The Battle of the Bands
“What is this!?” I said. Flash just gave me a glove that normally wouldn’t have fit the hand. But I put it on and rolled the coat sleeve down over it. I felt my eye, the left one, which Flash punched. There was a little bit of bruising under it, but it was fine.
“I told you not to take the cast off!” Flash said.
“I’m sorry! I just had to know!”
“Y’know what, forget it, let’s just get this over with. How close do we come to actually winning the battle?” Flash asked.
“Last stretch, then the Dazzlings beat you.”
“Wait, we make it to the finals?” Sunlit Torch asked. I shook my head and explained that the Dazzlings beat them just before the finals. “Okay.”
“So… Let’s do our best from here on.” Flash said. But he gave me and instrument to play… apparently they needed a keyboard player. There were only three really good bands in the battle, the Dazzlings (though I hate to admit it), the Rainbooms and us. When it was our turn to go on during the final stretch Flash gave one menacing glare to Twilight (Which I later punched him for), then he turned and walked onstage with the rest of us. We didn’t try as hard to win as we did to get here so there were a few mess-ups, but we still did pretty well. Especially considering it was my first time playing keyboard with fingers. Then the Rainbooms played “Awesome as I Want to Be,” and until they were finished I didn’t see how they could’ve possibly made it to the finals. Then I looked at Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna, the Dazzlings were working their magic on them.
When the scores were announced I was somewhat relieved that the Sentries didn’t make it, and so was Flash though he controlled his as an air of rage. But then I saw what the Dazzlings were up to. They were trying to make the Rainbooms fight amongst themselves… that was when Trixie, the “Great and Powerful” Jerkwad, threw them beneath the stage. So that’s how that happened.
“We gotta help them!” Flash insisted.
“And we will…” I said. “Later. First there’s someone whose help we’ll need before the final act of this little play.” I hated myself. Mostly because it wasn’t the Sentries who were supposed to help the Rainbooms… but I thought it’d be the best chance I’d get to go home without ruining any more than I did.