Adventure at Canterlot High - Canterlot High - Face The Music

The next morning as the sun was rising, Tristen was fixing himself a coffee from the coffee machine that he's surprised that Sunset owns.

Tristen stretched himself as he was munching on a piece of toast. Suddenly, the sound of a door slamming open made him jump.

“Tristen!”

Tristen turns around, suddenly getting hugged tightly by Fluttershy. “Are you ok? Sunset told us that the Dazzlings attacked you last night!”

“You're not hurt, are you?” Rarity asked in concern. “They better not have harmed you in any way! Because if they did, I swear-”

“Guys, I'm alright.” Tristen replied with a light chuckle. “Though I'm telling you, they did put up one hell of a fight.”

“Don't tell me they've accessed their full power already!” Sonata said in worry. “How could they even-”

“Not quite.” Tristen interrupted Sonata. “I don't know how… but Adagio and Aria managed to access the powers of my aliens.”

This reveal certainly bewildered the girls. “But… how?” Pinkie Pie asked. “You don't think Decibot made them Omnitrixes as well, right?”

“I doubt it.” Tristen replied. “If those two did have one, they would show it. Plus, Decibot comes from this world. So, I doubt he has the proper know-how to build one.”

“What about the guy that gave you your while you were still in your world?” Applejack asked in confusion. “Isn't he from yours?”

Tristen pondered while he went to pour himself a cup of coffee. “I don't think so.” Tristen shrugged. “To be honest, I'm not sure where he came from. And FYI, I'm basically the duplicate of the real Tristen.”

Applejack nods in response. “Oh… yeah. I'm still confused about that.”

“Regardless, we're just relieved you're alright, darling.” Rarity said with a soft smile.

“Thanks guys.” Tristen responded before taking a sip of his coffee. “Though I gotta tell ya, I hardly slept last night.”

“Tristen!” Fluttershy said in a scolding manner. “You should never skip sleep! That's not good for your health!”

“Hey, what if they abducted me in my sleep?” Tristen countered. “One has to be vigilant, right?” Tristen takes another sip of coffee. “Also, it wouldn't be the first time I stayed up until sunrise.”

“This just makes the Dazzlings even more dangerous.” Twilight said. “Now that they have access to Tristen’s powers, who knows what sort of havoc they could cause.”

“Luckily we have that counter spell ready.” Rainbow added with confidence while Twilight looked away nervously. “We'll be rehearsing at AJ’s place.”

Tristen nods before taking another sip of coffee as Sunset walks to him. “So… how'd that counter-spell turn up?” Tristen whispered to Sunset. “Judging by Twilight’s reaction when RD mentioned it, I have a feeling it's not a good one.”

Sunset looks at Twilight before looking back at Tristen. “Y-You’ll see when we get there.” Sunset whispered back.

At Sweet Apple Acres, the Rainbooms were performing the counter spell. And, well…

Hey, hey, listen
We've got a message for you
We're not all alike
But our friendship is true

Sunset cringed as the feedback from Twilight's off-key singing, Tristen had earbuds in his ears while playing music on his phone as loud as possible, and Sonata covered her ears.

Twilight tried to adjust the volume on the amp, but only made things worse as the feedback kept sounding off again and again.

Yeah, we're really different
But we still get along
So hey, hey, listen to our song

While Twilight's off-key singing was already bad, the unorganized instrumentations by the girls made the ordeal even worse.

“Make it stop!” Sonata uttered out in agony.

You may think you're in control
But we're here to prove you wrong
With our friendship and our music
With the power of our song

Even after having the volume of his cranked up as loud as possible, he could still hear the awful performance.

Gonna stomp our feet, clap our hands
With the magic of friendship
Gonna stop your evil plan

Once the song was finally over, Rainbow hadn't fully grown her pony ears, though they were visible. But it didn't last long before they vanished as the others were disappointed with their failed attempt at the counter spell song.

Upon seeing that the failed counter-spell was over, Tristen paused his music and puts the earbuds out of his ears.

“Eh, that sounded... way better than the last... five times you've played it.” Spike said nervously.

"Nnope." Big Macintosh said bluntly as he passed by the garage window with a bucket full of apples.

"I think it's pretty obvious what's going wrong with this counter-spell," Rainbow admitted.

"You're turnin' what should be the chorus into a five-minute guitar solo?" Applejack asked, very annoyed, as was Rarity.

"I have to pick up the slack somehow!" Rainbow argued. "Are you girls even trying?!"

“They were giving it their best, RD.” Tristen said nothing to the other Rainbooms. “I swear to God Dash, if I have to go Fright Knight to keep your ego in check, I will do it!”

Rainbow Dash backed up a little in response to that while the other girls looked at him in shock. “Please don't.” Rainbow uttered.

Tristen took in a deep breath before calming down. “Sorry.”

"On the other hand,” Rarity looks at Twilight worriedly, “the counter-spell…"

"It's fine." Twilight said with a nervous laugh. "It'll be fine. One more time from the top!" she exclaimed proudly. However, she only created an awkward atmosphere within the garage.

“Uh… why not take a breather?” Sonata suggested.

"You're right, Sonata. That can use a short break." Rarity agreed as she had set down her keytar. "Besides, I've put together some rather fashionable wardrobe choices."

“Rarity,” Tristen began with a deadpan look, “I admire your handiwork, and I appreciate what you're doing, but-”

"We're tryin' to save our school here!" Applejack finished for Tristen in annoyance. "Enough with the costumes!"

"Oh, you could never have enough costumes!" Rarity argued.

Tristen was stunned at seeing the uniform. “How in the…?” Tristen scratched his head in surprise. “You guys don't know Daft Punk, yet Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo’s outfit exists here?!”

“Who?” Asked a confused Spike.

“Never mind!” Tristen declared. “We need to stay focused here! Remember, we only have one shot at taking down the Dazzlings and Decibot! Otherwise, we're practically screwed!”

“He’s right guys!" Sunset Shimmer chimed in. "We’re all supposed to check in at the Battle of the Bands in fifteen minutes!"

"What? But it's not ready!" Twilight interjected. "If we play our counter-spell in the first round and it doesn't work, the sirens will know what we're up to and make sure we don't get a chance to play it again!"

“Get a hold of yourself, Twi!” Tristen grabs Twilight and shakes her. “I get that you're worried, but you'll figure it out. I know it.” Tristen looks at the Rainbooms. “In the meantime, you'll have to buy yourselves some time so Twilight can keep workin' on the counter-spell.”

"But how do you propose we do that?" Rarity asked.

"We compete in the Battle of the Bands for real!" Rainbow replied. "I take over lead vocals again and we stay alive until the finals! We unleash the counter-spell then!" Rainbow turns to Twilight. "You'll have figured it out by finals, right?"

"Right…" Twilight said not so confidently with a nervous smile.

“Just try not to take the spotlight, Rainbow.” Tristen warned Rainbow Dash. “Keep in mind, you guys are a team!”

“Alright, alright.” Rainbow replied with a roll of her eyes.

Sunset looks over to Sonata, who was still sullen over the fact of her two longtime friends.

At the CHS gymnasium, every band gathered as Principal Celestia took the stage. "Welcome to the first ever Canterlot High School Battle of the Bands. I believe I speak for everyone when I say it is by far the greatest thing we have ever done here at this school!" The many competitors present cheered in response. "We are so glad our three newest students encouraged us to turn this event into something exciting!"

"But, as this is now a competition,” Luna began, “we can only choose one winner. Who is it going to be?"

That question from Luna brought forth more arguing between the bands, and the familiar green aura that they exuded all flowed into the Adagio and Aria’s pendant.

Decibot was hidden in the closet, smiling deviously as he watched it all unfold. Decibot taps onto his right antennae. “How are you two holding up?”

“Pretty good.” Adagio answered in a whisper. “Our true power is being restored.”

Decibot smirked. “Excellent. It won't be long until you two claim your ultimate prize.”

“Boy is Sonata missing out, big time.” Aria added with a giggle, but then wondered. “But the Rainblossoms, or whatever they're called, aren't under our spell. Same goes for that Tristen boy and his band. How are we supposed to get to their magic?”

“The Rainbooms are just as capable of falling apart as anyone else. They just need a little... push in the wrong direction.” Adagio answered. “Plus, you and I already have Tristen’s powers. When we square off again, we’ll make sure he's pushing up daisies.”

(Later)

Snips and Snails were on the stage, performing a really God-awful rap. And while everyone was unimpressed by the terrible performance, the Rainbooms, Tristen, Sonata, and Sunset were definitely cringing.

“Dear God almighty, somebody just but a bullet between my eyes.” Tristan groaned as he plugged his ears.

Luckily the two ended their rap session with a mic drop.

“In your face, Rainbooms!” Snips said.

“Next time, get a professional to teach ya how to rap.” Tristen barked back.

“Wait! Where's Rarity?” Sonata asked.

“Oh! Here! I'm here!”

Tristen had a deadpan look on his face. ‘Oh you've got to be freaking kidding me!’

“We will be performing in front of an audience." Rarity said. “I'm not going to wear something fabulous?”

“Remember, we have to be good enough to make it through but not so good we let the sirens see the magic within us.” Twilight explained. “They could realize we plan to use it against them.”

Tristen realized something before dialing up his Omnitrix, much to his friends' confusion.

“Whatcha doin’?” Applejack asked.

“The other contestants are gonna do whatever they can to make you guys look bad. So…” Tristen tapped the screen and turned into Amoeblot. “I figured I'd lighten the load for ya.”

Amoeblot then created three clones. The three then gave the rainbooms a thumbs up. “Break leg out there, girls.” The first Amoeblot gave them a thumbs up.

And with that, the Rainbooms made their way into the stage.

We've just got the day to get ready
And there's only so much time to lose
Because tonight, yeah, we're here to party
So let's think of something fun to do
We don't know (we don't know) what's gonna happen
We just know (we just know) it's gonna feel right
All our friends are here
And it's time to ignite the lights!

As the Rainbooms perform, Sonata looks up to see three girls on the catwalk. The three Amoeblots took notice too and one of them slithers its way towards them.

The three girls pulled out magnets attached to puppet strings, but before they could deploy them, they were pelted by a plume of sickly green gas. The girls were in a coughing fit while a long arm grabbed the magnets from them.

They turn to see Brain Fart was the one who stopped them and was casting a glare at them. “Not cool, man.”

Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight
Shake your tail, shake your tail
Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight
Shake your tail, shake your tail

So what you didn't get it right the first time
Laugh it off, no one said it is a crime
Do your thing, you know you're an original
Your ideas are so funny that they're criminal

Ohhh-ahh!
We've just got the day to get ready
And there's only so much time to lose
Because tonight, yeah, we're here to party
So let's think of something fun to do

Sunset smiled, seeing things working so far. But she looks up to Snips and Snails on another catwalk. “Tristen. Two o'clock.”

The two remaining Amoeblots look up and noticed Snips and Snails, and one of them slithered towards them

"Awesome." Snips chuckled as Snails adjusted the spotlight, but they suddenly felt a tap on their shoulders.

The two look behind them to see Sunstone, who was popping his knuckles while glaring at them. Snips and Snails were now a bit nervous.

We don't know (we don't know) what's gonna happen
We just know (we just know) it's gonna feel right
All our friends are here
And it's time to ignite the lights!
Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight
Shake your tail, shake your tail
Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight
Shake your tail, shake your tail
Shake your tail 'c ause we're here to have a party tonight
Shake your tail, shake your tail

Sunset and Sonata watch on with smiles as Sunstone and Brain Fart arrive with the saboteurs.

Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight
Shake your tail, shake your tail
Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight!

Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna both applauded them, while the others didn't even bother to give them a hand.

The Rainbooms met up backstage, where they took notice of Brain Fart and Sunstone holding the saboteurs. The three girls were in a trance-like state while Snips and Snails both had a black eye. “Uh… what happened here?”

“We've managed to take care of these vibe killers for ya.” Brain Fart replied, gesturing towards the saboteurs.

The third Amoeblot arrived, crossing his arms at the saboteurs before looking at his team. “Great job, gang.”

Sunstone and Brain Fart changed back into Amoeblots before they were absorbed back into the original Amoeblot, then changed back into Tristen.

“Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna report this to Celestia and Luna.” Tristen said as he grabbed a rope and tied the saboteurs up.

"Sonata and I'll keep an eye on things around here.” Sunset said before looking at Twilight. “You all find a place to practice where the sirens can't hear you.”

I don't think we should use a classroom.” Twilight said before suddenly bumped into the back of Flash Sentry, who only glanced at her while she gave a nervous chuckle. “We really need to stop bumping into each other like this.”

"Uh, you guys hear something?" Flash asked his band mates, not paying attention to Twilight.

"Nope, nuh-uh," they replied as they were looking away from the Rainbooms. Oblivious to what they were trying to do, Twilight tried to speak louder.

"I said, we have to stop-"

"There it is again," Flash interrupted, "So annoying."

"Why are you acting like this?" Twilight asked, "I thought we were friends."

"Yeah, and then you decide to come back here just so you can beat me in the Battle of the Bands!" Flash replied angrily, "I want this, Twilight, and you're trying to take it from me! Some friends."

Twilight was upset by that claim, "That's not why-"

"Come on, Twilight," Applejack interrupted, grabbing her shoulder. "We've got things to do." With that, they began to walk away while a heartbroken Twilight did her best not to cry.

"You really think you're gonna help them?!" Flash mocked. “I bet you have no idea what you're even doing!"

Tears formed in Twilight's eyes as she wipes them away, trying to forget what just happened. Adagio, Aria, and Decibot smiled, and Adagio even chuckled as she saw Twilight rub her eyes.

"Tears already?" Adagio asked sarcastically, "This is only the first round."

"I don't think so, bitch!"

The trio looked over to see Sonata, Sunset, and Tristen replied

"You're never gonna get away with this," Sunset said as she stood up.

"Why? Because you didn't?" Adagio asked sarcastically, surprising Sunset, "Oh, we know all about you, Sunset Shimmer. You've got quite the reputation at Canterlot High."

"I've changed!" Sunset declared. "I'm in a much better place now!"

“Damn straight!” Tristen agreed with a nod.

"Waiting in the wings while your friends have all the fun?" Aria asked sarcastically as she walked around her as well.

“Leave them alone!” Sonata declared as she got in front of Sunset and Tristen. “If you want to mess with somebody, then try me on for size!”

Adagio, Aria, and Decibot looked at each other before bursting out laughing.

“Well, look who's playing the good guy.” Aria said with a smirk. “How pathetic.”

Sonata responded to that by slapping Aria across the face, making everyone else watch on in shock.

Aria held onto her cheek, still shocked, but then looked at Sonata with anger. “You little…” Aria's arms changed into Saw Horse.

Tristen however got in the way and changed into Sunstone, causing Aria's blade arms to bounce off of him.

"Adagio, Aria, please! This has gone on long enough!” Sonata pleaded to the two. “It’s time to put a stop to this.”

“Shut up!” Aria barked at Sonata. “We don't have to listen to a backstabber like you!”

“Decibot is using you guys!” Sunset said, gesturing to the robot. “He's nothing but a con man!”

“Outrageous!” Decibot denied. “If anybody is providing you with false information, it's this little ingrate!” Decibot points to Sonata. “I offer her and her two friends a lavish lifestyle one can only dream of, but she denies my offer and walks away. And now she joins you plebeians with the goal to prevent dear Adagio and Aria from achieving what they want.” Decibot continued as he glared at Sonata. “Shame, dear Sonata. Shame.”

“You really are full of shit, you know that?” Tristen barked back.

Decibot looks to Tristen with a glare. “You wanna run that by me again, boy?” Decibot asked, poking at Tristen's chest. “Do you have any idea who I am?”

Tristen smacked Decibot's hand away. “A piece of shit who belongs in the recycling bin!”

Decibot was about to punch Tristen, but Sonata got in front of her friend and grabbed Decibot’s fists. And moments later, a mulberry spark of electricity surged through Decibot. Decibot pulled back, his visor glitching a bit as the electricity sparked around him. Once the surge electricity stopped, he smacked his head to stop the glitching.

Aria and Adagio both looked at Sonata in disbelief, the girl glaring at them.

“I didn't want to fight you guys.” Sonata declared as her body changed. Her head, arms, and midsection being made of arctic blue crystal while the rest of her body appeared to be made of a Persian blue rocky material. “But it seems I have no choice!”

The others were taken by surprise from this. Tristen and Sunset were awestruck while Decibot, Adagio, and Aria were shocked.

“What… the hell?!” Decibot asked in disbelief.

Adagio suddenly smirked. "You know, I suppose we can take our time.” Adagio said with a chuckle. “We won't be performing for a while."

“Damn right!” Aria added. “I've been dying to kick some ass all day!” Aria then glances at Tristen. “And I've been looking forward to a rematch after last night!”

Tristen looks to Subset. "Sunset, go find the others. We might need their help if things get too hairy."

Sunset silently nods before running off while still in utter disbelief.

"Why don't we take this scuffle outside?" Decibot suggested. “We wouldn't want to attract any unwanted attention.”