I can't decide how I feel about that spell Adagio found. Yeah it lets us get whatever we want, but it requires us to sing. Now I have nothing against singing, but its not exactly stealthy.
Sure we can just say that Sonata used magic without us noticing or that she used her magic to force us to go along with her, but... It's Sonata. Pon-er people, not in Equestria gotta remember that, are more likely to believe that we manipulated her.
Which isn't to far from the truth, but what do I know, by Adagio's plans I'm just the muscle of our little group.
"Would you just take something already, Agi? This place gives me the creeps." I said as I turned to look behind us. "It feels like I got something watching over my shoulders." There was nothing there but... didn't we close the door when we came in?
"Oh shut up Aria, a magic shop that is not afraid to deal in cursed items is to rare an opportunity to pass up. And don't call me that." Agi tacked on that last piece with a glare. "We need to find something worth using. If the rumors that this Nox character actually makes these things himself is true, then we are required to take advantage of the fact that he is not here. Neither of us have a horn, but I know for a fact that you could feel the magic radiating off this place from a day out of town because I could feel it myself."
"That's part of what gives me the creeps." I started to browse the items that where in reach while keeping an eye on the open door, I know for a fact that we closed it.
I was looking at a sword that would be large in the hands of a Minotaur when I noticed that it was to quiet. Sonata not being around quiet, actually. And since she was around, that can only be bad for us... unless she managed to kill herself with one of the cursed items.
Actually no, that would also be bad as it would mean no more access of the mind spell. I would also rather not lose my sister. 'Shit, she better not be dead.'
I whipped around and scanned the room. There where only two beings that I could see, Adagio and the Abyssinian. Adagio and I locked eyes having apparently come to the same conclusion that there was something else in here with us. *SLAM* We both turned to the now closed door only to see nothing there.
No door, no windows, Tartarus not even the wall was there. It was just... a void of pitch black.
"ARI-" Adagio's bellow was cut off. I turned only to see her terrified face and and an arm reached out to me as she was pulled by dark shadows into the void that was now all of the walls and ceiling.
I looked back to the sword, indecisive of weather or not I should use it.
Of course I impulsively grabbed and swung it towards the shadows when they reached out to grab me as well. The moment I touched the blade it began to emit a blue glow from its center and edge, and it wasn't long before the only light I had was the blade.
The void had consumed everything around me. The only place left untouched being right under my hooves. Unfortunately, as its size would suggest, the sword was to heavy for me to use properly.
To make things worse I was jerked back to the reminder that this was a cursed item shop when I began to hear... something in the back of my mind that I just knew was coming from the sword. L̴͚̉ĕ̸̖ṭ̴́ ̵͕͝m̶͒͜ē̸̮ ̷̥̕h̸̥̉ẻ̴̦l̶̬̕ṕ̵̗ ̵̡̆ÿ̸͉́o̷̳̿u̶̩̓~̷̥̔~
I glanced at the blade and thought through what had happened. We came to town and headed for the powerful magic source that all three of us could feel. Used the brain wash mind song spell thing. Sonata disappeared and Adagio was absorbed into a void. Said void was now surrounding me and it seemed that the light of the cursed sword was the only thing keeping it at bay, though it is still creeping closer. And now the sword is trying to get in my head.
I could only come to one conclusion, and it utterly terrified me. So I pleaded with thing that was doing this.
"N-nox, I'm s-sorry we tried t-to ste-eal from you. I-I'm gonna put the s-sword down. P-please don't k-kill my s-sisters."
"Ỷ̷̝ò̶̭̠ư̸̋͜'̵̝̝͝ŕ̸̥̜e̴͕̋ ̷̰͌͛s̸̡̘̑͑m̷̤͛̌ả̵ͅṙ̶͉̽t̷̝͂e̷̞̹̓r̸̪͂̍ͅ ̷̭̦̃͆ť̷̻̽h̶̿͐͜ȁ̴̱͠ñ̶͕̟ ̴̬̀͑ y̵͍̺̽o̴̙̅́ů̴̪̅ ̴̨̼̔l̷̘̦̓ō̸̬̮ö̴̘́̄k̴̛̠,̸͇̐̇ ̵̜̦̈̚ b̷͉̔̎u̷̹͉͂t̶͇̓ ̵̟̽ w̶̨͘ḫ̸̐ȳ̸̺̹͘ ̸̮͌š̷̬̎͜h̴͕̉ŏ̴̡͉͘ȗ̴̫l̶̹̘̒̑d̸̟͋̆ ̷̩͕͝I̶̗̮̓ ̵̛̘̻͒d̷̝̚ǒ̶̜̦ ̵̫̑ã̷̜͖̂s̶̨̙̽ ̶͖͋̌y̴̬̮̑o̶̞̅̇ǘ̵̼͕͒ ̶̱̽͝ a̸̪̦͂ș̸͔̌ǩ̵̮͝?̵̩̺̃"
"I'll... I'll, uh..." I tried to say something but no words came to me.
A maroon caped figure stepped out from the void, its green eyes piercing my soul. "Ỳ̵͓̘̕o̸͓͘u̸̻̍'̸̘̚l̴̢̩̆ĺ̸͔ ̴̢̯͛̽ w̶͕͋̉h̸͔̃̆ạ̴̡̿ẗ̵̺͉́?̵͚̂"
"I'll do anything." I said without even thinking about it.
"H̸̘͠ȅ̵̙h̴͎̕,̸̟͊ ̵̠͊ h̸̡̒e̴͇̓h̵̯͠ ,̸̮̀ ̶͓̎h̶̰̆ė̸͙h̸̩͊,̷̼͌ ̸͓́ ḧ̵̞́e̸̲͒h̴̹̚ .̵̯̕ ̷̠̒N̶͎͊ǫ̵́w̴̮̅ ̵̣̒ t̶͈͋ȟ̵͍a̸̰͐t̵̲̅'̸͚̕s̸̪̐ ̶̭͗ t̵̘̀h̷̙̍e̴͖̓ ̸̼̾ķ̴̑ĭ̶̢ṉ̸̛d̴̠͒ ̴̛͍o̷̥̓f̴̞̆ ̴͕̂ t̵̹̏ḩ̷͗i̶͚̋ñ̷̞g̷͗ͅ ̷̭̆Ì̸̥ ̵̟͘ l̶̥̾ỉ̶̘k̸͖͒e̵͓͝ ̶͕̕ t̷̩̾ȍ̴̝ ̴̬͝ h̷̗̓e̵̹͊ȁ̶͈r̸͉̃.̷̛̫"