Lilac sat down on the bench with her new guitar. "Good thing I already know how to play this," she smirked to herself as she played a little tune on her instrument. Fluttershy was walking across the playground but she saw a shining blue and red colour at the corner of her eye. Curiously, she turned to look in Lilac's direction to see her holding a guitar.

"Isn't that Rainbow Dash's guitar?" Fluttershy muttered to herself before cautiously approaching the girl. "Um excuse me?" She squeaked, catching Lilac's attention.

"Yes?" Lilac asked with a wide grin.

"Are you new around here? I don't think I've seen you at CHS before." Fluttershy sat down on the bench, next to Lilac.

"Yes, I just moved here from Crystal Prep," Lilac replied, still wearing her fake, polite grin. "My name's Lilac." She held out her hand.

"Oh, I'm Fluttershy," Fluttershy muttered as she gently shook the outstretched hand.

"Good to meet you. It is awfully hard to fit in when you're new. I just can't seem to make any friends," Lilac sighed as she turned her head away in shame.

"Yeah, that was the same with me when I moved here. But don't worry, everyone is really nice and they'll definitely make you feel right at home in a couple of weeks or so. It won't take much time," Fluttershy reassured.

"Well, I'll take your word for it," she said, "Someone as nice as you would definitely get a lot of friends."

"Why, thank you!" Fluttershy giggled as she blushed, "And I don't mind being friends Lilac, just wait until I introduce you to the rest of my group! They'd just want to be friends right away!" Fluttershy looked down and saw Lilac's guitar again. "Oh uh where did you get that guitar? It looks a lot like my friend Rainbow Dash's."

"Well, that's because she gave it to me," Lilac quickly said, "I may not have many friends here but Dash and I know each other from before. But she told me that you, her and the rest of your group are all part of a band. She also told me that she recently quit the band but she never mentioned why for some odd reason. She said she wanted me to have this as I also play the guitar."

"She gave you her guitar?!" Fluttershy gasped. "I never thought Rainbow would give away her guitar to someone else. This might be a bigger problem than we thought."

"She never told you why she quit? Even though she's your best friend?" Lilac asked, pretending to be shocked.

"Yeah," Fluttershy muttered, biting her lip nervously. 'Lilac does have a point. Rainbow is our best friend and yet she never told us what was troubling her. Strange,' Fluttershy thought. "Excuse me a moment. I need to go somewhere real quick. I'll see you at lunch then? I can introduce you to the rest of my friends and we can all have lunch together. That sound alright?" Fluttershy asked as she stood up.

"Sure Fluttershy. I'm cool with that. See you at lunch!" Lilac watched as Fluttershy ran off, presumably to tell her friends about the guitar. Her friendly smile transformed almost instantly into a menacing one that would make anyone who passes by shiver. "Looks like I got more than I bargained for," she muttered to herself, "That means my plan isn't over yet. I'm going to get my place in the Rainbooms. They can't say no to their new friend. That fool Fluttershy basically made me an easy replacement for Rainbow Dash." Lilac stoked the strings of her guitar as her plan formulated in her brain. Step by step. Detail by detail. Inch by inch.

"It's definitely Rainbow's guitar. Lilac said so herself. Apparently, she and Rainbow Dash know each other from before," Fluttershy explained to her friends.

"Rainbow would never give away her guitar!" Rarity exclaimed, shocked.

"Well, I'm not that surprised anymore. She quit the band, she doesn't really talk to us and she dresses us like me!" Twilight said.

"Yeah she looks like a total nerd now. No offense Twi," Pinkie said. Twilight just groaned and rolled her eyes in return.

"What else did this Lilac girl say, Fluttershy?" Sunset asked.

"Well that's about it. She said that she plays the guitar so Dash gave it to her. And by the way, she was really nice and she's having lunch with us today," Fluttershy said.

"I dunno, something's not right about this Lilac girl," Sunset said, concernedly, "And besides, I don't want to give Rainbow Dash the impression that she's being replaced."

"Nonsense! Why would Dashie think that? Ah think that she just needs some time on her own and soon she'll be coming over to us, explaining why the heck she quit in the first place! Rainbow will be fine, knowing her she'll be back in a couple of weeks," Applejack reassured Sunset whilst resting her hand on her shoulder.

"Well, okay. If you all think it'll be fine then it's fine by me. We'll see how Lilac is, Fluttershy," Sunset said, still secretly doubting this idea in her mind.

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It was lunch and the Rainbooms were with Lilac in the cafeteria.

"Wow, your dad is an actual explorer?!" Applejack gasped, "That is so darn cool!"

"Yeah, he's traveled around the whole globe," Lilac chuckled as scooped up a spoonful of peas and ate it.

"And your mom is a scientist? She sounds really fascinating!" Twilight added.

"She taught me a thing or two about all of that sciencey stuff. It does help in school I guess," Lilac said.

"You have 5 siblings, huh? That seems like a big family. Which means...an even bigger PARTY!" Pinkie exclaimed. "You may or may not know this about me but partying is my thing," Pinkie whispered with a wink.

"I think I already guessed that," Lilac laughed.

"Lilac, you certainly have some very nice clothes you are wearing!" Rarity complimented, "And those shoes are absolutely gorgeous darling!"

"Thanks, I got those for my birthday," Lilac smiled.

"You're very lucky Lilac," Fluttershy said with a warm smile. The conversation continued but Sunset didn't contribute as she was too busy lost in her thoughts, wondering about Lilac and Rainbow Dash. Sunset decided to ask about Rainbow Dash to Lilac and see how she'd respond.

"Hey Lilac?" Sunset asked as everyone turned their attention to her.

"Yeah?"

"You said you knew Rainbow Dash before you joined the school, right? I'm just a bit curious, how did the two of you get to know each other?" Sunset asked, leaning slightly forward.

"Well, me and Rainbow Dash used to go to this club together when we were both in primary school. It was an out of school soccer club and we got in touch there. In middle school, we sorta stopped talking as we both left the club and when I joined CHS, I recognised Rainbow. Does that answer your question?" Lilac flashed a smile again.

"Oh yeah, thanks. I'm just a bit confused why Rainbow Dash would give up her guitar, though. Did she mention why? Sorry if I'm asking so many questions, I just want to figure out why Rainbow is acting so different," Sunset chuckled, adding a bit more politeness into her conversation.

"No worries, it's completely understandable why you want to know. After all, she is your friend so she was meant to tell you. But no, she didn't mention why she wanted to give up her guitar. I even asked her but she just said she had no use for it anymore. I think she meant because she's not in the band, she doesn't need a guitar. Although, I wonder why she gave it to me, even though I'm not in the Rainbooms," Lilac chuckled.

"Yes, Rainbow has been acting different. I think we can all agree," Rarity said, "I wonder why though."

"Can you guys give me a tour of the school after?" Lilac quickly asked, trying to change the topic, "I sort of need to know my way around."

"Sure! We know every inch of this place!" Pinkie said. They all stood up with their trays and departed the table. Sunset sighed and followed, reluctantly.

Author's Note

Hey guys!

I decided to do a chapter on Lilac. Hope you liked it!