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// The Sirens 
// Story: TD vs Equestria Girls 
// by BronyWriter 
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Well the talk with Sunset could have gone a little better, but so long as her extreme dislike of me didn't cause any huge problems then I guess there wasn't anything for it. I was here to stop the Sirens, not make up with Sunset. She didn't have to like me, but I had every right to do what I did.

Which, now that I thought about it, boiled down to going into a foreign land and arresting a wanted fugitive without a warrant. Just like Batman!

I amused myself with an image of me as Batman as I reached my guards and the Mane five. They all gave me an uncomfortable look, but I smiled at them. 

"All good," I lied. "Sunset and I just had a few things to work out."

"I see, Your Majesty," Rarity said stiffly, causing me to frown.

"Just 'TD', Rarity," I said. "I'm not the kind of guy--"

"Girl," Blaze interrupted.

"--who likes all those stuffy titles." With the grace, dignity and poise befitting an Equestrian princess, I extended my middle finger in Blaze's direction. He knew what it meant. "That aside, let's talk about the Sirens. Anything in particular you think I need to know?"

"Well, we haven't really seen them all that much," Rainbow Dash admitted. "They kinda just came into the lunch room and sang this weird song about us having a battle of the bands instead of just a musical showcase like we were gonna do."

"Yeah, 'bout that..." Applejack uneasily rubbed the back of her neck. "Ah didn't wanna say nothin' 'cause Ah wasn't too sure if it was just me, but did any of y'all actually, you know, hear the music them, what didja call 'em, Sirens were singin' to? When the rest of the school joined in Ah thought for sure they were playin' some music that the rest of us were singin' to, but it sounds like they were just singin' without any music at all."

"Yeah, I thought that was weird, too," Rainbow Dash said. "It didn't sound like a capella music, either. It sounded like they were singing a pop song without any musical accompaniment."

"Odd," I replied, tapping my chin. "But the rest of the school seemed to hear some imaginary tune that they sung along with?" The Mane Five all nodded. "Well, that shows me that the song was probably magical in origin. The people who actually heard the tune were the ones who were under their control at the moment, which does fit with what I know about their abilities."

"So are they from Equestria?" Fluttershy asked. 

"Yeah. I'm not sure what your mythology is like here, but the name 'Sirens' pretty much sums things up. They feed off of disharmony. It powers them up. I'm not sure if that means they also sit on rocks near the ocean and tempt sailors to smash into said rocks, so I'm forced to assume that they fit that in somewhere."

"One tiny thing to note is that they call themselves 'The Dazzlings'," Rarity said. "I don't think I've ever heard them saying anything about sirens."

"Dazzlings, Sirens, it makes no difference to me," I said with a shrug. "I'm here to stop them. Whatever their reason for being here, it can't be good." I beckoned the group and my guards to follow me. "We should probably start with this whole Battle of the Bands thing. If they're performing in it, whatever they're planning will probably happen there."

"Or you could just ask them what they're up to," Pinkie said, pointing ahead of us. "They seem in a chatty mood."

We all stopped and looked where Pinkie was pointing. Sure enough, three girls were standing near the lockers, huddled up and whispering to each other. 

They all had the most ridiculous hair I'd ever seen in my life. I mean holy jeez. What are they, Dothraki? They can only cut their hair when they lose to somebody? 

Pushing aside the notion of explaining to them what a proper haircut was, I motioned for my entourage to stay behind while I moved towards the Sirens. Blaze and Rapids both moved forward to follow me, but I waved them down, too. I could handle them well enough, and if something did go wrong, they were close enough to help me. I doubted that the Sirens would try anything in the middle of the hall, especially not with Principal Celestia's office a few doors down. Plus their guard would be down a little more if one guy approached them instead of eight. 

I made it within about five feet of them before one of the Sirens, the one with the purple pigtails, noticed me and made the other two aware that somebody was daring to approach them. The other two turned to face me, and the one with the gigantic orange mass on her head scowled at me.

"What do you want?" she growled. "Can't you see we're busy?"

Now that I got closer and they weren't huddled up like they were deciding if they were going to run or pass, I could see that each of them had necklaces on with a bright red gem in the middle. If those things weren't important, I'd eat my wings.

And if they weren't important, I didn't have wings right then, so I couldn't eat them.

"I just wanted to say how much I loved your performance in the lunch room today," I said, putting a goofy grin on my face. "I think that a battle of the bands is a much better idea than a musical showcase."

The one with the orange hair let out a sigh, and her expression seemed to indicate that she'd like to shove me in a locker. "Thanks, now will you leave us alone?"

"Oh sure, sure!" I said, drawing closer. "Maybe we'll fight against each other in the battle! I think I could absolutely whoop you three."

Now, to their credit, they did manage to surprise me with their response. Normally when I throw down the gauntlet like that--usually with Luna--my opponent glares at me and loudly denies my assertions. It gets both sides pumped up. Instead, all three of the Sirens gave me... seductive smiles and began circling me like sharks. 

"Oh really now?" the orange haired one said, slowly running a finger over my shoulder. "And what makes you think that?"

I shrugged. "I dunno, I just think that the pop songs you three sing are the musical equivalent of brain tumors. Like I said: your one in the cafeteria today was okay, but even a bloodstain can have an interesting shape every now and again."

"Interesting that you think that," Purple Pigtails said. "Well then, we'll be sure to see you on the stage in a few days, won't we?"

"Not that it will actually be a contest," Orange Poof said. "You saw us today. The entire school is eating out of our hands."

"Are you guys getting dizzy just circling me like this?"

"In fact," Orange Poof continued like I hadn't spoken. "I'll bet that maybe we can get you to come to our way of thinking."

I grimaced and shifted uncomfortably. "This has taken a turn I wasn't prepared for. I just wanted to throw down the gauntlet for the battle."

Orange Poof chuckled and slid her arm around my shoulders. She ran a finger down my chest and leaned in close to my ear. "You seem uncomfortable. I suppose we can work with that." 

The two remaining Sirens began vocalizing, and as they did, I noticed the gems on their necklaces beginning to glow a little bit. Seems I wouldn't have to eat my wings after all. I could feel the magic beginning to swirl around me. 

"Just give in," Orange Poof crooned. "Embrace us. Allow us to take control."

"That ssssoundssss..." I slowly closed my eyes as though they were getting heavy. "K-kinky."

The Sirens all paused for a brief moment, then began vocalizing again as though I hadn't said anything. I wrapped my arm around Orange Poof's back and began moving my hand higher. 

"Don't resist and soon you will be..." Orange Poof licked her lips with the tip of her tongue. "Under our-- HEY!"

Orange Poof pushed me into the lockers and backed away, grasping at her necklace. "You do not ever touch our necklaces!" she growled. "I will not have your imbecilic paws grabbing at them!"

"Oh come on, you're not going to take your clothes off?" I said with a pouty expression that barely hid my amused grin. Seems I'd found the big red glowing spot I needed to defeat these three. 

"I will end you," Orange Poof snarled while the other two glared at me.

"No, no, please don't end me!" I cried dramatically. "Look, I'm brainwashed, see?" I began walking around like Frankenstein's Monster. "Uuugh. All hail the Dazzlings!"

Blue Whip frowned and tilted her head at me. "Really? You don't look like people normally do when we brainwash them."

Orange Poof facepalmed so hard I was fairly certain that I'd have been able to hear the noise from Equestria. "Sonata, I swear..."

Before I could comment on that, Purple Ponytail grabbed Orange Poof by the shoulder. "Come on, Adagio. We'll deal with him soon enough."

'Fine." Adagio's confident smile returned. "We'll see you on the stage, won't we?"

I crossed my arms and leaned against a locker, a confident smile of my own on my face. "Bring it on."

Adagio turned and stomped away, with the other two quickly following. Once they were far enough away, my observers made their way over to me. I flashed them my grin, which made a few of them roll their eyes.

"So, you mind explainin' exactly what that was all about?" Applejack said.

"Yeah, because it looked like you were about to be the centerpiece of a foursome," Rapids commented.

"Crude statements aside..." Rarity shot Rapids a glare. "The one with the orange hair did rather seem to... drape herself over you."

"And you let it happen, too," Blaze observed. "You not getting enough action from Princess Celestia anymore?"

"That can't be it, because I still haven't had a good night's rest since they started dating," Rapids replied. 

"Anyway!" I began, trying to ignore the blushing from Fluttershy and Rarity and the giggles from the other three. "I had a very good reason for all of that."

"Ah to be--"

"Rapids, I have one word for you: latrine." That shut her up pretty quick. She closed her mouth with an audible clack of her teeth and had the sense to look embarrassed. I maintained my glare for a few moments before continuing. "Anyway, by letting her 'drape herself over me', I let her get close enough to make a go for her necklace. You saw how the three of them responded when I did. I think I would have gotten a lesser reaction if I actually copped a feel."

Blaze and Rapids exchanged a confused glace. "But they don't have horns or wings," Blaze said. 

"Tits," Rainbow Dash said. "He's talking about tits."

That did nothing to help their confusion, so I simply pointed to Rapids' "male mind control devices" which got the point across well enough. "That showed me that those things are likely the source of their power. If we can get those things off, they'll likely have no more power than an average teenaged girl. By letting them try to brainwash me, I found out that those necklaces are definitely where they either draw their strength from or store it. Maybe both. The power levels I felt around me showed me that, while they are obviously powerful enough to hypnotize a room full of teenagers, they aren't strong enough to fight anything magical yet, or at least, something with magical strength. I suspect that if they tried to take their band on tour in Equestria, they'd get shut down real quick. I'm not sure if they didn't affect me because I'm an alicorn, but I think that they're not strong enough to even try to take control of even the average pony."

"So..." Fluttershy shared a confused look with the others. "How do you want to stop them?"

I turned and faced a Battle of the Bands poster that I had noticed a few minutes earlier. "Well, they're going to start trying to draw more power pretty quickly, and I don't think they'll show up for geometry class. I think the best bet for the moment is the Battle of the Bands." I turned to face the group. "Let's see what they can do."