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// Catching Up 
// Story: Friendship Kita: A Tale of 2 Fourzes 
// by cyberlord4444 
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	Twilight, Spike and Jack walked down the halls. Gentarou had given them a timtable since they said they were transfer students, and Decima was currently in Burgermeal to ensure that they were in the school records. Jack was still amazed that he was in the actual Kamen Rider Universe, although becoming a teenager was a little disorienting.

"So," said Twilight, "where do you think we should start?"

Jack reached into his backpack and pulled out the Potechokin and Flashake, "We should split up and try to find out what we can, take Chips and Blinky so we can stay in touch."

Twilight nodded as she took the Potechokin and inserted the scissors Switch, "Good idea, and good to be working with you Chips."

"Good to be working with you as well," she replied.

"Well, I bet we'll find something first, won't we Blinky?" Spike asked as he inserted the Flash Switch.

"I... I'll do my best," he said nervously.

"Anyway, class starts in about half an hour, meet you there?" asked Jack.

Twilight and Spike nodded before they went their separate ways, hoping to find a clue as to the location of the Element of Magic. From a semi-shadowed alcove, a pair of eyes watched them, "This could prove to be a, complication."



Jack wandered the halls, recently rejoined by Decima, following his instincts. After a minute, he heard what sounded like shouting.

"You stupid bitch, how dare you take what is mine!"

"I didn't know it was yours," cried someone else.

Jack hurried and rounded the corner to see a red and yellow haired girl in a skirt and leather jacket berating a pink haired girl in a long brown skirt and yellow cashmere sweater. The red haired girl pulled back her hand, apparently to slap the other, when Jack grabbed it.

"I think that you should leave," said Jack.

The red haired girl pulled her arm away, "You can't tell me what to do."

Jack frowned before drawing on a tiny amount of his internal Cosmic Energy, "Let me say it again, leave her alone."

The girl cringed as she felt the power he put in his words, "Fine, I was done with her anyway."

As she turned and left, Jack sighed, dispelling his Energy, before turning to the other girl who was slumped on the ground, "Are you okay?"

The girl meeped before nodding, "I'm fine."

Jack offered her a hand to help her up, "I'm Jack, what's your name?"

"I'm... Fluttershy."

Jack frowned slightly, unable to catch what she said. However, before he could ask again, someone else ran up.

"Fluttershy! Are you okay?"

Jack looked to see that a girl with rainbow colored hair, a modified blue track uniform, and goggles on her forehead run up to them and look Fluttershy over for injury.

"Oh, I'm fine, this nice person helped me," Fluttershy said.

The new girl scrutinized Jack before sticking out her fist and grinning, "You helped my friend Fluttershy huh? Thanks, name's Rainbow Dash."

Jack grinned and bumped it with his own fist, "Jack. So, what did that other girl say you took?"

Fluttershy hid behind her hair, "I just found the crown for the Queen Festival outside near the Hyabusa-Kun statue when I was looking at the birds, and gave it to Mister Discord. But Sunset found out and said that it was hers."

Dash scoffed, "She's just being all bitchy cause nobody else is running."

"That must be it," Jack said, inwardly thinking that he now knew where the Element of Magic was.

"Anyway, we need to get to class," said Dash, "thanks again."

As they parted ways, a reflective surface glinted, before whatever it was attached to left.



Spike was currently poking his head in various club rooms, and he wasn't having the worst time in the world. Currently he had scored a muffin from the baking club, some pancakes from the home-economics club, a few apples from the agriculture club, and a small stack of application forms.

Spike tossed a core in the trash as he looked at the sign by the latest club room, "Fashion Design Club huh? Well, I've already had enough food for now, might try that Italian Cooking Club later though."

As he opened the door, he saw a blue haired girl in a tan outfit who appeared to be struggling under the weight of several bolts of cloth that were being tossed to her by another girl in a jeweled outfit who was waist-deep in a supply closet. "Miss President, are you sure we need this much?"

"I told you countless times Coco to call me Rarity, just because I'm club president means that you have to be all formal." Spike was instantly dumbstruck as she pulled her purple haired head out, "Oh hello, welcome to the Fashion Design Club, are you here to join?"

Spike nodded, not having listened to a word she said as Rarity grabbed him by the hand, "Lovely, now, I need you to help me with this fabric, we only have half an hour before the bell rings and I need it ready for after school, I have the most darling idea for a dress."



Twilight was checking out the cafeteria. Since it was well before school there weren't many people there, but Twilight had already spoken to a few people. She didn't find out much about her crown, the only thing on their minds was the Queen Festival tomorrow. All of a sudden, her stomach growled. Twilight frowned, in her nervousness from the summit, she hadn't had dinner. However, before she could start gnawing on the tables, she heard a whistle from behind her.

Twilight turned to see a girl wearing jeans, a checked shirt, and a rather familiar Stetson with a shiny green apple in her hand. "Sounds like you could use some grub," she said before tossing the apple at her.

"Thanks, I'm Twilight," Twilight said before tearing into the apple, "this is delicious."

"Thank ya kindly, names Applejack, president of the Agricultural Club."

'Applejack? Nah, just a coincidence,' Twilight thought to herself before wiping the juice from her chin. 

Just then the bell rang. "Shoot," said Applejack, "we'd better get ta class, you new here?"

"Yeah, I'm supposed to go to room 221, I think."

"Same here, come on I'll take ya. Fair warning though, our teach's a mite... odd."



"Alright, settle down you lot, we have some transfer students," said the teacher, Professor Discord.

Jack, Twilight and Spike stood in front of the class. All of the people they met were seen, albeit scattered with the exception of Fluttershy and Dash. As they introduced themselves, Jack couldn't help but notice that a girl in the front row, who had pink poofy hair and a dress that looked like it had been made from a party, was examining them intently. After they had introduced themselves, Discord pulled a WWI helmet from his desk, put it on, and ducked down. Before Jack could do much more than glance at him, the girl in the front row exploded out of her seat in a shower of confetti.

"New friends!!! I'm Pinkie Pie, and you're invited to your new student party after school today!"

As Pinkie Pie grinnrf, Twilight nodded before whispering to Jack, "Okay, first a girl named Applejack gives me an apple, then we have a teacher named Discord, now this? This is getting weird."

"Even weirder if you count the fact that I met Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, and judging from Spike's expression, he met Rarity."

"How is this possible?"

"Remind me to tell you about parallel realities later. As for our mission," Jack's eyes focused on Sunset, "something tells me that I know who took it."



In a dark office, someone was examining footage of Jack confronting Sunset. "It appears that you bear watching, Mr Princeton."