//------------------------------// // Friendship is Magic! // Story: Equestria Girls JT: Rainbow Rocks // by MrBiteo //------------------------------// Twilight made a stop at Rarity's Boutique, where she then changed into the outfit she wore in her previous visit in this world and returned her Fall Formal outfit to Rarity. After that, she and the Humane 6 went over to the Sweet Shoppe in downtown, sitting in the same spot they sat at last time they were here. Though, one major difference is that Sunset Shimmer joined them this time. "Oh, I do hate that you had to return at a time of crisis." Rarity said to Twilight lamenting the reason she returned, but soon switched to a more excited mood. "We have so much catching up to do!" "For starters, a certain blue-haired guitar player was just asking about you." Applejack informed Twilight. Twilight's eyes widened at hearing the news, almost surprised about what she heard. "Flash Sentry was asking about me?" Twilight asked eagerly excited letting out a smile and blushing while twirling her finger around a strand of her hair. She soon realized that everyone was giving her a look teasing her of having a crush on Flash Sentry. "*ahem* Isn't that nice." Twilight then responded this time with a more calm voice where she took a sip from her drink. "Perhaps you could give us just the slightest bit of gossip from your world?" Rarity then asked wanting to know about what Twilight had been up to back in Equestria. "She's got an official title now." Spike told Rarity while sitting on Fluttershy's lap, using a doggie treat as a pretend trumpet for fanfare, "The Princess of Friendship!" "Wow, that's...really impressive. Guess you really were Queen Celestia's prized pupil." Sunset comment over Twilight's new status in royalty, though it seemed like she was a bit hurt by the news. Possibly seeing herself as a failure for not living up to Celestia's expectations. "She's even got her own castle." Spike then pointed out. "A castle?! You have your own castle?!" Rarity then asked excitedly bring herself face to face with Twilight, but soon realized she was making things awkward and backed away as she cleared her throat and saw that there was a drop of Twilight's drink on her shirt, "Er, ooh, uh, lovely." Rarity wiped the stain off Twilight's shirt to make up for her behavior. But Twilight didn't mind it really, as it reminded her of her Rarity in Equestria. "What's new here?" Twilight then asked her friends curious about what's happened since the Fall Formal, "I mean, besides your school becoming the target of dangerous magical creatures from Equestria." The Humane 6 all looked at each other, seeing that now was the time for them to tell her. "Yeah. So, that isn't exactly the only strange thing that's happened since you left." Rainbow soon came out and told Twilight, reaching into her backpack and taking out her phone to show Twilight recorded videos of her, Rarity, Applejack and Pinkie Pie transforming into their pony forms. Twilight was rather baffled at how they were able to do this when she was gone. "Pretty sweet, huh? It happens to all of us when we play." Rainbow then explained placing her feet on the edge of the table with her hands behind her head. Twilight soon theorized this revelation before giving her possible answer. "My crown was returned to Equestria. But I believe that since it's also one of the Elements of Harmony, it may have made a connection to this world and you all became apart of it, just like how me and your other selves are connected to the Elements in Equestria.. Now that we're all back together, we can use that magic on the Sirens. Just like when we were able to use it on Sunset Shimmer when she turned into that horribly awful winged monster!" The others were all shocked that Twilight said that last part about Sunset and Twilight soon realized how hurtful she sounded considering Sunset was with them as she turned over to her and apologized, "Uh, no offense." "Non taken." Sunset reassured Twilight before giving herself a chuckle over it, "I'm used to it." "They'll never even know what hit them!" Rainbow proclaimed rising out of her seat and acting like she was fighting the Sirens. However, she was stopped when Applejack caught her fist. "We've got nothing to worry about now that Twilight's back." Applejack assured everyone. "Oh. I'm pretty sure I can think of something to worry about." Fluttershy said otherwise, but soon turned to a more confident demeanor, "But it won't be the Sirens." "The sooner we do this, the better. Any idea where the Dazzlings might be?" Twilight then asked everyone. Unfortunately, nobody in the group knew the answer to that. Suddenly, Pinkie tapped Twilight's shoulder and waving her arm to direct everyone's attention to her, finishing up her milkshake before giving her answer. "There's a big party tonight for all the fans who signed up to be in the showcase. That would include the Dazzlings." Pinkie informed everyone eating the cherry that was on top of her milkshake she scooped from her now empty cup and eating it. This was exactly what our heroines needed. "Looks like we have a party to crash." Twilight said using a napkin to wipe off a smudge of milkshake off Pinkie's cheek. The girls then went to the party, which was taking place in the school's gym. Everyone inside was still under the Sirens' influence as they all stared competitively at each other without saying a word. The Humane 7, who were by the snack table, witnessed all of this and hoped that they would break the spell soon. "I'm gonna get some more punch." Flash Sentry told his bandmates, leaving to do just that. Suddenly, he bumped into someone, knocking his cup out of his hands. He caught said person from falling and to his surprise, saw that it was Twilight Sparkle. "Uh, hi, Flash." Twilight nervously greeted Flash. "What are you doing here? You came back for the competition, right?" Flash Sentry asked Twilight acting surprisingly friendly to her in spite of him being under the Dazzlings' control. "Something like that." Twilight answered. "Heh. Not that there's gonna be any real competition. No one here wants this as bad as my band does." Flash Sentry said when the Dazzlings finally entered the gym. Rainbow Dash was the first to spot them and she needed to get Twilight's attention. So, she plucked one of the chocolate chips from Pinkie's cookie and flicked it at the back of Twilight's head, making a direct hit. This got Twilight's attention brushing the chip out of her hair and turned to Rainbow, who directed her to the Dazzlings behind Flash Sentry. "Can you excuse me for just a minute?" Twilight asked Flash as she left Flash and rejoined her friends. Now that the Dazzlings had arrived, the Humane 7 can proceed with their plan to stop them as they go off and confront them. Pinkie was the only one to not leave and still busy eating the cookies placed on the snack table. She saw that her friends had left and before she could join them, she collected all the cookies she could get and stuffed them all into her hair in a similar fashion to her Equestrian counterpart. As she and her cohorts wandered around the gym, Adagio watched how all the students were getting at each others' throats over the competition. She was absolutely loving that everything was going according to plan. "Oh, no. No one's mingling. It's like there's some kind of underlying tension that could bubble to the surface at any minute." Adagio mockingly theorized. "It's the fruit punch, isn't it?" Sonata asked a bit guilty, much to Adagio's annoyance, "I knew I used too much grape juice!" "It's not the fruit punch. It's us!" Adagio aggravatingly corrected Sonata, though she still didn't get what was going on. "But the punch is awful, too." Aria then told Sonata. "What do you know about good fruit punch?" Sonata responded to Aria's statement about her cooking. "More than you." Aria fired back. "Do not." Sonata said to Aria childishly lightly hitting the latter's face. "Do, too." Aria responded back, retaliating by knocking Sonata's hair upwards, messing it up before Sonata fixed her hair back in order. "This is just the kick-off party, girls." Adagio told her cohorts, "Imagine what a tizzy they'll be in by the time the Battle of the Bands starts." "There isn't going to be a Battle of the Bands!" Twilight corrected Adagio, catching her, Sonata and Aria off-guard as she and the rest of the Humane 6 were all standing together in front of the Dazzlings, "We're going to make sure of that!" With a strong sign of confidence, Twilight and Sunset knew they were gonna win this, "Alright, girls. Let's do this." All 6 of the girls joined hands and were now ready to attack, "Friendship is magic!" However, nothing was happening as everyone including the Dazzlings just stared at the Humane 6 in awkward silence, much to Sunset's dismay, who grew worried about what was happening. Finally, after a moment or two had passed, Rainbow opened her eyes and saw that the Dazzlings weren't fazed by their "attack". "Uh, weren't there rainbows and lasers and stuff last time?" Rainbow then asked Twilight about what she thought was going to happen. "I don't understand. We're all together again. Why isn't this working?" Twilight asked confused about the plan not working. As Twilight looked on, she and the others saw that everyone in the gym looking judgementally at them while the Dazzlings each developed smug looks on their faces over the Humane 6's humiliation. "You, uh, really need to go ahead and do that whole "magic of friendship" thing right now." Spike then popped up from inside Twilight's backpack and reminded Twilight. "I'm trying, Spike. I thought the six of us standing together against the Sirens would bring out the magic we needed to defeat them. That's what happened before." Twilight told Spike, now losing some of that confidence she had earlier. "Talk about throwing down the gauntlet." Adagio then spoke, "This group is obviously serious about winning. A little cocky though, aren't they? Claiming there won't really be a battle. Seems they think they've already got this thing all locked up." And much like earlier that day, Adagio had quickly turned everyone against the Humane 6. "Not if the Great and Powerful Trixie has anything to do with it!" Trixie stated determined to win as before. "Whatever, Trixie! We're the best band in CHS!" Flash Sentry corrected Trixie. And just like before in the cafeteria, the Sirens' spell caused everyone to go at each other's throats, with the same green mist spreading around them all representing their negative emotions toward each other. The Sirens were clearly pleased at their work as their pendants absorbed the negative energy that the students were unwittingly creating, powering them ever further. Adagio looked back at the now distraught Humane 6. "I think we may have found what we were looking for. Or rather, it found us." Adagio looked back to her friends, with Sonata being the only one to not understand Adagio's remark, to both Adagio and Aria's dismay. The latter of whom merely facepalming at Sonata's ignorance, "Magic!" She back to the students, "Don't you see? Everyone else has fallen under our spell. But not these girls." The Sirens saw that the Humane 6 along with Sunset Shimmer sneaking out of the gym, "These girls are special." The Humane 6 and Sunset Shimmer managed to exit out of the school recovering from the failure of their plan. Twilight was pacing around trying to figure out what went wrong with their plan while the others sat on the steps of the entrance. The Dazzlings watched on, plotting something sinister in store for our heroines.