(OK, Xero and I do not own any of the characters except for OCs. And that means Hasbro owns MLP and Saban/Toei owns Power Rangers. We would be rich if we owned either. Anyway, enjoy)
True Talk by: Shadow-DJ
At a studio, a familiar man was sitting at a desk as he adjusted in his seat and waved to the camera. “Hello everyone, It is I, Blunt Facts. Back again with True Talk. I know I said I wouldn’t do this show again, but as a changed man, I am hoping for a second chance.”
The audience cheered as Blunt put his hands up, chuckling a bit. “Now, don’t think I am not gonna go easy on people, because I’m not. But I want to make sure I keep the ‘True’ in ‘True Talk’ alive. So from here on, I’m gonna make sure when I ask the questions, the answers will be 100% authentic.” Blunt continued as the audience all laughed, as he chuckled as well.
“But who will be my first guest, you may ask? Well, as a way to make it up to them, I have my first real guests in a long time arriving soon.” Blunt said, a small smile on his face. “They are the heroes of Canterlot, and the ones who are keeping Nightmare Moon at bay-I speak from first hand experience with this-it’s the Power Rangers.”
The Audience cheered at this, as the Rangers had arrived in the jeep, in full uniform. “You sure about this guys?” Vinyl asked, looking at them as she and Twilight came out with passes of their own
“We need to make people know about who our new Gold Ranger is, and we may as well do it now.” RD said with a shrug.
“Besides, we owe it to Mr. Facts. He has changed quite a bit and has gone into actual work on a newspaper a well, so he’ at least getting better with his interviewing skills.” Rarity said with a nod.
“And this should help at least answer some questions.” said Vinyl, getting out a flash drive. “I had to make sure to record all of your shows so that way people get to see both sides. AND I also had some collection of videos from your usual days at school. I asked some of my camera pals to help out. You never even noticed.”
“Nothing too embarrisin’, right?” AJ asked as Vinyl took a hand wave.
“Please. I told them to only do it at school, so no one was at your house.” Vinyl hand waved as Fluttershy gulped a bit.
“Come on, Shy. It’s gonna be OK.” RD reassured her as Sunset came off last as she nods to the others as she smirked.
“Ready?” She asked as the others nod and walked ahead, going inside.
The Audience waited and saw bright lights fill the hallway, everyone turning to see as the doors opened up, RD leading the five known Rangers ahead to the stage, all of them waving to the audience as they cheered. Fluttershy was really happy for the mask, as it helped her be a bit calmer.
“Hello Rangers, I see you are all in good health.” Blunt said as Rarity nods, giving him a smile from under her helmet.
“Thanks Mr. Facts, and it’s good to see you are doing well.” Rarity said with a nod as Rainbow counted up the seats.
“Hmm...I think you’re a little low on seats, Blunt.” Rainbow said, as the audience looked confused by this.
“What do you mean?” Blunt asked, looking at the five seats. “I was expecting five guests.”
“Sorry dear, we forgot to tell you; we have a new member in the group.” Rarity said as she removed her helmet, as did the other rangers.
“A new ranger?” An audience member asked, showing confusion.
“Think that was who had that new robot take that mirror thing?” another asked, as the others murmured, as Sunset took a breath from under her helmet as she kept herself ready.
“Eyep, dat’s the one.” AJ said with a smirk as Pinkie giggled.
“Everyone give a big welcome to...the Gold Ranger!” Pinkie said with excitement as the Gold Ranger opened the door, everyone looking at her with surprise as she walked down the aisle as Blunt motioned some staff members to get an extra seat for her.
“And you are, ma’am?” Blunt asked, looking at her curiously as Sunset chuckled.
“I am hoping you all don’t mind, but...you may be in for a surprise.” Sunset said as she unclasped the sides of her helmet and opened it up, revealing her true face, making everyone in the audience look in surprise.
“So you became a ranger yourself?” Blunt asked, surprised. Sunset gave a nod at this as they all sat down.
“I had to. Nightmare Moon has gotten bolder in her actions, so Vinyl Scratch, our main tech expert on the team, helped design these new morphers. They’re made to go with the magic I use when singing.” Sunset explained as Blunt gave a nod.
“So you went from the organizer of the team and their second lead singer of the Rainbooms to being a Power Ranger, eh? Well, that is a surprise.” Blunt said with a chuckle. “Speaking of your band, how is it being on a band and being heroes?”
“Heh, show the clips, OK?” Rainbow said as they motioned to the TV set, as images of the Battle of the Bands played.
“It was rather hard starting out. Even before the Ranger business started; you see, Rainbow originally started this band so we could be part of a musical showcase at the school. It was meant for charity, you see.” RArity explained.
“But den those nutcases, the Dazzlings showed up and caused a whole lot of ruckus.” AJ said as it showed clips of the Dazzlings from the final round of the Battle of the Bands, taking on the Rainbooms before they got blasted.
“Of course, we took them out.” Rainbow said with a smirk. “Since then, we’ve been doing shows in Canterlot as a sort of local band. We had Vinyl start making custom CDs of the songs Shy and I wrote.”
“So you and Fluttershy are the main songwriters of the group? What do the rest of you do?” Blunt asked, as clips of set ups are shown.
“Vinyl is our sound girl, she’s basically in charge of making sure our equipment is working.” AJ said, as the clip showed Vinyl smirking as she tested out a amp system, giving a smirk at the camera.
“I am the one who usually designs the outfits for any of our concerts.” Rarity explained, as it showed her showing some new designs to the others, as Pinkie smirked as she came in with treats.
“I usually make treats for everyone so when we’re not jamming, we’re just hanging out.” Pinkie said. “Though Applejack also gets snacks for us as well.” It then shows AJ hauling in some equipment with her big brother, Big Macintosh.
“Mah brother and I are usually the ones helping move the equipment. It’s hard work, but the two of us are the more physically stronger, plus my bro likes to help out.” AJ said, as the two on the video gave nods.
“And then there’s Sunset; aside from being our second main singer, she was usually the one getting concerts set up early on. After Dr. Twilight joined though, both of them are the main organizers of the events we take part of.” Fluttershy further explained as it showed a clip of Sunset and Twilight looking over a schedule, Twilight ruffling Spike’s head as she looked over some notes.
“Though even then, we still had school.” Rainbow said, as it then showed Canterlot high.
“Oh? And what activities do you do there?” Blunt asked, looking at the screen as it showed Sunset with a notebook.
“After the school and I got over my...past mistakes, heh, I started helping out other clubs get more in tune. You know, making sure everyone in the clubs are getting what they need and what not.” Sunset explained as it showed her helping out the chess team with some work tables for a new Chess Tournament happening.
“Twilight, after enrolling, helps out as an assistant to some of the science teachers, as she had already graduated sometime ago. She still goes to normal classes, but she tends to help out more.” Rarity explained as it showed Twilight carefully dropping a drop into a beaker. The liquid changed color, causing her to smirk as she motions Pinkie to do the same...who then adds too many drops, making the two go wide eyed until-
BOOM!!
Pinkie gave a sheepish smile as she and Twilight’s faces were covered with ash from the explosion, Twilight moving her glasses down to give her a flat glare. “...Yeah, I’m still getting used to that.” Pinkie said sheepishly. “But when not in class, I sometimes help out Granny Smith in the cafeteria.” It then shows Pinkie doing just that, serving out different lunches to various students.
“I am involved with the theatre department when not helping with saving the world or working at the boutique or the band.” Rarity explained, as it showed her drawing up designs for a new play in production, as the manager of the play gave a smile and nods at the designs.
“Um...I help out with getting word out for different events.” Fluttershy said as it showed images of her going around handing out pamphlets, showing awareness for that exact play.
“While AJ and I are two of the top athletes at the school. I’m part of the soccer team, while she’s more involved with Track.” Rainbow said, as it showed images of the two in action, showing them race each other during gym and trying out do the other.
“Though I can say from experience, we’ve seen the two butt heads over who can do the most. Which had lead to an incident once or twice. Like...say, remember when you two decided to see who could take on the most Terrorvons?” Sunset asked, giving her friends a smirk as they cringed a bit at that.
“I take it this was early on?” Blunt asked as Sunset nods as she cues it, as Vinyl put the clip in from their own hard drive, allowing more images to be seen. It showed a time before Sunset was the Gold Ranger and the group was taking on a group of Terrorvons. By their fighting styles, it was clear this was early on.
“Hey Cowgirl, think you can take these guys?” Rainbow asked as AJ chuckled on the screen.
“Ya Kiddin’? I can take these clowns with one hand tied behind my back.” AJ said as Rainbow crossed her arms.
“Oh really? Well, lets see you put that money where your mouth is.” Rainbow said as the two gave the other a competitive glare as they both yelled, ‘Rock and Load!’ as they summoned their weapons and charged at a group, the other rangers jumping back to avoid the carnage.
“...We had to help clean up a lot of our mess.” RD said sheepishly as it was then showing said two rangers trying to see who could clean up faster, as she gave an embarrassed chuckle.
“I see that, even though your friends, you can butt heads still. How does that affect the team as a whole?” Blunt asked as AJ chuckled.
“Oh yeah. My ego once got my sister hurt pretty bad, and I couldn’t forgive myself for what I did. So that kind lead me to doin’ a pretty brash thing when goin’ against Hippounder. ‘Course, it wasn’t as bad like when Rarity and I were arguin’ when that weird Sand-tree showed up. What was he called again?”
“Mesmerio, dear.” Rarity said, as it showed the two delivering the finishing blow after reconciling. “Of course, like any good friends, we have to find a way to forgive each other.”
“And there are times when you have to show others some kindness every once in awhile, like I did with Monarch.” Fluttershy said, as it showed some security footage from the shop that showed Fluttershy and Monarch’s first meeting, picking out dresses for Rainbow Dash and even having her try out some.
“Ugh...yeah, I remember that…” said Rainbow with a cringe. “And yeah, I am with Fluttershy on that. You do have to show some good sides, even to those you had hurt.” It then showed a clip, likely from Vinyl, of Rainbow visiting Gilda at the hospital, who was still presently in the coma.
“And even now, this job has shown us different side of many different people, like our new science teacher, Professor Zecora.” Sunset said as it showed images of Sunset and Twilight in her class as Zecora showed them a new chemical reaction by dropping a small gummi bear into a beaker of chemical with the lights turned off, causing various lights to come out.
“Yeah, some people thought she looked creepy, but she’s one of the nicest people at the school. Heck, the younger students like her a lot.” Pinkie said with a laugh as it showed Zecora helping Apple Bloom out with a science project in the freshman’s science classes.
“Yeah, she was an especially big help against Doctor Whodoo. if it wasn’t for her, that bonehead would have kept an entire army for Nightmare Moon.” Rarity said as it showed the Rangers taking on Whodoo’s forces, via again from Vinyl, and firing the bottles they got from her, which awaken the brainwashed victims.
“Though it seems you girls have been through a lot with all of this in mind. What are some of the odder battles you had to deal with?” Blunt asked, as he adds, “for each of you, I mean.”
“I hadn’t been in many of their battles yet, but I do remember one I found rather odd.” Sunset said as she motions to the screen as it showed something rather odd; it appeared to be a blue and white humanoid goat with what looked like a football uniform with a large roman ‘X’ on his front and back with Nightmare Moon’s face on his shoulders. “If I remember right, that was Bam Ram.”
In the screen, the monster brayed loudly as he says, “Alright rangers, it’s time for me to go for a touchdown.”
“A talking goat who’s into football...OK.” TV!Rainbow said with a shrug as Bam Ram snorted a bit before charging, his curled horns at the ready as he charged at them, dodging any blasts as he barreled through them, the Rangers yelling out as they were sent flying by it.
“OK goat-boy, lets see you take me on.” TV!AJ said as she got back up as she got ready, Bam Ram braying as he charged right at her, as she smirked and got her hammer ready and swung it, slamming it right into his helmet, shattering it and making him bray out in pain. The clip ended at that, the audience laughing at the way they were able to stop it.
“Yeah, all it took was one good hit on da noggin’ to stop that rampagin’ goat. Though that has nothing ovah Cathulu.” The other Rangers cringed at that.
“PLEASE Don’t bring that up…” Rainbow said, as AJ just chuckled at that reaction, knowing she’d get that.
“What’s a Cathulu?” Blunt asked as the rangers gave a chorus of ‘Don’t ask’, which lead to the audience to laugh at their reaction.
“I know one weird one. You see, a couple months back, Nightmare Moon decided to bring out this weird monster, Snip Shrimp.” Pinkie said as the video file showed the Rangers going up against what looked like a giant humanoid Lobster-like creature with large, scizor-like claws.
“How about a little off of the top, eh?” Snip Shrimp asked the Rangers as he snapped at them with his claws, TV!Rarity ducking around the claws, as Pinkie giggled.
“I got this girls.” TV!Pinkie said, summoning some clouds that came in his reach as he snapped at them but the clouds started to multiply, causing it to get confused as he snapped at them, making hundreds of clouds.
“Nice, now lets give him a little spark.” Rainbow said as she nods to Rarity, who nods back as the fired two elemental attacks at once; one electric, the other water as it hit it right on, sparking it up before it explodes. “Steamed Shrimp, anyone?” TV!Rainbow asked the others.
“Yeah, that wasn’t one of her smarter monsters.” AJ said with a chuckle, the others laughing along. “Though aside from...you-know-what, I’d have to say the weirdest monster would have to be…” The screen changed to show the five original Rangers playing volleyball with a giant pufferfish. “...yeah, that.”
“Though I do remember a rather scary fight…” Fluttershy said as the screen showed Fluttershy and Pinkie being chased by what looked like a humanoid snake dancing, as she shudders. “Mamba Conda may have had a funny name, but he wasn’t all that nice…”
Fact nods at this as he says, “And of course, you girls have been through a lot these past few months. You have anything to say to the people at home, especially to people who may look up to you in some way?”
The Rangers looked at each other as AJ said, “I may as well go first. This job ain’t easy. Never is and likely never will be. We’re up against some dangerous folks and we know that. Heck, the military once tried to talk us out of it, but we were able to make some convincing. As I always do, we gotta be honest about things, we can’t always sugar coat things.”
Fluttershy nods as she says, “I would also like to point out that, even though it’s really tough, you have to have the time to be a good person. We can’t forget who we are, especially with all these scary things out there.”
Rarity turned towards the audience so her entire face could be seen by the camera. “Always be willing to give of yourself. It’s easy to be a hero with super powers, but those who give up from themselves are the real heroes, right Mister Fact?” She winked and Blunt ducked his head in embarrassment, but was smiling.
“Keep laughing! When friends laugh with each other, they always feel better!” Pinkie said jumping up from behind the couch. The camera crew was certain was she was in front of it.
Rainbow crossed her arms and closed her eyes, a giant smirk on her face. “Never give up on your friends and always be there for them. Friends are the family we choose, we can’t lose them.”
Sunset exhaled a deep breath before looking right into the camera. “Forgive. Redemption is what keeps us together, even when we hurt each other.”
From off stage, Sunset saw Vinyl giving a thumbs up and miming a guitar. She nodded and motioned for the other Rangers to stand up. Rainbow gave Fact a nod as they headed off as Fact gave a smile to the audience.
“And now ladies and gentleman, the Rangers are going to perform the first song of their new album Heroics. As far as I understand it’s meant to be what they would have as a theme song if this were television. Ladies and Gentleman: The Rainbooms!” Fact said waving towards the band now on a stage separate from the main one.
All: Aaaah aaaah aaaah aaaah
Sunset: Hear a call in the night,
Crying for the light,
As the dark_ness clos~ses in~!
RD: In Harmony we rise,
Reaching for the skies,
Never giving up on_each_ot~her!
All: Aaaaah
Go_Go_Power Rangers!
Fight for the light that_ binds us tog~ether!
Go_Go_Power Rangers!
A rainbow of hope, shin~ing for~ever!
All: Aaaaah
Fluttershy: When you feel full of strife,
And nothings right with life,
Remem_ber _the truth with~in!
Rarity: If in troubled time,
The world has lost its rhyme,
The rea_son is_ still here~!
All: Aaaaah
The Rangers began to glow as their pony attributes appeared. Rainbow and Fluttershy floated up into the air and began to perform an aerial dance.
Go_Go_Power Rangers!
Fight for the light that_ binds us tog~ether!
Go_Go_Power Rangers!
A rainbow of hope, shin~ing for~ever!
All: Aaaaah
AJ: Don’t ever you lose sight,
Of what is in the light,
Friends_ and_ Family~
Pinkie: Will never let you go,
Though the ebb and through the flow,
We_ are_ here beside you~!
All: Aaaaah
Go_Go_Power Rangers!
Fight for the light that_ binds us tog~ether!
Go_Go_Power Rangers!
A rainbow of hope, shin~ing for~ever!
Go_Go_Power Rangers!
Fight for the light that_ binds us tog~ether!
Go_Go_Power Rangers!
A rainbow of hope, shin~ing for~ever!
GO GO POWER RANGERS! GO!
Rainbow and Fluttershy landed after the song ended. “The Rainbooms Everybody!” Blunt Fact said. The show ended not long after, The Rangers gave out autographs and took photos then went home to relax for the rest of the day, glad no monster had attacked.
Later that week...Sunset had her head in her hands as the online video played. Vinyl however was smiling like a loon. “You know you haven’t fought much, but they got your good side. And hey, we have a theme song now, we’re the big time!” Sunset looked through her fingers then groaned, letting her head hit the table, the other Rangers laughing