Chapter 4: Practice and Belly-Shirts
Following a filling lunch, the Dazzlings found themselves standing idly in Rarity's workshop, Sunset and the seamstress in question going over the details.
"So," asked Sunset, "you said you had something special in mind?"
Nodding as they looked over some of her older works, Rarity herself wore a bright smile. "Yes indeed! I have nothing against the standard Wondercolt tails and headbands, but for our purposes, they're a little, how to say, 'kiddie,' no?"
That was part of the reason Sunset hadn't taken Twilight and the others seriously when they started singing and dancing while wearing the goofy things. To her quiet appreciation, she'd never been forced to wear either accessory herself. "Yea, but don't let Rainbow hear you saying that."
Rarity tittered. "Yes, yes, go team and all that, but if we're going to take on Crystal Prep, I felt we could do with something a little more striking, something that said "I'll thank you to take a step backward, ladies!" So, taking some standard cheerleader outfits and just the right shade of dark-blue dye, I modified existing designs with long-sleeved, but fingerless gloves and some thigh-high socks for symmetry." She turned to the trio. "They're waiting for you in the changing areas, let me know what you think!"
Nodding to each other, the sirens stepped into the booths to change. Aria was the first to slide the curtain open, her pink cheeks and irritable scowl doing plenty to communicate how she felt about the outfit even without her saying anything.
"Belly-shirts? Seriously?"
Rarity frowned a little. "I do apologize if they're not as you'd prefer, but, well..." Waving a hand about her wrist in a short circle while looking away, Rarity wasn't sure how to say it without blushing. "Y-you know how these things are to go, young ladies will, er, parade about a bit to-"
"Yea, yea," interrupted Aria while her fellow cheerleaders stepped out of their booths, "we're supposed to let people eye us up, trust me when I say that's nothing new, but belly-shirts?" She didn't get a reply, the fashionista and possible stomach-fetishist unable to stop sputtering about inappropriateness or something before Adagio, who had swapped out her usual spiked hairband for a matching dark-blue scrunchie, offered her thoughts.
"It doesn't matter what we wear, a deal is a deal. On that note," she focused on Sunset, "would you like to sample our performance now, or let come what may when the games begin?"
"Uh, sure, go for it."
Picking up pom-poms from a nearby prop bin, the trio got into formation, collectively took a breath, and launched into a short, peppy dance routine complete with arm-waving, hip-shaking, and the occasional kick.
One, two, three, four,
leave your worries at the door!
Four, three, two, one,
our cheers are second to none!
Weeeeee're SIRENS!
They dropped the poses and big, surprisingly convincing grins as quickly as they'd been made. Aria crossed her arms, Adagio gave an unreadably passive look, and Sonata wore an expectant face that all but said 'So? How was that?'
Sharing a quick look with Rarity, it seemed she and Sunset were in agreement regarding a lack of complaints. "That was good! Think we could hear another one?"
Aria raised an eyebrow. "Got a topic in mind?"
The two Rainbooms again shared a quick look before Sunset came up with something. "How about, uh... how was lunch?"
Once again, the sirens either had a routine ready, or came up with one on the spot as they regained their peppy 'Cheerleader Faces.'
Corn, milk, fruit, peas,
mashed potatoes and some cheese!
Bis-cuits and wheat,
they could use a bit more meat!
Yaaaaay, PROTEIN!
The trio again dropped their stances and enthusiastic expressions, as though they'd been standing there waiting for a bus, but they did smile a little at the sight of their two-person audience clapping for them. Sunset seemed particularly pleased.
"Do you think we could hear one more?"
"Just a moment," answered Adagio as tapped the others' shoulders, initiating a group huddle. "Sonata, you take the lead for the cheering." Two loud, simultaneous 'WHAT?!'s rather undermined the point of a huddle, she felt. "I had a feeling during the first cheer we did, I'll explain later, but just give it a try for now."
The new head cheerleader beamed. "I won't let you down!
Aria wore a particularly sour expression at the thought of following Sonata's lead, but then she smirked. "Fine, but they didn't give us a topic, so let's do this for a cheer..."
The sight of three giggling, huddled sirens was a slightly worrying one for Sunset and Rarity, but the trio quickly started up another routine with Sonata standing front and center.
Sto-machs, ex-posed,
belly-shirts will curl her toes!
So pull, up, your, top,
it makes Rarity so hot!
Guuuuuut, FETISH!
The three of them closed with snickers this time at the sight of Rarity flushing a bright, bright red, her jaw hanging slack as Sunset stood uncomfortably at her side. Aria in particular looked proud.
"Okay, um," Sunset managed, noting that the sirens could still use their power for evil, "that was... good, but, do you think you could keep it a little more PG?"
"No promises," Adagio answered with a cheeky grin and a flirty wink before Aria bopped her on the head with a pom-pom.
"Sorry," the purple siren said with an unapologetic smile, "we'll behave."
Sonata momentarily flailed her pom-poms. "Heeeey, that's my line now!" She cleared her throat to speak in her best, most authoritative leader-voice. "Sorry, we'll behave."
A long, awkward pause later, Sunset clapped her hands together. "So! I think that'll pretty much do it, you guys have any questions?"
It took an impatient elbow for Sonata to realize her fellow cheerleaders were waiting for her to answer. "Oh, uhh, n-no, we're good, thanks!"
"Right," Sunset replied with a nod, "the games are in a couple days, you should be able to do whatever you like until then, and let me know if you need anything, okay?"
There were a few affirmative nods before she and the Dazzlings the Dusklings? the sirens exited the room, with the former setting off to resume her research of the magic that might affect the games. This left the trio to talk amongst themselves.
"Okay," Aria addressed Adagio in slightly irritable tones, "what the Hell have you been smoking to put Sonata in charge of anything?"
The new cheer-captain's face scrunched up in an angry pout. "I'm standing right here!"
"And?"
"My reasoning," Adagio said loudly enough to cut the quarrel short, "was that between the three of us, what they're asking us to do most resembles Sonata's style, so we'll do a better job if we're following her lead." She sometimes wondered; if Aria were born human, would she have come out of the womb with her arms crossed? Such a thing wouldn't surprise her with how often that pose was taken.
"And what do we care about that? We've got our voices back, but I doubt they'll even care if we half-ass it."
"Perhaps, but considering our less-than-graceful exit the first time the school saw us, we have some rebuilding to do. Or would you rather continue a trend of mediocrity?"
Aria looked as though she'd tasted one of Sonata's culinary experiments again. "Er, point taken."
"Good." She turned to Sonata, who tensed just slightly. "You were the face of our group in the gym, so they're most likely inclined to trust you already. If we ride that wave, we may retain our voices and earnestly win the school's trust through this affair."
"O-okay," replied Sonata, now starting to feel a bit of pressure, "and what do we do once they trust us?"
Adagio shrugged. "No idea, but if we have the opportunity to benefit from this, I say we take it. At the very least, no longer being despised can only help us in the long run." There were two nods. "Alright. Sonata, remember to keep walking in front of us while we're dressed like this to reinforce the message."
Sonata saluted, though she wondered if a leader was supposed to do that. Either way, she took her place where Adagio usually walked as the trio headed home to await the big... thing.
Behind her, Aria whispered to Adagio. "So, what's the real reason?"
"Your mistrust for me is noted..." There was a hint of a smirk. "...but not entirely ill-placed."
"Heh, yea, kinda like to think I know you by now. So?"
"The reasons I gave were all valid, but in short, think about exactly what we're going to be doing. Do you want to be remembered as the head cheerleader?"
Picturing her life if she were known primarily as a peppy pom-pom swinger in a belly-shirt, Aria blushed. That was a legacy she was happy to let Sonata keep to herself. "Uhh... P-point taken."
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Alone in her workshop, Rarity eventually pulled herself together. Her eyes narrowed.
"I do not have a stomach fetish."
At the rate of one chapter every two months, I might have this finished by the time the next movie comes out!
Ugh. 
Sorry for the slow updates, but I hope to focus my attention on this story a little more over the summer, even if I'm still working on other stuff by then.
I know I did it for the first song, but that all-three-colors-for-their-unison-dialogue thing is a pain to do, so it will be left out of all future cheers.
Next time; Crystal Prep arrives!
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Fair enough.
A deal IS a deal.
Lunch? Really?
OK...
...
Aww, but it was funny.
Probably.
HEH!
Sounds like some new-fangled kinda Zerg, Sarge.
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(but i may sit down 
)
I will not stand for this, the sirens should never appear to be airheaded bimbos
The keys to cheerleading:
Hot bods
Fewer clothes
Shake it
I personally found the cheers to be very amusing. Especially the one asking for more meat at lunch.
What? Protein's good for you.
Rarity doesn't have a belly fetish.
Oh, my sides!
I didn't expect Sonata to be the perv.
rarity totally has a tummy fetish
So... the colors thing. I actually don't have an issue with the background so much as the colors themselves. The ones you picked for the Dazzlings are fine, but I'm colorblind, so when you started adding in more people towards the end, I had pretty much no idea who was saying what if there wasn't a dialogue tag attached to it.
But as long as it's only the Dazzlings in color then it's fine.
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Sorry about that, but I'm not sure how to establish speakers with anything but color without breaking the flow of the song or going into what I think is rule-breaking script-speak.
What happened with that particular parody (that many different voices in one song, I mean) was a rare thing, luckily, so I don't think you'll have to worry about it too much in the future.
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Yeah, it's definitely a tough situation. Most of the time I really like that mechanic. This is actually the only one I've seen show up in your stories that actually messed with me.
It's really just the colors for Celestia and Sunset. Everyone else Is fine.
This chapter is forcing me to recontextualize all those times Rarity rubbed Spike's belly...
I wish there were more stories like this. I just haven't found that many comedic Dazzlings stories I really enjoyed, so I'm really glad that this is a thing. Thank you for taking the time to write it.
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Glad you're enjoying!
There are other comedy fics featuring the Dazzlings, but with varying senses of humor. 'Sonata being a pain and the others doing nothing whatsoever to make her stop' is a popular subgenre.
6887521 I know there are, and maybe it's just because I'm pickier than normal when it comes to Dazzlings stories, but I've tried a lot that I just couldn't bring myself to read all the way through. There are a few that I've really enjoyed, but they're in the minority. Fortunately, it looks like you've written plenty to keep me amused for a while.
Indeed, Rarity only cares for the AJ abs, only the best for her, she doesn't care for just any stomach
Ah, it's good to see the Sirens are still plotting as any good plotting siren. it will be interesting to see where that takes them when Crystal High rolls in with their own Twi to mess up with everybody's magic
Have a track.
lol Loving this so far. Well done.
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Twilight's assumption that they'd be harmless without the pendants may not be entirely grounded in reality in this story. They may not be superhuman in this interpretation, but the sirens aren't quite normal teenage girls, either.
6881422 Stealth zerglings.
6902772 either get angry enough or get enough adrenaline/danger involved, and those limiters get shut down, allowing said human to draw out all the strength they truly can muster. Rage, and even danger as well. it's all apart of the adrenaline that fuels the limiters. if you're in a life threatening situation, or a situation where someone you care about is in danger, or if you're pissed off enough, those limiters are basically junk as you say.
Hahahaha... belly shirts are smexy~
hoho
And Rarity... don't kid yourself
Awesome work man!
Just started reading this, already love the crap or out it! Had to comment on this chapter specifically for the gut fetish cheer
Fan-frickin-tastic
Whaaaat.