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The Siren Song: Dazzle Dazzle, Little Stars

by Shadowmane PX-41

Chapter 22: Fun To Be Scared

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Once Twilight, Sunset and The Dazzlings had eventually returned at the docking station for the Woodchuck, they removed their seatbelts and watched the safety bars return to their initial position. Once this was all done, they all climbed out and let the next group of people get on.

Twilight and Adagio still felt rather light-headed and woozy after they'd climbed out of the chairs, the thrill of a roller-coaster had really taken its' toll on the two of them. Sunset, Aria and Sonata on the other hand were quite happy with how that little ride had turned out for them.

"Tell me something, Sunset," Twilight said, still feeling a little dizzy once they'd had time back on their feet. "Did you catch the number of that wagon?"

Sunset merely chuckled at how this ride had affected Twilight. She'd never seen one of the most studious girls she'd ever known act like someone who'd drunk too much at a local bar. This act amused her for a while, until she decided to bring Twilight back to reality by putting her hands on Twilight's shoulders and shaking her.

"Come on, Twilight," Sunset said, getting Twilight out of her trance relatively quickly. She watched Twilight shake her head violently, a sign that showed she was brushing off the last of her daze. "This isn't how a princess is supposed to act in public."

"Huh?" Twilight finally came back to reality and saw Sunset and The Dazzlings looking at her with smiles of relief on their faces. "Oh, Sunset, is the ride already over?"

"Hehe, you acted pretty silly, Auntie Twilight." Adagio giggled as Twilight finally came back to her senses.

"Did I, Adagio?" Twilight asked the little Dazzling once they all began to walk out of the station in a different way as opposed to the way they had come in. "How silly did I act, exactly?"

"Hehe, you acted like a very silly clown, Auntie Twilight!" Sonata said, still unable to contain herself after the little merriment she'd received from Twilight back there at the docking station.

Even Twilight was lost for words. She'd never in her life acted as if she'd been hit with a mental confusion spell or as if she'd gotten wasted on Apple Family Cider. She never thought she'd be able to live it down until they arrived at a special little stop on the road out of the station which was showing the pictures of all the riders that were just on the Woodchuck.

"They do pictures as well?" Twilight said as she now pondered at the images of herself, Sunset and The Dazzlings. All of them frozen in time and with the impression that Twilight had had the living daylights scared out of her. In one of the pictures it showed Twilight, Adagio and Sonata all heading down one of the drops with their expressions visible for all to see. In another, it showcased Aria throwing her hands up in delight as Sunset merely held on to the bar. "Impressive."

"Saves us the hassle of trying to catch each other with cameras, right?" Sunset smiled as she pulled out her counters once again, as she saw another member of staff next to a nearby board which said 'Photos, 5 Tokens Each.'. "These pictures are only here once you make it here, so grab them while you can."

"Well, alright then." Twilight said as she now saw Sunset going over to the counter to speak with the member of staff running it.

"Hi, we're here to take photos 2591 and 2587 please." Sunset said as she pointed out each of the pictures she wanted, which were all identifiable by the special number tag in the top right corner of the screens they were being shown on. The pictures themselves had digital frames which showed a damn bursting open and water travelling with Twilight, Sunset and The Dazzlings.

"Alright then, miss. That's ten tokens, please." The staff member said as she held out her hand to take Sunset's tokens.

Sunset quickly parted with her tokens and let the lady do her work. It was all invisible to the eyes of Twilight and Sunset, but to the clerk she merely had to choose the pictures from an interface and use the mouse to drag them into the frames before clicking the print button.

The printing process was rather fast for two different prints. Once the finalized pictures had come out of the printer, the woman slid them into two separate frames, one for Twilight and the other for Sunset.

"Here you are, ladies," The woman said as she handed the framed pictures to Twilight and Sunset before they took them both with happy smiles on their faces before they finally continued on the path leading to the exit. "Enjoy the rest of your evening."

Once Twilight and Sunset finally arrived back outside the ride with The Dazzlings, they stopped for a moment to admire their ride pictures. Sunset winced at her expression and was still surprised to see that Twilight remained a tiny bit calmer than she had been. Once they'd seen their pictures, they showed them to Adagio, Aria and Sonata, who still could not get over how silly Twilight and Sunset looked in both of them.

"I still think that The Dazzlings liked it too much." Twilight said as she saw their smiling faces as they continued to gaze at Twilight and Sunset's expressions of terror.

"Well, whichever way you want to think about it, Twilight," Sunset said as she took the pictures back from The Dazzlings once they'd had their time to look at them. "They had their fun, let's just leave it at that."

"Did somebody say fun?" Pinkie said, randomly appearing in the middle of Twilight and Sunset, causing them both to stumble backwards in surprise.

"Pinkie?" Twilight said, still a little scared by that little surprise she'd received earlier. "I didn't expect to see you here tonight, especially since you've started your full-time job as a party planner."

"How is that working for you, anyway?" Sunset decided to ask about Pinkie's success after she'd left CHS to pursue one of her dreams.

"Oh my gosh, Sunset, This job is the best!" Pinkie said, scattering confetti as she threw her hands up into the air. "I've got the go ahead to plan birthdays, weddings, baby showers, graduations, housewarmings, you name it!"

"Wow, Pinkie. You must be really successful now..." Twilight said, fantasizing how smoothly Pinkie's job went. She imagined Pinkie taking up literally every party contract she could lay her hands on, which would result in her getting suitcases full of money if she was able to pull it all off.

"Well, I did have to make my schedule a little tighter once I took up the job," Pinkie said, showing a little bit of sadness now. "There were some party contracts that clashed with one another, so I had to choose carefully the parties that benefitted me the most. Which is a shame, since there are so many good party opportunities out there..."

"She's not the only one who's had to make sacrifices, you know..." Fluttershy said as she, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Applejack arrived as well, standing next to Pinkie as a sign of unity. "I had to give up a nocturnal animal study session with Isolation to be here tonight."

"I had to miss out on a vibrant walk with Blueblood across the moonlit bridges of the city to be with you all." Rarity said, using her many different words to add on additional beauty as to how magnificently romantic Rarity's outing with Blueblood would have been.

"Ah gave up the chance ta do many things tonight," Applejack said as she pulled out a short list of all the things she needed to get done and pointed each of them out. "Stuff like bass practice and cleaning the gutters. But hey, ah'm sure that Applebloom can cover fer me."

"Meh, I'm not bothered by this," Rainbow Dash said, showing her usual cockiness and supposed 'awesome-ness' as she addressed the group. "The least I'm missing out are more online games with Gun Nut, but I'm sure he can go at least one night without me, right?"

"So what you're trying to say to me is that sometimes we can face multiple choices in our lives," Sunset said, already starting to see a friendship lesson form out of all those lines that the Humane 5 had said. "But it's more important to choose your friends over what you really want to do, right?"

"That's all I needed to hear, Sunset," Twilight said, smiling as she patted Sunset's back with pride. She knew that Sunset was making an excellent protégé in the arts of friendship with all her lessons that the Humane 5 had been teaching her. "Sacrifices need to be made now and again, but it's your friends that are the best choice in any situation."

"Thanks, Twilight," Sunset said, smiling as she and Twilight began walking with the Humane 5 and The Dazzlings once again. "It seems like friendship has done a great deal for me, hasn't it?"

"It looks that way." Twilight said as she looked around for something else to do.

"So, what are we heading on next?" Rainbow Dash decided to ask as she now looked at all the amazing things on offer here for the ten of them. On top of Rainbow Dash looking at them, she showed the girls to each and every one of the things she suggested. "Future Fight 4D? Starstorm? Heavy Gravity? Rivers Of Doom? The Mind-Number?"

"Let's try one much more simplistic, Rainbow Dash." Rarity said looking over at the ride titled 'Heavy Gravity'. It was a drop tower ride where the riders were taken up into the air and then shot back down screaming after a few seconds of hanging. "Ahh, this looks like an ideal ride for us all."

"Yeah!" Pinkie said bouncing right in front of The Dazzlings, getting them to smile. "And don't worry if you're a tiny bit under the green line, Dazzlings. This is one of those rides where if Twilight and Sunset supervise you, you can ride anyway!"

"For realises?" Sonata decided to ask Pinkie once she'd finally calmed down to let them speak.

"Yeah! I remember back when I was a little girl like you, and I was really worried that I couldn't go on any of really big rides here, but then my mom decided to ride as well just so I could go with her!" Pinkie said, recalling on her most distant childhood memories, bringing a tear of happiness to her eye. "You have no idea how amazingly fun it was for me..."

"How about we all go together? That way we can all help each other out in feeling a tiny bit braver." Twilight said, looking to Fluttershy especially. She could see that the poor girl was petrified by how tall the drop tower looked to her. "Come on, Fluttershy. It'll be fun."

"F-Fun?" She said, staring the tall column of metal and colourful lights like a demon was looking down on her from the skies. She really didn't want to do this and was worried that she might have to sit out and miss out on a good time. "But it's so... Tall..."

"Well it IS a drop tower," Rainbow Dash said as she put Fluttershy back on her feet and helped walk her over to the nearby line. "Don't worry about the drop, Fluttershy. We'll all be scared when we eventually fall, so at least you won't be alone on that thing."

"A-Are you sure about that, Rainbow Dash?" She asked, brushing away some hair from her face so that she could get a clearer look at her friend.

"Trust me, Fluttershy. We've been through much, MUCH scarier things than this..." She said, looking back on both Sunset and The Dazzlings, recalling back to both of the events at CHS in which the Magic of Friendship almost met its' end. "We'll be right by your side, ready to fall down with you."

"Thanks, Rainbow Dash," She said as she finally showed a little courage and stood in the line with the nine other girls. "I'll try my best to be brave for you all..."

"Splendid, darling." Rarity said as she and the other girls started to walk down the line and get to the back of it, where they waited behind some familiar faces and some complete strangers.

"Even though this is gonna cut a little into my mental plan for the evening, I still think its' a good idea to spend all this time with my friends." Sunset said, smiling at all nine of the girls she'd spent years with. Her friends from CHS and Equestria, who had taught her so much over the years, and her Siren children, who had been given a second chance with their second lives.

The ten girls eventually moved down the line once it started moving again and could now watch as the humans were carried up the tower before hanging in midair for approximately eight and a half seconds before plummeting to what they thought was their doom. Luckily for them, the ride's mechanism had brakes to slow the seats down before they crashed into the ground and they returned to the earth at a more gentle pace.

Once another group had had their turn, the Humane 5, Sunset, Twilight and The Dazzlings were called up to ride the Heavy Gravity. Each one of them paid the staff member four tokens and let them measure The Dazzlings so that they were tall enough for them to ride with Sunset and Twilight accompanying them.

Once The Dazzlings were given the go-ahead, Twilight and Sunset picked them up and put them into the chairs before pushing the lap bars down so that Adagio, Aria and Sonata were securely fastened and wouldn't fall out as they fell. Once they were safe and sound, Twilight and Sunset took their seats next to them, so that the five of them were all together.

The Humane 5 took their seats above Twilight, Sunset and The Dazzlings, so that they were a little more off the ground for added intensity. They could see other people walking around them to get to seats on the other three sides of the tower.

This loading process was a little lengthy, with members of staff having to make sure that all forty of the riders were safely secured in the special chairs. Once the checks were cleared, they were told to hold on to the lap bar handles at all times once they made it to the top of the tower, being told that they could never predict when exactly the drop would begin.

The riders all heard a hissing noise from the tower before they started to feel themselves being lifted into the air. Adagio, Aria and Sonata did still love the feeling of being lifted up like this. It made them believe that they were much smaller than what they were right now and that some giant, loving figure was helping them up to get something they couldn't normally reach.

As for Fluttershy, she was still terrified upon hearing the man's last words. "You never know when this thing could send you plummeting..." She could still remember when that man turned his thumb downwards upon saying the word 'plummeting'. She saw all the colours of the rainbow as the ride went higher and higher...

Once the ride had made it to the top, Sunset, Twilight, the Humane 5 and The Dazzlings hung there for definitely more than 8 and a half seconds. At first, they were worried whether or not the ride had broken down on them and it made them feel anxious. They looked up and saw a metallic ceiling not far from them before deciding to have the courage to look down.

They saw how high they had come from their initial position and now showed signs of worry. Even Rainbow Dash was a little surprised with how high they had come. Then they felt the car jolt a little before it plunged down at an increased speed, getting all ten of them to scream with panic.

This sudden plunge reminded the girls of when Trixie sent them down a trapdoor to rot in the cellars of a stage whilst she and the Illusions duelled with the Dazzlings and would have lost anyways due to the fact that they were fighting a fight they couldn't win and had to let the Rainbooms save them. It was a bizarre memory to have, but that's what it felt like once the seats show down towards the earth at a quicker pace than when they had climbed up it.

Once the ride made it a few feet away from the ground, the brakes kicked in, rapidly slowing down the falling seats and sending a jolt up the riders' bottoms. They looked very surprised once they'd finally returned to the initial height they'd started from. Even The Dazzlings looked like they'd been through hell and back once they were let out of the chairs.

"That... Was... Crazy!" Pinkie said as she finally allowed herself to recover once she came off the ride and walked through the exit with the rest of the girls. "I've never known a drop tower go THAT fast!"

"I know," Fluttershy said, showing a more concerned expression once she'd returned to the grassy ground from whence she'd came. "But what I really want to know is, why did the drop take longer than last time?"

"I dunno," Rainbow Dash said, shrugging it all off like it had never happened. This got her a few scornful looks from the rest of the group. "Maybe they were just trying to scare us."

"Well... It worked on us..." Aria said, quivering with fear as she now held on tightly to Sunset's legs, whilst Sonata and Adagio did the same with Twilight's. "How is that considered fun?"

"Aww... Don't feel sad, Aria," Pinkie said, pulling the Siren child out of Sunset's legs so she could talk to her again. "Sure we all get scared now and again with things, but there's something I've come to know over the years that helps me balance the feeling of fear out."

"And what exactly is that, Pinkie?" Sunset decided to ask, wondering how in Celestia's name was Pinkie able to control her fears from her feelings of fun.

"Sometimes it's just really fun to be scared," She said to all the girls, teaching her the ways of the scare which housed some joy afterwards. "Sometimes when we ride these big and scary-looking rides, we all tend to get scared now and again. But when you finally realize that they're made to scare you, then the scare becomes a little more enjoyable."

"Are you sure about that, Pinkie Pie?" Applejack asked, wanting to make sure that this wasn't one of Pinkie's little moments of snappy wordplay.

"I'm completely positively okey-dokey-lokey sure about it, Applejack!" She said, shooting off one of her happy smiles to the whole group, getting them to smile along as well.

"Well, we'll take your word for it, Pinkie." Rarity said, looking for some more rides and attractions for the group to enjoy tonight before they all went home to sleep. "And if you say that fears are what these rides are meant to deliver, then I say that the Shadow Crypt Shooter is the perfect thing for us all."

"Oh, I've heard a great deal about this particular ride," Pinkie said as she stood at the entrance to the ride, which looked like the entrance to a graveyard with a mansion at the end of it. "They say that the undead have risen from their eternal slumber and that the only ones who can stop their reign of terror are the riders themselves!"

"How do we stop them, Auntie Pinkie?" Adagio asked once she looked at the entrance to the ride itself and almost flinched in fear with how dark and scary it looked.

"I'll explain once we get on the ride itself," Pinkie said as the ten of them got in line once more and saw it move at a more frequent pace as opposed to all the other rides they'd done tonight. "Unless a stupid board explains for me first. I hate those boards, acting as if they know what I'm going to tell you so they have the nerve to explain it to you themselves before you even sit down!"

The girls merely smiled at Pinkie's little sign of board hatred and continued down the queue, which was actually moving relatively quickly considering this was a scary ride. Twilight and Sunset had no idea why this line was going so fast, as they'd never seen a ride like this before in their lives.

Once they made it inside the mansion, they heard a slightly unnerving theme start to play as they saw things nearby move on their own. Books fell from a nearby bookcase and no-one was there, doors flung open with low growls coming from the other side. Lights and screams could be heard from the nearby windows and even the floors vibrated under their feet as they walked, getting them to worry that something would come up from the floor and try to grab them.

They saw some other riders sitting down in moving cars. Both the cars and the humans were moving together, due to a conveyor belt they stood on to catch a car before it disappeared into the darkness of the unknown rooms ahead...

Twilight and Sunset went with Pinkie, Applejack and Rainbow Dash, leaving Fluttershy and Rarity to care for The Dazzlings. Twilight and Sunset sat at the front of their car with Pinkie, Applejack and Rainbow Dash in the back. Where as The Dazzlings took backseats for Rarity and Fluttershy.

"You are about to take a stand against legions of the undead, so for your safety, make sure you remain in the car at all times and only use the blasters provided once you get inside the darkness. Every shot counts, after all..." A voice said to all ten of the girls as their cars made their ways towards the darkness to begin their game.

"Prepare yourselves, boys and girls..." The voice said as the howling winds began to pick up as they made their way inside the darker rooms of the mansion. "Survival is all that counts now..."

Once the voice vanished into thin air, the ten of them picked up the corded guns they had been provided with and some even did imaginary gun-cocking poses as the darkness enveloped them all.

When the ride began, a more battle-worthy theme began to play as the girls now saw descriptions on the walls saying how many points targets were worth. They saw that green lights were worth 500 points whereas yellow targets were 2,500. They then saw red lights flashing beneath them as they saw a score counter appear beneath them all, reading six red zeroes.

"Good luck, girls..." Pinkie said as she grew a rather sinister smile before the group were ambushed by groups of zombies, skeletons and otherworldly monsters as the lights returned for a brief amount of time before they quickly went out again, revealing the sinister eyes of the monsters come closer and closer to them, with targets close by. "You're gonna need it..."

Author's Notes:

I already know what you're thinking: Two chapters in one day?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUITD4xqe4k

Shut up, Trixie! This is why no-one likes you: You are ugly and have had your final strike! The next time I see you, you're gonna be a demon from Tartarus because you have been a jerkass THREE TIMES!!!

But anyways, thanks for reading the latest chapter of Dazzle Dazzle, Little Stars. Now I own none of the special music or youtube videos here. They're the rightful property of both Alton Towers (UK Theme Park) and Hasbro. I own nothing! It's actually a surprise to find things that work so well with what we already have to work with. Which is why I was especially happy to see Delta Brony mix Rule Of Nature (Metal Gear RAY) with Let The Rainbow Remind You on Youtube. I even have some things of my own that need to be put together by other people. I'd do them myself, but I've got a lot of other manners to attend to as of late. Mainly, my Call of Duty career.

Speaking of which, OHMYGOD! I BECAME THE FREAKING GRIM REAPER IN MY LAST MATCH!!! But seriously, I was getting Bombing Runs and System Hacks (With added Assist Points and Flashbang effect when activated) like they were coming out of my arse! It was in Comeback on Ground War and my team just shredded the competition limb from limb multiple times over. While I don't usually tend to brag about my Call of Duty career much, I do like to share some of my favourite moments with you guys now and again. These usually don't even get responded to, but I don't care about that. I'm just letting you know that I am awesome at Advanced Warfare.

But as always, I'll see you next time on Dazzle Dazzle, Little Stars and now I need to head out because toda- Wait, when did we get new foals to play with?

Celestia: Ugghh... Whewe am I?

Luna: Dat was some wiwd pawty...

Me: Mama? Auntie Tia?

Luna: Shadowmane? (Looks at herself and gasps in surprise) I'm a foaw!

Celestia: You'we not de onwy one, sistew... (Reveals diaper to Luna)

Night--Mist: How did dis happen?

Lauren: Aww, I see my little Tia and Lulu are finally awake. (Levitates them out of the crib) Did you have a nice sleep, girls?

Celestia: Mama... Why awe we foaws again?

Lauren: Well you did say you wanted to be foals again, so I say why not let you live your dreams?

Luna: But wat about ouw subjects? Dey'ww be expecting us fow tings...

Lauren: Don't you worry about that... (Uses her magic to create adult Celestia and Luna copies) You only need to relax, my little ponies.

Me: Uhh... Wat does dis mean fow us, Gwandma Wauwen?

Lauren: Simple, Shadowmane. Now you and the other foals can actually play with Tia and Lulu, instead of them letting you play and have them supervise you.

Night--Mist: How wong do yoo pwan on keeping dem foaws?

Lauren: For as long as I wish...

Celestia and Luna: (Start crying like the foals they are)

Lauren: Aww... Don't be sad my little angels... (Levitates pacifiers into their mouths, causing them to stop crying.) There, there... Mama's here, she's gonna make things alright...

Me: Weww, Dis shouwd be intewesting...

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