“Twilight! Wake up!” Sunset shaking the Princess Of Friendship.
“Sunset, what time is it?” Princess Twilight slowing opened her eyes while trying to get up.
“Twilight, this is really important!”
After Princess Twilight change into her festival outfit, she and Sunset came out of the RV and saw that the rest of Rainbooms are outside. Pinkie Pie is rolling on the ground, depressed, Fluttershy and Rarity are pasting together, and Rainbow Dash and Applejack are sitting down, barling eating their pancakes they made for breakfast.
“Where’s Starlight and other me?” Twilight asked until Pinkie Pie gets into the princess’s face.
“We don’t know! They’ve disappeared into the unknown! The unknown where they’re lost without us!” Pinkie shouted.
“Wait, so all of you don’t know where they are!?”
All the Rainbooms did is shook their head from Twilight’s question. For the second day of the festival, they didn’t expect anything like this to happen. However that’s only the least of their problems.
“Girls.” Fluttershy called to her attention. “There’s something wrong at the festival.”
The girls followed Fluttershy from behind as they enter the entrance of the Starswirl Festival. They saw there was no one in their surroundings in the festival. Usually there's tons of people hanging out to enjoy the music but there’s nothing but silence. Not only that, the concessions are gone, making the festival more empty. The only concession that’s available is the taco stand.
The Rainbooms couldn’t believe what’s going on. “What happened here!?” Twilight reacted.
“The bands and solo players of the Starswirl Festival are gone!” Rarity replied.
“This doesn't make any sense, They wouldn’t cancel the festival if they didn’t remind us.” Sunset said while looking at every direction.
Then Applejack saw a poster hanging on a tree. “What in tarnation is this?” She question as pulls the poster off. She shows it to her friends and it reveals that a puppy is missing. Fluttershy couldn’t believe it, Supernova Zap’s puppy, Princess Thunder Guts is missing again.
“Isn’t that the same puppy I saw yesterday?” Twilight pointed.
“It is!” Fluttershy added.
“It said, my partner Supernova is too depressed to either practice or perform because her puppy, Princess Thunder Guts is missing! We really encourage our fans to find her puppy as quickly as possible!” Applejack read.
“This has to be the reason why most of the people are gone! This festival is a ghost town now!” Pinkie reacted.
“What are we going to do?” Rainbow asked.
“I don’t know.” Applejack replied.
Princess Twilight never thought anything like this would ever happen. While she didn’t see Dirt’s band, her schedule in her mind has officially been hijacked. Her plans of hanging out with PostCrush, Microchips and Principal Celestia won’t happen because of the crisis she’s dealing with. Her choice would return back to Equestria but she still needs to find Starlight and her counterpart.
Just when she’s about to return to Rarity’s RV, a thought came to her. She didn’t forget what happened with her yesterday during the sunset. The words she remembered the most was what goes around, comes around even without our magic, which causes her eyes to turn wide. “Oh no!” She spoke as she rushes to her destination.
The girls also took notice from their princess friend’s suspiciousness. They follow her from behind until they saw Twilight running. The Princess Of Friendship can easily see what is truly going on. The festival becoming a ghost town while PostCrush’s performance is cancelled can only be one thing only. Once she and her friends arrived at their destination, they saw a security guard blocking anyone from entering.
“There's still a band available?” Pinkie called from behind.
Sunset then see what is going on, her anger has return when she saw the same stage from yesterday.
“Sorry to bother you but, is the festival is supposed to be canceled?” Twilight asked.
“No.” Max Steele answered. “However it’s going to end in the next two hours.”
“The next two hours?” Rarity blinked.
“The band on stage has the rest of the audience so they can sing their songs. The others decide to find PostCrush’s puppy.”
“Ohh...so that explains why most of the vehicles are gone.” Rainbow added.
Twilight only had one question for the security guard. “Who’s the band who’s performing?”
Max moved out of the way and showed the Rainbooms the stage with screaming fans. “The Dazzlings.” He pointed at the band who’s in the middle of their song. Adagio, Sonata, and Aria sing with green smoke surrounding them. The fans are happy that the Starswirl Festival isn’t canceled but at the same time, they have no idea what is really going on behind closed doors.
Princess Twilight and her friends had no words whatsoever from what they’re witnessing. As for Sunset Shimmer, she is more furious that her weekend has been hijacked. They have no idea how the Sirens did all of this in the span of twenty-four hours.
The Rainbooms return back to the RV while trying to finish the pancakes but they’re too depressed to eat. Sunset Shimmer continues to clinched her fist, pacing from left to right.
“Sunset, can you please calm down?” Twilight asked.
“I can’t!” Sunset shouted. “Adagio and her band hijacked the Starswirl Festival, HOW can I calm down to this!”
“Anger isn’t the answer to everything!” Rainbow Dash retorted.
“Especially that poor puppy is all by herself.” Fluttershy being scared.
“Well we can’t just sit here eating pancakes while being defeated.” Rarity added.
“But what are we going to do?” Applejack added.
Princess Twilight tried to think of a way to fix this but the odds are against her. Her two friends missing unable to help and almost all the bands are nowhere to be seen. Not to mention she’s running out of time before the festival ends in less than two hours.
“I’m sure the bands didn’t leave the festival because The Dazzlings are the only ones available.” She took a bite of her pancake. “They’re maybe finding Princess Thunder Guts but I don’t think it will cause their performances to be cancelled.”
“Your right, the security guard did say there are other people trying to find her.” Pinkie added.
Fluttershy remembered she brought along her geode in case of animal emergencies. While others are searching, it’s still not going to stop. She uses her powers and saw that Princess Thunder Guts is hiding inside of a vehicle.
“She must’ve been kidnapped!” She cried.
“That’s even worse!” Rarity added.
“Great, not only Adagio hijacked the festival but also caused thievery on animals.” Rainbow said.
Sunset refuse to let this side, she brought her princess friend just so Human Twilight can enjoy herself. “Okay, here’s the plan.” She spoke. “Me, Pinkie and Twilight will find the bands and solo plays in the festival. Rainbow, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, check the remaining vehicles if you can find where Thunder Guts is hiding. We don’t have much time though.”
The Rainbooms had no other choice. Even if they try to find everyone who left to find Supernova’s puppy outside of the festival, it will take them hours.
“You’re right.” Applejack replied as she finished eating her pancakes. “Come girls, we have a puppy to save.”
“You’re right.” Rarity added. The other girls finished their breakfast as they follow Applejack.
“Come on Twilight, we need to fix this!” Sunset replied.
“Yeah, there’s still a chance.” Pinkie added.
“But how are we going to show proof that the Dazzlings caused all of this?” Twilight asked.
“We’re deal with that later. We should check everywhere to find PostCrush. I’m sure they might help us.” Sunset grabbed on Twilight’s hand as they head back to the Starswirl Festival.