Darkness Deals With... What?

Darkness Deals With... What?
Chapter 9: Band Practice... What?

By: Major Frostwing

I sat in Rainbow Dash's garage with the other girls trying not to shoot myself in the side of the head listening to the girls try and practice their new song. Rainbow Dash was trying to be center stage which was dragging everyone down. Twilight's singing was just awful. I messed around with one of Rainbow's spare guitars as I continued to listen.

"So what did you think?" I heard Sunset ask as she took a seat next to me.

"Do you want an honest opinion?" I asked as I continued to play around. I looked at Sunset out of the corner of my eye. She nodded as I sighed. I got to my feet handing the guitar to Sunset before walking to Dash's amplifier turning the volume down to a reasonable volume so I could hear everyone else play.

"HEY!" I heard Dash yell as I cocked an eyebrow at her. "Don't mess with my amp." I looked at the amp then back to her before flicking the power switch turning it off.

"You are playing leagues louder than everyone else. You are drowning out the drums which help everyone else keep time with the song. Twilight. I have heard you sing before put some feeling into it. Pinkie... Give me some more of that Bass Drum. I want to feel that THUMP. Rarity turn up your volume slightly. Applejack. Solid bass work. Fluttershy. Keep up the good work." I said as everyone looked at me confused. "I listen to a lot of music. Now do it again from the top." I said before flicking the amp back on. I moved back to Sunset sitting down grabbing the guitar once again.

Soon enough the music started back up and it sounded a lot better. Except for Twilight. She still seemed nervous. "I'm actually impressed. from what Twilight has told me you would just yell at everyone until everything was perfect." Sunset said as my fingers stopped their dance.

"I can't treat them like I would everyone else otherwise they will just shove aside my instructions. I have to go with a different approach." I said shrugging before returning to my music. I nodded my head as I picked up a pocket amp and a set of headphones that Rainbow had lying around. I hooked it all up before testing the settings until I found what I was looking for. I smiled as I began to play hard. I just needed something to clear my head and this was doing it. I closed my eyes as I continued to play nodding my head as I played until I felt something tap my shoulder. I opened my eyes looking over at Sunset who pointed at her ears. I shrugged passing the headphones to her as I turned to volume down on the amp before hitting a note. Sunset nodded as I began to play once again.

I just kept playing without a care until I realized that everyone else had stopped playing and were watching me. "What?" I asked confused.

"What are you playing darling?" Rarity asked to a chorus of nods.

"Music that I listen to a lot. Why?" I asked only to see Dash walk over and plug my guitar into her amp.

"Show us. I want to see what you got." Dash said as I rolled my eyes.

"You all want to see don't you?" I asked as everyone nodded. I couldn't repress my sigh as I got to my feet flicking my wrists as three more of me appeared walking over to Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Pinkie. "I need to borrow the drums, bass, and another guitar if I want to do this right." I said as Pinkie and Applejack relieved their instruments to me. I cleared my throat before tapping it with two of my fingers. I heard the drummer tap his sticks together before we began to play.

It felt good to actually play something and put my energy elsewhere besides plans and violence. Something refreshing about it. I couldn't help but smile as I sang into the mic and shredded on the guitar. Made me feel alive. I felt power well up in my body as I continued to play right up until the end of the song. I nodded my head before turning to the girls only to see them looking at me in shock. "What?" I asked as they continued to stare at me. "I know I wasn't that bad."

"Quite the opposite Darling. That was..." Rarity seemed at a lose for words.

"Awesome." Dash said as I shrugged unplugging the guitar before my clones returned the instruments to their respective owners.

"Meh. I don't really play a lot since I don't have to necessary instruments. I am not joining the battle of the bands either. I have one goal in mind and that is taking down the sirens by a peg or two. You guys should get back to practice." I said before making my way to my seat.

"Dagi we need a way to deal with that guy. He will ruin everything!" Aria said slamming her hands on the table.

"There is nothing to worry about Aria. He can easily be dealt with when the time comes. He might be an adept at dark magic but so are we." Adagio said flicking a hand through her hair. "Once we have the magic he won't be able to stand up against us. Not to mention even if he is as strong as we think nothing can resist our song. He will be nothing more than a puppet." Adagio smiled deviously.

"You worry to much Aria. Dagi has it all planned out so just go with the flow." Sonata commented as she sat on the table swinging her feet back and forth.

"You don't understand Sonata. You didn't have his fingers around your throat. You didn't see the look in his eyes. He sees us as nothing more than meat. He's a killer Dagi and one that needs to be stopped before your plan blows up." Aria said as she layed her finger tips on her still bruised throat. "He is a monster like nothing we have seen here or in Equestria."

"Have faith Aria. He will be unable to stop us." Adagio said still maintaining her smile. "He is useless without his magic so we will rob him of that and he will fall under our spell. He will make a great addition to us. A near limitless amount of magic and all we have to do is take it."

"I just hope this doesn't blow up in your face Dagi. He is something completely new."