//------------------------------// // 2-Practice // Story: Help Me! // by General Grievous Hero //------------------------------// When Fluttershy arrived at Carousel Boutique, she sat at the table. Then Rarity walked over to Fluttershy and slapped her in the face. "What? OWW?!" Fluttershy cried as she rubbed her cheek. "What was that for?!" "To toughen you up darling!" Rarity explained. "You need to stop acting so shy and starting acting normal," Rarity said. "Normal? But Rarity...I heard Lord Starscream say being normal is bad!" Fluttershy walked away from the table. "Rarity, I'm fine! It's just you don't see me in that way," Fluttershy explained sadly. The Fluttershy walked away and went out of the Boutique. "Hmm. It seems that not even Fluttershy seems to care about the Decepticons' thoughts," Rarity pondered. Back at Canterlot High, Megatron was talking to Rainbow Dash in "his" new office with Starscream standing right next to him. "So this Crystal Prep Academy is led by, Principal Cinch?" Megatron asked. "Yeah. The Friendship Games are coming soon, and we're going to be competing against the Shadowbolts in basketball. Well, I hope," Rainbow explained. "Hope? What do you mean, Rainbow Dash?" "Umm...I was wondering if Skyquake could invite the Shadowbolts to a basketball game so we could crush them in the games," Rainbow told the Lord of the Decepticons. "That is..if Skyquake agrees to this competition." "Foolish humans. They never learn!" Starscream sneered, smirking. "Never learn?! What do ya mean, Screamer?!" Rainbow angrily asked. Starscream's teeth ground together as he looked at Rainbow. "FIRST! Don't EVER CALL ME SCREAMER!" he yelled. "SECOND! You humans tend to use sports as excitement! Decepticons enjoy excitement by watching others die at the hands of the strong warriors at the Pits of Kaon!" Megatron glanced over at Starscream. "Starscream. Remember that we are not on Cybertron. And we are trying learn more of human culture before the Autobots can stop us!" "Heh heh! I forgot, Master. I will not fail you now, my Liege. The Decepticons will be interested in seeing a basketball game soon. If we win, it will set a good reputation for Kaon High School," Starscream explained. "Kaon High School? Okay...should I ask Skyquake if that would be fine?" Rainbow asked Megatron. "Noted," Megatron responded. "Thanks, Principal Lord Megatron!" Rainbow said as she walked out of Principal Megs' Office. "What is your command, Lord Megatron?" Starscream asked the Lord. "Prepare the Nemesis for rendezvous with Crystal Prep Academy! I want to see those Shadowbolts for myself!" Megs commanded. Onboard the Nemesis' Bridge, Shockwave walked off of the command walkway and went over to the Vehicons manning the Decepticon computer systems. "Sir, Lord Megatron is headed back on the Nemesis and we need to have several troopers prepared to land with him," one of the Vehicons said. "Where are we headed?" Shockwave asked the Vehicon. "Crystal Prep Academy. The new rival of Kaon High School." the Vehicon stated. "Very well, soldier. I want the Eradicon Squadron out on the Nemesis' hangar NOW!" Shockwave yelled. Then 5 Eradicon Vehicons walked out of the Nemesis' hangar and transformed into their jet modes. Shockwave then faced the Vehicons. "Let Lord Megatron know that I've sent the Eradicon Squadron to meet at him Crystal Prep Academy," he commanded the Vehicon. "Yes, Shockwave!" the Vehicon responded. At Crystal Prep Academy, the Shadowbolts were having a normal day. Megatron, in his jet mode, flew over the school seeing nothing wrong with the population. "Hmm. Very interesting," he said as he and the Vehicons flew closer towards the building. "Prepare to head to the office of Crystal Prep Academy!" "Yes, Lord Megatron!" the first Eradicon Vehicon responded. Inside a math class, Lemon Zest, siting behind Sunny Flare, looked out of the window and saw Megatron and the Eradicon Squadron. "Sunny Flare, LOOK!" Lemon Zest yelled. Sunny Flare turned around angrily. "Lemon Zest...I'm trying TO LISTEN TO THE TEACHER!" Megatron and the Eradicons transformed into their robot modes and walked towards the window of the math class. Sunny Flare then turned her head and saw a Eradicon Vehicon look at her. "Um, ma'am?" Sunny Flare quickly asked. The teacher looked at Sunny Flare. She was a little angry because she was explaining something important about Standard Deviation. "Yes, Sunny Flare? I'm explaining something very important," the teacher said. "Um...what's that?!" Sunny yelled as she pointed at the Eradicon Vehicon. The students' heads turned and then looked at the Vehicon outside. "AHHH! What in the world is THAT?!" Trenderhoof demanded. "Everyone, remain calm. I'll talk to Principal Cinch about this," the teacher stated. And then she went into the hallways to find Cinch. "I, Principal Cinch, headmistress of the Shadowbolts, will not allow this!" Cinch yelled. She glared at Megatron and the 2 Eradicon Vehicons that were in her office. "But Principal Cinch, you misunderstand. This could be your chance to beat the Wondercolts and have a better reputation within the school board," Megatron explained. Cinch thought on that. Hmm. The school board... "Well?" Megatron asked. "Crystal Prep Academy will be pleased to have a basketball game at Canterlot High School this Saturday," Cinch told Megatron. "Actually, Canterlot High is now renamed Kaon High. And we are pleased to hear that the Shadowbolts will win the match," Megatron said before walking off with the Vehicons. "Yes. Good luck, Megatron. Crystal Prep is very hard to defeat since it has a reputation." Cinch smiled evilly as the door shut behind the Decepticons. The two Vehicons and Megatron walked outside of Crystal Prep and transformed back into the jet mode with the other three Vehicons. "Sir, are we actually going to allow Crystal Prep to win?" the first Eradicon Vehicon stated. Megatron laughed evilly. "No. I lied to the Shadowbolts. I don't trust them." "They're almost like MECH?" the second Eradicon asked. "Similar. Except the Shadowbolts are not terrorists and they will lose the basketball game to the Kaon Wondercolts." The Decepticons headed back to Nemesis so they could return to Kaon High. On Wednesday, the Wondercolts walked into the gym class. Skyquake had some news for them. "Good afternoon, Kaon Wondercolts. We're starting the Basketball Unit today!" Skyquake told the class. "OOH! What's going to happen?!" Pinkie Pie asked the green and grey Decepticon," "We're going against Crystal Prep Academy," Skyquake told everyone. Everyone gasped. "Oh no. Not Crystal Prep," Fluttershy said. "We're going to lose." "No, we're not!" Rainbow yelled. "Basketball is something Canterlot High-" When she got a glance from Skyquake, she sighed. "Kaon High I mean, has an advantage in. We can totally kick Crystal Prep's sorry butts and Kaon High will have a good reputation within the school board." "Uh. Yeah. Just follow what the arrogant one said and let's get practicing!" Skyquake commanded. "Hey! I'm not arrogant! I'm helpful!" Rainbow snapped at Skyquake. Skyquake glared at Rainbow Dash. "My dear Rainbow Dash, do you want to have In-School-Suspension for addressing the teacher in such a manner?" he asked. "No. But do you want to lose your job as "Coach Skyquake" for insulting someone by calling them arrogant?" Rainbow asked in retaliation. Skyquake bent over until he and Rainbow were in each others faces, glaring at each other. Applejack walked over to the two. "Y'all need to stop arguing and practice," she told the Decepticon and the rainbow hair colored human. Skyquake looked over at Applejack, then backed away from Rainbow. "Hmph! You're right, Applejack. Everyone, PRACTICE!" he commanded the class. Then the Kaon Wondercolts screamed and rushed to practice with the basketball balls....everyone except Fluttershy. Again. Skyquake walked over to Fluttershy. "Fluttershy, grab a ball and practice!" he commanded the shy human. "But Coach Skyquake, I suck at basketball! I don't want to compete in the Basketball Game on Saturday!" Fluttershy pleaded. "Fluttershy, come on! I believe in you. Kaon High Wondercolts needs you!" Skyquake stated. "Oh, okay. I'll try!" Fluttershy told Skyquake. Then Fluttershy started to practice so she could beat the Shadowbolts. 3 Jet Vehicons were on patrol over Kaon High School. It was now lunch at Kaon High and everyone was eating. Fluttershy walked over to the Rainbooms' table and sat down. When she looked at her friends, she saw Rainbow Dash wasn't there. "Hey Sunset Shimmer, where's Rainbow Dash?" she asked. "Oh. Rainbow Dash's in ISS for refusing to listen to Onslaught's history on Cybertron during World History," Sunset explained. "Dang! ISS already?" Applejack stated. Inside Starscream's ISS Office, Starscream was watching Rainbow Dash as she was looking at over her work from Onslaught's World History. "Rainbow Dash! Eat and WORK!" the Seeker commanded. "I'm trying to, Screamer! It's just I don't want to listen to a boring history lesson about how you guys were created and arrived on Earth!" Rainbow yelled. Starscream had his last straw with Rainbow. I want to kill this human so badly, but Megatron said we need to be "better" Decepticons. he thought. I'll Rainbow Dash live, but I will call her parents about this "So?! Do you know how I feel about listening to some boring history?!" Rainbow snapped. "NO! I don't care how you feel! You signed up to take World History. I can't change your schedule! You're free to go back to lunch! But I'll call your parents about this!" Starscream commanded. "YES!" Rainbow screamed. Then she walked out of Starscream's ISS Office. Back at Crystal Prep Academy, Sour Sweet, Sugarcoat, Indigo Zap, Sunny Flare, Lemon Zest, and Twilight Sparkle came out of the school escorted by two Vehicon Troopers. "So we missed this? That's wonderful!" Sour Sweet said sweetly before sourly saying, "But now we've got all of this troopers around us!" "It's not so bad, Sour Sweet," Sci-Twi stated. "The troops don't seem harmful." "Yeah. Unless we make them mad," Sugarcoat explained bluntly. "Megatron seems like this ultra powerful villain!" "Who cares?!" Indigo yelled. "We're going to crush the Kaon Wondercolts in the Basketball Game on Saturday!" "I hope..." Sunny Flare stated. Then they walked and looked into the sky seeing the Decepticon Warship Nemesis. Onboard the Nemesis' Bridge, Shockwave looked out the window seeing the Shadowbolts. "What are the Shadowbolts waiting on?" he asked the Vehicons. The first Vehicon that spoke with Shockwave earlier, walked up the command walkway and looked at Shockwave. "Sir, it seems that Shadowbolts are trying to board the Nemesis," the Vehicon told the Decepticon Chief Lieutenant. "For what purpose?" Shockwave asked the Vehicon again. "I have know idea. Shall I send Swindle and Brawl to ask them?" the Vehicon responded. "No. Allow me to do this!" Shockwave commanded. "Then who will command the Nemesis?!" The Vehicon repeatedly. "You," Shockwave said taking two Vehicon troopers named Wondercolt and Thunderblast. "I wish I had wings to fly up to the Decepticon Warship!" Indigo Zap stated. "Personally, I wish we were all home!" Sugarcoat bluntly explained. "None of that talk, Sugarcoat. LOOK!" Sunny Flare stated. Shockwave walked out of the Nemesis' tube with Wondercolt and Thunderblast. "Greetings, Shadowbolts. I'm Shockwave, Chief Lieutenant of the Decepticon Warship Nemesis," Shockwave introduced. "I have two standard Vehicon troopers with me named Thunderblast and Wondercolt," "Wondercolt?!" Lemon Zest asked before laughing. "HAAHAHAH! That's the enemy team we're against!" Wondercolt looked at Lemon Zest, angered by what she said. "My name is after the Kaon Wondercolts. Don't make me angry!" he said before looking back at Shockwave. "Don't make Wondercolt upset. He acts like one, so that's why we nicknamed him Wondercolt," Thunderblast explained. "Carry on," Indigo Zap commanded. "What are you waiting for?" Shockwave asked the Shadowbolts. Right before Sour Sweet could answer, Starscream came on Shockwave's comlink. "SHOCKWAVE!" the seeker yelled on the comlink. "Yes, Commander Starscream?" Shockwave asked before looking at his arm. "It's "Lord" Starscream to you! Rainbow Dash's dad wants me to send her to After-School-Detention ,and I need the Nemesis so Preadaking can handle her on Friday!" Starscream yelled. "Hang on. I'm trying to talk to the Shadowbolts about boarding the Nemesis right now," Shockwave explained. "Fine. Talk to those...wretched Shadowbolts. I still need the Nemesis! Starscream out!" Then Starscream turned off the comlink. Shockwave looked at where the Shadowbolts were supposed to be standing. "Prepare to board the...Nemesis? Shadowbolts?!" Shockwave asked looking for them. Onboard the Nemesis, the Shadowbolts were inside one of the hallways walking to find the Bridge of the ship. "This...IS...SO...COOL!" Indigo Zap yelled. "Yeah. Just hope we don't get killed!" Sugarcoat said. "I think we should turn back. I mean, the Nemesis has some high tech that I don't know of," Sci-Twi suggested. "Forget it! I'm living the life I dreamed of!" Indigo yelled. Sunny Flare walked up to Sour Sweet. "Why did we let Indigo Zap lead us on the Nemesis? You're the leader, not her!" she asked. "To make her happy!" Sour Sweet sweetly said before sourly saying, "So she could keep her mouth shut!" Then they walked into the Bridge of the Nemesis, seeing as there were no Vehicons inside. "Take the Bridge!" Indigo commanded. Then the Shadowbolts took the controls of the Nemesis and the Warship started to head into the sky. Shockwave looked and saw the Nemesis heading off somewhere. "HEY! STOP THAT SHIP!" he yelled. "What's the Nemesis doing now?!" Thunderblast asked. "I don't know. But one things for sure, Lord Megatron's not going to be happy about this..." Wondercolt stated as they watched the Nemesis fly off.