Friendship Games Shortsby Tennis Match FanChapters1. Soccer Stage2. A Dash of Sports Fever3. Sports before School4. Pinkie on the Run1. Soccer Stage Tweet! A shrill sound pierced the air. "Halftime!" shouted the referee. The Canterlot Wondercolts and Cloudsdale Gremlins jogged off field, waving to cheering fans. "This is the best game ever!" Rainbow Dash yelled, stuffing more popcorn into her mouth. The scoreboard to her right revealed the score: 14 to 8, Wondercolts. "Don't forget the main reason why we're here," Applejack reminded Rainbow Dash. "Cheerleading?" Pinkie joked. Just for fun, she had dressed up in a bright blue cheerleader outfit. "The halftime show, of course!" Rarity added with a flip of her hair. "When do we go on, Sunset?" "Right after Thunderstruck," Sunset responded, reading over the agenda. Flash Drive would start, followed by Thunderstruck. The Rainbooms were the final act before the game resumed. "I bet you're excited, Rainbow," Fluttershy remarked cheerfully, tapping on her tambourine. "You've been wanting to do a halftime show forever!" "Especially during a game like this one!" Rainbow agreed, tossing another piece of popcorn into her mouth. "What better way to show the Wondercolt spirit?" "Oh! I know!" Pinkie waved her hand all over the place. "With these!" She tossed out Wondercolt headbands to her bandmates. Everyone accepted. "Now we're ready!" Applejack grinned. "As soon as it's our turn, of course." The audience clapped as Thunderbass, Valhallen, and Crimson Napalm walked off stage. The Rainbooms exchanged excited glances. This was it! "Break a leg, everybody!" Applejack whispered as they walked on stage. "Not literally, of course." Pinkie Pie took a seat behind her drum set, her drumsticks ready to beat. Rarity, Sunset Shimmer, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Fluttershy lined up next to a set of microphones. Each held her instrument in perfect position. "One, two, three!" Pinkie yelled, and the Rainbooms began to play. Students crowded around the makeshift stage to watch the concert. "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Awesome as we wanna be!" the girls chorused. Some members of the audience began to clap along. "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Awesome as we wanna be!" Rainbow exclaimed. "First you see us, our friendship is unconcealed," Sunset sang, strumming her guitar. "Got my soccer ball, runnin' down the soccer field!" She gently kicked a prop soccer ball off the stage. "There is nothing you can do to beat us!" Pinkie continued. "We're tryin' hard and you can't defeat us!" She banged extra hard on the cymbals! "Yeah we're awesome!" Rarity and Applejack chorused. "Take caution!" Fluttershy and Pinkie added. "Wondercolts GO! We're awesome as we wanna be!" Sunset and Rainbow Dash finished. As the girls repeated the chorus, their pony transformations began. "Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!" By the time the girls reached the bridge to the next verse, everyone had pony ears and a "pony tail." Fluttershy's and Rainbow Dash's wings were on their backs, as well. "Awesome!" Lyra Heartstrings yelled. "Step aside, dear, you'll be getting in our way!" Rarity harmonized. "We got the soccer skills, and we'll play you any day!" "When it comes to sports, I'm a groover!" Rainbow sang, her wings flittering in excitement. "You wish you could be twenty percent cooler!" "Yeah, we're awesome!" "Takecaution!" "Wondercolts GO!We're awesome as we wanna be!" Rainbow and Sunset finished with a final strum of the guitar chords. They stood on stage, grinning, as the audience cheered for them. The girls' pony ears vanished into sparkles, and their hair receded to its normal length. "Good job, Cloudy Kicks!" Fluttershy exclaimed. "Thanks, Fluttershy!" Cloudy waved as she walked by. "Awesome game, Spitfire!" Rainbow congratulated the Wondercolts captain. "Thanks, Rainbow." Spitfire winked as she followed Cloudy and the rest of the soccer team off the field. "It's so awesome the Wondercolts won!" Pinkie exclaimed, jumping up and down. The scoreboard read 24-15. "I just wish Canterlot High had more luck winning with archery or rollerblading," Rainbow remarked, playing with her wristbands. The rest of the girls nodded. Sunset, however, had her eyes narrowed, like she was trying to remember something important. "Uh, Sunse-" Fluttershy began before Sunset's turquoise eyes widened. "Guys!" she exclaimed suddenly. "What is it, Sunset Shimmer?" Rarity asked. Everyone leaned in curiously. "Did you notice that your rainbow streaks didn't appear this time?" Sunset asked. The rest of her friends exchanged glances. "They didn't?" Fluttershy queried. She finger combed through her pale pink hair. "Now, that I think about it, they didn't!" Applejack realized. "I wonder why?" The girls stared at each other, confused. "Well it doesn't matter that much, does it?" Pinkie asked. "I mean, yeah, the purple and blue was totally splenderific, but we can still make the same siren-blasting, rainbow-rocking music we've always made!" She beamed. "Pinkie's right!" Rainbow agreed. "Rainbooms all the way!" "Rainbooms all the way!" her friends cheered. "Hey, Sunset, can we write to Twilight tellin' her about our show?" Applejack asked. Sunset brightened. "That's a great idea, Applejack!" she replied. "I'm sure she'd love to hear from us!" She pulled out the magical book from her backpack. The Rainbooms gathered around as Sunset began to write, "Dear Twilight..." The End! 2. A Dash of Sports Fever "Okay, gang, it's time to start playing some sports!" Rainbow Dash announced, hands planted firmly on her hips. "That's why you dragged us all the way out here?" Rarity asked, surveying the field. The six BFFs stood on the track field. Soccer balls, footballs, baseballs, and every other sports ball littered the fresh green grass. Pinkie Pie was already scampering around, trying out all sorts of things! "Wasn't that the teeniest bit obvious?" Applejack questioned the fashionista. Rarity sighed and rolled her eyes. "So what are we doing, Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy asked, picking up a baseball bat. "I'm not very good at sports." "Just picking a sport to work on!" Rainbow responded with a grin. "Me? I'm gonna go for motorcross, of course!" "Go Dashie!" Pinkie cheered, bouncing around in excitement. "Motorcross? Never heard of it," Applejack commented. "I have!" Sunset replied, turning to explain to her farming friend. "It's like off-road motorcycle racing. You need to be really fit to do it." "Well, that's not me," Fluttershy murmured, trying to hide behind her hair. "Canterlot High just got a motorcross path!" Rainbow cried. "And I'm gonna be the first to ride on it!" She ran over to a set of motorcycles. "Where did those come from?" Rarity asked. "Who cares?" Pinkie giggled. "Rainbow Dash riding on a motorcycle is gonna be so awesome!" Everybody murmured in agreement. Rainbow Dash hopped up onto a motorcycle colored magenta. "Enter the danger zone!" she smirked, igniting the engine. "She's playing this for attention," Applejack whispered to Sunset, who nodded in agreement. Rainbow revved up the engine. Suddenly, she was speeding down the dirt track in front of her. "Go Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie cheered, tossing footballs into the air. "Eeep!" Fluttershy did her best to dodge. "Wait a minute- Rainbow Dash didn't have her helmet on!" Rarity realized, watching Rainbow speed away. Everyone froze. Pinkie stopped bouncing mid-bounce. "She could get hurt!" Fluttershy exclaimed in terror. "RAINBOW!" Sunset yelled. Her gaze landed on a blue motorcycle. "I'll be back, guys!" she exclaimed. Sunset ran over and strapped on a blue and yellow helmet. She picked up an extra blue one for Rainbow. In the next moment, Sunset had hopped up onto the next motorcycle. "Sunset!" the remaining four girls exclaimed. Sunset narrowed her eyes. The motorcycle sprung to life and blasted forward. "Woah!" Sunset cried. Her fiery hair whipped in the wind. Now to catch up to Rainbow and give her this helmet, Sunset thought. She gently eased her foot onto the gas pedal. The motorcyle sped up. Sunset could see Rainbow Dash coming into view! "Rainbow Dash!" she yelled. Either Rainbow didn't hear her call, or just choose to ignore her. Whatever the reason, Sunset found herself mildly irritated. Until a familiar sensation kicked in. "What the-" Sunset risked a quick glance up. She felt a magical tingling on her skull. Her helmet was literally morphing to fit the new ears! Sunset's turquoise eyes widened as she quickly turned back to the road. "Rainbow Dash!" she yelled again. Rainbow was closer, now. She was close enough for Sunset to see that Rainbow, too, had gained wings and pony ears. "Oh hey, Sunset!" Rainbow yelled back. "Sweet transformation, am I right?" "I have your helmet!" Sunset screamed, fearing her words would be lost in the wind. Sunset distinctly heard Rainbow laugh. To her, it sounded more like a taunting cackle. "Come and catch me, first!" Rainbow put on some speed and left Sunset in the dust. "Hey!" Sunset yelled in protest. How long does this track go on for? She stepped on the pedal and sped after Rainbow. Sunset turned a bend. Wow, I'm actually pretty good at this, she thought as she chased after Dash. Suddenly, Sunset had caught up to Rainbow Dash. "Rainbow!" Sunset cried again. "WOAH!" Rainbow yelled, noticing Sunset. With her gaping mouth and wide eyes, Rainbow looked like the victim of a horror video game. "How did you catch up to me?" she asked. "Magic!" Sunset responded with a smirk. "Rainbow, I need to give you your helmet!" "We're almost there, Baconhead!" Rainbow retorted with a laugh. "Can't catch me now!" Once more, she sped ahead. "That's not safe!" Sunset shrieked. "I'm really starting to freak out right now!" Fluttershy gasped. She fanned herself with her hands. "I mean. what if they're stuck out in the woods and they can't get home and then a bear comes and he doesn't know they're friendly-" "Fluttershy, breathe!" Applejack grabbed Fluttershy's arms. "You're reaching Rarity levels of drama!" "Hey!" Rarity glared at Applejack. "She's got a point, Rarity!" Pinkie piped up. "But I think they'll be back soon." As if on cue, Rainbow Dash and Sunset Shimmer appeared in sight. "Rainbow! Sunset!" The girls gasped. Rainbow was being tailed by Sunset, in what looked like a chase scene from a movie or something. "Do those gals have pony ears?" Applejack asked in disbelief. "I think they do!" Rarity answered, her mouth dropping open. Rainbow and Sunset slowed when they neared the girls. "Hey guys!" Rainbow winked as she parked her motorcycle. "Like my ears?" She wiggled the pony appendages. Pinkie giggled. Sunset reached them a moment later. "Rainbow!" she cried, hopping off her bike. "That was dangerous!" She tossed her extra helmet to Rainbow. Rainbow caught it and grinned. "That was a test!" she exclaimed. Sunset blinked. "W-what?" "I've been on a motorcross track before," Rainbow explained. As she talked, her ears and wings disappeared, as did Sunset's. "I know how to ride a motorcycle. That was a test to see which one of my friends would jump on to get me a helmet!" She grinned in satisfaction. "Sunset Shimmer, you're my new motorcross partner!" "I know I should be mad at you. That was extremely dangerous." Sunset shook her head. "But I'm glad to be your partner, Rainbow Dash!" The two grinned widely as they fist-bumped. The End Author's Note Disclaimer: I know knothing about motorcross. Wikipedia was just text, and there's no way I'm sitting in front of my chromebook for 10 hours trying to find exact information. 3. Sports before SchoolAuthor's Note This chapter is written by Abbeybunny13! 3. Sports before School "Uh, sugar..." Sugarcoat looked nervously at Indigo Zap. Indigo Zap was in detention and had asked Sugarcoat to come there to break her out somehow. "Are you sure this is a good idea?" Sugarcoat continued. "Of course it is!" responded Indigo Zap. "Rule number five states that participants in the Friendship Games can practice no matter what, even if you're in detention!" Sugarcoat sighed. "Fine, sweetie. You win this one. I'll go ask Vice Principal Shining Armor if we can go out to the motocross track so we can practice for the Games." "Thanks, Sugar!" "Anything for you, Indigo Zap!" Ten minutes later, Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap had their helmets and motorcycles. "Sugarcoat, are you ready to practice?" Indigo Zap asked. "'Course I am, sugar!" They both leapt onto their motorcycles and fastened on their helmets. Their motorcycles steadily planted at the starting line of the Crystal Prep motocross practice track, they revved up their engines. Almost immediately the two girls were speeding around the track at almost seventy miles per hour. "SWEET SUGAR!" yelled Sugarcoat. "I never knew motocross was this fun until I started to practice!" "You are a natural, Sugarcoat!" "Ah shucks, Indigo!" As Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap continued to race around the motocross track again and again, Vice Principal Shining Armor came outside of Crystal Prep to get them inside. "Practice time is up! Time to go home!" They immediately braked and slowly wheeled their motorcycles out of the motocross track. "Thanks for helping me out, Sugar!" "Anything for a friend, I guess..." The next day, it was almost about time to start motocross practice. Indigo Zap was sitting next to Sugarcoat on a bench and nudged her with her arm. "Ow! What do you want?" asked Sugarcoat. "I was gonna get our motocross practicin' equipment anyway..." "I just want to thank you again for-" "I'm beginning to regret that I've helped you in the first place, Indigo..." "Oh come on!" an opposing Indigo Zap replied. "As long as nobody participating in the Friendship Games spills the beans about our true reason why I'm out here and not in detention" -Sugarcoat gulped- "nobody's gonna get in trouble!" Indigo Zap finished. Sugarcoat felt relieved. "Okay, then. Let's go ahead and get our practice equipment!" Once Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap had their motocross equipment, they started to race around the track again. This had to be the fastest speed they had gone yet; their previous record was 75 miles per hour! "Hey Sugarcoat!" Indigo Zap yelled over the sound of the motorcycle that she was on all revved up. "What is it, sweetie?" "I think we passed our record!" "Great! The Shadowbolts will definitely win again this year!" As Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap continued to race around the motocross track on their motorcycles, they completed their fifth lap. Then the tenth lap, eleventh lap, twelfth lap... "Sugarcoat! Indigo Zap! Time to head home!" They immediately braked their motorcycles and slowly wheeled them off the track. "See you tomorrow Indigo!" Sugarcoat called. Evem after Indigo Zap disappeared, Sugarcoat still felt worried. What if Vice Principal Shining Armor were to discover the loophole that she and Indigo Zap found earlier? She would be in big trouble, all because she decided to help the latter student. "Please don't find out, Vice Principal Shining Armor..." Friday was nice and sunny. It had been four days since Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap had begun practicing on the motocross track at Crystal Prep, abusing rule number five every time they practiced. Actually, only Indigo Zap was abusing rule number five; poor Sugarcoat was concerned that she would take all of the blame because she offered to help her motocross partner in the first place! Anyways, it was still time to practice. Indigo Zap ran up to Sugarcoat in one of the many long hallways in Crystal Prep. "Hey, Sugar! 'Ya ready to practice?" "No." Why'd she refuse? Indigo Zap was determined to find out exactly why Sugarcoat refused in the first place. "Wait, WHAT?" "I don't want to do this anymore," Sugarcoat told a surprised Indigo Zap. "I'm afraid that Vice Principal Shining Armor might find out that we're abusing rule number five." "Oh, puh-lease!" rejected a reckless Indigo Zap. "This will be the last day we will practice. Next week, I'll just be making up the rest of my detention time!" That actually sounded like a good idea, thought Sugarcoat. "Do ya absolutely promise that this will be the last day we will practice for the Games?" Indigo Zap nodded. "Yes." Soon afterwards, Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap wheeled their motorcycles up to the motocross track. Suddenly, Sugarcoat noticed that Indigo Zap, well, brought some extra practice equipment with her... "Why'd you bring those with 'ya?" "Since today is the last day we practice for the Friendship Games," began Indigo Zap, "I decided that we need to get a little dangerous..." "Do you know how much trouble you'll get us into?!" Sugarcoat asked Indigo Zap with a serious expression. She crossed her arms as Indigo Zap tried to think of something clever to say. "Nobody will know, Sugarcoat! There's only a few teachers in the Crystal Prep building and the practice areas for archery and rollerblading are both on the other side of campus." Sugarcoat started to sweat as soon as she realized the potentially large amount of trouble that Indigo Zap put them in. "C'mon now," teased Indigo Zap. "Who doesn't like to have a little bit of fun once in a while?" It took a while, but Sugarcoat finally told Indigo Zap, "Fine Indigo. As long as nobody else finds out that we did this, we'll do this." "All right!" Indigo Zap sped quickly past Sugarcoat so she could set up the ramp and bucket of mud that she had brought. The ramp was gently placed near the end of the motocross track and the mud was dumped near the middle of the track. Indigo Zap ran to her motorcycle and hopped onto it. Sugarcoat still looked afraid, however... Indigo Zap cackled. "You're still too scared, huh?" "I didn't know how dangerous this would be..." a nervous Sugarcoat told a dauntless Indigo Zap. "Come on now, Sugar! Just hop on your motorcycle and I'll guide you through the course." Sugarcoat gulped. "Fine, Indigo." Sugarcoat reluctantly hopped onto her motorcycle. She and Indigo Zap revved up the engines of their motorcycles and soon they were speeding around the track as always. However, thirty seconds later, the mud on the track came into view. "Watch out, Sugarcoat!" yelled Indigo Zap. "Oh heavens n-" Sugarcoat's motorcycle soon plunged into the mud, it still desperately trying to move along the track. Indigo Zap, however, dodged the mud intact and was still riding her motorcycle. "What the flour?!" Sugarcoat angrily yelled. "Are you gonna help me here or just leave me?" "Come on!" yelled Indigo Zap ahead of Sugarcoat. "Just keep trying to rev up your motorcycle and you should be fine!" Trying Indigo Zap's suggestion, Sugarcoat kept trying to rev up her motorcycle. Slowly it was moving out of the mud. A few more revs and eventually Sugarcoat's motorcycle, although very muddy, got out of the mud. However, Sugarcoat revved up her motorcycle a bit too much... Her motorcycle was slipping along the track! "Woah there! How much mud did you put here, Indigo?" "Half a bucket." Sugarcoat did a spit take as soon as she heard Indigo Zap's reply. "You dumped half a bucket of mud along this track and you didn't even think for even a second that either you or I would be slipping along this track?!" "I like to be reckless, y'know?" Sugarcoat's motorcycle eventually stopped slipping and she caught up with Indigo Zap. "Nice job, Sugarcoat," commented Indigo Zap. "You really are showing the true skills of a Shadowbolt!" "You're saying that after you were teasing me about my motorcycle in the mud?!" "It's just a part of taking risks, Sugar. Now look out! We're about to go up the ramp!" "Oh boy!" a nervous Sugarcoat commented. The ramp was much larger than Sugarcoat had imagined it to be. Then again, she had eyeballed it the first time she saw it... "Now we're going up this ramp together," began Indigo Zap, "okay?" Sugarcoat gulped. "O-okay..." As soon as their motorcycles went up along the ramp... "Aaaaaaah!!!!!!" Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap were sent up into their air! Still on their motorcycles, they tried to land on some comfortable, flat surface- But nope. Instead they landed in a couple of bushes, miraculously still intact. Sugarcoat spat out a twig and looked at Indigo Zap. "That was..." "Awesome?" a thrilled Indigo Zap asked her. "Thrilling? Cool? Fun? Wild?" "How about 'criminal'?" "As in criminally dangerous, or..." Indigo Zap soon realized who she was answering. She nervously looked up at an obviously-ticked-off Vice Principal Shining Armor. "You two violated rule number five." As if that wasn't made obvious enough, Sugarcoat thought to herself. "Also, you violated rule number three, rule number seven, rule number-" "It wasn't all my fault!" interrupted Sugarcoat. "Indigo Zap was wrong for bringing out all of this equipment that we didn't need!" She angrily looked at Indigo Zap, who hung her head in shame. "What's my punishment?" "You mean what's 'both of our' punishments?" Vice Principal Shining Armor corrected. Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap each had a bad feeling in the pit of their stomachs. What was their vice principal going to make them do? "You both will clean up this motocross track. You also won't be able to practice for the Friendship Games next week because Indigo Zap will be spending an extra week in detention making up her homework, and Sugarcoat will be in there with her for a day, writing an essay about the importance of following rules in the correct ways." "We're sorry," both Indigo Zap and Sugarcoat chimed in unison. Vice Principal Shining Armor nodded. "Now go inside after you've cleaned up this mess of a motocross track. I will meet you by the door and I will call both of you girls' parents telling them that I will drive you home." Vice Principal Shining Armor marched inside as Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap began to clean the motocross track. "And I usually don't even trust wrongdoing students like you, Indigo," he muttered. "I usually leave that to Lightning Dust." The End 4. Pinkie on the Run If there was one thing the Rainbooms were good at, it was starting trends. Sports turned out to be the next big thing. The sun was shining over Canterlot High's track and field one afternoon. Several students were trying out javelin and long jump on the field. On the track, a familiar pink girl was encouraging some other students in a rollerblading race. "Come on Paisley, you can do it!" Pinkie Pie cheered, rollerblading circles around an Eco Kid with long turquoise hair. Paisley's knees wobbled as she tried to skate forward. Unfortunately, she failed, and tumbled into the soft grass. "I don't think I can, Pinkie," she responded softly, dusting off her pants. "Sure ya can!" Pinkie beamed, pulling Paisley to her feet. "Look! If Bon Bon can do it, so can you!" "Is that supposed to be an insult?" Bon Bon asked from where she was slowing getting the hang of rollerblading. Before Pinkie could respond, she was distracted by the call of her friends. "Pinkie!" Sunset, who was standing with Rarity and Applejack, waved her over. "Bon Bon! You're in charge now!" Pinkie shouted as she skated away. "Oh gre- oof!" "Sorry," Paisley apologized after she ran into Bon Bon. "So, Sunny, how ya doin'?" Pinkie asked, beaming. "Good, Pinkie," Sunset replied. "It looks like you found your sport pretty quick!" "You bet your bacon hair I did!" Pinkie replied. "We only have the track for another half hour, though." "Why?" Applejack questioned. Pinkie giggled. "The lacrosse team has to practice! Hey!" She bounced up in excitement. "How 'bout you guys join me on the track? Rarity, I know you'd be an awesome rollerblader!" She grabbed Rarity by the wrists. "Woah, darling!" Rarity laughed as Pinkie tried to drag her away. "I have to get a suitable outfit, first. I can't go rollerblading looking like this." She gestured to her regular blue shirt and matching lavender skirt. Pinkie, Applejack, and Sunset blinked. "But... you wear that every day," Applejack deadpanned. Rarity nodded. "Exactly! My rollerblading outfit must be one that dazzles the eye and makes everyone say, 'Rarity is grandest rollerblading ever!'" Stars sparkled in her eyes as she thought about that. "Chill, Rarity! We haven't even talked about competitive rollerblading!" Pinkie commented, skating around the group. "Well, there's nothing to fear, darling," Rarity answered confidently. "I have an entire rack of outfits inside! Let me just go get one!" Pinkie, Sunset, and Applejack watched as she jogged off. "So, are you guys gonna blade with me?" Pinkie asked, doing a pirouette around Applejack. "Sorry, Pinkie," Applejack replied. "I have to time a race for Sunset and Rainbow Dash!" Sunset smirked. "I'm gonna so beat Rainbow!" she exclaimed. "Have fun, you guys!" Pinkie waved as Applejack and Sunset left her. "I must have a rollerblading outfit somewhere," Rarity murmured as she rummaged through her locker. She pulled out a lavender tennis outfit. "Ew." Rarity made a face. "Definitely not." She tossed it aside and pulled out another outfit. "What was I thinking?" she asked in disbelief. "Light blue with this shade of pink accents? Clearly a design from Freshman year!" Rarity folded the dress neatly and pitched it to the right. After a few more minutes of scavenging, the pile of rejected clothes was almost as tall as Rarity. She daintily wiped her brow. "That was a lot of work! But I still don't have an outfit!" Rarity frowned in defeat. "If only there was someone- wait! There is!" A smile spread over Rarity's face as she dialed Pinkie Pie's number. "How ya doin', Rarity?" Pinkie asked when she picked up. "Found the perfect outfit yet?" "Not exactly, dear," Rarity responded, examining a scarf. "Could you do me a favor?" "What is it?" Pinkie queried. "Could you skate on down to the mall and buy me a suitable rollerblading outfit? I'd pay you back later, of course." "Sure, Rarity!" Pinkie giggled. "I'll be back in two shakes of a pony's tail!" "Thank you, darling!" Rarity exclaimed as she looked through some more clothes. She ended the call. "Now, do these gloves go with these boots?" she asked, holding up the clothing articles. Pinkie Pie was having a blast rollerblading down the street! "Whoopee!" she exclaimed as she dodged a low hanging tree branch. "Now, what would Rarity like? Something purple, I guess! Or maybe pink? No, blue! What if I got her a rainbow dress?!" The mall was only a short distance from Canterlot High, which made getting there easy as pie. Without a second thought, Pinkie bladed right inside, past the security guards. "S'cuse me!" Pinkie exclaimed cheerfully as she avoided trampling other customers. "Hey, watch it!" mumbled a lavender girl with a messy girl. "Oops! Sorry, Twilight Sparkle from the city, who I shouldn't be talking to because Hey! We aren't friends yet but I have a feeling we will be soon so I won't tell any of my friends is that alright?" Pinkie asked as she bladed around the other girl. Twilight raised an eyebrow. "How do you know my na-" "See ya around!" Pinkie exclaimed before zipping away to the nearest outlet. "Lollipops!" Pinkie gasped, spotting a candy-themed dress near the front of the store. "Must have!" Back at Canterlot High, Rarity tapped her foot impatiently. Pinkie Pie, having just returned with the dress, was holding it up for examination. "No no no, dear. That won't work for rollerblading!" Rarity exclaimed. "Could you return it an try again?" "Sure thing, Rarity!" Pinkie agreed readily. Rarity eyed Pinkie's next selection in complete distaste. "Pinkie, neon does not work on me," she blatantly stated. Pinkie cocked her head and stared at the frilly, neon, 80s-esque outfit she had picked out. "Yeah, you're right!" she admitted. "Want me to go back and get another outfit?" "Please do," Rarity encouraged her. The next outfit Pinkie brought back was blue, with poofy white sleeves, polka dot socks, and a balloon patterned skirt. "Gorgeous!" Rarity clapped her hands together. "For you, darling! Here-" she shoved a wad of cash into Pinkie's free hand. "-consider this outfit a gift from me to you!" "Wow, thanks, Rarity!" Pinkie giggled. "Hold this for me, I think I have enough time to get one more outfit!" As fast as she could, Pinkie bladed off to the mall once more. "It's perfect!" Rarity gushed. She bounced up in down in giddiness! Pinkie's final selection was a lavender top with a ruffled pink and blue skirt, complete with a pink faux fur jacket. "Thank you ever so much, Pinkie Pie, darling!" Rarity excitedly snatched the outfit and immediately began slipping the jacket on. "I can't wait-" "Uh oh!" Pinkie Pie frowned. "Our time is up! Lacrosse practice started a couple minutes ago." Rarity bit her lip. "Pinkie Pie, I'm so sorry," she apologized. "If I hadn't been so picky, we could still have had time!" Pinkie smiled and placed a comforting hand on Rarity's shoulder. "Don't worry about it, Rares!" Pinkie exclaimed. "I still got plenty of exercise skating to and from the mall!" Rarity nodded, a smile appearing on her face. "Next time, I won't be so picky about my appearance. At least, I'll try!" "Good news!" Pinkie exclaimed, scrolling through her text messages. "Rainbow's having pizza at her place! We can rollerblade to her house!" "Excellent idea, Pinkie!" Rarity agreed. Rarity strapped on her rollerblades. With their news outfits in hand, Pinkie and Rarity set out for Rainbow Dash's house. As they bladed, pony ears appeared on their heads. The End! Author's Note Pinkie's outfit: Rarity's outfit: If anybody realizes what I did with the title, please tell me.
1. Soccer Stage Tweet! A shrill sound pierced the air. "Halftime!" shouted the referee. The Canterlot Wondercolts and Cloudsdale Gremlins jogged off field, waving to cheering fans. "This is the best game ever!" Rainbow Dash yelled, stuffing more popcorn into her mouth. The scoreboard to her right revealed the score: 14 to 8, Wondercolts. "Don't forget the main reason why we're here," Applejack reminded Rainbow Dash. "Cheerleading?" Pinkie joked. Just for fun, she had dressed up in a bright blue cheerleader outfit. "The halftime show, of course!" Rarity added with a flip of her hair. "When do we go on, Sunset?" "Right after Thunderstruck," Sunset responded, reading over the agenda. Flash Drive would start, followed by Thunderstruck. The Rainbooms were the final act before the game resumed. "I bet you're excited, Rainbow," Fluttershy remarked cheerfully, tapping on her tambourine. "You've been wanting to do a halftime show forever!" "Especially during a game like this one!" Rainbow agreed, tossing another piece of popcorn into her mouth. "What better way to show the Wondercolt spirit?" "Oh! I know!" Pinkie waved her hand all over the place. "With these!" She tossed out Wondercolt headbands to her bandmates. Everyone accepted. "Now we're ready!" Applejack grinned. "As soon as it's our turn, of course." The audience clapped as Thunderbass, Valhallen, and Crimson Napalm walked off stage. The Rainbooms exchanged excited glances. This was it! "Break a leg, everybody!" Applejack whispered as they walked on stage. "Not literally, of course." Pinkie Pie took a seat behind her drum set, her drumsticks ready to beat. Rarity, Sunset Shimmer, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Fluttershy lined up next to a set of microphones. Each held her instrument in perfect position. "One, two, three!" Pinkie yelled, and the Rainbooms began to play. Students crowded around the makeshift stage to watch the concert. "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Awesome as we wanna be!" the girls chorused. Some members of the audience began to clap along. "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Awesome as we wanna be!" Rainbow exclaimed. "First you see us, our friendship is unconcealed," Sunset sang, strumming her guitar. "Got my soccer ball, runnin' down the soccer field!" She gently kicked a prop soccer ball off the stage. "There is nothing you can do to beat us!" Pinkie continued. "We're tryin' hard and you can't defeat us!" She banged extra hard on the cymbals! "Yeah we're awesome!" Rarity and Applejack chorused. "Take caution!" Fluttershy and Pinkie added. "Wondercolts GO! We're awesome as we wanna be!" Sunset and Rainbow Dash finished. As the girls repeated the chorus, their pony transformations began. "Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!" By the time the girls reached the bridge to the next verse, everyone had pony ears and a "pony tail." Fluttershy's and Rainbow Dash's wings were on their backs, as well. "Awesome!" Lyra Heartstrings yelled. "Step aside, dear, you'll be getting in our way!" Rarity harmonized. "We got the soccer skills, and we'll play you any day!" "When it comes to sports, I'm a groover!" Rainbow sang, her wings flittering in excitement. "You wish you could be twenty percent cooler!" "Yeah, we're awesome!" "Takecaution!" "Wondercolts GO!We're awesome as we wanna be!" Rainbow and Sunset finished with a final strum of the guitar chords. They stood on stage, grinning, as the audience cheered for them. The girls' pony ears vanished into sparkles, and their hair receded to its normal length. "Good job, Cloudy Kicks!" Fluttershy exclaimed. "Thanks, Fluttershy!" Cloudy waved as she walked by. "Awesome game, Spitfire!" Rainbow congratulated the Wondercolts captain. "Thanks, Rainbow." Spitfire winked as she followed Cloudy and the rest of the soccer team off the field. "It's so awesome the Wondercolts won!" Pinkie exclaimed, jumping up and down. The scoreboard read 24-15. "I just wish Canterlot High had more luck winning with archery or rollerblading," Rainbow remarked, playing with her wristbands. The rest of the girls nodded. Sunset, however, had her eyes narrowed, like she was trying to remember something important. "Uh, Sunse-" Fluttershy began before Sunset's turquoise eyes widened. "Guys!" she exclaimed suddenly. "What is it, Sunset Shimmer?" Rarity asked. Everyone leaned in curiously. "Did you notice that your rainbow streaks didn't appear this time?" Sunset asked. The rest of her friends exchanged glances. "They didn't?" Fluttershy queried. She finger combed through her pale pink hair. "Now, that I think about it, they didn't!" Applejack realized. "I wonder why?" The girls stared at each other, confused. "Well it doesn't matter that much, does it?" Pinkie asked. "I mean, yeah, the purple and blue was totally splenderific, but we can still make the same siren-blasting, rainbow-rocking music we've always made!" She beamed. "Pinkie's right!" Rainbow agreed. "Rainbooms all the way!" "Rainbooms all the way!" her friends cheered. "Hey, Sunset, can we write to Twilight tellin' her about our show?" Applejack asked. Sunset brightened. "That's a great idea, Applejack!" she replied. "I'm sure she'd love to hear from us!" She pulled out the magical book from her backpack. The Rainbooms gathered around as Sunset began to write, "Dear Twilight..." The End!
2. A Dash of Sports Fever "Okay, gang, it's time to start playing some sports!" Rainbow Dash announced, hands planted firmly on her hips. "That's why you dragged us all the way out here?" Rarity asked, surveying the field. The six BFFs stood on the track field. Soccer balls, footballs, baseballs, and every other sports ball littered the fresh green grass. Pinkie Pie was already scampering around, trying out all sorts of things! "Wasn't that the teeniest bit obvious?" Applejack questioned the fashionista. Rarity sighed and rolled her eyes. "So what are we doing, Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy asked, picking up a baseball bat. "I'm not very good at sports." "Just picking a sport to work on!" Rainbow responded with a grin. "Me? I'm gonna go for motorcross, of course!" "Go Dashie!" Pinkie cheered, bouncing around in excitement. "Motorcross? Never heard of it," Applejack commented. "I have!" Sunset replied, turning to explain to her farming friend. "It's like off-road motorcycle racing. You need to be really fit to do it." "Well, that's not me," Fluttershy murmured, trying to hide behind her hair. "Canterlot High just got a motorcross path!" Rainbow cried. "And I'm gonna be the first to ride on it!" She ran over to a set of motorcycles. "Where did those come from?" Rarity asked. "Who cares?" Pinkie giggled. "Rainbow Dash riding on a motorcycle is gonna be so awesome!" Everybody murmured in agreement. Rainbow Dash hopped up onto a motorcycle colored magenta. "Enter the danger zone!" she smirked, igniting the engine. "She's playing this for attention," Applejack whispered to Sunset, who nodded in agreement. Rainbow revved up the engine. Suddenly, she was speeding down the dirt track in front of her. "Go Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie cheered, tossing footballs into the air. "Eeep!" Fluttershy did her best to dodge. "Wait a minute- Rainbow Dash didn't have her helmet on!" Rarity realized, watching Rainbow speed away. Everyone froze. Pinkie stopped bouncing mid-bounce. "She could get hurt!" Fluttershy exclaimed in terror. "RAINBOW!" Sunset yelled. Her gaze landed on a blue motorcycle. "I'll be back, guys!" she exclaimed. Sunset ran over and strapped on a blue and yellow helmet. She picked up an extra blue one for Rainbow. In the next moment, Sunset had hopped up onto the next motorcycle. "Sunset!" the remaining four girls exclaimed. Sunset narrowed her eyes. The motorcycle sprung to life and blasted forward. "Woah!" Sunset cried. Her fiery hair whipped in the wind. Now to catch up to Rainbow and give her this helmet, Sunset thought. She gently eased her foot onto the gas pedal. The motorcyle sped up. Sunset could see Rainbow Dash coming into view! "Rainbow Dash!" she yelled. Either Rainbow didn't hear her call, or just choose to ignore her. Whatever the reason, Sunset found herself mildly irritated. Until a familiar sensation kicked in. "What the-" Sunset risked a quick glance up. She felt a magical tingling on her skull. Her helmet was literally morphing to fit the new ears! Sunset's turquoise eyes widened as she quickly turned back to the road. "Rainbow Dash!" she yelled again. Rainbow was closer, now. She was close enough for Sunset to see that Rainbow, too, had gained wings and pony ears. "Oh hey, Sunset!" Rainbow yelled back. "Sweet transformation, am I right?" "I have your helmet!" Sunset screamed, fearing her words would be lost in the wind. Sunset distinctly heard Rainbow laugh. To her, it sounded more like a taunting cackle. "Come and catch me, first!" Rainbow put on some speed and left Sunset in the dust. "Hey!" Sunset yelled in protest. How long does this track go on for? She stepped on the pedal and sped after Rainbow. Sunset turned a bend. Wow, I'm actually pretty good at this, she thought as she chased after Dash. Suddenly, Sunset had caught up to Rainbow Dash. "Rainbow!" Sunset cried again. "WOAH!" Rainbow yelled, noticing Sunset. With her gaping mouth and wide eyes, Rainbow looked like the victim of a horror video game. "How did you catch up to me?" she asked. "Magic!" Sunset responded with a smirk. "Rainbow, I need to give you your helmet!" "We're almost there, Baconhead!" Rainbow retorted with a laugh. "Can't catch me now!" Once more, she sped ahead. "That's not safe!" Sunset shrieked. "I'm really starting to freak out right now!" Fluttershy gasped. She fanned herself with her hands. "I mean. what if they're stuck out in the woods and they can't get home and then a bear comes and he doesn't know they're friendly-" "Fluttershy, breathe!" Applejack grabbed Fluttershy's arms. "You're reaching Rarity levels of drama!" "Hey!" Rarity glared at Applejack. "She's got a point, Rarity!" Pinkie piped up. "But I think they'll be back soon." As if on cue, Rainbow Dash and Sunset Shimmer appeared in sight. "Rainbow! Sunset!" The girls gasped. Rainbow was being tailed by Sunset, in what looked like a chase scene from a movie or something. "Do those gals have pony ears?" Applejack asked in disbelief. "I think they do!" Rarity answered, her mouth dropping open. Rainbow and Sunset slowed when they neared the girls. "Hey guys!" Rainbow winked as she parked her motorcycle. "Like my ears?" She wiggled the pony appendages. Pinkie giggled. Sunset reached them a moment later. "Rainbow!" she cried, hopping off her bike. "That was dangerous!" She tossed her extra helmet to Rainbow. Rainbow caught it and grinned. "That was a test!" she exclaimed. Sunset blinked. "W-what?" "I've been on a motorcross track before," Rainbow explained. As she talked, her ears and wings disappeared, as did Sunset's. "I know how to ride a motorcycle. That was a test to see which one of my friends would jump on to get me a helmet!" She grinned in satisfaction. "Sunset Shimmer, you're my new motorcross partner!" "I know I should be mad at you. That was extremely dangerous." Sunset shook her head. "But I'm glad to be your partner, Rainbow Dash!" The two grinned widely as they fist-bumped. The End Author's Note Disclaimer: I know knothing about motorcross. Wikipedia was just text, and there's no way I'm sitting in front of my chromebook for 10 hours trying to find exact information.
3. Sports before SchoolAuthor's Note This chapter is written by Abbeybunny13! 3. Sports before School "Uh, sugar..." Sugarcoat looked nervously at Indigo Zap. Indigo Zap was in detention and had asked Sugarcoat to come there to break her out somehow. "Are you sure this is a good idea?" Sugarcoat continued. "Of course it is!" responded Indigo Zap. "Rule number five states that participants in the Friendship Games can practice no matter what, even if you're in detention!" Sugarcoat sighed. "Fine, sweetie. You win this one. I'll go ask Vice Principal Shining Armor if we can go out to the motocross track so we can practice for the Games." "Thanks, Sugar!" "Anything for you, Indigo Zap!" Ten minutes later, Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap had their helmets and motorcycles. "Sugarcoat, are you ready to practice?" Indigo Zap asked. "'Course I am, sugar!" They both leapt onto their motorcycles and fastened on their helmets. Their motorcycles steadily planted at the starting line of the Crystal Prep motocross practice track, they revved up their engines. Almost immediately the two girls were speeding around the track at almost seventy miles per hour. "SWEET SUGAR!" yelled Sugarcoat. "I never knew motocross was this fun until I started to practice!" "You are a natural, Sugarcoat!" "Ah shucks, Indigo!" As Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap continued to race around the motocross track again and again, Vice Principal Shining Armor came outside of Crystal Prep to get them inside. "Practice time is up! Time to go home!" They immediately braked and slowly wheeled their motorcycles out of the motocross track. "Thanks for helping me out, Sugar!" "Anything for a friend, I guess..." The next day, it was almost about time to start motocross practice. Indigo Zap was sitting next to Sugarcoat on a bench and nudged her with her arm. "Ow! What do you want?" asked Sugarcoat. "I was gonna get our motocross practicin' equipment anyway..." "I just want to thank you again for-" "I'm beginning to regret that I've helped you in the first place, Indigo..." "Oh come on!" an opposing Indigo Zap replied. "As long as nobody participating in the Friendship Games spills the beans about our true reason why I'm out here and not in detention" -Sugarcoat gulped- "nobody's gonna get in trouble!" Indigo Zap finished. Sugarcoat felt relieved. "Okay, then. Let's go ahead and get our practice equipment!" Once Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap had their motocross equipment, they started to race around the track again. This had to be the fastest speed they had gone yet; their previous record was 75 miles per hour! "Hey Sugarcoat!" Indigo Zap yelled over the sound of the motorcycle that she was on all revved up. "What is it, sweetie?" "I think we passed our record!" "Great! The Shadowbolts will definitely win again this year!" As Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap continued to race around the motocross track on their motorcycles, they completed their fifth lap. Then the tenth lap, eleventh lap, twelfth lap... "Sugarcoat! Indigo Zap! Time to head home!" They immediately braked their motorcycles and slowly wheeled them off the track. "See you tomorrow Indigo!" Sugarcoat called. Evem after Indigo Zap disappeared, Sugarcoat still felt worried. What if Vice Principal Shining Armor were to discover the loophole that she and Indigo Zap found earlier? She would be in big trouble, all because she decided to help the latter student. "Please don't find out, Vice Principal Shining Armor..." Friday was nice and sunny. It had been four days since Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap had begun practicing on the motocross track at Crystal Prep, abusing rule number five every time they practiced. Actually, only Indigo Zap was abusing rule number five; poor Sugarcoat was concerned that she would take all of the blame because she offered to help her motocross partner in the first place! Anyways, it was still time to practice. Indigo Zap ran up to Sugarcoat in one of the many long hallways in Crystal Prep. "Hey, Sugar! 'Ya ready to practice?" "No." Why'd she refuse? Indigo Zap was determined to find out exactly why Sugarcoat refused in the first place. "Wait, WHAT?" "I don't want to do this anymore," Sugarcoat told a surprised Indigo Zap. "I'm afraid that Vice Principal Shining Armor might find out that we're abusing rule number five." "Oh, puh-lease!" rejected a reckless Indigo Zap. "This will be the last day we will practice. Next week, I'll just be making up the rest of my detention time!" That actually sounded like a good idea, thought Sugarcoat. "Do ya absolutely promise that this will be the last day we will practice for the Games?" Indigo Zap nodded. "Yes." Soon afterwards, Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap wheeled their motorcycles up to the motocross track. Suddenly, Sugarcoat noticed that Indigo Zap, well, brought some extra practice equipment with her... "Why'd you bring those with 'ya?" "Since today is the last day we practice for the Friendship Games," began Indigo Zap, "I decided that we need to get a little dangerous..." "Do you know how much trouble you'll get us into?!" Sugarcoat asked Indigo Zap with a serious expression. She crossed her arms as Indigo Zap tried to think of something clever to say. "Nobody will know, Sugarcoat! There's only a few teachers in the Crystal Prep building and the practice areas for archery and rollerblading are both on the other side of campus." Sugarcoat started to sweat as soon as she realized the potentially large amount of trouble that Indigo Zap put them in. "C'mon now," teased Indigo Zap. "Who doesn't like to have a little bit of fun once in a while?" It took a while, but Sugarcoat finally told Indigo Zap, "Fine Indigo. As long as nobody else finds out that we did this, we'll do this." "All right!" Indigo Zap sped quickly past Sugarcoat so she could set up the ramp and bucket of mud that she had brought. The ramp was gently placed near the end of the motocross track and the mud was dumped near the middle of the track. Indigo Zap ran to her motorcycle and hopped onto it. Sugarcoat still looked afraid, however... Indigo Zap cackled. "You're still too scared, huh?" "I didn't know how dangerous this would be..." a nervous Sugarcoat told a dauntless Indigo Zap. "Come on now, Sugar! Just hop on your motorcycle and I'll guide you through the course." Sugarcoat gulped. "Fine, Indigo." Sugarcoat reluctantly hopped onto her motorcycle. She and Indigo Zap revved up the engines of their motorcycles and soon they were speeding around the track as always. However, thirty seconds later, the mud on the track came into view. "Watch out, Sugarcoat!" yelled Indigo Zap. "Oh heavens n-" Sugarcoat's motorcycle soon plunged into the mud, it still desperately trying to move along the track. Indigo Zap, however, dodged the mud intact and was still riding her motorcycle. "What the flour?!" Sugarcoat angrily yelled. "Are you gonna help me here or just leave me?" "Come on!" yelled Indigo Zap ahead of Sugarcoat. "Just keep trying to rev up your motorcycle and you should be fine!" Trying Indigo Zap's suggestion, Sugarcoat kept trying to rev up her motorcycle. Slowly it was moving out of the mud. A few more revs and eventually Sugarcoat's motorcycle, although very muddy, got out of the mud. However, Sugarcoat revved up her motorcycle a bit too much... Her motorcycle was slipping along the track! "Woah there! How much mud did you put here, Indigo?" "Half a bucket." Sugarcoat did a spit take as soon as she heard Indigo Zap's reply. "You dumped half a bucket of mud along this track and you didn't even think for even a second that either you or I would be slipping along this track?!" "I like to be reckless, y'know?" Sugarcoat's motorcycle eventually stopped slipping and she caught up with Indigo Zap. "Nice job, Sugarcoat," commented Indigo Zap. "You really are showing the true skills of a Shadowbolt!" "You're saying that after you were teasing me about my motorcycle in the mud?!" "It's just a part of taking risks, Sugar. Now look out! We're about to go up the ramp!" "Oh boy!" a nervous Sugarcoat commented. The ramp was much larger than Sugarcoat had imagined it to be. Then again, she had eyeballed it the first time she saw it... "Now we're going up this ramp together," began Indigo Zap, "okay?" Sugarcoat gulped. "O-okay..." As soon as their motorcycles went up along the ramp... "Aaaaaaah!!!!!!" Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap were sent up into their air! Still on their motorcycles, they tried to land on some comfortable, flat surface- But nope. Instead they landed in a couple of bushes, miraculously still intact. Sugarcoat spat out a twig and looked at Indigo Zap. "That was..." "Awesome?" a thrilled Indigo Zap asked her. "Thrilling? Cool? Fun? Wild?" "How about 'criminal'?" "As in criminally dangerous, or..." Indigo Zap soon realized who she was answering. She nervously looked up at an obviously-ticked-off Vice Principal Shining Armor. "You two violated rule number five." As if that wasn't made obvious enough, Sugarcoat thought to herself. "Also, you violated rule number three, rule number seven, rule number-" "It wasn't all my fault!" interrupted Sugarcoat. "Indigo Zap was wrong for bringing out all of this equipment that we didn't need!" She angrily looked at Indigo Zap, who hung her head in shame. "What's my punishment?" "You mean what's 'both of our' punishments?" Vice Principal Shining Armor corrected. Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap each had a bad feeling in the pit of their stomachs. What was their vice principal going to make them do? "You both will clean up this motocross track. You also won't be able to practice for the Friendship Games next week because Indigo Zap will be spending an extra week in detention making up her homework, and Sugarcoat will be in there with her for a day, writing an essay about the importance of following rules in the correct ways." "We're sorry," both Indigo Zap and Sugarcoat chimed in unison. Vice Principal Shining Armor nodded. "Now go inside after you've cleaned up this mess of a motocross track. I will meet you by the door and I will call both of you girls' parents telling them that I will drive you home." Vice Principal Shining Armor marched inside as Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap began to clean the motocross track. "And I usually don't even trust wrongdoing students like you, Indigo," he muttered. "I usually leave that to Lightning Dust." The End
4. Pinkie on the Run If there was one thing the Rainbooms were good at, it was starting trends. Sports turned out to be the next big thing. The sun was shining over Canterlot High's track and field one afternoon. Several students were trying out javelin and long jump on the field. On the track, a familiar pink girl was encouraging some other students in a rollerblading race. "Come on Paisley, you can do it!" Pinkie Pie cheered, rollerblading circles around an Eco Kid with long turquoise hair. Paisley's knees wobbled as she tried to skate forward. Unfortunately, she failed, and tumbled into the soft grass. "I don't think I can, Pinkie," she responded softly, dusting off her pants. "Sure ya can!" Pinkie beamed, pulling Paisley to her feet. "Look! If Bon Bon can do it, so can you!" "Is that supposed to be an insult?" Bon Bon asked from where she was slowing getting the hang of rollerblading. Before Pinkie could respond, she was distracted by the call of her friends. "Pinkie!" Sunset, who was standing with Rarity and Applejack, waved her over. "Bon Bon! You're in charge now!" Pinkie shouted as she skated away. "Oh gre- oof!" "Sorry," Paisley apologized after she ran into Bon Bon. "So, Sunny, how ya doin'?" Pinkie asked, beaming. "Good, Pinkie," Sunset replied. "It looks like you found your sport pretty quick!" "You bet your bacon hair I did!" Pinkie replied. "We only have the track for another half hour, though." "Why?" Applejack questioned. Pinkie giggled. "The lacrosse team has to practice! Hey!" She bounced up in excitement. "How 'bout you guys join me on the track? Rarity, I know you'd be an awesome rollerblader!" She grabbed Rarity by the wrists. "Woah, darling!" Rarity laughed as Pinkie tried to drag her away. "I have to get a suitable outfit, first. I can't go rollerblading looking like this." She gestured to her regular blue shirt and matching lavender skirt. Pinkie, Applejack, and Sunset blinked. "But... you wear that every day," Applejack deadpanned. Rarity nodded. "Exactly! My rollerblading outfit must be one that dazzles the eye and makes everyone say, 'Rarity is grandest rollerblading ever!'" Stars sparkled in her eyes as she thought about that. "Chill, Rarity! We haven't even talked about competitive rollerblading!" Pinkie commented, skating around the group. "Well, there's nothing to fear, darling," Rarity answered confidently. "I have an entire rack of outfits inside! Let me just go get one!" Pinkie, Sunset, and Applejack watched as she jogged off. "So, are you guys gonna blade with me?" Pinkie asked, doing a pirouette around Applejack. "Sorry, Pinkie," Applejack replied. "I have to time a race for Sunset and Rainbow Dash!" Sunset smirked. "I'm gonna so beat Rainbow!" she exclaimed. "Have fun, you guys!" Pinkie waved as Applejack and Sunset left her. "I must have a rollerblading outfit somewhere," Rarity murmured as she rummaged through her locker. She pulled out a lavender tennis outfit. "Ew." Rarity made a face. "Definitely not." She tossed it aside and pulled out another outfit. "What was I thinking?" she asked in disbelief. "Light blue with this shade of pink accents? Clearly a design from Freshman year!" Rarity folded the dress neatly and pitched it to the right. After a few more minutes of scavenging, the pile of rejected clothes was almost as tall as Rarity. She daintily wiped her brow. "That was a lot of work! But I still don't have an outfit!" Rarity frowned in defeat. "If only there was someone- wait! There is!" A smile spread over Rarity's face as she dialed Pinkie Pie's number. "How ya doin', Rarity?" Pinkie asked when she picked up. "Found the perfect outfit yet?" "Not exactly, dear," Rarity responded, examining a scarf. "Could you do me a favor?" "What is it?" Pinkie queried. "Could you skate on down to the mall and buy me a suitable rollerblading outfit? I'd pay you back later, of course." "Sure, Rarity!" Pinkie giggled. "I'll be back in two shakes of a pony's tail!" "Thank you, darling!" Rarity exclaimed as she looked through some more clothes. She ended the call. "Now, do these gloves go with these boots?" she asked, holding up the clothing articles. Pinkie Pie was having a blast rollerblading down the street! "Whoopee!" she exclaimed as she dodged a low hanging tree branch. "Now, what would Rarity like? Something purple, I guess! Or maybe pink? No, blue! What if I got her a rainbow dress?!" The mall was only a short distance from Canterlot High, which made getting there easy as pie. Without a second thought, Pinkie bladed right inside, past the security guards. "S'cuse me!" Pinkie exclaimed cheerfully as she avoided trampling other customers. "Hey, watch it!" mumbled a lavender girl with a messy girl. "Oops! Sorry, Twilight Sparkle from the city, who I shouldn't be talking to because Hey! We aren't friends yet but I have a feeling we will be soon so I won't tell any of my friends is that alright?" Pinkie asked as she bladed around the other girl. Twilight raised an eyebrow. "How do you know my na-" "See ya around!" Pinkie exclaimed before zipping away to the nearest outlet. "Lollipops!" Pinkie gasped, spotting a candy-themed dress near the front of the store. "Must have!" Back at Canterlot High, Rarity tapped her foot impatiently. Pinkie Pie, having just returned with the dress, was holding it up for examination. "No no no, dear. That won't work for rollerblading!" Rarity exclaimed. "Could you return it an try again?" "Sure thing, Rarity!" Pinkie agreed readily. Rarity eyed Pinkie's next selection in complete distaste. "Pinkie, neon does not work on me," she blatantly stated. Pinkie cocked her head and stared at the frilly, neon, 80s-esque outfit she had picked out. "Yeah, you're right!" she admitted. "Want me to go back and get another outfit?" "Please do," Rarity encouraged her. The next outfit Pinkie brought back was blue, with poofy white sleeves, polka dot socks, and a balloon patterned skirt. "Gorgeous!" Rarity clapped her hands together. "For you, darling! Here-" she shoved a wad of cash into Pinkie's free hand. "-consider this outfit a gift from me to you!" "Wow, thanks, Rarity!" Pinkie giggled. "Hold this for me, I think I have enough time to get one more outfit!" As fast as she could, Pinkie bladed off to the mall once more. "It's perfect!" Rarity gushed. She bounced up in down in giddiness! Pinkie's final selection was a lavender top with a ruffled pink and blue skirt, complete with a pink faux fur jacket. "Thank you ever so much, Pinkie Pie, darling!" Rarity excitedly snatched the outfit and immediately began slipping the jacket on. "I can't wait-" "Uh oh!" Pinkie Pie frowned. "Our time is up! Lacrosse practice started a couple minutes ago." Rarity bit her lip. "Pinkie Pie, I'm so sorry," she apologized. "If I hadn't been so picky, we could still have had time!" Pinkie smiled and placed a comforting hand on Rarity's shoulder. "Don't worry about it, Rares!" Pinkie exclaimed. "I still got plenty of exercise skating to and from the mall!" Rarity nodded, a smile appearing on her face. "Next time, I won't be so picky about my appearance. At least, I'll try!" "Good news!" Pinkie exclaimed, scrolling through her text messages. "Rainbow's having pizza at her place! We can rollerblade to her house!" "Excellent idea, Pinkie!" Rarity agreed. Rarity strapped on her rollerblades. With their news outfits in hand, Pinkie and Rarity set out for Rainbow Dash's house. As they bladed, pony ears appeared on their heads. The End! Author's Note Pinkie's outfit: Rarity's outfit: If anybody realizes what I did with the title, please tell me.
