Argument Stoppage, Apologies, Accusations and Resentment

Some time after the Dazzlings started up the song "Welcome to the Show", Sunset Shimmer looks up above to see the negative energy the Rainbooms are giving the Dazzlings thanks to their arguing. Realizing that the negative energy was what the Dazzlings were wanting, she had to do something about it, and fast!

"Stop! You have to stop!" Sunset Shimmer yells, and this stops the Rainbooms from continuing their arguing any further. By this point, the Rainbooms no longer emitted a green mist that had been feeding the Dazzlings their negative energy. "This is what they've been after all along! They're feeding off of the magic inside you!" she next exclaims.

"How can they be using our magic? It's the magic of friendship," Applejack confusingly asks.

Sunset then explains to the Rainbooms, "I'm sorry to say this to you, but I need to point out that you are not being good friends to each other right now because you've been letting little things get to your head ever since the day you formed this band. I never said anything because I didn't feel like it was my place. Not when I'm so new to this whole "friendship" thing. I still have a lot to learn. But I do know that if you don't work out even the smallest problems right at the start, the magic of friendship can be turned into something else." The Rainbooms then feel guilty about what they did, realizing that they shouldn't have treated each other the way they did.

With a hint of realization, Twilight Sparkle says "I can't believe all this tension was happening right under my nose and I didn't realize it. I'm supposed to be the one with all the answers. And all I've done since I got here is let you down."

"I don't think anyone is supposed to have all the answers. But you can count on your friends to help you find them." Sunset Shimmer reassures. The Rainbooms smiled at this statement. Thank goodness Sunset Shimmer stopped their foolish bickering, otherwise history would've been made for the wrong reasons as explained in my author's note below.

"Sunset, we're sorry for what we did," Rainbow Dash admitted sadly.

"Our behaviors toward each other today were just awful," Rarity shamefully said.

"We'd all been too thick headed to realize our folly of bein' enemies to each other," Applejack added.

"We shouldn't have been arguing with each other like that,"  Fluttershy confessed.

"We should've been happy and smiling instead of getting angry with each other like we did. What we need to say to you is...." Pinkie Pie lamented.

"We're sorry!" all five of the Rainbooms announced to Sunset and Twilight. The Rainbooms then embraced each other indicating that they had made up.

"Now that's better and I forgive you," Sunset said to the Rainbooms. "What do you think, Twilight? Do you forgive them as well?", Sunset asks Twilight.

Twilight thinks about it for a little while, but she got angry all of a sudden as she turns her gaze to the Rainbooms. This is not the reaction the Rainbooms expected.

Twilight then snapped and said, “You’re sorry? You’re sorry? ALL of you should be sorry for what you did, especially you, Rainbow Dash!”

“Geez, Twilight! Calm down! I’m sure that I’ve learned my lesson by now,” Rainbow said.

“NO! YOU HAVE FAILED TO LEARN YOUR LESSON AFTER WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO THE RAINBOOMS!!” Twilight bitterly said. “How could you call yourself the “Element of Loyalty” when all you did was hog the spotlight and abandon your friends? As a matter of fact, I think that you do NOT deserve the Element of Loyalty AT ALL! Sorry, but I’m telling it like it is, you sad excuse for a friend!”

“Twilight, stop it! This isn’t like you at all!! Don’t you see? You’re doing exactly what the Dazzlings wanted by taking your anger out on the Rainbooms, so I suggest you calm down and be happy that they made up and got the band back together,” Sunset dictated.

“Oh yeah? Well, do you know what I think? I THINK THAT THE SO-CALLED “RAINBOOMS” HAVE NOT LEARNED A SINGLE DARN THING AT ALL THIS WHOLE TIME DURING OUR BATTLE OF THE BANDS, AND THAT’S BECAUSE ALL THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IS FIGHTING AND ARGUING WITH EACH OTHER!!”, Twilight resented.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa! Calm down, Twilight! I cannot believe that you would say such horrible things like that! However, I do have to admit one thing; you were right to yell at us because our behaviors today were just despicable, especially when I was being such a fussy fool who got carried away with my costume obsession. I guess we were not being good friends to each other after all, were we?”, Rarity told Twilight.

“NO, YOU WERE NOT! In fact, I need to have a VERY serious discussion with you, Rarity (or should I say “Miss Vanity”)! I thought that you were supposed to focus on the music and how the band was performing, but NO! You had to just go and let your vanity, selfishness and obsession with the costumes get the better of you! Do you want to know why? It's because you were so fussy about the costumes that you forgot the very reason why you formed the band in the first place! You do need to realize that you've gone off the deep end because the Rainbooms are a band and most certainly NOT a fashion show!! SOME ELEMENT OF GENEROSITY YOU ARE, MISS VANITY!!!!”, Twilight raged.

Applejack then cautioned Twilight, “Whoa nelly! Hold your horses there, Twilight! I know I did yell at Rarity for actin’ like a disgrace to the band with her obsession with the costumes, but please don’t take your anger out on me.”

Unfortunately, Twilight's rants continued on as she angrily hissed, “YES! I WILL TAKE MY ANGER OUT ON YOU, APPLEJACK!! Now, I know you may be an honest pony, but look in the mirror: you are as stubborn as a mule! Do you want to know why? Technically, it's because you were the one trying to start an argument! As a result, I will have to pin the blame on you, Rarity AND Rainbow Dash for your actions that caused the Rainbooms to fall apart the way they did!”

“Twilight, please! Stop your anger and calm down!”, Fluttershy ordered, “We now know that what we did is wrong.”

“NO! I WILL NOT CALM DOWN! I’m still feeling resentment toward the Rainbooms for their behavior. In fact, I’m holding a grudge toward Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack!”, Twilight bellowed. However, she then calmed herself down for a bit to say, “I know you wanted the Rainbooms to play our songs, but you shouldn’t get mad all because of that “egotistical maniac” who rejected it,” Twilight roared

Rainbow then retorted, “What did you just say? Did you just call me an “egotistical maniac”?”

Twilight then responded in anger “YES, I DID! Well, guess what? If it wasn’t for your egotistical showboating, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED!!!”

Pinkie Pie then tried to intervene by saying “Twilight, will you stop your angry rant? I want the Rainbooms to have fun!”

“Well, Pinkie? Do you know what I have to say about that? What I am going to say is that you and the Rainbooms will NOT be having any fun at all because I’m resenting ALL OF YOU for what you have done!! In fact, how can you call yourselves good friends, when YOU REALLY ARE THE WORST FRIENDS I HAVE EVER MET IN MY WHOLE LIFE? Now if you’ll excuse me, I am holding a grudge against all of you and you can forget about getting the Rainbooms back together for the Battle of the Bands! In fact, if I were any of you, I wouldn’t even come near me at all! You all have a lot to think about right now because as of this very moment, OUR FRIENDSHIPS ARE OFFICIALLY OVER! GOODBYE AND GOOD RIDDANCE, UN-FRIENDS!! I HOPE I NEVER SEE ANY OF YOU EVER AGAIN!!!!” Twilight Sparkle accused to her now-former friends, before turning to Sunset, announcing "Sunset, I'm sorry but my friendships with the Rainbooms are OVER! I never want to see them ever again!" Twilight then storms off in a huff as she screams in frustration and runs away from the Rainbooms to sit in the corner.

Sunset Shimmer and the Rainbooms, or should I say ex-Rainbooms, gasped at this. “Whoa! That was quite the display of anger we saw from Twilight, and I must say that I am very disappointed in you for arguing with each other the way you did. How could you? How could you treat each other like that? I thought you had learned your lessons, but I guess Twilight told me otherwise.”

“Gee, Sunset Shimmer. After the way Twilight yelled at us, our ears are damaged right now. We’re sorry for arguing with each other, and for making her mad because of our behaviors today,” Rarity apologized.

“Sunset, let me tell you the story about why we were behavin' like rotten apples durin' the battle of the bands. The reasons why we were arguin' in the first place was because Rainbow Dash failed to control her ego and I thought Rarity's vanity was just too much for me to take, especially when I told her that it was a band, NOT a fashion show. However, it’s my fault too because of my stubborn pride that has torn our friendships apart. Not to mention the fact that when I tried to cool down the Rainbooms’ anger and keep our friendships together, I actually had the intent to wind up starting the arguments. Why had I done that? It was because I thought it was something everyone wanted to hear. As a matter of fact, I was complaining about something no one else took issue with, and without saying "Does anyone else see the point of dressin' up fancy?" or "Did you ever realize you're not the only member of the band?". Let’s face it; it’s all our fault, especially Rainbow’s, Rarity's and mine. I guess Twilight was right to chew us out the way she did, huh?” Applejack told Sunset.

Sunset Shimmer then got angry at the Rainbooms and said, “Yes! I think you really did deserve to get chewed out by my friend Twilight because this experience with the Battle of the Bands has taught you nothing at all! I hope you’re happy. All of you. Thanks to your arguing, you’ve ruined the Battle of the Bands for us! The squabbling, the ego, the vanity, the stubborn pride, the negative attitudes... I mean, is there anything else that could possibly go wrong?”

Just then, by sheer coincidence, the door opens (now unlocked) to reveal Vinyl Scratch and Spike the Talking Dog, who have angry looks on their faces.

“Yay! The door’s open now, and I see Spike and Vinyl!”, shouts an excited Pinkie Pie

Spike growled at the Rainbooms and said, "You should be ashamed! You should all be ashamed of yourselves!"

Meanwhile, Vinyl gives the Rainbooms a thumbs-down expression.

The Rainbooms gasped in shock. It was bad enough that Twilight gave them a tongue-lashing, but Spike the Talking Dog and Vinyl Scratch getting mad at the Rainbooms would just make it worse.

Rarity then cried, "But Vinyl and Spike! We are truly sorry for what we did! Can you forgive us?"

"What do you think Vinyl, do you think we should forgive them?", asked Spike

Vinyl then gave a thumbs-up expression to indicate that they're forgiven.

"Well, it's settled then. You all are forgiven," Spike announced, and then added "Oh and by the way, I had to get someone who was not affected by the sirens' spell in order to get you out of this trap."

“What about the battle of the bands?”, Rainbow Dash pondered.

“Not a chance, Rainbow. I told you to forget about it because I'm still holding a grudge against you for what you did,” Twilight angrily replied.

Rainbow Dash then admitted, “Well, I guess you’re right. Unfortunately, I'm afraid we'll have to shut down the Rainbooms for the time being, until we can get you to become our friend again.”

Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie agree sadly.

"Come on! Let's get out of here!", Pinkie Pie yelled. The Rainbooms, Twilight and Sunset run out of the ampitheater storage room.

Meanwhile, The Dazzlings sing up on the stage. They are still absorbing the negative energy that the Rainbooms emitted a while ago, and this was shortly before they gained their anthro forms:

Ah-ha, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah. Ah-ha, ah-ah-ah,

ah-ah-ah. Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Welcome to the show

Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah

We're here to let you know

Our time is now

Your time is running out

"Hey girls, look! I see the Rainbooms, Sunset and Twilight running outside...", said Sonata, having interrupted their song.

"...and judging by Twilight's face, I think she looks mad. I guess she must've gotten sour at the Rainbooms for the way they acted," Adagio continued.

"Well, speak of the devil: here she is," Aria pointed out.

"That's right! I'm the one who yelled at the Rainbooms for their bad behavior. I even broke up my friendships with them!" Twilight said.

"So, you're still holding some resentment against the Rainbooms, eh?", Adagio asked.

"Yes! I don't want to be friends with them anymore! Not after what they did!", yelled Twilight

"Well, I guess the Rainbooms are likely to fall apart again without you and we can feed on more of their negative energy than we've imagined," Adagio said with an evil smirk on her face.

"We'll see about that, Adagio!" Twilight retorted, with a competitive smile on her face.