//------------------------------// // Chapter 4: Crystal Prep Welcome Party // Story: Sun's Equestria Girls Adventure The Friendship Games // by Pinkie Pie Sweets //------------------------------// In the halls of CHS, Sun and the girls, along with Sunshine and Rocky are walking as they talk about the event of the music room. They not only need to figure out how to keep magic out of the games, but they also have Twilight Sparkle of Crystal Prep of the scene. There's also some problem the girls are facing, and still need to come up with a solution. "I still can't get over the fact that our world's Twilight Sparkle goes to Crystal Prep," Rarity says, sounding upset. "You're saying that Twilight is going to compete against us!" Rainbow Dash says, sounding shocked. "She wouldn't do that, would she?" Sunshine asks in concern.. "Our Twilight wouldn't," Fluttershy clarifies. "Yeah, but this one doesn't act like the Twilight we know," Sonata adds looking a bit confused. Sun sighs as she explains."The Twilight Sparkle that we all know is a princess from Equestria,while the Twilight Sparkle I've meet at Crystal Prep is a school girl." "Let's not forget our Princess Twilight Sparkle is a magic expert, and might be able to help us with the magic surges at the prep rally and the costume changes in the music room," Falling Star adds. "This is not going to be easy, and I don't know if I can handle all of this. I also have problems on how to explain to Twilight about what she saw, and keeping magic out of the games" Sun says sounding really stressed. The girls are looking at Sun with worried looks on their faces. They can tell that Sun is feeling stressed about all this. Rarity walks over to Sun, and asks, "Sun, are you feeling a bit stressed about keeping magic out of the games?" Sun leans to the lockers in frustration and says, "Sadly, I am. I'm also a bit frustrated that I haven't heard from Princess Twilight yet. It's not like her, and I got this bad feeling that something must have happened in Equestria. I'm also worried that if Crystal Prep discovered magic at the school, they'll assumed the worst than just something to used at the games, and we might have to forfeit." "Well, she is a princess from Equestria. Probably got problems of her own to deal with," Applejack says with a calm smile. "We certainly can't expect her to drop everything and pop through the portal whenever. Especially if it's to deal with something minor as a few random pony ups," Rarity adds. "I don't think they're minor! Magic was brought here when…" Sun says, loudly and very worried. She the turns to Falling Star, and says, "No offence on you Falling Star, because you're technically brought magic into this world." "None taken, and you're right. It's my fault magic is in this world now. I was lucky enough that you were able to help me earned everypony and everybody's trust," Falling Star replies. "She's right, and you were the one helped us understand what was going on with the sirens," Applejack replies. "I agree with Applejack, and you were the one who helped us removed our curse after all these years," Aria agrees. "I know, but Twilight was the one who came up with the counter spell to defeat you," Sun replies, still feeling a bit down. "True, but ultimately, all the events that happened… Falling Star corrupted by magic, us with our curse, helping Falling Star's friendship problem… all we really need was you," Adagio explains, with reassurance. Sun smiles after hearing that, and says, "I guess you're right." The girls cheer after hearing that, and are glad Sun is cheered up Then Rainbow says with a loud voice, "Come on guys, let's see if we can find any info about the events and come up with a strategy!" Rainbow and the others leave to their usual meeting spot so they can discuss about the games. Rainbow turns to see Sun is not following them, and asks, "You coming, Sun?" "I think I'm going to find Twilight of Crystal Prep. I kind of like to talk to her for a sec," Sun answers. Then Falling Star comes over, and says , "I'll join you. I kind of like to get to know this Twilight and understand her a little more…" Then sheepishly says, "And I'll see if I can help you explain to her about that little incident at the portal." Sun nods her head, agreeing Falling Star can tag along. Sun and Falling Star head outside the front yard to find this world's Twilight, since she'll be with her classmates. Sun opens her journal to see if Princess Twilight answers, but no reply. Sun sadly sighs, and says, "Still no reply." Falling Star gives Sun a reassuring smile, and says, "Don't worry, I'm sure she'll answer very soon. Sun smiles back, and decides to see if she and Falling Star can find this world's Twilight. They both walk over to the statue where the portal is. Meanwhile, Twilight Sparkle of Crystal Prep is standing at the other side of the portal looking sad, until she hears noises. She looks on her chest to see her device has picked up something. Twilight then follows the device to the side base of the statue. Just then the device opens. On the other side of the statue, Sun and Falling Star are there not knowing what's going on. "Still, I wonder how both Twilights are doing?" Sun asks as she leans her hand to the portal. Just then, her hand becomes stuck to the portal, and is unable to break free. "Hey… what… what's going on?!" Sun exclaims as she struggles. Falling Star shockley asks, "What's going on?" Falling Star then grabs Sun by her wrists and tries to pull Sun away, but something is making her stick. What they don't know, is that Twilight's device is sucking out the magic from both Sun and Falling Star, and it's making it suck the magic from the portal. Twilight manages to close it, and breaks the force between the statues. When the three girls fall to the ground, Twilight's device sparks without her knowing. Sun and Falling Star look from the side to see Twilight is on the ground too. Sun shockley explains, "Twilight?!" Sun comes over and helps Twilight us. Falling Star runs over looking very spooked. "Wha-what did you do?!" Falling Star asks with a shock. Twilight starts to feel scared and is not sure what happened. Before Twilight answers, Dean Cadence firmly says to her, "Twilight, you have to check with the others." "I gotta go!" Twilight scaredly replies. With that, Twilight runs off, as Sun calls out, "Twilight, wait!" Before Sun knows it, Twilight is also long gone. Sun and Falling Star are not sure what is going on, but they can tell something has happened. Falling Star decides to touch the base of the statue, but notice something different. Falling Star doesn't feel the portal's presence anymore. Falling Star scaredly asks, "Where's the portal?" Falling Star tries to feel it, but nothing and is starting to get very scared. "Where's the portal?!" Falling Star panicky screams. Hearing Falling Star's scream, Sun rush over to see what has happened. Sun feels the base of the statue herself, and can feel nothing. Sun quietly says looking scared, "The portal's… gone!" Sometime later, all the students of Crystal Prep and Canterlot High are at the gym for the welcome party. However, the school are divided in half base on the school they attend. Flash and some of the students smile wanting to have a warm welcome. Sour Sweet shows a smile on her face, but becomes sour by crushing her cup and stomping it to the ground. The other students are looking serious at them. Flash and the others are not very happy with Crystal prep. In the hallway, Sun and all of their friends, and Sun's brothers and sisters are there. They are all wearing the nice outfits Rarity has made for them. Rosemary asks looking worried, "What do you mean the portal's gone?" "I mean, it's gone, it's closed, it's not there anymore!" Falling Star answers, sounding really upset. "How in Equestria did that happened?!" Scarlet asks, not believing it. "I don't know, but I got this funny feeling Twilight has something to do with it. Mostly because she was close to the portal too," Sun answers, looking very concern. Sun and the group see Twilight in the gym as well, but is distracted right now. She looks around while holding her device in her hand. She also accidently bump into one of their classmates. "What in the world is she doing?"Aria asks. "And what's that thing she got there?" Sunshine adds. Sun sighs, and says, "I better go talk to her." Sun walks over to Twilight to see if she can talk to her. Twilight is so busy looking for the readings on her device, that she doesn't notice Sun is behind her. Sun calmly calls out, "Hey Twilight." Twilight becomes startled and turns around to see Sun right behind her. Twilight stands up, and sheepishly says, "Oh hi, Sun." "Twilight, what exactly are you up to? I saw you at the school yesterday near the statue and today?" Sun asks. "Oh, I was just…" Twilight says, nervously and trying to find the words. Before she can answer, Indigo Zap gets into Sun face, and asks, "Who want's to know?!" "Uh we do!" Rainbow Dash remarks. "And why would you want to talk to Twilight?" Lemon asks. "Because Sun is Twilight's friend," Falling Star firmly answers. The four girls get into each other faces with glares on them Applejack gets between them, and calmly says, "Alright everyone, let's not get too competitive before the games even start." "The games aren't really competitive since we've never lost," Sugarcoat bluntly replies. "That's not a very nice thing to say," Fluttershy sadly replies. Then Sunny Flare, says, "Sorry dearie, but these games aren't about being nice." "Well you might use a little tact," Rarity remarks. Sun sighs and says, "Come on guys, don't you think you're going a bit overboard with the games. I know it's a very important event, but you don't have to act like winning is the only thing." "I have to agree with Sun on this," Twilight shyly speaks up. "Who side are you on?!" Sour Sweet, sourly says. "I'm on Crystal Prep side since I go to the school, but… I think I have the right to talk to Sun," Twilight nervously replies. Adagio comes over between Sun and Twilight as she says, "That's right. From what Sun's been telling us, they both get along so well despite of them going to different schools. I think it will be best for you two to have a little discussion alone." Then Adagio slowly pushes the two away from the group as she says, "Now, while you two get acquainted with each other, the girls and I will have a word with Twilight's classmates." "Um, right?" Sun questionably replies. Sun and Twilight leaves the scene while Adagio and the others talk to the Crystal Prep girls. Sun says, "Sorry about that." "That's alright, I'm kind of used to these kind of things, "Twilight replies. "I guess, but it seem the students of Crystal Prep only cares about winning and nothing else," Sun replies. Jus then, Twilight feels someone tapping her shoulder. She turns around to see Pinkie Pi Pinkie shows a smile, and says, "Hi, I'm Pinkie Pie!" "Oh, hi. I'm Twilight,"Twilight replies. They both grab each other's hand and shake their hands, but Pinkie rapidly does it, that Twilight's glasses falls from her face a little, and her hair comes undone. "I know. You look just like my friend. Her name is Twilight too," Pinkie replies with glee. Sun simply giggles at Pinkie's methods. "That's... heh, weird," Twilight nervously replies as she adjust her hair. Pinkie notices, Twilight's device and asks, "What's that?" "It's sort of a spectrometer. I built it to track EM frequencies, but it can also contain anomalies," Twilight explains to Sun and Pinkie. Twilight looks to see Pinkie stares at her with a big smile, while Sun looks interested in the device. "It measures things," Twilight quickly replies. "It looks very interesting, did you made it yourself?" Sun asks. "I did," Twilight answers with a small smile. Then Pinkie asks with glee, "Can it also measure the fun at the party?" "Yeah, though it doesn't look like much of a party to me," Twilight answers, looking a bit unsure. "I know. Something is definitely missing," Pinkie agrees, thinking of an idea. Just then, Pinkie has an idea, and happily shouts, "Come on!" Pinkie then grabs Twilight and Sun by their arms and drag them away so they can help her live up the party. Meanwhile, Principal Celestia is on stage announcing, "Hello, everyone! I'd like to take this opportunity to greet all of our visitors from Crystal Prep Academy and welcome them to CHS." Everyone is listening to Principal Celestia and not paying attention to Pinkie, Twilight, and Sun as they push two large boxes to the gym. "What… in the world… is in these?" Twilight asks pushing the box. "If I had to guess, it would be Pinkie's party cannons," Sun answers. "And lastly, I would like to recognize the twelve students that CHS has elected to compete. I don't think we could have chosen a better group to represent the excellence, sportsmanship, and friendship the games stand for," Principal Celestia adds to her announcement. Falling Star, and the girls, along with Sun's brothers and sister hear the announcement. They feel a bit unsure about the games, and what the students think they're about. Rosemary looks around as she asks, "Have any idea where Sun is?" "Isn't that her with Twilight over there," Rocky replies. The group look over to see Twilight and Sun with two large boxes. Pinkie switches the snacks on the table with sweets and goodies. She then gives Vinyl Scratch a cd and she puts it in the d.j system to play some music. She then dim the light shining the disco ball, and music starts to play. Everyone hearing the music, and start to get acquainted with each other and start dancing. Both of the schools are starting to get along. At the entrance of the stage, Pinkie takes the boxes away revealing two party canons, and she is really to fire. Twilight nervously asks, "Um, are you sure this is a good idea?" "Absolutely!" Pinkie answers with a determined look on her face. "We better stand back," Sun suggests. Twilight takes Sun's suggestion and stands back. Just then, Pinkie fires both of the canon and both confetti and party streamers fly across the sky. Everyone from both school are really excited, they dance, have sweets, and most of all, they're getting along with each other. Just as the party is going on, Pinkie starts to glow pink, and grows her pony ears and tail. She starts to float as she fully pony up. "Ooh, floaty!" Pinkie happily cheers. Sun giggles as she says, "Same old Pinkie, magic or not." Everyone are starting to have a great time. Even the girls, and Sun's family. Sunstone smiles, and says, "I think things are looking wonderful here." "Yeah. I was a little worried but Sun's friend was able to pull it off," Phoenix Dawn replies. "Yes, Pinkie does know how to throw a party, and one that got all of our students to get along," Principal Celestia happily adds. "Yay, things are really starting to heat up in here!" Sonata cheers. "Adagio look on the stage to see Rainbow's guitar, Rarity's keytar, and Pinkie's drum at the back of the stage, and it gives her an idea. She turns to her sisters, and says, "And I know how we can spice it up a bit." "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Aria asks with a smirk on her face. "Oh yeah," Adagio says with a smirk on her face. Adagio and her sisters run backstage, and have a plan to really have some fun. At the other side of the gym, Twilight is with Sun and they're both are having a wonderful time. Twilight then sees her device picking up something and it leads to Pinkie. Just then, the device starts to absorb Pinkie's magic. Making her tired and weak. "Aw! Oh. I am party pooped," Pinkie replies, feeling weak and tired for having her magic drained. After collecting the magic, Twilight notices a strange light coming from the bleachers. She look to see that a portal has open up, and is shocked about it. She then closes her device and becomes concern about it. She goes to back of the stage so she can figure this out. As the party is going on, Adagio and the Dazzlings are on stage with the instruments, they've been practicing with. Adagio on electric guitar. Aria is on keytar. Sonata is on drums. Adagio then signal Vinyl to stop the music, and puts the lights on stage. Sonata shouts as she hits the sticks, "One, two, three, four!" Witht that, The Dazzlings play loud rock music with the instruments, and it sounds a bit spooky and cool. Adagio comes in front of the microphone. Adagio Dazzle: I'm gonna cast a spell on you. You're gonna do what I want you to. Mix it up here in my little bowl, say a few words and you lose control. The Dazzlings: I'm a Hex Girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you. I'm gonna put a spell on you. I'm a Hex Girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you. Put a spell on you! Everyone hear The Dazzlings singing, and are liking the loud and awesome music. Even Sun and her friends like their song. Adagio Dazzle: You'll feel the fog as I cloud your mind. You'll get dizzy when I make a sign. You'll wake up in the dead of night, missing me when I'm out of sight. The Dazzlings: I'm a Hex Girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you. I'm gonna put a spell on you. I'm a Hex Girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you. Oh yeah! Adagio Dazzle: With this little cobweb potion, you'll fall into dark devotion. If you ever lose affection, The Dazzlings: I can change your whole direction. I'm a Hex Girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you. I'm gonna put a spell on you. I'm a Hex Girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you. We're gonna put a spell on all of you! After finishing their song, everyone in the gym cheer for the performance. The Dazzling head backstage and love to play their music, and everyone's enjoyment. Just then they glow yellow, light blue, and light purple, and transform to their pony forms. Luckily no one has seen them. What they don't know is that Twilight has been back here, and witnessed the whole thing. Her device has open on it's own and drain the magic from The Dazzlings, making them weak and this, Twilight closes her drive quickly and making her leave. Back at the party, everyone are having wonderful time. Until someone taps on the microphone and makes a loud noise hurting their ears. They all look to see Principal Cinch on stage, and making her statement. The Principal Cinch firmly says,"I'd like to thank Principal Celestia for her unconventional welcome. It's been four years since the last Friendship Games, but it feels as though nothing has changed. Canterlot High continues to pick its competitors in a popularity contest and Crystal Prep continues to field its top twelve students. It is a comfort to know that even after so many years of losses, your school remains committed to its ideals, however misguided they may be. I wish you all the best of luck, regardless of the inevitable outcome," With that, all the students separate themselves by the schools attending all over again. Principal Celestia, Vice Principal Luna, Discord, Phoenix Dawn and Sunstone are not liking how Principal Cinch is think of Canterlot. Dean Cadence and Shining Armor also agree with them about it. Screwball and her friends actually say boo in a quiet tone. Pinkie is still feeling weak and tired from her having her magic mysteriously drained.. "Oh," Pinkie groans feeling very tired. Applejack comes over to Pinkie and says, "I'm sorry, Pinkie. I thought your party additions were really swell." "They definitely broke the ice," Fluttershy, happily replies. "Yes. If only that Principal Cinch hadn't frozen it again," Rarity says feeling a big disappointed. "Yeah, she's awful," Pinkie agrees, feeling weak. Sun helps her, and asks in concern, "Pinkie, are you sure you're okay?" "I don't know. Everyone started having fun after You, Twilight, and I fired the party cannons and I ponied up," Pinkie explains. "Of course, you did," Falling Star remarks. Then Pinkie says, "But then the magic just drained right out of me," "Wait, what do you mean "drained out of you"?" Sun asks looking suspicious about the statement. Just then, Pinkie asks, "Hey. Where is that other Twilight?" "Oh. She's right…" Pinkie is about to answers, but notice Twilight is not around. "Uh, well, she was right here," Pinkie adds looking confused. Rainbow looks towards the stand, but then shouts, "There she is!" The others look to see Twilight running out of the room from the back stage. She looks like she is in a hurry for something. "And there she goes," Fluttershy calmly adds. "What was she doing back there?" Sunshine asks looking curious. Sun and the others decide to check the backstage to see what Twilight was doing back there. When they look, they are shocked to see The Dazzlings back there, and they look weak and tired like Pinkie was. "Hey girls," Sonata tiredly replies. Sun Rarity, and Rainbow Dash run over to help the Dazzlings get up, and wonder why they're feeling weak and tired. Sun asks in concern as she help Adagio, "Are you three okay?" "What happened?" Rainbow asks holding Aria. "You look tired, darlings," Rarity adds, helping Sonata. "I don't know to be honest. After we sang, we decided to go through back stage to join you," Adagio answers. Then Arai says, "When we got back stage we ponied up." "The next thing we knew, our magic has been drained right out of us," Sonata adds. Then she tiredly begs, "So tired… need to eat… tacos!" Out of the blue, Pinkie pulls out a taco and says, "Here Sonata." "Yay!" Sonata cheers, and starts eating it in a jiffy. However, the others are confused about what is going on. In fact, this isn't the first time that has happened. First, Rarity in the music room. Then Sun and Falling Star at the statue. Then Pinkie at the party. And now The Dazzlings while they were back stage. Sun scratches her chin and says, "Weird the same thing happened to Pinkie." "Something strange is going on," Falling Star says with concern. "And we need to find out what that is," Sun adds. The girls agree that something strange is going on not only with their magic, but they seem to be forced out of them. Sun notices that Twilight has been there when all the magic has ponied up and drained, and with the portal. Sun is starting to wonder if Twilight know something about this, and needs to figure this out before anyone find out about the magic in the school.