Chapter 1
Fun Time Rush were relaxing on their chairs in the pool area of the Canterlot Community Center reading each of their favorite magazines. Beryl read a martial arts magazine, Cloudburst read a hockey magazine, Mind Tempo read a doctor’s magazine, and Diamond read a celebrity magazine.
“Hey, do you guys want to know Hoity Toity's secret to perfect toast?” Diamond asked.
His friends responded, “No.”
Diamond quipped, “It's all in this month's Canterlot Beat Magazine.”
Cloudburst grabs Diamond’s magazine and looks at the face on the front cover. “What I want to know is... we've been in Canterlot City for a while now. When are we gonna meet some totally cool and hot celebrity, like Sapphire Shores?” He showed them a picture of Sapphire Shores on the front cover.
Then, as if by magic, a gorgeous-looking woman with blue hair looked at the boys and said, “Excuse me. I'm looking for Mr. Rock.”
The boys gather around to look at the cover, holding up to her face then removing it to reveal it's actually her. The real Sapphire Shores.
Ah, ah, ah-ah, oh!
Diamond said, “That's you!”
Fun Time Rush were all tongue-tied and ecstatic to see a famous celebrity in person for the first time, completely shocked that it's actually Sapphire Shores.
[Cloudburst]
Make it count
Play it straight
Don’t hold back
Don’t hesitate
[Diamond Glow]
When you go Fun Time
[Diamond Glow]
Whatcha want
Whatcha feel
Never quitting
Make it real
[Cloudburst]
When you roll Fun Time
[Everyone]
Oh woah!
[Everyone]
Hey! Oh! Hey! Oh!
[Cloudburst]
Listen to your heart now
[Everyone]
Hey! Oh! Hey! Oh!
[Diamond Glow]
Don’t you feel the rush?
[Everyone]
Oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh!
Go and shake it up!
Whatcha gotta lose?
Go and make your luck with the life you choose.
If you want it all,
Lay it on the line.
It's the only life ya got,
So ya gotta have a Fun Time!
Back inside, Quibble Pants greeted the celebrity, “Ahhh, Miss Shores, back for a two star service?”
Sapphire answered, “Actually, I'm here for the famous good luck. Whenever I throw a penny into the Canterlot wishing well, my songs have always become hits.”
“Ah, that germ-infested sink hole,” Sapphire became confused until Quibble corrected himself, “I mean, yes. The place where a wish can make your dreams come true.”
“Uh anyway, I'm gonna go back to my limo and go to my hotel before I record some songs.”
“Okay. Can I help you with any thing else?” Quibble asked her.
“Yes, can you keep a look out for the paparazzi? They're always trying to get embarrassing photos of me.” Sapphire pleaded.
“Don't worry. You can count on me.”
Then, Quibble took out his camera to sneakily take a picture of her until the boy band called her name and walked up to Sapphire, bumping Quibble over.
Beryl greeted Sapphire, “We just wanted to say welcome to the Canterlot Community Center.”
Cloudburst told her, “We're Fun Time Rush.”
“We're recording at Golden Rock Records,” Diamond explained.
“What are you doing here?” Tempo asked.
Sapphire answered, “Recording, at Golden Rock Records.”
The boys pretended to cough, thinking that Sapphire was making a joke.
Minutes later, Sapphire was not joking and she was at the studio recording a song.
[Sapphire Shores]
I'm about to give you my heart
So rememberthis one thing
I never been in love before
Yeah, you got to go easy on me
The boys popped up behind Golden Rock at the control booth and cheered, making Golden startled.
“Best song ever!” Diamond complimented.
Cloudburst exclaimed, “So good!”
“Really? 'Cause I'm not sure I'm feeling it yet.” Sapphire honestly answered.
The boys told Sapphire to not worry about it and Golden stopped them. He assured her, “Sapphire, Sapphire. Don't worry about the song, okay? Just take a little more time with it, and give me some time to fill in the chorus and add some layers. This song is gonna be a big hit. It's gonna be great.” Golden then turned his attention to Fun Time Rush, “Dogs, I got a big present for you in my office.”
“I love presents!” Cloudburst cheered.
“Go, go! Come on!” Golden added.
The boys exited out of the booth and went to his office. However, their present turned out to be a trap and Big T was in Golden’s office. They were all terrified and Big T entrapped the boys with a big bear hug while Golden entered his office and closed the door for a private meeting.
Beryl told him in a high-pitched voice, “Big T's squeezing us.”
Diamond vented in a high-pitched voice too, “This is our BIG PRESENT?”
Golden told them, “Yes, because I want you nowhere near Sapphire Shores.”
Big T released the boys and Cloudburst asked Golden, “What? Why?”
“Because you're bad luck and destroy everything you touch.”
“What? That is so not true,” Tempo leaned on to Golden’s desk until it broke, making Golden cringed. Tempo apologized, “Sorry.”
Golden continued, “Sapphire and her team picked me to produce her new song over every producer in this town. 'Cause word on the street is, Golden Rock is back. Now, Saphire is staying here in this town for a while, which means, if she is by the pool, I WANT BAD LUCK RUSH TO BE IN THE LOBBY!”
Back at the community center, Sapphire was listening to her music while figuring out the lyrics by the pool and Fun Time Rush was in the lobby, away from her.
Diamond said, “Bad Luck Rush? He's wrong.”
Beryl agreed, “Yeah, we're more like good luck charms.”
“In fact, the best luck Sapphire could have is spending her entire day with me,” Diamond vowed as the boys glared at him. “I mean, us.” Diamond slipped his mirror off of his hand and accidentally broke it.
Cloudburst gasped, “You broke a mirror. That's seven years bad luck.”
Diamond scoffed, “That's ridiculous.”
“Heads up!” A teen in the pool shouted as he threw a football above Diamond’s head, nearly hitting him. Next, Diamond was accidentally covered in sunscream by Victoria, who was going to put sunscream on her daughter, Water Lily.
Victoria apologized, “Sorry.”
After that, Diamond was trampled by a bunch of kids, getting ready to hit the pool. Diamond looked back at the broken mirror and ran away.
Then the boys saw Shelly carrying a package and sadly greeted them, “Hey guys.”
“Hi Shelly. What's the matter?” Beryl replied.
“Nothing. Now go away.” Shelly moved on until the boys stopped her.
Tempo told her, “C'mon Shelly, you are our friend. You can tell us.”
“Fine. I'm just nervous about telling my message to my sister.”
“Your sister? Who could that be?” Cloudburst wondered.
Shelly answered, “Uh, my famous sister you just met a while ago.”
The boys gasped, “SAPPHIRE IS…”
“Shhh!” Shelly shushed their mouths. “Not here!”
The band contained themselves and apologized, “Sorry.”
“Anyway, I'm just nervous about telling my sister that I do not want to join her team.”
“Why?” Beryl asked her.
“Because I am not as talented as her and I want to work here with you and Golden. Plus, I want to help marine wildlife too.”
“Oh…” The boys understood her.
Tempo nodded, “I understand, Shelly. Well, whatever you decide, we'll support you.”
“Did you ever tell Golden about it?” Beryl asked her.
Shelly answered, “I already did. After Sapphire left the studio and went back here. Alright, I gotta go deliver this package ot Golden. But please, do not bring bad luck to my sister. Okay?”
Cloudburst vowed, “Trust us. We won't.”
“Okay, then. I'll see you guys later,” Shelly exited the community center with Golden’s package.
Beryl went back to obseving Sapphire and assured his pals, “Guys, we're not bad luck. And don't let Golden and Shelly get to you. Just enjoy the day, like I'm gonna enjoy my day with Shining Star by the pool.”
“No!” Cloudburst stopped him.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa.” Tempo reminded Beryl, “Golden said don't go to the pool if Sapphire's there.”
The boys then saw Sapphire exiting her table, “Oh, look. She's leaving.”
Then, Quibble Pants hid behind the bushes with his tree hat on and watched while eating a piece of popcorn. “Sapphire Shores wiping out on a banana peel, tabloid gold.”
Beryl was heading towards his picnic table for his date with Star until Sapphire slipped on a banana peel and Beryl caught her.
“Darn it!” Quibble retreated.
Sapphire thanked him, “Thanks.”
Beryl replied, “It was a lucky catch.”
After that moment, Shining Star entered and saw Beryl embracing Sapphire. “Uh, Beryl?”
“Star,” Beryl smiled. “This isn't what it looks like.”
“Really? 'Cause it looks like you're embracing Sapphire Shores.”
“It does look that way, doesn't it?” Sapphire said.
They both chuckled and Shining Star walked away. The rest of Beryl’s pals observed the scene and Tempo told Cloudburst, “Broken mirror, banana peel, potentially jealous girlfriend. This place is full of bad luck.”
Cloudburst stated, “We can't avoid Sapphire. We have to protect her.”
“This looks like a job for…” Tempo called as he and Cloudburst changed their clothes in the back. Minutes later, Tempo and Cloudburst were dressed up as secret agents with clover pins.
”The Good Luck Patrol. Lucky!” The two boys called.
“Golden is so lucky he has us.”
Cloudburst replied, “Copy that.”
The two boys retreated after that.
Back at the studio, Golden was listening to the rhythm of the song until Shelly entered the room.
“Hey, somebody sent you a big present.”
“Ah, must be one of my colleagues congratulating me on landing the new Sapphire Shores song,” Golden opened the package and a skunk appeared.
Golden and Shelly freaked out, “Skunk!”
They exited the control booth and went inside the recording booth to avoid the skunk as it exited out of the package.
“Who sends a skunk as a present?”
Golden explained, “The same person that stole my last lead singer from the last boy band, hijacked all my best musicians, and gave me an atomic wedgie back at high school!”
Meanwhile at another record company called Sparrow Records. A young man with the stylish clothes and cool shades was with his assistant manager while talking on the phone with his archnemesis, Golden Rock.
“Golden! Congratulations on landing the new Sapphire Shores song. I take it you got my present.”
”Sparrow, I will destroy you, because you are a big, giant STUPID FACE!” Golden
“You can't destroy me, because you are a big DOODIE FACE. And once Sapphire realizes that Golden Rock Records literally stinks, she'll come to Sparrow Records to record her song where she belongs. CAW!” Sparrow hung up the phone.
Sparrow’s assistant manager laughed, “Ha! They'll never survive against a skunk attack. And once we have Sapphire and her new song recorded, we'll have enough money to afford the wedding and our honeymoon.”
“Oh, I like where your head is at, Gale!” Sparrow agreed.
“HAHAHAHAHAH!” Sparrow and Gale evily laughed together.
Back at Golden Rock Records, Shelly and Golden were spying on the skunk in the hallway from the recording room.
Golden told her, “Call an exterminator.”
“I did. But the soonest one can be here is tomorrow, sometime between 10:00 and next April,” Shelly informed him.
“Fine. Then we get rid of it ourselves.”
“Right. How do you get rid of a skunk?” Shelly asked him.
“I DON'T KNOW!” Golden answered and they retreated to come up with a plan.
Back at the community center, Cloudburst contacted Tempo through his fake spy watch, “Lucky Charm, this is Rabbit's Foot. What's your 20?”
Tempo replied next to him, “I'm right next to you. Over.”
“Copy that.”
Beryl saw what his friends pretending to be secret agents and told them, “I want no part of this.”
“Sir, have you seen Sapphire?” The boys asked.
“No. And that's the way I want it. Star thinks I have a thing for Sapphire. But she'll change her mind when she sees the nice, girly, romantic lunch I made for her.”
“Sapphire's on the move,” Cloudburst informed Tempo.
Sapphire continued listening to her song and unbeknownst to her, she was heading towards a black cat.
Tempo alerted his pal, “We have a black cat about to cross her path. Repeat, a black cat.”
The two boys ran quickly to catch the black cat and Cloudburst got it, avoiding disaster. After that, they pretended to act natural as Sapphire saw them.
“Hey, Sapphire. What's up?” Tempo said.
“'Sup?” Cloudburst noted.
Sapphire told them, “Working on the song.”
Tempo replied, “You go do that.”
The boys cackled and Cloudburst stated, “Bad luck avoided by the Good Luck Patrol.”
“Lucky!” The boys celebrated.
“Okay, now to dispose of the black cat,” Tempo ordered and Cloudburst tossed the black cat up high in the air.
Seconds later, the black cat landed on Sapphire’s head and it was fighting her, screeching.
“Celebrity catfight. Perfect.” Quibble Pants hid behind the palm trees and was ready to take a picture.
Sapphire was in a pickle and saton Star’s seat for Beryl’s date. Beryl saw it and grabbed the cat, tossing it away to Quibble.
“AH! Get off! Get off!” Quibble ran away as the black cat started scratching his face while the Good Luck Patrol walked away afterwards, cringing.
“Thanks again, Kendall.” Sapphire said until Shining Star saw Beryl with Sapphire again.
“Oh, so now you're having a girly, romantic lunch with Sapphire.” Shining Star said, crossing her arms.
Beryl assured her, “No, no. It's not what it looks like.”
Shining Star walked away and Sapphire wondered, “You know, I'm not sure the community center is as lucky as I remember.”
“Tell me about it,” Beeyl weeped.
Meanwhile, Diamond was looking for a four-leaf clover in the park as Snips and Snails were dressed up as dancing leprechauns.
“How long do we have to keep doing this?” Snails asked Diamond.
Diamond replied, “Seven years.”
The duo dropped their jaws.
“Look, I need to counter my mirror-breaking bad luck with good luck. Now, keep dancing! And help me find a four-leaf clover.”
“Look, there's one!” Snips shouted, pointing his finger.
Diamod looked away and the duo ran away afterwards. “I don't see any…” He looked back and the duo disappeared. “Sneaky leprechauns!” He then went to find the four-leaf clover all by himself.
Back at the studio, the skunk was in the recording room while Golden and Shelly hid in the control booth.
“It's easy. All we have to do is get skunkie back in his box and out of my studio.”
Shelly stated, “And we agree, the glue traps don't work.”
They both stood up with glue traps all over them.
Golden replied, “Yep.” He then got another phone call and grabbed his phone, “What?”
“Golden!” Sparrow called from his record studio. “Here at Sparrow Records, I have a full-time pest control department. So why don't you send Sapphire over here to record her song?”
Gale promised them, “And then I'll send my guy to get Mr. skunkie.”
Sparrow sinisterly laughed and Golden replied, “Shelky and I will catch the skunk, Sparrow and Gale, record a monster hit with Sapphire, and then we'll get you back.”
“You're covered in glue traps, aren't you?” Sparrow asked.
“CURSE YOU, SPARROW!” Golden yelled.
Back at the park, Sapphire walked up to the wishing well to make her wish.
“Okay, wishing well, I'm recording a new song today, and I need some good luck,” Sapphire hoped.
The Good Luck Patrol hid behind a tree and Cloudburst informed Tempo, “Target is safe. No bad luck in sight.”
Tempo replied, “Wishing Wells are nothing but good luck.”
While they continued watching, they looked over to see Beryl hammering down a pole on the sand box while Diamond was looking for a four-leaf clover.
“What are you doing?” Beryl asked him.
“I'm looking for four-leaf clovers. What are you doing?” Diamond replied.
“Setting up another date with Sapphire. Hey, nothing can go wrong when you play horseshoes, right?”
Diamond saw a horseshoe in Beryl’s hand as a sign of good luck. He demanded, “Give me that horseshoe.”
“No, it's for my date with Shining Star!” Beryl yelled.
The two started a tug of war for the horseshoe while arguing.
“Let me-- I broke a mirror!” Diamond stated. “Seven years, man!”
“No, stop!” Beryl shouted.
Then, they turned the horseshoe upside down, alerting the Good Luck Patrol.
“Upside-down horseshoe!” Tempo called.
“It's bad luck!” Cloudburst exclaimed.
The Good Luck Patrol yelled, “Move out!” They ran towards Beryl and Diamond’s area without Sapphire noticing and they grabbed the horseshoe.
“Sir, drop the horseshoe!” The Good Luck Patrol ordered them.
While Sapphire dropped her penny in to the wishing well, Fun Time Rush continued fighting for the horseshoe until it flew out of their hands and it hit Sapphire on the back of the head. As a result, Sapphire fell down the well and screamed.
Ah, ah, ah-ah, oh!
Diamond admitted, “Maybe we are bad luck.”
Beryl nodded, “Yeah.”
Thanks to their bad luck, Fun Time Rush panicked and they're in so much trouble.
