A Fresh Start

by DiamondandIce

Rating: teen
Tags: Slice of Life, Dean Cadance, Shadowbolts (EqG), Other, Romance, Original Character, Equestria Girls, Comedy
Length: 5549

A lot changed with Crystal Prep Academy after the Friendship Games.

After tying with Canterlot High after the Friendship Games, Principal Cadence is now in charge of CPA. After Shadowbolts earned the money they need for their Spring Dance, with transfer students coming, things will get very lively at Crystal Prep Academy.

Intro Entry of the MLP EG: Crystal Prep Side Stories

Events are After the Friendship Games and after Dance Magic

Story inspired by Cult of Personalities by Teyeson Bee

Published 2022-02-13 22:30:00 UTC
Last updated 2022-02-13 22:30:00 UTC

New Management

“Oh man I feel so much better now.” Lemon Zest said, rubbing her midriff after getting out of the cubicle and washed her hands. “That’s the last time I’m eating baked beans for breakfast. Well, better out than in.”

It has been weeks after the Friendship Games with Crystal Prep Academy tied with Canterlot High after with all that Equestrian magic involved. Everyone turned against Principal Cinch for exposing this and everything just went back to normal…almost. After Twilight Sparkle who is the top student of CPA transferred to CHS, Principal Cinch announced that there will be extra subjects added which some are for college level adding more workload to both the students and faculty, but that will change.

Lemon Zest got out of the girls restroom after relieving herself which just reacted when her previous class was almost up before lunch time that she had to hold it in a little longer. The green haired Shadowbolt stopped for a moment and felt something was missing.

“Shoot silly me, I almost forgot about this.” Lemon points to her headphones that are dangling around her neck and puts them on her ears and switches her phone music to rock. “Oh yeah that’s the stuff!” She turned to the direction and headed for the cafeteria where her friends were waiting but stopped all of a sudden and another thing popped inside her head. “Today is the day when Principal Cinch has to attend a meeting with the school board at the LGI room. Oh man if it has to do something with the Friendship Games I gotta see what excuse she would use to convince the school board what happened. I guess Sunny and the others wouldn’t mind if I eavesdropped a bit.”

Lemon turned the other way and headed for the LGI room. After going up to the third floor and turning to a corridor, the zesty Shadowbolt sees the doors to the room she is looking for. As soon as she lowered the music down she could hear Principal Cinch’s voice from behind the wall next to her. She leaned her ear to the wall and could hear her talking to Dean Cadence.

“Oh shit! Principal Cinch you got fucked up so bad!” Lemon celebrated in her thoughts and she soon heard the doors to the room opened as she witnessed what happened next. “They’re arresting her?!”

“YOU CAN’T DO THIS TO ME!” Cinch said as two police officers escort and restrain her.

“Keep moving Cinch.” Shining Armor said following from behind in his police uniform.

Lemon Zest followed from behind but stopped and couldn’t tell if she could be happy, sad or whatever she was thinking right now. The next thing she did was grab her phone from her skirt pocket and started calling her friends.

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Meanwhile at the cafeteria…

“Wherf ish she?” Indigo Zap ate her burger as she gazed at the burger that was meant for Lemon Zest. “ If she doesn’t come in the next few minutes, I'll eat that.”

“For a captain of every sports team here, you're also a glutton. With that amount of fat and carbs you’re eating, you’ll definitely gain a lot of weight.” Sugarcoat said as she wiped her mouth with a tissue as she was finished with her food and took out her Science book to keep herself busy.

“Whatever this is my money that I am using and she owes me. I’ll just burn all of this fat down with a lot of exercise. Unlike two people that we know who prefer the long way around which is ‘dieting’.” Indigo gestured to two members of the group who just finished their lunch.

“Well we do apologize darling if we are not all on the sporty side like you who want to get all buffed up.” Sunny scoffed.

“Which is the reason why you girls are all flimsy.” Indigo counters.

“Keep talking like that and you will regret mocking this flimsy girl who is a member of the archery club…” Sour Sweet nicely warned her at first. “...That won’t hesitate on shooting an arrow in your butt, which will make her very happy.”

“Yooouuu-hold that thought.” Indigo paused as her phone began to ring and answered it. “Lemon, where the fudge are you at…why the hell are you doing there?…Principal Cinch…you’re serious?...Really?!...Fine, fine I’ll meet you there.” She then turned it off as the three saw a huge smile on Indigo’s face. “GIRLS, GUESS WHAT?!”

“That eating something that will cause you to relieve constipation that Lemon described how it looked like, don’t even think about telling us what she told. Also screaming wasn’t even necessary.” Sugarcoat said while reading her book as Indigo placed her hand on her forehead.

“Okay first of all you talk too much and second no that's not what she said. It’s about Principal Cinch.”

“Oh please tell me she is not going to add extra workload.” Sour rested her head on her arms, sounding in despair.

“No, PRINCIPAL CINCH IS NO MORE. SHE GOT FIRED AND ARRESTED!”

Indigo’s words made everything and everyone’s world in the cafeteria right side up as Sour immediately raised her head making sure she isn’t dreaming, Sugarcoat dropped the book she was reading as her glasses almost fell, Sunny spat the water she was drinking, Fleur de lis dropped her makeup mirror with her companion dropping his wooden sword, the contents on the forks of Jet Set and Upper Crust fell on their food trays, Trenderhoof dropped his food tray, two female students collided with each other spilling the contents on their trays, even the lunch lady who missed pouring the food into a student’s plate, everyone in the cafeteria room stopped what they were doing and shocked to hear what Indigo said.

(*cough* *cough*)

“Please…tell me that is…all just a joke deary, because that is not what we all need.” Sunny said between her coughs.

“Well you can just sit here and pretend that I didn’t say anything because I have to see this for myself. TO THOSE WHO WANT TO FOLLOW ME, SHADOWBOLTS…TO THE MAIN ENTRANCE!” Indigo points and charged through the cafeteria doors leaving everyone.

“Where are you going, don’t tell me you're going to follow her?” Sunny asked Sugarcoat who straightened her glasses and stood up from her seat after picking up her book.

“Yes, yes I am.” Sugarcoat replies as she exits the cafeteria. “Huh, the time I didn’t sound overly blunt and cynical.”

Sour Sweet heard her phone ringing and after opening her Facebook account, she showed Sunny Flare a video a student took of Abacus Cinch being taken away by Shining Armor and the police. Sunny didn’t like the large grin on her friend’s face on whatever she is thinking right now.

“I'm also going to see who will be replacing Cinch,” Sour Sweet innocently said first… “Serves her right for making us look like the bad guys. I gotta see it also for myself.”

Sunny was the only one left at the table after Sour Sweet exited the cafeteria. Soon one by one every student stopped what they were doing and left.

“My goodness, I’m surrounded by a bunch of halfwits.” Sunny pinched the bridge of her nose and shook her head. She gave up on being the good girl and stood up from her seat. “Well deary, if you can’t beat them, join them.”

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Back with what is really happening, the rest of the students, even the teachers see their former principal being taken away by the police. Some just ignored it but Sunny Flare, Sour Sweet, Sugarcoat, Indigo Zap and Lemon Zest and most of the other students were now waiting by the main entrance doors and took out their phones while some murmured between themselves.

“No pictures and videos please.” Shining Armor and one of his fellow police officers said to the students as one officer escorted Cinch out of the school building.

Everything that Abacus Cinch put into Crystal Prep Academy, all of it got flushed down the drain as her students watched their former principal enter the police vehicle. After one last look at the school, she diverted her attention as the police took her away.

“Finally Principal Bitch gone! Oh I always wanted to say that.” Indigo didn’t care if she was trash talking until Sugarcoat pinched her cheek. “Oww!”

“Better if you just close that mouth of yours if you have nothing to say or do prefer to have your mouth washed with soap.” Sugarcoat removed her fingers from Indigo’s cheek.

“We do have a problem though.” Sunny said, tilting her head. “Who is going to be our new principal?”

“Maybe it's Dean Cadence, I was the one who was eavesdropping earlier.” Lemon Zest said until a huge smile forms on her face. “If it’s Cadence-WOOOO! If she is the principal she’s gonna go easy on us.”

“Yes, say it like you don’t even care in the world,” Sour sarcastically said. “Are you f*cking stupid or what, Lemon?!” They all then heard someone clearing their throat and turned around to see Dean Cadence standing there with her student assistant next to her. “Why didn’t you warn me that Dean Cadence was behind us?” She whispers after using foul mouthed language.

“Why didn’t you ask?” Lemon replies.

“Lemon! Oh my gosh, I WILL SLAP YOU!”

Sour Sweet raised her hand only for someone to grab her wrist preventing her from slapping Lemon. She looked to see Cadence assistant was the one stopping her as Dean Cadence has her eyes on her including everyone else as she immediately pulls her hand away from him.

“All right everyone that is enough, back to your classrooms, lunch is over.” Dean Cadence said as the school bell rang and everyone left the main entrance leaving her and her assistant. Her phone rang as she saw someone sent her a message. “You may go now, you don’t want to miss your next class.”

“Thanks Cadence.” Her assistant excused himself and went to his perspective class.

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As the day progressed, Dean Cadence was now the new principal of Crystal Prep Academy by the school board. Back at the principal’s office, she opens the shutters to the windows as the office which was dark before now has been shed by light. She looks down from the office window and sees an anonymous person on an ATV with his identity concealed by a motorcycle helmet looking at her direction and called her from his phone.

“I hope you are satisfied now.” Cadence said as she answered her phone.

“I am,” He replies. “Thanks to you and Shining’s cooperation, me and Twilight have been avenged for her wrongdoings. So what’s going to happen now?”

“The school board appointed me to be the new principal. First agenda is to remove those extra classes Cinch added after losing both of you, I mean yes she is doing it for the reputation but I don’t think it's fair for the students and teachers.”

“Point taken. Are you sure you're going to be fine now that you are in charge?”

“Don’t worry about me, just be there for Twilight.”

“I will.” He said as he ended the call and drove off.

Principal Cadence approached the desk and sat on the revolving chair where Cinch usually seats. She gave a long sigh and placed her elbow on the desk and rested her chin on her hands.

“This will be a new start for Crystal Prep Academy.”

Shadowbolts Meet their Match

“Thanks again for helping us earn the money for our Spring dance and coming to perform,” Sour Sweet said.

“It’s nothing Sour Sweet darling,” Rarity said. “We did work together and we also got our share for the renovations of Camp Everfree. I also asked a favor from someone I know who can also perform for your Spring dance.”

It’s nighttime and the Shadowbolts are proud that their Spring Dance is being held like they promised on a yacht that is berthed by the docks. The Rainbooms are busy setting up their band equipment on the stage, half of the student body's here with the place having a banner displayed with the logo of Crystal Prep on it with a snack booth set-up at the corner. The Shadowbolts are at one side as they see that more students are coming after being dropped off while Sour Sweet is chatting with Rarity.

“Thank you also for making our dresses, we love them.” Sour Sweet complimented on the fashionista’s work then turned her attention to one of her friends who wasn’t included in their music video. “Indigo, we’re sorry if we didn’t inform and include you.”

‘It’s fine.” Indigo Zap replies while leaning on the rails, not upset as she watches a video of her friends. “It was my fault that I had to take make-up tests.”

“Why it’s nothing.” Rarity said as she checked herself in the makeup mirror for a brief moment “Besides, I wouldn’t have finished all of them if I hadn't called my friend over to help with the shopping and making the dresses.”

“Ardee, was that his name dear? About the other one that you invited to play the piano...” Sunny Flare asked and gave her a smug look. “Is one of them your boyfriend?”

Sunny’s question immediately made rarity blush and quickly shook her head.

“Oh no no no, Ardee and I just have the same likes. Onyx is just a childhood friend. I'm not dating one of them yet!”

“Oh I-wait…Yet?”

“So one of them will be your boyfriend is what you’re saying.” Lemon Zest joins in. “Then we wish both of you a happy life together!” Lemon then got hit at the back of the head by Sugarcoat. “Ouch! What was that for?”

“First of all we do not know if she will choose between them and if they will be a thing and second what you said are for couples who are getting married, so it doesn’t apply to them now.” Sugarcoat said, rolling her eyes.

“She did say ‘yet’, meaning they will be a thing. Besides, if I say it in advance it still counts.”

“NO IT DOESN’T!” They said in unison at the green haired chick.

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After most of the students came Principal Cadence announced to start the program.

“Good evening everyone and welcome to CPA Spring Dance,” Principal Cadence said over the microphone. “I hope everyone will enjoy this night and give thanks to the ones who earned the funds. Please come to the stage Sour Sweet, Sunny Flare, Sugarcoat and Lemon Zest.”

All four of them got up on the stage followed by the applause of their fellow Crystal Prep schoolmates.

“Principal Cadence,” A student assistant who works for Cadence approached her on stage. “They’re on their way now, for you to meet them by the docks.”

“Okay, thank you.” She whispers and gives the microphone to Sour Sweet and follows the assistant off the stage.

“Thank you everyone. Like what we promised to have this night on the yachtinstead of the boring old auditorium.” Sour Sweet said and whispered that last part then switched to her sweet side. “We wouldn’t have done this by ourselves and want to thank the Rainbooms. I mean, this was all Rarity’s idea of us working together if she didn’t eavesdrop about us not having our own original song, then made our dresses and now here with her band to perform for us…with one of those two boys with them that is soon to be her boyfriend also performing…” She purposely said the last part to tease the fashionista.

“SOUR SWEET!” Rarity yelled back now embarrassed with her cheeks now colored pink.

"Rares, what is Sour Sweet saying." Applejack asked her best friend, as did the other members of the Rainbooms, making the fashionista cover her face in embarrassment.

"Hey enough talk, LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!" Lemon said after taking the microphone away from Sour Sweet.

While the dance is underway, Principal Cadence and her student assistant see an incoming jeep limo. The ones who got out were one girl and four boys who were unknown and properly dressed as they approached the two who were expecting them at the docks.

“You five must be the new transfer students,” The CPA principal reaches out her hand. “I am Principal Cadence and I formerly welcomed you five to the Crystal Prep Academy’s Spring Dance.”

The female in the middle reached out and shook hands with Cadence.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you too, Principal Cadence.” She replies then hears the music coming from the yacht. “When we were informed about your school, we never expected...”

“Things have changed before you showed up.”

“Then what are we waiting for?” One of them ran past Cadence and her assistant. “Let’s go meet our new schoolmates and PAAARRRRTTTYYYY, WOOOHOOO!” He immediately ran up the ramp to the yacht.

The other four rolled their eyes as they followed Dean Cadence up the ramp to the yacht.

CPA Spring Dance started with the Rainbooms performing as the five Shadowbolts watch their fellow schoolmates having the fun of their lives. Out of the five, Sunny sees five unfamiliar faces who were with Principal Cadence.

“Girls, quick look to your right.” Sunny said as they followed except for one who wasn’t paying attention and was taking a video of the party on her phone. “Indigo!”

“What?..Whoa.” Indigo turned to where Sunny and the others were looking and slowly lowered her phone down.

With Principal Cadence are: one that is taller than the average CPA male student; the other who the tall one is clinging on to avoid roaming around is looks like an elementary student; two are identical twins with one is wearing a different colored headphones like Lemon Zest and the other wearing glasses; the last one is a girl who is wearing a tuxedo?

“Those must be the transfer students Principal Cadence was talking about before,” Sunny said. “Why is that girl in a tux? I prefer the darling to be in a dress and she does look similar to someone.”

“I hope they are.” Indigo says and sees her friends are giving her strange looks. “What did I say? No matter, the tall one though I bet he is good at sports and will be a perfect addition to the team!”

“A little too tall if you ask me.” Sour said rudely and shifted her attention to the little one. “That one though is sooo cute! I just want to pinch his cheeks so bad.”

“Either you are just fond of children or being creepy and that girl over with them could be a lesbian or just have a different taste on clothing.” Sugarcoat answered Sunny’s question and commented on Sour’s actions as the two glared at her.

“I bet the twin with the headphones know how to rock it out. Now I won’t be the only one who loves listening to loud music!” Lemon said.

“Oh boy, now there’s two of them.” Sugarcoat said as she facepalmed herself.

“I think it's proper that we introduce ourselves.” Sunny said as she approached them followed by the others. As they arrived the tall and short one left the group which Indigo and Sour Sweet followed and Principal Cadence told Sunny to take it over from here.

“Greetings, you must be the new transfer students. My name is Sunny Flare, and these girls with me are my friends; Lemon Zest, Sugarcoat and the ones who ran off to meet your other two companions were Indigo Zap and Sour Sweet.”

“Hello to you, too Sunny. The name is Yuri.” The only female in the group shook hands with Sunny as Lemon whispered something to her. “Yes?”

“Oh it's nothing. It’s just you look similar to someone we know.” Sunny pointed to the Rainbooms. “See the one playing the keytar, her name is Rarity and you two almost have similar appearances.”

“Oh I get what you meant. Just to correct you dear, yes we do have the same pearly white skin tone, long hair and our eyes are colored sapphire, but the color of our hairs are different. You see, hers is moderate indigo and mine is violet with light purple stripes, so basically we are not alike.”

"My apologies Miss...Uh...Mister...Uh...Misser?" Sunny's hard time of choosing the correct words made Yuri laugh so hard.

"Hey! What did I say!?"

While Sunny is busy with Yuri, Lemon and Sugarcoat have their conversation with the twins who are minding their own business.

“HEY!” Lemon got the attention of the twin with the headphones as he took them off. “What's up, the name’s Lemon Zest. I saw that you're moving to the beat on whatever you’re listening to.”

The twin offered his headphones for her to hear as she took off hers and wore his. By the time she heard the music he’s listening to, slowly her opened mouth turned into a huge grin.

“OH MAN I’M A HUGE FAN OF THIS BAND!” Lemon started rocking her head to the beat then looked at Sugarcoat whose arms were crossed. “You see dude, I told you this guy is just like me.”

“Great, now I have to blabber my mouth even more now that there are two of you.” Sugarcoat gave a long sigh while moving her head left and right. “And how many times do I have to tell you not to call me ‘dude’.”

“Awe you’re no fun at all.”

“She does have a point.” The twin now wearing his headphone wrapped his arm around Lemon and clinged to her right. “I do like rock music but there are times I also prefer to listen to sweet and calming music.”

“Indeed.” The other twin clinged to Lemon on the left. “If you want to address her properly I suggest you should use the term ‘dudess’ instead. You know ‘dude’ for boy and ‘dudess’ for girl.”

“Sorry man, ‘dudess’ ain’t part of my vocabulary. I used the word dude a lot.” Lemon replies.

“He is correct on that, but that still sounds inappropriate to me.” Sugarcoat said as the twins moved their arms off of Lemon and approached her.

“Alright then how about ‘missy’.” Twin one said.

“Sounds disparaging.”

“Then how about ‘milady’.” Twin two said.

“Now you’re being corny.”

“Then how do you prefer we address you?” Both twins said in unison.

“Ms.” Sugarcoat said as the twins looked at each other then back at her. “I prefer you just call me Sugarcoat instead, not that I like to sugarcoat anything.”

“Riiight.” The twins said knowing her name doesn’t match her personality. “And do apologize if we haven’t introduced ourselves…”

“I’m Yuki.” He said as he struck a cool pose.

“The name is Yulaw.” The other straightened his glasses with his other arm behind his back.

After giving their names, they stood next to each other with their left arms behind and right arms pressed against the abdomen as they bowed in front of them.

“...It’s a pleasure to meet you ladies.”

“Here I thought both of you will be so obnoxious after your little act.” Sugarcoat said rudely but after giving a sigh she gave a small smile. “But I must say, I am impressed that you two are also fine gentlemen.”

“WHO ARE ALSO FREAKING AWESOME!” Lemon added ruining her friend’s moment.

At the snack booth, the tall was standing nearby as the little one stood on a chair to easily reach the different snacks on the table. Just as the smaller one is reaching out for that colorful designed cupcake, another hand reached for it.

“Hello~” Sour Sweet said nicely and then bit her tongue trying to avoid showing her rude side.

“HI!” The little one said, reaching his hand. “I’m Ezra, nice to meet you.”

“The name is Sour Sweet Ezra, it’s a pleasure to meet you” She shook his hand. “Nice way of greeting you idiot.” She said to herself quickly covered her mouth after those words slipped out.

“Are you okay?”

“I-I’m fine, it's nothing.”

“Anyway you want some punch, I’ll pour you a cup.”

“You really don’t have to-”

“It’s fine. I would rather do it than letting that pretty dress of yours get soaked by mistake and ruin your night.”

“Awe, you shouldn’t have. But with that-” Sour Sweet then grabbed the cupcake he offered earlier and took a bite from it to cut her off.

“Yes? You got frosting on your mouth.” He said as he put down the cup and took out a pack of tissue wipes from his pocket and offered it to Sour Sweet.

As Sour cleaned her mouth using the tissue wipes Ezra offered. The tall one was observing his new schoolmates as some of them were looking at him. He hears someone calling out to him while he looks around then someone waved in front of him as he looks down.

“Woah, you really are tall,” Indigo Zap said. “Sorry if I haven’t introduced myself. The name’s-”

Before she could finish, the tall one placed his arms on Indigo’s sides and lifted her up, much to the Shadowbolts surprise.

“I knew it! You really are strong,” Indigo said, then realized her feet were not touching the floor. “HEY COME ON PUT ME DOWN. WHAT DO YOU THINK I AM, SOME SORT OF BABY-”

As Indigo flailed in his hands, the tall one found an empty seat and placed her on top. Now she is at eye level with him.

“It’s better we have our conversation at eye level to show respect and fairness,” He said Indigo couldn’t process what he meant.

“Haha, sorry but I didn’t get what you just said.” Indigo chuckled and rubbed the back of her head and got off from the seat and reached her hand to him. “Again, the name is Indigo Zap.”

“Kion.” He shook hands with Indigo.

“So what kind of sports are you into?”

Dance Off

After the Rainbooms are done for a moment with Rarity's friend to perform next, the five Shadowbolts are done with their introductions with their guests and regroup with Principal Cadence.

“So girls, what do you think of our guests?” Cadence asked the group.

“Still feels awkward about how Yuri is in a suit.” Sunny sounds slightly annoyed.

“BEST NEW FRIEND EVER!” Lemon said.

“Yulaw is quite the gentleman, same goes with his twin Yuki. Though they were annoying at first, they are decent enough for me to trust them.” Sugarcoat said with a sigh.

“Wow, that is the first time we heard something positive from you.” Indigo nudge at Sugarcoat’s arm.

“Haha, very funny. How did yours go?”

“Just as I predicted, he is good at most sports that we have and he agrees to be part of the team!”

“I had a good chat with Izzy,” Sour Sweet said as her friends smirked at her. “What?”

“Nicknames already?” Sunny asked with her eyebrow raised.

“I mean, he was just so nice to me and I think he heard my sour side. But it seems he didn’t care, I wish we could talk more and for me to get to see him again.”

“Don’t worry, you will.” Principal Cadence said as she placed her hand on Sour Sweet’s shoulder as she raised her eyebrow on what her principal meant.

After the last performance, the five transferees approached them until they saw a music video played on a wide screen of the girls dancing with the band that performed earlier. They see that their video piques their interest as Izzy and Yuri want to take the dance floor which gave Sour Sweet and Sunny Flare an idea as they called them over.

“If you want we can give you boys a demonstration on how good we are?” Sunny asked and looked at her friends which they nod in agreement.

“Impress us.” Yuri said as she crossed her arms giving them a challenged look.

“You asked for it,” Sour said. “Prepare to get your minds blown away.”

“GOOD LUCK!” Ezra said.

The five approached a girl with pink poofy hair at the dj booth for a moment. After the pink girl gave the signal, all the students cleared the floor as the girls took positions. The music starts to play a teen and dance pop genre as the girls dance to the beat. All their fellow Crystal Prep students cheered for them as the transfer students' eyes were focused at them. With the music coming to an end they received around an applause by everyone and approached the five transferees.

“Impressed?” Sunny asked with a smug grin and her arms crossed.

Yuri returned it and approached her. Sunny didn’t expect she would grab her shoulder and pull her now that her head is next to Yuri's, giving everyone wrong impressions.

“Our turn.” Yuri whispered into Sunny’s ears and moved back to see her blushing with a surprise look on her face.

Yuri and the other four approached the dj booth leaving Sunny standing there as Lemon Zest stood in front, snapping her out.

“I think she broke her.” She said while waving her hand in front of her friend’s.

“Depending on the angle of view it clearly showed she was flirting with Sunny and gave her a cheek to cheek kiss,” Sugarcoat said.

“NO SHE DIDN’T!” Sunny yelled back at Sugarcoat after hearing what she just said. Then her face starts to heat up again after what that transfer student did.

The pink girl at the booth called the attention of everybody as the transfer students got into positions as the music started. The five girls easily recognized the power pop boy band song they played. They could only gape as they watched that their dancing is as good as theirs and ended theirs in style. Everyone also gave them a round of applause in addition to the female students screaming like a bunch of fangirls.

Principal Cadence appeared from the crowd as she approached them.

“That was simply a marvelous performance,” Principal Cadence commented. “Another announcement to all of you. These five boys will be your new schoolmates and you will all-”

“WAIT, TIME OUT!” Sunny Flare shouted, getting her principal and everyone’s attention. “Just to make sure we all heard it correctly, you said five boys. So Yuri is actually…”

“I also find it hard to believe at first. But yes, Yuri is a boy.”

“WHAAATTTT???!!!” Everyone said after hearing the truth about their new schoolmates' appearance. Then their attention turned to someone laughing which was one of the Rainbooms.

“It’s not funny, Rainbow Dash!” Rarity scolds her.

“I’m sorry, Rarity.” Rainbow wiping off a tear. “But after seeing your look alike we thought she is as good as you are, we never expect for ‘her’ to be actually a ‘him’.”

“I’m sorry Rarity, I kind of agree with Rainbow.” Sunset said, trying to hold her laughter.

Both of them got bonked at the head by Applejack as Rainbow was the only one that got knocked out.

Back to the Shadowbolts…

“So, Izzy there is not actually an elementary student?” Sour Sweet nervously smiled and asked. "H-He is also a transfer student!?"

“He’s not. He is actually _ years old,” Principal Cadence said.

“HUUUHHHHHHH???!!!” Everyone reacted the same way as earlier.

“So all this time of me teasing and babying him…”

“Don’t worry about it. I always get treated like that because of my childish appearance.” Ezra said not to be bothered. “I did notice that you were acting strange earlier.”

Sour Sweet gestures for him not to bring that up, she even covered Sugarcoat’s mouth just as she would say something that’s either offensive or not necessary.

“So you’re not even bothered about her condition with switching personality?” Sunny asked which her friend stared daggers at her.

“Nope. I simply get it, if there is something she doesn’t like, I’ll understand. We were already getting along earlier at the snack booth and she even gave me a nickname. To be fair, how about I also give her a nickname.”

“Please no, please no!” Sour Sweet’s face went all red now that he spilled the beans, even her friends are trying to hold their laughter. “What are you clowns laughing at!”

“Oohh, Sour’s got a crush on the new guy!” Rarity teasingly sang.

“RARITY!!!” Sour shouted as she became more embarrassed then switched back to her friends. “Guys! You’re all supposed to be teasing her, not me.”

“Too late pfft,..to…change…the subject.” Sugarcoat said between her giggles.

“Yeah,..we were all…getting along with them,..now you're against…pfft the idea.” Indigo said as she covered her mouth.

“Sour Sweet!” Ezra called out to her. “I know the perfect the nickname for you, how about I-”

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Sour Sweet screamed at the top of her lungs which can be heard from afar.

“Yeessh dude, her scream is even louder than the music in my headphones.” Lemon rubbed a finger in her ear for she heard bells ringing.

“And here we thought Rarity is the only one that has powerful lungs.” SciTwi commented as she checked her glasses that got cracked due to the frequency.

“Not funny Twilight.” Rarity scoffed.