What if the Shadowbolts gained power from Twilight's pendant? What if they now pony up?
After the last event of the Friendship games, Twilight does some studies on the magic she collected. When the tampering goes too far, she unleashes the mgic and the mane 6's abilities transfer to the main 6 shadowbolts. Will Sunset and the rest of the mane 6 help the Shadowbolts, or leave them in the dust?
Twilight Sparkle was sitting in her labratory. Ever since the events of the Friendship games, she had allowed some of the students, who were now her friends, to visit, but it didn't always work to well.
"What are you doing now?" asked Sugarcoat, who was standing with Indigo Zap, Sunny Flare, Lemon Zest, and Sour Sweet in the doorway.
"Well," said Twilight, "I've been trying to figure out the magic I've collected from the girls at Canterlot High. I talked to one of them about it, and she said to call her if I figured anything out."
"Well, qhat jave you got so far?" asked Indigo.
"Absolutely nothing..." said Twilight? She carefully pried open her device a small crack and a purple glow emitted from it. Twilight tried to shut it, but it stayed pried open.
"What's it doing?" asked Sour with concern. She pulled Twilight and the other girls back away from the device.
As the purple glow grew stronger, six beams of different colored energy came out of the pendant. They flew toward the six Crystal Prep girls and wrapped around them. As Twilight felt the red one wrap around her, a large blast erupted from the pendant. Everything went black.
When the black cleared, Twilight's pendant was gone. The girls were strown about the room, all moaning from the impact of the blast.
"What happened?" asked Twilight.
"Is everyone okay?" said Indigo. She walked up to the door and opened it, "Are we still at school?"
"I think so," Lemon responded. She sat up and grabbed her headphones off the floor. After setting them on her head and turned on her favorite tune.
"This always chases the worries away!" Lemon exclaimed, and started to dance to the song. Twilight, meanwhile, started to search her desk for the pendant.
"Where could it have gone," she muttered. All of a sudden, a greenish yellow glow distracted Twilight from her desk. When she looked over, Lemon was floring in the air. She had a long pony-tail and ears, and was smiling happily.
"Isn't this what those Canterlot girls did?" said Sunny, "Lemon's just like them!"
"What the heck?" screamed Sugarcoat, "Are they playing some horse trick on us?"
"Uh guys," said Sugarcoat, "do you think this has to do with those magical beams that hit us?"
Lemon was now on the ground, and her extra long hair and ears were fading away. She looked lmost as shocked as the others in the room.
"Wow, dude that was weird," said Lemon, "It felt like I was supposed to be like that, like those ears or whatever was the true me somehow. Like some part of me was different, in a weird way."
"Okay, so let me get this straight Twilight," said Sunset, "Your pendant burst into a magical blast and Lemon ponied up? It sounds farfetched..."
"I swear it isn't," said Twilight over her cell phone, "Some magical beams hit all six of us, something happened!"
"Well, until something else happens, I'd say your okay for now, believe me," said Sunset, "See ya Twilight,"
"Bye," Twilight hung up her phone. She turned to the other girls and informed them of what Sunset said. After that the girls agreed to just go on with their school day.
When Sugarcoat reached 7th period History, she was five minutes late. The teacher, Ms. Harshwinny, gave her a grim look before Sugarcoat sat down.
"Today," said Ms. Harshwinny, "We are having a debate about current issues. School issues that is. We are going to do it as though it's a real debate. The winning side will get A's. The losers, depending onnthe strength of their argumemt, will receive B's to an A-, okay? Now get into your groups from yesterday,"
Sugarcoat grabbed a seat at the front of the back side of the room. She loved debates, and anything about history in general.
"The topic is," said Ms. Harshwinny, "the way that the students who are chosen to be in the Friendship games are chosen!" She went and sat at her desk.
Sugarcoat stood up to begin, and so did Suri Polimare on the other team.
"The way the students are chosen for the Friendahip games is completely fair," Sugarcoat began, "because they are chosen based on effort. The games require a lot of effort, and it is only fair that the students chosen exhibit those qualities."
"But not all those who show effort are good at the events," countered Suri, "Amd the students should be chosen on their ability to compete in them."
"But you all know," said Sugarcoat, that the events are chosen by us students at Crystal Prep. Most of the events don't require too much knowhow at all. Some such as the Acadeca have things in them that you exel at to get in the games. Others such as Motercross have students put in them if the stuudent only has prior experience. And you," Sugarcoat said, pointing at Suri, "know its true."
Suddenly Sugarcoats whole body staryed to glow a dark blue. She rose into the air and grew pony ears, a pony1tail between her pigtails, and wings. The whole class stared in awe. Ms. Harshwinny looked pale and about to faint.
As Sugarcoat sank to the floor, she felt a pulse course through her. It didn't hurt, but it felt welcoming. Now she knew what Lemon meant.
Sour was in gym class. Not that she cared. Gym, or P.E, or whatever, was, in jer opinion, just an excuse to get kids to move around and excercise agter people realized that excercise combated obesity.
"Two laps around the school to warm up!" called out the gym teacher. He blew his whistle and everyone ran off. Sour was a good two feet behind everyone else. She may have been okay at short sprints, but long distance was never her thing.
Suddenly, a kid some good distance in front of Sour tripped over a branch lying in his way. Everyone else ran past him, probably wanting to just get their laps over with. When Sour reached him, she bent down and pulled him up.
"Why'd ya pick me up?" the boy questioned Sour.
"Well, I was already far behind. And I guess its the right thing to do," Sour replied. Then the boy looked at her strangely.
"What?" said Sour, "Is there something on my face?"
"No, you're glowing pink and yellow," the guy stammered. He backed away a little as Sour started to rise into the air. She felt something appear on her head, and something come out of her hair.
"Dude! You've got some pony ears or something, and your hair grew!" said a boy coming around from his first lap. Some other students caught up and saw the magical Sour too.
"I'm floating?" said Sour. She fell down to the ground and the ears and hair disappeared.
"What the heck?"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- During these happenings, Sunny Flare was in her lunch block. She was sitting by herself, since the only other juinors in this block were jocks she didn't care for. Other than that there were seniors and freshman.
As Sunny started to pull out her cupcake from home, made by her mom, and chocolate, (yum!), she heard a cry by one of the freshman tables. When she looked over, she saw one of the seniors push down a little scrawny kid and take his lunch bag.
Sunny stared long and hard at the little kid. He was on the verge of tears, and some people were laughing at him. At this, Sunny stared long and hard at her cupcake. She shook her head and stood up, proceding to walk over to the boy.
"Hey kid," she said, "Want this?" Sunny handed him the cupcake.
"Gee thanks!" the boy said, unwrapping the cupcake. Sunny felt some of the other kids staring at her, but when she looked, they weren't glares. Their faces even seemed further away, as if...
And then Sunny realized she was floating, had pony ears, and extrnded hair.
OMG... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Indigo found school boring, aside from the occasional school meeting or sport event. When the entire school was called to the gym, Indigo Zap was pumped.
"Welcome students," said Principal Cinch, "to our monthly school wide meeting. There are some issues to adress today, such as the Friendship games, among other activities..."
After that, the Principal droned on about the safety of cars since so many kids had just gotton new ones, Indigo zoned out. All she cared about was the Friendship games news. Then came what she wanted to here,
"On the topic of the Friendship games," said Principal Cinch, "We were meant to win, but a tie, nontheless, is better than losing. However," she continued, "a tie is not perfect, and we must prepare for the next Friendship games, understand?"
The whole student body seemed to nod in perfect sinc. Principal Cinch then called Indigo up to the stage for her scheduled team spirit speech. It was one of the few things she seemed to approve Canterlot High of doing, a team spirit speech.
"Remember," said Indigo into the microphone, "We are Crystal Prep, now shout it out!"
No one said anything, asid from a couple moans.
"We are the Crystal Prep Shadowbolts! Cheer our name!" shouted Indigo. Suddenly, she could then no longer feel the floor.
As she rose into the air, pony ears and tail appeared on Indigo, and then she grew wings. Indigo, just as shocked as she was excited, flew a bit higher in the air.
"Go Shadowbolts!" she shouted. When she landed, the pony up dissipated. A very angry Cinch glared t Indigo from offstage.
"Will Sugarcoat, Sour Sweet, Lemon Zest, and Sunny Flare report to my office please?" Principal Cinch spoke over the intercom.
When the girls reached her drab, dark office, Indigo was already sitting down in one of five chairs set up in front of the Principal's desk.
"Sit," said Principal Cinch, poinpting to the chairs, "Now girls," she continued, "I have heard from your fellow teachers and classmates about these," she took this time to stare at them, "incidents. We simply can't have magic or whatever in our school. We have all seen how it made Canterlot turn out. Now, stop using it, or there will be consiquences. No one can see us as imperfect fools unable to control our gifts."
"But Principal Cinch," said Sunny, "none of us knew we could do this. It only happened after," Sour nudged her in the arm, "Never mind..."
"What is it Sunny, anyone with brains knows somethings up," said Principal Cinch, leaning over the desk.
"Well, we were in Twilight's lab," said Sunny.
Principal Cinch pulled the microphone that controled the intercom to her mouth.
"Will Twilight Sparkle please report to my office?" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunset was hanging out by the horse statue at the front of Canterlot High. After the call from Twilight earlier, she was wondering forever about what she meant by Lemon ponying up.
It can't be right, only my group of friends pony's up, right Sunset thought. She pulled out her cell phone. She put her thumb over contacts and hovered over the button. She wanted to push it, but something told her not to.
"Sunset!" called Rainbow, panting heavily as she ran up beside her friend, "You know what happened to Pinkie?"
"Yeah, what do you mean?" asked Sunset.
"Well, she did say she felt like a part of her was lost, right? Well, it was so strange, during math class, I was dozing off, until I felt something. Its hard to explain, but it was almost like what Pinkie said, like a part of me went missing."
"You sure it wasn't just the fact you were sitting in Math class?" Sunset teased her.
"This is serious Sunset," Rainbow said, "Applejack told me she started feeling like that in gym, and Fluttershy during English."
"I hate to believe it," said Sunset, "but this worlds Twilight has had weird things happening with her too. I think it's best we ask her about what she's doing."
"What about pony Twilight?"
"I guess, but she's probably busy beinga princess, we'll ask her as a last resort." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Principal Cinch had just dissmissed the six girls from her office. Twilight was sulking, because Cinch had just removed her private lab privliges.
"It'll be fine Twilight," said Sugarcoat, "besides, we can still figure this out in other places. We have the school lab, and our homes,"
"I guess," said Twilight. Deep down she really hurt. The lab, to her, was like a sanctuary inside a school that partially hated her. And now it was gone. Suddenly, a loud beep interupted her thoughts.
"Sunset?" said Twilight after answering the call.
"There's too much to explain, I need to see you and your new friends. I think something big happened when you stole our magic, and unleashed it, if that's what happened in your lab."
Twilight winced before telling Sunset that they would be at Canterlot as soon as possible. She told the other five Shadowbolts the news, and they hurried out of school to the nearest bus stop. They got on and headed off to Canterlot High.
Twilight and the Shadowbolts got off the bus at Canterlot High, and found Sunset waiting for them by the horse statue. As she walked up to them, Pinkie Pie and the rest of the mane six came up behind her.
"Twilight!" screamed Pinkie. She ran up and hugged her friends counterpart. "I can't believe your here! I can't believe what you told Sunset! We have to have a sleepover soon!"
"Uh, sounds great," said Twilight, trying to get a breath in. She gently pushed Pinkie aside and went over to Sunset, "So about what you told me," said Twilight, "I think that somehow the magic I collected did something to us, but its still connected to you, I think,"
"Well, I haven't even seen you guys pony up," said Sunset, "so how do I know it's true?"
"When I ponied up," said Sugarcoat, "It was during a debate, and I guess I was telling the truth. So, the square root of 9 is 3?" she said. Nothing happened. "Dang. That is the truth,"
Suddenly, she rose into the air surrounded by a dark blue glow, and grew the same wings, ears, and tail from before.
"Wow," said Applejack, "she wasn't lying," Sugarcoat landed in the ground in front of her, and the pony up lasted for a couple seconds, before dissipating.
"Wow," said Sunset, "I guess that she did pony up," she scratched her head, and then turned to Twilight, "I think we need to do some studying." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunset took the Shadowbolts to the mane 6's band rehearsel room. She showed them the mane six's instruments.
"Alright," she said, "if you really pony up instead of us now, than we won't pony up when we play our instruments, and you will." With this she grabbed Rainbow's guitar and handed it to her. Rainbow strummed a few chords and broke into her song Awesome as I Wanna Be. When she finished the song, she had played with all her might, but nothing happened.
Sunset stared for a moment, then handed each other girl her instrument. They all took turns playing, and not one of them ponied up. Sunset, however, did seem to glow a light red color, but nothing happened to her either.
"Okay then," said Sour, "what are we supposed to do now? Do some random notes and hope it sounds musical?" Sunset handed her a tamborine, "I guess so," Sour hit the tamborine on her hand, then a couple more times as she got into the beat. She then proceeded to play a catchy beat, and in the process started to glow yellow and pink, and then pony up. Fluttershy winced at this.
"Okay then," said Sunset when Sour's pony up faded away, "I guess we try the rest of you now?"
And with that the rest of the Shadowbolts played some instruments. It took a couple tries to find the right one for some of them, but they all ended up ponying up.
"I just don't believe it!" said Rarity, "First they pony up instead of us, and now our instruments darling! What are we going to do?" She sat down with her keytaur.
"I think we should talk to Twilight about this," said Sunset.
"Well, she's right here, lets do this!" said Lemon.
"I'm talking about someone else," said Sunset with a smile, pulling out a brown leather book with a gold and red sun on it.
Hi! Sunset again, and this is a really important question. You know when I told you about your human and her team at the Friendship games? Well, the pendant that took our magic opened, and was released. Now your friends and I don't pony up, not even when we play music. Instead, the Shadowbolts do, (that's their team name)
We need to know what to do, magic is crazy here, and I don't know what to do. If you think you know what happened, aside from the pendant, please tell me.
Dear Sunset, I think its a fairly simple to see, but hard to explain, answer. Your elements of harmony and the powers you had transfered to them. The entire logic of it all I haven't even figured out yet, so don't feel alone in that. Please ask me any more questions. I'm bored.
-Princess Twilight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "WOW," said Indigo, peering over Sunset's shoulder, "Thats one cool book,"