After the book closed on the adventures in Ikebukuro, our heroes had left the town to its own path ending and continued onward. Wanting somewhat of a break from the zany adventures that they have had so far, they decided to spend time in the one place that a normal life actually has any sense…

CHS… Canterlot High School.

"Wow. Can't believe we came back here. Brings back some good memories." Natsu said.

"Good for you maybe, but bad for the school. Did you forget all that property damage you did the first time you were here?" Lucy asked.

"Aw come on. I didn't do that much." Natsu said.

"You destroyed several lockers, terrified the school hamster and somehow set the swimming pool on fire." Aelita said.

"Do I even want to know how that last one was even possible?" David asked.

"Nah, i don't think you want to." Hope said. "Oh yeah, this is your first time coming over here, isn't it? Pretty cool, huh?"

"Yeah. Though we came here first. It was the first time we had an actually epic showdown with Flux." Dan said.

"Its our first time here too, y'know." Sora said. "Man, so this is what a high school life is like."

"You wouldn't know one apparently, Island Boy." Gray said.

"Yeah, it is true. On Destiny Islands, we didn't really have much of a system or anything." Sora said.

"There is a school, but it's on the mainland. Though we never really attended it much considering what happened." Riku said.

"Yeah, that freak heartless storm. Had to be rough trying to bring a whole island back." Korra said.

"It was a long journey. Though the roughest part of it was dealing with the one who started it." Sora said.

"Xehanort." Rainbow said seriously.

"Lets… not get into him now. Hes gone, and Organizations XIII's gone dark. So let's just focus on what we want to do here." Maka said.

"Great idea. Theres gotta be things to do, and we're doing it!" Luffy said.

And so the group came into CHS and the town with plenty on their mind, including getting around to repairing Camp Everfree after the events a few months ago. A few days had passed over as they had gathered money, and they were getting there… slowly.

"To the right, to the right! To the left, to the left! Now up, now up! Bring it down, turn around!" Pinkie said doing a cheerleading routine. The girls had gone through a lot of ideas, and now had come to the idea of unique specialty, a handmade car wash. "Wash that car like you mean it! Come on!"

The car was soon clean as they got paid with the car driving off.

"Sweet! Some more cash for the stash!" Rainbow said holding the dollar they got from none other that Big Mac as they cleaned up his truck in record time.

"Whew… how about a break? All this sunshine and suds are doing a number on my hair." Rarity chimed in as the girls agreed. They sat down to chill on some fizzy apple cider.

"Lotta stuff happened while we were gone. I mean, I even checked with Tennis Match about the attacks, and she said they were 100% percent real. The ones behind them? You're not gonna believe this, But it was Skyroar and Lantern." Rainbow said.

"I always thought there was something off about those two." Sunset said.

"I can't believe out of all the students here, Skyroar had to be the one behind things with Lantern. I mean, he looked up to you, didn't he?" Fluttershy piped in.

"Really? I never noticed." Sunset said.

"That's because he didn't talk much. I really didn't think he was with Lantern on the whole thing, but Tennis confirmed it. Heck, I even found out Flash and Trixie joined the Coalition. It's becoming a pretty big thing." Rainbow said.

"Their name is spreading across the worlds lately, same with those Emotionless things." Sunset said.

"Well, the best we can do is figure out how to get the spirits up after that, and rebuild Camp Everfree. Speaking of… anyone seen Twilight?" Rainbow asked.

"Just counting up our current total. We've only raised half. I counted four times to make sure." Twilight said.

The girls groaned.

"Come down yall. Theres gotta be some cars left…" Applejack said.

"Uh...I wouldn't bet on it." Zinnia said arriving and pointing to an empty parking lot.

"In that case, were almost out of time. Pinkie already hosted that Bake sale, and Twilight and Fluttershy did that Doggie Daycare. And it was my idea along with Sunset for this car wash. So now what?" Rainbow asked.

"Fear not Darlings, it's my turn to have an idea, and I already have something super amazing. And I will gladly share it with all of you in the music room this afternoon." Rarity said.

"Okay Rarity, we're excited to hear it." Sunset said as they walked off leaving rarity alone, strapped for idea.

"Let me guess….you got nothing, right?" Spike asked.

"Ah! How did you know!" she said panicked.

Later at the mall…

"You know...lying is only gonna make things worse...especially when they realize you have nothing." Aelita said.

"I know. I know. Normally window shopping gets me ideas, but 3 hours in and still nothing. I don't want to turn up to everyone with nothing." Rarity said.

"Don't panic. I mean...its not like a fundraising idea is just gonna...present itself on TV." Aelita said.

"Hey there. Are you a musician?" an announcer on the TV said. "Do you and your friends like to dance?"

"Yes?" Rarity said.

"Are you unique, cool and stylish?" the announcer said.

"Yes, yes yes. And...obviously." Rarity said.

"Do you wanna win a cash prize?" the announcer asked.

"Yes!" Rarity said.

"Then enter the Canterlot Mall's Chance to Prance Competition. All you need is a music video of your original song and dance. And then you'll be prancing your way to first prize. Find our booth at the nearby smoothie kiosk." the announcer said.

"Okay, that was a coincidence." Aelita said.

"I know. Lets sign up!" Rarity said rushing to the smoothie kiosk and finding the booth. It was seconds after she signed up that Lemon, Sour Sweet, Sugarcoat and Sunny Flare showed up.

"Rarity? Wow, isn't this awkward or what?" Lemon asked.

"Id say it more of a surprise than anything!" Soursweet chimed in before turning her head. "Not…"

"Hello girls! How did your checkup of Crystal Prep go?" Rarity asked.

"It went...pretty good. So...you competing too?" Sunny asked.

"Yes. And I even have the perfect dance idea to go with it. Saw on the way down here." Rarity said. "And Soursweet are you…."

"Still some hallucinations but they aren't as frequent as when I lost it in Unova." Soursweet said.

"Good, it's nice to know Choppers treatments worked." Aelita said. "So… this isn't going to revoke that competitive spirit between CHS and CP, will it?"

"Hmm. Oh...no. And in the friendliness...can I ask more about this idea?" Soursweet asked.

"Careful Rarity…" Aelita said. "I don't trust that look in her eye."

"I'm sure it'll be fine. Now, it's a mixture of dance styles like flamenco, hip hop or street ballet. And maybe some mixes from our friend here. And costumes designed by me." Rarity said.

"Sounds like a very unique concept." Sugarcoat said.

"I guess it's okay...if you're going for over the top." Soursweet said whispering the last part. "We got one too, but...we don't wanna share it yet."

"Well I'm sure whatever it is, it will be amazing." Rarity said.

"Oh it will be." Soursweet said. "And the same goes for the fairies around my head." she said pointing to thin air.

"Uh...we're just gonna go." Lemon said.

Later in the music room…

"Wow. That is a...very unique concept. You really think that the girls can pull it off through?" Zinia asked.

"Yes. Absolutely. It's easy. But...there is….one tiny matter." Rarity said. "Eh….I would need to use the money we've raised to buy fabrics for costumes."

"If that's the case… we're gonna need to win the competition. How big is the prize money?" Sunset asked.

"More than double what we need to fix the camp." Rarity said.

"Well...if this pulls through, we stand to gain 4 times what we had. But if we don't win...we end up having to start from scratch. Doesn't anyone else think this is a risk?" Twilight asked.

"A risk? How big was that risk we took at Gran Tesoro? We almost died, and Zoro, Hope and Korra were this close to being headless golden monuments!" Rainbow asked.

"Not to mention his team serving Flux in those gaudy outfits. Don't even get me started on that." Rarity said.

"Well...when you put it like that…" Twilight said. "I guess we'll just have to go with it."

"Perfect! Lets gets to it!" Rarity said.

Later in the Gymnasium…

Rarity had the Dance all figured out. Like she said it was a mixture of styles of dance such as ballet and hip hop. But the choreography….

"It's all over the place!" Rarity shouted.

"Yes. While your dance is a winner...our dancers are not." Aelita said.

"We just can't get the timing on our cues right. These moves are pretty hard to pull off." Sunset said.

"I know, i know. We can't expect this to work the first time. We should at least try to keep doing it." Rarity said.

"They'll get there, Rarity, don't push it." Aelita said.

"Right… I'm letting this get to me. But if we want to win, we need to bring our A game!" Rarity said. "Let's take it from Rainbow's entrance!"

As they were dancing to the music that was starting back up, Sunset accidently ripped the jacket Rainbow was wearing as Rarity screamed and ran off.

"Oh no! This is a disaster!" Rarity said.

"Oh...sorry Rarity." Sunset said.

"It's all right. I can fix this. I just need to hurry to the fabric store before they close." Rarity said running off with the jacket.

At the Mall, Jibanyan was eating some Chocobars, bringing the Koma brothers as they were eating ice cream.

"Yknow, its only been the first time ive been to the mall, Jibanyan. I gotta say, im more used to it." Komasan said.

"Yeah. And my favorite part...is watching Rarity panic in a dress shop." Jibanyan said. "Still even with our bad dancers. We're gonna win with our many dance styles."

"You mean like them?" Komajiro said pointing to the fountain as the four Crystal Prep girls were in different dance outfits.

"Hey wait a… those are the same styles Rarity is trying to make work. I smell a case of piggybacking. Come on!" Jibanyan said.

The Crystal Prep girls were dancing as the three noted the styles.

"Disco, Flamenco...and Street Ballet? I can't believe it! They done stole the idea for themselves." Komajiro said.

"Yeah. But they actually pull it off and not fall around." Jibanyan said.

"We can't let Rarity see this. She'll be devastated." Komasan said.

"Uh...too late brother." Komajiro said pointing to a stunned Rarity as she ran off.

Jibanyan then went in front of the girls.

"Just what do you four think you're doing?!" Jibanyan asked getting Sugarcoats attention.

"Jibanyan?! Uh… well we uh.." Soursweet jumbled.

"Soursweet decided it great since we didn't have an idea in place, that we took Rarity's idea and try to do it ourselves." Sugarcoat said.

"Sugarcoat!" Soursweet said.

"Well, we knew this was gonna happen eventually…" Lemon said rubbing her head. "Sugarcoats right, were strapped for ideas, so Soursweet thought it a great idea to piggyback off Rarity's."

"So yer havin the exact opposite problem Rarity and the others got." Komajiro summarized. "Good choreography, but no solid idea."

"Pretty much." Sugarcoat said.

"Okay, that's it. You gotta turn that video over to the girls!" Jibanyan said.

"Sorry, but no. We already submitted it." Soursweet said.

"You're gonna ruin us! Once Rarity figures out you won with her idea, we'll never live it down!" Jibanyan said. "And to think we're all on the same team now after everything that's happened."

"Yes. It's just a contest after all...now if you'll excuse us…" Soursweet said as they walked off.

"Of all the lousy…" Jibanyan said.

"And they're now with us on the team? Sometimes… I don't think anyone can change their tunes." Komasan said.

"You've got that right. Any other entries from us?" Jibanyan said.

"Well, I've heard that Lloyd and the others are making one with music from their own game. They're getting David's team's Pokemon in on it with Leia helping with the Pokemon's choreography since there were Pokemon Musicals in Unova. However… With the level of competition, I'm not sure if they'll be as good as them." Komasan said.

"Sign… come on, let's just get to the ice cream parlor. I'm sure Rarity's crying her eyeshadow off while eating a big sundae." Jibanyan said.

And lo and behold, there she was.

"I can't stand to see Rarity like this. Isn't there anything we can do?" Komajiro asked.

"Uh...I dunno." Komasan said looking at the counter. "Uh...I'll...catch up." he said walking away.

"Bro?!" Komajiro said before Komasan was taking bites off of ice cream cones.

"Should have known. He just came for the ice cream." Jibanyan said.

"It's no use, Soursweet. Why are we even still trying?" Lemon's voice said as the two saw the four in a nearby booth.

"Huh?" the two said.

"Because the deadline hasn't passed. We can still come up with an original song to replace the Sapphire Shores song we've been practicing with." Soursweet said.

"That is very unlikely." Sugarcoat said.

"Why did we tell them we already submitted the video?" Lemon asked.

"So we can still use her concept. Rarity is creative. She can think of something else. Besides, this is for our old classmates." Soursweet said.

"Yeah and if we lose, they'll blame us for not keeping the promise of a Spring Dance on a yacht and stay in the boring auditorium." Lemon said.

"So that's it. They stole because they wanna impress their classmates." Jibanyan said.

The two, nodding to each other, leaped up onto the table as Rarity joined them.

"Guess you guys heard everything, huh?" Lemon said.

"Yes. We heard but we have a proposal to make." Rarity said.

Later…

"A combination between us and Crystal Prep...we will work together and make the most amazing music video ever!" Rarity said.

"Why didn't we think of that earlier? This should've been the answer from the start!" Twilight said.

"After all this time fighting on the same side too." Lemon said. "I'll never forget that day when I stood up for the right thing with Indigo and Volt. That was the day the five of us realized what it meant to be called heroes."

"That's nice. But the deadline for the contest is tomorrow so we really should get to work." Aelita said.

"Don't worry. With their song and our choreography, we'll be having it done in no time." Lemon said. "Now let's do this!"

(Cue: Dance Magic- Equestria Girls Original Soundtrack)

[Sunset Shimmer]

I feel it stirrin' deep down inside my soul

The rhythm's taking hold, and it's about to roll

[Twilight Sparkle]

A million sparkles falling across the floor

So, DJ, give it more, it's what we're looking for

[All]

Dance the night away

All our friends right by our side

It doesn't matter what style you bring

We're about to go on that ride (Hey!)

It's dance magic, once you have it

Let your body move, step into the music

It's dance magic, and it's electric

Let your body move to the music

[Pinkie Pie]

[rapping] Doesn't matter what style you got

Just keep dancin' on that spot

Your friends like you for who you are

Dance queen, on the scene, superstar!

Crystal Prep, you got the moves

Rainboom bringin' all the grooves

Put it together and make it fit

Crystal Rainbooms, dance magic

[All]

Dance the night away

All our friends right by our side

It doesn't matter what style you bring

We're about to go on that ride (Hey!)

It's dance magic, once you have it

Let your body move, step into the music

It's dance magic, and it's electric

Let your body move to the music

Crystal Rainbooms got a style that's all our own

Dancin' nonstop, body movin' in the zone

Bring whatever style you got

'Cause the party is goin' on

It's dance magic, and it's electric

Let your body move to the music

(End Song)

"That was perfect!" Hope said.

"Yeah...and it was fun watching it on TV." Natsu said pointing to a tv in the mall as the video played.

"That's gonna be a hit in no time. And seeing how its won, I think we have the funds we need to repair the camp and let CP have the Dance they want on that Yacht." Lacy said.

"Yeah. Oh...sorry you didn't win, Lloyd. But...second place isn't so bad." Zinia said.

"I'm not that worried. They worked so hard for this. They deserve this more than anyone." Lloyd said.

"Ah, Lloyd. Always so modest." Colette said.

"And you love me for it." Lloyd said.

"Of course. You wouldn't be Lloyd otherwise." Colette said.

"Well guys, I'd say we have one great time here ahead of us." Hope said as they were unknowingly being watched from afar by a figure in the shadows.

"Yes...though you aren't the only ones." the figure said as two other figures stood by it.