Canterlot High School, Canterlot City, Human Equestria

Picking up where we last left off, Twilight, Spike (who is in Twilight's bag), Aiger, Valt, and Shu have arrived at the door of Principal Celestia's office.

"Well, here it is, Principal Celestia's office," Shu commented before facing his friends. "Let's make a good first impression, okay?"

"Right," Aiger replied.

"Got it," Twilight answered.

Shu faced the door and knocked on it, waiting for a response.

"Come in," a mellow and somewhat disinterested female voice said through the door.

"Here we go," Shu said to himself before opening the door, letting the five of them enter the the office. Twilight, for some reason, went into a bowing position. Shu closed the door as he was the last person to go in. Sitting in the office chair and reading what looks to be a folder with a school file in it is a woman with light magentaish gray skin, moderate heliotrope eyes, and hair with gradients of pale light grayish cyan to light arctic blue, pale light grayish harlequin to light aquamarine, pale light grayish cornflower blue to light sapphire blue, and pale light grayish mulberry to darker mulberry. She wears a marzipan uniform coat with a golden sun on the left collar over a white v-neck shirt with a purple top half, purple pants that reach the feet, cherokee heels with sunset pearl fleur-de-lis like designs on the toes going to the heels, and a watch with a yellow rim and a purple strap. This is Principal Celestia, the principal of Canterlot High School.

"How may I help you?" Principal Celestia asked, still reading the school file.

Twilight, who had risen back to a standing position, and Spike, who had his head poke out of Twilight's bag, gave each other a confused glance. He hid back into her bag as she put it down on the floor and approached Principal Celestia. "Um, uh... whew." Principal Celestia set the folder down and gave an unamused look. Twilight quickly shook her head before continuing. "My name's Twilight Sparkle, and these are my friends, Aiger Akabane, Valt Aoi and Shu Kurenai. W-We're new here, and... well, I understand that Fluttershy found a crown this morning and gave it to you."

"Yes," Principal Celestia said as she got out of her chair, holding the folder in her hands. "I've had Vice Principal Luna put it somewhere for safekeeping," She approached an open drawer behind her and placed the folder in it. "No idea how it ended up in the front lawn," She then closed the open drawer. "Were you interested in running for Princess of the Fall Formal this year?"

''Fall Formal'? Is that some sort of big event here?' Aiger mentally asked.

Twilight didn't expect that question, so she rambled a bit. "Uh, no. Not exactly. The truth is... Well, the truth is I... You see, the crown is actually..." The quartet perked up at the name given as Principal Celestia approached a calendar behind them. "Princess of the Fall Formal?"

"It's Canterlot High's big Fall dance," Principal Celestia said as she marked a date on the calendar.

'Eh, my guess was close enough,' Aiger mentally remarked.

"Like the Grand Galloping Gala," Twilight compared.

Principal Celestia was confused at the name, as were the Bladers. "Uh, Grand Galloping Gala?"

'Huh, must be an Equestrian thing,' Valt mentally commented.

Spike was peeking out of Twilight's bag before poking his head out as Twilight noticed her slip-up and tried to correct it. "Oh, uh, it was a..." Twilight trailed off as she shoved Spike's head back into her bag before continuing. "...big deal at my old school."

"And was there a princess?" Principal Celestia asked.

"Yes, but she wasn't exactly a student," Twilight responded.

"Here at Canterlot High, the students select one of their peers to represent them. She receives her crown at the Fall Formal." Principal Celestia said as Twilight sees three increasingly fearsome photos of Sunset Shimmer wearing three different dresses and crowns, which makes the latter ponder.

'Okaaay, these three photos of Sunset are... increasingly creepy,' Shu thought. Twilight put her bag back on as the quartet exited Principal Celestia's office with the latter standing at the doorway.

"You asked me if I was interested in running for Princess. Can anyone run?" Twilight asked.

"Yes. You just need to let the head of the Fall Formal planning committee know you'd like to be on the ballot. Was there anything else?" Principal Celestia responded.

"Um, nope! That was it!" Twilight said as she flashed a smile at Principal Celestia and the Bladers shook their heads.

"Well, if you do need anything else, my door is always open," Principal Celestia said as she, ironically, closed her office's door, startling Twilight and causing Spike to poke his head out.

"Twilight, why didn't you just tell her the crown was yours and ask for it back?" Spike asked as the quintet headed to the main lobby.

"Oh, I was going to, but imagine if a human here showed up in Equestria saying they came from a place filled with tall, fleshy, two-legged creatures with these?" Twilight replied as she held out her hands. "We'd think they were crazy!" This made the Bladers feel slightly insulted.

"Hmm... you make a good point." Spike replied.

"Looks like if I want my crown back, I'll have to become Princess of the Canterlot High Fall Formal. So that's what I'm gonna do!" Twilight exclaimed.

"And how exactly do you plan on doing that?" Spike asked.

"I have no idea!" Twilight answered, causing the Bladers to sweatdrop anime-style. The school bell rang for probably the third time, taking the quintet by surprise, and the lobby was once again flooded with the students from earlier.

Canterlot High School Cafeteria, Canterlot City, Human Equestria

It was lunchtime at the school cafeteria. Students were chatting away or doing other stuff besides eating their lunches. The scene cuts to Fluttershy getting her lunch, a veggie burger, a glass of water, and a bowl of fruit salad.

"I know we've just met, but I was wondering if you might be able to help me with something," Twilight said while getting the same lunch as Fluttershy. The Bladers got the same thing with the exception that they chose a hamburger instead of a veggie burger.

"Of course!" Fluttershy replied.

"I've decided to run for Princess of the Fall Formal, and-" Twilight's statement was cut short by Fluttershy gasping and spilling her fruit salad onto Twilight's shirt.

"Oh! Oh, gosh! Sorry," Fluttershy exclaims as she cleans up the spill she made with almost all of the table napkins. "It's just, oh, running for Fall Formal Princess is a really bad idea."

"Oh? And why's that?" Shu asked.

"Sunset Shimmer wants to be Fall Formal Princess, and when she wants something, she gets it! She'll make life awful for anyone who stands in her way," Fluttershy said as an elderly woman with light lime green skin, light gray hair with a few strands sticking out wearing a pale yellow blouse, an orange bandana with apples printed all over it, and apple earrings on each ear placed a red apple on Fluttershy's tray from behind a counter. "Just ask the girl who ran against her for Princess of the Spring Fling." The elderly woman placed a red apple on the quartet's trays as well before catching up to Fluttershy.

"I have to try!" Twilight exclaimed as she caught up.

"Oh, I don't think you understand. You'd have to convince everyone here to vote for you instead of her: the athletes, the fashionistas, the dramas, the eco-kids, the techies, the rockers..."

The quartet was legitimately confused. "Why is everypony-" Twilight's statement was cut short once more as Spike popped out of her bag and gave her a good smack to the face. "Uh, everybody separated this way?"

"Yeah, shouldn't people mix and match at tables?" Valt curiously asked.

"Maybe it was different at Beigoma Academy," Fluttershy started as she sat down at a nearby table with Twilight and the Bladers following suit. "But at CHS, everybody sticks to their own kind. One thing that they do have in common is that they know Sunset Shimmer is gonna rule the school until we graduate." She finished as she started eating her fruit salad.

"Not if I can help it!" Twilight said, determined to change the school for the better... before proceeding to grab the apple with her mouth and chewing on it, causing Fluttershy to look confusedly at her. The former felt someone tap her on her right shoulder. She turned to find that Valt was the one who tapped her on the shoulder. He gestured to his left hand and grabbed his apple with it. She realized what she was doing and grabbed the apple out of her mouth with her right hand. "So, uh..." She continued before chuckling. "Where would I find the head of the party planning committee?"

Canterlot High School Gym, Canterlot City, Human Equestria

Lunch had finished, and Twilight, Spike, and the Bladers had arrived at the school's gym, which had been decorated with streamers, ribbons, balloons, and other decorations fit for a party.

"Fluttershy said she'd probably be in here," Twilight stated.

"Well, whoever they are, they know how to deck this place out!" Aiger complimented.

Suddenly, a shrill voice is heard. "Incoming!" The group looked up and saw a squall of streamers headed down towards them. They ducked for cover, but they were covered in streamers in a matter of seconds. They got out of their streamer wraps and back up on their feet to see who tossed the streamers. It turned out to be a teenage girl with light ceriseish gray skin, poofy brilliant rose hair, and pale, light grayish cerulean eyes. She wears a white strapless shirt with a pink heart and a purple top border over a light blue overcoat, a pink skirt with three balloons (two blue with yellow string and one yellow with blue string), a purple ribbon tying both of them together, a wristband on each wrist, and blue boots with white lace-like designs and a pink bow on the tongue.

The girl tossed a few ribbons and some confetti before literally peeling off a blue balloon from her skirt (much to the Bladers' bewilderment) and blowing into it.

Twilight decided to introduce herself. "Hi, my name's Twilight Sparkle and... Pinkie Pie?" This shocked the Bladers once more.

''Pinkie Pie'? Hmm... she's probably one of Twilight's friends,' Valt thought.

The balloon of the girl now known as Pinkie Pie suddenly deflates as she gasps, grabs Twilight from behind, turns her around to face her, and grabs the collars of Twilight's shirt as the latter comes face-to-face with the former. "Are you psychic?!"

"Uh, no. I don't think so. Unless of course that's something you can do here." Twilight denies as she felt very uncomfortable from Pinkie being in her face (not literally, of course).

Pinkie drops Twilight and sighs. "Not usually." She then grabs a yellow balloon and starts blowing into it.

"Fluttershy said this is where I'd find the head of the Fall Formal planning committee," Twilight said, but it looks like Pinkie doesn't like the mention of the word 'Fluttershy'.

"Fluttershy, huh? Don't let the whole "shy" thing fool you. She can be a real meanie." This caused the Bladers to raise an eyebrow.

'You sure about that, Pinkie?' Aiger mentally remarked. 'She seems genuinely shy to me.'

Twilight was surprised, however. "You two aren't friends?"

Instead of answering the question, Pinkie moved to another subject. "Waited a bit to get your name on the ballot, huh? Dance is day after tomorrow."

"I'm brand new here," Twilight stated.

"Ooh!" Pinkie said, then paused and adopted a skeptical look on her face. "I thought you didn't look familiar," She then zoomed to Twilight and started looking at her at all sorts of angles, which left the Bladers even more bewildered. "Though, now that I'm really lookin' at you..." Pinkie backed up a few steps, then pointed a finger at Twilight. "Do you have a twin sister who lives in the city," She then pointed at Spike, who was tugging on a purple balloon. "Has a pet dog named Spike that looks just like that one?"

"Uh, maybe?" Twilight nervously responded.

"Thought so," Pinkie replied, then, much like what she did with Twilight, she took a look at the Bladers from many different angles. "But I haven't seen you three anywhere in the city!" She then got up in their faces and asked, "Are you three new here?"

Valt nodded. "We sure are! We just transferred here from Beigoma Academy in Japan. Name's Valt Aoi! Nice to meet you!"

"I'm Shu Kurenai. Pleasure to meet you."

"My name's Aiger Akabane, and can I say that I really like what you did with the place? This place looks like it's ready for a party!"

"Aww, thanks, Aiger!" At that moment, Pinkie realized that they went off-track and turned to Twilight... "Anyhoo," ...and brought out a clipboard from her hair. "Just need to fill this out and you are officially up for the coveted Princess of the Fall Formal crown." Pinkie finished as she brought out a pen and handed it to Twilight. The Bladers were just dumbfounded at this point.

First a clipboard, and now a pen? How on Earth is she storing those in her hair?' Shu wondered. He then noticed that Twilight hasn't taken the pen yet and decided to step in before things got awkward. "Hey, Pinkie?"

"Yes?" Pinkie asked.

"Can I do it for Twilight? She can't write that well," He then mouthed, "Sorry, Twi."

"Sure thing!" Pinkie allowed.

"Thanks." Shu replied, took the pen from Pinkie's hand, and wrote Twilight's name on the ballot in her stead. "Aaand done."

Pinkie took a look at the clipboard. "Yup, looks good! You're good to go, Twilight!" Twilight perked up and mouthed "Thank you" to Shu, who just nodded.

Suddenly, a voice with a Southern accent was heard. "Somebody order a dozen cases of fizzy apple cider?" Twilight, Spike, Pinkie, and the Bladers turned to see a silhouette wearing a Stetson hat carrying a case of apple cider.

"Oh! Oh! Me, me-me-me, me, yeah, ha-ha, me!" Pinkie said without stopping. The silhouette put the case of apple cider on a nearby table and was revealed to be a teenage girl with moderate sap green eyes, pale light grayish olive hair with the end tied into a ponytail by a red rubber band, and pale light grayish gamboge skin. She wears a polo shirt with rolled up sleeves with a green upper chest, neck, shoulders, and back, a brown belt with a red apple buckle, a light blue denim skirt with two front pockets, brown leather boots with two red apples with green stems printed on the tongue, and a brown Stetson hat on her head.

As soon as Twilight saw who the silhouette was, a recognizing look was immediately plastered on her face, which did not go unnoticed by the Bladers.

'Huh, looks like Twilight knows this girl. Probably another friend of hers or something,' Shu mentally remarked.

The girl then called out to someone. "Can ya bring in the rest?"

"Eeyup," a deep male voice said in response. He has light gamboge hair and pale, light grayish amaranth skin (to the Bladers, this was the first and probably the only person here that has a skin color that looked like their own skin tone). He wears a red polo shirt with rolled up sleeves and a brown upper chest, neck, shoulders, and back over a white T-shirt, a brown belt with a silver buckle, blue denim pants that are ripped near the feet, red shoes with white toecaps, tongues, and soles, and a brown wristband on his right wrist. Pinkie bounced to the boy while the girl walked up to him and took away a case of apple cider, revealing moderate sap green eyes, much like the girl.

Before the girl could get the table with the other case of apple cider, she seemed to recognize Twilight and Aiger. "Hey, Ah know you."

"You do?" Twilight and Aiger asked in unison. They glanced at each other, then let out a chuckle.

'Oh man, that's the second time that happened today!' Aiger recalled.

"Sure." The girl said as she put the case of apple cider on the table with the other case of apple cider. "You're the new fellers who gave Sunset Shimmer the what for today." She grabbed a bottle of apple cider, popped the cap off with her teeth, spit out said cap, and proceeded to drink the cider.

Aiger nodded as he introduced himself. "Yep, that sure was us. The name's Aiger Akabane," He said, gesturing to his friends as he introduced them. "And these are my friends: Valt Aoi," Valt gave a friendly smile. "Shu Kurenai," Shu gave a greeting smile and nod. "And Twilight Sparkle." Twilight gave a wave (wow, that rhymed).

"Twilight Sparkle here is gonna run against Sunset Shimmer for Princess of the Fall Formal," Pinkie stated as she inflated a heart-shaped balloon and floated upwards. The girl's irises shrunk to pinpricks as she did a spit take.

After the girl cleaned her mouth, she stated: "Ah'd think twice about that. Oh, sure, she'll probably approach you all friendly like..." She noticed Pinkie was floating around, grabbed the latter down to the ground, her pen and heart-shaped balloon (No worries, Pinkie just grabbed a yellow balloon and blew into it) and drew onto it using the pen. The girl raised the heart-shaped balloon to reveal Sunset's face with a seemingly happy expression and started mimicking the bacon-haired girl's voice. "I sure am lookin' forward to some friendly competition." The girl then raised the yellow balloon that Pinkie was holding which had Twilight's face on it and started mimicking Twilight as well. "That's so good to hear." The girl's voice then went back to normal as she turned the heart-shaped balloon around to reveal a pin taped to the balloon. "But then, here comes the backstabbin'," The girl makes the two balloons collide, popping the yellow balloon. She then releases the heart-shaped balloon, which was grabbed by Pinkie. "About the only girl in this school you can trust less than Sunset Shimmer is Rainbow Dash."

"Rainbow Dash?" Twilight questioned.

"She's the captain of, like, every team at Canterlot High," Pinkie answered while bouncing behind and past Twilight and the Bladers on an inflated yellow balloon, which pops on the fourth bounce.

"She's also the captain of sayin' she's gonna do somethin' for ya, and then turnin' around and not even botherin' to show up," Applejack added, sounding clearly annoyed.

"Thanks for the advice, Applejack, but this is something I really need to do," Twilight said, not knowing that she carelessly dropped a name. The Bladers face palmed at Twilight's slip-up, but at least they now know that the country girl was named Applejack.

"Huh, suit yourself." Applejack said, then realized that Twilight somehow knew her name. "Hey, how'd you know my name is Applejack?" She asked with a bit of suspicion.

Twilight finally realized her slip-up and tried to justify it. "Um, I uh..." She laughed nervously. "Didn't you say?"

"Nnnope," The boy confirmed as he brought in another case of apple cider. Pinkie grabbed a bottle, popped the cap off, and started chugging it down.

"Well, it sure was nice meeting you both," Twilight said as she shook Applejack's hand. "I'm sure I'll be seeing you around!" She and Spike proceeded to leave the gym via the west exit. The Bladers followed suit, leaving behind a very confused Pinkie Pie and Applejack.

Canterlot High School, Canterlot City, Human Equestria

"What happened back there? You were name-dropping, almost as if you knew them!" Aiger asked the question that was bugging him and his Blader friends, breaking the silence.

"...Remember when we first met Fluttershy and was surprised when I first heard her name?" Twilight answered with a question. The Bladers nodded. "Well, I know a friend from Equestria who looks just like her."

"What's her name?" Valt asked, curious about the pony's identity.

"...It's Fluttershy."

The Bladers were shocked at Twilight's answer. "Seriously?!" They exclaimed in unison.

Twilight nodded. "Back in Equestria, she's a Pegasus and her Element of Harmony is the Element of Kindness."

Shu pondered about this for a few moments. "What about Pinkie and Applejack? Are they your friends too?"

"Yeah, they are. They're both Earth Ponies back in Equestria and the Elements of Laughter and Honesty respectively."

Now it was Valt's turn to ask a question. "What about Rainbow Dash? What's her Element?"

"Rainbow Dash is a cyan-furred Pegasus with magenta eyes and a scruffy rainbow-colored mane and tail. She's the Element of Loyalty."

Aiger listed off the Elements of Harmony in his head, then realized something was missing. "Wait, you said that there are six Elements, right?" Twilight nodded to Aiger's question. "Who's Generosity, then?"

"That would be Rarity," Spike immediately perked up at the mention of the word 'Rarity'. "She's a white unicorn with blue eyes and a curly violet mane and tail. Any more questions?" The Bladers declined as their questions had been answered. They may have gotten their questions answered, but now Twilight was the one with questions in her head, the most prominent one being 'How in Equestria are they not friends?'

TO BE CONTINUED...

POV: Aiger Akabane

Next time, on Beyblade Burst Turbo:
Sunset's Threat and Researching at the Library!

Author's Note

Ending theme: Credits - Beyblade Burst Turbo

And that's it for Chapter 3! The quintet has met Pinkie Pie and Applejack, and the Bladers find out about the wielders of the other Elements of Harmony! What else will they find out in Canterlot High? Tune in next week to Chapter 4 to find out!