3 Days Later
It was Monday now. Aria was on the couch, taking up all the space on it, flipping through the channels on the television in a set pattern. Click.. click, click... click. Sonata was at Canterlot High, and Adagio was working. Leaving Aria by her lonesome to man the fort so to speak. Well that wasn't entirely true, Sonata's newest pet was currently keeping her company right now. The little thing was curled up on an easy chair facing the TV. Inside Aria's head, she was still trying to wrap her head around the fact that out of all the things that could've happened to them, THAT thing appears out of a garbage can, and now they own it. What kind of logic is that!?
After Sonata was finished ogling over it, she became dead serious and actually created a schedule for it. You heard right, she organized a schedule, and guess who's shift it was to watch it right now? That's right, Aria.
Watching the TV screen with tired eyes, she felt the newest member rubbing against her side with its head. When she turned her head to look at it, the thing was squirming like crazy and just looked antsy. Spinning in place and making those weird squelching noises it usually made.
"What?" Aria asked in an impatient tone.
The creature continued to wiggle in place.
"Lil' Johnny fell down the ol' well?" Aria deadpanned, sitting up. "Well, go follow him down," with that, she plopped back onto the chair, sinking in slightly, and closing her eyes.
After a few minutes she opened her eyes again, only to see that thing looking right at her, mere inches from her face.
"GAAAAH!!!" she yelped, pushing it away from her and falling off the couch, a flailing mess of limbs. The floor broke her fall.
She groaned on her spot on the floor. She slowly rolled unto her back and slowly pushed herself back upright. She gave a scowl towards the creature that now usurped her spot on the couch. The stare; able to melt mountains. The creature giving its own stare in return: innocent and curious. As if saying "how'd you fall?"
"You're enjoying this, arent you?" she said, this thing was currently rising in the ranks of her "Hate List" and it was a pretty long list at that. Number one spot going to America's most beloved comedian, second being Sonata's new pet, abomination. Third place now belonging to Sonata herself.
"Why cant you sleep like any other pet? Just stop bugging me," when it came to sleep, that thing only picked three spots out of the whole apartment. Sonata's bed [under a mass of blankets and stuffed animals], the heating unit, and Adagio's hair. Aria chuckled to herself remembering the incident. Almost as if it was yesterday, mainly because it was yesterday.
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1 Day ago
Aria was currently enjoying Saturdays leftovers, minding her own business, and listening to music. That is before Sonata walked in breaking the silence.
"Aria, did you see Squirt?" she asked.
"Nope," she shoved a forkful of food in her mouth.
"It's just that, I haven't seen him in like forever! And I'm starting to get worried," she gave Aria a saddened look.
"Hey, cheer up. Maybe he decided to take his chances in the wilderness than with you, I know I would," another forkful down her gullet.
"Ari, I'm serious, please help me," Sonata gave Aria her puppy dog stare.
"Maybe he's hiding in that coloring book you call a room," Aria suggested.
"Nope, I checked like everywhere in there," Sonata said, slumping her shoulders.
"Well ya got me beat then."
"Ariiiii, please help me look."
"How bout' no?"
"But, Ariiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii," Sonata intensified her stare, stretching her eyes to the point where they look like something you'd see in an anime.
"Sonata, shut up, or I swear I'm gonna take this fork and-"
"AAAAAIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" a loud, banshee like scream echoed across the apartment, shattering glass in a five mile radius.
Sonata's face beamed. "Found him!" she exclaimed, skipping out of the room.
Aria sat alone now, contemplating whether or not to join the inevitable train wreck. Giving a dark smile she stood up out of her chair and made her way to the source of the screaming. "This ought to be good."
The sound was coming from the bathroom, when she was at the doorway she just stood there, lost. She wasn't sure whether to call the sight before her 'mortifying,' or 'disturbingly hilarious.' Right now, Adagio was wearing only a towel revealing her shoulders, her hair was wet and slick with water. a small blue tail was waggling inside Adagios hair before worming its way deeper in. Sonata was behind her right now in a rather... suggestive way, digging through her hair while shouting, "HOLD STILL!!"
Adagio, in turn, was constantly screaming. "GET IT OUT!!"
Aria stood in the doorway, contemplating her life decisions now, wondering what did it take for her life to become an anime where the female character was constantly screaming "YAMETE!!"
"I'm just... I'm just gonna go," she started to walk away, her face a contorted mix of emotions. "You two have fun with... whatever this is."
She made her way towards her room and laid flat on her back, staring towards the ceiling. A mortified expression on her face as the sound of screaming continued to echo throughout the apartment, along with the random item being thrown over or whenever one of them accidentally hits a wall. The Drywall providing no resistance to the sounds of rather suggestive actions going on outside.
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Her thoughts were derailed when she heard a small jingling noise coming from the side of the couch. She saw the creature continuing to fidget around, the spiked pink collar below its head shaking the name tag left and right. 'Squirt,' was engraved into the tag.
Aria began grumbling to herself and grabbed the TV remote. "What kind of a stupid name is 'Squirt' anyway?"
As if to reply, Squirt started to nudge her hand that was dangling off the couch's side. When Aria decided it was worth the effort of turning her head again, she saw that he was motioning to the door.
"Now you want to walk? Haven't you tortured me enough already?" she groaned.
Apparently not, for now lil' ol' Squirt was tugging on her hand with his little fins. Aria's tolerance was slowly draining, her sanity was practically fleeting. All she needed to do was ignore it, but when that stupid thing gets bored it starts to wander. She was near ready to show the thing the bottles under the sink by this time.
She felt it continuing to tug her arm, her patience ran out finally. "Fine, you win! I'll take you on a stupid walk!" mumbling profanity's, she got up and put on a small leash on the thing so it doesn't run off. She grabbed her keys, stepped outside, and locked the door. Once she was outside of the apartment the two set off.
Once on the sidewalk, Aria was praying to whatever deity's that no one sees her walking the equivalent of a flying sperm. She had simply planned to walk a few corners and turn back home. The thing took an interest to everything it laid eyes on, probably to get at Aria's nerves. Tugging on the leash, begging to explore the world around it. Only dragging out this already long trip outside. Aria took out her phone while the thing was eying a lamp post.
2:55
Crap! School doors just opened, meaning a barrage of Canterlot students were about to spot her, with this thing!
"Alright, we're going home, right now!" she declared, turning around; beginning to backtrack. She saw the doors to the apartment building she let out a sigh a relief when suddenly.
"Eeeeewwww! What is that thing?!"
'God #$@%&!* dammit!'
"Hey, it's one of those freaks from the Battle of the Bands!"
'Internally screaming.'
Aria turned to face the arrival but was surprised to see that her assailants stood below chest level. She looked down and saw, get this! A ten year old girl wearing a stupid looking gold yellow coat and a white skirt. She had pink skin, and purple hair with a white stripe going along it. Trailing behind her was another girl. Grey skin and grey hair with a white stripe. She had large blue glasses and a purple shirt with a pink skirt.
'Too easy,' Aria thought with a devilish smirk.
She crouched down to their level. "And just who may I owe this displeasure too," she asked in a cheery tone that dripped with sarcasm.
The little girl was clenching her teeth behind her lips. "You can call me by my name," she made a stupid looking pose with her friend behind her. "Diamond Tiara."
An awkward second of silence passed by. "Am I supposed to know you or something?" Aria asked in a disinterested tone.
"Wha-!"
Grasping the consequences that was harassing a ten year old she decided to get out quickly. "Listen kid, I gotta go before someone realimportant sees me," Aria turned to walk away but felt the leash being tugged. She looked behind her and saw the creature staring at this "Diamond Tiara" with a curious gaze slowly turning angry.
'Wow, I didn't even know it had an angry face," Aria thought with growing interest.
Diamond Tiaras face turned furious as she stared at the creature. "And just what do you want, Muck?"
Squirt narrowed his eyes farther.
The girl behind her joined in on the name calling as well. "Just look at it, it looks like the gunk you find at the end of your boot!" the two burst out laughing at that comparison.
When little miss 'Pink Bitch' as Aria now deemed her opened her eyes for a breath, she saw that Squirt was only a few inches from her face, seething eyes boring into her soul.
"Ahh! Get away from me!!" she demanded, backing away in a panic.
Suddenly, Squirt reared his head backwards, and in a moment of suspended time, headbutt her. HARD. Like all the matter inside his body turned to steel, he threw himself at the girl, both heads colliding with an audible SMACK. The scene replayed like in a movie where a fairly large explosion had just occurred. Everything was still for a moment. The air stood still, not even the birds chirped.
'Pink Bitch' looked utterly shell shocked, she started to wobble back and forth slightly before landing right on her face.
Squirt gave that same stare at her accomplice, moment he did so, she made a break for it. She was screaming all the way down the street and way past hearing distance. After another second or two, Squirt turned to Aria giving a look that asked for her approval.
Aria's face of shock slowly turned into a large, maniacal grin. She grabbed Squirt and tucked her the same way you would a football.
"You and I, are gonna get along just fine," she said. "Come on little guy, you and me are going to terrorize the arcade," she changed course now, making way to the arcade, which, considering the time. Is bound to be swarming with n00bs. "I'll give you twenty percent of what we nab in coins."
A disapproving squelch was its answer.
"Fine. Forty percent."
It whistled in joy.