The Dazzlings walked into their home. They were defeated, outsung by a group of nobodies. Yeah, they knew about the magic that brought them to the school in the first place, but who'd have thought they’d be able to do that again. The three sisters certainly didn’t. Even then, the three thought they took care of it by pitting them against each other.
Adagio walked in first, her face blank. She was lost in thought, trying to figure out what to do next. She contemplated revenge on the entire run back to the house, but she knew that without their voices, they wouldn’t be able to live in their apartment anymore; they never paid a single month's rent. For a few years now, they used their spells to get out of paying, and all of that was gone now.
Ideas were swimming in her mind on what they could do, on what they would have to do. They would have to get jobs. But they didn’t have any paperwork, and they had no means of getting paperwork. As far as the world was concerned, they didn’t exist, meaning they’d probably get picked up by the police. To be honest, that might not be a bad idea. At least they’d have food, water, and shelter, but they’d be separated most likely, and as annoyed as she was by her two sisters, they were family. She didn’t want to lose her only family.
She glanced at her sisters as she sat down on the sofa. Sonata was just as shocked as Adagio was, though Sonata didn’t hide it well. Then again, she never had to; she was always the silly idiot. Though she was slow, Adagio didn’t like to call her sister an idiot when it wasn’t necessary. Sonata just simply couldn’t comprehend them losing. It only really happened once before back in Equestria. All Sonata really could do now is ask what exactly just happened, which she foolishly did.
“We lost, numbnuts, what do you think just happened?” Aria asked angrily.
Then there was Aria. She wasn’t taking losing well, at all. To say she was a sore loser was an understatement. To say she wanted to rip someone’s head off would be more accurate to how she felt at that moment. Unlike Adagio, Aria couldn’t control her anger that well, and though this was actually helpful in some settings, at the moment, she was just going to get on Adagio’s nerves.
“Aria, I understand you’re upset. We all are, but can we not dwell on it and figure out what we’re going to do next?” she asked in as calm but as commanding a tone she could.
“And what the heck are we supposed to do? We have no money, and pretty soon, we’re not going to have a house. What are we supposed to do?” Aria answered with another question in her normal angry tone.
“That’s what I’m trying to figure out, Aria, but I can’t think if you keep complaining. Please keep it down.”
Aria just grumbled and went over to the little kitchenette to sit down.
“Well, we need to get jobs probably, or somehow con someone out of their house,” Aria said, folding her arms and propping her legs up onto the table.
Adagio sighed in annoyance, “Of course, but the question is how to get the jobs. We have no identification and no way of getting identification. If you haven’t noticed, we don’t technically exist.”
“Well then, why don’t we steal some IDs and change them?”
“And risk getting thrown in jail? No way!”
“Well, what other options do you have in that big head of yours?”
Sonata stepped in and spoke up, “Aria, Adagio is thinking, okay? She’ll come up with something, but we’ve had a rough day.”
“Oh, please, we know what we need to do. She’s just too scared to do it,” Aria replied.
“Aria, you know that’s not true. She’s trying to look out for us. I mean, even if she did basically say not to worry about the Rainbooms, and that’s why we were defeated, she still tried her best to make us succeed,” Sonata stated, not thinking of what might come of what she said. Aria immediately glared at Adagio.
“She’s right, you did tell us that that girl was going to handle it for us. She dropped them under the stage, but they obviously didn’t stay there, and they broke our amulets.”
Adagio turned around and glared back. “So I miscalculated a bit. It’s not like I could predict that they would be able to get out.”
Sonata looked between the two and looked down slightly. “Oh, sorry. I messed up, didn’t I?”
“No, dipshit, you were actually smart for once and showed us why we failed: incompetent leaders.”
“Incompetent! I’ve done so much for us. How can you possibly say I’m incompetent?” Adagio exclaimed, standing from the couch.
“The proof is right in front of us! If you had actually dealt with those girls, we would probably be back in Equestria!” Aria also stood up, and they glared at each other from across the room.
“What did you want me to do? Have them killed? We’re trying to get back to Equestria, not into a jail. Killing someone isn’t what I had in mind.”
“Girls, please, there’s no need to fight. We all made mistakes, okay?” Sonata tried to settle the situation, though it was becoming clear that that wasn’t going to be easy.
“I’m not saying kill them, just get rid of them somehow, or at least that mutt of theirs. They should have been our first targets, not our last.” Aria completely ignored Sonata, and it seemed Adagio did too.
“We didn’t know they were going to be that big of a threat until that pathetic display at the auditions, and at that point, we thought we were too powerful for them to really be a threat,” Adagio explained, or at least tried to.
“You thought we were strong enough not to care about them, we just went along with what you said,” Aria retorted.
Adagio groaned, “So, you’re telling me you’d rather take care of the group, make all the decisions, all of the hard choices, the choices that could very well mean life or death for us? Just because I made a mistake? A big one, sure, but a mistake, nonetheless.”
“I’m saying you never deserved to be our leader in the first place.”
“I don’t need this right now. If you want it so badly, then fine, but I’m not going to sink with you,” Adagio growled. She grabbed her jacket, making her way towards the door.
“And good riddance to you,” Aria said. She then looked to Sonata. “And who are you going to side with?”
Sonata looked between Aria in the kitchenette, looking just as angry as she always does, and Adagio at the door, looking angry but also a bit hurt. It wasn’t really a hard choice. Adagio was always nicer and more caring then Aria, and especially now, it looked like Adagio might need help, considering this would be the first time in their history together this has happened. Sonata looked back at Aria.
“I’m sorry, Aria, I have to pick Adagio…” With that, she grabbed her jacket and walked over to Adagio at the door. Together, they walked out into the night.
“Fine! See if I care! I’ll do a lot better without you two slowing me down!” Aria screamed at them, even though she knew they weren’t really listening. She growled and kicked one of the chairs. This is not how any of them expected this night to go.