It took all of Applejack's strength to restrain Rarity from saying something to Pinkie Pie. And it was clear as to why. Pinkie was wearing a rainbow-colored, oversized shirt with a huge, sparkly horseshoe on it. The pants she was wearing were big and poofy; they were parachutes for your legs. On them, were crazy zigzag lines of all different colors. In her hair, Pinkie had streamers tangled in her curls. She had the most atrocious face paint imaginable.

In short, Pinkie Pie looked like a complete disaster.

Sunset Shimmer frowned and scrunched her nose as if something smelled bad.

"What the? Did you get your outfit out of a dumpster?"

"Sunset!" Rarity gasped.

The girl shrugged.

"What. You were thinking the same thing."

Pinkie Pie looked at them as if nothing was wrong.

"Oh this? I just put on the most colorful clothes I could find! It's to show school spirit!"

The girl sprung up to show off her clothes and Applejack quickly pulled her back down in her seat so she wouldn't bring any unwanted attention to them. Chuckling nervously, the cow girl looked at her and fought the urge to flinch at the crazy paint on Pinkie's face.

"Hey...uh, Pinkie. Why didn't you just go with the outfits we wore when we helped Twi win the votes for her princess campaign?"

The others nodded enthusiastically. Even Sunset shimmer agreed.

"Yeah, I have to admit. Those were some really cute outfits," she said.

Rarity smiled at the compliment. She bent down and grabbed her bag. Inside were the blue sweaters and pony ear headbands the girls wore. She rummaged deeper into the bag and pulled out the pony tails. She looked up and grinned at them.

"Why don't we all change into them? The game will be starting soon!"

She looked to Sunset Shimmer.

"I even have an extra ensemble for you, darling!"

Sunset waved her off.

"No thanks. Blue doesn't go well with my hair. I'll wear the ears and tail, though."

Rarity nodded and hoisted the bag over her shoulder.

"Lets go!"

Twilight stood up along with Fluttershy. Neither of them had said a word during the conversation, simply just enjoying the funny exchange of words between their friends.

"Yeah, lets go," Twilight said. She cleared her throat and glanced at Pinkie Pie. "And quickly."

The girls rushed out the cafeteria. They had all formed a circle around Pinkie so no one could see her that well. And it was for the better. They walked down the hall and admired the decorations on the wall. The décor, of course, had been put up by Pinkie Pie herself. Thankfully, she hadn't put up the crazy colors she was wearing on the walls of the school. The whole place would have look like a rainbow barfed on it, much like how Pinkie was looking at the moment.

Their admiration soon turned to unhappiness as they came across the vandalized streamers and banners. Fluttershy gave Pinkie a sympathetic look as they made their way to the girls' restroom and squeezed her shoulder.

"Don't worry, Pinkie. We all thought it looked wonderful."

The hyperactive girl grinned and thanked her.

"It doesn't matter if others didn't like it. As long as I know you all did!"

When they came across the restroom, Rarity took out all the sweaters, pony ears, and tails. She handed Sunset Shimmer everything minus the sweater. Holding up the shirt made Applejack smile.

"It'll be just like the princess campaign. All of us girls together and happy, only we'll be supporting Rainbow and the team instead of Twilight."

Applejack looked to Sunset.

"And we have a new friend joining us."

Sunset glanced at all the other girls. They were smiling at her with happy faces and their big eyes looked at her gleefully. She felt a warm feeling rush through her. They were all so nice, just accepting her despite her flaws. Without them, Sunset would feel all alone. The Mane 5 kept grinning at her. Sunset shifted her weight. It was a bit odd having them look at her for more than two seconds. And saying nothing. Just smiling...

It was a bit creepy actually.

The fiery-headed girl cleared her throat.

"We haven't got all day now. Go and change, guys."

Without warning, Pinkie Pie hugged her and the others joined in. Sunset hadn't expected them to do this. she squirmed awkwardly in their embrace.

"Uh..."

After a few seconds they broke the hug and went into the restroom to change. Sunset stood there for a moment before frowning.

"What was that all about? Am I missing some kind of inside experience or something?"

She shrugged and leaned against the wall.

"Whatever. They just need to hurry up."

As she waited for her friends to get done dressing, she heard voices bounce along the walls of the hall.

"Seriously, Casper. You are such a nasty boy!" a girl whined.

"How? Just because I said she looked good? Your aunt does look nice! It was a compliment!" a boy with a rough voice said.

Sunset assumed that was Casper.

"Honestly! How dumb are you? I knew you were stupid but not that stupid!" the girl exclaimed.

The two of them argued for what seemed like forever. The sound of them bickering was enough to make Sunset lose her mind. She tapped her fingers on the wall and wished for her friends to hurry up. How long did it take for them to put on sweaters and some accessories? Just when Sunset was about to go find who it was that was arguing and give them a piece of her mind, a new voice interrupted them. This new voice was calm and quiet. No doubt it was a boy her age.

"Cherry. Casper. Please...no one wants to hear that. If you want to continue this argument, fine by me. Just don't do it with an audience."

Casper's voice came after his, in a much quieter and collected tone.

"Yeah, he's right. We'll finish this argument later..."

Cherry snorted.

"You'll lose anyway."

Sunset heard the shuffle of feet as they all seemed to have hurried off elsewhere. Sunset was glad they were done bickering. A loud squeaking noise came from behind her and she turned. There, the Mane 5 came out wearing their pony ears, sweaters, and tails. Rarity was busy rubbing Pinkie's face with a paper towel, getting rid of the last marks of paint.

"Sorry, Sunset. We all had gotten done dressing...But Pinkie's 'face paint' happened to be permanent marker," Twilight told her.

Of course the older girl thought.

Before she could say anything, a loud bullhorn sounded.

"EVERYONE TO THE FIELD! THE GAME BEGINS IN 10 MINUTES!"

Without a word, all of them rushed down the hall and merged with the large crowd of students. Teens chatted excitedly and were pumped for the game. In a matter of minutes, they came to the bleachers and hurriedly picked seats. From their raised position, they could see Rainbow Dash and the team taking practice shots at a goal. On the other side, the Pythons did the same.

Sunset heard loud cries from some of the students.

"Go, Rainbooms!"

"You guys rock!"

"They should totally perform during halftime!"

Sunset glanced at the girls. All of them were blushing and waving at their fellow students, shouting their support for the Wondercolts and giving out thank you's. If she didn't know any better, she would've thought they were cheerleaders...Rarity was giddy with excitement.

"You know, we really should perform for them during halftime! It'll help boost up school pride and encourage our team to win!"

Twilight grinned.

"Yeah, but what song do we perform?"

"DUH! WE SHOULD PERFORM THAT SONG WE SANG IN THE CAFETERIA!" Pinkie Pie yelled.

She pulled everyone into a sideways hug and extended an arm out above her head.

"The School Pride Song!"

As she said it, her hand moved in an arch as if she was tracing a rainbow. Random confetti sprang up from no where and Sunset glanced around to see where it was coming from. The Rainbooms all squealed in excitement and were jumping up and down like fan girls gushing over their favorite singer.

"But we'll have to change some of the lyrics. You know, since this isn't about Twilight's campaign," Applejack noted.

Pinkie Pie laughed and grabbed Fluttershy. She pushed her forward.

"No problem! Fluttershy, the super duper awesome song writer can come up with the new lyrics!"

The said girl blushed and pointed at herself.

"...Me..?"

"Of course!" Rarity encouraged. "Your song is the one we went with that defeated the Dazzlings! Your version of the School Pride Song is sure to be just as wonderful!"

Fluttershy tilted her head forward, making a curtain of pink hair fall over her face. Her slightly oversized sweater sleeves draped over her hands as she scratched her cheek in embarrassment.

"O-Ok...if you all think so..."

The girls cheered and all hugged her. Sunset just watched with a frown. They were being really girly over a song. She couldn't help but think it was a bit much.

"Come on, y'all. Lets go talk to Principal Celestia! I'm sure she'll approve of this great idea!" Applejack said.

And with that, they all clambered down the bleachers and ran to where the Principal was, leaving Sunset to fend for their seats. She rolled her eyes. But then smirked when an idea crossed her mind. What if she just let random people sit in their seats? Then they'd come skipping to occupied seats and their chipper mood would be ruined. Oh she'd love to see that. But she wasn't a jerk anymore.

She sighed and shrugged. A girl could dream.

Author's Note

Hopefully, everybody has watched Equestria Girls and knows what the 'School Pride Song' is. It's better known as the 'Cafeteria Song' since that's where it was performed in the movie. Welp, I hope this chapter was good!