Cyber Sam

by Golden Flare

Episode 2: Friendship Rebuilt

Upon waking up, I immediately noticed Twilight and Spike were gone, all that here was a hastily scribbled note, it said:

Dear Sam,
Spike and I decided to let you sleep in for now until we come back, if you wake up before we return, feel free to take a look around, and keep an eye out for Sunset Shimmer, with us separated, there's no telling what she will do. I know it's dangerous, but we need to get votes for the Fall Formal and retrieve my crown, we'll meet up again later.

--Twilight Sparkle

AW, HELL NO!! I thought, knowing that yelling would get me kicked out of the library.

I threw the dusty covers off and ran out of the library, searching for Twilight and Spike, and not realizing where I was going until I felt a hand grip my wrist and pull me into a different hallway, then slam me into a locker, making me groan.

"Going somewhere?"

Fire Head?! What does SHE want?!

"Well, since not going to answer me, I'll cut right to the chase." she pulled out her phone and played a video of...ME?! Fighting those evil Digimon?! "You clearly possess some sort of transformation magic, and you're going to tell me how you got it."

"Fuck you...!" I said in defiance, despite the pain.

My left leg exploded in more immense pain than before as she stomped on it, "Wrong answer! I'm not giving you a choice, I'm demanding an answer, the right answer!"

I grit my teeth, totally unwilling to give this bitch what she wants.

"Tell me, or the other leg is next, and then the arms, then your gut, and lastly your head! Now speak!"

I spit on her boots and say, "You got your answer, bitch...!"

Sunset raised her foot to stomp on my other leg--

BRRRRRRIIIIIIINNNG!!!

She stopped herself upon hearing school bell, then scowled and put her foot down, "You got lucky this time, punk. But next time, I won't be so merciful."

With that, she walked away as if her little interrogation never happened, and I limped as best as I could to the nurse's office.

After finally getting to the nurse, she gave me some pain pills, which took forever to kick in, and sent me on my way once the aching stopped. I eventually found Twilight and the other girls on the soccer field, with the former panting while lying on the grass and the latter staring down at her, then helping her up and agreeing to help her beat Sunset Shimmer at becoming Fall Formal Princess.

"So this is where you've been." I call out, making Twilight go rigid.

She slowly turned around to see me and my royally pissed face, and became nervous, "Hey! Sam! How are you--"

"I just got my ass handed to me in the hallway by Fire Head, like, twenty minutes ago while I was looking for you!"

"'Fire Head'?" Rainbow asked.

"Sunset Shimmer." I answered before turning back to Twilight, "Did you really think splitting up would solve anything?"

"But, I..."

"I understand you're in a hurry, but we need to stick together as well as work together if we're gonna knock ol' Fire Head off her pedestal. Agreed?"

"Um...okay."

But little did we know that Fire Head and her cronies were snapping pictures of the whole soccer game with the former grinning maliciously.

After I had gotten my chocolate milkshake, Twilight was getting her own drink, asking for extra oats, which confused the woman behind the counter, but Twilight changed her mind and allowed her to make it normally, avoiding suspicion as she received her drink and bumped into Flash, spilling it.

"We gotta stop bumping into each other like this." Flash said as he and Twilight went to grab the dropped cup, and touched each other's hands.

"You know me, always trying to make a big SPLASH around here! 'Cause my drink splashed, on the ground!" Twilight replied before giggling nervously, making me smirk at the exchange.

Ahh, so that's how it is, huh? I thought before I briefly chuckled.

Twilight returned to our group and started twirling a lock of her hair while blushing, which Rarity took notice of, "Don't even think about it. You're already trying to get her crown, who knows what Sunset Shimmer will do if you end up getting her ex-boyfriend too?"

Twilight tried to stammer a response, but ended inquiring about Flash being Sunset's ex-boyfriend, which Fluttershy obliged, "Flash Sentry broke up with her three weeks ago. I'm just surprised she hasn't done something awful to him yet."

Flash walked by while getting his own drink, smiling at Twilight all the while, who replied, "Maybe she's waiting until she has the power to do something really awful."

I deadpan, "Yeah, that's very comforting to know."

Applejack decided to use this moment to take charge, "Alright, y'all, the dance is tomorrow and we still don't have the votes we need for Twilight to be Fall Formal Princess. Right now, folks only know her from the video Sunset Shimmer posted online, we need to help them see her differently."

Before we could properly brainstorm, a familiar voice spoke rather closely, "Can I make a suggestion?"

"AHHH!!!" we all screamed, but I stopped when noticed who it was.

"Merchant? Why are you here?"

"You know this creeper?! He nearly gave us heart attacks!" Rainbow yelled, gasping for air.

"I'm here to lend you lot a hand," the Merchant answered, ignoring Rainbow’s petty insult, then conjured a pile of pony ear headbands and strap-on pony tails, "Use these as a sign of unity; there were once used to show school spirit, until Sunset Shimmer came along and...well, you know the rest. She was the one who divided you, and Twilight Sparkle is the one who reunited you, so let everyone know it."

We all began to think on his words, then smiled as they rang true and put on the aforementioned items.

"Hmm..." I hum with a smile.

"Whatcha planning, Sammy?" Pinkie asks.

"I think I have an idea on how to boost Twilight's popularity..."

During lunchtime, everyone had gotten their food and started eating when the girls began the plan I came up with, Pinkie started tapping a lunch tray nearby, and the other girls added their own sounds to the rhythm as Spike turned on a boombox next to him, and they began to sing and dance.

[Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity]

Hey, hey, everybody
We've got something to say
We may seem as different
As the night is from day
But you look a little deeper
And you will see
That I'm just like you
And you're just like me.
Yeah!

Hey, hey, everybody
We're here to shout
That the magic of friendship
Is what it's all about
Yeah,
We thought we were different
As the night is from the day
Until Twilight Sparkle
Helped us see another way

So get up get down
If you're gonna come around
We can work together
Helping Twilight win the crown
So get up get down
'Cause it's gonna make a sound
If we work together
Helping Twilight Sparkle
Win the crown!

[Pinkie Pie]

Hey, hey hands up now,
We're sending a message
To the crowd
Hands wave up
Then come down
We party together
All around

[Rarity]

Generous, honesty,

[Applejack]

Laughter, kindness, loyalty

[Fluttershy]

Twilight helped us each to see

[Rainbow Dash]

All that we can be!

[Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity]

So get up get down
If you're gonna come around
We can work together
Helping Twilight win the crown
So get up get down
'Cause it's gonna make a sound
If we work together
Helping Twilight Sparkle
Win the crown!

[Twilight Sparkle]

I'm gonna be myself
No matter what I do
And if we're different yeah
I want you to be true to you

If you follow me
We'll put our differences aside
We'll stick together and
Start working on that school pride!

[All students]

Jump up make a sound (Hey!)
Stomp your hooves turn around
Start now, make a change,
Gonna come around
Jump up make a sound (Hey!)
Stomp your hooves turn around
Canterlot Wondercolts
Help her win the crown!

Jump up make a sound (Hey!)
Stomp your hooves turn around
Start now, make a change,
Gonna come around
Jump up make a sound (Hey!)
Stomp your hooves turn around
Canterlot Wondercolts
Help her win the crown!

Jump up make a sound (Hey!)
Stomp your hooves turn around
Start now, make a change,
Gonna come around

I saw all this from just outside the cafeteria and I was happy everyone in the school were actually getting along for once, I got ready to leave, since I didn't like to sing or dance all that much.

I'm sure they'll manage without me for a little bit. After all, I stink at musical situations...

"Take those off!"

I heard ol' Fire Head boss her cronies around again, and decided to peek around the corner and see what she was up to this time.

"I have something I need you to do." she said before she sneered maliciously.

I don't like that look in her eye...

I followed Snips and Snails after Sunset gave them the order to go to the gym and "make a mess of things" as she put it, then left, I had a feeling about what she was up to, and I wasn't gonna let it happen. Once I caught up with them, I grabbed them, knocked them unconscious, and locked them into a janitor's closet for the time being as I dusted off my hands.

"There, crisis averted." I said as I walk away from the scene.

"Oh, no you don't, kid," I said, watching Samuel walk off into another hallway, "you don't get to change the script. Cerberumon! Front and center!"

In a plume of green flame the aforementioned Digimon, Cerberumon, appeared.

"Yes, master?" he asked me.

"Thrash the Canterlot High Gymnasium, and report back to me."

"Umm...may I ask why?"

"I wish to see what this 'Sunset Shimmer' has planned for that magical anomaly called a crown."

"At once, Lord Godwin."

Cerberumon disappeared in another plume of green flame as I returned attention to holographic screens in front of me.

"Should've known Samuel would be here, but I never anticipated that traitorous Merchant would be here as well...but no matter." I chuckled, "That D-Watch shall be mine. And even if I don't get it...I have a certain little...'gift' for our digivolving friend."

I let a low and deep evil laugh as I watched the student leave their classes and those seven girls walk past Miss Shimmer and her rather nervous-looking cohorts...

Twilight and I were dragged into Vice Principal Luna's office on some pretense of trashing the gym with pictures to prove it. But I don't understand! I stopped Snips and Snails and locked them in a closet, who else could have done it?! Twilight began to despair until Flash barged and showed Luna the doctored remains of the original photos that made it look like Twilight and I were the ones who did it. Luna then said we were pretty much free to go due to the new evidence and Twilight rushed over to Flash and hugged him in sheer gratitude, the sight made me chuckle.

Heh, yeah, those two got it bad for each other. I thought.

Luna mentioned that she and her sister Principal Celestia will have to postpone the Fall Formal dance for tomorrow night because of the damage to the gym, which still boggles my mind, and left the room to inform her of the latest development.

Just as Flash began to ask Twilight out to the dance, my mind finally caught with all that was said, Wait...TOMORROW night?! Shoot!!

Twilight seemed to realize the same thing as she repeated "no" over and over and ran out in a hurry, sending Flash the wrong message.

"One 'no' would've been fine!" Flash called out, sadly.

I pat his shoulder, "She probably had something else on her mind when she said that, dude. Let me talk to her."

He sighs, "Okay. Thanks, man."

"Anytime."

After that, I ran after Twilight to try and calm her down for a bit.

After looking just about everywhere in the city, I finally found Twilight as she was talking to her friends about the Fall Formal was postponed because Snips and Snails ruined Pinkie's decorations, which I still have doubts on, but stated that it HAD to happen tonight. Pinkie was repeating "WHAT?!" every time Twilight mentioned what was going on, but was stopped by Applejack as Twilight began to reveal the truth about herself, and surprisingly, Pinkie beat her to it.

"You're from an alternate world and you're a pony princess there and the crown actually has a magical element embedded in it that helps power up other magical elements, and without it they don't work anymore, and you need them all to help protect your magical world, and if you don't get the crown tonight, you'll be stuck in this world and you won't be able to get back for, like, a really, really long time!" she concludes with a "squee".

Struck silent, Twilight, me, and even Spike held our jaws open at Pinkie's incredible deduction skills, but as for the other girls, Pinkie's words were slow to sink in.

"Yeeeeaaah, I'm pretty sure that ISN'T the reason." Rainbow dismisses.

"Nope, she's pretty much spot on." Spike says, revealing his secret.

"HE CAN TALK?!" Rarity shrieks.

"Oh yeah! And back where I'm from, I'm not even a dog; I'm a ferocious, fire-breathing DRAGON!"

Well...that's new information." I think in my head.

Fluttershy then gushed about how amazing it is to meet a talking animal and asked what Spike what he was thinking right now with a big smile, but the latter focused on Rarity, asking for a scratch behind his ears, and Rarity was to shocked to properly respond, so Spike decided it would be better to wait until later. Twilight proceeded to ask Pinkie how she knew all that, and she simply replied that it was "just a hunch".

"Just a hunch", my ass! That was dead on the mark!

"Wait a minute!" Applejack interrupted, "Lemme git this straight: yer a pony?"

"You're a princess?" Rarity uttered in awe.

"You're from another world?" Fluttershy asked, curiously.

Twilight blushed and gulped as she nodded nervously while scratching the back of her head.

"That...is...AWESOME!!" Rainbow declared.

The girls then crowded Twilight with eager curiosity, but too bad I had to break this little pow-wow up.

"Hey!" they all turned to me, "Look, I understand that you all have a million questions, but we have a bit of a crisis on our hands."

"The ruined gym?" Twilight asked.

"Not just that, but who REALLY ruined it. I know you girls are gonna say it was Snips and Snails, but I intercepted them and locked them in a janitor's closet before they could do anything, and no doubt Sunset found them sometime afterwards. But who ruined the gym when I had the dunderhead duo preoccupied? That's what I wanna know."

But no one had any answers, all we could do was speculate, until Twilight rallied us to the gym to fix it up, and we had some help from the students along the way.

I was very annoyed, yet relieved at the same time as I saw the students begin to leave after repairing the damage done to the gym, speaking of which, I turned back to my stupid servants, "You're lucky she was able to pull this off! Next time I ask you to make a mess of things, try and show a LITTLE restraint!"

Snails seemed like he wanted to say something, but a look from Snips told him not to. Whatever, I'm sure it wasn't important.

"I want this Fall Formal to happen tonight just as much as she does." I say with a smirk as I closed the door, but then something was bothering me, "Also, where'd you guys get the green fire from? That was a bit overkill."

Snips and Snails now looked confused.

"Oh, forget it. I'm sure I'll find the answers tonight."

I sat upon my chair, watching the events unfold, even in that stuffy, little hiding place they call a closet.

"...And you'll get them in due time, my dear." I then chuckle before turning to Cerberumon, "Good work. Now, prepare for the assault on Canterlot High tonight. Bring any Digimon you see fit to take on this task."

"Understood, Lord Godwin." Cerberumon said and walked out of the room.

I turn back to my screens and smirk deviously, "Let's see you beat me this time."