We ran as fast as we could away from the people who were chasing us until we wound up back at sugercube corner then Rainbow dash quickly opened the doors
"Everybody in here, quickly." Rainbow said and all of us quickly ran inside then she closed the door as we all hid behind something and watched as the people ran past the store and once they were all gone we all stood up
Fluttershy walked over to the window "Oh, this is terrible, just awful, all of our friends are being controlled by that evil woman, what do we do now?" she asked
"I say we head over to Coreana and give her a piece of our mind." Rainbow said
Adagio shook her head "No, that's what she would want, to get you to come to her so she can steal your magic easier, our best plan is to stay hidden." she said
Applejack adjusted her hat "We can't stay hidden forever, we need to get out there and save our friends at some point." she said
"What about your friend? Twilight, I think her name was." I said
Sunset opened her journal "I had her wait before she came here, if she comes through the portal now then she might get caught and we'll be out of luck." she said
I raised an eyebrow "Now there's some sort of portal?" I asked then I looked at the three girls
Aria waved her hands "Don't look at us, we don't know about any portal." she said
Rarity pats me on the shoulder "Don't worry darling, it took us a while to get used to all of this as ell when we heard of these new things, you'll get used to it to." she said
"Hold up." Applejack said as she looked around "Has anyone seen pinkie?" she asked and we all shook our heads then Pinke herself walked down the stairs with two babies in each arm
Sunset walked over "PInke? what are you doing with the cake twins?" she asked
"Well, when I saw everyone was being put into a trance during the singing I was thinking "Will everyone still enjoy my cake and cupcakes"? so when we came back here I decided to go and check on the cake and while checking I ran into these two and that's when I realized that Mr. and Mrs. cake weren't here so I brought them down." Pinkie explained with a big smile
"You mean the cake twins are alone right now?" Sunset asked and Pinke nodded
"Oh no, even the cakes were affected by the singing and without them, there's no one to take care of the babies, we can't just leave them all by themselves." Fluttershy said
Rarity nodded "Fluttershy is right, We have no choice but to take care of them ourselves, at least until we can defeat this Coreana and rescue their parents along with everyone else." she said and everyone agreed
Aria huffed "great, more baggage." she said
"Great, now that that's settled, what do we do about Coreana?" Rainbow asked
Sunset thought for a moment "We need a way to get to her without hurting the people she's controlling." she said
"How about we lure them away? we use some kind of fake us to lure them away." Applejack said
Adagio nodded "Alright, good job, you girls take care of Coreana and we'll cheer you on from the background." she said
"Oh no, you're not getting out of this that easily." Rainbow said then she walked over to them "You all got us in this mess and you're gonna help us get out." she said
Sonata shrugged "What do you even want us to do? we don't have any more magic, not since you destroyed our gems." she said
Sunset shook her head "You're not completely wrong about that, it's true ever since your gems were destroyed you couldn't use your magic but every being can use magic in some way, you just need to discover how to use it." she said and each of the girls looked at each other confused
"Wait, does that mean I can use magic to?" I asked
"I...don't think so, magic is usually reserved for equestrians." Sunset said
I crossed my arms "Well, that's just not fair." I said and Sonata gave me a pat on the back
"Alright, let's get back to the plan." Applejack said and everyone nodded then Applejack looked over at Rarity "Do ya think you can make some kind of fake us that's real enough to fool Coreana?" she asked
Rarity smiled "Of course darling, I'll make it so believable that not even Coreana would tell the difference." she said then she looked out the window "Sadly, we need to get the materials in order for me to get started and that would require us to go back out." she said
Rainbow stepped forward "I can get you the materials, I'll be moving so fast they wouldn't even get the chance to catch me." she said
"Oh no, I simply will not allow you to go out and get the materials." Rarity said
Rainbow waved her hand "Don't worry, I'll be fi-."
"Without me, of course." Rarity cut her off and Rainbow sighed "What? I don't want you getting me the wrong materials so I'm tagging along." she said and we all rolled our eyes
Applejack sighed "Well, while y'all are making the fake us, the rest of us will go and keep an eye on Coreana, just to see what she's up to." she said and we nodded
"WAIT!" Pinkie shouted and we all turned to her "What about the cake twins? we can't take them somewhere as dangerous as Coreana." she said
Fluttershy slowly raised her hand "I could watch them if that's okay." she said
Pinkie smiled but it quickly faded "Are you sure? the twins are a handful." she said
Fluttershy nodded "I'll be fine, I've taken care of baby animals, how hard can the twins be?" she said
"Alright, if you say so." Pinkie said then she handed the twins to Fluttershy
"Okay, the babies are taken care of, can we go now?" Aria asked
Sunset nodded "You all know the plan, we'll watch Coreana while Rainbow takes Raity to get the materials to make fake us to lure away the people she's controlling, everyone ready?" she asked and we all nodded
"Let's go save this town." Rainbow said and we all cheered then we were off
While Rainbow and Rarity went one way, the rest of us went another and while walking through the city we made sure to avoid any and everyone we saw since everyone was obviously still under Coreana's control and were searching for us and we even had t hide in some alleys just to avoid getting caught, we kept this up until we had finally reached the school but we made sure to stay hidden behind the trees near the school so we wouldn't be seen and we saw that Coreana had a couch sitting in front of the statue and school and she was being treated like a queen by the people she was controlling
Coreana sighed "This is annoying me, not only did you idiotic humans lose the sirens and that other human, but you also lost the only equestrian magic that I've seen ever since I was sent here, Ugh, useless humans, if I had the power to use my singing on any other animals, I would choose them over you any day of the week." she said then she opened her mouth and ate another grape "but I guess the only thing you fools will be useful for is my army, as long as I keep building it up then soon I'll rule this world and Equestria both, but before that, I need to refuel." she said then she sucked the magic out of the one holding her grapes "Good, now keep those grapes coming." she said
"Ugh, still as prideful as ever." Adagio said shaking her head
"I guess it's a good thing I told Twilight to stay away." Sunset said then she turned around and sat down "Where is Rarity and those fakes?" she said
As if on cue Rainbow had suddenly appeared carrying Rarity and she was carrying fake large dolls attached to long sticks that looked pretty much nothing like us, it had the same hairdo made out of paper but other than that, it was a very messy creation then Rainbow set her down
Sunset looked between the doll and Rarity "What are the-."
"Don't even start Sunset, I was hoping to work on them a bit more but sadly the boutique was also overrun with people so we only had time to get the materials, I worked on them back at sugercube corner and this is the best I could do." Rarity said then she handed each of us our own doll "Even I'm ashamed of these horrible creations, let's just use these to lure them away and never speak of them again." she said
Sunset nodded "These will just have to do, now we need someone to be the bait while the rest of us confront Coreana." she said
Sonata stepped forward "I'll be the bait." she said which shocked everyone including myself
"Sonata, are you crazy? you're going to risk your own life to lure away a bunch of people, don't you know how dangerous that is?" Adagio said
Sonata nodded "I know exactly how dangerous it is and I'm still volunteering." she said then she looked at the ground sad "It's my fault that Coreana was able to get this far and take control of the entire town, if only I had gone through it destroying her gem then we wouldn't be in this mess so I'm making it up to everyone by being the bait." she said
I chuckled as I walked over and took some of the dolls "Who on earth said you had to do this alone?" I asked
Sonata gasped "No Eric, I can't let you do this, this is my responsibility." she said
I hugged Sonata "This is one thing I won't let you do alone, yes you did make a mistake back at the circus but we all make mistakes but we also rely on our friends to help us fix that mistake and that's what I'm going to do now." I said and she nodded
Adagio walked over and put a hand on Sonata's shoulder "I'll help too, I won't let you do this alone either." she said
Aria sighed but walked over to "I guess I might as well help out to, think of it as my way of saying sorry for what I said back at the circus." she said and Sontata nodded
"Thank you, all of you." Sonata said then I let her go
"Okay, I'll take the Rarity and Rainbow." Adagio said picking up the dolls
Aria picked up two more "I'll take Applejack and...Fluttershy? I think her name was." she said
Sonata looked at the two reaming dolls in her hands "I guess I get Sunset and Pinkie." she said
"And I'll be the lookout." I said "I'll also help you three getaway while the rest of you take care of Coreana." I said and everyone nodded "Alright, let's go." I said then the girls and I ran to where the houses were while the others stayed behind the trees and bushes
Adagio turned to face us "So, how are we going to lure them away?" she asked
"We give her something so good that she would be a fool to ignore it." Sonata said
"What's that?" Aria asked
Sonata smiled "Follow my lead." she said then she stepped to the corner and placed two of her dolls on the corner so only their hair was visible "Oh wow, I can't believe how strong your equestrian magic is, it's so powerful you were able to repair our gems back to its usual state!" she shouted loud enough for everyone to hear
Adagio gasped then smirked "I get it." she said then she and Aria placed their own dolls on the ground so their shadows were shown on the wall "With our gems repaired, we'll be able to use magic again and become our powerful selves again and stop Coreana!" she shouted
I took this chance to peek around the corner and I saw the Coreana was looking right in our direction along with the people she was controlling
"GET THEM, BRING THEIR MAGIC AND GEMS TO ME!" Coreana shouted then the people began running this way
"Alright time to go." I said then we each picked up some dolls and made a run for it away from the people chasing us 'I really hope they defeat her soon, we won't be able to run forever.' I thought as I ran along with the girls
We ran around each house to try to lose the people chasing us but they were a lot faster than we thought so we had to run for much longer until we ducked behind another house and hid in the bushes until they all passed by or gave up then we started to hear singing so Adagio quickly covered my ears and we all watched as the people ran back to where Coreana was then Adagio took her hands away and we all left the bushes.
"That was Coreana singing." Adagio said
I scratched my head "Shouldn't she be defeated or something? and shouldn't the people be free?" I asked
"Something must have happened to the others." Sonata said then she ran forward and we followed back to our corner from before and from there we saw that the girls were being held captive by the people
Coreana walked forward then flew into the air "My old siren friends and their human pet, I'll give you all till the count of ten to show yourselves or these girls are going to be punished." she said as she looked around
We all moved back then Sonata turned to us "What do we do?" Sonata asked
"We have to give ourselves up." Adagio said
"WHAT?!" Aria nearly shouted "You want us to surrender to her?!" she said
Adagio nodded "We won't be able to get past her people to rescue them and she's still powerful, if we go out and try to fight then we'll be taken down instantly." she said then she sighed "I don't like giving up like this either but she has our friends and this is the best way to protect them." she said
I could hear Coreana get to seven "We have to make a decision and fast." I said
Aria huffed but nodded "FIne, let's go." she said
Right before Coreana got to ten we all walked forward with our hands in the air which made Coreana laugh then she had her people come and tie us up but I noticed that the person who tied me up wasn't very good and that the ropes were very loose so I could just slip out of them whenever I wanted but I decided to just stay put, I didn't want to risk the girls nor their friends, then we were moved to where the other girls were
"Sorry y'all, she got us." Applejack said
Adagio turned to her "What happened? don't you guys have superpowers?" she asked
Rarity nodded "We do but our superpowers mean nothing when your own family are the ones trying to fight us." she said gesturing to the three girls who looked the exact same as the other people, one was a redhead with a bow, one had purple and pink colored hair, and the other looked like a tomboy who had purple hair
"That damn siren." Rainbow said struggling in her ropes "She put us up against the ones we care about, we couldn't hurt them so we surrendered." she said
Coreana chuckled as she floated down to the ground "This must be the greatest day of my life, not only do I finally get to get rid of you annoying sirens but I also gain some additional equestrian magic, now what to deal with first, the sirens or the magic." she said looking back and forth at them
I tried to stand up but was pushed back down by the person standing next to me "Don't you dare hurt any of them." I said
Coreana looked at me then smirked as she walked over "I almost forgot all about you human, you and that annoying mouth of yours." she said then she grabbed my head and forced it to the ground "You should wait your turn, I'll get to you later annoying human, for now, enjoy being at the bottom where you belong." she said but I turned my head and gave her a glare but all she did was laugh then she let me go and stood up "You're going to be an annoying human in the future as long as you have that fighting spirit in you." she said then she walked away "So let's break it." she said then she snapped her fingers and the people standing next to Adagio, Sonata, and Aria all forced the girls to stand up and moved them to the middle
"Stop!" Sunset said struggling in her ropes "Don't hurt them, take our magic just leave them alone." she said
Coreana chuckled "Sorry, your magic will have to come next, for now, I want to kill two birds with one stone." she said then she faced the girls in the middle
"Do your worst Coreana." Adagio said
Coreana made an ord appear in her hand "I plan to." she said
Right before she shot her beam I removed my hands from the rope and pushed the people out of my way and quickly jumped in front of the girls and shielded them from the beam with my arms outstretched, I took the full force of the beam which left my body with many injuries and burn marks as it tore my shirt apart and after it was done I fell down
"ERIC!!!" was all I heard along with Maniacal laughter before I blacked out as my body with the ground