//------------------------------// // Prologue // Story: LEGO Equestria Girls 9 // by Chronicler06 //------------------------------// LEGO Equestria Girls 9 Prologue Summer had passed, and the arrival of slightly cooler weather marked the beginning of autumn. Even so, the weather was still mild enough for all kinds of outdoor activities, and it was at this time of the year that a music festival was being set up on a well-known site in the forest, just a few hours’ drive outside of Canterlot City. The Starswirled Music Festival — named in memory of the original ruler of the Castle Region — was a gathering of various musical talents from all over the Lego World to provide live performances in front of hundreds of music fans, many of whom would spend their nights on the nearby campgrounds to ensure they would have as much time as possible to enjoy everything this festival had to offer. It was on this Friday night before the start of the music festival that among the numerous visitors arriving at the campgrounds was a rather luxurious RV, which drove over to the designated area and parked at one of the available spaces. Once that RV had stopped, the side door opened and out stepped a group of minifigs as they prepared to set up the RV for their weekend stay. This group happened to be none other than the Equestria Girls, the well-known LEGO Team members from Canterlot City who had already saved the Lego World from numerous threats involving Equestrian Magic. After their previous attempts to enjoy a relaxing vacation were disrupted by those magical issues, they were definitely looking forward to this opportunity to finally just enjoy themselves without anything serious to worry about. Rarity had spared no expense for their attendance to this music festival, not only on the luxury RV she had purchased for what she claimed would be the ultimate “glamping” experience, but also on all of the custom outfits she had designed for all of them. Rarity had magenta on her legs, a violet skirt around her upper legs, light blue on her torso and upper arms, gold on the front of her torso under an open jacket with a pattern of purple gems in the middle, her hair was tied back in a ponytail, and her magical geode around her left wrist. Fluttershy had white on her feet, turquoise on her torso, arms, and the skirt around her upper legs, purple flowers printed all over the turquoise areas, three roses on the left side of her hair, and her magical geode in the middle of highest flower on the front of her torso. Applejack had red on her lower legs, a white skirt around her upper legs, medium blue on her upper arms and torso, white on the front of her torso under an open jacket with a red apple in the middle, a slightly different western hat with green fringe on her head, apple-shaped sunglasses with green tinted lenses, and her magical geode around her left wrist. Twilight Sparkle had medium blue on her lower legs, dark blue on her upper legs, a purple skirt around her upper legs, magenta on her upper arms and torso, a symbol of a turquoise circle printed in the middle of the front of her torso, a dark blue fanny pack attached around her waist by a gold belt, and her magical geode on a star-shaped hair clip on the left side of her hair piece. Rainbow Dash had rainbow horizontal stripes on her lower legs, dark blue on her upper legs, light blue on her arms and torso, white on the front of her torso under an open jacket with a rainbow symbol in the middle, a green visor atop her head with her hair tied back in a ponytail, and her magical geode around her left wrist. Pinkie Pie had magenta on her feet, light blue on her right leg, light yellow on her left leg, a skirt around her upper legs that was light yellow on the upper part and magenta on the lower part, light blue on her torso with yellow balloons printed on the front, her hair tied up in two buns on the sides of her hair piece, a tiny magenta fanny pack attached around her waist, and her magical geode at the upper part of the front of her torso. Sunset Shimmer had magenta on her feet, maroon on her legs with her red and yellow sun symbol printed on the side of her left leg, black on her torso and arms with an orange chevron printed on her upper arms, a pattern of yellow and orange triangles on the front of her torso under an open jacket, her hair was smoother down than usual, and her magical geode was on the front of her waist. And lastly, Spike had dark blue on his legs, dark grey on his arms and torso with his green shirt visible on the front under an open jacket, and the cap on his head was black with a white symbol on the front that resembled the spiral shell of an ammonite. Once their campsite was properly set up, Sunset smiled as she turned away to look at the festival grounds that were only a short walking distance away. “Starswirled Music Festival, we have arrived!” she cheerfully declared. As Applejack set down a large cooler, she contently stated, “Two days an’ nights of cool music, hot food, an’ sleepin’ under the stars. Can’t ask for much more than that!” “To Pinkie and me, this festival is about one thing only,” noted Sunset as Pinkie Pie rushed over to stand beside her. “PostCrush!” Sunset and Pinkie simultaneously exclaimed excitedly. Applejack chuckled in amusement and playfully remarked, “We know. Y’all won’t stop talkin’ about it.” “Who? PostCrush?” responded Pinkie as she suddenly appeared right in front of Applejack. “That’s only because PostCrush is the craziest, most amazing-est pop duo ever! PostCrush, PostCrush, POSTCRUSH!!” She paused when she noticed everyone staring at her with amused looks on their faces. “Oh… I see your point,” she sheepishly added. “After they canceled their last tour to go on ‘indefinite hiatus’, we thought we’d never see them live,” explained Sunset. “But we thought wrong,” sang Pinkie Pie. She then excitedly announced, “Roll call!” “Kiwi Lolipop…” began Sunset as she struck a cool pose. “A.K.A. ‘K-Lo’,” added Pinkie. “…is the cool one,” finished Sunset. “While Supernova Zap…” began Pinkie as she struck a zany pose. “A.K.A. ‘Su-Z’,” added Sunset. “…is the zany one!” finished Pinkie. The two of them then held their respective poses back-to-back — recreating the iconic image of PostCrush —as Pinkie remarked, “Not unlike another certain dynamic duo we know.” The rest of the group couldn’t help but laugh at that final comment. “I guess that explains why the two of you became such huge fans in the first place,” quipped Twilight. Sunset smiled at Twilight in acknowledgement. Back when Sunset had only recently joined the team after defeating the Dazzlings, she had wanted to find ways to connect with her new friends in their own unique ways, if only so they wouldn’t feel obligated to be friends just because Princess Twilight of Equestria had insisted. For Pinkie Pie, it had occurred when, among many things Pinkie rapidly threw around just to see what would stick, she shared albums of some of her favorite bands, and when she got to PostCrush, Sunset had casually noted how remarkable similar the attitudes of those two bandmates were to the two of them. Pinkie was so astonished by this insight that she immediately declared PostCrush to be her absolute favorite band of any music, but only on the condition that Sunset also become a huge fan of PostCrush. Sunset was uncertain at first, but was willing to give it a try. By the time she managed to listen to every single song that PostCrush had recorded, she knew in her heart they were worth the hype, so she welcomed Pinkie’s offer and the two of them became practically the biggest PostCrush fangirls in all of Canterlot City. “All right, less laughin’ an’ more gaffin’,” Applejack spoke up as she picked up the cooler and began carrying it back into the RV. “We got an early mornin’ tomorrow.” Pinkie placed an arm over Sunset’s shoulders and giggled excitedly as the two of them followed their friends into the RV to get ready for sleep. As Sunset walked with a smile on her face, she excitedly thought to herself, Tomorrow is going to be the best day ever!