//------------------------------// // Chapter 9: Jolly Sailor Bold // Story: A Shattered Rainbow Rock // by FourShadow //------------------------------// At the same time Aria met Amethyst, Adagio had just walked into the mall, stepping into the restaurant areas. Looking around, she could see many students from CHS and possibly from the other schools around, all enjoying their lunches that they bought from the restaurants, and or fast food stops. There were even students seen eating at some of the restaurants. Adagio glanced from the left wing of the restaurants and slowly moved her head to the middle, looking for where her friend was. In the middle, she could see the same familiar silk colored hair and glasses. A smile graced her face, and she walked to the middle of the restaurant area, handbag held close. "Trixie, marvelous. Great to see you." Adagio greeted. "Good to see you too." Trixie smiled. "So, where'd you want to go? Unless you haven't eaten first?" "No, its alright. Have you?" "I have not, actually..." Trixie bashfully replied. "Its fine. Come on, lets go get some grub." After standing in line for a few minutes, Trixie managed to snatch some food to eat as they walked, and the two began to start looking around the mall. "Is there any place around here that you like?" Adagio asked. "Well, a few of these places. Though not everyone shares the same tastes as me." Trixie replied, munching into a french fry. She offered one to Adagio who graciously accepted. "This is one place I do stop at." Trixie pointed above at the sign. Adagio looked up and read the sign that said 'Phantom Fashion'. In the windows, she could see several manniquins wearing different articles of clothing that weren't clothes that would usually be seen in today's standards. There were some old dresses, jackets, punk costumes, and much more. "I like to stop here whenever I want to spruce up my jacket." Trixie said, gesturing to the pins and patches on her sleeveless jacket. "So what are we waiting for then?" Adagio grinned. Adagio and Trixie stepped into the store and upon entering, they turned their heads above to see the disco ball hanging on the ceiling, spinning around and flashing its lights all over the store. On display were several articles of fancy and or strange clothing on mannequins, shelves, and racks. "My my. So I take it this is where you stop for fashion?" Adagio asked. "Mmmhmm. I'm more into the older style of clothes than most of everyone's got these days." Trixie said. "Its alright. Everyone's entitled to their own tastes." Adagio said. She glanced around the store for a few seconds, and then back to Trixie. "I'm gonna go have a look around." "Okay." Adagio stepped to the left side of the store and looked among the shelves. Many different pairs of gloves that were hanging, mostly for fashion. But as she turned around to the other shelf, she stood looking at the clothing on the mannequin. A grayish shade of purple on a jacket hung over a purple's siren's suit, over a pair of the same grayish purple colored leggings that had triangle patterns all over. The costume on display also had a belt strapped with the suit, with bright orange with jewels sparkling all over the belt and a big diamond in the middle. "Oh, what's that?" Trixie asked. "I... huh. I'm not sure, to be honest." "You gonna get it?" "Are you kidding?" Adagio asked. "In what universe would I be wearing that? And for that matter, if I did, I'd be wearing a headband with spikes and my boots would be just as spiked." "I don't know, I think that punk look might look a little good on you." Trixie said, blushing harshly. Adagio just gave a smirk and raised a brow. "Yeah, if I wore this outfit, I'd probably be a bad guy. Besides spandex tights, just doesn't feel right with this suit." "What makes you say that?" Trixie asked. "I don't know, it just doesn't seem to fit in with my personality. Besides, in what universe would I be wearing something so flashy and... well, how do I put this, uh... tight?" After a quick look at some clothes, Adagio and Trixie were back to wandering around. At the same time, Sonata along with Vinyl, Lyra, and Bon Bon were all wandering around the mall too. They enjoyed a quick lunch, did a little shopping, and then went along their merry way again. Their next stop was going up to an arcade. "So girls, do you know what you're going to try and win at the prize counter?" Vinyl asked. "I'll tell you what I'm after. I'm gettin me a pony plushie!" Lyra giggled. "What about you Sonata, you gonna get anything?" Bon Bon asked. "I don't know, what do they even have?" Sonata asked. "Oh you're going to love it Sonata. They have amazing prizes you can get. I'm saving my money for the big prize." Vinyl grinned. "Oooh, whatcha gonna get Vy?" Lyra asked. "Well, I--" Vinyl never got to finish her statement. Stopping in mid-walk, her eyes slowly moving into nothing but voids. Right on the left side of the floor they were on, there was Aria, Octavia, and Amethyst walking together. And all three of them stopped when they met eyes with the other four across from them. "Oh no..." Sonata moaned. "Oh no..." Aria moaned as well. As if timing was right, Adagio and Trixie appeared from the third pathway, and appeared in the same ring that was being formed of the other seven girls. "Oh no..." Adagio said realizing the situation. Like if someone stepped on a twig, everyone's calm and happy faces were instantaneously switched to angry and bitter. Their teeth were daggers and flames could be seen around their heads... well except for Trixie. Being the odd duck out of the bunch, she just quivered in fear realizing what was going to happen. The three sisters gulped and chuckled nervously. "Well, isn't this a nice surprise?" Sonata chuckled. Sweat could be seen running down Aria's head. "Yeah, I mean... look at us, all together now... Our new friends, hehe..." "So... how have you all been doing?" Adagio asked. "Aria. What exactly is your sister doing with that nerd?" Amethyst sneered. "Hey, don't call her that!" Octavia snapped. "But its okay for you to do it?" Vinyl interjected crossing her arms. "I do it out of love!" Octavia yelled back. "Like how you behaved when you wouldn't even show up to my concerts as a friend I needed? Seven, times, in a row!" Without any warning, all six up them quickly entered into an uproar of anger and rage. There was no physical violence, thankfully, but there was no denying that the situation quickly turned ugly. Adagio and her sisters in the midst of this stood off to the side with worried looks. Now things were heating up, and they had no idea how to handle this. "Is there anything we can do?" Sonata asked. "Pull up beach chairs and see how long this goes?" Aria asked. "Aria!" "I didn't say we'd be stealing chairs! I meant pulling ones out from home." Aria protested. "Well we can't just sit and let this argument get out of hand. We have to put an end to this." Adagio replied. "Its like, well... an underlying tension that could bubble to the surface at any minute..." "That just sounds weird." Aria stated. "The point is, there needs to be a way to stop their fighting." "Why not use these little babies?" Aria asked. Adagio and Sonata looked back to Aria and their eyes bulged in terror when they realized what she was referring to. She held the red jeweled necklace in her hand that was still clinged around her neck. "No, absolutely not. That is out of the question. We're not using Equestrian magic on our friends." Adagio sternly said. "Well what if we can't get them to stop fighting?" Aria asked. Adagio sighed. "Okay, how about this. We try methods that don't involve putting our friends under a spell, and if they don't work, then we use our pendents. Agreed?" "Agreed." Sonata and Aria nodded. "Okay, now if I can, I'm going to see if maybe I can handle this and break this up so we may talk like smart and mature adults." Adagio straightened up her pose, and she walked towards the group of angry friends while Sonata and Aria stood watching. "How much you want to bet they throw her out?" Aria asked. "Oh come on, they'll listen. She's level-headed." Sonata waved her hand to the side with a smirk. "If anyone can get them to calm down, its--" Sonata and Aria looked back just to watch Adagio stumbled towards them with her eyes twitching and with a hint of dizziness. "Maybe... we should... try something else..." Adagio slowly collapsed and she fell on the floor, face first. Sonata and Aria both cringed from the loud smack. "I guess sensible conversations don't work." After Adagio recovered from her fall, Sonata decided to intervene this time. Aria and Adagio leaned against a wall and watched as Sonata turned on a spinning fan and she held up some tacos and placed them in front of them fan. Then, with careful movements, she turned on the switch, and the fan started to blow the delicious and watery scent of the food. "Sometimes people get mad because they haven't eaten in a while. This should get them to stop!" Sonata grinned. "This isn't going to work Sonata..." Aria rubbed her face. "How do you know that?" Sonata asked. She looked towards them and stood frozen as several of the tacos that were used to attract them, were instead being used as bullets and pelted her. Shells cracked upon the impact, and the food splattered all over her clothes, leaving her scowling in place. "... Never mind." "You know girls, I have a novel way to take care of this fight." Aria smirked. "Really?" "Yep!" Aria said. 10 Minutes Later "Aria, what are you doing?" Adagio moaned. Adagio and Sonata glared at Aria with disapproval. In her hand was a slingshot, and she also had six candy bars wrapped together. "What?" Aria asked. "Candy always distracts people." Aria pulled back the sling with the candy strapped, ready to release. "Okay little buddy, lets make these girls happy." She let go, allowing the candy to spring straight at the girls group. She smirked with a proud look back at Adagio. "See? This is gonna work." Aria turned back and was met with the collection of candy bars hitting her face and falling to the floor. She glared at the girls with an unamused look, feeling the impact of the candy. "Okay, this stopped being funny." Aria walked off to the side, and she grabbed something she put near her bag. Pulled out was a megaphone. She flipped it on, and she screamed into it. "WILL YOU MORONS STOP FIGHTING!?" Aria screamed. No reply. She slapped her forehead. "Okay, I think its about time we can say anything we want right now." Aria held the megaphone back up. "Hey girls! Did we ever tell you we got kicked out at Crystal Prep for setting things on fire?" Still nothing. "I wrote the phone number of an unpopular kid in the girl's restroom to get them to call him! No one did!" Nothing. "We're actually magic sea horses, any debates on that?!" Still nothing. "Okay, seriously, how do they not hear us?" Aria groaned, slapping her forehead. She put the megaphone away and looked back at Adagio with her hands on her hips. "Well?" Adagio sighed in defeat, hanging her head. "Alright. As much as this goes everything I stand for, we're going to have to use our singing to stop them." Adagio said. "But you said we wouldn't do that!" Sonata interjected. "Yes, well, that was before the negativity grew so strong that they wouldn't even bat an eye to anything strange around them." "Finally! I was getting tired of having to pay for random things." Aria cheered. "Let it never be said that this was my first choice." Adagio moaned in guilt. The three sisters stood together, and they stood with their pendents at the ready. One by one, each of their eyes began to glow. A bright hue of purple glowed in each of their eyes. With a quiet tone slowly pulling up to a volume they could hear, they began to sing in a chorus. Ahhh, ahhh ahh... ahh ahh... Ahhh, ahhh ahh... ahh ahh... The girls that were arguing slowly started to stop arguing. Their angry rants and rages began to die down, and they slowly turned to look at Adagio Dazzle who stood before them. And Adagio, began to sing. Upon one summer's morning I carefully did stray Down by the Walls of Wapping Where I met a sailor gay Conversing with a young lass Who seem'd to be in pain Saying, William, when you go I fear you'll ne'er return again All of their eyes locked onto each other, but instead were focused on her and her singing. My heart is pierced by Cupid I disdain all glittering gold There is nothing can console me But my jolly sailor bold Adagio raised a hand up, and moved her finger pointing towards her very slowly, gesturing them to follow her. Then with a step at a time, the girls slowly began to follow her, stuck in a trance. Come all you pretty fair maids Whoever you may be Who love a jolly sailor That plows the raging sea My heart is pierced by Cupid I disdain all glittering gold There is nothing can console me But my jolly sailor bold Adagio, Aria, and Sonata all kept the girls focused on them, and they all slowly walked together, moving their way into another restaurant. They all stopped at the front entrance, and Adagio began to finish. My heart is pierced by Cupid I disdain all glittering gold There is nothing can console me But my jolly sailor bold... The bright hue of purple in the eyes of the sisters slowly died down, and their pendents stopped glowing. When all of the six girls stopped hearing the music, they shook their heads violently, trying to wake themselves up. "Wait, where'd we go?" Octavia asked. "What were we fighting about again?" Amethyst asked. "Am I the only one who's hungry?" Lyra asked. Everyone looked at Lyra awkwardly. Some blinked, some didn't. Some just kept that face that screamed 'Seriously?'. "Look girls, you've been fighting for a while now and I think its time we discuss it. So if I may, please, follow us. We'll take a seat, get some food, and we can discuss this issue like rational adults. Can we?" Adagio asked. The six girls looked at each other, giving shrugs and accepting glances. After a few minutes of silence, they looked to the eldest sister with nods. "Thank goodness. Now come on, food is on me." As the three sisters turned around, Adagio looked forward and her face drooped to a guilty frown. The one thing she didn't want to resort to, but yet she did. She hypnotized the girls who all followed her like little ducklings... and none of them even realized what had happened. "What have I done...?" Adagio whimpered.