We all sure looked nice for the big dance! Crystal really wanted to wear the maid dress to the dance, but that type of dress was already taken, and it would be awkward if two people were wearing the same thing. Then again, most of the guys here are going to be wearing the same tuxedo probably. I don’t get the difference between the guys wearing the same tuxedos, and the girls wearing the same dresses. I was actually forced to wear this tux, I think I would’ve looked good in a skirt! As for Spike, he couldn’t at least have a little bowtie? Look how much of a show-off Psyche is with that fancy blue tuxedo with the blue top hat? This is a dance, not a carnival; Psyche doesn’t have to dress like a clown! I dunno why Aqua decided not to wear a tux, and just wear his armor; it gets old seeing the same thing every time you look at him. Well, at least Wind Racer is wearing a cute dress, but not as cute as Crème’s! I’d say Water’s is cute too, but it would seem pretty awkward calling my sister cute unless she was a baby or a pony with big eyes, but we’re not at Equestria anymore, are we? I have to be honest, I actually found Twilight to be the one in the cutest dress. It’s a good thing Crème doesn’t notice me thinking about it, unless she has mind-reading powers like Pinkie Pie or Psyche. The Mane Six went ahead of us since we had to wait for Engie to tie to his shoe. Why did shoe-laces ever get invented? They’re so hard, and they take a long time! That’s why all shoes should be Velcro.
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“Wow! I don’t believe this! We’re finally going to the Fall Formal! Can you believe it?” Crystal asked.
“We’ve been going to this Fall Formal for 3 years, Crystal.” Psyche corrected her.
“I know, but it’s too bad this is our last one.” Aqua said.
“Wow, Flare! Ya missed out on so much! Ya should’ve gotten through this universal portal a lot sooner!” Engie said.
“What about human me?” I asked.
“Who?” Engie asked.
“But still, I did experienced high school like I’ve never experienced it before. It’s sad really that I’m going to either be leaving tonight or stuck here for 2 ½ years.” I said.
“My, my! I gotta say you all look so dashing in your outfits!” Crème said.
“That supposed to be a Rainbow Dash joke?” Engie asked.
“Yeah, oh by the way Flare, thanks for buying our clothes for us!” Water said.
“Well, good bowties and tongue ties, 16 dollars; great tuxes, 32 dollars; fancy dresses, 26 dollars; reminding Blaze that his zipper is still down in front of everybody….. priceless!” I said. Blaze groaned as he pulled up his zipper again. “Hey, anything is possible with a Debit Mastercard!”
“So Flare, tell us more about one of your adventures in Equestria!” Crystal requested.
“Aw c’mon, I told you all a bunch already!” I whined.
“C’mon Flare, they’re pretty interestin’. Tell us any.” Aqua requested.
“Alright, alright, if you say so! So there’s this dark-side that Princess Luna has, and her name is Nightmare Moon. She swore to make the night last forever, but luckily, Equestria had somepony like me to save the day!” I said.
“You defeated the dark-side of a pony princess?” Psyche asked.
“Kind of an irony when you say it’s a dark-side of a pony called Nightmare Moon. Ah’d call that: Dark Side of the Moon!” Engie said.
“So how did you defeat her?” Crystal asked.
A cutaway shows Nightmare Moon laughing evilly in front of the whole town, and she yells; “You fools! Nopony can stop me! With my powers, and me as your ruler, I shall make the night last….. FOREVER!”
“Here, Luna! Have a Snickers!” I offered.
“Why should I?” Nightmare Moon asked.
“You tend to feel a little cranky when you’re hungry.” I explained, giving her the snickers, and she takes a bite of it. “Better?” I asked.
“Better.” Luna nodded, turning back to her original self. The gag ends as we get close to the school.
“Here we are, mates. Ready to have some fun, I guess.” Aqua said.
”You guys go ahead, I need to talk to Crèmepop for a sec!” I said.
“Alright! Catch up with us as soon as you can.” Blaze instructed us.
“I will, don’t worry!” I said. “OH, Psyche?”
“Yes, Flare?” Psyche asked.
I punched him in the shoulder and yelled; “BLUE ONE!” As I pointed to an incoming volkswagon beetle, pulling into the school parking lot.
“Nice.” Psyche said sarcastically as he walked to the school with the others.
“So Crème, I have to ask you something personal.” I requested.
“No, Flare, I am not going to share your Facebook page.” Crème said.
“Uhh…. what?” I asked.
“My last boyfriend kept asking me to do that. The only reason I liked him was because he was a Facebook admin.” Crème said.
“Kay kay, but that’s not what I was going to ask you.” I said.
“Then what were you going to ask me?” Crème asked.
“I wanted to ask if you knew this guy named Flash Sentry?” I asked.
“Of course! I see him perform very professionally at music class!” Crème said.
“Well, if Flash Sentry had a series based off of him, I think I already know what it would be about.” I said.
A cutaway gag takes place in mind, with me thinking about Flash Sentry’s series. The animation is more of a comic strip, and a ship flies by real fast in space, with buttons inside that labels certain disasters like tornados and earthquakes, and a voice in the background sings; “FLASH…. SENTRYYYYYYY! Savor of the universe!” The gag ends.
“Seriously, these are just excuses. I know what you’re going to ask me!” Crème said, giving me a smirk.
“Yeah, I know! I’m always too shy to ask a girl to dance with me.” I blushed.
“Hey, I’m ok with it! As long as you’re not in a relationship with anybody else, I don’t find any of this awkward.” Crème said, staring at me. Oh, I wish she didn’t say that! I do have a relationship, but….. I’m in a relationship WITH HER! Well, not her, her. Technically I am, but…. a different her. I’m in a relationship with pony Crèmepop, not human Crèmepop. I don’t know. Does it count as cheating if I have a relationship with an alternate version of my special somepony? Hey, it’s only a dance! Even if it’s someone else, it’s only a dance, nothing else! As long as there’s no kissing involved I should be fine.
“Yeah, I suppose you can say that!” I said. “But the way I wanted to ask you is: Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, but here’s my elbow, doesn’t it look good?”
“Yes it does look nice!” Crème nodded.
“So dance with me maybe?” I asked
“Awesome! Come on, Flarey! Let’s have some fun!” Crème yelled in excitement as she takes grabs my arm (literary, it falls off my body and she carries it inside with her… ok that was a joke, but that would be cool!), and we ran towards the school entrance and inside the building. Boorlie, snuck out from behind the wall and stepped inside the school behind me. Crème and I went inside the gym to meet up with the others. The party has already started and everyone was having a good time! Wow, live music too, huh? Flash Sentry and his band were playing up on stage! Hmm, that gives me an idea of what I should do before I leave, but first thing’s first! I went over to the punch bowl to get myself some punch, but the thing is, the punch was yellow, and it tasted like lemonade. I went to get myself some lemonade, but it was brown and it tasted like iced tea. While Twilight was alone in the corner, I thought this would be a great chance to have a conversation with her.
“Sup sista?” I asked.
”Hey Flare! You having fun?” Twilight asked.
“You bet! Spike, you having fun?” I asked.
“Having fun being stuck inside a backpack throughout the whole party? Yeah, I’m having a blast!” Spike said sarcastically.
“It’s alright, Spike! You can come out now, but stay close.” Twilight said, letting him out of the backpack.
“You mean it?” Spike asked.
“If she didn’t mean it, she wouldn’t be letting you out now, would she?” I reminded him.
“Ahh, fresh air! I can finally stretch!” Spike said as he stretches his legs.
“So, Light, I was wondering; besides looking for your crown and reuniting your friends, did you do anything fun while you were in this universe?” I asked.
“I had this really cool homeroom teacher that Vice-Principal Luna assigned me to!” Twilight said.
A cutaway shows Luna leading Twilight to her home room. She opens the door, and lets her inside. “Twilight this is your homeworld teacher, Starswirl the Frizzled.” Luna said, introducing her to a lady with a big orange hairdo that looked like whip-cream, and she was wearing a dress with stars and planets on them, as well as Saturn earrings, and Spike started walking to the teacher’s pet lizard.
“Oh just call me Ms. Frizzle!” the teacher insisted. “So Twilight, you’re from the pony world, Equestria huh? That gives me a wonderful idea for a field trip!”
”You’re gonna love her fieldtrips, Twilight!” Ralphie said.
“She’s got a magical school bus that takes us to these fantastic places!” Wanda said.
“According to my research, Equestria is from an alternate world similar to this one, except there are no humans what-so-ever, and they use magic, but no fingers.” Dorothy Ann said, reading her book.
“Well, if Twilight was one of the magical ponies, and she’s a human now, she would have the ‘magic fingers’! Get it?” Carlos teased.
“Well, kids! Onto the bus! Time to take chances, make mistakes, and get messy!” Ms. Frizzle said.
“I knew I should’ve stayed at home today.” Arnold complained, facepalming himself. The gag ends.
“How about you Flare? Done anything really fun on your trip?” Twilight asked.
“The only productive thing I really did was winning on Wheel of Fortune.” I said. Another cutaway shows me standing next to the host Jim Thornton, right as we came back from commercial break, and I was at the bonus round in the end.
“Alright, Flare! Congratulations on getting yourself to the bonus round!” Jim said.
”Thanks, Jim!” I said.
“Alright, so the category is: Actor and Movie. You’ll need five consentience and a vowel.” Jim said.
“Uhhh….” I thought over which of the letters I should have for this riddle. I picked, “Z… 4….. Q….. another Q…… uhh…. a third Q….. and a batman symbol.”
“Ok, no help there. You have 15 seconds, if you wish to take a shot at it, shout it out.” Jim said.
“Is it Dana Carvey in Master of Disguise?” I asked. Just then, I heard a ding in the background, and the lady near the board placed the letters in, because I had the right answer.
“I don’t believe it!” Jim said, shockingly.
“Oh my Faust, I took a shot in the dirt! Holy Wizard of Strength!” I said, excitedly.
“Ok, you have 1,300 dollars, you can pick out some prizes from our showcase!” Jim said. He showed me all the prizes in the showcase that the show has to offer with some price tags on them.
“Oh wow! What to choose?” I asked myself while looking in the showcase. “I’ll have- Wow, it all looks good! I’ll take the Dart game for 200, and…. wow that TV looks good! I’ll have the coffee machine, and the desk lamp. Hey how much for that ugly red dude in the circle, there’s no price tag on him.”
“That’s you.” Jim said.
“Oh, well that’s embarrassing. I guess I’ll just take the rest on a gift certificate.” I said. The cutaway ends.
“So yeah, I’m pretty much having fun in this trip, Twilight!” I said.
“That’s good!” Twilight said.
“Hey, did you get yourself a Canterlot High cap and sweatshirt?” I asked as I placed the cap on my head.
“No, I didn’t think I needed them.” Twilight said.
“Oh, I’m taking these with me back to Equestria! Little souvenirs to take with me!” I said.
“Alright, that’s good! I’m going to go back dancing for now. Keep an eye out for Sunset Shimmer for me, alright?” Twilight asked.
“She giving you problems too, huh? Well, I’ll try to look out for her. I’m mainly on the look out for Boorlie.” I said.
“Well you have fun with that!” Twilight said as she ran back onto the dance floor. I went inside to dance as well, but I danced my own dances; until it was time for the Cha-Cha Slide or Cupid Shuffle, because all dance parties have those two songs. After a while went by, Principal Celestia arrived on stage to announce the winner of the Fall Formal princess.
“First off, I would like how wonderful everything looks tonight.” Celestia started. “You all did a magnificent job putting it together after the unfortunate events of earlier. And now, without further ado, I’d like to announce this year’s winner of the Fall Formal crown.” Luna started walking towards her with a brown case.
“Oh, me, me! I hope it’s me!” I begged.
“Ah wouldn’t put yer hopes up Flare. All ya did was sign up for the thing, but you didn’t put any consideration in any of it, and therefore, nobody can vote for someone they don’t even know exists.” Engie explained.
“Thanks for giving me a positive attitude, brah. I’ll be sure to thank you in my next speech when I run for school president.” I said sarcastically.
“The winner of this year’s fall formal is…..” Celestia started, while taking the winner out of the envelope. “TWILIGHT SPARKLE!” Everyone cheered as Twilight won her crown back, but wasn’t her win obvious from the beginning?
“You know what, if I won second prize, I think that would be ok too.” I said. Twilight walked over on stage to retrieve her crown.
“Congratulations, Twilight.” Celestia said as she placed the crown on Twilight’s head. Just as Twilight was waving at us from up stage, Spike started crying for help. Twilight ran off stage to go rescue him from Snails and Snips, her friends went to rescue her. I couldn’t just let them go alone, so I started running towards the door, but Blaze stopped me.
“Whoa, whoa, brah! Where do you think you’re going?” Blaze asked.
“Spike’s my bro! I can’t just let them take him!” I said.
“It’s kinda odd calling a dog your bro.” Crystal said.
“Ooooh, Flaaaaare? Looking for this?” Boorlie called out from the door on the other side of the gym, holding my black box out.
“TINY BOX TIM! Or, wait, no… umm… what was I- MY BOX!” I yelled. Boorlie ran out into the hallway and I started to chase him, and my friends followed me.
“Hey, what happened to Spike? I thought you were going to save him?” Crystal asked.
”Twilight will handle that! THAT’S MY LOST BOX! STOP RIGHT THERE, BOORLIE!” I yelled. Boorlie just continued running.
“NO RUNNING IN THE HALLWAYS!” the dalek hall monitor ordered us, but we all just ran pass the dalek and as we ran pass him, he was spinning around after the impact of our running affects him. “ALERT! ALERT! Losing control! Losing control!”
We continued chasing Boorlie until he ran outside and the doors shut right in front of us. I started knocking on the door. Knock, knock, knock; “Boorlie?” Knock, knock, knock; “Boorlie?” Knock, knock, knock; “Boorlie?”
“QUIT KNOCKING, THE DOOR IS UNLOCKED!” Psyche yelled.
“Oh.” I said as I pushed the doors opened which led to the side of the school. Boorlie was standing next to some sort of cannon and placed my box inside.
“HAND OVER THE BOX, BOORLIE!” I yelled.
“Take one false move and I shoot your precious box into the lake! It’ll take you forever to find it, and you’ll never make it to the portal in time to return to Equestria!” Boorlie said.
“Don’t worry, mate. We got your back.” Aqua said.
“No need….. that box is worth more to me than anything in the world. What do you want, Boorlie?” I asked.
“If you want your box back so bad, then you must do the honors in handing me over your secret recipe!” Boorlie demanded.
“Wait… so you’re the PONY Boorlie Pomodoro then!” I said.
“Right on, lad!” Boorlie said.
“So where’s human Boorlie?” I asked.
“Taken care of.” Boorlie said. Meanwhile, human Boorlie tied up and locked inside the janitor’s closet. He was moaning and groaning as he struggled to get out of there. Just then, the janitor Discord opens the door and throws his broom inside. “See you next week.” Discord said to Boorlie as he locks him in again. I guess some things never change.
“Now then… you going to hand over your secret recipe, Crimson? Or do you not want to see your precious box again?” Boorlie asked. “It’s your call.”
“Your secret recipe? No, Flare! Don’t do it! Think of your business!” Blaze said.
“You want my secret recipe, huh Boorlie?” I asked.
“Just give it to me, and I promise I will return your box.” Boorlie said. “And probably stop Sunset Shimmer from smashing the portal over there.” We looked over and we saw Sunset Shimmer negotiating with the Mane Six while carrying a giant hammer, and looking like she’s going to smash the portal.
“Flare, the portal!” Engie yelled.
“Oh I’m not worried about that. If Sunset plans on destroying the portal, she’ll have to think of a less-stupider way than a hammer.” I said.
“What do you mean?” Crystal asked.
“The hammer is just going to go right through the portal. I mean it’s made of liquid and hammers don’t effect liquid.” I said.
“He’s right.” Aqua said.
“Yeah, trust me! Shining Armor taught me everything he knows about liquid!” I said.
A cutaway shows pony Shining Armor using some sort of shaving gel to shave his face, and then once he steps out of his bathroom, Cadance comes by and touches his face. When he arrives outside, many mares come by to touch his face as well. He looks at the camera and says; “That’s the power of Liquid Pride shaving gel, baby! Made of 100% manly tears to get rid of the unwanted hairs in your face; so now I’ll look as handsome as I can be for my sister’s coordination!” He winks at the camera and the cutaway ends.
“The choice is yours, Crimson! What’s it gonna be?” Boorlie asked.
“Did he just call you Crimson?” Psyche asked.
“UGH! My one chance of going to a place where nobody needs to know my first name! Now everyone’s going to say it!” I complained.
“Don’t worry, nobody’s going to say it, Flare.” Aqua said.
“Alright, Boorlie. You win.” I said as I reached into my jacket pocket for my secret formula.
“Yes! Excellent! You made the right choice, Flare! Just remember, this ain’t personal; it’s just business.” Boorlie said.
“Yeah, whatever.” I said with an attitude, taking out a scroll from my pocket that contains my secret recipe.
“Flare, don’t do this! Whatever is in that box, I promise we’ll work hard to get it back! Just don’t throw away your business like this, man!” Blaze begged.
“Blaze, just shut up and pull up your zipper already.” I instructed him in an annoyed tone. Blaze looked down, and he pulled up his zipper again.
“FLARE, NO!” Crèmepop yelled running outside with my sister, Candy Cotton, Black Thunder, and Wind Racer.
“It’s too late! Flare is giving me the key to having the best business in all of Equestria! Well done, Flare! Well done!” Boorlie said as I walked over to him, and handing him my formula. “A promise is a promise.” Boorlie said as he gives me back my box.
“Oh wow, I thought he was going to break that promise!” Water said.
“I’m only after his business, not his personal life. Thank you for your time, Flare! I bid you farewell!” Boorlie said as he started walking towards the portal.
“HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!” Swinebutt yelled as he pushed his machine outside the school. “BOORLIE POMODORO, YOU ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE!”
“My business here is complete, Porky! I shall return to Equestria and become the owner of the kingdom’s greatest restaurant chain!” Boorlie said.
“No, you are not! You double-crossed me and you shall pay the price!” Swinebutt promised.
“Was that a threat?” Boorlie asked.
“No, it’s a promise.” Swinebutt said.
“Uhh, Flare? I was just wondering, what is in that box?” Blaze asked.
“Well, since you guys aren’t going to know later, I might as well show you it.” I said. I placed my fingers on top of the box, and slowly opened it, which inside was revealed to be a shiny diamond.
“What is that?” Crystal asked.
“It looks like a pound diamond! How can you afford this?” Psyche asked.
“If you love a pony more than anything in the world, then you’d sacrifice much of your funding to buy something like this, to show that you truly care for them.” I said.
“A POUND DIAMOND?!” Swinebutt yelled.
“WAIT A MINUTE!” Boorlie yelled looking inside my scroll. “FLARE YOU TRICKED ME! This is NOT your secret recipe!”
“Yeah, I know. It’s my shopping list from last Saturday! Oooo, I am so bad!” I teased Boorlie.
“GIMMIE BACK THAT DIAMOND!” Boorlie yelled as he tackled me, and the box dropped out of my hand. Crystal picked up the diamond and took a good look at it.
“Oooo, shinny!” Crystal said.
“AFTER THAT DIAMOND!” Boorlie yelled as Swinebutt’s collection of spiderbots started charing towards Crystal, and climbing on her legs.
“HEY! Those are my bots, Boorlie! You reprogrammed them on me?!” Swinebutt asked.
“I couldn’t take any risks, Porky! The alternative version of you from Equestria betrayed me, and I know for a fact that you would do the same!” Boorlie said.
“Well, you ain’t as much of an idiot as I thought.” Swinebutt said. “FONZ, BLUEBERRY, THORN, GET OUT HERE!” Just then, it was just Blueberry and Fonz that runs outside and runs over to Swinebutt. “Wait a minute, where’s Lord Thorn?”
Meanwhile back inside the school, the dalek hall monitor captures Lord Thorn. “You are under arrest for selling illegal school hardware. Punishment: one hundred, million-thrillion years in detention!” the dalek said.
“So you’re saying even when I graduate I have to come back here every evening for detention?” Lord Thorn asked.
“Yes!” the dalek said.
“Well that violates the school contracts.” Lord Thorn said.
“I am a dalek! I do not obey contracts; I only obey superior daleks!” the dalek said.
Back outside, Psyche runs over and holds his hands in the air and he cries, “CRYSTAL! HEADS UP!” Crystal threw my box over to Psyche and he caught it. The spider bots all started charging at Psyche, but then Psyche threw the box over to Aqua, and Aqua threw it to Engie, and Engie threw it to Blaze, but one of the bots grabbed the diamond out of Blaze’s hand and started running away. Fonz and Blueberry ran over and tried to snatch it, but all they were able to do was bump right into eachother. Just then, Water jumped on one of the bots, and tried to take the box back, but another bot snatched the box, and it started getting closer to Boorlie.
“Look out! We got a blanket!” Wind Racer yelled.
“Ehhh, pretty diamond!” Thunder said as his eye pupils were rolling around his sockets. Thundy and Wind Racer were holding a big blanket across from eachother, and Candy leaned back from the blanket, and she was launched towards the diamond like a sling-shot. Candy catches the blanket, and lands on the ground.
“GOT IT!” Candy said, but then Blueberry snatches it from her.
“I’ll take that!” Blueberry said as she runs off.
“HEY!” she whined.
“I got it, baby! I got it!” Blueberry yelled to Swinebutt, but then, one of the spider bots suddenly snatched it from her. “I don’t got it!”
The bot was getting closer to Boorlie, but Crèmepop comes by steps on the bot, SQUISH, and snatches it.
“I’ll be taking that!” Crème said. “FLARE! CATCH!” Crème throws the box at me. I suddenly took out a baseball glove and started running to it.
“I GOT IT! I GOT IT!” I yelled. I saw the box was being thrown pretty far away, and it started going towards the bleachers full of students cheering at the action. “OH NO! You are not getting out of this park! That OUT is mine!” I yelled. I then jumped in the air in super slow-mo, as the box was almost over the bleachers, but I was able to catch the box, and I got it back. “OUT!” I yelled as a buzzard buzzed in the background, and the people in the bleachers were cheering.
“Boorlie is out! Noble Six win the game!” the announcer cried.
“I’ll take that!” Swinebutt said, snatching the box out of my hand.
“HEY!” I yelled.
“Finally! A pound diamond! Just what I need to power up my machine!” Swinebutt laughed evilly and snorted as he took out the diamond from the box, and placed it in the machine.
“Swinebutt, that ain’t yours! Give it back!” I demanded.
“Well, Boorlie! I thank you for your help in retrieving this diamond for me! For that, I’ll let you go.” Swinebutt said.
“Not without my secret recipe!” Boorlie yelled.
“Forget it, Boorlie! I left the recipe safely at home! You lost!” I said.
“Yeah, well, YOU DOOMED ALL OF EQUESTRIA, FLARE GUN!” Boorlie yelled.
“Wait, what does he mean, doomed all of Equestria?” Water asked.
“With this machine, I can create anything into an all-powerful demon!” Swinebutt said. “I’ve been working with ol Sunset Shimmer over there and with combined with that Element of Harmony she has, I can turn her into the most powerful demon that’s ever lived!”
“You talking about the Cyberdemon from Doom, or the Spider Mastermind?” Engie asked.
“I got the machine working, Sunset! Place the crown on your head!” Swinebutt said through a walkie-talkie, and then he started up the machine, and just right before Sunset Shimmer placed the crown on her head, Swinebutt fires the cannon of his machine over to Twilight’s crown, and then Sunset Shimmer started changing. “HA! It worked! With Sunset as my main line of offense, she’ll use the students of the school, and I’ll use my spider-bots so we can invade Equestria and take over!”
“Why would you want Equestria?” I asked.
“If I help Sunset take over Equestria, she can help me take over this world! Who wants a girly ol pony world? I mean really?” Swinebutt asked.
“Ah was kinda thinkin’ that myself.” Engie said.
“Now, we must use the cannon to stop the moon from moving, so the portal will stay opened!” Swinebutt said.
“Not on ya life sport.” Aqua said.
“Yeah, what you’re doing is wrong, Swinebutt!” Blaze yelled.
“Give Flare his diamond back, or you’ll be sorry!” Psyche yelled.
“What’s threatening gonna do? He’s not going to listen.” Crystal said.
”She’s right you know.” Swinebutt said as he started pushing more buttons on his machine. I was about to go and attack him, but then, Fonz and Blueberry along with some of Swinebutt’s spider-bots that still obey to him (it’s still a lot of them), and they started running towards us, surrounding us, and then they grew bigger, and they took out their guns and aimed them at us.
“Whoa, didn’t see that coming!” Psyche said.
“And now, Crimson! My spider-bots will escourt you back to your world. We don’t need two Flares here, or two Boorlies for that matter.” Swinebutt said.
“Well that’s just harsh.” Boorlie complained.
“Aww great, he’s calling me Crimson now!” I complained.
“ALL UNITS! SEIZE THEM!” Swinebutt yelled.
“YOU WON’T TAKE ME ALIVE! ARMOR LOCK!” I yelled as I crouched onto the ground, with my fist pounding on it with my eyes closed. Everyone just stood there looking at me awkwardly as I was trying to perform my armor lock spell.
“FLARE! Quit fooling around! You don’t have any magic anymore, remember?” Blaze reminded me.
“Oh…… right…. rummer.” I said, getting back up.
“GET YOUR CANNONS READY!” Swinebutt ordered his drones.
“Well, guys….. I guess this is it.” Aqua said.
”Yeah, we had a lot of fun didn’t we?” Engie asked.
“A lot of conflicts, all because someone tricked us, and we went straight to conclusions.” Psyche said.
“I don’t believe this! I’ve always wanted to marry Rainbow Dash, and have a brilliant daughter; which whom I think I’ll name Rose!” Blaze said.
“I’ve never been able to become a ballerina while at the age of 26, and spending my days eating hot dogs for breakfast!” Crystal confessed. We all just looked at Crystal confusingly. “What? It’s what I’ve dreamed of doing!”
“You know what? I think if it like this! I think we should be lucky of what we’ve been through!” I said. “I was living the dream! I was able to experience high school like I never experienced it before, I was able to insert my fingers in between donuts because I always wanted to do that, and I’ve always been able to win a dart set on Wheel of Fortune, and I was able to slap was someone in the face if they annoyed me!”
“Alright Flare, we get it! Just get to the point!” Psyche complained.
“But you know what the best part was? I got to befriend you dudes and dudet all over again, and if that isn’t a dream come true, I don’t know what is.” I said.
“Ok, we realize ya happy about dying, but that doesn’t exactly help us out.” Aqua said.
“Alright, enough of this touching moment! Say your prayers, Noble Six!” Swinebutt said. We all held eachother tight, and Crèmepop, Water, and the other students just stood there, frightened. “Oh and Blaze? Pull up your zipper before you die.” Swinebutt suggested.
Blaze looked down and pulled up his zipper again. “I gotta get this thing fixed!” he said.
Ready…” Swinebutt started.
“Ooooh…” Crystal started.
…...aim…… “ Swinebutt continued.
“…SNAP!” Crystal yelled.
“Ah can’t believe yer gonna order your bots to shoot us! How harsh!” Engie complained.
“I thought you were gonna take me back to my world?!” I complained.
“Aww pipe down, I’m a harsh one.” Swinebutt said. “NOW PRPEARE FOR YOUR DOOM!” We all held eachother tight again, as we prepare for our doom, but then something went wrong, and Swinebutt ordered his units to stand down. “Hang on, hang on! Hold your fire! There’s something going on with Sunset Shimmer!”
“Oh lookie there, the Mane Six are all… umm… I dunno what they’re doing.” Water said.
“Me neither. Any of you know what that is?” Wind Racer asked. Everyone shook their heads.
“You’re from the pony world, Flare, what is it?” Psyche asked.
“Ok first of all, it’s called Equestria, not ‘pony world’.” I corrected him. “Second, how am I supposed to know what Twilight and her friends do on their free time? I barely spend time with all of them at once.”
“Sunset Shimmer, what is going on?!” Swinebutt asked through her walkie-talkie, and the only response he got was her screaming. “I’m sorry? I didn’t quite catch that.” Swinebutt responded as Sunset Shimmer started screaming again. Swinebutt turns to us and asks, “Can any of you understand scream?”
“I listen to death metal.” Candy said as she raised her hand.
Just then, a beam of light from Twilight’s element was reacting to the power station of Swinebutt’s machine where my diamond is supposed to be, and the machine started to malfunction. “W-what’s going? What happening to my machine?!”
“I have no clue, Engie you have a clue?” I asked.
“Whatever Twilight and them are doin’ over there is somewhat reactin’ to the machine, but ah don’t know what.” Engie said. The machine continued to malfunction; it all started to spark, and blow steam. Once the rainbow that the Mane Six created hit Sunset Shimmer, she lost her power, and around the same time, Swinebutt’s machine created a shockwave, which disabled all of Swinebutt’s spider-bots. We were all safe at last.
“NO! My machine! My plan!” Swinebutt yelled.
“Just be lucky nobody saw that, Swinebutt. Everyone is paying attention to Sunset’s defeat, not yours. If you’re lucky, everyone won’t notice your true colors, and you can change.” I said.
“Sunset’s defeat won’t be the end of me! Even though the portal to Equestria will be closing soon, it will not make me give up! You just wait, Crimson Flare Gun! I’ll be back!” Swinebutt said and snorted.
”Brah, I already have your alternative you to worry about.” I said.
“In that case, I hope that Dr. Swinebutt will be your downfall.” Swinebutt said as he turned around and ran off. He snorted non-stop as he ran away.
“Yeeeeeah, I’m gonna go now too.” Fonz said as he ran off.
“Hey wait up! I can’t run in these heels!” Blueberry yelled as she just jogged off, not ran.
“Well that’s the end of that.” Psyche said.
“Hey, where’s Boorlie?” Aqua asked. I turned around and we saw Boorlie jumping through the portal and fleeing the scene as nobody was looking. I turned around and looked at Swinebutt’s destroyed machine, and I opened the power box, and my diamond was still in one peace.
“Oh good, your diamond is ok!” Engie said.
“Mine! It’s mine! My….. precious!” I said in a creepy Hobbit voice.
“Flare…. is that a…. wedding ring?” Crème asked.
“Yes, it is a wedding ring, for a very special somepony.” I said.
“So all this time you had a relationship! I DON’T BELIEVE YOU!” Crème yelled.
“Now, Crèmey, let me explain! The wedding ring is for the pony you; it’s for when I’m finally ready! I’ve been dating her for a while, and I find her to be very promising. I was just saving this ring for the day that I finally have the guts to ask her.” I said.
“I’m not getting you.” Crème said.
“This ring is for you, Crèmepop, but…. not for YOU; it’s for the Crèmepop in Equestria.” I said. “All of you have alternative yous back in Equestria. Why else was I so interested in all of you?”
“It all makes sense now.” Aqua said.
“And the reason you came here is to get that back for her?” Water asked. “Flare, that is so sweet!”
“Just don’t tell her, alright?” I asked.
“Wait, aren’t ya a little young to be married?” Engie asked.
“In this world, I’m 18, but in Equestria, I’m 26.” I said.
“So even the ages change when you cross-worlds?” Psyche asked.
“It explains why I saw Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo here in high school, because in my world, they’re like 10-12 years old.” I said.
“Fascinating! I’ll have to put that in my research.” Psyche said. I turned around, and we all ran over to the aftermath of the Sunset Shimmer battle.
“What did we miss?” Aqua asked.
"Aww Twilight, you got your wings back! Ugh! Just as I was getting used to you not having them!" I complained.
"Sorry to disappoint you, Flare." Twilight said.
“Rainbow?! Do you have wings?” Blaze asked.
“I know! Isn’t it awesome?” Rainbow asked.
“It sure is! How did you get wings?” Blaze asked.
“I don’t know! It’s just some sort of ‘friendship magical power’, but I couldn’t get any of that.” Rainbow said.
“It’s the Elements of Harmony. Since these five are actually my friends from our world, just in different form, and different minds, the power of friendship is still inside them; and it connected to my element here.” Twilight explained.
“That explains why Swinebutt’s machine broke.” I said.
“Say what?” Engie asked.
“Flare, we didn’t even see what you and Swinebutt were up to. I just see the wreckage from here, and it looks like you had quite an adventure yourself!” Twilight said.
“I sure did; but what I’m saying is, that this diamond ring I got was actually made by one of the destroyed Element stones that Nightmare Moon destroyed before you defeated her. Some of its power was still inside.” I said.
“Yeah, I mean the Elements in my library were made by my friends, but I had no idea that there was still some magic in the destroyed stones.” Twilight said.
“Well, learned so much today, huh Twilight?” AppleJack asked.
“So we ready to go home yet?” Water asked.
“I already promised Flash Sentry that dance I promised him.” Twilight said.
“Aww, you’re leaving?” Crystal asked.
“That sucks, man! We had a great time together!” Blaze said.
“I know, I know, it was very fun while it lasted, but this is how it’s gonna be. The moon is going to be out of line with those stars in around 45 minutes or so.” I said.
“You sure those are stars, Flare?” Psyche asked.
“I dunno, Twilight are those stars?” I asked her.
“Luna said those are stars.” Twilight said.
“They got flashing red lights.” AppleJack pointed out.
”Oh my Faust, THOSE ARE PLANES! I told you that yesterday, Twilight!” Spike complained.
“So, Flare, since ya going soon, is there anything ya wanna do before ya leave?” Aqua asked.
“Actually, Aqua; there is one thing I want us to do before I leave.” I said. “I only done this once before with the pony Noble Six, and now… maybe this will give you an idea to start up a school band or something.”