Sunset: Siren of the Equine River
Chapter 23: Motives unseen
Previous Chapter Next ChapterSonata had seen it all. She had seen everything that happened that night. The night of the Fire Siren she called it. Sonata had been playing around and wandered off near the river and saw the whole thing. She went back and told the other two what had happened and Adagio suddenly got up and left them.
Aria was pissed when Adagio said only she could do this task she was off to do. Right now, the both of them were waiting for their oldest sister to return. It was getting to be mid afternoon and she still hadn't returned.
"What could she be doing that takes hours to complete?" Aria growled as she plopped down on the couch. "This is supposed to be something we all work together on! Not a one man job..."
Sonata sat across from her on the floor.
"...I think I know what she's doing."
Aria perked up and leaned forward.
"Tell me."
Sonata opened her mouth and then closed it. Shaking her head, she said," If I did that it would ruin the plan."
Aria just stared at her in disbelief. She wasn't going to tell her?
"How would you telling me ruin the plan? This is supposed to be a joint effort."
Sonata shook her head again.
"If she tells us, then there would be a chance we could interfere and screw things up."
"Then how is it you know?!?!" Aria yelled.
The girl on the floor pouted.
"Because I used my brain and pretended to be Adagio."
Aria frowned. This was so dumb. Pretending to be Adagio was not something that could tell you her plans. So, it was just a wild guess Sonata was just pulling out her butt.
Aria just sighed and waited for Adagio to come home and explain herself. All this was really idiotic. With them dying slowly, playing games was the last thing she wanted to do. Sonata swatted at a ball under the table and started playing around with it. Aria sniffed and watched the girl. What would Sonata know anyway? She was very slow to catch up. There wasn't a single chance that what she was thinking would even be right.
Sonata had always been a very slow thinker...that is, ever since that accident.
Long ago, while the three sisters roamed Equestria in search of a home, there was a little Draconnequs wandering the woods. They had found him moping around and looking sad. Curiously, they went over to him. He looked like them slightly...
Similar wings somewhat odd appearance.
Sonata had went up to him and asked who it was and scared the little Draconnequs. The creature said its name was Discord, the Lord of Chaos. At first they laughed because it was too ridiculous. But they later became friends and came to like his company. The four of them travelled Equestria in search of home. But one day, Discord and Aria got into an argument and he got so angry that he lashed out at her. Aria had dodged it and Discord ended up hitting Sonata.
Sonata fell from the mountain, hitting multitudes of rocks and boulders. Luckily she used her wings to land soft enough where she wouldn't have died. When they came down to see how she was, Sonata was bruised and sore all over. They came to realize that she became slow and childish from the hard fall. Aria screamed at Discord and he left them and never came back.
It was all Aria's fault that Sonata was a bit doofy.
The girl before her smiled and tossed the ball away from her. Sonata wasn't always the Derpy Hooves of the Dazzlings. Or the silly Pinkie Pie of villains. She was once a normal person. But it was Aria's fault that she wasn't. Aria glanced at a clock on the wall and saw that it was getting close to late afternoon. Adagio still hadn't come back and she was getting antsy.
This girl was getting on her nerves.
Was she trying to get the necklace for her own? But that couldn't be. Adagio could be very mean to them but she never excluded them from anything that would benefit them as a whole. So why did it seem as though she were trying to go solo? All this wasn't adding up. But nothing seemed to be adding up.
Like how Adagio seemed to be holding back when faced with the chance of retrieving the jewel right then and there. It was just too easy to just grab it. It was way too easy. But Adagio didn't take her chance. It was obvious that the opportunity was there but she just didn't even make a move.
The only way she would find out about these things were if she waited for her to come home and confronted her. It was the only thing at the moment she could do.
Why were you going off on your own?
What's going on where you are hesitant to take opportunity?
Where have you been?
Keeping these questions in mind, she waited impatiently for Adagio's return.
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