3. Change of Plans

                                    

                                          
There was an awkward silence inside the gym of Canterlot High. The students in there kept their eyes on the group of people that stood in the middle of it, holding their hands. It was Star Twinkle, Twilight, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie, who all stood there with closed eyes, trying to focus on the magic inside of them to defeat the sirens.
                          
But...that didn't go exactly as planned...
                          
Star Twinkle was the first one to open his eyes. All he saw was how everyone was staring at him confused. He soon knew that something was wrong. "Um...Twilight?" He whispered.
                          
"Yes?" Twilight replied, her eyes still being closed because she tried to focus on her magic.
                          
Star Twinkle was kinda surprised that Twilight didn't notice anything. "Nothing is happening," he then whispered.
                          
As soon as Twilight heard that, her eyes popped open and she looked around to see if what Star Twinkle said was true.
                          
"Uh, weren't there rainbows and lasers and stuff last time?" Rainbow Dash said after she noticed that something was wrong as well.
                          
"I don't understand," Twilight said, being heavily confused about why nothing was happening. "We're all together again. Why isn't this working?" She wondered, but all she got as a reply from her friends were confused expressions.
                          
And of course, the sirens were the only ones who were smiling at those events since they seemed to know what the group attempted to do. "Talk about throwing down the gauntlet! This group is obviously serious about winning! A little cocky though, aren't they?" Adagio Dazzle said, quickly taking advantage of this situation to make the group look like the bad ones. "Claiming there won't really be a battle. Seems they think they've already got this thing all locked up,"
                          
And as expected, everyone quickly took the bait and got angered. "Not if the Great and Powerful Trrrrrixie has anything to do with it!" Trixie exclaimed confidently.
                          
"Whatever, Trixie! We're the best band at CHS!" Flash Sentry answered to Trixie's words.
                          
"No! The Crusaders are gonna win!" Apple Bloom said in the name of her friends.
                          
Soon, the whole gym was getting loud and was filled with arguing students. It seemed to be even worse then it was before. The group felt, in a way, responsible for this and felt really bad but Radiant Blast and Sunset Shimmer went over to them.
                          
"Let's get out of here!" Sunset Shimmer said before she grabbed Twilight's arm.
                          
"But-" Twilight replied, trying to fix everything in the gym again before Star Twinkle interrupted her.
                          
"I think she is right, Twilight," he said, causing Twilight to listen to what he had to say. "It obviously didn't work so let us go and think about everything and come up with a new plan," he further pointed out.
                          
After Twilight carefully thought about those words, she figured that this was actually the best thing to do now so she and her friends tailed out of the gym while everyone was too busy with arguing. But their escape was not unnoticed by the very ones who they tried to stop.
                          
"I think we may have found what we're looking for. Or rather, it found us," Adagio Dazzle said with a smirk on her face before she turned around to the other two sirens only to see that Sonata Dusk was not getting what she meant with that, causing Aria Blaze to slap herself because of that reaction. "Magic!!" Adagio Dazzle exclaimed angrily. "Don't you see?! Everyone else has fallen under our spell. But not those seven,"
                          
"And what does that mean to us?" Aria Blaze replied in disinterest, feeling not really threatened by that.
                          
Adagio Dazzle rubbed her chin and began to think. "Let's just come up with a backup plan. In case things get annoying," she said with an evil smirk on her face. "I think I already have something in mind,"