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// Episode 1: Getting the Group Together 
// Story: Sunset Horizon 
// by Sonicrules831 
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Episode 1- Pilot (Getting the Group Together)


The school year was beginning to wrap up at Canterlot High. Sunset was now friends with a lot of people in the school, no problems have been occurring since the Battle of the Bands. The Mane 7 still had the Rainbooms going on, they would play at fairs, school events and charity events too. 
In comes Alex. He’s a good friend around here to the Rainbooms. He can be a peacekeeper, sometimes he can stress, sometimes he can be a bit shy. However, he enjoys being with them. He’s very close friends with Sunset Shimmer. Sunset of course used to be a villain who wanted revenge on Equestria. However, she never knew about friendship. Thanks to Twilight and her friends, she managed to learn and even help stop the Sirens at the Battle of the Bands.
Speaking of them, what have the Dazzlings been up to? Well, they surely couldn’t sing anymore. They actually have been on the internet, re-learning how to sing again.
But before anything, let’s go back to Alex. He was chilling in the music room when he saw one of Applejack’s bass guitars. 
“Hmmm.” He thought as he turned one of his favorite classic rock songs and began playing on the bass. He didn’t know much about playing it, but he matched up with the song relatively well. Suddenly Applejack opened the door.
“Howdy Alex.” She said.
He heard her and stopped.
“Oh! Sorry Applejack I wasn’t thinking. I should’ve asked.” He apologized.
“Nah it’s alright. Ah’ can trust you. Ya’ sounded pretty good there sugarcube.” She playfully punch his arm and smiled.
“You think so?” Alex asked. 
“Yeah. Ever thought about playin’ guitar?” She asked.
“I was always tempted. I just wasn’t sure.” Alex said.
“You should try!” She replied.
“I don’t see why not.” Alex said.
“Great! I can teach ya’ some notes and basic fundamentals lickity split.” She said.
Applejack went on to teach Alex about playing bass guitar, it didn’t take too long for him to figure out though. He managed to get to where he can play a couple songs, all within an hour or so.
“Wow sugarcube, pretty good! Well, I gotta get home. Wanna meet again tomorrow?” She asked.
“Sure.” Alex smiled.
“Sounds good. See ya Alex.” Applejack left with her bass and went home.
Alex walked out of the school and saw Sunset talking to Trixie. Trixie seemed upset about something because she was actually in tears. Alex walked up to the situation.
“Hey guys, everything ok?” He asked in concern.
“Something happened to Trixie today.” Sunset explained.
“What happened?” Alex asked.
Trixie wiped her tears and sniffled, “You know my two friends? The Illusions…?” She asked.
“Yeah. What’s up?” 
“They turned away from me…and decided to go with Snips and Snails.” Trixie began to cry again.
I went up and gave her a comforting hug.
“I’m really sorry Trixie.” Alex said.
“It’s ok. I’m just not sure who to hang out with anymore.” Trixie said sadly.
“You can hang with us.” Alex pointed to himself and Sunset.
“After all I did from before…?” Trixie asked in shock.
“Yes. Let’s start on a clean slate and move on.” Sunset told her.
“O-ok.” She regain some composure.
“Why don’t we go to Sugarcube Corner and talk ok? Alex you wanna come?” Sunset asked.
“Sure.” Alex smiled.
“Ok.” Trixie smiled a bit.
So, Alex, Sunset and Trixie walked downtown to Sugarcube Corner. As they were about to walk in, there were the Illusions with Snips and Snails. They gave the three looks of disgust. Alex ignored them and so did Sunset. Trixie looked away trying not to look upset.
“It’s alright Trixie,” Alex put his arm around her.
They walked in and ordered some shakes and sat down.
“Applejack taught me how to play bass today.” Alex said.
“Really? How was it?” Sunset asked.
“Pretty good.” Alex said.
“We should duet, or better yet trio! The three of us.” Sunset had an idea.
“For the spring music showcase?” Trixie asked.
“Yeah.” Sunset smiled.
“I don’t see why not. But we need some drums.” Trixie pointed out.
“And aren’t you with the Rainbooms?” She asked.
“Well, Twilight will be here. But I can play with both bands.” Sunset said.
“I did read that in the rules.” Alex added.
“You may play for two groups if you wish. That’s what it said.” 
“Oh ok.” Trixie thanked Alex for the clear up.
Suddenly, a purple skinned girl with hair similar to Aria Blaze walked up to our conversation. This girl was known for wanting everything to be equal, she took things a bit too far at the school, but luckily she was stopped by her talents being revealed. After that, she’s been quiet around school, figuring out what to do. Her name, was Starlight Glimmer.
Trixie noticed her, “Starlight.” 
“Trixie.” She replied.
“Oh, hello Starlight. What brings you here?” Sunset asked.
“Well, I just walked in and then I heard your conversation.” Starlight replied.
“Oh, were you interested in joining?” Sunset asked.
Starlight smiled, “Sure, if you don’t mind.” 
She then revealed her Acoustic Guitar.
“Three guitars could make an interesting sound.” Alex said.
“Four.” Trixie said. “Including you silly.” She then chuckled.
“Oh. Well, I’m a bass player.” Alex laughed a bit.
“We still need a drummer.” Sunset said.
“And maybe someone on electric piano, like Rarity.” Trixie added.
“Wow. We could make a band out of this.” Alex said.
“Yeah! We could!” Sunset felt excited.
Alex leaned towards Sunset, “I bet we all can make friends with the Rainbooms.”
Sunset smiled and nodded.
They all seemed happy about this “band.”
“I think I may know three girls who could help us.” Sunset told them.
“Who?” Trixie asked.
“This may sound crazy, of course I’ve been talking to the Dazzlings, they have been re-learning to sing actually.” Sunset said.
Trixie and Starlight seemed shocked. Alex kept listening.
“I’ve been talking to them to teach them friendship of course, maybe they can finally show they have changed. Or maybe all of us show that we have changed, knowing you guys can get along with the Rainbooms and we can work together.” Sunset explained.
“Sounds like a plan, even though I haven’t caused havoc in the past, no offense.” Alex kind of hesitated.
“It’s alright Alex.” Sunset smiled.
“None taken.” Trixie added.
“Come on, let’s go talk to them.” Sunset said as they all got up and walked out of Sugarcube Corner to their house.
“Alright then.” Alex responded.
So the four walked over to the Dazzlings’ house to talk to them. Sunset knocked on their door. Adagio opened the door.
“Hi guys!!” Sonata waved.
“Hello Sunset.” Adagio said.
“Hi. What are they doing here?” Aria asked in usual tone.
“Yeah I do wonder. What bring Trixie, Starlight and Alex here?” Adagio asked in curiosity.
“Well, the Spring Music Showcase is coming up and we somehow have a little group formed and we were wondering if you three are interested in being with us.” Sunset told them.
“Well, I don’t know.” Adagio felt unsure.
“I can play drums!” Sonata blurted out.
“Really?” Sunset asked.
“Yeah! Sometimes I like to go into the Music Room at school and play the drums. I’ve gotten really good at it. Also because my singing, it’s getting better but it still needs work. Adagio and Aria about have it.” Sonata told her.
Aria was playing on an electric Piano until she heard her name and covered it up.
“Huh wha?” Aria walked up.
“Don’t hide it Aria, you can play the electric piano real good!” Sonata chuckled.
“I don’t even know how, don’t tell anyone else.” Aria pouted.
“Come on girls, it’s time to come out of the shadows and show who you really are. People can think of you in a better way.” Sunset said.
Sonata seemed convinced. 
“Alright Sunset. If you say so.” Adagio felt unsure.
Aria was quiet, arms crossed and looking away. However she didn’t look angry.
“Aria…” Sunset said.
“What…”
“Please. It’ll be good for all three of you. Please?” Sunset asked.
“Fine.” Aria finally gave in.
The seven went to the school while preparation for the Spring Music Fest was going on. They snuck into the music room.
“Ok. So from what I see, I can do lead guitar, Trixie can do guitar, Starlight can do guitar, Aria can do electric piano, Sonata can do drums and Alex can do bass.” Sunset looked at what they all could do.
“Adagio, do you think you could be lead singer?” She asked Adagio.
“Yeah Adagio, you have it back.” Aria said.
“Hmmmm.” Adagio was unsure.
“Just try Adagio. I know you three have been working hard on this. You never know until you try.” Alex told her.
“Alright then…” Adagio took a deep breath and sang her old dazzling tone. “Ahhhhh~ Ahhhhhhh~ Aaaaahhh~ Aaaahhhhh~”
“Adagio that sounded great!” Alex said.
“Yeah it’s like your old self again without all the, you know.” Sunset pointed to the area where their amulets once were.
“Yeah it…it seems so.” Adagio felt relieved.
“I think we have a band ladies and gentlemen.” I smiled and winked.
“Wait, Alex, you need a bass guitar don’t you?” Starlight asked him.
“Vinyl Scratch has some good deals at the music store, im sure we can find something cheap for him.” Sunset replied.
“Alright. I got the money to do it. We’ll just have to see what’s available. I’m surely not getting anything that costs $12,000.” Alex smirked 
“Hey now, I never bought it. Silly.” Trixie said.
“I know sometimes you gotta find humor in youself.” I replied.
“You do make a good point.” Starlight added.
“Alright. Let’s head on over.” Alex smiled.
So the gang headed over to the mall where the music store was. Vinyl was at the counter chilling and listening to music.
“Sup guys?” Vinyl said.
“Hey, Alex has been learning to play bass and we were wondering if there were any cheap bass guitars around.” Sunset told her.
“Yeah there’s some over here.” Vinyl got up and walked over to the guitars.
“Anything catching your eye bro?” She asked.
Alex carefully looked at not only what basses were available but what price were they. He saw a red one, hardly used, good condition. Only for $135.
“Can I try this one?” I pointed to it.
“Sure man.” Vinyl took it and handed it to Alex. He put it on and plugged it in and began to strum random notes like a warm up.
“Nice!” Sunset said.
“Yeah man. Good for a beginner like you, good price. I’d take it.” Vinyl said.
“Yeah. I’ll take it.” Alex announced.
“Awesome man.” Vinyl smiled.
Alex bought it and paid for it and then they headed back to the school.
“Are we good to go?” Alex asked.
“Yep. I believe so.” Sunset said.
“What song should we do?” Alex asked.
“Look up a song we could cover. What about one of the classic rock bands you like?” Sunset recommended. 
“Hmmm. Yeah.” Alex thought.
“What about the one you saw last summer?” Trixie asked me.
Alex thought back to how much he loved that band.
“I’ll look up something from their latest album.” He got out his phone.
He looked up all the songs from the album. He saw one called Life, Love and Hope.
“Here’s one. It’s also the title of the album. I think you’ll like it.” He smiled.
He played the song, it showed that it was perfect for all 7 and well, the name of the song really made the girls see something. Life, Love and Hope. Very important assets to life. 
“As I learned from the man who formed this band and has helped make all the music, Life, Love and Hop are the three most valuable possessions. Sometimes it takes a traumatic event to make us realize what’s really important.” He explained, then went on to tell the story about a lead singer that lost his life 8 years ago while the album was still being made.
“And the man that created this band long ago, he made this first album in 1976 by himself.” He added.
“That’s incredible!” Adagio was amazed by it.
“I never thought that was possible.” Starlight added.
“He’s got a good heart. He’s an amazing musician.” Alex said.
“Let’s do this song then guys.” Sunset put her hand in the middle.
They all put their hands in the middle.
“All we need is a band name.” Alex reminded.
“Oh! I never really thought of it.” Sunset said.
“Yeah I haven’t either to be honest.” Trixie added.
They all thought.
“What about Sunset Horizon?” Alex asked them.
“Ooooh. Not a bad one.” Sunset smiled.
“I like that.” Adagio said.
“Yeah it sounds good.” Aria added.
“I like it too.” Trixie smiled.
“I like It as well.” Starlight said.
“Yeah!” Sonata smiled.
“Alright. Sunset Horizon on 3.” Alex said.
“1…2…3…SUNSET HORIZON!” They all had their hands up and they high fived each other.
When they got to the music room to practice in, there were the Illusions. The two girls that were once Trixie’s friends, then Snips and Snails.
“Well, Well, Well, if it isn’t Trixie and her new friends. Of course you come running off to Sunset Shimmer!” One of the girls smirked.
“Yeah, trying to be all reformed and learn about the ‘magic of fwendship?” The other girl said.
“It’s because I have true friends now! Unlike what you two decided to do behind my back.” Trixie fired back.
“What’s wrong Trixie, don’t feel like the center of attention anymore?” The red-haired illusion girl said.
“That doesn’t matter. I’ve learned something in this short amount of time. And it’ll involve the song we’re going to perform!” Trixie announced to them.
“Oh yeah? Those three can’t even sing anymore!” The yellow haired Illusion said pointing towards the Dazzlings.
“You know we’ve been working awfully hard to get our singing back and it sure wasn’t easy!” Aria snapped at them. 
Alex held her back, “Calm don’t worry about it.”
“Yeah, we know what we did wrong in the past, unlike you two.” Sonata added in.
“So? We’re going to rock the Spring Music Fest, I bet you guys will collapse early on.” Snips said.
“Yeah!” Snails added.
“You two have no room to talk. Sunset knows that.” Alex told them. Sunset nodded to him.
Snips and Snails suddenly weren’t sure what to say.
“Still, we’re going to take the floor and we don’t have people like you all to hold us back!” The Red- Haired Illusion yelled.
“Come on girls. Fighting is a waste of time, let’s get to practicing.” Alex told them
“I agree.” Adagio replied.
“Alright, don’t come crying to us when you all humiliate yourselves!” The Yellow-Haired Illusion said as they all laughed.
The gang walked into the music room, the Rainbooms were just about to leave.
“Howdy guys!” Applejack waved.
“Hey, how are things going?” I asked.
“Good darling, thanks for asking.” Rarity smiled.
“Don’t worry I’ve been practicing our song, even though I’ve been all over the place today.” Sunset said, at the music store she actually had time to practice.
“It’s alright. Remember Twilight is here to help out.” Rainbow said.
“Thanks for visiting Twilight.” Sunset gave her a hug.
“You’re welcome and I heard about the new band, I can’t wait to hear you all.” Twilight said.
“Maybe we can help them?” Fluttershy asked.
“Yeah, I heard the conversation out there. Just ignore them, they’re being all cocky.” Applejack told them.
“Yeah. Don’t let them get to your head girls. Tomorrow is the big show, let’s get going.” Alex smiled as he went to print copies of the lyrics and notes to the song.
Adagio looked at the microphone. Aria looked at the electronic Piano she had. Sonata looked at the drums and picked up the drumsticks. Trixie and Starlight nodded and got their guitars out.
“No matter what we’ll always be here to help you guys out.” Twilight told them.
What seemed surprising to the Rainbooms, the Dazzlings smiled and Adagio told them, “Thank you.”
“Wow, you girls are really showing change!” Rarity amazingly said.
“Well, after what happened in recent events, I realized something. And the song Alex showed us, was something that is inspiring. It’s about three valuable possessions, Life, Love and Hope.” Trixie said.
“I remember Alex playing that song, he really loves that band.” Rainbow replied.
“Yeah and I think it’s going to sound great when we get settled.” Sunset added.
Alex walked in with papers, “Just remember, this isn’t a battle.” He winked.
The Dazzlings nodded and winked back and Alex gave them lyrics. Adagio read them over and warmed up. She warmed with lyrics from the actual song and this made Alex super excited.
“Wow Adagio, you sound great!” Alex said.
“You think so?” She asked.
“Yeah!” He smiled.
Adagio smiled, “I’m glad. I wasn’t really sure how all of this would go.”
“It’s all good.” He said.
“Shall we begin? I’ve always wanted to do the 1-2-3-4 clicks.” Sonata said.
“Hit it.” He said.
“1-2-3-4!” Sonata clicked away and they began playing.
“Everybody says they do, but you know they don’t~
They say they’re looking out for you, but you know they won’t~
Can’t you see I believe… I’m living on faith~
On my knees, and I can see the promise I can make…~
And life! Has taken me, so far from shore~
And I, am breaking free, I see what life is for~!”
Alex did alright on bass, still learning though. He got most of the notes down. Sunset and Trixie were alright on their ends. Starlight had a great acoustic part near the end, Sonata was hitting to the beat and Aria was playing away with the electric piano, adding that sweet touch. Adagio sounded heavenly when singing. The Rainbooms all cheered as they got to the end after Sunset’s solo into Starlight’s acoustic solo.
“People searching for the truth they can’t find~” Adagio and Sunset sung.
The drums kicked in as Alex and Trixie sang, “And everybody looks at you, but they’re so blind~”
Starlight, Sonata and Aria came in, “They’re all lining up behind a door, they can’t get in~”
Finally all seven of them sang, “They send another soul to war, it’s such a…sin~”
“Can’t you see I survive… I’m living on faith?
On my knees but I’ll arrive to stand by your side~
And hope, has taken me, It’s opened the door~
And I, I’m breaking free, I see what hope is fore~
I see what hope is for~
Sunset finished, “And I’m not afraid anymore~”
The song ended.
“That was super-duper awesome!!” Pinkie clapped rapidly.
“That sounded great girls!” Alex smiled.
“Wow. We did...” Adagio was amazed by it.
“You know what I’ve also noticed, we are starting to forget all the past mishaps we had!” Trixie said.
“Exactly!” Sunset smiled.
“Alex you’re getting better there sugarcube, keep working on it you’ll sound great tomorrow!” Applejack told him.
“Thanks AJ.” Alex said.
“Why don’t we go through another run through and then we can head home, get some rest and get ready for tomorrow?” Sunset asked.
“Sounds good.” Adagio said.
“Let’s rock!” Aria raised her fist.
“1-2-3-4”! Sonata clicked away and they played the song once more
“Even better!” Twilight clapped.
“I’m so proud of y’all” Applejack smiled.
“That, was, Awesome!” Rainbow jumped in the air.
Sunset Horizon all smiled.
“Alright gang. Let’s all head home, we’ll see you guys tomorrow.” Alex said.
“You bet sugarcube!” Applejack hugged me.
The girls and guy all hugged each other and went home.
The next morning was a big day for Canterlot and Canterlot High School. The Spring Music Fest was going on and it was going to be a big one. Principal Celestia was going to give out the best performance award between Flash Sentry’s Band, Octavia, Photo Finish’s Band, The Illusions with Snips and Snails, The Rainbooms and now Sunset Horizon.
Alex texted the girls after having breakfast, “You all ready?” And they all replied ‘yes.’
He took out his bass real quick and played notes from the song to warm up, he wasn’t the best singer, but he was good at backing up to add in to the song. He wasn’t bad either.
“Ok Alex. You got this.” He said to himself and then put the bass back in his case and drove to the high school.
He got there and parked next to Flash’s car.
“Hey Alex.” Flash waved.
“Sup man?” Alex asked getting his bass out.
“Twilight sent me a recording of how your band did. You guys sound great!” He said shutting his car door.
“Thanks man. I’m really excited, I mean it was a couple days ago that Applejack was teaching me bass guitar and now we have a band together. We’ll see how it goes.” Alex said.
“Yeah man, good luck!” We high fived and went on our merry way. Alex met with the rest of them in the music room to warm up.
“Sonata, where are your drumsticks?” Adagio asked Sonata.
Sonata suddenly pulled her drumsticks out of Adagio’s hair, “Here they are!”
Adagio giggled at it, “Oh Sonata, you silly-taco loving girl.”
Sonata giggled and snorted like Pinkie Pie would.
“Hey girls.” Alex walked in.
“Hey Alex!” Sunset walked in after Alex, “Sorry I was warming up with the Rainbooms.” 
“You sure you’ll be ok performing with two bands?” Alex asked.
“I’ll be fine. We go on after the Rainbooms.” She told them.
“Alright cool. So we go last?” Alex asked.
“Yep.” She replied smiling.
“Cool, it gives us plenty of time to-“A pluck was heard.
“My guitar string!” Starlight gasped, “I knew something didn’t feel right.”
“What happened?” Sunset asked.
“I left my guitar here to get something and when I came back one of my guitar strings snapped.” Starlight frowned.
“Snips and Snails must’ve tampered with it.” Trixie said.
“I saw them walk out of here before I came back in here.” Sonata said.
“Of course.” Alex said.
“What if I can’t go on?” Starlight panicked.
Alex held her hands to calm her down, “Don’t worry. We’ll find another guitar string. I know Flash has acoustic guitar strings. He has that guitar with him too.” 
“Ok.” Starlight calmed.
“I’ll be right back. Start warming up ok?” Alex asked them.
“Got it.” They said.
Alex ran around the halls and saw him, “Flash!!” 
“Yeah?” He turned.
“You got any acoustic guitar strings?” Alex asked.
“Yeah, they’re in my case, someone need one?” Flash asked Alex.
“Yes. Starlight does. Sorry about all this.” Alex said.
“No worries man, I’ve got plenty. Here’s a couple strings. Text me if you need anything.” Flash smiled.
“Thanks man.” They bro-fisted and Alex went back to the music room.
“Ok I’m back.” Alex ran in and took a deep breath.
“Thank you so much.” Starlight attached the new string and then adjusted.
“Ok everything sound good?” Sunset asked.
“Yeah.” Starlight sighed of relief.
“Alright, warm up?” Alex asked.
“Yep, let’s do a run through.” Adagio said.
“Alrighty then, Hit it!” He told Sonata.
“1-2-3-4!” Sonata clicked away and they played. It had seemed every time they played the song, they got better and better. At a point is almost sounded exactly how the actual song sounds.
Meanwhile, The Illusions with Snips and Snails had debuted with their song. They didn’t sound that bad, Flash’s band was going to go right after. At the end of their song, they walk off the stage and walked by the music room, “Beat that Sunset Horizon.” The Red- Haired Illusion snickered.
“Yeah Trixie, let’s see how you really do.” Snails also snickered. 
They didn’t know Alex had gotten another string for Starlight. Before they knew it later on, the Rainbooms were on stage and Sunset Horizon was next.
“I’m kind of nervous.” Adagio told Alex.
“Calm down, take a deep breath. It’ll all be good.” Alex told her.
“Yeah we’ve done it before Adagio.” Sonata said.
“Yeah but all that happened.” Adagio mentioned the Battle of the Bands.
“Well, we’ve fought really hard for this moment to redeem ourselves. It’s time to come out of the shadows and sing our hearts out.” Aria patted Adagio’s back.
“You’re right Aria.” Adagio smiled.
The Rainbooms finished their performance up and the crowd cheered.
“Next up, Sunset Horizon!” Principal Celestia announced.
“Alright. This is it.” Alex put his hand in the middle and one more time.
“Sunset Horizon on 3, 1-2-3, SUNSET HORIZON!”
They walked up on stage, the crowd kind of had a shocked reaction to see who was in the band, no boos, a little gossip then and there. Sunset stayed up there since she was performing again.
Looking from the audience, to the right was Sunset and Trixie with Aria in the back, to the left was Starlight and Alex, Adagio was in the center and Sonata was in the back.
Sonata clicked off, “1-2-3-4!”
The song kicked off strong with an amazing guitar sound.
“Everybody says they do, but you know they don’t~
They say they’re looking out for you, but you know they won’t~
Can’t you see I believe… I’m living on faith~
On my knees, and I can see the promise I can make…~
And life! Has taken me, so far from shore~
And I, am breaking free, I see what life is for~!”
The next verse came.
“You take a little time for love but don’t give in~
“And never open up the door, how can you win? Yeeeaaahhhh~
Can’t you see I survive… just living on faith~
On my knees but I’ll arrive, and stand by your side~
“Cause love, has taken me, it’s opened the door
And I, I’m breaking free, I see what love is for
Oh, I see what is for~
And I’m not afraid anymore~
Sunset played a guitar solo that had much heart into it as Trixie and Alex followed suit to her rhythm. Afterwards, Starlight kicked off her solo.
“People searching for the truth, they can’t find~” Adagio and Sunset sung.
The drums kicked in as Alex and Trixie sang, “And everybody looks at you, but they’re so blind~”
Starlight, Sonata and Aria came in, “They’re all lining up behind a door, they can’t get in~”
Finally all seven of them sang, “They send another soul to war, it’s such a…sin~”
“Can’t you see I survive… I’m living on faith?
On my knees but I’ll arrive to stand by your side~
And hope, has taken me, It’s opened the door~
And I, I’m breaking free, I see what hope is fore~
I see what hope is for~
Sunset finished, “And I’m not afraid anymore~”
The song ended.
The crowd erupted in cheer except for the Illusions of course. Everyone must’ve been super impressed by the performance, they were still cheering as they waved and left stage. 
“That was great!” Twilight said.
“I know right?” Alex smiled.
“Very proud of you all!” Rarity cheered.
Principal Celestia came onto the stage.
“Thank you everyone for attending the Canterlot High School Spring Music Fest! Let’s give a round of applause for all the bands that have performed today.” She announced as everyone applauded and cheered.
“Now to give out the award for best performance! This year, the award goes to two bands!” Celestia announced again.
It got silent as they all awaited who it was going to be.
“The first award of best performance goes to….The Rainbooms!” She announced as The Mane 7 came on to the stage to accept their award and they rose it up high.
“The second band for this awards goes to….”
The Illusions smirked.
“Sunset Horizon!!” Celestia announced.
The Illusions turned mad as Sunset Horizon all hugged and jumped up and down.
“We did it! We did it!!” Sonata yelled.
“I knew I could believe in you all!” Sunset hugged Alex and the others. Then they happily raised their award.
“Good job guys!” Twilight said.
“Thank you so much.” Trixie said.
“We should keep all this stuff in a diary?”  Sonata asked?
“Yeah we should!” Aria said.
“Seflie?” Alex asked.
“Yeah!” Alex got a selfie stick out and put his phone on it and set a timer on the phone. The Rainbooms and Sunset Horizon all got in the pic and it was taken.
The picture was later printed at the party that Pinkie Pie made for both bands and placed in a scrapbook with the message.
“Dear Scrapbook, It’s weird to see that in just two days we could form a band with the most unlikely members to team up. But we managed to pull it off. We all believe this is the beginning of new adventures for all of us. We now are great friends and have wonder friends in the Rainbooms. Today was a beginning of a new chapter.
Sincerely, Alex, Adagio Dazzle, Sunset Shimmer, Trixie Lulamoon, Aria Blaze, Starlight Glimmer, and Sonata Dusk~”
The Adventure Begins…


THE END