Under Pressure

by RockSteadyRolla

Chapter 6

Bolt and the three new girls walk through the halls behind Sunset as she points out various rooms and classes. "That's the science lab. The computer lab is in there." Sunset stopped and perked up, seeing a flyer for the showcase. She jogged over and pointed at it. "Oh! We're having a big musical showcase this weekend! The whole school is pretty much rallying around it." she excitedly informed.

The orange haired girl gasped "A musical showcase?" she asked.

"I'm sure since you're new, Principal Celestia would let you sign up if you're interested." Sunset excitedly informed.

Bolt shrugged. "If you can sing, I don't see a reason not to join. Hell, you could even take my spot. save me the trouble."

"Well~, we have been known to sing from time to time" the girl with pigtails boasted.

"Hello? We sing, like, all the time! It's how we get people to do what we want." the girl with the ponytail blurts out. Sunset looked confused, the girl with orange hair growled and the girl with pigtails face palmed. "Wha-What did I say?"

Bolt, not missing a single thing she said, threw his hands up in surrender. "Nope." turning the opposite way, he started walking away.

Sunset turned around and called out to Bolt. "What? Why?! What about the tour?" she asked

"My bullshit meter just went off. Anyway, I'm going to meet Treezy, she and Vinyl are helping me in the showcase. We'll meet you and the rest at lunch, see ya Bacon bit and nice meeting you ladies." Bolt waved as he walked away.

Bolt opened a door and stepped into an empty room with DJ equipment standing in the back along with Vinyl's lining the wall. Standing behind the equipment were both Tree Hugger and Vinyl Scratch. "Yo!" Bolt called out, walking towards them.

Tree Hugger and Vinyl look up and smile as Bolt got closer. Tree Hugger walked from behind the mixing table and straight into Bolt, hugging him. "Hmm. I've been missing this all day!" she said as she squeezed a little harder.

"Hey Bolt!" Vinyl greeted.

"Oh? She speaks?" Bolt teased.

"I just don't talk when I can't hear, ass." Vinyl responded.

Bolt chuckled then winced in discomfort. "Ah! Ease up Treezy, I'm not going anywhere... Besides lunch that is."

"It's lunch time already?! I forgot I was eating with some friends today!" Vinyl said with urgency as she ran from behind her booth to the door. "I'll see you guys later!" with that Vinyl ran out the room.

"So... Care to tell me what this unease I'm feeling from you is?" Tree asked.

"I'll explain at lunch, it's about the new girls... Something's not right and I'm sure Bacon Bit felt it too." Bolt explained.

"Alright then, let's go! I dying to eat a salad right about now, we've been moving around all day!" Tree Hugger exclaimed as she grabbed Bolt's hand and dragged him out the door.

"To hell with a salad! I'm a growing boy, I need nourishment! Someone, Quick! Point me in the direction of the nearest bull... Hold him for me." Bolt sinisterly demanded.Tree Hugger squeezed his hand with an unearthly pressure. "Ah ah ah!!! Treezy chill!!!" he tried reeled his hand out of Tree Hugger's grip but with no luck.

"Bolt." Tree Hugger called out his name with a sickly sweet voice. Bolt flinched at the sound and seriousness of her voice. "What have I told you about disrespecting our animal friends?" her words dripped with a sweet poison.

Bolt did not look at Tree Hugger because he could feel the eco-demon had spawned behind her. Keeping his eyes on the nearing cafeteria doors. "I'll be good. I'll eat a salad." upon saying that, he noticed the oppressive aura the eco-demon dissipated. Walking through the cafeteria door, Bolt and Tree Hugger walked to the refrigerated shelves to pick up their food. Bolt scans the cafeteria and spots what he was looking for. "There they are, let's go sit down, I'm starving." Approaching they notice Pinkie Pie bouncing around the saying "Like this" over and over.

"Any reason why she's doing that?" Bolt asked as he sat next to Sunset Shimmer, while Tree hugger sat next to Fluttershy.

Sunset looked towards Bolt with a start and answered. "Oh, hey Bolt. I was just telling the girls about the tour with the new students... and how off they felt."

Bolt took a fork full of heavily dressed leaves and looked at it. "Told you, my bullshit meter never lies." he said as he took a bite.

"Yeah but, she never explained what type of weird and now you're not explaining what type of bull." Pinkie whine as she draped over Bolt's shoulders. But before Bolt could say anything, the cafeteria's doors slammed open revealing the three new girls.

Bolt studied them as they saunter in. 'As pretty as they are, there's always a catch somewhere...' as soon as that thought circled his head, his suspicions came true when they started singing.

After the song ended, everyone except Bolt and the girls around him was at arms with each other. " Ohhhh. They're that kind of "off"." Pinkie abruptly stated.

"Uugghhh!" Bolt groaned and let his head fall face first to the table with a loud thud.

Worried about Bolt's actions, Fluttershy placed a hand on the back his head and rubbed it. "Are you ok, Bolt?"

"Yeah, that sounded like it hurt." Rainbow blurted out.

"Yes, yes it did." Bolt answered with a sigh. "So Bacon bit, what's the verdict? People don't just hate each other out thin air... No, I take that back. Anyway, this was too sudden."

"All I can say is that it's probably dark magic. The thing is I don't know how they're doing it." Sunset let out a sigh after her explanation.

"No doubt it was the singing..." Bolt sighs and lifts his head. "First: Some coozed up she demon hopped up on negative energy, now: demon triplets... Just gets no easier, huh?"

"Dark magic? I find that very hard to believe. Those girls came into my office earlier and were absolutely delightful." Celestia defended.

"Ugh! Perhaps Sunset Shimmer is just eager to make someone else out to be a bad element so that her actions at the Fall Formal will become old news." Luna retorted.

Sunset winced at the accusation. "I could see why you might think that, but—" she said defending herself but was cut off by Rainbow. "That's not what's happening! We saw all of this go down in the cafeteria too! "

"What she said." Bolt interjected. "And that was a low blow, Bacon bit has been doing her damnedest to clear her image."

Ignoring Bolt, which he took full notice off, Celestia stared at Rainbow and continued. "Yes, but isn't your band supposed to be part of the Musical Showcase?"

"Yes?" Rainbow answered.

"What the hell does that have to do with anything?" Bolt asked.

"Perhaps you're all just worried that the Dazzlings will steal your spotlight." Luna answered

Bolt went owl-eyed for a moment and recovered. "Wait... What?"

"The Dazzlings?" Applejack asked.

"It's the name of their musical group. That's why they came by my office earlier today – to sign up for the Showcase. Even sang a little song to Vice Principal Luna and I." after Celestia finished Bolt felt a pang of unease in his body.

"Well that's just bupkis, they already brain leeched them. Those wicked bitches done put them in a vocal chokehold." Bolt sighed, placing his hand on his face.

"Bolt, I advise you to watch your mouth, then again, given your home training and who reared you, I expected worse." As soon as Celestia finished her comment, the girls were shocked by a loud explosion.

All the girls were stunned when they saw Celestia's desk embedded into the wall. Looking back at Bolt, who lowered his leg and walk up to Celestia and leaned in close to her face. "Sorry, I couldn't hear you. Care to speak into the mic?"

Cold, cold was the only way to describe his tone. 'If there was any care for life before, it was just lost now.' Applejack thought as she stared at Bolt and the Principal. But what surprised her, even more, was Principal Celestia's attitude, she along with the other girls knew how hard the principal work to close the gap with Bolt, just for her to lie and destroy it. 'Another thing is why did she tell that lie?' her thoughts were broken when Celestia started talking.

"I don't think I stuttered Searing Bolt. I've heard of the incident at Cleric high during your freshmen year." Celestia finished causing Bolt to flinch, in which none of the girls missed only Applejack noticed his muscle tense up. "Seems I dodged the bullet when it came to adopting you, could have ruined my image." Celestia's comment set Applejack into motion.

Something snapped, Bolt pulled back his arm as fast as priming a pistol's hammer and pull the trigger just as fast, only to be stopped. "Whoa, there sugar cube! Don't be too hasty!" Applejack yelled as she held his arm. Pulling him back a bit and placing herself between him and Celestia, she whispered to him. "Simmer down for me alright, hun? None of us want to see you get expelled." she pleaded, placing a hand on his cheek. As he made eye contact with her, she could see his tension leaving but when he looked back towards Celestia, she notices his left eye flash a dark violet color. 'What was that?' she asked herself as she felt Bolt backing away from her.

"Thanks, Apple, But I need to go cool off for now." Bolt walk to the office door, opening it and slamming it once he was out.

On the other side of the school, The Dazzlings felt a highly condensed surge of negative energy. " Oh! Wow, that amazing! I wonder who was able to produce that type of spite?" Adagio shuddered as she wrapped her arms around herself to ease her chills. "We must find out! With that much concentrated negative energy, getting back to full power would be a walk in the park."

"I don't know Adagio, that felt more like raw animalistic fury than negative energy." Aria described while shivering in fear rather than intrigue.

"Yeah, I don't think we should mess with whoever made that..." Sonata added.

Seeing how badly shaken the other two were, Adagio groaned out. "Fine... We'll leave it be. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a lot of planning for our conquest." With that, she walked off leaving her sisters behind.

A little later Aria and Sonata walked the halls until they heard loud thuds and angry growls coming from the gym doors. Recognizing the negative energy from earlier they decide to see who capable of releasing such concentrated malice. Opening the double doors, who they saw a male student furiously punching the mats attached to the wall. "Hey isn't that the boy from earlier? Umm... Boke?"

Aria face palmed. "His name was Bolt, stupid. Geez, you're the worst."

"Nuh-uh" Sonata shot back. Aria was going to fire back but they both froze at the spike of malice surging off Bolt. Unlike before, it was suffocating. They both turned towards him and instantly regretted their decision, they noticed the fury in his gaze and that his left eye was dark violet surrounded by a smoky haze. What happened next, they couldn't explain because one moment he standing on the other side of the gym and the next they were hanging off the ground being choked by Bolt. 'How did he move so fast?!' Aria thought, trying to pry off Bolt's grip.

He eyed both females in his grasp. "I don't know what god you serve, but you better pray that whatever you three are planning... Doesn't get physical!" with that said, Bolt dropped them and walked out of the gym leaving Aria and Sonata gasping on the floor.

"Man, I've never seen Bolt like that. He was actually gonna deck Principal Celestia." Rainbow said while juggling her soccer ball.

"I know, he wasn't this angry while fighting me. It felt like he was seriously out for blood..." Sunset said while leaning against the school's statue.

"If Tree Hugger was there she probably could have stopped him. She can read Bolt's emotion through his aura after all." Fluttershy softly spoke as she walks towards the statue. "But to think they got to Celestia and Luna already and to make Principal Celestia say such hurtful things."

Rainbow Dash started to balance the ball on her forehead before responding. "The Principal and Vice Principal aren't the only ones acting like jerks. The whole school's been infected, hell we watched it happen."

Pinkie pops down from the statue. "Not everyone!"

Applejack who had been pacing in a circle stopped. "Pinkie's right. We were front and center to their little show and didn't get affected in the least. Was there something keeping us from their control?"

"Who cares!? Now that we know we're not affected we can, as Bolt would say: "Ace their asses!" and be done with it!" Rainbow exclaimed.

"But the power we have now only manifested when we play music..." Fluttershy pointed out.

Rarity could only sigh while she painted her nails. "If only Twilight were here, she might have the answers we seek."

"Well, tough tits princess. The portals close, with a yearly cool off time." Rainbow making her point by rebounding the ball over Rarity's head causing her smear nail polish down her arm, letting out a horrified gasp as she glared at Rainbow Dash. "And I'm pretty sure they don't cell phone there either."

Sunset started to think and then she remembers something. "Ah! But I might just have something that could help contact her!" with that she ran back into the school with the other girls in tow.

Bolt walked the noticing everyone glaring at each other. "They really did a number on everyone. Almost feels like my last day at Cleric." He smiled at the thought. While it was something he was proud of, he didn't care for Celestia to know of it. Thinking back at the scene in Celestia office, he couldn't help but frown at himself. "I shouldn't have let those lies get to me like that. I know she wouldn't say that, but..." he slammed his fist against the lockers. "Damn! It still hurt all the same, especially from her mouth..." He could only sigh as he walks down the hall lost in his thoughts.

After a short walk, Bolt bumped into someone, knocking them down. "Huh?" snapping from his thoughts, his eyes scan around to see Pinkie Pie and the rest of the girls approaching but not the object of interest that he bumped into. Looking down he sees Sunset sitting on the floor shaking her head lightly. "Sorry, Bacon bit." Bolt apologized as he grabbed her arm, helping her up. "I was lost in thought for a second there."

"Bolt?" Sunset stood looking toward Bolt who held her arm. "Are you alright? You kinda disappeared on us after you little episode." Bolt let go of her and he visibly tensed.

"Sorry, you girls shouldn't have seen that side of me... Especially since no one in this school, correction, this city can trigger my fighting attitude. I should've let those lies jump me off like they did." Bolt informed them while placing his hands in his pocket.

"So you noticed too, huh?" Applejack asked walking up to Bolt.

He responded nodding "Yeah and I still snapped. The only thing true was their thoughts on The Dazzlings."

Everyone aside from Pinkie Pie and Applejack looked at each other in confusion and then back to Bolt. "What do you mean 'lies', darling?" Rarity asked.

Bolt scratched his head. "I'll explain later, more importantly, did you guys come up with anything?"

Rainbow Dash spoke up. "Yeah, Sunset said she had a way to contact Twilight!"

"Oh yeah?" he turns around to see Sunset holding a dusty book. "I'm not surprised..." he deadpanned

"Come off it, Bolt." Sunset said wiping off the dust. "And plus, this is the only thing we can count on at the moment."

"Seriously? Alright, alright, I'll bite. What does it do oh Mystic Bacon? Tell me the first time you kissed a flex wrench?"

Sunset walked up to Bolt, bumping her shoulder into his. "Stop, be nice." he just snorted and let her explain. "It was a present from Princess Celestia when I became her student. When I went rogue, I just held onto it. Probably just wanted a possible escape route..."

"Or you just couldn't let go, missed when you had someone in your corner." Bolt interjected.

"You're probably right... But what happened, happened and I can say I'm glad it happened." Sunset leaned into Bolt as she opened the book to an empty page. "I hope it still works."

"Works? It's a book, darling. How exactly would it work?" Rarity asked in genuine confusion.

"It probably works off some magic mirror type shit." Bolt shrugged. Rarity stared at him even more confused. "*sigh* Magic mirror: write a message on one mirror it appears on another mirror."
(A/N: Can't remember where I've seen or read about it, but I've been over here trying to find out for an hour!)

"Oooh! Like an analog text message!" Bolt nodded at Rarity's answer. "But how did you figure it out without her explaining it?"

Bolt shrugged. "Deduction. One: She found a way to contact Spark Plug. Two: Well, a book... And three: Magic, enough said." Everyone there "Oooh'd" at his reasoning.

"Well if that's how it works, then start writing!" Rainbow Dash held out her pen.

Grabbing the pen, Sunset held it against the book. "Been awhile since I've written this..." she started to write out "Dear Princess Celestia" on the page.

A couple minutes later the girls and Bolt were outside around the statue, Applejack and Pinkie Pie were playing cards on top of the base of the statue, Rarity sat in the grass with Fluttershy, painting her nails. Bolt, Sunset, and Rainbow sat at the base of the statue, Rainbow Dash sat at the portal entrance, while Sunset sat between Bolt's raised knees, keeping an eye on her book for a response. "Do you have to sit there?" Bolt asked looking down at the top of her head.

"One would think you'd be used to it by now."

"That's just it, I have and it's bugging me." Bolt grumbled

Another moment of silence covers the area. "I don't think she got the message." Rainbow said a second before Twilight came head first from the portal, landing face first. The girls and Bolt all stood up at the crash entrance, seeing who they were waiting for the girl all yelled. "TWILIGHT!!!" Sunset jogged over while Bolt slowly followed.

Upon reaching Twilight, Sunset held out her hand to help her up, but Twilight was showing signs of distrust and hesitated. All Bolt could do was sigh when he reaches them. He reached out and flicked Twilight in the back of the head. "Be nice and accept her gesture." he walked over to Sunset placing a hand on her head. "She's changed and doing a great job around the town." Sunset couldn't but blush at the praise she got from Bolt as he took a couple steps back.

After hearing Bolt stand up for Sunset, Twilight accepted Sunset's help, albeit hesitantly. As she stood up, Sunset backed away as the other girls swarmed Twilight. Bolt Sighed as he watches Sunset back away. 'Ousting herself again... I wish she would stop that, but then again, the pot can't call the kettle black.' Bolt was broke out of his thought at the sound of tiny paws racing towards him. Looking down he sees Spike beeline straight to him, yelling his name. "Bolt!!!"

Bolt knelt and opened his arms and yell. "Pup bro!!!" Spike leaped up into his hands and was then gently on Bolt's head. "Pup bro docking complete! I finally feel energized." Spike and Bolt shared a laugh before Applejack calls out to them.

"Spike, Bolt! Hurry up! We're going to Sugarcube Corner." With that Bolt followed after them with Spike on his head at his own pace.

Bolt sat on the arm of the sofa next to Pinkie Pie, listening to the girl's talk. Tuning out everything of uninterest, he was snapped out of his "ignoring state" as aptly named by Tree Hugger, as a state of extreme uncaring, when Spike mentioned Twilight's princess title. "Princess of friendship, huh?"

"Yeah! She's even got her own castle, you should totally come see it Bolt!" Spike excitedly replied.

Twilight heard Bolt let out an uninterested hum. "Are you still apprehensive about making friends, Bolt?"

"I have friends now, Twilight. The six here in front of you and four others." Bolt looks at Pinkie Pie. "And no, that socket wrench isn't one, he an associate at the most."

Twilight beamed at his admission to having friends. "That's wonderful, Bolt! Even with just ten friends you can always just make-"

"Don't get me wrong princess..." Bolt cut her off. "I still don't trust others outside of those ten, adding you and pup bro of course." Twilight was happy to be included as one of his friends but saddened at his distrust of others. He saw the way Twilight looked, at his declaration. "Don't give me that look spark plug, it's not like I'm not trying. I'm just going to go at my own pace." with that said and wanting to get off the subject, he steered into the main topic. "So, what's the skinny on the new girls? What are they?"

Twilight nodded. "They are call Sirens." after saying that, Bolt groaned. "Bolt? Is something wrong?"

Bolt slapped his face and swept his hair in one movement. "Why didn't I make the connection? Ugh... Twilight, how did they get here?"

Twilight started to hesitate. "Um... Well..."

"Why are you stalling?"

"Well... I know you and Equestria Bolt are different but I feel you may feel the same about this one particular pony."

Bolt eyes narrowed. "Explain." with a gulp, Twilight informed Bolt of her hero and Equestria's greatest magician Starswirl the Bearded. Finishing her explanation Bolt exploded. "HE WHAT?!?!?!" he yelled, garnering everyone's attention in the cafe. Noticing the stares, he questioned. "What the fuck, y'all looking at?" everyone who knew Bolt just smiled and shrugged knowing that he has a reason to be upset while the ones just visiting were shocked and terrified, quickly turning back to their table. "Oh, I have such a headache." he pinched his temples. "You're telling me this halved ass "Super Magician created a portal to different worlds and just said "Fuck It!" and shoved three sirens into our world without thinking of what terror they might have inflicted on us?" Bolt's widen. "My God! He could be the main cause of all of ancient Greece's monster problems! I mean, let's face it! The chump's been Popping them through the portal left and right!"

Twilight knew his reaction would be the same as her Bolt. "I can't defend his actions but..." She stared at Bolt, with a determined look in her eye." I can correct them."

Bolt see the seriousness in her eyes. With a sigh, Bolt stood up and smooth out his clothes. "Come on, I'm pretty sure they are still in school." Twilight and the girls stood and followed Bolt back to the school.

"So, they sing in order to stir up negative energy and then absorb it for power?" Tree Hugger asked sitting next to Bolt under their favorite tree. "That's all type of messed up."

"Tell me about it. I almost laid waste to Celestia, luckily Applejack stopped me before I detonated that bridge."

"Well, how are you guys gonna handle it?"

"Don't know yet... But hopefully, they'll find out." Bolt finished, leaning further into the tree as Tree hugger rested on his shoulder. For the next 20 minutes, Bolt and Tree Hugger talked about any and everything that came to mind; classes, politics, and nature. Forever enjoying the peacefulness around Tree Hugger, he just let her talk as she looked to the sky with her head on his lap... when she got there was a mystery of its own.

"Well, I guess I should be going. I promised my friends that I would chill out with them today." Tree Hugger stood and stretched out. "Do your best to stay calm, ok? I like your aura when it's relaxed." She leaned down, cupping Bolt's face and touch her forehead against his. After a few seconds, she straightened up and walked away waving.

Bolt watched her walk away until she was out of sight. "I wonder if the girls were able to stop them?" Bolt pulled out his phone.

Before he could unlock it, Pinkie popped out from behind the tree. "Nope!"

"Jeez!!!" Bolt scrambled away from the tree and stared back at Pinkie Pie. "Pinkie?! What Fuck?!" Bolt straightened up and sat with his legs crossed in the grass.

Wasting no time, Pinkie Pie skipped behind him and excitedly draped onto his back. "I'm sorry, Bolt. I didn't mean to surprise you that bad."

"Don't stress it." Bolt brushed off grass off his shirt. "And what do you mean, nope? I thought you girls were going to take care of it, which is why I waited out here... What happened?"

"Well..." Pinkie explained in detail about what happened in the gym.

Bolt sat and listened as Pinkie Pie clung to him like saran wrap, which he knew she did when she was going to ask him something unreasonable. As she finished her explanation, Bolt took in all she said and thought about the current situation. 'So, they couldn't summon the magic from before... I thought so. That magic is based on harmony, right? And I'm pretty sure none of them noticed that they haven't been harmonious since the Fall Formal...' Bolt looked to Pinkie Pie who had her chin rested on his shoulder, smiling. 'No, I'm pretty sure Pinkie knows but may think it will resolve itself... Nothing's going to get done in time... Ugh! I'm pretty sure Twilight is gonna take up the task of handling The Dazzlings by herself while the other girls focus on the battle of the bands and Sunset's letting her past actions keep her from giving any advice on the situation... Troublesome.' Breaking from his thought at Pinkie's sudden squeeze on his chest. "What wrong?"

"Um... Remeber the part about the sleep over?" Bolt nodded. "Well, I want you to come too!" Pinkie chirp out.

"Ain't happening." Bolt refused.

"Aw! Why? We'll have fun, I promise! There will be food, games, stories-"

"Won't change the fact that you're asking a male to spend the night with a bunch of females, Pinkie" Bolt knew he just started a battle he can't win, when Pinkie Pie locked her legs around his waist.

"Come!"

"Get off, Pinkie!"

"Not until you say you'll come!"

"No, Pinkie!"

"Just come!"

"Pinkie! No!"

Pinkie Pie started to chant "Come" over and over while tugging and writhing on his back. To Bolt, it was nothing new, but he forgot one thing... He was in public. Glancing out the corner his eye, some adults and other students walk by giving him odd looks and whispering between each other. Bolt had no choice but to give in to end the more than likely calculated public humiliation from the pink menace. "Alright, alright!!! I'll show! Just stop saying 'come'. People are staring."

"Yay!!!" In one swift motion, she moved from his back to his lap. "Pinkie promise."

"I'm not Pinkie promising, Pinkie..." Bolt knew saying that was a mistake as Pinkie Pie started to pout and felt her shift in his lap. Know this position would be a lot worse than before, socially and physically... in his pants. Bolt grabbed her hips to stop all movement. "Alright, I'll do it." Going through the mantra and motions, he made a Pinkie Promise, pleasing Pinkie Pie. "I'll show up after 7 and I'm not staying the night."

"What?! But you Pinkie Promised!?" Pinkie Pie yelled, but Bolt cut her off before she could continue.

"I promised to show, not to stay. You didn't prompt me to spend the night." Bolt explained

"You tricked me!" Pinkie folded her arms. "Oh well, I got you come over at least." Pinkie Pie got up out of Bolt's lap. "Well, we'll see you around 7 then!" With that said Pinkie Pie skipped off towards her house.

Bolt sighed and stood up. "I guess I'll go take a look at that map Compy sent me until then." with that bolt headed home.

Bolt looked at his clock on his laptop. "6:48. I better get moving." yawning and stretching out, Bolt stands and walks out of his study. Standing at the front door, Bolt's phone rings. Looking at the screen, he sighs and answers it. "Yeah?"

"Come now, little brother is that any way to answer your darling older sister's call?" the voice on the phone coyly asked.

"What do you need, Ivy? I was on my way out." Bolt cooly responded grabbing his keys and walks out the door.

Ivy hummed on the phone. "And where exactly are you going? It's a school night you know."

"When my grades drop to straight ass, then you worry about where I go." locking the door, Bolt makes his way to the sidewalk and began his quick trek to Pinkie's house. "And besides it's a need to know basis and it seems to me, you do need to know."

"If you stayed home, I would know..." Ivy mumbled

"No, you wouldn't."

"Burn would make tell!"

"No, he wouldn't"

Ivy growled. "Tell me! I'm your big sister, I demand respect!!!"

"Yeah, like a two-year-old. What is it you really want Ivy?" Bolt rounded the corner and sees Pinkie's house.

With out missing a beat. "Come back home."

All Bolt could do was sigh. "No, we've been over this. You and Burn are having a kid soon and I don't want to be in the way of the happy family vibe." walking down the pathway to Pinkie's front door, he sees a girl sitting on the porch.

"Bolt, you wouldn't be in the way, you'd be part of it! Why are you so stubborn about this?!" she yells through the phone.

Bolt moved the phone from his and rubbed it before placing it back. "Look, Ivy. I'm not coming back for any other reason than to visit and that's final." knowing he was about to end the call, she tried to call out but he already hung up. Bolt let out another sigh as he approached the girl on the stairs. "Hey Maud, Boulder. Burning the last couple minutes of sunlight?"

Maud was looking at gem Bolt gave her a week ago. It was a special gem that gave off a brilliant glow at sunset. She took her eyes off the gem and looked up towards Bolt. "Oh, hi Bolt." she looked at the rock in her hand and then back at Bolt. "Boulder appreciates your acknowledgment." she stood and dusted her shorts. "My sisters and the others are in her room." she informed him as she led him inside.

Bolt smirked. "How did you know I wasn't here to see you?" Bolt will admit up and down that Maud is attractive... Plain but none the less attractive. Her height was close if not the same as Applejack and her figure was athletic. 'I know it's her "I'm uninterested" look that gives her that cool beauty angle.' he shrugged as they stopped in front of Pinkie's bedroom.

But before he could knock, Maud called out him. "Bolt..." he turned to face her only to have his back pressed against the wall. Light enough where it wouldn't alert any one else, but enough force for him to feel it. She leaned in fully pressing her breast against his chest with her face inches from his. "If that were the case, you'd already be in my room and wouldn't be seen until morning." with that said, she knocked on Pinkie's door and disappears into her room.

Fluttershy opened the door to see Bolt against the wall with a stunned expression. "Um... Bolt? A-a-are you ok?"

"A little thrown off Shy..." saying that he shook his head and entered the room. Looking around, the girls were each into their own devices. Rarity and Sunset were taking selfies on Rarity's phone with Fluttershy joining after letting him in, Twilight sat on Pinkie's bed chewing on a pen, staring at a notebook and Applejack and Rainbow was playing a game until Rainbow smacked the console causing an error.

"That's not fair, I was winning!" Applejack yelled out.

"That was kinda fucked up Dash..." Bolt walked up to the side of the bed and takes a seat. The moment he does, Pinkie dives head first at him. Knowing it was coming, he leaned back a little, letting her sail pass and grabs the collar of her pajama shirt to stop her from flying over the bed and sets her on her knees next to him.

Pinkie wraps Bolt in a powerful hug. "You came!"

"I did promise I would." Bolt said, freeing himself from the deathlock. He took a quick look at the girls or to be specific, what they were wearing. 'I mean, why not. It's not like I'm totally uninterested, I mean I'm still a man after all.' he thought, as he continued his observation. Fluttershy and Twilight were wearing normal pajamas pants and button shirt, with Twilight's being yellowish cream with hearts and Fluttershy's being green with bunnies; Rarity wore a purple night gown with what seemed like a baby blue ribbon tied around her chest; what Sunset wore was something he's seen before... for three months and then vanished and replaced with a tank top of the same purple color and whatever panties she wore that night after her shower; Pinkie wore cute light blue with purple trim camisole pajamas. 'Is that what this is?' (Don't ask me, not really clothes savvy.) Next was Rainbow Dash, she wore a red and white baseball t-shirt and blue tights and last was Applejack.

"Yo, are those footed pajamas?" Bolt couldn't hold back his question.

Applejack stood, stretching in front of him. "Yep and they're down right comfortable."

"They wouldn't happen to have the flap in the back, would it?" He asked, eyeing her hips.

Applejack deadpanned at Bolt's question. "Even I wouldn't wear that, Bolt."

Bolt shrugged and turned his attention to Twilight. "Care to tell me why you look like your trying to give birth out of your ear, Twilight?"

She didn't respond. So Bolt reached over and flicked her forehead. "Ow! Huh?!" she rubbed her forehead, then looked towards the source of her pain. "Oh! Sorry, Bolt. I'm really trying to think of a spell to stop The Dazzlings."

'I knew it...' Bolt sighs and lies across the foot of the bed. "And will the rest of you be doing?"

"While Twilight finishes the spell, I'm gonna make sure my band makes it to the finals!" Rainbow Dash boasted.

"Our band..." Applejack corrected. She looked towards Bolt to add on but saw his brows knitted. "Is something the matter, Bolt?"

"Hmm? Nah, not really. Just wondering if I left my laptop on." Bolt closed his eyes. He knew she caught his lie but also knew that it was something he wasn't going to say out loud.

"Alright hun, I guess we can talk later." letting it drop, for now, Applejack faced the tv and started up a new game.

'I guess Twilight is the best option for now. Let's just hope this works out in the end...' With that thought, Bolt started to fade and eventually fell asleep.