We Used To Dazzle; We Used To Shine.
Chapter 2: Chapter 1: Pride Or Life? Which Matters More To You!?
Previous Chapter Next ChapterThe two siren sisters huffed as they pushed an unconscious Adagio Dazzle down the street in a wheelchair they had borrowed from the downtown hospital.
"ugg, I can't believe you convinced me to agree to this." Aria huffed staring angry daggers at Sonata.
"What other choice do we have Aria!? They're the only ones with any magical powers in this stupid dimension and they might know how to save Adagio!" Sonata replied. "She's our big sister and she's sick. We can't just leave her like this!" Sonata Cried.
"She's only the big sister by like three minutes" Aria scolwed
"Ugg, I can't believe you!" Sonata huffed.
"And I can't believe you!" Aria argued back pointing to the wheelchair thinking back to how they had acquired it.
"You said you needed a distraction!" Sonata growled
"Yea, but I meant like throw a rock at a window or something, not flash your tits at the security guards yea dingbat!" Aria growled back!
"Well it worked, didn't it!" Sonata huffed in reply.
Aria just rolled her eyes and let out an angry moan. Sometimes she wondered why she and Adagio didn't just drop Sonata off at an asylum and be done with it. Then again as much as she hated to admit it the dingbat was useful, sometimes. Aria was quickly brought out of her thoughts however as she heard Sonata happily cheer "We're here!"
Aria looked up and saw that the trio had indeed arrived at Canterlot High, the school campus brightly lit the shrubberies and lawn freshly trimmed and cut, the cold breeze making the trees shake in the wind and a large shadow emanating from the giant horse statue in the center.
"OK" Aria sighed as she pushed the wheelchair up to the front steps. "I'll break in and get Sunset's file so we can figure out where that stupid unicorn girl lives, you stay out here with Adagio, make sure she doesn't get worse" Aria seriously stated as she once again gave Sonata a death glare.
"Got it Ari, i'll stay right here and keep Dagi company!" Sonata happily replied as she tightened the hood of Adagio's hoodie and straightened the blanket the two had wrapped around her. Aria just rolled her eyes as she went to work on unlocking the front doors.
Inside the darkened halls of Canterlot High Aria walked as slowly and quietly as she could. Given how late in the night it was she doubted anyone else would be roaming the halls, even the school janitor would have gone home by now, but she didn't want to take any unnecessary risks. As she slowly tip-toed through the building memories of her and her sister's short time here came flooding back. She remembered how much fun it had been to cause disharmony amoungst these puny humans, how powerful it had made her and her sisters feel for the first time after being banished from Equestria by that idiot Starswirl and his friends, banished from their own world just for doing what they had needed to do to survive, flung through time and space itself and dropped in some podunk dimension that didn't have nearly as much active magic. "If we ever find a way back to our world i'm gonna rip Starswirl's beard off and shove it down his stupid throat!" Adagio muttered to herself as she continued her trek through the school, eventually ending up where she needed to be.
Aria looked up at the door that read Offices of Celestia-Principal & Luna-Vice Principal. "Found yea" She chuckled as she removed a hairpin and paper clip from her pocket, fashioning the devices into a rudimentary lock pick, after a couple minutes fiddling with the door knob finally getting it to unlock.
Aria let out a low chuckle as she took delight in how easy it was to break into the room. "You would think these idiots would spring for a security system" She chuckled under her breath as she looked forward to see where to go next. There in the lobby she looked around and saw the two doors, the one on the left obviously being Celestia's as it had a picture of her insignia or as they were known back in the Siren's home world "Cutie Mark" on the door, the one on the right having Luna's, and wait, was there still light coming from Luna's office!?
Curiously Aria slowly moved towards the door as she crouched down and peeked in. Inside the room she saw the schools vice principal, sitting at her computer, eating a bag of chips, drinking a soda, and....wait, was she, was she playing video games!?
"Ha ha, take that naive!" Luna shouted at the computer screen as she rapidly pushed the buttons on her controller.
"What the heck!?" Aria unintentionally shouted. Vice Principle Luna looking over the direction of her office door as Aria ducked and slowly crawled to hide behind the couch in the waiting room.
Vice Principle Luna slowly opened her office door and looked around, only to find an empty room. "hmm, I could have sworn I heard a voice." Luna pondered scratching her chin. "Perhaps sister was right about these late night gaming sessions not being good for my health." She chuckled "Your hearing phantoms again Luna."
Aria breathed a sigh of relief as she waited a minute or two for the Vice Principle to get back to her game before sneaking across to Celesita's office, repeating her lock picking trick, though this time being sure to be even more quite then before.
Once inside Principle Celestia's office Aria looked around to see if she would be able to get what she needed. On the walls were pictures of Celestia with her sister Luna doing various activities such as camping, Barbecuing, Fishing, and relaxing on the beach. "Man these two get along so well it's kinda disgusting." Aria gagged. as she continued to look around the room. To the left was a row of filing cabinets, with more pictures on top, these ones of students. Aria looked at the photos. The left most one being a picture of that idiot Flash Sentry and his friends, next to that one of Rainbow Dash and her soccer team The Wonderbolts, the right most corner Vinyl Scrath DJing a party and in the middle a picture of Sunset and the other Rainbooms smiling as they performed at some concert. "You're all on my shit list" Aria angrily huffed as she slowly walked forward, taking her flashlight out of her hoodie and shining it on the cabinets below. "OK, lets see, looks like they are categorized A-Z, hmm, so I just need to find S and...viola!" Aria smiled as she found the cabinet with a S on the front. Aria quickly unlocked the over-glorified paper storage box and fingered through the files until she found the one she needed. "Ahh, there you are Sunset Shimmer, now let's see where you live!" Aria happily and maniacally chuckled. Suddenly however Aria heard a door slam shut and heard footsteps moving towards Celestia's office. "ah fu...." Aria gulped.
"Fun right!?" Sonata asked the unconscious Adagio. "OK maybe waiting outside a school at like one thirty in the morning isn't the most fun thing to do." She chuckled "But hey, could be worse, at least we're not being chased by some scary night lady or something." Sonata chuckled again. Just then the front doors of the school slammed open, Aria holding a file in her hands and running as fast as she could.
"Oh Hi Ari!" Sonata greeted as Aria ran right past her.
"Book it you moron!" Aria screamed as she looked back at Sonata.
"Book what?" Sonata asked.
"All of you stop right there, you're in big trouble!" Sonata heard a booming voice shout as she looked back and saw a rather angry and intimidating Vice Principle Luna. "Eeyipes!" Sonata Squeaked as she grabbed Adagio's wheelchair and began to run to catch up with Aria and get far away from the scary night lady as possible.
"Get back here! don't think this deed shall go unpunished whomever you are, I shall find ye and punish thee severely for ye's impertinence!" Luna screamed into the night as nearby owls and raccoons looked up to stare at the woman as if she were completely crazy.
Sunset Shimmer was asleep, or at least she had been, she heard a ringing that she couldn't quite place as she slowly opened her eyes, the darkness all around her. She blinked to try to get her sleepy sight into focus and clapped her hands to get the automatic lights in her loft to come on. "Oh, what is that?" She yawned as she looked at the digital clock on her night stand seeing that it was only around two in the morning. Hearing the dinging sound once again and realizing it was the buzzer at the front of her loft. "Who would be coming to see me at this ungodly hour?" She asked herself as she put on her slippers and slowly walked down the stairs to her front door to get out into the hall and open the front door to the building.
Sunset yawned as she opened the front door. "Pinkie if this is about the new Mareformers movie I already told you and Rainbow I don't wanna go." She chuckled as she finished opening the door only to find it was not her friend, but a familiar face none the less. Sunset jumped back a bit as she saw Sonata standing in the doorway smiling.
"S, Sonata!?" Sunset stuttered. "What the hay are you doing here, at my house, at two in the morning!?" Sunset asked both afraid and confused.
"Well, yea see, Adagio got really really sick and we aren't sure but we think she might be dying or something, and I know we're supposed to be like enemies and all, but maybe you could, just, I dunno, help us, please!?" Sonata hurriedly rambled as she moved aside to let Sunset see Aria at the bottom of the front door steps holding Adagio's wheelchair, the leader of the sirens unconscious and bundled-up.
Sunset just gulped. This was going to be a long night.
Next Chapter: Chapter 2: A Story Told; The Secret History of The Sirens!? Estimated time remaining: 51 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Well, seems like Aria and Sonata are making quite the mess of things already. And poor Sunset, I doubt she ever thought she'd see these three again. Well i'm sure everything will work out in the end.
Next time: Sonata conveniences Sunset and The Rainbooms to help by telling them the sirens super sad origin story, like from birth up to banishing orgin, not that lie ponies tell about her and her sisters being monsters!