“...Wait for Sunset and her friends. Thanks for the offer, though,” I replied.
“That’s alright. Here, I’ll take you to where they usually go to practice,” Principal Celestia said, motioning for me to follow her.
“Practice?” I asked.
“You don’t know? Sunset and her friends are a band; the Rainbooms,” she explained.
I facepalmed as I remembered Sunset telling me that. Hey, at least now I might get the chance to hear them play.
We walked silently through the halls of the school, a few memories returning to me. As we walked by a few of the classrooms, I saw Sunset, working on something. If my memory serves my correctly, she should be in AP Calculus right now.
We walked by a few more classrooms and a few more familiar faces until we came to a large set of double doors.
“Here we are. No one really used this space, so the Rainbooms just decided to use it to practice. I walk by a few times; they sound really good,” Principal Celestia told me.
I nodded at her. “Thank you, Ms. Celestia. Maybe I’ll take that tour another time.”
She smiled at me and walked away. I opened the doors and stepped inside. The music equipment was already set up: three guitars, a drum set, a key tar, and a tambourine.
I closed the door behind me and got a better look at my surroundings. The room was what appeared to be an old janitor closet, though a large one.
I took a closer look at one of the guitars, but made sure not to touch it. It was orange with red stripes. I could only assume it was Sunset’s. There was also a picture in the frets. I got a little closer and saw it was a picture of Sunset and me, goofing around in a photo booth.
I remember that day as one of my favorites. It was when we went on our first official date, not counting the dance club with Rainbow Dash and Soarin.
I decided to take a seat and bounce a ball I had brought with me against a wall for a few minutes until I heard a few voices outside.
Thinking quick, I got up and stood next to the door, hiding behind it as it opened.
“I’m not afraid of anything. Something comes along, and POW! It gets knocked out,” I heard the raspy, tomboy-ish voice of Rainbow Dash.
“Oh please, super speed doesn’t exactly hurt an enemy,” said the feminine accent of Rarity.
“It’s better than just diamonds,” Rainbow replied.
All of the girls had entered the room by now and had closed the door. Still though, they hadn’t noticed me.
“Still, nothing can scare me, or my name’s not Rainbow Dash!” Rainbow declared, stomping her foot.
’Time to put that to the test’ I thought.
I slowly, quietly crept up behind them and screamed, “AAH!”
“AAAH!!” All the girls yelled back, jumping back as well, though Rainbow yelled just a bit longer and jumped a bit further.
I wanted to greet the girls, but I hit the ground laughing.
“Jake?! What are you doing here?” Sunset asked.
“Not that it’s not great to see you,” Twilight added.
Sunset stepped forward and offered me a hand. I took it and stood up, calming down a little.
“I wanted to surprise you,” I said in between breaths. “But I saw an opportunity and took it.”
“Okay, but why now?” Applejack asked.
“It’s been awhile, and nothing was going on in Equestria,” I explained.
Sunset gave me a quick hug and walked over to her friends. “Well, we were just about to practice our music. Since you’re here, you’re more than welcome to listen.”
“I bet you could even try to sing if you wanted,” Pinkie added with an enthusiastic grin.
“Wait, whoa, what?” Rainbow and I said in unison.
“Oh come on, just one song. It’ll be fun,” Rarity pleaded.
“I don’t know,” I said.
“Please, if you sing as well as you dance, you’ll be a natural,” Sunset stated.
“You girls sure?”
“I’d love to hear you sing, if that’s okay it’s you,” Fluttershy commented.
“I guess I’d be down with it. Just one song though,” Rainbow agreed.