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"Well you're welcome for the bath but now you gotta go."

Aria just stared with an annoyed look on her face. "Not like I wanted to stay in the same house with the same person who ruined our plans."

"Then madam," I said as I motioned to the door. "I bid you farewell."

She angrily stamped her foot and stepped towards the door. Upon opening the door she was almost instantly shoved back by the strongest gust of wind i'd ever seen. The sudden change in weather drew me to peer outside where I finally realized exactly what was going on. "I can't believe that I'm stuck here.....with you. I'm going to need all the aspirin I can get to get through the night but even as a Siren, really isn't anything I can do about the weather. Guess I'll just wait this out here....unfortunately."

I stared into the endless abyss of white, a blizzard that had only taken seconds to completely cover us. She watched as I shut the door and dropped to my knees muttering something and only getting louder with each word. "Oh no."

"Yo loser you alright?"

"Oh no no no..."

"Look if you're gonna break down do it over there away from me."

"Oh no no no no...no..no!..no!..no!..no!!"

Two minutes later I returned from a slight temper tantrum in the bathroom and breathed a sigh of relief. "You cool now dude?"

"Yea....I'm cool..now. So since we're snowed in now it'd be best to lay down the ground rules."

"Not a surprise that a friendship freak like you has rules for everything."

"Shut it. First the basics, my TV's yours to watch until the storm clears. What I have in the kitchen is yours to eat and the bathroom is in the back. If the storm goes on for longer than we thought, there's a guest room in the back. Don't touch anything else."

"What you think i'm gonna steal something or maybe even trash the place?"

"I wouldn't put it past you seeing as how I was the sole reason for stopping you and cliche evil sister."

She angrily growled at my comment and got right in my face. "If it weren't for you, we could've easily crushed those stupid Rainbooms. Bunch of soft and mushy push overs."

I just stared with the chillest expression ever while she angrily glared in my eyes. Taking my index finger, I put it against her forehead and gently pushed her back onto a couch. "So hows bout you mind my personal space and calm down. No need to get so worked up about it considering you'll probably try again soon."

"You son of a......" She sighed and began rubbing her temples. "Well...actually..."

'I'm listening Siren."

"It's Aria Blaze stupid..and...Adagio is a cold blooded jerk."

I began to speak in a sarcastic tone. "Oh really. Please elaborate."

"Can you get serious for a second, you are the worst. After we finally got down from that stupid Ferris wheel, Adagio went completely insane. She locked herself in her room and was wither constantly crying or hysterically laughing to herself. Not like I wanted to help but it was getting pretty weird to hear her doing one or the other all day so I offered to talk to her about it. Then she finally snapped without a moment's notice. Like dropping a bomb, she said it as calm as ever."

"What, let's try again?"

"No idiot...Get out. She just kicked me out without a second thought."

"Adagio seems to be the ringleader in this group huh?"

"The worst leader ever."

"Hell it's been a few months since that day, how have you survived?"

"Disgusting hotels, staying with friends, and eventually staying in those house outside the city, of course that changed when winter rolled around."

"I imagine, you were ice cold when I found you."

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She brought her legs up on the chair and assumed the fetal position as she placed her face into her knees, something I thought i'd never see from a girl so punk rock and stubborn. "I.......don't know what's wrong with me, why I'm so stuck under her, why...I can't seem to stand up to her. I know sometimes I may joke about doing my own thing but I never follow through with it. Sometimes I....just..." She began to ball up her fist and shake with anger prompting me to grab the most durable pillow from the floor and toss it to her. "I just!.." She took two ends of the pillow and literally ripped it in half. "Hate her!" I guided her back onto the couch to which it seemed like she calming down until latched her arms around me and began crying into my shirt. "You tell no one about this or I will personally break every bone in your body, capiche?"

"I've had enough injuries caused by women already."

"I can't believe i'm showing this side of me to someone I can't stand but all my friends think I'm some kind of hardcore punk rock chick. You're practically the first person who actually listens and doesn't suggest that I punch her in the face all the time."

"Well why don't you?"

"Because I...." Before she spoke again she sat up, wiped her eyes, and looked at me. Quick as a bullet, she nailed me in the arm. My arm felt like pure torture as I held it in pain. I swear I saw flash when she punched me. "That's for making that comment...and I don't because....It's stupid to say..but I'm not that kind of girl."

"Ow, I'm sorry what?"

"Were you even listening...I said I'm not that kind of girl."

"You're kidding. What about the clothes, the punk rock music?"

"Dude it's all for show. Why am I still talking."

"I was asking the same thing considering you went from hating me to confessing your innermost secrets but hey you know what, I don't mind."

"Oh don't worry I still hat....Wait you don't?"

"No I've sadly learned to listen to women's trouble, no thanks to your sister."

"What problems could she possibly have? she's as dense as a rock."

"You could not begin to imagine. Anyway I'm all ears if you're willing to tell."

"Alright.....wait a minute, what game are you playing here?"

"A game? what are talking about?"

"You're just trying to butter me up so you can get some aren't you?"

"I'm so confused, what are you talking about?"

"You just want sex don't you? Don't you?!"

"What?! No no no, that's not at all what I meant."

"How do I know you're not lying?"

"Because, why would I jump into sex and we've seriously only known each other for what, an hour all together."

"Oh..good point. I guess that's the reason."

"Did I miss something besides the fear I feel?"

"Stupid I thought it would be obvious. I'm tired of being taken advantage of."

"Really I felt like you would intimidate most guys."

"That's what I want them to think."

"So why not be nice and intimidating?"

"Because it didn't work. Back in Equestria, the guys who seemed so nice and caring would always hit on me at some point or time. So I decided when I got banished not to let anyone ever think they can just make a move on me again. My perfect reasoning for being a cold and heartless punk girl."

"So why did that not apply to Adagio?"

"She knows who I really am on the inside and uses it to her advantage."

"In the form of making you and Sonata do whatever she wants you too. Doesn't sound like a sister to me, more like a oppressive warden which would make you her oppressed henchmen."

"Exactly..oppressed henchmen. Can't do a damn thing about it because she knows I wont. I was soft so I changed."

"I don't see why."

"What do you mean? You weren't there, you didn't see all the disrespect I got."

"Yea but I see all the disrespect you get right now. She kicked you out of the house you guys pay rent on. I wouldn't be surprised if she was out on the streets right now. Doesn't that say enough?"

Her expression became blank as she stared off into space. She was so lost in thought that I could literally wave a hand in front of her face and nothing would happen. Without warning she latched her hands onto my shoulders with a look of nervousness on her face. "Then...I...would like to ask you a....favor..I guess."

"Depends on what it is."

"It's going to be loads of weird for me and I feel like it may end me back in my vulnerable state but..."

"Come on spit it out."

"I know we're enemies and all but if it won't be too weird, I would like to show my...true self around you...as kind of a start."

"Wait what does that mean?"

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"I'm going to start acting like how I really am. I'm not all punk rock and mean." Her accent began to switch to that of a royal and formal voice. "Actually I'm rather nice on the inside."

"........Ok maybe it's a little strange to see you change from one personality to another but I'll get used to it."

"Thanks hon." Not gonna lie, it's a bit awkward to see how she was suddenly become such a sweet and innocent girl. Everything about her began to change, the way she spoke and formed sentences, the way she sat suddenly became a formal position with one leg over the other, her attitude became sweet and innocent, the atmosphere around her was so much calmer. "Delz was it, how's bout we get to know each other officially."

"Like what exactly?"

"You know the basics, like our likes and dislikes, favorite food, crushes..I mean, sports, you know."

I refused to do much reading into what she tried to erase from her sentence. "Alright then you first."

"Well my name is Aria Blaze nice to meet you."

"And I'm Saitoh Delz."

"Oh so you're Japanese?"

"Half actually. You speak?"

"Fluently actually. I found their culture to be very intriguing so I took up some lessons."

"Well then. Onaka ga hettemasuka?"

(Are you hungry?)

"Hai, Onegaishimasu."

(Yes please)

With that we moved our conversation the kitchen. I grabbed the big pot out of the cabinet and placed it on the stove. "My world famous Spaghetti fine?"

"World famous?"

"That's how Sonata treats it anyway."

"Oh certainly."

With that I began cooking and we continued our conversation. "Well now that you know me and my culture how about you?"

"Would you even know where I resided?"

"Probably not, good point. So let's move on to other things shall we. how about interest?"

"Oh I could go on for days. It's been a while since I was in Equestria so I kinda forgot those interest but here things seem so much more detailed. Some of my more interesting hobbies include singing, basketball surprisingly, reading, and maybe writing.

"Writing? I'd never see you as someone who likes that kind of thing."

"Yea the darker side of me would never admit it. I actually have alot of interest but never really got into them."

"Like what?"

"Oh you know, cooking, fashion, and...cars."

"Did you say cars?"

"Yea..I don't give off that impression but I'm actually a pretty hardcore gear head."

"Wow, you speak fluent Japanese, you love to read and write and you love cars. You little overachiever."

"Oh stop you."

"So it'll be about another ten minutes for the food. Anyway my hobbies include my lovely Scion FR-S, men's fashion of course, and gaming. Of course I don't have alot of time nowadays to really get out so my interest are a bit short."

"Well why's that?"

"Take a wild guess. Your sister and Sugarcoat have had me tied down since they got here.

"Sugarcoat? Oh that lovely girl from Crystal Prep."

"Yep found her on the side of the street trying to escape a stalker. Tried to beat them up for her and got double teamed then went to the hospital. After that came back and found my house infested with high schoolers. After telling me thank you for doing the right thing they left me alone with your sister and Sugarcoat and...."

"And what?"

"I'd rather not say..."

"Come on Delz, please?"

I really didn't want to say anything about the...incident but how could I say no to her now adorable smile. "They attempted to...have their way."

"Oh dear..I never thought Sonata would be capable of such a..inappropriate thing."

"Upside though, I got away and locked myself in my room. They still try here and there but I'm kind of immune now."

"Well where is my sister anyway?"

"The next city over at some Christmas festival till Christmas eve. I'm actually glad to be free of the seductive nightmare those two are for two days."

"Well aren't you lucky. And judging by this list you left on the counter you have everything planned out."

"That may change unfortunately."

"Why?"

"My friend Danny who was supposed to be available got sort of...yanked by the chain. He's dating this new girl who is a bit jealous beyond belief. She heard we found you in the snow and instantly flipped out."

"Oh my, I'm so sorry about that."

"No, it's not your fault. We made the choice to go up there and honestly I'm glad I did. We would never found you had it not been for him mentioning the abandoned neighborhood."

"I'm flattered. I should really thank him if I meet him."

"I'll introduce you as soon as he finds a way to break that chain."

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"Hehe." Her laugh changed as well. It suddenly became a complete polar opposite of her old laugh which sounded like a tomboy. Now her laughs and giggles sound as if they were coming from a young schoolgirl. I began to think hard on how much more likable she was as turned back towards the pot. I slipped the glove on and began to take the top off but suddenly I stopped. My body froze up with a complete inability to move it. I wondered what was stopping me until I began to notice my thoughts slipping towards...her. "Delz are you ok?"

I nervously couched and rubbed the back of my neck. "Oh..fine...i'm fine just making sure I was cooking this right."

"You sure, you seem flushed all of a sudden?"

"Um...the pot burned me you know."

"Oh no, do you want me to take a look at it? I do know to some degree a bit of first aid."

"No no, I get burned all the time, i'm fine trust me. Anyway the food's ready." I prepared our plates and sat them down on the counter which is technically the dining table. I retrieved two forks from the drawer and placed one in mine. The other I started to hand to her until the tiniest touch from her hand turned mine completely limp in which clumsily dropped the fork to the floor. "Oh crap, let me get you a new one."

"Oh no let me pick that up while you get another."

"Trust me I got it."

"No no I'm the guest." We both slowly made a grab for the fork and that's when it happened. We both touched the fork simultaneously making us both look up. She stared into my eyes and I stared into the now innocent and suddenly cute violet eyes. It was easily apparent now that the blush on my face reached a whole new level. "Are you blushing Delz?"

I grabbed the fork and jumped up. "No way."

"I know blush when I see it. Are you, as they say in the country, catching feelings."

"Don't even joke like that, I just met you, there's no way. The heat from the food just made my face hot."

"If you say so." I handed her another fork and we began eating. There's absolutely no way I like her. We technically just met. I don't even think someone that nice is my type. What if she's just acting like this to get some free food. I mean so what if she's so sweet it's downright adorable. So what if her eyes not mention her body are just so mesmerizing. She could faking it for all I know. She could.....what if...she isn't. I jumped up from my seat and bolted into the back. "Delz what's wrong?"

"Oh nothing just gotta check something in my room real quick." I quickly slammed the door and slid down to sit on the floor. "I don't have feelings for a highschooler let alone a pony. I don't have feelings...I don't....I don't...I do..don't...do.....Crap....Why do I have to attract the pretty ones?"

Author's Notes:

Well isn't that surprise, Aria Blaze is a complete polar opposite of what she appeared to be. I think it's a nice twist if I do say so myself. And to boost the effort I put into this chapter, Final Fantasy offers some of the best music for these types of stories. Who would've thought music meant for a game would fit so well into my writing.