Author's Note

Sorry about the delay, was busy with a handful of projects.

Chapter 2: The new student of Canterlot High

It was a beautiful day at Canterlot City, with the skies clear and the people hard at work doing their usual activities. Like a certain girl, named Sunset Shimmer, who is excited, for after the Music Festival after she performed with Post Crush, things have been looking great for her and her friends. For now, that they have a good grip on their magic, they now help more and more folks with their problems rather than use it to their advantage. It was rough for them the past three years, but they were able to go through the tough times together ever since the Fall Formal.

Sunset was once a bad person back at the day. She didn’t get what she wanted and she ended up fleeing to the human world. During her stay there, she manipulated people, drove wedges between them and would force others to obey her rather than try to be nice to them. Then sometime later, she stole Princess Twilight’s crown and she went back. When Princess Twilight got there, she saw what Sunset had done. Thanks to her efforts, she and her assistant Spike, who got turned into a dog when he followed Twilight, worrying about her safety, they were able to unite the human version of her friends and helped turn the school around. And because Sunset wielded the crown, she unknowingly summoned the darkness from the crown and turned into a demon. She would’ve succeeded into finishing them off, but thanks to the power of the Crown that helped reignite the magic in her human friends as they too became element bearers, Twilight and her friends were able to defeat her. Realizing the error of her ways, she apologized to them and wished to make things right, allowing her friends and Twilight to forgive her.

After that, she tried to make amends, but because of her past and what she did, they had a hard time trusting her. It as a work in progress and no one said that it would be easy, but she was at least trying. Then came the Sirens, now known as the Dazzlings after they were banished from Equestria, who sensed Equestria magic nearby and took control of the school in order for them to absorb their anger, driving wedges between them. Sunset quickly contacted Princess Twilight and she came over to help her friends, who had formed their own band called the Rainbooms. Unfortunately, because of their petty squabble (Rainbow’s ego kept getting in the way, Rarity obsessed with their wardrobe, Fluttershy who got angry at Rainbow for not playing her songs, Pinkie being Pinkie and Applejack who kept grumbling and complaining about everything they did) they had a hard time trying to work together. But thanks to Sunset, she was able to rally them and together, with their own power and music, with Sunset also becoming an element bearer, they were able to defeat the Dazzlings and strip them of their power before they could do any more damage. After that, the whole school forgave Sunset and she was happy to be accepted again, making her feel more welcomed than ever.

Then came the Friendship Games. And because of their recent activities, it attracted the attention of none other than Princess Twilight’s human counterpart, who got the nickname Sci-Twi from another school called Crystal Prep Academy. She became obsessed into wanting to learning it and ended up making a device that would not only track it, but (without her realizing it) absorb it. She was forced to be part of the Friendship Games because her principle blackmailed her into joining. And during that time, Crystal Prep Academy kept rubbing their victories in their faces, but Canterlot High was able to come around. Unfortunately, during her time, Sci-Twi accidentally kept absorbing the Rainboom’s magic, and opening portals that would’ve put their world in danger. And because of being pressured by her principle and CPA, she ended up absorbing the power and turned into Midnight Sparkle. Because she was mad with power, she ended up opening rifts and portals to other worlds, nearly destroying the world in the process. But thanks to Sunset and the Rainbooms, with the Elements of Harmony, they were able to defeat her and restore her back to normal. Because of her actions, Cinch was fired from her job and Sci-Twi was transferred to Canterlot High to be with her real friends, whilst she met Princess Twilight at the same time too.

After that, Twilight still had nightmares about her being Midnight Sparkle and that it was still a part of her. To take a break from it, they went to Camp Everfree with CHS. But during their stay, unexpected things happened and the Rainbooms gained their own powers. Twilight kept blaming herself, thinking that she’s affecting her friends, even though they had magic in them before they met her. But during their stay, a councilor named Gloriosa Daisy, who was going to lose her camp to Filthy Rich, was the one responsible for the magical happenings. She used the power to turn into Gaia Everfree and sealed the camp with everyone inside. But with Sunset’s encouragement, she helped Twilight embrace the magic within her, and with their combined help, the Rainbooms were able to use the power of the elements once more by using the geodes to free Gloriosa from her darkness and saved Camp Everfree. Once the camp was saved, the Rainbooms gained their geodes, as well as new outfits and powers. With their help, they were able to raise enough funds to save Camp Everfree, with Gloriosa being very thankful for what they had done. But after the whole debacle, Sunset kept pondering about something that had been bugging her…where did the magic come from?

Shortly after that, the Rainbooms tried to find ways to make money to help raising funds for Camp Everfree, so Rarity had the idea of them being part of a contest called Chance to Prance competition, but they had to sacrifice some of the funds in order to make it. Though they had the music in mind, they were terrible dancers. The Shadowbolts (Minus Indigo Zap), also entered because they wanted to raise the money to hold the dance on a yacht. But because of their struggles, the Shadowbolts kept stealing their ideas and if the Rainbooms were to enter, they would be accused of cheating. During Rarity’s ice cream bender, she overheard the Shadowbolts that the only reason why they did it because they didn’t want to let their classmates down. Seeing that fighting wasn’t getting anywhere, they decided to work together. And thanks to their combined work, they were able to raise enough money for both Camp Everfree and the dance on yacht party, allowing both to become better friends.

A while later, the Rainbooms were invited by Canter Zoom, an old Camp Everfree attendee, to watch a filming production of the latest Daring Do movie. But during that time, the props kept disappearing and the sets were sabotaged and damaged. They were able to catch the person responsible, which was none other than Canter Zoom’s own niece, Juniper Montage, who was obsessed with being a movie star. She confessed that she wanted the actress fired so that she could play as Daring Do, but her uncle told her that she was too young and didn’t have any experience. And because of the fact that she sabotaged everything and endangered the actors and crew, especially lying to him and taking advantage of his trust, Canter Zoom banned her from the set, causing Juniper to hate the Rainbooms for what they did. As thanks for their help, the Rainbooms were given small roles in the movie.

After that, the Rainbooms became popular, whilst Sunset was stressing out over certain events that would happen. She was then told to come back to Equestria so that she could get a new journal, whilst also meeting Princess Twilight’s newest student, Starlight Glimmer. But during that, the Rainbooms bumped into Juniper, who somehow got a job at the movie theater because she wanted to see the movie, but her uncle was still mad at her. And during Rainbow’s insensitive speech, Juniper got angry and with the power of the mirror, which somehow got affected by Equestrian Magic, and trapped them inside. Sunset and Starlight came back and with words of wisdom, Starlight helped Sunset eased her burden. But when they came back, they spotted Juniper, causing her to trap her as well. But because of that, the Rainbooms” magic ended up transforming Juniper into a giant woman and caused havoc. Thanks to Starlight, because of her own past, she was able to get through to her and helped her atone for her mistake, causing her to free the Rainbooms before they were lost forever. Starlight stayed for a bit to get to know them more.

After a wardrobe change, the girls” future looked great, until Sunset Shimmer unintentionally hurt a silent but plant expert named Wallflower Blush, she used an Equestrian artifact known as the memory stone, which Clover the Clever hid a long time ago, causing her to use the stone to erase everyone’s good memories of Sunset, making her think she was still the bully. Upon learning from Twilight, and reconciling with Princess Celestia, they were able to uncover the stone and with a surprising help from Trixie, Sunset discovered why Wallflower did all of this, and discovered that if she didn’t destroy the stone, their memories of her would be lost forever. And because of Trixie’s lesson, Sunset realized that even though she didn’t do anything to her, the way she responded was cruel. After sacrificing herself to save her friends, Wallflower erased all of Sunset’s memories. With the help of the Rainbooms, they transformed into their new outfits and destroyed the memory stone, restoring their own in the process. Sunset and Wallflower made peace and Sunset helped her realize that everyone matters, no matter how insignificant or invisible they felt, where Sunset also learned that she shouldn’t ignore others around her, for because of the fact that she was so focused on her friends, she barely noticed everybody else. Though she did teach Rainbow a lesson by putting their photo next to best muscles, which she smirked at that later on.

Then came their trip to Equestria land, led by a celebrity named Vignette, who asked Rarity to be the fair’s designer whilst Applejack didn’t get the job. When the Rainbooms arrived, Vignette wanted to make some changes so that she could be more popular, they didn’t agree to it, causing her to use her phone, which happened to be affected by Equestrian Magic, and teleported them inside her phone. During that time, Applejack tried to convince Rarity, but she didn’t listen because of Vignette who blinded her with false flattery. After a heated argument, Applejack left and Rarity left crying. Vignette trapped the remaining Rainbooms into her phone, Rarity realized that Vignette used her. She was able to escape and went to Applejack for help. They reconciled and ended up finding the Rainbooms, who turned out they were (much to Sunset’s frustration and temper), they were trapped into a random white room in the park. Realizing that if she didn’t like the parade, Vignette would teleport the entire crowd in. After stopping her, they told her that she was so obsessed with popularity, she nearly put everyone in danger. But thanks to Rarity, she convinced her that what she was doing wasn’t the right way, so she and Applejack offered their hands in friendship, which she happily accepted. During their stay at Equestria land, the Rainbooms were able to get to spend some quality time with one another, with Applejack and Rarity being closer than ever.

Then came Spring Break. All of them wanted to take a break from the constant magic appearing, but because of Rainbow Dash’s obsessions and paranoia, she ended up ruining it for everybody, including her friends. And during the storm, she made it worse when she overloaded the ship. When Rainbow saw that Equestrian magic was involved, she tried to convince her friends, but they didn’t believe her, causing her and Twilight to have an argument. Feeling guilty, she and Sunset went after her, only to spot Rainbow being caught in quicksand and was about to get eaten by a plant monster. When they went through the quicksand, they realized that it was a portal to Equestria, leading straight to the Everfree forest behind Ponyville. Sunset, Twilight and Rainbow decided to pop over at Princess Twilight’s castle, whilst the storm got a lot worse on the cruise ship, which everyone panicked and were close to being sunken. Through Princess Twilight, they realized that the Storm King’s magic must’ve leaked through the portal of the Everfree forest, so they took the staff and stopped the storm, whilst they had to reunite with the rest of the Rainbooms and saved everyone on the ship. Realizing that they were stranded, they used the portal to Equestria to get to Princess Twilight’s castle in order to go through the portal that lead to Canterlot High.

Then came the music festival with the Rainbooms, where Sunset and Pinkie Pie really wanted to see Sunset’s favorite band, Post Crush. But because of Pinkie’s constant bubbliest and goofball antics, she ruined their chance to see it, banning them from the concert. However, Sunset suddenly found herself repeating the same day over and over. During the time loop, she discovered that Equestrian magic was involved, called the Time Twirler, where an entire day would be repeated. Sunset realized that someone must’ve found it and was caught in it without her realizing it. During her investigation, they found the Dazzlings, who were struggling trying to live their lives ever since they lost their magic, and Sunset ended up blaming Pinkie Pie for ruining everything. Feeling hurt, Pinkie ran away and Sunset felt guilty. She decided to spend some time with her, the right way. But during their quality time, they met Post Crush, which Sunset caught something was up. When she read their minds, she discovered that Post Crush had found the Time Twirler, and Kiwi Lollipop was so obsessed with a perfect performance, they kept repeating the day over and over. But as they were banned, the security guard, which Sunset befriended, was able to let them in. Sunset and Pinkie were able to catch up with Post Crush and with quick thinking, Sunset destroyed the Time Twirler, breaking the time cycle and freeing her from the loop. They reminded Post Crush that the fans don’t care about perfection, as long as they had fun. Kiwi and Supernova Zap reconcile and they performed with Sunset and Pinkie Pie, making it the best of their lives. Sunset was happy that not only did she see her band perform, but she was able to have fun with Pinkie Pie.

Sunset sighed whilst she was riding her bike that she kept after the Friendship Games, thinking about the hardships she and her friends went through and was happy that they could overcome their problems together.

Soon she arrived at the school parking lot and parked her bike. Once she was done, she walked towards the rear of the school entrance. But the moment she was about to enter, she looked to her right and saw a huge vehicle there.

“Wow,” said Sunset, though surprised, she cocked her left eyebrow at it “Who would need a vehicle like that? Overcompensating much?”

Sunset was about to walk in, until she heard a pickup truck come in. She turned around and saw Applejack parking nearby. She soon climbed out and joined Sunset by the stairs.

“Mornin Sunset.” said Applejack. Until she looked to her right and noticed the big vehicle “Whoa, where’d that there vehicle come from?”

“I have no idea.” said Sunset as she also looked at it “Kinda reminds me of that vehicle Rarity got us a while back during the Music Festival.”

“Heh, that thing’s way bigger than hers. More fancy too.” said Applejack. She suddenly chuckled and said “But let’s not tell her that, otherwise she might get jealous.”

Then from out of nowhere, another bike arrived, which was none other than Rainbow Dash, who also kept her bike after the Friendship Games. She stopped next to Sunset’s bike, parked it and went over to them.

“Hey guys,” said Rainbow, but also noticed the big vehicle there “Whoa, who parked that monster there?”

“You know, Applejack asked me the same thing,” said Sunset “But I’m sure we’ll find out later during school.”

Sunset, Rainbow and Applejack walked down the school hallway. Soon they met up with their friends; Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy and Twilight, by their lockers. As they gathered their books, they were talking about the vehicle outside.

“Did you guys see that awesome big ride outside?” said Rainbow as she and the others had reached them “That thing looks awesome.”

“I know right?” said Twilight as she also got just as excited “Do you girls know what that is? That’s the Commander?”

The others were puzzled by this, making them look at each other, then back to her. Twilight groaned and said “The Commander happens to be the biggest RV in the country. Here, takes a look.”

Twilight showed them images of the RV through her phone. All of them were surprised to see what it looked like on the inside, especially all of its functions.

“Oh my,” said Fluttershy as she looked at it “It’s like a moving suite.”

“And it costs over three million dollars too.” said Twilight as she switched off her phone, leaving her friends shocked.

“Whoa, it’s that expensive?” asked Pinkie Pie.

“I wonder who it belongs to?” asked Sunset.

“Maybe it belongs to someone who wants to film a documentary at our school?” asked Applejack.

“OH MY GOSH!!” gasped Rarity ““What if it is?! What if they ask me to do wardrobe?! How will I be prepared for this?! It could probably be my one way ticket into making designs for the famous actors and actresses in Hollywood!!”

“Yeah, or not.” said Sunset, trying to calm the overreacting Fashionista down “Cause if it was, then they’d have camera equipment with them.”

“Ooh,” said Pinkie as she thought of something “Maybe it’s another person from Equestria that has come to take over the school like the Dazzlings did in the past!!”

“Uh, sure it is.” said Rainbow, not buying Pinkie’s crazier antics, as usual.

The bell soon rang, allowing them to close their lockers and head straight for their class in first period.

“You know, now that Pinkie Pie mentioned it out loud,” said Twilight “What if is another evil monster from Equestria?”

Sunset noticed that Twilight shivered at that, with Sunset comforting her friend and said “Relax Twilight, I’m sure it’s not. We hadn’t any trouble for a while after the whole business at the music festival. I’m sure whoever it is must be someone who wants to attend our school.”

“Excuse me, Sunset Shimmer?”

They stopped and saw Vice-Principle Luna approaching.

“Oh, hey Vice-Principle Luna,” said Sunset “What’s up?”

“My sister wants to talk to you,” said VP Luna “It’s nothing serious, she just wants you to speak to her.”

“Oh, okay.” said Sunset, then turned to the others and said “You guys go ahead, I’ll catch up soon.”

“See you later Sunset.” said Applejack as she and the others left whilst Sunset left with VP Luna.

As soon as they arrived, Luna knocked on the door and opened it. She peaked in and said “Sister, Sunset Shimmer is here.”

“Oh, good. Send her in Luna.” said Principle Celestia.

When Sunset walked in after Vice-Principle Luna left, she was surprised to see a person she had never seen before. The one in particular had orange hair and light Amber skin with blue eyes. But he was also wearing black boots for jogging and fighting, blue jeans, black jacket and a yellow shirt with a blue eagle on top. But on top of his shirt appeared to be none other than a medallion that looked like a lightning bolt made of silver, which is none other than Silverbolt.

“Ah, Sunset, good, you’re here.” said Principle Celestia after she placed her pen on the table “I’d like you to meet Bolt. He happens to be new in town and is our newest student.”

Sunset smiled and walked over to him, with Silverbolt standing up as they shook hands.

“Hi there Bolt,” said Sunset “Welcome to Canterlot High.”

“Thanks,” said Silverbolt “I really appreciate the warm welcome.”

“Sunset,” said Principle Celestia “Would you be so kind enough to show Bolt around the school so that he could know this place.”

“Sure, thing Principle Celestia.” said Sunset before she received a hall pass from the Principle. Then she turned to Silverbolt and said “Ready?”

“Sure thing.” said Silverbolt before turning to Principle Celestia “Sorry I couldn’t bring by birth certificate and transfer papers from my last school with me. But I’ll do my best on figuring out how things work until they come.”

Celestia smiled and said “No need to worry Mr. Bolt. Your need for education is all that we care about. And we hope you enjoy your first day here at Canterlot High.”

“Thanks again Prince…er, I mean uh…Principle Celestia.” said Silverbolt whilst he shook her hand.

For a moment there, Sunset thought Silverbolt nearly called Principle Celestia Princess. After the greet, Silverbolt followed Sunset out of the office and walked down the school. As they walked, Sunset thought she’d pass the time by striking a conversation.

“So, Bolt.” said Sunset, gaining his attention “Where are you from?”

“Oh, here and there.” said Silverbolt “I traveled to a lot of places.”

“Oh,” said Sunset as it peaked her interest “Are your parents bankers?”

“Because they move around a lot because of job positions?” asked Silverbolt, with Sunset nodding as he said “Nah, my parents passed away when I was three. I grew up an orphanage most of my life, so I skipped town before I turned sixteen. So, I traveled and been on the road for a while now, doing jobs here and there, so it’s just me. I came to town this morning.”

“Wait,” said Sunset as she realized something “Is that your RV outside?”

“Pretty cool right?” said Silverbolt “I won that at a contest last year. And thankfully, since I already had my driver’s license, I was able to drive around in it. And I also learned on how to fix it in case it gets broken, which is a good thing. It’s not much to look at…”

“Not much to look at?” said Sunset, as she now realized who’s RV it belongs to “That happens to be the Commander, one of the biggest RV” s in the country. And only seven of them were ever made. That thing’s like a moving suite.”

Silverbolt chuckled and said “I suppose. But I’d prefer not to show it off. You get what you can and you make the most of it.”

“Heh, kinda sounds familiar.” said Sunset, remembering her friends used to say that a while back.

During the tour, Sunset showed Silverbolt around. She showed him a few classes for art, science, math, advance physics, PE, baking, woodshop and languages. Even the gymnasium, the auditorium, as well as the library and it’s computers. But from every part of the tour, Silverbolt kept being kind to her by opening the door for her, keeping it open and gestured to walk in, which Sunset appreciated.

“He is so nice.” she thought to herself.

And finally, Sunset showed him the last part of the room for the tour as she said “And this here, is the music room.”

Silverbolt looked around and was impressed by the layout, even a handful of instruments. However, one in particular, caught his attention.

“Whoa,” said Silverbolt as he walked over to a guitar nearby “Is that a Gibson Flying V?”

Sunset blushed a little when she saw how much Silverbolt liked her turquoise colored guitar.

“Do you like it?” said Sunset “That’s my guitar.”

“Whoa, really?” said Silverbolt as he looked at it “And I really love the color on this thing. It’s beautiful. Kind of like your eyes.”

He instantly grunted loudly in shock, realizing what he just said. However, Sunset ended up blushing too whilst she was surprised to hear that.

“I mean uh, you know, it’s cool and all.” said Silverbolt as he tried to hide his embarrassment. “Mind if I uh…”

“Oh, sure.” said Sunset, allowing Silverbolt to pick up the guitar.

He picked up the guitar, plugged it in and began to strum a few chords as he hummed a song “Separate ways” from the band Journey. Sunset was impressed the way he played, even more impressed that he knew the song, for she thought she was the only one who listen to that a while back.

“Wow,” said Sunset when she heard him play “You really love that song.”

“You kidding?” said Silverbolt as he stopped playing, unplugged it and neatly placed it away “I’m nuts about that song. The way Steve Perry performed, he brought music to a whole new level.”

He sighed whilst crossing his arms and said “It’s too bad he quit thought. Some bands have a hard time trying to find a proper replacement for them, especially the singers.”

Sunset nodded in agreement, for he did have a good point though. Silverbolt then asked “So, about the guitar…”

“Oh, right,” said Sunset “My friends and I happen to be in a band.”

“Really?” said Silverbolt “What’s it called?”

“The Rainbooms.”

“Rainbooms?”

“It was Rainbow Dash’s idea.” said Sunset, until she rubbed the back of her head and said “But uh…they didn’t exactly start out perfect.”

“What do you mean?” asked Silverbolt with a flexed eyebrow.

“Well,” said Sunset as she didn’t want to brag “Rainbow’s ego kept getting out of hand and she sometimes criticized her friends” playing. Fluttershy kept complaining that Rainbow didn’t want to sing any of her songs. She’s a really good song writer. Rarity kept being obsessed with designing the wardrobes, she happens to be a fashion designer. Applejack kept grumbling and complaining about Rainbow and Rarity. Pinkie sometimes kept goofing off and I…” Sunset looked down as she was partially sad and said “I felt like an outsider. I really wanted to be part of the band, but they didn’t trust me because of my…past.”

Silverbolt could see that she felt troubled about it, however, what the others did when they first started out, made him slightly ticked about it, friends fighting over the dumbest things, that just wasn’t right.

“I kinda know that feeling,” said Silverbolt, gaining her attention as he said “Most bands kept going out of control, thinking that one is better than the other. Cause during every single one of their performance, they’re weak, they’re terrified, and they’re out of control. And one small move by the drop of a pin, they’ll end up losing everything.”

Sunset was a bit surprised by this, and asked “You experienced something like this before?”

“Sure have.” said Silverbolt as he showed her a news headline on his phone. On the title, it said “Deadlock caused massacre on stage”, whilst showing the band members were fighting, which surprised Sunset.

“Whoa, what happened?” said Sunset.

“I’ll show you,” said Silverbolt “But uh…it’s not gonna be pretty.”

He showed her a video of the band Deadlock, performing live in front of an audience. Things were going well, until the lead guitarist ended up stepping on the bass guitarist’s wires, causing his playing to sound sloppy. And in a blind rage, he used his bass to bash the guitarist away, causing him bump into the singer. The lead singer ended up punching the bass guitarist in the face, which knocked the rhythm guitarist away. The rhythm guitarist got so angry, he charged at them, only for the bass guitarist to trip the rhythm guitarist and made him crash into the drummer’s drum set, causing the guitarist to cuss and toss a piece of the drums at the rhythm guitarist, but it missed and hit a small child, taking everyone by shock whilst the band ignored it and continued to beat each other to a pulp.

Sunset stared in shock as she saw the whole thing, she looked back at Silverbolt whilst he placed his phone away and said “See what I mean?”

“Whoa,” said Sunset, reeling in from the footage “I see what you mean. I’m glad it didn’t come to that.”

“True that,” said Silverbolt “But if you lot had been together for so long, I can only assume that somewhere along the line it worked.”

“It did.” said Sunset as she chuckled. She then thought about the way he was playing. Seeing that it would probably be a good time to have him be part of a musical group, she said “You know, you should consider auditioning.”

“Auditioning?” asked Silverbolt.

“Yeah,” said Sunset “After school, they happen to do a music audition for the school and other band members. So, they plan on doing that and plan on performing to audition for the entire school. You should consider joining in, it might be fun.”

Silverbolt thought about this. It had been a long time since he sang for a few individuals. But for an entire school, it might be exciting. He smiled and said “Sure, why not. Might be a lot of fun.”

“Okay then,” said Sunset as she got excited “I’ll go let Flash and the others know.”

“Great,” said Silverbolt as he suddenly did a bowing gesture, taking Sunset by surprise as he acted like a gentleman and said “Shall I see you soon after the educational activity for the day, lady of the Shimmering Sunset.”

Sunset couldn’t help but blush at his gesture. She couldn’t help but smirk and give him a light fist bump against his shoulder and said “Yeah, see you soon.”

She soon left the music room, heading down the hall to tell Flash. But as she walked down the hall. But her blush remained as she thought to herself “He is such a gentleman. And he’s really cute.”

Later that day, it was now lunch period in the Cafeteria. Sunset had just told them about who the RV outside belongs to and of who is now attending their school.

“So dat’s who’s RV” s parked outside.” said Applejack after Sunset was done explaining things.

“Oh,” said Fluttershy as she also remembered him “I had him in my class today. He was so nice to hold the door opened for me, even lent me a spare pencil when I forgot mine at home.”

“Oh, I know darling,” said Rarity “He even liked the attire I made when we were performing for the battle of the bands a while back.”

“You should try his cupcakes,” said Pinkie Pie as she suddenly drooled “I mean I bake good cupcakes, but the way makes them are so fluffy and creamy and amazing filling.”

The others couldn’t help but giggle at Pinkie’s reaction when they saw her drooling over cupcakes that weren’t hers.

“Heh, yeah, he’s actually a good guy.” said Rainbow “Before science class, he was able to help me figure out what was what. I didn’t get it at first, but the way he explained it in ways I could understand. it worked out better than I ever expected. And thanks to him, I’m caught up with my science homework and I don’t have to worried about being held back a grade.”

“And he’s quite smart,” said Twilight whilst Silverbolt unknowingly walked in to get some food from the cafeteria “He helped figure out some mathematical problems and physics that I’ve never seen before. He even wrote a ton of notes for me because he knew how much I love to research and compare with other forms of science.”

“Oh, speak of the devil.” said Applejack as she pointed at Silverbolt.

They saw him take a pick with a food of his choice, walked over to the closest table and sat down. Unfortunately, he thought it would be best to sit alone before he would get a chance to get to know everyone in the school. As he sat down and ate his lunch, he looked through a book and began to write a few things down at the same time. Sunset noticed that he was sitting far away and felt sorry for him.

“Oh, that’s so sad.” said Sunset in a sad tone when she noticed how far away, he was sitting.

“I wonder why he’s sitting all by himself?” asked Fluttershy.

“Maybe he feels like an outcast.” said Sunset.

“Yeah, that’s what happens when you’re the new student.” said Rainbow Dash “Trust me, Fluttershy and I felt the same way when we first got here.”

Applejack thought about something, then looked at Sunset and said “Hey Sunset, why don’t ya’ll invite him over? That way we can get a better chance to know him.”

“And from what we noticed darling,” said Rarity as she began to tease “You seem to have taken an interest in him.”

Sunset couldn’t help but blush at their statement, but she realized that they were right, for someone like Silverbolt could use a friend. She stood up and walked over to him. As Silverbolt continued to write some things down, he felt a poke on his shoulder, gaining his attention and saw that it was Sunset.

“Oh, hey Sunny, what’s up?” asked Silverbolt.

Sunset couldn’t help but blush over the nickname that he gave her. She cleared her throat and asked “Say Bolt, why don’t you come sit with us? It would give us all a chance to know you.”

Silverbolt looked at her for a moment, then to her friends, who were waving at him. He couldn’t explain it, but he could sense their aura. He could sense the power of harmony is strong within them. He couldn’t explain how it was possible, but he had a feeling that these girls were connected. To make sure, he decided to take up on that offer.

“Sure thing,” said Silverbolt as he stood up and took his lunch and book with him “Lead the way.”

He walked with Sunset all the way to the Rainboom’s table. Applejack handed him an empty chair as he said “Thank you kindly ma’am.”

Applejack chuckled at the gesture “No problem partner.”

He soon sat down and looked at the cute faces from these girls. He had to admit, they look really beautiful. “Bolt,” said Sunset, gaining his attention as she said “I’d like you to meet my friends. Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle. Everyone, this is Bolt.”

“Nice to meet all of you.” said Silverbolt, with everyone returning the gesture.

“So, Bolt.” said Twilight as she was the first to ask “Where do you originally come from?”

“Oh,” said Silverbolt as he started out “Canterlot City happens to be my hometown. I was living my younger days but I hit the road at the age of sixteen and decided to travel all over the country a bit and saw America whilst I was at it.”

“Oh, wow.” said Fluttershy, for she was really impressed.

“Wait,” said Rainbow as she realized something “You’re from Canterlot City too? I don’t think I’ve ever seen you around before.”

“Well, uh…” said Silverbolt, trying to cover up a secret of his “I was living in an orphanage for the first ten years of my life, then I moved upstate for a while when I started working at a handful of jobs that paid well. Like in auto and music shops. I’m a wizard at fixing any guitars.”

“You are?” asked Rainbow.

“Of course.” said Silverbolt.

“Then uh,” said Rainbow out of embarrassment “You mind fixing my guitar?”

She presented him her broken guitar, much to her friends” shock.

“Rainbow, what did ya’ll do?” said Applejack.

“Well, I was on my way down to school and I uh,” said Rainbow before she left out a nervous giggle “Ended up tripping and fell down, smashing it in three pieces.”

Silverbolt looked at that and hummed. He smirked and pulled out his guitar repair tool kit. He picked up the broken guitar and walked over to an empty table. They watched him work, using his screws, strings, a bit of extra bits and parts. They watched him work on the guitar. Within a good five minutes, he began to string it and play it, as well as a bit of polish for it. He slightly turned to them and smirked, making them wonder what he had done.

“Watch, and be amazed.” said Silverbolt.

The moment he turned around, they, even Rainbow Dash was in awe, for the guitar was now fixed, brand new and looked like it had never been broken. He walked over and handed her guitar back.

“Whoa,” said Rainbow with wide eyes and awe “Awesome.”

Pinkie ended up sniffing it and said “And it has that new guitar smell.”

“Amazing,” said Applejack “Ya’ll really are good at fixing instruments.”

“Eh, years of practice.” said Silverbolt as he shrugged and sat back down whilst Rainbow kept admiring her guitar.

“Anyway,” said Silverbolt “A month after I started to travel, and thankfully that time I had gained my driver’s license, I stumbled upon a contest that’s grand prize was the RV outside. The contest was about coming up with an original song that no one had ever heard of, so I performed a song they never heard before, knocked their socks off, and ended up winning it. Thankfully I knew how to fix those because of my time at the auto shops and learning more about new vehicles coming out, so I didn’t need to go to any auto shop to pay someone to get it fixed. Since then, I traveled a bit in style whilst also playing on my guitar too.”

“Wow, that’s amazing.” gasped Sunset “So…what made you come back home after all that time?”

“Well,” said Silverbolt when he looked at Sunset “I figured that in order for me to get a better job in life, I needed a diploma by finishing high school, then after that make better money, find a girl and settle down. And hey, what better place to do all that like going back to your hometown.”

“Heck yeah, that’s awesome.” said Rainbow as she gave Silverbolt a fist bump “So you play guitar too, huh?”

“Sure do.” said Silverbolt “I got the Gibson Les Paul with Seymour Duncan hum bucker pickups.”

“Whoa, sweet, those are some awesome guitars.” said Rainbow.

“What about you?” asked Silverbolt when he looked at Rainbow.

“I got a Dean Custom 350F series.”

“Damn, now those are awesome.” said Silverbolt, impressed with her choice of instrument “A friend of mine, Herman Li, used to play those before he switched over to an Ibanez E-Gen guitars.”

“Who?” asked Rainbow Dash in confusion.

He pretends gasped and said “You don’t know Herman Li? He’s like, on the top ten fastest guitarist alive from the band Dragonforce.”

“Really?” said Rainbow Dash as she stood up “Dragonforce happens to be one of my favorite bands of all time!!”

“You should,” said Silverbolt “He once claimed the title “Hands without Shadows” when he once outplayed Mike Batio.”

“Whoa, awesome.” said Rainbow “I gotta look this guy up.”

“So, wait,” said Pinkie Pie as she realized something “You also write songs?”

“Yeah, when I have free time.” said Silverbolt as he pulled out his book and showed them “Whilst I was traveling, I wrote a ton of stuff on there. Any kind of genre, you name it.”

They looked through most of the words, and were surprised to see how well they are. However, one song got Sunset’s attention.

“The power of friendship, can set you free?” said Sunset.

“Oh yeah,” said Silverbolt “That’s one of my favorites.”

“How does it go?” asked Fluttershy.

Silverbolt perked up and looked at them and asked “Really?”

“Well of course darling,” said Rarity “I think we’d all like to hear it.”

Silverbolt smiled, beamed even. For it had been such a long time he performed. He stood up and pulled up a stereo, which the girls noticed. At the same time, he pulled out a CD that said “Audio only”. He placed it inside and searched for a specific track. He placed a headphone on his head with a microphone connected, even placed a ring on, which he was thankful no one noticed.

He pressed the play button and turned around, smirking at the Rainbooms, making them curious. And just like that, the music began to play.

(Silverbolt)

Oh, oh

Oh, oh, ah

The Rainbooms were suddenly surprised to hear that, with every student in the cafeteria looking at him surprised.

(Silverbolt)

Every day, is a great day (great day)

As we reach out far and wide

Don’t be afraid

Cause when they offer their friendship

The magic of friendship, begins

And just like that, he began to dance whilst he sang, gaining everyone’s attention.

(Silverbolt)

It’s the time, of your life, yeah

You don’t wanna miss out

The adventures in friendship

There are so many reasons why

You really don’t wanna stop

Live your life to the fullest

The power of friendship, can set you free

Oh, oh, set you free

Oh, oh, yeah

Everyone was amazed by the sound of his voice, as were the Rainbooms as all of them were smiling, whilst some recorded him singing, then he jumped onto an empty table and danced a bit whilst he was singing.

(Silverbolt)

Every time, is the right time (Right time)

So, make every second count

Live up your dreams, you can make it

So, reach for it now, you can do it

So go out there and celebrate

He began to dance again whilst everyone cheered whilst he slowly moved over to Sunset.

(Silverbolt)

It’s the time, of your life, yeah

You don’t wanna miss out

The adventures in friendship

There are so many reasons why

You really don’t wanna stop

Live your life to the fullest

The power of friendship, can set you free

Within a split second, he picked up Sunset, which surprised her as they suddenly began to dance.

(Silverbolt)

Yeah, come on

Celebrate your friendship and make it last

Forever, and ever

Have a great time with your friends yeah

Come on now, you’re free, yeah

Set you free

Sunset felt a bit flustered by his moves, whilst at the same time, Principle Celestia and Vice-Principle Luna walked in and were surprised to see Silverbolt singing. He stood still after Sunset found her way back to her seat.

(Silverbolt)

Everyone, has reason, reason

To celebrate what you have, yeah

Don’t be afraid, to make a friend

Give it a chance you can make it

Your future is in, their hands

And just like that, he began to dance as everyone cheered, even the Rainbooms liked the song.

(Silverbolt)

It’s the time, of your life, yeah

You don’t wanna miss out

The adventures in friendship

There are so many reasons why

You really don’t wanna stop

Live your life to the fullest

The power of friendship, can set you free

Everyone yeah

Celebrate

Celebrate

Celebrate, yeah, oh

The power of friendship, can set you free

Oh, oh, Set you free

Oh, oh, Set you free

Oh, oh, Set you free

And just like that, the song died down the moment he stood next to his stereo and paused, whilst every student began to cheer for the sound of his voice. Both Celestia and Luna were quite impressed by his voice, even the Rainbooms were surprised to hear how good it sounded.

“Whoa,” said Rainbow Dash “Now that’s a voice.”

“Ah’ll says.” said Applejack, just as impressed.

Sunset blushed a little, not over how cute he is, but also the fact that he’s a great singer. “He’s good.” she thought to herself.

For the next ten minutes, they talked about more music and movies, as well as a few video games that some were interested until the school bell rang.

“Well, we gotta get to class,” said Sunset “See you after school for the auditioning.”

“Sure thing,” said Silverbolt “Looking forward to it.”

As soon as they left, he watched them leave, but he suddenly had a suspicious look on his face. As soon as he was alone, thankfully having a free period, he teleported himself onto the rooftop and began to think.

“Alright,” said Silverbolt as he thought to himself “There’s something odd but special about those girls.”

He leaned against part of the roof and thought about it. The seven girls, the Rainbooms, that he was sitting with were the same ones that were described from the newspaper clippings. But it was more than that, all of their auras had radiated Equestrian Magic within them. From what he could remember when he first came to this world and played music, he suddenly gained pony ears, tail and wings. He couldn’t explain how, but somehow the Rainbooms have that ability, but wasn’t sure how.

He realized that he needs to find out sooner or later, for ever since he came back to Canterlot City, he could feel the magic radiating all over the place, but he wasn’t sure where they were coming from. He needed to be sure, but he didn’t want to bring up the subject until he was sure that they were responsible for bringing Equestrian magic to this world. He knew what to do, but first he was going to do what he hadn’t done in a long time…performing in front of a live audience.

Especially to Sunset. Her wonderful form, her waving red and yellow hair, her beautiful skin and those beautiful eyes…

He mentally slapped himself, for how could he suddenly develop feelings for her if he hadn’t gotten to know her just yet. He suddenly blushed, but then again, it would be nice to get to know her. Maybe after he had earned her trust first, for he was sure that she wouldn’t just trust anyone like that. Maybe after the audition.

He smiled to himself and said “It’s time to rock and roll.”