//------------------------------// // Masterpiece Theater part 3 // Story: Sirens of the Night II // by The Crazed Werewolf //------------------------------// Flash Sentry made sure that he took a scenic route from the park, he didn't want any part of the mob that had tried to attack Aria and Scootaloo to follow them. Flash looked over Scootaloo to make sure that she wasn't hurt while Aria used an app on her phone to order dinner. "Not how I pictured dinner with a boy," Aria commented with a smirk. Flash was about to respond when the front door to the house burst open and Sunset came running in followed by Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. "Scootaloo, are you okay?" Sunset asked,as tackle hugged Scootaloo, her voice full of concern, "they didn't hurt you did they?" "She's fine Sunny," Aria said, "I don't know who is worse, you or your mom." Sunset looked at Aria with a stern look on her face. "You know," Rainbow whispered to Fluttershy, "she's right. She even looks like Principal Celestia." Sunset's head whipped around when she heard Rainbow's comment, and she transfixed her polychromatic haired friend in a State that could rival Fluttershy. Scootaloo found the entire exchange funny and couldn't stop herself from laughing. Fluttershy simply nodded in agreement. "She does look like mom!" Scootaloo exclaimed. Even Sunset couldn't suppress her laugh. Scootaloo hadn't realized that she had called Celestia "mom". Sunset made a mental note to mention Scootaloo's comment to her mom. Even though Scootaloo had been apart of the Anon-A-Miss trio, Sunset had forgiven her and found herself enjoying having a younger sister. "So," Aria said, "you all heard what happened?" "Yeah, that you got ambushed in the park," Rainbow said, "Shy and I have been trying to calm Sunset down." Gilda and Lightning Dust sat together in a booth at Sugarcube Corner. They couldn't help but smile, they had heard about the mob that had confronted Scootaloo and Aria at the park. "Sunset has lost her hold over Canterlot High," Gilda said, "and I am going to step into the vacuum." "Long live the Queen." Lightning Dust purred. "And of course you will be at my side." Gilda said looking into Lightning Dust's eyes. "So what is the next step in your plan," Lightning Dust asked. "Now we need to drive a wedge between Sunset and her friends." Gilda replied with a smile on her lips. Celestia was relieved to find both Scootaloo and Sunset at home when she walked in. She had heard of a near riot in the park over the radio and was concerned about the girls safety. Aria watched as her aunt held both of the girls close. "Aria," Celestia said after she released both Sunset and Scootaloo, "thank you for making sure that Scootaloo got home safely." "I had help Aunt Tia," Aria replied as she ate some chicken wings, "Flash saw that we were in trouble and gave us a ride." "I guess that I'll have to thank him as well." Celestia said. "Things are so chaotic out there," Sunset said, "I mean everything I did was way worse than anything that Scootaloo and her friends did, but I don't remember any riots." "And we apologized and shut down Anon-A-Miss." Scootaloo said, "and now there is this Incognito person." "Incognito only seems to be interested in targeting me," Sunset stated. "Doesn't make it right," Celestia said, "whomever Incognito is, they are viscous and disgusting. I always hoped that my students were better than this." "Any ideas who Incognito is?" Aria asked, "I haven't been attending Canterlot High long, but I could make a few guesses." "I doubt it's Gilda," Sunset said, "but she most likely knows who is behind all this chaos." "Chaos," Aria said suddenly looking at Sunset, "you don't think that he could be behind this?" "Possibly," Sunset said after some thought, "but what would he stand to gain?" "Um, he's Discord," Aria said, "the Lord of Chaos." Somepony is talking about me, Discord thought to himself as he prepared to go visit Fluttershy for their weekly tea party, I wonder what is going on. "Discord," Celestia asked, "who is that?" Aria and Sunset looked at each other, it almost seemed like the two of them were having a silent conversation between them, it lasted two tense minutes. "Back in our world, there is many different types of magic," Sunset answered, "most of this magic is very mundane and is an everyday occurance." "However," Aria continued, "some magic is on a godlike scale, and is used by a few elite individuals, my mother for example." "Discord is one of those individuals," Sunset said, "he is quite literally the god of Chaos and the only being able to harness chaos magic." Celestia and Scootaloo both stood with their mouths open as they tried to process what they had been told. It was no secret around CHS that Sunset, Aria and her sisters were from a place far different than Canterlot County, Celestia and Scootaloo had never realized how much different. "There is one more thing," Sunset said hesitantly to Celestia, "you counterpart in our world not only rules the Equestrian Empire, but is a goddess in her right." "She has dominion over the Sun," Aria added. Celestia felt her legs get weak, luckily she was standing in front of the couch and she lowered herself down. Scootaloo immediately went into the kitchen and brought Celestia a glass of water. "And you're saying that Discord is doing this?" Celestia asked. "Well mostly what he does is prank ponies with chocolate rain and cotton candy clouds," Sunset replied, "but until recently he spent one thousand years as a statue in the royal gardens. Maybe he is making up for lost time." "It does sound like something he would do." Aria said, "he did turn my mother against ponies." "Aria, what does your mother control?" Celestia asked. "She was the goddess of the seas," Aria answered, "but she died centuries ago." "God's can die?" Scootaloo asked incredulously. "In our world they can." Sunset answered. "Aria, I'm sorry that you and your sisters had to go through that," Celestia said. "Don't be," Aria replied, "she was manipulative and she tried to kill us."