Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were taking Twilight for a tour of the school as part of Rainbow's punishment. Dashie still had that grump face while Fluttershy was happily guiding Twilight through the school. Dash pretty much acted bored the entire time, wanting not to do this, but had to since it was her punishment by Principal Celestia, but also didn't want to upset Fluttershy if she broke her promise with her childhood friend.
"So, Twilight you already know that this is our English room." said Fluttershy as she pointed to Ms. Cheerilee's room. Twilight nodded. Fluttershy looked back at Rainbow Dash who was just staring into nothingness with her grump look. "Uh, Rainbow," Fluttershy asked Rainbow Dash. "I could use a little help here, please?"
Rainbow sighed and said, "And over there is the science lab," as she pointed over the the science room. "And here we got the History class," Dash continued in her bored tone. "And whatever."
Twilight then asked, "Uh, Rainbow, are you alright?"
"Are you kidding me? I'm having the time of my life!" Dash said sarcastically.
Fluttershy giggled and whispered to Twilight, "She's still not so hyped about you coming here, but she actually wants you to be her friend. Maybe even best friend."
"FLUTTERSHY!" Dash embarrassingly yelled at Fluttershy. "That's not true, I just want to get out of this punishment and continue with my life." Dash continued.
"Rainbow, you don't have to be nervous to make a new friend." replied Fluttershy seeing the nervous look in Dash's eyes.
Rainbow whined to her friend, "No! I just don't wanna talk to her, alright?!"
Fluttershy then said back to Rainbow, "Wow, I've never seen you this shy before, and they call me the shyest girl in school."
"Fluttershy, why are you acting like this to me? I just got out of a huge fight and now you're causing more stress to grow inside of me, alright?!" replied Dash who started to get upset. Fluttershy sighed and palmed her face.
Twilight then comforted Fluttershy and said, "It's okay Fluttershy, I can take of this." She then turned to an upset Rainbow and said to her, "Hey Rainbow, I heard of what happened today."
"It's obvious because I wouldn't be here talking to you if I didn't get into that fight." said Dash in her depressed tone.
"Yeah, and to be honest, I actually did want you to do that, sort of." replied Twilight. Dash quickly got surprised.
She then said, "Wait, you did?"
Twilight replied, "I said 'sort of'. I wanted you to do it because that guy looked like such a jerk and he probably deserved what you gave him, but I didn't want you to do it because, as many say 'fighting isn't the answer to your problems'."
Fluttershy then said, "Those are some great words of wisdom, Twi." Twilight blushed. Fluttershy then said to Rainbow, "Did you get that Rainbow?" Rainbow stayed silent with a bored and depressed look on her face. Fluttershy then sighed again.
"Well, don't you at least have any feelings for this Dumb-Bell? There must have been some light on your relationship." Twilight asked Rainbow.
Rainbow shook her head and said, "Nope. Dumb-Bell's been a jerk since birth."
Fluttershy immediately got suspicious and said, "Rainbow, I know you're lying."
"How do you know Fluttershy?" Rainbow asked her friend. Fluttershy stayed silent. All of a sudden, another crazy thought rushed through Dash's brain, She's right. I am lying. There was a time when I treated Dumb-Bell like if he were my brother, the best brother I could ever ask for. Rainbow sighed and stressfully took a deep breath. "Alright, you got me. We were friends for a while. Sure, he did tease me a few times, but that's what best friends do. I guess the time he became a jerk was when his parents started fighting."
"I guess so too, that's what he said in the office, and he didn't look like he was kidding either." said Fluttershy.
"That or he's just a really good actor and just came up with such a dumb excuse." said Rainbow, only to be elbowed by Twilight. "Ow! Damn, another strong arm."
Twilight then said, "Sorry, I just don't know my own strength." Rainbow smiled at her and chuckled a bit. "So, I guess you do have a little soft side for him right, why don't you turn him back to the Dumb-Bell you once called 'best friend'." Twilight said to Rainbow.
Rainbow then said, "Yeah, I guess you're right. Maybe I would like to see my old friend back for a while. You know Twilight, for a new kid, you give out some pretty good advice." Twilight blushed at Rainbow as Dash smiled back at her. "But I was wondering, why did you accidentally call yourself an alicorn back at English class?"
"Rainbow Dash!" said Fluttershy in a upset tone.
"It's okay, Fluttershy. That always happened to me on my first day of a new school." said Twilight with an embarrassed smile.
Fluttershy then said, "It's alright, we're all nervous on the first day. I'm nervous almost everyday."
"You're not nervous now." said Twilight with a confused look on her face. All of a sudden a rolling sound went in the hallway. Fluttershy shrieked and quickly hid behind Rainbow Dash all scared with he eyes covered. Rainbow went to look and see what was coming in the hallway.
"Fluttershy," said Rainbow in a stressed out tone. "It's the janitor." Fluttershy opened one of her eyes and it was janitor pushing a recycling bin through the hallway.
Fluttershy said, "Oh." and embarrassingly squeed. She then continued to Twilight, "But going back to what Rainbow said, she actually told me before the fight that she actually didn't like what the other students did to you in class and actually felt like standing up for you."
"FLUTTERSHY!!!" said Rainbow in an upset tone. She was silent for a moment. Dash sighed and said, "I was going to say that. Don't worry." Fluttershy smiled kindly at Dash.
"So, you pretty much have a knack for being loyal, don't you?" Twilight asked Rainbow.
Rainbow got all cocky again and said, "Hey, it's in my blood. I can't just leave my friends there when they're being treated by a jerk. Because if anyone's gonna mess with my friends, they'll have to deal with me first! Because who's the most awesome person in the world, RAINBOW DASH! But, I consider myself 20% cooler than that." Fluttershy comically rolled her eyes while Twilight chuckled for a bit.
"I guess that attitude was how you won the game so close last night, huh?" asked Twilight.
"Yeah, I take after my dad, the coach." Rainbow said mentioning her father. Dash then got all excited and asked Twilight, "Hey! You got 8th hour free time?" Twilight nodded her head. "GREAT! I can tell you a lot more about myself then!" Dash said excitedly.
Fluttershy gently patted Rainbow on the back and said, "Relax, Rainbow." She then gasped and got all excited too and asked her, "Does that mean you're going to accept Twilight as a friend?"
"I guess my answer is going to be... 'yes'." replied Rainbow with a satisfied look on her face. Fluttershy hugged Rainbow. "Well I did promise that I'd try and make friends with her."
Fluttershy then gently yelled, "Yay."
Twilight then thought to herself as she saw the two, I guess this world's Rainbow Dash is just like the Rainbow Dash of my world. Sure, she acts a bit too cocky like my Rainbow Dash, but she's just as loyal as her too. I guess she can be the one to bear the powers of The Princess of the Sky. Wait'll Spike hears this!... I hope. She then looked at the Element of Loyalty she had in her pocket and smiled, knowing that things might go as planned.
Meanwhile, outside of the school, Principal Celestia made Dumb-Bell pick up litter surrounding the parking lot. Dumb-Bell so far picked up multiple soda cans and gum wrappers that were left on the lot. He thought to himself with anger, I can't believe Celestia is making me pick up all this trash, and it's all thanks to Rainbow Crash! God dammit, she should be the one doing this, that way I can call her 'Rainbow TRASH"! He chuckled as thought up of that idea. But then, he suddenly got all depressed and thought to himself again, But to be honest, I really do deserve it. I mean, that pink-haired friend of Crash does seem pretty nice. D'OH! WHAT AM I THINKING?! I'm not going soft here, Dumb-Bell!
But what would mom think if I told her what I said to her, that I'd hurt her animals. She's probably not be so happy, in fact she acts a lot like her. But why do I care about her, she's probably arguing with dad like always now. He then stopped picking up trash for a moment.
He continued to think to himself, Maybe. Just maybe, I can change. I think it's time that I became friends again with Crash- I MEAN... Dash. Wait, what am I thinking?! Why am I all of a sudden becoming all cuddly?! She almost ruined my beautiful face! But, she was standing up for her friends. And one of my punches could've ruined her beautiful face. Besides, she did change a lot since our glory days in elementary school. She got more mature and more sexy, if I do say so myself. He then continued to think about Dash's beautiful body and even pictured it in a bikini which gave him a big smile on his face.
He then got all angry again and screamed with rage. He then yelled to himself, "STUPID! STUPID! WHY WOULD I THINK THAT?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME TODAY?!" as he smacked himself in the face. "I still hate Rainbow Crash! If it weren't for her friends, she would've gotten that detention!" He then prepared for one more angry yell, but got the feeling not to do it. "Just relax, DB. Just focus on cleaning up this garbage and I can forget all this ever happened." he said calmly.
He would then go to the statue in front of the school, which only had a few soda bottles. Before he even got to the first bottle, he noticed one of the sides of the statue started to move. The statue created ridges like when a rock was dropped in the water. Dumb-Bell got really suspicious and tempted to get closer. His curiosity got the best of him when all of a sudden, three creatures emerge from it. The walked in on all fours and had an equine-like appearance. They had sea greenish black skin with fangs, jagged ears, bent horns, and insect-like wings, along with webbed manes and tails. They had blue reflection-less eyes and holes in their legs. These creatures... are the Changelings.
The center changeling looked like a regular Changeling but was more masculine in appearance. The one on his left was slim and taller than the leader, while the one on his right was smaller and a bit more chubby. The leader said, "So... this must be where those Equestriassholes went."
Dumb-Bell noticed them with fear, but immediately tried to speak with them. "H-hey! Heh-hehe. Y-you guys look like you're off to a d-dork convention! Hehe?" he said trying to keep his bully fire alive but was still terrified by the creatures.
"Wow. That has to be the worst insult I've ever gotten." said the leader dissatisfied.
The Changeling on the leader's right said, "I think he was targeting more to you boss."
This angered the leader Changeling and smacked the fellow Changeling in the face and said, "Shut up Pupa! The way I think of it, he was actually insulting you because the worst henchmen deserve the worst insult."
The Changeling on his left said, "Haha, you said it Widow! But can we save the arguing for later and get that Element of Harmony for Chrysalis?"
Widow replied and said, "Sorry, Larvae. You're right, thanks for reminding me."
Dumb-Bell then continued nervously, "Um? I don't know what you are and what you're after. So, could you please tell me what's going on here? Uh, fear me?" The three Changelings busted out with laughter in a hysterical way.
Widow then said, "Then allow me to explain, dirty monkey! We are the Changelings, creatures with the ability to change our appearance and loyal servants to the beautiful Queen Chrysalis! My name is Widow, I am the queen's loyal assistant. And these two are my henchmen, the one on my left is Larvae, one of the most skilled warriors we've had. The one on my right, we don't talk about him."
"My name is Pupa! I'm the brains of the operation!" said Pupa excitedly.
"Sure, he's a bit of a pain, but don't let his appearance fool you!" said Larvae.
Dumb-Bell, scared for his life, then said, "What are you doing here then?"
"We're here because one of the Elements of Harmony is in this world, and by Pupa's calculations, he's detected the Element of Loyalty here. So we're going to disguise ourselves as your kind and steal the Element of Loyalty. And if it's not there... we'll destroy it until it gives us what we desire." explained Widow.
"Look, I don't know what this Element of Loyalty is, but I've had a pretty rough day so far. So I won't let you punks do this to my school!" said Dumb-Bell in a bold tone.
Widow then yelled saracstically, "OH NO! We're so scared! Somebody notify Chrysalis right away! This being could be more stronger than her! HAHAHAHA! Go ahead, try and stop us..." The three Changelings stood there with evil grins on their faces.
Dumb-Bell then thought to himself, Well, I may not have beaten up Dash, but taking down these dipwads will be a lot better. He then started running towards Widow planning on punching the leader. The moment he punched the Changeling's dark skin though, he immediately started screaming in pain, "OWWWW!" He then fell to all knees comforting his fist only to see a huge scarred spot on it.
"Wait, I forgot! Our skin is untouchable, he had me worried there!" said Widow with sarcastic relief. He then used his magic to pick up Dumb-Bell who was struggling to get out.
Dumb-Bell screamed, "Hey! Let me down your jerks!"
Larvae then replied, "Come on! You're a bully right, try and fight your way out!' He then laughed. Dumb-Bell continued to struggle his way out.
"HELP! ANYONE! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!" screamed Dumb-Bell who was now terrified.
"Pupa, you have the seeds?" Widow asked the little Changeling.
Pupa replied with a grin on his face, "Never left home without them." He then went to the grass nearby and dug a hole. He then took a seed out of a mysterious bag he had on his side. He put the seed in the hole and buried the seed back up with the dirt. Only five seconds later, a giant, gooey-like, clear capsule emerged from the ground. It had a mysterious black sphere inside of it.
"Larvae, will you do the honors?" asked Widow. Larvae then performed a mysterious spell that started to cause the panicking Dumb-Bell to slowly become unconscious. Widow would then put the asleep Dumb-Bell inside of it. Widow then asked Pupa, "Pupa, you know how to work this thing right?"
"I always do boss." replied Pupa. He then performed a spell that caused the black sphere in the capsule to start surrounding the sleeping bully. After it completely went around Dumb-Bell, it emerged from the capsule and melted into a gooey black substance that moved onto the concrete in front of the statue. It stopped moving for a few moments. All of a sudden it started to grow, and grow, and grow until it was the size of a regular human. It then started to take form. The substance then started to become a knight-like being with spiked armor and a horned helmet. Emerging from its head were a pair of eyes that were just like the Changeling's. It then grew a mouth that had fangs like its creators and once it officially formed, it screamed a horrific, yet mighty roar.
Widow gazed at the being and said, "It's beautiful. If there's one thing I like about you Pupa, it has to be the monsters that you make." Pupa blushed.
"D'oh boss. That's the nicest thing you ever said to me." said Pupa. The knight being then bowed before Widow.
"I am Knightling. I serve before the mighty Queen Chrysalis." said the mighty being.
Widow smiled evily and said, "Then I demand you to go into that building and bring me the Element of Loyalty! And while you're at it, take down a couple dirty monkeys for me, we could use the help we can get."
Knightling put its sword back in the sheath on its side. The Changeling horn on its head then started to glow and Knightling started to change. He became a light grayish brown-skinned teenager with light amberish gray hair and moderate azure eyes. He was perfectly disguising himself as Dumb-Bell. He then told Widow in his Dumb-Bell's voice, "As you wish... master..."
END CHAPTER 5