Aria Blaze was changing to her cheer leading outfit. Today was her first day of practice as the new member of the team and she was really happy and nervous because she wasn't sure how the captain would tell the team about their routine.
"Okay.... Okay... No need to be worried Aria, it's just your first day on the cheer leading team, no pressure." Aria said to herself as she was preparing herself alone in the locker room for her first practice.
Aria felt butterflies in her stomach, as she was worried about a good first impression with the rest of her teammates that she has yet to meet as well as putting her parkour skills to the test, since she's only done all her flips and tricks by herself and never with anyone else.
Aria took a deep breath as she finished putting on her uniform and looked herself at a nearby mirror. She was impressed with how well the uniform looked on her, it made her dare to say it... Cute. Aria gave herself a sly smirk as she began to check herself out as she performed a quick twirl. "Heh. Looks like Twilight was wrong, I do look cheerleader material."
"I'll say you do, my dear," Aria was startled so badly that she let out a loud yelp as she quickly turned to see a red face Fleur fanning herself with one of her pom-poms.
"Fleur, don't scare me like that! I get really jumpy when I'm scared!" Aria shouted as she took a deep breath to calm herself.
Fleur chuckled as she approached Aria. "Forgive me, Aria. I came to check to see if you are ready and I couldn't help myself to interrupt you showing off in your new uniform. You look absolutely marvelous." Fleur responded as she began to check out Aria up and down with hungry eyes.
"Thanks Fleur! You look pretty as always". Aria complimented which made Fleur blush even redder as she began to head to the door.
"Welp, let's get going. Wouldn't want to keep Pinkie waiting and worrying about us being late". Aria said she stopped when her path was blocked when Fleur had trapped her in the wall.
Aria was confused by Fleur's sudden action and behavior as Fleur slowly began to caress her hair. "Uhhh Fleur? Mind telling me what you're doing because we're going to be late to start practice and I don't want Pinkie to get worried about us."
"Oh nothing, My beloved... Just fixing your hair is all... I figured you need to look perfect when you meet the rest of the girls." Fleur said in a soft and alluring tone that Aria slightly tilted her head in confusion.
My Beloved? That's a new one, but why does she sound so tired and what's the point of her fixing my hair if it's going to get messed up from practice? She's weird.... in a good way Aria thought to herself.
After a few more seconds, Fleur took a deep breath and placed the kiss on Aria's forehead as Aria was even more confused at what just happened. Before Aria could ask an explanation, Fleur placed a finger on her lips
"No need to ask, just want to give you some good luck." Fleur answered as she began to escort Aria out of the lockers.
"Now get out there and show the girls what you're made of!" Fleur said with such giddy excitement in her voice that Aria nervously smiled as she decided to talk about what just happened another time.
I can't believe I actually manage to kiss her! If only I was more brave enough to kiss her on her sweet lips! Fleur thought to herself as she and Aria step into the gym and made their way to join the team, who are all gathered in front of Pinkie and Coco.
Pinkie smiled as she saw both of them arrive to group up with the team. "Thanks for getting her, Fleur. So Aria, are you ready for your first day on the team?" Pinkie said with excitement in her voice. Aria looked at Pinkie with a sheepish grin and nervously scratched the back of her head. "As ready as I'll ever be."
"Great to hear! But before we begin, let's get you acquainted with the rest of your team. Girls, give your newest squad mate a friendly introduction!" Pinkie said as Aria looked towards the rest of the team that consisted of six girls.
The first girl had bright green eyes and a long orange faded hair with a yellow flower hair clip attached to it. "Hello, I'm Junebug and if you ever need some flowers, come to my family's flower shop. First-time customers get a discount." Junebug said with a wink.
Next, two of the girls approached her as one had spiky gray hair and purple eyes as the other girl had long poofy black hair and green eyes. "Hiya, I'm Fleetfoot!"
"And I'm High Winds!"
"And we're cousins, born on the same day!" The two girls ended their introduction simultaneously as they gave Aria a friendly salute.
The next girl was slightly taller than all of them as she had short long hair and bright eyes that were both dark purple. "Call me Amethyst Star and I'm a bit of an anime nut head." Amethyst said with a sheepish grin as Aria smiled back.
Finally, the last two girls approached her with both of them holding hands, one had a long curly orange hair with a pink bow tie and gray blue eyes as the other girl had a short pig style like red curly hair and bright green eyes wearing glasses. "Hello I'm Orange Sherbette and this is my girlfriend, Alizarin Bubblegum." Orange said as she gave Alizarin a quick peck on the cheek.
Alizarin giggled as she held out her hand to Aria. "I hope we can get along just fine and I promise you, me and Orange aren't that kind of a couple that always go lovey-dovey every five seconds."
Aria giggled as she shook Alizarin's hand. "I believe we'll get along just fine and don't worry about your relationship around me, I've learned to deal with that with my sister and her girlfriend."
The girls all shared a quick laugh as Pinkie stood back next to Aria. "Great job with your introductions, girls! Normally, I let you introduce yourself to the team, but after that amazing weekend we had, I took care of it for you." Pinkie said as Aria took a sigh of relief, not wanting to follow up on the greeting and meet part.
"So with all that now out of the way, let's all start with our warm up routine. Aria, just follow our lead and don't worry about falling behind, it's your first day, so try not to get stress about keeping up." Pinkie insured Aria as she nodded her head in response as she and the girls began their training.
"Go, Aria!" Aria Blaze looks up to see Twilight Sparkle waving at her, which she happily waved her back.
She had told Twilight that she could come to her cheer leading practice. Fleur's left eye twitched as she watched Aria waving at some other girl. Aria started to do some warm ups and stretches while Twilight was texting someone with a smile on her face. Aria Blaze did some stretches for her bones to relax and her body to be energized. She felt a body leaning on her back.
"Let me help you with that". Fleur said as she puts her hands on Aria's muscles.
"That'll be great! Thanks, Fleur!" Aria happily said that both of them began to help each other as Pinkie looked on a concerned look on her face.
Oh boy. Fleur better not get too handsy with Aria. I get she has feelings for her, she better not go too far with it. Pinkie thought to herself as she helped out Amethyst with her leg stretches.
Few short minutes went by and Aria was now lying on her back while she was pulling her leg forward to her, also reaching halfway to her face, while a red face Fleur was on her knees and holding Aria's other leg, keeping it perfectly straight.
While Aria was focused on stretching out her leg, Fleur couldn't contain herself as she was gently giving the other leg a massage, due to how incredibly smooth Aria's leg is. Oh heavens above, my beloved's leg is incredibly smooth! I almost want to rub my face against it. I wonder how smooth the rest of her body is? Fleur thought to herself as a perverted grin appeared on her face.
"Hey Fleur, do you mind doing something that might be completely weird?" Aria asked as Fleur snapped out of her inappropriate face to give her a response. "I don't mind at all, nothing you ask of me will never be weird!"
"I kind of need you to sit on my leg that you're holding, then I need you to help me push this leg I'm holding, so the tip of my shoe will touch the floor. " Aria instructed Fleur, who's face was now beyond red face as she stuttered to give her a proper answer.
"M-M-Me?! S-sit on y-your leg!?" Fleur couldn't believe what Aria just asked her as the down girl looked at her with concern.
"You okay Fleur? Cuz I can get someone else to hel-"
"NO! I - I'll do it!" Fleur quickly interrupted Aria's question of not wanting to miss an opportunity of a lifetime as she quickly set Aria's leg on the floor and sat on it as requested. Aria shrugs it off and watches as Fleur starts to push Aria's leg for it to stretch.
Calm down, Fleur. You're just helping your beloved to stretch. No need to scream in delight or she would think you're weird!
Fleur took a deep breath as she grabbed Aria stretched out her leg and began to slowly push down as she pressed her body against it. Aria was making grunt noises as her flexibility was finally coming into play, when her leg was coming close to her face. "Just a little more Fleur, we got this!"
While this was going on, both of them were unaware that they had an audience watching them. Pinkie was shaking her head in disappointment at how inappropriately close the two of them were, while Twilight, on the other hand, was writing what she was witnessing down as her glasses were fogging up.
While the rest of the girls were flustered as they tried to ignore what was happening and continue their stretches with the exception of Orange and Alizarin. Both of them were mesmerized in a maze that they were seeing as Orange leaned into Alizarin's ear.
"The next time we're alone, we are so going to try that." Orange whispered as the blush on Alizarin's face got even redder.
As the tip of Aria's shoe was about to be touched on the floor, Fleur noticed Aria had her eyes closed as well as how she was extremely close to her face.
This... This is my chance! This is the perfect opportunity for me to give my beloved every ounce of my love and desire! Fleur thought to herself as she closed her eyes and puckered up to her lips as she slowly lean to give Aria her first kiss.
Their lips were about to touch and Fleur was screaming in happiness on the inside. Pinkie's eyes winded and so does everyone else in the gym. Twilight's jaw dropped and thought that they were a couple.
THIS IS BAD! I GOT TO STOP FLEUR BEFO-
BANG!!!
A volleyball suddenly appeared out of nowhere, hitting the floor incredibly hard just a few inches close to Aria and Fleur, scaring everyone as Aria let go of her leg, causing her to fling Fleur off, who let out a scream.
Everyone turned to see the direction of where the volleyball came from, only to see an enraged Fluttershy glaring at Fleur, who was also returning the glare right back at her. Everyone could feel the intensity in the air and expect Aria, she was curious as to why her angel was angry. Both Fluttershy and Fleur walk towards each other, not taking their eyes off each other.
"You! You almost hit us with that ball!" Fleur yelled in a threatening tone as Fluttershy gave her a smirk.
"Oh, so sorry about that, Fleur. I wasn't looking properly when I decided to practice my shot. Next time I'll aim a little higher." Fluttershy said sarcastically as she poked Fleur's forehead. The two remain silent again for a couple more seconds before the angel continued the conversation.
"Why don't we take this somewhere more privately?"
"Yes... Let's talk in private." Fleur responded as both girls began to walk into the locker room without taking her eyes off each other.
Aria, who had gotten off the floor during the confrontation, looked towards Pinkie for answers. "Hey Pinks, what was that about?"
Pinkie and the rest of the girls all stared at Aria in total disbelief at her response as Amethyst chose to respond. "Really, Aria?! Didn't you notice how they were ready to rip each other's heads off?!"
"No? I don't even know why they were angry at each other." Aria responded as the girls took a few seconds to try to process her obliviousness as they fell to the floor in anime style, even Twilight almost fell off the bleachers. Aria scratches her head in confusion and looks at the direction where Fleur and Fluttershy left.
"Are they rivals or something?" Aria asked.
"Finally! You noticed!" Junebug exclaimed and everyone stood up from the fall they had done.
"I have a feeling..." Everyone beams in happiness when their newbie had finally noticed Fleur and Fluttershy's rivalry was about her. Aria snaps her fingers as she had figured it out.
"Never mind, I don't get what's happening between them to be honest". Everyone in the gym face palmed with a frustrated groan coming out of their mouths.
Pinkie took a deep breath as she rubbed her forehead to ease the headaches she was getting from Aria's obliviousness.
"Welp, looks like Fleur's gonna be gone for awhile, so let's take a break everyone!" Pinkie pulls out a cupcake out of her hair and eats it while everyone giggles at what she has done. Aria went towards Twilight who had her jaw drop when Pinkie had pulled out her snack. Aria sat next to her new friend with a confident and innocent smile on her face.
"She's Pinkie Pie, don't question it. Trust me". Twilight simply nodded as Aria handed a bottle of water.
"Soooo.... I've never seen two girls have a stare-down like that before." Twilight said it awkwardly tried to start a conversation as Aria chugged the water. "Yeah, I don't get what the deal was, but I hope those two can work it out, it was just a simple accident." Twilight simply shook her head as she still couldn't believe that Aria was this dense about the situation.
I've been here less than a day and even I know what's going on between those two. Twilight thought to herself. Before she could continue the conversation, her phone went off notifying her she received the message. Twilight's eyes widened when she read the message as she began to type rapidly to respond.
"Is something wrong, Twilight?" Twilight shook her head at Aria's question as she finished responding and hit her sand.
"It's my boyfriend! He was very upset over the phone after I told him our encounter in the music room and now he's here looking for the gym!" Twilight said frantically.
"Wait, what? Timber's here?! I haven't seen him since I transferred here!" Aria said with excitement
"Yes, he is an - wait... You know him!?" Twilight shouted as Aria nodded her head.
"Yeah, he was one of my best friends in my old school! Believe it or not, he has shown me a picture of you before, but he never found a time to introduce you to me and my other old friends." Twilight was in disbelief at this new information about her boyfriend as Aria continued.
"So you said that he was upset about what happened in the music room. How did he know about that?" Aria asked as Twilight nervously scratched the back of her head.
"Well, before I ran into Flash, I sent him a long text message to explain everything as best I could and he was very furious about it. When I tried to message him that you and me were on good terms he never responded back until now. I could tell from his recent text that he didn't bother to read my other messages." Twilight said in shame as Aria simply placed a hand on her shoulder.
"It's all right, Twi. I've been friends with Timber for years. He'll understand everything once I talk to him." The gym entrance broke and it was revealed an angry Timber Spruce. Twilight was shaking in nervousness because of how she made a mistake while Aria was waving at her best friend innocently.
"Timber! It's been so long man! How's Dagi and Nata?" Timber rapidly walked towards Aria and Twilight's direction. The room's atmosphere changed when he had entered. Aria's mood still didn't change as she was still asking questions.
Her smile faded when she felt a strong fist had met her face, making her fall off her seat. Timber grabs Aria by the neck and raises her up while the newbie was gripping on her best friend's wrist. He threw her off the bleachers and everyone was so scared of stopping the fight.
"You still haven't changed, Siren." Timber coldly said as he slowly walks down to teach Aria a lesson. She coughed heavily while rubbing her throat. She was kicked on the back and she was starting to get beaten up by Timber. Twilight immediately jumps off the bleachers and tries to stop her boyfriend.
"TIMBER, STOP! YOU'RE HURTING HER!" Aria grabs Timber's foot and strongly tosses him on the side for her to have some time to recover. She weakly stands up and looks at her best friend who was groaning in pain.
"I don't want to fight you, Tree Branch. I'll explain everything".
"Threatening my girlfriend is already explained! I thought you accepted my relationship with her!" Timber shouted as he ran towards Aria.
"I did, but I didn't know she was involved with my best friend's past!!" Aria dodges all of Timber's attacks and when he leaves an opening, she will have the opportunity to punch him. Twilight was holding Timber's waist, clearly trying her best to stop the fight.
"And gave you the right to try to attack her like that!?" Timber yells as he tries to rush towards Aria, only to be stopped by Twilight holding him in place with a hug.
"Timber, please calm down! Take a deep breath and let us explain to you that everything is okay between us! I've already seen her get hurt once today, I can't bear to see that happen again!" Twilight yelled at him as she struggled to hold him
"Timber, please listen to her. I apologize to her for how horribly I treated her, I really did and I still feel terrible about it..." Aria said as she had her head down in shame.
Timber calmed down a little and held his girlfriend's hand. Both of them were looking at each other's eyes for a while before Timber smiled and hugs Aria. The newbie smiled and hugs her best friend back which made Twilight happy and relieved that this was all over. Aria's eyes winded when Timber had strongly punched her stomach which made everyone gasp in horror. Aria Blaze collapsed on the floor while holding her stomach in pain. She was coughing really badly and everyone looked at Timber and Twilight in disbelief.
"I don't even know why we were friends in the first place! I finally defeated the Siren's Beta" Timber smirked and raised his fist in the air, ready to knock Aria.
As Timber slowly raised his fist above his head to knock out Aria, Pinkie and the rest of the cheer leading team rushed towards her as soon as they could to stop him, only for the last person Timber expected to knock him to the ground as he was suddenly being slapped repeatedly over and over by none other than Twilight.
"YOU IDIOT! Why would you do this!? Why couldn't you just calm down and listen to us!? Everything was fine now, we were at peace and actually start to become good friends here, then you decide to come in and ruin it!?" Twilight yells at the top of her lungs as she repeatedly hit Timber with everything she had while he tried to cover up.
Twilight felt someone hugging her from behind and a chin was leaning against her head and a familiar smell of roses, her favorite scent. She began to cry and felt really guilty about what had happened.
"I-I-I-I'm so-so-sorry..."
"None of this was your fault, Twilight". The nerd was being lifted from Timber and she saw that Sunset Shimmer was the one who had stopped her. The goddess puts her down on the floor and pulls Timber up to his feet. "Get up. You owe my best friend an apology".
Aria was shocked by Twilight's heroic display as Coco and High Winds helped her back up to your feet as she rubbed her stomach to try to ease the pain, however she began to feel a little dizzy as all the girls were glaring at Timber, expect for Twilight, who was hiding behind Sunset.
"Well, are you going to apologize or do WE need to have a private chat?" Sunset said in a slow, threatening tone as Timber let out a sign as he looked towards Aria. "Aria, I-I'm... I'm sorry about this whole. I call you a Siren, but my control over my temper is no better..."
Once Timber was done, he hung his head down as he waited for Aria's response, who was struggling due to her getting more lightheaded.
"I-I-I..." Her body was unable to handle two beatings in one day. She fainted that it nearly caused her to take both Coco and High Winds to the floor as everyone started to panic and Amethyst called the paramedics.
"Aria!"
"What did you do?!"
"N-No! Please, Aria wake up!!"
"What did you do to my beloved!?"
"EXCUSE ME?!