//------------------------------// // Chapter 1:Morning in Canterlot High shimmers // Story: Can two dimensions meet at a sports fixture? // by multifandomsftw //------------------------------// Dear Princess Twilight, How are you? It seems like the entirety of CHS are stressed out about exams, and they haven't even begun. Yeah, even little freshmen! Oh well, at least it's Enrichment Week next week, and it's the friendship games! I just hope our school spirit and our sports can win us something, but we're not too hopeful since we're facing those goddamn Crystal City prep. people and they are good! Talk to you soon, Sunset Shimmer ONE YEAR LATER... ' Make a right turn, and you have reached your destination' As the Fiat 500 stops in front of the school, the engine is cut off suddenly. The owner of this car, which is black, with burnt yellow stripes, opens the door and steps out with their schoolbag. Out steps the owner as she flicks her fiery layered hair to the side, which has already been styled to one side. Her eyes, once cold flames of anger and betrayal, are now kind warm eyes and are brilliant aquamarine stones shimmering in the early May sunshine and stand out because honestly, there's not a single highlight of that colour anywhere else on her. This girl has very deep tanned skin and today has decided to ditch the red- and - white varsity jacket, which now is tied onto her hips. Her white vest top has fire printed from the bottom up to her left, matching the accents of fire on the legs of her red jeans. Her name was Sunset Shimmer. Whistling a bubbly ditty, she walks towards the school building, a modest brick school with a grand gymnasium and a very big cafeteria, boasting malachite - green fields and a marble statue of a horse. Then, finding her friends, she decides not to walk to her form room and joins her group, the Rainbooms, sitting around a picnic table. One girl gives Sunset Shimmer a wave and then resumes stretching herself. This girl, short and feisty, has dark tan skin, and a rainbow of colour in her hair, all tied back hastily. Her rose coloured eyes match the colour of the oversized jumper she's wearing, with a little logo, that is a rainbow bolt and a cloud, at the bottom of this jumper. Adorning her muscular legs are a pair of black leggings with white stripes to the side, with blue sneakers on her feet. She was called, funnily enough, Rainbow Dash. Another girl, sitting on the bench top, acknowledges Sunset Shimmer, yet continues to comb her black eyelashes with layers of mascara. This lady, tall and elegant, has porcelain skin and soft, cold blue eyes. Royal purple velvet curls cover her head like a curtain, with a triple crystal barrette holding hair from her eyes. She has a dark pewter coloured cardigan covering her obviously expensive white pencil dress with black at the bottom and the top, with matching shoes of the same pattern. This gem is Rarity. A girl smiles at the newcomer, then winces at the hair being pulled out of her head as another girl brushes it. The former is tanned and freckled, with apple green eyes, and straw yellow, messy hair, lacking her usual red ribbon tying up her hair. Her red checkered shirt is rumpled and isn't tucked into her washed out skinny denim jeans. Her shoes, caramel brown cowboy boots, match the Stenson hat that lies not too far from her person. Her name is Applejack. The latter was a fair skinned small girl, with big, frightened, teal eyes and cherry blossom hair, with the bangs tied up in mini plaits and a butterfly barrette. Her black vest top she is wearing is covered with a coral pink translucent, cropped blouse. She also wears white jeans, blinding in the sunlight, and modest black ballet pumps. Her name was Fluttershy. "MORNING, SHIMMY!!" cries another girl bouncing into view with a cart of pastries and beverages. This bubble full of joy is light skinned, with blue raspberry coloured eyes, and raspberry bubblegum coloured poofy hair, with a yellow hairband with a bow separating the bangs from the rest of the hair. She has a rhubarb and custard striped tshirt (By which I mean a custard yellow tshirt and rhubarb stripes), a bubblegum coloured poofy skirt, with various accents and shapes in yellow and blue. Her tights are dark teal and her leg warmers are rainbow plaid, matching her arm warmers, with blue platform heels, with balloon shaped heels and a ribbon winding up her leg. This girl was Pinkie pie, who quickly stuffs a pecan plait into Sunset Shimmer's mouth and grabs her hand and places a mug of something with foam, or whipped cream made into a mountain, much to our fiery haired girl's surprise. "Hrmph..mhmm?" Sunset tries asking through a mouth of sugar, nuts and coffee. "Hrmph...mhmm!" Pinkie answers, mimicking Sunset, receiving a Mexican wave of giggles from the others. "What I meant to say," Sunset swallows the dentist's nightmare, giggling herself," was how are you guys?" "All awesome!" Rainbow smiles. " Good, thank you, darling," Rarity closes her compact mirror, shining her pearl teeth. " Peachy, thanks Sugarcube," Applejack smiles, then winces at the knot being pulled in her hair, " Fluttershy, would ya mind not pullin' mighty hard?" "Sorry, Applejack," Fluttershy pats her head, "And I'm lovely, thank you for asking, Sunset." And so, the six friends start up a conversation, with topics ranging from exams to the proposed events for the upcoming Friendship games, until an Audi pulls up, a black one with blue decals on the doors and the boot of the car, and two people pop out, a boy and a girl, both carrying guitar cases. The boy is tall and slender, with blue almond shaped eyes and pushed back navy hair. He has an unbuttoned burgundy shirt, sleeves rolled up to his elbows, with a white tshirt underneath, with a shield- and- lightning bolt logo on the front. He has blue jeans and black sneakers. His face is kind and happy, but the look of sadness is unmistakable in his eyes. He glances at the table, and his eyes narrow in panic. "Shall I take your bass to the music department, eh Aura?" He asks quickly, and grabbing the girl's guitar case, scoots off quickish. " Thanks, Sentry!" The girl, 'Aura', calls to him. The girl, Aura Light, is small and tired-looking. Her midnight blue hair with gold tips hangs about her head like a shower curtain, and bags hang under her bright violet eyes, one of which has a strange scar, looking like two crescents, is creatively coloured in gold, with diamonds around the area. To go with this scar is a bright violet gem on her forehead. Today, she has decided to wear a sleeveless shirt, with a black cardigan, with black jeans, and a black fedora. "Hey guys! What's up?" She calls to the girls on the bench. "Hey!" They call back, not in unison, while Pinkie hands her an eclair and coffee. "How's things? And how's Flash Sentry?" Rainbow asks. Aura sighs and presses a hand against her forehead in annoyance, " Drama llama as always. He's a frickin' Romeo now, writing sonnets 'for his princess'," She rolls her eyes, " and THATS how he's been throughout the year. he went through the 5 stages of grief, a sort of depression (attention seeking), Emo-" " Emo? Really?!" Sunset Shimmer raises an eyebrow. "I know, it was ridiculous! He listened to stuff like My Biological Romance, Anxiety at The Rave and Argument Son. For Christmas, he sent me a song from My Biological Romance called ' Every snowdrop's unique'. I stopped hanging with him for about a week." Her face is deadpan. "Really? That song was, like, 5 years ago. What the H?" Rainbow Dash raises an eyebrow. "Exactly! Thank you! It took him weeks to get over Emo, only to get into..." Aura sighs in annoyance," ... Goth." She pauses for the bursts of laughter emerging from the 6 girls. "Yep, he turned goth," Aura's eyes brighten in annoyance , " but luckily, I got him out of getting gages and 3 piercings on each ear. " and now, he's gone Shakespeare. Luckily, it's not like the previous months, but he's AWFUL at making sonnets. Like, legit." Aura yawns and rubs her eyes, rejecting Pinkie's coffee offer. " But why do you still hang out with him? Doesn't he drive you up the wall?" Fluttershy questions. " Well, I guess he does. Then again, the school paired him up with me as a 'tour buddy' and I've stuck with him since. God, I feel like Jimeny Cricket sometimes, he's that broken." " All that for Twilight?" " Yeah, probably." Aura pauses as everyone goes 'ahh' and 'aww' at the boy's unconditional love for this girl- sorta. Suddenly, checking the time, Aura gasps. " Shit! I'm gonna be late for registration! Sorry mates, gotta go!" And with that, she grabs her hat off from Pinkie's head and runs off. "Wow..." Sunset shimmer mutters, " never knew he was capable of negative emotions. Always thought he was a perfect boy, infallible even..." " I never knew Aura could talk so much. She's so quiet and absent- minded," Rainbow Dash notes and the rest nod in agreement, " I'm guessing we have to go to our form room- No, wait! We have the assembly this morning, and I think the principal needs us!" "Ah shoot! I haven't packed yet!" Applejack facepalms," Imma go, I'll meet y'all at the Gym!" And applejack bounds off, forgetting her hat. "Oh. Applejack forgot her hat," Fluttershy mumbles thoughtfully," I'll bring it to the gymnasium." " Most strange today," Rarity notes," first, Ms. light talks much more than usual, we found out that Flash Sentry has been acting weird throughout the year, and now Applejack forgot her hat. Most strange!" Assembled in the gymnasium is the entire school as they await the assembly, sat in rows of years in an ascending order. "Canterlot High! May we have your attention, please!" Calls a silvery voice, and the overall noise of chatter and singing slowly dies down. Entering the stage are two women, both tall and graceful. One of them is a pale skinned woman with purple eyes and a flowing pastel four- toned mane of hair. Her pencil suit consists of a light gold blazer and a sun brooch, and a violet pencil skirt, with patent leather high heeled Brogues. She was Principal Apollonis Celestia. The other woman is a complete opposite to the principal. She was also pale skinned, but had bottle green eyes and the night as her hair. She wears a pale dark blue shirt and inky blue jeans, with black Dr Martens. This once rebellious troublemaker is now the tranquil Vice Principal Artemis Luna, sister to Principal Celestia. " Good morning students. I gather you have had QUITE the night's rest-" Ms. Luna stares at a group of sleepy, yawning girls, " And haven't been worrying too much on the upcoming Exam period." " Today, our discussion is about the upcoming Friendship games against long- time rivals Crystal City prep. High," Principal Celestia announces, and frowns at the lack of enthusiasm and 'boo's ringing in the gymnasium, apart from a pair of 'WHOOT WHOOT!' Arising from a pair of puberty- stricken boys named Snips and Snails. "What're y'all so plum happy about that?!" A girl with a bow atop her head next to them asks. " Oh Apple Bloople! Don't ya know that the girls at that school are SO hot?!" Snips grins toothily. " Oh man, Snips, they've also got short PE skirts!!" Snails drools. "EW, pervert!" A girl with lavender- and - rose curly hair wacks them both, while the short haired girl next to her sticks her tongue out at them. Celestia looks weary, but continues," anyway, we've got our newly assembled Friendship Committee here to discuss the wheres, the whys, and the whats. Here they are- Sunset Shimmer-" a tidal wave of whistles and applause at the newly forgiven hero-" Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Rarity!" A tsunami of applause emerge. The five girls all stare at Sunset Shimmer expectantly, who gives out a startled "Who? Me?" And shuffles to the microphone. "Um, hello? Hi CHS, we're here to talk about the upcoming Friendship Games and what you can do to participate and be of some help. Up first is Rarity, who will talk to you about school spirit!" Rarity sashays to the microphone, confidently. " So, starting from tomorrow, I will be selling Wondercolt ears, tails and jumpers, starting from $5 for the ears, $10 for the tails and $20- No- $15 for the jumpers. The profit will go towards my shop and the school funds. If you want anything personalised, talk to the sellers, they will be one of my friends, and they can note down what you want personalised. If you want a tailored School spirit uniform, find me sometime today during lunch, and I will suggest a price and a design. These are limited, so I'll work on a 'first come, first served' manner- around 100 orders will be taken-" "What does a School spirit uniform look like?" A member of the crowd shouts. "I'm glad you asked. I was hoping one of you would ask. Our model-" she gestures to Fluttershy, who nervously steps into the light, " Is wearing an outfit that satisfies both her personality and the Wondercolts design." Fluttershy is wearing a sleeveless shirt, the same colour as a Wondercolts jumper, with a yellow tie with a butterfly. Her lemon yellow skirt has different drawings and accents in green, pink and blue, and there were the trademark horseshoe twisted to be like a C, that is the Canterlot Wondercolts icon. A round of applause rings throughout the hall and Fluttershy turns pink and meekly sidesteps from the limelight. "May I bring out our next speaker, Pinkie Pie, who will talk to you about chants, songs and, I believe, a party. Please welcome her-" Rarity gestures to a bouncing Pinkie, who grabs the microphone stand and wrenches the microphone out. " HEY CANTERLOT HIGH! HOW YA DOIN'?! So, last things first, that party, YALL WANNA PARTAY?!" - applause and shrieks ring out- " We'll need to prepare a welcome party for our opposition- more like a Spanish Inquisition, am I right?!- and a party at the end to loosen up, you know, loosey - goosey, so get your party hats on and be yourself and present yourselves as CANTERLOT HIGH!" A round of loud applause emerge for the poofy bubblegum haired girl. " And about that chant- I was thinking: CHS ARE DYNAMITE! YES, WE'RE DYNAMITE, TOO RIGHT! AND WHEN YOU MESS WITH DYNAMITE, IT GOES TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK BOOM DYNAMITE! BOOM! BOOM! DYNAMITE!" She jumps and shouts, while the rest of the school practice this chant. "And as for the song, me and Sunset Shimmy here worked on it and we hope you'll like it!" She beams- HEY! HO! HEY! HO! You can beat us (HEY!) You defeat us, (HO!) But this year, we'll show (HEY!) How we can shine like rainbows! (HO!) And we know (And we know, and we know) How to rainbow rock! And we hope (And we hope, and we hope) That we'll give you a shock! ~~~~~~~~~~ We're not about to let you win, so get out of our way, Think you got us beat, but we're here to stay. Think you can beat us, cause you know who we are, Well, just you wait, cause we'll shine like stars! (Na Na Na-Na Na -oh!) Na Na Na- Na Na- Oh! NA NA NA - NA NA - OH! ~~~~~~~~~~ You've got nothin' on us (Na Na Na- Na-Na - Na) Let's go! Canterlot! And we'll beat you to the ground (Na Na Na- Na- Na- Na) Let's go! Wondercolts! <> And yeah, we know we might be beat, But there's one thing ya can't defeat, Our friendship, our spirits unite Will lace us with its might So, win or not, We're still us, WONDERCOLT! ~~~~~~~~ (Na Na Na- Na Na -Oh! Na Na-Na Na, let's go!) Na Na Na- Na Na -Oh! Na Na-Na Na, let's go! NA NA NA- NA NA - OH! NA NA - NA NA, LET'S GO! NA NA NA- NA NA - OH! NA NA - NA NA, LET'S GO! All the way, (All the way) All the way, To the friendship games! All the way (All the way) All the way, To the friendship games! ~~~~~~~~~~ You got nothin on us, (We're not about to let you win, so get out of our way) NA NA NA NA NA NA! Let's go! Canterlot! (All the way to the friendship games!) And we'll beat you to the ground, (Think you got us beat, but we're here to stay) NA NA NA- NA NA NA NA! Let's go! Wondercolts! (All the way, to the friendship games) <> Now, all of the student body, even the teachers, were singing and bringing joy into that auditorium. And we'll go: ALL THE WAY (ALL THE WAY) ALL THE WAY TO THE FRIENDSHIP GAMES! ALL THE WAY (ALL THE WAY) ALL THE WAY TO THE FRIENDSHIP GAMES! ~NA NA NA NA NA- OH! NA NA NA NA- LETS GO!~ Shrieks and rounds and rounds of applause begin in honor of the song and the composers, while Pinkie gives a very big grin and bounces off. "Wait, Pinkie! Gimme the microphone!" Rainbow Dash runs to find Pinkie Pie, and returns with the microphone and the cord, " so, about the friendship games. There will be a range of sports, which is: - Rollerblading - Motorcross - Archery - Javelin - Ice skating - Tennis So, motivational speech time. For the past years that we've been a part of this program, we've always lost, and me and my friends have discovered why-" "My friends and I!" Rarity hisses under her breath. "We've never united together for these games, so our lack of friendship and cooperation has made us crap, pardon my French. But ever since Twi showed us true friendship, things changed and now everyone lends a helping hand, so this year, the tables will turn in our favour and as the song said, 'our friendship, our spirits unite, will lace us with its might, so win or not, WE'RE STILL US, WONDERCOLTS!'" Applause for the spectrum haired girl erupt. "So, in terms of what's going to happen; sign up sheets will go up this break, so sign up please. Training will begin, I believe, this afternoon, so period 5 to 7 will be training. For each sport we will have finalists, as the event itself is one day only. I advise that everyone gives it a shot. As well, finalists will be chosen from each year, meaning two representatives each from year 7, year 8, year 9, year 10, year 11 and sixth form in each sport. As for the training, it will be each afternoon, after lunch. I think that's it, guys. Thanks for listening!" "Give them a round of applause," Principal Celestia says and immediately, everyone claps for these young women, " Wait to be dismissed by your head of year and go to your second lesson. Have a nice day!" As the six girls leave the stage, the headmistress greets them warmly. " That was an amazing assembly, girls! I'm glad you've put so much creativity towards making this a, hopefully, less humiliating Friendship games than those of the past." The girls cheer. "Sunset Shimmer, could you come to my office, and will the rest of you go to your lessons." Sunset Shimmer looks slightly worried, but smiles. In Celestia's office, Sunset Shimmer is given a cup of slightly overbrewed tea, and a Norman galette biscuit. "Ms. Shimmer, I have seen you grow so much throughout the years. You've assembled the Friendship committee, you've helped us successfully assemble events and parties, including revamping the Spring-fling into the Flower Garden ball, and partnering up with Canterlot's animal sanctuary. Me and Lu- Vice Principal Luna are incredibly proud of you, as we have never seen such a troubled-" Celestia realises her words and looks at Sunset apologetically, "-Err, no offence." "None taken. I understand by what you mean. It's one of my lowest points in life, taking all my anger at my former teacher and directing it at you and your school." she laughs ruefully. " I'm glad you have learnt from your mistakes, shall we call them, and fully redeemed yourself. we can never fully thank you for saving our students and our sanity at our first band showcase. But about that, we- I mean, I have to ask you a very big favour that concerns both you, the friendship committee and Twilight Sparkle. "It pains me to say this, but you HAVE to keep Twilight Sparkle away from this world until further notice," The principal has a note of pleading in her voice. " Wait- What?" Sunset is completely caught off-guard, " Why?" " Let me explain; It has come to my attention that each time Ms. Sparkle arrives, there is a problem that none of the faculty can deal with, and the school always seems to be somewhat broken after each visit. People have started to notice that our building is always in constant repair, and have on occasion, asked whether we were planning to close or break down the school. Don't you see, Ms. Shimmer? If that 'girl' is here, this school might be shut down!" Sunset stares at her, mouth wide open. " But, without Twilight Sparkle, we couldn't be united once more, we would be under the control of the Dazzlings, and I might've stayed evil and mean forever. Twilight hasn't ruined us, SHE'S SAVED US!" "Yes, I know. But I beg you, control this 'magic' that lives in you six, so you girls don't show us up during the games." "You mean, don't go into our elemental forms?" "Yes. Just imagine what Sombr- Principal Sombra might say!" " But we only transform to music. We can't transform to sports!" Sunset Shimmer by now, is slightly offended and a little upset. " Judging by what happens in this school and how many grey hairs you give me, I'd say the possibility would be around 99% " Celestia raises a displeased eyebrow. Just then, the bell rings for break. " Right, then. I judge you will follow my orders and continue to help our school win these games. Have a good day." Celestia looks back at her documents and starts writing things down. " Yes, Madam. Have a good day." Sunset Shimmer says coldly and gives her a tight- lipped smile, and walks out the door. Little did anyone know, that headmistress was correct in her observation...