A Small Drop

by Glitch Hooves

Stabsinthe

After a while, the two finished wrapping up a rather... heated discussion. You see, a while ago, the two made Sonata promise one thing. Never to drink alcohol. The reason why? A small party they decided to crash was serving wine a long time ago. Try to guess which one got drunk. Either way, this ended in the first case of spontaneous combustion.

She stormed off after some insults were thrown at each other, some things are better left unsaid. Adagio was on the couch rubbing her temples while Sonata lay on her bed in her room.

Aria had decided to make an appearance, seemingly out of nowhere, sitting next to Adagio.

"You know, for once, she has a point," she said.

"Ugh. Where'd you come from?" Adagio groaned.

"Heard you two shouting; thought I'd join in on the fray," she explained. "But seriously, how long ago was that? Six hundred years ago? If the girl wants a drink, let her drink," Aria said.

"It's not that simple," Adagio muttered.

"Then what is it?" Aria asked, her normally grumpy mood was missing; giving her that 'big sister' attitude.

"I just don't want us losing control again, we barely got out of that one with singing, I don't want us to find ourselves in one we can't escape from," she explained.

"Just trying to side with her for once," Aria said, setting her feet on the coffee table.

A pregnant silence overcame them. Usually Sonata would come clean to them about anything, the fact she was trying to smuggle alcohol inside was a little nerve wracking. What else could she be hiding?

"Whelp, may as well crack one open," Aria suddenly said, leaning over to grab the bottle.

"Aria, what are you doing?"

"What? Booze is booze, may as well drink it if she can't," Aria said.

"Aria, stop. You have no idea where she found that."

"What? You seriously believe that 'other worldly medicine' pitch she gave you?" she asked, pulling off the top stopper.

"It's not that. Don't you think it's a little backhanded for us to do this?" she asked.

"We tried to enslave a school a month ago. You tell me," Aria said before taking a swig.

She was suddenly on her feet, coughing up the liquid but seemingly choking on something.

"ARIA!!" Adagio cried out before rushing to her sister.

Getting behind her, she wrapped her arms just below her chest, and pumped. After three pumps, Aria couched out something onto the table. That sudden rush of air forces her to lose balance and fall back on the couch. The bottle still hadn't spilled any liquid.

"What the #%!$!! Choking hazard much?" she exclaimed. Bringing the bottle in front of her and inspecting it, she saw a small picture of a man choking with a warning label that was written in a language she had never seen. "Oh..."

Adagio picked up the object between her finger and thumb and brought it close to her eye. "What is this?"

"A giant #%!$@&* cactus needle, what else?" and with that, Aria took a second sip.

"Why are you still drinking it?!"

Aria spoke like she had something in her mouth. "What? It's Absinthe. Just filter the needles through your teeth and you're good, watch," she turned to the wall and spat.

*ptoo*

A long black needle fell to the floor.

"How is it?" Adagio asked sarcastically.

"Not so bad once you get used to your insides being roasted... hold on wait, I want to try something," Aria had a mischevious grin and she took a third swig.

*ptoo*

*tink*

"Aria, stop it."

*ptoo*

*tink*

"I'm surrounded by idio-!"

*ptoo*

*tang!*

Adagio opened her eyes to see that one of needles was embedded inside the wall.

"Yeah! F-Fraking d-dead shot right here!" Aria exclaimed. Pointing a righteous thumb to herself.

"Hold on, let me see that," Adagio said, holding her hand out.

Aria gave her the bottle which Adagio began to inspect with a clear eye. The liquid was a dark green, and settling on the bottom appeared to be a large supply of black needles. "Absinthe, huh? Can't say I've had one since nineteen fourteen... You know what? I say I deserve a drink."

"T-There You go! C-Cut l-l-loose! L-Live a little!" Aria said, coming to Adagio's side and poking her belly.

Adagio stared at the drink suspiciously before taking a long sip.

####

30 minutes later.

*ptoo*

*tink*

"D-D-Dammit!" Aria exclaimed, slamming a fist on the table.

"Watch and learn, Sweetie," Adagio said before taking a sip of the drink. After filtering it with her teeth, she took aim.

*ptoo*

*tang*

"Yes!"

"H-H-How are you so much better than me?!" Aria asked.

"I j-just am, Sweetie," she said.

Aria took her turn on the dart board next. After filtering, she took aim and fired.

*ptoo*

*tang*

"Y-Yesh! B-Bullseye!" Quite literally.

"No! Okay, Ad-dagio, you can do this," Adagio took the bottle from Aria's hand and brought it her lips. The cool liquid ran down her throat, leaving behind the sharp needles. Despite their current state, neither of them cut their mouth yet. She reached deep inside herself, took aim, and f-

"BAAAH!" Aria suddenly came up behind Adagio and screamed in her ear.

Instinctively spitting out the needle, she screamed. Her attention quickly changed back to the needle, which was flying through the air. The scare had forced her to miss completely and now the needle was heading for the door. Everything slowed down as the needle made way towards it's inevitable spot on the door.

And just like a miracle, the door opened.

"Hello? Listen I really need to see- AHHH!!" Sunset Shimmer was cut off as a needle suddenly found her nose.

"I WIN!!" Adagio cried out in joy.

"W-W-What! No w-way! I call that a-a means to a j-j-judge!" Aria cried out.

"I am the judge, Sweetie. And I say I wiiiin!" Adagio sang.

"Humph" Aria grunted, crossing her arms.

Sunset examined the needle that was in her nose. Luckily it didn't go deep, but it still hit hard enough to draw blood. She quickly pulled it out. "Hey guys you got... any... bandages...?" she just noticed what they were doing, as well as the dart board.

The dartboard was a picture of her face, on it were a bunch of black needles. Several of them were on her forehead while two were in her eyes.

"Okay that's a little unsettling," she said to herself. Then she noticed the siren sisters.

First off: they were drunk, second off: they were half naked. Aria was wearing a sports bra and boxers. Adagio had the privilege of keeping her shirt and some fishnet stockings. Thankfully she was wearing underwear... as... revealing as it was.

"Why are you guys almost naked?" She asked, blushing furiously.

"Strip Darts, Dear. Learn it; love it!" Adagio said. "Speaking of which. Oh, Ariaaaa," she sang.

"D-D-Damnit," Aria muttered before she began to undo her bra strap.

"No, no, no! You can keep it on!" Sunset exclaimed waving her arms in an X motion.

"Awwww," Adagio slumped forward.

"Look, is Sonata here?" Sunset asked, feeling more unsafe the longer she stayed here.

"Right here," a glum voice said from the hall. Sonata emerged from the hallway looking at the living room, now trying process what she was staring at.

"Great! Look, Sonata, grab Squirt and follow me, we-"

"Why are my sisters half naked?"

"They're drunk, now we need to-"

"Why are you bleeding?"

"They shot me, seriously we really need to get goi-"

"Why is there a dartboard with your face on it?"

"They were playing Strip Darts..."

Sonata stared at the living room, her sisters had silenced themselves. Peeked at what was going on right now. She then saw Sunset staring at her angrily.

"What?" Sonata asked, seeing that Sunsets stare was looking even more steely and unpleasant.

"Any more questions?" she asked.

"No," Sonata answered.

"Kay, great. Now follow me, we nee-"

"Where are we going?"

"GRAAAAAHHH!! Just follow me!!" Sunset said furiously, grabbing Sonata by the arm and pulling her to the door.

Once the door had slammed shut, faint footsteps were heard leaving, getting ever more faint. In the darkness was left two half naked sirens.

####

Once out of the building, Sunset took the lead and asked Sonata to follow shortly behind. Lil' ol' Squirt was nestled in Sonata's hair again. Something happened to the leash she got him, all she knows is that it looked half digested.

She was quiet.

Sunset took notice of this, she saw Sonata looking at the ground in a shameful way. Even if she couldn't read her, Squirt was a clear indicator, he looked disheartened as well, staring with sad eyes at the floor while dangling off her ponytail.

Considering the scenery of outside, it matched the mood. The streets were barren with cracks and patches of grass striving to survive between the spaces. The streetlights were clogged with dust, providing a dim light that complimented the dark Saturday night.

"Hey, whats wrong?" she asked, slowing down and keeping pace with her.

she looked like she was trying to find the correct set of words. "You wouldn't lie to me, right?" she asked.

"What? of course not, I promise I would never lie to you, Pinkie Promise," Sunset assured.

"Do you think I'm mature?" Sonata asked.

"Uh.. well... what kind of 'mature' do you mean? I mean, you're definitely mature... physically," she said, slightly dodgy.

"Do you think I'm mature enough to drink?" she clarified.

"Oh, what? yeah... of course, well that really depends on how old you are," Sunset answered.

"I'm over two thousand years old," Sonata said.

"Oh... well that changes things a bit, why are you asking anyway?"

"Adagio says I'm not allowed to drink after a little... accident," Sonata explained.

"And what exactly happened?" Sunset asked.

"Someone, kinda, just a little bit, caught on fire," she said with a sheepish smile.

Sunset had made a visible O face before becoming self aware again. "Oh, well I bet that was years ago, I'm sure your ready to give it a go," Sunset assured.

"But they wont let me," Sonata said. "I feel like they don't even trust me."

"Hey, I'm sure they do, they're just doing this for your own safety. Look, if you really want it, you gotta prove it to them," Sunset began.

"How?"

"That parts up to you, wouldn't be fair if I gave you all the answers, now would it?"

"hmm... where are we going anyway?" Sonata asked, returning to the track at hand.

"were heading back to school," Sunset answered.

"On a Saturday?" Sonata questioned.

"Yeah..."

"Why?"

"I just got a message from Twilight, she's said she's coming later tonight."

Comments

[Glitch Hooves]

6227069 they weren't transported, that's all I can say without spoiling. Remember, the harp is there too.

[Eyeswirl the Weirded]

Nice to see the others finally getting some enjoyment out of all this, most stories that begin with 'Sonata is doing X' just have one or both of them groaning, facepalming, and generally having a terrible time of the whole thing.

Adagio is best drunken marksman!

[Glitch Hooves]

6463620 That's a matter of psychology, when you've lived in two world that are actively hostile towards you, you tend to keep your distance from certain things. Also, she has her sisters safety in mind, and when one of them brings a creature you have NEVER seen before, you want little to do with it, especially around your family.

In other words, she's slowly turning into a mother figure ever since their defeat.