It had been a long morning for Rainbow Dash and the others due to the lack of activities. Once noon came around, the day had only gotten worse. They saw the news and could only watch as Adagio and Aria went through the portal. They discussed the event only a moment before a knock came to the door. One second they were bored to death and the next everyone from school and the news lady was in front of Pinkie Pies house. It was made clear why everyone was there. They were unhappy about what happened on the news. “Everyone, first off, I don’t know if we should be disturbed by the fact that you all know that we are here. Secondly, everything will be fine, I’m sure Princess Twilight has everything under control.” Rainbow said as the news lady came up to her.
“What do you think will happen should they return?”
Rarity cut in and answered. “Should they return, they will be powerless. Princess Twilight would in no way allow them to return with powers and that is only if they aren’t imprisoned there. Why come to us for help anyway, it’s not like we can really do anything.”
“Rarity is right, so why don’t you all just leave no offence to you Principal Celestia and vice Principal Luna.” Rainbow turned and slammed the door. It was a long hour before Rainbow and AJ convinced everyone that there was nothing to worry about. Most of the hour was screaming through the door telling everyone that nothing was wrong. This was of course just a way of delaying as they weren’t sure themselves. Rainbow was sure that she was sure but the others weren’t as confident. Now it came to a decision, stay behind and let Twilight worry or go after the girls. “I don’t see any reason to go after them. Chances are they won’t get very far.”
“Rainbow, I don’t know that I agree with you on that one. Those girls are pretty sneaky.” AJ went to the kitchen to get a glass of water.
“Even so, I bet that Princess Twilight has guards all over the place now just to make sure that no one dangerous goes through the portal. She isn’t stupid enough to leave a portal open and not have it guarded.” Rainbow laid back on the couch and put her feet up.
With a bit of thought, Rarity spoke up. “I must agree with Rainbow Dash, Princess Twilight wouldn’t risk anything I’m sure. Besides, even if Adagio and Aria made it past security, they wouldn’t stand a chance of not being noticed. After all the time that those three have been here and all of a sudden two sirens appear in her world. You can’t tell me that they wouldn’t be caught right away and not to mention it once again but they don’t have their powers. What could they possibly do?” The girls looked between each other to see if there were any disagreements. “Sunset, what do you think, Sunset?” Sunset’s hair was the only thing they saw as the front door shut.
Sonata was ready to cry again, Sunset said she wanted to help but Sonata could see right through her. She could tell that Sunset Shimmer only wanted to improve her standings with other people just so she wouldn’t look bad. Sonata wasn’t going to fall for it though, she already fell for Adagios trick. She wasn’t going to fall for another similiar trick by another person. Her eyes were dry and itchy and her head continued to give her problems. All she wanted now was to rest up. There wasn’t any chance of going back to the way things used to be.
Everywhere Sonata went was another dead end. She was given mean looks wherever she went. How was anyone supposed to sleep when people would do everything in there power to keep them from relaxing? Even in the rain, people wouldn’t give her a break. Kids from school would trip her, throw sticks and rocks at her, and say things like “You should have gone with your friends” or “Help us by making one less of you freaks in the world.” She wasn’t wanted anywhere but she didn’t need to be reminded of it. “Why did Sunset Shimmer get off easy. All we did is sing to control people, Sunset Shimmer broke up friendships, threatened people and more to get what she wanted. I don’t see people treating her like this.” Sonata continued her search for a place to rest when a rock no bigger than the palm of her hand hit her in the back. “Ow, this isn’t fair.”
Sonata arrived at the bridge that she had been on when the branch hit her in the head and sent her to the hospital. Frightened that she would get hit by another branch or worse, she jumped over the bridge and landed on the ground seven feet below. She landed in such a way that her ankle twisted and caused her to fall to the ground. “Ahhh!” Sonata screamed as she grabbed onto her ankle and rubbed it. “Stupid, stupid, stupid.” Sonata crawled under the bridge and stayed as far from the growing river as possible. Her body was soaked but it didn’t matter, she was tired and wanted to sleep. She pulled herself up next to the underside of the bridge and rested her back against it.
Just as Sonata began to fall asleep, something crawled onto her face. Her eyes shot open and in a panic she knocked the creature off her face and onto the ground. The millipede fell and disappeared under the dirt. Sonata stood up and ran into the rain in an attempt to wash away the feeling of bugs crawling on her. “Ow!” Sonata screamed after taking a few steps on her hurt ankle. “Why, why did this have to happen to me?” She screamed once again and into the air as she took a seat on the ground. She seemed to be screaming a lot, all of it was justified.
Sonata began to shiver as a cold wind blew past her. The wind whistled as it blew through the trees. The only living things outside besides people were moisture loving insects. Most of the people had returned home to rest and warm up. It was probably a good thing, Sonata wouldn’t have more things thrown at her now. “I wish I had somewhere to go.” With a loud yawn, Sonata’s eyes closed and she fell asleep outside with the rain pouring down on her.
A very young Sonata had been swimming for an unknown amount of time when her mother jumped on her and tackled her. With a little force, Sonata was tickled until she could no longer breath. “Mommy, no.” Sonata struggled to say through her laughing. “Mommy, when do we get to see the princesses. You said they were coming.” Sonata’s mother’s name was Bandura and she looked like every other siren with a few exceptions. She was longer than most and her body was two completely different colors rather than one color and then the other color the same but darker. She was blue like Sonata but she had a sparkly purple as a secondary color. Her eyes were purple as well. Her back fin and her tail were longer and were sharp along the tip. The jewel on her chest was blood red with the center being black. Her eyes were very gentle and loving.
“Yes sweetheart, they are coming which means you need to look your best. We all have a lot to talk about and you will be the center of the discussion. This means that you need to be on your best behavior.” Bandura cleaned Sonata’s jewel first and then continued onto the rest of her. The gem was the most important part of a siren. Without it, a siren would lose their singing voice. It could be recovered but not without some sacrifices. Once Sonata was all cleaned up, Bandura backed away and smiled. “You look beautiful my dear. Come on, lets go to the meeting place.” Sonata and her mother swam down into the water and through an underwater cave. Once on the other side, the two popped up out of the water and started toward the meeting place. “Now, when we get there, I have something very important to tell you. You don’t know how excited I am about this meeting.”
This was all so new to Sonata and so exciting. Sirens never left far beyond where they lived except on certain occasions. This was one of those times and she couldn’t have been more excited about it. Once the two reached the meeting place which was an island, the sounds of birds and other animals were heard. Unfortunately because of the niose, they didn’t hear the danger coming. By the time they heard the Gryphon’s screech, it was too late. Sonata was pushed back into the water by the Gryphon’s tail. “Sonata, stay back.” Bandura screamed as the gryphon tackled her onto a rock.
Bandura tried to dive into the water but the gryphon snatched her up and threw her onto dry land. She tried her best to get back into the water but the winged beast ran it’s talons across her back tearing flesh and spurting blood. The gryphon continued its assault until a yellow beam shot it out of the air. The gryphon turned and saw Celestia with an angry look on her face and the two began to fight with each other.
Sonata, worried for her mother, crawled over to her as best she could with tears in her eyes. “Mommy, mommy!” Sonata yelled as she reached out for her mother.
Bandura coughed up blood onto the sand. She kept her head facing the ground as blood ran from her body like a river onto the sand. “Sonata, st…ay ba…ck.” She coughed up more blood before collapsing onto the ground. “I love…you…my dear.” Badura stopped breathing and Sonata crawled over to her mother and hugged her tightly. She checked for any signs of a heartbeat but there was none. That’s when something grabbed onto her and dragged her away. “Let me go, moooooooommmmmmy!” Sonata screamed.
“Noooooooooo!” Sonata woke with a start and screamed at the top of her lungs. She looked around at her surroundings but had no idea where she was. It was dark and she couldn’t see anything clearly. It wasn’t until the light turned on that she knew she wasn’t anywhere familiar. “Who is there?”
“Calm down, it’s me.” The voice was Sunset Shimmers.
“I told you to leave me alone.” Sonata said and stood up but fell back onto the couch she was on. Her blood rushed from her head and made her dizzy. Sunset went over to help but Sonata swatted her hand away. “You stay away from me, I don’t need your help. How did you find me anyway?”
“I was worried about you, so I went searching.” Sunset backed away from Sonata.
Sonata’s dizziness from standing too quickly faded. She stood up and looked at Sunset. “I know what you want and it’s not to help me so screw off.” Sonata limped toward and out the door and left. She didn't care that it was near three in the morning, she wasn't about to stay with Sunset Shimmer.