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A Dazzling Mismatch

by Shadowmane PX-41

First published

One day, The Dazzlings find perfect copies of their old pendants. But when they put them on, something strange happens...

The Dazzlings were once high and mighty sirens, able to feed off of the hate of other species to enhance their powers of singing and manipulating others to their will.

But after the Battle of the Bands, the three of them were left powerless, deprived of what made them what they once were, and with no way to reverse it.

Or so it seemed, as one day, Sonata catches a perfect replica of all three of their gems being sold at a nearby pawn shop. Sparing no time, the girls decide to immediately purchase them and slip them around their necks to give them some sense of comfort after their tragic loss.

However, little do they know that these gems have some rather... different powers.

The Charity Shop

"And so when he asked me about how much money I had, I told him I'd work something out," Aria spoke to Adagio and Sonata as the three of them walked down the path through the city of Canterlot. Without their gems, the Dazzlings now had to get everything through hard work, instead of simply singing to get whatever they wanted. "The old man thought he could pull a fast one on me, said that I needed to pay him there and then, but when he saw I didn't have enough money, I tried haggling with him for a better offer. Ended with me getting thrown out of the shop for some reason. Maybe I should have offered something better..."

"Or maybe, you could stop with the grouchy attitude and try being nice for a change, Aria?" Sonata chided.

"Hey! It's not my fault that I'm stone broke and magicless!" Aria shot back. "It's those stupid Rainbooms' fault! So why should we have to be the ones who suffer while they get all the glory?!"

"I dunno. Maybe if you had been a little less of a meanie-pants, then maybe we could've won back then." Sonata shrugged as she put her hands behind her head.

"YOU of all people should be to blame for us losing the Battle of the Bands, Sonata Dusk!" Aria baled her hands into fists and pushed past Adagio just to get to her. "I swear, I'd kick the everloving crap out you right here and now if you weren't a siren like me and Adagio!"

"See, Aria? This is exactly what I mean." Sonata pushed her back. "You're always so grumpy with me!" She stopped in her tracks and planted her feet firmly on the ground. "Oh, Sonata, clean up your room. Sonata, why are your taco wrappers everywhere? Sonata, shut that stupid music up or I'll come in there and shut it up for you!" She did her best impression of Aria, putting her hands on her hips and waving her own hands threateningly.

"That's it!" Aria lunged forward and tackled Sonata, throwing the two of them into a scuffle where they were pulling each others' hairs and slapping each other across the face. "YOU ARE SUCH A BABY, SONATA!"

"YOU'RE ONE TO TALK, YOU BIG BULLY!" Sonata dealt a kick to Aria's chest.

"Girls!" Adagio quickly grabbed both Aria and Sonata by their scruffs, stopping the fight dead in its tracks. "I know we've suffered a major loss at Canterlot High, but bickering like children isn't going to help the situation out at all. As sirens, you should know that we used to feast on anger, not get consumed by it."

"Oh, you're one to talk, Adagio." Aria tried to break free, but all she could do was turn her head towards her. "You were having a massive hissy fit when we got home from the Battle of the Bands over that stupid gem of yours!"

"Hey! So. Were. You." Adagio booped Aria's nose with her middle finger. "I'm still the leader of the Dazzlings, and I can still make all the decisions with or without some little trinket, and as the leader, I order you two to stop fighting and just walk down the street like a normal human would, just for the time being." And she dropped Sonata and Aria back onto the ground. "And no fighting along the way, or I'll have to start restricting what you two do."

"Uggh!" Aria groaned as she marched onward. "I swear, if I was the leader of the Dazzlings, none of this would've ever happened."

"Yeah. If anything, things would've been even worse with you in charge." Adagio huffed.

"Sometimes I wish you could just walk a mile in my shoes, Adagio," Aria's voice had been reduced to nothing more than a low pitched grumble. "If you weren't the leader, you'd see just how much shit I have to go through with you and Sonata on a daily basis..."

"And you think being leader's an easy job, Aria?" Adagio asked. "With all of the tough decisions you have to make, and with two incompetent kids at your side, I think I'd much rather prefer being you instead of me sometimes."

At that remark, Aria fell silent and hunched her arms as she slowly turned back towards Adagio. With her savage smirk on her face, she said, "Is that a challenge, Adagio?"

"Could it be anything else, Aria?" Adagio gave her own wicked smirk as she locked gazes with the purple siren. "It seems like you have a habit of making promises your body can't deliver."

"Oh yeah, Adagio?" Aria stepped forward and crossed her arms. "I think you're just starting to lose confidence in yourself after what happened at Canterlot High. Must be old age or something."

"Excuse me?!" Adagio nearly stumbled backwards at that remark. "I'll have you know that I'm the youngest siren, at just one-thousand, two-hundred and seventy-six years, thank you very much."

"And yet I'm a couple hundred years older than you, so technically, that makes me the eldest, and yet I don't get the position of leader," Aria's tone was very close to hitting deadpan.

"So it's a bet is it?" Adagio got up in Aria's face. "Starting from now, you're the leader of the Dazzlings, and if you can make one good idea before the week's up, you'll get that spot permanently."

"Oh, it is so on, Adagio." Aria glared at her, the two sirens now locking horns with each other. "I bet by the end of this week, you'll be eating out of the palm of my hand with how amazing I am at making decisions."

"Don't I get a say in this?" Sonata raised a finger of her own.

"No, Sonata. This doesn't concern you." Both Adagio and Aria spoke in unison with each other before they stared at each other with wide eyes.

"Alrighty then, Aria. What's your first big and special decision going to be?" Adagio mocked as she took a few steps back and stood next to Sonata.

"We're gonna get back on top, that's how. But we can't do it without some fresh identities, and some clean clothes..." Aria looked down and reviled at the clothes that she had been wearing ever since they came to the human world. They weren't anything special by any means, but they were still hers. "These things? They're nice, but I feel like they've gone out of fashion. So, we've gotta get some new clothes that match us better."

"But Aria, those clothes were the only ones we could find that fit us perfectly," Sonata rubbed down the sides of her skirt. "And besides, the guy who gave us these were kind enough to sew me and Dagi's Cutie Marks onto them too."

"Sonata, you shouldn't call your logo a Cutie Mark. It makes you seem too girly," Aria scoffed.

"But I like being girly..." Sonata hung her head.

"Anyway, we're burning daylight here. We've gotta get moving before the stupid charity shop closes." Aria wasted no time in continuing her root march down the sidewalk, with Adagio and Sonata following closely behind her.

"A charity shop, Aria?" Adagio joked. "I had no idea your first decision was gonna be helping those in need." she stifled a tiny chuckle, putting her hand over her mouth. "Maybe being a leader's not your thing?"

"Hah! In your dreams, Adagio," said Aria. "And besides, where do you expect me to go? The classy shops? Fat chance of that."

"Good point." Adagio stared mainly at Aria's pocket where her wallet just barely hung out of it. She was mainly looking at the little pouch where dollar bills would be kept, and grinned when she saw nothing.


Later, the Dazzlings found themselves in the commercial district of Canterlot City. Shops and restaurants of all different names, shapes, and sizes stretched out into the streets beyond. There wasn't many people, as it was getting later, and a few of the shops were already starting to close after serving their last customers.

"Oh, by the way, girls," Aria started, "buying this stuff isn't gonna be easy, so I'm gonna need you two to help chip in on this."

"Why? Is it because you're the only one who can't afford it?" Adagio had another concealed laugh.

"Shut it, Adagio. You gave me the leader role, and I'll be damned if I'm not gonna use it," Aria didn't even turn her head as she addressed her. "Now, quit with the funny stuff and tell me how much you and Sonata got."

"I have a couple of tens in here," Adagio pulled out her golden wallet and opened it up. "I was gonna use them for something more casual, but since this is such an urgent matter..."

"Are you just gonna keep being sarcastic for the whole week?" Aria raised an eyebrow as she examined Adagio's money.

"Well, what can I say? That's what it feels like to be the second-in-command brat who doesn't want to follow orders."

"Just keep quiet, Adagio. I'm in control now, and I'm not about to waste this opportunity." Aria cracked a smile as Adagio handed her the money. "What about you, Sonata? How much you got?"

"Just a five." She said as she got out her own wallet and revealed her money. She wasted no time in giving it to her new leader. "I spent the rest of it on tacos in case you're wondering."

"Which I wasn't. Seriously, it's always tacos with you, Sonata." Aria grasped the money tight in her hand and slipped it into her own wallet. "But anyway, this is decent. It's not great, but it should get us some new threads before we start our long climb to the top. And who knows? We might just have enough left over to buy a present for the two of you." She then leaned in close to Sonata. "Might."

"So where is this charity shop, Aria?" Adagio asked after passing by a few more closing shops.

"It's been a while since I've seen it, so I can't recognize the name. But I do remember that they always have these cheesy baby toys on display along with some rags." Aria used her fingers to list off each of the different features of the building. "They had green walls, a wooden door, a white interior—"

"And our pendants?" Sonata blurted out.

"And our—wait, what?!" Aria choked on the words and craned her neck towards Sonata, who was simply gazing into a window.

"Look, girls! There they are!" Sonata pointed it out, causing both Adagio and Aria to look in as well.

Every detail was perfect about them. From the smooth curves on each of the five points, to the golden buckle on a leather collar from which they hung, right down to the miniscule circle at the centre of each gem that held it all together. They were perfect replicas of the Dazzlings' old pendants that had been destroyed at Canterlot High.

"No... Freaking... Way..." Aria's mouth dropped when she got a closer look at it. She then pushed herself off the window and charged towards the front door. "Screw the clothes! We're getting those pendants! The Dazzlings are back on top!"

Neither Adagio nor Sonata could contain themselves either. With smiles back on their faces, they followed Aria into the shop and didn't even spend any time looking at any of the other clothes, knick-knacks, or toys that were up for sale inside. They were more focused on the gems, and they quickly took them off of the displays and took them to the counter.

"How much for these?" They all said in perfect sync.

The shopkeeper, a grizzled gray man with black hair, a golden suit, a black top-hat, and a single fang hanging out of his mouth said, "What? These little gems? Well. I'd be happy to part with them. They've been giving me nothing but grief for the past few months." He laid his arms out on the counter and put his hands together. "For such sweet, innocent, and desperate girls like yourselves, I'm only charging twenty five dollars for these little things."

"Sweet! That's totally in our budget!" Aria hastily ripped her wallet out from her pocket again and literally threw Adagio and Sonata's money at the man. "We'll take them!"

"Wonderful!" He quickly took the dollars, ironed out the creases with an actual iron that he had been using to do his own clothes in the room just behind him, and put them into the cash register. "Pleasure doing business with you ladies."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Aria already took the first pendant and slipped it around her neck, clipping the collar up at the back.

"Thank you so much for this, sir." Sonata shook the man's hand as she and Adagio took the other pendants and put them on.

"No, no. Thank you for helping me sell those eyesores." He gracefully returned the gesture. "I was gonna have a nervous breakdown if I didn't sell those gems soon, and you girls just helped me out of a real pickle back there."

"Oh, well in that case, you're welcome, sir," said Sonata in her bubbly voice.

"Much oblidged, ladies. Oh, and please, call me Discord." He took his hat off and did a bow as Adagio, Aria, and Sonata fitted themselves and walked out the door. "Have a good evening, ladies!"

The Dazzlings walked out of the shop with springs in their steps. What they had lost back at Canterlot High was now back where it belonged. They had the power to sing to manipulate others once again, and Aria herself was abundant with energy.

"So, what should we do now?" Adagio adjusted her new pendant until she was happy with the way it rested on her neck.

"Let's try to sing again. Break them in before we start using them for real." Aria squeezed her gem inbetween her middle finger and thumb. "I wanna see if these are actually the real deal, so all of that happiness we had wasn't for nothing, y'know?"

"It would be nice to sing after all that's happened to us..." Sonata sighed as she softly rubbed the front of her new crystal.

The Dazzlings all took a deep breath and tried to sing a note. Much to their dismay, however, their voices were still out of time, out of sync, and even out of tone. They stopped themselves after two notes, noticing that they hadn't changed a bit since putting them on.

"Hmm... Maybe they've gotta warm up a bit?" Sonata tried rubbing the pendant in the palms of her hands.

"Or maybe they're just some cheap knock-offs," Adagio facepalmed as the realization struck her. "Way to go, Aria. You spent all of our money on cheap replicas that don't even work. Flawless leadership right there, let me tell you."

"Hey, shut up, Adagio. It's not my fault that these things don't work yet!" Aria grumbled as she held the gem in one of her hands and repeatedly punched it with the other. "Come on, you worthless piece of ruby! Make us great singers again!"

"That's not gonna work," said Adagio, bluntly.

"Do you have any better ideas, Adagio?" Aria kept on punching it, failing to notice a faint glow emanate from her gem at the start. The glow eventually got brighter and brighter, before it was impossible to conceal. "Oh. Never mind..."

The same radiant light poured from both Adagio and Sonata's pendants as well, getting more and more blinding by the second. It escalated until it consumed all three of the Dazzlings, who all had their smirks back as they let themselves get consumed by the bright flash of light.

However, unbeknownst to them, tiny little lightning bolts shot out of the gems, connecting with the others, like a small web. The energy manifested in all three of the crystals before a powerful surge was sent through each bolt to the neighbouring pendants.

Adagio, Aria, and Sonata had trouble trying to keep their focus as the light now became too bright for them to handle. They tried to close their eyes to get away from the red glow, but even that wasn't enough to stop the radiant shine of their pendants. They struggled to stay awake as they could see nothing but red. It got brighter, and brighter, and brighter, until they could only see white.

And then, all of a sudden, they passed out, quickly being blanketed by darkness as their unconscious bodies crumpled up onto the floor.

New Bodies

Adagio Dazzle was the first to wake up from the explosion. She groaned as she slowly raised her hand to her head to fight off the pounding headache she had been inflicted with. The good news was that she was still alive, as she hadn't moved an inch from the charity shop or that the place hadn't become a war-torn wasteland yet.

"Ohh... Did someone catch the number of that truck?" she asked, then immediately gasped when she had noticed that her voice had changed. Instead of the suave and sophisticated voice that she had grown up with, she was now stuck with the gravelly voice of Aria Blaze. "What's wrong with my voice?" She slowly looked down at her hands, which were now trembling. When her eyes readjusted to the light, her hands, and her skin as a whole had gone from golden to fuchsia. "What the?!"

Looking further down at herself, she had noticed that her clothes were entirely different as well, and that there were a series of wristbands on her arms. She then looked up to see if Sonata or Aria were around, and was met with a disturbing sight. She could see Sonata and her real body, but she wasn't in it. When the realization struck her, she let out the loudest scream she could muster with her new vocal cords.

"This is a nightmare!" Adagio exclaimed, desperately looking at the rest of her new clothes. "I've been turned into a goth!"

"Uggh..." Sonata facepalmed and shook off the rest of her concussion. Her voice remained the same, but her demeanour was entirely different. Instead of being the bubbly girl that she usually was, she had an incredibly mean look on her face. "Chill out. At least you don't look like some kind of walking candy floss..."

"Wait. Sonata would never act that way..." Adagio had time to process what had become of her other two sisters. She knew that Sonata was always the happy one, while Aria was a grump. By the process of elimination, she had already worked out what had happened. "Aria? Why are you in Sonata's body?"

"I think the better question is why are you in my body, Adagio?" Aria asked, finding it hard to sound intimidating with Sonata's voice. She sounded much more like a kid trying to be tough when in reality, they weren't. "And why do you have my voice too? What the heck's going on here?"

"This has gotta be some kind of prank, right?" Adagio tried to deny the reality of the situation. "There's no way that body-swapping is a thing. At least, not in this world, right?"

"What kind of prank would stuff me into the body of a weak baby who's obsessed with tacos and the colour pink?" Aria slammed her blue fist on the ground. "Someone must've drugged us when we put on those gems. Maybe traces of LSD sprinkled into the backs to make us think and feel like this is all real, right?"

"Nuh-uh. It was magic that did this to us." Adagio's body finally spoke up, but instead of being controlled, it felt much more giddy than usual. "The Rainbooms must've done this. They knew we loved those things, so they used their magical friendship powers to make copies that allowed us to switch bodies so that we'd freak out and become unorganized, thereby stopping us from trying to exact our revenge on them. That sounds right to me," she spoke rapidly, then ended with a wide smile on her face.

"Sonata?" Adagio's voice – or whatever she could make of it in Aria's body – felt very shaky, and she could barely get her words out. Sonata Dusk, the child entity of the Dazzlings, was in her body, and could do anything she wanted with it. "Why are you in my body?! Why couldn't you have this body instead?!"

"Whoa... How did you get in Aria's body, Dagi?" Sonata asked as she crawled up to her. "I mean, Aria's the worst of the Dazzlings. She's always so mean to me, but now that I'm you, I can be just as mean to her." She turned to face the siren who had hijacked her real body. "Isn't that right, Aria? You're so upset about being me that you're blue."

"Da ba dee, da be die, bitch," Aria scoffed as she put her hands to her hips and stood up. "But since you found these pendants, do you mind hurrying the hell up and getting back on your feet, instead of just sitting down there like a klutz?"

"But Aria, I'm the klutz, not Dagi," Sonata said, then slapped her face at that remark. "The point is, you've got my body, so techinally, you're me, and I'm Adagio. and since you called me a klutz that techincally means that you're the klutz, Aria. Or should I call you Sonaria?" she chuckled.

"I swear to god, Sonata. I'm gonna beat you up so hard when this is all over, you won't even want to have your own body back!" Aria shouted as Sonata got onto her feet and struggled to maintain her balance.

"Technically, you'll be hurting me and not her, since you'll be punching my body, Aria." Adagio brushed herself off as she too rose to her feet, only for her to wobble and fall back to the ground as she tried to stand up in Aria's pumps. "Whoa!" She yelped as she tumbled down onto her side and impacted the hard ground again. "How the heck do you spend the whole day in these wretched things?" Adagio cursed as she looked down at the high heels.

"With hard work, determination, and a sense of maturity, Adagio," Aria snided as she watched Adagio attempt to stand back up. "Something that as me, you don't seem to have anymore."

"Let's just get back to the house, OK?" Adagio said as she finally managed to stand upright again. "We've got our gems back, and that's all that matters at the moment. How we'll deal with these body swaps is down to you, oh great and powerful leader."

"Trust me, Adagio. After a good night's sleep, I'll have already worked out the answer to our problem," Aria grew a smug smile as she led her sisters back to the house.


The Dazzlings' house was unlike the other houses in Canterlot City. It was three storeys tall, had a small golden gate at the front door, and even a well-tended flower garden that led all the way to the front door, which was gilded with Adagio, Aria, and Sonata's emblems. The stone path that led to the door was also neat, with no gaps inbetween each square tile.

Aria led the way across the path, while Adagio struggled to walk over it without wobbling in her new shoes, while Sonata leisurely skipped on each of the tiles. They all arrived at the door and pushed it open together, feeling the cold handle press against their hands as they walked inside.

The interior of the Dazzlings' house was an entirely different story. It all looked like it a mansion with marble floors and pillars, plain white walls, and a wide range of rooms on each side. There was a red carpet that was rolled out from the front door all the way towards a staircase that led towards the upper floors, and more specifically, the girls' bedrooms.

"Alright. Before we settle in for the night, let's just do a quick voice check to see if those gems of ours work now..." Aria stopped the group midway down the carpet.

"Are you sure that it's going to work this time?" Adagio asked.

"Listen. We were just part of some crazy body-swap prank," Aria deadpanned as she readjusted her pendant. "I'm pretty sure that if our voices aren't back to normal too, then this would be a nightmare."

"C'mon, Aria. Show some happiness for once in your life," Sonata moaned and wiped some sweat of of her golden brow. "You're in my body now, and Sonata Dusk is a happy-go-lucky girl, not some grouch who spends most of her time listening to mean music."

"After this test, I'm gonna ask that you shut up, Sonata," Aria groaned. "Now. One. Two. One, two, three, four..."

The Dazzling all opened their mouths to sing, and the gems started to respond. Ther voices were being molded from the train wrecks from before, into beguiling and alluring singing voices again. They sang a chorus that enveloped the whole room and echoed off the walls, and as the noise reverbated in their ears, the three of them smiled warmly. The magic that had been taken away from them was finally back in their hands, and they now had the power to make anyone do what they wanted once again.

"Well, that gives me some hope in this," Aria sighed in content. "But now there's the issue of getting out of this meat sack and back into my body."

"Hey! My body is not a meat sack, Aria." Sonata chided as she approached her. "It's super cuddly and warm, and you're the complete opposite of that!"

"If I wanted to be a kid again, I wouldn't have grown up, and would've still been in diapers," Aria insulted as she cracked the knuckles of Sonata's body. "But here I am. A fully-capable teenage girl who's over a thousand years old, stuck in some baby pink onesie that won't seem to come off."

"Well, at least I'm the most attractive looking girl now, Aria," Sonata huffed as she felt her new hips. "I mean, look at this stylish body. These beautiful legs, and this sensational voice. If anything, gold fits me better than blue!" She then noticed that Adagio had been in earshot of the whole conversation. "Uhh, no offense, right?"

"None taken, Sonata," Adagio calmly placed her hand on Sonata's shoulders. "You've got my body now, and it's to be expected that you've got all of my good looks, unlike a certain emo freako I've had to deal with..."

"At least I'm the leader of the Dazzlings now!" Aria shot back, then immediately calmed herself down. "Anyway, we've gotta get some rest. It's been a long day, and I'm already weirded out as it is being stuck in Sonata's body."

"Yeah." Sonata stretched her arms up into the air and let out a massive yawn for emphasis. "I'm feeling pretty sleepy too. So we should probably just skip the tacos and go straight to bed."

"I agree. Today's been a long day, but we've got our powers back, and that's all that matters." Adagio began to walk towards the stairs. "We'll jump the hurdle of how we get back into our own bodies tomorrow, when we've got more time to think and plan."

"If you happen to wake up, you do know where my room is, right?" Aria asked.

"She already knows. It's down the left corridor, third door on the right. It's the room with all of the pink flowers on it." Sonata blurted out as she followed Adagio to the rooms.

"No, that's your room, Sonata," said Aria.

"Nuh-uh. It's your room now, Aria!" She threw her arms up.

"Wait, what?!" Aria's face felt like it had been hit with a hammer when the realization struck her. "Oh no. No no no no no no no, there is no way that I'm gonna be sleeping in Sonata's room tonight."

"Aww c'mon, Aria. What's so bad about my room anyway?" Sonata's smile never seemed to fade as Aria joined up with the others. "There's lots of food lying around, a nice comfy bed, and plenty of toys and crayons to keep you entertained if you get bored!"

"But that's baby stuff for you, Sonata. I'm more into heavy metal and grunge, not that kiddy stuff." Aria pouted and crossed her arms as the Dazzlings climbed the stairs.

"I'm not Sonata. I'm Adagio. You're Sonata, Aria," Sonata smirked. "And that means, that as Sonata, you've got my room until this is over, just as I have Dagi's room, and she gets you room."

"Fuck that!" Aria shouted and threw her arms out. "I'm not letting Adagio into my room, and I'm not setting foot into your pink eyesore of a bedroom either!"

"Why are you so angry about this?" Sonata recoiled at Aria's outburst. "It's just a bedroom."

"A bedroom built for babies, not for rockers! I'm not you, Sonata. I may have the body, but that doesn't mean I'm just gonna randomly be a fun-loving kid just because I'm stuck as you for the time being!"

"Aria. I'm not gonna say this again." Sonata's brows lowered and her voice became serious. "You. Are. Sleeping. In. My. Room. Tonight."

"No. I. Am. Not!" Aria yelled the last word at the top of her voice, knocking Sonata back against the wall and causing her to crumple down onto the carpet floor.

"What's the matter, Aria?" Adagio smirked as she found another opportunity to poke fun at her. "I thought you were the leader of the Dazzlings. Surely, you can handle sleeping in Sonata's room for the evening..."

"But it's all pink and girly!" Aria whined like a child as she looked Adagio in the eyes. "I can't be seen sleeping in that baby room! I'll get teased about it for the rest of my life!"

"But technically, it won't be you sleeping in it, Aria." Adagio leaned against the wall and drummed her fingers against it. "Because of this little occurence, you're in Sonata's body, I'm in yours, and Sonata's in mine, right? So that means from the outside perspective, it'll look like Sonata's in her room sleeping soundly."

"But it'll still feel the same deep down, and I'm not about to jeopardize my rep as a punk rocker just because I'm stuck in Sonata's wimpy body." Aria stayed stern as she walked across the mezzanine in a huff to get to her room.

"But you wanna sleep in it!" Sonata spoke up.

"No, I don't," said Aria.

"Yes, you do."

"No, I don't."

"Yes, you do."

"No, I don't!"

"No, you won't."

"Yes, I will!" Aria began walking to Sonata's room, unbeknownst of what she was saying or doing. She was more focused in trying to beat Sonata at the petty argument she was having with her.

"No, you won't." Sonata still spoke arguatively, but she had a smile on her face.

"Yes, I will!"

"No, you won't."

"Yes, I will!"

"No, you won't."

"Yes, I will, and you're not gonna stop me!" Aria put her hand on the door, opened it up, walked through the door, and slammed it on Sonata, locking it once she was inside.

"Okie dokie then. Sleep tight, Aria!" Sonata back to Adagio so that the two of them could sleep in their own bedrooms. "The bathroom's just next to the TV!" She was so far away from the room now that she didn't even hear the groans coming from it when Aria realized what had happened.


When Aria looked back at the room, her eyes went wide as she witnessed what was inside. The room was far more pink than she expected it to be. There were plush animals scattered around the room, a small plastic table with colouring books and crayons dotted around the top, and there was even a doll collection with a tiny runway and a plastic head for playing with make-up. It was geared far much more towards a kid than any other human being, and Aria knew this all too well—even though this was the first time she had ever been in it.

Unable to make words at how stunned she was with the room, she went to brush her teeth in the bathroom, which was the only thing that wasn't as childish as the rest of the bedroom. She quickly brushed, took her clothes off, and went to change into some pajamas for the evening. She pulled out a draw and found nothing but pink ones, both for the top and bottom.

"I can't believe that I'm stuck in this stupid body, having to sleep in this baby's room until I can get back into my own body..." Aria grumbled to herself as she wriggled into the pink pajamas and walked towards the bed. She pulled back the covers only to find a bunch of teddy bears greeting her as she did. "Fucking kill me now..." She facepalmed.


Meanwhile, Adagio reviled at how much of a mess Aria's bedroom was. The cream walls were tarnished with posters of boy bands and punk rock groups, all of which didn't really appeal to her in the slightest. The bed was a mess, with no duvet or covers on the matress, and were instead hanging down each side of the bed.

"How the hell does Aria sleep each night?!" Was all that Adagio could remark as she too went to get changed and brush her teeth before settling down for the night. It didn't take her too long to get prepared for bed, and when she eventually came back, she neatly tucked the duvet underneath the matress and flapped the covers so that they were aligned perfectly with the rest of the bed. "Well, when this is over, I'm gonna have to give her a little lesson in how to properly maintain a bed..."

When Adagio laid down in the bed, she was met with an unpleasant sensation. The matress was rock hard and not acclimated to her level of comfort in the slightest. She started to toss and turn, trying to find the optimum sleeping position in Aria's bed, and having no luck in doing so.

"I just hope Sonata's having a better night than I am..." She groaned as she closed her eyes and tried to bear with the uncomfortable bed.


Sonata giddily skipped around Adagio's room, taking in all of the sights. The walls were very neatly kept, and the shelves held a collection of knick-knacks that Adagio had been collecting during her time in the human world. There was a four-poster bed by one of the walls, and a widescreen TV just on the other side of it. There were also two nightstands. One on each side of the bed. The last thing of notice was a table with a letter writing set, a computer, and a picture of the Dazzlings in front of their house.

"This is awesome!" Sonata exclaimed as she ran a few more laps around the room, jumping over the bed and nearly tripping over because of how far the jump was each time, before she dashed into the bathroom to freshen up.

"Honestly, I don't care if we're stuck like this." Sonata said to herself as she squirted a blob of toothpaste onto the brush and started to apply it to her teeth. "I'm just glad that I can play with Adagio's stuff now, instead of all my boring old toys." She pushed the button, and the electric toothbrush whirred into life. Sonata pressed it against her teeth and began to brush rhythmically as she hummed one of her favourite songs.

Author's Notes:

Writing a bodyswap fanfic is no easy task. For one thing, you've gotta remember that for one, vocal chords are not in the brain; and for two, you need to address the characters as their real names, and not the bodies they're using. So, whenever Aria speaks, I don't call her Sonata, because Sonata's in Adagio's body, and that can get weird.

But anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter for what it was, and be sure to stay tuned, as there will be more chapters being released soon. If you did like it, be sure to leave a comment; and if you like the fanfic as it is now, be sure to give it a favourite and an upvote. The favourites are very well appreciated, but the upvotes will get this story more out there.

Have a good evening!

New Experiences

The next morning, Adagio's eyes were still half-open from trying to get to sleep in Aria's bed. Ever since she and the other Dazzlings had traded rooms, sleeping had become more of a chore than a luxury. With how rock-hard the bed was, how small the covers barely hung over the bed, and how flat the pillow was, it was as if Adagio had spent the worst night of her life.

"Uggh..." she groaned as she sat up, her eyelids still heavily drooping over her head as she rubbed it tenderly. "I think Aria has it all wrong. She's the worst of the Dazzlings." She drove her arm down her neck and sighed in relief when she noticed the gemstone was still there. "Well, at least I've still got that. Now's the problem of trying to get back into my own body..."

Adagio stood up and walked over to the bathroom, washing her face with hot soapy water. As she soaked her face in the water, she was woken up even more by how refreshing the spray was. Her eyes opened up more once she dried her face off and brushed her teeth, and after that process was done, she was ready to begin the day.

Adagio went back into the room and opened a huge wicker bin with all kinds of clothes inside. They ranged from black and white, dark shades of purple, and Aria's usual clothes. As she dug through the fabrics, she eventually let out an exasparated huff and dressed herself in Aria's usual clothes, sticking her tongue out when she looked at herself in the mirror.

When Adagio walked out of the room, the first thing she noticed was Sonata just walking outside of the room. Instead of the big poofy hairstyle that Adagio sported, Sonata had managed to trim it down and re-shape it to her old hairstyle, complete with an orange scrunchie holding the orange and yellow ponytail up. As much as she wanted to let out a scream over the loss of her own body's hair, she had something else on her mind.

"Sonata?" Adagio walked up to her and tapped her shoulder before she could go towards Aria's room. "What's with the hairstyle?"

"Oh, well if you must know, I can't sleep with all your fluffy hair, Adagio." Sonata turned towards Adagio and placed her hands on her hips. "As nice as it is for acting as a second pillow, I just felt really, really, REALLY hot whenever it got in my face."

"Odd, considering that I never had that problem." Adagio put her hand on her chin and drummed her fingers against it. "I guess these new bodies must make us feel different in some of the tiniest ways, not just in our voices, but in the things we like and hate too.

"Well, except for me hating Aria's bed. I will always hate how rock-hard it is, and the fact that the covers are literally just as big as a wrap-around blanket," she grumbled.

"Speaking of which, where is Aria?" Sonata asked, looking around the main hall of the house. "I was going to check her room to see if she hadn't woken up, but considering that she doesn't really like my room, I thought it was a good idea to have a look around the house as a whole to see if she'd already woken up."

"Wow. That... sounds really smart of you, Sonata," Adagio almost struggled to get the words out. She had never noticed such logic coming from her before.

"But from the looks of the house, it doesn't seem like she's up yet." Sonata pointed towards an archway that led towards a table in the nearby kitchen. "Aria's always the first one in the kitchen every morning, so this is quite strange. Maybe she decided to sleep in or something?"

"If Aria's always the first one up, then why is it that today she isn't?" Adagio questioned. "It's not like her to be a heavy sleeper. Heck, I even made her the leader for the week, so I kind of expected her to be much more mature about her new title, and not just someone who isn't even out of her room yet."

"Well, it looks like we've got a mystery on our hands, Dagi." Sonata reached into a pocket and pulled out a magnifying glass. "Aria's gone missing, and we need to combine our brains in order to find her! But not literally. Even I know that's a bad idea."

"H-hey!" Adagio immediately identified the magnifying glass as Sonata brought it close to her eyes. It had a golden grip and ring, and the glass had no stains on it whatsoever."Be careful with that, Sonata! I spent a whole weekend trying to find the perfect one of those things to fit in my room!"

"Don't worry, Dagi. It'll be fine..." Sonata began to walk to Aria's room, examining each and every detail of the banisters, walls, and carpet to find a trace of Aria. She spent a second identifying something before she looked at another object. However, throughout the entire walk, she found the trip to be fruitless when she arrived at Aria's door. "Nothing yet. So we've gotta start with the most obvious place to check. The scene of the crime! Sonata Dusk's bedroom! Well, technically Aria's room now, but you get the idea!"

Adagio was about to touch the handle on the door when she heard a high-pitched laugh coming from the other side and the faintest noise of a spring sound effect. She had a quick look at Sonata and nodded with her before she opened the door quickly and looked inside.

The first thing that both Adagio and Sonata noticed was Aria sitting on the end of the bed wearing a fully pink pajama set. She was cuddling some of the stuffed animals while watching a television cartoon with all kinds of zany antics going on. Every time something silly happened, Aria let out a laugh and almost flopped back onto the bed, kicking her legs as the jokes sunk in.

"Aria? Are you watching..." Adagio tried to suppress a laugh by placing her hand over her mouth. She held her breath before she blurted out, "Cartoons?" clutching her chest as she slapped her knees with her other hand, laughing all the while.

"Wh-what?! N-no!" Aria suddenly scrambled to her feet, dropping the animals as she dived for the remote. It fumbled around in her hands as she tried to reach for the power button. She eventually hit it and watched the life on the screen vanish in an instant before she turned towards Sonata and Adagio. "I was just busy, uh, um..." She stomped her feet on the ground as she tried to make up an excuse. "Laughing at how stupid it was! Yeah. No way would I ever get engrossed in a kid's show like that."

"Oh don't try to hide it, Aria. You were totally watching Shorty and Stretchy!" Sonata let out her own giggle fit as Aria recomposed herself. "I never knew you liked that show."

"No I don't, Sonata! I'm just stuck in your stupid body with nothing to do, and I thought I could get some amusement out of your baby stuff until you two got up. That's all you need to know." Aria quickly returned to being the gruff no-nonsense girl she truly was as she shot back at Sonata. "It's not that I would watch it because I wanted to or anything..."

"Well, now that that little debacle's been sorted out, we'd better get breakfast," said Adagio, letting out a few more tiny chuckles as she walked out of the room and towards the stairs, clearing her throat once the humour had worn off. "You've gotta decide what we do today, since you're the leader and all."

"Yeah, a leader who watches kids shows now," Sonata was still in stitches over Aria watching the kid's show as she followed Adagio to the stairs.

"Shut up!" Aria began to blush as she walked down the stairs with the other Dazzlings.


When the three girls arrived in the kitchen, Aria reached into one of the cupboard and pulled out three bowls while Adagio set the table, leaving Sonata to grab the cereals. Together, the job was done in a couple of minutes, and now the Dazzlings all had their favourite cereals and were sitting down at the table, eating together, their minds buzzing with thoughts on what the new day would bring.

"Alright," said Aria once she finished her first mouthful of cereal. "So, we've got our pendants back, which means we can sing to make people do what we want again. The first thing we need to get back on top is more negative energy, so that we can make ourselves stronger and get revenge at those Rainbooms for beating us back at Canterlot High.

"Now, the city of Canterlot is pretty big, and there's lots of places for people to hang out on days like this." She leisurely stirred her orange juice with a straw. "I might be the leader, but you two know where people like to hang out, so for once as leader, I'm gonna let you decide. Where would you like to go?"

"I don't really mind where we go, Aria," said Adagio. "Just as long as it's far away from your nightmare of a bed."

"Hey! My bed's really comfy once you get to know it," shouted Aria. "You've just gotta be tough like me, instead of being a smooth talker, Adagio."

"Does tough mean liking Shorty and Stretchy?" Sonata raised her finger. "Because if it does, then that means that I'm a super-toughie!"

"Are you just going to keep poking fun at me for watching that baby show, Sonata?" Aria slammed her fist on the table as she glared at her.

"Well, I was going to tell you where to go, but since you seem to be getting very angry towards me, I think I'd much rather keep it a secret." Sonata took one last bite of her cereal, finishing the bowl altogether before she stood up and walked over to the sink. "As Adagio Dazzle, I need to know to be mature sometimes, and now that I'm the girl who founded the Dazzlings in the first place, I don't take very kindly to being insulted by you, Aria Blaze."

Aria's jaw hung wide open as she watched Sonata clear her bowl and glass into the sink, filling it with soapy water and beginning to scrub all of the marks off of the bowl.

"Sheesh. What's up with her?" Aria leaned in close to Adagio and whispered in her ears.

"I don't really know..." Adagio whispered back, her voice so quiet that Sonata couldn't hear. "It's like ever since we got into these new bodies, we've been acting more like the vessels' true selves. In that regard, Sonata's getting my maturity, while you're getting her childish spirit and joy."

"Oh no... No! NO! It's bad enough that I'm stuck in Sonata's body, but now you're saying I'm gonna start acting like that baby too?!" Aria fell to her knees and started to hug Adagio's legs, weeping the whole time. "I don't wanna be in this body anymore! I wanna be me again!"

"Get off me, Aria!" Adagio violently pushed Aria away. "You think you've got a bad time in that body?! I'm stuck in some grubby emo freako's body who apparently likes hardcore shit and prefers to sleep on a horrible bedding, with even worse blankets, a duvet that feels non-existent, and posters ruining the lovely colour of the once-beautiful bedroom!" She yelled, tightening her own hands into fists and shaking them in front of her head. "How do you think I feel?!"

"Whoa..." Aria was in awe at Adagio's outburst. Never before had she seen her get angry. Usually, it was her who had the most violent outbursts of the Dazzlings. "I guess you're kinda right about this whole bodyswap-means-personality-swap theory, Adagio," Aria's frown had turned into a tiny little grin. "Guess you're the hothead of the Dazzlings now."

Adagio wanted to get angrier at Aria for that snide remark, but she eventually realized what she was doing and calmed down, taking deep breaths as her body temperature returned to normal. "I'm sorry, Aria. I'm just a little stressed over how bad my night was. I would never attack one of my fellow sirens—even if they are a pain in the ass to deal with sometimes..."

"Well, I guess we'll just have to get used to it then, huh?" Aria leaned back in her chair and put her hands behind her head. "I mean, I've gotta be Sonata, you've gotta be me, and she gets to be you. I'd say that this could either be a blessing or a curse. Mostly a curse, though."

"The one redeeming thing about this is that we have our pendants back. Everything else is either a bit weird or just downright horrible." Sonata put the clean bowl and glass away as she regrouped with Aria and Adagio. "We just have to make it good for ourselves until we find a way back into our own bodies."

"I agree, Sonata. We're not gonna get anywhere by whining or just by being meanies to each other. We need to get out there and show the world who's boss." Aria patted Sonata's shoulders. "And I think we should start by getting some more negative energy. So now that we've all calmed down a little, where do you think we should go?"

"Well, the mall is a good spot," Sonata said. "I've heard they've got a lot of sales on clothes and other stuff right now. People in this world love their sales, so that'd be a great place to start our harvest."

"Good, but it'd just attract too much attention," Adagio butted in. "Remember, we always took our energy without anyone else noticing, and shopping malls usually have a lot of security cameras lying around. If they catch us singing, the police could find out the cause of the problem and start to question us, and that wouldn't be good for any of us." She looked down at her pendant and clutched it tightly. "They might have to take our gems for evidence. And I'm not about to part with this thing again. One time was good enough, thank you very much."

"The park?" Aria raised her own finger.

"Nah. Too spread out." Sonata tipped her hand. "We want a LOT of negative energy, and since the park is so big, some people far away won't get pulled in by our spell. We need a bunch of people together in one small space so that our song works the best, and therefore, we get the most energy possible."

"That leaves me with one other place to go..." Adagio made a little smirk, flashing a toothy grin at the others. "Somewhere where we know has lots of people each and every day, who all sit in one confined space, and who won't be able to turn away from our song.

"Where?" Aria stood up from the chair. "What kind of place has lots of people in it, in a small space, that always listen to songs?"

"I'll tell you that when we get there, but for now, you'll lead the way, and I'll give the directions." Adagio walked out to the main hall to pick her her hoodie. She put it on and pulled the hood over her head, prompting the others to do the same.

"Since when were you the leader again?" Aria asked as she got cloaked with Sonata and the two of them walked towards the door.


"The church? Are you serious, Adagio?" Aria facepalmed when the three of them arrived at the massive stone structure. There were glass windows above the door with all different colours and pictures, mostly depicting angels and the god of the human world. "Why in the heck would people come here?"

"Haven't you caught up on human world traditions yet, Aria?" Adagio walked towards the door, her stood still over her head. "Every Sunday, people come to church to sit through tedious speeches about their supposed lord and saviour. They just hang on each and every word, clasp their hands together, and pray."

"And?" Sonata asked once Adagio had finished. "What's this gotta do with us singing?"

"The church also has a choir of many different boys and girls, who all sing these songs called hymms," Adagio explained. "Again, weird. But even so, it's still singing. We don't have to make our own little parody of the words to fit the tradtions of battle, hate, and glory all for one person. We just have to sing the hymms perfectly, and the humans will be under our spell, and most likely to have little arguments about who is the best worshipper of this god."

"Oh! I see!" Aria smiled as she bounced into the buliding. "Great thinking, Dagi!" She then slapped her mouth when she realized the nickname she had just used. "I mean, Adagio."

"Let's go." Adagio led the way towards the choir practice room with a vicious grin on her face. "If we're lucky, maybe we can hit the Sunday school on the way out, grab some negative energy from gullible kids as well..."

The Dazzlings: Revisited

Applejack hauled a crate full of her family's cider into the barn and set it down alongside twenty-five identical crates. She brushed away the sweat that had been trickling down her forehead once she was done, cracked open one of the bottles, and began to slowly drink the cold liquid.

She got halfway through the bottle before her phone vibrated in her pocket. She put her drink down and reached into her pocket, opening her phone up and tapping on the buttons to open her digital message box. There was a single message from Pinkie Pie that had been unread, so with one more tap, Applejack was shown the message.

"Applejack! It's an emergency!" the message started. "I was walking down the street with the groceries for the Cakes, when all of a sudden, I saw some people arguing at the church. I went over to see what was happening, and I saw something truly horrifying!"

"Calm down, Pinkie. You're overexaggering." Applejack pounded away at the buttons on her phone to type her response to Pinkie. "Now just slowly tell me what's wrong, and I'll come over in a jiffy."

Applejack pushed the button to send the message, and a few seconds later, there was another response.

"You might need to bring the rest of the girls." the response read. "The Dazzlings are back! And they've got those freaky-deaky gems with them too!"

"What?!" Applejack nearly dropped the phone as she recoiled from the response. She then tapped in another response to Pinkie's messages. "Alright. I'll warn the others. Just don't get too close to them, alright?"

Applejack ran out of the barn, frantically typing messages to the other Rainbooms on her phone. She was moving so fast that it was a miracle she didn't trip over something as she sent the warning to Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Sunset, and Twilight. Once the last message was sent, she put her phone away and sprinted over to the church where Pinkie Pie was.


The Dazzlings simply stood back and watched from outside the church. Inside, all of the people were now arguing and claiming that they were the best follower of god. As each human slung their words back and forth, an ominous green vapour emanated from them. The gases flew away from the humans and were drawn to the pendants, vanishing into and making them glow momentarily.

"Ahh. It feels so good to be back, doesn't it?" Aria smiled as she felt her power growing.

"Amen to that, Aria." Sonata nodded as the group went off to find their next meal.

"You know, Adagio, while I am still technically the leader now, I have to say that that was a great call." Aria looked back at Adagio, who was still her body and sighed. "But it'd be much better if I was back in my proper body..."

"Well, once we get back to Equestria, we can rectify that little problem first." Adagio gave Aria a few pats on the back. "But for now, we need to keep stealing energy. We only just came back from the point of nothing, so we need to get a few more meals in before we can stand any chance of getting home."

"What about the Rainbooms?" Sonata raised an eyebrow. "The last time we got enough power to get home, those meanies came in and ruined the fun for us."

"Don't worry about the Rainbooms, Sonata. They're not going to be much of a problem for us." Aria shrugged. "We got defeated because we were sloppy and didn't plan for everything. This time, we're going to make sure that those dweebs don't get the chance to fight back."

"But the Rainbooms have access to the Magic of Friendship, Aria." Adagio crossed her arms as she thought back to her defeat. "If they get so much as a second to take us out, they will."

"Which is why we've gotta move fast, before we get caught and defeated again." Aria looked back at Adagio before she noticed the Rainbooms gathering on the other side of the road. "And speaking of moving fast, we've gotta run. They're right there!"

Sonata looked back herself and saw the Rainbooms. "Oh crud! You're right!" Her eyes went wide and she stumbled backwards as the sight hit her. "Let's get out of here!"

Sunset Shimmer was the first one to notice the Dazzlings running away. "Hey! Get back here!" She pointed over to the sirens and began to chase them down the streets.

The Rainbooms and Dazzlings were locked into a chase that took them down multiple streets and past the few bunches of people which they swerved past. It was a fairly even chase, but the sirens were eventually able to gain some ground between them and the Rainbooms.

Sunset Shimmer's breath got heavier as she continued to pursue the Dazzlings. After everything that had happened at Canterlot High, she was not going to let them get off the hook so easily for what they did to the other students. She was going to catch them and give them what they deserved. Despite the distance that was being put between them, she was able to pick up speed and get close to the sirens.

The chase then took the two groups through the park, where they were in view of a vast majority of people of all ages. The Dazzlings were fast, but the Rainbooms were gradually closing the gap and were about to catch them, when all of a sudden, Sonata Dusk tripped over a can and landed face-first onto the grass.

Despite being ahead, both Aria and Adagio noticed that their companion had fallen and went back to help her up, which was when the Rainbooms crashed into them at full speed, sending all ten of the teenagers into a heap on the ground, with their arms and legs sprawled out on top of one another.

Everyone groaned, their heads still spinning as they slowly recovered from the impact. Sunset and Adagio were the first to stand up, with the others slowly but surely getting up themselves and dusting away the grass and dirt that they had collected upon their fall.

"Alright, Adagio," Sunset broke the silence as she gazed at Adagio's body. "What are you girls planning this time?"

"I'm not Adagio, silly." Sonata pointed to Aria's body. "She is!"

"Technically, she's me, but since you want to call her Adagio, that's fine by you." Aria Blaze pointed over to Adagio.

"Oh just shut up, you two. This is confusing enough as it is." Adagio shoved her hands in both Aria and Sonata's mouths.

"She was talking to Adagio. Not you." Rarity crossed her arms and glared at the sirens.

"Fucking hell, I AM ADAGIO!" Adagio roared and pushed both Aria and Sonata back onto their butts.

"No, you're not. You're that one mean Dazzling who's super-bored and out of it." Pinkie Pie's voice was devoid of humour as she eyed up Adagio.

"I have a name you know, you walking cartoon character! It's Aria Blaze! Learn it!" She cried out as she stood back on her feet once again.

"And I'm Sonata!" She waved to the Rainbooms, who didn't sway their emotions one bit. She noticed and rubbed the ground with the tip of her shoes. "Guess you're not really up for friendly conversation, especially since we did try to turn all of your classmates against one another."

"And turned us against each other in the process." Rarity harumphed and blushed as she made a face akin to a pouting five-year old girl. "Honestly, that was just not called for."

"Well, if you think that we're coming back to that pathetic little school you cherish so much, think again." Adagio stood proud as she addressed the Rainbooms. "We're doing just fine taking energy from buildings that aren't so cramped like Canterlot High, and are instead focusing our efforts on other places that don't believe in the Magic of Friendship."

"For what purpose?" Sunset's brows lowered. "Because if you dare to threaten our world or Equestria again, so help me, I'll—"

"Turn into a guardian angel again and stop us. Believe me, we know you perfectly by now, Miss Shimmer." Adagio waved her hand to silence Sunset. "Some of these people just can't help but blab things."

"Yeah. A bunch of teenage girls wearing plaid skirts were talking about some sporting event called the Friendship Games and how you turned into a magical creature to stop another magical monster from trying to conquer both worlds." Sonata blurted out at a rapid pace. "We decided that you and your friends are too dangerous to try and steal energy from now, so we're gonna be focusing on just mortals now."

"They aren't really as juicy as the Magic of Friendship, but after what happened at your school, I don't mind going vegan on negative energy." Aria flexed the fingers on her hands. "Anything that restores my power is fine by me."

"Well, we're not gonna let you do that!" Applejack stepped forward to confront the sirens. "After the downright ugly things you did to the Canterlot High students, we're not just gonna let you get off that easily again. We're gonna make sure that those gems are shattered once and for all!"

"Save your breath, Applejack. You'll need it for when you're belting out those repulsive western songs at karaoke." Aria crossed her arms and raised a brow at her. "Honestly. There's also pop, rock, heavy metal, jazz, and yet you choose the most boring, unoriginal, and downright stupid musical genres ever conceived to play and be good at."

"Hey! There's nothing wrong with western!" Applejack spat at Aria.

"Well, I guess there wouldn't be for some apple-farming cowgirl, but for the rest of the world, it just comes off as irritating." Adagio tousled Applejack's hair before she shoved the hat straight into her face, causing her to steam up and turn red at the cheek. "I would've suggested that you run right back to your corral, or wherever it is you hicks like to live these days if it weren't for that flimsy bass you played back at the contest."

"Calm down, Applejack. She's just trying to get into your head." Sci-Twi patted Applejack on the shoulders in an attempt to stop her from physically attacking the Dazzlings.

"Well, it's definitely working." Rainbow Dash examined the curved lines on Applejack's forehead, her tightening fists, and her gritted teeth. "I don't think I've seen Applejack this angry since the Battle of the Bands..."

"Well, Adagio Dazzle has been known to mess with people before," Sunset told the group. "I wouldn't be surprised if she's still trying to get us angry now. You can't teach an old dog new tricks, after all."

"Oh, don't think that because we're not going to be targeting you anymore doesn't mean we're done with you, Rainbooms," said Adagio. "We still have an old score to settle, don't we?"

"Yeah! It's because of you stinky-heads that we lost all of our powers and had to start over from scratch!" Sonata chided, gently holding onto her new pendant as tightly as she could. "And I was just having fun with your magic."

"Fun? You call hypnotising innocent people and making them fight fun?" Fluttershy stood up to the Dazzlings, her voice getting louder and louder. "I've seen some real bullies in my time, but you've gotta be the worst girls I've ever seen!" She got right into the faces of all three of the sirens. "You should learn to take other's feelings into consideration before you sing your songs of war and think that any of it is fun! I'm quite shocked and appalled you're still doing that even today, AFTER we beat you at the Battle of the Bands! Have you no—"

"Geez! Does she ever shut up?" Aria shoved one of Sonata's pacifiers that she had taken from her pocket into Fluttershy's mouth.

"Hey! Don't you dare do that to Fluttershy!" Rainbow Dash broke up the four girls and stood in front of Fluttershy, who had spat the pacifier out. "You might be free to run around with your magic again, but we're gonna make sure that you won't have that power for long."

"Spare me your overblown egos, Rainbooms." Adagio turned her back to the girls. "The only thing we have to worry about now is getting back into our original bodies. That's all. We're not scared of you or your prissy pony girly magic to begin with. We were just disappointed that you got the upper hand in the end." She started to walk away. "Trust me. That's a mistake we won't make again..."

"Stop!" Sunset ran in front of Adagio to prevent her from getting away again. "I said you wouldn't be getting away with what you'd done and I intend to make good on our promise!"

"And I already told you that we're not scared of you or your stupid powers." Adagio pushed on Sunset's chest a few times. "You want to throw down with us again? Fine. But we're not going to be resorting to music if you do."

"Ooh... I think I smell a catfight coming on!" Pinkie Pie called out and pulled a boxing bell and her drumsticks out of her hair, proceeding to bang on it a few times. "I'll be the announcer!"

"Well, this should be interesting..." Aria grinned and walked off to the side with Sonata. They both sat down on the grass together and folded their legs. "Hey, Sonata, you got any popcorn?"

"I'm warning you, Adagio. You so much as touch another human in this world, I'll rip you limb from limb!" Sunset and Adagio circled each other, their eyes fixated on their opponent as they prepared for a fight.

"Big deal. Sirens grow their limbs back immediately." Adagio tossed her hair, then noticed that Aria's hairclips were still in it. "Uggh! Aria! You can have these!" She took them off and threw them at Aria, landing beside each of her legs. Adagio then proceeded to let her hair drop down her shoulders and completely coat the back of her clothes.

"Why does she only get to fight one? That doesn't seem fair," Rainbow Dash whispered to Sci-Twi.

"I never stayed around for one myself, but from what I've seen at Crystal Prep, a catfight is usually between two girls over a stupid little detail like make-up or something," Sci-Twi replied. "But, judging from what Sunset and Adagio said to each other, I imagine that they've had some history before."

"We'll tell you about it later, but for now, let's just see how this plays out." Applejack sat down with the rest of the Rainbooms and Sci-Twi. "I haven't seen a catfight in a while, so this should be something interesting..."

Adagio and Sunset made their hands into claws and drove them into each other's arms in an attempt to scratch them. Both of them hit and left white scratch marks on each other's arms that quickly faded as they both tried to punch each other, which proved unsuccessful as they both caught each other's attacks.

Adagio then kicked Sunset in her nether regions, causing her to collapse and clutch at where she had been hit. This gave Adagio the time to pull on Sunset's hair, causing her to yelp in pain.

"Gotta say, Sonata's right. It does look like bacon..." Adagio said as she continued to pull on Sunset's hair. "Wonder if it tastes like that too. Well, only one way to find out, right?!" And with that, she sunk her teeth into Sunset Shimmer's hairstyle and proceeded to try and eat it. She reviled and spat the hair out, letting go and using her hands to try and brush the strands of hair off of her tongue.

Sunset Shimmer found a golden opportunity and pinned Adagio to the ground, sitting on her knees. She dove into Adagio's pockets and found a pencil and a purse with her name written on it. She took the pen, which caused Adagio to grab onto Sunset's arm. The two of them struggled, but eventually, Sunset managed to rub out Adagio's name and write "Asiago."

"NOOOOO! MY NAME'S NOT ASIAGOOOOOOOO!" Adagio cried out to the sky as she rammed into Sunset, causing the two fo them to trade punches and kicks once again.

"This is the best catfight I think I've ever seen." Aria smiled as she watched Adagio and Sunset continue to tear each other apart.

"I don't like you!" Sunset gnashed her teeth as she and Adagio pushed against each other.

"I despise you!" Adagio retorted.

"I never liked you!" Sunset screamed.

"I a thousand times never liked you!" Adagio herself lost all of her maturity as she pushed back against Sunset.

"Chessehead!" Sunset yelled.

"Baconhair!" Adagio responded.

"How long do you think they're gonna go on?" Pinkie Pie asked Sci-Twi.

"I dunno, Pinkie, but if you ask me, this is the weirdest catfight I think I've ever seen..." Sci-Twi watched as Adagio and Sunset violently pushed each other, their foreheads sweating and their feet driving into the ground and leaving deep footprints.

Old War Wounds

"So let me get this straight." Sunset Shimmer paced back and forth through the coffee shop. The Rainbooms were sitting down on one table, with the Dazzlings sitting on the one adjacent to it. "This pawn shop just randomly had copies of your old gems, so you decided to go in and buy them without any rhyme or reason why they were there? And when you put them on, they switched your bodies?"

"Yep. That's pretty much the long and short of it." Sonata nodded and rubbed her legs with her hands.

"This is terrible. Simply utterly dreadful!" Rarity grimaced at the Dazzlings. "The colours on Aria completely clash with her hair! And golden doesn't really go well with Sonata's new look. Oh! And let's not forget the walking mess of fuchsia and grass that covers Adagio's body! This is a disaster of epic proportions!"

"Really, Rarity?" Rainbow Dash face-palmed and shook her head. "The Dazzlings; the very sirens that turned Canterlot High against one another are back, and you're more worried about their FASHION SENSE?!"

"It's not like I had a choice of clothes in the matter, Rainbooms!" Aria lurched forward towards the others. "I'm stuck in Sonata's body because of these gems, and her baby clothes are all that I got." She crossed her arms. Though, now that I'm wearing them, they're much more comfortable than I expected...

"They're not baby clothes!" Sonata chided and stuck her tongue out at Aria. "They're cutesy clothes!"

"Oh, stow it, you two!" Adagio covered both of their mouths with her hands. "We have more important manners to discuss rather than articles of clothing. Right now, we need to focus on finding a way back into our original bodies."

"Honestly, I say we shold just smash those gems one more time and get it over with." Applejack glared at the Dazzlings and shook her fist. "If ah have to see anyone else fight because of you three, ah'm gonna end up punchin' something!"

"Calm down, Applejack. They're probably trying to make you angry." Twilight gently massaged Applejack's shoulders to try and alleviate her emotions. "Crystal Prep taught me that the best way to deal with people who make others angry is to not get involved in any of their affairs. If we just leave the Dazzlings alone, then you won't have to get angry at them."

"Twilight. The Dazzlings are sirens that were banished from Equestria." Fluttershy gently held onto Twilight's arm to get her attention. "Similar to Greek mythology, their songs are so alluring that no-one can resist them. Only instead of making sailors crash into ships, these sirens sing, and then eat the anger that their audience feels afterwards."

"Technically, I think that these humans need to update and fact-check their history books." Adagio Dazzle pulled out a phone and flipped through the different applications that she had installed on it. "Not only is it entirely misleading, but it's also factually inaccurate. Real sirens don't look like grotesque human-fish hybrids."

"If anything, they look more like hippocampuses!" Sonata blurted out. "Well, at least to us. If anything, the only real change that our mortal bodies feel are pairs of wings and longer hair. That's all."

"It just sickens me to know that the sirens of this world are just pretenders." Aria scoffed and turned away. "They do have one thing in common with us, though."

"And what's that?" Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow.

"They're smoking hot." Aria Blaze flapped her eyebrows and gave Rainbow a coy smile.

"What does that have to do with anything?!" Pinkie Pie gawked at Aria's response and threw her arm out.

"Sometimes, I cannot take you girls seriously." Sunset groaned and turned away from the Dazzlings.

"Admit it, Rainbooms. You're just jealous that we're incredibly hot, and you're nothing more than bragging teenagers yakking away on your phones, deciding who you want to go to the prom with, and saying those annoying three letters." Adagio smirked and flexed her fingers. "There's no shame in being ugly. It's a common trend with all mortals."

"Bragging teenagers? Prom dates? Ripping on O.M.G.?!" Pinkie Pie stomped forward and got up to the Dazzlings' faces. "Now I don't feel bad about not sharing my tacos with you on Taco Tuesday!"

"Honestly, what kind of stereotypes do you take us for?" Rarity got up to her feet and pushed her arms down by her sides. "Do you think that every teenage girl in this country brags? Or overdoses on make-up and prom dates? Or decides to overuse the word 'like' or the saying 'O.M'G.'? As an individual lady, I myself am quite furious with how you think of us!"

"Oh, give it a rest, Rarity. No-one was even going to notice your trampy clothes at the Battle of the Bands." Adagio taunted, flicking her hair back against her shoulders. "You and your friends threw arguments with each other for no reason, and it almost led to your downfall."

"T-trampy?" Rarity froze on the spot as that word echoed in her mind. Her hands went numb, and her pupils dilated. She had never heard that word to describe her clothes before in the past. "I... I..." Tears started to form in her eyes and she fell to her knees, sobbing and wailing like a baby. "She called my clothes trampy!"

"Great. Look what you did. You made Rarity cry!" Rainbow Dash wrapped her arm around Rarity and gnashed her teeth at the Dazzlings. "Are you happy?"

"Yes. I'm very freaking happy!" Aria pushed Rainbow Dash down to the floor and sat down on her chest. "I don't want to ever see you girls happy after the way you ripped us from our gems before! The only reason I'm not beating you to death and writing out your epitaphs is because I have my gem back, and I'm feeling quite merciful today!"

"Ah'm all fer agreeing that Rarity's clothing choice added nothing to the band, but that's absolutely NO excuse to insult her for it!" Applejack walked forward and threw her arms in front of Rarity and Rainbow Dash. "Ah can't even tell if you three are worse back at the Battle of the Bands, or right here and now in yer newfangled bodies!"

"I don't even think you need to choose, AJ. They're always going to be the Dazzlings, and they're never going to change." Rainbow Dash placed her free hand on Applejack's back. "That's why I say we should just destroy their gems again and just get it over with!"

"Yeah! I agree with Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie Pie nodded vigorously. "There's no reason for those big meanies to even be in this town anymore! Let's run them out again!"

"Oh, and don't think that we've forgotten about you, Pinkie Pie." Adagio waltzed up to Pinkie and gently rubbed her neck and shoulders while looking at her seductively. "Poor little Pinkie Pie. Too focused on cakes and cupcakes to think about anything really important. No wonder you weren't performing that well at the Battle of the Bands. I'm surprised that you were even focused during the contest. I thought you would've been like 'ooh! fun! la-di-dah! I'm too stupid to realize that I'm playing in a band rather than saving the world'!" Adagio performed a near-perfect Pinkie Pie impersonation. "That's what you sound like, isn't it?"

"Why... you..." Pinkie Pie spluttered and choked on her own words, making claws out of her hands as she tried to comprehend what Adagio had said. "I've never seen a meaner meanie in my life! And believe me, I've met some pretty big meanies!"

"If anything, the one girl that I can kinda sympathise here with is Fluttershy." Sonata walked up to Fluttershy and gently patted her on the shoulders. "I remember how I always asked Adagio and Aria to sing my songs at the Battle of the Bands, but they never said yes to my songs. I'm right there with ya, sister. I know how it feels to be shut out of the rest of the band."

"Sonata, most of the songs that you wrote are all about candy, chewing gum, and pink fluffy unicorns." Aria broke out of her glaring contest with Rainbow Dash and Applejack to get a brief glimpse of Sonata. "The Dazzlings don't do mushy stuff. We do songs that drive people to fight. We always have and always will."

"Hmmph! You're no fun." Sonata pouted at Aria and turned her back to her.

"Well, maybe we might change it up a little." Sonata gently poked at Aria's ribs. "Besides. Don't forget. She's in you, and you're in me, and me in her makes one, two, three!" she sing-songed, letting a little chuckle slip.

"Forgive Sonata, girls. She was dropped on her head as a baby siren, and she's been acting that way ever since." Adagio walked over Sonata and put her hand over her mouth once more. "I'm surprised that mom allowed her to stay with us after that."

"I was NOT dropped on my head, Adagio!" Sonata shot back, throwing her arms out ot her sides. "I'm just special in my own way. That's all!"

"Can we just get back on track please?" Twilight Sparkle raised a finger at all of the girls, not even noticing the tension between each side. "We were talking about how the Dazzlings got back into power, and then we just devolved into random name-calling, rude teasing, and downright nonsense!"

"I don't really think that there's going to be any reasoning with the other girls." Sunset Shimmer walked over to Twilight and watched the Rainbooms and Dazzlings stare at each other. She saw the sparks fly from their eyes. "They hate the Dazzlings so much that it's gonna take a really long time for them to get over the events of the Battle of the Bands."

"Well they're going to have to do it somewhere else." A woman with blue skin and pink hair that looked akin to that of cake frosting walked up to Sunset and Twilight. "Their foul mood is making the other customers feel really unsettled, and if they can't control themselves, then I'll just have to make them leave."

"Sorry, Mrs. Cake." Sunset Shimmer gave her a nod before walking back to her friends. "We were just going now. We didn't mean to upset your business." She started to push the Rainbooms towards the door, straining and struggling as she tried to make them move.

"Sunset? What in the heck are you doing?!" Rainbow whispered into Sunset's ears.

"If you don't stop fighting, then we're going to get kicked out, Rainbow Dash." Sunset Shimmer continued to push her friends towards the doors. "Hating the Dazzlings is fine, but can we PLEASE do it somewhere else? People are watching us."

"I suppose we've entertained the seven of you long enough." Adagio Dazzle walked towards the door with Aria and Sonata close behind us. "If it's any consolation, it was very nice to share those old war wounds with you again. Maybe next time you could throw real temper tantrums and give us something good to eat, instead of just a weak appetizer."

"Hear hear." Aria Blaze walked out of the doors and down the streets.

"See you soon!" Sonata waved and followed after the other Dazzlings.

Once the Dazzlings left, there was a long silence between everyone inside the coffee shop. Sunset Shimmer slowly stood upright and took in deep breaths as the other Rainbooms took their seats once again. This went on for a while until Sunset finally let out a sigh and looked towards her friends.

"You really need anger management classes, you know that?" Sunset Shimmer eyed up her friends.

"What do you mean anger management? We're fine!" Rainbow slammed her fist down on the table, causing the cutlery to bounce and clash against it.

"No you're not. You almost let yourselves get angry and play right into their hands again." Sunset Shimmer tipped her hand towards the other Rainbooms. "I know that you're all still teenagers, but if you can't learn to keep your anger in check, then you'll just be making them stronger and stronger. The last thing we need is another Dazzlings crisis."

"Well there's certainly no way of stopping them now after you just let them get away like that." Rarity cocked a brow at Sunset Shimmer and leaned in towards her. "Did they hire you to be a pacifist? Is that it?"

"Sunset's telling the truth, girls." Twilight Sparkle raised a finger to grab the attention of the others. "The Dazzlings are nothing more than trolls who just love to poke fun at others and make them angry just to see the reactions."

"Technically, they're sirens, not trolls." Pinkie Pie smiled. "Trolls are all ugly and carry giant clubs. Sirens are beautiful women who charm people with their singing."

"It's still the same thing, Pinkie." Applejack shook her head. "Ah honestly don't see those three as beautiful—especially not after what they did to our school!"

"If you would let me finish..." Twilight gritted her teeth and snarled at the other girls. "Sunset's right. You're all overstimulated teenage girls who let yourselves get angry for no good reason back there. At Crystal Prep, we didn't condone any sense of bullying, teasing, or anger. Cinch molded all of us to be perfect, and I was hoping that her influence could kind of rub off on you in the form of me. I could be your mediators."

"Principal Cinch is an eighty-nine year old hag who should've been put in a retirement home instead of Crystal Prep Academy. Her actions got her thrown in prison. Don't you remember?" Rainbow Dash said.

"I'm not going to let you girls sit idly by and let yourselves get worked up over the silliest of reasons." Twilight deflected the question. "Sunset Shimmer's clearly in the right, and you're all in the wrong, and are letting yourselves fulfill the Dazzlings' wishes. Never feed the trolls."

"They're not trolls!" Pinkie Pie threw her arms into the air.

"I give up!" Twilight quickly stood up from her chair, slamming it back into the table as she marched off to the door. "Just let yourselves be angry then. Make the Dazzlings happy! I don't care anymore! You're not even listening to me!"

Sunset Shimmer followed after Twilight and looked back at the Rainbooms once more. "Girls. I'm not mad at you, but I am disappointed. After all that we've been through together, I would've expected you to have handled the Dazzlings a little more cleanly." She pushed the door open. "I've gotta check on Twilight. In the meantime, you should all go home and relax. There's no point in getting angry over anything. It'll only make things worse." And with that, she walked out of the establishment, leaving the Rainbooms to think on their actions.

Another period of silenced followed when Sunset left the coffee shop. This time, the Rainbooms were quietly looking around, gently sliding the tips of their shoes on the ground as they had time to reflect on what Sunset had said, and how they had confronted the Dazzlings. So many emotions ran through their heads right now. They wanted to make Sunset and Twilight happy, but their long-standing grudge with Adagio, Aria, and Sonata was making it really difficult for them to avoid their own anger.

The more that they thought about the Battle of the Bands and the recent fight, the more conflicted their emotions got. It was getting increasingly difficult for them to choose what they should feel and how they should approach the sirens again. They could think of nothing but hatred when they even thought of the Dazzlings, yet at the same time, they felt merciful towards Twilight and Sunset because of what they had done in the past, and they wanted to set a good example for her.

"I've gotta go." Rainbow Dash stood up and walked towards the door. "I've gotta get back to Anarchy Goddesses. There's a new Raid Boss event starting up, and I don't want to miss out on any of the loot."

"I suppose I should go too." Rarity got up from her seat as well. "Those dresses aren't going to sew themselves, and I do need to recover a bit after Adagio insulted me like that."

"And the animals at the shelter need some more help after that massive epidemic last week..." Fluttershy slowly got up as well. "Do you want to come? I'd love the extra hands."

"Sorry, Fluttershy. The Apple Family need me fer a harvest going on today." Applejack picked her hat off of her head and walked out of the building. "Not one apple's gotta be wasted. Ah hope you understand."

"I understand." Pinkie Pie walked over towards the desk and put on a little apron. "It's time for my shift anyway. It was nice talking to you all, though." She waved them all off as they went out of the building.

The Rainbooms all parted their ways, thinking about what had happened inside the building, and what their next course of action would be. They needed to find a way to stop the Dazzlings again, but their emotions had gotten the better of them, and they needed to be more prepared for any future encounters with them.

Author's Notes:

Sorry it's taken me so long to update this story, but there was so much other stuff that I had to get done with my life, what with the last couple of weeks at college and my new Yo-kai Watch crossover fic. I barely had any time to gt back to a Dazzling Mismatch.

Regardless, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and if you did, then be sure to upvote the story, comment on it, and share it with your friends.

(For some odd and unexplained reason, upvotes are worth more than actual favourites on this website, but I'm not sure how...:rainbowhuh:)

Sonaria, Ario, and Adata

The Dazzlings waltzed through the streets of Canterlot with their pendants gently beating against their clothes as they examined the people around them. They watched children and grown-ups of all ages talking to each other, holding hands, and having a good time in each other's company, devoid of any sense of underline tension or pent-up emotions.

It didn't matter to the Dazzlings, however, as they could only see the peaceful humans as food to feed their dark powers and amplify their powers. Be they strong, weak, old, or young, they couldn't care less about what they feasted on. While being very picky, they would still eat whatever was on their plate, even if the size of their portions varied depending on location and whatever group of people they were manipulating.

"Ugh. Honestly, I don't know why you're always such a drag, Aria." Adagio groaned and turned to her blue-haired temporary leader for the week. "Y'know, we're respectable young ladies, not toddlers too old for their diapers. So, why is it that only now that you lighten up? It doesn't really seem natural."

"Well... why are you just now starting to act more like a grump?" Aria slumped her shoulders towards Adagio and pushed her hair back. "For being a refined lady, you've been more of a bitch now that we've got our gems back. I mean, I'm not complaining about it or anything, but it's just a little weird that you're telling us to be more mature when you're getting less and less like it every day."

"Aria. Don't act like the pompous snob when we know what's going on." Adagio rolled up her sleeves and jabbed her middle finger at Aria's chest, the nail lightly pressing against her clothes. "You're rubbing off on me, and not even in a good way!"

"How am I even rubbing off on you, Adagio?" Aria rolled her eyes and pushed Adagio's finger off of her body. "I'm not even touching you, dummy. If I wanted to rub off on you, I would get right up in your face like this" —as she spoke, her voice became more and more innocent as she acted off everything she was saying— "stand right by your side, brush my face tenderly against your cute purple cheeks and—"

"ARIA! WHAT IN GODDESS'S NAME ARE YOU DOING?!" Adagio pushed Aria away from her body and slammed her into Sonata, knocking the two sirens over. "Don't you know that this is considered weird?!"

"Adagio, I do apologise for Sonaria here." Sonata stood up and brushed herself down, picking up her sister as she aided her in getting back onto her feet. "It seems that whatever kooky magic was tucked away in these things in the first place is starting to mess us up. You feel it too, don't you?"

"I'll have you know that—" Adagio stopped herself when she realised what Sonata had said "—wait, what did you say? Sonaria? What kind of horrible name splice is that?"

"Yeah! If anything, I'm more like an Arata than a Sonaria!" Aria whined and blew a raspberry at Sonata, not even realising what she was presently doing. The realisation hit her like a truck, and she heard the sound of glass shattering in her mind once she looked down at herself. "Wait, no! I'm not a Sonaria or an Arata! I'm Aria Blaze! What in the world am I doing acting like a kid?!"

"It would seem that those gems that the charity shop owner were more than meets the eye..." Adagio looked down at her pendant, holding it tightly in the palm of her hand. She watched it twinkle off in the light as she tried to find any inconsistencies that she could use to identify the problem. A crack, a different texture, something had to have changed her and her sisters into what they were now. Shaking her head, she came back to reality and dropped the gem out of her hand. "Well, whatever the case, we can't just mope, dwell, or babble like infants. We have our powers back and that's all that matters now. Let's just focus on the most important thing: taking revenge on those Rainbrats for tossing everything out the window like the crybabies they are!" She gnashed her teeth and coiled her hand into a fist as a malicious smile appeared on her face.

"Whoa." Aria could only stare at Adagio with wide eyes as she bathed in the sight of watching her leader take on a more sadistic and less sensible pose. "Y'know, maybe this whole bodyswap thing isn't that bad, Adagio. You would make a real nasty bully."

"What are you talking about? I'm not a pig-headed thug." Adagio lifted one of her eyebrows, not moving from her pose an inch. "Why would you even bring that up?"

"Well, if this whole magic where our minds are in the wrong places is for real, it means you're taking all of my mean and grumpy traits, while I'm getting this doofus's klutziness—"

"Hey!" Sonata chided as Aria's finger pressed against her temple.

"Leaving Sonata with all of your smartness and leadership skills." She gave Sonata a gentle nudge on the shoulder and flashed a small grin at Adagio as she finally stood upright once again. "I never thought that I'd ever say this, but now that we're in this position, I think that Sonata should be leader now."

"What?! You would dare put that little baby in charge of the Dazzlings?!" Adagio was taken aback with Aria's snide comments and nearly tripped over a tree root as she stumbled backwards. "She's only two-hundred and seventy-nine years old! She can't handle herself in my role!"

"Technically, I'm two-hundred and seventy-nine years, twenty-five days, three months, six weeks, two days, and forty-three seconds old in case amnesia's settled into your body, Adagio." Sonata puffed out her chest and raised her finger smugly. "Second, that's mean! I'm not a baby! I can take care of myself perfectly fine! And third, if I'm the smart one, doesn't that mean that you two are the babies that I have to sit on now?"

"Sonata, don't try to make this sound any less weird than it needs to be." Aria pushed her arms out towards Sonata, waving her hands left and right.

"No, really, Aria. Think about this. If Adagio was sitting the two of us because I was the stupid one and you were the grumpy stick-in-the-mud, that really makes her the leader." Sonata pointed towards Adagio, taking a few steps back as she examined both of her sisters. "But now that all of Adagio's intelligence and logic is in my pretty little ape body, that technically makes me more of an Adagio Dazzle than Adagio herself, which would also imply that I am now her and she is now Aria. And in a similar manner, that makes Aria Blaze the new Sonata Dusk. So, with that logic, I'm the new leader of the Dazzlings, and you two are the adorable little babies that I need to change, feed, and have to look after as we try to take over the world now, correct?" She gave a wide smile as she waited for the response from her sisters.

There was silence from the three sirens as they let Sonata's words roll around in their minds. No matter how much that they all wanted to deny it, there was no fighting against evidence that glared them straight in the face. The Dazzlings were all mixed up and in the wrong bodies and they needed a smart person to guide and lead them—even if their leader used to be idiotic and carefree, but was always up for the ride.

"Fuck me backwards with a broomstick and ship me off to Canterlot for public execution..." Aria Blaze groaned and facepalmed as she walked up to Sonata. "You're right, Sonata. We need a smart person leading us, and I know that I'm just going to be the worst now that I'm in your pink-things-fetish body. I guess that means that for now, you're the new leader."

"What?! No! NO!" Adagio ran between the two sirens and pushed them apart with her arms. "Aria Blaze, please hold your tongue and reconsider this! Sonata's just going to cock this all up and ruin the Dazzlings for good! You can't trust her with this role, right?!"

"Just as we can't trust a pig-headed, snot filled, heavy-metal loving punk to rule us? Honestly, Adagio, you really need to learn how to lighten up." Aria smiled and wrapped her arm around Sonata's shoulders. "Plus, now that I've had some time to think it over, I feel great acting like a kid who loves cartoons, cute animals, and other such baloney. Or does the blue skin and slightly darker hair not give it away that I'm becoming more like Sonata every second?"

"Yes, yes, we're well aware of your sudden transformation into a kindergartener, but can't you just give this another mome—" Adagio couldn't even finish her sentence as Aria put her hand onto the purple-haired siren's mouth, silencing her almost instantly.

"Nope! Sonata's our new leader and I'm the new Sonata. You're the new Aria Blaze too, so I hope you're ready to lose all of your smarts and become a grouchy old bully!" Aria singsonged the last part as she gave Sonata a wide smile. "So, what should we do first, almighty leader Sonata? Conquer the world? Make the Rainbooms grovel at our feet? Eat enchiladas at that Mexican restaurant down the road?"

"Well, as much as I would like to grab a few tacos from that place myself, I'm more like Adagio now, so I've gotta start acting like it." Sonata gave Aria a gentle pat on the head. "Aw, don't worry, Aria. We can grab some grub on the way back to the house tonight if you behave well enough. But for now, we need to start singing to people again. Make 'em fight, watch them sweat and stink, then eat their body odour and use it to power our magical pendants so we can do the whole cycle aga—actually, now that I think about it, I'm not so sure I find human stench to be so tasty now that I think about it..."

"Really now? We've been doing this job for over two-hundred years now and you just start to get second thoughts on how we eat their negativity?" Adagio deadpanned and rolled her eyes as she tipped her hand as she dropped her shoulders down by her sides. "This group's going to fall apart with you in charge..."

"Nope! In fact, I bet with Sonata in charge, it's gonna be even better!" Aria slipped deeper and deeper into her second mindset, her old and rotten ways almost non-existent as she clapped her hands and fluttered her eyelids. "So, leader Sonata? Shall we get going?"

"Yes, Aria. We should be off. And we can start with that group there by the fountain." Sonata pointed towards the people gathered around the large water feature, sitting on benches and sharing more conversations with each other. "Plus, we need to test whether or not my new leadership skills work."

As Sonata and Aria walked off, Aria turned back and stuck her tongue out at Adagio before turning back around and sliding her arm onto Sonata's back and around her armpits. She pulled the golden-haired siren into a small hug as they walked off together, almost skipping frivolously as they did so.

Rainbooms, if you're out there, please put a stop to us again. The Dazzlings are being led by a couple of babies who don't even know how to say mama or dada... Adagio frowned and followed after Aria and Sonata, unsure on how the two of them would be able to manage to lead the group with how little intelligence they used to have before the incident.

The Dazzlings slid behind a bunch of trees, watching as everyone shared in the good vibrations and pleasantries as they bathed in the afternoon sunlight and its' warming rays of light. Sonata looked at Adagio and Aria and held out her fingers as if she was counting down. Once her little finger counting came to an end, she took a deep breath in and began to sing the notes that they used commonly to start fights. Aria soon joined in once she heard Sonata begin to sing, and Adagio followed after a few moments of silence. Now at last, the three of them were in harmony once again, singing a song that would cause strife and discord between the park-goers.

As the song wafted through the air and danced on the winds throughout the park, the humans' chats fell silent as the music trickled into their ears and planted itself firmly into their minds. As if they had been all struck with a frying pan to their faces, their smiles slowly faded as they turned towards each other and tightened their hands into fists. Out of nowhere, they started to sling insults at each other and say how they were better than them in every way, which caused their others to take offence at those words and spark arguments.

From children bickering over a small ball, to lovers quarrelling over the most tiny and insignificant things, the good atmosphere in the park quickly turned sour once the Dazzlings' music had washed over it. Now, there was only hatred, distrust, betrayal, and anger among the people there. Mist spilled out of their bodies as if they hadn't showered for weeks, drifting over towards the Dazzlings' bodies, curling up around their legs, and slithering into the gemstones, which glowed as they amassed the negativity spawned from the once-peaceful patrons.

The Dazzlings all felt warm inside as the teal and cyan air wafted around their bodies and flew into their pendants. Ever since their defeat at Canterlot High School, they had almost forgotten what it was like to consume the bad vibes that emanated off of mortal beings. With today being a reminder, though, all they could do was smile as they felt their youth sustain for another day as their song came to an end.

"Hmm..." Aria sighed as she walked away from the trees. "That was delicious! Did our food always taste like that back when we were all evil and stuff? Because if it did, I would've definitely been less of a jerk."

"Aria, our food's always tasted like that." Adagio grumbled and followed after her, with Sonata chasing after Aria with a spring in her step. "And now that you mention that, it taste like shit. Maybe that's because we're in these new bodies now, but I dunno. I—I mean you used to hate all this stuff if you didn't get it in bulk. Honestly, I'm surprised with our meals at the Battle of the Bands that we didn't get a little bit fat with how easy it was to toy with those babyish students."

"Hey!" Aria puffed out her cheeks and almost blew out with how much she was holding her breath. "I was a bully, heck, I might still be because I used to be like you are now, but that doesn't mean that I'm not gonna try and change. From now on, it's no more heavy-metal grade-A bleegh like I used enjoy. Now, I'm beginning to see why Sonata has an appeal for all of those cartoons, stuffed toys, and colouring books. It's fun to be different, isn't it?"

"Sonata, once we get back into our real bodies, I'd like to get some counselling therapy for all of us." Adagio walked ahead and held Sonata's hand. "Do you think you can remember that once we're back?"

"Hold on, I'll leave it in my notes." Sonata pulled out her phone and played around with the menu until she found the app that allowed her to keep track of her important notices. Much to none of her sisters' surprises, there was absolutely nothing written down to begin with. But now that Sonata had acquired Adagio's personality, that was all about to change. "Let me jut type that in here, and... Done! Now if you remember, you can just tell me to bring it up again. Easy-peasy."

"Good. Now that everything's been taken care of, we should really focus on how we're going to make those Rainblossoms or whatever pay for what they did to us back at CHS." Adagio put her hand to her chest, feeling her heart pounding against her chest. "Do you have a plan of action now that we have our powers back?"

"Yes, Adagio. Yes I do." Sonata nodded and crossed her arms. "To start, we're going to need to build up more and more energy so that our song is able to counter whatever Magic of Friendship nonsense they try to throw their way."

"Sounds promising." said Adagio, beginning to smile. "But, why do I get the feeling that the—"

"To make sure that we're ready, we're going to eat again. Only this time, we're gonna grab a smorgasbord of stuff at the Mexican place at the end of this road!" Sonata springed up into the air. "That's right, tacos, fajitas, enchiladas, quesadillas, all the stuff you can think of all in one convenient place!"

"And there it is..." Adagio face-palmed again.

"Aw, lighten up, big sis. We were all good today so that means that we all get to eat physically as well as magically." Aria gave Adagio a smile as she tightly held onto Sonata's hand. "Don't wanna feel like we're some weird alien creatures from Equestria, do we? Now c'mon! I've got a hankering for some real good enchiladas!"

"Alright then. Mexican restaurant it is!" She then turned her head to her sister. "Hey, Aria. Bet I can beat you there."

"Oh, it's on, Sonata." Aria gave Sonata a smug grin.

"Girls, wait!" Before Adagio could intervene, both Sonata and Aria were racing off ahead, leaving a cloud of dust and smoke behind them as they raced off towards the establishment. As she merely walked after her fellow sirens, Adagio took another deep breath and screamed into her hands. "Mental note. Next time I see that guy from the charity shop, I'm going to rip all of his bones out and feed them to my equestrian form..."

The Kids Are In Charge

Author's Notes:

I do apologise if this chapter is a little bit shorter than the others. I just didn't have much of an idea of what to do now that the Dazzlings had switched minds and were beginning to act a lot more different than usual. I do promise that we'll get back to the traditional length in the next chapter, but right now, this is all that I could think of for the time being.

Regardless, I hope that you do enjoy it for what it is and I'll be seeing you all in the next chapter!

Sonata and Aria went down the streets holding hands and skipping gaily, with Adagio running to try and keep up with them. Now that the pendants had switched their bodies, their past and present selves were beginning to meld in with each other. Adagio's muscles tensed up at the thought of Sonata leading the group, Aria smiled wider than she had ever done in her life, and Sonata began to take charge of the group and choose what they did while keeping her playful self intact.

Adagio grimaced as both Aria and Sonata giggled and grinned at each other. She watched the two of them dart into the nearby clothes store and sing their chorus briefly before dashing out with matching pink clothes. She did lighten up when she watched the green smoke fly up into their pendants and make them glow, but that brief solace was quickly lost as her sisters gave each other a high-five.

"Whee! These pendants were the best thing that ever happened to us since the Battle of the Bands!" Aria picked hers up and shined it in the light.

"Hear, hear, Aria." Sonata nodded and held her own pendant up in the sunlight, watching red streaks twinkle down onto the path in all directions. "I never thought that we'd be able to bounce back from that, but we did, and now we're back in business! Hopefully for good this time."

"Girls, I appreciate that you're both really happy to get back into the business of leeching off of hatred, but do you think that you could tone down the overly-peppy attitude?" Adagio caught up with the girls and rubbed the sides of her head. "Not to be like Old Aria, but all this energy and pinkness is giving me a bit of a headache."

"Aw, lighten up a bit, Dagi." Sonata patted Adagio in the chest and gave her an innocent smile as she crossed her arms over. "The Dazzlings are back. And this time, we're here to stay."

"Plus, we're getting more and more energy each day! The Rainbooms won't be able to stop us this time!" If Aria had a tail, then she would have been wiggling it at that very moment.

"I don't know about you, girls, but maybe these aren't really all that they're cracked up to be..." Adagio took a brief glance down at her pendant, which lacked the luster that the other ones had and was a slightly darker shade of red. "Maybe I'm not eating that much. But I don't want to have little snacks, y'know? I want four-course meals of anger, violence, pain, and heartbreak."

"Oh, I'm sure that we can find a place where we can do that." Sonata waltzed up to Adagio and wrapped her arm around her body. "We could go to a little league match. I'm sure that we could grab a good bit of food there."

"Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! I have an idea!" Aria waved her arm high in the air. "We could also go get negative energy at the day-care centre! Those cute little babies aren't all sunshine and rainbows. Especially not when we sing them a few lullabies..."

"Both ideas seem good, but I think that I'd still be a grump even then." Adagio crossed her arms and looked down at the ground. "I know that you two are the leader and second-in-command now, but I think that you're being a little bit too happy about this whole thing."

Aria let out a long gasp before walking right up into Adagio's face. "There's no such thing as too happy, Adagio!" She snarled, almost as if some pangs of her past life had come back, but were distorted by her new one. "Wait a sec, what am I—no, that's not right. I can't be a meanie anymore. I've got Sonata's childishness. I couldn't be a jerk even if I tried..."

"These pendants clearly have some kind of fault to them." Adagio looked around as hard as she could for any discrepancies on the jewels. She even tried to take it off of her neck, but neither the collar or the gemstone would budge no matter how much force she applied to them. "But what is it? There's no way that we'd be able to get brainwashed like that. And even if we were, I'm sure that we would have more resistance to that kind of stuff and be able to outdo the puppeteer..."

"Hey, Sonata? What else did you get in that shop?" Aria smiled and leaned in close to her. "Anything cool? Fun? Pink and playful?"

"Well, thanks for asking, Aria." Sonata opened up the bag in her hand and set it down before her and Aria. "Let's see what we got here..." She began to take stuff out of the bag and show it off to the group. "This one's for cooking things. That one's for telling what time it is. These two are for you and me to wear together. And everything else is stuff that I loved the look of but have no idea what do with them."

"Sonata, those last two things are just matching pacifiers." Adagio crossed her hands and looked down at all of the stuff that Sonata had swindled from the people inside the shop. "We don't have any children, so I don't know what you plan to do with those. And besides, you don't even ta—" Adagio took a brief breath of air as she looked through the other stuff in the bag "—Sonata? Are you sure that you're not doing drugs? Because that's the only reason that a teenager in this world would suck on a pacifier, according to those magical steel boxes at Canterlot High."

"No, silly. Those are just for me and Aria." Sonata smiled and blushed at Adagio as she put her hands together and fluttered her eyelids. "Along with all of the other matching pink stuff that I got for me and her, we're going to become the best of twinsies together! After all, we're gonna rule the world through cuteness and siren songs rather than being jerks like we were before."

These pendants are really starting to get through to our minds... Adagio watched as Aria and Sonata picked up everything within the bag that matched and slipped them on or around them. Aria's not really one to show happiness, especially on Sonata levels. And Sonata's still the same, but is about to become a genius... I can already feel my mind beginning to melt into my new body. There's gotta be a way to fix this without the Rainbooms' help.

"Hey, Dagi? Aren't you feeling happy?" Aria asked as she tried to slip a pink jacket over her body. "You have your pendants back and for once, we're getting along like real sisters. Why aren't you smiling?"

"Oh, I don't know, Aria. Perhaps it's the heat from the sun, the tightness of these clothes, or the sunlight getting to me from a long day's work." Adagio sarcastically rolled her eyes as she answered the question. "Oh! I remember now. IT'S THE FACT THAT I'M STUCK IN THE BODY OF A TRASHY GOTH WHO'S NOW TURNING INTO JUST AS YOUNG OF A KID AS SONATA!"

"Adagio? What do you mean?" Sonata pulled her head from the bag, with lots of stuff getting stuck in her hair.

"I'm saying is that ever since I've been wearing this pendant, my life is somehow worse than it is better!" Adagio threw her arms around her. "My elegance is turning into bitterness, my clothes are extremely hard to wear, and now the most childish of sirens that I know are not only becoming friends, but are now leading the charge!" She sighed and hung her head. "I'm grateful that we have our pendants back, but I just wanted everything to go back to the way that it was before the Battle of the Bands..."

"Adagio. I know how you're feeling." Sonata walked up and patted Adagio on the back as gently as she could. "It must be hard to go from being the head honcho of the group to a lowly subordinate. But learn to take things on the bright side. All we wanted after the Battle of the Bands was adoration and power. We can have both of those things again, no matter what happens to the three of us. And if that includes us switching roles, then I don't really mind it."

"Yeah! I feel totally refreshed thanks to these little things." Aria smiled and rubbed her jewel in the palm of her hands. "Back when I was Mean Aria, I was just a grumpy little sad sack who just liked to eat angry thoughts. Now that I've got Sonata's silliness too, I can still be myself but enjoy myself outside of eating too."

"But, see, you two have got all of the best and free-willed parts of each other." Adagio slumped her shoulders and frisked her sisters. "All that I've been left with is the goth parts of Aria and the intelligence of Adagio. If I had what you two had right now, I would be just as ecstatic to get energy, dress up like a fairy tale princess, and eat mexican food as well. But because I'm still me but with extra fury, I feel like I'm the one bitchy tramp in a trio of energetic singers."

"Adagio! Watch the language." Sonata slapped her hand onto Adagio's mouth. "There might be kids here."

"I wish that I could, but I just can't." Adagio turned her back to the other Dazzlings. "I'm blighted with the curses of both logic and despair. I won't be able to enjoy this as much as you two can now that I'm in this situation. But it is the bed that we've made, so we must lie in it."

"Aw, I'm sorry, Adagio." Aria walked up to Adagio and gave her a gentle hug as she brushed her face against her back. "Is there anything that we can do to help you feel better?"

"Would some food at the mexican place help cheer you up a bit?" Sonata asked, pointing down the road. "They serve all the best stuff. Tacos, burritos, enchiladas, fajitas, you name it and they'll do it for you. For free, I might add." She pinched the gem around Adagio's neck and held it up to her face. "Or, if you're not into that kinda food, we could always go out and feed on more negativity like we usually do."

"Maybe, girls. Just give me some time to clear my head." Adagio broke out of Aria and Sonata's holds and walked off ahead of the girls. "It's a nice gesture, but I'm a bit overwhelmed by all of this."

Aria and Sonata just watched as Adagio walked off into the blazing light of the sunset until she was out of their view, then went back to checking out all of the stuff that they had gathered from the shop. All the while, their minds were merging with each other, but they were far too engrossed in their activity to notice.


Adagio walked with her hands behind her back as she looked at the world around her. Everywhere she went, people were playing with their children, laughing on the bench together, or were simply typing away at their little phones and other devices. She took a few deep breaths and kept to herself, almost hunching herself over as she crossed her arms behind her back.

"My whole world is changing..." Adagio mumbled to herself as she looked down at her fet. "First we get banished from Equestria, next we lose our pendants and powers to a bunch of snot-nosed apes, then we get our pendants back but with a few catches, and now Sonata Dusk is leading the Dazzlings." She looked back up and saw the gold-tinted houses shimmering in the rays of the setting sun. "Everything's been turned upside down. Next thing we know, Canterlot High are going to welcome us back with open arms for the way we treated them."

Adagio turned towards a zebra crossing and went over it towards the nearby row of trees next to another cobblestone path. She walked underneath the branches of the trees, hiding herself from the pounding light that coated the world around her. Most of her breathing was pretty shallow, but she was still managing to keep her head from popping off of her body.

Eventually, Adagio's quiet and isolated walk led her straight into the path of Sunset Shimmer, who was carrying a few groceries of her own. Once the two of them saw eye to eye, they approached each other and stopped a few paces from each other. Despite the bad blood that the two of them had, they were both away from their friends and were able to have a clear conversation without anyone else interrupting them.

"Adagio." Sunset folded her arms in front of her.

"Sunset." Adagio mimicked her in every way.

There was a brief silence between the two girls as they looked deep into each others' eyes and felt the wind rush around their feet and blow through their hairs. The muscles in their hands began to flex as they wiggled their fingers and the ones in their heads arched down as their brows got closer to their eyes.

"We need to talk." They both said in perfect harmony, then widened their eyes and blinked into space as they stared at each other slack-jawed. Soon, they both snapped back to reality and shook their heads briefly, nodding at each other as they knew what they both needed to do.

"We need to talk..."

"That bad, huh?" Sunset leaned back against the coffee shop booth's upholstery, slinging her arm over the back, with Adagio sitting on a chair on the other side. The air around them was cold and acrid, and both of them could feel it dancing around them as they tried to get comfortable.

"Yeah." Adagio sighed, sliding her hand across the table. "Don't get me wrong, Aria and Sonata are valuable assets to the team, but they're really starting to lose it. Aria, I can understand because she's got Sonata's genes now, but as for Sonata, she's supposed to be me now. It's like she's just tossing my incredible wit and charm to the street in favor of being more like Pinkie Pie."

"Well, I kinda wish I could help you, but then I keep having memories of the Battle of the Bands, and that really wasn't the best of times for any of us." Sunset made jaws out of her fingers and lowered her eyes to the table. "See, Adagio, I'm a believer that everyone deserves a second chance, but you and the other Dazzlings have been less than willing to change ever since. And now, I get the feeling that trying to reform you ourselves isn't gonna be an option either, given how much the other girls seem to freak out whenever you're around."

"First impressions are a bitch, aren't they?" Adagio puffed air out of her nose.

"Yeah. They kinda are." Sunset Shimmer kicked up her feet and rolled her eyes. "I can relate, Adagio."

"When you first start out as a monster, no-one wants to help you change yourself right when you want to change the most." Adagio watched as a waitress served both her and Sunset hot chocolate. "Thank you, miss."

"Oh, it's no problem, dear," said the waitress before walking off.

"Anyways, as I was saying." Adagio put her fingertips on the mug and made circles around the rim. "I know we've not really been the best of girls and you and the Rainbooms do have every right to be angry at us for it, but right now, we're in some really deep shit here with Aria and Sonata." She sighed and peered into the frothy mixture. "I just want us to be back in our normal bodies so that we can just move on with our lives and get out of your hairs once and for all. But I've got no idea on how to change us back to normal or if we can survive without driving each other crazy. That's why I came to you, Sunset. You're the only one I can trust out of the Rainbooms to help us out."

Sunset let out a weary sigh and took a gulp of her hot chocolate. "Adagio, I appreciate the amount of thought that you're putting into this, but I need to know that you and the other sirens are gonna stay true to your words." She gently put the drink down and wiped away the froth on her upper lips. "I mean, we can't just put you back to normal and let you keep draining negative emotions like this. You're just gonna go back to your old ways if we do."

"I'll admit, you're right about that." Adagio slowly took a drink of her hot chocolate, feeling the tiny marshmallows bounce against her teeth and the whipped cream land on her mouth. Once she was done, she put it down and peaked out the window. "The snake can't be tamed, regardless of the owner. We're always gonna have to live off of conflicts and fury. That's just who we are, Sunset. We've made the bed and we must lie in it."

The girls just sat there in silence, listening to the pattering footsteps of other customers, the reverberations of their conversations echoing across the walls. Sounds from the machines in the back added to the small melody of background noise as Mr. and Mrs. Cake served more and more people.

"How long has it been since we've first met, Sunset?" Adagio put her hands on the table, feeling her hair pressing against her shoulders. "Half a year? Couple of months? Time really does fly."

"Adagio? Out of all the things in this world, why do you and your girls choose to be evil?" Sunset leaned forward. "You could've just as easily used your powers to help make the world a better place; to inspire people to be their best and push them to reaching their goals. But instead, you've taken your singing magic to a darker place, and use it to con people into throwing stupid little hissy fits over the smallest things."

"Sunset. If you know what it was like to live in Equestria, then you know exactly why we turned into evil seahorse creatures." Adagio twisted her wrist.

"I've been looking that up in history class, and the correct term is actually hippocampus," said Sunset Shimmer. "A hybrid of horse and seahorse, these creatures pulled Poseidon's chariot across the seas of—"

"I didn't ask for a fact-checking seminar, Sunset. I asked for help." Adagio grunted and crossed her arms. When she realized her brutish behaviour, she let out another groan and rubbed her forehead. "I'm sorry. This whole body-swap issue is getting to me too. I'm becoming pig-headed, angry, whatever term you wanna use. It's not like me at all to just burst out in fits like this."

"Maybe there's more to this whole thing than meets the eye..." Sunset stroked her chin with the fingers on her left hand, thinking about everything Adagio had said. "Where did you girls get these new pendants in the first place? Doesn't seem like that kind of magic can be replicated unless you go back home."

"Oh! Well, uh..." Adagio had been bogged down with so much stress before that it was a challenge for her to remember where she and the others had found their new gemstones. It took her a long time to find the answer, but once she retraced her steps mentally, she could envision the store she had bought it from. "Oh yeah! Now, I remember. It was that pawn shop down the road from the mexican restaurant."

"You mean Discord's Deviously Delightful Deals?" Sunset tilted her head. "Isn't that owned by the crazy old man who loves to cause mischief?"

"I don't know much about the guy who sold it to us, other than the fact that he had somehow managed to get perfect copies of our jewels without ever coming to CHS or any of our other little power trips." Adagio looked down at her pendant and held it out, letting it gleam in the light of the lamps above. "Actually, now that I think about it, it's very weird... Who was that guy? And why was he so eager to part with these crystals if he knew all about them?"

"Something's not right here." Sunset immediately stood up from the booth and took another drink of the hot chocolate. "Adagio, if we're gonna get to the bottom of this little mess, then we need to go to this little pawn shop and see if that gem's really all it's cracked up to be."

"Sunset, what if this was all some sort of cheap trick?" Adagio stood up as well and took another drink. "For all we know, this old man might've skipped town by now and took all of his junk with him."

"Still, we're not gonna get anywhere else unless we at least try it." Sunset gulped the rest of the drink and laid it down on the counter. "Plus, you wanna change back to normal, right? This is one of the best ways to go about it."

"I suppose it is." Adagio finished off her own drink, leaving behind all of the marshmallows and cream as she laid her mug down. "Come on, Sunset. Let's go find this crazy old coot."


Aria and Sonata both giggled as they skipped down the road, dressed in pink beanies, shirts, scarves, skirts, shoes, and even socks. Both of them had shopping bags hanging off of their arms, chocked to the brim with stuff that they had earned from the shopkeepers. Truly, it seemed like Aria had slipped so far into Sonata's body that she had lost herself once and for all, while Sonata was trying her hardest not to become like Adagio, despite her new form.

"O.M.G. Sonata, this was the greatest thing that ever happened to us!" Aria beamed from ear to ear. "I never thought that being stuck in your body would be so much fun!"

"Aw, I'm glad you're enjoying it, Aria." Sonata smiled and clutched her bags tighter. "I mean, I'm gonna turn into Dagi sooner or later, so we might as well have all the fun we can before I become a tougher girl."

"Speaking of which, where is she?" Aria looked around, but found no traces of her leader. "She kinda blew a gasket and I've got no clue where she is..."

"Oh, I'm sure she'll come back soon," said Sonata. "She's supposed to be our leader, and even though she gave the job to you for the week, then this thing happened and you're becoming me and she's becoming you and I'm becoming her..." She stopped and blinked for a few seconds. "Actually, that's a lot to take in when I put it like that."

"Hey, don't worry, Nata, I got it." Aria gave Sonata another goofy little grin and turned the corner. "Plus, I'm kinda glad that Dagi's getting my bad traits and you're getting her good ones. I bet you'll make a great leader some day."

"Thanks for that, Ari!" Sonata kissed into her hand and blew it to Aria, who leapt up and caught it, almost throwing everything out of the bags as she landed.

"Got it!" Aria giggled.

As both Aria and Sonata walked down the corner, they ended up bumping into the rest of the Rainbooms, who also had a lot of shopping in their own hands. From make-up to pet food and even sports equipment, it was all practically bulging out of the girls' bags.

"Oh, hey, girls." Sonata gave the girls a smile and waved at them. "How's it hangin'?"

"Wait... are you for real, girls?" Rainbow Dash lowered her brows and put her hands on her hip. "Why are you so happy about seeing us?"

"Something's not right, Rainbow." Applejack put her hand on Rainbow's shoulders. "Ah say we stay on guard. Ain't no tellin' what them two can do ta us."

"I dunno, girls. These two look pretty good to me." Pinkie Pie set down her shopping and came up to both Aria and Sonata with a smile of her own. "Lovin' the color co-ordination there, girls. Pink's always good this time of year."

"Pinkie!" Rarity fumed from the sidelines.

"What? I only said it as a compliment, Rares." Pinkie just shrugged at her and pulled out a pink headband from her hair. "Plus, c'mon, you've gotta try this out. It's super-duper snug and fluffy. Almost like wearing a pillow on your head." And with nothing else to say, she strapped a pink headband on Rarity's head.

"Ooh... I'd give Pinkie Pie a piece of my mind if not for the Dazzlings being here..." Rarity took the band off and tossed it to the street.

"Girls. I don't know these girls, so I think it's best that you let me handle this." Twilight pushed through the other Rainbooms and walked up to the two sirens. "I've seen the way you've all been acting and it's not healthy. You need to let this whole thing go. What could be so bad about these two girls?"

"Twilight, didn't we go over this, like, a thousand times already?" Rainbow Dash slapped her hand to her face and vigorously rubbed her forehead. "They. Are. The. Dazzlings. The. Sirens. That. Nearly. Ruined. Our. Friendship. And. Enslaved. Canterlot. HIGH!" She stomped forward and threw her hands down with every word, until she was right in Twilight's face, throwing her arms behind her as she screamed loudly.

"You especially, Rainbow." Twilight didn't move an inch, not even when Rainbow Dash's nose was practically touching her own. She booped Rainbow on the nose and made her stumble backwards before turning to face the two sirens. "I'm sorry about my friends, girls. They're still a bit sour over seeing you again."

"Oh, it's no biggie, Not-Twilight." Sonata chuckled.

"Yeah, Not-Twilight," added Aria. "We were just gonna find Dagi then head back home. No need to worry about us."

"Alright then. It's good to know that we ca—wait. Did you just call me Not-Twilight?" Twilight squinted and jabbed a finger at the two of them.

"Yeah. You're Twilight Sparkle, but you're not the Twilight from Equestria, so, you're Twilight, but at the same time, you're not Twilight, hence, we're gonna call you Not-Twilight." Sonata just held a toothy smile.

"Just because I'm not the same as a horse-me in another world doesn't mean that I'm not Twilight." Twilight put her hands to her hips. "In fact, I very much doubt the other me can work on phase-shifting technology, basic matter transportation, lithium-charged generators, and photo-electricity."

"They're just trying to get under your skin, Twilight." Rarity came up to Twilight and pulled her back. "Just like them. They don't care about anyone and so they just do all this nasty teasing to make you spit up an argument, just so they can profit off of your misery!" She slowly revolved her head to face the sirens and snarled, "What bottom feeders you are..."

Both Aria and Sonata gasped at the insult and dropped their bags on the ground. Everything that Rarity had said was true, but they had never really taken it as an insult until now. Their hands began to tremble.

"Girls! That was just uncalled for!" Twilight shouted, breaking free of Rarity's grab. "You're gonna make them cry!"

"Twilight, how many times do we have to say it?" Applejack punched her hand. "THE. DAZZLINGS. ARE. EVIL!"

"But they dress up pretty good." Pinkie Pie grinned, only to receive a swarm of vicious glares from the rest of the girls. "Oh, you all know it's true, girls!"

"Look, girls, you're all letting first impressions go to your head." Twilight crossed her arms. "I might not know about this whole friendship deal you girls have, but I'm pretty sure that first impressions aren't to be trusted. These two can change, I see it in their smiles. And you're still going out of your way to make it seem like they're worse than Cinch was."

"But—"

"No buts, Applejack!" Twilight stomped the ground. "These two are innocent. And if you keep trying to villify them, I'll have no choice but to call Sunset and have her straighten this whole thing out."

"Twilight, Sunset's gonna take our side of the argument, not yours." Rainbow cocked a brow. "You're not really comin' off strong in this argument, girl."

"But she does have a point." Fluttershy gently tapped Rainbow's back. "I mean, I know that they were pretty awful, but I don't think I've seen these two do or say anything mean to us yet."

"Fluttershy? Are you siding with Twilight? Even after all that we've been through together?" Rarity tilted her head. "Are you sure that you're feeling well, dear?"

"If even Fluttershy can see that there's something good in these two, then I say that we're more than willing to give these girls a chance." Twilight took Fluttershy's hand and slowly walked her up to the sirens. "Now, I know that the rest of you might not be as forgiving as the two of us are, but we're not gonna have this argument any longer. These two sirens are good. End of story. Bye-bye. See ya later." And without saying another word, Twilight turned her back to the girls and walked down the road with Fluttershy and the two sirens, taking the shopping with them.

"Wow..." Sonata's mouth hung wide open. "That was amazing, Not-Twilight!"

"Yeah!" Aria grinned and practically ran on the spot. "Where did you learn to get so assertive like that?"

"Oh, I've had some help." Twilight just gave the two sirens a little smirk as she held their hands. "Now, where did you say you lived again?"

"We've got this great place over by the edge of Canterlot up in the Clearsky area." Sonata held her hand out and painted the sky with her palms. "You've gotta see it. We've got the best stuff ever!"

"I can tell. The Clearsky area's only for the rich people these days. Usually Crystal Prep students and wealthy businessmen," said Fluttershy. "Oh, I'd love to see what one of those houses are like, even if it's for a day."

"Well, wish granted!" said Aria. "C'mon, girls. We've got such a big TV, we've got lots of TV channels,tons of food in the cupboards, and Dagi's not gonna get back for a while so we can do anything!"

"Well, let's go, then! Time's-a-wasting!" Twilight decided to smile as well as she and the others all began to skip together down the road.

Meanwhile, the other Rainbooms just stood there with their mouths open wide. They opened their hands, letting their goods drop and clatter down on the pavement. They had never seen Twilight act like that before, nor did they believe that any of their entourage would ever be able to find a shred of goodwill in the Dazzlings. But still, it had happened, and the whole thing had left them reeling. No-one was able to say anything; not even Rainbow and Applejack could muster up a single word.

"Well. That happened," Pinkie was the one to finally break the silence.

The Dazzlings' House Tour

Twilight and Fluttershy had never been to Clearsky before. Mainly because it was one of those places where, if you weren't one of the residents, you'd stick out like a sore thumb in no time at all. And it showed, with the massive houses lining each street, like a set of miniature skyscrapers. Each one properly kept from the outside with unknown treasures inside that people would normally dream about, with the gardens leading up to them verdant and bustling with life and colour.

Aria and Sonata lead the girls down the path towards one of the bigger mansions in Clearsky, and it showed with how much space it took up, with a titanic hedge wall surrounding the house and a large iron gate sitting in place of the entrance. For them, it was just an average shrub. But for their guests, it was as if they were staring at one of the many walls within a maze.

"So. This is our house, girls," said Aria, turning on the ball of her heel with a grin on her face. "I know. It's a bit stunning from the first look, but that's just what you get with the whole singing magic package. Guess you could say we got ourselves the best bargain you could possibly get, huh?"

"Yeah. You could put it like that..." Twilight nodded as she craned her neck up towards the roof of the Dazzlings' mansion. "I mean, Clearsky's only for the creme de la creme here in Canterlot. "I don't even think some of my old Crystal Prep classmates have any houses here..."

"Well, if they did, they'd be living the high-life. Everyone in Clearsky gets only the best because they are the best. And yes, I'm aware that it does make it seem that we and every neighbour on our street is an egomaniac. But don't worry. We all are." Sonata pressed her fingers together.

"That's awfully reassuring," Fluttershy's hair curled against her eye.

"It is. Especially when you see just what's inside." Aria turned to the gate, reached into her pockets for something, then widened her brows. She dug around in one, found nothing and transitioned to the next one along. "Oh, darn it. I forgot where I put my keycard..."

"Oh, it's fine, Aria. I've got mine right here." Sonata pulled hers out of her jacket, sliding it into the reader on the pillar by the side of the gate. A buzzing noise could be heard, followed by the red light turning green and the noise of the gears inside revolving, so as to activate the mechanisms for the gate. "Open says me. Or however that saying goes..."

The gates slid open, granting passage to the two Dazzlings, with their guests closely behind. It took them a while walking up the path for the same device to close. By the time it had done that, the teenage girls were standing by the front doors of the house, with Aria and Sonata planting their hands on the large, cylindrical handles. One pull from the two of them caused the doors to open, right before Twilight and Fluttershy's eyes.

"Now, if you're a bit overwhelmed by all of this fancy-schmancy stuff, well, let's just say that you're not the first to be blown away by something as cool as this," said Aria, planting the door against the wall of the entryway. "Trust me, girls. We were too."

Fluttershy and Twilight stepped inside to a sight that they thought they would only ever see in fairytales. A grand foyer, coated in tile and carpet, with a clear path leading towards the stairs. Marble bannisters draped around the edges of the mezzanine and stairs, with small furniture pressed against the walls, usually housing plantlife or other strewn about objects. A myriad of doors, all similar in design dotted themselves around the room. Each one led to another corner of the house, with the upper ones a clear indication of being Adagio, Aria, and Sonata's living quarters. Artworks were also hung up on the upper floors. Some being recreations of famous works from artists past, while others depicted the Dazzlings in various different art styles. Presumably, they were made when the three sirens had cast spells on the people within the town.

"Whoa... This is... breathtaking." Twilight adjusted her glasses, almost thinking that what she was seeing was some form of illusion.

"Welcome to our home, girls. Mi Casa is su Casa. Only the best house that magical singing powers can buy." Sonata walked through the door and stood in front of Twilight and Fluttershy. "If you're wondering how we pay for all of this, I wonder a bit as well. Adagio's usually the one that works that part out."

"But she's having what we call an existential crisis right now. She can't handle the fact that she's got my old grumpiness," Aria cut in. "But she should adjust pretty soon. I mean, I did thanks to Sonata's bubbliness. Never been better."

"So, I just want to ask before we go on. You girls aren't evil anymore like the rest of the Rainbooms seem to think?" Twilight lifted a finger, then hastily retracted it, taking the Dazzlings' feelings into account. "N-not that you are evil. I just want to make sure that my friends aren't running some kind of smear campaign against you."

"Oh, the girls are still bitter about what we did at Canterlot. And, well, they have every right to be. We only just broke the friendships that everyone worked so hard to make, moulding good vibes into bad ones so that we could feed off of it and stay alive for another few days. Or weeks." Sonata lifted a finger. "Still, that time's passed. I've got no plans on hurting people anymore. Just as long as I can sing, I'm happy as can be."

"Plus, the Rainbooms are the Rainbooms. They're not exactly the brightest lightbulbs in the pack. I mean, there's a walking western movie stereotype; the fashion diva; Sonata but without powers; the cocky rainbow-haired kid; you but not really you, Twilight; socially awkward Fluttershy; and Sunset Shimmer." Aria twisted her wrist. "Still, I guess you could call it friendship; given how the seven of you make rainbow lasers rain down from the sky and everything."

"I would be offended by all of that, but I'm trying to see you girls from an unbiased point of view. Especially given how the girls wanted to physically hurt you." Twilight just put her hands to her sides, giving the Dazzlings a stare.

"I mean, I've got a lot of things I want to say to you and your boss, but I'm not really in the mood for it right now. I want to give you girls another chance as well. You seem awfully good to be around after the fact that you tried to brainwash CHS," Fluttershy added, meekly nodding to them.

"Guess it's probably because of these new personalities we've got." Aria rubbed the back of her head, catching strands of blue hair as her fingers combed it. "It definitely adds to the whole redemption shtick."

"In any case, I think we should discuss that matter while we show you around. Better to walk and talk than to just sit around and do nothing all day." Sonata jogged to the stairs, laying her arm across the bannister. "Come along, Not-Twilight, Fluttershy. We've got quite a lot to show you."

"Ooh! Ooh! Can we take them to our rooms first?" Aria thrust her arm up and shook it vibrantly. "If we're lucky, we can catch some funny shows too!"

"Sure we can, girl." Sonata pulled Aria in close, gave her a short hug, then let her free so that the two of them could coordinate Twilight and Fluttershy's visit "That's what sisters are for, right?"

"Wait. You're... sisters?" Twilight's pupils slightly shrank. "As in... born in the same family?"

"Yep! Adagio is too. She's the biggest sister out of the three of us. That's why she leads the group." Sonata nodded.

"So, where's Adagio now? Shouldn't she be with you two at all times?" Twilight asked, pointing towards the two personality-swapped sirens.

"Did you girls have a falling out with each other since the last time we saw you?" Fluttershy asked, pulling some hair aside as she strolled up to the two sirens.

"Oh, no. Nothing like that. Adagio would never throw us out like that. We're pretty much all she's got left outside of this house and that new crystal she got." Aria shook her head, crossing her arms. "Plus, she's carrying all of my old anger. I wouldn't be surprised if she's down at the local Hot Topic, trying to find something that'll work for her new look."

"ANYWAYS, we're burning daylight over here." Sonata immediately thrust her arm out, silencing the conversation. "We promised you a house tour, and all we're talking about is about the past and stuff that we'd rather not want to talk about." She returned her hand to her side. "This is our foyer. It's pretty big but totally boring without all of the bells and whistles we've added to it. Dagi was thinking on converting this into some kind of fashion show catwalk, but then we'd have nowhere to go when it came to getting out unless climbing out of the window was an option."

"And from that height, don't even try it. Sonata did before the CHS stuff, she almost ended up breaking whatever bones she got in this new world," Aria looked over to her sister, namely towards the aforementioned legs, giving them a small tap with the side of her boot.

"It took us a few shopping trips to get all of the stuff that we needed to make sure that this place was as good as it could be. Even now, we're still trying to figure out what in the heck we're trying to do with all of this stuff. I swear, if there was a fourth Dazzling, she should've taken up a hobby in decorating..." Sonata rolled her eyes. "But regardless, we're probably gonna change it sooner or later. Maybe even later today if we can remember to do it."

"Oh, I'm sure that we could help you decorate some time, girls." Fluttershy smiled a little bit more as she walked towards the sirens. Admittedly, she had never been a fan of magical things, but to see two former villains change their attitude and show that through their innocence and swapped personalities changed her perspective. "I mean if you want us to help you after what we did to you at the Battle of the Bands."

"Again, it's no biggie. Really. We were able to fix ourselves after that." Sonata idly tipped her hand before dashing up the stairs with Aria. "Now come on, girls. I think it's time to show you around our rooms."

Twilight and Fluttershy followed after Aria and Sonata, many thoughts awash through their minds. For all that the Dazzlings had done, for all that the Rainbooms had done to them in retaliation, were their friends really in the right for constantly throwing insults and claims over the three of them and their past behaviour? Sure, there was some proof in the pudding, but the three former sirens were working to change everyone's perspectives on them. Or at least, two of them were. That had to account for something, didn't it?

"Now, our three rooms are just on the right here, girls." Sonata ran on ahead, opening each of the three doors open wide for the lot of them, taking no heed to the signs on each of them that read out each of their rooms and the warnings on Aria's. "Adagio's is filled with all sorts of clutter. That's just because she wants to know everything about this new world, seeing as how we were thrown into it from Equestria thanks to a bunch of stuffy old folks. Aria's room looks bleak and miserable, but that's just because we've yet to give it a makeover. And my room? Well, let's just say you'll see so many plushies and pink stuff that it'll make anything that your little bubbly friend has seem boring."

It only took one look into each of the Dazzlings rooms to prove Sonata's words correct. Adagio's room was filled with a nimiety of objects. Some that Twilight and Fluttershy knew all too well, while the others were stuff that they had only seen in pictures or for the first time in their lives. As for Aria's, true to Sonata's words, the place had dark wallpaper, a set of skull ornaments, and a bed that was on the verge of collapsing from how tattered the frame and mattress were. Finally, with Sonata's room, the colours instantly clashed for the two Rainbooms, causing them to shield their eyes momentarily, trying to adjust their hues to the overtones of pink.

"So... are you normally this fine sleeping in a fully pink room, Sonata?" Fluttershy asked, trying to make something out in the room that wasn't overly drowned in the colour. "Not even Pinkie Pie has this much in her room, and I've slept in it."

"Sleepover or... other purposes?" Sonata asked, cocking a brow at Fluttershy.

"Sleepover," said Fluttershy, avoiding the assumption that Sonata was making.

"Personally, yeah, it's getting a bit too painful to look at, now that I've got Adagio's level-headedness. I suppose I should make some changes, maybe cut down on some of the stuffed animals." Sonata took a peek into the room herself. "But then I'd have to decide who to throw out, making a moral conflict in my head which would make me hallucinate and make me think all of my toys were alive and were begging me not to let them go and—"

"I'll take them off your hands!" Aria threw her arm up out of nowhere, attracting the gazes of everyone else on the platform. "I mean, I've got Sonata's personality bubbling up in here, so I don't mind having them instead." She blushed, dropping her arm and rubbing it. "That is... well if you want me to, Sonata. I-I don't want to be too much of a bother." Aria blushed, taking a step backwards.

"Oh? Aria?" Sonata was also in a state of shock, due in part to the fact that she had never in all of her years ever witnessed Aria willingly want to take Sonata's plushes not out of anger or spite, but rather because she was having an issue with them. Of course, a fraction of it also diminished thanks to the memory that it was the crystals that were changing them, but still, Sonata couldn't muster up any words for a few moments. "I... I never knew that you had an interest in my toys."

"I... I never did until now! Look at them..." Aria slid in through the doorway, bounding over towards the conglomerate of toys. "Back when I was a big, bad meanie, I never really had the time to appreciate Mr Stuffington, Mr Cuddlebutt, Esquire Huggles the 3rd, Sally the Snuggle Snake, Octavio Squeezybro, all of them! This whole new lease on life's totally changing my perspective, Sonata. As it is for you, and for Dagi." She slapped her hands over her mouth. "I even copied you. You used to call her Dagi all the time too!"

"Okay... Now, I'm pretty sure that all these changes really are starting to show." Sonata just stood, gobsmacked at the sight of Aria, watching as she dived in, scooped up as many plushes as she could and gave them a hug. "Oh well. It's not like they're doing us any harm, right?"


"I'm so goddamn sick and tired of having this stupid fucking anger problem!" Adagio seethed, her hands clawing through the forest that was her puffy, purple hair. "Crystal or no crystal, I need myself back. I just want to be my old orange-haired, level-headed, capable-of-handling-anything Adagio Dazzle self back. But I've no clue how I'm gonna do that without your friends carrying pitchforks and torches against me. Add to the fact that Aria and Sonata are doing who knows what who knows where and I'm screwed six ways from Sundance, Sunset..." Finished with her rant, Adagio's arms limply collapsed as she took a moment to breathe.

"I know that you're mad, Adagio, but raging isn't gonna change a thing. Look. All we need to do is get both sides to stop fighting and make a compromise. I tell the girls not to bully you and your friends anymore, and you stop hounding us for evil magic to feed yourselves." Sunset reached over Adagio, squeezing her shoulder gently.

"Yes, yes. I know. No need to drill it into my brain like some deluded prophet at a church or something..." Adagio spat, shuffling her body away from Sunset. "I stop hurting the people here, your friends never see us again, everyone's happy-go-lucky. Bleh. Y'know, not everything has to be all sunshine and rainbows."

"True, but you don't have to be the catalyst for all of this world's problems, Adagio. You or your sisters." Sunset crossed her arms, staring down upon Adagio. "If you have to feed off of anger to keep yourself alive, then could you at least not cause that anger in the first place?"

"It doesn't work that way, Sunset. Equestrian laws of physics is a real bitch, isn't it?" Adagio countered with her own folded arms. "According to those laws, we have to make them angry in order to eat. Otherwise, we starve. And then we die. And then there's a funeral service. And you feel very guilty for not making us eat. See where I'm going with this?"

"Yeah. And it just makes me glad I left that world behind. Magic really is a bit twisted back there," said Sunset. "Look, Adagio. I won't stop you from trying to eat, just as long as you do it within reason. Can't you just... oh, I don't know, go online and find some kind of corner of the internet where people are always angry?"

"Do I look like a beggar to you, Sunset Shimmer of Canterlot High?" Adagio lifted a brow. "For your information, I tried to do that once I discovered the internet had some people like that. But sadly, our songs only work if there are people physically having a dispute with someone in real life, not over the internet like some sad, pathetic soul who doesn't have anything better to do..."

"In any case, we should be approaching the shop. If my memory is correct..." Sunset just rolled her eyes at Adagio, then continued down her path. She never liked this corner of the town, mostly because of how easy it was for shifty folk to prey on her and any others who weren't prepared. "But be prepared for him to say no refunds to you, Adagio."

"If he does, I hope that he's got a damn good dentist..." Adagio puffed and planted her hands in her pockets. "Or at least knows how to defend himself."

"Man... Aria's bad vibes are really beginning to bury into Adagio's mind. I should get this cleaned up as fast as possible before Adagio decides to turn her newfound rage on me, my friends or everyone else she thinks pisses her off." Sunset whispered to herself as she ran on ahead, trying to see if the shop was still open, or whether or not the shopkeeper himself was even there. "I just hope that the other Dazzlings aren't having a total breakdown like she is."

Bonding

“Race you to the kitchen, Sonata!” Aria leapt from the plushies and ran out of the room, hurrying towards the stairs once more. A giddy grin retained on her face the whole time, accompanied by little giggles that slipped out every so often. She had never felt this carefree since she was a little kid back home, yet lost herself fully within her new personality. Whether she could remember it or not, one thing was clear; she was happy for the change.

“Oh, it’s on, girl!” Sonata gave chase to her changed sister. The initial shock value had worn off and now, all that she thought about was trying to keep Aria under control while also letting her be free to be her new self. A part of her still wanted to keep everything in order, but she still tried her hardest to keep her old self as much as possible. That didn’t stop her from also letting a laugh or two slip out.

“It’s so strange.” Fluttershy walked after the two sirens, hand slithering across the bannister. “The way they’re acting, talking, doing things together, being happy, everything. It’s like they’re completely different people to the ones me and my friends remember...”

“No idea why the girls would want to tarnish these girls’ reputation, then. They haven’t done anything wrong after their visit to CHS.” Twilight scratched her chin as she went with her friend to pursue Aria and Sonata. “I think after we regroup with Sunset, we should give the others a good talking-to.”

“They might not listen, though. The girls were all pretty stubborn about this whole thing. Especially Applejack and Rainbow Dash.” Fluttershy turned her neck to face Twilight. “I wouldn’t be surprised if they argue with us until sundown.”

“One thing’s for sure, though. Sunset’s going to be the defining variable to swing the argument,” said Twilight in response. “She knows how to talk down both sides while showing absolutely no bias whatsoever. That’s commendable in and of itself.”

“I suppose so. But still, she’s gotta have an awful lot of patience for this kind of matter. After all, we are talking about the Dazzlings...” Fluttershy put her hands together. “After what they did at Canterlot High with the Battle of the Bands, I wouldn’t expect anyone to forgive them; least of all our friends.

“Sometimes, you just have to tell the argumentum ad populum to go away. Just because everyone says it because it’s true? That’s just the biggest bunch of bad baloney I’ve ever heard in my life.” Twilight rolled her eyes as she finally made it to the stairs, taking each step so lightly that barely any noise emanated from them. “One of the reasons why I didn’t get along at Crystal Prep was because everyone was quick to judge everyone, spiting those that did anything better than them or on their behalf. It got to the point where everyone was out to get everyone. I’m getting that same sense of hostility from your friends As I did back there from this whole Dazzling hate.” She locked gazes with Fluttershy again. “You’re not a Crystal Prepper, are you, Fluttershy?”

“No. Absolutely not. We’re much less crusty as them.” Fluttershy shook her head at that remark.

“Then don’t ever try and think like one. Don’t try and take the path where vilifying anyone for your own benefit is seen as acceptable. My friends are acting an awful lot like that with this whole facade; almost to the point where I’m imagining them in the outfits already...” Twilight, leading Fluttershy with her arm coiled around her friend’s back went into the kitchen. “Next thing you know, they’ll be chanting some mantra about wanting to win at everything...

The kitchen, much like the rest of the mansion was a sight to behold. A large array of cupboards, tabletops, appliances, even a breakfast bar stood in a ‘U’ shape before Twilight and Fluttershy. The sink nearby was filled with used bowls and plates, sitting in soapy water, while the light jade counters stood mostly clean; albeit with some dried-in stains that had yet to touch. Looking out from the counters, a few steps lead down towards an expansive dining table, huge enough to seat much more than three souls. The titanic oval of a brown oak table—garnished with silverware, wine glasses, candlesticks, and flowers—ran from the steps all the way towards a pair of glass doors looking out onto the nearby pool. Sonata and Aria were standing by the aforementioned door, grinning from ear to ear as they saw Twilight and Fluttershy take the steps down towards the table.

“You ever see those movies where the rich people always eat at these stupidly huge tables?” Sonata asked, drifting her fingers along the polished, glossy woodwork. “If you have, you might as well take this place as a set from one of them.”

“You’d think that we’ve also got someone to make the stuff for us, like a butler or something,” added Aria. “Well, as fun as that would be, having someone do everything for us, let’s just say that Canterlot doesn’t really have a butler school at the moment. The market’s pretty dense on that front.”

“Still, take a look. This is all ours.” Sonata reached over for an apple that laid within a fruit bowl on the table, taking a huge chunk out of it with her teeth. “You don’t see people with these kinds of table every day now, do you?”

“I have to admit that I haven’t,” said Twilight taking another look at the fully laid out table. “The only time I’ve ever seen this kind of stuff was when me and my family went shopping. Even then, the price was an arm and a leg and it was a bit excessive for a family of four.”

“Ah. In any case, you’re welcome to stay for dinner if you want, girls. I’m sure that with Adagio’s smarts, I can cook up something halfway decent. As opposed to the times when I tried making chocolate-shell tacos with fondue.” Sonata twiddled her fingers as she let a small blush form on her face. “That’s the last time I make a mess in here, that’s for sure.”

“Well... I wouldn’t mind having one of your Triple Choco-tastic Tacos, Sonata. I mean, that is if you want to risk messing up the kitchen again.” Aria fluttered her eyelids.

“I never really threw the stuff out, so it’s plausible. But it’s a very complicated snack to make.” She turned to Twilight and Fluttershy again. “What do you think, Fluttershy, Not-Twilight? Do you both wanna have some of my tacos?”

“I think I’ll pass.” Twilight held up a hand. “I’m trying to watch my figure right now. It does sound delicious, don’t get me wrong, but I just don’t want to become fat from eating too much, or from overdosing on chocolate.”

“I wouldn’t mind tasting one.” Fluttershy was the next to ascend her hand; but unlike Twilight, a smile was plastered onto her face. “The dish sounds like something Pinkie Pie would make in all honesty. Maybe you should share it with her someday.”

“Yeah. When she stops being a meanie to me, I’d gladly make my Triple Choco-tastic Tacos with her.” Sonata waltzed over towards the counter, pulled out three of liquid chocolate—one milk, another dark, and the third white—from one of the cupboards along with a base that looked akin to that of a taco’s base. “Honestly, the only real challenge is finding something that looks like it can hold everything in once you start solidifying the chocolate. Then, the rest of it is a cakewalk. You can make it savoury like most of the ones I’ve had before, or you can make it sweet. A risk to your teeth, but still sweet."

Fluttershy walked over to the counter and watched as Sonata filled the base with milk chocolate, then stuffed it in the freezer. It took some time for it to fully solidify, but as soon as the chocolate-filled base froze over to form a solid taco shell. She then repeated the same process with the other two layers, separately making layers for all three of them until the final result was three taco shells frozen onto each other; each with a different type of chocolate for each layer.

"Now that's done, we've gotta choose what we're gonna fill it with." Sonata went over to the other cupboards within the kitchen. She swung them open wide, revealing a stockpile of food and other ingredients, then proceeded to swing the fridge door open as well. "What are you a fan of, Fluttershy? Vegetables? Candy? Whatever you can think of? The extra stuff really down to what you want to fill the taco with."

"You could, if you wanted, have a Triple Choco-tastic Taco filled with cheese, lemons, salsa, curry, even chips if you really wanted to go down that path," Aria spoke from the table. "I mean, not that I've ever seen anyone want all that stuff in a taco, but you never know. There are some people who genuinely like that kinda mish-mash of stuff." She clasped her hands, growing an innocent smile for herself.

Fluttershy's face contorted, her mouth lifted at one corner as her brows lifted and her hands raised themselves as if they were on strings. "I... I wouldn't really say that sounds like a good combination. Especially with what you used for the base, girls."

"Suit yourself. Personally, I think it'd be fun if people experimented more with this human world food. It's way more interesting than the yucky soul-stuff we had to eat whenever we sang. That, and you can physically eat it with your teeth and head."

Sonata popped the finished creation out of the mould that was holding it, then filled it once more with the chocolates, freezing and re-freezing with each new level added to it. "As much fun as I do enjoy the originals, who says that I can't branch out? Just like with this whole magical singing power razzmatazz, I don't just want to have to keep living off of making people angry to be happy with myself." Sonata sighed as she set her product into the freezer one last time. "What's so fun in making people love you when all they do is hate and fight over us?"

Fluttershy let the moment sink in, unable to talk or think about anything other than Sonata's words. To hear that exact statement come out of her mouth; out of one of the mouths of the trio who nearly threw the foundations of CHS's friendship and good vibes into the deepest pits of despair and fury all for their own personal gains spoke volumes. If that was not a sign that Sonata wanted to repent for what she had done, she couldn't fathom what was. Fluttershy's body seemed to tense up, joints feeling like they were turning to stone and breath thinning out as she tried to regain some semblance of control over herself. Could it all be as if she had walked into some alternative world? A crazy dream caused by unconsciousness, perhaps? In any case, she gave herself a pinch to ensure that it wasn't some fantasy playing out in her mind. When nothing around her changed, it solidified the fact that she had indeed heard Sonata Dusk of the Dazzlings willingly and openly admit that the way of siren magic was flawed.

"Then... why did you want to do it in the first place?" Fluttershy asked, finally rebooting herself after the shock to the system she had gone through. "Why did you and your sisters want to try and take over the world?"

"The world? What kind of crazy ideas did you think we had?" Aria spoke up. "Well, I mean, granted, you do have us there with the fact that our singing can make absolutely everyone and everything do what we say, but that's beside the point. Also, we were meanies back then. We did meanie things. Now, we're not meanies anymore so... yeah. Perspective change." She splayed her arms across the table. "We had to eat magic to stay alive. And yours was just what we needed to stay alive for a good while at least."

"Back then, we took all of our orders from Adagio. Her and her big, poofy ball of golden hair. She was like a mother to us, and we were like her two daughters. Which, kinda sounds weird when you consider that we're all biologically sisters, but... take that however you will." Sonata filled her finished taco with lettuce and cheese shavings. She topped it with sour cream and sprinkled in some marshmallows as well. "Without her, we'd be lost up a creek and arguing all the time, seeing as how old Aria was nothing like the new Aria."

"Aww, thanks, Sonata. Kissies!" Aria kissed into her hand and blew it towards Sonata, who reached up and caught it in the midst of her chocolate taco garnishing.

"So, what decided to make you change your minds like that, girls?" Twilight asked, while also trying to fight back a swoon with how adorable the gesture was of Aria sending a kiss to Sonata.

"Guess it's the fact that we've been taken out of those old personalities, for one." Aria, fist-pumping with Sonata's catch a success turned back to Twilight and coiled her fingers from her right hand over the gaps in her left hand. "When we were teenagers with singing powers, we kinda lost ourselves in the thrill of singing to eat bad vibes. But now that I feel super giddy as a kiddy, all that seems to have just gone."

"Giddy as a kiddy? If Rainbow Dash were here, she'd probably have something to say about that." Fluttershy rolled her eyes as she reached over to the vegetables corner of the fridge and filled her own chocolate taco with tomatoes, lettuce and cucumber. She took one bite out of the concoction that she made and felt a surge rush across her tastebuds. An anomaly of three different sweetnesses and vegetables, correllating and dancing in her mouth. At first, she wanted to spit it out, but found that she couldn't as she chewed more and more; forming what she could only describe as mud in her mouth if it had at least some form of flavour to it.

"Yeah. The first try can be a bit of a bodyshock, especially when you take into consideration that the thing is three different chocolates for a base," said Sonata, munching away on her own. "But you'll learn to acclimate to it. Besides, if anything, it's an adventure in and of itself to even be trying one of these tacos."

Fluttershy, after many chews of the taco eventually swallowed the gungy mass that she had made for herself, feeling a small shiver as the concoction sped down her throat, landing in her gullet. It was one of the most peculiar things that she had ever eaten in her life, and she had tasted some of Pinkie's chilli-chocolate confections. She was about to call out the culinary faux-pas, but when she saw Sonata enjoying the meal that she had made for herself, Fluttershy couldn't bring herself to say the words. Maybe it was the fact that Sonata wanted to change, or the fact that she was just now receiving independence from the past that she lived, but she could tell that she was on the road to recovery, and didn't want to damper it with a bad critique of her Triple Choco-tastic Tacos.

"You know, girls, I'm actually really glad that you've willing to give us a second chance." Sonata finished eating the taco that she had made, then went to the sink to clean her chocolate-stained hands. "After the Battle of the Bands, I thought that you'd never want to see us again and say that we're horrible people for doing this kind of stuff to you and your friends. But now... you're really beginning to open up to us and that just makes me one of the happiest little sirens in the world."

"Whatever happened in the past happened. We can't let that dictate who we are as people deep down. Sunset never let the past get the better of and take control of her when she moved forward with the Magic of Friendship, and now she's never been happier to have us as friends." Twilight clasped her hands together as well, looking into Aria's eyes as Sonata came over to her side as Fluttershy returned to Twilight's. "If you girls really are sorry and really want to change, me and Fluttershy will do everything that we can to make sure that the two of you get reintegrated into society as people; instead of spending the rest of your lives dehumanised by the rest of the Rainbooms.

"Well... truth be told, we could really use a friend, right now." Sonata widened her eyes as she fluttered her lashes. "Things have been a bit... rough without our powers. Kinda weird for us to say now that we actually have our crystals back, but we could use some friends to help sort our lives out for real this time. No having to sing people down to get our way, but to do it with our own hands and legs.

"I mean, yeah, it's a cool little party trick to have, but it kinda gets old after all this time. I kinda want to live like a human now that we've been shown just how mortal we are." Aria looked down at her hands, wriggling them around on the table. "If we're gonna be stuck here with no way back home, we might as well get used to it. And if humans don't use magic to get their ways, that's a step we're gonna take together."

"I promise, girls. With the two of us fighting your corner, you won't have to worry about the other girls saying mean and nasty things to you anymore." Fluttershy reached out for Sonata and Aria, extending her hand out as a gesture of peace. "Friends?"

Sonata and Aria looked at the hand for a few moments, causing the smile on Fluttershy's face to falter for an instance. Then, Sonata decided to grab Sonata's hand and shake it. "Friends," she said.

"Friends," Aria added, giving Fluttershy her own handshake.

"Guess that settles it then." Twilight pushed her glasses to her eyes once more, walked around the table, and wrapped her arms around the girls. Fluttershy quickly joined her, and soon, the two of them fell into a deep cuddle with Sonata and Aria, closing their eyes as they cocooned their new friends in their adoration; not earned from any twisted songs of any kind.

Aria and Sonata fell into the cuddle, letting all of their worries about the other girls melt like butter. Though they had only now become friends, they could tell that these two girls were going to be some of the best that they and ever had. Magic or no magic, the sirens cracked a smile as they turned around and returned the hug to their generous guests. It was the least that they could do to start the foundations of a new bond between them.

All Sales Final

Adagio and Sunset passed by many different buildings on the road before they finally arrived back at the shop where it all began. The shop where the Dazzlings had purchased their new gems and underwent their new changes. Adagio felt a tranquil fury wash over her as she looked into the shop once again. She had gotten what she wanted, but the burden of it all outweighed the pleasure. All of her maturity, her leadership, stripped away by the man within those concrete walls.

"Sunset, I don't care if we have to drag this guy out kicking and screaming. I'm getting some retribution for this mess." Adagio gruffly glared back at Sunset over her shoulder.

"I never said that I was gonna stop you, Adagio." Sunset lifted her hands defensively.

"Oh, don't give me that. You know you were thinking it." Adagio rebutted. "Even if our powers are a little bit mismatched, you think we're still the same old sirens that we always were, pillaging the weak and feeding off of their hate for things. Well, sometimes, Sunset, if ya think it, it happens."

She's really starting to lose it. This personality swap thing must be tougher than it really is on her. Sunset stayed silent as she saw Adagio barge into the shop. I kinda feel bad for them. After all, they got their powers back, but Adagio's miserable. Heaven knows what the other two must be like...

Adagio didn't even take the time to look around the shop as she bellowed, "Hey, oldie! Your stupid gems got rid of my maturity! I want a refund right now!"

"Yeah... real mature of you, Adagio." Sunset facepalmed as she watched the fiery siren stomp her way up to the counter, where the same vendor from before stood still as calm as ever.

"Ohohoho! Well, if it isn't the siren girl from before." The man behind the counter gave a slimy chuckle. "How are you enjoying your little trinkets? Are they everything that you hoped that they would be?"

"Yeah, right. Thanks to you and your little con trick, I wound up with Aria Blaze's personality! The worst kind of personality that I could ever have!" Adagio bellowed, throwing her arms behind her. "I. Am. Pristine! Mature! Elegant! I'm not some grouchy fight club enthusiast that goes around getting blacklisted from everywhere because of her 'don't give a fuck' attitude and bitchy nature!"

"Or rather, you were." The sly salesman cracked a toothy grin at Adagio. "Think about it, Adagio Dazzle. For all of your high and mighty thoughts, you are nothing more than a queen bee deluded to think that power begets everything, when in reality, all that it leads to is a higher pedestal to fall off of."

"What?" Sunset Shimmer could tell that there was something off about this salesman from his tone of voice, but his jargon and hyperbole were something otherworldly. "Just... who are you?" Instinctively, she tightened her hands into fists, preparing herself for a conflict.

"Who am I? Why, I'm the one who saved the Dazzlings from themselves. Friend or foe hardly even matters to me, so long as I get to revel in my handiwork." Said the salesman, rapping his fingers on the table. "Thing is, those gemstones were not easy to come by. I had to sell an arm and a leg; quite literally, in order to get my hands on them. So don't think I'm going to have them back any time soon, little miss Sunshine. Adagio, Aria, and Sonata made their choices, so now they must live with them."

"Live with th—" Adagio couldn't even think of words anymore as steam shot out of her ears. That was the last straw for her. She lunged at the salesman, trying to flatten him with her force alone, only for him to step out of the way like a gentleman. "Just WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?!" She screamed. "THIS IS COMPLETELY OUT OF LINE! IT'S OUR RIGHT TO GET REFUNDS!"

"Not in a no-refunds establishment. I reserve the right to refuse your refunds, miss Dazzle. You'll find that rule can work both ways for selling to and buying from others." He said as she squirmed back onto her feet. "Caveat Emptor, I believe is the saying?"

"Bullshit!" Adagio snarled, leaping for him again, only to fid hard shop floor as her reward.

"Hey. Don't blame me for your shortcomings and lack of insight to a heartstone, miss." He walked back over to Sunset Shimmer, seeing as how he wasn't going to get anymore than physical contact from his buyer. "It's all your fault for purchasing a cursed item from a crooked salesman. I'm not the guy at fault here. It's what you have that is."

"Enough!" Sunset barked. "Who. Are. You? We're not leaving until we get an answer."

"See? She's got more dignity and sense than you do," he chided towards Adagio, stepping out of the way again as she charged like a bull, colliding with a coatstand. Adagio was buried underneath coats as the man brushed himself down and introduced himself. "My name is Discord. And, as the name would imply, wherever I go, chaos is sure to follow. Oh, but this is only a side job, really. I'll be back home before long, tending to my own little world's problems."

"Side job? Own little world?" Sunset instinctively lowered her brows. "Equestria. I knew it. It's every time..."

"Yes. I see you're an avid peruser of the Equestrian arts yourself, miss." Discord chuckled to himself as he looked at Adagio clawing her way back out of the coats. "Yes, yes. I'm well aware of this fine young individual as well. A shame, really. Exiled from her home purely for singing. Surely, that's deemed fascist in some universal law, right?" He lifted his arms up. "Well, whatever the case, I'm sure that there was a reason for her banishment, as was the case with ehr two sisters, Aria and Sonata. I'm happy to give them back their powers, yes. But not in the way that they expect, want, or bother to change. All apart from Adagio here, who got quite wise for her own good." He folded his arms and tutted at her. "Tsk tsk, Adagio Dazzle of the Dazzlings. Did nobody ever tell you that it doesn't take magic to sing?"

"Discord. Look, I don't know what the hell is going on here, and I'm definitely not going to get anywhere with Adagio the way that she is right now." Sunset said, locking her arms around Adagio, pulling her into a bear hug that seemed more like a bear chokehold more than anything. She had to lean her head to avoid it being butted. "Just tell me how we can reverse this and this will all be over."

"There's no reversing this spell, I'm afraid. No way of reversing it at all. I've made extra-triple sure that there's no a single thing on this planet that can cause the spell to be reversed." Discord pushed his fingertips together; still a shrewd, oily, snake-like businessman to the end. "Not unless you all take your pendants off and destroy them. But, I've made a safeguard to prevent that from happening. That being that those gemstones really were, are, and always will be what you and your sisters wanted, miss Dazzle. Equestrian Magic, coiling around your lungs and vocal chords, enabling you to hypnotise and entrance the world with your melodic majesty!" He threw his arms out in jubilation.

He quickly got a punch in the face from Sunset, before being knocked flat out onto his back, with stars and swirls dancing above his head. "Psychopath..." She mumbled to herself, before dragging a stunned Adagio out of the building. "Come on, Adagio. We're not getting any answers from this wacko."

"Sunset... I didn't know that you had it in you," said Adagio. Not with any grouchiness or any of Aria's traits in her voice. At least, not for the most part. She spoke with admiration for the girl. "It's not like you to lose your cool like that and just deck people. I'm impressed."

"Guy's just looking for a reaction. Nothing more, nothing less. Well, I'd say that he got it alright. And he'll be sure to think twice before he pulls anything like that again." Sunset grumbled, her head still throbbing from all of the insanity that had just happened within the shop. "In any case, we know what we have to do to fix you and your friends. We've gotta get those pendants off and break them. No other way that you're gonna turn back to normal."

"Well... It's an awfully difficult choice for us to make." Adagio looked down at the gemstone on her choker. It was nice to have the warm, glowing sensation of Equestrian Magic back in her hands, but she had yet to use it. For all that she knew, it could have been another one of Discord's mischievious tricks. "Truth be told, I kinda just want to sing to make sure that old crook didn't botch that up as well. As for my sisters, they're too much in the land of dollies and fairies right now to want to take theirs off, knowing Aria with Sonata's mind and Sonata with mine."

"Yeah, you're right. Those two did seem inseparable the last time I saw them. As well as unhealthily obsessed with pink stuff. Ugh. That's going to cause eye strain just looking at them. Especially if they decide to redecorate your house."

"No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Sonata and Aria do not get to TOUCH my room!" Adagio's temper rose again. "I spent a lot of time getting that place perfect. For them to wreck it with their grubby little hands and overbearing niceness and happiness is just... well... argh!" Adagio fumbled with her own words as she curled her hands around her body. "We've GOT to get them to get rid of the jewelry somehow!"

"Yeah. But how are we gonna be able to get up close and personal to your sisters in order for us to do it?" Sunset asked, tipping her hand.

"Remove their jewelry? Well that, I'm sure that we could get behind."

The two teens turned to see the source of the voice and found none other than the other Rainbooms. Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash, all standing their triumphantly like a group.

"Sounds like you've finally come to your senses, Adagio." Applejack folded her arms. "Ah'll be honest, I thought you were gonna be as stubborn as a family of mules about this whole pendant nonsense. But, ah guess I was just a bit too hasty in judgin' ya after everything that's happened to ya."

"I agree. I didn't think that you would have the gumption to change, given everything that's happened with you in the past and how much you coveted those gemstones." Rarity wandered over towards the glowing red gem and laid a single finger on it, feeling the energy coursing through it. "Still, if you really are willing to pack away this whole evil siren nonsense and try to make a change, then we'll be willing to give you and Sunset all of the aid that you require."

"So, how do we get started, Adagio?" Rainbow Dash asked. "We tear those gems off your sisters? We get on their good side and slip 'em off without them knowing? Anything that you want in order to fix this, we're down for it."

"First, we need to know just where Aria and Sonata are," said Sunset Shimmer. "Last I saw them, they were going with Twilight and Fluttershy back to their house, but I'm not entirely sure where it is. I mean, you girls really didn't tell me that you even had a house."

"What do you think we are? Homeless bums who thrive off of spare change and singing-magic?" Adagio gruffly and rudely joked. "I'll have you know that before all of that Battle of the Bands stuff, we got ourselves a rather nice house in the Clearsky district. And before any of you say it, yes, it is that impressive."

"I'll say. Clearsky is only where the richest of the rich in Canterlot live. If you can make it there, then you'll be on easy street for a good few decades!" Rarity's eyes glistened as a smile came onto her face. "I must say, I am awfully jealous of you and your sisters, Adagio. Sure, you might have been evil, but you had good taste in where to live."

"Don't mention it. Really. To anyone. The last thing I need is a bunch of peasants running down the gates and coming to pelt us with tomatoes for what happened at Canterlot High." Adagio rolled her eyes. "Now, come on. We're going to Clearsky together." Adagio threw a hand over her shoulder, leading the way down the road.

Once all of the remaining Rainbooms started to follow Adagio, Rarity couldn't help but pull Sunset aside and whisper into her ears. "Are you sure that you and Adagio are making the right choice here, Sunset? I'm all for stripping the Dazzlings of their powers again, I can't help but feel that this is going to be easier said than done."

"I know, Rarity. But we have to make sure that she follows through and that she doesn't decide to go rogue on us." Sunset whispered back, cupping her hand over Rarity's ears so that they wouldn't be disturbed. "Adagio is a very... odd individual. And thanks to that gemstone around her neck playing havoc with her personality, she's even more of a pain to deal with."

"I heard that, you wretch!" Adagio snapped back, severing their conversation. Seeing her Aria side show off, she tried to take another deep breath to recompose herself. "Anyways. I'm not going to betray you, girls. Even if I did want to run off and try to get Equestrian Magic to try and hurt you, I am not in the right state of mind to do it. Aria's a lot more 'jump-the-gun and go for the big kind of stuff' kind of character. I'm a lot more composed; mature; refined."

"Says the girl who tried to physically beat down Discord back there." Sunset deadpanned again.

"That guy was an asshole who had it coming. That's the one exception I'm making under the circumstances." Adagio dusted her knuckles off. "From now on, I will make sure that I am who I am. Someone who can appreciate the finer—" before she could finish, a car drove through a puddle beside her, drenching Adagio in water "—I'VE GOT YOUR LICENSE PLACE, DOUCHEBAG!"

"Real mature, Adagio..." Sunset repeated herself as she watched Adagio looking down at her waterlogged clothes.

"Tch! Whatever. It's done. I'm cool with it. I'm cool." She breathed again. "I will not let Aria Blaze's personality get to me. I am Adagio Dazzle. I an a grown-up! Not a little kid with an obsession for Hot Topic and gothic trash!"

"Oh dear..." Rarity just looked at how much Adagio had changed. She might not have seen the true Adagio, but just watching her own words battle with each other spelt two things out clear as day for her. Either she was a real loonatic who couldn't keep control of her two different emotions, or she had been dealt the worst possible hand by the worst possible people. "We'd better get this done fast. Heaven only knows what will happen if we leave this to fester..."

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