Author's Note

From The Cradle...

Rainbow Rocks - The Friendship Arc (TBR)

FOUR WEEKS LATER

Noah drove down the road without a care in the world, nearly a month ago, his best friend’s bully had been both defeated and exposed.

Ever since then, she hasn’t said a thing to Fall, and his self-esteem has risen tenfold. As for Noah, he got a week off from school to catch up in class, now his grades have also risen tenfold.

Every time Noah saw Sunset, she was quiet. Not a word left her mouth. Not only that, but she had oddly become friends with that group of girls.

He doesn’t know where that Twilight girl had gone though, she seemingly just disappeared. Not that he cared, it was just odd for someone to appear for a while only to then disappear.

Ever since that day, he questioned the ability of those girls, and Sunset herself, Noah thought to himself, What In God’s name was that? And they called the shit magic... I don't know what that crap was, but it seems too complicated for me to investigate, that and the fact that I don't really give a shit.

As Noah continued down the road towards the school, Lord behold, he found a running Sunset. It seemed she's late, and that means he is too.

Noah slowed down enough to keep up with Sunset, who looked like she'd been running for awhile. He rolled down the window and spoke, ”You must be in a hurry.”

Being caught off guard and realizing that the car beside her was Noah’s, since she'd never really seen or payed attention to it, Sunset slipped and lost pace.

She soon started up again and Noah thought to himself, Let’s see if she actually has changed, it should be somewhat fun. “Oi, you want a ride? You might get to school quicker you know, ” Noah asked. This really caught Sunset off guard, making her trip and fall on her hands, ”Ow...” she whimpered, and Noah rolled his eyes, ”Negro, come the fuck on.”

Noah watched from the window as Sunset somewhat struggled to reach her feet. She piped up and spoke once she got back on her feet, still somewhat shy. ”I guess if... you don’t mind... yes, I’d like a ride.” Hearing this, Noah unlocked the passenger door and motioned for her to enter. She did exactly that and entered the passenger door, and settled in.

Before driving, Noah opened the compartment in front of Sunset and pulled out a black first aid kit. He opened the box and pulled out two mid-size band-aids.

“Gimme your hands. I can see them bleeding from here,” Noah commanded. Subset hesitated for a second before holding out her hands for him, he inspected the scrapes, unwrapped one of the band-aids and put it on her left hand. Then, he took the other band out and did the same to the right. Sunset eyed her hands before she spoke up, still nervous, ”...Thank you, ”

”Yeah whatever, by the way, where the hell is your bookbag? Don't you need that?” Noah asked, and Sunset answered shyly, ”I... I left it at school from yesterday, I didn't have any homework so, why bring it?”

Noah nodded, put the car back into drive, and headed back down the road towards the school.

The ride was quiet for a while as Sunset was still very shy, especially near Noah and his friends, who decided to break the silence.

”Oi, you mind telling me where the hell you and your friends stay? You know, if I ever need to find you?”

Sunset turned to face Noah, he was still watching the road and she thought for a quick moment before answering.

”We hang out in the band room pract-...doing things. ” Noah glared at Sunset when they reached a stoplight and asked, ”Mind telling me why you were gonna say practicing?”

Sunset answered, “I... I rather not answer, it’s... kind of a secret, I-If you don't mind...”

“Fine,” Noah replied, “But it better not be no fuckin’ satanic shit, or we're gonna have a serious problem.”

It’d been quicker than Sunset first assumed once they had reached the school. Sunset spoke up, ”Wow... we made it before we'd actually be late, ”

”That’s why I love this thing, it's no Bugatti, but it's still worth it,” Noah replied before exiting the car with Sunset following suit.

He motioned Sunset to follow him into the school, which she did.

Noah entered the school with Sunset behind. He turned to her and spoke, ”Alright, I did my nice thing, now fuck off to your friends, I got shit to do.”

”But, aren't you gonna paint your banner for the musical showcase?” Sunset asked, and Noah answered, smacking his head since he’d forgotten.

”Oh shit, that's right! How the hell did I miss that... Thanks, half-bitch, now you can go fuck off to your friends.” Sunset stared at Noah for a moment, ”I’m making a banner too though...” this made Noah groan.

“Fine, where the hell is this shit again? I wasn’t listening when it was announced, ” he asked, and she answered. ”It’s in the gymnasium, where everything usually is.”

”Ah, ” he replied, ”Then that's where we’re headed. Follow me half-bitch... yeah, I like that name.” Noah strolled to the gymnasium without a care in the world while Sunset timidly followed behind.

Noah burst through the gym doors loud enough to be heard from all around, but not causing a scene. He looked to his left to see a confused Sunset beside him. He asked her, ”Aren’t you gonna go to your friends?”

”I would b-but, I don't see them, ” she answered. Noah looked over near the stage and saw three freshmen girls making a banner.

He pointed to them with his forefinger and replied, ”Then you could go and help those kids because your ass ain't coming with me.”

Sunset looked at the kids, then to Noah, and then back to the kids. She decided it would be a nice thing to do, so she walked over to them, leaving Noah to himself.

”Sweet, ” he muttered, ”Now, where are those dumbfucks... ah! There they are.”

Noah began towards his friends, whom the half of were making a banner and the other half were ‘roasting’ each other.

”Manex, Jain, stop fuckin’ around and get to work! We have a banner to make dipshits!” Noah yelled at the two, who refused, ”Nigga shut you black Teletubbie ass the fuck up! I'm trying to get at this stupid fuckin’ terrorist!” Manex replied, angry.

”For the last time you retarded donkey, Indian’s aren't terrorists! How many fucking times do I have to tell you that?! I'm not even fucking Indian in the first place! Why are you so slow!?”

Jain yelled back, and Noah then shouted, loud enough for everyone in the gym to hear.

”For the life of ne, would you two shut the hell up?! I swear, I'm gonna slit your goddamn throats and sell them on the dark web!”

Everyone inside the gym veered to look at Noah with frightened and stunned looks on their faces. Noah saw this and spoke up, ”What? I'm just talking to my friends.”

”You threatening them is just talking?” A boy with blue hair questioned, ”Yeah, I am. Fuck off Flash, I don't need... whatever the fuck you are’s shit.” Noah retorted, making Flash sigh, annoyed, and return to his work, along with everyone else.

”Okay, what do we have so far?” CJ looked up at Noah and answered, ”We 'bout halfway done with the Righteousness design. We would have been done if your black ass didn't take fuckin’ forever.”

Noah crossed his arms and replied, ”Bite me you fuckin’ acorn. It’s not my fault it takes me an hour to beat my dick. ”

CJ then asked bewildered, ”Why do you beat your dick in the morning? That's one of the weirdest times!”

”Hell if I know, ” Noah answered. A little while later, which included Sunset being denied something, the principals entered the gym, ”Oh great, these guys, ” Noah mumbled to his friends as Celestia began.

”Good morning students, I just wanted to tell you all how pleased I am that so many of you are going to participate in the first-ever, Canterlot High School Musical Showcase!”

The students all cheered happily, and when they settled down, Noah added a fake, ”ya-hoo.”

Celestia cleared her throat in the awkward silence and continued, ”This is a wonderful opportunity to raise money for all of our after-school programs here at CHS. So keep working on those signs, banners, and posters. I think it's going to be one of the most exciting events we've had at CHS since the Fall Formal.”

From that, all of the students glared at Sunset, who slowly slid down and hid in her hands and knees in embarrassment.”Heh, ass-wipe, ” Jain laughed.

The bell had rung, signaling it was time for social hour. Noah stood up out of his seat, left the classroom he was in, and headed towards his locker to put his stuff away.

Once he had reached and opened it, he pulled a black necklace out from his shirt with a strange yet calming design. It's oddest feature, it had been glowing a faint white recently.

Noah stared at it through the mirror, and thought to himself. What in the hell is going on with this thing? I'm pretty sure this isn't supposed to glow... I should ask those magical girls. They should know about this..

Noah stuffed the rest of his things into his locker and began towards the band room.

Once he reached the band room, he peeked in through the window and watched a scene unravel.

”Ugh, I am never gonna live that down, ” Sunset groaned, the room was full of the same group of girls from the Fall Formal. Guess she wasn't lying, Noah thought. ”You were pretty bad at the Fall Formal,” one of the girls acknowledged.

The girl had long pink hair with a butterfly sticking out the left side of her hair like a flower. ”A demon, ” Sunset continued, ”I turned into a raging she-demon, ”

”And tried to turn everyone here into teenage zombies for your own personal army!” Theo loud and obnoxious voice that added to Sunset’s sentence had big, hot pink, puffy hair.

”Oh darling, you have us! And we've already forgiven you for your past... boo-boos, ” said Rarity. A girl whose name Noah remembered.

Rarity then noticed Sunset's palms had band-aids on them, she then asked, "Speaking of boo-boos, what happened here?"

Sunset glanced at her palms and answered, "I uh... I got a few scapes from tripping and falling. As for the band-aids... I got them from Noah."

Any and all noise in the room stopped as if a false piano key played from a dramatic play. Everyone within the room wore faces of uncorrupted wonderment.

"Noah?" The rainbow-haired one asked for confirmation. "The Noah that curses in literally every sentence, Noah?" To which Sunset nodded her head yes.

"Why would he help you? Out of everyone in the school, doesn't he hate you the most?" The girl with long pink hair questioned, and Sunset answered. "I don't know. Maybe what happened at the Fall Formal made him think that I wasn't a terrible person anymore. But, he still has a strong aggression towards me. He didn't try to hide a thing."

"Well, at least some people have gotten closer after the formal," the one with pink puffy hair said, playfully annoyed.

”To be honest, ” the next girl who began had blonde hair, freckles, and a brown cowgirl hat upon her head.

”I’d say the whole experience brought everyone at Canterlot High closer than ever before.” After that statement, the puffy haired girl slapped her drum sticks together and yelled, ”Three!” After that, Noah realized that they were singing, and he found himself strangely needing to vomit.

”Sweet merciful crap, what the hell is with this country? It's like cringe doesn't even exist, ” Noah muttered.

He had already attempted to hold his urge to throw up twice, but when they strangely began to transform, Noah couldn't resist any longer and rushed to the nearest bathroom.

Once he made it to the closest stall, he raised the seat as fast as he could, and let his breakfast fall out of his mouth and into the toilet. ”Oh God... oh-fuck... ugh, fuck me... ugh... sometimes I wonder how I still manage to endure this shit.”

Noah sat there for a minute or two, flushed the toilet, gargled with the water from the water fountain, and exited the bathroom.

When he returned to the band room, he could see Flash leaving the room. He turned around from hearing Noah’s footsteps and frowned.

Noah asked, ”The hell were you in there for?” Flash rolled his eyes and replied, ”What’s it to you?”

”Okay dickhead, don't tell me. It's probably not something I actually give a shit for.” Hearing this, Flash continued walking away and Noah peeked in through the door window.

Unfortunately, it seemed that when he was conversing with Flash, he was standing right outside the band room door, and all the girls were looking to see who could put Flash in a mood like that.

Well, guess I can get this over with, Noah thought to himself before bursting through the door.

”Uh... what's good ladies?” Noah spoke, and the girls to groaned annoyance. ”Oi! I helped ya damn demon friend, cry me a river!” Noah replied.
He caught the attention of a girl with straight rainbow hair, who then questioned, ”Yeah, we know," the rainbow-haired one informed, unbeknownst the fact that Noah had already heard all about that.

The girl with the cowgirl hat rolled her eyes and asked, ”What are ya here for? We’re kinda busy if ya don't mind. ”

”Relax cowgirl, I just have a bit of a problem, ” Noah responded. He proceeded to pull out his necklace from underneath his shirt, it was glowing heavily at the moment.

”This, this shit right here is my problem.” The girls gaped at the glowing object in awe, Sunset was especially caught off guard from.

So that's why he asked where we hang out, Sunset thought. ”That aura, why it looks just like the one that surrounded us at the Fall Formal, only it’s blinding white,” Rarity realized. ”But, how could your necklace be enveloped in it?”

“Yeah, of all people, you’re the one that has magic?” The rainbow-haired one added, who Noah promptly flipped off.

”This does look serious, maybe we could ask Twilight for help.” Sunset suggested, ”Yeah, about her,” Noah started, ”Where in the fuck is she? Nigga straight up just disappeared.”

”Twilight isn't bound to this world, she only came here for the tiara, ” the girl with pink hair informed.

”Okay, well, while I'm here, lemme ask something. Who the fuck are you people? I obviously know Sunset, and I only know Rarity's name because she was bitching at me to not kill Sunset, ” Noah stated.

“Wel-l, ” the pink-haired girl started, ”The girl with the cowboy hat is Applejack, the girl with the rainbow hair is Rainbow Dash, the girl with the long pink hair is Fluttershy, and I’m Pinkie Pie! Together, we are...”

”The Rainbooms!” They shouted in unison. “Okay, you don’t need to do that. This isn’t a toddler movie or something,” Noah requested.

The Rainbooms all rolled their eyes in annoyance. ”Don't fuckin’ roll your eyes at me. Y’all probably don't even know what cringe is. ” Noah retorted.

The Rainbooms all looked at each other, lost. Noah questioned, aghast “W-wait, you don’t... what... the... fuck... what is this damn country?...”

A voice on the loudspeaker spoke, ”Sunset Shimmer, please report to the main foyer.”

”Uh... what was that about, half-bitch?” Sunset sighed and answered, ”I volunteered to show some new students the school.”

”Oo, can I come? I'm going anyways, so you might as well say yes, ” Noah asked. ”I... guess you can, I don't exactly have a say...apparently, ” Sunset answered.

”Sweet, see you guys later, cause we are not done here.” Noah said whilst saluting with two fingers and leaving the room with Sunset.

Sunset, who was now next to Noah, who was also walking, walked down the hallway towards the main foyer. Noah strolled along the hall without worry, while Sunset was still shy when all alone with him.

"Noah," Sunset started, "Can you not call me half... you know, please? I-It's hurtful," Noah responded, "Not until I know you aren't a bitch anymore, and I don't mean not being a jerk anymore, no no no, your gonna need something big in order to redeem yourself. And don't try to fake it, I'll see right through You." Sunset nodded and replied, "I... guess that's fair."

Once they reached the foyer, they saw three girls standing at the front entrance... ominously.

"Hi!" Sunset started, a bit of her confidence returning, "Are you the girls I'm supposed to show around?"

"We are," the girl in the front confirmed. Noah inspected the girls, The one in front had large, orange and yellow, puffy hair with two locks on the side that was being held together by a spiked hairband.

She wore pink shoulder pants with a purple undershirt, that was connected to her shorts, pink gauntlets, and a yellow belt with a diamond on the front of it.

On her legs, she wore pink leggings with purple triangles scattered across, and purple high heel boots with the same yellow belt wrapped around the ankles.

The one on the left had purple and blue hair with starry hairbands holding her hair together to make pigtails.

She wore a teal denim jacket with the sleeves torn off and a white corset underneath, her lower arms had dark purple bandages wrapped around them.

On her legs were purple skinny jeans with white stars scattered along the thighs, on her feet were deep purple high heel boots.

The girl on the left cyan and dark blue hair in the form of a ponytail being held in place by a simple blue hairband.

She wore what appeared be some sort of corset jacket in brown with cyan string buttons and pink and cyan bracelets on her hands.

On her waist was a short pink dress, and on her feet were deep pink high tops that reached her knees. All three girls wore black necklaces with a strange red jewel attached to the end of them.

Niggas came to play, Noah thought.

"Canterlot High is a great school, you're really gonna love it," Sunset assured, and the girl in the middle responded.k "Oh yes, we really sense there's something, magical about this place." Noah's raised an eyebrow and turned to Sunset.

She was oblivious to the minacious tone in the girl's wording. "And may I ask who you two are?" The girl inquired, and Noah answered, "This, is Sunset Shimmer, A-K-A, half-bitch. No need to ask why that's her nickname... I presume.”

”And I'm Noah Rictorshine, the baddest motherfucker to walk this Earth. I'm no Hitler, thank Christ, but you should understand what I mean."

The girls stared at each other until the middle girl simply said, "Interesting." The middle one was about to say to ’carry on’, but Noah spoke. "And you are?" The girls once again stared at each other and each of them replied with their names.

"Adagio Dazzle," the middle one answered, "I'm Sonata Dusk,” the one on the right answered, "And I'm Aria Blaze," the one on the right finally answered. Noah then motioned to Sunset to carry on with the tour.

The group walked down a hall and Sunset spoke as they passed a few rooms, "That's the science lab," she pointed to the right, "Computer lab is in there," she pointed to the left, "Oh! We're having a big musical showcase this weekend, the whole school is pretty much rallying around it."

Adagio asked, "A musical showcase?" Sunset replied, "I'm sure, since you're new, Principal Celestia would let you sign up if you're interested."

"Unless you suck ass, otherwise you can fuck off. Make it easier for those who can sing," Noah added, making Sunset ask, with a little bit of her confidence returning. "Oh, so you can sing?"

"Oi!" Noah spoke, raising his voice a bit, "You are in no position to be getting any kind of shits and giggles outta me!" Sunset rolled her eyes jokingly, a bit of her rude side returning for Noah, but in a gentler way.

"We have been known to sing from time to time," Aria stated, in which Sonata added, "He-llo! We sing like, all the time! It's how we get people to do what we want."

Adagio veered around and made a motion with her hand to cut it out. Fortunately for them, Noah was too busy with the thought that Sunset thinks she has earned the right to act the way she just did.

"W-what, what did I say?" Sonata asked, in which Adagio corrected, "What you meant to say was that being in a musical showcase, sounds like a great way to meet other students." Oh-yeah," Sonata added, "What you she said I meant to say, that's what I meant... to say."

"And what you would have said if you weren't the worst," Aria added. "You are!" Sonata shot back, in which Adagio stopped the two before the argument continued by saying, "You'll have to excuse them, they're idiots." The two behind her replied by huffing a sigh of defeat.

The hall had now become awkwardly quiet from the commotion, rendering Sunset somewhat speechless, and Noah only then returning to the tour at hand, he questioned, "W-why, why the fuck did the tour stop? Get on with it half-bitch, It's almost time for lunch."

Sunset once again rolled her eyes and asked the trio after looking at their necks to see the matching necklaces, "Wow, those are pretty, where did you-" Sunset was cut off by a swift action by Adagio.

She quickly gripped Sunset's hand, stopping her from reaching for the necklace. She then let go and shyly chuckled before speaking, "Sorry, these pendants mean an awful lot to us, we'd just hate for anything to happen to them."

Once she finished, the trio oddly walked off into the school, where they were going, Sunset and Noah had no idea.

"Well, looks like we've got assholes to watch for," Noah whispered, suspicious.

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