Twilight woke up and rubbed her eyes and turned to notice objects floating around Charming Thunder as he was sleeping. "Uh, Charming Thunder?"
"Hm?" he mumbled.
"What are you doing?"
"Sleeping what do you mean by--" When he opened his eyes the objects that floated around him went back to the floor and was shocked with what he discovered. "I guess Anakin was right. The Force is strong with me."
"How come your magic works here if mine doesn't?"
"I'm not sure. So do you have a plan for today?"
"Fluttershy said I'd need to win over all those different groups if I wanna become Princess of the Fall Formal. So I've compiled a list of talking points."
"You made a list?" Spike asked. "That's so unlike you!" He then laughed nervously. "Uh... Please... Continue."
"I'll start introducing myself, sprinkle in some things I learned about their world into the conversation, show them how I fit in here!" She opened the doors to the hallway that is now crowded with students walking or standing at lockers. "Charming Thunder, try to keep you magic at minimum."
"Of course."
"Okay, guys. Time to make a good first impression on my fellow students. The whole world sorta depends on it." Spike hid in Twilight's bag as the group walked through the crowd. They then started to laugh as they walked in the hall. " Why is everybody looking at me funny?" She suddenly got dragged into a classroom. Charming Thunder looked at the direction where she got dragged and got dragged in as well.
"Perfect!" Rarity said. "Oh, yes. This is good! No one will recognize you!"
"Why wouldn't I wanna be--"
"And we'll need a disguise for your dog, which is too bad. He really is so adorable!" Spike's eyes turned into hearts as Rarity petted him. "Y'know, with a little work, I think I could make him look like a rabbit instead." Spike then fell out of the bag as his dream was shattered.
"A rabbit?" Twilight asked.
"And what about you?" Charming Thunder looked around the room and pointed to himself. The door behind him opened as Applejack entered the room.
"There you are, Twilight," she said.
"So much for the disguise," Rarity said.
"I've been lookin' all over for ya!"
"Me too," Fluttershy said as she entered the room.
"Me three!" Pinkie said as she bounced into the room. "I like your new look!"
"And your friend here," Fluttershy said. Charming Thunder blushed slightly and rubbed the back of his head. "What's your name?"
"Charming Thunder," he said. "And you must be Fluttershy."
"How did you know that?"
"Just a lucky guess."
"I do have an eye for these sorts of things. Not that you seem to care."
"What?!" Pinkie shouted.
"Why do you think she doesn't care?" Twilight asked. "No, never mind. Why were you all looking for me? What's going on?"
"Oh, she hasn't seen it yet."
"Seen what?"
"Oh, it's really not that bad." Charming Thunder slapped his hand to his face.
"This isn't going to end well," he thought to himself. Pinkie grabbed her laptop from her backpack and played a video that was shown on the screen.
"Twilight Sparkle wants to be your Fall Formal Princess," the voice in the video said. "What does it say about our school if we give someone like this...such an important honor?" When the video ended, Twilight became shocked.
"Wha...I..."
"I take that back," Pinkie said. "It's pretty bad!"
"But this all happened yesterday! At the library! Has everyone in the school seen this? Is that why they were all looking at me that way?" Applejack and Pinkie nodded as Twilight looked down in shame. "What am I gonna do? No one is gonna vote for me after seeing this!"
"Not that it'll make any difference, but I'll still vote for you," Fluttershy said.
"If ya still wanna run, maybe there's something I can do to help!"
"Word of advice?" Fluttershy said to Charming Thunder. "Don't accept her help. She doesn't take anything seriously!"
"Ugh! Why do you have to be so awful to me?"
"Oh! Pff. Kch. Ts! Don't play innocent, Pinkie Pie!" Rarity said. "You are no better than she is!"
"And what is that supposed to mean?!"
"I am happy to offer up my assistance as well. Especially to that handsome friend of yours. To someone who would appreciate what I have to offer!" Everyone in the room began to argue with each other. Charming Thunder covered his ears as Spike hid in Twilight's bag and zipped it up.
"Listen to y'all carryin' on!" Applejack shouted. "Get over it and move on!"
"You mean like how you've gotten over what happened with Rainbow Dash?"
"She said she'd get the softball team to make an appearance at my bake sale. I tell everybody they're comin', and then not one of 'em shows up! She made a liar outta me! That's different!"
"Is not!" Pinkie and Rarity said.
"Is too." The arguing continued as Charming Thunder sat at a desk and placed his head on the table. Twilight couldn't take it anymore and had to do something.
"STOP! All of you! I wanna show you something." Twilight then took out the yearbook she found at the library and showed them the picture of themselves. "You were friends once."
"Hmm. The Freshman Fair. Y'all remember?" Applejack said. Everyone nodded and everything began to get calm.
"But something happened. I think that something was Sunset Shimmer."
"Please don't bring her up," Charming Thunder said.
"Well, it's a nice theory, darling, but Sunset Shimmer had nothing to do with it," Rarity said.
"She's right," Fluttershy said. " Sunset Shimmer isn't the one who ruined my silent auction for the animal shelter by bringing fireworks and noisemakers! It was supposed to be a serious event, and Pinkie Pie ruined it!"
"What are you talking about? I got a text from you saying that you didn't want a silent auction. You wanted a big party!"
"Uh! I never sent you a text!"
"You didn't?" Charming Thunder pushed Fluttershy and Pinkie away from each other before things went wrong again.
"You don't think she's the one who's been sending me those e-mails, do you? Every time I volunteer to help with the decorations at a school function, I get an e-mail from Pinkie Pie saying she has plenty of volunteers! And then I find out she's done everything herself."
"Why is this all on Pinkie?" Charming Thunder thought to himself.
"I never sent you any e-mails!"
"Maybe she's the reason Rainbow Dash didn't show up for my bake sale!" Applejack said.
"Didn't you ever ask Rainbow Dash why she didn't show up?" Twilight asked.
"Heh, I guess I kinda stopped talkin' to her at all after that."
"Really!" Charming Thunder shouted.
"Maybe now would be a good time to start." Applejack agreed and the group then exited the classroom to go see Rainbow Dash.
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Rainbow Dash was at the school’s soccer field kicking a row of soccer balls into the goal before Applejack approached her. Applejack then came in and talked to her as the rest watched. "They're actually talking!" Rarity said. "That's a good sign!"
"What did you expect?" Charming Thunder asked. "Another one of those arguments like the ones YOU just had a couple minutes ago."
"No. Not exactly." They continued to watch until Applejack and Rainbow hugged each other.
"Hugs!" Pinkie said. "Ooh, hugs are always good!"
Applejack and Rainbow headed their as Applejack explained, "Somebody, and I think we can all guess who, told Rainbow Dash that my bake sale had been moved to a different day. Dash showed up with all the softball team and thought I'd cancelled on her!"
"I see," Charming Thunder said.
"So you're lookin' to dethrone Sunset Shimmer and become Princess of the Fall Formal, huh?" Rainbow asked. "Gotta say, I'd really love to see that happen. I'll totally help you out! All you gotta do is beat me in a game of one-on-one."
"I expected more of a challenge."
"What?" Twilight asked.
"First to five goals wins. One-zip!"
Twilight had a shocked look on her face, but the two began their game.
A few moments later, Rainbow Dash scored five points and Twilight scored none. Everyone came down from the stands and surrounded the grounded Twilight with frowns on their faces. "I... really thought you were gonna... pull it off there in the end!" Rarity said nervously.
"So what's the plan?" Rainbow asked as she helped Twilight up to her feet. "How can I help you be princess instead of Sunset Shimmer?" Charming Thunder was shocked at first but happy at the same time.
"But...I....lost," Twilight said.
"Of course you lost. I'm awesome! But I'm not gonna help just anybody try and beat Sunset Shimmer. The Fall Formal Princess should be someone with heart and determination. You've proved that you've got 'em both!" Everyone laughed as Twilight and Rainbow hugged.