“...and then Sunset was hit by the rainbow and returned to normal and Twilight got her crown and we danced all night and then she went back home and we lost our wings and pony tails and that´s the end!”

Twilight Sparkle raised an eyebrow. She looked around the table, waiting for some confirmation for Pinkie Pie´s crazy story.

“I assume is a tale a little hard to believe…” Rarity finally said.

“Quite,” Twilight said. “So, this other Twilight is gone?”

“Yes,” the other four girl said, sighing.

“Well, now I can understand your enthusiasm when meeting me, Pinkie Pie. But you can't possibly expect me to believe the entirety of that story…”

“What? Everything I said is a hundred percent true, except the part of the giant robot, we didn't did that part, but everything else was true! Right, Fluttershy?” Pinkie said, making her friend's head bounce up and down.

“There are still a lot of strange details. Like that bit about Rainbow Dash being the captain of every school team..”

“That´s the part you find hard to believe, sugarcube?” Applejack said, leaning on her chair.

“For starters, yes. I took a look at the school clubs list, there´s no way a girl could be in all of them at the same time,” Twilight said, going back to her salad.

“Sorry to contradict you, honey but, in Rainbow Dash case, that is possible,” Rarity said.

“She aced every single club!” Pinkie added.

“She even managed to be in the Glee club..” Fluttershy murmured so soft that it was barely audible.

“The Glee club? Is that a social club?” Twilight asked, checking her notes.

“Used to, nowadays is just Trixie´s club. She basically turned it into her personal cheerleading squad,” Rarity said, crossing her arms.

“You're just offended because she rejected your designs for their outfits,” Applejack mocked her and Rarity blushed. “The Glee club is like a music club here, Twi. It´s all about lifting up school spirit with performances and music.”

“Sounds like the perfect club for Rainbow Dash, based on what I know of her.”

“Yeah, well…” Applejack said, scratching her neck.

“I assume there´s more to the story…”

“It is. Let me summarize it for you…” Rarity began.

******

It was during our first year, before we met Sunset. Back then we used to hang out as a group always, except Rainbow who had gathered quite a following. After leading the soccer team to victory in the state championship, Rainbow decided to try the other sports team and she quickly rose in all of them. Basketball, tennis, volleyball, you name it.

I remember that day she was walking on the hallways, showing off a little too much on my opinion, and all the other students were asking her if there was anything she couldn´t do.

“Of course there isn´t! I´m Rainbow Dash, I´m awesome!”

****

“She didn't said that…” Twilight said but all the other girls nodded.

*****

“Have you tried golf?” a student asked.

“Piece of cake!” And Rainbow hit the ball, that bounced all over the lockers before landing in the Principal's office. I just hope it didn't fell on her coffee.

Then another student dared Rainbow to a game of chess. She sat down, looked at the pieces and asked, “Which one is the one that hops around?”

“The horse. But it doesn't hops around, it goes…”

“Yeah, yeah,” Rainbow interrupted the other students, made one move and said “Crown me!”

Poor kid of the chess club has no idea how she made that.

***

“That didn't happened…” Twilight said but the others nodded again.

****

Then it came the turn of the Glee club. When asked Rainbow said, “Ha That´s not a sports club! It´s all about twirling around with streamers and pompons! Anybody can do that!”

As you can guess, Trixie who was already captain of the team, didn't liked that one bit and challenged Rainbow to a performance and our friend, with her usual ego, accepted.

****

“And how did that go?” Twilight asked but this time nobody answered. “That bad?”

“It wasn't that she was bad. It was…” Fluttershy began but couldn't finish.

“Let´s just say Rainbow thinks school spirit translates to watch me and only me,” Applejack said.

“Not to mention the school band did not appreciated their instruments being destroyed on stage,” Rarity said and the looks moved to Flash Sentry who was sitting at the table too but had been busy finishing his lunch.

He simply shrugged and dropped the issue.

“I take Rainbow didn't let defeat affect her.”

“You don´t know her that well, Twilight. Rainbow was really, really sad…” Pinkie Pie said and took over the story.

*****

I found her in the gym one night, kicking balls against the wall. I´m pretty sure she had been crying. Rainbow might look tough but she´s not that tough. I feel so bad for her, looking her so defeated that I had to do something for her. So I offered to help her with her performance!

***

“And that did the trick?” Twilight asked and the others kept quiet. “Oh come on, what happened this time?”

“I think my idea wasn´t exactly what Rainbow needed...I mean the other students laughed but I don't think they were laughing with us…” Pinkie said.

Twilight looked around for answers and Applejack simply said, “Leave it alone, girl.” Then she get closer to Twilight and whispered, “Never offer Rainbow a watermelon. Trust me.”

“Anyways, Rainbow second attempt was a disaster too. But third time's the charm and Rainbow finally managed to get a good performance,” Rarity said.

“How?” Twilight asked.

“By stopping making it all about me,” a voice said right behind her. Twilight turned over to find Rainbow happily smiling. “Hey girls, sharing school stories with Twilight number two?”

“Why am I Twilight number two?” she asked while Rainbow sat next to her. “And what performance did you make then?”

“Like I told you, I came back and told Trixie that she was right. I couldn't do aperfoamacne all on my own because the Glee club is a work effort. Trixie is kind of loudmouth but she knows how to perform routines. So I swallowed my pride and finally we did a good show together,” Rainbow explained.

“Makes sense. Teamwork is always for the better. Wish I could have been there to watch it,” Twilight said.

“You can! hey Vinyl, get over here and show Twilight the video of that day!”

The school disc jockey approached them and showed the video on her laptop. Twilight had to admit it was quite a spectacle with Rainbow finally able to show off but making a perfect addition to the other students.

“Now show her the video of the Fall Formal!” Pinkie demanded.

Twilight´s reaction to the video of the giant demon on screen was priceless.

“Told yaaaaaaaaa!”