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// Chapter 23 
// Story: Cafe Dazzling 
// by brzy 
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The entire school was gathered for the opening ceremonies of the Friendship Games.  Despite all their searching, the Rainbooms could not find hide nor hair of Pinkie or AJ.  


The stands were packed as Crystal Prep Academy’s competitors climbed onto the right side of the stage.  In spite of being a totally different person from pony Twilight, and this having been demonstrated over and over again the past week, some of the slower Wondercolt's cheered for her anyways.  


"We like Twilight!"


"I really like her mane!"


There were other people on her team but honestly they were just paper thin stereotypes.  So fast jerk, deaf lemon, quiet snark, sarcastic meatball, and insert personality here took the stage as well.  


Twilight whispered a command and they all made the absolute douchiest choreography poses possible.  Imagine if you will the cheesiest power ranger ripoff you can think of.  Multiply it by two then replace the rangers with teenage girls doing the neener neener, blowing rasberries, and jazz hands.  Quiet snark just flipped everyone off while she continued to sip her iced s’mores frappucino.  


Funny enough it was the last thing that pissed people off the most.  Choreography just reeked of trying to hard.  The complete lack of fucks given by Sugarcoat just really really got under the Wondercolt’s skin.  The yells and threats started immediately.


“Woweewowow!  Guys settle down!  This is all just a game you know…” announced Vice Principal Discord.


The grumblings in the crowd continued as the Wondercolt’s took the stage.  It was extremely awkward since the team was composed entirely of the Dazzlings and the remaining members of the Rainboom.  Dash stared daggers at Dagi.  Dagi drank it all in like a refreshing rasberry flavored icee, her grin wider than the Cheshire cat’s.  Dash’s face contorted into a caricature of absolute seething hatred.  


Sonata and Sunny were less sure of themselves.  Aria stared at Twilight.  Her face betrayed none of the confusing emotions rolling around inside her.


For a moment Twilight’s face showed a flash of uncertainty before hardening back into the adorkable equivalent of determination.


Anon waved at them from the crowd.  


“Do your best!”


With a nod to Rainbow Dash, Twilight signaled her second in command.  As Rarity and Fluttershy prepared to launch into their own choreographed taunt of the Shadowbolts, Rainbow shouted something from the top of her lungs.


“FUCK CRYSTAL PREP ACADEMY!”


The entire crowd fell silent as jaws fell open.  Twilight’s face was a mask of absolute horror.  Celestia, Luna, Chrysalis, and Discord were aghast as the fucks continued to echo across the school grounds.  Birds fell to the ground rather than flap for fear of drawing the crowd’s palpable anger.  Principal Chrysalis was the first to recover.


“Now listen here young lady!”


No one was sure who threw the first punch.  Some say it was Sucker Puncher, that dude no one liked for obvious reasons.  Other believed it was Apple Bloom and her gang of adorable thugs.  The only thing people know for sure was their war cry:


“COR BLIMEY!  WE GUNNA HAVE A RUMBLE HERE WUTWUT!  FIGHT ME YOU BLEEDING CHAVS!”


Honestly could have been anybody.  The first casualty was Brad, who got an empty bottle of Jameson whiskey smashed against his dome.  Brad would later go on to become an Equestria Senator until his career was ruined, when rumors surfaced of him having an illicit relationship with a horse.  Just to clarify, the rumored horse was not Sunset or Twilight.  T_T