Author's Notes:

This one was a bit of a struggle. I had an idea, but I couldn't just do it right. I have other parts that feel like they will go very well, but this part was a struggle, and I did cut some stuff as well that just didn't fit.

I groaned when I woke up.

It had been a long night since I had run into Twilight and Sunset late last night, but after helping the former relax a little, she felt much better. Speaking of said girl, Twilight hummed softly as she rested warmly against my chest. She squirmed lightly before hugging me a little tighter a nuzzling my chest with her cheek. I gingerly opened one eye and looked down at the girl in my grasp. Wrapping an arm around her back, her bare skin was wonderfully warm and inviting against my own. Closing my eye with a smile, I rubbed the back of her head and dozed off again.

It had been sometime before I could hear the girls talking in the other room. It was a very clear indication that everyone else was awake. I did my best to ignore their mumbling and footsteps as they worked their way down the hallway and towards my room. I had been forced to sleep in a separate room under the strict orders to not enter the girls room after it was time to go to bed. The girls were told the same... Twilight ignored it. Not that I minded. I heard a soft click off the door opening, then closing before said door was practically ripped off its hinges.

“Twilight! Excalibur, what are you doing!?” I heard Rarity scream in abject horror at us. I winced at the sound while Twilight was rudely awoken. Annoyed I groaned and rubbed my face, as I started to move around. Twilight did the same before she sat up. “T-Twilight! Why are you naked!?”

“Huh?” she mumbled tiredly, the blanket that had been covering her nude form fell away, revealing her bare purple breasts. Rubbing her eye with the back of her hand she looked towards the six girls standing in the doorway.

As I sat up, I felt rather annoyed, borderline angry, actually. “Any particular reason you girls didn’t knock?”

But all of them were focused on Twilight, ignoring my comment. “Twilight…” Pinkie whined dramatically. “We’re supposed to stay separated! Mom and dad don’t like stuff like this!”

I rolled my eyes while Twilight responded. “Excalibur is my boyfriend and I am a princess!” she countered while lowering her arm. “Considering he has done so much for me, I think I deserve this.”

“Twilight,” Rarity butted in, a blush on her pale skin. “This cannot be legal!”

Twilight blinked. “I’m eighteen! And from another dimension! This is perfectly legal, and we’ve been sleeping together for days!”

“Alright!” I finally cut in, sitting up and resting my arms on my knees. “Don’t you six have somewhere to be?” I glanced over at the clock that said seven-thirty. “Like school?”

“But what about the spell?” Rainbow questioned.

I groaned and rubbed my face. “We have fucking time!” I shouted through my fingers. “When is this damned battle, band, thing?”

No one answered immediately, all looking towards one another for the proper answer. “Friday!” Sunset finally answered. “The event is Friday. Four days from now.”

“Then we have time,” I replied. “We’ll make this work. But spell work isn’t easy when we lack the magical energy to practically test the damned thing.” Throwing the blanket off my lap, I stood up and adjusted the shorts I had been wearing. “Now if you will excuse us, I would like to talk to my girlfriend.”

“You mean sex?” Rainbow insinuated rather rudely with a wiggle of her eyebrows.

“No,” I replied while grabbing the edge of the door. “I mean fucking talk!” I shouted angrily before loudly and rudely slamming the door in their faces. By the Void, people need to fucking knock. With a sigh, I rubbed my face again before I glanced over my shoulder at Twilight.

Who sat on the edge of the bed, hugging both of her legs closely and face hidden between her arms. My mood immediately changed from anger to worry. With a look of concern, I stepped towards her and squatted down in front of Twilight. “Twilight,” I said softly. “What’s up?”

She didn’t reply, but I could hear some soft sobbing. Gently, I rested my hands against her calves and rubbed them with my thumbs, which caused her to flinch slightly. “Twilight…” I started softly again. “Look at me.”

Slowly, she lifted her head, tears in the corners of her eyes and streaks running down her cheeks. I felt my heart hurting. “Twilight… what’s up?” Grabbing her ankles, I slowly moved her legs down off the bed and her feet onto the floor. Resting my hands on her bare thighs, I rubbed them lovingly.

She sniffled loudly as tears rolled down her cheeks. “I don’t know what to do!” she sobbed, biting her lower lip in an attempt to control her shakes. Shaking her head in distress, as though all hope was lost. Her lower lip quivered before she responded again, her voice cracking. “I don’t know how to c-come up with a spell in a land that has no magic!” She sniffled loudly and buried her face in her hands as she started to sob. “I-I'm scared!”

I glanced down towards the floor in thought. Twilight wanted to do this her way and I was more than willing to do it this time around. But without using violence, we were really limited here. I took a deep breath through my nose. “We have time, Twilight.” Looking back up at her, I leaned forward while also pulling Twilight closer to me, letting her hug my head while I rested my cheek against her soft belly.

I could feel her shaking against me nervously while her heartbeat was moving a mile a minute in my ear. “Here,” I said, leaning back and taking her hands in mine. “Why don’t we spend the day on the town, you and me?”

Twilight sniffled and wiped her eyes with the back of one of her hands. “A date?”

I nodded, smiling softly. “A date!” Sitting back on my feet, I locked my eyes with hers. “Now, what can I do to help you relax right now?”

She immediately she avoided eye contact, glancing to the side and biting her lip nervously before looking back at me. Gingerly, she opened her legs, revealing her wonderful flower. I glanced down at her bare mound before up at her.

“Please?” she begged, still on the verge of tears.

I smiled and nodded gently. “Okay,” I agreed with a gentle nod and soft smile. Sitting up slightly, I gingerly pressed my fingers between her bosom and eased her onto her back. “Just relax and enjoy yourself.” Twilight continued to stare down at me between her breasts while I took up position between her legs. Grasping both her tits, she started to massage and grope them while I gingerly lifted her legs over my shoulders. Twilight gasped loudly as he back arched when I went to town against her slit.

Her toes curled against my back as her pleasure started to rapidly rise. I gave her as much love as I could for several minutes. Loudly slurping away at her folds and aggressively rubbing her clit before she finally pinched both her nipples aggressively, arching her back and cumming hard. I drank away at her succulent honey before her pot ran dry.

Standing up, I wasted little time grabbing my shorts and dropping them around my ankles, letting my erection bob free. Bending over, I grabbed onto her legs by her ankles and held them apart. “I love you Twilight.”

“I love you too!”

Resting her right foot against my shoulder, I guided my length into her wonderfully tight and inviting folds. I gave her foot a soft peck before I started thrusting between her legs.

“Hey ‘Cal I was wondering if-” I heard both Ember and the door to the room open. It didn't take someone with half a brain to figure out why she stopped talking as she stared at the sight before her. Glancing over my shoulder with a glare, Ember clicked her tongue off the roof of her mouth and looked to the side indignantly. “You know… I could have gone my whole life without seeing that!” With that, she slammed the door shut.

“And you could have avoided the whole thing if you had knocked!” I shouted loud enough to be heard through the door.

“You could have locked the door!” she countered. Rolling my eyes, I turned towards a very red and embarrassed Twilight. Pulling out, I wrapped my arms around her waist and lifted her while simultaneously crawling on top of the bed. Easing back into her slit, I hugged her close as she wrapped her legs around my lower back.

“I love you Twilight,” I said softly before giving her just as gentle of a kiss before fucking her into the mattress.

Twilight sipped away at her drink as I read the paper. I lazily flipped through the news as the two of us sat outside of a little cafe/diner, waiting for our food. We had spent the morning after our love making walking through the town. As much as I didn't want to go shopping, I did it for Twilight, if the little bag of clothes, jewelry, and books next to my chair was any indication. I even picked up a pair of nice sunglasses for the two of us and a wide brimmed hat for Twilight, which she was wearing right now.

During that time, I had surfed the internet for a little while and found something interesting. A little white lie and a trade later and I got a rather nice revolver. So, I was content. When the waitress arrived with our food, I folded the paper and set it down and dug into my sandwich. Since the two of us had decided to skip lunch at the usual time, we were eating later than normal. We were getting close to when we were supposed to meet up, but we still had time. Plus, that was a damn good sandwich.

I was about halfway through my meal when a shadow appeared, blocking the sun. Turning my head, I lowered my sunglasses to look at who seemed to be bothering my date and me.

“Can I help you?”

The girl wore a little dark purple uniform, a pair of glasses and her hair was done up in a long ponytail. “Uhm…” she started nervously. “I-I really sorry to bother you but… you just look really familiar.”

I heard Twilight gasp softly next to me as she grabbed my knee and quickly turned to look at me. Without looking, I motioned for her to keep cool under the table. Twilight grabbed my hand to calm her shaking. I removed my sunglasses and placed them on the top of my head, leaning back in my seat.

“You're going to have to remind me,” I lied. I knew exactly who she was, but discretion was the better part of secrecy here. The girl stepped forward out of the blaring sun, revealing Twilight's alternate. She must have just gotten out of school.

“You helped me a few weeks ago,” she admitted softly, twirling a small lock of her hair nervously. “From a pair of… bullies?”

I acted as though I had to think about that. “Oh!” I fake realized. “Yeah, yeah, I remember you!” I leaned forward in my seat, wiping my hands free of crumbs and wiping my mouth with a napkin, “How are you doing by the way?”

“Good,” she nodded. “Good… good…”

Something was bothering her. I just couldn't figure it out.

“Hey Sparkle!”

Alternate Twilight winced and whimpered softly at that aggressive shout. Both my Twilight and I leaned to the side to see past the girl. Five more girls approached some scowling others not so much. They wore the same dark purple school uniform indicating their association with Alternate Twilight.

“What are you doing here?” one light yellow skin said with a rather annoyed tone, crossing her arms.

Alternate Twilight scrunched up in what appeared to be an attempt to appear smaller against these few aggressors. The poor thing stumbled over her words as she tried to respond. I turned to my Twilight and raised my eyebrow, she in turn held up her hands slightly in confusion. This always just seemed to be a problem no matter where I went. You'd think I would have found a species above such petty actions, but no.

“Okay girls!” I said loud enough and with enough authority to gain their attention. Standing up, my chair scrapped loudly against the concrete before I stepped in between Alt. Twilight and her antagonist. “I was having a nice conversation with my friend here before we were so rudely interrupted.”

The girl who had been speaking looked me up and down challengingly. “Do I look like I care?” she huffed.

“Sour!” on girl hissed through her teeth, pushing this Sour girl out of the way. The blue haired and fair skinned girl gave me an apologetic smile. Grabbing my arm, she pulled herself in close and rubbed a finger in small circles against my chest. “Ignore my friend, she can be a bit… sour,” she giggled, seemingly at her own joke. “Is there anything I can do to make up for my friends rudeness~?”

I raised an eyebrow. Behind me, I heard Twilight growl angrily. “Let go,” I ordered politely.

The girl blinked up at me in confusion. “What do you mean, ‘let go’?”

“It means ‘let go of my boyfriend’!” Twilight shouted as she stood up and stepped around the table.

“It also means I let her kick your ass,” I added as the teen girl released me while Twilight stepped up and got in between the unknown girl and me. She glared at the cuddly girl before the blue haired teen was surrounded by her friends. She glanced back at them before she smiled evilly at Twilight. My girl's look of anger turned into one of worry as she hesitantly took a step back.

All five girls stepped forward as Twilight stepped back yet again. Just as they were about to do something they would seriously regret, I stepped forward and lifted the front of my shirt, brandishing the grip of my handgun. “Please… I insist!”

Every eye there went wide as they quickly second guessed their intentions. “So, what will it be?” I questioned. None of them dared to move for several tense seconds before they all took a wise step back. Exactly as I had guessed. “Get lost!” I ordered while covering my pistol with my shirt and waving my arm. "Come on," I said softly, ushering my Twilight to take a seat as I followed. Alternate Twilight stood nervously with a slack jaw as she watched her tormentors walk away in fear, occasionally glancing over their shoulders nervously. When one of them locked eyes with me as I was sipping my drink, I gave her the finger.

Grabbing onto Twilight's knee, I patted it twice to get her attention. Looking down, she saw the words 'Play innocent play along' projected in small letters from the projector in my palm. As for me, I set my drink down and gestured for her to join us. "Sorry for the scare there. Please, sit, join us."

Alternate Twilight quickly composed herself and hesitated, biting her lip apprehensively. “Uhm… thank you but… no thank you. I have to go back to school here soon anyway. I just… saw you and though I would say hi… and thank you… again.”

I pursed my lower lip and shrugged. “Okay! It's good to see your doing well Miss?”

I knew who exactly she was, can't slip up now, now can I?

“Twilight,” she nodded.

“Twilight,” I repeated with a courteous nod. “It was fun talking to you!” I smiled.

“You too!” she waved before pulling her phone from her backpack, struggling for a moment to shove a very familiar dog back into her bag as she walked away. I continued to watch her with a critical eye before I lost her around a corner.

“’Cally?” my Twilight said softly as she placed her hand on my leg, causing me to turn my head and look at her concerned expression. “What's up?”

I glanced back as to where Alternate Twilight had disappeared to. “I have a gut feeling that I'll need to check on something later…” Leaning back in my seat, I crossed my arms, grabbing my elbows as I did so. The two of us sat in silence for a little while, lost in thought. Twilight occasionally sipped her drink while I tried to figure something out for her as far as this spell fiasco we have been sucked into, went.

Then something occurred to me.

"Music…" I said softly, causing Twilight to lift her head and lower her drink while I turned my head towards her. "Music!"

"What do you mean?"

I sat forward in my seat and placed my elbows on the table and held my hands apart slightly. "What I mean is music, Twilight. A song!" She only stared back at me in confusion, so I clarified further. "Rainbow showed us that video of her magic activating during song. And I remember something about harmonics triggering a form of magic back in Equestria!" I lowered my left arm and shook my pointer finger slightly. This had to be it. "In order for this to work we don't need a spell we need a song!"

That statement felt so wrong to say from a man like me.

But my theory still stands.

Twilight looked up slightly as she thought about it. She tried to snap her fingers at me and point, but only succeeded in making a fool of herself. "Oh-dang it!" she mumbled softly in defeat. "I see your point though! We don't need a spell we need a song! 'Cally you're a genius!"

"I aim to-mmph!" I had started to say when Twilight hugged me hard and smashed her lips against mine. "Mhmm…" I moaned into the kiss. Wrapping both arms around her back, I hugged her just as hard. Adjusting herself in my lap, she sat sideways and rested her soft cheek against mine.

"I love you," she whispered in my ear.

"We're going to have fun tonight~" I sultrily whispered back before gently taking her earlobe between my teeth and nibbling on it. Twilight did a full body shudder before she started to giggle from my ministrations as I pulled her tighter to me when she playfully tried to push herself from my grasp. "You make me so hard baby HA!" I said before I started to laugh along side with my giggling girlfriend. Sitting back in my seat, Twilight sighed comfortably as she looked at our surroundings.

The two of us sat in content silence, simply enjoying each other’s company. Twilight intertwined one hand with my left and rested her right on top of it while my right hand rubbed her belly. Her skin was so soft and warm, I couldn't resist. A woman's touch was so rare in my line of work, let alone the touch of the girl that loved me. Occasionally, I played it daring and ran a finger just inside the waistband of her panties but didn't go much further. Mostly to tease her for some of the things she's done. She didn't seem to mind when I heard her breathe hitch softly and her heartbeat start to race.

I'll save that for later.

Pulling out a pocket watch I had bought, the time read 3:45

"We should probably head out soon," I said, placing the watch back in my pocket while Twilight leaned forward so that I could sit up. "We were going to meet the girls at 4:30." Patting Twilight on the rear, I coaxed her up as I stood up and stretched. "Come on and grab your things," I urged as I threw a large tip for the waitress on the table. Grabbing her bag of goodies, she took my arm and rested her head against my bicep as we walked.

It was about fifteen minutes later and farther down the road when I thought we were a safe distance away from prying eyes. Taking her bag, hat, and sunglasses, I placed them in a storage device before attaching my armor. Stepping up behind Twilight, I placed another between her shoulder blades. Tapping the top, her clothes were replaced with a light grey, full body suit. Once complete it flashed blue as the shields activated. She looked around in confusion for a second before the H.U.D came into display.

"In case you fall,” I informed her before patting her back reassuringly. Placing one device on the ground, I waited until our ride had materialized. The long board hovered in place once it was back together. Grabbing the device from underneath it, I around stepped to the back before jumping with a front flip and landing hard on the surface, making the thing bob under my weight. Twilight held her hands together nervously as I offered my hand for her to take. Nervously and gingerly, she accepted and climbed aboard. Wrapping my arm around her waist, I held her close by pulling her back towards my chest.

"Trust me."

She screamed as I pushed the board to full throttle…

The girls and Spike diligently waited for us at Sweet Apple Acres as Twilight and I came racing up. Turning the board to the side, the jets roared as it kicked up a light flurry of dust from the dirt road. Releasing Twilight, she shakily stepped off the board and onto the ground.

"Never again!"

I just laughed as I stepped off and removed my helmet. Everyone furrowed their brows at the sight of our ride. "Is… is that a hoverboard?" Rainbow questioned with an air of excitement.

I glanced back at it as I responded. "Well it's actually called a K-Drive, but yes. It's a hoverboard."

"Can I try it!?"

"Just be careful not to-" But it was too late, Rainbow was already on the board and gone. "Fall… alright then. Her funeral, I suppose," I shrugged. Stepping up, I placed a device on Twilight's back as she stood hunched over with her hands on her knees. As I waited for that to do its job, I held my helmet in my left hand and scratched the back of my head.

"Is that really the wisest decision, Darling?" Rarity questioned.

"What?"

"That!" Rarity pointed. I turned around and watched as Dash raced around the open field next to the barn, giddily screaming as she did tricks and shit. I guess the open fields of Sweet Apple Acres were perfect to just race around and have some fun. The girl was getting the hang of that board rather quickly. K-Drives tend to take some practice to perfect. Without wheels on the ground, they are a little wobblier and require some finesse.

"She'll be fine."

Maybe.

"She just needs to make sure that she doesn't get to out of hand. When K-Drives go. They go!"

"Meaning?" Fluttershy questioned, clearly confused. Made sense, that was the only decent hoverboard on the planet. I had seen these funny looking things that claimed to be hoverboards while Twilight and I were shopping, but the stupid little things had wheels. A hoverboard hovers, not roll across the ground like a funny looking skateboard.

"When the magnets give, they tend to shoot you off rather dramatically," I clarified. "Those kids still haven't solved that problem. Ow!" I winced and recoiled back when a hand slapped me across the face. Twilight stood there with her fists balled tight against her sides and her cheeks puffed out angrilly. It only served to make her look cute. I rubbed my stinging cheek as she stepped away with a huff. I was just confused. "Guess I'm in the dog house," I mumbled as Twilight walked away before turning and facing the gathered group. "I don't know what I did. It's not like was doing any tricks!"

"What do you mean by 'those kids'?" Sunset questioned with a hint of worry as she watched Dash attempt to bunny hop and spin the board mid-hop.

"Things made from spare parts by a bunch of orphans," I explained rather to casually, which caused everyone to recoil back in shock. "Kids scavenge parts off the back of Corpus rigs when the guards aren't looking. But they know what they’re doing. Thing hasn't broken on me yet, though." That slap hurt too. "Twilight, baby!"

I heard a scream from Rainbow behind me, followed by a grunt and a body violently hitting the ground with a roll. "It was bound to happen eventually," I said under my breath as I entered the barn. After some apologizing, some frisky promises, and Rainbow returning my K-Drive, the girls got to work preparing their instruments. Sunset and I stood on the sidelines and watched while Serenity and Ember weaseled off to do something. I opted to lose my armor but kept my sword out and pistol in my waistband. The girls played through a few songs here and there before they took a break.

"Hey Excalibur!?" I heard Rainbow say. Lifting my head from the card game Sunset and I had been playing, Dash stood in front of Pinkie's drum set with a bottle of water in one hand and her guitar held out of the way by her other hand. "You play?" the teen questioned while accentuating her question by holding out the neck of her guitar slightly.

"Self-taught," I answered while setting down my cards face up. "Royal Flush," I said to Sunset as I stood up, leaving the gawking girl staring at my perfect poker hand. And no, I did not cheat, I could have, but I think that Sunset just sucks at shuffling cards. "I prefer other instruments though than the guitar."

"Like what?" Applejack inquired as she rested her arms on the neck of her bass.

"Bari Sax," I answered. Something about that deep tone is just wonderful. Octavia loves her Somachord to death and is often populating it with music from her Mandachord. "But I learned to play guitar because we had one lying around during the Old War. Haven't touched one in a long time though. There are some strange instruments in the universe."

"Bet you're not as good as me!" Rainbow smugly challenged with an equally smug grin.

I laughed. "You'll lose. That's a guarantee."

"Try me!"

The girl gave me a confident half smirk before she set her drink down and started to play one of the songs she wrote. As Rainbow started to sing the rest of the girls just shrugged and jumped in accordingly. She started to go a little overboard by waving her hair, guitar behind the back and so one. Her rifts were on point and she didn’t miss a beat. I applaud her for her actions and ability to be as good as she is, along with the rest of the girls…

But I had this.

Finishing off her last chord, she gave me one last proud smirk. “Beat that!” she challenged. Holding out my hand, I waved my fingers, silently telling her to give me the guitar. I’d start off soft before getting stronger and finishing with a hard metal. See, now here’s the thing, I couldn’t play a guitar to save my life before my injection. After that, all I needed was to hear the song at minimum. Seeing it allowed for quicker acquisition of the song. It was like that for all instruments. Taking the guitar by the neck, I placed the strap over my shoulder and stared at the teen. I opened with some smooth rifts of Everybody Wants You. I didn’t sing and simply opted to just play the guitar. I did that for a minute as Rainbow shrugged and watched on, not impressed. I raised an eyebrow. Mid-chord changed it up to a song called Rule the World. Not too far in, Pinkie started on her drum set.

“Here come the noise

Bringing it loud

Like a stadium shaking the ground

7000 voices in the crowd

Lifts me up and I ain't coming down

Whoa oh I'm unstoppable

Whoa oh I'm unstoppable

We fight the power Powers that be

Come rule the world with me

This time our fate is victory

So come rule the world with me

We can rule the world Rule the world

We can rule the world

We can rule the world

We can rule the world!”

Without warning I changed it to Danger Zone. Pinkie stopped in confusion, Applejack and Rarity found it as a good time to jump in with bass and keytar.

“Revvin' up your engine

Listen to her howlin' roar

Metal under tension

Beggin' you to touch and go

Highway to the danger zone

Ride into the danger zone

Headin' into twilight

Spreadin' out her wings tonight

She got you jumpin' off the track

And shovin' into overdrive

Highway to the danger zone

I'll take you

Ridin' into the danger zone!”

By now Rainbow’s smirk faded into a worried frown. She looked towards Twilight, who confidently smirked in return before shouting some words of encouragement. When Rainbow looked back at me, I stopped playing and just started at her, emotionless while Rarity and Applejack froze. My lips curled into the ever so slightest smirk, which caused her to sweat.

“ALL ABOARD HAHAHAH!” I suddenly shouted. Applejack started working the bass perfectly before I dove into the rift rather enthusiastically.

“Crazy, but that's how it goes

Millions of people living as foes

Maybe it's not too late

To learn how to love and forget how to hate!”

Then again into Immortalized. A heavier metal song. I played that without words before changing towards Feel Invincible. A good song for this. By now Rainbow was sweating. I just decided to play through the whole song. Applejack and Pinkie joined in quickly. Once the song ended, I let the tension build as Rainbow bit her finger nails.

“Ready?” I smirked.

She shook her head rapidly.

To bad~

Rainbow damn near fainted when I finished that last one. This one just seemed fitting. Tilting myself slightly, I gestured for Pinkie to start. She started simply with bass, snare, an symbols, it wasn’t perfect, but close enough. Several second in I started to sing. This song was something I first though of when I got to know the people of Equestria a little bit more. A 'Planet of Women' as it were.

“What can I do, I'm a nervous wreck?

There's girls everywhere, I better go and check. CHECK IT OUT

I can't tell a diamond from a hole in the ground.

They all got my head spinning round and round.

Planet of women, oh yeah.

The planet of women, oh yeah.

It's driving me insane.

They start by acting just a little discreet.

Then they're in the skies and they're in the streets.

You can find them in cars or a hotel lobby,

they're easy to find, just look for a body.

Planet of women, oh yeah.

Just a planet of women, oh yeah.

It's driving me insane.

If you have the answer, drop me a line today

or send a straight jacket something in a shade of gray.

I think I've sprained my brain 'cause it won't unwind.

Every day it's man against man on the

planet of women, oh yeah.

Just a planet of women, oh yeah.

It's driving me insane,

it's driving me insane!”

Twilight and Sunset busted out laughing, but it was drowned out by the music on my end. Rarity giggled as Fluttershy blushed and hid her laughter behind her hand. Pinkie and Applejack had to be smiling at the very least as they continued to play with me. This song just seems so fitting. My smirk had only grown as I progressed, by the time I was near the end of the song I dying internally from laughter.

Time to finish it.

My fingers danced across the neck of the guitar as I played just a little bit faster than Dash did with her fooling around. She damn near fainted. Pinkie, on here end, leaned forward on her drum set, holding her hand out with devil horns and she shook her head around wildly, tongue lolling out of her mouth like a maniac. I just smiled with a stupid half smirk on my face through out the whole thing.

It was such a joy to know that I could be her no matter the universe.

Upon finishing, I removed the guitar from my neck and placed it against a nearby box.

“You tried,” I smiled as I patted Rainbow on the top of the head as I stepped by.

Everyone was speechless for several tense seconds before Rarity stepped forward.

“I think this is a good time for a break,” Rarity suggested as she got control of her giggling. Stepping past us all, we watched as she approached a nearby set of boxes and pulled out a clothing rack full of clothes in clothing bags. Pulling out the rack she continued to speak, “Perhaps try out some of my wardrobe choices?” She played around with the rack before she pushed it out of the way. “I am particularly fond of this one!” Pushing the rack out of the way, she wore a purple marching uniform with gold trip.

I had to do a double take, how did she change from her usual garb so quickly and shamelessly?

“Were tryin’ to save our school!” Applejack interjected angrily while holding out a hand towards the seamstress. “Enough with tha costumes!”

Rarity huffed indignantly, her voice sounded kinda robotic. “Ah! You can never have enough costumes!” I glanced at the girl as she was clad in gold armor with a video visor that played a loop of her cutie mark across the visor.

I had to do another rapid doubletake. “When the fuck did you change?” I asked, confused yet again at how quickly the teen girl, who was belittling Twilight and I-might I add, earlier in the morning, had changed. There had to be some form of magic in this place. No normal human, let alone a one such as Rarity, would do something so shameless with me standing not four feet from her.

From there it delved into a yelling match. Fingers were pointed, and accusations were made. The only people not yelling were me, Twilight, Sunset, Fluttershy and I. After several seconds, Sunset started to yell to get the situation under control. She wasn’t getting far so I decided to intervene. With a roll of my eyes and a huff, I drew my pistol from my holster and held it over my head.

I fired into the ceiling.

Everyone one winced from the gunshot, many of them grabbing their ears before they looked towards me worryingly. I lowered my pistol and looked towards Sunset, silently telling her that it was her time to talk. In return, she looked towards me with worry in her eye. “Girls, you can’t argue now. You have to check into The Battle of the Bands in fifteen minutes!”

“WHAT!?” all of them shouted.

“But what about the spell!?” Rainbow shouted while the rest of the girls started to panic and grab their equipment.

“Bullshit it!” I shouted angrily. Causing everyone to freeze and focus on me. “You’re a band! B.S. your way to the top! We’ll figure this out later! Now go!” Everyone looked towards each other, waiting for someone to say something.

“You’re right,” Applejack eventually agreed. “We’ll buy time!”

“How do you suppose we do that?” Rarity inquired.

“Stay alive as long as you can,” I suggested. “Twilight and I will work on getting this right. If shit really hits the fan, I’ll jump in!” I finished while looking down at a nervous looking Twilight. “Now get your asses in gear! Move people!”

The rest of them quickly got their act together and left the barn, waving their goodbyes. Twilight waved in return while I stood there and placed my hands on my hips. “Twilight, I highly implore you to think otherwise.”

My girlfriend looked up at me with a furrowed brow.

“...No!”

“Twilight…!”

“I said no! No violence” she huffed and turned to leave the barn. I just stood and watched. This mess was driving a rift through all of us. It was going to a take a lot of rebuilding on all our parts to repair what was brewing. I sighed and dropped my head, running a hand through my hair. Rubbing the back of my neck, I brought my hand around and rubbed my face.

“Why did I agree to this?”