//------------------------------// // Chapter 20 // Story: The King of Angels // by Wheenesss //------------------------------// (Canterlot High School, Cafeteria, 12:00 PM) *RRRRRRRRRRRINNNGG!* The loud sound of the bell rung throughout the school, signaling the end of the lunch period. Isaac grinned, "Sorry ladies, I've got to get to my next class." He looked at the group of admirers that had suddenly sprung up when word got out about what he'd done to Sunset Shimmer. They looked sad. "Aww... Come on, please?" "It's your first day, you can afford to be a little late!" "Yeah, what she said!" He shook his head, "Like I said before, I'm sorry. But you're looking at a guy who prides himself on being punctual!" The disguised angel stood up and walked away, hearing the swoons of the teenage girls behind him. "He's so dreamy..." they said. "Thank god that's over! I was drowning in jailbait!" he thought, mentally sighing in relief. That was incredibly awkward. He was old enough to be their great-great-great-great-great-great-great.... Well you get the idea. "Now to find the Sirens." he continued mentally, greeting all of the people who came up to him. It seemed he was already well-known across the school. Now, how to go about looking for them? Unlike Sunset they didn't have a set location. They've probably been wandering all over this planet for the past thousand years. He had no idea as to where to start looking. Perhaps he could split into multiple bodies and go around sensing for any artificially generated emotions? To explain, anything with the ability to sense emotions can tell when they're genuine and not magically induced, by things like a love potion or a siren's voice. "But that would only work while they're feeding." he thought. What next? He could always sense for magic, an ability he recently gained from physical contact with Tirek. "But I don't have any experience actually using it." he continued, grumbling mentally. Without experience, he'd have accuracy trouble. The most he'd be able to get is a general direction of where his targets were. Isaac regretted not looking over the evil centaur's memories, but he wanted to deal with him before he had the chance to try anything funny. However, searching for their magic would still the most effective way of searching for them. He could do that regardless of whether or not he was feeding. "Assuming they still have magic to preserve their immortality. If they don't they'd be long dead by now, and I would be wasting my time." he finished angrily. Although, if Starswirl used a spell instead of a mirror to banish them here, that means he was still in the early stages of developing interdimensional magic. The unicorn knew the spell he used was incomplete, but he probably didn't care if these Sirens had their powers in this world, just so long as they didn't bother Equestria. That made Isaac wonder why ponies were so adverse to killing their enemies? Even when they really deserved it in his opinion. "Although if they weren't, Celestia and Luna would have killed me ages ago and I wouldn't be here now." he finished mentally. That was one benefit to their ideology. Of course they still killed their enemies when at war, but otherwise they tended to really not like doing it. Capital punishment was made illegal just before he was even petrified! As much as he gloated, Isaac really could die someday. They'd just have to exhaust his magic supply in a fight. That way he couldn't use chaos magic to avoid attacks and warp away injuries. "Hi!" a familiar voice suddenly said behind him. "GAH!" the angel jumped, falling over again in surprise *THUMP* He groaned, his face having met the floor. "How does she keep surprising me? Oh wait, she's Pinkie Pie. No matter what dimension she's from." he thought angrily. "Ohmygosh I'm so sorry! Let me help you up!" a pink hand reached down, and he accepted it, allowing her to pull him up. Isaac looked into the smiling face of Pinkie Pie's human counterpart. "Thanks! Um... who are you?" he asked, playing the part of the new kid. "I'm Pinkie Pie! And you're the guy who finally set that meanie Sunset Shimmer straight!" she replied with her trademark grin. He chuckled, "Is it really that big of a deal? Sure I enjoy the attention I'm getting from it, but she was just a spoiled brat." The pink haired-girl nodded, "I was so totally a big deal! Sunset Shimmer made everyone sad or afraid all the time!" "Well then, I'm glad to have helped you guys out. Wasn't there something you wanted to talk to me about before I fell over?" "Yeah! You're invited to a 'Welcome-to-Canterlot-High-and-thanks-for-dealing-with-Sunset-Shimmer' Party at my house!" she said, holding out an invitation. The disguised angel raised an eyebrow, "A party... Isn't that excessive?" "No way! I throw parties all the time!" she answered. "And your parents are okay with this?" Pinkie nodded, "Yep! They love my parties!" He chuckled, "Alright then, when is it?" "This Saturday starting at 10:00 PM! Be sure to be there!" Isaac smiled, "Okay then. I'll ask my parents if I can go and tell you tomorrow!" Pinkie's grin widened, "Great!" "I'll see you later!" He turned to walk away, but a hand on his shoulder stopped him. "Wait! What's your next class? Maybe we can walk there together!" "Uhhh...." he went over Flash Sentry's memories to look for something to say, "Chemistry with Miss Zecora? Room 305?" Pinkie groaned, "Awww.... That's way too far from my next class! If I walk with you there's no way I'll make it on time!" "It's alright." "You're right! See you later-er.... What's your name again?" "I never told you it. My name is Royal Wings, but most people just call me Roy." "Oooh, fancy! Bye Roy!" the pink haired-girl said, finally leaving him alone. Isaac sighed, and started looking for a way to escape. Luckily there was a door that led outside nearby! Making sure nobody was looking, the disguised angel slipped out of the building. In a flash of golden flames, Isaac turned into a flock of birds that all flew in opposite directions. Although one stayed on top of the school building to be an easy teleportation checkpoint. Making this many bodies was stretching himself really thin, but he'd cover a lot more ground this way. "Let's just hope it doesn't take too long." he thought. (???, 7:15 PM) "FUCK MY LIFE!" Isaac thought, still flying everywhere at once. It was night time, and he had been at this job for hours. This was actually worse than waiting for Sunset Shimmer because he didn't know when his search would even end! He could be at this for an entire day! All of his bodies were flying as fast as they could without drawing attention. He had been searching all over this country, which turned out to be this world's America (to no surprise at all), but to no avail. His magic senses hadn't picked up anything at all. "The headache I'll get when I have one body again might just kill me." he continued mentally, bitter at the prospect. He consoled himself, because if he didn't do this, those sirens might become a problem. "Come to think of it, they sound like the perfect villains for an Equestria Girls sequel." he pondered. Didn't Hasbro reveal that they were in the process of making one just before he got sent to Equestria for real? "I think it was called Rainbow Raps or something stupid like that." he finished. Eh, the name could always be worse. Now back to searching.... Dear god though he wished that something interesting would happen to break his boredom. The only mildly entertaining thing he could do right now as a bunch of birds is poop on people's heads, and that got old after a while. "I wonder if the sirens know about the portal back to Equestria?" his thoughts continued. Probably not, otherwise they would have used it ages ago. Of course that begs the question of why they'd inevitably go to Canterlot High in this hypothetical second movie? Maybe they saw the super-magical friendship beam that Twilight and the human counterparts of her friends would have used on Sunset Shimmer if it wasn't for his changes? That would mean they'd be in the area surrounding Canterlot High at that time. Perhaps, they were already in the country? That gave him some hope for the success of his search. "Wait, then they have no idea that there's even a way back." he realized. They'd just be miserable for the rest of their eternal lives, feeding on what amounted to table scraps to their kind.. Well he couldn't just let that happen now could he? Before Isaac had been imprisoned, he had siren friends! "I should probably check and see if they're still alive once I get back to Equestria..." If they were dead, well then that was that. If they were still alive...? He would catch up and see if they were willing to work for him. Their diet would have to be expanded though. He couldn't have them stirring up trouble and feeding on the wrong ponies now could he? "Alright then, focus! Back to searc-OH WAIT A MINUTE!" he thought loudly. One of his bodies had picked up something! This one was flying over the harbor of what appeared to be this world's... Florida? He wasn't entirely sure. All he knew was that he had sensed three faint magic signals! In a flash of golden flames, most of his other bodies appeared besides this one. Of course the one all the way back at Canterlot High stayed behind. They spread out again over the nearby city. Their sensory ranges would overlap, allowing him to get a precise lock on their location. In about ten minutes, a flock of birds was flying in a circle over what appeared to be.... a WcDonalds? Isaac mentally sighed, "Stupid copyright laws." The angel could hear a lot of yelling and arguing from up here. Also..... faint singing. He tried to sense for any magically-induced emotions. "Yep, they're definitely feeding." he nodded. The flock of birds swooped down towards the back of the fast-food restaurant, making sure that nobody was there to see. The flew towards each other, and in a flash of golden flames, the angel was now a wingless version of his true form. "WHY IS MY ORDER TAKING SO LONG?!" "MAYBE IF YOU DIDN'T YELL AT US, WE WOULD MAKE IT FASTER!" "YOU HYPOCRITE! YOU'RE YELLING TOO!" "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?!" Arguments like these could be heard from inside the restaurant. It was actually a lot louder now that he was closer to the building. He could also he the singing louder. "Aaah~ah~ah, Aaah~ah." three distinctive voices could be heard among the fighting. Isaac's eyes widened. Those voices sounded really familiar. "No way!" he said with a grin, running around to the front of the WcDonald's, "My luck is not this good!" He peered through the window. It was utter chaos. People were arguing, throwing things at each other, and straight up fist-fighting in there! There was also the eerie green fog floating around all over the floor. Nobody noticed of course. He chuckled, "Showtime." (Florida, WcDonald's, 7:26 PM) Isaac walked into the bedlam, looking side to side for his targets. *SPLAT* The disguised angel quickly avoided a thrown cheeseburger, that had hit the door instead of his face. He raised an eyebrow and looked in the direction that the food was thrown from. Everybody seemed to be too busy arguing to notice him. "Must have been a stray shot." he thought, going back to the job at hand. His magic sense told him that they were near the back, and so he followed it. He carefully avoided getting dragged into any of the arguments. "Aaah~ah~ah, Aaah~ah." The ancient evil grinned as he saw three hooded girls singing in a booth all the way in the back. Their hoods obscured their features, but that didn't matter. The eerie grin fog seemed to be coming from their... chests? No wait, the fog was actually coming from the red gems around their necks. Isaac's grin widened. They were too busy feeding to notice that he'd snuck up on them. Well he couldn't waste an opportunity like this! He crept ever so slowly up behind them, raising his hands up. *SLAM* "HEY LADIES! LONG TIME, NO SEE!" he shouted, slamming his hands down on the back of their seats. They jumped in surprise, their feeding interrupted. "SHIT!" "FUCK!" "WHAT THE TARTARUS?!" Their heads snapped back towards him, and their jaws dropped when they saw him. "ISAAC?!" The three of them shrieked. "Hello Adagio, Sonata, Aria. What's new?" he replied, snickering. They immediately threw off their hoods, revealing their shocked faces. Adagio Dazzle had yellow skin, big poofy orange hair with dark yellow highlights, and magenta eyes. She was wearing a purple hoodie, blue jeans, and purple sneakers. Aria Blaze had pinkish-purple skin, purple hair with green highlights in two long pigtails, and hard purple eyes. She was wearing a green hoodie, blue jeans, and green sneakers. Sonata Dusk had pale blue skin, long teal hair with blue highlights tied into a ponytail, and round magenta eyes. She was wearing a magenta hoodie, blue jeans, and magenta sneakers. All three of them were staring at him, mouths agape, as if he was a ghost. "H-How?" Aria asked, uncharacteristically emotive. "Woah!" Sonata exclaimed. "W-We thought Celestia and Luna turned you to stone!" Adagio said, pointing at him. "They did. Discord freed me after he got free. I've been doing stuff around the world ever since." Isaac replied. "Then why are you in this world? Did they banish you here too?" Sonata asked. "Starswirl made a portal to here before he finally kicked the bucket. I read in a book that he banished three sirens here. I was interested, so I stole the portal from the Princesses and used it to get here. I just didn't expect that the sirens I'd find would be you." "THERE'S A WAY BACK?!" Aria jumped out her seat, grabbing him by the collar. Isaac's eyes widened, "Umm.... Yessssss?" The three sirens gasped, then broke out into cheers. "We can go home and regain our true forms!" Adagio exclaimed, eyes sparkling at the prospect. She could swim and eat properly again! No more living day by day on the scraps of negative energy this world had to offer! No more walking around in this hideous human form either! Aria and Sonata actually hugged each other. Of course once Aria realized who she was hugging, she shoved Sonata down to the floor. "Oww.... What was that for?!" the siren-turned-human demanded, glaring up while rubbing her head. "You hugged me." was Aria's reply. "We hugged each other at the same time!" "No. You hugged me and that was it." Sonata grumbled, standing up and glaring harder. "You're the worst!" Aria glared back at her. "No, you're the worst Sonata!" Adagio groaned as her younger sisters got into yet another argument. Isaac chuckled, "I see those two haven't changed a bit." Adagio gave him a scathing look, "You wouldn't think its so funny if you had to listen to it over and over for a thousand years." He raised an eyebrow, "Really? I actually expected you to ditch them if that was the case." She scoffed, "Please, they wouldn't survive a month without me. They're both idiots, remember?" "HEY!" the aforementioned 'idiots' shouted, glaring at their older sister. Adagio chuckled, "I wouldn't say it if it wasn't true." Their glares just intensified. The siren just rolled her eyes and ignored them, "So what are you planning?" "How do you know I'm planning something?" She gave him annoyed look, "Tch, don't treat me like I'm stupid. I know you. You're almost always planning something." Isaac sighed, "You caught me. Sad to say but, I'm going straight." "I find that hard to believe. You said you stole the portal from the Princesses, and I doubt they're happy about that." "Oh they are, but I framed someone else for that. Besides, you don't really expect me to bow to their whims and start going on about friendship do you?" Adagio hummed, folding her arms. "You're right. Your ego is too big for that." Isaac glared at her, "Hey!" She smirked, "I wouldn't say it if it wasn't true." He sighed again, "Point. Anyways, my goal isn't to be their friend and/or lackey. My goal is to be someone they tolerate." "Oh? And how are you planning do to that?" "Cutting back on chaos while doing a few good things at the same time. I've already turned the Element Bearers into alicorns, got rid of Nightmare Moon-" "Oooh! Oooh! Pick me!" Sonata exclaimed, jumping up and down while raising her hand. The others rolled their eyes, "Yes, Sonata?" "Who's Nightmare Moon?" she asked. "Yeah, actually. Who is that?" Aria said. Adagio hummed, rubbing her chin. "I think I remember you mentioning the name back in the day..." He facepalmed, "Oh, right! You wouldn't know. Luna went crazy for a while and started calling herself that. Celestia banished her to the Moon for a thousand years. When she came back, the Elements chose new Bearers, who proceeded to blast the crazy out of her. Unfortunately, that crazy took on a life of its own and escaped to the South Pole without anyone knowing. It possessed a Polar Griffon, took over the South Pole, and planned to cause an eternal night. I exorcised it from the griffon and eventually put it back into Luna while making sure she would remain sane from the re-union." The three siren's eyes widened. Adagio said, "Well, we've certainly been out of the loop for a whi-WAIT a minute! Before that you said that you turned the Element Bearers into alicorns! Why would you do something stupid like that?!" she finished, almost shouting at the end. "Would you expect me to give six ponies, who by all-rights should be my enemies, a power-up like that?" "Nope!" Sonata said. "No." Aria continued. Adagio nodded, "True. That would throw anyone who knows you for a loop." "Exactly. I also told them that I was planning on doing community service." The lead siren's eyes narrowed, "What kind of 'community service'?" Isaac smirked, "Oh you know. Stopping problems before they become problems. Earlier today I stopped Celestia's bitchy ex-student from trying to take over Equestria in the future. She's actually in this world. She used the portal almost thirty moons ago because she thought she'd get 'the power and recognition she deserved' here." Aria sneered, "This world has anything but power." "Well, she didn't know that. Plus she's very hard-headed so..." Isaac shrugged. Adagio asked, "So that's it?" "Not exactly. I also plan on taking over a country in the future." Aria scoffed, "That sounds like the exact opposite of community service!" "Not the way I'm doing it. I plan to overthrow as many dictators across the planet as possible. Odds are the ponies, minotaurs, griffons, zebras, etc, of at least one of those countries will thank me for saving them by making me their King. It has to be their idea of course. Otherwise Celestia will think I conquered them." Adagio raised an eyebrow, "What do we have to do with this?" He scratched the back of his head, "Well, I was thinking you could be my court musicians-slash-magicians or something? I honestly didn't expect to find you three here." "Queen." Isaac blinked, "Um what?" was all he could say Adagio smirked and walked up to him, resting a hand on his face. "A King needs a Queen after all. Why not me?" The disguised angel glared down at her, removing her hand. "How about no? One, I know you. You don't like sharing. You'd find a way to to kill me, leaving you with all the power and attention you could ever want." She frowned, "Am I really that transparent?" "Yes. Two, you'd be a Siren again. I like living on land. You like living in the ocean." Her frown turned into a scowl, "You're a shapeshifter! You can live anywhere!" "There's no guarantee the country I take over will be underwater. If it isn't, and I was somehow stupid enough to accept your offer, I would have to turn you into something that can live on land." She growled, "Tch. You always were too smart for your own good." He raised an eyebrow at that, "How is you killing me for my own good?" "Shut up." Isaac chuckled, "You're just too greedy, Adagio." She glared at him, "Excuse me?" "I wouldn't say it if it wasn't true." he countered. Sonata and Aria laughed at that, prompting her to turn her glare on them. "Not so funny when it's you, is it?" Aria remarked with a cruel smirk, arms folded. He offered her a hand, "So what do you say, ladies? Take my offer as is, or I leave you here." "WHAT?!" they shouted. "I told you I was going straight, didn't it? If I brought you back to Equestria but not while under my employment, you'd just go back to causing trouble. I've been stopping problems before they become problems." Adagio's glare would have melted lesser beings, "You bastard! So we're just problems to you now?!" "Of course not, but I'm playing the long game now. Think about it. Starswirl banished you three here because you kept making ponies fight each other. Sometimes you didn't even do it to feed, but just to watch them fight." "So did you!" Sonata pointed out. Isaac's smile became evil, "Ah, but this isn't about me. If I let you go back to your old ways, what's to stop the Princesses or Element Bearers from sending you back here when they've had enough of it? Or worse, petrifying you like they did me?" "You could! You always used to brag about how you could take on the Princesses and win! What's stopping you from doing that? Was that just another one of your lies?!" Aria growled. "Like I said before, I'm trying to go on the straight-and-narrow here." That got them thinking about it, he noted. They all went silent and seemed to think about their actions. "Now for the even harder part." he thought. "Keep in mind, if you accept I'll have to expand your diets as well." he said. Their heads snapped up. Adagio's eyes narrowed, "What do you mean?" He raised his hands up, "Once your gems become properly attached to your bodies again, I'll modify them a bit. You'll be able to switch between your siren, human, and a pony form. I'd have to do that anyway because I don't have a pool I can put you in on the other side. You'd have gills again, remember?" They all stared at him with intense looks, before huddling up and moving away from him. Isaac noticed that the other people in the restaurant were snapping out of their magically-induced rage, wondering just what happened. In a few minutes, they came back. They were calmer, but still very angry at him. Adagio grabbed him by the collar and pulled him close. He idly noted that she was actually rather attractive as a human. All three of them were. "We accept, but let's get something straight here. We are not, nor will we ever be your servants. If you try to jerk us around or manipulate us, we will end you. The only reason we're accepting is because we hate it here more than we hate the terms of this deal." Isaac smiled, "Excellent! We can leave whenever your ready. Do you have anything you want to bring with you?" Sonata gasped, her anger temporarily forgotten. "My tacos!" Her sisters groaned in agitation The ancient evil blinked, "Um.... what?" "She tried them a few years back and now she always has to get some whenever she has the chance." Aria explained, her face in her hands. "Fine, Sonata. We'll get them out of the car." Adagio grumbled. "You have a car?" he asked. "Of course! Once they were invented, did you really expect us to walk everywhere? The question is, how do you know what a car is?" "My world is rather similar to this one." he answered. "Why does that not surprise me?" Adagio sighed, rubbing her temples. "What is that supposed to mean?" he demanded, glaring at her. She waved him off, "Never you mind, let's go!" Isaac grumbled, as he followed the three sirens. With that, the four of them left the WcDonald's. The people who remained didn't even remember why they were fighting in the first place.