Color Four: The Friendship Gamesby Pastel ColorChaptersStop Disturbing the ClassAcaDecaTri Cross RelayI Demand a PartStop Disturbing the ClassPastel was in class, whizzing through the test like it was nothing. Finally, time was up. They all handed in their tests, and sat down in their seats. The teacher started droning on about some information about history that would not benefit anyone today unless they liked it. Then Pastel heard a sound. It sounded like singing. Singing. Singing. In the hallway. Pastel head desked. The teacher rubbed her forehead in annoyance because all the students were looking out the door at Twilight singing. "Fleur, can you please go shut the blinds on the door." Fleur got up and pulled down the blinds. They couldn't see the purple person, but they heard her. In every class my grade's the best, the highest score on every test. Yeah, right. The bell rang. There was an abnormally long break at this time of day. Pastel met up with Kitten Feather in the main hall. Unfortunately, this was not the best choice, because Twilight was on her way to the principal's office. Still singing. A rule at Crystal Prep Academy was that you must always look at Twilight with a scowl every time you see her, so Pastel and Kitten both made annoyed faces as Twilight passed. She was obviously hurt, because she flinched under the stare of Pastel's angry eyes. They only dream of winning, look at me like something's wrong... Pastel shouted, "We aren't looking at you for no reason. Can you not tell that you are singing about your insecurities out in a school hallway? Of course people are going to think that you are weird!" Obviously Twilight didn't hear the multicolored-hair girl, because she went over to the staircase, singing her silly song. Pastel rolled her eyes. Kitten looked at the singing purple person with a cynical face. "You have to admit that you're weird." She had never said that to someone in her life. Right before they had to get on the bus, Pastel and Sugarcoat spoke in light tones. "So how did you get a part in these games?" Sugarcoat asked. Pastel put one hand on her hip."It's kind of a long story. Basically, I told Principal Cinch that she would-" She made quotes with her fingers. "Improve her school's reputation if we could be in a version of the movie. So basically, I had to persuade Cinch." Sugarcoat folded her arms with a smirk and nodded. "That doesn't seem like a very hard thing to do. You just have to talk about keeping a reputation, or improving a reputation, or her Crystal preputation." She also made finger quotes as she said each example. Pastel looked over at the Crystal Prep buses. "Seems like this is where I have to get on. I can catch up with you in a little bit." The two girls high zeroed each other, and Sugarcoat rubbed her numb hand for a moment after before she waved with a corner of her mouth curled into a smile. Pastel sat in the back of the bus, as usual. Deep down, she was jumping around like Lemon Zest after going to one of those buffets that did ice cream. (Lemon did that once. It was not pretty.) However, she was effectively hiding her enthusiasm with a perfect poker face. Pretty soon, Cracker Curl skipped down the isle with her curly hair blowing lightly behind her. She plopped down in the seat next to Pastel. "I don't get this school. Seriously, I don't understand why the students here are so uptight all the time. I mean really, have some fun for-" She was cut off by Pastel's face. "Is this school rubbing off on you?" she asked. Pastel shook her head wildly and snapped out of her poker face. "No, I'm actually pumped for the Games, but I thought I would just fit in better if I didn't show much enthusiasm. But of course, I can show it around you." Cracker nodded. "Thank goodness Twilight isn't taking this bus. Can you imagine it? Did you hear her singing in the hall earlier?" Pastel felt guilty, realization dawning on her. Sugarcoat was on the same bus as Twilight. She cleared her throat. "It would be hard to hear any more singing from Twilight. I just feel weird because Sugarcoat is taking the same bus as her..." The sound of hands hitting faces echoed through the bus as half the students facepalmed. AcaDecaFinally, the Color Four got to the dreaded school Canterlot High School. This place was the lair of the Mane Six, their most hated rivals. Pastel reluctantly stepped off the purple bus and checked in with the others. Then she got to the gym at the Welcome Crystal Prep party. The creature Twilight Sparkle scurried around with her little pill container magic glowing device thingy. Then she came to her hated enemies, the Mane Six. They were blabbering along about whatever dumb stuff Mane Ponies blabber about. When Sour Sweet crushed her cup and made it represent Flash Sentry, Pastel applauded her very loud. Flash glared at her, but she just waved him off. Stupid Canterlot High. Everyone's concentration was broken when a loud scream rang out across the gym. "STUPID ACADEMY OF CRYSTAL PREPARATION!" A second later, a very furious Sunset Shimmer stormed into the room. Candy Cloud threw her full cup of punch on her. A split second later, everyone was laughing at the soaked girl in the middle of the room. Sunset blushed and ran out, and Candy and Sunny Flare high fived without looking at each other. Then, a nightmare happened. Music turned on, a disco ball came out of the ceiling, confetti blew everywhere. All the drinks were ruined. People started doing the chicken dance, while some sat and watched. Pastel sat on a chair, shaking her head. "Those mane six are really stupid," she said out loud to nobody in particular. Finally, Cinch stopped the music with a loud burst of microphone feedback. "That was a bad way of welcoming my school. Now, we all know that you two schools cannot hang around with each other and be friends. So, we probably know who is going to win the Frrrriendship Games. It is inevitably going to be Crrrrystal Prep, because we have a rrrrrreputation. Now, go get ready for the games tomorrow." The next day, it was nearly time for the first event of the Friendship Games, the Academic Decathlon, or the AcaDeca. This was where Pastel always really shone. She was overly intelligent in the school subjects, perhaps even more so than Twilight herself. She. Was. Ready. To. Do. This. Dean Cadance spoke over the intercom about the AcaDeca. "Welcome to the Academic Decathalon, where you will compete in every aspect of the CHS curriculum, and we will do an elimination equation finale. Good luck!" First up was baking. Pastel was lucky enough to be paired with Candy Cloud. Candy was a whiz for baking cakes, and Pastel was amazing at decorating them. Candy made her favorite super moist grape cake recipe. Then the artist alicorn got to work decorating the cake with dark colors and perfect lines. They got second place, however, because Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy managed to bake the Mona Lisa inside the cake. That may have been a loss, but they would not stop. The Wondercolts had to pose for a cheering thing. It was time for the woodworking carpentry whatever you call it part of the AcaDeca. Pastel got paired with Crackercurl, the fashionable one. They gave each other a quick high zero. Fashionista plus artist equaled great birdhouse. However, Pastel had to do much of the constructing because they had picked an intricate and complex design with three different holes. They painted it together, giving it a shiny look with shades and complimentary colors. They tied with Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap for first in that round. The Color Four got together in the group. "You've got nothing on us, na, na, na, na, na, na! Let's go, Shadowbolts!" They had to do their turn in the cheering thing that would go in the yearbooks. The pressure was on. It was time for the spelling bee. The one part where all but two would get eliminated. On he Wondercolt side was the Mane Six, and on the Shadowbolt side was Sour Sweet, Sugarcoat, Sunny Flare, Lemon Zest, Twilight, and Pastel Color. Pastel was the second to last to get eliminated. She misspelled the word theriomorphic. Pff how did she not get that? Take it up, to the top, cause we know we can win! Maybe you, should just stop cause we've seen you give in! It was up to Twilight Sparkle now. Pastel chanted along with all her classmates. "Can she do it? Will she make it? Who will win it? Who will take it? Can she do it? Who will take it? Did she win it? Did she make it? Who's the winner? Who's the reject? How did she answer?" Cinch pointed at Sunset and said, "Incorrect." That moment, Pastel felt relief from the stress of maybe not winning the AcaDeca for the first time. Pastel was in the top six. She stood up on the stage with her teammates. The audience clapped slowly. Indigo Zap screamed in rage and stomped out. "Now, Pastel," Principal Cinch said, "normally I would not allow you to be in the next round. But we are doing your version of the movie, so you may prrrrroceed. Tri Cross RelayPrincipal Cinch addressed her students about what parts of the relay they would do. "Pastel Color and Sugarcoat will handle the motocross," she said. Sugarcoat nodded understandingly. "Lemon Zest and Sunny Flare have requested, the, um, roller skating stuff." Lemon and Sunny high fived. "Since archery is a requirement for some reason, you should all be able to do it. Twilight and Sour Sweet will handle it." Sour bounced up behind her. "Well, that's marvelous, if you want to lose the second we start." Sour Sweet expertly went right through the thing and hit three arrows on the target. That brought Twilight through, but Twilight failed to hit the target. From her bike, Pastel could see Candy, Cracker, and Kitten face palming. Beside her, Sugarcoat stood up. "You're really bad at this!" she yelled. Long story short, Appleyuck helped Twilight and got her magic sucked out, and then Sunny and Lemon could finally get going. No one noticed that Twilight's device fell, and it unleashed plant monsters. Pastel groaned. If only it were anyone but Twilight... Sunny and Lemon finished their lap right behind the cheating Pinkie Pie, who got pushed ahead. The green light dinged, and Sunset, Rainbow Dash, Sugarcoat, and Pastel got going. However, they were soon stopped by a giant plant monster. The wondercolts managed to get past the monster, but Sunset fell. However, Pastel and Sugarcoat both got grabbed by the plant monster. Pastel narrowed her eyes. "Fantastic." Rainbow Dash saved Sunset Shimmer from getting eaten, but she didn't bother even coming near the Shadowbolts, if anything, she blew a bit of dust in Sugarcoat's face. Sugarcoat raged. "Why, you little..." She tried to grab Dash before she rode away, but tripped because the vine was holding her leg. The Shadowbolts would lose the relay because of the stupid vegetables. Pastel yelled, "Hey, kids! Here is another reason to HATE VEGETABLES!" I Demand a PartAuthor's Note This particular chapter is very short because not much of the plot of the story would fit into the prologue. There are more chapters though. I Demand a Part Pastel stormed up to Principal Cinch. She crossed her arms and said, "So I heard that we don't get a part in the Friendship Games?" Principal Cinch looked down at her face. "No, you do not get a part in the games. If we have OCs in the film, then everyone will try to get theirs in the next one, and it would completely mess up out rrrreputation." She put her face back in the magazine. Pastel thought. "Well, we can have two versions of the movie. The ugh one where the stupid mane six and CHS win that you are going to release, and the one where Crystal Prep wins and we are in it." Principal Cinch smirked as she heard it. "And it will be the thing that actually happens, but the one we will release will be acting. Way to improve our rrrreputation!" Cinch gave Pastel's idea a thumbs up and turned back to reading the magazine. As Pastel came back into the room where her three friends were sitting, she pumped her fist in the air. "Yes! Everypo I mean body, we are gonna get a part in a version of the Friendship Games! It will not be released to the world, but it will be what actually happens. And we are going to be part of it." Kitten high fived her. "I knew you could do it. See, what did I tell you? The staff here are almost as credulous as the dean from eight grade. You know, the one who believed everything anyone said against others, unless that student was denying an insult?" She laughed. Pastel smirked and nodded. "Yeah. You do not need to bring up those memories. Middle school, ugh. but the important thing is, we are going to be in the freaking Friendship Games. How cool is that?"
Stop Disturbing the ClassPastel was in class, whizzing through the test like it was nothing. Finally, time was up. They all handed in their tests, and sat down in their seats. The teacher started droning on about some information about history that would not benefit anyone today unless they liked it. Then Pastel heard a sound. It sounded like singing. Singing. Singing. In the hallway. Pastel head desked. The teacher rubbed her forehead in annoyance because all the students were looking out the door at Twilight singing. "Fleur, can you please go shut the blinds on the door." Fleur got up and pulled down the blinds. They couldn't see the purple person, but they heard her. In every class my grade's the best, the highest score on every test. Yeah, right. The bell rang. There was an abnormally long break at this time of day. Pastel met up with Kitten Feather in the main hall. Unfortunately, this was not the best choice, because Twilight was on her way to the principal's office. Still singing. A rule at Crystal Prep Academy was that you must always look at Twilight with a scowl every time you see her, so Pastel and Kitten both made annoyed faces as Twilight passed. She was obviously hurt, because she flinched under the stare of Pastel's angry eyes. They only dream of winning, look at me like something's wrong... Pastel shouted, "We aren't looking at you for no reason. Can you not tell that you are singing about your insecurities out in a school hallway? Of course people are going to think that you are weird!" Obviously Twilight didn't hear the multicolored-hair girl, because she went over to the staircase, singing her silly song. Pastel rolled her eyes. Kitten looked at the singing purple person with a cynical face. "You have to admit that you're weird." She had never said that to someone in her life. Right before they had to get on the bus, Pastel and Sugarcoat spoke in light tones. "So how did you get a part in these games?" Sugarcoat asked. Pastel put one hand on her hip."It's kind of a long story. Basically, I told Principal Cinch that she would-" She made quotes with her fingers. "Improve her school's reputation if we could be in a version of the movie. So basically, I had to persuade Cinch." Sugarcoat folded her arms with a smirk and nodded. "That doesn't seem like a very hard thing to do. You just have to talk about keeping a reputation, or improving a reputation, or her Crystal preputation." She also made finger quotes as she said each example. Pastel looked over at the Crystal Prep buses. "Seems like this is where I have to get on. I can catch up with you in a little bit." The two girls high zeroed each other, and Sugarcoat rubbed her numb hand for a moment after before she waved with a corner of her mouth curled into a smile. Pastel sat in the back of the bus, as usual. Deep down, she was jumping around like Lemon Zest after going to one of those buffets that did ice cream. (Lemon did that once. It was not pretty.) However, she was effectively hiding her enthusiasm with a perfect poker face. Pretty soon, Cracker Curl skipped down the isle with her curly hair blowing lightly behind her. She plopped down in the seat next to Pastel. "I don't get this school. Seriously, I don't understand why the students here are so uptight all the time. I mean really, have some fun for-" She was cut off by Pastel's face. "Is this school rubbing off on you?" she asked. Pastel shook her head wildly and snapped out of her poker face. "No, I'm actually pumped for the Games, but I thought I would just fit in better if I didn't show much enthusiasm. But of course, I can show it around you." Cracker nodded. "Thank goodness Twilight isn't taking this bus. Can you imagine it? Did you hear her singing in the hall earlier?" Pastel felt guilty, realization dawning on her. Sugarcoat was on the same bus as Twilight. She cleared her throat. "It would be hard to hear any more singing from Twilight. I just feel weird because Sugarcoat is taking the same bus as her..." The sound of hands hitting faces echoed through the bus as half the students facepalmed.
AcaDecaFinally, the Color Four got to the dreaded school Canterlot High School. This place was the lair of the Mane Six, their most hated rivals. Pastel reluctantly stepped off the purple bus and checked in with the others. Then she got to the gym at the Welcome Crystal Prep party. The creature Twilight Sparkle scurried around with her little pill container magic glowing device thingy. Then she came to her hated enemies, the Mane Six. They were blabbering along about whatever dumb stuff Mane Ponies blabber about. When Sour Sweet crushed her cup and made it represent Flash Sentry, Pastel applauded her very loud. Flash glared at her, but she just waved him off. Stupid Canterlot High. Everyone's concentration was broken when a loud scream rang out across the gym. "STUPID ACADEMY OF CRYSTAL PREPARATION!" A second later, a very furious Sunset Shimmer stormed into the room. Candy Cloud threw her full cup of punch on her. A split second later, everyone was laughing at the soaked girl in the middle of the room. Sunset blushed and ran out, and Candy and Sunny Flare high fived without looking at each other. Then, a nightmare happened. Music turned on, a disco ball came out of the ceiling, confetti blew everywhere. All the drinks were ruined. People started doing the chicken dance, while some sat and watched. Pastel sat on a chair, shaking her head. "Those mane six are really stupid," she said out loud to nobody in particular. Finally, Cinch stopped the music with a loud burst of microphone feedback. "That was a bad way of welcoming my school. Now, we all know that you two schools cannot hang around with each other and be friends. So, we probably know who is going to win the Frrrriendship Games. It is inevitably going to be Crrrrystal Prep, because we have a rrrrrreputation. Now, go get ready for the games tomorrow." The next day, it was nearly time for the first event of the Friendship Games, the Academic Decathlon, or the AcaDeca. This was where Pastel always really shone. She was overly intelligent in the school subjects, perhaps even more so than Twilight herself. She. Was. Ready. To. Do. This. Dean Cadance spoke over the intercom about the AcaDeca. "Welcome to the Academic Decathalon, where you will compete in every aspect of the CHS curriculum, and we will do an elimination equation finale. Good luck!" First up was baking. Pastel was lucky enough to be paired with Candy Cloud. Candy was a whiz for baking cakes, and Pastel was amazing at decorating them. Candy made her favorite super moist grape cake recipe. Then the artist alicorn got to work decorating the cake with dark colors and perfect lines. They got second place, however, because Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy managed to bake the Mona Lisa inside the cake. That may have been a loss, but they would not stop. The Wondercolts had to pose for a cheering thing. It was time for the woodworking carpentry whatever you call it part of the AcaDeca. Pastel got paired with Crackercurl, the fashionable one. They gave each other a quick high zero. Fashionista plus artist equaled great birdhouse. However, Pastel had to do much of the constructing because they had picked an intricate and complex design with three different holes. They painted it together, giving it a shiny look with shades and complimentary colors. They tied with Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap for first in that round. The Color Four got together in the group. "You've got nothing on us, na, na, na, na, na, na! Let's go, Shadowbolts!" They had to do their turn in the cheering thing that would go in the yearbooks. The pressure was on. It was time for the spelling bee. The one part where all but two would get eliminated. On he Wondercolt side was the Mane Six, and on the Shadowbolt side was Sour Sweet, Sugarcoat, Sunny Flare, Lemon Zest, Twilight, and Pastel Color. Pastel was the second to last to get eliminated. She misspelled the word theriomorphic. Pff how did she not get that? Take it up, to the top, cause we know we can win! Maybe you, should just stop cause we've seen you give in! It was up to Twilight Sparkle now. Pastel chanted along with all her classmates. "Can she do it? Will she make it? Who will win it? Who will take it? Can she do it? Who will take it? Did she win it? Did she make it? Who's the winner? Who's the reject? How did she answer?" Cinch pointed at Sunset and said, "Incorrect." That moment, Pastel felt relief from the stress of maybe not winning the AcaDeca for the first time. Pastel was in the top six. She stood up on the stage with her teammates. The audience clapped slowly. Indigo Zap screamed in rage and stomped out. "Now, Pastel," Principal Cinch said, "normally I would not allow you to be in the next round. But we are doing your version of the movie, so you may prrrrroceed.
Tri Cross RelayPrincipal Cinch addressed her students about what parts of the relay they would do. "Pastel Color and Sugarcoat will handle the motocross," she said. Sugarcoat nodded understandingly. "Lemon Zest and Sunny Flare have requested, the, um, roller skating stuff." Lemon and Sunny high fived. "Since archery is a requirement for some reason, you should all be able to do it. Twilight and Sour Sweet will handle it." Sour bounced up behind her. "Well, that's marvelous, if you want to lose the second we start." Sour Sweet expertly went right through the thing and hit three arrows on the target. That brought Twilight through, but Twilight failed to hit the target. From her bike, Pastel could see Candy, Cracker, and Kitten face palming. Beside her, Sugarcoat stood up. "You're really bad at this!" she yelled. Long story short, Appleyuck helped Twilight and got her magic sucked out, and then Sunny and Lemon could finally get going. No one noticed that Twilight's device fell, and it unleashed plant monsters. Pastel groaned. If only it were anyone but Twilight... Sunny and Lemon finished their lap right behind the cheating Pinkie Pie, who got pushed ahead. The green light dinged, and Sunset, Rainbow Dash, Sugarcoat, and Pastel got going. However, they were soon stopped by a giant plant monster. The wondercolts managed to get past the monster, but Sunset fell. However, Pastel and Sugarcoat both got grabbed by the plant monster. Pastel narrowed her eyes. "Fantastic." Rainbow Dash saved Sunset Shimmer from getting eaten, but she didn't bother even coming near the Shadowbolts, if anything, she blew a bit of dust in Sugarcoat's face. Sugarcoat raged. "Why, you little..." She tried to grab Dash before she rode away, but tripped because the vine was holding her leg. The Shadowbolts would lose the relay because of the stupid vegetables. Pastel yelled, "Hey, kids! Here is another reason to HATE VEGETABLES!"
I Demand a PartAuthor's Note This particular chapter is very short because not much of the plot of the story would fit into the prologue. There are more chapters though. I Demand a Part Pastel stormed up to Principal Cinch. She crossed her arms and said, "So I heard that we don't get a part in the Friendship Games?" Principal Cinch looked down at her face. "No, you do not get a part in the games. If we have OCs in the film, then everyone will try to get theirs in the next one, and it would completely mess up out rrrreputation." She put her face back in the magazine. Pastel thought. "Well, we can have two versions of the movie. The ugh one where the stupid mane six and CHS win that you are going to release, and the one where Crystal Prep wins and we are in it." Principal Cinch smirked as she heard it. "And it will be the thing that actually happens, but the one we will release will be acting. Way to improve our rrrreputation!" Cinch gave Pastel's idea a thumbs up and turned back to reading the magazine. As Pastel came back into the room where her three friends were sitting, she pumped her fist in the air. "Yes! Everypo I mean body, we are gonna get a part in a version of the Friendship Games! It will not be released to the world, but it will be what actually happens. And we are going to be part of it." Kitten high fived her. "I knew you could do it. See, what did I tell you? The staff here are almost as credulous as the dean from eight grade. You know, the one who believed everything anyone said against others, unless that student was denying an insult?" She laughed. Pastel smirked and nodded. "Yeah. You do not need to bring up those memories. Middle school, ugh. but the important thing is, we are going to be in the freaking Friendship Games. How cool is that?"
