"Alright girls, this plan needs be flawless," Twilight said. She along with Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, Sunset, and Rainbow were gathered in the hallway. All of them wore serious faces as they talked.
"This whole thing is going down at Sugarcube Corner," Applejack said.
"Fluttershy and I spread the word out to everyone," Rainbow followed.
"And I got the entertainment covered," Sunset said with a smile.
Soon everyone's face had a smile on it as Twilight pulled out a checklist and pen. "Pinkie Pie will have the best birthday she has ever had," Twilight said as she started to check off items on the list. "We have the location, food, we invited all of our friends, entertainment."
"Looks like we have everything covered," Applejack said. "Now all we need to do is to distract Pinkie,"
"That should be easy. After all, despite her talent to remember everyone she meets’ birthday, she can’t seem to remember her own," Fluttershy said.
"So she won't be expecting it," Rarity added.
"That's even more of a reason we need to nail this party," Twilight said with a look of determination on her face. "Pinkie does so much for us and we owe it to her."
Meanwhile, Ditzy was off to the side looking for the six girls. "I really hope this is a good idea," she said to herself as she made her way to the girls. "Hi girls."
The six girls turned around to see there cross-eyed friend. "Oh hey Ditzy, what's up?" Sunset asked.
Ditzy looked at everyone nervously. "Well ya see, I have a friend who will be going to school here, and I was wondering if you all wouldn't mind showing her around."
All the girls looked at Ditzy with a smile. "Of course Ditzy, it will be no problem. Who is she?" Fluttershy asked.
"Eh-hem," a voice said to grab everyone's attention. The six girls looked behind Ditzy to see Aria leaning on the locker. "Hello ladies," Aria said with a sly grin.
"Aria!?" everyone but Twilight yelled in unison.
"Who?" Twilight asked.
"Aria Blaze. She’s one of the Sirens that tried to take over by pitting everything against each other," Sunset explained. "We still haven't forgiven them for that."
"Glad to see you again too, Sunburn," Aria said as she rolled her eyes. "Don't forget that we almost won."
"The key word being ‘almost’," Rarity replied.
Rainbow ran right at Aria, grabbed her by the vest, and pinned her to the lockers. "What on earth do you think you’re doing here?" Rainbow said with anger in her eyes.
"And where are the others you’re always with?" Applejack followed.
Aria returned the glares Applejack and Rainbow gave her. "First off, I have no loyalty to Adagio, so I was free to leave them whenever I wanted," she said.
"So you just up and abandoned your friends like they were nothing," Rainbow replied, growing madder.
"Please, we weren't friends, we were sisters. Adagio was a total control freak and Sonata was an annoying idiot. The only reason I stayed was because our powers were stronger if the three of us were together. Now that our powers are gone I don't need be with them," Aria said.
Her words just made Rainbow clench her teeth in anger. "That's low. I'd think low lives like you Sirens had some kind of loyalty among you. But you’re worse than that," Rainbow said.
"Rainbow, calm down," Applejack said, but her words went on deaf ears. Rainbow quickly raised her fist, then started to throw it at Aria.
"No Rainbow Dash!" a voice yelled as Rainbow's arm was stopped mid-air. Rainbow tuned to see Ditzy holding her back. Ditzy was doing her best to try to be intimidating, but her mismatched eyes made it hard. "You can't do that. You'd be assaulting her unprovoked. You'd be acting worse than how she did," Ditzy said.
"Yeah, I didn't come here to fight, so get off me Skittles," Aria said. Rainbow just let out a grunt before letting go.
"Why are you defending her?" Applejack asked.
Ditzy let out a sigh of relief when Aria was no longer pinned to the lockers. "It's because I was the on who convinced her to come back to school," she said.
"Um, are you sure your not being tricked sugarcube?" Applejack asked.
"I know I'm not," Ditzy said in defense. Applejack looked into Ditzy's eyes and saw that she knew what she was saying. "She's not here to cause trouble, she's here to re-enroll to the school."
"Is it so hard to believe I just want to further my education?" Aria said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice. Everyone just looked at her, annoyed with her tone of voice.
"Personal vendettas aside, I think we may have the answer to our problem," Twilight said. Everyone now turned to Twilight in confusion.
"What do you mean?" Rarity asked.
"What if we have Pinkie be the one to show Aria around? That will give is time to set up the party," Twilight explained.
"And why would I help any of you? Especially after being attacked like that," Aria asked.
"Because it's a nice thing to do," Ditzy answered. Aria just looked back at her unamused. "Doing nice things will help you make friends."
Aria continued to show little interest in what Ditzy was saying. After a moment of thinking about it, a grin soon took over her face. "Ok I'll do it, but only if Skittles over there apologizes," she said as she pointed to Rainbow Dash.
Rainbow only scowled at this demand. She didn't like the idea of Aria being at school in the first place, and now she was asking for an apology.
"The least you should do is say you’re sorry," Fluttershy said.
Rainbow was surprised by what her best friend said. "What did you say?" she asked.
"I still haven't forgiven the Sirens for what they did, but you attacked her out of nowhere," Fluttershy said. Soon all of Rainbow's friends had the same look of disapproval in their eyes. Even Applejack joined in this.
"AJ, you too?" Rainbow asked in shock.
"I hate to say it, but you took it a bit too far when you were about to knock her lights out," Applejack said.
Rainbow just kept looking at her friends before turning to Aria. She clenched her fist as she struggled to get the words out. "I'm...sorry," Rainbow said as quickly as she could.
"See that wasn't so bad now wasn't it," Aria said in a patronizing tone. Rainbow continued to scowl while Aria's grin grew bigger. "So what is it you want me to do?"
On the ORION several of the Kyurangers were gathered. On the main screen was a replay of Scorpius Orange's battle with Jark Matter’s assassins Ikagen and Madakko. As everyone studied the fight, Big Mac was sitting on the side, bandaged up. "This is not good, not good at all," Shou said in worry.
"Are these guys the replacements to Eriedrone?" Comet asked.
"No, much worse," Shou said as he gripped his cane with both hands. "They are Jark Matter’s top assassins. They’re strong enough to defeat an entire planet's military single-handedly. I've seen their power first hand only once. If anyone encounters them, I ask that you don't fight and just run."
"So how are we going to beat them?" Flash asked.
"I do not know, but whatever we do we need to do it quickly," Shou said as he turned to the others. "They won't stop till they have defeated all of us, and I fear for who will be caught in the crossfire."
"Got it, stay alert and stay away from those guys," Bulk said.
Shou turned back to the screen. "I do have a plan that just might help, but I'm afraid it will take a lot of time and research," he said.
Time Turner stood up with a smile. "Don't worry, whatever you need looking into, I'm your guy."
"We need to tell Aria, Ditzy and Sugarcoat about this," Comet followed.
"I'll go call Sugarcoat as soon as I can," Sweet Leaf said.
"And I'll go inform Aria and Ditzy," Flash said as he scratched his chin. "I hope they’re doing alright on Aria's first day. And by "alright" I mean the cops haven't been called."
The school day soon ended and Pinkie Pie waited for her friends at the front of the school. For some reason she didn't see any of of them during the day. Unknown to her, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Aria, and Ditzy weren't far.
"Ok Aria, all you need to do is keep Pinkie busy until five o’clock. Then bring her to Sugarcube Corner," Rarity explained.
"And why can't one of you do this?" Aria asked, annoyed.
"Because we need to set up the party," Rainbow said as she crossed her arms.
"But why me?" Aria groaned.
"Because it's a nice thing to do and being nice is how you make friends," Ditzy said with a smile.
Aria rolled her eyes before she along with Rarity made their way to Pinkie. As they walked away Rainbow turned to Ditzy. "So how did you of all people get her to come back to school?" she asked.
Before school on the ORION
"You need to help me Cross Eyes!" Aria yelled as she shook Ditzy back and forth.
"Ok Aria, but can you stop shaking me first?" Ditzy asked. When Aria soon stopped her violent shaking of her teammate, Ditzy's eyes were spinning. After blinking a few times her eyes were back to normal, looking in two different ways. "What do you need help with?"
"I..." Aria paused for a moment as she struggled to get the words out. "I want you to help me go back to school."
I big smile grew on Ditzy's face. "That's great Aria, but why this all of a sudden?"
"I can't take being in the floating tin can. That old guzzler won't shut up about stories I don't believe are real. Then the other weirdo’s always doing some kind of weird experiment," Aria said as she grabbed Ditzy's shirt. "These guys are so annoying I’m so close to reenacting one of thaws sci-fi horror movies."
"Ok, I'll help you out and this will be nice. You won't have to hide all the time and make new friends," Ditzy said.
"Yeah yeah new friends and whatever, I need you to do one last favor. If anyone asks, you're the one that got me to go back. I don't need people thinking I've gone soft just cause I want to go back to their lame school," Aria said.
"Ok, ok I'll help you out," Ditzy said. "First thing we need to do is smooth things out with Sunset and the others. They have the most reasons not to like you."
Aria let out a loud sigh as she threw her head back. "If that's what it takes to get out of here then I'll do it," she said.
"Oh Pinkie Pie," Rarity said as she approached her friend.
"Hey Rarity," Pinkie said as turned around with a big smile as she heard her friend. However hen she turned around she saw Aria walking behind her friend. "Ah Rarity watch out, Aria Blaze is right behind you!" Pinkie yelled as she pulled out a hand full of confetti that was glowing pink. As soon as she threw it on the ground it exploded in a huge puff of pink smoke.
As the smoke cleared Rarity lowered the shield she put up to protect the two. "Pinkie, there's no need to overreact. Aria here will be coming back to school, and we were hoping you would help show her around," Rarity said.
"But isn't she out for revenge? If I remember she had the worst temper of the Sirens," Pinkie said as she looked over Aria.
"Jeez, not this song and dance again," Aria mumbled to herself.
"I assure you Pinkie, she is on the up and up," Rarity said as she pushed Aria forward. "At least that's what we've been told," she said under her breath.
Pinkie looked over Aria for a moment. "Hmm, ok I'll help," Pinkie said in her usual upbeat manner. She quickly grabbed Aria by the hand and started to lead her into the school. "Come on Rarity, we have a lot to cover."
"Um actually darling, I'm needed over at the store. It's kind of urgent, you see," Rarity said. Before Pinkie could say anything, Rarity was already leaving. Pinkie's mood got sadder as she saw her friend walk away.
"Hey, are we going to do this thing or what?" Aria asked.
Pinkie's face changed back to its usual cheery expression as she turned to Aria. "Of course, let's get this super Pinkie Pie tour on the road," she said as she grabbed Aria's arm and pulled her along.
As Pinkie and Aria left, Rarity rejoined with Rainbow and Ditzy. "Well that went better than I expected," Rarity said as she wiped her forehead.
"Yeah, and maybe being around Pinkie will soften Aria up a bit," Ditzy added with an optimistic smile.
Rainbow just crossed her arms as she leaned back onto a wall. "I still don't like this one bit," she said.
Rarity let out a sigh as she walked up to her friend. "Rainbow I feel the same way. What Aria and the Sirens did was unforgivable, but if she's willingly trying to turn over a new leaf, the least we can do is give her the benefit of the doubt," Rarity said.
Meanwhile in a dimly lit room, a lone figure was sitting at a table. The table was covered in all kinds of food, cake, and wrapped presents. In the same room there was a large stack of presents topped with a cage with large cards inside. The figure was swinging his arms as he sang happily.
"Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to..." the figure's song was soon interrupted as two lights near his head started to blink red and an alarm was sounded. "Oh boy, another birthday alarm. I can't wait to see what I get this time."
The tour of the school went quickly as Aria had already been shown around the first time she came to CHS. "And that concludes your all-inclusive tour of Canterlot High, any questions?" Pinkie asked as she turned to Aria with a smile.
"Not really," Aria said with a roll of her eyes.
"Ah well that's fine. Good thing we stopped here. I forgot a few things in my locker," Pinkie said as she made her way to a locker. As she started to dig through her locker Aria looked at her phone, only to see it was a quarter to four.
Jeez, this chick is almost as bad as Sonata. Aria thought to herself. She had to keep stealing time, but not knowing what to do, she texted for help.
Aria: What do I do, we already finished the stupid tour.
Ditzy: Ask her about the clubs, they should still be a few going on right now. ;)
Aria: Why should I? >:(
Ditzy: It will give the girls more than enough time to set up.
Aria: ...
Ditzy: I have faith in you :D
"Uh," Aria groaned before walking up to Pinkie. "So, Peppy, mind showing me some of the clubs?" she asked through a forced smile.
"Really!?" Pinkie said as she turned around in a flash. Aria just nodded as she had no clue what was going to happen next.
After Aria's experience with the school's clubs, she looked a bit worse for wear. I swear everyone owes me for spending so much time with this crazy girl, Aria thought to herself.
Pinkie was happily skipping in front of her. "Come on Aria, after the fun filled day we had we could use a treat at Sugarcube Corner," Pinkie said.
"Yeah, fun," Aria groaned. At least I don't need to make up something to get her there, she thought. As the two were walking down the street a loud noise was heard. The two looked up to see something fly through the sky, leaving a smoke trail.
The object soon landed to reveal it was some kind of mechanical life form. It's body was mostly gunmetal gray with yellow lines accenting it, with large soldier armor and purple bladesmounted on its wrists. It had a sideways mouth made up of metal teeth and four pillars surrounding its head on the monster’s cylinder body. "Oh-ho-ho, so this is where that alarm came from," the monster said.
"What are you talking about ya goon?" Aria asked.
"Yeah, what kind of dastardly deed does Jark Matter have planned?" Pinkie added.
"My name is Toomi, I guess you can call me a hunter of sorts. And my prey is right here," the monster said before firing a laser from his head. Before the the girls could react, the lazer hit Pinkie, only for it to not have any visible effect. Pinkie's body started to glow briefly before a large pink, frilly card appeared above her with her name and the current date written on it. The card the flew to Toomi who placed the card behind his head, using the pillars to prompt it up.
Pinkie just stood there for a moment, not having a clue what just happened. "I don't know what that's all about but whatever you’re doing, I'm going to stop it," Pinkie said as she pulled a hand full of glitter from her pocket to prepare to fight.
She threw the hand full of sparkling dust at the monster, causing an explosion. This took Toomi by surprise, so he didn't notice the energetic girl run at full speed towards him to perform a high kick. The monster swung his blades but Pinkie just dodged the attack. The monster then charged another lazer, this one looking more dangerous than the last one. Pinkie quickly jumped back before it fired. Instead of hitting the pink girl, it hit the ground which tore up the cement.
As much as Aria wanted Pinkie to take care of this monster herself, she couldn't risk her getting hurt. Maybe she could have let this fight continue if one of the other girls were with her, but at the moment it was only Aria and she couldn't transform with Pinkie jumping around. Rolling her eyes at what she was about to do, Aria pulled out a yellow Kyutama and spun the surface till the image of a ram was formed before placing it into her Saiza Blaster.
"ARIS KYUTAMA!"
"SAI ZA ATTACK!"
"Hey!" Aria yelled, causing Pinkie to turn around. When she did, Aria pointed her blaster right into her face and pulled the trigger. Pinkie was greeted by a bright yellow flash. When the light cleared she quickly became drowsy with sheep circling her head before she eventually dropped down snoring.
"Well this is a strange turn of events," Toomi said, confused as to what was going on.
"Shut up!" Aria yelled as she slung Pinkie over her shoulder. "I really can't afford to have this one get broken," she said as she placed the sleeping Pinkie Pie to the side. Once she was safe, Aria pulled out her own Kyutama and placed in into her blaster.
"DORADO KYUTAMA!"
"SAI ZA CHANGE!"
"Star Change!" Aria said as she ran towards the monster. The Swordfish construct appeared as she ran through it to transform into her ranger form. With her Kyu slasher in hand, the yellow ranger unleashed a flurry of slashes. "Good thing I have a lot of pent up aggression today," Yellow said as she punched Toomi back.
"Lookie here, a Kyuranger. It really must be my birthday if you’re here for me to capture," Toomi said. He then charged with his blades. Yellow held up her dagger to block the attack, but was forced back by the force behind the charge. "Any last words before I wrap you up for Don Armagon?"
"Tell him the party is canceled," Flash's voice said before several shots came out of nowhere to hit the monster. Turning around Toomi saw the Red, Black, Gold, and Silver Rangers coming on the scene.
"No one invited you." Toomi charged at the newly arrived Rangers, swinging his blades. Black managed to catch the monster's blades in each hand. With the monster restrained, Black performed a headbutt which sent him back a great deal. Gold and Silver ran in front of Black and fired their blasters at Toomi. Red jumped over the two and started to attack the monster with several punches. Yellow quickly ran up to kick the monster from behind.
"We should get rid of this guy now before he causing any more problems," Silver said as she pointed her blaster at the monster.
"I guess you have a point, even though I'd love to keep beating him up," Yellow said as she as well as the other Rangers pointed their blasters at the monster. Just before the Rangers pushed their Kyutama back for the final attack, several blasts of energy hit the Rangers.
"Haha, funny running into you jelly brains," a female voice said. Looking at their attachers, the Rangers saw Madakko and Ikagen walk in.
"It's those assassin guys," Black said as he helped his friends up.
"Bother, that's the last thing we need," Gold followed.
"Ah, so the orange one told you of us," Ikagen said before before he jumped into the air. He landed right in front of the Rangers before he swung his weapon and hit all five of them with the axe head. "Then you know we don't intend to leave empty handed."
"Oh thank you for coming. I don't know how long I was going to last," Toomi said. Madakko only responded with a glare. "Ok then, I got what I want, I'll just leave this to you then," Toomi said before the jets on his shoulders started up and he flew away.
"You know these guys?" Yellow asked.
"Yeah, they attacked Big Mac the other day. Shou told us not to fight them," Red said.
"Oh, like I'm going to listen to that old wind bag," Yellow said as she got up with her Kyu Slasher. She ran full speed at Ikagen but was intersected by Madakko, the dagger clashing with the morning star.
"Jelly brain, do you really think you can take us down?" Madakko said as she pushed forward.
"You don't look too tough," Yellow said as she pushed back. "Hmm octopus, been a while since I've had that. I wonder if it tastes as good in this world as it is in mine."
"Big talk from a small fish," Ikagen's voice said. Madakko pushed Yellow back before swinger her mace, knocking the ranger back more.
"I think this is a great time to start taking Shou's advice and run," Gold said.
"Agreed," Silver followed.
"Well if we're running, I'm guessing we can't leave the pink girl," Yellow said as she pointed to a sleeping Pinkie on the sidelines.
"Pinkie is here?" Red asked as he saw his friend.
"I got her," Black said as he charged right towards Pinkie. He picked her up as fast as he could and returned to the group.
"You don't have an inkling of a chance of surviving," Ikagen said as he aimed his rifle. Before the assassins could pull the trigger, Red pushed his Kyutama to the side.
"SAI ZA GO!"
As the bullets flew toward the group, they were blocked by the Leo Voyager that quickly flew in front of the Rangers. When it flew off, the Rangers were gone. "Aww, those Jelly brains got away. Why can't they just stay and accept their fate?" Madakko said as she threw down her morning star.
"Don't worry, we have them on the ropes now. Them running only means that they fear our power," Ikagen said as he placed a hand on Madakko.
The Rangers got away from the battle and hid in the back roads of the town. Once the five Rangers knew they were safe, they sat Pinkie down and transformed back into their civilian form. Flash asked why Pinkie Pie was knocked out on the sidelines. Aria ended up explaining how her whole day had gone up to when the battle started.
"So you got talked into distracting Pinkie Pie so her friends could set up a surprise party?" Flash asked.
"Yeah," Aria confirmed as she crossed her arms. "Why did you even show up anyway?" she asked.
"Well I was actually going to look for you to tell you about those assassins. Before I left the ORION the sensors went off. It just so happens that you were there too," Flash answered.
"Well the fights over, now get out of here before she wakes up. The last thing I need is her asking questions," Aria said with a mean look.
"But-" Time Turner started before he was interrupted.
"I said get," Aria yelled as she pointed away.
The four looked at each other for a moment before they decided to just do what Aria said and leave. "I guess we'll see you at the party," Flash said as he looked back at the girls.
"Whatever," Aria said with a roll of her eyes.
"Sugarcoat, do you mind helping me track that monster back on the ORION? I fear that beam that monster used on the pink haired girl may not be as harmless as we think," Time Turner said.
"I might as well do something productive," said Sugarcoat.
"Come on Sugarcoat," Bulk said as he put his arm around his teammate. "I'm sure everyone wouldn't mind if you joined the party."
"I'll be fine, not much of a party person," Sugarcoat replied.
"Be happy Pinkie is knocked out while you say that or else she would have a party right here, right now," Flash said.
Aria picked up Pinkie by the shirt and started shaking her. "Wake up, we have things to do!" she yelled before Pinkie woke up in surprise.
"Ahhh, oh Aria, what happened? Where's the monster?" Pinkie asked as she looked around.
"The monster knocked you out and I carried you out of there," Aria answered. Pinkie looked at her questionably, which caused Aria to put her fake smile back on. "So didn't you say you want to go to the cafe or something?" she asked.
"Oh yeah," Pinkie said as she sprung up and started to skip down the road with Aria falling behind.
At Sugarcube Corner all of Pinkie’s friends were setting up the party. The whole place was covered in pink decorations, from streamers to balloons to a large banner that said "Happy Birthday Pinkie Pie". There was food and drinks all arranged on a table, with a large cake acting as the centerpiece.
Applejack was carrying a few presents across the room before walking up to Sunset. "Hey Sunset, who did you get for the entertainment?" Applejack asked.
"Oh I got Trixie to do her performance for the party. I know Pinkie just loves that kind of stuff," Sunset answered. She then pointed to the corner where a blue skinned girl with silver hair was setting up some props. "She even said she'll give us a discount since we're giving her some exposure."
"Is today just full of people that have wronged us in the past?" Applejack said as she eyed Trixie from a distance.
"Oh come on, she’s not so bad once you get to know her. Plus she apologized for what she did right after the battle of the bands," Sunset said.
"Since when did you get to know her?" Applejack asked in surprise.
"I don't tell you everything I do," Sunset responded with a sly grin.
"Come on girls, Pinkie will be here soon," Rainbow said as she finished mixing the punch.
Meanwhile Aria and Pinkie Pie were only a block away. As she walked Pinkie was on her phone, sending texts on rapid fire. "Jeez, not a single response. Usually someone would have at least send me an emoji or something," Pinkie said. Her face showing even more sadness than when she was waiting in front of the school.
"It's ok, things will work out," Aria said, not knowing what else to say. She never had to be supportive to anyone before, not even for her fellow Sirens. All she could do was repeat what Flash always said.
Once they crossed the road, Fluttershy saw them through the window and told the other girls to get ready. After a moment Pinkie opened the door to the cafe and everyone jumped out, but something was wrong. No one yelled "Surprise!". Not only that but after a second everyone realized something else was wrong. Glancing around the girls saw that the cafe was back to how it usually looked. Every ballon, banner, and plate of food had all disappeared into thin air. Even the cake was gone.
"Oh so this is where you’ve all been today," Pinkie said, being the most depressed she had been all day. Her hair, which had alway resembled cotton candy, had straightened out and lost all its bounciness. "If you guys didn't want to hang out with me all you had to do was say so."
"Pinkie, that's not true. We were just too busy with..." Sunset said but for some reason she couldn't get the last words out. Her mouth was moving but the words "your birthday Pinkie Pie" weren't coming out.
"You don't need to say you were busy. I understand," Pinkie said.
"Pinkie you really don't know it’s..." Applejack said suffering the same problem of not being able to say the words.
"If you don't want to say it, that's fine," Pinkie said as she turned around.
"Pinkie Pie," Trixie said as she walked up to Pinkie. "It’s clear that your friends seem to be failing to say the obvious to let me spell it out. It..." She started to yell and mouth the words "It's Your Birthday," but no noise came out. "... You Ditz!" Trixie finished with nothing between the two parts of her sentence.
"So you all think I'm a Ditz, well that's fine cause I never want to see any of you again," Pinkie said as she started to cry. She then charged out of the door in a hurry.
"What on earth happened to the party!?" Rainbow asked.
"I think the stranger thing is that we seem to have lost the ability to say Happy Birthday to Pinkie," Rarity said.
"Maybe cause it's not," Twilight said as she held up her phone. She showed her calendar and today's date had nothing on it where a happy flowered graphic once was. The girls all looked at their phones to see the same thing had happened.
"Just what is going on here?" Trixie said.
"I think I might know," Aria said. Everyone looked at her questionably. Rainbow was about to say something before Aria continued her thought. "We came across a monster and he hit Little Miss Preppy with a beam. It didn't look like it had an effect besides making a card with today's date on it. What if, and I honestly can't believe something like this could happen, that monster stole her birthday?"
"You’re kidding right, why would a monster steal other people's birthdays?" Rainbow said with a raise of her eyebrows.
"I don't know, maybe he he's a big baby," Aria said. She looked at the girls, then she looked back to where Pinkie walked out before letting out a big sigh. "Listen, as much as I hate to admit it I kind owe her for how she treated me all day. So just leave getting her birthday back to me."
"And why should we trust something like that to you?" Rainbow said as she walked right up to Aria with an angry look in her eyes.
Aria returned the look before pushing Rainbow to the ground. "That's why," Aria said as she turned around and walked towards the door. "Now get started on that stupid party."
"Wait a minute," Sunset said as she grabbed Aria's hand to try and stop her. Once she made contact she stood still as her eyes glowed white.
"Get off me," Aria said as she pulled away and left the cafe.
"Who does she think she is, pushing you like that?" Rarity said as she helped Rainbow up.
"I think she’s just showing her concern for Pinkie in her own way," Sunset said. "When I touched her right now, I saw that Pinkie actually got through to her. As much as she wants to hide it, she does have some kind of heart."
"Did you see how she's going to help Pinkie?" Fluttershy asked.
"No, I didn't," Sunset answered.
On the ORION Time Turner and Sugarcoat were hard at work sifting through data. Flash, Bulk, and Aria were all standing around the center table with a hologram of Toomi projected above it. Shou was observing the situation from his chair. "Hey, where are the others?" Aria asked.
"Big Mac is in recovery and Comet and Sweetleaf have schoolwork they need to do," Flash answered. "Ditzy said she wanted to find Pinkie after you called."
"Our teammate status aside, you were right Aria. This Toomi has stolen the birthdays of thousands of children all over the star systems," Sugarcoat said as she was holding a tablet. "It says here that once he takes them, he makes them his own."
"Then you get what happens to Pinkie's party," Flash said.
"We also located his hideout," Time Turner said. The hologram then changed to an image of an abandoned building with a Moraimar standing behind it.
"Alright then, we know where he is. Now let go beat the snot out of him," Bulk said.
"Not the best idea. We would be diving head first into enemy territory," Surgarcoat said as she typed something into her tablet. The hologram then showed a zoomed image with Indavers patrolling. "If our mission is to get Pinkie's birthday back, then we should focus on the card he took. Once we do that, we can focus on defeating him."
"After scanning the building I found a back entrance. Unfortunately even if we get in, we still need to worry about guards," Time Turner said as he brought up a diagram of the building.
"What if me and Bulk create a distraction?" Flash asked.
"That might work, if we're quick enough to get to the cards," Sugarcoat said.
"This is a splendid plan," Shou said as he stood up. "This plan shall be known as Operation: Birthday Battle."
"Ya know old man, you could help out with this," Aria said.
"If I just hand you the answers you will never learn," Shou replied.
"Quit trying to be cool. It's not working," Aria said as she walked to the door.
"Not... cool," Shou said as he clenched his chest as if he was hit. He then fell back on his chair with the other rangers following Aria to the door
Ditzy was running down the street looking for any sign of Pinkie. Pinkie wasn't responding to any of her texts. As she turned the corner she bumped into someone and fell to the ground. When she looked up she saw Sunset. "Oh Ditzy, sorry," Sunset said as she helped her up. "You wouldn't happen to have seen Pinkie or Aria, cause at this point ether will be good."
"No, I'm looking for Pinkie too. I heard what happened to her," Ditzy said.
Sunset let out a smile. "Hm, that's why everyone likes you Ditzy. You always want to cheer everyone up no matter what," she said.
Ditzy showed her own smile after hearing Sunset's compliment. "Do you have any idea where she can be?" Ditzy asked.
"Maybe, there’s one other place she loves going to for sweets," Sunset said as she started to run off. Ditzy soon followed, having a good idea where she was going.
In his dimly light room, Toomi was happily enjoying the food from the party ment for Pinkie Pie. He had just finished the snacks and was now on the cake. "My goodness this is the best cake I've ever had," Toomi said. After he finished a piece of cake he moved on to one of the presents. He opened the box to find a book titled "101 master cake recipes". "Darn it, why would I bother making a cake when I can just steal it from someone else?"
All of a sudden and alarm went off. A screen appeared with an image of Leo Red and Taurus Black walking down the road. "So the Kyurangers have decided to come to me. Now this is a present I'd actually welcome."
As the two Kyurangers walked down the road, a large amount of Indavers showed up in front of the building. "Hey Flash, you think we can give the others enough time to get the cards?" Black asked as he pulled out his axe.
"Of course. If those assassins didn't show up we would have beat this Toomi guy," Red said as he pulled out his sword.
"YEAH!!!" Black yelled as the two charged forward. The Indavers shot at them with their blasters, causing an explosion behind them. Black charged forward, swinging his axe as he went. The footsoldiers went flying after being hit with his powerful swings. One of the Indavers tried to attack with his dagger. Black dodged and kicked him out of the way.
Red blocked two attacks from the footsoldier with his sword before pushing them back. He slashed at them and sent the Indavors flying. "I hope the others are doing alright," Red said.
All of a sudden something rocketed out of the building. Toomi soon landed, ready to fight. "Ah Kyurangers, I was hoping to find you," the monster said.
"We were thinking the same thing," Red said as he pointed his sword at the monster. "We're going to beat you and return all the birthdays back to the people they belong too."
"Fat chance of that!" Toomi said.
Red and Black both started to attack the monster. Red swung his sword which Toomi blocked with his arm blades. Black tackled the monster before performing several attacks with his axe. Red then thrusted his at the monster to punch him back further. Before the Rangers could attack again, Toomi fired several blasts at the two. The two were knocked to the ground from being blindsided. "Come on bro, we can't let this guy show us up. YEAH!" Black said as he got back up and charged into another attack.
Yellow, Silver, and Gold had entered the building through an underground drainage pipe. The three moved through the building with very little trouble thanks to the destruction from their fellow Rangers. Gold had map displayed on the inside of his helmet's visor, so he took the lead.
Once the group got to the end of the hallway, Gold took a peek around the corner to see two Indavers guarding a door. "Looks like some guards decided to stay behind. We need to get past them without causing a ruckus," Gold said as he looked back to the two other Rangers.
"We got this," Yellow said as she looked over to Silver.
Silver nodded as she walked out into the open. She moved her fingers over her visor and the eyes of the cobra on her helmet flashed a bright light. Before the Indavers could react, they were instantly stunned. Yellow then quickly ran up to the foot soldiers and took them down. With the guards dealt with, Gold ran up to the door's control panel and used the computer in his helmet to hack it.
Once inside the group found the cage where the birthday cards were held on top a stack of presents. "We got them," Gold said as he took the cage.
"Now we need to regroup with the others," Silver said.
"Good, I hate how nice I've been throughout this whole thing. Gives me this weird feeling in my gut," Yellow said. Silver and Gold just looked at each other before deciding not to say a word.
Toomi fired another blast of energy at the Rangers, who blocked with their weapons. "Where's that confidence you were boasting about?" Toomi asked. Out of nowhere several blasts hit the monster.
"They were just buying us time," Silver said as the three other rangers ran out of the building.
"Hey, those cards are mine," Toomi said as he ran up to them.
"If you want them, you can have them you big baby," Yellow said as she grabbed the cage out of Gold's hands and threw it at the monster. The cage hit Toomi on the head and knocked him down. When the cage hit the ground it broke with all the cards being scattered.
When Toomi got back up he saw the cards begin to glow before they turned into light and flew off into the sky. "Noooooooo!" Toomi yelled as he put his hands on his head.
"Blimey, looks like the birthdays are going back to their rightful owners," Gold said.
Sunset and Ditzy soon came to a brightly colored restaurant. Once they walked through the doors they were greeted by 50s decor and Rockabilly music. There were waitresses dressed in cyan dresses and frilly aprons. "Sweet Snacks Cafe, I should have known," Ditzy said as she looked around.
Almost immediately they found Pinkie at the counter, sipping on what looked to be her sixth milkshake if the pile of glasses next to her was any indication. The two girls walked over to their downer friend. "Pinkie..." Sunset started.
"I don't want to hear it," Pinkie interpreted as she spied on her milkshake.
"Pinkie, you know Sunset and the others wouldn't want to hurt you," Ditzy said.
"They why has everyone been avoiding me today for no reason?" Pinkie asked as she turned around on the swivel chair.
"Pinkie, I really can't believe you haven't realized it yet," Sunset started. Without anyone noticing a light phased through the ceiling and landed on Pinkie Pie. "It's your birthday."
"My birthday," Pinkie echoed before going silent. "ITS MY BIRTHDAY!" Pinkie yelled out loud as she jumped up. Her hair immediately returning to its normal puffy form.
"Yes, that's what we've all been trying to say," Sunset said with a sigh of relief.
"Now it all makes sense. The beam that monster hit me with took my birthday away and prevented everyone from even saying it was my birthday. But now I got my birthday back thanks to the Kyurangers, I mean they are the only ones besides us that can handle those monsters. Haha, now I feel silly for getting mad at everyone," Pinkie said.
"That's exactly what happened," Ditzy said with a smile. "Now come on, we have a second party all set up for you."
"Well what are we waiting for?" Pinkie said as she ran out of the restaurant, Ditzy and Sunset right on her tail.
"The Super Star," Red yelled as he gave his thumbs up pose. "Leo Red!"
"The Trick-star," the Gold ranger said as he swung his arm through the air before giving a two fingered salute. "Libra Gold!"
"The Ring Star," Black said as he pounded his fists together and raised them to the sky. "Taurus Black, YEAH!"
"The Silent Star," Silver said as she ran two fingers over her visor with one arm crossed. "Ophiuchus Silver."
"The Blade Star!" Yellow said as she cut through the air with her arms. "Dorado Yellow!"
"We're the Stars of Rebellion," Red said as he drew a circle in the air. "Uchuu Sentai..."
"Kyuranger!"
Once they finished the roll call, the five held up their Kyuza Weapons. "Let's Rocket everyone!" Red said as he led the charge. All of the Rangers performed a slash with their weapons.
Yellow was the last to strike with a flurry of slashes with her dagger. "This is what you get for making me do something nice, you baby," she said before kicking the monster back. The other rangers then linked up next to Yellow before pushing the Kyutama back twice on their blasters. The power charged for a moment before they pulled the trigger.
"GALAXY!"
"All-star crush!" they all yelled as five balls of energy flew through the air and hit the monster. Toomi was destroyed in a huge explosion.
"Good, that headache is over," Yellow said with a sigh of relief.
"We both know it's not," Silver followed.
The purple smoke started to form around the monster’s remains. The monster was revived and soon started to grow to giant size. "Bow your heads!" the giant Toomi announced.
"Let's wrap this up, we have a party to get to," Red said. The five wasted no time in summoning their voyagers. Once they were in their vehicles they pushed their Kyutama to the side.
"SAI ZA DOCKING!"
"KYURENOH!!!"
The five voyagers came together to form KyurenOh, with Gold and Silver forming the legs while Black and Yellow formed the arms. Toomi swung his arms at the mech, but was caught between the horns of the Taurus voyager. KyurenOh then performed a slash with its sword arm.
"It's time to mix things up," Toomi said. Out of nowhere the monster transformed into a giant cream pie and flew right into the giant robot. Once it hit, the entire top section of KyurenOh was covered in whipped cream.
"What the heck, who fights like this?" Yellow exclaimed.
"Can anyone see?" Red asked since he couldn't see through the front window.
"I can," Gold said.
"Me too," Silver followed.
"Then you two are going to need to finish it," Red said as he held up his Saiza Blaster. The five Rangers then pushed their Kyutama back twice.
"SUPER GALAXY!"
KyurenOh jumped high into the air. The legs deployed the silver snake head and gold disks from the voyager. The two then jetted out and alternated in attack at they hammered at the monster. In one last kicking motion KyurenOh delivered the finishing blow.
"Finally!" Yellow said in relief. "That guy was such a pain."
"Now Pinkie can have her birthday," Black said as he raised his arm.
By the time Aria, Flash, and Bulk got to Sugarcube Corner the party was already in full swing. The girls managed to recreate the party exactly. "Hey, ‘bout time you showed up," Applejack said as she as she came up to Bulk and Flash. The farm girl just glared at Aria.
"Hey where's Pinkie? We have a gift for her," Flash asked.
"Did somebody my name!?" Pinkie yelled as she popped up behind the boys and wrapped her arms around the two's shoulders. "And did I here you guys say you got me a present?"
"Well we didn't get it. It was Twilight. One of the Kyurangers got it back from the monster and gave it to us," Bulk said. He then pulled out a warped box and gave it to Pinkie.
Pinkie ripped through the wrapping to find the book "101 Master Cake Recipes" in it. "Oh my goodness, Twilight how on Earth did you get this?" Pinkie asked.
"Oh I have my ways," Twilight said as she came up to the group.
"Oh thank you," Pinkie said as she brought Twilight in for a hug.
Meanwhile at the snack table, Rainbow Dash just stared wide eyed at a large platter of food. On the platter was a selection of raw fish including tuna, salmon, and yellow tail. Sunset and Rarity soon came up from behind. "What, are you going to stare at that sashimi all day?" Sunset asked.
"I don't blame her for staring, just look at it. The colors, the smell, the precision of the cuts. It's a work of art," Rarity said as she took a closer look. She then picked up a piece of tuna and ate it. "Mmh, even the taste is divine."
Sunset and Rainbow followed and had a similar reaction. "Wow, this is even better than what the guys at work can make," Sunset said.
"Glad you like it. It was actually fun making," Aria said as she walked past the girls.
"Wait, you made this," Rainbow said in surprise.
Pinkie then showed up between her friends. "Yeah, back at school Aria asked about the clubs. I took her to the cooking club and turns out she has some skill with a knife." Pinkie said as she thought back to the school.
Earlier at the school
"So this is the cooking club. Everyone loves it cause there's always something everyone loves about cooking," Pinkie said as she showed Aria the kitchen. "So what’s your favorite food?"
"I don't know. Back in Equestria I loved eating fish," Aria said with a roll of her eyes.
"Hmm, have you ever had sushi?" Pinkie asked.
"Sushi?" Aria asked.
"Once I explained what sushi was, she took to it like a pro. I'm surprised the school has high quality fish just laying around, " Pinkie finished explaining.
"Oh man, I can't believe you can make something taste so good," Rainbow said as she took another piece. "Um, I guess I owe you a real apology since you gave us this," she said with a sincere look on her face.
"Eh, it's fine as long as you’re not going to attack me again," Aria said. The two shook hands and made up as everyone continued to enjoy Pinkie's birthday party.