> Aftermath Bliss
>  by Zither
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> Introductions (Pre-Battle of The Bands)
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Once Daemon had approached the AV Club he placed down a set of files in the nearby cabinet before taking a seat at the empty chair. Placing his arms and head down, a small thud was heard as his left arm made contact with the table. Turning his head to the side he checked his arm, it wasn't skin that he saw but rather a silver colored heavily dented metal that took the form of it. His fingers traced through the scratches before taking out a pen from his pocket.

*Sigh* "At least I can do this still." stated Daemon as he proceeded to twirl a pen around his fingers. Soon the door behind him opened. He quickly tried getting up and pretended he did something but calmed when he saw it was only his idiot friends, sure it was his free period but Luna's been pretty annoyed with their lack of doing something productive.

"Told you we'd find him here!" exclaimed Chips as he entered with Sandal.

"Alright but it also made sense to find him at the cafeteria considering he hacks into the vending machine and gets free drinks." replied Sandal as they both took a seat across Daemon.

"Jeez Daemon did you even sleep last night?" asked Chips, Daemon had noticeable dark circles around his eyes and seemed to have trouble keeping his eyes open.

"Define sleep because one second I was looking up at the ceiling and the next thing I know is that my alarm is ringing." stated Daemon sarcastically.

"Okay we get it, still you actually managed to hack into the vending machine?" asked Chips, he always noticed Daemon had a drink with him from time to time but never realized he got them from the school.

"I wouldn't call it hacking, more like pressing the right keys and boom you get a free drink." stated Daemon, he grinned as he reminisced the first time he tried it out.

"Well you have got to show us that trick, do you know how annoying it is to pay more than a dollar for a water bottle." stated Sandal.

"Another time perhaps, but until then you'll just have to deal with it," replied Daemon, putting his legs up on the table he leaned back a bit in his chair. Both Chips and Sandal looked at each other smiling.

"Well if you say so, guess me and Chips are gonna go now and visit Vice Principal Luna. She's been wondering why there have been low quantities of soda's available," said Sandal as both he and Chips got up. Daemon raised one eye and saw both of them walking.

"You wouldn't!" yelled Daemon as he turned around.

"You want to bet on that?" asked Sandal as both he and Chips darted out the room. Attempting to get out the seat he fell before quickly picking himself up and running out of the room, quickly seeing Sandal and Chips down the hall and taking a left he ran after them. 

"Get back here you bloody wankers!" yelled Daemon as he nearly made it down the hall. Just as he turned the corner he bumped into something and fell back as his glass flew elsewhere.

'Dammit' thought Daemon, just once he wanted something to not run into, he got angered over the fact that both he and his glasses fell. 'More like someone' thought Daemon as he looked over what he bumped into. She seemed short of height and with very poofy hair, his strained eyes made it difficult to really notice any minor details but for the most part he could tell she was someone new in Canterlot.

"You could watch where you're going!" she yelled while still in the floor. Daemon winced a bit but nevertheless apologized.

"Sorry?" replied Daemon although more of a question than an answer.

The girl seemed to get even more angered as she glared at him. Daemon got up and tried extended his arm out to her, but she instead slapped it away as she picked herself up and grumbled about two girls.

"Well, time to find my glasses," stated Daemon as he took a step back. *CRACK* "Nevermind I found them." 

Before he knew it both Sandal and Chips came to him and were laughing as he glared at them.

"I hate you guys." he said to them, both Chips and Sandal calmed down before replying.

"Yes yes, we know you love us now onwards to the cafeteria," replied Sandal as they headed to the cafeteria which oddly enough seemed to be the direction the girl went. Quickly Daemon picked up his broken glasses albeit a bit blurry to see and put them in his coat pocket. Once they reached the doors to the cafeteria Daemon noticed the girl although he still couldn't see her distinctly due to his broken glasses standing near some lockers, ignoring it he headed inside with Sandal and Chips to the back of the lunchroom. Daemon looked around as the room filled with laughter and talking voices, each person minding their own business.

As they got to the vending machine Daemon looked back at his friends.

"You guys better not tell anyone about this, you need to be discrete about this and I trust you guys not because you threatened me but rather that I know you won't abuse this." stated Daemon, serious about what he said as both Chips and Sandal looked at each other confused.

"But what about you, you almost leave it dry." stated Chips, Daemon smirked and thought about this for a second before replying.

"Yeah but I'm the exception, also you guys still wouldn't try abusing it. Last time you and Sandal got caught in the AV room playing Skyrim by Celestia you guys pleaded her not to get you in trouble even though she was cool about it, I remember she insulted your build" stated Daemon grinning at them.

"Yeah yeah, shut up and tell us the code." replied Sandal as he was red from remembering that situation.

"Alright watch me," said Daemon as he looked around for no one to see, he then hit the keypad four times with his hands and elbowed the machines door which opened it. He then grabbed three sodas and closed it. "Ta-da, I guess that's hacking for you Chips."

"Huh, well I guess it's safe to say a genius taught me that," replied Sandal as he took one of the drinks. Daemon looked over him and saw Trixie coming over.

"Hey you wanna see me do another trick, I can make ourselves disappear," stated Daemon, this got worried glances from both Chips and Sandal. As Daemon turned to the vending machine he eyed the last peanut butter crackers and had a devilish smile on him. As Trixie waited behind him Daemon bought the last crackers and showed them to her.

"Hey Trixie look, I got the last one." gloated Daemon as he held them, Trixie was shocked and glared at him.

"Give me those! You don't deserve!" she yelled.

"Fine, if I don't deserve them I know who does," replied Daemon, as it looked like he was about to hand her the crackers he threw them in the trashcan behind them. She screamed as she watched them fall, Daemon quickly pickpocketed something from Trixie as she was distracted.

"You have made the grave error Wraithe of messing with The Great and Powerful Trixie." stated Trixie she began reaching for her smoke pellets she noticed they were gone.

"Looking for these?" asked Daemon as he held them, he quickly threw them on the ground. "Run, you fools." 

"Damn you Wraithe!" yelled Trixie as Daemon, Sandal and Chips got away. Once they reached back into the AV Club they all sat down, Daemon took off his jacket as he felt a bit sweaty from the running they did. The trio got their drinks set and clinked their bottles.

"Cheers mate." said Daemon still laughing about earlier. 

"You know Daemon I was wondering what you meant about making us disappear, for a second I thought you were going to kill us for knowing that trick." stated Chips.

"Seriously, I can't believe you managed to steal those smoke pellets from her so quickly." mentioned Sandal.

"Well I mean the second she was distracted looking at the crackers fly into the trash he took them." replied Chips.

"I still can't believe I didn't miss them considering I'm almost blind without these." mentioned Daemon as held held his broken glasses, "You know, now that we were talking about that incident that happened in the AV room we should try doing that again."

"Well as you said Daemon, we're too scared of doing it." stated Chips smiling, they all laughed and continued talking.

"Hey, you guys want to see something? Pass me your empty bottle," said Daemon, Chips obliged and passed him his bottle. "With the cap, smartass." Chips then flipped him off as he handed him the cap as Daemon chuckled.

"Alright watch," stated Daemon and closed the bottle, gripping the bottle with his left hand he squeezed till it popped. "You guys try."

"Not fair!" replied Sandal as he gripped Chip's bottle, "You got that."

"You want something like this, cut off your own hand," replied Daemon as he motioned his prosthetic while grinning. They continued with their banter until they heard the bell ring in which groaned as their free period was over.
> Recollecting Setup (Battle of the Bands Arc I)
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*Chick-Chick* Chips began messing around with a lever which opened a trapdoor in the middle of the stage, he always wondered why this was even still here.

"So who was the idiot that thought it was a good idea to put this here?" asked Chips but he already knew the answer, he just wanted to get Daemon annoyed. Sandal snickered and pointed at Daemon who was squinting towards a spotlight, it had been his second day without glasses and it was starting to have an effect on his capabilities. 

"Oy, watch who you're calling an idiot. It seemed like a good idea at the time anyway," replied Daemon as he typed away on the computer connected to the spotlights.

"Right. Keywords 'seemed like a good idea'." stated Chips, he leaned back at the stage frame and began using his phone. Daemon began to get frustrated as reading the serial numbers was a pain without his glasses.

"So anyone care to tell me whats the serial code for the spotlight at the far left?" asked Daemon, he looked up and saw that Chips wasn't paying attention and Sandal had moved to the back to pull the curtains back a bit more. "Hey, Rocket Fumes! What's the code for that spotlight to the far left?"  

Chips looked up instantly and panicked when he heard that name. "I thought you wouldn't call me that anymore! We talked about that!" yelled Chips as he got closer to read the tag.

"Ah well I never promised anything and calm down its been 2 years now, they have actually stopped figuring out what happened," stated Daemon, he stretched as Chips told him the code. "Alright, thanks." He then began messing with the lights changing the color and having them move before leaving the laptop of rest.

"So anyone care to help me understand how the school is in need of funding but can afford a 'stadium' right next to it?" asked Daemon, he leaned against a wall and began bouncing a ball across from him. Both Sandal and Chips were perplexed by this question and actually thought of it.

"Yup I think my theory of our Tyrannical principal Celestia is true, heh, well we're done here." Daemon then shut down the lights and computer before stretching. "You know I've been thinking, we should probably put flyers soon around the school for the Inventions Fair coming up in a couple of months, gotta get some people you know."

"Yeah you're probably right, the sooner we get participants and have them work their projects the easier it'll be." added on Chip, Daemon then thought of something.

"Sandal, you'll be printing them out right?" asked Daemon. Sandal raised his brow. "Well come on, you post flyers all around for people to join you eco club. It'll be nice for you to make flyers that won't end up stuffed in your locker."

"Ha sure, just tell me when you'll make 'em," stated Sandal. Daemon nodded as he pulled out his flip phone, there were some cracks running across from the screen and in the back some deep scratches. Daemon then had a flashback to the night when it occurred, when things changed for him and the school around them.

Night of The Fall Formal-

"Geez about time someone stood up to Sunset, well too much time actually," stated Daemon out loud, he'd gone to the bathroom and decided to grab some stuff from his locker on his way back. He wasn't originally going to be at the dance considering he'd be by himself but since Celestia trusts him in working with the equipment throughout the night he was to stay. Luckily he let Vinyl take over since he knows she'll make the party much enjoyable and that he could take a break after sitting doing nothing.

As he walked he heard a large booming sound but thought nothing of it. 'Probably Pinkie's cannon.'  He thought, he then noticed what seemed a bright light emanating from behind him, he looked back but saw that it was dark again. "Weird, oh shit I swear if these CHS rumors a true!" exclaimed Daemon, he finally approached his locker and opened it. As he made his way back he took out his phone and began checking through his messages before he something out of the corner from his eye caught his attention. He was dumbfounded by what he saw before he noticed that the floor was trembling before parts of the building were being pulled and the floor beneath him crumbled before falling through.

Oomph! Daemon began breathing heavily as the air went out of his body but was unlucky that his prosthetic took the hit as this resulted in hurting his abdomen from the impact. Not long after someone helped him up and noticed that it was Sandal along with Chips who had helped him up. Looking at his prosthetic he noticed that the fingers were bent backward and were stuck in place, he coughed as his breathing started to calm. He then placed his sights on what had captivated him, ahead of him stood a giant demon and not long it converted two of the students into demons themselves.  Reaching for his phone he noticed that the fall broke the screen and that it wasn't turning on at all which left  him at a state of panic.

"Fantastic, you guys have any idea what this is or what's even going on?" asked Daemon, before he could even get a reply from either Sandal or Chips the demon hit a student with some sort of ray in which caused a sort of chain reaction. Attempting to escape through the back Daemon pulled both Chips and Sandal but tripped over a broken concrete slab which caused him to to fall and hit his head knocking him out cold.

Present-

"Yo Daemon, you coming?" asked Sandal, they were ahead of him as he regained his thoughts.

"Yeah, just thought of something there." replied Daemon, he quickly walked towards them as they headed towards Luna's office. Daemon finished typing his message before putting his phone away. After they neared Luna's office out came out Sunset who was surprised to see the trio.

"Oh hey there Sandal, Chips, Daemon." greeted Sunset, she smiled at them and both Sandal and Chips greeted her back except for Daemon. He gave her a stern look and ignored her, walking past her both Sandal and Chips followed giving a sheepish smile to her as she looked dispirited but nevertheless smiled back at them.

Once they had told Luna that everything was set the second they got out Daemon out gave a loud groan after she told him to stay during the band tryouts to check that nothing happens to the equipment there during the battle of the bands.

"Seriously every time I enter her room I get goosebumps. It's like her spirit guide is a dark and cold being." stated Sandal as he shook his head, both Daemon and Chips gave him quizzical looks.

"Right it's definitely her spirit guide and not the A/C that's pumping cold air in the background." replied Daemon as he began pacing around. "Maybe you're getting goosebumps cause you're wearing a shirt smartass?"

"Whatever Mr. I Got This." replied Sandal which got a snicker from Chips.

"We're seriously going back to that stupid moment? I don't even understand why it's funny." said Daemon annoyed, he sat by the chair next to the door and sighed.

"Well it's funny because it annoys you and also because you burnt a part of your eyebrows that day." replied Chips, he remembered one time during Mr Who's class they were working with Hydrogen gas and Daemon told them he had everything under control until he accidentally ignited the gas causing him to lose part of his eyebrows. Everything began to calm down as Chips face turned serious.

"You know that wan't cool, what you did to Sunset." stated Chips, Daemon looked up.

"Cool?! Cool?! What is this, who even uses cool in a conversation anymore!?" exclaimed Daemon,.

"Uh I do?" responded Sandal confused.

"Alright but no one asked you, it was a rhetorical question." stated Daemon.

"Alright we get it but I'm serious that wasn't right to look down and ignore Sunset like that." stated Chips, Daemon merely scoffed at that.

"Oh but it was right for her to do the same and deal with her verbal abuse everyday?" asked Daemon angrily.

"No it wasn't but she's dealing with the results of it, she doesn't need to deal with anymore problems not after that fall incident." Stated Sandal firmly.

"That's easy for you to say she didn't ruin your life, she didn't ruin your way of thinking, she didn't change who you were!" expressed Daemon, he had gotten up and faced Sandal.

"Well you're not any different from her by doing what she did." stated Sandal, Daemon looked away for a moment before sighing.

"I need a minute alone." said Daemon, he walked away from them. He needed to clear his mind, but he was filled with anger. He had been one of the first to experience her cruelty and abuse when she began her reign of terror in CHS, but things became different as he got older but nevertheless he promised he wouldn't forget those moments. He turned to an empty hallway and leaned back into the lockers before going down and sitting. 

He sat in silence for a couple of minutes before noticing the dimming and flickering lights around him, he then saw the green mist surrounding the area as a faint voice was heard distantly. Getting up he was cautious of what was going on, he was about to get away before a hand was placed on his shoulder and the voice was behind him. He quickly turned and saw a girl, he was about to say something before he was entranced and his crimson eyes suddenly were engulfed by a green tint.
> No Regrets (Battle of The Bands Arc II)
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'You're nobody now' a voice ringed in his mind awakening Daemon, he checked his surroundings as he rubbed his eyes looking around. He had rested his head in a table and It hit him in an instant as he sneezed, the dust filled room along with its dimly lit enviroment would've had someone mistake for an old shed or something but in reality the room was the archives as shelves filled with papers stacked over one another. 

Daemon looked down and saw a newspaper clipping from the school newspaper, it's date read 3 years prior. 'Canterlot's Finest!' read quietly Daemon and the image showed him alongside Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna. He was holding a trophy for winning the annual decathlon. Putting the clipping away in the box and leaving it in the shelf he looked at his watch and nearly had a heart attack as it read 7:32 PM. He quickly looked around and back at his watch only for the time to be determined,  getting out of the room he just made his way outside before tripping over the mop bucket. 'Right, I'm blind.' thought Daemon as he got up, luckily for him he got up before the water could splash all over him, only certain splotches could be seen around the ankle of his jeans but nothing more.

Making his way towards the assembly area which was also the gym Daemon felt the pain in his head coming back, earlier today he had a strange encounter with the same mysterious girl who he ran into before and began recalling back what occurred, he remembered hearing the strange vocals at the hall as he was suddenly paralyzed.





Anger, that's what he felt, it came to him naturally but this time it was forced as if whatever had him like this wanted him to be angry but at what he wondered.  His irises were blotched with green as he saw a particular figure headed for him, he tilted his head as the grasp of whatever held him suddenly eased but his mind was clouded. He was unable to make up his mind with only images flashing through him from his times being angry and many going back to Sunset's reign.

"I can sense you hold some anger towards a particular girl, you've held most of that anger back but it's obviously you want to release all that. " stated the girl while he would outwardly express his annoyance or a bit of his anger he wouldn't take it far as to get revenge or attack that person but this feeling being made in his mind by whatever is controlling him was changing that.  "You only need to let go and help us win which in a way will also help you achieve what you deeply desire." she continued on as she circled around him, touching his shoulders and soon looking at him.

Daemon shook his head in disagreement, he then began overthinking and with his mind being so encumbered he suddenly freed his mind and the green tinged on his normally crimson faded as he placed his hand on his head.

"I have no idea what you did to me or whether you had any part in it but even my resentment for Sunset isn't enough to make me sabotage whatever she's doing." stated Daemon who hadn't noticed the girls dumbfounded look as she tried to mumble something, she was in such shock as to how someone had been able to not only resist her charm cast for so long but even break free of it who had no connections to magic. Nevertheless she grinned at this and attempted to control him again but something was off, the green tinge began returning to his eyes but faded soon after, Daemon on the other hand was now unfazed by the jolt that he felt from her sudden advance and merely walked away as he thought over what had happened only to confuse himself.

'So it seems he's an anomaly, I guess I shouldn't be surprise since this is another world but still.' she thought, she continued grinning as she looked back to the walking figure past her who intrigued her.





Shaking his head and attempting to forget earlier he continued walking through the halls and heard the sounds of music, he soon realized that it was coming from outside rather than from the gymnasium, since the selection process was supposed to happen this afternoon noting that the finale must be occurring by this time so he made haste towards the nearest exit before he heard voices, two of which he recognized but a third one that he didn't.

"Where are we gonna find someone who can bust open that door, everyone is pretty much either under their spell or trapped under the stage!?" exclaimed the female voice, the sounds of shoes squeaking as they sprinted through the halls was echoed all around.

"How should I know, why not bother asking the writer since he put us here!" pointed out the male voice earning a quizzical look from the girl as he shrugged.

"Wait I can smell someone else around here, this way." yelled the younger voice, skidding claws were heard and before they knew it they ran into Daemon, in the gloomy hallway with moonlight piercing his eyes giving his already bloodshot irises a more sinister look making the dog whimper back.

"Ahh Daemon am I glad to see you, we need your help, it's a long story and we know you hate pointless details so basically we need you to free the Rainbooms from under the stage." Stated Treble, finishing what he said he hunched over and gasped as he breathed in for some air.

"Pretty much some other magical beings took over the school so now everyone is under their spell and the only ones capable of stopping them are the Rainbooms."Added Vinyl, Daemon processed it all and nodded as they quickly made their way towards the exit.

"Hurry this way!" Yelled the dog as he led them around the stage in order to sneak around, Daemon was shook upon hearing the dog speak that he looked towards the others who paid no mind.

"So anyone gonna fill me in on the details over him or are talking dogs a thing now?" Asked Daemon amused over what occurred.

"That's exactly what I said, apparently he's the dog from that purple haired girl who came supposedly from that other world but who am I to question when we're just fictional characters living in a fantasy world with a talking dog." Replied Treble, he earned Daemon's intrigued look as he pondered over what he'd just said. As they neared the stage, Daemon watched as the mindless drones were fascinated by the group of girls singing and that's when he recognized those vocals except this time three of them rather than one, the sudden burst of magical energy released by the girls soon caught up towards Treble and Daemon as they both were suddenly entranced. 

Daemon felt the same energy except it was stronger than before, Treble's eyes retained a green tinge similar to what had happened to him earlier and suddenly Daemon's eyes took a different form. His irises remained crimson as his Sclera turned lime green and a purple mist flowed from the corners before suddenly both of them fell back as the magic failed to captivate them.

"My eyes... I'm... I'M BLIND!!" Yelled out Daemon as he clawed his face trying to see, unbeknownst to him Treble eyes were watery but began clearing up as both he and Vinyl stared at him.

"Weren't you blind to being with since you don't have your glasses?" Asked Treble with Vinyl giving him a look as they went towards him. Daemon's vision began forming shapes as he only saw monochrome figures in a sort of wavelength, he calmed for a bit and blinked rapidly as if it helped in anyway to let him see.

"Well yeah I guess I mean I couldn't see but I sort of can see you guys now." replied Daemon wearily, as Treble helped him up they continued along the sides before making their way towards the door. "Vinyl now that I think about it how come you're not in a trance like state?

"Huh? Oh I have no idea, maybe cause I'm wearing these headphones and listening to music?" answered Vinyl confused as she had no clue wondering whether what she said made sense, Daemon on the other hand had thought of something as what she said made him come up with a plan.

"Wait they're singing meaning they're projecting their magic through sound waves and your music sort of counteracts that which if in theory I'm right we could use your convertible to go against them and since the Rainbooms will need a stage you'll give 'em one." theorized Daemon, both Treble and Vinyl grinned as they learned there was a possible way to defeat the Dazzlings. As they approached the door loud banging could be heard coming from the inside along with muffled voice.

"I think I almost got it!" yelled Applejack's muffled voice, another loud bang was heard and Daemon who's eyes had recovered to an acceptable state jolted.

"Oi Stop kicking the door, just because there are some shock absorbers built inside it doesn't mean you won't break it!" Exclaimed Daemon, he got unto his knee and neared the handle.

"Oh you got the key for it?" asked Vinyl, Daemon shook his head grinning and pulled out some lockpicks. 

"You wouldn't imagine how many times I've forgotten the keys to my bike lock or apartment so having these are useful." stated Daemon, he began putting tension on the pin as he wriggled about the tumbler.

"Huh, I thought you were blind without your glasses. Don't you need to see what you're doing?" pondered Treble,

"Not necessarily, it's all in the touch you know. Well for one of my hands at least." explained Daemon,

"So you don't do any illegal stuff with all this?" asked Vinyl as if questioning why he even knew this,

"Oh no don't worry, my activities are legal for the most part." stated Daemon earning Vinyls concerned face before Daemon opened the door and gave a sort of bow as he grinned. Out came out the Rainbooms who were all relieved along with a crew of boys with them, to which he saw they were all in control as well. Telling them of the plan each divided themselves into groups, they each gathered around the equipment as the girls  quickly changed into costumes for the fight.

"You're deciding to help us?" asked Sunset, she caught Daemon off guard as he was removing the panel from the wall. Pondering about whether continuing to not interact with her he spoke up before she went away.

"Yeah I suppose so, technically it's my fault considering I was supposed to keep watch of the electrical equipment throughout the tryouts and during the practices of each band so I gotta make it up somehow." replied Daemon, he got a surprised look from Sunset that quickly turned to smile.

"Thanks." answered Sunset, while Daemon thought it was about helping them she in fact thanked him for talking to her. Nodding to her he waited for the message that they were in place.

"Here goes nothing." stated Daemon as he received the signal, cutting off the power from the speakers an audible ring made its way throughout the crowd as the feed cut off. The Dazzlings were shocked by how quickly they lost control of the students before their Leader grinned and turned to face the other girls with her. Suddenly a magical outburst emerged from their amulets as they suddenly levitated off the ground, the magic consumed them and out came a spectral beings yet the girls remained floating stationary with their eyes flowing a red aura vigorously.

"Oh Shit." replied Daemon in awestruck, he had only manage to catch a small glimpse since he was underneath the stage so after going back up it struck him up as a major reminiscence to the night of the shimmering incident as he would call it. It soon became apparent that with this newfound power the Dazzlings quickly regained the students as their thralls and went to attack the Rainbooms who along with the signal started playing music to counteract them resulting in a standoff.

Noting that the Dazzlings were unguarded Daemon devised a plan that may affect their abilities but nevertheless he must try he thought, raising the volume for the speakers and pointing them towards the girls he raised the volume and picked up the mic tossing it next to the audio. Turning the speakers on Daemon caused a feedback loop that not only caught everyone's attention but distorted the spectral flying beings form causing them to go on the fritz before the speakers gave off. Turning their attention to Daemon who was covering his ears they rushed towards, side stepping out of the way only one them managed to knock him back towards the end of the stage. Having raised his hands he thwarted out most of the impact  but it still hurt like hell. Looking up he saw that the spectral beings were ready to charge at him again.

"Shit shit shit shit!" exclaimed Daemon, wincing as he quickly got up he was blinded by a large flashing light and that's when he saw it, a large spectral horse appeared before them and a ray of energy shot up to the sky and unto the Dazzlings but yet the rays aura was burning him slightly and he winced. Once the light dissipated Daemon sighed in relief and leaned back towards the wall laughing quietly after being saved by the bell. He saw how the three girls were on the ground and ran off the stage, everyone turned back towards the Rainbooms and cheered them on while chanting Sunset's name as well, attempting to get up he quickly noticed something was off when his prosthetic was just limp and did not react to what he wanted at all, he also noted how the same thing happened to the speakers earlier as well as the lights. 

Walking towards the site of impact he saw the singed marks from the blast but also noticed a peculiar amount of glowing red shards on the ground, he picked them up and noted a familiar feeling as he recognized them, he felt the strange but warm feeling on his hand and that's when it hit him, a small red spark emanated from his fingers as he continued viewing it. Pocketing the fragments he made his way out of the crowds and back to the school before the sound of running feet and a hand being placed upon him made him turn.

"Where are you going, don't you want to enjoy the party we're gonna have with everyone?!" asked Pinkie giddily, Daemon grasped the shards in his pocket and winced when he realized what he did.

"Yeah I was just gonna grab some things you know." replied Daemon, Pinkie was about to say something else before they felt droplets and saw that it was gonna rain. "Oh well look at that seems like parties over."

"Don't be silly, that means we'll have it inside now. I'll go get the others." she replied, Daemon gave an weary smile and quickly turned back to the school. Making his way inside he went inside the lab room and went to one of the lockers, inside were his personal things and a strange locked box, opening it he put the shards and noticed that some were pierced in his skin. Putting it all away he closed it and read the name the box held, 'Protocol 111012'. Inside the locker was also another prosthetic but this one was different, it was an old one he wore after the accident. 

'Guess I'll be using you again for the time being, old friend' thought Daemon grimly as he looked back to the accident, removing his current one he gave a quick look at his skin and noted the singed burns that stained his skin a dark red leading above his elbow or what was left of it before putting on the support straps around him and closing his locker. Hearing the door open he saw his friends standing there with wet clothes and exhausted looks.

"Geez Daemon where were you throughout all this mess?" asked Chips as he sat back in one of the chairs, Sandal followed as well and laid back on the table.

"Oh you know, here and there, doing something." replied Daemon grinning, his friends shook their heads smiling back.

"So I'm guessing you using that old thing means the other one is broken now?" asked Sandal as he looked at his changed prosthetic.

"Yeah, it's only temporary till I fix my current one, after all I did design it," stated Daemon, "Well guys it was nice catching up for a bit but I need to get going, after all it's like what 9?" Taking his leave he made his way to his other locker and took out his coat, putting his hood up he got to a bike rack and outside and found his bike which was an old piece of junk, pieces of paint has been scratched off and it was noted that the belt would need to be replaced but nevertheless Daemon found it suitable for going home. Riding off he found it extremely difficult to ride his bike with his other arm and with the heavy rain drenching him his hand gave off and he twisted his bike causing him to crash unto a parked car.

"Well definitely broke something now." winced Daemon as he found himself wet from the ground, picking himself up he held his bike by his side and walked home before realizing that the bike wheel had bent and smiled annoyed, taking his umbrella from his bag he propped it open and continued on. On his way he approached a figure sitting by the side of the road, noticing them without any jacket or umbrella he saw that they were trembling.

"Hey uh, are you ok?" asked Daemon, he got no response by them so he got closer and put lifted the umbrella over them, seeing them turn he got a closer albeit blurry look of them but still couldn't recognize that the person in front of him was the leader of the Dazzlings thanks to her drenched clothes and damp hair. "Yeah uh hi, was wondering if you were ok?" he could almost see that the girls mascara had run down but was unsure whether the rain or tears had cause this. 

"Look uh, mind holding this for a sec." said Daemon handing her the umbrella, taking off his Jacket he took back the umbrella and gave her his jacket, sure it was a bit soaked but it was water resistant and had some fleece for warmth. She hesitantly took the jacket and put it on as he put the umbrella between them. "Well I don't know what happened but I can take you home if you'd like?"

She nodded, she didn't care if she didn't know him, she had lost her way but kept to herself knowing this world was her permanent home now.

"So the name's Wraithe, but you could call me Daemon if you'd like." said Daemon introducing himself as they walked.

"Adagio." she replied hoarsely, they continued walking in silence with few words of where to go. As they approached a neighborhood she stopped and turned to him. "This is far enough." 

"Alright well here take the umbrella then, you could probably make more use of it than I do but if you need my help you can find me working at the Plaza Cafe at certain nights or in Canterlot High during the day." stated Daemon he noticed a slight worried look as she heard him say Canterlot High but then waved it off and turned back home. Continuing to push his bike it suddenly hit him.

"Hey she already had my coat, why did I also give her my umbrella!?" exclaimed Daemon as he marched on with his now drenched sweater.
> "Formal" Introductions
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Late night shifts, that was his usual workload every weekday but it didn't bother him, as a matter of fact he preferred this than staying awake doing nothing. Tonight was particularly different in fact, getting back to wiping the tables he heard someone entered and watched them take a seat by the booth in the corner, putting the rag away he headed towards them.

"Hey there, what'll it be tonight?" asked Daemon as he held his pen to the notepad, he took a closer look at the person and put it away as he took a seat across from them.  "Ah fuzzball fancy meeting you here."

Ever since their encounter a couple days ago Daemon had noted Adagio coming into the cafe each night but never ordered anything, in order to not get her kicked out he took his break whenever she came and ordered two coffees. Slowly but surely Adagio began talking to him albeit less friendly than their first encounter but nevertheless she talked and through it he ended up realizing she was one of the beings from the band event yet the way she acted is what puzzles him as he found there's no reason for him to be mad at her for that since barely any damage was done.

"I told you to not call me that." snapped Adagio, Daemon simply shrugged and grinned smugly but noted her somewhat cautious form as she kept looking towards the window and had her hoodie up which she had not done in a while since she started coming here.

"How come you have the hoodie up again?" pondered Daemon, she snapped out of her trance and faced him as she took off her hoodie.

"I almost ran into them." Replied Adagio putting emphasis over the word them, she sighed and leaned back into the booth.

"That's strange, I mean at this hour and all of them? Well you shouldn't worry about them showing up here, I've never encountered them at all during my time working here." mentioned Daemon, just then the sound of the bell jingle indicating someone came in was heard and Daemon was quickly hit by a flying spoon.

"Wraithe we got costumers, and if I remember correctly you took your break earlier so stop coddling up with your girlfriend and get back to work." yelled an older woman across the kitchen, Adagio on the other hand was unamused by the comment and nearly threw the spoon back before Daemon took it out of her hand.

"On my way Dolores," replied Daemon, "anyways I'll get you your coffee after I attend them."

Getting up he turned around towards the group and then realized who they were. "Oh son of a bitch!" he exclaimed as he saw it was them. Turning back to Adagio who had again looked out the window was startled by his sudden reappearance. "So fuzzball funny thing just happened, they're here."

Adagio's eyes lit up as she heard him, she was about to get up before Daemon made her sit back down.

"If you leave now they'll see you, just keep your hoodie up and wait for them to leave," he told her, she glared at him and pushed his hands off her shoulder, "sorry about that."

Adagio simply glared him down but complied and stayed put, noting this Daemon went away towards the table with the Rainbooms. Keeping her eyes glued towards the table she noted how Daemon was tense when talking them, more so with Sunset until suddenly their attention turned to her.





"So what would you guys like to order?" asked Daemon with his iconic notepad, the girls' attention turned to him.

"Oh Daemon, I didn't know  you worked here." Stated Sunset, out of the whole group there he only knew Sunset and Pinkie while the rest were strangers to him.

"Oh well neither did I, just thought I'd stand here you know," replied Daemon sarcastically, his attempt at it earned him unresponsive looks, "Right well anyways what are you guys getting?" 

Getting their orders a particular pink person began noticing the hooded person glaring at them from afar, Daemon attempted to keep his posture as Sunset asked him how he was doing before Pinkie brought something up.

"Hey that person keeps looking at us, do you think they want us to sit with them?" mentioned Pinkie, everyone turned their attention towards the hooded figure. Daemon quickly saw it was Adagio they were talking about and motioned for her to look away.

"Oh no they're still waiting on their coffee which I was supposed to get them a while ago, anyways I'll get your stuff ready in a bit." Lied Daemon so that they could ignore her, they all let out a unanimous oh before Daemon headed to the kitchen. Making the coffee, Daemon waited slowly until he heard commotion coming from the booths.

"It's her!" replied Applejack, the girls had surrounded Adagio in an attempt to befriend her before realizing who it was. Daemon quickly rushed back out there before things could get out of hand.

"Look guys I need you to-" chided Daemon before he was cut off.

"You do know who that is right, she's one of the sirens!" Exclaimed Sunset, Adagio on the other hand took offense to her hostility and spoke up.

"My name is Adagio you twerp!" She called out.

"Hey shut it you, you're not making things better and yes obviously I do know who she is." stated Daemon who got in between them.

"Wait are you under her control, everyone grab him!" exclaimed Dash again, the rest of the girls hesitated but moved forward.

"Ok all of you need to calm down, I'm not under her control, never was to begin with but didn't you guys destroy her magic during that event anyways?" Questioned Daemon.

"Well yeah but you don't know what she's capable of still." Replied Dash, everyone with her agreed while Adagio was in disbelief and greatly annoyed.

"Oh just like Sunset, instead of criticizing her why not help her out instead, I mean it's pretty hypocritical don't you think? You guys gave her a chance even after seeing what she was capable of doing so what difference is there with her?" argued Daemon, everyone stayed quiet at his statement. "Look you girls need to leave now." They were regretful but obliged and left the cafe.

The remaining night went by, Adagio just watched aimlessly as she drank her coffee while Daemon finished up cleaning the booths for the night. Finally ending his shift he walked out along with Adagio who had gotten a third refill of her coffee.

"You shouldn't have bothered with those group of idiots." She stated with a blank face, Daemon simply shrugged.

"Oh well it happened, you know you should really go back to Canterlot rather than hanging out at the Cafe and wasting my money." mentioned Daemon, Adagio simply scoffed.

"Me wasting your money? Now when have I done that." She stated feigning innocence. 

"Oh I don't know maybe all the coffee you drink that I pay for, you're starting to rival my coffee addiction infact." countered Daemon with a roguish smile. 

"Well now, who told you to do that?" Adagio asked with a sly smile on her face, Daemon simply mouthed the word wow.

"Well then I guess I'll stop paying for your coffee how about that." answered Daemon with a grin, Adagio did the same as she approached him.

"Oh you wouldn't do that to a innocent girl now would you?" she feigned as she closed her face near his with her devilish smile. Daemon completely lost it and howled while Adagio was confused and unimpressed.

"Don't you even try that with me, that won't work at all. I mean you even went on your tippy toes to reach me!" hollered Daemon, "Tell you what, let's just say that it did work and I'll keep the coffee coming."

"Well expect me to run your pockets dry now." she replied annoyed, Daemon simply chuckled and they continued walking through the night. Dropping her off at the corner Daemon made his way towards his studio apartment, his bike would've made the trip easier but sadly a bent wheel isn't going to cut it for travel.

Entering his studio apartment at the top floor Daemon welcomed his humble abode, a desolate barren with very little household items. Daemon laid at his small couch which was in fact his bed but to be fair it seemed out of place as both his arms and legs hung off the sides but money was tight, having to pay for his rent, internet, day to day purchases, and what not. Daemon simply looked up to his ceiling tired and began dozing off and was close to his slumber before he heard the song, an eerie yet alluring noise that woke him up.

Daemon sat up and tried to cover his ears but to no avail as the song still stayed, it had been like this for the past few days and so he followed the source. He stood by his desk in which  the shard fragments of from the Dazzlings, the warmth emanating from it always befuddled him as they had retained their color and were almost returning to their original color. 

Sitting down at his desk he opened up his laptop, it being the only expensive item in his household as it was the newest model since he needed it for his work as everything else he had was either his flip phone or his mp3 player, he had a message from TTwinkle who he had met snooping around Canterlot High from time to time ever since Sunset's fall formal event. He was unable to figure out who they were as they concealed themselves but they began talking after expressing similar views to the strange events starting to happen around Canterlot. 

'I've checked over your designs, It's plausible so I would like to have some of the fragments from the gem you were talking about' it read, Daemon messaged her back saying to meet him at his workplace so he could exchange them. The designs he had sent her was a device that could detect magical abnormalities using the fragments as a sort of sensor so in theory he would be sending her some of the shards but it wasn't the first time he had encountered them having dealt with them in their prime. Going back to his sofa he laid back and tried again to sleep but kept shuffling about, it would be another sleepless night for him once more so he sighed. His schedule continued like this but oddly enough Adagio did not show up for the remainder of the week and Daemon had no way of communicating with her considering he didn't know exactly where she lived, regardless he assumed she'd show up again.

The start of another Monday for Daemon was a struggle as always, and without his bike it meant he had to commute his way to school through bus but regardless he made his way early. During the weekend he had repaired his glasses so it'd been a while since Sandal or Chips had seen him with them, oddly enough he realized Adagio hadn't seen him with Glasses for the most part since most of the time he'd been rather busy with work to bother having them fixed.

"Oh my god who is this man?!" exclaimed Sandal jokingly as he saw Daemon who had his glasses back, Daemon chuckled as Chip's laughed in the background.

"It is I, God, and you've been tasked to continue your journey of pointless poster making about conserving the Earth even though you're wasting paper since people throw them out." stated Daemon all at once as he grinned, Chips on the other hand was on the floor dying while Sandal feigned a shocked expression.

"Wow okay Daemon I see how it is." Replied Sandal, both laughing as Daemon sat down by their iconic table at the AV Room which Daemon would call their war table as many of their social gatherings and meetings took place here. Originally Daemon was part of the decathlon team but after getting booted off by Sunset during her reign of terror he remained with the AV Club which was ran by Chips and Sandal originally making Daemon it's third member, the room itself was interesting in that it was a mix of both the Computer Lab and the Science Lab which did not seem to correlate to what they did but regardless they all did their club work in the end.

Since it was early morning Daemon proceeded to put up his legs on the table and began observing his robotic arm, the scuff marks and minor dents all over it brought a grin on his face, it was originally encased in plastic but now the metal framing was all that was left with some wires sticking out here and there but hell it was his most notable invention. Slouching down on the chair he was proceeding to take a nap before the door slammed opened and somehow the sound of thunder was heard as a dark figure was seen entering. Quickly realizing it was Vice Principal Luna Daemon tilted his head and grinned at her as he kept his feet up while Sandal and Chips jolted up shocked.

"Daemon Wraithe, please come with me." She commanded beckoning with a finger. Getting up Luna went ahead, looking back towards them Daemon motioned with his finger a tear falling down his cheek as both Sandal and Chips tried their best to suppress their laughter as both gave bad attempts at reassuring him with a smile.

"So to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit, VP?" Asked Daemon, Luna gave him an worried look and Daemon understood right away.

"I'm sorry to say but your application for the Star Swirl Gifted Individuals Scholarship was rejected, their reasoning was that you being left back one year and your removal from the decathlon wasn't scholar material." Mentioned Luna while they walked through the halls, Daemon let out a weary sigh but merely shrugged.

"So my roguishly handsome face and brilliant mind wasn't enough to persuade them?" stated Daemon jokingly, Luna noted his carefree response as if he did not care whether he got accepted or not.

"You're response isn't what I'd expect, care to explain why it does not bother you much?" asked Luna, she had been one of the only adult's he'd ever open up to as she understood what had become of him.

"Well to be honest the past me would've been shocked but I don't think I want to go to college, I mean it's not just about my financial status but mainly because I don't feel there's a reason for me to continue. There's a lot I could do with my hard work but I don't feel motivated, I guess I just need a reason." stated Daemon pondering about his future, Luna nodded but was uncertain to what the future held for him.

"Well this also brings us to another part, you've been designated as a tutor for one of the upcoming students." Stated Luna, they had just approached the Principals Office and she motioned him in. As he entered the room a sense of familiarity hit him and was surprised as to who was with Celestia as he noted two unfamiliar faces along with all three dazzlings, recognizing the smug look on Adagio's face he was also met with an unimpressed look from one of the girls and received no attention for the last one who was looking around happily. He scrunched up a smile as he sat down with the boys who were just as confused as him.

"Ah Daemon, I'm glad you're here. Obviously my sister has told you what's expected of you and all. But Daemon, if you would have a seat," she motioned, obliging Daemon took a seat and tried his best to not look confused, "So you three gentlemen, I would like you to meet Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze and Sonata Dusk, and as you know they were responsible for the incident that had occurred but we here at CHS believe in the reforming of people and as such you've all been tasked with helping them throughout the year. I've already told you two who you're working with. Daemon you'll be working with Adagio"

"So wait a second we don't have a say in this?! I mean it fine and all but seriously?!" exclaimed the boy in green skin, Daemon noted a sense of frankness in him as he stood confidently.

"I have to agree although I would like to say that she already punched me so I don't understand how that's gonna work out." stated the other boy, Aria chuckled upon hearing that. Daemon noted his calm demeanor which matched up to his well dressed appearance. 

"I see, anything you would like to add Daemon?" asked Celestia, Daemon looked up after being so caught up with his thoughts and simply shrugged.

"Nothing really, I guess I don't have a problem with it other that her being a gold digger." stated Daemon sarcastically, he attempted to suppress a grin but then remained silent when both boys who attempted to be serious in their situation turned to him confused while Adagio glared daggers at him.

"Well sorry to say but it's already done so off you guys go, actually before you leave I've changed your schedules to match up with one another so here you guys go and now you can take off." replied Celestia as she somehow managed to push them all out of the room before closing it shut.

"Did she just ignore us and throw us out?" questioned the blue skinned boy shocked about the current situation.

"Yup that's Celestia all right, push the problems towards her pawns than dealing it herself." mentioned Daemon as he took a seat on the bench outside, a loud cough was her as he turned towards it and saw Luna before she went in herself.

"So then, I guess since we're gonna be together we might as well introduce ourselves. My names Artemis Arrow but you guys can call me Arrow." stated Artemis as he extended his arm out to the green skinned boy and then to Daemon. There was a noted pause and neither Daemon nor the other boy were sure who was gonna go next.

"Oh, my turn? My name is Jon Warhawk." replied Warhawk still maintaining his stoic appearance, he also extended his hand out, a firm handshake indeed as Daemon winced but hid it with a forced smile. 'Jesus this guy's grip is so strong, I don't think he even realized' thought Daemon.

"Well uh the name's Daemon Wraithe I guess." stated Daemon, he wasn't much for introductions so he wasn't sure how to go with it. They turned towards the girls but found only Adagio who was looking off bored.

"Um where did they go?" asked Artemis, Adagio merely looked up and shrugged.

"Oh Aria got bored and went off, I don't know about Sonata she disappeared before I even realized." replied Adagio, Warhawk raised his eyes in disbelief while Artemis merely sighed. "Well I'll be headed to class, I'll catch you guys later I guess."

"I'll be going as well to look for Sonata, who knows what she's capable of by herself." stated Warhawk as he walked away leaving Daemon and Adagio alone.

"Don't you look more idiotic with those glasses." said Adagio still bored as she leaned against the wall, Daemon simply smiled.

"Ah well aren't you a ray of sunshine uh.. I'm sorry... I didn't quite catch your name darling." retorted Daemon sarcastically. 

"Hmm cute, so are you gonna show me around or something. I remember that bacon haired girl tried doing it before but I wasn't really paying much attention as you can see." said Adagio as she took a seat beside him and sighed wearily. 

"Well not really, I was planning to go back to my club room, you're more than welcome to join me if you'd like." mentioned Daemon as he got up.

"I prefer not deal with people so early in the morning." she replied looking at him.

"Oh don't worry it's only like three of us there and they're more than likely to not bother." stated Daemon, Adagio pondered but got up as well and followed Daemon. She looked around the place, Daemon noted her lost appearance but understood it considering how he imagined they lived when they had powers and to only now take in the atmosphere. As they approached the room Daemon opened the door but saw her slight hesitation before going in. Sandal and Chips both looked up from what they were doing and were confused.

"So guys this is Fuzzb- I mean Adagio, and she's gonna stay here I guess?" stated Daemon confused, Adagio simply looked at him annoyed over his failed attempt at an introduction.

"Yeah we get that but why?" asked Sandal, both he and Chips were still confused of the situation. 

"Oh well our tyrannical leader appointed me and two other boys to help them readjust to their school life." stated Daemon, both Sandal and Chips gave out an oh before turning back to their work. Turning to Adagio he motioned for her to go in and he took a seat going back to the same position he was in earlier to take a small nap, Adagio followed as well and took a seat opposite of him and looked around bored. A few minutes passed by and Daemon was well in deep sleep while Adagio found herself amused by his idiotic face, she turned towards Sandal and saw him reading a book by the cabinets then towards Chips who was busy working on one of the computers. Walking towards him she stood behind him watching him type about, he began to slow down as he felt her burning gaze on his back and shuddered before turning around.

"Can I help you?" asked Chips as Adagio kept looking at the monitor.

"What are you doing exactly?" She asked, interested in the machine.

"Oh well I'm looking for some information on DNA look." motioned Chips as he showed her. "Basically I can find anything I want on the internet."

"Show me how." demanded Adagio as she took a seat on the computer beside him.

"Oh sure." replied Chips as he began explaining to her everything, Adagio took a look at the keyboard and noted it wasn't any different from the letters in Equestria albeit with some strange symbols. After a few attempts she understood the process and proceeded to browse the internet.
> The Siren and The Spectre
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It was Lunch time for the group, sadly Sandal and Chips had different schedules so they weren't present meaning it was only the new guys and the sirens. Daemon took a glance at the place, it would be a while that he last stayed to eat here as he would originally avoid the lunchroom because of Sunset since he sat by himself resulting in him getting picked on.

"So pretty great spot we found ourselves huh, ironic how we end up at the dimly lit corner table." stated Daemon as he took a seat. They all sat opposite of each other with the guys on one side and the sirens at the other, Sonata had her head down while Aria looked agitated and Adagio was concerned for her sister.

"Do you always have to state the obvious?" mentioned Warhawk, he had his arms closed as he turned to Daemon.

"Sorry, kinda not so used to interacting with such a big group anymore you know, I've only ever hung out with Sandal or Chips nowadays so I feel the need to make myself present I guess." stated Daemon, he eyed his arm which needed some repairs. The newly paired group felt a sort of tension as neither spoke after.

"So what's new, why are you mad Twin-Tail?" asked Artemis as he noted Aria's angered state. She snarled at him at upon hearing that nickname.

"Tread carefully unless you want to end up in a grave," warned Adagio, "She's been like that ever since they sent Sonata this."

Showing them the note, they understood the situation and Sonata's saddened state. 

"Once I find out who wrote that note I swear I'll sock that idiot." hissed Aria, true enough a sudden commotion occurred from the Sirens appearance in the cafeteria as someone approached them.

"Okay I don't know if you guys are stupid or something but that bitch and her sisters are not human, so unless you don't want to be targeted you best fuck off!" yelled a student at the group, they all stood up and turned to the voice.

"Woah, listen here jackass, I don't know about you but I'm the smartest person in this group, as well as school so if anybody's stupid it's probably the one wearing his shirt on backwards." Retorted Daemon with a smug grin, he noted the tag appearing out of the guy neck as he looked down and grit his teeth. 

"You asked for it!" Yelled the student angrily, embarrassed over Daemon's comment and threw a closed milk carton at his face. The full force of the carton knocked him down to the ground resulting in his cut lip and nose to begin bleeding while his glasses flew elsewhere. Artemis went to Daemon and helped him up while Warhawk stood menacingly against the shorter student yet this didn't dissuade him for what he would say.

"What are you approaching me for, I'm trying to warn you about those whor-" stated the Student before being cut off.

"Don't you even dare finish that sentence!" yelled Artemis, he was already angered at this guys ignorance so hearing him spew out anymore was gonna be a problem.

"I thought I made my message loud and clear to you with that note I gave you, you three shouldn't even be here!" Continued the student, Aria's eyes lit up upon hearing that statement while Warhawk tugged on the guys shirt about to give him a piece of his mind before she pushed him aside and punched the guy so hard he literally flew back onto the trash bin, she then proceeded to push the bin and rammed it onto the wall resulting in everyone's shocked and surprised look.

"You all better to listen to this because I'm not going to repeat myself, we do not care if you like us or not, we aren't here to be your friends so if anything like this happens again I will not hesitate to leave you like him." stated Aria, Sonata who got a bit scared from the confrontation walked up to Aria before being pulled away and out of the cafeteria only to be stopped by Celestia who had witnessed her little speech after hearing all the commotion and took them with her. Luna on the other hand took Daemon to the infirmary with Adagio following leaving Warhawk and Artemis behind.

"Stay still or I'm gonna end up hurting you." said Luna as she wiped off the blood from his face before giving him the napkin to cover his nose. "Well now that we're here I'm going to have to leave, I have to check on my sister but I'll come back later to check on you."

"Well that fucking stings and who knows where my glasses are even at again, do you think it's gonna leave a scar?" groaned Daemon as he held paper to his nose. For some reason the nurse was missing so Daemon tossed the bloody tissue to the bin and proceeded to hold another one to his nose while Adagio simply leaned against the doorway. 

After the Dazzlings had settled in Canterlot once more they began receiving looks as well as whispering behind their backs, of course they were not surprised and expected this although to be fair Sonata was the only one trying to be friendly with the other students while Adagio paid no mind to the ignorant masses and Aria simply glared daggers which did enough to scare them. Later in the day they found out about a note Sonata received which had left her distraught and not in the mood to socialize much.

"You know I was surprised with Aria, sure I knew she was strong but like damn I was expecting Warhawk to be the one to hit that idiot." stated Daemon, he touched his cut lip and winced a bit.

"Aria may not be upfront about it but she's overprotective of Sonata, they may argue with one another but should anything happen to her well let's just say it doesn't end well as you can see." Mentioned Adagio, she let slip out a genuine smile as she recalled a particular memory.

"Well at least the situation was brought into the attention of Celestia so they'll both get detention although something tells me that idiot won't be doing something like that again." Said Daemon, now that his nose stopped bleeding his went to the sink to rinse off the dried blood from his hands and face.

It stayed silent in the infirmary before two familiar faces barged in the room, both Sandal and Chips had worried faces as they breathed in heavily.

"Jesus Daemon we heard what happened, I would ask if you're alright but it doesn't seem like it." pointed out Sandal as he looked closely.

"You could infact say it's an improvement." commented Adagio with a grin, Daemon simply chuckled.

"Shouldn't you guys be in class?" asked Daemon since the period hadn't ended.

"Oh yeah it was pretty hard getting out of class but we managed although we're gonna have to go back in a bit." stated Chips, they chatted up for a bit before going back to their respective classes leaving Adagio and Daemon by themselves once more.

"Well I feel less like shit but still hurting, guess that's what I get for speaking up." grumbled Daemon, he was tired having not sleep well at all these past few weeks resulting in the darkened circles in his eyes. The bell suddenly rang startling the two before acknowledging the period was over. 

Having to take Government and Economics proved to be tiring for Daemon, he was seated in the third row with Warhawk behind him, Sonata to his right, Artemis in front of Sonata, Adagio in front of him and Aria next to her. Sonata's mood has lightened up a bit but she still seemed down while Aria seemed to have cooled off having been sleeping for the past few minutes. After aimlessly looking around he found himself staring at Adagio's hairs which laid on his desk and noted how poofy and grand it was, sure enough Adagio was shorter than him but that still didn't help over the fact that her hair was everywhere and blocking his vision. Suddenly an idea occurred to him, he waved towards Sonata catching her attention and motioned for her to keep watching as he suddenly started sticking pencils, pens, erasers and whatever else was found in his bag in her hair. 

Soon enough Adagio's magical hair held Daemon's entire backpack, Sonata on the other hand was barely containing her laughter as she watched the whole thing unfold in front of her before bursting out in the middle of class and something about that laugh was so infectious that Daemon's grin soon was replaced with him laughing earning the confused looks of everyone in class until only the kids in the back noticed what happened and turned away giggling while everyone else ignored it and continued on. Adagio felt relieved to see Sonata back to her old self although she had no clue she was the cause.

"Wraithe! Dusk! Any other outburst like that and I'll throw you out." stated Cranky Doodle, Daemon simply waved him off and grinned while Sonata covered her mouth. Once things settled down Sonata's mood lit up and she was no longer feeling down while Daemon sat back and continued looking aimlessly once more unaware what the outcome would be over his little stunt once a certain cheese puff finds out.





"And so guys, that it how I ended up getting hit twice in one day." explained Daemon grinning with a noticeable red hand mark on his face as he sat down, he had the tendency to get up and use a lot of hand gestures when retelling stories which made it easier to captivate people into hearing. Sandal simply shook his head while Chips was dying bumping into Sandal. "Anyways my throat is parched so I'll be back."

As he came back from drinking water he overheard some commotion occurring back in the room.

"What do you mean you don't know where he is, this is obviously his bag do don't play games with me." demanded Adagio, unbeknownst to her Daemon stood at the doorway spooked and met eyes with Sandal and Chips who were being interrogated and in his own way gave his sympathies as he shrugged. Slowly making his way into the room he inch ever so as Adagio looked away from his bag and was nearly about to grab it and make a run for it before he stopped dead at his tracks.

"Daemon what are you doing?" asked Sunset as she approached the room, Daemon winced upon hearing his name and saw as Adagio slowly turned her head and a mischievous look in her took place. "Oh Adagio what a coincidence I was told by Celestia to get both of you as well so would you follow me."

"Sure," replied Adagio turning to Daemon with a devilish smile, "Well then Daemon, shall we go?" Looking back at Sandal and Chips they returned Daemon's sympathy and shrugged. Sighing he grabbed his back as he felt Adagio's eyes piercing his back and shuddered.

"Hey can you guys check on my laptop, its charging for a bit over there in the meantime?" asked Daemon as he slung his bag over his shoulder, his friends nodded and he was off.

"So Adagio how are you feeling?" asked Sunset concerned for the Siren's current situation.

"Much better than our last encounter, that's for sure." Replied Adagio with a bit of distaste in her tone, he averted her eyes from her.

"Sorry about that, I'm also sorry to hear about your sister, Celestia made it clear that anymore problems like that would result in that student's suspension." Mentioned Sunset, while the student was held responsible Aria was still given a light punishment.

"We'll deal with our own problems, we always do." stated Adagio bluntly dropping the subject completely so Sunset turned her attention to Daemon who tried his best to not be involved the conversation.

"What about you Daemon, how's your face?" asked Sunset motioning his injuries, Daemon quirked up at his name and answered.

"Well my face hurts so that's a start but nothing that can ruin this ugly mug already, in fact fuzzball right here finds me much more attractive with these scratches." jested Daemon as Adagio turned and gave him a dirty look as she grinned in annoyance.

"Hmm cute." said Adagio annoyed, Daemon merely chuckled as Sunset gave a slight smile.

"Well to be serious yeah I'm fine, nothing too bad. Regardless what does Celestia want with us?" asked Daemon, he kinda had an idea of what it was gonna be about but wanted to be sure.

"Just to confirm what I told you in her own way I guess?" Responded Sunset unsure, Daemon groaned as they neared the office while unknown to him his laptop began giving alerts. Sandal jumped up as he read his book while Chips merely turned around from the sudden noise, they both gave themselves confused looks and opened up his laptop but noted that it was locked so they gave up trying as Daemon modified his laptop to basically be unbreakable in terms of security. Pretty soon the noise was getting the best of them, especially Sandal who could not concentrate on his book soon got out a hammer and was close to smashing the laptop has it not been for Sandal holding him back until Daemon interrupted them with a confused look.

"The hell are you guys doing?!" exclaimed Daemon as he clutched his laptop, he put it down elsewhere and looked towards them.

"Your laptop has been blaring that noise for the past 10 minutes!" yelled Sandal, Daemon simply looked at Sandal with a straight face and muted the laptop with a simple command and sat down in disbelief.

"I swear you guys like to complicate the simplest things." replied Daemon before logging onto his laptop, he looked at the new messages and frowned. "Well gents it seems that I'm getting more frequency pickups from the Everfree Forest, I think it's time we go back to that closed off area to check out those books we never got the chance to read."

"I don't know Daemon, we've had a lot of weird shit happening every time we go back down there so I think there's  a reason it was sealed off." Mentioned Chips, Daemon pondered the thought and slumped on his seat.

"Well I guess you're right, but I don't know with the appearance of whatever Sunset was and the Sirens it makes you wonder if there's a connection between this." Explained Daemon, he put some more thought into it before he received a notification on his phone which was still his broken flip phone.

"You should really upgrade your phone like seriously what is that even?" Questioned Sandal, Daemon shrugged it off.

"Yeah I guess you're right, it may be time for an upgrade and this might clear my head for a bit considering my boss just told me we're off work for the week due to renovations." Mentioned Daemon, suddenly Adagio showed up after being left back to talk with Celestia.

"Ah you're back well I gotta go fuzzball regardless since my time here is done." Stated Daemon, he'd packed up his things before she grabbed his arm and gave him an annoyed look.

"You're acting like I don't know where to find you later, maybe I'll have you pay for my food this time." Expressed Adagio as she gave a menacing smile.

"Ah well see sorry to ruin your fun but the place is closed for the week so it seems like you're gonna have to find a new target." Mentioned Daemon as he booped her forehead, she growled and grasped his fingers at an odd angle making him kneel down.

"Oh is that so? Then where are you off to at such a hurry?" She asked still grasping his fingers as he winced on the ground, she held a grin but nevertheless didn't stop.

"Ah... to the mall... was planning on getting a new phone... but you're more than welcome to tag along." cried out Daemon, Adagio finally let go and he held his fingers close to himself. Sandal and Chips were grinning in the background while Daemon flipped them off as Adagio thought about it.

"Well it certainly does beat watching over Aria and Sonata so I suppose so," replied Adagio, "lead the way then Wraithe."

"Yes ma'am," answered Daemon finally off the ground, "Anyways see you later guys."

"Yeah sure Daemon." replied Sandal as he held his hand high.

"I supposed I'll see you idiots tomorrow as well." stated Adagio before parting ways as both Sandal and Chips looked at one another.

"So you'll think he'll be alright?" asked Chips, concerned over leaving Daemon alone with someone who had attempted global domination.

"Ehh, he's survived Sunset's wrath, regardless he does look like he's having fun for once so it might be for the best." replied Sandal as Chips nodded in agreement.

"So I understand that you come from another world even though some still believe that spectacle was good special effects somehow... anyways you ever encounter Sunset there?" asked Daemon, both him and Adagio were walking through the streets of Canterlot, a brisk afternoon as the days were approaching winter so now the people began to wear more layers, Daemon was never one to feel cold much so when he "lost" his jacket now that Adagio integrated it into apparel he had to stick with his sweater for now which he was fine with.

"No, in fact the little amount of information we were able to get from her was that we aren't even from same time period, we're for the most part legends told throughout time as it's been about a thousand years since we've been banished yet for the most part it hasn't been long since we've been here." stated Adagio, Daemon processed all this information.

"So it seems that time is slower here that it is there huh, that's a lot to process." Mentioned Daemon, Adagio simply shrugged since she wasn't so sure about the whole ordeal anyways.

"Well since you're asking so many questions maybe I should do the same hmm?" expressed Adagio aloud, Daemon read her expression and he nodded but could tell what she was going to ask.

"If it's about my missing hand then that's a no, it's not something that I prefer talk about." replied Daemon, Adagio frowned slightly but sighed and gave up.

"Fine, then what it this mall you are talking about?" asked Adagio annoyed at the thought.

"Oh it's a magical place where they sell pretty much everything that's available at usually higher prices!" exclaimed Daemon with fake enthusiasm, Adagio somewhat caught on but was still confused as Daemon took note of, "Basically they have everything you could want at a short walking distance."

They continued to walk as Adagio took note of every building they waked past by, she was intrigued with the world she's stuck with for the most as she saw so much more here than in Equestria which left her wondering whether being here is better off for them before finally approaching the bus stop.

Upon arrival to the mall Adagio had to admit, she was impressed at the size of the building as well as the large amounts of people present wandering aimlessly with something by their ears. Still she tried her best to hide her intrigued look as she noticed Daemon's idiotic grin as he looked at her.

"Welcome sir, do you need help?" Asked one of the workers present, somehow the cramped store managed to make do with so little of them.

"Yeah I was planning on buying a new phone, was told it'd be  good time." replied Daemon, she began leading them towards the counter while Adagio looked around as everyone was trying out the devices.

"Alright here we are, so which device were you interested on?" asked the lady, Daemon pointed out to a particular model, the latest one currently which also meant it was expensive and while he's very hesitant to spend a lot he thought he might as well since it isn't much of a waste than a utility. "I happen to notice your girlfriend keeps looking around, you know there is a particular discount where if you decided to purchase two phones of the same kind you'll only end up paying half of it."

"Ahh, well uh wait you don't have a phone at all right Fuzzball?" asked Daemon, Adagio perked up but was unsure, he was also glad she didn't seem to pick up the ladies comment and wasn't going to bother correcting her.

"It's Adagio you idiot and I don't think so." replied Adagio monotone, Daemon shrugged sheepishly at the lady.

"I suppose I'll buy two then for grumpy cakes over there." mentioned Daemon, he then felt his back burning from Adagio's piercing eyes so he laughed nervously as the lady turned around to get the phones. With everything in place and both phones being set up Daemon learned that with his new plan thanks to the deal he'll have two line services at the cost of one therefore Adagio is going to end up getting a free phone and services. With a new phone number set and both phones ready they left the place as the lady watched them both thinking how much of an odd pair they were.

"Well congrats Fuzzball, you're now the proud owner of the newest phone in the market, you should be glad since after all it wasn't cheap all." Stated Daemon, Adagio merely looked at the device unsure what to do or how it worked.

"How so?" asked Adagio, she wasn't sure how most things in this world work especially situations involving money. 

"Well let's see, the total of the phones was about $1,550 and I make around $13 an hour and I work from 4-12 every weekday meani-"  continued on Daemon before he was cut off.

"So basically these phones were worth about 120 hours of your life?" replied Adagio, Daemon simply looked at her impressed and nodded.

"Well y-yeah, wow I'm impressed not a lot of people can do calculations that quick especially without writing it out." explained Daemon, he was one to do all the work in his head quicker than he would writing it down so to find someone capable of doing so as well was impressive.

"Well I am all types of impressive." Mused Adagio as she flashed a grin, he couldn't help but smile as well.

"Well anyways let's find somewhere to eat, watching you try to use that phone like an old person is hurting me." Mentioned Daemon as he watched Adagio fumble about with her device. They headed for the bottom floor where the food court was and looked for a place to eat as there were many options to choose from.

"And here I thought your menu had a lot of food, well since you're buying make the suggestion." stated Adagio unsure of what to eat, Daemon looked around before finding a booth for them and proceeded to get some food.

"Alright wait here, I'll get us something." Said Daemon while Adagio shooed him off, she sat there looking around aimlessly bored out of her mind. She always wondered how strange it was that she'd even involve herself with this world much less with some random idiot who ended up helping her that night and slightly smiled before sighing while noticing Daemon coming back with a tray as she restored her usual composure.

"Oh you're back how wonderful." humored Adagio, he feigned being hurt before setting the tray down. He proceeded to show her how to use the phone all while she ate and before Daemon realized she had eaten his portion as well once he had finished.

"Ah my food is gone..." mentioned Daemon, Adagio stared at him blankly.

"Oh was that your food, that's tough." replied Adagio sarcastically as she began messing around with her phone. Daemon sighed and drank his smoothie since that was all that remained. They ended their trip to the mall and were once more outside, Adagio yawned which made sense since by now she'd usually be drinking a cup of coffee so Daemon took her home. Before parting way Daemon stopped her.

"Oh before you go pass your phone for a sec," stated Daemon, he mumbled about as he typed something into her phone before giving it back to her, "alright I put my phone number in there so message me or call me if you'd like but just in case whenever you need help."

Daemon waved her off and he walked away, Adagio looked at the contact and continued back on her way before looking back only to notice Daemon was already gone somehow. Arriving to his apartment Daemon threw himself at his sofa and the warm embrace made him drowsy for once before knocking out, with one arm leaning off to the side and the other foot hanging high it was a wonder how he got to that position.

It wouldn't be a few hours later before Daemon started mumbling as he started having his recurring nightmares that plagued him which affected him to the point of being sleep deprived. He jolted awake as his bloodshot eyes burned upon opening, he rolled and fell off before going to his fridge and grabbing a bottle of water, gulping down his thirst was satiated. He sat back down before he noticed the time and thought about whether he should head back to Canterlot this late, he did realize he'd be on his own if he went to check out the closed off section of the library and contemplated convincing either Sandal, Chips but realized they'd have curfew by now. Shaking his head he changed into some darker clothes including an old windbreaker which expressed a type of emblem as well a bag carrying some equipment including a special device he had made making him nearly invisible to cameras by disrupting its feed. Seeing that he was ready he made his way back to Canterlot, or more importantly make his way back to the hidden secrets within Canterlot.