"So. You're Master Atrocitus's newest Red Lanterns?" A goat-headed creature hovered towards the Dazzlings. The horns on his head curved backwards towards the sky and his head almost resembled that of a skull with how tight the flesh on it was. "Then allow me to inform you all right now. Your past lives are over. Whatever you have experienced before hand is no longer relevant."
"Indeed. All that matters now is your loyalty and obedience to Master Atrocitus." An oversized head without a body flew over to them all. He had jagged teeth, short and stumpy arms and legs, and the Red Lantern symbol on his forehead. "Once you have your initiation, your rage will become your greatest weapon of all."
"They won't last a second. This is a waste of time." Bleez turned her back to the rest of the corps. "We should just take their rings now and get it over with."
"Silence, Bleez!" The head turned towards her and gnashed his teeth at her. "Give them a chance. It's been less than a few minutes since Atrocitus gave them the rings and now you're saying they're not up for the task?"
"You might be a Havanian Princess, but in the Red Lantern Corps, royalty is invalid," said the goat-head creature. "Your only purpose is to serve the corps without question, much like these three new recruits here." He turned back to the Dazzlings. "I must apologize for Bleez. Out of all of the Red Lanterns, she seems to let her rage get to her almost every second. And while it does make her a strong fighter, it doesn't really do wonders for her outside of combat."
"Kinda like Aria!" Sonata chirped.
"She is NOT like me, Sonata!" Aria growled. "For the record, I'm much more good-looking than her."
"You dare compare your beauty to me?! Havanian royalty?!" Bleez snarled at the Dazzlings.
"Yeah, we do. Because we don't look like some terrible comic book villain who hides behind a mask." Aria crossed her arms. "Unlike you, we're not afraid to show off our beautiful faces to the public."
"You little runts!" Bleez knocked heads with Aria, gnashing her teeth as the muscles in her face tightened "I shall end you!"
"LADIES!" The goat conjured a massive red butcher knife and slashed it down right where the girls' heads met, knocking them apart. "Save your anger for the battlefield. What good is rage if you expend it all here on Ysmault and leave none for your enemies?"
"Ugh! You won't hear the last of this, worms!" Bleez growled, tightened her hands into fists, and flew off into the distance.
"Bleez is a Red Lantern unlike any we have ever seen." The goat-faced being said. "Whereas most of us keep our rage in check most of the time on Ysmault, she is one of the most aggressive Red Lanterns we have ever seen. Often at times, Master Atrocitus likes to invoke her fury and see whether or not it can match his own."
"And most of the time, he and Dex-Starr end up mopping the floor with her." Rankorr crossed his arms. "Honestly, she should learn to keep her mouth shut unless she's fighting."
"Good to know." Adagio watched Bleez disappear from her sight. "And she's royalty? She seems more like a whiny teenage brat to me."
"And trust me, we've been around Equestria. We KNOW what royalty is." Aria's eyebrows flared up as she looked down at her tightened fists. "Why, it was a princess that ripped us of our powers in the first place!"
"And that very same princess is the reason Master Atrocitus found you three, I'll hazard a guess." The goat being put his fingers to his chin and gently pinched it. "Most of the Red Lanterns join Atrocitus's corps purely because they have had everything taken away from someone horrific. We as a unified team shall strike down the heathens that wrong each of our new members, no matter what challenges that they might impose on us."
"Sounds like this group could be just what we needed, girls!" Sonata wiggled her hips and smiled at the other Dazzlings. "We needed revenge against the Rainbooms and some new powers too. And already, these Red Lantern guys and gals seems to really get us!"
"Now then, we really should be getting back to introductions, now that the rings are wrapped around your fingers." The goat knelt before them. "My name is Skallox. I am one of Atrocitus's strongest warriors. Alongside Bleez, I am his right-hand man."
"Mine is Zilius Zox," said the floating head with arms and legs. "And don't let my body fool you. On the fields of battle, I prove to be a viable asset when it comes to massacring my opponents."
"And I... am Nite-Lik." A Red Lantern with a blue glowing head with an eyeball poking out of his forehead flew up towards the Dazzlings. Pieces of a human skeleton were wrapped around his body like a war harness, and he had luminescent cyan claws. "Now then. Let's see what Master Atrocitus fished out this time." Six tendrils broke out of his body—four from his back, and one from each of his hands. The tendrils bit into the Dazzlings' arms like snake bites and held them up before him. "Hmm... Human. Not what I would have expected for Red Lantern material, but at the same time, I feel some otherworldly powers seeping from your bodies, interlacing with that of your Red Lantern Rings."
"That would probably be our siren powers." Sonata raised a finger.
"Siren powers?" Nite-Lik tilted his head to the side. "How odd. What do you mean by that, ladies?"
"Sonata!" Adagio snarled at her, then turned to face Nite-lik. "What she means to say is that we're not even from this human world you think we're from. We're from another planet called Equestria."
"Over there, everyone's a talking pony with either wings, horns, none, or both at the same time." Aria twisted her wrist and rolled her eyes. "Kinda boring when you get down to it, really."
"But we're not like those other ponies." Sonata shook her head. "Back home, we're these monstrous creatures that sing to make others fight, and in turn, we sap the negative energy and use it to get stronger and stronger every passing second!" Despite the unbearable pain that surged through her body, she still managed to smile throughout the explanation.
"So you come from another world, yet choose to live in this human world? An interesting choice..." Nite-Lik pulled the six tendrils out of the Dazzlings' bodies and let them fall to the ground like ragdolls. "If your power, the power to sing and cause anger really does exist, then it goes well with your Red Lantern Rings."
"Yeah, but we can't sing anymore." Aria crossed her arms.
"Oh? And why's that?" Nite-Lik stomped forward, wrapping his fingers around the Dazzlings' cheeks. "Surely, you can sing a small little composition and prove to me this power of yours is reality."
"The Rainbooms destroyed our pendants and removed all of our magical singing powers. That's why we can't sing." Aria pointed towards her barren neck, freed from the jewel that she and her sisters once wore. "They also left us to die, ruined our lives, and basically left us with nothing."
"Then I shall simply have to pay these Rainbooms a little visit." He let go of their heads and looked towards the sky. "If they are responsible for cutting your singing voices from your bodies, then I shall simply have to strip their throats of their voice boxes as well. An eye for an eye, don't you think?"
"No. Not yet, Nite-Lik." Rankorr held his arm out towards him, generating a giant red cage with barbs on the inside. "Need I remind you the last time you went on a mission all by yourself? You nearly threw us all into a frenzy!"
"Hey, it's not my fault. Those Star Sapphires were asking for it when they first struck me!" Nite-Lik broke out of the cage and flew up to Rankorr. "I would've slaughtered them all if not for that dog, Hal Jordan!"
"Either way, Master Atrocitus barred you from going on solo excursions. Don't go breaking his will, Nite-Lik." Skallow flew up to him and knocked heads with the blue-faced creature. "Atrocitus has not been beaten by any Red Lantern on Ysmault. Don't think yourself as the first one to do so."
"You've lost your edge." Nite-Lik turned away. "The Red Lantern Corps is driven on rage and fury. If you keep it restrained, then what good is it? Your anger should be unrelenting just like our master's. When you bear the rings on your fingers, remember that it is anger, rage, and fury that drives you—not the strength of your heart or willpower." He flew off as well, leaving nothing behind him as he smashed through a mountain.
"Ugh. That guy always gives me the willies." Rankorr shuddered. "Anyways, don't let Nite-Lik scare you, girls. He might be a Red Lantern, but he's also good at breaking his opponents with philosophical trickery. He makes people even more terrified than if Sinestro and his corps got their hands on them."
"Not that we encourage you to get too involved with the works of that murderous yellow lantern anyway." Skallox shook his head. "Hal Jordan and Sinestro are among the Red Lanterns' most hated enemies. Hal for siding with the Guardians, and Sinestro for butchering Atrocitus's closest friends and allies." As Skallow growled, his red aura glowed even brighter. "We will not rest until both of those madmen are dead, and their rings are destroyed!"
"Dazzlings! It is time for your initiation into the Red Lantern Corps!" Atrocitus's voice boomed across Ysmault like thunder as he stood atop the Red Lantern Power Battery. "Come forth! Plant yourselves in the ethereal glow, and let your rage invigorate you!"
"It's time, girls." Adagio nodded and flew off towards the battery, with her two sisters closely behind her. They glided over the river of lava with ease and landed delicately before the lantern's glow. "So, what do we have to do?"
"The Red Lantern's power is only truly yours once you plant your new rings within the battery and repeat the oath." Atrocitus looked down and watched the Dazzlings raise their rings towards the lantern's stream of red energy. "Thrust it in and keep it there, then, repeat what I have to say."
"No turning back now." Aria looked down at her Red Lantern Ring before taking a glance at the other sirens. All three of them gained menacing smirks as they thrust their arms into the battery.
Already, the roars of ghostly spirits echoed in their minds as the Red Lantern Power Battery spilled its' contents out into their rings and wrapped itself around their bodies. Despite their bodies jolting from the new influx of power, they still kept their hands firmly within the power battery.
"With blood and rage of crimson red," Atrocitus said.
"With blood and rage of crimson red..." Aria closed her eyes and felt her body begin to stabilize as the roars grew even louder.
"Ripped from a corpse so freshly dead." Atrocitus petted Dex-Starr as he watched the Dazzlings absorb their new powers.
"Ripped from a corpse so freshly dead..." Sonata Dusk felt her eyeballs begin to transform back into glowing red spotlights.
"Together with our hellish hate." Atrocitus watched the other Red Lanterns all gather around the battery.
"Together with our hellish hate..." Adagio opened her eyes and saw purely red fog envelop her and the others.
"We'll burn you all!" Atrocitus raised his arms to the sky, causing red streaks of lightning to pour down on Ysmault.
"We'll burn you all!" The Dazzlings all said in sync, causing the Red Lantern Power Battery to expel a massive amount of red energy, all of which danced around their bodies and slammed into their new rings like a torrent of red water into their bodies.
"That is your fate!" He pointed down towards the three sirens with a devilish smile plastered onto his face.
"THAT IS YOUR FATE!" The Dazzlings threw their heads to the sky and screamed as loud as they could, feeling the energy get stronger and stronger with every second.
A massive explosion of bright red light erupted from the Red Lantern Power Battery, knocking the rest of the Red Lanterns back a few inches. Once the light died down and everyone's eyes readjusted, they saw that Atrocitus now stood before the Dazzlings, who now had fully charged rings and now wore suits in an even darker shade of red. Their masks turned into pure scarlet, and all three of them were now holding a red lantern in their hands.
"These red lanterns are vital to your power." Atrocitus put his hands on the lanterns, causing them to radiate red light. "Keep them on you at all times, and make sure that nothing else lays their vile hands on them. They can be used to recharge your ring at any time if you feel like your rings are falling behind in energy."
"Thank you for this, Master Atrocitus." Adagio got down on one knee and bowed before her new master. She didn't look back, but heard Aria and Sonata do the same. "Whatever you wish of us, we shall deliver."
"Good. Then follow me and the corps. It is time for your introductory assignment." Atrocitus flew off into the air, bringing Rankorr, Skallox, and Zilius Zox with him. "We shall train you before you head out, and once you leave Ysmault, you shall be ready to strike down the Rainbooms for what wrath they have delivered unto you three."
"Yes, Master Atrocitus." The Dazzlings all nodded and flew off with the rest of the corps, into the fiery and volcanic expanses of Ysmault.