Prologue- a spark of light in the lab
-the last of 'shine like rainbows' can be heard tinkling in the background-
The seismometer's alarm sounds as the result was printed on a piece of paper, and a hand grabs the jagged paper. The red ink, freshly printed yet crisp on this paper shows a jagged rhythm of strange, almost unnatural energy. The owner of this information seems very troubled as they storm to a noticeboard and stab the fragile peace of paper with a pin and punches it to the wall. The noise it makes as their fist make contact with the cork board awakens the person's cockapoo puppy, who gives an almost incoherent 'woof'.
" Urgh! This is the SIXTH day of unnatural energy that's been emitted from that damn school! Why is this not elementary?! If this was A nuclear spill, I could work out the elements it contains instantly! But this phenomenon is doing nothing but annoy me to sleep!"
As they stand back from the wall, the crooked light hanging from above shines on her. This girl, around 1 metre 65, has amethysts for eyes, protected in their framed protective glass cases. Her midnight hair with violet and fuchsia streaks, is messily pulled back into a side bun, while little strands of hair have escaped the hair tie and frame her face like pulled back curtains in a ballet performance. Her pale skin sits on her face like fondant icing on a cake. Literally, the only sign of work show under her eyelids, which over time, hung under her eyes sleepily and are almost indigo. Also, her face shows age and malnutrition and sadness.
On her body, she wears a white lab coat, a pastel blue turtle necked top, black ( or is it purple?) leggings, and dark leatherbacked Converse for her feet. This girl never goes out, so fashion is a definite afterthought. Although the coat tries to hide her physique, nothing can hide the fact that she is sickly thin.
" there's no doubt about it, Spike," she sighs, " there's definitely something strange going on at that school."
As she saunters off, the light shines on the board that she was facing. There are multiple hypotheses scribbled on, equations redrawn with a frustrated and angry hand, ropes of string stating chronological events in a fruitless attempt to find an answer. And rainbows. Pictures of ordinary rainbows against the rainbows that a shaky hand took. A peachy orange here and there. A lemon custard yellow in some places. A pale blue dashing to and fro against the string. Violet lilac with imprinted question marks splattered. A cold white somewhere. And a scarce amount of pale ruby red.
" and strangely enough, I can't deduce it as 'natural'. I don't recall a giant celestial horse being a phenomae. Or chutes of rainbows," she looks at Spike, who is waiting for her to continue her monologue," and El Niño happens once every 7 years. It can't be natural."
Spike gives her a sideways glance, as if he's trying to say something.
"And no Spike. It's not the supernatural. That doesn't exist. And most certainly, most positivly, this isn't magic." She finishes her rant, and flops down on a chair, which gives a loud squeak.
Just then, the door opened and a beam of light flooded the room. Standing at the top of the stairs is a beautiful middle aged woman, who looks exactly like the girl in the basement, had it not been for the different hair colour and brighter skin.
"Twilight, dear?" She calls," it's time for dinner."
At dinner, Twilight's mother seems extremely excited, while serving bowlfuls of salad to herself and her daughter. Twilight's mother, Twilight Velvet, also has a son, but he's off to war in the east. Her husband works until midnight. Her daughter in law, married to her son, is a headmaster at a boarding school called Crystal City prep., after the old headteacher was discovered to treat all his students like 'crystal slaves'. She loves her daughter to bits, but it's a lot harder when she doesn't show affection to her, or anyone. It's pretty easy to feel sorry for a mother who has gone through hard times, and not be shown affection.
" Sorry dear for not telling you earlier, but I've got really good news for you, and I hope you like it," She says, in an overly excited tone.
"What, mum?" Twilight asks, in a deadpan tone.
" you're going to a boarding school!" Twilight velvet almost squeals in excitement.
'A boarding school?! Is she off her rocker?!' Twilight thinks.
"Why.. Didn't you tell me?" She asks carefully. She knows better than to make her mother cry or upset her.
" Oh. You were too busy in your lab to talk to me," her mother face droops, but she continues," but anyway, you're going to Crystal City prep."
" But mum, you know me! I'm a sociopath! No one will like me! Their labs are bound to be shi-"
"Twilight! Language!" Velvet cuts in, frowning.
"-bad. Please mum! I'm going to be treated like trash!" Twilight's eyes are almost in tears, her voice more pleading with each syllable.
Velvet chokes back tears herself, as she hates to see her daughter in tears.
" but at least you'll get to see Cadie. She's headmistress."
Twilight turns towards her.
"As in Cadence? As in my most favourite sister in the whole world?!" Her eyes brighten, and there's a hint of a smile on her face, which she quickly smothers at the sight of her mother's kind eyes, but she still sighs in an annoyed way," but still, even with Cadence, I still don't want to go to a school. There will be girls who discriminate people for being smart-"
" Twilight, that's called bullying, and I'm pretty sure that's not allowed in schools," Velvet points out.
"I'm going to get pushed around by the popular girls and have my glasses crushed on the second day-"
" That's ridiculous, Twilight. Sure, Cadence is kind, borderline naïve, but she would never let anyone hurt each other. There is a reason why she became headmistress. And besides, these are 16 year old girls. I think it's beneath them to perform something so juvenile," her mother's voice has a note of joke in it as she silently laughs.
" And the worst thing is...I'm gonna have to..." Twilight pauses for dramatic effect, much to the confusion of her mother, " share with other girls!" Her eyes narrow in fear as she looks up to the window.
Much to the surprise of our dramatic geek, her mother let's out a hysterical laugh and smiles at her frowning daughter, " What?! You're being overly dramatic and pretty paranoid as well. You haven't been to a school before and I do understand that it can be quite traumatic, but I assure you, going to school will be the best thing about your life!" She stands up to hug her daughter, but twilight gently, yet urgently pushes her aside. She doesn't let anyone hug her. Velvet senses this and primly sits back down.
" Do you really think so?" Twilight looks at her mother, slightly ashamed, but still confused.
"Sure thing, Twilight," velvet squeezes her hand.
ONE MONTH LATER...
As twilight looks in the mirror, there's a look of worry on her face. On her body, she wears a red and gold tartan blazer, underneath, she wears a blue shirt, with a red tie. She wears the same material as her blazer on her skirt. She has white knee length socks, and black shoes. Her hair is tied back, and her glasses now have a red frame instead of black.
'What if they hate me? It'll be because I'm too smart! All that bitching behind me...' Her thoughts attack her.
Come on, go for Cadie!
Shut up, for hell's sake!
" Twilight? Shall we go?" Velvet's voice calls.
As they arrive at the train station, they both see the train, already carrying a large number of students living in Canterlot, to take them to the school. As she sees the train carriage with the words 'YEAR 12 BOARD HERE!', she looks back at her mother, and squeezes her hand, whispering,
"I'm... Going to miss you."
On the train, Twilight finds an empty compartment and sits there for about half an hour, reading up about light energy, until she gets mobbed by a pack of girls. As she looks up, she sees a freckly face.
" Hey girls look! A noob!" The freckled girl shouts. She is pretty muscular, and very slender. Her skin is a very light tan, almost orange, and her eyes are bright violet, done up with perfect mascara and teal eyeshadow. Her hair is bright pink, with turquoise and silver streaks, let loose down to her hips. She has a light blue shirt, with a violet waistcoat, and a ruffled version of the tartan skirt which Twilight is wearing.
"Erm, Hi?" Twilight timidly asks.
" Oh, hi noob!" She brightly smiles, " I'm Sour Sweet, and these are my friends, Indigo Zap, Sugarcoat , Sunny Flare and Lemon Zest".
Twilight stares at them all. Indigo Zap has light skin and pushed back indigo hair, zapped by a lightning shot of red and blue, down to her elbows. Her amber eyes show a look of hardness, and are done up with careful mascara and pale indigo eyeshadow. She has a burgundy coloured shirt, with ruby coloured buttons and a pale indigo tie, an oh- so short skirt ( or was it a skort?) which was the same tartan pattern.
Sugarcoat is of a very strong build with strong arms and has tan skin, dreamy blue eyes, done up with navy mascara and light blue eyeshadow, and cold white hair, with blue streaks, pulled back into two bunches, held by purple ribbons. She wears a black blazer, with her initials stitched on the lapel. She has a black shirt underneath and a layered skirt of the same tartan material.
Sunny Flare is a light teal curvy girl, but built like a rock, reminding Twilight of Marylin Monroe. Her violet hair is cut short, and layered, with a single red highlight protruding. She has a purple shirt, unbuttoned, but underneath, she has a pink tshirt. She also wears a tartan kilt. Her eyes are kind, but there was a certain glint Twilight saw, a glint of anger.
Lemon Zest scared her the most. She was of a deep tan, with streaked lemon and lime hair, with her bangs pulled back. Her hazelnut eyes give her a measuring look, and she looks sassy and angry. She has a red waistcoat, unbuttoned, and she has an orange dress, with accents of the tartan pattern showing on the skirt.
Lemon Zest gives her a 'what you lookin' at' look, and stares snootily at her friends, who mistake her sass for confirmation of this friendship and looks back at Twilight, eyebrow raised.
" Look, noob," she drawls, " Me and my girls don't have time for geeky nerds like you. This is OUR compartment, so, like, go away before I run you and your pathetic glasses over with my roller skates."
Twilight is legitimately afraid and packs up her bags and is about to run off, probably to the end of the train, when Sour Sweet slaps (that's right) Lemon Zest and shouts:
"ZESTY, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!" Her eyes are dangerously narrowed and her jaw is tight, "Are you on your period or something?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Sour Sweet takes a look at her friends and composes herself.
" What Zesty was trying to say, was that you are welcomed to our presence and we hope that you enjoy yourself at Crystal City prep. and aren't intimidated by anyone," she looks dangerously at Lemon Zest, having said this line, " and we actually came here to ask you if you want to be our friend."
" of course, we understand if you decline." Sunny Flare whispers, downcast, her eyes to the floor.
Twilight stares at them, both amazed and overwhelmed. They... They actually wanted to be her friends. She... She was asked to be friends in a group. In all her 16 years of existence, finally there was a group of girls that wanted to befriend her.
"I'd love to be your friends! I mean, if you want me to." Twilight's eyes sparkle.
Sugar Coat glares at Lemon Zest, then at Sour Sweet, who nods, and says,
"Of course you geek! We won't see you without a friend, especially me!" She squeals and bounces around. Suddenly, from Twilight's bags, a series of whimpers and almost incoherent 'woofs' emerge.
"Spike?" Twilight doesn't recall taking spike with her," what in the whole of the U.S. are you doing here?"
Spike himself emerges from the bag, which was stuffed hastily with the light energy book, and jumps onto Twilight's leg.
" Jesus Gumdrops! That is probably the cutest puppy I've ever seen!" Sour Sweet cries and rushes to squish the poor puppy in her grip ( I mean hug).
Even Indigo Zap's hard stare melts at the sight of the little puppy.
" what a cutie!" Her almost deadpan tone has a note of delight in it.
Everyone stares at her for this sudden outburst and start to giggle, even Lemon Zest, who cracks a smile.
As the train arrives, the giggly six, plus the happy puppy, step outside and Twilight is treated to her first glimpse of the school she was to board in. Crystal City Prep. boasts a magnificent building, made of some red brick, but mostly of glass, some of which jagged to give the look of a palace. The glass, overall, shines in such a way, it almost looks like the glass gives off a pearly teal colour, like a crystal. The grounds smell sweet of late spring and early summer, and look like freshly cut emeralds, shimmering and shining brilliantly like a smile. The lakes and ponds all look like melted jade, and the birds flying around are bright with song and colour.
"It's... It's so beautiful!" Twilight mutters, her eyes sparkling.
" eh, it's nothing," Indigo Zap mutters, eyebrows raised.
Twilight ignores this comment and, in a trance, wanders into the field, not noticing the weird looks on everybody's face, until Sour Sweet suddenly exclaims,
" Toffee nuts! We better get you to the Headmistress' office before dinner!"
With this comment, Twilight switches back into reality and noticing the crowd of weird faced kids looking at her, blushes a deep red colour, and meekly trots off with her group to the headmistress' office.
"Come in," a silvery voice calls the gaggle of girls.
As the giggly six barge in, Twilight is met with the sight of her beloved sister in law. Mi Amore Cadenza, a beautiful Aphrodite of Italian origins, has delicate tanned skin, with a pearly sheen, giving her a crystalline look, almost. Her three toned hair of purple, ivory and fuchsia, is carefully tied behind her face, leaving her amethyst eyes of pure love and kindness shown to the entire world. She is wearing a light blue sleeveless summer dress, with a shirt collar, and wearing hazelnut coloured ankle boots.
"Twilight!" She cries, " Isn't it so good to see you again?!"
Twilight jumps and embraces her warmly, while the rest of the girls look, dumbfounded and confused.
"Wait? So you know her?" Sour Sweet raises a questionable eyebrow, tilting her head to the side, ever so slightly.
"Why, of course, my dear," Cadence answers, smiling, "Why, she's my sister."
Now, all of the girls have their eyebrows raised in amazement and confusion, while a murmur of 'wow' and 'whet?' and 'you what?!' Can be heard.
"Oh, my girls," Cadence giggles, "why don't you close your gaping mouths and show our new student around. I see you girls have already bonded, so let's give her the Crystal City prep. greeting," Cadence stands up and pats Twilight on the shoulder, " can you come to my office tomorrow at the beginning of the second class?"
Twilight nods and waves a goodbye to Cadence, while the other five girls usher the girl out.
"So Twilight," Sugarcoat says, while walking down the crystal halls, " how do you like CCP?"
"It's so beautiful and so far, I think I'm going to enjoy my time here," twilight says, then with her brows furrowed, " what was the greeting Cadie was talking about?"
All the girls grin, while eavesdroppers also grinned, looking at the new girl.
Sour sweet drapes her arms around twilight.
"Well..."
Everybody's cool,
With you,
Oh, You're here with us,
Brought the sunshine in this community
Your friends are oh so glad now
And all your inhibitions
Have disappeared without a trace
We're glad
We found
Somebody who we can rely on.
welcome to
CCP
The only school known
For having lots of fun
At the speed of our bikes
And our weekly hikes
Maybe you can pick up a bow
Just to get bullseye
Everything is rad
And gold
Oh, Our winning streak
And we don't suppose It's coming down
We can see clearly now,
You're are so worthy
(Maybe a speed demon or assassin)
Or maybe just a sensation
in your eyes,
Oh, we know
That you are fit to be us.
welcome to
CCP
The only school known
For winnin' games
At the speed of our skates
And our top notch gra-ades
Maybe you can pick up a bow
Just to bring us honour.
You and us
You and us
You and us
.
By the second chorus, Twilight joins in. It's just a shame that she picked out 5 devilish girls as her friends...
Chapter 1:Morning in Canterlot High shimmers
Dear Princess Twilight,
How are you?
It seems like the entirety of CHS are stressed out about exams, and they haven't even begun. Yeah, even little freshmen!
Oh well, at least it's Enrichment Week next week, and it's the friendship games! I just hope our school spirit and our sports can win us something, but we're not too hopeful since we're facing those goddamn Crystal City prep. people and they are good!
Talk to you soon,
Sunset Shimmer
ONE YEAR LATER...
' Make a right turn, and you have reached your destination'
As the Fiat 500 stops in front of the school, the engine is cut off suddenly. The owner of this car, which is black, with burnt yellow stripes, opens the door and steps out with their schoolbag.
Out steps the owner as she flicks her fiery layered hair to the side, which has already been styled to one side. Her eyes, once cold flames of anger and betrayal, are now kind warm eyes and are brilliant aquamarine stones shimmering in the early May sunshine and stand out because honestly, there's not a single highlight of that colour anywhere else on her. This girl has very deep tanned skin and today has decided to ditch the red- and - white varsity jacket, which now is tied onto her hips. Her white vest top has fire printed from the bottom up to her left, matching the accents of fire on the legs of her red jeans. Her name was Sunset Shimmer.
Whistling a bubbly ditty, she walks towards the school building, a modest brick school with a grand gymnasium and a very big cafeteria, boasting malachite - green fields and a marble statue of a horse. Then, finding her friends, she decides not to walk to her form room and joins her group, the Rainbooms, sitting around a picnic table.
One girl gives Sunset Shimmer a wave and then resumes stretching herself. This girl, short and feisty, has dark tan skin, and a rainbow of colour in her hair, all tied back hastily. Her rose coloured eyes match the colour of the oversized jumper she's wearing, with a little logo, that is a rainbow bolt and a cloud, at the bottom of this jumper. Adorning her muscular legs are a pair of black leggings with white stripes to the side, with blue sneakers on her feet. She was called, funnily enough, Rainbow Dash.
Another girl, sitting on the bench top, acknowledges Sunset Shimmer, yet continues to comb her black eyelashes with layers of mascara. This lady, tall and elegant, has porcelain skin and soft, cold blue eyes. Royal purple velvet curls cover her head like a curtain, with a triple crystal barrette holding hair from her eyes. She has a dark pewter coloured cardigan covering her obviously expensive white pencil dress with black at the bottom and the top, with matching shoes of the same pattern. This gem is Rarity.
A girl smiles at the newcomer, then winces at the hair being pulled out of her head as another girl brushes it. The former is tanned and freckled, with apple green eyes, and straw yellow, messy hair, lacking her usual red ribbon tying up her hair. Her red checkered shirt is rumpled and isn't tucked into her washed out skinny denim jeans. Her shoes, caramel brown cowboy boots, match the Stenson hat that lies not too far from her person. Her name is Applejack.
The latter was a fair skinned small girl, with big, frightened, teal eyes and cherry blossom hair, with the bangs tied up in mini plaits and a butterfly barrette. Her black vest top she is wearing is covered with a coral pink translucent, cropped blouse. She also wears white jeans, blinding in the sunlight, and modest black ballet pumps. Her name was Fluttershy.
"MORNING, SHIMMY!!" cries another girl bouncing into view with a cart of pastries and beverages. This bubble full of joy is light skinned, with blue raspberry coloured eyes, and raspberry bubblegum coloured poofy hair, with a yellow hairband with a bow separating the bangs from the rest of the hair. She has a rhubarb and custard striped tshirt (By which I mean a custard yellow tshirt and rhubarb stripes), a bubblegum coloured poofy skirt, with various accents and shapes in yellow and blue. Her tights are dark teal and her leg warmers are rainbow plaid, matching her arm warmers, with blue platform heels, with balloon shaped heels and a ribbon winding up her leg. This girl was Pinkie pie, who quickly stuffs a pecan plait into Sunset Shimmer's mouth and grabs her hand and places a mug of something with foam, or whipped cream made into a mountain, much to our fiery haired girl's surprise.
"Hrmph..mhmm?" Sunset tries asking through a mouth of sugar, nuts and coffee.
"Hrmph...mhmm!" Pinkie answers, mimicking Sunset, receiving a Mexican wave of giggles from the others.
"What I meant to say," Sunset swallows the dentist's nightmare, giggling herself," was how are you guys?"
"All awesome!" Rainbow smiles.
" Good, thank you, darling," Rarity closes her compact mirror, shining her pearl teeth.
" Peachy, thanks Sugarcube," Applejack smiles, then winces at the knot being pulled in her hair, " Fluttershy, would ya mind not pullin' mighty hard?"
"Sorry, Applejack," Fluttershy pats her head, "And I'm lovely, thank you for asking, Sunset."
And so, the six friends start up a conversation, with topics ranging from exams to the proposed events for the upcoming Friendship games, until an Audi pulls up, a black one with blue decals on the doors and the boot of the car, and two people pop out, a boy and a girl, both carrying guitar cases.
The boy is tall and slender, with blue almond shaped eyes and pushed back navy hair. He has an unbuttoned burgundy shirt, sleeves rolled up to his elbows, with a white tshirt underneath, with a shield- and- lightning bolt logo on the front. He has blue jeans and black sneakers. His face is kind and happy, but the look of sadness is unmistakable in his eyes. He glances at the table, and his eyes narrow in panic.
"Shall I take your bass to the music department, eh Aura?" He asks quickly, and grabbing the girl's guitar case, scoots off quickish.
" Thanks, Sentry!" The girl, 'Aura', calls to him.
The girl, Aura Light, is small and tired-looking. Her midnight blue hair with gold tips hangs about her head like a shower curtain, and bags hang under her bright violet eyes, one of which has a strange scar, looking like two crescents, is creatively coloured in gold, with diamonds around the area. To go with this scar is a bright violet gem on her forehead. Today, she has decided to wear a sleeveless shirt, with a black cardigan, with black jeans, and a black fedora.
"Hey guys! What's up?" She calls to the girls on the bench.
"Hey!" They call back, not in unison, while Pinkie hands her an eclair and coffee.
"How's things? And how's Flash Sentry?" Rainbow asks.
Aura sighs and presses a hand against her forehead in annoyance, " Drama llama as always. He's a frickin' Romeo now, writing sonnets 'for his princess'," She rolls her eyes, " and THATS how he's been throughout the year. he went through the 5 stages of grief, a sort of depression (attention seeking), Emo-"
" Emo? Really?!" Sunset Shimmer raises an eyebrow.
"I know, it was ridiculous! He listened to stuff like My Biological Romance, Anxiety at The Rave and Argument Son. For Christmas, he sent me a song from My Biological Romance called ' Every snowdrop's unique'. I stopped hanging with him for about a week." Her face is deadpan.
"Really? That song was, like, 5 years ago. What the H?" Rainbow Dash raises an eyebrow.
"Exactly! Thank you! It took him weeks to get over Emo, only to get into..." Aura sighs in annoyance," ... Goth." She pauses for the bursts of laughter emerging from the 6 girls.
"Yep, he turned goth," Aura's eyes brighten in annoyance , " but luckily, I got him out of getting gages and 3 piercings on each ear.
" and now, he's gone Shakespeare. Luckily, it's not like the previous months, but he's AWFUL at making sonnets. Like, legit." Aura yawns and rubs her eyes, rejecting Pinkie's coffee offer.
" But why do you still hang out with him? Doesn't he drive you up the wall?" Fluttershy questions.
" Well, I guess he does. Then again, the school paired him up with me as a 'tour buddy' and I've stuck with him since. God, I feel like Jimeny Cricket sometimes, he's that broken."
" All that for Twilight?"
" Yeah, probably." Aura pauses as everyone goes 'ahh' and 'aww' at the boy's unconditional love for this girl- sorta. Suddenly, checking the time, Aura gasps.
" Shit! I'm gonna be late for registration! Sorry mates, gotta go!" And with that, she grabs her hat off from Pinkie's head and runs off.
"Wow..." Sunset shimmer mutters, " never knew he was capable of negative emotions. Always thought he was a perfect boy, infallible even..."
" I never knew Aura could talk so much. She's so quiet and absent- minded," Rainbow Dash notes and the rest nod in agreement, " I'm guessing we have to go to our form room- No, wait! We have the assembly this morning, and I think the principal needs us!"
"Ah shoot! I haven't packed yet!" Applejack facepalms," Imma go, I'll meet y'all at the Gym!" And applejack bounds off, forgetting her hat.
"Oh. Applejack forgot her hat," Fluttershy mumbles thoughtfully," I'll bring it to the gymnasium."
" Most strange today," Rarity notes," first, Ms. light talks much more than usual, we found out that Flash Sentry has been acting weird throughout the year, and now Applejack forgot her hat. Most strange!"
Assembled in the gymnasium is the entire school as they await the assembly, sat in rows of years in an ascending order.
"Canterlot High! May we have your attention, please!" Calls a silvery voice, and the overall noise of chatter and singing slowly dies down. Entering the stage are two women, both tall and graceful. One of them is a pale skinned woman with purple eyes and a flowing pastel four- toned mane of hair. Her pencil suit consists of a light gold blazer and a sun brooch, and a violet pencil skirt, with patent leather high heeled Brogues. She was Principal Apollonis Celestia.
The other woman is a complete opposite to the principal. She was also pale skinned, but had bottle green eyes and the night as her hair. She wears a pale dark blue shirt and inky blue jeans, with black Dr Martens. This once rebellious troublemaker is now the tranquil Vice Principal Artemis Luna, sister to Principal Celestia.
" Good morning students. I gather you have had QUITE the night's rest-" Ms. Luna stares at a group of sleepy, yawning girls, " And haven't been worrying too much on the upcoming Exam period."
" Today, our discussion is about the upcoming Friendship games against long- time rivals Crystal City prep. High," Principal Celestia announces, and frowns at the lack of enthusiasm and 'boo's ringing in the gymnasium, apart from a pair of 'WHOOT WHOOT!' Arising from a pair of puberty- stricken boys named Snips and Snails.
"What're y'all so plum happy about that?!" A girl with a bow atop her head next to them asks.
" Oh Apple Bloople! Don't ya know that the girls at that school are SO hot?!" Snips grins toothily.
" Oh man, Snips, they've also got short PE skirts!!" Snails drools.
"EW, pervert!" A girl with lavender- and - rose curly hair wacks them both, while the short haired girl next to her sticks her tongue out at them.
Celestia looks weary, but continues," anyway, we've got our newly assembled Friendship Committee here to discuss the wheres, the whys, and the whats. Here they are- Sunset Shimmer-" a tidal wave of whistles and applause at the newly forgiven hero-" Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Rarity!" A tsunami of applause emerge.
The five girls all stare at Sunset Shimmer expectantly, who gives out a startled "Who? Me?" And shuffles to the microphone.
"Um, hello? Hi CHS, we're here to talk about the upcoming Friendship Games and what you can do to participate and be of some help. Up first is Rarity, who will talk to you about school spirit!" Rarity sashays to the microphone, confidently.
" So, starting from tomorrow, I will be selling Wondercolt ears, tails and jumpers, starting from $5 for the ears, $10 for the tails and $20- No- $15 for the jumpers. The profit will go towards my shop and the school funds. If you want anything personalised, talk to the sellers, they will be one of my friends, and they can note down what you want personalised. If you want a tailored School spirit uniform, find me sometime today during lunch, and I will suggest a price and a design. These are limited, so I'll work on a 'first come, first served' manner- around 100 orders will be taken-"
"What does a School spirit uniform look like?" A member of the crowd shouts.
"I'm glad you asked. I was hoping one of you would ask. Our model-" she gestures to Fluttershy, who nervously steps into the light, " Is wearing an outfit that satisfies both her personality and the Wondercolts design."
Fluttershy is wearing a sleeveless shirt, the same colour as a Wondercolts jumper, with a yellow tie with a butterfly. Her lemon yellow skirt has different drawings and accents in green, pink and blue, and there were the trademark horseshoe twisted to be like a C, that is the Canterlot Wondercolts icon. A round of applause rings throughout the hall and Fluttershy turns pink and meekly sidesteps from the limelight.
"May I bring out our next speaker, Pinkie Pie, who will talk to you about chants, songs and, I believe, a party. Please welcome her-" Rarity gestures to a bouncing Pinkie, who grabs the microphone stand and wrenches the microphone out.
" HEY CANTERLOT HIGH! HOW YA DOIN'?! So, last things first, that party, YALL WANNA PARTAY?!" - applause and shrieks ring out- " We'll need to prepare a welcome party for our opposition- more like a Spanish Inquisition, am I right?!- and a party at the end to loosen up, you know, loosey - goosey, so get your party hats on and be yourself and present yourselves as CANTERLOT HIGH!" A round of loud applause emerge for the poofy bubblegum haired girl.
" And about that chant- I was thinking:
CHS ARE DYNAMITE!
YES, WE'RE DYNAMITE, TOO RIGHT!
AND WHEN YOU MESS WITH DYNAMITE,
IT GOES TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK
BOOM DYNAMITE! BOOM! BOOM! DYNAMITE!" She jumps and shouts, while the rest of the school practice this chant.
"And as for the song, me and Sunset Shimmy here worked on it and we hope you'll like it!" She beams-
HEY!
HO!
HEY!
HO!
You can beat us
(HEY!)
You defeat us,
(HO!)
But this year, we'll show
(HEY!)
How we can shine like rainbows!
(HO!)
And we know
(And we know, and we know)
How to rainbow rock!
And we hope
(And we hope, and we hope)
That we'll give you a shock!
~~~~~~~~~~
We're not about to let you win, so get out of our way,
Think you got us beat, but we're here to stay.
Think you can beat us, cause you know who we are,
Well, just you wait, cause we'll shine like stars!
(Na Na Na-Na Na -oh!)
Na Na Na- Na Na- Oh!
NA NA NA - NA NA - OH!
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You've got nothin' on us
(Na Na Na- Na-Na - Na)
Let's go! Canterlot!
And we'll beat you to the ground
(Na Na Na- Na- Na- Na)
Let's go! Wondercolts!
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And yeah, we know we might be beat,
But there's one thing ya can't defeat,
Our friendship, our spirits unite
Will lace us with its might
So, win or not,
We're still us, WONDERCOLT!
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(Na Na Na- Na Na -Oh! Na Na-Na Na, let's go!)
Na Na Na- Na Na -Oh! Na Na-Na Na, let's go!
NA NA NA- NA NA - OH! NA NA - NA NA, LET'S GO!
NA NA NA- NA NA - OH! NA NA - NA NA, LET'S GO!
All the way,
(All the way)
All the way,
To the friendship games!
All the way
(All the way)
All the way,
To the friendship games!
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You got nothin on us,
(We're not about to let you win, so get out of our way)
NA NA NA NA NA NA!
Let's go! Canterlot!
(All the way to the friendship games!)
And we'll beat you to the ground,
(Think you got us beat, but we're here to stay)
NA NA NA- NA NA NA NA!
Let's go! Wondercolts!
(All the way, to the friendship games)
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Now, all of the student body, even the teachers, were singing and bringing joy into that auditorium.
And we'll go:
ALL THE WAY
(ALL THE WAY)
ALL THE WAY
TO THE FRIENDSHIP GAMES!
ALL THE WAY
(ALL THE WAY)
ALL THE WAY
TO THE FRIENDSHIP GAMES!
~NA NA NA NA NA- OH! NA NA NA NA- LETS GO!~
Shrieks and rounds and rounds of applause begin in honor of the song and the composers, while Pinkie gives a very big grin and bounces off.
"Wait, Pinkie! Gimme the microphone!" Rainbow Dash runs to find Pinkie Pie, and returns with the microphone and the cord, " so, about the friendship games. There will be a range of sports, which is:
Rollerblading
Motorcross
Archery
Javelin
Ice skating
Tennis
So, motivational speech time. For the past years that we've been a part of this program, we've always lost, and me and my friends have discovered why-"
"My friends and I!" Rarity hisses under her breath.
"We've never united together for these games, so our lack of friendship and cooperation has made us crap, pardon my French. But ever since Twi showed us true friendship, things changed and now everyone lends a helping hand, so this year, the tables will turn in our favour and as the song said, 'our friendship, our spirits unite, will lace us with its might, so win or not, WE'RE STILL US, WONDERCOLTS!'"
Applause for the spectrum haired girl erupt.
"So, in terms of what's going to happen; sign up sheets will go up this break, so sign up please. Training will begin, I believe, this afternoon, so period 5 to 7 will be training. For each sport we will have finalists, as the event itself is one day only. I advise that everyone gives it a shot. As well, finalists will be chosen from each year, meaning two representatives each from year 7, year 8, year 9, year 10, year 11 and sixth form in each sport. As for the training, it will be each afternoon, after lunch. I think that's it, guys. Thanks for listening!"
"Give them a round of applause," Principal Celestia says and immediately, everyone claps for these young women, " Wait to be dismissed by your head of year and go to your second lesson. Have a nice day!"
As the six girls leave the stage, the headmistress greets them warmly.
" That was an amazing assembly, girls! I'm glad you've put so much creativity towards making this a, hopefully, less humiliating Friendship games than those of the past." The girls cheer.
"Sunset Shimmer, could you come to my office, and will the rest of you go to your lessons."
Sunset Shimmer looks slightly worried, but smiles.
In Celestia's office, Sunset Shimmer is given a cup of slightly overbrewed tea, and a Norman galette biscuit.
"Ms. Shimmer, I have seen you grow so much throughout the years. You've assembled the Friendship committee, you've helped us successfully assemble events and parties, including revamping the Spring-fling into the Flower Garden ball, and partnering up with Canterlot's animal sanctuary. Me and Lu- Vice Principal Luna are incredibly proud of you, as we have never seen such a troubled-" Celestia realises her words and looks at Sunset apologetically, "-Err, no offence."
"None taken. I understand by what you mean. It's one of my lowest points in life, taking all my anger at my former teacher and directing it at you and your school." she laughs ruefully.
" I'm glad you have learnt from your mistakes, shall we call them, and fully redeemed yourself. we can never fully thank you for saving our students and our sanity at our first band showcase. But about that, we- I mean, I have to ask you a very big favour that concerns both you, the friendship committee and Twilight Sparkle.
"It pains me to say this, but you HAVE to keep Twilight Sparkle away from this world until further notice," The principal has a note of pleading in her voice.
" Wait- What?" Sunset is completely caught off-guard, " Why?"
" Let me explain; It has come to my attention that each time Ms. Sparkle arrives, there is a problem that none of the faculty can deal with, and the school always seems to be somewhat broken after each visit. People have started to notice that our building is always in constant repair, and have on occasion, asked whether we were planning to close or break down the school. Don't you see, Ms. Shimmer? If that 'girl' is here, this school might be shut down!"
Sunset stares at her, mouth wide open.
" But, without Twilight Sparkle, we couldn't be united once more, we would be under the control of the Dazzlings, and I might've stayed evil and mean forever. Twilight hasn't ruined us, SHE'S SAVED US!"
"Yes, I know. But I beg you, control this 'magic' that lives in you six, so you girls don't show us up during the games."
"You mean, don't go into our elemental forms?"
"Yes. Just imagine what Sombr- Principal Sombra might say!"
" But we only transform to music. We can't transform to sports!" Sunset Shimmer by now, is slightly offended and a little upset.
" Judging by what happens in this school and how many grey hairs you give me, I'd say the possibility would be around 99% " Celestia raises a displeased eyebrow.
Just then, the bell rings for break.
" Right, then. I judge you will follow my orders and continue to help our school win these games. Have a good day." Celestia looks back at her documents and starts writing things down.
" Yes, Madam. Have a good day." Sunset Shimmer says coldly and gives her a tight- lipped smile, and walks out the door.
Little did anyone know, that headmistress was correct in her observation...
