With the lunch bell having rung some time ago, most of the students of Canterlot High, and even a lot of the faculty for that matter, were simply taking this time to rest and relax after a long morning of study and work respectively. As was so often the case at a time like this, everything was, for the most part, pretty calm all around. People were enjoying their lunch, chatting with friends, and all-in-all, the day was going by pretty quietly. That is, with the exception of the music room. This place, which served as the unofficial headquarters and clubroom of the school's most noted heroines, was currently drowning in what appeared to be loud guitar music. And indeed it was, for there, rocking on her guitar, was Rainbow Dash herself, her eyes shut tight while a smile was plastered all over her face. As she belted out note after note, it was clear that she was enjoying herself.

But, she was not the only one here, as there, sitting quietly to one side, was Lemon Zest. This girl, a student of Crystal Prep, had taken to visiting CHS for some time now, though how she managed to get from there to here so quickly during such a short lunch-break was something nobody really enquired too deeply into. Regardless, she was sitting there, watching Rainbow's performance with rapture. The song in question was a lyric-less version of Rainbow's famous number, "Awesome as I wanna be", and she was clearly putting her all into it. In fact, she must have been, for during the performance, Rainbow, to Lemon's shock, actually started to glow. She levitated off the ground and, within moments, as had happened so often before, the girl had grown wings, ears and a pony tail. It was around here that she reached the climax of her song, but, after she stopped, the new additions simply "popped" away again, leaving Lemon dumbfounded.

"That...was...AWESOME!!!"

Getting up from her sitting spot, she rushed over to Rainbow, who was in the middle of taking her guitar off. The blue girl took a step back at the sudden rush forward from her new audience, especially since Lemon was rather enthusiastic about what had just occurred.

"That glow! And...and those ears! The wings and...ARGH, it was so cool!"

Putting a hand on her hip, Rainbow afforded herself a look of pride.

"Yeah, it is pretty impressive, isn't it? How'd you like the music?"

Still smiling, Lemon gestured to the now-idle guitar besides Rainbow.

"That was pretty great too! Pinkie wasn't kidding when she said you were good on that thing!"

Rainbow let out a chuckle before moving over to her instrument, placing a hand upon in and trailing it along from one end to the other, all while a nostalgic look was upon her face.

"Yeah...this little baby has done me pretty good."

Immediately afterwards, the rainbow-haired girl grew a smirk, before then turning back to Lemon.

"You know...I actually had a pretty intense shred-off to win her."

Lemon turned to her with interest at those words.

"Really? Against who?"

Laughing a little, Rainbow folded her arms before answering.

"Trixie. You know, that girl who always talks about herself in the third person?"

Lemon nodded, acknowledging that she knew who she was talking about, which prompted Rainbow to continue.

"Anyway, she wanted this other guitar that I'd got my eye on, so we decided to play off and see who got it. I won...obviously. But, in the end...this was the guitar I walked out with. It just...fit me."

Hearing all that, Lemon smiled.

"That sounds great, Rainbow. Like...like you were destined to play it or something!"

To that, Rainbow scoffed a bit.

"Well, I don't know about that...but it was pretty cool, especially when the magic came out. Trixie didn't stand a chance after that!"

Considering that, Lemon looked from Rainbow, to her instrument, and then back again, appearing deep in thought.

"So...you change every time you play music?"

Rainbow shook her head at that.

"Not exactly. It's only when I'm playing especially awesome!"

To punctuate that point, Rainbow struck what, to her, would be considered an "awesome" pose, all while holding her hand up in a fist, probably in an attempt to look impressive. But as for Lemon, she was still clearly focused on the whole "magic" part of this conversation. She raised a hand and poked her chin for a few moments, catching Rainbow's attention. Then, after a long silence, the green-haired girl broke out into a massive Pinkie-style smile, complete with a high-pitched squeal.

"Ooh! You know what you guys should do? You should totally have a catchphrase or something when you change like that! You know, like they do in comics and Saturday morning cartoons with heroes and stuff!"

At that, Rainbow assumed her previous stance before letting out another chuckle.

"Appreciate the idea, Zest, but we already have a slogan for it. We..."

As if to build up the anticipation, Rainbow assumed yet another impressive-looking pose, not unlike a superhero would when their cape is flowing in the wind.

"...pony up!"

After that, Rainbow would have probably expected Lemon to be looking at her with awe, or maybe to let out an enraptured "ooh" of some sort. What she wasn't expecting was for the girl to simply stand there, diverting her gaze from Rainbow while scratching the back of her head. It was the tell-tale signs of someone who was feeling somewhat uncomfortable right now. Rainbow stopped her pose for the moment and looked at Lemon, waiting for her to respond. When she did, it was in a slightly awkward manner.

"Well...that's nice and all, but...it isn't really...you know..."

Letting out a sigh, Lemon turned to face Rainbow in earnest.

"Look...something this big and awesome needs something just as big and awesome to shout out! I mean..."pony up" sounds nice, but...it's kinda like the chant of a football team or something. You guys literally have superpowers! That needs something...extra!"

Raising an eyebrow, Rainbow put a hand on her hip before speaking up.

"Okay...I kinda see your point. So...what do you think we should have instead?"

Considering that, Lemon fell silent for a new moments, pacing up and down in front of Rainbow as she pondered her options. After a while, she broke out into a smile, looking to Rainbow with a look that would not have been out-of-place with a lightbulb over her head.

"How about...we have the power! Or...Wondercolts Ho! Or, if you really want to keep that other phrase, just add onto it, like...pony up and roll out! You know, stuff like that!"

Rainbow stared at her for a few minutes of further silence, after which she cracked a smile before raising a hand and putting her thumb and forefinger close together.

"Wow, Lemon, you were this close to going into full-on cowabunga territory!"

Frowning slightly at that, Lemon folded her arms.

"Okay, so maybe all the good ones are already taken! Fair enough. But you gotta admit, it would be pretty cool to have something epic to shout out like that."

Rainbow nodded.

"Sure would be. But, you know, most of it is all about friendship and all that good stuff. Not really something that can be made into a battle cry, you know? I mean, what can we do with that? Say we're gonna blast our enemies with friendship or something?"

Thinking on that, Lemon took on a look of slight confusion.

"But...haven't you blasted your enemies with friendship? I mean...that’s what it looked like when Twilight went all evil and stuff."

Rainbow opened her mouth to deliver a counter-point, only to shut it tight again and think over what the girl had just said. Looking away, she cast her mind back to the past times her magic had truly been called into action. Sunset Shimmer, the Sirens, and even, as Lemon just said, against this world's Twilight. In the end, the blue girl let out a sigh and let her shoulders slump a little.

"Yeah...good point. Blasting bad guys in the face...with friendship. Kinda weird to say, but it does actually fit."

Lemon smiled and nodded at that, only to get herself yet another "lightbulb" look.

"Ooh! You know what you guys should do? You should totally make yourself an orbital friendship cannon or something! Just wait for some monster to come along and then wham! Friendship laser from space!"

Rainbow let out a laugh at that, shaking her head slightly as she did so.

"Appreciate the thought, Lemon, but we can't just make an orbital friendship cannon."

For a brief moment, she turned, looking somewhat ticked off at something.

"I already asked, we can't get the zoning rights to space."

Turning back to her visitor, Rainbow put on another smile.

"Still, let's just stick to guitars for the moment."

Lemon nodded, apparently satisfied with the idea of having some more rock music to listen to. However, as she and Rainbow walked back over to where the latter's instrument had been put, they stopped, as Rainbow turned to Lemon with an idea of her own.

"Say...Pinkie told me she's been helping you out on drums. How about you give us a shot while I shred?"

To that, Lemon's head snapped in her direction, putting on an even wider smile than before.

"Heck yeah! That's way more awesome than blasting people with friendship!"

At that, she stopped, looked ponderous for a moment before simply shrugging her shoulders.

"Well...almost as awesome."