//------------------------------// // Chapter 7: Meeting The Mane 6 And A Little Talk // Story: Changes In A Rainbow // by My Rainbow Dash //------------------------------// Previously: "I mean this." LD waved her arms around Dash's whole body. "Your look. The ears. The wings. The tail. What is all this about?" Rainbow sighed and shook her head. "I guess I owe you an explanation. As well as" There was a sudden knock on the door. The teens all looked around. "Are we expecting anyone?" Surprise shook her head. "Well not that I know of." Rainbow nodded. "I'll go take a look.". She felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up at Soarin. "Would you like some company?" Rainbow shook her head. "No, it's fine. I'm good on my own." She then turned around and headed for the door. She opened the door. "Alright, who is it and what do you whaaa......." Rainbow stared at who was standing in front of her. They looked like strangers but had something very familiar. Then it hit her. Six ponies and a baby dragon. "P-P-Princess Twilight?!?!" The violet alicorn princess smiled and waved to her with her five friends behind her as well as Spike. The rainbow-haired girl fainted. The rainbow-maned pegasus looked over at Twilight. "Well, that went well." The alicorn sheepishly smiled. "This is going to take a lot of explaining." The six mares and dragon looked forward as they heard footsteps coming towards them. The thirteen teenagers stared at the ponies and dragon in front of them. "This, even more so." ~/\~ Six ponies, a baby dragon, and twelve teens were sitting in Surprise's living room. The two who were missing were EQG Rainbow Dash and Soarin. The two of them were in Surprise's bedroom. Due to Dash fainting, the blue-haired boy carried his girlfriend up to their friend's bedroom where she could rest. The entire living room had been quiet for over an hour which caused the rainbow-maned pegasus' eye to start twitching. She then took a deep breath and broke the silence. "Are we done playing the silent game with one another? It's getting very annoying not being able to do what we were supposed to do. Though we kind of blew it." Spitfire's head popped up. "What do you mean by that?" Rainbow sighed. "We originally came here to talk to her about her opinion and side of the story with the students getting upset at her. Sunset Shimmer had sent a message to Twilight saying her side of the story about your friend being selfish and constantly bragging. The only way to get here from our world is through a portal that connects this world to ours, but I have a connection with your friend so it was easy for Twilight to make a portal and bring us here. But now that she's in this position, it's gonna be kind of hard getting that information. The only way we can get it is if she wakes up. At this point, we'll never get it." Before anyone, or anypony, could say anything, voices were coming towards them from the hallway. Everyone smiled when they saw the rainbow-haired girl walking towards them. Following behind her was Soarin, who turned to glare at the rainbow-maned pegasus. The pegasus glared back. The two looked away from one another and Soarin sat down in an armchair and pull his girlfriend down to sit on his lap. Rainbow snuggled into his chest and relaxed. Soarin wrapped his arms around her. Rainbow rubbed her eyes with her hands and looked over and the pony princess. She turned her head to the side and everyone froze. On the left side of her neck, was a large purple bite mark. More precisely, a hickey. Rainbow noticed all the stares and spoke. "Are you all done staring at me? It's getting a bit uncomfortable." Everyone said their small apologies and went quiet again. She then turned to the six mares and baby dragon. "So, what brings you all here? From what I recall, the only connection from here to Equestria is through the portal at the front of Canterlot High School." Twilight shook her head. "Your geode somehow has a magical connection with Rainbow Dash," she said while pointing to the pegasus, "which ended up allowing me to use that magic to bring us to your location. I also ended up receiving a message from Sunset Shimmer saying that you did something that they didn't like. By then, I mean all the students at CHS. We heard her side of the story, so we also wanted to hear yours." The rainbow-haired girl sighed. "Alright, here's the story.” ~/\~ Rainbow's day was going perfectly fine. She spent my first four classes doing the usual boring school. She, for some reason, ended up spending lunch alone. After that, she had her free period and started writing new songs to sing because she found that it was a better thing to do. Finally, she had her last class which was also boring. The incident ended up happening when she was packing up after school ended. There was nothing wrong. She finished packing and closed her locker when she suddenly felt a hand pushing her shoulder and her head hitting metal. A wave of pain rippled throughout Rainbow's head and she clutched it with her eyes squeezed shut. She leaned against the locker for support, only to be shoved down to the ground. The rainbow-haired girl cracked her eyes open to see what was going on around her and froze at what she saw. Every single student, teacher, and staff member at CHS glared down at her. Six girls stepped out of the crowd and walked over to the girl on the floor. Sunset Shimmer, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Twilight Sparkle glared down at her. "I can't believe you!" Sunset cried in anger. "You promised us you'd come to spend the day with us and you flat-out lied to us. You betrayed us and you're the element of loyalty. That's not even loyalty." She gave Dash a quick kick to the stomach and the rainbow-haired girl curled up into a ball. Rarity spoke next. "Oh, now she's afraid and shy. The poor dear could be braver, but she's weak." The others nodded. So did the other students, teachers, and staff members. That's when the name-calling began. "Bitch!" "Insolent!" "Slut!" "Selfish jerk!" "Useless!" "Worthless!" "Asshole!" "Rude!". "Betrayer!" "Freak!" The insults and name-calling were endless. Rainbow Dash kept getting names called at her by students and they backed her into a wall. Her heart was shattered because her friends were also part of the name-calling group. The teachers weren't even helping. They just stood behind the students as they watched one of their students get insulted. Rainbow was on the verge of crying. She never felt so hurt in her life. Emotionally speaking. She suddenly felt a loud slap and her cheek stung. She put a hand to her cheek where she had been slapped. Tears stung her eyes and she shut them tight as she gripped her geode around her neck and used her super speed to grab her things, get away from the crowd, and run home. ~/\~ "So yeah. That's what happened. I'm really happy I moved back to Cloudsdale. One is because my parents found a better job, and two is that I get to stay with my real friends. But it's in the past now, so it's fine." Rainbow Dash looked over at the violet alicorn and her friends who stared at her in shock. The rainbow-maned pegasus stared, but then furrowed her brows. She muttered something under her breath “Pfft. Lame teens. We should accept our differences. They’ve different. So am I. What’s so bad about that? I guess that’s just the rhythm of friendship. We’re chained to it.” Rainbow Dash, (EQG), stared at her before snapping her fingers. She looked over at Surprise. “Do you have a pen and notebook I can borrow?” The yellow-haired party girl nodded and left the room. A minute or two later, she returned with a pen and notebook in hand. He handed it over to Rainbow Dash who took it gratefully. She tapped the end of the pen before she began scribbling in it furiously. After about five minutes, she looked up at everyone and smiled. "Who would like to hear a brand new song? And no it isn’t about me. I got inspired by RD,” she pointed to the pegasus, “and decided to make a song out of it.” Everyone nodded and smiled at her as if telling her to continue. So Am I Once she finished, she looked up to see wide eyes and shocked faces. She gave them confused looks. “Uhh, you guys okay.” RD looked back at the alicorn princess who nodded and levitated a mirror over to the rainbow-haired girl. Once she saw her reflection, she gasped in shock. She had ponied up, but to top it off, she had the outfit that she wore when she and the other girls all activated their geodes altogether. She looked up at the other teens in the room and gasped again. For they too had ponied up except they didn’t grow tails. Rainbow shook her head and pinched her temples. She looked up at Twilight. “Do you have any idea how magic works in this world? It’s been on the back of my mind ever since we first started using the magic of friendship, as well as when we sing.” Twilight sadly shook her hand. “The magic here is different from the magic we have back in Equestria. I’m sorry. I could probably do some research on it, but it would take a lot of time, as well as a blood sample. I honestly don’t want to risk having an overload with figuring out magic from a different world. Sorry. If I did, I would be talking for who knows how long and I’d probably bore you to death.” She sheepishly smiled at the last bit. Everyone rolled their eyes and either giggled, chuckled, or snorted in response. Rainbow sighed. “I guess it’s a mystery then, huh?” The princess nodded in response. “It has been wonderful talking to you again, but I’m afraid we all have our things to do back in Equestria.” Applejack chuckled. “Yeah. And RD will enjoy spending time with her coltfriend. Huh.” She looked over at the pegasus who blushed a furious red. “H-hey!!” The teens all chuckled and waved goodbye as the baby dragon and six ponies all walked into a portal that led back to their world. The house was once again quiet once they left. Fleetfoot broke the silence. “I know this is a topic we don’t want to talk about right now, but don’t you think we should probably get ready for the Friendship Games?” The others looked around at each other before nodding. Rapidfire spoke next. “Didn’t Dash say that she was friends with some of the Crystal Prep Students though?” Dash choked on her saliva and froze. All of the teens looked at her, remembering that she had told them that before. Misty Fly then brought up something else that made Rainbow’s heart clench. “Not just that, she made a dance video with them as well.” The rainbow-haired girl facepalmed in frustration. “Gee. Thanks for making me feel so much better.” Blaze shrunk back a bit. “Sorry.” Dash shook her head. “No, it’s fine. Would you like to hear the song we sang?” The Wonderbolts all nodded. She searched through her phone ‘till she found the song she was looking for. Dance Magic The song ended and everyone was quiet. Twelve teens looked up at their rainbow-haired friend. High Winds spoke. “Did you write that song?” Rainbow shook her head. “No. Fluttershy did. Everyone accepted and agreed that she’d be the one to write the songs. Not me. They thought that all the songs I wrote were about me being selfish. I tried writing another song and showing it to them, telling them I wasn’t like that anymore. They didn’t accept it. I was heartbroken. It hurt badly and it still does. The only ones who accept the songs I write, are you guys. I’m really happy that you do. Thank guys, it means a lot to me.” Tears were leaking out the sides of her eyes and everyone immediately grouped around her and brought her into a group hug. They felt bad for their friend and how poorly she was being treated by others. The crying calmed down to whimpers and sniffles. The girls kept Dash in their arms while the boys stepped aside. Fleetfoot looked outside to see that it was already dark out. “I hate to break it to everyone, but it’s already dark out. Tomorrow we’re gonna have to study for the Friendship Games. Woo. That’s gonna be lots of fun.” She cheered sarcastically. She turned to Soarin. “Yo, Clipper. You mind dropping Spits, Crash, and me off at our places.” The sky-blue-skinned boy nodded and waved as the quartet left the house. Others filed out behind them and they all waved at the party girl as she watched everyone leave.