Despite having the greatest job she could ever ask for at her age, nothing helps Rarity's when it is a slow day at Carousel Boutique. Once every blue moon, there will always be a day where there won't be costumers coming to the store and Rarity would have to fight off her boredom. Sitting behind the cash register, Rarity was flicking through the latest fashion mag' to see what was going on in the world of fashion and see if she can find ideas from it. And whenever she looks away from that mag', she gets dishearten when she looks at the ghost town of a store. Tumbleweed would be blowing around the store right now if she hadn't gave it all away to Applejack. Shame really. When she got the job, she thought that everyday, she would show people what her imagination has in store for them. But oh well, she had expected days like today.

After she read a comment in her book that she did not agree with, Rarity finally heard the door open and the bell that hangs over started to ring. Finally, she thought that someone finally comes and saves her from her boredom. Even if it wasn't a costumer who came to buy clothes, she at least was hoping that it was one of her friends who comes to chat with her. After hiding her magazine away, Rarity flicked back her hair and says:

"Welcome to Carousel Boutique, where every garment is chic, unique, and magnifique. How can I help you today?"

Imagine her surprised however when she see it was Flash Sentry who came to her store today. As Flash was absorbing everything he sees around him, Rarity was just token back as she didn't not expect to see him in her store in a thousand years.

"Flash Sentry!" she thought out loud.

It was almost impossible for Flash to not hear Rarity's voice called out his name in surprise. "Oh, hi Rarity" he greeted her. As he was making his way towards her, Rarity straighten herself up and try to act professional.

"Oh um... Welcome Flash. Um... Is there anything that you want?"

When he arrived at the counter, he leans against it and replied: "Actually yeah, there is."

After she slipped a chuckle or two, Rarity remarks: "Ok. But you do know this store is a girl's clothing store, right?"

Unintentionally acting a bit suave and charming, Flash told her: "I know, but that's not why I'm here for."

And at that, Rarity's mind exploded as she was thinking he was gunna ask her out. Wild fantasies was running loose as she was thinking how much of a scandal this would cause. Everyone knows that him and Twilight has thing, but she always imagine Sunset would be the second girl who would be in the love triangle. Even though she was 100% certain that she can say no to him, she does admit that Flash looks hunky and good-looking.

As she was thinking he would say: "Rarity... would you go out with me?", Flash dashed her it all when he really asks: "You know a lot about gems, right?"

As Rarity fantasies was falling down around her, she quickly shock everything off and asks: "Say that again?"

"Are you really good with gem stones?" he reiterate.

Once Rarity finally got herself composed yet again, she replied: "Well, I don't usually toot my own horn, but I know a thing or two about gems. Why do you ask?" Rarity is the leading expert on gems, jewels and other rocks that sparkle at Canterlot High. Not only could she tell a real jewel from a fake, but she is also an A-star student in geology. The only person who might know more then her would be Maud and the Pie family, but they know more about rocks in general.

However, she was surprised again when chuck some broken red gems onto the counter. As she was looking at the scattered bits and pieces, Flash asks her: "Do you know if these can be put back together or something?"

As she was staring intensely at the broken gems, Rarity has a strong feeling that she seen them before. As she hold them close to her eye for a closer examination, she slowly began to recognize them; they were the Dazzling's pendants.

When she realized what she was looking at, Rarity was very hesitant to help Flash. Putting aside the question to why would Flash Sentry try to help the sirens, she was afraid that if she would fix them, then she might restore their siren powers as well. However, even if they weren't magical, even Rarity didn't know if jewels can be fixed.

"I am sorry Flash" apologized Rarity. "Unless you want to fix them with glue, I don't think jewels can be fixed."

Disappointed, Flash remarked: "Well I should have expected that." He then scrapped up all the pieces and says: "Well thanks anyway."

After he picked up all the pieces and was looking ready to leave, Rarity was hesitant to probe him for information. She had to know why he would be helping them. The second Flash moved an inch away from the counter, Rarity stopped him asks: "Flash! Are those..."

Flash instantly recognize what she was trying to say to him. He just sighed and silently nodded. Rarity eyes ridden to Flash's silent reply. Flash return back to the counter and explains: "Yeah... I'm sort of helping the sirens to be a bit more friendlier around school. I thought that... if they could see that somebody if trying to help them, then they wouldn't have to be mean to everybody."

When she hears Flash's words, Rarity began to sympathise with his cause. Whenever she seen the Dazzlings in the past week, she felt so sorry for them as no one was giving them a break. She recall the time when Pinkie and Sonata were still friends and feels that befriending the sirens were a possibility. If only she and the other Rainbooms could have try talking to them earlier and things might have been a little bit better for them.

Deciding the help him, Rarity lifted Flash's spirit when she tells him: "You know what? I may not be able to fix those gems, but I am pretty sure that we have some just like it if I look around."

Rescued from the downer mood, Flash cheerfully replied: "Sure. I don't think they would mind."

"Alright then" Rarity responded as she finally start doing some work for the day. While Flash was chilling by the counter, Rarity was looking through her boxes of jewellery and other gem stones to see if she can find a match.

But a few moments later, while Flash and Rarity were still doing their own then, they were startled when a loud and stern voice yelled out shot out from the second floor of the shop. "Rarity!" she called out. "I Heard That Someone Entered But I Haven't Heard Them Leaving Yet! Do We Have A Problem!?"

When Flash looked up to the balcony on the second floor, he quickly spotted an intimidating looking woman who was wearing a rather "funky" disco outfit when emeralds decorated all over it. The other most distinctive feature about her was also her emerald coloured hair. The shocking view aside, Flash also has a strong sensation that she looked like somebody else he knows but he couldn't put his finger on it. He got a massive hint when Rarity replied: "Everything Is Fine Miss Shores! I Am Just Helping Out A Costumer!"

Rarity's boss then set her gaze at Flash Sentry as she was wondering why a guy would come to a girl's clothing store. One legitimate reason it could be is that he was buying something else, like a sister or his mother. However, since she could tell that Flash is reasonably close to her employee's age, she was thinking that he might be her boyfriend and he was distracting Rarity from her working ours.

Giving Rarity the benefit of the doubt and she didn't want to cause an incident, miss Shore replied: "Well Make Sure You Give Him What He Wanted And Send Him On His Way! I Know It's A Slow Day, But Remember You Are Still On Your Working Hours!"

"Of Course Miss Shore!" Rarity replied and he boss finally leaves them alone.

Finally realizing what she has been calling her, Flash became surprised and shouted: "Miss Shore! As In Sapphire Shores!"

Seeing that Flash was beginning to make the connection, Rarity explains to him: "No, she is Sapphire Shore's twin sister: Emerald Shores. She's my boss and without her permission, I wouldn't be able to sell my designs in her store."

Finally putting the pieces together, Flash replies: "Ah! I see."

Still wanting to explain a bit about her boss, Rarity added: "I also don't here much from her sister, but I don't think their fighting or anything. As far as I can tell, the only disagreement they seem to be having is their choice in music. Also, she says that if I work hard enough, she would give my designs to Sapphire."

As Rarity become a little bit excited to that prospect, Flash didn't know his personal opinion on that but at least he is glad for her. Rarity finally went back to finding those fake gems while Flash was beginning to think what he is gunna say to the sirens for when he gunna give it to them.

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Sonata rushes up to the music room's door and catched her breath when she gets there. When she notice that she was the first one there, she gets slightly upset at Adagio and Aria who was coming at a walking pace. "What Are You Doing!?" Sonata cried. "Hurry Up!"

"Hold Your Houses Sonata!" replied Adagio who did not like being shouted at. "You already convinced us to come early so don't go pushing your luck."

"Oh come on guys. Did we not promised we would try to be better?" Sonata rebutted.

"Yeah whatever" Adagio replied. "Don't get why you are so excited? Nobody is offering you any food."

With a cheeky grin on her face, Aria told Adagio: "I think she got a crush on the consoler."

"No I Don't" Sonata denied as her cheeks began to blush. Her friends were unconvinced and even Sonata couldn't deny it. "Well... I mean... I like his hair" she sheepishly admitted.

"Why? Because his hair is blue?" Aria remarked.

"And What's Wrong With Blue Hair!" Sonata yelled back. "Blue Is An Awesome Colour!"

As Aria was enjoying teasing Sonata while she was becoming crossed, Adagio did not want to hear them bickering, especially since she still not like coming to her consoling sessions. "Enough You Two!" Adagio yelled at them as she pushed the both of them apart. "Let's get this over with and go back home."

Meanwhile, on the other side of the door, Flash was standing by it and was looking at a poster that he's holding. He then heard the Dazzlings as they were coming in. "... Come on guys, he is not that bad" says Sonata as she was the first one to enter the room. Unfortunately, the floor had been recently polished and someone neglected to put up the "Slippery Floor" sign. The lack of traction caused Sonata's foot to slip and caused her to fall over. But lucky, Flash's fast and experienced reflexes rescued her as he had no problem catching her.

When Sonata processed what happened and see the one who catched her, she see the person who catched her and her heart swooned. Before, she only thought that Flash looked cute. But now, her feelings for him just got a little bit stronger.

Adagio and Aria were left jaw-dropped amazed by Flash's quick performance and was impressed by his quick action. "Wow! How did you catched her so quickly?" Aria asked while still in a tranced.

After he got a still startled and infatuated Sonata onto her feet, Flash replied to Aria: "Well... I kinda bumped into girls a lot, so I just gotten quick catching them."

Sonata felt like that she needed to thank Flash for saving her. However, she felt smitten and shy that it was a little hard to get the words out. "Um... Thanks" Sonata said sheepishly.

"No problem" he replied. Sonata turn way to hide her excited face.

As Aria and Adagio finally entered the room, they found Sonata's one sided relationship with Flash as humours. They look at his face and they only see kindness and friendship, not love and affection.

They didn't find for long however as Adagio like to get to the point. "So anyway Flash..." Adagio said that catches his attention. "... Are you gunna tell why took our gems away yesterday?"

"About that" he replied as he turn around as he was getting something from his pocket. He was doing it slowly so it gave the sirens enough time to be curious to what he is going to show them. And then he finally shown them; three red gems that looked exactly to what the sirens had. Adagio's, Aria's and Sonata's eyes widen with surprised and amazement as they thought they are seeing their gems completely restored.

"Are those our..." Sonata asked incompletely as all of the sirens faces were coming closer to Flash's hands with the jewels.

Feeling happy with himself for getting their attention, Flash tries to reply: "Actually, they are..." However, they snatches the gems right out oh his hands before he could finish.

They spare no time to admire the gems in their hands and just put them on with ease. All of the Dazzlings were clearly excited to see their gems back around their necklaces and in one piece again. They even did little poses to show them off to one another.

"I tried everything to get these damn things fixed, but you did it in just one night" stated Adagio who sounded grateful and impressed.

"Hey, do you think we can sing like we once were now?" asked an overjoyed Sonata.

"I don't know but lets give it a try" replied Aria who looked happier then she usually would.

As the Dazzlings stood close together and was preparing to sing, Flash were preparing himself if they sounded terrible. Worst yet, he was imagining that if they sounded terrible, they might hurt if by thinking that he playing a prank on them. As the sirens open their mouths and was about to sing their first words, Flash closed his in anticipation.

"Ah, ah-ah, ah-ahh. Ah, ah-ah, ah-ahh."

The sirens sang in perfect unison as they began singing the tune that they use to absorb the anger and hatred of other people. And to the complete astonishment to everyone in the room, they were all singing in perfect harmony. None of them sound rusty or out of tune, they were singing just like how they were when they were in their prime. Flash lighten up once he hears how good they are singing and begin to show how much he is liking it. Once they see how proud Flash was to them, the sirens felt so happy that they continue singing.

"Me and you, you and me, Why don't we see who is better? We don't have to be one and the same thing, Oh, what's so wrong with a little competition? Are you afraid of failing the audition!"

"Woo-Hoo!" Flash Sentry cheered. "That's Much Better!"

But then, after looking at Flash, Adagio had a devious idea. Since they got their singing voices back, she figured that they also regain their ability to hypnotize people through their songs. With one shared, menacing look with Aria and Sonata and all three of them were thinking the same idea. They then swayed towards Flash and began to dance around him, almost seductively. Flash began to feel frighten, not only because he felt very shy that three good looking girls were dancing around him, but also he realized that are trying to mind control him.

"Ah, ah-ah, ah-ahh. Ah, ah-ah, ah-ahh."

As they were singing their soothing tune, the siren's dancing become closer and closer towards Flash. There weren't any skin contact (or anything that would be in a porno), but they were touching parts of his body. Sonata even leaned up against him and were looking right into his eyes.

After they finished singing, the room was utterly silent as the sirens was waiting to see if their hypnotism worked. After a few moments of looking at a very surprised and petrified Flash, they all become shocked when he began to move away very awkwardly.

A very embarrassed and crept out Flash says to them: "Well... uh... That was... a bit too really close" before loosing balance and landed on his butt.

The sirens were puzzled as they didn't got what they wanted. They were hoping him to be in a daze and were willing to do whatever they say. At the very least, they were expected him to be very irritated as they light some deep down anger. But instead, Flash was still acting like himself and the sirens was left confused.

Adagio yelled: "It Didn't Worked!" in irritation as her plan didn't worked.

"What's Going On!" demanded Aria.

Still reeling on the floor, Flash quickly notice three very angry sirens standing over him and looking wanting answers. "About that..." he chuckled as picked himself. "... Those aren't your gems. They are some rubies that I got from a friend that looked like your gems."

"WHAT!" all three sirens yelled.

"So... These are just fakes?" Aria angrily asked.

Flash wanted to say they were real rubies, but he wasn't one hundred percent sure on that. So instead he said: "Yes, but that doesn't really matters."

Adagio, Aria and even Sonata had their arms crossed at him as they were expecting some half-assed excuse.

"Don't you see? You don't need your gems to sing. You still had that talent in you all along and you just need a little confidents to get it out. Ok, you did get "all" of your talents back. But... do you really need it?"

After a silent moment to ponder, they found it really hard to be mad at him. They didn't think he was playing a trick on them was actually quite thankful to him. Even though they weren't the ones that they had, they still feel like that they got their gems back and now they feel like they can sing again. The only problem they now face is to admit it.

Sonata found it easy and was the first one to say it. "Well, since you put it like that..." she said before she rush up and gave Flash a hug. Adagio and Aria covered their faces to hide their grins as they found it both embarrassing and humours.

It did lighten their moods up a little bit though as Aria felt a bit more comfortable to admit her feelings. "Yeah, well... it was a really nice thing that you did.

"So we cool?" Flash asked as he was trying to escape from Sonata's hug.

"Yeah, we cool" she replied.

The last person that Flash wanted to hear from was Adagio who was trying her best to look away from him. She wanted to say her gratitude, but she still felt too prideful to say anything, despite how petty it was. She shrugged her shoulders, hoping that would be good enough. As everyone was still waiting for a proper answer, Adagio just rushed out and said: "THANKS! Make me read my diary why don't ya."

"Well that's good" Flash replied cheerfully as he was feeling that he was making some real progress with them. He then says: "And since you got your voices back, I got that you might be interested in."

Once he got their intrigue, Flash then took something out of his pocket... or at least he wanted to. As he was searching his pocket, he discovered that what he wanted wasn't in there. Flash searched any other pockets that he has, but he just couldn't find it. "No, wait, hang on a second" he told the sirens as he began a frantic searched around his body. Aria and Adagio slowly began to laugh as Flash was making a fool out of himself.

But then, Sonata got Flash's attention and then says to him: "Is this what you looking for?" She then handed the a poster which Flash was looking at before they arrived.

"Yes!" he replied excitedly as he took the poster off her. "Thanks a lot Sonata."

"No problem" she replied while making the cutest face that she can. When she notice Aria was giving her a grin, she elbowed her.

Before Aria could get he revenge, Flash then showed everyone the poster. It was bands of silhouettes that looked like they were battling with the apt words of "Clash Of The Bands!" written on top. Something else that got their notice that was written on top was "Pop Star Bar", the name of a little karaoke bar that they know about.

"Do you remember the Battle Of The Bands that ended... kind of inconclusively?" Flash asked hesitantly. Death glares from all three of them was enough for him to tell that they all remembered. "Well, you see, some of the bands that took part in that is coming together to see who is really the best without all the fighting... and the mind control." As Adagio took the poster off him so she and the others could have a closer look, Flash then added: "Even my band is competing."

As the other two was still looking at the poster, Adagio gave Flash a glare that subtly tells him: "Are you really expecting us to do this?" She know full well that this would be something that the other students in the school would be interested in and they all still hate them. If they enter, everyone will probably think they will be up to something and/or get ridiculed.

Flash disclaimed: "You don't have to do it if you don't want to. It was just something that you might be interested in."

As Adagio was about to tell him that they think they won't join, Sonata notice something that might be important. "Hey, look at this" she whispered loudly to her friends. Sonata then points to the list of bands that is already on board. Aside from "Trixie And The Illusions" and "Flash Drive", the one that really got the sirens notice was the special competing band: "The Rainbooms." Seeing the name of the band of their archenemies made Adagio realize that this could be their chance for revenge. It's been well known that the Rainbooms will only be performing on special occasions and this could be their only chance.

Before Aria and Sonata could agree on it, Adagio says to Flash: "Ok... We're in."