//------------------------------// // Short 1: Tug on my strings // Story: Digital Dustin (redone) // by Prince Dustin Hogan //------------------------------// “Talking” “YELLING” ‘Thinking’ “Telepathic link” Songs Flashback "Transformation Index” Short 1: Tug on my strings Inside a music store, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy is seen walking in. "Rainbow Dash," Rarity began to say as she went over to lean on the counter, "I simply don't understand why you can't just play the guitar you have…" Rainbow, carrying a guitar case, set it down on the counter, opening it to reveal that the neck of had snapped, and the strings were becoming undone, with one doing so after the case was opened. Rarity gasped. "Now I understand…" “Hey. Ain’t that Dustin over there?” Applejack asked as they saw Dustin sitting on a stool, tuning a guitar and strumming the strings, trying to find the right notes. “It is.” Rarity said with a smile. Dustin then began to strum the guitar’s and sang a song he had in mind. OST - Brave Sir Robin by Monty Python Dustin: Bravely bold Sir Robin Rode forth from Camelot. He was not afraid to die, Oh brave Sir Robin. He was not at all afraid To be killed in nasty ways. Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin. “Is that a Monty Python song?” Rarity giggled at the song. “I had no idea he could play an instrument, let a lone sing.” Fluttershy said in amazement. Dustin: He was not in the least bit scared To be mashed into a pulp. Or to have his eyes gouged out, And his elbows broken. To have his kneecaps split And his body burned away, And his limbs all hacked and mangled Brave Sir Robin. As Dustin continued his tune, he was unaware that Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash approach him. Dustin: His head smashed in And his heart cut out And his liver removed And his bowls unplugged And his nostrils raped And his bottom burnt off And his pe… When Dustin noticed the four standing in front of him, and stopped his song, his eyes wide in surprise. “Uh…how long have you ladies been standing there?” Dustin asked, the four giggled. “Oh, not long enough.” Rarity said with a giggle. “Never took you for a fan of Monty Python.” “Hey, they got some good material.” Dustin said with a shrug. "So, what'ch y'all doin' here?" Applejack asked. "Oh, nothing much. Just browsing, trying to find the guitar that suits me." Dustin said as she showed the girls not one, not two, not three, but four guitars. "Why do you have four of them?" Rainbow asked, but Dustin had a grin. “Ya wanna know?” Dustin asked the four, who just had confused looks. Dustin then turned on his Digitrix, swiped at the screen before finding the right transformation before looking back to the girls. "Check this out," Dustin said before tapping the screen, there for triggering the transformation. And what he turned into net really shocked the four beyond belief. The transformation resembled … a gorilla with eight muscular arms. “PRIME-8!” Dustin roared out while banging on his chest with two of his arms, like any gorilla would. (Transformation Index) Name: Prime-8 Species: Octopithecus Despite resembling an eight-armed gorilla, Prime-8 puts the saying "going ape shit" to a whole new level. With eight muscular arms at his disposal, Prime-8 is a beast you should stay clear of. "Whoa!" Rainbow exclaimed at the sight of the creature, "That's awesome!" “Is that an eight-armed gorilla?” Applejack asked with a furrowed eyebrow. “Yep. Discovered this one yesterday. But if you think that’s cool,” Dustin said before using four of his arms to pick up the four guitars, then used his four remaining arms to pluck the strum them, creating a symphony of rock before stopping, and looking at the girls. They each were amazed and shocked at the display. “My word,” Rarity said as Dustin put the guitars down and changed back to normal. “Awesome!” Rainbow Dash said with wonder. “Cool right? So, what bring ya’ll here?" Dustin asked. Rainbow then pointed back to her beat up guitar, still in its case. "Whoa …" Dustin said as he took a look, whistling as he did. “Ol’ faithful’s at the end of the line eh? Well, there’s plenty of options to choose from…" Dustin said, looking around, seeing all types of guitars and other instruments hanging up in the store. "How about this one?" Pinkie said, holding a purple, black dotted guitar. “Ooh. Looks classy. Reminds me of Josie and the Pussycats.” Dustin said with a bit of nostalgia. "No," Rainbow replied. "Lookie here!" Pinkie called out, holding up a banjo. No," Rainbow replied again. "Super groovy!" Pinkie exclaimed, holding a tuba. "No, Pinkie," Rainbow replied yet again with a shake of her head and hand. “That’s not even a stringed instrument.” Dustin said with a deadpan look. "Well, what'cha lookin' for?" Applejack asked. "That's the problem!" Rainbow said with her hands in the air, "I need something that looks as awesome as I'm gonna make it sounds!" she said. “Like this?” Dustin said, standing next to a double-necked, red guitar, decorated with yellow lightning bolts and stars on the body. Rainbow was practically in love with the instrument, if her expression was of any indication. She smiled, figuring it would be all hers once she got her hands on one of the necks, but at the same time, another hand grabbed the other neck. Rainbow turned to see that a girl with bright white hair, a blue sweatshirt, a purple skirt with stars sewn on it, blue high heel boots, and a star-shaped hairpin. This was none other than Trixie. "Hands off my guitar Trixie!" Rainbow shouted. "I touched it first Rainbow Dash!" Trixie shouted back. "Sounds to me like this is a makin' for a nice, friendly competition," Applejack noted as the girls stopped bickering. “Yeah, sure is,” Dustin said with a sigh, knowing where this is going to head. "All right!" Rainbow said, "Let's see who plays best!" "A shred off?" Trixie asked as she stared Rainbow down. "Shred on!" Rainbow replied with a sharp glare. From almost out of nowhere, Pinkie Pie handed Rainbow Dash a light blue a white guitar, which she then began to rock out on, riffing on it sharply. Meanwhile, Trixie was doing the same as she had grabbed an orange and white guitar, riffing on it about as well as Rainbow was. The two glared each other as they continued to move their fingers across their guitar necks, using their picks precisely to create powerful riffs. Trixie and Rainbow exchanged strong blows to each with each of their riffs. It looked as if Trixie gained the upper hand with a strong riff of her own, then suddenly, Rainbow began to play faster and faster, creating an electrical aura around her as her ears grew. She began levitating in the air, sporting a pair of blue wings, and a long ponytail as she continued to riff on her guitar ever so skillfully, as it also changed, becoming a much darker blue with the neck turning red with yellow lightning bolts spaced evenly upon it. With one final strong riff, Rainbow zoomed down, creating a sonic boom that had the colors of rainbow once she landed, blowing Trixie away. The smoke around the store cleared to show Rainbow Dash in the center of her friends, who clapped and applauded her victory after being quite surprised. "No way…" Dustin said with his mouth wide open. While he stared in shock, he didn’t notice the Digitrix act strange. Trixie also was fairly surprised, as she rolled a drum out of her way to see Rainbow Dash with her wings. "Check me out!" Rainbow exclaimed as she saw herself again. She then reached for the guitar, but then stopped, looking back at the one she used to beat Trixie for it. It was very shiny after it had changed, with a strong body and stable neck. "Uh… She can have it," she admitted, gesturing to Trixie, "Turns out this is the one that really speaks to me!" she said, hugging the guitar. Trixie was surprised, but smiled menacingly as she believed that she was the one who truly triumphed. "The great, and powerful TRRRIXIE always wins in the end!" she stated loudly, grabbing the guitar from Vinyl as she walked by to put it back, laughing proudly as she held it in the air. "I doubt it," Rainbow said bluntly as she and her friends walked by, making Trixie stop laughing and raise an eyebrow. Rainbow then went over to the counter, handing Vinyl the money for the guitar. “Might want to check the price tag, champ.” She and her friends then walked out, with Dustin carrying his guitar in their cases as they all exited. Trixie then looked at the back of the double-necked guitar, looking at the price tag to reveal a very expensive instrument at 12,000 dollars. "Twelve thousand dollars?!" she exclaimed in disappointment, anger building up in her eyes, "You'll pay for this Rainbow Dash!" "No, silly!" Pinkie said, appearing at the doorway, "If you want it, you'll have to pay for it!" she said with a wink. As they walked, the Digitrix beeped, getting everybody’s attention. “Huh?” Dustin asked as he looked at the Digitrix. “New Transformation added to playlist.” The Digitrix said before the screen showed them an image of the new transformation. It resembled cyan colored woman with rainbow hair, in blue armor and a cerise tinted visor. It looked almost like Rainbow Dash in a way. “Whoa!” Applejack said. “Hey! That looks like me! But more awesome!” Rainbow said more amazed then shocked. But I was more shocked over the fact that this transformation was female. “I’ll talk to Allister about this later.” I said before we continued walking.