//------------------------------// // Poses and Power // Story: Sunset Shimmer The Pony of Earth // by luckyboys121 //------------------------------// As the final bell rang Sunset levitated her saddle bag onto her back as she looked to Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy saying, "So, you girls ready to watch the show?" "You know it," said Dash excitedly. "Of course, I mean... as long as the anime they based it on isn't too violent or anything, I still have nightmares about that creepy animatronic they made that just kept moaning and saying Edward," said Fluttershy as she shuddered at the mental image. "Don't worry Shy, I saw their costumes and this shouldn't be too bad.... probably," said Dash. "PROBABLY!" said Fluttershy as her fear mounted. "Well.... it really depends on what scene they do, but if it's the one I'm thinking it should be AWESOME!" said Dash. As they all left and started walking down the hall Sunset said, "I still can't believe they've gotten an act together this fast, I mean Aria and Sonata just joined up a few days ago and here they are with a new act together." "Well I can, the girls where already obsessed with this show, so day one of the new club meeting was just them making Aria and Sonata binge watch it. They probably had this planned for awhile and where just waiting on new singers," said Dash. As they walked Fluttershy said, "Speaking of which... isn't it a little surreal that we're going to hear them sing willingly after the last time they put on a concert for the school," she then looked at the other girls defensively as she said, "Not that I haven't forgiven them or anything, it's just an odd situation." "True," said Dash as she shrugged. "Gotta agree with you there, but not only do I trust them completely but there powers are gone so they couldn't do anything even if they wanted too," said Sunset as the three entered the door and she briefly remembering the blue light she saw on Halloween before mumbling, "At least, I think it's gone." Any thoughts like that where ceased though as they saw not only the other members of their group seated, but the CMC all decked out in outfits that made their previous ones look like the most bland clothes anyone could wear. Apple Bloom wore reddish orange pants with black stripes, black boots, a midriff-baring blue sweater with a white grid pattern on it, and a reddish orange hat with a matching white grid on it. Sweetie Belle wore a lime green jacket and pair of pants, both of which were full of holes but due to the symmetry of them seemed to be there on purpose, a blue tie with pictures or a red green fruit on them, and blue shoes that also had pictures of said fruit on it. Finally Scootaloo wore green shoes, pink pants, a pink jacket with gold trim and a heart shaped hole just below the neck, and several broaches that looked like blue lady bugs on the middle and sides of the jacket. "Oh you're just in time, our backup or should I say our STANDOS are just about ready," said Scootaloo excitedly. "Oh... awesome," said Sunset, not sure how to respond that, as she awkwardly smiled and sat next to Twilight, who looked equally confused, as the others took their seats. The confusion only increased as three girls walked from the back wearing full body outfits with the only indication of who's who being the holes in the helmet that allowed Sonata and Aria's above average sized hair to poke out, making the third Bright by the default. Aria wore what appeared to be an angular yellow muscle suit and a cone shaped helmet that had large white lenses for the eyes, a huge fake smile, and the number one written on the forehead. Sonata wore a jump suit with a purple and white checker board pattern along most of it, gold capsules on the knuckles, black plates on the shoulder and knees, a helmet that made it look like her mouth was sewn shut, and finally a very unnecessary looking visor over top said helmet. Bright wore a suit of various shades of gold, little wings on the shoulders, and purple and black lady bug pins throughout it. "Are you sure we need to wear all this," said Bright. "Yeah, I mean I know we look AMAZING, but I can't really see or hear much in this helmet," said Sonata. "Well that's the price you gotta pay for show accuracy," said Scootaloo. "Says the girl dressed as a character who wasn't even in this scene," said Aria flatly. "HEY, YOU TRY FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE AN AEROSMITH COSTUME!" replied Scootaloo. "It's not so bad yall, I mean we're doing the dance and all you girls have to do is sing," said Apple Bloom. "Besides, like we said, you be the Stands for this act and we'll be them next time," said Sweetie Belle. "Fine, but I better get to do the seven page muda," said Aria as she took her place on the left in front of the three girls stage. "OH ME TOO!" said Sonata as she went to the right in front of the three girls. Bright simply said nothing as she had a blush that could somehow be visible through helmet and took her place in the middle. "Um, not that I'm complaining girls, but what exactly do you have planned?" asked Twilight. "Indeed darlings, I mean I spent all this time making you these... unique outfits and you wouldn't even tell me what the're for," said Rarity as she looked at these mismatched, yet strangely compelling, ensembles she was asked to make. Meanwhile Dash simply grinned ear to ear knowing what this was as Scootaloo walked up to a boom box saying, "Oh trust me, this may be considered a torture, but your going to love it anyway." Once she pushed the button she instantly moved back and began dancing as Aria, Sonata, and Bright began singing. As the girls watched in aw, Sunset leaned to Twilight to say something only to be interrupted as someone said, "Meh, I feel like it still would have been better with Narancia." Before Sunset could look to see who said it though she was suddenly flooded with more voices that made it impossible to distinguish who was who. "Come on girls, don't mess up this next move." "I hope Adagio is OK." "I wonder if we've made enough money to pay off our debt with Joe yet?" "I hate to say it since there both my friends, but a small part of me wishes Bright could stay with me and not go back to her." "As much as I can't wait for things to go back to normal, I am gonna miss this voice.... and how close me and Pinkie are." Just as Sunset realized that these voices weren't actually around her, but in her head she heard a slight scream and looked to the other girls seeing that they were having there own trouble. Twilight was suddenly flying the air along with the chair she was sitting in, Shy was trying to discourage birds who wear flying at the windows to get to her to go away, Pinkie was being juggled as she was stuck in a cycle of touching something like a pencil someone had dropped, blowing it up, and the blast knocking her into something else, Rarity kept trying to point the gems she wan involuntarily making away from everyone, and finally Applejack was trying to catch an out of control Dash and accidentally smashing several chairs with her now enhanced footfalls. It was only then that Sunset realized what was going on as she saw the blue glows coming from Aria and Sonata once again as she yelled out, "GIRLS! YOU HAVE TO STOP SINGING!" but unfortunately their helmets prevented them from hearing or seeing what was going on and the mane CMC were too busy focusing on there dance moves to notice any of this, leaving them stuck trying to deal with hay wire magic until the song was over. Once it was though and Aria, Sonata, and Bright took off there helmets as the six girls eagerly looked for a reaction... only to be greeted with the total chaos of almost every chair in the room either tossed to the side or outright broken as the girls shakily got to there feet, or hooves. "Woah what happened to you girls?!" said Aria in concern. "I don't know, our magic just suddenly went haywire, but that shouldn't have happened now that we all have rules in place about overusing them," said Twilight. "Unless someone has been breaking them again," Applejack annoyed as she looked at Dash. "Don't look at me, my magic was just as out of control as yours," she said before rubbing her legs, "I didn't even know I could still get a cramp from running too much." "So then, what happend?" asked Fluttershy. "I think I know... Aria, Sonata, can we see your pendants for a second?" said Sunset. They both reached to the back of the neck to try and pull them out of their suits. "OK, but you know you can just have them if you want. It's not like they do anything for us anymore and-" said Aria who paused upon seeing her gem now looked very different as the shards had formed into a complete, albeit smaller, blue gem. "What the?" said Sonata as she was greeted to the same sight. As Sunset took them she levitated them in front of herself before saying, "I need to try something but I'm gonna need you girls to step back." As the girls did so Sunset levitated one of the gems in front of her horn and fired a low level beam into it, only to have a rather strong beam come out the other side and burn a poster off the wall. "Woah.... AWESOME!" said Dash at the bit of destruction. "I didn't know you could shoot lasers from your head, hey do you think I could watch you do some target practice some-" Dash was interrupted though as a concerned Sonata stepped forward saying, "So what does this mean?" "I can't believe it, it's Amplification Magic," said Sunset as she turned over the gems with her horn. "Amplifi- what magic?" asked Aria. "Amplification Magic, Celestia told me about it. Magic that on it's own doesn't do anything, but makes all other magic around it stronger," said Sunset. "Really?" asked Twilight, excited to learn about a new type of magic. "Yeah.... but she said it was only theoretical, I mean with power like this you could pretty much be unstoppable," said Sunset. As the girls marveled at this Aria stepped forward saying, "If that's the case you should definitely keep them then." "What?" said Sunset in confusion. "Look, we got these things because we wanted to take over the world and now that we don't want that anymore it only makes sense that we shouldn't have them anymore," said Aria. "Yeah... I mean, I know you girls are so forgiving, but even you can't think it's a good idea to let us have magic again," said Sonata as she looked down saying, "It's not like we deserve to have it anyway." The girls simple stood for a moment before Dash said, "Pfftth, yeah right." "What?" said Aria in confusion. "Look, I don't know what you girls think we think about you, but we trust you with anything, whether that be sleeping under the same roof as one of our best friends or with some new crazy kind of magic," said Applejack. The other girls nodded as Sunset approached them saying, "When me and my friends got our geodes, we knew it was for some kind of reason, and while we still don't know what that reason is, beyond fighting random magic that pops up, I think that your pendants have developed this kind of magic for a reason too... maybe even the same reason." She then placed them on Aria and Sonata's necks as she Aria said, "Woah, thanks I... don't what to say but... I hope you're right." "And I know I'm right," said Sunset with a smile. "Soooo, is there anything else we should know about our new powers?" asked Sonata. "Well... like I said Amplification Magic is, or WAS, only theoretical, but I did read an article once that hypothesized that the reason people like Sombra or Tirek never spent time trying to figure it out was because it actually decreases dark magic and could even harm the dark magic user," said Sunset as she thought back to her studies. As the girls thought on this for a moment Dash spoke up saying, "So I guess right now there's just one rule for your new powers.... don't sing while we're around." The girls looked at this at Dash who just shrugged saying, "What, you got a better idea to not let all THIS happen again?" as she gestured towards the wrecked up room. "That's fair," said Aria with a smile and a chuckle as Sonata had a similar smile and simply nodded, resulting in the other girls letting out a laugh of there own, not sure why but just feeling like the situation called for it.