Sunset: Siren of the Equine River
Chapter 14: Song of Three
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I had to go back all the way to Three stories at once because I forgot what happened. I'm sorry to those of you that are Dazzling fans. I know it can get really aggravating when you're reading the story because of certain characters but they just aren't in the storyline for a long time. I'm sorry.
To refresh your old brain cells, I have placed an excerpt from that chapter so you won't be all like "Duh..."
Adagio sensed it.
It was wavering in short burst of energy.
It was the magic. The power and energy was struggling to become stronger. But it faltered and became weak again, a small reminder in the back of her head making its presence noticeable only at a glance. Aria and Sonata stopped their arguing and tilted their heads in the direction of the pulsing magic.
It was too short of a burst to know exactly where it was coming from.
Aria gritted her teeth and stomped her foot on the pavement.
"It's as if it's mocking us!"
Sonata frowned slightly. She didn't like this game the magic seemed to be playing.
Adagio didn't say anything. She squinted her eyes and hummed. She felt it coming from a certain place...but she wasn't sure if she was correct. It definitely was somewhere there.
"Lets go home," she announced and stood up.
"What?!" Aria cried in outrage.
She stood up abruptly and the chair teetered behind her.
"Didn't you just feel that power? We can go and follow it!"
"That power faltered. We're back at square one, Aria," Adagio told her calmly.
"We should've moved faster!" she yelled.
Adagio stared at her for a long time. Aria had a short temper, but never with her. To see her going crazy over this made Adagio realize how power hungry she was. She was deprived of it and wanted it back more than anything. This was foolish of her. Adagio slapped her in the face.
Both Aria and Sonata stood there stunned.
"You're being stupid. The last time we had power, it was taken away from us. You should be grateful that your life wasn't taken as well. We have to be careful about how we get it back. We can't just stumble blindly into whatever may have it. Besides, it could involve those girls..."
As soon as she said that it sprouted an idea in her head. Those girls...That's it.
She hesitated before turning to head home.
"Lets go."
Sonata slowly followed and Aria stayed back a little before trudging behind. This wasn't an thing for her to get over. She wanted power. But Adagio was stalling. Fire set in her eyes, she watched their leader walk ahead, drilling holes into the back of her head angrily.
Excerpt from 'Three stories at once'
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She took a step inside the building. Taking in a deep breath, she smelled the air around them. It was peaceful there. No disturbance. No fury. No pent up emotions.
It had been a while since Adagio had stepped into CHS with the girls. With everything so orderly around them, it was as if the events of their appearance at the school never happened. Peering around the halls, she saw that no one was paying them any mind. Like they were regular students at CHS. The oddity of that rubbed Adagio and Aria the wrong way.
Sonata, however, wasn't paying any attention to the atmosphere, but the posters on the walls.
"Oh my gosh! Look Dagi! Ari! Valentine's Day is coming up! Ooh, and there's a dance!!!"
She pointed to a pink flyer that hung on the wall looking as adorable as a Valentine poster should be.
"Sonata!" Aria snapped. "We aren't here for that!"
Sonata dumbly looked at the picture of two hearts together.
"...What is Valentine's Day..?"
Aria smacked her forehead and groaned.
"Valentine's Day is when you go out of your way to show love to someone you care about."
Sonata looked at her like she knew the answers to life itself.
"Ooh, sharing love? Like this?"
She grabbed Aria and hugged her tightly. Aria squeaked and struggled to get out of her clutches.
"No, you box of rocks!!!"
Sonata and Aria continued on with their weird thing while Adagio glanced down the halls, ignoring them. She frowned and narrowed her eyes. Something was fishy...The usual ruckus of the halls and students seemed very low key. She may have not been there for sometime, but she knew when things weren't going the way they normally do.
And speaking of fishy.
Just then the door down the hall opened up and out came Sunset with Big Mac. The girl was freaking out and holding her hand protectively. There were goggles in her hair. The boy calmly walked her down the hall without looking to see the three Sirens and passed them.
"Ah, I'm going to die!!!" Sunset cried.
"No, you're not. It's just a small chemical burn," Big Mac told her.
"Chemical burn my ass! This shit hurts! I want--no! I demand to see a doctor!!!" she yelled.
Sighing, the boy took her hand gingerly and kept her from moving too much.
"The burn is minor. You do know that the chemical you burned yourself with isn't going to cause you any mutations. It's not like some show on TV where you turn into Superwoman or anything."
"Why would I want to turn into that when I'm a Siren?!" Sunset grunted.
Siren.
The word hit Adagio like a bullet. The feeling of the weak magic came from Sunset and Adagio felt warm with the familiarity of the power. Aria and Sonata seemed to have noticed as well. Their heads whirred around like robots when they heard Sunset's loud mouth say the magic word.
Siren...
Sunset Shimmer was a Siren now.
It didn't matter how she became a Siren or when. All that mattered to them was that they found it. They found the magic they so desperately wanted. And it was Sunset Shimmer who had it. Adagio knew it would be quite an interesting event trying to get the jewel.
But it seemed too easy.
So easy it was boring.
With Sunset right down the hall, fussing to who they assumed was her boyfriend, it was an easy catch. It sent a thrilling chill down Adagio's spine. This feeling of easy success she knew all too well. It wouldn't be easy. And that's what made it seem fun.
She could play this game of chance and the probability of power could be there.
In the end, if she won or lost, she would take it back.
She was sure of it.