It was a bright and sunny day in Canterlot, but not so much for the Dazzlings. It was the week after the Battle of the Bands, and Adagio managed to muster what charisma she had left to get herself and her fellow sirens an apartment, albeit a shabby one. The three girls were settling into their new home, though Adagio wishes she could have gotten them a better one. The walls and ceiling appear very old, the atmosphere in the room smells lived in and gross, and they only had two beds. Things could not have been worse for the Dazzlings.
"So, what are we gonna do about the beds?" Aria asked as Adagio was thinking. She noticed that despite that the room for two people, they could use the couch and make it for three.
"Sonata, do you mind if you sleep on the couch? We got no other options." Adagio asked Sonata.
"I mean, sure," Sonata reluctantly said as she sat right down and grabbed the remote to turn on the television. Unfortunately, the television didn't appear to be working, so it just showed Sonata a blank screen.
"Are you sure this is the best apartment for us?" Aria asked Adagio, concerned if this is where they would live for the rest of their lives.
"I sure hope not," Adagio responded as Sonata admitted defeat against the TV and laid down onto the couch.
"So, what are we gonna do about jobs?" Adagio asked Sonata and Aria, bored out of their minds. After a few minutes of silence, Aria spoke up.
"Well, there's the coffee shop downtown. I suppose I could get a job there." Aria thought of.
"And I was thinking of getting a job at the Mexican restaurant around the corner," Sonata followed, sheepish at Adagio and Aria's responses.
"Y'know, at a time like this, I don't think we have any other choice, so...I guess Tomorrow, we'll apply for those jobs." Adagio announced, somewhat giving them hope.
Later that night, when the whole apartment building was asleep, Adagio heard a loud crash in the nearby alleyway. Hoping it was just a stray cat, Adagio went back to sleep, until she heard another large crash nearby. Unable to get enough sleep, Adagio got up and headed down to the alleyway. As she descended, she saw a young man banging a trash can with a baseball bat at the corner of her eye. The young man looked up and saw Adagio looking back at him.
"Could you keep it down, whatever you're doing? We're trying to get some sleep," Adagio explained as the young man put down the bat.
"Ah, I've been expecting you, Adagio," The young man said, picking up an old notebook and pen laying beside him.
"Who are you exactly?" Adagio asked as the young man jotted down something in the notes.
"I go by many names, I go by AntiBronyBenSwolo, and I am the author of this here fanfiction," The young man explained, checking everything he has written.
"And this is the point where I switch from the third person to the first person." I murmured to myself as I jotted away at my notebook.
"Fanfiction? What are you talking about?" Adagio asked me as she walked up to me, curious about the notebook.
"Long story short, I started writing this fanfiction, and I put myself in it to kind of solve some problems I had," I explained as Adagio swiped the notebook from my hand. She opened it up to the first page and began reading.
It was a bright and sunny day in Canterlot, but not so much
for the Dazzlings. It was the week after the Battle of the
Bands, and...
"Are you stalking us?" Adagio asked, shocked at what she was reading. If she wasn't careful, she could have gotten to where we are now in time and space, and that would not have been pleasant.
"No, I'm just setting the stage," I explained, swiping my notebook back and writing these interactions in.
"Then how do you know all of this?" Adagio asked, backing off, as if in the presence of a mighty wizard.
"I told you, I'm a fanfiction writer, and I quite literally placed myself into my own fanfic," I explained. Before Adagio could comprehend how this is even happening, a few ideas clicked into her head (mainly because I wanted to progress the story and NOT focus on Adagio's confusion).
"So...you know what happened to us at the Battle of the Bands, correct?" Adagio asked, while I just nodded.
"And you know the situation the Dazzlings and I are in?" Adagio asked again. Once again, I nodded.
"So, you can manipulate any outcome?" Adagio asked, once more hoping I would confirm this.
"Well, I do hate to brag, but yes. For this universe and timeline, at least," I explained. At the moment, Adagio didn't care about any interdimensional madness I had going on in my head.
"OK, so Aria and Sonata are gonna go get Job Interviews tomorrow so we could pay the rent for our shabby apartment," Adagio explains as if I wasn't aware of this.
"So, could you help us get those jobs?" Adagio asked, smirking wickedly as I smiled smugly back.
"Sure. I just need to crash by your place while I stay in this fanfic," I bargained as the two of us headed up to the apartment, where Aria and Sonata still laid asleep in their beds.
"OK, so you're just gonna have to sleep on the floor until we can figure something out, OK?" Adagio whispered as she climbed back into bed. I nodded and snapped my fingers quietly. To my surprise, nothing quite happened until I got to the fridge, where I opened the freezer door and got out a nice cozy sleeping bag and pillow. I laid the stuff down on the floor behind the couch so Sonata doesn't see me, and I got a good night to rest with my new roommates. Boy, were they in for a surprise.