My Little Pony: The School Musical

The next day, in the school's library, Lightning and Metalscar confront Harrison about his singing.

"I don't get it, what spell has this friendship princess cast that suddenly makes you wanna be in a boring musical that doesn't do anything with rock music?" Metalscar asked.

"Metalscar, I just did it. Who cares?" Harrison said, not wanting to talk about it.

"'Who cares'?! *scoff* Dude, I do care!"

Lightning gets ahead and stops Harrison. "How about me? Your most loyal best friend?" He said.

"Quiet in here, boys!" Miss Flower said, asking them to keep their voices low whilst they're in a library.

"It's him, Miss Flower, not us." Lightning said, feigning innocence.

"Lightning!" Harrison said annoyingly, as Miss Flower moves on.

"Look..." Lightning spins a basketball on his hoof. "You're a hoops dude, not a musical singer pony!" He gives the ball to Harrison, who sighs, and tosses it right back to Metalscar, who then throws the ball back to him. "Have you ever seen Milky Crawford on a cereal box before?"

"Don't know, who is he?" Harrison asked, as he takes a book from a shelf and walks over to a desk.

"Exactly my point!" Lightning puts the ball on the desk in a flash. "He was the 'Phantom of the Opera' on Broadway. Now, my mom has seen that musical twenty-eight times, and she also put Milky Crawford's picture in our refrigerator. Yeah, not on it, in it. So what I'm saying is, if you play basketball, you're gonna end up on a cereal box."

"Or if you sing in musicals, you're gonna end up in his mom's refrigerator." Metalscar added, and Lightning nods.

"Why would she put his picture in her refrigerator?" Harrison asked.

"One of her crazy diet ideas." Lightning answered unsurely. "Look, I-I don't attempt to understand the female mind, Harrison!" Miss Flower appears again, from the corner of a shelf, getting more cross. "It's spooky territory." They walk away as Harrison sits down at a table, and Lightning puts his ball on it. "How can you expect the rest of us to be focused on a game, if you're off somewhere in leotards singing 'Twinkle Town'?"

"No one said anything about leotards, Lightning."

"Not yet, my friend, but just you wait."

"Listen, we need you, man." Metalscar said, and he grabs Harrison's hoof. "We need our captain. Big time!"

"Mr. Metalscar..." Miss Flower said, who appears behind and once again reminds him.

Metalscar puts his hooves up. "I tried to tell him, ma'am." He said, trying to hide his guilt. "Really tried."

The Great Six minus Harrison march into the science classroom and walk up to the Mane Six minus Twilight, as Potion and Wally observe.

"Something's not right here." Potion said, as she and Wally move closer to get a better view.

"Hey, it's Harrison Sparrow's Great Six buddies!" Rainbow said. "What'cha guys doin'?"

"Ah, my lovely carrot cake!" Wheelburn said to Applejack, who giggles. "Howdy, Applejack."

"Howdy, Wheelburn." Applejack said back. "What are you guys doin' in here?"

"Hiya, Eddie!" Pinkie said. "Is Harrison taking you and your team all the way to the stars?"

"Well… about that, Pinkie. We..."

"We need to talk, it's very serious." Duramy said, holding Rarity's hoofs with worry.

"What is it?" Rarity asked.

"Harrison and Twilight..." Lightning started confessing, and Potion and Wally see them talking, though they can't hear them.

"I think they're trying to find a way to make sure Harrison and Twilight actually beat us out." Wally said. "Okay, the jocks rule most of the school, but they will also conquer the entire student body if they get Harrison into the musical."

"And the scholastic club will go from drool to cool, if those science girls get Twilight hooked up with Harrison Sparrow." Potion added. "Wally, we need to save our show from ponies who don't know the difference between a Tony Award and… Tony Ramo." She said loathingly, and she and Wally walk away.

After Lightning confessed everything to the girls, Rainbow gasps. "I knew it!" She said furiously.

Fluttershy also gasps, and she suddenly screams. "TWILIGHT'S LETTING US DOWN!!!"

Metalscar is surprised by her scream, as were everyone else. "WHOA! That was a real scream, babe!" He said.

"Sorry, I do that when things go wrong." Fluttershy said normally. "I'm mostly the quiet one."

"Without our captain, we're gonna lose the big game this week." Eddie said. "And when Crystal High beats us, we'll be French toast!"

"'French toast'?" Pinkie said. "Yummy! But now's not the time!"

"And without Twilight, Crystal High will beat us in the decathlon competition, too!" Rarity added, and he hugs Duramy. "Oh, please save me, Duramy darling! PLEASE!" She weeps.

"Hey, take it easy, Rarity!" Duramy comforted her. "Take it easy."

"What are we gonna do!?" Applejack asked in a fright. "We can't just let them keep avoidin' us like this!"

"I know, and I feel exactly the same way right now!" Wheelburn replied.

"Right, here's the plan..." Lightning said.

Many minutes later, the ponies have brought up a master plan...

"Do you guys really think that's gonna work?" Rainbow asked.

"We hope so, it's the only way to save Harrison and Twilight from themselves." Lightning said. "So we all on?"

"Yeah!" Rainbow agreed.

"Count me in!" Rarity said.

"We're with you boys on this!" Applejack said.

"Challenge accepted! We're going to SAVE THE DAY!" Pinkie said in heroic fashion.

"Cool, so we gonna start tomorrow then?" Metalscar said.

"Okay, the first thing." Fluttershy agreed.

The next day, Lightning appears from behind a statue as Rainbow arrives with a laptop and a webcam.

"So, my watch is 7:45 Eastern Standard time." Lightning said. "Are we synched?"

"Yeah, good to go." Rainbow agreed.

"Okay, at 12:05, we're on a go mode for lunch period."

"Yes, Lightning. But one more thing, we're not Cherrie's Angels, all right? I may have watched that movie, but still..." She gives Lightning the equipment, who smiles at her.

"I can dream, can't I?"

Rainbow chuckles. "Maybe you can."

"Let's hope this works."

Whilst the students head to their classrooms, Harrison is looking around the male ponies' locker room, struggling to find his teammates. He goes a bit further and finds them all gathered around a table filled with pictures and trophies.

Duramy uses his magical horn on a photo and trophy. "'Summer' Butter Netrine, class of 1986. He was the most valuable player in the league championship game." He said.

"Sun Nedler, class of 2016. Also known as 'Sunny Slamma Jamma'." Wheelburn said, and the Wildponies giggle. "Both captain and MVP of the league championship team."

"'The Thunderclap'." Metalscar said, and the team claps, except Harrison. "Happy Hadden, class of 2009. Led the Wildponies to back-to-back city championships. A legend."

"Yes, legends, one and all." Lightning agreed. "But do you think that any of these Wildpony legends became legends, by getting involved in musical auditions, just days before the league championships?"

"Get'cha head in the game!" The Wildponies said.

"No. These Wildpony legends became legends, because they never took their eye off the prize." Eddie said.

"Get'cha head in the game!" The Wildponies said again.

"Now, who was the first sophomore ever to make starting varsity?" Eddie asked the team.

"Harrison!" The Wildponies said.

"So who voted him our team captain this year?" Metalscar asked.

"We did!" The Wildponies said.

"And who's going to get their little butts kicked at Friday's championship game, if Harrison's really worried about an audition?" Lightning asked.

"We are." The Wildponies said disappointingly.

"Guys, what are you doing?" Harrison asked. "I mean, come on, there's twelve ponies on this team, not just me!"

"Just twelve?" Wheelburn said. "Oh no, Buttercup, I think you're forgettin' about one very important thirteenth member of our squad."

Duramy uses his horn on a picture of James, and gives it to Harrison.

"My dad?" Harrison said.

"Yes, Harrison." Duramy said. "Wildpony basketball champion, class of 1995. Champion, father, and now coach. It's a winning tradition like no other."

"Guys, if you don't know that I'll put 110% of my guts into that game, then you don't know me." Harrison said.

"But we just thought..." Lightning said.

"Alright, alright, I'll tell you what I thought." Harrison said. "I thought that you're my friends. We win together, we lose together, teammates. Best friends forever."

"But suddenly..." Lightning said.

A Wildpony brings the laptop up with the webcam attached.

"Princess Twilight Sparkle." Eddie said.

"And the singin'." Wheelburn said.

"Man, I'm for the team! I've always been for the team!" Harrison said. "She's just someone I met on New Year's Eve." The team is still staring at him. He scoffs and gives in. "Look, the singing thing is nothing! Probably just a way to keep my nerves down. I have no idea, but it means nothing to me! You're my guys and this is our team! Twilight and the callbacks are not important! I'll forget about her, I'll forget about the audition, and we'll go out and get that championship this Friday! Everyone happy now?!"

"There's my best friend!" Lightning said, now happy for him.

"WILDPONIES!" Duramy said.

"GET'CHA HEAD IN THE GAME!!" The Wildponies said.

The team runs out of the room, cheering.

"YEE-HAW!!!!" Wheelburn said.

"LET'S ROCK!!!" Metalscar said.

Earlier, Twilight enters the science classroom and sees her team, who were waiting for her. "Girls? What's going on?" She asked.

"From lowly Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, to early warriors, medieval knights." Rainbow said. "All leading up to the lunkhead basketball guy, Harrison Sparrow."

Rarity shows Twilight a poster of a basketball player with Harrison's head, enlarged and superimposed on top of it.

Twilight chuckles. "Really? That looks messed up." She said.

"Or does it?" Pinkie asked. "This culture worshipped the aggressor throughout the ages." She began raising her voice. "But now, it ends up with spoiled, overpaid, bonehead athletes who contribute little to civilization other than slam dunks and touchdowns!" She screams.

"That is the inevitable world of Harrison Sparrow." Fluttershy said. "But the path of the mind, the path we're on, ours is the path that has brought us these ponies." She said warmly.

Rainbow presses a button and historical articles and pictures appear on her laptop.

"Eleanor Moosevelt, Feather Kahlo, Sandra Day O'Candy, Madame Curry, Juice Goodall, Oprah Windy and so many others who the world reveres." Rarity said.

Twilight looks confused. "Uh... you know what? I've got Luster Dawn waiting for me to rehearse, so..." She turns to leave, but...

"TWILIGHT!" The girls shouted, as Twilight returns to her seat with a scared look.

"Harrison Sparrow shows one side of evolution." Applejack said. "And our side?" She slaps various things with a pointing stick. "The side of education and accomplishment is the future of civilization. This is the side where you belong."

Twilight looks nonplussed. Rainbow switches the laptop to Harrison being recorded.

"All right, the singing thing is nothing! Probably just a way to keep my nerves down. I have no idea, but it means nothing to me! You're my guys and this is our team! Twilight and the callbacks are not important! I'll forget about her, I'll forget about the audition, and we'll go out and get that championship this Friday! Everyone happy now?!" Harrison said on the laptop.

Rainbow ends the transmission. "Behold the lunkhead basketball guy." She said, and Twilight feels hurt. "Twilight, think about it! We were so happy about the news, remember?"

Twilight sheds a tear, feeling betrayed by Harrison. "Yeah... we were." She said softly.

"Do you wanna get somethin' to eat?" Applejack said.

Twilight nods and leaves the room. She then looks out a window and sees the Wildponies throwing a celebration and chanting out 'Harrison', where Harrison is in the middle of it all. Heartbroken, Twilight walks around the school, thinking that what Harrison is wasn't true at all. She then goes over to her locker, as Harrison, unaware that she knows what he said, makes his way over to her.

"Hey, how are you doing?" Harrison asked, but Twilight is silent. "Listen, there's something I wanna talk to you about…"

Twilight turns to face him. "And here it is. I know what it's like to carry a load with your friends, and I get it." She said. "You've got your guys now, Harrison, so we're good."

"Good about what?" Harrison asked in confusion. "I was gonna talk to you about the final callbacks."

"I'm not doing them either." Twilight said, leaving Harrison a bit stunned.

"What...?"

"Who are we kidding? I've got my team and you've got yours, so you'll win the championship and I'll do the decathlon. It's best for both of us."

"But..."

Twilight takes out her copy of their song and gives it Harrison. "Go, Wildponies."

"But, I-" Harrison tried to speak.

"Me neither..." Twilight said, as she walks away.

"Twilight!" Harrison calls out.

"WILDPONIES!" A cheerleader yelled, running past Harrison, who now realizes what his friends did to him.

At a basketball court outside the school, Lightning calls to Harrison as he passes.

"Hey, Captain!" He said, as he tries to give Harrison the basketball he's carrying. But Harrison refuses, knowing about their scheme, and flies away.

"Hey, is he all right?" Wheelburn asked.

"Don't worry about it."

Back at Harrison's house, James walks out onto the porch to watch Harrison, who is shooting some hoops. Harrison misses with the first ball, and he groans. He tries again with the second ball, but he misses again. He even misses again with the third ball, and he angrily catches the ball and throws it against the side gate. He lays down on the floor in tears, feeling he's completely lost his concentration. James walks back inside the house, feeling helpless. At Twilight's house, she is standing on her balcony in deep thought.