> My Little Adagio! > by The Angry Dango of Doom > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prologue > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The sky above the three Sirens shone with the might of the full moon. The three had been searching for a place to repair their shattered gems for weeks, but it was hopeless. Every store in town told them it was beyond repair. Adagio grew more and more impatient as well as angry. They were still banished from Equestria, leaving them to rot in this world. "So." Sonata said with a disheartened voice "What are we going to do now?" Adagio stopped and slammed her fist in the brick wall, shredding the skin from her knuckles "I don't know!" her voice dropped "I don't know..." Aria pulled a stack of napkins they got at the fast food restaurant they had ate at and wrapped her bleeding hand with them. "We don't have any magic to repair it, and they wont be able to here." she tossed the bloody napkin in a bin beside her. Sonata held back tears, knowing she would never feel the embrace of magic again. Cars rushed past the busy street beside them, sending gusts of wind past their saddened beings. "Let's..." Adagio sighed in defeat "Let's just go home now..." The trio traveled back home under the night sky without saying another word. The apartment complex they lived in was decent quality, though both Sonata and Aria shared a room because of Adagio's leader status. The lead Siren shoved the key in the lock and twisted it angrily, clicking the door open. Her teeth gritted and frustration accounting the events of their downfall. She had gone over the plan in her head, there had been no flaws. She flung the door open and charged off into her bedroom, leaving the others behind without a word. Adagio slammed the bedroom door behind her before climbing to bed and slamming her face into the pillow groaning loudly in it. She went over the plan hundreds more times analyzing each portion in full detail, before her mind drifted into a deep slumber. The world around her focused. She looked around, the tall marble ceilings were adorned with beautiful paintings, the statues and suits of armor decorated the perimeter, and the windows overlooked an underwater sanctuary. Her mind recognized it as the City of Sirens, a kingdom long forgotten. She was born there a few thousand years ago, before the banishment. The Siren folk were known to cause small scale havoc, but only to feed. Their kind never planned to harm anyone, or cause widespread chaos. The Equestrian Empire didn't see it that way. They had declared war upon the small kingdom. Adagio, though a small Siren filly, snuck away from the safety of her chambers, and stole the few artifacts of power that would aid her plans. Gems, magical red gems that absorbed the discord between ponies to simulate intermediate unicorn magic. Adagio used the all the magic within to alter her age, so that she may fool her kind into letting her fight. The magic of the three gems swirled inside her, aging her young body to that of a Siren mare. Though her plan was in vain, she and her allies were quickly overwhelmed, for the Siren folk were no match for the might of Star Swirl the Bearded and the armies of Pegasai and Unicorns he rallied against them. Not even their underwater palace sheltered them. The Siren , she saw many of her Siren folk slaughtered in front of her, Few Siren mares and children were spared, though banished to many other worlds. Adagio, Sonata, and Aria were some of the few. The warm sunlight crept in through the windows, softly coaxing Adagio from her slumber. The cold, tear soaked pillow beneath her head prompted the Siren to push herself upright quickly. She looked down at her hands, her purple gloves were exceptionally large and her sweater fit very loose. She jumped off the bed and ran to her dresser mirror, nearly tripping over her new found height. She caught herself on the edge of the, now, head high dresser pulling herself on top of it. Adagio's eyes darted over her entire body. The magic finally wore off! She let out a blood curdling scream, prompting Aria to shout "Shut up Sonata!" from her room. Sonata flung open the bedroom door "Adagio! What's wro-" The Blue Siren froze in place and stared down at the now young leader. "Uh, Adagio?!?" Sonata panicked "ARIA GET IN HERE!!!" Aria grumbled to herself walking into the room and shouted "What?!?" into Sonata's face "That!" Sonata pointed to Adagio "Why are you a child?!?" Aria snapped awake Adagio jumped down from the dresser and pulled the shards of gems from her jacket pockets. The ruby red hue faded to near black signifying the loss of every last magic drop. Adagio dropped to her knees sobbing. "It's finally gone, I have no more magic left..." She wiped tears from her eyes "Wait..." Sonata pieced things together, "Adagio used magic to make herself older?" "Way to go Sherlock?" Aria sarcastically replied Adagio stood up wiping tears away again "My hand hurts!" Aria pulled the young girl to the bathroom where she rustled around the cabinets, pulling band aids out, then placing them on the girls hand. After that, she pulled Adagio to the kitchen where she sat little Adagio on a chair and took one for herself. She sighed while rubbing her temples "Alright, just what is going on here?!?" Sonata joined in "Yeah, Adagio! What's with you?" Adagio sipped in air, trying to settle herself "I-I used m-magic t-to make m-myself older so I c-could help the S-Sirens before w-we were b-banished, but not its gone!!!" she broke down crying again. Aria looked at Sonata trying to piece things together "So you're saying I've been taking orders from a child?" "I-I was o-older than y-you with my m-magic!"' Aria looked down at the table holding her head with her palms "Please tell me I'm dreaming..." Sonata stood up and walked over to the sobbing child embracing her in a warm hug while talking baby talk "It's gunna be alwite' wittle' one!" "G-GET OFF ME YOU BIG D-DUMMY!" She tried pushing Sonata away with her small arms but the big Siren's strength was too much for her. Aria stepped away from the table and poured herself a cup of coffee and drank the bitter goodness. She sighed and watched the two 'children' fight. 'This is going to be a long day' she muttered to herself. > Chapter 1 New Clothes and the McDonald's Playhouse > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- After finishing her hot cup of coffee, she placed the empty mug into the sink, and stepped away from the 'children' play wrestling in the room. She slid into her room, and pulled clean clothing from her dresser. She threw them on the bed before landing face first into the pillows herself. 'Ugh, Am I really going to be the Adult of this pathetic group?' Aria groaned into the pillow. She looked over to the right of the bed where the nightstand stood. The clock atop it read 11:23am. She had slept in that day, knowing that Adagio would have fallen asleep, to depressed to do much more the next day. Aria pushed herself away from the bed, and removed large plain white T-shirt she slept in, and dressed in her normal purple jeans, white shirt, and green vest. After putting her twin tails up with her star hair ties, she quietly snuck past the two whom were still brawling in the living room, to the kitchen where she quietly grabbed the keys to the house, then snuck out the front door. She walked out on the concrete sidewalk before an orange blob of hair jumped out and attached it's self to her waist. "Aria!!! We're going to get clothes! None of my old ones fit!" Adagio clung to Aria with her with arms encased with long sweater sleeves. "What? No! We'll go later." Aria pushed the small girl off and walked back to the car again Adagio ran up to Aria and slammed her tiny fists into her leg "Give me the keys, you stupidhead!!!" Aria held Adagio away with an open palm to her forehead "Fine, get in then." "No! Give me the keys!" She demanded "You're too young to drive and we don't have our necklaces to get out of a ticket." Adagio's face went blank realizing she's too young to drive anymore "Fine, but we're going to McDonald's after this!" Just then the blue streak dashed out of the house before stopping in front of the two girls and breathing heavily. "We're going to McDonald's?!?" her eyes glittered "Great, the big idiot heard us." Aria sighed Sonata dashed into the front seat "letsgoletsgoletsgoletsgo come onnnnn!" she energetically bounced in the seat Adagio ran the car and started slamming her fists into Sonata's side "I GET SHOTGUN!!!" "Ow ow ow! Stop! Okay you get the front seat!" Sonata stumbled away from the little girls assault. "Get in dummy!" Adagio said before sticking her tongue out at Aria shooting a wave a fury throughout her being Aria exhaled, settling herself before getting behind the wheel of their Honda Coup. She pulled the car into reverse and drove out to exited the complex. The roads were full of people, unnaturally so for how late it was. A moment of movement occurred and they were able to drive on a straight for a while. Aria looked out the right window to catch the eyes of a Rainbow Haired girl and a cowering Pink Mound of hair on the far side of the other car, their gaze broke and Rainbow slammed on the gas to cut her off, Aria was forced to slam the brakes and wait out yet another red light. "So this one time, I was at Canterlot High, and then Rarity actually wanted to talk to me!" Sonata started her babbling "Ugh, not this again!" Adagio shrank into the corner of her seat "And she was like, 'Sonata! Where did you get that skirt? It's really cute!', and then I was like 'I dunno, it kinda appeared out of nowhere when I came into this world.' And she was like 'Oh really?' and then I was like 'Yeah really!' but then big Adagio yanked me by my collar and it hurt so I was like 'Owwie! What was that for!' and then Adagio was like 'Don't talk to the enemy, you idiot!' and then I was like 'Why? It's over!' and she was like 'They're still the enemy!' and that made me really sad because I still wanted to talk to her!" Sonata spewed words like a faucet "What a fascinating story..." Aria sighed, dropping her head onto the steering wheel three times in succession Adagio turned around and slapped Sonata on the side of her head. "Owwie! What was that for?" Sonata rubbed her head "You deserved it for talking to those dumb Rainbooms!" She crossed her arms smugly "Ariiiiuuhhhhhhh! She Hit me!" Sonata whined into Aria's ear Aria clenched her hands around the steering wheel and grit her teeth. "Ariiiuhhhhh!" She whined again "She doesn't care because you deserved it for being stupid!" The Steering wheel creaked from within her grip. "Ariiiiuuuuuhhhhh!" Aria snapped and slapped Adagio in the back of her head and whacked Sonata on the side of her head. The car dropped silent, save for the engine. Aria sighed and dropped back into the seat. "Y- you hit me!" tears welled in her eyes "Don't cry Adagio! You're going to make me cry!" Sonata followed Aria's stomach dropped, knowing what will come next. "W-why would you hit a little girl!" Adagio broke down into tears Aria dropped her head on the steering wheel again, while Sonata began bawling. She cupped her hands over her ears and cringed. "ALRIGHT! If you don't stop crying right now, we won't get ice cream after!" She shouted over the sobbing girls The two stopped immediately "We best be gettin' some damn ice cream..." Adagio crossed her arms and looked away "Yay ice cream!" Sonata cheered from the backseat. Aria stared at her former leader with a dumbfounded expression, before the green light signaled her to carry on the road. Aria rubbed her temple with a free hand and accelerated down the road, letting Sonata ramble about the different kinds of ice cream there are in the back, while Adagio secluded herself to her own thoughts while looking out the window. The vehicle turned one last time before the destination appeared on the right. Aria maneuvered the car into the turning lane and broke off from the traffic, and found a parking spot within the rows of cars. "Finally!" Adagio sprang out of the car and walked quickly to the store "Wait! You're too small!" Sonata ran after her and grabbed her hand Adagio pried at her hand "Get off my you dummy!" "People can't see you, you're too small!" Sonata gripped her hand tighter "I'm not a child!" She yanked her hand out of her grip Aria quickly snatched her hand "Oh yeah you are. Let's go." Adagio clawed at the titan grip while she got dragged across the parking lot. Aria released her in the cart section "Get your cart and let's get on with this." Adagio pulled one from the long rack and pushed it out in front of the two girls. "I'll go on ahead and see if I can find something cute!" Sonata dashed out ahead of the group "Wait Sonata!" Aria called out before she disappeared into the forest of clothing. "Whatever, let's get going!" Adagio turned the cart into the isle Aria followed and she took her time examining each clothing in detail. She stopped in front of one "Get that!" Adagio pointed to a purple T-shirt with sequence 'Princess' written across the front "Really? 'Princess'?" Aria pulled Adagio's size from the rack "Shut up! Hurry up already!" she stomped the floor in anger Aria carelessly tossed the shirt into the cart "Whatever..." "Adagioooo! Look what I found!" Sonata ran towards them held out a pink skirt, almost identical to the one she wore "It looks like yours!" "I knowwww! We can totally be twinsies!" She beamed Adagio slapped it out of her hands and shouted into Sonata's face "NO! Sonata picked the skirt from the floor and hung her body sadly while she walked back into the forest of clothes Her tiny voice screeched back to Aria "Get two of those too!" she pointed to a pair of jeans on a table having Aria obey. Adagio continued pointed out things for Aria to get and Sonata came back with a plain purple T-shirt "how's this?" She raised her hand to her chin, pondering her decision "I guess it'll do. Put it in!" Sonata tossed the shirt into the cart smiling before she dashed off again "Get those!" Adagio commanded Aria to pull a pre-made outfit from another rack that consisted of a light blue shirt and matching skirt. Adagio stopped. She looked down the rows of clothes and saw a dress standing on the opposite end of the clothing floor. Her eyes glittered as she hypnotically walked towards the glitter infested costume. Aria walked behind the memorized girl examining the dress. It was riddled with glitter, with pink trim and and a purple body. On the back where large thin purple butterfly wings, also strewn with glitter. Almost reminiscent of the dress she wore at the Battle of the Bands. "I- I want it!" her eyes gleamed Aria looked up at the rack, above it read 'Halloween Clearance! -45% off all items!' "Hurry up already!" Adagio stomped her foot "This? Really?" She looked down at the angry orange haired girl "Yes!!! Let's go already!!!" "Its barely spring!" "I don't care! I want it!!!" She shouted "ugh whatever, fine." she tossed the dress into the cart Adagio turned away with a content look on her face "Good! Now let's get going Sonata came barreling towards them again with a pair of shoes with purple blinking star lights. Adagio's eyes lit up "YES!" Sonata dashed a few feet in front of the cart "ooooh! Look at this!" Aria took the moment and faded away from the two girls and walked out into the isle. She took in a sigh of relief, and walked away from the clothing section. She found herself walking past the drink section, and the cool breeze lured her in. The shelves were packed with many different drinks, but she found herself in front of the iced tea section before she took a cool can of peach tea. She moved away from the section and to the cash registers, where she quickly payed for her drink. After giving it a light shake, she cracked the tab and let the refreshing cool beverage flow down her throat. Aria took in another breath, the peace without the other two girls was amazing, but instantly broke when she caught sight of a cart with a mound of clothes and a panicked blue haired girl zoomed towards the registers. "Adagiooooo! Wait! Aria went missing! We have to stay put so she can find us!" Adagio crashed into a cardboard stand of DVDs scattering them across the floor along with the mound of clothes within the cart. Aria sighed and approached the two girls "Stop messing around, and let's get going!" Sonata jumped up and hugged Aria tightly "I thought I'd never see you again!" "Ugh. Get off me you Idiot, and pick up these clothes!" Aria shoved Sonata off causing her to frown "Okay..." She knelt down and scooped the clothes back into the overturned cart. Aria rubbed her temples again and sighed. The two girls picked up the clothing and the cart. Aria took the cart away from the two so that no more damage could be caused. "My! That's quite a bit of clothes!" She stood back astonished "I knowwww, huh?!?" Sonata dumped an armful of clothing onto the table "Yeah..." Aria shrugged her off The cashier stepped back with the smile leaving her face. She dropped her head and began scanning the clothes. "That'll be three-hundred and forty-six dollars, and seventeen cents." The said cashier as she swiped the last tag "Ugh." Aria groaned, sliding the plastic card, and punching in the code. "Have a good day." She forced another smile before the sirens took off. Aria took charge of the cart again and guided the two out the door. Sonata grabbed Adagio's hand, whom instantly tried prying her hand loose again. Aria stopped the cart "Hurry up and put the clothes in the car!" she unlocked the trunk and lifted it above her head. "Wait!!!" Adagio shrieked before diving into the pile and fishing out the costume and other necessities "Give me a second." she climbed into the back seat, leaving both Aria and Sonata to wait outside. Aria reached her arms up into the afternoon sky, letting the gleam of the sun catch the edge of her can of tea. She breathed in the warm and slightly humid air. The beam shone off into Sonata's eyes, and drew her attention to it. She gasped sharply "Where'd you get that?!?" Aria dropped her hands down and looked at the can "I bought it. What do you think?" "Can I have a sip pleeeeeeease?!?" her puppy dog eyes pierced through Aria's being "Ugh fine." Sonata snatched the can from her hand instantaneously, and kicked it back over her head. Aria watched as she inhaled the entire can. She let out a small burp "Excuse me!" She smiled handing back the empty can "You drank all of it!" Aria crushed the can "I'm sorry it was just so good!" Aria tossed the tin at Sonata's face lightly causing her to flinch and fall back on her bottom. "Ouch! Why would you that!" She jumped to her feet, and brushed the dust off her skirt Aria chuckled to herself lightly. Adagio threw open the car's door "Get in you stupid heads!" Sonata dashed into the car and Aria groaned before getting into the driver's seat. "Take us to McDonald's now!!!" Adagio shouted from the backseat dressed in her new costume and flashing light shoes. "Yeah! Take us to McDonalds! I want a Frosty and a Whopper!" Sonata jumped into the passenger seat Aria froze before she turned the key and looked at Sonata. "How good are Frostys though?!?" She licked her lips "You idiot! Those are from two separate places and neither of them are there!" Aria Sonata sank back into the seat "O-oh. Well, then what do they have?" "They have hamburgers what do you think they have?" Adagio slapped Sonata on the back of her head again "Owwie! Why???" "Because you're being stupid. For every time you be stupid. I will hit you." Sonata threw herself against the seat pouting while Aria dropped her head to the steering wheel again and turned the key letting the engine roar. She pulled the car out into the street, and was met with another red light. "Heyyyy!" Sonata's cheer filled voice shot through both Aria and Adagio's ears the car "Why don't we put on the radio?" Sonata clicked the button and the car was filled with Pop music. Both Aria Adagio cupped their hands over their ears. "Oh my gosh! I love this song!" Sonata squealed and began to sing along to the music (Badly) and dancing. "OH GOD! IT SOUNDS LIKE A DYING OTTER!!!" Adagio yelled over the other siren while she squirmed in the seat Aria shoved Sonata back into her seat and dropped the volume down "Don't touch my radio." The light switched to green. Sonata pouted "I was just trying to pass the time!" "Don't." Aria rubbed her temple "Yeah, you couldn't even sing with the necklace!" Adagio slapped Sonata's head "Okay! Rude!!!" Sonata crossed her arms and pouted even harder. Aria chuckled "She's right." "I could too sing! We were a trio!" "Yeah and I carried you." Aria smirked "You did not!" "You both were terrible!" Adagio punched them both in the arms as hard as her small stature could give Sonata rubbed her arm "Owwie!" Aria turned into the McDonald's parking lot and parked the group in front of the store. Immediately Sonata and Adagio sprang out of the car and raced into the store. Aria followed behind them at a normal pace, pushing open the front door and seeing the two children drooling over the toy case. "What do you two idiots want?" Aria broke their gaze Sonata jumped to the counter and examined the menu carefully "That one!" she pointed Aria looked back at Adagio who was still inspecting the toys "I'll just get her a kid's meal then?" "Ya-huh!" she beamed "Fine, take her to the playhouse and leave me alone for five minutes." Sonata gasped sharply and smiled before she abducted the small girl and dragged her off across the dining section. "Get off of me!" she clawed at Sonata's death grip before she was dragged through a doorway leading to a large red plastic palace. Adagio's mouth dropped in awe while she looked up at the behemoth. Her gaze met the entrance, instantly a smirk swept across her face. Sonata pulled one of her long boots off but Adagio dashed into the playhouse "W-wait!" Sonata pulled her other boot off and tossed it beside the entrance "you gotta take your shoes off!" Adagio acrobatically climbed through the maze of platforms and knocking over several other children, before reaching to the top chamber where a plastic throne sat in the middle of a red octagonal room. In it sat a chubby kid, slightly larger than the rest. A bruised kid laid under his feet. Adagio approached him "Move! This is my kingdom now!" "W-what?" The kid stared down at her "I said move it fatty! Or are your ears so fat you can't hear?" The kid glared at her and stood on top of the kid who squealed in pain "What did you say princess?" Adagio bared her teeth "GET OUT OF HERE FAT HEAD!" she charged at him and slammed her fist into his gut The kid took the blow like nothing had happened, he pulled back his right arm and aimed straight for Adagio's tiny frame. She used her small stature against him and dodged left, leaving his arm hanging in the air for a second. Time froze and Adagio saw the opportune moment. She looped her right arm under his and twisted his arm out, bringing him forward and wrenching pain into his shoulder. She locked his arm around her neck with her left hand, then twisted her body and dropping his face to the floor in one swift motion, instantly letting loose a sickening crackling noise from the shoulder and a bellow of pain from his mouth. Adagio released the crying boy and took her throne. The boy stood, nose dripping with blood, and arm dangling from within his own body, he looked at him arm and screamed once more, before sprinting out of the playhouse to his parent. The rest of the kids fled the room in terror screaming. The boy looked up "thank you so much for saving me!" tears streamed from his face Adagio climbed over the bruised boy who still remained on the floor and sat atop the throne "Don't get the wrong idea kid! I'm not here to save you!" "Adagioooooo!" Sonata crawled through the entryway "You gotta take your shoes off!" She looked at the Adagio smiling her evil smile in the plastic throne "Uh, what happened here?" "Nothing!" Adagio crossed her arms and slammed the kid back into the floor. "Uhh..." Sonata scratched her head "TAKE THE SLIDES AND BEGONE WITH YOU!" Adagio slammed the kid back into the floor again and hit the side of the plastic throne. Sonata's eyes glittered "All the slides, just for me?!?" "If you get out of here in the next two seconds they are!" Sonata quickly crawled to the exit side of the room and jumped down the slide on her belly. Aria sat in a table across from the slide's exit, and saw her fellow siren slide down forcing her to drop her palm into her face. Aria walked over to Sonata "Our food is almost ready. Where's Adagio?" "Who are you, and why do you trespass on the Kingdom of the Slides!" Aria sighed and squeezed the bridge of her nose. "I say again! Who are you and what business do you have in the Kingdom of the Slides!" Aria looked around and saw a boy crying with his mother who was blocking his bloody nose, and many others sitting and crying. "If you've nothing to say begone!" Sonata threatened A young boy giggled to himself as he slid down the slope. Sonata looked down at him and shouted "You do not have permission to use my slide!" then shoved him to the ground, instantly making him cry. Aria's mouth dropped in shock watching Sonata furiously shove a small child over. "W-what?" Sonata stopped and looked at the bawling child. "Oh..." "Get Adagio and let's go, before you cause any more trouble." Aria shoved Adagio into the entrance again. Sonata maneuvered the maze once more, clumsily falling over the obstacles. She reached the chamber where Adagio still remained sitting. "What do you want?!?" her tiny voice boomed Sonata gloomily spoke "Aria says we have to go." "I Don't want to!" "Adagiooo, she means it! We might not get ice cream!!!" I look of seriousness washed over Adagio's face and she dropped her gaze downwards. "Come on Adagio! We gotta go!" "A-alright! Fine!" Adagio stepped down onto the kid and walked to the slide with Sonata The two took the slides down and instantly were taken by Aria. "S-sorry." Adagio reluctantly said Aria pulled the two towards the counter and took the bag while shoving Sonata to the door. Aria opened the door and to the car putting the two inside it before getting behind the wheel herself. Aria kept the entire car silent, on the way home. Adagio looked outside the window and watched the Dairy Queen pass by in the distance. She placed her palm on the glass and shed a tear. Aria made the last turn into the Apartment complex and parked the car one last time. Aria stormed off towards the house, unlocked the door and threw the bag on the table after she fished out her own chicken sandwich, she went into her room and tossed the sandwich onto the nightstand beside her, the clock beside it read '4:34pm' Aria dropped down into the bed and put her face into the pillow. 'These idiots are going to kill me...' She let an exhausted moan out into the pillow, and slowly fell into a deep sleep. > Mini chapter 1 Adagio and the Dark and stormy Night > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rain pelted the windows and Lighting flashed through the windows, echoing thunder throughout the sleeping town. Except for one curly haired girl, whom remained terrified in her bed. Adagio pulled the blankets more over her head and squeezed her eyes tight and tightly squeezed her stuffed Koala. The thunder cracked again causing her to jump. Tears soaked into the stuffed marsupial while she tried to block out the terror of nature. Adagio squeezed the pillow around her head and pressed it against her ears before another bolt of lightning crashed and she bounced up in terror. She tried one last time, squeezing everything around her once more, the light flashed and a powerful boom of thunder threw her from her bed. Adagio wiped the tears from her cheeks and tossed the blankets away from her. She grabbed her stuffed koala tightly in her arms, and pulled open the door to her room. The hallway extended a mile in her mind as the darkness swarmed her vision. The light flashed again, forcing her to sprint down the hallway, but tripped a few steps in. She rolled over and saw a dark figure creeping towards her. Adagio's heart pounded within her chest weakening her voice before she could scream. Adagio scrambled to her feet, grabbed her koala, and sprinted down the hallway to the last door. She twisted the knob before another flash of lighting made her bounce into the room. Adagio tip toed through the messy room, and over to a purple messy mass of hair. The blankets rose and sank lightly to the sound of her light snoring. Adagio poked Aria lightly in the arm, but no response. She lightly shoved Aria who let out a small groan. Adagio lost her patience, and slammed her Koala into her face, causing her to instantly rise and snatch the bear from Adagio's hand in fury. "What!" She hissed Adagio put on the most innocent look she could "I scared of the thunder, Aria." She dropped the bear and dragged her hand down her face "Well, what the hell do you want me to do about it?" "C-can I sleep in your bed?" Adagio forced tears to well in her eyes. Aria stared back at Adagio in disbelief "What?" "I want to sleep in your bed tonight!" "Ugh, whatever." Aria rolled onto the other side of the bed Adagio smiled and climbed into the free side of the bed. She snuggled both the bear and Aria's warm body, before finally relaxing. Aria slightly flinched when she felt the small girl's embrace, before letting it go. The warm safety of the older siren warded off the fear of the thunder, allowing Adagio to let out a tiny yawn, before finally drifting off into sleep. Aria looked back at the small girl. She didn't see the overbearing leader she once knew. That siren was completely gone. The only thing left was an angry little girl. Aria yawned one last time before forgetting the thoughts that clouded her mind, and returning to her own slumber. > Mini Chapter 2 The Runaway Rainbow > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The bed squeaked under Aria's shifting weight, and she sighed. Her eyes cracked open and blinked a few times to whisk away the blurriness. She focused her vision on the clock beside her. '5:32am'. She groaned and rolled out of bed, across for her bed was Sonata's who was still sleeping peacefully under the blankets. Aria didn't even change from yesterday's events, nor did she eat her sandwich. She picked the soggy sandwich from the desk and walked out into the living room. Tiredly, she flicked on the television and sprawled herself across the three seat couch. A rerun of Spongebob played. Aria peeled the wrapper from the cold sandwich and she took the bun off to sniff the inside. Soggy but edible. She finished the sandwich, then crumbled the wrapper and tossed it towards the trash bin. It hit the rim and then the wall then fell to the ground. "ugh." Aria shrugged it off Aria flipped the channel where The Super Mario Brothers movie was playing. She cringed and flicked the channel again. Aria froze, her breath grew heavy, the screen played The Runaway Rainbow. "Thank you, Minty and Pinkie Pie darlings! I just love this time of year when it's all about celebrating rainbows" The G3 Rainbow Dash spoke. Aria's hands began shaking, unable to flick the channel away. Her eyes refused to break away while sweat dripped down her head.She whimpered in pain as the trance burned her eyes, forcing her to endure the trauma. Sonata spring up from her bed. The sound of the TV bled through the walls, and burned her ears. She Sprinted out to the living room and shielded her eyes from the evil within the screen. Sonata held the box in her hands, and ripped the cords one by one out and threw the cursed box across the room. Aria curled into the fetal position on the couch and quivered. A tear slid down her cheek and onto the cushion. Sonata ran over to Aria and held her tightly. "It's gone now Aria! It can't hurt us again!!!" Sonata's warmth soothed Aria's pain Adagio walked out from the hallways rubbing her eyes, her curly mass of hair was smashed to the right side of her body. Her palms dropped from her eyes and she looked over to the crying girls on the couch "Will you two shut up already?!?" Sonata looked up with tears streaming from her face "IT happened again!" "Oh my god!" Adagio stopped and brought her hands to he cheeks in horror "I don't care!" She dropped her hands and stomped the floor "MAKE ME PANCAKES!!!" Sonata jumped away from Aria "You mean you're gunna let me make pancakes again?!?" "Yeah! They better be Strawberry Banana ones too, now hurry up, I'm hungry!!!" Aria remained curled on the couch, still whimpering. Sonata clicked the stove on and placed a pan on top of the fire. Then she poured the pancake mix into a bowl, the eggs, and lastly the milk. Adagio pulled a chair over to the counter helping Sonata mix the batter. Sonata took two bananas from the bowl of fruit and thinly sliced them, and set them aside. Sonata reduced the flame slightly and placed a small slab of butter in the center and spread it around the sides of the pan. She grabbed a ladle and scooped two globs into the pan, and lightly pressed some banana slices into the cooking batter. Sonata flipped the two circular cakes revealing a delicious golden brown face. Adagio's mouth watered watching Sonata cook the breakfast. She laid out the two cakes and a plate and handed it over to Adagio, before repeating the process again. "Take those two to Aria! She needs some love right now." Sonata handed Adagio a fork and strawberry syrup to her "Ugh, fine!" Adagio walked into the living room and saw Aria still quivering in the same spot "Hey dummy! Your pancakes are ready!" Aria slightly moved her arm out while her eyes still remained petrified in trauma, and Adagio squeezed the syrup out of the bottle onto the cakes and placed the plate into her weak palm. Adagio caught the plate before it fell, and balanced it again. The plate began falling again and she caught it once more. Adagio grew physically impatient, and placed the plate onto Aria's face, it wobbled but finally settle. Adagio smiled and placed her fists on her hips in satisfaction then left the room to have her own breakfast. > Chapter 2 It's Mr. Mundy! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aria woke from her trauma induced trance, the sensation of a warm ceramic dish pressed against her face. Aria felt a warm viscous stream drip down from the edge. And onto her hair... She took the plate off her head and carefully picked her hair twin tails from the couch. Thankfully, or more annoyingly, only her hair was drenched in the sticky substance. Aria groaned and dropped her hair over her chest and began eating the delicious breakfast cakes. Sonata hummed to herself cheerfully, as she made the last of the batter into her own breakfast. Aria walked past her to place the dirtied dishes into the sink. Sonata turned around revealing pancake mix on the sleeves and belly of her pink and blue onsie pajamas, "Morning Aria!!!" She dashed toward her and embraced her siren sister in a warm hug while smearing the mess onto Aria. Aria twinged upon contact with her dopey friend. "You better now?" She held her cringing friend at arm's length "Sure, whatever..." Aria pulled herself away and dusted off the mix from her jacket. She smiled and "I knew you'd be fine!" Aria tilted her head, looking past Sonata she saw a light smoke cloud rising from the pan. She pointed to alert Sonata who turned around and gasped sharply before she flipped the burning pancake. Aria left the kitchen and returned to her room where she fetched clean clothes and a towel from her room. Crossing the hall she looked down the hallway, Sonata sat silently crying while eating her burnt pancake doused in strawberry syrup while chugging milk. Aria slammed the door behind her. Carefully Aria untied her star ties, and slid them over her sticky hair. She held the sticky ties in front of her "Ugh" she groaned and tossed them aside Aria flicked the water knob all the way open letting the warm water begin to flow through the cold pipes. She turned around and tossed her dirtied clothes onto the ground, and stepped into the shower letting the warm water spray down on her from the shower head. "SONATA!" Adagio screeched from the hallway Sonata chugged the last of the milk and burned pancakes "Blehh, what?" The devilish smile crept across her face " It's time..." Sonata cocked her head "For what?" Adagio held a paper bag brimming with bottle rockets and a lighter, causing Sonata to gasp and jump from her seat. "Ohmygosh! When were you going to tell me about those!!!" "You would burn the house down! I can't trust you with anything!" "Not true! I mean I can sometimes, not always burn myself on the stove!" Adagio walked to the front door "bring the bottle and I might let you set one off." "Yayyyy!" Sonata sprang over the table and smacked her arm in the side of the wall "Owwie!" "That's what you get for being stupid!" Adagio shouted from outside Sonata jumped to her feet and rubbed her shoulder, then snatched an empty burn scarred jar from a shelf nearby, and jogged outside. "Hurry up already!" Adagio flicked the lighter impatiently "I'm comin' hold on!" Sonata skidded to a halt while holding the jar out to Adagio who quickly snatched it and placed the rocket inside "FIRE TORPEDOES!" she aimed the rocket into the busy traffic and dove down into a bush to watch a white SUV severely swerve about it's lane "Ohhhh, good one!" Sonata clapped excitedly "Thank you, thank you!" She bowed twice "HEY! If you don't stop that I'm going to tell on you!" a young boy's voice shouted from the balcony above them Adagio opened the paper bag again and looked up to him. "I'm gunna tell!" He shouted again Adagio glared, while slowly placing the tip of the rocket In her fingers. "I'll tell!!!" He warned "FIRE!!!" Adagio screamed and lit the rocket, leaving it to fly into the balcony the kid was on. He screamed as the explosion scared him back into his apartment "Very nicely done, my Associate." Sonata said formally "Thank you, very much." "Let me have a turn! Come on please! I promise I wont set anything on fire I promise!" Sonata bounced "Ugh, fine." Adagio tossed the lighter to Sonata "Yayyy!" She dropped down onto the grass, and aimed her bottle into the sky "You're so by the books Sonata." Adagio kicked back in the bush sighing "Well I just wanna see it go, ya know? I mean, do we always have to shoot it at someone?" "Ugh, whatever. Waste of rockets..." "FI- ACK!!!" Sonata tripped and landed onto her face while also knocking the bottle over. The rocket clinked onto the glass and pointed out toward the sidewalk, where both Ms. Cheerilee and Big Mac were strolling across the other side of the street. The fuse trailed into the rocket, sparking a trail of light streaking behind it as it flew into the purple hair, instantly engulfing her obviously flammable hair products into an inferno. Bic Mac ripped off his jacket and began slapping the flame away with it. Sonata watched in horror as the screaming woman rolled on the floor, trying to put out the flames while Adagio lay crippled on the floor with laughter. "I thought you didn't wanna hurt anyone!!!" Sonata's eyes watered "I-I didn't mean to! I swear!!!" Sonata pushed herself to her knees. Adagio grabbed the bag of fireworks from the ground and the bottle "we gotta get out of here!" Adagio pulled Sonata Sonata stumbled back into the house behind Adagio. "Where were you two, and why is Sonata crying? Again..." Aria lay sprawled on the couch while eating copious amounts of potato chips while watching TV "Uh, no reason!" Adagio held the bag to her back, careful to not let the paper crinkle "Whatever..." She leaned back onto the couch Adagio dragged Sonata into her room and slammed the door shut behind them. "Sonata, shut up already!" Adagio spread the blinds open to peek outside A Fire Truck and an ambulance raced around the corner. The EMTs quickly placed Cheerilee on the stretcher, and slid her into the truck, then finally sped down the street and out of sight. "No one knows it was us. Shut up already!" Adagio hissed while letting the blinds snap back into place Sonata sniffled "N-no one will find out?" "No. So shut up already." Adagio dropped the bag of fireworks into an open drawer Sonata sniffled away the last of her tears and sat on the messy bed "W-what do we do?" Adagio spun around and raised her fingers to her chin "We need to get out of here..." Sonata gasped "You mean like run away?!?" "N-No, you dip! I mean just get away from the scene for a while so no one suspects anything!" "O-oh, right." "Ugh, stupid-face. Go tell Aria to take us somewhere, and make it quick." Sonata's ponytail swayed as she cocked her head "Where though?" "UGH!" Adagio smacked her forehead with an open palm "Literally anywhere! Just- just go!" Sonata gasped sharply causing Adagio to cringe "I'll tell Aria Hot Topic is having a sale!" "Yeah, sure, whatever..." Adagio pulled the bag of fireworks from the drawer and tossed it into her closet and buried it under a pile of clothes. Sonata crawled on the floor and snaked her way up to Aria "Ariaaaaa!" She whispered, but she blocked Sonata out. Sonata hissed again "Ariaaaaa! There's a sale at Hot Topic!!!" Aria sprang to her feet, launching crumbs onto the floor from her shirt, "Get the car keys, "Yayyy! Mall time!!!" Sonata jumped into the air. then snatched the keys from the table and ran out the door with Aria dragging Adagio behind her "Gahh! I wasn't finished hiding the evidence! I mean, playing with my, 'ugh what do kids these days play with?' dollies?" Aria tossed Adagio into the back seat and climbed into the drivers seat once again, and burned the tires into the asphalt speeding to the mall. The car screeched to a halt in a parking space not far from one of the many entrances the mall offered. "Come on, come on, come on! let's get going." Aria Shoved Sonata out of the car, then ripped open the backseat door to pull Adagio out as well "Gahhh! You're tearing my arm off!" Adagio screamed trying to keep up with Aria's quick pace Aria threw open the doors to the mall, and weaved through the groups of people, while Adagio's screams lured the gaze of the entire mall. Aria saw the sign Hot Topic high up over the crowd, a chalkboard sign in front of it read, Buy one tee, and get one 50% off!. "Sonata, I thought you said they were having a sale?" Aria snapped at the out of breath girl. Sonata looked to both Adagio and Aria rapidly "Well, uh, isn't this a sale?" Aria's eyes narrowly pierced through Sonata's making her quiver in fear "This one always has that..." Sonata looked around nervously "I-it's still pretty good though, right?" Aria's eyes narrowed further "Yeah. It is." Sonata jumped into the air, victoriously cheering to herself "So lets go shopping!" and then walked into the store pridefully Aria slouched over in defeat and followed Sonata in while still her hand was still locked around Adagio's wrist. Her path was blocked by Sonata, ogling the Frozen merchandise, blocking the only path to the back of the store. Aria yanked Sonata out of her way, allowing her access to the band shirts that decorated the walls. Aria looked up and grinned, she pulled out several shirts. A Guns N' Roses shirt, and Avenged Sevenfold, and lastly and Iron Maiden. Adagio looked over the shirts that were pulled down "Okay three things." She held up her hand, opening one finger "You don't Listen to two of those three bands," she held another finger up "You just heard about Iron Maiden," she lifted one last finger up " and you don't even wear band shirts." Aria blushed and held the shirts to her chest "S-shut up." Adagio turned away sassing Aria "Exactly." then walked over to Sonata who was trying on more spiked bracelets "Ohhh Adagiooo! Look, this one's cute!" She held a purple bracelet with white spikes "Don't you already have two of those? And aren't you wearing them, like, right now?" Sonata held the new bracelet up to her wrist comparing the two "No, look! This one's got longer spikes." she held them out to Adagio who sighed and dropped her face into an open palm "Well I'm getting it!" Sonata hugged it lovingly. The two sirens walked over to their sister who was digging through more band merchandise while grinning excitedly. "Aria, let's go. I'm bored." Adagio commanded forcing the smile from Aria's mouth She glared back towards the other siren "Go wait outside or something, I'm not done yet." "Fine, but make it snappy. I ain't got all day!" Adagio turned and shoved Sonata to the entrance Sonata stumbled backwards "w-wait!!!" she tossed the brand new bracelet halfway across the store, hitting Aria in the face "Buy that for me pleeeeeese!" her puppy dog eyes met with the burning glare of Aria's before vanishing behind the entrance walls. After watching the two cause a scene at the entrance of the store she stepped to the counter where a woman riddled with piercings greeted her "sigh, you find everything alright?" "Yeah, guess so." She turned back to the counter cringing at the sight before her "So, yeah you probably saw that sign out front. Buy 1 tee and get the next half off huh." she scanned the tags one by one slowly Aria examined all the gauge piercings through the cashier's ears and through her lower lip with a pained face. "Sigh is that all?" She looked back at Aria who quickly wiped the shocked expression away "Uh- uh yeah, that's it." Aria retrieved the card from within her vest pocket and quickly paid the very astonishing looking woman who quickly sliced the card through the reader then finally shoved the bag across the table. The girl brought her phone up "Alright, have a good day." Aria hesitantly grabbed the bag while giving the disinterested girl a loathsome glare before meeting up with the two children waiting outside. Adagio stood crossing her arms furiously while Sonata poked her repeatedly giggling "Stop touching me!" "Hey you two idiots, let's go." Sonata jumped in front of Aria "Didjya get the bracelet?!?" Aria reached into the bag and tossed Sonata the fake leather cuff “Yeah, I did. You're welcome.” “Yay!!! Look Dagi!” Sonata beamed Adagio quickly swiped her palm across Sonata's face with red fury building up in her face “Don't you EVER call me that!” Sonata placed a hand over her her burning red cheek and grasped at Aria's arms for comfort while tears began streaming from her face “Ariaaaaa! She hit me!” “Good, you deserve it.” Aria began walking away “Let's get out of here, you're causing a scene.” “Ahaha!” Adagio ran to Aria's side then turned back at Sonata and stuck her tongue out Sonata glared back. “Hurry up Sonata, I'm hungry.” “Ooohhh! Me too!” Sonata reappeared next to the two girls “What are we getting?” “Let's go to that Chinese Buffet!” Sonata yanked on Aria's arm Adagio yanked her other arm grinning maliciously “No let's just go back to McDonalds!” Aria shoved the two girls away from her “I know for a fact we aren't allowed there anymore. I'll settle for that crappy Buffet. Just stop talking for- GUH!” Aria grasped her stomach trying to suck air into with her bruised diaphragm “Waaaaaant!” Adagio dropped the small wooden bat and pressed her face against a glass display Sonata followed suit “ Waaaaaaant!!!” Aria fell to her knees choking to death behind her Siren sisters “W-why!” “Cuz I want!” She pointed to the Build a Bear window “ And also I was done with you talking.” Adagio pulled Sonata into the store, leaving Aria to struggle to her feet behind them. Sonata dug a white bear out of the bin “Look! A Polar Bear!” She hugged the lifeless unstuffed bear “I'mma name you Beary!” Adagio sifted through an unorganized pile of animals “Gee Sonata, such a creative name for it.” “Thanks!” Adagio dropped her head into her palm and sighed Aria staggered into the store behind Adagio “Build a Bear? Really?” she said, gripping her sore stomach “Shut it!” Adagio pulled a Koala from the pile “THIS ONE!” “Whatchyu got there!” Sonata impatiently bounced “It's a Koala Genius. I'll Call him Mr. Mundy!” Aria rolled her eyes “ Great stuff it and lets go.” “You finding everything alright?” A short overweight employee approached the trio “Stuff the bear, Jeeves!” Adagio tossed her the lifeless koala Sonata tossed the deflated Polar Bear too “Beary too!” The employee sighed quietly “Have to make it through collage...” She sat on the stool and plugged the bear into the stuffer, she politely smiled and continued on working. The stuffing quickly inflated the Koala into the familiar huggable shape of a stuffed companion. The lady pulled the newly inflated bear off the plastic tube “Before we sew him together, let's put in a heart, so he will always have love inside him!” “ Settle down Jeeves, it's only a stuffed bear!” Adagio snapped forcing the smile to be ripped from her face She let out a frustrated sigh and started to sew the back up “I'm just trying to do my job, sweetie.” “Ooh! My turn! My Turn!” Sonata bounced over excitedly forcing the worker to sigh again The woman stuck the bear onto the stuffer and quickly began filling the bear. Again, the bear's from took shape after a few seconds of being on the stuffer. The Woman pulled the strings to start sewing the bear together. “W-wait!” Sonata grabbed a heart from the tray “He needs a heart to love!” The woman closed her eyes and exhaled, she pulled open the bear up again and tossed the heart inside carelessly, then finally closed it up. “The clothes are over there.” She pointed to the corner. Then she turned to Aria, who had been examining her nails closely “And how about you miss? Would you also like a bear?” Aria ripped her focus from her nails “ Me? Oh god no.” “Look!” Sonata pulled a big orange ski coat out from the irresponsibly stacked pile “A coat? Really? You do know Polar bears basically have that already, right?” “Yeah, but I mean... It's still cute though?” Adagio paused for a second “Hmm. Nope.” “Whatever! I think it's cute and that's all that matters!” Aria walked in “You two clowns done yet? I wanna go eat.” “Can it Aria, Mr Mundy wants clothes!” Adagio pulled a safari hat from a rack and a matching Khaki outfit. “Perfect.” “Really? A Safari man Koala? Isn't that a bit sterotypical?” Aria sassed Sonata dashed around the corner with more accessories in hand “Look! I found ice climbing gear!” “Uh, yeah...” Aria walked to the counter and started browsing through a stack of cards “You girls ready to make the birth certificates?” The employee walked back, trying to be joyful again. “Jeeves! You're back!” Adagio squealed, instantly driving the smile from the employee's face "Would you please stop calling me that? That's a male butler's name.” Adagio growled “Jeeeeeeves! That's not a very good attitude now is it!” She slouched “Are you finished yet?” “Don't rush me Jeeves!” Adagio began to dig through another pile “Don't let me know if you need help. Please.” She leaned one her elbow at the register. Adagio ignored her and pulled a dark brown knapsack and a whip from a pile, “IT'S PERFECT!” Sonata slid around the corner breathing heavily “What's perfect?!?” Adagio proudly held up her finds “These are!” Sonata's eyes glittered “Ohhhhhh my gosh! It's perfect!” Aria came walking back to the two “In what case would he ever need a whip?” “In the case of shut up!” Adagio stuck her tongue out. “Uh-huh...” Aria rolled her eyes “Are you finished yet?” “Wait Aria!” Sonata tugged on her hand “We gotta go name them!!!” She pointed to the wall of grime covered PC screens lined up on the wall. Aria pinched the bridge of her nose and groaned. Adagio and Sonata jumped into the chairs and began punching the information into the gross screen. “There!” Adagio finalized the electronic documents, and hit the large red print button. “Wait!!!” Sonata grabbed Adagio's hand “What's the date?” She disgustedly yanked her arm away from her grip “Does it look like I know?” “W-well what did you put down?” Adagio jumped into her lap and started mashing the screen and hit print “There!!!” Sonata smashed her poofy hair down to see the screen “He was born in June third, SEVEN THOUSAND ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX?!? Adagio!!! Why did you do that!” She flashed her jazz hands with glittering eyes “Time Travelerrrrrr!!! “But he's a skier too!” Sonata stuck her bottom lip out Adagio grinned “The damage is done!” she jumped off her lap and ran to Aria at the counter again. 'Jeeves' walked to the register mumbling something as she forced herself to smile one last time “Is that all Ma'am?” Adagio tried shoving Aria one last time “No!” She pushed Adagio's face away “Yes. It is.” Adagio managed to pry her hand away from her mouth “WAIT! NO! JEEVES! STOP HER! MUNDY NEEDS MORE STUFF!!!” “Cash or Card?” Aria flipped the plastic card out of her vest pocket and swiped it through the reader. The store employee handed her the receipt “I'll return with your boxes and your certificates.” She dragged her feet to the printer and retrieved the two papers from the printer and pulled two boxes from under the table. “I don't want a stupid box!” Adagio yanked the bear from the table hugging it She firmly dragged the palm over her face. Sonata grabbed her's and placed it onto her head “He doesn't like small places either!” “Alright let's just go.” Aria took the brightly colored pages from the counter. Adagio carelessly skipped around Aria, playing with her Koala and forcing the other mall goers to jump out of her way. “We gonna get food now Ari???” Sonata balanced her Bear atop her head Aria snatched the animal from her head and shoved it into her chest “That was the original plan.” she glared at Adagio “Before I was assaulted, that is.” “I'm hungry, Aria! When are you going to feed me?!?” She stopped and sassily pushed her hip out with her hand “Oh yeah, I'm so sorry we had to get you a bear first.” she threw the door open into a man, knocking him backwards He stumbled to regain his balance “Watch where you're going god dammit!” Aria stared into his eyes with burning fury, instantly taking him back. She snapped her attention back to the parking lot, and dragging her sisters behind by their arms. Adagio kicked her legs away from Aria in an attempt to free herself “STOP MAN HANDLING ME!!!” “No. You both run off every single time.”Aria released her grip on the two and then pushed them to the car lightly. Sonata turned around and puffed her cheeks out “I'm an adult!” Aria laughed as she walked past her and shaking the head of the bear “Sure you are. Now get in the car I'm hungry.” “Fine!” Sonata jumped into the car Aria pulled out of the space at light speed, sending the pedestrians behind her running away. She slammed the gear into drive and gunned it down the lot. She grumbled in frustration after being forced into a red light by the driver ahead of her still stopped in front of her. Adagio turned to the back seat, looking over the headrest at Sonata still pouting in the back seat. “Don't act dumb. Being an adult sucks. You turn into a wet blanket like a certain someone we know...” She glared at her angry purple sister. Sonata giggled a little, restoring her smile a little “Haha, yeah.” she stuck her tongue out at Aria. “Don't think I don't see that Sonata.” Aria impatiently tapped her foot waiting for the light to switch. Adagio plopped back into her seat, and pointed to the car “Make it go already! I want num-nums!” Aria paused, and slowly looked at her with an eyebrow raised “Num-nums?” “Take us to the num-nums Aria!!!” Sonata boomed from the back seat. The car in front finally moved away allowing Aria to race towards the Asian restaurant across the street. She quickly parked the vehicle again and booted the girls out. “Hurry up, I thought you wanted the 'num-nums' already.” Aria taunted the two walking behind “I can't walk fast anymore!” Adagio screamed back at her She grinned and chuckled slightly while watching her scurry inside with Sonata dragging her by the arm. Aria walked into the strongly air conditioned buffet where a short Asian woman greeted them with a smile. Aria dropped the money in the cashier's hand, who then guided them to an open booth. “I want staked chicken!!!” Sonata chanted with Adagio Their adult supervision dropped her forehead into her palms and sighed “Hurry up and go already, we don't need any more scenes today...” Sonata jumped out of the booth “I HUNGER!!!” she skipped to the buffet and picked a plate from the dispensers. “ADAGIO!” the restaurant goers paused and stared at her, waving two plates in the air “MOVE FASTER!!!” Aria groaned at the sight of her plate pom pom dance across the restaurant. She finally stopped after Adagio met her by the dispenser and handed her the dish “FRIED RICE!!!” Adagio ran beside her to the steaming pile of rice and messily dropped a pile onto her plate and tossed the entire spoon into tray. Aria slowly stood from her chair and watched the two girls sprint around the buffet to pile on more food over their plates and creating a mess at every spot they visited. She walked over to the buffet, making sure not to draw attention to herself while she filled her plate. Aria seated herself in time for Sonata and Adagio balance their mountains of food over to the table. “We got everything!!!” Sonata rubbed her hands together Aria stabbed a broccoli and began chewing it with a sarcastic glare towards the two “I see that. You realize they tell you not waste food.” Sonata laughed “don't worry we're going to have an eating contest!” Aria gave a caustic glare at Adagio “And you thought that was a good idea?” “I have my secret weapon! The octopus!” She raised it into the air “She'll never be able to stomach it!' She began to sweat “I-it'll be fine! I'm not scared of a challenge!” Adagio giggled and chomped into the octopus “Do it.” Sonata carefully poked her fork into the tiny cephalopod as the juices squished out from the brown skin. The blue on her face began to fade into a pale green the closer the octopus got to her face. “Stop stalling!” Adagio slammed her tiny fist into the table drawing the gaze of a few customers She cringed as it passed through her lips and into her mouth. She slowly chewed the rubbery seafood, letting the juices gush out over her tongue. Her eyes popped out of her head as she began choking furiously “THAT'S SO HORRIBLE HOW CAN THEY EAT THIS!!!” “Haha, you're weak.” Adagio picked her own piece out and took a bite out of the head. “GAHHH, IT'S BAD, IT'S SO BAD!!!” “Will you two sit down and shut up?” Aria slammed her palm into the table. “I want to eat something before they kick us out!” Adagio chugged her glass of water and dropped onto the table “Fine! This one doesn't count.” “Bleh, good. No one should ever eat that!” “first one to finish their plate wins!” Adagio began shoveling food into her mouth like a trash compacter. With Sonata following behind. “You two are disgusting...” Aria sighed stabbing another broccoli Sonata carefully lowered herself onto the couch supporting her belly of food. She gave a low laugh and a groan “I'm the champion!” Aria flipped the Tv to the movie channels “Uh-huh, I'm not going to help you if you get sick...” Adagio slumped herself onto Aria's lap “I.. hurt... so... much...” “And that's your fault.” She raised her hand up dramatically “Make it stoppp!” “Relax. It'll pass...” Aria stopped on a crappy horror movie