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The Siren Song: Dazzle Dazzle, Little Stars

by Shadowmane PX-41

Chapter 5: Their New Home

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Sunset and the girls were heading back to Sunset's house, so that they could get all of the supplies and furniture into the Dazzlings' new bedroom. For most of the ordeal, Sunset and Applejack did the heavy lifting, whilst Rarity and Fluttershy managed the paint.

As for Rainbow Dash and Pinkie, they didn't have much parts in this and had to wait until the others were done with their parts. They didn't mind the wait in the slightest, however and spent the time talking to each other to pass the time.

"So, Pinkie, I have to know," Rainbow Dash sat down on the couch in a comfortable position. She looked at Pinkie with a rather curious look on her face. "Aren't we supposed to be in CHS today?"

"Well..." Pinkie said as she rolled her eyes and leaned against the wall, wondering how Rainbow Dash would respond to the answer. "Apparently, Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna are still possessed by the Sirens' song, so we've had to hire an exorcist for them."

"Wait, what?!" Rainbow Dash looked a little shocked upon hearing the answer. She looked very worried upon hearing this dreadful piece of information, the fact that it was Celestia and Luna was the part that got her worried the most. "Why weren't they there to witness our victory?"

"Oh, you know. Usual 'Principal Business' meant they couldn't be there, which is weird, since they were the ones who were organizing the event." Pinkie said, as if there was nothing to worry about. "You'd think that even though they did get possessed, they'd manage to sneak in the time to come to their possessor's supposed victory."

"Speaking of which, isn't there like, a reserve principal in case one of them is out of commission for the day?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Well, this was quite a sudden occurrence, so they haven't really had the time to organize someone to fill in for Celestia and Luna." Pinkie said as she stood up straight once more, when Applejack and Sunset came back down to get something else for the new room.

"But then again, these things happen now and again," Sunset said as she looked at Pinkie and Rainbow Dash with a rather emotionless look. "After all, school was out for a week or so after the whole Fall Formal catastrophe."

"Ya don't really get many days like this, 'specially in CHS," Applejack said as she and Sunset picked up what looked like a changing table and began to haul it upstairs. "Mah advice, enjoy these days off. Ya'll might not get another day like this."

"Ya know, something hit me..." Rainbow Dash said as she turned back to Pinkie once Sunset and Applejack disappeared to the top floor. "If we're talking to each other, Sunset and Applejack are on furniture and Fluttershy and Rarity are painting the new nursery... Who's looking after The Dazzlings?"

"Well, Sunset sang them to sleep so that they'd get some rest before they begin to play again," Pinkie explained. "I know this, because Mr and Mrs Cake did this when they made a nursery for cute little Pound and Pumpkin back at the bakery. I was in charge of the paint at the time. Naturally I wanted to paint it all pink, but I had to take Pound's likes into account as well..."


Meanwhile, Fluttershy and Rarity were painting some nice and comforting designs on the walls of The Dazzlings' new nursery. Rarity was mostly painting musical notes, whilst Fluttershy did some nice animals with smiles on their faces.

The two had laid a tarp all over the floor, so that none of the paint would dry into the floor and make it hard in certain areas where it should all be padded. Speaking of padding, the whole floor had been stripped of the carpet so that the softness of padding would replace it once the walls were painted.

"Sunset, I need to ask you something," Rarity said as Applejack and Sunset arrived outside the new room with the changing table. She still had so many questions to ask, but found it easier to ask one at a time. "If that Second Life Song removed all of their memories, does that include all their old personalities?"

"Yeah, pretty much," Sunset said as Applejack went down to grab something lighter. "They do keep some tiny shreds of their old personalities, like Sonata's happy-go-lucky attitude for instance."

"But nothing else of their old personalities?" Fluttershy wanted validation on that fact.

"Everything else about their old lives are long gone," Sunset extended her explanation to Fluttershy. "They're stuck with their new personalities, with tiny pieces of their old personalities still intact."

"So none of their, umm... How shall we put it? Evil-ness?" Rarity decided to ask as she tilted her head and flexed her fingers.

"None of that. They think they're completely newborn infants now, despite their ability to talk in a language that far surpasses their current age." Sunset said it in a more logical term, cracking a smile afterwards. "I totally sounded like Twilight there, didn't I?"

"Yeah," Fluttershy chuckled. "You kind of did there."

"Sunset, are ya helpin' me or not?" Applejack asked, cutting Sunset's chat short.

"Oh, I'm coming!" Sunset said it to Applejack before she turned to say her words of encouragement to Rarity and Fluttershy. "I gotta go help Applejack. Keep up the good work, you two."

"Alright, Sunset. We'll see you soon." Fluttershy said as she went back to her painting business before watching Sunset heading back to Applejack, so the two could carry some more furniture up.

"So, Fluttershy, dear. I have to wonder something," Rarity decided to ask while she was painting another piece of musical score on the walls. "Have you ever thought on having children?"

"Huh? Oh, no, well, umm, not yet anyways." She let out a little smile after blushing for a while. A concept such as this had eluded her and she was quite surprised at hearing a question like that. "I've been too busy with planning out my life to even think about getting a husband and kids."

"Well, I kind of expected such an answer, seeing as we still have a year and a half at CHS left." Rarity said as she added a final stroke of paint to a treble clef she had been painting. "The years really have flown fast, haven't they?"

"I guess you could say that." Fluttershy smiled, recalling on all of her old memories flowing back to her. She remembered her memories of being a freshman, being teased a lot and eventually becoming friends with the rest of the Humane 5. Such wonderful memories made her feel quite blissful inside and they told her that her friends would always be backing her opinions, with every step she took...


"Jeez, Sunset... Ah think ya really need ta head to the gym sometime soon." Applejack said as she was finally starting to break a sweat as she and Sunset hauled a chest up the stairs.

"Well, I've been trying to schedule an induction there. But ever since the Fall Formal incident, I've been a little busy with 'other things'," She replied as she and Applejack stopped to catch their breath for a few seconds. "You know how things are."

"Yeah," Applejack said, then pondered what else would keep Sunset from other matters. "Ya know, ah really think that CHS should catch a break after a while or two. Ah mean, first it's Demons, then it's Sirens. What's next? A Werewolf invasion?"

"Yeah, that would be pretty hectic," Said Sunset, forcing a little smile as she could imagine the outcome of that little occurrence. "I'd have to learn how to handle a gun and get some silver bullets. Imagine that. Sunset Shimmer, Werewolf hunter..."

"Luckily fer us, should anything like that ever happen, we've always got Twilight ta help us out. 'Specially since the portal got a fancy-schmancy upgrade since her last visit." Applejack said as they finally returned to their heavy lifting.

"Which kind of reminds me, what does Twilight get up to nowadays?" Sunset pondered that question as they placed the chest with all the other stuff they had carried up. "She did mention something about a 'Tirek Incident' in her latest report."

"Tirek? Ya mean that tough commander guy leading the Amareican military?" Applejack asked.

"No, I think Twilight means the 'Lord Tirek' from Equestria," Sunset said as she and Applejack went down to pick up another piece of furniture for The Dazzlings' new room. "He's a Centaur with the capability to drain the power of Unicorns, like me and add it to his own Dark Magic."

"Oh, really?" Applejack looked a lot more surprised after hearing that statement. She'd always believed that everyone in the Human World had a pony double in Equestria, but now that this piece of information had been brought to her attention, she started to ponder the possibilities of other humans having different double in Equestria "Ah guess not everyone has a 'pony' version of themselves in Equestria."

"Another example is those three tough guys at CHS, you know the really battered and rough looking ones?" Sunset said as she and Applejack carried up what looked like a bouncer. "Apparently, back in Equestria, those three are the leaders of a despicable group of gem thieves known as the Diamond Dogs. Who, ironically are ACTUAL dogs themselves."

"Seriously?" Applejack said as she could picture that image in her head now. "Spot, Fido and Rover are dogs in Equestria?"

"Yeah, I guess the names are dead giveaways." Sunset smirked as they brought the first bouncer up and went down for another.

"Who else doesn't have a pony counterpart?" Applejack asked. She was now curious to know more as they walked back up the stairs, with their legs almost giving way from all the added weight at a couple of intervals.

"From what Twilight has told me, loads of people aren't ponies in Equestria," Sunset said as she began to list off all of Twilight's examples. "First there's that insane asylum warden, Discord. He's apparently something called a Draconequus back in Equestria, which has a pony's head but a body of many different creatures. Oh and Equestria's Discord was the renowned 'Spirit Of Chaos And Disharmony', before Twilight and the girls defeated AND reformed him."

"Really?" Applejack was pretty intrigued at the explanation of Discord, and was actually interested to hear more on both him and the others that weren't ponies. She placed the bouncer with the others and wanted to hear more on Sunset's research. "Go on."

"Then there's that Swedish Exchange Student, Seabreeze. Now this comes from the Equestria Fluttershy, who tells me that back there that Seabreeze belongs to a race of adorable little sprites called 'Breezies' which usually thrive on pollen." Sunset said as she and Applejack went down for the third of the three bouncers.

"As for that punk, Gilda, she's a Griffon in Equestria. Then there's the fashion model, Chrysalis, who happens to be the queen of a race of insectoid-pony creatures called Changelings. Now their quite interesting due to the face that they have the ability to shapeshift into other ponies, complete with the voices of the pony they become."

"Heh, Equestria sure does have some interesting species now don't it?" Applejack had hung on to every word and was quite impressed with what she had heard. "Ah wouldn't mind visiting that place myself sometime."

"Well... You see, there's the problem," Sunset said as they laid the final bouncer with the others. "Since you and Pony Applejack are the same girl, that would create a paradox if you should happen to meet each other. And from what me and possibly Twilight have been learning, paradoxes keep on stacking on top of each other until... KA-BOOM! End of all life as we know it."

"Well ah'm not once fer them overly-complicated Science lessons, but ah can tell from yer sentence that it won't be good if the two of us should happen ta meet." Applejack said as she placed two and two together and finally understood what Sunset was saying.

"Well now that all the heavy things are up here, let's see how Rarity and Fluttershy are coming on," Sunset said as she went over to the door and noticed that it wouldn't budge. "That's odd... The door won't go."

"Al-most rea-dy!" Said Rarity in a sing-song voice as Sunset finally decided to relinquish her grip on the door handle. "We just need to get the door painted as well, so that it adds to the room's 'colours'."

"Well, while they get the painting done, ah reckon we should head back to Pinkie and Rainbow Dash." Applejack said as she and Applejack went downstairs to see how they were getting along.


"Oh! I should totally see the Pinkie Pie of Equestria, to see if she has a Party Cannon. That'd be awesome," Pinkie said as she and Rainbow Dash had sat down on the couch once more. "There should be cannons for everything. Like a frosting cannon, a cupcake cannon, even a cute little pink cannon. Or is that Equestria Pinkie's cannon?"

"I... Don't really think that'd be a good idea," Rainbow Dash said as she was lost for words, surprised that Pinkie found something that this world considered a weapon to be a toy for her pony self to have fun with. "I mean cannons ARE classed as a military weapon and it might be against the law for civilians to use them, even if they weren't loaded with artillery."

"Hold on, Dashie... If that's true, when why hasn't Equestria Me been sent to prison for wielding a Party Cannon?" Pinkie decided to ask. "Oh well. Equestria must have some different laws there, I suppose."

"There are a ton of different laws in Equestria." Sunset said as she sat down in the middle of the two. "There are sporting arenas where Unicorns have to have a special magic-disabling spell cast on them, to prevent them from giving other athletes any outside help."

"Well, judging that there are sports and Unicorns there, it would make sense for them to have such tight security measures there," Rainbow Dash said. "But if Unicorns can't give outside help in arenas like that, then that casts more suspicion on backstage drug-dealers and saboteur ponies, doesn't it?"

"It kinda does," Sunset said, showing some sign of calmness as she noticed Rainbow Dash becoming more and more interested in Equestrian knowledge. "But like you said, Rainbow Dash. High-Security. There has to be guards checking EVERYPONY for boosters and tools of sabotage, as part of the Equestria Legal System."

"Alright, subject change," Pinkie said, as this new topic was starting to bore her a little. "What are we even supposed to be doing?"

"Well once Rarity and Fluttershy are done with their painting, you and Pinkie have to help me get all the supplies and toys ready for Adagio, Aria and Sonata," Sunset explained in the simplest of ways possible, cracking a rather cocky smile as she envisioned how easy a task that was. "Couldn't be easier, in my opinion."

"Speaking of which, when are they gonna be done?" Applejack said as she leaned against the wall with one of her boots propped against it. "Ah heard that Rarity was working on the door fer some reason. Heh, that gal sure has an artistic obsession, doesn't she?"

"Well, the pony doubles back in Equestria are what you're all based of. So I imagine that the Rarity of Equestria is the same as the one here." Sunset smiled as she reminded Applejack of that fact. "And if that so happens to be the case, pony you probably works on an apple orchard as well, Applejack."

"Well, ya might have that right, Sunset. But Ah'm not so sure where Rainbow and Fluttershy would work at in Equestria." She responded, questioning what roles Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy played in Equestria.

"I'd probably be working for someplace cool. Like a weapons factory, or an aerial attack force. Ya know, something cool-sounding," Rainbow Dash said as she placed her hands behind her head and reclined on the arm of the couch. "And if it's not either of those two, what else is there in Equestria that Pony Me really has ambitions to be in?"

"Well, the Rainbow Dash of Equestria IS trying to get into a group of elite pegasi known as The Wonderbolts. They're the most daring, most fearless and most talented group of Pegasi in ALL of Equestria." Sunset began to explain to her. "Yet they can't really do much to defend themselves when it comes to aerial combat."

"Well if you're part of one of the most awesomest, most daringly cool flying teams in the world, you start to forget how to fight. Due to the fact that you're basking in your pure awesomeness at the time," she responded. "Hope I never turn out like that when I get my job."

"Girls? It... Is... Ready!" Rarity said as she and Fluttershy appeared at the bottom step of the staircase. "Ahem. anyways, I think you will like what Fluttershy and I have been working on. Something that stays true to what they loved, as well as something that will entertain them for quite some time."

"Basically, it's part music-themed and part fun for the girls at the same time." Fluttershy said it in a more simplistic manner than Rarity had said it. "Come on up, everyone."

"Well, that's our cue to start our work," Rainbow Dash got up off of the couch and followed the rest of the group up to the room. "Come on, Pinkie. Let's get moving."

"Okie dokie lokie," Pinkie shot right up and got to her feet in split-seconds. "First, let's see how the room looks before we get those sleeping little angels up..."

When the girls made it to the room, Rarity and Fluttershy stood in front of the door and watched the other girls gather around them, eager to let the other girls see the work they had been making.

"Now then, this will be geared mostly toward Adagio, Aria and Sonata. So you might be a little surprised with how we've designed the walls for this room. But I can assure you, Sunset, it's completely safe for them here. They no longer need to sleep in a bed that's too big for them all." Rarity said as she put a hand on the handle and pulled it downwards, as a sign that it was open for them all to see.

"Behold, the majesty that is the Musician's Delight!" she opened the door, revealing the beautiful-looking sanctuary which would be housing The Dazzlings for some time now.

The girls could only look in surprise and awe once they saw how magnificent it all looked and they all went inside to look around and get their bearings of the room before Rainbow Dash and Pinkie could start their job. They all shared looks of approval once they'd seen how beautiful the room looked and knew that The Dazzlings would like it as well


Meanwhile, Adagio, Aria and Sonata were seen napping in the basket. Their slumber seemed eternal until Sunset quietly took the basket upstairs, smiling a little smile of motherhood as she looked down on each of the sleeping little girls.

"Now you won't need such a big bed, girls..." Sunset whispered as she brought them up the stairs and into the new room. "Such adorable little sweethearts like you deserve the most comfort you can possibly have and the only way to do that is if you have a nice bed that fits your current state."

It wasn't long before Sunset brought the basket into the room. The girls saw her coming in and decided to keep the noise down to a minimum as they knew that The Dazzlings were still slumbering.

Once Sunset made it to the nearby crib, she quietly and gently lifted each of the sleeping infants and laid them into the crib before tucking them in. Doing this ensured that they had some comfort before they woke up. Each of them could feel themselves being lifted into the air and almost woke up, but Sunset was going to wake them up at the right time so that they didn't have their little surprise ruined.

Sunset gave each of the sleeping Dazzlings a little nudge, which caused them to stir in their sleep but not fully wake up.

"W-Wha? No, Mama, I dun wanna eat da nasty bwoccowi..." Sonata said as she started to open her eyes and notice she wasn't in the basket anymore.

"I just wanna pway in da bunny suit fow a few mowe minutes..." Aria said as she too was starting to wake up in the crib.

"Ooh... Mama, pwease feed me mowe of dat dewicious miwk..." Adagio said, her dream seeming the most blissful out of the three. She didn't seem to want to wake up, though. So Sunset had to say something to get them up.

"Wakey-wakey, little ones." She said, which helped The Dazzlings finally get up from their sleep. She looked at the Dazzlings with a euphoric smile on her face. They'd finally been given a room for themselves and she knew that they'd be happy here

"Mownin- Wait, whewe awe we, Mama?" Sonata asked as she noticed the new room at last. Surprised at her new surroundings. "I dun wemembew dis being hewe."

"You're in your new room, Sonata," Sunset said as she saw Aria and Adagio waking up as well. "Come on up and look around. I'm sure you three will like it..."

Adagio, Aria and Sonata all obeyed Sunset without hesitation and got onto their hands and knees once more. They crawled over to the bars and poked their heads out of the crib to see their new room.

They could see the walls were all lightly coloured and housed a variety of musical notes and smiling animals. The notes all seemed to follow a track which seemed to swish around in a variety of directions, as if the song was made magic. The animals, however, all beared smiles at each of The Dazzlings, and they responded with smiles of their own.

The floor of this new room was entirely padded, so they wouldn't be hurt if they fell from a long height. It was also a variety of different colours, so as to catch their eyes pretty easily with the mesmerizing colours of the floor.

The next part of the room was how The Dazzlings expected it to be, riddled with toys, blocks, plushies and a variety of other things to keep them entertained at their current ages. There was also a changing table nearby, in case they messed themselves at any point.

"Like what you see?" Sunset asked the three babies and got a series of nodded heads in return. "Well, why don't you get a little closer then?"

Sunset smiled and picked up each of The Dazzlings before setting them right back down on the padded floor, so they could new get around their new room themselves. She showed nothing else than pride as she saw her children happy and healthy, with a new room for them to slumber in.

"Oh, I see they're awake now," Rarity said as she noticed Adagio, Aria and Sonata were crawling around the place to get their bearings. "Well, welcome to your new room, Dazzlings. I call it 'Musician's Delight'."

"We've got everything you could want here, you three. Whether you're hungry, smelly or just plain bored, we've got everything you need to help you out at your time of utter neediness." Pinkie said as she kneeled down in front of The Dazzlings, so she could get a better look at them.

Suddenly, a faint hissing noise was heard, and Adagio, Aria and Sonata feared the worst. They'd built up all that pressure in their bladders after so much time had passed and now it had finally taken its' toll on the three of them. They showed a sign of sadness now as they finally looked down on their now soiled diapers.

"Oh, my. Let's get you cleaned up first." Fluttershy said as she had noticed a sudden stench coming from their diapers.

"How did you notice that, Fluttershy?" Sunset said as she picked the girls up and carried them over to the nearby changing table, so that they could be slipped into some clean new diapers.

"Well, I don't usually like to brag, but-" She started, but was stopped when Pinkie popped up in front of her.

"She went to an advanced mothering class during a recess period one day and that gave her the ability to detect when a baby messes their diaper by the sound alone." Pinkie butted in, cutting Fluttershy's explanation short.

"O...Kay... I would have liked to have heard it from Fluttershy herself, but alright. Oh, while you're here, you could help me with this, Pinkie?" Sunset said as she laid Sonata, Aria and Adagio down on the padded top and looked in one of the drawers for a bottle of baby powder and three new diapers. "You have done this before, right?"

"Yes indeedy! I have to babysit Pound and Pumpkin whenever Mr and Mrs Cake go off on one of their 'business trips'," Pinkie said as she removed Adagio's diaper pretty easily. "Sure it's long, hard work and those two are feisty little ones at times, but it's worth it to see their smiling faces in the end."

"That's a really nice thought, Pinkie." Applejack smiled at that comment, happy that Pinkie found such a job as being a babysitter to be a rather enjoyable one for her.

"And also because the Cakes pay me 6 dollars an hours for doing this, so it's kind of like a part-time job for me." Pinkie added, which got Applejack to look a little confused.

"Alright then, let's just focus on The Dazzlings for now, Pinkie." Sunset said as she tried to bring Pinkie back to her business, getting rid of the used diapers, so that new ones could be powdered and affixed to The Dazzlings' bare butts.

Sunset and Pinkie quickly removed the soggy diapers and binned them in the nearby trash can. Then they took the new diapers, powdered them, and slid them under the bottoms of Adagio, Aria and Sonata. Then once they were in the optimal position, Sunset and Pinkie wrapped the three ends of the diapers together around the waists of The Dazzlings, so that they were nice and secure.

"There we are, all nice and snuggly for three sweet little Dazzlings.." Pinkie smiled as she lifted a smiling Sonata into the air and saw her squeal in delight. "Aww, you're the cutest of the group, Sonata. No, offense, Adagio and Aria."

"None taken." They both said in unison as they looked at how adorable Sonata looked. That look on her face was a clear sign that Sonata would be the favourite for most of the girls, but Adagio and Aria both knew that Sunset loved all of them with the exact same amount of affection.

"Well then, let's leave ya to it then," Applejack said as Sunset placed Adagio and Aria and the floor, leaving Pinkie to put Sonata down with them. "If ya'll need anything at all, come talk ta any of us. We'll be here waiting fer ya..."

"Tanks, Auntie Appwejack." They said, before they went off to find stuff to do in their new room. It was a clear sign now, things were starting to look up for The Dazzlings. They'd started it all with a crushing defeat, but managed to come back from it with a brand new life.

Sunset seemed like they had been reformed already, but something in her mind told her that it'd take more than just being cared as infants to make The Dazzlings seem docile and likeable. So she'd have to work on teaching them right from wrong very soon, but she wasn't bothered about this. In fact, Sunset had a hunch that her teachings would get through to them in the end...

Author's Notes:

I said it to Night--Mist, and I'll say it to all of you, I told ya I'd update this story this week.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter, along with all of the others. And I actually look forward to seeing what you want to suggest that I do in a future chapter.

On a side note, Someone commented on this story asking whether or not they'd be babies for the whole story, or whether we'd see some time jumps. After much consideration and notice of repetition, I have come up with my answer. There WILL be time jumps into a few later years, and you will see The Dazzlings growing up from scratch. I didn't want to make this purely an AR fic like I usually do, I wanted to mix it up a little.

Until next time guys, this is Shadowmane PX-41, signing off...


Now I need to get back to my room before I get knoc- (Hit with sleeping dust) Going down. (Thud)

Celestia: Come on now, Shadowmane, you know what I can do to Nighty and the others. Don't make this any harder than it needs to be.

Me: No, Mama. I dun wanna weaw de embawassing onesies.

Luna: Then just let Celestia get you back in bed with the others.

Me: Awwight, Mama Wuna (falls asleep)

Lauren: In case you're wondering, Night--Mist wrote one of his latest chapters which involved Celestia taking Shadowmane to his story. Now he has to put up with all the nonsense that Nighty gets up to as well.

Celestia: Now, now, Mum. We don't need to go telling them that. Surely they've already read that chapter.

Lauren: Well, it's a good thing to tell those who haven't read it or even heard of Night--Mist.

Celestia: Oh, right.

Lauren: But anyways, Shadowmane CAN still work on his stories. He's just under OUR supervision now.

Luna: Do not think this as a kidnapping, think of it as a regression story within a regression story.

Celestia: Regressionception if you want to put it that way.

Lauren: See you all soon for the next chapter of Dazzle Dazzle, Little Stars, leave some comments asking Shadowmane what you want to see in a future chapter, be sure to show it lots of thumbs up and favourites, and make sure to share it in Facebook and with your friends. It really helps him out in the long run.

Luna: Farewell for now, humble reader.

Celestia: See you next time.

Lauren: And make sure to check Night--Mist out as well when you have the time.

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