That was barely worth the effort, Adagio.
I'm tired of fast food. I need a meal.
The energy in this world isn't the same as in Equestria.
We can only gain so much power here.
I wish we'd never been banished to this awful place!
Really? I love it here!
For realsies?
Because I think this place is the worst.
I think you're the worst, Sonata.
Oh, yeah? Well, I think you're…
I'll tell you one thing, being stuck here with you two
isn't making this world any more bearable.
Did you feel that?!
Do you know what that is?
It's Equestrian magic!
But this world doesn't have Equestrian magic.
It does now.
And we're going to use it to make everyone
in this pathetic little world adore us!
We used to fight with each other.
That was before we discovered,
That when your friendship is real
Yeah, you just say what you feel.
And the music,
Yeah, the music
Gets us to the top.
As we learn how the rainbow,
Rainbow Rocks!
You can pick up the bass.
And you can play the guitar.
You can bang on the drums.
Or you can sing like a star.
And the music,
Yeah, the music
Gets us to the top.
As we learn how the rainbow,
Rainbow Rocks!
As we learn how the rainbow,
Rainbow Rocks!
Want some help?
No thanks.
We're good.
Okay.
Sunset Shimmer!
Over here!
I had no idea the whole school would be here.
Quite the eye-catching advertisement, if I do say so myself.
And it smells like cake!
It does?
I used frosting instead of paste!
Fluttershy, you've got a little somethin', uh…
Did I get it?
Not exactly.
Good afternoon, students.
I just wanted to tell you all how pleased I am
that so many of you are going to participate
in the first ever Canterlot High School Musical Showcase!
This is a wonderful opportunity to raise money for all our after-school programs here at CHS.
So keep working on those signs and posters.
I think it's going to be one of the most exciting events we've had at CHS
since the Fall Formal.
I am never gonna live that down.
You were pretty bad at the Fall Formal.
A demon.
I turned into a raging she-demon.
And tried to turn everyone here into teenage zombies for your own personal army!
Oh, darling,
you have us, and we've forgiven you for your past…
booboos.
To be honest, I'd say the whole experience brought everyone at Canterlot High closer than ever before!
One!
Two!
Three!
There was a time we were apart.
But that's behind us now.
See how we've made a brand new start.
And the future's lookin' up.
And when you walk these halls,
You feel it everywhere.
Yeah, we're the Wondercolts
forever!
We are all together.
Now it's better than ever.
You can feel it, we are back
And I'm so glad that we're better.
Better than ever.
Oh yeah, we're better than ever.
There was a time we couldn't see
Past the differences.
That separated you and me
And it left us on our own.
But now you walk these halls
And friends are everywhere.
Yeah, we're the Wondercolts
forever!
We are all together.
Now it's better than ever.
Now that we are back on track.
Yes, I'm so glad that we're better.
Better than ever.
Oh yeah, we're better than ever.
I still can't believe that happens when we play!
I've got to look into some new accessories!
Something that looks good in a longer ponytail.
Maybe some clip-on earrings for when I get those adorable pony ears.
I just wonder why it happens.
Princess Twilight took her crown back to Equestria.
Shouldn't that mean she took all the magic back with her?
Who cares why it happens?
It makes my band totally awesome!
Your band?
It was my idea to start the Rainbooms so we could be in the showcase.
Plus I'm the lead singer and guitarist.
Heard you outside.
You guys are sounding really tight.
Uh, we're getting there.
Rarity's still coming in a little late on the second verse,
and Applejack's bass solo could use a little work.
They'll get it together in time for the showcase.
I don't suppose any of our friends from, uh…
out of town might come?
It being a special charity event and all.
Sorry, Flash.
I don't think Twilight's gonna be back at Canterlot High any time soon.
Oh, yeah. Okay.
I just, you know, thought I'd ask.
K-keep on rockin' it.
Well, someone is quite the smitten kitten.
Sorry.
I always forget you and Flash used to be an item.
It's okay.
Flash is a great guy and all, but I never really liked-him liked him.
I was just using him to become more popular.
The old me really was just awful, wasn't she?
But the important thing is you've turned yourself around.
Thanks, Applejack,
but I'm not sure everyone else at CHS feels the same way.
Sunset Shimmer, please report to the main foyer.
Gotta run.
I volunteered to show some new students around the school.
Thought it'd be good for them to get to know the new me before
they heard all the stuff about the old me.
We've still got a few minutes before lunch starts.
What do you say we do "Awesome As I Want to Be"?
Rainbow Dash?
I was wondering if we could maybe play the song I wrote?
We'll get to it.
Okay.
Hi. Are you the girls I'm supposed to show around?
We are.
Canterlot High is a great school. You're really gonna love it.
Oh, yes, we really sense there's something…
magical about this place.
That's the science lab,
computer lab is in there.
We're having a big musical showcase this weekend!
The whole school is pretty much rallying around it.
A musical showcase?
I'm sure since you're new, Principal Celestia would let you sign up if you're interested.
We have been known to sing from time to time.
Hello?
We sing, like, all the time!
It's how we get people to do what we want.
Wha-What did I say?
What you meant to say
was that being in a musical showcase sounds like a great way to meet other students.
Ohhhh, yeah.
Th-What she said I meant to say.
That's what I meant.
To say.
And what you would have said if you weren't the worst.
You are!
You'll have to excuse them. They're idiots.
Those are pretty.
Where did you —
Sorry.
These pendants mean an awful lot to us.
We'd just hate for anything to happen to them.
So how was the tour?
I don't know. I mean,
these girls, they were…
There was something off about them.
Like off like this?
Or off like this?
Or… Oh, oh! Like…
Maybe we should just let her tell us.
That's just it.
I can't put my finger on it.
They just acted sort of… strange around me.
Maybe someone already talked to them.
Told them about what I did.
So much for making a good first impression.
Uh-huh.
Oh, that's probably not it.
This is it girls.
The moment we've been waiting for.
Lunch?!
The chance to get our true equestrian magic back.
Right.
Our voices are just strong enough to make them want something so badly,
they'll fight to get it.
So we're just gonna do what we always do?
Strip up some trouble and feed off the negative energy.
Some plan, Adagio.
It won't be the same as the times before.
There is Equestrian magic here.
Their negative energy will give us the power we need
to get this entire world to do our bidding.
But we can get lunch afterward, right?
It's Taco Tuesday!
Just follow my lead.
Or my lead.
My lead!
We heard you want to get together.
We heard you want to rock the school.
We thought of something that is better.
Something that changes all the rules.
Why pretend we're all the same.
When some of us shine brighter? Shine brighter.
Here's a chance to find your flame.
Are you a loser or a fighter?
Me and you, you and me.
Why don't we see who is better?
We don't have to be one and the same thing.
Oh, what's so wrong with a little competition?
Are you afraid of failing the audition?
You're a star and you should know it.
Yeah, you rise above the rest.
It doesn't matter who you hurt
If you're just proving you're the best.
Battle!
You wanna win it.
Let's have a battle,
Battle of the bands.
Let's have a battle,
We'll go all in it
Let's have a battle,
Battle,
Battle of the bands
I can beat you!
Battle!
Ha! You wish!
Battle!
I so want this!
Battle!
Not if I get it first!
Me and you, you and me.
Why don't we see who is better?
We don't have to be one and the same thing.
Oh, what's so wrong with a little competition?
I'm going up and winning the audition.
Battle!
We wanna win it.
Let's have a battle,
Battle of the bands.
Let's have a battle,
We'll go all in it
Let's have a battle,
Battle,
Battle of the bands!
They're that kind of "off".
Those three are definitely in possession of some kind of dark magic.
How else could you explain that happen back there?
Don't worry y'all.
We let Principal Celestia know all about this
and those girls will be kicked to the curb in no time.
Last thing she needs is another CHS event almost ruined by some power-crazy lunatic.
No offense.
None taken.
Dark magic?
I find that very hard to belive.
Those girls come in my office earlier and were absolutly delightful.
Perhaps Sunset Shimmer is just eager to make someone else out to be a bad element
so that her action at the fall formal to become old news.
I could see why you make thing that but…
Thats not what's happening.
We saw all of this go down in the cafeteria too!
Yes, but isn't your band suppose to be part of the musical showcase?
Yes.
Perhaps you're all just worried that the Dazzlings will steal your spotlight.
The Dazzlings?
It's the name of their musical group.
Thats why they came by my office earlier to sing up for the showcase.
Even sang a little song to vice principal Luna and I.
They did?
Yes.
And we think having an a battle of bands instead is a marvelous idea.
I can't believe they got to Principle Celestia and Vice Principle Luna too.
They've gotten to everybody.
Not everybody.
Pinkie Pie's right.
We were there, where the Dazzling were singing
and we weren't affected.
It was like we were protected somehow.
So let's take them down!
It's not like we haven't tangled with dark magic before and tottaly whooped its sorry butt.
No offense.
None taken.
Again.
But that was when Twilight was here.
There may be some kind of magic inside us.
But it only comes out when we play music.
I sure don't know how to use it to… whoop anybody's butt.
If only we could get a message to Twilight.
Maybe she could tell us how to break the spell that Dazzlings had cast on our friends.
Well, that's not gonna happen.
The portal's closed.
And I get the feeling they don't exactly have cell phones where she's from.
I may have an idea how we can get touch with Princess Twilight.
When I was Princess Celestia's student back in Equestria she gave me this.
Even after I abandoned my studies I held onto it.
Deep down, I guess, I knew I was making a big mistake,
and I wanted to still have a way to reach out to her.
Maybe it still works.
Thats a book, darling.
What you mean "maybe still works"?
It used to be that if I wrote something here,
it whould apper in the pages of the book back in Princess Celestia's library.
I get a message to her,
then she can get a message to Princess Twilight.
So what are you waiting for?
Get to writing!
Been a long time since I've written these words.
Dear Princess Celestia…
Execuse me Princess!
Where do you want all these books from Princess Celestia?
The library.
Third door on the left.
Even this one that's glowing and vibrating?
What is it, Twilght?
It looks like
a message to Princess Celestia from my friends at Canterlot High.
How is that even possible?
I have no idea, but…
it sounds like they need my help.
The way Sunset Simmer described them,
I think these new girls sound an awful lot like…
the sirens.
Not the sirens!
I don't actually know what that is.
The sirens were three beautiful but dangerous creatures
who had the power to charm ponies with their music.
But to maintain his power
they had to feed on negativity and distrust of others.
The more of this negative energy they consumed,
the stronger their voices became,
and the farther they could spread their dark magic.
I don't think I like this story very much.
If the sirens had their way,
they would have divided and conquered all of Equestria.
But the certain Star Swirl the Bearded wasn't having it.
Rumor has it he found a way banish them to another world,
one where he believed their magic power would be lost.
That world must've been the one where my Canterlot High friends live.
But Star Swirl must've send them there ages ago.
How come they're just surfacing now?
I don't know.
But if my hunch is right
and the sirens who come to Canterlot High,
this spell they've cast is just the beginning.
My friends need me.
I had to get back to them.
I hate to burst your bubble, Twilight,
but what the connection between their world and Equestria
will still be totally cut off for a super-long time.
Okay.
First of all,
if there is bubble-blowing going on,
why wasn't I told about it?!
And secondly,
if the connection is totally cut off,
how is Sunset Shimmer able to get a message to Twilight?
Pinkie, you are genius!
Yeah, I get that a lot.
Now blow those bubbles!
And the interval between the two points is defined as the square root of the some of the squares
of the separation between the points along three spatial dimensions.
Say what now?
She is gonna take the magic in here,
and put it in there!
That will make the portal in open up to whenever she wants to.
She can go from here to there.
Here there!
Here…
We get the idea.
Now to see if it actually works.
Don't suppose we could join you this time around?
Better not.
It could make things pretty confusing if Canterlot High all of a sudden had two of all of you.
But I still get to go, right?
There isn't another of me in Canterlot High.
And they never know when you might need a trusty assistant.
Yes!
We won't be gone long.
Ready, Spike?
Ready!
I'm starting to think she's not coming.
Twilight!
I'm back.
Twilight!
And I've got some bad news about those new girls.
I do hate that you've had to return at the time of crisis.
We have so much catching up to do!
For starters, the certain blue-haired guitar player was just asking about you.
Flash Sentry was asking about me?
Isn't that nice?
Perhaps you would give us just a slightest bit of gossip from your world?
She's got an official title now.
The Pincess of Friendship!
Wow, that's really impressive.
Guess you really were Princess Celestia's prized pupil.
What's new here?
I mean, besides your school becoming the target of dangerous magical creatures from Equestria?
Yeah, so, that's isn't exactly the only strange thing that's happened since you left.
Pretty sweet, huh?
It happens to all of us when we play.
My crown was returned to Equestria,
but some of it's magic must have remained here in Canterlot High.
Now that we're all back together, we can use that magic on the sirens.
Just like we were able to use it on Sunset Shimmer
when she turned into that horrifyingly awful winged monster!
No offense.
None taken.
I'm used to it.
They'll never even know what hit them.
We've got nothing to worry about now that Twilight's back.
I'm pretty sure I can find something to worry about.
But it won't be the sirens.
The sooner we do this, the better.
Any idea where the Dazzlings might be?
There is a big party tonight for all bands signed up to be in showcase.
That one includes the Dazzlings.
Looks like we've got a party to crash.
I'm gonna get more punch!
Twilight?
Bumped into…
always…
doing…
What're you doing here?
You came back for the big competition, right?
Something like that.
Not that there's going to be any real competition.
No one here wants this as bad as my band does.
Can you excuse me for just a minute?
Oh no!
No one's mingling!
It's like there's some kind of underlying tension
that could bubble to the surface at any minute!
It's a fruit punch, isn't it?
I knew I used too much grape juice.
It's not the fruit punch! It's us!
But the punch is awful too.
What would you know about good fruit punch?
More than you.
Do not!
Do too!
This is just the kickoff party, girls.
Imagine what a tizzy they'll be in by the time the battle of the band starts.
There isn't going to be a battle of the bands!
We're gonna make sure of that!
Allright girls, let's do this.
Friendship is magic!
Weren't there rainbows and lasers and stuff last time?
I don't understand.
We're all together again.
Why isn't this working?
You… uh… really need to go ahead and do that,
whole magic and friendship thing now.
I'm trying, Spike.
I'm thought the six of us standing together against the sirens
would bring out the magic we needed to defeat them.
That's what happened before.
Talk about throwing down the gauntlet!
This group is obviously serious about winning.
A little cocky though, aren't they?
Claiming there won't really be a battle.
Seems they think they've already got this thing all locked up.
Not if the Great and Powerful Trixie has anything to do with it!
Whatever, Trixie!
We're the best band at CHS.
No, the Crusaders are gonna win!
I think we may have found what we're looking for.
Or rather, it found us!
Magic!
Don't you see? Everyone else has fallen under our spell.
But not these girls.
These girls are special.
It doesn't make any sense!
I should've been able to create the spark that would help us break their spell!
That's how it worked before.
But to defeat me you drew magic from the crown I was wearing.
The sirens's magic comes from their music.
So maybe you have to use the same kind of magic to defeat them.
Or maybe not.
No, I think you're onto something.
Really?
It's when you play music that you transform now, right?
Yep. Ears, tails, the whole shebang.
So maybe the way you use that magic to defeat the sirens is by playing the musical counter-spell!
You mean, like a song?
Aha. And in order to free evryone who's been exposed to the sirens' spell
we'll need them all to hear it.
The band competition!
That's the next time we can be certain everyone will be in the same place at the same time.
Guess the Rainbooms are the band to beat.
And I believe you, Twilight, just became the Rainbooms' newest member.
So, what do you wanna play?
Triangle? Sousaphone?
Theremin?
So magical…
I might take a little too long to learn how to play something with these.
I'll just sing.
Like, as in lead singer?
Cause that's usually my gig. This being my band and all.
It's our band!
And, of course, as lead singer.
She's the one with the magical know-how to help us pull this thing off.
Okay, yeah, that's cool,
I'll just use this as a chance to hone my already
insanely good lead guitar skills.
It's only temporary.
And we don't have to win the Battle of the bands.
We just have to perform during the first round of the competition.
Let's get to learning that musical counter-spell!
Well, that's just it, I don't know any.
But I'm sure I can figure out how to write one.
Totally!
Twilight can write a spell like it's nobody's business.
That's pretty much how she got to become a princess in Equestria.
Technically, I helped finish a spell.
And there was more to it than that, Spike.
Yeah, whatever.
I've got this.
Come on.
Where're you going?
Well, last time we were here, Spike and I spent the night at the library.
Are you crazy?
We're besties now!
Slumber party at my house!
Status update:
"Okie-dokie-lokie!"
So Twilight, how's that counter-spell coming?
Huh? Oh, good, great.
Thanks for letting me use your notebook, Fluttershy.
I really like the song you wrote for the Rainbooms.
Thanks.
Hopefully one day we'll get a chance to play it.
Twilight, I think I speak for all of us when I say
I don't know what we would've done if you hadn't come back to help us.
Aha!
Pizza's here!
Don't you want any pizza?
No, that's not gonna work.
Hey Twilight.
You're up late.
Just looking over the counter-spell.
We only get one shot at this, it has to be perfect.
We really are lucky you're here.
That's what everyone keeps telling me.
Who could possibly need this much whipped cream?
Must be nice to have everyone always looking to you for answers to their problems.
Instead of waiting for you to cause a problem.
Just because everyone expects something from you
doesn't mean it's guaranteed to happen.
Well, that doesn't stop them from expecting it.
It only makes things harder because the last thing you wanna do is…
…let everybody down.
Boulder was hungry.
I still can't get over the fact that she's related to Pinkie Pie.
You and me both.
I better get some sleep.
Good luck with the counter-spell. Not that you'll need it.
This must be nothing compared with the stuff you're expected
to deal with as a princess in Equestria.
Sunset Shimmer?
…Never mind. It's not important.
No. I have to be able to do this.
I have to.
And the friendship in our music
With the power of our song
Gonna stomp our feet, clap our hands
With the magic of friendship
Gonna stop your evil plans
That sounded… way better than the…
last… five times you played it.
N-nope.
I think it's pretty obvious what's going wrong with this counter-spell.
You turnin' what should be a chorus into a five-minute guitar solo?
I have to pick up the slack somehow!
Are you girls even trying?!
I'm trying.
It's fine… It'll be fine.
One more time from the top!
Or, perhaps we could do a short break,
try on some wardrobe choices I've put together?
I'm particularly fond of this one.
Or of course we could always go with something a bit more modern.
We're trying to save our school here,
enough with the costumes!
We can never have enough costumes!
She just wants to make things fun!
Isn't that what being in a band is supposed to be?
You don't have time for any of this.
You're supposed to check in at the Battle of the bands in fifteen minutes!
What… But it's not ready!
If we play counter-spell at the first round and it doesn't work,
the sirens will know what we're up to and make sure we don't have a chance to play it again!
Then we'll have to buy ourselves some time
so you can keep working on it.
But how do you propose we do that?
We compete in the Battle of the bands for real!
I take over lead vocals again, and we stay alive until the finals!
We unleash the counter-spell then!
You'll have it figured out by the finals, right?
Of course she will.
Twilight Sparkle's never met a problem she couldn't solve.
Right, Twilight?
Right!..
Then let's go win us a Battle of the Bands!
Welcome to the first ever Canterlot High School Battle of the Bands.
I believe I speak for everyone when I say it is
by far the greatest thing we have ever done here at this school!
We are so glad our three newest students encouraged us
to turn this event into something exciting!
But, as this is now a competition,
we can only choose one winner.
Who is it going to be?
You feel that, girls?
Our true power is being restored.
And that's before we've tapped into the strongest magic here.
But the Rainblossoms, or whatever they're called, aren't under our spell.
How exactly are we supposed to get to their magic?
The Rainbooms are just as capable of falling apart as anyone else.
They just need a little…push in the wrong direction.
I have a feeling everyone here is gonna be lining up to give them a shove.
Snips and Snails indahouse, yo!
They call me MC Snips and it aint no lie.
My favourite food is like pumpkin pie.
And this is Daddy Snails, I like whales
When I go to the beach, I always bring my pails
Bam! That just happened.
We, Snips and Snails, get out of here.
Please do not drop the microphones.
In your face, Rainbooms!
Least we know one group that won't stand in the way of us getting to the finals.
Let's get ready to rock!
Wait, where's Rarity?
Here! I'm here!
We will be performing in front of an audience.
I'm not going to wear something fabulous?
Remember, we have to be good enough to make it through,
but not so good we let the sirens see the magic withtin us.
They could realise we plan to use it against them.
Got it.
Be cool enough to win, but not so cool that we end up showing off
the whole ears and tails and rainbows thing.
So… About twenty percent less cool.
One! Two!
We've just got the day to get ready
And there's only so much time to lose
Because tonight, yeah, we're here to party
So let's think of something fun to do
We don't know what's gonna happen
We don't know
We just know it's gonna feel right
We just know
All our friends are here
And it's time to ignite the lights!
Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight
Shake your tail, shake your tail
Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight
Shake your tail, shake your tail
So what you didn't get it right the first time
Boring!
Laugh it off, no one said it is a crime
Do your thing, you know you're an original
Your ideas are so funny that they're criminal
We've just got the day to get ready
And there's only so much time to lose
Because tonight, yeah, we're here to party
So let's think of something fun to do
Awesome!
We don't know what's gonna happen
We don't know
We just know it's gonna feel right
We just know
All our friends are here
And it's time to ignite the lights!
Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight
Shake your tail, shake your tail
Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight
Shake your tail, shake your tail
Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight
Shake your tail, shake your tail
Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight
Shake your tail, shake your tail
Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight
Ruined! Absolutely ruined!
Rarity, were you tryin' to make us lose out there?!
This was not my fault!
This was an act of sabotage!
Yeah, well, whoever did this couldn't have done this
if you didn't insist on dressin' like…
like… this!
We need to sound good!
Is there some reason that concept seems to escape you?
And what was with the confetti, Pinkie Pie?
How am I supposed to shred if there's paper stuck in my frets?!
It was pretty distracting…
Says the girl who was running from a light the whole time!
A light!
You still sounded much better than most of the other bands.
I'm sure you'll make it to the next round.
But it won't matter if you don't have that counter-spell ready.
You all find a place to practice where the sirens can't hear you.
I'll keep an eye on things around here.
You're never gonna get away with this.
Why? Because you didn't?
We know all about you, Sunset Shimmer.
You've got quite the reputation at Canterlot High.
I've changed! I'm in a much better place now!
Waiting in the wings while your friends have all the fun?
Oh, yes, you girls are so tight.
And yet… they didn't ask you to be in the band.
Probably afraid no one will want to see them play if she was in the group.
Too bad!
So sad!
If it's any consolation, no one is going to remember
you at all by the time we're done.
Remember, girls.
We want to save the good stuff for when our full power has been restored.
You didn't know that you fell
Now that you're under our spell
Blindsided by the beat
Clapping your hands, stomping your feet
You didn't know that you fell
Now you've fallen under our spell
We've got the music, makes you move it
Got the song that makes you lose it
We say "jump", you say "how high?"
Put your hands up to the sky
We've got the music, makes you move it
Got the song that makes you lose it
We say "jump", you say "how high?"
Put your hands up to the sky
You didn't know that you fell
Now that you're under our spell
Listen to the sound of my voice
Soon you'll find you don't have a choice
Captured in the web of my song
Soon you'll all be singing along
We've got the music, makes you move it
Got the song that makes you lose it
We say "jump", you say "how high?"
Put your hands up to the sky
We've got the music, makes you move it
Got the song that makes you lose it
We say "jump", you say "how high?"
Put your hands up to the sky
You didn't know that you fell
Now that you're under our spell
You didn't know that you fell
Now that you're under our
Spell
This is it! Last round and you're in the finals!
Unless you think the counter-spell is ready to be played now.
Don't worry, Twilight. Finals aren't until tonight.
We'll get in a little more practice before we're supposed to hit the stage.
We won't let you down!
You won't let me down…
I was just wondering.
We haven't played any of my songs yet, and…
It's the semifinals. We gotta do "Awesome As I Wanna Be".
Don't know why I even asked…
I've got tricks up my sleeve
See me dominate 'Cause I'm powerful and grea-ea-eat!
Fantastic!
You're never gonna top that performance, "Rain-goons".
You shouldn't be allowed to when you have such a big advantage over the rest of us.
My superior guitar playing and off-the-charts awesome singing voice?
Oh, don't be ridiculous.
I mean her!
If you were really all that, Rainbow Dash,
you wouldn't have needed to bring in some magical ringer to have half a chance.
Everyone's talking about it.
Puh-leeze!
I could win this thing as a solo act and everybody knows it!
Sure you could.
She's gone!
Oh, wait. There she is.
Next up, the Rainbooms.
Knock 'em dead, Rainbooms!
I'll be here…
Just… watching.
Awesome as I want to be
First you see me riding on a sonic boom
Got my guitar shreddin' up the latest tune
There is nothin' you can do to beat me
I'm so good that you can't defeat me
Yeah, I'm awesome Take caution
Watch out for me I'm awesome as I want to be
I'm awesome Take caution
Watch out for me I'm awesome as I want to be
Now that's the bad girl we love to hate!
I knew she was still trouble!
The real Sunset Shimmer is back!
No. It isn't like that.
What was that?!
You were showing them your magic. I-I didn't know what else to do.
Close the curtains? Unplug her amp? Give us a chance to deal with the situation?
I'm sorry, I just wanted to help.
Yeah, well, you didn't.
None of this would've happened if you weren't trying to show off.
As usual.
Good show, "Rain-brooms".
I especially liked the part where Sunset Shimmer, in a fit of jealous rage,
knocked out Rainbow Dash mid-guitar solo!
It wasn't a fit of jealous rage!
If you say so.
Ooh! Looks like they've already decided who'll be moving on to the finals!
I'm guessing it wasn't too difficult a decision.
What can we do?
There isn't gonna be another opportunity for us to play.
And I had the most gorgeous outfit for the finals!
Yup, 'cause that's the real tragedy here Rarity.
That you won't get to play dress-up!
You know perfectly well that's not what I meant!
You guys wanna keep it down?
They're about to announce who's moving on.
Who are you kidding? You know it isn't gonna be us.
The band that will be joining the Dazzlings in tonight's finals…
The Rainbooms!
What?!
Did they just say, "the Rainbooms"?!
This isn't over!
Congratulations, girls.
You deserve it.
Seriously?! We didn't even finish our—
See you at tonight's big show, Rainbooms.
We are really looking forward to it.
Yeah, well… not as much as we are!
This never should have been you, Rainbooms!
This is a travesty!
A travesty!
It really is!
The Rainbooms don't deserve to be in the finals.
Not when your band was so much better in the semis.
And wanted it so much more.
Alas, this is the way it's going to be.
"Dazzlings vs. Rainbooms"
Unless, of course, the Rainbooms don't manage to make it to their set
or held up for some reason.
This doesn't make any sense. We were awful.
Doesn't anybody else think it's strange that we're the ones that made it to the finals?
Very strange.
What are you doing here, Trixie?
Pretty sure the losers are supposed to be up there in the cheap seats.
The Great and Powerful Trixie is the most talented girl at Canterlot High.
It is I who deserves to be in the finals.
And I will not be denied!
See you never!
Told you someone would give them a shove.
She didn't shove them. She pulled a lever.
Go back to sleep, Sonata.
Ya better believe I've got tricks up my sleeve
And I captivate 'Cause I'm powerful and great
Ya better believe I've got tricks up my sleeve
See me dominate 'Cause I'm powerful and great
Give it up, Rainbow Dash.
You've been tryin' at this for hours. It's not gonna open.
Maybe it doesn't even matter that we're trapped down here.
I don't think the counter-spell would have worked anyway.
Of course it would have worked, Twilight.
Assumin' a certain band member didn't try to hog the spotlight the whole time we were tryin' to play it!
Hey! If you wanna tell Twilight she's getting a little too caught up
trying to be the new leader of this band,
you don't have to be all cryptic about it.
She was talking about you, Rainbow Dash!
Me?! I'm just trying to make sure my band rocks as hard as it needs to!
OUR BAND!!
But why wasn't it working?
I should know what to do. How could I not know what to do?
How could I have failed like this?
It might've been your idea to start a band,
but it's not just your band, Rainbow Dash!
I'm the one who writes all the songs!
I write songs! You just never let us play any of them!
I had the most perfect outfits for us to wear!
Again with the costumes!
No one cares what we're wearin'!
I care, Applejack!
So sorry if I enjoy trying to make a creative contribution to the band!
Hey! Anybody here remember fun?!
I'll give you a hint:
It's the exact opposite of being in the Rainbooms!
I wish I never asked any of you to be in my band!
I wish I'd never agreed to be in it!
Me, neither!
Ya better believe I've got tricks up my sleeve
See me dominate 'Cause I'm powerful and great
Try to top that!
Oh, gosh! I don't know if we can!
Stop!
You have to stop!
This is what they've been after all along!
They're feeding off of the magic inside you!
How can they be using our magic?
It's the magic of friendship.
Ever since you started this band you've been letting little things get to you.
I never said anything cause I didn't feel like it was my place
Not when I'm so new in this whole friendship thing.
I still have a lot to learn.
But I do know that if you don't work out even the smallest problems right at the start,
the magic of friendship can be turned into something else.
I can't believe all this tension was happening right under my nose and I didn't realize it.
I'm supposed to be the one with all the answers.
And all I've done since I got here is let you down.
I don't think anyone is supposed to have all the answers.
But you can count on your friends to help you find them.
I think you already have…
Come on! We need to get out of here.
Spike!
Sorry I took so long.
I had to find somebody who wasn't under the sirens' spell to help me get you out.
Why isn't she under their spell?
Never takes off her headphones.
Come on y'all! Time to prove we've still got the magic of friendship inside us.
And there's only one way to do it.
We're getting the band back together?
We are getting our band back together.
Which version of the counter-spell we are going to play?
I don't think it matters what song we play.
As long as we play it together. As friends.
Fluttershy has written a really great one.
We're about to save the world here.
Personally, I think we should do it in style.
Rarity?
I thought you'd never ask.
Welcome to the show
We're here to let you know
Our time is now
Your time is running out
How are we supposed to play over them from up here?
Feel the wave of sound As it crashes down
You can't turn away We'll make you wanna stay
We will be adored Make you so jealous that you want us
We won't be ignored It's time for all we want
Now you need us Come and heed us
Nothing can stop us now
I've got the music in me
Don't need to hear a crowd Cheering out my name
I didn't come here seeking Infamy or fame
The one and only thing That I am here to bring
Is music, is the music Is the music in my soul
Gonna break out Set myself free, yeah
Out!
Let it all go Just let it be, yeah
Go!
Find the music in your heart Let the music make you start
To set yourself apart
"The Rainbooms" want to turn this into a real Battle of the Bands?
Let's battle.
Let me have a storm All we want and more
We won't break on through Now it's time to finish you
Sunset Shimmer! We need you!
You're never gonna bring me down
You're never gonna break this part of me
My friends are here to bring me 'round
Not singing just for popularity
We're here to let you know That we won't let it go
Our music is a bomb and it's about to blow
And you can try to fight But we have got the line
Of friendship on our side!
Got the music in our hearts We're here to blow this thing apart
And together We will never
Be afraid of the dark
We sing our song out loud Gets you dancing with the crowd
As the music Of our friendship
Survives
Survives!!
Got the music in our hearts We're here to blow this thing apart
And together We will never
Be afraid of the dark
We sing our song out loud Gets you dancing with the crowd
As the music Of our friendship
Survives
Survives!
SURVIVES!
We will be adored
Tell us that you want us
We won't be ignored
It's time for our reward…
Guess that explains why these were so special to them.
Without those pendants and the magic you brought here from Equestria,
they're just three harmless teenage girls.
Rainbooms rule!
That was amazing!
You may have vanquished the Dazzilngs,
but you will never have the amazing, show-stopping ability
of the Great and Powerful Trixie!
She's gone!
Oh, wait. There she is.
Trixie is okay!
You know, Twilight is going back to Equestria soon.
The Rainbooms could really use someone to help Fluttershy on backup vocals.
I also play guitar.
We'll see.
Sure wish you could stay longer.
Me too.
But I have responsibilities in Equestria that I have to get back to.
Its citizens need me.
But now I can go through the portal whenever I need to.
This isn't goodbye.
It's just goodbye 'til next time.
Ready?
Ready!
Dear Princess Twilight,
missing you already, and I hope you'll be back soon.
Things are definitely looking up for me here at Canterlot High.
But I know I still have a lot to learn about friendship.
Hope you don't mind if I write to you for advice when I need it.
Your friend, Sunset Shimmer.
You ready or what?
Ready!
One! Two! Three! Four!
SCHASTLIVYI PONETC
Hopefully you've enjoyed it!
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