You woke up by the sounds of footsteps, by the merest of seconds of said footsteps, no more than three beings were heading to your lonesome cell.
You were held up by chains, they held your wrists up high, providing any possible thought of escape or hope.
As you were waking up, you could still hear the hypnotise song playing from nowhere. The way the song was played made you feel powerless, helpless and the feeling of being controlled by something else. But recent events that has happened in your school, you knew too well that you mustn't fall victim to the song like so many before you. Your closest friends, your closest enemies and even your own family has fell victim to the song.
For their sake, you mustn't fail them and be strong enough to resist the song's words.
Soon the footsteps from before were right outside your cell's door. You shook the song out of your head as you tried to gather up your remaining strength for what'll happen to you soon enough.
The door opened to reveal your capturers, also known as the Dazzlings. You knew them quite well, and they're most certainly not here for friendly chats. In the middle of the trio stood the ringleader, who had a wide smile across her face. Adagio had her hands on her hips and looked at you with lustful eyes. On the right stood the muscle of the group, the person known as Aria. Her eyes narrowed and filled with boredom and careless, you are most certain that she doesn't have a care in the world, not even since their victory at the Battle of the Bands. Her arms were crossed and was leading on her right. And finally, the last one stared at you with joy and excitement beaming out of her eyes, much to your confusion. Her name's Sonata and she was most certainly the joyful one in the trio, especially when it comes to tacos. Though you have no love for any of them, you always found it funny how her brain works.
You looked at them with weakly eyes, trying to get your vision right as it was all in a blur.
"Well well" Adagio said in a flirty tone. "Little Rowland, finally got sloppy from hiding from us?" She walked up to you to place a hand on your face. If you had enough strength, you wouldn't of let her do this.
"You know, you don't have to live like this" Adagio went on as she lifted your chin up only to let it drop down. "You must only let our spell get into that brain of yours and we can have our little fun together"
"N...never" you weakly said with a groan. "I... I won't listen to that... hellish noise you call a song"
Adagio narrowed her eyes. "Hmpf, is that so? Well it's only a matter of time, so why delay the inevitable?"
She walked away from you and walked up to Aria. "Try not to leave any marks on him for when it's my turn"
"Can't keep any promises" Aria replied with clicks of her knuckles. As Adagio headed out of your cell, Sonata gave you a friendly wave of goodbye before running after her leader. The door to your cell closed, only leaving you alone with a wide sinister grinned Aria.
"Now, Rowland" Aria cleared her throat as she grabbed you by the neck. "You can have a choice of how this is going to work; you could either give in to our song and won't get your ass beat, or resist our song and get your ass beat, your choice"
The song came back, scratching in the back of your head and trying to get into your mind. It was so aggressive and violent, much like your interrogator in front of you. But you won't give in, not from a beating, not now and not ever. Thus you shook your head to not only get the song out but also to not giving into Aria's threat.
"Do... Do your worst" You bravely said. Knowing full well this won't end pretty.
"Trust me" Aria grinned. "I intend to"
You woke up by the sounds of footsteps, by the merest of seconds of said footsteps, no more than two beings were heading to your lonesome cell.
You opened your right eye, for your left was now a black eye from Aria's little 'negotiations'. Your legs, arms and chest bruised and aching from your beating. After the beating, you were left alone for what felt like weeks, but was only a couple of days. In those days, your body was becoming thiner, becoming so soft and weak. But most of all, that song in your head was now splitting your mental strength apart. The lyrics tricking you in believing that given in would heal your wounds and offer you a lifetime of love and peace.
You knew that was all lies, although your neck aches, you shook any thoughts from your head about the song as it faded away... for now.
Your cell door opened to let in your capturers. Adagio and Sonata looked at you and saw your injuries, only Sonata gasped in shock whilst Adagio rolled her eyes.
"I said no marks" Adagio muttered to herself. "You had one job Aria, one job"
As she entered your cell, Sonata dragged in a bag. It was quite large, much to your discomfort on what's inside of it.
"Is it my turn!?" Sonata bursted with excitement as she hopped around you and Adagio. "Isitisitisitisitisitisit-"
Adagio covered her fellow Siren's mouth and groaned. "Yes, it is your turn. But we'll need to see if our little rebel here wants it or not" She turned her gaze at you as she walked up and placed a hand on your chest. Although you were wearing a thick shirt, she could feel your ribs.
"What?" You laughed softly. "What sort... of interrogating can she possibly do... that is worse than the last?"
"Well" Sonata smiled. "Ever since you fled from Canterlot High and hid somewhere with the Rainbooms in the city, I thought that what not better than have-"
"Don't ruin the surprise!" Adagio said through her teeth. Sonata chuckled in her stupidity as her ringleader facepalmmed herself and sighed. "Well, I'll leave you to it. Just don't give him anymore marks, I'll have a long and boring conversation about it with Aria if she will listen for once"
Adagio started to walk out of your cell and shut the door behind her, leaving only you and the wide smiling Sonata. But slowly, the siren narrowed her eyes and started to walk slowly yet creepy towards you as she dragged the large bag across the floor.
"Now, you little trouble maker" Sonata spoken in what you can only guess was supposed to be her intimidating and interrogating voice, yet she sounded like a evil scientist character from a cartoon show. "You may have got away from Aria's beating -which by the way I'm really sorry about for realsies- but you will not get away from yours truly's method!"
You raised an eyebrow from her voice and how she apologised midway her chat. Is she for real?
Sonata's head tilled to the right side. "Umm, this is the part where you say in a tough resistible voice, 'and what might that be, hmm?'" She gave you the puppy eyes as well, and it's working very well.
You sighed and cleared your throat, might as well. "And what might that be, hmm?" You said in your best tough resistible voice you could muster.
"I'm glad you asked!" Sonata's 'evil' voice came back as she placed her left index finger on your nose. She picked up the bag and slowly place her hands in. "For I have for you, little Rowly. Is the one thing no one has every resisted to, and that is..."
You braced yourself for what Sonata was about to pull out of her bag. When she pulled it out, you were completely lost.
"A delicious taco and a juicy apple!" The blue Siren sang in delight. She held in her hands a red apple and a taco, was her bag filled with apples and tacos? This was supposed to be an interrogating time, not lunch time. You idly looked at the food in her hand and then back at her.
"A taco and a apple?" You questioned her. "Is this your idea of making me listen to your song?"
Before you knew it, Sonata took a huge bite out of the apple, sweet juice came out of the apple as it dropped to the hard floor below. The satisfying crunching sound rung through your ears, making your mouth watering by the thought of how sweet the apple could be.
"you know" Sonata giggled as she wiped her mouth. "I kinda like apples, but not as much as Tacos. However, Adagio doesn't like it when I waste food, claiming it's wasteful"
She then held the apple close to your face and gave a friendly smile. "So, if you want, you can have it Rowly"
Your stomach rumbled loudly from the offer. You looked at the apple and see the juice slowly coming out of the bite mark. You leaned forward to try and take a bite.
"However" Sonata said as she moved the apple away, letting your teeth clashed against each other, making you groan in annoyance. "Adagio also told me to be nice to humans, saying it's foolish and stupid. How about this? If you give into our song, you and I can have all the tacos and apples we want together, kinda like best friends only with me eating all the tacos and you eating all the apples!"
So that was it, that was the plan. Sonata was bribing you for food, for your loyalty she bribed you for your freedom for food. No you couldn't accept this, you wouldn't fall that low to a simple bite of an apple. But the song sung otherwise. Once again the song scratched at the back of your mind. Its word filling your mind with promises of food and the thought of never falling to hunger again. In your weakest and thin state, your body was starting to listen to the song, swaying their support to the song's lyrics. Your body's betrayal would be short lived, you are better than your body and you will not bow or break by the promise of food.
"Never!" You growled at Sonata as you move your head faraway from the apple. "Keep... the apple... and finish it yourself"
Sonata was taken back by this, her eyes widen in disbelief as she looked at you in shock. "But look at you, you're almost skin and bone, no one has fed you anything since we captured you"
"Once... I get out of this hellhole, I'll have all the... food I need from... free people and not from... overlords like yourself and your sisters!"
Sonata looked at your body with actual concerned for your health. She then placed the food in our hands back into the bag. "Adagio was right about you" she muttered to herself. She then started to drag the bag away from you and headed straight to your cell's door. She gave you one last look of concern before slamming the door behind her.
You woke up by the sounds of footsteps, by the merest of seconds of said footsteps, no more than one being were heading to your lonesome cell.
It has been a whole week since Sonata entered your lonesome cell. Your body has become so weak and so soft, that even yourself could see your ribs and bones under your shirt. Your wounds couldn't be healed properly without food, thus you continually wake up to an aching body, a rumbling stomach and a throbbing headache. Your breathing was heavy, even that was hard enough let alone the song continuing to lay siege on the only thing you have left; your mind. However this time the song took a different route, instead of being aggressive or persuasive, it just give you warnings and hollow threats. Has it finally gave up on trying to break you? Waving a white flag of surrender and defeat? Sometime it doesn't even try and strike deep into your mind. It just stop wasting time on you, you think.
Soon your door opened up to reveal the owners of those footsteps, the ringleader of the trio: Adagio. She was looking at you like a predator stalking its prey, ready to pounce unexpectedly and without much resistance.
However, instead of pouncing she just clapped her hands slowly as she walked towards you with a cruel smile.
"Well done" Adagio said with her smile still across her face as the door closing behind her. "Surviving Aria's interrogating, refusing Sonata's offer, and yet you still resist. All the other rebels we've captured has been broken with ease and yet the stubborn Rowland still resist, even with his body's beaten and so thin over the weeks.... quite remarkable"
You didn't reply to her, you couldn't even if you wanted to. You felt so weak and so hungry that the thought of dying here was a blessing in disguise, putting yourself out of your misery and embracing death. But every time that thought entered your mind, you keep reminding yourself that dying here won't help your friends and all those who still tries to free everyone from the Sirens' rule over their minds.
"Normally someone like you would of break in five days" Adagio continued, stroking your ribs and then proceeding to caressed your right cheek. "But you, you stood out from the rest. What is it that makes you so hard to get through? Can't you see beyond the words of the Rainbooms and see the world in a different light?"
Your heavy breathing is the only respond to her question. Her hand still caressing your cheek and that smile still staring at you. If you had your pervious strength or any strength, you would of smash your head against hers.
"Such resilient is extremely rare, as well as handy to have around" Your capturer pondered to herself, looking at you with lustful eyes. She then grabbed you by the neck, forcing you to look into her eyes as she gave you a kiss on the cheek she was caressing. "You proven yourself more than a common slave to us, than a useless human. She may not tell you this but Aria has grown to respect your spirit, Sonata has taken a liking to you from how you would throw yourself away for your friends. As for I? Well, little Rowland..."
She suddenly gave a deep and passionate kiss. One that caught you unaware as your lips collided together and your tongues started to dance with one another. Adagio finished her kiss, allowing a line of saliva to connect both of your lips in the aftermath. She then moved her mouth towards your left ear.
"You have earned your place as my mate" Adagio lustfully whispered in your ear. "How you still resist, how you refuse to submit to us even when your demise grows ever closer. That is something I need by my side, something I need to squash this Rainbooms' so called Rebellion, something I need to pass on to my heir. And you have that in your genes, however, it requires your mind to be own by yourself and not in the thrall of another"
Adagio moved away from your ears to look into your eyes. "So congratulations, you can be the only human that doesn't need to be enthralled by me and my sisters. You can be my champion against the Sunset and her human pets and bring them to their knees. you can be my marshal in my thrall army, my commissar to enforce me and my sisters's will against those that would think twice about rebelling against me. And most of all, you can be the one that tamed a Siren in bed as well as rule beside her as her consort. What do you say, Prince Rowland?"
Could she be real with this? She's offering you a place by her side as a consort? You won't have to be a slave or lose your free mind? Then again, unlike the others Adagio is known for her bargains. When you were with the Rainbooms, her thrall army's commanders were made of people who joined the Sirens willingly. So the possibility of this is high, and the fact that you have last this long without food or companionship would no doubt gain some praise to the orange Siren. What's strange about this offer, was the fact that there was silence in your lonesome cell. The song that sang every time you woke up, was gone, as if it has packed its bags and buggered off. The silence was a blessing to your ears, never have you enjoy the sound of silence since you were captured and now you wanted to smile. However, if you did, Adagio might take that as a sign of accepting her offer. But, is it that bad? You could rule the world, everything your heart desires could come true. And maybe, once you accept her offer, you could free everyone. Your friends, your family, everyone and to add more joy to this. You'll rule the world like a emperor of a empire, a king of a kingdom, you could change the world with this offer. Is it wrong to accept Adagio's offer or not? Maybe...
Suddenly, your cell door bursted opened, revealing Aria catching her breath. You and Adagio looked at her as to why she'd entered your cell in a hurry.
"Adagio!" Aria called her ringleader as she finished catching her breath. "There's rebels attacking CHS, the Rainbooms are even leading the attack!"
Adagio turned to face her sister properly. "Get the thrall army and tell the commanders to attack, capture the Rainbooms and bring them here!"
Aria nodded her head and ran back out of your cell, leaving you alone with Adagio again. She turned her face towards yours again, kissing two of her fingers and placing them on your lips. "I'll let you think about it, handsome"
She then gave you a slutty wink and started to walk away with a sway of her hips and closed the door behind her, leaving you alone once more. As her footsteps faded away and all you could hear was the sound of your breathing and the beating of your heart, you pondered on her offer even more with the last sanity in your mind. As you thought truthfully and carefully, your guts told you something, something you didn't know until now. With the revelation from your guts entered your brain, your body went cold, your breathing quickened and your eyes welled up from horror. You narrowed your eyebrows and shut your eyes, as tears fell down like a fountain or a waterfall. You grabbed the chains that were around your wrists and tugged it with rage and anger in your veins.
Why? Because you nearly accepted, you nearly accepted the Siren's offer! You nearly forsaken the Rainbooms' promise of freedom, you nearly abandoned your friends, family and enemies and all for what?! To be a marshal, a commissar, Adagio's human consort?! You were about to give up your entire race for the chance of having Adagio in bed with you?! Throwing away everything you knew for pleasure and power?! You couldn't believe that the person that was captured and thrown in this lonesome cell would break! And you won't, nor ever to these hellish Sirens and their hellish song!
But you're tired and you're weak, you need to sleep. But the Rainbooms could come and save you at anytime, they are attacking CHS right now and no doubt will know of the cells of the prisoners like yourself are kept and recuse them...What's left of them.
Perhaps. Perhaps it is best to rest till they arrive, you'll need your last strength for not only surviving this horrid place. But also you'll need it for when the Rainbooms see what has become of you during these harsh times in this lonesome cell.
You woke up by the sounds of footsteps, by the merest of seconds of said footsteps, no more than half a dozen were heading to your lonesome cell.
You tried to open your eyes, to see who could be coming this way. But your strength is gone, your life is on a thin line. You decided to not put your remaining strength in seeing, only using it to keep your heart going and not falling back to sleep.
You heard the door to your cell opened with speed, like someone was looking for something in a hurry. A couple of seconds later, you heard a couple of gasps from multiple beings.... The Rainbooms are here.
"Oh my Goodness!" Came a poshly and eloquent voice, you know who it was. "Is, is that Rowland? He looks awful!"
"Then what are we standing here for then?" Came the familiar southern accent, no doubt leading the raiding party. "Get him down there! But be careful, he's too thin to be rough about!"
You heard footsteps coming up to you, two people were holding your wrists as they tried carefully to remove your chains. You felt someone placing a hand on your chest as well as trying to open one of your eyes.
"Rowland?" A voice came as the person opened your left eye. "Rowland, can you hear me, Rowland?"
That voice, you know that voice. The former bully of your school and now the leader of the Rainboom Rebellion, who everyday tries her best to bring down the Sirens' rein over everyone. Your sight is blurry and unfocused, but you can see the bright red and yellow hair along with her yellow skin and those light emerald eyes. Staring in those eyes made you felt safe and also, the feeling that you haven't felt in a long time; hope.
You couldn't answer her with words, so instead you answered her with a weak smile and gratifying sigh. That all the answer she needed.
"He's alive" She said as she turned to face the blurry cowgirl out of your sight before she looked back at you. "We're getting you out of here, hang in there, you're the only one left in these cells"
Were you? Adagio did mention about other rebels, however she also mentioned that they had broke days ago. You couldn't believe it, you're actually the only one to keep their sanity from the torment and bargains of the Sirens. It may not seem it to others, but that's a victory there.
You felt the chains, that has been around your wrists for weeks, loosen their grip on you as you fell slowly. The former bully caught you before you fall to the floor and carefully raised your left arm over her head, supporting you. You soon felt your another arm being raised by someone else.
"Do you think he'll make it, Sunset?" A soft gentle voice whispered. Another person you knew, a girl who looked after animals and had long pink hair, you think.
"I'm not so sure" Sunset answered honestly. But you didn't mind the truth about your health, you're too overwhelmed by the fact that you've made it till your timely recuse. "But we're not giving up on him, he has suffered too much just to die here"
"The cost is clear!" Came a rough tomboy voice, are all the Rainboom here to save you? You felt honoured and the same time, selfish. "If we're going now, we must hurry for that distraction won't keep Adagio and her freaky sisters busy forever!"
You heard the footsteps of your recusers running in front of you as Sunset and her friend dragged you along in their escape.
"They tried..." Your weak whispering voice groaned, trying to speak to your saviours.
"Save your strength, Rowland" Sunset hushed you softly. But you denied her hush, you needed to say something.
"They tried...to break me..." Your weak voice continued. You caught your breath and chuckled in relief.
"But they failed....They failed badly"