//------------------------------// // Battle Of The Bands Afterparty // Story: Hot Times At Canterlot High - Extra Credit // by Dragonfire2lm //------------------------------// That night Sugarcube Corner was loud and vibrant with the sounds of celebration. Cars were parked along the side of the street and the brightly coloured, music thumping wonder that was Vinyl Scratch's Bass Car pulled up beside them. Vinyl walked into the café to join the impromptu party already in full swing. "Who beat the Dazzlings? We did!" "Rainbow Dash, get off the table!" Rarity hissed. "People are staring at us." "Aw yeah, who's awesome, We're awe-Whoa!" Rainbow was yanked off of the table by a woman in her early twenties with orange hair pulled up into a ponytail and wearing a blue trench coat over a white turtleneck top. She adjusted her glasses with one hand and steadied the teenager with the other. "Ya know you could be kicked out if you behave like that," The woman stated. "I'd hate to have to pull rank on my night off." "Do forgive Rainbow for her behaviour, Miss Prose, she's just overexcited after we won the battle of the bands." Rarity replied with a smile. "I'm only making sure neither of us get in trouble for Dash's...Stunts," Miss Prose stated calmly. "This cafe has the best hot chocolate in town and I'd rather not have a student screwing things up too much while I'm here, I like my teachers discount." "Besides, you all deserve a little fun after tonight." She stated and wandered off towards the counter. "That was close," Rainbow admitted with a cheeky grin. "Good thing our English teacher is so cool right?" "How come I just walked past to see Rainbow dancing on a table?" Applejack asked as she came over with a tray of drinks and Fluttershy trailing behind her. "Someone was a little excitable after our victory." Rarity scoffed. "Well as long she ain't drunk-" "Oh come on, I tried alcoholic cider once." "I still have the pictures!" Pinkie cheerfully added as she popped up from behind Rarity. Rainbow groaned in embarrassment. "Oh for the love of-can you girls give me a break?" "Nope." Applejack replied as the others grabbed their drinks and took a seat. "Hey girls, sorry I'm late," Sunset said as she took a seat next to Fluttershy. "Did I miss anything?" "Nothing much, aside from Dash here acting like she got ants in her pants," Applejack replied. "What kept ya?" "I just wanted to make sure Twilight was alright, she wanted to stay behind to go through some things with Principal Celestia for the next time she visits." "So there'll be a next time? Sweet!" Rainbow exclaimed. "I know right? I can't wait to show her around when she has more time to hang out." Sunset replied. "Hang on, don't ya mean we get to show her around?" Applejack corrected with a grin. "Or do you have plans thought out already?" "I show all the new students around school." "Yes darling, but Twilight isn't exactly new." Rarity interjected. "Ooo I know, you feel bad for not helping us fight the Dazzlings until the veeerrry end and you think Twilight is better than you, so you want to impress her by showing her all the cool-slightly-maybe-not-really romantic places around town?" Pinkie rambled. "Um...What?" Sunset asked. "Nothing." "Seriously, what the heck was that?" Rainbow added. "I have two respones to that" Miss Prose stated as leaned up against a nearby wall. "Pinkie is either foreshadowing, lampshading or outright guessing future events, or chalk it up to Pinkie being Pinkie." The girls around the table stared at their teacher, until Rainbow broke the silence. "Why aren't you this weird during class?" "Well, My job is to teach high school students," the english teacher replied and took a sip of the take away cup of hot chocolate she held in her left hand. "Narrative tropes is something I won't be teaching you until next semester, so you'll hopefully understand what I just said in a few months, or ya know, you can google it or something." "Does anyone have plans for the school holidays?" Fluttershy asked. "I was wondering if we could put on a charity event to raise money for the animal shelter, if um you don't mind." "I can make little puppy and kitty shaped cookies!" Pinkie exclaimed. "And cookies for the puppies and kitties!" "Well I don't have much to do, Granny Smith hired some farmhands from the Timberwolf Corporation so Apple Bloom and I could properly enjoy the two week break," Applejack replied. "If'n you need help, I'll see what I can do." "I'll help, I was planning on just studying, but I could put that aside for a few days." Sunset added. "I get to rock out and help out my friends," Rainbow stated casually. "Count me in!" "After tonight's success, how could I refuse?" Rarity added. "Can we hold off until next week though? I need to design a new wardrobe for the event." "That sounds wonderful, thank you girls," Fluttershy replied. "Try to send out flyers a few days beforehand, I wouldn't mind seeing you lot in action." Miss Prose advised. "Didn't you see us fight the Dazzlings?" Sunset asked. "Nope, I saw the mess they started in the cafeteria and figured that the higher ups could handle it," the teacher replied. "Plus all the shouting gave me a migraine." The conversation drifted from one topic to the next and eventually the party began to wind down. The girls called it a night and went their separate ways, though all were excited about tomorrow, the first day of the two week break.