The streets of Canterlot City is fairly busy, with little traffic and pedestrians roaming through the day. As the morning sun rose to its highest peak, there were still a few traffic cars, but more pedestrians walk through the sidewalks. At a nearby 4-way intersection, Lyra and Bon-Bon were waiting for the light to change, while talking about last night's street race.
"Man, Bon-Bon, wasn't last night's race awesome, with that new guy's black car drifting around that corner?" Lyra said, with a big grin on her face. Bon-Bon smiled weakly, remembering that she and Lyra were standing at the corner, when Charlie performed the powerslide, but almost hitting the girls in the process. Lyra cheered for Charlie, but Bon-Bon fainted to the ground.
"Yeah," Bon-Bon said, nervously, "but that guy almost hit us, with his car, Lyra! I don't think I want to relive that moment again!"
"Aw, come on, Bon-Bon! I'm sure he didn't mean to." Then, Lyra sighed. "It would be cool if we got his autograph. He's, like, my hero."
Bon-Bon rolled her eyes; She was used to hearing Lyra's crazy ideas, and fantasies, even when they don't make sense to her. But, as they still waited for the traffic lights to change, there was a sudden, small rumble on the ground. Lyra and Bon-Bon, as well as the few civilians, looked all around for the cause of it, only to find a group of cars, passing through the intersection at one hundred and twenty miles per hour. Lyra instantly saw Charlie's black 1970 Dodge Charger, racing behind the leading car, which was Sunset Shimmer behind the wheel. After the last racer had passed through, they were gone in a flash.
"OMG!" Lyra shouted. "That was the guy! He's racing Sunset Shimmer, the Rainbooms, and some other newbies!"
"Ok, Lyra, calm down." Bon-Bon placed her hand on Lyra's shoulder. "You're getting way too excited over that race. The Rainbooms aren't old enough to drive, they don't have a driver's license, and..."
"Oh yeah?!" interrupted Lyra. Bon-Bon knew look on her face. Lyra has that "I'm going to prove it to you" look, and she does. "I'm gonna prove it to you!"
Bon-Bon let out a deep sigh, and knew that this could mean another embarrassing moment for her. "Lyra, please don't." But Lyra dragged her reluctant friend, to the direction of where the cars were going. Unfortunately, they were stopped by a red light, and the moving traffic blocked their way.
"Some things never change." Bon-Bon moaned.
Sunset Shimmer was still in the lead, as she weaved left and right through the traffic, with Team Furious, and the Rainbooms, chasing behind her. This was an unofficial race, since she got a head start. While she was laughing with great fun, Charlie was having a hard time, keeping up with Sunset's 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302. Charlie designed the Mustang Boss himself, with his new "special ability" that he, and his friends, discovered recently, but he didn't expect that his creation was faster than his Charger. Before he could plan his move, Sweet Shoppe's street sign was just up ahead, and that means Sunset Shimmer had just won her first street race. Team Furious and the Rainbooms slowed down to find a parking space along the sidewalk. As they all stepped out of their cars, Sunset was congratulated by her friends on her first win. Even Charlie was very impressed at how well Sunset handled her driving.
"Congrats, Sunset. Gotta' say, I think I've found myself a tough competitor." Charlie winked.
Sunset laughed. "Yeah, I guess you have."
"This calls for a milkshake celebration!" Pinkie shouted.
The Rainbooms led Team Furious into the café, and there were a few customers inside, among them was Vinyl Scratch. She looked at the two teams and waved at them, and vice versa. Vinyl, especially, waved her fingers at Charlie, thinking that he's cute, while Charlie just waved hello and blushed.
"Well, Charlie. You certainly do have some fans, already." teased Rachael. Charlie simply just chuckled, feeling a little embarrassed. Soon, they all walked up to the register counter, and Mrs. Cake approached them.
"Good afternoon, girls," said Mrs. Cake. She looked at Team Furious. "Are these your new classmates at school?"
"Well, Mrs. Cake, they are our new friends," Twilight explained, "but they aren't Wondercolt students, yet." Charlie reached out his hand.
"Pleased to meet you, Mrs. Cake," greeted Charlie. "I'm Charlie Johnson." Mrs. Cake smiled and shook his hand.
"Same here," said Mrs. Cake. "It's always nice to see new faces around, especially when they are new to Sweet Shoppe. Now, what would you like to have, today?" The Rainbooms and Team Furious looked at the menu, and placed their orders. Then, Mr. and Mrs. Cake prepared the milkshakes, in less than a few seconds, and placed them on the counter.
"That'll be $2.99 each, please." Mrs. Cake said, as the Rainbooms gave her their money. Team Furious were about to get their own money out, when Mrs. Cake spoke up. "Don't worry. New customers get a one-time voucher. It's on the house."
Team Furious were so lucky, that time. They didn't have enough money to pay the $2.99 for each milkshake. They all said thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Cake, and went to take their seats at where the Rainbooms were sitting. As they all enjoyed their milkshakes, they began to quietly talk about their plan to save Los Angeles from Queen Chrysalis, and what would happen afterwards.
"So, what do we do about Queen Chrysalis?" Rainbow Dash asked. "We don't even know what she's doing, as we speak."
"Yeah, and what if she's gotten some outside help to assist her in conquering Los Angeles, or even their world?" Twilight added, referring to Team Furious' world.
"Or maybe," said Pinkie Pie, "she's planning to take over Equestria, after she takes over Los Angeles!" Applejack raised her hand, getting the group's attention.
"By 'outside help,' Twilight, do you mean somebody else, from Equestria, is helping Chrysalis on her conquest?" asked Applejack.
Twilight sighed. "I don't even know for sure myself. And I guess making up all this assumptions isn't getting us anywhere." Everyone nodded, in agreement.
"Well, all I know is that Chrysalis won't be doing it all by herself," said Charlie, firmly. "She may be an evil changeling queen, but when it comes to taking over something, there's never just one individual. So, it stands to reason, that she might have hypnotized some people, with her magic, or someone else has joined her own team to help her."
"But which villain, that we know of, could have ended up in L.A. and joined her?" asked Sam.
"It couldn't be Nightmare Moon." David assumed. "Princess Twilight and her friends used the Elements of Harmony to change her back to Princess Luna."
"I highly doubt that King Sombra would be back." Rachael added. "He was destroyed by the Crystal Heart, from the time when he tried to take over the Crystal Empire in Equestria."
Well, whoever they are," Rarity interrupted, "I'm sure that we will face them together. We, except our new friends, of course, have been in danger before, so I'm afraid we will in danger again."
"If that's the case, I will try to find some way to analyze Team Furious' new-found powers, and see if there is anything that might help them, and us, on our mission." Twilight suggested.
"Oh yeah!" Rainbow agreed, punching her fist in the air. "I'm always up for some butt-kicking adventure!"
"If that means saving people's lives from bad guys, I'm in," said Applejack.
"Um... I... guess I'll be helping by... looking out for danger..." Fluttershy stuttered, nervously.
"Ooooh! And after we save the world, I'm gonna' make a big 'Congratulations On Saving The World From Certain Danger' party, with a huge party cake!" Pinkie grinned, with excitement.
"I'll write back to the Princess, and tell her what our plan is," said Sunset. " And hopefully, they'll send Starlight back here to help us."
Team Furious smiled at the Rainbooms. They were lucky to have such good friends, willing to help them with saving their home, even if they just met. It's like they were destined to meet each other, as if for the right reason.
"Thank you, girls." Charlie said, warmfully. "I never knew that you all would help someone with a big problem, even if it means facing dangerous situations like this."
"Well, of course." Sunset replied. "We can't just leave one problem as it is, to become something much worse, like losing a friend."
Just then, they heard the doorbell ring, and as they turned to see who it is, the two groups groaned.
"Oh no. Not her. Not now." Rainbow slapped her forehead.
"Trixie." Rachael silently growled at the sight of Trixie, who walked towards their direction.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the Rain-goons." said Trixie, unamused. "Enjoying your little conversations, of how the great and powerful Trixie always prevails, and the end? Huh?"
The Rainbooms, and Team Furious, gave here a hard glance. Trixie wasn't the kind of person who would befriend someone so easily. She was always boastful, and showing off her fake magic tricks. She would even play dirty, if necessary.
"No, Trixie." Sunset spoke up firmly. "No one was talking about you. Certainly, not after what you did after the Battle of the Bands."
"Aww, did that little experience hurt you?" teased Trixie. "Well, I guess we all can't let bygones be bygones."
Sunset winced at that comment, remembering the time when she was turned into a demon, and saying those words.
***(Flashback)***
Sunset, in her demonic form, flew to the front doors of the high school, where the students stood behind, afraid.
I've had to jump through so many hoops tonight, just to get my hands on this crown, and it really should have been mine all along! But let's let bygones be bygones! I am your princess now! And you will be loyal to ME!
***(End of flashback)***
Sunset started to shed a small tear in her left eye, while Trixie smirked with triumph. The Rainbooms were going to argue with Trixie, for reminding Sunset of her past, but then Charlie stood up, with a fierce look in his own eyes. Everyone, including the customers and the Cakes, looked towards him, wondering what he is going to do.
"I suggest you turn around, walk out that door, and keep walking, before we'll do something we'll all regret," said Charlie, grimly. But, Trixie remained unafraid at the new guy.
"Ok, just who are you, exactly, to tell Trixie what to do?" Trixie taunted. Slowly, the rest of Team Furious stood up against her.
"We're the new kids on the block." Lily said fiercely.
"We are here to be friends with the Rainbooms, and everyone else." Bobby added.
"We are just trying to get along just fine, until you came." David shook his head.
"We're not the ones you should mess around." Sam cracked his knuckles.
Trixie started to back up, nervously, until Rachael grabbed her shirt with her left hand. Trixie was now scared.
"So, don't try to get all great and powerful with us," Rachael intimidated, ""or we will freakin' burn you!" Rachael curled her right hand into a fist, and to everyone's shock, her hand caught fire. Trixie screamed with terror and ran out the door, while Rachael gave a smug grin, with her right hand still burning. Everybody else was still in shock that the fire didn't burn Rachael flesh on contact.
"Uuuhhh… Rachael?" interrupted Charlie. Rachael snapped out of her enjoyment, and saw her burning hand. But, when she gasped in surprise, the fire was suddenly extinguished.
"Well..." Rachael simply said. "That... happened."
"What was that?" Mr. Cake walked up to see what was the matter. Charlie explained to the Cakes that they were just standing up for Sunset, and that they were just trying to scare Trixie away, never really intending to burn her alive.
"But then, what about her hand?" asked Mrs. Cake. "It was on fire, and it didn't burn her!"
"It was... an illusion, Mrs. Cake!" said Rachael. "I created it to scare Trixie. It wasn't real."
The Cakes were so relieved to hear that. But the truth is, it WAS real. Rachael had just discovered her true power, to be able to control fire. But there was still some undiscovered powers for the rest of Team Furious to find out. If Rachael can do that, what else can her friends do?
As the team, and the Rainbooms, thanked the Cakes for the milkshakes, they walked out of Sweet Shoppe, and towards their parked cars.
"Rachael, you can control fire?" asked Sunset.
"No. I really don't control fire, not even at home." Rachael explained. "I think it's my powers inside my wrists. Maybe that's the cause of it, when Trixie got me so mad."
"Interesting." Twilight said with a fascination look on her face. Then, an idea sparked in her head. "I think we should head over to my house. I want to start analyzing Team Furious' wrists and discover their powers for them. And I know just the device to do it." The Rainbooms and Team Furious looked at each other, confused of what Twilight meant.
"Ok, Twilight," Sunset smiled, "lead the way."
Twilight ignited her car and the rest followed her towards her house. Meanwhile, in a dark alley next to Sweet Shoppe, three shadowed figures watched the team of cars drive off.
"Come on, we've got work to do." one of them said, as they disappeared into the dark alley.