//------------------------------// // girls night out part one // Story: Hysteria // by MidnightRun //------------------------------// After the day with flash drive was over Midnight returned home to tell his sister and the sirens about the whole thing. He wasn't sure that he would get the position at all but that was the very reason he was going to tell them, so he could see how happy they were for him. It was so great how he managed to trade in his old life for a better one in America, a few times while he lived in Los Angeles known as Canterlot City, he often passed by the world famous Rainbow bar and grill and thought about getting a celebration meal but he decided to be smart and save what money he had.As he walked through the street, caught sight of his apartment block and dashed towards it eager to tell the girls, especially Adagio the news. With a dashing burst through the door of his apartment the girls could see he was very excited and clearly needed to get something off his chest. Art flashed him a knowing smirk , her brother would come home grinning like a shot fox over something exciting back in Australia. But this time he was grinning so widely she thought his face would split in two. "Well somebody is excitedly over the top this afternoon." At this the Dazzlings snickered at Arts comment. Aria raised her eyebrow wondering what Midnight was grinning about. The sight of him smiling made her want to almost gag. Almost. Aria locked eyes with Midnight and decided to ask him straight out "so." She started out with that one word "what are you smiling about you cheshire cat?" Wasting no time in relaxing himself, Midnight took a deep breath and pulled up a chair, then proceeded to reverse sit on it. "You girls are not gonna believe this but, I just became the lead singer for flash drive!" Art was ecstatic for Midnight. This was pretty big for him, and she decided she would be happy for him. Being in a band is a dream come true for most people. Adagio on the other hand felt a twinge of jealousy as did Aria but they didn't want to spoil his mood in adagios point of view it was cute seeing him looking like an excited puppy that got a brand new chew toy.Sonata was happy for him but at the same time. Sad. Sad that her beautiful voice was gone and she feared what would happen, Midnight had not found out where the remaining shards were, only that he was one hundred percent positive they were kept somewhere in the school. Midnight on the other hand, began to notice that they looked like they were going out somewhere, even Art was dressed in her mascara and Adagio was wearing the colour of dark red on her eyelids in short he thought she was a picture of beauty, Sonata had some lipstick and Aria had let her pigtails down, he almost didn't recognize them. "So u girls look amazing," he said clearing his throat "What's the occasion?" he asked unable to take his blue green eyes off Adagios purple ones. They looked like the purple mist of the blue mountains. Art slapped him right on his shoulder so hard that Midnight quickly flinched. "Come off it silly, its obvious." Art said in a teasing manner "Dagi, Nata and Ria-" "Do not call me that." Aria scoffed indignantly. "The last person who called me Ria got his body put into a plaster cast." Art mentally gulped at that last part but maintained her composure "okay fine Dagi, Nata, Aria and I are having a girls night out as a way to bond. Yaaay." Art was completely excited to be doing this, she never really had much female friends to hang out with so here was her big chance for some excitement. Midnight on the other hand was happy for his sister but he thought he was gonna be home alone and bored. That is until his cellphone went off, when he answered Rainbow Dash was on the line. "Hello?" Midnight asked simply "Hey Midnight," Rainbow replied back "I asked your sister what your mobile number is so I could ask if you wanted to join Sunset, AJ and I to see a war movie, it's australian." "Kokoda?" he asked hopefully to which he received a confirmation from the multi coloured athlete. Midnight loved movies about his country. He loved them because it gave him a sense of pride in his old home. "Okay, count me in Rainbow." he said in an excited manner. "Sweet." Said rainbow."I'll see you tomorrow night with the girls okay?" "Okay" Midnight replied. They agreed on nine thirty tomorrow night, Rainbows preferred time of going out to see the movies. Midnight sat down and turned on his forty eight inch tv set after he hanged up his cell phone. Adagio seemed excited but not as much as Sonata. Aria as usual maintained a sour disposition but was secretly excited to go out and actually do something. Art opened up the door that lead outside the apartment and ushered the girls outside but not before catching a fleeting glance at her brother from Adagio Dazzle. "Big bro," she started off "we'll be back half an hour after midnight, and don't burn the place down." Art gave a slight chuckle "Hey its me," Midnight said with a smile. " when have I ever burned down a place of residence?" Art chuckled and shut the door behind her, knowing the apartment was in safe hands. The quartet of teenage girls went down the corridor and outside where Art kept her Mercedes Benz convertible which could hold three passengers, plus the driver. Putting her car keys in ignition and the car's engine roared to life, giving a crooning revving sound. Sitting next to Art in the front passenger seat sat Adagio, while Sonata And Aria were seated in the back. Without another sound besides the engine Art put her foot on the acceleration pedal and went from zero to sixty in about eight seconds, taking off like a rocket towards the chinese restaurant as their first place to go on their hens night. Art took a left turn onto Canter Street showing her guests the sights. The city night life was bright, colourful and vivid. After stopping at a red light, a black corvette pulled up next to them while braking the high level of speed they were doing in an eighty kilometer speed zone. The driver's window started to roll down revealing a trio of rev head street punks. The lead punk wolf whistled at them. "Hey pretty ladies," he said obviously flirting with them. "wanna ditch your car and come with us?" Feeling repulsed by their appearance, the girls decided to put them in their place. In fact, even Aria didn't like the look of these rev heads, and she is a punk herself. "No way, Jose " said Aria, then a smug look came to her face and whispered something in Arts ear making her smile at the very idea. "Instead lets drag race, first one to get to the nightclub wins and if we win, you guys get lost and leave us alone." Aria challenged them to a game the lead punk was apparently quite good at and his expression alone proved it. "Alright, doll face it's your funeral." Said the leader of the group of rev heads. "Bring it on, big boy" Adagio taunted. It wouldn't be long before the red light would turn into a shade of green, the two cars engines were roaring like lions in a cage, deep down however, Art was nervous. She never drag raced before, so this was a mix between exhilarating and downright nerve wracking. Both drivers had their hands firmly gripped on the steering wheel, as if they were stuck like superglue. The acceleration pedals in each car were being pressed up and down when without warning, the punks cheated by driving through the red light. Leaving Sonata and Art momentarily stunned "Hey!" Sonata pouted "They're cheating! "Step on it Art, now!" added Adagio but Art wasn't accelerating. "Why aren't you pushing the pedal?" "You can't go through a red light, it's the law." Art shot back Aria had heard enough, there was no way she was going to lose a drag race "That's it," said Aria with a crack of her knuckles and pushing art out of the driver's seat and took the wheel, taking off like a rocket while the red light was still on and just after they sped off, the light finally decided to turn green after all. In just thirty five seconds they had already caught up with the competition, they drove through streets and red lights, both drivers, mostly Aria were driving like maniacs with their heads full of speed and adrenaline. The drag racers cornered tightly with the girls not far behind them, Art,Adagio and poor Sonata were holding on tight thinking Aria was completely insane If we don't turn to dust before this is over that crazy bitch of a sister is going to get us all killed Adagio thought as quickly as her heart was beating to keep up with the heart pumping speeding in the city. "These broads are insane!" The lead punk yelled in panic as Aria overtook them by surprise, causing them to veer out of control and crash into a street lamp not to far from the nightclub that the girls had got to first. Fortunately nobody got hurt, the punks were stunned but not completely damaged save for their pride. Aria parked in a open spot like an expert leaving the rest of the girls breathless as she smirked. "Piece of cake girls. Nothing to it" She said smugly, obviously proud of her mad driving. "Nothing to it?" Asked adagio sternly. "You almost got us killed with your driving and I have to say, that was...." "Scary? Reckless? Stupid beyond or reason?" Said Art in between breaths "No," Said Adagio giving her a gesture that said let me finish "it was fucking awesome!" Before they went into the nightclub which was draped in all sorts of neon decor, Adagio, Aria and Art had to pry Sonata off the seat she was clinging to, no doubt from the heart pumping race. It wasn't that difficult to get her out of the car because as soon as Sonata saw the neon images of the nightclubs name which was The Eighties Riff,she got excited again and wanted to head in there right away trying to drag her sisters in so they could get some dinner and then hit the dance floor afterwards. "Okay,Sonata" said Adagio, amused at her baby sisters enthusiasm. They went into the main entrance of the eighties riff and sat at a table for four people with a nice view of the dance floor across the room. Art looked at her menu looking for a side menu for vegetarians and vegans, she found such a menu and decided to order the asparagus alfredo. The Dazzlings decided, mostly by Adagios choosing, to order kilpatrick oysters. Out of the corners of the lead ex sirens violet eyes, the waitress came to their table with her pen and notepad to take their orders. "Welcome to the eighties riff," she said with a bright smile and a sweet voice. "What can I get you tonight? She asked getting her equipment ready. "I'll have the asparagus alfredo thanks." Said Art nicely. "My sisters and eye will have the kilpatrick oysters, chop chop." Added Adagio in a snarky tone, getting a glare from Art that said "be nice, Dazzle." After the orders had been placed, the waitress showed them an event poster that show tonight's event as a dance off with the current champions, the Lightning Dusts, led by none other than their namesake, Lightning Dust. "You can sign up if your interested, the sign up booth is right over there." the waitress pointed to a booth where nobody had signed up, apparently too afraid to take the ten time champions on for the title of best dance quartet. "Can I get you any drinks?" She asked the group sweetly. "Yeah coke zero." Said Aria, a bit agitated from her thirst. "Can we have tacos with all that?" Asked Sonata who was starting to drool at the thought of her favorite food. "Certainly."Said the waitress as she wrote their orders down. "Can I get you anything else, or are you or set?" she asked sweetly. "All set." Art replied in a thankful tone. The waitress nodded and after receiving a tip in advance, left the table to get their orders from the chef. Art then got up for a moment,excused herself and went towards the sign up booth. She picked up the black ink pen and initially became hesitant to sign, did she really think she could beat ten time champions in the dance off? This will be very difficult, I don't know if i can do this. she thought to herself. Art almost put the pen down, until she saw a picture of the prize that would go to the winning team. It was an actual functioning jukebox that people around the world would find in diners in the nineteen fifties. Art had made up her mind to obtain the jukebox for her beloved big brother and excitedly wrote down her team's name, the dazzlings. As soon as she finished with the application, Art went back to her table and noticed Adagio seemed to be lost in deep thought. "Okay, Adagio. Spill."said Art wanting to get to the bottom of all this. Startled, Adagio snapped out of her trance. "Huh, what?" Adagio asked after the sudden demand. Art simply rolled her eyes not knowing if she was oblivious or deliberately not paying attention. She waved her hand in her face to get Adagios attention further. "Hey,"Adagio said indignantly. "Do you mind not doing that?" Giggling, Sonata, knew exactly what Art was going to talk about as did Aria. The two sisters quickly glanced across from one another, telling each other non verbally that this should be good. "Actually, Dagi." Art began with a knowing smirk adorned on her face. "It's about Midnight." Adagio suddenly tensed up a bit but the only one who seemed to notice was Aria. "Oh this should be good." Aria muttered to herself. Adagio suddenly then regained the ability to speak after a few seconds of tense atmosphere. "What?" she asked a little sharper than intended "What about midnight?" Art loved it when people played coy it gave some time to have fun at others expense. It was just too good to pass up so she decided to play along and tease Adagio. "Well, I've seen the way you look at my brother, you like him don't you?" Art asked her knowingly, breaking into a snicker fit. Adagio couldn't help blushing at that insinuation, as far as she was concerned she was only using him to regain her powers and attempt to make everyone on earth adore them one way or another. She was just that kind of girl using pawns in the grand scheme of thing was second nature to sirens like herself and her sisters. " Come off it Art." Adagio snapped indignantly "we're just friends nothing more, nothing less" And soon to be ex friend once I get what's mine. Adagio added to herself as an evil afterthought "Bullshit Dagi, and you know it, come on." Art began in her teasing manner, she always was a nitpicker at an early age. Sonata looked happy as she thought Midnight and Adagio would look cute together Aria on the other hand found it slightly funny that the idea Adagio would look for real love and not just for adoration to be pure nonsense. Adagio was not going to crack so easily, she instantly became relieved when their food and drinks arrived to which Sonata dived in and munched on her precious tacos. As they ate Adagio thought about that time to where she slept onto the couch with midnight. Did she love him, she had no idea, she felt confused with herself as far as she was concerned Midnight was nothing more than a tool who would be thrown away once his purpose had been fulfilled but with each passing minute she felt guilty at the thought of doing so. Pushing the thought aside she continued eating with an occasional sip or two from the coke in her glass. Art was not going to drop the subject, so she would ask her once more after they ate, and before the dance off. Aria said nothing and just ate her dinner while Sonata sitting right next to her was eating like a pig going mad after finding some truffles. As soon as they were done, they went to the dance floor to meet the competition. Art was the only nervous one about this dance off. Any minute they would start dancing to the rhythm and beat of ballroom blitz. Coming down from the stairs above them was Lightning Dust and her backup dancers. It was time to start dancing.