Arc I Episode II: New Problems
The school day would resume like normal. Wendy, pulling off the shy-girl persona, was easily able to keep everyone at an arm’s reach while focusing on her objective: Keeping tabs on Adagio and making sure she took no detours. “Now where are you…”
Her search wouldn’t take her very long. The three former sirens could be seen eating at their own lunch table across the room…
“How was history class, A-dawg?” Aria asked while biting into a sandwich.
“It was...interesting,” the eldest sister responded, “The history of the settlers and natives that used to live in what is now this city is fascinating. What about you two? You both took shop class, yeah?”
“Auuuugh…” Sonata groaned towards the ceiling, “It wasn’t about shopping at all. It was about chopping up wood and other stuff. Phooey,” she pouted as she shoved a taco into her mouth.
Aria couldn’t help but scoff. “Well now, at least one of us is having fun. Though, I’ve been meaning to ask,” she looked at Adagio, “A-dawg. Are you feeling okay?”
“...What do you mean?” Adagio wasn’t following. She was more focused on the salad in front of her.
“Yesterday you didn’t make it to the game until the very end…” her eyes turned somber, quivering ever so slightly from concern, “...Is there something going on at work?”
“Well there’s…” Adagio hesitated at first. But she knew that hiding it would only make things worse in the long run. “I have to be honest...they’re my sisters after all.” With that in mind, she chose to speak...in a decidedly low voice. “Well...you know who my boss is, right?”
Sonata, having eaten half of a taco by this point, tried to answer the question in her casual tone of voice, “Oh. You work for Blue--”
Aria quickly turned and, “Shhhh!” shushed her, “Don’t say his name out loud.” She focused her attention back on her eldest sibling, whispering, “...Blueblood, right? Principal Celestia’s nephew?”
“Yes...him…” Adagio replied just as quietly, “He’s so...ugh! I’m afraid to say anything, honestly…”
“...Why? Don’t you like your job?” Sonata leaned forward with a worried expression. Aria joined in, looking at her sister expectantly.
“I do, it’s just...he’s kind of...overbearing…” Adagio admitted with a defeated sigh. “I love working in a store where I’m surrounded by beautiful musical instruments but he’s a bit...yeah…”
“I see…” Aria racked her brain for an answer, “Well, pummeling him is outta the question. That would just give us a bunch of problems here at school.”
Sonata glanced at Aria with a worried gaze. “Erm...maybe we shouldn’t resort to that yet. Just talk to him, big sis,” she suggested to Adagio, “I’m sure he’ll listen. Especially if you’re his best worker--which I’m totes sure you are!”
Adagio listened to her little sister’s words, and they resonated with her. Sonata was right. Someone like Blueblood should be willing to listen to her so long as she was reasonable. “You’re right...thanks for the idea. I’ll be sure to open up to him about how I feel.”
“Let’s talk about that more when we get home,” Aria spoke up, and changed the subject, “For now, there’s something important you need to look at.” She pulled out her phone. “I had Twilight send me the screenshots from her radar. Gimme a sec.”
“...Radar?” the yellow girl tilted her head in confusion.
Aria turned her phone to her sister and explained the situation. “...basically, these are more than likely summoning runes for demons. We don’t know why they’re here, but...yeah. We’re probably in danger.”
“Uggh…” Adagio grit her teeth, “...Starswirl dumping more of his trash into this place as if it’s some crass prison grounds...how devious.”
“Like, doubly so for us,” Sonata moaned, “We don’t have any power to fight off monsters anymore like the Rainbooms do. We’re doomed!”
But for some reason, Aria wasn’t as concerned as her fellow sisters. She casually finished her sandwich, and used a toothpick to pry bits of lettuce from her teeth. “You guys worry too much. I have a feeling that we’ll be able’ta take on whatever comes our way. We don’t wanna see this world destroyed do we?”
“I...no,” Sonata replied with an empty tone of voice.
“...Not at all,” Adagio added with an equally surprised state of hesitation, “...huh. Never thought you’d be the one motivating us. You’re growing up so fast, Blazey,” she teased.
“Yeah well...whatever…” Aria hid her blushing cheeks behind clumps of her hair, “Just...don’t lose your cool, alright?”
Across the room…
Alone at her table, Wendy kept a close eye on the sisters from afar, and continued to stare them down even as Twilight appeared at their lunch table. “Good. There she is. I’ll make sure Master Blueblood’s worker shows up right on time with no delays.”
“Hello there,” a calm, angelic female voice said from behind Wendy.
“Hm?” Wendy quickly turned around, and looked up. She was faced with a yellow girl with soft pink hair. “O-oh...hello…” she said, quickly turning on her facade.
“I’m Fluttershy,” she said with a smile and pointed to the empty table Wendy was sitting at, “Is this seat taken?”
The blue-haired girl shivered in her seat. “W-why…?”
“I was hoping to sit with you--Sunset said you were new here so I wanted to come by and say hi. If that’s alright with you…” she offered in a quiet tone.
“Agh. She’ll ruin everything. I can’t let her interfere.” Wendy silently shook her head, denying Fluttershy’s offer. “...N-no thank you.”
“Oh, that’s no problem at all,” she replied with an amicable nod, “You take your time and get used to everything here. There’s no rush. See you later, maybe?” With that, she turned and left towards a lunch table where Sunset and Rainbow Dash were sitting.
“Whew...close. Keep walking, tree-hugger. Oh wait, that’s someone else…bleh. No matter.”
Fluttershy sat down next to Sunset at their usual table. “Well that was new...she didn’t even want to speak with me.”
“...Wow,” Sunset replied with a blank expression, “Never thought I’d meet someone shyer than you, Fluttershy.”
“Me neither,” she agreed, “That’s the weird part. What do you think we can do to help her feel welcome?” She looked across the table in Dash’s direction, “Rainbow?”
Dash was hyper-focused upon her phone. “Ugh. Fluttershy, can you please tell your brother to stop texting me?”
“He still hasn’t gotten the hint?” Fluttershy asked with narrowed, annoyed eyes, “What is he saying now?”
“Something about a weird ferret creature near a rock--it’s pointless to try and explain it. Just talk to him for me, okay?” She turned and got up from the table, “I need to be able to practice in peace without worrying about being stalked by some weirdo.”
As Rainbow Dash left, Fluttershy couldn’t even argue against what she said. She knew her brother was an odd one. “Agh...imagine being related to him and having to endure Thanksgiving with his lazy rump…” she said under her breath.
“...Is everything okay?” Sunset tilted her head.
“Hm?” Fluttershy reacted swiftly with a nod. “O-oh yes. I’m fine. Don’t worry…”
“If you say so…”
Once the final bell rang, everyone started to flood out of the school and head to either the bus stop or their cars to catch rides home.
The Sirens in particular started to walk towards their home, but Adagio prepared to cross the first intersection.
“Alright, I’ll be working a bit later today, girls. Make sure you thaw out the spaghetti before you try to reheat it, alright?”
“Yeah, yeah, I got it,” Aria muttered while looking at a homework document. The topic on the page was: Things To Be Thankful For. “Just gotta figure this out…”
“It’s not complicated, Ari!” Sonata skipped up to her while holding a copy of the same document, “You just gotta write some stuff down about what you’re thankful for. Simple!”
Adagio giggled at the sight of her youngest sister explaining the nature of a simple writing prompt, and got ready to cross the street. But before she could…
“GIRLS!” someone shouted from the direction of the school, causing the trio to look up. It was Twilight who ran up to them, and came to a screeching halt with her glasses nearly falling off her face. “Whew...I...I have...we have a problem.”
“...What kinda problem?” Aria asked with her sisters looking on curiously.
After a few more deep breaths, Twilight cleared her throat and held up her tablet. “Alright. Long story short: The runes are becoming unstable and I have a feeling something is going to happen in the middle of the city within the next hour. I’d appreciate your help if you’d be willing.”
“...Damn, already?” Aria commented with a smirk on her face, “Didn’t think they’d show their faces.”
“Aria, take this seriously,” Adagio commanded with a nudge of her shoulder, and looked at Twilight with a determined gaze, “Where are they attacking? Lead the way.”
Meanwhile, from a nearby bush…
“What is she doing?! She needs to head to Master Bluebood’s store! Ooh, she's going to get reprimanded for not following his rules! What could be more important than serving him?!”
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Another great chapter, keep it up!
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Thanks! Things are about to heat up soon!
In this case? I would say anything else.
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Yeah lol. Wendy is a major stickler for the rules.
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Even the dumbest or most mind boggling idea would be more important and of better use of your time than serving Blueblood.
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What if I used a tennis racket to "serve" BB?
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Not a bad idea.
euugghghghh. gross. ewww. No, just no. I'd rather drink a bleach and paint thinner cocktail with a spritz of acetone and anti-freeze for coloring. At least then I'd die with dignity instead of dying of shame. And I could brag about how I drank the sickest moonshine in the afterlife.
That thought is like nails on a chalkboard down my spine! It's like somebody poured salt on my grave and freezer-burned my bones. Blech. Somebody save Wendy, quick! nobody deserves that
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She genuinely wants to serve him though. It's her desire!