It was about a good five minutes before you spoke up, but as you tried it felt as if you had a frog in it. You quickly turned and ran, sure a talking dog was cool but also extremely weird and frightening. You did a quick turn and walked away, as you did you heard the weird girl call out for you.

Though you didn't turn back, if she had a talking dog with her she bound to be weird. Or at least somewhat of a magician then again the only magician you knew was Trixie, she was a bit of a bitch, but at least she was nice from time to time. You had no idea who Twilight was affiliated with or even nice or hell even sane.

As you left the hallway you looked behind you before running into someone.

"Owwww damn! What was that for?" Turning you spotted Applejack, a fairly nice and decent girl with an Apple farm a few miles away.

"H-huh oh sorry about that AJ, I was distracted by something on my mind. So hey you okay, need anything?" You asked curiously smiling as you helped her up.

"Hey wait up!" The girl from before shouts as she finally catches up, her smile was a bit of putting as it was wide and frightening.

"Pinkie asked if you were going to help with decorations in the gym, hey you sure you're okay? Ya look scared." She mentions tilting her head as you nodded before looking down to see the girl's dog look at you, his bark startled you as you hid behind AJ.

"The dog of hers can talk, and before you say anything. No I'm not crazy I saw him talk and before you add that I was hallucinating, I wasn't I'm pretty well good and all." AJ looks at you with a simple deadpan look before looking at the puppy and smiling.

"So you're the talking dog, speak boy." The dog simply growls and barks making you sigh as AJ giggles and pats your head.

"Maybe you should go and get checked up on Red Heart, trust me you'll probably feel a lot better after a check up." You stayed silent as AJ began pushing you towards the nurse's office, but before she could continue. You ran towards the gym shouting that you were fine.

The two equestrians looked at one another sighing as they began walking.

"Twilight, if we don't get his help and we don't get the crown back. We are up a creek without a paddle." Spike mentions as Twilight nods.

"I know, but he won't talk to us. Not since you spooked him so much, look we need to at least get close enough to where he won't get freaked out. At least tell him a bit of why we're here other then looking for the element." Spike happily nods as Twilight continues on towards the gym.

Later...

"Cmon Dante go and see Redheart, its not like a check up will kill you. Or that talking dog in your head."

"I'm fine AJ, I was just imagining things that's all. I'll be all fit and done when we get to decorating this damn gym." She sighs and nods.

"Just don't get yerself in more trouble then it's worth, ah'd hate for ya ta get some kind of mental trouble." AJ informs as she punches your shoulder making you nod as you walked away from her.

"Hey you! I'm so glad you're here! I've been actually trying to see things over the gym decorations and I wanted to ask what did you think about do you like it?!" Pinkie asks as she begins showing every corner of the gym including the closet which was pretty festive.

"Pretty awesome Pinks, ya seem to have everything checked off. I'm kinda surprise we're decorating a few days in advance." Pinkie giggles and nods.

"Yeah I know! But when we're super early it means we have time to do other things!" She mentions with a giggle.

"You got that right Pinks. Anything I can help with?" You asked

"Hmmm no nothing much, you could help throw streamers in the air. It's really fun." She mentions as she goes over to a box and proceeds to throw a few streamers along with confetti, but just as she was to approach you unknown to her a roll of streamers had gotten near her foot. With a quick mind you caught her as she had the confetti stuck to her hair.

In all honesty this was the first time you saw a girl in well, an attractive sight. You usually tried ignoring girls and just continue on with your school day like normal, but see Pinkie in such a giggling beauty made you feel warm inside. As you helped her up she didn't say a word and just looked at you in complete silence.

"Little help." You heard someone say, releasing Pinkie's hand you looked towards the gym's open doors to see Big Macintosh struggling with a few crates of cider, running over to him you carried two crates. You had no idea how Big Mac could've held so many crates, as the cider in your arms was already heavy and began slowing you down a bit.

"Thanks Dante, guess I carried way too much. Just put them on the table over there." You nodded and walked over to the plastic folded table near the stage. You looked towards Pinkie who looked back at you with an embarrassed blush to her cheeks, she was cute when she had a dark shade of pink on her cheeks.

"Pinkie's give ya some looks. I bet she's into ya." Big Mac taunted making you shake your head and punch his shoulder.

"Cmon that's Pinkie, a girl who could barely handle being well sane for a few minutes. I'm sure she's just being like that to tease me."

"Ah've seen Pinkie tease, and that isn't her usual teasing. Ah mean she's blushin' and only glancin' at you. Take a look." You subtilely looked past Big Mac to see Pinkie tossing confetti in the air while she gave you side way looks.

"I guess she's into me, b-but that's not really something I need. I'm pretty sure I'll just mess it up." Big Mac laughs and nods.

"Just try to not mess yourself up." He mentions as he walks away, but as he did the same girl you spotted in the hallway entered the gym. Scanning the room she spotted you and walked up to you, it frightened you for a second but you couldn't very run away. Considering the only exit was past the girl who was now near you.

"I'm so glad I've found you, look I know you're freaked out about Spike and him talk, but you have to listen to me. It's extremely important that you do."

"Look girl, I don't who you are, or what you want with me. So as far as I'm concerned I don't have to do anything for you." You try walking past her only for her to tug on your arm as she stops you.

"Dante, I'm not messing around! I need your help, the ponies in Equestria are counting on you to bring peace and harmony back to my world. For celestia's sake I have no idea what to do in this world and I have difficulty doing the most simplest things you consider mundane. So please, please I'm begging you, help me." The girl says with a pleading look as you sighed and looked at her once more.

"My policy about the people at school and helping them sure does give me weird requests. Alright look, I'm gonna try my best to help you with whatever you have. Even though I think you're an escaped mental patient you're someone with a request. And I can't refuse." She hugs you and cries on your shoulder and as she does her puppy barks from her backpack almost as if he was saying praise.

"Now tell me, your name and what exactly are you looking for? I mean I need some info on what I'm helping somebody with." You inform as she lets go and sipes her eyes.

"My name is Twilight Sparkle, I need to get the crown from Sunset, I know I can't steal the crown. And if I don't win the crown from Sunset she'll continue to rule the school with a iron fist."

"Whoa, that's a big request. Something like that won't be easy, it'll be almost impossible. Well without the top party marker around."

"Nothing worth doing is ever easy, maybe Pinkie Pie could help us. So is she around?"

"Yup! I'm here! So whatcha need?" Pinkie asks her usual perky self once more showing.

"Oh Pinkie I'm so glad to see you, Dante told me if I want to take down Sunset I'd need your help." Pinkie giggles and shrugs.

"Well I'm not one hundred percent sure we could take her down, buuuut we could try! Now all you need to do is sign up for the Fall Formal popularity contest, I guess you already have your first vote right here." Pinkie grabs your shoulders giggling as she does, smiling you nodded and looked towards Twilight.

"All we gotta do is sign you up, and you're in the running. Pinks where's the sign up sheet?" You asked

"Oh Raiden took it, he said that a crazy girl was trying to pass Sunset's winning record and he needed the sign up sheet as soon as possible."

"Shit! This is bad, we gotta hurry Twi." Taking her hand you ran past the gym's double doors and through the halls.

Later...

"Wait! What's wrong with Raiden taking the sign up sheet to the office? Isn't that where it's suppose to go."

"You'd think so, yes, but Raiden probably thinks he's protecting you from Sunset's wrath and mostly likely won't let you sign up. We gotta get it back before he does, if he gives it to my mom well you can forget about getting your crown back. Well unless you wanna mug Sunset."

"We aren't doing that." She says glaring at you as you two continue running through the hall.

"Your call Princess." You mention as you finally spot Raiden. "There's the little runt." Letting go of Twilight's hand you ran forward and quickly slid on your knees passing by Raiden as you grabbed the clipboard from him and stopping just mere inches away from the office.

Twilight finally catching up she smiles as you handed her the clipboard.

"No! Dante, don't you remember? You forgot of what she's capable of, she could use whatever she has on Eris on you, or…hurt Rarity." He mentions with a slight blush. "It's too risky, she's won, we lost we can't beat her." He mentions with a defeated look.

"And so what, look I'm tired of being her whipping boy. If she wins somehow we'll rid her influence and we'll finally restore order back in school. Don't you wanna feel good coming to school every morning?"

"I'd love to feel that feeling again." He looks back to Twilight with a small frown. "Are you sure you can do it? Do you really think you can beat her?"

"With Dante's help and some persuasion I'm sure." She says with confidence.

"Do it, just…save this school from her." He says sighing as Twilight signs her name smiling at you as you gave her nod.

"One more thing, you're from another world right?" You asked

"Yes."

"Well you don't have a place to stay?" You asked

"Unfortunately no, as far as I'm concerned I was hoping I'd be provided a room." You chuckled and rubbed the back of your head and began to think. Smiling you snapped your fingers and looked at her.

"While you're here you can sleep in my room."

"Don't you think that'll be inappropriate Dante, you just met this girl." You shake your head.

"No, if she's telling the truth and nothing but the truth then she must've have at least been close to me and you."

"Oh of course! During our first year in Ponyville me and Dante were roommates in Golden Oaks Library. He was there to protect me if anything went wrong, Princess Celestia called him the Harmony protector. He was always there to help us with anything we needed, and of course he was there to protect all of us when we needed it of course." Hearing Twilight gush was plenty reason for you to trust her, she'd never steer you wrong or so you hoped.

"You say you know us, if that's true then tell us about us in your world. What do we accomplish." Raiden mentions crossing his arms.

"Well Dante is Prince of Equestria, but that's a given. He has an arranged marriage with a zebrica princess named Helena, she's his first friend in the world and usually spent time with her when he was lonely. Dante also has a really loyal maid named Dew Drop, she always called him Master and does her best to please him. There's a lot of things to go over from Canterlot, but I'll sum it up. He has a childhood friend named Aleksandr Sherbet, till recently we found out he was a changeling hiding amongst ponies, but he turned on his own kind to protect him and his girl friend Soot. Eris is also his best friend she sorta appeared one day when Discord was released and they're basically roommates in the Friendship Castle, then there's Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie, Dante's girlfriends. Those two really love him, Dante and Fluttershy confessed their feelings during the Gala and Pinkie Pie during a wedding when Princess Cadence, my foalsitter and his older cousin/sister married my brother Shining Armor. From there you could say things calmed down, well that was before Tirek almost killed him for trying to fight back. But in the nick of time my friends and I got our magic back and fought back. Around this time you doubted yourself as a protector and thought you failed, but you knew that you could always protect us even if you were good with swords. You didn't have the magic to do it, then Celestia gave you a pair of gauntlets that were your dad's King Sombra and that's it so far. You have dark magic and living pretty great with all of us as friends and with your girlfriends." Twilight finished your story with a smile as you were dumbfounded, you did all that in her world. Yet in this world all you're worried about is talking to others.

"That's quite the story Twilight, I think I need a bit to handle this." You stood back as your back hit the wall.

"Oh oh do me!" Raiden shouts with a smile.

"Well you're next in line for the throne, after Dante of course. You were pretty entangled with a lot of things in Canterlot, you have three best friends, Midnight Ash, Flora Shine, and Morning Sun. All of them were pretty happy they're you're friend. Your life is pretty normal with stuff in Canterlot being exactly the way you think, well there was this one time where you and Screwball single handedly defended yourself against a horde of changelings. You're pretty brave Raiden, trust me." She says smiling as Raiden smiles and cheers.

All in all things were looking up and hope they'd continue like that.

Next Day...

With a day at school come and gone you and Twilight were ready to make your marks on the students of Canterlot High, sure it would be difficult but like Twilight mentioned before nothing worth doing is ever easy.

"Look we need to cement yourself as a potential runner, you being new here not a lot of people are gonna notice or even care for you, that goes double when it comes to announcing your presence as a potential queen. As far as things go the only leaders you're influencing is me and Eris's group of misfits. The fashionistas, the Rockers, the Jocks, and finally the Environmentalists."

"Well how exactly are we going to garner their attention? We have attain it somehow." Twilight mentions as she looks at you with a slight frown.

"Well there's always Vinyl, we get her on our side she uses her awesome beats to get more students on our side. Think of it as political campaign, we won't slander Sunset's name that's been already done." You mumble. "But one problem with Vinyl is that she's incredibly hard to garner her attention, she might be cool with everyone but even talking to her would be prove to be a challenge."

"And whys that?"

"Well Vinyl isn't known to be all that social, instead of isolating herself like I do around others. She welcomes everyone she just likes listening to her music in her own little world." She laughs and nods.

"Well you must be good with girls right? I mean you must've had a lot of girls circling to be your alpha mare."

"Uh no not really, I mean girls are easy to speak to, but I don't get involved with girls all that often. I'm pretty sure it's fear or some type of rejection."

"Well I need her support so please, try to get her on our side." Twilight says with a smile.

"I dunno, Twi. What if I'm not good enough?" You asked

"Not with that attitude you won't." Raiden mentions as he approaches you two with a cardboard box. "Save the 'why are you here, and shouldn't be here'. The moment I let Twilight sign in to the competition it turns into my problem." Removing a vinyl record from the box, he passes it over to you and begins spraying you with some oddly great smelling cologne. "What I'm spreading is Vinyl favorite cologne, and what you're holding is one of her favorite EDM tracks, her free time is usually around 12:00, 2:00, and 4:00, used that to approach her and show her the vinyl record and that'll get her to pay attention to you." Twilight smiles and looks at Raiden with surprise.

"What? I did some research too."

"Not to mention he has the combinations to everyone's lockers." You say with a deadpan look

"Lets not go into semantics, ok? She needs votes and nothing gets it faster than upbeat music team 'vote for me' Vinyl is the girl, and Dante is the man who can convince her, while you go talk with her. Twilight and I will pay a visit to Rarity she can work on a dress for her to address the student council. Take Twilight's puppy with you."

"Great the talking dog." You mention sighing.

"I'm more then a talking dog!" Spike whispers back to you.

"Look puppies are perfect ice breakers, he's your ticket in. Though if you insist on not talking, then we'll let Spike do the talking." Taking Twilight's hand, he begins taking her towards the home ec room. "Let's hurry, Rarity's home period is almost over and we need her to make a dress for you."

"Let's go pal, no room for failure."

"Yeah I hope you're at least as good as the equestrian version of yourself." Spike says sighing.

Elsewhere...

"Okay Twilight if you want votes you will need the leaders of the different circles of school to be on your side." Raiden mentions as he begins explaining names of each person. "Photo Finish, the leader of fashionista circle, knows what's good and bad around the fashion industry, ya know what's in and what's so last season. Brad, Rocker's leader and former best friend of Dante's those two really inseparable when they were kids, I think after middle school those two went their separate ways. Point Dexter, Intellectuals leader, basically one of the smartest student in Canterlot High little nerdy but has a good heart. And finally Rainbow Dash the leader of the jocks she has a bit of an ego and usually boasts on how good she is in playing ball."

"I hope this Rarity is the same as in my Equestria, if she can't help then nobody can." Twilight mentions sighing.

"If she's not, she's even better!" The two enter the room and see Rarity hard at work, her focus solely on her task. "Hello Rarity, your admirer came to say hi again."

"Oh and who's that dear? That shy cousin of yours?" Rarity asks with a giggle as she concentrates on a dress.

"Nope it's Twilight the girl that knows us all, came here with a request for you."

"Oh and what's that?" She turns and gives her a smile.

"I need your help going against Sunset Shimmer, and the only way I could do that is garner support from the different groups around school, Dante's dealing with Vinyl to get a bigger draw from others in school but I need your help in moral superiority." Twilight explains smiling

"And image adviser." Raiden mentions as Twilight begins walking on to a step podium letting Rarity begin taking measurements. "Okay Twilight if you are going to appeal as queen you need a dress that is daring, friendly, and is not afraid to be a bit flirty…oh like this one!" Raiden takes the exact copy of Rarity's current dress. "This is screaming, look at me, I'm powerful and beautiful hmmm?"

"It's flattering but having two dresses of the same style? Oh that'll never work amongst the students of school." She mentions shaking her head.

"Okay we'll keep working, Rarity can we count on your help to bring Sunset down?" He asks

"Well we aren't exactly that powerful of a group to take down a girl like her. I mean even if Vinyl agrees to help Dante, the very few students who are on our side won't compete against the large amount of students on Sunset's side." Rarity explains

"Oh Rarity, you sweet gorgeous, goddess, Rarity…" Raiden gets lost in thought for a second before reacting. "What was I saying? oh yes, oh Rarity, that's why I'm here, I'm going to make Twilight gets more votes from all other leaders of the circle that might even included Pinkie, and before you say something I know you and her are…enemies. But she's the lesser of 2 evils, like you said we'll need her help if we want to stand a chance." He mentions with a smile.

"Oh the pink omen would surely bring down our campaign but if you insist I'll tolerate her for only this one chance." Raiden surprises her with a hug, as Rarity hugged back smiling at his sweet sensitivity.

"Oh thank you, thank you Rarity you are the best…marry me." Rarity mumbles.

"Hmmm what was that?" She asks

"Nothing!" He says with a smile.

Elsewhere...

"There she is, now how do I get remotely close to her? There's gotta be a way right?" You whispered to Spike.

"Why don't you just approach her? Back in Equestria you're Casanova to a lot of mares. So maybe this'll be easy."

"But I'm not that Dante, I'm the one from earth. Cmon give me some advice." Spike sighs before nodding.

"All you have to do is approach her, spark up a conversation. Maybe use that record player near her, my god that's one modern looking record player." He mentions as you nodded and continued walking forward, walking near Vinyl you removed the record from its sleeve and placed it in. Placing the needle down, the music played through the stereo. The music was pretty good nothing you could complain about. Then again EDM was new musical styling to you.

From inside your backpack you heard Spike whisper.

"Alright now, we play the waiting game. Won't take long anyway look." You looked towards Vinyl who removed her headphones as they wrapped around her neck.

Once to her feet Vinyl looked around the room before smiling and walking towards you and swiping the vinyl cover her eyes widen as she removed her sunglasses.

"Holy crap! Where did ya get this hella mix?" She asks

"Uh I got it from a friend, she didn't like the music. She thought it was classical music and pretty much mixed the two." Vinyl nods as she walks over to the record player and begins to turn up the music to almost max. The music was intense and almost made you want to dance, then again EDM was always like that. It was suppose to make you feel good and dance till you dropped.

"You seem to like the music, any reason as to why?"

"Cmon bro? You don't know them, they're the Jaeger Twins! A goddamn god send to the music industry, way better then that poppy bullshit on the radio. And even better then the classical music people at school like. How the hell did you even get a copy? They only sell them in Germany, and even then shipping and finding a copy costs hundreds even thousands of dollars."

"Well, I got it from a friend. He travels the world send it to me as a Christmas present, I guess he forgot I don't have a record player back home." Total lie, you did have one in your room. But it was modernized with a built in radio and dials to turn the volume up or change stations. Your father who was divorced from your mother sent it to you as a Christmas present, the same person who sent you the record thinking you'd listen to it.

"Man! You're one lucky bastard, if I could I'd just lay in here in the music room and just tone everyone out." This was your opportunity, you smiled and walked beside her as you sat down near her.

"Well why don't we just listen? I mean me and you will probably get detention for skipping our next period might as well go out with a bang." Vinyl smirks and nods, getting up from the floor she runs over to her DJ set and connected it to the stage lights built in the music room as the several colored lights brightened up. Running to the door, she locked the door and turned off the light. There was styrofoam covering the walls as it was pretty much silent in the room aside from the music.

"Cmon dude. We're gonna party like we never partied before! Rip off the damn knob and dance like a bunch of jackasses." You chuckled as she helped you putting down your bag and letting Spike out you began your first step into getting Vinyl to be on your side.

Author's Note

Not my most popular story, but the one I have the most fun writing next to writing for Dawn's story