Flash Sentry Chronicles: Rainbow Rocks

by Banshee531


The Rainbooms Unite

Back in the Gym, Flash was up in the rafters watching Trixie and her band finish their song. He had to admit, beating them after that performance wasn't gonna be easy.

And as Trixie ended her performance, she and her band mates posing as Celestia and Luna started clapping. "Fantastic!" Celestia exclaimed after giving a hardy laugh, Trixie bowing before stepping off stage. Flash moved over to the side and listened as Trixie began to trash talk his friends.

"Hmph. You're never gonna top that performance, 'Rain-goons'. You shouldn't be allowed to when you have such a big advantage over the rest of us."

"My superior guitar playing and off-the-charts awesome singing voice?" Rainbow asked confidently.

Trixie just rolled her eyes. "Oh, don't be ridiculous. I mean her!" She pointed at Twilight, who suddenly started blushing. "If you were really all that Rainbow Dash, you wouldn't have needed to bring in some magical ringer to have half a chance! Everyone's talking about it!"

Rainbow released a quick laugh, "Puh-leeze! I could win this thing as a solo act and everybody knows it!" Flash face palmed at this as he watched the rest of the Rainbooms glare at Rainbow.

"Sure you could," Trixie said before she pulled something out of her pocket and threw it to the ground. A large puff of smoke filled the room before fading, soon showing that Trixie had vanished.

Pinkie gasped at the sight, "She's gone!" But then she noticed the girl hiding behind the stage her drums were on. "Oh, wait...there she is!"

Trixie quickly ran away as Principal Celestia spoke up, "Next up, the Rainbooms." The girls all nodded as they headed to the stage.

"Knock 'em dead, Rainbooms!" Spike cheered as they took their places.

"I'll be here," Sunset added with a sigh. "Just...watching.

As they took position, Twilight glanced up at Flash before he gave her a nod. Nodding back, the two started playing. And as the music began to rock the gym, the lights came on to illuminate each of the girls.

(The Rainbooms)
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

(Rainbow)
Awesome as I wanna be

(The Rainbooms)
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

(Rainbow)
Awesome as I wanna be

As Rainbow began dancing all over the stage, Flash spotted Fluttershy glaring at her. He sighed at the sight, knowing he couldn't do anything as the song had already started.

(Rainbow)
First you see me riding on a sonic boom
Got my guitar shreddin' up my latest tune
There is nothin' you can do to beat me
I'm so good that you can't defeat me

Rainbow continued to dance around the stage, much to the others irritation, while the spotlights began to move over to her. Flash sighed again at her showboating, only to gasp when he noticed Rainbow's ears were beginning to grow.

"Oh no! Think, think, think..." he whispered as he looked up and noticed ropes that could close the stage curtains. "That'll do." He then started his climb up the ropes, only for the rafters to shake. The defender blinked at the shudder, causing him to spin around and see-"WHOA!" Flash ducked down in time to miss a broom swing to the head. He jumped back, only to gasp, "What the-Grand?!"

Grand Hoof, holding the broom like his counterpart would his hammer, just let out a low growl. "Grand! What's wrong with you?!" His question was answered when he noticed Grand's dead eyes. "Oh no...not you too!?! Darn it!"

Flash raised his arms, blocking the next broom swing before grabbing the end, both now pulling the wooden stick. "Grand, you're stronger than this. Fight it!" But Grand didn't respond, instead pulling the broom back before thrusting it into Flash's stomach. "Oof!"

With the wind knocked out of him, Flash could only stagger back and almost lose his balance as he reached the end of the rafters. Grabbing onto the railing, he tried to pull himself up but found the end of Grand's broom hitting his chest. "Ow! Grand! Stop-ow!"

Down below, Sunset's eyes flickered between Flash's dilemma and the one of stage. "Oh no....I gotta do something! If I don't-I...I..."

Before she could say another word, her body began to move on its own as she ran onto stage. Rainbow was seconds from growing ears, wings and a literal ponytail when she was suddenly tackled by a blur of red and yellow. The tackle then knocked her into Twilight, who accidently tripped Rarity, whose leg crashed into Applejack and made her throw her bass into Pinkie's drum set. Seconds later, the gym lights came back on, making Fluttershy cry out and run off stage.

The students all began whispering about Sunset's little interruption as Rainbow let out a roar before glaring at Sunset, Rainbow's ears now vanishing. Up in the rafters, Flash stared down at everything as he felt the pressure from the broom relieve from his chest. He looked back at Grand, only to see the janitor now walking away.

Back on the stage, before Sunset could explain herself, Iron stood up and yelled out, "Now that's the bad girl we love to hate!" The rest of the crowd began to yell in agreement.

"No..." she tried to say, "It isn't like that."

But no one was listening, as she and the Rainbooms walked off stage. And as they reached backstage, Rainbow growled at Sunset while the others glared at her, "What was that?!"

"You were showing them your magic," Sunset squeaked out. "I-I didn't know what else to do."

"Ugh, you have got to be-you should have let Flash handle it! Have him close the curtains or unplug the amp!"

"Hey! Lay off her!" Flash said as he jumped down beside her. "Sunset didn't have time to think up another plan."

"Well, why didn't you do something?" Twilight barked next. "And why do you...look out of breath."

"I was trying. I was gonna close the curtain but..." He let out a long sigh, "Grand Hoof."

"Grand Hoof? What's he got to do with this?"

"The Dazzlings got to him," Flash said with now crossed arms, "And unlike everyone else, he's completely under their control."

Everyone gasped at this, Twilight gulping, "That's bad. We need to play that counter-spell soon before they get any stronger."

"Well, playing it in the finals is out of the question," Rainbow added as she continued to glare at Sunset.

"I'm sorry," Sunset whimpered out as she stared at the floor. "I just...wanted to help."

"Yeah, well, you didn't."

Before Rainbow could say anything else, Applejack grabbed her by the shoulder. "Stop it Rainbow! None of this would've happened if you weren't tryin' to show off!" She and Rainbow then both glared at one another before a new voice spoke up.

"Good show, Rain-brooms." They turned to see Trixie. "I especially liked the part where Sunset Shimmer, in a fit of jealous rage, knocked out Rainbow Dash mid-guitar solo!"

Sunset, who suddenly seemed to have hit her breaking point, turned to glare at Trixie. "IT WASN'T A FIT OF JEALOUS RAGE!" She screamed, then turned to the rest of her friends and frowned as they didn't come to her aid. That is, til-

"Just leave her alone Trixie," Flash added as she put a hand on Sunset's shoulder. "She made a mistake, but can you say you've never done the same? Besides, how is it any worse than how you and your band-mates cheated in the first round?!"

Trixie went red in anger, only to huff and turn away, "I don't know what you're talking about." She then noticed Celestia and Luna stepping up on stage. "Ooh! Looks like they've already decided who'll be moving on to the finals! I'm guessing it wasn't too difficult a decision."

Flash let out a loud groan. "Ugh, this Trixie is like when we first met ours'! I'll need to have some words with her when this is over..."

It was here that the doors behind the principals opened to show the Dazzlings. There, they stared vocalizing the same way Sunset had seen them do in the cafeteria. Celestia and Luna seemed to notice the sound at first, only to forget about it and continue talking.

"What the?" Flash asked as he and Sunset watched.

"What can we do?" Rarity asked while this was happening. "There isn't gonna be another opportunity for us to play. And I had the most gorgeous outfit for the finals!"

Applejack rolled her eyes at this. "Yup, 'cause that's the real tragedy here, Rarity. That you won't get to play dress-up!"

She and Rarity leaned in to glare at one another, "You know perfectly well that is not what I meant!"

Rainbow took this moment to get between and push the two away. "You two wanna keep it down? They're about to announce who's moving on."

"Who are you kidding?" Fluttershy hissed, "You know it isn't gonna be us."

"I wouldn't be so sure," Flash added as he stared to the principals.

Celestia and Luna stepped on stage as Celestia help up a microphone. "The band that will be joining the Dazzlings in tonight's finals...the Rainbooms!"

"WHAT!?" Trixie asked in shock and horror while everyone aside from Flash and Sunset looked just as confused.

"Did they just say...the Rainbooms?" Pinkie gasped.

"Thought so," Flash grumbled as he turned to the others. "The Dazzlings must have made them change their minds, just like how they made Grand attack me."

Before anyone else could say anything, Trixie turned to glare them. "This isn't over!" With that, she marched past them while the Rainbooms stepped onto the stage.

"Congratulations girls," Celestia told them. "You deserve it."

Pinkie opened her mouth to respond, but remembered what Flash had said. As they began to wonder why the Dazzlings had helped them, Adagio spoke up. "See you at tonight's big show, Rainbooms. We're really looking forward to it." With that, they walked back off stage while Rainbow just glared at them.

"Yeah, well...not as much as we are!"

But the sudden jeering from the crowd took their attention away from the three.

"Zis never should haf been you, Rainbooms!" A girls with a french accent said.

"You don't deserve it!" Iron yelled next.

"BOO! BOO! You stink!" Heather added.

The Rainbooms all sighed before walking away, Sunset, Spike and Flash following them. As they left, the rest of the crowd let out more boos and cries of outrage, Flash now frowning at the sight of three glaring Royal Knights. Once outside, they headed to the park where the finals would be held. No one spoke, all too upset about what had happened before.

That is, till Sunset broke the silence. "Hey Flash? Um...thank you for before."

Flash did a small shrug. "No problem. It's not like you didn't do anything me, Rainbow or Pinkie wouldn't have done in the moment." The two girls then looked away from Sunset, knowing Flash was right about that. "What matters now is playing that counter-spell and taking those three down." He turned to Twilight, "So...how's it going with that?"

Once again, Twilight clutched her notebook to her chest. "It's going...fine."

Flash raised an eyebrow, "Twilight..."

"I said it's fine!" Twilight screeched before running away, leaving the others to stare at the fleeing figure.

"Welp, we're doomed." Flash sighed. "She's nowhere near completing that counter-spell."

"What do you mean?" Rainbow asked, "She said it was fine."

"You don't know Twilight like I do. The way she's acting means she's having trouble with a problem, but feels she can't ask for help. Classic Twilighting."

"Twilighting?" The girls repeated.

"You made her a verb?" Pinkie added.

Flash scratched the back of his head. "Well...technically you did Pinkie, or your counterpart did. Anyways, Twilight needs help but she feels like she has to do it alone or she'll be letting everyone down. What she needs is help and motivation."

"Then we'd be happy to give it too her," Applejack replied.

Flash shook his head. "Not supportive help, though that would come in handy. I mean magical help. Someone who knows about magic that can help her work on the counter-spell," his gaze slowly shifted over to Sunset.

The girl looked from left to right in a hopes of seeing some other magical alumni standing beside her, but alas there wasn't. "Me?! I can't help!"

"Sure you can," Flash moved behind her and started pushing her in the direction Twilight went. "Even if its only a few tips, that's fine. Twilight needs help and you're the only one that can give it to her. And before you're asking, no I'm not going back to Equestria to go find another unicorn, cuz the only one I can think of is our Trixie. For obvious reasons, that's a no, and besides, you were Celestia's student once too."

"But...but I flunked out!"

Flash shook his head again, "But you still got into the school, so you must have some knowledge about this stuff."

"I...guess?" Sunset said while continuing to be pushed along. "But I doubt Twilight will want to hear my ideas."

"Just ask to take a look at the counter-spell. Twilight loves showing off her work. Then if you have any ideas, tell her."

Sunset let out a long sigh, knowing this wasn't going to end. A slow nod later, she replied, "Alright, I'll do my best." With that, they got to the park and found Twilight already on the stage. Much to their surprise, their instruments were also there, but decided to question it. And as the others prepared their equipment, Sunset moved over to Twilight. "Hey, mind if I take a look at that? I'd love to see what you've come up with so far."

"Well, um..." Twilight looked like she was beginning to panic, pulling the open notebook close to her heart. "It's not finished yet, so you won't be able to understand the full...effect it's suppose to have." Sunset did a small frown, now glancing back at Flash as he helped Rainbow set up the acoustics.

Seeing no help there, she looked back at Twilight, "Please. I know you're having trouble, so I want to help. I know you're probably worried about what I might do after the fall formal, and I might not know as much about magic as you, but I promise...I only want to help."

Twilight stared up at her, the sincerity in her words pulling her heart strings. Sighing, she gave the book to the former unicorn, "Here, I'd love to know what you think." Sunset smiled back at her before taking the book in hand and looking it over.

"Check, one, two. Testing, testing." Rainbow tapped her microphone as Flash pushed the dial up to the max. "TESTING!" Rainbow yelled into the microphone, only for the feedback to rock the entire stage.

Flash quickly pushed the dial down about half way before turning to the others. "Sorry."

"I still don't get it," Fluttershy commented as she worked on tuning her instrument. "Why would the Dazzlings help us get into the finals? It's just...strange."

"Very strange." They all spun around to see Trixie and her bandmates standing on the edge of the stage.

Rainbow rolled her eyes at the sight. "What are you doing here, Trixie?" She pointed to the seating area. "Pretty sure the losers are supposed to be up there in the cheap seats."

"The Great and Powerful Trixie is the most talented girl at Canterlot High. It is I who deserves to be in the finals, and I will not-" She snapped her fingers, "be denied!" In that moment, one of her bandmates pulled a lever.

Before anyone could do anything, they suddenly felt the ground beneath their feet disappear. The group let out a cry of shock as gravity took effect, dragging them down into a pit. The only one who had escaped was Spike, who at this time had been playing with one of Fluttershy's rope toys behind a speaker. But when he jumped out, he saw the open trapdoor and gasped before hiding back behind the speaker.

Under the stage, everyone was groaning as they recovered. They then looked up when they heard Trixie's almost evil laugh. "See you never!" Before they could do anything, trapdoors retracted before slamming shut.

"No!" Flash yelled as he stood up and tried to pry the doors open, "Come on....no!"


Meanwhile...

From between the seats, the Dazzlings had watched Trixie's little stunt, Adagio chuckling at the sight, "Told you someone would give them a shove."

"She didn't shove them," the two older siblings turned to give the younger one a glare. "She pulled a lever."

Adagio couldn't help but face palm as Aria groaned. "Go back to sleep, Sonata."

"Come on you two, we have work to do." Adagio added as she snapped her fingers, "Tonight's the night this world will fall under our rule." Aria and Sonata both smiled back at this, all three nodding as their pendants started to glow again.


Back under the stage, the heroes were still trying to escape. Unfortunately, they couldn't see, the sunlight unable to show itself anywhere inside the room. As such, they were all stuck wandering through the darkness.

"Find anything?"

"No...wait. I think I found something." Rainbow replied before everyone heard a rattling sound, "Nevermind. It's locked." This was followed by a loud thumping noise. "Ow."

"Can anyone find the light switch?" Flash asked next, "I noticed a light when we fell in. If you can turn it on-"

"Found it," Sunset announced as she flipped it. Soon the room was bathed in light, allowing them to see nothing but themselves and their instruments. They started looking around, but found that the door Rainbow had hit was the only way out.

"Now what do we do?" Fluttershy squeaked out, shaking like a leaf. Her answer came when Flash walked past her and Rarity before taking their hair clips out. "What are you-"

"Move aside," Flash told Rainbow. The girl raised an eyebrow, but did as requested, where she saw Flash crouch down and poke the metal pines into the lock.

"You can pick locks?" Pinkie asked.

"Knight training," Flash responded without looking away from his work. "If it's not enchanted, I can unlock it no problem. Mainly trained so we don't destroy doors, which we usually are forced to pay for later. Knights have budgets after all. Just give me a few minutes..." He went silent after this, the others remaining quiet in fear of breaking his concentration. Eventually, the sound of the bolts moving signalled their imminent escape. "And...got it!" Flash turned the handle and pulled the door open, "Free-OW!" Something suddenly thrusted itself into Flash's chest, knocking him flying back. The girls all gasped at the sight, only to look up and see the culprit.

It was Grand, now standing in the doorway with broom in hand. With one swoop, he slammed the doors shut. "NO!" Flash yelled as he jumped back up, only to hear a clicking sound. "Dang it!"

"Unlock it again!" Rainbow told him. "This time, we'll all rush Grand before he can close it." Flash nodded and started picking the lock again, quickly getting it this time. But as he did this, he tried to open the door...only for nothing. "What the?" He tried pulling as hard as he could, but the door wouldn't budge. Another clicking sound showed the door was once again locked.

"He must have jammed the door," Applejack commented.

"So we really are stuck here," Rarity added.

Flash sighed as he leaned against a nearby wall and slid down. "Looks that way."

The others sighed before beginning to get comfortable, knowing that they may be there for a while. The only one who didn't was Rainbow, who once again began body checking the door, trying to open it. She did this for a few minutes, which quickly turned to an hour...then several hours.

During the last hour, the sounds of people's voices and stage crews filled the air. It seemed the finals were about to begin, making the eight start trying to call out for help. But their cries for help reached no one.

"Greetings Canterlot High!" They heard Trixie's voice from onstage. "I'm afraid the Rainbooms couldn't make it here tonight, so they graciously handed their spot in the finals to me! Now, see the Great and Powerful Trixie, and her band-mates, dazzle you with the power of magic and music!" With that, Trixie and the Illusions began to play while Rainbow renewed her efforts to bust down the doors.

Applejack let out a long moan. "Give it up, Rainbow Dash. Ya'll been tryin' at this for hours. It's not gonna open."

Flash nodded in agreement. "Even if she could, Grand would probably knock her back in and find another way to trap us."

"Maybe it doesn't even matter that we're trapped down here," Twilight added as she stood up while continuing to stare at the ground. "I don't think the counter-spell would have worked anyway." She suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to see Applejack smiling at her.

"Of course it would have worked, Twilight." Applejack then glared at Rainbow, "Assumin' a certain band member didn't try to hog the spotlight the whole time we were tryin' to play it!"

"Hey!" Rainbow barked back, "If you wanna tell Twilight she's getting a little too caught up trying to be the new leader of this band, you don't have to be all cryptic about it!"

"Seriously?!" Flash chimed in next. "Come on Rainbow, you can't be serious!"

"I am serious!"

Rarity then stepped in, Twilight backpedaling before huddling against a wall, firing off her own death glare. "She was talking about you, Rainbow Dash!"

"Me?! I'm just trying to make sure my band rocks as hard as it needs to!"

"OUR BAND!!" The other Rainbooms all screamed, the tension they'd been bottling up finally coming to the surface.

Flash and Sunset, not wanting to listen to this argument, turned to Twilight as she went into full on Twilighting freak-out. "But why wasn't it working? I should know what to do. How could I not know what to do? How could I have failed like this?!"

Flash and Sunset shared a worried glance, only to hear Applejack continue to yell at Rainbow. "It might've been your idea to start a band, but it's not just your band, Rainbow Dash!"

"I'm the one who writes all the songs!" Rainbow barked back, only for Fluttershy to step in.

"I write songs!" She crossed her arms and turned away, "You just never let us play any of them!"

"I had the most perfect outfits for us to wear!" Rarity moaned, making Applejack roll her eyes.

"Again with the costumes! No one cares what we're wearin'!"

Rarity shot the farm girl a heated look. "I CARE APPLEJACK! So sorry if I enjoy trying to make a creative contribution to the band!"

"Hey!" Pinkie jumped in, her own tension hitting its breaking point. "Anybody here remember fun?! I'll give you a hint. It's THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF BEING IN THE RAINBOOMS!"

Rainbow let out a long groan, "I wish I never asked any of you to be in my band!"

"I WISH I'D NEVER AGREED TO BE IN IT!" Rarity screamed as Applejack and Fluttershy walked up to her.

"ME NEITHER!" And with that, the five non-pony humans began flat out arguing while screaming at the top of their lungs.

"This is really bad. Why didn't I try and get them to sort out these problems before?" Flash muttered as he started hitting his head, only to feel a hand on his shoulder. He looked up to see Sunset with a frown, "What?" She didn't reply, instead pointing to the girls. He then turned his head, only to go wide-eyed. It was the Rainbooms, who were all now somehow emitting some kind of mist, which flew up and through the gaps in the ceiling. "What is that?"

"I think I know," Sunset said as she continued to stare at the ceiling while Trixie's song ended.


The Dazzlings watched as Trixie bowed before heading off stage, the girl smirking as the three of them passed her. "Try to top that!"

"Oh, gosh!" Adagio said in sarcastic worry, "I don't know if we can!" She and her sisters shared a knowing look before all letting out an evil laugh. There, they hopped on stage and stared at the mist covering the area. The grinned at the sight, now seeing the magic they had craved for over a thousand years now lace everything. And while the students of Canterlot High were all talking about Trixie's performance, wondering how the Dazzlings intended to top it, a green light caught their attention, making them look at the stage as the music began.

(The Dazzlings)
Ahh, ah-ah, ahh
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah


Back down below, Flash and Sunset both put the pieces together. "We've been played," Flash added as Sunset stood up and took a deep breath. "Sunset? What are you-"

"STOP!" She screeched, "You have to stop!" They all turned to her, all hopping in place at her outburst, "This is what they've been after all along! They're feeding off of the magic inside you!"

This new fact caught everyone, even Twilight's, attention. "How can they be using our magic?" Applejack asked with a raised eyebrow. "It's the magic of friendship."

Sunset turned back to Twilight, who also didn't seem to understand, then back at the girls. "Ever since you started this band, you've been letting little things get to you. I never said anything 'cause I didn't feel like it was my place. Not when I was so new to this whole...friendship thing." She let out a low sigh, "I still have a lot to learn, but I do know that if you don't work out even the smallest problems right at the start, the magic of friendship can be turned into something else."

Everyone looked down in shame, Twilight picking herself up and walking over to Sunset. "I can't believe all this tension was happening right under my nose and I didn't realize it. I'm supposed to be the one with all the answers...and all I've done since I got here is let you down."

"I realized it," Flash chimed in as he looked away. "But I thought we had more important things to worry about before dealing with it." He turned back to the girls, "I'm sorry. Nothing is more important than issues between friends. If I had said something, maybe we could have sorted everything you were just arguing about out. The Dazzlings feed on negative emotions, that's probably how they're siphoning off your magic."

Sunset placed a hand on his shoulder. "It's alright Flash. It's okay to make mistakes about these things. I'm guessing you've never had a falling out with your friends during a dangerous threat?"

"Well...there was one, but it was caused by mind control."

"Exactly," Sunset then turned to Twilight and placed a hand on her shoulder. "And I don't think anyone is supposed to have all the answers." She gestured to their friends, "But you can count on your friends to help you find them."

Flash and the Rainbooms all smiled at one another before Twilight glanced at Sunset, "I think you already have." She then turned to the locked door, "C'mon! We need to get out of here!"

"How?" Flash asked as they grabbed their instruments. "With Grand out there, it'll be impossible." But no sooner had he said that, a struggling sound could be heard coming from the other side. "What the?" Flash placed his ear to the door and listened as the sounds of two people grunting could be heard. They then heard another sound, a clattering sound, before a voice spoke up.

"Rainboom!"

"Spike?!" Twilight yelped.

"Hurry! You gotta get out of there!" The eight quickly caught on, Rarity and Fluttershy handing Flash their hair pins. Flash got to work, managing to open the door in just under a minute. When they all rushed out, they saw Grand fighting a girl that looked like Vinyl Scratch over his broom weapon. Thinking fast, Flash ran up and snagged the broom as the girl let go, Flash thrust the broom into Grand's chest.

"Sorry Grand!" Flash yelled as he pushed his mentor's counterpart towards the room they had just escaped from, "But you'll thank me for this later." With all his strength, Flash bum-rushed the janitor, knocking him into the room. And as soon as the old man hit the floor, Flash raced past the doors while Rarity shut them, Rainbow jamming it with the chair that had been used on them.

Everyone shared a smile at their escape as Spike licked Twilight's cheek. "Sorry I took so long. I had to find somebody who wasn't under the Sirens' spell to help me get you out." They all turned to Vinyl, who smiled and waved back at them.

Twilight raised an eyebrow at this. "Why isn't she under their spell?"

Spike just smirked. "Never takes off her headphones." Vinyl shot them a thumbs up, which Flash mirrored as Applejack turned to the others.

"Come on, y'all! Time to prove we've still got the magic of friendship inside us!"

They all nodded as Twilight spoke up. "And there's only one way to do it!"

"We're getting the band back together?" Pinkie asked with a huge grin.

"We're getting our band back together!" Rainbow replied, making Pinkie let out a happy cheer.

"Ooh!" Rarity spoke up, "Which version of the counter-spell are we going to play?!"

Twilight opened her mouth, only to close it. She then glanced at Sunset, "Hmm...honestly, I don't think it matters what song we play, as long as we play it together as friends."

"I know just the song!" Rainbow chimed in, making everyone grimace until she pointed at a certain animal lover. "Fluttershy's written a really great one." Tears started to appear in Fluttershy's eyes as she let out a cry of joy.

It was here that Applejack turned to Rarity, "We're about to save the world here. Personally, I think we should do it in style. Rarity?"

Rarity gasped before pulling a rack of clothes out of nowhere, "I thought you'd never ask!"

Flash smirked at the sight, placing a hand on Sunset's shoulder. "Nice work. If it wasn't for you, we'd probably still be wallowing our own misery." Sunset smiled back as he grabbed his guitar and played a quick riff. "Now come on! Let's go show those sirens what real music sounds like!"

"RIGHT!"

The Rainbooms were free and ready to take the Dazzlings down. But would their music be enough to overcome the dark melody those three were singing? Who knows, but with the Rainbooms as they were now, they wouldn't be going down without a fight.