adagio looked at Sonata as though begging for good news. “Please Dr. Sonata, give it to me straight. How long am I for this world?”
Sonata thought for a moment. “Uh, until lunch?”
Adagio’s eyes grew as big as dinner plates. Aria held up a pencil and paper. “Quick Adagio, write!”
Adagio took the items. “A musical memoir of my life?”
“No, your will!” Aria corrected. “Leave me something nice.”
“Oh, and I will take your room please,” Sonata spoke up.
“In your dreams!” Aria shouted.
Adagio began to cry. “Oh, Adagio Dazzle, I knew the well!”
Adagio took off crying, Aria laughed as hard as she could, and Sonata started to cry. “Poor Adagio!” Sonata declared.
“Adagio’s not sick stupid.” Aria corrected. “It’s just a joke.”
“That’s some good writing right there,” Sonata responded.
“Now.” Aria returned her view to Rainbow’s house. “Back to our caged rat!” Aria ran to the window. “Hey, Rainbow!” Aria screamed as she leaned over with her back to Rainbow. “Get a load of this!” Aria dropped her shorts and panties.
“Whoa, I can hear the dogs howling Aria!”
The Crusaders were currently walking around town board with nothing to do. “Hey, girls look!” Sweetie Belle pointed to a lonely and sad looking figure sitting on a bench.
“Isn’t she one of those sirens?” Scootaloo inquired.
“She looks sad.” Apple Bloom noted.
“We should help her!” Sweetie Belle noted heading to Adagio.
“Why?” Scootaloo asked.
“Just come on Scoots.” Apple Bloom responded.
“Excuse me.” Sweetie Belle stated cautiously. “Your name is Adagio, right? Are you okay?”
“Come closer to me child; I feel my time in this world growing short!” Adagio responded. “I know you’re the one who likes music.” She said to Sweetie Belle. “Reach for the stars kid, but just remember don’t let it wait because you never know when you’ll be gone! And when my time comes I want you to have my musical collection.”
“Gee, thanks,” Sweetie Belle smiled.
Apple Bloom spoke. “Ummm. Ms. Adagio are you moving or something?”
“Oh, youth!” Adagio cried. “So innocent, so precious, and so ignorant of the fragility of it all, we’re all just dust blowing in the wind!” Adagio turned her back to the Crusaders.
“Gee, what’s got her so down?” Scootaloo questioned. Suddenly Scootaloo noticed the sign on Adagio’s back; she chuckled to herself before giving Adagio a light kick.
“Oh, curse this Crimson Flu!” Adagio cried before breaking down into hysterics.
“Ummm, Ms. Adagio,” Apple Bloom spoke as she picked the sign on the former siren. “Ah think someone’s playing a joke on ya’ll.”
The Crusaders took off as Adagio looked over the sign, “I’m going to kill them!” Adagio screamed her voice full of rage.
“Does this mean I’m not getting your music collection?” Sweetie Belle inquired as Adagio took off.
Rainbow Dash was surrounded by darkness as she spoke. “Okay, now I’m mad!”
Aria and Sonata laughed to themselves having apparently surrounded Rainbow’s house with bricks.
“Are you quite proud of yourselves?” Adagio demanded.
“Hold on Adagio.” Aria requested as she went on laughing.
“Listen to me!” Adagio demanded.
“How can we not?” Aria questioned.
“This was found on me.” Adagio held up the sign. “You two had me believing I was dying!”
Aria mumbled her words “umm…. Rage, I think that’s a symptom.” She pulled over who she thought was Sonata. “Right, Dr. Sonata?” Aria questioned before she looked and saw Rainbow Dash was now out of her house.
“I got out early.” Rainbow Dash explained cracking her knuckles. “For good behavior.”
“Rainbow!” Aria quickly put Sonata in front of her. “Honest, I tried to stop her but Sonata insisted we bust your chops, she did!”
“Taco stampede!” Sonata declared as she and Aria ran as fast as they could.
Rainbow Dash followed the fleeing duo into their apartment building and even to their floor, but unfortunately, the two managed to get in their home and lock the door.
“Rainbow can’t get us, Rainbow can’t get us.” The duo mocked.
“Oh no, Sonata I’m so scared.” Aria declared.
“I am shaking, like cheese!” Sonata added as the two began to roar with laughter.
Rainbow growled angrily. “Oh look,” Adagio said holding up a key chain with a musical note and a single key. “My key to our apartment.” Adagio dropped the key. “Oh dear, how clumsy of me I seem to have misplaced it.” Rainbow grinned as she picked up the key.
By now Sonata and Aria were doing a happy dance which continued even as Rainbow joined in. Suddenly Aria noticed the third person. “Not face, Rainbow please!”
As Rainbow proceeded to pound Aria and Sonata Adagio picked up her disease book. “Let’s see, the justified beating disorder; symptoms include a feeling of soreness as well as a rapid depleting of hot air from one’s ego.” Adagio grinned to herself.
