Linda looked at the door marked "Siren". it was the only door in the room she hadn't entered, and it seemed to be slightly more ornate than the other doors.

The mysterious voice came back on.

"It seems you're quite capable of combat with your scarf. Perhaps you will make a worthwhile addition to the museum."

"I'm not going to let you turn me into some evil demon." said Linda.

"I believe Siren might have something different to say about that. You see, we noticed that something about her seemed special. We decided to give her something most of her other sisters didn't get. I believe it's something you will remember, as it's likely the last thing you'll see as a mortal human." said the voice, before it ended with a click.

Linda's scarf pulled open Siren's door as she walked inside.

Siren's exhibit was quite a bit more elaborate than any of the other ones Linda had seen so far. It was bigger, and resembled a music hall, with an entire orchestra playing on either side, though there didn't seem to be any musicians in the room.

Linda walked along the exhibit as she looked at the various portraits. One was of the time Melody sang so high-pitched that the entire house shattered. Another was of the time Melody sang a song that made plants grow. Another was of the time Melody sang loud enough that Samantha's teeth all shattered. As Linda recalled, Samantha had to spend eight hours at the dentist's and was pretty mad when she got home. Yet another portrait was of the time Melody played a song on a guitar that made Monica, Cleo, and Susan compulsively dance for days on end. Susan didn't mind as much as the other two did.

Linda continued walking along the exhibit as she saw four gigantic marble statues of Melody. One was of Melody singing in to a microphone, another was of her playing a violin, yet another was of her playing a piano, and the fourth was of her playing a trumpet.

At the end of the exhibit room, Linda found a massive pipe organ that was playing itself. One of the pipes was larger than normal and had a shimmering white portal inside of it. Linda looked for a way to get up to it before she found a tuba in one of the orchestras. She hopped across a cello, bounced on some drums, and landed in the tuba. When the tuba played, it shot her out across the exhibit room and right into the portal.

Linda landed in a grassy mountain range with a clear blue sky. Linda walked around for a bit to see if there was anything out of the ordinary. After a while of walking, one of Melody's thoughts entered her mind.

"Who does Sabrina think she is, telling me when I can and can't practice singing? I should buy a speaker that'll make my singing loud enough to launch her into space!"

After the thought left her mind, Linda continued walking.

One of the things Linda saw while traversing the mountain range was a set of large, flat mushrooms. A round rock was bouncing back and forth across them, creating a booming drum beat. Another thing Linda saw was a field of horn-shaped flowers that played a triumphant horn section. Yet another thing Linda saw was a lake full of multicolored jellyfish who played their tentacles like violins, creating a string section. Curious, Linda put her hand in the water, and the rippling also created a short song.

As she was walking away from the lake, another one of Melody's thoughts entered Linda's mind.

"Jelly might be able to join the band, but the only instrument that could fit her is probably the tuba. I may have to change some things around."

When the thought left Linda's mind, she continued looking around.

Eventually, she came across a small village with a few little huts in it. The huts were small, only about twice Linda's size, and they had an odd spiral design on the roofs.

Linda watched from afar as the door to one of the huts opened and a strange humanoid creature walked out. It had a light blue body and a blank white spherical head. It had a face that had two black squares for eyes and an orangeish triangle for a mouth. The creature looked around and soon noticed Linda.

"Why, hello, strange being." said the creature. "What brings you to our little village?"

"Oh, I'm Linda." said Linda. "I'm, uh, looking for my sister. I don't suppose you know who she is."

The creature said "I don't know what a sister is, but if you'd like you can come inside for breakfast."

Linda remember how long it had been since she had eaten anything and said "Sure."

The creature said "Well, follow me." and walked back inside the hut. Linda followed, having to crouch down to enter. Linda was pretty small, but even she was too big for the tiny hut. She had to lean down just so she wouldn't hit her head on the ceiling. The interior of the hut was fairly simple, with a few wooden peices of funiture like tables and chairs. There were a few other nearly identical looking creatures sitting at the table.

"Greetings, Varvix" said one of them to the one that led Linda inside. "What brings this strange being to our home?"

"She said she's looking for her sister." said Varvix.

"Oh?" said one of the creatures. "What's that? Is it a type of food?"

The creature placed some strange looking food on the table in front of Linda. It resembled a meal consisting of a purplish swirling soup, a orange and blue cinnamon roll, a sandwich filled with green slices of something, and a glass full of red and yellow liquid.

"No, they're not a type of food, though sometimes it can be hard to convince Jelly of that. Or Cindy, according to recent events." said Linda. "My sisters are people who I'm related to, and it's really important that I know where..."

Linda trailed off as she saw the various foods on the table. they looked sort of weird, but they smelled delicious, and she couldn't remember the last time she had eaten.

She quickly began scarfing down the food in front of her. It had a strange aftertaste, but overall it actually tasted pretty good. After eating all the food on the table, Linda smiled. Suddenly, one of Melody's thoughts entered her mind.

"Fay keeps saying that if I sing any louder she'll go deaf. I've decided to take classes that'll help increase my singing volume.

When the thought left her mind, Linda heard one of the creatures speak up.

"What's really important?" asked one of the creatures.

"Huh? Oh, right. Well, I'm pretty sure one of my sisters is here. A sister is a family member."

"What's a family member?" asked Varvix.

"It's sort of like somebody who you grow up together and live with. Sometimes you get really close to them, other times not really. Now, the one I'm looking for, assuming she isn't a giant bird or something by now, is a girl who's pretty tall, she has silky green hair, and she usually wears a white dress that trails along the ground. Would you know anybody like that?"

"That sounds like Siren." said Varvix. "And we're all pretty close to her. After all, she's the one who taught us to always believe and trust in the Great Flower, and worship it daily."

"Oh no." muttered Linda to herself. "Say, do you know when one of your, err, worshiping sessions will be?"

"Why, it's in just a few minutes." said one of the creatures.

"Would I be able to attend?" asked Linda.

"I don't see why not." said one of the creatures.

A few minutes later, the creatures headed out of the house and Linda followed, making sure not to hit her head on the doorway. Several of the other creatures had left their homes and were all marching towards the peak of one of the mountains. Linda followed them up. As they neared the mountain peak, yet another one of Melody's thoughts entered Linda's mind.

"The only instrument Anne will play is the theremin. How am I supposed to incorporate that into the band.

After the thought let her mind, Linda continued following the creatures up the rather tall mountain.

Linda continued walking as she passed a fence surrounding the mountaintop and to the peak, where there was a large hole.

The creatures all stood in a crowd as Linda saw a humanoid figure rise out of the hole and stand on the peak.

The figure looked more humanoid than the other demons had faced so far. In fact, the figure looked pretty similar to Melody. She had long green hair that reached her waist, pale white skin, and a long white dress that trailed along the ground around her in a perfect circle.

"Greetings, my children." said the figure.

"Greetings, Siren." said the creatures.

Siren said "Have all of you been doing well?"

"Yes, Siren." said the creatures.

"Good, let us thank the Great Flower for bringing us peace and happiness." said Siren.

"Great Flower?" said Linda, confused.

Siren noticed Linda among the crowd and said "Ah, I see we have a new arrival. Do you wish to join our following, sister?"

"I don't know what the following is for, and you've never called me sister before." said Linda.

Siren said "The following is for the Great Flower. That who sowed all of life and let it grow."

"And where is this Great Flower?" asked Linda.

"Why, I am standing on it right now." said Siren. "With all its power, the Great Flower could easily destroy me from where I am standing, but it does not. That shows how trusting it is of me to be its caretaker."

Linda was uneasy talking to Siren. "I''m assuming you don't go by Melody anymore?"

Siren said "That name is beneath me now. I am only called Siren."

"Could I see this Great Flower?" asked Linda.

"In due time." said Siren. "For now, we must practice our anthem."

Siren began singing in a high-pitched, droning hum. The other creatures followed her lead. Linda looked on as there seemed to be a slight rumbling in the ground. The singing continued for several minutes as Linda watched with confusion.

When the singing stopped, Linda asked "What was the point of that?"

"It is to let the Great Flower know that we trust it not too harm us." said Siren.

"Uh, alright." said Linda. "Siren, there's something I need to tell you."

"What is it, my child?" asked Siren.

"Okay, first off, I'm not your 'child', I'm your sister." said Linda. "Second, do you really think that this is what you want? To be a demonic cult leader worshiping a... a flower?"

Siren's expression was unchanged as she said "Oh, perhaps you haven't seen the beauty of the Great Flower yet. I shall show you what a life-changing experience it can be, then."

Siren reached down and grabbed Linda with her long sleeved arms.

"Hey, let me go!" cried Linda as Siren held her up and said "Now, let the rebirth begin."

"Rebirth? What are you talking about!?" asked Linda frantically. Siren didn't reply as she began singing a strange song that echoed throughout the entire mountain range. The creatures all joined in as they stood on the edges of Siren's dress and took a bow. The sky began to gradually dim as storm clouds formed above.

"No! Please, stop it!" cried Linda. As Siren continued singing, the ground started to rumble.

Linda tried to pry herself from Siren, but Siren didn't seem to even notice as she continued singing and holding Linda over her head.

Linda's scarf managed to pry her out of Siren's grasp. Linda leapt out of the way just in time as a massive set of orange and green jaws snapped up from the ground and clamped shut over Siren and all of the strange creatures. Linda was breathing rapidly as she struggled to regain her composure looking at the enormous mouth that came out of the ground and nearly shut over her.

Linda got to her feet and looked on at the mouth of whatever creature was buried inside the mountain. Just as she began to wonder what had happened to Siren and the creatures, she heard a wicked cackling from within the jaws.

The huge jaws retracted back into the ground to reveal Siren, but she was quite different. Her white dress was now a darkened red, her long green hair was now frazzled and spiky, and her calm expression was replaced with a deranged grin, showing off her sharp teeth.

"I am reborn!" shouted Siren. Storm clouds floated above as the strange creatures started flying around Siren. They now had dark red bodies, batlike wings, and the same deranged grin that siren had. They were also all carrying small scythes.

Siren turned to Linda and said "So, you don't want to be reborn with the rest of us, you insufferable pest? Well, I'm sure the Great Flower will appreciate you just the same when I turn you into mulch!"

"Attack!" yelled Siren, and the creatures all swooped down towards Linda. Linda ducked as the creatures swung their scythes at her, a few just barely nicking her.

The creatures flew in a circle above Linda's head as they sang in unison. Then they all swung down their scythes at once, badly cutting Linda in various places. Linda's scarf waved around in the air, causing the creatures to briefly disperse as Linda ran for cover underneath a fence.

"Hiding like a scared bunny, huh?" said Siren. "It's a wonder how you ever managed to defeat even someone as brainless and uncultured as Cindy or Susan."

Siren waved her arms, and a bolt of lightning shot down from the stormy sky, splitting the fence Linda was hiding under in half. Siren waved her arms again and a massive chunk of hail fell from the sky. Linda barely scampered out of the way as the hail chunk landed and smashed the fence to pieces before toppling down the mountain.

Linda stood up and said "You don't scare me! Well, maybe a little. Well, maybe quite a bit actually. But, uh, let me try to think of where I was going with this."

"How cute." said Siren. "You think you're some variety of hero." Siren waved her hand and giant snowflakes fell from the sky, barely missing Linda. Linda's scarf grabbed one of the razor-sharp snowflakes and hurled it towards Siren.

With a simple wave of Siren's arm, lightning struck the snowflake in midair, vaporizing it.

"You're gonna have to try harder than that." said Siren. "In this form, I'm flawless!"

"Well, I bet you're not as good a singer." said Linda.

"What did you say?" said Siren.

"You heard me. You may have scythe-swinging followers and scary weather powers and a red dress, but I think you're singing abilities have changed for the worse since you were, reborn or what ever you call it. I think you're a lousy singer now."

Though Linda had expected that comment to, at the least, seriously insult Siren, Siren didn't seem particularly affected at all.

"Do you now." said Siren.

"Uh, yes I do." said Linda.

"Very well." said Siren. "Grab her."

The winged creatures all grabbed Linda by her arms and hoisted her into the air.

"What?! What are you gonna do?" said Linda.

"It's almost unfortunate, really." said Siren in between cackles. "You probably would have made a fine follower of the Great Flower, exceptional even, and all you had to do was stay in its mouth. Oh well, at least you'll have the pleasure of having your little adventure, and your little life, for that matter, end with one of my magnificent performances."

"What exactly do you plan on doing?" asked Linda, growing steadily more nervous.

"Oh, let me put it in a way an ignorant little speck would be able to understand moments before it's wiped from existence. I'm going to sing so loudly that your head, for lack of a better word, explodes."

"WHAT?!" yelled Linda. "Wait, Melody, plea-!"

Linda was cut off as Siren started singing at unbelievable volumes. Her singing made a jet engine sound like a pin dropping. Linda's ears were instantly bombarded as the loudest sound she'd ever heard rang out with seemingly no end in sight. She couldn't even plug her ears, for what little good that might do, due to the creatures still holding her in the air by her arms. She could feel her skull shake with the noise, and she could barely see with the headache the singing was giving her.

If this went on for even a minute longer, Linda was sure her head truly would explode. She tried to think of a wait out of this, but it was nearly impossible to concentrate with her ears continually hit by deafening singing. Her scarf tried to pull the creatures off of her, but it didn't seem to be doing any good, and Siren's singing seemed to be getting louder by the second.

Right before Siren's crescendo reached the height of it's volume, Linda's scarf shot out and covered Siren's mouth, interrupting her singing. The scarf then shot back and punched out two of the creatures grabbing Linda, causing the rest to drop her.

Linda clutched her head in pain as her ears were still ringing loudly. She wasn't sure if she even still had the ability to hear anything. She stood up dizzily and leaned on one of the more intact fences for balance.

"Why you rancid ragamuffin!" yelled Siren. When Linda heard her voice, she was surprised she wasn't deaf, but she didn't have much time to be happy about it before Siren continued.

"Do you realize what you've done? That could have been my most magnificent performance of all time! But you had to ruin it, just like you always do!"

Linda looked around and saw that the creatures her scarf had punched had turned back to normal and were wandering around seemingly with no care. Linda got an idea as she saw the other creatures still flying around. She ran towards a group of them, and while a few of them scratched her with their scythes, her scarf managed to punch them out of the sky and turn them back into normal.

"What are you doing?" said Siren. She waved her hands and lightning, hail, snow, and winds fell upon the battle field in a tremendous storm. Linda managed to dodge the lightning, but a few chunks of hail fell on her head, causing her headache to worsen. Still, she managed the punch out the last of the creatures, turning them all back to normal.

Siren shrieked "I hate you so mu-!"

Suddenly, the giant jaws rose up once again and clamped shut over Siren. The sky turned back to a normal blue colour as Linda looked on in confusion. Soon, the jaws retracted back into the ground, and Siren was back to the calm and somewhat unsettling version Linda saw when she first got to the mountain's peak.

"Now, now." said Siren. "There is still hope for you."

"What the-? You were just trying to make my head explode!" yelled Linda. "And I think I told you I'm not stepping into that thing's mouth!"

"I know the kind of person you are." said Siren. "You're simply a frightened little girl who doesn't know what to do, and you need salvation."

"Well, there's truth in that first part, but I don't want the kind of 'salvation' you're offering." said Linda.

"It seems I'll have to persuade you in someway." said Siren.

Siren sung a few notes, and large, solid musical notes materialized into the air and flew at Linda.

Linda dodged out of the way and the notes soon dissipated.

Siren sang another short tune and more notes flew towards Linda. Linda managed to dodge most of them, but one hit her. She suddenly felt a compelling urge to walk forward towards Siren. It only lasted for a few seconds before she managed to shake it off.

"For the last time," said Linda. "I'm never going to step into that things mouth!"

Linda's scarf balled into a fist and shot out at Siren, hitting her in the head. Siren didn't seem to react much, only reeling back slightly and saying "That wasn't very nice. "Perhaps some of my other followers should lead by example."

Siren began singing a tune again, and the creatures all started to step back onto her dress. Linda got and idea as her scarf started plucking them all off one by one and dropping them on the ground.

When Siren finished singing, she realized nobody was standing on her dress. She started to lose her composure as she said "Now, why is it that you insolent little cretins can't do something as simple as standing in one spot for a few seconds?"

The ground started to rumble and Linda noticed that Siren's dress was starting to turn faintly red.

Siren raised her arms up and said "I mean are you that stu-"

The massive jaws rose from the ground once again, this time clamping right over Siren's arms. Siren yelped in pain and when the jaws went back into the ground, Siren clutched her arms before angrily turning to the ground she was standing on.

"You stupid plant!" she yelled, her hair getting spikier. "Can you do anything right?! I ought to turn you into a salad, you-"

Suddenly, a titanic carnivorous plant rose from the ground, snatching up Siren in its mouth. It resembled a gigantic flower with the head of a Venus Fly Trap, only with a green and orange head that had razor sharp teeth and a few strange eye spots on the orange parts. It also had a few large leaves growing out of its stem. The creatures all ran away and Linda stepped back as the Great Flower ate Siren in a single gulp.

Soon after it did, the Great Flower began to change. Its already sharp teeth grew even sharper, its petals and leaves turned orange and spiky, its stem turned bright red, and spiky vines started sprouting from its body. It turned to Linda and roared before gnashing its teeth at her.

Linda sprinted down the mountainside, but a wall of barbed roots shot out of the ground and formed a wall that blocked her. The Great Flower reared back and swung its head at Linda mouth-first. Linda jumped out of the way as the Great Flower bit a huge chunk out of the ground before spitting it out.

Linda looked up and saw that the sky wasn't exactly blue and clear or dark and stormy anymore, but instead a whirling mishmash of colours, clouds, and shapes. The Great Flower swung a vine at Linda and connected, knocking her to the ground. It then reared back again before lunging its head towards her. Linda's scarf shot out and tried to stop it from chomping her, but the massive plant was too powerful to be stopped for long and Linda had to roll out of the way of its bite.

Linda was nearly exhausted by this point, but she made her way back to the mountain top and saw the stem of the flower. She had an idea that probably wasn't going to work, but it was all she could think of.

Her scarf reached out and grabbed the stem, which was sort of like the plant's version of a neck, or something, and tried to pluck the giant flower out of the ground. The Great Flower noticed and swung at Linda with its vines. Linda managed to dodge, but her scarf didn't seem to be strong enough to pull the plant from the mountain. Linda grabbed part of her scarf and started pulling it like a rope in a tug of war.

The Great Flower roared and continued swinging vines and leaves, but the swinging was getting steadily more inaccurate and most missed Linda.

Eventually, Linda helped her scarf rip the Great Flower right out of the ground, pulling all of its roots out with it and holding it up in the air. The Great Flower let out an odd combination of a roar and a scream before rapidly withering. After it had completely withered, it crumpled to dust and blew away in the wind.

Everything went white and Linda slowly awoke in Melody's exhibit, feeling rather tired. The musical instruments around the exhibit played a short fanfare before they all turned into balls of glowing white energy and flew towards the center. The energy then formed into the translucent white form of melody, with her long straight hair and her long dress.

"You know, maybe you were right." said Melody. "Maybe I should just use my singing to entertain rather than to hypnotize people into worshiping whatever that was that ate me."

Melody looked down and saw that Linda was sitting on the floor, nearly in tears.

"Is anything wrong my chi-sorry, force of habit. Is anything wrong, Linda?" asked Melody.

Linda said "It's just... I miss my sisters, and my home. And I don't know how long I'll be able to keep this up. I-I think I'm in over my head."

"Well," said Melody, "You did manage to defeat four of us."

"Yeah." said Linda. "But it seems like each one is more difficult than the last. Not only do each of you guys seem to be stronger than the last, but also, it feels like it keeps getting more and more difficult to go on. At this point, I don't know if I'll even live long enough to free all of you or see home ever again."

"Err, well, I'm sure you'll be able to do it, I guess?" said Melody.

Linda sighed. "And really, I'm not sure if I'm even doing any good. So far, you all seem a lot happier in your demon forms."

"I suppose I was for the moment." said Melody, "but I don't know what whoever runs this museum has planned, so for all I know what was in store for me could have been far worse. So, for what it's worth, thank you, Linda."

Linda seemed slightly happier.

Melody then said "So, are you feeling alright, physically speaking?"

Linda said "To be honest, not really. I'm still in a lot of pain from being burned. And sliced. And eaten. And electrocuted. And smashed. And blown up. And sang at so loudly that my head almost exploded."

Linda laughed weakly to herself and said "Come to think of it, maybe I wouldn't be such a bad fit for the Museum of Agony after all."

Melody said "Well, I'm sorry about the parts of those that I was responsible for. And, now that I think about it, I guess I'm also sorry about the time I made you drag an entire grand piano up three flights of stairs. And the time I made you sing until your voice gave out. And the time I replaced all of the dental floss with violin string because I thought that would create teeth music, or something. And also the time I-"

"You know, we can talk about that later." said Linda.

Linda yawned and realized that she was having difficulty keeping her eyes more than half open.

"Are you tired?" asked Melody.

"To be honest, yeah." said Linda. "I haven't gotten much rest since I got here, and I don't really know how much time has past. Maybe hours, maybe days."

"Maybe you should try to get some sleep, then." said Melody.

"I guess, but are you sure it's alright while eight of our sisters are still in some weird realm, probably changed into a giant space spider or something crazy like that?" said Linda.

"I'm sure they'll be the same after you sleep as they are right now. Besides, you'll probably be better at facing them if you get some rest." said Melody.

"Okay, but how am I going to get any sleep in a place like this?" asked Linda.

"How about I sing a soothing lullaby for you?" said Melody.

"That would be nice, thanks." said Linda, yawning again. "You do have a pretty good singing voice.

Linda lied down on the floor, using her hat as a pillow and her scarf as a blanket, trying to get comfortable enough to fall asleep. Melody began singing a soft lullaby to Linda.

Linda listened to the lullaby and closed her eyes, trying to think of comforting things. The close things to comforting she could think of at the time were knitwear, marshmallows, and holidays.

Soon, Linda had drifted off to sleep and was lightly snoring. Melody smiled before floating away to see where the rest of the already-freed sisters were.