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// Rainbow Rocks - Chapter 4 - My brother is back... and he's gone. 
// Story: The Brother's Adventure 2 
// by lightningman 
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As we waited on the statue, Rainbow sighed. "I'm starting to think she's not coming."
"Hush your lips," I say. Just then Twilight and Lightningman are shot out of the portal.
"Ow." I heard him say. I jump down and help him up.
"Hey, Damyon."
"Hey, Xayvier. I didn't expect Rainbow rocks to happen so soon."
"Me neither." But what can you do?" I shrug. All of the girls were reuniting.
"What's been going on here?" Lightningman asked me.
"there's a new gang in town. The Red Scorpions." I fill the details in on them.
"Alright. You stay with them. I'll go deal with those guys.
"When you need a break, you know where to find us." I nod as lightningman walks to the girls.
"Hey girls."
"Lightningman!" Everyone except Twilight, Spike and I yell as they hug him.
"Whoa. didn't expect this." He smiled a little bit. "But could you let go. I just came to tell you that I'm not staying.
"What?" Twilight asked me. "Where are you going?"
"Xayvier filled me in on a new gang in town. The Red Scorpions apparently. I'm going to take care of them."
"Oh. alright." She nods and Lightningman leaves for the northwest part of town. Meanwhile, the girls and I left for Sugarcube corner.
"Oh, I do hate that you had to return at a time of crisis. There's so much catching up to do!" Rarity said.
"For starters, a certain blue-haired guitar player was just askin' about you." Applejack said.
"Flash Sentry was asking about me?!" twilight asked excitedly. She then clears her throat. "How nice."
"Perhaps you would give us just the slightest bit of gossip from your world?" Rarity asked.
"She's got an official title now," Spike said as he imitated a trumpet with his dog bone. "The Princess of Friendship."
"Wow, that's really impressive. Guess you really were Princess Celestia's prized pupil." Sunset smiled a bit.
"She's even got her own castle!" Spike said.
"A castle?! You have your own castle?!? Eh..." Rarity looked sheepishly at us. "Ooh, uh, lovely." She sits back down.
"What's new here? I mean, besides your school becoming the target of dangerous magical creatures from Equestria?"	
"Yeah, so, that isn't exactly the only strange thing that's happened since you left." She showed a video on her phone of her ponying up. "Pretty sweet, huh? It happens to all of us when we play. Xayvier says it's because we have magic in us now."
"Yeah. He's pretty spot on." Twilight nodded. "Now that we're all back together, we can use that magic on the sirens. Just like when we were able to use it on Sunset Shimmer when she turned into that horrifyingly awful winged monster! No offence."
"None taken. I'm used to it." Sunset sighs.
"They'll never even know what hit 'em!" Rainbow said does a few karate moves.
"We've got nothin' to worry about now that Twilight's back." Applejack said.
"Oh, I'm pretty sure I could find something to worry about. But it won't be the sirens." Fluttershy said.
"The sooner we do this, the better. Any idea where the Dazzlings might be?"
"There's a big party tonight for all the bands who signed up to be in the showcase! That would include the Dazzlings." Pinkie Pie said.
"You plan to just blast them with your magic isn't going to work. I'm going to save you the embarrassment right now." I say. the girls look at me.
"Really?" Twilight asked.
"Yeah, You have to beat them in the Battle of the Bands." I look at her.
"Hmm... That might work. It's when you play music is when you transform right?"
"Yup." Applejack says.
"So maybe the way to use that magic to defeat the sirens is by playing a musical counter-spell!"
"you mean like a song?"
"Uh-huh. And in order to free everyone who's been exposed to the sirens' spell, we'll need them all to hear it."
"The band competition! That's the next time we can be certain everyone will be in the same place at the same time." Rarity gasped
"Guess the Rainbooms are the band to beat." Applejack said.
"And I believe you, Twilight, just became the Rainbooms' newest member." Rarity said.
"So what do you wanna play? Triangle? Sousaphone? Theremin? Soooo magical." She sighed as she pulled out the instruments as she said them. I was silent. 
"I've been around you for weeks and seen hundreds of things I could accept. BUT WHERE THE (beep.) DID YOU GET THOSE INSTRUMENTS? OUT OF YOUR (beep.)?" Everyone looked at me shocked and Pinkie stifled a chuckle as she looked at my exasperation.
"Anyway. I might take a little too long to learn how to play something with these. I'll just sing." Twilight said
"Like, as in, lead singer? Cuz that's usually my gig. This being my band and all."
"Plus she has a bigger ego than the entire school combined." I elbow Rainbow in the ribs. Everyone chuckles as Rainbow glares at me. I merely smile.
"And besides. It's our band! And, of course, as lead singer. She's the one with the magical know-how to help us pull this thing off." Applejack said.
"Okay, yeah, that's cool. I'll just use this as a chance to hone my already insanely good lead guitar skills." Rainbow said as she mimed playing the guitar.
"It's only temporary. And we don't have to win the Battle of the Bands. We just have to perform during the first round of the competition." I let out a laugh at this.
"HAHAHAHAHA!!" Everyone looks at me. "Girls. To deal with the dazzlings. You need to get all the way to the Finals." Everyone's jaw drops.
"WHAT?"
"But we just have to perform the counter-spell to break everyone out of the trance." I deadpan at her.
"Yes, And you never figure out the counter-spell." Twilight blanches.
"W-What?"
"You never finish it. You end up using a completely different song than what you made."
"Oh... Ok. If that's the case, we might as well get our sleep tonight and get to practice." She turns to Spike and says. "Come on."
"Where are you going?" Applejack asked.
"Well, last time we were here, Spike and I spent the night in the library."
"Are you crazy?! We're besties now! Slumber party at my house!" Pinkie Pie said. "Xavy! you're invited too!" I choke on air.
"Wait, what?"
"Yeah!" She goes and hugs me. "You're my BF now! Of course, you can come and sleep in our house!" I begin to choke from the tight vice grip of Pinkie.
"Pinkie... Need... AIR!!" She lets go and I gasp. I cough a few times. "Geez, it feels like my windpipe warped." I stretch. "But thanks, Pinkie!" I smile at her. "I'll meet you there. I need to grab a few things." I run into the school and begin to pack up a few bottles of mana and health potion. I grab my costume and mask. I then grab a spare change of clothes. I run out and follow the girls as we walk to Pinkie's house.
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We were all sitting in Pinkie's room. I had my headphones listening to music.

Rarity was talking to Twilight. It had been just after Rainbow Dash slammed the video game console. Just then, I heard the doorbell ring. My hand immediately glow and I instantly appear in front of the door and open it to see the Pizza. Pinkie slides up beside me and pays for it. I pick up the boxes and bring them to the counter. Pinkie looked around and spotted Twilight wasn't there. She went up with some pizza and I heard her talking to Twilight. Twilight came downstairs smiling. The rest of the party was a bunch of laughing and games. I beat Rainbow Dash at the games on the console. She tried cheating again, but I had conjured a shield around the console, which bounced her hand off of it. Soon enough. I fell asleep. 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Next Morning---------------------------------------------
I woke up to being shaken.
"huh?" I mutter sleepily. I saw a pink blob through my sleepy eyes. "Aright, aright. I'ma gedding up." I tried to get up and promptly collapsed snoring again. The girls around me sighed and picked me up and began to carry me to the barn. I was completely passed out.
"Geez. how heavy of a sleeper is he?" Rainbow Dash grunted as they brought me to the barn so they could practice.
"Probably very. His brother can fall asleep on command." Twilight said as they set me down in a wooden chair.
"Really?" Pinkie Pie looked at her.
"Yeah. It can come in handy for him." She nods. "Although inconvenient for others. I tried to lecture him once and he fell asleep. Didn't remember a thing about it when he woke up."
"Sounds like Xayvier's brother." Applejack laughs. Soon enough they began to practice. I began to stir. Around the 6th time they played it, I opened my eyes.
"Eh, that sounded... way better than the last... five times you've played it. Heh heh." Spike said.
"No, it didn't." I groan as I sit up. "That is not how I want to be woken up." I take my face mask off and my hood off and rub my face. "How long was I out?"
"It's noon." Applejack deadpanned.
"Yeah. Even I don't take naps that long." Rainbow Dash said.
"Hey. I was comfortable. i've been sleeping in a storage room the past few weeks remember?" I say to them. they rub the back of their necks and chuckle.
"But anyway. perhaps we could take a short break, try on some of the wardrobe choices I've put together? I'm particularly fond of this one. Eh, of course, we could always go with something a bit more modern." She pulled out some costumes."
"We're tryin' to save our school here. Enough with the costumes!" Applejack said
"Oh, you can never have enough costumes!"
"She just wants to make things fun! Isn't that what being in a band supposed to be?" Pinkie Pie said as she played a rimshot.
"Calm down Pinkie." I go hug her gently. She smiled and hugged me back.
"You don't have time for any of this! You're supposed to check in at the Battle of the Bands in fifteen minutes!"
"Oh, no!" Everyone gasps and runs around.
"What! But I'm not ready. What if we play the first round and we don't make it past the audition?" Twilight asked as everyone screeched. I pat her on the shoulder.
"You'll do fine. I'm sure of it." I smile.
"Then let's go win us a Battle of the Bands!" Rainbow said