Chapter 1

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A teen male and a woman are seen walking down a hallway. The woman was a tall beauty with gorgeous color melding pink, green and blue hair. She wore what looks to be a purple striped shirt under a gold blazer, purple dress pants and gold heels. The teen had been just a little shorter than the woman, he had short sodium flame colored hair swept back(think Steve Fox) and held in place with a pair of cracked goggles. He wore a black and red custom racing jacket full of endorsement patches along the sleeves with a patch that looked like a warrior rune surrounded by a cog with more runes around it. His pants were tan cargo khakis and he wore all black sneakers. As they continued the woman turned to the young man.

"So, how do you like the school?" she asked.

"Can I just go to my class, Celestia?" he groaned as they both walked down the hallway.

"Bolt... Can't you call me Auntie like you use to?" she asked with sadness in her voice.

Bolt stops in his tracks. "You..." he starts walking away from her. "Lost that right 6 years ago."

Celestia could only look down, she knew how he felt about her after his parents, but she never knew it had gotten so bad between them. After watching him turn the corner, she sighs and walks back to her office.

Bolt walks through the hall looking at his student's handbook map. "Hmm... Is it this hall? No, the next one, then it would b-" Bolt was cut off when he bumped into something.

"Watch where you are going you idiot!" he hears a young female voice yell at him.

Bolt looks down and see a head full of red and yellow looking back at him with a wicked scowl on her face. He couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. "Sorry? I guess?" He held out his hand to help her up, but she smacked his hand away causing his eyebrow to arch higher.

"What do you mean you guess? You knock me down you moron!" she yells as she stands up, drawing a crowd.

"Actually, you walked into me... And fell... And the fact that I was walking on the right side of the hall when we collided means you were paying just as much attention as I was and walked down the wrong side and well... Bounced off of me. So to speak." Bolt sighed and started to walk pass her. "I really don't have the patience for this.." he says as he walks away.

"Hey!!! I'm not done with you! Get back here!!!" she yelled and stomped her foot.

"Get bent, bacon strip. I'm done with you." the students in the hall gasped as Bolt walked, leaving a stewing red and yellow haired girl behind. After a minute or two of searching, Bolt found his intended destination. After sitting in a seat in the middle row, he feels a tap on his shoulder. Turning to the disturbance, he was greeted by a pink haired girl, smiling ear to ear. Her height reaches up to Bolt's neck. Her hair was like cotton candy and her powder blue eyes sparked with energy. She wore a white shirt with purple trim under a baby blue jacket, light pink skirt with three balloons on it and baby blue boots.

"Hi! I'm Pinkie Pie! You're new here, right? Where did you come from? What school did you go to? What's your favorite color? Oh! Do you like parties?! Cuz I like parties!!! And-" Bolt cuts her off.

"I get that you are trying to get to know me as fast as you can, but can this wait? The teacher had been shooting death rays at us for a hot second now." Bolt points at the two-tone pink haired teacher standing at the front with her arms folded, tapping her foot.

Pinkie Pie saw this and quickly took her seat. "Sorry Miss. Cheerilee."

"It's okay Pinkie. I know how excited you get around new faces. Mr. Bolt, would you like to Introduce yourself?" Miss. Cheerilee asked, walking up to his desk.

"I can't say I do." Bolt answered before she reached his desk.

Sensing he would say no, she decided to give him the incentive to. So she leans down and whispers. "You know, if you do it now..." She gestures towards Pinkie Pie. "You can save yourself from her bombardment later~"

Bolt looked over to Pinkie Pie bouncing up and down in her seat, with gusto Bolt stood and walked to the front of the class. "My name is Searing Bolt." He looks toward Pinkie Pie. "I'm from Aiken, South Carolina, I moved from Atlanta-"

"Oh! Oh! Ohio?!" Pinkie Pie yelled interrupting Bolt.

"Wai-what? No! What? Wait, there is an Atlanta in Ohio?" Bolt shakes his head. "No, Georgia. Anyway, the school I transferred from I'd rather forget, my favorite colors are cherry sunburst and black, I'm indifferent to parties, but don't mind attending them if I'm invited-" he looks up and notice Pinkie Pie about to interrupt again and cuts her off anticipating her next questions. "I have no specific foods I like, I'll eat mostly anything-" feeling Pinkie about cut in, He looks her in the eye. "Pinkie Pie... No, no bugs... And my favorite flavor of cake or any baked good is strawberry. Satisfied?" he looked to Pinkie Pie who gave a satisfied nod, then walked back to his seat.

Hours pass and soon the lunch bell sounds. Students began to stand and head towards the as the teacher calls out. "Remember, we have a test at he end of the week, So study! Ah! Searing Bolt, may I have a word with you?"

Bolt stops at the door and turns around. "Yeah, Doc?"

The teacher stood at eye level to Bolt. He had swept back chestnut brown hair, he wore a plain white dress shirt with a red bow tie, brown slacks with suspenders. He sighs. "Please Searing Bolt call me Mr. Turner."

"Only if you just call me Bolt."

"Fair enough. Anyway, sorry for dropping you into a test so soon after transferring, but I've the other students prepare for weeks already and can't really back out now."

Bolt shrugs. "I don't mind. Hell, I may surprise you. Anyway, I hungry. I'll see you tomorrow." Bolt turns around and walks out the classroom. After a short walk Bolt found the cafeteria with ease and walked inside, but for some reason when he did everyone went quiet and started whispering. Not really caring why, Bolt got his food and sat at a small empty table. He enjoyed his solitude as he took a bite of his chicken sandwich, until he felt an all too familiar presence. He placed his sandwich back on the plate and sighed. "What now Pinkie Pie?" He looks towards Pinkie Pie, who flashing her ever bright smile, but this time she had someone else with her. The was probably an inch or 2 shorter, long pink hair in which she hid behind. She wore a white tank top, light forest green skirt with butterflies and her boot's color matching the skirt.

"Hi Bolt! Why are you sitting by yourself? Do you want company? Oh! By the have you met Fluttershy? What are eating for lunch? Are yo-"

"Pinkie!" Bolt yelled as quietly as he could. "If you're gonna take a seat, take it and ask one question at a time with me, Please."

Pinkie nodded and took a seat beside Bolt while Fluttershy took a seat on the other side of the table. Bolt looked to Fluttershy and met her eyes only for her to "Eep!" and hides back behind her hair. Bolt sighs and picks up his sandwich, just as he was about to take a bite he hears something. "Fluttershy..."

Bolt looks up at Fluttershy, who was staring at him. "Once again?"

"My name is Fluttershy..." she said with a little more volume above a whisper.

"I know that already, Pinkie just told me..." he saw shrink back under her hair and sighed. "Thanks for introducing yourself. Nice to meet you Fluttershy, I'm Searing Bolt." when he saw her smile, a sense dread washed over him. 'This girl... She dangerous. That smile almost ensnared me... If she was as assertive as that bacon strip from earlier, I may have been put in a tough spot... Watch out for that one.' Bolt thought as he picked up his sandwich, but before he could take a bite, a loud bang sounded through the cafeteria.

"NEW KID!!!" a girl yelled out.

Bolt sighs. "Speak of the devil..." without looking up, he hears her stomping in his direction. A moment later he feels her ire washing over him, not affected he keeps eating until she snatched the rest his sandwich and finished it off. "...And she will come. I wonder if I had got a chicken club, would you have been committing cannibalism? What's up Bacon bit?"

"We're finishing our conversation from earlier." she growled out, yanking Bolt out of his seat. "NOW!" she yells, pulling his face closer to her.

"I'm pretty sure you'll be the most beautiful strip of bacon out the pack if you lose the scowl an-" Bolt was cut off when she punched him. He didn't even waste a second before he swung back at her jaw, causing her to fall back on her butt.

"You-you hit me..." she was stunned. She couldn't believe he hit her and with no hesitation either

"I believe in equality." Bolt shrugs. "So, sorry, but double standards don't work with me." Bolt turns around and grabs his plate off the table. "You're just fortunate that I have enough common sense to only hit those that hit me." he looks up and sees a shocked and frightened Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy. He walks away from the table towards the cafeteria exit.

"I demand you tell me your name!" she yells holding her cheek.

"Isn't it common courtesy to give your own name before demanding one out of others?" After a pause, he sighs.

"Sunset Shimmer, you'll do well to remember it! Now tell me your nam-"

Bolt cuts her off "Searing Bolt, My name's Searing Bolt." after revealing his name, Bolt walks out of the cafeteria after placing his plate with a pile of plates on top of a trash bin.

Sunset Shimmer stood up in deep in thought. 'I can't believe it. He's Searing Bolt of this world? I never thought I would meet him here and he's so... Different. Standing up to me wasn't new, but... he looked different, like he's lost hope in everything... No! It's not my problem! Just two more nights and at Fall Formal, I'll claim all that is mine!'

Hours pass as the school day came to a close. Bolt walks down the front pathway, seeing a sad looking Pinkie Pie leans against the school's statue. Pinkie notices Bolt and perked up just slightly as he neared, stopping in front of her. "Hey Bolty." she shyly waves, looking at the ground.

Noticing what this was about Bolt sighs. "Look Pinkie, I would have been a little scared to if the new guy didn't hesitate to hit a girl, bitch or not, as well."

"It's not right though! How can I call myself your friend if I fear you! I don't want to fear you, I want to be your friend!" she yells, grabbing Bolt's jacket sleeves.

"I'm sorry Pinkie Pie, but..." Bolt removes her hand from his sleeve, placing them to her side. "We're not friends... And probably never will be..." What Bolt saw next shook him to his core. Pinkie's hair deflated, her eyes were dull and she starts tearing up.

"Why? Did I annoy you? Did I-" Bolt cut her off.

"Pinkie!" he yells, grabbing her shoulders. "Look... I can't... I just can't... I had an issue in the past that made me lose trust in others..."

"But, you can trust me! I'm a great friend!"

Bolt grunts. "How about this?" Pinkie looks up into Bolts eye's, sadness still showing within. "We become associates? It's not as close as friends, but we are not total strangers. And special for you we'll become 'Bonding Associates'." Pinkie's hair instantly inflated when she heard that. "That means any party you throw, outings, or just chilling at each other's homes, I'll attend, only if I feel up for it and if I say no to anything, Accept it and move on. Got it?"

Pinkie jumped and wrapped her arms around Bolt neck spinning them both. "Yay! This is wonderful! There are so many things to plan for! And I have to show you I can be the bestest friend you could ever have."

"Don't try too hard." Bolt pulls Pinkie off of his neck.

"Oh! Idea! How about you come meet my friends..." Pinkie started to look a little downcast. "At least I still think we're friends..."

"I see... Well, you still have Fluttershy and I sure you two will work something out. And when you do, I'll... I'll give them the same set-up as you. Ok?" Bolt declared, watching the smile on Pinkie's brighten.

"Really! You promise?!"

"I'm a man of my word, but you have to let them know my boundaries. No asking about my past, past friends or past school. Some family matters, like my parents, I can talk about, but not today. Understand?"

"Okie dokie loki! Now let us both Pinkie promise!"

"Pinkie promise? What's a Pinkie promise?"

Pinkie slides close to Bolt and whispers. "No one EVER breaks a Pinkie promise. EVER!!!

"Alright, alright. I got it, I got it... So how do we do this Pinkie promise?"

"It's easy! Follow my lead and repeat after me!" Bolt look at her and followed her every move.

"Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!"

"Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye..."

Pinkie started jumping up and down in place. "Ooohhh!!! This is so exciting!!! I gotta go start planning!" and with that Pinkie was gone, all that was left in her were still floating glitter and a confuse Bolt.

"What did I get myself into? Whatever, let's head home." Bolt started back on the path to the sidewalk only to see Celestia standing next to her car, parked on the side of the street. The car was a nice sun gold Cadillac CTS with a white interior. Letting out his umpteenth sigh. "What do you want Celestia?"

Catching on to his irritation, she sheepishly fidgeted around. "I know your car isn't here yet so I.. I thought you may have wanted a ride home?"

All he could do was look her up and down. Right now, Bolt couldn't stand her, but he still loves her. When they met again after all those years, he just decided to keep her distant instead of push her away. That way, if she disappear out of his life again, it would hurt a lot less than pulling her closer and mending their gap.

"Fine, let's go." Bolt passes by her and opens the passenger door. "Are you driving or not?" He said, sitting down and closing the door.

Stunned that he said yes, Celestia snaps out of her stupor and happily walks to the driver side. Once in the car they take off down the road. After a few minutes of driving in silence, Celestia decides to speak. "So... How was school?"

"Alright, met people, did stuff, regular school things basically." Bolt yawns, leaning back into his seat.

"Make any new friends?" she asks

"Kinda hard to do after what I've been through, don't ya think?" groaned

"Sorry..." it was a long pause before she started again. "You know, you don't have to live alone. You could always come stay with -"

Bolt wouldn't let her finish. "Oh, so that's an offer now huh? Pfft! Forget it that ship has sailed. Either way, I don't want to talk about it..."

"Bolt please, I'm sor-"

"We're here." was Bolt said, signaling that this conversation was done. Celestia pulled into the driveway and without missing a beat Bolt jumped out the moment she stop. "Thanks, I'll see you tomorrow." was all he said before shutting the door and walking into the house.

"I'm sorry Bolt... I hope one day you'll forgive this fool of an aunt..." Celestia said to herself before pulling out the driveway, on her lonely drive home.

Inside the house, Bolt makes his way to his room upstairs and prepares to shower. After a relaxing shower, he heads to the kitchen and pulls out some food prepared by his sister-in-law. "Nosy Ivy, she probably did this when they were moving stuff in while I was at school... Whatever, free food." after eating Bolt heads back to his room and flops on his bed. "Today was pretty eventful... Let's just hope that will be all the action I get for a long while." with those thoughts in mind, Bolt drifts off to sleep. Not knowing that today's problems were just one of many to come.

Chapter 2

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It was a pretty normal day for Bolt, walking on the sidewalk, a block from the school. The birds were singing, the sun was shining... "... And days like this, seem to drop straight to hell..." Bolt couldn't explain what he just saw. The statue had started shining and a girl fell out. She had long straight dark sapphire blue hair with a pink and purple streaks. She wore a light blue blouse with a pink bow tie(?), a purple creased skirt with a six pointed star printed on the side with three smaller white stars surrounding it, black, what seemed like dress shoes and purple and pink leg warmers.

He watched her for a couple of seconds. 'No, no. She couldn't have come from out of the statue... That's right, she just tripped on the other side of...' Bolt assured himself, shaking his head. He looked back at her and saw her ask her dog if he was... A dog... Bolt couldn't help himself. "What kind of stupid-" He was cut off when the dog answered.

"I... Think so. But I have no idea what you are!" the dog yells, shutting down any and all of Bolt's rationale.

So many questions ran through his mind along with warning bells. But a favorite saying he's heard in the past floated in his head and out his mouth. "Not my circus, not my monkeys..." Bolt shook his head and walked up the stairs into the building, completely ignoring the screams behind him. Walking through the foyer, Bolt notice three pictures, All of them Sunset Shimmer. The first one was a nice picture with Sunset smiling. "I thought she would be gorgeous if she smiled." he then turned to the second one. "I guess this was the start of her haughty attitude..." and last, the third picture. "Good god!" Bolt shutters and cringe at the sight of her in the picture. "...Never should have..." Bolt says, backing away from the pictures. Noticing the panicked screams have stopped, Bolt looks out the door to see the mystery girl and boy with blue hair, wearing a black leather jacket and blue jeans(thank god it was simple). Bolt stared at the girl for a second. 'She looks like her... But the air about her is completely different...'

"Don't think I've met him before... Hey Pinkie, who's the wannabe rebel?" Bolt called out stopping Pinkie in her tracks from launching 'Good morning surprise hug'.

"Aw, how did you know it was me?" She asked pouting

"You would be the only one that hides their presence to sneak up on the new kid for what was sure to be a hug or something... And I saw your reflection..." He says, pointing to the window.

Pinkie rushes the glass door. "A snitch huh? What do you have against hugs huh?"

Bolt just face palmed. "Pinkie focus. The blue haired tool and the dame. Who are they?"

"Oh, sorry." she blushes nervously, then looks out the door. "Which blue haired boy? Him or him? Oh! Him! Or maybe him? It could be-"

"Black jacket, blue Jeans, Pinkie..." Bolt grumbled, cutting her off.

"Oh! That's Flash Sentry, Sunset Shimmer's boyfriend."

"Wow, really? He got his work cut out for him... But for the life of me, I don't feel sorry." Bolt shrugged. "And the girl?"

"I don't know who she is, she must be-" Pinkie gasps before taking off down the hallway, leaving a confused Bolt.

"Must be a 'Pinkie Pie thing'... Whatever, off to class." After a while Bolt was walking down the hall leading the gym, until he felt a strong pull on his jacket and was yanked into the storage closet. Wondering who was in for a one way ass bruising, Bolt turns around to see Sunset Shimmer with her arms folded glaring at him. "I don't mind being alone with you bacon bit, really I don't but I would want to fight off that boyfriend of yours... Pretty sure I 'Will break him!'." Bolt said in a Russian accent.

Sunset huffed. "Never mind him and listen... I... I want you to join me."

"Join you doing what exactly?" Bolt asks, raising an eyebrow.

"Hmph, What if I told you I could rule this school and everyone in this whole world?" she asks in a haughty tone.

"... I'm listening... In a different way, an 'I might need to call them boys to come pick you up and give you one of those jackets that hug yourself.' type of way..." Bolt raised his hands, defensively.

"I'm not crazy!!! Last night, I went back to my home world and brought something that will help me conquer this world!"

"............ Fuck the jacket, I think you need a full bodysuit... If you're done with your insanity act, I would like to go now..." Bolt was about to turn around, but Sunset grabbed his shoulder and pushed him into the door.

"Look! I'm not joking, I really am from another world and I do have the means of taking this world! And after this world, we'll take over my original one!" she yells out, putting pressure on Bolts shoulder.

"Alright, Alright! Say If I do believe you? Why me and where is this mystery object you speak so highly of?" he grunts.

"You, my friend, I know I can trust. Someone strong, someone smart and someone not bad to look at. Someone to watch my back through this whole mess." Lifting her backpack, she opens it and shows its contents to Bolt. "And this is our key to our success!"

"Your math homework is the key? Oh, that's the answer for number 10." he said, causing Sunset to snatch her backpack back and look through it and not finding the object of her desire.

Sunset growls "Where is it?!" Bolt sighs and walks out the door. "Wait! Bolt! Please, think it over, we could rule everything! This world and the next! No one could stand in our way!" Bolt stops and sighs.

"What happened to that confidence earlier? You were willing to do it all alone before I came right? And the obvious, you only knew me a day... Through two not-so-good interactions... How can you trust me." Bolt turned to her with a serious look. "Explain."

Sunset remembered that gaze. The gaze that pierced through any lie. The eyes of her best friend and attack magic tutor: Commander of the Royal Guard, Magic Modding Magister. Prince Searing Bolt. She just stares at him, standing as he was about to scold her. "You remind me of a friend... He was always by my side and... I..." She sighs. "Betrayed him... So-"

"You just want a replacement then..." Bolt sighs and turns away. "Well, sorry to burst your bubble... But I'm not him and I never will be." Bolt opens the door and walks out as Sunset yells to him.

"But you are him! He's your other self from my world!" tears started streaming down her face. "He was my friend there, so why can't you be my friend here?!" she yells as Bolt stops a few feet away

"Simple, I'm him in only a physical sense... I'm nothing like him in personality, I can see that without knowing him... If he does actually exist or if you really are from another world at all..." he takes a deep breath and looks back at her with eyes devoid of any sympathy. "I can't trust people anymore. So your grandiose plan and hopes to have me as a replacement, falls here..." he turns and walks away, leaving her with one last statement. "We can never be friends... I just wouldn't trust you enough... Bye Sunset Shimmer, I'll see you in class... If we have one together." with that Bolt walks around the corner out of sight.

Sunset just stood there, shocked at what she just heard. Gritting her teeth with tears in her eyes, she yelled as loud as she could. "FINE!!! WHO THE HELL NEEDS YOU ANYWAY?! I CAN DO THIS ON MY OWN LIKE YOU SAID, WITH NO ONES HELP!!!" noticing the crowd, she wipes her tears and stomps away bumping into anyone in her way.

All Bolt could do was sigh throughout the class. 'In the end, she's still female... And I made her cry...' he remembers what happened in the past at his old school. 'Whatever...'

Bolt was sitting in the library studying for Mr. Turner's test. The rest of his day went by with no further complication. With the exception of Pinkie and her randomness and the problem between Fluttershy told him about Sunset and the new girl. "I guess I made her worse..." he shook his head, clearing his thoughts.

After an hour, Bolt wakes up. "What the hell? When did I fall asleep?" he sat up, wiping the slob off his cheek. "Damn, let me get-" He was cut off by talking from the other side of the bookcase.

"So how did your research go?"

" I found this book. It's called a yearbook. It seems to be something they use to keep a record of things that have happened at the school. Look. That's Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, and I'm gonna bet the girl on the far right is Rarity."

'Those voices, It's the girl and dog from earlier.' Bolt thought.

" There's a Rarity here!? Uh, I mean, uh... Interesting photo."

" It's interesting because they look like they're friends."

"They do look like our friends. But I thought we'd figured that out already."

" No, I mean... they look like they're friends with each other. But it doesn't seem like they're friends now."

"Not so much."

"I just can't help but get the feeling that Sunset Shimmer had something to do with it."

"I wouldn't put it past her. But she wanted your crown 'cause she's planning on doing something even worse! If you're gonna stop her, you have to focus on making friends here. Can't worry about why these girls aren't friends anymore."

'So I guess bacon bit was telling the truth about the other world thing... Even though I saw the transfer happen, personally... I need answers.' Bolt thought as sat up from the table. Walking to the edge of the bookshelf, he knocks on the end, startling both the girl and the dog.

The girl sat up quickly. "W-w-who's t-t-there?" she asks, stuttering.

Bolt walks from behind the shelf. "I could ask you the same thing. What are you doing here at night?"

"I'm just..."

"From another world with a talking dog, come to take back what Sunset Shimmer stole and from what I just heard, it was a crown, but it's not just any crown is it?" Bolt clarified.

The girl was floored. 'He knows about me and Spike?! What do I do?' she thought as Bolt sighs.

"Calm down, I'm not gonna rat you out, I just need confirmation on what that walking bacon strip told me." Bolt sees the confusion on her face. "Sunset Shimmer..." After seeing the realization on her face he continues. "She told me about the a power to be able to take over the school. So I want you to elaborate."

The girl thought for a bit, then nodded. "I can do that, but only if you introduce yourself first. Hello, my name is Twilight Sparkle. Nice to meet you. And this is spike." upon hearing her name, Bolt raised his eyebrow for a second before lowering it.

"Hi." the pup said after a short yawn.

'Damn, Sunset wasn't just talking out of her ass then... I guess I need to apologize... Damn.' Bolt thought before returning his introduction. "Fair enough. Hey, my name is Searing Bolt. And the pleasure is all mine." he saw shock appear not only on her face but on the dog's as well. "So I take it you know my counterpart?"

Spike shot up, wagging his tail. "Know him? He's my older brother! I never thought for a second that I'd meet a non-pony Bolt!" then the pup came to a realization. "Hey! You can help us against Sunset Shimmer!"

Bolt seen this coming and only sighs. "Sorry little pup bro, but nothing doing."

Spike was shocked. "But why? Our Bolt would've helped."

"That was your first mistake, I'm not him and I never will be. Sunset made the same mistake when she asked for help."Bolt explained, as he leans against the bookcases.

"But... So far everyone's has been just the same as their counterparts in our world, why are you different?" Twilight asks

"*sigh* Tell me, how was "your" Searing Bolt brought up?" Bolt queried.

Twilight tapped her chin. "Well, he was reared as a warrior along with his older brother by his parents and teachers."

"Hmm... Okay, although I wasn't reared as a warrior, Burn and I were taught martial arts. Continue."

"His parents were murdered due to misinformation."

"Not exactly the same, my parents died in an accident due to miscalculation. Go on."

"After that, he was adopted by My teacher." Twilight smiled, thinking of how well her teacher and Bolt got along.

Hearing this and seeing the smile on her face, Bolt couldn't help but be curious. "Oh, and may I ask the name of this wonder teacher?" he asked with a smirk.

Twilight beamed at Bolt's question. "Of course! My teacher is none other than Princess Celestia!"

Bolt's face went into a deep scowl upon hearing that name. "And that's where our similarities end."

Twilight, saw Bolt's attitude take a complete nose dive and had to ask. "What do you mean? Didn't this world's Celestia take you and Burn in?"

"Nope, just know that I will NEVER, see her in the light you do." Bolt says as he stands and look at his watch. "Anyway, It's late. Let's get moving."

Twilight yawns as she looks to Spike, who was already asleep. 'I wondered why he went silent.' she thought looking back up at Bolt. "I guess it is pretty late." she says as she lays on the makeshift book bed. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow."

"What are you doing?" Bolt asks, raising his eyebrow. "Get up you're coming with me. Wouldn't feel right if I left you in the school by yourself, no telling what could happen and I wouldn't sleep right."

Twilight sat up, looking confused. "But I thought you said you wouldn't help us?"

"With Sunset Shimmer, nothing about giving you shelter when you need. Now grab Spike and let's go. I'm starting to get a little creeped out being in school after hours..." Bolt mutters, walking toward the stairs.

Twilight was confused, but did as he said and followed close behind. After walking a block, Bolt house is in view. Twilight had a question she had to have answered. "I've noticed this in the library, but why are you on guard? It's like our conversation always tend to drift away from you saying anything more about yourself... Why?"

"We're not friends. So I have no obligation to open up to you." Bolt clarifies, as they walk to his front door.

"Well... Why don't we become friends?" Twilight asks.

"Nothing doing... I can't trust people like I use to... Don't think I ever will." Bolt took his keys out and opened the door for Twilight to walk in first.

"But you still brought me to your house, that alone shows some level of trust, right?" Twilight said as she took a quick glance around his house. She looked to her right and noticed a couch. Hoping it was his living area, she walks in and took a seat laying Spike down on the recliner right next to the couch.

"That's simple. You're too innocent to do anything that would cause alarm. I don't get why you followed me, albeit I did invite you, aren't you afraid I might, you know... Do something?" Bolt walks in the living room and saw that she put spike in his favorite chair. Not really caring, he sat on the couch with her on the far side.

"Please, like you wou-" Twilight was cut off when Bolt grabbed her arm and pinned her to the couch. Looking into his eyes, she sees an emotionless void, which frightened her, but then she sees an all too familiar spark. It was extremely faint, but it was there.

"Just like Sunset, you rely solely on your knowledge of that Bolt and not me, who of which you know nothing about." Bolt said as he brushed her cheek with his hand causing her to tremble and blush from his touch. "*sigh* Too bad you pegged me on that part, though..." He stood up, leaving a flustered Twilight laying there, in shock of what just happened. "And it doesn't help that you have eyes for someone else. Anyway, you can sleep here if you want, they're covers on the sofa in my study across the hall or you can take an empty room upstairs." He yawns as he walks into the hallway and stops at the stairs. "My room is at the end of the hall to the right, call me if you need anything." with that, he disappeared up the stairs.

Still stunned at the events that just transpired, Twilight was bright red as she thought back on what Bolt just did, albeit not much, but a virgin girl can only take so much stimulation before she short circuits. In robot fashion, she walks towards the study, spots her targets and drags them back to the living room. After tucking herself under the covers, she finally passes out from the over-stimulation Bolt treated her to.

In his room, Bolt laid face down. "I hope I didn't go too far or I would have made another female cry... *sigh* Time will tell." he closed his eye after his final thought of the day and went to sleep.

Chapter 3

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"A magical pony princess... And a dragon..." Bolt responded as if a kid said they talked to an alien.

"Yep." both Twilight and Spike answered.

With what he saw yesterday, Bolt just went with it and the fact Spike was talking was proof enough. "So anyway, Do you have a plan of action against the walking bacon?" he asked Twilight as they walk down the sidewalk from Bolt's house.

"I do... But I may need the other girls help, but they are well..." Twilight trailed off.

"At ends with each other?"

Twilight looked shocked. "Wait. How did you know?"

"The pink gave me a hint of it two days ago... She's pretty bummed about it. And if what Spike says is true, Sunset went through a lot of effort to break them up... But why? What does that do for her?" Bolt queries, as he scratches his chin.

Spike pokes his head out of Twilight's backpack. "What if she knew about the Elements of Harmony and the bearers?"

"Elements of what now?" Bolt asked confused.

"The Elements of Harmony, magical items used to stop evil and bring harmony to the world. The Elements are Honesty, Loyalty, Kindness, Generosity, Laughter and finally Magic. The Bearers are those who represent harmony and their element, the bearers are Applejack, the Element of Honesty; Rainbow Dash, the Element of Loyalty; Rarity, the Element of Generosity; Fluttershy, the Element of Kindness; Pinkie Pie, the Element of Laughter and then there is me, the Element of Magic." Twilight says, while puffing out her chest.

"There is a small breast joke there... But, I see no reason to waste a joke that will just go over your head." Bolt joked as Twilight hit him on the arm. "Ah." both Twilight and Bolt stopped next to the school statue.

Twilight folded her arms over her chest and huffed. "I've done enough research on the human body to know that you were referring to the small size of my mammary glands. I may not understand the joke, but I do know it was an insult." she stormed off towards the stairs, not noticing Spike jumps out the bag, landing next to Bolt.

"Wow, you may not be the same, but you sure know how to get under her skin like our Bolt." Spike says looking up at Bolt, who just smiled.

Bolt knelt down and scratched behind Spike's ears. "Keep this secret little pup bro, but I know her counterpart. Like me and my counterpart, she is different from this Twilight... But they do have one similarity."

"What would that be?" Spike asked as he jumped on Bolt's shoulder.

Bolt stood up and looked towards Twilight. "No matter what I've been through she would make me smile... Well, I guess they both do now. And now, I have a favor to ask you Spike." Bolt looks to the little pup on his shoulder.

"What is it?"

"Look after her, if she is similar to the Twilight here? She is smart, but lacks in social common sense..."

"Tell me about it..."

"Oh! And keep it secret about her having a counterpart"

"Why?"

"Simple, I don't know what would happen if two Twilight's from different worlds would meet... Don't care to find out either."

"Oh... I got ya."

"Hey! Hurry up you two!" Twilight shouted catching both of their attentions.

Bolt shakes his head. "*sigh* Only known her a day and already falling in her pace... I guess that makes two similarities. Let's go bro pup."

In the foyer, Bolt stops in front of his intended hallway and faces Twilight. "So that portal. How long do you have to get the crown back? Is it always open or does it open at set intervals?" Bolt asked

Twilight sighs. "I have till tomorrow night. After that, the portal won't open till the next 30 moons..."

"That's 3 years and some change, right? Hmm... All I can tell you know is just stick to your plan. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a test to ace." he started walking away.

"Bolt! Wait!" Twilight called out, stopping Bolt. "I know you said you can't trust people anymore and I know that you won't make friends because of that... But I do hope that we can be friends, can we?"

Bolt stood there for a minute, then turned his head, to look at Twilight. "Sorry Miss Twilight Sparkle... That may never happen..." he watched as she lowered her head. He turned his head back towards his destination, but didn't move. "We'll start off as associates and let's see if I can learn to trust you of Pinkie... You two have a lot a work to do to earn it." with his final word, Bolt walk down the hall, leaving Twilight beaming as she walked the other way.

"Alright... I did promise her... An unbreakable promise at that... Need to really think over my life choices." Bolt said as he walks through the cafe. "You would think with that pink hair, she would stand out, but-" he cut himself off. "Wait!" he turned to the left, sensing something revealing its presence.

"BOLT!!!" Pinkie charged like a mad bull. Bolt knew this wouldn't end well if he let her tackle him at that velocity. So he got into stance so he could take the force and redirect it into another action. As she dove for him, Bolt stepped to the side allowing, Pinkie to fly pass just a bit before catching her, forcing both of them to go into a spin. Once the pink, red and black tornado was finished, Bolt was holding Pinkie bridal style. Everybody who watched their display, clapped at the execution. "That was fun!" Pinkie giggled.

"Pinkie, You can't just charge someone like that. Not only is it dangerous, you can give someone a heart attack." Bolt scolded

"I'm sorry, but um Bolt... Can you put me down now?" Bolt did as she asked, noticing a slight blush on her face.

"Anyway, I did come to meet your friends like I promised, so where are they?" asked as he noticed a familiar pink streak at a lone table in front of a sofa.

Pinkie grabbed his hand and lead him to the sofa where five girls were sitting. "Here they are! Everyone this is the new student Searing Bolt!" Pinkie pointed to a girl sitting reverse in a chair at the other side of the sofa. She wore a white and green button up shirt, blue jean skirt with an apple belt buckle and ranch hand boots. Her most noticeable feature was her Stetson hat which sat upon her blonde hair, tied at the end with a red elastic band. "This is Applejack!"

Applejack waved from her seat. "Well Howdy, it's nice to finally meet ya, partner. Pinkie's been telling us about you all day."

"Likewise." Bolt smiled as he nodded his head. He notices Pinkie point to another girl. This one had short rainbow colored hair, she wore a T-shirt with a lightning bolt shaped rainbow printed on the center under a blue jacket, a light purple and white skirt and blue boots? 'The hell are those supposed to be? It's like they couldn't make up their mind off the assembly line...' Bolt thought until the girl snapped him out of it.

"Hey! Eyes up here, buddy. You're not one of those guy who get off by people's feet are you?" she asked concerned, raising an eyebrow.

Bolt looked up in thought. "I don't think so... It may depend on the girl." he looks to the rainbow hair girl with a sly smirk. "Why? you're looking to fill the position?" the girl started blushing a furious shade of red.

"D-d-doofus! Why would I want that?!" she turned her head and folded her arms across her chest, causing everyone to laugh. After calming herself, she clears her throat and faced Bolt again. "Anyway, my name is Rainbow Dash and you'll never meet anyone as awesome as me!"

Bolt puts his knuckle up to his teeth. "Ooohhhh... Ye~ah, about that... I already have." he said in a whisper like tone.

"Yeah?! Who?!" Rainbow asked, slamming her hands on the table in front them.

"Yeah, he was standing in my mirror this morning." Bolt finished with a smirk.

"Oh yeah, then we'll have to test how awesome you are." she challenged.

"One day, just not today. Go ahead Pinkie." he turned to Pinkie already pointing at Fluttershy.

"Oh, well, you know Fluttershy." Pinkie pointed out.

"Hey Fluttershy." Bolt kindly smiled as he did a small wave. "You've been alright? No more run-ins with bacon bit I hope?"

"Oh, no, not today. And I'm fine, thanks for asking." Fluttershy answered with a small smile.

"That's good." Bolt looks back to Pinkie who was now pointing to an elegant looking girl and notice Spike on her lap. She had purple hair that curled at the end of her bang and at her back. Seeing this he could help but notice her forehead. 'She has a 4k projector screen on her head...' he thought, holding back any emotion that would give away his thoughts. She wore a light diamond blue shirt, a faded purple skirt with three diamonds on the side and purple boots. Bolt knitted his eyebrows. 'Is this a pattern?' he thought.

"This is Rarity!" Pinkie exclaimed

"Why, hello darling, it's so nice to meet you. And I must say, your outfit is quite nice, but I can make it better if you'd like. Oh! You would absolutely dashing in a dress shirt and slacks, we could also touch your hair up a bit and-" Rarity was about to go a tirade if Bolt didn't cut her off.

"I appreciate the outlook, but I'm fine with what I have on. But, thanks." Bolt smiles

"Oh, no problem at all darling. If you ever need clothes, don't hesitate to call me." Rarity says as she starts rubbing Spike's.

"And this is-" before Pinkie could finish, Bolt placed a hand on Twilight's head and started rubbing it.

"I see your social ineptitude didn't get in the way." Bolt smile as Twilight huffed.

"I'm perfectly capable to talk to people without help, thank you very much." Twilight pouted and turned her nose to the air.

"Yeah, as about as capable as that splash joke from earlier?" Bolt smirked as Twilight turns to face him.

"You heard that!" Twilight asks, blushing furiously.

"Caught it the moment I walked in. Kinda bold hitting on another girl's man, let alone an enemy's man."

"Ex-man, as you would put it." Rarity corrected.

"Word!?" Bolt shocked at what he just heard.

"Yes, 'word'. He broke it off with Sunset weeks ago." Rarity explained.

Bolt looked towards Flash, then back to Rarity while pointing his thumb at Flash. "How is he still socially alive?"

"I was wondering the same thing. I was sure Sunset would have done something cruel by now." Fluttershy says as she gives Spike a dog treat.

"Maybe she's just waiting until she has the power to do something really awful." Twilight said darkly.

"That's a strong possibility..." Bolt muttered out.

"Well, enough of that and on to how you two already know each other?" Rarity intrigued.

"Oh! Well, he let me spend the night at his house last night." Twilight blurted out as Bolt and Spike facepalmed and paw.

All the girls were in a shocked silence at what they just. It was Rarity who broke the silence. "Say again, darling?"

"The social banana slips into the sunset..." Bolt could help but sigh as he comes up with an excuse. He looked around to make sure the damage was only done in their seating area. 'Good no one heard her.' he thought until he made eye contact with the cafe's owners. "Hey Mr. Carrot, Mrs Cake. Long time no see... Look, if you keep quiet about this from Ivy, I'll work here for a week, no pay."

"Deal." Carrot Cake readily agreed. "And it's good to see you again little Bolt... Well, not so little anymore, huh? Hehehe."

All Bolt could do was groan. He turns to Twilight and flicked her on the back of the head. "You owe me a week of my life back... Anyway, we met in the library last night. It was getting late by the time we were finished studying and the last bus had long stopped running, so I offered her somewhere to stay for the night." he shrugged as he finished.

Applejack saw through the lie and decide to question further. "Did y'all do anything to Twilight?."

"Depends on how you're asking. Did I do anything 'Grown up' to Twilight then no." Applejack saw he was telling the truth. Bolt continued. "Did I tease her until she turned into a robot? Yep, it was funny too." also a truth.

"Sorry for grillin' you there partner. Ah just wanted to make sure my friend was rightly takin' care of." Applejack smiled

Bolt shrugged. "I would've been the same way. Anyway, I'll let you girls plan the fall of the bacon strip. Imma hea-"

Bolt was cut off when Pinkie grabbed his arm and slung him into a chair. "Pinkie! The hell are you- Ah!" she flops on his lap, effectively pinning Bolt in the chair. In pain, Bolt leans forward and places his hands on Pinkies shoulders and his face in her hair against her back. "*cough* Pinkie... You can't... Just... Flop on... A man's lap... Like that... It hurts my important parts... A lot!" he told Pinkie in a strained voice.

"What's the deal with that anyway, Pinkie? That was more random than normal." Rainbow Dash asks a pouting Pinkie Pie.

"Because he was leaving and we weren't done yet! Hmph!" Pinkie says as she folds her arm and cross her legs.

"Now ah know how much you want to change Bolt's mind about not making friends, but it isn't gonna help if ya force him sugarcube." Applejack reasoned but with no avail.

"It's alright girls... I won't be able to move for a while anyway... So does anyone have a plan?" Bolt asked, not removing his face from PInkie's hair.

"Well, the dance is tomorrow night, and we still don't know how we're gonna get Twilight the votes she needs to be named princess. Right now, folks only know the Twilight from the videos Sunset Shimmer posted online. We need to help 'em see her differently." Applejack says as everyone agrees.

Bolt was about to agree. "Wait, what video?" he lifts his head up and looks over Pinkie's shoulder to see her holding his phone with a video of Twilight playing. "The baconator doing a slam campagne now? Better question... How did you unlock my phone?" Bolt slowly snatched his phone from the pink thief.

"Secret." was all PInkie said

"Secret? It's on fingerprint lock only and my hands were on your shoulder the whole time... What you did it isn't a secret, it's an impossibility!" Bolt exclaimed.

"That's Pinkie..." came Rainbow Dash.

"Pinkie." and Rarity.

"Pinkie." and Applejack.

"Pinkie..." and Fluttershy.

"Pinkie Pie." and lastly Twilight.

Bolt just facepalmed. "Never question Pinkie logic... Got it." he slid his hand down to his mouth and looked at Pinkie, who was now sitting on his lap sideways and smiling at him. "Sneaky pink menace." he quietly shot out, causing Pinkie to playfully stick out her tongue. "Anyway, how are you girls gonna counter that slam video?"

Everybody was deep in thought until Rarity spoke up. "I'VE GOT IT! Ahem. I mean, um, perhaps I have a solution. Now this may be an absolutely preposterous idea, but what if we all wore these as a sign of unity? Freshman year, they were very, very popular. A way for everybody to show their school spirit! You know? "Go, Canterlot Wondercolts!" Ahem. I haven't sold any in ages. I mean, the five of us are obviously very different, but deep down, we're all Canterlot Wondercolts! Sunset Shimmer is the one who divided us, Twilight Sparkle is the one who united us. And we're gonna let everyone know it! What do you think?"

Bolt nodded. "Sounds like a solid plan." he said as picked Pinkie up bridal style, off of his lap and stood up. "Let me know how that goes." placing her down on the seat, he turns towards the exit and walks away. But before he could reach the door, he was tackled by Pinkie Pie. "Pinkie!! Stop!!! Let me 'lone!!!"

The next day, the girls entered the cafeteria, all of them wearing blue sweatshirts with a gold sideways horseshoe printed on them and what seemed to be pony ears. Dragging behind them was a bound Bolt, rethinking his life choice to talk to Pinkie Pie. He was also wearing A blue sweatshirt and pony ears, thanking god Rarity didn't make matching pants... 'Pretty sure Pinkie would've taken on the task to put them on me...' he thought, shaking his head. Walking over to an empty table near the hallway exit, Bolt took a seat and watched the girl walk to the center of the cafeteria and start singing.

"Hey, hey, everybody
We've got something to say
We may seem as different
As the night is from day
But you look a little deeper
And you will see
That I'm just like you
And you're just like me.
Yeah!"

Bolt listened to them sing and really enjoyed it. Every now and then he caught himself bobbing his head to the beat and enjoying the girl's voices. Near the end something caught Bolt's ear from the hall. "Take those off! I have something I need you to do." The familiar voice commanded.

Bolt decides to cut the ropes with a protractor that was in his back pocket. 'Good thing Pinkie used liquorice... Why thou- Pinkie logic... It's all Pinkie logic.' he thought as he walk into the hall. "Got anything for me to do, Boss bacon?"

Sunset huffed as she turned to face Bolt. "You've had your chance and you blew it, but don't worry..." she took a step towards him, placed a finger on his chest. "I'll make sure to teach you a lesson you won't soon forget." she said while making circles on Bolt's chest.

Bolt smirked. "Oh? Is it how to make never curling bacon? I mean, if it is. You've already failed with your hair."

Sunset didn't take offense to it, in fact she was glad he was still like that. She leaned closer to Bolt to the point their noses touched. "I'm glad you still take me as a joke, but after tonight. You'll see just how serious I am. How about I give you a taste of my resolve." she wasted no time pushing her lips into Bolt's.

Stunned at what's now happening, Bolt's brain almost shorted, but an emergency back-up kicked in, letting him push Sunset back. "That was quite enjoyable, sadly I tasted cherries not bacon."

"I see, well, prepare yourself Bolt." Sunset laughed as she walked away.

"That girl gone..." Bolt could do nothing but shake his head and walk the opposite way.

Walking down the hall, after visiting the library for a while, Bolt sees a familiar face through an open door, looking at what seems to be paperwork. It was a woman, he knew she stood at the same height as him, take a few inches. Her hair was like a clear night sky, long and flowing like Celestia's, but unlike Celestia's which was light a vibrant morning, her's was a calm night. She wore what seemed to be a high collar purple shirt with a waning crescent on the edge of the collar and dark royal blue pants. "As regal as always." Bolt smiled as he walked towards the open office. Stopping at the doorway, he sees that she didn't notice him. Knowing it's stupid to sneak up on her, also knowing the punishment could be dire, he just couldn't help himself. As quiet as possible, Bolt walked in making sure she doesn't look up, he successfully makes it to the side of her desk. 'Point of no return...' he thought as he positioned himself behind her chair. But, before he could snap into action, She raised her arm and stretched throwing him off guard.

The lady looked and noticed her door was open. "Hmm... I thought I closed or at least the students did..." but as she got up, a pair of arms wrapped around her waist from behind, picking her up off the ground. Shocked, she did her best to turn around, but to no avail. "Who dares-"

"Ha ha ha! Now that I've captured the dreaded Mistress Moon! I will be rid of her and reclaim the night for myself and get the recognition I deserve!" Bolt said, holding her in the air. "I, Sir Searing Bolt, will be your end! Ha ha!

"Bolt!" Bolt didn't know how she did it and wouldn't believe it if he wasn't the one standing there doing it, but she with ease, loosened his grip a bit and spun 180 degrees and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Bolt! It's been so long!"

"I know, I would have come to see you sooner, but there's this walk bacon strip and a pink menace I have to deal with. I missed you, Aunt Luna." Bolt placed Luna back on the ground and took a step back.

"I missed you as well Bolt." Luna said, smiling gently. She put her hand to her chin and began to scan Bolt up and down. "My, you sure have grown, never thought you would reach Tia's height." as she said that, she took notice to Bolt's expression, as it drops to a solemn one. "Still haven't forgiven her yet?" she asked, concerned.

"*sigh* I'm not trying to hold a grudge... I... I just can't face her right now is all. Give me a couple months and maybe I'll have a decent conversation with her without snapping at her." Bolt saw Luna was still concerned and decided to change the subject. "So, what were you so concentrated on when I snuck in?" Bolt walked around to the front of the desk and took a seat as she sat in her own chair.

"It seems as someone were trying to frame another new student, Twilight Sparkle." Luna explained, laying her arms on the desk.

"... Let me guess. You jumped to conclusions... Like always and gave her a punishment?" Bolt asked as Luna started flustering.

"No! There was evidence... Well composite evidence... *sigh* I almost punished the wrong person... But! It was really convincing! Look!" she pulled out a couple of pictures and placed them in front of Bolt.

Bolt picked them and took a closer look. "I can see they're fake Auntie... But I won't fault you because you're not use to composite photos. Truthfully, they're not good, but believable..." he placed them back on the table and stood up. "Well, I'll go peep the damage then."

"It's pretty bad, I may have to postpone the Fall Formal." Luna informed.

'Not good...' Bolt thought as he turned towards the door. "I see... Well, I guess I'll have to go and put in the effort and help where needed. See ya Auntie." he waved as he ran out the door.

"Bolt! No running in... Who am I kidding, like he would listen." Luna smiled as she started back on her paperwork.

Bolt was down the hall from the gym and heard singing.

"(Look...) Look how we've all come together
(Things...) Things are only just starting to get better
(Look...) Look how we've all come together
(Things...) Things are only gonna get better, better, better, better!
(We... will...) Fix it up, yeah, it's all right
(Come... tonight, tonight...) We'll get it ready by tonight
(We... will...) Mix it up, yeah, help a friend
(Come... together, together...) We'll come together in the end
(We... will...) Fix it up, yeah, it's all right
(Come... tonight, tonight...) We'll get it ready by tonight
(We... will...) Mix it up, yeah, help a friend
(Come... together, together...) We'll come together, together now!"

Bolt walked into the gym and saw a completely different scene from what he saw in the pictures. "They sure work fast. This looks awesome." he walks up to the 6 girls standing on stage. "Nice work girls." he called out from the edge of the stage.

They all look down to see Bolt standing there looking over the gym. Where have you been, huh?" Rainbow Dash asked, placing her hands on her hips.

"Library, I didn't know the gym was destroyed, until Aunt Luna told me." Bolt explained as he leaned against the stage.

"Wait, Aunt Luna?" Applejack asked.

"Yeah, Luna and... Celestia are my Aunts." Bolt clarified.

Suddenly the sound of clapping was heard from the gym's entrance. Standing clapping was Celestia and Luna, who was carrying the ballot box. "Alright, everyone! Fall Formal is back on for this evening." the students all cheered "So you'd better get out of here and start getting ready. Oh, and don't forget to cast your ballots for the Fall Formal Princess on your way out!"

A line of students was made in front of Luna to cast their vote as most reassured Twilight of their vote. "Looks like you won this hands down, huh?" Bolt said, sitting up and walking up to Luna as the last two students cast their votes. "Here you Luna, it seems I'm the last one." he placed a sheet of paper into the box.

"It would seem so. So, are you going to the Fall Formal?" Luna asked

"Not my scene. So, maybe not." Bolt answered, shrugging.

"Oh come now Bolt, it will be fun! And maybe you could grant your Aunt a dance?" Celestia chimed in, giving Bolt a hopeful look.

"I..." Bolt looks to Luna, who only nodded her head. "*sigh* Alright, I'll go. I don't see the harm in it."

As if physics were ignored, both PInkie Pie and Rarity popped up on both sides of Bolt. "You're going?! We're gonna have so much fun!" Pinkie screamed, grabbing Bolt's arm, jumping up and down.

"Yes, darling! You simply much let me choose your outfit." Rarity suggested.

"Um... It's alright. I have an old suit I can wear." Bolt said

"I think not!" Rarity placed a hand on Bolt's shoulder and looked him in the eyes. "Look, Bolt. I need a male model and there aren't many males willing to model for me."

"I call bull! All those dudes falling at your feet while I was being dragged across the school this morning! And then there's, pup bro. He falls to pieces when you're around. Face it, any male jump of this school for you if you gave the command." Bolt retorted.

"If that's so. Then why, pray tell, are you not jumping at the chance to help me?" Rarity asks as she seductively bats her eyelashes.

"100% immunity baby. My ex tried the same game in the past, I caught on and learned to brush it off. And that's all your getting out of me about my past, so give up asking now. Either way you can't make me model for you. Terra firma baby!"

Rarity backed away placing her hands on her hips. "Is that so... Pinkie, if you would be so kind as to personally escort Mr. Bolt to the Boutique. That would be grand."

"Why Pinkie?! Ah!!!" Bolt felt a crushing pressure on his right arm where Pinkie was latched to. "Pinkie!!! Release your grip woman!!!" he cried as he tried to break free.

"Okie dokie loki, Rarity! Come on Bolt, we gotta look for tonight! And Rarity is the best girl for the job." Pinkie informs Bolt as she starts dragging him out of the gym.

"This IS kidnapping you know!!!" Bolt said, struggling and looked towards Luna and Celestia. "Are you just gonna watch as one of your students kidnap another student let alone your nephew?!"

"Well... If left alone, you probably would stay home and not show." Celestia said as Luna nodded in agreement.

"I don't believe this shit!" Bolt desperately looks to the other four girls. "Y'all just gonna sit there, huh?!"

"Principal Celestia's right, you almost didn't come today if Pinkie didn't tie you up and drag you with us." Twilight said as the rest of the girl nod.

"Thanks for giving her my address by the way!" Bolt yelled as he continued to struggle for freedom from the pink juggernaut.

"Anyway, we've wasted enough time. Pinkie to the boutique!" Rarity shouted earning a salute from Pinkie.

"Noooooo!!! Damn it!!!" Bolt screamed as he was dragged away by Pinkie, with Rarity close behind.

"Will he be okay?" Luna asked concerned.

"Don't you worry none Vice-Principal Luna. We'll make sure Rarity doesn't go overboard. Let's go girls." Applejack reassured Luna as she and the rest of the girls leave the gym.

"It would seem Bolt has made some nice friends." Celestia said with a smile.

"Don't be mislead sister. I can clearly see Bolt doesn't see them as friends." Luna corrected. Celestia's smile dropped at the revelation. "But he does hold some level of trust in them, not a lot to call them friends, but enough that he will tolerate their actions like the one we just witnessed."

"Then he likes to be around them?" Celestia questioned.

"It would seem so. In his eyes, I still see remnants of distrust, but those girls may bring back the happiness he once held. Knowing him, he's unconsciously keeping them close as a sort of therapy, not wanting to be as alone as he makes out to be." Luna explained. "He's a nice boy and wouldn't purposely hurt anyone. He's even doing his best to make up with you, albeit slowly."

"I guess so... Well, that paperwork won't finish itself. Shall we?" Celestia asks.

"We shall." Luna answers as they walk out of the gym.

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In the boutique was standing on a circular podium in front of a half circle row of mirrors. "You got me here, now what?" Bolt asked in defeat.

"Oh, don't be such a prude. I just need measurements and for you to try a few things. Now take off your jacket and face the mirrors" Rarity instructed Bolt as she pulls a tape measure from her pocket.

Bolt shrugged and did as instructed. He took off his jacket and underneath he wore a solid purple shirt untucked. After tossing his jacket aside, he heard gasps and a "Wow" from Pinkie. "I wouldn't be so impressed, it's not like I'm defined or anything."

"Dude! Have you seen how buff you are? I was half expecting you to be all skin and bones, but never this! You're built like a middleweight boxer!" Dash exclaimed as she circled his body, examining it.

"Yes Rainbow, Bolt is... Quite the specimen, but I still need to measure him. I have a professional image to uphold after all." Rarity said as she pushed Rainbow Dash out the way.

"How about you wipe the drool off your lip before touching my body, Ms. professional." Bolt sarcastically suggested.

Rarity dabbed her lip only to find that she didn't drool at all. "Very funny Bolt. Now hold your arms out." Bolt did as he was asked, holding his arms out she measure his wingspan, height, waist and leg length. "You can put your arms down now darling."

Bolt did a stretch in the air before putting his arms down. In doing this action, Applejack noticed a scar on his hip, which looked as it went up to his chest and sure enough when Bolt let his arms down and small hints appeared on his neck near his shoulder. "Is that all?" Bolt asked in a bored tone.

"Not quite, I need you to take off your shirt so I can get an accurate reading on your torso." Rarity explained.

Bolt just shrugged, but before he could reach for the bottom of his shirt, Applejack called. "Rarity, how about you let me measure him and you take of the girls instead. I'm pretty sure Bolt doesn't care to be stripped in front of a bunch of girls, so I'll take him to the changing room." Applejack said giving her best covering smile.

"Oh dear, I didn't think of that. I do hope you forgive me Bolt, I guess I switched to 'business mode' unconsciously." Rarity apologized.

"It's fine, just glad Applejack caught you before I was in my boxers." Bolt joked.

Rarity giggled at the joke. "Quite. Now Applejack, do you know how to use a tape measure?"

"Yes Miss Rarity." Applejack mocked, as she takes the tape measure and leads Bolt to a dressing room.

"You saw huh?" Bolt asked as he took off his shirt.

"Have no idea what ya talkin' about." Applejack said playing innocent.

"Come off Applejack. You were more skittish than a cat in a room full of rocking chairs." Bolt said, earning a chuckle from Applejack.

"Yeah, ah did. Just figured you didn't want anyone seeing it, so I just decided to measure you myself. And plus Rarity can be persistent about matters like these and ah didn't want to strain the small level of interest of friendship you already have with us," Applejack explained as she measure his bicep.

"I see." was all Bolt could say.

"If you don't mind, can ya face me for the last measurement across your chest." Applejack asked and Bolt listened. He turned around and there she saw it, in full glory. The scar reached from his right shoulder to his hip and midway down was a stab wound. With knowing it, she was running her hand across the scar.

"As much as I like females touching me, we may have to cut this petting session short or else they start to think we're playing poke the turkey with the injector." Applejack snapped out of her trance at Bolt snide remark.

"My bad sugar cube... Ah've never seen anything like it before... Mind if I ask how ya got it?" Applejack asked as she took his final measurement.

"All I'm willing to tell you is that I was framed when this scar was made." Bolt explained.

"I see, thanks for at least telling me something new about you." Applejack smiled "Alright! All done. Let me take these to Rarity and bring back your suit." she told Bolt as she walked out of the changing room.

A couple minutes later, Rarity was outside the curtain. "Bolt darling? Here try these on. They should fit you until I make you some more clothing." Rarity says as she hands Bolt his suit.

"You plan on making me more clothes?" Bolt asked, taking the suit and laying it on the chair.

"Of course, dear, why wouldn't make clothes for my personal model. Now, put those on and come out so we can take a look at you." Rarity said as she walks away.

Bolt puts on the suit and stares at himself in the mirror. "Not bad for a last minute adjustment. It doesn't feel tight anywhere and it loose in the right areas. Hmm... But something's missing... I got it!" Bolt snaps his fingers. "Hey Rarity, got any hair gel?"

"Of course." Rarity answer as she stuck her hand through the curtain holding a small jar.

"... You've been waiting right next to the dressing room, waiting for me to ask, haven't you?" Bolt grabbed the jar.

Rarity nervously chuckled. "Of course not darling! A true lady just happens to be ready is all."

Bolt sighed and applied the gel and swept his hair back into a sleek finish. Grabbing a comb out of his street pant's pocket, he combs it flat so that no strand was sticking out. Happy with the results, he called out to the girls. "Are y'all dressed? I don't need unnecessary labels on my name."

"Yes, we're dressed Bolt. You can come out." Twilight informed.

Bolt walked out from behind the curtain straightening his tie. He wore a plain black suit, a purple tie and shiny leather shoes. When he looked up, he wasn't prepared for the beauty he would see and neither were the girl for that matter. "Woah... You girls look amazing."

Rainbow Dash walked up to him and tapped her fist on his chest. "Not so bad yourself, big guy!"

"Rainbow Dash is right, dear. You really cleaned up. Then again, you didn't look all that bad in your street clothes either." Rarity said as she gave him a once over.

"Thanks. Anyway, let's go or the bacon tyrant may pull a fast one." Bolt walked pass the girls and to the door and held it open. "Well ladies, shall we?" he said as he bowed.

Everyone was in the gym, having fun and dancing. Bolt was sitting at an empty table, enjoying the music and joyful noises coming from the other students. "This isn't so bad once in a while. At least that chump can play." After Flash and his band stop playing, Celestia walked onto center stage.

"First off, I wanna say how wonderful everything looks tonight. You all did a magnificent job pulling things together after the unfortunate events of earlier." Celestia praised the students.

Bolt listened to her until Luna walked on stage. He got up and walk towards the exit. "I don't need to be here for this part. Pretty clear who is gonna win."

Bolt walked out of the restroom drying his hands on a paper towel, then shoots it in the nearest trashcan. "Kobe!" it went in, dead center. "Wow... That was lucky. Damn sure won't be making that type of shot again." Bolt walked around the school, taking in the mystery of the dark halls. "Don't like being in schools after dark, but I do like the atmosphere." he walked and walked through the halls until he reached the foyer. He reached in his pocket and pulled out one of the suckers he swiped off of Pinkie or more likely put in his point of interest. "Pinkie insight? Hmm... Whatever it is, she's a lot smarter than she lets on. I originally wanted a straw to chew on..." but before he could unwrap, it he felt a rush of anxiety washed over him. "What?! My scar is itching like like a crackhead! What's happ-" he cut off when he looked towards the door to see Twilight's crown sailing through the air. Wasting no time Bolt rushed out the front door only to see Sunset catch the crown.

"At last! More power than I could ever imagine!" Sunset exclaimed.

Bolt ran full tilt as she reached to put the crown on her. He didn't know why, but it was bad, really bad if she put it on. He felt it, he couldn't explain how, but he did. That crown was meant for only one: Princess Twilight Sparkle. "YOU STUPID STRIP BACON!!! DON- AH!!!" Bolt was almost there, but before he could reach her it was too late, Bolt was blasted back by the shock wave into the doors, cracking the glass. "That idiot went and done it." he didn't like what he was seeing. She was transforming and the whole process looked painful. After a final flash of light it was done. Whatever she became set Bolt on high alert. After ascertaining her new look she shot her two cronies transforming them as well. Bolt was Angry for some reason he couldn't explain it, but there was a fury like non-other in his eyes. He didn't even notice the other student coming out of the school behind him. "YOU DUMBASS SLICE OF SWINE!!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?!" Bolt yelled gaining everyone's attention.

Bolt stormed down the stairs towards Sunset. "Bolt! Stay back! She dangerous!" Twilight cried out, hoping to stop Bolts advance.

"BE QUIET PRINCESS!" Bolt yelled effectively silencing Twilight.

Twilight's seen that look before. A look only 'her' Searing Bolt would give. He was severely upset and interrupting could be fatal.

Applejack tried to rush to his side, but was stopped by Pinkie PIe. "Pinkie?! What are you doing we gotta-" she was cut off by Pinkie shaking her head.

"He's really angry right now... And I'm sure that if anyone gets in his way he will forcibly remove them. It would tear him apart if he were to hurt us." Pinkie explained. Applejack could see he was angry and to be honest, he was ten times more frightening than Sunset at the moment. Trusting Pinkie's judgement, she held stayed back and watched with the other girl.

Sunset look towards Bolt and a smile grew on her face. "Bolt~ Did you enjoy the show?"

Bolt took a deep breath, then exhaled. "*sigh* Look at what you have done to yourself. You're overcooked! I guess we'll give you to the dog..."

Everyone, including Sunset was taken aback by Bolt's 180 in attitude. He was just mere seconds away from tearing her a new one just to switch back to his bacon jokes. "You are still seeing me as a joke! I-" Sunset was cut off by screaming students at the main entrance. She flew pass Bolt and to the doors of the school. "I've had to jump through so many hoops tonight just to get my hands on this crown, and it really should have been mine all along. But let's let bygones be bygones. I am your princess now, and you will be loyal... To me!"

Sunset flew into the school. "Oh? So you're too crispy, to acknowledge me huh? Typical overcooked bacon." Bolt saw a flash of light and then saw students looking like something out of an old zombie flick. "That's not good." Bolt muttered to himself as Twilight ran passed him to stand in front of Sunset.

"Spoiler alert: I was bluffing when I said I was going to destroy the portal. I don't want to rule this pathetic little high school; I want Equestria! And with my own little teenage army behind me, I am going to get it!" Sunset declared.

"No, you're not!" Twilight shouted, determined.

Sunset could only laugh. "Oh, please! What exactly do you think you're going to do to stop me? I have magic, and you have nothing!"

"That's where you're wrong bacon bit. She has friends." Bolt walked out in front of Twilight while the other girls surround Twilight. "They're probably the best friends she could ask for."

"So, what?! You deny me and become their friend instead?!" Sunset shouted, feeling a little hurt.

Bolt could only look back at them. They all smiled at the prospect of him finally calling them friends, but that hope was dashed. "They are not my friends... It's still a long way for that and the same can be said of you too. I can't be a friend if I can't trust those I must... But... I can't stand by and watch any of you suffer either. *sigh* Stop this bacon bit... This plan of yours is doomed to-" Bolt couldn't finish. He was blasted back into the statue, knocking the wind out of his lungs.

"Be quiet! You have been a pain in my side the moment you bumped into me! But you did make one thing clear... You're not my Searing Bolt, therefore I don't need you! BEGONE!!!" Sunset fired a massive ball of magic towards Bolt.

"Awww, fuck nuggets!" Bolt could only stare at the ball of pain, spiraling his way.

"BOLT!!!" was the last thing Bolt heard as the girls circled around him in an attempt to protect him from the blast.

Sunset sat there floating and laughed, tears were streaming down her face, but all she did was laugh. "It hurts, why does it hurt?"

"Because you kept looking at the other Bolt!" a figure came out of the smoke, straight at Sunset. "AND NOT ME!!!" Bolt punched her in the same spot he did days before in the cafeteria, causing her to fall to the ground.

"How?!" Sunset asked as she tried to get up, but was pinned by Bolt.

The smoke where Bolt came from cleared, showing Twilight and her friend glowing and holding their heads. "Did you really have to hit us too? I mean, how did you get past Fluttershy cute barrier to hit her anyway?" Rainbow Dash cried.

"Because you all did something stupid! What if you'd gotten hurt?! Morons! That means you too Fluttershy!" Bolt yelled earning an 'Eep' in response.

Twilight stepped forward. "To answer your question Sunset. The magic contained in my Element was able to unite with those that helped create it!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah!!! Can the life lesson and magic up, transmute, roll out, Henshin!!! Do something! This magic is giving me a severe case of 'Fuck this shit!' Now hurry!!!" Bolt yelled straining from the negative energy washing off of Sunset.

"Why? Why are you doing this?! Don't get in my way!" Sunset struggled, but Bolt had pinned her wrist over her head, watching Twilight and the girls transform.

"That crown... It's destroying you, I feel it. You weren't worthy of it... No, you aren't now. You lost your worth somewhere down the path... Probably half-ass teaching seeing as I know who taught you, but just as I'm not 'him', she's not 'her'. It's not just her fault though. The way you talk is as everything you want, you should get, when you want it. Sorry bacon princess, the world doesn't work like that. It's cruel, dark, unfair, and generally unpleasant." Bolt turns to look Sunset in the eyes. "But this world, your world, hell any world, has something that makes it just tolerable to live in. Twilight has her friends, my Aunts have each other and me, my brother has his wife and vice versa."

"What about you?" Sunset asked with genuine interest.

"Don't know... I stopped looking. The only reason I haven't up and disappeared is because I would make my family sad and Celestia would probably blame herself." Bolt explains as he looked toward the school.

"Why?"

"Because she's my Aunt... That's all I'm willing to tell you at the moment." Bolt clarified.

"You didn't answer me earlier. Why? Why are you getting in my way?! It doesn't concern you!" Sunset screamed.

"You're right, you are absolutely right. It has nothing to do with me, but I couldn't leave you alone. I saw the real you in the janitor's closet. That lonely girl crying for a friend, only to revert to her mask when he denies her." Bolt turned from the sky and looked back into her eyes. "You are a beautiful girl bacon bit... Well, not now, in your quest for power you became something indescribable. You lost that nose I found cute, the eyes that I would compare to a clear sunny day and you lost something I was hoping to see at least once, your smile. Take it from me, you were without a doubt beautiful, Sunset Shimmer."

Sunset was stunned. 'I'm beautiful?!' she thought before another one hit her. 'He called me by my name, he never called me by name for the days he's been here...' She looked into Bolt eyes and seen her reflection. 'What have I done to myself... This isn't what I wanted, is it?'

Bolt could feel the negativity fading out of Sunset and turned to Twilight and the others. "Whatever you girls are doing, now is the time to do it!"

"But Bolt, you need to move! I don't know what this could do to you." Twilight warned.

"I don't remember turning evil so don't worry! I'm insurance in case of relapse, Now hurry!" Bolt yelled.

"But!" Twilight yelled, still uncertain.

"My god Twilight! If y'all don't shoot that damn beam of god-knows-what, I will personally go to your world, read every new book that is shipped to that tree fort of yours and spoil every single ending every time you get to the last chapter!!! NOW SHOOT THE DAMN BE-" Bolt was cut off when he and Sunset was surrounded by a rainbow light.

"What' happening?!" Sunset screamed

Bolt was shot out of the rainbow vortex into a nearby tree. "Note: Blasphemous to talk about spoiling books in front of this Twilight as well..." Bolt mentally notes as he jumped from the tree. Just as he was about to walk over to everyone else, he looks to the west of the school and his anxiety kick in again but only for a brief moment. "Oh no... What now?" shaking it off, he walked back to the statue. He saw everybody from the school surrounding a huge crater in the ground and in the center crying was Sunset Shimmer. Wasting no time he slid down the edge.

" I bet they can teach- Bolt! You're ok-" Twilight was silenced when Bolt held up his hand.

Bolt walked up to Sunset and held out his hand to her. She nervously took it, then helped her up. He placed both hands on her shoulders and touched his forehead to hers. Everyone, especially Sunset blushed at this action, Bolt then leaned his head back, took a deep breath then screamed. "MORON!!!!!!" Then slammed his forehead into Sunset's as hard as he could.

"OW!!! What was that for?!" Sunset yelled as she fell to the ground holding her head.

Bolt raised an eyebrow. "You're seriously asking that?" he knelt in front of her and poked her head. "What? Thought I was gonna kiss you? Get real, if I can't trust people enough to be friends, what hope is there for a girlfriend. Don't get me wrong, I still think you're beautiful, but I also think Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Twilight are too. And Sorry, but Fluttershy's in a whole new category." Bolt heard a thud as he looks up to see Fluttershy disappeared, followed by an "Oh my." He shook his head and turned back to Sunset. "I touched foreheads to size you up, if you had Rarity's forehead, I wouldn't have needed to."

"Why I Never!" Rarity shouted.

"Love you too, princess." Bolt retorted. "Anyway, this is how the situation is... Fuck it, I'll let Twilight deal with I've had it with this whole day..." he ran up the edge of the crater and climbed the rest of the way out then turned around and knelt on the edge and held his hand out for Sunset. All she did was stare at his hand. "I mean, if you like that hole, you free to stay." he started slowly inching his hand away until she grabbed it and climbed out with his assistance. "Anyway, blah blah blah words... I'm going back to the gym." with that Bolt walk off.

Bolt walked over to the area he was sitting in and instead of sitting back in his chair, he leaned against the wall and slid down and sat on the floor. He raised his hands and took a look at them. His left hand was slightly scuffed but nothing serious, but his right hand's knuckles were still red from when he hit Sunset in her demon form. "That was smart..." he then took a look at his suit and noticed that there was nothing wrong other than a small scuff on the sleeve. "I don't know what space-age material she uses, but I'm lucky she wants to make more clothes for me." after his self inspection, he felt his eyes getting heavy after a couple of seconds he was out.

*Flash* Bolt hears music and a shutter constantly going off. 'What's going... Nevermind, they probably started back up the Fall Formal. Oh well, I've slept through worse.' another flash goes off behind Bolt's eyelids. 'Another flash. Wait is someone taking pictures of me?!' slowly, Bolt opens his eyes only a crack, to see a girl name Photo Finish, if he remembers correctly, was standing in front of him with a camera.

He was about to open his eyes and ask what she was doing until she yelled. "Now let's create. The magicks!"

After hearing her say that, six more voices made themselves known. "Magicks!"

At that moment the flash went off before Bolt could close his eyes and was blinded by the light. "Damnit!!! My eyes!"

"Bolt! You're awake!" Twilight said shocked.

"Of course I would wake to a bunch of flashes to the face." Bolt responded. As his vision returned he noticed Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Twilight and Rarity, holding Spike, standing over him. Noticing extra weight on his body, he looks down to see Pinkie Pie in his lap and Fluttershy on his left arm. "What are you girls doing anyway?"

"We wanted to take a picture with you, but throughout the whole event we couldn't find you. But near the end, when everyone was heading home, we heard snoring and sure enough here you were leaning against the wall, sleep. We tried waking you, but you didn't budge. So~, I came up with the idea to take pictures with your sleeping form!"

"Anyway, Imma take a guess and say you wanted me to wake up to see Twilight off?" Bolt asked as Pinkie and Fluttershy stood.

"Yes, I mean, if you don't mind." Fluttershy answered

"Uh... Sure, go ahead. I need to catch up with myself after that nap... And other things that happened tonight." with a nod, they all left Bolt alone in the gym.

Bolt stretched as he walked into the foyer. Looking out where the doors use to be, he sees Twilight and company in a group hug, but before he could walk out he sees Sunset hiding behind the wrecked foyer entrance. His devilish side kicked into overdrive. Sneaking up behind her, Bolt ready his hands to pick Sunset up by her waist. "I think I'm hungry for some..." he whispered as his hands were inches away from her waist, then quickly and with no warning, he snatched her clean in the air. "BACON!!!!!!"

"EEEEAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!" Sunset Screamed at the top of her lungs.

Bolt placed her back on her feet, then fell to the ground, laughing. "Haahahahha!!! 'Eeaahh'? What are you, a looney toon? Hahahahaha!!!!"

Sunset was blushing heavily as Bolt laughed at her. "Why did you do that Bolt?! That wasn't funny!"

"I disagree, it depends on the side getting spooked... Then again, if you catch me good enough, I'll laugh with you." Bolt told Sunset as he wiped a tear from his eye. After calming himself, Bolt got off the ground and stood by Sunset. "You got a lot of damage control to deal with. You ready?"

Sunset looked down. "*sigh* Not really... I did so many things to the students of this school. I'm sure they don't want to listen to anything I have to say..."

Bolt walked to the stairs and sat on the top landing. He pats the space beside him, signaling Sunset to sit beside him. She took the offer and sat right next to him. "Someone once said that 'If you speak loud enough, someone is bound to listen.' Or something like that." Bolt shrugs. "Either way, try using words and actions. And make sure both speak loud." Just as Bolt finished talking, Twilight and the rest of the girls walk up to him and Sunset. "About that time, huh?"

"Yeah... Bolt, I just want to say thank you!" Bolt raised an eyebrow at Twilight's gratitude. "You helped me, even though you didn't want to be involved and really appreciate that. I know you don't think of as friends... But I will see you as one and I know the other girls will as well." Twilight leans over to hug Bolt.

Bolt was a little shocked by the contact but not bothered by it. After a little while Twilight let go and backed away from the stairs. "*sigh* Even in the end... Do what you want, it ain't no skin off my nose. Anyway, don't waste too much time here, you need to get back to your own family and friends of that world." Bolt griped. With a nod Twilight walked back to the portal. "Pup bro!" Spike, who was already at the statue when Twilight reached it, stared back at Bolt. "I need you to extend your care of that social banana. Can I count on you?"

"You bet!" Spike shouted before jumping through the portal.

"And Twilight!" Bolt called out. Twilight just turned and looked at Bolt. "Tell that idiot side of me that: If I see him, I'm going straight for his jaw for not checking in on bacon bit here like he should have before she turned into psycho bacon! ... See ya around, Princess Twilight Sparkle." Twilight just smiled and wave as she walked through the portal.

"I see, so Twilight Sparkle has left already." Everyone except for Bolt turned to the voice that came out of nowhere to see it Vice-Principal Luna.

"Yep, and I think it's time we all start heading home." Bolt stood and stretched as the other girls nodded in agreement, except Sunset and Bolt noticed. "This is going where I think it is, isn't it?"

"I kinda banked on my plan succeeding and... Well, the foster home won't be too happy to see me." Sunset said in embarrassment.

Bolt groaned. "Weren't you taught to never count your chickens before they hatch? ...I guess you can stay with me. I got plenty of room,"

"I don't think it's a good idea for a Young man and woman, to be living under the same roof alone, Bolt." Luna voiced her concern on his offer.

"No trust Auntie? I'm hurt." Bolt feigned heartbreak.

"It's not you I don't trust" Luna said as she looked to Sunset, who cowered at her gaze and held her upper arm.

"Eh. She's a pussycat. The worst that could happen is that she trips and kisses me. Anyway, Iets be on our way Bacon bit." Bolt walked away as he called out to Sunset, who started to follow behind him. A bit away from the school, Bolt noticed that there was much more chatter behind him for just one person. He stops and turns around to see Pinkie Pie and the other four girls talking to Sunset. "Where the hell are you five going? None of your houses are in this direction..." he asked as Pinkie skipped up to him and latched on his arm

"To your house for the slumber party silly!" Pinkie exclaimed, then kissed Bolt on the cheek.

He wanted to. Oh! How he wanted to tell her no, but knew it would just bite him in the ass instead. Sighing, he turned around with Pinkie still latched to his arm and continued home... "Never a break in sight, huh?"

Pinkie just smiled and laid her head on his shoulder. "Nope."

Chapter 5

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"Bolt! Wake up! We have to go to school!" Sunset said, shaking Bolt.

"You go, I'll stay and cover the rear, from my bed." Bolt mumbled as he turned over.

Sunset could only sigh at Bolt's laziness. Deciding to go get a bucket, Bolt's phone rang. She picked it up, noticing the name on the screen, she answered. "Hey, Pinkie!" Bolt's awareness spiked at the mention of the pink menace. ".... No, he's not awake yet...... Yeah, he was supposed to drive today..... I know! He's impossible to wake in the mornings..... Oh? You're outside? ...... I don't know if he would like frosting splashing on his face, Pinkie.... You're gonna do, what?! I don't think Bolt-"

"The hell are you waiting for Bacon bit? We're gonna be late!" Bolt yelled from the doorway.

Sunset looked up to see Bolt already dress. Unlike six months ago, Bolt dressed in lighter clothes. He now wore black cargo shorts that extended just past his knees with blue draw strings hanging down, an ash blue shirt and a faded black light jean jacket with the same cog and rune on the right breast pocket and bigger print on the back. Sunset just shook her head as he ran down the stairs. "We're on the way down pinkie." She told Pinkie and hung up the phone.

Downstairs, Bolt scrambled to the front door, hoping to stop the pink terrorist from ruining his day with frosting, only to get outside to see her in the driver's seat of his car. "MORNING BOLT!!!" Pinkie shouted as she waved wildly out his car's window.

Bolt just pinched the bridge of his nose. "It's too early for this..." Bolt groaned as Sunset walks out the door locking it behind her.

"How did she get in the car?" Sunset asked

"She does have a house key..." Bolt clarified.

"But... I didn't hear her enter the house over the phone..." Sunset stated.

"Well... Now you just gotta solve for Pinkie and you'll get your answer... If your head doesn't explode first." Bolt finished as they walk towards the car.

In the foyer of the school, students arrived carrying instruments, sound equipment, banners, posters and all that is needed for the musical showcase coming up. "Well, I gotta go check in with the dictators of the school." Bolt griped, as he, Sunset and Pinkie walk through the halls.

"Come on, Bolt. It's not that bad." Sunset quips.

Bolt snorts. "Not for you. You don't have two aunts breathing down your neck to perform in the musical showcase... I was just gonna sleep the days leading up to it away too... *sigh* But not all of a sudden I got to perform for their amusement."

All three of them stop at an intersecting hallway. "Don't worry Bolt. It'll be fun! You could even do a colab with The Rainbooms! Oh! I gotta run this by Dashie! Later Bolt!" PInkie shouted as she dashed down the hall.

"You know she might be onto something. Anyway, it'll work out, I promise." Sunset reassures as she grabs his and kisses his cheek.

"I wonder if you girls know friends don't kiss other friends... You girls have been getting really bold as of late..." Bolt informs Sunset as she takes a step back. Over the past three months, the girls have been getting a little... Handsy. Bolt dismissed it as that's just how they are, until Sunset, Pinkie and another female student Tree Hugger have been getting... Bolder. He met Tree Hugger when he fell asleep in the courtyard under a... Tree. 'Go figure...' Bolt thought. She took it upon herself to be a pillow.

Flashback: 3 Months ago.

Bolt was sleeping under a tree, having a good day. The girls were busy helping Sunset redeem herself and Celestia and Luna were busy with school business, so the whole day no one bothered Bolt for anything. After some time, he started to stir, feeling something change within his surrounds. It wasn't a bad change, but it was... Different. Opening his eyes, he was greeted by a smooth abdomen. "That's not right..." Bolt turns his head a little to see an unfamiliar face staring at him smiling. "Umm... Can I ask what's going on here?"

"Oh! It's good to see you're awake. I hope you had a nice nap, you looked like you did." the girl lazily spoke.

"O~kay. Now, tell me why I'm on your lap?" Bolt asked

"Well~, You looked so comfortable and you were releasing such a good vibe, that I just, like, wanted to get in on it." the girl explained.

"Right then..." Bolt sat up and got a good look at her. She had thick, pale red dreads with light vermillion highlights and her eyes were a pale purple. She wore a white crop top, fairly worn, faded green jeans with flower patterns stitched on them and brown sandals. Bolt was about to go into the joys of personal space, but her smile defused it before he could voice his displeasure. "Alright, I guess introductions are in order... " Bolt stood to his feet and stretched out. Looking down at the girl, he held out his hand to help her up and she gladly accepts. "My name is Searing Bolt."

"I'm called Tree Hugger." Bolt held out his hand for a handshake, but Tree Hugger leaned in forward and hugged him instead. "No need for barriers." Tree Hugger said as she pulled him closer. "Wow, you really have nice energy! But I do feel some darkness, but it's like your positive energy like, completely overpowers it, ya know?"

Bolt pushed her away gently. "No, can't say I did. I guess it's nice to know, thanks." Bolt smoothed out his shirt and looked at his watch. "Oh! Time for the head back." he looked towards Tree Hugger who tilted her head. "You wanna walk back together? We can talk on the way back."

"Oh! That would be like, most wondrous!" Tree Hugger said, grabbing Bolt's hand as they walked back to the school.

Flashback end

"Well~, we're not ordinary friends, now are we? Anyway, me and the girls will be in the gym setting up for the showcase. Come by and help out when you can." with that said Sunset walked down the hall.

Bolt watched Sunset walk away and it was a walk she did only when she knew he watching. "*sigh* She just does what she wants doesn't she? They all do... I need to be careful... And lock my door at night." He walked down the hall until he reached Celestia's office. The door was already open, inside, he saw both Celestia and Luna standing behind her desk, looking over some papers. "Hey..." he called out, catching their attention.

Both Celestia and Luna look up to see Bolt standing in the doorway. "Bolt! Good morning!" Celestia excitedly greeted him.

"It's nice to see you decide to come, even though you have no classes thanks to the showcase coming up" Luna quipped.

"Almost didn't until the pink terrorist showed up on my doorstep making plans dealing with frosting... So, what did you two need from me this fine morning?" Bolt asked as walk further in.

"Well... We would like you to help Miss Shimmer, show three new students around later today." Celestia informed.

Bolt just stood there blinking for a couple of seconds. "N-"

Before he could refuse Luna interrupted. "Sorry Bolt, you can't refuse. You need more volunteer points in the school. Thanks to Fluttershy you have plenty outside points, so helping the school comes next." She explained

"...... Dammit... What time do they arrive?" Bolt growled out, folding his arms.

"In an hour. I will inform you and Miss Shimmer over the intercom when they arrive." Celestia told Bolt as he turned around and began walking out the door. She hesitated a bit, but then called out to Bolt. "Have a good day Bolt!"

Bolt stopped and turned his head a bit, then faced forward. "Yeah... Thanks, you too." he finished as he walked away.

"I see he's engaging with you a lot more." Luna stated

Celestia smiled. "In baby steps, but yes, he has started to be more involved with our greetings and conversations." she answered as they both continued what they were doing.

Bolt walked down the hall leading to the gym. 'Might as well help out, got shit else to do...' Bolt thought. He saw the door was wide open and saw Sunset walking toward the other girls who stationed themselves by the entrance.

"*sigh* I had no idea the whole school would be here." Sunset groaned.

Bolt walked up behind Fluttershy. "Kinda obvious ain't it? No classed but school attendance is still necessary. This was the logical choice... That and just about everyone is participating."

Everyone turned to the new voice and seen Bolt standing behind Fluttershy, who turned around herself. "Hey Bolt!" the girls greeted in unison.

Bolt cringed back a little. "Don't do that... It's creepy."

"Yes, Bolt." The girls responded in unison.

"Keep it up..." Bolt said, placing his hands near Fluttershy waist. "And the soft one gets it."

"Bolt, no!" the girls pleaded in unison.

"Sorry Fluttershy... I wish it didn't come to this." Bolt placed his hand on Fluttershy's waist earning an 'Eep' from his touch, then started tickling her.

"Hahahahahahaha!!! B-b-bo-Bolt! Please! Hahahahaha!!!!!" Fluttershy begged.

Bolt stopped, knowing Fluttershy couldn't take much more. After her tickle session, she started feeling a little faint. Bolt caught her under her arm when she started swaying backwards. "Didn't think I'd make you that light headed. Sorry Shy." she didn't answer, just responded by wrapping his arms around her neck. Bolt started thinking, looking at Fluttershy and the rest of the girls. 'Just five months ago, they were nosy busybodies that wouldn't leave me alone. Four months ago, I just accepted that they weren't gonna leave me be and just let them do as they pleased... Which lead to unnecessary contact: Hugs, hand holding, leaning against me, and involuntary leg rest... I blame Sunset for that one. The thing is, I use to either move, stop or tell them to cut it out. After a while though, I just said fuck it and once again let them do as they pleased. Three months ago is what lead to the "Personal zone invasion" and this started after I made friends with...' Bolt stopped in his realization... 'When did I start thinking of people as friends? No, I started thinking that way four months ago... Everyone has been super cool and respected my boundaries... Well, except for seven of them. But, they did respect my wishes to not talk about my past and I guess that's all I needed.' Bolt sighed, causing Fluttershy to look up at him in worry. He caught on to the worried look and gave her a reassuring smile. She smiled back and returned her focus to the conversation between the other girls. 'Thing is I can see that they're my friends, I can feel that they are and I know they are... Why can't I say they are? Do I still not trust them enough or am I keeping my defenses up?' Bolt was snapped out of his self-evaluation when Celestia and Luna walked in beside him.

"Good afternoon, students. I just wanted to tell you all how pleased I am that so many of you are going to participate in the first ever Canterlot High School Musical Showcase!" Celestia announced, Gaining cheers from the students. "This is a wonderful opportunity to raise money for all our after-school programs here at CHS. So keep working on those signs and posters. I think it's going to be one of the most exciting events we've had at CHS since the Fall Formal."

Upon saying that all the students present turn to Sunset. Sunset, shrinking under the stairs, Walked up to Bolt and Fluttershy, turned them to where they were facing the crowd and hid under Bolt's jacket. "H-h-hey!" Bolt softly shouted, but dropped it after hearing Sunset groan in defeat.

A little later the girls and Bolt relocated to one of the music rooms. "Ugh! I am never gonna live that down." Sunset said dejected.

"You were pretty bad at the Fall Formal..." Fluttershy reminded Sunset while walking up the stairs past Bolt, to get her tambourine.

"A demon. I turned into a raging, she-demon." Sunset corrected.

Bolt looked up from his notebook. "Correction. You turned a raging overcooked slice of swine." Bolt also corrected, earning a mild glare from Fluttershy, causing him to look back to his writing.

"Let's not forget the teenage zombie army" Pinkie chirped in.

Bolt snorted. "More like teenage meat shields. If what you shot me with was any indication on how much magic power is used over in Equestria? You wouldn't have got past the portal." He informed.

"Oh, darling, it's in the past now. And anyway, you have us, and we've forgiven you for your past... *ahem*... booboos." Rarity reassured Sunset.

"Either way, take it like this: Your actions cause the school to unite and help each other... Although, Spark plug did most of the work along with the other girls." Bolt explained.

"He's right, I'd say the whole experience brought everyone at Canterlot High closer than ever before!" Applejack agreed.

Pinkie rose her drumsticks in the air and start tapping them together. "1, 2, 3!"

There was a time we were apart
But that's behind us now
See how we've made a brand new start
And the future's lookin' up, ah-oh, ah-oh
And when you walk these halls
You feel it everywhere
Yeah, we're the Wondercolts forever, ah-oh, yeah!

This is when something that's been going on for a while happened, they started transform into the forms they took against Sunset at the Fall Formal. Bolt nor Sunset could explain why it happened just some general Ideas why, but it didn't seem to hurt anyone or mess with this world's dynamics and was just dismissed as a supernatural phenomenon.

We are all together
(Ah, ah, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Now it's better than ever
(Ah, ah, oh-oh-oh-oh)
You can feel it, we are back (You... can... feel... it...)
And I'm so glad that we're better
Better than ever
Whoa-oh, oh-whoa-oh
Oh yeah, we're better than ever
Whoa-oh, oh-whoa-oh
[Rainbow Dash]
There was a time we couldn't see
Past the differences
[Applejack]
That separated you and me
And it left us on our own
[Pinkie Pie]
But now you walk these halls
And friends are everywhere
[The Rainbooms]
Yeah, we're the Wondercolts forever, ah-oh, yeah!
We are all together
(Ah, ah, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Now it's better than ever
(Ah, ah, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Now that we are back on track (Now... that... we... are...)
Yes, I'm so glad that we're better
Better than ever
Whoa-oh, oh-whoa-oh
Oh yeah, we're better than ever
Whoa-oh, oh-whoa-oh
Oh yeah, we're better than ever
Whoa-oh, oh-whoa-oh
Oh yeah, we're better than ever!

Both Sunset and Bolt start clapping at the end of the song and the girls lost their ears and pony tails? Extension? 'What kind of magic powers gives you hair extensions?' Bolt could help but think.

"I still can't believe that happens when we play! Ooh! I've got to look into some new accessories! Something that looks good in a longer ponytail. Ooh! Maybe some clip-on earrings for when I get those adorable pony ears." Rarity said excitedly.

Bolt peeked up from his notebook and looked at Rarity. "Calm yourself..." Rarity just stuck her tongue out at him.

"I just wonder why it happens. Princess Twilight took her crown back to Equestria. Shouldn't that mean she took all the magic back with her?" Applejack inquired.

" Who cares why it happens? It makes my band totally awesome!" Rainbow Dash shouted.

"I'll have to agree with Dash on this... Not the band part, she knows better... But the magic part. As long you girls aren't getting hurt by it, I can't say I too much care." Bolt answered never looking from his notebook. Bolt looked up to see the girls staring at him with smiles on their faces. "The hell y'all looking at?" he asked as someone knocked on the room's door. "Come in before something bad happens to me!"

The opened and Flash Sentry walked in. "Uh, heard you outside. You guys are sounding really tight." Flash complimented.

"Sounding tight?" Bolt questioned under his breath, earning a light elbow from Fluttershy who sat next to him.

"Uh, we're getting there. Rarity's still coming in a little late on the second verse, and Applejack's-" Dash was about to continue until Bolt flicked a small piece of eraser at her forehead effectively stopping her. She gave Bolt a dirty look, then he mouthed 'Restrict yourself...' and returned back to his notebook.

"Uh, I don't suppose any of our friends from, uh... Out of town might come? Uh, it being a special charity event and all." Flash asked as a pencil flew and hit his forehead. "Ow!"

Everyone looked at Bolt, who just stared at Flash. "What have I told you about that desperation! Ya mountebank." Bolt asked in a Scottish accent. Sunset caught on to what he said and Bolt felt her interjection coming. "I know what the meaning is, I just wanted to call him that. Cut me some slack!" he explained, stopping Sunset's correction.

"Oh, yeah. Okay. I just, you know, thought I'd ask. Uh, k-keep on rockin' it." Flash said nervously as he walked back out the room.

Bolt shook his head. "That boy all types of awkward..."

The door reopened and Flash stuck his head in. "Hey, uh Bolt?" Flash looked towards Bolt, to see him holding one of Pinkie's drumsticks, ready to throw it. "Wait!!! It's not that I swear!" Bolt held his arm up for a while then lowered it. Flash lets out a breath of relief. "I just wanted to know if you were down to hang tonight?"

"Hell no! After 'someone' went hog wild in my car, The coils, wires and sparks are shot. It needs a complete tune up." Bolt explained

"My bad... Hey, I can help out by buying you some wires and spark plugs!" Flash offered.

Bolt waved in dismissal. "Nah, I got it. I'll have everything done after the showcase."

"Oh... Another time then." Flash said, then closed the door.

"Didn't know you two were close." Sunset asked.

"We're not, I just hung out once." Bolt shrugged. "I guess I impressed them. What? Don't want me hanging with your ex?" Bolt asked, smirking.

"Please! Flash is a great guy and all, but I never really liked-him liked him. I was just using him to become more popular. Ugh! The old me really was just awful, wasn't she?" Sunset remembered.

"Mmm-hmm." Both Applejack and Dash agree.

"Uhh..." Fluttershy hesitated.

"Yep" Pinkie answered.

"Awful? You my dear, were a fatal bitch." Bolt said.

Sunset walked over and sits next to Bolt and shoves him with her shoulder then leans into him. "Thanks for being subtle, Bolt."

"Will Sunset Shimmer and Searing Bolt, please report to the main foyer." Luna announces over the P.A. system.

"Gotta run. I volunteered to show some new students around the school. Thought it'd be good for them to get to know the new me before they heard all the stuff about the old me." Sunset grabbed Bolt's sleeve and pulled him up and out the door.

"So... Your lack of surprise leads me to believe you were the one to suggest to my aunts about this whole me being a tour guide thing?" Bolt asked.

"Come on, It won't be so bad." Sunset reassured Bolt as they reached the foyer, once there they both spot three girls standing in the door. "Hi. Are you the girls we're supposed to show around?"

"We are." The girl in the center of the three answered. Bolt did a quick scan of all three girls. The girl on the right had arctic blue hair with darker blue streaks done up in a ponytail. She wore a purple jacket with the sleeves rolled up, on her wrists a pink studded bracelet, a pink skirt and pink...

'Not them boots again... Where do you even buy those?' Bolt thought as he shook his head lightly and look to the girl on the left. She had purple hair with teal streaks done up in pigtails. She wore a teal cropped jacket with the sleeves ripped off and a white tank underneath, she wore three bands going up both of her forearms, purple pants and purple boots. The last girl in the middle, she stood out intentionally. Her hair was puffy, the color was orange with gold streaks done up in a puffy ponytail held with a black studded band. She wore a light purple cropped jacket, a deep purple one piece... 'What would you even that? A jumpsuit? Argh, whatever.' Bolt thought as he continued his observation. She also wore light purple leggings with small purple triangles, light purple gloves and deep purple boots. Bolt had to admit, they were really attractive. As that thought floated around Bolt's mind, he looked up at the center girl's neck and noticed something. 'They all have the same gem necklace...' At that thought, Bolt felt the anxiety he felt after getting launched into the tree during the Sunset Shimmer conclusion pop back up. "Oh boy..."

"Is something the matter?" The center girl asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Nope, just gotta lot to cover. Isn't that right Bacon bit?" Bolt turned to Sunset and asked.

"It's not that much Bolt, but we should go ahead and get started." Sunset stated and started to walk down the nearest hall with Bolt and the new girls close behind. "Canterlot High is a great school. You're really gonna love it."

"Oh, yes, we really sense there's something... Magical about this place." the center girl said suspiciously.

'... Well, at least there was a 6 month break before something stupid happened.' Was Bolt's final thought throughout the rest of the tour.

Chapter 6

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Hey Bolt!" Vinyl greeted.

"Oh? She speaks?" Bolt teased.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ah, ah-ah, ah-ahh

[Adagio Dazzle]
We heard you want to get together

We heard you want to rock this school

We've thought of something that is better

Something that changes all the rules

Why pretend we're all the same

When some of us shine brighter?

[Aria Blaze and Sonata Dusk]
Shine brighter

[Adagio Dazzle]
Here's a chance to find your flame

Are you a loser or a fighter?

[The Dazzlings]
Me and you, you and me

Why don't we see who is better?

We don't have to be one and the same thing

Oh, what's so wrong with a little competition?

Are you afraid of failing the audition?

[Adagio Dazzle]
You're a star and you should know it

Yeah, you rise above the rest

It doesn't matter who you hurt

If you're just proving you're the best

[The Dazzlings]
Ah, ahh-ahh-ahhh

Battle! You wanna win it

Let's have a battle, battle of the bands

Let's have a battle, we'll go all in it

Let's have a battle, battle, battle

Battle of the bands

[The Dazzlings and students]

Battle!

"Blueberry Cake": I can beat you!

The Dazzlings and students: Battle!

"Cherry Crash": Ha! You wish!

The Dazzlings and students: Battle!

Trixie Lulamoon: I so want this!

The Dazzlings and students: Battle!

"Captain Planet": Not if I get it first!

[The Dazzlings and students]
Me and you, you and me

Why don't we see who is better?

We don't have to be one and the same thing

Oh, what's so wrong with a little competition?

[Students]
I'm going out and winning the audition

[The Dazzlings and students]
Battle! We wanna win it

Let's have a battle, battle of the bands

Let's have a battle, we'll go all in it

Let's have a battle, battle, battle

Battle of the bands!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Yes?" Rainbow answered.

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

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

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

"The Dazzlings?" Applejack asked.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Why are you stalling?"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Ain't happening." Bolt refused.

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

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

"Come!"

"Get off, Pinkie!"

"Not until you say you'll come!"

"No, Pinkie!"

"Just come!"

"Pinkie! No!"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"No, you wouldn't."

"Burn would make tell!"

"No, he wouldn't"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 7

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Bolt was dreaming... No, it was a flashback within a dream. The beginning that spawned his distrust.

Bolt ran down an empty hall with a bundle of cloth wrap around a long object. Coming up on some double doors, leaning in with his shoulder, he burst through and stopped in the center of what looked like the gym. "Yo, I got it! Ha! Now we hang it up at Homecoming, showing we succeeded where they failed!" Bolt looked around and noticed no one around. "Hey! Where are you guys?!" at that moment Bolt felt ill intent aimed at his person. He was about to dodge but he moved too late and was struck in the head. Bolt couldn't stay awake due to the sudden strike and fell to the ground, passing out.

*Crackle* Bolt stirs from the crackling noise. *Crackle* *Pop* *CRASH* Bolt jolts up from the loud sound. "What?!" grabbing his still pounding head, he scanned his surroundings only to find it on fire. "THE FUCK!!! Why is the gym on fire?!" he stood up shakily, holding his head. "Gotta bounce, before I get grilled..." Bolt looks around and spots the exit leading outside.

Bolt wobbles towards the doors leading outside. "Damn... What happened and who hit me? Did I walk into an arson attempt?" he looks around. "Correction: successful attempt." getting closer to the exit Bolt started to hear sirens and was relieved, knowing he would be saved. As he passed under the basketball goal, he heard metal threads snap. Looking up, he watched as the last metal thread snaps on the cable holding the goal up. Noticing the force of the cable swinging towards him like a whip, Bolt's instinct kicked in full force and he jumped back but not fast enough, as the edge of the cable slashed his torso from shoulder to hip. "AAAHHHH!!!!! DAMNIT!!! FUCK!!!" he clutched his chest and fell to his knees in pain. "Shit!!! I got to get out." Bolt said weakly as he started to crawl towards the exit but a sound that he didn't care to hear. The moment he looked up, the goal with some of the roof fell on him, pinning him on his back.

"AAGGHHHH!!! Why?" weakly, he tried pushing it off, but no luck. "Dammit!" As he struggled, a glint caught his eye, a sharp metal rod. Watching it as it dangled, he hoped it would stay in its place, but as soon as he thought that it fell. He could do nothing but watch as the rod made a b-line towards his chest.

Bolt's eyes shot open, looking at his surroundings until his eyes land on Applejack with her hand stretched in his direction.

"You alright, hun? You were twitching pretty badly there." Applejack asked, placing her hand on his forehead, checking for a fever.

"I'm fine. Just a nightmare is all." Bolt gently removed her hand and sat up, seating himself at the edge o the bed in front of Applejack. Wiping his eyes he peers behind her and sees the girls sitting in a circle with a spinning needle arm in the center. "Um... Should I be here for this?"

Applejack confused on what he was asking turned around to see what he was staring at and saw the needle. A cog turned in her head as she caught on to his meaning. "We're playing truth or dare, ya perv." she playfully hit his arm, then sat next to him on the bed. "You sure you're ok?"

"Right as rain my dear Apple." Bolt gave her a confident smile and watched the girls play as Dash spun the needle. As the needle started to slow, he noticed it's intended stop direction and like magic, it stopped on him. Bolt looked up to see the most devilish grin on Dash's face.

"Alright, Bolt. Truth or dare?" Dash asked.

"Dare." Bolt hunched over with his arms on his legs.

Rainbow Dash knew this was coming so she had a trump card. "I see, well I can only use this once but it'll be worth it. Bolt, I dare you to only select truth or the rest of the night and answer my truth question now."

"Damn..." to say he was surprised was an understatement, he was completely floored. "Alright, fine. What do you want to know?"

Dash gave a devilish grin. "Bolt, are you a virgin."

Without missing a beat, Bolt answered. "No"

A stunned silence. Rainbow Dash snapped out of her shock. "Really?! Was it anybody we know?"

"Yes, really and no, you don't know her." Bolt look around to see Sunset, Fluttershy and Twilight still stunned at this revelation. He noticed Rarity gearing up to ask a question he knew was coming. "And no, I have not slept with Treezy or Vinyl." Rarity back down after having the question on her mind answered. Looking at the clock, Bolt saw it was 9:04, meaning he had been sleeping for about 2 hours.

The next 3 hours went on with more games Pinkie pulled out and Bolt had to admit, he was having a good time. As 12 hit everyone was out like a light. Bolt, still woke looked to the ceiling as Spike and Fluttershy took the liberty of using him as a body pillow. While lost in thoughts about The Dazzlings take-over plan, he heard movement and saw Twilight get out of bed and out the room. A little later he saw Sunset follow suit. Looking at the time, Bolt decided to get up and head home. After a minute of prying off Fluttershy, he grabbed spike and placed him next to her.

Bolt leaned against the wall at the kitchen's entrance and listened in on the end of their conversation. After hearing a scream, Bolt turns to enter but was caught off guard by Maud appearing. "Good God! Maud?!" he yelled in a low tone trying not to wake anybody.

"Oh, Bolt. Did you want to come to my room and sleep?" Maud asked in her usual tone.

"No, Maud. I was heading home. I'll take an indefinite rain check on that." Bolt refused and started thinking. 'Maybe she just wants to talk about rock all night, that could be what she meant earlier too.'

"Hmm. It's not a no." Maud once again presses up against him again, but this time she grabs a handful of his crotch. "And we'll have fun, I promise."

'IT'S NOT ABOUT ROCKS, IT'S NOT ABOUT ROCKS! IT'S ABOUT MY ROCK! ... SHIT!!! THINK ABOUT ROCKS, THINK ABOUT ROCKS!!!' Bolt screamed in his as he calmed himself before reaching quarter mast in her grip.

Maud's grip slightly tightened and released. "I see, there were three pulses. I see he's raring to go." she removed her hand and kissed Bolt on the cheek. "My door's always open for you." once again, she walks off down the hall into her room, cracking her door to make a point.

'I need to be careful, or I will walk through that door and won't be seen for a week!' Shaking the thoughts out of his head and walked into the kitchen. "Yo."

Sunset saw Bolt walking towards Twilight and herself. "Bolt? What are you doing up?"

"About to head home. Don't need to explain why I'm here in the morning to old man Igneous." Bolt walk toward the fridge, opening it, he looks around and pulls out a small carton of strawberry milk.

"Where did you get that?! All I saw was whip cream!" Sunset asked.

Bolt opened his carton and looked at Sunset. "I spend almost all the free time I have with the pink menace... Not by choice, I might add, but enough to know how things work around her, her home and her general area. I just stop questioning it." he finished by taking a drink. "And plus, I just wanted strawberry milk and I got it."

"You're telling me, that if I think of what I want it will appear in the fridge?" Sunset stood there disbelieving.

"I will have to agree with Sunset Shimmer, Bolt. There is no way that's possible, especially without magic." Twilight explained.

Bolt just shrugged and tilted his carton towards the fridge, indicating them to try it. "Alright, I will." Sunset walked pass Bolt and up to the fridge. 'I want a chocolate shake.' she thought as she opened the fridge door. She looked around preparing to turn and tell Bolt off until her eyes locked onto a glass filled with chocolate milkshake topped with whipped cream and a cherry. She pulled it out of the fridge with a stunned look on her face. "H-h-how?"

With another shrug, Bolt walked over to the trash bin and threw his empty carton away. "The machinations of Miss Pinkamina's mind is a mystery that I feel should be left as thus: a mystery. Anywho." he strolled past Twilight, ruffling her hair on the way to the front hallway. "I'm outta here, I'll see you, my pretties at school tomorrow." stopping for a bit, Bolt turned around. "Oh! And quit over thinking things. If all you have to do is sing? Then sing."

"Now then. Go get some sleep, we got a stupid day ahead of us." before he could turn around, the sound of paws and jingling was heard rushing down the hall. Next thing Bolt saw was Spike jumping towards his chest. "Spike?! What jostled your fur?" he asked as he pulled Spike off and sat him on the floor.

"Well, I saw you weren't sleeping and thought you were heading home." Spike answered, pawing at the back of his head.

"In which I am." Bolt raised his brow.

"Well, I was wondering if I could come with you?"

"Now, Spike." Twilight stepped up to Spike and picked him up. "You can't go bothering Bolt and besides we all need to get some sleep."

"Oh, right... Sorry, Bolt..." Spike apologized as his feature drooped into sadness.

"*sigh* It's fine Sparkplug and plus, it's not healthy for a young male to be surrounded by estrogen every day, all day." Bolt plucked spike from Twilight's arms and placed him on his head. "Wasn't like I was gonna say no anyway."

"If you're okay with it... But Spike, behave!" Twilight sternly stated.

Before Spike could answer, Bolt did. "No promises. Let's go pup bro!" With that Bolt headed towards the with Spike in tow.

A little down the way, Bolt and Spike are walking side by side on the orange-lit sidewalk. "After that, I kinda messed up my elbow to the point that I couldn't straighten my arm, and not to mention the gash on the inner part of my elbow was a pain the ass too. Hard to clean a wound if you can get to it but I found a way."

"Woah. Wait, why didn't you tell your grandparents and go to the hospital?"

Bolt shrugged. "Didn't want to worry them. I just played it off as joint pain from playing backyard sports."

"Oh, ok. Still seems kinda foolish to let an injury like that go unchecked."

"Hey hey hey! It all worked out in the end! And look..." Bolt threw a right hook, which was followed by a light breeze. "I still punch with the best of them."

"Well well well, lookie what we have boys! A wannabe boxer and his sissy poodle." both Bolt and Spike turn around to see boys walking towards them.

"No way... Why are they here?" Spike whispered to himself.

Bolt heard and was now curious about who these new players that jump in his bonding session with pup bro. The first one he noticed on the right had bright white skin and long pink spiky hair. 'And a major case of pink eye, sheesh.' he thought as he looked at the boy on the far left, he had grey skin, a little lighter his own, and a two-tone green devilock. 'Damn you, you bass playing bastard!' And lastly, Bolt eye the one in the center, his skin tone was red and an orange fin styled mohawk crested his head. Looking at the three of them, he noticed they wore identical clothes save for the t-shirt colors ranging from pink, green, and tan, other than that, same jeans, same kicks and matching jackets with a dragons head etched on the front and sleeve. After his analyst of them, Bolt took one final look at the one in the center and noticed a glaring oversight. "Damn son, that's a mean ass overbite! I mean jeez, you can cut cans with that tooth!"

Everyone was stunned at what Bolt just blurted out. No one said a word until Spike couldn't hold back anymore. "Pffftt!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!"

"I mean, damn boy, I hope you were never breastfed. If so, yo moms had tits of steel." Bolt followed up while Spike was rolling around the ground.

"You punk! Don't you know who I am?!" the supposed leader yell.

Bolt raised an eyebrow. "One-bite Man?" Bolt answered

"Why yo-"

Bolt cut him off and started singing. "~You'll never find, blum blum blum blum, an overbite like mines.~" with that the two lackeys broke and joined Spike in laughter. "I bet that motherfucker could shred a tank tread!"

If he wasn't red in the face before he sure was now. "You! Forget you!" the red turned and stormed off with his lackeys stumbling behind him, holding their stomachs and cackling behind him.

"That was hilarious!"

"Hell, if he wanted to jone, should've come full tilt." Bolt shrugged as he and Spike enter his front door.

"Jone?"

Bolt looked down at Spike who in turn stared back in confusion. "Damn, I forgot. You're basically from the Uptown part of Equestria... Jone or Joning is an inner city term for making fun of someone... severely." locking the door behind them, Bolt made his way to the sunken living room, taking off his shirt, and tossed it to where ever it may land and plopped down on the sofa with his arm spread across the back of it. Spike was not too far behind, as he jumped down on to the sofa next to him. "So, care to tell me who our friend was? Seems like you recognized him."

"He's no friend of mines, he's a jerk at home and seems to be a jerk here." Spike folded his paw with a huff.

"Hmm... This jerk gotta name?"

"Yeah, It's Garble. He's the leader of a group of teenage dragons back in Equestria."

"Sounds like you got a story to tell."

"Well..." Spike began to tell Bolt the of his experience during the dragon migration. To say Bolt was interested would put it mildly, he took in every detail the little dragon-pup gave out. From Fire belching, tail wrestling, king of the hoard and lava diving, it all sounds pretty fun to him... well, until smashing phoenix eggs came into play.

"So wait, you're telling me that at the end of the day, you got a Phoenix, a mythological bird of revival... as a pet? And named it Peewee?"

Spike could only paw the back of his head shyly. "Yeah, funny how that happens."

"That is so cool! Spike, I don't care what anyone says. Having a Phoenix for a pet has gotta be the most ballin' thing ever!"

Spike smiled "Thanks, Bolt." after his thanks, his smiling face morphed into a contemplative one.

Noticing Spike's demeanor change, Bolt leaned forward resting his arms on his knees, facing the black screen of the T.V. "So, now we come to the part of 'Why is Garble human and not I?' Right?" Spike just nodded "Thought so. So, what's your take on all this?"

"Well, after coming back as a dog for the second time I kind of accepted that ponies become human and dragons become dogs ... But after seeing Garble has a human counterpart..."

"Now you wonder why are you a dog and if your counterpart's a dog as well?" Bolt rubbed his chin in thought. "Hmm... I'd have to say you do have a human counterpart. Doesn't make sense to have half of the dragon population dogs and the other half human."

"Then, why am I a dog?"

"From your story, I can make out two things. First: dragons aren't sub-servant to ponies and Second... Spike, how do you stack yourself up against Twilight and the girls?"

Spike thought about it. "As you know, Twilight and rest are amazing. They go off on awesome adventures to save the world, being heroes! And me?" he looks down at his paws.

"Spike, are you saying that you're always on the back burner?" Bolt asked, looking back at Spike, never changing his posture.

"Yes, no... I... I don't know. Sometimes it feels like I'm just there, you know? just to be or like I forced myself into their all-girls adventure."

"So, you're saying that on those adventures you tagged along, you never took center stage?" Bolt raised his eyebrow.

"Well, I did save the Crystal Kingdom."

Bolt eyes widened. "A whole kingdom!" Spike nodded. "Spike, that's a worthwhile endeavor right there!"

"Yeah, but it's just one kingdom compared to the world." Spike let out a heavy sigh.

"*sigh* Spike, what do you see yourself as next to Twilight? Not Dash, not Pinkie, nor Shy, Apple, or Rarity. Not even Sunset, just Twilight." Bolt asked giving Spike a serious look.

Spike contemplated for a while before answering. "I'm Twilight's most faithful assistant." Spike puffed with pride.

"Hmm..." Bolt rose to his feet and stood in front of Spike. "Alright Spike, I need you to close your eyes and think about all the things you've done, all your vices and virtues, needs and wants, and last, your accomplishments and failures. Don't compare yourself to anyone but your own reflection." Hearing the sternness in Bolt's voice, Spike nods and does exactly as he said. Bolt stood and watched Spike's breathing relax into a calm rhythm.

Five minutes passed as Bolt watched Spike's facial expressions change from sadness, disappointment, fear, and joy. A moment later Bolt felt a pulse radiating from Spike and next thing he knows he blinded by a bright flash. "Hey Bolt, did you feel that?" Spike asked.

A little dazed by the light slowly opens his eyes to see a naked purple skinned boy with green hair sitting on his couch with his eyes closed. "Feel it? I saw it and I see something else as well. Open your eyes, take a look at yourself."

Spike slowly opens his and the first thing he sees is Bolt, smirking down at him. Next thing he rose his arms and was shocked to see hands. Bolt stood, with mild fascination as Spike studied himself. 'My thoughts were on the money then... Twilight's been in the light while Spike could only bask in her shadow. *sigh* Is this the results of being brought up by Celestia?' lost in thought Bolt shook his head. 'I guess being taught by a goddess makes you feel you got a lot prove.' just as Bolt finished his musing, he saw Spike about inspect a very personal area. "Spike, no!!!"

Spike instantly stopped himself. "What?!"

"Now is not the time to "Discover yourself", besides I can assure you human and dragon anatomy is completely different but works the same way." Bolt walked out of the sunken area. "Now, follow me so I can find you something to sleep in, we gotta long day tomorrow." Spike nodded and followed Bolt upstairs.

"*Yawn* What's taking them?" Bolt asked leaning against the stair's railing with his arms folded.

"They'll show up soon, it's not like Twilight to be late." Spike assured him while playing a hand-held game. Bolt looked to Spike and the outfit he wore, it was a blast from the past, dark blue jean shorts with a vinyl Spiderman comic panel patch on the right pocket and a red rhino surrounded by a spiderweb stitched on the back left pocket, a light blue tee shirt with a man with an afro skateboarding while holding a ghetto blaster printed on and the same red rhino on the back of the shirt right below the collar, tan boots adorned the young drake's feet and to top it off were his old black goggles in which spike wore around his neck.

Bolt was about to respond but was cut off by someone calling his name. "Bolty! Hey!!" he turned to see a girl with light grey skin tone, golden wall-eyes, and blonde hair running towards him. Knowing who she was, Bolt walked to the bottom of the steps and waited for what he knew was coming and true to his prediction, the girl tripped forward right before reaching the stairs and almost hit the concrete until Bolt caught her. "You saved me again, hehe."

"Dizzy, I've told you not to run on anything with a hard surface, only in the grass... away from trees and any type of bush." Bolt chided helping her up to only get crushed in a back breaking hug.

"But I really wanted to see you. You've been so busy at home, that I rarely get to." Bolt just sighed at her explanation. Easing up her hold, she noticed Spike sitting on the steps watching everything play out. "Oh! Hello, my name is Ditzy Doo, what's yours?" Ditzy asked with the brightest smile she could dish out.

"Um... It's me, Spike." he could only sigh as he seen her face draw a blank. "*sigh* I was Twilight's dog?"

"Silly you can't be Twilight's dog, you're human." she responded as innocently as possible. Bolt had to suppress the urge to facepalm at her assessment.

"Ahem!" Bolt cleared his throat to reign her attention. "Aren't you registering for the battle of the bands?"

"Oh! You're right I'm late!" she exclaimed as she looked at her watch. "I gotta go!" Ditzy let go of Bolt and tried to run up the stairs.

"Hold it!" Bolt yelled stopping her a step above him. "*sigh* I just told you not to run and here you trying to run off. Anyway, turn around." she does as Bolt says and faces him, locking her eyes with his... well as best as she could. With another sigh, Bolt reached out and started smoothing out the rough spots in her hair, then straightens her collar and tie, next he gently tugged on the cuffed edges of her sleeves and bottom of her shirt, patted carefully around skirt as to not touch anywhere inappropriate, and then knelt down to adjust her socks. "Notice these things, Dizzy." he stood back up and gave a once over before flicking her forehead. "And I said NO RUNNING." he growled out.

Clutching her forehead, she giggled. "Sorry, I forgot."

"It's fine, just go get ready."

"What about you? Aren't you participating?"

"Don't worry about me, I'll be right behind you." Bolt reassured as he pats her head. With a nod, she walks off into the school.

"So you know Ditzy Do?" Spike asked as e stood up and stretched.

"Knew her before I moved here." Bolt answered. "Part of the reason I'm here at all."

Spike looks to Bolt in confusion. "What do you mean?"

"I'll tell you later when everyone is in one spot and together."

"Well well well, if it isn't our handsome tour guide." Bolt and spike look down the stairs to see Adagio, Aria, and Sonata approaching. "Ah! Sorry, it seems I forgot your name." Adagio stated condescendingly.

Bolt raised an eyebrow. "Don't really remember giving it out. Unless you count Bacon bit or Celestia calling my name over the P.A. system."

Adagio swatted her hand indicating that she is not interested in Bolt's explanation. "Anywho, It seems your friends made quite the showing yesterday." Placing a hand close to her chin, she continued. "Going on about how we won't get away with whatever scheme we were planning and that friendship is magic or such trash."

"*sigh* Well they're not the only ones who see this obvious thing you've got going on. The aggression the other students are giving off isn't natural at all and it happened so suddenly the moment you three arrived." Bolt shrugged after his reasoning. He spared a glance towards Aria and Sonata, who in turn flinch at his gaze, remembering what happened yesterday. 'Damn, didn't mean to lash out at them like I did... Can't change what happened though, If I can I'll apologize after all this blows over.' Bolt thought as he locked eyes with Adagio. "Anyway, whatever you have planned, I'll let the girls deal with it."

An amused smirk graced Adagio lips. "Oh? It seems you have a lot of faith in them. So if that's the case, let's say we beat them? Then what?"

"You face me and I wipe you out." Bolt said in an even tone.

Aria and Sonata blanch at Bolt declaration of their destruction know full well he could, while Adagio laughs as she approaches him and places a hand on his chest. "I gotta say, I find that bravado of yours really attractive." with that said she removes her hand and walks towards the school door, pushing Spike out the way. "See you later Bolt. Let's go girls." Aria and Sonata follow suit behind Adagio while avoiding Bolt's gaze.

Once the Dazzlings disappear into the school, Spike lets out a breath he's been holding in. "Man, that was tense. How did you keep a straight face?" Spike asked as he stood, dusting his self off.

"Use to it" Bolt gave a quick answer. "I did take on an entire school full of students who had it out for me during my freshman year."

"Whoa... That must have been awesome! What happened?! How did it start?! How many was it?!" Spike peppered Bolt with tons of question but was interrupted by another familiar voice.

"Bolt!" Both Bolt and Spike turn to see Twilight and the girl running towards them. After reaching the landing, they all stood for a minute to catch their breath. "Sorry we're late, we were just trying to get some last minute practice in."

"It's fine, you made it with enough time to spare." Bolt reassures.

"Good." Twilight and the other girls breathe out a sigh of relief. At that moment though, Twilight notices something. "Where's Spike?"

"What?" Bolt asks while raising an eyebrow.

"Where is Spike, Bolt?! Did you lose him?! Is he lost?!" Twilight started to move about in a panic. "What if he's hurt?! What if someone caught him to do experiments on to see how he can talk?!"

All the girls started to grow worried for the small pup and Bolt just slapped his palm against his face. "Twilight..." Bolt called out but she was still in a panic. "Twilight! TWILI- Oh fuck it!" Bolt walked in front of Twilight flicked her forehead, causing her to stop her panicking to tend the pain as Bolt placed a hand on the top of her head and turned her in Spike direction. "Girls, meet Spike."

Spike could only shyly wave. "Hey Girls."

To say they were floored would be an understatement. "But how?" Sunset manages to ask what everybody wanted to.

"I'll explain later, right now we need to get inside seeing as I'm a part of the opening act." Bolt closed Twilight's hanging jaw and preceded into the school with the others following close behind. "Rarity." Rarity snaps her head and looks at Bolt. "Change of plans. Were you able to finish plan V? Plan L is not gonna get the point I want to make, across."

"Of course darling, I finished it days ago."

Bolt nods "Good, come help me with it and Spike?" Spike looks up at Bolt. "Go grab Vinyl and tell her to get the stage ready for plan V." Spike nodded and dashed off wondering what plan V was. "Well then ladies go grab a good seat, I'm starting big right out the gate." Bolt and Rarity walk-off in a direction opposite of the auditorium.

Under the stage, Bolt stood on a platform, preparing for his opening act. "*Zzzt* Bolt? Can you read me?*Zzzt*"

Bolt reached up to the earpiece, tapping a button to respond to the person on the line. "Perfectly Vinyl. What's up?"

"*Zzzt*Just letting you know everyone is here and seated and of course the targets are here as well.*Zzzt*

"Good and Spike?"

"*Zzzt*Right next to me waiting for your signal.*Zzzt*"

"Cool, when the troublesome duo are done with the opening, we start."

"*Zzzt*Aye, aye!*Zzzt*"

Standing next to the stage, the Girls conversed with each other. "So, anyone else curious as to what plan V is?" Rainbow Dash asked, as Snips and Snails performed.

"Oh! Think it has something to do with vanilla?!" Pinkie excitedly shrieked.

"Ah highly doubt that Pinkie, but if it's better than this?" Applejack pointed to the stage, as Snips and Snails finish. "I'll take it anytime."

All the girls nodded as Snips and Snails made their way down the ramp. "There's no way your boyfriend's gonna be able to top that mad flow." Snips cockily informed.

"Heh heh heh, Yeah." Snails agreed

Rainbow Dash was about to defend Bolt but the opening to Bolt's piece started, silencing everyone.

[Saliva By Viktor Vaughn]

It's only dust! Get him!

"Great balls of fire!!!"

Bolt shot out of the stage floor shocking everyone watching(booyaka). His appearance was what caught everybody's attention as well. He had on baggie black jeans, a purple and gold basketball jersey with Canterlot stitched on the chest and the number 18 under it, while Bolt was stitched on the back along with the number 18, three gold neckless, and on his face a steel mask that covered from his forehead to his nose.(A/N think Full Frontal's mask.)

"Guess who just crawled out the muck or mire"
"That could make you trust a motherfuckin liar"
"A real shuck n' jiver"
"Bolt never been a duck n' diver"
"He spit on the mic, yuck, saliva"
"Hold it like a drunk driver hold a CB on a sharp turn"
"Still clutchin' his chest from the heartburn"
"What's your handle? I need a Zantac, ock"
"And thanks before I blank into anaphylactic shock"
"Rock the disco"
"Chocolate on a crisco ho"
"Cock diesel"
"And still tell a joke like Joe Piscopo"
"Tell em the basics"
"Basically, break the Matrix"
"And just for kicks, make em gel like Asics"
"That's why they actin standoffish"
"Eat the beat by hand like canned raw crawfish"
"Can you please pass the cocktail sauce?"
"You might as well know, hell is hot as hell boss"
"Tell my horse"
"He said broads call me Bolty"
"I make sure I throws em back if they's too scrawny"
"Or boney, phony MCs use a stand-in"
"Leave him hangin like if I ain't know where his hands been"
"Hussy, how bout we bloody up your just for me"
"Bust a knee"
"Then go finish study, a plush degree"
"True victory, a new sick story"
"I never met a chick that was too thick for me"
"Holy Moses, my old earth know me closest"
"On how I played the back and stayed bent like scoliosis"
"It's no puzzle"
"You can ask Doc Zizmor"
"The slow guzzle got your nizzle crooked like Biz's jaw"
"Drink like a fishy, she wish she was a Pisces"
"Live since back when 25 cents Icees"
"Used to turn your tongue the color red"
"Now they want to fill ya full of lead"
"What the fuck that young fella said?"
"What kid?"
"It's Bolt the red blooded"
"Do yourself a favor or come on, get head butted"
"Yoke him if he run"
"I'll be there in a jiffy son"
"With the flame suppressor like off the 151"
"Quit your bitchin, or get *BLAUW* in your babble-box"
"Punishment for drysnitchin', so now eat this Travel Fox"
"You'll be aight once it pass through your yellow belly"
"Only thing he said was can you please pass the jelly"
"Homo say what? Like a promo play the cut"
"On the late night, before you touch the mic, get your weight right"
"A lot of crews like to act like a violent mob"
"They really need to just shut the fuck up like Silent Bob"
"Either that or get smoked like hickory"
"Should squash the beef and go wash their teeth quickly"
"Know the stee, write a rhyme like a mystery"

Bolt made motions as if he was signing his name in the air.

"And sign it on the bottom in calligraphy, "Searing B!"

Bolt turned to face the crowd after his final sweep with the B in his name, snapping his fingers and pointing to Adagio. Unknown to only Bolt, after snapping his fingers, his air signature ignited into electricity, then faded. Nobody said anything, then everyone stood and cheered for Bolt's performance.

Bolt maintained eye contact with Adagio and mouthed. "Your turn." while removing his mask.

Under Pressure

by RockSteadyRolla

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7