March 22, 2013, 12:00pm
A few months had passed since the infamous incident with Sunset Shimmer. Although she was trying to show the school that she was changing for the better, nobody acknowledged this except her new friends Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie. Unfortunately for Sunset, even Sunrise didn't acknowledge her; every time she tried to talk to him, Sunrise would either walk faster or look away from her in order to avoid eye contact. Talking to Sunset Shimmer wasn't the number one priority to Sunrise; the entire school was getting ready for the upcoming musical showcase.
"Are you going to enter the musical showcase, Sunrise?" Soarin' asked over lunch.
"Naw," Sunrise said, "I've got a ton of homework, plus I have to get ready for the upcoming school play."
"I think you would be great in the showcase." Vinyl chimed in. "Your singing is..."
But what Vinyl thought about Sunrise's singing, he never found out. At that moment, a strange song started to come from an unknown source.
Not only that, but a strange, green mist had swept around the floor. As the singing continued, Sunrise started to notice that most of the students were arguing with each other, mostly about the musical showcase. When the singing and mist died down, the arguing still continued. Sunrise looked around and saw that some of the students that were arguing included Octavia, Lyra, Bon Bon, Derpy, and Flash. He then looked to Vinyl, Soarin', Caramel, Big Mac, and The Doctor and saw that each of them shared the same puzzled look he had on his own face.
"What's going on with everyone?" Caramel asked. "Where did that singing come from, and why aren't we arguing?"
"It seems like we're not the only ones." Soarin' stated, "Look over there."
The rest turned to where he was pointing and saw that he was right. Not only were they not affected by the singing, but Sunset Shimmer and her friends weren't as well.
Confused, Sunrise said, "I'm going to find out where that singing came from. The rest of you try to calm down the rest of the students as best as you can."
This proved to be difficult, as most of the student body were blocking any sort of view. Finally, after weaving in and out of the paths of most students, Sunrise saw something that shocked him to the core. What he saw was a trio of girls, each with a sinister look on their faces. The girl in the center, presumably the leader of the pack, had orange and yellow hair and was wearing a purple dress with black boots. The girl to the right of her had purple and seaweed-green hair and was wearing a green vest with purple pants. And the third girl looked exactly like...
SONATA?!?!?! thought Sunrise. But before he could call her name, The Doctor burst through the crowd of angry students, looking as though he was out of breath.
"Sunrise," he said, "We've got to get out of here; things are starting to get ugly."
Sunrise nodded; it was starting to get hectic in the cafeteria. He and The Doctor meet up with Soarin', Vinyl, Caramel, and Big Mac at the entrance of the cafeteria. As they ran out the facility, Sunrise couldn't seem to shake off the worrying thoughts in his head.
Why, Sonata? he thought. Why did you decide to come back after all these months? Why are you with those girls? What aren't you telling me?