Sonata, Aria, and Adagio find themselves stranded in a strange world, and attempt to re-claim their magic and return to their home world of Equestria
Sonata, Aria, and Adagio are banished from Equestria by Star Swirl The Bearded, and now must face this strange new apparently magic less world. They now search in hope of finding some source of magic they can steal in order to regain enough power to return home to Equestria, exact revenge on Star Swirl The Bearded, and take their rightful places as rulers of Equestria.
It was a quiet day in the middle of October 26, 1692. The Fall evening air was cool and refreshing, bringing in a light gentle breeze over the silent breezy field below. A small town lay below this village, and all the villagers were busy preparing for their annual Fall Harvest merely days away. None in the village could possibly know of the events about to unravel in the fields above them, as around half past noon a great flash of light illuminated the field, basking it in multiple hues of blue and purple light. Just as suddenly, three girls around their teens were shoved out of the portal and onto the grassy plains below them. One of the girls immediately got up and jumped back toward the portal, but it disappeared with a loud crack, and she fell face first back into the cold grass.
Realizing the portal had closed, she got up on her knees and screamed into the air where the portal of light had stood just moments before. “I’LL GET YOU FOR THIS STAR SWIRL THE BEARDED!!!!” she screamed at the top of her lungs “I MEAN IT, YOU CAN’T KEEP ME HERE FOR EVER, AND WHEN I GET BACK YOU ARE SOOOO DEAD!!!!!” she pounded the ground as she said this, continuing to glare at the now empty void in front of here.
“Stop shouting Adagio, it’s not going to help us now.” One of the other girls spoke up behind her. Adagio whirled around and glared at the two of them.
“NO I WILL NOT STOP SHOUTING, THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!” she screamed at the two of them, getting up on both feet and stomping angrily toward them till she was right up against both of their noses. “I HAD EQUESTRIA EATING OUT OF THE PALM OF MY CLAWS, AND THEN THAT…THAT…” she struggled to find the perfect word to describe their banisher. “THAT COWARD BANISHED US. WE HAD IT, WE WERE SO CLOSE. HE DIDN'T EVEN GIVE US A CHANCE TO FIGHT BACK, IN A FAIR FIGHT WE WOULD HAVE WIPED THE FLOOR WITH HIM!!!!”
One of the other girls with a long blue ponytail scratched her head in thought. “Wait, how was forcing him to clean our room’s going to stop him from banishing us?” she asked. The other two stared at her with looks of un-amusement.
“No Sonata you scatterbrain, it’s an expression.” The other girl with two long purple pigtails retorted. The three girls stood their silently for a moment taking in the scenery around them, Sonata becoming suddenly interested in flipping her hair back and forth to her friends annoyance.
“So where are we anyway?” the girl with the purple pigtails spoke again “And more importantly WHAT are we?” she added, staring at her hands and clothing.
“I think I remember reading about this place in a book some time ago.” Adagio replied. “I believe this is some kind of alternative universe to Equestria, and as for our transformation it seems we have taken the form of the creatures that inhabit this alternate world. I believe they are called….Whomans.”
“I think I like this being whoman thing” Sonata said gleefully, still playing around with her long ponytail “Their hair is really flippy.”
“You know what else is really flippy?” the other girl responded glaring at her “Your brain!”
“Oh cheer up Aria!” Sonata said, wrapping an arm around Aria’s shoulder. “Who knows, maybe this is the start of some totally awesome adventure. Like the ones we read back home!” Aria backed away from Sonata, crossing her arms defiantly.
“Sonata, Aria, come quickly!!!” Adagio shouted. The two girls glanced around to find Adagio some feet away, staring over a cliff. Rushing to join her, they looked down below to find a small village nestled by trees and a flowing river. Vaguely they could make out the figures of the villages in habitant’s, clearly other whomans, bringing food and other assortments to what appeared to be a massive gathering of some kind just outside the village.
“What do you think is going on down there?” Aria asked curiously.
“It looks like their having a PARTY!” Sonata shouted, bouncing happily in place. “Can we go, can we? They have so much food and I’m sooooooooooooo hungry!!!!!!” Sonata leaned precariously off the cliff staring at the food below, her mouth beginning to water in anticipation. Aria briefly debated shoving Sonata off the cliff, and reading herself of Sonata’s stupidity, but thought better of it.
“I could go for some food myself.” Arian responded, rubbing her growling tummy as it gurgled in agreement. “Should we go and join them? Maybe we can learn more about where we are, and how to get back while we are there?” Adagio agreed, and together the three girls slowly made the trek down to the village.
Making their way to the village, the tree girls set about looking for some food as well as answer’s as to where they were. As they walked along the village, they notice the inhabitant’s staring at them as they passed, with bewildered looks on their faces.
“Why are they all staring at us like that?” Sonata asked nervously. “Is it me? Do I stink?” she lifted an arm and sniffed her armpit for nit of odor.
“As a matter of speaking’ Aria replied “Yes, yes you do.”
“But I highly doubt that’s why they are staring” Adagio added. “More likely it’s due to our looks, we don’t exactly seem to be blending in well in our current attire.”
It was true. The villagers were all wearing black and white robes and dresses, some of the males also had top hats or wigs. The three young girls however were wearing long colorful dresses, with knee high boots and various assortments of gems. Their hair was also quite long and wavy while the villager’s hair was straight and not tied up in a knot around their head. They also each wore a red necklace around their necks. One of the few things they managed to keep from their home world that allowed them to steal ponies magic back in Equestria.
They finally reached the other side of the village, where the harvest was being held. There were tables chalk full of all kinds of delicious and savory foods such as Turkey, Yam’s, Corn, Potatoes, and Fish. They watched as a family of three approached one of the tables and started grabbing some of the food, loading them unto plates that where set at the edges of the tables. Having filled their plates, they filed out and sat on one of the empty benches nearby to dig into to their food.
Sonata rubbed her hands together, and her mouth began watering immediately as the smell of the food began to reach their noses. “Well what are we waiting for?” she asked “Let’s go get some food.”
“”Hey Sonata, I’ll race you to the table” Aria challenged her, pointing at the food.
“Ok, LAST ONE THERE IS DISCORDS MOM!!!” Sonata shouted, as the two of them raced for the food. Adagio was startled having not been paying the slightest amount of attention, and stared after her friends racing far ahead of her before slowly going to join them. “Why do I always end up being Discords mom?” she asked to no one in particular.
After managing to grab some food and find an unoccupied table, the three of them sat down and dug into the food. About halfway through their meal, Adagio stopped to glance around at the townspeople around them, most of which were heavily enjoying the festivities from food to silly games. Suddenly she saw a one of the taller villagers walk up to one of the nearby tree’s, about a dozen pieces of paper ladled in his arms. He took one of the pieces of paper and nailed it against the tree, before proceeding to do the same to other tree close by. Curious, Adagio walked over to the nearest tree, yanked the piece of paper he has nailed onto it off, and returned to join her friends.
“”Whatcha gat dere Adagtio?” Sonata asked, her mouth still full of food.
“One of the villagers was posting this around the park” Adagio answered her. “It say’s something about a Witch Trial that’s going to be going down tomorrow evening.”
“A Witch Trial?” Aria asked. “What’s a witch?”
“According to this, witches are people known to have access to some kind supernatural power known as magic. It says it’s believe they can do things like fly on broomsticks, turn children into frog’s, and even recall other’s from the dead.”
“Wait, people can fly on broomsticks here?” Sonata asked excitedly. “Why couldn’t we do that back in Equestria? That sounds soooo much more fun than sweeping with them. Can we try one, can we, can we, can we????” she shook Aria back and forth looking pleadingly into her eyes. Aria shoved Sonata away, and turned back toward Adagio.
“Wait, did that thing just say some people here CAN use magic?” she asked curiously.
“Which means if they can, we may be able to steal it from them and use it to get back home!” Adagio finished for her, one of her hands moving to grasp the red necklace dangling from her neck. “But if they are currently under arrest and awaiting trial, how are we even going to bet to them without alerting the other villager’s and getting arrested ourselves?” Aria asked again.
Adagio thought silently for a moment, and then cracked an evil grin, staring at Sonata. “Actually maybe one of us should get caught, so we can have someone from the inside to help us break into the prison. Sonata started noticing both of them looking at her.
“I don’t know” She said “This sounds kind of dangerous.”
“Don’t worry” Aria assured her “We’ll have you back out and all be back home in Equestria long before they get a chance to execute you.”
“I’m still not su...” Sonata started again, but Aria interrupted her.
“You’ll get to ride one of those flying broomsticks.” She promised with a smirk.
Sonata’s expression suddenly turned from one of fear to one of excitement. “Really?” she asked. The other two nodded at her grinning. “Well in that case, LET’S DO THIS!!!!” she shot up from the bench and began looking around for a broomstick to try out. Aria stared after her before turning back to Adagio.
“Are you sure this is going to work?” she asked “I mean, how do we know this witches actually have magic?” Adagio just stared at her with a heavily annoyed expression.
“Unless you have any better idea’s, it’s our only hope of getting back home we currently have.” She stated, stomping a foot on the ground to signal that the debate was over. Aria nodded, and together the two of them got up and chased after Sonata, hopeful that soon they would all be home, and ready to take their revenge on Star Swirl the Bearded, and re-claim their rightful place as rulers of Equestria once and for all.
“Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee” Sonata screamed with joy as she jumped off a nearby roof with a broomstick, only to yet again land on the ground below with a resounding thud. “Ouch!” she yelled “This one doesn't work either” she threw the broomstick away, and folded her arms giving the broomstick a sour look.
Aria stepped forward and pulled Sonata back to her feet. “This isn't working.” She said resoundingly, turning to face Adagio behind her. “Maybe there isn't any truth to this whole witch thing after all.”
“NO” Adagio yelled, stamping her right foot again. “I’m not ready to give up yet. Maybe the broomstick thing is false, but perhaps there is still some truth to this whole with thing. I mean they had to have seen SOME kind of hocus pocus hoopla to go all crazy about catching witches like this.”
“Hocus Pocus Hoopla?” Aria repeated with a sneer. “You’re beginning to sound like Sonata”.
Adagio scowled at her, and then turned her attention back to the piece of paper she had obtained earlier that had started this whole witchy business. “It also says here that witches are known to turn children into frogs and recall other’s from the dead” she recited. “There is also something in here I forgot to mention about making potions.”
“Potions?” Sonata asked “You mean like that anti sunburn stuff with the girl flashing her butt around all the time?”
“No stupid that’s suntan LOTION, were taking about POTIONS!!!” Aria replied, placing her head in her hand in disbelief.
“Oh” Sonata replied sheepishly.
“I think making a potion would be our best bet here of getting Sonata into the Witch prison” Adagio interrupted them.
“Yes, but do any of us know how to even make a potion?” Aria asked raising an eyebrow. The three of them stood silently lost on contemplation before Sonata had a sudden strike of inspiration and spoke up.
“What if we figure out where one of the witches currently imprisoned lives and steal her book. Then we can use it to make a potion!” she cried happily, bouncing up and down in her excitement.
The other two started at her in shock. “That’s…..Actually not a bad idea.” Adagio said surprised.
“Alright who are you and what have you done with the real Sonata?” Aria accused her playfully. Sonata shrugged her off “What, I can have good ideas of my own, you just hardly ever listen to me enough to hear them.”
“Whatever” Adagio broke their conversation “Let’s just find out where one of these witches lives already and take her book. The sooner we do, the sooner we can get back home.”
“Hey, can we use me flashing my butt as the picture for the potion?” Sonata asked gleefully.
“NO!!!!” Aria and Adagio screamed.
Soon after lurking around the tavern and talking to various people, they found themselves in front of an old abandoned house, once belonging to accused witch Kiana Gato. Kiana’s house was clearly unkempt as the girls could see shingles teetering from the roof, all the windows were broken, and there were pieces of paper, feathers, and a whole assortment of things scattered around the house. Going inside, they found the interior to not be much of an improvement from the outside. The furniture was broken, much of it turned upside down, there were books and even more pieces of paper scattered around the floor, and a strange odor hung over the house that neither of the girls could identify.
“Boy this place is a pigsty.” Sonata said, picking up a few of the books on the ground to examine them.
“Spread out and search for that book” Adagio ordered “The sooner we get out of here the better. The stench in here is driving me crazy.” She pitched her nose and preceded upstairs to check the upper rooms, leaving Sonata and Aria to check the first floor. Hours of searching had produced nothing, and soon the girls were about ready to give up when suddenly…
“ARIA, ADAGIO, OVER HERE!!!” Sonata shouted from just outside the house. Aria and Adagio followed the sound of her voice to the backyard behind the house. There in the yard was a small campfire, the coals barely still burning after being left untouched for quite some time, and on top of the campfire sat a large cauldron, some kind of liquid sitting inside of it.
“We don’t have to make a potion after all.” Sonata said gleefully “We have an already made one right here.” Sonata began jumping up and down on the balls of her feet, Aria and Adagio however shared a concerned look before turning back to the cauldron.
“I don’t know” Aria said concerned “Something about this doesn’t seem right.”
“What’s the problem?” Sonata asked, turning around to face her “We needed a potion to pretend to be witches, and now we have one.”
“The problem” Adagio interrupted “Is if the witch who leaved here has been in imprisoned for 3 months, then who made this” she pointed to the bubbling cauldron in front of them. “It’s still hot so I doubt it was left over from before her arrest, someone made this recently, but no one lives here.”
“Or supposedly no one is living here” Aria finished. Sonata nervously moved her hands to her mouth.
“Yyy you ma ma mean to ssss say this ppp place is HAUNTED!!!!!!” she shrieked nervously.
“No you dimwit, there is no such thing as ghost.” Aria said sternly. “We mean someone has been living here, but not the witch in the prison. So whatever is in the cauldron was probably not made by a witch, and therefore might not be a potion after all.
“So?” Sonata said pulling her hands away from her mouth and shrugging. “All we have to do is convince the villager’s that it is a potion. How hard can that be? I mean it is in a large cauldron. What else would anyone make in a large black cauldron like this?” The other two had to agree with her, and together they lifted the large cauldron out of the fireplace, careful to not spill any of its content’s, and carried it out of the house toward the village. Just after they left, an old hermit appeared from the other side and entered the house, carrying a large basket of clothing. Upon reaching the house he went into the back yard to find the cauldron that had been there before missing.
“Hey, who took my Laundry cleaner!!” he shouted.
A few hours later they were back in the village with the bubbling cauldron. Aria and Adagio had taken cover behind a small shop while Sonata was with the cauldron, stirring it constantly with a large ladle and offering it out to anyone who passed by.
“Excuse me sir, want to try my magic potion? Excuse me mam, you look really, really old, but my potion can make you look younger! HEY UGLY, WANT SOME POTION TO GED RID OF THAT DISGUSTING THING ON YOUR FOREHEAD?”
Aria and Adagio were snickering from their hiding place behind her. “This is better than slap stick comedy.” Aria said laughing.
“Yea but unless she actually gets someone to try the potion, Well never convince them she’s a witch.” Adagio said sternly.
“They might just arrest her for being a public nuisance.” Aria replied hopefully.
As they were about to give up hope, a portly young man approached Sonata and the cauldron.
“Excuse me sir, want to try some of my potion?” Sonata asked sweetly, holding the ladle up to the man’s face.
“What does it do?” the man asked cautiously.
“Anything you want” Sonata replied smiling. “I call it Heart’s Desire, it grant’s you the deepest and darkest desire of our hearts.”
The man slowly inched his hand cautiously to take the label, but pulled it back last second. “It’s freeeeeee” Sonata said playfully pushing the ladle toward him. The man again stretched his hand out, but pulled it back last second. Sonata however had had enough.
“JUST TRY THE FREAKING POTION!!!!” she screamed, shoving the ladle forcefully into his mouth.
The man swallowed it, and then back off gagging, his hands shot upwards toward his throat. He then fell on to the dirt road below twitching and gagging.
“If you don’t like it, you don’t have to be so rude!” Sonata replied angrily watching him.
The whole town gathered around as the man continued wreathing on the floor gagging until finally he stopped moving altogether, and lay silently still on the floor, eyes staring sightlessly in front of him.
“Awww, he fell asleep.” Sonata said staring at him smiling. “I didn't know you could sleep with your eyes open?”
“SHE POISONED HIM!!!” one of the gathered villagers shouted, pointing at Sonata. “SHE’S A WITCH, ARREST HER, ARREST HER!!!!” Suddenly everyone was pointing at Sonata shouting WITCH, WITCH, WITCH, all the while Sonata stared back at them unsure as to what to make of the sudden commotion. Just then two men wearing long cloaks, and a golden badge shaped like a star stepped forward, grabbing and wrapping Sonata’s hands behind her back tying them together.
As the two man took Sonata away, Aria and Adagio watched from behind the shop. “Well that worked out un-expectantly” Aria said surprised.
“I almost thought Sonata was going to ruin it for us” Adagio said relieved.
The man on the ground was pulled away and the crowd slowly began to disperse. “So what’s next?” Aria asked as the two slowly began making their way back out of the village.
“Now we wait for nightfall” Adagio replied. “I instructed Sonata to sing so we can follow her voice. Then once we find where the witches are being held, we can release Sonata and steal their magic together.
“Providing they actually have any magic” Aria said resoundingly.
They two of them left the village and made their way to a small pond in the nearby forest just outside the village they had chosen as sanctuary to await for nightfall. Hoping feverishly that by night’s end they would have their magic back, and be able to return home once more.
“Well THAT went well” Adagio sighed as she and her friends begrudgingly slunk out of the village. After managing to smuggle Sonata into the prison Adagio and Aria had arrived to attempt to take the magic they had heard so much about from the witches imprisoned within, however in vain they arrived only to find there was not even a single ounce of magic with the witches blood, and they had put in all that hard work for nothing.
“I TOLD you they were not really witches” Aria retorted in a slightly annoyed tone. “I mean if they actually had magic wouldn't it occur to them that they could just teleport out of the prison whenever they wanted to, or turn the prison guards into frog’s?”
Adagio just snorted and ignored Aria’s jibe as they continued to their next destination. After failing to obtain magic from the witches, they had decided to leave town and switch to plan B which Aria had conceived of while waiting to break into the prison camp. Just a few miles South lay a small Harbor, known for its trading markets and fine ships. It was also known to be haunted by spirits during the night. Adagio had initially rejected this idea on the grounds that it was probably just another hoax just like Witches in the previous town. However after admitting they had no better ideas Adagio agreed to give it a go.
Shortly after arriving at the Harbor the three of them checked into the first Inn they could find, and they proceeded to walk around pestering the resident’s about the mysterious spirits they had heard about. Or at least Adagio and Aria did.
“Hey mister, do you want to see my collection of human hair?” Sonata asked one of the passing villagers, opening her scrap book and pushing it into his face “These ones I just recently shaved off my butt!!” Aria and Adagio immediately pulled Sonata and her book away from him as the man recoiled in disgust.
“Forgive our friend here” Aria apologized to the man “She has……issues.”
Adagio snatched the book from Sonata and threw it over the peer into the ocean, then turned to face Sonata “Can you PLEASE stop being weird and help us try and figure out how to get our magic back so when can get back home!!!”
“I was just trying to be friendly” Sonata retorted back. “Maybe if we try to be nicer to other people around here they might be willing to help us!”
“Riiiiight, because that tooootally helped those supposed witches back in the other town.” Aria snorted back at Sonata.
“ENOUGH!” Adagio shouted silencing them. “ look it’s almost night fall, and from what I have gathered no thanks to Sonata over here (causing Sonata to huff and fold her arms) most of these supposed spirits seem to appear in the forest near the edge of town.” She pointed far off in the distance to the woodlands far west, barely visible over the fog that always surrounded it. “I say we grab a quick bite to eat and then camp out there overnight and see if there actually is anything to these hunting stories everyone is talking about.”
“A a a and what do we do if there is something about these spirits and one attacks us?” Sonata stuttered.”
“Don’t worry” Aria replied with a smirk “The only spirits out there are probably zombies, and they only attack people with brains”
“Oh, ok” Sonata replied happily following the two back to the inn. Though not before realizing exactly what Aria said by that five minutes later. “HEY!!!!!”
Later that evening the three of them found themselves in the middle of the forest sitting by a warm campfire and staying alert for any Spirits that they had heard so much about.
“So what exactly are we planning to do again when one of these things actually shows up? Aria asked “If one even shows up at all at this rate.”
“I told you already” Adagio replied annoyed “We start singing and hope we can absorb its magic.”
“Should we sing the Equestrian national Anthem?” Sonata asked “Ohh ohh or Mary had a Little Lamb, or Twinkle Twinkle little star?”
“If you don’t shut up RIGHT now I’ll have you SEEING little star’s” Aria threatened raising her fist.
“That’s ok, I can already see them just fine.” Sonata said looking up at the sky which had briefly cleared from the fog. “That one looks like a frog, and that one looks like a puppy, and hey that huge one looks like Aria’s mom”
Sonata was cut off by Aria’s fist connecting with her face, sending her reeling back over the log she was perched on. Adagio put her face in her hands and sighed.
“What did I ever do to deserve being stuck with such morons?”
“Just lucky I guess” Sonata replied, getting back on her log, and looking at the sky again. “HEY the star’s disappeared again!!!”
All three of them looked up and found that indeed the fog that had briefly cleared up just before they had arrived had returned at full force. Just then the wind picked up and the temperature dropped several degree.
“Wha wha what’s going on?” Sonata asked shivering from both fright and the sudden cold. Just then the three of them heard a shriveling voice sound out from the fog, it sounded like a low moan and carried over the wind. The three girls drew closer together as the sound grew louder and louder. Suddenly a piercing light appeared through the fog in the direction the voice was coming from.
“IT’S A GHOST, IT’S GOING TO EAT US!!!!!!” Sonata screamed
“QUICK YOU TWO, STARTED SINGING!!!” Adagio shouted at the other two.
Together they all started harmonizing at once, trying to make themselves heard of the noise of the wind and the figure slowly coming toward them. After a while though it became apparent that their singing was having no effect on the figure, nor was it absorbing any of its magic. “IT’S NOT WORKING!!!” Sonata screeched as the figure approached ever closer, now only a few feet away from them.
Suddenly the figure leaped out toward them and they screamed holding one another tightly waiting for the end to come. When suddenly they heard an Ouch and peered toward the figure, only to find that the figure was not a spirit by merely an elderly man with a lantern wearing an oversized cloak.
“Dang tree branches always tripping me up!” he swore as he got back to his knees. He then grabbed the lantern and swung it in front of their faces peering at them suspiciously.
“HEY you’re not a ghost!” Sonata stated accusingly.
“You nearly scared us half to death” Aria added angrily.
“Ghost?” the old man replied. He then threw his head back in mocking laughter as they started at him in anger in bemusement. “Don’t tell me them darn village idiot’s are still telling those silly tales?”
“So wait, you mean there actually is no ghost in this forest?” Aria asked.
“Of course not girly!” the old man replied. “There is no such thing as ghost, or zombies, that’s just stuff people make up to scare other’s and get attention. The only thing living here is me and my dog” he pointed to the canine who suddenly appeared beside him.
“But what about the weird noises and the fog that keeps appearing and re appearing?” Adagio asked.
“Those sounds are just the wind breezing past the trees, and the fog is caused by the temperature around here constantly dropping and rising along with all the water that gets evaporated into the air from the ocean, nothing supernatural about that.”
“I TOLD you this seemed a bit fishy” Adagio snapped at Aria, pushing her and Sonata away from where they had huddled together.”
“Whatever, let’s just get out of here. I’ve had enough of this stupid forest for a day.” The three of them got to their feet and grabbed their bags. It suddenly a cured to Aria to ask the old man what he was doing out here, but when she turned to ask him he had vanished from their makeshift campsite. “Hey, what happened to the old man?” she asked looking around.
“Who cares, let’s get back and get some food, I’m starving.” Adagio replied. They three of them put out their campfire and began the trek back into town.
“Well we may have not found a way to get back home, but it wasn’t a total loss” Sonata replied cheerfully from behind.
“What do you mean by that” Aria asked.
“I found something else to start collecting after Adagio tossed out my hair collection.” Sonata stated.
“Do I even want to know what it is this time?” Adagio asked irritated. She snatched the book from Sonata again and peered into it only to reel back in horror from the putrid smell within. “Ewwwww, sonata what the f is are you collecting in here?”
“It’s poop.” Sonata replied with a smile.
Aria and Adagio them both upchucked on the floor, while Sonata looked on thoughtful.
