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// Chapter 2: Aftermath 
// Story: Here Comes a New Challenger! 
// by Chrome Masquerade 
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In the days after the She-Demon incident, as some called it, Sunset was avoided by most. Not that any of us -including her- could blame them, really. All the same, we often found Sunset in tears and had to comfort her. Being the loyal friend that I  am, i had to constantly repress the urge to do something drastic. Sunset kept saying that she deserved whatever she got. Seriously, now she had even more of a guilt complex than Twiggles did. We eventually helped her to get out of that slump, but it was an uphill battle, I tell ya.

We thought that maybe finding a new outlet for all of that pent up frustration might help. So we started up an amateur band: The Rainbooms! (Catchy, eh?) We each had practice with one instrument or another, so we figured, 'why not put that training to good use?'. 

So, while I played Electric Guitar, Pinkie played the drums, Applejack (the old fashioned gal that she was) played bass, Rarity managed to get herself a keytar, and Fluttershy managed to find a tambourine. Flutters was reluctant at first, but since it was for the good of our newest  friend, she steeled herself and agreed. Heck, we even managed to get Flash in on it

The kicker was that when we got too into it, we'd assume our anthro forms. And when one of us got into it, the rest could hardly help but join in! It was that first time that Sunset managed to achieve her full anthro form

We each decided on a song that would be our signature. Applejack decided on Cotton Eye Joe (she even got Fluttershy to sing one part of it!(1)) Rarity decided on Glamorous. Fluttershy, well, she chose ot to sing anything, due to her fear of crowds. Pinkie Pie went with a different style of song. But it drew crowds whenever we had a jam sesh! Believe you me!  

As for me, well... I was deciding on it when I went to the music store looking for a new instrument. As luck would have it (bad luck, that is,) Trixie was there for the same reason and had decided that she wanted to snag the same instrument that I was going for! Needless to say, this couldn't stand!

So, we each grabbed a random E-Guitar, plugged them into the test amps that were around to test the instruments, and had an impromptu shred-off. Naturally, I was getting way into it and the magic activated, shifting me to my pony form and changing the guitar as well. So, looking at the reforged instrument, I said, "I'll take it!"

Trixie started boasting about how she had won and would always win, but i just walked past her, saying, "Doubt it."

When Trixie saw the price tag, she nearly had a conniption. she shouted "You'll pay for this, Rainbow Dahe!"

Pinkie backed up and said, "No, silly. You want it, you get to pay for it!"

That day I learned that winning doesn't always get you what you need. But I have to say, I sure felt like I won after that.