//------------------------------// // Ch. 5-A Rarity Musical Delight // Story: Equestria Girls-Manehattan University // by Burning_Heart //------------------------------// It's been three weeks since everyone moved to Manehattan to start College and the girls have begun their courses in the hopes of following their career goals. One day after all of their classes ended for the day, Sunset, Twilight, and Rarity meet up and decided to spend some time together to discuss how their classes are going. They went to the cafe that Brownie and Ginger work at, which became the new hang-out spot for the group, to relax with something to eat and drink. "So how have you're classes been going you two," asked Sunset. "Well, my general physics class are going well, and it turns out that the professor in charge is not other than Professor Time Turner," said an excited Twilight. Twilight looks at her friend to see that both of them have no idea of who she talking about. "He's famous for a paper he wrote about that time isn't a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a non-linier, non-subjective of view it is more like a big ball of wibbily wobbly timey wimey...stuff." But that explanation just made her friends even more confused. "Anyway, what about you Rarity," asked Sunset, trying to change the subject before Twilight tries to explain what she's talking about. "Well, Business Management has been going quite well. Mr. Magnet is such a wonderful teacher and is such a delight. One day after class, I went to compliment him on this fabulous scarf he was wearing and the next thing you know, we were just talking gossip like the latest fashion trends, it turns out that he met his husband here that Manehattan U and was roommates with Mr. Cranky Doodle." "Wait, you mean Mr. Cranky Doodle from CHS," asked Twilight. "Why yes, the very same. It seems the two of them became best friends since their days at college." "By the way, aren't you, AJ, Fluttershy, and Pinkie in that class," asked Sunset. "Why yes, we are and it turns out that Brownie Bite is in our class as well." "Really? I wonder what he's wanting to do after school." The girls then hear the sound of footstep approaching them, they turn to see that it's Ginger Ale carrying a trey. "Sorry for the wait ladies, here are your orders. A herb salad with green tea for Miss Shimmer, a caramel latte for Miss Rarity, and a ham and swiss with a lemonade for Miss Sparkle." He places their orders on their table in front of them with the girls thanking him. "You see, Brownie hopes to open his very own restaurant one day. Also, I must apologize for the late arrival, but he is actually still in his culinary classes right now with Miss Pie right now, so everything has been prepared by our new part-timer." They soon hear a familiar voice coming from the kitchen speaking to them as he walks closer to them, "That's temporary part-timer there, Gingie." "Please don't call me that, Burning," said Ginger. Sunset and the girls look to see that's it's Burning Heart, "Burnie, I didn't know you could cook," said Sunset. "Oh, I can't. But first time for everything right, go on, dig in." Sunset and Twilight look at their food, almost nervous to eat and look over at Rarity, happily enjoying her latte. So they finally start to eat and to their surprise, it's not too bad, at least for Twilight. "Wow, this sandwich is not so bad." Burning just shrugs and says, "Well it's not so hard to fix a sandwich." He looks over at Sunset and sees that she isn't eating her salad. He then takes her plate, telling her, "Sunny, I remember that face, you don't have to eat it if it's bad. This will be on me and next time BB's working, my treat." He takes the plate back to the kitchen with Ginger following behind with Sunset looking at him walk away with a smile on her face saying, "I'm surprised he remembered." "What do you mean darling," said Rarity. "Well, back when I was living with Burnie and Rosie, Granny Swirl was serving meat one night for dinner and I didn't want to be rude since she was letting me stay there. So I tried it and it almost made me sick, Burnie saw the look on my face and remembered I was really a pony and told her I'm a vegetarian." "That was very nice of him," said Twilight. "You girls talking about me," said Burning as he walks back to their table and sits next to Sunset. "Oh, Sunset was telling us about how you told your grandmother she's a vegetarian," said Rarity. "Oh ya, well I just thought that it would be weird for a pony to eat meat," said Burning. "Oh, what about you Sunset. how have your classes been going," asked Twilight? "They're going fine, but I've been spending most of my time in the labs trying to figure out the magic in our geodes. I've been looking into mine and AJ's since they've powered up but I just can't figure it out," said Sunset. Sunset starts get frustrated, rubbing the temples of her head. A hand is softly placed on her shoulder and she looks over and it's Burning. "Don't stress out about it Sunny, I know you'll figure it out." Sunset smiles and puts her hand on top of his, "Thanks, Burnie." "Oh my, could there be a little spark forming perhaps," said Rarity. Both Sunset and Burning get embarrassed and pull away from each other, not looking at one another. But unknown to all three of them, Twilight sits there like nothing is wrong, but the only thing going through her mind is that Timber Sprues still hasn't come to school yet. ____________________ He looks over at the clock hanging up on the wall of the cafe and suddenly jumps up out of his seat, accidentally scaring the girls and causing everyone else in the cafe to look in their direction to see what was going on. "Oh, I almost forgot. Do you girls have anywhere you need to be in the next few minutes?" The girls looked at each other and looked over at Burning, all three shaking their heads no. "Good, because one of mine and Gingie's roommates is coming here to do a violin performance." The bell from the opening of the door to the cafe could be heard and Burning looks over to see who it is, "Speck of the devil their he is, I'm going to help him get set up so I'll see you all in a bit." Burning gets up and walk over to the guy who just walked in and the girls look over and see him having a one-sided conversation with a young man wearing glasses carrying a case for his violin and few note notebook and pencils as the both of them get set up. "So that another one of Burnie's roommates huh," said Sunset. "That's cool that he plays the violin, what do you think Rarity," asked Twilight. But Rarity didn't say anything, so both Sunset and Twilight look over at her and see that she has a daydreaming look on her face, "Oh my, he is quite handsome." Hearing that, both Sunset and Twilight start to giggle as it's not the first time they've seen their friend like this. After a few minutes have passed, Burning came back and sat down next to the girls, "I hope three are ready for a treat." Ginger Ale gets up on the tiny stage in the cafe to make an announcement, "Good evening ladies and gentlemen, how are you all this fine day. Today, we have one of my mates here today who would like to do a performance for you all today. So please, give a round of applause for Mister Allegretto." The people in the cafe begin to clap as Ginger sets off the stage and Allegretto sets up and bows to his audience. He sits down on the stool on the stage and looks out into the cafe. He sees Burning out there and sees him giving him a thumb up, but he looks over close to Burning and sees Rarity. Their eyes meet and both of their hearts start to beat a little bit faster, she gives him a little wave of her fingers and he smiles back. He closes his eyes and takes his bow and puts it against the strings of his violin and starts to play. The sound of the violin fills the air in the cafe with a loving feeling that nearly made some people start to tear up. A few minutes passed as Soft Melody finishes playing, the moment he stops he received a round of applause. "See, I told you all were in for a treat," said Burning. Allegretto stands back up and bows before leaving the stage and heads to the front counter were Ginger Ale is at. Burning gets up and turns to the girls and asked, "Well, I'm gonna check on Al. If you want, I can introduce you all to him?" "Why of course Burning, we would love to meet him, right girls," said Rarity. Sunset and Twilight both agree and all three get up to follow Burning, but Rarity rush passed them in a hurry to where Allegretto is at. Looking as Rarity rushes passed him, Burning looks over at Sunset and Twilight, "Is she always like that?" "Ya, when she sees something she likes, she goes for it," said Sunset. At the front counter with Allegretto and Ginger Ale, Allegretto hands Ginger a small piece of paper. Ginger looks and reads what is written on it, "One green tea coming right up," said Ginger. While waiting for his green tea, Allegretto could hear someone approaching him, he turns and sees that it's the same girl that he locked eyes with just a few minutes ago. "Excuse me, I don't mean to bother you but I just wanted to say that your performance with the violin was just marvelous," said Rarity. Allegretto take a pencil and piece of paper, writes something down and hands it to Rarity. She looks at the note and reads it, "Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it." Before Rarity could say anything, Burning, along with Sunset and Twilight, show up and tell her, "Sorry about that, but I should have told you. Al here is mute." Rarity looks over at Allegretto and he nods yes. "Oh, darling, I'm so sorry." Allegretto takes another piece of paper and writes on it and hands it to Rarity, "Don't worry about it, I've been unable to speak for years now. Just talk to me you would anyone else." He writes another note and hands it to Burning. "Al says that it's nice to meet you all," says Burning. All the girls introduce themselves to him and tell him his performance was great. They spend some time with Allegretto and Burning, getting to know Allegretto before they need to head home for the day. ____________________ The girls leave the cafe and start to head home. As their walking back to their house, Sunset looks over a Rarity giving her a cocky smile, "Someone seems to be crushing on Allegretto. Wouldn't you agree, Twilight?" "Yep, definitely." "What can I say, he is quite handsome and the way he plays the violin, simply beautiful. But what about you Sunset dear, don't you have a crush on Burning?" Sunset gets red in the face after hearing that and try's to disprove her, "W-what are you talking about, I don't have a crush on Burnie." Both her friends giggle after hearing that, Twilight places a hand Sunset's shoulder, telling her, "Sunset, listen, if you like him then why not see if he likes you back." "She's right darling. Look, I've liked a lot of guys and I've tried going out with some of them, sometimes there really nice but not for me and sometimes they can be like Blueblood and just be jerks. But you'll never know unless you try." "So I'm guessing you're going to try and go out with Allegretto then," asked Sunset. "But of course. And who knows, he might just be the one." "You know what, you're right. Also, you might want to have this same conversation with Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie," said Sunset. "Oh I have, but sadly Fluttershy nearly passed out of thinking of dating and of course, Pinkie was just being Pinkie. But I must say, you're quite a lucky girl, Twilight." Twilight not knowing what Rarity is talking about, asked her, "What do you mean?" "I mean that you have Timber Spruce darling." "Ya, I just hope everything at Camp Everfree gets wrapped up soon, I really miss him," said Twilight. Twilight lowers her head, now sad because she hasn't seen her boyfriend in over three weeks. The girls decided to not talk about relationships the rest of the way home. They make it back home and could hear that the rest of the girls are home as well. Rainbow Dash is in the living room, with Tank, playing video games, Pinkie Pie could be heard in the kitchen making dinner for tonight, and Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rosebud are in the dining room working on some homework. Rosebud looks over to see the girls that just walked in and gives them a friendly wave, "Hey girls, where have you all been?" "We were at the cafe, and just listened to the most beautiful violin performance," said Rarity. Pinkie pops her head out of the kitchen and says, "Oh, do you mean Allegretto?" "Ya, but how did you know Pinkie," asked Sunset? "Oh, during cooking class today, Brownie Bite was telling me that his roommate who plays the violin was doing a show at the cafe today." Rainbow Dash stops her game and says, "We need to do a show there girls, we need to show this school just how awesome The Rainbooms are!" "That does sound like a fun idea, we need to do some practice first," said Applejack. "And maybe Fluttershy could show off her tambourine playing to impress Ginger Ale," said Rarity. Fluttershy gets embarrassed, with her cheeks getting red, and hides her face behind her hair. She pokes an eye out and asked, "Do you think so?" "I'm sure he will, sugarcude," said Applejack. "So what do you all say, are we doing this or not," asked Rainbow Dash. All of the girl's nod in agreement and an excited Rainbow Dash yells, "Alright, it's time to show Manehattan U what we're made of!" A door opens in the backroom up on the second floor and Fizzlepop Berrytwist yells from her room, "Keep it down, I'm trying to rest," before slamming her door shut. ____________________ After closing the cafe for the day, Burning Heart, Ginger Ale, and Allegretto all head to their house. "You know Allegretto, you didn't have to stay till closing time," said Ginger. Allegretto shook his head back and forth showing he's thinking no. Burning wraps his arm around Ginger Ale's neck, telling him, "C'mon Gingie, if Al wants to hang with his friends then let him." Allegretto shakes his head up and down saying yes. Burning sticks his fist out to Allegretto and both fist-bumped. "Could you please stop that, Burning," said Ginger Ale. Allegretto looks over at the setting sun and taps on Burning's shoulder, "What's up, Al?" Allegretto points at the sun, trying to tell him something, "I don't get it." "I believe he's trying to say Sunset, Burning," said Ginger and Allegretto gives a thumbs up. "What about Sunny," said Burning. Allegretto draw the image of a heart in the air around the setting sun and points at Burning. "Ha, am I that obvious." "Burning, if it's not rude to ask, do you like Miss Shimmer," asked Ginger Ale. "Well, ya. I guess I do, I mean I've liked her back when she lived with me and Rosie but I never had the courage to ask her out." "Then maybe you should before some else does before you," said Ginger Ale. "You mean like you and Fluttershy, Gingie." "Touche." A ringing can be heard from Burning's cell phone, so he pulls his phone out and sees that it's a text message from Sunset. "hey burning, me and the girls were wondering if there any way we can have our band perform at the cafe sometime." "Hey Gingie, Sunny was wondering if she and the girls could perform at the cafe with their band." "Well I need to go over it with Brownie, but he should be all on board with it, ask if a couple of weeks would work." Burning texted her back to see if they could do it in a couple of weeks. A minute later, he receives a reply that reads,"that perfect." A small shadow, unbeknown to the guys, crawls off of Burning and travels to a man in a black hoodie and merges with him. "A couple of weeks huh, that around the time of the Ursa migration and the perfect time for a new portal opening."