"Good morning, Equestria! Whoo-hoo!" Princess Trixie squeed.
As she jumped off her balcony, leaping into the air, her wings unfolded and she began to take flight. She soared above her hometown of Ponyville, watching as ponies all over were opening up shops and buildings for the day. Sugarcube Corner, Sweet Apple Acres, the flower shop, the arcade, everything was opening for the day. And as ponies in town began to open up shop... out of nowhere, they began to sing. Now there was some occasions where everyone in Ponyville did began random musical numbers out of left field, but for the most part it was usually tame.
But here? They were singing in the most cheerful and hopeful voices possible!
Equestria (Equestria, Equestria)
Equestria (Equestria, Equestria)
Here in our land, our home
Everypony knows how to celebrate the magic of
Equestria (Equestria, Equestria)
Equestria (Equestria, Equestria)
More and more shops opened up, ponies singing along.
A brand new day is coming
A brand new day for adventure
And all around we'll have a great day together
There's plenty life and fun to have
In our home Equestria
Our friendships make it better
A brand new day is finally here!
"Whoo-hoo!" A green mare with a minty colored mane squeaked. "Come on girls, we can't be late!"
The unicorn galloped through the town with a few friends by her side; one was a gray earth pony with a black mohawk with some light purple streaks. She had a graphic of a treble clef on her flank, and she sported a black punk vest with studs around the collar. The only other things that stood out about her was the jewelry she had hanging from her ears and the piercings in her brows.
Trixie carefully found a spot to land, (thankfully not falling on her face this time) and was greeted by two of her friends.
"Trixie! Happy Birthday!" The green mare smiled, giving her friend a hug.
"Turned another year older, luv!" The punk mare grinned, giving her a hug as well.
Trixie giggled. "Thanks Lyra. Octavia."
"Come on, Bon Bon's already cookin' up a big meal to begin your big day!"
The princess giggled. "Great! What's she makin'?"
"Oh every breakfast food you love."
Trixie's eyes lit up. "Pancakes?"
"Mmmhmm. With an extra dose of syrup and butter."
Her mouth began to water at the image. "Yummm..."
Octavia snickered. "Come on, Princess, lets get a move on."
The three mares trotted over to Bon Bon's Bakery, a small little stop set up in Ponyville that sold mostly confectionery goods. Sugarcube Corner also sold confectionery goods, but that place was more of cafe. The three mares trotted to the front door and gave a few knocks. The mare behind the door opened it up with a smile.
"Trixie! Happy Birthday!" Bon Bon smiled, hugging her friend.
"Thanks Bonnie," Trixie cooed, hugging back.
"Come on up, girls! I've got a delicious pancake breakfast coming right up!"
The mares dashed upstairs and gathered around a breakfast table. Bon Bon had stacks of pancakes all piled up, nice and steaming. The fresh smell made Trixie's mouth water.
"Oh that smells so good..."
"And I added an extra amount of whipped cream onto yours," Bon Bon winked.
"Eeeee!" Trixie squeaked. Immediately she dived into a delicious plate of pancakes with whipped cream filling. She buried her face full of pancake, happily chomping down some like she hadn't been fed in weeks. She couldn't help it, the pancakes were too good!
"We've got quite a list of fun activities for your birthday today," Bon Bon smiled.
"Oooh, color me intrigued," Trixie grinned, her tail swishing with some excitement.
Lyra giggled. "Well this pancake breakfast was number 1 on that list. But we're also takin' you out to a magic show being hosted over in Canterlot, and Amethyst is on her way with a special gift for you."
Trixie squeaked in excitement. "Oh, I'm so excited!"
Outside of Ponyville...
A few ponies were trotting along on a path, taking a little nature walk. It was peaceful, relaxing, everything that a nice nature walk should have been. Until the sounds of something rustling in the bushes made the ponies skitter in fear, running away.
A massive siren body flopped against the ground, within the trees, covered in black smoke and ash. The explosion from the airplane had left it's mark, along with several bruises and cuts. "You call that a soft landing!?" Sonata coughed up smoke.
"Don't give me that attitude Sonata, it's not my fault! I was trying to get us to land, I didn't know where the stop function was!"
Aria growled through her teeth. "It's called the landing gear, dummy. And I've said this once... I've said this a thousand times... YOU. CAN'T. FLY. A PLANE!" She enunciated while waving her hooves around. "I mean how many times have you done this, how many?"
Adagio pouted. "I lost count."
"Try 37, Adagio! 37! You can't fly a plane! You lost several shipments of cargo because you don't know how to use a radar system, you blew up planes carrying several good soldiers because you don't know how to dodge enemy fire, you even crashed a crop-duster even when you were a few feet close to the ground! How do you even do that, how is that possible!?"
"Wait a minute..." Sonata interrupted.
"Maybe if someone gave me proper flight training, I wouldn't be such a nervous wreck in the pilot seat, now would I!?"
"GIRLS!"
"WHAT!?" The two sisters growled.
Sonata cleared her pipes, and looked at them both, pushing her body to perch straight up. "Have either of you two noticed that we're speaking clearly?"
"What's your point?"
"Girls," Sonata used her front hooves to pull herself forward, leaning closer to them. "We couldn't exactly talk fluently when we changed into these things, could we?"
"Well, back in Equestria, I swore we..." Adagio thought. But something occurred to her. They were talking clearly, fluently. But something still wasn't right; why were they back in their siren forms? No one had any memory of changing in the crash. "Wait a minute... we are. Hold on a second..."
Adagio's eyes squinted as she closed them, trying to close all thoughts and everything around her. Now would be time to try and change back. .... Any second now... Any second now.... Nothing.
"I'm not changing, am I?"
"Actually... you are."
Adagio's eyes opened with a grin. "Wait, really?"
"Yes, you're changing into an idiot!" Aria deadpanned.
"Don't get snippy with me, young lady."
"You're not my mom!"
"Will you idiots just shut up for a minute!?"
Both siblings were met with swats with Sonata's fish tail slapping their cheeks.
"Ow!"
"Ow!"
Sonata snorted. "Listen. Like it or not, we crashed. But right now, we need to figure out where we went, and why we can't change back to humans! Okay?"
Adagio sighed. "Okay. You're right. But I don't understand, we crashed, didn't we? What was the last thing you remember?"
"The last thing I remember was being tossed through the windshield after the engine blew up in my face, being set on fire, and then suddenly everything went black," Sonata admitted. "Ari, what about you?"
"Windshield, screaming, set on fire, more screaming, me trying to strangle Adagio, and then getting knocked out."
Adagio groaned, swatting at her own face with her left hoof. "Oy... Well I'm afraid my memory is still a little fuzzy. I don't remember how we changed back into these forms, not even if we chose to or not."
"Girls?"
"What, Aria, what is it?"
"Shhh! Listen!"
Aria's ear twitched as she heard something. It sounded like someone was singing. And the song? Oh, it just made the girls cringe. Another bubblegum pop song from the 80s, nothin' spectacular or grand, at least to them. But who was singing it... oh that made them all light up. There was one girl they recognized who had a voice like that...
As they poked their heads out from behind some trees, they could see someone trotting down the path, enjoying a morning walk. A mare with purple skin and a purple mane all wrapped up in a headband. A soft gold earring dangled from her ear, and she was holding two saddle bags across her body, and a boombox resting on her back playing some music from a cassette tape. And on her flank, a graphic of three diamonds.
See the ponies trotting down the street
Equestria's where they wanna' meet
They don't know where they wanna go
But they're trotting in time
Cause
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
Yeah
We got the beat
The three Dazzlings had their jaws practically hitting the ground. It was uncanny! Amethyst Star, the same girl they all knew but... a mare? How was this possible? No, not just a mare, but a unicorn?
Realizing that they were out in the open, the all yanked their heads back to stay out of her sight as she galloped around the bend, still singing and happy as a clam.
Go-Go music really makes us dance
Do the Pony puts us in a trance
Do the Watusi just give us a chance
That's when we fall in line
Cause
We got the beat
We got the beat
We got the beat
Yeah
We got the beat
The gem around Adagio's test softly glowed, making her gasp.
"Did... did you see that? D-Do you realize where we are?"
Aria and Sonata looked at each other, shrugging in confusion.
"Girls... we're... we're... we're home..." Adagio was speechless. "We're... we're back home... We're home!"
Adagio's jaw slowly started to form an excited smile, and she started shaking.
"Uh oh, Sonata, take cover!" Aria shouted.
Both sirens collapsed onto the ground while their eldest shot up into the skies, squeeing as loud as ever.
"SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! WHOO-HOO!!! WE'RE BACK, BABY!!!" Adagio shouted into the skies. "WE'RE FINALLY HOME!"
She spun and flipped her entire body around in a 360 motion, completely overjoyed by their situation. Surviving the crash was good on it's own, but finding out they had gotten themselves back home? Oh this was a whole other revelation!
"Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!" Adagio squealed. "We're home, after one thousand years, we're FINALLY home again!"
And every bird flocked out of the woods for the next couple of miles just from that one single burst of joy. Creatures hid back in their homes, animals fled from their natural habitats.
"Great job, Adagio. Now everyone within 100 miles will know there's three giant sea monsters hanging around here," Aria snarked.