//------------------------------// // Rainbow is not convinced // Story: Just to get the comic books // by Sunrise Shine //------------------------------// “That. Was. AWSOME!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed, throwing her arms into the air when she and her six friends came out of the cinema. “It sure was-” Pinkie sang. Rarity looked at her. ”Um... Pinkie Pie, dear, why do you have popcorn... in your hair?” she said slowly, but was ignored. “Agreed. T'was sure somethin' they've got 'ere,” Applejack motioned the building they were leaving behind. “Nothin' like some good ol' MARVEL movie with loads of kickin' thems' bad guys' butts!” “A little too much for my liking,” Fluttershy muttered. As usual, nobody heard her. “But the plot has holes huge like the Mariana Trench,” Sci-Twi pointed out. “I mean, they blew up the aliens base and instantly won. It's so unrealistic!” “Wanna talk about huge magical rainbow power beams?” Sunset smirked. “Besides, that's what happened with the sirens,” Rainbow broke in. “Oh, oh! You should have been there!” Pinkie Pie almost shouted. “We were like 'waaa!' but they were like 'wooo!' and we fell like 'baaam!' and then Sunset picked up the microphone and was liike 'woo-hoo!' and there was a giant horse in the sky and then rainbow like 'waaam!' and then-” she was yelling and waving her arms chaotically in the air until Applejack covered her mouth with her hand. For a moment everybody was looking at the pink girl. “Anyway...” Sunset moved her eyes to Twilight. “You know the story. The sirens' neckleces shattered and they ran away.” Twilight reluctantly admitted they their real lifes often made little sense, but she didn't want to give up that easily. “Yeah, but their power depended on it and here-" Rarity placed a hand on her shoulder. “You might be overthinking it, dear.” “And how did you like it, Sunset, huh?” RD asked. “Me? I think it was pretty good. But PowerPonies are better,” the redheaded girl shrugged. “What now?” AJ cocked her head. “It's a comic series back where I'm from.” “There's no way something with such a lame name is better than the Avengers,” Rainbow said. “Oh, please,” Sunset snorted. “You wouldn't know. I'm telling you, they're the best. I have, like, at least fifty issues.” “So let me read it and we'll talk then.” “Um...” Sunset rubbed her arm awkwardly. “Sunset, are you ok?” Fluttershy asked, concerned with her sudden change of emotion. “Yeah, I'm fine. It's just... I kind of, you know, left most of my stuff... back home.” “We can always go there-” Rainbow began, but Applejack shushed her. “What's your problem, AJ?” the blue-skinned girl asked. “Ah think Sunnset means the other side of the portal.” “Oh.” “But couldn't Princess Twilight send them over?” Pinkie asked. “It could be so much fun!” “She's away in Yakyakistan- um, that is far away from Equestria,” Sunset added, seeing the looks on her friends' faces. “Well, looks like it settles it. The subject is closed,” Twilight said. “Yeah, I win,” Rainbow smiled. “Truly, Rainbow Dash!” Rarity reprimmended her. “Do you have to?” “What? She can't prove her point. So I win.” “It's not my fault, though,” Sunset pointed out. “Acctually-” Sci-Twi started, but Applejack nudged her and shook her head. “That is a touchy subject ,” Fluttershy said quietly. “Yeah, whatever,” Rainbow waved her hand. “It's not like some lamely named comic book from pony world could be better than the Avengers, anyway.” Sunset narrowed her eyes. Rainbow Dash has just said her favourite comic series was lamely named, surely worse than something else without even having a chanse to properly compare them AND that originating from Equestria made it so. She was already getting competitive when RD questioned the awsomness of THE most awsome comic series Equestria has ever known. But this... “Are you implying pony comics are worse?” she asked. “Isn't it obvious?” the raibow-haired girl replied. “Rainbow Dash!” Rarity exclaimed. “That's... not nice,” Fluttershy whispered. “Take that back,” Sunset said through gritted teeth. “When you prove me wrong,” RD smirked. “And how is she gonna do that?” Applejack asked sceptically. “I dare you to go to Equestria and bring the comic here!” Rainbow pointed her finger at Sunset. Sunset unconsciously clenched her hand into a fist. “Sunset Shimmer...” Rarity warned. The unicorn-turned-human was always a one to act on emotion. And now her pride as a PowerPonies' fan and Equestria's citizen in general was seariously hurt. “Challange accepted!” she spat out. “Ouuuu!” Pinkie Pie squealed. “Let's go to the statue,” Sunset said and not waiting for the rest she headed to the CHS, leaving them behind. The five girls (ok, maybe four, because Pinkie doesn't count) who have been watching the whole thing, used it to surround Rainbow, intending on giving her a piece of their minds. “What was that s'posed to be?” Applejack demanded angrily. The others voiced their agreement with her. “What?” RD looked at them. “That girl has to get over the 'oh-I-can-never-go-back' thing and she needs motivation. What better than her pride?” The others had to agree, non the less surprised with the brilliant idea. “Yeah, I know I'm awsome,” Rainbow smiled smugly. “You guys actually didn't believe I would say that, right?” “Oh, we did, alright. T'was comin' from you, after all,” AJ smirked. “Yeah, I knew th... wait, WHAT?!” the blue-skinned girl exclaimed and ran after Applejack, who was already ahead of her. “Yeah, speaking of pride,” Twilight muttered under her breath, as they all followed to witness Sunset going back to Equestria for the first time since her reformation. ************* The shimmering sun had already set and the first stars glimmered in the last rays of twilight, like sparkly eyes watching seven girls gathered in front of the Wondercolt Statue. Sunset gazed uncertainly at the portal, her agitation having had worn off as quickly as it came, replaced by worry. “You know you don't have to do this, right?” Fluttershy asked quietly, always the one to sense when somebody felt bad. “No. I do. I have to do this,” the flame-haired girl shook her head. Before her friend could object she added smiling slightly. “ I'm not stupid. I know why Dash said what she said. I'm still offended, mind you,” she pointed at Rainbow. “But I think that in this one thing she's right.” “I'm not sure if you can come through. You said it yourself, the other me is away. How are you going to open the portal,” Twilight pointed out. “Oh.” “Yeah.” “Right.” Only then all of of the girls seemed to notice the obvious obstacle. In the last moment, like they always did when something grand was about to happen. “Um... I guess I forgot about that,” Sunset admitted and there fell an awkward silence. But then Pinkie Pie broke it. “Pfff! That's an easy one!” out of nowhere she appeared behind Sunset, taking her journal she used to write to Princess Twilight out of her bag. “We just have to take the magic from here-” she motioned the thick tome, “to here!” she pointed at the statue. “From there to here, here to there, there to here heretotheretheretoherehereto-” the stream of her words was cut off as Applejack covered her mouth with her hand. She seemed to have to do that a lot, recently. “Yeah, we get the idea,” she said. “But how do you wanna do that?” Rainbow asked. Pinkie Pie without a word took the journal, held it in front of the statue base and took a mighty, overexagerated swing. “What are you-” Sunset asked worriedly but a loud THUD didn't let her finish, as Pinkie punched the book with full force, sending it slamming into the hard stone surface. The cries of protest from her friends died down almost immidiately. They all stared at the water-like magical structure of the now open portal. “Gah...” was all the girl with flame-like hair could articulate. She shook her head violently. “How... how did you do that?!” “Magic of randomness, duh!” the pink girl shrugged. Nobody dared to question that, because they were too afraid their minds might explode. “So, what are we waiting for?” Rainbow Dash brought everyone back to earth from the depths of their thoughts. “Oh, right. See ya!” was all Sunset said before jumping into the portal. “DON'T YOU EVER FORGET US!” Pinkie Pie yelled after her, poking her head through the magical surface. “She'll be back in a few hours at most,” Applejack patted her on the arm but the pink girl didn't react. “Um... Pinkie?” Fluttershy called quietly. They had to wait a while until the reply came. “Eee... I think I'm stuck. He he...” she laughed awkwardly. Rarity couldn't help but face palm. It took the combined efforts of Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy to pull her out, after what they all fell on Twilight and tripped the white-skinned girl along the way. It was too much even for her and her good manners. She just had to groan loudly. “Was that a dinosaur?” Pinkie asked from the top of the pile reciveing yet another, even louder groan. “No, I know! Spike the Dragon!” “What?!” Sci-Twi exclaimed.