Epic Rap Battles Of Ponyvilleby RachanaRoxxChaptersChapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 1Vinyl Scratch trots down Ponyville, as nervous as ever. She has all her dialogs in mind, sort of. ‘Okay...Mayor Mare, I am Vinyl Scratch and I-I want to have a competition. I was hoping that...Ohh.’ She has been planning this competition for weeks, and now is her chance to make it a reality. All she hopes for is that she doesn’t get turned down. She finally reaches Town Hall, takes a deep breathe and enters. Inside, she finds the receptionist behind a desk full of papers, stacked so high that the pony’s face is completely hidden. ‘Um...hi. I am here for my appointment with the mayor.’ The receptionist pushed the paper aside to reveal himself as a brown coated stallion with a green mane. He looks at the time and checks through a book of appointments. ‘So...you are Vinyl Scratch?’ Vinyl nods her head. The receptionist hands her a slip, ‘Please wait on the couch until the Mayor is ready for you. Vinyl sits on the couch and stares at the clock, watching each second tick by. Tic, Toc, Tic, Toc. She starts humming her favorite tune to pass the time. She starts out quiet, but as she continues to hum the song she heard so many times that she memorized every sound, she becomes sucked in. Vinyl, now also singing the lyrics and sounding the guitar solo, completely shuts out the outside world for her own personal concert, until- ‘Vinyl Scratch, Mayor Mare is ready for you.’ The receptionist calls, looking at her like she is crazy. Vinyl snaps back to reality, ‘Uh...thanks!’ she says as she walks down the hall. Her heart becomes twice as heavy as she walks to the Mayor’s office, giving herself some last minute encouragement. ‘Okay, you can do this! Just be confident, cool and firm.’ Once she enters the office, she is greeted by the Mayor. ‘Hello, you must be Vinyl Scratch. I am Mayor Mare. So...what can i help you with?’ Vinyl takes a deep breathe. ‘Hello Mayor Mare. I actually came to ask for permission to hold a competition/performance.’ Mayor Mare is intrigued by this and listens closely to Vinyl, explaining all the details and prizes. After all is explained, she thinks about it for a while. Finally she makes up her mind. ‘Okay, I’ll give you permission. It sounds like a fun idea. You can do it at the amphitheater. I’ll book you a slot. When is this going to be?’ ‘It is going to be held next week and starts at sunset.’ ‘Great! Be sure to make some posters and stick them around town. I am looking forward to this! Good luck, Vinyl.’ ‘Thank You, Mayor!’ relieved, Vinyl leaves Town Hall and runs home. Once she gets home, she grabs a sheet of paper and starts making a poster. ‘Come be in the biggest competition/performance in Ponyville-’ she reads as she writes it down on the poster, ‘-Vinyl Scratch’s Epic Rap Battles of Ponyville! Anyone wanting to sign up should come to the amphitheater tomorrow at noon. The competition will be at sunset next week, so make sure that you are there! I hope to see many competitors!’ After gazing at her masterpiece of a poster, she signs her name at the bottom. ‘Perfect!’ Vinyl immediately heads to Quills and Sofas to use their copy machine and gets 20 copies. She goes around town and starts to hang up her posters. ‘Hey, Vinyl! What are you up to?’ asks a voice behind her. Vinyl turns to see her friend, Octavia. ‘Hey! Guess what!’ ‘Um...you finally went to Mayor Mare, got permission for the competition that you were buzzing about having and now you are sticking posters everywhere in sight so that everyone in Ponyville will see them and come and/or be in the competition?’ Vinyl is shocked by how well her friend knew the situation. That was classic Octavia, always knowing what is going on. ‘Well, since you know what is going on, could you help me set up these posters around town?’ ‘“Sigh” very well. What kind of competition is it anyway?’ Octavia asks as she takes the poster to have a better look at it. ‘A rap battle? What is that?’ ‘Two contestants battle it out using raps to outdo each other!’ Vinyl explains. Octavia’s face shows that she has no idea what her friend had just explained to her. Vinyl gives up and hands Octavia a couple of posters to put up. ‘You will be there for the competition, right?’ Vinyl asks. ‘Of course! I wouldn’t miss it for the world!’ Octavia replies with a smile before leaving. Octavia prefers classical music over electronic, but she will be there for her friend. After putting up the last of her posters, Vinyl heads home to get a good night’s rest before the exciting week ahead of her. Chapter 2Vinyl wakes up as early as possible to greet the first day of what she is sure is going to be the best week ever! She gets ready and runs out the door and to the amphitheater to wait for participants. She waits for a while and looks at her watch. ‘7:30! Ugh! I have to get my mind off this until noon.’ Vinyl decides to get a donut for breakfast at Sugarcube Corner. ‘Hello, dear’ greets Mrs.Cake, ‘What will it be?’ ‘Hi, Mrs.Cake! I’ll just have two chocolate donuts, please.’ Vinyl pays for her donuts and starts to eat them. Pinkie Pie walk over and sits in the booth across from Vinyl. ‘Hey, Vinyl! Liking those donuts?’ Pinkie asks. Vinyl nods her head in agreement. ‘You know, I made those donuts!’ Vinyl swallows the last bit of her donut and replies, ‘Really?! They are amazing, Pinkie! The best donuts I have ever tasted!’ Pinkie shines a bright smile, ‘Thanks!’ Suddenly, there was a crash that came from the kitchen. ‘Oops, gotta go. Pumpkin Cake must be trying to eat the cake dough again. See you at noon!’ Pinkie says as she runs off. ‘Wait! Does that mean you are coming to be in the competition?!’ Vinyl calls out, but Pinkie Pie was out of sight. With a sigh, she takes a walk through the town. She decides to go to the studio she makes music in and work on a beat for the rap battles. She walks in, expecting a bunch of other ponies inside, but finds it completely empty. ‘All to myself!’ she exclaims in relief to have the entire studio to herself. She goes to the record spinner and makes different potential beats. Disk after disk is spun, trying to be made the most out of. Every beat sounds beautiful in her ears. So involved in her music, she glances at her watch for a second. ‘11:55. Okay...I got time...WHAT!’ Vinyl starts to panic as she rushes out of the studio. She races to the amphitheater to find a couple ponies already waiting there. She gets on stage and gets their attention. ‘Hello, everypony! I am Vinyl Scratch. You all must be here to participate in the Rap Battle Competition.’ Vinyl looks at the group on ponies and sees Rarity, Twilight, Zecora, Applejack, Big Macintosh and Pinkie Pie. ‘Is this everypony?’ Vinyl is a bit disappointed by the small number of ponies. ‘WAIT!’ yells a pony in the far distance. Vinyl looks closer to see Rainbow Dash coming, struggling to drag something along with her. As she comes closer, it is revealed that she is dragging Fluttershy. Once they get to the amphitheater, Rainbow collapses on the ground from exhaustion. Fluttershy is frustrated with her rainbow maned friend, ‘Rainbow Dash! I told you that i didn’t want to do this! Rainbow stands up, ‘Come on, Fluttershy, can’t you atleast try?’ ‘Yeah, Fluttershy! Just give it a shot!’ Vinyl pleads. The rest of the ponies cheer her on too. ‘“Sigh” Fine, I’ll try.’ says Fluttershy. Vinyl calls everypony on stage. ‘This is how it is going to work. Each of you will write your names on a piece of paper and drop it into this bowl. Then, I will draw two names at a time to decide your partner/opponent. Let’s do that first and then i will explain the actual competition.’ Everypony writes their names and drops it into the bowl as told. Once all the names are in, Vinyl shakes the bowl using her horn and picks out two pieces of paper. ‘Our first group is: Twilight and Zecora! Next we have: Fluttershy and Rarity! Next is: Pinkie Pie and Applejack! And lastly is: Big Macintosh and Rainbow Dash. Rainbow bursts out laughing, rolling on the floor. ‘What is so funny?’ asks Twilight. ‘It-it’s just that-that i got paired up with-with him!’ she says, pointing to Big Mac. ‘And what is so funny in being paired up with my brother?’ says Applejack, trying to defend her brother. ‘Applejack, he barely says two words! How is he going to rap when he hardly talks?! This is going to be an easy win!’ says Rainbow, calming herself down. Big Mac walks towards Rainbow Dash, angry. ‘I’ll talk if I so choose to, Rainbow. Don’t you think that I’ll be so easy to win against me.’ Rainbow Dash is speechless as everypony cheers for Big Macintosh. Vinyl gets everypony’s attention again and explains the actual rules of the competition. ‘This is a rap battle, which means that you have to best each other while rapping. There will be three parts for each battle and each part has two verses. Suppose let’s take Rarity and Fluttershy. First Rarity will start with two verses, then Fluttershy will, and then Rarity, then Fluttershy, then Rarity and finally Fluttershy. Any questions?’ Rainbow Dash raises her hand. ‘Yes, Rainbow?’ Vinyl asks. ‘What are the prizes for this I want to know what I am fighting for!’ ‘I was getting to that. In this competition, you have to work both with and against your partner. The audience will be the judges and will decide the result for two prizes. One of them is the winner for each battle. That is the main prize and there will be four winners out of you eight. But there is a special prize exclusive to only two of you. It is for the team with the best rap battle. So make your rap battle exciting. Oh and one more thing: In a rap battle, you are expected to criticize each other.’ Fluttershy is shaken by this. ‘Um...Vinyl...I don’t want to criticize anypony. Can’t we just say nice things? I don’t want to hurt anypony’s feelings.’ ‘Well...you have to plan it together. It is just for the show, so you don’t have to mean anything you say. A rap battle is always more appealing with insults. Like I said, it is a performance.’ ‘Well-’ Twilight starts, ‘if no pony’s feelings are going to get hurt, I suppose it will be fine.’ Everypony agrees by nodding their heads, except for Fluttershy. ‘I’m really sorry everypony, but I don’t think I can bring myself to insult other ponies on stage, even if it is only for the show.’ Fluttershy says as runs down the stage before anypony could drag her back. And just like that, she is gone. ‘Well, this is great!’ Rarity says, ‘Now I don’t have a partner!’ ‘I’ll partner up with you!’ says a voice in the distance. They turn and see Trixie. Her attire is the same as it has always been, with her cape and magician’s hat. ‘Trixie! What are you doing here?’ asks Applejack ‘Well, The Great and Powerful Trixie was in town showing off her incredible tricks when she came across a certain poster. She was intrigued and realized that being in this would give the ponies of Ponyville another chance to witness yet another talent of the Great and Powerful Trixie!’ As Trixie continues to talk about herself, Applejack leans towards Rarity. ‘Are you sure you can handle partnering up with her?’ ‘I honestly don’t know.’ Rarity replies, then turning to Trixie, ‘Alright, Trixie. I guess we are partners/opponents.’ and then Vinyl, ‘Is there anything else you need to tell us about the competition?’ Vinyl completely forgot that she was conducting this meeting. ‘Well, Trixie, did you hear the rules or should I repeat them? ‘No, no. I’m good.’ ‘So, everyone get with your partners and start writing your scripts. I’ll be here checking on your work in case you need my help.’ The ponies split up in pairs across the stage, each planning while Vinyl walks around, checking on their work. Vinyl goes over to Pinkie Pie and Applejack. ‘This is going to be so exciting!’ Pinkie says ‘So, how are we going to do this?’ asks Applejack, not even knowing where to start. She turns to see Vinyl next to her. ‘Howdy, Vinyl! Perfect timing! I need a bit on help. You see, I have no idea where to start with this rap battle thing!’ Applejack admits. ‘Applejack, I told you, all you have to do is rhyme.’ says Pinkie, trying to get Applejack’s attention, ‘It is that easy. I would know, I have done it before!’ Vinyl is surprised by this. ‘Pinkie, you rap? ‘Well, I did make a rap to help Rainbow Dash learn more about the wonderbolts, so...yeah!’ ‘Cool! Good luck, you guys!’ says Vinyl as she leaves their company to check on the other competitors. She goes over to check on Rarity and Trixie, who seem to be arguing about something. ‘Is everything alright?’ asks Vinyl. ‘Oh...uh...not to worry, darling. Everything is fine.’ Rarity says, obviously lying, ‘Are you sure?’ ‘Yes, of course. It is not like I got paired up with the most arrogant and self-centered pony in equestria or anything’ she says, almost growling at Trixie. Trixie wasn’t bothered by it, though. Vinyl decides to leave them alone, not wanting to get involved in whatever is going on with them. Next she goes to Twilight and Zecora, who seem to be getting along quite well, a nice contrast to Rarity and Trixie. ‘Okay, first we need to make sure we have all the points we need to get across.’ Twilight says, taking a piece of paper and divides it into two sides with the pencil she is levitating. On one side, she writes “Twilight” and the other, “Zecora”. Vinyl walks up to them, ‘Hey Twilight and Zecora. How are you guys doing?’ ‘We are fine, thanks for concern/ Your use for rhyme is fun to learn!’ says Zecora with a giggle. ‘How has scriptwriting been going?’ asks Vinyl. ‘Great so far.’ responds Twilight, ‘I decided to first write down everything that we should be sure to mention, and then use Zecora’s amazing rhyming skills, make an amazing rap battle’ Vinyl is impressed with how well planned out Twilight and Zecora seem to be. That was typical Twilight. ‘With my organizing ability and Zecora’s rhyming, there is no doubt that our team will win!’ says Twilight, hoof-bumping Zecora. ‘You do realize that you are also against each other, right?’ asks Vinyl, making sure that they don’t forget the big picture. ‘We don’t forget; Do not worry/ Only one will have victory” assures Zecora Vinyl wishes them luck and decided to check on the last pair: Rainbow Dash and Big Macintosh. She finds them in a far corner. ‘How about we mention your farm?’ asks Rainbow Dash to her partner. ‘Nope.’ ‘What about something about apples? ‘Nope.’ ‘Are you even trying to win? ‘Eeyup.’ ‘How in Equestria do you plan on winning if those are the only words you are going to say?’ Big Macintosh remains silent. ‘Ugh! SAY SOMETHING!’ Big Mac simply shakes his head. Furious, Rainbow starts to shake Big Mac vigorously. She sees Vinyl walk up to her. ‘Oh, hey Vinyl. What’s up?’ greets Rainbow Dash, letting go of Big Mac, acting cool like nothing had happened. All that comes out of Vinyl’s mouth is “Um…”, not sure of how to respond after Rainbow’s outburst. ‘Go ahead, carry on.’ She manages to say, ‘Don’t let me stop you.’ She leaves them and just strolls around, watching the teams work (and argue) with each other. She looks at her watch, which shows 2:30. ‘Woah! We have been here for two and a half hours!’ Vinyl turns to the stage, ‘Okay everypony! Today’s session is over. Come back tomorrow, same time, same place!’ As Vinyl watches everypony leave, she sees Octavia below the stage, trying to get her attention. Vinyl jumps down from the stage to greet her friend. ‘Hey, Octavia!’ ‘So, how was today’s session?’ Octavia asks, hoping for a positive response. ‘It was...not what I was expecting’ Vinyl admits. The two mares walk home together. Vinyl tells Octavia about the whole session. She mentions all the competitors and how they got along with their partners. ‘I am almost afraid of Rainbow Dash right now!’ Vinyl says with a giggle, ‘But if I had to feel bad for one pony, it would be Rarity for sure. She is stuck with Trixie!’ ‘The poor mare!’ says Octavia, thinking about all the brain damage she would have if she had to pair up with Trixie. ‘So, yeah. This competition will be interesting.’ As Octavia’s house approaches, she bids Vinyl goodbye and heads inside. Vinyl makes her way home and immediately crashes down on her couch. Too exhausted to move, she stares at the ceiling, thinking about the last three hours. Once night time arrives, Vinyl heads to bed, excited for the day to come. Chapter 3For the next few days, the pairs have been working to make their scripts as perfect as possible. As days pass, Vinyl becomes even more nervous. Eventually, it was the day before the competition, and Vinyl had an announcement to make, ‘Listen up, everypony! Tomorrow is the big day! We will meet here at the same time for a rehearsal. You all need to polish your raps for tomorrow’ ‘Why do we need a rehearsal?’ asks Rainbow Dash, ‘Isn’t it a competition? Why should we let the other pairs know what they are up against?’ ‘First of all, it is also a performance. And second, why does it matter if they see it? They are going to have planned theirs entirely by then.’ For the rest of the session, the pairs worked to polish their raps. Once time was up, Vinyl announced, ‘That’s it everypony! This was the last session before the big day! First, give yourselves a round of applause!’ Applause roared across the stage. Everypony felt proud of what they have done so far. ‘Now, tomorrow, we will all meet right here at noon for the rehearsal I mentioned. See all of you then!’ The rest of the day was a drag for Vinyl as she tried to find some way to distract herself from how both excited and nervous she was for tomorrow. She tried scratching records, but she couldn’t concentrate. She tried listening to music, but gave up after not being able to decide what to listen to. She even tried reading a book, but realized that reading got her no where. Eventually, the lunar light shone and Vinyl declared it to be bed time, even though it was only 8:30. She lied in bed, awake, trying desperately to fall asleep. Eventually, she finally drifted. The next day, Vinyl wakes up, wondering what happened to her alarm. She looks at the clock, which read 10:20. Her eyes fling open. ‘Oh no! I woke up late!’ She races out of bed and gets ready. She runs to Sugarcube Corner for a much needed sugar dose. ‘Mr.Cake! I need two chocolate donuts to go!’ Vinyl says as if getting her donuts was life or death, Startled, Mr.Cake packs her donus, Vinyl pays for them and runs out before Mr.Cake could say something. As she runs, she levitates her donuts with her horn and munches on them on her hurried way to the amphitheater. She gets there just as the other ponies do. She gets on stage and calls out to everypony. ‘Hello! Who is ready for the rehearsal?’ she says as enthusiastically as possible. However, she is met by blank expressions. ‘What is wrong?’ Rarity comes on stage, clears her throat, takes out a mirror out of her saddlebag and positions it in front of Vinyl. ‘Darling, your mane looks like a porcupine made a nest in it.’ Vinyl looks in horror at her reflection as she sees that Rarity’s analysis was pretty accurate. She realizes that she doesn’t recall brushing her mane. Rarity offers her a brush, and she fixes her first problem of the day. ‘Now that that is over, who is ready for rehearsal!?’ All the ponies gather on stage as Vinyl explains them what exactly this will happen. ‘I will call you on the stage in this order: Rarity and Trixie; Rainbow Dash and Big Macintosh; Twilight Sparkle and Zecora; Applejack and Pinkie Pie. When I do, you will enter the stage from the sides, one on each, and begin. Does everypony understand?’ Everypony nods. Vinyl goes to the edge of the stage and introduces herself to the empty seats. She then calls upon the first pair: Rarity and Trixie. The two mares finish their rap and exit the stage at each other’s sides. Next up was Rainbow Dash and Big Macintosh, Followed by Twilight Sparkle and Zecora, and finishing with Applejack and Pinkie Pie. As they all finish their raps, they all come of the center of the stage and take a bow for the invisible audience. ‘That’s a wrap! Great job everypony! Now all of you can go home and get some rest. I want to see you here half an hour before sunset!’ Everypony leaves and heads home for the time being. ‘Looking good, Vinyl! says a voice behind her. She turns and sees Octavia once again. ‘You think?’ ‘I am quite excited for sunset!’ ‘Me too!’ Vinyl says with a sigh. Chapter 4For the rest of the day, Vinyl, with help from Octavia, gets the stage ready, putting curtains, getting a microphone ready and setting up lights. Finally, it is half an hour before sunset and ponies start to take their sets. The competitors make their way back stage. Vinyl and Octavia head backstage too for a final talk. ‘Hey everypony! Well, today is the day! Good luck. And even though five out of you eight will win, every one of you are winners to me. Let’s have fun!’ Everypony “Yeah!”s in unison and Vinyl announces that the competition starts in five minutes. Rainbow Dash takes out the book with her rap in it and starts to write in it. Twilight notices this and goes over to her. ‘Rainbow Dash? What are you doing?’ asks Twilight ‘I am changing my script. There is no way that I can beat Big Mac with the old script. But I just remembered something which will guarantee my win!’ ‘Um...I don’t think that is a good idea!’ Just then, the light gets darker, indicating that the competition/performance has begun. Vinyl gets ready to begin, but her heart suddenly becomes twice as heavy as she hesitates to step beyond the curtain. Octavia notices this and swiftly makes her way to her friend’s side. ‘You are going to be fine!’ Octavia says with a warm smile and pat on the back. Vinyl gathers her courage and steps onto the main stage, where she is met by the applause of the hundreds of ponies in front of her.She takes a deep breath and begins. ‘Welcome everypony to Vinyl Scratch’s Epic Rap Battles of Ponyville! Today, we have four pairs of ponies ready to rap to the finish! And in the end, YOU decide the winner! Round 1: Rarity VS Trixie! Battle…..BEGIN! Trixie: Just back down now Or you’ll be on my plate Did you forget, I’m Trixie The Powerful and Great! I honestly think that This match is too unfair I have crazy rapping skills Which are far beyond compare! Rarity: Enough already, Trixie! I’ve heard more than I’ve seen Your rapping is so bad That it’s making my ears bleed! I would call you a show off But you’ve got nothing to show You say you do great things But like your act, it’s all faux Trixie: What are you going to do? Dress me to death? I see that you are struggling While I hardly broke a sweat Your special talent is finding gems You may think it is true But it’s nothing but a spell Any unicorn can too. Rarity: Atleast I have a talent All you have is your big mouth! And at least I know fashion Your hat and cape are so out. You’ve gone mad for power And once enslaved the town You think that you’re so great But the truth is, you’re a clown! Trixie: You look like a clown With all the make-up that you wear Spending all your useless time Just doing your hair And if you think you burnt me I didn’t hear an “ouch” Why don’t you go cry and whine On your fainting couch? Rarity: I think you will need that couch Because I am here to fight And if you think I’m in the dark You have never seen light! I have worked for months to bring out All my grace and charm What have you been working on? Oh, yes, a rock farm! As Rarity and Trixie exit the stage, a roar of applause follows them. ‘Oh my goodness! That was amazing!’ says Rarity, as excited as she is relieved that it is finally over. ‘“Humph” You did good, Rarity. Not as good as me, but not bad.’ says Trixie, trying to be complimentary, but also not. Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Twilight and Rainbow Dash all race over to Rarity. ‘Awesome job!’ says Rainbow Dash ‘It must have been hard to go first!’ says Applejack ‘You sounded so confident!’ says Twilight ‘Woo-hoo! Go Rarity!’ says Pinkie Pie Trixie clears her throat loud enough to grab the five ponies’ attention. ‘Oh..uh...you were great too, Trixie.’ says Applejack, struggling to get any words out of her mouth. The other ponies only smile and nod their heads. Rarity goes over to Trixie and holds out her hoof. Trixie shakes it. ‘Well, that was fun. May the best mare win!’ says Rarity ‘Oh, I plan to!’ Trixie responds, completely confident in herself. Octavia comes over to the group of mares. ‘Rainbow Dash, you are almost up.’ ‘Got it!’ says Rainbow as she follows Octavia to the stage. The other ponies wish her good luck, even Trixie. Rainbow stands behind the curtain, with Big Mac a distance apart. ‘Time to win this!’ ‘I hope you like that battle-’ says Vinyl to the audience, ‘-because we have three more where that came from! And now...Round 2: Rainbow Dash VS Big Macintosh! Battle...Begin! Rainbow Dash: Hey there, Big Macintosh Would you like some grapes? Oh I forgot, you don’t eat anything Unless it is apple shaped! I’m gonna win this battle So don’t bring up your hopes! I know all your next sentences: Eeyup; Nope Big Mac: I normally don’t talk But I can give this a pass Don’t think about winning This battle won’t even last Hit me with your next shot Come on, don’t feel sad Maybe the Sonic Rainboom was the only trick you had! Rainbow Dash: You know, I always hear “Applejack and Apple Bloom” I guess they forgot big brother and tossed you out like a broom We pegasi are way better Than you could ever dream to be While you’re stuck on the ground we fly over land and sea Big Mac: You call yourself loyal But your element is wrong You sided with the FlimFlams After just a silly song Don’t forget that Earth ponies Grow all of your food You call yourself a rainbow But I mostly see blue Rainbow Dash: You might be strong But I’m 20% Cooler I am totally awesome While you’re a big loser You get people to think you’re wise from your silent trance But I know your secret: You have Twilight’s Smarty Pants! Big Mac: You may look like a mare But on the inside, you’re a colt Your flying is so bad that I could be a wonderbolt! You may know my secret But I know yours too I’m gonna shout to the crowd that- Rainbow Dash: I’M GONNA KILL YOU! The crowd is silent as the spotlight is on Big Mac, now pinned to the ground by Rainbow Dash, growling at him. Vinyl, Twilight and Applejack run to help. Vinyl and Twilight lift Rainbow off Big Mac, with Rainbow still fighting to get free. She stops fighting and looks at the audience, who are in completely silent, with their mouths dropped. Rainbow Dash hangs her head and gets the two ponies drag her backstage. Applejack helps her brother up and leads him backstage. Vinyl, remembering about the audience, runs up to the mic. ‘Uh...this competition will resume after a short break’ Backstage, everypony is furious at Rainbow Dash. ‘What were you thinking!’ scolds Twilight, ‘I mean, seriously, what were you thinking! I told you it was a bad idea to change the script!’ ‘Wait-’ interrupts Applejack, ‘-You changed the script! Do you realized that you just embarrassed by brother in front of hundreds of ponies?!’ Rainbow Dash hung her head. ‘You guys are right. I guess I let winning get the better of me.’ She walks over to Big Mac. ‘Hey...um...I’m sorry. Really, for everything.’ Rainbow, not expecting him to forgive her, walks back. a throat was cleared behind her and Rainbow turns to see Big Mac holding his hoof out. Rainbow gives him a hoof-bump and exchange smiles. Zecora puts her hoof on Twilight’s shoulder. ‘Come now; Our chance is here/ Step on stage; Leave behind your fears’ Twilight nods and the two position themselves behind the curtain, ready to rap! ‘Well, that last round was...different’ Vinyl says to the audience, ‘Now, who is ready for Round 3?’ The crowd responds with a roar ‘Okay! Round 3! Twilight VS Zecora. Battle...BEGIN! Twilight: My name is Twilight Sparkle Because I light up the stage You better give up now Before you taste my rage I am the Princess of Friendship I’m an alicorn, you see Don’t think that your silly brews Can help you beat me! Zecora: You should be giving up You are wasting my time Do you dare challenge me To a battle of rhyme?! I’ve got more magic than you With nothing but my brews I’ll buck you backstage With all four of my hooves Twilight: You are one to talk While I am one to fight I can kick your tatooed flank All day and night I can hardly understand you When you talk in rhyme all day With all your witch doctor-ness I wouldn’t talk to you anyway! Zecora: I will crack your egghead And make an omlette with the yolk Come over and play With my poison joke Just because you read That doesn’t make you smart I’m half way through beating you .While you didn’t even start! Twilight: You think we would be scared Since you live in everfree But if Apple Bloom can go alone I doubt it’s so scary When I win, please don’t cry I wouldn’t want to drown! Just accept the shame and run away Back to Zebra Town! Zecora: You say that you read books But you only read the cover You also say you fly But you can only hover Get ready for the truth Because this is about to end The Princess of Friendship Only has five friends! Zecora and Twilight run backstage, Twilight looking a bit shaken. ‘You did great, Zecora!’ ‘As did you; But it is true/ On this eventful night; Only one will win the fight’ ‘I wonder who will win! Twilight and Zecora share a giggle before they are greeted by their friends. ‘Nice!’ says Rainbow Dash! ‘Though I have to admit, you could have done better on your part, Twilight!’ admits Rarity ‘I know. I just didn’t want to be too rude’ ‘Well’ starts Applejack, ‘Guess all that’s left is you and me, Pinkie Pie!’ Pinkie realizes this and is overwhelmed, ‘Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh! Applejack! We’re next!’ exclaims Pinkie, shaking Applejack until she is dizzy. ‘Okay then, we better get going!’ says Applejack, pushing Pinkie, who can no longer breathe. The other ponies wish them good luck and they position themselves behind the curtain, waiting for their que. ‘Alright, everypony. This is the last rap battle of the night! Let’s make this one to remember!’ announces Vinyl. The crowd responds with “Yeah!”s and “Aww!”s. ‘Okay...Round 4! Applejack VS Pinkie Pie! Battle...BEGIN! Pinkie Pie: Here’s a strange battle Between an apple and a pie Just say I’m gonna win this You know you cannot lie! I make people smile You make people bored With your non-existent personality No one can help but snore Applejack: I work on my farm Selling apples for my bits All you do is frolic ‘Round the town like a kid My pet is so loyal Yours tries to kill you everyday But you’re so oblivious that you couldn’t tell anyway Pinkie Pie: Apples, apples, apples That’s all you ever say! Every second of every minute Of every hour of everyday! I get it! You like apples. It’s even in your name But if I hear it one more time I’m sure I’ll go insane! Applejack: I drive you insane With only one word! What about you always yappin’ Every one you’ve ever heard! You’re so all over the place That I can’t keep track! You’re here then you’re there Then you’re gone then you’re back! Pinkie Pie: You may be my cousin But I don’t really care I’ll win this with a single strand of my pink hair I’m a super party pony And I’ll run you to the ground Go back to where you belong In the background! Applejack: We both have farms But at least mine makes sense! Who would buy a rock? I wouldn’t pay a pence! The five of us grow up But you stay the same Oh, by the way Your parties are lame! ‘WOW! That was so fun!’ eclaims Pinkie. ‘I agree. I’m glad I gave it a try.’ says Applejack. Octavia catches up to everypony. ‘Great job! All of you did fantastic! Now, all of you should stand side by side behind the curtain for the final applause’. The ponies position themselves as so and wait for their que. ‘That was the last battle of the night and ,wow, was it a good one! Let’s give a big round of applause to our competitors!’ says Vinyl. The curtains rise, revealing the ponies to the audience, who responds with cheers and screams. ‘Now, this is where the audience is most important. You, the audience, get to decide who the winners are!’ Screams and cheers flood the stage. Vinyl waits for everypony to quiet down before continuing. ‘Under your seats are voting remotes. You will vote for who wins each battle and a special prize for which two had the best rap battle. We will take a small break for the voting. Ready...VOTE!’ Chapter 5As Vinyl exits the stage, her heart beats vigorously. Before she she take in what had just happened, she is greeted by her friends. ‘That was amazing!’ exclaims Pinkie Pie, unable to contain her excitement. ‘It was a satisfying experience for sure.’ says Rarity, glaring at Trixie in the distance. ‘You must be so proud of yourself!’ says Twilight. ‘Hi everypony’ greets Fluttershy, ‘You all did great!’ ‘Thanks!’ they all say is unison. Octavia pushes herself through the group of ponies. ‘Vinyl! That was amazing! I will still never understand the appeal of raps, but the crowd loves it... and you!’ she says with pride in her eyes. ‘Thanks! I still can’t believe I did it!’ says Vinyl, taking in the atmosphere. ‘You should probably head back for the results.’ reminds Octavia Vinyl’s eyes fly wide open. ‘Oh yeah! Come on, everypony. Back to the stage!’ The contestants trot backstage Vinyl checks the result of the votes and heads to the stage. ‘Hello again, everypony!’ Vinyl is met with a roar of cheers and applause. ‘It is time to find out who won this Epic Rap Battle!’ The curtain rises and the eight ponies are revealed. ‘First off, the winner of the first rap battle between Rarity and Trixie is: Rarity!’ Rarity victoriously glares at Trixie, who ignorantly rolls her eyes away, before stepping forward. ‘The winner of the second rap battle between Big Macintosh and Rainbow Dash is: Big Mac! Rainbow was shocked, but accepted the result as Big Mac took a step forward. ‘The winner of the third rap battle between Twilight Sparkle and Zecora is: Twilight! Twilight and Zecora bumped hooves as Twilight ascended the stage. ‘And finally, the winner of the fourth rap battle between Pinkie Pie and Applejack is: Pinkie Pie!’ Applejack gave Pinkie Pie a pat on the back as Pinkie hopped forward. Vinyl presented each of the winners with a gold medal. There was an uproar as the crowd cheered and clashed about the winners. ‘Is that all the prizes?’ Vinyl mocks ‘NO!!! BEST RAP! BEST RAP!’ the crowd chants in unison. ‘Alright’ Vinyl giggles, ‘And the winner for best rap is……...Pinkie Pie and Applejack!’ Applejack is speechless as Pinkie pulls her to the front of the stage. Vinyl presents the two ponies with a trophy, with Best Rap engraved on it. ‘Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all the contestants. Most of all, thank you to all the ponies here today!’ The audience gave one final applause before vacating their seats. As the lights go off, Vinyl takes one final look at the stage where she had held her first contest. ‘You did wonderful tonight!’ says a voice behind her. Octavia walks up to Vinyl to share the view. ‘How did it feel?’ ‘Exhilarating, exhausting and unforgettable!’ Vinyl replies with a sigh. Octavia and Vinyl walk together until they part at Octavia’s house. Vinyl continues alone to her house. She crawls into bed and convinces herself that she won’t get any sleep. Within minutes, she dozes off and dreams about one of the best nights of her life. Author's Note Sorry this took so long to post. I have been busy lately. But now it it up. Hope you all enjoy!
Chapter 1Vinyl Scratch trots down Ponyville, as nervous as ever. She has all her dialogs in mind, sort of. ‘Okay...Mayor Mare, I am Vinyl Scratch and I-I want to have a competition. I was hoping that...Ohh.’ She has been planning this competition for weeks, and now is her chance to make it a reality. All she hopes for is that she doesn’t get turned down. She finally reaches Town Hall, takes a deep breathe and enters. Inside, she finds the receptionist behind a desk full of papers, stacked so high that the pony’s face is completely hidden. ‘Um...hi. I am here for my appointment with the mayor.’ The receptionist pushed the paper aside to reveal himself as a brown coated stallion with a green mane. He looks at the time and checks through a book of appointments. ‘So...you are Vinyl Scratch?’ Vinyl nods her head. The receptionist hands her a slip, ‘Please wait on the couch until the Mayor is ready for you. Vinyl sits on the couch and stares at the clock, watching each second tick by. Tic, Toc, Tic, Toc. She starts humming her favorite tune to pass the time. She starts out quiet, but as she continues to hum the song she heard so many times that she memorized every sound, she becomes sucked in. Vinyl, now also singing the lyrics and sounding the guitar solo, completely shuts out the outside world for her own personal concert, until- ‘Vinyl Scratch, Mayor Mare is ready for you.’ The receptionist calls, looking at her like she is crazy. Vinyl snaps back to reality, ‘Uh...thanks!’ she says as she walks down the hall. Her heart becomes twice as heavy as she walks to the Mayor’s office, giving herself some last minute encouragement. ‘Okay, you can do this! Just be confident, cool and firm.’ Once she enters the office, she is greeted by the Mayor. ‘Hello, you must be Vinyl Scratch. I am Mayor Mare. So...what can i help you with?’ Vinyl takes a deep breathe. ‘Hello Mayor Mare. I actually came to ask for permission to hold a competition/performance.’ Mayor Mare is intrigued by this and listens closely to Vinyl, explaining all the details and prizes. After all is explained, she thinks about it for a while. Finally she makes up her mind. ‘Okay, I’ll give you permission. It sounds like a fun idea. You can do it at the amphitheater. I’ll book you a slot. When is this going to be?’ ‘It is going to be held next week and starts at sunset.’ ‘Great! Be sure to make some posters and stick them around town. I am looking forward to this! Good luck, Vinyl.’ ‘Thank You, Mayor!’ relieved, Vinyl leaves Town Hall and runs home. Once she gets home, she grabs a sheet of paper and starts making a poster. ‘Come be in the biggest competition/performance in Ponyville-’ she reads as she writes it down on the poster, ‘-Vinyl Scratch’s Epic Rap Battles of Ponyville! Anyone wanting to sign up should come to the amphitheater tomorrow at noon. The competition will be at sunset next week, so make sure that you are there! I hope to see many competitors!’ After gazing at her masterpiece of a poster, she signs her name at the bottom. ‘Perfect!’ Vinyl immediately heads to Quills and Sofas to use their copy machine and gets 20 copies. She goes around town and starts to hang up her posters. ‘Hey, Vinyl! What are you up to?’ asks a voice behind her. Vinyl turns to see her friend, Octavia. ‘Hey! Guess what!’ ‘Um...you finally went to Mayor Mare, got permission for the competition that you were buzzing about having and now you are sticking posters everywhere in sight so that everyone in Ponyville will see them and come and/or be in the competition?’ Vinyl is shocked by how well her friend knew the situation. That was classic Octavia, always knowing what is going on. ‘Well, since you know what is going on, could you help me set up these posters around town?’ ‘“Sigh” very well. What kind of competition is it anyway?’ Octavia asks as she takes the poster to have a better look at it. ‘A rap battle? What is that?’ ‘Two contestants battle it out using raps to outdo each other!’ Vinyl explains. Octavia’s face shows that she has no idea what her friend had just explained to her. Vinyl gives up and hands Octavia a couple of posters to put up. ‘You will be there for the competition, right?’ Vinyl asks. ‘Of course! I wouldn’t miss it for the world!’ Octavia replies with a smile before leaving. Octavia prefers classical music over electronic, but she will be there for her friend. After putting up the last of her posters, Vinyl heads home to get a good night’s rest before the exciting week ahead of her.
Chapter 2Vinyl wakes up as early as possible to greet the first day of what she is sure is going to be the best week ever! She gets ready and runs out the door and to the amphitheater to wait for participants. She waits for a while and looks at her watch. ‘7:30! Ugh! I have to get my mind off this until noon.’ Vinyl decides to get a donut for breakfast at Sugarcube Corner. ‘Hello, dear’ greets Mrs.Cake, ‘What will it be?’ ‘Hi, Mrs.Cake! I’ll just have two chocolate donuts, please.’ Vinyl pays for her donuts and starts to eat them. Pinkie Pie walk over and sits in the booth across from Vinyl. ‘Hey, Vinyl! Liking those donuts?’ Pinkie asks. Vinyl nods her head in agreement. ‘You know, I made those donuts!’ Vinyl swallows the last bit of her donut and replies, ‘Really?! They are amazing, Pinkie! The best donuts I have ever tasted!’ Pinkie shines a bright smile, ‘Thanks!’ Suddenly, there was a crash that came from the kitchen. ‘Oops, gotta go. Pumpkin Cake must be trying to eat the cake dough again. See you at noon!’ Pinkie says as she runs off. ‘Wait! Does that mean you are coming to be in the competition?!’ Vinyl calls out, but Pinkie Pie was out of sight. With a sigh, she takes a walk through the town. She decides to go to the studio she makes music in and work on a beat for the rap battles. She walks in, expecting a bunch of other ponies inside, but finds it completely empty. ‘All to myself!’ she exclaims in relief to have the entire studio to herself. She goes to the record spinner and makes different potential beats. Disk after disk is spun, trying to be made the most out of. Every beat sounds beautiful in her ears. So involved in her music, she glances at her watch for a second. ‘11:55. Okay...I got time...WHAT!’ Vinyl starts to panic as she rushes out of the studio. She races to the amphitheater to find a couple ponies already waiting there. She gets on stage and gets their attention. ‘Hello, everypony! I am Vinyl Scratch. You all must be here to participate in the Rap Battle Competition.’ Vinyl looks at the group on ponies and sees Rarity, Twilight, Zecora, Applejack, Big Macintosh and Pinkie Pie. ‘Is this everypony?’ Vinyl is a bit disappointed by the small number of ponies. ‘WAIT!’ yells a pony in the far distance. Vinyl looks closer to see Rainbow Dash coming, struggling to drag something along with her. As she comes closer, it is revealed that she is dragging Fluttershy. Once they get to the amphitheater, Rainbow collapses on the ground from exhaustion. Fluttershy is frustrated with her rainbow maned friend, ‘Rainbow Dash! I told you that i didn’t want to do this! Rainbow stands up, ‘Come on, Fluttershy, can’t you atleast try?’ ‘Yeah, Fluttershy! Just give it a shot!’ Vinyl pleads. The rest of the ponies cheer her on too. ‘“Sigh” Fine, I’ll try.’ says Fluttershy. Vinyl calls everypony on stage. ‘This is how it is going to work. Each of you will write your names on a piece of paper and drop it into this bowl. Then, I will draw two names at a time to decide your partner/opponent. Let’s do that first and then i will explain the actual competition.’ Everypony writes their names and drops it into the bowl as told. Once all the names are in, Vinyl shakes the bowl using her horn and picks out two pieces of paper. ‘Our first group is: Twilight and Zecora! Next we have: Fluttershy and Rarity! Next is: Pinkie Pie and Applejack! And lastly is: Big Macintosh and Rainbow Dash. Rainbow bursts out laughing, rolling on the floor. ‘What is so funny?’ asks Twilight. ‘It-it’s just that-that i got paired up with-with him!’ she says, pointing to Big Mac. ‘And what is so funny in being paired up with my brother?’ says Applejack, trying to defend her brother. ‘Applejack, he barely says two words! How is he going to rap when he hardly talks?! This is going to be an easy win!’ says Rainbow, calming herself down. Big Mac walks towards Rainbow Dash, angry. ‘I’ll talk if I so choose to, Rainbow. Don’t you think that I’ll be so easy to win against me.’ Rainbow Dash is speechless as everypony cheers for Big Macintosh. Vinyl gets everypony’s attention again and explains the actual rules of the competition. ‘This is a rap battle, which means that you have to best each other while rapping. There will be three parts for each battle and each part has two verses. Suppose let’s take Rarity and Fluttershy. First Rarity will start with two verses, then Fluttershy will, and then Rarity, then Fluttershy, then Rarity and finally Fluttershy. Any questions?’ Rainbow Dash raises her hand. ‘Yes, Rainbow?’ Vinyl asks. ‘What are the prizes for this I want to know what I am fighting for!’ ‘I was getting to that. In this competition, you have to work both with and against your partner. The audience will be the judges and will decide the result for two prizes. One of them is the winner for each battle. That is the main prize and there will be four winners out of you eight. But there is a special prize exclusive to only two of you. It is for the team with the best rap battle. So make your rap battle exciting. Oh and one more thing: In a rap battle, you are expected to criticize each other.’ Fluttershy is shaken by this. ‘Um...Vinyl...I don’t want to criticize anypony. Can’t we just say nice things? I don’t want to hurt anypony’s feelings.’ ‘Well...you have to plan it together. It is just for the show, so you don’t have to mean anything you say. A rap battle is always more appealing with insults. Like I said, it is a performance.’ ‘Well-’ Twilight starts, ‘if no pony’s feelings are going to get hurt, I suppose it will be fine.’ Everypony agrees by nodding their heads, except for Fluttershy. ‘I’m really sorry everypony, but I don’t think I can bring myself to insult other ponies on stage, even if it is only for the show.’ Fluttershy says as runs down the stage before anypony could drag her back. And just like that, she is gone. ‘Well, this is great!’ Rarity says, ‘Now I don’t have a partner!’ ‘I’ll partner up with you!’ says a voice in the distance. They turn and see Trixie. Her attire is the same as it has always been, with her cape and magician’s hat. ‘Trixie! What are you doing here?’ asks Applejack ‘Well, The Great and Powerful Trixie was in town showing off her incredible tricks when she came across a certain poster. She was intrigued and realized that being in this would give the ponies of Ponyville another chance to witness yet another talent of the Great and Powerful Trixie!’ As Trixie continues to talk about herself, Applejack leans towards Rarity. ‘Are you sure you can handle partnering up with her?’ ‘I honestly don’t know.’ Rarity replies, then turning to Trixie, ‘Alright, Trixie. I guess we are partners/opponents.’ and then Vinyl, ‘Is there anything else you need to tell us about the competition?’ Vinyl completely forgot that she was conducting this meeting. ‘Well, Trixie, did you hear the rules or should I repeat them? ‘No, no. I’m good.’ ‘So, everyone get with your partners and start writing your scripts. I’ll be here checking on your work in case you need my help.’ The ponies split up in pairs across the stage, each planning while Vinyl walks around, checking on their work. Vinyl goes over to Pinkie Pie and Applejack. ‘This is going to be so exciting!’ Pinkie says ‘So, how are we going to do this?’ asks Applejack, not even knowing where to start. She turns to see Vinyl next to her. ‘Howdy, Vinyl! Perfect timing! I need a bit on help. You see, I have no idea where to start with this rap battle thing!’ Applejack admits. ‘Applejack, I told you, all you have to do is rhyme.’ says Pinkie, trying to get Applejack’s attention, ‘It is that easy. I would know, I have done it before!’ Vinyl is surprised by this. ‘Pinkie, you rap? ‘Well, I did make a rap to help Rainbow Dash learn more about the wonderbolts, so...yeah!’ ‘Cool! Good luck, you guys!’ says Vinyl as she leaves their company to check on the other competitors. She goes over to check on Rarity and Trixie, who seem to be arguing about something. ‘Is everything alright?’ asks Vinyl. ‘Oh...uh...not to worry, darling. Everything is fine.’ Rarity says, obviously lying, ‘Are you sure?’ ‘Yes, of course. It is not like I got paired up with the most arrogant and self-centered pony in equestria or anything’ she says, almost growling at Trixie. Trixie wasn’t bothered by it, though. Vinyl decides to leave them alone, not wanting to get involved in whatever is going on with them. Next she goes to Twilight and Zecora, who seem to be getting along quite well, a nice contrast to Rarity and Trixie. ‘Okay, first we need to make sure we have all the points we need to get across.’ Twilight says, taking a piece of paper and divides it into two sides with the pencil she is levitating. On one side, she writes “Twilight” and the other, “Zecora”. Vinyl walks up to them, ‘Hey Twilight and Zecora. How are you guys doing?’ ‘We are fine, thanks for concern/ Your use for rhyme is fun to learn!’ says Zecora with a giggle. ‘How has scriptwriting been going?’ asks Vinyl. ‘Great so far.’ responds Twilight, ‘I decided to first write down everything that we should be sure to mention, and then use Zecora’s amazing rhyming skills, make an amazing rap battle’ Vinyl is impressed with how well planned out Twilight and Zecora seem to be. That was typical Twilight. ‘With my organizing ability and Zecora’s rhyming, there is no doubt that our team will win!’ says Twilight, hoof-bumping Zecora. ‘You do realize that you are also against each other, right?’ asks Vinyl, making sure that they don’t forget the big picture. ‘We don’t forget; Do not worry/ Only one will have victory” assures Zecora Vinyl wishes them luck and decided to check on the last pair: Rainbow Dash and Big Macintosh. She finds them in a far corner. ‘How about we mention your farm?’ asks Rainbow Dash to her partner. ‘Nope.’ ‘What about something about apples? ‘Nope.’ ‘Are you even trying to win? ‘Eeyup.’ ‘How in Equestria do you plan on winning if those are the only words you are going to say?’ Big Macintosh remains silent. ‘Ugh! SAY SOMETHING!’ Big Mac simply shakes his head. Furious, Rainbow starts to shake Big Mac vigorously. She sees Vinyl walk up to her. ‘Oh, hey Vinyl. What’s up?’ greets Rainbow Dash, letting go of Big Mac, acting cool like nothing had happened. All that comes out of Vinyl’s mouth is “Um…”, not sure of how to respond after Rainbow’s outburst. ‘Go ahead, carry on.’ She manages to say, ‘Don’t let me stop you.’ She leaves them and just strolls around, watching the teams work (and argue) with each other. She looks at her watch, which shows 2:30. ‘Woah! We have been here for two and a half hours!’ Vinyl turns to the stage, ‘Okay everypony! Today’s session is over. Come back tomorrow, same time, same place!’ As Vinyl watches everypony leave, she sees Octavia below the stage, trying to get her attention. Vinyl jumps down from the stage to greet her friend. ‘Hey, Octavia!’ ‘So, how was today’s session?’ Octavia asks, hoping for a positive response. ‘It was...not what I was expecting’ Vinyl admits. The two mares walk home together. Vinyl tells Octavia about the whole session. She mentions all the competitors and how they got along with their partners. ‘I am almost afraid of Rainbow Dash right now!’ Vinyl says with a giggle, ‘But if I had to feel bad for one pony, it would be Rarity for sure. She is stuck with Trixie!’ ‘The poor mare!’ says Octavia, thinking about all the brain damage she would have if she had to pair up with Trixie. ‘So, yeah. This competition will be interesting.’ As Octavia’s house approaches, she bids Vinyl goodbye and heads inside. Vinyl makes her way home and immediately crashes down on her couch. Too exhausted to move, she stares at the ceiling, thinking about the last three hours. Once night time arrives, Vinyl heads to bed, excited for the day to come.
Chapter 3For the next few days, the pairs have been working to make their scripts as perfect as possible. As days pass, Vinyl becomes even more nervous. Eventually, it was the day before the competition, and Vinyl had an announcement to make, ‘Listen up, everypony! Tomorrow is the big day! We will meet here at the same time for a rehearsal. You all need to polish your raps for tomorrow’ ‘Why do we need a rehearsal?’ asks Rainbow Dash, ‘Isn’t it a competition? Why should we let the other pairs know what they are up against?’ ‘First of all, it is also a performance. And second, why does it matter if they see it? They are going to have planned theirs entirely by then.’ For the rest of the session, the pairs worked to polish their raps. Once time was up, Vinyl announced, ‘That’s it everypony! This was the last session before the big day! First, give yourselves a round of applause!’ Applause roared across the stage. Everypony felt proud of what they have done so far. ‘Now, tomorrow, we will all meet right here at noon for the rehearsal I mentioned. See all of you then!’ The rest of the day was a drag for Vinyl as she tried to find some way to distract herself from how both excited and nervous she was for tomorrow. She tried scratching records, but she couldn’t concentrate. She tried listening to music, but gave up after not being able to decide what to listen to. She even tried reading a book, but realized that reading got her no where. Eventually, the lunar light shone and Vinyl declared it to be bed time, even though it was only 8:30. She lied in bed, awake, trying desperately to fall asleep. Eventually, she finally drifted. The next day, Vinyl wakes up, wondering what happened to her alarm. She looks at the clock, which read 10:20. Her eyes fling open. ‘Oh no! I woke up late!’ She races out of bed and gets ready. She runs to Sugarcube Corner for a much needed sugar dose. ‘Mr.Cake! I need two chocolate donuts to go!’ Vinyl says as if getting her donuts was life or death, Startled, Mr.Cake packs her donus, Vinyl pays for them and runs out before Mr.Cake could say something. As she runs, she levitates her donuts with her horn and munches on them on her hurried way to the amphitheater. She gets there just as the other ponies do. She gets on stage and calls out to everypony. ‘Hello! Who is ready for the rehearsal?’ she says as enthusiastically as possible. However, she is met by blank expressions. ‘What is wrong?’ Rarity comes on stage, clears her throat, takes out a mirror out of her saddlebag and positions it in front of Vinyl. ‘Darling, your mane looks like a porcupine made a nest in it.’ Vinyl looks in horror at her reflection as she sees that Rarity’s analysis was pretty accurate. She realizes that she doesn’t recall brushing her mane. Rarity offers her a brush, and she fixes her first problem of the day. ‘Now that that is over, who is ready for rehearsal!?’ All the ponies gather on stage as Vinyl explains them what exactly this will happen. ‘I will call you on the stage in this order: Rarity and Trixie; Rainbow Dash and Big Macintosh; Twilight Sparkle and Zecora; Applejack and Pinkie Pie. When I do, you will enter the stage from the sides, one on each, and begin. Does everypony understand?’ Everypony nods. Vinyl goes to the edge of the stage and introduces herself to the empty seats. She then calls upon the first pair: Rarity and Trixie. The two mares finish their rap and exit the stage at each other’s sides. Next up was Rainbow Dash and Big Macintosh, Followed by Twilight Sparkle and Zecora, and finishing with Applejack and Pinkie Pie. As they all finish their raps, they all come of the center of the stage and take a bow for the invisible audience. ‘That’s a wrap! Great job everypony! Now all of you can go home and get some rest. I want to see you here half an hour before sunset!’ Everypony leaves and heads home for the time being. ‘Looking good, Vinyl! says a voice behind her. She turns and sees Octavia once again. ‘You think?’ ‘I am quite excited for sunset!’ ‘Me too!’ Vinyl says with a sigh.
Chapter 4For the rest of the day, Vinyl, with help from Octavia, gets the stage ready, putting curtains, getting a microphone ready and setting up lights. Finally, it is half an hour before sunset and ponies start to take their sets. The competitors make their way back stage. Vinyl and Octavia head backstage too for a final talk. ‘Hey everypony! Well, today is the day! Good luck. And even though five out of you eight will win, every one of you are winners to me. Let’s have fun!’ Everypony “Yeah!”s in unison and Vinyl announces that the competition starts in five minutes. Rainbow Dash takes out the book with her rap in it and starts to write in it. Twilight notices this and goes over to her. ‘Rainbow Dash? What are you doing?’ asks Twilight ‘I am changing my script. There is no way that I can beat Big Mac with the old script. But I just remembered something which will guarantee my win!’ ‘Um...I don’t think that is a good idea!’ Just then, the light gets darker, indicating that the competition/performance has begun. Vinyl gets ready to begin, but her heart suddenly becomes twice as heavy as she hesitates to step beyond the curtain. Octavia notices this and swiftly makes her way to her friend’s side. ‘You are going to be fine!’ Octavia says with a warm smile and pat on the back. Vinyl gathers her courage and steps onto the main stage, where she is met by the applause of the hundreds of ponies in front of her.She takes a deep breath and begins. ‘Welcome everypony to Vinyl Scratch’s Epic Rap Battles of Ponyville! Today, we have four pairs of ponies ready to rap to the finish! And in the end, YOU decide the winner! Round 1: Rarity VS Trixie! Battle…..BEGIN! Trixie: Just back down now Or you’ll be on my plate Did you forget, I’m Trixie The Powerful and Great! I honestly think that This match is too unfair I have crazy rapping skills Which are far beyond compare! Rarity: Enough already, Trixie! I’ve heard more than I’ve seen Your rapping is so bad That it’s making my ears bleed! I would call you a show off But you’ve got nothing to show You say you do great things But like your act, it’s all faux Trixie: What are you going to do? Dress me to death? I see that you are struggling While I hardly broke a sweat Your special talent is finding gems You may think it is true But it’s nothing but a spell Any unicorn can too. Rarity: Atleast I have a talent All you have is your big mouth! And at least I know fashion Your hat and cape are so out. You’ve gone mad for power And once enslaved the town You think that you’re so great But the truth is, you’re a clown! Trixie: You look like a clown With all the make-up that you wear Spending all your useless time Just doing your hair And if you think you burnt me I didn’t hear an “ouch” Why don’t you go cry and whine On your fainting couch? Rarity: I think you will need that couch Because I am here to fight And if you think I’m in the dark You have never seen light! I have worked for months to bring out All my grace and charm What have you been working on? Oh, yes, a rock farm! As Rarity and Trixie exit the stage, a roar of applause follows them. ‘Oh my goodness! That was amazing!’ says Rarity, as excited as she is relieved that it is finally over. ‘“Humph” You did good, Rarity. Not as good as me, but not bad.’ says Trixie, trying to be complimentary, but also not. Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Twilight and Rainbow Dash all race over to Rarity. ‘Awesome job!’ says Rainbow Dash ‘It must have been hard to go first!’ says Applejack ‘You sounded so confident!’ says Twilight ‘Woo-hoo! Go Rarity!’ says Pinkie Pie Trixie clears her throat loud enough to grab the five ponies’ attention. ‘Oh..uh...you were great too, Trixie.’ says Applejack, struggling to get any words out of her mouth. The other ponies only smile and nod their heads. Rarity goes over to Trixie and holds out her hoof. Trixie shakes it. ‘Well, that was fun. May the best mare win!’ says Rarity ‘Oh, I plan to!’ Trixie responds, completely confident in herself. Octavia comes over to the group of mares. ‘Rainbow Dash, you are almost up.’ ‘Got it!’ says Rainbow as she follows Octavia to the stage. The other ponies wish her good luck, even Trixie. Rainbow stands behind the curtain, with Big Mac a distance apart. ‘Time to win this!’ ‘I hope you like that battle-’ says Vinyl to the audience, ‘-because we have three more where that came from! And now...Round 2: Rainbow Dash VS Big Macintosh! Battle...Begin! Rainbow Dash: Hey there, Big Macintosh Would you like some grapes? Oh I forgot, you don’t eat anything Unless it is apple shaped! I’m gonna win this battle So don’t bring up your hopes! I know all your next sentences: Eeyup; Nope Big Mac: I normally don’t talk But I can give this a pass Don’t think about winning This battle won’t even last Hit me with your next shot Come on, don’t feel sad Maybe the Sonic Rainboom was the only trick you had! Rainbow Dash: You know, I always hear “Applejack and Apple Bloom” I guess they forgot big brother and tossed you out like a broom We pegasi are way better Than you could ever dream to be While you’re stuck on the ground we fly over land and sea Big Mac: You call yourself loyal But your element is wrong You sided with the FlimFlams After just a silly song Don’t forget that Earth ponies Grow all of your food You call yourself a rainbow But I mostly see blue Rainbow Dash: You might be strong But I’m 20% Cooler I am totally awesome While you’re a big loser You get people to think you’re wise from your silent trance But I know your secret: You have Twilight’s Smarty Pants! Big Mac: You may look like a mare But on the inside, you’re a colt Your flying is so bad that I could be a wonderbolt! You may know my secret But I know yours too I’m gonna shout to the crowd that- Rainbow Dash: I’M GONNA KILL YOU! The crowd is silent as the spotlight is on Big Mac, now pinned to the ground by Rainbow Dash, growling at him. Vinyl, Twilight and Applejack run to help. Vinyl and Twilight lift Rainbow off Big Mac, with Rainbow still fighting to get free. She stops fighting and looks at the audience, who are in completely silent, with their mouths dropped. Rainbow Dash hangs her head and gets the two ponies drag her backstage. Applejack helps her brother up and leads him backstage. Vinyl, remembering about the audience, runs up to the mic. ‘Uh...this competition will resume after a short break’ Backstage, everypony is furious at Rainbow Dash. ‘What were you thinking!’ scolds Twilight, ‘I mean, seriously, what were you thinking! I told you it was a bad idea to change the script!’ ‘Wait-’ interrupts Applejack, ‘-You changed the script! Do you realized that you just embarrassed by brother in front of hundreds of ponies?!’ Rainbow Dash hung her head. ‘You guys are right. I guess I let winning get the better of me.’ She walks over to Big Mac. ‘Hey...um...I’m sorry. Really, for everything.’ Rainbow, not expecting him to forgive her, walks back. a throat was cleared behind her and Rainbow turns to see Big Mac holding his hoof out. Rainbow gives him a hoof-bump and exchange smiles. Zecora puts her hoof on Twilight’s shoulder. ‘Come now; Our chance is here/ Step on stage; Leave behind your fears’ Twilight nods and the two position themselves behind the curtain, ready to rap! ‘Well, that last round was...different’ Vinyl says to the audience, ‘Now, who is ready for Round 3?’ The crowd responds with a roar ‘Okay! Round 3! Twilight VS Zecora. Battle...BEGIN! Twilight: My name is Twilight Sparkle Because I light up the stage You better give up now Before you taste my rage I am the Princess of Friendship I’m an alicorn, you see Don’t think that your silly brews Can help you beat me! Zecora: You should be giving up You are wasting my time Do you dare challenge me To a battle of rhyme?! I’ve got more magic than you With nothing but my brews I’ll buck you backstage With all four of my hooves Twilight: You are one to talk While I am one to fight I can kick your tatooed flank All day and night I can hardly understand you When you talk in rhyme all day With all your witch doctor-ness I wouldn’t talk to you anyway! Zecora: I will crack your egghead And make an omlette with the yolk Come over and play With my poison joke Just because you read That doesn’t make you smart I’m half way through beating you .While you didn’t even start! Twilight: You think we would be scared Since you live in everfree But if Apple Bloom can go alone I doubt it’s so scary When I win, please don’t cry I wouldn’t want to drown! Just accept the shame and run away Back to Zebra Town! Zecora: You say that you read books But you only read the cover You also say you fly But you can only hover Get ready for the truth Because this is about to end The Princess of Friendship Only has five friends! Zecora and Twilight run backstage, Twilight looking a bit shaken. ‘You did great, Zecora!’ ‘As did you; But it is true/ On this eventful night; Only one will win the fight’ ‘I wonder who will win! Twilight and Zecora share a giggle before they are greeted by their friends. ‘Nice!’ says Rainbow Dash! ‘Though I have to admit, you could have done better on your part, Twilight!’ admits Rarity ‘I know. I just didn’t want to be too rude’ ‘Well’ starts Applejack, ‘Guess all that’s left is you and me, Pinkie Pie!’ Pinkie realizes this and is overwhelmed, ‘Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh! Applejack! We’re next!’ exclaims Pinkie, shaking Applejack until she is dizzy. ‘Okay then, we better get going!’ says Applejack, pushing Pinkie, who can no longer breathe. The other ponies wish them good luck and they position themselves behind the curtain, waiting for their que. ‘Alright, everypony. This is the last rap battle of the night! Let’s make this one to remember!’ announces Vinyl. The crowd responds with “Yeah!”s and “Aww!”s. ‘Okay...Round 4! Applejack VS Pinkie Pie! Battle...BEGIN! Pinkie Pie: Here’s a strange battle Between an apple and a pie Just say I’m gonna win this You know you cannot lie! I make people smile You make people bored With your non-existent personality No one can help but snore Applejack: I work on my farm Selling apples for my bits All you do is frolic ‘Round the town like a kid My pet is so loyal Yours tries to kill you everyday But you’re so oblivious that you couldn’t tell anyway Pinkie Pie: Apples, apples, apples That’s all you ever say! Every second of every minute Of every hour of everyday! I get it! You like apples. It’s even in your name But if I hear it one more time I’m sure I’ll go insane! Applejack: I drive you insane With only one word! What about you always yappin’ Every one you’ve ever heard! You’re so all over the place That I can’t keep track! You’re here then you’re there Then you’re gone then you’re back! Pinkie Pie: You may be my cousin But I don’t really care I’ll win this with a single strand of my pink hair I’m a super party pony And I’ll run you to the ground Go back to where you belong In the background! Applejack: We both have farms But at least mine makes sense! Who would buy a rock? I wouldn’t pay a pence! The five of us grow up But you stay the same Oh, by the way Your parties are lame! ‘WOW! That was so fun!’ eclaims Pinkie. ‘I agree. I’m glad I gave it a try.’ says Applejack. Octavia catches up to everypony. ‘Great job! All of you did fantastic! Now, all of you should stand side by side behind the curtain for the final applause’. The ponies position themselves as so and wait for their que. ‘That was the last battle of the night and ,wow, was it a good one! Let’s give a big round of applause to our competitors!’ says Vinyl. The curtains rise, revealing the ponies to the audience, who responds with cheers and screams. ‘Now, this is where the audience is most important. You, the audience, get to decide who the winners are!’ Screams and cheers flood the stage. Vinyl waits for everypony to quiet down before continuing. ‘Under your seats are voting remotes. You will vote for who wins each battle and a special prize for which two had the best rap battle. We will take a small break for the voting. Ready...VOTE!’
Chapter 5As Vinyl exits the stage, her heart beats vigorously. Before she she take in what had just happened, she is greeted by her friends. ‘That was amazing!’ exclaims Pinkie Pie, unable to contain her excitement. ‘It was a satisfying experience for sure.’ says Rarity, glaring at Trixie in the distance. ‘You must be so proud of yourself!’ says Twilight. ‘Hi everypony’ greets Fluttershy, ‘You all did great!’ ‘Thanks!’ they all say is unison. Octavia pushes herself through the group of ponies. ‘Vinyl! That was amazing! I will still never understand the appeal of raps, but the crowd loves it... and you!’ she says with pride in her eyes. ‘Thanks! I still can’t believe I did it!’ says Vinyl, taking in the atmosphere. ‘You should probably head back for the results.’ reminds Octavia Vinyl’s eyes fly wide open. ‘Oh yeah! Come on, everypony. Back to the stage!’ The contestants trot backstage Vinyl checks the result of the votes and heads to the stage. ‘Hello again, everypony!’ Vinyl is met with a roar of cheers and applause. ‘It is time to find out who won this Epic Rap Battle!’ The curtain rises and the eight ponies are revealed. ‘First off, the winner of the first rap battle between Rarity and Trixie is: Rarity!’ Rarity victoriously glares at Trixie, who ignorantly rolls her eyes away, before stepping forward. ‘The winner of the second rap battle between Big Macintosh and Rainbow Dash is: Big Mac! Rainbow was shocked, but accepted the result as Big Mac took a step forward. ‘The winner of the third rap battle between Twilight Sparkle and Zecora is: Twilight! Twilight and Zecora bumped hooves as Twilight ascended the stage. ‘And finally, the winner of the fourth rap battle between Pinkie Pie and Applejack is: Pinkie Pie!’ Applejack gave Pinkie Pie a pat on the back as Pinkie hopped forward. Vinyl presented each of the winners with a gold medal. There was an uproar as the crowd cheered and clashed about the winners. ‘Is that all the prizes?’ Vinyl mocks ‘NO!!! BEST RAP! BEST RAP!’ the crowd chants in unison. ‘Alright’ Vinyl giggles, ‘And the winner for best rap is……...Pinkie Pie and Applejack!’ Applejack is speechless as Pinkie pulls her to the front of the stage. Vinyl presents the two ponies with a trophy, with Best Rap engraved on it. ‘Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all the contestants. Most of all, thank you to all the ponies here today!’ The audience gave one final applause before vacating their seats. As the lights go off, Vinyl takes one final look at the stage where she had held her first contest. ‘You did wonderful tonight!’ says a voice behind her. Octavia walks up to Vinyl to share the view. ‘How did it feel?’ ‘Exhilarating, exhausting and unforgettable!’ Vinyl replies with a sigh. Octavia and Vinyl walk together until they part at Octavia’s house. Vinyl continues alone to her house. She crawls into bed and convinces herself that she won’t get any sleep. Within minutes, she dozes off and dreams about one of the best nights of her life. Author's Note Sorry this took so long to post. I have been busy lately. But now it it up. Hope you all enjoy!
