Things have been a little serious and such, so I added a bit of humor at the end, there. Hope you enjoy!


Chrysalis stood tall atop the cave as she watched the dark clouds rolling in. The wind was starting to become violent, and it whipped her mane around behind her. The water was beginning to thrash about, and she felt a small twinge of worry rise up in her. But, just as suddenly as this happened, she saw two dolphins poke out of the slightly thrashing waves. She let out a nearly inaudible sigh of relief before flying down to the entrance of the cave. With a flash of green magic, the two sea creatures turned back to their original forms, and stood before their leader. With a nod, she walked into the cave, and the two followed her.

"How go your findings?" She asked as she reached her destination in the back of the cave and delicately lied her body down. "Did the spell work?" The male stepped forward.

"Yes, Queen. All of the fish in the surrounding area have died like you wanted. The sirens are hungry." A grin spread onto Chrysalis' face.

"Hmm, seems I'm getting better at these spells…" She said, bringing a brown book over with her magic. She flipped through the pages until she landed on a page with a strange-looking stone on it. "And now that this is almost complete, our plan can finally put into motion. This is only the first stage. After the storm is over, the sirens will have no choice but to go into town in search of food. But most of the ponies still haven't forgiven them. They won't be likely to help them. Then, they'll have no one to turn to. Well…no one except me." She said, a dark chuckle escaping her throat as she said the last part. "That's when we'll come in, and that Aria one will be out host. This will just be so easy!" As Chrysalis said this, she began laughing evilly, and a symphony of thousands of changelings joined in, creating a cacophony of dark laughter.

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Sonata lied there, trying to get to sleep, but her growling stomach kept her awake. She looked up and saw the water's surface thrashing wildly above her. She let out a sigh, wishing she could leave the water. Not only was she hungry, but she was also bored. She looked at Aria, but the purple siren had a troubled look on her face, and it seemed as if she were deep in thought, and it was never wise to bother her when she was like this. She then looked at Adagio, but the golden siren was asleep. With a sigh, she lied her head down and stared at nothing.

A bit of time passed, and Sonata had gone off into her own little world. She was snapped back to reality, however, when she felt something nudge her shoulder hard.

"Hey, stop that!" She heard an urgent voice say. With a blink, she turned her head and looked to the side, seeing Aria looking at her pleadingly.

"H-huh?" She asked.

"Stop doing that!" She urged again. Sonata was confused.

"Stop doing what?" She asked. Aria seemed dumbfounded that she didn't know what she was talking about, but she answered anyway.

"Sonata, look at your leg!" When Aria said this, something sparked in Sonata's brain. The water…it smelled like blood. She whipped her head around and looked at her leg, and gasped when she saw countless bite marks in it, and several of them were bleeding slightly.

"Aah! What happened?!" She yelped.

"What do you mean 'what happened?' You were chewing on your damn leg! Now please stop it!" Sonata blinked in surprise.

"I…I was…?" She asked, looking at the deep punctures. How did she not notice something like that?

"Damn, Sonata…you must've been so hungry that you were subconsciously chewing your leg or something…" She muttered before leaning over and rubbing her head sensually against Sonata's. "You were seriously worrying me…"

"Mmm…" Sonata moaned slightly at the soft, loving touches Aria was giving her. She nuzzled back. "…sorry." She said before letting out a soft giggle. She wondered why Aria was being so loving at the moment. I mean, it wasn't uncommon for the two to typically involve themselves in romantic, sensual moments, but this one was out of nowhere, and there was nothing that could've triggered it. Not only that, but Aria was the one who was instigating it. Now that was uncommon. Well, I should enjoy it while it lasts. Sonata thought happily. It was certainly taking her mind off the hunger that clawed at her insides. Maybe that's what Aria was doing. Trying to take her mind off of it. She smiled at the thought. Aria then moved her head down, and began lightly nipping at Sonata's neck, giving her soft love bites. "Mmm…I love you, Aria…" Sonata whispered lovingly as her eyes fluttered shut. The purple siren just smiled and continued.

Adagio's eyes opened slightly. Her instincts were telling her something, but she wasn't sure what. In wasn't of danger. It was more like…they were telling her to move somewhere else for some reason. She looked at Aria and Sonata to ask if they felt it too, but her eyes widened when she saw what was happening. Her cheeks lit up in embarrassment as she looked away, knowing what was to follow.

"Yeah, okay…" She muttered in an answer to her instincts before lifting off the ocean floor, quickly swimming out of sight…and earshot.


As you remember (or maybe you don't) from Dazzling Short Stories, Aria is kinda uncomfortable with saying lovey things like "I love you" and cute stuff like that, so that's why she didn't say anything back.