HUMANAVILLE
12:34AM; SAME MIDNIGHT
ADAGIO'S APARTMENT

After a long walk from Humanaville Pond, I was fast asleep on Adagio's back shoulder while she still had me on a piggy back throughout the time. We arrived at her apartment complex, took a couple of flight of stairs until we finally reached the front of her apartment door entrance. After Adagio unlocked her apartment door, we slowly entered. She switched the lights on, lighting up both her kitchen and her living room. Adagio hobbled to the nearest couch, and carefully laid me down. Adagio looked fixedly at me. She ruminated on how much I've changed in appearance. She noticed my pink hair bow, my off-shoulder top, and my cute a-line skirt. I spent almost the whole day trying on various of dresses just to impress Sandal Wood tonight, which should've turned out wonderful, until Adagio showed up in the middle of our romantic moment. Adagio approached and sat on the edge of the couch, near my legs. She carefully placed her palm on my forehead to check my temperature.

Adagio is known to be a cold-hearted siren because of her way of vocal teaching, and that goes without saying, her individuality as a whole. But it's understandable from where she's coming from, after all, we're born to be the savages of beauty, to control and manipulate the minds of the weak. But she does have a soft side, and it's her job to take care of us because she is our oldest sister. She was stunned when she felt my warm body temperature. She hastily got up from the couch, then walked towards her closet to grab a comforter, and carefully tucked me in. She sighed and shook her head in sorrow, questioning how I've gotten so weak. "Sirens never get sick." Through her inquiring mind, she was theorizing whether I wasn't training enough, or just strictly suppressed from my real reason of my goal.

Suddenly, a creak sound was heard from a bedroom door. A girl called out for Adagio, "Adagio." Then tiptoed slowly near us, and knelt down on the floor by my side. She looked closely, observing my facial features, "Is this Clair?" Then looked at Adagio quizzically.

Adagio rolled her eyes, "Yes Sonata, who else could it be?"

"Ohhhh ok." Sonata continue observing my facial features, and let out a bright grin, "She's very pretty, Adagio..." She giggled.

"Can you laugh a little louder, so she can wake up?"

"Oops... sorry."

"Why don't you go back to bed, Sonata, I don't want Aria to wake up... You creeping out here in the middle of the night is enough."

"What about you?"

"Don't worry about me.."

"Well then, can we have tacos tomorrow."

"Sonata, how many times do I have to tell you how much you piss me off when you get all random, you need to stop... Plus.. It's only Monday.. Geez.."

"Oh... Well... Macaroni Monday?"

Adagio sighed heavily, "... Fine, just go to bed already..."

Sonata whispered loudly, "Yay."

Adagio let out a menacing look to Sonata as a course of action to shut her up so I wouldn't wake up.

Sonata with a smirk, and in a low voice, "Ok.. I'll be going to bed now, good night." She slowly tiptoed back towards her bedroom, and closed the door behind her.

Adagio also decided to tune in for the night. She stood up from the couch, turned all the lights off, and casually walked to her bedroom.

HUMANAVILLE
9:00AM; FOLLOWING DAY, MONDAY
ADAGIO'S APARTMENT

I slowly opened my eyes in wakefulness to the sound of something being fried in a frying pan, and a wonderful scent of bacon and pancakes. I slowly scanned around the vicinity of the room. It was pretty spacious considering only the three of them living here. As I ascended my body slightly in an angle to observe who's in the kitchen, I suddenly perceived a mental image of Adagio, as an actual siren, cooking. It lasted for a second, then my perception suddenly snapped back to reality of her human form. As I observed her long, puffy orange hair, I was uncertain if she had forgotten to fix her hair this morning, or that's how she actually style her hair. But either way, it was unique. She and I both know that there are thousands of questions roaming through our heads, but it's best to start off with a good morning, but I stuttered.

"Good Morning, sister Adagio."

Adagio turned around showing no signs of emotion, and turned back to continue frying the eggs, ".. Morning."

To think that we haven't seen each other for thousands of years, my expectation of her reaction was totally the opposite: Dull. But that's the way she's always been, ever since our days in Equestria.

"Breakfast is almost ready, why don't you go brush your teeth. Aria and Sonata will be out in a few."

I got up from the couch then remain seated. I glazed at her while she was occupied in the kitchen, flipping pancakes, "Umm.. Okay."

Adagio directed me in words, "Bathroom is the second door to your right."

In my quizzical mind, I'm curious to know what's going through her head, but for the mean time, I got up from the couch, and walked straight to the bathroom to freshen up before the morning officially starts.

Half an hour later, as I got out of the bathroom, three of my sisters were seated at the table in the dining area, having breakfast. Sonata's eyes widened in awe and jumped for joy, "Clair!" She ran straight towards me with a pancake in her mouth, "You're finally back!" Then tackled me down. The syrup from the pancake began dripping on my face.

"Sonata!.. I just took a shower.."

"Oops, sorry!" Sonata stood up, then reached out her hand for assistance, and helped me up, "Let's have breakfast! We have so much to catch up on!" Sonata strolled to the dining area, and sat down. This moment of having breakfast with my sisters, was too good to be true. I pinched myself to check if I was actually dreaming, but I surely was not. Sonata patted a vacant seat, and let out words in a loud, but cheerful tone, "C'mon slow poke! The food is getting cold!" I casually walked towards the dining area, and sat on a vacant seat.

Aria wore a straight face, she looked at me with a serious squint, while cutting a piece of pancake with her fork on her plate, "Hey Adagio.."

"What, Aria.." Adagio took a bite of her bacon.

"Are you sure this is Clair? She can be an impostor for all we know."

I let out a sarcastic laugh, "Ha.. Ha.. Very funny, Aria.."

Aria still had her eyes on me, "So, where did you find her, Adagio.."

Adagio with a keen response, "I found her at the park. She was kissing some guy."

"Horny bitch.." Aria quickly retorted.

I wore a derisive look on my face to Aria's quick retort. After a short moment of pause, I noticed that none of them were wearing their gem necklace. As if it's rude that I'm the only one wearing it. Just what kind of joke are they planning? Nonetheless, I re-initiated a conversation, by questioning Adagio, "Ummm.." They all glared at me, "Ummm... All these years... Why now?"

Adagio with her mouth filled with bacon, "Why don't you take a bite of your pancake before it gets cold, hun."

I let out a puzzling look as to how that would answer my question. However, I did what Adagio told me. I coaxed a piece of my pancake with my fork, and ate it. I placed my fork down, and reverted back to my question, "So... Did something happen?"

Aria joined in, "As you can see, we no longer have our gem necklace and... GEEZ Sonata, would you like some pancakes with that syrup?!" Aria was distracted by Sonata when she persistently drowned her pancake with syrup, leaving the syrup bottle empty.

Sonata with a squee smile, "Nahhhh, I think this is good enough!"

Adagio finished Aria's sentence, "I'm not sure if you are aware, but there is Equestrian magic out there."

"Yeah, and?"

Aria with a raised eyebrow, "So you know?"

"Well, this gem has been acting up a lot lately on its own... It lights up, mostly at night... So, something is up..."

Adagio sighed heavily.

Aria turned to Adagio, "What do we do now?"

"It'll just have to run its course, there's nothing we can do about it since we no longer have our gems.."

"There's gotta be another way to control it before it's too late.."

I quizzically looked back and forth in between Adagio and Aria, and cut them off with words, "Wait, wait wait..." I huffed out with laughter, "I'm sorry girls, but am I missing something here?! You gotta fill me in..."

Adagio took a deep breath, with an attempt to explain, "Clair... Ever since we lost our gems..."
"Okay, Adagio, explain how you all lost your gems..."
"Dammit Clair, lemme finish!" Adagio quickly stood up and banged both of her fists on her side of the dining table, causing a strip of bacon to fly on Sonata's face. Adagio's hysterical behavior took us all by surprise, and it was me to blame for. She gathered her intellect, and lowered her voice in a standard tone, "Clair.. Let me just finish, ok?"

I shrugged, then took a bite of my eggs, "Ok."

Aria with an indignant expression, "Trying to be cocky, Clair? This is why we left you seven-hundred thousand years ago... It's because of your bitchy attitude. Have some damn respect."
"Aria, just SHUT.. UP.. So I can finish what I'm trying to explain here." Adagio intervene.

Adagio took another deep breath, "Our gems are broken, Clair... Our voices are gone."

I slack-jawed, "But how?"

"We were defeated by a mysterious Equestrian magic. The source of our voices were contained in those gems, and it's now gone. We're literally just humans now."

Sonata joined in with her mouth full, "But you could avenge us."

Aria snorted out a laughter, "Clair?... Avenging us?... That's a joke... Hey Adagio, remember that one time in Ponyville, she betrayed us?"

Adagio looked at me seriously, "I'm sure in this time of age, it would be different, right Clair?"

I took a sip of my orange juice, "Well... Time did change for better and worse. But what did you have in mind?"

"There are two girls you have to look out for.... Twilight and Sunset."

I choked, and spit the orange juice at Sonata's face unintentionally, "Oops... Sorry Sonata.."

Sonata remained a smile on her face, shook her head and waved her hand dismissively, "Nahhhh, it's no big deal, I was going to wash up anyway.." Sonata stood up, and ran straight to the bathroom.

Adagio rolled her eyes, and continued, "As I was saying... You are our only hope to eliminate these girls."

I laughed nervously, "Adagio, don't you think your asking a little too much?"

"Clair! When did you ever stick up for the family?!" Aria interrupted, then turned to Adagio, "Adagio, I told you this was a bad idea!"
I instantly stood up from my seat, "Aria! I know you're older than me, but don't you ever treat me like a child! I did stick up for you girls, and I've explained that there was another way for all of us, but you girls never listened to me! Now look at where it got us. More importantly, where are your gems now?!" I clenched my fists, dolefully looked at Adagio, and my eyes glossed with tears, "Thousands of years ago, you girls left me helpless. I could've been killed during the Ponyville invasion you know, but here I stand, forgiving you for all the negative things you've done to me because you are my sisters, and I loved you!.."

I cried a river. Adagio stood up, and pulled me in for a comforting hug. As Sonata got out of the bathroom, she wore a sympathetic look on her face. She walked over to us, and joined in as well. Aria sighed, and looked away with eyebrows lowered. She couldn't help but followed respectively with a hug. As we all withdrew ourselves from each other, we sat back down on our seats. Adagio knew that she couldn't argue with me, and so did Aria, although she hates to admit it. Adagio cleared her throat, "So... I'm sensing you know who Twilight and Sunset is?"

I wiped the tears off my face, "Not really... But I come across them from time to time, specially that one bakery..."

Just when Aria was about to respond, Adagio waved her off. Adagio re-initialized, "Clair, we're not going to hold you back on anything anymore. It's entirely your choice. But lemme tell you something you may already know... With the life we have now, I don't think we'll ever get our gems back."

"... I understand..." I said quietly with downcast eyes, "But lemme at least think about it, ok?"

"That's okay, hun. We're not rushing into anything, but I'll tell you this... It's just a matter of time when your gem can take over the best of you... I mean, it's happening already.."

"What do you mean?"

Aria took a sip of her orange juice, "The sparkles, the lights, that whole passing out thing you've been experiencing through out the night, is just the beginning of a bad storm. But only you can stop it."

"But What's going to happen to me?"

Adagio replied, "When our gems were shattered, the spirits within them were released."

Aria finished Adagio's sentence, "And we believe that the spirits from our gems are now contained in yours."

I placed a palm on the side of my face with a downcast expression, "So, what... Would I turn evil or something?"

They all faintly nodded.

I paused in slight disappointment, "Oook.. Lets not think about that right now... I just wanna enjoy our moment together, that we finally reunited through all these years.. K?"

Sonata with a cheerful tone, "Sounds like a plan!" We all sat and continued eating our breakfast.

After breakfast, Aria and Sonata went straight to work. Today was Adagio's day off so she stayed home to do a couple of chores such as cleaning the dishes, laundries, and etc. I stayed with her for a bit to catch up on things of what we have been doing for the last thousands of years since the time we were first banished into this world, we laughed and reminisced. Adagio changed a lot. She was not the vicious Adagio that I knew once before. I'm theorizing that maybe not having the gem anymore has something to do with her behavioral change.

*Text Message*

"Is that your phone or mine?" Adagio questioned while washing the dishes.

I replied, "Mine.."

I moved to the dining area from the kitchen, pulled out my phone to an immediate text message from Moon Dancer: "3rd period is about to start in 10 mins, where r u?"

I sighed and thought of a lie for the time being, I drafted back a text, "Home, not feeling well today.."

"Oh, want me and Cuddle Bug 2 come over?"

"No, that's not necessary, ill see u girls tomorrow."

"U sure?"

"Positive ."

After concluding my text conversation with Moon Dancer, I swiped my phone to check another message that came through from Sandal Wood: "Sorry about last night, I don't know what happened, it seems like I fell into deep thought and fell asleep... newayz, I just wanted to send you a good morning text and hoping everything is ok on your end, you have a good day, hope 2 hear from you soon."

I raised my eyebrow in puzzlement. Did he not remember what happened last night when Adagio showed up? I slid my phone back into my pocket, turned to Adagio with an expression of heedfulness, and with arms folded, "Adagio?..."

"Yes, hun.." As she continued to stack the plates into a plating rack.

"So... Just what did you do to my boyfriend last night?"

"That guy was your boyfriend?"

"Well, you did see us kiss, right?.. He doesn't seem to remember what had happened last night when you showed up.."

Adagio finalized her last set of plates on a rack, and turned around to face me with a sly grin, "I cast a memory spell."

My eyes completely widened, "You what?!"

"Clair, I did what I had to do.."

"So wait.. Does that mean our kiss never happened?!"

Adagio with a grimace, "Well... I may have overdone it?. . . ."

"But how?! I thought you lost all your power?!"

"I still have... Well... Whatever's left of it..."

"But Adagio! You could've done something else like... I don't know, like.. Just tell him that you were my grandma or something and that I had to go home because it was passed my curfew."

"Excuse me?!" Adagio with a quick retort.

"Oh c'mon, who are you trying to kid."

"No one... I may be a thousand years old, but I still have feelings ya' know.."

I plopped onto a nearby dining chair with a feeling of dismay, "Whatever... Good Grief... Story of my life..."

Adagio wiped her hands dry with a kitchen towel, and sat next to me, "What's so special about him?"

"He's... He's a very sweet guy..."

Adagio with an attempt to prove her point in a serious tone, "You do know that most human male beings in this world only want one thing... And that's to get into your pants."

"How would you know?"

"Trust me..."

I took a glance at the time-clock on the microwave, then suddenly remembered an errand that I had to take care of, which is to have my guitar repaired. I stood up from my seat and headed to the living room then grab my purse, "Hey Adagio, thanks for having me over, it was so nice to see you girls again. I gotta head home and catch up on some school work and get my guitar fixed. Call me later?"

"Ok... Oh by the way, you were wonderful on that performance the other night. I trained you well."

I slowly smiled at her, "Thanks, Adagio... It means a lot coming from you.." As I was getting ready to leave the apartment, I scanned the area for my thong-sandals, but I was unable to find them. I asked, "Where are my sandals?"

Adagio held back from laughter, "You might wanna ask Sonata about that..."

"Really now..." I let out a deadpan expression. I already have Cuddle Bug, sometimes even Moon Dancer, borrowing my stuff, and now Sonata too?

HUMANAVILLE
5:03PM; SAME DAY
HUMANA MUSIC STORE

"Ok... But you can just tell me the truth... Did you or did you not break you guitar again..." The lady at the front desk questioned with an eyebrow raised.

I sighed, "Yes ma'am, I broke it again.."

"Ok.. Explain to me how you play your guitar?..." I detected a slight unpleasant tone within her voice.

I looked at her blankly, then explained to her with sarcasm, "Ma'am... I usually sit on a vacant chair, with a guitar on my lap."

"Ok, but you actually 'DONT' sit on your guitar, right?"

"No ma'am.. Why would I do that?..." I remain with the same expression.

The lady shook her head in disappointment and picked up my guitar that was placed in front of her, "You do know these kinds of wood are hard to come by..."

I nodded with a sympathetic look on my face, "I do, and I'm very sorry."

"That's quite alright. I'll repair it again for you, no charge."

"Yay!"

The lady quickly halted, "But, it won't be ready until next week."

I slack-jawed, "One week?! I can't wait that long.."

"Sorry sweetie, we have so much orders we have to take care of. Your lucky enough I'm not charging you. So be patient."

I pouted with my arms let loose, "I guess I can't complain... I'll come back in a week."

The lady took the guitar and placed it in the back storage room for repair, "It might be less than a week, but I'll give you a call..."

"Thanks." I waved goodbye to her.

As I headed towards the exit of the store, I unintentionally bumped into a girl as she was coming in, knocking most of her flyers down. I gasped, then apologized, and knelt down to pick up the flyers from the floor, "Oh goodness, I'm so sorry, lemme pick those up."

The girl called for me, "Clair?"

I looked up as I heard her call my name, and there stood Sunset. As I finally picked up all of the flyers from the floor, I stood up and handed them to her, "Hi.. Sunset.." A moment of silence filled between us, I continued with words, "I was just about to leave..."

Sunset blocked my exit with her arms, "No, wait, I want to apologize for my behavior a couple of nights ago at the bakery."

"Apologize for what?"

"Well... I was kind of.. ya know... off."

"Oh, it's okay..." I focused on the flyers that she had on her hand, "So... There's an upcoming concert?"

"Oh yeah! There's going to be a Christmas musical show in about two weeks, you should come! Everyone is rallying about it."

My eyes widened with delight, "Really?!"

"Yes! my band is going to be performing. Say.. By the way.. Since we bumped into each other here, do you play an instrument?"

"Yeah, I do acoustic sessions at Griffonstone Pub every now and then."

"Really?! Then you should share your talent at the Christmas musical show, we can use more performers."

"Ehh, I don't know."

"Oh, c'mon, it's gon' be great!"

"Well, alright." I grinned.

"Awesome!" She handed me a flyer, "The dates are on the flyer. The only things we can provide you at the stage is a stool, a mic, and an amp though."

"Oh, ok.. Then we'll have no problem."

As I was reading the flyer, she smiled at me widely and re-initialized, "Well, we hope to see you then."

"Oh... Gee, thanks." I folded the flyer, and slipped it inside my coat pocket, "It was nice seeing you again, you have a good night, say hello to Twilight for me." I waved goodbye to Sunset as I finally made my exit out the music store.

I walked through the streets of Humanaville on my way home, while Sunset still had her eyes fixated on me from inside the music store window. She then wore a mischievous grin. She bickered to herself with words, "Yeah... I really hope she shows up, so The Rainbooms can defeat this last siren just like we did the others. May the battle of the bands.. Continue..."

Author's Notes:

Thanks again for reading up to this point, so what might happen next through out the chapter? feel free to comment your thoughts or whatever.