My Little Pony: The School Musical

The next morning, Potion and Wally discover something shocking.

"Please tell me this isn't real." Wally said.

"CALLBACK!!?" Potion said loudly. All of the ponies outside hear her, and she starts screaming. "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" She fans herself.

"Callback for roles Arnie and Money next Thursday, 3:30pm. Wally and Potion Nova, Twilight Sparkle and Harrison Sparrow." Wally read on the callback paper.

"The auditions were over!" Potion exclaimed. "What kind of joke is this!?"

"I think we're being filmed."

"What?"

"Yeah, we're being filmed, right now!" Wally said in excitement. "Maybe we'll get to meet Angel!"

"OH, SHUT UP, WALLY!" Potion said angrily.

The Great Six minus Harrison arrive, laughing.

"What's wrong?" Lightning asked. He then looks at the callback sheet, seeing Harrison's name on it. "What?"

Potion growls and storms off to the cafeteria as Wally follows her.

"Is there a problem, Lightnin'?" Wheelburn said.

"Guys, look at this."

Eddie, Wheelburn, Metalscar and Duramy see Harrison's name on the callback sheet.

"Wait, Harrison's auditioned for the winter musicale?!" Duramy said.

"WHAT THE HECK!!?" Metalscar said in shock.

"Okay, I think he told his own secret right here." Eddie said.

At the school's cafeteria, Potion is angrily walking back and forth.

"How could she sign up!?" Potion said. "I've already chosen the colors for my dressing room!"

"And even worse, she hasn't asked us if she would like to join the drama club." Wally said.

"That's it! Someone has to tell her the rules."

"Exactly! ...Wait, I've forgotten the rules."

Potion growls at this, and down on the cafeteria's ground floor, Eddie confesses his passion for baking to his teammates.

"Well, if Harrison can tell his secret, then I can tell mine." He said. "I bake."

"What?" Lightning said, unamused.

"I love to bake! Chocolate, salad, even an Indian cuisine! Someday, I hope to make the perfect crême brûlée!"

Rarity confesses her love of fashion designing, even though most of her friends know about it. "Designing is my passion." She said. "I love to charm everypony with my elegant dresses!"

"Is that even legal?" A female brainiac asked.

"Of course it is! It's actually more lovelier than homework, darling."

"Rarity, seriously!" Applejack argued, as she and the other girls tell her to focus her attention on the decathlon.

Metalscar confesses his passion for heavy metal music to the skater ponies. "All right, if Harrison wants to be a singer, then I'll come clean. I play the guitar!" He said.

"Awesome!" A female skater pony said.

"What kind?" A male skater pony asked.

"An acoustic?" Another male skater pony asked.

Metalscar snickers. "No, dude, it's an ELECTRIC GUITAR!" He said, as he reveals it with a rocky grin.

"Do you have to wear a costume?" A male skater pony asked.

"Heavy metal style!" Metalscar said.

As the conversations continue, Twilight arrives with her lunch, confused about what's going on. "Um, why is everypony staring at you?" She asked to a brainiac.

"Not me, you." They responded.

"Is it because of the callbacks?" Twilight asked, getting afraid. "I can't have ponies staring at me, I really can't!" She tries to make her way through the crowd.

Suddenly, Eddie slips on some split milk and kicks Twilight’s lunch tray into the air. The lunch consisting of french fries, noodles, a pizza and a bottle of milk lands right on Potion’s hair!

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Potion screamed, and the students start laughing at her.

"Uh-oh." Eddie said, as he quickly crawled backwards to hide his guilt.

"Potion? I-" Twilight try to say.

"DON’T YOU DARE SAY ANOTHER WORD, YOU GEEK!" Potion said angrily. "I know you did this!"

"What's going on?" Harrison asked, as he tried to go and help Twilight, but Lightning stops him.

"Whoa! You don't wanna get yourself into that, man." He said. "Way too much carnage."

"How could you do this to my LOVELY HAIR!?!" Potion said.

"No, it wasn't me, I didn't do anything!" Twilight said.

"LIAR!!" Potion said loudly.

Rainbow pulls Twilight away from Potion, as Wheelburn and Applejack step in.

"Time-out, Potion!" Wheelburn said. "Leave the princess outta this!"

"How is this your business!?" Potion asked.

"Twilight's innocent, so leave her alone!"

"How do you know she's innocent!?"

"I'll tell it to ya straight." He said calmly. "I saw it with my own eyes."

"Uh-huh, we both did, and we know that’s the absolute truth." Applejack said. "We're always honest."

"That's right, she had nothin' to do with this." Wheelburn said.

Potion gasps. "Wait a minute... If it wasn't Princess Sparkle who did this, then it must've been... YOU!" She said in a snap, pointing to Wheelburn.

Everypony gasps, and Potion uses her horn on a ketchup and mustard squeeze bottle, aiming at the blue stallion!

"WHEELBURN?!" Harrison said.

"WHEELBURN! A cowardly blue donkey who is scared to tell the REAL truth!" Potion said.

"Don’t call him a donkey, he didn’t do anythin’!" Applejack said.

"You ruined my hair, AND NOW..." Potion is about to squeeze the bottles.

"POTION, NO!" Wally begged.

"I'LL RUIN YOUR FACE!!!!" Potion yelled.

"AAAAHHH!!!!" Wheelburn screamed, and Potion squeezes the bottles on him, leaving his face covered entirely with ketchup and mustard! The students continue laughing, and Pinkie laughs out the loudest.

"WHOA! DUDE!" Metalscar said, chuckling.

Miss Sprinkle arrives, completely cross. "What in the world is going on here!?" She called out.

"LOOK AT THIS!" Potion said, pointing at the mess in her hair, then pointed to Wheelburn. "That Wheelburn guy dumped Princess Sparkle’s lunch on me! ON PURPOSE! It is their idea to destroy our musical, and Harrison and the rest of his basketball jerks are obviously behind it! Why do you think he auditioned?! Hmm?!" Miss Sprinkle doesn't say anything, and Potion started sulking. "You know what? After everything you've done for this show… it just doesn't seem right." She storms off, going up the stairs.

"Potion, wait, let me-" Wally said, as he follows her, but...

"DON'T FOLLOW ME!!!" Potion yelled, and Wally stops following.

"Oh, I’m very sorry 'bout that, Wheelburn." Applejack said, comforting him. "Are you all right?"

Wheelburn licks some of the ketchup and mustard around his mouth. "Don’t worry, Applejack." He said. "These sauces taste so good, even if they’re cold as a carrot."

Applejack tastes some of the sauces. "Well, I’ll be darned." She said, as she and Wheelburn giggle and smile at each other.

Over on Harrison, he's sat at a table with Lightning and Duramy. "So, now that the drama is over, what’s up?" He said to Lightning.

"Oh, 'what's up' you asked? Ah, let's see..." Lightning began thinking. "Umm, you missed free-period workout yesterday to audition for some villainous musical. And now suddenly, ponies around here are... confessing."

"Are they now?"

"Yeah, we know Metalscar is a hard rock guitar dude." Duramy said.

"Uh-huh, and we also know Eddie loves baking as well." Lightning added.

"And I heard that Rarity’s a fashion designer." Duramy smiled. "That sounds really interesting."

"Right, but guess what else Eddie’s baking…" Lightning said, and as Eddie walked by, he grabs him. "Crême brûlée!"

"Crême brûlée? Ah, what’s that?" Harrison asked in interest.

"Oh, it's a creamy custard-like filling with a caramelized surface!" Eddie answered excitedly. "I'm telling you, it's really satisfying!"

"Shut up, Eddie!" Lightning said annoyingly.

"Is it true?" Pinkie asked Eddie. "Are you really baking crême brûlée, Eddie?!"

"Well, it's on my list, so yeah." Eddie said timidly.

Pinkie gasped with complete happiness. "Holy moly, it’s so nice to talk to somepony who loves baking as me!" She said. "In case you didn’t know, there is a place called Sugarcube Corner in Ponyville, and I think you’ll love it there! They make the greatest cupcakes EVER!"

"Uh, okay. Thank you for telling me."

"You're welcome. So what else do you bake?"

"Pinkie Pie, how about you and I talk about it in private?"

"Okey-dokey-lokey! Private is my favorite area!" She leaves with Eddie.

"Bro, that Pinkie Pie girl is so cheesy." Duramy scoffed, as he walks off.

"Yeah, and chatty as well." Harrison said.

"No, no, no, look..." Lightning said, becoming worried. "Do you see what's happening here, man? Our team is getting torn apart because of your singing thing! Even the drama geeks and the brainiacs suddenly think that they can... talk to us!" He points at Metalscar with the skater ponies. "Look, Metalscar's mingling with the skater dudes!"

"Yo!" The skater ponies said.

"YO!!" Metalscar said loudly.

"Suddenly, ponies think that they can do other stuff." Lightning continued. "Stuff that is not their stuff! They've got you thinking about show tunes, when we've got a playoff game next week!" He walks over to Metalscar, wanting to get him back on focus.

Nearby, Rainbow talks to Twilight about auditioning for the musicale. "So you auditioned for the winter musicale, huh?" She said.

"Not really, I-" Twilight said, but Rainbow cuts her off.

"But I saw your name on the callback paper this morning! I even told our friends about it!" Rainbow freaked out.

"Rainbow, me and Harrison were just singing, that was it!" Twilight said, trying to end the conversation.

"Twilight, what about the decathlon?"

"I know about the decathlon, Rainbow, and I know we’re in it together."

"Are we?"

"Yes, we are!"

"A hundred percent?!" Rainbow asked, wanting to be 20% sure.

"Yes, a hundred percent!"

"I hope so. You said we would make this our year, right?"

"Of course I did!"

"Well, right now, you’re not making that happen, because you’re getting yourself side-tracked into a musical!" Rainbow said. "And yeah, I know us ponies sing from time to time, but still, that’s not cool! The competition is next week, and you can’t let us down! We chose you as our star player, remember? And it's also my job to make sure nothing ever goes wrong, because I hate that."

"*sigh* I know, Rainbow. Look, we still have a lot of time. I'll get back to studying right after class, okay?"

"Awesome."

"We'll study together?".

"Even more awesome!" Rainbow raised her voice.

"Still best friends?"

"Totally! *deep sigh* Now, let's get you more food."

In the Wildponies' locker room, James sits in his office whilst reading a paper. Miss Sprinkle enters and makes her way past the team, who are getting ready for practice.

"Yo, heads up!" A Wildpony said, as he throws a can of deodorant across the room.

"Whoa!" Miss Sprinkle said, narrowly avoiding the thrown deodorant.

"Whoops!" The Wildpony said.

Miss Sprinkle continues moving on and walks into James' office.

"All right, big news, Sparrow! The cards are now on the table!"

"What?" James said, confused.

"You're tweaked because I put your heroes in detention, and I'm pleased to say that you're now getting even!"

"What are you talking about, Sprinkle?" James asked, still confused.

"Your all-star son showed up at my audition yesterday. Now, I give every student in Canterlot High an even chance, which is a long and respectable tradition in the theater. That is something you wouldn't understand. But, if he is planning some sort of an experimental joke in my chapel of the arts..."

"Harrison doesn't even sing."

"Oh, well I know you don't wanna hear this, but he seriously does. And I will not allow my Twinkle Town musicale to be made into some sort of broad comedy."

"Twinkle Town?" James said mockingly.

"See? I knew it!"

"Hey..."

"I knew it!" Miss Sprinkle said loudly, and she leaves the office.

"Sounds like a champion. Good luck in New York!"

Still annoyed by that, Miss Sprinkle walks out of the locker room, without any pressure from the Wildponies.

At the outdoor eating area, Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy and Rarity discuss the incident in the cafeteria.

"Guys, is Potion really, really mad at me?" Twilight asked.

"I think she was mad at Wheelburn." Applejack said. "What was she thinkin'? I mean, accusing him of a mess like that?"

"She made a very bad mess of his face." Fluttershy said.

"Absolutely, he didn't do anything wrong." Rarity said. "That poor stallion..."

"Well, neither did I. It was a good thing he defended me from her, though." Twilight said, smiling a tad.

"Don't worry, I'm sure that was only a small accident." Rarity said. "Now, about the musical Rainbow told us about..."

"Yeah?"

"No one has beaten out Potion for a musical, on what we heard." Fluttershy said. "Not even once."

"I wasn't trying to beat anyone out." Twilight said. "And what Rainbow told you and Pinkie, me and Harrison didn't audition, we were just singing. End of story."

"You won't convince Potion of that." Fluttershy said.

"Yeah, if that unicorn could figure out a way to play both Romeo and Juliet one day, her brother would be aced out of a job." Applejack said.

"Guys, it just happened, but I liked it. So much." Twilight said proudly. "Did you ever feel like there's this whole other pony inside of you just looking for a way to come out?"

"Nope, not really." Applejack said, giggling.

"But you're still on my side, right?" Twilight said.

"Well, need we remind you about the decathlon next week?" Rarity said.

"I did not forget about it, I swear." Twilight promised.

"Then we're always on your side, Twilight." Applejack said.

"Friendship will always and forever be magic between us." Fluttershy said.

"We love you too much." Rarity said, and they have a group hug.

"I love you too much, too." Twilight said, and the bell rings, announcing that lunch break is over. "Let's get to class."

Eddie and Pinkie are walking down a hallway.

"I seriously can't believe you can bake almost anything, Eddie!" Pinkie said. "My friends would be jealous as a jelly!"

"Just call me 'Eddie the master chef'!" Eddie said, and they laugh. "So, what cupcake flavors do they have at Sugarcube Corner?"

"Uh, they do chocolate, lemon, apple pie, there's so many you can try!"

"Ooh, they sound tasty."

"So how are your basketball skills shaping up?" Pinkie asked.

"Well, they're going great. I got practice coming up, so… you gotta get'cha head in the game."

"'Get'cha head in the game'? Isn't that what the Wildponies say?"

"Yeah, just to keep them on track and stay focused. It kinda helps."

"Wow! Well, I need to keep studying for the decathlon, too."

"Hey... I think you'll do great, Pinkie."

Pinkie smiles warmly. "Thanks, Eddie. And by the way… I saw what you did to Potion in the cafeteria. It was so funny!" She laughed happily.

"*chuckle* Oh yeah, I did put on quite a show, right?" They suddenly see Potion up ahead, who is drying her hair at her locker. "Uh-oh, gotta go!" He and Pinkie run off their separate ways before Potion could see them.