Author's Note

I advise you watch "Equestria Girls Cafeteria Song" for a quick reminder of how the song goes.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO HASBRO. Oh wait, I'm allowed to put the MLP lyrics in here. SAFE!

Halftime Performance

Fluttershy was still lost in her thoughts when Pinkie pulled her sweater.

"Hey! It's half time! Time to perform!"

The shy girl blinked. She had been lost in thought for a whole quarter of the game? Quickly, she looked to the scoreboard.

17-12 Pythons

The Wondercolts were catching up fast! How could she have missed all of that?? Rarity pushed her forward as they rushed down the aisle.

"Hurry, darling! Principal Celestia is going to announce us!"

The Rainbooms all clambered down the bleachers and made their way to where Celestia stood waiting. She smiled at them and sighed. It was absolutely adorable to see these girls all standing before her looking eager to dance and sing for their fellow students. Principal Celestia tapped her mic and cleared her throat. Thanks to a larger budget that year, Celestia had been able to get portable speakers for such occasions, that way she wouldn't have to use a bullhorn. Believe it or not, even with a bullhorn, she couldn't shout over the students' constant chatter.

"Testing 1, 2..." she said, and her voice was amplified all throughout the field.

Celestia smiled to herself. The purchase hadn't been a waste of money after all. As the Canterlot High principal got all the students quiet, the Rainbooms quickly did a refresher course on the moves. They had the dance down-packed already, but id didn't hurt to make sure one last time. It was just the revised lyrics that threw them off a tad.

"Drat, I keep saying 'help Twilight Sparkle win the crown'..." Applejack sighed. "What're the new words?"

"It's 'hope the Wondercolts win the game'. And you say Wondercolts really fast," Fluttershy explained.

The girls all sang it quietly to themselves before feeling satisfied. They hummed the tune happily and waited anxiously. When everybody had quieted down, Celestia smiled. The power of new speakers. It was lovely to finally be heard.

"I thank you all for coming here to witness this fantastic game! There is no doubt that this event will be a memorable one for all of us. With the half time break, there's a lot of tension to see which team will win. Is it the Canterlot Wondercolts--"

Students who supported the team cheered in the middle of her speech.

"--or the Cloudsdale Pythons?"

Cloudsdale students screamed their lungs out and purposefully made the other school's cheering look weak. It didn't make people who thought they were snooty think they were better.

"Well, to break that tension, some ladies from Canterlot High have decided to perform for you!"

The Canterlot students went wild and the music began.

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE RAINBOOMS!!!!" Celestia cried.

The girls all ran out onto the field waving. Their pony tails bounced up and down as they skipped around. Pinkie threw confetti everywhere. The Canterlot students stomped their feet and clapped their hands to the beat. Twilight looked at all the girls and smiled. Here goes nothing! They all took a deep breath and let their voices sing.

***

Riff Raff, Cherry Blossom, Casper, and Caesar were all resting at the pizza stand when Celestia started talking. Casper was complaining about how he was so close to getting the girl of his dreams until Caesar showed up. Cherry told him it served him right, Riff Raff just laughed at him, and the one who stopped him just shrugged.

"You guys never want me to find love!" Casper exclaimed.

He waved his arms in the air.

"You laugh at me for trying to get someone to notice me for once. What am I supposed to do then, huh? Let them come to me?? You all know that'll never happen. None of the girls that I like are even really looking my way!"

"Then why are you even bothering them to begin with?" Cherry retorted coldly.

This got some "oohs" from the other boys. Casper blushed and gritted his teeth.

"Wha--Hey! I have to at least try, don't I?"

"You try, but you fail every time," Cherry told him," Give up."

"N-No, I don't! And I won't give up..."

"Oh? Tell me. When's the last time a girl has said yes to your pathetic display of uselessness? Oh wait. Never! You've never even had a girlfriend!"

Caesar and Riff Raff were dying. They were laughing so hard that nothing came out their mouths but a strained whistle-like noise. Their faces were as red as strawberries. Caesar clutched his side and tried his hardest not to fall off his chair. Casper punched him and he couldn't hold onto his seat. Caesar fell on his back and snorted loudly when he hit the ground. This only made Riff burst into laughter.

"Burn, man! she told you! Ah hahaha hahaha!"

This sudden outburst earned him some glares from the coaches. Casper punched him and told him to hush up. Celestia was still talking.

"--some ladies from Canterlot High have decided to perform for you!"

Loud music began to blast out from some speakers. It was amplified stomping and clapping.

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE RAINBOOMS!!!"

The pizza quartet watched as some girls came running onto the field dressed in blue sweaters and wearing pony ear headbands and pony tails. Caesar's eyes widened when he saw a certain pink haired girl on the field with whom he assumed was the Wondercolt's cheerleading squad. She was skipping around and waving cheerfully and smiling at the other girls and the crowd. Caesar frowned. Who was she? why did she look so familiar?

Caesar listened to the loud stomp/clap music and watched his co-workers join in with everyone else. What took him by surprise was when the girls began to sing. Normally cheerleaders chant and shout out routines, but singing? And they were singing so nicely! He felt himself lean forward and watch them with interest.

"Hey, hey everybody! We've got something to say!

We may seem as different as the night is from day.

But if you look a little deeper and you will see that,

I'm just like you and you're just like me!"

The girls posed and the crowd cheered. Caesar found himself smiling. The song was catchy and not in an annoying way. The girls were all very pretty and energetic. It was like they had all eaten candy and had a sugar rush, especially the girl with the frizzy hair. She was cartwheeling all over the place and was as springy as a trampoline. All of them were enjoyable to watch. Their personalities came out and they were all very different.

As they sang, Caesar analyzed their personalities. The girl with the dark blue hair and purple and pink highlights(he assumed she was the lead) was kind of awkward. Some of her moves were a bit jerky and all of them were small, like if a nerd was stuck in the middle of a dance they didn't want to be in, and tried to shimmy their way out while doing small, swaying dance moves. The cowgirl was dancing as if it were a rodeo. It was all in the footwork. She shuffled her feet and kicked the ground as she danced, with one arm in the air and a hand holding her hat down.

The girl with the fabulous purple hair danced as if she were a ballerina. Her moves were graceful and timed perfectly to the music. It was not too much and not too little. Prim and proper was what he thought she was going for. There was no need to try to figure out what the frizzy haired girl was doing. She was just...doing stuff?? Random disco moves were incorporated into her choreography...Caesar decided to skip her.

And lastly, was the girl he vaguely remembered somehow. She wasn't a bad dancer. She was just timid and unsure of her self. He could see that in some of the moves she did, like where everybody was supposed to shake their tail and she barely did it. The random girl and cowgirl went all out and let their tails shake! He tilted his head. He noticed that she was smaller than the other girls. Her sweater was a little too big for her; her sleeves came over her hands. It made her look like a little kid and he smiled.

She was kind of...cute.

Her shy manner and adorable way of dancing made him feel happy somehow. When the dancing was over, everyone cheered. even the Pythons fans. The Rainbooms waved and ran off the field. The lady who had announced them ushered them over to some empty benches where they could rest before going back up to their seats. The lady smiled and congratulated them on a performance well done. Casper jumped up and grabbed some sodas.

"I'm going to give them some drinks!" he said and ran off to serve them to the girls.

Riff shrugged.

"I guess those will be on the house."

Cherry shook her head.

"That hopeless lover boy. He's trying to hit on one of them, I just know it. Well, he's paying for all of those sodas."

Riff and Caesar glanced at each other before laughing.