"The Dazzlings Take The L And Move On"
By AlexanderGrey (https://pastebin.com/u/AlexanderGrey)

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Created on: Wednesday 7th of March 2018 12:40:21 PM CDT
Retrieved on: Saturday 31 of October 2020 07:54:23 PM UTC


>Well the Battle Of the Bands didn't go well.
>The three sirens still feel that stage far behind them.
>They stride further and further away, but it still feels so close to them.
>So close, they may as well still be on it.
>Getting booed by those who were supposed to adore them.
>They find no comfort in talking.
>Their pendants are shattered, their voices forever ruined.
>Silently, they shy away.
>Refusing to even consider facing the music that stopped playing for them.
>Now they hide in their apartment they rented.
>Waiting for whatever nightmare this is to end so they can wake up.
>As if waiting will do anything.
>The fame is gone, it's just going to take time for it to sink in.
>The only red glow is coming from the stove top.
>Ramen noodles are being boiled.
>It'll have to suffice for food for now.
>But it's thrown away; no appetite.
>No one sleeps.
>Night turns to morning, and the spotlight of the rising sun couldn't be more un-welcomed.
>Adagio clenches her fists only for a few seconds.
>Searching in her mind for a way to reverse this.
>It's already over, and her so-performers have already taken their L's.
>Adagio faces away from hers as it shines through the window.
>Birds chirping as dew drips off of the grass blades outside.
>Bags are under Adagio's eyes.
>She knows she can't sit here forever.
>At least not before the other two get back up sometime in the late afternoon.
>Having payed their debt of a full night's worth of sleep.
>They would have missed lunch anyway.
>Now Adagio sits on the couch, letting the ceased booing still play in her head.
>She frowns, then frowns deeper.
>The leader needing to hatch a plan that will never grow.
>Feeling a clash of remorse and vengeance that the Mane six will never know.
>She closes her eyes and opens them; nope, still here.
>How many years has it been?
>It can't just end right now all of a sudden, can it?
>She has to do something.
>Like fall to her side and soon get taken by force by her own fatigue.
>Not a single tear is shed, too much shock.
>Aria and Sonata find Adagio passed out on the couch as 7 pm.
>They're the first of the three to note that Adagio turned the TV on.
>Was subconsciously trying to distract herself from the stage.
>They turn it off and make some more ramen noodles with hot dogs they find in the freezer.
>Time to get used to this kind of food again.
>Until... neither of them even know what.
>They wait together for Adagio to awaken and strike the strive for vengeance into their hearts.
>Sonata suggests that they maybe get daytime jobs somewhere.
>Aria plays around with the blame, pointing it anywhere but towards herself.
>Adagio awakens to them arguing.
>She stops them and looks out the window, asking if the show is still going to happen this evening.
>She doesn't feel her pendant on her.
>The answer is no.
>Aria does what she can to convince Adagio tp let it go.
>That she's acting desperate, that she might as well follow Sonata outside to get some groceries.
>The store's going to close soon.
>The store closes without any of the Dazzlings getting anything.
>Sonata got lost on the way over, ended up going back to find Adagio and Aria arguing loudly.
>She's physically drained enough to go back to sleep and get up in time to make it to the store when it opens tomorrow morning.
>When it's not too dark to see which streets are which.
>Adagio's suggested plan falls flat before it even starts.
>Aria just sits there with her arms crossed, waiting for Adagio to finish blowing off stream and leave her alone already.
>She's not going back up on stage.
>No matter how badly Adagio wants it.
>There's no more promises of a cheering crowd, Adagio's heart isn't in it strongly enough to persuade Aria.
>She eventually quiets down and goes back to silently planning.
>Aria watches TV and drains her mind of the concern.
>Sonata lies in her bed, imagining how much all of the kids at CHS must hate her now.
>And Adagio didn't get a chance to have any ramen noodles before they were all gone.
>...
>Weeks later.
>Trips to the store have become common.
>A time time has begun for the Dazzlings.
>They can't do much in public anymore besides go the the side of town where they rarely showed their faces before.
>It's a good thing the store was always in that direction.
>The one with the kind of food they need to survive now.
>Finally, they start to get used to living like this.
>But not to feeling like this.
>The stage is far behind Aria and Sonata, but they still feel emptiness.
>Adagio still stands on it, facing away from her L.
>Still harboring a plan in mind as she watches Aria pout at the TV in the living room.
>As she watches Sonata blankly stare at the window.
>She twiddles her thumbs.
>Looks around, stands up, sits back down.
>Still not getting off of that stage.
>Aria sits on the couch, motionless, waiting for the sky to get dark so she can go to bed where it's more comfortable and away from Adagio's eyesight.
>Still not getting back on that stage.
>She's done, and assumes Sonata is as well.
>Seeing as she shows no interest in going back to that school.
>It just brings up sour feelings in them.
>Nothing new to add to it; the Battle of the Bands was lost.
>Taken by some outsiders who resisted the Dazzlings.
>How unfortunate the magic didn't work on them.
>It costed the trio their haven.
>Now it's in disarray, and all they can do is hold the L and let it go.
>Now Adagio sits in front of the TV, but it's not on.
>She wants to think.
>It's been even more weeks now.
>Adagio is devoting too much time to thinking.
>Thinking and wallowing in the feelings.
>What if there's a way to restore the haven?
>To take the stage back and...
>How much work is that going to take?
>She's gotten used to the good tasting food.
>Adagio will admit that it's something she missed out on while feeding off of hatred.
>Now that someone has subverted that, she turns to something she's been ignoring.
>She doesn't have to worry about dressing up to get onto stage.
>Or working on a schedule.
>Having places to be all the time, new targets to feed off of.
>Aria finally started sitting next to her.
>Not really talking to her, nothing further than a few glances.
>Sonata seems to be moping less.
>She's really been getting attached to her new job at the fast food restaurant on the end of town the trio just found out about.
>She's the first to move on.
>Earning her own money and finding happiness in the little things like she always knew she could.
>It's easier than singing with the other girls on stage.
>In fact, she's perfectly fine with working multiple shifts and being the one who brings in a paycheck for rent.
>Becoming social.
>Plus, spending time away from the sad old apartment is a big plus.
>This new environment is where Sonata likes to be; at her job.
>She talks to and has fun with people, has free food since she works there, and gets to build something new around her.
>Aria spends her days washing all old thoughts away with sitcoms and premiere movies with spurts of commercials.
>Eventually grows very lazy, but content.
>Listens to music; instrumental music.
>Now she can call herself happy.
>Even though she's bored a lot of the days, but something inside is still reminding her of itself.
>All she has to do is think back a few months.
>And wonder what on earth Adagio still thinks of all this after all this time.
>...
>Even adagio has been wondering such a thing.
>She doesn't know what is under her feet at this point.
>She stands but she can't feel herself on her feet.
>Sits down and waits for each day to end, forgetting to plan.
>Puts it off until her heart returns to it.
>Revenge will surely come one day.
>She just knows it, but she also knows that she doesn't actually know it.
>Just waiting until she knows what she knows.
>How she really feels about this versus how she wants to feel.
>Well, one day, Aria and Sonata walk up to her.
>She's in the middle of making lasagna in the kitchen after a long day of nothing.
>They come up tp her and ask to have a talk.
>Sonata apparently made enough money for a vacation.
>Aria's getting bored of looking at the insides of these same old walls just as much as Sonata used to be.
>Adagio confesses that she shares this feeling.
>The three talk about where to take a trip to.
>One thing after another comes up.
>Turns out they can pay less for an RV than this apartment.
>They don't really have many physical objects that they own anyway.
>Staying on one side of town to avoid scorn more easily is no fun either.
>It's like staying out of the apartment.
>The Battle of the Bands soon comes up in conversation from this.
>Adagio seems hesitant to talk about it.
>she eventually talks about it.
>She talks about the apartment.
>And the RV.
>And how she's sick of being reminded of all the time she's spent in this apartment being all for nothing.
>This is how the three share the feeling about the apartment.
>Again, one thing leads to another.
>Adagio turns away from the stove, having turned it off 40 minutes ago.
>Turns around to face Aria and Sonata, carrying their L's with Adagio's L between them.
>...
>Leased.
>That's what the sign in front of the apartment says.
>...
>Three weeks later.
>Far away from town.
>Today was move-out day.
>The open road has a single RV driving along its length.
>Heading into the countryside.
>The bright afternoon sun shines off of the roof.
>And the stage is far behind it.
>Adagio happily hums as her hands hold the steering wheel.
>L in her fingers.
>She takes a deep breath, taking in the wind from the opened side window.
>Aria and Sonata are in the back chilling out and enjoying themselves.
>Not even having a single thought about the stage back in the town the already forgot about.
>The song is over, but the story is only beginning.
>Pit stop after pit stop, the Dazzlings prance out of their RV and see all the sights they can.
>Into the cities, into the hills, into the open plains...
>They explore what they find, partaking in activities along the way.
>Finding new things to enjoy, spending so much more time outside.
>Traveling together and bonding more than they have ever since they came into this world.
>The weight of the L's grows lighter and lighter until they can't feel it anymore.
>None of the three young ladies care anymore.
>The time to move on has come and gone, and it was made good use of.
>Now the three gaze is awe as they drive past a vast canyon at the end of the day.
>They visit a site of the ancient natives.
>They watch plays in the middle of a downtown area one day, not registering what they use ro feel in the presence of a stage.
>It's nice being in the audience and enjoying the show.
>It's even nicer being in the audience that enjoys the stage that is the world around them.
>Relaxing and having fun every step of the way.
>Doesn't matter if it's day or night, everything's right.
>The past doesn't mean a thing now, it's all about the now and converting the future into what the now is.
>At one point, the Dazzlings stay at a hotel that has a few cushioned chairs outside beside a pool, overlooking a large grassy knoll.
>Beyond that is the rest of the world.
>The three of them put on their sunglasses and inhale the cool summer air.
>Not remembering how many years have passed by now.
>They stare up at the clouds through their shades.
>Daydreaming in the dream life they never knew they wanted until now.
End, I guess.