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The Siren Song: Dazzle Dazzle, Little Stars

by Shadowmane PX-41

Chapter 18: Back Into The Educational System

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Adagio, Aria and Sonata spent the next few minutes playing happily in the classroom before they were called by their new teacher for their first lesson the day. They'd only had a few minutes after Twilight and Sunset had left them to it, but managed to make do with what little time they had on their hands.

When they were finally called over to the table, they took their seats. Surprisingly, they decided to sit apart from each other this time, seeing as Twilight and Sunset were counting on them to make some new friends here. Whilst they weren't all together, they were still able to clearly see one another from where they sat, so at least they didn't have to look very far.

Adagio sat next to two very cute looking boys, who whilst they did have some paint marks on their faces were still quite presentable. Aria sat next to a couple of girls, who pulled her into a little hug for a few seconds so that she also had some time to breathe. As for Sonata, she had both a boy and a girl sitting next to her, both of which looked very playful just from looking in their eyes.

"Good morning, everyone!" One of the staff said, addressing the students as they all turned their heads to look at her. "Welcome to the Cubs. I hope you all have an extraordinary, fun-filled and overall happy day here!"

"Now then, you might be wondering who we are." Another member of staff said, adding on to what the first one had said. "My name is Fresh Start, the vice-teacher for all you bright little ones."

"I am Ms. Emerald, and I'll be supervising you during playtime and recess." Another member of staff added to the greeting that was handed to all the children. "I look forward to seeing all those little smiles you make."

"And finally, I'm your teacher, Silver Lining." She said, taking a bow as she introduced herself to the children. "I'll be here to take you all on a wonderful journey of learning. I hope you enjoy it."

All the children looked happy to see their teacher and her associates. They could tell from their confidence alone that this would be a great year in the Cubs for them.

Even The Dazzlings were quite excited with this whole premise. If Silver Lining put it like that, then they could take her word for it. This whole school thing would actually be quite enjoyable for the three of them. For once, they'd be getting some actual education, instead of just waltzing into a school, spreading a little discord, causing a major dispute to break out and feast off of all that hatred for a few days. No, they would actually get an ACTUAL education this time.

"Now then, before we begin our journey today, we need to have a little something called a timetable." She said, revealing a list of the day's activities, all neatly columned and well-written. "By following this order, we can all learn happily together, knowing that everything will be alright."

"But before we can get started, we need to make sure that everyone's here first." Fresh Start said, picking up a little clipboard with the names of everyone on the list. Now since The Dazzlings had just gotten into this class, there had to be some last minute changes to the list, but this didn't bother the staff in the slightest. "Now when I call your name, I want you to raise your hand and say 'here'." She cleared her throat before saying the first name. "Ancient Myth?"

"Here." A girl said, at one of the far ends of the table. She was light blue in colour and had curly purple hair with topaz streaks in it. She was wearing a plum skirt and blue trousers.

"Lovely." Fresh Start ticked the box next to Ancient's name. "Cold Wind?"

"Here." Another voice spoke up, this time belonging to a boy with swishy white hair and pale white skin. His clothes were quite bland as well, a plain grey shirt and blue jeans.

"Fiery Ambition?" Fresh Start spoke once again.

"Here." Another voice, belonging to another boy responded. This time, he was more orange-skinned and had red hair. His clothes were pretty fiery as well (Not literally, of course.) with streaks of red running down his trousers and yellow shirt.

"Glass Heart?"

"Here..." Said a shy girl, close to Adagio. She did look a little worried and had her hands close to her face to demonstrate this. Her skin was also quite pale as well, with dark blue hair on top.

"Joyous Occasion?"

"Here!" The boy next to Sonata said, throwing his hands up as his name was called out. This one was a rather chipper-looking one with poofy blonde hair and light clothes. His skin was also quite colourful, with a nice yellow-ish glow.

"Party Animal?"

"Here!" Said one of the girls next to Aria. She had an indigo skin and light-blue hair. Her clothes were quite dark, though. With a brown skirt and black trousers.

"Speed Freak?"

"Here!"

"Wishing Well?"

"Here!"

"Wonderful World?"

"Here!"

"Now then, we've recently had three new students who just got enrolled before class began." Fresh Start said, looking at each of The Dazzlings closely. "I'd like you all to say hello to Adagio Dazzle..."

"Here." She said, sending up one of her hands for a few seconds before bringing it down to her sides again.

"...Aria Blaze..."

"Hello." She said, looking a little nervous. She had spent a good half minute listening to other kids loudly call out their position, some of the greetings still ringing in her ears.

"And finally, we have little Sonata Dusk."

"Hello everybody!" She said, beaming with delight as she was finally able to speak again. "I look forward to every lesson and playtime we get here in the Cubs!"

The Dazzlings were met with a bunch of eager faces after they had finished introducing themselves. All the kids had been moved and could immediately tell that Adagio, Aria and Sonata would be amazing playmates.

"Ahh, that's everyone." Ms. Emerald smiled as she put a little arrow on a Velcro column next to all the words. She put the arrow next to 'Drawing Time'. "Now then, we'll start our lessons today with a little bit of Drawing Time."

"First of all, though. We need to make sure you all know the rules of Drawing time before you can begin." Silver Lining said, addressing all the children, not just The Dazzlings.

"First of all, you may draw whatever comes to mind." Fresh Start said, making sure that everyone was listening well and good now. "The best way to enjoy your Drawing Time is if you're given freedom, and the ability to draw whatever you want to draw."

"Secondly, there is to be no fighting over the colours." Ms. Emerald said, turning a little bit more serious now. "If someone is using a colour you want to use, then you just have to ask them for it and then wait. If any two students get into a fight involving one colour, then they both have to take a time-out."

"And believe me when I say than you really DON'T want one of those." Silver Lining said, showing a little compassion as she brought the next rule into play. "The third and final rule is quite easy to follow. Don't cry if you can't draw, or if someone else draws a little better than you. This isn't a place for debating, it's for fun and education."

"One more thing." Fresh Start decided to mention before he let the children begin. "Since Adagio, Aria and Sonata are new here, I want all of you to show them a good time today. Anyone who doesn't will be spending a lot more time in the time-out box."

"What's a time-out?" The Dazzlings all asked at the same time once the last rule had been issued. They'd never heard of such a concept before. Sure, they understood the concept of a punishment, compliments of Twilight and Sunset, but this whole time-out business was completely alien to them.

"I hear some of you asking what a time-out even is." Silver Lining said, clearly picking up on The Dazzlings' curiosity. "A time-out is a punishment handed down to bad little boys and girls who don't abide by the rules. Being put in time-out means you won't be able to play until you're forgiven not only by the kids you made sad, but by us as well."

"So I hope you'll all be on you best behaviour now..." Ms. Emerald said, as she saw all the students complying with her, Fresh Start and Silver Lining.

"Alright then, we've been holding you back long enough, kids." Silver lining said as she picked up a 15-minute hourglass and was about to turn it over. "You can begin your Drawing Time... Now."

The second the sands started pouring, the kids were already grabbing coloured pencils out of the pot and were using them to draw on the little sheets of paper they'd all been given. They wanted to make the most out of these next 15 minutes.

Adagio was a little worried at first whether or not any of her colours would want to be used by other kids whilst she would draw, but then saw that all the other kids were quite content with the colours they had. She took a brown colour, a blue colour and a yellow colour and began scribbling away on the piece of paper.

Aria was drawing normally, like the rest of the kids, but was surprised to see that the girls sitting next to her would often give her eager looks whilst they drew. Aria decided to shrug these off at first and just get back to her little masterpiece.

As for Sonata, she was quite happy drawing pictures of food. She made a few good (Yet quite crude) pictures of fruit that Twilight and Sunset had fed them in the past. She would often show these pictures to the kids sitting next to her, who would smile and show off their pictures as well.

The Dazzlings seemed quite lost in the realm of their imagination, as their creative minds drew as many pictures as possible before time ran out. Adagio, Aria and Sonata would often look at each other and smile, knowing that they all enjoyed this experience as much as anyone else at the table.


Meanwhile, Twilight and Sunset were outside the building, all looking at all the important pictures and articles that The Snapshots had been gathering over time. They needed to find something that would expose The Blasters' Siren sides to them all.

"It doesn't look like there's anything important in these pictures, girls." Sunset said, carefully looking at good shots of The Blasters posing for the camera after their performances. "The Blasters look perfectly harmless to me."

"That's what they want you to think, Twilight! They're just trying to worm their way into your heart before turning it all around with a more sadistic desire on their minds." Violet said, throwing up her arms for added drama. "Gee, more memories to the Battle Of The Bands, huh?"

"Yeah. Not a good time for any of us..." Twilight said, still bringing back more memories of when CHS turned into something similar to the Houses of Parliament, where it was anything goes and The Dazzlings merely got adoration instead of hate.

"Take a closer look here, girls. Zis one is ze big shocker..." Photo Finish said, pulling out a picture which exposed The Blasters' biggest secret to all of them. "Look closely at zeir necks... Notice anyzing familiar?"

Both Twilight and Sunset looked at this picture and immediately gasped in surprise. "Furen Pendants!" They said together, as they looked very closely at the red pendants, hanging from special collars on The Blasters' necks.

"Furen Pendants?" Pixel said, suddenly noticing Twilight and Sunset's fear incline rapidly. "So that's what they were called?"

"There's a lot we have to explain to you three..." Sunset said, slumping against the wall, with a very insightful look on her face. "Something about the Sirens that you never knew existed..."

"The Sirens actually function in a completely different way, that is not malicious, nor heroic." Twilight said as she decided to stand next to Sunset, ready to reveal all they had learned so far. "The Sirens aren't even from this world, or Equestria..."

And with that, Twilight and Sunset began telling Photo Finish, Pixel Pizzaz and Violet Blur all about Lyrica, King Allure and the balance...


"Incredible..." Violet said, once the story had finished. "So it wasn't an attack on CHS when the Battle Of The Bands was initiated?"

"The Dazzlings didn't maliciously plan on attacking CHS, they were merely following their species' sacred order," Twilight said, reminding them of this fact. "If there had been too much bliss, then the Human World would have become lazy, unable to function and would stop breathing eventually."

"They started the Battle Of The Bands and got everyone to fight against each other, to save everyone from themselves..." Sunset said, taking a much more deeper approach to this explanation. "But when CHS fell under too much hatred, we kind of acted as Blissen Sirens. Using our power, we broke their spell and keep the balance equal, if you understand."

"I never thought of it zat way..." Photo Finish said, still awestruck by all the information she had been hearing. "If only we'd known..."

"The balance needs to be kept, no matter the cost," Twilight went onward. "If the world is too blissful, then everyone will perish from being too over-relaxed and carefree. Whereas in a world filled with hatred, ponies and humans will meet their end with devastating war after war after war, until nothing remains of our worlds."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa... Hold on a second..." Pixel said, bringing up something else at this time. "If you say The Blasters are Furens, then how come I found this picture where they're wearing BLUE pendants?"

"No..." Twilight said, looking closer at this new picture. It was very hard to make out, but it was there. Around their necks were two gems, one red and one blue for each member of The Blasters. "That can't be possible..."

"But it is..." Sunset said, looking at the jewels over and over again, trying to see if it was all an illusion of sorts. Many attempts yielded no change. This picture was as true as the clouds in the sky. "They're Furens AND Blissens."

"So now what do we do?" Violet said, showing a great deal of worry and panic. "If they're both Furens and Blissens, there's no way anyone can show any emotion without feeding them power!"

"They'll be getting stronger and stronger, regardless of how people feel towards them and their music!" Pixel said, adding into this state of worry. "This is the worst disaster the world has ever known!"

"Girls! Calm down." Twilight said, grabbing the arms of both Pixel and Violet. "I have a plan for dealing with The Blasters..."

"And how do you propose you do zat, Twilight?" Photo Finish wanted to hear what Twilight had in mind. "If zese Blasters truly are Sirens, zen how do you propose you defeat zem?"

"Well, since they're Sirens. They can be beaten at their own game, right?" Twilight went on. "A musical-counter-spell with me and my friends might not be enough, but this is exactly why me and Sunset are raising The Dazzlings now."

"Once they grow up, we'll give them some new Furen Pendants, more powerful than before and then together, with all ten of our voices combined, we might have a fighting chance against The Blasters." Sunset finished off. "Evidently, we have to fight fire with fire."

"That way, The Blasters might not stand a chance against you!" Violet said, finally piecing the puzzle together. "And that's why you're the Princess of Friendship."

"You've been a great help, Twilight. You too, Sunset." Photo Finish said as she, Pixel and Violet handed them calling cards with their phone numbers and portraits on them. "Call us whenever you want to explain somezing even deeper to us."

"We will." Sunset said as she and Twilight slipped the cards into their pockets. "See you soon, Snapshots."

"We'll be waiting for you, then." Pixel said as she saw Twilight and Sunset make their way back to the car. "Bye!"

Once the Snapshots had went their way, Twilight and Sunset made their way into the car, locked the doors and strapped themselves into the chairs once again.

"So, what now, Sunset?" Twilight asked when the car had started moving again.

"Well, The Dazzlings are probably going to be in there for another 5 hours and 55 minutes or so, so I'm thinking that this would be a perfect time to get some things on our to-do list done." Sunset said as she pulled out a rolled up list from the glove box and handed it to Twilight.

"Heh. You've got everything covered, haven't ya?" Twilight said, grinning as she saw all the stuff on the list. Sunset had planned a lot of stuff for her and Twilight to do whilst Adagio, Aria and Sonata were in class. "So, what should we do first?"

"We're gonna hit the local spa first." Sunset said once they were back on the road again. "After all these years of being a good mother to The Dazzlings, I figure that I deserve a little break from it all. You can join me, if you'd like..."

"Yeah... I'd like that." Twilight said, smiling once again. The two of them were quite good together and had roughly the same interests. So a spa trip was right up their street by the looks of things. "A spa's a great place to unwind together, as friends."

"Glad to know you think that, Twilight. Because there's a special two-for-one deal going on now on weekdays." Sunset smiled as she made her way past traffic and down the road to the spa she'd been thinking about. "My treat, to you."


"Alright then, time's up." Silver Lining said once she'd seen the hourglass run out at last. She tapped the shoulders of the kids and showed them the empty hourglass, getting them to stop at last and turn their attention to the staff.

"Let's see what you've all been drawing, everyone." Fresh Start said once all the children had finally stopped what they were doing.

The children all held up some really cute pictures, ranging from their favourite animals or foods, and even to a few of their toys. The Dazzlings had also been doing some nice pictures, mainly of Twilight, Sunset and their home.

"Those are some pretty impressive drawings there, kids." Ms. Emerald said, admiring the work of all the kids who had been drawing within the past 15 minutes. "Good work."

"Oh, and who's this?" Silver Lining said, stopping at one of Sonata's pictures. She kneeled down to get a better look at the picture and could vaguely make out a person from how crude the picture was.

"That's my Mommy." Sonata said, giggling afterwards. "She's so happy and loves me, Dagi and Ari very much."

"Well, good for you." Silver Lining tussled Sonata's hair a little and then went off to admire another piece of work, created by the children. "Now then, who else has a nice picture for us to look at?"

Aria held up one of her finished pictures, which showed her playing with Twilight. The two of them looked quite happy in this picture and were playing under the light of the sun's warming rays from the looks of things.

"Well, I think it's fair to say that you've ALL done some amazing pictures." Fresh Start smiled once they had gathered all the pictures up and put them in a little stack. "They should go on a wall, so that you can all see them for yourselves."

"That's just what we're here for, after all." Ms. Emerald said as she took out some little pins and put each of the pictures on a nearby noteboard, so that everyone could get a good look at what they'd done together. Each of the pictures was crude (As expected) but they could all be made out clearly.

"Now then, who here wants to have some Playtime?" Silver Lining said as she moved the arrow down the Velcro strip, so that it was now pointing at 'Playtime'.

Her actions were met with a chorus of 'Me! Me! Me!' from the all the kids, Dazzlings included. They were all excited to be receiving such a wonderful gift after their long, hard work.

"Well then, off you go!" She said, getting all the children to start running back happily to all the toys and games in the room for them to play with again. Adagio, Aria and Sonata were the last kids to get back to the playing area, but they didn't mind that.

When they finally hade more time to examine what was on offer here, they could see much more stuff to do. There was a small, plastic climbing frame that kids were playing on, a couple of rocking horses, being used by other kids, who laughed all the while and even a slide, which kids were sliding down on.

"Let's split up. That way, we can make more friends and have more fun here." Adagio said, smiling at Aria and Sonata, who were completely on board with her idea.

"Okay, Dagi." They both said, shooting smiles right back at her before going off to different areas of the room to find some other kids to play with.

Adagio made her way over to the nearby climbing frame, where she could see Cold Wind and Glass Heart climbing all over the place, looking quite happy with what they were doing. And though they were spending all of their time traversing the plastic, child-friendly structure, that didn't stop Adagio from saying hello to them.

Aria made her way over to the rocking horses, where Fiery Ambition and Party Animal were waiting for Ancient Myth and Wonderful World to finish their turns. Aria sat down next to them and greeted them, trying to spark up a little conversation to pass the time.

As for Sonata, she was easy to find over at the slides. She was there with Joyous Occasion, Speed Freak and Wishing Well, all of which were having a lot of fun climbing the steps and then pushing themselves down the slides at quick speeds, laughing when they landed on the padded floor again.

The Dazzlings finally got the chance to make some friends and didn't hesitate to make this chance. They all talked to their new classmates, who were quite happy to have them and together, they spent their Playtime together, all giggling happily as they delved into the merriment they were receiving.

Author's Notes:

Hey, everybody. Thank you for reading the latest chapter of Dazzle Dazzle, Little Stars. In case any of you are wondering, I do plan on making a subplot where Adagio, Aria and Sonata spend some great time with Ancient Myth, Cold Wind, Fiery Ambition, Glass Heart, Joyous Occasion, Party Animal, Speek Freak, Wishing Well and Wonderful World. If you like how this is shaping up so far, make sure you add this to your tracking list, so you don't miss a chapter and be sure to send it to your friends, followers and even send it to your friends on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and Steam.

Also, I'm also gonna try and fish for more comments by adding a question for you guys to answer at the end of some chapters now. So hopefully, I can get more chapters out quicker, due to the massive increase in comments. Now then, the question this time is: If you could be a Siren from Lyrica, would you be a Furen or a Blissen? Leave your answer in the comments below.

But anyways, thank you all so much for your support and devotion to this trilogy. This story is almost done, however. Just gotta get a few more chapters out, and then I can start on the first sequel; Razzle Dazzle. I hope to see you all soon.

Luna: Wake up, Shadowmane. We're here.

Me: (Tosses and turns in sleep) No, Mama, dun make me weaw dat embawwasing sheep costume...

Luna: (Picks up glass of ice water and dumps it on my head)

Me: AAAAGH! (Shivers) AWWIGHT, I'M UP!!!

Celestia: Just in time, too. The famous Japony Sunrise is starting...

All: (Basking in the majesty of the Japony Sunrise.)

Me: Wow...

Night--Mist: Wondewfuw, isn't it?

Me: Yeah, dis wiww make aww da 358 othew days wowth wiving fow...

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