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The Siren Song: Dazzle Dazzle, Little Stars

by Shadowmane PX-41

Chapter 14: "Out-of-control emotions"

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One Month later...


Sunset and Twilight were in the local shopping complex, looking for some new clothes for The Dazzlings. Since they were starting to get older, they had decided that new clothes would help them keep up with their current growth rate.

Twilight and Sunset saw many of the shops on their way, from a hardware store, to a supermarket and even a toy store which got The Dazzlings excited. All those inviting colours and many different toys were always a welcome sight for the three of them in this state.

"Calm down, girls." Sunset chuckled as she held The Dazzlings' hands, getting them to calm down as she wished. "We can get you some new toys on the way home, IF you're good today."

"Okay, Mama." They all said as they turned upwards to face her.

"Quite obedient little girls, aren't they?" Twilight said, still surprised that The Dazzlings would now obey anything Sunset said. "You're gonna have to teach me how you managed to pull that off someday, Sunset."

"It's actually quite simple, Twilight." Sunset said, as she looked down on her Dazzlings. "They wanted, want and will always want to be loved. So why not just give them that adoration?"

"Oh! I get it now." Twilight said, finally piecing together the way how The Dazzlings always followed whatever Sunset said. "By giving them their much desired adoration, that plucks a mental note in their mind telling them to do whatever you say for more love."

"I... Guess you could say it like that." Sunset said, almost flinching at Twilight's scientific explanation on the matter.

"You know, if we'd just given them love and acceptance in the first place, maybe the whole Battle Of The Bands could have been avoided altogether." Twilight said, sighing her regrets whilst she looked down on the three of them. "Guess it's too late now..."

Sunset saw Twilight hanging her head in shame, a conflict which could have been prevented happened anyways, all because no-one was willing to accept The Dazzlings back then. She thought it was her fault at first, but then she noticed Sunset put a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't kick yourself for this, Twilight." Sunset said, trying to alleviate Twilight of her worries. "Sometimes things like this happen and there's no way to avoid it."

"Are you sure of that?" Twilight said, holding back her tears so she could hear what Sunset had to say.

"Things like this happen all the time in this world. Take a look at all the natural disasters here. Earthquakes, Tornadoes, Volcanic eruptions..." Sunset wiped away some of Twilight's tears, revealing a clearer emotion of acceptance on her face. "There are just some things that can't be stopped, no matter how many people try."

Twilight thought about it for a few seconds, then eventually she brought her smile back. "Alright, Sunset. I'll agree with you on that for now."

"Good to know." She said as she and Twilight walked into the clothing store to find some new clothes for Adagio, Aria and Sonata. However, when Sunset walked inside, she stopped for a second and looked back.

"Uhh... Sunset? What's up?" Twilight asked, noticing that Sunset's expression looked vacant.

"Huh. That's odd..." She said, turning back to Twilight and the store itself. "I could have sworn someone was following us here..."

"You don't think it could have been The Blasters, do you?" Twilight said, wishing that wasn't the case. She knew The Blasters were trouble from what Sunset had been telling her from The Dazzlings.

"That's physically impossible." She said, remembering a vital fact. "The Blasters recently started another of their world tours. By the time the sun sets, they'll have arrived in Bangkok."

"Bang... Kok?" Twilight asked, tilting her head in confusion.

"It's another part of this world. Kind of like where Equestria has Tailand, this world has Bangkok." Sunset explained.

"Let me guess... They all speak a foreign language there as well?" Twilight and Sunset both knew this quite well, people and ponies spoke differently in different parts of Equestria and the Human World.

"Pretty much." She said as the two of them walked further into the clothing store. "Let's just focus on getting what we came here to get, alright?"

"I understand, new clothes for The Dazzlings." Twilight said, bringing back their main priority. They both knew The Dazzlings couldn't stay in the same clothes forever, and eventually they'd get too small for them.

They looked at all the different clothes on offer, ranging from ladies to gentlemen and even some with bizarre pictures and phrases on the front. While Sunset and Twilight got a few laughs from the ones with phrases, they still had a job to do.

Eventually, they found what they had been looking for. Clothes that were roughly around The Dazzlings' current size and composure. They pulled Adagio, Aria and Sonata out of their little doze and allowed them to see all the brightly coloured shirts and skirts on display there.

They looked quite awestruck when they saw all the different colours of clothing on display, they did enjoy the brightness of all the welcoming and soothing colours. Sonata and Aria would eventually find some clothes they liked the look of and would ask Twilight and Sunset to let them try them on.

"Okay, girls. What do you want to try on?" Sunset said, putting the basket down on the floor so that The Dazzlings could get closer to what they wanted to try on. They tugged at some of the clothes on the racks, so that Sunset could tell which ones they were after.

"I wanna try this one on!" Adagio said, holding up a rather soft little dress with a diamond pattern on the top half and a frilly design for the bottom half.

"Well, not what I would have chosen, but it is your decision, Adagio." Sunset said, carrying her over to the nearby dressing room. "Twilight, could you keep a close eye on Aria and Sonata?"

"Sure thing, Sunset." Twilight smiled as she saw Sunset walking over to the nearby room with Adagio close behind her. Once she was out of sight, Twilight saw what Aria and Sonata had decided to pick out from the racks.

"What do you think, Auntie Twilight?" Sonata asked, showing up her choice of clothes. Sonata's choice was a little more sensible than Adagio's was, a simple plain pink t-shirt with a little skirt part on the bottom.

"I think it looks lovely, Sonata." Twilight smiled, tussling her long hair once again before looking at what Aria had chosen. "What have you chosen to wear, Aria?"

"Something soft and snuggly, like this!" She said, holding up something that could have easily counted as bed sheets rather than a t-shirt. The shirt was satin and had a cream colour choice. Twilight and Aria both felt the softness of the shirt and smiled at one another.

"I think we can definitely work that out." Twilight smiled, tussling Aria's hair as well, causing her to blush excitedly. Twilight could envision Aria in her new clothes now, looking like a gorgeous little angel from heaven as she toddled around in it.

Aria and Sonata looked up at Twilight with happy gazes, their choices had brought them adoration from Twilight. They smiled as the clothes were put into a bag nearby, their smiles soon turned into happy coos as Twilight lifted the two of them up as well as the aforementioned and saw that Sunset had returned from dressing Adagio.

"Adagio sure looks happy, doesn't she?" Twilight said, noticing that Adagio's smile was there but her new clothes were in Sunset's other hand.

"Well, she did like how the clothes felt on her." Sunset and Twilight now watched Adagio reaching over for her little dress with as much effort as she could muster at this young age.

"I can see that." Twilight chuckled as Adagio was instantly calmed down when Sunset put her on her back.

"What did Aria and Sonata choose?" Sunset decided to ask out of curiosity as she looked in the bag Twilight was holding.

"Well, they actually decided not to go all out on their choices." Twilight said, showing her Aria's cream t-shirt and Sonata's pink shirt-dress combo. "Just wait until they see themselves in their new clothes."

Sunset saw the choices that Aria and Sonata had chosen and immediately shot another smile at Twilight. "Those do look pretty nice, actually." She then felt the soft fabrics on both the clothes. "Wow... They even feel soft as well."

"Do you think we should dress them to let them experience it for themselves?" Twilight asked, looking over at the dressing room once again.

"I think it'd be nice to see The Dazzlings with a new set of clothes." Sunset smiled as the two of them walked over to the dressing room.

Twilight smiled at that remark and took Aria and Sonata through one set of doors, so she had some privacy. Sunset watched from the outside, waiting for the results of this little dress-up to come.

Inside the booth, Twilight sat Aria and Sonata down and proceeded to undress them. She gently and slowly removed their shirts, revealing nothing more than their bare flesh. Aria and Sonata blushed a little once their shirts came off and they immediately tried to cover their shame with their little arms. Twilight merely giggled at this and had them raise their arms.

Once their arms were raised, the two infant Sirens let out little giggles once their new shirts came on. A new sensation of comfort and snugness was instantly felt once they had been dressed again and they cooed blissfully as they wriggled around in their new clothes.

There we go." Twilight said, kissing their foreheads in a motherly fashion. "Don't you feel lovely now?"

Aria and Sonata merely smiled at Twilight, whilst feeling just how soft their new clothes really were. It was as soft as the blankets they would get wrapped up in whenever they went to sleep in their crib and were colourful enough to catch their eyes immediately, should they ever see these and want to try them on.

"I knew you'd like them." Twilight said, slipping them out of the clothes and back into their old ones. "But before you can wear them properly, we have to go and pay for them first."

Aria and Sonata accepted this fact and stretched their arms out, indicating that Twilight had to pick the two of them up again. Once they were carried out of the booth, Twilight was met with Sunset once more, who was waiting for a reply on whether or not Aria and Sonata liked their new clothes.

"What did they think of them?" She asked, holding Adagio's hand so she wouldn't wander off.

"They loved them." Twilight said, looking back at Aria and Sonata, who were looking at her with adorable little smiles on their faces. "I think we've got what we needed here."

"Well, alright. But I'm taking some extras in case they get holes in them." Sunset said, picking more copies of the same clothes off of the rack, making sure to leave some for the other kids. "Always helps to come prepared, I say."

"Heh, and I thought I was obsessive about this kind of thing." Twilight said, watching Sunset take at least two extra copies of each shirt and put them into the bag.


Once Sunset and Twilight had payed for their new clothes, they walked out of the store with Adagio, Aria and Sonata sleeping soundly in the basket once more.

They were about to head to the toy store to treat Adagio, Aria and Sonata to some new toys when they saw three familiar figures at the nearby fountain, scribbling down some important notes of some description.

There was one girl with white hair and a stripy white and black skirt and wore shades which hid her eyes completely, another girl with two ponytails which would could have been mistaken for a sunrise and a third girl with a light violet-ish hairstyle. They all seemed like reporters for something interesting.

"Well, what do ya know?" Sunset said, admiring the three of them. "If it isn't Photo Finish and the Snapshots."

"You know them?" Twilight looked stunned at this.

"After they graduated with us, they became expert reporters for the local media." Sunset said, acknowledging their accomplishments. "There was one time a lion escaped from the zoo, and they reported about it first, before the news channels had even heard about it."

"Wow, that IS impressive." Twilight said, still wondering how fast the three of them were at delivering stories. "I wonder what they're trying to work out now?"

"Why don't we go over and ask them?" Sunset said, covering The Dazzlings up with the blanket they slept in. "I'm sure they can spare a few seconds of our time, most journalists do."

Twilight and Sunset walked over to the three girls at a slow pace, in the hopes that they'd recognize them facially. When that didn't work, Twilight and Sunset decided to introduce themselves.

"Hi there." Twilight waved to the three girls once she got close. However, she got no response from it.

"They must be concentrating on writing down their findings." Sunset said, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Maybe we can talk to them once they've finished their paperwork."

"Hmmm..." Photo Finish was trying to figure something out. She'd been writing down a list of plausible excuses for something but then immediately thought how preposterous and far-fetched they sounded and ripped the page off befor crumpling it up and throwing it away. "Aggh! Zis would never make ze front page!"

"Calm down, Finish." Said the girl with the sunrise ponytails. "Surely there's got to be a logical explanation for these sudden outbursts. We just haven't found it yet."

"Found out what?" Twilight asked, noticing the girls were now talking again.

"Well, we're trying to debunk some myths about people randomly having outburs-" The girl with violet hair stopped when she noticed who was talking to her. "Oh! Princess Twilight! You're back."

"Wait, Twilight?" The second girl spoke again. "As in Twilight Sparkle of The Rainbooms?"

"Yeah, that's me alright." Twilight said, sheepishly as usual. She still wasn't accustomed to meeting new people in this world.

"Twilight! It is good to see you again!" Photo Finish pulled her head out of her notebook so she could see Twilight's face. "Welcome back to ze Human World."

"Good to be back, Miss... Uhh..." Twilight didn't want to say it. She knew it was a human world version of Photo Finish, but she didn't want to say it in front of her, lest she cast suspicion on herself.

"Oh! Sorry, I was such a jerk ze last time you were here zat I never introduced myself and my colleagues." She said, apologizing for all the scorn she had given to Twilight during the Battle Of The Bands. "My name is Photo Finish."

"Good to meet you, Photo Finish." Twilight said, shaking her hand in a welcoming fashion.

"Oh, and zis is Pixel Pizzaz and Violet Blur." She pointed out the two other girls, who waved to the two of them. "Alone we are nothing but ordinary girls, but together we are known as..."

"The Snapshots!" The three of them all said together, posing in unison as they pulled out their cameras.

Twilight merely looked at Sunset with a confused look on her face.

"They tend to do that." Sunset explained, getting Twilight's expression to change. "It happened shortly after they graduated."

"So, what are you doing back here so soon, Twilight?" Pixel asked as she and Twilight looked each other in the eye. "Has a new threat arisen to attack Canterlot High?"

"That's usually been the case whenever you come to this world." Violet added on, reminding Twilight that her visits here never ended pleasantly. "But hey, no worries. I'm sure you and your friends have everything under control."

"I'm actually here to help Sunset out with something..." She said, looking at the basket once more. "Something that required my utmost attention for the time being."

"Oh, I understand. Friends helping friends after all, zat's usually how it works wiz you." Photo Finish said, "But if you don't mind, zere's something we need to share wiz you and Sunset."

"Oh? What is it, girls?" Sunset asked, getting closer to Violet and Pixel.

"You're the only ones we can share this info with, seeing as you've dealt with weird stuff like this before." Pixel Pizzaz said, beginning an explanation of sorts. "Have you ever heard of The Blasters?"

"Yeah, they're Rainbow Dash's favourite band. Why do you ask?" Sunset decided to answer Pixel's question with a question.

"They say there's a big conspiracy behind The Blasters and their success." Violet Blur explained further. "We've been doing some research on these strange psychological outbursts and are trying to figure out a reasonable explanation for it all, but the best we've come up with is that they're secretly The Dazzlings' big brothers and are using their songs as a kind of spell to make people lose their emotions."

"Wait? A spell?" Twilight looked a little surprised. If The Blasters songs did affect other people, why did it make her friends dance in joy?

"The Blasters were recently formed a few days after the Battle Of The Bands, by the way, sorry again for almost ruining your auditions." Pixel said.

"It's alright. It seemed like everyone was out to get us back then." She said, remembering all that cruelty she and her friends got.

"Anyways, Ze Blasters were quite talented once zey rose to musical dominance. However, we immediately noticed zat something was off when zey won tournament after tournament." Photo Finish picked up. "We heard zat they faced absolutely no competition when zey went into battle and rose to superstardom in a few weeks."

"In this world, it usually takes around two months to be the best in the world." Violet went on. "We could immediately tell something was up."

"We decided to do some digging, attend The Blasters' press conferences, go to their parties and socialize with them in general, but everytime we asked them what their secret was, they always replied with, and I quote: 'A true singer never reveals the secret to their success.'." Violet picked the explanation up.

"A few weeks later, a surprisingly large amount of people were taken into custody for having emotional breakdowns." Pixel Pizzaz continued on with their lengthy explanation. "They were locked up for being completely out of control with their emotions. Rings a bell, huh?"

"Yeah, it does..." Sunset said, remembering that when the Battle Of The Bands happened, no-one could quell their rage for one another, it was a brimming cesspool of arguments and conflict.

"When you say out of control with their emotions, what do you mean by that?" Twilight decided to ask, wondering if she could extract some vital information from this.

"It was very similar to Ze Dazzlings' effects at CHS, humans had no control over what zey were doing, due to zeir emotions being either too strong or not zere at all." Photo Finish explained further. "Only zis time, it wasn't just rage and hatred, it was also happiness, worry, fear, ALL zeir emotions went out of control like zat!"

"And this is the really stunning part." Violet said, warning Twilight and Sunset. "When they finally came to, they said their emotional breakdowns were all the cause of nightmares and stress during their interrogations."

"We've been digging as deep as we can, but there's been nothing odd about this, except for one key piece of evidence..." Pixel decided to finish. "EVERYONE who was locked up for their out-of-control emotions was a fan of The Blasters!"

"WHAT?!" Twilight and Sunset said together, almost waking Adagio, Aria and Sonata from their sleep, luckily, Twilight's shaky composure was gently rocking them back into their slumber.

"We are all trying as hard as we can to try and uncover zis mystery." Photo Finish said, getting up from her current position. "If your friends have been listening to Ze Blasters' music, I advise you to keep zeir emotions in check."

"I'll keep that in mind." Twilight said, walking over to the nearby toy store with Sunset, even after their long talk with The Snapshots, they still had to keep The Dazzlings happy as well. "Well, it was nice talking with the three of you, but we have to finish our shopping."

"I'll see you around, Snapshots." Sunset said, waving goodbye before rejoining Twilight, who was almost at the front door of the toy store. "We'll be sure to let you know if something interesting comes up!"

"Alright then, see you soon, Sunset and Twilight!" Pixel said, waving the three of them off before she, Violet and Photo Finish returned to their work.


"So, The Blasters really ARE Sirens." Twilight said as she and Sunset shared glances with one another. "And not only that, but they seem to be making everyone emotionally incoherent."

"But why? What do they have to gain from making everyone lose control?" Sunset decided to debate this issue. "When The Dazzlings did it, they mainly wanted to see everyone get mad with each other, but do The Blasters really want nothing more than to get people completely insane?"

"Clearly something fishy is going on here and I need to find out exactly what it is." Twilight said, walking inside the rather large toy store. "But first, The Dazzlings did behave well when we went clothes shopping for them, so we'd better treat them to a reward."

"Ok then..." Sunset moved the blanket so she could see The Dazzlings sleeping soundly once again. "Girls... Wake up..."

Adagio, Aria and Sonata had all heard Sunset's warm as butter voice and complied almost instantly. They started tossing and turning to show they were getting up and slowly opened their eyes to the marvellous and colourful sight inside.

"Thank you, Mama!" They all said happily as they were awestruck by all the amazing colours and toys on offer. They were quite keen to get out of the basket to go wild, but Sunset held them back in place, so they wouldn't fall out and hurt themselves.

"Whoa there! We don't want you having a little bump now, do we?" Sunset asked, getting The Dazzlings to shake their heads together. "That's better. Now then, just tell us whatever you'd like and it's yours."

And with that, Adagio, Aria and Sonata were looking at all the toys on display, trying to find what they really liked the most. Adagio was thinking about getting a friend for her bear, Mr. Fuzzykins. Whereas Aria and Sonata were just looking for whatever they could find.

When The Dazzlings found what they wanted, they tugged on Twilight and Sunset's shirts to grab their attention and then immediately point them in the direction of the toys they had their eyes on. A lot of requests were made here and there and Sunset didn't know if she'd have the budget to pay for it all, but that didn't bother her seeing as some of the requests made were just to play with the ones put out for them to try.

It was quite a wonderful feeling for the three infant Sirens, being this small in a world that seemed so large and colourful for them. They also liked all the toys they saw but couldn't have them all. They did have to make some tough decisions here and there, but they made sure they were happy with what they chose in the end.

Author's Notes:

Thanks for reading the latest chapter of Dazzle Dazzle, Little Stars. I decided to include The Snapshots here because of something I've had pounding in back of my head. I believe that the Photo Finish of this world is an expert journalist, as compared to her Equestria counterpart.

I will eventually end this story, but I believe that there's so much lore I have to tell you guys. But now it all comes down to your choice alone. Do you want to see more Siren lore in this story? Or do want me to leave it until the sequels come out? Leave your answer to this question in the comments below.

But anyways, thanks for reading, be sure to rate this story, comment as much as you want to and be sure to share it with your friends and followers when you have the time. Now then, I have to get back before- (levitated away from computer)

Celestia: Guess what day it is, Shadowmane?

Me: Uhh... Taco Tuesday?

Celestia: Not until you're older, sweetheart.

Me: Weww, wat IS today?

Celestia: DRESS-UP DAY!!! (Brings in a bunch of chests and wardrobes full of foal outfits)

Me: Oh boy... Hewe we go again...

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