Adagio's Accidental Harem Hassle!
Chapter 9: Making Amends
Previous ChapterNext ChapterThe large group of girls waited nervously at the Canterlot City Memorial Hospital, Adagio had promised Vinyl she would take care of things and she had, now the only thing left to do was get Indigo to issue a formal apology to Octavia herself, that is if Vinyl would even allow such and not just give into her urge to beat the bully within an inch of her life. Adagio looked over at the Shadowbolts who were doing their best to calm Indigo whom they could tell was rather tense herself about the whole situation, things not getting better as the elevator opened and the girls saw Vinyl walk out and slowly start walking towards the group.
"So it's taken care of then" Vinyl sternly asked adagio
"Yep, Indigo won't be causing either Octavia or anyone else for that matter anymore trouble," Adagio smiled looking over at the small assembly of Crystal Prep students "Right girls?" She innocently asked
"R-Right" The Shadowbolts nervously replied in unison.
"OK then, so why did you bring them here?" Vinyl asked shifting her focus to Adagio once more.
"Well" Adagio gulped. "I just figured it would be for the best if Indigo apologized to Octavia face to face" Adagio nervously chuckled giving a small meek smile at the DJ. Vinyl Scratch said nothing before letting out a rather hefty sigh and looking back over at the CPA girls "Fine" she huffed as she motioned for all the girls to come along. Adagio leading the pack with the Dazzlings and Shadowbolts behind her, the Rainbooms taking-up the rear, the large group barely fitting into the hospital elevator.
Lilly White sat by Octavia's bedside, the girl had recently woken-up which the maid was thankful for, but she was still worried about the young girl, Lilly had been put in charge of Octavia's well being by her parents, and the last thing she ever wanted to do was to let them or her young mistress down, though part of her felt if was far to late for that at this point. However before the maid could begin to pout she heard a knock on the door. "Who is it?" She cautiously asked.
"It's Vinyl" The voice replied. "I brought some....friends to see Tavi" The voice replied. Lilly was happy to hear a familiar voice but was also worried about how Vinyl had hesitated to call those with her friends when announcing the guests, she looked over at Octavia though who had put down her book and was just giving Lilly White a weak but calming smile. "OK then, send em in!" The maid told the girl on the other side of the door. With that Vinyl opened the door and the large group slowly walked in, which once again caused the space to become rather cramped, even though Octavia had been put in one of the Hospital's larger suites it was still a hospital room and space was somewhat limited.
"My, my" The gray skinned girl softly chuckled as she looked at the assortment of faces both familiar and foreign that had entered her temporary chambers. "And what brings you all here to see little old me?" The cellist weakly chuckled looking around the room.
"uh, i-it's me" Indigo nervously stuttered gathering all her courage to look at Octavia, or more down to the point what she had done to Octavia, the girl despite her smiles still had a bandage over her head and one of her eyes, the bruises while somewhat faded were still see-able, and the whole sight made Indigo feel sick to her stomach.
"I-I'm so-so sorry Ms. Melody!" Indigo exclaimed with a bow. "W-what I did was wrong, I-I know there's know excuse for it, I-I don't deserve to be forgiven, not one bit, but, I-I know I had to come here and try to do what I could to make this right!" Indigo sobbed as she was now down on the ground both hands and knees literally begging for forgiveness.
Octavia looked down on her assailant and could see the girl genuinely regretted her actions. Octavia just let out a heavy sigh as she began to speak. "You're right Ms. Zap, you don't deserve my forgiveness" Octavia began, the entire room looking at her wide-eyed and nervous, Indigo begging to shake. "But that's what makes it forgiveness isn't it" Octavia chuckled, the tense air in the room releasing itself a bit. "Tell me Ms. Dazzle" Octavia began again as she shifted her focus to Adagio "Were there any.....unusual circumstances that lead to Ms. Zap's behavior?" Octavia calmly asked looking at the Siren leader.
"Well, yes-I suppose" Adagio replied "It would seem Indigo here had been possessed by rouge Equestrian magic, we aren't exactly sure when it happened though, but odd's are it was before your assault, may have even been as far back as the Friendship Games according to Sunset" Adagio explained looking nervously at the Cellist.
"Well, in that case it's not fair to blame a possessed individual for their actions now is it?" Octavia stated looking back down at Indigo "I shall forgive you Ms. Zap, though there is still a price to be paid." Octavia chuckled
"O-of course!" Indigo stuttered as she jumped up. "I-I've got plenty of dough saved-up, I can pay your hospital bills, and even buy yea a new Cello if yea want!" Indigo nervously agreed.
Octavia just began to laugh however causing much confusion amungst the girls "Oh no Ms. Zap, I don't mean that, I am more then capable of covering my own medical bills" Octavia chuckled. "I was thinking of something a bit more in the...manual labor department" Octavia deviously smiled looking over at her maid. "You see as I will obviously be taking time to recover even after I am discharged I am afraid I won't be able to help my dear Lilly White around the manor as I am accustomed" the purple eyed teen pouted. "And as Vinyl will no doubt want to remain by my side to help me out, perhaps you Ms. Zap and your Shadowbolt friends could help her out for the next month or so?" Octavia deviously grinned staring at the girls.
"What-why all of us!? Indigo was the one who messed up!?' Soursweet pouted.
"Come now deary, you know how these things work, one of us messes-up we all must pay the price" Sunny Flare reminded her "Tis the proper thing to do" Sunny reassured her.
"As much as I hate to admit it, we are partially to blame for not keeping tabs on Indigo obviously increasingly erratic behavior" Sugarcoat stated as she pushed up her glasses"
"Yea, no friend left behind" Lemon Zest agreed looking over at Indigo with a blush.
"Well, then it's settled, you lot will help Lilly White at my manor for the rest of the summer to pay off your debt" Octavia smiled.
"And if you need any maid outfits i'm sure Juniper can hook you up" Aria chuckled looking over at the nerdy girl on the other side of the room. Juniper just giving Aria a mean look before huffing and turning her back to the short siren sister.
Outside of the Hospital the various groups said their goodbyes and began to head their separate ways, but before that Aria noticed Indigo approach her.
"Hey, runt..." Indigo began "Thanks, thanks for beating some sense into me...I guess" Indigo blushed looking down at Aria. Aria just looked-up at the girl and chuckled. "Hehe, anytime goggles, anytime." Aria replied as she held out her hand, Indigo taking it and shaking it in kind.
"Though, just know, next time we fight, i'm totally gonna win" Indigo grinned tightening her grip. "Hehe, keep telling yourself that" Aria chuckled.
"Hey, Indy, c'mon!" Lemon Zest shouted over to her friend as the rest of the Shadowbolts were heading out.
"Hey, you're girlfriends calling yea" Aria teased looking up at Indigo
"S-shut up!" Indigo Zap blushed as she removed her grip and began to head towards Lemon Zest.
"Aww, how cute, Ari made a new friend!" Sonata sang as she approached her sister. "D-did not!" Aria replied with a blush as she quickly walked past the bubbly pest and towards Adagio who was talking to Juniper and Trixie.
"So, you'll come by the loft. I mean, we-we still need to talk about the other day" Adagio blushed looking at the two.
Juniper just huffed "Sure, why not" she said as she rolled her eyes.
"Well Trixie still does not feel comfortable around someone who claims to be her friend and then yells at her, but admitingly Trixie doesn't have much else to do, so sure whatever" Ms. Lulamoon replied
"Good" Adagio smiled, let's get going.
Later as Adagio and the others returned to the loft, the leader of the sirens stood in the center of the living room area as the others set down.
"I-I think I owe you all an apology and an explanation about...before" Adagio sighed looking at the group.
"Agreed, go on" Juniper replied rather sternly.
"Listen, when I yelled at you all, when I said all those things, I-I didn't mean them, I was just---"
"Just what?" Trixie angrily growled.
"I was trying to protect you." Adagio admitted.
"Oh yea, making us feel like garbage is a real great way to do that sis!" Aria sarcastically replied.
"Ugg" Adagio huffed. "Well if you all hadn't" Adagio began before she stopped herself not wanting to mess things up and loose her cool.
"Listen. The other day when you were doing that silly maid seduction...whatever that was!" Adagio began "I-it triggered something inside me, something.....not good" Adagio nervously blushed.
"So basically they made yea horny and it freaked yea out!?" Sonata interrupted with a chuckle. The group looking at her with a "Seriously" face.
"It's not just that Sonata" Adagio angrily growled at the bubbly siren sister. "Listen, I-I felt something inside me, something primal, not like pony magic or siren magic, it felt dark....dangerous" Adagio continued. "I thought getting you out of the loft for a bit was the only way to protect you all" Adagio sorrowfully sighed.
Juniper just looked at Adagio and sighed "You know what, i'm the one who should be apologizing" Juniper admitted "I mean yea you were a total bitch to us, but my idea was too stupid and impulsive to work in the first place, I knew that, but...I guess I just couldn't help myself" Juniper sighed once more. "But you know, you still could have told us what you that was going on instead of trying to get us to hate you" Juniper chuckled looking-up at Adagio.
"Indeed" Trixie agreed her arms crossed.
"Hehe, true" Adagio chuckled. "But that's why I want to make it up to you, all of you." Adagio exclaimed with a smile.
"Aria, Soanta.... I feel like we haven't really done much together as sisters in a long time, so how about we start going out again, movies, a fancy dinner whatever you to want to do, lets do it, at least once a week." Adagio smiled looking over at the two other sirens.
"Y-yea mean it Dagi!" Sonata asked in excitement resisting the urge to jump up and down.
"I mean it sis" Adagio smiled over at the bubbly siren.
"And on top of that" Adagio continued. "Aria, Juniper, Trixie...I guess I owe you all a date" Adagio nervously chuckled.
"W-WHAT!" The three girls surprisingly shouted in unison.
"Yea" Adagio blushed "I mean I figured it was the best way to make it up to you all" She nervously explained. "So here's what i'll do. Juniper, I do like you, I think you could be a good friend, maybe more... I want to go on a date, a real one and see where that takes us, no matter where we end up, I feel like at the least we were meant to meet, yea know" Adagio blushed.
"Trixie, I promised i'd teach you how to be a good friend, and...I-i've failed at that in every conceivable way" Adagio sighed "But I promise i'll dedicate an entire day to helping you in any way I can, whatever you want to learn, whatever you wanna do, I'll be there for yea" Adagio nervously promised the silver haired sorceress.
"And Aria..." Adagio continued as she looked over at her dear sister "I know you have a lot of complicated feelings to work out, and I want to help you with that any way I can, so as soon as I can i'll help you with that, i'm your big sis and i'll always be here for you, we'll get through this, together, I promise." Adagio finished up with a smile. The room dead quite, all the girls still looking straight at Adagio, unsure what to think.
"So since I don't here any neighsayers I guess the plan sticks then" Adagio chuckled. "I'll spend tomorrow with Aria and Sonata doing whatever Sonny wants to do, then the next day i'll spend with Juniper, the day after that Trixie, and end things off with you Aria" Adagio replied giving her sister a wink, the small purple siren just blushing. "Y-yea sounds good to me" Aria stuttered.
"Well I guess that's reasonable" Juniper agreed.
"Meh, not like I have anything better to do" Trixie half-chuckled.
"OK then, it's settled, operation Date Nights are a-go!" Adagio smiled, Sonata giving out a small cheer as the rest of the room chuckled or rolled their eyes.
Meanwhile across town.....
"S'up Pinks? Yea look kind of...more serious then usual." Rainbow Dash stated as she noticed the peppy pink girl staring diligently out her window.
"I dunno Dashie, I just have a feeling like someone...something is watching us, all of us" Pinkie stated as she continued to seriously stare out the window.
Rainbow Dash just rolled her eyes "More like you've been watching too many late night horror movies with Maud and Limestone again" Dash chuckled walking over to her friend.
"Eh, maybe you're right Dashie...maybe you're right" The girl half-chuckled as she turned away from the window and began to walk back towards the couch with Rainbow in tow.
Meanwhile in a bush across the street a meanicing pair of red eyes stared at the spot where Pinkie had been before slowly fading away.
Author's Note
Ahh, always nice to have sort-of happy endings. Hope the Shadowbolts enjoy being maids for the summer!
...hope whatever is spying on Pinkie and the others doesn't end-up being a problem in the future and that Adagio's right and whatever she felt that day was just a hiccup.
Oh well come back next time for some fun sisterly bonding and then some silly, sexy and awkward dates!
Thanks again for reading and will come back and fix mistakes as I can.
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