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Garfield and the Equestria Girls 3: Friendship Games Parts 1 & 2

by Christopher Spielberg

Chapter 25: The Tri-Cross Relay

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Note: Some parts in this sequence is imagined with IMAX cameras, with aspect ratio changes in imagination.

TRI-CROSS RELAY 12:00 PM

Everyone was outside on the bleachers. Photo Finish was taking pictures. On the relay booth, Cinch goes to her seat beside and with Cadence, Celestia and Luna.

Cadence then announces, "Welcome everyone to the Friendship Games' Tri-Cross Relay!", everyone cheering. "In this event, our qualifying competitors will face off in archery..."

In archery, the Wondercolts players is Applejack, Fluttershy, Liz, Arlene, Blondie, Ashlynn, Darling, Rosabella, Mal, Evie, Jane, Avea, Sirena, Neighthan, Bonita and Lorna, while the Shadowbolts players are Sour Sweet, Sci-Twi and the purple dog.

"...speed skating...", Cadence continued.

In speed skating, the Wondercolt players is Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Odie, Jon, Poppy, Cupid, Tecna, Blythe, Youngmee, Sue, Kora, Apple, Raven, Briar and Maddie, while the Shadowbolts players are Lemon Zest, Sunny Flare, and the purple dog, if he completes archery.

"...and finally, motocross!", Cadence finished.

And in motocross, the Wondercolt players is Sunset, Garfield, Pooky and Woodstock on Sunset's motorbike, Rainbow Dash, Nermal, Squeak and Faybelle on Rainbow's motorbike, Elsa, Casey Newton, the snail and the spider on Elsa's ice motorbike and Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Roxy and Selina on Snoopy's mobile doghouse, while the Shadowbolts players on their personal bikes are Indigo Zap, Sugarcoat and the purple dog, if he completes archery and speed skating.

"So, if the competitors are ready...", Cadence said before she uses the airhorn, starting the second event. Sour Sweet on the Shadowbolts team and Fluttershy, Arlene, Blondie, Darling, Mal, Jane, Bonita and Lorna on the Wondercolts team go first.

"Each competitor must hit a bulls-eye before their teammates can start the next leg of the relay.", Cadence said as everyone races to get a bullseye.

As it turns out, Sour was faster than the seven Wondercolts. Going over the hay bales, Sour Sweet grabs her bow and arrow, swings across the mud obstacle, somersaults, and shoots three arrows, one of them shooting the bullseye. Impressed, she looks to Sci-Twi and the purple dog.

The two Shadowbolt players look at Applejack, Liz and the other Wondercolt players, and they start running.

While Fluttershy was trying to shoot the bullseye while the other first half of the extra Wondercolt players prepare to aim at the target's bullseye, unfortunately, Sci-Twi and the dog were clumsy when they trip when jumping over a hay bale. Sour Sweet was angry, growling, until she is startled by Mal's voice.

"Yoo-hoo!", Mal said to Sour Sweet, as she tries to distract her while on the other platform, as Fluttershy was still trying to shoot the bullsye.

When Sci-Twi and the purple dog behind her was at the mud obstacle, Sci-Twi and the dog's foots got to the other platform, but is trying to grab on to the platform with the purple dog trying to get every ounce of his strength, with Sour Sweet pulling her eye sockets in anger.

However, Fluttershy holds her breath as she steadies her aim as the first half of the Wondercolt extra players aim it at the right moment. They shoot...

...and they hit it! All arrows in one bullseye!

Fluttershy, Arlene and the other players were so happy at this, they gave the thumbs up signal to Applejack, Liz, Ashlynn, Rosabella, Evie, Avea, Sirena and Neighthan, who they easily jump over the hay bales.

However, the dog was still struggling for helping Twilight up, thinking to himself, "Come on, you can do this. I will not lose to those imbeciles. I will NOT LOSE NOW!", pushing Twilight onto the platform with all his might, clutching onto her before letting go.

On the other platform, Applejack, Liz and the others made it, and they all aim. Applejack was doing fine, aiming it like the perfect archers do. Applejack shoots, but she misses the bullseye on the target, as Liz and the other half of the Wondercolt players was preparing to aim. The purple dog and Sci-Twi try to shoot the target, but misses the target as well. Sour Sweet was also growling, and the purple dog thought, "Don't rush us!"

For another try, Applejack exhales while Liz and the others do the same as they prepare to shoot the bullseye. They shoot in a mix of slow-motion and 3D, and they hit the target!

Now, it's Pinkie, Rarity, Odie, Jon, Poppy, Cupid, Tecna, Blythe, Youngmee, Sue, Kora, Apple, Raven, Briar and Maddie's turn to speed skate as they start to go around the track!

"And Canterlot is off to an early lead!", said Cadence.

Sci-Twi and the purple dog try to shoot at the bullseye, but they fail with early shot. They were nervous and shivering, and they try to shoot the bullseye again, but failed. The dog then yelled in his thought, "COME ON!"

Sour Sweet then sees the Wondercolt speed skating players going around the track and yells sourly, "Well, that's just FANTASTIC!"

Sci-Twi and the dog then look at Fluttershy, Applejack, Arlene, Liz and the Wondercolt archery players. "We're sure glad we don't go to Crystal Prep.", said Fluttershy and Arlene.

"You said it, girl.", Applejack and Liz agree, as Pinkie, Rarity, Odie, Jon and the other Wondercolt speed skate players were cheering.

The scoreboard then shows 02 - 00 on the respective Wondercolt, Shadowbolt sides. "If CPA can't hit another bulls-eye soon, they'll be out of this race.", said Cadence.

Nervous to the extreme, Sci-Twi and the purple dog was shaking with fear as they try their final shots in shooting at the bullseye, with the dog saying, "Don't fail us now...", silently with fear.

"You two are really bad at this!", Sugarcoat shouted from the motocross starting platform on her bike, as Sunset, Garfield, Rainbow Dash, Nermal, Snoopy and Elsa look at her.

As Liz saw the nervous two, she said her idea to her archery partner, "Come on, Applejack! We've got to help them!"

"I can't take anymore!", Applejack agreed, angry from this suspense. She goes with Liz to help the two.

"A...little help...here...", the dog said with fear trying to aim.

"You have to stop aiming at the target.", Applejack told the two with the agreeing Liz.

Sour Sweet then sweetly said, "Oh, that makes perfect sense! Don't aim at the target, thanks so much."

"You have to stop aiming at where the target is and aim at where the target's gonna be.", Liz said, getting her lesson from Applejack which supports it.

Sour Sweet continued, "Yeah. Definitely take advice from the person YOU'RE COMPETING AGAINST!"

"YOU need to be less SOUR and more SWEET, so DON'T RUIN THIS!", Liz talked back at her.

Applejack then continued, "Do you wanna hit the bullseye or not?", to Sci-Twi and the purple dog, who stop becoming nervous and nods yes. "Then trust us. Take a deep breath.", she says as the two take a deep breath.

"...and let the arrow go...", Liz continued the instruction, as the two focus on the target and prepare to pull the arrow back. "...right..."

Liz and Applejack both yell, "...NOW!"

The two let go of the arrows and it flew. Everyone in the bleachers as well as Cinch in the booth, watch as...

...the two arrows got the bullseye! Lemon Zest and Sunny Flare are able to start the speed skate now!

"YEAH! That's my pals!", Spike said as he climbs onto the platform, congratulating the purple dog and Sci-Twi.

The purple dog then said, "You saw that, right! I was breathless! Victory is mine- I mean, ours."

Sour Sweet was shocked as she finds out the two dogs talk as Sci-Twi hugs her pet dog, backing up. Sci-Twi and the purple dog was so happy that the girl hugged Applejack and the purple dog licks Liz for thanks.

"See? We were telling you the truth.", Liz and Applejack both said, as the latter glows orange, and she gains her pony ears and hair extensive tail, but isn't floating. Liz also glows yellow, wearing her Wonder Wilson costume from the first installment, with her lasso of truth and crown.

"Yes! More power!", the purple dog nervously exclaimed as the amulet and gauntlet get a fifth detection, both inventions powering up again.

"What...are...you doing?!", both girls Wonder Wilson and Applejack said, as both Applejack's magic and Wonder Wilson's powers was being absorbed.

"We don't know!", Sci-Twi yelled with struggle as the purple dog grinned for a few seconds evilly as Applejack's magic was drained and Liz was back to normal. The two close their inventions, both trip back on Spike, and the amulet goes on the speed skate track. Meanwhile, as the amulet opens up, another item the dog has stolen, the 1962 World's Fair Vintage Pin floats, implodes and creates a blue jewel, lowering to the middle finger of the gauntlet beside the yellow Magic Wand jewel in the third ring finger.

At the same time, as it finishes this, the amulet creates a magical shockwave (IMAX bass boom), as portals start appearing again!

"What's happening! Forget this, I gotta skate!", the purple dog said in shock, as he uses his roller skates and speeds around the track as fast as he can.

The scoreboard then shows 05 - 03 on the respective Wondercolt/Shadowbolt sides. "Canterlot has only two laps to go, but it looks like Crystal Prep is making up for lost time.", said Cadence, as the purple dog, Lemon Zest and Sunny Flare were getting the lead, tying the scoreboard as the CHS students were shocked and the CPA students were cheering on the bleachers.

The purple dog, Lemon and Sunny knock the amulet to the side, causing Sci-Twi to get across to the other side to get it. The score was 06 - 07 in the meantime. As Sci-Twi could even reach it, the amulet then causes to make a few more inter-dimensional portals, and a vine monster from Equestria appeared, as Sci-Twi dodges this.

The score hits a tie again, and the other Wondercolt speed skating players, Rarity and Jon said, "Come on!", as they were speed skating.

"Grab my tongue!", Odie told Jon. Ignoring his disgust, Jon grabs Odie's tongue while Pinkie grabs Rarity's leg, both giving the two fun-loving Wondercolt players a boost. The two go past Lemon and Sunny, reaching the finish line!

"What a finish!", yelled Cadence, as the score is now 08 - 07, the Wondercolt speed skating players cheering, as Photo Finish gives another picture of the speed skaters. The purple dog then jumps on his motorcycle when going at a fast speed and goes up in the air.

"Guys! Start your engines!", Snoopy said to Elsa, Garfield, Rainbow Dash, Nermal and his friends. "We're going into No man's Land!"

"Into what?", Charlie Brown said, nervous as he was eating chocolate chip cookies and root beer.

It was then Sunset, Garfield, Rainbow Dash, Nermal, Elsa, Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Pooky, Woodstock, Squeak, Faybelle, the snail, the spider, Roxy and Selina's turn along with Sugarcoat and Indigo Zap to motocross. The purple dog also lands in the downslide on the start of the track. As they go through the motocross track, Charlie Brown was screaming with excitement of being a first time flyer and motocrosser with his pals.

Snoopy, on the other hand as they were racing, was imagining the Red Baron on mobility in front of him, as he shoots his vehicle with imaginary bullets.

Meanwhile, Sci-Twi was about to get her amulet back, but was being dragged by one of the Equestrian vine monsters!

Rainbow Dash, Snoopy and Elsa's vehicles go across a jump as Rainbow and Nermal both say, "AWESOME!", while different camera angles show the ice motorcycle about the other side and it does. But, as luck has changed, a few inter-dimensional portals appeared on both sides of the jump.

Everyone was cheering as Elsa, Snoopy and Rainbow Dash's vehicles as well as the purple dog and Sugarcoat's vehicles were behind them. Then, Sunset's motorcycle and Indigo Zap's was also following as another portal appears on the next jump.

A portal appeared and a vine monster came out, shocking Snoopy, Elsa, Nermal, Rainbow and the other Wondercolt motorcyclists. "Oh my-", the gray cute tabby cat silently said as he and Rainbow decided to dodge the vine monster. "That was close! Hope the principals, the vice-principals and the dean didn't see that one.", said Snoopy, in relief.

However, the principals, the vice-principal and the dean were shocked.

Sunset and Garfield rev up their motorcycle to catch up to Sugarcoat's motorcycle, but they both see another portal with a vine monster, shocking them. "What the heck is going on?! Are you serious?!", Garfield yelled as he and the others saw this. The vine monster catches Sugarcoat, but causes Garfield, Pooky, Woodstock and Sunset to slide, losing their mount on the vehicles. The CHS students on the bleachers gasp in shock.

Indigo Zap and the purple dog's motorcycles then go up on the vine monster that caught Sugarcoat and they both land in front of Elsa, Snoopy and Rainbow's vehicles.

"There's Sunset and Garfield!", yelled Nermal, as he and Rainbow see, before he talks to Rainbow, Snoopy and Elsa, "We've got to save them!"

The three vehicles then rush to Sunset and Garfield's aid as fast as they could. Sugarcoat's vehicle was eaten, while Sugarcoat lands safely, seeing Rainbow, Elsa and Snoopy's vehicles zoom past her.

As the vine monster prepares to eat Garfield and Sunset, Nermal grabs Garfield and Pooky, Elsa grabs Sunset, and Snoopy grabs Woodstock quickly before the monster can get to them.

"Elsa! You saved me!", Sunset says to the snow queen on her ice motorcycle with Casey Newton, the snail and the spider. Garfield also said this at the same time to Nermal, but with the name in the front, but the same words, except for Woodstock who lands on Snoopy's head in relief, with camera shots switching.

"I wasn't about to let my friends become plant food!", Elsa, Rainbow and Snoopy said during the race.

Nermal also adds, "What are friends for?"

Suddenly, Rainbow starts glowing blue along with Nermal glowing red, before the three vehicles stop to see Rainbow and Nermal. Rainbow takes off her helmet, gains her pony ears, wings and hair extensive tail, while Nermal floats with her as well, wearing his The Cute Flash costume from the first installment, his costume glowing red with a power of super speed.

"I FEEL ALL PUMPED UUUUUUP!", Nermal yelled as he runs around very fast in a circle with excitement.

Cinch was suspicious about this, turns to Principal Celestia, who shrugs.

"We can still win this!", Rainbow said.

"You drive, Garfield!", the cute tabby cat said in his Cute Flash form, as the three vehicles resume racing, and Rainbow starts flying fast and Nermal running in a Flash.

Spike then tries to help Sci-Twi by trying to set her free.

The purple dog and Indigo Zap's vehicles then jumps across and they see a vine monster eat part of the dirt mound, falling into it and losing their mounts on their vehicles. Rainbow and Nermal in his Cute Flash form then sees this and then starts to attack the vine monster with fast reflexes and super speed.

Garfield, Elsa and Snoopy's vehicles catch up and speed past Indigo and the purple dog, but the latter growls in anger, thinking, "No! I won't lose to them!" as the vehicles get back on the track.

Rainbow and Nermal then see the five vehicles jumping over a tire obstacle as the vine monster was about to eat them, but Rainbow and Nermal punch the vine monster out of it's way. The two were fine after that.

With determination, the three Wondercolt vehicles catch up with Indigo Zap and the purple dog's vehicles, with the three revving faster.

"Charlie! We're running out of fuel! That root beer you drank earlier was our emergency supply! Take the wheel!", Snoopy says as he puts Charlie in the front.

As they were nearing the finish line, Charlie then beats his chest as he felt something come up. He lowers himself to the fuel tank, burps as loudly as he can, causing the mechanisms of the doghouse to go faster, while the doghouse goes faster than Indigo and the purple dog's vehicles while Elsa and Garfield's vehicles rev a bit faster.

When they reach the finish line...

Garfield, Elsa and Snoopy's vehicles crossed it!

"Canterlot wins!", Cadence announced, all the CHS students cheering while the CPA students were disappointed.

Seeing Cinch's reaction, Cadence then announces, "Attention, students. Please proceed to the gym."

In the climax of this chaos, the purple dog crashes his vehicle, meeting Sci-Twi once again. Sci-Twi manages to close her amulet, sending the vine monsters back to Equestria with the portals closing.

"Whew! Twilight, we lost the second event. But this is completely outrageous!", the purple dog panted with exhaust as Sci-Twi was nervous when this happened.

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