//------------------------------// // Prologue: The Arrival // Story: Dark Desires // by SonataDusk97 //------------------------------// Shortly after the Dazzlings were defeated a cloaked figure sneaked around the stage. The figure saw the broken fragments to what she believed are the ruby pendents that belonged to Sirens. The figure studied the pendents and lowers her hood, she smiles an evil grin her raven black hair with blood red streaks cascaded down the petite woman's back. Her eyes glowed red smiling seeing a hint of magic in these pendents still. Her gnarled talons trapped the pendents like a yellow dismantled cage. She giggled with evil and malice. "Seems like these pendents are my way out of this infernal place," the woman said happily and began to walk off the stage with a happy smile upon her face feeling content with her new finding. She returns to the sewers and was greeted of the awful smell and rodents that ran around her feet. She didn't care though she just wanted to get revenge on her sister Melody Dragonmir and her pitiful best friend Capella Sparkle. She hissed and snarled at the thought of those two who banished her here, but now she had found sirens that could possibly deal with Capella while she deals with Melody! Now this delightful character is Dragon Blood. She was banished for trying to enslave the sirens and turn the dragons against the ponies, but she was stopped by Capella the Siren Princess and Melody the Dragon Pony Princess. Dragon Blood was sent her for her crimes against pony kind, and now she hates them wanting to do anything she can to get rid of them. "No matter I will rule over Equestira and finish what I had started," she said to one in particular but hey she has no one but herself to talk to these days. She looks for a spell book her yellow talons tracing across the binding's of the books until she found a black black with silvery lettering and a picture of a siren. "Ah ha!" she exclaimed opening the book and found a way to fix the pendents. The dragon girl smiles as she uses her magic, a red ominous glow wrapped around her hands as she began to chant the spell her eyes became slits and glowed red as she continued to chant and the spirits of the sirens that were trapped in the pendents swirled around them and put themselves back together. The black skinned sorceress collapsed on the cold stone hard ground. She was weak from this task and instantly passed out from the lack of strength the pendents still laying there glowing red from her dreadful dark magic. ~ * ~ The former sirens return home, Adagio the leader of the group is angry about the situation they were humiliated by the whole school and now they have no power. No control. No way to get home. Aria sulked to the couch that is in front of a tiny TV and Sonata sits next to Aria while Adagio began to pace back and forth. Sonata grew worried about Adagio and went over to her to see if she could comfort her. "Dagi? Is there anything I can do?" Sonata asks and the orange haired girl looks at Sonata with not anger but sadness. "I'm afraid not Sonata," Adagio replied in a grim sad tone before she headed upstairs. The blue haired siren returned to the couch sitting next to Aria. "I can't believe this," Aria said to one in particular, but had seemed to be upset with the fact that her power was gone. And Sonata made a realization the bond that they shared was from their voices and music and now they have nothing. Sonata tried not to cry but couldn't help it, she let a few tears lose. Aria noticed this, she wiped Sonata's tears and gave her a hug trying to comfort her, but the blue haired siren started to sob and scream afraid of losing the only things she had left. Aria held Sonata tightly comforting the blue haired girl kissing her cheek trying to ease her. "It's okay Sonata it's going to be okay," Aria lied to her sister, not out of spite like she would have but out of comfort. Sonata's cries started to slow and turned into sniffling as she fell asleep in Aria's embrace. Aria smiles at her sister and holds her closer to her, but the dreadful feeling of fear crept back into Aria's soul. She sighed before looking at Sonata, so many years she had tormented her. She never meant to hurt her, or cause her pain. She simply did it because she was angry. Angry at Adagio. Angry at being banished. Never at Sonata, but it was easier for her to take her anger out on Sonata. "What have I done?" the purple siren wailed fearing she had ruined her sister and made her feel unloved. "I'm sorry Sonata. I promise . . . things will be different." With that Aria carried Sonata to her room and laid her in the purple bed sheets, and Aria went up next to her and snuggled against her, she noticed a faint smile on her lips. Aria also smiled, until she heard the cries of her older sister coming from the room beside her. Aria knew it was not the best idea to go in there right now, but she felt horrible and prayed to Celestia that they can be a family again closer than they ever have been. Aria nuzzled Sonata wanting to sleep but couldn't. She couldn't deal with her mistakes, her faults, nor her possibly ruining Sonata. Aria had tears welling up in her eyes but didn't allow them to fall, instead she buried her face in Sonata's hair, the sweet scent blue berries filled her nostrils and was able to get some rest. The sadness that Aria had once had is now gone. She felt at peace and happy as she dreamed of the good old days when they were kids.