I stood there, staring at them. Those stupid Rainboobs... the ones who made absolute fools of us! The ones who defeated us...
Anthem looked at them, then back at me. He seemed confused. "I'm gonna go talk to them," he said. "You coming?"
I shook my head. "Just... nah..."
"Why?" he asked. "You're sounding like you hate them. Is there a problem?"
I shook my head. My shoulders felt tense. I couldn’t tell him that I was a siren... who knows what he’d do?
"I, uh, gotta run home now. That's why."
I ran off down an alley. I felt pretty bad for deserting him. I would have totally spent more time with him, if it wasn't for those stupid Rainbooms. But it was their fault for ruining things.
After a while, my stomach started growling. Great. I looked around and saw a diner I’d been to before that actually serves some fine food. It was 60s-themed diner, with everything being from, well, the 60s. Waitresses were dressed in blue and white, like in the 60s, there was a jukebox, walls were checkered and whatever. It was pretty neat.
I grabbed a burger, then continued my walk back home as I ate it. Should’ve paid more attention, though, because I accidentally banged into some nitwit on the street. We both fell to the ground.
"Hey, watch where you're going!" I shouted through a mouthful of burger.
"I'm sorry." the stranger said. I blinked. Well, apology not accepted… It was Little Miss Sunset Shimmer. I met her eyes and scowled. She looked a little shocked, like she hadn’t expected to run into me.
I stood up. "Yeah, think again!" I yelled, making a scene, even though not many people were around here. "What are YOU doing here? Where's your stupid friends?" I cracked my knuckles, preparing for a fight that I'd enjoy.
Sunset rose. "I was just going back to my apartment. They’re all heading home, too."
"Well, guess that leaves you alone, huh?" I asked, cracking my knuckles a little more.
"Listen, I don't wanna fight." The tanned girl turned to walk away.
“Seriously?! Come on! After what you've done to us, you expect there WON’T be a fight?!"
I threw a fist, but Sunset caught it with her hand. She didn't hit back nor try to counter. She just held it. Not trying to hit a pressure point or hurt me at all, just held it.
"It wasn't my fault you were trying to be evil," she said. "Listen, I'm sorry, I really am, but-"
"Sorry?!" I threw my other fist. She caught it with her other hand. Once again, she didn’t try to hurt me at all; she just held my fist. "Sorry doesn't cut it! Oh no, buddy! You humiliated us and ruined our singing voice! Not just mine, but my sisters’, as well!"
We then stood there awkwardly, not doing a thing. Sunset didn’t let go of my fists, and she didn't do anything threatening, either. It kinda shocked me.
A minute of odd silence passed. "Aren't you going to hit me?" I asked, raising my eyebrow in confusion. I mean, I would...
Sunset shook her head and let go of my fists. "No. I already hurt you enough by the looks of it, and I don't wanna hurt you anymore. I’d rather apologize. Maybe even see if we could become friends."
I frowned as I realized that she might be serious. No trick, she actually wanted us to become friends? The one who ruined our lives, ruined our plans, made us look like complete fools... she wanted to be my friend?
"Like I would." I turned around. "Seriously, after all the hell you put us through, you expect THAT?" I couldn't stop thinking about what Sunset really wanted, and what she was expecting to actually happen. “Sorry, this doesn't work like in the fairy tales, kid.”
"I know we hurt you, but to be honest truth, you guys were in the wrong. You three were the evil ones. I mean, you tried to take over the school!" She reached her hand out towards me again. "But, look, maybe we can help you get back on track. Friend?"
I stared at the hand. And the words that Sunset said were kinda true. Screw it, they were true. We did terrorize the school, but I was getting tired of all the negativity towards us. Even though I was a tough girl, I got a little afraid when other students threatened me. We did it to ourselves...
But was this the way to fix things? Would anything actually 'change'? Would we be respected by others around us?
I reached my hand slowly and shook Sunset's. "Alright, fine. I'm not saying I'm a true friend of your little group yet, buddy. I'm just giving it a shot. ONE SHOT."
Sunset nodded. "I understand if you aren't sure, or if you’re still angry towards us." She looked back at me. "But trust me, we’ve both been in the same kind of situation. This will go well. I promise."
I turned to walk away. "Whatever. We'll... we'll talk later."
Now, at first, I just wanted to get away from her annoying ass. But after a while, I started actually thinking more about it.
Change. Can it happen?
Then I thought about what would happen if Adagio and Sonata found out about this. Sonata would go easy on me. But not Adagio...
Seriously, though, I wasn’t sure if it could happen? Me, Aria Blaze; a siren, a figure who terrorizes life and feeds off of negativity; could I change and become better? And if I did change, would I feel happier, respected, and great?
I realized that one way to find out would be to hang out with Sunset and her friends.
Oh, yay. Lucky me.