//------------------------------// // Well That Didn't Work // Story: Uniformed Equality // by TheNewYorkBrony //------------------------------// After lunch was free period, so the entirety of the Rainbooms met in the music room across the school. Rainbow Dash and Applejack stood by the door as look outs in case one of Starlight's lackeys got nosey. "Okay, so how exactly are we going to take care of her?" Dash asked, leaning up against the door. "Easy. We sing a song about being ourselves and all that and then boom! Everyone's against her!" Sunset said, waving her arms. "Uh, how exactly are you sure this is going to work?" Applejack interjected. "Oh come on! Last year you all helped Twilight win fall formal by waltzing around the cafeteria dressed like diet furries!" Sunset said, waving her arms. "I mean, two weeks ago we blasted three sirens with the power of a song about a bomb that Fluttershy wrote! Music will make these idiots do anything!" "What's a furry?" Pinkie asked, squinting. Rainbow tapped her chin. "Hey, Didn't you spread a rumor in ninth grade that Fluttershy was-" "Ahem!" Sunset interjected, clearing her throat. "Not the main focus here! Now, does anyone have any ideas for a song?" She looked around expectantly to the other members of thr band and frowned when they all looked at each other and then back at her, shrugging. She smacked her forehead. "Alright, I see that I'm alone on this one I guess," "Not so fast," A sultry voice from behind the door said. The girls turned towards the door and Applejack and Rainbow Dash opened them. In walked The Dazzlings, dressed in the tacky uniforms. Sunset was surprised to actually see them. She had thought for sure after she and the girls had humiliated them at the Battle of The Bands in front of the entire school that they had skipped town, never daring to show their faces in Canterlot High ever again. "We want in on whatever your little group is planning," Adagio continued, folding her arms. "Forget it! We're not teaming up with the likes of you!" Rainbow snarled, balling her hands into fists. Adagio raised a brow. "So I see you haven't trained your mutt yet, have you Sunset?" "Hey!" Dash protested, offended. Sunset sighed. "What do you want, Adagio?" She might as well let her speak because at this moment the conversation was going nowhere and Sunset was starting to become very agitated. She didn't like Adagio, and she definitely didn't like Sonata or Aria. But if they could come up with a plan better than the one she had brewing in her mind, she would at least hear them out. "Like I said, we want in. For once we have a common goal," Adagio explained. Sunset arched a brow. "And that is?" "To get rid of Starlight Glimmer of course," the Siren said, smiling. "You and I both know that she isn't worthy of ruling the school." "Oh what, and you three are?" Dash asked, folding her arms. "In case you forgot we kicked your sorry asses during the Battle of the Bands," Adagio's eyebrow twitched at that. "Yes," she hissed in a strained, iritated voice. "I do remember that. Vividly." She sighed. "But that's behind all of us now and we want nothing more than to assist you in ridding the school of Glimmer." "What's in it for us?" Sunset asked cautiously, folding her own arms. "Well, for one thing you gain us as allies," Adagio reasoned. "True," Sunset agreed, nodding. "But that's not enough. How do we know we can trust you? If I didn't know any better I'd say you're still pretty peeved about losing your magic and becoming a normal girl." "Oh believe me, she is!" Sonata piped. She quickly cowarded behind Applejack when Aria and Adagio sent her deadly glares. Aria sighed. "Look, all we're asking for is a chance. No one in this school has been nice to us in the slightest since we came back and all I want to do is just graduate from this hellhole and move on with my life," "You and me both, sister," Pinkie agreed, high fiving Aria. Sunset frowned. There was no way they were getting out of this one. If she said no she would look like a jerk, and then she'd hear from Twilight all about how she was betraying her element and not being a good friend. And as much as she loved Twilight, she couldn't stand to listen to her dumb friendship lectures. She heaved a resigned sigh. "Fine." she grumbled. She stuck her hand out and winced when Adagio shook it. "But just know that ifyou screw us over there will be hell to pay." "Oh don't worry," Sonata offered, punching her fist into her other open hand. "She messed with my Taco Tuesday. She's going down!" "Ah, yes, which is exactly what we were discussing before your lovely interruption," Rarity said, filing at her nails. "It's not like you were contributing either," Sunset snapped at her. "You were giving me a stare as blank as everyone else's two seconds ago!" "C'mon ya'll, we gotta think of somethin'! Ah don't know how long I can go without making any countryisms!" Applejack whined. "Oh, my poor fashion sense!" Rarity wailed hysterically. "Soon I'll be wearing jean jackets and, and skorts!" She cried, her mascara starting to stain her cheeks again. "What in the hay is a skort?" Applejack asked, squinting. "It's like, a skirt, but with shorts underneath," Fluttershy explained. "We used to wear them in grade school." "Not me! I wore top of the line fashion for little girls! Ugh! Just thinking about not being able ro wear my gorgeous outfits to school just makes me want to die!" Rarity sobbed. "Okay, Rarity's weird melodramatics aside, does anyone have an intelligent way to go about this?" Sunset asked, looking over the group of girls again. "I liked your song idea," Fluttershy offered. "You're right about the students at this school being easily influenced by music. Maybe we could write a song about rebellion and standing together." "Those two things contradict each other, don't you think?" Applejack replied. "It's a mighty fine idea, Ah just think the message would be a little confusin'." "Applejack's right." Sunset agreed. "Let's just stick with the rebellion theme." She pointed to Rainbow Dash. "Any ideas for lyrics?" Rainbow smirked, pulling her gutiar pick out of her backpack. "Gimme twenty minutes and we'll have a song!" She boasted proudly. Sunset smirked. "Good." She turned to the rest of the girls. "Now, as for us, we'll work on the music." The next day was uneventful to say the least. All of the girls went through their morning classes without problem and then met up in the music room at lunch timeto go over their plan one final time. And then when they were sure they were ready, they all waited until the cafeteria was full before charging in. Rainbow and Sunset played a loud rock and roll like melody that got everyone's attention. They were both wearing their uniforms but they were modified, (thanks to a frazzled Rarity,) to look more rebellious with patches of plaid and splashes of color that matched their hair. In walked The Dazzlings, singing backup for Pinkie as she sung the song that Rainbow has written the day before. Their uniforms were also modified to match the theme. Their singing wasn't exactly on par with what it was before, but it was definitely better than what it had sounded like when Sunset and the others first defeated them. The more Sunset and Rainbow played, their hair grew longer and they sprouted their usual ears. When the song was over they looked around the cafeteria to see that not only did their plan not work, they also had neglected to check if Starlight was in said cafeteria. She clapped her hands slowly, the sound echoing over the silent room. "Good job, girls. Who knew you all had such a lovely vocabulary?" she laughed. Then, frowning she said, "You all obviously haven't taken my philosophy to heart." She flipped her hair. "No matter. I have a special punishment for you all." She said with a grin. "Uh, I need an adult!" Pinkie shouted, hiding behind Sunset. Sunset bit her lip. "Aw, crap."