//------------------------------// // Journey To The Pit Of Lyrics // Story: The Siren Song: Razzle Dazzle // by Shadowmane PX-41 //------------------------------// "So, Twilight, how are The Dazzlings doing in this other world now?" Rainbow Dash decided to ask as the Mane 6 traversed mountain ranges, in an attempt to follow the beam of light to the Pit Of Lyrics. "They've around six to seven now, so it shouldn't be long before we can use them to save the worlds..." Twilight said, answering Rainbow Dash's question relatively quickly. "Forgive me for being a little sceptical, Twilight. But how do you possibly plan on using three Sirens who nearly defeated you as a way to save the world?" Rarity asked, unsure on where Twilight's plan would be heading. "Simple, fight fire with fire," Twilight said, telling the rest of the Mane 6 her plan of action for when The Dazzlings grew up once again. "The Blasters are Sirens, right? And if that's the case, then it only seems fair that we beat them with another of their kind. The Magic of Friendship might not be able to take them down, so the power of three Furen Sirens as well as our own magic should logically be enough power to end their reign of terror..." "Furen? What's that supposed to mean?" Rainbow Dash asked, curious to know what that particular term meant to her and the rest of the Mane 6. They'd never heard that term before in any of their lives and were curious to know what Twilight meant by that. "I suppose there's a lot of stuff the original book on Sirens never explained..." Twilight said, getting the group's attention. She'd kept the knowledge of Furen and Blissen Sirens a secret from her friends for too long now. "Gather around, girls. I've got a lot to tell you..." Meanwhile, back in the Human World, Adagio, Aria and Sonata were just settling into their first class of the day in C1. They could instantly see that there were other kids their age, sitting down at desks and talking to each other. The kids all seemed worry-free as they shared in small talk and it made The Dazzlings seem more at ease with themselves. The three of them could easily see that not all the desks were taken, however, the desks were completely separate from one another. This meant that Adagio, Aria and Sonata had to split up in order to take their seats. This got Adagio to look a little downhearted. "What's wrong, Dagi?" Sonata asked, noticing the sorrow her sister was starting to show. "Sonny, look at the chairs." Adagio said, turning Sonata's attention to all the open desks that were far apart from each other. "No matter where we choose to sit, we're gonna be apart from each other..." "B-But we've always done everything together!" Sonata said, starting to worry about the situation at hand. She could now see that their choices of seating were at least two or three desks apart from each other. "It's no fair that we have to be split apart like this..." "Don't worry about that, Sonny. We'll still be together, just not as close," Aria said, comforting Sonata. Aria had shown more sympathy and concern for Sonata ever since she'd sang the Second Life Song. She felt like Sonata was actually a joy to be around, instead of a burden. "Besides, Mommy said we should be making friends..." "But, Ari... We won't be sitting together..." Sonata's worries seemed undying at this moment. She still didn't see a positive from the outcome of The Dazzlings sitting apart from each other. "Don't worry, Sonny. You'll be fine," Aria said as she and Adagio walked over to take their seats. She looked back and saw that Sonata was slowly walking towards the last free desk on offer. "Just take your seat and try to make some good friends. We'll still be here, watching you..." "Thanks, Ari..." Sonata still showed concern, but sat down at her desk nonetheless. She was unsure whether or not she'd be able to make it through one class without having a nervous breakdown. The desks that The Dazzlings sat at were rather clean, for their first desks. They could see that the desks had what looked like a polished wooden finish. Adagio put her hand underneath the edge of the wooden desk and could easily feel that the desk was liftable. She put a good grasp on the edge of the desk and opened it up to see the wonder inside. When she lifted the wooden desk up, she could see a special hideaway underneath. This was where Adagio could hide all of her valuables and any other stuff that she wanted to hide. She could tell that this was mainly for books and pencil cases, but could use it to house other stuff as well. "Wow..." Adagio said when she saw how cleverly designed her desk was. When she was done marvelling with the wonders underneath her the wooden part of her desk, she looked over at Aria and Sonata, who were also opening up their desks to see the special hideaway inside. When The Dazzlings were finished with their marvelling over the desks they had been gifted with, they saw that someone walked in and shut the door behind her. The person that walked in was taller than everyone else in the room and had what looked like an urban getup. Mainly a checkerboard shirt with ripped sleeves, accompanied by sneakers of some description. As for the person itself, it was female with a red swish of hair with darker streaks in it. As for the rest of the female, her skin was lightly tanned and had light freckles on both cheeks. Her eyes were a nice shade of green and she now looked with a little bit of a smile as she addressed the children with her welcoming voice. "Morning, kids," she said, with a little bit of a Brooklyn in her voice. She looked at all the kids who were now stopping their chats with each other to look at the female with rather attentive eyes. "Are we all sittin' comfy? Good." "Now then, I suppose you're wonderin' who I am?" she said, making sure the class she had the attention of the whole class. When they all nodded back, she smiled and continued with her little greeting by picking up a piece of chalk and writing her name on the board.. "The name's Babs Seed, but just call me Ms. Seed. Makes things much easier, don't ya agree?" She heard a lot of chuckles coming from the kids once she'd finished. She merely paid no mind to them and finished writing her name on the chalkboard. "A'ight, settle down now. Calm down, kids," Babs said, instantly getting all the kids to stop their little giggles and return their attentions to Babs and what seemed like her lesson to the class. "Now then. Today we're gonna be taking a look at 'sentences'. Now this is a rather important part of writin', so I hope you're all payin' attention." "A sentence is a series of words that can be used to make something seem much more understandable, instead of just a random mess of words," Babs said as she began writing down a sentence on the chalkboard. "For example, something like 'James walked to the park on Sunday.' is a valid sentence. See how clear it is? Just like a refined jewel." "Now then, I'd like all of yous to write down this sentence on the board as accurately as possible," Babs said as she took out a pencil holder and carried a stack of plain paper. "I'll just hand ya the pencils and paper and leave ya to it." Once Aria had received her pencil and paper, she tried reading the sentence on the board. It was rather far away from her, due to the fact that she was sitting at the back of the class; so she had to lean forward to get a good grasp on what she was writing. Once she saw the sentence, she began copying it down on the piece of paper, making sure that it was as accurate as could possibly be. Adagio's method of writing down the sentence was a little easier. She took her time when she saw what Babs had written on the board. She alternated from looking at her paper to looking at the chalkboard to make sure she was completely accurate. Finally, Sonata couldn't see most of the message and just decided to wing it. She remembered what Babs had said and decided to copy it down as neatly as possible. It was a rather huge risk, taking a gamble on a sentence she'd heard instead of once she could actually see completely. However, when the people in front of her moved, she was surprised to see that what she'd been writing was actually correct. "Alright, I think that's enough time for yous guys and gals to have finished writin' it down," Babs said as she got up from the chair she was sitting on and went over to check everyone's papers as closely as possible. "Let's see what you've been writin', kids..." "A'ight... That's a good one... Nicely done... Awesome punctuation, Hurricane..." Babs went round, giving short yet sweet verdicts on all the paper copes of the sentence on the board. "Whoa... Sonata, is this your handwriting?" "Umm... Is that a good thing?" Sonata asked when Babs had stopped at her paperwork. She looked worried once again, Babs was looking closely at her paperwork with a rather judgemental glance. "Are ya kiddin' me? It's fantastic!" Babs said as she took the pencil that Sonata held and wrote down a massive capital 'A' on the paper. "Even though you could barely see the sentence, ya still managed to pull through to the bitter end. Good work, Sonata. That's definitely an 'A' worthy paper." As Sonata reveled in what she seemed like her glory, she could hear some students who were rather jealous of her. She heard stuff like 'gifted', 'lucky' and even a few kids saying 'teacher's pet'. She worried whether or not the other kids like her special talent for copying sentences without looking at them. "Whoa..." Rainbow Dash said as she'd finally seen Twilight had come to the end of her little explanation. She'd heard a lot more about Sirens than even before. She now knew of the Balance of Lyrica, Furens and Blissens and even the great war that killed the Sirens to near-extinction. "That's a pretty sad story for The Dazzlings... Makes me wish they actually won here in Equestria..." "Are you sure about that?" Twilight asked, looking at Rainbow's poker-face with a little apprehension. "I mean, they were evil back at that time, after all..." "Ahh, relax, Twi. You know I'm just kidding." Rainbow Dash said, telling Twilight that it was all a joke and nothing serious. Sure, Rainbow Dash had heard some rather tragic stuff about the Sirens, but even she wouldn't have wanted to defect and praise the evil parts of The Dazzlings. "There's the Rainbow Dash I know and love..." Twilight said, smiling as she reminisced on Rainbow Dash's foolishness in Equestria. She'd missed her cocky attitude and daredevil lifestyle. "It's good to be back with you after all these years..." "And we're happy ta have ya back here with us, sugarcube." Applejack said, putting a hoof on Twilight's shoulders. She'd missed Princess Twilight for so long after she'd left and was grateful that she was back in Equestria with her and the others. "Pardon me for interrupting a rather touching moment, but I have a question for you, Twilight," Rarity said as she decided to pose a question that Twilight could tell straight from her rather frazzled mane. "How much longer are we going to be trotting towards the light?" "Don't worry about that, Rarity. I'm sure we're almost there," Twilight said as she looked over the mountain's peak to see the beam of light stretching out towards an even farther open stretch of land than ever before. Twilight had an even more worried look as she saw nothing but the open world and the clear skies ahead. "Or not..." This sight got all the other girls to groan in desperation. They'd walked all that way from Ponyville and still weren't even close to getting to the Pit Of Lyrics. "Even if I had my Party Cannon, we still wouldn't be able to get over there..." Pinkie said as she pulled out said cannon and then threw it away, as if she didn't need it for this adventure. "Don't be sad, girls. I've got a way for us to keep going without having to waste your energy..." Twilight said as she unfurled her wings and motioned Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy to open their wings as well. "Thank Celestia that Pegasi and Alicorns exist..." "Hold on a sec, Twilight. Are ya sayin'-" "That we should fly over? That's exactly what I'm saying, Applejack," Twilight said, explaining in detail the way that she'd be able to make it to the Pit Of Lyrics in record time. "Think about it. If there are three ponies who can fly and three ponies who can't, wouldn't it make sense for the ponies who can fly to carry the others over to the light's end?" "That's a good plan, Twilight. But I can see one fatal flaw in it straight away." Rarity said, trying to tell Twilight a logical reason why her plan wouldn't work. "Think about how much the three of us weigh, overall... Now, even though Pegasi are quite agile fliers, they can't surely support the weight of a full-grown pony during a flight, now can they?" "Don't worry about it, girls. I've got the perfect solution for that..." Twilight lit her horn and cast a spell on Rarity, Pinkie and Applejack, making their gravity seem weakened. "During my time as an Alicorn, I've picked up a few new tricks along the way. This spell I've cast is an anti-gravity spell, making you three seem lighter until I dispel you. So, with this logical change, we should be able to carry all three of you through the sky with us." "How do ya keep findin' this sorta stuff?" Applejack asked, flabbergasted that Twilight had a solution for every problem that had been hurled her way. "Some might say egghead, I say well-read. Speaking of which, I've read at least every spellbook that Celestia gave me. And if that's not enough, I even learned some spells that aren't even supposed to exist at all!" Twilight said, recollecting her intelligence. "Come on, girls. Hop on." The girls dared not to question Twilight's logic and hopped onto the backs of Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Twilight. Once they were all on, Twilight cast another spell, creating what looked like barriers around Applejack, Rarity and Pinkie, so they wouldn't fall out during the flight. "Ooh! Sparkly!" Pinkie said as she felt how smooth her barrier felt once she got a good position on Fluttershy's back. "How did you know, Twilight?" "I have my sources..." Twilight smiled and opened her wings to begin her flight. She looked at Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, who were doing the same thing with their wings. "Now then, hold on tight, everypony. This is gonna be a bumpy ride!" "That's my line, but whatever. Let's do this, Twilight!" Rainbow Dash said as the three winged ponies took running charges off of the mountain and flew towards the light. The three winged ponies could hear rather worried murmurs at first, but those died down once they were sure that their passengers were completely safe. They made some rather deep swoops to pick up speed, making sure not to graze the earth below them and damage themselves. For Rarity, Applejack and Pinkie, it was a rather enjoyable experience now that they'd had some time in the air. For once, they were getting to experience how it felt to be a real Pegasus, soaring majestically through the clouds like a mighty dragon. As the six ponies travelled through the skies, they could see a rather wonderful sight ahead of them. They not only saw hundreds of fields of flowers and luscious plantlife, but they also saw that the light was starting to dip downwards. This sort of thing meant that they were almost at the ancient Pit Of Lyrics, which had been ravaged by The Dazzlings eons ago. After at least ten minutes of air travel, the girls could all see that the light had stopped travelling through the sky and now went down into a deep, circular chasm. The girls all knew it from the rapidly dropping light, that this was the ancient Pit Of Lyrics that had been lost to Equestria for tens of thousands of years. Twilight, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash all landed near the entrance to the pit and sat themselves down to let their passengers slide off. Twilight could see that the barriers were still holding the passengers in place, so she cut them down and dispelled the anti-gravity spell, causing Rarity, Applejack and Pinkie to slide off the backs of their transportation. "Well, here we are..." Twilight said as she looked down from the top of the pit and saw what looked like the ruins of what was once a rather beautiful city. She could also see that there were some bridges that had fallen down to the earth as well, as part of the ruined city. As she looked at the devastated ruins, with one ruined building lit up by the Second Life Song's glow, she knew where they were straight away. "The Pit Of Lyrics... Or whatever's left of them..."