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- >Well the Battle Of the Bands didn't go well.
- >The three sirens still feel that stage far behind them.
- >They stride further and further away, but it still feels so close to them.
- >So close, they may as well still be on it.
- >Getting booed by those who were supposed to adore them.
- >They find no comfort in talking.
- >Their pendants are shattered, their voices forever ruined.
- >Silently, they shy away.
- >Refusing to even consider facing the music that stopped playing for them.
- >Now they hide in their apartment they rented.
- >Waiting for whatever nightmare this is to end so they can wake up.
- >As if waiting will do anything.
- >The fame is gone, it's just going to take time for it to sink in.
- >The only red glow is coming from the stove top.
- >Ramen noodles are being boiled.
- >It'll have to suffice for food for now.
- >But it's thrown away; no appetite.
- >No one sleeps.
- >Night turns to morning, and the spotlight of the rising sun couldn't be more un-welcomed.
- >Adagio clenches her fists only for a few seconds.
- >Searching in her mind for a way to reverse this.
- >It's already over, and her so-performers have already taken their L's.
- >Adagio faces away from hers as it shines through the window.
- >Birds chirping as dew drips off of the grass blades outside.
- >Bags are under Adagio's eyes.
- >She knows she can't sit here forever.
- >At least not before the other two get back up sometime in the late afternoon.
- >Having payed their debt of a full night's worth of sleep.
- >They would have missed lunch anyway.
- >Now Adagio sits on the couch, letting the ceased booing still play in her head.
- >She frowns, then frowns deeper.
- >The leader needing to hatch a plan that will never grow.
- >Feeling a clash of remorse and vengeance that the Mane six will never know.
- >She closes her eyes and opens them; nope, still here.
- >How many years has it been?
- >It can't just end right now all of a sudden, can it?
- >She has to do something.
- >Like fall to her side and soon get taken by force by her own fatigue.
- >Not a single tear is shed, too much shock.
- >Aria and Sonata find Adagio passed out on the couch as 7 pm.
- >They're the first of the three to note that Adagio turned the TV on.
- >Was subconsciously trying to distract herself from the stage.
- >They turn it off and make some more ramen noodles with hot dogs they find in the freezer.
- >Time to get used to this kind of food again.
- >Until... neither of them even know what.
- >They wait together for Adagio to awaken and strike the strive for vengeance into their hearts.
- >Sonata suggests that they maybe get daytime jobs somewhere.
- >Aria plays around with the blame, pointing it anywhere but towards herself.
- >Adagio awakens to them arguing.
- >She stops them and looks out the window, asking if the show is still going to happen this evening.
- >She doesn't feel her pendant on her.
- >The answer is no.
- >Aria does what she can to convince Adagio tp let it go.
- >That she's acting desperate, that she might as well follow Sonata outside to get some groceries.
- >The store's going to close soon.
- >The store closes without any of the Dazzlings getting anything.
- >Sonata got lost on the way over, ended up going back to find Adagio and Aria arguing loudly.
- >She's physically drained enough to go back to sleep and get up in time to make it to the store when it opens tomorrow morning.
- >When it's not too dark to see which streets are which.
- >Adagio's suggested plan falls flat before it even starts.
- >Aria just sits there with her arms crossed, waiting for Adagio to finish blowing off stream and leave her alone already.
- >She's not going back up on stage.
- >No matter how badly Adagio wants it.
- >There's no more promises of a cheering crowd, Adagio's heart isn't in it strongly enough to persuade Aria.
- >She eventually quiets down and goes back to silently planning.
- >Aria watches TV and drains her mind of the concern.
- >Sonata lies in her bed, imagining how much all of the kids at CHS must hate her now.
- >And Adagio didn't get a chance to have any ramen noodles before they were all gone.
- >...
- >Weeks later.
- >Trips to the store have become common.
- >A time time has begun for the Dazzlings.
- >They can't do much in public anymore besides go the the side of town where they rarely showed their faces before.
- >It's a good thing the store was always in that direction.
- >The one with the kind of food they need to survive now.
- >Finally, they start to get used to living like this.
- >But not to feeling like this.
- >The stage is far behind Aria and Sonata, but they still feel emptiness.
- >Adagio still stands on it, facing away from her L.
- >Still harboring a plan in mind as she watches Aria pout at the TV in the living room.
- >As she watches Sonata blankly stare at the window.
- >She twiddles her thumbs.
- >Looks around, stands up, sits back down.
- >Still not getting off of that stage.
- >Aria sits on the couch, motionless, waiting for the sky to get dark so she can go to bed where it's more comfortable and away from Adagio's eyesight.
- >Still not getting back on that stage.
- >She's done, and assumes Sonata is as well.
- >Seeing as she shows no interest in going back to that school.
- >It just brings up sour feelings in them.
- >Nothing new to add to it; the Battle of the Bands was lost.
- >Taken by some outsiders who resisted the Dazzlings.
- >How unfortunate the magic didn't work on them.
- >It costed the trio their haven.
- >Now it's in disarray, and all they can do is hold the L and let it go.
- >Now Adagio sits in front of the TV, but it's not on.
- >She wants to think.
- >It's been even more weeks now.
- >Adagio is devoting too much time to thinking.
- >Thinking and wallowing in the feelings.
- >What if there's a way to restore the haven?
- >To take the stage back and...
- >How much work is that going to take?
- >She's gotten used to the good tasting food.
- >Adagio will admit that it's something she missed out on while feeding off of hatred.
- >Now that someone has subverted that, she turns to something she's been ignoring.
- >She doesn't have to worry about dressing up to get onto stage.
- >Or working on a schedule.
- >Having places to be all the time, new targets to feed off of.
- >Aria finally started sitting next to her.
- >Not really talking to her, nothing further than a few glances.
- >Sonata seems to be moping less.
- >She's really been getting attached to her new job at the fast food restaurant on the end of town the trio just found out about.
- >She's the first to move on.
- >Earning her own money and finding happiness in the little things like she always knew she could.
- >It's easier than singing with the other girls on stage.
- >In fact, she's perfectly fine with working multiple shifts and being the one who brings in a paycheck for rent.
- >Becoming social.
- >Plus, spending time away from the sad old apartment is a big plus.
- >This new environment is where Sonata likes to be; at her job.
- >She talks to and has fun with people, has free food since she works there, and gets to build something new around her.
- >Aria spends her days washing all old thoughts away with sitcoms and premiere movies with spurts of commercials.
- >Eventually grows very lazy, but content.
- >Listens to music; instrumental music.
- >Now she can call herself happy.
- >Even though she's bored a lot of the days, but something inside is still reminding her of itself.
- >All she has to do is think back a few months.
- >And wonder what on earth Adagio still thinks of all this after all this time.
- >...
- >Even adagio has been wondering such a thing.
- >She doesn't know what is under her feet at this point.
- >She stands but she can't feel herself on her feet.
- >Sits down and waits for each day to end, forgetting to plan.
- >Puts it off until her heart returns to it.
- >Revenge will surely come one day.
- >She just knows it, but she also knows that she doesn't actually know it.
- >Just waiting until she knows what she knows.
- >How she really feels about this versus how she wants to feel.
- >Well, one day, Aria and Sonata walk up to her.
- >She's in the middle of making lasagna in the kitchen after a long day of nothing.
- >They come up tp her and ask to have a talk.
- >Sonata apparently made enough money for a vacation.
- >Aria's getting bored of looking at the insides of these same old walls just as much as Sonata used to be.
- >Adagio confesses that she shares this feeling.
- >The three talk about where to take a trip to.
- >One thing after another comes up.
- >Turns out they can pay less for an RV than this apartment.
- >They don't really have many physical objects that they own anyway.
- >Staying on one side of town to avoid scorn more easily is no fun either.
- >It's like staying out of the apartment.
- >The Battle of the Bands soon comes up in conversation from this.
- >Adagio seems hesitant to talk about it.
- >she eventually talks about it.
- >She talks about the apartment.
- >And the RV.
- >And how she's sick of being reminded of all the time she's spent in this apartment being all for nothing.
- >This is how the three share the feeling about the apartment.
- >Again, one thing leads to another.
- >Adagio turns away from the stove, having turned it off 40 minutes ago.
- >Turns around to face Aria and Sonata, carrying their L's with Adagio's L between them.
- >...
- >Leased.
- >That's what the sign in front of the apartment says.
- >...
- >Three weeks later.
- >Far away from town.
- >Today was move-out day.
- >The open road has a single RV driving along its length.
- >Heading into the countryside.
- >The bright afternoon sun shines off of the roof.
- >And the stage is far behind it.
- >Adagio happily hums as her hands hold the steering wheel.
- >L in her fingers.
- >She takes a deep breath, taking in the wind from the opened side window.
- >Aria and Sonata are in the back chilling out and enjoying themselves.
- >Not even having a single thought about the stage back in the town the already forgot about.
- >The song is over, but the story is only beginning.
- >Pit stop after pit stop, the Dazzlings prance out of their RV and see all the sights they can.
- >Into the cities, into the hills, into the open plains...
- >They explore what they find, partaking in activities along the way.
- >Finding new things to enjoy, spending so much more time outside.
- >Traveling together and bonding more than they have ever since they came into this world.
- >The weight of the L's grows lighter and lighter until they can't feel it anymore.
- >None of the three young ladies care anymore.
- >The time to move on has come and gone, and it was made good use of.
- >Now the three gaze is awe as they drive past a vast canyon at the end of the day.
- >They visit a site of the ancient natives.
- >They watch plays in the middle of a downtown area one day, not registering what they use ro feel in the presence of a stage.
- >It's nice being in the audience and enjoying the show.
- >It's even nicer being in the audience that enjoys the stage that is the world around them.
- >Relaxing and having fun every step of the way.
- >Doesn't matter if it's day or night, everything's right.
- >The past doesn't mean a thing now, it's all about the now and converting the future into what the now is.
- >At one point, the Dazzlings stay at a hotel that has a few cushioned chairs outside beside a pool, overlooking a large grassy knoll.
- >Beyond that is the rest of the world.
- >The three of them put on their sunglasses and inhale the cool summer air.
- >Not remembering how many years have passed by now.
- >They stare up at the clouds through their shades.
- >Daydreaming in the dream life they never knew they wanted until now.
- End, I guess.
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