Day one of the festival...

The student council meeting room is silent despite all the members being in attendance other than Octavia and Amore. The tea and biscuits are laid out like normal and Night Glider has her arms crossed as she is deep in thought.

"So, what is this emergency meeting for, Night Glider?" Rivet asks, seeming confused.

"Also, why are Amore and Octavia not present?" Sugar Belle adds.

Night Glider unfolds her arms and leans forward onto the table as she sighs deeply.

"I didn't inform them about the meeting... Have none of you noticed how different they are acting? Amore moved out of Octavia's room and has started bunking with Derpy Hooves... This started three days ago and neither of them are willing to talk about it." Night Glider informs the rest as they ponder her words.

"Well... Despite this, I can't fault Amore on anything to do with her reports... As the head of the music committee she is doing very well and the festival preparations are coming along smoothly." Amethyst Star states, looking down.

"I think trying to talk to Amore would be a fruitless endeavour as she hardly likes any of us..." Double Diamond states as he eats a biscuit.

"I will talk to her..." Night Glider states staring into the distance.

All the student council members look at Night Glider in surprise before Sugar Belle decides to speak.

"She hates you the most... What makes you think she would even tell you anything?" Sugar Belle asks looking concerned.

"Because... If we do nothing this will affect the whole student council, not just Octavia... I refuse to let this go on, especially during the festival." Night Glider comments as she stands up and leaves the room.

In the academy courtyard are set up multiple stalls offering an assortment of festival goods and foods. Amore and her band are running a stall selling candy floss and muffins of the same flavour.

Aqua Streak rubs her forehead. "Derpy... Explain the candy floss flavoured muffins again..?" Aqua Streak is leaning forward on their stall.

Derpy picks up a pink muffin before hopping up and down slightly. "Muffins~"

"Nuff said I think." Amore comments with a smile as she sits on a crate at the back of the stall beside the oven cooking more muffins.

The stall is fairly simple with an open front, but curtained back with a hole in the top to allow heat out from the oven. Scarlet Orange is making the candy floss, gently humming while doing so.

"This was a good idea~" Scarlet Orange states with a smile.

"We could have done something so much cooler and tons more fun than this!" Aqua Streaks complains laying her head on her crossed arms on the stall table.

"Nah, this is plenty fun. Look on the bright side, we'll get to play in front of everyone later so cheer up you grouch!" Amore states as she throws a muffin at Aqua Streak, which bounces off her head and lands in front of her.

Derpy perks up as a Griffon and pony approach the stall holding hands. The Griffon has crimson red where his white should be and silver where brown would be if compared to that of Gilda. His eyes are also a silver colour. The pony is different than normal. She has a violet coat with her mane and tail being a violet colour with pinkish streaks that reaches halfway down her back. Her eyes are an aqua blue with a pair of bat wings on her back. The Griffon wears the normal uniform while the pony wears the supernatural uniform.

"Umm... I'd like two candy floss please." The Griffon asks letting go of the pony's hand briefly.

"Sure, that'll be four bits~" Derpy states with a smile.

After the Griffon pays Derpy she hands over two of the prepared candy floss and he passes one to the pony. She takes it with glee and proceeds to eat a small chunk of it with a small squeak in happiness before the pair continues their walk hand in hand.

The entire band have their mouths dropped and can hardly believe their ears.

"Did you see that..?" Amore asks.

"I think I just nearly had an adorableness heart attack..." Aqua Streak comments.

"Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuutttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!" Derpy squeaks in excitement as she flaps her wings and does a small running on the spot dance.

"I think she is a bat pony... The ears and eyes are kinda how to tell, also from her uniform, she is a vampire most likely." Scarlet Orange states as she makes some more candy floss, blushing brightly.

"You don't say... I wonder if they are all that dangerous when they are being adorable... Anyway, I'm gonna go for a walk." Amore stands up and leaves the stall, heading for the academy main building.

"Is she still not talking about what happened?" Aqua Streak prompts to Scarlet Orange and Derpy who both shake their heads in worry and she sighs deeply.

Amore leans on the railing of the academy rooftop as she looks out over the festival, which seems to be going very well. Down at her and the girls' stall, she can see many more customers buying muffins and candy floss which makes her smile.

"Going well, isn't it..." A voice states from behind Amour making her roll her eyes and turn around.

"What do you want, Night Glider?" Amore asks the student council vice president who stands before her.

"You and I need to talk, now..." Night Glider states not changing her serious expression.

Amore scoffs and goes to leave the rooftop before a dagger hits the door, narrowly missing her head.

"I'm fucking serious you stupid child! You and I will be talking and it's happening right fucking now! Don't blow me off like I'm some common attack dog for Octavia... I'm your student council vice president you little shit! Whatever happened between you and Octavia is none of our business... But when something affects the performance of the student council as a whole and our beloved president... Then it becomes our fucking business!" Night Glider rants flicking out her rapier similar in design to Octavia's.

Amore turns around and goes to speak before her silver case is thrown at her, leaving Night Glider's hand slightly steaming and burning.

"Don't even try to talk... You don't understand talking, so we're going to fight... There is no way to escape this one... I don't care if you don't feel like it, I don't care if you think I'm just Octavia's little bitch! I'm not vice president for no fucking reason and you're about to learn why... So pick up your sword and let it talk for you!" Night Glider explains stretching slightly and readying her rapier in a battle position.

Amore opens her case and retrieves her longsword before throwing her case to the side. Not allowing her to get ready Night Glider lunges at Amore making her narrowly dodge with a roll to the right. Amore gets to her feet, but shortly after she is assaulted by a quick flurry of slashes and lunge attacks keeping her in a blocking stance.

"Thousand needles of sincere judgement!" Night Glider suddenly shouts before her rapier glows and Amore is sent flying across the rooftop on her back.

Amore recovers in the form of a back flip and flexes her wrist briefly. Night Glider decides to charge for the third time, but Amore doesn't hold back and smashes her sword into her rapier using a baseball bat like motion. The blocked impact sends Night Glider sliding backwards, to which Amore tries to follow up with some of her own attacks.

"Get serious red strip! You are stronger than this!" Night Glider yells as she Spartan kicks Amore directly in the stomach catching her by surprise and sending her rolling across the floor again.

When Amore stops she is in a downward kneeling position and coughs up blood onto the floor. Suddenly Amore is kicked in the chin by Night Gliders hoof and flipped over onto her back. She is then straddled and tries to stab Night Glider, but both swords are thrown to the side and Night Glider grabs Amore's collar as she proceeds to punch Amore over and over in the face left and right.

"Why... Won't... You... Fight... Me... Seriously?!" Night Glider asks between punches that seem to get softer and weaker as they go on.

Eventually, Night Glider stops and grips Amore's collar tightly as she grits her teeth making Amore confused.

"Why won't you go vampire... why do you not fight me seriously? I want to see those aquamarine eyes turn blood red... What the fuck is going on between you and Octy that it has her like this..?" Night Glider begins and starts to lightly cry, her mane covering her face.

"I..." Amore begins, but is punched by Night Glider.

"Shut up! For once in your fucking life, just fucking listen to someone!" Night Glider pleads as she whimpers.

Amore stays silent and awaits what the vice president has to say watching her with uncertain eyes.

"You managed to tie with her when you first arrived here... Something not even I could do, even though I made it to vice president. I never lasted more than five minutes again the president yet you come along and tie with her even making her go all out just to get that result... When you were enrolled here I hoped your room was undecided so I could offer mine... Such a damn coincidence you had to be Vinyl Scratch's daughter, Octavia had no way to lose that one... Did she?" Night Glider continues, loosening her grip on Amore's blazer collar.

Night Glider looks up into the sky revealing her face and the tears streaming down her cheeks.

"I wanted to try for you... Even if you bunked with her how hard could that be? Kinda hard when you spent every waking and sleeping moment in her presence... Then she started feeding off you the second day. I will never match up to Octy... I stopped trying, I got pissed off at you and her... I felt robbed of a chance with you..." Night Glider chuckles and shakes her head.

"What's stopping you now..? You know we broke up and everything..." Amore comments awaiting the punch she figured she'd get for speaking.

Night Glider sighs deeply and looks down at Amore. "I can't... No matter how much I might want to, I have no chance..."

Night Glider leans down and gently kisses Amour on the lips before getting up and straightening her uniform. She then walks over to her rapier and sheathes it on her belt.

"I guess that explains why you're always so pissy with me... Look, Night Glider..." Amore begins, but is cut off by Night Glider.

"Don't... I expect a rematch so that you know... If you want to say sorry, help me spar. Nobody here other than Octavia is strong enough to be my partner... However, from how you fought just now... I don't even know if you are worthy of being my sparring partner. Also... Even if you asked I would decline you at this point..." Night Glider begins to walk towards the rooftop exit.

"What makes you want to decline?!" Amore asks lifting herself up and rubbing her jaw.

Night Glider stops for a second and takes a deep breath before smiling to herself. "You belong with her... Anyone with eyes and a brain can see that." Night Glider comments as she leaves the rooftop.

Amore walks over to her sword and picks it up before sitting down next to the rail and leaning against it.

"Tavi..." Amore whispers to herself as she stares up at the clouds, one of which looks like a bat symbol.

Derpy enters her dorm room and looks around taking note of the mess on Amore's side of the room compared to the left side which is her's.

"Aqua said maybe she went back to the room, but..." Derpy looks around and sighs deeply before noticing that the bathroom door is open slightly and Amore's clothes are scattered on her bed.

Taking caution, Derpy knocks a little on the door, upon hearing no answer she enters the bathroom and looks around for Amore. The bathroom is fairly steamed up and the floor looks slightly wet. Derpy looks at the bathtub, which is filled to the brim and decides to inspect it. Walking up to the bathtub she can see Amore is naked and fully submerged in the water. Not seeing any movement and unsure how long she has been submerged Derpy panics and dives into the bathtub to start pulling Amore out.

"Come on! Why must you be so heavy damn it?!" Derpy complains as she hauls Amore out of the bathtub and onto the floor, spilling a great deal of water.

Derpy checks Amore to find she isn't breathing or has a pulse. Thinking fast she begins chest compressions and giving Amore mouth to mouth. After several panicked seconds of medical attention, Amore coughs up water and regains consciousness making her open her eyes. Derpy backs off and leans against the wall taking deep breaths.

"Amore... What the bucking hell was that?! I nearly had a panic attack from this shit!" Derpy shouts at Amore, who is still getting her bearings.

"H-hey... Derpy..." Amore weakly states staring in Derpy's direction.

"What the in the name of Celestia were you thinking? What possessed you to even remotely come up with this solution!" Derpy begins to rant looking extremely upset at Amore.

"Would you... Believe me... If I said I... Fell asleep while thinking?" Amore asks sheepishly.

"Not in the slightest! Please tell me what's going on..." Derpy pleads to the wet and heavy breathing Amore.

"Octavia and I broke up three days ago... Well, I broke up with her... Things became complicated after we met someone and I don't know what's what anymore... The one amazing thing I find in my life and it turns out to be false-" Amore begins, but is cut off by Derpy.

"You're wrong! I don't know what happened between you and her, but... I know Octavia and she would never commit to you like she has if her feelings were false... I don't have a head for complicated things... But I know both of you are beyond happy when together..." Derpy states looking sad.

"I can't promise anything, Derpy... If it'll make you happy I will think about everything, but I can't promise you anything." Amore says staring at the ceiling.

"I'll get you something to wear, we're performing soon in the afternoon. Will you be okay for it?" Derpy asks standing up before helping Amore get up and moves her to the bed she is sleeping in for now.

Derpy lays a towel on the bed and lets Amore sit down while she shifts through the clothes she brought with her. Derpy finds some underwear and a fresh uniform that Amore can put on. Laying them beside her on the bed she silently leaves Amore to get dressed as she thinks.

The trio that is Amore's band mates are setting up their instruments while Amore herself is admiring how quickly Rivet and his construction club crew were able to set up and alter the stage to her bands requirements. The assembly hall itself is the same as you'd see in any high school anime where you see them having introduction ceremonies and such. The stage had extra lighting on the structure to allow several colour changes throughout the performance. Large custom made sub woofers were set up on either side of the stage which had Vinyl's symbol on the side, no doubt a gift from her mother. Scarlet Orange finished setting up her drum set and went about practising, Derpy and Aqua Streak did the same with their bass guitar and normal guitar. Rivet walks over to Amore and folds his arms, taking a deep breath before speaking.

"Are the modifications to your liking?" Rivet asks, looking at Amore who is staring up at the sunset sky from the ceiling skyline that's a circle.

"They are perfect, Rivet, thank you." Amore states with a light smile.

"Amore is actually thanking me for something." Rivet remarks.

"Meh, don't get used to it." Amore comments as she nudges Rivets shoulder in a playful manner.

"The show'll start soon, I look forward to it. Your band is quite the talk of Valentine's, best band they have had there in a while. Good luck for this performance." Rivet states before leaving.

Amore notices ponies in student council uniforms are leading other ponies into the assembly hall and over to the stage. The hall has various food and drink tables set up to provide free nourishment for the students and visiting races who support the academies cause. On the left wall, farthest to the back near the archway entrance Amore can see Octavia leaning against the wall, still having a clear view of the stage.

Amore feels a knot in her stomach and her blood runs cold at seeing the mare she, up until three days ago, was so close with. Suddenly she feels a hand on her shoulder and she turns slightly to see Derpy.

"You wanna call it off for this evening?" Derpy asks looking concerned

Amore shakes her head and takes a few deep breaths. "I'm fine... We said we would handle the music for the festival. As the music club, we have a promise to fulfil." Amore states with a smile.

"We should just do what we always do, have a shit ton of fun and rock the house out!" Aqua Streak exclaims with a fist pump in the air.

"I agree with Aqua, we shouldn't do anything different because certain things have changed... What's essential is that we do what Aqua said and have fun." Scarlet Orange smiles.

"Then let's do just that and turn up the volume." Amore states as she takes the microphone stand.

Amore looks out at the mass crowd that came to the festival and she smiles widely feeling a little more comfortable.

"Wassup Armonia! I don't know if there are any patrons of Valentine's in here this evening, but I'm sure you will give us a shout out?!" Amore asks looking hopeful.

A section of multiple races give a few eager cheers and whistles.

"That's what I like to see! Happy you fellows could make it! Now for those who don't know, I am AMR-3 and my band will provide your entertainment for this evening, compliments of the music committee! We hope you all enjoy yourselves!" Amore finishes before giving an eager smile to her band mates, her attitude and demeanour entirely changed.

Scarlet Orange and Aqua Streak start the song before Derpy joins them with her guitar. Amore provides the vocals.

I wake up every evening
With a big smile on my face
And it never feels out of place.
And you're still probably working
At a nine to five pace
I wonder how bad that tastes

When you see my face
I hope it gives you hell, I hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
I hope it gives you hell, I hope it gives you hell

Now where's your picket fence love?
And where's that shiny car?
Did it ever get you far?
You never seem so tense, love
I never seen you fall so hard
Do you know where you are?

And truth be told I miss you
And truth be told I'm lying

When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell, Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell, Hope it gives you hell
If you find a man that's worth the damn and treats you well
(Treats you well)
Then he's a fool you're just as well hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell

Derpy starts playing a rift on her guitar with great enthusiasm before Amore continues singing.

Tomorrow you'll be thinking to yourself
Yeah. Where did it all go wrong?
But the list goes on and on

And truth be told I miss you
And truth be told I'm lying

When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell, Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell, Hope it gives you hell
If you find a man that's worth the damn and treats you well
(Treats you well)
Then he's a fool you're just as well hope it gives you hell

Now you'll never see
What you've done to me
You can take back your memories
They're no good to me
And here's all your lies
You can look me in the eyes
With the sad, sad look
That you wear so well

When you see my face
I hope it gives you hell, I hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
I hope it gives you hell, I hope it gives you hell
If you find a man that's worth the damn and treats you well
(Treats you well)
Then he's a fool you're just as well hope it gives you hell

When you see my face
I hope it gives you hell, I hope it gives you hell
(hope it gives you hell)
When you walk my way
I hope it gives you hell, I hope it gives you hell
(hope it gives you hell)
When you hear this song and you sing along well you'll never tell
(you'll never tell)
Then you're the fool I've just as well I hope it gives you hell
(gives you hell)
When you hear this song I hope that it will give you hell
(give you hell)
You can sing along I hope that he will treat you well

Amore's band finishes playing with her doing an intense fist pump into the air and the resounding applause of the audience ringing in their ears. Amore can see Octavia in the background also clapping at her performance and looking directly at her. Amore wants to avert eye contact, but feels she can't so she simply smiles. Now pumped with adrenaline the band settle into play another two songs along with background music for the gathered masses of the festival. Opposite Octavia leaning against the wall of the other assembly hall entrance is Valentine, drinking a flask of whisky and looking at the stage with a slight frown. Glancing over at Octavia he sighs and rubs the back of his head. 'Guess I've got more work to do...' Valentine states internally as he disappears out of the archway entrance.

Author's Note

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Drama galore, confessions and suicide attempt! Gotta love it. There will be just as much drama in the next two chapters during the festival and I pray you continue to love the direction I'm taking this train. Also, I'd like to say now that I picked the glee version because it suited my need for a female voice and that it was in a source film maker PMV video of the song. Don't dislike or hate the chapter just because of that please! Stay tuned for so much more.