#06: "The Silence of the Sirens"
- The Siren trio of Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze and Sonata Dusk have finally been tracked down and arrested for their crimes. While a truly repentant Sonata is pardoned, the other two are sentenced to harvesting at the hands of Twilight and her apprentice.

***
Bzzz. Bzzz.

Princess Twilight Sparkle blinked as she looked up from the stack of reports she was reading. "Now who in the world would be dropping by at this hour?"

Casting her eyes around, she suddenly noticed a glowing book on the corner of her desk. Emblazoned with an emblem of the sun, it was the source of the noise, and her face brightened. "Of course! That's not the doorbell, it's Sunset!" Snatching up the book, she eagerly began to read her friend's latest letter.

Dear Princess Twilight,

Long time no write. It's been a quiet six months in this world since the Friendship Games last spring. No magical upheavals, no mysterious enemies popping out of the ether, no major friendship problems, and the other Twilight is doing great - she's really come out of her shell since she and the other Shadowbolts all transferred to CHS. And boy did that come as a surprise - I half-expected Twilight to switch schools, but those other five following her? That came out of nowhere! I guess that in their own way, they're just as loyal as Rainbow Dash.

Sci-Twi, as we've nicknamed her, has even gone on a couple of dates since she came here. (Not with Flash - he understands that she isn't you, and is content with just being one of her friends.) I'm kind of surprised that she and Sugarcoat hooked up like that, but you know what they say about it taking all kinds. Sugarcoat insists that it's not romantic - she's just spending time with a friend. I'm not sure if she's in denial, or what. Though I have seen her eyeing Big Macintosh. Make of that what you will.

Another of the Shadowbolts has also found a partner... or two. There are these two girls here, Vinyl Scratch and Octavia Melody, and everyone knows they're a couple even if they don't publicly admit it (kind of like Lyra and her "best friend Bon-Bon"). But lately, they've been inviting Lemon Zest, the one with the lime-green hair, to hang out with them. They actually make a cute trio, so I'm happy for them.

Romantic developments aside, there's one major thing you should know about: we finally managed to track down the Sirens again. They may not have their magic anymore, but in their own way, they're still dangerous... though not as dangerous as they'd like to think. Aria and Adagio got caught stirring up trouble at some nightclub, and the local police arrested them. They're down at the local station until someone bails them out. The third Siren, Sonata Dusk, actually came to me to ask if I could do something about it. She knows about you being from Equestria, and figured maybe you could help them. And I think she's right.

Twilight... can you please come here, and take Aria and Adagio home with you? Maybe once they're back in Equestria, you can do something to help them with their attitude problems. Even if it's the same kind of "help" you gave Starlight Glimmer. (I'm still kind of freaked out about that, by the way. I don't hold it against you though. I'm just glad I changed my ways in plenty of time to avoid it happening to me. No offense intended.)

Oh, and Sonata's already said she'd happily go back too, to face whatever punishment you might have in mind. But go easy on her, will you? Of these three, she's the only one who seems to genuinely regret the trouble they caused.

Your friend,
Sunset Shimmer

P.S.: I told the girls about Liza, and they can't wait to meet her (and neither can I, for that matter). Maybe you could bring her over to visit sometime. Pinkie's especially eager to throw her a "Hooray you're our friend's student slash daughter" party.

Twilight read over the letter again, and smiled. "I'll see what I can do for them, Sunset. I promise."

Setting the journal aside, she took up a fresh sheet of paper, and began writing a letter of her own... to Princess Celestia.

~*~

Two days later, Sunset Shimmer stood in front of Canterlot High School, waiting for Twilight and reflecting.

A long time had passed since she'd originally fled through the portal from Equestria, driven by a lust for the power she felt she was being denied. She'd been very lucky to wind up in a world where the locals were so similar to her own - aside from lacking horns and wings, they looked exactly the same as the pony-men and women of Equestria. The lack of magic, on the other hand... that had been the real shocker. But she'd worked past it.

Eventually, Sunset had briefly returned to Equestria... where she'd stolen a magical artifact belonging to that world's newest Alicorn princess, and had returned to the other side. Princess Twilight had followed her, eventually reclaiming her crown and showing Sunset the wonders of friendship, something that she'd disdained for so long. Then, a few months later, the reformed Unicorn girl and her six friends had called Princess Twilight back to the world of CHS to help them defeat the Sirens, three beings banished from Equestria long ago for their crimes. After losing their powers in battle with Twilight, Sunset and their friends, the trio of Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze and Sonata Dusk had fled from their intended victims, managing to escape into the crowds of humans that populated this world.

Most recently, just six months ago, another magical disaster had nearly overcome CHS again. This time, Twilight's human counterpart had been at the heart of events, driven by a desire to understand the magic that had leaked into their world the night of Sunset's transformation into a "raging she-demon". Manipulated by her school's principal, she'd accidentally absorbed a great deal of magic and been driven mad by the power, which changed her into a monstrous form. Seeing a dark reflection of herself in the other girl, Sunset had managed to talk her down and restored the damage she'd done to CHS and its grounds.

Shortly after that, Princess Twilight had passed through the portal to meet her counterpart, and had quietly told Sunset about the changes that had happened in Equestrian society since her last visit, including her new duties as a keeper of disembodied brains... many of which she'd personally taken from the skulls of condemned criminals, or from those who'd willingly surrendered their bodies, letting their skins, bones and organs be turned into clothing and other goods. Sunset had initially been horrified by the idea, but had since come to accept it. Especially since Twilight had promised that Sunset herself was in no danger of being harvested for her past crimes, due to her genuine repentance.

Yet here I am, about to deliver three girls to that very same fate, she thought to herself, looking over at Principal Celestia's car. The three Sirens were sitting in the back seat, their hands bound to prevent an attempted escape as they waited to be returned to their native world. Sunset turned from them back to the portal and sighed.

I just hope I'm really doing the right thing, she thought as she shook her head. And may my friends forgive me when they find out about it.

Just then, the portal glowed, and Princess Twilight stepped out, followed by a handful of tall, stern-looking men: royal guards from Equestria. "Hey, Sunset. How's it going?"

Sunset smiled sadly at her friend. "I've been better. Twilight... are you really sure this is the right thing to do?"

Twilight hugged her. "It'll be okay, Sunset. It's not like they're going to die or anything. They'll still be alive, just... reduced. And there's always a chance, if they earn it, that we could put them back in new bodies later. I've actually been working on a way to do just that."

"All right. Then... they're over there."

Twilight's eyes drifted over to the car. "Thank you. Guards!"

The men who'd followed her snapped to attention, and went over to the car. When they came back, each of them was leading one of the three girls. Adagio Dazzle, the bushy-haired and golden-skinned Siren, glared at Twilight and Sunset as she walked past them and into the portal. Aria Blaze, the short-tempered girl in violet, had the same look on her face, while the perky, blue-skinned Sonata Dusk just looked downcast. Twilight watched each of them step through the portal, then sighed. "I'd better get back. I'll see you again soon, Sunset."

"See you again soon, Twilight." Sunset watched as Twilight vanished through the portal, then walked over to Principal Celestia's car. As she got into the front seat, the tall, elegant woman looked at her.

"It'll be all right, Sunset. It'll be all right."

"I hope so." Sunset looked at the counterpart to her former mentor. "And... thank you."

"You're welcome."

~*~

Back in Equestria (and her castle's lab), Twilight had dismissed the guards and was now studying the three Sirens, their wrists still bound as they sat on three metal tables. "Now. Are you three absolutely sure there's no way I can persuade you to behave yourselves?"

Adagio glared. "Whatever it is you're going to do to us, Sparkle, get it over with. We're monsters, in case you've forgotten."

Twilight shook her head. "Nobody is a monster, Adagio. Nobody is beyond redemption. Even if they need a... time-out for a while." Her horn glowed. "And that's exactly what you're about to get."

Then, in a whirl of magic, she lifted Adagio into the air and telekinetically stripped the girl completely naked. Another spell, and she'd bound the Siren to the table, utterly paralyzed from the neck down.

"You know, you're not the first pony I've had in exactly this position," Twilight remarked as she stood over the nude girl. "Did they ever tell you what I did to Starlight Glimmer, or to Lightning Dust or Suri Polomare?"

Adagio glared. "Never heard of them. Don't care."

"Well, you should. I took those girls... and I butchered them." Her eyes gleamed. "My apprentice and I effectively flayed them alive. We harvested their organs. I watched as my apprentice cut the eyes from Starlight's face. I made her my prisoner, right here in this castle. She's just a brain in a jar now, still alive but unable to move, or do anything but sit there and think about what she'd done to deserve such a fate. And now, we're going to do the same thing to you. You and Aria both."

"Wha-what about me?" Sonata asked tearfully from where she was sitting.

Twilight turned to look at her. "Sunset vouched for you, Sonata. Swear to me that you'll behave yourself, and I'll let you go. Swear it and mean it. And the same goes for the two of you," she added as she looked at the other two Sirens. "If you truly intend to change for the better... you can keep your bodies."

Adagio's glare intensified. "Drop dead."

From her table, Aria nodded. "We're Sirens. Our kind used to fight horrors from the deep that were older than Celestia, and we never once surrendered to them. We're not about to give in to you now."

"Your choice." Twilight looked at the last Siren. "Sonata..."

Sonata sniffed, and held out her wrists. "I promise to behave, Princess. Pinkie promise, even. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye."

Twilight looked at her strangely. "How did you..."

Sonata shrugged. "Word gets around. I know how sacred that kind of promise is to you. And I swear, I'll never break it. Never in-"

"FOREVER!" Pinkie Pie yelled as her head popped out of one of the cabinets.

Twilight raised an eyebrow. "Pinkie..."

"Sorry, Twilight." Pinkie pulled herself out of the cabinet, and pulled a confused Liza out behind her, the smaller girl racing to her mentor's side as Pinkie turned to her target. "Come on, Sunny-nota! I'll get you some cupcakes."

As she dragged Sonata out of the room, the blue Siren looked at Twilight and Liza as if to say Help me!

Twilight shrugged, and her horn glowed, releasing Sonata from her bonds. "Have fun, you two. And Pinkie?"

"Yes, Twilight?"

"Go easy on her."

"Okie-dokie-loki!" In a moment, the pink pony-girl and Sonata were gone, leaving Twilight to turn back to the remaining two Sirens. Selecting a scalpel from the tray of instruments, she approached Adagio.

"Now, where were we..."

Adagio, her eyes now wide, looked at her captor. "I don't know whether to be more scared for me, or Sonata."

"You," Liza told her as she cast the last binding spell on the older girl, and one on Aria, stripping her naked and forcing her into a face-down position (but still angled so she could see what was happening to her friend) for good measure. "Definitely you."

Aria could only watch in fascinated horror as Twilight flipped Adagio over and began to cut into the flesh on the other girl's back, carefully slicing around the base of the wing-like fin that grew from her left shoulder blade.

"You know," Twilight told them as she continued to cut into the flesh, "I've never had any of- ah, there we go- these to work with." She held up the now severed fin-wing. "Not quite sure what they'll be good for. Maybe my friend Rarity could turn them into something." Taking up the scalpel again and looking at the second fin-wing, she glanced at Liza. "You can start on Aria if you want, you know."

Liza nodded eagerly. Humming softly, she began cutting into the purple-skinned Siren's back (and quickly casting the sealing spell to avoid bleed-out) even as Twilight continued to do the same with Adagio. When all four wings were out, they flipped the girls back over.

"Now," Twilight mused as she looked at Adagio, "What should I cut off next?"

"How about the skin from their legs?" Liza piped up. "You could make some really good boots out of it."

Twilight looked at her apprentice with a smile. "You know, I could. I never did get to make boots out of Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon - Rarity wanted the skin off their legs for other things." She rubbed her hands together. "Thank you for the idea, Liza."

Liza grinned before she began doing as she'd suggested, with Twilight following suit. "You know, you are really going to be a hit with Rarity's customers," she told the paralyzed Siren. "She doesn't get to make too many pairs of boots for her shop, so she'll be delighted when I send yours to her. And those cunt-purses she creates sometimes... those are big hits too. I think we'll use you and Aria to make a couple of those. They'll be the only two Siren-skin cunt purses in existence, and they'll be worth a fortune."

Adagio couldn't say a word in response, but her eyes told Twilight exactly what she was thinking: GET ME OUTTA HERE! Twilight, however, just shook her head.

"I'm sorry, Adagio. You could have behaved yourself. You could have settled for human food, like Sonata did, but you insisted on trying to drain energy from people, and your greed got the better of you. And you never showed any sign of regret over it. Now, after all the trouble you caused..." Twilight smirked as she kneeled over her patient. "It's time to pay the piper."

Had she still been capable of it, Adagio would have screamed as the scalpel pierced her flesh.

On the far side of the room, Liza had finished slicing the skin off Aria's legs, and had laid it out to rest. Now, she was working on cutting away the outer layer around the Siren's cunt. "Your skin here is so soft," she told the older girl. "It's going to make a wonderful purse, you know. Ah, there it goes." She held up the freed skin, and set her scalpel aside as she snagged a needle and thread with her magic. "I'm no Rarity, but I can still make one of these. I watched Miss Twilight do it with Silver Spoon's, and I remember exactly how she did it." She fell silent as she concentrated on her sewing, and soon had it finished, holding it up for inspection. "See? It's lovely, isn't it? Especially because it was made from you."

Aria could see the purse from where she was still laying. It does look good, she had to admit to herself. Then, she mentally shook herself. What am I saying?! I'm complimenting something made by the girl who's slowly killing me!

"And now..." Liza lifted her scalpel. "Time to get the rest of this skin off you." The blade flashed as she began to cut into Aria again.

A few minutes passed as teacher and apprentice continued their work, and finally, Twilight looked down at the completely skinned Adagio. "There. You're all done. Liza, you finished yet?"

"Just about... there!" Liza held up the skin from Aria's head. "That's the last of it, Miss Twilight!"

"Good." Twilight looked down at Adagio. "Let's do their eyes now, and then I'll take these skins in the other room to start tanning. The jars are right over there."

Liza nodded, and grabbed one of the jars. "Adagio first?"

"Yep." Twilight held up the mirror. "You know the drill."

Liza grinned. "Or in this case, the knife."

Twilight chuckled as her apprentice began working the knife into Adagio's eye socket, and finally cut the eye loose. Another moment on the other side, and the two eyes were out and in their jar. Twilight muttered her spell over it, then walked over to Aria. "Your turn," she told the skinless Siren. "Ready, Liza?"

The smaller girl nodded, and set to work once more. She soon had Aria's eyes out, and set the jar aside. "You ever think we'll have too many of these for your golem?"

Twilight chuckled. "Liza, there will never be too many sets of eyes for my collection, especially once I've made a few more bodies to use them in. So, shall we take their brains next?"

Liza held up the scalpel. "I'll start cutting."

~*~

A few hours later, Twilight was contentedly humming as she treated the skins she and Liza had taken, and glanced over at the two newest brain jars on her shelves. The lights were a mix of pink and purple, signifying that while the two were still upset, they were working their way toward acceptance of their situation. They took this a lot better than I expected, she thought to herself. Finally, satisfied with her work, she returned to the lab. "How's it going, Liza?"

"Great!" her apprentice told her. "I'm almost done cleaning the bones. Everything else is done. So, what are we having for dinner?"

Twilight grinned mischievously. "In honor of our two newest guests, I was thinking soft-wrap fish tacos."

Liza looked up at her mentor, eyes wide, then the two began laughing.

"Seriously though, you did a wonderful job as always in there," Twilight told her as she pulled the smaller girl in for a hug. "I'm so proud of you, Liza."

Liza smiled up at her. "Thanks, Miss Twilight."

Twilight hugged her again, then glanced at the jars of organs and eyes still on the counter. "Meat all packaged up?"

"You know it."

"Good. I'll get started in the kitchen. Pinkie and Sonata are joining us too, so I'm making several servings."

"Is... is Sonata going to be happy, since we're eating her friends?" Liza asked hesitantly.

Twilight nodded. "I already checked with her. She said it was okay. I think she was kind of looking forward to having a taste, actually."

"All right." Liza turned back to the bones. "Be there as soon as I can!"

Twilight ruffled her apprentice's hair, then left, smiling.

~*~

Another hour later, three girls were sitting in the castle dining room.

"Dinner's ready!" Twilight announced as she entered, carrying a tray. "Two for each of us, one from each of our... newest residents."

"Yum yum," her guests and student said as she handed the plates around. As soon as she got hers, Sonata dug in with relish, moaning in delight.

"Mmm..." Her eyes widened. "WOW! I never knew we were so tasty! This is really good!"

Twilight laughed. "I'm glad you like it. There's a few more in there for each of us, if you want seconds."

"Absolutely!" Sonata grinned. "You know, you're a really good cook."

"Thank you." Twilight beamed. "I've really improved since Spike moved out. And it's a good thing too, otherwise I'd be eating out all the time, and you know what that would do to my waistline."

Pinkie glanced at her. "No, actually. What would it do?"

Twilight looked at her friend and sighed. "Oh, nothing important, Pinkie." She picked up her first taco and began munching contentedly. "Mm. You were right, Sonata. They are tasty."

Sonata grinned as she finished her first one. "Twilight? If we're having Aria and Adagio for dinner... why don't you have me for dessert?"

Twilight looked at her contemplatively. "You know, that sounds like a really good idea."

"Ooh! Can I have dessert too?" Pinkie asked, bouncing up and down in her seat.

Twilight laughed. "Why not?"

Liza looked at them. "Is this the kind of dessert I can't have until I'm eighteen?"

"Yes," Twilight replied. "Eight... well, it's almost seven years now. That's how long you still have to wait before you can have this kind of dessert."

Liza pouted. "Okay... but when the time comes, I want you there for it!"

"I will be," Twilight told her. "I promise."

Liza smiled shyly, then turned back to her plate as the conversation turned to other things.

~*~

After dinner, Twilight led Pinkie and Sonata to her bedroom, while Liza disappeared into her own room, clearly disappointed she couldn't join them. Hard to believe she's almost eleven, given she's already dreaming about having sex, Twilight thought to herself. How the time flies.

"Say, Twilight?" Sonata asked as she began stripping. "Just how many girls have you had in here?"

"Not many," Twilight commented. "Rarity and I... celebrated privately after we harvested Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. And Rainbow Dash has spent a few nights with me too. She's even brought her Scootaloo pillow a few times since I gave it to her. Now that was fun."

"Yeah!" Pinkie agreed. "Really fun!"

Twilight raised an eyebrow. "You too, huh?"

"Yup! Dashie invited me over to party with Scoota-pillow one night..." Pinkie's eyes brightened. "She's so soft and cuddly. Kind of makes me wish I had one."

"If I find a willing girl, I'll make one for you," Twilight told her as she finished stripping and climbed into the bed. "Now..." Eyeing Sonata, she smiled. "I want a taste of your little taco."

Sonata giggled, and then began moaning happily as Twilight plunged her face between the other girl's legs and started slurping away. Moments later, she found herself laying back as another pair of legs positioned themselves directly above her face, and eagerly buried her own tongue in the warm folds between them. And based on Pinkie's happy noises, she was doing it very well.

Some time later, the three girls were laying side by side, Twilight in the middle with Pinkie on her left and Sonata on her right. Smiling as the two cuddled up to her in their sleep, Twilight laid a gentle kiss on each of their foreheads, before closing her eyes. Sweet dreams, girls.

THE END
***

So... here we go. A mix of world-building, guro, cannibalism and pure sex. Next time, we mix things up a bit, as Twilight and Sonata return to the other world to bring Sunset and Sonata back together... then, we have "Crusaders United" and the harvesting of Babs Seed.

This has actually been finished for a few days, but I was hoping to get another few chapters done before I put it up. Computer difficulties and a sudden burst of inspiration on another story altered those plans though. Chapters 7 ("Friends On the Other Side", which will have plenty of sex but no planned guro yet) and 8 ("Crusaders United", where Babs shows up and gets harvested) are partially done; chapter 9, "Meating Out Justice" (introducing Trixie Lulamoon into the story as an ally and recurring character), is actually finished at this point, but I want to get the other two done and posted before I put that one up.