For whom the lunch bell tolls. Seriously, I am personally starving and am going to lunch. I look around the cafeteria for Fluttershy and I spy her at the end of the lunch line. I walk over to her and say, "Hi Fluttershy."

"Oh. Hi Twilight. Would you like to sit with me?"

That's kinda odd. Fluttershy's face lit up when she saw me and she invited me to sit with her, that seems kinda out of character for her.

"Um, sure." We go through the lunch line and I choose a hot dog, water, and fruit salad. And then I spring the news on her. "Hey Fluttershy, I've decided to run for princess of the Fall Formal and-" she gasps and fumbles with her fruit salad, spilling it on me.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, it's just running for Fall Formal Princess is a really bad idea." She says while cleaning my shirt/skirt combo.

"Why?"

"Sunset Shimmer wants to be Fall Formal Princess, and when she wants something, she gets it. Just ask the girl who ran against her for the Spring Fling."

"Well, I still want to run." I say confidently.

"Well you'd have to convince everyone here to vote for you. The athletes, the fashionistas, the dramas, the eco-kids, the techies, the rockers..."

"Why is everyone separated this way?" I cut in.

"I don't know how it was at LFD academy, but at Canterlot High everyone sticks to their own kind."

I think for a second if I should question this, but I decide against it. "It's LFG Academy actually. Well if that's what I have to do. So be it. By the way, do you know where could I find the head of the Fall Formal planning committee after lunch?"

"She should be in the gym." She says with the slightest hint of contempt in her voice. I, already knowing why it's there, choose to ignore it. I finish my lunch and say goodbye to Fluttershy and start walking towards the gym.

I walk into the gym and spot Pinkie. I tap on her shoulder and say. "Um excuse me- Pinkie Pie?"

Pinkie then releases the air out of her balloon and grabs me by my shirt and pulls me closer than I'm comfortable with and squeals. "Are you Psychic!?"

Why Yes, my name is Shawn Spencer and this is my associate Ghee Buttersnaps. Sarcasm intended.

"No. I'm not. I would like to run for Fall Formal Princess and Fluttershy said this was where I'd find the head of the Fall Formal planning committee."

"Fluttershy, huh? Don't let the whole "shy" thing fool you. She can be a real meanie." She says with laced contempt and anger in her voice.

"You two aren't friends?" I say with some irony and sarcasm in my voice.

"Waited a bit to get your name on the ballot, huh? Dance is day after tomorrow." She says changing the subject.

"I'm brand new here. Just transferred from LFG Academy."

"Oooh! I thought you didn't look familiar. Though, now that I'm really lookin' at you..." She says grabbing me and spinning me like a rag doll, "Do you have a twin sister who lives in the city, has a pet dog named Spike that looks just like that one?"

"Uh, maybe?" I say trying to get my bearings.

"Thought so. Anyhoo, just need to fill this out and you are officially up for the coveted Princess of the Fall Formal crown."

"Thanks." Let's see. Kat- Crap. Now I've got to scribble that part out. Twilight Sparkle. There. I'm done. "Here you go."

"Thanks. Now you're signed up for Fall Formal Princess."

"Great. Thanks."

"Somebody order a dozen cases of fizzy apple cider?" A familiar voice says. The familiar voice is Applejack.

"Oh! Oh! Me, me-me-me, me, yeah ha-ha me!" Pinkie says like there's a cider shortage.

"Can you bring in the rest?" AJ asks her brother.

"Eeyup." He says in reply.

Applejack then turns to me and says, "Hey, I know you."

"You do?" I ask, wondering what she will say.

"'Course I do. You're the girl who put Sunset Shimmer in her place and then some." She says while opening a bottle of apple cider.

"Well I don't know about that." I say while blushing.

"Twilight Sparkle here is gonna run against Sunset Shimmer for Princess of the Fall Formal." Pinkie Pie interjects.

Applejack spits out the apple cider she had been drinking and coughs.

"Are you ok?" I ask.

"I'll be fine. But I'm not so sure about you."

"What are you talking about?" I ask even though I already know.

"I'm just sayin' I'd think twice about that. Oh, sure, she'll probably approach you all friendly like..." She then grabs two balloons, doodles crude likenesses of Sunset and Twi- I mean myself, and goes into an incredibly fake Sunset Shimmer voice saying "I sure am lookin' forward to some friendly competition." Then she mimics Twi- I mean me, (It's better than her imitation of Sunset, but she won't win an academy award,) saying, "That's so good to hear." Then continues normally, "But then, here comes the backstabbin'." She then pops the balloon that's apparently supposed to represent me. "About the only girl in this school you can trust less than Sunset Shimmer is Rainbow Dash." She finishes.

"Rainbow Dash? I feel like I've heard that name recently." I say casually fishing around.

"She's the captain of, like, every team at Canterlot High."

"Oh, I think I saw her name on a trophy or two."

"She's also the captain and champion of sayin' she's gonna do somethin' for ya, and then turnin' around and not even botherin' to show up." She says with unmistakable ire and anger in her voice.

"Thanks for the advice, Applejack, but this is something I really need to do." I say without realizing that I said her name... Until AJ says, "Huh, suit yourself. Hey, how'd you know my name is Applejack?"

Oh, come on. Can't I catch a break! I swear. I flunked at least four times in a row. "Um, I uh... Heard that that there were a family of farmers and that one of the girls was named Applejack." Yeah Katrina, she's really gonna buy that. "Well it was nice meeting you girls, I hope I'll see you around." I say while running out the door. I choose to just walk around until I find the half lit hallway.

"Can't believe I didn't recognize you earlier. Shoulda known Princess Celestia would send her prized pupil here after my crown, and her little dog, too." Sunset says while slowly leaving the shadows.

"Same here. Nice Wizard of Oz reference by the way. So, can we get on with the cliché villain monologue? I've got an appointment to keep." I say while looking at my nails like divas do.

"Whatever. This is just a minor setback for me. You don't know the first thing about this place, and I already rule it."

"I wouldn't be too certain about that. But if that's so, why would you even need my crown? If you were really as powerful as you say you wouldn't have any use for it." I say trying to get inside her head. And from the quiet growl I heard, I'm succeeding.

"Pop quiz: what happens when you bring an Element of Harmony into an alternate world?" She asks with a slight eye twitch.

"Hmm. Let me think." I say while tapping my chin with my finger. "I know! It reflects what is in your heart. So if you put it on your head it would, maybe transform you into a terrifying She-Daemon with seemingly limitless power with which you could create a teenage army with which to take over Equestria? Cut, print, check the gate. Moving on." I smirk and see how much that threw her off guard. Quite a bit if her gaping mouth is any indication. "And please close your mouth Sunset; we are not a codfish."

I walk out of the dark hallway and into the light. And just as I walk around the corner a young girl says to me, "Twilight, how do you know that's gonna happen?" Oh crap.

Author's Note

Another longer chapter! Yea! I'd like to formally announce the winner of the cameo challenge. And the winner is... Godslittleprincess! Congratulations. Now I've placed a couple more references in this chapter. Whomever finds them gets another cameo in either this story, or an Anon-A-Miss story I'm going to write as soon as I'm done with the first EQG film in this story. Please make your answers to me in an PM. Toodles.