Equestria Girls: Scores to Settle

Chapter 1

The sun was setting across the town, the light of the day dimming more and more and with it, the usual noise of hundreds of cars going back and forth diminished, especially around the Prancing Park, a big and ideal positioned place for many to go and spend a day hanging out, relaxing, bring their pets, or work out at their leisure.

The latter being the thing a certain pale-skinned girl with blue hair had come to do at such a late hour. Or at least that was the idea as she looked over and over at her wristwatch while lightly moving one of her feet up and down in quick motion.

“Where is she?” The girl muttered in mild annoyance. “I swear if I get to jog on my own I’ll--”

“Heeeeeey, Indigo! Wait for me!” Another voice called down the road and suddenly Rainbow Dash came into view. After a few seconds of waiting, she arrived at Indigo’s side. “Sorry, Indigo, my part-time job at the sports gear center got a bit more heated when I was about to end my shift. But, hey, here I am!”

“Finally! I’ve been waiting for ten minutes! I know you Canterlot Highers don’t care much about being on time, but I am from Crystal Prep, and we do not like tardiness… except for Sour Sweet, but she doesn’t count!” Indigo Zap complained as she began to do some warm-ups alongside her friend. “Now, are you ready to eat my dust, Dash?”

“Please, Zap, the only way you could get a distance over me would be if I’m running with a limp and blindfolded!” Rainbow Dash countered, dropping to the ground to properly stretch her legs with ease. “So, laps, distance, or timer?”

“Laps. It’s getting pretty late and we don’t have much time to really get going. Hey, couldn’t you use your damn sailor moon powers to get here faster?” Indigo Zap asked.

“Yeah, but I don’t want to overuse it. Don’t wanna end with unpredictable power surges, you know?” Rainbow Dash explained. “Last time that happened I nearly slammed face-first into a wall. Got me some nice bruises when I tried to slow down, though!”

“So no bullshit super-sonic ‘I’m the fastest thing alive’ crap during our jog like last time?” Indigo asked with a cheeky grin.

“That was a fluke! I can’t get too excited when I’m running or I get a pump of energy. Plus I was having too much fun putting you in your place, slowpoke. Even Tank runs faster than you.”

“Get on your feet and start moving that ass, Rainbow Sloth, or do I have to kick it before the running starts?”

Getting to her feet, the two girls wearing nothing but tennis shoes, sports shorts, and sports bras and got in line next to the other before breaking off at a fast, measured pace. They jogged for several minutes, easily covering four of five laps around the entire park and they were quickly building up a sweat. During their exercising, they saw that the park was mostly empty and was only inhabited by other sport-junkies like themselves, a few couples, and the odd loner just wandering about.

They were building quite a sweat and their playful banter had taken a step back in favor of a more relaxed form of competition. They were about to enter the loneliest part of the park when a voice reached them.

“Someone, please help me!”

The two girls stopped almost immediately and looked at each other. “You heard that?” Asked Rainbow.

“Wouldn’t have stopped if I hadn’t, Dash. Should we--?”

“P-please, he’s trying to rape mffffhhhh!”

Without further objection, the two girls moved towards the source of the voice. As they approached, they heard a rumbling and shifting of bushes. Moving into the thickest part of the park, they saw a girl on the ground with a black hooded individual on top of her with a hand covering her mouth, preventing her from screaming for aid further.

They shared a quick glance and approached as silently but also as quickly as they could. They were about to jump at the assailant when two other figures sprang out from nearby bushes. There was a loud smacking sound followed by a Rainbow Dash hitting the ground, unconscious.

“DASH!” Indigo managed to scream out before something hit her across the face. Landing on the ground, dazed but not unconscious yet, saw blurry figures before a fist met her other cheek. Darkness took her then.

“And down the bitches go,” a chuckle was heard from the ‘man’ attacking the defenseless woman. Taking off the hoodie, it was revealed to be none other than Adagio Dazzle herself and the woman faking the assault was Vignette Valencia, also getting up and giggling to herself. “Good job, Aria, Cherry.”

“Damn this whore. Her face is harder than I expected,” Aria said as she rubbed her balled-up fist. “So, what do we do now? Strip ‘em up and toss them out?”

“The plan, Aria, is to send a message, not to be assholes about it,” Octavia Melody said as she approached alongside Frosty Orange and Sonata Dusk, the latter walking forth with a sour, timid expression. “And this better help us get our revenge, Adagio.”

“I’m more surprised you two are working together since you want to beat the other’s significant other,” Adagio asked with a snarky tone.

“...I know Vinyl will never love me now. Not the way I want… and while I don’t want to her get hurt, letting Frosty fight her is better than letting anyone else do it,” Octavia replied.

Frosty nodded. “Do you always lie through your teeth, Melody? You just want a reason to beat Lemon up,” she sighed. “I love her… but her betrayal deserves justice.”

“Yeah, yeah, you settle your love fuckery on your own, you stuck-up sluts. Now, what the fuck are we going to do with these two?” Aria asked as she put her foot on top of Rainbow’s head.

“Uummm, Dagi? Ria? I-I think we should stop,” Sonata said. “I don’t like how this could end for us…”

“Listen here, you damn coward,” Aria replied, walking over to her sister and grabbing her by the neck of her shirt. “Have you forgotten what we have gone through? What we had to do for months just to survive once they broke our necklaces!? Because I haven’t! Being on my knees isn’t my style!”

“...B-but I don’t want to do this! This is going too far! A-And we don’t even need our necklaces anymore!” She frowned, slapping Aria’s hand away in a rare surge of courage. “And you don’t get to lord yourself over me like always, not after the shit you pulled on Applejack!”

Aria scoffed. “It’s not my fault she couldn’t handle a little sleeping around. That Limestone was a fine fuck with strong hips and strength to match!” She laughed for a moment before narrowing her eyes at Sonata. “Don’t tell me you actually love that Pink buffoon? You knew we were only using them to get close, get them to lower their guard, and know more about them, Sonata. We achieved that goal so now we can have our proper revenge!”

Sonata didn’t say anything and stepped back.

“Yeah, that’s what I thought,” Aria chuckled. “Now, what sort of message shall we deliver?”

“I say we break their fucking legs!” Cherry Crash said, holding aloft the bat she had used to knock Rainbow Dash out. “I bet that would get them riled up just right!”

“The point is to get their attention under our terms, you bimbo-lip idiot. Or do you want to deal with them while they are transformed? I want to slap some sense into Rarity and her stuck-up bitch friends, but I don’t want them shooting lasers at me, thank you very much. I have to protect my beautiful face, after all,” everyone rolled their eyes at Vignette’s words, but carried on regardless.

“So we need to send them a message, just enough to make them agree to our terms but keeping them from nuking us?” Frosty asked.

“Easily solved,” Adagio said, walking over to where Aria was. Aria stepped back, allowing her sister the space to crouch and grab the rainbow-haired girl’s hair only to harshly pull her up. Then, with her free hand, she punched her check, bruising it instantly and sending her head to bounce against the grass. “We beat the shit out of them~.”

Cherry raised her bat but Octavia stopped her. “Without weapons, dear. We don’t want to give the innocent permanent damage, now do we? They have done no wrong to use outside affiliating with the cunts that have made our lives more difficult than what its worth.”

“Keep your flowery words to yourself, you classy fraud. But… I guess you’re kinda right. I just want Sunset’s ass on a silver platter, that’s all,” dropping the bat, she was quick to deliver a fierce punch across Indigo’s face. “Fuck! You weren’t kidding, it’s like punching a sandbag!”

“Quit your bitching and start the pummeling!” Vignette cheered before delivering a stomp across Rainbow’s face, busting her lower lip and making her bleed in the process.

Adagio joined in, wishing to unleash some of her pent-up anger on the unconscious girl. She punched, slapped, and kicked her, not with all her might, since that would defeat her objective, but with enough force to leave several bruises and ensure that by the next morning, she wouldn’t be able to join in and help her friends. Aria joined in, too, mixing in a few punches and kicks into the mix. Next to Rainbow Dash, Indigo was being beaten by the combined fury of Cherry, Frosty, and Octavia. The beating continued for some time, the six girls jumping back and forth the two helpless girls while they laughed and taunted them; relishing in their coming vengeance.

Meanwhile, Sonata could only watch with ever-increasing disgust as the six girls continued their bloody carnage. She wanted to turn around, run away and never look back, but her feet didn’t obey her commands, just like every time she felt like leaving for good, her own damn cowardice prevented her from leaving everything she had known.

Finally, it all came to an end when Aria kicked Rainbow’s stomach with her strongest kick, making the poor girl cough up blood. Indigo received a final stomp to her crotch by Cherry Crash, the luscious-lipped girl smiling with sadistic glee as she twisted her foot a few times for good measure.

“Too bad they were unconscious. I would’ve loved to hear a Crystal Prep bitch sing!” Cherry sang.

“I take offense to that!” Frosty countered, glaring at the green-haired girl. “But in this case… I guess I can make an exception. So, how do we do this?”

“Already ahead of you,” Adagio replied by pulling Rainbow’s cell phone from within the concealed pocket of her sports bra. She laughed when she opened it. “Wow, this girl has it bad for her turtle--”

“Tortoise,” Sonata corrected.

“Shut the fuck up, Nata,” Adagio growled in annoyance. “I don’t care what her pet actually is. Alright… let’s see, how do I unlock--” with a sweep across the screen, she was surprised it pulled up the desktop screen. “Ha! She doesn’t have any sort of password or lock! Stupid, cocky bitch, just like Sunset Shimmer. Makes things easier for us, at least.”

As she turned to take a few photos of the two downed girls, Vignette interjected. “Wait, I have an idea. If we really want to send a message, then we have to do it in styyyyyyle~,” with that said, she grabbed Rainbow Dash by her hair and dragged her until her face was resting against Indigo’s crotch, her head slightly tilted to the side to allow the camera to catch her busted lip, swelling bruises, and dripping blood. Indigo Zap was in a less gruesome but equally bad situation, with dripping blood, cuts, and a very bad and quick blackening eye.

*Snap* *Snap* *Snap* *Snap*

The cell phone went with each tap on its screen. “I hope you enjoy the photos, Sunset. I know I’m going to have a nice time beating your ass around.”

“Hey, hold up a minute, if anyone is going to teach that skank a lesson it’s going to be me!” Cherry protested.

“And that worked swimmingly for you the first time, didn’t it?” Octavia taunted with a cheeky smile.

“Things will be different this time,” Cherry then did a fancy three-hit combo faster than Octavia could react to. “I have a few tricks up my sleeve this time. Now, Adagio, Sunset’s ass is mine after she humiliated me the same fucking week she arrived, ousting me as the Queen of Canterlot High and stealing what was rightfully mine! I get dibs on her, it is only right!”

“Oh, go cry me a river, Crash. Do you really want to talk about fairness and justice? About what is right!?” Adagio pulled out her cracked necklace. “She’s the reason why my necklace is fucked! We have to do degrading things just to survive and learn to harmonize again without the power of our gems. And even now, we can no longer control people or get stronger. She robbed me of who I am. Of who we, the Sirens Three, are!” Walking up to Cherry until she was practically butting heads with her, she glared at her honey eyes with boiling hatred. “She made you cry once while she broke my way of life, my very being. So don’t come to me spouting bullshit about fairness. If anyone is going to kick her ass, it’s going to be me.”

Cherry took a step back and looked away. “FINE! But after she kicks your ass, hers is going to be mine!”

“Aaaaaand sent~,” Adagio announced before shutting the phone off and tossing it where the two girls were laying unconscious, bloody, and beaten.

“S-Shouldn’t we call an ambulance?” Sonata asked, cowering as Aria walked past her.

“I’m not entirely without heart. I gave them the exact location where these two whores are. It’ll be up to them and fate that nothing worse happens to them,” Adagio chuckled. “I also gave her very precise instructions on what she would do next. Or risk getting those photos published all over the internet, social media, and stapled on every post across town~”

“You are pure evil and I love it, Adagio,” Vignette praised while Frosty nodded eagerly.

Sonata wanted to say something else, but the uncaringness of the rest of the group prevented her from doing so. Defeated, she turned around to find Cherry crouching next to Rainbow.

“Hey, Dash, tell Sunset that I’m coming for her next, you tomboy prude.”

“You know she can’t hear you, right?” Aria asked, ending with a chuckle. “Or are you that much of a sadist, Crash?”

“A bit of the latter. I’m also quite petty, Blaze. I’d rather get my rocks off, so to say, now that I can rather than deal with her all juiced up in that magic shit they use,” shivering, she caught up to the group. “How is Adagio going to prevent them from just coming for us or fight unfairly?”

“Didn’t you hear her just a moment ago?” Aria sighed. “Honestly, you’re more distracted and air-headed than Sonata is.”

Ignoring the hurtful comment, Sonata turned to the least despicable of the bunch. “Are you… really going to let Frosty fight against Vinyl?” She asked in a whisper.

“Of course,” Octavia replied using the same volume but in a cold, calculating tone. “There’s no way a stupid bitch like Frosty could ever beat my Vinyl. She might get in a few hits, but I need someone to keep Vinyl occupied while I make sure Lemon Zest is out of the picture once and for all,” she said coldly, injecting all the venom and vitriol she could conjure into the name of her hated foe.

Sonata stopped for a moment, her heart skipping a beat before clutching into her pocket… and then resumed her walk; a hand firmly clutching her cellphone. As she walked away from the scene, she bit her lower lip until it hurt while her heart pounded faster than ever.

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“Come on, come on! The left! No, the other left!” Lemon Zest cried out while sitting next to Sunset Shimmer handling a controller. On the other controller was Applejack, currently kicking the ever-living snot out of Sunset’s character while Vinyl patted her shoulder in support.

“Could you shut up for a moment and let me--ARRRGGGHHHHH!” Sunset screamed when Applejack’s character delivered a finishing combo and a big, red ‘K.O.!’ appeared on the screen. “Dammit!”

“Now, now, don’t feel too bad about it, sugarcube. It ain’t your fault that you suck at this game, is all. It takes some major skill and practice to get good at it, I tells yah!” Applejack half taunted, half pitied the red and yellow-haired girl currently passing the controller to Fluttershy.

“Yeah, yeah, whatever… This is why I rather play Smash over Mortal Kombat. Everything has to have pixel-perfect precision or else nothing lands or everything does and don’t get me started on the bullshit combos!” Getting up and letting Fluttershy take her place, the shy girl quickly picked Scorpion.

Glancing at the two DJ’s, she saw Lemon grumble before passing a green bill to a smug Vinyl. Then, she looked around the ample room belonging to Lemon Zest. The room itself wasn’t all too fancy, which was a surprise given the opulent wealth of her green-haired friend, but it was still easily bigger than her house. It was equipped with its own fridge, a mini-private jacuzzi, a truly ginormous bed, a boxing ring along with equipment, more musical instruments and equipment that she could care to name, posters and many other knacks that didn’t stand out much.

Scattered around the room were the rest of her friends, both from Crystal Prep and Canterlot High chatting, playing, or doing whatever as they enjoyed their get together. Trixie was arm-wrestling with Rarity, of all people. Sunny was chatting with Twilight and Spike. Pinkie Pie was busy sharing a cupcake with Sugarcoat and Sour Sweet. And only Rainbow Dash and Indigo Zap were absent, but not for much longer. At least, she hoped that was the case.

“Hey, Sunset, any word on the two sports maniacs?” Lemon asked, turning to face her before Applejack and Fluttershy’s match began.

“Not yet. But they should be here any moment now unless they forgot about it or got caught up in an insane competition and turned their jogging into a full-blown race,” Sunset replied.

“Like last time?” Lemon deadpanned and Sunset nodded tiredly. “I sure hope--”

“FINISH HIM!” They turned to the screen to see Scorpion casually burn the face of Shao Khan. “FATALITY! Scorpion WINS!”

“Wha--?” Applejack asked, flabbergasted.

“Yay~” Fluttershy squeaked.

And Vinyl simply laughed in silence.

Before Sunset could exclaim her surprise at her gaming goddess-like friend, her cell phone vibrated and beeped signaling she got a message. She was about to reach for her pocket when she received a flurry of messages more. Off put, she reached for her phone quicker and turned around away from the screen. Unlocking her phone, the first thing she saw made her eyes bulge to such a degree they nearly popped out of their sockets. She read the messages and stared at the pictures several times over, her brain unable to comprehend what she was seeing until a familiar boiling, burning, searing sensation began to manifest itself from the depths of her stomach.

Rarity, Applejack, Twilight, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie stopped what they were doing as they felt their geodes burn in tandem with Sunset’s rising feelings and they knew they belonged to her. Turning to face her, everything stopped for a moment before Sunset’s entire body glowed and, a second later, she transformed into the She-Devil she had become for the first time except her wings were normal.

“ADAGIOOOOOOOOO!!!” Sunset hissed, cursing the word with a poison so thick and deadly it seemed to kill the very concept of the syllables uttered by her throat.

“Whoa! WHAT THE FUCK!?” Lemon yelled, jumping back in surprise and horror as she saw her friend turn into a literal demon right in front of her.

“It wasn’t a fucking joke!?” Sour Sweet exclaimed, jumping to her feet in a mix of fear and awe. “She actually transformed into a goddamn succubus!?”

Sugarcoat and Sunny Flare were too stunned to say anything while the Canterlot High Girls rushed to Sunset’s side while she shook from pure rage.

“Whoa, whoa! Simmer down, Sunset! Simmer down!” Applejack pleaded while Twilight, with Spike on her arms, walked in front of the mumbling, nearly fuming demonette. “Twilight, do something!”

“I-I’ll try,” reaching for her friend’s forehead, she touched it trying to calm her down. “Shhh, Sunset, it’s okay. What’s wrong?”

“Adagio is what’s wrong!” Sunset replied, her voice deep, guttural, and dark. “Once I get my hands on her, I’m going to tear her hair out strand by strand!” She said as her eyes filled with tears, only for them to evaporate the moment they touched her skin. “Even… even after…,” she shook her head and she shut her eyes. It took her several long, painful moments to calm down but eventually, she transformed back to normal. That didn’t prevent her from grabbing the nearest armchair and fling it across the room only for it to land on the ring.

“Sweet heavens, girl, what the fuck happened!?” Sugarcoat asked, impressed by the display of raw anger coming from the usually collected and calm Sunset Shimmer.

Instead of answering the ponytail wearing girl, Sunset shakily began clicking a few numbers but then stopped midway. For other extra seconds that felt like eons, she remained frozen before abruptly turning to Lemon. “We need to go to the Prancing Park right now. Come on, I’ll explain on the way!”

It took only a matter of seconds before everyone was aboard one of the limos of Lemon’s parents. The chauffeur initially tried to refuse the order, as only her parents could make use of them, but after seeing the distress on Sunset’s face he understood something bad had happened and needed as much secrecy as possible. Once they were heading to the park, everyone looked at Sunset with expecting eyes.

The red and yellow-haired girl spent several moments trying to keep her anger under control for long enough to allow her to speak properly. Finally, she began with a cracked voice. “A-Adagio and the dazzlings… they did something unforgivable…,” she spat, her hands clenched into fists. “T-They… got the jump on Rainbow Dash and Indigo, beat them up, and left them in the park for us to pick up.”

“They did WHAT!?” Applejack roared, her entire body glowing as she teetered on the edge of transforming.

“Those backstabbing sluts! First Aria and now this!?” Sour Sweet growled.

“Wait ‘till I get my hands on that fucking bitch! Does she really think we’re going to just stand by and let them get away with that!?” Lemon demanded while the rest of the girls were either too shocked or too pissed to say anything else.

“No… No we are not going to let them do that to us, but we’re going to play by their rules now,” Sunset replied, fighting back the urge to fly out of the limo and go after the sirens to deliver them justice… justice in the form of bloody noses, knocked off teeth, and broken bones if she could help it.

Everyone did a double-take at that but it was Pinkie who found her voice first. “M-My Nata is in on this, too?” She mumbled, almost unheard while her hair deflated slightly.

Applejack wanted to tell her how foolish she was for thinking Sonata Dusk was any different than the cheating Aria Blaze, but since she hadn’t done anything bad yet, she couldn’t blame her for the wrongdoings of her sister. Still, she felt awful about feeling a tingle of vindictive delight at knowing Sonata was just as rotten as her sisters. Setting those thoughts aside for a moment, she pressed on. “What are you talking about, Sunset?”

“They… they took pictures,” Sunset replied before showing everyone her sideways cell phone. On the screen, a photo of Rainbow lying unconscious face-first over the crotch of an equally beaten down Indigo could be seen. Then, Sunset scrolled her finger to the side to show several more pictures taken on various angles showing the beating the dazzling had delivered upon their friends.

“...I’m going to heal them after you beat the shit out of them,” Fluttershy muttered in a cold, icy tone. “So you can beat them again and again and again,” shaking, she clenched her teeth and she transformed, but it wasn’t the gentle transformation everypony knew, rather, she looked like a vampire thirsty for blood. “How dare they do that to my friends!?” She said in a raspy, hollow voice.

Trixie (and everyone else) shuddered upon hearing her voice but managed to cough. “Trixie thinks there must be something more that we are not seeing. What are their rules, Sunset?”

“They want to settle the score… in a big pitch fight. Seven versus seven. They want it to be somewhere secluded, with no powers, no magic, no surprises. I have to go and pick another six fighters or else they are going to post those pictures everywhere,” she explained, wishing nothing more than to break her cell phone at that precise moment.

“Seven against seven on a pitched fight? What the hell are they planning and who would be stupid enough to side with the dazzlings in doing this to our friends?” Sunny questioned when they felt the limo come to a halt.

“Whoever they are they surely won’t leave without having their behinds thoroughly spanked and handed to them right after I CHOKE THE LIFE OUT OF THEM!” Rarity yelled, her ears appearing for a split moment as her anger got through her self-control.

“Miss Zest, we have arrived. I suggest you hurry as it is already nightfall,” the chauffeur said through the intercom and the girls wasted no time getting off the limo.

Spike jumped out of Twilight’s arms and immediately started to sniff the ground and the air. It didn’t take long before he turned back to the girls. “I got their scent, follow me!” He said before sprinting away with the girls following closely. It took around five minutes until they reached the spot where Rainbow and Indigo had been left for the night. Rushing to them, Applejack and Sour Sweet were the first to reach their bloodied, bruised friends. Sour Sweet picked Rainbow up and put her on her back while Applejack picked Indigo. They were out of the park as quickly as they had entered and went straight back to Lemon’s mansion where the family’s doctor and medical personnel were waiting to receive their friends.

“You can relax, Miss Zest. They are with good hands and we’ll make sure they are properly treated and their wounds become a non-threat. I can’t say yet for any potential internal or bone injury, but most of the damage seems to be superficial… whoever did this knew exactly how to deliver a message,” the doctor said as the two sports enthusiasts were carried into the medical wing of the mansion.

“Funny you should say that,” muttered Sunset as the doctor turned around to perform his duty. “Thanks, Spike, without you we could still be at the park searching for them. That bitch Adagio only sent me a general location and they were way off the mark…”

“Call me a cunt if you want, but I think we have a more pressing problem to deal with. Namely, knocking a few teeth off from the jaws of three sushi restaurant escapees and the goons they hired,” Sunny spat. “Count me in for what its worth. I’m not much of a fighter, but I have a few moves in me.”

“Same goes for me,” Sugarcoat volunteered. “Fuck the dazzlings… and not in a fun way.”

“How are we going to pick the fighters… we don’t know what we’re facing outside the dazzlings. But that makes me wonder… Why is Sonata fighting? She’s the worst fighter out of everyone I know and that’s including Poindexter and Dean Cadance,” Sunset pondered.

“She’s using her as cannon fodder…,” Pinkie said. “I know she must be using Nata like that! Adagio and Aria don’t care for her and she’s too soft and afraid to fight them back!”

“But she’s a fucking siren! Did they force her to hurt people before coming to our world!? Because I remember her smiling whenever they sang their shit and people went bonkers!” Applejack countered.

“I know! But she’s changed! She was… evil, I know. But she was always around Adagio and Aria, and you damn well know they treat her like shit… No! I refuse to believe my Nata touched Rainbow or Indi!”

“Just like I refused to believe Aria cheated on me with your sister, Limestone, until I caught them in the act! At least she was playing us both,” Applejack said, her heart aching at the memory. At least she took solace in the fact that Limestone was just a pawn of Aria, nothing more, so she didn’t resent her. “Them vermin can’t change.”

“I changed…,” Sunset whispered and everyone fell silent. “But we can discuss this later. Right now we need to pick six fighters. Luckily for us, Adagio didn’t say anything about bringing anyone outside our circle for aid in case we want to bring the best of the best to the table. I’m going, so that’s one. I can ask Derpy if she’s willing to lend us her fists.”

“Derpy?” Eleven voices muttered at the same time while Vinyl looked confused.

“Yeah, looks can be deceiving. She can totally kick my ass any day of the week but doesn’t like to fight all that much,” Sunset explained but everyone was still looking at her skeptically. “I-It’s a long story but she’s a Muay Thai and Capoeira Master.”

“As… impossible and incredible as that sounds… I think it’d be best if we keep this personal, darling,” Rarity began. “The Dazzlings have made a grave mistake and it must be us who teach them a lesson.”

“I agree with you, Rares, but we don’t know who they are bringing to the table. If they bring someone who can completely outmatch us, then we’re fucked. Making sure to take Rainbow Dash out and put Indigo Zap out of commission first… that leaves two of the best fighters in our group out by default,” Sugarcoat reasoned.

“Clever girls,” Trixie muttered. “So, how do we krump ‘em?”

“Krump? W-What does that even mean?” Fluttershy asked, confused.

“You’ve been playing and reading into Warhammer 40K, haven’t you?” Sunset asked with a deadpan expression.

“Trixie is guilty as charged, but that does not answer Trixie’s question,” she replied completely unashamed.

“I’m in. There’s no way I’m missing out on this fight! And even less if it means avenging the honor of our friends!” Sour Sweet called.

“Me neither. I’ve always wanted to teach those stuck-up bitches a lesson. Now they gave me the perfect excuse to do so,” Lemon confessed.

“I’m in,” Applejack announced, saying nothing more as she crossed her arms.

“Right, that’s four out of seven… Anyone else?” Sunset asked but before anyone else could say anything, her phone rang. She thought about ignoring it for a moment but decided against it. Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out her cell phone and her ire went through the roof upon checking it was coming from Sonata’s number. She was about to dismiss it when she read the very first line of the text.

‘The Girls Adagio and Aria picked to fight on their side are Frosty Orange, Cherry Crash, Octavia Melody, and Vignette Valencia. And before you ask, yes, they all participated in beating Rainbow and Indigo up. Each of them has a score to settle with you girls, but the plan was to let you pick the fighters. Adagio reasoned that you’d like to keep it personal and that increased the chances of everyone getting what they want. I’m not fighting… I’m… I’m done with them, Sunset. They crossed the fucking line this time. I’m going to show up and instantly capitulate, so the fight will be a six against six. I know Adagio and Aria only put me in there for cannon fodder or to make me distract someone. Be careful, they are going to fight dirty so you must fight dirty, too. I’m sorry this happened, Sunset. I really am… and if Pinkie is there, please tell her I love her and that I’ll see her soon.

Best of luck, Sonata Dusk Ex-Dazzling.’

“I knew my Nata couldn’t do something so horrible!” Pinkie cheered, tears pouring down her cheeks.

“Well I’ll be damned,” Applejack muttered, surprised.

“Thanks, Sonata,” Sunset said, smiling ever so slightly.

“Vinyl…,” Lemon whispered, turning to face her girlfriend only to find an unreadable expression on her face. The white-skinned girls reached out with a hand and she embraced it with one of her own.

Vinyl slammed her fist against her thigh repeatedly and silently exchanged a glance with Sunset.

“I guess that makes five of us… so two spots left. One for the fighter and the other for the decoy. Any takers?” Fluttershy asked.

“Trixie isn’t much of a fighter, but Trixie knows how to fight dirty. Trixie will help!” Trixie said loudly as she smiled smugly.

“As much as the thought counts, Trixie, after hearing who’s in their little group… I can’t let that slide. I’ll fight,” Sugarcoat prompted. “I’m not the best fighter here but I can do some damage and, if push comes to shove, do some Cheap Fighting,” she smiled wickedly. “Because, seriously, fuck them.”

“Trixie is displeased… but Trixie agrees. Trixie is much better as a support than as a fighter,” Trixie admitted.

“Then I guess I can act as a decoy, darlings,” Rarity turned to Pinkie. “I know you want to be it, dear, but it would be too suspicious and we wouldn’t catch them off guard,” then she turned to Fluttershy. “And it can’t be you either, dear, you’re too soft and the most innocent among us,” her face then turned devilish and malicious. “Plus, I can’t miss watching the kind of expression Vignette will make when I walk out of the ring!”

“And there it is. Yeah, generosity my yellow ass,” Sunset chuckled but nodded all the same. “Now, we need a place to set the fight in proper for tomorrow.”

“Big Mac, Granny, and Bloom are leaving early in the morning to visit mah cousin Braeburn next town over. We can use the spot next to the barn for the fight and away from prying eyes,” Applejack suggested.

“Then… I guess this is it,” Sunset picked Adagio from her contact’s list and called her. After a few seconds, the dial clung and Sunset put her on speaker mode.

“Ahhhh, Sunset Shimmer, so good to hear from you. Tell me, did you like my gift~?” Adagio taunted in a mocking yet palpable disgruntled tone.

“I don’t have time to play around, Dazzle. You were aching for a fight? Well, bitch, you got it. Sweet Apple Acres by the big red barn, tomorrow afternoon. Don’t be fucking late.”

“Ohhhh, you woooound me so, Sunset. Don’t worry, we’ll be there and with a surprise for all of you~. You will pay for everything you did to us, Cuntset Dykemmer!” Adagio shouted before cutting off the call.

“That’s a new one,” Trixie muttered, impressed before all eyes landed on her. “Whaaaaat? She may be a bitch but she’s good at coming up with insulting names! That takes talent.”

Everyone sighed.

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The waiting was maddening and infuriating. Maddening because no matter how much they waited, time itself seemed to be against them, seemingly deciding to run slower around them. And it was infuriating as they recalled the events of the morning before their arrival.

“Your friends are awake and are okay, Miss Zest. However, they will be required to stay in bed for one week at the very least. Perhaps Miss Zap can leave in three days since her injuries are less pressing but I highly suggest letting her rest the full week would be more ideal. No fractures or muscle ruptures were detected on either of them but Miss Dash got a couple of nasty hits to the back of her head and to her torsal area.”

“I see,” Lemon replied. “So there’s no chance of them joining to see us get revenge, right?”

“I’m afraid not, Miss Zest. However, and this is very unorthodox of me to suggest, perhaps someone could link a direct video transmission to their room so they can see it?” The doctor suggested, surprising everyone when he smirked evilly. “It’s not the same, but I was beaten up in school during my youth and my friends took revenge on the bullies that did it to me. To this day, I lament having never seen them take a taste of their own medicine.”

And thus, here there were. Waiting and clenching their teeth in anticipation. Twilight and Sunny Flare had volunteered to stealthily record the fight as it developed, promising not to interfere unless absolutely necessary in case Adagio and her goons got any funny ideas.

Eventually, after what felt like hours, they heard the noise of the Dazzlings van in the distance, first as a soft little noise but soon getting louder and louder until the van came into view. The next few seconds passed even slower as the van came to a halt next to the barn and the engine died. The two front doors opened and from the van climbed down the Dazzlings. The three sirens were wearing sports clothing, giving them ample movement with next to no friction and all the room they needed for a proper exercise… or get into one hell of a scrap.

“Well, well, well. It seems you want those pictures to be released, Sunset. Didn’t I tell you to not bring more than six of your lapdogs with you to fight?” Adagio said, her voice starting sweet but quickly devolving into a snarl as she and her sisters stopped in front of the van.

Sunset took a step forward. “And I didn’t. The rest of my friends are here to watch and make sure you don’t pull any fucking stunts on us, Adagio. For the sake of Rainbow and Indigo, we’ll follow your rules. No double teaming, no magic or power-ups, no crotch shots, no tit-busting, and no biting.”

“Awwww, don’t you trust us, Sunset?” Aria taunted, giving her the middle finger as she did. Then, she turned to Applejack. “Hey, there, love, long time no see!”

“...” Applejack didn’t reply to Aria’s goading, but she did glare at her with all her might. With a sigh, she grabbed her precious stetson and tossed it to the side before cracking her knuckles and neck. “Eeeeyup.”

For her part, Sonata stood there saying nothing. She glanced at Pinkie and the party girl gave her a subtle (as subtle as Pinkie can be in any case) proud smile. Returning the smile, she turned her gaze to Sunset and the leader of the Rainbooms gave her a little nod.

“Who did you bring to fight on your team, my dear Shimmer?” Adagio asked before snorting. “Although, it won’t matter. Once I’m done with you, no part of you will be left shimmering for a good while.”

“See for yourself, bitch,” Sunset replied, and instantly Sugarcoat, Rarity, Applejack, Lemon Zest, Vinyl Scratch, and Sour Sweet got in line next to her. “Happy?”

Aria and Adagio nodded with the former shivering with excitement. Adagio then slapped Sonata’s ass and pushed her back. “Sonata, open the door. I think it’s time they get to see who they are facing against.”

Sonata obeyed the order and slid the van’s side door open to reveal the other four fighters on the Dazzlings’ side. Out came first Octavia Melody, followed by Vignette Valencia, Frosty Orange and lastly, Cherry Crash stepped out. All of them were wearing similar attires, clearly ready for a fight. All of them had varying degrees of smirks and grins on their faces, but none could match that of Cherry’s, her violence and desire to punish the one who had wronged her in the past palpable to all.

“Someone should leash her. I fear if I look at her wrongly she might bite me,” Sunny said, loud and clear, as she pointed at Cherry.

“Say that again and you will be in for what’s coming to Sunset, too, Crystal Prep skank!” Cherry yelled, not in anger but in dry, overwhelming confidence.

As the Dazzle team began to move forth, Sonata stayed a little behind the line and only advanced when Sunset’s team began to advance, ready to meet their targets head-on. She noted as she advanced that Sunset and her friends were not entirely dressed as they usually were but also were not as prepared for combat as the ones on Adagio’s side were. They were also wearing sports attire, just slightly more covering than that of the others. Now, she didn’t know much about fighting but she knew enough that Sunset and her friends had traded some of their mobility for extra firmness and a most stable footing.

They were out here not to play and it showed.

When Adagio stopped so did everyone else and both sides remained standing on a face-off less than two meters apart. Except for her. Adagio and Aria shot her an angry glance back as she closed up the distance. For a panicked moment, she thought it would be best to just roll with the punches as always and do the bidding of her sisters. But another, bigger, angrier, raging side of her shouted to do what she had planned to do… and thus, she did. When she reached the line she didn’t stop and instead kept walking forth.

“Sonata, what the fuck do you think you’re doing!?” Aria barked, angrily. “Sonata, get your ass back here this--”

“GO FUCK YOURSELF, ARIA! You too, Adagio!” Sonata finally exploded, turning around to face her two shocked and furious sisters. “You went too far! I never wanted to do anything you two assholes made me do for centuries! T-The power… it felt so good to have it… but when we couldn’t get anymore, I felt so good for the first time in my life! I don’t want that anymore! And I… I love Pinkie more than anything else, so fuck you two!” She declared before turning and handing Sunset a cell phone. “Here. The copies of the pictures are here.”

“That’s my fucking phone! When did you steal it!?” Adagio fumed on the verge of just lunging after her sister. “TRAITOR! Traitor! You miserable, treacherous swine! FINE! We don’t need you! I don’t need you, Sonata! See how long you’ll last without us!”

“Thanks, Sonata,” Sunset said before hugging the siren. Then, the blue-skinned girl, with tears forming in her eyes, rushed to hug her girlfriend and kiss her passionately as they began to murmur something only they could hear. Passing the cell phone to Applejack, the country girl wordlessly crushed it and compacted it into a tiny ball before using all of her strength to toss it across her home, beyond the farmland, and then disappear into the distance with a tiny glint. “Oh, don’t worry, Adagio. We’ll play by your rules still. I just had to… ensure you wouldn’t use that as a secret weapon, you know? Unlike you, we actually have morals and honor.”

Every girl on Adagio’s team growled for a moment, but within moments, they smiled.

“Heh, it doesn’t matter as long as I get to fuck you up, Sunset. I need payback for what you did to me, remember?” Cherry said before blowing her an exaggerated kiss.

“Likewise. As long as I can put Lemon’s ass on the ground, I’m fine either way,” Octavia agreed.

“Ditto. You hear me, you mute handicapped bitch!? I’m going fucking ruin you!” Frosty shouted.

Aria and Vignette didn’t say anything, they only smiled smugly as they stared at their desired targets. Adagio, on the other hand, had her hatred evenly split between Sunset and her treacherous, backstabbing sister currently cuddling with the pink idiot.

“If that’s the case, then I think we have one extra member on our side,” Rarity said before flaunting her hair. “Well, dearies, it is only right for me to step out and even the numbers~”

Vignette did a double take. “N-no, wait! That’s not fair! I want to kick you in that prissy, cocksucking jaw of yours, Rarity! NO! Get back here and face me, you damn coward!”

Rarity giggled and gave her a finger. “If you’re still standing by the end of this, then I’ll gladly let you beat me up as you did with my friends,” she said with a smile but her voice was cold and unforgiving.

“Hey, Rarity, wait up,” Lemon called as she took off her headphones. “I wouldn’t want anything bad to happen to them.”

“I agree… for what its worth, I am sorry for breaking them before. Had I known earlier, I wouldn’t have dared to even glance at them,” Octavia scrunched her nose. “I rather break your bones this time, Lemon.”

“With that, I can agree, Octavia,” Lemon replied with all the contempt she could muster while holding Vinyl’s hand tightly, much to the rising anger of Octavia and Frosty.

Rarity accepted the headphones and quickly moved out of the way to stand next to Trixie. For a few seconds, nothing happened as the wind continued to blow pleasantly. Then, a cloud shed them from the rays of the sun.

Taking the chance to act first, Cherry Crash advanced first with two wide steps and suddenly, she was standing right in front of Sunset. Their breasts were pressed together and their faces were so close they could smell each other’s breaths. Everyone watching, including Rainbow Dash and Indigo Zap through screens, the unfolding event, could see the electricity and the tension building as time dragged on.

That is, until Sunset Shimmer chuckled. “What’s the matter, Cherry, itching to get another beating?”

“Oh, please, unlike last time, I’m prepared to kick your ass. I’m just waiting for you to throw the first strike. That seems to be your style, remember?”

“You mean like you and your stooges jumping to assault two of my friends? Soooo very brave. Come on, Crash, do your best. I’d ask you to do your worst, but that’s your everyday life, isn’t it?” She chuckled. “But I gotta hand it to you. You sure know how to crawl to a new low, don’t you? Sleeping around, having a new boyfriend or girlfriend every week. Such a shining example for Canterlot High. I did everyone a kindness!”

That did the trick and Cherry wasted no time in throwing the first punch, right at Sunset’s face. The golden-skinned girl dodged it effortlessly, having been prepared for it from the start, and countered with a punch to Cherry’s stomach. She was surprised when she blocked it and that moment of distraction cost her as she was pushed back.

Looking up, she saw Cherry lunging at her… and on her peripheral sight, she saw Adagio doing the same in a more controlled manner. She felt the tackle of Cherry shortly followed by Adagio’s, her balance lost and forcing her to fall.

The moment she hit the ground, everyone cried out, cursing and crying in outrage before all hell broke loose and the fight truly began.

Chapter 1 End.

Author's Note

Special thanks to anyone that read this!