When Twilight Sparkle and her sisters are each left a necklace by their late father, they discover something truly outrageous!
Twilight Sparkle (nicknamed Sci-Twi) isn't exactly having the greatest week of her life. When her father passes unexpectedly, leaving her and her six sisters two inheritances. The first one is half of his music company, Canterlot Records. And the other is Golden Oaks, a home for foster girls, which Twilight and her siblings have spent all their life in. Only problem is that the building needs repairs and the other owner of Canterlot Records, Storm King, refuses to give Twilight the money she needs, and is instead spending said money on promoting a "hot" new band called The Dazzlings. But when Twilight and her sisters find out their father left each of them a special necklace, they'll discover something truly outrageous!
(Outside Canterlot Stadium, Canterlot. 10:00 pm) ("We Got the Beat" by the Go-Go's plays)
"Next!" called the man in the ticket booth.
"Three please!" said the girl in line.
A girl finishes painting her nails with amethyst colored polish
"No way, everyone knows that "Shake Your Tail" is way better than 'A Friend For Life.'" said a girl with violet hair in pigtails. On her head rested a small tiara shaped hair clip.
"Are you kidding me?" her friend cried. She had silver hair in a braid. "It's 'A Friend For Life' that's better!"
"Shake Your Tail!"
"Friend For Life!"
Another girl, a red head with freckles, chimed in. "What about 'Friendship Through the Ages?'" she asked in a Bronx accent as she munched on her popcorn.
"STAY OUT THIS BABS SEED!!!!!!!" the other two cried.
*Taptaptappitytaptap* A pink hand plays with a pair of drumsticks
"Popcorn! Get your popcorn here!" cried out a vendor with orange hair.
"Slushies!" cried another.
"Everyone ready?" asked a girl.
Her six companions nodded.
"What about you?" smirked a sunset colored girl. "You aren't exactly dressed yet."
The others giggled at this as the girl looked down and realized she was still in her casual wear!
"Hehe. Oh yeah." She smiled sheepishly.
"I hope I can get their autograph!" squealed a girl with pale yellow skin and blue and pink hair.
"Same!" said her friend, a mint green girl with white and aqua hair.
"Hey they're here!" cried someone. "It's the Rainbooms!"
The crowd went wild as a blue bus with symbols of apples, balloons, suns, stars, lightning bolts, diamonds, butterflies and music notes came to a stop in front of the stadium.
"Rainbooms! Rainbooms! Rainbooms!"
The doors to the bus opened and a blue-skinned girl with rainbow hair and magenta eyes stepped out. She wore a white midriff with a large collar that was styled to resemble lightning bolts, a dark blue necklace with a lightning bolt, a red skirt with gold print, jeans, and tall white boots. A pair of yellow wings sprouted from her back.
"Rainbow! Rainbow! Rainbow!" chanted the crowd as she put her arms in the air and did the rock and roll sign. She stepped aside.
Next was a girl with snow colored skin that had long purple hair and ice blue eyes. She wore an off the shoulder purple top with diamonds on it over a blue bustier with a matching belt, a light lavender necklace with three diamonds on it, a diamond print skirt, black tights, and purple heels with diamonds.
In her arms was a small purple dog with lime green ears and a tuff of dark green fur on his head. Rather than a collar, he wore a bow tie!
"Rarity! Rarity! Rarity!" the crowd (mostly males this time) screamed.
“I LOVE YOU SPIKEY-WIKEY!!!” Screamed a girl with green hair. (1)
The girl winked and blew a kiss to the boys in the crowd, tossing her hair as she turned back to the bus while the dog barked happily as many girls (the green haired one included) scratched behind his ears.
Next girl. This one had pink skin and hair! Pretty much everything about her was pink! She had on a blue and white shirt with a big red heart in the middle, a hot pink necklace with three balloons, a pink candy print skirt, white tights, and fuchsia shoes with candy heels and blue ribbons.
"Pinkie! Pinkie! Pinkie!"
She giggled as she peeled off a few pieces of candy from her skirt and threw them into the audience.
Next up was a pale yellow skinned girl with light pink hair and teal eyes. She wore a black and pink top with a fishnet collar, a yellow and pink necklace with butterflies, a flowing purple skirt with green butterflies printed on it, and pink boots.
"Fluttershy! Fluttershy! Fluttershy!"
She smiled softly and struck a few poses for the cameras. Her small green wings fluttering as she did so.
The next girl had pale orange skin, long blonde hair, and piercing green eyes. She was wearing a jean top with a gold collar, a white skirt with gold apples printed, red leggings, and a pair of brown boots. On her head rested her signature cowgirl hat, while her neck housed a red and orange necklace with three apples.
"Applejack! Applejack! Applejack!"
She grinned and tipped her hat in the direction of the audience, and turned as she and the other girls helped two more out of the bus.
The first one had light gold skin and cyan eyes. The back of her red and yellow hair was long and poofy, while the front had two big curls. Her red and gold sun necklace gleamed in the camera light. She wore a leather jacket on top of a red, orange, and yellow multilayered dress with a halter top, jeans with a pink and yellow fire design on one leg, and silver sandals with a flame design for the heels.
The other one had light purple skin, beautiful purple eyes with a darker purple eye shadow on them, and long purple and aqua hair. She wore a purple, lavender, and green striped top with gray jeans, a beaded belt, and silver shoes with buckles. On her right wrist was a black watch with a psychedelic purple star in the middle. Her head housed a matching bright purple beanie with stars on it.
The girl in purple giggled as she signed an autograph, while the girl in sunset colors took off her jacket and let it blow away in the wind. The boys in the crowd went wild at this.
Finally, the last girl stepped off the bus. She had orchid skin, long black hair streaked with brilliant magenta and moderate violet, and brilliant mulberry eyes with light blue sclera. Her outfit consisted of a bright hot pink off the shoulder top with a single shoulder pad, a bright purple necklace, a purple skirt with a star print, indigo tights, and silver heels with a star on each one. A pair of light blue wings were visible from the back of her dress. The most striking features, however, were the light blue mask that adorned her face and the pink starburst earrings in her ears.
(Canterlot Abbey, Canterlot. 10:15 am) Instead of sitting in first-period bio at Canterlot High School, a girl with lavender skin and violet eyes that had tears threatening to spill sat on a couch in the back room of the nave of Canterlot Abbey. She had long indigo hair with pink and purple highlights in a bun and wore an eminence colored ensemble with a maximum blue purple shirt and a belt. She did her best not to smudge her violet-blue eye shadow as she wiped her eyes for what seemed to her like the hundredth time.
"Twilight." said someone.
The girl, Twilight, looked up and saw a woman in the doorway with a light bluish gray complexion, moderate opal eyes, and long flowing blue hair. She was clad in a cowl-neck black dress, heels, and tiny freshwater pearls. She walked up to Twilight and the girl engulfed her in a hug,
"Oh, Aunt Luna," Twilight sobbed.
"It's alright, Twilight. Let it out." Her aunt whispered back, her own eyes watering. Twilight sniffed as she looked over her aunt's shoulder.
Kids from school streamed around the front of the building, either trying to find seats in the pews or going and giving their sympathy to family members. Twilight hadn't known what to expect at her father's memorial service. The abbey smelled like incense and wood. Simple lamps hung from the ceiling, and the altar was covered with a billion prismatic flowers, her father's favorite. Twilight remembered when her father helped her mom plant rows of them in their front yard every year. Or at least, they used too. Mom was gone too. Had been for a long time. Plane crash nine years ago. After her funeral, Aunt Luna moved in. Said it seemed only right she help her brother-in-law raise the girls her older sister gave him.
Luna finally stood up and wiped her eyes. "I need to go. I'm already late enough as is. Will you be okay?"
'NO!' screamed Twilight in her mind. "Y-yeah Auntie. I think so..." she did her best to smile.
"There's my strong girl. I know you're parents would be proud of you." She kissed her niece's head and walked out.
Twilight listened to every click of her aunt's heels and the shuffling of everyone else's feet in the main room. Suddenly it hit her why she was here. Her father was dead.
She clutched the arm of the couch. "Oh my god." Her field of vision narrowed, and she heard a waaaah noise in her ears. A sign that she was about to faint.
Dizzily, she put her hands on the arm rest and laid her head on them. She was about to nod off when-
"Put your head between your legs," (1) she heard a familiar voice say.
Then another familiar voice groaned. "Ugh. Honestly, Rainbow Dash, I hardly think this is the time for one of your jokes."
Twilight looked up. Next to her were her sisters Rainbow Dash and Rarity. Rainbow wore a blue, purple, and fuchsia-striped cotton boat-neck dress, a navy velvet jacket, and cowboy boots (borrowed from Twilight's other sister Applejack). Rarity, on the other hand, wore a simple black dress underneath a cordovan trench coat with an English violet hat, a light coral ribbon on the hat, bodice, and collar, and black stockings with silver heels. (2)
"Scooch over a bit?"
Above Twilight, Sunset Shimmer stood with Applejack, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie. Applejack wore a black shoulder dress, dark purple leggings, and short black olive cowboy boots with white fringe. On her head rested a black version of her usual hat. For Pinkie, a long black v-neck dress and heels. Her usually hot pink poofy hair was dull and flat. Fluttershy, a dark skirt with an olive colored hem, a white and black laced shirt with dark flowers, and black raspberry lace-up sandals. On her belt, sandals and hair clip, were a monarch butterfly (3). Finally, Sunset wore a light black dress with a frilly striped V-neck collar, black sandals, and a black leather jacket.
'The one Dad got her' Twilight thought. "Hey guys." she finally said in that buttery voice her sisters missed.
She needn't (and couldn't) say anymore, as her sisters enveloped her in a great big hug!
"Uh, mind if I get in on that?" asked a male voice.
In the doorway was Twilight's boyfriend, Flash sentry. His black suit contrasted his spiky bright blue hair.
His presence finally got Twilight to smile a real smile as he sat down and hugged her. She laughed a little and put her head on his shoulder, returning the hug.
*knock knock knock*
The teenagers looked up to see a man in his mid 30's in the door way. He had light gray skin, a beard, and piercing blue eyes. "Twilight, girls, I would just like to say that you all have my deepest sympathies."
"Thank you Mr. King." said Twilight. Her sisters nodded.
The man smiled sadly. "Please call me Storm." He walked over and put his hands on her shoulders. "If I can be of any help-"
He was interrupted by a very jealous Flash when the teenager put himself in the middle of the two. "Twilight and the girls have all the help they need, Mr. King." He then guided Twilight out of the room, her sisters following.
"Flash means well. I appreciate the offer, Storm. Thank you."
(The next day...) 'My father left us two inheritances. One was his music company, Canterlot Records, and the other was a home for foster girls, Golden Oaks.'
If you were to take a drive around Canterlot and go down near the forest you would find Golden Oaks Foster Home for Girls. Named for the beautiful golden oak trees surrounding it and for the color of the Victorian-style house. Inside, though, isn't exactly as beautiful.
"Hmmhmmhmmhmmhmhmhm..." hummed Sunset Shimmer as she strummed her acoustic guitar in the bay window. She wore a light blue green dress with an amber tulle (4), teal blue leggings, black boots, and her signature black jacket of course. "As for me, I've got the touch. Close to someone, I can learn so much. It's a power I hope never goes away..." she sang.
"Careful Flash, I need you to be my eyes." said Rainbow Dash as she and Twilight's boyfriend carried a ladder. She was wearing a casual white T-shirt with a tri-colored bolt under a cyan-blue azure jacket, a pink and white gym skirt, black shorts, and a pair of blue sneaker boots.
"Got it." said Flash. He wore a black letter man jacket, a white T-shirt with a decal of a blue shield with a lightning bolt going through it, jeans, and sneakers.
Meanwhile, in another part of the house, Pinkie Pie was vacuuming and playing with a drumstick at the same time! She wore a white shirt with a pink heart underneath a blue jacket, a bright pink skirt with three balloons, a lavender sash, and blue boots with white laces and bows. "CHA-LA! HEAD CHA-LA! (5)" She screamed/sang.
Up in her room, Rarity was working on her latest designs, wearing a light blue blouse, a dark purple skirt with three diamonds, and matching boots. "Hmmm...." she adjusted her sewing glasses as she studied the mannequin. She gasped. "I'VE GOT IT!" She immediately grabbed some material and started to stitch together a cherry red halter top with sequins. "Into the li-i-i-i-i-i-i-ight, into the li-i-i-i-i-i-i-ight..." she sang.
Outside, Applejack was hard at work, bucking apples into baskets and carrying them into the barn next to the house. She had on a white and green shirt, a jean skirt, and a pair of cowgirl boots with red apple prints. "Hmmhmmhmm... hmmhmmhmm... 1,2,3,4. Hmmhmmhmm... hmmhmmhmm... 1,2,3,4." She smiled as she wiped the sweat off her brow and placed her hat back on her head.
In another part of the yard, Fluttershy sat in her garden, playing with the animals. "Oh you want me to sing to you?" she asked a baby bunny. Said bunny looked up at her with big eyes as if to say yes (6). She giggled. "Okay." she cleared her throat and began to sing. "I like the quiet, I like the calm. To turn it up, to sing along. I'm not just shy, look close, and you will see, there's so much more to me." the animals around her applauded and she giggled.
In the kitchen, Twilight was fixing a pipe underneath the sink. She had her hair tied up in a long ponytail with a pink scrunchie and wore a pair of blue sweats and purple sneakers. "The time has come to fix the sink, so we can get clean. But it's also time to say goodbye, to our bad piping." she sang as she tapped her foot in a puddle.
Back in the living room, Rainbow was holding the ladder while Flash climbed up. Her eyes were closed and she was lost in her own little world. "Look at me now, I'm soaring high." she sang to herself. "It's never boring in the sky!"
"Almost got it." said Flash as he tied a red wire and purple wire together on the chandelier. "There! That should do it." he looked over and saw that Pinkie was now in the room. "Hey Pinkie, how about a little light on the situation?"
"Okie Doki Loki!" She sang to the tune of the Dragon Ball theme as she flicked the switch with her drum stick.
Sadly, Flash forgot the number one rule about electricity, never use the red wire. The bulbs in the chandelier started spazzing with sparks while the vacuum cleaner got away from Pinkie's grasp.
Meanwhile, Rainbow, who was still lost in her own world, had just finished the fifth verse of her song, "GUITAR SOLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she started playing air guitar and bumped into the ladder, causing Flash to fall on to the vacuum and pop the bag.
Back in the kitchen, Twilight was hard at work with the sink. "Sink fix-up, sink fix-up, let's finish the job here." she was so caught up in the pipe and the song, that she failed to notice the dust cloud from the vacuum until it was too late.
"A-AAACHOO!" she sneezed and broke the pipe. Water started squirting everywhere in the kitchen, it even soaked her from head to toe. Deciding to see where she went wrong, she got out to turn herself when-
"Twilight!" called a girl with light yellow skin and big orange eyes. "Twilight! she said again as she came into the room. "We've got problems."
"Oh yeah," Twilight laughed. "Tell me about em'."
A few minutes later, Sunset, Rainbow, Pinkie, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Flash, and Twilight were all gathered in Twilight's bedroom, discussing how to fix the problems they had.
"The electrical wiring's shot." said Flash
"And the vacuum cleaner's had it." said Pinkie Pie
"Plus, Flash isn't a very good electrician." said Rainbow.
Everyone glared at her.
"What? I thought we were talking about our problems?"
"Anyways," said Applejack. "What we need is money to fix this place up."
"Agreed." said Twilight, who was being dried off by their aunt.
"But how?" asked Sunset. "We're only high school juniors with part time jobs! The only one of us who really makes a lot is Rarity and even still that's not a lot."
"Well," said Aunt Luna. "You're father always used to get money from Canterlot Records to keep things going." She took the towel off her niece's head as she fixed her hair.
"Hey good." said Twilight. "Then why can't we?"
Her sisters blinked.
"Excuse me?" said Sunset finally.
"We were all left half the company. It can't be that hard. One of us could do it."
"Not it!" said Sunset.
"Not it!" second Applejack.
"Not it!" Rainbow
"Not it!" Rarity
"Not it." Fluttershy
"It not!" Pinkie
"Not it!" said Twilight. She face palmed. "Why do I always fall for that?"
Her sisters laughed as she sighed. She may have been the oldest but she still fell for the childish pranks and jokes her younger sisters played on her.
"Well then, I guess I'm it."
She got up from her seat and walked over to her closet, grabbing her favorite outfit.
The Beginning: Part 2, I Write Music, Not Tragedies
Just in case you walked in late, allow me to reiterate: The teenagers looked up to see a man in his mid 30's in the door way. He had light gray skin, a beard, and piercing blue eyes. "Twilight, I would just like to say that you all have my deepest sympathies."
"Thank you Mr. King." said Twilight. Her sisters nodded.
Sunset, Rainbow, Pinkie, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Flash, and Twilight were all gathered in Twilight's bedroom, discussing how to fix the problems they had.
"The electrical wiring's shot." said Flash
"And the vacuum cleaner's had it." said Pinkie Pie
"What we need is money to fix this place up."
"Well," said Aunt Luna. "You're father always used to get money from Canterlot Records to keep things going."
"Well then, I guess I'm it."
Twilight got up from her seat and walked over to her closet, grabbing her favorite outfit.
And now... new stuff!!!!
(Canterlot Records, Canterlot. 2:15 PM) Twilight stood outside the record company, wearing a pink and blue striped dress with a matching hat, pink heels, and a magenta sash around her waist. (1)
"Okay, Sparkle." Twilight said to herself. "You can do this. Just go in there and ask Storm King for the money."
She took a deep breath, smoothed out her dress, and walked in. "You can do this." she kept telling herself. "You can do this."
"You're name, miss?"
"You can do this."
"Miss?"
"You can do this."
"Miss!"
"Whoa!"
She bumped into the security guard. "Oh, sorry Shining Armor." she lifted her head to look the guard in the eye. "I-" she gasped. This guard was not Shining Armor. Rather than white skin with blue eyes and hair, this guy had a light yellow complexion with hair the color of denim.
"You're name, miss." he said annoyed.
"What the? Where's Shining Armor? He knows who I am."
"Mr. King fired him." the guard explained. "I'll have to clear you with his office."
He walked over to the phone and Twilight made her escape. "You do that!" she called as she got on the elevator.
"Hey!" he ran after her but thankfully, the door closed just in time.
"What was that about?" she asked herself. "Why would Storm King fire Shining Armor? He's the greatest guard there is." This was true. Shining Armor had been head of security for Canterlot Records ever since the company started. The man had been like an older brother to Twilight ever since.
"I'm sure it's nothing." she smiled. "Shining's probably on vacation or something. There's no way Storm King would fire him, right?"
Once the elevator dinged, Twilight got off to the top floor and made her way to the office door.
"May I help you?" asked a voice from her left.
"Huh?" Twilight turned and saw a receptions with skin as black as coal and hair as green as a swamp. She had her feet up on the desk as she painted her nails a beetle green.
"May I help you?" she asked again. Her eyes reminded Twilight of a cat's. Green and all.
"Oh. Um... Twilight Sparkle to see Mr. King. Where's Cadance?"
"I wouldn't know. Mr. King hired me just last week."
Twilight's eyes went wide. First Shining Armor, and now Cadance? The greatest babysitter a girl could have? What in the name of music was going on here?
'What's next,' she thought. 'I stop an eternal night?'
She shook her head as she walked right by the oblivious receptionist. Right when she was about to open the door, she tripped.
"GAH!" Twilight fell to the floor.
"Oh yeah. Careful." the receptionist said completely oblivious to the fact twilight had walked right past her.
"What was that?" the teen asked herself. She looked around and spotted a familiar silver name plate on the floor. She picked it up in shock.
"'Sombra Shadows.'" she read. "Why is Dad's name plate on the-" she gasped as she looked up at the door. In place of her father's name plate, was a bigger golden one that read STORM KING.
"That tears it." Twilight said to herself. Putting her father's name plate in her bag, she got up and opened the door.
"Hey!" Called the receptionist. "You can't go in there!"
Twilight walked in anyways.
When she walked into the familiar office, she saw the same man who had given his sympathies at the funeral.
"Making yourself at home in my father's office, Mr. King?" she asked sarcastically.
The man turned around. "Twilight, darling." he said. "What a surprise. What are you doing here?"
"I need money for Golden Oaks." she pressed.
He laughed. "Well this is a business Twilight. Not a charity."
"Father left half of the company to me."
He sighed. "Twilight, darling. You're just a kid. I'm running the company now." He turned to the big window. "Power. Control. These are the only things worth seeking in this world. And I'm planning to turn Canterlot Records into the most powerful recording company in the country. But to do that, I need fresh blood.... LIKE THE DAZZLINGS!!!!!!!!!!"
He pointed to the door and as if on cue, three girls came riding in on guitar shaped motorbikes.
"ADAGIO DAZZLE!" The first girl had light yellow skin, brilliant raspberry eyes and poofy orange and yellow hair that could give Pinkie Pie a run for her money. She wore a purple bustier and shorts combo underneath a lavender jacket, a solid gold spiked belt with a diamond in the center, violet tights with darker violet triangles, and purple boots.
"ARIA BLAZE!" The next girl had the same skin and eyes as Twilight. Her purple and aqua hair was in pigtails and she wore a white shirt underneath a green jacket with ripped sleeves, magenta pants, and dark purple boots. Her accessories consisted of three purple bracelets on each wrist, a purple belt with a silver star buckle, and silver star clips in her hair.
"AND SONATA DUSK!" The last girl had powder blue skin and bright pink eyes. She had long blue hair in a ponytail and wore a magenta band leader jacket with platinum buckles, a pink skirt, and pink sneaker boots.
The three girls laughed as they rolled into the room. "Hey Storm King," said Adagio. "Like our new toys?"
"They'll look great in your next photo session." he smiled.
"Get those monstrosities out of my father's office! And the motorbikes too!"
"It's my office now."
"Who is this twerp?" The orange-head demanded.
"I'm not a twerp. I'm Twilight Sparkle and I own half this company."
"So what?" asked Aria "We're the Dazzlings."
They closed in on Twilight with their bikes.
"Yeah." said Sonata. "You can't tell us what to do."
"Stay out of my way, or else!" Adagio threatened.
"Or else what?" Twilight was unimpressed.
"Are we gonna have a problem?" Adagio asked. "You've got a bone to pick?" she glared. "I don't even know you yet somehow you've managed to make me sick."
"Hey!" Twilight said offended.
"Now normally I'd slap your face off, and everyone here could watch. But I'm feeling nice here's some advice listen up you little splotch. Hit it!"
All of a sudden music started and the three started circling Twilight with their bikes, knocking her to the floor. When she came to, she saw them heading towards her!
("Candy Store" from Heathers plays) Aria and Sonata smirked. 𝆑♪I like!𝆑♪
𝄞Lookin' hot, buyin' stuff you cannot.𝄞 Adagio sang
𝆑♪I like!𝆑♪
𝄞Spendin' hard, maxin' Dad's credit cards.𝄞
𝆑♪I like!𝆑♪
𝄞Skippin' gym, scarin' her, doin' him.𝄞
𝆑♪I like!𝆑♪
𝄞Killer clothes.𝄞
𝆑𝄞♪Kickin' nerds in the nose!𝆑𝄞♪ and that's exactly what they did to Twilight.
When she regained her stance, she noticed that the office had somehow become empty except for two bumper cars, one of which she was in. Suddenly, Adagio appeared out of thin air and hopped into the other one.
𝄞If you like to crawl, you can go play dolls.𝄞 Adagio's car started speeding up. 𝄞Let your mommy fix you a snack.𝄞
𝆑𝄞♪WOAH-OH-OH!𝆑𝄞♪ Twilight was knocked out of her cart by Adagio and was shot into the air.
𝄞Or you could just leave, cause plainly you see, I'm bound to win and was born to succeed!(2)𝄞 When Twilight landed she found herself on a carousel. Or rather, in the brass ring of one! And just her luck, the Dazzlings were riding and wanted her as the prize!
𝆑Woah-oh-oh!𝆑 Aria missed.
𝄞Woah-oh-oh!𝄞 Adagio missed
♪WOAH-OH-OH!♪ Sonata managed to grab the ring, causing Twilight to fall once more. She landed on a stack of bottles and saw Sonata ready with a baseball that had Adagio's face on it.
♪Honey watcha waitin' for-or?♪ she asked. ♪Welcome to my Candy Store!♪ she took aim. ♪Time for somebody to show you the door! So step outta my Candy Store!♪ And she fired! The ball knocked the bottle and Twilight all down.
This time, Twilight landed on a seat, much to her relief. That is, until she realized she was in the middle of a boxing ring! Speaking of which, the bell rang and the boxer turned around, revealing themselves to be none other than Adagio! Said Dazzling made her way towards a target that stood in the center of the ring, right in front of Twilight.
𝄞You can watch our team𝄞 she punched the target and poor Twilight was once again dropped, this time into a dunk tank! She wailed as she crash landed into a bucket of water. Once she swam to the top, she peaked her head out and saw the Dazzlings were once again on their motorbikes, the force from them threatening to knock the bucket over.
𝆑♪While you can cry and moan.𝆑♪ sang Aria and Sonata as their bikes knocked down the bucket. It tipped with a big splash and Twilight found herself within one of the soap bubbles. The bubble flew with the water from the bucket, creating a giant wave, which the Dazzlings just happened to be surfing on.
𝄞We'll be livin' the dream,𝄞 sang Adagio.
𝆑♪As you die alone!𝆑♪
The force from their surfboards caused the bubble to pop and Twilight fell once more. Now she found herself on a test your strength platform, and Aria was heading towards her with a mallet!
𝆑We'll be flyin' with eagles,𝆑 Aria slammed the mallet down and Twilight realized she wasn't just on the platform, she was attached to it! She went higher and higher until she flew past the bell.
𝄞Or if you prefer,𝄞 Adagio said. 𝄞Keep on testing me𝄞
𝆑𝄞♪And end up done for!𝆑𝄞♪
The Dazzlings laughed as Twilight landed for the final time in a nice and cozy chair.
"SHUT UP ARIA!" Adagio screamed. She quickly regained her grace. 𝄞WELCOME TO MY CANDY STOOOOOORE!𝄞
𝆑𝄞♪Time for somebody to show you the door! And step outta my Candy Store!𝆑𝄞♪
Twilight's eyes widened as she realized they were in the door way and coming closer to her!
𝆑𝄞♪It's my Candy Store, it's my candy. It's my Candy Store, it's my candy. It's my Candy Store,𝆑𝄞♪
They were now smirking at Twilight as Adagio pulled a lever and sent the poor girl through a trap door.
𝆑𝄞♪It's my Candy Store-OOOOORE!𝆑𝄞♪ Adagio took a seat on the chair. ("Candy Store" ends)
When Twilight opened her eyes after being plunged through the trap door, she found herself back in Canterlot Records! For a moment she thought the whole thing was in her head, until she saw Adagio sitting on a chair across from the desk.
"Now," said Storm King. "I've arranged a 'Battle of the Bands' in the park, tomorrow."
"And we're gonna win." said Adagio as if they already had.
"Cause Storm King made sure the other bands are so lousy," said Aria. "We'll sound terrific!"
"But we sound terrific anyways." Adagio smirked. "Don't we, Sonata?" she elbowed the girl in question had been sleeping with her eyes open and woke up by an elbow to the stomach from Adagio.
"H-hey." she stuttered. "We're the best!"
Twilight growled and slammed her hands on the desk. "How dare you use my father's company to promote this-this trash!"
Adagio didn't take this lightly. "Who're you calling trash, you little-" She raised a fist and Storm King immediately shot up from his desk and got between the two girls.
"Now now," he said. "Let's not spill blood on my carpets. They're not insured." he looked to Twilight. "Twilight, darling. I'm in charge now and there's nothing you can do about it. That is unless, you want to perform at the Battle of the Bands and win the prize money?"
"W-what? No! I couldn't! I-I can't!" her eyes started welling up with tears as her face flushed red. (3)
"Look at that!" Aria laughed. "Little Miss Know-It-All has stage fright!"
"Just as I thought." Storm King shook his head. "I'm sorry Twilight. But I write music, darling. Not tragedies." (4)
"I... I..." she shook her head. "We'll see if I can't do anything!" she called. "Storm, darling." she ran out and slammed the door.
(Golden Oaks, Canterlot. 5:22 pm) BOOM! CRACKKOWWW! The rain poured hard as the thunder and lightning roared. The news reported a storm.
After an hour, Twilight finally made it home, tears still in her eyes. She sighed as she looked in her vanity mirror. "I can't believe him!" she said finally. "Using my stage fright against me." she choked and started sobbing. "Oh god." she managed to say. She sobbed as she dried the rain out of her hair and wiped her makeup off.
A knock at the door told her someone was there. "It's *hic* open." she choked out.
The door opened to reveal Sunset Shimmer. "You okay?" she asked her big sister. "You freaking out?"
"...Pretty much."
Sunset frowned as she flopped on her bed. "Tell me what happened."
Twilight sighed again and told her sister all about what happened at the record company. How Storm King used Twilight's stage fright against her and how he refused to give her the money unless she performed at the Battle of the Bands. By this time, the rest of the girls came in. "I am not gonna let Storm King get away with ruining our father's music company."
"But what can we do by tomorrow?" asked Rainbow Dash
The girls shrugged.
"We'll think of something." Sunset said hugging Twilight. "We always do." Twilight smiled at this and returned the hug. Sunset was the youngest out of all of them, being only 14 while Twilight, Applejack, and Fluttershy were 16 and Rainbow, Pinkie, and Rarity were 15. But even though she was young, she was extremely smart. She always knew what to do.
"Oh! Twilight I forgot," said Sunset breaking the hug. "This came while you were out today." she pointed to a little package wrapped in pink on the vanity. On it was a tag that read TWILIGHT.
Smiling, Twilight removed the small ribbon and wrapping paper from the package and opened it. "Oh, what beautiful earrings!" In the box were a pair of hot pink starburst earrings with eight points. "I love them!"
Rarity took a closer look, sewing glasses on, and gasped. "They have real tanzanites in them! Your birthstone!" (5)
"Wonder who sent 'em?" asked Applejack.
Fluttershy giggled. "I'll bet it was Flash."
"Well one thing's for sure. Whoever sent them sure has good taste." teased Pinkie.
The girls laughed as Twilight smiled sadly. "Thanks for cheering me up, girls. I think I'm gonna go sit in the studio, okay?"
Her sisters nodded and she left the room, earring box in hand.
On the other side of the house, Twilight sighed as she took a seat on the couch in the house's recording studio and placed the earrings on the table next to her.
BOOMMM! CRACKKOWWW!
She looked to her right and spotted a purple acoustic guitar. Feeling the tears come back to her eyes, she picked it up and started to play. ♩Everyone's like glitter. Shining bright, bathed in light. All true and real. Made for this.♩ she sang softly. ♩What I am thinking is unknowable. What I have is buried. Locked deep and dark, got to find the key. Just have to breathe. Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe, breeeeeeeath―♩
KRAKOOWWBOOM!
"―AHHHH!" she screamed as the thunder startled her. She sighed and put a hand to her heart as she realized it was only the weather. A soft purple glow caught her eye and she turned. And she gasped.
"Twilight Sparkle," said a woman who had just appeared in the room. "I have come for you."
