//------------------------------// // Chapter 25: Dawn And The Dazzlings // Story: The Lost Prince Returns // by Robobrony //------------------------------// Dawn And The Dazzlings Dawn Light noticed the poor condition the three sirens were in. They had only grey sweat pants and sweater hoodies to wear and were looking a bit thin. “I’m going to go talk to them.” “WHAT?!” The six girls shrieked. Before they could stop him, Dawn rushed off and towards the sirens. “That was a great plan Adagio.” Aria Blaze said in a bored tone. “Now look where we are.” Adagio Dazzle glared at Aria. “Hey, the plan would have worked had it not been for those meddling girls.” “You know, I never really even wanted to take over in the first place, that was all your idea.” Aria shot back. Sonata Dusk looked worried. “Hey, come on now girls. Let’s not argue, we’re sisters remember? So our little plan didn’t work. It’s not the end of the world.” She tried to reassure them with a smile. Adagio glared at Sonata. “Save your breath Sonata, you weren’t exactly much help either.” “If we hadn’t gone through with your plan, we might be in better condition than we’re in now.” Aria said. Adagio turned back to Aria and growled through gritted teeth. “Excuse me.” Dawn said as he stood before the three sisters. The three girls looked to Dawn. Adagio was the first to address him. “Beat it kid, we’re busy, we don’t have time for some punk kid.” “Actually, I just wanted to talk to you.” Dawn stated as the six girls came up behind Dawn with angry looks towards the dazzlings. “Oh great, it’s them.” Aria said. “What do you six want?” “For whatever reason, Dawn Light here decided to come over and talk to you three.” Rarity pointed out. “Dawn Light?” Adagio questioned and turned her gaze to Dawn. Dawn gave a smile. “Yep, Dawn Light, that’s my name. I’m from Equestria like you three originally were from. My cousin Twilight told me…” Dawn was interrupted by Adagio. “Twilight? You mean that princess wannabe that ruined our plans…” “Your plan.” Aria said. “To take over?” Adagio finished. Dawn cringed back slightly but Rainbow placed her hands on Dawn’s shoulders for comfort. “Um...yeah?” “There is nothing for us to talk about.” Adagio practically growled out. “Get lost.” “Come on kid, you’re wasting your time with them.” Rainbow said. The six girls started walking away, but Dawn lingered. “Hold on! Girls, I think they should get a second chance.” Dawn called out. This caused the six teens to pause in their tracks and look to Dawn in surprise. The Dazzlings looked to Dawn curiously as well. “Are...you….CRAZY?!” Rainbow asked. “You do know what they did right?” “I do, but how is what they did any different from what Sunset Shimmer did?” Dawn countered. “Twilight was willing to give her a second chance and you all became friends with her, changing her for the better. Well, why not do the same for them?” Sunset turned to the girls. “He...may have a point.” “I do kind of agree with him.” Fluttershy added. “Yeah, we could have three new friends.” Pinkie chirped. Rarity gave a small groan. “I suppose so.” “All right, we’ll help ya’ll out, but you’d best not try anything funny.” Applejack said. “Tch, as if, we don’t need your pity.” Aria said. “Oh come on girls, how bad could it be? Besides, just look at us, we got no money, no food, I’m starving over here. Couldn’t we at least give it a try?” Sonata begged. Aria and Adagio still had a disapproving look, then turned to each other. “Fine, we might as well. Not like anything else can go wrong in our lives.” Aria agreed. “Are you serious? You can’t possibly be serious about accepting help from them?” Adagio asked in disgust. “Have you got a better idea?!” Aria asked angrily. “Look at us, we’re a mess! We’re all hungry and we have nowhere else to stay! All because ‘your’ plan failed!” Adagio cringed back in surprise and shock, as did the other six girls. “Our powers are gone Adagio. We can’t get away with anything anymore. Yes it’s because of them, but it wouldn’t have happened in the first place if you hadn’t wanted more. I suppose we could’ve been better off if we succeeded, but we didn’t, and now we’re worse off than we were before. I’m tired of living on the streets and scrounging for food. I may not like it, but I’d rather accept help from someone then continue living like this.” Aria stated. Adagio remained stunned. Aria stood up and looked to Dawn and the six girls who were all surprised by this. “Look, as you heard, I’m tired of living like this. So...I guess I’ll accept whatever help you can offer.” Sonata stood up next. “Yeah, me too. We’d really appreciate what help you can give.” She then looked to Adagio with a hopeful smile. Adagio glared and turned her head to the side. Sonata continued looking at Adagio with a hopeful smile. Adagio looked at sonata again, gave a grunt of annoyance and stood up. “Ugh, fine, I could use something in my stomach anyway.” Sonata smiled, then looked to the group again. “Thank you.” She bowed her head. “Aw, don’t mention it.” Pinkie chirped with a smile. Adagio pointed a finger at the group. “Don’t think this means we’re all buddy buddy now though.” “Wouldn’t dream of it.” Applejack retorted in a low tone. “Come on girls, let’s all just go get something to eat.” Dawn said to try and calm the tension. “Good idea, let’s all go eat at Sugar Cube Corner.” Pinkie offered as a way to help Dawn. Thankfully, it worked and the group continued on. Adagio, Aria, and Sonata walked separate from the six friends and Dawn Light. Aria looking away from Adagio and Adagio had her arms crossed and looking down with a scowl. Sonata was the only one with a small smile on her face towards the group. Dawn looked back to the three and Sonata waved hello. Dawn gave a smile and waved back. “So...you’re names are Sonata, Adagio, and Aria right?” “That’s right.” Sonata answered. “And....you three are sisters?” Dawn asked again. “Even though we don’t have the same last name, yeah.” Sonata answered again. “I’ve got a question.” Rarity said. “Why did you three try to take over our school in the first place?” “We use….well...used to use...our singing to control people and made them turn on one another and feed off the negative energy that gave us more power.” Aria answered. “And it would’ve worked if you seven girls hadn’t ruined everything.” Adagio said. “We wouldn’t have done that if you three hadn’t been trying to turn our friends against one another.” Rainbow shot back with a glare. “Come on girls, can we please not fight.” Fluttershy asked. “My cousins Twilight and Spike said that even though you had great singing voices, it was a shame you were using them how you did.” Dawn cut in. This made the Dazzlings paus a moment. “You mean that alicorn princess that came here to stop us?” Aria asked. “She thought we were good even though we were doing bad?” Sonata asked in surprise. “Sure.” Dawn said like it was no big deal. Aria and Sonata looked to each other while Adagio quirked a brow. They soon arrived at Sugar Cube Corner and entered the eatery. “All right you three, feel free to order what you want. It’s on me.” Sunset offered. “That’s very nice of you.” Sonata said. “Thank you.” “Thanks I guess.” Aria said with crossed arms and looking to the side. Adagio remained silent. The six friends found a booth large enough to seat each of them while the Dazzlings took a table close to the booth. Fluttershy took a seat on the outside of the booth and let Dawn sit in her lap. “There you go Dawn.” “Thank you Fluttershy.” Dawn said with a smile. Sunset stayed standing. “So what would you all like?” “Do they have a fruit salad here?” Dawn asked. “Sure, I’ll get you one.” Sunset said. “What about the rest of you?” Each of the girls gave their order to Sunset. “Do they have tacos here?” Sonata asked. Sunset gave an appologetic smile. “Sorry, no tacos here.” Sonata pouted. “Aw, oh well, I’ll just have a salad then.” “I guess I’ll have one too.” Aria said in her usual monotone way. “What are you going to have Adagio?” Sonata asked. Adagio stayed silent with a scowl. “Adagio?” Sonata tried to get her attention. Adagio rolled her eyes with a grunt. “Just get me whatever.” Sunset gave an uneasy look. “Okay then. Sure. I’ll be right back.” She then headed to the counter to deliver the orders. “So Dawn, how about fillin us in on what our pony counterparts are like back in your world?” Rainbow asked. “Sure.” Dawn began. “Well, as I said before, Pinkie Pie lives and works for Mr. and Mr.s Cake at a bakery with the same name as this place, only the bakery looks like a gingerbread house. Rarity has a dress shop and makes amazing outfits. Some of them have gemstones incorporated into them. Fluttershy helps take care of the wild animals around Ponyville. Applejack has an apple farm too that also has corn and a few other things, but mostly she and her family sells apples and baked goods. Then there’s Rainbow Dash. She’s the fastest pegasus alive and can perform this amazing thing called a sonic rainboom.” “A sonic Rainboom, what’s that?” Sonata asked. “Rainbow Dash flies high in the sky then drops down to get some major speed going. Then she can break through the sound and creates a flaming rainbow circle that spreads out over the area while leaving a streak of a vibrant rainbow behind her.” “Whoa, that sounds awesome! I sure would like to see something like that.” Rainbow said. “Me too.” Fluttershy said. “Me three.” Sonata added. “I think we all would like to see something like that.” Rarity pointed out. Sunset started giving everyone their orders and received a thank you from each, a subdued thanks from Aria and nothing from Adagio. Pinkie had ordered some chocolate covered doughnuts with sprinkles. Rainbow ordered a simple sandwich, Applejack asked for a slice of apple pie, Rarity a slice of carrot cake, Fluttershy asked for a salad like Dawn, and Sunset Shimmer got herself a sandwich too. After taking his first bite of his salad, Dawn looked to the Dazzlings. “So girls, why the whole evil hostile takeover thing?” “It was really all Adagio’s plan.” Aria said. “Yes, we know, you’ve said that before.” Rarity stated as she pointed a fork at the three girls. “We’re sirens, back in Equestria, we used our singing voices to make other ponies fight amongst themselves and fed off the negative energy they gave off, making us stronger.” Sonata explained. “Starswirl the bearded banished us here though and we were turned into what you see.” “It was a real drag when that happened.” Aria said. “I knew we should’ve stayed at sea.” “But we hardly got anything there.” Adagio said. “We got so much power coming to the main land and we would have taken over Equestria if it hadn’t been for that unicorn.” “So...you three originally lived at sea?” Dawn asked. “Yeah, it was kind of boring I guess, but it was peaceful.” Aria said, a hint of a smile crept onto her face. “I guess despite the trouble we caused, we miss being in Equestria.” Sonata said. “Well then, why don’t you come back with me when my cousin comes to get me?” Dawn offered. This caused the six friends to stop their eating and stare at Dawn. Even the three sirens were surprised by this. “Dawn, are...you sure that’s a good idea?” Sunset asked. “Why not?” Dawn retorted. “They don’t have their powers anymore. I’m willing to bet if they went through the portal to Equestria, they’ll just be regular ponies.” “And just why would we want to go back and be ponies there?” Adagio asked with a glare. “Do you really want to stay here where you have no home, no money, or no way to provide for yourselves? At least back home I could convince my sisters to help you so you won’t have to worry about that stuff and help you get on your own hooves.” Dawn said. “You would….do that for us?” Aria asked with a surprised expression. “Sure, I don’t see any reason not to.” Dawn said. “Listen to this kid, he’s got a real heart of gold.” Rainbow said with a smile. Sonata smiled. “That’s so nice of you.” She got up and picked Dawn up in a hug. “Thank you so much, I can’t tell you how much that would mean to us.” Dawn was a little surprised by the hug, but just smiled and hugged back. Even Adagio looked surprised by the offer. “Why would you do that for us after what we did?” “My sisters taught me, every pony deserves a second chance.” Dawn simply said. Sonata set Dawn back in Fluttershy’s lap as the three sisters seemed puzzled by this. “So...just like that, you’re willing to give us a second chance?” Aria asked. “Well yeah, I couldn’t bare to see you three in the condition you were in.” Dawn said. “You looked so miserable.” “You got that right.” Aria said. “Hey, um...thanks...I guess.” “And thank you girls for treating us to some food.” Sonata added before taking her seat again and continued eating. Adagio fell silent and looked away, not with a scowl, but a frown. She closed her eyes as she gave a sigh. “Thanks.” Dawn simply smiled in return and the group continued eating. Dawn looked up to Sunset as he had a question. “Say Sunset, I’m curious, since you’ve been here in this world, what have you been doing for money? And where are you staying?” “I managed to land a part time job at a grocery store.” Sunset said. “And Rainbow Dash is letting me stay with her.” “Yep, she’s a pretty cool room mate.” Rainbow added. “Which brings up an important question. In case you don’t get to go home today, you’re more than welcome to stay with me.” Fluttershy offered. “I think we would all be fine with letting you stay with us at our house over night.” Rarity said. “Thanks girls, that’s very nice of you.” Dawn said. He looked to the sirens and frowned. “What about them? Would you girls be willing to let them stay with you as well?” The six friends looked to each other with a bit of unease. Given recent events, however, seemed to make their decision easy. “Sure, we could do that.” Applejack said. “Adagio, you can stay with me for the night if it comes to that.” Rarity offered. “Aria, I got plenty o’ room back at ma farm.” Applejack said. “Sonata, you’re more than welcome to sleep over at my place.” Pinkie chirped. “You girls are so nice, thank you again.” Sonata said. “Yeah...thanks.” Aria said with her usual enthusiasm but it wasn’t sarcastic. Adagio was silent and had another thoughtful look on her face. Dawn figured it might be best to let her think and not say anything to her for now so he continued his meal of a salad.