"All I needed ta heer." Greenskin said with a smile as he advanced towards the Dazzlings.

"Wait, who's Sindrey?" Asked Sonata.

Greenskin stopped. "Wait, so da lot ov youze ain't werkin' fer'im? Just dat one?" He asked, pointing a finger at Aria.

Adagio looked towards her more aggressive sister. "Aria, what is she talking about?"

Aria snarled between clinched teeth. "...You remember that plan I had?...it wasn't mine."

Adagio breathed a sigh of relief. "Well, it's a good thing we didn't go along with it. No, we are not working for this 'Sindrey' person."

Greenskin moaned in disappointment at not having a git to punch, but the two Fluttershys breathed sighs of relief. "That's good, he would've tricked you anyway." One of them said.

"Duly noted. And...thanks." Adagio said.

The Fluttershys and the other Dazzlings did a double take. "D-did you just thank us!?"

"Why wouldn't I?" The head Dazzling asked with a sarcastic smirk as she waved a hand towards the cheering crowd who were demanding autographs. "I'm pretty sure they want more than just ours...but we're the ones getting paid for it."

As the Dazzlings expected, Greenskin was the most popular girl of the night, which was a nightmare for the Equestrian Fluttershy because Greenskin didn't know how to write or even what was happening. But the three of them needed to stick around a little longer.

Aria had spoken with Sindri, and even if the Dazzlings were turning down his plan, she might still know some details.

It was a long shot, given the Alpha Legion, but it was the only lead the girls had at the moment.

Luckily, the bar hadn't been packed. So the ordeal was over in an hour or so. Most of the audience had left to blog about the song and Greenskin(who most believed was a new member of the Dazzlings) leaving only a few dedicated drinkers on the edges of the establishment while the Fluttershys and Greenskin sat opposite the Dazzlings near the center of the bar.

"So to start, do you know what Sindri is planning?" Fluttershy asked.

"...No, he just told me that he had a plan, and was willing to give us more power than we ever held before if we agreed to help him." Aria explained, still miffed about Adagio making her talk to them as 'repayment'.

Greenskin snorted in amusement. "An' you beleeved'im? He's a Daemon ya git."

"Well it was better than singing for the few creeps who were lonely enough to give us the time of day and enough money to buy junk food!" Aria snarled.

"It really is fortunate that our otherworldly metabolism prevents us from getting fat." Adagio added while Sonata noisily snacked on some nachos provided by Capper.

That seemed to be it for Sindri, but the kind nature of the Fluttershys compelled them to ask an entirely different set of questions. "Couldn't you just...find some work?"

The three Dazzlings stared at the young girl like she had spoken in the ancient language of the Necrontyr before throwing their heads back and laughing. "GaHAAA-haahaahaahaahahahahahaaaa!!! Us!? Doing normal jobs!?"

"Well if ya gitz can't sing, an' ya can't foight, den all dat'z left is Grot'z Work." Greenskin snipped.

The Dazzlings stopped laughing. Aria stared daggers at the Ork Gal, Sonata awkwardly went back to her nachos, and Adagio took a breath. "...We could sing. We lost it for awhile after the Battle of the Bands, but the Song in our hearts did come back."

"Da song in yer wut?" Greenskin asked.

"It's a magical force in Equestria that compels everycreature to sing. Some scientists traced the origin of its energy to the Tree of Harmony, but it's known to have existed before the tree was planted. There are some who say ancient spirits brought the song to Equestria, but nopony knows where it really came from. And even stranger, it also exists in this world." Fluttershy explained.

"So dat'z why I jumped on stage an' started flappin' me gob loike dat!" Greenskin exclaimed.

"The legends in our world say masked angels came from the Heavens and sang the first song. No one knows if there's any truth to that, but there are several churches who sing the exact same song and agree that the angels sung it." The other Fluttershy added.

"Oooookaay, so wut does dis 'ave tah do wiff dem." Greenskin asked while pointing at the Dazzlings.

"Well, considering that they were using the songs for evil, somehow, I guess when we blasted them, it took away the song in their hearts." The human Fluttershy stated.

"Yeah, that's about it. Those amulets we wore held a spell that allowed us to warp the song's purpose. We discovered that they were used to enhance those sickening frivolous emotions you Ponies are so fond of. We could use them to enhance negative emotions. But after the amulets were destroyed and we lost the song, we grew desperate. We could always get by on our music, and I'm pretty sure it's the only reason we survived the Dark Ages, but without it, we were helpless, homeless, and hopeless." Adagio explained.

"But then it came back!" Shouted Sonata, who had finished her nachos and decided to join the conversation.

Aria was not amused by the sudden outburst. "For one lousy song, that's it."

Adagio sighed. "Yeah, I hit an all time low. I threw in the towel and said an honest prayer to...whoever was listening that if they let us have a way out of this situation, I'd be grateful for what I had and never try to take over the world again. It worked, my sisters and I came up with Find The Magic the very next morning, like it came to us in a dream...but that was it. The song kept us going for a little while but...you know the rest."

Adagio looked down at her hands, Sonata laid a comforting hand on her shoulder, and Aria turned away from her sisters with a huff.

"Wut was dat about?" Greenskin asked the aggressive siren.

Aria went bug eyed for a minute before returning to her default irate expression. "W-what are you talking about?"

Greenskin narrowed her eyes. "If ya really didn't know, ya wouldn't 'ave acted loike you was caught fer a second dere. You Bony Gitz is really bad at loiyen."

Sonata opened to inquire about the conversation but Aria shouted over her. "We're not Ponies you idiot!"

"You'ze still a bad loiyah! An' youze da one who stole dat song fing!" Greenskin pointed an accusing finger at the Dazzling.

"WHAT!?" Aria shouted. "THAT'S INSANE!! SINDRI ONLY JUST GOT HERE! WE LOST THE SONGS TWO YEARS AGO!!!" The siren all but screamed.

Greenskin stood from her seat. "An' 'ow did you know dat eh!?"

"Greenskin! What are you doing!?" Shouted Fluttershy.

"Askin' kweshunz. Dat'z wut weze 'ere fer innit!? Now 'ow do you know dat da Spiky Boy only jus' got 'ere?" Greenskin repeated with an accusing glare while the Fluttershys looked at Aria apologetically and her sisters seemed to be waiting for an answer themselves.

"Um, I-I don't know, maybe he has been here longer, but he didn't contact me until after he attacked Sunset Shimmer!" Aria blurted.

"Wait what!?" Shouted Adagio and Sonata while the Fluttershys apologetic looks became shocked and the Ork Gal grinned victoriously. "An' just when did da Boss mention Sunset to ya? I know I didn't."

Aria went quiet. Everyone at the table stared at her. Her sisters most of all. "Aria, how much do you really know?" Adagio asked in a stern voice.

Aria glared at her sister. "How much do I know? I know that you've gone soft!" The siren shouted. "I expected that from Sonata, but you're the one who discovered the spell that let us harness power from hatred in the first place, and you're willing to give that up to be a Pop Star!?"

Adagio was in Aria's face in an instant. "We're not giving it up, we lost you idiot! Trying to go above our station is the reason we were banished from the Harmonizing Isles, banished from Equestria, and left powerless, tone deaf, and starving until we finally got the message...and you would rather play along with a demon who is more than likely trying to use us as disposable pawns!?"

"We can use him as a pa- "NO!!" Adagio shouted. "Everything we worked for! Everything we had to beg to get back! You're willing to throw it all away for the smallest chance at a better life with a bigger risk than we've ever taken before!..And you stole our songs? Why?"

"Because I wanted you back! He told me that the only way to keep you from becoming like Sonata was if we lost our singing permanently...and he was right." Aria said, pouring as much venom as she could into her last word.

The sound of flesh striking flesh rang out across the bar and drew every pair of eyes towards the group.

Aria regained her balance with a soothing hand on her throbbing cheek, staring at Adagio with a dumbstruck, almost pleading expression, but her sister wouldn't budge.

Aria's expression changed into a hateful glare. "I knew it, you have gone soft."

Adagio met her stare with one of her own. "Are you going to do something about it?"

The tension momentarily dissipated when Capper walked over. "Now, I heard barely a half of your shouting match and didn't understand every other word of it, but I should warn you that if things turn physical, I will contact the authorities."

Aria looked between her sister and the bar owner and the other bar goers who seemed to be concerned by their conduct. Then she took a breath and glared at Adagio once more. "They'll be no need for that...I was just leaving."

"Oh no youze ain't." Snarled Greenskin as she circled around the table towards Aria. "If youze really is werkin' fer dat Daemon git, den youze ain't goin' nowhere."

Aria snickered. "If you lay a finger on me, the cops'll haul you off to jail. Mention anything about demons and magic, and they'll haul you off to the loony bin."

Greenskin moved to attack, but Fluttershy grabbed her arm. "She's right Greenskin, we can't cause a scene."

"Better listen to your 'boss' your only option is to let me go." Aria said with a smug grin as she walked past the Ork Gal.

"DA HELL IT IS!!" Greenskin shouted as she wrenched her arm Fluttershy's grip and threw a hammer fist into Aria's face.

"NOO!!!" Screamed Fluttershy as she rushed to the Ork who had followed Aria to the ground with the intention of beating her to death. The other Fluttershy and Sonata tried to help while Capper reached for his cellphone and several bar goers took out their phones. Some to contact the authorities, others to record the fight.

Suddenly, Capper seized and went limp, falling to the floor like a puppet with cut strings followed by the bar goers.

Adagio, shocked still at the sudden string of events, stared dumbly at the bar owner's body...and the dart protruding from his neck. Her eyes moved from Capper to the bar's entrance where she stared into the dark eyes of a very pale boy who seemed to be amused by the chain of events.

The boy's overcoat made it look like he was gliding as he made his way to the dogpile on Aria.

"Grr, sto-GET OFF!!" Greenskin shouted as he shook off the human Fluttershy, sending her tumbling into the mysterious boy.

He caught her without stumbling. She looked at him with recognition, it was someone they knew, but that was all Adagio could put together as she watched him glide around Fluttershy towards the pile.

Sonata was thrown off next, she crashed bodily into Adagio, finally shaking her out of her stupor as she was tangled up with her sister's limbs.

The two sisters untangled in time to see the mysterious boy tap Fluttershy's shoulder. "It's alright, there are no further witnesses. Let him kill her."

"Wha-NO!!" Shouted Sonata. The boy's hand moved faster than Adagio could see, she was barely able to make out the dart in her sister's neck as her body fell to the floor.

"Apologies, I had forgotten that one was...slow. But you understand the situation, don't you." Adagio realized that he was speaking directly to her.

"This is insane! Greenskin please stop!" Fluttershy shouted, just as taken by the madness of the situation as Adagio.

"There's nothing to understand little one. The Siren has chosen damnation, and she must die. Sparing her life would not only mean more suffering for us, but also for them." The boy inclined his head towards Adagio and Sonata.

"Da Panzee's roight Boss! You 'eard her! Dis git's mukkin' around wiff DAEMONS!" Greenskin shouted while trying to strangle Aria. She had learned during the struggle that she wasn't capable of smashing her head in with her humie fists.

Fluttershy stopped pulling against the Ork, but didn't let go. "B..but i-"

"Do you recall the Haemonculus you killed? The horrors he unleashed? This girl is willing to unleash a greater monster upon this world. One that will unleash suffering the likes of which you have yet to witness...but I already know that's not the reason you hesitate. In your heart, you know she must die. But you're thinking of her sisters, the ones she is willing to betray, the ones she is willing to subject to such horror. They still love this traitor. They've been together for millennia after all. So fine, if Adagio there is foolish enough to spare this filth, I will permit it...there is still a window of opportunity to destroy her before she can cause suffering to anyone else." The boy looked Adagio dead in the eye as he said that, causing the Dazzling to feel an icy chill on her spine, as though someone had walked over her grave.

Adagio looked down at Aria, her hateful eyes focused on Greenskin, struggling desperately to stop the stronger woman from choking the life out of her.

Aria had always been the more aggressive of the three. Even though Adagio shared her lust for power, Aria could never think beyond what she wanted, never thought about anything but getting it. She was in and out of trouble long before Adagio and Sonata started their own bad habits.

She would often blame her sisters for not helping her with her foolishness, and Adagio would promise that when the time came, they would all have what they wanted.

She believed that time came when she created the gemstones that let them harness hatred incited through their singing, Aria thought so too, but it was not to be. And now history was repeating itself, Aria was going to do something foolish and it was going to backfire. But this time...the consequences would be far more permanent.

Adagio choked. She knew the smart thing to do, and it's not like she never put others in harm's way for her benefit before. But she had never directly caused someone's death, least of all her sister.

That moment's hesitation would prove fatal. Aria managed to get one of her thumbs into Greenskin's eye, causing the Ork Gal to bring up one of her own hands to defend herself, which in turn allowed Aria time to reach down and draw a knife from her boot and stab the Ork.

Fluttershy, who was all but touching the Ork Gal's shoulders at this point, immediately pulled her friend away from the armed Dazzling for fear that Aria would stab her again. Aria took the chance and ran.

"Hm hm hm, that will come back to haunt you." The dark clothed boy said to Adagio with an amused smile.

"You...WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP HER!?" Shouted the mortal Fluttershy.

"All is as it should be. Tragedy is a merciless, but effective teacher. Speaking of which, during the chain of events that transpired since entering this establishment, you received a message from your friends on your smartphone." The boy said.

The young girl's eyes shrank to pinpricks at the implication and she swiftly pulled her phone and messages. Adagio watched her stare numbly at it, letting it fall to the floor and continue staring into her hand as her breathing elevated, the only implication the Dazzling had for what had happened was the blood curdling scream before Fluttershy broke down and wailed in despair.

The boy nodded in understanding before turning his attention back to Adagio. "Things are in motion that cannot be undone. The fires of war will forge heroes capable of reshaping the very galaxy. Fleeing from this city will not save you from the horrors to come. If you wish to survive, it would be wise to join us."

"Wuh...wh..who are you?" Adagio all but whispered.

The boy's smirk grew wider. "A fool found in a situation so desperate and absurd that all I can do is laugh at my immanent demise as I head towards it hoping I somehow survive. But you may refer to me as Krae'Nakh."

Author's Note

And another one done. Sorry if this one seemed more thrown together than the past three, I've hit the bottom of my pre-thought up plans for now and it'll be two or three more chapters before I get back to something I've long since envisioned.

Harlequins are perhaps the only sub faction more mysterious than the Alpha Legion, makes it a little difficult to justify what Krae'Nakh is up to until several chapters down the line.

And yes, Fluttershy's text was informing her about the human Rainbow Dash's death. Speaking of which, next chapter will feature Aries in the most uncomfortable position possible: explaining himself to the police.

Also, in unrelated news...I did a funny.

That's all I got for this chapter, see you all next time.