//------------------------------// // Dropped it hard // Story: Bass Drop // by ElementOfDestiny //------------------------------// Time was against them, and taking into notice that she learned that those two, unique girls were no doubt and undeniably the most stubborn of all. She pondered for a moment, as saw the stressed out rainbow-colored teen raise her head with a noticeable red mark on her forehead. Her hair was a mess, her magenta eyes were tired and that overconfident smile she always had, faded away. The corner of Sunset Shimmer's lip couldn't help but form a smirk. 'Is she starting to realize what's she done?' she thought. Maybe this might actually turn out well faster than she imagined, then again she hoped. Suddenly the school's buzzer ranged throughout the gym and within seconds the hallways began to flood with many students added by their obnoxious noise and yelling. Then Principal Celestia's voice was announced through the P.A. speakers, " Everyone have a good and safe weekend, and remember that the battle of the bands will be held at the Grand Stadium at four o'clock tomorrow. Only the nominated bands will participate and of course you all know who you are… So good luck to you all! See y'all tomorrow!" then silence fell in the gym. Rainbow Dash let out a defeating groan as she stood up from the chair and stretched her slender body with a yawn. "Well, my rockin band members, I'm gonna get on home, you all should do the same and get some rest for tomorrow… she began to walk towards the exit door and whispered under her breath, "Hopefully AJ, will come back… " then she was gone from sight. The red, yellow striped teen suddenly had an idea. She knew Pinkie Pie, was a master of party planning and figured she had everybody's phone number including the one she needed. "Hey, Pinkie Pie, I need Applejack's number… it's really important and we don't have much time" The bubbly, pink haired teen gladly told the number by heart. Sunset immediately punched in the digits and saved her as a contact. "Thanks!" Letting some time to pass by and getting away from everyone, Sunset pulled out her phone and texted her new contact, "Hey Applejack, It's Sunset Shimmer… Meet me by Twilight's magical statue in a hour… It's just me alone also, please it's important… Thanks" she finished off the text message and pressed the sending icon. It was nearly an hour that passed by with no response back from Applejack. Sunset laid her back on the statue with her legs stretched out, patiently waiting. She began to feel worried and swapped out her phone multiple times like a nervous wreck. Still with no reply nor any sign of the country girl yet. She stood up from her relaxed position and looked out into the distance. The sun began to descend a little as it became near the time of later evening. Her lips formed a frown and her breath huffed out a tiring sigh of defeat. "Maybe it's meant to be… At least, I tried…" "Try'd what?" Sunset Shimmer flinched as she heard the sudden, familiar, southern voice behind her. She slowly turned her body around to see the green eyed, country teen standing there with her arms crossed. "Applejack! You came!" she chirped gleefully. Applejack furrowed her eyebrows, "Of cour'se ah did, ya said it was important...did ya not?" Sunset Shimmer recollected her thoughts and herself. "Yeah, but first, I just want to say, sorry for what happened to you earlier… Rainbow really didn't mean everything she said to you— "Ah know… she didn't" Applejack breathed out in a lowly tone of voice. Sunset Shimmer did a double take, her eyes widened in shock. "W-what? You did?" Applejack couldn't help but let out a chuckle because of her friend's expression. "Of cour'se sugarcube, ah know Rainbow… Heck, we go way back, even to when we were just young in's, always arguin' and competin' against each other. Still though, the funny thin'g was we would always tie" Sunset began to smile as she quietly listened to Applejack talk about their past. "No matter wha't we did, from sports to being the most darin' we always tied… Ya see, at first Rainbow wasn't the easiest girl to get along with… Ahhh, no offense to ya or anythin'" Sunset rolled her eyes playfully and smiled. "Non-taken Applejack" The country teen smiled with a nod and continued, "Then again… neither was I, but one day there was this running contest we entered, 'Runnin of the lives' a school like' charity event. I ran my best and so did she, it ended by us pushin' and knockin' into each other all the way until we crossed the finish line, and yet… we tied for last place. Afterwards we both realized that we were the same in almost everythin' we tried at." Sunset Shimmer slowly nodded her head as she could picture the resemblance and smiled. "Wow, Applejack… it sounds like you and Dash have a lot of history together." Applejack formed a smirk and chuckled. "Sure as sugar, we do… But ah have to ask, How is she rite' now?" "Well, to be honest, she looks like a wreck, she's all stressed out and worried that she'll lose tomorrow because, well... you already know." Sunset Shimmer explained, but then added, "Now I'm with you on this, not saying that she fully deserves to lose or be taught a lesson from all this, But you do know as much as me, that her losing to the battle of the bands is going to break her spirit, right?" Applejack closed her eyes and calmly nodded in agreement. "Ya… ah know, that's why…ah won't let it happen" Sunset Shimmer did another double-take as her head rose from looking down with a frown. That's when she saw Applejack form a mischievous smirk and suddenly leaned into her ear with a whisper. The red, haired teen giggled and smiled throughout the whispering of Applejack's plan. After what was needed to to be said, the country girl leaned back. Sunset then beamed a bright smile, but her words slipped. "You really are the most dependable pony, just like Twilight said— Sunset then bit her tongue hard. Applejack raised her eyebrow and she formed a perplexed look. "Say wha't? Pony? Twilight...Huh?" she asked all in confusion. Sunset Shimmer waved her hand nervously and made a hesitant laugh. "N-nothing! Just saying you're awesome Applejack! I-I best be go going now and great plan and song choice!" she turned around and sprinted off, leaving a confused, country girl standing still. Darkness fell upon the town below as the sun fully descended and the sky was replaced by the luminous moon and stars. There laid Rainbow Dash in her bed, she constantly shifted her head back and forth trying to get comfortable, but couldn't. A frustrated growl escaped her lips as she tossed and turned into different positions. All she could think about was the argument that happened, images of the scenes rolled through her mind like a video stuck on repeat. The words she yelled, began to haunt her more and more. With a defeated, sounding sigh, she arched her back forward and grabbed her cell off the nightstand. She scrolled through her contacts and clicked on the particular one she wanted. She stared into the empty, text box on the bottom of the screen for a moment. Deciphering what to say, she unfortunately got no where. Everything she typed that she thought of, her thumb repeatedly tapped the delete button. Thus, she found herself staring at the same blinking cursor line. Finally she typed three, simple letters and pressed send. "Hey" *Silence* The rainbow-colored teen waited in anticipation, her heart began to beat faster and her hand started to shake as she held onto the phone. Minutes passed by with no reply back, Rainbow Dash waited surprisingly with a great deal of patience. Her eyes began to grow tired from just staring at the screen. Her strained, vision, shifted between her message and the empty space below, where the incoming message would display, but there was nothing. Sleep finally began to creep into her. Her eyes were growing heavy and she tried fighting the feeling but was losing the battle. She blinked her eyes multiple times in order to type one, last, desperate, message. "Please come back Applejack...I'm sorry" she clicked send and her vision blurred, then fell into the night's darkness.