//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: Sonic and Equestria Girls in Freezer Burned // by SonicAKG //------------------------------// Sonata had suggested that the group head out to the Golden Taco Shack, a Mexican restaurant that had recently opened up 2 week's The owner had converted an abandoned building into the new place and in no time, had found itself with booming business. Sonic and co, the Rainbooms and the Dazzlings entered the restaurant not too long ago and were being shown to their seats. The place even allowed for pet, which let Spike come in with no problem. He was however, sleeping off the casserole he had eaten earlier and was in Twilights arms. They found a table large enough near the window and quickly filled up the seats. As they did, Aria noticed that Shadow was near the window seat and next to him was Sonata, who had Manic next to her and was across from Pinkie. Aria realized that her seat was far from...the window and she didn't look too pleased. "Hey, Sonata. Can you switch seats with me? I'm too far away from the napkins." Aria said. "Oh, no problem, here you go!" Sonata cheerfully said as she pushed the napkins towards Aria, who frowned. She didn't want that. "Well, uh...I actually want a closer view from the window." Aria added on. "Your view seems fine to me." Sonata replied, making Aria slightly grit her teeth. "Look, just switch with me!" Aria said impatiently. "But why? You have everything you need in your seat." Sonata said confused. "Besides, I think Sonata likes where's she's sitting." Manic said as he gave Sonata wink. "Uh huh! I am across from my bestie, Pinkie!" She happily said, making Pinkie beam and Manic look disappointed...again. He put his hand on his face. "Urgh, you really are the worst." Aria muttered under her breath, still not happy about her seating arrangement. "I'll switch with you. I don't care where I sit." Shadow offered but Aria just sank in her seat. "It's fine." She muttered under her breath. That most certainly would not give her what she wanted. Up front, the restaurant had live music playing, consisting of a band of 4 members, each playing an instrument such as a guitar, the maracas, a flute and a violin dressed in traditional Mexican attire. The group seemed to enjoy their performance, except for Shadow and the two Dazzlings. "I have to say, Sonata picked out a good place. I'm liking the look of this place already. And the music's pretty good too." Rainbow Dash said. "And plus, it's Mexican food! Way better than some boring old casserole! Oh..no offense AJ." Pinkie added on. AppleJack sighed. "None taken, sugar cube. Trying new things is always nice." "That guitar player is really good. I think he's the best act." Twilight said as she listened to the band, who was beginning to finish up their song. As they did, they were met with a loud applause from the audience and took a bow. Sonic observed them and he noticed there was something familiar about the guitar player. When he rose up and exited the stage alongside the other band members, Sonic saw his blue hair underneath his hat and recognized him through his fake mustache. "Is that Flash?! Yo, Flash!" Sonic called out, surprising everyone else at their seats as the guitarist turned around. The rest of the group now saw him and Sonic was right, it was Flash Sentry. When Flash saw them, his face turned bright red and he tried to hide under his hat but it was too late. "Flash! Come here, man!" Sonic yelled as he motioned for him to come over. Flash knew that he couldn't lay low at this point and he reluctantly walked over to the table slowly. When he was there, his embarrassment was clear now. The Rainbooms and the others couldn't help but smile at what he was wearing while the Dazzlings giggled at his sight. "Oh, hey guys. What's up?" Flash said, trying to play it cool. "We should be asking you that? What are you doing here?" An amused Sunset said, making Flash rub the back of his head. The last thing he wanted to do was look like this in front of Sunset of all people. "I must say, that outfit is...unique." Rarity said, holding back laughter. "That's one way of putting it." Silver chimed in. Flash sighed. "Look, I needed some cash for new band equipment, alright? I tried to look for a job ,but this was the only one available." He explained. "Well, for what it's worth, we like your band playing. You were pretty good out there." Fluttershy praised, making Flash feel a little better. "Yeah! You were so great that I recorded your performance with my phone and posted it on my mystable account!" Pinkie said, causing Flash to form a dejected look. "Oh,perfect." He glumly said as he hung his head. "I wouldn't worry about it, dude. This'll blow over and looking back it, you're gonna have a good laugh about it." Sonic told him. "Oh, talk about pathetic." Adagio sneered, making Flash noticed the three Dazzlings for the first time and he jumped back a little. "Wow! You guys are those sirens who tried to take over the school! What are you doing here?!" Flash cried out. "Well, they're here because we're trying to give them a second chance." Tails said. Flash was now just confused "Seriously?" He said as he turned to Sirens with a skeptical look. "For real! We're nice now!" Sonata said. "No, we're not." Aria insisted. "Well, I'm sure you guys have it under control. If there's anyone who can turn psychopathic monsters good, it's you guys." Flash said. "I better head to go practice in the back. Later." He then took off, leaving the group to their meal. "Where's our waitress? I haven't had anything to eat since noon." Knuckles wondered out loud. "I know! There's only so much waiting a guy can do!" Sonic said. "You guys are right. We've been waiting for a good 10 minutes. What's-" Twilight said before she was interrupted by a familiar voice. "Welcome to the Golden Taco Shack! Today, you will be served by the Great and Powerful Tri-" Trixie began before she saw who she was serving and was surprised. Everyone else was equally surprised to see her there. "Trixie?! Nice outfit by the way." Manic said as he noticed Trixie's orange attire, fit with a small sombrero. "Haha." She sarcastically replied. "You work here?! First Flash and now you." Rainbow Dash added. "Trixie isn't interested in being here, but Trixie needs the money for her latest stage show and unfortunately, this is the only job available Trixie could find." She grumbled. "The pity show just keeps getting better." Trixie heard Adagio say, making Trixie turn to her. When she saw Adagio and the other two sirens, she grew a furious look on her face and turned back to the others. "What are they doing here?!" Trixie angrily demanded. "Calm down Trixie. They're just here to have dinner like the rest of us."Sunset said. "Have you forgotten that they placed the entire school under a spell and tried to take over the world! Because Trixie hasn't!" Trixie yelled. "Believe me we haven't. But we're trying to let bygones be bygones..... I think." Silver told her. "And now we're all friends!" Pinkie explained as Sonata nodded while Adagio and Aria just turned away in disgust. "You can't be serious! Trixie refuses to serve these....these monsters!" Trixie yelled out. "Works for me. You can still serve us, right?" Knuckles said before AppleJack elbowed him and gave him a scolding look. "Trixie, these three are our guest. If you serve us, then you should serve them." Rarity replied. "Besides, I'm interested in being friends!" Sonata offered but Trixie wasn't buying it. "Come on, Trixie. I thought we were cool." Sonic said "Trixie is not cool with these three who made a fool out of her!"She stubbornly said. "Dashie's made a fool out of you a lot of times and you're ok with her." Pinkie brought, making Trixie fume with rage. "Trixie-"She began before she was interrupted by the sound of man voices. "What's going on here? I can hear yelling all the way from my-" The main said before he was recognized by Sonic, the Rainbooms, and the rest. He wore a blue business suit with a red tie, giving him a professional look. "Filthy Rich?! Why are you here?" Twilight called out. Filthy Rich recognized the CHS students and he formed a scowl on his face. He remembered the stunt they had pulled at Camp Everfree. He adjusted his tie. "Well, well, well. If it isn't the meddling girls and the boys with the crazy hair." He said, making Silver rub his hair insecurely. "To answer your question, I own this place. I had to invest my money in something after you cheated me out of my spa." "What do you mean by cheated? We just had a fundraiser to save the camp." Sunset firmly replied. "Yeah, it was fair and square. You were just too slow. " Sonic said with a cocky smile. "Well, I would've made a ton more money with that spa instead of this dump." Filthy Rich grumbled under his breath. "But, I'll have to make do. Anyway, what's going on here?" "Well, your waitress here is refusin' to serve three of our guest," AppleJack explained as she received a slight glare from Trixie, making Filthy turn to her. Trixie seemed to be in a tight spot. "Is that so? Well, my policy is we never kick out customers. Never waste a chance to make more money." He began, making the gang roll their eyes at his greed. "So I say, Ms.Lulamoon, you serve all our guest here. But seeing as you kids are 'special', I'll charge you double for everything you order on the menu." Filthy added with a smug grin, causing him to be on the receiving end of outraged looks. Trixie looked a little uneasy at his suggestion. "What?!" Twilight yelled. "You can't do that! That's daylight robbery!" Knuckles protested. "I can do whatever I want! It's my restaurant! If you don't like it, you can eat somewhere else!" Filthy Rich shot back. The group exchanged looks. It was getting late and there probably weren't any other restaurants open at this time. They were pretty hungry actually and needed a meal. They sighed out loud and began to reach into their pockets to see how much cash they had. "Maybe if we pool our money, we can pay it off." Sunset suggested. As she reached into her pocket, Sonata pulled out a red gift card alongside her wallet. Upon seeing it, Manic noticed what was written on it and his eyes widened. "Wait!" He said, having all eyes on him. "Sonata, read out your gift card." Sonata noticed the card and she beamed. "Oh, yeah! This was the first gift I got! I put this in my pocket because it wasn't heavy." She remembered. "It says, 'use this card to purchase one night of free meals at the Golden Taco Shack'. " She read out loud. Hearing that made Filthy Rich lose his smug look and now he was met with victorious looks from the group. The color drained from his face and his eyes darted back and forth. "Did you hear that? It says one night of free meals." Manic smugly said. "I-I-" Filthy Rich stuttered. "It's just for advertisement! You can't use that to get a free meal!" "Seriously!?" Rarity said with an annoyed tone. "Quit trying to rip us off!" Rainbow Dash yelled. "I'll charge you double! I can do whatever I want, it's my restaurant. It's just for advertisement." A recording of Filthy Rich's voice suddenly said from Aria's phone, which she displayed. Filthy Rich gulped and turned to her and Adagio. "As you can see, my friend here has access to everything you've just said. It would be interesting if we shared how you treat your customers with everyone else here. I wonder how'd that affect your business?" Adagio said with a devious smile. "You'll probably look a lying cheapskate and no one will ever come back here. In other words, no money for you." Aria added. "So, Filthy was it? You have two options. Let us use the gift card or we can share what you really think about your customers. It's up to you." Adagio offered. Filthy Rich muttered under his breath for a while before he finally spoke up. "All right, all right! You can use the card!" Filthy Rich said before he turned to Trixie. "But, everything's coming out of your paycheck!" He said, making Trixie gasp. "Also, you're losing a couple of personal days off!" "What! Why Trixie!?!" She cried. "As I said, I don't like losing money and if I recall, you helped out with that little fundraiser of theirs. You're lucky I hired you at all! Now get to serving!" He ordered and Trixie's shoulder sank. "Wow, don't you think you're being too hard on her?" Tails said, trying to come to Trixie's defense, but Filthy Rich gave him a glare. "Don't tell me how to run my restaurant, boy!" He snapped. "And you still need a haircut!" He suddenly shouted to Manic before he walked back into his office. Manic just tugged at his hair weirdly. "You know, I changed my mind. I'm starting to like these two." Knuckles said as he pointed to Adagio and Aria. "Not a bad strategy," Shadow said, making Aria's cheeks turn slightly pink. "Really?." She said, a little flustered. "Uhmm, are you blushing?" Fluttershy asked her, making Aria regain her composure. "No! Why would I blush!?" She said defensively. "I think we owe it Sonata for keeping around that gift-card," Twilight brought up. "Yeah, way to go!" Manic said. "You're the best!" Pinkie praised. "Awww, thanks, Pinkie and Twilight!" She said, leaving Manic disappointed for the third time in a row as he sighed out loud. "It's not like she did it on purpose." Aria muttered, making Sonata frown and cross her arms a bit. "But before we order. I think we shouldn't order anything too expensive, seeing as it's coming out of Trixie's paycheck." Sunset suggested, making Trixie look a little relieved. However, Adagio and Aria formed sinister smiles. "Oh, we're going to have to disagree with it. After all, we can order anything and I want the best that this restaurant has to offer." Adagio slyly said as she and Aria nodded in agreement. "We are your guest, so we can order anything, right?" Trixie now looked mortified while Sunset gave them looks of disapproval but it was too late to change their minds. After everyone else had finished placing their orders of food and drinks, with Sonic and co with the Rainbooms going light on their meals and much to Trixie's dismay, Aria and Adagio choosing expensive meals on purpose, it was now time for Sonata to choose from the menu. "Ok! I want a...uuh......." Sonata said as she inspected the menu. "Are you serious!? Why didn't you pick your food while we were ordering!" Aria said with an irritated tone. "Give me a break! I was counting how many red cars there were outside." Sonata replied. "It's fine. There's no rush, darling." Rarity told her. Sonata continued to think about what she wanted to eat. It was taking.....a while to say so for the least. Sonic was tapping his fingers against the table rapidly. He had enough of waiting for one night. He wasn't the only one getting impatient. The rest of the group looked like they wanted to urge Sonata to choose. "How about some tacos?" Manic suggested. "I know! I'll pick some tacos!" Sonata said suddenly with even acknowledging Manic. He put his head on the table. "Finally!" Trixie said with relief. "Now, what kind?" "Oh....let me think..." Sonata said, making everyone else complain out loud. Trixie tried not to rip up her notepad while Sonic was sitting in his seat, quite agitated. "Forget it! She'll have one of everything!" Aria decided for her, making Trixie form a worried look. "What?! Do you know how much that'll cost Trixie?! You're already putting Trixie's wallet in the grave!" Trixie pointed out. "Too bad, I don't care! Now get to it!" Aria demanded, making Trixie seethe as she reluctantly wrote it down on the menu. "Oh, I'll have the Extra-Large- Triple-Deluxe Lime-Fizz-Soda!" Sonata added, making Trixie whimper due to it's cost it. "Wow, are you sure you want that?" Knuckles asked. "It says here it's a gallon!" "He's right. You could get really sick if you drink that in one go." AppleJack cautioned. "Believe me, her stomach is like her head, it's always empty," Adagio interjected. "Yeah!" Sonata said before she thought about what Adagio said. "Hey!" "You know, I feel kind of bad for Trixie. I mean, she doesn't deserve to lose her paycheck because of us." Tails said as he watched her leave. "Hey, she asked for it." Aria dismissed with a shrug. "You know, you're not very good at this whole, 'trying to be nice thing'. Rainbow Dash dryly said, making Aria roll her eyes. "Hi, everyone! Nice to see you here!" They heard an older woman's voice said. Turning, they saw it Principal Celestia alongside Vice Principal Luna. "Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna? Twilight said with a hint of surprise?" What brings you two here?" "In fact, who isn't here?" Silver commented. "Oh, well my sister and I heard wonderful things about this place and we decided to try it ourselves," Celestia explained "You?" "Well, we had a change of plans for dinner." Rarity explained as her eyes turned to Sonata, who blushed a little with embarrassment. As she did, the two women noticed Sonata and the other two Dazzlings and became a little startled. "What are the-?" Vice Principal Luna started to ask before Sonic cut it. "OK! Long story, short, they want to change so that's why they're hanging out with us!" Sonic quickly explained, tired of having the whole story repeated Principal Celestia turned her attention to Sonata. "Is this true?" She asked her, making Sonata nod happily. "Yeah! Pinkie showed me that making friends is better than having someone do what you want under some dumb old spell!" She said as Pinkie nodded very quickly. "I want to be nice!" Hearing this made Celestia give her a warm smile. "Well, I'm glad to hear that. Being at this school has shown me that anyone can change, despite their past mistakes." She said as she turned to Sunset and Twilight, who both had experiences being evil. "Listen, if you ever want to enroll back in CHS, I would be more than happy to welcome you back with open arms." This news caused Sonata's face brighten up immensely. She could hardly contain her excitement as she sat up in her chair. "For realsies?!" She said. "That's awesome! That means we can hang out everyday!"Pinkie excitedly said as she and Sonata squealed in delight. "Don't get your hopes up too quick." Vice Principal Luna said sternly, now making her the center of attention. "Before that happens, you're going to have to earn our trust." She then headed away from the rest of the group and Sonata looked a little uneasy. Principal Celestia noticed this and put her hand on her shoulder. "Don't mind my sister. It's just her way of doing things. She'll be happy to give you another chance." Principal Celestia said reassuringly. "I can vouch for that. Once she warms up to you, Vice Principal Luna's great." Sunset added. "Think of it as trying to get to know Shadow." Sonic said. "Hmph. Who said I've ever warmed up to you people?" Shadow replied "You don't fool me, you big softie!" Pinkie said as she gave Shadow a wink, making him turn to face the window. "I better go join her. Have a good night!" Principal Celestia said as she departed to follow her sister. As she did, Sonata was met with smiles from her friends. "That's the best news all day!" Pinkie said. "It's gonna be so great having you around!" "We'll all be happy to have you around. Especially me." Manic said to Sonata as he gave her the thumbs up. "Really? Why's that?" She asked and Manic was put on the spot. He began to rub the back of his head nervously. "Well, I.....uh......I....you....nevermind." Manic said as he slid into his seat. "Adagio, Aria, don't you have somethin' you'd like to say to Sonata?" AppleJack asked the two sirens. They exchanged glances. "What? You expect us to thank her for giving us another chance in that dump?" Aria responded. "Seriously? That's all you have to say?" Tails said. "Yeah. Why should we thank her for getting us back into a place where we'll probably be hated and mistrusted by most of the students." Aria brought up, making the whole table silent. She did have a point. "Well...when you put it that way..." Silver started. "Can't you at least chill with your bad attitude?" Rainbow Dash said annoyed. "I don't remember anyone asking for your opinion." Aria venomously replied and the two girls glared at each other and it looked like an argument could erupt before Fluttershy noticed Trixie coming with their drinks. "Oh, our drinks are here." She said, making everyone turn to see Trixie who was pushing a wheeled table with their drinks. She was having trouble because the one that Sonata had ordered was a huge bottle with a glass next to it. She grunted as she slowly moved to the table. "Here." Trixie said as the table stopped. She then struggled to lift up the bottle. "Your.......Drinks!" She managed as she slammed it on the table, making it shake slightly. Trixie wheezed. Everyone except for Sonata was surprised at how large the drink actually was. "Yay!" Sonata said. "Wait, are you sure you-" Manic said before Sonata easily lifted up the bottle to the group and Trixie's shock and began to chug it without even pouring it into her glass. She finished it in no time and set the bottle down. "Ahhhh! That sure hit the spot!" Sonata said. She looked around to see everyone looking at her with disbelief before Pinkie began clapping. "That was amazing!!!!!!" Pinkie praised. "Even I don't drink that fast." Sonic said. "It was no big deal. After all I-"Sonata began before suddenly she stopped and sensed a tingling feeling in her bladder. She bit her lip and began to fidget nervously in her seat. "What's wrong? Sonata. " Sunset asked. "I gotta go, like really, really badly! Where's the bathroom!?" Sonata asked Trixie. "Down the hall on your left. If you follow the arrows, you'll find it." Trixie began before Sonata leaped out of her chair. As she did, she pushed Manic hard, making him land on the ground with his chair with a loud thud. She didn't notice as Sonata rushed away. Adagio sighed out loud while Manic laid down on the floor and he sighed as well. "Manic? Are you ok?" Fluttershy asked. "Fine...just laying here....lamenting my crushed hopes..." He whimpered. As Sonata was headed towards the hall, there were two men who emerged from the backdoor of the restaurant. They were identical with their striped clothes and red and white hair, except one of them wore a mustache. "All, right. Remember the plan, brother?" Flim asked his partner in crime. "Of course I do! When it works, we'll have this place and Filthy Rich working for us." Flam said as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a 'business' contract. As he did, suddenly he felt Sonata collide with him, pushing him back. When Flam stumbled back, his hand reached out and landed on a nearby arrow. The force of him falling made him spin it around and began to fall to the floor alongside him. Sonata landed back away from him and rubbed her head as she did. "Watch where you're going, kid!" Flim said as he went over to check on his brother. When he went, he noticed that Flam was missing the 'contract' and his face panicked. He lifted him up and began to shake him. "Where's the contract?!" He asked his dazed brother. "If we don't have it, our plan is ruined." "Uh, is this yours?" Sonata asked as she offered a piece of paper, to the brothers, turning their attention. Flim let go of Flam and immediately took the 'contract'. "Give me that!" He said. "You didn't see anything." "What do you mean?" Sonata asked confused. "I saw your guys and your paper." "No you didn't." Flam insisted. "Yes, I did. I'm seeing you guys right now." Sonata replied, even more confused. "Look, just forget you ever saw us here." Flam told her. "Why?" Sonata questioned."I don't forget things on purpose." "Well, you're going to now. Because we have important business to get to." Flam said. "What kind?" Sonata asked making the brothers sigh at how dense she was. "What is this, 20 questions?" Flim said, annoyed. "Forget her, let's go." Flam said as the two brothers walked past Sonata who looked at them strangely as they left. "Well, they're certainly grouchy," Sonata said before she remembered that she urgently needed to use the restroom. She fidgeted and turned back to see the arrow on the floor "Talk about rude! They didn't even bother to fix the arrow." Sonata said as she lifted it up and without a second thought, placed it back in its original position...or so she thought. Shethen remembered Trixie's instructions to follow the arrow and did that. As Sonata followed it, she didn't notice that in the opposite direction of the arrow, was a bathroom on the side of the hall. As Sonata walked down, she finally found herself in front of a large metal door with only one window. She sighed in relief. "Found it!" She cheerfully said as she opened the door to the handle and entered the room as the door shut behind her. When Sonata was in, she immediately felt a chill throughout her body and she began to shiver as she gripped her arms to stay warm. "Wow! Why's the AC so high up in here?' She wondered as her teeth began to chatter. Sonata looked around and noticed there was something......off about this 'bathroom." She saw a shelf with several stacks on meat on her left and on her right she noticed large bags of ice. She looked ahead and saw a metallic pipe covered in icicles. The room was gray and there were cardboard boxes in it as well. Metal made up the wall and floor. Sonata looked perplexed and scratched her head. "Hmmmm......something's not right about this bathroom." Sonata said as she rubbed her chin. "I better go back and ask Trixie what's up." Sonata headed back to the door and placed her hand on the handle. As she did, she noticed that it wouldn't budge. Sonata frowned and pulled the handle harder, but still didn't have much progress. Finally, she placed both hands on the handle and pulled with all her might and as she did, she heard a *snap* sound and her eyes widened. Sonata lifted her hands up to find that she was now holding the handle in her hands. She looked at it and then at the door in front of her. It took a while for her to process the whole situation and her face sank slightly. "Uh oh." She said soflty.