Well, this chapter came out a little crazier than originally intended...

*shrugs* Oh, well. What're you gonna do? Anyways, enjoy!


Sonata swam with the dolphins to who-knows-where while Aria swam a bit slower, lingering behind. She eyed the sea creatures suspiciously. She didn't know what, but something was…off about them. For a couple of average dolphins, they certainly had a decent amount of magical energy emanating off of them. Perhaps it was just because they lived in Equestria. Magic was emanating off of practically everything. Aria sighed. Maybe she…was just being too paranoid…

With a slight flick of her tail, Aria caught up to Sonata and the dolphins. Seeing that the purple siren had finally decided to join them, Sonata smiled and swam next to her, gently rubbing her cheek against Aria's. The moody siren rolled her eyes before returning the gesture. Suddenly, the dolphins began clicking. The two sirens looked at them to see the animals watching them. Then, without warning, they dashed off in a certain direction, seemingly heading more downward, deeper into the water.

"C'mon, Ari!" Sonata said excitedly, dashing after the dolphins. Aria groaned and followed. As they went ever deeper, the ocean floor came into view. Where are they taking us? Aria wondered, getting annoyed. The water became darker, and her pupils dilated to help her see better. Suddenly, something large and dark came into view. Sonata gasped, and Aria squinted, trying to get a better look. As they neared it, she saw what looked like…a deck of sorts. She raised an eyebrow, now the slightest bit intrigued.

"Ooo…" Sonata said suddenly. "It's a boat…" Aria blinked, looking at the thing as they swam closer. Sure enough, it was a very large boat. A ship, in fact. About twelve times the size of a siren. The dolphins chirped happily as they dashed over to it, then went to a hole leading to the inside. Sonata giggled in excitement and went over to it as well. The two sea creatures went inside the darkness of the ship, and Sonata was about to follow. Before she could, Aria quickly came between her and the hole.

"What do you think you're doing?!" She scolded at the blue siren. Sonata looked at her, confused.

"What?" She asked innocently. Aria growled.

"We shouldn't go in there. We don't know if it's safe."

"But they went in there!"

"Yeah, and they're just a couple of dumb dolphins. We're smarter. Aside from that, I don't really…trust them." She said. Sonata rolled her eyes.

"Aria, you have got to stop worrying so much!" She said with a laugh, shrugging off everything the other siren had said. "I mean, what's the worst that could happen?" And before Aria could respond, Sonata pushed past her and dashed through the opening. The purple siren growled, infuriated.

"Sonata!" She screeched angrily. The blue siren, however, didn't come back. She huffed. "That stupid damn seahorse is going to get herself killed…" She growled before going in after her.

~o~

She swam around in the darkness, looking for the blue siren.

"Sonata?" She whispered in the otherwise quiet inside of the ship. "Where are you? Sonata?" Suddenly, something jumped in front of her, causing her to jump back in surprise. She growled when she saw that it was none other than Sonata, accompanied by one of the dolphins. She wondered where the other one was, but that was the least of her concerns at the moment. She snapped angrily at Sonata, who ducked away just in time to not be bitten.

"Aww, Aria…don't be like that…" She said sadly.

"Well, you shouldn't have come in here, you idiot! Are you some kind of stupid?!" She asked. Sonata's eyes widened, obviously hurt. But Aria didn't care. She was too mad to care.

"B-but…but…I just want to have some fun…" She muttered.

"Oh, yeah? Well, too bad! We're leaving now! We don't know how stable this thing is!" Aria growled. Sonata's face suddenly became serious, and she looked almost…angry.

"No." She said firmly. Aria glared at her.

"What?"

"I-I said…'no.' I wanna play. I want to explore." She pleaded. The purple siren huffed, trying to calm her anger. She decided it'd be better to try to reason with Sonata.

"Sonata, we don't know how old this ship is. It could collapse or something, and if we're caught in it, it could end disastrously." Sonata rolled her eyes.

"Aria, you say that about everything. I don't know about you, but I'm gonna explore with my new friends. You can go if you want. I don't care." And with that, Sonata began swimming to a different part of the ship. Aria blinked in surprise. What was wrong with Sonata? I mean, she was defiant sometimes, but not this defiant! And not so harsh, either…

After Sonata had disappeared to another room of the ship, the dolphin was about to follow. But before it did, Aria thought she saw it…grin at her? Then, with a quick movement, it turned around and went the direction Sonata had gone. Aria growled.

"Ugh, who needs her?" She grumbled before beginning to head towards the hole that led to the outside of the ship. She didn't exactly remember where it was, so she started to swim around, looking around for the entrance. She swam from room to room, but everything remained unfamiliar. Aria growled. There can't be much more to this ship… She looked around. Damn, it looked smaller from the outside… As she swam, she found herself in a lone room. Fortunately, there was a window. Well, if she couldn't find an entrance, she'd make one! She backed up a bit, then rammed headfirst into the window. This caused a few cracks. Then, she did it again. More cracks. A couple more times should do it. The reeled back once again, but before she went to ram into the window again, something appeared on the other side. She gasped. It was the other dolphin! But…it was different. This one was grinning for sure, exposing its small, razor teeth. It's eyes glowed a sickening green. Something about it intimidated the siren, causing an unintentional whimper to escape her throat. She backed further away from the window as the dolphin glared at her from the other side. That's when she remembered that the other one was with…

"Sonata!" Aria gasped, turning around to exit the room to go find the blue siren. But as she did, she found that the entrance to the room was now blocked off. "When did…" She glanced around the room worriedly, noticing that there were no other exits. The only possible exit was the window, but the dolphin was still out there, grinning creepily at her. Oftentimes, Aria was able to keep her cool in difficult situations, but she was absolutely freaking out at the moment. Not for herself, but because Sonata was alone with one of those things. Aria felt helpless knowing she couldn't do anything. She looked back at the window, and was surprised to find that the dolphin was no longer there. Finally! Aria was about to ram into the window, which she knew would cause it to break. But, suddenly, she noticed the room around her moving slightly. She raised an eyebrow in confusion, and looked around. The movement soon became slightly more violent, and it looked like it was in the middle of a light earthquake. Suddenly, a faint voice could be heard.

"Aria!" It sounded distant, but it was there.

"Sonata?" Aria muttered to herself. The room around her continued to quake, becoming ever more violent. This snapped her back to her current situation. Loud creaking suddenly filled the air, and Aria then knew what was happening. She gasped and panicked, and quickly swam to the window. But before she could make it, the roof caved in on her.

Sonata watched worriedly from the outside of the ship. The dolphins led her out. Their body language had told her that something bad was about to happen. She now treaded in the water between the two dolphins, waiting and hoping for Aria to come out.

"Aria!" She called again, but as she did, an entire half of the ship suddenly began collapsing, and it crumbled. That was the half of the ship that she and Aria had been in. "Aria!" Sonata cried out, dashing over to the part of the ship that was now in ruin. She looked around, not seeing the familiar shade of purple she was hoping for. She whimpered, nosing through the rubble of the rotted, iron ship. "Ari!" She called out again. Suddenly, she heard the sound of a weak siren call. Her ears perked, and her eyes grew wide as she swam over to where she heard it. She pushed and nosed through the rubble until she finally saw the purple color she knew so well. "Aria..." Sonata breathed in relief, lifting a heavy piece of iron off of her. Then, she gasped, now seeing Aria's condition. The purple siren's eyes were half open, and her breathing was coming out in rugged, raspy breaths. Then, Sonata's eyes trailed down to the large, sharp piece of metal sticking out of Aria's side...


...oh, no. O.O