The two of us stared at each other for a time. She continuously looked at the shard in my hand. Quickly, she took it from my hand and placed the shard in her pouch.
"So, what are the 'Siren Gems'." I asked. Sonata bit her lip, her face marked with fear.
"I... It's kinda hard to explain." She said, slowly.
"Try me." I said.
"I thought they didn't work anymore..." She said. I was very confused and scared for the first time I've been with her.
"But what is it? What can it do? I need to know." I said, my tone rising a bit, which kinda scares me. Sonata also didn't know how to respond and was looking on either side in a slight panic.
"I-it's not what you think it is." She said as she started to hyperventilating a bit.
"Then what is it? Please Sonata. I need to know." I demanded. I was now scared at this point, because when I raise my voice, my temper is going out of control.
"I... I have to leave!" She said, running out of the room. I grabbed her by the shoulder and pulled her in a hug. She slowly started to calm down as she felt my heartbeat close to her. It was soft, but it kept itself in a smooth rhythm that she found it soothing. I looked at her, her eyes wide and panicked, gleaming under the moonlight.
"I-I'm not going to hurt you. I promise I will not tell anyone about this. Please... I need to you to tell me why am I having these nightmares and why I found that shard in my hand when I woke up." I said. "Just tell me... Please."
Sonata stared at me, silently. After a moment, she looked down, her eyes closed tightly. I saw tears threatening to fall out from her face. Suddenly, she hugged me and cried loudly.
"I want to go home! I... I never wanted to come here... I-I never wanted to be with those girls!" She wailed into my shirt. I then hugged her as tight as I could without hurting her. I know most guys would enjoy this and take advantage of the situation, but I advice those who are reading this: Don't. This is a very serious situation and you are just using the girl as an object.
I felt concern and a deep sadness for her. She got involved in something she never wanted to do. I never wanted to do that to her anymore. I made a solemn oath to myself to take care of her forever.
I held her closer, my embrace seems to calm her down. When I looked at her, she was already asleep. She looks so peaceful... But we were still in the middle of the room standing. I carried her bridal style and placed her on the right side of the bed. I lied down on the other side and slept peacefully for the first time in days.
When I opened my eyes, I was greeted by sunlight. And under that sunlight, was Sonata's sleeping form. Her hands still clutched the pouch containing the shards. I found it hard not to stare at it. Nothing about those shards seemed right. My thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the growling of my stomach. I slowly got up from the bed, trying not to wake up Sonata. Luckily, she didn't stir, and after changing clothes, I started to make breakfast.
I checked my fridge for anything, and I'm lucky I bought groceries with Sonata yesterday. I took out my leftover rice, a two pieces of garlic, and three pieces of eggs and made fried rice. Eventually, I spot Sonata going out of the room, stretching. She must've woke up because of the smell of breakfast.
"Morning!" I said cheerfully as I mixed the rice in the pan. She gave a gentle smile as she sat down at the table.
I then placed the cooked rice in two separate bowls and served one to Sonata, who began chowing down as soon as I left the bowl alone. I chuckled and as I began to eat, I paused.
"Sonata... I'm sorry about last night." I said. Her face was stuffed, but her face made a frown. She chewed her food and swallowed.
"It's alright, Cass. By the way, this is delicious!" She exclaimed.
I smiled, relieved that she didn't hold grudges. I took a spoonful of my food. I made a great job with the rice.
"Now, about that gem." I said. Almost expectedly, Sonata slowed in her eating.
"Look, like I said last night I won't tell anyone and I promise I won't think any different of you. I don't know what it is, or why I keep having these strange dreams, and I think that..." I pointed at the pouch beside her. "... is the reason."
Sonata paused, then swallowed the food in her mouth.
"Maybe you can start with where you came from?"
She glanced over to me, before looking back to her bowl.
"It's been so long since I've seen Equestria. I can't even remember what it looked like." She said.
"How did you end here then?"
"I was following Adagio's lead. We used the Siren Gems to cause the ponies to fight. It was funny at first, and we gained power from it. But as time went by, I only went along with it to make them happy."
"So how did you make these ponies fight?" I asked.
"Our Siren Gems can make us sing, and when we do, we can control them.
"And you make all of them fight one another, right?" I concluded. She nodded and continued.
"We then gain power from the negative energy they release."
"But then what happened?" I asked. She lowered her head for a moment and looked at me.
"We were banished here."
"So, correct me if I got all of this."
I tried to recall all that she said for the last one and a half hour.
"You're a Siren from Equestria that helped your fellow Sirens gain power by making every pony in that land fight each other so all of you can absorb the negative energy from it, making you more powerful, but then that old pony banished you from the land and left you here for centuries, but then you found out that there is a new source of Equestrian magic here, so you tried to take over the place, which is at CHS, which is also my school. Then you turned the musical showcase into a battle of the bands that eventually lead to your Siren Gem to shatter into pieces. Then after a few days, the other sirens that you came with abandoned you, saying that you're dead weight to them, and that was when I found you. Is all of that correct?" I said.
Sonata's eyes were swirling around her head, probably because if the information overload she experienced. She shook head out of confusion and then nodded.
I was unbelievably confused. This girl was either telling the truth or was messing with me. The two of us stared at each other for sometime while I was thinking of what she said. She doesn't look like the lying type, but I know that looks can be deceiving. Well, I guess I have to see what's at the end of this messy rabbit hole.
"Ok, I believe you." I said.
Sonata looked at me with a bright smile on her face, something that I came to miss.
"Really?" She said. I nodded.
"Oh thank you! Thank you so much!" She said as she gave me a bear hug. Ow. She got some power behind those hugs.
"So, do you *pant pant* know where the Rainbooms are now?" I asked.
"I don't know. Maybe they're at the school now?" She suggested.
"Are you sure? It's a Sunday. Kids usually don't go to school at weekends. Unless they all have extracurricular activities."
"I don't know. How about we check in the school?" She said. I looked at the clock and saw that it was close to noon.
"Why not? I guess we could also get a light lunch after this at Sugarcube Corner." I said. She agreed and I cleaned the table and went outside with Sonata as we proceeded to go to CHS.