Inside the CHS gymnasium, the whole place was decorated for the newest event held being a Pet show.
"Howdy!" Applejack announced, "And welcome to the first annual Canterlot Pet Show! Sure is great to be here, ain't it?" she turned to Fluttershy who was as always nervous.
"Sure is, Applejack," Fluttershy began quietly, "Can't wait to see all the wonderful contestants."
"Heh. All righty, then. You heard the lady! Let's meet 'em!" they were soon walking around backstage where the contestants were getting their pets ready, "This is the backstage area, where the pets get fresh and spiffy before the competition. Right, Fluttershy?"
"Mm-hmm. Fresh and spiffy."
They walked by Flash and his pet dog, "Why, look at this handsome feller!" A.J spoke to Flash, "Tell us about your pooch."
"Oh! The dog's a Boston terrier named-" Flash was cut off by Fluttershy who was talking to the dog.
"Banana!" she continued to talk to the pet, "Anything else to share?" Banana barked again, and Fluttershy giggled, "Banana's favorite snack is bananas, he loves his banana toy, and his favorite pastime is—" the dog barked, "Awww! What a cutie!"
They went to Bulk Bicep's little dog who barked into Fluttershy's mic, "Oh, really?" the dog continued to bark, "She loves daytime TV, is a great listener, and—" Applejack decided to stop her.
"Uh, I think the show will be startin' soon, so we should wrap this up."
"I think we have time for one more quick interview." Fluttershy said, as who should pop in but Winona.
"Winona? What're you doin' back here?" A.J asked in disbelief, as her dog barked.
"Awww," Fluttershy giggled, "Winona only said that she wanted to surprise you by competing today!"
"Huh. Yee-haw! We gotta get ready to win that gold!" Applejack cheered.
The bell suddenly rang, and Fluttershy announced, "That's the signal! It's time to enjoy the cutest show in Canterlot!"
Later on, the Turtles and their allies were standing by one of the tables, "I can't believe you two are actually entering Ice Cream Kitty and Chompy in this pet show," Keno told Raph and Mikey.
"Well Chompy can pass as a regular turtle, but Ice Cream Kitty?" Raph asked his younger brother.
"That's right! We're gonna bring home the gold!" Mikey declared while holding Ice Cream Kitty in her bowl.
"Meow!"
"For what? Dessert formal?" Caitlyn joked.
"Yeah! Maud might show up with Bolder." Casey warned them.
Blade started looking around, "Where's Bright Eyes?"
Sunset answered, "She's with Lancer and his band near the concession stand."
"Just checking," he said playing cautious.
Fugitoid spoke to the two turtles, "So, what category are Chompy and Ice Cream Kitty competing in?"
"The talent competition! She's gonna wow the judges!" Mikey declared.
Trixie came up and laughed, "Please! If any pet is going to win, it'll be my guinea pig!" She motioned to a green guinea pig wearing tiny pink bow in a stroller.
"Oh, please," Raph brushed her off.
April spoke to the girl, "Nice... guinea pig, Trixie."
"Thank you, April! And I know someone else who'll cheer me on," she looked to Blade Swipe who blinked.
"Uuuuhhh..."
Trixie leaned up to Blade and flirted, "Don't you think my guinea pig's cute, Blade? Almost as cute as me?" she batted her eyes, which only made Blade nervous.
"I... uh... gotta go check on Bright Eyes!" He raced off, leaving Trixie frustrated.
"Oooo! I wish he'd stop playing hard to get!" she fumed before wheeling off with her guinea pig, while the ninjas laughed.
"She's persistent, I'll say that," Karai admitted.
"Well, Trixie's not your only competition. Some of the girls are too," Donnie told his brothers.
"Including Rainbow Dash and Applejack and you know how competitive they are," Leo reminded them.
"Yeah, but those two are more competitive with each other than anyone," Raph pointed over to where the two Rainbooms were getting Tank and Winona ready, while also glaring at one another.
"He's got a point," Sunset admitted. "They once joined almost every club in the school just to be in more clubs than the other."
"The only one they didn't join was my exclusive fashion club," Rarity noted.
"Hey, guys!" Casey spoke up, "Check out Spike." They all glanced over to see Spike looking confident and sassy.
"Yeah. He was all talking about how he's gonna wow the performance," Leo recalled.
"Hate to disappoint, but he's gonna have to go through Chompy first," Raph said.
"And Ice Cream Kitty!" Mikey put in.
Shinigami watched as Micro Chips was bringing in a makeshift robot with a toaster for a head, "Is Micro Chips really entertaining his robot?"
"Well, there's nothing in the rules that says he can't," Donnie noted.
"Yeah, and Pinkie's even entering Gummy," Mikey motioned to Pinkie holding her gator plush.
"Since it's Pinkie, I'm not even gonna ask," Karai said knowing better than to do that.
"This is gonna be one interesting pet show," April told everyone.
"I just hope we won't have to deal with any Equestrian Magic during this pet show," Sunset hoped.
"Well, hopefully there won't be any unexpected surprises," Keno said, only for someone to cover his eyes from behind.
"Guess who, dweeb!"
Keno smirked, "Well let me think... is it someone a little thinner?"
"Why don't you tell me?" his eyes were uncovered, and he turned around to see Indigo Zap.
"Perfect!" he embraced her, "Hey, Indigo. Long time no see."
"Way too long," Indigo agreed, as the two kissed.
"Do you really have to do that in public?" Sugarcoat asked, as the rest of the Shadowbolts arrived.
"Hey, girls," Karai greeted.
"Great to see you all again," Sour Sweet greeted with hugs all around.
Sunny spoke to the Turtles and their friends, "Sunset texted us about you guys coming for a visit so we were hoping to at least say hi."
"Yeah. Been busy with school, the art contest next week, never a dull moment," Lemon Zest said.
Leo nodded, "You girls keeping up with your ninja training?"
"You bet," Sour confirmed, "We're just sorry we were out of town when you guys fought Kav... Kala... I'm just gonna call him Hothead."
"Kavaxas." Sugarcoat corrected her.
"Yeah. Him."
Caitlyn cleared her throat, "Now that you're all getting acquainted, can we have some introduction please."
Leo decided to introduce them, "Girls, this is Zach and Caitlyn. Two friends of ours from New York. And that's Blade Swipe and Bright Eyes. Two friends from Equestria." he motioned to the two that walked up.
Twilight decided to introduce the other way around, "These are The Shadowbolts, they go to my old school, Crystal prep. This is Sour Sweet, Sunny Flare, Lemon Zest, Sugarcoat, and Indigo Zap."
"Oh, yeah. Your former rivals who made you that Midnight Sparkle gal," Zach recalled.
"And irked Leo," Caitlyn put in making Leo blush.
"Yeah... Ain't proud of that," Lemon admitted.
Blade spoke to the girls, "Well any friends of the girls and ninjas are friends of mine."
"Me too," Bright Eyes agreed.
"So you two are from that pony world that Starlight's from?" Sugarcoat inquired.
"That's right," Blade confirmed.
"How is she doing?" Sour asked.
"She's... doing fine," Bright Eyes answered still thinking about her other teachers.
Just then, Lancer and his band showed up with long faces, "Hey guys. Why the long faces?" April asked.
"Well, we were gonna play the opening show," Lancer began.
"Until, some snotty Acapella group totally snatched the gig right from us!" Melody complained.
"An acapella group?" Caitlyn asked curiously.
"What happened?" Karai asked.
"We were just setting up for our number when-" Sweetheart began, until Ace finished.
"Those weasels kicked us out saying they'll take it from here!"
Lancer continued, "They convicted the judges that we were too young to perform and they volunteered to take our place."
Zack turned to his sister, "You thinking what I'm thinking?" Caitlyn nodded.
"Oh, no," Bright Eyes gasped, and hugged Lancer, "We're so sorry to hear that guys!"
"Thanks," Lancer returned the hug, only to quickly pull apart when they realized everyone was watching them. The Shadowbolts couldn't help but chuckle.
"Aww! Aren't they cute together?" Lemon asked her friends.
Sugarcoat smiled, "I also find the affection between young adolescents quite adorable."
The two kids blushed and chuckled sheepishly, util Bright Eyes spoke up, "So, anyway... um, guys, these are the Shadowbolts. Sour Sweet, Sunny Flare, Sugarcoat, Indigo Zap, and Lemon Zest."
"Nice to meet you," Lancer greeted, "I'm Lancer. That's Ace, Melody, Sweetheart, and Half Note."
"And together we're..." Ace continued, until the band announced.
"The Rock N Beats!"
"You should hear them play. They're almost as good as we are," Rainbow told the Shadowbolts.
"You would have heard us play here at the pet show, if that acapella group hadn't stole our gig!" Melody frowned.
"Speaking of which," Sweetheart pointed to the stage area as they saw nine figures begin to harmonize. Then a spotlight shined down on nine girls and one boy. One of the girls, with an afro haircut, started beatboxing joined by the boy as the rest of the girls started to sing.
"Oh, no..." Caitlyn gasped.
("High Horse" cover by Achapop Kids)
"Wow!" Pinkie gasped, "They were really really good!" Caitlyn glared at her, "What? They were."
Flash Sentry and Vinyl Scratch walked up, as the boy spoke, "They were pretty awesome." Vinyl Scratch held a thumbs up and Caitlyn growled at the both of them making the two back away.
"Caitlyn, are you okay?" Donnie asked in concern.
"No I'm not!" Caitlyn snapped. "I hate that acapella group!"
"Whoa! Why do you hate that group so much?" Rainbow asked the girl.
"Because they're the acapella group that rejected me!" Caitlyn answered.
"What?!" the group gasped.
"It's true," Zach confirmed.
"They're called The Color Strikes. And don't be fooled by their sweet vocals. They're the worst!" Caitlyn grumbled.
"Yeah, they didn't just reject Caitlyn, they insulted and belittled her too!" Zach put in.
"Oh, goodness," Fluttershy gasped.
"Whoa! That sounds like something we would have done if we were our old selves," Indigo gasped.
"After the way they stole this gig from us, and called us The Rock N Babies, we can believe that!" Half Note scowled.
"Yeah! No offense, but they're worse than you Shadowbolts used to be," Ace told the group.
The Shadowbolts just looked confused, as Sunny spoke, "That might be overstepping it a bit there."
"They can't be that bad?" Sugarcoat said.
"Oh, yes they can! Like I said, those Color Strikes are the worst," Caitlyn assured them.
"Did someone mention our name?" came a voice.
Everyone looked to see the said group was standing behind Caitlyn, "I thought I heard a sick cat," one of the girls motioned to Caitlyn who frowned.
"Well, sweet southern peaches, never thought we'd see you again, Caitlyn," another girl said.
"Feeling's mutual," she replied.
"It's amazing you can even look up from your phone and show your face in public," the first girl continued to ridicule Caitlyn.
"At least I can see my face without all that makeup!" she retorted.
"How dare you!" the girl was ready to confront Caitlyn, until April came between them.
"Easy! So, can we get some introductions here?" the redhead asked.
The girl stood down, "Alright, allow me to introduce ourselves. I'm Lip Sinker, and this is my crew. That's Belle Harmony, the brainiac of our group. Botanica, plant lover. Hot Buns, a baker. Peach Cream, a peach farmer. Phasionor, fashionista. Color Kick, the athlete. And that's Lightning Crash and our DJ Afromia," a bark was heard, as she motioned to a dog, "Oh, and that's Belle's dog Lucky Shot."
Sunset spoke up, "Well, we're the Rainbooms."
"Ah yes! The famous Rainbooms. We heard so much about you," Lip Sinker replied.
"You have?" Sunset asked.
"Yes. Anyone who's anyone knows about you. And from what we heard, we ain't impressed."
"What?" the Rainbooms asked in confusion.
Belle spoke to Twilight, "So you're Twilight Sparkle? I've seen some of your science lectures and chemistry videos, you're a genius."
"Oh, why thank you," Twilight said taking the compliment.
"But I gotta say, as smart as you are, you're also very naïve," Belle sneered.
"Naive?!" Twilight asked in outrage.
"Naive: when a person, male or female, is completely unaware of their surroundings or unable to notice another person's feelings such as sarcasm-" Belle was cut off by Twilight.
"I know what it means! And I am not naive!"
"I beg to differ. I've occasionally seen some of that Rainbow Dash's prank videos about you, and you fall for it every time."
Rainbow Dash couldn't help snickering at that, but quickly stopped when Twilight gave her an annoyed glare, "Just because I've fallen for a few pranks, doesn't mean I'm naive!" Twilight argued.
Belle made a face and pointed to Twilight's blouse, "Um, you've got a little something right there on your shirt," Twilight looked down and the moment she did, Belle Harmony flicked her in the nose, making her yelp, "Tested 100% positive, you're naïve." She and the Color Strikes laughed.
"I can't believe you fell for that old gag!" Lightning laughed.
Fluttershy frowned, "That wasn't very nice tricking Twilight like that!"
"Wow! That's so bold of you to stand up for friend! But it's also ironic, considering the fact that you can be cowardly," Botanica mocked.
"What!" Fluttershy asked in outrage.
"Not only that, but you're like a mouse! Too scared to sing by yourself in front of literally anyone," she began to imitate her, "Eep eep eep, they're all looking at me! Eep eep eep, Stop looking at me! Eep eep eep, make them stop looking at me!" the Color Strikes burst out laughing much to Fluttershy's humiliation.
"Hey! Don't mock Fluttershy like that!" Rainbow ordered.
"That's also very insulting to mice!" Fluttershy added.
Hot Buns turned to Pinkie, "And you're Pinkie Pie?"
"Yeah?" Pinkie asked suspiciously.
"I've seen your baking and I think it's good."
Pinkie smiled, "Oh, thanks."
"Yeah real wonderful... for beginners!" Hot Buns quickly changed her tune, making Pinkie gasp in shock, "Sweets and cupcakes? Get real!"
Pinkie looked hurt followed by being angry and she tried to lunge at Hot Buns but Applejack held her back, "Let me at her, let me at her!"
"Easy, Pinkie. Ain't worth it," Applejack tried to calm her.
Peach Cream spoke to the cowgirl, "And speaking of not worth it, do you actually like those tasteless things you call fruit?"
Applejack hearing that turned to Peach Cream looking very irked, "And just what is that supposed to mean! I hope you're not talking about apples!"
"Actually, I am, sugar. Apples are hard, gross, and full of worms. Now peaches, on the other hand, are soft, sweet, and delicious," Peach Cream sneered.
"Applesauce! My family makes some of the finest dishes like apple pie, apple fritters, apple dumplings, and our signature apple cider!" Applejack protested.
"Maybe, But have you tried my family's peach cobbler? Peach pie? One bite and your family will have bought the farm! Hahaha!"
"What?!" Applejack growled and her face turned red.
Color Kick spoke to Rainbow, "Hey! You stole my look!"
"Uh, I stole your look? You stole mine!" Rainbow accused.
"Oh, please!" Color scoffed. "At least I play better than you in soccer!"
"I'm awesome in soccer! I also play other sports and excel in them!" the Rainboom argued.
"Compared to me, you're inferior!" Color continued to mock Rainbow.
"Are not!"
Rarity blocked Rainbow, "Rainbow Dash! Please! There's no need to be hostile!"
"Ah, Rarity! It's always a pleasure to meet a fellow fashionista like myself, m'dear," Phasionor began.
Rarity hearing the praise answered elegantly, "Ooh, well, it's pleasure to me as well, darling."
"And yet, your fashion line up is merely child's play!" Phasionor quickly turned sour.
Rarity gasped, "CHILD'S PLAY! How dare you!"
"How dare I have a much better line up?" she showed Rarity a line up of her designs on her phone.
Rarity gasped at the sight of them, "Oh, my ribbons and threads! These are gorgeous!" she suddenly gasped upon realizing she was tricked, "You!"
"Case and point, m'dear."
"Well... you... I... uh?" Rarity stumbled to find a comeback.
"Well, don't stop now, you're just getting started," Phasioner smirked smugly.
Lightning Crash spoke to Flash, "You're Flash Sentry, right?"
"Yeah," Flash confirmed feeling he was going to receive a bashing as well.
"You know, your guitar playing is pretty awesome!"
"Thanks. I've practiced," he replied.
"Too bad you let the girl of your dreams get away!" Lightning mocked, "Twilight Sparkle was it? Not only that, but you let her fall for a giant turtle! That's gotta sting!"
Flash Sentry glared at that remark. And not just him, the overhearing Leo glared as well. Sunset had to stop this and spoke to the group of girls, "Listen we don't want to be your enemies."
"Oh, but you already have, Sunset Shimmer," Lip answered.
"How?"
"Oh, I know all about you, Sunset. How you used to rule CHS with an iron fist. Bullying people to worship you. I felt that to be motivating... until you gave it all away!"
"Because power wasn't the answer!" Sunset argued
"Really?" Lip said. "Then that makes you a washup! A has been! Yesterday's news like your petty friends!"
"Why you!" Sunset was ready to lunge at Lip Sinker, only for Karai and Shinigami to block her.
"Sunset, this is what they want!" Karai warned her.
While everyone was talking, Afromia and Vinyl Scratch were both listening to some beats, when they looked at one another and gave their headset to the other and listened to their beats.
Color took notice of Lancer and his friends, "Oh, look who else is here with the rest of the losers! The Rock N Babies!"
"That's Rock N Beats!" Sweetheart retorted, with a frown.
"Aww, are you still salty cause you stole your gig?" Phasionor mocked.
"Yes, yes we are!" Melody frowned.
"Don't feel too bad, I mean, did you actually think those people would have let you play for this big event?" Belle asked sarcastically.
"Well they were. Till you girls stepped in!" Lancer reminded them.
"Well of course, we're older and better talented," Lip said proudly.
"And your just little squirts!" Color put in.
Bright Eyes frowned and came to her friends defense, "For your information, these squirts are very good! But you're so pig headed by your ego to give them a chance!"
"And who are you? Their roadie?" Botanica asked mockingly.
"No, their friend! I'm Bright Eyes!"
"Oh yeah! One of the squirt's girlfriend!" Color motioned to the embarrassed Lancer.
"Am not!" Bright Eyes argued.
"Look this kind of thing needs professional work. Not wannabes," Lip explained snidely.
"Exactly. You guys are just too green for preforming," Lightning put in.
"At least we're not tone deaf or need autotune!" Lancer snapped.
The Color Strikes gasped and the Rock N Beats laughed, "Sickest of burns, Lance!" Ace commended as the two fist bumped.
Rainbow turned to the Color Strikes, "And FYI, we've heard them play and they're awesome!"
"Yeah! If the Rainbooms say their good, then they're good!" Lemon vouched.
"And also Bright Eyes had a valid point about labeling them incompetent before actually listening to their music," Sugarcoat put in.
"Ah, the infamous Shadowbolts. Oh how the mighty have fallen!" Belle turned the mocking over to them.
The Shadowbolts did a double take, before they glared, "What do you mean by that!" Indigo demanded.
"You used to be one of the most competitive schools, especially at The Friendship Games!" Botanica reminded them.
"You were unbeatable! You even beat our school!" Color added.
"Then you did a music video with your sworn enemy. Why?" Lip asked.
"Because we learned winning isn't everything," Sunny answered.
Belle scoffed, "Just the kind of thing you'd hear a weakling say."
"That's it!" Sour snapped, and wanted to attack, only for Leo to jump in.
"That's enough!" he announced to everyone present.
The Color Strikes gasped at the sight of the turtles before showing amusement on their faces, "Well Well Well the famous ninja turtles." Lip began.
Leo gasped, "You know us?"
"Yeah, we were in the crowds when you defeated that giant diva at the mall," Hot Buns recalled the Mirror Montage incident.
"We secretly watched you fight some girl covered in stone," Phasioner said reminding them of Stonewall Bloomer.
"More recently, we saw you fight some Dragon guy," Peach Cream finished reminding them of Kavaxas. "From a safe distance."
"Which leads me to wonder why the Rainbooms would be friends with mutants?" Lip questioned.
"What?!" the Rainbooms gasped at her question.
"Cause we're awesome ninjas, why wouldn't they?" Mikey asked.
"And more importantly, we all have a lot in common," Fluttershy put in.
"Especially me and Mikey!" Pinkie added.
"Each of us are different not just by appearance," Leo began.
"But with our own personalities, talent, and things we do together!" Donnie added.
"And that's what makes our friendship special and unique!" Sunset finished.
"Wow! That was really touching. So I guess that would make all of you..." Lip began, as she and her clique sang together.
"LAME!" they all laughed while the Turtles and Rainbooms glared.
Belle noticed Ice Cream Kitty and Chompy before speaking to Raph and Mikey, "Are you boys really going to enter those... monstrosities in the pet show?" the two pets growled and hissed.
"That's Chompy Picasso to you!" Raph snapped.
"And Ice Cream Kitty! And you know it!" Mikey put in.
Belle continued, "Yeah, I don't wanna brag, but I will anyway, Lucky Shot here has won every pet show for last five years!" She showed them all pictures on her phone of Lucky sitting in first place in every pet show. Then she pointed at the mutant cat and alien turtle, "Those things won't stand a chance" she looked to Spike, "And I doubt that little runt will even get a participation ribbon!" Spike growled from the insult, "Now, if you'll excuse us, I need to got sign Lucky up."
"Good luck, lame-Os!" Color mocked.
"You're gonna need it!" Lightning finished, as they Color Strikes walked off laughing rudely.
As they left, Lucky Shot blew a raspberry at Spike before he scampered off with the group.
Raph spoke to Caitlyn, "Wow! They are as bad as you said, Caitlyn!"
"Told you," Caitlyn frowned.
"No wonder you never wanted to sing anymore," April realized.
"They make Cinch look nice," Sour noted.
"They are just so mean!" Fluttershy crossed her arms.
"I hope they learn their lesson and be more friendly," Mikey hoped.
"No," Caitlyn answered, "There's no way those girls can change for the better. Not after all they said to me and so many others before that."
"Why don't we just forget about them and just try to enjoy the pet show?" Donnie suggested.
"I'm in," Sweetheart agreed.
"Me too," Lancer put in.
Caitlyn sighed knowing not to get worked up, "Yeah."
Mikey, Raph, and Twilight looked to one another and nodded, "We'll catch up with you guys later," Raph said.
"Just gotta go do something before the show starts," Mikey added.
Soon the three walked up to sign up desk, pushing past Belle Harmony as they did so, " I'd like to add Spike into more categories," Twilight suggested.
"Same with Chompy," Raph put in.
"And Ice cream Kitty please," Mikey finished.
"Ok. So which other categories will you be entering them in?" the girl at the desk asked.
"All of them," the three answered taking the Color Strike's by surprise, as well as the girl at the desk.
"Wow, we've never had that before," the girl gasped.
"Um, just what are you guys doing?" Belle asked.
"Showing you that our pets are just as good as yours. Especially after you insulted them!" Mikey replied.
"It's one thing to insult me, but no one insults Chompy!" Raph put in.
"And that goes for Spike!" Twilight finished.
Belle smirked, "I admire your determination, but you three should know when you're getting in way over your heads."
Raph smirked back, "You know, Belle, if we didn't know better, we'd say you're afraid that Lucky's gonna lose to our 'monstrosities'!" Ice Cream Kitty snickered.
"Or this little runt," Spike added.
Belle taking that challenge answered, "Oh this is gonna be interesting. Enjoy making fools of yourselves."
"Funny. I was gonna say the same thing to you," Raph replied.
"Ooh, burn," Mikey smirked, as he and Raph high fived.
Belle not wanting to be one upped decided it was personal, "Enter Lucky in all the categories!"
"Okay. You're all set," the girl answered.
Belle got into the three's faces, " You and your pets are going down."
"We'll see about that." Twilight replied, as Spike and Lucky just growled at each other.
Later on Fugitoid walked out and spoke into a mic, "Ladies and Gentlemen! It is time for the Canterlot pet show to begin! Before we begin, let's meet this years judges! First, we have novelist and gamer Wild Card! Here we have local artist Bozzer Kazzoers! And finally from the Canterlot library Miss Rena!"
Everyone applauded as the judges take their seats.
Wild Card spoke up to the audience, "Now, before we get the show underway, let's give a big hand to our opening act, The Color Strikes!"
The audience clapped and cheered while the said group took a bow. The Turtles, Rainbooms, and the friends and allies glared.
"And speaking of the Color Strikes, one of their members, Belle Harmony has entered her dog Lucky Shot in the show," Bozzer continued.
Rena nodded, "Indeed, Bozzie. And from what we've heard, Lucky Shot will be competing in all the contests: the athletic, most talented, and best in show!"
Bozzer nodded, "Indeed, but he's not the only pet competing in all the categories. We've also got Twilight Sparkle and her dog Spike, as well as two of the ninja turtles with their pets, Chompy Picasso and Ice Cream Kitty."
"Huh?" the other Turtles and Rainbooms asked in confusion.
"Doesn't surprise us one bit," Sugarcoat said.
"How come?" Casey asked.
"One time in a competition Before the Friendship Games, Indigo entered all the categories," Sour explained.
"Yeah. I won all of them! Though the last one got my ankle sprained," Indigo confirmed.
"And Cinch blamed the people behind the games," Sunny added.
"Ooh," Keno cringed.
"Why do I get the feeling this is gonna get messy?" April feared.
"I share your worry," Blade put in.
"It would still be nice to see the guys put those girls in their place," Caitlyn said.
"And how," Melody agreed.
Wild spoke up to the audience, "For our first event: The Athletic category! Each trainer must navigate his or her pet through the obstacle course in under 10 minutes."
"First up is Pinkie Pie and Gummy! And there's the signal, and there off!" Rena announced.
Pinkie Pie tossed Gummy and the stuffed alligator moved through the tunnels and hoops, over levers, ramps, and around some cones before stopping at the finish line.
Zach looked in disbelief, "How?"
"It's Pinkie. Best not to ask," Sunset replied.
Wild raised his brows, before speaking, "That was...interesting. Anyway, next up is Harmony and Lucky Shot!"
Belle spoke to her dog, "Okay, Lucky, let's show them why you're the champion."
"And there's the signal!" Rena called.
Lucky raced through each of the obstacles and was at the end in five minutes flat! Much to the shock of all the Turtles and Rainbooms. The Color Strikes on the other hand just high-fived and fist bumped.
"Amazing!" Bozzer cheered, "That was the fastest time we've seen so far!"
"You said it!" Rena agreed, "Lucky's timing puts him in the lead!"
Belle grinned, as she and Lucky pasted the annoyed Twilight and Turtle brothers, "Try and top that." Lucky strutted past Spike giving him a smug smirk, making Spike growl.
"Next is Twilight Sparkle and her dog, Spike!" Wild announced.
"You got this, Spike," Twilight told him with confidence.
"I sure do," Spike confirmed.
"And there's the signal!" Rena called.
Spike started great at first before suddenly he slipped on one of the ramps, fumbled, and crashed through the course and everyone gasped, "Ooo! That's gonna cost him," Bozzer groaned.
The Color Strikes just laugh as Twilight picked up Spike in remorse.
"Next we have Raphael and Chompy!" Wild announced.
Rena took notice of the baby alien turtle, "Aw! And he's a cute little fella."
"Go for it, Chompy!" Raph encouraged him.
"Go Chompster!" Rainbow cheered for her little buddy.
"And there's the signal!" Rena announced.
Chompy went through the course only slowly but surely, "Not bad, but pretty slow there." Bozzer noted.
"And in this case, slow and steady lost this race!" Belle sneered at Raph who grumbled.
"Now we have Flash Sentry and his Boston Terrier, Banana!" Bozzer called.
Banana ran through the course with ease, that is, until he got distracted by a spectator with a banana, and ran off course, "No, Banana, wait!" Flash tried to get his dog's attention, but it was no use.
"Oh, no! Banana's running completely off course!" Rena called, "That's an instant disqualification right there."
As the Color Strikes laughed, Flash looked down, until Sunset put a hand to his shoulder, "Don't let it get to you, Flash. What matters is that you tried."
Flash smiled with renewed faith, "Thanks, Sunset."
"Next up is Michelangelo and his cat, Ice Cream Kitty," Rena spoke up.
"Just like we practiced, girl," Mikey told the mutant cat.
"And here's the signal!" Bozzer declared.
No sooner after that, then Ice Cream Kitty wowed everyone by using ninja moves through the course before she reached the finish line.
"Amazing!" Wild cheered, "That display ties Ice Cream Kitty with Lucky Shot!" Needless to say Belle and Lucky were shocked.
"Yeah, girl!" Mikey cheered.
"Next we have Rainbow Dash and her tortoise Tank," Wild introduced.
Rainbow Dash rolled Tank up to the starting line on a skateboard, "You've got this, Tank!"
Then she gave him a helpful push and Tank steered the skateboard through the whole course and finished in record time. Now it was the Color Strikes turn to be shocked.
"Wow! I'd say Tank won that event hands down!" Bozzer cheered.
"Wait!" Belle spoke up, "I protest! Rainbow Dash cheated! She had Tank on a skateboard, because he was clearly too slow to run the course!"
"That is true," Rena admitted, but answered on, "But there's nothing in the rules that says how the pet has to run the course. So Tank wins the event."
"Yeah!" Rainbow cheered.
Belle wasn't finished yet, "Well, I would also like to point out that Gummy isn't even real!" she accused.
"How dare you!" Pinkie frowned.
Fugitoid poked Gummy seeing he was just a plush toy, "Oh, dear. I'm afraid she's right." his eyes turned into a worried look.
Wild spoke up with reluctance, "Then, despite how Gummy got through the course without nobody seeing Pinkie carry him, Gummy is disqualified."
Pinkie looked sad, as her hair deflated, until Rena continued, "But he will get a participation ribbon, Ms Pie." Pinkie smiled again as her hair returned to normal.
Belle just looked in disbelief, "You're joking right?"
"Well, how do you explain Gummy getting through the course without Pinkie touching him?" Bozzer challenged her.
"Uuuuh?" Belle tried to find an excuse but blanked on it.
Wild nodded, "That's what we thought. Now it's time for our next event: The Talent competition! First up is Billy and his crab."
Billy placed his crab on then stage and stood off to the side. Then he began tossing small balls at the crustacean and he started juggling. Then he threw the balls into the air and shot out a small jet of water from his mouth and balanced the balls on top of it.
"Well, that was certainly a unique performance," Rena admitted, "Next up is Bulk Biceps and his dog."
Bulk's dog did a balance act by balancing a ball on her nose. Then ended by throwing the ball up and catching it with her mouth.
"Now we have Trixie and her guinea pig," Bozzer called.
Trixie's guinea pig was dressed in tiny top hat and cape and held out a tiny wand. Then it removed it's hat and tapped the wand on the brim before tons of tiny fireworks came shooting out. When they exploded two pictures appeared, one was Trixie, the other was Blade Swipe. Then another firework created a heart shape around them.
"Well, it looks like Trixie was trying to impress more than just us!" Rena smirked as the judges eyed someone in the audience.
In the audience, Blade Swipe groaned and covered his face in annoyance. Sugarcoat blinked, and asked, "Are we missing something?"
"Does Trixie have the hots for you, Blade?" Sour asked the mutant pony turned human.
"Something like that," he replied, still feeling embarrassed.
"You, hound," Lemon nudged his shoulder.
"Please don't tease me," he said trying to hide in the audience.
"Next we have Raph and Chompy," Rena called out.
Chompy was performing another juggling act with small rings, only when he threw them in the air, he belched fire all over them and spun them around on his arms before tossing them skillfully into a bowl of water.
"Wow!" Wild gasped, "Although another juggling act, I have to say it was pretty impressive. Our next performance is a double feature, as both Spike and Ice Cream Kitty will being doing a performance together."
Spike was dressed in a black sleeveless shirt, sneakers, a backwards turned hat and shades, while Ice Cream Kitty had on shades and a backwards turned hat of her own. She also carried a microphone. Then Twilight and Mikey nodded to Vinyl Scratch who started to play a beat. Then Ice Cream Kitty started to meow rap as Spike did a hip hop dance. When they were done, the audience cheered.
"Well now, that's gonna be a pretty tough act to beat!" Rena voiced her excitement, "Last up is Lucky Shot! Let's see what he's got."
All the Color Strikes stood together on the stage and started harmonizing as Afromia played an epic beat.
(RAIN ON ME cover by Acapop Kids)
Then Lucky began to dance. Not only that, he also juggled and did some amazing acrobatics. When he was finished, the audience, the Ninjas, but most of all Twilight, Raph, Mikey, Ice Cream Kitty, and Spike were blown away. Spike was so shocked that his shades fell off.
"That was best performance we've ever seen!" Bozzer declared, "Lucky Shot wins the Talent Competition!"
"Oh, no!" Caitlyn gasped.
Bright Eyes sighed, "And I really liked Spike and Ice Cream Kitty's performance."
"Yes!" Belle cheered.
Soon Fugitoid spoke up, "Ladies and Gentlemen, it is time for our third and final event: Best in show!"
Bozzer continued, "We will be giving our contestants a moment to prep their pets."
In the backstage area, Twilight and the Turtle brothers were getting their pets ready along with the rest of the finalists. Raph was shining Chompy's shell, Twilight was tying a big bow to Spike's collar, and Mikey was pouring whipped cream on top of Ice Cream Kitty's head and even added the cherry on top.
Just then the others walked in, "Hey, guys, are you okay?" Sunset asked.
"Oh, I'm fine, never better! Totally not freaking out over the fact that we might loose!" Twilight began Twilighting.
"Talk about being threatened by competition," Indigo said.
Twilight sighed, "Maybe entering all the categories was mistake."
"Are you kidding?" Mikey asked, "Did you see how we wowed the judges with our rap and dance?"
"Only to have Lucky Shot blows us all completely out of the water!" Twilight reminded him.
Leo approached, "Twilight, was this really about winning?"
"It wasn't, until they showed up," Twilight answered.
Sour spoke to her, "You shouldn't let them push you around. Not like we did in the Friendship Games."
"You guys should be having fun," Sunset told them.
"I am," Mikey answered.
"And I'll have more fun watching those girls looks of shock when one of us wins the gold," Raph put in, as Chompy looked ready.
"And that Lucky Shot is going down!" Spike declared.
Just then, they all heard laughing and turned to see the Color Strikes by the table across from them.
"Sorry to disappoint you. But you three won't stand a chance against my Lucky!" Belle told them.
" I wouldn't be so coy if I were you," April warned her.
"Well, you're not us," Phasionor replied, "Which is a real shame on your part."
"Or have you forgotten how that little runt fumbled in the athletic category?" Hot Buns reminded her, while Spike growled.
"And have you forgotten that Lucky lost to Tank in the same contest?" Rainbow countered.
"Yeah, right after the pink one's little toy got disqualified," Color countered.
"Don't you talk about Gummy like that!" Pinkie cried.
"It doesn't matter what happened. You snobs are still going down." Raph warned them.
"Oh, no! We're so scared! Not!" Botanica answered.
"Because we have a secret weapon up our sleeves!" Belle added.
"What kind of secret weapon?" Sunset Shimmer asked suspiciously.
" A secret weapon call... None Of Your Bee's Wax!" Lip answered.
A loud bell rang off, as Lightning spoke, "There's the bell. You guys better get out there. Assuming that your dog doesn't run off to chase a banana again, Flash!" Flash frowned at their mocking.
And so the groups left to rejoin the audience, while Belle reached under her table and held up a large glass jar, "Those wannabe pets won't know what hit them!" Belle said, as she stared at all the Equestrian Magic wisps floating around inside it.
Fugitoid announced, "Welcome once again to the annual pet show! Our judges will take a moment to observe each pet."
All the pets stood lined up on the stage as Wildcard, Bozzerkazooers, and Rena overlooked each of them. They stopped by Micro Chips and his robot JVJ-24601.
Bozzer looked at his reflection in the robot's shiny coat, "Well, hello, gorgeous! And more gorgeous," he said looking at Rena's reflection, as said girl blushed.
Wild spoke up, "Well, Although not an animal, JVJ-24601's coat certainly is stunning!"
They moved onto Bulk's dog, "Aww! Whata cutie!" Rena rubbed the dogs head.
Then they moved on to Flash Sentry and Banana. But while the Turtles and the others were watching, Caitlyn noticed that Lightning Crash was sneaking around while carrying what looked like a jar. He met up with Lip Sinker and the two hurried backstage. Not only that, but she also noticed that Color Kick and Peach Cream were peeking out from one side of the stage as if they were waiting for something and Belle Harmony winked at them.
Caitlyn squinted and spoke to herself, "What are you guys up to?" Seeing no one else was looking, she slipped away from the group to investigate.
The judges move to Spike who was posing like a hero dog, "What a dynamic posture." Wild commended.
"And a lovely coat as well." Rena put in.
They then move to Chompy as he chortled and marched around, "Aw! You're so adorable!" Rena cooed.
"And energetic," Bozzer noted.
They moved to Ice Cream Kitty who licked Wildcard on the nose, "That is so sweet," Rena gushed.
"I'll say," Wild agreed, as he cleaned the bit of ice cream off his nose.
"And finally, Lucky Shot," Bozzer said as they came to said dog.
"He's got a nice posture," Wild inspected.
"Perfectly groomed coat," Rena put in.
"And with an added perfume scent," Bozzer finished.
As the judges observed Lucky Shot, Belle Harmony looked up with a grin. Up on the catwalk, the other girls were gazing down at all the contestants.
"You remember the plan, right?" Lip asked Lightning Crash, "When Belle Harmony gives the signal, you dump that Equestrian Magic all over the pets and hopefully that should take care of the competition!"
Suddenly the heard a yelp and struggle.
"Guys, we've got a spy!" Botanica called, as she and Phasionor were trying to restrain Caitlyn.
"Oh, look who it is! Ms Sings Like A Sick Cat! What are you doing here?" Lip crossed her arms.
"A better question would be, what are you doing with all that Equestrian Magic?!" Caitlyn demanded, "Where'd you even get that in the first place?"
"We were fortunate to see this magic flittering about around town. Enamored by it and overhearing so many times of the Rainbooms trying to contain and subdue it inspired us to catch it and save it for a rainy day. In a manner of speaking," Lip answered.
"And since there's obviously nothing you can do about it, we'll tell you," Peach Cream answered, as Color Kick continued.
"This is our secret weapon to help Lucky win."
"We're gonna dump it all over the other pets and see what happens," Lightning added.
Caitlyn couldn't believe this, "You mean you're going to cheat!"
"Well why not, M'dear? We've done it beforehand," Phasionor admitted.
"Wait, you did what?"
Lip nodded, "It's true, you see... When Lucky ran the obstacle course, he also poured a puddle of grease on one of the ramps, thanks to a little invention Belle Harmony made that was hidden in Lucky's collar, so that little runt Spike would slip and crash!"
"Also that spectator who caused Banana to run off course was actually me," Lightning confessed.
"And we never got caught!" Hot Buns laughed.
Caitlyn frowned, "You dirty cheats!"
"What are you gonna do about it? Who's gonna believe you? Your gullible friends?" Color smirked.
"What should we do with the sneak?" Phasioner asked the group.
"Well, she just earned a front grow seat to our victory and her friends' humiliation!" Lip answered.
"No!" Caitlyn cried as she struggled to get close to stop her.
"Yell all you want, there's nothing you can do about it!" Botanica answered, as the group were so sure they would have the last laugh.
However, they were taken by surprise when Caitlyn growled and stomped on Botanica's foot. The girl yelped and let go of her arm and Caitlyn punched Phasionor in the gut, making her let go, before she grabbed the fashionista by the robe and swung her into Botanica, knocking them both down. Then she charged at Lip Sinker and rammed her with enough force to knock her into Lightning Crash, knocking them both down.
Unfortunately, that also caused the boy to drop the jar over the catwalk.
"No!" Caityln and Lip cried.
The jar landed on the stage and smashed open, releasing all the wisps of Equestrian Magic. And surprising the judges and the contestants.
"What in the world?!" Wild gasped.
Then before anyone could react, all the wisps fazed right into Lucky Shot, "Lucky!" Belle cried.
"What's going on?" Twilight asked in confusion.
"Twilight!" came Caitlyn's voice, as Twilight saw her friend calling down to her form the catwalk, "It's Equestrian Magic!"
"Oh, no!" Twilight gasped.
Suddenly, Lucky Shot's eyes glowed bright yellow and the green dog began to grow. He grew bigger and bigger, his claws and teeth grew sharper, and his growl became bigger and deeper.
"This was definitely not part of the show!" Rena gasped nervously.
"Holy Chalupa!" Mikey called, "Lucky Shot's turned into... into... Wolfatizer 2!"
And with that, Wolfatizer 2 let out a blood curdling howl. Then growling, he knocked the judges off the stage and leap out at the audience, who screamed and ran away in a panic.
"That's an instant disqualification!" Bozzer shouted, but no one seemed to care given the situation.
The gang hurried to Twilight, Raph, and Mikey, "What happened?" Leo asked them.
"The Color Strikes used Equestria Magic! I tried to stop them, but it hit Lucky," Caitlyn explained.
"Now he's Wolfatizer 2!" Mikey said dramatically.
Raph just gave him a dry look, "Really?" Mikey shrugged.
Leo started giving orders, "We need to stop him before he hurts anyone! Fluttershy, you, Lemon Zest, and Sugarcoat help the judges to safety. Lancer, you and your friends help the crowd to safety. Everyone else we stop Lucky!"
Twilight turned to Bright Eyes with some orders of her own, "Bright Eyes! I need you to get to my bag backstage and get the Tracker."
"On it," Bright Eyes confirmed, as Blade spoke to her in worry.
"Bright Eyes. Be careful."
Bright Eyes nodded, "You too." and they all split up.
As Wolfatizer 2 was tearing apart the pet show, he heard Raph shout to him, "Hey, Lucky!" the dog whipped around and saw the Turtles, Allies, Rainbooms, and Shadowbolts standing ready with their weapons ready.
"Here, boy!" Mikey beckoned him.
Wolfatizer 2 growled and charged at them swinging his claws. The ninjas dodged and scattered. Lucky went after Donnie, Sunny Flare, Rarity, and April as they dodged his attacks.
"Let's try not to hurt him!" Donnie warned the girls.
Wolfatizer 2 managed to knock them off their feet and onto the snack table, "Tell that to him!" Sunny groaned.
After making sure the judges and audience members were safe, Fluttershy, Sugarcoat, and Lemon Zest drew their weapons. Fluttershy turned to Lancer and his friends, "You guys get to safety!" She and the girls rushed to help the others.
The Rock N Beats hid behind the open door ways to watch the fight, "So cool!" Melody gasped.
"Yeah!" Lancer and Half Note cheered.
"They really are good," Sweetheart watched amazed.
"Yeah they are. But I bet I can do better," Ace boated, only for the others to give him dry looks.
The ninjas fought Wolfatizer 2, with the giant dog swinging and repelling some of them while missing some of the others. But they kept coming back no matter how many times he swatted them away. Then Lemon Zest had an idea.
"Guys, drive Lucky to the stage! I've got an idea!"
Soon they started pushing Wolfatizer 2 onto the stage. Then Lemon Zest flipped over to some switches and pulled one and a trap door opened up behind the dog. Catching on, Raph jumped up and landed a kick that caused Wolfitizer 2 to lose balance and fall in. Then Lemon quickly closed the door.
"That got him," Raph said. Unfortunately after what Raph said, Wolfatizer 2 burst through the floor roaring, "Like I said-" before he could finish his sentence, Wolfatizer 2 swatted him, sending him crashing into the bleachers, "Bad dog!"
"Yo, Lucky, fetch!" Casey launched his exploding hockey pucks at the monster dog, distorting him, "Yeah!"
But that just made Wolfatizer 2 angrier. Then he tackled Casey to the ground and tried to bite him. Casey quickly blocked the dog's snapping teeth with his hockey sticks, "Little help here!" he called. Applejack ran in and tackled the dog magical dog beast and helped Casey up, "Thanks."
"No problem," Applejack replied.
Wolfatizer 2 recoiled and was about to attack when Belle called to him, "Lucky! Lucky, stop!" the dog looked at her and growled before approaching her, "Lucky, it's me!" Belle pleaded.
Wolfatizer 2 suddenly eased up a bit, as Belle got close to him. But as she tried to lay a hand on him, something in the beast snapped and he became feral again, and resumed attacking.
"No!" Belle cried, watching her dog tear the gym apart. Then Lip Sinker grabbed her and pulled her underneath a table where the rest of the Color Strikes were hiding.
"Where's Bright Eyes with that magic tracker!" Raph asked, as he and his bros tried to contain Wolfatizer 2.
Just then, Bright Eyes came running while waving the tracker, "I've got it! Right here!" Wolfatizer 2 hearing a new voice looked at her and growled, "Oh no!" she took off running with Wolfatizer 2 right behind her. But then she tripped and fell on the ground. She looked up and screamed as Wolfatizer 2 raised his claws.
Then suddenly, something rushed past and grabbed Bright Eyes. It was who else but Lancer on his skates, "I gotcha, Bright Eyes!" he told her.
"Awesome save, Lancer!" Rainbow cheered.
The Turtles all tackled and held on to Wolfatizer 2. Then the monster dog started rolling around, knocking into to stuff, trying to shake them off.
"Agh my shoulder! My spleen!" Mikey groaned, as he kept hitting stuff.
As they were rolling around, Lancer skated by Twilight and Bright Eyes tossed her the magic tracker, "Someone, get him restrained!" Twilight called to her friends.
Wolfatizer 2 stood up and finally threw the Turtles off him. But then Karai jumped on his back and wrapped her snake arms around him. But before Twilight could open the tracker to absorb the magic, Wolfatizer 2 broke free, grabbed Karai, and threw her to Twilight, making her drop the tracker, and sending them both crashing into and knocking over the table the Color Strikes were hiding under.
"Um, hi?" Hot Buns waved nervously.
Raph growled before turning to the Color Strikes, "This is all you girls' fault!"
"Did you ever stop to think that Equestrian Magic was dangerous?" Twilight chided them.
"Don't you think it was your friend's fault?" Lip tried pinning the blame on Caitlyn who responded.
"I was trying to stop you!"
"Well, you failed miserably!" Phasionor argued, until Sugarcoat snapped.
"Shifting the blame on one another is irrelevant!"
"If we're going to get the magic out, we need to get Lucky to calm down first!" Fluttershy explained.
"Well, I almost seemed to get through to him." Belle admitted.
"We have find some way to calm Lucky down! Is there something that'll work?" April asked.
"The only other thing that calms him down is music! But both Afromia's and DJ Pon- 3's turntables got broken in the fight." Belle explained, as the two Djs held up their broken players.
"And we didn't bring our instruments." Sunset sighed.
"Well we better think of something fast!" Applejack said frantically.
"Lucky's ready for round two!" Rainbow Dash pointed as Wolfatizer 2 charged at them and they once again scattered.
What none of them knew was that Bright Eyes and the Rock N Beats had over heard. They looked over by the band area. Miraculously, their instruments remained undamaged. Then the kids all nodded to each other.
Wolfatizer 2 closed in on the Turtles, Allies, Rainbooms, Shadowbolts, and Color Strikes. While the Ninjas were ready to defend themselves when suddenly...
"Ladies, Gentlemen, and giant monster dogs!" Everyone looked over to see Bright Eyes speaking through a microphone, "May I present to you, for your calming pleasure: The Rock N Beats!"
Half Note tapped her foot, "Five-Six-Seven-Eight!"
(Make Some Noise" from Kidz Bop)
"Whoa!" Lemon said, in amazement. "They are awesome!"
As the Rock N Beats played, Wolfatizer 2 smiled and started to dance. The pet show judges, contestants, and all the audience members came out and watched them play. When the song ended, everyone cheered while Twilight Sparkle seized her chance and used the tracker to absorb the magic out of Wolfatizer 2, turning him back into Lucky Shot.
"Lucky!" Belle ran over and scooped up her dog into a hug, "Are you ok?"
Lucky groaned, "Yeah, I think so."
"Oh, that's-" both of them did a double take, and screamed, "You just talked!"
"I just talked!" Lucky was just as shocked.
"Uh? What's going on?" Color asked in confusion.
"How is Lucky able to talk now?" Lip asked.
Twilight explained, "All the Equestrian Magic must have given Lucky the ability to speak, just like it did with Spike! Fascinating!"
"No kidding," Donnie agreed.
They all looked around at the damage done to the gymnasium, "Oh, no! The Pet Show is ruined!" Fluttershy despaired, until Sunny laid a hand on her shoulder.
"Don't worry, Fluttershy."
"I think we know a nice group of people who'd be more than happy to clean up the mess they caused!" Sour answered, as all eyes fell upon the Color Strikes.
"We're not cleaning anything up!" Botanica refused.
"Besides, you don't even have any proof that it was us!" Lightning challenged them.
"Oh, no..." Caitlyn asked smugly, before turning to Fugitoid, "May I?"
"You may," he answered.
Caitlyn hooked a cord to her phone and Fugitoid as the cyborg protected a video. In the video, Zach waved at the camera then held a finger to his lips as he slipped off screen to reveal he had recorded the Color Strikes telling Caitlyn their whole plan from earlier.
Phasionor in the video spoke to Caitlyn, "Well why not, M'dear? We've done it beforehand!"
After hearing the part about sabotaging the course, Rena investigated the ramp Spike had slipped on and discovered the grease.
Spike frowned, "I knew I couldn't be that clumsy!" Twilight patted his head to calm him.
"Also that spectator who caused Banana to run off course was actually me!" Lightning in the video confessed.
Flash glared at Lightning, "That was you?!" And Banana growled, while Lightning Crash could only grin nervously.
Lip was shocked and confused, "What?! How?!"
Caitlyn loving the look on their faces, answered, "Did you think I was stupid enough to confront you guys alone?"
As everyone glared at the Color Strikes, Lucky spoke to them nervously, "We're all in big trouble now aren't we?"
"Yep..." they agreed.
Later on, after everything was cleaned up and rebuilt, Applejack spoke to the audience, "Giddyup! What a show! So many surprises and one too many jugglin' acts, if you ask me. And now for the victory lap! Here comes our participation winners!"
The crowd cheered as Trixie, Billy, Bulk, Flash, and Pinkie walked by with their pets. Soon they were followed by Twilight and Spike and a disguised Mikey and Raph, (cause the girls were livestreaming the victory lap), with Ice Cream Kitty and Chompy. Then trailing behind them was a frowning Belle Harmony and Lucky Shot. Despite being disqualified from the show all together, the judges had given Lucky a participation ribbon, much to the Color Strikes' ire.
"I have such a hard time reading that Gummy. He's a pet of mystery," Fluttershy admitted.
"Next up, our third place partners: Micro Chips and JVJ-24601. Uh..." A.J spoke quietly to Fluttershy, "Hey, Fluttershy, does a robot count as a pet?" JVJ's happy toast head popped out and a sad one popped up. Applejack quickly spoke up, "Uh, I mean, over to you, Fluttershy!"
"Thank you, Applejack! JVJ-24601 really wowed the judges with their super shiny coat."
"Our second place team sure knows how to put a game face on durin' a tough competition!" Applejack continued.
"Couldn't agree more, Applejack! And Tank kept his focus, despite the distraction of being totally in love. Bravo, Tank!" Fluttershy cheered
Tank gazed up lovingly at Bulk Biceps' dog, who waved at him. Rainbow Dash was shocked while Bulk was overjoyed for his pet.
"Huh. You sure do have the inside scoop, Fluttershy," Applejack admitted.
"Well, Tank is a very talkative tortoise," Fluttershy admitted, as the turtles chuckled to themselves.
"And our big winners! I dunno about you, Fluttershy, but I can't think of a more deservin' duo!" Applejack said.
Apple Bloom stood by with Winona, while the real winners, Mr. Cranky and his basset hound Fluffersnuff walked in.
"Yes, despite being in a horribly cranky mood during the personality round, Fluffersnuff really turned on the charm for the win!" Fluttershy declared, as Fluffersnuff smiled a tiny bit as the judges gave him the ribbon, "You guys did great!"
The crowd cheered while Fluffersnuff reached over a grabbed JVJ's sad toast head and started chewing on it. Then JVJ'S happy toast head popped back up.
Afterward the Color Strikes and Lucky stood opposite of the ninjas and their friends, with Lip having something to say, "Well, you guys sure pulled one over on us all right. But just wait till next year!"
"Actually, I don't think there's going to be a next year for me for a long-long time," Lucky spoke up, much to the Color Strike's shock.
"What?" Belle asked.
"After what happened today, I'm taking a long hiatus from all this competing," the dog continued.
"Lucky, how can you say that?" Belle asked in shock.
"After what your friends did to me, I don't feel like competing for a long time."
"But that was an accident." Lip tried to reason.
"So what?" Lucky asked rhetorically, "You saw what I did under the influence of that magic. If you actually sprinkled that on the other pets they could've done a lot worse than what I did alone! And I don't want that on any pet. And what if people got hurt badly? That'd be on me. And I don't wanna have that on my conscience."
"Lucky..." Belle gasped.
"Belle, I love you, and while I'm your pet I also have a say in this. And I choose to not participate in anything for awhile," Lucky told his owner.
"But..."
"Now if you don't mind, I'd like to go home and take a very long nap," he turned and took a few steps before looking back at Spike, Chompy, and Ice Cream Kitty before giving them a nod of approval. The three pets smiled and nodded back.
As Lucky walked on, the Color Strikes were still in shock, as Caitlyn spoke to the group, "Your dog's a lot wiser than any of you, that's for sure."
"You could learn something from him," Sour put in.
The Color Strikes having no way of arguing or making snide remarks just left with Lucky. The ninjas sighed with relief that it was all over.
"Well, this was something, wasn't it?" Shini asked.
"You can say that again," Sunny agreed.
"I don't know I think today went very well, all things considered, at least," Caitlyn replied.
"Well, I'll say one thing, I'm hungry." Mikey said.
"Me too!" Pinkie added.
"I think we all deserve a victory meal, don't you?" Rainbow asked everyone.
"You know it," Lemon agreed.
"So let's go celebrate!" Zach cheered, as they all headed out.
Caitlyn stopped and took one last look at the direction the Color Strikes left, and smiled to herself before saying, "Booyakasha." And with that she followed her friends.