"Good Morning!" Sonata shouted cheerfully as Adagio walked in. It was a few months after the defeat of the dazzlings, and the sisters had gotten their life back on track. Mostly.
"Sonataaaaa... will you STOP IT with the good mornings already. It's never a good day on this day. Right, Adagio?", Aria muttered.
"Ah... yes..." Adagio groped for the right words. Something had gone missing from her memory, but she didn't know how to phrase the question without seeming stupid. "Um... I hope you don't mind me asking.. but... what day IS it?"
Sonata's jaw dropped open. You could practically hear the comical thunk sound. She lifted her jaw back into it's normal position, and asked, "Adagio! Did you fall out of bed? You hate this day! It's monday!"
Aria seemed to be considering something else. "Adagio... when have you ever, ever used polite words?"She pondered. To be honest, Adagio didn't exactly know either. She was troubled by this particular fact, but she was determined not to let it show. She laughed, and you could hear the tension rushing out of the room.
"I was kidding! You should have seen the look on your faces!" Adagio bluffed.
Sonata beamed and pounced on her, saying, "Yeah you totally got me! Now come on, eat breakfast! We've got to go to work soon!"
A few minutes later, Adagio was being pushed out the door by an energetic Sonata. Aria still had two hours until her part-time shift at McDiscord's. After that, she would head to hay mart, the pet store. As Sonata waved good-bye, a dark layer descended over Aria's eyes as she pondered what her sister had meant. Adagio was lying when she said she was kidding. Anybody except Sonata could see that. Aria's gaze grew darker as she remembered a bedtime story their mother had told them when they were little.
"Mom, tell us a story!" a jubilant Sonata cried. Little Aria rolled her big beautiful eyes next to her. Sonata demanded a story every night.
"Well.. once upon a time, a young siren lived, travelling across the sea to equestria.." the mother started. "Once the young siren arrived, she carried out her duties of sowing chaos, just as a good siren must do. But the angry ponies realized that the source of the problem was the beautiful siren, who sang enchanting songs to them. The ponies, fueled by their anger, gathered weapons and set out to defeat the siren."
"Oh no!" Sonata gasped in her sweet soprano voice.
"Yes," sighed the mother. " Unfortunately, soon the siren was defeated, along with her source of power. A curse follows all sirens, although it rarely latches onto them. This curse makes them forget everything they have heard or seen, until they are a lifeless, forgotten heap. The curse latched on to this particular siren, and soon she had forgotten all she had learned. However, the one pony that loved her decided to find the cure. He engaged her for one full day, teaching her new lessons of hope, love, and to enjoy the world. Towards the end of the day, the pony asked her if she remembered anything of that day. The siren looked at him, surprised, and said that, yes, she did remember. The pony was ecstatic, and a bright golden light enveloped the siren. After the light had dimmed, the siren remembered everything she had learned, and the lessons she had learned that day. One year later, the siren and pony were married."
Sonata gasped."ooh! ooh! was that you and daddy?" The mother smiled.
"Yes, sweetie, that was. I hope this curse never latches to any of you."
Aria blinked, the memory fading into just that- a memory. She wondered, since their pendants were gone, and since Adagio seemed a little forgetful, that the curse had latched onto Adagio. She only hoped this was not the case. She would have to keep a close eye on her. Aria glanced over the the clock.
"Dang it!" She yelled, "I'll be late for my shift!"