Earlier that day

Sunset was still contemplating what was happening, her friends had told her about one of their long lost members, Rainbow was acting strange, the boy they were talking about showed up somehow and she saw him (didn't look half bad to her). She didn't know how to handle this, all she could do was find out about this boy and keep his return secret until the time was right. She was sure that Treble would return to them the next day, it just seemed the most likely if he was being secretive and all.

Her mind wondered to Rainbow Dash, she never saw her friend act like this, she seemed so...out of character. There had to be a reason, maybe when Sunset heard more about her relationship with Treble she could figure it out. After the first two classes of the day, they were let out for a while before the next classes started. She spotted Fluttershy and walked over to her.

"Hey Fluttershy, how are you feeling?"

"Not so good Sunset, I just get really sad this time of year." Sunset sat beside her friend and placed a hand on her back.

"Why don't you tell me how you and Treble met, I'm sure some good memories will cheer you up."

"Ok...here goes."

Rainbow Dash and Treble had finished their classes for the day and made their way out of the school doors. When they reached the outside they saw a young Fluttershy clutching some flyers while three older boys looked at her with smirks.

"Come on Fluttershy, give us the flyers, we'll help you hand them out." Fluttershy shook her head and tried to back away. "Give us they flyers!" The boy made a dash for her and she fell to the ground. He attempted to take the papers but was stopped by a sharp pain in his stomach. He looked to Treble had his fist buried in his stomach and collapsed to the ground and held his sides. Treble looked to the other boys who put their hands up defensively and backed away. Treble gave a nod and turned to Fluttershy, he held out his hand to help her up.

"Oh, um, thank you." She grabbed his hand and he pulled her up. She hid behind her hair and looked away, Treble looked at her curiously, he noticed that she dropped one of her papers and picked it up. After reading it he found she was looking for volunteers for the local animal shelter, and the times worked for him.

"Hey." Fluttershy looked at him as he held out the flyer and nodded.

"Y-you'll help?"

"Aye." What happened next surprised Treble as Fluttershy brought him into a hug.

"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you." She realised what she was doing and pulled away. "Oh, um, sorry about that, um...I'm sorry but I didn't catch your name." Treble just chuckled and held out his hand.

"Treble." She took his hand in his and shook.

"I'm Fluttershy." Just then Rainbow Dash came running up.

"Dude, that was awesome, did you see the looks on their faces?" Rainbow looked back to see Fluttershy. "Oh, hey Fluttershy, you ok?"

"Oh, yes I'm fine thanks to Treble Clef here. He'll be helping out at the animal shelter." Rainbow looked at Treble confused.

"You're going to help out at that place?"

"Aye." Rainbow shrugged.

"Hey, it's your free time, not mine, I gotta go, see you two tomorrow." She ran towards a blue jeep and drove off. Treble looked back to Fluttershy and gave a small wave as he made his way back to his house.

"What a nice boy."

"He was the first one to volunteer for the animal shelter?" Fluttershy nodded.

"He was so helpful, he did as he was told and listened to me describe each species of animal or insect, and he seemed very interested in it all. I was told that's how he was born, he has a child's curiosity no matter what age, it's just the way his brain works, it's also why he rarely says more than two words at a time." Sunset was fascinated at that, at first she thought that Treble was just like Big Macintosh, but it was something else entirely.

"And that didn't bother you?"

"Oh no, in fact I liked it. Back then I was never up for conversation, so he just listened to me and made me feel comfortable." Sunset could see that her friend had brightened up a bit and patted her on the back.

"Hey Fluttershy, can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"How close were Rainbow and Treble?" Fluttershy froze and looked at her.

"Why do you want to know that?"

"I've never seen Rainbow this sad before, even when her grandmother passed away she wasn't this upset, or at least didn't let it show." Fluttershy looked around and pulled Sunset closer.

"Rainbow told me never to tell anyone this but...Treble was her first real friend."

"What about you?"

"Oh, we were friends, just not close friends. Most of her friends just hung out with her to get popular, Trebles friendship was genuine. She finally had someone that liked her for her, and not just her popularity. Kinda like you did back when you were...oh, no offence."

"...none taken." Just then the bell rang and the students began to return to their classes. "We should get to class, I have an English test that I want to get over with." They smiled and walked to their rooms to begin their classes. On the way Sunset was called to the principals office.

"You wanted to see me Principal Celestia?"

"Yes Miss Shimmer, please take a seat." Sunset closed the door and sat down in front of Celestias desk. "As you know, we are having some new students that will begin attending tomorrow."

"Yes, I do."

"Well, I would like it if you would give them a tour of the school."

"But, why me?"

"I'm sure you would like to give them a chance to know the reformed Sunset before they find out about your...former self." She took a minute to think about it, it would benefit her and she may even make some new friends. "I know most of the student body don't trust you, this is a good opportunity to show someone else who you really are."

"Ok, I'll do it."

"Splendid, here is a list of their names." She gave Sunset a small piece of paper that had four names written on it.

Adagio Dazzle
Sonata Dusk
Aria Blaze...

The final name stuck out like a sore thumb.

...Treble Clef

"I see you know about Treble then."

"Y-yes, my friends have been telling me about him, and I saw him earlier today."

"I hope you've kept his return a secret up until now." She nodded. "Good, don't tell you friends about him just yet, he'll make his presence known when he is ready."

"If you don't mind me asking, how do you know about Treble?" Celestia sighed and looked out her window.

"I used to be a teacher at his school before I became the principal of Canterlot High. Such a kind boy, never missed any days, always had his homework done and was just a good friend. It was sad to see him leave, especially since he was the one that ever brought some of the groups together in the first place."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that there was a time when the groups like the Eco Kids and Jocks actually got along before Twilight came to this school, and Treble was the one that made that happen." Sunset looked at Trebles name surprised.

What is that boy? After talking about the tour for awhile Sunset made her way back to class. Treble seems to have quite the reputation, just how much do my friends care about him?

The next class the teacher had called in sick and they couldn't get a replacement, so they got a free class. Sunset, Pinkie and AJ sat at the back, Pinkie was writing something down and AJ had her eyes closed.

"What are you writing Pinkie?"

"I'm in charge of planning a party tomorrow and I'm having trouble, the DJ cancelled and Vinyl has another party across town to attend."

"Is it a party for Treble?"

"No, it's just an annual party that happened to be on the same date." Pinkie went into deep thought as she tried to think of a way around the problem.

Sunset then remembered what Pinkie had told her earlier. "He always played music at my parties."

"I think I know someone that could fill in."

"Really, who?"

"A friend of mine, I'll ask him when he comes in tomorrow, what time is the party?"

"6 o'clock sharp, make sure he's not late."

"I will." Sunset looked over to Applejack who hadn't said anything for about fifteen minutes. "You alright AJ?"

"I'm just thinkin bout mah childhood."

"Why don't you guys tell me how you met Treble, Rainbow and Fluttershy already told me how they met him." AJ sighed and looked away.

"Alright fine, I'll tell ya how we met em, because we both met Treble at the same time."

Treble was walking along the path home when he heard some kids talking.

"Oh come on, just play one more song, just one more."

"I'm sorry Pinkie, I have homework to do. I'll see you two tomorrow." With that, a boy ran off. Treble looked around a corner to see a young Pinkie Pie and Applejack.

"Aw man, now we've got no one to play the music for your birthday AJ, I'm sorry."

"That's alright sugarcube, I'm just happy so many kids showed up." Treble looked at them and to the direction of the boy, he knew how to work a soundboard and various other instruments, maybe he could help them out. Deciding to give it a shot he walked up to them. "Huh, don't think I've seen you around here before."

"Hey, you're that new kid at school right?" He nodded.

"Wait, you're Vinyls brother?"

"Aye." Treble could have sworn he saw a lightbulb appear above Pinkies head. She grabbed it and screwed it into a nearby lamp.

"I'm Pinkie Pie, nice to meetcha." She grabbed his hand and shook it frantically.

"Names Applejack, what's yours?"

"Treble."

"Well Treble, do ya reckon you could handle the music at this here party?"

"Aye." The walked in and enjoyed the rest of the party, right until the last kid went home.

"Thanks again Treble fer helpin us out."

"No prob."

"You're a boy of few words aren't cha?"

"Aye." Applejack nodded and went over to start cleaning up the place, Treble was about to walk out the door when he noticed AJ picking up some rubbish and didn't like to see her do it by herself. What was the birthday girl doing cleaning up her own party anyway? He walked over and offered to help. As usual AJ declined the offer but Treble started putting some rubbish in a black bag. AJ was about to protest but Treble put a finger to her lips. She gave him a stern look and he merely shrugged, continuing to help her out.

"You're something else y'know that right?" He chuckled and moved onto cleaning the tables.

"No matter how many times ah pushed him away he still didn't leave me alone to do something alone, turned out he was trying to get me to stop bein so stubborn. And boy did it work."

Applejack continued talking about her time with Treble, how he introduced her to Rainbow and Fluttershy, how he got along with Little Mac (his childhood name, don't hate me). Sunset asked her if she knew anything about how he met Rarity. "All ah know is that he went to her parents boutique to get a custom order done." She told AJ that she would check in with Rarity about it and asked her to check up on Rainbow. AJ nodded and they headed to lunch after the class ended.