//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: MLP Friendship is Ghostly Equestria Girls // by Musiclover435 //------------------------------// Phantom, Twilight, and Spike were walking through the halls of the school when suddenly they heard a very familiar voice. "Oh, I'm really sorry. I-I just found them, and-and I thought I should just give them to her. I didn't know you two had dropped them." 'That can't be Fluttershy. We left her back in Equestria.' Phantom thought to himself. They turned around a corner to see a cowering girl with yellow skin with long pink hair with turquoise green eyes, wearing a white tank top with a green shirt with pink butterflies on it. "Well, we did." The orange-skinned girl told her. "And we were about to get them before you swooped in and ruined everything! You shouldn't pick up things that don't belong to you." The white-skinned girl told her. Quietly she told the mean duo. "They… don't really belong to either of you." Both of them banged their hand on the nearby locker. "EXCUSE ME?!" They shouted at her. The yellow-skinned girl fell to the ground even farther. "N-n-nothing…" She said in fear. Phantom, Twilight, and Spike were all watching and were angry at what they saw. Phantom eyes were glowing a bit and Spike was growling at the duo. The white-skinned girl scoffed. "That's what we thought. They are as good as ours and you know it." The white-skinned girl told her. "You really are pathetic. It's no wonder your best friends are all stray animals." The orange girl told her to her face. After that Phantom, Twilight, and Spike couldn't take it anymore. "How dare you two speak to her that way!" Phantom and Twilight shouted at the duo. They turned around to reveal two girls, one had orange skin with fiery hair, and black boots, black jacket with a purple shirt and an orange skirt with a flaming sun on it and the other girl had white skin with black hair with a streak of white in the center and a crescent moon with some purple surrounding it hairpin, she too wore a black jacket with a crescent moon with some purple surrounding it on the back of her jacket, a white shirt, blue jeans, and black boots. "What do you two say?" The two asked the siblings. "You heard us," Phantom told the duo as he and Twilight walked up closer to them. "We said, "How dare you two speak to her that way"!" Twilight told them. They had a complete staring contest for several minutes with Phantom staring at the white-skinned girl and Twilight staring orange-skinned girl. 'They kind of look like the girls that stole our crowns.' Phantom thought to himself. Both of the girls smirked at the siblings. "You two must be new here." The white-skinned girl told the duo with messing with Phantom's hair. "We can speak to anyone any way we want." The orange girl told them. They looked a student and he cowered into a locker fearfully. Then the two left. "I can't believe you two just did that!" The yellow-skinned girl told them. "Well, we couldn't just stand there," Phantom told her. "I mean, it's just that nobody ever stands up to Sunset Shimmer and her little sister, Moonrise." She told them. "Sunset Shimmer/Moonrise?!' Twilight and Phantom said in shock with Twilight saying Sunset Shimmer and Phantom saying Moonrise. They watched as they turned around the corner. "You two have heard of them?" She asked. "In a way," Phantom told her. "I don't think I've seen either of you around here before. Did you two just transfer to Canterlot High from another school?" She asked them. "Um…yes. We… heh…did. Another school." Phantom said nervously while rubbing the back of his neck. "My name's Twilight and this is my little brother, Phantom," Twilight told her. "I'm Fluttershy." She said very quietly. Phantom's eyes widened. 'Fluttershy?!' "Sorry, what was that?" Twilight asked her. "It's Fluttershy!" She said even quieter. "It sounds like you're saying Fluttershy, but how can that…?" Twilight started then Fluttershy saw Spike and smiled excitedly. "Oh, my goodness! Who's this sweet little guy?" Fluttershy asked as she ran up to get a closer look at Spike. Phantom fell to the ground and Twilight helped him back up. "That's Spike! He's our uh… dog!" Twilight told her. "Oh, he's so cute!" Fluttershy took off her back and pulled out a dog treat. "Go on, eat up, little pup!" Fluttershy said while handing him a treat. Spike was hesitant at first but he ate a small bite and finished the rest of it happily. "Oh, wouldn't ya just give anything to know what they're really thinking?" "He usually just tells me." Phantom hit Twilight in the arm and Spike did be quiet noise with his paw. "Oh, w-what do you mean?" Fluttershy asked confused as she turned to Twilight. Spike barked to shake her out of her thoughts. "Oh, uh, nothing!" Twilight said nervously. "Fluttershy, Sunset Shimmer and Moonrise said you picked something up. Something that belonged to them." Phantom started. "It wasn't two crowns, was it?" Twilight asked. Fluttershy stood up and looked at them surprised. "How did you know?" They both looked at her nervously. "Uh, lucky guess?" Twilight said. "Do you still have them?" Phantom asked hopefully. Fluttershy shook her head no. "But you know what happened to them," Twilight said. Fluttershy nodded her head. "This morning, I was passing out flyers for the animal shelter like I do every Wednesday." "Canterlot's animal shelter needs more volunteers. Won't you help an animal that can't help itself?" Fluttershy asked the passing students. When no one went up to her, she fell down in defeat and started to cry. Suddenly, as she was crying, two crowns hit her in the head. "OW!" Fluttershy shouted in pain. She rubbed her head before picking them up. "I have no idea how they go there. But I didn't want anything to happen to them, so I decided to give them to Principal Celestia." Fluttershy said while petting Spike. "Principal Celestia?" Phantom and Twilight said surprised. "She's the ruler here?" Twilight asked. "You could say that. Technically, I guess she and Vice Principal Luna do make the rules." Fluttershy said. "Vice Principal Luna?" Phantom said in surprise. He shook his head. 'I need to focus on our mission.' "Where is Principal Celestia now?" Phantom asked. "Probably in her office," Fluttershy told them. Then Phantom and Spike went one way and Twilight went another but they all came back together when they realized they didn't know where her office was. "Third door on your left," She said pointing to where her office is. "Thank you," Phantom and Twilight said. They turned the corner then Fluttershy got their attention again. "Oh, wait! You're not really supposed to have pets on school grounds. Might wanna tuck him into one of your backpacks. That's what I do," Fluttershy told them and then her backpack opened to reveal many different kinds of animals in her backpack. "They just get so lonely when I'm in school all day." Fluttershy was while getting down on one knee and petting her many animals. "Oh, okay! Thank you!" Phantom and Twilight said together then the duo left. The school bell rang loudly. "Oh, no! I'm late for class!" Then Fluttershy put the animals back into her backpack and ran off to her next class. Phantom and Twilight knock on the door. "Come in." Phantom and Twilight bowed in respect but got up when they noticed that she wasn't paying attention. "How may I help you?" Phantom and Twilight were silent for a minute. Principal Celestia put down her newspaper and looked at the two students. They shook their heads. "Um, uh… Whew. My name is Twilight Sparkle." "And I'm her little brother, Phantom. We're new here and… well, we understand that Fluttershy found two crowns this morning and gave them to you." Phantom told her. "Yes. I've had Vice Principal Luna put them somewhere for safekeeping. No idea how they ended up in the front lawn. Were the two of you interested in running for Princess and Prince of the Fall Formal this year?" Principal Celestia asked. "Uh, no. Not exactly. The truth is… Well, the truth is we… You see, those crowns are actually…" Phantom stopped Twilight from speaking. "Princess and Prince of the Fall Formal?" Phantom asked. "It's Canterlot High's big Fall dance." Principal Celesta told them. "Like the Grand Galloping Gala," Twilight said excitedly. Principal Celestia looked at her confused while she was putting some files away. "Uh, Grand Galloping Gala?" Twilight didn't know what to say next but luckily Phantom did. "Oh, it was a big deal at our old school." Principal Celestia went back to putting files away. "And was there a prince and princess?" She asked. "Yes, but they weren't exactly two students," Twilight told her. "Here at Canterlot High, the students select two of their peers to represent them. He/She receives the crowns at the Fall Formal." While Principal Celestia was talking to them. Phantom was looking at the pictures of Moonrise and Sunset Shimmer with very familiar-looking crowns on their head and they are both boasting in each photo. "Hmm." Then both Phantom and Twilight got an idea. "You asked us if we were interested in running for Prince and Princess. Can anyone run?" Twilight asked as Principal Celestia as she lead both her and Phantom out of her office. "Yes. The both of you just need to let the head of the Fall Formal planning committee know you'd like to be on the ballot. Was there anything else?" She asked the siblings. "Uh, nope. That was it." Phantom told her. "Well, if you two need anything else, my door is always open." Then she closed her door. Phantom and Twilight started to walk through the halls to talk about what just happened. Spike got out of Twilight's backpack and looked at them confused. "Phantom, Twilight, why didn't you guys just tell her that the crowns were yours and just ask for them back?" Spike asked. "Oh, I was going to, but…" Twilight started. "Spike, I have studied the Ghost Zone for years and from what many of the ghosts have told me, it isn't good to learn about dimensions like ours. And imagine if one of them showed up in Equestria saying they came from a place filled with tall, fleshy two-legged creatures with these?" Phantom told him. "We'd think they were crazy!" Twilight finished. A student was watching the two do weird movement and ran off in fear. "Hmm, you two make a good point," Spike said. "The only way we can get our crowns back is by becoming Prince and Princess of the Fall Formal," Phantom said. "So, that's what we're gonna do!" Twilight said excitedly and both her and Phantom threw their hands up in the air excitedly. "And how exactly do you two plan on doing that?" Spike asked. "We have no idea!" Phantom and Twilight said at the same time. Then the bell rang again and both Phantom and Twilight covered their heads, hoping to not get trampled again.