Hey, not a very long chapter this time, but I had to get something out to you guys tonight, because I won't be able to post anything over the weekend. I'm gonna be really busy, sooo...yeah. But, despite its shortness, I hope you enjoy! This is where things get a little nuts!
Though she was now content with a full stomach, Aria's mind was reeling. She sat alone on one side of the rocks while Adagio and Sonata were snoring away next to each other. She sighed and looked into the water, where she'd seen the two dolphins disappear into not long ago. She growled to herself. She knew she wasn't crazy! She couldn't be! She knew what she saw! She narrowed her eyes at the lapping waves, her cat-like pupils constricting.
"I know what I saw…" She grumbled before looking at her siren companions. "…even if the others don't believe me." Her anger quickly returned at this thought, and she let out a snarl as she slashed at the water's surface with her large tail, causing more noise than intended. She looked over to see that the other two weren't stirring. She let out a huff before returning her gaze to the water. After what seemed like an eternity of staring at nothing in general, she heard a light clicking sound to her right. She turned her head, and her glare darkened as she saw the owner of the clicks. One of the dolphins had its head sticking out of the water, and it was watching her. She growled. "You…" She said darkly. The dolphin led out a happy, whistle-like sound before swimming closer to the angry siren. She snarled. "Stay away from me!" But the dolphin came ever closer. But, before she could say anything, Aria heard an echoic voice in her head. The voice was familiar. Too familiar. It was her own voice, only more psychotic-sounding.
"Soon, my dear…very soon…" It whispered. She shook her head violently, trying to rid her head of the voice, before shooting another glare at the dolphin. It was now only three feet away from her, and was no longer swimming towards her. It treaded water and stared at her. It looked at her innocently, to which she only responded with a sneer.
"Don't look at me like that, you wretched creature!" She yelled as quietly as possible, trying not to wake the others. "I know what you did! You can try and cover it up as much as you want, but I know that you were the one who made that ship collapse!" The dolphin just stared at her before clicking again. She narrowed her eyes. "And I know what you're trying to do, now." She growled. "You're trying to convince the other two that you're just a couple of harmless, innocent dolphins so that they'll think I'm lying or crazy! But I know what you did!" Aria's voice began to rise as she tensed up. "But I swear on my siren blood that if you so much as touch Sonata or Adagio, I will kill you and the other one in the slowest and most painful way possible!" Aria's eyes began to water. "Because I know I'm not lying, and I know I'm not crazy!" She screeched.
"Aria, why are you yelling?" A tired voice came from behind her. Her eyes widened as she turned her head. She saw Sonata sitting right behind her, staring into the water where Aria had been looking.
"S-sonata?" She said, her voice immediately softening. The blue siren looked at Aria worriedly.
"Aria, are you okay? Why…why are your eyes watering? Why were you yelling?" She asked, her worry increasing tenfold. Aria growled.
"I was…yelling at the dolphin…" She muttered. Sonata looked at her in confusion.
"What dolphin?" She asked. Aria's head whipped back around to face the water, but she gasped when she saw that the creature was gone.
"What?! Where'd it go? Did it swim away?" She asked hurriedly. Sonata's expressing turned to one of slight disturbance.
"Aria…there was never anything there…" She explained softly. Aria snapped her head back around to look at Sonata.
"What? No! I was just yelling at it! And I-"
"Ari…I watched you as you yelled. You were yelling…at water. There wasn't anything there…" Aria's eyes widened in bewilderment and disbelief.
"No, that's…that's impossible! That can't be! It was right there!" Aria said, beginning to lose her cool. "I'm not lying! I'm not crazy! I'm not-" Suddenly, Aria was thrown down onto her back as Sonata pinned her down, looking at her worriedly.
"Aria…" She said sadly. Suddenly, tears began to slowly trickle from Aria's eyes as she stared wide-eyed up at Sonata.
"…I'm not crazy…" She whispered in a shaky voice. "…I'm not crazy…" Sonata's gaze softened as she looked down at Aria.
"I know, Ari." She muttered. "I know." Sonata thought this would ease the purple siren, but she was surprised when Aria's expression turned to anger.
"No! You don't believe me, just like that other sorry excuse for a siren! Just leave me alone!" She snapped, wriggling out from under Sonata before taking off into the air.
"Aria!" Sonata cried, about to take off after her. But, before she did, she felt powerful jaws grab her by the back of her neck, pulling her back. "No!" She yelled, fighting against the strength of the jaws. After a couple minutes, when she finally stopped struggling, the jaws released her. She looked in the direction Aria had flown with a whimper before looking at Adagio, with was watching her with worry. "Why'd you stop me?!" She yelled. Adagio kept a calm composure, despite Sonata yelling at her, and looked up at the sky where the purple siren had been.
"Let her go, Sonata…" Adagio muttered. "If she wants some time alone, just let her go…"
Well, heheh...guess that just happened...
