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// Tour 
// Story: What A Long Strange Trip 
// by milesprower06 
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Sunset made her way down A Hallway towards Principal Celestia's office. The winter this year had stayed mild, and now temperatures were ever so slowly climbing higher as spring activities began getting into swing at Canterlot High. For the Rainbooms, that meant getting ready for the Musical Showcase, a concert of all the student-formed musical acts, with all the proceeds going towards further funding the school's extracurricular activities.

She had attended all of their rehearsals, and helped perform sound checks for each practice. But she still felt like asking to join would be a little too forward, so she had kept her guitar practice to herself. Flash had periodically asked how her song was coming along, and she was happy to say that she had nearly finished it. She was hoping that the Musical Showcase would bring about the last bit of inspiration she needed to finish her lyrics off. If she was honest with herself, she had gotten a little sidetracked with helping Fluttershy start to write a song of her own. The tambourine player's song was titled 'The Music of Our Friendship', and the meolody seemed simple enough. But Rainbow was in charge of the setlist for the Showcase, and she wanted the band to practice the songs they were already familiar with, so sadly the song hadn't been performed yet.

Today was the first day she hadn't worn her new leather jacket to school. It made her feel like a newer person. She liked the way she looked in her old one, but it was also a reminder of the bully she used to be. She hadn't made the time to change the rest of her daily outfit, but she had given it some thought.

Right now, all the participants that had signed up for the showcase were in the gym, working on their individual band banners. She was hoping to join the other five shortly, but Celestia and Luna wanted to see her first. Stepping up to the closed office door, she knocked, announcing her presence.

"Come in." She heard from the other side. She turned the knob, and pushed the door open, seeing Principal Celestia sitting at her desk, going over the contents of a file folder with Vice Principal Luna, who was standing beside her.

"You wanted to see me, Principal Celestia?" Sunset asked, standing behind the chairs on her side of the desk.

"Yes, Sunset. Don't worry, this won't take long. We were wondering if you'd like to show some new students transferring from upstate around the school, get them familiar with the basic layout. I figured it would be a good opportunity for you to show new students the new leaf you've been turning over." Celestia told her.

Sunset smiled, grateful that at least the school's headmasters had indeed noticed her ongoing efforts. She nodded, almost immediately.

"Yes, I'd love to. When are they arriving?" She asked.

"Their names are Adagio, Aria, and Sonata, and they're scheduled to arrive later this morning. We'll alert you over the intercom when they get here, seeing as how classes are on a half-day schedule due to the banner projects and rehearsals." Vice Principal Luna told her.

"I'll be ready at any time. Thank you so much." Sunset said, before turning to leave.

With how slow most of the student body was coming around, having three new faces to show this new side of herself to would be for the best. She wasn't sure if the current students would go out of their way to tell them about how she used to be, but honestly, she wasn't sure she'd put that past some of them.

Softly shutting the door to Celestia's office, she turned to head towards the gym. She couldn't wait to see how the Rainbooms banner was coming along...