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// The Performing Arts Wing (chapter 8) 
// Story: EquestriagirlShock 
// by SilverOrion 
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	Twilight chooses to go to the auditorium's backstage.

After trotting through the door, Twilight finds herself in a room even darker than the auditorium and the hallway combined. It's practically pitch black, besides the occasional red backstage light which dimly illuminates Twilight's surroundings.

Luckily, after trying to adjust her eyes to the light, Twilight notices a stale breadstick lying on top of a wooden crate. Figuring that a stale breadstick oughtta count for "a crowbar or something", Twilight snatches up the breadstick and hovers it in front of her.

With the breadstick in hand - erm, magical levitation thing - Twilight trots on feeling more confident than ever before into the darkness ahead of her.

Suddenly, a loud thud stops her in her tracks. Looking ahead, Twilight sees another spider human.

"I never leave home without my partyOOF!" she manages to say, before Twilight nails her with her epic new breadstick. The human falls over, unconscious.

"Dang, this must be one stale breadstick..." Twilight mutters to herself.

Twilight was about to give up looking around backstage when something caught her eye - a pink vending machine of some kind, with bottles of rainbow-colored liquid inside. Trotting closer, Twilight was able to make out the words "Rainbow Juice A" written on the label of the red-tinted bottles, and "Rainbow Juice E" written on the label of the blue-tinted bottles. Curious, Twilight snatched one of the red-tinted bottles and drank it.

"Gah!" Twilight coughed. It was at that moment that Twilight realized that rainbow juice really wasn't known for its flavor after all.

Suddenly, Twilight began to feel shaky, like she'd drank twelve cups of Equestrian espresso coffees.

"Steady now," Somlas spoke through the radio, "your genetic code is being rewritten - just hold on and everything will be fine!"

Feeling dizzy, Twilight fainted.


(Go on to chapter 10)