The next few days thankfully went by quickly and were not really noteworthy. Today was the day where we learned who's going to be the one, who will help represent CHS in the friendship games. Sunset and I were excused from classes in order to be challenged and like anyone else would be, I am glad for the break from class. We were currently in an empty classroom with Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna.

"Alright you two. With the friendship games in a few days, the time has come to test you both," Celestia told us both as she looked at a clipboard, "This should only take up half the day, so you should be done in time for lunch."

Sunset and I looked at each other and nodded. To be honest the tests went by like a blur. We started with cooking and unlike the test with Pinkie, it seemed to have only been judged for presentation. My Rainbow styled cake stunned both Celestia and Luna, with even Sunset proudly stating I won. Though, in my mind her simple chocolate styled cake is good to look at. It at least should taste better.

Next was woodworking and let me tell you it was actually interesting to figure it all out. It was something I'm not quite used to, so I opted to make something simple, yet still stunning. I managed with seconds to spare, to make a small replica of CHS. It wasn't my best work and I wanted nothing more, but to improve on it. Make it a little bigger and map out the actual shape of the exterior of the school, instead of going by memory. Well, I am definitely working on the craft more in my free time. Just think of all the things I can make when I get better. Thankfully, they seemed really pleased with my effort. Sunset's own bird house seems to be of the same quality, but I managed to get the victory due to mine being more interesting and creative.

Next was musical talent and this one was much quicker than the others. It was nice to listen to Sunset sing and it's impressive how she was able to come up with lyrics on the spot. I was a little nervous having to perform in front of them, but I managed to, by singing one of my favorites songs. My voice was nowhere near as good as hers and I almost stumbled a bit, but they still were nice enough to cheer.

Finally, after a few more challenges, it was almost lunch and after being around two cakes that I wasn't allowed to eat, I was more than ready for it.

"Well done the both of you," Celestia told us, "We have seen you use various abilities in different crafts and you each have shown different levels of talents in them. Now we just want to see well you think on your feet. Feel free to make any work of art you want. You have until the lunch bell rings."

I looked at the various arts and crafts and stumbled upon different colored clay. It was rare that I could afford clay and I could only get it in white. That wasn't too bad, since I could paint it when it dries, but this is an interesting opportunity to mess with a product I normally couldn't get my hands on. Though the question is, what to sculpt? It only took a brief second, before I had my answer. I grabbed at the different colored clay I needed and quickly got to work. The world around me faded, as I carefully sculpted different pieces into the right shapes and pieced them together. Finally, after who knows how long, I finished my creation, a sculpture of Principal Celestia herself. I carefully placed it on the table in order to dry, as the lunch bell rang.

"Done you two?" She questioned as she looked away from the clipboard, "So, what did you two..." She stopped and gasped when she noticed my sculpture of her, "Did you sculpt this? You sculpt it this quick?" She asked, stunned.

"Yeah, I didn't have much time, so I made it smaller than I wanted to and normally I would have a picture to make it look more accurate, instead of relying on memory. It's not ideal, but it should be good enough for the first time."

Celestia only continued to stare at it, and she wasn't the only one. Luna was sporting a grin on her face and when Sunset got away from her painting she gasped in surprise.

"Be that as it may," Celestia finally answered, "The fact you managed to do this in a short time and other limitations shows, maybe even more so, how skilled you are."

"Skills that will help us finally win against them," Luna added.

"Luna, the games aren't about that, despite what Principal Cinch seems to believe," Celestia began lightly scolding her sister, "At any rate, she's right, in that your skills will be good for the games, so congrats. You two showed good skills, but in the end, you are the one who will help represent us." She told me.

I simply nodded in response.

"Go ahead to lunch you two."

Sunset and I left the classroom and went on our way to the cafeteria.

"Well, that was certainly interesting," Sunset began sounding somewhat nervous.

"Yeah, I suppose it was."

"I mean you are incredibly talented. As an aspiring artist myself, what you managed to do back there is just..." She stopped to ponder the right words, "Amazing. I just can't think of any other way to describe it," She finished excited, "I didn't know you were that skilled. I can see why Pinkie and Rarity are into you."

"Oh. Thanks," I answered nervously.

God, another one?

"Cute, intelligent, nice, and talented. Any girl would be lucky to be with you."

"Yeah," was all I could say awkwardly.

We continued on our way to the cafeteria while I couldn't help but ponder why I keep on attracting these beautiful girls. It's like I am a main character in a harem story, by an amateur writer, doing it for fun.

It was finally almost time for the friendship games to begin and I was very nervous. Here's hoping things go well and I manage to help us win. At the very least, I hope I don't screw everything up. On my way to the school, I was taken out of my thoughts, when someone in a hoodie rushed past me. What the? I stopped, turned around, and noticed that it was the supposed human Twilight I saw the other day. What was she doing here? Before I could continue to ponder, I noticed Sunset walking right up to me.

"Did you see someone in a hoodie?" She asked me.

"Yeah, but she's long gone," I answered.

"She? You know who it was?" She questioned with a raised eyebrow.

I sighed, "At least I think so. From what I could see, they looked like human Twilight."

"What? What is she doing here?" She gasped in shock.

"I don't know. I'm afraid you would know better than me." Was all I could answer with.

"Princess Twilight is a very curious pony who is even smarter than I am. She looks for and absorbs knowledge like a sponge. From what I understand word has spread about the events that went on here and if her human counterpart is half as curious then..."

"You have to stop a curious teen from messing with dangerous forces, she won't understand and get her and everyone else around her from getting in deep trouble."

"Yeah," She sighed in frustration, "Looks like I am still paying for stealing Twilight's element. Not only do I have to deal with the girl's random pony ups," She continued cringing on the term pony ups, "I didn't come up with the name. Now I have to deal with a curious and yet ignorant Twilight. I'm just glad I don't have to worry about representing the school for the friendship games."

It was then I realized she was wearing a different outfit that really suited her in my honest opinion. She was wearing a light blue blouse with a white transparent section on the bottom and a short black jacket on the top, that had yellow arrowhead symbols on the sleeves.

"Is that a new outfit I noticed?" I questioned.

She blinked in surprise at the question but didn't seem annoyed. In fact, she seemed nervously excited.

"Oh, you noticed?" She asked in a nervous, yet excited tone, "Well, after the talk we had the other day. I decided a new set of attire would help me mark my change into a better person. So, what do you think?"

"Amazing. The blue really suits you."

"You think so?" she asked with a light blush.

"I know so."

"Thanks," she responded with a sheepish smile, "Well, I better go tell the girls about this." She continued after a few moments, before walking back to the school.

When she was out of sight, I took a deep breath. Looks like I might have gotten another girl to fall for me. How am I doing this? Whatever. I should focus on the games and not screw up.

I entered the school gymnasium and to my happiness, managed to find Wallflower, seemingly isolated from the rest of the student body, by sitting in the middle of empty space. Seriously? Even with everyone sitting together in one large room, she is still somehow separated from everyone else. Well, not for long.

"Wallflower," I greeted quietly enough so that only she could hear.

"Oh Marcus. What a wonderful surprise," She greeted me back.

Wow, someone actually acknowledging and talking to her is still surprising to her. Even now everyone else still seems to haven't noticed us. Though to be fair, they are more focused on the announcement. Why have us come here for it? Wouldn't just telling us it on the intercom be simple enough?

"So, what do you think the announcement is?" Wallflower asked me.

"Not sure. It must be something important to have us come here, instead of just using the intercom."

Before she could respond, Principal Celestia finally appeared on the stage and gave us all a friendly and charming smile.

"Attention students. As I am sure you all know, tomorrow, Canterlot High School will be hosting our fellow students from Crystal Prep Academy as we join together in the spirit of excellence, sportsmanship, and fidelity to compete in the Friendship Games," She began.

The applause she received was lackluster to say the least and from what I heard; I can't blame them.

"Since the games only happen every four years, I'm sure you're all curious what goes on."

That's one of the reasons. Why every four years? Why not annually, or bi-annually, if you can't do it every year? Doing it that way will only let one generation of students experience it once, making them least likely to be excited. That in addition from us not even winning once and well two plus two equals four.

"You mean other than us losing?!"

"And that is exactly why I've asked Rainbow Dash to come up and give you all a little, um... context." Principal Celestia finished, ignoring that random student's remark, before handing the microphone to Rainbow.

Oh. With Rainbow this might actually be good. I gave her my full attention to see what she's going to do.

"Thank you, Principal Celestia," Rainbow began before giving us a serious look, "I know a lot of you might think there's no way we can beat a fancy school like Crystal Prep at anything."

"Unless it's a losing to Crystal Prep competition..." Pinkie to my surprise blurted out.

God. If Pinkie of all people is being like this, then this must be bad.

"And I know CHS has never won the friendship games, even once." Rainbow continued annoyed.

"Oh dear. I hope this speech isn't meant to be motivational," Rarity commented.

"Crystal Prep students are super athletic, super smart, and super motivated. But there's one thing they aren't. They aren't Wondercolts!" Rainbow finished enthusiastically.

I don't know what went over me. Perhaps, it was the fun of messing with the rainbow haired girl and being used to our typical banter, that led me to slowly clap my hands. Everyone's eyes were on me before some slowly began to clap. After a few moments more joined in, causing said girl to smirk happily.

"Well, now..."

"I have to say I am impressed Dashie," I began.

"Oh? I always have that effect on people," She began proudly with a cocky smile, "About time I hear you say that stud," She mumbled and unknown to her we all still heard her clearly, "Alright let's hear it," She smirked.

"First of all, we all could hear you mumbling. Next time do it away from the microphone," I began with a cocky smile of my own, making her blush in embarrassment, "I have to say using reverse psychology was a clever idea."

"Reverse what now?" She questioned before covering her mouth, "Oh I mean. Of course! I always come up with awesome ideas like this," She bragged trying to cover her slip up.

"Well, there's just one problem."

"What? It's too awesome for all of you to handle?" She asked with her cocky smile on full blast.

"No, in case you haven't noticed, you failed. You only hammered in the point we don't stand a chance and your little statement at the end, trying to encourage us isn't working," I answered.

To my slight surprise, everyone in the crowd agreed with me.

"Yeah, we may be Wondercolts, but we are still losers."

"How are we possibly going to win this time?"

"He's got you there, Rainbow!" I heard Applejack call out.

Rainbow blushed in both embarrassment and anger, before she glared right at me, "Yeah, well I'm not done yet! Get ready because my song is going to fix everything," She told me before mumbling, "Why do I get turned on, when he does this?"

During her little dance number, where she somehow managed to get everyone else to sing along, she ended up glowing blue, before her hair became longer and she sprouted cyan wings. Is that one of those pony ups? It reminds me of tinker bell or rather anything fairy tale related. She even floated near me with the cocky smile back on her face.

"Well, what do you think now?"

"The song was alright I guess, and you did manage to actually encourage them all," I began, pondering for a few seconds, before shrugging, "I'll give you a B- for effort and actually succeeding," I finally answered clapping slowly.

"Whatever," She scoffed, but I did notice her cheeks redden a bit, before she left.

Great, another one of the girls seems into me. At least she seems to not be upfront about it, so that will hopefully mean I don't have to put up with it. Now I just have to focus on Pinkie and Rarity. After snapping out of my thoughts, I noticed everyone else had left and when I was about to follow suit, I heard some talking.

"Rainbow Dash, that was amazing! Even I feel like we can win!"

Looks like the girls are still here.

"I feel like my school pride is at an all-time high!"

I followed the sound and spotted the girls, from a distance, where they couldn't see me. Vice Principal Luna was also with them.

"Is anybody else wondering how Dash ponied up without playing her guitar?" Applejack asked.

"I know, right? It's probably because I'm so awesome!" Rainbow bragged with a cocky smile.

I managed to resist the urge to give a snarky response and reveal myself. In fact, I think it's time for me to leave.

"Maybe. I mean, you are awesome, but there's gotta be more to it than that, right? It just seems so random."

Don't encourage her Sunset. You will only make her more unbearable.

"Well, it would be nice if you girls could get a handle on it. We'd like to keep magic as far away from the Friendship Games as possible. We don't want to be accused of cheating." I heard vice Principal Luna tell the girls.

Wait. What?! I turned around, completely annoyed and quickly walked back to the girls.

"We don't need magic to defeat those hoity-toity Crystal Preppers."

"Excuse me!" I exclaimed calmly, despite my annoyance.

The girls turned around and were stunned to see me. In the case of Pinkie and to a lesser extent Rarity, they were excited to see me too.

"Marky!" Pinkie greeted me happily, "What a pleasant surprise."

"Were you eavesdropping on us?" Rainbow asked, annoyed.

"Yes," I bluntly answered, making the rainbow haired girl blink in surprise, before turning towards Luna, "I got distracted by my thoughts and didn't notice everyone else leave without me and before I followed suit, I heard you girls. Sorry, but I got curious."

"No need to apologize Marcus, darling," Rarity assured me with a smile and wink, "We're all happy to see you. Some more than others."

"Thank you, Rarity," I decided to respond kindly, "Now the reason I interrupted was because Vice Principal Luna said something about keeping magic away from the games, to prevent the school from being accused of cheating."

"That's right," Luna confirmed, "I was hoping Sunset, since she came from a world of magic, would be able to get to the bottom of it and to figure out how to keep it under control."

"So, that means, at least some of these girls will take part in the competition."

"Indeed. They each have skills we are looking for."

"Let me get this straight," I began, "Instead of finding others to compete, who don't have this kind of problem, you are having these girls take part, despite the risk and hoping Sunset would be able to stop it."

"You make a good point, but these girls are good, and I would like to point out we only found out about this now, so we don't really have time for others," Luna responded.

"Look there had to have been other potential people you could have chosen that you picked these girls over, who might be willing to have the opportunity," I countered, "Especially, after Rainbow's wonderful performance, making them more enthusiastic about it."

"Hey!" Rainbow interrupted, completely annoyed, "Look, I was chosen because of how awesome I am, and I trust Sunset will be able to figure this out, so don't worry about it. Now I'm not too mad since you finally acknowledge how awesome I am, so I will let it slide."

I rolled my eyes before sighing, "That's another issue. Look, I know nothing about magic, so correct me if I'm wrong, but since magic didn't exist in this world, before a certain incident, that means any exposure of magic is untested and undocumented. Meaning with it you girls are in uncharted territory."

"Huh?" Rainbow asked, confused.

"Tell me, has Twilight had trouble helping you during your adventures?" I asked.

"Yeah, her original plan to confront the Dazzlings straight up, didn't exactly work," Applejack admitted.

"Not to mention how hard it was to get the spell ready," Pinkie added.

"Exactly my point. Despite being knowledgeable in magic, she still had trouble figuring it out. Now you expect Sunset to somehow figure it all out. That wouldn't be too bad, if you weren't putting pressure on her, by having there be consequences, if she fails. Don't you see how stressful that would be?"

The girls were in complete silence as they pondered my words. I took relaxing breaths. Whatever they decide to do, at least I called them out on it.

"You made your case and made it well," Luna told me before sighing, "But I'm afraid the girls will still have to compete."

"Yeah, I'm still doing this," Rainbow told me, "I trust Sunset will be able to handle it and if she has trouble, we all will be there for her."

"Yeah," The others agreed before looking at said girl, who hasn't said a word.

"Sunset, are you going to say anything?" Rarity asked.

"Oh. Oh!" She began awkwardly with a light blush, "Sorry, just thinking. I will try my best to figure this all out."

The girls cheered for her, while I decided to simply leave. Like I said, they can decide what to do. I did my part by calling it all out. I began to make my way out.

"Well, I better go get started on figuring out how Rainbow ponied up. See you later!" I heard say as I was leaving the gymnasium.

I began to think maybe I shouldn't have spoken up like that. Sure, I was doing what I thought was right, but I didn't really accomplish anything.

"Wait up," I heard Sunset calling after me.

"Yes?" I asked before stopping and turning around.

"I just wanted to thank you for speaking up to them. I really appreciate it," She told me before sighing, "You are right. This whole thing with the girls is something unusual and undocumented. It's going to be hard for me to figure it all out, especially with the consequences hanging over my head, but I have to try. I can't let them all down. If it comes down to it, I'm sure I will have Twilight's help. Still thanks again. It was very nice to have you stick up for me."

"No problem. Are you sure you'll manage?"

"I kind of have to. I refuse to let my friends down."

"Not that I'm complaining about you being here, but shouldn't you be there when Crystal Prep arrives." Wallflower told me.

"I could say the same thing about you," I began, "Besides, as long as I show up during the welcoming party, it should be fine."

Wallflower and I were at her garden to simply enjoy the view and relax a bit, before the games started.

"I wasn't going to watch the games, since I am barely noticed anyway, but I will be there to support you. You most likely won't notice, but I will be there."

"Nonsense, I'm sure I will notice you in the crowd."

"I know I said I'm glad you were chosen instead of Sunset, but now I am beginning to change my mind," Wallflower admitted with a sheepish look, "That way we could just stay here and just enjoy the view."

"Yeah, but we can always do this another time."

"I guess. Well, you might want to go and meet with Crystal Prep."

I sighed before getting up, "Yeah, I guess I'll see you later."

"Hopefully, sooner than later."

I was walking through the hallways and along the way I saw a few Crystal Prep students that had looks of arrogance and superiority on their faces. Why? I have no idea. It wasn't like they personally won, the games before, due to it being every four years. It's one thing to get cocky about your own personal accomplishments, but for ones the previous generation of students did. I guess it's natural to be cockier if your school has the reputation of being unbeatable, but still. I was taken out of my thoughts, when I noticed human Twilight, holding a strange device. Suddenly, purple energy began to flow into the device. What the?

Before I could question what just happened, Twilight opened the door, the purple energy was coming from. I carefully followed her and saw the girls were inside and that it was a large band room for practice. The girls became excited when they saw Twilight.

"Twilight?" They all asked.

"Uh, yes?" Twilight asked, confused.

Applejack walked right up to her, and I noticed the girls each were wearing different outfits. If I had to guess they were outfits Rarity made them try for the games.

"Well, I'll be. You should have told us you were coming."

"Darling, those glasses. What are you wearing? It's so Severe." Rarity told her.

"My uniform?" Twilight asked.

"Your uniform for what?" Fluttershy asked.

Before Twilight could answer, I finally entered the room, and all of the girls turned towards me.

"Oh. Marky!" Pinkie greeted happily, "What a wonderful surprise. We were just finishing band practice and Twilight has decided to visit us again. I guess to help us all out. Oh. You haven't met her, haven't you? What luck. Now you can meet her and become great friends," She continued, still sounding excited, "But hopefully not too much," She finished in a neutral tone, while giving Rarity a dirty look.

"Like Pinkie said, Marcus darling. It's always wonderful to have you here," Rarity simply said, giving me a wink, before giving Pinkie a dirty look of her own.

Ignoring the flirting and somewhat bickering girls, I turned my attention to the purple skinned girl, with glasses, and violet hair, with a single purple and pink streak, in a bun, looking confused and rightfully so. Well, I should give her some answers. I walked right up to her and held out my hand.

"I don't know if you remember, or if it was actually you, but I think you were the one I ran into a few days ago," I began.

"Oh. Yeah, sorry about that. I was just in a rush," Twilight apologized sheepishly.

"Oh. Don't worry about it. The Name's Marcus."

"I'm Twilight Sparkle." She told me before shaking my hand.

"Nice to meet you Twilight," I responded, giving her a gentle smile that caused said girl to lightly blush, "Now you seem confused."

"It's just, I don't know why everyone in this school seems to know me."

"That's a long, unbelievable and yet true story," I answered looking at Sunset.

Sunset's eyes widened and she facepalmed. While the other girls only looked confused. Seriously? They can't put two and two together. Especially after Sunset telling them about human Twilight. At least I'm sure she did.

"Why didn't I realize this before?" Sunset asked.

"Sunset, what are you talking about?" Rarity asked.

"Girls, this is clearly not the Twilight we know. This is the Twilight from this world."

The other girls gasped in realization, while Twilight only became more confused.

"What do you mean the me in this world?"

Before anyone could answer, Principal Celestia and I assume the Principal of Crystal Prep entered the room.

"And our music program has especially taken off." Principal Celestia began before gasping when she noticed Twilight, "Twilight?"

"This is getting ridiculous!" Twilight exclaimed, annoyed.

"I must apologize for the curiosity of my prized student." The Principal of Crystal Prep told us.

"Your student?" Celestia asked, confused.

"The smart ones are always curious. I'll return her to check in with the rest of her classmates." The Principal of Crystal Prep simply said before leading Twilight out.

"I didn't know Twilight had a twin sister." Celestia commented.

"She doesn't! That Twilight is obviously the Twilight from this world since it couldn't possibly be the Twilight from the pony world since the Twilight from the pony world doesn't go to Crystal Prep or wear glasses." Pinkie corrected.

"Never mind." Celestia simply responded before walking away.

After a few moments of awkwardness of the events, the girls and I began walking out to the hallways.

"I can't believe our world's Twilight goes to Crystal Prep!" Rarity exclaimed dramatically.

"You're saying that Twilight's gonna play against us?" Rainbow asked bitterly and in denial, "She'd never do that!"

"Our Twilight wouldn't" Fluttershy corrected.

I noticed during this brief exchange Sunset seemed to get more and more annoyed and before I could ask if she was ok, she began to rant a bit.

"Our Twilight is a princess in Equestria and an expert in friendship magic! And if she was here, we'd have already figured out why magic is randomly popping up during pep rallies and costume changes," She then took a deep breath, "Sorry. I'm just frustrated that I haven't heard back from her."

The other girls and I had worried looks on our faces. Normally, I would be glad to be proven right, but I hoped I would have been wrong about Sunset getting stressed from trying to figure out how to keep the girl's powers in check.

"Don't say anything," Rainbow told me.

"If seeing her like this isn't proof enough for you, then nothing I could ever say could convince you," Was all I simply said.

"She's a princess in Equestria. Probably got problems of her own to deal with." Applejack told her.

"We certainly can't expect her to drop everything and pop through the portal whenever. Especially if it's to deal with something as minor as a few random pony-ups." Rarity added.

"But they aren't minor! Magic came into this world when I stole Twilight's crown. It's taken a lot for me to earn everyone's trust. If we have to forfeit the games because I can't think of a way to keep it under control..." Sunset argued.

"Oh, Sunset, I'm sure you'll be able to figure things out." Fluttershy assured her.

"You're the one who helped us understand what was going on with the sirens. Remember?" Applejack added.

"I guess. But Twilight was the one who really figured out what we needed to defeat them. Sunset countered.

"But don't you remember, darling? What we needed to defeat them was you." Rarity reminded her.

Sunset sighed, but managed to perk up a bit, "All right."

The girls cheered.

"Come on, guys! Let's see if we can find any info about the events and come up with a strategy. You coming, Sunset?" Rainbow asked her.

"I'll... catch up with you guys in a bit." Sunset simply responded.

The girls left, leaving Sunset and I alone. While finding out about the events sounded tempting, I was more focused on the stressed-out girl in front of me.

"Oh. You're not joining the girls?" She asked me.

I shook my head, "No, are you alright?" I asked.

She sighed, "Yeah, it's just frustrating. I created this whole mess in the first place, and I am having trouble figuring out how to keep it under control. The girls are counting on me and all the trust they give me, makes me more upset, when I could let them down." She took a relaxing deep breath, "I know Princess Twilight might be busy. For all I know she could even be on an important mission of her own, but I really need her help."

"Do you really?" I asked.

"Yeah, she's an expert in friendship magic, while I am still learning and struggling with it."

"You told me you were the personal student of Princess Celestia before her."

"Yeah, what does that have to do with anything?" Sunset asked me with a raised eyebrow.

"Look, I know absolutely nothing about this and correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me you are incredibly talented yourself. You might not be Princess Twilight, but that doesn't matter. You helped play a part in taking down the Dazzlings and I'm sure you will play a part in keeping things under control."

"You think so?" She asked.

"Yeah, from what you told me, you managed to adapt to this new world and your human body, while from what I heard Twilight had more trouble than you did. If you could adapt and still thrive through that, then you should be able to do the same thing here."

"Thank you for the kind words," She told me before lightly embracing me, "I'm still going to see if Twilight will answer, but I will try not to rely on her."

"No problem," I answered sheepishly.

"I don't know how you talked me into joining you for the welcoming party," Wallflower told me.

"And I don't know how you talked me into changing my outfit," I countered.

We were currently walking through the hallways to said party. We are going to be fashionably late, since she insisted on changing a bit to look nicer for the occasion. Why I have no idea. I was wearing a nice Jacket with a black shirt underneath and black boots, with my hair slightly spiked up with hair gel.

"I figured you should look nicer for the competition," she told me.

"From what I've seen so far. They seem to be smug and arrogant. Why would I want to look nicer to people like that?"

"To show them we can look impressive too."

"I guess, though I doubt it would make a difference," I answered as we arrived at the gymnasium.

When we entered, I noticed the Rainbooms gathered near Twilight and five other Crystal Prep students and they seemed to be bickering, while Pinkie was talking to Twilight. Not wanting to get involved with them, after scolding them for the whole thing involving Sunset, I simply left them be. Principal Celestia arrived 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."

"Maybe you were right," Wallflower admitted to me with a frown, "Both schools don't seem to be getting along."

"What a waste too. The outfit you're wearing should be for a better event than this," I responded.

She was wearing the same outfit she wore on our date, days ago and it just looks amazing on her.

"Oh," She began blushing lightly, "Thanks."

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

I noticed Twilight helped Pinkie bring in some cannons, to I assume help spice the party up a bit and to be honest that was actually more than welcome. Pinkie did her thing and managed to get both schools to be friendlier with one another, or at least not act completely hostile. In the process I noticed her glow pink. Looks like she's ponying up. At least it's not during the games, but it's still a bad sign for Sunset. I was taken out of my brief thoughts when I noticed her magic getting sucked into a device Twilight has. Wait. What? I did notice her device sucked up energy before. Was that actually magic from another of the girls? Of course, it was. Well, I better tell the girls. Principal Cinch then appeared on the stage.

"I'd like to thank Principal 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. It is a comfort to know that even after so many years of losses, 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."

Wow, what an unpleasant woman. I actually want to help us win for once just to knock her and her goddamned school down a peg. The worst part is her words seemed to have ruined the friendly atmosphere. Figures, the root of the problem with Crystal Prep isn't the students, but their horrible principal. I turned towards Wallflower.

"Wallflower, there's something important I must tell the Rainbooms. You can come with me, but I must tell them."

"No, I'd rather stay here," She told me looking at the group of said girls sheepishly, "You'll be back quick, right?"

I sighed, "Wallflower I won't force you, but if you no longer want to keep on being unnoticed, you are going to have to do your part and put yourself out there. Just think about it."

She didn't say anything but seemed to be deep in thought. I quickly made my way to the girls, who were in a conversation about what just happened.

"Wow, Pinkie, what happened to you?" Sunset asked.

"I don't know. Everyone started having fun after Twilight and I fired the party cannons and I ponied up, but then the magic was drained out of me" Pinkie answered.

"What do you mean by that?" Sunset asked, confused.

"I think I have the answer to that," I blurted out.

The girls turned and as usual, Pinkie and Rarity were excited to meet me.

"Marcus, Darling. What a wonderful surprise, especially in that nice new outfit of yours," Rarity greeted me while walking up to me.

"Marky, I was wondering where you were," Pinkie greeted me excitedly, "I tried to make the party better and make both schools act friendly to each other, which worked, until that awful Cinch ruined it. That made me sad. Until you showed up and made me feel better," Pinkie blurted out while walking up to me and embracing me, making Rarity give her a dirty look.

"What do you mean you know?" Sunset asked.

"Twilight. Human Twilight has a device that I saw absorbing Pinkie's magic," I answered, making the girls gasp.

"Are you sure?" Sunset asked with a serious expression.

"I also saw it absorb what I thought was energy before she entered the music room earlier. I assume one of you ponied up there."

The girls looked at Rarity who gasped in realization.

"So, that's what happened," Sunset said in realization, "That Twilight absorbed the magic from the portal, deactivating it," At my confused look she clarified, "Oh. I decided to go find Twilight in person to see what's going on. If she was too busy, I would have decided to do it on my own, but before I could make it through, it disappeared," She then sighed, "Now we have to deal with Twilight absorbing our magic."

"Where is she, anyway?" Rainbow asked, looking around.

"That's just great," Sunset sighed, "It's not like we can confront her during the games. I doubt she would admit to it and we can't remove that device by force, or Crystal Prep will raise a fuss about us scaring the competition."

"Is it really that big of a deal?" I asked.

"What do you mean?" Sunset asked.

"Think about it. All that device is doing is taking away their magic and is actually helping you with your goal in keeping magic out of the games. Sure, it's risky leaving it in the hands of someone who doesn't know how to use it and there is always a risk of things going awry, but it's not really doing that much harm, currently. I'm afraid you girls are going to have to wait until after the games to confront her and hope things don't go wrong until then."

"Are you serious?" Rainbow asked me bitterly, "We can't just stand around and let this happen. We need to act now and..."

"You brought up a good point," Sunset began interrupting Rainbow, "Rainbow, he's right in that it's actually not that harmful."

"So far. What if all that magic runs amok?" Rainbow asked.

"Then we cross that bridge when we get to it. For right now we try not to pony up and if it happens, just wait until afterwards to get it back. Since it doesn't seem to be that big of a deal, I rather not deal with it during the games and get CHS in trouble. If it does go awry, then we act imminently." Sunset answered her.

"Fine," Rainbow sighed while crossing her arms, "But I just don't like sitting around and hoping for the ideal outcome."

"Neither do I, but it seems to be the only thing we can do," Sunset answered.

The moment has finally arrived. Here I am standing with the Rainbooms, minus Sunset, and six other students, representing CHS in the games. I am feeling nervous, though not as much as the Rainbooms, including Sunset. Not only are the games on their mind, but they have to deal with human Twilight and her magic absorbing device. Said girl was looking nervous herself while the other Crystal Prep students were giving us all cocky looks. Though, the ones in front with Twilight seemed to be giving me glances for some reason.

"Welcome to the first event, the Academic Decathlon! You'll be scored on chemistry, home-ec and everything in between. But remember, only the six students from each team with the most points will move on to event number two. Good luck!"

With what felt like a musical montage we went from subject to subject. From chemistry to cooking and from woodworking to a spelling bee, where students got eliminated one by one. Finally, at the end it was just Twilight and me. I was kind of shocked and nervous, that I was the last one from my school, left standing at this first part of the competition and slightly more so with the girls cheering me on. Even Rainbow, who recently has been annoyed with me, was doing so. Well, more than usual. I nervously walked up to Twilight who seemed equally nervous, and we each went to our respective chalkboards. This is it. It's all up to me to get us our victory. I managed to calm my nerves, as I worked on the algebraic math problem. They're all rooting and counting on me. I can't let them down. I could feel myself nervously sweating, as I continued to work on it. Stay calm and don't screw it up. I finished the problem and Principal Cinch looked it over. My nervousness increased, as it felt like I was being thoroughly judged for any and all mistakes.

"Correct," Cinch told me reluctantly, completely calming me down.

I looked and saw Twilight had the exact same answer. So, what happened? Who won, or is it a tie? I noticed the staff tallying the points.

"After careful and unbiased tallying of the points," Luna began, giving Cinch a dirty look, "Despite both Marcus and Twilight getting the problem right, He has managed to score more overall points, making him and CHS the winner of the first competition."

In response to her words every CHS student cheered and chanted out my name. That made me feel even more nervous and yet so happy as well. The Rainbooms even came up to congratulate me. Pinkie embraced me in a huge hug.

"Awesome job Marky!" She exclaimed before kissing me on the cheek.

Rarity then walked over and gently rubbed my cheek, "Yes, congratulations darling. You really are something special," She then kissed me on the cheek like Pinkie, "Help us win the whole thing and there might be a better reward for you," she told me with a wink, making me blush.

"Awesome job there, dude," Rainbow told me.

"Yeah, thanks."

"This is the first time we have ever come to winning and I hope it keeps happening," Applejack commented.

I noticed Twilight looking down at defeat and her fellow students seemed angry at her. Poor girl, she still tried her best and came close to victory. Would the others have treated me the same if I lost? No, they wouldn't have, right? I can't think like that. They have always been supportive of me and would never do that. I have to stop having fears like that.

After a bit I and the rest of the Rainbooms, minus Sunset, were standing on one side of the stage, while Twilight and the five Crystal Prep girls that were confronting the girls at the welcoming party, were on the other side.

"Now we present the students that will be moving on to the second event."

The girls around me cheered and among the crowd of students, I managed to spot Wallflower, smiling. I gave her a wink, causing her face to flush, but she still nodded back at me.

I was walking through the hallway with the girls when Fluttershy told us her powers got absorbed when she was trying to cheer up Twilight, which caused her dog to be able to speak.

"Well, that isn't too dangerous," Sunset commented, "Though, it shows her absorption can cause magic to affect things when it happens."

"What are we going to do?" Applejack asked.

"I don't know," Sunset sighed in frustration, "The pony, person, or Princess, that could help me is completely unreachable now. I guess I just hope nothing too dangerous happens.

"For now, let's just focus on beating the Shadowbolts. And as long as this event puts me in a playing field, I don't think we've got anything to worry about." Rainbow told us.

"Really Dashie? What's with the one-eighty?" I asked her.

"Huh?" She asked.

"When I suggested that you all wait until after the games to confront Twilight, you were against it and now you want to focus on the games."

"Oh," She began sheepishly, "Well, I always get into the competition and the plan is all we have."

"She's always been one to react without thinking," Applejack told me, "When she learned what Twilight was doing, she wanted nothing but to deal with it head on, but now after thinking about it, she decided to agree with the plan. Also, she is focused on beating Crystal Prep head on."

"Yeah," Rainbow agreed before realizing what Applejack said, "Hey!"

The girls and I laughed at her expense.

"Am I the only one who thinks this is overkill?" Sunset asked us.

I shook my head and added, "Don't they need to ask parents' permission before having us do something like this?"

We were looking at the field, set up for the second event. It was set up with ramps and areas of dirt for a motocross event and even targets for archery. Seriously, this kind of thing for a high school competition between rival schools? No wonder it only happens every four years. It's doubtful it would fly if it happened more often.

"Lighten up," Rainbow told us looking excited, "I'm sure they have taken care of all that. Besides, this is going to be fun."

"I don't suppose you made any motocross outfits, Rarity?" Applejack asked.

"Oh, don't be silly," Rarity began looking offended for a brief moment before smiling, "Of course I did!" She exclaimed, holding out a couple outfits, before giving me a sad look, "Sorry, Marcus, darling. I only have some for the others. I am so used to making female clothing, I didn't keep in mind to make anything for you."

"That's ok."

It's still impressively stunning how she has outfits like these on standby for her and the other girls.

"Welcome everyone to the Friendship games Tri cross relay!" was announced to the crowd's excitement, "In this event, our qualifying competitors will face off in archery, speed skating, and finally, motocross."

I was sitting on my motorbike with Rainbow next to me, where I had the perfect view of the rest of the event. To be honest I am a little nervous about being with her. She hasn't shown it, but since she was annoyed with me more than usual, I wonder if she is still a little upset with me. I know it's likely not a big deal and it's something she got over, but I am a little confused. Despite Applejack's answer making sense, it's still a little weird how she quickly went through a one-eighty on focusing on the competition, instead of Twilight.

"So, if the competitors are ready," A air horn was blown, "Each competitor must hit a bullseye before their teammates can start the next leg of the relay."

Well, that's interesting. If just one person on one team is unskilled and can't catch a break, that's a victory for the other team. Two of the girls for the archery section, that consisted of Fluttershy, took off and maneuvered past the obstacles along the way. When the girls managed to make it to the targets, the Crystal Prep student missed her first two shots, before getting a bullseye. Applejack and Twilight took off and Twilight had trouble getting past the obstacles, while Fluttershy seemed too nervous to handle getting a bullseye. Her first shot didn't even come close to the target, but in the end, she managed to get a bullseye. Twilight slipped and fell, causing her teammate to get annoyed with her. Both her and Applejack finally arrived at the targets and Applejack managed to get a bullseye on the first try, while Twilight missed completely.

"Awesome job Applejack!" I couldn't help but cheer out, to my slight shock.

She looked at me with a nervous blush before smiling and winking at me. Twilight continued to miss, making her teammate more and more annoyed.

"If CPA can't hit another bullseye soon, they'll be out of the race."

"You're really bad at this," The Crystal Prep student with white hair in pigtails called out.

Geez, it's one thing to be annoyed with her, but to hammer in the point like that, when it's obvious.

Applejack seemed to have become annoyed with this and seemed to be trying to help Twilight. I can actually respect that, and it shows how much of a good person she is. The other Crystal Prep student seemed to be mocking the help, but Twilight listened and managed to get a bullseye. Twilight then hugged Applejack and she began glowing orange. Oh. God. No. Her magic was absorbed, and Twilight was knocked back.

"Canterlot only has two laps to go! But it looks like Crystal Prep is making up for lost time!"

On the skate track, despite the head start the Crystal Prep skating students managed to catch up and get ahead of Rarity and Pinkie. I swear I could see Twilight's device get knocked past the track and my suspicion was confirmed, when Twilight rushed past to try and get it. Desperate to catch up and win, Rarity managed to swing Pinkie forward, with enough speed to pass the Crystal Prep students and cross the checkered line, giving us the lead.

"Ready to win this dude?" Rainbow asked me.

"You know it," I responded.

"You two are cocky when your school hasn't won this competition before," The pigtailed girl commented.

"At least then, we will be cocky for something we actually personally won, instead of riding on the coattails of those before us," I responded back.

"Well said dude," Rainbow told me holding out her fist that I bumped.

"Yeah, I..." The pigtailed girl was silent.

"Please," The other girl began, "You guys got lucky during the first competition, but we will win this and the last one, then everyone will know we are better than you."

"Until then don't act like you're all that," I said as I got ready to go.

"Come on dude," Rainbow began getting ready, "Let's show these girls that CHS is a better school."

We all took off and I managed to calm down my nerves. I can do this. Just have to find the right balance of speed and control and I should be good. Suddenly, to my horror a giant vine, belonging to a giant plant creature appeared and I managed to get out of the way, but before I could get far another grabbed onto my motorbike and I quickly jumped off, landing somewhat roughly. I panted, trying to catch my breath and calm myself. I noticed the others trying to dodge the creature. It was too late for me to get out of the way when I noticed the motorbike coming straight at me.

I've awoken with the feeling of soft lips on my own and when my vision came to me, I noticed Rarity looming over me with her lips still on mine.

"Marcus, Darling!" Rarity exclaimed happily, "Thank god you're alright and still alive."

"Alive?" I asked dumbly.

"Darling, it was terrible!" She exclaimed, "You didn't have a pulse and despite not knowing CPR, I just had to try before paramedics were called."

The other girls walked up to me and they, with Rarity, gently helped me up. I was feeling too weak to move anyway. I noticed the other CHS students looking at me in sympathy and relief, that I was alright.

"How are you feeling Marky?" Pinkie asked.

"Just too weak to move. Can we find someplace to sit down?" I asked, feeling all lightheaded.

"Of course."

The girls took me to a spot at the bleachers to sit down.

"What happened?" I asked.

The girls looked at each other before Sunset sighed.

"Apparently, human Twilight's amulet summoned that creature from Equestria. You were the only one hurt and if it wasn't for Rainbow's quick actions, you wouldn't be around."

"I managed to carry you onto my motorbike and even ponied up again, helping bring you to safety and even take down that creature. Sadly, since I was too busy fighting and you were unconscious, that allowed Crystal Prep to win." Rainbow explained.

"Pinkie and I watched over your body, and we were worried, when we couldn't feel your pulse. Panicking, I tried my best to give you CPR and I'm happy to see it managed to work after trying a bit," Rarity added.

Tears formed in Pinkie's eyes as she seemed to recall that horrible moment, "It was really scary Marky. Cinch was too focused on the magic and how the games weren't fair, instead of the fact you were injured. She kept Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna from noticing and calling an ambulance. That awful woman. We are just lucky the bike wasn't sent fast and hard enough to break your bones." Pinkie ranted before she embraced me.

"Twilight," Sunset began before pausing and taking a deep breath, "While they were keeping an eye on you. Twilight ended up absorbing Rainbow's magic and she tried to apologize for everything. In a fit of rage, I called her out for messing with forces she doesn't understand and how she endangered your life. I didn't mean to. I was just stressed out that magic is running out of control and that you could have died, it just happened."

"Sunset, you had every right to call her out on messing with magic. Sure, you could have been gentler, when you did it, but you are still right about that. Besides, after what happened I can't blame you for getting angry. I think anyone would, if they were in your shoes."

"Thank you," was all she said.

Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna appeared, giving me concerned looks.

"Are you ok?"

"Just feeling too weak to move. Nothing seems to be broken at least."

"At any rate we are sorry we didn't focus on you and your state of being, but a certain someone kept us occupied, thinking that a competition not being fair trumps a student getting injured." Celestia told me bitterly, "I will be sure to report this to the school board. At any rate you are excused from the friendship games. Do you think you will be ok to stay out here and watch?"

"Yeah, I'm sure."

"Since the score's tied, the final event will determine the winner of the Friendship Games."

"Somewhere on campus, a pennant from each school has been hidden. The first team to find their school's flag and bring it back wins." Luna finished.

As I'm sitting here, resting and slowly regaining my strength back, I'm beginning to feel bad. Bad that I ended up getting knocked out during the last competition and almost dying. I just can't believe it. I came close to kissing my life here goodbye. If Rarity and Rainbow hadn't acted when they did, who knows what would have happened to me. I owe them my life and everything, though they wouldn't treat it like that. Well, maybe not Rarity, but Rainbow just might.

I was taken out of my thoughts, when I noticed Twilight holding her amulet and a burst of purple magic pulsed out and she was slowly submerged into a void of what seemed like pure magic, before she transformed into a darker purple girl with dark purple wings and light blue magic in the shape of a horn and a flaming mask around her eyes. She was wearing a dark purple, light purple, and pink dress with sparkles of those colors as designs and even a purple necklace with a pink sparkle. I managed to move farther away on the bleachers from her and I'm glad I did.

"You were right! I didn't understand magic before, but I do now!" She taunted to Sunset before destroying the school statue

She then created portals to what I assumed are different places in Equestria. The other students were running and avoiding the rifts.

"Twilight, you can't do this," Sunset argued.

"Why not?! There's a whole other world right there, and it's just filled with magic!"

"But you're destroying this world to get it!"

"So what? There's more magic there, and I want to understand it all!"

Twilight then formed a giant rift onto the ground. I panicked as I watched the others help each other up and away from the giant rift and in the process the girls managed to get their magic back, as they began to glow. I noticed Sunset holding the amulet.

"This isn't the way! I know you feel powerful right now, like you can have everything you want! I've been where you are, I've made the same mistake you're making! I put on a crown and, just like you, I was overwhelmed by the magic it contained! I thought it could get me everything I wanted!" Sunset continued.

"Oh, you're wrong. Unlike you, I can have everything I want!"

"No, you can't. Even with all that magic and power, you'll still be alone! True magic comes from honesty! Loyalty! Laughter! Generosity! Kindness! I understand you, Twilight, and I want to show you the most important magic of all..." Sunset argued as she absorbed the magic from the girls and transformed herself.

What is this? Some kind of anime? Sunset's transformation gave her the appearance of a fiery angel, with her golden glowing large wings and long glowing white horn. She was wearing a white and pink dress, with a flaming necklace and flaming accessories on her arms.

"...the Magic of Friendship!" Sunset finished.

Twilight seemed fearful while the other girls seemed happy about this development. Sunset closed all of the rifts, except for the large one. This pissed off Twilight and the two engaged in a beam struggle. Kind of reminds me of Dragon ball. Sunset seemed to be having trouble, but somehow in the end managed to overcome her. All I could tell was a blue magic field surrounding the two before everything turned back to normal.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean for any of this to happen" Twilight apologized.

"I know and going by my own experience they will forgive you," Sunset assured her.

In fact.

"Twilight," I called out.

Twilight turned towards me and cringed in guilt, "Oh. It's you who was injured because of me."

"I can't speak for everyone else, but I forgive you."

"You do?" She asked hopefully, walking closer and giving me a cute look.

"Yeah, I know you didn't mean it and since you learned not to mess with forces outside of your control, I can forgive you and give you another chance."

"Oh, thank you," she told me before embracing me in a hug.

"No problem," I responded, hugging her back, since I regained enough strength to move them without any issues.

To my anger Cinch decided to show herself and had the nerve to be angry at what just happened.

"Principal Celestia, on behalf of Crystal Prep, I demand that you forfeit the Friendship Games! Clearly, CHS has had an unfair advantage for quite some time! And it's certainly obvious that your students have been using magic for their own benefit!" She began her tirade, "I plan on taking all of this up with the school board."

"Good. I am sure they would like to hear about you caring more about the other school cheating, when a student was injured and from what I heard could have died, since you had insisted on keeping the staff available occupied," Principal Celestia responded bitterly, "If it wasn't for Rarity, Rainbow Dash and sheer luck, a student would have perished today and yet that didn't matter to you."

That caused Cinch to pale and stutter in defeat.

Celestia turned away from the horrible woman and addressed the rest of us, "I know the friendship games haven't been what any of us expected, but after what just happened, I think it's fair to declare us all winners." She told us, making all of us raise our hand into the air and cheer.

Pinkie was holding onto me and leading me with the girls. I was grateful that they haven't forgotten me and thankfully, it won't be long before I am back to full strength. We arrived back at the statue.

"Still no word from Princess Twilight?" Fluttershy asked.

"No, but I think I figured out how magic seems to work here. We pony up when we show our truest selves. I was so focused on someone else giving me the answers, I didn't really try my hardest to figure them out for myself. I'm sure there will be more problems in the future, but like Applejack and Marcus told me. She will be busy with her own issues, and I am smart enough to figure it out for myself." Sunset answered.

"Maybe I can help?" Twilight asked, appearing with Principal Celestia.

"It seems we have a new Wondecolt joining us." Celestia told us.

"I'm not sure how much help I can be, but I would like to try, if you would give me the chance," Twilight told us.

"I'm sure I can trust you girls and boy to help her feel at home."

"You sure can," Sunset answered.

I then ended up in the middle of a hug with the other girls and it was actually quite nice. I guess it being a group thing makes it less awkward, if that is how it works. Either way, it looks like human Twilight will be joining the Rainbooms.

The girls and I were having a small picnic at the still broken statue. Thankfully, I managed to regain enough strength to actually move around on my own. Pinkie seemed disappointed by this but respected my wishes to move on my own. I was sipping on my juice box when Rarity spoke up.

"Marcus, darling."

"Yes, Rarity?"

"I didn't ask this since it wasn't appropriate at the time, but did you enjoy the kiss?" She asked, giving me a wink.

I blushed and before I could even think of a response, the mirror glowed and out came, Princess Twilight.

"I'm so sorry I didn't get here sooner! I didn't get your messages until just now because I was caught in this time travel loop and, honestly, it was the strangest thing that's ever happened to me!" She explained before noticing her counterpart, "Make that second strangest."

"Right, Princess Twilight, meet your human counterpart," Sunset told her.

"Right," Princess Twilight said awkwardly as the two Twilights got closer together.

"Hi," the two greeted each other awkwardly.

"Well, this is awkward," Princess Twilight commented, "Anyway, I see you managed to handle the problem?"

Sunset sighed, "Yeah, it was a wild one, but in the end, I managed to set things right and learned to have confidence in myself to try and work on my own issues. I will still ask for help, but I know I can't always have it."

"That's good." Princess Twilight told her before noticing me, finishing my sandwich.

To my shock, she lightly blushed a little but shook it off.

"I haven't seen you before. Are you another friend of these girls?" She asked me.

"Yeah, you could say that." I told her, thinking about how I got closer to some of them, "I'm Marcus." I said, holding out my hand.

"Nice to meet you, Marcus. Like I'm sure you heard I'm Princess Twilight Sparkle," She told me while shaking my hand, "Normally, I am against being addressed by my title, but since it's the only way to tell me from my human counterpart, I will allow it."

"Since you're here. Want to relax a bit and catch up before returning?" Sunset offered.

"Sure, after the adventure I had, I need it."

After a nice picnic, Princess Twilight returned and the rest of us decided to go back home. Well, the Friendship Games have come to an end and despite getting injured, I did well. I mean I did manage to get the victory in the first event. Sunset learned a little lesson in having confidence in oneself, a lesson I struggle with myself and am trying to master. Along the way I noticed Rainbow walking. I took a deep breath and decided to call out to her.

"Rainbow, wait up!"

She stopped and I caught up to her.

"What's up dude?" She asked me.

"I just wanted to thank you for saving my life. I owe you big time."

Rainbow put an arm around me, "No problem, dude. That's what friends are for. There's no way I would let anyone bite the dust, when I could save them. Especially someone cool. Don't worry about it. Just live your life, the coolest you can be, and I will consider us even."

"Even after being annoyed with me?"

She blinked, "Dude. Don't worry about that. That was just me acting in the moment, " She sighed, "Despite getting annoyed, I actually somewhat respect you, standing up for Sunset. Seeing someone being loyal and looking out for her, even if it's against what I'm doing, was something I actually liked seeing. As for your plan. All that was on my mind at that moment was stopping Twilight. Once I calmed down, I began to view it differently. I only wanted to win against them. I'm not mad at you, so calm down."

"Ok."

"Now, enough of this sappy talk. Let's go home and just continue being friends, ok?" She suggested.

"Ok."

I finally arrived home and learned the hard way that the school called my dad. He rightfully threw a fit and insisted on getting me checked up on. Since I knew it was futile, I didn't fight against it. Well, that was the friendship games. What a wild ride and hopefully another one isn't coming soon.

The longest chapter yet. I tried to add and change a few things, but didn't want to not make too wild changes, like human Twilight not transforming. Hope you enjoyed.

Next chapter: Marcus helps human Twilight adjust to her new school, where she actually has friends.