Once they had dropped off their gift to the professor, Aria and Sunset rushed back to the house.
“I don’t….think there’s much to worry about,” Sunset huffed as she tried to keep up with the more agile siren, “Pinkie...isn’t gonna burn a turkey...whew...”
“Sorry!” Aria shouted back, “I just get this very bad feeling when I’ve left Sonata at the house alone for too long!”
“Ugh…” Sunset had to stop running, and resigned herself to walking the rest of the way. There was no way she was going to keep up with her--lest she tire herself out. “Damn. Her stamina must be through the roof now.”
They finally arrived back at the house--well, Aria did first and she was relieved to see everything in one piece still. “...Thank god.”
“Oh, you’re back!” Sonata looked over to the front door, and promptly skipped over to greet her sister. “Did the professor like the cookies you guys made?”
“Yeah he did,” Aria replied as she walked past her and into the kitchen, “Now what’s--” But she fell silent as soon as she rounded the corner. Why?
“…” Pinkie Pie was standing in the middle of the kitchen on one leg with her eyes closed--dead silent.
“...What the--”
“Shhhh!” Sonata cut her sister off before she could speak and pulled her away from the kitchen--into the living room. “Pinkie’s doing this like, weird meditation thing to calculate how long it’ll take for it to cook.”
“Uhh...doesn’t it take like three hours?” Aria pointed out the absurdity of such a thing, “You mean to tell me she’s gonna stand there for that long?”
Sonata giggled and shook her head. “Hehe! No, silly! I said she’s calculating how long it’s gonna take. She’s not gonna stand there forever.”
“Ah. Makes sense.”
Soon enough, Sunset would arrive and enter, slowly getting her breath back as she closed the door. “Phew...Jeez--How did you end up being so quick, Aria?”
“Landed myself a job at the gym,” she explained as she stretched her arms, “Turns out they wanted somebody who could round up missing pieces of equipment quickly.”
“Huh…interesting...” Sunset paused as she thought about it more to herself. “Could that have something to do with her magic?”
“Since the turkey won’t be done for a while,” Sonata walked over to the entertainment center below the TV, “Why don’t we play a few rounds of Super Bash Brothers?”
“Ooh, I shred at that game,” Sunset boasted with a wide grin on her face, “You’re on.”
Aria was less enthusiastic--answering with a shrug as she flopped down on the couch. “Meh. I got nothing better to do. You’re on, guys.”
After three long hours of gaming…
Soon enough, Adagio would awaken wearing her pajamas. And wouldn’t you know it? She had completely recovered from the cold she had endured through the entire last week.
“Agh…” she yawned as she stretched out her arms and back, “...Finally. That was the worst case of the sniffles I’ve ever experienced. But at least it’s over now…” She got out of bed, and walked out to the living room where she could hear the sounds of a video game being played. “Hello? What’s going--”
“Adagio!!” Aria and Sonata squealed together as soon as they laid eyes on their sister, and rushed over to throw their arms around her in a tight hug.
Sonata was the first to speak--her voice breaking from emotional overload. “Oooh! We’re so glad you’re okay!”
“Damn right,” Aria added, “I was gonna actually start crying soon. That’s how worried I was.”
“Oh you two…” Adagio pat them on the head with each of her hands, “I can always rely on you both to keep things in order even while I’m out of it. It’s just too bad that our Thanksgiving was a bust…”
“Yeah, about that…” Sonata trailed off with a hyperactive smile on her face as she bit her bottom lip.
“...” Adagio sniffed the air and caught a whiff of the food that had been made. “Wait a second. Mac and cheese...turkey...ham...you girls...did you?”
Sonata started nodding feverishly.
And Aria replied with a smile. “Well...it wasn’t just us. We had some help. Yo, Sunny D.” She pointed behind herself to the living room where Sunset could be seen sitting on the couch, furiously mashing buttons.
“I WILL DEFEAT Y--huh?” She stopped on a dime when she heard her name called and turned around. “Oh hey! Glad to see you’re awake, Adagio. Everything is all made for ya. Thanks to your sisters--they’re the ones who called us here.”
Adagio paused for a moment and repeated one of the words Sunset mentioned, “...’Us’?”
As Sunset walked over, Pinkie emerged from the kitchen with a giddy little twirl. “Ta-da!” She motioned her hands towards the perfectly baked turkey that rested on the kitchen counter. “Sonata and I made this extra-perfectly for you! Now you guys can have an awesome Thanksgiving!”
Then, Sunset would point to the steaming casserole pan filled with liquid gold. “And Aria and I made the mac and cheese.” Lastly, she pointed out the ham, “And we all kinda chipped in and threw some stuff onto that. Kinda hard to mess up a ham.”
Adagio wiped her face of tears as her lips contorted into a smile. “...I...I don’t know what to say except...thank you. Thank you both for taking the time to do such a thing for us. Especially on such short notice--Thanksgiving is tomorrow…”
“Aw, shucks!” Pinkie put her arm around the eldest siren, “No worries! I had just enough time to spend here before I have to--”
BZZZ!
Pinkie’s phone suddenly started buzzing which prompted her to take a look at it. As soon as she did, she let Adagio go with a loud, “AH! Marble and Limestone are bringing their boyfriends over! I need to set more plates of food! Gotta go!” She rushed to the door and yelled, “Enjoy your Thanksgiving, guys!” And as she left, she tapped on her phone to answer it, “Hello? Maud? We’re gonna need a bigger boat.”
Sunset giggled as she watched Pinkie leave. “Yup. That’s Pinkie Pie for ya. I’d better get going too.”
“W-wait…” Adagio begged as held out her hand, “I...there are a few things I’d like to say and a few other things I’d like to know before you leave.”
“Hm? Oh yeah, that’s right--you’ve been sick and don’t know all of the details on what happened with Goetia,” Sunset replied with a nod. “No problem. Ask away.”
They all sat down in the living room. Sunset, Aria, and Sonata would begin to explain and answer all of the questions Adagio had.
“First off, Blueblood is behind all of this,” she began, “He has this weird book that allows him to control familiars like Goetia. How and why he managed to summon a wendigo here--I have no idea.”
“That explains the part I’ve been missing,” Sunset said as she snapped her fingers, “There had to have been some strange magical essence afoot. But an entire spellbook? That’s something new…”
“We didn’t see that at all,” Aria mentioned, “We simply showed up to the hospital once we were called. But now it’s all starting to make sense…”
Sonata was quick to figure out a solution. “Okay we need to like, take that book away from him so he won’t have power anymore. Simple.”
“Assuming he’s still around,” Sunset added, “Apparently ‘Wendy Goetia’ has ‘dropped out’ of CHS. Blueblood must’ve done something to cover her escape. Who knows where she could be at this point or what else that book of his has.” She looked down at the floor as she made a mental note. “Where could he have gotten it from anyway…”
“Alright, and there’s one other thing,” Adagio went on, “Before I blacked out, I could’ve sworn I heard voices. Twilight, Rarity, and that new professor of ours. What happened?”
“Long story short,” Aria explained, “They helped save you from that horse-spirit bitch. That’s when we realized the professor has dark magic and is apparently a Demon King from Hell in Equestria or something.”
The yellow girl simply stared at them all with a vacant expression on her face. “...What?”