Later, in the gym, the CHS students were trying to be nice to the students from Crystal Prep, but it wasn't really working. Whenever they gave a smile, their faces turned to looks of anger.

The Mobains, the girls, and Strike were heading right to the gym. They were all wearing some new clothes for welcoming the Crystal Prep students.

Sonic was wearing an unzipped cerulean blue short sleeve jacket with a stone blue wing collar, a merigold orange T-shirt, spruce blue jeans, and scarlet red and gold yellow running/parkour shoes. He still had his glasses, his bandana, his gears on his hands, his medallion, and his enerbeam.

Rainbow was wearing a cerulean blue short sleeve jacket with a white collar that had tiger and merigold orange highlights, a fire orange T-shirt with her logo on the chest, a chartreuse green and Aegean blue skirt with some Tuscan sun yellow on it, and Aegean-sapphire blue running shoes with crimson red wings and tiger-merigold orange highlights.

Tails was wearing a merigold orange short sleeve sweater, a beige tan collared button up shirt, granola pants, and macaroon tan shoes. The only thing he still had was his enerbeam.

Fluttershy was wearing a seafoam green dress with a bit of chartreuse green around the neck and the bottom of the skirt and fuscia pink bow, a few white butterflies were on the skirt, there were some taffy pink streaks on the dress, and bubblegum pink slippers with chartreuse green leaves.

Knuckles was wearing a garnet red long sleeve button sweater, a parakeet shirt, sage green pants, and juniper green and carrot orange shoes. He will also still have his gears and his enerbeam.

Applejack was wearing a currant short sleeve jacket, a pale chartreuse green shirt, a merigold and apricot orange skirt with some red apples and an eggplant purple belt with a chartreuse green buckle on the front, eggplant purple tight-fitting pants, and caramel brown boots with chartreuse green and an apple each.

Shadow was wearing a long sleeve black racing jacket with scarlet red highlights on the sleeves, ebony black pants, and gold yellow, white and currant red striped hover shoes. He still had his inhibitor rings, his gloves, and his dog tag with his symbol.

Sunset was wearing a magenta purple button up dress with a white collar and a few duplicates of her symbol on the skirt, a bit of dark clear was on the bottom of the skirt, a charcoal grey belt around her waist, and magenta slipper shoes with lilac purple detail.

Silver was wearing an unzipped short sleeve ocean blue and spruce blue jacket with padded shoulders, a silver grey T-shirt with his symbol on his chest, pebble grey sweatpants, and cyan greenish-blue and white shoes with gold rings. He still had his rings and gloves.

Rarity was wearing a sky-cerulean-sapphire-arctic blue dress with Aegean blue diamonds on half of the skirt, an Aegean blue bow on an Aegean blue belt, two gold bracelets on each wrist, and berry blue slipper shoes.

Manic was wearing a non-sleeve fern green jacket with a cool designed collar, a mint green T-shirt, pear green sweatpants, and canary yellow sneakers with crimson red socks and a green flame decal on the shoes. He still had his medallion, his gloves, and his bracelets.

Pinkie was wearing a white and dove grey striped shirt with a sapphire blue tie, an Aegean blue shirt with many different colored balloons, short sapphire blue tight-fitting pants, and magenta purple slipper shoes with three different colored balloons; one gold yellow, one arctic blue, and one blush pink.

Strike was wearing an unzipped teal blue short sleeve hoodie with some merigold orange detail and cherry red padded shoulders, a honey orange shirt with his symbol in navy blue on the chest, Aegean blue sweatpants with marmalade orange highlights on the sides of the legs, and crimson red and white striped running/parkour shoes. He still had his glasses and his gears on his hands.

"What do you mean the portal's gone?" Applejack asked Sunset.

"I mean it's GONE. It's closed. It's not there anymore," Sunset said as they all went into the gym.

"How'd that happen?" Rainbow asked.

"I don't know," Sunset said, "But I think it has something to do…"

"With that Twilight," Sonic finished for her while pointing at Twilight.

Twilight kept accidently bumping into things while following the tracks on her pendant. "What in tarnation is she up to?" Applejack asked.

"Leave this to me and Sunset," Sonic said.

Sonic and Sunset went to Twilight. They wanted to know what she was doing. The others followed to make sure there wouldn't be any trouble.

Sonic and Sunset crossed their arms as Sunset asked Twilight, "Twilight, what have you been up to?"

"Me?" Twilight asked, "Oh, I was just…"

Indigo stepped in Sunset's way, "Who wants to know?"

Rainbow spoke up, "Um, we do."

Applejack got between them, "All right, everyone. Let's not get too competitive before the games even start."

Soon, each of the girls from Crystal Prep and CHS kept stepping in. First, Sugarcoat, "The games aren't really competitive since we've never lost."

Then Fluttershy, "That's not a very nice thing to say."

Next Sunny Flare, "Sorry, dearie, but these games aren't about being nice."

Now Rarity, "Well, you might use a little tact."

Suddenly, Strike appeared right between them all surprising them, "Enough."

Sunny, Sugar, and Indigo all chuckled. "Oh, hey there, Striky," Indigo said, "You really didn't have to come."

Strike groaned and face palmed, "How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?"

"Oh, come on, dearie," Sunny said gently grabbing Strike's arm, "We're trying to be nice."

Strike briefly pulled his arm away and began to blush in embarrassment, "First off, stop acting like that around me. It isn't funny. And second, be nice to these students here. They're my friends."

"Oh, really?" Sugarcoat asked getting near Strike.

Strike's embarrassing blush was getting stronger, "Stop. It. Right. Now."

"Uh, Strike?" Sonic asked, "How do these girls know you?"

"Oh, uh, you see…" Strike tried to say, before he noticed that Indigo was frozen with wide eyes and her jaw dropped, "Uh, Indigo, you okay?"

Indigo wasn't paying attention. She was staring right at Sonic, making him feel weird. She then had a smile and a huge blush on her face as well as hearts in her eyes.

"Oh, uh, hello there, handsome," Indigo said to Sonic, "What's your name?"

"Umm, hi," Sonic said, "My name's Sonic."

"A very nice name," Indigo said, "You know, has anyone ever told you you're really cute?"

Sonic blushed a little, "Uh, maybe, why?"

"Because I think you're adorable," Indigo said.

Sonic was beginning to blush in big embarrassment. Rainbow was getting very angry at Indigo. "Oh, boy, here it comes," Strike thought.

Rainbow stepped right in Indigo's way, making her snap out of it, "Don't you get any ideas! Sonic's my boyfriend!"

"What!?" Indigo said, "Nonsense! There's no way Sonic would be dating some random girl like you!"

"Actually," Sonic cut in, "Rainbow Dash here is my girlfriend. And besides, I don't have any interest in you."

Then Sunny, Sugarcoat, Zest, and Sour came right over to Sonic as well. Sonic was feeling more embarrassed than ever, "Oh, lord, why me? Why is it always me?"

Most of the other Mobians laughed at Sonic, even Strike. Sonic gave them all an angry-blank look, "I'm serious! Someone help me here!"

"Oh, we'd like to," Shadow smiled, "But we don't get involved in things we can't beat. You're on your own."

Rainbow quickly grabbed Sonic and pulled him away from the CP girls. "Thanks, Dashie," Sonic said.

Twilight backed up away from the little fight over Sonic, but she accidently bumped into Pinkie. Manic was with her. Pinkie only smiled.

"Hi, I'm Pinkie Pie," Pinkie said holding her hand out to Twilight.

"Oh, hi, I'm Twilight," Twilight said shaking Pinkie's hand.

Pinkie shook her hand and Twilight's hand rapidly and made her hair fall out of the bun before she said, "I know. You look just like my friend. Her name is Twilight too."

"That's… weird," Twilight said as she fixed her hair.

"Name's Manic," Manic said, "Nice to meet you."

"Thanks, nice to meet you too," Twilight said.

Pinkie noticed Twilight pendant and asked, "What's that?"

"It's sort of a spectrometer," Twilight said, "I've built it to track EM frequencies, but it can also contain anomalies."

Pinkie kept her smile at Twilight, and Twilight just said, "It measures things."

"Ooh, that's cool," Manic said.

"Like the party?" Pinkie asked.

"Yeah," Twilight said, "Though it doesn't look like much of a party to me."

"I know," Pinkie said, "Something is definitely missing."

Pinkie just came up with an idea, "Come on!"

Pinkie grabbed Twilight and Manic and took them somewhere, "AHH!"

Celestia spoke through a microphone on the stage, "Hello, everyone. I'd like to take this opportunity to greet all of our visitors from Crystal Prep Academy and welcome them to CHS."

Pinkie, Manic, and Twilight were pushing really, really BIG party presents into the gym. Something heavy was inside both of them.

"What in the world is in these?" Twilight asked.

"I was just about to ask the same thing," Manic said.

"Party cannons, of course," Pinkie answered.

"And lastly, I would like to recognize the twelve students that CHS has elected to compete," Celestia said, "I don't think we could've chosen a better group to represent the excellence, sportsmanship, and friendship the games stand for."

The elected students were Sandalwood, Derpy, Micro Chips, Flash, Sweetie Drops, Lyra Heartstrings, Rainbow, Sunset, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, and Pinkie.

Pinkie appeared from behind a table, removed the foods that were there, and then put on a tablecloth with a whole bunch of cupcakes with icing and sprinkles in trays. She then shut the power off, and a disco ball that was hanging from the center of the ceiling sparkled throughout the entire gym.

Pinkie then came to Vinyl and gave her a record for her to play. Vinyl put the record on and began to play it. It was a nice jazz music with a cool beat in it. The CHS students and the CP students all seemed to like it, and surprisingly, they all began to gather around and talk to each other.

Pinkie then pulled the boxes off revealing two large pink cannons. She grabbed the strings preparing to pull them hard.

"Um, are you sure this is a good idea?" Twilight asked.

"Absolutely," Pinkie answered.

Pinkie pulled the strings up hard, and they fired a whole punch of party decorations everywhere throughout the gym. Everyone cheered and began to dance together.

Manic was amazed, "Wow, Pinkie, you actually brought them together. Great job, I'm proud of you."

Pinkie smiled and blushed, "Thanks, Manic."

Manic smiled as well and brought Pinkie into a soft kiss on the lips, which she returned. And then Pinkie began to glow bright pink and pony up. She gained her pony ears and tail, and then she began to float in the air.

"Ooh, floaty!" Pinkie said.

Twilight's pendant began to detect energy. She looked at it, and it randomly opened by itself again, and a little orb of purple energy, which was Rarity's magic, appeared.

Pinkie's magic was being absorbed, but Manic and Pinkie didn't realize it. Pinkie then grew tired as she lost her magic and was back on the floor. She felt unbalanced in her feet, and she could barely stand up. Good thing Manic was there to help her.

"Pinkie, what's wrong?" Manic asked.

"Uhh," Pinkie moaned, "I am party-pooped."

Strike was the only one who noticed what was happening. He carefully came over to Twilight and whispered, "Twilight, what are you doing?"

Before Twilight could answer, Pinkie's magic in her pendant made a little flickering and threw a little flick of energy under the bleacher bench. Twilight and Strike took a peek through to see what was happening.

Suddenly a purple portal was beginning to open up. Twilight and Strike had shocked faces. Strike whisperingly yelled, "Close it! Close it!"

Twilight quickly closed her pendant, and they took another look, and then the portal closed and was gone and Twilight's pendant turned off.

"Twilight, what's going on?" Strike asked, "What are you doing?"

Twilight wasn't sure how to answer. Everyone else just continued to dance along with the music, until someone was tapping on the microphone on the stage. The lights turned back on, the music stopped, and there was a bit of a loud feedback sound, hurting everyone's ears.

Cinch made everyone stop, "I'd like to thank Principle Celestia for her unconventional welcome. It's been four years since the last Friendship Games, but it feels as though nothing has changed. Canterlot High continues to pick its competitors in a popularity contest, and Crystal Prep continues to field its top twelve students."

The Crystal Prep students forgot about being nice to CHS right away. Right as the ice was broken, Cinch just had to freeze it again.

"It is a comfort to know that even after so many years of losses," Cinch said, "Your school remains committed to its ideals, however misguided they may be. I wish you all the best of luck, regardless of the inevitable outcome."

The Crystal Prep students and Cinch left the gym. Pinkie was sad that the party was ruined. Manic hugged her feeling really sorry for her.

"I'm sorry, Pinkie," Applejack said, "I thought your party editions were really swell."

"They definitely broke the ice," Fluttershy said.

"Yes, if only that Principle Cinch hadn't frozen it again," Rarity said.

"Mm-hmm," Silver said.

"Agreed," Tails said.

"Yeah," Pinkie said, "She's awful."

Sunset and Sonic noticed that Pinkie looked really exhausted. "Whoa, Pinkie, what happened to you?" Sonic asked.

"I don't know," Pinkie said, "Everyone started having fun after Twilight and I fired the party cannons and I ponied up."

"Of course you did," Sunset said.

"But then the magic just drained right out of me," Pinkie said.

"Wait," Sonic said, "What do you mean 'drained out of you'?"

"Hey," Knuckles said, "Where is that other Twilight?"

"Oh, she's right…" Manic said when they all noticed Twilight was gone, "Well, she was right here."

Strike sighed, "I think it's best that I tell you all something."

"Wait, you're still hiding things from us?" Shadow asked.

"It's nothing terrible," Strike said, "I've actually known this world's Twilight since about a week after the Fall Formal. When Specter and I met her, somehow she already knew who we were. She's been helping us build some special advanced gear to fight our enemies. She even helped me with adjusting my suit."

"Does anyone else know you at Crystal Prep?" Sunset asked.

"Those girls Sunny Flare, Indigo Zap, Lemon Zest, Sour Sweet, and Sugar Coat… even Cadance and Cinch," Strike answered.

"Were they the ones who were onto you before they got interest on me?" Sonic asked.

"Absolutely," Strike answered, "They've had a crush on me all the time ever since they first knew me."

Strike suddenly became alert of something. "Strike, what is it? You okay?" Silver asked.

Strike looked around, "Something's here. I can sense it."

Inside the bleachers, a mysterious flame was in the air, and it seemed to be watching. It suddenly charged right through at Strike, but Strike felt his brain vibrating hard, alerting him. Strike suddenly turned in surprise, "WHOA!"

Strike quickly rotated his arms to make wind and push the flame back. Everyone else was surprised when they saw the flame. The flame then went back and landed on the floor.

"What is that?" Rainbow asked.

Suddenly, the flame grew and it began to take the form of a person. The flame then changed into a teenage boy. He had blush red skin, brick red hair, and sky blue eyes. He wears a crimson red mixed with fire orange long-sleeved non-zipper hooded shirt, pitch-black sweatpants, and bright crimson red shoes.

The boy chuckled, "Hello, Strike, it's really been a long time, hasn't it?"

Strike was surprised, "R-Red Reaper? H-How are you here? You're dead."

"That doesn't matter," Reaper said, "What does matter is I'm here to destroy you."

"What?" Strike said surprised.

"Oh, and I brought some friends," Reaper said pointing his thumb at something.

Everyone looked at what Reaper was pointing at. Standing right at the entrance of the gym were Rainbine, Ghost, and Hijacker.

Everyone was shocked, surprised, and confused. The principles were surprised as well.

Hijacker took out his revolvers and everyone suddenly held their hands up. "Everyone better keep their mouths shut," Hijacker said, "All we're here for… is Strike and Specter."

"He is right here," Reaper said.

Strike stepped forward revealing himself. The villains smirked.

"Hello, Strike," Ghost said, "Long time, huh?"

"Why are you all here?" Strike asked.

"We're here to bring you to your father," Rainbine said.

Rainbow was shocked to see her doppelganger, and she looked just like her, "Oh, my gosh. She's her. She's Rainbine."

"I thought you came here to try and kill me," Strike said.

"Actually, Strafe just wants you to come back," Ghost said.

"Now… why don't we make this simple?" Hijacker asked, "We can do this the easy way; you come with us, and we leave everyone here unharmed. Or we can do this the hard way and we'll give these students pain until you surrender."

Strike felt aware of this being a trap. Suddenly, Sonic appeared right in front of Strike. Everyone gasped when they saw him.

"Oh, it's you again," Hijacker growled, but was then cool, "How about you tell us who ya are?"

"I'm just a guy with the need for speed," Sonic said, "Where I come from, they call me Sonic the Hedgehog."

"Hmm, how interesting," Ghost said, "You and Strike look a lot alike."

"If ya don't want to get yourself killed, step aside," Hijacker said, "This doesn't concern you."

Hijacker aimed his revolvers at Sonic, but then an orange glowing crystal whip suddenly caught Hijacker's hands. He and the other villains looked and saw that Applejack grabbed Hijacker with her Chaos Whip.

"Hmm, I think it does," Applejack said.

Rainbine suddenly formed her arm cannon and aimed right at Applejack, but then a cyan blue crystal shuriken was on the end of the barrel, blocking the bullet. The shuriken came from Rainbow.

Rainbine saw her doppelganger, "Well, well, well, look what we have here. A Rainbow Dash with powers on this world as well."

"Not just me," Rainbow said.

Rarity, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Sunset all held their Chaos Weapons. "Very interesting," Ghost said, "I've never seen anything like this before."

"You're about to find out what we can do," Sunset said.

"Fine, you want to fight?" Reaper asked slowly raising his hands, "We'll fight."

Reaper's hands suddenly lid on fire, but he smirked, "Let's see how well you can handle my fire."

The heroes and girls all prepared for the fight. All the students backed away for safety.