A week has passed since the beginning of the exchange student program and if it wasn’t for the fight between the six friends, you could say everything was just perfect.
The club activities were obligatory for every student on Mahora; so each one of the ponies had something to do after the regular classes:
Rarity joined to the Tea Ceremony club along with Evangeline and Chachamaru; the elegance of the ritual and the beauty of the kimonos fascinated the fashionista. And once she finished the activities, Rarity spent the rest of the day creating and modeling cosplays for the internet with her new best friend Chisame Hasegawa. She would love to keep the magic lessons but of course, neither Twilight nor Rainbow Dash speak to her anymore.
By other way, Rainbow Dash joined the soccer team, proving to be an excellent player; almost compensate being unable to fly, almost. But then, she joined Twilight in Evangeline’s resort to practice with her new Pactio Artifact: the Telum Crepitum Iris (Rainbow Explosion Weapon). She had to admit Negi was an excellent teacher and she was almost sure they had a chance against Celestia.
Applejack joined to the Rodeo Club, demonstrating she was the best of the bests. In fact, if it wasn’t that she was only an exchange student; the girls didn’t offer her the charge of club president. Also her grades were great but she was feeling awful because of the thing with Rainbow and Twilight. But she knew perfectly it was all her fault, they had a perfectly understandable reason for not talk to her anymore.
Fluttershy was also feeling bad. Yes, she knew that her friend’s anger was very well deserved, but that didn’t stop her to feel terrible. Still, she tried to forget her problems participating actively in class and her club, the Walk Club with the Narutaki twins.
But the one feeling worst was Pinkie Pie. Even if she joined the Pastry club, everything in her mind was to make up with her friends. Only one day Rainbow and Twilight spoke to Pinkie, but it was to insult her after she tried to cheer them with her Pactio Artifact: the Perfecta Pars Canon (perfect Party Canon).
And last but not least, Twilight. She didn’t like to be mad with her best friends, but the four idiots didn’t give her an option; especially Pinkie when she made her kiss Rainbow Dash. Still, she tried to focus in her magic lessons with Negi and participating in the Library Exploration Club with Haruna Satome. The Mahora Campus had the greatest library in its world and it was an amazing place, filled with all kind of interesting books. Some books were even so special than the library was protected with all kind of death traps to prevent to anyone touch that ancient knowledge.
But again, the important thing was to learn everything Negi Springfield had to teach her. The boy was skillful and an excellent teacher. And, as every good master, Negi was worried about the situation with the exchange students. He tried to comment his worries with Evangeline but as always, the vampire didn’t care.
“Look boy, I understand your position as their professor but you just need to let them solve their own problems” was the vampire’s answer.
“I know Evangeline-san! But this is affecting Twilight-san’s magical achievement and she’s charging all her attacks with her rage, so she’s getting tired really early on our duel practices. And if she fights like that against Celestia-No-Hime-Sama…”
“Right, she won’t last not even a minute” smiled the vampire. “Okay, I’ll help you but only because I wanna have some fun; not because I care about that colorful horses. Take the day, today she’ll be under my tutoring”
Evangeline laughed creepily but Negi knew she already thought in something so she decided to trust her. He had some paperwork to do so it was perfect for him; in the meantime Evangeline just thought in all the fun she’ll have with the ponies.
She prepared everything for the right time. And as always, Rainbow Dash and Twilight arrived to her resort after the club activities ready to their magic lessons.
“Negi-sensei!! We’re here!!” called Twilight.
Instead of Negi, Evangeline arrived wearing a short purple dress with a large black cloak. As always, followed by the loyal Chachamaru Karakuri.
“Sorry but the boy isn’t here. Now you’re in my hands Twilight Sparkle. I hope you’re ready for me” she said smiling evilly.
“Right… sure, no problem Eva-chan. What are you planning for us today?” asked Twilight confidently.
The vampire’s creepy smile turned even more unnerving than always. She raised in the air a little helped by her magical cloak.
“All this nonsense started because you have a magical duel, right?” asked Evangeline in the air looking directly to Twilight.
The girl nodded nervously.
“You have a decent ability, I give you that, Twilight Sparkle” said Evangeline. “You and your Ministra Magi already master the basis of western magic. But still you have a lot to do if you want to challenge the most experimented magicians so you have to practice your ability in duels”
After considering it for a minute or two, Twilight nodded.
“Yeah, I think you’re right Eva-chan”
“Good you think that” said Evangeline. “Lic-lac Lac-lac Lilac SIMULACRUM MEUM ET ADVERSARUM!”
“Ey, we’re not ready yet” protested Rainbow Dash, but she couldn’t say more as their own shadows attacked them merciless.
The ponies started to dodge the shadow’s attack making Rainbow get angry. Once she had enough, she yelled ADEAT calling her Telum Crepitum Iris and started to shoot against the shadows. It seemed to work and everything was perfect until some laser beams called Rainbow’s attention.
Chachamaru transformed her arm into a small canon (she was a robot for something) and was attacking her opponents making their situation even worst. Still in the air, Evangeline laughed cruelly and prepared her next attack:
“Lic-lac Lac-lac Lilac…”
“Calliginem Sacrarum LUCEM TURBEN!” screamed Twilight, this time prepared to prevent another attack from Evangeline.
A twister made of pure light came from Twilight’s fingers and started to destroy Evangeline’s enchanted shadow, an small victory but not for long. That movement made Chachamaru concentrate her fire against Twilight. Rainbow Dash, seeing her mage in danger, charged to the robot, but Chachamaru’s missiles stopped to attack her. This took Rainbow unprepared and she was about to be hit by the missiles but Twilight detected on time and screamed:
“MINISTRA MAGI RAINBOW DASH! ACTIVATE CONTRACT, THIRTY SECONDS!”
Rainbow suddenly felt her strength and power unlimitedly increase thanks to Twilight’s magic and now she was fast enough to block Chachamaru’s missiles with her Telum Crepitum Iris. Still in the air, Evangeline smiled using small spells to deflect some of Twilight’s attacks.
“You’re doing great, Twilight Sparkle. What about a small bet to make this more interesting?”
“What you mean?” asked Twilight.
“Like I said, a bet. If you win, I’ll give you one of my personal objects; something you could use to defeat that Princess of yours. But if you lose, what about do exactly as I say, eh? I’ll ask you for one thing; just one thing but that thing is something really bad for you… and really fun for me. what do you say?”
Twilight nodded excitedly.
“Okay Eva-chan, I’ll take the bet. But you better give a nice object to my collection”
Evangeline relished delighted by the pony’s silliness and laughed. The most arrogant they are, harder they fall; but whatever. Raising a couple of meters more, she prepared her next spell against Twilight:
“Lic-lac Lac-lac Lilac QUINQUE TENEBRAS!”
Again, the shadows raised under Evangeline’s control; but this time didn’t attacked directly to Twilight or Rainbow, no. The shadows turned into Evangeline’s duplicates, a total of five clones. But this so called duplicates were completely black.
“If you wanted to confuse us, this wasn’t the way” said Twilight; but Evangeline interrupted her with her laugh.
“I don’t have to use that stupid tactics, colorful horse. After all I’m the most powerfull dark mage of all times, VAMPIRE EVANGELINE. Now you’ll feel all my power. LIC-LAC LAC-LAC LILAC IGNE VASTARE!”
Each one of Evangeline’s copies shot a fire beam against the two friends, who instinctively hugged each other at the time Twilight created the Equestrian invisible energy field. That of course took Evangeline by surprise and gave Twilight an idea. She prepared the most basic magic of all the western mages, according to Negi.
“Calliginem Sacrearum DUCENTIS SAGITTA MAGICA!” She shouted extending her palm shooting two hundred light arrows to Evangeline. Negi told her that was the way to use the Sagitta Magica: send lots of attacks to one same point, taking the opponents opportunity to run. Unfortunately she was fighting Evangeline, so the vampire already prepared her next trick.
But in Twilight’s vision, her attack was effective. The detonations destroyed the copies leaving one of the Evangelines, the real one. So Twilight used her next move and shot Evangelint a powerful beam made of pure Equestrian magic, giving her no time to react since that attack didn’t need to make a verbal spell.
The last detonation finished Evangeline; or at least that was what Twilight thought. Anyway, the former unicorn fell exhausted.
“Are you okay, Twi?” asked Rainbow Dash walking to her friend.
“Yeah, is just… well, I used too much energy fighting Eva-chan. This kind of exercises let me very tired, but are the ones I need to defeat Princess Celestia”
Rainbow Dash nodded but suddenly she stood alert. “Speaking of the devil, where’s Evangeline?”
Seriously, where was the vampire? Chachamaru didn’t seem worried, and that was a bad signal being her Evaneline’s magical assistant. And as Rainbow thought, not a minute passed when the already hated laugh of the vampire sounded all over the place.
“Lic-lac Lac-lac Lilac”
Twilight’s shadow separated from its owner and slowly stood taking the form of the dark magician extended her hand to the unicorn.
“Et Consumetur Caleo!”
The powerful attack sent Rainbow Dash and Twilight ten meters away, unable to make any other move. Rainbow tried to stood but Chachamaru finished her with a low powered ray from her arm-canon. It was the end, Evangeline had win.
“A bet is a bet, Twilight Sparkle” said the vampire.
Twilight nodded. “I know Eva-chan. What do you want me to do?”
Without saying a word, Evangeline made her follow her along with Rainbow to a private salon on her resort. A salon where Twilight’s friends were already waiting for her.
“What are they doing here?” asked Twilight angered.
Evangeline pushed her and Rainbow Dash to the salon and before she could do something, the vampire created a crystal wall preventing the two girls to escape.
“I know you have your reasons to be pissed with them but seriously, we’re all tired of your stupid fight so you six are going to make things up. Chachamaru, I want to prevent anyone (or should I say anypony?) to escape until they become friends again.
The loyal robot bowed to her master.
“As you wish, master”
“And before you say something, Sparkle, here ten minutes become a whole day so we have all the time in the world. If you need something form water to food or a shower, you can ask Chachazero”
Said that, Evangeline walked away ignoring Twilight’s screams and Rainbow’s threats. And a small doll appeared to the ponies ready to have her orders.
In the small room, the girls were staring each other in an uncomfortable silence.
“Well, A’ll start” said Applejack approaching to Twilight.
“Don’t bother” grumped Twilight. “I don’t care what think Evangeline, when I recover from the fight, I’ll terminate Chachamaru and walk back to my room, that unfortunately I have to share with Rarity; but still”
“Please, darling” said Rarity. “You just said that, we have to share a room during our time in Mahora and the less thing we need is keep fighting between us. I understand we did something horrible to you and let me be the first to say I’m sorry and I’ll never do something like that again but please, let’s end this once for all. Try to understand we only wanted to help you”
“Yeah Twilight” said Fluttershy. “We thought all that kissing stuff wasn’t the big deal and we acted without considering your feelings. Sorry, please. We feel terrible and all we want now is to be friends again!”
“Please Twilight and Rainbow: forgive us” plead Pinkie on her knees to Twilight’s and Rainbow Dash’s irritation. “We tried to force you to accept our help and that didn’t end up well. Please, let us make it up for you”
Twilight had enough. She took a deep breath and look straight to Pinkie.
“Maybe I can forget the others, but what you did Pinkie is something I can’t forget. I’ll never forget. WHAT YOU DID IS SOMETHING SO AWFUL THAT I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT I’M DOING TALKING TO YOU! YOU HEARD THAT?”
“But Twilight!” Cried Pinkie. “All I did was kiss you in that trap we prepared. Why are you so mad with me? Please tell me!!”
“YOU MADE ME KISS WITH RAINBOW DASH, PINKIE! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW HUMILLATING THAT WAS?”
Twilight had to take air after said that and stayed grumping in a corner while the others were looking at her surprised by her reaction. Pinkie was about to say something when she noticed Twilight was crying in anger.
“Twilight, I had no idea”
“You had no idea of what, Pinkie?” said Twilight coldly but still crying. “You had no idea I like mares? No, I like one mare; I like Rainbow Dash. You had no idea because I was afraid to tell you to not ruin our friendship but it doesn’t matter now. You made me to accidentally kiss the mare I like and that is something I can’t forgive. YOU HEARD THAT? YOU RUINED MY MENTAL SANITY AT THE MOMENT YOU MADE ME KISS RAINBOW DASH!”
Nopony said nothing for a while since they didn’t know what to say. Even Rainbow Dash.
“So, you like me?” asked Rainbow when she finally recovered.
Twilight turned to her and nodded with her eyes filled with tears.
“Yes. I know it isn’t normal but I can’t help that. I’m terribly sorry Rainbow, but it was all Pinkie’s fault. I planned to admire you in secret for the rest of my life and never mention it to you but now it doesn’t matter anymore. Sorry”
Rainbow smiled to her and then, she kissed Twilight happily.
“Twi, my friend, I stopped talk Pinkie by very similar reasons. Why do you think I opposed to that stupid plan on the first place? Because I can’t stand the idea of watching you being kissing by anypony else”
The two friends stared each other in joy for a moment but sadly, Applejack had to interrupt them.
“Again girls, we’re sorry. We took like nothing this kiss stuff because we thought you didn’t have your special somepony yet. If we had known, we would act differently. Please accept our apologies. We swear by Celestia than we’ll never do something like this again”
“Yeah, we knew you would get mad but never imagined you’ll be affected that much. Please Twilight, we promise to never interfere between you or anypony else”
“Girls, please!! I’ll hate to lose any friend by a misunderstanding like this” mumbled Pinkie hugging her two friends’ legs. “Please forgive us”
After look each other for a moment, both Twilight and Rainbow laughed happily.
“It’s okay girls. We forgive you” said Twilight.
“But you have to do something for us first” said Rainbow Dash serious.
“Whatever to recover a friend!” Exclaimed Pinkie Pie.
Rainbow exchanged a look with the confused Twilight and then she stared to the rest of the girls.
“First of all, let me be clear: I don’t like this but still, you’re right. This is something we need to do if we want to Twilight defeat Celestia. Rarity Applejack and Fluttershy, is time to do the Pactio”
“ARE YOU MAD?” Screamed Twilight. “I thought you liked me Rainbow and you didn’t want to see me being kiss by anypony other than you”
Rainbow turned to her new marefriend.
“Like I said, I don’t like this Twilight, but we both know we won’t last if we’re just three magic fighters against Celestia. We have to use all our power as the bearers of the Elements of Harmony; and for every kiss you receive from any of them, I’ll give you two to make sure you’re all mine. And if any of them kiss you for more than a second, I swear you’ll know my rage”
The girls nodded without understand what the hay was going on but still obeyed.
And during the Pactios formation, Evangeline and Chachamaru were chatting in other part of the Resort. One of them was reading and the other was making tea.
“I swear, those idiots remind me Konoe and Sakurazaki. Anyway, remember me that the boy owes me a big one”
“As you wish, master”