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// Chapter 1 
// Story: Music In Us 
// by Ballisticzebra 
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It was lunch time in the high school and the EQG were getting their food, talking while doing it.	
“Are you girls ready for our gig tonight at Sugarcube corner?” Sunset Shimmer asked excitedly while choosing the chicken salad from the line.
“Um, duh! I am even more pumped because our band is 20% cooler than all the others,” Rainbow Dash loudly stated  
drawing the attention of the other kids in the lunch line.
“Can you be a little more muffled? You are louder than rattlesnakes in a bull fight,” Applejack reprimanded Dash after they weren't being watched anymore.
“Wait, what is that even supposed to mean?” Rainbow asked, not understanding Aj's countryism (A/N I have absolutely no idea how to spell that or if that is the correct version of it,)
"It means to shut your Pinkie Pie hole and be quiet," Aj answered, not understanding why no body ever understood her.
“Of COURSE I’m excited Sunset! I mean we are playing at a PARTY for celestia's sake!” Pinkie Pie yelled at her and almost blowing everybody’s ears off after scaring them half to death.
“Pinkie, darling, you have to calm down. I do have to say I am intrigued about if we will do wellm” Rarity promptly said with a gleam in her eyes.
“I am excited as well! I have planned out the best angles for the lighting to make it a perfect session!” Twilight told them all while taking out her graph paper to show the others her plans.
"Twi, not the time, I don't think we could handle listening to that," RD said, causing Twilight to put her papers away with a disappointed look on her face.
"We still appreciate it though! You always make sure we get the most out of our band sessions," Sunset said to get her friend's spirits back up, which worked to Sunset's relief.
"Thanks Sunny. Now what am I having for lunch?" Sci-Twi muttered bringing out another graph to determine the best options for lunch.
“I am excited as well,” Fluttershy stated quietly in her own way for the first time. "As long as I don't have to sing,"
“Great! I know we will do great, I am hoping we can head over soon after school ends,” Sunset said while they were walking to their table.
They sat down to eat, talk, do homework, or for one in particular nap. Sunset and Twilight were comparing answers about the history test they had just taken when Aj stopped their conversation and asked a question.
"S'cuse me for interrupting but isn't easting that chicken hard for you?” Applejack asked while pointing to Sunset’s chicken salad, considering that back where she is from they were horses themselves.
“It is harder at some points but I started trying different kinds of meat since it seems to be a major deal,” Sunset sheepishly grinned.
“Sunset, you do know that there are people who only eat plant stuff don't you? It's called being a vegetarian or vegan,” Rainbow dash explained to Sunset still sounding drowsy after waking up when she heard the word 'meat'.
“Really? People do that by choice here?” Sunset couldn’t believe that she had gone years in this world without ever hearing about this.
“They are, I am a vegan personally since every time I even think about eating an animal it makes me almost barf,” Fluttershy answered while adding. "Especially ever since I started communicating with them."
“Even if I don't have to eat this, I most definitely am! This stuff tastes amazing!” Sunset gleefully said while biting into some more of the salad with passion, amusement was evident on most of the girls' faces while one looked about ready to puke. There were still about 10 minutes left so the EQG talked until the lunch bell rang, to which they all went to their afternoon classes.

After school was over they all went to Pinkie's house, which was on top of Sugarcube corner. This reminded Sunset of something Princess Twilight had told her recently.
“Hey Pinkie, have I told you that your counterpart both works and lives in the ponyville version of Sugarcube?” Sunset asked which made Pinkie's eyes and body go completely hyper.
“OH MY GOSH REALLY? DOES THAT MEAN THAT I CAN GO THERE AND GET FREE DESSERTS AND TREATS ANYTIME I WANT?!?!” Pinkie shouted to her friends, even though everyone in a mile radius could hear it.
“Well, I guess you could do that but the thing is-” Sunset got cut off by a pink blur headed back to school shouting "WEEEEEEEE".
“Tell me she isn't.” Twilight said not wanting to believe what she knew was happening.
"She is," Rarity answered, dealing with stuff like this all too often. A few seconds later Pinkie was back with her arms and hair full of cupcakes and other treats.
“Ok, how did you even do all of that in under a minute? It is a four hour train ride just from Canterlot to Ponyville!” Sunset said in disbelief, wondering what was happening. As she was thinking her book vibrated, she took it outside so she wouldn't be disturbed as the others were trying to convince Pinkie to put it all back,

Sunset,

Why did I just see your Pinkie Pie come to my castle, Rarity’s, Fluttershy’s, Applejack’s, Rainbow Dash’s houses and then proceed to ransack sugarcube corner of most of it's treats?

Twilight,

Sorry Twi, I was telling her about how she lives at sugarcube corner in your world and she just took off without any of us able to stop her. Wait a second, she didn’t run into herself did she?

Thank goodness no because if she had it would have been the end of the worlds as we knew it.

You're right about that, I can imagine it now, all I am wondering is how she got there and back so fast when there is a train ride 4 hours long?

1. I moved the mirror to the castle so that I can come and go whenever I want.
2. It's Pinkie Stinking Pie
3. Better question, how did she carry all of the treats back when she is an earth pony?

I will have to ask her about that. Well, sorry for the inconvenience. Cya later.

Bye.

Sunset then closed the book and told the others what Pinkie had done. When they all heard about it the friends scolded Pinkie and made her promise never to do it again. Pinkie even did her most elaborate and binding promise, The Pinkie Promise, since she was so sorry. They all forgave her, but not without Scolding her for a second time.
"Hey Pinkie, how did you carry all of those treats when you are an earth pony?" Sunset asked, not able to resist.
"Which one is the earth pony again?" Pinkie responded.
"The one without horns and wings,"
"Well I definitely wasn't that! I had both a horn AND wings, though those don't exist in pony world do they?" Pinkie told everyone while they had baffled and shocked expressions on their faces. "Whaaat?"
“Hey, let’s all go inside girls the weather is getting pretty bad out here,” Fluttershy said and they all filed into the house to get ready for the gigwith the weather starting to worsen. All except for Sunset who stayed behind for a few seconds to mutter to herself,
"Huh, Princess Pinkamena Diane Pie.." And she walked back inside just as the first few rain drops were starting to fall.




The thing they didn’t know yet was that 10 minutes before Pinkie had went through the portal a mysterious man had came out through the portal with a dark cloak on.
“Finally,” he hissed out.”I thought I was never going to come out of that,”
He walked into the school, knowing some of the layout because the sirens had told him what the school looked like and how to move around it. 
Ugh, time to get rid of this awful thing, He thought as he threw his cloak into the dumpster right next to the entrance, which wasn't a very good place for one to be. There weren't many kids or teachers left as most of the extra curricular activities had wrapped up. He hoped that the person he needed was still in there, since in order for this to work he needed to get rid of them. He was walking around the school when all of a sudden he saw a Guy who looked exactly like himself, minus the colorful hair and skin.
"What in this world makes everything so colorful?" He thought to himself as he followed him until they were in a very secluded hallway. He reached up and placed the gag around the doppleganger's mouth, using the chemical that the cloth was enveloped in to make the double pass out quickly. He checked the pockets of the double for everything and then dragged him for a while until he found a good place to store him and keep him until he was done with his dirty work. 
"I'll come feed you every day ad leave you some entertainment so you don't go crazy or starve," The figure said as he locked the room and walked away, checking the items that were in the pockets. Nothing much in his pockets, just a wallet with barely any money, driver's license, a picture he would assume are the double's brothers.  I can work with all of this, ah, seems like I have a band gig to show up too today, better go catch up with my bros.  He ran out of the school until he saw two figures that looked like the ones from the picture and caught up with them.
"Sorry, this sounds like the lamest excuse ever but I got lost in the school," He told them hoping they wouldn't notice he wasn't their real brother.
"..." They said as they told him it was fine and they were glad that he wasn't late. Perfect. The plan has been set in motion....