Every Dark Night Turns Into Day

“So Rarity got her magic drained too?” Lyra asked worriedly with a raised eyebrow as we all stood in the gym. The two schools were practically in different camps. We got the right side, Crystal Prep took the left side for some reason. We had found out it was this worlds Twilight that here. That wad awkward. Starlight and bunch of other people had said hi to her.

It was annoying dealing with a bunch of people asking me about it. Bon Bon had been the first to say hi to her and instantly came to find me. Lyra, Bon Bon and Flash smiled at a girl with a rose ponytail as Lyra placed her hands on her hips. Their smiles instantly turned to glares as the girl crushed the cup and dropped it.

“Just look at them,” Lightning growled. “Stuck up bitches.”

“I agree,” Octavia scoffed and looked away. “And people called me stuck up just because I was British.”

“All the magic stealing has something to do with that Twilight,” I nodded subtly to the girl with girls as she narrowly avoided her classmates. “I’m gonna say something.”

“Oh here we go,” Aria grinned and cracked her knuckles. “Group fist fight let’s go. They can’t win the Games if they’re in jail for fighting back.”

“No punching,” Vinyl chided. “Well don’t throw the first punch at least.”

“Twilight. What are you up to?” I asked coolly.

“Who wants to know?” A blue haired girl with goggles shoved Twilight aside to get in my face.

“We do,” I jumped slightly as Rainbow growled, pointing to herself as she and the other Rainbooms stood with my friends. Rainbow and the blue haired girl glared at each other before making fists.

“Woah there,” Applejack stepped between them. “Let’s save them competition for the games.”

“Technically there isn’t a competition because you’ve never won,” a girl with grayish hair said with a smirk.

“That’s not very nice,” Fluttershy whispered as Derpy nodded her agreement.

“Sorry dearie. These games aren’t about being nice.”

“Well it might use a little tact,” Rarity shot back with a smirk.

“You’re in our turf,” Fuchsia smirked. “So you should watch yourselves. It would be a shame for anything to happen to any of you.”

“Because a bunch of losers and a subpar magician can do so much,” one of the girls grumbled. Trixie gave her a glare and stepped closer to her till the two were practically nose to nose.

“Wanna say that again?” Trixie said softly. “This is our school. We run things. Not you.”

“Easy Trixie,” Lavender whispered in her ear. “Breath.” The two groups stood glaring at each other as I stared at Twilight sweating. She slowly started backing away as I shifted my focus ahead of me.

“Hi I’m Pinkie Pie!” I faintly heard Pinkie say.

“Twilight,” Twilight said back quietly.

“I know!” Pinkie chirped. “Wanna help me liven this place up a bit?”

“Uh sure?” Twilight muttered as she was dragged off. I stepped forward to a blue girl cowering in the corner.

“Who are you?” I demanded softly

“Coco Pommel,” she answered quietly. “Are you uh gonna hurt me?” I opened my mouth to say no but Rarity came running up and grabbed my hand.

“Sunset don’t do anything! She’s a good one,” Rarity begged. “She’s a friend.” I gently shoved Rarity off and nodded.

“I wasn’t gonna hurt her. I was gonna ask her why she was running with a shitty crowd,” I promised. I didn’t even know Rarity was her friend. “Didn’t you guys just say all Shadowbolts are bad Shadowbolts.”

“I did but not her. That’s only Suri who is,” Rarity clarified. “Are you good Coco?”

“Mhm,” Coco nodded and gave a faint smile my way. “It’s uh nice to meet you?”

“Likewise,” I rubbed the back of my head sheepishly. “Sunset Shimmer. That kinda went poorly for a first introduction.”

“It’s okay. I heard a uh lot about you?” Coco weakly offered.

“Good things I hope,” I chuckled. Coco quickly nodded.

“It’s nice to see you Rarity. Nice meeting you Sunset. I gotta get back before Suri comes looking for me,” Coco waved before running off.

“She’s nice,” I mused as I watched the Shadowbolts walk away from my group. “I wasn’t gonna hurt her you know? Just talk to her.”

“Well I had to be sure. You were looking pretty well angry,” Rarity admitted as we both flinched from a loud expression.

“I was?” I asked curiously. “What was that explosion?”

“You were,” Rarity confirmed. “That would be one of Pinkies party cannons. How she found the money to buy two of them, I’ll never know.”

“Well it seemed to break the ice a bit,” I noted as Octavia was laughing with Trixie. Mainly to probably help keep her calm. That was the first I’ve ever seen Trixie get so confrontational. I could have easily seen that turning into a fight and then me having to beat a mother fucker up.

“Pinkie being Pinkie,” Rarity chuckled as the same bitch looking women got on stage and tapped the microphone as the lights came on.

“Ow my ears!” Lavender groaned as she removed her hands of her head.

“I’d like to thank Principal Celestia here for her unconventional welcome,” the women began talking and instantly I wanted to smack her. Her voice was so annoying. “It’s been four years since the last Friendship Games but it feels like nothing has changed. Canterlot High continues to pick it’s competitors in a popularity contest and Crystal Prep continues to yield it’s best top twelve. It’s a comfort to know after so many years of losses, your school remains committed to it’s ideals however misguided they may be. I wish you all the best of luck regardless of the inevitable outcome.” Pixel Pizzaz and Derpy quickly abandoned the Shadowbolts they were socializing with and worked their way over to us. Mom, Celestia and Luna narrowed their eyes at the other older principal. That’s probably the maddest I’ve ever seen mom yet.

“Trixie does not like that woman one bit.”