Thunderstruck walked up to the front doors of Canterlot high. His family had just moved to Canterlot, and today was his first day of school. To say that Thunderstruck was not the least bit thrilled about going to a new school would be an understatement.

Thunderstruck took a deep breath. “Just relax, stay focused, and this day will be over.” He thought to himself. He looked over his clothes, a black T-shirt with a silver lightning bolt on the front, faded blue jeans, and black sneakers, to make sure there weren’t any imperfections. The last thing Thunderstruck wanted was to look like a slob. He put his backpack over his right shoulder and walked towards the door when suddenly he was stopped.

“Hiya! You must be the new student!” A girl with pink hair who seemingly came out of nowhere said. “My name is Pinkie Pie, and I’m here to welcome you to Canterlot high!”

Thunderstruck was both confused and little scared. “Um, nice to meet you. My name is Thunderstruck.”

“Wow, what a super cool name! You’ll be shadowing me today so that you can get a feel for the school. I’ll even introduce you to my friends!”

“That sounds great-” Before Thunderstruck could finish, Pinkie grabbed him by the hand dragged him off at top speed.

Meanwhile Adagio Dazzle, Aria Blaze, and Sonata Dusk all sat in the principal's office. Principal Celestia sat behind her desk while vice principal Luna stood beside her.

“Thank you again for meeting with us principal Celestia.” Adagio said graciously. “We appreciate you giving us a second chance.”

“Obviously you understand my concern.” Celestia said. “The last time the three of you were here, you turned the musical showcase into a battle of the bands.”

“And put nearly the whole school under a spell.” Luna added.

“But we’ve changed!” Said Aria. “Our amulets have been destroyed, so we no longer have any magical powers.”

“Yep! We’re just normal teenage girls!” Sonata said with a smile.

Celestia tapped her chin. “Hmm. Well, I have given other students who’ve caused chaos another chance, so I’m willing to do the same with you three. But know this, you will be watched.”

The three stood up and Adagio shook Celestia’s hand. “Thank you very much principal Celestia. You won’t regret this.” Adagio, Aria, and Sonata then left the office.

“Are you sure we can trust them?” Luna asked.

“I don’t know.” Celestia replied. “But just to be safe, I think it's best that we have them secretly monitored.”

Once outside the office, Adagio dropped the good girl act. “I can’t believe that worked.”

“Yeah, Celestia and Luna are way too trusting.” Aria said. “Now we can move on with our plan.”

“Yeah. Wait, what was it again?” Sonata asked.

Both Adagio and Aria facepalmed. “To get back our powers, you half wit.” Adagio said with an irritated voice.

“Oh right! Now I remember. But can we wait until the end of the week? Tomorrow is taco tuesday.”

Adagio and Aria just sighed and rolled their eyes.

After following Pinkie around all day to class, Thunderstruck had gained a pretty good layout of the school. “I just have one last thing to show you!” Pinkie said with a big smile. She then led Thunderstruck into the music room, where Twilight, Sunset, Rainbow, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy were getting ready for practice.

“Everyone, this is the new student Thunderstruck. Thunderstruck, these are my friends Twilight Sparkle, Sunset Shimmer, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy!” Each of the girls said hello.

“Hi!”

“Nice to meet you!”

“What’s up?”

“Howdy!”

“Greetings darling!”

“Hey” Fluttershy said in a hushed voice.

Thunderstruck waved at them. “Hi. So, I see that you all have instruments. Are you in a band?”

“You bet! We’re the Rainbooms!” Rainbow said.

“Cool. I play guitar, but I left it at home.”

“Here.” Applejack lent Thunderstruck her guitar. “Show us what ya got.”

“It’s nothing much. But how’s this?” Thunderstruck then proceed to play.

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The girls applauded. “Thunderstruck, you’re amazing!” Said Twilight.

Thunderstruck blushed as he handed Applejack her guitar back. “Thanks.”

“Indeed, you are very good.” Everyone turned to see principal Celestia standing in the doorway. “I trust that you had a good first day?”

Thunderstruck nodded. “Yes I did principal Celestia.”

“Good. Sunset, Twilight, I need to speak with you two for a moment.”

Sunset and Twilight followed Celestia into the hallway. “What is it principal Celestia? Are we in trouble?” Twilight asked.

“No, not at all.” Celestia said reassuringly. “The truth is that I need your help. The sirens have returned.”

Twilight adjusted her glasses. “Um, who are the sirens?”

“Exactly what their name implies.” Sunset explained. “They are outcast from Equestria who tried to use their music to hypnotize the school and steal it’s magic until the I, the Rainbooms, and my worlds Twilight defeated them in a battle of the bands.”

“Oh. Ok then.”

“Anyway.” Principal Celestia continued. “I suspect that they might be up to something. They may not have their powers, but I still want to make sure. That is why I am asking the two of you to keep an eye on them.”

“But why us?” Sunset asked.

“Because you defeated them the last time. I know that you were not here for that Twilight, but you’ve got magic in you all the same and I really need your help.”

Twilight saluted principal Celestia. “You can count on us!”

The sirens stood outside of the library. “Darn it! The door is locked!” Adagio said in frustration.

“So? Just bust it down” Said Aria.

“Because one: I don’t have my magic, and two: we need to be discrete. We can’t afford to raise suspicion.”

“Why do we need to get into the library anyway?” Sonata asked.

Adagio closed her eyes while she rubbed the bridge of her nose. She then let out a deep sigh. “Because in that library is an ancient book that can restore our powers. I can sense it.”

“We’ll have to try again tomorrow when the library is open.” Aria said. “But we still need to find a way around that Miss Cheerilee.”

Meanwhile, Sunset and Twilight both watched the trio from behind a corner down the hall.

“What do think they’re talking about?” Twilight asked.

Sunset narrowed her eyes. “I don’t know, but it can’t be good.”

At that moment, they were approached by Thunderstruck. “Hey there you are. I had a question about-” Thunderstruck paused in mid-sentence. That is when he saw her. A girl with blue hair, pink jacket, and matching skirt and boots. For Thunderstruck, time completely stopped as he looked at her.

Twilight waved her hand in front of Thunderstruck’s face. “Hello? Anybody home?”

Thunderstruck snapped out of his daze. “Who is that?”

“Who are you talking about?” Sunset asked.

“The girl with the blue hair.”

Sunset looked back over at the sirens. “Oh, that’s Sonata Dusk. She’s, uh, a new student here like you.”

“Sonata.” A warm smile appeared on Thunderstuck’s face as he said her name. “That’s a very pretty name.” His heart began to beat a mile a minute as he continued to look at her.

Twilight bit her lower lip as she turned to Sunset. “I think we may have a problem.

Author's Note

This is meant to be a direct sequel to Rainbow Rocks. There will be at least one song song per chapter to keep it in the same tone as the movie.