Equestria Girls/Sonic Boom: The Crossover Series Pre-Sequel Sequel

by GreenS21


Crystal Unclear

Twilight and Spike stood on the sidewalk in front of their house, the sky overhead getting slowly brighter. Twilight kept looking around anxiously, looking for Sunset Shimmer and being wary of seeing anyone else at this hour. In addition to her backpack, she also had a brown sling bag hanging on her right shoulder that held the crystal, which was still in its container, along with a few other things she thought she was going to need. Spike kept reassuring her, but she was still worried about whether she should take the crystal to CHS or keep it at home and have her friends come over to see it.

The decision was made for her when she saw a car coming towards her. She instantly recognized it as Sunset Shimmer’s car and knew there was no going back now. Sunset smiled and waved to her as she came to a stop and Twilight waved back before opening the passenger door and adjusting her bags, setting the sling bag down so she could put her backpack on the floor before putting the sling bag back on and setting it on her lap. Spike leapt up and sat on top of the bag once Twilight had her seat belt on and she pulled the door closed. They both said good morning to Sunset and she said the same before she started driving to school.

For the first couple of minutes, the only sound coming from the car was the sound of its engine. Twilight didn’t seem like she wanted to be the one to start a conversation, her eyes instead moving in Sunset’s direction a few times to look at her from the side of her vision, noticing for the first time that she was wearing her vest set today. Spike, meanwhile, just curled up on Twilight’s lap and fell into a quick snooze. Sunset kept her eyes on the road, but she still stole a glance over at Twilight and the bag on her lap.

Finally, she couldn’t take it any longer and broke the silence. “So… how was your night, Twilight?” she asked.

Twilight replied, “Oh, it was nice, I suppose. I didn’t really get a chance to sit down until dinner and afterwards. I was pretty busy with work when I got home. H-How was the mall?”

Sunset answered, “It was fun. We did a little shopping and studying, went to see a movie… Juniper’s still doing well, by the way.” Twilight nodded silently. They soon came to a stoplight and stopped for the red. While they waited, Sunset looked over at Twilight’s bag and asked, “Is that thing you discovered in there?”

Twilight nodded while still facing forward, “Yeah.”

Sunset pressed, “Can I see it?”

Twilight quickly replied, “I don’t want your car to explode.”

Sunset gave her an odd look, “Uh, isn’t that a bit of a stretch? I mean, you’ve been sitting with it on your lap this entire ride and nothing’s happened yet.”

Twilight finally turned her head to look at Sunset, “There’s still so much about this thing I don’t know yet. I don’t want to risk bumping it against something and having it discharge.” Before either of them could say anything else, the light changed to green and the impatient driver behind them honked his horn. Both girls looked back in surprise before facing forward, Twilight having a worried look on her face while Sunset looked annoyed as she stepped on the gas pedal. The two didn’t say another word to each other for the rest of the trip.

They soon arrived at CHS and Sunset found a space for her car in the parking lot. Spike woke up as they came to a stop and hopped down onto the asphalt when Twilight opened the door. She stepped out and spent a minute adjusting her bags so they were sitting comfortably on her while Sunset climbed out and locked the doors. After closing their doors, they looked towards the front of the school and saw a number of their fellow students heading inside. “I don’t think we’ll be able to get into the chemistry lab before classes start,” Twilight remarked after a few moments.

Sunset looked at her, “That’s where you want to do it?”

Twilight looked back at her, “Well, either there or the wood shop. They both have cleaning supplies right in the room, which we’re going to need. There will be some cleanup afterwards.” After a moment of looking at each other, Twilight said, “Believe me, Sunset, I want to show you and the rest of the girls what we found, but I’d prefer to do it without a bunch of other students looking over our shoulders and asking extra questions. We all would’ve had to be here really early to do that, though.”

Sunset nodded thoughtfully at that. They pretty much would have had to be at school as soon as it opened if they wanted to avoid an audience. While she could see Applejack, Fluttershy, and Pinkie getting up early enough to get ready and show up, Rainbow and Rarity were less likely to want to wake up earlier than usual, even for something like this. “Okay. We’ll go with the chemistry lab unless it’s unavailable. Just have to tell the girls to hold their questions until then when we see them.”

Twilight knelt down and let Spike hop into her backpack, his head poking up through the opening as she stood up. “The wait will be worth it,” she said before they both started walking towards the front of the school.

Aside from dodging questions from the other girls at every chance they got and urging them to wait until the end of school, the day was relatively uneventful. After the last bell rang, Twilight headed over to the wood shop and saw that the students there were staying after to work on their projects some more. They definitely weren’t getting in there. She turned and headed for her locker to retrieve her sling bag. She checked it after every period throughout the day to make sure it was still there, almost running late to a few classes as a result. Now it was okay to take it out.

Twilight put the sling bag over her shoulder after checking it and shut her locker door. She glanced to her right as she was resetting the lock and then did a double-take when she realized Sunset was standing right next to her. “Ah! Sunset, you startled me,” she said as she held her left hand over her chest.

Sunset smiled sympathetically, “Sorry, Twilight. I checked the lab out. There’s no one there right now. I already let the girls know we’ll meet them there.”

Twilight nodded, “That’s good. There’s no chance of us getting the wood shop to ourselves. Let’s go.” They turned and began making their way through the halls.

When they got to the lab, they found the other girls waiting for them, all of them, with the exception of Fluttershy and to a lesser extent Pinkie Pie, looking more than a little irritated with how long they had to wait to hear about Twilight’s discovery. She gave them a nervous grin and chuckle before opening the door to the lab and stepping inside, Sunset right behind her. As the other girls came in, they saw Sunset had placed her backpack on the center counter and was pulling some protective equipment like gloves and lab coats out of it, both her and Twilight suiting up. “Grab some protection, girls. You might need it,” Twilight said as she pulled a rubber glove on her right hand and Spike stretched out on the floor next to her.

Rainbow, clearly the most irritated out of the group, spoke up, “I think what we need is for you to stop dodging us and just tell us what’s going on, Twilight! You and Sunset have been waving us off all day, telling us to wait and not giving us any answers! I mean, really, what’s going on? What’s so important that you gotta do that?”

Twilight looked a bit intimidated at her friend’s words. Sunset could tell even without her magic and stepped in, “Rainbow, will you calm down? She just wants to show it to us all together, and besides, why are you assuming the worst?”

Rainbow blinked, “What? I’m not…”

Sunset cut her off, “Well, you’re sure acting like you are. We’re gonna find out now, so get dressed.” She threw a lab coat towards the sports star after she finished and she caught it. The other girls looked at each other for a moment before they moved forward to get their dressings.

Once they were all appropriately attired, Twilight and Sunset stood on one side of the counter while everyone else stood on the other side, Fluttershy holding Spike in her arms. As Twilight set her sling bag on the counter, she said, “All right, girls, here it is.” She opened the top of the bag and gripped the middle of the canister, lifting it out and setting it down on the center of the counter. The girls all stared at the container with wide eyes as she was setting it down, looking at the unusual crystal it held.

Almost immediately after Twilight pulled her hands away, Pinkie leaned in close to the container while saying, “Ooh! So shiny and pretty!” She looked up at Twilight, “Where’d you get it, Twilight?”

Twilight answered, “It landed on the roof of my house and fell in the backyard in the middle of the night. That was almost two nights ago.”

Applejack raised an eyebrow, “Two… Was it when that weird sky event supposedly happened?”

Twilight shrugged, “I guess? Spike and I were both asleep. We were both woken up by the sound of it rolling down the roof.”

Sunset held a hand to her chin as she looked at the crystal. “I’ve seen a lot of people claiming that they saw falling stars afterwards that looked purple. Could this be one of those ‘stars’? …It really does look like the geodes from Camp Everfree,” she murmured. She looked at Twilight, “What is this thing?”

Spike spoke up, “She’s still not sure about that.”

The girls looked at Twilight, who nodded in reply. “Yeah, I’m really not sure what it is. All I know is, whatever’s giving it that glow, it’s not magic.”

Sunset asked, “Are you sure about that?”

Twilight nodded and said, “I can prove it to you right now.” She grabbed her sling bag and reached into a small pocket on the front of it. She pulled out a dark purple disc-shaped object. As soon as everyone saw it, their eyes widened and they all took a few steps back.

Sunset pointed at the device as she started, “Twilight… Isn’t that…?”

Twilight began, “I…” She let out a sigh and said, “Yes, it’s… my magic-absorbing device. I swear I only made sure the sensor was working, and I put a lock on it just in case.” She shifted it so she was holding it from the bottom, showing that it had a small metal chain that went around it several times, a small metal lock holding it tightly in place. “It didn’t take my magic as soon as I turned it on,” she finished as she set it down on the table next to the container.

Rarity noticed the lights on the top of the device started to flicker on and off quickly like they did when it would pick up the presence of magic. “Um, Twilight darling? How does this prove your point?” she asked carefully.

Twilight took a close look at it one more time before she said, “Okay, so it’s reacting to our magic. What we’re going to do now is move back towards the door, and I want everyone to keep an eye on the lights.” She began to move backwards towards the door and the other girls did the same. As they moved away, they gradually began to notice the change. The lights had been flashing quickly when they were standing near it. It didn’t change much since they were in the same room with it, but they did see the reaction slow down, the lights flickering less rapidly.

“You see that change?” Twilight asked.

“Yeah, but… it’s still sitting next to the tube,” Rainbow began.

“Exactly. It’s not responding to the crystal despite the energy it’s giving off. If it is magic, then it can’t be the same as ours,” Twilight concluded. She then quickly walked over to the device, grabbed it, and shut it off before putting it back in her sling bag.

The other girls came back over as well and Fluttershy asked, “Um… you said it’s giving off energy, Twilight?”

Twilight nodded, “Yeah. That’s what I guessed initially. It wouldn’t have that kind of glow if it wasn’t acting as a container for something else.”

Rarity placed her head on palms of her hands and stared at the crystal dreamily, “And such an enchanting glow, too~.”

Applejack asked, “That’s what the tube is for?”

Twilight replied, “Pretty much. I just wanted to make sure it was contained in something. I didn’t really want to wake up in the morning and find out Spike and I were developing radiation poisoning or something.”

Sunset said, “That’s a good point. So, do you know what kind of energy it’s giving off?”

Twilight replied, “Well, I can give you an example.” She looked down and pulled open one of the drawers on the side of the counter, holding up a pair of tongs a second later. She looked up at them for a moment before nodding, “These should do nicely.” She then looked down at her sling bag and reached into the side pocket again with her free hand. When she pulled it back out, she was holding a light bulb. “Ordinary light bulb,” she stated.

“Yeah, we’ll take your word for it,” Rainbow smirked as she opened and closed the ends of the tongs around the bulb’s circumference.

Twilight turned while holding the tongs closed and started moving the bulb over to the container. As she moved it closer, she warned, “Get ready to duck. I already know this is going to end in pieces.” Fluttershy immediately took her warning to heart and lowered her body down until only her eyes and hair were poking up over the edge of the counter. The rest of the girls didn’t take the same precaution and looked back at the crystal, watching.

Almost as soon as she touched the bulb’s contact against one of the connectors on top of the container, it lit up, much to the girls’ amazement. Less than a second later, though, cracks quickly began to form across the bulb, the quick succession of cracking sounds catching everyone’s attention. The bulb exploded in a shower of small glass shards as they all ducked down, Rainbow grabbing the back of Pinkie’s shirt and pulling her down with her as she went.

After a few seconds, everyone opened their eyes and checked themselves for any cuts, Fluttershy spending more time looking Spike over than herself. They then stood up and looked at the counter. The bulb’s screw threads and contact had been torn apart and had a few steam plumes coming off of them as they lay next to the tongs, but they were the only parts of it that were still holding together. The wires were nowhere to be seen and the glass from the bulb was scattered across both the counter and the floor.

“Wow!” Pinkie exclaimed with a big smile.

“You said it, Pinkie! That was cool!” Rainbow said.

Rarity and Fluttershy were not enthralled. “It just exploded! Look at this mess!” Rarity exclaimed. Applejack could only stare speechlessly.

Sunset was looking at the crystal more closely, the curious glint in her eyes rekindled. “Wow. If it can do that to one light bulb, imagine what it could do as an actual power source,” she mused. She looked at Twilight, “What do you think this thing could power?”

Twilight shrugged, “I don’t know. A city on the Moon?” She then looked at the others and said, “So as we’ve noted, this thing has a lot of power inside of it, but there’s something else you should know.” She pointed to the remains of the light bulb, “That bulb was already burnt out.”

Everyone stared at her in surprise. “Wait… that was a dead bulb?” Applejack asked.

“Yes! This was the bulb I just took out of the lamp on my nightstand yesterday because it burned out. There should’ve been no way for it to light up again, yet in that VERY short time before it popped, it lit up like normal. That shouldn’t be possible, and yet we just saw it happen,” Twilight explained.

Rainbow asked, “Did you know it was gonna do that?”

Twilight nodded, “Yeah. Everything electrical I tried hooking it up to exploded, including a drained car battery.” She looked down at her right wrist as she grasped it with her left hand, “That one gave me quite a shock too.”

Sunset asked, “Does it affect anything else?”

Twilight glanced up at her, “I don’t know. I just know I didn’t want to test it out on your car this morning.” Sunset remembered her words from earlier and, based on what had just happened, realized she was actually being realistic then.

Rainbow asked, “You got anything else?”

Twilight put her hands on her hips, “Uh, not at the moment, no. That’s all I’ve learned about it, but I was planning to research it further to see if I can find out anything else about it. I mean, if that’s okay with you girls.”

Sunset put her hand on Twilight’s shoulder, “Of course it is. And if you need any help, just remember you can always ask us. Right, girls?” Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie, and Rainbow all smiled and nodded in agreement.

Fluttershy then spoke up, “I think we should clean up and go. The teacher could be back any minute now and… we really don’t want to leave a mess behind.”

Pinkie mused, “Yeah, that’s also interesting. We’ve been here a while, yet we haven’t seen the teacher at all.” The other girls agreed that it was interesting, but they didn’t dwell on it as they cleaned up and put everything away.

Meanwhile…

A police officer was walking the beat in Canterlot, his day having been relatively uneventful up to this point. As he was nearing the end of his patrol, he passed by an abandoned lot where he noticed something he hadn’t seen on his last patrol a few days ago. Near the middle of the lot, there appeared to be a man lying next to an odd-looking vehicle. Confused, the officer tried calling out to the man, but he received no response. Concerned, the officer stepped into the lot, making his way over to the man.

When he reached him, the officer saw that the man was bald and lying face down on the ground, his red shirt, black pants and boots, and white gloves looking somewhat dirty. He looked too well-kept to be a typical bum. The officer rushed over to the man and knelt down next to him, shaking him. “Sir? Sir! Are you okay?!” he asked, unaware that a black and red orb and a yellow and black cube began floating above the ground off to the side, just outside of his vison.