//------------------------------// // What's left? // Story: Legend of the Sirens: A Fathers Return // by zalla661 //------------------------------// Rainbow and Adagio both awoke at the same time. They found themselves curled up together. Rainbow at some point reverted back to her normal form while Adagio remained in her natural form. (It requires tremendous concentration for a siren to change forms.) Rainbow was naked save for a light blue bath robe she wore and a pair of sky blue fluffy socks with large pink hearts all over them. While not the most fashionable thing she ever saw, Rainbow had to admit they were very soft and comfy socks. Rainbow shifted her weight to sit up seeing that she was back in Adagio’s apartment in her large bed. The curtains were drawn, closing the room out from the outside. Tiny beams of sunlight pierced the curtains falling down onto the sleeping form of a siren wrapped around Rainbow like a protective shield. Slowly Adagio stirred, lifting her tired head up. As she did an annoying beam of sunlight hit her eyes making her release a deep throated growl. With an almost childlike pout and a quick snort, Adagio forced her head under the covers, away from the light. “Rainbow, go banish the sunlight,” Adagio said in a demanding tone, waving her hoof at her girlfriend. Hearing nothing, and feeling no movement on the bed, Adagio, stuck her pointed snout out from under the otherside of the covers. Slowly she peeked her head out to see Rainbow glaring with folded arms across her chest staring down at the siren. “... What? The sun’s annoying?” Adagio stated, sticking her nose up in a snooty manner. Rainbow made a small circular motion with her hand, “Aaaaaaaand? What do we say when we want something?” Adagio tapped her chin giving a bad attempt to look like she had no idea what to say. Rainbow scowled at her lover who suddenly found her way back under the covers, leaving only a small portion of her tail sticking out. Suddenly from under the covers Adagio shouted, “SONATA! BANISH THE SUN!!” From the living room a high pitched voice called back, followed by the sounds of items clattering about, “Sure, Dagi!!” Sonata for all her perk and blissful kindness, was still as naive as she was when they first met, Rainbow thought. In a lot of ways, she was another; more blue, Pinkie Pie. She didn’t have a mean bone in her body. She was always trying to help others and even worked with FLuttershy at the animal rescue center. Though at first it was rough since the siren wore lots of leather initially. She argued that Sunset had mentioned how cute she looked in her old leather jacket and the siren took a mile with it. Said siren came tumbling into the room and quickly jumped onto the bed, smashing Adagio’s tail as she reached to close the curtain. Adagio let out an aggressive roar shooting her head up and glaring at Sonata. The blue siren stared at her blankly then gave a big goofy smile. “Hi, Dagi! Long time no see!” Sonata hugged her sister wrapping her long arms around the Sirens neck. Adagio tried to push her off but put no real effort into it. “Ugh, you are so annoying…” Adagio grumbled. Despite how she acted she did miss her sisters. She realized now just how much she nearly threw away to pursue her father. She missed him and wanted to see him so badly that she nearly threw everything away. Now, all she cared about was being around her family and loved ones. Taking her tail, Adagio swung it out and wrapped around Rainbow Dash and pulled the two women close to her scaly chest, and rubbed her face against their heads affectionately. She then bent her head down and kissed both Sonata and Rainbow on the heads and rubbed her nose against their scalps. Rainbow protested but Sonata happily nuzzled her bigger sister, even kissing her nose. The three continued on for several minutes, eventually Rainbow showed some affections to both sirens, when a light chuckle from the doorway caught their attentions. All three of them turned to see an older looking Aria standing at the doorway. The purple haired siren chuckled at the sight crossing her arms over her tanktop. She had her usual pigtails but now wore a dark purple denim jacket over it. With a silly grin on her face, Aria looked over at the trio and slowly walked over and hugged Adagio. “You’re an idiot Adagio,” she said, rubbing Adagio’s neck. “I’m just glad you’re not hurt. When father touched you both I feared you were-” “Don’t worry about it Aria, he forgave me but told me to keep my attitude in check.” Adagio said. Stepping away from her sister, Aria gave a serious expression. She had a hard, cold, piercing stare. Adagio, Rainbow, and Sonata all got serious as well, though Sonata already knew what was going to happen and slowly walked rainbow out of the room. Once the two were out of the room only Aria and Adagio remained. Aria looked back seeing no sign of Rainbow or Sonata. She then gently grabbed Adagio’s shoulders, her scales rubbed roughly against Aria’s human skin. “Adagio, listen to me cause I want you to consider what I have to say,” Adagio nodded feeling a sense of unease in her chest. Aria inhaled and slowly said, “Rainbow did what she did to save you. You know that right?” Adagio nodded and Aria continued. “She took your truck out first chance she got to save you if she could.” Again Adagio nodded, not seeing where this was going. “And no matter what you still love Rainbow, right?” Aria continued to ask. Finally Adagio had had enough and shrugged Aria’s hands off. With a huff Adagio crossed her arms turning back into her human form as she spoke, “What are you getting at Aria? It’s not like you to beat round the bush unless you think I’ll overreact to something.” Aria visibly flinched as memories of Pompeii came back in her mind. Shaking them off she took hold of Adagio and stared into her sister’s eyes. “It’s important you don’t forget how much you love Rainbow, and in turn don’t forget how much she loves you, Dagi.” Now Adagio was sure something was up. Aria never called her that nickname unless she was absolutely sure Adagio was going to lose her temper. Usually this temper would follow some very bad news, usually involving Sonata’s blunders, but this time she couldn't think about what happened in recent memory that could set her off. She thought about everything she and Rainbow did since they reunited. Thinking hard she remembered when Rainbow wet herself in Adagio’s truck, but that was already done and over with. That was when it hit her. It was like a ton of bricks. She had used her voice to stop Rainbow Dash from nearly running her over with….. Running outside Adagio stood at the edge of the parking lot. She felt her legs tremble, her body felt heavy as she collapsed on the floor. Her eyes welled up in tears she she looked onto a most horrifying sight she’d ever seen. “TOM! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!” She sobbed into her palms. Aria stood by the doorway daring not approached her sister. Suddenly Adagio floated up into the air and her eyes began to glow a dark red and dark energy burned around her eyelids. Aria made a hasty retreat back into the house and slammed the door shut, followed by a distinct sound of a door locking. Adagio meanwhile floated over ten feet in the air and began to sniff the air. Catching the scent of her prey, her eyes darted towards Sugarcube Corner and she made a beeline for it. As the wind rushed past her head the angry siren released a feral roar as she screamed out things, promising Rainbow untold amounts of pain and misery until as she rushed towards Sugarcube Corner. *Sugarcube Corner* Sonata quickly shoved Rainbow into the front doors to Sugarcube Corner Bakery where Sunset and their friends were sitting eating a pizza when a loud roar echoed over the town shaking its very foundation. Quickly Sonata pushed Rainbow into the back of the bakery, despite the many protests coming from the Cakes, and shoved Rainbow into the pantry. Sunset and her friends stormed in glaring at the siren who was trying to beat a hasty retreat but was caught by her ponytail. After several failed attempts to escape her captor, Sonata turned to see an angry Sunset and a confused bunch of friends. Sunset was holding onto Sonata’s ponytail and gently pulled her towards herself. Sunset got close enough to kiss Sonata's lips with a quick peck and let her hair go. “Sonata, sweetie?” Sunset asked softly to her. “Yes, Sunny my love?” Sonata squeaked back. “Why did you shove Rainbow into the pantry?” “... Rainbow accidentally destroyed Adagio’s truck. Tom.” Sonata said with a dark and deadly tone. Rarity scoffed. “Tom is a dumb name for a truck, and who names their truck?” From inside the pantry Rainbow let out a bark of laughter and rebutted with, “Yeah, says the girl who named her pet Tom!” Rarity said nothing as all eyes turned to face her. Flushed with embarrassment, the young fashionista silently turned about face and left.