//------------------------------// // Chapter 20: End of the competetion?! Return to Equestria! // Story: Rise of the Titans (edited) // by darkmage1997 //------------------------------// Nighttime fell fast onto the city of Canterlot, and the final match of the Battle of the Bands was starting with Trixie's band starting out, as Twilight and friends were all still trapped down below the stage. Meanwhile, above the stage, Silver, Heiru, and Echo-Echo were trying to find a way to stall the Dazzling's until Twilight and friends could make it out and face them, "C'mon guys, what can we do?" Silver asked his ghostly and robot brothers. "Uh, close the curtains on them?" Heiru suggested. "Well, its worth a try," Silver said, as the three of them rushed over to the curtain controls. "Man, these controls are too retro!" Heiru commented. "YOU'D THINK THERE'D BE A BIG BUTTON THAT SAYS 'CLOSE THE CURTAINS'," Echo-Echo deadpanned, looking around the control panels. Eventually, they saw a button that said 'Close the Curtains', "YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME," the robot teen commented, as Silver slammed the button, which closed the curtains on the Dazzling's. Before the Dazzling's saw the three titans, Silver teleported them out of sight. They teleported to the hill just outside the amphitheater. "Ok, hopefully that'll give Twilight and the others enough time to escape," Silver said, just as they saw that the curtains were opening again. "Well, that better be soon," Heiru said, as the sirens began their song. As they began to sing, they saw that Twilight and the others were coming up the hill. "Hey guys," Silver said. "Hey boys, so what are we looking at?" Twilight asked. "The sirens have began their song, so now's the time to play the counter spell," Heiru replied. "Yeah, but how are we supposed to play it from way up here?" Rainbow Dash demanded. Just then, a car honked its horn. They turned to see a car turning into a DJ table with a girl with electric blue hair and purple glasses behind the table, "Awesome!" Rainbow Dash commented. "Ok, its now or never," Silver said, as the children all got out of the way, as Twilight and friends began their song. When the light died down, the Dazzling's had shrunken down to about the same size as the Crusaders. The group quickly ran on stage to see if they were alright, "It looks like my theory was right," Raiden commented. "So, what happens to them now?" Toby asked. "Well, without the spirits of the sirens holding them back, they come back from suspended animation, completely un-aged, as if they were never taken over in the first place," Raiden replied. "What's 'suspended animation'?" Lucky Joy asked. "Its when a living creatures mind and body are preserved. I guess you could say its somewhat like being frozen in time, never aging, never changing," Raiden replied, as the former Sirens stirred in their sleep, "And it looks like they're coming out of their suspended animation," he said, as the three girls opened their eyes. Looking around them, they had looks of confusion on their faces. "What happened? Where are we?" Adagio asked. "Huh, it looks like their memories were affected in someway because of the evil spirits," Silver commented. "What evil spirits?" Sonata asked. "The sirens. They were controlling you from those necklaces you girls wore around you necks," Twilight replied, pointing at the shattered fragments. "Wait a minute, I remember now!" Aria exclaimed. "Yeah, some admirers of ours gave them to use as birthday presents, but everything after that's just a bug blur," Sonata added. "Well, you girls are free now, so you can come back with us to Equestria," Nyx said. "Yeah, I think going home is good," Adagio said, as Raiden helped her stand up, while Echo-Echo helped up Sonata and Heiru helped Aria. The three girls stumbled a little, causing them to fall into the three boys. The six all blushed as the three boys held the girls in their arms. The three girls cuddled closer to them. "Looks like they like you guys," Silver said, causing his brothers to light up in a shade of red. "But hold on, what should we do about those broken necklaces?" Echo asked. "Well, theoretically, when the jewels were destroyed, the spirits of the sirens were destroyed too, but I'm going to take a shard of each of them just to be safe. If they can be repaired, they aren't going to have all the pieces," Raiden said, taking a piece from each of the broken charms. "That was amazing!" a boy with blue hair said, coming up on stage, and hugging Twilight. "Well, we'd better head back soon," Silver said. "Yeah, but before you do, why don't you boys sing an exhibition song?" Principal Celestia offered. The eight titans looked at each other unsurely, "Uh, we'd love to, but, we aren't exactly a band," Stealth replied. "Oh come on, I'm sure you'll do great," Twilight said. "Well, I guess it would hurt," Francisco commented, as the titans all found some instruments, and took their places on the stage. The whole crowd was wiped into a frenzy as they all cheered for the titans. Taking a bow, the titans rejoined their friends, "That was amazing!" Twilight commented. "And you boys said you weren't a band," Principal Celestia commented. "Well, technically we've never held an instrument in our lives, at least up until today," Raiden commented. "So, you guys were just playing the instruments without any practice?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Pretty much," Icezer replied. "Well, it still sound great!" Heaven said, latching onto Stealth's leg. "Well, we'd better head back," Twilight said. "You guys go on without me," the group turned to Sunset Shimmer, "I think I want to spend some more time in this world before I head back to Equestria," she explained. "Will we see you again?" Toby asked, sad to see his big sister stay behind. "Don't worry, you guys haven't seen the last of me," Sunset Shimmer replied, "Besides, Applejack and the girls have the book I gave them, so I can keep in touch with you guys," she added. "We're sure going to miss you in Equestria," Twilight said. "And I will miss Equestria, but this is something I want to do," Sunset said, as they all departed for the statue. After leaving behind the alternate human world, Twilight's group had found themselves back in Twilight's castle, "Oof, oh man, that portal is brutal," Silver commented, as they all stood up. Looking around, he saw that Nyx, Bolt, the beings of harmony, and the Dazzlings had turned back into ponies. Adagio was a unicorn filly, still with her ridiculously huge hair, twice as big as her body. Aria was an earth pony filly. Sonata had turned into a Pegasus filly. They all had the same cutie mark: a diamond with a musical note in the center. "Is everyone here?" Twilight asked. "I think so," Cory replied, as everyone got a hold of their bearings. "Strange, where is everyone?" Raiden asked. "Yeah, you'd think they'd all be here to greet us," Nyx commented. "Who are 'they'?" Aria asked. "Our friends," Toby replied. "Well, we'd better go find them. At least to let them know we're back," Silver said, as he opened the doors leading to the main hallway. However, as soon as he entered the hallway, he saw a shadow going into the throne room. "What could that be?" he asked, as he and the others walked towards the throne room. Opening the doors, the throne room was dark. Turning on the lights, "SURPRISE!" the group jumped at the surprise. "W-what is all this?" Twilight asked. "It a party for Silver and the rest!" Pinkie exclaimed excitedly. "For us?" Brian asked. "Yes," Discord said, as he approached the nine children, "You see children, ever since you came here to Equestria, I wanted to make your lives better for you, by becoming your father," he said. The titans and Heaven all had dumbfounded looks, but smiled tearfully nevertheless. "DADDY!" Heaven yelled, as she jumped into Discords arms. "You'd really take us as your sons and daughter?" Silver asked. "Yes," was all Discord said, before the castles front doors were thrown open, and Eris rushed quickly into the throne room. "Daddy! I finally found you!" Eris cried, as she tried to catch her breath. "Eris? What's wrong pumpkin?" Discord asked, with Heaven still in his arms. "I just needed to *wheeze* give this to you," Eris said, giving Discord the dictators diary. "Why are you giving Dis-er, I mean Dad, your diary?" Silver asked. "Ok, one, that's not my diary, its the dictators from the city you boys came from. And two, 'Dad'?" Eris asked, looking at her father. "Yes, I'm adopting them as of today. But why give me that mans diary?" Discord asked. "Look at the page I bookmarked," Eris said, pointing at the diary, "You guys better see it too," she said, looking at the titans. Discord lowered the diary to the point where the nine children could see what Eris was talking about. Once they saw the entry, all nine children turned an all new shade of red, "WE KNEW IT!" the nine of the said in anger.