//------------------------------// // Chapter 19: The Friendship Games 2.0: Part 2 // Story: Changes In A Rainbow // by My Rainbow Dash //------------------------------// Since they had time before the tri-cross relay, Dash decided to show her twelve friends around the Canterlot High School campus. Surprise almost fell asleep a few times while resting her head on Soarin’s shoulder because she kept complaining about how the school wasn’t as awesome as theirs. Rainbow had to agree. Even after being at the other CHS for a few months, even she could say that her new school was much better than her old school. Soon the tour was over and she lead them to the field. It was set up like the last time Rainbow remembered when she first played against CPA. All five boys and the two remaining girls once again cheered for the six who got to participate. Surprise kept jumping in place. "Awe yeah! You guys are so lucky! This is going to be the best thing ever! Maybe even better than the last games!" She suddenly stopped jumping and turned to the rainbow-haired girl who continued to look down at her hands. She smiled. "And don't worry, Dashie. You’re doing the motocross with your gloves this time around. I’m positive nothing will go wrong." Rainbow looked up and smiled. Just like the games with CPA, Dash and Spitfire had motocross, Fleetfoot and High Winds got speedskating, and Blaze and Misty Fly got archery. “Just a heads up, last time, when I was at this school, Applejack, the country girl, was doing archery. CPA’s transfer student, Twilight Sparkle, the girl with glasses, will take her place next to Fluttershy. The speed skaters are the same girls from last time. Rarity and Pinkie Pie. And for motocross, we have Sunset Shimmer and Applejack.” She looked back at her friends who nodded. “Let’s go change for the relay.” The six participants waved to their other seven friends and went to get ready while the remaining seven went to sit on the bleachers. Spitfire and RD grabbed their motocross gear, Fleetfoot and High Winds grabbed their bag for speed skating, and Misty Fly and Blaze grabbed their gear for archery. The six friends met outside and smiled confidently. She heard someone clear their throat and looked around at her group of friends. They all shrugged their shoulders. The sound came again and they turned around to see Dash’s former friends standing behind them with their arms crossed all dressed in their gear for the relay. Rainbow gritted her teeth and walked away, the other five Cloudsdale girls followed. She felt someone grab her right wrist which caused her glove to slip off her hand. Rainbow’s eyes widened as she dropped her helmet from under her arm. “Hey! Give me my glove!” She tried to grab it back with her left hand but Sunset pulled her hand and held the fabric tightly. “What’s your plan, Dash?! What’s so important that you have to wear these silk gloves?!” Rainbow was about to speak, but Rarity beat her to it. “They’re satin gloves, darling.” Sunset rolled her eyes as she looked back at the fashionista. While she had focused more on her friend and less on the glove, Misty Fly snatched the glove and gave it back to the polychromatic girl. Said girl gladly took the prized piece of clothing and slipped it back on. Dash growled, picked her helmet up from the ground, and walked away. Blaze slightly pushed Sunset aside as she and the other girls walked away toward the starting lines. Spitfire, Fleetfoot, High Winds, and Rainbow Dash clipped their helmets onto their heads as Misty Fly and Blaze readied their bows and arrows. The two opposing team members from the opposing team got in their places next to their rivals. Dash stayed on the right with Spitfire on her left so the two Canterlot students couldn’t attack her again. ~/\~ All four teachers sat in their secluded seats away from the students. When everyone was ready, Vice-Principal Firefly stood up and walked right up to the microphone. "Welcome everyone to the Friendship Games tri-cross relay.” All the students cheered. "In this event, our qualified competitors will face off in archery, speed skating, and finally, motocross." Rainbow sightly turned her left handle on her bike, causing the motor to rumble as she and Spitfire looked over at the other two, glaring. Firefly spoke again and held a small horn in her hand. "So, if the competitors are ready..." She covered her left ear with her left hand and pressed the small button on the top of the horn, causing the sound to be heard across the field. Misty and Fluttershy jumped over a few hay bails to reach for their bow and arrows. Misty did a final flip to find her target. Right before Fluttershy could shoot, Misty flipped and launched a single arrow, directly hitting the bull's eye. “Heh, showoff,” Dash thought to herself. After two hesitant arrows, the shy girl made an arrow hit the center of her target. Both teams cheered. Blaze did the same as her teammate, making her shot directly at the center of her target. After the arrow made the center, Fleetfoot and High Winds sped off. Like Fluttershy, Twilight took two tries to make the target. After she made it, she and the shy girl gave each other a high five and waved as Rarity and Pinkie sped off to try and catch up to the two racing Wonderbolts. Rainbow bit her lip and clutched the handlebars of her bike tightly. She watched as the four skaters sped around the track. She had to admit. Pinkie and Rarity we good, but Fleetfoot and High Winds were faster. They were beating the Canterlot High students. The speed skaters needed two laps to make their team's motocrossers start. She felt a squeeze on her shoulder and turned to see Spitfire smiling at her. "Let's take 'em down!" She said. The two fist-bumped and looked back at the speedskaters. The two skating Cloudsdale students were in the lead, and at that moment when they crossed the finishing mark, Spitfire and Rainbow Dash sped across the dirt path. The two girls looked behind them to see that Pinkie Pie and Rarity had caught up to the two skaters who made Sunset Shimmer and Applejack behind them. Rainbow smiled. This was going to be a good race. She felt a warm tingling feeling inside her and saw that her suit was starting to change. It had the same blue as the original one, but it had more of an icy wintry look with no yellow. She smiled seeing how cool, no wait, that wasn’t the right word, how awesome it looked. She sped up to Spitfire who also took a glance at her uniform. She looked at her friend. “Nice edits. Say, isn’t good the new bad?” Rainbow blinked. “Depends on what you mean.” Spitfire smiled. “You know that song you wrote that we sing in front of our counterparts?” Rainbow nodded. “Well, you also know how we’re such big show off’s, right?” Rainbow nodded again. “Well, why don’t you warn the other girls that we’re gonna sing that song, and we’ll show off and dance on our bikes?” Rainbow’s jaw dropped. “Are you crazy?! Why would you even think of doing something like that!?” Spitfire cleared her throat. “Why not bring a little fun into this?” Dash sighed. She lifted her left hand off the handlebars and pulled off the glove with her lips. With her powers, she threw a snowball at each of her friends on the field. After it hit them, it left a message in the air before the wind carried it away. The words read. “Good is the New Bad” and their eyes instantly widened. They watched the two bikers and nodded. With the help of Spitfire holding one of her handlebars, Dash was able to put her other glove back on. They smiled at each other and nodded. They looked back at the dirt path and crossed the finish line before the two Canterlot students. Cloudsdale cheered and the two teens smiled and they began to sing. Good Is The New Bad (From “Descendants: Wicked World RD & S: “Call it bad, call it good Call it even if you could Call it good, call it bad It's the best you ever had” The two girls jumped onto their bikes so one foot was on the center of the handlebars while the other was on the saddle. They faced each other and began dancing. RD & S: “We know what's hot, what's not We strike a pose and then they take a shot They get in close, they try to run the spot We come to show 'em what we got, we got” The two girls sat back on the bikes, slid off to the side, and jumped off while throwing off their helmets. They walked closer to where their friends were standing. Fleetfoot and High Winds also threw off their helmets and skated to where they were standing. FF & HW: “It's time to make a stand We breaking through and now we in demand We here for good, it's not so bad So shout it out and give it all you have” Blaze and Misty Fly tossed their bows to the ground, unstrapped their arrows from their shoulders, tossed them aside, and walked to their friends. All 6: “Bad was all the rage last week But good has got a wicked beat” The six girls began dancing together. All 6: “Good is the new bad Good is the new bad We can feel the mad love Gi-gimme more of Bad is the new good Bad is the new good We can feel the mad love I think that we should I think that we should I think that we should” “Call it bad, call it good Call it even if you could Call it good, call it bad It's the best you ever had” FF & HW & MF: “We used to love the dark But then we saw the light and felt a spark” RD & S & B: “We bring the fire and make it better and better Cause good is back and now it's badder than ever” All 6: “Bad was all the rage last week But good has got a wicked beat” “Good is the new bad Good is the new bad We can feel the mad love Gi-gimme more of Bad is the new good Bad is the new good We can feel the mad love I think that we should I think that we should I think that we should” “Call it bad, call it good Call it even if you could Call it good, call it bad It's the best you ever had” “Call it bad, call it good Call it even if you could Call it good, call it bad It's the best you ever had” “Call it bad, call it good Call it even if you could Call it good, call it bad It's the best you ever had” “Good is the new bad Good is the new bad We can feel the mad love Gi-gimme more of Bad is the new good Bad is the new good We can feel the mad love I think that we should” “Good is the new bad Good is the new bad We can feel the mad love Gi-gimme more of Bad is the new good Bad is the new good We can feel the mad love I think that we should” “Call it bad, call it good Call it even if you could Call it good, call it bad It's the best you ever had” All the students from Cloudsdale cheered at the performance. Canterlot, on the other hand, didn't know what to do. The other six competitors from the other school were confused. Rainbow Dash had written a song that didn't brag about herself. That was unexpected. The six Cloudsdale competitors sashayed or skated over to them. "How's that for a song I wrote, huh? It isn't about me bragging. That better?" Rainbow smirked and flicked her hair over her shoulder so it fell over her back. Her five friends laughed. Spitfire turned to look at them. "We're definitely looking forward to seeing you at the next competition." She followed her friends as the six of them walked away from the Canterlot group. She looked at the bleachers to see the boys and Surprise and Lightning Dust and nodded to them. They got the gesture and climbed off the bleachers to meet up with the rest of their friends. ~/\~ Sunset glowered at the six competitors who were walking or skating away. "This has to stop. I mean, look at her," she pointed to the prismatic girl, "She's obviously up to something." The other five team members looked at each other with unsure expressions. Twilight spoke first. "Do you think that? I mean, with me I was wearing that necklace that absorbed magic, so that was kind of obvious to see that I was hiding something. But, Dash is only wearing a pair of gloves. Maybe she decided to change the motocross gloves with those? It doesn't seem that bad." She looked over at the other four girls who nodded. Sunset began getting upset. "Are you guys seriously not noticing that while she went to Canterlot with us, she never wore those gloves? Plus the ways she acted when I removed one of them?" The other girls sighed. "Sunset, darling, perhaps you should take a quick breather." Rarity spoke in a calm voice as she placed a hand on her friend's shoulder. Sunset closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths. She opened her eyes and looked over at the fashionista. "Thanks, Rarity. I needed that." She sighed again. "Okay, let's start this over. Do you girls find it strange that Dash is wearing gloves? I've never seen her do that before." The other five girls looked at each other and nodded. "Now that you mentioned it," Fluttershy spoke, "I've never seen Rainbow wear gloves when we were younger." "Could it be for style or design?" Rarity asked. Applejack frowned and crossed her arms. "What?" Applejack crossed her eyes. "It was obvious that when Sunset took off RD's glove, she seemed desperate to have it back. Maybe fear has somethin' to do with it?" They shrugged their shoulders and looked back at where the Cloudsdale girls were. When they found them, they saw they were with two more girls and five boys. When they found Dash, they found her standing in front of one of the boys with her arms wrapped around his neck and his arms around her waist. What surprised them was when Dash cupped his face and locked her lips with his. The other eleven teens all cheered and clapped at the scene. The two broke the kiss and smiled at one another. A girl with yellow skin and blue hair walked over to Rainbow Dash and whispered something in her ear. When she finished, Rainbow nodded and she whispered it to another girl next to her who was on the motocross next to Dash. She also nodded and the three girls laughed before the girl with blue hair smirked and slapped Dash's ass causing the rainbownette to squeak in surprise and turn to the girl at fault while the other friends laughed at the scene. Applejack snorted. However, when she realized what she did, the Cloudsdale students had already turned their heads to see the six Canterlot students standing behind them. Dash sighed before putting her hands on her hips and flipping her hair over her shoulder. "You know, I really dislike it when you act like this. Let me give you a reason why and my solution to it." She then began singing a new song she'd written. Freak The Freak Out Lyrics The rainbownette danced with her female friends and the smile on her face grew even more. She looked back at the six Canterlot students. "You don't know the real me." Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Sunset, and Twilight looked at each other before looking back at the rainbownette. Twilight spoke up. "So who is the real you? Who's the person we don't know?" Rainbow Dash sighed. She took a moment to think about who she truly was. A few seconds passed before she spoke once again. "I'm a girl with a talent for singing, songwriting, instrument-playing, dancing, and choreographing. I'm a good band leader too. I love being myself and not having others telling me what I can and can't do. It holds back who I am. They're the exact same as me." Her friends nodded in agreement. Dash cleared her throat. "Now, if you'll excuse us. We have to get ready for the last event. See you later." She waved her hand and she and her friends turned away from the six Canterlot students and headed back inside the school.