Twilight Sparkle hummed happily to the tune on her car's radio as she made the ten minute drive to school.
From the moment she had woken up this morning, she knew today would be a good day. The only thing that would object was her normal bed head. She solved that problem with a few whacks from a brush and continued the morning without another obstruction.
She pulled into the parking lot of Ponyville Highscool. Over the summer the once diminutive school had been constructed into a much larger facility to compensate for the expected growth of the town's population. She parked her car in the senior parking lot. She looked at her watch and was shocked to see she still had a fair half an hour before home room began.
She decided to make the best of the situation. She pulled out her phone and sent a group message. 'Meet me in the parking lot.' Within minutes she received five agreeing replies.
After about five more minutes of nodding her head to out of date songs, twilight was faced with the low rumble of a large engine. She looked to her right just in time to see a familiar 2014 Ford Mustang pull into the spot next to her. She rolled the passenger side window down and was immediately met with a burst of loud music. The song had no lyrics and sounded distinctly like an android apocalypse. The car's owner turned down the music and turned to face twilight. "Hey twi. How's it going?"
Twilight responded shutting off her engine. "Great. How about you? I'm surprised to see you up this early."
"That makes two of us." Rainbow Dash said silencing her own engine and stepping out of the light blue car. Twilight joined her and they began to banter leaning against their respective vehicles.
They had an unlikely friendship: a bookworm and a jock. But those were common in Ponyville. For instance, Twilight's grade held two sets of oddly matched girls. A dj was nearly inseparable with a cellist and a cool and collected girl was never seen without her mess of a disorderly friend.
Twilight looked across the parking lot under the attraction of another large engine. This one belonged to a red Chevy pick up nearing 30 years old. The truck pulled into the space beside Dash's car and was forced into a slumber. The blonde driver swung open the door and hopped out. "Hey y'all. What's up?" She said with a charming smile.
"Hey AJ." Dash said turning toward the southern girl and tapping her fist with her own. The next arrival was a bike. The young girl riding the bike pulled up to the her friends and greeted them gleefully. "Hi girls. How's it going?" The teens responded warmly to their comrade. Comments about the weather and Fluttershy's pretty outfit were drowned out by another car pulling into the parking lot.
A dark blue BMW pulled in next to Twilight's car with its top down. "Hello." The purple haired girl called elegantly. "Hey rarity." Twilight said. "Now we're only missing pinkie." She said clapping her hands once.
"I thought I saw her car in town." Dash said studying the land around the parking lot. For a moment or so the five girls surveyed the area in search of their friend.
Applejack was first to spot what she did not doubt was the girl's substitute for transportation. "Guys." She with said her back to her friends. "I think I found her." The other girls turned and gasps at the sight. A huge pink parade float came crawling into the parking lot.
With two sharp beeps the float came to halt in the middle of the parking lot. "You guys!" Pinkie exclaimed exiting her makeshift vehicle. "I made a float!"
"That's great pinkie" dash called back. "But... Why?"
"Well." Pinkie began leaning on her masterpiece. "Last year I signed up to be on this year's senior planning committee. I obviously made it, but who would've thought they'd make me president. So over the summer I started working on a project for homecoming. Then I had the idea to have a parade! So I got a little ahead of myself and made this bad boy. I'm gonna show the rest if the committee, today."
The girls looked at her nodding slowly. "Anyways." Dash said dragging out the word. "What'd you call us here for, twilight?" She asked.
"I just figured we should hangout before school." Twilight replied. "It's a great day for it."
And it was. The sun was shining. Birds were singing. It was a beautiful August morning. It seemed like nothing could ruin it. Except maybe the girl around the corner whispering sternly to her henchmen. "Who are they?" She hissed angerly.
"I don't know." Said the youngest of the henchmen. She pushed her glasses up her nose and continued. "They all just showed up."
"It is a public school. And it's only like 15 minutes before home room." Said the other young girl as she straightened her posh tiara.
"She's right." Said the third companion of the fiery girl. "We'll just stay out of their way. They probably don't even know we're here." He said crossing his arms.
"They better not." The frightening girl said stepping closer to the boy. "If this goes south it's on you."
