Three girls and a single boy stood by the entrance of the school. The boy had dark grey skin and black hair. He wore a simple shirt with a railroad semaphore signal on it along with blue jeans. He glanced around the place and occasionally at the three girls. The boy could’ve sworn that already, something felt off about the girls, something familiar. He didn’t wonder for long as another girl came up to them. “Hello,” she greeted. “Are you the four new students I’m supposed to show around?”

“We are,” said the girl with the large frizzy hair.

“Hello, I’m Distant Approach,” said the boy.

“And we are excited to be here,” said the frizzy haired girl. “We have a feeling there is something…magical about this school.”

Sunset nodded and proceeded to give them the tour. She soon learned the names of the girls being Adagio Dazzle, Sonata Dusk, and Aria Blaze. All was going well until the end of the tour when the girls noticed a flier. “A musical showcase?”

“Yeah, it's a little something this school does to raise funds. Think of it like a musical talent show,” Sunset explained.

“Eh, I'm not much into performing music. Especially in front of others,” said Distant. “I get stage fright easily.”

“Oh but we are,” Adagio said.

“Oh? I assume you three can sing?”

“Yeah, It’s how we get people to do what we want,” Sonata said matter of factly before Adagio glared at her and made a sweep gesture with her hand across her neck. “What? What’d I say?” she asked innocently as Aria rolled her eyes. Both Distant and Sunset looked at them confused. Sunset then noticed the strange gem pendant on her and attempted to reach for it only for Adagio to grab her hand.

Adagio regained her composure, let Sunset’s hand go, and cleared her throat. “Well this has been fun but now I believe we should head to our class. Good day,” she said as she left with her two sisters in tow, leaving Distant and Sunset alone.

“Hmm, quite an odd bunch,” said the boy.

“You noticed it too?” Sunset asked.

“Yeah… anyway I don’t suppose you know where class room 113 is do you?”

Sunset perked up. “Yeah that’s where I’m heading. You can follow me.”

The two were soon walking through the halls but all the while Sunset could feel he gazes of the other students. “So…you new to the area?”

“You might say that. I recently moved here with my grandparents. They both run a family business and I help them out after school and on weekends.”

“Oh? What's it called?” Sunset asked.

“Train Town Hobbies,” Replied Distant.

Sunset’s eyes widened a bit. “The store that sells model railroad stuff?”

“Yeah? You know it?” Distant asked.

“I was there not too long ago,” she replied. “I bought a starter set.”

“Really?” Distant said surprised. “You don’t look like the type who would be into model trains.”

“Well you really shouldn’t judge a book by its cover,” Sunset said as they approached the door to class.

As they entered the class stopped chatting and watched as the two entered. The class then started whispering. This confused Distant Approach. ‘Must be about me and the new girls. Typical new kid at school stuff.’ He thought to himself, but he was wrong. Sunset felt as if daggers were stabbing her as she heard the whispers about her.

As Distant sat down he felt a finger tap his shoulder he turned to see a girl with bright green hair and had lipstick on. “You’re one of the new guys right?” she asked.

“Yeah?” Distant nodded slowly.

“Whatever you do, don’t go anywhere near her,” she said pointing to Sunset as she sadly sat down and began pulling stuff out of her bag.

“Why?” he asked, confused. “She seems nice. Who are you anyway?”

“Cherry Crash and Don’t let her fool you she is…a monstrous demon.”

Distant stared at the girl with a dumbfounded look. “Well that’s a bit outlandish.”

“Don’t say I didn’t warn you,” Cherry said as she sat back down at her desk as the teacher came in.

Distant gave Sunset an occasional glance throughout the lecture. While what Cherry said did make him a bit uncomfortable he practically didn’t believe her. Because if there was one thing he taught himself to believe is that anyone who likes a simple train set can’t be all bad right?

It was the lunch period as Sunset made her way to the cafeteria. But as she walked she found herself deep in mind about the three new girls. She couldn’t help but get a bad feeling about the three sisters. Distant Approach on the other hand seemed polite. But as she entered the Cafeteria she suddenly felt herself being grabbed and then slammed into a wall. She then found herself face to face. With the three boys who chased her. “You costed me lots horsegirl!” Hoops said. “Got kicked off the team because of you!”

Many students watched the interaction and some of them seemed excited. “Hey let go of her! That was your own fault!” Rainbow snapped as she tried to fight her way through the crowd.

“Can it crash!” said one of the other boys. “How about we throw the unicorn away.” he said as he pointed to a nearby trash can.

“Nice thinking Score,” said Hoops as he picked her up.

Sunset struggled to get loose as the other students cheered them on. Sunset looked towards her friends who were struggling to fight through the crowd. The only thing she thought was it can’t get any worse than this other than being outright killed by a huge rainbow death laser. She was about to get thrown in when a voice sounded nearby. “Leave her alone.”

The cheering stopped and the boys turned to see Distant Approach standing near them. Holding a fierce look on his face. “Perhaps you didn’t hear me all the way up there, big guy. Put the girl down.”

“Beat it newbie, this bully needs to be thrown away,” said Hoops.

Distant soon got in between them and the trash can. “I don’t know what she's done but you’re the one being the bullies here. In fact there's one word to describe you three now, Hypocrites.” He then grinned. “Make sense because you three are fat as hippos.”

The room became silent. “That is one epic burn,” whispered Rainbow to Pinkie who nodded.

The boys put Sunset down and stared at Distant with menacing looks. Hoops, Billy Dumbell, and Score got closer with one of them grabbing his shirt. “Think you’re some tough guy. We’ll show you-”

“Show him what?”

The boy's eyes widened and slowly turned to two older women. Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna stared at the two with expressions that were as cold as an arctic blizzard. “We saw everything,” the Vice Principal said.

“B-bu she…he…t-they,” Hoops stuttered but a hand raised from the principal immediately silenced him.

“Office now you three,” said Principal Celestia. She then casted a look at the rest of the students who slowly dispersed.

As the boys left Sunset approached Distant. “Thanks, but you didn’t have to do that.”

“No, I wanted to,” he said smiling. “Look I really don’t know what you did but for some reason I don’t think you really are a bad guy.”

Sunset smiled as she glanced at her friends who were walking towards her. Most likely to see if she was alright. “You want to eat with us?” she asked him.

“Does this mean we’re friends now?” Distant asked.

“Sure,” she said.

“Sounds great then. It really is nice making new friends,” he said as he walked with the six girls to a table. Sunset Shimmer couldn’t agree more. “So you planning on getting more model trains from the store?” he asked.

Sunset thought for a moment. “I am just getting started with this hobby.”

Distant then pulled something out of his bag. It was a magazine for model railroaders. “Then perhaps this might help. My Grandpa’s store has loads of these.”

As the girls and boy conversed they talked about trains, music, and the new girls. The last topic did leave the girls having an ominous feeling. The Dazzling sisters watched from the door. Adagio grinned and looked at her pendant. Her musical mission has only begun.

Author's Note

It may not follow the exact road of Rainbow rocks but i might skip through most of it.