Just posted a picture on DeviantArt of the fight between Aria and Adagio. Remember, it's in the 'Fanfic Scenes' folder.
Getting back to their home took longer than usual due to Adagio's injury. As they settled on the rocks, Adagio hissed in pain when she tried to lie her head down. Sonata looked at her sympathetically. Her wounds had stopped bleeding for the most part. Some of them were still trickling a bit, but it had otherwise ceased. But she had lost a lot of blood, and from a very vital area. Adagio let out a pained groan as she tried to get comfortable, her head lying wearily on the rocky surface. Sonata sighed and leaned her head down, nuzzling Adagio's cheek. The golden siren moved only her eyes to look at her, and she smiled a bit, as if to say 'don't worry about me.' Sonata smiled back and turned her attention to Adagio's wounded neck. She leaned down and began licking at the open wounds, and cleaning and dried blood that was there. Adagio just lied there, letting Sonata work on her.
About half an hour later, all was quiet. Adagio continued lying motionless, and Sonata kept a watchful vigil over her the whole time. She looked Adagio's wounds over. There were really deep punctures in her neck, and there were more minor ones on her tail. She blinked when she suddenly realized something, and she let out a sad sigh.
"Dagi?" She said. All she got was a 'hm?' in response. Sonata looked at her. "W-well...it's just...sometimes I think...sometimes I think that it might've been better if we stayed in the human world..." This caused Adagio to finally look at her, even lifting her head up, despite the pain.
"What? Why? That place was hell!"
"And this isn't?" Sonata asked incredulously. "Adagio, you think things are better here, but they're just as bad, if not worse. Yes, some humans and dark, cold, and heartless. Some are selfish, violent, and use weapons and things to hurt one another. I'm sure you've had quite the experience with that while you were living on the streets..." Adagio lowered her ears. "...but it's just as bad here. Us as sirens...we're more dangerous than before. To others...and to ourselves. We have fangs, we're carnivorous, and we're wild. In these forms, we're more dangerous. I mean, when you slapped me all that time ago, it felt like the worst thing to happen in the world. That was the worst that things ever got between us. But look at you. You're bleeding, and it was inflicted by one of our own kind. She almost killed you. Maybe we'd just be better off as humans in a world where this magic doesn't exist, where we wouldn't be able to hurt each other so badly..." She paused and sighed again. "Maybe we would be better off getting banished again..." Adagio looked down.
"Sonata...I...wow, I...never thought of it that way..." She muttered disbelievingly. She then sighed. "But you're wrong. At least partially. We're not more dangerous. We just have the capability to be more dangerous. We're fine, but Aria has...she has a hard time controlling herself sometimes. Her mind isn't stable. It never had been. And she's very impulsive. That's not an easy thing to fix... Now, you're probably not going to like this, but..." She looked at Sonata sadly. "...maybe it would be best if...Aria was banished...and we stayed here..." Sonata jerked her head back in shock.
"What?! No!"
"Sonata...look-"
"No, you look!" Sonata yelled. "I'm not just going to give up on her! I'm not a quitter like you! I love her, and I'm going to do whatever it takes to get her back! With or without your help!" Adagio blinked in surprise at the outburst.
"Sonata, I'm sorry, but she's-"
"She's hurting, that's what! She feels like we don't care about her! She felt like she was nothing! And so she became something dangerously powerful because you made her feel that way! And now we have to help her see another way! Now, you can come or not, but I'm going to go try to help her!" Sonata yelled as she positioned herself to take off from the rocks. Adagio sighed.
"Sonata, there's not much I can do in this state. I wouldn't stand a chance if she decided to attack again." Sonata just looked at her surprisingly coldly.
"Then stay here and rot for all I care." She said before taking off without another word.
"Sonata..." Adagio muttered, watching we leave. With a defeated sigh, Adagio let her head fall onto the rocks and lied there, motionless. We're falling apart...
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Miles south of Ponyville, Aria flew over the quaint little town of Appleloosa. She grinned as she saw the ponies below. She saw a couple ponies making some sort of transaction. Perfect. She breathed inward before letting out a slow, soft, beautiful sound. It started low, but built. The two ponies stopped for a moment before they suddenly started arguing. Then one of them started yelling about things being overpriced, and the other one contradicting what they said. Aria giggled. What joy it brought her to have control over others and their actions. It almost made her forget about what Sonata had said to her. Almost.
~o~
Sonata flew precariously over Ponyville, trying to stay out of sight of the ponies. She was looking to see if Aria was still here. But, so far, she'd had no luck. She was about to leave and check another town when she heard a yell. She looked down and saw a white stallion pointing to her with his hoof and yelling at others. She gasped. She was about to fly away to safety when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her side. She whimpered and looked, seeing a gash on her abdomen. Then, she ducked when a pitchfork was hurled her way. Then another. And another. One of them must've hit her. It wasn't a serious wound, and she could easily get away, but before she could, something blasted her in the chest, and she let out a wail when she felt her body spasm, and she dropped from the air like a stone.
She heard laughs and cheers come from the ponies as she hit the ground hard. The ponies gathered around her.
"Nice one, Lyra! Ya got her!" She heard a stallion say. Her eyes opened slowly, and her vision focused on a pale blue unicorn with a dark grey mane standing over her face. Her eyes shifted over to a light green pony, this one a mare, who was waving a hoof dismissively.
"Eh, it was nothing, Neon. Just a simple temporary partial-paralysis spell." The stallion, supposedly named Neon, grinned down at her.
"Yeah, and now we got you." He said. Sonata began trembling as the other ponies began crowding around her, glaring angrily at her. She whimpered.
"What's going on here?!" A sudden, powerful voice said. The ponies immediately turned their heads, and they gasped at who they saw.
I think it's obvious who it is. I dunno. What do I know about life?
