"Sunset, the school's on fire!"
Canterlot High School was burning, and it was all Sunset Shimmer’s fault. Yet, as she and the other students looked on at the raging inferno, she couldn’t help but feel a tinge of pride.
“Sunset, you burned down the entire school!” An irate Rainbow Dash shouted, but she didn’t care. She had done what nobody thought she could, gone beyond her own limits and stretched the boundaries of what was truly possible.
And it all started with one little contest...
The cafeteria had been especially packed that day. After all, when a school offers free pizza, you could bet your life savings that every single kid would show up. Sunset and her friends had somehow managed to snag their favorite spot before some other students could, and they were in the middle of a heated debate.
“You’re dead wrong, Applejack, I’m our best singer!”
“C’mon, Rainbow, stop kidding yourself. Sunset could sing circles around ya,” Applejack replied with a smirk. Sunset herself seemed content with staying out of this one, but it was slowly becoming harder to do so. With Rainbow’s reply however, it became impossible.
“Fine, I challenge Sunset to a sing-off!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed with a grin, causing Applejack and Rarity to facepalm.
“Oh, this is going to be splendid...”
“Alright, so the rules are simple. You two have three days to record four songs each, and the winner will be the sole lead singer for every song on our next album. Is this agreed upon?”
“Heck yeah!”
“Sure, I guess,” Sunset shrugged. It wasn’t like it mattered, she didn’t like singing anyways. If anything, she was only doing this to stroke Rainbow Dash’s ego. “Just don’t be mad when you lose, Rainbow.”
‘What. Did I seriously just say that?’
“Trash talking, huh? Well prepare to eat those words, Sunset!”
Before she could say anything else, Rainbow Dash was already gone. Only she and Rarity remained in the band room, and the fashionista looked stunned. “What happened to not caring who won, Sunset?”
“I don’t even know why I said that, to be honest…”
“Well now you’ve gone and riled her up even more. I hope, for your sake, that you do beat her,” Rarity chuckled.
‘Alright, now I’m in deep crap. Not only did I accept a challenge from Rainbow Dash, but I trash talked her! What the hell was I thinking!’
Sunset sighed, rolling out of bed and walking to her desk. Thank god it was Saturday. She wouldn’t have to see her for two whole days, and by then the contest would be over. There was only one problem, though.
“I don’t even know what to write!” Her frustration was evident. “I never should have accepted that dumb bet…”
That’s when it hit her. ‘That’s it, I’ll make my songs intentionally bad, then they’ll think I wasn’t taking it seriously! … Which I’m not, but whatever. Alright, brain, show me what you’ve got!’
First, she’d need a title. Something that nobody would ever expect her to come up with…
“I’ve got it!”
As she set about writing the title down on a disc, The Bacon Bitch Chronicles, she began to think of prospective song names. They’d have to be even more vulgar than the title, obviously, so she was having a bit of trouble.
“Oh, I know, I’ll cover a song!”
For the next few hours, Sunset wrote, recorded, and burned her four songs to the disc. As far as she was concerned, the fact that she had done it all in about five hours was just icing on the cake. Now she’d have the entire weekend to do whatever she wanted.
“Time to get naked and watch Nickelodeon!”
“Alright, now that we’ve heard Rainbow Dash’s mix tape, it’s time to hear Sunset’s.”
‘Oh boy, here we go…’ Sunset chuckled inwardly as she handed Rarity her disc. “I think you guys will be impressed.”
Rarity stood stock still, staring at the disc in her hands. To Sunset, this was simply perfect. Everyone else’s reaction just added to her giddiness. “Sunset has titled her mix tape… ‘The Bacon Bitch Chronicles’.” She had said it in little more than a hush, but everyone had heard.
“What in tarnation? Sunset, did you hit your head or something?”
“I sure did. Hit it with great ideas.”
“Alright,” Rarity rolled her eyes, placing the disc into her laptop. “The first song is titled… ‘Too Drunk to Fuck’!?”
Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash fell down laughing at the name while the other three girls looked disgusted with their bacon-haired friend. “What?” She asked defensively. “It’s a cover.”
“Well… let’s hope it’s a good one,” Rarity sighed, seemingly done with this entire contest. Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash was smirking at Sunset.
“I can’t wait to see your face when you lose!”
Sunset simply shrugged, because honestly, she could not have cared less. For the next ten minutes, her songs were played for all of her friends to hear. Surprisingly, they had actually turned out quite nice. Whether they would beat out Rainbow Dash’s songs rested on the final track though. As Rarity prepared to play it, the group began debating.
“I dunno, girls, I really liked ‘Leather Jacket Whore’!” Pinkie shouted, to which Applejack shook her head.
“Nah, Rainbow Dash has got this one all wrapped up. Sunset obviously didn’t take this contest too serious, not that I blame her.”
“Well, if the name of her last song is any indication, we’re in for quite a treat,” Rarity sighed for what seemed like the hundredth time that night. It was quickly becoming a theme for her whenever she hung around these two bozos. “It’s called ‘I Fucked Rainbow Dash and She Liked It’.”
In an instant, Fluttershy passed out. That turned out to be bad, because as soon as Rarity hit play, her laptop caught on fire. The tune somehow kept playing, though, and she could do little to put out the fire as it began spreading to other areas of the room. Even after hitting her laptop with a nearby chair, it continued to play the song.
“AHHHH, IT’S A MAGIC LAPTOP OF DEATH! EVERYBODY RUN!” Pinkie Pie screamed, running from the room. Her friends were quick to follow behind her, and Sunset made sure to pull the fire alarm on her way out the front door.
That’s what led to this moment. As the school burned in front of her, and Rainbow Dash screamed at her, she smirked. “Looks like I won, Rainbow Dash.”
“WHAT!? YOU BURNED DOWN THE SCHOOL, YOU IDIOT!”
“Because my mix tape was fire fam.”