The first thing she felt was the impact. Having been thrust through that portal in the sky, all Adagio could feel around her was a lack of any up or down as the magic tore at her. It was such an unnerving experience that she wondered aloud if this is what those condemned to Tartarus must go through when they journey there. When that feeling of disorientation finally subsided, she sensed the unmistakable feeling of falling from a high place. But thanks to the shock of the transportation, it was as if she was numb all over, unable to react to anything. That all changed when she impacted below, not on hard ground thankfully, but on the most familiar substance in the world to her; water. But that feeling of relief was fleeting, for the moment she sank beneath that water, she knew something was wrong. Never before had the oceans felt so cold to her. Looking around, she felt the need to scream with pain as the water stung her eyes, something she'd never had any issue with in the past.

And sadly for Adagio, that was merely the first of the problems she faced. The further down she sank, the tighter her chest felt. She didn't know why, at least at first, but after some time like this she realised, to her horror, that the pressure of the water was getting to her. Also, as if everything else was not bad enough already, it quickly dawned on her that she could not breathe. I am a Siren, she thought to herself. Why is the water affecting me like this? She spun her head in all directions, panic rising in her now, as she tried to find some way out of this. In but a moment, she looked up and saw what had to be the surface. She tried swimming, but her limbs felt strange, though why, she could not tell, not with her eyes still stinging the way they were. Instead, she knew she had no choice to but move as much of herself as she could, forcing her way upwards, all while her lungs were starting to burn from the strain of being unable to breathe. The pain grew more and more, until it almost seemed as if she was at breaking point. But thankfully, her head soon broke the water's surface.

Now above, Adagio gasped and took in a massive lungful of air. But this was a short-lived reprieve, as a sudden wave came crashing down on her violently, forcing her back under. Once again she was disoriented by this, but she managed to get herself together more quickly this time, swimming back up as best she could. Once above the water for a second time, she finally managed to take stock of what was going on. She was in the middle of a seemingly endless expanse of ocean, the darkness making it clear that it was night-time. Far worse than that though was the fact that she was right in the middle of a ferocious storm, with the rain and wind howling all around her. Wave after wave came crashing all over, threatening to bring her under yet again. This time though, Adagio was becoming more used to keeping afloat, and thus managed to escape being sunk for a third time.

However, as she looked around, she soon caught sight of a tiny speck of land, little more than a jagged rock above the water's surface, just a short distance away from her. Coughing with all the water still pouring into her mouth, she began a hectic swim towards it, though she still couldn't understand why she was still having such difficulty in doing so. She was a Siren, so swimming should have been first nature to her. After several minutes had passed, Adagio finally reached the rock, spluttering with all the water that had crashed on her while doing so. As she panted heavily from her exertions, she looked down and, through the darkness of the night, saw with horror that it was a not a hoof that was holding onto that rock. Raising her limb, she looked on with shock at what was there instead, an appendage with five digits, a sight made all the more horrific to her with the sudden arrival of a bolt of lightning nearby. The Siren let out a scream, wiggling the digits in front of her face, after which she placed it towards her, feeling what should have been her muzzle, but instead found her face flattened with her nose changed.

As she felt her face in this manner, one thought above all entered her mind; what has that stallion done to me? But it was only a few moments afterwards that a new thought took priority, as it dawned on her that she did not travel alone here. Her head snapping around, she scoured as far as she could through the gloom to see her sisters. But she saw nothing. Panic rose in her as she fumbled her words, eventually managing to speak out as loudly as she could.

"SONATA!!! ARIA!!!"

But there was no answer to her call, not helped by the fact that the howls of wind, the crashing waves and the numerous thunderbolts made this a very loud time to be heard. So, Adagio kept calling out, never stopping, even when it started hurting her throat to do so. But after a while, she finally began to hear something.

"DAGI!!!"

Adagio knew that voice anywhere, causing her to frantically search as far as she could see to find out where it was coming from. It was difficult, but eventually she saw something moving out in the water. After a few moments more, her eyes widened as she got as clearer view of it. There was a creature out there, coloured a very familiar blue. But there was no fin upon it's head, but rather a mane of hair, like a pony. Moments later, Adagio saw that the creature was carrying another of it's kind, whose colours were the spitting image of Aria. Adagio watched with worry as the latter creature appeared to not be moving as the other was carrying it. And speaking of whom, the blue one finally caught sight of her, her face becoming one of shock as it began to speak loudly.

"DAGI!!! HELP US!!!"

For Adagio, there was no longer any debate in her mind as to who these two were. That accursed unicorn had changed not only her, but her sisters as well. But her anger had to be subsided for the time being, as Adagio knew she had to help her sisters. So, letting go of the rock, she started swimming as best she could towards Sonata and Aria, all while the youngest sister struggled to keep afloat whilst holding the latter. It took a while, but Adagio thankfully managed to reach them, grabbing hold of Aria and keeping her head above the water. Looking upon her sister, Adagio figured out pretty quickly that she must have been knocked out by either the strain of the transport, or the impact of hitting the water as they'd done. She looked to Sonata, whose expression made it clear that she was utterly terrified at all this, for which Adagio could not blame her. Still, the elder sister forced a smile, trying her best to reassure Sonata, before inevitably starting her swim back to the rock. Sonata showed just as much difficulty with this in their present form as she did, but together, they managed to get both themselves and Aria to that little spot of land.

They stayed together like this, holding onto the rock for dear life, making sure to keep an eye on Aria during this entire ordeal. As the storm continued to rage all around them, they could not help but feel overwhelmed at the sheer cold it was forcing upon them, leading them to shiver uncontrollably. Sonata could be heard crying now, and for once, Adagio had no words to comfort her, instead having no choice but to simply watch as her tears flowed down her cheeks and into the sea around them. Eventually, both sisters became started by movement in-between them, leading to them realising that Aria was coming to at last. The middle sister looked around groggily for a little while before her eyes fully snapped open. She grabbed onto the rock along with the other two, looking at both of them with both shock and confusion. Sonata though looked on with what little joy she could muster.

"Ari! You're okay!"

Aria looked to Sonata as recognition dawned on her.

"Son...Sonata?!"

The younger sister nodded frantically, letting Aria know that it was, indeed, her. It was here that Aria finally turned to look at Adagio and give her full attention.

"Adagio? Wha...what's going on?!"

But Adagio couldn't answer her. At this point, all she knew for certain was that they were in danger with this storm going on all around them. They had to stay together and hold on, maybe hope that the storm would pass eventually. When that happened, then they could try and figure out what had truly happened to them. But through all the wind, the rain and the confused sobs of her sisters, one thought passed through Adagio's mind over and over, leading to a look of sheer hatred crossing her face.

"Damn you, Starswirl...damn you."