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The ride lasted for what seemed like hours when in fact it had only been a couple of minutes. The rain came down hard, pounding against the van. Everything was pitch black both inside and outside the vehicle, until a flash of lightning illuminated the area causing the three girls to nearly jump out of their skins.
Adagio sat in the back seat of the strangers van their savings jar in her hands. She glanced over to Sonata who was pressing herself against the door. The look in her eyes was a mix of hurt and anger.
"So do you have a name?" Aria asked the man in the driver seat.
"Oh, how rude of me not to have introduced myself earlier." He cleared his throat before he spoke. "I am Mr. Milo Myestro, son of Maestro Myestro."
The Dazzlings were somewhat shocked.
"Your father was a Maestro?" Adagio inquired.
"Not by title, but my grandmother liked to plan ahead. It was one of the reasons he became fascinated with music and grew up to be a traveling musician in Europe."
Sonata couldn't help but smile. "Wow, did your dad write lots of songs Mr. Myestro?" Adagio was surprised by the lack of energy in her tone.
"Hundreds, in fact I happen to have some of his original works in my attic back home, which is also my music store."
"Music store!?" The three girls blurted in unison. Fate obviously had a cruel sense of humor in this world.
"Myestro's Melodies." Mr. Myestro pronounced proudly. "It's the only music store in town so I don't have any competition. Aside from instruments and replacement parts, I also sell every kind of music teenagers these days can't get enough of; it's practically a gold mine. Now would you girls mind telling me who you are?"
"Aria Blaze."
"Adagio Dazzle."
"Sonata Dusk."
"Adagio, Aria, and Sonata?" From his tone the girls could tell he was quite surprised. "Something tells me destiny had a hand in our meeting.
Another bolt of lightning flashed through the sky much closer making the girls scream. Aria instinctively grabbed the person closest to her. When she realized that she was clinging to Mr. Myestro's arm she reeled back feeling both awkward and embarrassed by her actions . "Are we almost there."
"It's just around this next corner."
After making a turn Mr. Myestro past two more buildings before coming to a stop. "Here we are."
The Dazzlings looked out the window and a far off flash of lightning provided enough illumination to see the stores name in a style of letters from the 1500's. After leaving the vehicle they all rushed inside after the doors were unlocked.
Mr. Myestro flipped the light switch and couldn't stop the smile forming on his face at the sight of the girls expressions.
They weren't shocked but they were impressed. There were three rows of racks with all the latest music on all both sides with listening booths at the ends. Various instruments hung from the walls over shelves that had replacement parts for the instruments above them.
"This way girls." Mr. Myestro said making a gesture for them to follow. They past the counter and went to the back of the store and up a flight of stairs to the upper level.
They reached the top and saw the second floor was designed with a living room in the middle with a kitchen nearby. There was also a closet nearby that was closed at the moment
"The bathroom is that way." He pointed the do at the other side of the livingroom. "Their should be some pizzas in the freezer, put a couple of them in the oven while I go take care of some things."
Once he was out of the room the girls scrambled towards the kitchen.
It took twenty minutes for the pizza to cook and by the time they were done Mr. Myestro had returned. "Ah, I see that I'm just in time."
"We just took them out." Adagio replied still feeling like a rat in a trap along with Aria and Sonata who were sitting at the table on the other side of the kitchen.
The older man then cut the pizzas into nines, only taking four for himself and giving the girls five each. This surprised Aria and Adagio, but Sonata dug right in, not caring that she was dripping pizza sauce on both the table and herself. "It feels so good to have some food in my belly."
"When was the last time you girls had a decent meal?" Their host questioned.
"Last week." Aria said before scarfing down her third slice.
"Don't you have anyone to take care of You?"
"Like I told you, we've been on our own." Adagio didn't like talking about it, no Siren did. In Equestria the entirety of the Siren race was female. In order reproduce they adapted to luring seacolts into the water with their hypnotic songs and dragging them under until the poor stallion either delivered the goods or drowned, mostly the latter, and despite being female it didn't mean the mothers had maternal instincts. Of course after popping out at least 12-15 offspring who would? It was clear why they were branded the Harlots of the Sea.
"Even though our mothers didn't say it to our faces it's obvious what they were trying to say. 'Here's life, you're on your own from here on out so try not to get yourself killed.'" Aria could still remember her early years, but she wished she didn't. When you're a Siren you have to be strong, fast, and willing to do anything to survive.
"Although it might have been nice to meet them." Sonata was different from other Sirens. The earliest memory she had was being all alone until she was found and raised by dolphins for a short time before meeting Adagio and Aria.
Normaly the other two ex-Sirens would be rolling their eyes, but her voice did not carry it's normally perky tone. Something was surly wrong with her.
"I'll say this much, you girls, are tough." Myestro chuckled as he gave aria a pat on the back of her shoulder causing her to grip it and let out a yelp of pain. Dropping next slice of pizza on the table. "Aria! I'm so sorry I didn't to hurt you."
"It's not your fault," said the blue haired girl. "Aria hurt her shoulder before you almost ran us over."
Mr. Myestro looked the purple haired girl with concern. "Aria if you are hurt then I will have to either look you over right here or take you to a doctor. I will let you choose but will not let you leave here while you're in pain."
Aria thought about her options. On the one hand she'd have this guy looking over her bare body and because she thought the were too confining she never wore anything under her clothes. On the other hand going to doctor meant that some quack know it all would be poking and prodding at her, also they would have to go back out into the storm. The answer was clear.