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- "What's a waifu, Anon?"
- >You peered over his desk, trying to avoid catching the attention of Mr. Doodle
- >You'd kind of hoped to copy what he was writing
- >You weren't really paying attention-
- >You weren't used to paying attention
- >Learning?
- >Education?
- >You went through that in Equestria
- >A thousand years ago
- >You didn't want to have to do that all again
- >But... Uhh... Recent events meant you had no choice
- >You were stuck as... This...
- >In this school
- >And the people here seemed...
- >Well, not nice
- >Not nice to you anyway
- >You had noticed Anon scribbling away at his book
- >You kind of thought you'd missed something whilst you were daydreaming
- >But... Well...
- >You didn't pretend to know about chemistry
- >But you'd never heard of the word 'waifu' before, you weren't really sure what it had to do with-
- >What did that say?
- >'Forces of attraction'?
- >Anon quickly closed his book as he noticed you looking over
- >He gave you a troubled look
- >His green cheeks turned red
- >His eyes darting around the room
- >Oh
- >...Well
- >That was okay
- >You were used to people being this way around you
- >You just wanted to copy his work
- >Was that so much to ask?
- >But you couldn't make heads nor tails of it
- >All you could point out was that word
- >But you trusted Anon!
- >He was smart!
- >It had to have something to do with chemistry, right?
- >You turn back to your own desk as you began to write in your book
- >'Waifu'
- >Yeah, that was good
- >Enough 'work' from you for today
- >You placed your pen back down on the desk, leaning back in your chair
- >Mr. Doodle just talked at the front of the class
- >Anon was looking at you
- >Just talked
- >Anon was still looking at you
- >That's all he seemed to do, talk about... Boring things
- >Anon was looking right at you
- >Wait-
- >What?
- >Not behind you, right at you
- >You looked at him, he turned away again
- >Oh
- >For a moment then, you thought he wanted to-
- >No, maybe you were mistaken
- >Maybe he wasn't looking over at you
- ####################################
- "What's a waifu?"
- >You asked, sitting down as you passed Adagio and Aria their trays, placing your own at your seat
- >They both looked at you from across the table confused as you sat opposite them
- "It was part of the chemistry assignment. It needs to be in before the end of the week."
- >You said, taking a bite from your apple
- >"Don't get too comfortable, we're only staying here for as long as we need."
- >You swallowed
- "Oh."
- >You took another bite, looking over at the two
- >Who...
- >Hadn't even touched their food
- >Not hungry?
- >Why did they ask for it in the first place?
- "Will that be before or after I have to hand in my assignment?"
- >Aria sighed, resting her head in her crossed arms on the table
- >"Your assignment doesn't matter! The moment that portal opens again, we're leaving."
- >Leaving?
- >Leaving this place?
- "But I-"
- >So much had changed
- >You were beginning to make friends
- >Well, they wouldn't hang out with you
- >They weren't friends like these two
- >But they were still... Friends
- >Not all of them hated you
- >Or feared you
- >Or... Whatever
- "I kind of like it here now."
- >The two of you looked at you, eyes wide and mouth agape
- >Was it something you said?
- >"You what?"
- >Adagio asked in disbelief
- >"This is what I was talking about..."
- >Aria said under her breath
- >"Do you want to die here?"
- >Was that a trick question?
- >If you liked it here
- >And you wanted to stay here then...
- >Yeah
- >That would mean dying here
- "I wouldn't mind it."
- >Adagio stood up, arms reaching across to your side of the table
- >"Do you want to go back to the way it was? Before I found you-"
- >She turned to look at Aria
- >"Both of you? Alone? Hungry? On the brink of death?"
- >Her face was closer to yours now
- >Glaring at you
- >A fire in her eyes
- >It didn't work the same way as it did before any more...
- >But it was still pretty scary
- "I don't want to go hungry again."
- >You whimpered
- >She sat back down
- >"That's what I thought."
- >You took another bite out of your apple
- >...You really did like apples
- >They were great!
- >Hmm... If the other's didn't want there's then-
- >You stopped your train of though as you spotted Anon leaving the cafeteria
- >Anon!
- >You still need to know what a 'waifu' is!
- >You got up off your seat-
- >Snatching the two, red, juicy apples from Adagio and Aria
- >They didn't even bat an eyelid
- >You headed out the door, an apple in each and one clenched in your teeth
- >The hallway was empty
- >Where was Ano-
- >Oh, no, there he was
- >Looking through his locker
- "Ahmn."
- >You muffled, your mouth full with apple
- >He hadn't noticed you
- "Anhmm!"
- >You yelled
- >He turned and looked at you!
- >Maybe you should... Drop the apple for a moment
- >But... But where
- >Awkwardly, you grabbed hold the apple in your mouth with two fingers
- >Your hands full of apples, you called again
- "Anon!"
- >That certainly got his attention!
- >His eyes widened
- >His lips trembled slightly
- >"Yeah?..."
- >He asked as you got closer to him
- >He backed away, ever so slightly
- >But you kept getting closer
- >What's he doing?
- >You just want to talk
- >You wanted to reach a hand out but...
- >Uhh... They were preoccupied right now
- "Anon, you never told me. What's a waifu?"
- >"Why do you want to know?"
- >Oh
- >You weren't really sure how he was going to react to this
- >You wanted to make friends
- >And if you let him know that you weren't paying attention!...
- >Well, that might ruin any chance of being friends with him
- >Who'd want to be friends with someone like THAT?
- "I wasn't really... Paying attention in class."
- >You said, lowering your head in shame
- >You should be ashamed
- >You awful, awful person
- >"What?"
- >He asked
- >You flinched but...
- >He wasn't asking in disbelief
- >It was more like... He was confused
- >And so were you
- "Well, I need to get this assignment done and I wasn't paying attention so can you just tell me?"
- >"No it's got nothing to do with the assignment..."
- >Oh
- >It doesn't?
- "Then why were you writing it down?"
- >What was he implying?
- >That he wasn't paying attention in lesson?!
- >But Anon was smart
- >He wasn't the kind of person to get distracted!
- >"It's nothing, don't worry about it."
- "But you've made me curious now! I need to know!"
- >You stomped your foot on the ground
- >He sighed
- >"A waifu is someone that I-"
- >He stopped
- >Why did he stop?
- >...Keep going Anon...
- >"You might love."
- "Ooohhh!"
- >You said, a smile beaming on your face
- "Like uh... Like a 'girlfriend' or something?"
- >You said, winking
- >He just chuckled
- >"Yeah, kind of like that."
- >K-kind of?
- >...Strange human man
- "Do you have a waifu?"
- >He stopped smiling
- >He just looked at you
- >For... Quite a while
- >He didn't say anything
- >Just looked
- >The school bell rang
- >Oh!
- >New lesson!
- "What have I got next?"
- >He shrugged, turning around to walk in the opposite direction
- >"I have no idea."
- >Oh...
- >Well, you could check
- >It didn't matter, you supposed
- >You reached around for your bag and-
- >Oh no!
- >You still had two... And a half apples to eat
- >You didn't want to waste them
- >Anon might be hungry
- >Anon might like apples
- "Anon!"
- >He turned around to look back at you and sighed
- "Catch!"
- >You threw the apple in your left hand, apologising as it landed square in between his eyes
- ###########################################################################################
- >It was cold
- >Cold and wet
- >You'd not slept in the rain yet
- >Not slept in the rain like this, of course
- >Normally you'd magic up some shelter...
- >But no
- >Not any more
- >It hadn't rained in...
- >Come to think of it, you can't remember the last time it rained
- >Funny that
- >So instead, you were all huddled for warmth
- >...
- >Okay, that was a lie
- >You wish you were huddled for warmth
- >The three of you were sat in some alleyway
- >Backs against the wall
- >Adagio and Aria opposite you
- >Just like back in the Cafeteria!
- >Only without the food
- >And the warmth
- >And air conditioning
- >And lights
- >And other people around
- >And the occasional song that'd break out
- >You liked the cafeteria
- >You didn't like the alleyway
- >Well, there were better alleyways
- >There were worse alleyways
- >But none of them compared to the school
- >Or... Any indoor building
- >Back in Equestria, you'd sleep in the ocean
- >You could do that when you had gills
- >Now you didn't
- >So now you couldn't
- >You wish you could
- >You missed sleeping in the water
- >The feeling of weightlessness
- >Just floating
- >It was relaxing
- >You did want to get some work done
- >Some math would have been nice
- >But you didn't want to get it wet
- >And... To be honest, Aria didn't much like you working
- >Maybe you could all... Talk
- >You didn't talk much these days
- >You missed the days when you talked
- "So..."
- >You said
- >...
- >...You stopped
- >This was normally the part where someone else talked
- >They didn't even look at you
- >They were both sat against the wall in the fetal position
- >Arms around their legs
- >Just looking down
- >You just wanted to talk
- "We should buy a tent."
- >"With what?"
- >Adagio was right
- >You had no money
- >And no way of making money
- >Then...
- >Do what you did before when you wanted something!
- >Like these clothes
- "We could... Steal a tent!"
- >"How?"
- >Well... Aria got you there
- >No magic
- >No stealing
- >No magical stealing
- >Time was, people could just give you what you wanted when you asked for it
- >You were confused for... Ages!
- >And then Adagio had to explain that's not how the world worked
- >You always thought it was weird that people just gave you stuff for free
- >Not like Equestria
- >Until she told you it was the singing
- "We could-"
- >...What else could you do?
- >Can't buy a tent
- >Or steal a tent
- >You could always...
- "Make a tent?"
- >That Rarity girl made clothes!
- >She MADE clothes!
- >How hard could it be to make a tent?
- >"How?"
- >Well, you didn't know
- >How did they expect you to know everything?
- >You weren't saying you knew how to do everything!
- >You were just making conversation
- >It was better than sitting in silence
- >Where the rain was the only thing keeping you company
- "At least a sleeping bag?"
- >You said, rubbing your bare arms
- "I'm cold."
- >Adagio sighed
- >"We're all cold."
- >Well... You didn't know that either
- "I'm hungry."
- >"We're all hungry."
- >There was no pleasing these two
- >If they're hungry they only have themselves to blame
- "Well you two didn't eat your lunch!"
- >You yelled across to the two of them
- >Their eyes did that...
- >They did that thing where they moved their eyebrows
- >Pulled that face
- >That face was usually followed by someone yelling
- >One of the two
- >Or the both
- >Or neither
- >Sometimes they would just stay quiet
- >"Not that kind of hungry you-"
- >This was not one of those times
- >"Just get some sleep Sonata."
- >Okay
- >You'll get some sleep
- >But because you want to get some sleep!
- >Not because they want you to go to sleep
- >You were tired
- >And maybe this'd take your mind of being hungry
- >You were really... Really hungry
- "I should have saved that apple."
- >You said, lying down on your side resting your head on your hands
- >Resting your hands on the stone floor
- >At the moment, you'd even go so far as to have a pillow
- >Nothing fancy
- >Just something to rest on
- >You closed your eyes, trying best you could to get some sleep
- >...
- >You lay there
- >You weren't sure how long it had been
- >You just lay there
- >Until you heard a sigh
- >A long sigh
- >"What are we going to do with her Aria?"
- >It was Adagio
- >They were...
- >They were talking about you?
- >You didn't open your eyes
- >You just kept them shut
- >You just listened
- >It was good to listen
- >Good to hear your friends talking
- >"We've stuck with her all this time, we'll just keep going."
- >Aria responded
- >They were talking about you, weren't they
- >"It's not the same any more. I'm not sure how much longer she'll survive like this."
- >Adagio sighed
- >That's all you could hear
- >Another sigh
- >"To be fair, Adagio, it's your fault."
- >"My fa-!"
- >Adagio began to yell, before Aria shushed her
- >"My fault? I'm so sorry I took you in, I'm so sorry I looked after you two for years, I'm so sorry that I gave you what you wanted."
- >It was true
- >She had...
- >She was almost like family
- >They both were
- >Ever since-
- >Since you didn't have a family
- >Ever since you were a kid
- >They did everything for you
- >They gave you the gems
- >And taught you how to sing
- >And... Everything else
- >They were good friends
- >"She was just a kid. She might as well still be a kid."
- >Just a kid?
- >Your not a kid
- >Not any more
- >You haven't been a kid for years
- >Not since you were...
- >...A kid
- >It was such a long time ago now
- >"It's still not my fault that she never listens."
- >What were you doing right now?
- >Listening
- >You were listening
- >You showed her!
- >Take that Adagio!
- >Well...
- >Maybe you didn't want to make that obvious
- >"You didn't raise her properly! You were always talking about food but you couldn't see that she was still a kid."
- >But that didn't matter
- >You liked food
- >And you hated being a kid!
- >You hated everyone treating you like a kid!
- >At least Adagio treated you like an adult!
- >What did Aria do?
- >Always treating you like a kid
- >Always calling you stupid
- >Or the worst
- >"It didn't matter. We were going to be fine-
- >"Were. That's the important part. Were. We're not any more and we never will be."
- >What was she saying?
- >You-
- >You were going to be okay, right?
- >"We will be okay, right?"
- >Aria obviously had the same idea as you
- >"You don't actually know when the portal's going to open, do you?"
- >She continued
- >All you heard was another sigh from Adagio
- >"No."
- >N-no?
- >So after everything they said
- >After telling you not to get comfortable
- >And they didn't even know whether they were going home or not!
- >"How long do you think we'll last?"
- >You might die here
- >"A year, if we're lucky."
- >You might actually die here
- >"It'll probably get harder near the end."
- >Of course, you'd considered it but-
- >You didn't really know what you were thinking
- >You didn't really want to die here
- >You kind of wanted to stay here
- >But live her for...
- >Much longer than a year!
- >You heard faint sobbing, though you couldn't tell who it was
- >"I don't want to go through that again."
- >Aria, in between sobs
- >She was...
- >You hadn't heard her cry
- >Not for...
- >You weren't sure of the last time you heard her cry
- >"I know, I know, I don't either."
- >Adagio said, a soothing voice
- >It wasn't the same as her old voice
- >Her singing voice
- >But it was enough
- >Aria calmed, her crying slowly coming to an end
- >She sniffed
- >"Sonata's the lucky one."
- >Lucky?
- >Oh... Well, you never really thought you were lucky
- >You'd been through a lot in your life
- >Not a lot of it felt like it was... Good
- >"She has no idea how bad it gets."
- >How ba-
- >Bad?...
- >How bad what gets?
- >They had to be doing this on purpose
- >They were... They were scaring you
- >Trying to scare you
- >Yeah
- >It- It wasn't working
- >Obviously
- >Maybe you should wake up
- >Or, open your eyes
- >Maybe they'll tell you it was all a prank
- >Maybe they knew you were awake all along
- >Yeah...
- >Yeah, of course
- >Slowly, you opened your eyes
- >Forced a smile on your face and let out a yawn
- >You don't know what time it is, but it's dark
- >You must've been asleep for a few hours then...
- >They must've been sat in silence for a few hours
- >Were they awake all that time too?
- >They looked troubled
- >Of course they would
- >But... You didn't want them to know that you knew what they knew
- >...Yeah
- "What's up?"
- >You said, trying to put on a cheery voice
- >"Nothing, Sonata. Just..."
- >Aria began
- >She stopped, rubbing her eyes of the remaining tears
- >She looked over at Adagio
- >She was just sat there
- >Looking down at the floor
- >"Just go back to sleep."
- >She concluded
- >Aria shuffled around as she led on her side
- >Adagio didn't join her
- >She was just sat, unmoving
- >Looking down at the floor
- >...The floor must've been pretty interesting
- >You might as well get some sleep
- #################################
- >A hand slammed on your desk
- >"Ms. Dusk!"
- >You shot up!
- >Okay, okay, okay!
- >You were awake!
- >...You were...
- >Where were you again?
- >Oh... English
- >You were tired
- >You were hungry
- >And you were in English
- >No wonder you were falling asleep in class
- >It was just your own bad luck that you sat right at the front of the class
- >You couldn't exactly hide
- >You wanted to pay attention - you really did
- >You wanted to be good at this school thing
- >You wanted to make friends
- >But you just couldn't
- >Sleeping on the streets...
- >In the cold...
- >In the rain...
- >It wasn't helping your education
- >You-
- >Maybe you could tell someone
- >The principle?
- >One of the teachers?
- >After last night, you didn't want to spend another day without shelter
- >But who'd trust you?
- >After everything you did?
- >...Who could you turn to?
- >The only friends you had were stuck in the same situation as you
- >What about...
- >Them
- >Those girls
- >The one's you tried to steal magic from
- >...Yeah, maybe not
- >Ms. Velvet was still looking at you
- >Probably expecting an answer or something
- >You were too tired to even give that
- >You rubbed your eyes
- >"Not enough sleep, Ms. Dusk?"
- >She asked, forcefully
- >You just nodded
- >You couldn't even speak
- >You rubbed your eyes again
- >"Then I would advise you had a good nights rest, Ms. Dusk."
- >What a...
- >What a... Bitch!
- >Did she know what you were going through?
- >No, no she didn't
- >You wish you could get a good night's sleep
- >You really do
- >And the thought of another night like the last made you want to cry
- >No
- >Not now
- >When everyone's looking?
- >Hold it back, Sonata
- >You can do it
- >Be brave, for now
- >But even when class ended, you couldn't do it
- >You didn't want everyone around you to notice you crying
- >And you knew that if you were...
- >None of them would come talk to you
- >None of them would ask what's the matter
- >And even if you told them, they wouldn't know what you were talking about
- >They wouldn't understand
- >So, you were still holding back the tears
- >Occasionally rubbing your eyes to wipe away what little tears escape
- >Don't think about it, Sonata
- >...Try not to think about it, Sonata
- >It'll be okay
- >You keep telling yourself it'll be okay
- >But you don't know
- >You don't even know where to begin to try and fix this
- >You'd have to talk to the other two
- >Tell them...
- >Well...
- >There had to be something you could do!
- >Stay in the school?
- >Try not to get caught?
- >Anything to avoid another night in the co-
- >A bump
- >A thud
- >And you landed on your behind
- >That's what you get for not looking where you're going
- >You rub your slightly watery eyes once more and look up
- >"Oh my god! I'm so sorry I-"
- >It was Anon!-
- >Huh, fancy that
- >And he was apologising profusely
- >"S-Sonata?"
- >He asked, reaching out a hand
- >Now he wasn't apologising profusely any more
- >He could barely get your name out, he was stuttering so much
- "It was my fault, don't worry!"
- >You said grabbing hold of his hand as he pulled you up off the ground
- >You brushed yourself off and rubbed your sore noise that had felt the full force of the impact
- >Ouch
- >You were going to be feeling that in the morning
- >Oh, and your behind hurt a bit too...
- >That was also kind of important
- >Anon just looked at you
- >And you just looked at him
- >...Was he going to move?
- >Or say anything?
- >Or... Do anything?
- >Or was he-
- >Oh, right!
- "Thanks, Anon."
- >Maybe he was waiting for yo-
- >No...
- >Still just... Looking at you
- >Was there something on your face?
- >You scrunched up your face as best you could, shaking it left and right, rubbing your hand over it
- >Trying to get whatever it was on your face off
- >When you opened your eyes again, he was smiling
- >Just smiling
- >Still looking at you
- "Did I get it?"
- >He looked at you blankly, still smiling
- >Until he shook suddenly shook his head
- >"What?"
- >...Anon was a bit slow, wasn't he?
- >Maybe he wasn't as smart as you thought
- "I'm gonna go off to... Class now..."
- >You said, pointing behind him
- >He just nodded
- >Didn't say anything, just nodded and stepped to the side
- >Anon was a bit... Strange
- >You didn't really notice this before
- >You always thought he was smart
- >Now he just seems... Strange
- >Like he wasn't very talkative
- >Or maybe he just didn't want to talk to you
- >Well, you wouldn't be surprised
- >But you did see him smile a lot
- >You smiled a lot too
- >When you weren't tired
- >And hungry
- >And upset
- >But, you supposed, seeing someone else smile made you kind of... Happy
- >Made you want to smile too
- >Yeah!
- >Having people who smiled around you made you smile too
- >You just wish you could have smiled when you saw Anon
- >Rather than looking... Miserable
- >But maybe if you smiled around your friends-
- >Around Adagio and Aria then you could get them to smile too!
- >Yeah!
- >Maybe you could make them happy
- >Make them forget about their problems
- >And then the three of you could do something to solve it
- >Together, as friends
- >You'd like that
- ################
- >Lunch!
- >Tuesday!
- >Tuesday was your favourite day!
- >Tacos!
- >Tacos for everyone!
- >Well, mostly Tacos for yourself
- >Tacos for your two friends too!
- >They'd not ever had a Taco
- >Today, you were going to make them smile
- >And you were going to give them something delicious to eat!
- >Three tacos
- >Three drinks
- >Three apples
- >Three trays!
- >Good
- >Lunch was served
- >You got back to the table that Adagio and Aria were sat at
- >They still looked miserable
- >Just like they did yesterday
- >And last night
- >You were going to change that
- >Turn that frown upside down
- >"What's this?"
- >Aria said, poking her taco with a slender finger
- "Uh, duh. Tacos! Tacos Tuesday! Eat up!"
- >The two girls glanced at one another
- >You just smiled
- >If you smiled, they would smile
- >"We're not hungry."
- >...They weren't smiling
- >Why weren't they smiling?
- "But you said you wer-"
- >"No! Not that kind of hungry!"
- >You weren't giving up that easily!
- >Keep on smiling Sonata
- >Don't let them get to you
- "Suit yourself."
- >You looked down at the food in front of you
- >The delicious...!
- >Warm...!
- >Uhh...
- >Taco!
- >...You weren't good at describing things
- >You picked it up, holding it in both hands
- >Licking your lips with anticipation
- >You opened your mouth wide, and took the first bite...
- >...
- >It wasn't right
- >It was different than it was last week
- >Then again, last week was different than the week before
- >And the week before that
- >And the week before that
- >They were never the same
- >Always... Worse than the week before
- >Maybe it was just your one!
- >You reached over for Aria's taco
- >If she wasn't having it, then you would
- >Like their apples yesterday
- >You'd probably have their apples again too if they didn't want them
- >You took a bite out of the second taco...!
- >It was the same
- >Just as ba-
- >"It won't satisfy you."
- >Adagio interrupted your thought
- >"Do you see now?"
- >She continued
- >She wasn't annoyed or angry or yelling...
- >Not like usual
- >She was... Friendly
- >She sounded 'concerned'?
- >You'd not heard her concerned
- >Was that the best way to put it?
- >You didn't really know
- >Adagio was just looking at you
- >She was.. Expecting a response
- >But you weren't sure what to say
- >"Give it up, she's not going to get it."
- >"You wanted me to do this, so I'm going to try my best."
- >Was this about... Last night?
- >What they said last night?
- >The two of them bickered
- >But you weren't paying attention
- >You were just thinking
- >Hungry...
- >You were hungry
- >It's weird
- >You didn't think you were hungry
- >You'd just eaten food
- >If you were hungry... Why wouldn't eating food help?
- >Even if the food didn't taste good
- >Why wouldn't it help?
- >You thought about last night
- >About what they said
- >They said...
- >They...
- >Damnit!
- >You can't remember what they said...
- >You-
- >You were lucky!
- >Or something
- >You didn't seem lucky
- >Maybe that was just Aria
- >Aria tricking you
- >You didn't know if you could trust her
- >And yet...
- >She was beginning to make sense
- >Both of them were
- "I'm still hungry."
- >They stopped
- >Adagio looked over to you once again
- >There was that look again
- >The one when she was concerned
- >She nodded
- "Foods not helping."
- >She shook her head
- >"Food was never helping, not this human earth food at least. It was always the spell."
- "I know it was the spell. I'm not... I'm not stupid."
- >Aria rolled her eyes
- "But I thought food helped. Food would help to live a normal life. In a normal house. With normal people."
- >You could still do that, right?
- >They wanted to go home
- >But you didn't mind living here
- >Living a normal life
- >With other people
- >With friends...
- >C-could you still do that?
- "Will it get better?"
- >"If we can get back home."
- >Well...
- >That was all well and good, but that didn't matter right now
- >If you could all get back home - yeah!
- >That'd solve all your problems!
- >How easy was that?
- >Well, from what you overheard last night, not very
- >So there was a more important problem...
- "What do we do tonight?"
- >Adagio shrugged
- >...Aria shrugged
- >Really?
- >That was it
- >They weren't even going to... Say anything?
- "Can we go somewhere that... Isn't an alleyway tonight?"
- >"I'm all ears if you have any suggestions."
- >Well...
- >...Well
- >You didn't know exactly
- >But maybe...
- "Can we stay here tonight? Find somewhere quiet? Somewhere warm?"
- >Adagio's eyes widened
- >"Here? We can't possibly stay here. The teachers live here."
- >They-
- >Do they?
- >No they don't
- >You didn't think they did
- "Are you sure?"
- >You asked, confused
- >The two of them just nodded
- >"Do you ever see the teachers leave the school?"
- >Adagio began
- >"Or arrive in the morning?"
- >Aria continued
- >"Have you ever seen how they get here?"
- >"Or how they get 'home'?"
- >"They're not like the students, they live here."
- >They both leant back on their seats, arms folded across their chest
- >Are they being serious?
- >You're not the sharpest tool in the shed
- >But... This?
- >Of course they didn't live in the school!
- "They really don't live here."
- >"Don't be so stupid Sonata, only an idiot denies what's in front of her."
- >But-!
- >But you were right!
- >You didn't pretend to know... Everything, but you knew this!
- >How did they not?
- "I'm not stupid!"
- >"Yes you are!"
- >You didn't like it when they called you stupid
- >Especially when you were right!
- "Fine! I'll stay here tonight and you two can go to the alleyway!"
- >You got up, taking your apple and leaving the cafeteria
- >Again
- >...You didn't like doing this, but they weren't listening to you
- >"No, Sonata we-"
- >Adagio called out, but she stopped
- >Good
- >You weren't listening anyway
- >You just kept going
- >You were going to show them
- >You were going to stay in the school!
- >And so you did
- >You were certain you were going to stay here for the night
- >In the warm, sheltered school
- >It didn't matter if you were on your own
- >Or if you still didn't have a tent
- >Or a sleeping bag
- >Or anything
- >It was better than being out in the cold
- >You'd last longer in the shelter
- >...Well, you knew you'd last a year "at best" out in the cold
- >You wanted more than that
- >Whatever the cost!
- >Just as the remaining students left the school, you made your way around the school
- >Looking for a room you could stay in
- >And, most importantly, a room that you could stay in and not get caught
- >If it turned out the teachers really did live in the school!
- >And after... Not much searching, you think you found somewhere
- >A small room
- >Exterior windows
- >None of these... Fancy... Inside windows that let you look in the room from the corridor
- >A small... Stage to the right of the door?
- >Okay, suit yourself
- >A a large, sliding mirror to the opposite side!
- >You could sleep on the stage, and you'd be looking at yourself
- >You'd have your reflection for company!
- >...That seemed kind of sad, now you thought about it
- >You wanted your friends for company
- >But they didn't want you
- >They'd change their mind
- >When you told them how GREAT this was!
- >When you told them that staying in the school was the BEST!
- >Yeah!
- >They'd be so jealous
- >...
- >So...
- >What did you do now?
- >It was still light out
- >There was no way you could get to sleep
- >And no way you could... Work out how to close the blinds...
- >You took a seat at the edge of the small stage, looking over at the room
- >The mirror opposite you caught your immediate attention
- >Not just because it was a mirror
- >But because it was a cupboard, and you wanted to know what was inside it!
- >You'd not been in this room before, you had no idea
- >It could be ANYTHING!
- >No really, anything!
- >There might be a bed!
- >Or a pillow!
- >Or a sleeping bag!
- >It would have been here all along
- >And you would have just stumbled upon it
- >You walked over to the mirror, holding the handle and pulling the whole section across as hard as you could
- >It was heavier than you thought, but you managed it!
- >And now you could take a peek at what was-
- >Oh...
- >It wasn't a bed
- >Or a sleeping bag
- >Or a pillow
- >Or... Whatever else you wanted
- >It was a bunch of instruments
- >Instruments
- >Microphones
- >Speakers
- >Uhh... Cables
- >All sorts of musical related... Things
- >That would explain the stage
- >And the mirror
- >And... The... Outlets across the walls...
- >You bent down and picked up one of the microphones
- >A familiar feeling in the palm of your hand
- >You wanted to just... Sing!
- >Like the old days!
- >Let it all out!
- >Sing as loud as you could!
- >But... You couldn't anymore-
- >And even if you could, you might wake any potential sleeping teachers-
- >But you couldn't
- >Not any more
- >You placed your free hand around your neck
- >Where the jewel that you had for...
- >For longer years... For most of your life-
- >Where that jewel once was
- >And now is gone
- >You paced around the room
- >Thinking about those times
- >You didn't care about the magic
- >Or the mind control
- >Or the hypnosis
- >Or whatever...
- >You just wanted to sing
- >You loved singing
- >Maybe you could...
- >You don't know
- >Try it for real?
- >Try it without 'cheating', kind of?
- >You sat back down on the edge of the stage
- >Microphone in your right hand, you brought it up to your mouth
- >You know it didn't work
- >But it didn't feel the same without it
- >Quietly, you began
- >Just singing to yourself
- >Just a relaxing, sooth harmony
- "You didn't know that you fell..."
- >You were there for hours
- >What felt like hours, at least
- >Singing your old songs
- >The one's you sung with your friends
- >And then... Others too
- >That girl
- >What was her name?
- >The blue one
- >The one that sung about tricks?
- >You can't remember
- >But you sung that one too!
- >Of course... None of it out loud
- >You sung it to yourself
- >Quietly
- >It was better that way
- >That way, you didn't have to embarrass yourself
- >That way, you could try and get better
- "Come on, you're just making noise, listen how my music destroys, anything you throw at me, I'm gonna throw back, just wait and see!"
- >It sounded weird without the actual music, but you could imagine it
- >You could picture the tune
- >You were in time with it
- >Magic couldn't fudge that
- >But you still couldn't properly sing it
- >And after giving that one a few run overs, you sat back down on the stage
- >You were... Quite tired, actually
- >You'd been up and about
- >Strutting your stuff
- >Pretending you were back on stage
- >Pretending that the attention was all on you
- >But it took a lot out of you, especially after a few hours
- >It was good though
- >Fun!
- >A productive use of your time
- >Having fun
- >Even if you weren't doing work that you were... Supposed to do
- >You'd completely forgot about work
- >Your assignments
- >Homework
- >All sorts
- >You were concentrating on the music
- >You looked at yourself in the mirror
- >Your hair was a bit of a mess, given how much you were swaying it around
- >You were almost out of breath, which wasn't helped by being so hungry
- >But, most importantly, you realised it was getting darker
- >The whole room was darker than it had been
- >Maybe you should get some sleep soon
- >Maybe you should put away the microphone, leave the room how it was when you arrived and just get some sleep
- >Or maybe you had just one last song in you
- >...But what?
- >You'd sung all of your songs
- >And then even some other people's songs
- >What else was there?
- >And then it hit you
- >You remember this song
- >You remember it too well...
- >You clenched the microphone, tighter than before
- >You shot up onto your feet, forgetting that you were just thinking about sleeping
- >Tired?
- >Hungry?
- >Bah!
- >You wanted to sing!
- >You walked closer to the mirror
- >Looking your own reflection
- >Looking at yourself directly in your eyes
- "Your never gonna bring me down..."
- >You began, whispering to yourself
- "Your never gonna break this part of me, my friends..."
- >You stopped
- >And looked around the room
- >You were... Alone
- >Your friends
- >Your friends weren't here...
- >There was only you
- >You'd been meaning to cry all day
- >You'd been holding that in for hours
- >This seemed a time better than any
- >You were warm
- >You were safe
- >But what did it matter?
- >You were alone
- >You reached out for your own reflection, silently sobbing to yourself
- "My friends are here to bring me around..."
- >You whispered between sobs
- "Not singing just for popularity..."
- >It was funny
- >Kind of...
- >That this song was the end of the line for you...
- >This song is the reason why you're cold at night
- >Why you have to go home
- >Why you have to leave this place
- >This song is the reason why you're alone right now whilst your friends are out on the street in some alleyway
- >And at the same time, you kind of related to this song more now than ever before
- "Got the music in our hearts, we're here to blow this thing apart, and together, we will never, be afraid of the dark..."
- >A chuckle
- >A chuckle from behind you
- >Was someone there?
- >One of the teachers?
- >Had they found you
- >You turned around to see... Them
- >Your friends, stood in the doorway
- >"You know, you can't sing like we did before?"
- >Adagio asked, a smile on her face
- >A warm smile
- "I know... I just-"
- >She laughed again
- >"Don't worry about it, it's alright."
- >The two of them walked into the room, carrying their things with them
- >Oh!
- >Looks like they came around after all
- >Decided to join you instead of leaving you on your own
- >Not that you... REALLY minded
- >"I guess you were right..."
- >Aria said, as the two of them took a seat on the stage opposite the mirror you had been looking into
- >"For once."
- >Oh
- >She couldn't just leave that alone, could she?
- >She couldn't just compliment you for once
- "What?"
- >You walked over to the two of the, squeezing your way in between them and taking a seat
- >The two of them shuffled to accompany your-
- >...You
- >To accompany the extra amount of... 'You'
- >"The teachers. No sign of any teachers."
- >Oh?
- >Oh!
- >Yeah, you were right!
- >Oh... Good...
- >You're kind of relived that you were right about that
- >You were beginning to doubt yourself
- >Especially since the other two were right like... All the time!
- >Well, let's bring that down to... 99% of the time
- "How long were you outside?"
- >"A few hours."
- >"It's been raining again, so we came and looked for you."
- >It'd been raining?
- >Oh, it still was raining
- >You hadn't noticed
- >You didn't even think to go and look for them when it began to rain
- "I'm sorry."
- >The other two girls blinked in disbelief, looking at one another confused
- >"What for?"
- >Adagio asked, putting a hand on your shoulder
- >Well... You-
- >You guess you just wanted to say sorry?
- "I don't know. I guess I should have stuck with you."
- >Suddenly, she wrapped her arms around you
- >You were... Not expecting that
- >You don't really remember the last time you had a proper 'hug'
- >If this could be called that
- >"You were scared and hungry and tired, we should have been with you."
- >She said, burring her head into your shoulder
- >You returned the hug, wrapping an arm around both of your friends
- >Even though Aria wanted to push you away at first
- "If we get-"
- >You stopped
- >Not 'if', that wasn't the right attitude
- >When
- >That was what you wanted to say
- "When we get home, can we be different? Can we be... Good?"
- >You could feel Adagio tense her arms around you slightly at the mention of the word
- >She... Didn't seem keen on the idea
- >But why not?
- >Like what they say; you can't beat them join them!
- >And you three got beat pretty easily by the 'good' guys
- >With their... Friendship and their magic
- >You had friendship
- >Even if it wasn't perfect
- >But not the magic part any more
- >Maybe when you got magic again - you could put your friendship to better use
- >Aria slid under your arm
- >Adagio released you from her grasp, stopping as she looked at you
- >And then back at Aria
- >And back to you
- >"We'll see."
- >That wasn't really what you wanted to hear
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