A Shattered Rainbow Rock

Chapters

Chapter 2: Canterlot High Introduction
Chapter 3: Friendly and Unfriendly First Meetings
Chapter 4: The Friend That You Need
Chapter 5: Confrontation!
Chapter 6: Remembering The Past
Chapter 7: Sleepover!
Chapter 8: Bad!
Chapter 9: Jolly Sailor Bold
Chapter 10: Great Service
Chapter 11: Time To Be Fearless
Chapter 13: Collecting The Talent And The Flaws
Chapter 14: The Battle... Begins!
Chapter 15: Anxiety And Ancient History
Chapter 16: The Truth Comes Out
Chapter 17: Moving On
Chapter 18: History And Learning
Chapter 19: Jolly Sailor Bold
Chapter 20: Performance
Chapter 22: A Long Time Ago Part 2
Chapter 23: Treasures Of The Past
Chapter 24: Clash Of Knowledge
Chapter 25: Threatened
Chapter 26: The Big Night!
Chapter 27: Welcome To The Show
Chapter 28: Higher And Higher
Chapter 29: You'll Never Take Me Down
Chapter 30: We're Free
Chapter 31: We're Home
An Open Thank You Letter
Bonus: Bloopers!
Chapter 1: First Day!
Chapter 12: What's So Wrong With A Friendly Competition?
Chapter 21: A Long Time Ago Part 1

Chapter 2: Canterlot High Introduction

The three sisters drove all the way down to Canterlot High without any form of traffic issues or roadblocks in their way. The only form of issue were a few angry people that were driving like maniacs, but no form of road rage was going to stop the girls from going to school.

The girls found themselves the parking lot, and they pulled out their backpacks and other supplies. Once they got what they needed, they got themselves all the way to the front of the school. The first noticeable thing they could see was the equine statue that was mounted.

"Well that's a first." Aria stated.

"The website said the school was the home of the Canterlot Wondercolts. And I have a strong feeling there's a going to be plenty of horse related puns on the way." Adagio said.

"You think they have an actual pony for a mascot?" Sonata asked.

"I hope not. Horses smell, and they're not really good for pets." Aria complained.

"You're just mad because of how that one horse acted at when we went to the zoo." Sonata said with her arms crossed.

"That horse did that on purpose and you know it!" Aria griped.

"Girls... if we can focus, we can make memories that aren't so tragic here." Adagio intervened.

Everyone stopped arguing and they all walked up to the front of the school. No one was outside, but the three of them. And yet, they were all on time.

"Here we are girls. Canterlot High School." Adagio smiled.

"Oooh, I hope the people here are friendly." Sonata grinned.

"As long as they're not anyone from Cloudsdale, I think I'll be fine." Aria said.

"Lets try to have a little bit of optimism, okay?"

The three sisters walked through the front doors of the school, and once inside they got a glimpse. They were in the main foyer of the school, and already they were impressed. The floors for the most part were very clean, and there was a little bit of sunlight from the front window leering down in the middle of the foyer. On one of the walls, there was a display case that contained trophies and pictures, and hanging up from the ceiling and railings were banners of golden equine heads, along with hoof shaped letter C's.

"So... where do we go first?" Sonata asked.

"It'd probably be best if we checked in with the school's principal first."

The three of them walked over to the left side of the foyer, approaching the door that was marked, Principal's Office.

Adagio gave a brief knock on the door.

"Come in," A voice on the other side said.

The three girls entered inside, and upon entering, they were met with a warm friendly face of the school's principal. She had light blue skin, with a darker shade of blue highlights in her hair. Her blazer was of dark purple, and there was a small patch of a crescent moon visible.

"Good morning. I take it you three are the newest transfers?"

"Yes, we are. And you are?" Adagio asked.

"I am Principal Luna. Welcome to Canterlot High. Now if I remember your names, you were... Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze, and Sonata Dusk."

"Yes."

"Yep."

"How do you know us!?" Sonata gasped.

"Adagio filled all of your names in when she was signing the transfer papers." Principal Luna replied. "She said you all wanted to transfer here, away from Cloudsdale High. I hope you are not bothered by the school changes?"

"Actually, Principal Luna, a nice change of scenery is just what we needed." Adagio replied.

"That's excellent to hear." Principal Luna replied.

"Oh, before I forget, was there supposed to be someone providing a tour of the school for us?" Adagio asked.

"There is." Principal Luna tapped her finger on a button to speak into the PA system. "Would Miss Trixie Lulamoon please report to the main foyer? Trixie Lulamoon to the main foyer."

Luna's hand went off the mic.

"Trixie will be your tour guide, and she will help you three get settled into your first classes. She's our school's tour guide, essentially."

The trio nodded.

"Is there anything else we can help you with?"

"I don't think so, no. We should be alright. Thank you."

"You're very welcome. And if any of you should need me, my office is always open."

The three girls gave goodbyes, and they stepped outside of the office. Now all they would have to do is to keep her eye out for when their tour guide would show up.

But as the group waited, Aria turned her gaze to the left wing of the foyer. Down the hall, she saw a girl with cyan blue skin and rainbow colored hair leaning against a set of lockers who had been watching her since she stepped out. The girl seemed to look more along the lines of a goth or a punk just based on her looks alone.

Fishnet wrap were on her legs, a dark jacket with a few patches were visible, studded bracelets were on her wrists, dark running boots, and she had some studs on the sides of her ears. Her shirt had a cloud shooting a rainbow lighting bolt graphic, but the one other detail that seemed to leave confusion was the dark necklace around her neck, and a sneer so foul she could scare off an infant.

Aria glared back at her for a brief moment, but the teenager just gave her a smirk and she turned around and walked down the wing, not looking back.

"Aria? Are you even listening?" Adagio asked.

"Oh, sorry." Aria said, snapping to reality. "Sorry, I was distracted."

"I believe our tour guide is just down that hall." Adagio gestured to the front hall.

Aria raised a brow. "You know, with a name like Trixie Lulamoon... its gotta make you wonder who we're talking to."

"How so?" Sonata asked.

"Well... most of the girls I've met that have a name like Trixie are pretty snobby. Maybe this Trixie's just as snooty or egotistical. You think she constantly shouts 'The Great and Powerful Trixie' wherever she goes?" Aria asked with an over-dramatic arm wave.

"Aria, I think you're overthinking this." Adagio said. "I'm positive Trixie could be as sweet as a kitten."

"... What if she's got some weird obsession with food that we have to put up with?" Aria asked.

"What would she even be obsessed with?" Sonata asked.

"Sandwiches? Candy? Peanut-butter crackers, I don't know!" Aria's hands slapped her sides.

Sonata poked her head out, leaning over and looked at Aria with a quizzical look. "You seem tense. Have you thought about seeing a therapist?"

Aria rolled her eyes. "I don't need therapy, Sonata."

"Girls, can we please stop arguing for a few moments? Can we?" Adagio asked, sounding impatient. "Thank you."

Within moments, their tour guide appeared in the sunlight standing in front of them. She had blue skin, much like the girl Aria saw down the hallways. Her hair was more of a silky smooth white color, which was all tied to a ponytail in the back of her head. She had a pair of glasses on her face, and a friendly smile. A vest with buttons covered her purple shirt, over a skirt that had a graphic of a magic wand over a sparkling crescent moon over blue and purple boots.

"Good morning!" The girl smiled. "Are you three the new students I'm supposed to show around?"

Adagio nodded. "We are. And I take it you're Trixie?"

Trixie smiled. "That's me! Canterlot High's resident tour guide. May I ask what are your names?"

"My name's Adagio." Adagio said, introducing herself.

"Aria." Aria huffed.

"I'm Sonata!" Sonata grinned.

"We're sisters, in case you can't tell." Adagio replied.

"Oh, I didn't think I'd see another pair of sisters here!"

The trio raised brows.

"Another?"

"Well, there's this country girl who's in the same grade as you are, she's got a younger sister that's in the 8th grade." Trixie explained. "Although just between you and me..." Trixie looked around, making sure no one was watching her, and whispered. "Stay away from the older sibling... she's kinda bad news."

Adagio blinked and whispered. "Why?"

"I shouldn't say, or else they'll be after me..." Trixie's voice sounded concerned, and her face screamed worry. But her expression changed back to normal and she stopped whispering. "Anyways, please, follow me! I've got to show you to your classes."

The girls nodded, and so they followed right behind their tour guide. Unbeknownst to them, there was another girl watching them in the hallway. One with indigo hair and pale white skin. She had her eyes very close on them, along with a sinister grin.

She held up a phone to her ear and whispered.

"Sunset, I think you'll want to hear this. We have some new friends joining us here at school..."

Trixie guided the girls through the school hallways, pointing out each location as she was guiding them to their classrooms.

"Over there is the science lab. Computer lab is on your right..." Trixie said as they made another turn. "Any questions?"

"I do!" Sonata said raising a hand up.

Trixie chuckled. "You don't need to raise your hand up. What is it?"

"Um, well," Sonata looked at a sheet of paper that had her schedule listed. "I'm supposed to be in Communications and Technology class, did we pass it?"

"Actually we're almost there." Trixie said.

The girls walked past a few more lockers until they stopped right at another door.

"This is Communications and Technology."

Sonata smiled. "Thank you! Wish me luck girls."

"I'm sure you will be alright." Adagio nodded.

And so, Sonata opened the door and went to her class. Now it was just Aria and Adagio left to get to their classes.

"So, if we may continue, I'm sure we can get you both to your next classes." Trixie spoke.

"Actually, if we can, could we speed things up a bit? I need to hit Biology, so..."

"Just passed it actually." Trixie replied. "Just the door on your right if you go back."

"Okay, thanks. See you two later." Aria said.

"Try to be positive!" Adagio called out as Aria went for her class.

"So, where's your first class?" Trixie asked.

"My first class is..." Adagio unfolded her schedule. "History class."

"What a stroke of luck, that's where I'm off to actually. Follow me!" Trixie grinned.

Adagio smiled and she followed close behind Trixie. The two made it around another corner, off on their way to their first class.

Little did they even know that behind them was another girl who was watching them. One with a fiery hairdo, fishnet stockings, spiked bracelets, a skirt, a black jacket with even more spikes, high-heel shoes, and studs in her ears. She watched them interact, and she watched each one of them depart.

"Rarity was right. We've got some newbies here at school. Well then, I think warnings are in order just to show them who's in charge of this school..." the girl said to herself. "I am not going to let three sisters stand in the way of my goal. And no one is going to stop me..."

The girl lightly chuckled maniacally, and she briskly walked down the other end of the hallway, leaving the corridor she was standing in. She would have to get to class very soon.

Chapter 3: Friendly and Unfriendly First Meetings

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Chapter 4: The Friend That You Need

Author's Note

Okay, so this chapter may be a bit cringy... :twilightblush: Admittedly, the song rendition is EXTREMELY cringeworthy too, but there's something I want to clarify. The rules stated that I use lyrics from MLP, so I'm just following rules. Don't worry, I'll get something better in the future.

Special thanks to StormLuna for opinions!

And do not fret, we will be out of the cringyness in the next chapter. Hope you guys will still stick with me! :twilightsmile:

Chapter 4: The Friend That You Need

About the time the bell rung for lunch time, everyone was struggling to get out of the class and on their way to lunch. The only one who needed to get there now was just Sonata Dusk. She was still cheery and upbeat, and she was having a really good day. The people were nice here, there was an occasional boy giving her compliments about her looks, and she was optimistic and cheery that virtually nothing could get her down.

She stepped over to her locker and started to move the knob on the combination lock, starting to unlock it. In the hallways, there were a few students who were just hanging out, chilling by themselves, checking notifications on their phones and what not.

Sonata hit the final number on the lock, and she opened up the locker. Without warning, a large burst of confetti exploded in her face, some of which stuck onto her. She nearly fell back in shock from the impact. But when she opened up her eyes she found something else that wasn't supposed to be in her locker. There was a singular timer ticking, and there were wires connected to a little device that had what appeared to be a dessert in a little pan.

Sonata blinked when she looked at the strange machine, and reality sunk in when the timer dinged.

"Oh no..."

A little catapult handle sprung up, and a big pan of pie hit Sonata's face with perfect accuracy. It striked her at the right angle, and she was hit upon impact.

The pie pan hit the ground leaving Sonata's eyes blinking out of the smeared pie that hit her face. But the booby trap left one final attack, as the device had springloaded glitter into her face. Everyone that was in the hallway could be heard snickering, just seeing the small explosions that both figuratively and literally blew in her face.

Sonata just stood in shock, trying to compose herself from the explosions. The stuff that exploded in her face was practically stinging her. And the pie had now splattered on her face and was now getting all over her shirt too.

But before anyone said a thing, everyone's attention was moved to someone moving their way from the crowd. Sonata looked to the side and found a tuft of blue hair with neon streaks moving its way in the crowd.

"Excuse me! Pardon me! Sorry, I have to get through!"

Sonata opened her eye as best as she could but the glitter was so painful, she was practically screaming at this point from all the pain.

"Oh good heavens! Hang on, please, come with me." A new voice said.

A hand held onto Sonata and moved her away from the crowd and into another room. The door closed behind her, and Sonata felt a towel put onto her face.

"Try to get some of that stuff of of you."

"T-Thanks... agh, ow, that stings..." Sonata cringed.

"I fell for that trap too. Just need to wash that stuff off."

Sonata wiped away the splattered pie, the confetti, and the glitter off as best as she could. Thankfully most of it came off her face. When she wiped her eyes clean, she took the towel off and was met with a girl in front of her who was offering a friendly smile.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Who are you?"

The girl in front of her had a white short sleeved shirt underneath a blue buttoned up waist coat. She had a blue skirt with a graphic of a two eighth notes. White socks reached up to her knees, and she had black dress shoes. Adn on her wrists were gold bracelets.

"Sorry about pulling you away like that, I was trying to get you out of there as fast as possible before anyone could see you." She replied. "Oh geez, where are my manners? My name's Vinyl. Vinyl Scratch. Who are you?" She extended her hand out.

Sonata blinked again, trying to get more stuff out of her eyes but she got a hand out. "Sonata Dusk. Nice to meet you. So... who put all of that into my locker?"

Vinyl sighed. "I have a good feeling that was the work of Pinkie Pie."

"Who?"

"Pinkie Pie's one of the students here at school. Part of a band that goes by the name of Sonic Rainbooms."

Sonata blinked. "Oookkkay?"

"I have a feeling that it was her who put that stuff in your locker. Pinkie Pie is nasty as she is mean. She sets explosives in people's lockers to explode in their face as a warning."

"Warning for what?" Sonata said as she wiped her chin.

"Warning that she's keeping her eye on you and for you to never interfere in her business." Vinyl replied. "She's nasty, she's mean, and extremely unpredictable. And that stuff that hit you? The confetti, glitter, paste, freshly made pie?"

Sonata nodded.

"That's her calling card. She's not just unpredictable, but she uses party supplies which are meant to be fun, and turns them into violent instruments of destruction." Vinyl replied, using a hankerchief and rubbing off some more of the confetti from her face.

"But why would she do that?" Sonata asked.

"That I don't understand. But as far as I'm concerned, its best to stay out of her way along with the rest of her friends. They're the nastiest people around here, and they will do anything to hurt anyone, or try and get them to leave this school." Vinyl said.

"Oh. I see..." Sonata rubbed her arm with a sad look.

Vinyl blinked for a second and gave a nervous chuckle. "Also, um... your shirt's kinda..."

Sonata looked down and sighed. "Awww, this stuff will never come out."

"Hey, don't worry. I've got a solution for that. And I know just the stuff that can get those stains off." Vinyl said. She walked over to her bag, and she pulled something out that was folded up. "I don't even use this jacket anymore, and I was wondering if someone else could probably use it. I think this might work on you."

"You sure?" Sonata asked.

"Yeah! Try it on."

Sonata accepted the jacket given to her but she set it down first. She pulled the dirty shirt off of herself, revealing a plain white t-shirt underneath herself which was as clean as a whistle.

"You sure you know what can get this stuff out?" Sonata asked.

"Positive! Now come on, try the jacket!"

Sonata shrugged and she put the jacket on herself, buttoning it up. She stood in front of a mirror and got a full view of it. It had a dark shade of purple for its color, short sleeves, with blue buttons that were holding it together.

"Huh. I don't know why, but I feel like I might have seen something like this somewhere, but I can't help but feel like its missing something..." Sonata said as she looked at herself.

"Spiked bracelets maybe?"

"Maybe? Eh." Sonata shrugged and looked to Vinyl with an appreciative smile. "Thanks for the jacket. Really, thank you."

"Hey, you keep that jacket. Keep it as my way of saying, 'Welcome to CHS'." Vinyl smiled.

Sonata looked up at the clock, checking the time. "Well, I better get to lunch. Thanks for helping me get that stuff off of me, and again, thanks for the jacket."

Sonata was about to exit the room, but Vinyl jumped in the way and blocked the door.

"You can't just go back out there! The Rainbooms could jump you if you step out there like thing's going on." Vinyl worringly said.

"But I've got to eat, I can't go without eating anything."

"I know but..." Vinyl paused for a moment, and snapped her fingers. "How about I walk with you there? I can get you there, and I can make sure any creeps around will stay off your back."

"You don't have to, really, I'm fine--"

"Sonata, please! I insist, I want to keep you safe from those Rainbooms, just let me help you. This place is pretty nasty, and you could use a friend out here..." Vinyl offered.

Sonata titled her head thinking. "Well... I guess, but--"

"Trust me Sonata, you're gonna need someone who knows their way around here."

Vinyl nearly kicked the door opened, and like a flick of a switch, it was like all of the lights in the hallway had all shut off, but one focused on her.

This school is not a good place, for new students all alone

Sonata blinked. "Wait, why are you singing?"

There are lots of twisted people... who commit crimes to the unknown...

"You know you don't have to sing, there uh... there are people staring at us right now--" Sonata said with an embarrassed look.

Vinyl shushed her and stepped in front of her still maintaining her friendly outlook.

Let me guide your way, and I'll be sure to help you through
You could really use a friend out here, and luckily for you...

The light on Vinyl shut off, leaving Sonata in the dark.

"You know, you don't have to sing..." Sonata said in the dark, her hands slapping to her sides.

The light flickered on back to Vinyl again, who was found smirking.

I'm the friend that you need, when you're lost and attacked by bullies
I'm your gal, I'm your bestie!
Generosity is your friend, you'll see!

With my help, you will see, its a plus guaranteed!
You may call and I'll help you just follow my lead...
Cause I'm the friend you need!

A few of the students smirked and pointed a few fingers gestured to her.

She's a friend!
Quite a friend!
She's a friend indeed!

Sonata blinked. "Okay, are you making this up as you go?"

Vinyl just winked and pulled her with her.

"I may have picked up a few things while I was hanging out with a very odd con artists." Vinyl blushed, rubbing the back of her head. "But..."

She pulled Sonata with her down the hallway and they kept walking along.

You need a girl to make your day
a gal to cheer you up
a bestie to brighten up your gray

You need a sis who is sweet, who can patch up your makeup!
A friend who knows when the situation's not astray...

Sonata walked down another hallway, and she froze when she saw a scary looking figure stand across from her. A girl with pink hair and yellow skin sneered at her, and next to her was a cage filled with angry birds. She smirked deviously, ready to open it up and release the swarm onto her.

Don't fear the Sonic Rainbooms, they're scary, yes I know

The girl opened up the cage and the angry birds squawked in rage, all swarming right towards Sonata. But as Sonata ducked, she found herself yanked to the side and out of the swarm's direction with Vinyl.

Why you could use a friend, to protect you wherever you go...

Once the birds were gone and the Rainboom for that matter, Sonata and Vinyl walked back into the hallway, clear from danger. Little did they know that beyond them was Octavia, Trixie, Adagio and Aria who were running down the hallways trying to find Sonata just in time before the inevitable. But as they made another turn, Octavia stopped them all when she heard the music. She raised a hand up, and a look of horror struck her face.

"Oh no, not this song again!" Octavia whined.

"What song?"

Now you are in luck!

Sonata and Vinyl came around the corner both with cheery expressions and Vinyl kept singing.

Because I'm the friend that you need, when you're lost and attacked by bullies
I'm your gal, I'm your bestie!
Generosity is your friend, you'll see!

And my help you will see, its a plus, guaranteed!
You can ask and I will help you, lets move on, proceed!

Sonata stepped through the cafeteria door with Vinyl opening the door for her. Once Sonata walked through, Vinyl whipped out her phone and spoke into it.

"Lyra, tell Bon Bon I think we just found another girl for our little social group. She's an absolute sweetheart, and I think she just might be the one..."

She hung up, and once she finished her call, she started to finish her song.

Because I'm the friend you need!!!
(She's a friend!)

Sonata chimed in with a silly grin.

Quite a friend!
She's a friend indeed!

The cafeteria doors slammed, leaving the four girls alone in the hall all to ponder--

"What the FLYING FEATHER did we just see?" Aria asked.

Chapter 5: Confrontation!

After lunch, classes continued to go as normal for the three sisters. And with the new friends they made, they felt a little safer and more at home at Canterlot High. Adagio and Trixie were getting along much better in the classrooms as time went on. Right now, they were in Drama class and were given a break to mingle and meet the other students.

"So Trixie..." Adagio asked. "Um... that girl that was singing in the hallway?"

Trixie tilted her head in confusion, but it instantly clicked in her head who she was talking about. "Oh her! That's Vinyl Scratch, she's uh... she's the only other friend I have." Trixie smiled weakly.

"You're not much of a loner, now are you?" Adagio said with a sly smirk.

"Well, I..." Trixie sighed. "I'm not all alone, but I'm not really seen as one of the most likable here. But, you already know that."

"Well yeah, but how come you didn't tell me you were friends with Vinyl?"

"Well, Octavia was around and... as you can probably guess, she and Vinyl don't exactly get along well." Trixie hung her head.

"Why not?"

"I don't know, I try talking to them about it but they don't like talking about it. They don't like each other very well and that's all I know." Trixie said.

Adagio scratched her chin, thinking. "I see."

Trixie's eyes glanced to the side and she let out a gasp and looked away.

"Oh my gosh, don't look!"

"What?" Adagio was about to look back but--

"I said don't look!"

Adagio looked away back to where Trixie was, both of them staring down at the desk they were sitting at.

"Why are we looking down?" Adagio asked.

"Sunset Shimmer is right over there!" Trixie panicked. "Its never good when she's here!"

"I thought she was already part of this class?" Adagio asked.

"She is, but everyone just tries their best to look away from her like she doesn't exist! But I can't, because I know she's got something planned for me!" Trixie gulped.

"Trixie, you need to stay calm." Adagio said calmly. "She's not looking at us."

"How do you know?"

Adagio raised her head up and glanced to the side, and her heart sank. She was wrong. Sunset Shimmer was glaring at her and Trixie. If looks could kill, she would have.

"Don't look at her!"

Adagio put her head back down at the table with Trixie.

"She's looking... right at us." Adagio said.

"Just keep your eye down on the table..." Trixie panicked.

"Trixie, stay calm. Breathe in... and out."

Trixie slowly breathed in, and then breathed out.

"I hope she doesn't kill us..." Trixie shivered.

There wasn't much luck for Aria and Sonata either. In every class they had, they were given heavy glares by the members of the Rainbooms. And as the classes went on from them, their new friends Octavia and Vinyl explained who the rest of the Rainbooms were for the sake of their knowledge and safety at CHS.

The fifth Rainboom that was made clear to them was a fasionista by the name of Rarity. Her toxic punk look not only made her look attractive, but that was practically what she thrived on; attractiveness. She used her own beauty to get others to do what she wanted, all for the sake of satisfying her greed.

Fluttershy was the last Rainboom, but out of all the Rainbooms she was the meanest. She was nasty, vile, incredibly mean-spirited, and to make matters worse, she could manipulate animals to do her bidding. Her animal speaking could get them wrapped around her fingers, and they followed her orders.

Thankfully, the three sisters were not in any stance to face six possibly dangerous girls.

At 3:00, the school bell rang for the sign of the end of the day. Time for everyone to go home and calm down from the first day of school. Everyone was rushing to get their things out of their lockers and to get home as soon as possible.

Adagio went around the corner to her locker, when she stopped for a brief moment. The light fixture in the ceiling was glitching out, flickering on and off. Must have a burning bulb. She opened up her locker, but stopped when a voice filled her ears.

"So you're Adagio."

Adagio turned around and looked down the hallway. Several students were fearing for the girl that was standing in front of them, hinted by their expressions and moving away from her.

As far as Adagio could see, this had to be Sunset Shimmer. Her hair was a fiery blend, with a sly smirk. Her legs were covered in fishnet stockings like Rainbow Dash, and she too was with a skirt. Spiked bracelets wrapped around her wrists, and a black jacket with pink studs covering over a dark pink shirt with a fiery sun graphic. Last additions she could see were heeled boots that were just as spiked.

While she could see everyone was afraid of her, she herself wasn't scared easily. Instead she just closed her locker and gave a sly and seductive grin back.

"I take it you're Sunset Shimmer?" Adagio asked. "Well, that explains the fiery hairstyle. Very attractive by the way." Adagio said slyly.

Sunset's eyes blinked before furling. "What are you getting at?"

"I'm just pointing out your attractiveness. Is it wrong to do such a thing?" Adagio asked innocently.

"You're playing with me, aren't you?"

"And if I am?" Adagio asked.

"I'd suggest you end it before I destroy that fine outfit you're wearing."

Adagio looked to the other side, and there was Rarity, scowling just like Sunset.

"Rarity, nice to meet you, looking fabulous today." Adagio said, still calm as ever.

"You should be quaking in fear, panicking for your own life. Why aren't you panicking?" Rarity asked, with her hands on her hips.

Adagio still smirked. "Because I don't scare easily. And I've heard about the things you and the rest of the Rainbooms have been doing here at school."

"Then you will know not to talk back to us." Rainbow Dash spoke, appearing from the side next to Sunset Shimmer. "Unless you want your face buried in my foot."

Adagio still wasn't letting up. But before she said anything else--

"Back off."

From behind Rarity, was Aria and Sonata who were sneering.

"Why don't you go buzz off?" Aria asked. "Leave our sister alone, what did she even do to you?"

"I think it's clear, don't you think?" Rainbow Dash asked, glaring at Aria. "We're the ones who run this school, and its our job to make it clear for newbies like you."

Aria growled. "You are not the ones who run this school."

"Yeah! That's the staff's job, duh!" Sonata pointed out.

Rarity rolled her eyes. "Quite daft, isn't she?"

"HEY!"

Aria stomped up with the rest of her sisters, who were now facing the three Rainbooms, face to face.

"I could care less if you toss food at me, but nobody... nobody messes with my sisters!" Aria yelled.

"Then why don't you prove it then? You so tough? Why not show us right here, right now?" Sunset asked with a malicious grin. "All of us..."

From the sides of Sunset appeared the rest of the Rainbooms; Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Fluttershy. The odds were against them. Six against three.

"Girls, perhaps if I could speak logically here, I didn't bring my sisters here for us to fight on the first day. We're just like any other student, wanting a good education, good life, and perhaps make some new friends along the way. Why don't we just leave each other alone, and then no one will suffer?" Adagio asked.

"You can be logical all you want Adagio, but they always start something." Octavia's voice said.

She stood with the rest of the sisters, next to Aria.

"Why you standing with them Octavia? I thought you loved being alone." Applejack queried.

" When have I said I ever loved being alone?" Octavia sneered for a moment, before grinning. "Besides, I much like working with others who share similar goals."

"Count me in as well." Vinyl said off the side, standing with Sonata with a brave face.

"Me too!" Trixie added, standing with Adagio.

"You too, you little nerd?" Sunset asked.

"That is not what she is, and you better back off!" Octavia barked.

"Yeah!" Sonata snapped.

Everyone was standing fierce, eyes were glaring and snarls were emitted. Who was going to make the first move, and what would she do next?

"What's going on in here?"

All of them froze in place with worried looks, even the Rainbooms had some terrified looks. Slowly turning around, they looked back and saw an adult with pale skin, with green and blue sparkling highlights in her hair. She had a sun clip in her waistcoat, and a disapproving look so scary it made their skin cold.

"Oh, uh... Vice-Principal Celestia..." Sunset said. "What brings you here?"

"I can hear the commotion coming from down the hallway. You may not think I don't hear things, but I do. What is going on here?"

All of them stood back up like normally and acted as if the confrontation didn't even occur.

"Nothing ma'am. We just had a difference of opinion, that's all." Adagio replied.

"Oh really? Is that so?" Celestia asked. "Can anyone around here confirm her story?"

She looked at the students who were backed away, and all of them exchanged nods and agreeing looks. It was a bit hard to believe considering their faces, but no one else was speaking up on the matter.

"So, a little disagreement then?"

"We uh, we got a little too passionate about our fight, that's all." Rarity replied.

Vice-Principal Celestia looked at the Rainbooms and sisters and company some more, before sighing. "Alright. I don't know what you were arguing about, but if I find any of you fighting out here, you all will be having serious talks with me and Principal Luna. Understood?"

Everyone nodded.

"Good. Now get yourselves home, its time to go."

Principal Celestia left the hallway, allowing everyone to return back to what they were doing. The students scurried away to get their belongings, while the Rainbooms and sisters looked back at each other again.

"We're letting you sisters off with a warning. You've got guts. Something not a lot of people have around here. But don't stand in our way. Capiece?" Sunset sneered.

Sonata sneered back. "As long as you leave us alone, we'll leave you alone."

Sunset huffed. "Fine. Girls, lets go. We've still got work to do..."

The Rainbooms all huffed and stomped away.

"Ugh, I swear if I see those girls again I'll..." Aria groaned before Adagio placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Aria. Let it go. Its not going to be good if you keep a grudge against them."

"Fine. But don't expect me to play nice with em." Aria said before looking at Octavia and the other two girls. "Thanks for sticking up for us like that."

"Oi. Its no problem Aria. We've got to stick up for each other out here." Octavia grinned making a clicking noise with her tongue. "In fact..."

Octavia pulled out a slip of paper from her pocket and wrote down a piece of numbers. "If you ever wish to talk to me again... call me up." Octavia ripped the slip off and gave it to Aria who graciously accepted it. "Call me anytime, but word of advice... stay away from Vinyl. You can't trust her."

Vinyl sneered at Octavia, who then walked away from the three sisters.

"Anyways..." Vinyl interjected. "Sonata, I know our first meeting wasn't the greatest but, maybe we could try again tomorrow. Or better yet..." Vinyl said, writing down another number. "You want someone that you can talk to with an open mind, you can talk to me."

Sonata grinned. "Yay!"

Vinyl chuckled, and was met with a surprise hug from Sonata. Vinyl was only caught off guard for a split second before giving her a hug back in return.

"See ya around Sonata."

Vinyl left the girls, going down the hallway, going to grab her belongings. Now only Trixie remained.

"So uh..." Trixie slipped Adagio a small card. "You um..."

Adagio chuckled. "Trixie, you can call me at anytime to talk. Who knows. I might have to invite you over sometime."

"Really?" Trixie smiled. "I'd... I'd love to!"

"Great to hear. So, see you tomorrow then?" Adagio asked.

"Yeah! See you later Adagio!" Trixie called out, rushing to get her things.

"Bye Trixie!"

And so the three sisters were left in silence to ponder the situation. There was an almost inevitable showdown with the Rainbooms. Things certainly would have gotten out of hand if it wasn't for their new friends and Vice-Principal Celestia.

"You know girls, this wasn't a bad way to start." Adagio said out loud with a smile.

"Why do you say that?" Sonata asked.

"Well, we may have made some new enemies... but we've made some new friends too."

Chapter 6: Remembering The Past

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Chapter 7: Sleepover!

Friday

As the week went by, the three sisters were getting more and more acquainted to their new surroundings. By now, the entire school's areas and surroundings had now become completely recognizable to them, so now they could walk around without being blind.

And all throughout the past few days, they managed to avoid confrontations with the Rainbooms. Sure there were a few angry threats and an occasional booby trap they set up, but they worked around them.

Once the 3:00 bell rang, the three sisters waited patiently for the hallways to die down a notch so they could get to their things. They didn't have any need to take the bus so why rush to get to their stuff?

"Finally, Friday at last..." Aria said with relief.

"Best day of any school week, I can agree." Adagio replied.

As Adagio went to open her locker, she stopped for a brief moment. Knowing the Rainbooms, they probably snuck into them and set another trap.

She unlocked the lock, and she backed away from the door as she pulled it open. And as she backed away she watched as an arsenal of cupcakes came flying out of the locker and all splattered against the other set of lockers. Adagio looked less than amused, but she was thankful that her hunch was right.

"Okay, well at least you didn't get hit this time." Sonata said.

Aria smirking went to open her locker, but this time she wasn't prepared. Cupcakes came flying out and hit her, covering her clothes and her face in tons of crushed cupcake, and smeared purple frosting.

Adagio and Sonata looked back, both blinking at a scowling Aria Blaze. Aria snarled as cupcake frosting slipped down her face.

"Awww, that's a good waste of food!" Sonata whined.

"You know... some day we're going to have to springload their lockers and strike back." Aria huffed as she went to get her things which were not covered in cupcakes.

"And stoop down to their level?" Adagio asked, raising a brow.

"I don't care, they mess with us enough as it is."

"I don't think that's such a good idea..." Trixie meekly replied with fear. "The things they'll do to you when they get you back..."

"Trixie, they can call me out they want, I'm not backing down. I don't scare easily."

"And its that kind of willpower that makes me glad you're around." Octavia grinned from the side.

Aria looked back at Octavia, for once smiling, even under the destroyed cupcakes.

"So, what are you girls going to be doing now? Its Friday after all, and you've got the weekend to do whatever." Octavia said.

"I'm not sure, I hadn't really thought of that." Adagio replied as she pulled things out of her locker.

Trixie beamed up a bit. "Really? Nothing?"

"None that I know, no."

"I just had an idea! What if we just hung out at Canterlot Mall tomorrow? I can show you around since you're new here, and there's lots of stuff we could do!" But Trixie's smile faded away. "U-Unless you don't want to..."

Adagio grinned. "I wouldn't mind that at all. I have an open weekend to do whatever."

Trixie squeed. "Yay! I can't wait!"

Adagio chuckled. "Me either Trixie. So, see you tomorrow then?"

"Yep! See you later Adagio!" Trixie happily skipped away, leaving Adagio to just smile. She enjoyed her enthusiasm.

As Aria wiped more icing off, Octavia spoke.

"So Aria. I wasn't sure if you had interest but, if you didn't have any plans, I was wondering if perhaps you'd like to hang out at the Canterlot Mall as well?"

Aria blinked and she paused to think. "I don't know..."

"Aria, come on, you should get out more." Adagio said.

"Yes, but every time I go out I end up nearly getting into a fight, or getting kicked out of some place." Aria said, placing her hands on her hips.

"Aria, I can trust you that will not happen as long as I'm around. Especially with the other friend of mine..."

Aria raised a brow. "Other friend?"

"She asked if she could join me at the mall as well, and knowing her... I think we could keep you occupied not just for a day of fun, but also make sure no one harasses you."

Aria scratched her chin and a smirk came to her face. "I suppose it'd be nice to have some gals that I can relate to be by my side."

"So its settled then." Octavia grinned. "See you Saturday then."

Aria smirked. "See you later... Octy."

Octavia chuckled. "Don't get too cocky there Blaze."

Chuckling away, Octavia walked off with a grin. Aria herself couldn't help but grin as well. Octavia certainly knew her way around Canterlot, all the more reason for her to stay with her to keep her frustrations in check.

Peering from the side hallway, struggling to get herself free from the hordes of people in the hallway was Vinyl. Sonata could see a tuft of her neon blue hair as she fell, trying to push herself from two people that were pratically squeezing her in an enclosed space.

"Hey Vinyl!" Sonata smiled as she offered a hand.

Vinyl smiled back and accepted her hand.

"Sonata, good to see you're still here. I wanted to ask you something, if you don't mind."

"Not at all. What's up?" Sonata asked.

"I'm hosting a sleepover tonight with some friends, and I was wondering if you had any interest."

"Are you kidding? I'd love to!" Sonata beamed for a brief moment. "But... I've never actually done a sleepover."

"Sonata, its alright. Its a lot of fun! Please, tell me you'll come!"

"I don't know, I'll have to--" Sonata said before she was interrupted.

"--Sonata if you want to have a sleepover, that's completely fine." Adagio said without even looking.

"For realsies?" Sonata grinned.

"Yep. Just promise me you'll stay safe and don't do anything to hurt yourself." Adagio said.

"I won't!"

"I was talking to Vinyl." Adagio said again.

Vinyl blinked. "Oh, uh... my bad. Look, I promise she's gonna be fine. Its gonna be lots of fun!"

"Good. Just make sure she stays safe, and don't do anything dangerous." Adagio said.

"I promise!" Vinyl said as she went to her locker.

Adagio took in thought of the scenario now. Everybody had plans with their new friends. One week into the school year, and already they had new friends, and had survived. Adagio befriended Trixie, Aria befriended Octavia, and Sonata made friends with Vinyl. This was all in all a good week for them. Just hopefully no Rainbooms to interfere.

Later that night, Sonata came walking up to Vinyl Scratch's house, carrying a suitcase on wheels behind her. From the outside, she could see there were a few hedges around that were in shapes of the electric note that was on her skirt. A glass pain on the front door of that same note was visible as well, but oddly enough she could see the treble clef that was on Octavia's clothing visible as well.

She hit the doorbell and stood still, waiting for the door to open up. The door opened up and it was revealed to be Vinyl opening up the door. But instead of her usual well dressed clothes, she was wearing turquoise pajama shorts and a blue tank top.

"Sonata, so good to see you! Please, come in, come in."

Vinyl opened the door up and Sonata graciously walked inside. She took her shoes off, and she pulled on a pair of crocs, and walked right into the main living room of the house which was connected to the kitchen. Inside, she could see the place was well neat and clean, practically spotless.

The plates that were on the shelf were all stacked nicely, each of them with colorful pictures of musical notes. Pots and pans hung above the island countertop, and the island countertop itself had a built in stove where food was boiling on top of it. And behind the island countertop, there was a visible oven and dishwasher nearby, with some cabinets next to them.

In the living room, she could see a widescreen TV mounted over a table, over a big fuzzy carpet. A small coffee table was found in front of a couch which was positioned in front of the TV. The couch itself was big enough to hold at least four to five people on it.

On the couch, she found someone sitting on it that didn't look familiar to her. A girl with minty green skin, with white and green highlights in her hair, and sparkling eyes of yellow. She wore a blue tank top with pink shorts as well, and on her tank top was a picture of a yellow lyre.

"Oh hey! You're one of the new girls, aren't you?" She asked.

Sonata nodded. "And you are?"

The girl giggled. "Lyra Heartstrings; musician, candy lover, party enthusiast, and party gal!"

Lyra came up and surprised Sonata with a big hug, to which Sonata just smiled and she embraced back.

"If you can't tell, she's the energetic one around here." A new voice said. That voice came from the kitchen. A girl with silky tan and yellow skin, with poofed up blue and pink hair, and blue eyes. On her shirt was a single graphic of three candied treats, and she wore yellow flannel pants.

"I'm Bon Bon, by the way. Nice to meet you." Bon Bon said, extending a hand out to shake hands.

"Oh!" Sonata said, shaking her hand. "Nice to meet you!"

Bon Bon smiled. "So, you're one of the new girls at school?"

"Yeah, she is!" Lyra called from the couch, raising her arm up.

"I thought so. Glad to see even from an attack from a hot pie she still hasn't backed down. Unlike a certain parachute pants wearing..." Bon Bon muttered to herself.

Sonata tilted her head in confusion.

"Its nothing, sorry. Oh good heavens, where are my manners?" Bon Bon replied, walking over to the kitchen. "Care for an appetizer until dinner's finished?"

"I wouldn't mind at all." Sonata said, walking to the kitchen.

"Okay, I've got a whole wad of chips, so--"

Sonata grabbed a few of the tortilla chips and started to munch down on them, much to Bon Bon's shock. She didn't even finish what she was saying.

"--Help yourself." She finished.

Sonata scarfed away at the chips and horked them down in a gulp.

"Geez, do you eat much?" Bon Bon asked.

"Actually... no." Sonata replied.

Bon Bon blinked with a nervous smile. "I'm not sure how to reply to that..."

"Oh, its fine, no worry. I don't get offended easily." Sonata said, waving her hands poshly.

Bon Bon rolled her eyes, chuckling.

"Anyways, how do you two know Vinyl?" Sonata asked.

"We met her the same way uh..." Bon Bon looked, keeping her eye out for Vinyl. "... the same way she met Octavia."

"Why are we whispering?" Sonata said.

"We uh... we don't talk about Octavia around here." Lyra replied back with a whisper, before clearing her throat. "Vinyl, how's the movie hunting going?"

"I'm still in search! I can't decide!"

Sonata scratched her chin. "What kind are you looking for?"

"I was thinking of putting an animated movie in! Wait, hold on... yes, here we go!"

Vinyl came charging up from the basement with a DVD in hand. "I found our perfect viewing feature!"

Lyra squeed. "Oh, I love this movie! Its so good, I felt like a little girl again when I saw this!"

"Oh, really?" Sonata asked.

"Yeah!" Lyra said with such giddiness.

"Well come on, pop it in!" Bon Bon said. "Dinner's almost done!"

As the movie began, Bon Bon came around and she got everyone's food all together.

"Special dish I made from my great grandmother's recipe; tacos!" Bon Bon said as she lifted the lid up.

The sweet aroma from the food raised into the air, and the girls could smell the sweet scent. It was enough to make their mouths water.

"Smells delicious!" Sonata piped up.

Sonata took a taco from the platter and she took a bite into it. And upon chewing it, and swallowing it, her eyes sunk into her head. The sweet tamale, the vegetables, the hot chili... it had created such a wonderous taste, and it was amazing.

"This... this is incredible! You made this?" Sonata asked as she swallowed down the food in her mouth.

"Yeah."

"This is amazing, you should be proud of yourself."

"Aww, shucks..." Bon Bon blushed.

"How'd you make this so good?"

"Bonnie's a chef. She taught herself how to cook from her parents." Vinyl replied.

"Can confirm!" Lyra said raising her hand up.

The girls each grabbed a taco, held over a plate so none of it would fall onto the couch and possibly make a mess, and the movie continued.

"Tonight on Where Are My Pants?"

Lyra giggled. "I love this..."

A man poked his head from the corner of the screen with a cheeky grin. "Honey, where are my paaaaannnntttsss?"

Lyra burst out laughing so much that she fell back on the couch and was hitting her thighs from how hard she was laughing. "It gets me every time!"

Sonata let out a little giggle to from the program.

"Its so dumb, and yet so hilarious..." Bon Bon chuckled.

"Oh, pardon me. I'll be right back." Vinyl said as she got up from the couch.

"You want us to pause it?" Lyra asked.

"No its okay. I've seen this movie enough times. Keep going, I'll be right back."

Vinyl left the main living room, allowing Sonata to just watch the film with the two girls.

"So, how'd you two meet?" Sonata asked.

"We met each other at the start of middle school. Bonnie was looking for a friend to sit with, and so I just popped on in." Lyra said, hugging her friend.

Bon Bon just giggled and hugged her back.

"Is there anyone from CHS you know?" Bon Bon asked.

"Sadly... no." Sonata frowned. "We uh... we moved here in the summer."

Bon Bon and Lyra looked back at her.

"How come?"

"We uh... well, how do I put this..."

Sonata took a moment of silence to think. She didn't want to hide the unbearable truth that she knew laid within, but at the same time she couldn't lie to her new friends. She had to think of something, fast!

"We uh... we were hated."

"Why would anyone hate a sweet girl like you?" Lyra said as she ruffled up Sonata's hair with a silly grin.

Sonata blushed, but she couldn't smile. "Well, you see... me and my sisters weren't exactly liked at our school. No one wanted to be near us, no one wanted to talk to us... and worse. W-What happened... l-last year..."

"What happened?" Lyra asked.

Sonata took a deep breath, and sighed.

"Last year, all three of us were humiliated in front of the school. I don't even remember what we did, we didn't do anything, but we were humiliated either way. One of the bullies there went too far, and they made us look like monsters. It wasn't until then, but there Adagio... lost it."

"How?"

"Adagio went after the one who started the humiliation... and she went loose on him." Sonata gulped. "The principals came by and split us up, and... I... I never saw Adagio so scared or so mad... Without anything else, we booked it and ran as far as we could... we never looked back, never went back... and we never showed our faces in that town ever again."

Sonata's eyes were tear-heavy, until she found Lyra offering her a tissue.

"T-Thanks..." Sonata wiped them from her eyes, and then looked up. Lyra opened her arms up with a sympathetic smile.

"Come here..." Lyra pulled Sonata in for a hug, and she rubbed her back while Sonata tried to keep herself together. She patted the sister's back, and hugged her close. "Its alright... things are alright now, aren't they?"

"Y-Yes..."

"Then I say, its gonna be okay. You're far from those jerks, and you're here now. I know the Rainbooms are an issue, but you've got us. We're not gonna let them hurt you."

Sonata for once, smiled. She pulled back from the hug and Lyra cleared away another tear from her face.

"Thank you..."

"Aww, come here!" Lyra yanked her and raised her up in a big hug, practically lifting her off her feet. "Big hugs!"

"Yeah, Lyra really likes giving people hugs." Bon Bon giggled.

"And why not?" Lyra said with a smile.

Once Sonata was let back down she brushed herself off.

"Hey uh, as long as we're talking, is it alright if I could ask something?"

"Well of course, no need to be shy!" Lyra said, booping her nose.

"Okay, but... I don't know if I should talk about this..." Sonata rubbed the back of her head.

"As long as its not political talk or things that are way too inappropriate, I think we should fine." Bon Bon replied. "Just tell us."

Sonata relaxed herself and stood straight. It was now or never.

"Why do Vinyl and Octavia not like each other?"

Time immediately stopped around them. Lyra and Bon Bon were frozen in thought, and in realization of the question that Sonata was asking.

"... Maybe we should talk about something else?" Lyra asked.

"What, we can't talk--"

"Shh!" Bon Bon said. She poked her head into the hallway. Thankfully no signs of Vinyl around. "Question. Why should we tell you?"

"Because, I don't want to see them fight, and I keep having this feeling something happened between them and now I don't know what. Can't any of you tell me?"

Bon Bon tapped her foot and rubbed her chin. For a moment of truth, she sighed.

"Sonata, sit down."

Sonata sat back on the couch, and Bon Bon and Lyra sat as well.

"I'm keeping my eye out for Vinyl, but we can't be discussing this. This is the only time we're going to be talking about it, so you better remember it." Bon Bon said.

"Okay." Sonata said, nodding with understanding.

"Alright. But if we're going to tell you what happened, we have to go back a notch... you see Vinyl and Octavia met each other long before any of us. But they met at a younger age, all the way back in kindergarten. They were friends ever since they were little kids, and they never gave up on each other. Their tastes in music were different, but they still managed to work together.

"Okay, but why are they friends?" Sonata asked.

"That's something we don't understand, and quite frankly Vinyl never told us why." Lyra replied.

"Anyways, they were friends for a long time, and they stayed friends all the way up to high school today, and that's when they met us. But... then it started to go downhill for them."

"Well, what happened?" Sonata asked.

Lyra spoke this time. "Vinyl had a big concert she was preparing for, and she invited Octavia to go see her perform in front of thousands. Octavia was pretty busy and she had a lot of insane schedules and plans getting in her way. But then... she tried to talk to her, and Octavia was busy again. But inside Vinyl... something snapped."

Sonata nodded.

"After Octavia couldn't make it, she tried to talk to Vinyl the next day at school... and that was when Vinyl snapped. She full on yelled at her, ranted, screamed, she said it out loud in front of everyone that she hated her and never wanted to see her again. She disappointed her so many times, she never had her back when she needed it, and soon after that... Vinyl broke Octavia's guitar in the rage."

Sonata gasped. "No..."

Lyra and Bon Bon nodded.

"Octavia didn't speak to her after that. After a few weeks had passed, with both of them calmed down, Vinyl said she was going to try and talk to her again. She tried sending a text to Octavia, but instead, she got a text directly to her saying that it was over, and Octavia never wanted to see a 'prissy, greedy, unloyal backstabber' ever again." Lyra said.

"And to this day... neither one of them talked to each other." Bon Bon finished.

Sonata had no idea what to say right now. What could she say for that matter?

"But wait, what did Octavia have to say? Maybe something happened with her that we don't know." Sonata asked.

"Well we never talked to Octavia after that. She snapped at us, and... she made Lyra cry." Bon Bon frowned. "No one makes my friends cry. After she snapped, we went our separate ways. We never spoke to Octavia since, and we made sure to stay away from her and other friends like Trixie, or that... spandex-wearing... ugh. I don't want to think about her."

"Oh... I... I'm sorry. If I knew, I..."

"Its not your fault Sonata. None of it is. And you didn't know, its okay." Bon Bon said. "But I prefer we not talk about it, cause its painful enough as it is. I don't think even Vinyl wants to discuss it."

Without any other words, the girls just turned their attention back to the TV and kept watching their movie.

Little did any of them realize, but Vinyl was watching them from down the hallway, listening to their conversation. But she never appeared out to talk, or speak up on her behalf. For she knew every word that they said was true. Every word she heard was true. And the cold reality hurt inside.

Small tears shed on her face, and she sniffled quietly, thinking about it.

"I'm so sorry Octavia..." Vinyl sniffled, as she held her hands to her face, sobbing quietly.

Author's Note

Now I want cupcakes... anyone else?

Also, I'm sorry for not having much to do in this chapter, this was all I could think of. Don't worry, I've got a lot more for the next one! Now as for Lyra, I tried to make her not as much like Pinkie Pie, but as you can see that isn't the case.

And as for Octavia and Vinyl's story, I wanted to make it as believable as possible, but I don't think its that good. But that's me. Thoughts on it are appreciated.

Hope you enjoyed it folks!

Chapter 8: Bad!

Saturday

The Canterlot Mall was always busy during the weekends. Without work or school, this meant a lot of people were going to be hanging out, or doing a bit of shopping to prepare themselves for the next week. And for some it meant having to work on said weekend because there were some who had jobs at the mall.

And like any other high school student, it was opportunity to see if anything new that fit their hobbies had arrived in store, and to check out any new arrivals.

But today was also a special kind of day for a group of individuals; The Rainbooms. Now that they were outside of school, it was time for a meet up and discuss any future plans for school, and even look for an excuse to cause some mischief.

"Thanks for meeting me here girls. I just wanted to discuss our little... plan, as you would say." Sunset said, taking a seat.

"What kind of plan you said you'd got Sunset? I mean aren't these little amulets enough to give us power?" Applejack asked, pointing to the gold amulet around her own neck.

"Its not enough. And I have an idea on how we all can be more powerful than ever before." Sunset grinned deviously. "And I can be just as equally powerful as you..."

"How?" Rainbow Dash asked.

Maliciously, Sunset Shimmer slumped in her chair and smirked to her allies. "You're aware that in a few weeks, near the end of September, there's an upcoming musical showcase to get more people to come to our school?"

Popping up from the side was Pinkie Pie with a blunt look on her face.

"You mean something that wasn't mentioned until just now?" Pinkie asked.

"... Yes." Sunset glared.

"Oh, sounds awful!" Pinkie said with a cheery demeanor.

"It won't be Pinkie Pie. Cause here's the plan..." Sunset said. "Gather closer."

Everybody gathered close to listen in on Sunset's plans. And as Sunset talked more and more, everyone's attention drew more and more closer. This plan of hers was very interesting... very interesting indeed.

"Oooh, I think I might like this..." Fluttershy giggled deviously as she stroked a small cat in her arms.

Everyone blinked as they looked at Fluttershy. The evil grin, the nasty smiles, the slinking in her chair, the cat in her arms that was being stroked.

"That's a bit cliche, don't you think?" Sunset asked.

"What?" Fluttershy asked. "Is it wrong to stroke a cat when enacting an evil plan?"

"No, it just seems extremely cliched to kind of do that in this scenario." Pinkie interjected.

Fluttershy scowled at her pink friend, but she kept stroking the cat nonetheless.

"So, bottom line, few weeks, we make it happen." Sunset clarified.

"And what about those sisters? They're not really afraid." Rarity huffed.

"Oh, we'll make them afraid... everybody's got a bad secret. And it'll be a matter of time until we find out theirs."

Little did the Rainbooms or Sunset know that someone had been watching them off to the side, hidden in the shadows. Nothing exposed her look, outside of a white sneaker and a little bit of her neon blue puffed up parachute pants in the sunlight.

A small sound of the pop of bubblegum was all that could be heard in the shadows, and thankfully none of the Rainbooms could hear her. She just leaned against the wall, and popped a piece of bubblegum in her mouth, watching them, quietly.

"You know, being at CHS was fun... but being free to do what I wish, is even better." The girl chuckled to herself. "Now, lets spruce this up a notch..."

Clipped to her side was a small media player. She swiped her hands over the touch screen, and she hit play on a song.

Take my breath away...

"Ugh, no, wrong one..." she muttered to herself. She swiped again, praying she found the right one.

Wake me up, before you go-go--

"--No!"

Another swipe.

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down--

"Geez how hard is it to find!?"

Savin' the day, savin' the day!

The girl slapped her forehead and moaned. This was not her day to be ready. Thankfully, she found the right song, and pressed play.

She moved herself off the wall and onto her own two feet. Her foot tapped to the beat and she slowly swayed her body to the side as she danced. Her hands made one single clap together, capturing the attention of the Rainbooms.

Once their eyes were focused on her, she started moving towards them in a series of acrobatic jumps, throwing her body up into the air, all the way towards them, until she landed on the table they were eating on, in a landing pose.

"Who the flying feather are you?" Rarity cried. But then she looked at her entire body. "Oh dear heavens, take off that outfit, that's so... so..."

"Dated, is the word." Sunset sneered. She got up from her chair and moved forward a bit to try and look the girl in the eye. "Who are--"

The girl veered her head up and smirked at Sunset with a cheeky grin.

"See ya Sunnyside."

She jumped off from the table and started to run away. The Rainbooms were about to get up, but they stopped. She dropped something on the table. A small Rubik's cube, in many colors that were not all re-arranged to match a single space.

"Mine!" Rarity tried to grab it, but Applejack stopped her. "Applejack, I must have it! Anything that our prey leaves behind, will be mine!"

"Rarity, you can't just--"

Click.

Everyone's eyes snapped to the Rubik's cube. One of the sides began to move and change its shape. But then another side. And then another. And then another!

The entire cube was whirring and spinning itself around, until it was nearly finished with just one side needing to snap into place. The colors would all be aligned perfectly, it just needed that one piece to connect itself.

Rarity went out to grab it, but the piece just snapped itself together, finishing the array. A small clicking noise was heard, and the cube unexpectedly, exploded into pieces, shattered across the table. As if that wasn't bad enough, several tons of bright colorful paint splattered all over the girls, making them scream and fall back in their chairs.

Only Sunset Shimmer was the one who didn't fall back and scream. Instead she sat there, stewing in anger as the paint leaked down her face.

"Come on, lets go get her!" Rainbow said as she got up.

Sunset nodded. "Go ahead."

Rainbow, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie all took off, leaving Rarity and Sunset by the table.

"You don't think that was her, do you?" Rarity asked, wiping more paint off her face.

"There's only one girl I know who's fashion sense is quite that dated..." Sunset sneered, wiping more of the paint off her face.

In another part of the mall, Aria Blaze was just stepping inside, looking for Octavia.

"Aria! Over here girl!"

Aria glanced to her left, and found Octavia waving at her with a friendly smile. She smiled back and quickly moved over to meet her, face to face.

"Good to see you Aria. You're looking rather spunky, today."

Aria chuckled. "Its the weekend, why wouldn't I be?"

"Right, right."

"So, where do you want to go?"

"Well I don't know about you, but I'm feeling up for a little bit of music. Want to go search for some music? I think the music store on the next floor should have something."

"I hope so." Aria said.

But just as Aria and Octavia were about to leave, they were halted when they found four of the Rainbooms right in front of them. The Rainbooms and two friends came to a halt and all of them stared at each other, heavy with anger.

"Octavia. Never expected you to show up around here." Applejack said.

"I always come here in my off-time, country hick." Octavia spat.

"You shouldn't have come here, Octavia." Rainbow said, cracking her knuckles.

Aria snickered. "What happened to all of you? You enter an art show or something?"

"Zip it Blaze. Or I'm going to blaze you just like we did to Sonata!" Pinkie interrupted. "But fair warning..." She extended her arms out, revealing two cupcakes. "I've got cupcakes, and I'm not afraid to use them."

Octavia and Aria stood ready, bracing themselves for any incoming fight that may occur. But before anyone could say anything that they would most likely regret, everyone's eyes turned to the middle of the ground in front of them. Another Rubik's cube came flying down, and landed in the middle of them. But this time, it was mostly pertaining several shades of red and orange.

Just like before, the cube swirled and swooshed, clicking and changing itself to get the correct colors for each side. And then once the final panel clicked, a burst of red and orange smoke exploded right in front of them, creating a mist that was hard to see.

Applejack and Fluttershy tried their best to clear the smoke, and then once their eyes could see, the two girls were gone.

"Ugh! They got away!" Applejack yelled, smashing a bottle of apple cider on the ground, shattering it to pieces.

Octavia and Aria did get away. But not how they would have. In the middle of the smoke, someone grabbed their arms and pulled them away from the smoke and away from the Sonic Rainbooms. They were out of the main restaurant area, and were now away in the center of the mall, near a giant tree.

"Agh, who was that?" Aria asked, wiping her eyes clean.

Octavia looked at the person who moved them away and she smirked. "Oh, you..."

The girl smirked back. "Great to see you Octavia."

Aria looked up and finally got a good look at who pulled them away. She wore white sneakers, with neon blue parachute pants. On top was a blue jacket with shoulder pads with the same color, covering a white shirt underneath. Fingerless gloves were worn on her hands, and a belt clamped her jacket and pants together, with a buckle of three diamonds. Lastly, she could see this girl had purple skin, purple eyes, and puffed up purple hair.

"Huh. I didn't know shoulder pads and parachute pants were still fashionable." Aria said, tilting her head.

"They're not actually, but I don't care. I rather like the way they look." The girl replied, smirking. "Who are you?"

"Aria. Aria Blaze. So... what was that you threw back there?"

"Smoke bombs. I made those so whenever I'm in a tight situation, I have a means of distraction and escape," she replied grinning.

"But out of Rubik's cubes?" Aria asked.

"She's retro that way." Octavia shrugged.

"So, what's your name then?" Aria asked.

"Oh, right. That, my bad." She cleared her throat. "My name's Amethyst... Amethyst Star."

Author's Note

And now we've met our last of our main heroines.

I hope you all enjoyed this and have a great day fellas! And as usual, your thoughts are appreciated! :twilightsmile:

And Amethyst's song choice would have been this, at least in this universe. :rainbowwild: :raritywink:

Chapter 9: Jolly Sailor Bold

Author's Note

I'd like to give a special note to my friend Bricklayer who was so thoughtful and kind enough to help write a song for this story, so I'd like to give a shoutout to him. And by the way, no, its not the song in this chapter, its gonna be for another chapter later on.

But still, big thank you Brick, I really appreciate it, you don't know how much I do, and I apologize for being a bit difficult to work with.

And if you guys haven't subscribed to him, go do it. He's a wonderful author, and has produced great work.

https://www.fimfiction.net/user/264009/The+Bricklayer

Chapter 9: Jolly Sailor Bold

At the same time Aria met Amethyst, Adagio had just walked into the mall, stepping into the restaurant areas. Looking around, she could see many students from CHS and possibly from the other schools around, all enjoying their lunches that they bought from the restaurants, and or fast food stops. There were even students seen eating at some of the restaurants.

Adagio glanced from the left wing of the restaurants and slowly moved her head to the middle, looking for where her friend was. In the middle, she could see the same familiar silk colored hair and glasses. A smile graced her face, and she walked to the middle of the restaurant area, handbag held close.

"Trixie, marvelous. Great to see you." Adagio greeted.

"Good to see you too." Trixie smiled. "So, where'd you want to go? Unless you haven't eaten first?"

"No, its alright. Have you?"

"I have not, actually..." Trixie bashfully replied.

"Its fine. Come on, lets go get some grub."

After standing in line for a few minutes, Trixie managed to snatch some food to eat as they walked, and the two began to start looking around the mall.

"Is there any place around here that you like?" Adagio asked.

"Well, a few of these places. Though not everyone shares the same tastes as me." Trixie replied, munching into a french fry. She offered one to Adagio who graciously accepted.

"This is one place I do stop at." Trixie pointed above at the sign.

Adagio looked up and read the sign that said 'Phantom Fashion'. In the windows, she could see several manniquins wearing different articles of clothing that weren't clothes that would usually be seen in today's standards. There were some old dresses, jackets, punk costumes, and much more.

"I like to stop here whenever I want to spruce up my jacket." Trixie said, gesturing to the pins and patches on her sleeveless jacket.

"So what are we waiting for then?" Adagio grinned.

Adagio and Trixie stepped into the store and upon entering, they turned their heads above to see the disco ball hanging on the ceiling, spinning around and flashing its lights all over the store. On display were several articles of fancy and or strange clothing on mannequins, shelves, and racks.

"My my. So I take it this is where you stop for fashion?" Adagio asked.

"Mmmhmm. I'm more into the older style of clothes than most of everyone's got these days." Trixie said.

"Its alright. Everyone's entitled to their own tastes." Adagio said. She glanced around the store for a few seconds, and then back to Trixie. "I'm gonna go have a look around."

"Okay."

Adagio stepped to the left side of the store and looked among the shelves. Many different pairs of gloves that were hanging, mostly for fashion. But as she turned around to the other shelf, she stood looking at the clothing on the mannequin.

A grayish shade of purple on a jacket hung over a purple's siren's suit, over a pair of the same grayish purple colored leggings that had triangle patterns all over. The costume on display also had a belt strapped with the suit, with bright orange with jewels sparkling all over the belt and a big diamond in the middle.

"Oh, what's that?" Trixie asked.

"I... huh. I'm not sure, to be honest."

"You gonna get it?"

"Are you kidding?" Adagio asked. "In what universe would I be wearing that? And for that matter, if I did, I'd be wearing a headband with spikes and my boots would be just as spiked."

"I don't know, I think that punk look might look a little good on you." Trixie said, blushing harshly.

Adagio just gave a smirk and raised a brow. "Yeah, if I wore this outfit, I'd probably be a bad guy. Besides spandex tights, just doesn't feel right with this suit."

"What makes you say that?" Trixie asked.

"I don't know, it just doesn't seem to fit in with my personality. Besides, in what universe would I be wearing something so flashy and... well, how do I put this, uh... tight?"

After a quick look at some clothes, Adagio and Trixie were back to wandering around. At the same time, Sonata along with Vinyl, Lyra, and Bon Bon were all wandering around the mall too. They enjoyed a quick lunch, did a little shopping, and then went along their merry way again.

Their next stop was going up to an arcade.

"So girls, do you know what you're going to try and win at the prize counter?" Vinyl asked.

"I'll tell you what I'm after. I'm gettin me a pony plushie!" Lyra giggled.

"What about you Sonata, you gonna get anything?" Bon Bon asked.

"I don't know, what do they even have?" Sonata asked.

"Oh you're going to love it Sonata. They have amazing prizes you can get. I'm saving my money for the big prize." Vinyl grinned.

"Oooh, whatcha gonna get Vy?" Lyra asked.

"Well, I--" Vinyl never got to finish her statement. Stopping in mid-walk, her eyes slowly moving into nothing but voids. Right on the left side of the floor they were on, there was Aria, Octavia, and Amethyst walking together. And all three of them stopped when they met eyes with the other four across from them.

"Oh no..." Sonata moaned.

"Oh no..." Aria moaned as well.

As if timing was right, Adagio and Trixie appeared from the third pathway, and appeared in the same ring that was being formed of the other seven girls.

"Oh no..." Adagio said realizing the situation.

Like if someone stepped on a twig, everyone's calm and happy faces were instantaneously switched to angry and bitter. Their teeth were daggers and flames could be seen around their heads... well except for Trixie. Being the odd duck out of the bunch, she just quivered in fear realizing what was going to happen.

The three sisters gulped and chuckled nervously.

"Well, isn't this a nice surprise?" Sonata chuckled.

Sweat could be seen running down Aria's head. "Yeah, I mean... look at us, all together now... Our new friends, hehe..."

"So... how have you all been doing?" Adagio asked.

"Aria. What exactly is your sister doing with that nerd?" Amethyst sneered.

"Hey, don't call her that!" Octavia snapped.

"But its okay for you to do it?" Vinyl interjected crossing her arms.

"I do it out of love!" Octavia yelled back.

"Like how you behaved when you wouldn't even show up to my concerts as a friend I needed? Seven, times, in a row!"

Without any warning, all six up them quickly entered into an uproar of anger and rage. There was no physical violence, thankfully, but there was no denying that the situation quickly turned ugly.

Adagio and her sisters in the midst of this stood off to the side with worried looks. Now things were heating up, and they had no idea how to handle this.

"Is there anything we can do?" Sonata asked.

"Pull up beach chairs and see how long this goes?" Aria asked.

"Aria!"

"I didn't say we'd be stealing chairs! I meant pulling ones out from home." Aria protested.

"Well we can't just sit and let this argument get out of hand. We have to put an end to this." Adagio replied. "Its like, well... an underlying tension that could bubble to the surface at any minute..."

"That just sounds weird." Aria stated.

"The point is, there needs to be a way to stop their fighting."

"Why not use these little babies?" Aria asked.

Adagio and Sonata looked back to Aria and their eyes bulged in terror when they realized what she was referring to. She held the red jeweled necklace in her hand that was still clinged around her neck.

"No, absolutely not. That is out of the question. We're not using Equestrian magic on our friends." Adagio sternly said.

"Well what if we can't get them to stop fighting?" Aria asked.

Adagio sighed. "Okay, how about this. We try methods that don't involve putting our friends under a spell, and if they don't work, then we use our pendents. Agreed?"

"Agreed." Sonata and Aria nodded.

"Okay, now if I can, I'm going to see if maybe I can handle this and break this up so we may talk like smart and mature adults."

Adagio straightened up her pose, and she walked towards the group of angry friends while Sonata and Aria stood watching.

"How much you want to bet they throw her out?" Aria asked.

"Oh come on, they'll listen. She's level-headed." Sonata waved her hand to the side with a smirk. "If anyone can get them to calm down, its--"

Sonata and Aria looked back just to watch Adagio stumbled towards them with her eyes twitching and with a hint of dizziness.

"Maybe... we should... try something else..."

Adagio slowly collapsed and she fell on the floor, face first. Sonata and Aria both cringed from the loud smack.

"I guess sensible conversations don't work."

After Adagio recovered from her fall, Sonata decided to intervene this time. Aria and Adagio leaned against a wall and watched as Sonata turned on a spinning fan and she held up some tacos and placed them in front of them fan. Then, with careful movements, she turned on the switch, and the fan started to blow the delicious and watery scent of the food.

"Sometimes people get mad because they haven't eaten in a while. This should get them to stop!" Sonata grinned.

"This isn't going to work Sonata..." Aria rubbed her face.

"How do you know that?" Sonata asked.

She looked towards them and stood frozen as several of the tacos that were used to attract them, were instead being used as bullets and pelted her. Shells cracked upon the impact, and the food splattered all over her clothes, leaving her scowling in place.

"... Never mind."

"You know girls, I have a novel way to take care of this fight." Aria smirked.

"Really?"

"Yep!" Aria said.

10 Minutes Later

"Aria, what are you doing?" Adagio moaned.

Adagio and Sonata glared at Aria with disapproval. In her hand was a slingshot, and she also had six candy bars wrapped together.

"What?" Aria asked. "Candy always distracts people."

Aria pulled back the sling with the candy strapped, ready to release.

"Okay little buddy, lets make these girls happy."

She let go, allowing the candy to spring straight at the girls group. She smirked with a proud look back at Adagio.

"See? This is gonna work."

Aria turned back and was met with the collection of candy bars hitting her face and falling to the floor. She glared at the girls with an unamused look, feeling the impact of the candy.

"Okay, this stopped being funny."

Aria walked off to the side, and she grabbed something she put near her bag. Pulled out was a megaphone. She flipped it on, and she screamed into it.

"WILL YOU MORONS STOP FIGHTING!?" Aria screamed.

No reply. She slapped her forehead.

"Okay, I think its about time we can say anything we want right now." Aria held the megaphone back up. "Hey girls! Did we ever tell you we got kicked out at Crystal Prep for setting things on fire?"

Still nothing.

"I wrote the phone number of an unpopular kid in the girl's restroom to get them to call him! No one did!"

Nothing.

"We're actually magic sea horses, any debates on that?!"

Still nothing.

"Okay, seriously, how do they not hear us?" Aria groaned, slapping her forehead. She put the megaphone away and looked back at Adagio with her hands on her hips. "Well?"

Adagio sighed in defeat, hanging her head.

"Alright. As much as this goes everything I stand for, we're going to have to use our singing to stop them." Adagio said.

"But you said we wouldn't do that!" Sonata interjected.

"Yes, well, that was before the negativity grew so strong that they wouldn't even bat an eye to anything strange around them."

"Finally! I was getting tired of having to pay for random things." Aria cheered.

"Let it never be said that this was my first choice." Adagio moaned in guilt.

The three sisters stood together, and they stood with their pendents at the ready. One by one, each of their eyes began to glow. A bright hue of purple glowed in each of their eyes. With a quiet tone slowly pulling up to a volume they could hear, they began to sing in a chorus.

Ahhh, ahhh ahh... ahh ahh...
Ahhh, ahhh ahh... ahh ahh...

The girls that were arguing slowly started to stop arguing. Their angry rants and rages began to die down, and they slowly turned to look at Adagio Dazzle who stood before them. And Adagio, began to sing.

Upon one summer's morning
I carefully did stray
Down by the Walls of Wapping
Where I met a sailor gay

Conversing with a young lass
Who seem'd to be in pain
Saying, William, when you go
I fear you'll ne'er return again

All of their eyes locked onto each other, but instead were focused on her and her singing.

My heart is pierced by Cupid
I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing can console me
But my jolly sailor bold

Adagio raised a hand up, and moved her finger pointing towards her very slowly, gesturing them to follow her. Then with a step at a time, the girls slowly began to follow her, stuck in a trance.

Come all you pretty fair maids
Whoever you may be
Who love a jolly sailor
That plows the raging sea

My heart is pierced by Cupid
I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing can console me
But my jolly sailor bold

Adagio, Aria, and Sonata all kept the girls focused on them, and they all slowly walked together, moving their way into another restaurant. They all stopped at the front entrance, and Adagio began to finish.

My heart is pierced by Cupid
I disdain all glittering gold
There is nothing can console me
But my jolly sailor bold...

The bright hue of purple in the eyes of the sisters slowly died down, and their pendents stopped glowing. When all of the six girls stopped hearing the music, they shook their heads violently, trying to wake themselves up.

"Wait, where'd we go?" Octavia asked.

"What were we fighting about again?" Amethyst asked.

"Am I the only one who's hungry?" Lyra asked.

Everyone looked at Lyra awkwardly. Some blinked, some didn't. Some just kept that face that screamed 'Seriously?'.

"Look girls, you've been fighting for a while now and I think its time we discuss it. So if I may, please, follow us. We'll take a seat, get some food, and we can discuss this issue like rational adults. Can we?" Adagio asked.

The six girls looked at each other, giving shrugs and accepting glances. After a few minutes of silence, they looked to the eldest sister with nods.

"Thank goodness. Now come on, food is on me."

As the three sisters turned around, Adagio looked forward and her face drooped to a guilty frown. The one thing she didn't want to resort to, but yet she did. She hypnotized the girls who all followed her like little ducklings... and none of them even realized what had happened.

"What have I done...?" Adagio whimpered.

Chapter 10: Great Service

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Chapter 11: Time To Be Fearless

Author's Note

I am SO sorry for not getting this out. Its been over a week, its long overdue, and I'm so sorry. But hopefully you all will enjoy this chapter and I hope it was worth the wait.

And a special shout out goes to Bricklayer for writing the lyrics for this song, I want to thank you personally, and you keep on rockin!

And I apologize if there are any errors, I did this all in one sitting. If there are any mistakes, feel free to tell me below and I will fix them in the morning. Until then, thank you all and I hope you continue to enjoy the story! :twilightsmile:

Chapter 11: Time To Be Fearless

Eventually after awhile, security teams began to break up the fight and everyone who had engaged left the restaurant. While no one was hurt, Adagio and her crew were given a fine for the damages and for partially being their fault for causing the food fight to begin with.

But with everyone calmed down, it gave time to discuss plans for the rest of the day. Adagio and her sisters asked their new friends about having dinner and a sleepover at their place to which they agreed.

So all throughout the rest of the afternoon, Adagio, Aria, and Sonata were setting up the inside of their penthouse to be a big sleepover party. Plenty of mattresses and sleeping bags out and around, blankets, pillows, and much more. Sonata brought out snacks and food of any kind to account for the girls tastes, interests, and allergies. And Aria made sure to bring out as many forms of entertainment possible for everyone to enjoy. But this time, the girls were wearing robes that covered their bodies instead of their usual clothes.

"Okay girls, quick count... sleeping bags and mattresses set out, plenty of food, entertainment systems out and I am already preheating the oven." Adagio nodded.

"Sounds like we're ready. Wonder who's gonna show up first?"

The doorbell to their apartment rung, and Sonata was quick to answer. She opened it up and offered the people on the other side a smile.

"Hey girls!"

"Sonata, hey!" Vinyl smiled back, appearing with Octavia.

In Octavia and Vinyl's hands were some food of their own that they brought for the sleepover as well, including their own bags of packed material for the sleepover.

"Great to see ya girls!" Sonata grinned.

"And its good to see you two have patched up your friendship once more." Adagio added.

Vinyl and Octavia had the most adorable smiles the sisters had seen.

"So girls... anyone want some nachos?" Aria asked, holding a plate filled with nachos.

The rest of the girls began to show up one by one, last one being Amethyst who arrived with some music and her own sleeping bag.

"Hey ladies, what's up?" Amethyst asked, setting her bag down.

"Great to see you Amethyst, please, make yourself comfy anywhere you look." Adagio offered. "Just set your sleeping bags down where you're standing, and come get some food if you wish."

"Thanks Adagio." Amethyst nodded, walking over to the open kitchen and stealing a nacho off a plate.

"Okay, so, what do you gals want to do?" Amethyst asked, biting into a nacho chip.

"Well, we've got plenty of games, karaoke mic..." Adagio paused and gave a sly smirk to the girls. "I told you girls to get swimsuits, right?"

"Yeah... don't know why though." Lyra replied with a raised brow.

Adagio smirked. "What if I told you girls we've not only got a ping-pong court, but we've also got a swimming pool, and a hot tub?"

Trixie choked on her drink, and ended up spitting out her drink in a cough. Sonata offered her a paper towel, which she accepted and wiped her chin.

"I'm sorry... what?" Trixie asked.

"Yeah, we've got a swimming pool," Aria nodded.

"Okay, here's my question... exactly how are you able to afford it? Wouldn't that cost hundreds of dollars to keep?"

"We always paid our bills and made lots of money." Aria shrugged. "Its how we were able to afford this place."

"Follow us!"

Adagio and the sisters walked the girls down a hallway, and moved down two sets of stairs that went around in a corner formation, going down one set of stairs, turning left and going down another set. As they reached the bottom, the girls found themselves walking on shiny tiled floors, like the inside of a public pool.

As they wandered further down the hallway, they found another room that was of interest to them. A big office area that had a lot of boxes and papers all stacked up everywhere. They could only assume this was probably their storage room. But as they made it around a corner, they could see directly into the giant room that was closed to a sliding door. Adagio moved the door open, and the girls wandered into the room.

There was a giant swimming pool, big enough for all of them to swim in. There was even a diving board for them to jump and dive off of. Lights turned on inside the pool, and around the room too. Outside, all that they could see was the dark moonlighting, while they turned on the lights inside.

"Whoa..." Trixie gasped, as she carefully walked around the pool to gaze outside the big window. Outside, she could see far across Canterlot City, staring at the big skyscrapers that were high as the building they were in, and there was busy traffic down in the streets below.

"You girls get to see all of this?" Trixie asked.

"Mmmhmm." Adagio nodded.

"This... this is incredible!" Trixie squeed. "I haven't seen the city so high above, this looks amazing!"

As Trixie was busy ooing and awwing at the big sight above, Adagio herself was moving towards the diving board. She removed the robe around herself, revealing her body covered in nothing but a two piece swimsuit that fit her size. She carefully wandered onto the end of the diving board and she extended her arms out.

Everyone's attention was now onto her.

Adagio took a deep breathe, and clapped her hands together, she made a jump into the air, performing an acrobatic move, and dove into the pool in a perfect dive, splashing the water and creating little waves that were sent in all directions across the pool.

But as the girls all looked into the pool, they could see she wasn't moving. At all. She was just... sitting there deep in the water.

"Um... is she okay?" Trixie asked with some concern.

"She's fine." Aria nonchalantly replied.

"Girls, no one can survive underwater, is she--"

"She's going to be fine, I promise!"

Three minutes had passed, and Adagio still hadn't come out. Worried out of her mind, Trixie started to remove items from her clothing and even tossed her vest to the side.

"Uh, Trixie, what are you--"

"I need to see if she's okay!"

"But Trixie, shouldn't you--"

It was too late. Trixie dived deep into the pool, splashing Octavia and Vinyl's feet.

"--wear a swimsuit?" Lyra asked.

"Apparently not."

"Boy, she's gonna be really cold when she gets back up."

Trixie dove down into the pool, and saw where Adagio was. But this was unusual to her. Adagio was sitting, deep in the deepest part of the water, with her legs crossed and arms out, with her fingers out. It was like she was... meditating. But something more frightening came to her eyes.

The pendent that Adagio showed off before was around her neck... but it was glowing. It was glowing a bright blood colored red as she sat there meditating. She was so shocked, she almost said a word, before covering her breathing holes and then swam back up. She poked her head out of the water and let out a big gasp as she could breathe again.

"What... WHAT WAS THAT!?" Trixie gasped.

"What was what?"

"Girls, your sister is just sitting down there... meditating. And-and-and that pendent she has, it... it was glowing, how-how is that possible?" Trixie stuttered.

Aria and Sonata's mouths drooped and their eyes went wide. Oh no...

But before anyone could say a think, the girls all cheered as they saw Adagio finally come out of the water, looking okay as she ever was.

"Wha-Adagio! You're okay!" Trixie gasped.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be? I mean its not-wait, wait Trixie, what are--"

Trixie surprised her with another hug attack, even more tighter than the others. Adagio had no idea how to respond.

"Um Trixie? Are you okay?"

Trixie nodded. She finally let go of Adagio and looked her in the eye. "I'm just glad you're okay... I don't even know what I would do if my best friend had just... drowned."

Adagio could see Trixie was distressed, but she remained as calm as can be. She smiled at her as she attempted to adjust her hair which was danging in front of her eyes.

"Okay, maybe I should be a little honest with you girls. Ever since my sisters and I were young, we've always had a deep attachment to the sea. We've lived most of our lives out at sea, that every time we go into a pool or at the beach, its basically like a welcome home surprise for us."

"Oh, is that why you live in a place that has a pool?" Amethyst asked.

"Yes. Having this pool just... its just reminds us of home." Adagio said, sounding a little hurt with the last statement. But she quickly retracted and went back to her happy demeanor. "So what are you girls waiting for? Come on, get in!"

"Nah, you girls go ahead, I think I'll just sit here." Amethyst said, lying back on a beach chair.

"Aww, you sure? It'll be fun!" Aria said, trying to urge her friend to join them.

"I'm not really much of a swimming type. You guys go ahead, I can just chill here."

"You know, we don't have to do this if you don't want to. We want to make sure everyone's happy here." Sonata said.

"Sonata, I assure you I will be perfectly fine right now. Just have some fun girls."

Trixie was now shivering at this point. "A-A-Amethyst has a point... I-I think I'll probably get my real swimwear..."

"Let me go get you a towel. You can let your clothes dry while you're swimming." Sonata said, pulling a towel from a closet.

"Now come on, water's fine!" Adagio said, diving deep into the pool again.

One by one, the rest of the girls began to join in and dive into the pool for some swimming. And Sonata raised the fun up even more by throwing in an inflated beach ball for them to throw around. Even Amethyst got in on the fun from her chair.

"Come on, throw it here!" Trixie said, waving her arms up.

"Got it!"

Amethyst chucked the beach ball as far as she could throw it, but it only bounced off Trixie's face and landed in the water.

"Aww..." Trixie sighed.

"Hey, I'm sure you'll catch it next time." Vinyl replied, trying to uplift her friend.

"I'm not really good with catching, but I suppose I could try again next time."

During the bits of splashing, Aria climbed out of the pool and she pulled out some more towels so the girls could dry themselves off with.

"Say, Amethyst, this just hit me, didn't you say the Rainbooms were talking about something strange?"

"Hmm?" Amethyst muttered, looking at Aria. "Oh, wait, yes! Now I remember."

"What is it?" Adagio said, pulling herself up and sitting on the pool side, letting her wet hair go behind her back.

"I listened in on their conversation at the mall earlier today, and I overheard a really weird conversation. They said that when the musical showcase goes on, they're gonna go steal the trophy that's in the display case at the main hall to complete their quote on quote, 'secret plan'. Something about some ritual that they had planned for when the showcase goes on and everyone will be distracted and all in the auditorium."

Everyone at this point had stopped splashing and making lots of noise so they could listen to her story.

"I'm not sure what they're up to, but I thought maybe you girls should know. Maybe you girls should go grab the trophy before they do." Amethyst said.

"Why us? And, wait... You sound like its only we who should do this. Sounds like you're implying something," Lyra stated.

"And actually, something else just came to mind. I don't recall having seeing you at school. How come we don't see you at CHS?" Sonata asked.

If a record could be scratched, it would have been. Cause that's all that would have been heard in the mere silence of Amethyst standing there. She stood there, emotionless, void of any emotions.

"Amethyst?" Sonata asked.

"... I need to be alone."

Amethyst got up from her chair and she walked out of the swimming pool room, going back into one of the hallways. Adagio was about to get up but--

"I'll go talk to her," Aria said, grabbing herself a towel, wrapping herself around it and slipping on a pair of slippers. She opened the sliding door up, and walked into the hallway, while a few droplets of water trailed behind her.

"So... should we uh... go check on her?" Lyra asked.

Aria followed Amethyst back to the kitchen, and watched as Amethyst dug deep into more of the nachos.

"Amethyst?"

"I don't want to talk about it." Amethyst said, scarfing down more food.

"You do realize that scarfing down nachos are not the solution." Aria said, raising a brow.

Amethyst groaned.

"Look, I just want to help, that's all. Why did you leave when we brought that up?"

Amethyst sighed, and held her face with both hands. She stayed in relative silence for a few minutes, trying to compose herself together.

"Okay, you want to know?"

Aria nodded.

Amethyst groaned and rubbed her hand across her face.

"Look, I used to be a student at CHS... but I'm not. Not anymore."

Aria moved a little closer, raising a brow.

"What are you talking about?"

"Even if I wanted to go to school... I can't. Not after what... what..."

"What? What happened?"

Amethyst choked back a growl.

"Not after what those Rainbooms did..."

Aria groaned and rolled her eyes. Her face slammed against the countertop, making a soft thud.

"Of course, typical." Aria groaned. She raised her head back up. "What did those girls do to you?"

Amethyst sat down on a stool, sitting across from Aria, while Aria still stayed up, trying to dry herself off as much as possible.

"Octavia is the only one who knows this... and it may be that she's gonna tell your sisters, but, here's what's up."

Aria pulled up another stool and sat down.

"I attended CHS just like those girls. I was only in for a year and a half. But I quickly took in heart that with the Rainbooms around... there's no playing a nice guy. They pranked me just like everyone else in that school, without end. But I didn't back down from their attacks. But one day... I performed a prank on the Rainbooms... an act that I would quickly regret..."

Aria nodded, still listening to her. She was visibly worried, and was afraid to hear the end result of her story.

"I rigged all of their lockers, with springloaded deserts. Each one of them got hit, I know so. But unfortunately, I didn't expect them to have a backup plan. They gave Principal Luna, Vice-Principal Celestia, and all of the staff information. Information they rigged to look like I was to blame. They made it look like I trashed the auditorium, some classrooms, and the cafeteria out of spite for the Fall Formal Dance. I tried so hard to plead my case, but they wouldn't believe me! They had created enough evidence to pin everything on me, and they wouldn't even bother to hear my side of the story!"

Amethyst's voice was cracking up and getting louder as she spoke. Her face was getting red, and she was trembling in rage.

"Octavia was the only one who listened to me, she was the only one who tried to help me, and no one else did! And you know what!?"

Aria gulped. "What?"

"I GOT EXPELLED! Me, Aria! I just wanted them to stop harassing me, and I get expelled from school! I thought if I was expelled that they wouldn't bother me, but no! Even outside of school they still bothered me and kept shoving it down my throat how I was stupid to mess with them, and how I would never be allowed back at CHS. It was at that point... I had enough. If they gonna harass me, then I was gonna harass them."

Amethyst stood up from her chair and stood on one of the tiled pieces on the floor, revealing her dated clothing still worn on her body.

"I decided to embrace my love for the 80s, and in so, I created my own little gadgets and weapons to strike back. And ever since then... They haven't been able to take me down, cause I've always been prepared. But even with me being prepared to face them at any time..."

Amethyst shrunk down back into a sad face. "... I... I am never allowed to step on CHS property ever again... Never again can I come back, and... I miss that school..."

Aria frowned and she walked over to Amethyst, pulling her into a hug. Amethyst hung her head on her shoulder, and just breathed heavily.

"I'm so sorry Amethyst." Aria said, patting her back.

"Its all my fault anyways..." Amethyst moaned.

"No, its not." Aria said, pulling off from the hug and looking to her face. "Those Rainbooms shouldn't have messed with you in the first place, or any of you. I think its time someone put those girls in their place."

"How?"

Aria turned around and saw the rest of the girls gathered with towels wrapped around, and a few with their clothes back on.

"In case you haven't noticed, those girls have the entire school wrapped around their fingers. They can say anything they want, do anything they want, and not suffer any consequences." Bon Bon replied, crossing her arms with a scowl.

"Only if you let them continue to be this way." Adagio said. "You're not going to let them continue to make your lives miserable, are you?"

"Adagio, you girls don't even know what they've got in store. They have a lot more power than you think," Vinyl shivered in fear.

"Well I'm with Adagio. I think its time you girls stopped living in fear, and I think its time those girls stop making all of you miserable." Aria said with a mighty voice.

Like a flick of a switch, music was starting to kick up.

"Wait, no, no, please don't start--"

With a beginning beat, Aria began to sing.

I know these jerks have struck you down

"And she's singing..." Bon Bon rolled her eyes.

Things don't work out quite the way that you thought
Making you feel like all your best days are done
Your fears and doubts are all you've got

Aria sprung herself around and pulled all the girls together, looking at all six of them with a beaming smile.

But there's a fight, growing deep inside
Beneath those fears and doubts, so just chuck 'em
And let it shine for all the world to see
That it is time, yeah, time to be fearless

With a clapping hands and a stomp of their feet, the girls began to hum and clap to the beat. Adagio and Sonata included as well, both sharing proud smiles on their faces.

Ah, ah, ah-ah, fearless!
It's time to be so fearless!
Ah, ah, ah-ah, fearless!
It's time to be so fearless!

Octavia took center attention of the girls, showing a sad look on her face as she spoke.

You've no idea how hard it's been (It's time to be fearless!)
This horrid fear we’ve been forced to endure...

Aria popped to the side with Amethyst, and gave her a hopeful look.

Don't let them scare you with their trash talk
Be fearless, it's all up to you

Vinyl joined into the song, standing in the middle of the rest of the group who was excited with everyone else.

I feel the light stirring deep inside
It's like there's tales still yet to be told
(It's time to be fearless!)

Aria and Octavia sang a verse together.

And now it's time to break these shackles free
And start living like the brave and the bold!

Everyone was now singing together, and with quick movements, some of their favorite knick knacks and items were jumping about, held in their arms as they sang along. Vinyl's violin, Bon Bon's spatula and cooking spoon, and so forth.

It's time to be fearless!
Let loose, be true, so fearless!
It's time to be fearless!
Go big, be you, so fearless!

Lyra then sung a verse.

We used enjoy our days at ‘the High...

Followed by Vinyl.

Elaborate recordings we’d love to devise...

Bon Bon.

We enjoyed our time, and spent it without fear...

Then Octavia.

Having fun and wishing away those rainy days...

Now everyone was singing in once again. But without their friends even realizing it, the eyes of Adagio, Aria, and Sonata were starting to glow a bright hue of purple just like at the mall earlier in the day.

We see that light filling up our skies

Aria's eyes especially glowed as she continued to finish off their song.

So take the Rainbooms backlash and toss em!
Cause now's the time to let your colors fly, hey you girls, its time to be Dazzled!

Everyone sang the last few verses, while Adagio finished off the last lyric.

Cause now's the time to let our Canterlot colors fly

Hey you girls, it's time to be fearless!

A disco ball yanked down from the ceiling, and started to spin shining its flashy lights all around the room, making it look like a disco party all throughout. And all throughout the last verses, the girls were now cheering and giggling with excitement.

"I... I haven't felt this good in a long time!" Trixie smiled.

"I feel like I can take on the world right now!" Octavia pumped her fists.

"I don't know about you, but I feel like now we can take on those Rainbooms." Bon Bon added.

"Wait... are we?" Lyra asked.

"Oh, I know we are." Adagio nodded, confirming what Lyra asked. "But if we're standing up to them, we're going to approach this cautiously, without violence."

The girls groaned and moaned.

"Aw come on!" Amethyst yelled.

"You gotta take the fun out this, don't you?" Bon Bon moaned.

"These girls may or may not see what we have coming, so if that's the case, then we need to be prepared for any possible outcome. And I think I might have an idea for a place for us to strike. You said this was gonna happen during the musical showcase right? When will this happen?"

"Yeah. At the end of this month, but right now next week, everyone's gonna start preparing for a big musical showcase. Then once we're done, that's when people are gonna be coming around for everyone to see the showcase." Trixie said.

Adagio tapped her chin and a little devious smirk clicked on her face. "Next week, you say?"

"Yeah. Why?"

Adagio glanced at her sisters, and they two were sharing the same smirks.

"I think I might have an idea on how turn the tables on the Rainbooms. They wanted to steal something during the big showcase, well, I think its time we put a little change in their plans..."

Chapter 13: Collecting The Talent And The Flaws

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Chapter 14: The Battle... Begins!

Author's Note

Another shoutout to Bricklayer for making the lyrics to this rendition! :twilightsmile:

I'm sorry if this chapter isn't much, but we're at least getting a move on, right?

Chapter 14: The Battle... Begins!

The next week at school had grown much more exciting. Everyone was hyped up for the upcoming Battle Of The Bands, and the band teams had began assembling. As Adagio and her sisters strolled along through the hallways of the school, gleefully watching everyone around them. The more happiness she saw, the bigger Adagio's smile had gotten.

"Can you believe this girls? We sing one song to them, and then everyone finally springs out of their fear again."

"Gee, when you say it like that it sounds stupid." Aria rolled her eyes.

Adagio took a deep breath, and sighed, trying her best to stay calm. "The point is, we should be proud that no one is living in fear anymore. Not even the Rainbooms or their antics can send anyone in fear anymore."

"I know! Its amazing!" Sonata squeed. "In fact, all last week, there were so many boys that kept lining up and they wanted to hang out with me!"

Adagio raised a brow at her youngest sibling, smirking.

Aria scoffed. "Oh please, have you seen the boys lining up at me? All of them kept begging me for my phone number."

"They bought me food!"

"You know when you really think about this, this seems more like we're using them." Adagio stated, with a disturbed look on her face.

Aria and Sonata stopped in place, all sharing the same thought. Indeed, the thought had crossed over to each other.

"So... should we tell them to leave us alone?"

Adagio blinked, but she shrugged. "I don't see reason for us to scare them away. After all, what's so wrong with a little indulge in fame? Oh and by the way..."

She looked behind herself at the two siblings, smirking even more. "I have you both beat." She gave them a voluptuous wink, and snickered to herself as she kept walking forward. Aria just scowled while Sonata was left bewildered.

"Adagio, that's not something to be proud about!" Aria yelled.

"Oh hush..."

As Adagio went about admiring her work, the three young ladies veered to the right and looked up on a bulletin board. As they moved closer, their eyes began to read the pieces of paper that were pinned. Most of them were just PSAs about eating healthy or doing the right thing, or offering friendliness, most things you would normally find on school walls. Eventually, Adagio's eyes stirred around until she found a roster with a label that said 'Battle Of The Bands Teams'.

"Are we on the roster?" Sonata asked.

"Let me check."

Adagio squinted her eyes and she moved up closer. Her finger went down on each name, reading them as she looked.

"Lets see... Flash Drive, the Sonic Rainbooms... the Serpentine... Storm Kingdom... Changelings..."

"Those names are weird." Sonata tilted her head.

"Not as weird as this one. What kind of group is named the Four Shadows?"

"That's. Just. Stupid." Aria huffed.

Adagio rolled her eyes and looked down some more. "No... no... that's not it... I don't know. I don't know which one's which!"

"Girls!"

The sisters looked to Trixie down the left hall with the biggest smile on her face, waving at her friends. With a spring in her step, she whizzed over to the girls who were looking at the roster.

"I got you girls in! And the rest of our friends made it in too!" Trixie smiled.

"That's great Trixie. Who are we, actually?" Adagio said, looking back at the list.

"You girls are, listen to this... the Dazzlings!"

A hush fell over the girls as they heard the aforementioned name.

"Dazzlings? Why Dazzlings?" Adagio asked.

"Isn't it obvious? Our own beauty attracts everyone around and its our own looks that everyone loves!"

Trixie blinked. "Um... I only picked Dazzlings because... never mind, its not important. But anyways, you girls are on the roster, and everyone else has made it. They're going as the Song Of The Sea."

"Good. Now I hope they had practiced?"

"Yes."

"Aww, and we didn't get to see it?" Sonata whined.

"Sadly, yes."

Sonata just continued to pout.

"Come on, we better get going then. We have practice to do." Adagio ordered.

The rest of the day went by very briskly, and nighttime fell very fast. It was that time for the Battle of the Bands. Everyone who signed on had arrived at CHS and were preparing for when they would have to go on stage. The crowds in the auditorium were buzzing with excited students and band members all strewn around. Some were sitting, some were standing, others were practicing for when they had to go on stage.

As the clock went past 7:00, the two principals stood on the stage in front of everyone, addressing them all. Principal Luna was first to speak.

"Welcome everyone to the first Canterlot High Battle Of The Bands."

Everyone let out a giant cheer.

"This event is sure to be by far the greatest thing that Canterlot High has put together. We hope to see lots of great talent here tonight, and we cannot wait to see all you can do."

Everyone's faces were big with smiles of excitement.

"But, as this is a competition we can only pick one winner. Who will it be? Lets find out. First up on the stage; The Dazzlings," Vice-Principal Celestia called out.

The two judges got off the stage and sat at their table to judge the performance. Pens at the ready, and papers in front, they were ready to judge.

Behind the closed curtains, Adagio and her sisters held the microphones close, and shook themselves off trying to break free of any jitters. It was now or never that they were going to perform.

"Remember girls, we've got this. Just stay calm, cool, and collected."

"Adagio, we are calm." Aria crossed her arms.

"I was talking to myself on that part."

Aria and Sonatas eyebrows jolted, but lowered back down. They shrugged and they huddled close, preparing to step onto the stage.

"Oh, and one more thing, try not to waste your energy. We'll need to save it when we absolutely have to." Adagio nodded.

The two siblings gave their thumbs up, and looked ahead. They braced themselves for the crowd that would be in front of them. The curtains wiped away, showing them standing in the darkness. On cue, the spotlights shined on them, and they began to sing.

Oh-whoa-oh, oh-whoa-oh
You didn't know that you fell
Oh-whoa-oh, oh-whoa-oh

Adagio was next to sing, and she began to lead her siblings into the song.

Now that you're under a spell
Blindsided by this amazing beat
Clapping your hands, stomping your feet. "Yeah, clap ‘em, stomp ‘em boys!"
You didn't know that you fell

Oh-whoa-oh-oh-oh

Now you've fallen under a spell

Oh-whoa-oh-oh-oh

As the girls continued to 'dazzle' everyone, true to their band name, everyone was having the same entranced look that they had when they first sang in that very auditorium. It was like they were hypnotized by them and they just couldn't keep their eyes off of them. Nothing that anyone around them could or would do would get their minds off. The Rainbooms as well took notice of everyone's trance, but all they could do was scowl at the Dazzlings as they played.

We've got the music, makes you move it
Got the song that makes you lose it
We say "jump", you say "how high?"
Put your hands up to the sky

We've got the music, makes you move it
Got the song that makes you groove it.
We ask "jump", you ask "how high?"
Now come on, put your hands up to the sky

Oh-whoa-oh, oh-whoa-oh
You didn't know that you fell
Oh-whoa-oh, oh-whoa-oh
Now that you're under this spell

Adagio's hand extended out and pointed to everyone in the crowd, and soon everyone started to bob their heads as she sang to them.

Listen to the voices that chime
Oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Soon you'll find you’ll have a grand time
Oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
Captured in the web of our song
Oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh
And then… Soon you'll all be singing along
Oh, whoa, oh

Nearing the end of their song, the Dazzlings pendents began to glow red just like before. Their pupils turned purple again, and a little humming sound could be heard. Mists started to fog up the auditorium, and the streams all began to flow right towards the girls. The glowing mist flowed into straight streams, and flowed directly to the pendents main core.

We've got the music, makes you move it
Got the song that makes you groove to it
We ask "jump", you ask us "how high?"
Put your hands up to the sky

We've got the music, makes you move it
Got the song that makes you prove it
We ask you now, "jump", you ask us "how high?"

"Now then… hear me out boys..."

Put your hands up to the sky

Just off the stage, Trixie hid behind a corner. Her eyes popped through her glasses when she saw their pendents glow bright. She hoped that she only imagined that when she was at the Dazzlings home, seeing Adagio's pendent glow in that pool. Was she imagining things? Was it all in her head? No. It couldn't have been. She saw it once, she saw it twice, and now it was triple the time she had seen it.

Oh-whoa-oh, oh-whoa-oh
You didn't know that you fell
Oh-whoa-oh, oh-whoa-oh
Now that you're under a spell

Oh-whoa-oh, oh-whoa-oh
You didn't know that you fell
Oh-whoa-oh, oh-whoa-oh
Now that you're under this song’s...

Adagio let out a tiny whisper into the microphone, capturing everyone's attention.

Spell...

Adagio let out a little chuckle as she finished her song, hearing the grand applause for the performance of her and her sisters. True to thy name, they dazzled everybody.

But Trixie? She let out a little whimper when she saw all of the magic become absorbed. There was no doubt about it. Even if she was friends with them, she knew that there was something wrong with them. There was something that they had that they didn't tell her or her friends about. Well, now wasn't the time to ask. She would have to meet the rest of her friends in one of the practice rooms.

Unfortunately, within that crowd, one of the Rainbooms had spotted her. They too noticed her look of worry. They could see under those big glasses that she was afraid of something... perhaps she knew something truly ominous about them? They would have to look into it then. If she knew something vital... they were going to pry it out of her somehow.

Chapter 15: Anxiety And Ancient History

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Chapter 16: The Truth Comes Out

As the night kept going, the Battle Of The Bands continued to wage on. The final players in the battle were now starting to meet the final rounds. All that remained were the Dazzlings, the Rainbooms, Song Of The Sea, and one other band that they couldn't name. All of the girls were gathered behind the stage, ready to go on in a few minutes.

"Okay girls, lets do this. Win this round, we'll have a chance to face the Rainbooms."

"Uh... question." Vinyl asked. "The Dazzlings are going to have to face off with them before moving on. What if they win and beat the Rainbooms? Then they'll have to face us."

Adagio had never thought of that before. She didn't even think of what would happen if the two were going to face off against each other.

"Look, lets just stay calm. If we do end up winning, then we'll have to make sure the Rainbooms will NEVER get their hands on that trophy. Knowing their ambitions, they'll want to claim it for themselves no matter what." Adagio said. "Are we clear?"

Everyone nodded.

"Excellent!" Adagio's hands clapped together. "So get on there and show them what you're made of."

Adagio, her sisters, and Trixie stepped off the stage, allowing them to prepare. With no time wasted, everyone got their instruments ready to play.

"Okay, lets make this good girls." Vinyl said, looking at everyone.

Lyra held her flute up, Octavia had her guitar gripped tightly, Amethyst raised her key-tar, and Bon Bon's hands were twirling the drumsticks. Vinyl smiled at her friends around her, and she held her violin up, ready to play.

"Lets do this!"

The curtains opened up, with all five of them ready. As soon as the spotlights turned on, the girls began to play for the crowd.

While Vinyl and her band-mates started performing, Trixie found herself an unoccupied room. It was their practice room, but with no one around... plenty of time and space to herself. She smiled. Now's my chance!

She took out a sheet of paper, and read it carefully. After setting it back down, she cleared her throat, and

I am here and I see your pain
Through the storms, through the clouds, the rain
I'm telling you you cannot escape

"Trixie?"

Trixie screamed and panicked. Without even thinking, she grabbed one of the chairs and tossed it towards the source of the noise. No one was hurt, but instead the chair just slammed against the door and hit the ground. Trixie looked up to see who had called her name, seeing a face she didn't want to see right now.

She picked up another chair, raising it high.

"Sunset Shimmer... what are you doing here?"

"Trixie, I just came to talk--"

"If you're thinking of persuading me to join you, its not gonna happen! If you think I'm going to leave my friends, its not gonna happen! If you think I'm gonna start joining a cult and wear an equal sign on my butt, ITS NOT GONNA HAPPEN!"

No one knew how to respond to that. So random, so weird, no context.

"Um... Oookkkaayyy, but I'm not here to do any of those things, I just wanted to talk to you." Sunset said, in the most calm voice she could muster.

Trixie still didn't let her guard down. Her nostrils were flaring up, and she looked like she was about to transform into a raging bull.

"About what?"

"I just thought you might want to know some interesting information about your dazzling, friends."

Trixie still didn't let up.

"Look, I'm not going to waste your time, seeing how we have to go on in a few minutes but... I thought you may want to see these photographs."

Sunset laid the pictures on the desk in front of her, and she left with the rest of the Rainbooms. Not another word was said, not another moment was wasted. Trixie looked down at the stack of photos and images. Curiosity enticing her, she picked up one of them. She squinted her eyes, reading the text that said 1917, and stopped. She saw a black and white photo that had the three sisters together in a group with some soldiers.

Trixie violently shook her head, making sure she wasn't imagining things. Was she seeing things right? Were those same girls, the same three girls in that picture? In World War I? And still young? There was no doubt about it, the three sisters looked exactly the same as they did now. But how was that possible? No, no it couldn't be possible. That had to be some trick on a photo editing program.

It couldn't have been... could it? But wait. Their singing. The attraction of the crowds. Everyone stuck in a trance. Streams of flowing mist. Their hypnotic tones.

Trixie felt herself breathing a lot faster. She started hyperventilating, and she got louder.

"No, no, no, no! No it can't be! No, no, its fine, its fine, this isn't real. But... the Rainbooms..." Trixie glanced back and remembered. The Amulets around their necks. "No, no, no! This isn't real, I'm just seeing things, that's all! I uh, uh, didn't get enough sleep, that's it! Stayed up waaay too late, that's it." She gulped. "I hope..."

After the final notes were played, the crowd applauded for Vinyl and her team. No doubt in their minds they had succeeded. Once they had finished, they stepped off the stage, giggles and smiles around. They left the stage and off into the hallways.

"That was fun! Lets do it again!" Lyra cheered.

"Hey, we'll have to see when we get there." Bon Bon replied, patting her wrist.

"Girls!!!"

The group turned around to see a frantic Trixie gunning straight towards them. Her face was terrified, and it looked like her eyes were about to pop out of her head.

"Trixie, lass, calm down! You look like you're about to collapse!" Octavia said, trying to hold her still.

"Girls, I... I have terrible news!" Trixie panicked.

"What? What happened?" Bon Bon asked.

Trixie could only stuttered her more. "Dah, uh, Dazzlings, World War, Vietnam, China, Japan, Great Depression, young, immortal, Ancient Greece, Middle Ages, d-d-d... SIRENS!!!"

Everyone was at an awkward place.

"I'm sorry, what?" Amethyst asked.

Trixie held her stomach and breathed in and out. She looked at all of them with a panicked face, but she was still calmer than before.

"I didn't want to believe this, but its true! The Dazzlings aren't from around here!"

"Well, I think that's kind of a given, they did just move here--"

"That's not what I mean Vinyl!" Trixie snapped. "I... I don't know how to say it, but these girls, they've been around longer than we thought! World War, the Great Depression, Ancient Greece, they've been here for hundreds of years!"

"Trixie, how exactly do you know this?" Octavia asked, rubbing her temples.

Trixie handed them photos and the papers that had been given to her prior.

"The Rainbooms came by and copied all of these for me. These aren't something they made up on the spot, these are in official books and online websites. And I checked!"

Each one of them looked at a single picture at a time. There was some of them shown on a painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware, in Ancient Greek paintings, Egyptian sculptures, and one in particular of interest; the three of them looking enraged and standing before King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.

"Trixie, this can't be--"

"Think about this. Remember what happened last year, the Rainbooms showed off...", Trixie looked around for anyone who could be watching her, "you-know-what?"

Everyone nodded.

"That was real! And these are in official documents!"

"Come on, this can't be true, can it?"

Trixie looked at Vinyl with a sad look. "If the Rainbooms can gain power and control... then I think the Dazzlings can be here longer than we have. And think about this; their singing, how everyone's entranced by them... their eyes glowing?"

Vinyl's heart sank into the pits of her stomach when she listened to her. She didn't want to believe it, but, in some twisted and dark way... she was right. The other girls had similar faces too. It all started to become clear now. These girls weren't human. There was no way. No way any of this could have been the work of a human. And if these were dated way beyond their time frame...

The girls looked again, and looked at another photo that caught their eye again. This time of a much clearer image. There was a stilled picture of Adagio, Aria, and Sonata all standing together in the courtyard of Cloudsdale High. But this was no regular picture. All three of them were infuriated, fires all around them. Their eyes were as red as blood, but there was another detail amiss. There were wings... aquatic-like wings sprouted from their backs, and there were pony-like ears on their heads.

The girls looked back up, all of them sharing looks of anger, sadness, and disappointment. How could they not have told them? How come they never came clean about this? The fact that all of this was in front of them had left them lost in thought.

Just at that moment, they found the same three girls coming around the corner in the hallway, approaching them. Adagio had a little gift wrapped up in a neat little bow.

"Oh good, you girls are here. Excellent! Sorry we took so long, we got stuck in the locker room for a second, jacket got stuck, you know."

None of the girls gave Adagio and her sisters welcoming faces. All they were giving her was looks of anger and hatred.

"Girls? Are you all okay?" Adagio asked, sounding concerned. "You didn't let those Rainbooms get in your head, did you?"

"Oh, no we didn't... siren."

Adagio was sent back. "What? What are you talking about?"

"STOP LYING!" Amethyst yelled.

All three of them were shocked from her yelling.

"Amethyst, calm down, what's wrong?"

"What's wrong is that you all have been lying to us all this time!"

Adagio and her sisters remained confused.

"Adagio, care to explain this?" Octavia raised up a picture of her and her sisters facing off King Arthur and his knights.

Adagio and her sisters eyes all bulged out of their heads. Adagio's face crept with a nervous smile, legitimately worried.

"Oh, that, uh... well, um..."

"AHA! So it is true! Is it not!?" Bon Bon shouted.

Adagio and her sisters looked at each other. They had been found out. No hiding now. They had the proof, and they themselves had just proved them right.

Adagio sighed, feeling defeated. "Yes. It... its true."

The girls gasped.

"Why did you lie to us Adagio? Aria? Sonata?" Lyra asked, her eyes tearing up.

"Girls, you have to--"

"No, we don't have to understand! I thought we were your friends, I thought we could trust each other! You come in here and give us all this hooey about being friends and trusting each other, when you can't even trust us! How are we supposed to trust you if you can't even trust us!?" Octavia screamed.

Adagio was now taking steps back.

"Girls, wait, come on--" Aria tried to say.

"I don't want to hear it Blaze! In fact, no! Get out of here!" Octavia screamed. "I don't know what you all are, I don't know who you all are, I don't care what you are! I'm done with you all!"

"Me too!"

"Me three!"

"Same here!"

"Beat it!"

Sonata's lips were practically quivering, and she could see her sisters having watery eyes.

"But--"

"GET OUT OF HERE!!!" All of them yelled.

Adagio couldn't hold back anymore. She couldn't help it. Tears pushed out her eyes, and she sniffled.

"What, you're gonna try and force sympathy out of us now? You don't deserve it you freaking liar!" Amethyst snarled.

"Girls, please..." Adagio whimpered.

"No, get out of here! You all are nothing but... but..."

"Please..."

"Monsters! That's all you are, you're immortal... horrible... disgusting, monsters!" Vinyl screamed at the top of her lungs. "I never want to see you again!"

Adagio felt more tears pushing past, and without a second glance, she turned away from them. Not even thinking anymore, she dropped the gift and started running, tears running right past her. Aria and Sonata followed too, not even looking behind them.

The ones that they grew to care for, had cut them off. No more were they friends. Now they were back to outcasts, freaks, monsters... nothing.

The group tried to calm themselves down, and they could hear each other's slow breathing.

"Come on girls. We don't need to need to talk to them anymore. We better tell them that they're out." Octavia said, gathering the girls together and going back into the auditorium with red faces. Trixie watched as the band went their own separate ways. She couldn't even bring herself to talk to them. She couldn't even go and try and chase the Dazzlings down.

She slowly hung her head, and held the gift that was given to her and her friends, walking away from the auditorium doors, leaving the empty hallways. What was once colorful and bright had turned dark and somber. She couldn't bring herself to open it up. Now wouldn't be the time.

Unbeknownst to Trixie, Sunset Shimmer watched as she left the wing.

"We finally destroyed the bonds of their friendship. Now with the Dazzlings out of the way, we can face off against the rest. And as soon as we win... we'll get the final piece of our power. Now come on. We better see what Principal Luna has to say."

She went into the auditorium. The other girls began to descend into the auditorium as well, but one girl still stood in the hall; Fluttershy. She watched Trixie leave in a depressing state, and for some reason, she felt something. Something inside her snapped. She actually felt bad for Trixie. Was what they did right? Did they have to destroy their friendship to gain their power?

But now wouldn't have to be the time to ask herself. Focused on her mission, she walked into the auditorium with the rest of her Rainboom friends.

Author's Note

So now we hit the breaking point. Feel free to tell me what you think, I hope it went alright! :twilightsheepish:

Oh and, hope you enjoyed it! Your comments are highly appreciated!

Chapter 17: Moving On

While the Rainbooms watched the friendships between the Dazzlings and their friends start to crumble before their eyes, the competition continued on in the auditorium. The final performances had just finished, and Principal Luna and Vice-Principal Celestia were now finishing up their votes.

All of the students had gathered together, and stood in the crowd. The judges went up on the stage with microphones in hand, ready to announce the winners.

"After careful calculations, Vice-Principal Celestia and I have decided who will join the finals on Friday. Joining the Rainbooms, are... the Dazzlings!"

Everyone let out a big round of applause, accompanied by roaring cheers. Vinyl and her friends however, didn't reply with such. They were dead silent, with no emotion other than anger. But as everyone cheered, Principal Luna looked around, seeing if they were to be seen. Unfortunately, they weren't. She didn't see them in the crowd, or even find them anywhere in the cluster of people.

"Ahem? Would the Rainbooms, and the Dazzlings please come to the stage?" Principal Luna asked, speaking into the microphone.

"The Dazzlings aren't coming back."

Everyone turned their heads to a group in the crowd, all eyes locked onto Vinyl and her group. Vinyl took a deep breath and sighed.

"They forfeited. Didn't say why, they just did." Vinyl hung her head.

Principal Luna blinked. "Well. This is certainly unexpected... well, if they're not going to show up, then Song Of The Sea will take their place in the finals."

All five of them shot their heads up.

"WHAT?!"

"You girls are the only other band who has made it far into the competition. If the Dazzlings don't perform for Friday, then you girls will. Understand?"

All of them nodded.

Principal Luna gave them a friendly smile. "Congratulations, Rainbooms, Song Of The Sea. May the best band win, and good luck!"

The weight and reality of the situation had just dropped upon them like an anvil. They completely forgot that they were the only other band who had moved up in the final rounds of the competition. And if the Dazzlings weren't going to face them, they would.

"Okay, lets not panic..." Bon Bon said, with a calm breath. "We don't need them, we can still win this."

"Are you kidding me right now!?" Lyra panicked. "You know what they've got in store, what if they use those things on us!?"

"Girls, stop. Calm down." Vinyl said, pulling them close. "Its fine, its going to be alright. We can do this."

Just as they turned around, all of them felt their skin turn cold. Sunset Shimmer and the Rainbooms were standing behind them the entire time, with malicious grins, lingering with deceit.

"See you girls Friday then. We'll be looking forward to our final battle together... forever." Sunset Shimmer snickered.

Sunset led her pack away, kicking the ground and dust behind them. They had everything according to plan, and all they would have to do was make sure nothing else would stand in their way.

The Dazzlings never looked back after their friends had ended their friendship out in the open. They ran as far as they could, to get away from those that hurt them. The memories, the pain, the torture... the hatred... it was all coming back to them again. One way or another, it came back to haunt them again.

They didn't go back to CHS that night to try and approach anyone calm again. All they wanted to do was flee, and flee they did. Fled back to their penthouse, with the door locked tightly. Adagio didn't see her sisters that following night. Instead, she ran up to her room, locked the door, and slid down on the ground. She held her face in her arms, and cried. She cried, and cried and cried on, she couldn't help it. The hopes, the dreams... they had been shattered. She desperately wanted to escape the past, escape the memories of everyone who hated them... but she knew she never could. And now it was over.

No more friends, no one else to turn to, no one to help them in their time of need. They were officially alone, and with no where to go. In her mind, there was only one word that described what she truly was. A monster.

Adagio cried some more, but she lifted her head up hearing the few knocks on her wooden yellow door.

"A-A-Adagio?" Aria asked.

"Aria, please, leave me alone..." Adagio sniffled.

"Adagio come on, let me in."

"Aria, I... I just can't talk to you right now. Please just let me be."

"But--"

"Leave me alone!!!" Adagio screamed through the door.

Aria wanted to protest, but she couldn't. Adagio needed some time to let it all out, she'd check on her later. Aria stepped away from the hall, and she went back down the stairs, onto the main floor. She looked on the couch, seeing her younger sister, all alone to herself. She held a little bear in her arms, hugging it tightly. She could hear the tears coming from her eyes as well.

Aria frowned, and she even felt a tear well up in her own. She wiped it away, and she stepped down the stairs. She sat on the other side of the couch, moving closer to her little sister.

"Hey."

Sonata quivered her lips and looked up to Aria, her eyes practically bloodshot. Aria, using the same methods she learned over the years, pulled Sonata closer, and held her in a big hug, allowing her to cry her eyes out.

"Shh... I've got you, its okay..." Aria said, rubbing her sister's back.

"We're... we're monsters..."

"No, we're not." Aria said, in a genuine warm voice. "We're just... different."

She held her for a few good minutes, allowing her to cry her eyes out. Aria had never seen her sisters so hurt like this. She had been hurt times in the past, but it was never this bad. The thought alone made her hurt inside, and she allowed another tear to drop from her face.

"Aria?"

"Mmmhmm?"

Sonata sniffled as she pulled out from the hug, and wiped another tear away.

"Y-You think... y-you think Adagio will be okay?"

Aria sighed. "I don't know. She's hurting really bad right now. But the best we can do is give her some space right now."

Sonata slowly nodded. "O-O-Okay..."

Aria moved another tear off her face. She looked at the teddy bear in her hands and smiled at her. "I see you pulled out Mr Fuzzyclaw."

Sonata quivered her lips. "Mmmhmm..."

"I remember when we first got him for you. Do you?"

Sonata shook her head.

"We were back in 1917, back in the first World War. I remember you being afraid of those people we were fighting. Adagio and I got you that bear to help you sleep at night." Aria actually felt a little chuckle. "I remember you carried that bear everywhere with you ever since."

Sonata for once, actually smiled a bit. A bittersweet memory, with a glimmer of some happiness.

"Heh, I remember that time a bit. Didn't you go ruthless on that one German guy?"

Aria nodded. "And then Adagio had to pull me off of him for pounding him senselessly... She still doesn't understand why I belted him."

"Why?"

Aria looked back at her sister, still keeping up her calm face.

"In the field of war, I remember he was about to fire some shots on you and Adagio. I couldn't stand to see you two gone, so just as he locked on target... I pounced him, and I never let off."

Sonata blinked. "R-Really?"

Aria only nodded once. "I didn't want to think about what could have happened to you two. I did the only thing I could do, to make sure you two didn't leave me. If I lost you both then I... I would have been all alone..."

Sonata was the one who pulled Aria in for a hug this time. Aria accepted, and allowed Sonata to hold her close.

"Adagio and I are never going to leave you. We always stay together, no matter what." Sonata whimpered.

Aria sniffled and smiled back. "Right. No matter what... "

Aria fully embraced Sonata, and the two held each other in a hug for the longest time, slowly starting to calm each other down. They were hurt for sure, but they had each other. And they were going to pull out of it... eventually.

"Hey, how about this? Tomorrow, we don't go to school. We just go hang out at the mall, do something fun. Sound good?" Aria asked.

Sonata laid back on the couch, unsure.

"But what about Adagio?"

"I'm not gonna just take you and leave her. We'll check on her, if she's okay, then we're taking her with us. I think she'll need something to take her mind off as well. And if she doesn't want to, then that's fine. What do you say?"

Sonata tapped her chin, and eventually came to agreement.

"Okay. But if its alright with you... I just want to lay here."

"Of course." Aria said, twiddling her fingers and looking around her, dropping in dead silence. What else could she say right now?

"Aria?"

"Yeah?"

Sonata sighed and looked to her older sister. "What if we run into Vinyl, or Octavia, or the other girls?"

Aria looked at her with a raised brow. She didn't think about that.

"I don't know Sonata. I just don't know..."

Author's Note

Something short this time around. Some bits of fluff added as well. Hope you guys enjoyed it!

Chapter 18: History And Learning

Author's Note

Now we're moving on! And in addition, more history :raritywink:

Chapter 18: History And Learning

The very next day at school was much more calm. Especially since there wasn't anything big happening on today, Wednesday, or Thursday. Friday however was the big one. The finale. The final round of the Battle Of The Bands. It would be that day that the winner would be chosen, estimated by how much applause they'd receive.

The Dazzlings didn't return back to school the next day. Not after their confrontation from the night before. They couldn't go back and face their 'friends' after what happened. Now the fate of the Battle of the Bands was all on the Song Of The Sea. To say Vinyl's team was stressed would be a complete understatement.

"I can't, I can't, I just, I can't do this!" Lyra panicked, shaking the entire table that they were sitting at, in the cafeteria.

"Lyra, you got to calm down!" Bon Bon said, trying to hold her BFF together.

"I can't! We've only got til Friday to get ourselves together, and those Rainbooms are gonna kill us! They're gonna--"

Octavia grabbed a cup of her water and splashed it straight into Lyra's face, ceasing her anxious voice. She stayed still for a moment, while water began to drip from her.

"... Thank you, Octavia."

"Look, we need to get ourselves together, we're going to be fine. We don't need those Dazzlings, we can face that lot on our own." Octavia said,

Trixie however, couldn't bring herself to eat or drink. She was too busy thinking about everything that they had learned last night. That was the single thing that stayed with her head that day. She didn't even say a word to her new friends when she got to school the next day. She just held her face up, looking depressed into her food.

"Trixie? Are you alright?" Vinyl asked.

Trixie sighed. "No..."

"This isn't about last night, is it?"

"No, she's upset because they keep changing the taste of Cooler Cola." Octavia sarcastically replied.

"Girls, I'm just... I don't know."

"Come on, you can't be mad over that." Lyra said, patting her hand on Trixie's. "Its not your fault."

"I never said it was." Trixie said, glaring at Lyra. "I just... why would they hide that?"

"Because they're untrustworthy liars, that's why... or, well that's what Amethyst would say." Octavia shrugged.

"Girls, don't you think we may have stepped over a line? I mean, yeah, I freaked out too but... couldn't we have talked to them about it?"

"What's there to talk about?" Vinyl sneered. "They're liars, plain and simple."

Trixie shook her head. "I know its not just that. There's always reason behind one's actions. Therefore, there has to be some logical reason for why they didn't tell us about this."

"Trixie, what we just saw was on par with the Rainbooms power. And did you not forget that they admitted to being in those pictures?"

"Yes, but we should have heard them out." Trixie said. "Where are they anyway?"

"Face it Trixie, they're never going to show up here again. Not after being ratted out." Octavia said, biting into her pizza.

It didn't matter what anyone else said to her, Trixie wouldn't believe them. She refused to believe that they were just lying to them for no good reason. She was going to get to the bottom of this, no matter what took her! Except, well, the school schedule. Okay, maybe later I'll go and do some research on them, Trixie thought.

Once another session of freetime had opened up, Trixie immediately moved to the one place she knew she'd get some information; the library. She didn't let anyone or anything else distract her, instantly she dived straight to the library. Nothing was gonna distract her, nothing!

Upon entering, she could see a few of her classmates performing research on their own. Some collaborating for big projects, some studying, some working on their own, it was a full house.

She wandered around some more, and eventually found an open computer. Taking a seat, she set her stuff down, and logged in. Once the loading screens had ended, she opened up an internet browser and typed in the first thing in her head.

Sirens.

The first link she found, she clicked instantly. What she clicked on, took her to a website intended for Greek Mythology. In a painting, there enough was an image of what was described, a Siren. But the picture just made Trixie's spine tingle, seeing the near resemblance to Adagio Dazzle.

"Sirens, here we go..." Trixie muttered to herself, reading out loud. "In Greek Mythology, they were dangerous creatures who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and singing voices to their doom, causing ships to crash on reefs near their islands..."

From behind, she heard a voice speak to her.

"Researching Greek Mythology?"

Trixie looked behind, and noticed Principal Luna was the one who had spoken to her. With a nervous smile, Trixie nodded.

"Yeah, totally!"

Luna gave a smile back. "I loved studying Greek Mythology back in my old teaching days. The mythology was just so fascinating..."

"Hehe, yeah, I guess so." Trixie turned around her in chair.

"Is everything alright? You seem a little anxious." Principal Luna asked.

"I am, I'm just... I don't know. My friends aren't talking with one another, and we were told one thing about another and... well, now we're not talking to each other."

"Did any of you girls think maybe what was told could have been rumors?" Principal Luna asked.

Trixie stopped typing. "Well, no... but for the sake of this scenario, I'm just referring to Girl A, B, and C because they admitted to the rumor."

"Well, I don't know if this rumor is true or not, but maybe you all should talk about it."

"That's the thing, I can't get them to listen. How can I get everyone to calm down and talk everything out if no one will listen?" Trixie said, leaning her head back in the chair.

Luna smiled. "I know just how to handle this situation Trixie. My sister Celestia and I have had this situation happened times before."

"You know how to fix it?"

"Yes. The thing with friends is, they're not going to talk to each other if they're all riled up from new information that is going to be hard to take. You need to give them some time to calm down, and once they do, that's when you can gather them all together and that's when you can talk things out. Learn from everyone's perspectives, and try to come to a form of agreement."

"But what happens then?"

"I'm afraid that's when you'll be on your own to decide. But I know you and your friends can work things out." Principal Luna smiled, before leaving the library.

Trixie took food for thought before going back to her research. Perhaps she was right. Everyone was still mad, and it was information they had only learned from last night. Now when there were so many raging and spurning emotions all around. She'd have to talk to them later.

She pressed the print button, printing the page that withheld information about the Sirens from Greek Mythology. But her research wasn't going to stop there; she had much more to find!

By the time the sun was starting to set, Trixie had zipped through the whole library, looking through textbooks, research books, books dedicated to supernatural, everything. She was desperate to find every piece of information she could get on the Dazzlings no matter what. As she looked through some of the books text, she even found more pictures of them, in more and more time periods.

Even online she found some old pictures of them. One of them she found what appeared to be them in a Japanese diner, back in Kyoto. All three of them were wearing kimonos, and across from them was a smiling Japanese woman in her 20s, making tea. Below the photograph was a little date, set in 1982, and there were names of all four girls.

"Adagio, Aria, Sonata and... Tībaggu?" Trixie asked herself.

Instantly she printed out a full article of that document, just in case, the picture coming along with it.

As her research continued, her pile of notes and information started to get bigger and bigger. And in each of her notes, there was some pieces of text that were highlight. And while Trixie read through them all, she started to notice several patterns in each piece. All of the documents she printed out were of different places in time, all from different centuries and eras, but there was something in each one she found.

Scared. Ran off. Hunted. Chased.

Every document, every article she found said that these girls were chased off. And it was always when their true selves had been shown off. Even in information about them being in the Middle Ages said that upon their powers being exposed, King Arthur and his Knights chased them out.

Why was it that the articles and pieces of texts said they were chased out? Well if she was going to find out, it was going to be a question reserved for the Dazzlings. She gathered up all of her printed documents together, and left the library, on her way.

As she made around another corner in the hallways, she stopped when she heard a familiar group of voices. She poked her head from the side and held in a gasp of shock. There were all the Rainbooms, but no Sunset Shimmer. All together in that corner area where Pinkie's locker was.

"--Girls, I'm telling you, maybe what we're doing is wrong." Applejack spoke.

"You mean having souls and destroying people's lives without any regard for their feelings or well being?" Pinkie asked.

"No, I... well, technically yeah, but still, we gotta win this competition. Know what will happen if we don't?"

Everyone nodded with gulps.

"Several thousand beatdowns..."

"And more to come..." Rarity shivered.

Trixie raised a brow as she listened to them. This was sounding pretty fishy.

"But we have these bad boys, don't we?" Rainbow Dash asked, showing off her pendent.

"Maybe so, but Sunset Shimmer knows how to use them a lot more than we do. She could turn them against us." Fluttershy replied.

"And lets not forget... poor Applebloom and Sweetie Belle," Rarity whimpered.

"Yeah..." Applejack sighed. "But I don't know about you, I'm not sure I can keep this up anymore. I need the prize money more than anything."

"You mean the thing that was NEVER BROUGHT UP OR MENTIONED EVER!? I mean seriously, how many things just get brought up like they've always happened when they were only just brought up now? It's pretty inconsistent. And why didn't you tell me that there was money involved!?" Pinkie rambled.

Applejack rolled her eyes at Pinkie. "Anyways, the point I'm tryin' to make is, are we sure this is right?"

"Look, girls... we're all tired of not getting attention, and I know you and Rarity want to win the prize money to pay for what Sunset Shimmer did but... come on! We've been pushed around long enough, its time we take some control for once!" Pinkie snapped.

"But Pinkie, what if what we're doing is wrong?"

Pinkie zoomed right up at Applejack, pulling her right up close to her face.

"Applejack. LOOK AT ME. Friday is going to be the night we finally gain victory, and we've already scared everyone in the entire school. We have no more souls to lose!"

Applejack pushed Pinkie off of her and huffed. "I'm just saying... its at least something worth thinking about."

"Oh please, its not like we're gonna pay for--"

Pinkie opened up her locker, and right at that moment, the two Rubik's cubes that were in there, exploded, splattering Pinkie in bright colorful paint. The explosion was so big that it even spread all over the inside of Pinkie's locker, coating everything in bright colors.

Pinkie's teeth turned to daggers, steam puffed out of her ears, and her eyes became voids of fire. "Curse your 80s gimmick Amethyst!!!"

Trixie held a hand over her mouth, stifling a giggle. The reaction on Pinkie's face was enough to make her want to burst out in laughter. About time the bombs went off.

After school, everyone went on their own way and went home. Trixie however, had a plan. They had until Friday before the final Battle of the Bands round would happen, and she had to get everyone to apologize. This was something they had to do.

Everyone was gathered over at Vinyl's house, over for a big study group. All they were doing now was just waiting for Trixie. Vinyl got up to answer the door, immediately as it ringed. And loe and behold, on the other side there was Trixie with her materials and supplies.

"Trixie, excellent, you made it!" Vinyl said, welcoming her inside.

"Thanks for letting me." Trixie said, putting on a pair of crocs.

Trixie closed the door behind her, and she sat on the floor, pulling up to the coffee table where everyone was gathered. Over in the kitchen, Bon Bon was busy stirring away in a bowl, trying to prepare dinner.

"So, why did you all want us to specifically come over here tonight?" Octavia asked.

Trixie looked at everyone, who all turned their gaze towards her. Well, all except for Bon Bon who couldn't take her eyes off of the food she was making.

"Okay, I... promise you're not going to be mad?"

"Sweetheart, why would we be mad at you? You didn't do anything bad, did you?" Octavia asked with some slight precaution.

"No, I didn't. I just... I know we're all still a little sensitive about this, but I think its worth talking about."

"Yeah, what is it?" Amethyst asked.

Trixie took a deep breath, calming herself down. If she was going to speak herself out, she needed to be as calm as possible.

"We have to talk to the Dazzlings."

Everyone was in an instant collective groan, and they could hear Bon Bon dropping something in the kitchen. Everyone looked back at her, seeing her pull herself off from the ground behind the counter.

"Sorry, just dropped my spatula! I'll get a new one!"

Trixie blinked, and then looked back to the girls.

"Okay, so, if we--"

"No. Out of the question." Vinyl huffed.

"I don't give a flying feather about them, we don't need to associate ourselves with that sort."

"Girls." Trixie tried to speak.

"And why should we? They lied to us, they hid some pretty damning truths behind our backs, why should we talk to them?"

"Girls."

"And for that matter Trixie, why are you even offering them sympathy? Why are you giving them the satisfaction?"

"GIRLS!" Trixie yelled, getting all of them to shut up and sit up straight, dropping to their seats. Noticing all of them had stopped talking, she took another deep breath to calm down. "Thank you. Now, if I can talk about this without being interrupted, its because I've found these. Here's an example."

Trixie cleared her throat, and then spoke.

"During the events of the World War II, there had been speculation of mystical creatures among our kind during the war. During a bombing attack out at sea, three strange creatures with aquatic and equine like features were found flying over the battle zone. Not after a second of seeing them, everyone turned their gaze upon the three of them and fired upon them for their massive size..."

Trixie placed some documents and photographs on the table, allowing them to view for themselves. Vinyl was the first to pick one up.

"Oooh, their outfits are so... classy. I love it! They're wearing penguin tuxedos at a banquet!"

"When was that picture dated?"

"Back in 1975." Vinyl replied.

Octavia picked up another article.

"Loch Ness Monsters Are Real? In 1996, a heavy metal rock and roll tour group was practicing over in the open spaces of Scotland, when one of the band members spotted what appeared to be sea like creatures swimming about in the Loch. Many have speculated to be the legendary Loch Ness Monster, but no further evidence suggested this fact was true."

Amethyst picked up another document, looking at the photograph from the 1980s with the three sisters and the Japanese woman. Lyra leaned over, taking a look at the picture.

"Ooh, I love the kimonos!" Lyra grinned.

"My question is, who was this Tībaggu woman?" Amethyst asked.

Bon Bon walked from the kitchen to the living room, to see what all of the commotion was about. This time, she picked up a newspaper article she read dating back to the 1950s.

"In an attempt to deal with a few hooligans, three gals tried to stand in and defend a child, but their attempts had drawn several police forces to them who scared them off, and thankfully brought them to the attention to arrest the man before he made the attempted murder. The three girls were no where to be seen but they had been speculated to be gods for their enchanting singing voices and their strange magic..." Bon Bon stated.

Amethyst picked up another picture, and she found herself snickering.

"Oh my gosh... look at this. Look at what Aria's wearing!"

Lyra and Bon Bon looked over and stifled a giggle. In a picture was an picture from 1985, shown to be in a gym. Aria appeared to be sitting on an exercise ball with her legs out to hold herself up, while in the mirror behind, they could see several other people on exercise balls and imitating her movement. Aria herself had a pink leotard on, high fitness briefs over spandex pants, a spandex shirt underneath her unitard, and leg warmers. In addition, she had a headband, and her clothes were all in bright neon

"She's calling my shoulder pads and parachute pants dated, when she herself is wearing... this! This is great! I'm holding onto this!" Amethyst said, holding onto her sides.

"Wait... look at this one." Octavia said, picking up another document. Everyone had gathered around to look at what she was reading. "This one dates back to the 1700s. In an attempt to free themselves from the taxations, three girls had been seen in the streets attempting to calm everyone in the all of the protests. However, the King's men claimed their act to be an act of witchcraft and ordered all men to kill... them... all..."

By now, everyone was in total shock. All of their eyes looked back to Trixie who was sharing the shock and sadness of the reality. They ran all over the world, and in every other document and piece of history Trixie had found, there was always something about them being hunted down by people with weapons.

"You mean to tell us... everywhere these girls were in, there was always someone trying to kill them?"

Trixie nodded.

"Oh my goodness..." Vinyl said, falling limp onto her armchair. "We have to apologize to them."

"And talk to them. We have to talk about this, or we're never going to move on. We all owe them an apology." Trixie said.

Everyone exchanged glances, some giving understanding looks with only the bob of their heads. After a few seconds of silence, everyone looked back at Trixie.

"You know Trixie, for as nerdy as you may be... I think you might be the wisest of us all." Amethyst said, with a serious face.

Trixie felt herself a little blush. "I don't think I'm that wise..."

"Well if we're going to apologize, I think there's one more thing we need answered first..." Lyra said, raising her finger.

"Yeah?"

Lyra cleared her throat.

"Where can I get a kimono?"

Chapter 19: Jolly Sailor Bold

Wednesday; 4:00

After another day of school, the girls instantly knew where to go next. The Dazzling's apartment over in Canterlot City. They wasted no time trying to go and find them.

Once the elevator dinged, opening up the doors for them up on the top floor, they all stepped off the elevator allowing the door to close. They huddled together, walking to the front door; still shiny and clean as ever. Octavia was about to move her hand up to try and knock, but she froze. The fear of their anger still lingered in her mind. What if they wouldn't let them in? What if they yelled at them?

Octavia's hand retracted away, but she felt a hand touch her shoulder. Looking next to her, she found Vinyl's warm smile. She gave her a nod, and hugged her by the side. Octavia felt a little better, knowing she had her friends with her. With no fear, she knocked on the door, loud enough for them to hear.

The door did open up slightly, but not all the way. They could see the chain on the door, enforced so they couldn't get in. But they were a little relieved to see a familiar blue face they came to love. However, that blue face was scowling at them.

"What do you want?"

"Hey, Sonata." Vinyl said, moving in front of the group. "Are... are you okay?"

Sonata rolled her eyes. "Well duh! I'm not in physical pain."

Vinyl felt some animosity come from her tone.

"Well... may we come in?"

"No." Sonata just said with no remorse.

"But, we just want to talk--"

"Why should we talk to you? You girls said it yourself, you wanted nothing to do with 'monsters'."

"Sonata, we overreacted. And what we said was wrong, there's no denying that. But can't we talk this out?" Vinyl asked.

"No! I don't care if you bribe me with tacos, it still won't work! I'm not that stupid!"

The girls blinked.

"None of us said you were..." Octavia hesitated.

"You know what I mean!"

They all flinched back.

"Well, can we talk to Aria?" Octavia asked.

"No!" Aria's voice yelled from behind. "I don't want to talk to you! What you said to us was just... the worst."

"It can't have been that bad, can it?"

Aria poked her head from above Sonata's, pushing her head down a bit.

"Yeah, it is. And guess what, we're not letting you in." Aria snapped.

"No, Sonata made that clear," Amethyst shrugged.

"But, can't we talk to Adagio?" Trixie asked.

Both Aria and Sonata looked at each other, and then glared back at the girls with their heads slowly shaking no.

"But, we have to--"

"No, you don't!" Aria yelled. "You hurt Adagio! You hurt her really bad. She hasn't left her room since you girls lashed at her, and she never stays in her room for that long. You broke her!"

"Then we need to talk to her. We got to get her out of her funk." Trixie said.

"Well not you girls, you hurt her bad. Adagio's not going to forgive you so easily," Aria said. "Besides, I don't think she wants to talk... oh hold on a second." Aria stepped away from the door, leaving Sonata to just glare at them in awkward silence.

"You sure?" Aria said, her voice echoing. "You sure that's gonna be okay? Well, okay then..."

Aria poked her head back out again, glaring at all of them.

"So... you girls said you wanted to talk to us?"

All of them nodded. Aria looked back in their main living room, and then back to the others.

"Go to the Canterlot Beach. 8:00. We'll give you an exact coordinates of where we want you all to meet us."

"Wait, when?"

"Tonight!" Aria yelled.

Immediately the door slammed in their faces. They were left bewildered for a moment, but it didn't last long. Sure, they were mad, but on the other hand they got them to talk for a bit.

And hey, they were going to see them tonight! Maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all.

7:40

The girls arrived at the exact location they were requested to go; the Canterlot Beach. And in addition, all of them were dressed in bathing suits just in case. All of them drove in Amethyst's SUV, and in addition, she hitched a trailer on the back of the car. Coming with her was a cabin boat, big enough for all six of them to ride in.

Surprisingly, there didn't seem to be many people on the beach at night, and thankfully no adults to tell them to get away. All the more for them to pull out the equipment and things they needed. Once the car went onto the sand and its engine had turned off, the girls helped Amethyst move the boat carefully from its trailer and carefully set it into the water, everyone climbed aboard and got into their seats.

"You know something girls, as a little hesitant as I am to why they're asking us to come out into a specific part of the sea," Amethyst said, looking at a few of them in their seats, "I'm a little excited! Its been so long since I took this bad boy out, and I'm gonna clock some miles!"

Amethyst raised her arm out, and swayed it around as if she was dancing to a beat.

"Octavia! Hype music!"

"Got it Amethyst!"

Octavia pressed the play button on the little music player on the dashboard, which started to play.

Take my breath away...

Octavia's head slowly bobbed to the beat, but Amethyst stopped moving and just froze.

"No! WHAT!? Octavia, that's the wrong one! How is that hype music!?"

"Sorry, my bad!" Octavia pulled out the cassette tape, and put in another one. "There we go, that should work."

A strumming guitar started to play, and Amethyst bobbed her head to the music. "Oh yeah, that's the stuff! Lets kick it!"

She pulled on a lever, and the boat started to turn on, and start moving out into the open water. Everyone hanged on for dear life as they boat shook them all about, Amethyst holding onto the wheel and taking them out to the sea.

Highway to the danger zone!

After ten minutes of driving, Amethyst parked the boat over a portion of water that was only a few miles off the coast of the beach. Thankfully they were only a few feet away from the giant cliffs and mountains that dug into the sea.

"Okay, so, what now?" Lyra asked.

"At the most, all we can do is wait." Amethyst said, holding onto the wheel.

"Didn't they give us instructions?"

"Actually, they did send me some more info." Trixie said, pulling out a sheet of paper. "They said, 'if you want us to appear, play something nice and loud for all of us to hear'."

Amethyst grinned. "Good thing I've got some rockin stereos that are loud enough!"

Amethyst flipped a switch, and music began to blast from her speakers on the boat, loud enough to send echoes throughout the area they were in. But that only made everyone cover their ears from how loud the music was.

"TURN IT DOWN!!!" Vinyl yelled.

"What!?"

"TURN THE MUSIC DOWN!"

"MOVE THE SPURNING CLOWN?" Amethyst yelled back.

She hit the button to turn it off, and everyone sighed in relief.

"Thank you, I don't think we could have taken much more of that." Vinyl said, sighing. "Any more, and I think all of us would have been deaf permanently."

"Oh come on, you wouldn't have gone deaf from that..."

Trixie did even pay attention to the group's conversation. She was too busy staring out into the water, looking at the moonlight reflecting on the crystal clear water. It was such a nice sight. She let out a sigh and looked down into the water. She could see her reflection in front of her; that same little dork.

"Well, hopefully Adagio will come out now."

She smiled at herself looking in the water. Without even a second, a pair of glowing red eyes reflected from under the water, making her shriek and fall back, landing on the floor of the boat.

"Trixie, are you okay?"

Trixie slowly nodded and got back up. "I really hope I didn't see what I thought I was seeing."

"What?"

"Well--"

"Look!" Vinyl said, pointing out into the water.

Everyone moved to one side of the boat and looked at where she was pointing at. Nothing.

"What?" Octavia asked.

"I swear, there was something out there. Or, it was out there."

Pop.

Everyone stopped.

Pop.

Their eyes slowly meeting each other, went down to gaze into the water. A few bubbles were seen rising up and popping above the water.

"That's not supposed to happen, is it?"

Lyra and Bon Bon turned their heads and gasped. Everyone turned to where they were looking at and let out a gasp as well. What appeared to be a giant fin was snaking its way through the water. And it was massive! It looked a little bigger than their own boat!

But what they noticed was the fin was of a dark scent of purple, and as soon as it snaked past them, it went straight back into the water.

"G-G-Girls... I'm not sure we're alone out here."

While everyone gathered themselves together in the middle, none of them looked back into the water again. Something in a dark shadow was swimming right under them. Something more massive than a Great White, or a whale! Worse, none of them even saw it swim right underneath them. The only thing they noticed was a strange growling sound that was coming from the water.

"Y-You heard that too, right?" Bon Bon shivered.

"We all did!" Lyra quaked.

"Girls, lets try to stay calm... I'm sure we're just above some busy reefs, they're home to many forms of marine life. Maybe we're hovering over a home of a creature who's not really happy." Octavia said, trying to lighten the mood, but not even her words could make them feel relief.

Trixie turned her head again, and she froze. A girl was found hanging on the side of their boat, looking at them. This would have been a complete surprise, but thankfully this girl was someone they knew. Her orange puffy hair was now wet and laid limp against her bare body. Only her bare arms and shoulders could be seen as she clinged onto the side of the boat.

"A-Adagio?"

The eldest sister didn't say a word to Trixie, and instead just stared at her and her friends with a neutral face. Everyone else eventually turned around, and caught on too. But all they could do was hold themselves against the side of the boat, not wanting to move closer to Adagio.

"Oh, Adagio, hey! We uh... we didn't know you would be back again. You uh... you okay?"

Adagio still didn't say a word, and her face remained neutral. As if she was just... frozen.

"Adagio? Are you okay? You're not mad, are you?" Lyra gulped.

Trixie, unsure of her well being, slowly started to move. She took one step, and then another, and then another, and then another, slowly moving towards Adagio.

"Adagio, please talk to me. What we did was wrong, I know, but can't we talk this out?"

Adagio's head only made a slight turn to look at her friends, and back at Trixie. Her expression changed from neutral to a scowl, as if she was annoyed. And without warning, Adagio started singing.

My heart is pierced by Cupid,
I disdain all glittering gold...

Adagio pushed herself off the boat, putting herself back into the open water, still above the water away from them. Then like an ominous spirit of the night, her eyes began to glow, and the red pendent around her neck hummed.

There is nothing can console me
but my Jolly Sailor Bold...

She dived straight back into the water, the girls only getting one glimpse at her feet before she was dispersed into the water. Confused, the girls leaned forward, trying to see where she was going. A bright flash of red emitted from the water, but it lasted for a brief second. Everyone was sent back into a gasp of surprise.

Far beneath the water, three massive sea creatures began swimming beneath, moving themselves right up to the surface where that tiny boat was afloat. All of them began to spiral around the water, and then slowly show off only a few inches.

Around them, the girls could see more giant fins prodding out of the water. Blue fins, purple fins, and orange and yellow fins! All of them were digging right through the water, and swimming around their boat. And then in seconds, they vanished back into the sea.

"We're gonna die out here, I just know it..." Lyra whimpered.

Bubbles began to pop. Even more than usual. More and more bubbles began bubbling up and popping above the surface; in three different places at once. Everyone let out a collective whimper of fear, and huddled all together, holding each other close.

But then, they noticed something was starting to rise up from the water. In all three of those places, what appeared to be snouts started to poke its way out, with water pushing past it. The snouts were connected with a head, the head in the shape of an equine like creature, with long necks.

All of them pushed themselves higher and higher out of the water, showing off more of their features. Their skin was mostly covered in fish scales, but their undersides where the bellies were, were not. Gills were on the sides of their faces, with antenna on top of their heads. Giant fins stretched from the back of their heads and extended down all the way down to their backs. There were giant arms connected to the fronts of their bodies, in the shape of front hooves of a horse.

Lastly, they could see red gems right in the midsection, where they could guess was where their hearts were. But all of their heads were looking down at them, snarling. Sharp teeth were flashed at them, accompanied by loud growling noises.

Trixie and the girls shivered out of fear.

"Girls, I hoped it wasn't going be like this but, I think we're fish food!" Octavia whimpered.

"This isn't how I wanted to die!" Lyra bawled.

Trixie didn't cry like the others. She was too busy analyzing each and every one of them.

"Girls, look closely. Do any of them look familiar to you?" Trixie asked.

"No!" Vinyl screamed.

"Well, they do to me." Trixie said. She looked up high above, staring at the yellow and orange creature that was staring down at her with looks of anger. She didn't back away, run back to her group. She was too busy looking at the giant thing that was in front of her.

"Its... its you. Adagio?"

The yellow creature's head slowly leaned down, its neck bending forward so its head could meet up with her. But the face didn't leave a smile, but instead just growled some more.

"Adagio? Please, can't we talk?"

Adagio didn't respond to Trixie with words, but instead just backed its head up to tower above. The giant hooves held onto the sides of the boat, tightly. Once she had a grip, she jerked her head forward, and exploded at them with one giant roar that would have been big enough to cause earthquakes. Her roaring practically made everyone fall to the floor of the boat and their hair blew right behind them from how loud she was. This was one angry beast.

As the lifeforms roars died down, she let go of the boat and started to turn around. She dived straight back into the sea and used her tail to splash the water, creating a big enough wave to push the girls and their boat straight back towards the mainland. All of them screamed in terror as they held onto the boat, watching the night sky zip right past them above.

The boat started to shake and it stopped once it hit something hard. Pulling themselves back up, they looked to see what they hit. They found themselves right back on the beach where the car was. And out in the sea was the three creatures staring at them with angry snarls and growls.

All three made a collective roar and dived back into the sea, disappearing under the water. The girls were practically shaking from the fear they had just witnessed a few moments ago.

"So... y-you think they're still mad?" Lyra asked.

Chapter 20: Performance

"I'll save you, Skipper!!!"

Amethyst jumped right off the boat and fell face first, her body stretched like a pizza as she fell on the sand. She slowly pulled her head up and attempted to wipe the sand off her face and looked up. She saw Octavia and Vinyl sprawled in the sand as well, and could hear them moaning from the impact of the crash.

"V-Vinyl? Are you alright luv?" Octavia asked.

Vinyl groaned as she pulled up. "I'm alright, for the most part. You?"

Octavia shuddered as she got up. "I think I got sand in my... everything."

Vinyl's eyes widened. "That was more information that I didn't need to know."

Octavia blushed. "Sorry..."

Bon Bon coughed up sand that got into her mouth, hacking it up violently.

"What..." she coughed again. "What was that!?"

"Those... those had to be the Dazzlings! They just had to be!" Amethyst panicked.

"But why did they throw us back here!? I thought they said to come here if we wanted to talk to us!" Lyra said, helping Bon Bon wipe off more sand off her body.

Trixie watched as everyone continuously panicked, not even knowing what to do or say. What could she do? How could she calm them down? And more on that, how could she get the Dazzlings out of the sea to talk? If they threw them back here, how could they talk? And why did they throw them back to begin with?

"You think they got mad because of my music?" Amethyst said, rubbing the back of her head.

"No, I'm sure they're mad because we still hurt them!" Octavia fell back and landed in the sand again. "Its going to take a miracle to get those girls to talk."

"Well its not going to do us any good if we just sit here and do nothing but panic. We need to do something that can attract them to us." Vinyl interjected.

"And just how can we do that?" Lyra asked. "Its not like we can just sing to them!"

A light bulb flickered in Trixie's head, and she snapped her fingers. Music. Singing. That was it! The one thing those... sirens, couldn't resist! But wait, that would mean they would have to sing to them. But they couldn't sing in the state they were in. Not after being so shaken up, and heck, none of them knew the words.

Trixie however did. But that would have to mean performing... in front of them. And she was scared of performing. But if she didn't, then they will never get the Dazzlings to talk to them.

Well, it looked like the choice was clear. Quickly running back to the SUV, she opened up the doors and dug into the back. She grabbed a cordless speaker and rushed out with it on the beach. Eventually she found a perfect spot to sing in front of, and she set the speaker down. Then another trip back, she found the microphone to connect it to the speaker. None of the girls even saw what she was doing.

As they kept wallowing around in their shaken up states, Trixie turned on the speaker, and connected the microphone. As it turned on, Trixie cleared her throat, and spoke into the microphone. "Adagio, Aria, Sonata. If you can hear me... I hope you understand how sorry we are, and how much we miss you. And because I miss you so much, I'm going to be performing this number. For you three. I... I hope you like it."

With a big deep breath... she let her heart out and sang.

Upon one summer's morning,
I carefully did stray
Down by the Walls of Wapping
Where I met a sailor gay

All of the girls on the beach immediately stopped talking when they heard that song. They knew that song anywhere, but wait. It wasn't the Dazzlings. Their heads all turned and looked at Trixie Lulamoon, facing the entire ocean in the sandy waters, with a microphone in hand.

Conversing with a young lass,
who seem’d to be in pain
Saying, “William, when you go I fear you’ll not return again.”

Under the water, Adagio's ears perked up, hearing the music from the surface. Was that... Trixie singing? She was singing? But she didn't want to perform! And she was now singing for all of them to hear!

My heart is pierced by Cupid
I disdain all glittering gold
there is nothing can console me
but my Jolly Sailor Bold

His hair it did in ringlets
his heart as black as coal
May happiness attend him
Wherever he may go

Aria and Sonata slowly poked their sea-pony heads out of the water, slowly pulling up to gaze at the performance on the beach. They couldn't believe their eyes. Were their eyes deceiving them? Was Trixie, a nervous and scared little geek, singing loud for all of them to hear?

Behind Trixie, the rest of the girls all stifled a shriek as they saw their sea creature heads poke their heads out. With caution, all five of them took a step back, not wanting to be near when they would approach them.

Her father is a merchant
and the truth to you I’ll tell
and in great London City
in opulence doth dwell

His fortune doth exceed
£300,000 in gold
and he frowns upon his daughter
for she loves a sailor bold

Eventually, Aria, and Sonata dived back down into the water, meeting up with Adagio. All three of them shared a few grunts and growls, nodding with one another. All three of them turned their bodies towards the shore, and started swimming for the beach.

Come all you pretty fair maids
wherever you may be

All three of their heads pushed back up to the surface, several amounts of water splashing down below, hitting the sea again. Their purple pupils gazed down at the girls who all were shivering in fear, waiting for them to make any attack or motion. But they didn't. They were stiff frozen in their tracks.

Who love a jolly sailor bold
that ploughs the raging sea

Adagio Dazzle moved forward, and started to pull herself onto the beach. Her giant hooves slammed into the sand, and her head leered down at Trixie. Trixie didn't move a muscle, and kept on singing; offering her the most friendly and heart-felt smile she could give her. Adagio looked deep into Trixie's eyes, and she saw no fear. Trixie wasn't afraid, nor backing down from her. She could see genuine guilt in her eyes, accompanied by her majestic voice.

This girl was standing still in front of her, singing for her! Maybe, just maybe...

My heart is pierced by Cupid
I disdain all glittering gold...

Adagio's head slowly moved down, her snout very close from Trixie's touch. Trixie gazed into the sea creature's eyes, and saw nothing but reflected forgiveness and sorrow.

There is nothing can console me...

Trixie slowly moved her hand up with hesitation. She sensed a smile from the enormous siren, and she moved her face closer, allowing Trixie to pet her face. Trixie's hesitation lightened up, and she gave a warm smile.

But my Jolly... Sailor... Bold...

Trixie set the microphone down, and she moved closer to the giant creature. She attempted to hug her face, and she heard Adagio's very quiet noises. Adagio's eyes slowly closed, and she let out a small snarl. Not of anger, but of love.

Aria and Sonata's heads looked at each other, both pondering in thought. But eventually, their mouths crept with small grins. There was no denying how much love they could sense from Adagio. There was no more anger and hate to be seen.

A bright flash of light emitted from their bodies, blinding almost everyone. But as the girls looked back, instead they saw the same girls they knew and loved, walking barefoot on the beach towards them. Their faces were nothing but short of content and happiness.

Trixie let go of Adagio's snout and looked up at her big, beautiful, lustrous eyes. She patted her face again, eliciting a small sound that almost seemed like purring to her. Looking down, Trixie saw the red gem in the middle of Adagio's heart emit a bright glow of red, and a large humming sound.

Trixie braced herself for an incoming flash, and she heard the flash in a big boom sound. When she was sure the light was gone, she opened her eyes to see Adagio Dazzle standing in front of her; back as a biped. Her smile was probably the most adorable smile she had ever seen.

"So... can we start over?" Trixie asked.

Adagio slowly nodded, and she yanked the teenage geek to her, embracing her in a giant hug that caught her offguard. Trixie did nothing but hug her back, sighing in relief. She stroked Adagio's back, feeling her smooth yet wet skin. Pulling out of the hug, Trixie grinned back.

"Trixie, I am so proud of you," Adagio stroked her cheek. "You did that for us?"

Trixie nodded. Adagio's eyes could be seen, pushing out tears.

"I... I don't know what to say."

Trixie smiled back, and wiped the tears from her eyes. "Then don't say anything."

"Hey girls!"

The two looked back to see the others all gathered together with a few chairs and a grille already starting.

"How about you get over here and get yourself warmed up luv? We've got a towel for you."

Adagio nodded, and she looked back at Trixie, still holding the most adorable grin ever. Trixie held her hand, and she walked with her over to the group who were all gathered together and starting food.

"Here's a towel for you luv." Octavia said, tossing a towel to Adagio to cover herself.

"Thank you." Adagio said, wrapping herself in it, covering her bare body.

Once she took a seat, the others all gathered close together, all in their own beach chairs. Bon Bon just went away at the grille, grilling some burgers and hot dogs for everyone.

"Okay, so... now that we've calmed down, can we please talk about why you three have been hiding this information?" Vinyl asked.

Adagio looked to her sisters who were both in agreeing glances.

"I suppose we could. Though, I must warn you. What we're going to tell you is going to be quite... complicated.

Everyone leaned in, trying to hear what she was going to say.

"So... we're listening."

Chapter 22: A Long Time Ago Part 2

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Chapter 23: Treasures Of The Past

"Alright, you girls ready?"

The Dazzlings nodded.

"But maybe we'll listen if we get some food in front of us?"

All three of them looked up and threw their arms up, catching the plastic plates tossed at them. And raising them as shields, each of them caught some burgers that landed on their plates.

"Oh, thank you. Okay, I think we're alright." Adagio, taking a bite into her burger.

"Right, anyways. Allow us to explain." Trixie said.

Everyone adjusted their chairs to look to the Dazzlings.

"Okay, lets begin. So, who wants to start?"

"I will." Vinyl stated. "Alright, the first time we saw any of the Rainbooms has to have been at the start of 8th grade. I was new to the neighborhood, and so was Sunset Shimmer. But even though she was, she made it clear she wasn't someone to be messed with, and she fought off anyone who tried to stand in her way. I tried to make friends with her, but she wouldn't see to it. Next day later, she sabotaged some of my instruments."

Adagio just continued to munch away at her burger, listening to their story.

"I have something to add. Sunset may have been the first one of the bunch at the school, but the very next day that we saw her, Sunset wasn't alone. She was with that Rainbow Dash brat who I thought was a completely new person. I thought she had finally found a new friend, but unfortunately that was when the trouble started to come..." Octavia replied.

"The very next day, more were found with her. Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, together they all formed the Rainbooms. And once we saw them all together, that's when we knew they were up to no good. Their rockstar punk outfits, their mean spirited tones, it was just screaming bully all over."

"So? You can't always judge on looks." Sonata said, finishing a piece of her burger. "I mean if Adagio wore something skin tight that made you constantly look at her body, would you think she's evil?"

Everyone was in silence.

"Weird analogy, but no... But getting back on topic, we tried to keep ourselves away from them for a long time. But by the end of the 9th grade... we paid the price."

The Dazzlings leaned in closer, listening carefully.

"What exactly happened girls?"

"During the middle of lunch, they started to... to..." Trixie choked up, trying to get the words out. "Attack us. With magic."

"How?"

"I don't know! We saw them raise tables and students , and whatever they raised glowed like it was coming from one person at a time! The Rainbooms except for Sunset all had these gold pendents around their necks, and all of them were glowing! I think that's what got them to use magic!"

Adagio stood up from her chair. "Gold? Pendents? Describe them..."

"Well, uh... I don't know, each one of them had weird shapes, but we didn't know what they meant!"

"Hmm... could mean anything. But there's one thing I do know; those are Equestrian relics. The only way they would have any magic would have to be either they're all Equestrian like us, or they've stolen artifacts."

"Well that's it, we don't know!" Octavia said, her hands slapping her sides.

"And Sunset wanted that crown from that trophy for the Battle of the Bands," Adagio scratched her chin, "If that crown is of any value, I have a feeling its the last piece they need before they gain all of their power."

"Well what are we gonna do?" Lyra asked, panicking looks on her face.

Adagio looked up at Lyra, and then to Bon Bon, Amethyst, Octavia, Vinyl, and lastly Trixie. She had never seen them look so scared before. Their faces looked just as scared as they were as the night that they found about their secret. Trying to comprehend the magic was hard enough for them, but the very thought of their enemy having magic made it even worse.

"Well I'll tell you all what we won't do. We're not going to let those Rainbooms complete their plans. I don't know what they strive to gain, but its not going to happen. Not here, and certainly not now."

"But how? We don't even know how we're gonna stop them." Amethyst said, looking defeated. "Ugh, if I could, I would just slam all of them with this sledgehammer right here and right now!"

She grabbed her sledgehammer and ran right past the group again, then spinning herself around as much as she could, she got ready to let go of the hammer. She stopped spinning and she let go of the hammer, allowing it to take off into the air and spin around like an axe.

The throw wasn't hard enough so it didn't make much distance, and it only landed a feet away. But what got their attention was the loud bang that the hammer made.

"Nice aim, Amethyst."

"Uh... I think I might have hit something."

Adagio rushed over to where Amethyst threw the sledgehammer and looked at the spot where it landed. Carefully grabbing the sledgehammer, she dropped it again and heard the same bang sound again.

"No... could it be?" Adagio asked, gasping.

"Could what be?"

"Help me out girls, I need some hands!"

Adagio got on her knees, and with her bare hands she started digging into the sand. Everyone gathered around to where Adagio was digging, looking down into the sand.

"Wait, is that--" Aria pointed.

"It could be! Help me out!"

Aria and Sonata joined in, helping dig through the sand. More of it was pushed away, and the three of them stopped as the surface of what they were digging was uncovered. A small wooden top was graced on their hands, and there was a tracing of a diamond over a treble clef.

"Yes... Yes... YES! YES! ITS STILL HERE!!!" Adagio screamed at the top of her lungs, making everyone jump back in fear.

"Uh... is that a treasure chest?"

"Yes, yes it is! Come on, keep digging girls, we've got to pull it out!"

10 Minutes Later

The girls were all huddled around a wooden and metallic treasure chest that was engraved with Adagio's graphic insignia. It was her calling card after all.

Adagio opened up the chest (which she unfortunately did not put a lock on) and looked in the bottom. She pulled out a small piece of paper, and unfolded it, revealing to be an old treasure map.

"You buried a treasure map? Why not keep that stuff in a bottle?" Bon Bon asked.

"Please, that's too obvious." Adagio rolled her eyes.

"And that was a dumb statement, never say that again." Amethyst snapped back.

Adagio squinted her eyes, completely bypassing Amethyst's snide remark. Her finger followed on the little dotted path that was drawn on the map, and she tapped her finger on the big red X that was marked.

"X marks the spot, as they always say. Aria, Sonata... I think we're near one of our old hideouts!"

Aria and Sonata blankly looked at Adagio.

"Which one? We've made many hideouts."

"You mean the one we made in the 60s?" Sonata asked.

"No."

"The one hidden in 1813."

"No. And we never made any hideouts in that time."

"I did." Aria grinned.

"Well the one I'm referring to was made back in 1746. Remember that time?"

Aria and Sonata were blank again, but their eyes twinkled in realization.

"You mean?"

"I think so! If no one's found that cave..."

"Okay, what just happened?" Vinyl asked. "We were discussing the Rainbooms and their plan, and suddenly now we're talking about treasure hunts?"

"Oh calm down Vinyl, perhaps we should all take a break from the drama for now. Girls, maybe we can help you uncover your long lost treasure?"

Adagio and her sisters looked back at the others.

"Really? You girls would... help us?"

"Why wouldn't we? We're friends, aren't we?"

"Yes but... no one's really wanted to help us for a long time."

"Well, we do. Come on, lets go find it! Its somewhere around here, isn't it?"

Adagio nodded. "I believe so. But first thing's first, we need to get your boat back into the water if you're going to help us. Allow me."

Adagio walked away from the girls, and slowly started to remove the towel, her shoulders bare first. Then with a single drop, she allowed it to fall and started to walk towards the sea, showing her body covered in the one-piece swimsuit. She stopped for a brief second, and then glanced back at the girls with a seductive grin.

"Enjoying the view girls?"

The girls looked away, blushes creeping over their cheeks. Adagio just couldn't help but chuckle at their red faces.

"Come on, Sonata, Aria."

Vinyl interrupted.

"Actually wait, do you mind if we ask you something, Adagio?"

Adagio smirked. "You may."

"Why is it you have this seductive and alluring attitude? I mean... not to sound mean or anything, that's not why we ask but, it just seems highly suggestive. And questionable." Vinyl asked, rubbing the back of her head.

Adagio giggled. "My sisters and I have spent many years trying to get by in this cold and dark world, and during our time we noticed that the men... and occasionally women became attracted to us simply by our looks. So I thought why not exploit it some more and use it to our advantage?"

Vinyl nodded.

"So in time, we found something that while not completely show off our bodies, would just be enough to lure them to us and obey our will. I'm not particularly proud of the actions I've done, and I'm not proud of using people for personal gain... but after hundreds of years of trying to survive, it was our only way of making our livings."

Adagio looked down at herself, observing her bare skin.

"Though I must admit... having this beauty has certainly been a blessing for me."

"I can tell." Amethyst said, sounding a little unfazed.

Adagio smirked. "Anyways, come, come! I know just where that cove is!"

Adagio and her sisters ran out back into the water, and kept on moving into the sea, allowing the water to rise up and go higher and higher on their bodies. They kept on walking in until the water went over their heads and higher.

Once they had hit the water just deep enough, the girls held onto their pendents again, ready to change back again.

Outside, another bright flash of red glowed under the water. The sirens popped their equine heads back up from the water, tilting their heads at the girls, gesturing them to follow them.

Everyone got back up on the beached boat, and held on tight.

"I hope you didn't damage your boat too much Amethyst," Lyra stated.

"Hey, most of the damage was done by Adagio. And she owes me a new boat."

They held on tight, and looked up. Adagio used her head and hooves, holding onto the beached boat as tight as she could. Then, slowly but surely, the boat started to get pulled out of the sand, and out into the water again. And even better, it didn't sink! It still stayed afloat!

"She's still alive!" Amethyst cheered. "Alright Adagio, we'll follow you! Show us the way!"

The creature they knew was Adagio let out a small cry of a response, and she dove into the water, her fins spiking out of the sea. With the boat turned back on again, Amethyst took helm of the ship, following the three sirens again.

Their trip wasn't very long, thankfully, it was almost the span of 8 minutes. But the group huddled up on the side of a cliff that was near the beach, and found a small cave that appeared to be blocked off by giant spiked rocks that were up from the ground.

Adagio who was back in her biped state, swam up to front entrance, observing it carefully.

"Oh, its been so long since we've been here... now if I can remember how we got in..."

Adagio's hands clasped the sides of the rock wall, feeling her way on the hard sides. The switch had to be there somewhere, it just had to be. Her eyes gazed at something that sparkled for a second, but then she jolted her head back. On the rock wall was a small gold emblem of a treble clef.

She grinned and she placed her hand over it. Gripping it carefully, she pulled on it, pulling out partway a round circular piece of rock. It wouldn't come out all the way, but Adagio knew. She turned the circle to the left, and she heard a rumbling sound. All of their eyes turned to the entrance of the cave, and watched as the sharp rocks that were blocking the entrance slowly went down into the water.

"Girls, I think we've found our entrance. I'll tie the boat down, you all come on in!"

Adagio grabbed a robe, and she dove down into the water, finding the point where the sharp rocks had dug down. Carefully, she tied the knot together, making sure the boat wouldn't just float away.

Pulling her head back out of the water, she found the rest of the girls were slowly getting into the water with her and her sisters.

"Come, come! Follow us!"

Performing dog paddles in the water, the girls followed the Dazzlings deep into the cave. The swim wasn't long, especially since the cave wasn't even that big. When they all glanced up, they could see some things hanging from the top of the cave ceiling. There were some ropes covered with vines, a small rope and hook hanging which held a lantern, and much more. Adagio hoisted herself up on the rocks, dripping water as she climbed. Moving the rope which had the lantern towards her, she managed to put some flame within, and turned the lantern on.

She moved the hook back so it could hang above for them all to see, and so more light came into the cave. Having the light provided, everyone was able to see the entire cave in full. There was a dusty old Jolly Roger flag hanging from a mast that worked as a support beam, another one draped along the wall as if it was a tapestry, and from the water, they could see some glowing colorful lights around.

Pulling themselves up on some rocks, the girls felt some sand as they got up some places for them to sit. Amethyst however just moved herself in the middle of the water, sitting on top a beam that was jotting out of the water.

"Girls, how did you put this cave together?" Trixie asked as Adagio crossed her legs, sitting on some rocks.

"We've had plenty of years to kick around and do whatever, so we decided why the heck not, and we made this cave as sort of a storage area. We've kept some ancient treasures all piled up in here."

Trixie looked at her left and observed a gladiator mace that was traced around in the sand. Carefully pulling it out, she observed it. On the handle, was an some engraved writing which read 'The Blazing Aria'.

"Oh, I remember that. I had to use that to fight against some gladiators. Heh, they made a bad choice trying to pick on old Aria," Aria chuckled, leaning her head back against the wall.

"You actually fought gladiators?"

"Mmmhmm. Back in Italy, actually."

"Oh my gosh! Girls, check it out!"

Sonata pulled a big black hat out of the sand, shaking off the sand. "Its my old sombrero! I loved wearing this back in Mexico! All the boys said, how do I put it... oh yes, una verdadera chica."

"So being immortal wasn't all that bad for your girls, now was it? I mean look at it this way, you all got to travel around the world, you got to live in times we wished we could have visited, places we would have loved to seen."

The sisters were at a silent pause. That thought had never occurred to them. Not after having so many years filled with dread, hate, and fear.

"I suppose you're right Trixie. It wasn't all bad, I suppose. We did get to do some cool things."

Adagio looked at her left side, seeing a small box. She opened it up, and pulled out what appeared to be a small eyepatch, and compass.

"What'd you got there?" Bon Bon asked.

"My old compass. I remember, I used it to help an old friend. George was his name." She sighed. "Oh how I miss that man..."

"And what's with the eyepatch?"

Adagio chuckled nervously. "Well, back in the 1700s, we hit a few rough patches along the way. One of which was, well... One of my eyes was hurt bad, and since no one around had any medicine or ice to help... I had to use this to cover it up."

"How'd your eye even get hurt?" Vinyl asked.

"I was punched. In the face. Multiple times."

Vinyl blankly stared. "Really? That's it?"

"Yep. Hard hand by the way."

"Oh my gosh!"

Everyone turned their heads to where Lyra was gazing at. She had pulled off a tarp, and she found a painting. The painting showed all three Sirens together, in the same cave that they were in right now. But the one thing she noticed that was different was the pirate garb worn on their bodies, and in addition, the mermaid tails attached to them.

"Oh, I remember that painting! We met a real sweet man who was kind enough to paint that for us. I don't know how, but somehow he knew pirates tickled our fancy." Adagio giggled.

Adagio giggled for a few seconds, but then she came to a small smile. All of these things in front of her, all the things that she had met and done in the past... they weren't bad. These weren't awful, or scary, or dreadful. None of these were painful to look at. These things that they collected actually made her feel a little happy.

"You know something girls?"

"Yeah?"

Adagio looked at the girls and her own sisters.

"Being immortal is not a blessing. I always thought it was nothing but a curse, a painful reminder that we would forever keep on living while we watched those around us perish before our eyes. I always believed that being immortal was nothing but pure concentrated pain, while the rest of the world grows around you. But because of you girls... I've come to realize that not everything is as bad as it seems."

The girls exchanged a few glances, bringing her some friendly and happy smiles.

"And its because of you girls coming all of this way, just to make us happy again, just to make amends with us... I have hope for humanity."

"Adagio, what do you mean?"

She smiled. "Lets show those Rainbooms just what we're made of."

Trixie gasped with perhaps the most excited smile she had on her face. "You mean!?"

"Yes."

Trixie squeed probably the loudest of the group, shaking with excitement and pure joy.

"YES! YES! We're not gonna spend the rest of our lives being slaves!"

"Adagio, you mean it? We're really gonna kick those Rainbooms butts?"

"Only if you two are in. I can't do this on my own. I need everyone if we're going to stop them... and we are."

Aria flashed a grin. "Count me in."

"¡Yo también, Adagio!" Sonata smiled.

"We're gonna the kibosh on them!" Octavia cheered.

"About time we did something about their mischief." Vinyl nodded.

"Uh girls, I don't mean to be a downer, but how exactly are we gonna stop them?"

"Lyra, we've come a long way from where we are now. They may have tried to ruin our friendship with the past, but I like to believe that because of them, we were brought back together because of the past. So, I like to say..."

Adagio appreciatively smiled at her friends, and she pulled a box out. Opening up the chest, she showed off some gold, some jewelry, and much more inside. She smiled at her friends, who's eyes were all ogling her and the gold. She grinned to all of them with a mischievous smile.

"...how about we all share the treasures of the past with each other, and use them to put an end to their plans once and for all?"

Author's Note

Folks I do hope you will get to see this, I tried to tell you all, but not everyone had seen it, so I want you to read this before you go further.

I think I should explain something in regards of the new content involving Starswirl. Now when it came to the character, there were a few thoughts running rampant in my head.

First of all, I wanted to pay homage to a bit of Shadow Play for SHOWING us how they got tossed into Earth.

Second, I wanted to leave Starswirl in a bit of a mysterious light. Yeah we know he was a royal jerk, but here's the thing. I just want to let you all know, we don't know much about him. I wanted to make it so that we didn't know much about him, and there could be more reason for him being a complete d**k like that. Granted, it wasn't a good idea to show him off like that in the previous chapter, but what's done is done.

I apologize for it just coming straight out of left field and there not being much to it but I thought you guys deserved a reason for my take on that scene.

Thank you.

Oh, and that pirate picture you will have read about... it stems from this.

Chapter 24: Clash Of Knowledge

Author's Note

So now things are kicking up. We'll get some more action in the next chapter, I promise.

Hope you enjoyed it!

Chapter 24: Clash Of Knowledge

Thursday 8:00

The Dazzlings agreed to come back to school with their friends, and help each other prepare for the Battle which would take place on Friday evening. Plenty of time to prepare, and plenty of time to get their act together. And they knew just what to do for that day...

Pinkie Pie leaned against her locker, talking with Applejack and Fluttershy.

"Tomorrow's the day girls, you know what that means?"

"A massacre of everyone around us who did absolutely nothing and some who will become mindless disciples to obey our will while we go to take over the world?" Pinkie asked.

"Well, I wouldn't exactly put it like that but, yes. Plenty of slaves and... possible, end of the world." Fluttershy said, contemplating.

"Maybe we should--"

The three girls were hit by an explosion of confetti. The little pieces of paper rained on them, and rained on the once spotless floors around them.

"Whoo-hoo!"

The girls and saw a girl moving down the hallways, shaking maracas and with a sombrero on her head, and a poncho around her neck. They recognized the positive energy and familiar blue ponytail. They would know that look anywhere.

"Vamanos chicos, ¡la fiesta se mudó al auditorio!"

"We're right behind, Senorita Sonata!"

Right behind Sonata was a small group of students, huddled together with mariachi costumes. All together they were playing music together.

You can talk about cha-cha,
tango, waltz or the rhumba.
Senora's dance has no title.
Jump in the saddle hold on to the bridle.

"Come on, we're almost there!"

Applejack, Pinkie, and Fluttershy watched as the band walked down the hallway. No context, no rhyme, no reason, no clue.

"What the heck did we just watch?"

9:00

Gym class was usual for everyone. Nothing new, nothing exciting. Well, it would have been exciting, but sadly, having the Rainbooms in each class with them, and even some being a part of gym didn't help their enthusiasm.

"Alright dweebs. Today we're going in the exercise room, and you know we've got to push hard, or I will!"

Everyone groaned in horror.

"NOW!"

Everyone rushed into the weight room, to an unusual surprise. The lights were out. Strange, the lights were always turned on, even when it wasn't being used at the time. Who could possibly be using it right now?

The lights flickered on, and everyone nearly gasped. Someone was waiting for them to come into the room, and she was in front of the mirror, sitting patiently on an exercise ball. A pink leotard on, blue high fitness briefs over spandex pants, a lime green spandex shirt underneath her unitard, and leg warmers. In addition, she had a headband, and her clothes were all in bright neon. Outdated in clothing; was Aria Blaze.

A smirk crept on her face as everyone's attention glanced onto her.

"Good morning, everyone! I hope everyone has slept well."

Rainbow Dash glared and flashed her teeth.

"What the flying feather are you wearing? And what are you even doing?"

Aria smirked, and took a sip of water. "Well first thing is, I'm following in Amy's footsteps by wearing my old gym outfit. I wore this whenever I went to gym, and I'm glad it still fits! Second, I talked to Principal Luna, and I asked if I could fill in for the gym teacher for the day."

Rainbow raised a finger. "I'm sorry, who?"

"Amy. Amethyst ring a bell?"

Rainbow grit her teeth. "Right... stuck in the 80s..."

"But you're a student here." A classmate asked.

"True, true. But I brought up some points, and she agreed that some changes needed to be made. So she agreed to let me take over as gym teacher for the day. And while we are going to be working out, we're going to be doing something different."

Rainbow crossed her arms.

"What?"

"We're all gonna be working out, but I'm going to help you all with your strengths and weaknesses. What you all need is some positive reinforcement. Use your strengths and your weaknesses to your advantage, and you can't do it without what?"

A classmate raised a hand. "Positive reinforcement?"

"Yes! You got it! Now, for this first set we're going to be doing a few exercises on some exercise balls like the ones I'm sitting on. Everyone, grab an exercise ball and find a spot where you have plenty of space. We're gonna try some leg exercises..."

Rainbow rolled her eyes and groaned. This day was going to be terrible for sure...

10:00

Sunset closed her locker door and she sealed it up tight with the lock. She was about to turn around when--

"Hello Miss Shimmer."

"DAH! Don't do that!"

Sunset swayed behind her, and looked at the girl in the purple clothing, leaning against the locker. A voluptuous grin and half closed eyes locked onto her, while she adjusted her hair.

"Adagio!? What are you doing here? I thought you were scared off for good."

"Aww, you remembered my name, that's so sweet... but I couldn't just leave now could I, Sunset? I missed you girls..." Adagio giggled.

As Adagio looked at her own nails, analyzing the shiny polish on the ends of them, Sunset just scowled at her.

"How can a girl like you not have run off from town by now? I got the dirt on you, and the entire school's gonna find out about your big secret."

"Because my dear, even if you did, your actions didn't drive me, my friends, or my family apart. I dare even say because of you, you brought us all closer together."

Sunset's nostrils flared. "What!?"

"Did I mumble dear? I said--"

"I know what you said! Just... ugh! I will never understand."

"And I won't understand why you're trying to push people away from you. What's so wrong with the people around you? Don't you want friends?"

"I've got friends, Adagio."

"You mean those Rainbooms you ask to follow your orders?" Adagio raised a brow.

Sunset scowled back, but pushed back her anger.

"They only follow me because I know what I'm doing. But it doesn't matter what goes on between me and mine, you and your friends and everyone else around here is gonna be gone by tomorrow night."

"Oh, Sunset, surely not everything will be gone," Adagio asked, leaning her head back. "What even is your so called, plan?"

"Like I would tell you," Sunset barked back.

"Come on, what do I have to prove? What evidence can someone like me provide, my word means nothing. And please, if you can, tell me in an explanation that will make you talk the longest."

Sunset blankly stared at the Siren.

"I can't tell if you're joking, or if you're just that stupid... Well you're not gonna get any information out of me or my friends."

"Very well then Sunset, I'm sure I can wait for your grand diabolical plan to unfold before my eyes, or perhaps you could just, tell me right here..." Adagio pushed herself against the locker next to Sunset, blinking at her as seductively as she could. "Surely you could tell little old me..."

Adagio brushed the hair out of her eyes, and she let out a little purring sound at Sunset. Her right hand sliding up the locker, like rubbing massage oil over one's back at a spa.

"Come on Sunset... you know you want to..." She winked, smirking ever so alluring.

Sunset's cheeks were on fire, but her snark was present.

"You... You have issues. I'm leaving now."

Sunset turned away, not looking back at Adagio, and just went around the corner. Adagio pouted and hit her head back against the locker.

"Well. You're no fun."

Adagio looked down the hallway, and then down the other hallway. No one around. But would she get caught? She stepped down to the corner of the hallway, no one in sight. Then back around, still no one. What if there were cameras around?

She looked at all possible corners of the ceiling, no cameras. No eyes watching her. No student in the hallway. And with the free time she had right now... that meant plenty of time for her to go snooping.

Carefully she looked down at the lock on the locker. Moving her gloved hand up, she put her finger on the knob, and moved it as fast as possible to open it up. Once she got the right combination, she pulled down on the lock, opening up the locker.

Inside, she could see it was nothing but a mess! There were so many items scattered about in there, lots of books, pencils, markers, and other weird supplies in there. Heck even at the bottom there was a book stacked on some others labeled 'Revenge Tactics'.

On top of the book was a folded up piece of paper. Unfolding the picture, there was a photo snapped of Adagio, which she could clearly tell was tagged by Sunset Shimmer. A twirly mustache was drawn on her lips, devil horns on her head, along with a devil tail on the back of the picture, and a big caption that read 'Die, Adagio, Die!!!' in giant text. Heck, she even found some profanity followed after the photo, but she was not going to repeat any of it!

Adagio hissed. "Mature Sunset, real mature of you."

She just simply folded the picture up and put it back down.

"Alright Sunset Shimmer. Lets see if you kept anything juicy in here, and hopefully find something before anyone else sees me." Adagio sighed, "If Aria could see me know..."

She pulled out the Revenge Tactics book, and flipped open to the first page.

"If anyone takes this book, drop it or die." Adagio looked up with a deadpan look. "Rude."

She flipped through several pages of the book, and found a page that had been bookmarked.

"Locker attacks. Ways to fend off any stalkers or enemies without doing complete physical damage... Why does she even have this book?"

She closed it and threw it on the side, next to her. She grabbed the book underneath it, nothing important. Just a textbook. She threw that to the side as well, along with two more textbooks. Eventually she found a book at the bottom of particular interest... one that was graced with scary text writing on the front cover.

"Diary, huh? Hmm..." Adagio giggled. She stopped her giggle when a thought entered her head. "No, no. Her diary is filled with her deepest darkest secrets, I can't just read them! But then again, she could have information worth knowing..."

With hesitation, she picked up the diary, and opened it up to the first page.

"September 2nd, 2013. Its been two years since I've been in this backwater alternate reality, but being here is much better than spending what could be an eternity at Princess Luna's castle, locked away... That old hag will never see my master plan coming. I just need to get that last piece..."

Adagio looked up from the diary, her mind left blank in confusion.

"Princess Luna?"

She had no idea how to process this. Was there more to Principal Luna they didn't know, did she have a secret identity? She flipped to another page, and she gasped seeing a very interesting picture that would most likely would not be allowed on school grounds.

"Oh my goodness! I..." Her face went from panicked, to slowly becoming more calm. Her mouth turned into racy grin, looking at the picture. An imitation of a cat purring escaped her breath. "Oh my, Sunset... you sly girl, you, I didn't know you had it in you... Okay, I am soooo taking this."

She carefully took the picture out of the page and tucked it away in her vest pocket. If Aria could see her now, she'd be grinning down at her, mischievously.

Curiosity still enticing her to look, she flipped through another page and found the latest entry.

"September 1st, 2017... But that's this month!" Adagio noticed. "Successfully made it through the portal with the Element I need, sadly it left my hands upon the trip. Its now mistaken for the missing piece of the trophy. No matter, we just need to get that trophy and we'll get it back..."

She closed the book and looked up. Suddenly things made sense now. The pendents around the girls necks, Sunset's weird discussions with her and the girls, the threats.

Unsure, she closed the diary and pulled out another book that was hidden in the stacks.

"Starswirl The Bearded's Guide To Everything You Needed To Know About Magic."

She opened up the front page. Not even one second of opening it, and her face dropped to angry. Her eyes become voids, her teeth were daggers, and it was like she turned into a giant ball of flame.

"HIM!? HE'S THE ONE!?"

She was about to scream some more when she caught herself. What if someone heard her? Someone would hear her for sure. Looking around, she checked for anyone else around. Thankfully she didn't alert anyone, giving her time to calm down to assess the situation.

Not to say she wasn't angry, in fact, she was infuriated about it. The identity of the individual who banished them hundreds of years ago, and she wanted to meet him face to face.

"Okay, I'm going to have to punch something later, because I am not going to stay calm about this! I swear if I ever meet you, Starswirl, I am going to slug you, hard."

Flipping the page over, she found more pictures and words, all transcribed in an ancient text. It was a language that was indistinguishable to her, even for someone as ancient as her. She was about to close it, but not until she saw a few bookmarks above. She flipped the page over to the first one, and her eyes bulged.

A picture in what looked like Egyptian hieroglyphics displayed five black and dark pendents in a circle, and in the middle was a crown that had a blue jewel in the middle of the crest.

"Wait... that's the crown from the trophy. But why is..."

She flipped over to the next bookmarked page, and suddenly the grin drove away. Her face dropped in horror and it was like she had just found something completely gruesome and horrifying on her front doorstep.

"Oh my goodness!" She slapped the book closed. "Why would you keep that!? That's disgusting!"

She stopped for a moment, taking a chance to catch her breath and calm down.

"Some things I wanted to not see in the hundreds of years I walked on this Earth... and they just had to show that. Thank you, Sunset, why did you... why am I talking to myself? Its not like an audience is here and its a sitcom. I'm starting to look crazy!"

She looked back down at the book, flipping back to the big circle in front of her.

"I knew it. I knew you were after something Sunset Shimmer, but now its time we put an end to it. I have to take to take this to the girls."

She closed the book and she opened up the bag beside her. She set Sunset's diary, the spell book, and the book with all of the entry dates with her.

"Sunset's not going to miss a thing! Just a few minutes is all I need."

Adagio slammed the locker and darted down the other end of the hallway, starting to run. For about five seconds. She slowly walked back, with her shoulders hanging and her head hunched forward with a deadpan look.

"Why did you not put things back, so stupid..."

Adagio opened up the locker again, and put the books that she took from the locker back inside. Surely she would not want Sunset to see some things out of place. Well, she was gonna see some books out of place, but at least covering her tracks would do something beneficial.

Once her tracks had been covered, she walked down the other hallway as briskly as possible. She had struck gold... and she was loving it.

Chapter 25: Threatened

10:45

After the next few classes had ended, everyone was rushing out to try and head to their next one with the time that they had available.

Fluttershy had finished collecting her things for the next class when she was given a shock. Just as she closed the locker, she turned to the side and nearly gasped in shock. Standing in front of her was Trixie; in a wizard costume. And a long white beard. And a big hat.

"Greetings, Fluttershy! The Great and Powerful Trixie greets you! Perhaps you'd like--"

"Buzz off." Fluttershy said, not saying a word. She just shoved Trixie to the side and walked right on past her. No looking back.

Trixie's shoulders slumped. Her attempt to mess with Fluttershy had failed.

"Maybe its the beard," she shrugged.

11:00. Mr Cranky Doodle's Room

"Alright class, if you remember, your assignments were to talk about different parts and pieces of Japan and explain their meaning. Who would like to go first?"

Almost no one in the entire classroom raised their hand. Presentations were difficult to do, and while their teacher Mr Cranky was a generally nice teacher (despite his name being Cranky) they weren't enthusiastic nor confident in their presentation abilities.

"Boys and girls, I'm going to have to ask for volunteers if no one raises their hands."

"I volunteer!"

In the back, a minty green hand shot up. Everyone's heads turned around to look back at Lyra Heartstrings who had raised a hand up. They only looked for a micro-second at her, but their heads all zipped back and cast an eyeball on Lyra's clothing.

"Yes Miss Heartstrings, please, come on up."

Lyra got out of her desk chair and stood in front of the class, with her gathered items. Instead of the tank top and short shorts she usually wore, she instead wore a Japanese kimono. Her kimono was in shades of yellow, with a few white and green highlights. Graphics of flowers were visible all around on her outfit, and on her back which was seen for a few seconds, read her name in a Japanese symbol.

With her voice clear and ready, Lyra gave everyone her attention, and she spoke."

"Kon'ichiwa, Yūjin ya chijin. Watashinonamaeha Lyra Heartstringsdesu, watashi wa kimono ni tsuite hanasu tsumoridesu, nihonde wa tsūjō chakuyō sa rete imasu."

The students were looking at Lyra in shock and awe. She was speaking to them in Japanese, and it sounded like she knew what she was saying.

"Miss Heartstrings, this is quite impressive."

Lyra giggled. "Thanks! I'm actually part Japanese, I get it from my mom's side. She taught me everything. Oh wait... was I supposed to do this in English?"

"That would be appreciated!"

"Yes!"

"PLEASE! I CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU!!!"

Lyra chuckled, "Don't worry, sillies. I'm just gonna speak in English. But anyways, the kimono that I am wearing is a traditional Japanese garment, and it was worn by everyone up until the 19th century in Japan. But all of that changed when..."

Lyra kept on speaking on her presentation, and she practically won the class over. Everyone was paying attention, they were invested, and no one was looking away. Well, all except for Pinkie Pie who was less than amused; her hair laying flat and limp in front of her eyes.

During home economics class, the students were divided up into their own individual groups, learning to bake desserts and pastries.

One of the groups consisted of Bon Bon and another student named Drama Letter. And while she wasn't really noticed by many, she was noticed today.

"Bon Bon, can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

Drama Letter raised a finger. "Are you wearing a 1950s dress?"

"Yep!" Bon Bon smiled at her partner.

"Okay, here's my second question; why?"

Bon Bon rolled her eyes, chuckling. "I wanted to go for a new look. And plus, with what we're baking today, it often reminds me of all of those beautiful 50s diners..."

Drama Letter raised a brow. "Oookkay?"

"Oh, I need the sugar."

Drama walked to the side counter and pulled out the bag of sugar.

"So Bon Bon, you think you and your friends will finally get the stomp on the Rainbooms at the Battle Of The Bands? They're tough to defeat."

"Trust me, after this battle, they'll be the ones who will be cruisin' for a bruisin'."

"If you say so... Just don't get too cocky."

"I won't." Bon Bon said, stirring up the sugar in the bowl. "Okay, now I need the eggs."

"Coming up. Just don't stir so hard, okay? Last time you did, you shot flour all over me."

"I promise."

Bon Bon chuckled to herself, remembering the fond memory from the last baking class. She did make a few messes the last few times she was in the class, but it was still funny just remembering.

12:00

Lunch period came, and everyone was back in their usual frenzy. People were rushing around, trying to get to the front of the lunch line and claim their food before anyone else could.

However, Adagio and her friends were gathered elsewhere. The information that Adagio had picked up was not something that they could discuss out in the open. This had to be taken in private. So thankfully, with a practice room available, and everyone having their food, they took their private discussion to their secret room.

"Okay girls. This is something I uncovered that I just couldn't keep away. I had to get this to you all."

Adagio laid out the different books from Sunset's lockers that she had collected.

"Where did you even get these?"

"Oh, that, I uh... well, I, um..."

Aria smirked. "Tell us Adagio."

Adagio sighed. "This goes against everything I stand for but, I broke into Sunset's locker and found these."

Aria cracked up. "I knew it! I knew you had it in you, Adagio, but nooo you said you were just too good."

"I never once said I was 'too good', Aria."

"Admit it Adagio. You loved it."

Adagio shook her head very quickly.

"Yes you did... admit it. After everything that girl did to you and us, you got a lot of pleasure from snooping through her stuff." Sonata said, smirking at Adagio.

Adagio's cheeks heated up. "Okay, I'll admit, some dark part of me did enjoy it but... its not something I do a lot you know! Oh dear heavens, I'm setting bad examples already..."

"Nah, you set bad examples when you set Adolf on fire." Aria laughed.

"Girls, I hate to break up your talk, but could we stay on topic? We do have a limited amount of time before we have to go back to class, so--"

"--Right, right! Anyways, I found this."

Adagio flipped the spell book open, showing the page that had the pictures of the five pendents surrounding the crown.

"I believe I understand why they're after that crown to begin with. I have a feeling Sunset Shimmer has some ritual planned with all six of these jewels, and once she has that crown, its kissing goodbye to the present and saying hello to the apocalypse."

"But how exactly are they going to obtain their power? Is there a special transformation they have to do, are they going to be raging she-demons, ghouls? Hobgoblins, I don't know! I mean they can't just do everything on foot, can they?"

"Probably not. But we'll have to stop them before they get anything together. But I also found this."

Adagio opened up the 'Revenge Tactics' book, showing them the page of the locker traps.

"Well, now we know how Sunset and her friends were able to attack us without even being there."

"Thank you Princess Obvious, I wasn't sure about that!" Octavia bluntly said. She opened up her eyes even wider, realizing what she said. "I am so sorry, I don't know why I even said that."

"That's alright Octavia. Its fine," Vinyl patted her shoulder.

"But I also found this bit of juiciness. Read this page, specifically."

Adagio gave them the open page of Sunset's diary, showing them Sunset's latest entry.

"Princess Luna? But that makes no sense, I thought we just had Principal Luna."

"Girls."

Everyone's eyes looked at Adagio.

"I have reason to believe that Sunset Shimmer is not from around here. I have a good feeling she's Equestrian, just like me and my sisters. How else would she have access to spell books, or even those magical pendents?"

Everyone nodded, exploring their concerned looks.

"But if she's Equestrian, how did she even get here?"

Adagio showed them another book, showing the note that was sent directly to 'Princess Luna'.

"This book here shows Sunset Shimmer writing to a supposed 'Princess Luna' and talking with her. I read through some of the previous entries, and from what I could gather, it would appears as if Sunset was her student, she decided to go rogue, and then escaped to this dimension to try and take power for her own personal gain."

"Gee, when you say it like that, it sounds incredibly stupid." Aria said, holding her face and looking bored.

"But why? Why would she do it?" Sonata asked. "What could she gain by doing this?"

"I don't know, I tried reading through some of the past entries, and nothing in here gives any indication for what had driven her to do this. But this I do know; there are still plenty of pages that haven't been used, and if she used this to try and send a note to her 'Princess Luna'... then maybe we could get some more help."

"Adagio, doesn't this seem a bit much? For all we know, this could have been a practice sheet for when she started sending letters."

Adagio blinked. "Trixie, I know this seems like a long-shot, but if we can get some more help, we'll need as much as we can. Besides, we need some Equestrian blue on our side."

Adagio opened up her palm and Vinyl slapped a pen in her hand.

"So, what are you going to say? The last entry's from a long time ago, what makes you think she'll believe you're not her?"

"Because I've written many letters before, and I still know how. Lets see..."

Dear Princess Luna,

Allow me to speak on my behalf. I am using Sunset Shimmer's old book, my real name is Adagio Dazzle. I know it's strange to see that this old book is acting up again, but it's imperative that I speak to you. Me and my sisters are Equestrian much like you, but we need your help. I have reason to believe Sunset Shimmer has stolen Equestrian artifacts and is planning on using them to take over the dimension we reside in.

I do not know what is Sunset's big plan, but we need help. I don't know if we will be able to handle this alone, but Sunset must be stopped... no matter the cost. I hope you get this message soon, and I do hope you or anyone will be able to help us.

Signed,

Adagio Dazzle

Adagio closed the book, slamming it shut.

"Now that the message is sent, all we can do is wait until someone can help us."

"And what if we don't get help?" Trixie asked.

"If not, then we'll face them alone. There's nine of us, and six of them. I have a feeling we'll be able to stand a chance against them." Adagio winked.

"I hope so too. Hey, Adagio?"

"Yeah?"

"What's that slip of paper sticking out of your vest?"

Adagio's eyes went down, seeing the slip of paper sticking out. Blushing, she carefully tucked it back.

"Oh, its nothing..."

Sonata and Aria looked at each other, both sharing cheeky grins.

"Show us."

"Its nothing, girls, I assure you."

"Did you take a dirty picture?"

"No I didn't!"

"Really? Your red face says otherwise." Sonata laughed.

Adagio's face was about as red as a tomato. "I swear, I didn't!"

Aria bounced on Adagio, tackling her to the ground.

"Hey, get off me!"

"Sonata, now!"

Sonata moved towards Adagio and reached for the slip of paper that was tucked in her vest. She unfolded it, and a big smile came on her face.

"WHOOOOOAAA!"

Adagio's hand slapped over Sonata's mouth. "Do not say a word..."

Aria looked at the photo as well, a big grin came over her face.

"Adagio, you perv..." Aria snickered.

Adagio's face went even more red.

"Where did you even get this picture?"

"I... found it in Sunset's diary."

"Oooh, Dagi! You are a snooper, I knew it!" Sonata fell on the floor, clutching her sides. Aria followed as well, both of them were howling like hyenas.

Adagio just slipped the paper back in her vest.

"So, uh... can we please forget about this?" Adagio said, blushing harder than before.

"Nope!"

At the same time, the Rainbooms were in their own private discussion in their own private room. They had their own form of business to attend.

"Okay girls, thanks for comin'." Applejack said.

"What did you have to say that meant interrupting us during lunch?" Fluttershy grumbled.

"Well, okay, after givin' it some thought... I'm not sure that we should go through with this plan."

Both Pinkie and Fluttershy moaned.

"And why not?"

"Because, something about this ain't right! The only thing I really want out of this competition is to have that prize money for poor Applebloom..."

Rarity added on, sharing an equal frown. "And Sweetie Belle..."

Rainbow sighed. "And I think we can add Scootaloo."

"Agreed."

"So... does this mean we're finally doing something that's not awful for once?" Pinkie asked.

"I think so Pinkie."

Pinkie's hair went from limp to exploding with a lot of puffiness. One second looking nasty and looking to kill, a second later back to happy.

"Yay! We're finally having souls!"

"Pinkie, we can't just flip like that. Besides... how are we even gonna tell Sunset?"

"Tell me what?"

Everyone's shoulders tensed up and they looked behind, seeing the deathly glaring girl at the doorway. Her arms were crossed, and a leg was leaning against her other leg, aiding her angry look.

"Oh, Sunset, hey! We uh... just were talkin' about our plans to win, that's all."

"That's not what I heard you talking about. You were talking about those little sisters of yours, weren't you?"

"No, no we--"

Sunset grabbed Rainbow Dash and Applejack by the collars, and the other girls backed away, raising their arms up to surrender.

"You listen to me and listen to me good. You said yourself you wanted to have power unimaginable, and if you want it, you will do exactly what I said. Remember what happened last time?"

Rainbow and Applejack gulped and slowly shook their heads.

"If you two don't want to end up the same way as they did... you will continue to do as I say."

The two girls nodded.

"Of course, of course!"

Sunset grinned with an evil smile. "Great! Then I guess I'll see you girls next class then."

She let go of them, allowing them to straighten out their collars.

"Oh and by the way... don't think about trying to back out. You're already way too deep, so don't get any ideas."

"We're not, we swear."

"Good."

Sunset slammed the door, leaving all five of them to stand around and scowl.

"Wow, what a--"

"Hey! No swearing!"

"Come on, can't I say that word?" Pinkie whined.

"No."

"Aww... party-pooper."

Chapter 26: The Big Night!

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Chapter 27: Welcome To The Show

Author's Note

Special thanks to Bricklayer for more lyrical writing! :twilightsmile:

Now, I'll be honest, I discussed this chapter with some friends on Discord, and they're the reason that this chapter exists. I thought it was a cool idea, but again, its me. Feel free to give me your thoughts on this.

Chapter 27: Welcome To The Show

The curtains were open, exposing the Rainbooms and Sunset Shimmer to the crowd. All of them stood together, ready to perform in front of the crowd.

"Now, lets make this good. And don't screw it up." Sunset muttered to the girls behind her.

"Maybe we should tell you to do the same." Applejack snidely remarked.

"What did you--"

The sound of power shutting down cut off Sunset's reply, accompanied by all of the lights suddenly going dark. For about five seconds. They went dark, and then they flipped back on again.

"What just happened?"

From off the sides, quite out of nowhere, they could see some white milky-colored smoke starting to steam right onto the stage. Everyone was left in confusion, even when the smoke started to rise through the crowd seats as well, right under their feet.

Smoke was practically rising all throughout the stadium, and no knew why.

Just then, everyone's heads turned to behind them. The sound of music filled the air, only it wasn't on the stage. The hypnotic beat and rhythm echoed through the stadium, making its sound audible for everyone.

From high above in the bleachers, just where the set of stairs leading to them were, there was an addition of purple smoke starting to cloud the ground.

Standing at the top of the bleachers, and slowly moving down through the crowds were the three Dazzlings, and right behind them were the rest of the girls, smirking and attempting to copy their movements. Swaying their hips, keeping mischeivous grins, and looking as seductive as possible. None of them were able to copy their movements perfectly, but the effort was seen.

Ahh, ah-ah, ahh
Ahh, ah-ah, ahh

They made their way down even further, getting more and more close to the stage, keeping the Rainbooms and Sunset's attention on them. Even the judges turned around to listen to them. Together, the Dazzlings all sung in harmonious motion, everyone enraptured in their angelic voices.

Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ahh, ah-ah, ah, ah-ah
Ah-ha, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Applejack glanced to Rainbow Dash, who looked back at the latter. They didn't know what the Dazzlings had in store, but at the same time, Sunset Shimmer's attention was locked onto them. If they could jump when the time was right...

We've heard you want to show you're stronger...
We heard you want to claim you're cool...
We heard you want to rule this school.

Me and you, you and me
Why don't we see who is wiser?
We don't have to be all on our own thing.
Battle!
You want to win it!
Lets have a battle, battle of the bands!
Lets have a battle! We'll go all in it!

Having the crowd of people right before their eyes, everyone's attention focused on them, Adagio and her sisters continued to sing.

Welcome to the show (Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah)
We're here to let you know (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)

Adagio and her sisters looked up at the Rainbooms, giving them the most determined faces they could give them.

Our time is now (Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah)
Your time is running out (Ah, ah, ah)

The three of them sang in perfect harmony, winning the entire audience over. Everyone was looking at them with such admiration and joy, it was bound to top the Rainbooms.

Ah-ha, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ha, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Carefully moving, Sunset took a single step forward, centimeter by centimeter. The Dazzlings raised their arms up, and bursts of giant waves spread through the crowds, in giant sound waves. And as their singing continued, the purple smoke that was around started to float right into the Dazzlings' pendents.

I hope this works, Trixie thought to herself.

Feel the wave of sound
As it crashes down
You must turn away
They'll force you all to sta-a-a-ay

The three Dazzlings began to glow in bright hues of purple, and they began to float up, standing on nothing but thin air! The three of them were above the entire audience, capturing all of the attention. Just then, a giant beam of light burst from their hearts, and wrapped all over them, covering them in bright light.

You will be onboard
Tell us that you need us
You won't be ignored
Our power will be restored

When the light had faded away, all three of them were now in new forms. They had sea creature like wings sprouted from their backs, pony ears from the top of their heads, and long flowing ponytails hung from behind their backs which blew in the wind. Looking down, the three of them hovered back above the crowd, looking at the Rainbooms with courageous grins.

Now you face us
Come and fight us
Nothing can stop us now!

But just as the Dazzlings were about to move--

"GET HER!"

The Rainbooms all leaped at Sunset Shimmer, pouncing on her. Unfortunately, due to bad timing, all six of them went straight off the stage, and breaking right through the judges table, snapping it in half. Principal Luna and Vice-Principal Celestia got out of their chairs, and attempted to move in to stop the fight. But all they got were some kicks back at them.

"This is getting out of hand! Stop!"

Adagio and her friends stood in total awkward silence. This... this wasn't at all what they thought was going to happen. They had prepared an entire routine, in the event that they were going to concoct their plan... but their efforts were for nothing.

Amethyst rubbed her forehead. "So, we practiced for nothing?"

Adagio raised her hand up to silence her. "Wait. Something doesn't seem right."

Rainbow Dash jumped up into the air, and performed a body slam on the dog-pile, trying to put more weight on the attack. But even her move didn't work. Because Sunset had already gotten away from their attack, and got away in time. She moved onto the stage, the trophy clutched tightly in their hands.

Adagio and her sisters looked up, and gasped.

"Oh no, she has the--"

"The Princess of Friendship's crown?" Sunset chuckled maliciously.

Adagio blankly blinked. "Okay, I have no idea who that is but--"

"Shut up! It doesn't matter anymore. So many years of hard work and devotion, have all led up to this moment. All the power I want, has finally come! More power than I could ever imagine."

"Sunset, wait! You don't know what that crown will do to you!" Adagio pleaded. "Don't do it!"

"I know plenty of what it will do! Unlike your friends, I did research on these Equestrian artifacts. And I know exactly what they--"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, we get it, you're stronger and more powerful than us, just hand the stupid thing over!" Aria snapped.

"What she said!" Sonata added on.

Sunset's throat let out a quiet and evil chuckle. A grimace of malicious intent crawled over her face. She didn't let go of that crown, and she held it tightly in her palms.

"You three have been a pain in my back for several weeks. But I believe now is the time for the pain to be removed."

"Sunset, no!"

It was too late. Sunset dropped the crown on top of her head, it fell perfectly in place, on top of her head. The gem on the top of the crown, emitted a loud humming sound, shining brighter than the morning sun. Giant rings emitted from the crown, and started to swoop down around Sunset's body.

A giant burst of energy engulfed her body, and fired up into the sky, creating a giant dark storm cloud. The Rainbooms looked up from the loud explosion, and let out gasps.

"No... it can't be!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"She's got the power now..." Applejack sputtered.

"Thank you, Princess Obvious!" Fluttershy sneered.

"EVERYONE! EVACUATE!" Adagio yelled, instinctively.

Without question, all of the students and the staff began to flee from the stadium, trying to escape as quickly as possible. This was a situation they didn't want to be in and they knew things were bad now!

The beam grew brighter and brighter, it was almost like she was about to explode!

But as the flash grew brighter, the sounds began to die down, and the intense light died as well. When everyone looked back up, they were left in a commotion of shock and awe.

Sunset Shimmer wasn't Sunset Shimmer anymore. She wasn't even her normal self anymore! No more was the girl in the punk and mean looking clothes. Standing before them was a red raging she-demon. Her hair was still in the same flame-pattern as before, now with a fiery decorative dress, skin as red as blood, and claws that could cut through steel.

Sunset took one look at herself, and laughed maniacally.

"The power that I have dreamed of... and its all mine! FOREVER!!!"

Her laughing bellowed through the night sky, sending shivers to everyone's spine. The Rainbooms were more scared than Adagio and her friends in fact.

"Lets blow this Popsicle stand!" Rainbow called.

"Yeah, lets go!"

The Rainbooms rushed up the stairs, trying to escape for the exit; even pushing some of Adagio's friends off the side. Sunset however could see them trying to flee. Her left fist warmed up with energy, and raising her palm up, a giant ball of fire hit the front exit, forcing them all back.

"Oh you five aren't going anywhere!"

The five Rainbooms tried to flee again, but they couldn't. Giant auras of red encased their bodies, and forced them all to float up in the air. They hovered around Sunset Shimmer, each one of them. They struggled to move under the magic, but they couldn't. Sunset had all the power now, and they were nothing against her magic.

"Put them down, now!" Adagio ordered.

"Yes, please!" Rarity whined.

"I should have just shut you up from the start... but I have a better plan for all of you. You five wanted ultimate power, well now you're going to get it!"

The five of them were pushed together in one giant group, all scrunched up against each other, squeezing one another.

"W-W-What are you going to do to us?" Fluttershy asked, her face showing real fear.

"You'll see in a few seconds!"

Sunset's fists opened up and fired towards the group, encasing them all in a giant blue laser blast. The girls below gasped and watched in horror as Sunset perfected her magic on them. But what was she doing? Was she killing them? Was she gonna make them into something else?

A giant ball of energy and magic grew around the five girls, making it impossible for them to see what was going on inside. But just then, they saw something emerge out of the ball. What appeared to be a giant sharp toed heel, of an animal like figure. Then another one, just on the opposite end of the other leg.

But just then, the giant ball holding the girls inside vanished, and the ground was met with a giant slam. All nine of them turned their eyes down to look at what dropped, and all gasped. The Rainbooms did in fact drop; but they weren't the Rainbooms they knew anymore.

Five snake-like heads rose up, each one of them different from the others; mainly in color. Each of them had different colors on the heads and necks, but the rest of the body was different. Five heads, all connected to one chest; resembling that of a dragon head. Each of the heads had sharp fangs, snouts that could sniff out predators, and eyes as dark as coal. The creature stood up on four legs, each one of them having sharp toes that dug into the ground it stood on. Towering over Sunset Shimmer, and over the Song Of The Sea.

"What did you DO TO THEM!?" Adagio yelled.

"They aren't dead, my dear Adagio. I just brainwashed them and performed a spell on them, and become my new minion... Hydra!"

The five headed creature roared and let out bellowing howls out of each head.

"Adagio, I won't lie, I think we're over our heads now. WAY over our heads." Trixie shuddered.

"What do we do!?" Octavia asked.

Adagio's fingers snapped. "I have an idea. Aria, Sonata? Remember that trick we tried to perform back in times of Ancient Greece?"

"Yeah, what about--" Aria stopped. The thoughts and memories of that time resurfaced. She knew just what was going to say. "No! Absolutely not!"

"Adagio, I have to agree. We're not strong enough to hold it together, how do we know we'll last long?"

"Its different now. But I can't fight them alone, I need you two! Please!"

Aria and Sonata could tell she was serious. But they weren't too sure. They had never faced off against another giant magic creature before, never. But if they didn't do something about it, then they would all die.

"Alright, lets do this." Aria nodded.

"So Sirens, you have any last words to say to us?"

Adagio looked to her sisters, each of them gave a smirk. They looked back at Sunset Shimmer, a quiet chuckle escaping their lips.

"Why are you laughing? You should be terrified!"

Adagio chuckled some more.

"That form is awfully cute Sunset, what with the demon wings, the fiery skirt, and the teeth. But I have a feeling when my sisters and I combine together, that we're going to be quite--" Adagio's voice started to become more deeper than usual. And her eyes were voids of purple. "--BIGGER. THAN. YOU."

The three of their necklaces hummed in unison, and their eyes glowed together. All of them floated up into the air, just above the Hydra and demonic Sunset Shimmer. In a single flash of red light, the three of them were back to their Siren forms, hovering above.

Just outside the stadium, everyone was gasping and looking up to see the three sea-ponies that were up in the air.

"What are those things!?"

"Where did they come from!?"

The three Sirens glared down at Sunset Shimmer and the Hydra. Both of them slowly backing away from the three forms. What were they going to do now?

Adagio began to float higher, and she started to fly around in a circular formation, above the stadium. Aria followed behind her, close behind her tail fins. Sonata was last to follow, her finally finishing the circle that the three of them had made.

All three of them spun in a circle, and they were going faster and faster and faster! The wind started to pick up as they spun, and all three of them were glowing with intensity. The red gems on their hearts all hummed, and before they knew it, the three gems all fired beams that connected to one another. The beams were bright, and this time, a giant ball of energy encased around the three Sirens.

Everyone didn't look away. Their eyes were too focused on the Sirens to even think about anything else. But they didn't see anything. Nothing was happening, there was just a bright ball of light hovering above.

Shrugging it off with a scowl, Sunset floated above Trixie and her friends, with her fists ready to shoot them.

"Perhaps I should make all of you my new minions. Or better yet... you all die."

The ground shook with a giant thud. Sunset looked behind the girls to see where the thud came from, and her pointed ears and wings drooped. The girls all turned their heads to look back, and gasped. Not with fear, but with joy.

Behind them was a giant beast. Standing on two legs, held a beast with sharp claws in its arms. A long tail connected with some fish fins hung behind. In the middle of its heart was a giant red gem that continued to hum. But the one detail they picked up on the most, was at the top. Three heads, all were looking down at them. All three heads, which were exactly like the Sirens' true heads in shape and size.

Adagio was in the middle, Aria was on the left, and Sonata was on the right. And on their back was a giant fin that could cut through the stadium walls if they wished.

A three headed monster rounding up the same size as the Hydra, crushed the bleachers and seats with the weight of its feet. But it didn't care, it was the least of the beasts priority. Instead, the three heads all jolted down towards the lower ground, and roared as loud as they could, their sounds sending echoes throughout the entire land they sat on.

Trixie could only smirk as she saw the three-headed form standing behind them. This was going to be great...

Chapter 28: Higher And Higher

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Chapter 29: You'll Never Take Me Down

Author's Note

This is a bit of a mess. I'm going to be honest, this feels like a giant mess. I tried to make sense with what I could, and I do have some explanation reserved for the next chapter. But for now, I hope you will be able to indulge in what is shown here.

And I hope you enjoy it! :twilightsmile:

Chapter 29: You'll Never Take Me Down

"NO!!!!"

Trixie's cry of horror echoed all throughout. She watched as her dearest friend fall to the ground, collapsing from the sheer pressure of the pain. What seemed like a few minutes turned into seconds as she watched the battle. The Dazzlings' giant made the ground tremor and shake when it had fallen.

Trixie and the girls upon instant, all ran towards the fallen hybrid, completely ignoring Sunset Shimmer. Sunset didn't focus on them either. She was too busy looking back at the horrified students who witnessed the fight.

Trixie felt the side of Adagio's sea-pony head, trying to check for any pulse.

"Please, Adagio! You got to get up! You can't die!"

The girls were shaking and trembling. They couldn't be dead, could they? With no sounds, they could almost feel as if they were just... gone. But wait.

The red gem on their chest... it began to glow! It was humming with intensity, until a bright flash of light blinded their eyes. It only lasted for a second, and then it was gone. Looking back, they found the three Dazzlings had split apart from the combined monster, and were back in their normal biped forms. Well, normal to them.

Trixie leaned over to Adagio, holding her close. She noticed that the attacks that Sunset had done to them combined had carried onto the others. On the right side of Adagio's face, there were a few visible slash marks that looked as if a knife had drawn on her face.

"Come on, you can't be gone! Please, Adagio!"

Trixie leaned down, and put her ear to her chest. She could hear a soft beat from within, making her sigh in relief. Thank goodness, she wasn't dead.

"Trixie, I think we have bigger problems right now!" Octavia panicked.

Everyone gasped when they felt the ground shake. The sounds of an explosion hit their ears, and they could easily guess the source of the attack. Sunset Shimmer blew an entire gaping hole in the entrance of the school, and several of the students were fleeing in terror.

"What do we do!?" Vinyl panicked.

Trixie looked around. What could they do? The Dazzlings were down, and there was only the six of them left. How could they combat a beast like that? But wait.

They turned their heads back to the Dazzlings. All of them were slowly moaning in pain, but they were getting off the ground. Pulling themselves up slowly, they tried to walk to the girls. Sonata was limping, Aria held onto her right arm, and Adagio?

Adagio pulled herself up, and she held onto her right eye, covering it from the pain.

"Did... did we win?" Adagio moaned.

"Not yet, I'm afraid." Vinyl responded fast.

"We don't know what to do!" Lyra panicked.

"Can you girls still sing?"

"No, forget it. They can't face her in the condition they're in!" Bon Bon said.

Adagio's hand slowly moved away from her eye, but she kept it closed. She looked at them with a weak smile, and showed her red gem around her neck which was still in one piece.

"I may not be moving fast girls, but I can still sing."

"Me too." Aria replied.

"Lets finish this fight." Sonata nodded.

"But how?"

Trixie tapped her foot, trying to think of something, anything!

"Wait! I have an idea. It may not be enough, but its all we got!" Trixie said.

"What? What's the plan?"

Trixie looked at Vinyl.

"Vinyl, pull your car around, fast. You have any special features in it?"

"Yeah! I have a working sound stage built into that car."

"Then get it, fast!"

With fast movement, Vinyl pulled her car around and parked it near the Wondercolt statue. With a flick of a button, the entire car began to change its shape. Its wheels folded away, revealing sets of mega-watt speakers. Strobe lights began to dance, and several hooks and panels to connect the instruments unfolded.

"So, what's your big plan again, maestro?" Vinyl asked.

"We distract her long enough for everyone to escape. I know we're asking for suicide here, but we don't have anything else to use."

The girls all gasped.

"But, if we stay and play then--"

"--We'll die!" Lyra cried.

"I know its a lot to ask. And you don't have to say yes. But right now, I can't see any of our classmates fall into her hands." Trixie said, sounding bold. "I'm going to help save our friends... even if I have to die to stop her."

Trixie turned her head back to the ensuing chaos. She waited for her friends to start walking away, leaving. Was she going to have to face them all by herself?

A hand touched her shoulder. Trixie looked to her left, and was greeted by Adagio's smile.

"If you're going to face her, then I want to too."

Trixie smiled back. Behind her, she could see the other two sisters nearby. They were attempting to stand as best as they could, even in spite of their injuries.

"Girls. If this is our last fight together--"

They looked back at Octavia who was walking with them, holding her electric guitar.

"--Then I'd be happy to die with you."

"Me too." Vinyl said, holding her violin.

"Make it three." Bon Bon said, twirling her drumsticks.

"I want in!" Lyra said, clutching her flute.

"Mind if the retro-geek joins?" Amethyst grinned, holding her key-tar.

Without even realizing it, the Dazzlings' gems began to glow. Each one of them glowed brighter and brighter, and a mist began to hit the air. The girls looked down, and noticed the same purple mist as before, going right up into their gems.

"Wait, what the--?"

"Girls. I believe you've given us the fighting chance again." Adagio smirked, slowly opening up her other eye with as much as she could.

Octavia and Vinyl looked back at Trixie with shocked looks.

"You planned this all along, didn't you?"

"Actually... no." Trixie admitted.

"Well then girls, lets finish this fight!"

"Agreed. Oh and by the way..." Trixie let the magician's cloak drop to the floor, and a serious look graced her eyes and mouth. "I want to sing this time."

Adagio gave a sly smirk. "When did you get so bold all of the sudden?"

"More of a convenience, really." Aria rolled her eyes.

"Ahem. Lets do this later!"

Bon Bon's drums twirled in her hands. She began to hit the drums, beginning a beat. Everyone else's instruments began to play music, everyone adding their own piece to the song that was starting. With a determined face, Trixie held the microphone in her hand, and looked up at Sunset Shimmer who was staring down at the girls.

You're never gonna bring me down
You're never gonna break this part of me
My friends are here to bring me 'round
Not singing just for popularity

Adagio Dazzle, feeling a bit of her strength returning, stood next to Trixie, joining her in her song.

We're here to let you know
That we won't let it go

All of their voices combined together, creating an orchestral of music and singing.

Our music is a bomb and it's about to blow

Sunset's palms opened up again, and using all of her might, she fired two giant beams towards the girls. The girls braced themselves, waiting for when they would feel the pain of the blast. But... they never felt it. No pain, no bad feeling, no nothing.

Everyone looked around, looking in awe of the sight. A glowing bright aura of magic was covering the girls, protecting each of them from the blast. Not only that, Trixie, Amethyst, Lyra, Bon Bon, Vinyl, and Octavia were all glowing. Each one of them were glowing brightly.

"W-W-WHAT!?" Sunset yelled.

Trixie looked up at the magic shield. But noticed something else. The blue jewel that was in the crown on Sunset's head was glowing. More brightly in doing so.

And you can try to fight
But we have got the light of--

Everyone joined together.

Friendship on our side!
Got the music in our hearts
We're here to blow this thing apart
And together, we will never
Be afraid of the dark

A small beam burst down through the shield, and it hit Trixie's heart. She began to glow even brighter than before, and everyone's eyes ogled her as she began to transform. A set of blue pony ears sprouted from her head, a long lustrous ponytail extended down from her back, and a pair of blue wings sprouted.

The same beam began to bounce off the other five girls, all of them changing just like Trixie. Pairs of pony ears and long pony-tails hung from the back of their heads, almost touching the ground. The Dazzlings all shared proud grins of excitement and wonder.

Here to sing our song out loud
Get you dancing with the crowd

With more love filling the air, and more powering the gems around their necks, the Dazzlings began to change as well. All three of them grew a set of pony ears as well, with additional pony-tails, and the fin-wings on their backs as well.

As the music of our friendship
Survives, survives!

All of the girls in a midst of their singing, began to float. They all were hovering off the ground, standing in a superhero team like formation, all hands linked together and holding one another.

Got the music in our hearts
We're here to blow this thing apart
And together, we will never
Be afraid of the dark

Sunset had no idea what to do now. Her magic beams weren't doing any harm, but were instead helping them. What could she do now?

Here to sing our song out loud
Get you dancing with the crowd

Sunset was about to move, until she noticed the girls were getting brighter and brighter. Magical beams were humming from each one of their bodies, all in synchronous harmony.

"Oh no..."

As the music of our friendship
Survives, survives, survives!

All the beams fired at once, hitting Sunset Shimmer. She shrieked as loud as possible as she felt all of their combined magic striking her at the core. And as she was hit, the light from all of the magic just grew brighter and brighter, blinding everyone around. It was so bright it was impossible to make out what was even there now.

All of the staff and students covered their faces from the bright light, hearing the intense battle outside.

Just as the flash grew brighter, Sunset watched as the crown she wore on her head escaped her, and dropped to the ground with a clank. The demonic form began to wash away, and become absorbed the magic, melting away. Then as the screams grew louder, the light grew brighter. Until a small burst of sound echoed through the land, the screams began to die down. The light vanished into thin air, and the land went quiet. Everything was still. Absolutely still.

Chapter 30: We're Free

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Chapter 31: We're Home

Author's Note

Don't go away folks! We've still got some extras for ya! I still got some more juicy stuff in here, and I want to show you all.

So enjoy this chapter, but be on guard for when the final two chapters will arrive. :twilightsmile:

Chapter 31: We're Home

Saturday, 8:00

Everyone went to court just like they said they would. No one did like having to get up early on a Saturday, but for a case like this, they had to get up. A good chunk of students were in the courtroom, with some adults included. Most of the adults were parents of the teenagers that were traumatized, but there were also some who just went to the court regularly.

On one side was Sunset Shimmer who sat by her lonesome, while on the other side there was... everyone else.

Adagio Dazzle sat in the prosecutor's chair, dressed in a business outfit. In addition, there was an eye patch put over her right eye, covering up the slash mark she had received from the fight from yesterday. But sitting in chairs behind Adagio were the five Rainbooms. She was speaking on their behalf in this court case.

"Miss Sunset Shimmer," The judge said, "The charges against you are serious. Do you have anything to say in your defense?"

Sunset snarled, not saying a word.

"Miss Shimmer, if you have something to say, speak up."

Sunset sighed. "The only thing I have to say is that Adagio Dazzle and those sisters of hers, are nothing but monsters from history who are the reason all of this has happened."

If the court could snort and chuckle, they would. But now wasn't the time.

The judge sighed, scrunching his head.

"After assessing all of the evidence given to me, I have come to a conclusion. Sunset Shimmer, for your crimes that you have been accused of; grand theft, breaking and entering, reckless driving, endangerment of those around you, assault and battery, larceny, vandalism, and blackmail... I find you guilty as charged."

The judge's gavel slammed, emphasizing his statement.

"For all of your crimes, I sentence you to thirty years in prison. May the day you are released, you will have become a better human than you have been in the past few years."

The guards grabbed Sunset's arms, raising her up from her chair, beginning to take her away. Not that she could, since her hands were cuffed together. But just before she was taken out of the room, she looked back at Adagio with a death look.

"I'll be back one day Adagio. Only you won't live to see to see the next day, immortal. My revenge will be nothing compared to what you and your family had been through."

The guards escorted her away, leaving everyone else to attend the other matters.

"Miss Adagio Dazzle."

Adagio looked up, facing the judge.

"You're here in this court, speaking on the behalf of the five students behind you; Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity. They have committed crimes alongside Sunset Shimmer, and while their crimes aren't as large as the acts Sunset has committed, there have been several complaints against them for their vicious acts. Do you have anything to say in their defense?"

Adagio nodded. "Your Honor, as hard as this may be sounding, I believe that these five girls aren't as corrupted as Sunset. The reason they performed these crimes is because Sunset Shimmer had blackmailed them into doing her bidding, in addition, harming and threatened their families as an extra case of leverage."

The judge listened. "Go on."

"Well, your Honor, I think these girls should be given a lighter sentence. There's no denying that what they did was wrong, but I do believe they can be redeemed. I would like to propose that their sentence to be... community service. They won't have to go to jail, but they will still need to go to school and make amends for everything they have done."

The judge leaned back slightly, taking in her proposal. After a moment or two, he leaned back up and looked her in the eye.

"I find your proposal to be quite fair. And balanced. Very well, Miss Dazzle. They will be sentenced to community service, so they may make amends to those they've hurt and become better humans in our society. Case dismissed."

The judge's gavel slammed, finishing his sentence.

Once his sentence was done, everyone began to rise from their chairs, getting ready to leave and head home. The case was done, they were finished. Quite surprising as well, seeing how fast it was going. Adagio got up from her chair, and just before leaving, she turned her head to the Rainbooms who called her.

"You... you really did that?" Applejack asked.

"But why would you stand up for us?" Pinkie asked.

Adagio gave them a smile. "Because I know you girls have something that Sunset doesn't have."

"And... what's that?" Rainbow Dash asked.

Adagio paused, letting them wait for a moment or two.

"Remorse for your actions."

Adagio gave them a little wink, and slowly started to walk away. She had no need to watch them, for now that is. Her hips swayed side to side as she was about to leave the room. But just before leaving, she looked over her shoulder and gave them a sly grin.

"Just remember... I'm watching you." Adagio winked.

With that being said, she walked out of the courtroom, allowing them to take in what had been said.

Monday, 8:00

The Dazzlings stood outside of Canterlot High School. The damages were still visibly seen, but thankfully there was some paths made so students could still get inside without hurting themselves. And there have been some construction signs and fences around to block all of the destroyed walls.

Adagio looked back to her sisters, who both had shared bandages on their bodies. Aria's right arm had some bandages wrapped around her skin, trying to cover up several of her scars. Poor Sonata on the other hand now had to move on a single crutch, having broken her foot.

"Its going to take weeks for that this place to be back in shape." Aria moaned.

"And how do you propose we solve that, Miss Grumpy-pants?" Sonata asked.

"Girls. None of you need to worry, I have an idea." Adagio said.

"And that is?"

Adagio turned around to look at them both, sharing a grin.

"I have my ways."

Aria and Sonata scowled.

"You're not going to tell us, are you?"

"Not now that is!" Adagio giggled.

She started to walk towards the school, Aria and Sonata slowly following behind.

"You're really mean, you know that!?" Aria yelled ahead.

"I know, I know." Adagio replied, not even caring.

Upon entering the hallways, they were met with a few new surprises this time around. The students weren't angry, bitter, in fear, or scared for their lives. Everyone was actually very optimistic. More than usually, actually.

"Hey, its the Dazzlings!"

All three of them stopped and froze in place. A dozen eyes were now staring at them. But they weren't afraid. These faces were friendly, and they were actually being kind to them.

"Um, hi, everyone!" Sonata said, trying to wave hi at them.

"Buenos dias, senorita Sonata." One of the students said.

"You girls alright?"

Adagio nodded. "Yes, we're fine. In spite of the strange events that had just happened, I assure you, we're all fine."

"Sweet!"

"Great!"

"So, we'll see you three around then?"

The Dazzlings nodded.

"Great! See you around!"

Once everyone cleared away, it allowed the girls to continue to try and head to their lockers. First stop; Adagio's.

"So, you really think the Rainbooms should be given a second chance?" Aria asked.

"Yes, I do. And knowing them, I have a feeling they can be better." Adagio sighed. "I do wish Sunset took my hand when I offered it..."

Aria moved to the side of her older sibling, and gave her a side hug. Adagio smiled, and hugged her younger sister back.

"I'm really sorry Adagio. I know you wanted to give her the second chance but... not everyone can change. And I don't think Sunset Shimmer is ever going to change."

Adagio sighed. "I understand."

"But you know something? The fact you still try to keep hope after one thousand years is really amazing of you." Sonata smiled.

Adagio grinned at the youngest. "Thanks Sonata." She ruffled up the top of Sonata's hair, making her giggle. Adagio opened up her locker, pulling out her belongings. And in addition, a small letter fell down as well.

She grabbed it and looked at it.

"The Rainbooms?"

She opened it up, and she read the letter.

Dear Adagio Dazzle, Sonata Dusk, and Aria Blaze

We're afraid of speaking to you in person, but for the time being, we wanted you to read this letter. The girls and I have been talking and after giving it some thought, we'd like to try and be better people. We won't deny that we owe you three and everyone else a lot of apologies, but we're going to do everything we can to make it up to you. We promise.

Signed,

Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy.

A small smile was visible on her face for a second. Aria let out a soft giggle.

"What?" Adagio asked.

"Sorry, just the idea. Heh, imagine. Good Rainbooms."

"Kind of hard to believe, isn't it?" Sonata asked.

Adagio looked at her sisters with a deadpan look.

"What?"

"That's not funny, Aria."

"Yeah it is!" Aria snapped.

"No, its not. It makes no sense whatsoever, what's even the context here?" Adagio said, slamming her locker shut.

"Well, its... ugh, never mind." Aria rolled her eyes.

"Hey girls?"

The Dazzlings turned around, looking to where the source came from. Approaching them was no one other than Amethyst Star. But shockingly, Amethyst looked... different. She didn't look like what they remembered her by. She wasn't wearing any of the dated clothing that they expected. They found Amethyst in a pair of jeans that only extended to her knees, a white tank top, and two neon blue fingerless gloves to cover up her purple hands. Her hair was still the same as usual, but everything else had been completely changed.

"Amy?" Aria asked.

"Whoa..." Sonata gasped.

"Amethyst, you look gorgeous!" Adagio beamed.

Amethyst's cheeks turned red. "No, I don't..."

"Don't try to deny it, you look absolutely gorgeous. I have a good feeling all the boys would be falling head over heels for you right now."

Amethyst blushed even harder.

"How come you're not wearing the 80s gear?" Aria asked.

"Well... I gave it some thought and, to be honest, I don't think it'd be good if I wore that all the time. I figure, why not save that for Friday's, as a special occasion."

Adagio smiled. "Well either way Amethyst, you're still beautiful no matter how you look. Dated 80s fashion, or not."

Amethyst grinned. "Thanks. Where are the others?"

"Oi!"

Octavia came sliding down the hall, her heels grinding to a screeching halt.

"Good to see you girls, back on your feet once again! I knew not even a monster battle could keep you down!" Octavia grinned, extending her hand into a rock and roll symbol.

"I too, cannot express how marvelous it is to see you three back to your spring. The entire school has been talking about you!" Vinyl said, entering in as well.

"But we just got here." Sonata said with confusion.

"True, but when we got here, that's all we heard. And its not you just you three, they're talking about us as well! In a good way, I mean... Oh dear, what is wrong with me?" Vinyl said.

"Nothing's wrong Vinyl! Enjoy the fame, I say indulge in it!" Adagio clamored. "Enjoy the fame and glory, I think you all are more than deserving of some praise."

"Hey girls!"

Across the hall came Bon Bon this time, appearing to be skating down the hallway in a blue dress like the one she wore the night they battled. She performed a small spin, keeping the silver platter in her hand without dropping it. On the platter, there was some chocolate chip cookies all around, all appeared to be fresh and steaming.

"Morning everyone! I thought about making some cookies to start up the day!"

"Oooh, cookies!" Sonata grinned.

Everyone grabbed a cookie off a plate, taking a bite into them.

"Say, where's Lyra and Trixie?"

"Right here!"

A small puff of smoke exploded behind the girls. Manifesting out of thin air appeared to be Trixie and Lyra. Trixie was back in her usual clothes, while Lyra was dressed back in her Japanese kimono.

"Mind if we get a cookie?"

Trixie and Lyra weighed their hands in, both grabbing cookies off the platter.

"Trixie, its so good to see you!" Adagio surprised her with a big hug.

"Whoa, whoa!" Trixie said, giggling. "You okay Adagio?"

"I am. I'm glad to see you're back to your good old spunky self again."

Lyra grinned. "Me too!"

Awkward silence fell on the girls.

"So... you three going to stay here after all then?" Trixie asked.

"Are you kidding? Why would we leave? We're home!" Adagio said, sounding official.

"Yeah, but, if that portal goes back to Equestria then..."

"Girls. I have a feeling we're not going to be going back there anytime soon. Besides, why would we go back there when we have all of you?" Adagio said, roping them together for a big hug.

Everyone just smiled and joined in for the group hug. After all that they had been through, through all of the struggles and the pain... they were finally together again. They were friends. And with the biggest jerks in the school finally dealt with, and a criminal in jail; things were definitely going to be looking better now.

Just in a few seconds, the bell rung rapidly.

"Oh no, we got to get to class!" Trixie said.

"Come on girls, lets go!" Lyra said, leading them away. But she noticed three weren't moving quite yet. "Adagio? You three coming?"

"Yeah, just give us a sec!"

The girls made a turn around another hallway, leaving the three immortals alone. The three of them watched as their friends started to go to their classes. Smiles were the only things on their faces, and their hearts melted inside. No fear, no hate, no worry. They were free. They were happy.

"Girls... welcome home."

THE END

An Open Thank You Letter

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Bonus: Bloopers!

Author's Note

There are some random bloopers, but also, within there was some stuff I did plan on writing in the story, but it was either too weird, too much, or just unneeded. So now you guys get to see some bits of unadded stuff that didn't make it in as well.

Thank you all so much for reading this story, and be sure you keep your eye out. I've got stuff planned in the future for this universe. :raritywink:

Bonus: Bloopers!

"Okay, places please!"

"Speed."

"Marker."

"And... action."

Adagio Dazzle busted the door open in her room, standing in the hallway, triumphantly. She had her clothes picked out for the day, and she was ready to go! But--

"Cut!"

Adagio was confused.

"What? What's wrong?"

The director sighed.

"Adagio. The outfit you have on right now?"

"What? Its a skin-tight outfit that hugs my body in the most uncomfortable way to make me look hotter than usual. I thought it's what I was supposed to wear." Adagio said.

"Adagio. That's not what I said."

"You didn't say..." Adagio realized what he meant and a snarl escaped her mouth. "Aria!"

"You actually fell for it!" Aria laughed off-screen.

"Cut!"

The three sisters walked into the main foyer of the school, looking around on the inside. Unfortunately...

"Sonata?" Aria whispered.

"I have no idea what I'm supposed to say!" Sonata chuckled. "Does anyone have a script?"

"You know, with a name like Trixie Lulamoon... its gotta make you wonder who we're talking to."

"How so?" Sonata asked.

"Aria, I think you're overthinking this." Adagio said. "I'm positive Trixie could be as sweet as a kitten."

"Meow." Trixie called ahead.

The three girls halted in awkward silence.

"Wait, what?

*BLOOP*

"I'm positive Trixie could be as sweet as a kitten."

"How so?" Sonata asked.

"Well, maybe she purrs whenever she's rubbing against you, or sleeps on the shelf or... something I don't know, I forgot my line again!" Adagio groaned.

*BLOOP*

"I'm positive Trixie could be as sweet as a kitten."

"... What if she's got some weird obsession with food that we have to put up with?" Aria asked.

Trixie came out of the hallway and stood before them. But she didn't greet them like she was supposed to next. In her hand was a small plate of waffles, and she was eating from said plate. She looked at them for a few seconds, and spoke after swallowing her food.

"Pancakes--oh I blew it, I'm sorry." Trixie said, walking off to the side.

The Dazzlings giggled, and they could hear the staff and other cast members off the set laughing.

"You nut, get out of town!" Sunset called out.

"I'm sorry." Trixie laughed.

Rarity watched as Trixie took the Dazzlings down the hallway, smirking at them despicably. She held up a phone to her ear and whispered.

"Sunset, I think you'll want to hear this. We have some new friends joining us here at school..."

"Um, I think you have the wrong number..."

Rarity's cheeks went red and she chuckled a bit. "Oh, sorry!" She quickly hung up, looking at everyone around who was laughing.

"My fault, I'm so sorry. I'm usually a professional at this, but apparently not."

The two walked over to Adagio's locker which was parked right next to Trixie's locker, and Adagio began to swivel the combination lock around, ready to unlock it. But as the two stood, they heard a very strange noise. They stopped for a moment and heard a very strange sound... But it wasn't the sound of hissing.

G.I.JOE! G.I.JOE is there!

Adagio blinked and chuckled nervously.

"Sorry! I had that set on repeat again! Oops."

"Lyra, tell Bon Bon I think we just found another girl for our little social group. She's an absolute sweetheart, and I think she just might be the one..."

Vinyl hung up, and once she finished her call, she started to finish her song.

"Because I'm the friend you--BELCH!"

Vinyl cupped her mouth, and her cheeks went red. Adagio and Aria just giggled.

"Sorry! I think I chugged down that Cooler Cola." Vinyl blushed.

"I don't know, I try talking to them about it but they don't like talking about it. They don't like each other very well and that's all I know." Trixie said.

Adagio scratched her chin, thinking.

"I see."

Trixie's eyes glanced to the side and she let out a gasp and looked away.

"Oh my gosh, don't look!"

Adagio didn't listen and looked. A smirk hit her face.

"Oh hey, its Songbird Serenade! Hi!"

"Hey Adagio!" She called just off to the side.

"How you been doing?"

"Pretty good, pretty good. Wait, I think I'm on the wrong set."

"I think your music video's on Studio number 4! You wandered on the wrong one."

"Oops! My bad!"

Adagio shook her head. "Oy... You people need to read signs, those are surprisingly helpful."

"Well, that explains the fiery hairstyle. Very attractive by the way." Adagio said slyly.

Sunset's eyes blinked before furling. "What are you getting at?"

"I'm just pointing out your attractiveness. Is it wrong to do such a thing?" Adagio asked innocently.

"You're playing with me, aren't you?"

"Yes, isn't it obvious?" Adagio asked.

"Yeah it is, but I'm not really bright." Sunset bluntly stated.

"True, true."

Sonata began to slide down the railing down the set of stairs of the penthouse. Perfectly balanced, she was about to ready her legs to stick a landing. Sadly, just as she was about to land at the last few seconds, her body fell backwards and she landed on her back, hitting the hard plywood floor.

"Cut! Oh my gosh, Sonata, are you okay!?"

Sonata didn't say a thing. All she did was raise her hand up, giving a thumbs up.

"Okay, someone get a nurse, on the set, stat!"

Sonata's hand knocked on the front door of Vinyl's house. Only a few taps, and eventually someone would answer the door right?

She knocked the door again, waiting for an answer. But she stopped when she heard a very weird creaking sound. She backed away slowly, bracing herself for anything to happen. But instead, she watched as the front door started to fall inwards. It creaked down and it slammed right onto the floor, in the middle of the main foyer.

"Um..."

"Cut! I told you to fix that door guys, why didn't you fix it!?"

"We were on coffee break!"

Sonata shook her head. "This is going to take forever..."

She swiped her hands over the touch screen, and she hit play on a song.

Take my breath away...

"Ugh, no, wrong one..." she muttered to herself. She swiped again, praying she found the right one.

Wake me up, before you go-go--

"--No!"

Another swipe.

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down--

"Geez how hard is it to find!?"

Savin' the day, savin' the day!

Amethyst facepalmed, then swiped again.

I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world!

"Okay, who put that on there!?"

Off to the side, she could see Adagio laughing.

"It was me!"

"Its not funny, Adagio!"

"In what universe would I be wearing something so flashy and... well, how do I put this, uh... tight?"

"I... huh." Trixie blanked. "I don't know."

Trixie whispered into Adagio's ear, but all Adagio's face read was a look of fear.

"Why would I do that!?"

"I'm just saying, that's what I see if you wore that outfit." Trixie blushed.

Adagio slowly shook her head, but a sly smirk came on her face. "Oh you..."

"You know girls, I have a novel way to take care of this fight." Aria smirked.

"Really?"

"Yep!" Aria said.

10 Minutes Later

"What are you doing?

Aria showed up a few moments later, holding up a water hose.

"Oh I wanted to do this to someone ever since our downstairs neighbor got loud." Aria said, holding up the hose.

"Bad idea." Sonata shook her head, sounding uninterested.

"I doubt it."

She pressed on the trigger, firing water out of the nozzle. But the blast was so powerful, it shot Aria off her feet and on her back, pushing her far away from her sisters, sending her sliding on the ground right around the rest of the mall.

"Should we go after her?" Sonata asked.

"Yes, yes we should."

"You never once bothered to say, 'Hey, sorry, I don't like your music, I can't come'. Typical of you!"

"Do you really think I hate your music?"

"Well you never--OW OW OW!!!"

Adagio yanked Octavia and Vinyl by their hair, her teeth seething and snarling.

"Listen up and listen up good. I am sick and tired of hearing you two fight, and while I don't know what happened between you two, we're finding out right now and for the record, I'm about to screw up my line in a few seconds cause I didn't take the time to remember it, so we're going to do this scene again! Okay?"

"Okay, so from what I understand there appears to be a big chain of hatred that's connecting to all of you. Sonata, can you connect all the dots here?"

"Yep!"

Sonata pulled out the few sheets of paper, and a few crayons to draw on.

"Okay so Vinyl and Octavia don't like each other anymore, yet they're both friends with Trixie. Trixie is not liked by Amethyst, Lyra, and Bon Bon, but is liked by Octavia and Vinyl. Amethyst is secretly dating Octavia, and is--no wait. Wait hold on, sorry, sorry..."

Amethyst facepalmed. "Seriously?"

Sonata's cheeks went red. "I wanted to have some fun with this."

Outside of the penthouse balcony at the Dazzlings, Aria Blaze and Amethyst Star were taking some much needed R&R. The stress of everything that happened over the few days with the Rainbooms were stressing them out and they needed some much needed relief. So what to do? Sit in a bubbling hot tub!

"Oh this feels soooo good..." Amethyst said, sighing and leaning her head back against the side.

"I know right?" Aria asked, moving her arms behind her head.

"Aria, thank you so much for letting me use this. This feels great!"

"Its not a problem Amethyst." Aria chuckled. "Glad to see you're enjoying yourself."

"Yeeaaaahhhh..."

A moment after Amethyst sighed, she started to giggle. A little more so than usually.

"Oh stop it!" Amethyst laughed.

"What?" Aria asked, confused.

"Oh, you!" Amethyst giggled some more. "C-Come on, s-stop that!"

"Amethyst, I'm not even doing anything." Aria said, with a deadpan look.

Rising out of the water really fast, was a giant ball of flat limp and orange hair. The sight of it made Amethyst and Aria scream at the top of their lungs, seeing it rise out of the water. Turning around, they saw a snorkel mask underneath some of the limping hair, and underneath it was the face of Adagio Dazzle. She removed the breathing tube from her mouth, and moved the hair from her eyes.

"Hi girls."

Both of them let out a lighter scream than before. But then Adagio pulled a small stick out from the bottom of the tub, and raising it up, showed a fish that had been speared through a stick.

"Dinner?"

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"

"No, no, nothing! Its nothing!" Sunset said, trying to act as innocent as possible.

Adagio smirked. "See you around Shimmer. I guess I'll see you later today with everyone else. We're all working on this big showcase together, aren't we?"

Adagio moved away from Sunset, and started walking down the hallway. Sunset could see Adagio intentionally swaying her hips side to side as she left the main hall. She looked behind her shoulder back at Sunset, and gave a little wink that reeked of seduction, flashing an alluring grin.

"So, see you tonight, Miss Shimmer?"

Sunset's cheeks were red, and she snickered. "I'm sorry... I can't do this!"

Adagio giggled herself. "I love being seductive."

"We're all going to be on our own board, and will most likely have to face off against the other students. Chances are they will have just as equal talent as we are. Which leads us to my question..."

Adagio flipped the board around. But instead of showing a Chinese dragon as it was supposed to show, there were several tagged pictures of Trixie and Adagio meshed together. All of the pictures looked as if they were actually a couple.

"What the?"

Off to the side, some of the staff members could be heard giggling.

"Oh, really funny guys!" Adagio giggled, holding her head. "Geez, I thought we were working with professionalism."

"Okay, I'm gonna warn you right now... what I've seen is really really REALLY weird! This is a photo of them when they first got here at CHS," Pinkie said, slapping a photo on the table, "But this one... Oh boy."

"What?"

Pinkie looked at them dead in the eye.

"I found this picture of them from a really cool Hollywood magazine in the 80s!"

"Cut! Pinkie, that's not what you're supposed to show them!"

"I know!"

Applejack shook her head. "Try again?"

"Adagio, Aria, Sonata and...Tea... Tea bege, uh... Tea beige.. gu?" Trixie stuttered.

"Its pronounced Tibbagu!"

"Oh! My bad!" Trixie blushed. "Sorry! I didn't mean to butcher the Japanese language. Oh, I just offended so many people I just know it..."

"Okay, I... I can do this. Alright, so you all know we've been here for a really, really, really, really, really, reaaaalllly long time. And this is going to sound insane, but there's a perfectly good reason for that."

Lyra gasped. "You're aliens from another planet!?"

Adagio scowled. "No."

"You're changelings who can take on the form of anyone you want."

"No."

"Demons from the underworld who've been around for hundreds of years?" Bon Bon asked.

"No."

"Robots from the future sent back in time and had been stuck in the past years?" Amethyst queried.

"No."

"A race of a part eagle part pony hybrids who escaped to the sea?"

"Nope."

"A mad scientist who's from the future who changed history?"

"No."

"A killer balloon."

"Are you girls done?"

"No. Are you actually an enchantress?

Adagio moaned and held her head.

10 Minutes Later

The girls were all huddled around a wooden and metallic treasure chest that was engraved with Adagio's graphic insignia. It was her calling card after all.

Adagio opened up the chest (which she unfortunately did not put a lock on) and looked in the bottom. Reaching in, she dug deep down, pulling an item out from it. What was intended to be a map was not, but was instead a toy boat.

"There's my bath toy!"

"What?" Trixie blanked.

*BLOOP*

Adagio dug deep into the chest, pulling out an item. What was intended to be a map was not, but instead was--

"Oh no! I forgot about that motel bill!" Adagio shrieked.

Adagio appreciatively smiled at her friends, and she pulled a box out. Opening up the chest, she revealed it to be nothing but lots of colorful and soft animal plushies.

"Oh, wait! Oh this is my plushie bin, oops." Adagio chuckled. "Actually... any of you want one?"

Adagio brushed the hair out of her eyes, and she let out a little purring sound at Sunset. Her right hand sliding up the locker, like rubbing massage oil over one's back at a spa.

"Come on Sunset... you know you want to..." She winked, smirking ever so alluring.

Sunset didn't say a word, but she just looked at Adagio with a blank face. She wasn't even sure how to respond.

"Aww, shy are we?" Adagio giggled. "No need to be... I can be all yours, if you just tell me your plan..."

"Uh..."

Adagio smirked, purring at Sunset. "Come on sweetness. What will it take a sexy girl like you to tell me your complicated diabolical plan?"

Sunset's cheeks turned even more red than before.

"You... You have issues."

Sunset grabbed Rainbow Dash and Applejack by the collars, and the other girls backed away, raising their arms up to surrender.

"You listen to me and listen to me good. You said yourself you wanted to have power unimaginable, and if you want it, you will do it, and I messed up my line, so we're doing it again!" Sunset said, letting go of them.

"Lets go kick their butts! We're going to save the world, and stop Sunset Shimmer once and for all! Amethyst?" Trixie called.

Amethyst grinned. "You got it!"

She raised up the microphone and spoke. Her voice echoed through the big speakers on the top of Vinyl's car.

"Alright ladies! We've got a monster to fight, lets get ready for a RUMBLE!!!"

As everyone was about to move, all of their heads turned to look at the three-headed monster behind them. The arms and the legs just limped down, like if the man inside that rubber suit wasn't even planning on going anywhere.

"Um... is there something wrong with Jim in there?"

"Oh dear god, I think he passed out!"

Trixie and Amethyst looked at each other with worried looks.

"Got em!" Lyra said, smiling as she held the pendents.

"And what about the crown?"

"Got that too!" Trixie yelled, racing towards the girls before tripping on a rock. She fell flat on her face, dropping the crown. "OW!"

*BLOOP*

"Got that too!" Trixie yelled, running again. Only this time, she hit her own feet and tripped again.

*BLOOP*

"Got that too!" Trixie yelled, trying to run for the third time. However, her hands accidentally let go of the crown which fell with a clank. "Dah, uh oh. Um, can I try again?"

Aria let out a soft giggle.

"What?" Adagio asked.

"Sorry, just the idea. Heh, imagine. Good Rainbooms."

"Kind of hard to believe, isn't it?" Sonata asked.

"Yeah, it is. I mean seriously, when's the likelihood of that ever happening? I mean what's next, are all three of us going to be evil? Am I just gonna be more grumpy than usual, is Sonata gonna have a taco obsession?"

"Okay, now you just ruined it." Sonata scowled.

"Ruin what?"

"You ruined the take for the third time Aria!" Adagio growled. "Ugh, I-I need to take a break for a moment. I'll be right back."

Aria and Sonata watched as she stomped off the set, looking more mad than ever.

"Geez, what crawled up her butt and died?" Aria asked.

"I think she's just mad that she doesn't have any romantic partner." Sonata said, shaking her head.

"I sincerely doubt that. She probably has tons of them. Know how many boys and girls she flirted with?"

Sonata took a moment or two.

"Uh... no."

Aria just groaned and slapped her forehead. "Sonata... you make it so hard sometimes..."

"CUT!"

Chapter 1: First Day!

Author's Note

I know Alternate Universe stories where the roles are reversed are overdone, but I wanted to give it a shot. I think it could be kind of interesting, and I really want to try it out.

Hope you guys enjoy!

Chapter 1: First Day!

5:55 AM, Monday.

The sun rose over the city of Canterlot. The month of September had already started, and for young adolescences, it meant the start of a new school year. Not everyone was excited to start school again, but others were a little excited. If it meant seeing old friends and acquaintances, then school would be right at home with them.

Canterlot City was big, not only homing several houses and smalls hops, but also huge skyscrapers. Some so big that was enough to look and see the entire town. And one of the biggest buildings in Canterlot was the Sweet Key Apartment complex. It had 10 floors, and four apartments on each floor. And all the way at the top, was just the penthouse with an outdoor balcony.

In one of the bedrooms, the sunlight shined through the window, casting a shadow of the window pane over the girl sleeping like a spider. Blankets were strewn all about in the bed, pillows had fallen off, and two socks were on the floor. This girl had many strange things in her room. A small TV mounted on a little table, that was straight across from the bed. A closet which had many articles of shirts and jackets hanging were wide open, exposing the clothes along with the pairs of shoes on the floor of the closet. A dresser with a few shut drawers, had sets of pictures on top of them, along with other strange items such as earrings, belt buckles, hair pins, and hair bands were all sitting on the dresser. A small desk which had a board for push pins had several pictures pinned on them, all scattered about.

And on the girl's nightstand was her alarm clock, fingerless gloves, a small necklace with a red ruby attached, and a singular picture. In the picture there was a photo of three girls together, who were making silly faces over in a carnival environment.

The alarm clock beeped, and an orange hand slapped the top of the clock, hitting the snooze button. A face that was buried in a pillow pulled up, and a pair of magenta colored eyes squinted and flinched at the morning light. She rubbed her eyes and a yawn escaped her mouth as she stretched her arms. Getting out of the bed, she put some slippers on and walked out of her bedroom.

After a quick stop to the bathroom, she walked back into her bedroom to get dressed. Several articles of clothing thrown later, she picked her clothing and stepped out of the bedroom with a beaming smile on her face. She was all dressed for the day and with the right clothing! If she wanted to make a first impression on her first day of school, she had to wear the right clothes!

She slipped purple heeled boots, lighter purple leggings with little triangles on them which were underneath a purple skirt with a musical note next to an orange diamond graphic all over, including a few dots. An orange band with a little ribbon kept the small dress tucked at the right proportion so it wouldn't be too poofy, and a light purple vest with the shoulder areas puffed up wrapped around her. Her hands wore light pink fingerless gloves, and a small orange headband kept the big orange hair out of her eyes.

"Adagio Dazzle, today's the day."

Adagio walked down the hallway, and made it to the other end where a small flight of stairs were over in a giant room. She and the two other roommates lived in the penthouse of the apartment complex, and they couldn't have been happier. They had enough money to afford the place, and no other resident was going to take it.

She sat on the edge of the railing, and she slid on down, landing on her feet as she reached the bottom of the stairs. Once she made it down, she was greeted with the smell of fresh pancakes and sizzling bacon. The smell of the food itself was enough to make her mouth water.

Around the corner, she did see someone making breakfast. A tone-blue skinned girl with her hair tied up in a ponytail, who wore a striped pink shirt, and a cute little blue tie hanging around her neck.

"Morning Adagio!" She called out with an adorable grin.

Adagio smiled. "Morning Sonata. So, you're the one cooking breakfast today?"

"Well, of course! You always cook breakfast, I thought it was my turn!" Sonata giggled. "Besides, I know how to cook!"

"If you say so." Adagio said, taking a seat at the counter on one of the chairs. "Is Aria not up yet?"

"No, and I was afraid if I used the airhorn on her, she'd try and kill me again." Sonata said.

"Sonata, you know she's just joking right? You're her sister, she's not going to do something like that."

"I know but, its never good when she's angry..." Sonata shuddered.

Adagio rolled her eyes and sighed. "I'll go wake up your sister, just save a pancake for me. Okay?"

"Okay!"

Adagio went back up the stairs and stood in front of the other bedroom door that was closed, which belonged to their sister, Aria Blaze.

Adagio knocked on the door.

"Aria, wake up."

"Nooooo...." Aria moaned.

"Aria, we have to be at school by 8:30 sharp, you can't avoid the first day."

"Adagio, I don't want to go! Everyone's just gonna be complete jerks like they were at Cloudsdale!"

Adagio rubbed her temples. "Aria, its not going to be like Cloudsdale. I checked the school website, Canterlot High school seems to have no similiarities to Cloudsdale."

"I don't care, nothing you say is gonna get me to go!"

Adagio scrunched her face and tapped her chin. How could she get her out of bed?

"You know... I heard that CHS has plenty of workout of equipment, including punching bags. And I know for a fact, they've got a soccer team. I bet they could use a player like you."

Adagio waited for a moment or two. But no sound came from her bedroom.

"Give me a few minutes, I just got to get dressed." Aria called out.

Adagio smirked. "Promise to be down in five minutes?"

Aria groaned on the other side. "Promise."

Adagio went back downstairs where Sonata was nearly done with breakfast. And Sonata was cheerfully singing along, as a song played on the radio, connected to her media player.

"Wake me up, before you go-go, don't leave hanging on like a yo-yo..." Sonata sang to herself. She flipped another pancake up in the air, and catching it right before it could make impact on the countertop. She set it down on a plate, and she passed the plate to Adagio who accepted it.

Eventually the two of them glanced to the side and watched as their sister, Aria Blaze came down the stairs. Aria had pink skin with her hair hanging on the back of her head in pigtails, and she had green streaks running through her violet hair. She wore a green coat that was buttoned up, over a white dress shirt whose collar was sticking out over the coat. A dark purple skirt with two big streams of white and green hovered over purple and white striped leggings, and her feet were covered by high-heeled boots.

"Morning Aria!" Sonata smiled.

Aria wanted to frown, but she couldn't find it in herself to frown to a cute face like Sonata's. She was always so happy, it was hard to stay mad.

"Morning Sonata." Aria gave a weak smile.

"You excited? Its our first day!"

Aria groaned. "Excited as a bag of rocks..."

"Aww, don't be so sad! We're gonna have fun! There might be some cute boys..." Sonata said in sing-song tone.

"Sonata, compared to all of the jerks back at Cloudsdale... I think not." Aria said. "The only reason I'm even coming is to maybe play some soccer."

"Aria, just try to let a little loose now and then, alright?" Adagio asked. "Its not going to be fun if you're grumpy all the time."

"I wouldn't be grumpy, if we weren't... you-know-what." Aria whispered.

Adagio rubbed her face. "Aria, please. Look, lets just try to make the best of this. We've been through bigger obstacles than this, I'm sure we can survive Canterlot High."

"If you say so..." Aria sighed.

Once the three sisters had their breakfast, they got all their things together and were ready to head out the door.

"So, you two ready to go?"

"Ready as I'll ever be." Aria replied.

"Can we take our jewels?" Sonata asked.

Both Adagio and Aria froze. Sonata just blinked out of confusion.

"W-What'd I say?" Sonata asked.

"Sonata, we're trying to fit in, we're not trying to feed off anyone." Aria said.

"But you don't know! They could have some!" Sonata said.

"As much as I'd agree with Aria, it'd probably be safe to have them just in case. We may never know if we'll need them or not. Sonata, if you could--"

"Already got them!" Sonata grinned, raising up three necklaces with red rubies on each of them.

Aria blinked and stared in silence for a few moments.

"Lets just go..."

Sonata tucked them away in her book bag, and she walked with her sisters out their door. After locking the door, the three walked down the hall and to the elevator. The doors opened up, and the three sisters walked inside, standing side by side.

"Canterlot High... here we come." Adagio smirked.

Chapter 12: What's So Wrong With A Friendly Competition?

The very next week at school, everyone was abuzz with some genuine excitement. This was the week of preparation for the big musical showcase at the end of the month. Only this week and the next to prepare. But even with their excitement, the Rainbooms made sure to show everyone where their place was in school.

Leaning against a few lockers were Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Fluttershy. Fluttershy giggled to herself as she watched a student open up a locker, to met with a surprise snake jumping at her. She screamed as the reptile flung out of her locker, much to Fluttershy's sadistic pleasure.

"I've got more where that came from." Fluttershy snickered.

Rarity grinned at her. "Oh darling, I find your charm around animals to be quite... evil. Its absolutely charming."

Rainbow Dash was still a little surly. "Who cares about the charm?"

"Please Rainbow Dash, if you didn't have charm, you wouldn't be able to get what you desire. But, its more fun to have the power." Rarity chortled.

"Anyways, any word from Sunset?" Rainbow asked.

"None yet darling, have patience. She'll be here soon."

"But Pinkie Pie and Applejack got here fast, why can't she?" Rainbow asked.

"Because Sunset has plans to devise, you know that." Fluttershy asked, tucking some hair away from her eyes.

"Still though," Rainbow complained.

Little did they know that Adagio had been listening to their conversation from a corner. She heard everything. Like a light bulb switching on, she got an idea, all in the forms of little words that ran through her head like a bullet train.

Charm. Class. Charisma. Suave. Savvy... Seductive?

Carefully slipping away, Adagio went straight for her locker. She had just finished up her class and was gonna meet up with the girls for lunch, until she spied on the Rainbooms conversation. Thankfully for Adagio this time, there were no springloaded desserts or animals to attack her this time.

She closed the locker, and down the hallway she found a familiar fiery hairdo and clothes leaning against a locker. Still staying calm, Adagio slyly smirked as she looked back.

"Why hello Sunset. How may I help you?" Adagio asked.

Sunset glared at Adagio, her eyes turning into flaming daggers.

"How are you not gone at this point? How is it that you and your sisters haven't fled the school by now?"

"Like I said my dear Sunset, I don't scare easily." Adagio replied, brushing her own hair back. "And I'm staying long enough to make sure you and your little ragtag group of friends don't make everyone's lives miserable."

"How is pranking people with hot food, possibly dangerous animals, and death threats making people miserable?"

Adagio gave an unamused gaze. "I'm not going to dignify that with a response. But I have to ask, why is it that you and your friends bother everyone here? What enticed you all to be so mean?"

"You don't get it, do you?" Sunset said, moving away from her locker and stomping towards her. "You're so dense, you don't even see the big picture, huh?"

"Enlighten me."

Sunset smirked. "I think you'll find out at the big musical showcase. Because at that point, everything you ever loved or cared about will be gone... and any brain cells you may have now, will decay away."

Adagio still was unfazed. "A bit cliche don't you think? You know, you're a little vague in your words, perhaps an explanation would be wise?"

Sunset's hand came up to her own face, groaning in annoyance.

"You are so stupid..."

"And you are quite rude." Adagio said. "Let me make something clear Sunset, I don't know what you have planned for the big showcase... but you might want to look around."

Sunset looked at all of the students who were in their own little cliques, not even looking at the odd people around them, or even trying to move as far away from Sunset as possible.

"All of the terrorism that you and your Rainbooms have done, are about to be undone."

Adagio stepped from her locker, and was now backing Sunset up against another set of lockers, with a stern and intimidating look. Sunset actually was a little concerned. Especially since this girl was a little taller than her.

"So keep your eyes out," Adagio said, holding her pendent, "because things are about to change."

Adagio didn't realize it, but her eyes sparked a small glow of purple which made Sunset gasp. Adagio squinted her eyebrows.

"What?"

"No, no, nothing! Its nothing!" Sunset said, trying to act as innocent as possible.

Adagio smirked. "See you around Shimmer. I guess I'll see you later today with everyone else. We're all working on this big showcase together, aren't we?"

"What is wrong with you!?"

Adagio giggled to herself as she walked away.

"I think I understand why she takes joy in messing with people."

After lunch, almost everyone in the entire school was gathered in the auditorium. Giant sheets of paper, colored markers, pencils, pens, crayons, and everything you can imagine that was art related was all out for the students to use for the creation of the poster advertisements.

"Girls I found the rest of my colored pencils!" Lyra said, opening up a bag, showing all of her pencils were organized by color. Among her group was Bon Bon, Octavia and Aria who gathered together.

"Nice little organizational system you have here."

Lyra giggled. "Thanks!"

"She's eccentric, but organized." Bon Bon stated. "I swear, she could be a scientist or something."

Aria and Octavia shrugged.

"Oh, I got the design template that Amethyst made. Said she wanted to contribute even if she couldn't come here anymore." Lyra said, putting the design image down.

"Perfect. So... why are we putting together what appears to be a sign for a Battle Of The Bands?" Bon Bon asked.

"I have no idea." Octavia shrugged.

"The idea was mine girls." Adagio said, shamefully boasting.

The girls looked up to see Adagio who had just arrived in the auditorium.

"But our school has never had a Battle Of The Bands before," Bon Bon said. "And I'm pretty sure Principal Luna isn't gonna start today."

"Don't you worry about that girls. My sisters and I have some... ways, to influence them." Adagio winked to her sisters.

"As long as its nothing wrong and illegal, I hope?" Lyra asked.

"I would never go too far Lyra. Honest."

The girls were a little hesitant, but they still wanted to go along. Maybe Adagio's idea was gonna work. After all, their school needed a bit of fresh air after going through the same dull routines over and over. Not to mention, having the Rainbooms around had turn their once friendly place into an asylum of fear and negativity.

"I just dropped off my stuff. I gave a text to the rest of the girls and..."

Adagio noticed a little instrument that was next to Bon Bon's foot. A flute, to be more specific.

"Is that anyone's flute?"

"Oh, no, that's mine." Lyra said, sliding it to the side.

"I didn't know you played the flute." Adagio smirked.

"Well, I tried to play for some time, but no one around here except for Bonnie really cared so I stopped playing."

"Well I care. Perhaps you could show me some of your skills?"

"I don't know..."

"Lyra, its okay. You don't need to be shy." Bon Bon said, trying to comfort her friend.

"Well, its just... You know what? I think I might." Lyra grinned, picking it up. "Mind if I just play something I learned?

"Play whatever comes to your mind." Octavia smiled.

Lyra held it tightly, and she began to play a tune into the instrument. And as she played, she moved her feet to the rhythm, even performing a few taps on the floor as she did. A few people did turn their heads to hear, but no one was frowning or looking mad. In fact, the people who heard her play were actually giving smiles and admiring the tune she played.

As soon as Lyra finished the last note, she was met with a few people giving her a few claps of applause.

"Oh, uh, t-thank you!" Lyra chuckled, taking a small bow.

"That was very impressive Lyra." Adagio admired.

"Aww, thank you." Lyra smiled.

Through the doors were Sonata, Vinyl, and Trixie who had returned from putting their school supplies away.

"Hey girls, we're back!" Sonata waved.

"Good, we're all here." Adagio smiled. "Aria, Sonata, are you both ready?"

"Yep!"

"Of course!"

"So, how exactly are you going to convince them about making a Battle Of The Bands?" Trixie asked.

"Just wait. You'll see in a few moments," Adagio said, looking at the two adults entering in the auditorium. At that moment, Principal Luna and Vice-Principal Celestia walked into the big gymnasium. And speak of the devil, the Rainbooms showed up as well, glaring down at Adagio and her friends with devil eyes.

Trixie shivered. "Oh, its never good when they have that look! It always means they're up to something!"

"Trixie, stay calm. There are dozens of students here, and the two people who run this school are here as well. I can guarantee they wouldn't try to do something stupid." Octavia stated.

"Good afternoon students! I'm glad to see you all are making excellent progress. I can already guarantee this is going to be the most exciting event since last year's Fall Formal. So keep working on those signs and--"

"Ahem!"

Everyone's heads turned to look at Adagio Dazzle who caught their attention.

"Um, Principal's, if I may, is it alright if I may ask something?"

Principal Luna raised a brow. "I suppose..."

"Sorry for interrupting, that was quite rude on my part. But anyways, I wanted to ask, could we perhaps maybe do something that's not a showcase?"

Everyone murmured amongst each other, feeling bewildered.

"Allow me to explain. You see, I did a little research in regards to the traditions of this school, and I understand that you have a showcase at the start of every school year, but I have to ask, maybe we could do something that's of a more... collaborative nature? I understand many of these students used to be friends with another, but alas with the events that have progressed over the years, I feel we've lost that edge where we're one."

"Just what are you suggesting, ramen hair?" Pinkie piped up.

"My dear Pinkie Pie, I was thinking more along the lines of a musical event where groups mesh together... we're not just split into our own little cliques, perhaps something where everyone is working together. Working towards a common goal, united by the friendships we share, and the strengths and weaknesses. I'm thinking more along the lines of... a Battle Of The Bands."

Everyone murmured again, much to the Rainboom's disgust.

"Battle of the Bands?" Sunset was appalled. "That's the stupidest thing I ever heard! Competitions are just excuses for people to show off and to trash talk each other!"

"Is it really Sunset?" Adagio asked, giving her a beguiling glance. "Your classmates don't seem to think so. After all... what's so wrong with a little competition?"

Sunset and the Rainbooms were about to respond, when suddenly, the girls started... singing. At first, it didn't seem like much. They were sounding rather soothing and calm, very sweet to the ears in fact. But something seemed off about it. Everyone around them was no longer occupied on their own work, and they were now locked onto the three girls.

Trixie and the other girls stayed off to the side and allowed them to work in their plan, but they could sense something wasn't right. Everyone just immediately dropped what they were doing and focused on them. It was like they were in a trance. Very, hypnotic trance. Their eyes didn't look away at anyone or anything else, it was all on them.

Adagio, capturing the attention of the students and staff around them, began to sing.

We've heard you want to show you're stronger...
We heard you want to claim you're cool...
We thought of something that is better...
Something that changes all these rules...

Adagio slowly started to wander around, passing through some of the students, and even getting them to focus

Why pretend you're not the same
When united you shine brighter?
(Shine brighter...)

A few of the boys were looking to Adagio like she was the most attractive thing in the room. It was like staring off into a beautiful horizon, and it was just something they couldn't bear to look away.

Here's your chance to find your flame...
Are you a quitter or a winner?

Some of the students that were basically polar opposites of one another were exchanging glances and being a little more friendly. Jocks were opening up to the techies, eco kids opened up to some of the rockers, and fashionistas and drama geeks were starting to mesh with one another. Needless to say, Sunset and the Rainbooms were not liking this imagery one bit. In fact, they hated it! These people weren't becoming scared of their mere presence, but instead were more focused on interacting with each other!

Their heads turned forward to see Adagio stand with her sisters, as they sang more and more, continuing to grasp the attention of everyone around them.

Me and you, you and me
Why don't we see who is wiser?
We don't have to be all on our own thing
what's so wrong when we're working all together?
Are you afraid of not being one who's better?

Soon they started popping in between students, urging them closer together, giving the most confident looks that they had seen in all of Canterlot High.

Battle!
You want to win it!
Lets have a battle, battle of the bands!
Lets have a battle! We'll go all in it!
Lets have a battle, battle, battle,
Battle of the bands!

Sunset and the Rainbooms couldn't stand this.

"This is outrageous!" Rarity huffed.

"This will ruin everything!" Pinkie whined.

The sisters just ignored their pleas and kept on singing, still attracting everyone's eyes.

You're all strong and you should know it
Yeah you're great just like all the rest!
It doesn't matter if you win or lose
It only matters if your friends are beside you!

Battle!
You want to win it!
Lets have a battle, battle of the bands!
Lets have a battle! We'll go all in it!
Lets have a battle, battle, battle,
Battle of the bands!

Soon, students started to clamor with one another, and the groups began to mesh even more.

"We can do this!" A drama student said, gathering some old friends real close.

"You and me little buddy, lets win this!" A jock said, looking to one of the techies who was by his side.

"We're all in this together now!"

"Lets show em what we've got!"

Even Principal Luna and Vice-Principal Luna were very intrigued by everything around them. In fact, they could see the students were actually very excited about the idea, with genuine excitement. Well, everyone except the Rainbooms of course.

Me and you, you and me
Why don't we see who is wiser?
We don't have to be all on our own thing
what's so wrong with a friendly competition?
We're going out and winning this audition!

But as their song continued on, the Rainbooms noticed something else very strange in the midst. Within the crowds, there was a strange fluorescent mist of purple... flowing. There was mist flowing from several of the students, fogging up the entire surroundings.

And the mist was moving right towards the three sisters. But even stranger, the mist was collecting into little streams and flow right up into the pendents around their necks. And as the streams flowed even more, their eyes were starting to glow the same purple hue that Sunset saw flash in Adagio's eyes.

This time, the rest of the trio's friends got in on their song, and sang right beside them.

Battle!
You want to win it!
Lets have a battle, battle of the bands!
Lets have a battle! We'll go all in it!
Lets have a battle, battle, battle,
Battle of the bands!

Battle!
You want to win it!
Lets have a battle, battle of the bands!
Lets have a battle! We'll go all in it!
Lets have a battle, battle, battle,
Battle of the bands!
Lets have a battle, battle, battle,
Battle of the bands!

The music had ended, and the last bit of the mist flowed into their pendents. But no one was having any visible reaction, at all. It was like no one even saw it. Everyone was too busy looking happy from the excitement. Sunset sneered and her fists were clenching. This was the final straw.

"That's it, I'm gonna--"

"Attention students!"

Everyone stopped talking and turned their eyes to Principal Luna and Vice-Principal Celestia who grabbed everyone's attention this time.

"Vice-Principal Celestia and I have talked this over--"

"In a few seconds!?" A student interrupted.

"--and based on the excitement you all seem to be having over this idea... I think its time CHS tries something new. We will be hosting a Battle Of The Bands!" Principal Luna hollered.

Everyone was in collective cheering.

"What!? No!" Sunset snapped. "This can't be! This will ruin everything!"

"Ruin what?" A student asked.

Now everyone's heads turned to her and her associates. Sunset nervously chuckled.

"Oh, uh, I meant as in... wouldn't this ruin the tradition here? I thought a musical showcase was always a tradition." Sunset said, sweat running down her head.

"Maybe so, but I think its time we change things up every now and then," Vice-Principal Celestia stated.

"So, if any of you want to participate in the Battle Of The Bands, we'll be handing out forms for you to sign on to participate in the competition tomorrow."

Defeated by the crowd's positivity, Sunset led her Rainbooms out of the auditorium where everyone was still in collective applause and cheering. Adagio and her sisters grinned to see all of the happy faces around them.

"I don't know about you girls, but I'm feeling so positive right now I could scream!" Adagio said with an excited face.

"That was amazing!" Trixie beamed.

"How did you girls even do that?"

Adagio drooped. She had no idea how to reply to that.

"Oh, well, um... its sort of along the lines of a positive energy, to sort of speak." Adagio replied, rubbing her hand on the back of her head.

"I can't believe this! How did they ruin a perfect plan like we had!?" Rainbow screamed, kicking a locker.

"Perfect my foot, somethin' strange happened in there!" Applejack said, her arm pointed at the inside of the auditorium.

Sunset breathed heavily, trying to calm herself down. Eventually, she was calm, and approached her friends with a malicious look.

"They may have altered our plans, but we can still win... they want to tangle with us, then fine. We'll play by their rules. We'll win this competition, and when we do... we'll have everything we need to achieve our goals."

"And how are we gonna win? Those girls are the most eye catching looking people here, and they got everyone to listen to them! Even their own friends got in there." Pinkie asked.

"Because Pinkie, everyone has their dirty little secrets... and I think I may be onto something very interesting about this new trio."

Chapter 21: A Long Time Ago Part 1

"So... we're listening."

Adagio took a deep inhale, and then exhaled. She wanted to approach this as calm as possible.

"Alright. So you girls know that we've been on this planet for as long as you know, right?" Adagio asked.

"All the way back to the Middle Ages with King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table," Bon Bon piped up.

"Right. Well, this..." Adagio found herself stuck, trying to find the right words. "This... this is a little hard, I... I want to say this right."

"Its okay," Trixie patted her shoulder.

Adagio sighed again. "Okay, I... I can do this. Alright, so you all know we've been here for a really, really, really, really, really, reaaaalllly long time. And this is going to sound insane, but there's a perfectly good reason for that."

Lyra gasped. "You're aliens from another planet!?"

Adagio scowled. "No."

"You're changelings who can take on the form of anyone you want."

"No."

"Demons from the underworld who've been around for hundreds of years?" Bon Bon asked.

"No."

"Robots from the future sent back in time and had been stuck in the past years?" Amethyst queried.

"Girls. Allow me to explain." Adagio raised her hand up.

The girls slumped back in their chairs, and pulled out a few soda cans, popping them open making some hissing sounds.

"Okay, so, here's what's up. You may want to get comfortable, because this is where its going to get... tricky."

"In a world far away from what you call Earth, we lived in a wonderful place. Unlike your planet, we possessed something your world did not. We had magic. Our kind consisted of many animal forms who lived on this world, but most of which lived in a part of the world we call our own; Equestria. Equestria was home to Earth ponies, unicorns, pegasi, griffins, manticores, changelings, and more than we can even name. And that's where we three came in. Sirens."

"Wait, wait, hold on!"

Lyra raised her hand up, and the three sisters looked at her.

"You mean to tell me, you three are actually from a place filled with fluffy unicorns?"

"As childish this may sound, yes. Yes we are."

Lyra's face went from confused, to having a silly grin on her look. "Okay, that's awesome!"

"A little far-fetched, but please, go on." Octavia nodded.

"Right! Anyways, where was I? Oh yes..."

"The three of us were indeed sirens. Baring much resemblance from the sirens you have in your Greek culture, but there's some things about those that are different from us. We never wished to bring harm or chaos upon anyone or anything. All we wanted was family, but we never got it..."

Within a dark and damp cave, a small baby sea creature in a light shade of orange crawled on its own two feet, looking at its surroundings. No one around. There was only that small baby, and two other eggs in a small hay-made nest.

"M-Mama?" The seapony called, trying to look around. "P-Papa?"

The seapony crawled around some more, and let out another cry. "Mama! Where are you?"

"I was all alone. No mother, no father, no aunt, or uncle, no grandparents... no one."

The baby seapony huddled close to the two eggs that were still in the hay nest, wrapping herself close to them and whimpering. Tears ran down her face. All alone, with no one to love. Who would abandon a poor baby?

But just then, she heard a small tapping sound. Her ears perked up, hearing the sound, and she looked around. Where did that come from?

"H-Hello?" She whimpered.

No sound, no reply.

She put her head back down in the hay, whimpering and sniffling some more. But then she heard that tap again. But that was much closer than she had heard last time. She pulled her head up and looked down at the two eggs. One of them was starting to shake. And the top of it was being jabbed at, like if something was trying to get out.

A small little smile was starting to appear on her face. Were these abandoned eggs actually holding something alive in them? Could they be?

Pieces of the egg shell started to crackle and break, falling into pieces. A small purple nose could be seen, pecking its way out of the egg. The orange seapony moved a little closer to the eggs, watching the shaking one start to break apart.

After a few minutes, the egg had finally broken and a little baby seapony flopped from the shells. Its shade was in bright purple, but its fins were of a darker color. The baby slowly wallowing around in the hay, trying to pull itself up from the small bit of light that was offered, and her eyes slowly opened up. Her eyes locked on to the larger seapony in front of her, who had nothing but a smile.

"Hey little one." Adagio sniffled, her eyes in pure joy of the baby in front of her.

The purple seapony gave cooed and babbled, trying to move towards her with what it could. Adagio just used her little tail and helped scoop her up closer so she could hold her.

"Its okay. Shh... its okay, I've got you..." Adagio said, holding her close. The baby babbled back at her and hugged her, making Adagio smile even more. This adorable baby was with her, and now she was no longer alone. Even if she was the only one here, she promised to watch over the newborn, and if possible the other one as best she could.

"From that day, I promised to watch over Aria, and then later Sonata, take care of them, and give them the thing I never did get... the love from a parent."

"Oh come on!"

Aria was moaning. "Did you have to tell them that? Seriously?"

"They need to know everything, and they have a right to know. Besides, you were adorable as a baby."

Aria's cheeks flushed profusely. "No I wasn't..."

"Yes you were." Adagio giggled. "Anyways..."

Over a few years, Adagio started to watch after the baby as best as she could. A few rough patches went along the way, but in the end things turned out well. The baby was now no longer becoming a baby, but was becoming a little older. So much so she started to learn how to talk, and Adagio couldn't have been more happy.

"A-Adagio..." Aria cooed.

"Yes Aria?"

Little Aria pulled herself up closer, snuggling up next to her. Adagio just smiled and nuzzled her back.

"I-I love you, Dagi..."

Adagio giggled. "I love you too, little Aria."

But as they were in perfect relaxation, they heard a new sound. The sound of a tap. Both of their ears perked up and they glanced back at the other egg that was in the nest. They never touched it since Aria had been born. Adagio always kept up the hope that one day that there was gonna be a baby in the other one just like Aria was.

The two of them slowly crawled over back into the nest, their hooves clopping against the smooth rocks. They turned their eyes to the egg, and watched carefully. Another tap, and they saw the egg shake.

Adagio let out a gasp. "The baby's coming!"

Aria slowly crawled around in the nest, trying to brace herself for the incoming hatch. The eggshell started to get pecked at from within, pieces falling apart. Shells and shells started to fall off, and crumble until finally, a big enough hole was made for the baby inside to flop out.

A small cyan seapony flopped out and rolled around in the hay, struggling to get itself moving. Adagio couldn't help but smile.

"Oh..." Adagio used her tail and helped the blue seapony on its belly, and watched its hooves extend out to touch the ground. The little blue seapony looked up at Adagio, who's face was nothing but happy.

"Can I name her, can I name her?" Aria said with a little giddiness in her voice.

Adagio looked at her younger one. "What name did you have in mind?"

"Finstrike! We'll make her the most powerful seapony of all, muahahahaha!" Aria said, acting as maniacal as she could.

Adagio just shook her head. "We're not naming her Finstrike. It needs to be something less intimidating, something that rather fits her with us, something like..."

The blue seapony moved itself up and pushed its head up against Adagio's chest, trying to snuggle her. Adagio smiled and she held her close. She could hear the baby cooing in the form of a small musical tone.

"Sonata."

"Sonata? Why are we calling her that?" Aria asked.

"Because much like you Aria, you two make the most wonderful music that lets me know you two are perfect the way you are."

Aria brushed her own hoof, looking down. But she was scooped by her eldest's other arm, and pulled in close for one giant group hug. Aria wanted to resist, but she couldn't. She instead just smiled and hugged her oldest sibling back.

"Having Sonata and Aria had made my perception of life grow brighter. When they hatched, it was like... nothing was pure darkness and dread. I had two to call my family, and even though I was the one taking care of them... I grew to love them as my own."

The girls around them couldn't help but smile, hearing Adagio's story. Especially at the little tidbits of young Aria and Sonata. However Amethyst had a bit of a deadpan look on her face.

"Okay, how long til this got bad?"

The others collectively groaned.

"Really?"

"You just had to ruin her story?"

"Couldn't interrupt her, could you?"

"Girls." Adagio intervened.

Everyone went silent.

"Its fine. But if I can continue?"

"We all grew older with time, eventually becoming teenagers. And at that time, we decided to leave our hiding hole and go explore the world around us. Of course, I had to keep them from getting out of trouble, but that didn't mean they got in trouble when I wasn't around..."

The three seaponies flew in the sky, soaring above the above lands of Equestria. Down below, they could see a small town filled with a bunch of busy ponies. However, they couldn't help but notice some sad looks on some of the individuals working.

"Awww, they're so sad..." Sonata frowned.

"Thank you, Princess Obvious." Aria groaned.

"Can we go check it out? Please?"

Adagio floated in thought. "Hmm... well we aren't doing anything important right now. I don't see why not. Lets go take a look!"

All three Sirens dove down towards the small village, wind rushing right past their scaled bodies and brushing through their fins. They slowly came to a stop and hovered above, looking at the civilians. Everyone in a deep trance of depression underneath those ragged cloaks. No one was happy, no one looked okay with what they were doing, and the land was so bleak that they could practically see any color that was there was just faded into lifeless mush.

At first, the land around them was just as quiet and lifeless as the land itself. But in seconds, it went from quiet to as loud as a concert. People were starting to scream, and then more and more people started scream.

"Monsters!!!"

"What are those things!?"

"RUN!!!"

Adagio and her three sisters instantly felt frightened. One second in; ponies were practically mortified.

"Wait, please, everyone, perhaps we can explain?" Adagio tried to speak up over the screams.

Her voice didn't get through to anyone's heads. It just went in one ear and out the other.

"What do we do?" Aria said, her body swirling around above them, looking at all of the panicking ponies running around and screaming.

Adagio looked around some more and more. Her own thoughts were running rampant in her head. Mass hysteria all around, no one was calm. But as she hovered above them, she clapped her hooves together.

"I have an idea! Aria, Sonata, remember that music I would sing to you to help you sleep when you were younger?"

"Yeah."

"Mmmhmm."

Adagio smirked to the two of them, leaving them confused. Aria and Sonata turned their snouts at each other with confused looks, until their eyes blinked for a second. They realized what Adagio had in mind, and they smirked.

"Okay, lets try it!"

Adagio and her sisters stood together, and cleared their throats. Then with as much energy as possible, they all let out a choir of music with the voices of angels.

Ahhh, ahhh ahh... ahh ahh...
Ahhh, ahhh ahh... ahh ahh...

The ponies who were running around were starting to become quieter and more calm. Their screams of terror were becoming distant, and silent. They looked up at the three Sirens who weren't doing anything to harm or attack any of them. They were just hovering above and singing.

As the Sirens finished their song, they looked down to see all of the civilians slowly walking up to them and gazing at them. What they saw before them was no monster, but was an absolute beauty. The sparkle in their fish-like behinds, the glorious sharp fins, and the beautiful voices... it was like they were gazing at angels.

"Um... hi, everyone," Adagio slowly waved her hoof.

"Who are you three?"

"We... We don't know. I'll be honest, none of us know where we originally came from. But I mean this when I say, we mean no harm. We just wanted to look around the world and see if maybe we could meet some ponies." Adagio said with honesty.

Everypony murmured amongst themselves. The Sirens could only look at everyone with some fear themselves. Were they going to attack? Were they going scream and panic some more?

Thankfully the silence was broken.

"Ahem! Um, what's your name?"

Adagio looked down and realized the stallion's question.

"Oh, right! My name's Adagio, and these are my sisters; Aria, and Sonata."

"Nice to meet you all! So, you said you're not here to cause any harm?"

All three of them nodded.

The stallion smiled. "Well what are you standing here for? Come on down, lets talk. We want to know you three some more!"

"Yeah, how can you sing like that?"

"Where'd you come from?"

"You girls ever fight?"

"What do you eat?"

Everyone's questions started to overlap one another, but the three Sirens didn't care. Honestly, they were more happy than scared. Everyone wasn't afraid of them, and they felt more welcome than ever. It was like they could open up to them and start something new; friendship.

"It was that day we learned about our singing powers. We never knew why we had them, or how we had them to begin with. We just knew that from birth, all three of shared three particular rubies in our hearts that absorbed the love and care of those around us."

"So, none of you ever figured out why you were able to do that?"

Everyone at this point were munching on grilled steaks, burgers, and hot dogs that Bon Bon threw on the grill.

Adagio shook her head. "Sadly no. That part still remains a mystery to us. But this I knew for sure. If all three of us had these diamond beauties with us... then I knew for a fact we were a real family. I may not have known where we came from, but I did know all three of us were related."

Everyone nodded and gave a few collective 'ahs' to reply.

"Please, continue, this is fascinating," Octavia said, munching on a burger.

"No, no its not." Aria said, holding her head looking bored.

"As selfish as this sounds, we LOVED the attention of those around. The ponies didn't fear us for being a species they never had seen before. Being adored was a wonderful feeling. The compliments as we went on our daily lives, the crowds cheering our names as we showed off our skills and abilities, being praised for our beauty and divine colors, oh... it was absolutely wonderful. And the ponies, oh... they were even better than I had hoped..."

The same night that the Sirens met the small ponies of the village, all of the townsfolk were gathered at one giant campfire cookout. Even the Sirens were invited to their cookout. There were many kinds of food being served around, and there was even some cooked salmon passed around. The folks didn't like them as much, but the Sirens? Oh they absolutely adored the salmon! They scarfed them down like they hadn't eaten in years, much to a surprise to everyone.

"You girls mustn't have eaten in years, have you?"

Adagio shook her head. "No, we haven't. The only means of us being alive were feeding off the love we had for each other, and the water down at the ocean. There was barely any time where we could receive real food."

"Well you three don't need to worry about that now. You all are welcome here at our village any time, and we could use your help."

"Well of course. What sort of help do you need?" Adagio asked.

The stallion sighed. "Thieves. Kidnappers. There have been horrible ponies trying to take from what little we have, and we can barely sustain our own."

The three sirens looked at each other, raising brows, but they looked back to the stallion.

"I know it seems too much to ask, and its alright to say no."

The Sirens didn't reply back with nos, or anger. But instead, they just gave the stallion (and the rest of the village ponies for that matter) a friendly smile.

"We'd be happy to help you!" Sonata squeaked.

"After the meals you gave us?" Aria added on.

"We'll help you all in any way that we can." Adagio said. "You can count on us."

Everyone let out a small cheer.

A small tap hit Adagio's front hoof, and she looked down to see a small little foal looking up at her with hopeful eyes.

"You really are gonna help us?"

Adagio smiled. "We are. I promise." She gave the foal a little boop on the nose, making her giggle.

The foal just hugged her, and Adagio embraced her back.

"With a new village to call home, we had no need to hide back in our cave. The towns folk provided us with provisions to help us in our time of need, and we in return provided them services and aid."

As the townsfolk went quiet, all asleep in their little cottages, the Sirens were huddled around the burning fire. All of their bodies were enjoying the nice heat from the flame, and they had no need to cover themselves in blankets. The townsfolk let them sleep, and they received probably the most peaceful rest they had ever received in a long time.

"Okay, okay, okay, we get it! Can you girls move things along? How did you even get here?"

"Alright, I'll explain. If you can promise to not interrupt me, again."

The village had been flourishing more and more since the Sirens moved in. More crops had grown, the weather was nicer, and everywhere there were ponies who were happy. None of them were mad, or angry, or upset that the Sirens were in their village. Their company just made their dull village even more interesting.

"Okay, I checked over the horizon, there seems to be more land on the other side of the hill here that seems untamed. Claim it in time, we might be able to grow the village some more." Adagio said, speaking to one of the gardeners.

"Excellent! Thank you Adagio!"

Adagio nodded with a smile.

"Come on Grow, we've got work to do!"

As the two gardeners went off to work, Adagio soared back up into the air and met up with the rest of the townsfolk.

"I must say, progress is going great! We've just found untapped land, and plentiful amounts of green lush that should be enough to grow some more." Adagio said, facing some of the other citizens.

"That's great to hear Adagio. We should be moving right along soon and..."

The stallion droned off and gazed off to behind her. So did everyone else apparently. Curious, Adagio turned her head and looked just on a hill that looked down at their village. A group of ponies were gathered together, only these ones were not like the villagers. Only one individual looked like the villagers, and everyone else appeared to be wearing clothing that was much more fresh and made of stronger materials.

Each of them stood out, but the one that stood out the most was the one that was in the wizard garb. A red hat, cloak, and long white beard.

Adagio cleared her throat, and she turned herself around to look at those on the hill.

"How may we help you? Are you all new here?" Adagio said, making her voice echo up to the seven ponies.

The ponies said nothing, but just glared at her with looks of anger. Determination. Bravery.

"Oh! Is it because of me? Oh, well, allow me to explain. You see--"

"None of us came to have a conversation with you," The bearded unicorn said.

Adagio blinked. "Oh. Okay, well, how come you are here?"

"We heard about you three being in this village, and its time you all scrammed out of here."

"Why?" Adagio asked, raising a brow.

"Because you three have been terrorizing this village for far too long, and scaring them non-stop!"

Adagio blinked, and a small chuckle escaped her jaw. "Wait, wait, hold on. I think I can speak for all of us when I say this is a big misunderstanding. You see--"

"You and those other two have no place in this society or anywhere else in the world. There is no need to associate with those who have looks like yours!"

Adagio's head looked back at her own fish tail, wiggling it slightly.

"You must be joking."

"I, am not."

Adagio now felt a tiny bit of rage coming on. Her teeth were snarling, and the fangs were now flashing. Just from the air, her sisters came swooping down and landed right next to her, standing as big as they could to show off their massive size.

"We've done nothing but help these ponies. Where did all of these accusations come from?" Aria barked.

"These are not accusations, they are facts. You three are monsters, and you must leave before you terrorize these villagers any longer."

All three of them were now snarling.

"You like to repeat that again?" Adagio growled. "Say it. I dare you."

"Now!"

The wizard fired a big powerful beam from its gray horn, firing right behind the Sirens. From that small beam came more danger. The beam started to grow into a bright big orb, and expand itself, creating a vortex. Within the vortex was nothing but blackness and and darkness. It was like a black hole of nothingness.

The Sirens only looked at the portal for a second, because the minute they looked at the others all three of them received giant rocks hitting their heads. Their groans filled the air as they were hit, but it didn't stop there. Beams of magic hit their bodies, forcing them to back off and pushed them back even further. The sounds of intense pain and anger echoed throughout the land, and virtually no one was around to see it. Not even the ponies in the village could do anything to stop them.

"Please! Stop!" Adagio pleaded, feeling another beam hit her chest. This one was much more powerful, and it striked precisely at the gem on her body. The gem didn't break apart, but it was starting to crack under the pressure.

"You have done far enough, sirens."

"Please! We mean you no harm, please stop! We'll explain everything if you just stop! Please!!!"

Adagio watched as her sisters cried out in pain. Sharp sticks, rocks, and laser blasts to their bodies only forced them back even further. She couldn't stand the sight to see her sisters in pain. And the more and more they were pushed, the further back they went. their tails were almost within a few inches of touching the portal.

"Your days of causing trouble and panic are over. Goodbye Sirens... forever."

Everyone fired all at once, hitting the Sirens once again. All of them fell back, and they were quickly absorbed by the portal. It dragged them in, pulling with all its strength. None of them had the energy to grab onto something and try and pull out. It was too late.

The last bit of light vanished away before Adagio and her sisters passed out, the stress upon the pull. The portal closed, sealing them from Equestria, and it let their bodies be pulled through its spiral of travel.

They were not awake still, but a new portal did eventually open up. It tossed all three of them right through it, and they came hurling through the dark and gloomy skies. Their bodies were now looking like giant meteors about to hit the land upon the impact, and they flew right over tons of acres of land.

All three of them collided with the ground, and dug through most of the dirt during the crash. The pits that they dug in were steaming from the crash, a vapor of smoke rising up into the air. None of them were awake when they had crashed. And none of them heard the sounds of clopping hooves of horses and the sound of shouting men...