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// III 
// Story: Our Love is Iron 
// by Krovgor Warhawk 
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The Siren and The Fighter


The two of them remained in place for what felt like an eternity. The whole cafeteria had quieted down as the students observed the former siren on the ground in tacos, and the new guy who offered her his hand. They whispered to each other, unsure of how to make of this.

"Who's the green guy?"

"Is he new?"

"Doesn't he know who she is?"

"Is he under her spell?"

"Does she have her power again?"

"Why is he helping her?"

As this was going on, Sonata looked at Warhawk perplexed. Just before she had talked with Luna, she ran into this guy after she read that nasty note. His looked at her with the same scorn that everyone else had. And now, he looked like a completely different person and offered to help her. No one wanted to help her, except for Soul.

"It's okay."

Sonata looked back up at Warhawks eyes, seeing the same sincerity and compassion Soul had in his eyes.

"Please let me help you."

Her eyes went back to his hand, then back to his eyes, then back to his hand. Finally, she slowly reached out with her right hand, but before she could grab on, she hesitated. She looked back up and saw something else in Warhawks eyes, desperation. It was as if, he was desperate to help her, begging her to trust him. With that, she grabbed his hand, and Warhawk took his other hand and placed it on top of her hand. With both arms, he helped pull her up from the taco mess and to her feet. 

For a moment, they just stood where they were, looking at each other. The whispering had stopped as the students focused on the two, waiting to see what would happed.

Then Warhawk pulled out the napkins he brought and offered them to Sonata.

"Here, you can use these to clean your face."

Sonata was still confused by all of this, his talk of helping her so far seemed genuine. Gingerly, she took the napkins and began to clean off the mess of meat, cheese, and shell from her face. She was thankful that at least none of the taco stuff had gotten on her clothes, that would have really made her day worse. When she finished cleaning her face and opened her eyes, she was surprised again.

Warhawk had gotten down on one knee and began to clean up the mess she had made, by gathering remains of her taco feats back onto her tray. When he finished, he looked back up to her. While keeping his focus on her, he grabbed the tray and got back up to his feet, where the two stared at each other again, with all of the students silent and baffled by all of this.

"Hey! New guy!"

Both Sonata and Warhawk turned to see one of the students had gotten up and walked towards them. He had pale white skin and a tone body. He wore black sweats and black and red sneakers. He also wore a black wristband on his right arm that was studded with steel studs. His shirt was a sleeveless red t, that had two black, faded lightning bolts that crossed together that formed an x in a white circle. He also bore a shaved bald head and burning red eyes that glared at the two.

"Do you have any idea what your doing?"

Warhawk arched an eyebrow and turned to look at Sonata, she looked scared and nervous. He turned back to the irate student to say, "Helping a girl who fell face first in tacos?"

The student looked at him with disbelief before saying, "Look, your new here so clearly you don't who, or better yet, 'what' it is your helping."

Before Warhawk could retort, he heard a unfamiliar voice, "Sonata are you okay?"

Warhawk turned to see a another student arrive on the scene, he had white hair, blue eyes, and was wearing a black t-shirt underneath his white, half sleeve hoodie with black pants on. He was also wearing a pair of long, black, fingerless gloves.

Sonata smiled a little bit, "Hey Soul."

"Oh great, you again?"

Soul glared at the other student. Just then, Arrow, Damien, Zero, Punk, and Treble made their way to join up with Warhawk.

"Is everything okay here Warhawk?" Damien asked.

"Yes Damien."

Arrow walked over to Sonata and asked, "Are you okay?"

Sonata was surprised to see Arrow showing the same compassion Warhawk and Soul had shown her. She looked around to see the others also shred their looks.

The student took a breath before speaking, "Okay, new guys, let me explain something to you. That bitch and her sisters aren't human. They deser-"

Before he could go further, Arrow walked right up to him and said, "Who the hell do you think you are?!"

The student was surprised by this, but regained his glare and said, "I'm trying to warn you that that whor-" "DON'T YOU DARE FINISH THAT!"

Everyone I the cafeteria looked at Arrow shocked by this outburst.

"Look shithead, I'm trying to tell that she-" "Once did terrible things, yeah I know that. But that does not give you the right insult and threaten her. I hope your happy because you just proved that your no better than that!"

"You don't know shit, you fucking moron!"

Damien than stepped up to say, "Hey pal if I were you, I'd stop right now."

"Yeah we don't appreciate what you're saying to our friend Arrow here," Zero added.

"And in case you can't count, there are eight of us and only one of you," said Punk.

"Damn Straight, Straight Edge," said Treble.

The new student looked at them with frustration, he couldn't believe that these idiots were doing this. His eyes focused in on Warhawk, who glared at him with the utmost intensity, as if he was trying to burn a hole in his soul.

"You know what? Fuck this," he pointed at Sonata, "Contract cancer and rot bitch!"

As he turned to leave, Zero was about to throw a punch at him, only for Warhawk to stop him. Damien then said, "Well that guy was a real piece of work," He turned to Soul, "Who was he?"

"That's Axis, he's the school bully. Really nasty man."

"Yeah, we can tell," said Punk.

Zero turned to Arrow with a smile on his face, "That was awesome how you stood up to him Arrow!"

Arrow scratched the back of is head a bit with a modest look on his face. As the group conversed about what happened, Warhawk focused in on Sonata, clearly Axis's words had hurt her as fresh tears streamed down her face.

"Hey guys?" the group turned to Warhawk, "Can you help her to the table? I'm gonna go throw this crap away."

Arrow turned to Warhawk and said, " Sure thing man," he then turned to Sonata, "Hey, it's okay. Just forget what they guy said."

Sonata was still crying when she looked at her saviors. She turned to Warhawk who had given her a look of reassurance. She then turned to Soul who smiled encouragingly. With that, she left with the group, with Warhawk keeping his focus on her, still feeling pity for the poor girl.

"Hey."

Snapping out of his thoughts, Warhawk turned to Soul.

"Thanks for doing what you did, it's nice knowing that someone else cares for Sonata. I'm Soul Writer."

Soul extended his hand.

"Jon Warhawk, I'd shake your hand but I'm carrying a tray full of tacos right now."




Sonata sat down next to Adagio with a glum look. She was sad about a lot of things, she didn't get her tacos, the school still hated her, and that one guy Axis was just the worst.

Everyone else, minus Adagio and Aria, looked at her with concern. They knew that she was hurting, but they didn't know how to help, or what to say. Finally Treble broke the silence, in his usual style.

"So what's it like being over a thousand years old?"

That got everyone's attention as they turned to Treble like he was crazy, again. Adagio, Aria and Sonata had faces that ranged to bewilderment, confusion, shook, and offense. "What?" was all Adagio could say.

"Well you girls were banished here from another world a thousand years ago right? So wouldn't that mean your a thousand years old?"

"We're not a thousand years old dumbass, we've only been in this armpit of a world for over six months," Aria said with a glare.

"And I'll have you know that I was eighteen years old when we were banished," Adagio finished with a humph.

"Where did you even come up with that idea that we were a thousand years old?" asked Aria.

Treble thought for a moment before saying, "Oh I get it, we're going with your comic book origins."

"Huh?" said everyone.

"Yeah in the movie it said that Starswirl the Bearded banished you a thousand years ago, everyone just assumed that you've been wandering the world for a thousand years, which actually does sound dumb since you don't act like your a thousand years old but anyway, when MLP FIENDship is Magic, issue three came out, it told your backstory that nerds today continue to debate as to weather or not it's cannon. But I guess it's safe to sa- *CRUNCH* AAAHHH!!"

Suddenly Treble grabbed his crotch are and screamed in pain. "Treble you okay?" asked Arrow.

"Yeah, I think the author is getting pissed at me for breaking the fourth wall, so he decided to have my underwear constrict on meEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

Treble continued to writhe in agony while everyone else sat where they were, confused as to what the hell happened. But it was becoming apparent that questioning Treble's sanity, or in general, was becoming a fruitless effort and should be abandoned.

Eventually Arrow turned his attention back to Sonata and said, "Sorry about that, we're starting to learn that we shouldn't question Treble. Anyway, I don't think we introduced our selves yet. My name is Artemis Arrow, but you can just call me Arrow."

"I'm Damien Wraith."

"Zero Gravity."

"Straight Edge, but call me Punk."

Treble Mix continued to clutch his ball. "And he's Treble Mix," Zero answered.

"And you're Sonata Dusk right?" asked Arrow. Sonata nodded, still frowning from earlier. Arrow's heart swelled with pity seeing this and said, "Hey don't worry about what that jerk said. We all know about what you and your sisters did, and personally I think that you've suffered enough."

This took Sonata by surprise, for months she has known nothing but hate the other students, save one . Now all of a sudden, she encounters six people who stood up for her? Why? Why help her? shouldn't they hate her like the others?

Arrow just kept on smiling to try and offer some comfort to the poor girl, "Hey you're among friends now, and we would like to help."

Treble finally manage to get back to his seat when Sonata managed to find her voice, "Friends? You all want to be my friends?"

"Yeah, and your sisters as well." Arrow answered.

Sonata was stunned by this, but before she could say anything else, Treble said, "Hey look Warhawk is coming back.............. with a huge tray of tacos."

Sure enough, everyone turned to see Warhawk was indeed walking towards them with a tray full of fresh tacos, and was struggling to keep them from spilling over. "How in the ice cream hell can anyone eat this much beef and cheese? I do not envy this girls toilet."

Warhawk managed to reach the table and placed the tray right in front of surprised Sonata, then he took a seat next to her. She looked back at the tacos, then back to Warhawk and asked, "Is this for me?"

"Well you can't eat tacos that fell on the floor and got smashed by your face, hehe," He paused for a moment, "Well I suppose you could actually though I don't think that would be sanitary. So I got you some fresh ones."

Sonata looked back at the food, then back to Warhawk, then back to her food. After a brief moment, she tore into the taco pile like a rabid animal, earning surprised looks from the boys, eye rolls from the girls. Regaining his composure, Arrow cleared his throat and said, "Isn't there something you should say?"

Sonata stopped, with cheeks full like a squirrel with nuts, and looked at Arrow with a questioning look. Before Arrow could elaborate, Warhawk spoke up, "She doesn't have to say anything if she doesn't want to, I didn't do this expecting thanks."

"But-" "It's fine, just let her eat, she's been through enough shit as it is." Arrow looked reluctant but nodded. With that, Sonata swallowed her food and went back into her pile. It was rather amusing to see a girl eat in such an un-lady like manner. This went on for a few brief moments and as Sonata was about to make a grab for another Taco, Warhawk spoke again, "I'm sorry."

That got Sonata's attention, she turned to look at Warhawk. "When..... we first met, and when you ran into me, I was going through a stressful time. That's why I yelled at you, but I didn't realize that you were going through a rougher time then me. I shouldn't have lost it," He paused for a moment to take a breath in as Sonata listened quietly, the same with everyone at the table.

Warhawk took this moment to take a breath. "I...... I know about the note that you got," Sonata's spirts seem to sink further, "I.... I read it and......," Warhawk struggled to find the right words to say, "It's not true okay, what the note said. You didn't deserve that. You don't deserve.... any of it. I....... What I'm trying to say is that, I'm so, so sorry about what's happened to you."

The whole group looked at Warhawk in silence as they waited for him to speak again, "I can't even begin to imagine the heartache and pain you endure," He looked at Adagio and Aria, "That all of you endure." Adagio and Aria just looked off with sad faces.

"I just...... I want....," Warhawk continued to struggle to find the words, "Reading that note, seeing the others laugh at you, what that... piece of *grunt*!" Warhawk paused to in order to get his breathing under control, "It's frustrating to me that people can be that malicious and think their good. And this notion that apparently these people were 'saved' thanks to 'Magic of Friendship' and yet act like this, it's not only bad, it's..... it's offensive. A god-damn slap in the face and it's*Grrr*!"

Warhawk tried to compose himself until he was calm again, "I'm sorry I'm probably making a mess of out of this whole thing. It's just, I just feel bad for you, and the fact that I helped make it worse is just, unforgivable. And I just want to make things right but I-"

Warhawk stopped when he saw that Sonata had tears forming in her eyes. She started sniffling and was on the verge of full blown sobbing. This sent Warhawk into panic mode, "No, please don't cry. I didn't mean to make things worse, I'm sorry I-"

He was cut off when Sonata lunged forward and wrapped her arms around him, placing her face on his left shoulder and let loose the river of tears she was holding back. Warhawk was stunned. His arms held out in front of him as he tried to process what just happened. Being the person that he is, he didn't know how to react to this. Eventually he looked down at the weeping girl and slowy, he began to relax. His shoulders lost tension and wrapped his arms around the crying girl. He closed his eyes and started stroking Sonata's back in an attempt to comfort her.

The rest of the table looked on with pity in their eyes, Adagio and Aria tried to keep their composure, Adagio trying to maintain her look of being above it all and Aria not caring about anything, but even they could not hide the empathy the felt for their sister. Unbeknownst to them, the whole cafeteria was looking at the in silence, and the Rainbooms themselves looked on with sorrow and the tiniest bit of guilt.

After a few minutes had passed, Sonata finally let go of Warhawk. Her eyes were red and puffy from her crying and she was still sniffling. Warhawk grabbed some napkins and offered them to Sonata, which she took and used to wipe away her tears. "Do you, feel better now?" He asked.

Sonata nodded and said, "Uh-huh, thanks, uh, I don't even know your name."

Warhawk felt stupid for not introducing himself proper, "My name is Jon Warhawk."

Sonata smiled and said, "Hi Jon, I'm Sonata Dusk." Warhawk smiled in turn, "I'm glad to meet you Sonata."

"Actually," they both turned to Treble, "He prefers to be called Warhawk." Warhawk responded, "No it's fine." He turned back to Sonata with a smile on his face as she turned back to him, "She can call me Jon if she wants."

Sonata smiled in turn, she then reached for one of her tacos and offered one to Warhawk, "Want one of my Tacos?" This drew her sisters attention.

Warhawk raised his hand and said, "You don't have to do that, I got those for you as an apology."

"It's okay, I want you to have one."

"Sonata."

Both Sonata and Warhawk turned towards Adagio, "You never share your tacos with anyone, why the sudden change?"

Sonata just shrugged and said, "I just felt like sharing today."

Unable to decline her offer, Warhawk took the taco saying, "Thank you."

"Your welcome," she then started to share her tacos with the whole group, even her sister, further surprising them, but decided to take the tacos anyway.

For the rest of lunch, the group ate and conversed about any topics that sprang to mind.

"Hey Arrow, leave some for us will ya," said Damien.