//------------------------------// // Evil Cometh part 1 // Story: Rainbow Sentai Harmonyranger // by Xero Key //------------------------------// Evil Cometh: by Xero Key One Month after the events of the Battle of the Bands At the prestigious Canterlot High School, home to the Wondercolts and nexus of insane magical contrivances, five girls sit at a table to enjoy their lunch. These are the Rainbooms, and they are a rock band-slash-magical girl group-best friends. Their lead guitarist has hair that looks like a rainbow and her Name is Rainbow Dash; Looking closely it is obvious her ego leads the band more than her head. The bassist is Applejack, a farm girl who helps run the family apple orchard just outside of Canterlot City. Playing the Keytar is the school’s predominant authority on fashion, Rarity. Next is vocalist and tambourine player Fluttershy and yes her name does speak for itself. And currently playing two spoons like drum sticks on the table is their drummer, Pinkie Pie, don’t question anything she does. The band is actually waiting for their lead vocalist and last member of their group, who has been incredibly cryptic as of late. “Ugh! Where is Sunset Shimmer? Lunch ends in ten minutes and I wanted to get some practice in!” “Now Rainbow darling, we have plenty of time to prepare for the music video. Sunset knows how much the opportunity to have so much creative freedom as musical act these days is. She’s not going to ruin it for us.” “Really, Rarity?” Dash said snidely “Then what has she been doing this past month. First she gets us to set up a music video with weapon versions of our instruments, then cancels the weapons! Then she just has us record sample individually for no real reason! And she keeps getting packages from Princess Twilight and won’t tell us what they are!!” “Um, Rainbow, she doesn’t have to tell us what she’s getting from the Other Side. They might be family photos or something private.” Fluttershy interjected. “That’s right. Dash, you need ta calm down. Just because she’s been doing some project with Vinyl and is getting stuff from the Princess, doesn’t mean we need to barge in just because we have a gig.” “’Just a gig’?” Dash exclaimed “It’s not just a gig. It’s our first music video and single. I’d like to imagine something that can actually benefit us would be important to our Lead Vocalist.” “Come on Dashie, it’s not like she’s going evil again and is planning a new invasion of the Pony World.” Despite their better judgment and care about their friend, the rest of the group froze at that thought. Besides the smiling and humming Pinkie Pie, the group shiftily looked around the table. They all knew that Sunset collected a few of the Dazzlings pendant fragments and that despite being nice, Sunset’s temper definitely reminded them of her…hellish.…night at the Fall Formal. Almost as one, despite knowing it truly was ridiculous, the Rainbooms stood up from the table and walked to the only place Sunset could be, the High School Courtyard Statue and Inter-dimensional Gateway. When they left the school building, they found Sunset at the statue pacing back and forth in front of it and checking the time on her phone. “Come on Princess. I can’t exactly let them find out about the plant before everything else is ready.” Sunset mumbled to herself as she moved. The other Rainbooms noticed that the side she was pacing before had silver-mirror like sheen to it, indicating that the portal to Equestria was open. “Should we be expecting guests or a package?” Dash asked rudely. Sunset jumped, having not noticed that her friends where there. She shyly rubbed the back of her head. “Oh, hi guys. Didn’t see you. Package actually. It’s for a project I’m working on” Sunset checks her phone again and glares. “It just so happens to be late.” “Listen, Sugar, we know that reconnecting with your old home is important and all…But we kind of want to know what’s goin’ on…” “Cause you do realize that our music video has to be finished next week right?” Dash interrupted Applejack. The others glared at Dash for her lack of tact but didn’t deny what she said. Sunset sighed “I guess I should have realized my secrecy was going to be noticed eventually. See the thing is…” *Klunk* A box dropped out of the portal behind Sunset and the wall became marble. Sunset looked at the box and smiled, making a squeaky toy like sound her friends attribute to ‘she’s an alien.’ “I’ll explain after school I promise. Meet me at the entrance to Crystal Caves Park, trust me.” Sunset then picked up the box and ran towards the parking lot. “She’s actually skipping class? Dears, now I’m curious.” Rarity said. The others just nodded. Meanwhile in the local hospital, three former magical beings lie in beds gradually dying. These three are the Dazzlings, Sirens who were banished from Equestria a thousand years ago because their magic spread hatred. They are Adagio Dazzle, their leader; Aria Blaze, their deadpan snarker; and Sonata Dusk, their ditz. Don’t let the third fool you, all of them have been the cause of many of the worst incidents in history by causing and feeding off of hatred, the ditzy one is perfectly willing to kill to survive. Unfortunately, that does not appear to be possible. “To think after all these centuries on Earth, the moment we lose our limited magic, our immortality is ripped from us.” Adagio complained, looking towards the ceiling. “Now we age an entire year in one day. By the end of the month we’ll be physically in our seventies by the human’s standards. We won’t survive two.” “Well, I blame you for this. If you hadn’t tried to play with the Rainbooms before Sunset joined them and just killed them, we’d be gods by now.” Aria snarked, not that she had any other way to talk. “I’m just sad that rainbows hurt so much.” Sonata said. The three, mostly Adagio and Aria, began to argue when the power cut out. The light from outside dimmed so much that it may as well have been night. The air chilled and without the comforting sound of their heart monitors, the room’s shadows seemed to grow in the darkness. A dark chuckle echoed through the room like it was in a cave, reverberating within the Dazzlings heart. “So, you too have been defeated by the Elements of Harmony, hmm? I have as well. How would you like to get revenge?” The sinister voice slithered around the room like a snake, with the sound seeming to be right over the Dazzling’s shoulders. Adagio gulped. “What’s in it for us?” From the corner shadows, two glowing green eyes opened. “Life.”