Chapter 23: Treasures Of The Past
"Alright, you girls ready?"
The Dazzlings nodded.
"But maybe we'll listen if we get some food in front of us?"
All three of them looked up and threw their arms up, catching the plastic plates tossed at them. And raising them as shields, each of them caught some burgers that landed on their plates.
"Oh, thank you. Okay, I think we're alright." Adagio, taking a bite into her burger.
"Right, anyways. Allow us to explain." Trixie said.
Everyone adjusted their chairs to look to the Dazzlings.
"Okay, lets begin. So, who wants to start?"
"I will." Vinyl stated. "Alright, the first time we saw any of the Rainbooms has to have been at the start of 8th grade. I was new to the neighborhood, and so was Sunset Shimmer. But even though she was, she made it clear she wasn't someone to be messed with, and she fought off anyone who tried to stand in her way. I tried to make friends with her, but she wouldn't see to it. Next day later, she sabotaged some of my instruments."
Adagio just continued to munch away at her burger, listening to their story.
"I have something to add. Sunset may have been the first one of the bunch at the school, but the very next day that we saw her, Sunset wasn't alone. She was with that Rainbow Dash brat who I thought was a completely new person. I thought she had finally found a new friend, but unfortunately that was when the trouble started to come..." Octavia replied.
"The very next day, more were found with her. Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, together they all formed the Rainbooms. And once we saw them all together, that's when we knew they were up to no good. Their rockstar punk outfits, their mean spirited tones, it was just screaming bully all over."
"So? You can't always judge on looks." Sonata said, finishing a piece of her burger. "I mean if Adagio wore something skin tight that made you constantly look at her body, would you think she's evil?"
Everyone was in silence.
"Weird analogy, but no... But getting back on topic, we tried to keep ourselves away from them for a long time. But by the end of the 9th grade... we paid the price."
The Dazzlings leaned in closer, listening carefully.
"What exactly happened girls?"
"During the middle of lunch, they started to... to..." Trixie choked up, trying to get the words out. "Attack us. With magic."
"How?"
"I don't know! We saw them raise tables and students , and whatever they raised glowed like it was coming from one person at a time! The Rainbooms except for Sunset all had these gold pendents around their necks, and all of them were glowing! I think that's what got them to use magic!"
Adagio stood up from her chair. "Gold? Pendents? Describe them..."
"Well, uh... I don't know, each one of them had weird shapes, but we didn't know what they meant!"
"Hmm... could mean anything. But there's one thing I do know; those are Equestrian relics. The only way they would have any magic would have to be either they're all Equestrian like us, or they've stolen artifacts."
"Well that's it, we don't know!" Octavia said, her hands slapping her sides.
"And Sunset wanted that crown from that trophy for the Battle of the Bands," Adagio scratched her chin, "If that crown is of any value, I have a feeling its the last piece they need before they gain all of their power."
"Well what are we gonna do?" Lyra asked, panicking looks on her face.
Adagio looked up at Lyra, and then to Bon Bon, Amethyst, Octavia, Vinyl, and lastly Trixie. She had never seen them look so scared before. Their faces looked just as scared as they were as the night that they found about their secret. Trying to comprehend the magic was hard enough for them, but the very thought of their enemy having magic made it even worse.
"Well I'll tell you all what we won't do. We're not going to let those Rainbooms complete their plans. I don't know what they strive to gain, but its not going to happen. Not here, and certainly not now."
"But how? We don't even know how we're gonna stop them." Amethyst said, looking defeated. "Ugh, if I could, I would just slam all of them with this sledgehammer right here and right now!"
She grabbed her sledgehammer and ran right past the group again, then spinning herself around as much as she could, she got ready to let go of the hammer. She stopped spinning and she let go of the hammer, allowing it to take off into the air and spin around like an axe.
The throw wasn't hard enough so it didn't make much distance, and it only landed a feet away. But what got their attention was the loud bang that the hammer made.
"Nice aim, Amethyst."
"Uh... I think I might have hit something."
Adagio rushed over to where Amethyst threw the sledgehammer and looked at the spot where it landed. Carefully grabbing the sledgehammer, she dropped it again and heard the same bang sound again.
"No... could it be?" Adagio asked, gasping.
"Could what be?"
"Help me out girls, I need some hands!"
Adagio got on her knees, and with her bare hands she started digging into the sand. Everyone gathered around to where Adagio was digging, looking down into the sand.
"Wait, is that--" Aria pointed.
"It could be! Help me out!"
Aria and Sonata joined in, helping dig through the sand. More of it was pushed away, and the three of them stopped as the surface of what they were digging was uncovered. A small wooden top was graced on their hands, and there was a tracing of a diamond over a treble clef.
"Yes... Yes... YES! YES! ITS STILL HERE!!!" Adagio screamed at the top of her lungs, making everyone jump back in fear.
"Uh... is that a treasure chest?"
"Yes, yes it is! Come on, keep digging girls, we've got to pull it out!"
10 Minutes Later
The girls were all huddled around a wooden and metallic treasure chest that was engraved with Adagio's graphic insignia. It was her calling card after all.
Adagio opened up the chest (which she unfortunately did not put a lock on) and looked in the bottom. She pulled out a small piece of paper, and unfolded it, revealing to be an old treasure map.
"You buried a treasure map? Why not keep that stuff in a bottle?" Bon Bon asked.
"Please, that's too obvious." Adagio rolled her eyes.
"And that was a dumb statement, never say that again." Amethyst snapped back.
Adagio squinted her eyes, completely bypassing Amethyst's snide remark. Her finger followed on the little dotted path that was drawn on the map, and she tapped her finger on the big red X that was marked.
"X marks the spot, as they always say. Aria, Sonata... I think we're near one of our old hideouts!"
Aria and Sonata blankly looked at Adagio.
"Which one? We've made many hideouts."
"You mean the one we made in the 60s?" Sonata asked.
"No."
"The one hidden in 1813."
"No. And we never made any hideouts in that time."
"I did." Aria grinned.
"Well the one I'm referring to was made back in 1746. Remember that time?"
Aria and Sonata were blank again, but their eyes twinkled in realization.
"You mean?"
"I think so! If no one's found that cave..."
"Okay, what just happened?" Vinyl asked. "We were discussing the Rainbooms and their plan, and suddenly now we're talking about treasure hunts?"
"Oh calm down Vinyl, perhaps we should all take a break from the drama for now. Girls, maybe we can help you uncover your long lost treasure?"
Adagio and her sisters looked back at the others.
"Really? You girls would... help us?"
"Why wouldn't we? We're friends, aren't we?"
"Yes but... no one's really wanted to help us for a long time."
"Well, we do. Come on, lets go find it! Its somewhere around here, isn't it?"
Adagio nodded. "I believe so. But first thing's first, we need to get your boat back into the water if you're going to help us. Allow me."
Adagio walked away from the girls, and slowly started to remove the towel, her shoulders bare first. Then with a single drop, she allowed it to fall and started to walk towards the sea, showing her body covered in the one-piece swimsuit. She stopped for a brief second, and then glanced back at the girls with a seductive grin.
"Enjoying the view girls?"
The girls looked away, blushes creeping over their cheeks. Adagio just couldn't help but chuckle at their red faces.
"Come on, Sonata, Aria."
Vinyl interrupted.
"Actually wait, do you mind if we ask you something, Adagio?"
Adagio smirked. "You may."
"Why is it you have this seductive and alluring attitude? I mean... not to sound mean or anything, that's not why we ask but, it just seems highly suggestive. And questionable." Vinyl asked, rubbing the back of her head.
Adagio giggled. "My sisters and I have spent many years trying to get by in this cold and dark world, and during our time we noticed that the men... and occasionally women became attracted to us simply by our looks. So I thought why not exploit it some more and use it to our advantage?"
Vinyl nodded.
"So in time, we found something that while not completely show off our bodies, would just be enough to lure them to us and obey our will. I'm not particularly proud of the actions I've done, and I'm not proud of using people for personal gain... but after hundreds of years of trying to survive, it was our only way of making our livings."
Adagio looked down at herself, observing her bare skin.
"Though I must admit... having this beauty has certainly been a blessing for me."
"I can tell." Amethyst said, sounding a little unfazed.
Adagio smirked. "Anyways, come, come! I know just where that cove is!"
Adagio and her sisters ran out back into the water, and kept on moving into the sea, allowing the water to rise up and go higher and higher on their bodies. They kept on walking in until the water went over their heads and higher.
Once they had hit the water just deep enough, the girls held onto their pendents again, ready to change back again.
Outside, another bright flash of red glowed under the water. The sirens popped their equine heads back up from the water, tilting their heads at the girls, gesturing them to follow them.
Everyone got back up on the beached boat, and held on tight.
"I hope you didn't damage your boat too much Amethyst," Lyra stated.
"Hey, most of the damage was done by Adagio. And she owes me a new boat."
They held on tight, and looked up. Adagio used her head and hooves, holding onto the beached boat as tight as she could. Then, slowly but surely, the boat started to get pulled out of the sand, and out into the water again. And even better, it didn't sink! It still stayed afloat!
"She's still alive!" Amethyst cheered. "Alright Adagio, we'll follow you! Show us the way!"
The creature they knew was Adagio let out a small cry of a response, and she dove into the water, her fins spiking out of the sea. With the boat turned back on again, Amethyst took helm of the ship, following the three sirens again.
Their trip wasn't very long, thankfully, it was almost the span of 8 minutes. But the group huddled up on the side of a cliff that was near the beach, and found a small cave that appeared to be blocked off by giant spiked rocks that were up from the ground.
Adagio who was back in her biped state, swam up to front entrance, observing it carefully.
"Oh, its been so long since we've been here... now if I can remember how we got in..."
Adagio's hands clasped the sides of the rock wall, feeling her way on the hard sides. The switch had to be there somewhere, it just had to be. Her eyes gazed at something that sparkled for a second, but then she jolted her head back. On the rock wall was a small gold emblem of a treble clef.
She grinned and she placed her hand over it. Gripping it carefully, she pulled on it, pulling out partway a round circular piece of rock. It wouldn't come out all the way, but Adagio knew. She turned the circle to the left, and she heard a rumbling sound. All of their eyes turned to the entrance of the cave, and watched as the sharp rocks that were blocking the entrance slowly went down into the water.
"Girls, I think we've found our entrance. I'll tie the boat down, you all come on in!"
Adagio grabbed a robe, and she dove down into the water, finding the point where the sharp rocks had dug down. Carefully, she tied the knot together, making sure the boat wouldn't just float away.
Pulling her head back out of the water, she found the rest of the girls were slowly getting into the water with her and her sisters.
"Come, come! Follow us!"
Performing dog paddles in the water, the girls followed the Dazzlings deep into the cave. The swim wasn't long, especially since the cave wasn't even that big. When they all glanced up, they could see some things hanging from the top of the cave ceiling. There were some ropes covered with vines, a small rope and hook hanging which held a lantern, and much more. Adagio hoisted herself up on the rocks, dripping water as she climbed. Moving the rope which had the lantern towards her, she managed to put some flame within, and turned the lantern on.
She moved the hook back so it could hang above for them all to see, and so more light came into the cave. Having the light provided, everyone was able to see the entire cave in full. There was a dusty old Jolly Roger flag hanging from a mast that worked as a support beam, another one draped along the wall as if it was a tapestry, and from the water, they could see some glowing colorful lights around.
Pulling themselves up on some rocks, the girls felt some sand as they got up some places for them to sit. Amethyst however just moved herself in the middle of the water, sitting on top a beam that was jotting out of the water.
"Girls, how did you put this cave together?" Trixie asked as Adagio crossed her legs, sitting on some rocks.
"We've had plenty of years to kick around and do whatever, so we decided why the heck not, and we made this cave as sort of a storage area. We've kept some ancient treasures all piled up in here."
Trixie looked at her left and observed a gladiator mace that was traced around in the sand. Carefully pulling it out, she observed it. On the handle, was an some engraved writing which read 'The Blazing Aria'.
"Oh, I remember that. I had to use that to fight against some gladiators. Heh, they made a bad choice trying to pick on old Aria," Aria chuckled, leaning her head back against the wall.
"You actually fought gladiators?"
"Mmmhmm. Back in Italy, actually."
"Oh my gosh! Girls, check it out!"
Sonata pulled a big black hat out of the sand, shaking off the sand. "Its my old sombrero! I loved wearing this back in Mexico! All the boys said, how do I put it... oh yes, una verdadera chica."
"So being immortal wasn't all that bad for your girls, now was it? I mean look at it this way, you all got to travel around the world, you got to live in times we wished we could have visited, places we would have loved to seen."
The sisters were at a silent pause. That thought had never occurred to them. Not after having so many years filled with dread, hate, and fear.
"I suppose you're right Trixie. It wasn't all bad, I suppose. We did get to do some cool things."
Adagio looked at her left side, seeing a small box. She opened it up, and pulled out what appeared to be a small eyepatch, and compass.
"What'd you got there?" Bon Bon asked.
"My old compass. I remember, I used it to help an old friend. George was his name." She sighed. "Oh how I miss that man..."
"And what's with the eyepatch?"
Adagio chuckled nervously. "Well, back in the 1700s, we hit a few rough patches along the way. One of which was, well... One of my eyes was hurt bad, and since no one around had any medicine or ice to help... I had to use this to cover it up."
"How'd your eye even get hurt?" Vinyl asked.
"I was punched. In the face. Multiple times."
Vinyl blankly stared. "Really? That's it?"
"Yep. Hard hand by the way."
"Oh my gosh!"
Everyone turned their heads to where Lyra was gazing at. She had pulled off a tarp, and she found a painting. The painting showed all three Sirens together, in the same cave that they were in right now. But the one thing she noticed that was different was the pirate garb worn on their bodies, and in addition, the mermaid tails attached to them.
"Oh, I remember that painting! We met a real sweet man who was kind enough to paint that for us. I don't know how, but somehow he knew pirates tickled our fancy." Adagio giggled.
Adagio giggled for a few seconds, but then she came to a small smile. All of these things in front of her, all the things that she had met and done in the past... they weren't bad. These weren't awful, or scary, or dreadful. None of these were painful to look at. These things that they collected actually made her feel a little happy.
"You know something girls?"
"Yeah?"
Adagio looked at the girls and her own sisters.
"Being immortal is not a blessing. I always thought it was nothing but a curse, a painful reminder that we would forever keep on living while we watched those around us perish before our eyes. I always believed that being immortal was nothing but pure concentrated pain, while the rest of the world grows around you. But because of you girls... I've come to realize that not everything is as bad as it seems."
The girls exchanged a few glances, bringing her some friendly and happy smiles.
"And its because of you girls coming all of this way, just to make us happy again, just to make amends with us... I have hope for humanity."
"Adagio, what do you mean?"
She smiled. "Lets show those Rainbooms just what we're made of."
Trixie gasped with perhaps the most excited smile she had on her face. "You mean!?"
"Yes."
Trixie squeed probably the loudest of the group, shaking with excitement and pure joy.
"YES! YES! We're not gonna spend the rest of our lives being slaves!"
"Adagio, you mean it? We're really gonna kick those Rainbooms butts?"
"Only if you two are in. I can't do this on my own. I need everyone if we're going to stop them... and we are."
Aria flashed a grin. "Count me in."
"¡Yo también, Adagio!" Sonata smiled.
"We're gonna the kibosh on them!" Octavia cheered.
"About time we did something about their mischief." Vinyl nodded.
"Uh girls, I don't mean to be a downer, but how exactly are we gonna stop them?"
"Lyra, we've come a long way from where we are now. They may have tried to ruin our friendship with the past, but I like to believe that because of them, we were brought back together because of the past. So, I like to say..."
Adagio appreciatively smiled at her friends, and she pulled a box out. Opening up the chest, she showed off some gold, some jewelry, and much more inside. She smiled at her friends, who's eyes were all ogling her and the gold. She grinned to all of them with a mischievous smile.
"...how about we all share the treasures of the past with each other, and use them to put an end to their plans once and for all?"
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Okay, now I've got more questions than I have answers. How and where did the Rainbooms get the Elements? Granted, Sunset probably stole them -Even if it is a stretch to imagine her stealing all five right under the Princess's nose- but more importantly, where did the Rainbooms learn to use them? From what I've seen so far, most of them don't even have the qualities that embody those Elements, unless they've been twisted by the mirror universe factor as well.
Huh. Interesting. Well, if there's a silver lining to the Rainbooms' magic, at least it's apparently *just* one power and not a bunch of specialized abilities. Can you imagine what kind of hell life would be if evil Rainbow Dash had super-speed, or evil Applejack had super-strength?
To say nothing of Pinkie Pie or Fluttershy...
Aww...
This was a really sweet moment.
What do you have planned, Adagio? Hm...
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Actually, based on a season 8 episode, this shouldn't have happened at all. And should have seriously backfired on them.
Que considerado, que hispana.
Yep!
Good job here. I can't wait to see them finally beat the Rainbitches.
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I think they're just some other kind of magic pendant. The chapter mentions them making students and stuff float, which is a different power than what the Rainbooms or Elements used in the canon universe. And they're described as gold colored, which doesn't mesh with the Elements either. Maybe it's something Sunset brought from Equestria (which I can't exactly see) or more bad magic that Starswirl just dumped in the human world XD
Who knew swinging a sledgehammer at a random direction could lead to a treasure hunt & the Dazzlings reuniting to some of their old things?
So the Rainbooms also have magic powers of their own eh? Well I hope the gang comes up with a plan to beat them, otherwise, this is going to be tough fight!
Next time i want to find treasure I'll just throw a hammer in a randow direction
Sonata hid a sombrero? in a pirate cave?
Cue the Alestorm Song
When is twilight gonna get there?
So sweet and so cool.😃😃😃😃
Great Chapter.
I have to say though until a GOOD explanation from either StarSwirl himself or somepony else is given, he is most likely going to remain hated in the current situation by most readers XD
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I hope that's what happens tbh
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You mean the Starswirl had a legitimate reason for his actions?
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No, I mean him being hated.
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I am just imagining the Sirens friends slapping the shit outta Starswirl if they ever met him
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XD Thanks for that image
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your welcome!!
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Thank you as well I can imagine it now.
What a great chapter. I look forward to what will happen next. What will they do? How nice of them to share their treasure.
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Question is Which of the The Sirens friends smacks him the hardest XD Or in Amy's case would she just use the hammer?
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Vinyl hits him with her car.
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I dunno Starswirls hard head might just damage the poor car beyond repair.
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Fine she can blast him with so much sound his skull will crack.
I don't care what you say. DEATH TO STARSWIRL!
This is duper cool! Also livin for the pirate vibes :>