//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 - Rumors // Story: My Little Pony Equestria Girls - Gundam Extreme Versus Magic // by GundamBrony //------------------------------// After Movie Magic The next week of class has just begun and the Rainbooms headed back inside, feeling happy on their weekend. Sometimes after stopping Juniper Montage from ruining the movie set for the Daring Do movie, they got the chance to be part of the small roles of it. Rainbow was talking non stop about it along with Rarity, commenting on how they are the roll on being movie stars, despite Applejack stated that they got small roles. As soon as they about to enter inside, they heard crying from the Principal office. Notice this, they enter inside to see Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna confront Time Break and River Bend, crying. "Principal Celestia, Vice Principal Luna, what's going on?" Sunset asked. "I am afraid that Chrono Blaze ran away from home and went missing." Vice Principal Luna said. "WHAT?!" all of the girls shouted. They couldn't believe this. Chrono Blaze is missing even on the second day of school? "I don't understand, what happens to him?" Applejack asked. "I don't know, but all we know is that River Bend and Time Break were just trying to be the parents they need to be only for Chrono to yell at them for the faults they did and sometimes at midnight, he ran away from his parents and went missing." Principal Celestia said. "What faults?" Twilight asked. "I'm sorry but we can't let you girls get involve in personal matters." Vice Principal Luna said. "Please at least tell me!" Twilight said, "I know that Chrono wasn't a friendly person when we first met, but I know that I want to help him." "But why?" Principal Celestia asked. "Because I felt that we're not that different since he reminded me of my time in Crystal Prep," she said. Just as Vice Principal Luna about to speak, Time Break place his hand on her shoulder and gave a nod. Stepping back, he heads to her. "You must want to help our son, don't you?" he asked and she nodded "I knew that one day there will be others that we need our help with our son." The rest of the Rainbooms came to her and Rainbow asking "So why does Chrono was acting all mean to other people?" River Bend sighed "He wasn't like this. In fact, from what we know, he's such a friendly person. He always cares about his friends so much and willing to be open up. But that all changes when our first job that our wife and I worked was losing business as a result, we lost our job along with other people that were working. To make sure that we can find a new one, we begin moving states to find new jobs but so far we haven't found any. And Chrono, he tried to make friends but whenever we move, he doesn't get the chance to have a long friendship with anybody in every school we place him. As as a result, he was in so much despair and lost that he give up on making friends and became the person he is now." The girls were shocked, to say the least. Chrono's parent was struggling to find a place to live and get a job around the state and Chrono felt lost and giving up on friendship. "Poor Chrono......" Fluttershy said. "I can't believe that such a sad story!" Pinkie said while wiping her tears with a napkin. "Golly, I'm sorry that you have to go such harsh times." Applejack said. "It's fine, but we hope that not only we find a job here but we thought if he finds friends here...." "It would return him back to his true self?" Sunset replied and they nodded. "Only problem is whenever you two get hired it would be difficult to earn the finance for your home and such," Twilight said. "Right, but right now, our son is missing." River Bend holds Twilight's hand "Please find our son. He's all that left in our life." The girls glance at each other but nodded. Sure that Chrono wasn't friendly when they first met him, but now they finally know the reason, they can at least do their part in finding him. "Well we don't know where to find him, but you can count on us to find him." Applejack said. "Yeah, besides, if we find him, all he needs to be happy and not moody all the time!" Pinkie said. "At first that I thought he was a rude person, but giving the fact of that reason, we'll do our best to find him." Rarity said. "Although I don't like what he did to our friends in school, I know that he needs someone to help him," Fluttershy said. "Well, even though he tried to hurt me, I do my part too." Rainbow sighed. "Don't worry, we'll find Chrono," Sunset said and Twilight nodded. "Thank you, girls. Thank so much." Time Break smiled for their willingness to find Chrono. He was right. There are others willing to help him and be friends to Chrono. After Chrono's parents left, the girls headed back to class. With him gone, things are normal for students in CHS, but for the Rainbooms, it's not a happy thing to be happy. A sunlight was glaring at Chrono's face and he groaned and got up. Waking up to an empty and old building, he stretches a bit and walks around it. Judging from the place, it looks to be a motel that was closed down for demolition. Everything was a bit rotten as splinters of woods were sticking out anywhere, walls were covered in oil, floors are stable but he can hear creaking every time he step on, believing it might break, beds were torn and dirty along with pillows and blankets. He walks to the bathroom and only that it was all but partly destroyed. The toilet was still working despite being broken along with the cracked up sink and shower. "It's not much but it'll do," he muttered to himself. Feeling his stomach growling, he grabbed his bag and ate some of the chicken he took from the fridge back at home. Taken a big bite of his meal, he sighed and glance at the broken window but stop himself from going to it. No. I don't want anyone to find me. he thought and notice a small wedge hole on it along with eye holes too. He places his eyes on it and sees some of the people doing their daily business. He sat down and begin with thinking until - "Are you going to live in this dump?" a voice was heard and sighed and a red transparent version of himself appeared. "I made my choice, I'm done living in this world," he muttered. "But you're born in this world, you can't just leave where there are so many things you can do!" the transparent version of himself. "Look, I know things have been hard for you moving places to places but you got to have hope!" "Hope is nothing but fleeting dreams. I saw what the world is, other me! And I know now the only I can do is live here and rot away." Chrono argued. "That's the only thing that I can do." "No, whatever whisper in your head, you need to fight it!" "I tried and yet that I tried to prevent have come. So I have no choice but to accept it and live here." "And what about your parents? And those 7 girls?" Other Chrono asked. "They're a waste, only in my way. " Chrono replied. "No, they're not! They're trying to bring you in to bring happiness and you just throw them away?!" Other Chrono retorted "What happens to the Chrono I know? The one who believes in friendship and family? The kind and caring person?" "The me you know is gone! And it'll stay that way!" Chrono said only for his other self is gone. Chrono sat down and sighed. 'I don't get why my other half wants me to go back? I saw what the world is and the only thing matter is to be away from that world.' Chrono's mind echoed. Knowing that he just needs to go out, he looks around for anything he needs. So far, he found a dirty sunglasses, a hat, and bandanna. Placing the glasses on his eyes, wrapped the bandanna to cover his face, and a hat to hide his hair, he nodded but found a dirty jacket and wear it. Slowly, he carefully got out of the back door and jump the back gate where no one else sees and begins walking around. The beginning of Mirror Magic The girls headed to the Canterlot Mall after school was done. So far, they haven't found Chrono anywhere but decide to take a break from finding him and begin to head to the food court while also exciting for the premiere of the Daring Do movie. While the girls order their food, Sunset sat down and begin writing her magical journal to her friend back at Equestria, Princess Twilight Sparkle. 'Dear Princess Twilight, Tonight's the night of the big movie premiere. All of my friends are really exciting, and I should be, right? Except I can't seem to get over my mind on anything other than our new powers, and the rouge magic loses in this world and how scary but exhilarating is all is and a new student went missing. Yesterday, there's a new student name Chrono Blaze who move here and attend Canterlot High. But he wasn't very friendly to anyone especially being a loner. But today, he went missing on the second day of school. His parents told him about him and it turns out, he lost his belief of friendship because of his parent's job hunt all over the states. He wasn't a bad person, just felt lonely and hurt. Your counterpart sense that and want to help him because of how he was reminded of her back at Crystal Prep Academy days. How can we prepare for anything that's coming? When will it show up again? For Chrono, if we do find him, how do we restore him back to his true self? How do we get him to believe the magic of friendship? Well that's the problem, finding him will be difficult, but with the weight of the problems on your shoulder you must have some advice on how to-' But she stops when she saw that she's on the last page and filled. "Oh no, shoot!" she sighed. "What's the matter Sunset?" Pinkie asked, holding a tray of burgers. "Oh, I just ran out of pages of my journal. That's all." Sunset said, trying to not let her know of her problems. "Chillax, Sunshim. " Rainbow said with her meals on the tray. The rest of the girls came back with their meals and take their seats. "Um, who's 'Sunshim?'" Fluttershy asked. "That's Sunset's new movie star name." Rainbow take a sip of her drink "I just made it up." "Oh sweet apple' sake, we only have bit parts of the movie. We're not movie stars." Applejack pointed out. "Yet, Applejack. Yet." Rarity said, with a hint of excitement. Twilight turned to Sunset "There's more bothering to you than just journal pages, isn't there, Sunset?" Sunset holds her book, feeling a bit worried. "Um...." "C'mon! Share your troubles!" Pinkie appeared and smushing Sunset's cheek "It might help smooth those stress nerves." She let go of him and Sunset rubbed her cheek "Uh, I don't wanna to take any of our big night....." "I said spill it, Sunshim!!"Pinkie appeared in front of her. Sunset pushing Pinkie away "Okay, okay. It's just that things are calming down around here." "And that's bad how, precisely?" Rarity asked. "It's not." Sunset replied, playing her pen nervously "It's just that instead of enjoying the fact that things are calm, I'm constantly thinking about things going wrong, even when there aren't, not to mention of no signs of Chrono." The girls nodded solemnly, knowing of their search for him would be difficult especially since he hid. "What about you Twilight?" Rainbow asked, "Any luck or clues that can find him?" Twilight shook her head "No, so far Spike tried to find him but with last night rain, he had a difficult time finding him due to the water washed up the scent away. I did get the chance to visit Chrono's house." "And?" Applejack asked. "So far, I checked his room but I did find a robot toy that he always collects. His parents said that Chrono loves the anime series, Mobile Suit Gundam and treasure it so much." "Gun-what now?" Rainbow asked. "Gundam. From what I heard, it's a popular Japan anime series genre involving real militaristic robots." Twilight got her laptop and type it to find a page about the Gundam series. She clicked and a video shows robots in a war scene fighting with unique weapons, caught the girls with mixed feelings of an impression but just curiosity. "So far, it spawns different timelines with their own story lores on it about war and gains a great deal of popularity across the world." Sunset shivered at the thought of people liking war since she knows that back in Equestria, there are not many histories in wars except in ancient times, "I didn't know people can be interested in that." "Well, it happens before but so far war only exists in histories if you remember what we learn in history class," Twilight said and the girls nodded. "But what it has to do with finding him?" Rarity asked. "I can see if he left any DNA or something that Spike or his robot dog companion can find him." she pulled out an HG Gundam Barbatos "His scent should be coated in it." "Well at least that's the good news, the sooner we can find him, the better we can get his head straight," Rainbow replied. "Well, it's not going to be easy, Rainbow," Sunset said. "The last time we met him, he's going to be very difficult." "Not to mention very barbaric too," Rarity added. "Still, we got to try, right?" Twilight asked and the girls nodded. Pinkie notices her journal glowing a bit. "Look!" Pinkie pick up Sunset's journal "Princess Twilight's writing you back! Hey, everybody, Sunset getting Equestritext!" Sunset got her journal back with a playful smirk at her. "What it's said?" Applejack asked. Sunset read a bit and shocked "Princess Twilight wants me to come back to......Equestria." At the streets, Chrono, wander around the town, looking around. Ignoring the people getting looks from his disguise, he heads inside of a grocery market. He stops a bit at the front, realizes something. Because of his disguise, he mostly gets a lot of suspicious from other people so going there will be risky but the same if he removes it. He'll be open like a target for police. Looking around, he found a cap, a half-empty hair dye, and a cap on the dumpster. He grabs them and begins to move, but spot something else: a broken amulet with a star-shaped symbol with one side missing. "What is this?" he picks it up and examines it. From the inside, wires and circuits were broken or cracked. Whoever made this, he certain this is no ordinary amulet. "It's a device, a spectrometer." he mused at this "But what's it doing here?" Decide to keep it, he hid it in his bag and head to an empty room. Cutting his hair shorter, he sprays the half-empty hair dye on his red hair, making it dark blue. After a few minute passed to dry his new colored hair, he grabs a baseball cap and place on it. With a dirty blue jacket he found, he walked out and head inside the grocery market. Shopping for some bread he can find, he got 5 of them and pay at the cashier. Walking out, he takes one look at the spectrometer. Examine the damages, he sees the circuits and wires are damaged. Look around, he decides to head to an electronics store at the Canterlot Mall. Upon walking, he looks around the area for an electronic store until he found one next to a boutique store. He enters in and decides to ask the repair crew about it at the table. "Hello, welcome to Canterlot Electronic Store, may I help you?" "Yes, I was wondering if you can fix something?" he asked. "Well, depends on what electronic device, we can do our best to fix it." the employee said. "Okay," he pulls out the broken spectrometer "So I was wondering if you can fix this?" The employee/repairman looks at it and surprises at this. "Interesting, a spectrometer yet it was handmade. Where do you get this?" he asked. "I just found it. On the streets, broken up when I found it." Chrono replied. The repair crew examines it and with some humming to himself, he replied "Well, the wires and circuits are broken, it needs some rewire it and a replacement for it. We can do that but that will cost you for the parts we're going to use." "I don't mind the cost. Also, do you also do custom-order?" the employee/ repair crew nodded "Okay because I need some changes to it." "Okay, I just need your name sir." He thinks about something. He can't use his real name to the public but then again, giving the fact that his loneliness guides him, it's better to change himself to someone else. And he got an idea on which one. One that defines him of his cold-hearted and loneliness. "Ex." "Huh?" "My name. Ex." In the Canterlot Statue, the portal ripples open and Sunset came out after her trip to Equestria. But she wasn't alone. Another girl knee down, distorted from the portal's magic. She has a heliotrope pink skin with dark purple curly hair with a light bluish streak and wearing a pink beanie. She also wearing a green shirt with a pink next to her chest and a black vest. Unlike other girls, she wears grey pants with some holes in her knees and wearing black shoes. This is Starlight Glimmer, Princess Twilight Sparkle's student who wants to learn more about friendship by going to the human's dimension after Sunset got her new journal from her. "Ugghh......" Starlight's vision still distorted until she regains her normal vision. She looks at her hooves now transformed into hands. "What happen?" Sunset came to her and help her up "It's all pretty strange at first, but try to roll with it." When Starlight tried to stand up, her legs wobble a bit before got her balance. Some of the students look at them weirdly at her. Sunset just wave her hand at them with a 'Hi!' Starlight Glimmer look at her former hoof in disbelief "Are these?" "Hands." She looks down at her former hind hooves "And what happened to the rest of my hoo-" "Feet! Those are feet." Sunset said and looking around, hoping no one is looking at the other students "Remember the whole thing where I say you need to lay low? Now would be a good time to play it cool." "Oh. Right." Starlight said while chuckling "Play cool." She whipped her hair and prepare to walk but crouch down and walk like her pony form did. This caught the attention of some students and Sunset rushed to her and stop her. She picks her up and other students glance at them while Sunset gave them a wave. "You did say I made a good distraction." Starlight commented and Sunset rolled her eyes in amusement. At the counter, Ex (Chrono) was reading some magazines, trying to keep him entertained while he was waiting for his new spectrometer. While reading the pages of it, an article caught his interest: 'Mysterious anomalies happened in Canterlot High during the Friendship Games.' 'Anomalies in Canterlot High?' he thought about it and he continues reading it. 'For the past months, strange anomalies happen at Canerlot High School on June 15, 2013. Many reporters attempt to find the source of it, but so far there's no evidence of the strange cause of it. Principal Celestia stated that it was part of the school event that they used on certain occasion.' 'Strange occurrences?' Ex (Chrono) raise his eyebrows at this. What strange occurrences? Did something happen to the school before he got here? He continues reading it and it shows Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna. 'Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna stated that the strange anomalies were only light shows and effects for the Fall Formal and planned to use it for certain events in the future. This happens again on the Canterlot Musical Showcase on September 24, 2014, when the school students, the Dazzlings, perform only to be upstaged by the Rainbooms.' 'Dazzlings? Rainbooms?' Ex (Chrono) continue putting questions of this article while he continues reading it. 'Another anomaly occurrence happens again on September 25, 2015, on the debut of the annual Friendship Games between Canterlot High 'Wondercolts' and Crystal Prep Academy 'Shadowbolts'. "So these occurrences......it all happens on Canterlot High, yet no one knows how but see as light shows and special effects." he muttered, "Something tells me that there's more to it." "I see that you're reading this article about it." an employee said and Ex look at him with a nodded. "Trust me, even I was surprised that happened then again, I see a lot of crazy things in my life." "I do have a question about this. Does this actually happen before I came to Canterlot St?" "Yeah, but there's a bunch of rumors going around it." an employee replied. "What kind?" "Well, supposedly, one of the rumors goes as a scientific experiment, another is a 'magical thing' or what, I don't know, many reporters tried to find evidence about it even scientist, but so far no one can decipher what cause it." "'Magic?' That can't be true. Magic is nothing more than a hocus pocus stuff." Ex scoffed at that rumor. "I know, I don't believe in that kind of stuff too." The employee turns and continues on his daily shift. 'Ex, your item is now repaired. Please head to the front desk for pick up.' the voice com was heard and he heads to it. From the front table, the spectrometer now resembles that of a jewelry gauntlet. Instead of the pink stars, it was a dark blue with dark wings on the side. White streak linings are on the curved sides and when Ex open it, a large gap between wires and outlet was seen like the old pendant. "I hope we got this right, sir, changing that spectrometer to a gauntlet was difficult." "It's perfect enough." Ex (Chrono) pull out his wallet. After getting it paid, he exits out of the technical store. He takes a glance at his newly rebuilt gauntlet and strapped to his left arm. "Huh, perfect fit." he smiled at this and about to head back - "RUN!!" a loud screeched was heard and Ex looks back at other people are running away from. "What the?" he hurried to the commotion and saw that his eyes widen: a giant woman with a dark green hair curved and dressed to that of a movie star. "Who or what the hell is that?!" he muttered. He lay low and peek at the movie star monster girl blowing kisses to other people which he gagged at this. He notices a heliotrope girl with a pink beanie was sneaking behind her and spring to grab a mirror. Both of them starting to struggle until the heliotrope girl kicks the mirror off of the movie monster star's hand. He saw the mirror flew to the ground and the mirror cracked yet he notice something odd about it. A soft blue light hummed and he turned and saw his spectrometer glowing. "What the?" he glanced at it then the cracked mirror which the heliotrope girl picked it up. "Give that back!" the movie monster star girl growled while swiping her sharp nails at her only missed and the heliotrope girl hid behind a plant pot. "No! This mirror is nothing but trouble! You have to realize that!" she said. "What I realize is you are just like those other girls!" the movie monster star girl picked up the pot plant "I wish you'd join them!" 'Wish?' Ex (Chrono) thought about it and crouch down to see them between the collar of the rail. 'A mirror that grants wishes? How can a mirror do- Wait a minute, the article in that newspaper.' An image of the newspaper article about the strange anomalies happening in Canterlot High. 'Could this be one of those strange anomalies I read about?' He looked back to see the heliotrope girl running in circle trying to get away from movie monster star girl. The movie monster star girl growled and picked up a display cart and threw at her, blocking her chance to escape. "Give it back to me!" the movie monster star girl growled. "But my friends are trapped in there!" the heliotrope girl exclaimed. 'Somebody is trapped?! In the mirror?' Ex (Chrono) wonder about this and a video music was played behind the monster movie star girl. From his view, it looks the girls he met at Canterlot High and Sunset Shimmer in her flamenco outfit. "Your friends stole one chance of being famous!" the monster girl screeched and starting to smash the TVs, give her time to jump. Ex hold his gauntlet spectrometer while it continues to glow softly yet little brighter. 'Something tells me that this mirror must cause my spectrometer to acting up.' "Is fame really what you're after or are you looking for something else?" the heliotrope girl asked before duck down as the monster star girl getting closer. "Like what?!" she ripped the tent off of it. "Like.....a friend?" That surprise her and she narrowed her eyes at her "Who would want to be my friend?" "I would." "Why?" the monster star girl asked. "Because I understand you, Juniper. You think getting revenge is going to make you feel better, but it's not. Please, don't make a mistake that you'll end up regretting." the heliotrope girl said. "I already made too many mistakes. What I've done is......" she dropped the tent in sadness "is......unforgivable." "No, Juniper, I know they'll forgive you. But first," the heliotrope girl shows the mirror now breaking apart with little shards of left. "You have to set them free." Ex continue watching this discreetly and the monster star girl grabs the mirror and glance at it. "I...." she looks back at the heliotrope girl, who gave a reassuring smile, "I wish I can make up for my mistakes." A bright flash blinded and Ex saw Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and Fluttershy, falling down on each other. In addition, the monster star girl was transformed back to a normal girl with green hair that has ponytails and wearing a cinema employee attire. 'The girls from Canterlot High?!' Ex surprised at this then begin to piece it together. 'So, those girls, they are connected to the strange anomalies.' While everyone was surprised at this turn of event, the Rainbooms forgive Juniper Montage while sharing their magical corruption. As Ex about to leave, Twilight noticed him and widened her eyes. "Chrono....?" she muttered, that didn't go unheard to the girls. "Twilight, what's wrong?" Sunset asked and Twilight turned back to see him gone. "Nothing, just my imagination," she replied, felt something bad about to happen. Outside, Ex takes a glance at his spectrometer gauntlet. "I see now, so if there are strange anomalies and from my gauntlet's scanner, it's clear that I need to find it. And I know this will help me greatly." Ex said before heading back to the abandon motel.