Truly Outrageous: Siren Riff
It took several seconds for everyone on the studio to recover their wits; one of them to realize that she was not going to be hit by the literal rainbow and the rest to understand that yes, one member of the trio that wanted to take over the world was in front of them for a casting.
Jem was already used to surprises, she even considered herself the queen when it came time to accept changes or surprises, and it had started the moment she jumped through the portal and continued to the realization that Synergy was truly alive so this could be considered small in comparison.
Taking a deep breath to keep her emotions on reign for now she got closer to the kneeling siren and extended a hand to help her get up to the incredulous looks of the other members of the band, minus Zecora who simply stood watching with a blank face. She already knew what had happened with the blue haired girl, she have been present that day for the battle of the bands and after having everything explained to her by the crusader trio she took the information of real magic being… well, real, fairly well; her grandmother would have been incredibly excited for those news so the only thing she could do was continue her journals on information about it. With that in mind Zecora decided to see how her new boss would act in the face of a girl that threatened the world once.
“You came here to try out for the band right?” Jem said trying to emulate the way Fluttershy talked with small children and animals, it may seem ridiculous or stupid but she wanted to know why the girl was in there; if the princess was right then the three sirens had lost their powers and have become teenagers so for now Jem would treat her like any other girl that had come to audition.
“Y-yeah… um… are you okay with it?” the way her voice was cracking and the big eyes filled with tears almost made Jem put a hand over her heart, she was sure that it would either cause a heart attack or diabetes, it was too damn adorable!
“Don’t worry, everyone had the chance to be here to show what they could do; so, my band mates have told me a little bit about you, yes, including you and your friends trying to conquer the world in a Battle of the Bands” she said mentioning that situation to show there was no need to hide any information… beyond the obvious of course.
“Well, that was mostly because we were hungry and there was no other way for us to get any kind of energy, I mean, I was fine eating human food, is so yummy! I really like how they invented that corn shell and made it crunchy and when they put stuff inside is awesome… wait… you know about magic?”
“With this bunch I call my band? I’m sure not even Disney could come up with stranger things than those that happen to us almost daily… neither Mattel now that I think about it” Jem said smiling remembering all the crazy stuff in their lives, and they were barely out of High School.
“Alright then, my name is Sonata Dusk and… well… I wanted to try out since I lost my voice, we all did in fact” Sonata said wincing at the memory of Aria and Adagio trying to sing at their apartment, they have been almost evicted when the owner thought they were trying to kill a cat “I suppose I just… wanted to keep on doing music, but I don’t know if I am good enough for that”
“We won’t know if you don’t try, what do you want to do?”
“I wanted to see if I would be good enough to play guitar for your band” she said showing the guitar case at her feet which she had let go once she entered the room.
“One last thing before I let you show us what you can do; what made you want to try out for this band in particular?” Jem said being convinced by now that the girl had no malicious intent for now, she seemed like a normal teenager, well, a normal teenager up to the Canterlot standards.
“Aria was checking YouTube and she found out the song you guys put and… well, she had some things that I really don’t want to say aloud” Sonata said remembering the expletives of the everlasting bitter girl, Sonata herself wasn’t exactly that young by that point but even she avoided cursing until it was necessary to express herself “but I just found the song so amazing! It was happiness, it was a message! When I saw that you were looking for members to your new band I felt like I could finally do something beyond trying to conquer the world and feed eternally on dark feelings, maybe try something new now that we three are flesh and bone” the usually peppy girl said with her shoulders down; all the girls in the room quickly decided that, just like with Pinkie Pie, a sad look did not belong on Sonata’s face.
“Well, nothing like right now to start trying to change yourself, so go ahead and show us what you can do” Jem said pointing to the studio and the microphone noticing that the almost depressed look in Sonata evaporated showing a grin so big that her head could break in two.
Sitting down at the sofa between Applejack and Rarity the pink haired girl turned to look at her fashionista friend trying to gauge her reaction at what she had done. Instead of finding a furrowed brow she found out that Rarity was giving her a pleased smile as if she had done something great, not that Jem thought it was really impressive what she had done, she simply tried to follow what Princess Twilight had taught her about friendship.
Applejack meanwhile simply nodded at Jem, with that small gesture she let her know that the ex-siren had said the whole truth about what her life and her motives making the two other girls breathe easier knowing that for now at least there were no problems happening.
A couple of minutes later they all saw what Sonata Dusk was capable of; in no way it was incredible, Jem and Rarity had seen and heard much more impressive guitarists with better technique or with better looks but what Jem was looking for went beyond that and Sonata was showing exactly what she needed: feeling.
The way she played, her fingers traveling through the long neck and her easy going smile let everybody know how much she enjoyed playing; it even made them happy just looking at her and that was something that they all appreciated.
Without the need to check on the other band members Jem stood up and walked to the center of the room and looked at the other 5 girls while Vinyl gave her a thumbs up signaling that she was a hundred percent behind her decision (sometimes it was so easy to understand Vinyl).
“Well, seems like the world is finally ready to meet Jem and the Holograms” the pink haired girl said making Sonata scream in happiness quickly hugging the band leader; Zecora calmly smiled while the other two girls gave each other a high five.
For her part, Jem could only imagine what kind of crazy antics were coming her way, but something told her it would be an adventure she would not to miss for all the power in the world.