“Er…anyone care to explain what we’re doing here?”

Aria’s confusion was, at the very least, shared by her sisters, as both Adagio and Sonata shrugged their shoulders in response to the question. Presently, all three of them were sitting together in a part of the school that had become a favourite haunt of their human friends; the music room. While the lunch hour, along with the rest of the day, had long ended, there was nevertheless a great deal of activity going on outside, as students lingered on the school grounds to spend time with one another. As for the Dazzlings, they sat patiently, alongside the only other occupant of the room; Sunset Shimmer. However, they didn’t have to wait much longer, as the creaking of the door alerted them all to a newcomer. There, closing the door behind her, was Twilight. All four of them watched as the spectacled girl fumbled about with some notes in her hands, before making her way over to a chair opposite the Dazzlings.

“Sorry I’m late. I just needed to get a few things in order.”

Rolling her eyes slightly, Adagio spoke up.

“Twilight, dear, I was under the impression we were going to get our sister here a little action. Pray tell, what exactly do you intend to do?”

Adjusting her glasses, Twilight smiled brightly before responding to that.

“Well, this whole thing has got my mind racing with all sorts of questions! I figured, if we’re going to find someone special for Aria, we can’t just go around asking every guy who crosses her path. We need to be smarter than that. Find out what kinds of guys she likes and so on.”

To that, Adagio glanced over to Sunset, and together, they shared a ponderous look. When it was done, the elder Siren looked back to the former Crystal Prep girl.

“You may have a point, dear.”

Turning to her sister, Adagio developed a small smirk.

“So, sister, care to fill the good scientist in on your little fancies?”

The words had been tinted with slight mockery, to which Aria gave her sister a well-earned frown, but even so, she let out a sigh before leaning into her chair and shrugging her shoulders.

“Sure. Whatever.”

Squealing with delight over the prospect of a new test subject, Twilight turned to her notes, whipping out pen before starting to write down, occasionally glancing up at Aria.

“Okay, first thing’s first. There’s the obvious question of whether you’re actually bothered by dating humans.”

Looking to her, Aria raised an eyebrow.

“If it bothered me, I wouldn’t be looking for one in the first place.”

Twilight nodded at that.

“I understand that. But, it’s my understanding that, while the three of you certainly look human, you are, in fact, Sirens, yes? And you still feel like Sirens despite outwards appearances? Like a sort of phantom limb scenario?”

Aria turned to her sisters, and between them, they shared a look, before turning in unison to the young scientist, giving a brief nod, confirming that this was indeed the case. Nodding back, Twilight continued writing before speaking up again.

“Given that…was it strange for you to start becoming…erm…intimate with humans after your exile here?”

Aria shrugged her shoulders.

“We got used to it.”

However, her words were met with a brief giggle from Adagio, causing Aria to scowl in her direction. Yet, despite that, she kept quiet as the elder Siren spoke.

“Oh, Aria. Let us not forget that, of the three of us, you were the last to take an interest in humans.”

Aria frowned, pointing an accusing finger at Twilight while keeping her eyes focused on Adagio.

“Could you blame me? All that two legs and hands and…and…they were just weird!”

Turning, Aria’s expression softened slightly as she spoke to Twilight.

“No offense.”

To that, Twilight’s eyes shifted from left to right before gaining a degree of uncertainty in her expression.

“Um…none taken?”

When that was done, Aria looked back to her two sisters.

“It was easy for you two though! You took to humans like fish to water.”

Again, she turned to Twilight.

“No pun intended.”

And again, she turned back to her sisters, though this time, she was kept from speaking when Sonata spoke next.

“Oh, come on, Ari! We were stuck like this! You couldn’t blame us for wanting to pick out a guy or two. They were the only kind here!”

Nodding, Adagio turned from Sonata to Aria.

“For once, our sister has a point. While it would have been preferable not to have such strange creatures as our only option, the fact is, they were, so that was all there was to it.”

Aria looked away, grumbling slightly at that.

“Yeah…well…I got used to them eventually, didn’t I?”

Chuckling slightly, Adagio nodded.

“Indeed. Even you couldn’t hold out on your urges forever, eh, sister?”

As before, Aria grumbled in response, and as she did so, Twilight turned to Sunset, who seemed equally as intrigued by all of this as she was. However, as she continued writing, the spectacled girl gained a look that made it clear that she’d just had an idea of some kind.

“Say…have there ever been any male Sirens?”

To that, all three of the Dazzlings looked in her direction, eyebrows raised, prompting her to explain.

“I mean, before, when you lived in Equestria, weren’t there any males of your species you could get together with?”

Thinking on that, Adagio flipped some of her hair aside before looking to Twilight with seriousness.

“I’m afraid not, my dear. As far as my sisters and I are concerned, we are the only Sirens there have ever been.”

Frowning at that, Twilight looked to each of them in turn before focusing on Adagio alone.

“But…that makes no sense! How could a species just turn up one day, all siblings, with no others?”

Hearing that, Adagio let out a brief chuckle.

“It’s Equestria, my dear. Trust me when I say that strange things are pretty much the norm over there.”

Twilight stared at them for a while before, slowly, turning to Sunset. The Equestrian exile thought about it for a moment before, reluctantly, giving a sigh and a nod, confirming Adagio’s assessment of her home-world. Letting out a sigh of her own, Twilight turned back to her notes again.

“Okay then, no male Sirens. So I’m guessing you resorted to ponies back in the day?”

Aria, turning back to face her, gave a nod to that.

“Yeah...those were the days. Back then, all we had to do was look at a stallion and they’d love us!”

For a moment, she cast her older sister a glance.

“Well…stallions or mares, depending on who you ask.”

To that, Adagio gave her sibling a brief smirk.

“Well…why limit yourself to merely one of the options on a buffet table?”

Together, all three Sirens shared a moment to giggle, all while Twilight continued watching them all, with Sunset having moved over closer to join her. When the laughter died down, Aria eventually resumed her earlier scowling look.

“Still…I suppose humans weren’t too bad, once I got used to them.”

Her face lighting up, Twilight held her pen tightly as she kept her eyes on Aria.

“So…when you look back over your time getting together with humans…would you say there were any particular types you liked?”

Folding her arms, Aria gave a brief shrug of her shoulders.

“I dunno. There were plenty, assuming Adagio didn’t get to them first.”

The words were tinted with slight annoyance, which was caught by her older sister immediately.

“Well, you can’t blame the poor dears if they have better taste, now can you, sister?”

Naturally, this earned Adagio another frown, but, perhaps because she wasn’t in the mood for further conflict, Aria instead turned to Twilight once more.

“There were plenty of guys I’ve known over the years. None were ever really that special to me. A fisher’s son back in Athens. A recruit to the legions of Rome. Maybe a painter or two during the renaissance.”

Hearing that, Sonata developed an almost nostalgic look on her face.

“Yeah, I loved those days! Remember when that one guy wanted to do a picture of Dagi?”

Adagio nodded to that, smirking slightly as she gained a look of fondness herself.

“Indeed…”

However, her expression soon turned sour afterwards.

“…but he could never get my hair right! Some artist!”

Ignoring her sisters, Aria kept her eyes on Twilight.

“But…no, I’d say there’s no particular guy I’m more into.”

For a moment, Twilight looked a little disappointed, but perked up again soon afterwards.

“Well…I suppose I’ve got enough to be going on. Thanks for answering my questions.”

Aria nodded in response, before then looking to Sunset, who stood up from her chair, placing her hand upon Twilight’s shoulder before then looking to Aria.

“So…are we actually going to be looking for someone for her now?”

To that, Adagio gave a smirk and a nod.

“Indeed we are! And in fact…I think I know just the place!”

Seeing the look on her sister’s face, Aria developed a slight grimace.

“Why do I always feel nervous when you talk like that, Adagio?”