Adagio had seen a great deal of death and destruction in her young life, and now, just like in Equestria, she found herself looking upon even more of it. By sheer luck, she and her sisters had successfully managed to reach the shore before their strength failed them, allowing them to avoid drowning beneath the waves as they made their escape. With that safety achieved, they'd spent the rest of the night watching from that beach as their former captors kept on fighting amongst themselves, dealing death and injury to their comrades as their ship crashed and splintered around them. Eventually that vessel was finally swallowed by the ocean, just as night finally arrived. The sisters stayed together on that beach until morning, waiting to see if there had been any survivors from that experience. But, as the sun rose the next day, they saw that there had been none. They watched intently as debris form the ship began washing ashore, along with the lifeless remains of it's crew.

It was a grim sight, but after everything else they'd been through in the last year, the former Sirens had already steeled themselves for it. Even Sonata, despite all this trauma that would have unhinged most others, still seemed pretty relieved at the very basic fact that they'd escaped and were alive, though Adagio could hardly fault her for that. So, with their escape now confirmed, the three sisters had instead busied themselves with making plans. But first, Adagio thought to herself, we need to get out of these rags, emphasising the point by tugging on the brown garments she'd been forced into by those creatures. As such, they'd began searching through the remains that had washed ashore, finding many boxes of cargo the ship had been transporting. Thankfully, one of those was a crate of clothing, which was fortunate given that the sisters weren't too keen on the idea of wearing the cumbersome armour of their now-dead captors.

Adagio had selected a short dress her size, coloured purple, which was a colour she'd always taken a fancy to. Aria had dressed similarly, albeit a dark green colour, while Sonata's garment was a bright pink. Having donned more suitable attire, Aria got to work on looking around the area, trying to see if there was some kind of path leading to towns or villages nearby. Adagio, in the meantime, kept on looking out at sea. It still infuriated her that they could on longer return to the waters as they'd once done, knowing that these new bodies would most likely drown if they did so. Still, she said to herself, at least our powers are still intact. That was the one ray of light in this grim situation, that they could still influence people, though the potential joy she could feel from that was lessened by the memory that the native creatures of this world didn't have anywhere near as much negative energy as ponies. Perhaps it is due to their apparent lack of magic, she mused.

Regardless, Adagio knew that her priority was looking after her sisters, making sure they could survive in this world for as long as possible. Dwelling on that matter, she turned and looked upon Sonata, who was standing further along the beach from her. She too was staring out at the sea, but her expression was more obviously melancholic than Adagio's. Seeing this, the elder sister let out a sigh before walking over to her. As she approached, Sonata turned to look at her, all while playing with the long blue hair she now had to deal with.

"I guess...this is home now...right, Dagi?"

Adagio never enjoyed delivering bad news to her little sister, but was not one to outright lie to her either. As such, she grimly nodded to her, prompting Sonata to look back towards the sea. After a few moments though, Adagio could see that Sonata was struggling to keep her hair out of her face, to which Adagio couldn't help but chuckle at. Looking around, Adagio caught sight of a nearby supply crate from the ship, which had a few strands of thin rope hanging out of it. Walking over to it, Adagio found a knife nearby and cut a short length of it, before walking back to Sonata. The younger sister watched with some confusion, but then understood her sister's actions as the latter walked behind her, gently pulling her hair back and tying it up in a ponytail for her.

"There. That should help."

Sonata raised both hands and felt her new hairstyle, after which she strolled over to a nearby rock pool and looked at her reflection. A few moments passed by before the younger sister broke out into a smile and rushed back to Adagio, embracing her in a tight hug. Although taken aback at first, Adagio nevertheless let out a brief chuckle before returning the embrace.

"Heh...maybe I'll do the same to Aria when she gets back."

"Do what, exactly?"

After hearing that new voice, the two sisters turned to see that Aria had returned, wherein it seemed that she'd actually thought ahead of Adagio on that count, with her hair now parted on either side of her head into a pair of pigtails. Sonata gasped with delight as she rushed over to her.

"Wow, Ari! You look great!"

The middle sister chuckled at that before raising a hand and tussling Sonata's hair a bit.

"Yeah, I know. Anyway, I found a road that leads west of here. No idea where it goes though."

Adagio nodded at that.

"We have little choice but to take it. However, we should be wary, sisters. Whatever these native creatures are, they're not to be trusted. They are our enemies, just as the ponies were."

After having experienced imprisonment and the possibility of slavery at the hands of those beings, Sonata and Aria were not heistant in nodding in agreement over Adagio's words. They had their magic, which meant that they were not without a means of defending themselves, but even so, this was a dangerous world they'd found themselves in, and they knew they had to stay together if they were going to have even a chance of surviving. Sonata, looking a little worried over the whole matter, fumbled her words a little before speaking.

"Um...Dagi? Will we ever be able to go back home?"

Aria looked over to Adagio, clearly wanting to hear her answer to that question. The elder sister was not willing to lie to either of them about this, but that did not make having to say the truth any easier.

"I don't know, Sonata. I think we have to be ready for the very real possibility that we'll never be able to get back to our world again."

Sonata needless to say, looked greatly disheartened at those words, while Aria's face was plastered with resentment, no doubt towards the stallion who had sent them here. Adagio too was angry about this, not knowing if they could ever get back to the point they once had, that of power and prestige over others. But, if there was one thing that could be said about Adagio Dazzle, it's that she did not acknowledge defeat. As such, her mind conjured up plans and possibilities for a comeback almost immediately after having spoken their state of affairs. She looked to her sisters, at the down expressions on their faces, before raising her hands and gently placing them upon their shoulders, gaining their attention. The two watched as the look on Adagio's face became one of determination as she spoke.

"But know this, girls. While Equestria is lost to us, we now have a new world. A new world that, like the old, we can influence. These beasts that rule here have no idea what we can do, and even if it takes us a thousand years, we will scrape back the power we once had."

Aria and Sonata watched her, seeing the fire in her eyes, and like before, they smiled in a similarly-confident manner, once more assured in their hearts that their sister would lead them to greater things. Adagio, smiling at having made them feel this way, looked to the sea beside them, uttering honest words that she had every intention of carrying out.

"I swear to you...we will be adored once more!"

Author's Notes:

And that's the end of the story. Thank you all who followed it all the way here, I appreciate it.