//------------------------------// // Chapter 4: Meeting Familiar Friends // Story: Sun's Equestira Girls Adventure // by Pinkie Pie Sweets //------------------------------// Later that day, it's lunch time and everyone are in there getting something to eat, talking with their friends, and other stuff. Sun and Fluttershy are in the line with some trays and are getting something to eat. Just then Twilight, has come over to them and they're happy to meet each other again. Sun smiles and says, "Hey Twilight, how are you doing?" "I'm fine," Twilight happily answers. "That's good," Fluttershy replies. Twilight grabs a tray and as they all get some lunch,Twilight decides to ask Fluttershy and Sun about her question. Twilight says, "I know we just first met, but I wonder if you two can help me out with something." "Of course," Fluttershy says. Sun, Fluttershy, and Twilight finishes grabbing their lunches and are going to sit down to eat. Twilight is kind of confused while grabbing her lunch and a see the food is different from her own world. "I decided to run for Princess of the Fall Formal and I was wondering where the head of the planning committee is?" Twilight asks calmly. "That's interesting. First day at school and you want to do something make yourself known," Sun replies. "I guess," Twilight says. After getting their lunch, they all leave so they can go eat before they head off their separate way. "But it won't be easy," Fluttershy replies. Twilight turns to Fluttershy and asks, "What do you mean?" "Sun is running for princess as well, so you might have a bit of competition," Fluttershy answers with a smile. "You're running, too?" Twilight surprisingly asks. "Yep," Sun answers. Twilight starts to think and says, I did remember seeing you won it a few times, and that one of your friends had won one as well." "That's right. It was months ago at the Spring Fling," Sun says while nodding her head. "From the looks of the photo you had a lot of fun," Twilight replies. "We sure did. After we got that little fiasco out of the way," Fluttershy adds. Twilight start to look confused and asks, "What fiasco?" "Trust me, you don't wanna know," Sun answers. "Okay?" Twilight question asks. Then she asks Sun and Fluttershy, "So how do I become princess?" "That's easy, you need to convince a lot of people to vote for you," Sun explains. "Yes. There are the athletes, the fashionista, the dramas, the eco-kids, the techies, the rockers, and more," Fluttershy adds Twilight can see so many students, and notice that some of them are in a different group while the rest are spread out, and despite being different, they get along. "Why are is everypony…" Twilight is about to ask, but Spike hits her on the head to remind her of her speech. Then Twilight correctly says, "I mean everypony separated this way." "Well, it's not always like that. It's mostly because of the beginning of the school year and club season so they basically stay in their group for a while and then everyone gets along," Sun explains, while she and the girls take their seat and start eating. "Sounds like you saw this before," Twilight replies "Yep," Sun answers. Then with determination, Twilight says, "But I'm going to try my best to help everyone get to know me." "That's the spirit," Sun says proud of Twilight's spirit. "Thanks," Twilight replies. Twilight then start to eat, by grabbing an apple with her mouth. Fluttershy is a bit confused to see Twilight not eating with a fork or her hand. Sun however is starting to see that what Twilight is doing is familiar to her, but confused of how Twilight is eating. Twilight realizes her mistake, so she take hold the apple in her hand and start to eat. After taking a bite of her apple, Twilight nervously asks, "Um, where do I go to find the planning committee?" "You would find Pinkie at the gym?" Fluttershy answers. "Pinkie?!" Twilight surprisingly says, aftering hearing the name. "Yeah. She's one of my best friends, and she's a great party planner. You can't find anyone else who can do it as her," Sun answers. Then Sun says, "Well, how about we eat and then we go meet her at the gym. I need to head there anyway." After having their lunch, Sun leads Twilight, Fluttershy and their pets to the gym where the dance is going to be at. It's also where Sun and Fluttershy's friend, Pinkie Pie is. Sun and the others look around to see that a lot of the decoration has been set up, but Pinkie is nowhere in sight. "So where is she?" Twilight asks. "She should be around here?" Sun answers, looking confused. Just as they go inside the gym, they suddenly hear someone screaming, "Incoming!" The next thing the girls along with their pets know, they end up being covered in confetti and streamers. They are able to get the stuff off of them and look to see the person doing it. Just then the planner, pulls a balloon from her skirt and then blows air into it. Sun looks at Pinkie and says, "Um Pinkie, maybe you should ease off the confetti." "Okay," Pinkie says while holding her balloon. Just as Twilight sees the girl's face, she surprisingly says in a quiet tone, "Pinkie Pie?!" Pinkie grabs Twilight by the shirt and look at her in the face, as she steps only asks, "Are you psychic?!" "No. I don't think so. Unless that's something you do," Twilight nervously answers. "Not usually," Pinkie says. After letting go of Twilight, Pinkie then continue to blow some balloons and tie strings on to them. "Fluttershy and Sun told me that you are able to help us sign up for Princess of the Fall Formal," Twilight calmly says. "Really! Sun is going to sign up as well," Pinkie super janky says. Then she happily says, "It's a good thing you two are going to sign up now, the dance is the day after tomorrow." "I'm new here," Twilight replies. "Yippie!" Pinkie cheers happily. Pinkie then notice something about Twilight and suspiciously said, "Well, now that's I'm looking at you." She then grabs Twilight from her wrists and arms as she observe her. Fluttershy and Sun have no clue what Pinkie is going. Then again, Pinkie is usually hard to figure out. "Do you have a twin sister who lives in the city who has a dog name Spike, who looks just like this one?" Pinkie asks. "I don't know about that," Twilight answers looking confused. Pinkie takes the clipboard out of her head as she says, "Okay. You just need to sign your name and you are candidates for the Princess of the Fall Formal crown." She present the clipboard to sun and uses the pen to write her name on the ballot. She then hands the pen to Twilight so she can sign her name. Twilight starts to look a bit nervous because she never written with her new hands before. She then tries to write her name and give the pen back to Pinkie. Pinkie looks at the list and surprisingly says, "Wow! You have really bad handwriting. It's like you never held a pen before." Twilight laughs nervously and says, "Is it." Just then someone comes inside the gym and in a familiar female western accent, she asks "Somebody ordered a dozen cases of fizzy apple cider?" "Me. me me me me. Yay!" Pinkie happily cheers as she walks up to the girl. The girls reveals to be a human girls that looks like Applejack, she puts the case down and whips her forehead and removes her hat. Twilight is very shocked to see that this girl looks so much like Applejack. She even have the same hat and hairband. It seems to be the clothes that Applejack will wear. Applejack puts her hat on and asks, "Can you bring in the rest?" "Eyup," a familiar boys' voice says. Just then a boy who looks like Applejack's brother, Big Mac enters the room. Applejack takes on the the cases of drinks and puts them on the table. When she puts the case on the table, she ntoice Twilight and surprisingly says, "Hey! I know you." "You do?" Twilight asks, looking confused. "Sure. you're one of the new girls who help our good friend Sun gave the other new girl the what-for today," Applejack says while bringing a bottle to drink. Then Pinkie happily says, "Twilight Sparkle is also competing again Sun for Princess the Fall Formal. "Really now!" Applejack says with a smile. Twilight nods her head in reply. Then Applejack says, "Well, you sure are in for a good competition with Sun. Might be hard to beat her" "I don't think it will be that hard. Rarity won for Spring Fling," Sun says while blushing. "But you weren't competing then," Pinkie remarks. "Right," Sun says. Then Fluttershy remembers something and asks, "Speaking of Rarity, where in the hay is she?" "I'm over here," A familiar elegant voice calls out. They turn to see someone carrying a lot of boxes of decoration, clothes, photography equipment, and other stuff. From the looks of it, she's about ready to loose her balance. "Can someone give me a hand?" The voice asks. "I got it," Sun answers. "Let me help," Twilight replies. Sun and Twilight takes on of the boxes and put them on one of the tables. Then the girl puts the box on the table as well. Twilight and Spike are surprised to see that the girl looks exactly like Rarity. Spike simplys falls in love for her right away, since she reminds him of the Rarity in Equestria. "That sure is a lot of stuff," Sun replies. "I know. They're for the photo stand Photo Finished is doing," Rarity calmly explains. Sun remmers this and says, "Right. She and her friends are doing that," "Correct," Rarity answers. Rarity then notices Twilight and surprisingly says, "On, and who are you?" "I'm Twilight Sparkle," Twilight answers. "Please to meet you, Twilight. My name is Rarity," Rarity says in an elegant manner. Just then, they hear a barking sound and look to see it's coming from Spike. His front paws are on one of Rarity shoes and looks very happy to see her. Rarity smiles and says, "Aw, who is this adorable little dog?!" "That's Spike," Twilight answers. "He is so sweet and adorable," Rarity says as she scratches behind his ear and rubs his tummy. Sun, Applejack, Fluttershy, and Pinkie decide to give Spike some attention. Giving him rubs and playing with him. Spike seems very happy to be getting a lot of attention from the girls and happy to see another Rarity here. After giving him some love and attention, Sun gives Spike back to Twilight and decide to continue with setting up the gym and other things to do for the dance. Fluttershy tours to Rarity and asks, "Where's Rainbow? I thought she's going to be here." "She said she's going to be late getting here. Said something about soccer practice," Rarity answers. "Right," Fluttershy says, finally remember she has practice today. Then Applejack says, "Well, we better get the rest of the gym ready before lunch is over," "Right," Pinkie happily says. Then Applejack says, "I'll help Rarity and Pinkie Pie get the decorations ready," "Sun and I can get everything else setup, including the posters," Fluttershy says. Twilight comes to the group and asks, "Anything I can do to help?" "Well, maybe you can help Fluttershy and I get the rest of the posters up," Sun answers. "Okay," Twilight replies. "Thanks. We can use all the help we can get," Pinkie happily says. Then Sun says, "I'll go get some supplies from the supply closet in the art room, and then we can get started." Sun leaves the gym so she can get some supplies that are needed for the gym and to put the posters up. While Sun is gone, Twilight can only think about how much of a good person Sun is and how everyone loves her for it. Twilight smiles and says, "You know, Sun is a really great friend," "Yeah. It's hard to believe it's been over two years since she came to live with us," applejack says with a smile on her face. "Right. We had a lot of fun together," Pinkie says, remember the fun times. Rarity sighs sounding a bit sad and says, "It's just a shame she doesn't fully remember her past yet." Twilight turns to Rarity and asks, "What do you mean?" The girls are starting to feel worried about the situation. Twilight hasn't been here very long, so they're not sure if they are able to tell her. Applejack comes up to Fluttershy and says, "Well, you haven't been here long and you weren't there when it happened." "It's kind of a long story," Fluttershy sadly adds. "I got time," Twilight says. "Well, alright then. But all we can say is that Sun was in a terrible incident two years ago," Applejack sadly answers. "Incident? What incident?" Twilight asks looking confused. Applejack and the others know there's no turning back, so they do have to tell Twilight about Sun's story. Applejack first explains, "Well, when Sun first came to Canterlot High, she kind of had a bad encounter with two girls that go to the school Their names are Gilda and Lightning Dust." "Yeah. But then the science teacher, Discord's daughter named Screwball came along and was able to safe her, and had a little fun with them to boot," Pinkie adds. Rarity sighs sadly and adds."Sadly, Screwball was busy having too much fun that she almost got hit by a van." Twilight starts to get worried and sadly asks, "And what happened after that?" "Sun was able to rescue Screwball from getting hit, but she wasn't able to get away in time, and… she was hit really bad. She was hurt very bad and lost consciousness," Fluttershy says sadly. Then Applejack adds, "Sun life was saved while being in the Canterlot Hospital, but she ended up losing her memory from the blow of the car." "That's awful," Twilight says, feeling sorry for Sun to go through something like that. "It was. And it was my family's van that hit her," Rarity says feeling guilty about it. "Really!" Twilight asks looking a bit surprised. Rarity nods her head and says, "Yes. I was able to help make Sun new clothes and to replace the one that were destroyed," "Yes. But the thing is, her clothes were already ruined when she was all covered and scratches and burned marks. At least that what Rarity told us," Applejack adds. "Burn marks?" Twilight questionably replies. "Yes. According to the doctors on her progress, Sun has scratches and terrible burn marks on her body. Rumors began to spread while Sun was in the hospital that Sun was a survivor of a terrible fire," Fluttershy explains. Twilight starts to feel worried about Sun. She wonder how could a kind girl could go through something that terrible. Twilight sadly says, "And Sun doesn't have any idea where she came from." Rarity shakes her head and answers, "No. She does have dreams and nightmares about it. Some of them are a bit strange." "You should ask Sun for yourself, I'm sure she'll give you the details," Applejack suggests. Twilight nods her head and answers, "Okay. But Sun seems fine now." "Yep. Discord offer to let Sun be a part of his family and Screwball is her new sister," Pinkie happily explains. "Discord and Screwball?" Twilight questionably replies, after hearing the two's name. Pinkie nods her head and happily says, "Yep. Discord is a science teacher and he's kind of chaotic and Screwball has the same personality as he does." "I'm surprised that Discord and Screwball's influences doesn't rub on to Sun," Rarity replies. "Well, like you said Sun has been adopted. I'm sure she'll still be her even is her family is how you say it 'chaotic'" Twilight suggests. "That's what we think," Applejack says, looking at Rarity with a smug on her face. Rarity decides to ignore it and says, "I just wonder how could Sun be able to live with those two?" Just then the girls hear Sun's voice saying, "I'm back." They turns to see Sun bringing some tape, tacks, and other stuff for the the decor and posters. Then Sun asks, "You ready to start putting up posters." "Okay," Fluttershy says. Sun then turns to Twilight and happily says, "You know Twilight, we should hang out sometime." "I think it sounds great," Twilight says with a smile. She then turns to Spike and says, "Come on Spike." Spike walks up to Twilight so he can go with them on their trip around the school. Then Twilight help Spike go into her backpack so he will be safe and hide from Principal Celestia. She then turned to Applejack and asks, "And Applejack, can I have some of that cider for later." "Sure," Applejack answers. Applejack then passes Twilight a bottle of cider and puts it in her backpack. Applejack realizes something and asks, "Hey! How you know my name is Applejack?" Twilight realizes her mistake and quickly says, "Didn't you say?!" "Nope," Big Mac answers. Twilight nervously says, "Well, I guess I should start putting the posters on the wall. I'll see you around." The girls are a bit confused about it, but remember they need to get the gym set up and set up more posters. With that, Sun, Fluttershy, and Twilight leave the gym to put up more posters while Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity continue setting up the gym for the dance. After they are gone, Applejack is still wondering how Twilight knows her name when they first meeting each other. "That girl is trying to hide a secret, but I'm totally on to her," Pinkie says looking suspicious. She then whispers to Applejack with a smile on her face saying, "She's psychic." "Uh huh, if you say go?" Applejack says looking confused. Just then, the girls hear a hard slam and turn to see who is coming in. they look to see that it's Falling Star and she does not look happy. "This looks terrible!" She angrily says. She looks at the gym and angrily says, "Is this a dance or a little girl's birthday party." "And who is the sam hill are you supposed to be?" Applejack asks, not happy on the girl's attitude. Falling Star makes a grin on her face and says, "The name is Falling Star, you new princess and I'm here to sign up for it," "Well, here's the list," Pinkie says present to her. Falling Star swipes the pen and clipboard from Pinkie's hands and writes her name. Thens he gives them back to Pinkie. Pinkie looks at her writing and says, "Sheesh, your handwriting is not very good either." "What was that?!" Falling Star angrily asks. Pinkie gulped nervously and quietly says, "Nothing." Applejack and Rarity are not liking Falling Star's attitude towards them. Pinkie and Rarity have done their best to decorate the gym and this girl has the nerve to complain about it. Falling Sar looks at the cases full of cider and says in disgust, "Apple Cider! Gross! This is a dance, not a hoedown!" Applejack starts to get serious and says, "You know, this isn't your coronation or something and you're not the only one who is running here." "Oh is that so?!" Falling Star says getting into Applejack face. Then Falling Star says with an ego, "I'm sure it will become my coronation. I have my own way to charm others." Pinkie shows the clipboard and says, "Well, you going to have competition first. My friend Sun and my new friend Twilight will be competing as well." Falling Star hears this and shockley says, "What?!" Falling Star takes the clipboard to take a look at the names. She can see Sun's name, but the other one is hard to make out as much as her writing is. She then realizes that the girl with Sun is Princess Twilight Sparkle, the new alicorn princess. She then remember seeing Sun with her necklace and remember that her old rival Sunset Shimmer has one just like it. She also realizes who Sun really is and is not happy about it. Then Falling star angrily asks, "Where is Sun and this Twilight Sparkle?" She then turns to see Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie are confused and concern at her statement. She then changes her attitude to a fake smile and says, "I'm looking forward on meeting the competition." Applejack can tell that Falling Star is lying about her change of attitude. Rarity and Pinkie can sense there's something wrong with that girl and think it will be a good idea to warn them about the rude girl. What they don't know, is that Falling Star is aware of who Twilight and Sun are and will do anything to make sure she wins the crown and not them. But first, she decides to have chat with the candidates for the crown.