What one can't have?

by Tarkumania

Rating: teen
Tags: Romance, Princess Cadance, Crossover, Sunset Shimmer, Discord, Princess Celestia, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Human, Sad, Main 6
Length: 29682

Can Sunset Shimmer have a princess and make it work from different realities. Can she have what one can't?

Sunset Shimmer has just been defeated by the Mane Six, but now she is experiencing feelings for someone that she never expected to. Can Sunset Shimmer make it work with Twilight even in different realities? Or is their relationship doomed to fail because of what one can't have? Takes place at the end of Equestria girls and covers rainbow rocks as well... maybe even after that point.

Main pairing: Sunset shimmer/Twilight sparkle along with some side pairings

Crossover tag for The Final Showdown

Published 2015-05-21 15:20:02 UTC
Last updated 2015-07-22 19:58:08 UTC

Prologue

Author's Note

We're back baby! So it's been a while, if you haven't read my profile yet, then I will say that I have been reborn a brony! I have recently watched the entire series and movies, so I am more knowledgeable. So I hope you all like this one, and yes I know that Sunset/Twilight is a very common thing, but I just think that they're perfect together. So here goes, and I will see you... in the next chapter! Enjoy!

Prologue

What one can’t have?
Prologue

Sunset Shimmer laid in the crater right after the rainbow of friendship had hit her, tears started to well in her eyes and she cried. I didn’t know it would be like this, what have I done? She thought to herself as she tried to pull herself out of the crater.

“You will never rule in Equestria, any power you had here is gone!” Twilight stated and looks to her left. “You’ve shown everyone who you really are, you’ve shown them what is truly in your heart,” She finished staring back down at Sunset.

“I-I’m sorry, I’m so sorry… I didn’t know there was another way,” Sunset said through her sobbing and looks at everyone around the crater.

“The magic of friendship doesn’t just exist in Equestria,” Twilight stated and turns around. “It’s everywhere, you can seek it out… Or you can be forever alone, the choice is yours,” She finished with a cold undertone to her voice.

Sunset manages to pull herself up onto the edge of the crater. “But all I’ve done since I got here is drive everyone apart… I don’t know the first thing about friendship,” Sunset replied, her tears now making a pool on the ground. Twilight offers her a hand up.

“I bet they can teach you,” Twilight stated pointing towards her friends. Sunset looks to them but then she looks to the hand that was being held by Twilight. Sunset felt something in that moment, but she couldn’t quite place the feeling. Is this the magic of friendship, Sunset thought to herself. Whatever it is I like the feeling.

Sunset Shimmer sat outside the gym as the fall formal was going on, she had taken quite the hit from the mane six and was recuperating from the blast. It had been a rough night for everyone and she had been the cause for it, turning into a she-demon, turning everyone into mindless zombies… And blowing a hole in the side of the school. And they actually forgave me for that, do I really deserve it though? Sunset thought to herself as she stepped towards the door to the gym. She peered through the door to see everyone having the time of their lives, it’s almost like nothing had happened at all… But it did, and I have to pay for it, Sunset thought to herself with a sorrowful look on her face. Just as she was about to close the door her eyes fell upon the girl of the hour, Twilight Sparkle, doing the strangest dance Sunset had ever seen. She couldn’t help but giggle at her dance, but then it turned to a frown as she saw Flash Sentry join the dance. For some reason Sunset felt angry when she saw Flash Sentry with Twilight Sparkle, Sunsets hands clamped down on the door frame. They’re just dancing, so why do I feel angry. Is it because of Flash… I wasn’t really in love with him though, I just used him to become more popular, then Sunset looked at Twilight, and then at her body… She hadn’t realized how beautiful Twilight was before. She certainly has nice plot… Wait a minute, do I have a thing for Twilight? That’s impossible, we’re both the same sex, how would that even work? Sunset backed away from the door and let the door close, Sunset put a hand on her forehead and dropped to the floor. I’m in love with Twilight Sparkle, how can I have what I can’t? The door to the gym suddenly opened and out emerged vice-principal Luna.

“Ah, Miss Shimmer there you are, come with me,” Luna stated simply. Sunset follows closely behind her, Time to get to work I guess.

Twilight Stood at the portal back to Equestria with the five human copies of her friends. “You’ll look out for her won’t you?” Twilight asked looking over at Sunset who is standing awkwardly at the blown out section of the school.

“Of course we will, although I do expect some sort of apology for last spring's debacle,” Rarity states crossing her arms and giving a slight glare towards Sunset.

“I have a feeling she’ll be handing out a lot of apologies.” Twilight replies as Luna hands Sunset a slate.

“We better get going,” Spike states motioning towards the portal in which Twilight nods in agreement.

“I know we’ve only been friends for a short time, but I’m going to miss you all so much,” Twilight states with tears in her eyes and her
hands crossed over her chest.

On the other side of the courtyard Sunset watches as Twilight turns to leave, She looks down at the slate and then back to Twilight, Now or never, Sunset. “I’ll be right back,” Sunset said, dropping the slate and started running towards Twilight before Luna could react in time. She pushed past Applejack and Rainbow Dash, “Twilight, wait!” Sunset yells. Twilight turns around just in time to have her lips enveloped by Sunsets. Sunset was nervous at first but relaxed when Twilight actually started kissing back, She likes me back, she actually likes me! Sunset yells in her mind. Twilight was having similar thoughts of disbelief and excitement. When they finally parted Twilight put a hand on Sunsets cheek and rubbed it briefly with a wide smile on her face.

“Thank you,” was all that Twilight said before she went through the portal. Spike just gave her a glare as he followed suit. Sunset stood there with a big smile on her face, still not believing what had just happened. She turned around towards her new friends whose mouths were hanging open.

“I won!” Pinkie screamed, “Rarity owes me fifty bucks!” She added sticking her face right in Rarity’s.

“(sigh) Fine,” Rarity replied producing a fifty dollar bill.

“You guys took bets on whether I liked Twilight or not?” Sunset asked confused.

“No darling, we took bets on where you would admit your feelings for her,” Rarity replied.

“I knew it was going to be here because it would be the last chance to admit your feelings to her, and I knew you were new to the whole friendship thing which means you wouldn't have been certain of your feelings for Twilight. So this made the most sense!” Pinkie Pie stated with a wide smile getting up in Sunsets face.

“Ok, I get it… Wait you guys knew?” Sunset asked in disbelief.

“We saw it when you were holding her hand.” Rainbow stated.

“Was I that obvious?” Sunset asked awkwardly.

“Like a donkey at a horse-show.” Applejack interjects with her witty country-isms. Luna pushes past Applejack and Rainbow Dash.

“Miss Shimmer, when your good and ready you can write up a five page essay on the importance of punctuality, and also that wall isn't going to fix itself.” Luna stated pointing towards the giant hole in the wall.

“(Sigh) I’ll see you guys later.” Sunset stated as she followed behind Luna.

“Also, it’s about time you kissed her, I lost twenty dollars to principal Celestia because of that.” Luna stated angrily. “You should have kissed her at the dance.” She added.

“Are you kidding me?!?” Sunset replied in disbelief, stopping dead in her tracks.

Twilight stumbled out of the portal. “Twilight!” her friends yelled in unison and hug her.

“Where is Sunset Shimmer?” Celestia asked concerned about where she was.

“She’s in good hands.” Twilight replied in a certain tone.

“You kissed her didn’t you?” Pinkie stated simply.

“What, no!” Twilight said trying to hide a blush.

“You totally did!” Pinkie Pie screamed.

“Really, What was it like?” Rarity asked getting uncomfortably close to Twilight.

“I’m not telling you guys.” Twilight replied as they started to leave the room.

“Oh come on, we’re your best friends.” Fluttershy stated.

“Can we change the subject, I don’t really want to hear about Twilight's love-life.” Rainbow Dash stated.

“Thank you, Rainbow Dash.” Twilight replied gratefully. All the time through this Celestia is sitting there with mixture of concern and humor on her face. This could end badly, but if Twilight opened up like that to her, Sunset must have changed. Only time can tell, Celestia thought to herself.

Twilight looked out one of the windows of the castle at the moon, and Sunset looked up at the moon in CHS and they thought at the same time, I’ll wait for you, no matter what. Twilight looked down at the floor. “Only thirty moons, I can’t wait!” she whispers excitedly.

Love is in the air

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Sunset Party

Author's Note

Greetings bronies! So the next chapter huh? It's looking to get very 'chaotic' if you ask me ;). See if you can figure that one out before you read the story. I also just want to say that I can't write Applejack, so sorry for all the AJ fans out there. So R and R, and as always I will see you... in the next chapter, enjoy!

Sunset Party

Chapter 2
Sunset party

Sunset ran through the hallways panicking about the text she just got from Fluttershy. She checked the text again. Fluttershy: Come quickly, something happened to Pinkie Pie. It had been a week since she got those two together and the thought of something bad happening to Pinkie, she didn’t know what Fluttershy would do if that happened. She busted through the door to the gym, “Fluttershy!” Sunset yelled trying to catch her breath. All of a sudden the lights came on in the gym and her friends jumped out.

“Surprise!” they all cried out at once.

“What’s going on?” Sunset asked shocked out of her wits.

“It’s your birthday party silly,” Pinkie replied running up and hugging Sunset.

“Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy told me something happened to you?” Sunset stated in her confusion.

“We had to get you here somehow,” Pinkie replied as if it was something completely normal.

“That was what you sent her?” Rarity said in disbelief, “We’re trying to throw her a party not give the poor girl a heart attack,” she added going over to Sunset. “Sorry about that, Sunset,” she said putting a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

“Water under the bridge Rarity, at least you guys are all ok,” Sunset replied wiping the sweat from her forehead. “So you mentioned something about a party,” she added straightening up.

“Right the party!” Pinkie exclaimed and pulled her party cannon out and shot confetti out of it, “Happy birthday!” Pinkie screamed at the top of her lungs. It hit the group dead on with the confetti, covering them in the party accessory. Sunset blew the confetti out of her face and starts to laugh.

“See I told you this would work, I’m awesome like that!” Rainbow Dash boasted placing a open palm across her heart.

“You mean ‘we knew’ it would work,” Applejack stated crossing her arms and cocking her eyebrow at Rainbow.

“Well you guys helped, but come on let’s enjoy the party. We have another surprise for you, Sunset,” Rainbow stated excitedly.

“Right the other surprise, I love surprises!” Pinkie yelled as she ran off to get a chair. She unfolded the chair and motioned for Sunset to sit. When Sunset sat down, Pinkie and the rest of them went behind a curtain on the stage. Pinkie's voice came over the intercom in the gym. “Come on everybody I want to see you smile and give it up… For the rainbooms!” She exclaimed as the curtain started to open to reveal the five of them holding instruments, Fluttershy had a tambourine, Pinkie was on drums, Rainbow had a guitar, Applejack the base, and Rarity had a keytar, and each had a microphone in front of them. Sunset started clapping at their appearance. “One, two, three, four!” Pinkie yelled hitting her sticks together over her head.

“We've just got the day to get ready!

And there's only so much time to lose!

Because tonight, yeah, we're here to party!

So let's think of something fun to do!

We don't know (we don't know) what's gonna happen!

We just know (we just know) it's gonna feel right!

All our friends are here,

And it's time to ignite the lights!” They all sung at once and the lights started changing between their various colors.

“Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight

Shake your tail, shake your tail!” They begin their transformation and to Sunset’s surprise they go into their super form.

“Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight

Shake your tail, shake your tail!” Then Rainbow takes over.

“So what you didn't get it right the first time!”

Then Pinkie, “ Laugh it off, no one said it is a crime!”

Rarity, “ Do your thing, you know you're an original!”

And then Applejack, “Your ideas are so funny that they're criminal!”

And back to everyone,

“Ohhh-ahh!

We've just got the day to get ready!

And there's only so much time to lose!

Because tonight, yeah, we're here to party!

So let's think of something fun to do!

We don't know (we don't know) what's gonna happen!

We just know (we just know) it's gonna feel right!

All our friends are here,

and it's time to ignite the lights!” Rainbow Dash jumped off the stage and tied one of the tails around Sunsets-waist and put the horse ears on her head. She dragged Sunset onto the stage, “Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight!” Sunset started to shake her tail in time with everyone else shaking their extremely long hair.

“Shake your tail, shake your tail!”

Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight!

Shake your tail, shake your tail!

Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight!

Shake your tail, shake your tail!

Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight!

Shake your tail, shake your tail!

Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight!” Pinkie flipped her drums upside down and it shot pyrotechnics out of it. Sunset turned around in awe of the fireworks and how her friends looked. Sunset clapped for the Rainbooms and whistled at them.

“That was amazing you guys!” Sunset exclaimed, “I have to ask though how did you guys do your transformations?” She asked looking at their super forms.

“We told you we had a surprise,” Rainbow Dash stated triumphantly.

“To answer your question ‘properly’ we don’t know,” Applejack said answering Sunset’s question.

“Maybe it’s residual magic from Equestria that’s linked to certain traits,” Sunset stated trying to comprehend this conundrum.

“Who cares how it works, it looks awesome!” Rainbow interjected with her signature wit. “This is a party you're meant to enjoy it! Not question stuff,” She added.

“Your right, answers can wait until tomorrow,” Sunset concluded and dropped the subject.

“So what’s next? Oh right presents!” Rarity exclaimed bringing out her present.

“I just want to say first, thanks guys for being here for me, it means a lot to me… Even though the rest of the school hates me, you guys are still here, and that means a lot to me,” Sunset stated and everyone smiled back at her.

“Everyone deserves a second chance, and you’ve proven to be a great friend by getting me and Pinkie together,” Fluttershy said and clasped Pinkie’s hand in her own.

“Yeah and if it wasn’t for you we wouldn’t have figured out about these awesome powers!” Rainbow said before she could stop herself, “No offense.” She added awkwardly.

“None taken?” Sunset replied confused.

“Alright, now back to presents!” Rarity exclaimed and shoved a present in front of Sunset, “This is from me,” she said with a wide smile on her face. Sunset started to smile and laugh as she unwrapped her presents but still at the back of her head she still knew that something was off, the lack of a certain purple pony/person. I would have loved that kind of surprise even more.

(The previous day)

Twilight was in her library/house looking through her books trying to find a way that she could communicate with Sunset Shimmer, it had been two weeks since she came back from the human world and a week since she got back from the crystal empire. She hadn’t had much time since the Everfree Forest rose up and invaded Ponyville, since things had only just calmed down in Equestria this was the only time she could afford to search for a way to talk to Sunset, and she wasn’t going to waste a second of it. “Are you sure you want to go through with this whole relationship thing with Sunset, can you even trust her?” Spike asked bringing over a pile of books from the far shelves.

“I’ve told you twice before Spike yes, I don’t know why I’m in love with Sunset but I am, and I’m not waiting around for thirty moons just to be able to see her again. If you can’t understand that then there's the door!” Twilight yelled and opened the door with her magic. Her friends walked through the door suddenly.

“That was convenient,” Rainbow stated and then stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Twilight and Spike glaring at eachother. Everyone else bumped into Rainbow then peered over her shoulder to inspect the situation.

“Are we interrupting anything?” Rarity asked looking between the two of them.

“Just a ‘friendly’ disagreement,” Twilight stated practically seething. “Right Spike?” she added through gritted teeth

“Yeah a ‘friendly’ disagreement,” Spike replied and stormed away.

“He was worried about the whole Sunset thing again wasn’t he,” Fluttershy said knowing full well the two of them only really get into arguments concerning Sunset Shimmer now.

"I'll go talk to him," Rarity said walking into the other room.

“I don’t care what he thinks, I just have to find a way to talk to her, so what do you guys have?” Twilight asked wondering if they had found anything in the library of the old castle.

“We searched the entire library from top to bottom, and there’s still nothing unfortunately, sorry Twilight,” Applejack stated with sorrow in her voice, she took off her hat and couldn’t look Twilight in the eyes.

“You guys tried your best, and I’m glad that you're here I couldn’t have done this without you guys,” Twilight said and got up from her seat and gave her friends a hug.

“But they could have done better!” A voice said in the room that they all immediately recognized.

“Discord!” They all said at once. Discord's eyes then appeared on one of Twilights lamps then his body materializes on the wall.

“Woops one second,” Discord said and then he appeared in front of them with his legs as his horns and his horns as his legs. “Oh this is so embarrassing,” he added and tried to rearrange himself again in a blur of motion and ended up with his head where his chest should be. Twilight’s eye started to twitch.

“Discord!” Twilight screamed at him out of frustration. Discord snapped his fingers and he was back to normal.

“Well someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning,” Discord stated and snapped his fingers again and a handkerchief covered in snot appeared. “A penny for your thought?” he added and the handkerchief flew over to her. Twilight huffed and quickly set fire to the handkerchief with her magic.

“What… Do you… Want?” Twilight asked trying to maintain her calm.

“Well Fluttershy told me of your ordeal and I wanted to help… But obviously you don’t want my help!” Discord said turning his head in disdain and a door appeared in front of him. “I bid you good day!” he added as he was about to open the door. Twilight shot a glare at him.

“First, Discord if you open that door I will make sure it’s the last one you open for a while, second: You told him?” Twilight said looking over at Fluttershy who was now cowering in the corner.

“It just kind of slipped out, sorry,” Fluttershy said cowering in fear of Twilights anger… Along with everyone else.

“Alright and third: what were you going to say, Discord?” Twilight asked trying to keep an even temper.

“Well as I was going to say, Fluttershy told me about your little problem with your what was it she called it ‘girlfriend?’ or something along those lines,” Discord said and then a chair appeared behind him and he sat down on it, followed by a cup of tea appearing in his hand, a pair of glasses appeared upside down on his face and oddly enough Rarity’s cat appeared on his lap. He took a bite out of the tea cup and stroked the cat gently, which caused her fur to curl upwards. “It’s coming back to me now, it was a drizzly Tuesday I was walking the halls of the Canterlot royal library when I thought about what dearest Fluttershy had mentioned about your little problem. So I thought I might help, so I looked around and lo and behold…” Discord stopped for dramatic effect which made Twilight start tapping her hoof on the floor. “I found nothing,” Discord concluded lowering his head towards the floor.

“You wasted… all that time, telling us that you… found… NOTHING!” Twilight yelled and her entire frame lit on fire. When the flames finally subsided Twilight was breathing heavily in frustration. Discord got up out of the seat and put out the last bit of the flame that was on Twilights-head.

“Until I finally got to the restricted area and tadda,” Discord produced a book that looked as old as he was.

“But… you just, I thought-I thought… I hate you,” Twilight stated simply and grabbed the book.

“I value our friendship too, you’ll find everything you need to know about the portal in there, now I think my work is done here, I shall take my leave. See you all later, I’ll see you at tea next week, Fluttershy,” Discord said and Applejacks-hat appeared on his head and he tipped it at them and another door materialized in front of him in which he quickly stepped through. Applejack looked up to see her hat was missing.

“Dangnammit, Discord!” Applejack yelled and crossed her hooves and plopped down onto the floor.

“Thanks, Discord,” Twilight said finally and went over to her desk to study the book like nothing had just happened. She started flicking through it with her magic

“Twilight, are you ok?” Fluttershy asked. Twilight gave no response. “Twilight?” She asked again. Twilight put the book down and looked at all of them.

“We have to go back to the crystal empire right now!” Twilight said and started running around gathering things for the trip.

“Wh…” Applejack started to say but was quickly cut off by Pinkie Pie covering her mouth with her hoof and shook her head.

“You know that once Twilight sets herself on something she doesn’t let anything stop her,” Pinkie said as they all looked at Twilight as she was panicking while packing certain things for the trip.

(The next day)

Twilight and her friends stood before the portal once more with Cadence standing beside it. “So do you want to run that plan by me one more time?” Cadence asked still confused by the plan. “You kind of just gave me the overly complicated version,” She added trying not to insult Twilight.

“Well essentially there is still traces of magic that link our world to the other one, this tether is strong enough that we could fit a small object through it but not anything more,” Twilight said as clearly as she could.

“Ok, but I know there was something else to this plan aswell,” Cadence replied cocking her eyebrow.

“I need your help to keep the portal open. The book says that this requires a lot of magic to fuel the tether so that the object can make it to the other side, that’s why me, you and Rarity will use our magic to fuel it and Rainbow Dash will throw the object through the portal,” Twilight stated taking a breath after the long explanation.

“What is this object you’re talking about?” Cadence asked.

“Well, it’s Sunset Shimmer's birthday today so I wanted to send her a present,” Twilight picked up a huge book with a card attached to it.

“Only you would send someone a book for their birthday, Twilight,” Rarity stated while rolling her eyes. “I could have made her a dress,” She added with a smile.

“Then it wouldn’t be me, I want it to feel like it’s a part of me going to her,” Twilight said and swiped her hoof over the cover of the book. The title read History of Ponyville. But there was also a little surprise in the back for Sunset.

“I understand completely, Twilight,” Rarity replied with a reassuring smile.

“Alright let’s do this,” Twilight said with a deep breath. The three of them focused on channeling their magic into the portal as Rainbow prepped for the throw. A stream of purple, blue and pink magic channeled itself into the portal. “Not yet!” Twilight said huffing in exhaustion already, “Wait… Wait… NOW!” she yelled and Rainbow chucked the book through the portal like it was a baseball. “We need… to keep the connection up for a few more seconds, hold on everypony!” Twilight yelled struggling to keep her connection with the portal. Rarity had almost lost consciousness and even Cadence was having problems, Just hold on for a bit longer, Twilight thought to herself. Then Rarity's part of the tether was suddenly snapped when she fainted which distracted Twilight and her tether was cut also, which left Cadence holding the tether by herself which quickly overwhelmed her and the feedback shot her across the room. “Cadence, Rarity!” Twilight yelled panicking as she rushed over to Cadence while her friends tended to Rarity, Cadence was out cold after her head impacted the far wall. “Cadence,” she said pushing Cadence with her hoof. “Cadence!” she screamed tears brimming in her eyes, What have I done? I should never have tried this. “I should never have put you in this situation,” Twilight whispered weakly. “Rainbow, go find help!” She yelled towards Rainbow.

“You got it!” Rainbow said and then she was off.

I really hope the present made it, otherwise this entire ordeal was pointless.

(At that same time)

Sunset and her friends were now walking out of the school towards the structure that served as the portal between Equestria and Canterlot high. “So you guys just suddenly decided to make a band?” Sunset asked.

“Well we all knew that we could turn into our super forms if we played, and we figured that we would play awesomely so I decided to make the band,” Rainbow stated triumphantly.

“You mean 'we' decided to make the band,” Rarity said crossing her arms angrily.

“Wait a minute, that reminds me!” Sunset stated suddenly. She then ran back into the school and came back out with a poster. “You guys could sign up for this,” she said unrolling the poster which read: Canterlot high musical showcase.

“That wouldn’t be a bad idea,” Rarity said.

“I think it would be amazing, and maybe we could even play one of my songs,” Fluttershy said excitedly and held up her notebook.

“Don’t get ahead of yourself Fluttershy,” Rainbow immediately replied. Fluttershy’s head drooped down in disappointment, but then Pinkie put a hand around her waist and pulled her close.

“Don’t worry, I’m sure we’ll play one of your songs soon enough,” Pinkie said with a reassuring smile.

“You think so?” Fluttershy asked perking up slightly.

“I know so,” Pinkie replied placing a kiss on her forehead. Sunset saw this display of affection and smiled, At least someone will get their happily ever after, she thought to herself.

“Well I guess I’ll sign us up for it tomorrow since this is my ba-” Rainbow attempted to say when she was suddenly hit full force by a book emerging from the portal. She went down immediately.

“You deserved that,” Applejack said smugly and picked the book up off the ground. “It’s from Twilight, for you Sunset,” she added handing the book and letter to Sunset.

“Really? That girl really is amazing isn’t she,” Sunset said in amazement. She opened the letter.

“So what does it say?” Pinkie asked being incredibly nosey.

“It’s personal Pinkie she’ll tell us if she wants to,” Fluttershy said and pulled Pinkie back towards her.

The letter read: Sunset, Happy Birthday I hope, I don’t know when this will actually reach you or if it will at all but I just wanted to say that I like you too, and no matter what a piece of you will always be with me, unfortunately this might be the last time that I’m able to contact you since the tether will become too weak to actually pass anything else through it. I miss you so much but I won’t give up trying to find a way. Always yours, Twilight Sparkle.

P.S I left a surprise in the back of the book, I hope you like it.

Sunset turned to the last page of the book and found a golden ring there that was engraved with her initials. Sunset looked at the letter again and put the ring on. Tears started to roll down her cheeks now. “She’ll never know that I got it, what was the point, I can’t send anything back and now we’re out of communication,” Sunset said sitting down beside the portal and bringing her knees to her chin. Rarity sat down beside her and brought her into a hug.

“She took a chance, darling. She wanted so badly to tell you how she felt she took even the slimmest chance that she could get through to you,” Rarity said. “Show me the ring for a second,” Rarity said and Sunset put the ring in front of Rarity. Rarity put the ring in front of Sunset and pointed towards the initials. “She did all this for you not even knowing if it would work, I’d think that that’s love right there and although you can’t communicate with her she’ll always be with you right here,” She added and pointed at Sunsets heart.

“Thanks, Rarity. Thanks all of you, for everything,” Sunset said wiping the tears out of her eyes.

“Hey, it’s what we do,” Rainbow said while rubbing the back of her. “Well mainly me but…” She tried to add.

“Do you want another book thrown at you?” Rarity asked with a cocked eyebrow.

“I think I’ll pass, whoever threw that book had quite the arm… Reminds me of me,” Rainbow said while standing up.

“That’s it, somebody find me a book!” Rarity said in a sarcastic tone. The group burst into laughter.

Twilight sat in the infirmary beside Cadence. “I’m so sorry, Cadence I was careless and I should have focused more,” Twilight pleaded to the unconscious princess.

“I swear if I have to hear you apologize one more time Twilight Sparkle, I don’t know what I’ll do,” Cadence replied in a weak tone.

“Cadence!” Twilight screamed with relief, she threw her hooves around her sister in law and gave her a hug.

“It’s ok, Twilight I’m not going anywhere,” Cadence replied returning the hug.

“I’m so sorry,” Twilight said burying her head in Cadences-shoulder.

“I agreed to do it, I understand full well what you're going through, and it tears my heart apart… Who ever thought that the princess of love couldn’t help someone achieve theirs. It should be me apologizing,” Cadence replied stroking Twilights-mane gently.

“I really hope that the present reached her,” Twilight whispered.

“What does your heart tell you?” Cadence replied using the same line as before.

“Yes,” Twilight said with a smile growing on her face.

“I want you to ask yourself that question whenever you're feeling uncertain about Sunset. Because I know full well what the answer is going to be,” Cadence stated with certainty in her voice.

“Thanks, Cadence, I’ll remember that,” Twilight replied. “I’m feeling better now, although I still feel bad about putting you and Rarity in danger like that,” Twilight said with regret in her voice again.

“We volunteered remember, never doubt your friends or me when it comes to your happiness… We’ll never let you down,” Cadence replied with a sincerity in her voice that eased Twilights mind.

“Thanks, Cadence,” Twilight said and released her sister in law from the hug.

“Anytime,” Cadence replied as she yawned and her eyes closed slowly and soon she was asleep. Twilight stayed there the whole night watching over Cadence and thinking of the present she sent Sunset. I think she’s going to love the ring, Twilight thought as she pulled out one of her Daring Do books and opened it up to the where she had left off.

Parting Ways

Author's Note

Greetings Bronies! I'd just like to say thanks for all the support you've shown for this story, it means a lot to me, you guys are amazing. So R and R, and as always I will see you... in the next chapter, enjoy!

Parting Ways

Chapter 3
Parting Ways

Twilight had returned to Ponyville the next day after making sure that Cadence was alright, she was feeling better about things… until she got back home. She was met with Spike packing bags. “What are you doing, Spike?” Twilight asked in confusion.

“What does it look like?” Spike replied, the anger apparent in his voice.

“Is this because of the whole Sunset thing again?” Twilight asked certain that she knew the answer.

“I can handle the whole Discord thing and even that owl. But you cross the line when you put Rarity and your own sister in danger for a girl you hardly know,” Spike said trying while trying to close one of his suitcases.

“So you heard about that, huh?” Twilight said looking away with a look of sadness painted on her face.

“Oh I heard about it alright... I don’t know what’s gotten into you Twilight but you haven’t been the same since Sunset kissed you,” Spike stated while dragging his suitcase past Twilight.

“I don’t see why I have to defend myself here, Spike. We’ve known eachother since you were born, I raised you for Celestia’s sake!” Twilight said back without turning to look at Spike.

“Obviously I didn’t know you as well as I thought,” Spike replied and opened the door of the library.

“What is your problem, Spike, Is my happiness not important to you?” Twilight asked turning to look at Spike finally.

“It is, just not when you put everyone else in danger to achieve it. Cadence was thrown full force into a brick wall and Rarity was lucky enough to just get a really bad headache from the ordeal.” Spike replied with anger growing in his voice.

“I didn’t think…” Twilight started trying to defend herself.

“Yeah you didn’t, think of it, the great Twilight Sparkle made a ‘mistake’, how does that make you feel?” Spike asked in a condescending tone.

“Stop it Spike,” Twilight replied the anger growing in her voice now.

“No, you never do, no matter what the great Twilight Sparkle has to finish what she started no matter who she hurts along the way,” Spike yelled his anger growing to breaking point.

“Get out,” Twilight said through gritted teeth.

“What was that, something about Sunset not being worth it,” Spike replied with a laugh. That’s when Twilight snapped.

“GET OUT!” Twilight screamed and cast a spell that threw Spike out the door and made him skid along the ground. Twilight then used her magic to chuck his suitcase out after him. “I don’t care where you go, just so long as you never come back here ever again!” She yelled at him and slammed the door shut. Twilight then rested her back against the door and slid down it, Twilight started to cry uncontrollably. “Why does this have to happen, I just want to be with Sunset, so why does Spike hate me for it?” Twilight said aloud to no one in particular.

“It’s because he doesn’t understand it,” A voice said from all around her.

“What do you want, Discord!” Twilight yelled out of frustration. Discord then materialized next to her with a hurt look on his face.

“I simply came here to comfort you, I heard what happened with Cadence and Rarity and also had the misfortune of witnessing your bout with Spike.” Discord stated with a hint of sadness in his voice.

“Uh-huh, now what’s your real reason for being here?” Twilight asked not entirely convinced of Discords intent.

“I am hurt Twilight Sparkle, truly hurt. I truly want to make this whole friendship thing work,” Discord said trying to convince Twilight.

“Fluttershy put you up to this didn’t she?” Twilight asked knowing full well the answer.

“No she did not, I genuinely wanted to be here,” Discord replied and Twilight gave him a look that told him that she didn’t believe him. “Alright fine, she did but was I doing well?” He asked hopeful that he did.

“It needs work, Discord,” Twilight said brightening up a bit.

“Well at least your not crying now, I did something right,” Discord replied with a laugh.

“Yeah, I guess you did,” Twilight said returning the laugh.

“So, tell me about Sunset, I’ve heard Fluttershy talk about her… But she’s never actually met her, I want to hear it from you,” Discord said genuinely interested.

“You really want to hear about her?” Twilight asked suspiciously.

“Isn’t this what you girls talk about, I can be ‘one of the girls,’” Discord said and snapped his fingers. A wig appeared on his head that resembled Rarity’s hair except a lot more messy and then some pyjamas appeared on him. “See, now we can have one of those ‘slumber parties’ that I’ve heard so much about,” He added and did a twirl in his new pyjamas.

“Are those Fluttershy’s?” Twilight asked trying not to burst out laughing.

“Yes, but don’t tell her,” Discord whispered it trying to make it seem like a deep dark secret.

“My lips are sealed,” Twilight replied laughing now.

“See, I must have this friendship thing down now,” Discord stated with glee and snapped his fingers. Confetti flew out of Twilights books and a banner came down from the ceiling which reads Discord= best pony!

“You are ridiculous, Discord,” Twilight says wiping away the tears from laughing so much.

“So now do I get to hear about the girl who stole princess Twilight’s heart?” Discord asked and suddenly a bowl of popcorn kernels appeared in Discords hands.

“Alright, alright,” Twilight replied giving in to Discords ridiculousness. She took a seat across from Discord and looked up at the ceiling. “Although I hated her at first, she was just misunderstood. I wanted to help her even when I went up against her for the crown. I don’t know when it happened, but I found that I fell in love with her. When she kissed me it just felt right, do you know what I mean?” Twilight asked looking over at Discord.

“Of course I do, I have someone like that,” Discord said pridefully.

“Don’t tell me it’s Fluttershy?” Twilight asked hoping it wasn’t her.

“No, of course not… It’s Celestia, I mean have you seen her mane, mmmm,” Discord said and ate one of the popcorn kernels. “I even have a strand of her hair that I keep in my house!” He exclaimed clapping his hands together and ate another kernel.

“That’s… Creepy,” Twilight stated simply.

“But enough about my love interests, let’s hear more about yours,” Discord said and a small flag with Sunlight written on it appeared in his hand.

“Well, what more is there to say apart from her hair is amazing, it’s the perfect blend of red and yellow that flows beautifully, and those curves…” Twilight said then blushed as she remembered who she was talking to. “Wow, I can’t believe I just said that,” She added hiding her face in her hooves.

“Oh come on, do you really think that’s the worst I’ve heard. Wait until you hear what Fluttershy says about Pinkie Pie,” Discord says and then physically shivers at the thought of it. “She’s rather descriptive when she wants to be… I blame Ironwill for that,” He added.

“Don’t worry, you're not the only one that hated him,” Twilight replied.

“So, do I get to stay for the night?” Discord asked hopefully.

“Fine, but if you start snoring you are out of here,” Twilight said firmly.

“Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye,” Discord said and poked himself in the eye.

“Awesome,” Twilight replied.

“But I know what this is missing… Marshmallows!” Discord exclaimed and a rotisserie over a fire appeared on the floor. Twilight tries to tell off Discord but is too late, the floor catches fire from the flame.

“DISCORD!” Twilight yelled in frustration.

“Oops?” Discord says shrugging his shoulders.

Spike walked to the border between Ponyville and the Everfree Forest. They don’t need me anymore. None of them want me around anymore, what that door showed me in the crystal empire was true… I was always destined to end up alone, Spike thought to himself. “Goodbye Ponyville, this is the last time that we’re ever going to see each other. Goodbye Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie, Applejack and Rainbow. I’ll miss you all, but I can’t stay here anymore. Not with her, and I don’t want to be around for the next situation she gets you guys into. So goodbye… I’m out,” Spike said finishing his monologue.

“Spiky!” Rarity yelled after him. “Wait!” She added trying to catch up to him. “Where are you going?” she asked with concern in her voice.

“Anywhere but here,” Spike replied simply.

“You're coming with me and we’re going to talk to Twilight,” Rarity said trying to reason with Spike.

“No I’m done trying to talk to her, I’m sorry Rarity but I’m not sticking around to see what she does next!” Spike yelled rather harshly.

“Spike, please don’t go. We need you,” Rarity said holding out a hoof towards Spike. He simply swatted it away which made Rarity back up in shock.

“Like you need me, I was always the mascot wasn’t I. Nothing more,” Spike replied and turned away. “Don’t try and find me, Rarity. Just pretend like I never existed… It’ll be better for all of us,” he added as he made his way into the Everfree Forest.

“Spike!” Rarity yelled after him, the tears growing in her eyes.

I’m never looking back, the old Spike is dead now, the new Spikes journey begins...

Rainbow Rocks

Author's Note

So now we're getting into the main arc of the story with Rainbow rocks, I also left a little eater egg in the chapter see if you can figure it out. I also want to say that I re-read the last chapter and I realize how brutal I was towards Spike, didn't know I had that much anger towards him... But there is a reason for it. So thanks again for the support, R and R and as always I will see you... in the next chapter, enjoy!

Rainbow Rocks

Chapter 4
Rainbow Rocks

It had been a month since the events of the fall formal and no-one had let Sunset forget that she was the one who caused it. She looked over to see the cutie mark crusaders working on their poster for the musical showcase. She went over and picked up one of their paint brushes. “You need any help?” Sunset asked with a smile. The crusaders looked at eachother.

“We’re good,” they said and inched away from her. Sunset frowned at their comment, They still think I’m a monster. She looked around the gym and saw her friends.

“Sunset Shimmer!” Pinkie cried out, Sunsets smile returned slightly, it quickly disappeared however as she looked around the gym to see everyone glaring at her confirming her doubts. Sunset held her arm nervously as she walked past all the disapproving stares that were silently judging her. She quickly reached her friends.
“I didn’t realize the whole school was going to be here,” Sunset said with a sigh. Fluttershy put a reassuring hand on Sunset’s shoulder. Pinkie and Rarity tried to quickly change the subject.

“Quite the eye-catching advertisement, if I do say so myself,” Rarity stated proudly as her and Pinkie raise up the rainbooms poster for the showcase.

“And it smells like cake,” Pinkie said with glee.

“It does?” Fluttershy asked. Pinkie brought the poster over and Fluttershy tried to smell it before it got shoved right into her face.

“I used frosting instead of paste!” Pinkie replied happily as she pulled the poster back from Fluttershy’s face. “Hold on, you got some of it on your face,” She added, she got out a cloth and started to wipe her girlfriends face clean. “All better!” She said and started licking off the frosting from the cloth. Then principal Celestia came into the gym followed closely by vice-principal Luna.

“Good afternoon students!” Celestia announced proudly. “I just wanted to tell you all how pleased I am that so many of you are going to be participating in the first ever Canterlot high school musical showcase!” She added with glee which was followed soon after by cheering from all around. “I’m sure we’ll do great in our fundraising this year, and hopefully not have a repeat of last year's science fair,” She said eyeing the Cutie mark crusaders. “This is sure to be the greatest event in CHS since the fall formal,” Celestia stated not remembering the whole she-demon attack. Sunset’s eyes grew wide and then they darted around the gym to see everyone returning to glaring at her. Damn it, I thought that would have taken their minds ‘off’ of me… Thanks Celestia. Then Sunset slid down the wall to the floor and brought her knees to her chin.

“Maybe we should go to practice for the showcase,” Rarity said looking at Sunset.

“That would be nice,” Sunset replied not moving from her spot. Applejack helped Sunset up off the ground and they left the gym to practice for the showcase.

Sunset and her friends stood in the physics classroom with their various instruments lying around the room after they had just finished practicing. “We’ve got this thing down, guys… Although Rarity you're a bit behind in the chorus, and Applejack you hit the wrong note at the mid-section of the song,” Rainbow stated trying to criticize her friends on their performance.

“Well I think you guys are good,” Sunset said trying to be the good guy.

“Yeah we’re good, but we could be like twenty percent cooler,” Rainbow replied making her friends glare at her.

“Or you could get a bass guitar to the face?” Applejack stated tapping her bass against her hand.

“Hey, I’m just saying you guys could use some improvement,” Rainbow replied pointing her finger at her friends.

“And what about you?” Rarity asked indignantly.

“Oh, I’m perfect at this, absolutely nothing wrong with my skills,” Rainbow replied while stringing her guitar. “Although I guess I need to turn up the coolness by like two percent… Yeah that sounds about right.” She added now testing her guitar by playing a few notes

“Are you sure this is how this whole friendship thing works?” Sunset asked confused about Rainbow’s boasting and criticism.

“Kind of, but this is ordinary Rainbow remember,” Rarity replied with a smile. Before Sunset could reply the door opened and in walked Flash Sentry.

“Hey guys, I heard you guys playing, you guys are sounding pretty great,” Flash stated with his usual demeanor of having his hands in his pockets. Let me guess, he wants to know if Twilight’s shown up.

“Yeah it’s coming along pretty good…” Rainbow said and went into her schpeel about Rarity’s and Applejacks performance.

“That’s great, hey you guys haven’t happened to have heard anything on our out of town friend have you?” Flash asked rubbing the back of his neck. Nailed it.

“Sorry Flash, we haven’t heard anything on Twilight,” Applejack replied with her usual honesty.

“Oh ok, well I guess I should let you guys get back to what you were doing…” Flash said as he backed up into the wall beside the door and then laughed awkwardly as he went through the door.

“Did he even hear about yours and Twilights make out session last month?” Applejack asked turning to Sunset.

“Honestly I don’t know, I think people are more interested in the fact that I blew up a section of the school,” Sunset replied trying not to think about that certain point in history.

“Yeah that was crazy how you were like muhahaha and everyone else was like oh no and we were like taste the rainbow!” Rainbow said making the motions of the story as she went. “No offence,” She added looking over at Sunset.

“(Sigh), none taken,” Sunset replied rolling her eyes.

“So do you think you should tell Flash?” Rarity asked.

“Tell him what?” Sunset asked in confusion.

“That you and Twilight are pretty much a couple now,” Rainbow interjected with wide eyes.

“And the chances of him believing me without Twilight here are next to nothing, and I’m not looking to cause anymore trouble than I already have… I already have enough to apologize for,” Sunset said with the frown returning to her face.

“I guess you’re right, it wouldn’t really solve anything. I just feel kind of sad for him, believing that he has a chance when there is none,” Applejack stated awkwardly.

“Well I’m sorry if I hurt his feelings, but he needs to understand that things don’t always turn out the way you expect,” Sunset said and picked up her backpack and checked. “Crap I’m late.” She added and ran to the door.

“Late for what?” Fluttershy asked.

“I volunteered to show some new transfer kids around the school. I figured they could get to know the new me before they figure out about the old me,” Sunset said hopefully.

“I’m sure you’ll do fine, I’m sure you’ll mesmerize the... I mean charm…” Rarity tried to say while thinking of the best way to say what she meant to. “Knock ‘em dead… Break a leg,” She settled for that and patted Sunset on the shoulder awkwardly.

“Thanks, Rarity,” Sunset replied awkwardly and left the room when she waved to the rest of her friends.

Sunset ran through the hallways, and was almost to where she was going to meet the transfer kids and stopped to take a breath and make herself look presentable while resting against a statue in the middle of the main hall. Great I want to make a good first impression and I can’t even show up on time. She then looked at the statue which depicted a man with a beard and wearing a suit posing like he was singing in an opera. She then peered down at the plaque, Who’s John D. Oh well, that can wait I have to get moving. She ran to the meeting spot to find that they were already waiting there.

“Are you the new transfer students?” Sunset asked.

“We are,” The lead said in a sinister tone. That was kind of sinister… Must be drama kids.

“You must be Adagio,” She said pointing towards the blonde one. “That makes you Aria,” She added pointing at the purple haired one. “And that means your Sonata, right?” She asked pointing at the teal haired one.

“That’s right,” Adagio replied with a devious smile. Definitely drama kids.

“Well my name is Sunset Shimmer, CHS is definitely the place to be at, where did you guys transfer from anyways?” Sunset asked curiously.

“Umm… Crystal high?” Adagio said uncertainly.

“Huh… I’ve never heard of that school before,” Sunset replied putting her hand to her chin trying to think of the various schools in the area.

“It’s a far off school,” Adagio stated waving her hands to the side to signify it’s far away.

“Must be, but don’t worry CHS is a great place,” Sunset replied with a smile.

“Yes, we sense a certain… magic about this place,” Adagio said with a broad smile on her face.

Sunset led the three of them through the hallways of the school. “And over there’s the science classroom and there's the computer lab.” Sunset stated pointing to the various classrooms before noticing a poster for the musical showcase. “We also have a musical showcase coming up, since you're new here I’m sure principal Celestia will probably let you sign up,” She added pointing towards the poster.

“A showcase you say?” Adagio asked. “Well we have been known to sing from time to time.” She added with her signature smile.

“Duh, we sing like all the time, it’s how we make people do what we want.” Sonata said like it wasn’t something out of the ordinary.

“She means that we enjoy singing, Sonata,” Aria stated angrily towards Sonata.

“Oh right, what she said that we said that we do is what I meant to say,” Sonata said trying to cover up something.

“You’re the worst,” Aria said crossing her arms.

“No you are!” Sonata replied glaring at Aria.

“Don’t mind them, they’re idiots,” Adagio stated walking in front of them. Sunset looked at them like they were extremely odd, I’m thinking there a different kind of weird. Then Sunset noticed the gems around their neck.

“Those are beautiful...” Sunset started and moved to touch the gem on Adagio’s neck but she was quickly stopped when Adagio grabbed her arm. Adagio’s eyes grew wide and she let go of Sunsets arm.

“Sorry, it’s just that these gems are very precious to us. It would be tragic if something were to happen to them,” Adagio stated trying her best to sound apologetic. “See you around, Sunset,” She added and her and Aria walked off, Sonata stayed there for a few seconds before being pulled away by Aria. That was weird, maybe I should tell the others about this.

Later on in the cafeteria Sunset sat with her friends talking about the events of her tour. “I’m telling you guys these new girls are really weird and something is definitely off about them,” Sunset said while taking a sip of her apple juice.

“They don’t sound weird, maybe they really just love to sing,” Rarity replied trying to ease Sunset’s mind.

“But there was something else about them, I think it has something to do with those gems around their necks but I can’t be sure,” Sunset stated trying to piece together the puzzle. “I’m sure you guys think I’m just being crazy but something really is off about them,” she added.

“Well if you believe it then so do we,” Fluttershy replied. “Even if you did try to enslave the school to do your bidding last month…” She added as a joke but then realized how harsh it was. “No offense,” she added quickly.

“(Sigh) None taken,” Sunset replied resting her hand on her chin. Before she could add to their conversation the doors of the cafeteria opened and in came the transfer students, and they were singing. They were walking through the cafeteria touching the students as they went past. Sunset and her friends watched as they started to brainwash the students and then a green mist started to flow from the students as they started to fight amongst each other as Adagio, Sonata and Aria are talking about a battle of the bands. This is ancient Equestrian magic.

“Oh they’re that kind of weird!” Pinkie said as the song ended.

“We need to tell principal Celestia right away,” Sunset said to her friends.

“Agreed,” Rarity replied simply and they started to gather their things. We really could use your help Twilight… Wait a minute, I feel like I’m forgetting about something. She looked over at the three girls as they ‘dazzled’ the students and made them fight amongst each other. Whatever it is it can wait for a little bit, they need to be stopped.

S.O.S

Author's Note

Sorry this chapter took a bit longer than normal I haven't had the time to write in the past week. Hopefully this chapter makes up for that, because it will be the last chapter until at least Thursday maybe even later than that depending on the circumstances. I really like the support I have been getting from you guys, don't be afraid to comment though I would love to hear what you think of the story. So anyways R and R, and as always I will see you... In the next chapter, enjoy!

S.O.S

Chapter 5
S.O.S

Sunset and her friends walked through the hallways after the weird encounter in the cafeteria. “I’m really hoping that principal Celestia can help us,” Sunset stated as Rainbow Dash kicked a ball past them.

“Don’t worry, Sunset as soon as she hears about this I’m sure Celestia will shut those three down. The last thing she needs is another power crazy maniac trying to take over the school!” Applejack replied and then remembered who she was talking to. “No offense,” she added awkwardly.

“None taken,” Sunset said exasperated.

“You’ve got nothing to worry about, it’s all gonna be good. And then we can get back to making my band the best it can be,” Rainbow stated balancing a ball on her head. The rest of the group shot a glare at her. The group arrived at the door to the office.

“Here we go, girls,” Sunset stated and opened the door.

“So your telling me that these girls are using dark magic?” Principal Celestia asked peering through the closed blinds of her office window.

“Yes, we all saw it and can attest to that fact,” Rarity responded immediately.

“I don’t think I believe you in this circumstance. In fact myself and vice-principal Luna talked to them not too long ago and they were an absolute delight. They even played a little song for us as well.” Celestia replied while taking a seat at her desk.

“Oh no…” Sunset murmured.

“Maybe Sunset Shimmer is just trying to make someone else out to be the bad element so that people will forget about her misdeeds.” Luna cut in before anyone else could talk.

“It’s not like that at all!” Sunset said trying to defuse the situation.

“Maybe you should be focusing on the battle of the bands competition, since you now have the dazzlings to contend with,” Celestia replied completely ignoring Sunsets comment.

“The dazzlings?” Fluttershy asked confused.

“Battle of the bands?” Applejack asked.

“It’s the name of their group, and as for the battle of the bands they also suggested it to us and we thought it was a wonderful idea,” Celestia added and hers and Luna’s eyes glowed a sickly green.

Mind control, Sunset thought. “Well I’m sure that’ll be great, sorry for taking up so much of your time,” Sunset said suddenly and started pushing her friends out of the room.

“Sunset…” Pinkie started trying to stop herself.

“Trust me,” Sunset whispered back and waved towards Celestia and Luna.

“What was all that about, Sunset?” Applejack asked and scratched her head in confusion.

“They’ve been brainwashed, why didn’t I pick up on it sooner,” Sunset replied and ran a hand through her hair and placed a hand on her hip. “I feel like I should be remembering something though… Something really important,” she added trying to remember.

“If only we had a way to contact Twilight, she would know what to do,” Fluttershy said holding her arm nervously. Sunset gasped. “Wait… I didn’t mean to make you upset,” she added in fear of having to fend off another fit of tears from Sunset. Sunset stepped towards Fluttershy.

“Thank you, Fluttershy!” Sunset said and hugged Fluttershy tightly.

“No… problem…” Fluttershy managed as she was having the air squeezed out of her. “Sunset… Can’t… breathe,” she added trying to escape the hold.

“Oh right sorry,” Sunset quickly released her friend from the vice grip that she had clamped on her.

“Care to share with the class?” Rainbow asked confused at Sunsets sudden outburst.

“Follow me,” Sunset said simply and started running down the hallway. Her friends looked at each other in confusion but then simply shrugged their shoulders and followed suit shortly after.

Sunset opened her locker and started searching through a box that looks like it hasn’t been searched in for a very long while.

“Here it is,” Sunset pulled out a dusty book that was adorned with her cutie mark on the cover. “Let’s hope it still works,” she added with uncertainty.

“It’s a book, darling what do you mean still works?” Rarity asked confused.

“When I was a pupil under Celestia back in Equestria she gave me this book. It was meant to be that whenever I wrote in this book the words would appear in another book in Canterlot.” Sunset stated opening the book to a blank page. “If I can write a letter to Celestia she could get a message to… Twilight,” she added in a mixture of both happiness and sadness. I can’t believe I didn’t think of this before.

“So what are you waiting for, start writing,” Rainbow stated and handed Sunset a pen. “We ‘all’ know you want to see her again,” she added with a knowing smile. Sunset looked at her friends and smiled.

“It’s been awhile since I’ve had to write these words,” Sunset stated with a deep breath and started writing, Dear Princess Celestia…

Twilight, Rarity and Discord sat in the castle that had been granted to Twilight by the tree of Harmony for defeating Tirek. they were going about their daily business. Suddenly Fluttershy came barreling through the door with Applejack and Pinkie Pie following along closely. Twilight perked up. “Any news on Spike?” Twilight asked hoping her friend was ok.

“Nopony’s seen head nor tail of the little critter,” Applejack replied hanging her head low.

“None of the friendlier animals in the Everfree Forest have seen him either,” Fluttershy stated out of breath.

“I checked in all of his normal hiding spots again and there's nothing,” Pinkie said visibly sad about not finding Spike sooner. Rarity started to work a lot more aggressively on her dress to distract herself from the bad news.

“We’ll find him guys, don’t worry,” Twilight said trying to calm everyone down. “Where’s Rainbow Dash?” Twilight asked looking around.

“She’s flying towards the window right now,” Pinkie Pie said not even looking in that direction.

“What?!?” Twilight exclaimed.

“Incoming!” Rainbow could be heard yelling. Discord snapped his fingers and the window opened. Rainbow Dash flew full speed through the window and crashed into the mailman with a large cart in tow full of books that had just walked into the castle. The books went flying everywhere and covered the floor. One hit Twilight in the head and knocked her over.

Twilight shook her head and was about to scold Rainbow for crashing into things… again, when she noticed the book that just hit her was glowing and vibrating. Why is it doing that? Twilight thought and picked up the book with her magic and flicked through the pages to find a letter there addressed from… “Sunset…” Twilight whispered in disbelief and read the letter quickly. Although it was addressed to Celestia it was obviously meant for her. Her friends were quickly bickering amongst each other about Rainbows carelessness.

“Oh no!” Twilight stated and shut the book.

“What is it, Twilight?” Fluttershy asked and the bickering immediately stopped.

“Sunset and my friends from Canterlot high are in trouble,” Twilight stated.

Twilight removed a book from one of her shelves. “Sirens,” Twilight said simply.

“Ohhh,” Pinkie Pie said and then leaned over to Fluttershy. “I have no idea what that is,” She whispered to her.

“They were creatures of great power that existed in the time before Equestria. They would use their magic and their beautiful singing to make everyone turn on each other and cause chaos amongst,” Twilight stated while going through the book.

“That’s my thing!” Discord exclaimed with a huff and crossed his arms to signify he was pouting. “So unoriginal,” He added and spawned a storm cloud above him to express his emotions. This earned him a few laughs.

“They would feed of the chaos that occurred and it would make them stronger because of it,” Twilight stated continuing her explanation.

“Are you serious, they are just copying me!” Discord exclaimed in annoyance. “Even the beautiful singing voice… ‘Winter wrap, winter wrap up let’s finish our holiday cheer...’” He sung in an off key version of the song.

“Discord, we can have time for clowning around later ok?” Twilight stated it as more of a request than a question.

“Fine, I can wait,” Discord replied and snapped his fingers. Suddenly he was in a beach chair eating a coconut. Discord had been a source of comfort for Twilight since Spike had left, almost like a replacement for Spike, although nopony could ever replace Spike and she still regretted what happened between them.

“Where was I, ah, it wasn’t until one Starswirl the bearded banished them to another dimension where there magic would be nullified.” Twilight finished the explanation.

“So wait, Canterlot High is basically our toilet?” Rainbow asked pointing at the picture of the sirens being sucked into the different dimension.

“I guess so,” Twilight admitted feeling slightly bad for Canterlot High. “But enough about that, I have a plan.” She added and started moving things around and gathering various tools from around the castle.

“What’s she doing?” Pinkie asked.

“No idea,” Fluttershy replied.

“What is that?” Applejack asked looking at the machine that was now hooked up to the CHS portal.

“This is a way to reinforce the tether that connects our world to CHS. By using the the two books as a link I can reinforce the tether and make it so that I can pass through.” Twilight explained. Her friends looked at eachother with uncertainty and Applejack stepped forward.

“Sugarcube ah know you want to see Sunset again, but are ya sure you're right about this? The last time ya tried to just contact her landed your sister-in-law in the hospital,” Applejack stated with her usual honesty.

“Yes I know, but this time I know it will work you have to trust me,” Twilight replied and looked towards the portal.

“If you're sure then we’ll back you up no matter what,” Applejack said with a smile. Twilight smiled back and activated the machine by placing the book on the top part of the mechanism.

The portal shot to life much to Twilight's relief.

“Is there any chance that we might be able to join you this time?” Applejack asked.

“Sorry girls, but I doubt I’ll be able to explain why there’s suddenly two of everypony.” Twilight said with regret in her voice.

“We understand, darling,” Rarity replied with a smile.

“I can go can’t I?” Discord asked with a hopeful smile.

“I don’t see why not, I never met anyone like you while I was there,” Twilight said almost not believing it herself. Her friends then gave her a big group hug.

“Ready Discord?” Twilight asked as she set up for a sprint.

“Oh I can’t wait!” Discord replied and suddenly suitcases appeared in his hands and a pair of sunglasses appeared on his face. Twilight quickly rolled her eyes knowing full well that she was going to regret bringing him along. They began their run towards the portal and jumped through. I'm coming Sunset!

Friendship is...

Author's Note

I'm back, after a couple of setbacks with work and a concussion of all things I have managed to finally finish this chapter, and I rather enjoyed writing this chapter, I hope that all of you enjoy it as well. I really hope that you keep commenting on the story, it really means a lot to me when you guys comment. So without further ado, her is the slightly delayed chapter, so R and R and as always I will see you... in the next chapter, enjoy!

Friendship is...

Chapter 6
Friendship is…

Sunset and her friends hung out at the statue waiting for Twilight to show up. Rarity was painting Fluttershy’s nails, Pinkie and Applejack were playing cards and Rainbow and Sunset were leaning against the statue. “I don’t think she’s coming,” Rainbow Dash stated with doubt in her voice. Pinkie leaned her head over the side of the statue.

“Oh, she’s coming alright,” Pinkie replied. At that moment Twilight and Discord flew out of the portal screaming and landed in a heap on the ground. Sunset was immediately on her feet and running towards Twilight. Twilight got to her knees and turned around.

“I’m back,” Twilight said before she was tackled by Sunset. Sunset enveloped Twilight in a hug, which left Twilight at a disadvantage. Twilight thought Do I hug her back… Hug her back idiot! Twilight then put her arms around Sunset and they embraced in a very long hug.

“Why don’t I get a warming hug?” Discord said while sitting up straight.

“Mr. De Lancie?” Fluttershy asked. Discord looked down to see he was wearing a suit and then he felt his face to find out that he had a beard.

“Who’s mr. De Lancie?” Discord asked still confused over the whole ordeal.

“Your our physics teacher aren’t you?” Fluttershy asked helping Discord to his feet.

“Physics? But I’m the god of chaos!” Discord exclaimed and snapped his fingers… Nothing happened. Discord kept snapping his fingers and still nothing happened. “What has happened to my powers?” He asked.

“I’m guessing you have magic like Twilight in Equestria?” Rainbow asked.

“Yes, I didn’t expect it to be gone… One other thing do any of you have a mirror?” Discord asked looking between the girls. Rarity passed Discord a mirror. Discord looked at his appearance in the mirror. “Oh dear Celestia… I’m gorgeous!” Discord exclaimed while running a hand through his hair. “Having no powers kind of sucks, but I think I can make this work,” Discord said and started rubbing his beard. Sunset and Twilight were still hugging on the ground afraid to let go of each other for fear that something else would separate them. Also neither of them knew what to do next.

“Ahem,” Applejack coughed trying to get their attention. “I know you two have a lot of catching up to do but we have work to do…” She added trying to be as polite as possible. Sunset and Twilight slowly parted from their hug blushing deeply.

“It’s good to see you again, Twilight,” Sunset said simply.

“You too, Sunset,” Twilight replied awkwardly. Sunset helped Twilight back to her feet and they held hands.

“Oh just get a room you two,” Rainbow said while rolling her eyes.

“Rainbow Dash, you stop that right now. Sunset and Twilight have every right to express their relationship publicly,” Rarity scolded Rainbow.

“Whatever,” Rainbow replied and started to kick around her soccer ball.

“So who is he?” Applejack whispered to Twilight pointing towards Discord. Pinkie Pie stepped in front of them.

“He’s from Twilights dimension and he was a super evil super ancient bad guy who wanted to do nothing but cause chaos in Equestria but was stopped by the alicorn versions of Celestia and Luna but then was reformed by the pony version of Fluttershy and is now friends with all of our pony versions,” Pinkie said and then made a cat face.

“How did you…?” Twilight started to ask.

“Just a hunch,” Pinkie replied shrugging her shoulders.

“Wait a minute…” Sunset started. “You brought Discord here with you?” She asked staring at Twilight in disbelief.

“He’s changed, believe me he’s good now,” Twilight replied putting a reassuring hand on Sunsets shoulder.

“Well he seems to be getting along quite well with Fluttershy,” Sunset said and looked over at the two of them laughing as they told each other jokes.

“Fluttershy and Mr. De Lancie always got along… It broke her heart when the incident happened at last year's science fair,” Applejack stated remembering that particular event with sadness.

“What happened?” Twilight asked.

“Well… It’s better if we showed you,” Rarity stated motioning them towards the school.

“I can’t believe this!” Discord exclaimed looking at the statue in front of him the plaque reading John D. “I’m a statue in this reality too, what do you people have against me!” He cried out grabbing one of the kids passing by and getting right up in their face. Twilight raced over trying to pry him from the teenager.

“So sorry about this, he’s new around here!” Twilight apologized as she managed to pry Discord from the kid. The kid just simply glared at the two of them and walked off. “We’re trying to keep a low profile remember,” she added telling off Discord.

“It’s just so frustrating, it’s like the universe has a running gag that involves me in stone!” Discord exclaimed indignantly. Fluttershy approached the statue slowly.

“You guys know that I hate it when we come here,” Fluttershy stated nervously grabbing her arm. Pinkie stepped beside her and draped an arm around her shoulder.

“I know you do, cupcake?” Pinkie said pulling a cupcake out of nowhere.

“I’m good, can we just go somewhere else?” Fluttershy replied looking away from the statue.

“Sure,” Pinkie said and chucked the cupcake behind her which hit Rarity in the face.

“I still need to tell you guys the bad news… We should probably go somewhere more private,” Twilight stated while trying to hold Discord back from tackling more of the student body.

“Right, let’s move girls,” Rarity replied while wiping cupcake off of her face and glaring at Pinkie Pie.

The eight of them proceeded to a cafe in the city where they could talk. They all sat around a table, Twilight and Sunset sat close together on the sofa, Fluttershy sat next to them with Pinkie sitting on the arm of the sofa, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Applejack sat in chairs opposite the group and Discord sat on a chair as close to Fluttershy as possible. Twilight thought to herself Was Discord nervous? Discord seemed to be fidgeting and twiddling his thumbs. “I do regret that you had to come in such a time of crisis, darling,” Rarity stated apologetically. “We have so much catching up to do!” She exclaimed.

“And I bet you two no doubt want to catch up too,” Applejack pointed out eyeing Sunset and Twilight expectantly. Twilight and Sunset looked at each other and blushed deeply.

“Perhaps you could give us the latest gossip of what’s been going on in your world?” Rarity asked trying to change the subject.

“Ooh, ooh I can do this one!” Discord exclaimed jumping to his feet. “Please welcome the Princess of Friendship, Twilight Sparkle!” He yelled and snapped his fingers expecting his magic to work. “(Sigh) I still have to get used to that…” He added and sat back down disappointed.

“Wow, I guess you really were Celestia’s prized pupil,” Sunset said putting her arm around Twilight’s shoulder and pulling her close.

“She even has a castle…” Discord started but was cut off as Rarity jumped the table and grabbed Twilight by her collar.

“A castle!” Rarity exclaimed with a large smile on her face. “You have your own castle?” She asked practically beaming. She then realized that everyone was eyeing her confused at what she was doing. “Oh, well that’s good,” She said as she awkwardly got back to her seat. Twilight relaxed back into Sunset’s arm.

“So what’s new here, besides dangerous mythical creatures from Equestria?” Twilight asked.

“Well that’s not all that’s changed,” Rainbow said and showed Twilight a video of her turning into her super form when she played the guitar. “Pretty sweet right?” She asked but then added. “It happens to us when we play.”

“Interesting, there must have been residual traces of magic left inside of you guys that could only be accessed by doing a certain thing.” Twilight stated with her hand on her chin pondering her hypothesis.

“That’s what I thought,” Sunset replied with glee.

“You guys just have to ruin everything, why can’t you just say ‘that’s awesome’ and leave it at that?” Rainbow asked crossing her arms and pouting.

“With the magic of our friendship we should be able to stop the sirens like we did when Sunset became a horrific singed she-demon…” Twilight stated and then turned quickly to Sunset. “I’m so sorry I didn’t mean to…” She started.

“I’m a big girl Twilight, there’s no need to apologize,” Sunset replied with a smile. Twilight blushed at that comment.

“Oh yeah, we’re going to kick Siren ass!” Rainbow exclaimed and started to do roundhouse kicks and punching into the air, she then punched into Applejacks hand.

“And now that Twilight’s here we don’t have anything to worry,” Applejack stated.

“Oh, I think I could find something to worry about…” Fluttershy said sinking into the sofa. “But it won’t be the Sirens!” She exclaimed perking up suddenly.

“The sooner we do this the better!” Twilight said and turned to Rarity, “Any idea where the Dazzlings might be?” She asked to which her friends shrugged their shoulders. Pinkie leaned over Fluttershy and poked Twilight on the shoulder to get her attention.

“There’s a big party tonight for all the bands that signed up to be in the showcase, that would include the Dazzlings,” Pinkie stated and made her cat face.

“Looks like we’ve got a party to crash,” Twilight said triumphantly.

The gym was packed with all the various bands that were participating in the showcases, yet the only ones not glaring at each other were the rainbooms. “Tough crowd, it’s like I was in here,” Discord whispered to Twilight. “Do those Dazzlings have no limit to their treachery!” He added putting the back of his hand on his forehead.

“I think I’ll go keep an eye out for the Dazzlings in the hallway,” Twilight stated and started drinking more of her drink. She then crashed into Flash Sentry, he managed to grab her by the waist before she fell.

“Twilight?” Flash asked. Twilight blushed and looked away from him.

“Me bumping into always doing,” Twilight fumbled around with her words wishing that Sunset was the one who caught her.

“What are you doing here?” Flash asked helping her back up. “You're here for the big competition,” He added.

“Something like that,” Twilight said and tried to step past him but he stopped her.

“It’s not like there's going to be a competition, my bands the best and we’re going to win this thing with no problem,” Flash stated triumphantly. Sunset noticed what was going on between Twilight and Flash and stepped over beside her girlfriend. “Oh, hey Sunset,” Flash said in a less cheery mood.

“Hey Flash, there's something me and Twilight need to tell you,” Sunset said and put an arm around Twilights shoulder. She was about to explain herself when Pinkie threw a chocolate chip at her. She then peered around Flash to notice the Dazzlings stepping into the gym. “Could you excuse us for a minute,” Sunset suddenly said and walked over the rest of her friends with Twilight by her side.

The Dazzlings surveyed their work like architects after the foundations had been laid out. “Oh no, nobody's mingling, it’s like there's some underlying tension that could bubble to the surface at any minute,” Adagio stated pressing her fingers together.

“It’s the fruit punch isn’t it, I knew I used too much grape fruit,” Sonata said with a sad look on her face. Adagio then face-palmed at Sonata’s comment.

“It’s not the fruit-punch, it’s us,” Adagio pointed out in an exasperated tone. Sonata and Aria then got into a fight about what good fruit punch was. “This is just the kick-off girls, imagine how they’ll be when the battle of the bands starts,” Adagio said with a sick grin on her face.

“There isn’t going to be a battle of the bands!” Twilight exclaimed. “We’re going to make sure of that,” She added as her friends assembled. “Alright girls, let’s do this,” She said as they all joined hands. “Friendship is magic!” She exclaimed, but nothing happened she opened her eyes to see that the Dazzlings still stood there.

“Uh, weren’t there rainbows and lasers the last time?” Rainbow asked Twilight.

“I don’t understand, we’re all together again why isn’t this working?” Twilight asked herself. Discord popped up beside Twilight.

“I’m kind of an expert in this department and this tells me that something's gone terribly wrong,” Discord whispered into Twilights ear.

“I know, but what is it?” Twilight asked confused as to why it wasn’t working.

“Talk about throwing down the gauntlet, this thing hasn’t even started and these people believe they’ve already won,” Adagio stated crossing her arms.

“Not if the great and powerful Trixie has anything to say about it!” Trixie yelled out to the crowd. The rest of the gym then fell into a frenzy at that point.

“We need to go right now!” Sunset said and the girls and Discord ran out of the gym leaving the rest of the bands to their chaos.

“I think we found the source of the magic here girls,” Adagio stated with a wicked grin on her face.

“It doesn’t make any sense!” Twilight exclaimed confused as the rest of the group sat on the steps outside of CHS. “I should have been able to create the spark to break their spell, what’s so different this time?” Twilight asked turning to her friends.

“Well if I was to hazard a guess it would be because you aren’t facing me this time,” Sunset replied trying to decipher the situation.

“Why would that matter?” Twilight asked.

“Last time you were facing ‘me’ and you drew power from your element of harmony. The Dazzlings power comes from their music, so maybe you have to use the same kind of magic to defeat them,” Sunset hazarded.

“I think you're onto something, Sunset,” Twilight replied with a bright smile on her face.

“Really?” Sunset asked perking up slightly.

“You guys get your super forms from playing music now, so maybe the only way to beat them is by playing a musical counterspell!” Twilight said and slammed her fist onto her open palm.

“You mean a song?” Fluttershy asked.

“Yes, and in order for it to work everyone has to hear it,” Twilight replied.

“The band competition!” Rarity yelled. “That’s when we could play it because that’s when we know the whole school will be there to watch it,” She added gleefully. “And I believe you Twilight have just become the rainbooms newest member,” She stated holding a hand out to Twilight. Sunset tried to keep a happy face at the news but failed, she thought to herself It’s not like I want to be in the band anyways she tried to convince herself. The girls all rushed over to Twilight besides Sunset and hugged her.

“So what instrument do you want to play…” Pinkie Pie ran through a long list of instruments for Twilight to try out.

“I might take a little too long to learn how to play an instrument with these,” Twilight stated indicating her hands. “I’ll just sing,” she added hopefully.

“Like as in lead singer, because that spot is taken this being my band and all,” Rainbow stated pridefully.

“It’s our band,” Applejack stated extremely irritated by Rainbow. “And of course as lead-singer,” She added and hugged Twilight. “She’s the magical one here remember,” She stated eyeing Rainbow.

“Ok, at least this gives me the opportunity to hone my already insanely awesome guitar skills,” Rainbow responded and started air-guitaring.

“We don’t have to win the battle of the bands, we just need to play it during the first round of the competition,” Twilight stated.

“Then let’s get to learning that musical counterspell!” Rainbow exclaimed ready to go.

“Well that’s just it… I don’t know any,” Twilight said shrugging her shoulders awkwardly. Everybody sighed in disappointment. “But I’m sure I can figure out how to write one,” She added trying to fill her friends with hope again.

“Oh don’t worry about a thing,” Discord piped up and stood beside Twilight. “She can make a spell just like that,” He added and snapped his fingers. “Still have to get used to no magic, (sigh),” He said disappointed.

“Technically I helped ‘finish’ a spell, and there was a lot more to it than that,” Twilight replied awkwardly.

“Still counts,” Discord stated.

“I’ve got this,” Twilight said and marched towards the school.

“Where are you going?” Applejack asked.

“Last time I was here I spent the night in the library,” Twilight replied.

“Are you crazy!” Pinkie exclaimed. “We’re besties now, slumber party at my house!” She added and picked up Twilight in a bear hug. After Pinkie put Twilight down they all began to walk to her house.

“Twilight can we talk for a second?” Sunset asked walking beside her.

“Of course,” Twilight replied.

“Alone,” Sunset said insistently.

“Oh,” Twilight said realizing what she wanted to talk about. “You guys go on ahead, we’ll catch up,” She added waving off the rest of the group. She got knowing looks from all of them besides Pinkie Pie, who was just as oblivious as her own Pinkie. Twilight followed Sunset to a tree on top of a hill.

“I sometimes come here when CHS get’s too much for me and just relax, no matter what it’s always calm up here,” Sunset said looking over the horizon.

“It does seem peaceful up here,” Twilight replied as she stood next to Sunset.

“Twilight, I’ve been waiting so long to tell you something and here we are and I find myself speechless,” Sunset said taking Twilight’s hands in her own. Twilight noticed the ring that she sent through the portal was on Sunset’s finger. Twilight simply smiled at Sunset and leaned forward and kissed her on the lips. Sunset let go of Twilight's hands and wrapped her arms around Twilight’s waist pulling her closer, Twilight wrapped her arms around Sunset’s neck as they deepened the kiss introducing tongue into the equation. To the both of them it seemed much more passionate and romantic than the last time. This time they kissed under an apple tree that swayed in the wind while the sun was setting. When the two finally separated they rested their heads against each others. “I love you, Twilight Sparkle,” Sunset said finally surprising herself with the words.

“I love you too, Sunset Shimmer,” Twilight replied and kissed Sunset again to add the exclamation point. Tears began to stream down her face at the happiness she felt at that moment, she didn’t want this moment to end. Twilight broke the kiss.

“I don’t want this moment to end… But we should probably catch up with everyone else, we have a lot to do,” Twilight said grabbing Sunset’s hand.

“I guess,” Sunset said with a sigh, disappointed that the moment had to end.

“Love is in bloom!” Discord sang from nearby.

“Discord!” twilight yelled irritated.

“Hey I didn’t hear… much,” Discord tried to defend himself.

“How much does much mean?” Twilight asked the anger clear in her voice.

“All of it,” Discord replied awkwardly. Twilight was about to erupt but then Sunset started laughing.

“What’s so funny?” Twilight asked.

“Your so cute when you're angry,” Sunset replied and squeezed her hand lightly. Twilight then blushed at her girlfriend's comment.

“So are you going to kill me?” Discord asked.

“Not this time,” Twilight replied while her and Sunset came down from the hilltop.

“Can I bring up what just happened in conversation?” Discord asked.

“Don’t push your luck,” Twilight replied. All three of them started laughing as they made their way to Pinkie’s house. Sunset thought, one things for sure, she truly is my girlfriend now. This put a smile on Sunset’s face.

Shake Your Tail!

Chapter 8

The following day Twilight and her friends made their way to Applejack’s farm to practice the counter-spell. They practiced going through the counter-spell several times with Discord and Sunset sitting off to the side looking for any results. Not even the girls super forms would manifest from the song. And Twilight’s singing was off for some reason.

“That was… certainly better than the other times,” Sunset said trying to encourage her friends.

“Are you sure we were listening to the same thing, that was just as terrible as the last seven times,” Discord interjected with brutal honesty.

“Yup,” Big Macintosh said nonchalantly as he walked past the window carrying a basket of apples in his hands.

“See he agrees,” Discord said pointing at the window where Big Mac just was.

“I think I know what the problem is,” Rainbow said.

“Your turning what should be the chorus into a five minute guitar solo?” Applejack asked clearly irritated.

“I have to pick up the slack somehow, are you guys even trying?” Rainbow Dash shot back glaring at Applejack.

“I was trying,” Fluttershy whispered with a finger outstretched.

“It’s fine, all fine! One more time from the top!” Twilight exclaimed and raised her arm in the air.

“Or we could take a break to try on some costumes I prepared for the show,” Rarity said and pulled one of her clothing racks out. “I think this one looks rather good,” she added and somehow managed to change in a few seconds revealing herself to be in a gold and pink officer uniform with a skirt. “Of course we could go with something a bit more modern,” she said while she inspected the dress.

“The fate of the world is at stake and you're worrying about what we’re going to wear to save it?” Applejack asked clearly confused by Rarity’s line of thought.

“Well somebody has to,” Rarity replied somehow then wearing a golden space suit with a built in speaker in it.

“She’s just trying to have fun,” Pinkie said and played a beat on her drums.

“We can have fun when the world isn’t in danger,” Applejack stated and pointed at Pinkie.

“You guys don’t have time for this, you have to check in at the school in 15 minutes,” Sunset said with urgency. The rainbooms began to panic and gather up the supplies for transport.

“But if we play the counter-spell in the first round and it doesn’t work, the sirens will make sure we don’t get to play it again!” Twilight exclaimed tugging on her hair in panic.

“Then we have to buy ourselves some time,” Applejack explained with a smile.

“And how do you suppose we do that?” Rarity asked extending a hand in confusion.

“We enter the battle of the bands for real, I take up lead vocals again and we stay alive until the finals and we unleash the counter-spell then… You’ll have it done by then right?” Rainbow asked Twilight.

“Of course she will, she’s already defeated me, The god of chaos!” Discord exclaimed forming his hand into a fistand raising it to the sky. “What’s one little counter-spell,” He added giving Twilight a pat on the back.

“Then it’s decided, now let’s get moving girls,” Applejack stated and they moved out of the shed leaving Discord and Twilight who had looks of hope on their face, although Twilights was fake. Sunset ran back into the shed and grabbed Twilight’s hand.

“We need you too, silly,” Sunset said dragging her girlfriend along with her.

XXX

The first round had started by the time the girls made it to the gym. Snips and Snails were on the stage attempting to rap much to the amusement and disdain of everyone around them… Except Pinkie Pie and Sonata for some reason.

“Oh yeah, Snips and Snails are outta here,” Snips and Snails said in unison as they dropped the microphones. This caused a massive amount of feedback that affected everyone besides Luna and Celestia.

“Please don’t drop the microphones,” Celestia stated simply writing down their score on her paper.

Snips and Snails exit the stage and walk past the rainbooms. “Try and top that Rainboos,” Snips said trying to mock the Rainbooms.

“Well at least we know one team who won’t make it to the finals,” Applejack joked.

“Alright everyone let’s get ready to rock!” Rainbow exclaimed forming her hand into a fist and pumped it into the air.

“Wait, where’s Rarity?” Pinkie asked looking around.

“I’m here!” Rarity yelled walking over to the clang of her jewelry. She looked like something out of the sixties with a tan bandana with a matching jacket with jewelry hanging from it. “What, just because you all want to look horrible doesn’t mean I have to join you,” She added crossing her arms indignantly.

Applejack simply facepalmed at this comment and wiped her hand down her face.

Sunset turned Twilight towards her and kissed her on the lips. They stayed like that for a while which Adagio noticed from where she was sitting and she did her signature evil grin.

When Twilight and Sunset parted their foreheads met. “What was that for?” Twilight asked Sunset.

“For luck, baby now make me proud,” Sunset replied and pulled her into a hug.

“Could you two get anymore mushy?” Discord asked ruining the moment.

“Next time I’m leaving you in Equestria, Discord,” Twilight said glaring at the god turned human.

“We’re up Twilight,” Rainbow called out to Twilight.

“I love you,” Twilight said to Sunset and kissed her on the forehead to join her friends.

“Love you too,” Sunset called after her girlfriend and blushed clutching her arm nervously. The Rainbooms prepared their instruments for the song.

“1, 2, 3!” Pinkie screamed as she tapped her drum sticks together. They began to play shake your tail, the same song they played at Sunset’s surprise birthday party. Although some of the other bands had other ideas, Photo Finish and her band used magnets to attract the metal jewelry that she was wearing and they started to wave her about like a puppet. Things were not looking good for the Rainbooms so Pinkie tried to save the show by blasting some confetti out of her drum set which only served to hinder the band more. Twilight ended up swallowing one of the pieces of confetti.

Fluttershy proceeded to hit Twilight in the back with her tambourine which dislodged the confetti. Snips and Snails had their own ideas and shined a light down on Fluttershy. Fluttershy tried her best to avoid the light and ended up hiding behind the stand for the drum set.

Rarity tried to pull the magnets off of her but ended up ripping the sleeves of her dress right off. She looked at her now ripped sleeves and broke down crying her eyes out.

Rainbow, Twilight and Applejack stood there awkwardly as they finished the song their eyes darting across the gym to look at the blank and bored faces of the crowd. Pinkie opened her eyes when the song ended to see what had actually happened. The gym was as silent as a grave apart from Celestia and Luna writing on their mark sheets.

“Ruined, completely ruined!” Rarity said as cried walking off the stage.

“Are you trying to make us lose out there, Rarity?” Applejack asked Rarity the anger very apparent in her voice.

“Me? This was an act of sabotage,” Rarity exclaimed raising her arms to show her torn sleeves.

“Something that could have been avoided if you didn’t insist on dressing like this!” Applejack shot back pointing out Rarity’s clothing. “We have to sound good, is there some reason that concept escapes you,” she added pressing her point.

“And what was with the confetti, Pinkie?” Rainbow asked pushing a piece of confetti in Pinkie’s face. “How am I supposed to shred if I have paper stuck in my frets?” She added her voice growing more angry by the second.

“It was pretty distracting,” Fluttershy whispered moving up beside Pinkie.

“Says the girl who was running from a light the entire time, a light!” Pinkie exclaimed getting in Fluttershy’s face.

“You still sounded way better than most of the other bands, there’s no doubt you're going to get to the next round,” Sunset interjected trying to quell everyone's tempers. “But none of it’s going to matter unless we have that counter-spell,” she added and turned to Twilight putting her on the spot. “You find a place to practice where the Sirens can’t hear you… I’ll keep an eye on things here,” she said pointing towards the stage.

“Are you sure?” Twilight asked her girlfriend.

“Of course, I’ll see you in a bit,” Sunset replied and kissed Twilight quickly. The Rainbooms quickly departed the backstage area with Discord.

“Even though it was a complete disaster, you sounded better by the way,” Discord pointed out to the rest of the group.

“Shut up, Discord,” Twilight said angrily.

XXX

The rainbooms made their way through the hallways. “We shouldn’t use a classroom…” Twilight said and then walked into Flash Sentry. “We really need to stop bumping into each other like this,” Twilight added and blushed lightly.

“Did you guys hear that?” Flash asked not turning around.

I said we really need to stop...,” Twilight said a bit louder this time but was interrupted.

“There it is again, how annoying,” Flash said clearly mocking Twilight.

“Why are you acting like this, I thought we were friends?” Twilight asked clearly hurt by Flash’s words.

“yeah and then you decided to show up just to beat me in the battle of the bands! I want this Twilight and you're trying to take it from me!” Flash yelled at her with an outstretched hand to emphasize his anger. “Some friend,” he finished with a huff and turned away from her.

“it’s not like that,” Twilight started to say.

“We don’t have time for this, we have to go!” Applejack said trying to get Twilight out of there.

“You're trying to help them? I bet you have no idea what you're doing!” Flash yelled after them. Twilight wiped tears out of her eyes, trying to hold back the tears.

The Sirens were watching the display of emotions from the other side of the hallway with their trademark smirks. “It’s only the first round and there’s tears already… This is easier than I thought,” Adagio said clasping her hands together.

“Next up is Trixie and the Illusions,” Luna said over the intercom.

“Come on girls, we’re up after Trixie,” Adagio stated and they rounded the corner to find Sunset leaning against a wall in front of the door to the gym.

“You're not going to get away with this,” Sunset said defiantly.

“Why, because you didn’t?” Adagio threw back with knowing look.

This made Sunset’s posture falter a bit.

“Oh yes, we know all about you Sunset Shimmer,” Adagio said circling around Sunset.

“That was a different me, I’m in a much better place now,” Sunset said trying to keep her stern glare.

“Waiting in the wings while your so called friends take all the credit,” Aria pointed out.

“It’s not like…” Sunset started to say.

“Or playing third-wheel to oh what was her name, Twilight and Flash Sentry? Yes that was it,” Adagio said keeping her grin plastered on her face.

“I am not a third wheel, and you leave her out of this!” Sunset yelled standing her ground, the anger growing in her at the last comment.

“I think we struck a cord,” Aria said.

“I think your right. Maybe when this is over we can have our way with Twilight too, seeing as to how much she ‘goes around,’” Adagio said her smile growing as she emphasized her point.

Sunset’s fist clenched at the last comment, she was practically seething at this point.

“Don’t worry though, we’ll leave you the leftovers when we’re done,” Adagio stated as she bashed past Sunset.

“Oh she meant that Twilight was a whore,” Sonata said as she bashed Sunset too.

“Yes, Sonata,” Aria replied with a facepalm.

Now it’s personal, Sunset thought to herself as she punched the wall beside her.

Author's Note

Greetings all, that was fun wasn't it? a lot of name calling, the Sirens, and of course Big Mac! So sorry for the late upload again, things have been hectic around here and I have found little time to write, but that's all over now, expect another chapter to be up by Tuesday at the earliest, this will probably be the last one that's going to take me longer than expected since I'm gone until Sunday. I want to thank the now 75 people who have added this story to their favorites and everyone else for sticking with this story for as long as you have, you guys are amazing. So leave a comment with what you think, and as always I will see you... In the next chapter!

Band Problems

“Come on girls, we have at best fifteen minutes left before we have to get back to the stage,” Twilight said trying to organize the group. The group stood in the parking lot to practice their next song for the showcase.

“Well if ‘somebody’ would stop trying to hog the spotlight, then we would have no problem,” Rarity replied glaring at Rainbow.

“Oh come on, somebody has to pick up the slack for my band,” Rainbow stated with a wide smile.

“Our band!” Everyone yelled at Rainbow.

“Whatever,” Rainbow said while adjusting her guitar nonchalantly.

“Alright, from the top everyone!” Twilight said trying to keep hopeful.

“Wait where’s Pinkie and Fluttershy?” Applejack asked looking around the lot.

“Great now we lost them too, some band you have here,” Rarity exclaimed looking over at Rainbow.

Discord stepped into the middle of the group. “Stop it, can’t you see you're tearing us apart!” He yelled pulling Twilight into a bear hug and crying. “This is the worst vacation ever!” He added blowing his nose on Twilights sleeve.

Twilight pushed Discord off of her, and looked at her sleeve in disgust.

Fluttershy came running past crying her eyes out and ran into the school.

“Wait Fluttershy, I didn’t mean it!” Pinkie yelled after her running up to the rest of the group.

“What happened?” Twilight asked.

“I wanted to talk to her about what happened, and we got into an argument,” Pinkie said trying not to break down into tears. “I screwed up Twilight,” she added and hugged Twilight.

“Why did she go into the school?” Applejack asked Pinkie while trying to pull Pinkie off of a now suffocating Twilight.

“Probably to talk to Sunset, she normally goes to her now when she has a problem,” Pinkie said clutching Twilight tighter.

“Pinkie… can’t… breathe,” Twilight managed trying to gasp for breath.

Sorry Twi,” Pinkie said and released her grip and started hugging Applejack instead.

Twilight looked towards the school, we need Fluttershy back. “I’ll be right back,” she said to the now bickering group. Twilight made her way towards the school knowing just where to go to find Fluttershy.

XXX

Sunset kept an eye on the proceedings of the showcase, she had to admit that the Dazzlings song was impressive but that doesn’t change the facts, she was going to make the Sirens pay for what they’ve done… And what they’ve threatened to do. She heard the door swing open and Fluttershy came rushing through balling her eyes out and threw herself into Sunset’s arms. “What’s wrong, Fluttershy?” Sunset asked immediately returning the embrace.

“Me and Pinkie got into a fight,” Fluttershy replied burying her head in Sunset’s shoulder.

“Was it about that light thing?” Sunset asked knowing that was exactly what it was.

“Mhm, it started out with her apologizing and then I don’t know who did what first but we started yelling at eachother and I just can’t stand being around her right now,” Fluttershy balled out clutching Sunset’s jacket tightly.

“Give it time, Fluttershy you guys can work things out, I know it,” Sunset replied stroking her hair softly.

Twilight ran through the now open door and saw the display before her. “Fluttershy there you are,” she exclaimed still trying to catch her breath.

“Not right now Twilight,” Sunset said gesturing towards Fluttershy who was still crying.

“I’m sorry but we don’t have time, we’re up next and everybody else will be here any minute,” Twilight said.

Sunset looked at Fluttershy and then back to Twilight and nodded reluctantly. She slowly raised Fluttershy so she was sitting next to her. “I need you to be strong for me Fluttershy, just ignore Pinkie for now and play as good as you can,” Sunset stated in an almost motherly tone towards Fluttershy.

Fluttershy nodded weakly and forced a smile while wiping her tears away. “Alright, I can do this!” She said as loudly as she could.

Sunset put a hand on Fluttershy’s shoulder and gave her a reassuring smile. Sunset then got up and went over to Twilight and embraced her in a hug.

“What’s wrong?” Twilight asked returning the hug.

“Nothing, it’s just that I hate being apart. We spent what feels like an eternity apart and I now that you're here I want to spend as much time as possible with you,” Sunset half lied hiding her true concern for her girlfriends safety.

“Once this whole Siren business is over we’ll be able to spend as much time together as we want,” Twilight replied with a smile, Sunset felt slightly calmer and her grip grew slightly tighter.

“I’d like that, I’d like that a lot,” Sunset said gripping Twilights shirt now.

“Are you sure that’s not all this is about, it seems like there’s more to it than that?” Twilight asked her girlfriend while pulling Sunset back so she could look her in the eyes.

Sunset fought with her mind over whether or not she should tell Twilight. No she has enough on her mind, Sunset thought to herself. “No, I just want this entire ordeal with the sirens to be over already,” Sunset half lied again not being able to look Twilight in the eyes.

Twilight started to notice that Sunset was holding back something but didn’t want to voice her opinion, if she wanted to say something she would, Twilight thought to herself. “Alright, if you ever need to talk though I’ll always be here for you,” Twilight said and kissed her girlfriend on the cheek.

Sunset then turned towards Twilight and smiled at her as their eyes met. “Of course I know that, silly filly,” Sunset stated and closed in for a kiss to Twilight’s lips. Their lips connected and they held the kiss for a short while.

When they parted Twilight dawned in realization. “I could use that as your nickname,” Twilight squealed ecstatically.

“What?” Sunset asked in confusion.

“‘Silly filly,’” Twilight replied in delight.

“Not happening,” Sunset replied with a stern look towards Twilight now.

“Oh come on,” Twilight complained trying to put on her best puppy dog eyes.

“Nope,” Sunset said simply.

The both of them turned when they heard giggling. It was Fluttershy. “You two are adorable, I see now why you two are together,” Fluttershy said between giggles.

Sunset smiled at this and relaxed back into Twilight’s arms. “Twilight, there’s something I need to tell you something…” Sunset started to tell Twilight

Rainbow and the rest of the girls came barging in backstage still bickering about what had happened. The group stopped when they saw the couple in the corner and Fluttershy still giggling beside the entrance curtain.

“Are we interrupting anything?” Rainbow asked.

“Kind of,” was Sunset’s simple response as she crossed her arms impatiently.

“Well too bad, we’re on next,” Rainbow stated and started tuning her guitar.

“Next up: the Rainbooms,” Luna said over the intercom.

“See what I mean,” Rainbow said and the girls filed out onto the stage apart from Twilight, Sunset and Fluttershy.

“You can do this Fluttershy!” Sunset yelled to Fluttershy in an encouraging tone.

Fluttershy took a deep breath and suddenly her face turned serious and she stepped onto the stage with confidence.

“I’ll tell you everything when you get back, baby,” Sunset assured Twilight as they got up and Sunset adjusted Twilight’s shirt.

“Whatever it is, we’ll get through it, Sunset,” Twilight replied and placed a firm kiss on Sunset’s lips. When she pulled back and smiled at Sunset. “Love you,” she added and walked towards the stage.

“Love you too,” Sunset replied and held her arm nervously.

“Man tough room,” Discord said walking up beside Sunset. “You know this is going to end badly right?” He added eyeing Sunset closely.

“Shut up Discord,” Sunset said half-heartedly.

“Ooh someone's feisty!” Discord exclaimed and put his finger to his palm and made a sizzling noise. “It’s just not the same,” he cried out in a defeated tone, sighed and drooped down. He then walked over and sat down on an equipment box.

Sunset watched her girlfriend singing their latest song and she felt happy that her girl had such a beautiful voice. Then she looked over to see Flash Sentry in the crowd and she remembered what the Sirens said.

Or playing third-wheel to oh what was her name, Twilight and Flash Sentry? Yes that was it, that bitch Adagio had said.

Sunsets hands instinctively tightened on the curtain that she peered around and tears stung her eyes. She’s mine, I’m not letting her go without a fight. The night they shared at Pinkie’s reassured her of that, and a smile played across her lips. Take that, Flash. As for the Sirens Sunsets thoughts were filled with only rage towards them, she would make them pay for all they’ve done, or at least the Rainbooms would... That’s when her posture drooped in sadness. It’s not my place to question this, I haven’t earned that right. It would be great to be out there with them though, but who wants a she-demon with them. Sunset came back into reality as the song ended, she took a deep breath as her friends approached backstage. Now or never.

Author's Note

I'm back everypony! And I'm here for my title shot... Wait sorry I'm reading the wrong script here... Greetings mortals! This is your emperor speaking! Wait that's not it either... Screw it I'm doing improv! I'm back from my break from writing this, I just had a lot to think about after a lot of personal issues came up and I found I couldn't write anymore, but it's all over now and the chapter you've been waiting for so patiently is here. I'm sorry that it took so long getting here, but I promise that my updating schedule is going to be a regular of about a chapter every 2 days to a week. that being said, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I will see you... In the next chapter... Now about that title shot :pinkiecrazy:

The Semi Finals

Sunset pulled Twilight to the side and dragged her out of the backstage area. She took her to the statue outside the school and they sat at a nearby bench. Sunset fiddled with her thumbs nervously as Twilight waited patiently for her to speak her mind. Sunset sat at one end of the bench and Twilight was on the other end, and Sunset wouldn’t even look at Twilight... Which slightly worried her.

“Am I…” Sunset trailed off not knowing how to word her worries. She sighed and tried again. “Are you in love with Flash?” She asked turning towards Twilight.

Twilight seemed surprised by the question. “What does that have to do with anything?” She asked confused.

“Just please answer the question…” Sunset managed her voice cracking a bit as her doubts manifested.

It was Twilight’s turn to look away now. “Yes, I am in love with him…” She said looking towards the ground. She then looked back at Sunset. “But that doesn’t matter, I love you more,” She added and took Sunset’s hands in her own.

“Then why is it that whenever you see him you blush and mix up your words… Maybe the sirens were right, maybe I’m the third wheel…” Sunset trailed off and tears started to run down her cheeks as she pulled her hands away from Twilight’s.

Twilight then moved closer and pulled Sunset into a hug, stroking her hair softly. “He may make me mix up my words, but he doesn’t have what you have,” Twilight said.

“What’s that?” Sunset asked wiping tears from her eyes.

Twilight grabbed Sunset’s hand and brought it to her chest. “My heart, I gave it to you willingly the night of the Fall Formal. You're not the third wheel, and you never will be, you’d think that night at Pinkie’s would have been enough of a signal,” She said and kissed Sunset deeply. “Is that good enough of an argument?” Twilight asked with a smile when they parted from the kiss.

“Let me think about that,” Sunset replied with a mischievous smile and she locked lips with Twilight again. When they parted finally Sunset looked away again, this time it was something that was angering her.

“What is it now?” Twilight asked confused that that wasn’t the only problem.

“I’m just so angry at the sirens, about what they said about you,” Sunset replied trying to control her temper.

“Don’t listen to what they say, they’re just trying to get under our skin. I don’t care what they said about me and neither should you, getting angry about it won’t help us at all,” Twilight said and placed her hands on Sunset’s cheeks. “If we let hate dictate our actions we become just like them if not worse,” she added.

“You're right, Twilight,” Sunset replied placing her hand on top of Twilight’s. “I still want to make them pay, not for revenge but to protect my friends… And you,” She finished locking eyes with Twilight.

“That’s the girl I know,” Twilight said and brought their foreheads together.

“Love you, baby,” Sunset said as she closed her eyes savoring the moment.

“Love you too, silly filly,” Twilight replied with a sly smile.

Sunset sighed. “You’re really sticking with that one aren’t you,” she said in an exasperated tone.

“Oh yeah,” Twilight replied with a laugh.

Sunset rolled her eyes and closed in for another kiss before an awkward cough interrupted that train of thought.

“Seriously, it’s non-stop with you two,” Rainbow said leaning against the statue. “I don’t need the image of you two sucking face in front of me ok?” She added moving her hand over her mouth like she was going to start vomiting.

“Would it kill you to give us some alone time,” Twilight yelled to the surprise of everyone. “Honestly, first Discord and now you, you're really killing the mood you know?” She added rather impatiently.

“Well sorry, but we have a competition to win and we’re up next, right after Trixie,” Rainbow shoots back pointing towards the school.

“Give us a minute, Rainbow,” Sunset said making a shooing motion towards Rainbow.

Rainbow rolled her eyes and walked off.

“Honestly, I just want to have some time with you, is that so much to ask?” Twilight asked resting her head against Sunset’s shoulder.

“We’ll get our chance, we just have to wait a bit more,” Sunset replied and stroked Twilight’s hair gently.

“Yeah, just a little longer,” Twilight said with ever so slight disappointment in her voice. “Let’s go,” she added after a short bout of silence. They both got up and made their way towards the school their hands intertwined.

What they entered into was to no surprise to either of them, the group arguing, Applejack and Rarity were yelling about their attire.

Rainbow and Fluttershy were fighting about the song they were going to play, and Pinkie was arguing with herself.

Discord sat in the corner stirring a martini. When Sunset and Twilight turned to him for an explanation to this madness, he quickly tossed the martini away and put his hands up defensively.

“As much as I would love to screw with you girls mentally, it wasn’t me this time,” Discord giving his best apology while trying to cover his face.

Sunset sighed. “I know Discord,” she said and walked towards the curtain area with Twilight.

“Wait you do?” Discord asked confused and then straightened up. “Of course you are,” he beamed as he straightened his tie and his posture.

“We’re doing awesome as I wanna be, it’s the semi-finals, Fluttershy!” Rainbow shot at Fluttershy with an extended hand to emphasize her frustration.

“I don’t know why I even bother,” Fluttershy huffed and just gave up.

“You have no respect for fashion, Applejack!” Rarity yelled getting right up in Applejack’s face.

“We’re trying to save the world here, not make it onto a magazine. When you figure that out let me know,” Applejack shot back and spinned on her heel.

“Next up the Rainbooms,” Luna called over the intercom.

The group couldn’t even stand being next to each other let alone be in the same room. Should I say something, Sunset thought… It’s not your place Sunset, they’ll tell you if they need help. She looked over at Twilight who was going over what could be called the counter-spell.

Twilight sighed and dropped the notebook, resting her head against the wall behind her defeat written all over her face. The band made their way to the stage and Sunset gave Twilight another hug and kiss.

“Knock em dead, baby,” Sunset said to her girlfriend trying to reassure her.

“Thanks, Sunset,” She replied half-heartedly and pulls away to join the rest of the band on the stage.

“Looks like someone has a lot on her mind…” Discord chimed in walking up next to Sunset. “She needs to relax a bit, I thought you two solved that at Pinkie’s?” He asked looking towards Sunset with a suggestive wink.

“We would have, had someone not killed the mood,” Sunset replied shooting Discord a death glare.

“I wonder who that could have been, probably that snoop Rarity,” Discord said as he brought his hand to his chin to contemplate his thoughts.

“I think I’m starting to understand why Twilight wants to kill you sometimes,” Sunset said in an exasperated tone.

“You mean there’s a time when she doesn’t?” Discord asked perking up with happiness. “Yes!” He yelled and raised his hands to the roof expecting confetti to appear. “Stay strong Discord,” he said as he tried to stifle his tears. “I just need a moment,” Discord ran from the back-stage area.

Finally, some peace and quiet, Sunset thought and looked back at the stage. Rainbow was in mid guitar solo but her magic ears were starting to show through. Sunset thought quickly and decided the best course was to tackle Rainbow. This resulted in Rainbow bashing into Twilight who hit Rarity's keytar and Rarity falling over and kicking Applejack’s bass and it somehow landed in Pinkie’s drum set. Fluttershy chucked her tambourine in the air and ran off stage crying. The gym was quiet for a minute.

“That’s the girl we love to hate!” Flash yelled from the crowd, then the gym erupted in a chorus of cheers.

“It’s not like that,” Sunset said in a defeated tone and her head drooped down as she exited the stage.

“What was that!” Rainbow yelled at Sunset as they got backstage.

“You were showing them your magic, I didn’t know what else to do,” Sunset said weakly, holding her arm nervously.

“Anything else would have been a better idea than what you pulled,” Rarity shot back pointing accusingly at Sunset.

“I was just trying to help,” Sunset said tears stinging the edge of her eyes. Twilight ran over and enveloped her in a hug.

“Yeah, well you didn’t,” Rainbow growled still annoyed at Sunset’s actions.

“Maybe she wouldn’t have had to if you hadn’t been trying to show off, as usual,” Applejack said aggressively getting in Rainbow’s face.

“Nice job, Rainboos,” Trixie said sarcastically as she walked backstage. “I especially liked how in a fit of jealous rage, Sunset Shimmer tackled Rainbow Dash mid guitar solo,” she added grabbing hold of Sunset’s shoulder.

Sunset broke free of Twilight’s grasp. “It wasn’t a fit of jealous rage!” Sunset snapped at Trixie pointing a finger at her angrily.

“Whatever you say,” Trixie said and pointed towards Sunset’s friends. All of them couldn’t even look Sunset in the face… Even Twilight. “Oh, looks like they’ve already decided who’s going onto the finals. I hope it wasn’t too difficult for them,” Trixie added while brushing a stray hair out of her face.

Luna and Celestia stood on the other side of the stage deliberating. The Dazzlings then walked through the doors on the far side singing their melody to the two of them.

Sunset looked at this oddly trying to discern what the Dazzlings were up to.

“This is just awful, we won’t have another chance at this. And I had the most fetching ensemble for the finals,” Rarity said with the back of her hand to her forehead.

“Yeah because that’s the real tragedy here Rarity, that you don’t get to play dress up!” Applejack exclaimed angrily.

“You know that wasn’t what I meant!” Rarity shot back poking Applejack with her finger.

“Could you two shut up, they’re about to announce who’s moving on,” Rainbow interjected pushing them apart.

“The band to be moving on to face the Dazzlings in the finals will be…” Celestia started and paused for dramatic effect.

Trixie puffed up her as she looked in her hand mirror and made ready to go on stage.

“The Rainbooms!” Celestia announced throwing her arms wide.

“What!” Trixie exclaimed voicing what everyone else was thinking. “This isn’t over!” She growled while stomping off.

The Rainbooms made their way onto the stage as they received silent death glares from the crowd.

“Congratulations girls, you deserve it,” Celestia said with sincerity.

“But we didn’t even finish our…” Pinkie started but Rainbow jabbed her in the stomach.

“We can’t wait to face you, you truly did deserve it,” Adagio said with her signature smirk on her face.

“You don’t deserve it Rainbooms!” Photo Finish yelled from the crowd and the entire gym erupted in outrage at the news.

The Rainbooms quickly left the stage and Twilight latched onto Sunset’s arm as they left the gym.

“Can we stop for drive through on the way to the arena?” Discord asked as they left.

“This is a travesty, a travesty!” Trixie yelled from the nearby bleachers with her fist clenched in front of her and her brows furrowed in anger.

“It certainly is,” Adagio said from behind Trixie and put a hand on Trixie's shoulder. “It should have been you in the finals,” she added turning her around.

“But the Rainbooms ruined that for you,” Aria stated with a regretful frown on her face.

“If only there was someway for the Rainbooms to not show up. But what could that possibly be?” Sonata asked literally confused with her hand on her chin in contemplation.

Trixie brought her hand to her chin and her mind quickly started to go through different plans and her face turned to an evil grin…

Author's Note

So another chapter huh? I'm hoping to wrap this story up soon, I have about another three chapters before the end of it, maybe four... But I don't know. But do not fret, this is only the beginning of a series of stories that I'm going to write that involve Sunlight. I don't want to give anything away but a certain purple thing has something to do with the sequels. (Let's see if our resident easter egg finder Sunset_Sparkles can find it out :twilightsheepish: ). So I hope you enjoyed this upload and I will see you... In the next chapter, Tarkus/Gwen out!

Welcome To The Show

The girls had managed to make it to the Pringles stadium for the finals with relative ease and a shortage of fights… Although each girl wanted to show up at separate times much to the dismay of Sunset.

“Testing, Testing,” Rainbow said speaking into the microphone which produced no sound.

Sunset turned to the sound system and noticed it was turned off. Wouldn’t hurt to make myself useful, Sunset thought to herself as she reached for the sound controls. She increased the volume to max.

“Testing, testing,” Rainbow said into the microphone again but this time was met by a large amount of feedback… Sunset immediately turned the sound system off again. Rainbow glared at Sunset and Sunset just hid her head.

“Does anyone else find it weird how we were the ones who won the semi-finals?” Fluttershy asked while prepping her tambourine for the finals.

“Very weird,” Trixie said walking onto the stage with her two lackeys flanking to either side of her.

“What do you want Trixie, I’m pretty sure the losers sit over there in the cheap seats,” Rainbow said with a cocky smile.

“The great and powerful Trixie shall not be denied her spot as Canterlot High’s most talented student!” Trixie yelled and snapped her fingers.

One of her band members pulled a lever and the floor opened up below the Rainbooms.

The Rainbooms scream as they crash to the floor below in a heap.

“TTFN!” Trixie yelled down at them and the door closed.

Discord came around the corner eating a hamburger. “Twilight, you have to try…” Discord started but hid as he saw Trixie. Something’s wrong, Discord thought to himself. “I guess I have to save the day as usual,” he added with the tips of his fingers placed on his ribs. “I have to do everything around here,” he huffed and chucked the hamburger away as he left the stage.

“Who puts a trap door right under where we’re meant to play?” Sunset asked rubbing her ass where she had so unceremoniously fallen on it.

XXX

The finals had started when night fell but Celestia and Luna had an announcement to make first. They entered the stage of the Pringles Stadium and surveyed the crowd that had gathered.

“Are you all ready for the finals!” Luna yelled into the microphone. Her question was met with loud applause from everyone.

“Well that’s good but we have something to announce,” Celestia stated more professionally than her sister. “We have three very special guests tonight that are very well known in the world of sports entertainment… That being said they have been unfortunately stuck in traffic, but will be here to celebrate with the victors later tonight!” She added maintaining her professional demeanor.

“Now let’s get these finals started!” Luna yelled into the microphone again to which Celestia simply rolled her eyes.

“First up: Trixie and the Illusions,” Celestia stated ignoring her sister's outbursts.

Down below the stage the Rainbooms sat there defeated and drained of all hope. Rainbow charged the door and bashed into it but it would not budge. She attempted this several more times to no avail.

“Would you give it a break, Rainbow you're not helping the situation,” Applejack said in a deflated but irritated tone.

“Well someone has to do something!” Rainbow shot back.

“Maybe it doesn’t even matter anymore, it’s not like the counter-spell would have worked anyways,” Twilight said with her eyes looking to the ground in sorrow.

“Of course it would have,” Applejack said putting a reassuring hand on Twilight’s shoulder. “Assuming someone wasn’t trying to steal the spotlight all the time!” She added staring across at Rainbow.

“So if Twilight’s trying to steal the spotlight from everyone else, you don’t have to be so cryptic about it,” Rainbow said missing the point completely.

“She means you Rainbow Dash,” Rarity scowled as she stepped in front of Twilight.

Twilight stepped back and huddled in the corner rocking back and forth.

“Me? I’m just trying to make my band as awesome as it can be!” Rainbow said pulling her fists toward her in a thrusting motion.

“Our band!” Rarity and Applejack yelled at the same time.

“How did it not work, how do ‘I’ not know what to do?” Twilight asked herself rocking back and forth more rapidly.

Sunset sat beside Twilight and brought her head to her chest stroking her hair gently.

“It may have been your idea to start a band, but it’s not your band!” Applejack yelled now directly in front of Rainbow.

“I’m the one who writes all the songs!” Rainbow shot back throwing her arms wide.

“I write songs, we just never play any of them!” Fluttershy yelled stepping out from behind Rarity.

“I had the most gorgeous costumes for us to wear!” Rarity exclaimed.

“Again with the costumes… Nobody cares what we’re wearing!” Applejack yelled frustrated.

“I do Applejack, so sorry if I want to make a creative contribution to the band,” Rarity shot back seething with anger.

Pinkie then popped up in the middle of them. “Does anyone remember fun, I’ll give you a hint, it’s the exact opposite of being in the Rainbooms!” She screamed.

From there on the girls started fighting amongst themselves and a mixture of teal and green mist started to come off of them and then rose to the roof.

XXX

Up above Trixie had just finished her song with a spectacle of pyrotechnics and fireworks. She walked to the back area with a victorious grin plastered on her face. “Try and top that one,” she said towards Adagio.

“Oh, I don’t know if we can,” Adagio said in mock-desperation.

The Sirens started to laugh and then Adagio motioned for them to stop as the mixture of green and teal mist emerged from the floor.

“Perfect!” Adagio announced as her plan fell into place. “Shall we, ladies,” she added with her devious grin.

XXX

Sunset held Twilight tighter as their various arguments continued on. She then noticed the mist rising to the roof and realized what was going on. Oh no… She thought to herself and let go of Twilight but gave her a reassuring smile and cupped her cheek. “Everything will be alright, baby,” Sunset said and pressed a kiss to Twilight’s forehead.

Twilight managed a weak smile and nodded slowly.

Sunset turned towards her friends and pushed them apart getting in between all five of them. “Stop it!” She screamed. “Don’t you see what they’re trying to do? They’ve been planning this from the start, and they almost have what they want!” She yelled trying to make them see reason.

“But we have the magic of friendship,” Applejack said confused at Sunset’s line of thought.

“Does it look like any of you are friends right now?” Sunset asked swiping her arm past all of them. “Since you started this band you’ve been letting little things get to you. I didn’t want to say anything because I was so new to the whole friendship thing, so I didn’t feel like it was my place,” Sunset said looking to her feet. “The Sirens preyed on those weaknesses and perverted the friendship that you guys have so that it suited their needs,” she added with a sorrowful look on her face.

“All this time this was happening right beneath my nose and I didn’t even realize,” Twilight said now standing up beside Sunset. “I’m meant to be the one with all the answers, but all I’ve done since I got here was let everyone down,” she said her voice cracking with sadness.

Sunset put her hand on Twilight’s shoulder. “Nobody has all the answers, which is why you have your friends to help you out,” Sunset said pointing towards her friends.

“Your right,” Twilight replied.

“I’m sorry Rarity,” Applejack said to Rarity holding out a hand to her. “Is there anyway I can make it up to you?” She asked shyly.

“A nice dinner would be good,” Rarity replied hugging Applejack instead with a wide smile.

Did I just start another relationship? Sunset thought to herself as she watched the display in front of her.

“I’m so sorry Flutters,” Pinkie yelled and hugged Fluttershy tightly.

“It’s ok Pinkie,” Fluttershy replied trying to breathe.

I knew they would patch things up, Sunset thought to herself and put an arm around Twilight and gave her a coy smile. “Am I good or what?” She said proud of herself.

“Don’t get too ahead of yourself, silly filly,” Twilight replied starting to return to normal.

“You know I hate that nickname,” Sunset replied blushing slightly.

“Sure you do,” Twilight said with a knowing smile.

“Don’t I get an apology for anything?” Rainbow asked looking around.

“Come on girls, let’s get out there!” Twilight yelled to the group ignoring Rainbow entirely. They all rushed to the door and bashed only to be flung backwards.

The door then opened and in walked Discord.

“Discord!” The girls all yelled at once.

“You do realize the door was unlocked,” Discord stated in a disappointed tone.

“WHAT!!!” They all screamed at the same time.

Author's Note

We're almost to the finale now, so now I have two surprises to show you guys, and one is going to be in the next chapter. So there will be three more chapters for this story past this one, but there will be a sequel to it so don't fret. So I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I will see you... In the next chapter! Tarkus/Gwen out

The Final Showdown

The girls sat on the floor dumbstruck at Discords comment.

“Really? There are seven of you, and no one thought to try the door knob?” Discord asked trying to hold back on laughing.

“Can we just move one,” Twilight replied closing her eyes in embarrassment. “Wait a minute what took you so long?” She asked with her eyes shooting open.

“Well…” Discord started confidently but then his head drooped down in disappointment. “I didn’t know where the door was, so I found the only person that wasn’t brainwashed by the sirens,” he stated pointing towards the door.

Vinyl Scratch emerged from around the corner and gave the thumbs up.

“How come she isn’t affected?” Twilight asked as Discord motioned for a hug to which Twilight declined.

“She doesn’t take her headphones off,” Discord replied slightly down that his hug got turned down.

Vinyl nodded her head furiously at this.

“Seems legit,” Rainbow said standing back up.

“Well girls, let’s do this,” Twilight announced her hope rejuvenated.

“What about the counterspell?” Applejack asked.

“I don’t think it matters what song we play, so long as we play it together as friends!” Twilight said gleefully.

“And I know the perfect song,” Rainbow said to which the girls were slightly concerned as to what her plan was. Rainbow approached Fluttershy. “Fluttershy wrote a great song,” she said patting Fluttershy on the shoulder happily.

Fluttershy screamed with excitement at Rainbow’s comment and Pinkie simply smiled at her girlfriend.

“See, I told you so,” Pinkie said and pulled Fluttershy into a hug to which Fluttershy gladly returned.

“I know that we’re saving the world and all, but I think we should do it in style,” Applejack said and looked towards Rarity.

“I thought you’d never ask!” Rarity exclaimed excitedly and pulled a clothes rack out of nowhere. “I even have one for Sunset Shimmer,” she added pulling out an orange and yellow dress with her cutie mark stitched on it.

“Not happening, I don’t do dresses,” Sunset replied immediately pointing at Rarity.

Rarity sighed. “Fine, everyone else grab your costumes!” Rarity yelled and the rest of the girls went for their costumes and Discord searched the rack for his.

“Oh this one looks lovely,” Discord said pulling out the dress meant for Rainbow. “A bit small though…” He added eyeing it closely and comparing it to his size.

“That’s because it’s mine,” Rainbow said and snatched the dress from Discords hands.

“But where’s mine?” Discord asked looking at the now empty rack.

“Next time, Discord promise,” Twilight said clapping a reassuring hand on Discord’s shoulder. “Alright girls, let’s go save the world!” She announced forming her other hand into a fist.

XXX

The Rainbooms reached a hill that was overlooking the Pringles stadium. They saw that the Dazzlings had already started their song and the crowd was swaying to every rhythm of the song.

“How are we meant to play over them from up here?” Rainbow asked looking around.

Don’t worry I have a plan…” Discord stated triumphantly and took a deep breath. “EVERYBODY PANIC!” He screamed and started running in circles.

Vinyl Scratch drove her car up over the hill and deployed it into a makeshift amp/dj station.

“Wow, I didn’t see that one coming,” Sunset said in amazement as the girls started to plug their instruments into it.

“Yes, this was all part of my plan!” Discord announced recomposing himself.

“Sure it was,” Applejack shot back as she pushed past him to get into her position for the song.

Sunset stood to the side with Discord as the girls composed themselves. Twilight turned to Sunset and gave her a warm smile and then the song started.

Waiting in the wings while your so called friends take all the credit, That same thought played over and over in her mind as the Twilight started to sing. She was quickly pulled out of her trance when she heard the way Twilight was singing, her heart was fully invested in this now, and her singing was truly beautiful.

The Rainbooms had achieved their super forms within a few seconds, proving that their friendship was stronger than ever.

Go get em girls, Sunset thought to herself.

“So the Rainbooms want to turn this into a real battle of the bands… Then let’s battle,” Adagio said with confident smile, the Sirens continued their song and soon began to transform into their equestrian forms. Giant half dragon half fish beings emerged from their bodies and began flying around the stadium.

The Rainbooms attempted to retaliate by playing harder. Their magic started to emanate from their instruments forming solid objects consisted of their cutie marks, which were then aimed directly at the Sirens.

The Sirens were taken off guard by this momentarily, but they quickly retaliated and the Rainbooms were knocked down, almost helpless at this point.

Twilight’s microphone flew out of her hand and landed right in front of Sunset. Sunset backed up slightly from the microphone and looked over at her friends in fear.

Twilight looked across to Sunset and it hit her. “Sunset we need you!” She yelled stretching her arm out towards Sunset.

“To give us back the microphone!” Rainbow yelled crawling in front of Twilight.

Twilight angrily pushed Rainbow to the side. “To sing!” Twilight yelled correcting Rainbow.

Sunset picked up the microphone and looked at it nervously. Love you too, silly filly, she then looked up in defiance and her fists clenched. She took her jacket off while stepping in front of her friends.

“Oh, jackets off now I’m getting out of here,” Discord threw his arms up and walked off.

The Sirens looked at her like she was a midnight snack. Sunset closed her eyes and took a deep breath and then opened them confidently.

Vinyl popped a new record on the player and started it up.

“You're never gonna bring me down. You're never gonna break this part of me. My friends are here to bring me 'round. Not singing just for popularity,” Sunset started singing and then helped Twilight up.

“We're here to let you know. That we won't let it go,” Sunset and Twilight started to sing together and the rest of the Rainbooms got back up and started playing.

“Our music is a bomb and it's about to blow,” The Rainbooms all sang at once as a light began to emanate from them.

The Sirens tried to charge them at this point.

“And you can try to fight. But we have got the light of Friendship on our side!” The Rainbooms sang together and the light became blinding. It then released as a wave that pushed the Sirens back and released the rest of the students from the Sirens hold.

Got the music in our hearts. We're here to blow this thing apart. And together, we will never. Be afraid of the dark!” The Rainbooms sang as Sunset began her transformation to her super form.

“Here to sing our song out loud. Get you dancing with the crowd. As the music of our friendship survives, survives!” They sang and Sunset grew her ponytail and ears.

The entire crowd now joined in with the Rainbooms and the demonic figures of the Sirens had been completely vanquished. “Got the music in our hearts. We're here to blow this thing apart. And together, we will never. Be afraid of the dark!” A giant Alicorn formed in the sky.

“Here to sing our song out loud. Get you dancing with the crowd As the music of our friendship, survives, survives, survives!” The Alicorn unleashed a giant blast of rainbows at the Sirens as the Sirens looked on in horror at their demise.

The entire stadium and surrounding area were covered in a giant blaze of light blinding everyone temporarily. This light shattered the medallions that hung around the Sirens necks.

When the light began to fade the Sirens surveyed the crowd and started trying to sing. Their words came out as off key and extremely high pitched. The crowd booed them out of the stadium and threw whatever they could find at them.

It’s finally over, Sunset thought to herself relieved and happy. She looked over to her friends to find Rarity had pretty much tackled Applejack to the ground and was kissing her furiously. Oh that image is going to haunt me for a long time, Sunset thought to herself shielding her eyes. Sunset looked over at Pinkie and Fluttershy who were in a less ferocious lip lock. She then looked back to Twilight who was looking at her with a ‘I’m waiting’ look plastered on her face. Sunset quickly wrapped her hands around Twilight’s waist and lowered her down and kissed much to the delight of the crowd who cheered for their saviors.

XXX

Rainbow picked up the shattered piece of one of the medallions.

“Looks like we know how the sirens were able to brainwash everyone,” Sunset said looking closely at the shard in Rainbow’s hand.

Pinkie handed Rarity fifty dollars.

“Are you guys serious?” Sunset asked.

It seemed like a good idea at the time,” Pinkie replied.

Sunset sighed.

Flash ran onto the stage and hugged Twilight. “My hero,” He said as he pulled back slightly to look at her.

Twilight looked Sunset and Sunset gave her a serious look. Twilight looked down and then back to Flash. “Listen Flash, we need to talk…” Twilight started.

Trixie popped up out of nowhere and got in between Twilight and Flash. “You may have vanquished the Dazzlings but you can stop the amazing showstopping ability-” Trixie’s rant was stopped dead by a kick to the face from Shawn Michaels. She spun around only to be lifted onto the shoulders of John Cena and launched off the other side only to have Randy Orton grab hold of her head and make her descent to the ground even quicker.

“Nobody has more showstopping ability than the Showstopper!” Shawn yelled to the crowd and did a spin in place raising his arms to the sky.

“Umm who are these people?” Fluttershy asked timidly and grabbed a hold of Pinkies arm.

“These are the special guests that are here to celebrate with you,” Celestia said coming onto the stage. “Not injure our school body,” she added sternly.

“Sorry we got a bit carried away and besides she’s fine,” Randy said waving a hand in dismissal to her concerns.

“Trixie’s ok,” Trixie managed barely able to stay conscious.

“See,” Randy stated.

“So you're the Rainbooms huh?” Cena asked quickly changing the subject.

“We sure are,” Sunset replied. “We could have used you guys a couple of minutes ago though,” she added crossing her arms.

“Traffic’s a bitch,” Cena replied. “But hey enough of that, let’s celebrate your victory over the Dazzlings,” He added and turned the Rainbooms towards the crowd and they started posing for the crowd.

XXX

Twilight and Sunset sat across from Flash on the stage just after the posing had finished.

“What’s she doing here, I thought you wanted to talk?” Flash asked eyeing Sunset suspiciously.

“It involves her,” Twilight said and grabbed a hold of Sunset’s hand.

“I think I know where this is going,” Flash sighed looking at the display of affection.

“I’m sorry Flash, but I just love Sunset more,” Twilight said trying to comfort him.

“I understand,” Flash said honestly. “She’s the better man… Woman in this case,” he corrected himself and stood up and walked over to Sunset and extended his hand. “Promise you’ll keep her safe,” he said as Sunset accepted the handshake.

“I promise,” Sunset said confidently.

“And if you hurt her I’m coming after you,” Flash said pointing at Sunset.

“I’ll hand you the chair myself if I do,” Sunset replied in all seriousness.

Flash smirked at this and then turned to Twilight. “So friends?” Flash asked.

“Of course,” Twilight replied and gave Flash a quick hug.

Flash then left the stage with a wave goodbye to each of the Rainbooms.

Sunset and Twilight rejoined their friends. Applejack had her arm around Rarity and Pinkie had both of her arms around Fluttershy's waist... And Rainbow was ranting again.

“Seriously, all of you are dating now, what happens next Discord and Celestia?” Rainbow said to which Discord perked up.

“Tell me about it,” A girl said who had her legs hanging over the edge of the stage. “Oh sorry I didn’t mean to eavesdrop,” she added quickly.

“No problem, I’m Rainbow Dash.” Rainbow said and sat down beside her.

“Gwen,” The girl said. “That is my name is Gwen,” she quickly added nervously.

“Twilight would you care to join me for this one?” Discord asked as he sat behind a piano.

“Oh why not?” Twilight said and joined him on the piano.

“Love is in bloom!” Twilight and Discord began singing as they played the tune on the piano.

“Shut up!” Rainbow yelled at the two as everyone started to laugh uncontrollably.

Gwen simply giggled and blushed at this.

Rainbow turned to get a proper look at Gwen. She wore a similar dress to Rainbow except it was a dark red and her hair was light red with a streak of dark green in it, her hair reached down to her shoulders.

Rainbow realized she was staring and blushed and looked away quickly.

“Just kiss already!” Fluttershy yelled much to the surprise of everyone who stopped immediately and looked over at her. “I mean if you want to,” Fluttershy whispered returning to her shy personality and hid behind Pinkie. Everyone laughed at this…

XXX

As the band was packing up to go Sunset approached Twilight with a sway to her hips. As Twilight was wrapping up her microphone Sunset snaked her arms around Twilight from behind and put her head beside Twilight’s.

“So world’s saved and we have time to spend together…” Sunset whispered intimately into Twilight’s ear and gave a quick squeeze to one of Twilight’s breasts. “Why don’t we go back to my place and finish what we started at Pinkie’s, eh baby?” She added placing a kiss on Twilight’s neck.

“If you don’t stop that right now we might not make it to your place,” Twilight whispered back seductively.

“Ooh feisty. Well then let’s speak no more,” Sunset whispered back and took Twilight by the hand and led her to her motorbike.

“What about packing up?” Twilight asked.

“Don’t worry, you two have fun now,” Rarity yelled with a wink from the stage.

“Looks like we have the go-ahead,” Sunset said with a devious smirk on her face as she passed Twilight a helmet.

Sunset got on the motorbike and put on her helmet, Twilight got on behind her and held on tightly to Sunset.

“So where am I sitting?” Discord asked popping up beside them.

“You can sleep at Pinkie’s again, but you are ‘not’ coming with us,” Sunset said rather annoyed.

“Sorry Discord, but me and Sunset need time alone,” Twilight said.

Sunset started up the motorbike and the two lovers began their trip to Sunset’s place leaving behind an emotionally hurt Discord.

“How rude,” Discord stated indignantly and then looked across to see Celestia standing in the parking lot. “Well hello there,” he said moving over to Celestia with a macho strut. It’s not so bad I guess, he thought to himself happily.

Author's Note

So this was a long chapter with a lot of twists and turns near the end. So for clarification Shawn Michaels, John Cena, and Randy Orton are all professional wrestlers from the WWE. Also Gwen is my OC character and also my avatar as well, I decided to put her in this chapter because I wanted Rainbow to be with someone, I realize I'm rather harsh on her in this story but that's because I hated her during the Rainbow Rocks movie, so hopefully this makes up for this. I've also been thinking about writing that scene with Trixie in it ever since I saw that part in the movie. But other than that I want to say also that I won't be writing clop/smut in the next chapter for all those who are wondering, I want to keep this teen rated and I don't really want to write clop anyways. That being said there are only two chapters left until the end. So I really hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it, please leave a comment with what you think and as always, I will see you... In the next chapter, Tarkus/Gwen out

Going Home

Sunset collapsed onto Twilight’s heaving and sweaty chest completely spent. They laid there naked as Sunset pulled the covers over them, the only thing that covered them from the cold.

Twilight put an arm around Sunset and pulled her close. “That was… Wow, just wow,” Twilight said still trying to catch her breath.

“You can say that again,” Sunset replied trying to catch her breath aswell. “That thing you did with your tongue was amazing, where did you learn to do that?” She asked looking at Twilight curiously.

“A book that I read,” Twilight stated simply.

“Of course,” Sunset said with a roll of her eyes and a smile on her face.

“That was amazing Sunset, I never thought I could be more in love with you… It seems that I was wrong. Laying here with you in my arms like this, it just feels right,” Twilight said squeezing Sunsets arm lightly.

“I know what you mean,” Sunset replied and pushed a stray hair out of Twilight’s face and kissed her deeply.

When the two parted they rested their heads against eachothers.

“Love you, baby,” Sunset said looking directly into Twilight’s eyes.

“Love you too, silly filly,” Twilight said but then looked away from Sunset.

Sunset looked at her girlfriend confused for a moment but then realization dawned on her. “You're leaving soon aren’t you?” She asked already knowing the answer.

“I have to, I have responsibilities that I have to attend to in Equestria, I’m still a princess remember,” Twilight replied as she left Sunsets embrace, sat up and looked out the window in Sunset’s room.

“You could stay here… With me,” Sunset said sitting up and putting a hand on Twilight’s back.

“Believe me, I’ve thought about a lot over the past two days,” Twilight said turning to look at Sunset. “But Equestria needs me and I have to find Spike too… I couldn’t live with myself if something happened to him,” She added and looked down towards the sheets.

“At least tell me that you’ll be back soon,” Sunset said hopefully while looking away from Twilight.

Twilight turned Sunset’s head towards her and smiled at Sunset. “Of course I will, the portal will stay open permanently this time, so I can come back whenever I want” she said and cupped Sunset’s cheeks with her hands. “This isn’t goodbye, I’m coming back I promise,” Twilight added and then kissed Sunset lightly.

Tears began to stream down Sunset’s face at this point and she clutched tightly to Twilight’s waist refusing to let go of her. “I’ll miss you,” Sunset said weakly as she looked Twilight in the eyes.

“I’ll miss you too, but I will be back as soon as I can,” Twilight replied her own set of tears now streaming down her face. “Can we just hold each other now, and talk about something else. I just want these moments that we spend together to be happy,” she added wiping her face of her tears.

“Sure, whatever you want,” Sunset said with a smile and laid them both back down so Twilight was resting on her stomach this time. She pulled Twilight close afraid to let go. “So what do you want to talk about?” Sunset asked wishing that tomorrow wouldn’t have to come. I just want this moment to last forever, Sunset thought to herself with sorrow.

XXX

Twilight stood in front of the portal that led back to Equestria and looked over all of her friends. “When I stepped through this portal the last time, I thought that I would never see any of you for over two years,” Twilight started and looked at each of her friends individually and then her eyes fell on Sunset and she smiled. “But I held out hope that I would get to see you all again. This truly has been one of the best couple of days of my life,” she added maintaining her smile as tears starting to form in her eyes. “I stand here now, having an entire speech worked out in my head and I find the words failing me,” she said the tears now falling down her face. “This isn’t going to be goodbye, it’s just goodbye until next time,” She said and her friends all joined in a giant group hug, even Discord.

When the hug ended Pinkie stepped forwards. “We wanted to give you this before you go,” Pinkie said and held out the picture that was taken of them all at the Fall Formal. “You didn’t get to keep a copy last time so we thought you might want to have a copy of your own,” she finished handing Twilight the picture.

“Thanks you guys, this means a lot to me,” Twilight replied trying to hold back the tears now falling freely down her face. Twilight gave each of her friends a hug individually and then arrived at Sunset.

Sunset smiled warmly at Twilight and passed her a small black box. “A little going away present. I had planned to give it to you later on, but you're leaving now so this feels like the best time,” she explained and blushed lightly.

Twilight opened the box and inside was a silver necklace with her initials hanging in the middle. Twilight wrapped her arms around Sunset and cried tears of happiness. “I don’t want to go,” Twilight cried and clutched Sunset tighter.

“But you have to, I can wait a few weeks, I love you Twilight Sparkle,” Sunset said her head buried in Twilight’s shoulder to hide her own tears.

“I love you too, Sunset Shimmer,” Twilight replied burying her head into Sunset’s shoulder as well.

Both of them slowly parted not wanting to leave each other's embrace. Twilight held onto Sunset’s hand and then let her hand slip away as she backed towards the portal, tears falling uncontrollably from her eyes, her lips quivering and she waved towards Sunset and then turned towards the portal.

Sunset turned around as well not wanting to see her girlfriend leave. She closed her eyes and then her fists clenched, It’s not enough, At those thoughts Sunset spun around and ran towards Twilight. She turned Twilight around and kissed her deeply, no tongue, just pure love and passion. Sunset wrapped her arms around Twilight’s waist, Twilight arms finding their way around Sunset’s neck as they cried uncontrollably.

When they finally parted Twilight stepped back slowly towards the portal. “Love you, silly filly,” she said as her hands slowly traced Sunset’s shoulders and arms and then finally to her hands then to the tips and then she looked at Sunset with a look of pure love as her hands left Sunset’s.

“Love you too, baby,” Sunset said returning the look.

Finally Twilight entered the portal.

“Well that’s my cue to leave too I guess,” Discord said and hugged Fluttershy. “I think I’ll miss you most of all, Fluttershy,” he added with a warm smile.

Celestia came out of the school furious about something.

“Gotta go,” Discord said and ran through the portal but popped his head back through to say. “Nice meeting you all,” and then he was gone.

“You get back here now, Mr. De Lancie!” Celestia yelled at Discord as he disappeared through the portal.

“Wonder what that was about?” Pinkie asked.

“Probably best not to know,” Rarity replied.

“Well I don’t know about you guys but me and Gwen are hanging out later on today, so gotta go,” Rainbow announced as she started to run down the street.

“When you get to first base, don’t screw up!” Pinkie yelled after Rainbow.

“Shut up, Pinkie!” Rainbow yelled back but was secretly hoping the same thing.

During this all Sunset was still just staring at the portal and wondered if she should go through it or not. Not today, too many demons to deal with before I go back to Equestria… I’m just not ready.

Rarity clapped a hand on Sunset’s shoulder and Sunset jumped slightly. “Sorry, we were planning on going out for food we were wondering if you wanted to come with us?” Rarity asked.

“No, I’m good, I just need some time alone,” Sunset said with a smile and wiped the tears from her face. “You girls have fun though,” she added and looked at the portal.

“Alright, just remember that we’re here for you if you need it,” Rarity said with a reassuring smile.

“Thanks, Rarity for everything,” Sunset replied and gave Rarity a warm smile.

“Anytime, darling,” Rarity said and began to walk back over to the rest of the girls.

“Hey, Rarity?” Sunset asked not turning around.

“Yeah, Sunset?” Rarity asked turning around curiously.

“Do you love Applejack?” Sunset asked.

Rarity looked over to Applejack and smiled. “I guess I do love her, yes,” she said sincerely.

“That’s good,” Sunset replied with a wide smile as she put a hand to the portal.

XXX

Twilight stumbled back through the portal still crying.

“Twilight!” Her friends screamed and immediately ran to her side as Twilight tried to adjust to her hooves.

“What’s wrong?” Rarity asked Twilight who was crying uncontrollably.

“Mixture of happiness and sadness really,” Twilight managed while trying to stop her crying.

“Twilight!” Cadence yelled and came to her sister in laws side.

“Cadence!” Twilight screamed and hugged her. “What are you doing here?” She asked when they parted from the hug.

“Royal business from the Crystal Empire,” Cadence said matter-of-factly. “So you didn’t bring Sunset back with you this time?” Cadence asked looking at the portal as Discord ran through the portal and barely missed Twilight and everyone else.

“Finally!” Discord yelled and snapped his fingers and flowers fell from the ceiling. “I missed this world so much,” he yelled and started rolling around in the flowers.

“She couldn’t come with me, she has a lot to think about before she comes back to Equestria… She has her own demons to face,” Twilight said looking at the portal in sorrow. she got back down on her hooves and walked towards it.

“That’s so sad to hear,” Cadence said visibly shocked by the news.

“I know, but as soon as I can I’m going back to see her,” Twilight replied smiling now.

“At least there’s that,” Discord said popping up beside Twilight. “Penny for your thought?” He asked and held out a dirty handkerchief.

Twilight just laughed at this. “Thanks, Discord but I think I just need some time alone,” She said still staring at the portal.

“We understand, come on everypony,” Cadence said and ushered everyone out of the room leaving Twilight alone with her thoughts.

“Cadence?” Twilight called after Cadence.

“Yes?” Cadence answered popping her head around the corner.

“Do you love Shining Armor?” Twilight asked still looking at the portal.

“Of course I do, with all my heart,” Cadence said sincerely.

“That’s good,” Twilight whispered just loud enough for Cadence to hear and she placed one of her hooves on the portal.

There’s always hope, Twilight and Sunset thought at the same time.

XXX

Sunset sat at the Pringles Stadium writing in her magical journal the next day.

Dear Twilight,

I miss you, but the girls have really been there for me. I’m now an honorary member of the Rainbooms, lead singer and guitarist much to the protest of Rainbow Dash… But you know how she can be. Everything’s gone back to normal around here and the holes that the Sirens created have been all but stitched up, which is great. I hope you don’t mind if I write to you often to see how you're doing, but we’ll get to talk to eachother in some way at least.

“Hey Sunset, you coming?” Rainbow asked from above Sunset.

Sunset nodded and turned back to the journal.

Gotta go, band practice. talk to you soon, I love you, baby.

Always yours,

Sunset Shimmer.

Sunset grabbed her guitar and raced towards the stage. “Are we all ready?” Sunset asked putting her guitar on.

“Oh yeah!” Rainbow yelled making her best Randy Savage impression.

“1, 2, 3!” Pinkie exclaimed tapping her drum sticks together…

Author's Note

So this by far was my favorite chapter to write, I got so cracked up writing Sunset and Twilight's goodbye scene that I burst into tears. I dare you all to re-read Sunset and Twilight's goodbye scene while listening to Chasing cars by Snow Patrol and not cry. :rainbowdetermined2: But i hope you all liked it as much as I enjoyed writing it, it was by far the best chapter I've ever written in my view, leave a comment with what you think, and which chapter you thought was the best. There's only one more chapter and then I will reveal the sequel story so you can all be ready for it, expect it to be up by tomorrow. So please R and R and as always I will see you... In the next chapter, Tarkus/Gwen out. :pinkiecrazy:

Epilogue

Spike walked through the dark expanses of the Everfree Forest, nothing dared to approach him for he possessed a power like none other. The darkness had quickly overtaken him that day when the mighty Tirek had attacked Equestria. He walked through that forest now not as a stranger to the creatures, but as something far more dangerous. He sat in front of a hastily made campfire and took a neatly wrapped bundle out of his suitcase. He unravelled to reveal a dark Alicorn amulet. It looked like an exact copy of the one Trixie once held, but this one was far more ancient, powerful and dangerous. The creatures around him ran away as fast as they could in fear of the amulet.

“You truly are beautiful,” Spike said to the amulet.

“Of course I know that,” the amulet replied.

“What do you wish of me, master?” Spike asked completely entranced by the relic.

“I require my power to be returned to me, your former friends hold the key to that. You will break their harmony, shatter their trust and leave them broken,” the amulet growled.

“Of course, my master,” Spike replied with his own eyes now glowing a dark red.

“But first we must gather many artifacts to ensure my triumph over them, one of them being in this very forest…” The amulet trailed off as if relishing what was to come.

“Yes, master,” Spike said simply and started to pack up the camp and put out the fire.

“Their harmony is their greatest weapon, but it can also be their ultimate weakness when twisted to my will!” The amulet exclaimed. “I will break their harmony, and then their disharmony will become my weapon!” It added triumphantly. “Nothing shall stop the return of chaos!”

“Master, what about Rarity will she be safe?” Spike asked still holding onto some form of free will.

“Of course, Spike. For my plan to succeed no ‘harm’ must come to your friends,” Chaos half-lied. His will is strong, even after my manipulation of his and Twilight’s relationship he still holds out hope for his friends safety. But I am nothing if not patient, just as I will break his friends, I will ‘break’ his will. Chaos thought to himself. “Now we must go, we have a long year ahead of us,” Chaos stated changing the subject. True Chaos will return to this world… I have grown tired of watching these imposters making a mockery of me...

Author's Note

So this is the last chapter of What One Can't Have despite that though there will be another story. It's still in the works, but I can confirm that in the next week to two weeks The Fault In Our Harmony will be up as the sequel to this story, and don't worry the Sunlight shipping will still be the main focus of it. I have a lot planned for this new villain character though and I'm really excited to write about it. But as for this story it's now completed, I want to thank everybody for following this story and all the positive comments that you've given me it's really meant a lot to me. So R and R, and I guess I will see you in Fault In Our Harmony... Tarkus/Gwen out.
P.S.
Fault In Our Harmony has nothing to do with Fault In Our Stars. I just think it was a really catchy title, I've never actually watched that movie before.

The Slumber Party

Author's Note

So another chapter up the day after the last? Yes, I want to get back into the swing of things and spend as much time as I can on this story. So hopefully the concussions can be kept to a minimum and I can keep writing. :twilightsmile: So remember to R and R, and I will see you... In the next chapter, enjoy!

The Slumber Party

Chapter 7
The Slumber Party

The girls and Discord sat in Pinkie's room, Twilight was scribbling nonsense that was meant to be the counterspell into Fluttershy’s notebook. Rainbow and Applejack were playing video games and Fluttershy, Rarity and Sunset were taking selfies in the corner, which Discord was photo-bombing, and Pinkie was making a status update on her computer. “Status update? Okie dokie wokie!” Pinkie said gleefully. Applejack was just about to beat Rainbow but Dash then slammed the power button on the console.
“Hey, I was just about to beat you!” Applejack yelled in frustration.

“I doubt it,” Rainbow replied as she started to spin the controller on the tip of her finger. “How’s that counterspell coming along, Twilight?” She added trying to distract Applejack… Which worked. Twilight perked up suddenly and held the notebook close to her to hide that she had done nothing but scribbled.

“Oh, uh great!” Twilight replied and closed the notebook quickly. “Thanks for letting me borrow your notebook, Fluttershy. I really like the songs you wrote for the Rainbooms,” Twilight said to Fluttershy.

“Thanks, Twilight now if only we could actually play some of them,” Fluttershy replied with a sad look on her face. Sunset sat beside Twilight on the bed.

“We’re really lucky that you're here, Twilight,” Sunset said with a smile.

“Some of us are luckier than others,” Applejack replied with a knowing smile which made Twilight and Sunset blush. Pinkie then shot around the corner.

“Pizza’s here!” Pinkie yelled and the room quickly emptied besides Twilight. Twilight inspected her work which was more just a combination of scribbles and nonsense rather than a counter-spell. She frowned at her work and sighed deeply.

“You don’t want any pizza?” Sunset asked peering through the doorway.

“Of course, I’ll be right there,” Twilight replied putting on a fake smile as she put the notebook in a drawer.

“Is something wrong?” Sunset asked moving over to Twilight and sitting beside her on the bed.

“No, everythings fine, I’m sure I can have the counterspell done by tomorrow,” Twilight replied keeping her fake smile up as best she could.

“Are you sure? I could help you with the spell I know a thing or two about magic too you know,” Sunset said and put an arm around her girlfriend's shoulder.

“Thanks for the offer but I feel like this is something that I have to do alone,” Twilight said sinking into Sunset’s embrace.

“Alright, I understand,” Sunset replied slightly hurt by Twilight’s comment. “So are you hungry or what?” Sunset asked rubbing Twilight’s shoulder lightly.

“I’m starving,” Twilight replied with a smile. Pinkie popped back into the room with a slice of pizza in her mouth. She said what could be taken as asking them whether they were coming downstairs or not.

“We’ll be right there, Pinkie,” Sunset replied with a laugh. Pinkie replied with a muffled okie dokie loki. “You ready to go, baby?” Sunset asked Twilight. Twilight looked at her quizzically.

“Baby?” Twilight asked confused.

“Sorry, I just thought I would try out giving you a nickname since we’re dating now…” Sunset rambled out nervously rubbing the back of her head nervously. “I won’t call you it again if you don’t want me to,” She added putting her hands up defensively.

“I actually kind of like it, baby it is,” Twilight replied and hugged Sunset.

“Phew,” Sunset said and wiped some sweat off her forehead.

“Now what should I call you for a nickname?” Twilight asked and broke the hug while bringing her hand to her chin pondering her thoughts. “My little pony… No that’s awful,” She stated shaking her head.

“Ok, I think that can wait until later, baby,” Sunset replied utilizing Twilight’s nickname for her. She helped Twilight to her feet and they made their way out of the room.

“How about Sunny? No that’s terrible too,” Twilight said mentally scratching that one off the list.

“You're going to be doing this all night aren’t you?” Sunset asked with a roll of her eyes as they entered the kitchen.

Twilight found it hard to sleep that night, thinking constantly of how to write a magical counterspell for the Dazzlings. she opened her eyes and peered around the room. The only problem she thought would have was getting out of the embrace she was currently in with Sunset. She carefully moved Sunset’s arms so as to not wake her up and went over to the drawer that held Fluttershy’s notebook. She retrieved the notebook and quietly stepped over Pinkie and Fluttershy who were in an embrace of their own. The one she noticed that was off was Discord wasn’t anywhere in sight, I wonder where he is She thought to herself. She proceeded downstairs to Pinkie’s kitchen to try and finish the counterspell. She sat there for what felt like hours trying to think of anything that would work for a counterspell but all she got was more scribbles. She spat the pencil that she had in her mouth out. “No that won’t work either!” Twilight said in a defeated tone and headbutted the table.

“Hey, baby,” Sunset said walking into the kitchen. “What are you doing up so late?” She asked eyeing the notebook suspiciously.

“Just looking over the counterspell, we only get one shot at this and it has to be perfect,” Twilight replied trying to sound sure of herself and confident.

“We’re really lucky you're here,” Sunset stated with a wide smile as she opened the fridge.

“That’s what everyone keeps telling me,” Twilight said in an unsure tone.

“Who could possibly need this much whipped cream?” Sunset asked pulling out a can of whipped cream.

“Sunset I need to tell you something,” Twilight said about to tell her girlfriend that she had nothing in the form of a counterspell.

“What is it baby?” Sunset asked and walked over to the table and rested her elbows on the countertop and her chin on her palms. Twilight was about to tell Sunset when the words caught in her mouth. I can’t tell her, everybody expects me to have the answers. I know what I can do.

“You know everyone else is asleep, we could have some…” Twilight started trying to think of the perfect word to use for the situation. “Fun,” She added in a seductive tone.

“Twilight are you propositioning me?” Sunset asked feigning innocence.

“What if I am?” Twilight asked twirling a strand of hair in her fingers.

“I think I would accept,” Sunset replied and stepped over to the other side of the table and began to kiss Twilight. Within an instant Sunset swiped the notebook off the table and picked up Twilight and placed her on the table. Twilight wasn’t quite sure what to do, she hadn’t quite finished The Pony’s Guide to Lovemaking yet and even then that was for pony anatomy not human. She just let Sunset takeover since she seemed to know what she was doing. Sunset broke the kiss suddenly and made her lay back on the table. Sunset then proceeded to get on top of Twilight and laid herself on top of Twilight. They resumed their make out session for a little while longer and then Sunset began to unbutton Twilights shirt. “I think I could give you some… Inspiration for the counterspell,” Sunset stated seductively.

“I think I would like that,” Twilight replied and started to lift up Sunset’s shirt. Just as Sunset was about to undo the button that would reveal Twilight’s breasts Discord popped up.

“Guys, look what I found, it’s called a video recording device,” Discord said holding the device in hand and recording the both of them. “Oh my,” He added seeing the two of them frozen in position. Sunset quickly pulled her shirt back down and Twilight fiddled with her buttons trying to button back up. Sunset quickly got off of Twilight and helped her off the table as well. “Was I interrupting anything?” Discord asked knowing full well what he had just done.

“I swear when we get back to Equestria Discord…” Twilight started before she noticed Discord wasn’t paying attention to them anymore. “Are you even listening?” She asked the anger growing in her voice. She looked over and saw the human version of Maud was in the room.

“Boulder was hungry,” Maud said with her same vacant voice as she carelessly poured chips on top of the rock that rested in her palm. She walked off still pouring the chips on it.

“I still can’t believe she’s related to Pinkie Pie,” Discord said in disbelief. Twilight stood there practically fuming still from Discords interruption and Sunset simply stood nervously holding her arm and looking around the room. “Well I can tell I’m not welcome here, I need to show this to Fluttershy!” He exclaimed and rushed up the stairs.

“I guess you don’t want to pick up where we left off?” Twilight asked Sunset.

“Maybe we should hold off until another time, who knows who will show up next time, and I don’t want to send Rarity into shock,” Sunset replied with a laugh.

“Good point, I have to finish up this counterspell, so raincheck?” Twilight asked with a hopeful smile.

“Definitely, to be continued,” Sunset replied returning her smile and hugged Twilight and gave her a light kiss on the lips before she made to leave the kitchen. “Don’t be too much longer Twilight, you need sleep just as much as the rest of us,” She added at the doorway of the kitchen.

“I know, goodnight Sunset,” Twilight said while she retrieved the notebook. “I love you,” She added with a blush as she sat back in her seat.

“Love you too, baby,” Sunset replied and left the room. The smile quickly faded from Twilight’s face as she remembered the task at hand. She turned back to her scribbles and sighted deeply as she ran a hand through her hair.

“We’re doomed,” Twilight stated in a defeated tone.