The Mane Attraction
All of Ponyville was busy today as a special musical event was being held. Pegasi set up banners, a stage was set up for the concert that would be playing, and everything was being planned out by Applejack. While the others decorated the field, thankfully not anywhere near the cloaked Gummi ships outside of town, the farm mare looked over everything, Twilight's checklisting rubbing off on her as she made sure everything was perfect.
"Wow, Applejack, this looks amazing!" Twilight commented. "Are you sure you've never managed a concert before?"
"Well, it turns out doin' up a concert's the same as settin' up a rodeo," Applejack said.
Terra finished hoisting up another pole for the banners, holding it in place for Ventus and Sora to hammer it down so it stays put in the ground. "Only without anything with a rodeo theme...Although, the apple decor is a bit of an odd choice."
"If you've known the Apple family as long as me, apples are always on their minds," Sora said.
"And thanks to Pinkie's connections organizing the Ponypalooza Rock Concert, we've got quite a lineup for the Helping Hooves Music Festival!" Twilight added, holding up a long list of bands who will perform for the upcoming festival.
Pinkie suddenly popped in on everyone as she called out their names. "Twilight! Applejack! Rainbow Dash! Rarity! Spike! Sora! Riku! Kairi! Venny! Aqua! Terra! Fluttershy! Pinkie Pie!" She paused when she looked at her reflection in a pane of glass a couple stallions were carefully moving. "Oh wait, that's me. EVERYPONY!"
"Ok, Pinkie, you've got our attention," Riku said. "What's going on? Heartless?"
"No, nothing dangerous!" Pinkie said. "I have the most amazing news ever! And it's going to freak your frizz!"
"Well, spit it out, Pinkie!" Rainbow exclaimed with curiosity.
"It wasn't easy," Pinkie began. "In fact, it was terribly difficult. But I have managed to book the biggest pony pop star in all of Equestria as the main attraction of the Helping Hooves Music Festival!"
"You got Sapphie Shores to come by?" Sora asked. "Haven't seen her after I helped Sweetie Belle snatch that headdress away."
"What? Sapphire Shores?" Pinkie blew a raspberry at the stallion's guess. "Please! Sapphire Shores is only the 'second' biggest pony pop star in Equestria."
"Oh...Well, you could have just simply said no," Sora muttered.
"So, who exactly did you book?" Aqua asked. "And who's the first biggest pony pop star?"
"I have booked the one, the only, Countess Coloratura!" Pinkie squealed excitedly.
Everypony seemed just as excited to hear Countess Coloratura come and take part in the event. Unfortunately, the only ones who weren't as excited were the Keyblade wielders and Applejack, neither of them ever hearing this pony before.
"...Who in the hay is Countess Coloratura?" Applejack asked in confusion.
Everyone around the clueless ponies all gasped in utter shock, Pinkie's mane and tail suddenly springing up and frizzing wildly as if she was facing a giant fan that blew a hundred miles directly in her face, then froze her hair in place. "My frizz has been freaked!"
"We don't even know who she is, either," Sora said, earning more gasps from the rest of the Mane Six. "...We're not from 'here', remember?"
Realizing that fact, they muttered to themselves about their mistake, even if they have spent quite a lot of time in their world. Pinkie managed to fix her frizzed out mane as Applejack approached her.
"Pinkie Pie, just who is this Countess Coloratura pony?" she asked again.
"Uh, I just told you she's the biggest pony pop star in Equestria! How-how-how-how-HOW have you not heard of her!?" Pinkie questioned Applejack. "Sora, Venny, Riku, Terra, Kairi, and Aqua I can understand, but why not you!?"
"Don't know. Although, Ah did know a gal named Coloratura when Ah was a filly." Applejack began to laugh a little as a strange thought came to her. "Wouldn't it be the funniest thing if THAT Coloratura and THIS Coloratura were the same Coloratura?"
"I doubt that someone would have a similar name like that in this world," Riku mumbled to himself.
"Do you mean to tell me that you actually KNOW Countess Coloratura?" Pinkie asked.
"Well, Ah don't think it's the same pony, since mah friend wasn't any sort of high-falutin' countess," Applejack said.
"Did she have a cutie mark when you knew her?" Kairi asked.
"Eyup, and Ah know what it is. It had a bunch of colorful bunch of musical notes that just shimmered in the light," the farm mare described.
"You mean...like this!?" Pinkie questioned, turning her hips around where a picture of said cutie mark was taped over her flank.
On the picture was what appeared to be a light aquamarine gray flank, the pony wearing something that couldn't be seen from the cut out parts of the shot photo. The cutie mark was exactly how Applejack remembered it: a red, orange, purple, blue, and green music note creating a circle, connected to a yellow star in the middle.
"Well, fancy that," Applejack gasped. "That there's the very same cutie mark!"
"Do you have any idea the number of hoops I had to jump through to get her to perform at the festival!?" Pinkie exclaimed after turning around, the picture of Coloratura's cutie mark disappearing from her flank. Applejack shook her head in response to Pinkie's question. "A whole lot of hoops! That pony is very demanding!"
"Nah," Applejack uttered in disbelief.
"Yah!" Pinkie countered, clearly showing the stress of those hoops she's jumped through, some of them believing she literally jumped through a few hoops in the process.
"Ok, this has to be some kinda misunderstandin'," Applejack said. "Rara was just as down home as Ah am."
"'Rara'!?" everyone exclaimed, confused and surprised by the odd nickname.
"Even that big name was too fancy for her, so I shortened Colo-ra-tur-ra to 'Rara'," the earth pony explained.
"Yeah, her name is pretty long and sounds really sophisticated," Ventus added. "Rara sounds a whole lot better."
"So, where did you meet each other?" Fluttershy asked, peaking everyone's curiosity.
"We met at Camp Friendship durin' the summer one year, and we became best friends, almost like we were two apples from the same branch," Applejack said. "Ah wish Ah could show ya what it looked like."
"Luckily, we have the means to do so," Aqua said. She teleported away then returned a moment later, holding one of the special crystals that were hung in the throne room in her aura. "I'm a bit curious to see what your friend looks like."
"Oh. Ah forgot about those," Applejack said, letting out a sheepish giggle. "Ah blame them maps for distractin' me from lookin' at the ceilin'."
Aqua gave Applejack the crystal, then used her magic to project the memory Applejack was thinking of for everyone to see. They saw what appeared to be Camp Friendship, a fun camping area with a lake, a forest surrounding the wooden cabins and lake, several colts and fillies taking part in camping activities with camp counselors watching over them. The ones that stood out in the memory were a filly Applejack, wearing a green shirt and cap with a red bandanna around her neck as part of their camp's uniform, and her friend Rara, her coat the same color as the mare's on the picture with the same cutie mark, her curly mane and tail a dark indigo with moderate opal highlights, and she was an earth pony. Applejack smiled at the nostalgic memory, a little sad to know her friend had become a celebrity diva, though she doubted Pinkie was right about that and knew Rara better than any fan did.
"Oh my gosh, you two are adorable!" Kairi gushed.
"So, that's what she looks like," Terra said aloud.
"Yeah. We had such a blast together at camp," Applejack said as the memory played before them.
The duo began playing a tug-of-war match against another pair of campers, but their strength was outmatched as filly Applejack and Rara were pulled off their hooves, plopping in the mud in the middle. Despite losing and being completely filthy, the two fillies laughed it off as they had fun. They then ran toward the dock by the lake and dove in, washing away the mud and began swimming, but not without getting into a splash fight. Watching Applejack and Rara brought memories back for Sora and Riku with all their antics as kids, having fun while hanging out with their best friend.
"Wow. I guess Applejack and I are really a lot alike," Sora said to himself. He brought his hooves behind his head as he continued watching, filly Applejack and Rara making their way out of the water and began talking about performing something for their friends. "I wonder if those two kept in touch when they parted ways...Probably not as much if Rara became a celebrity pop star."
"What were you two up to?" Aqua asked.
"Oh, Rara and Ah had prepared a song for the camp talent show later that day," Applejack said, the memory shifting to the moment where the talent show took place. Both fillies were up on the stage, Applejack holding a guitar to apply the music while Rara was about to sing, a triangle hanging on a hook behind the farm filly as well. "When we performed, she belted it out, singin' in the most colorful, clear voice I'd ever heard."
Young Applejack nodded to Rara after tuning her guitar, the filly taking a deep breath before beginning their performance.
[Young Coloratura]
Equestria, the land I love
A land of harmony
Our flag does wave from high above
For ponykind to see
Their peers were in awe when they heard Rara's singing, truly passionate with her talent as she entertained her audience. Filly Applejack noticed her friend's cutie mark shining, staring at it in awe as she continued strumming on her instrument, keeping their performance up.
Equestria, a land of friends
Where ponykind do roam
They say true friendship never ends
Equestria my home
To end their song, filly Applejack moved to the triangle and tapped it with a soft ding. The foals all cheered for Rara and her beautiful voice, the filly tearing up as she put a lot of emotion into her song. Applejack then walked up beside her, the two best friends hugging as they celebrated their win for the talent show. Everyone was actually really impressed with how well Rara sang as a filly, the Keyblade wielders unable to wait much longer to hear present Rara sing. The memory faded as the present Applejack let out a sad sigh, looking down at the enchanted ornament.
"After camp, we wrote to each other for a bit, but...then we lost touch," she said. "But Rara always did want to go to Manehattan to try to make it big. But a demandin' diva?" Applejack shook he head, not willing to believe her old friend would ever act like a spoiled celebrity. "Trust me, y'all. Once Rara gets here, you'll see she's just a plain ol' pony like you and me."
Pinkie looked behind Applejack and noticed something coming toward them, letting out an excited gasp. "I don't have to wait! SHE'S HERE!!!!"
Everyone looked in the direction Pinkie was staring at, who was gushing madly as her eyes twinkled in excitement. They saw what appeared to be some kind of glorified gold diamond carried by four stallions dressed in stylish pop outfits with differently styled manes. The diamond opened up like a cocoon, revealing Rara's cutie mark on the back of the seat, where the star was lounging on before standing up and making her way down the steps as her carriers lowered her "chariot". What she looked like now compared to her filly self in Applejack's fondest memories of her had lowered their expectations, even Applejack's. This was probably who everyone saw as Countess Coloratura nowadays: wearing a purple jacket with diamond studs, the collar popped up around her neck as she wore choker embedded with emeralds, two pairs of spiked bracelets on her forelegs, both her mane and tail a different color as it was dyed a light orchidish gray with purple streaks, her hair far longer and straighter that most of it dragged along the ground behind her, and she wore a veil that was clipped to a hairband. Her hairstyle made Sora, Riku, and Kairi think that this was Sonata's twin sister, which unnerved them by how similar they almost were.
"...Rara?" Applejack uttered in shock at her friend's look, ignorant of Pinkie's excited fidgeting beside her.
Pinkie screamed like a fangirl, unable to contain her excitement. "Countess Coloratura!" she squealed before passing out on her side.
Countess Coloratura walked forward with her entourage, lead by a white earth pony stallion with pink, floofy hair, wearing a blue suit and pair of glasses on his muzzle, who was probably the singer's manager. "Clear the way!" the stallion demanded in an annoyed tone, everyone backing away as they passed by. Coloratura's group ended up walking over Pinkie Pie, her body letting out squeaking noises as if she was a stepped on chew toy. "Stand back! Keep your hooves and tails to yourselves!"
As the rest of Ponyville tried to get pictures of the Countess and Ventus and Kairi checked on Pinkie to make sure she wasn't hurt, which was hard to tell from her starstruck gaze in the trampled mare's eyes, Applejack stared at the celebrity in disbelief. "No...that can't be her." She needed to find out if the overly fashionable singer was the same filly she befriended at camp, and hope that she remembered her. Applejack approached the Countess, getting an odd look from the manager as he watched the farm pony approach his client. "Um, hi...Remember me?" Applejack asked. "We met at Camp Friendship? Ah gave ya the nickname 'Rara'?"
Sora watched from a distance as his surrogate pony sister seemed worried. Coloratura grew deep in thought at Applejack's questions, her eyes widening in remembrance as she looked back at her.
"AJ?" she said.
"Yeah!" Applejack said, relieved to see her old friend recognized her. "Howdy, Rara!"
Before Rara could say anything, her manager whispered something in her ear. He then held up a small stamp palette beside her, pressing her hoof down on the red ink, then pressed her hoof against Applejack's cheek, shocking the orange mare as she left a red heart-shaped horseshoe mark.
"Hoofsies!" Rara said with a short giggle before heading off to greet her other fans.
Sora approached the confused mare, raising a brow at the odd red stamp mark left on Applejack's face. "'Hoofsies'? Was that a thing you two did as fillies?"
"No," Applejack said, Rarity suddenly appearing beside them while holding a mirror to show the farm mare the "hoofsie" stamp on her cheek.
"Ooh, you got hoofsies from Countess Coloratura!" Rarity said excitedly. "She clearly thinks you're very special!"
"Hoofsies!" Rara said, giving more hoofsies to the line of fans as they approached her. "Hoofsies! Hoofsies!"
"Yeah. Define the word 'special' when she's giving them to everyone else," Sora said.
As soon as the line was cleared and everyone got a hoofsie from the pop star, the manager approached Rara with an air of pride. "Now, THAT is how you make an entrance! Big, bold, absolutely stunning!" His grin faded as he sneered at Applejack. "Though it was muddied a bit with your interaction with that dusty farmpony. Do you actually know her?"
"Oh, that's my fillyfriend, AJ!" Rara said. "She was the one who started calling me Rara."
"Oh yes. How cute and...common," the stallion said drolly, unaware that they were able to be overheard by Applejack and Sora, the former having wiped off the hoofsie stamp off her face. "Of course, I was the one who started calling you 'Countess', and just look how you've moved up in Equestria since then! Why, you've gotten everything you've ever wanted!...Speaking of which, where is the pony Pinkie Pie?"
"Ooh! I'm the pony Pinkie Pie, Mr. Manager, sir!" Pinkie pronounced as she bounced up to the stallion.
"Do you have the water imported from Rainbow Falls that I requested for Countess Coloratura?" the manager asked.
"I have twenty glass containers full right here!" Pinkie said, pulling out a tray of the glasses of imported water.
He examined the glasses skeptically, raising a brow in disappointment as he looked back at Pinkie with disdain. "Did I not tell you to provide straws in all of Countess Coloratura's beverages?"
"Uhh, I don't think so," Pinkie said, not recalling such a demand in advance of everything else she was told. "But luckily for you, I have the biggest straw collection in Equestria!" She then held up a bendy straw in her other hoof from out of nowhere. "I call this straw 'Fernando'."
Pinkie gave the manager a look, raising her eyes up and down as if he was supposed to catch her drift, but the stallion kept his stoic, distrusting gaze. "...You name straws?"
"Don't question it," Sora said as he walked toward them. "Pinkie does some weird things, and we'll save you the trouble of getting a headache."
"...And you are...?" the stallion questioned, fixing his glasses as he leered at the Keyblade wielder.
"You're Sora!" Rara said with excitement, surprising the manager with her little outburst.
"You know him, too?" the manager questioned, his loathing tone making Sora suspicious of his behavior.
"He's the pony who's helped save Equestria from those monsters that have appeared recently!" Rara said. "There was even a statue of him and the little dragon in the Crystal Empire when we visited a while back, remember?"
"Oh boy. Another fan," Sora uttered. "And a celebrity fan, no less."
"Oh. The vigilante hero waving a giant key around like a sword," the manager said, making Sora growl in irritation at his bored tone. "Anyway, Pinkie Pie, let's continue confirming you have acquired the rest of the items Countess Coloratura requested before she performs a run-through, shall we?"
"Oh, we shall!" Pinkie agreed, leading the manager to the rest of the listed items she had ready for his approval.
"Who is he?" Sora questioned.
"His name's Svengallop," Rara said. "He's my manager. I wouldn't have become a pop-singing sensation without his help."
"Uh huh...And did you really request imported water from somewhere else?" Sora asked.
"Well, just a few things. I really don't ask a lot for performing," she said.
Sora looked over at Svengallop and Pinkie going through all of Rara's "demands": floral arrangements specifically from the Canterlot gardens, chocolate eclairs from a griffon chef known as Gustave le Grand, crystals from the Crystal Empire, and fresh cherry's from Cherry Jubilee's farm from Dodge Junction separated red from yellow. Applejack overheard Sven and Pinkie with the arrangements, seeming skeptical that her friend had truly turned into a demanding diva.
"Sure. Not a lot at all," Sora mumbled to himself.
"Well, by some miracle, your requests have been reasonably met," Svengallop said, seemingly disappointed that Pinkie got exactly everything that Rara needed. "So, let us move on to rehearsal!"
Svengallop made his way to the stage and began gathering the backup dancers to practice for the show. "I guess I better get ready, too," Rara said. "Nice meeting you, Sora."
"Uhh, same here." Rara hurried after her manager to get herself ready for the rehearsal. Applejack walked up to Sora, completely at a loss for words. "Well, at least she's not as demanding as Pinkie said."
"Did ya not see how much she wanted?" Applejack said. "The Rara Ah knew didn't hide behind a veil givin' out fake stamp kisses, sippin' up imported water, and needin' her cherries separated! She's become a whole other pony!"
"Well, maybe some friends can change, but I think that pony is the same Rara you knew," Sora assured. "She's actually a really big fan of mine, and she's not as mean as a snobby celebrity."
Applejack still remained skeptical, but she knew Sora wouldn't lie about the loyalty of old friends. She still held onto the hope that the Rara she knew was still there, and when they see her perform in the rehearsal, that would prove it to her. The dancers and Rara got ready backstage as the lights dimmed, everyone in Ponyville getting themselves a front row seat to what will be performed tonight. Pop music blared through the speakers, a spotlight flickering on and off rapidly on the singer as she made her way down the stairway placed on the stage, fog slightly shrouding the stage from a fog machine on the side.
[Countess Coloratura]
Time for the spectacle
Time for the show
The lights are bright and the colors glow
I'm not just anypony
I think you know
The time is now, it's about to blow!
Adding to the choreographic routine, laser lights shined across the stage, along with some pyrotechnics that made the performance a bit too over the top that caught the audience's attention more than the song. The backup dancers joined the Countess, dancing in synchronization and in time with the music.
Razzle dazzle
Glitz and glam
Turn it all up, it's a spectacle
Razzle dazzle
Glitz and glam
Turn it all up, it's a spectacle
Give me more
Razzle dazzle
Glitter eyes, big surprise
Lights, cameras
Coloratura began vocalizing, one of the unicorn stallions at one side of the stage fired a beam of magic at her throat, enhancing her vocal chords to sound auto-tuned. Sora and Applejack looked at each other in confusion, wondering why that was supposed to make her sound better when she was already a phenomenal singer.
Razzle dazzle
Glitz and glam
Turn it all up, it's a spectacle
Hear the applause
Here to impress
Not just a pony, I am the Countess!
The crowd cheered as the performance ended, all except for Sora and Applejack as they stared at the stage in bewilderment. "...Well, even though that wasn't anything like Rara would sing...it was actually pretty good?" Sora said, shrugging his shoulders with a nervous grin. Applejack scowled at him, his words not making things easier for her to believe her friend hadn't changed that much. "What?"
"Oh, my shining star!" Svengallop said as he approached Rara onstage. "Thanks to the sparkling costumes, dazzling choreography, and brilliant vocal effects that I designed, your performance was SPECTACULAR, Countess Coloratura!"
"Oh, thank you, Svengallop!" Rara said with a giggle.
"Correct me if Ah'm wrong, Sora, but Ah don't think that Svengallop ain't actually complimentin' Rara," Applejack said. "He's complimentin' all the bells and whistles he's piled on to make her Countess Coloratura."
"Yeah, no kidding," Sora agreed. "But, even if that's true, sometimes celebrities need to please their fans in some way, even if it means adding some sort of new flair that gets their attention."
"Ah'd rather lose all that stuff and be mahself," Applejack muttered to herself.
"If we're done here, Svengallop, I'd love to go back to my trailer and rest," Rara said.
"Actually, you're scheduled for your meet and greet with the schoolponies right now!" Pinkie chimed in, popping in on them from the trapdoor with a schedule of the celebrities' to-dos.
While Rara instantly changed her mind, seemingly excited about that part of her busy schedule, Svengallop groaned under his breath with a roll of his eyes. "I can totally get you out of meeting with the schoolponies, Countess," he offered, which bothered Applejack greatly.
"Absolutely not!" Rara exclaimed. "My favorite part of any event is meeting with the schoolponies!"
Glad to see her stepping her hoof down and doing something that was definitely the Rara she knew, Applejack stepped up on stage, to Svengallop's disdain and irritation. "The schoolponies'll be so happy to hear that, Rara!"
"Yeah! Meeting celebrities kids look up to is always a dream come true for them!" Sora added, then looked at Svengallop with a glare. "Tired or not, children are more important than one's own needs. Right, Sven?" Svengallop said nothing, turning away with a huff. Ignoring the manager for now, Sora wrapped his forelegs around both mares' withers. "Now, let's show you the schoolhouse, Rara, and surprise all the kids with not just one, but two celebrities."
"All the foals know ya, Sora, so it's just gonna be Rara they'll be excited seein'," Applejack corrected, making the pegasus droop his head and sigh in disdain while making Rara laugh.
At the schoolhouse, all the colts and fillies were already excited to meet with the pop star when they saw her approaching from the windows. Once they gathered them, they headed over to a smaller stage where the foals were able to get a photo with Rara, along with a signature of their picture as a memento. Unfortunately, Svengallop arrived as well after a bit of sulking, staying around his client to make sure nothing goes awry with her schedule, though he seemed to disappear somewhere after a while. The foals all gathered around Rara, asking for an autograph, hoofsies, anything to garner her attention toward them, and she enjoyed hanging out with her little fans.
"Ok, everypony!" Rara said, calming the foals down so she could make an important announcement to them. "As part of the Helping Hooves Music Festival, I'm holding a contest where some of you will get a chance to sing with me onstage at the concert tomorrow! Doesn't that sound fun!?" The schoolponies all gasped and cheered in excitement at the chance to sing with the pony of pop. "Alright! Now who wants more hoofsies!?"
The kids all quickly surrounded her and practically begged for more hoofsies as they cheered. Sora and Applejack watched from a distance, the latter feeling a lot better seeing the Rara she knew interacting with the foals.
"Maybe you were right, Sora," Applejack said. "She's still the same pony Ah knew. Rara's just a little bit more famous and is tryin' to keep an image, even though Ah don't like it all that much."
"Now do you admit that song she sang earlier was kind of catchy?" Sora asked.
"...Maybe, but Ah prefer what we both made at camp," she said.
"But...I got everything you requested!" Both ponies' ears perked up when they heard Pinkie Pie argue with someone.
Curious, Sora and Applejack peeked around the bushes, where they found their party-loving friend talking to Svengallop. "THAT was for Countess Coloratura! THIS is for ME!" the manager exclaimed. "And what I want is PREMIUM oats!"
Hearing the demanding tone coming from Svengallop, it bothered the spying duo as they suspected him to be the demanding diva, not Rara. "Oh! Well, we have lots of tasty oats right here in Ponyville!"
Pinkie pulled out a tray of oats, the best that she had hidden in her hammerspace of randomness, but like a spoiled brat, Svengallop slapped the tray out of Pinkie's hoof, scattering the oats all over her. "I wouldn't feed those to a chicken! I want top-of-the-line Appleloosan oats!" Applejack leered at the manager in disgust. She had a feeling all those important items for "Countess Coloratura" weren't all that necessary for her at all, and even if Svengallop said they were for her at first, she wasn't buying it for a second. "Next, it appears that we are surrounded by apple trees. Bring me five hundred pre-peeled, pre-cored apples, and I want those things in twenty-four hours!"
Pinkie gasped in shock. "B-But that's impossible!"
"Do you want me to pull Countess Coloratura from your little 'podunk charity show'!?" the stallion threatened, further angering Sora and Applejack at how low Svengallop was going to pull out Rara from a charity concert because his own needs came first before his client's. "Because I will. Those oats AND pre-peeled, pre-cored apples in twenty-four hours!"
Svengallop marched off, exhaustion clearly evident in Pinkie's face as she had to jump through more hoops to keep Rara here. "That dirty, rotten, snake," Sora growled. "Some manager he turned out to be. Threatening the host of a concert to leave until he gets what he wants? That's not how it's supposed to be."
"We need to tell Rara and see if she can fix this mess her 'trustworthy' manager is makin'." Sora and Applejack made their way back to Rara and the foals, where more photos of them were being taken.
As soon as the photo shoot was done, Apple Bloom spotted her sister and honorary brother, running up to them excitedly along with Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. "Applejack, Sora, did'ja see!? Ah got a picture with Countess Coloratura!"
"Yeah, we saw," Sora said, watching Rara come up behind Apple Bloom as she spotted them.
"Oh, AJ, is this the little sister you wrote to me about?" Rara asked, making the youngest Apple sibling gasp in surprise.
"Wait, hold on, Applejack. Ya wrote to Countess Coloratura? About me!?" Apple Bloom asked.
"AJ said you were the best little sister ever, Apple Bloom," Rara said, breaking the filly's mind as her jaw dropped in awe.
Sora waved a hoof in front of her eyes, not following his movements as she was starstruck. "And Apple Bloom is broken." He closed her mouth, snapping her out of her daze as he lead the Crusaders off the stage. He knew that Svengallop's selfish and demanding attitude should be dealt with by Applejack, and he had a feeling he didn't want to foals to hear about the corrupted manager taking her out of the concert because of the needs he requests at the last minute. "Come on, kids! How about we go see some cool moves I can do!?"
"But we see you fight Heartless all the time," Scootaloo pointed out. "I think we've all seen everything you can do already."
The other schoolponies agreed, making Sora fall over in exasperation with a groan. "J-Just follow me, then," he muttered as he got back up, his antics making Rara giggle along with the awed faces on the foals as they looked back at her while following Sora.
Now that they were alone, Applejack approached her friend to confront her about the real issue at hoof. "Hey, Rara, mind if Ah talk to ya about your manager?"
"Sure, what about him?" Rara asked.
"Well, while you were meetin' with the schoolponies, Sora and Ah heard him demandin' all sorts of stuff from Pinkie Pie," Applejack said.
"Svengallop works really hard as my manager, AJ," Rara reasoned. "If he needs anything while we're on the road, I don't see anything wrong with that."
"Then is it wrong if he told Pinkie if she didn't get those things by tomorrow, he'd pull you from our charity festival?" Applejack questioned, shocking Rara at the absurd claim.
"What!?" she exclaimed. "But he knows how important charity is to me, and leaving the festival would ruin my image!"
"Ah'm afraid Svengallop doesn't seem to give a pickled pippin about your charity work," Applejack said.
"That is not true!" Rara argued. "Svengallop has always supported me in all my interests. You're just saying all this because you're jealous!"
"Jealous of what?" Applejack argued back. "A pony who hides behind a veil so thick she can't see when somepony's usin' her? Heh! No, Ah ain't jealous of that, Rara!"
"I am not Rara! I am Countess Coloratura! And while we may have been friends when we were young, we have clearly gone in different directions!" Rara stormed off with a huff, ending their conversation and their friendship.
Applejack frowned as she watched her long time friend march back to where the concert stage was set up. She didn't believe her and never paid any attention to what Svengallop does behind her back, especially involving the charity events she loves performing for. Sighing dejectedly, she made her way back to her home where Pinkie was probably peeling and popping cores out of her farm's apples for Svengallop. Even though she hated what the manager was doing, she didn't want Rara to leave so she could make amends with her and prove that he was using her for his own benefits.
The next day, Applejack, Sora, and Pinkie worked on the apples Svengallop requested, Sora gathering exactly five hundred, which would probably go to waste after a few days if he doesn't eat them all, Applejack peeling them with a little spinning machine that perfectly peeled the skin off the apples, and Pinkie using another little device to pop the cores out. "So, she didn't believe you, huh?" Sora asked.
"No. It just ain't fair!" Applejack complained. "He's manipulatin' her, and she just can't see it!"
"Enough stewin', more peelin'!" Pinkie exclaimed, her mane bedraggled with bags hanging from her eyes as she desperately continued popping the cores out of the apples.
"Pinkie, did you even get any sleep last night?" Sora asked in concern.
"No! I had to get those imported, premium oats from Appleoosa, but I spent so much time looking for the best ones there that the deadline for these pre-peeled, pre-cored apples is due in the next few hours! And I think I just lost track of how many we finished!" Pinkie began hyperventilating, her anxiety skyrocketing from trying to keep Rara around for the charity concert tonight.
"Pinkie, calm down!" Sora said, quickly approaching the panicking mare and shook her shoulders. "Take a breather and don't get a heart attack! In fact, we should quit making all these requested apples for that jerk and prove to Rara her manager's a sleazebag who's using her to get things he wants!"
"You're right, Sora," Applejack agreed. "Ah ain't gonna let that Svengallop use mah friend like that anymore!"
Pinkie stammered as she watched Applejack and Sora run off to the stage, letting out an exhausted sigh as she passed out, falling into the pile of pre-peeled and pre-cored apples. The duo found Rara on the stage with some of her dancers, going through the routine performance in her head as she tried to stay focused on the concert.
"Hey, Rara!" Sora called out.
She turned around, only to turn her head away when she saw Applejack with Sora. "Oh, great. What do you want?"
"Now, see here, 'Countess Coloratura'," Applejack started, shocking Rara as she used her full name instead of her nickname. "Ah know ya think Ah made up stuff about Svengallop, but Ah know what Ah heard."
"She's right. Sven's just using you to get things he wants, and he really is going to try to pull you out if he didn't get his premium oats or his requested apples," Sora added.
"Ugh. Not you too, Sora," Rara groaned.
"Ya gotta give us a chance to prove that we're speakin' the truth," Applejack pleaded.
"And when Applejack says something and not make weird faces, she's being completely honest," Sora said, earning a punch in the shoulder. "Ow! What!? You're the Element of Honesty! You can barely lie to save your skin!"
"Well, how exactly are you going to do that?" Rara questioned.
Sora opened his mouth to speak, but he didn't have an idea that came to him. Applejack didn't have one either, but she remembered she still held one of the enchanted ornaments from yesterday when she showed everyone her time at Camp Friendship with Rara. Pulling out the fragile item from her hat, she immediately got an idea.
"Just do exactly as Ah say," Applejack said. "And we're gonna need Twilight, Kairi, or Aqua to help us out."
Sora saw the ornament, his grin growing as he caught on to what his honorary sister had in mind.
After going over the plan, Rara let out a sigh, feeling slightly nervous about testing her manager's loyalty. Applejack and Sora were nonchalantly chatting with each other at a distance once they returned. It was now or never to prove her friend wrong as she began calling out for her manager.
"Svengallop? Svengallop! Where are you, Svengallop?" she called out, the stallion heeding to her beck and call as he arrived with a slight bow.
"Here I am!" he announced. "Did you need something?"
"Yes...umm..." Rara swallowed the lump stuck in her throat, already feeling awful just by what she was about to say. "I was...considering...maybe cancelling the contest with the schoolponies...?"
Svengallop's eyes lit up as he heard that, apparently overjoyed at the news. "Countess, this is wonderful! I've been waiting forever for you to cancel that pointless schoolpony contest."
Rara was incredibly shocked that her manager quickly agreed with her lie. "You...have?"
"You do it at every charity event, and it does absolutely nothing to promote the Countess Coloratura I built!" Svengallop said cheerfully. "Consider it cancelled. Pinkie Pie!"
Pinkie rushed in from out of nowhere, still a complete mess even after knowing of the plan and was skeptical it would work, her mane covered in bits of apples. "Yes, Svengalop, sir!" she said, hacking up a core she accidentally swallowed.
"We are making some adjustments to the show. Follow me!" Svengallop lead Pinkie far away from anyone within earshot, no doubt threatening the mare again.
Noticing them leave, Sora reached a hoof up to his crystal earpiece to contact one of his Keyblade wielding companions. "The Rat's taken the Cheese. Repeat: The rat has taken the cheese."
"Since when did you start doing code names, Sora?" Kairi's voice responded as she hid by the stage, watching Svengallop lead Pinkie Pie. "And 'the Rat has taken the Cheese'? That has to be the cheesiest statement ever."
"Well, Sven is a dirty rat for using Rara's fame to get what he wants anyway," Sora argued. "Now shush and continue recon, Light Princess."
"Roger that, Prince of Dorks." Sora frowned at Kairi's code name for him, his reaction making Applejack chuckle a little.
Kairi used Vanish on herself, keeping silent as she approached Svengallop and Pinkie Pie. The manager stopped and Pinkie bumped into him, not paying attention as she was suffering from exhaustion.
"Cancel the contest for the fillies and schedule me a spa treatment," Svengallop said. "Now that I don't have to oversee a rehearsal with those brats, I have time for the works. You know the drill! Deliver, or the diva ditches your dippy charity!" He emphasized his words, making Pinkie shrink as he towered over her while threatening her. Satisfied that he was getting his way, he straightened his red tie and made his way back to Rara on the stage, unaware of the invisible unicorn following him, holding the enchanted memory ornament Applejack had accidentally kept yesterday. "Ok, Countess Coloratura, all taken care of!"
"Oh, is it really?" Kairi asked, making Svengallop shriek in fright as he turned to her voice. The unicorn appeared before him, using her magic to make the ornament glow, expanding the memory she just witnessed for them to see. While waiting, the rest of their friends had shown up thanks to Sora contacting Riku, Aqua, Terra, and Ventus to gather the rest of the girls so they could all witness Svengallop's secret demands behind Rara's back. "How about we see what you really planned to 'reschedule'?"
Kairi played it back, where they saw Svengallop talking with Pinkie from her point of view. "Cancel the contest for the fillies and schedule me a spa treatment. Now that I don't have to oversee a rehearsal with those brats, I have time for the works. You know the drill! Deliver, or the diva ditches your dippy charity!"
Rara was appalled at what she just witnessed. While Sora and Applejack grinned in satisfaction at Svengallop's blackmailing was shown to them, giving each other a hoofbump, the others were just as shocked as everyone leered at the corrupt manager, including Rara.
"...So, this is how you've been managing things?" she questioned.
"Yeah, so?" Svengallop asked back, not even remotely guilty for what he's done. "What's the problem?"
"The problem is that you've been blackmailing ponies, intimidating them by using my name to get what you want!" Rara exclaimed angrily.
"But I work incredibly hard for you!" Svengallop argued. "I deserve everything I get!"
"But not because you scare ponies into thinking I won't perform for their charities otherwise!" Rara countered. "I would never, EVER do that to my fans! Which is why you should have known that I would NEVER cancel the schoolponies' contest!"
The manager grunted, not giving in to admitting he was the one in the wrong as he remained selfish in his argument. "All this charity and schoolpony contest nonsense is just remnants of that boring little 'Rara' I met back in Manehattan!"
"Then you clearly don't understand the real me!" Rara took off the veil that covered her face, ripping off the identity that Svengallop made her out to be in retaliation for his actions behind her back.
Svengallop scoffed with a sarcastic laugh. "That's a joke! I made you somepony! What can you even do without me!?"
"A whole lot better without you!" Sora said.
"Oh, please! I was the only pony who even noticed her talents, and if I didn't offer to be her manager, she would have never gotten the fame she has now!" Svengallop exclaimed.
"So you just use her because you don't have those same talents she does?" Sora's question finally shut the corrupted manager up as he balked in bewilderment. The Keyblade wielder leapt up onto the stage and approached the baffled stallion. "That's clearly what it is. What's you're cutie mark again? Oh wait, we don't know because your hiding it under a pair of pants! I bet your only talent is stabbing your clients in the back and screwing them over if you don't get your way!"
"Y-You're one to talk!" Svengallop tried to argue back. "What kind of pony who claims to be a hero fights with a giant key!? I don't know what the Crystal Empire was thinking in making a statue of you, but you're nothing special just like her!"
Provoked, Sora held out his hoof and summoned his Keyblade, surprising the stallion as the key-shaped sword appeared in a flash of light. Sora slashed his blade in one swift motion, making Svengallop yelp as he was struck, but instead of hitting the stallion, only his tie was cut clean off his neck. He was stunned silent, his eyes shifting between his cut tie, the pegasus, and his Keyblade in astonishment.
"I'm more special than you think," Sora said. "And so is Rara. You're the one who's not special. The one thing I hate is someone who manipulates my friends, using them for their own benefits." Dismissing his Keyblade, Sora picked up the chopped off tie and held it in front of Svengallop. "Consider this a warning."
He tossed the hacked piece of cloth aside, greatly intimidating the manager, but he leered at the pegasus, despite fearing him. "...Even without me as Countess Coloratura's manager, this whole concert's going to fall apart." Svengallop looked at Rara, despising the mare for practically firing him without even saying so. "So, good luck, 'Countess Coloratura'. Good luck..."
Svengallop stormed off in defeat, taking off the remains of his tie still around his neck and tossing it on the ground. As the ex-manager walked away, Rara felt nervous now that she didn't have a manager. Applejack approached her friend, seeing just how worried she was.
"Ah'm sorry, Rara," Applejack said.
"No, I should be," Rara said. "I should have believed you. I never thought Svengallop would do such a thing behind my back."
"Are ya gonna be ok for the concert tonight?" Applejack asked.
"Of course," she assured. "After all, the show must go on!"
"Oh my gosh, Svengallop was right!" Rara panicked, night already closer than she expected as she paced back and forth nervously backstage, the concert mere minutes away from starting. She was out of her Countess Coloratura persona Svengallop made her out to be, her mane back to it's normal colors thanks to Rarity in a new style, along with a new change in clothes. The fashionista tried to get her ready, but with her anxiety making her roam about from the outcome of a failed concert, Rara wasn't holding still for even a second. "This is gonna be a disaster! I'm gonna be terrible!"
"Darling, hold still!" Rarity said. "I can't work on your mane with you fussing around so much!"
Applejack watched her friend panicking, not as worried as her as she knew the show would be great without her ex-manager. "Rarity, can ya give us a minute?" Rarity obliged and left the dressing room, Applejack approaching Rara and rubbing her back. "Now, why is this gonna be terrible?"
"Because Svengallop was in charge of everything!" Rara said. "The lights, the visuals, the sound! Without Svengallop, I have nothing!"
"Now, now, don't go gettin' yourself in a tizzy, Rara," Applejack reassured. "Svengallop turned you into Countess Coloratura and acted like your friend so he could enjoy the perks that came with bein' a star. But the real perk of friendship is gettin' to see your friend bein' true to their self. And Rara, when you're simply yourself, you're the brightest star Ah've ever seen shine."
Rara reflected on Applejack's words as she looked at herself in the mirror. She thought back to when they performed for their camp buddies when they were fillies, everyone loving her voice as she sang for them, and it came from her heart. As Countess Coloratura, she sang songs that were all about her, but none of them ever actually who she really is. It had bothered her while working with Svengallop, but now that she was no longer being told how to be a famous singer, she felt confident enough to show all her fans the real Coloratura, not the Countess.
The concert was about to begin, everyone in Ponyville waiting in anticipation as they crowded the stage. The Mane Six, Keyblade wielders, and CMC got front row seats thanks to Rara, curious to see what the singer will do going solo without the help of her manager.
"She doing ok back there, Applejack?" Sora asked.
"Ah'm sure she'll be fine," she said. "She was a might nervous, but everypony will still love her when they see the real Rara."
Twilight walked out from behind the curtains, everyone cheering as the spotlight was on her to begin the show. "Good evening, everypony! Welcome to opening night of the Helping Hooves Music Festival! Now it is my great honor to introduce you to our headlining act - Countess Coloratura!"
The crowd went wild as the curtains opened, revealing Rara standing beside a piano in front of a blue backdrop that blocked most of the setup onstage, Twilight walking offstage to join the others. Instead of the outfit they all expected her to wear, or the one Rarity tried to make for her, her hair was back to its normal style from when she was a filly and wore a black silk blouse with a veil skirt that slightly hid her cutie mark, no makeup or flashy accessories as she showed them the real pony under that pop star persona.
"This song may be familiar, but yet, it's totally different," she said. "Kind of like me, Rara."
The ponies all uttered in confusion at the odd nickname she gave herself. Facing the piano, she began playing a melody that immediately silenced the crowd, performing her song and showing her fans her real talent for singing that came from her heart.
[Coloratura]
I'm here to show you who I am
Throw off the veil, it's finally time
There's more to me than glitz and glam, oh-whoa
And now I feel my stars align
For I had believed what I was sold
I did all the things that I was told
But all that has changed, and now I'm bold
'Cause I know
That I am just a pony
I make mistakes from time to time
But now I know the real me
And put my heart out on the line
And let the magic in my heart stay true
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
And let the magic in my heart stay true
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
Just like the magic inside of you
The audience was already enraptured by Rara's song as she hit the chorus. Behind her, a small orchestra of ponies silhouetted behind the backdrop were seen as they added their instruments to Rara's piano playing. Unicorns began lighting up the tips of their horns, including Twilight, small colorful lights glowing as the audience feels the passion the mare onstage is expressing through her talent along with her.
And now I see those colors
Right before my eyes
I hear my voice so clearly
And I know that it is right
They thought I was weak, but I am strong
They sold me the world, but they were wrong
And now that I'm back, I still belong
'Cause I know
Rara's cutie mark began shining through her veil skirt, lighting the stage more as the audience cheered wildly. Applejack's eyes welled up with tears as she saw her friend shine, noticing her friend's tears flowing freely down her cheeks as she sang her heart out.
That I am just a pony
I make mistakes from time to time
But now I know the real me
And put my heart out on the line
And let the magic in my heart stay true
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
And let the magic in my heart stay true
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
Just like the magic inside of you
Just like the magic inside of you...
The crowd of ponies cheered again as the song came to an end, assuaging Rara's doubts that ponies wouldn't love her without Svengallop's help to her superstardom. She walked down the catwalk, having one more little surprise for her audience before the rest of the concert continued.
"Thank you, everypony!" she said. "When I arrived at the Helping Hooves Music Festival, I had forgotten who I really was! But then an old friend reminded me what real friendship was about-" Rara looked over at Applejack, a little surprised that her friend would mention her to her fans. Sora nudged the mare's shoulder with a grin, making her nervous as some ponies who saw who Rara was looking at looked at her. "-and she told me that if I was true to myself, I couldn't go wrong! So I have a very special surprise for her. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, come on up!"
Hearing their names, the CMC excitedly ran up onstage to join Rara while Applejack wondered what she had planned. She got her answer as another song played, though it sounded like a rendition of a familiar song the two friends had made as fillies.
[Cloratura and Cutie Mark Crusaders]
Equestria, the land I love
A land of harmony
The Equestrian flag lowered down on the stage as Applejack's jaw dropped in surprise. She was touched that Rara still remembered that song, as if it was a sign of their forever-bonding friendship from when they were fillies at camp.
Our flag does wave from high above
For ponykind to see
Equestria, a land of friends
Where ponykind do roam
Rara held out her hoof to Applejack, asking for her to join them onstage for everyone to see. While the farm mare climbed up and stood beside her best friend, Sora realized there was something that was missing and integral to their song as he quickly flew over the crowd and backstage to grab something.
They say true friendship never ends
Equestria, my home
The audience cheered once again, the song short, but held a powerful meaning for the two mares. Sora appeared beside Applejack, holding a triangle up to her.
"The song's not done yet," he sing-songed, shaking the metal instrument in his hoof.
Applejack grinned and hit the triangle with her hoof, completing their old song with a ding, both friends hugging and nuzzling each other, both of them happy that their friendship will never end.
As it grew late in the night, the concert ended with a bang with the other performers, and a curtain call for Rara. Since it was too late to head elsewhere, Rara was offered to stay the night in the Castle of Friendship, where she got a little tour of the crystal castle, though not in the throne room as to not reveal everything about the worlds beyond Equestria. Rara was given a royal suite as an important guest/famous celebrity, she and Applejack sitting beside the small balcony as they looked out at Ponyville while the singer tasted Sea-Salt ice cream for the first time.
"Oh, wow. This is delicious," Rara said as she bit into the salty-sweet popsicle. "I never thought you could combine sweet and salty flavors together, but this proved me wrong. Who came up with this?"
"It came from Sora, but he says he didn't actually make the flavor," Applejack said with a chuckle. "He doesn't like the way Pinkie makes them, though. A bit too salty for him."
"Well, he's missing out on an amazing treat." The duo stared out into town in silence, enjoying their ice cream under Luna's night sky. After a moment of silence, Rara frowned as she nibbled on her ice cream. One of the letters she recalled was a really tragic moment for Applejack, unable to imagine how hard it was to cope with what had happened to someone so young. It took her months to sum up the courage to respond and not bring up such a traumatizing point in her past, and she seemed ok after a bit of time since then. "...So, AJ...How's the rest of your family, besides Apple Bloom?"
"Oh. Well, Granny's still gettin' older," Applejack said with a laugh. "And Big Mac is still doin' a whole lot on the farm as much as Ah am. The two of us need to keep the farm goin', but ever since Sora came around, he's been a mighty huge help with the harvests. He's actually stronger than he looks, and he can beat mah brother in a hoof-wrastle in only a few seconds."
"That's good," Rara said, though it wasn't the complete subject she tried to bring up. "...And...how about everything that happened after...well, you know...?"
It took Applejack a moment, but she understood what her friend meant. Her ears drooped slightly as she frowned sadly, staring down at her half-eaten popsicle stick in sorrow.
"...Ah've...had a few rough days...when what happened to mah folks is brought up..." Applejack sighed as she leaned against the railing. "...It's worse when the Apple Family Reunion comes around every year...It's another year with a photo in front of the barn where they won't be in the family picture...Ah got mad at Sora when he brought them up a couple years back when he was just curious about where they were. He's just as part of mah family as Apple Bloom, Big Mac, and Granny Smith, and Ah snapped at him for askin'." Outside of the guest room, neither mare had noticed Sora behind the slightly ajar doorway, overhearing them talking as he walked down the hall. He knew how difficult it was for Applejack to let go, as would anyone else who lost someone important in their family, but he heard her taking in a deep breath to steady her nerves as she continued. "I found out he's lost somepony important too...His pa got caught in a bad storm out in the ocean, and it devastated him for a long while.
"He was just as depressed as Ah was when he found out, and all he has left in his family is his ma." Rara teared up as she heard what had happened to Sora, never knowing someone as cheerful and silly as him had such a horrible memory just like Applejack. "But he's strong for all he's been through. He fights for the ones he cares for the most, and that's where his strength lies: his friends and family." She looked up at Rara, giving her a sad smile. "He's important to everypony he meets. And not just around Ponyville, but just about all over Equestria."
Sora grinned, knowing Applejack was only telling half the truth, but he knew she meant throughout other worlds too. "And it's a genuine fact, too," he said, surprising the mares as he walked into the room and joined them on the balcony. "Except, not only am I important to everyone, but everyone I know is important to me. Without them, I wouldn't be where I am today. I have my doubts, my ups and downs, even some insecurities, but if my friends can look past what I feel is negative, then I believe them."
"After some convincin', ya do," Applejack corrected, both ponies giggling as they shared a hug.
Rara smiled as she watched the couple's interaction with each other. "Aww, you two are just the cutest couple ever," she said, making Sora and Applejack balk in shock and confusion. "You're lucky to have somepony like him, AJ."
"W-Wait, ya think we're...dating!?" Applejack exclaimed.
"Well, you said Sora was part of your family..." Sora and Applejack looked at each other, then burst out laughing, to Rara's confusion.
"N-No, no no no!" Sora said after catching his breath. "I'm already in a relationship with someone! It would be weird if I ever thought of making out with my honorary sister!"
"'Honorary sister'?" Rara asked with a raised brow.
"Sora's like another brother to me!" Applejack corrected, snorting a little as she tried to compose herself. "He's datin' Kairi. The pink unicorn mare who helped catch your old manager in the act earlier today? He's had a crush on her for years and pined for her since they were foals, even sacrificin' himself to save her from certain peril. Practically gave his heart for her and everythin'."
"...Oh. Sorry, I just assumed you two were going out because you had so much chemistry when you two were together." Rara giggled in embarrassment, thankful the topic didn't make things awkward for them as they had laughed it off. Both mares finished their ice cream as the trio talked a bit more before Rara began feeling tired. "Well, I'm really exhausted. I think I'm going to get some sleep."
"Same here," Sora agreed. "Applejack and I have a lot of farmwork tomorrow morning, and we have to get up bright and early. I'm just glad I'm nowhere near Apple Bloom since she wakes me up like an alarm clock...I kinda miss that nowadays, though."
"She sure does miss that, too, Sora," Applejack said, both mares laughing at the silly antics the young Apple sibling does to wake Sora up. "Ah don't think we'll see each other in the mornin'. You're goin' back to Manehattan, right?"
"Yeah. I'll try going solo with my future concerts until I find an honest manager who doesn't change who I really am," Rara said. "And I'll be sure to come by Ponyville again when I have free time. Maybe even give you and your friends backstage passes to some of my concerts?"
"Good luck with that if we're in the middle of saving Equestria from some evil overlord," Sora said. "It's like a regular thing that happens to us where some kind of disaster happens."
They soon said good night to each other, Sora and Applejack exiting the guest room to let Rara get some rest, the stallion making his way to his room where Kairi waited for him and the earth pony heading back to Sweet Apple Acres to rest in her bed.
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Good chapter, looking forward to the season 5 finale.
Edit: even made the feature box it seems.
I enjoyed this, it makes me curious about he episode and if I wanna watch it.
Still growing through the series so not fully caught up.
How many chapters left until the season 5 finale?
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We need more baby Mane Six moments! Please let season 8 have that idea in another couple months!
Nah, it's gonna happen next. Secure your minds, because they're gonna get blown up if you're not prepared for the alternate timelines.
I never notice since it shows up if I wait to go to the home screen after a few minutes. And since I upload most of my chapters in the middle of the night, I don't see it in the featured box again. Doesn't last that long with other stories that are just as popular, though some of them linger there for days, even without a chapter update.
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Yes. You want to watch it. The songs are amazing, and there are feels...And filly Applejack being filly Applejack...Did I mention baby Applejack yet, because, my god, she's been seen as a foal more, and soulless eyes or big ones like Flurry Heart, she's freaking cute as hell!
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Twenty!...
Great chapter! Loved all the extra moments with Coloratura. Now we move onto Starlight getting revenge and inadvertently causing multiple horrible futures. I'm betting that several chapters are going to be one or two of the alternate timelines before Twilight and Sora jump back.
I'm still just wondering how the Friendship Games chapters are going to happen with the Kingdom Hearts characters because of the time loop. Will another Sora show up and help out with that? Will the other Keyblade Wielders go through the portal to help the Rainbooms/meet Sci-Twi? This is going to be an interesting next set of chapters.
With all that happens in the season 5 finale, I'd imagine that we won't see the next chapter being posted until somewhere around mid-January. Still, though, I'm very much looking forward to it, and then, the Friendship Games.
So I've been reading some other KH crossover fics on this site and I'm curious if you have any plans for Twilight to go on a KH style adventure on another world in the future?
maybe get sora and kiari vist canterlot high for the friendship games? and nice work.
Yes! The emotional weight was perfect here and I loved it!
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And it was the best episode to reveal their true talents.
Why am I so bad at writing!? I feel dumber having these mistakes pointed out!...But I am fixing them, and I thank you for noticing, but yeesh! There's so many! There is not enough hard objects in my room to smack my face into to knock the stupidity out of my head, and I'm down to my hands...
...Ok, hopefully there's no more...but I dread that there is. 
It's the Cutie Mark Crusaders. They're clueless to what their talents are and keep getting distracted trying to find their talents in other things. They find them eventually, but in something they never expected.
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New season plus new movie = extra work for ya but I know you're going to skip in the new season that is, if you bring Xehanort a bit early. The Friendship Games Arc is going to be different (As always) but I wonder how are you going to set it up?
This chapter was beautiful Codex! I really hope we get to see Rara more if they will let her since she feels like a stay in case we need more ponies to learn about friendship so as to make it fresh.
But with that being said, I can't wait to start reading how things will be tackle for Starlight's revenge/reformation at the end, the friendship Games, who gets send with Twilight to go after starlight along with who goes to the friendship games to help Sunset at the same time. I even trying to build it up for some hype, and now it is time to see how it all turns out.