Rainbow Rocks: Get Your Rock On
First off: Merry Christmas fanfiction!
Author Note: Thanks to Netflix, I recently watched Rainbow Rocks. While I did like it better than the first EG movie, I felt that it didn't have much ROCK in it considering it's called 'Rainbow Rocks.' So, I wanted to write my own alternate version of Rainbow Rocks with an all new character with his own band. Basically, it's a 'What-if' scenario where there is a third band that is awaiting its chance in the shadows and is completely underestimated by both the Dazzlings and the Rainbooms. The ending will be slightly different than the one we got.
Anyways, I hope you guys like my what if scenario/alternate version to Rainbow Rocks.
Casey Knight belongs to me. If you wish to use him, please ask permission first.
(Canterlot High. 3rd Person POV)
The final bell of the day had rung and the hallways of Canterlot High School were flooded with the student body, eager to leave school and relax after a long day. A creme yellow colored girl with pink hair carried several textbooks and a binder with her through the hallway. Turning the dial on her locker, the girl stuffed the textbooks and binder onto the shelf of her locker and grabbed her backpack. "Hello my little friends, are you doing alright?" A timid voice came from the girl's mouth. She reached into her pocket and produced some Nutter Butter bites and fed them to a rabbit, a squirrel and a chipmunk.
The girl was so preoccupied with feeding her little friends that she didn't notice a tall figure looming behind her. The figure wrapped its arms around her torso, forcing a shriek to emit from the girl. "Sorry Fluttershy," a British boy's voice apologized as Fluttershy clutched her chest, "how're your animals doing?" the boy asked and helped her back onto her feet.
"Th-they're doing fine Casey," Fluttershy replied and gathered herself back up. Casey picked up the little rabbit and lightly scratched its head, forcing its ears to droop low and its foot to start kicking. "You're still one of the few people that Angel actually likes," Fluttershy giggled.
"Well, he's nothing like your first Angel bunny," Casey scratched under the rabbit's chin, "but at least I've made new friends beyond you and your friends," Casey replied and set the bunny back into Fluttershy's arms. "I'm glad that your other friends took me in, sort of. I don't think Rainbow likes me that much to be honest," Casey admitted as he looked down the hallway to see the cyan girl in question as she mingled with other girls.
"Oh, she just likes to be protective of me. You know she took me under her wing in Junior High and she doesn't want anything bad to happen to me," Fluttershy shut her locker door and started to walk down the hallway, wading through the sea of other students.
"I understand that, but you know I have no romantic interests in you Fluttershy, you're just my best friend that's a girl," Casey grinned and adjusted the strap of his backpack.
"And don't you forget it buster," another voice broke through the the void. Casey and Fluttershy turned around to see a milk colored girl with electric purple sunglasses and multi-colored blue hair.
"Of course not babe," Casey replied and quickly pecked Vinyl Scratch on the lips.
"Ah, I'm just teasing Casey, you know I'm not the jealous type," Vinyl lightly punched her boyfriend on the shoulder. The british boy rubbed his shoulder and rolled his eyes playfully as he walked down the hallway with his best friend and girlfriend. Suddenly, the intercom crackled to life with Principal Celestia's voice coming over.
"Attention Students, Vice Principal Luna and myself have to decided to host a musical showcase, any band that wants to join, can. All you have to do is sign up at the office by Friday at 3:00 and have your own poster with your band name or logo, we hope to hear some of the best musical talents join in," the intercom shut off. The trio were enjoying the current silence of the hallway, until it erupted with enthusiasm and excitement.
"Yo Snips, we should totally do our rap thing!" Snails shook his body excitedly.
"Lyra, do you want to tear up the piano like old times?" Bon Bon questioned.
"YEAH!" Bulk Biceps took out his violin and held it up like a trophy. Fluttershy, Vinyl and Casey all shook their heads at the ruckus that had blown up thanks to the principal and vice principal.
"You and Vinyl should sign up Casey!" Fluttershy thought up as the chaos in the halls resumed. The couple looked at each other and snickered at the meek girl's suggestion. Fluttershy's shoulders drooped, confused as to why her friends were snickering.
"We'd like to Fluttershy," Vinyl held Fluttershy's shoulder, "but we'd like to have at least a full band. I'm only used for the keyboard and the backbeat, and Casey here is the singer and lead guitarist," she explained.
"Yeah, we still need a bassist and someone or the drum kit, possibly a second guitarist like Def Leppard" Casey added, "and we don't see three other students lining up to join our "band" that we don't even have a name for," he concluded as they rounded a corner and bumped into Fluttershy's other friends.
"Fluttershy, there you are!" Rainbow exclaimed and grabbed her wrist, "come on, we gotta sign up and start practicing for the Showcase!" the teenager yanked Fluttershy away. "The Rainbooms are gonna rock the school!" Casey couldn't contain himself and started laughing at Rainbow's enthusiasm.
"What's so funny there partner?" Applejack raised an eyebrow.
"Did somebody make a joke? I missed it, tell it again!" Pinkie Pie begged.
"Please, you guys can't rock if all you play is Pop music," Casey chuckled.
"Sorry girls, but I gotta agree with him," Vinyl apologized, "pop music isn't the same as rock and roll." Rainbow relinquished Fluttershy's wrist and glared down at Vinyl with her hands on her hips.
"Says the girl who likes to play dub step music," she pointed out.
"Yeah so? I can be DJ-Pon3 whenever I want to; I'm Vinyl when I'm rocking out with Casey," Vinyl explained to Rainbow.
"Now darlings, we don't have to lower ourselves to petty insults, pop music and, ugh, rock and roll are both very excellent genres of music, can't we get along?" Rarity questioned, attempting to ease the little tension that began to brew.
"Pop is okay, but Rock and Roll is the greatest music genre ever made," Casey replied.
"Yeah right Knight," Rainbow called Casey by his last night, "you and your girlfriend don't even have a real band, and even if you did, the Rainbooms would totally wipe the floor with your butts," Rainbow smugly proclaimed.
"Well, you can think that, but good luck to ya in the showcase Rainbooms, and rock that tambourine Fluttershy!" Casey whisked Vinyl away to leave the school. Rainbow growled at Casey and Vinyl as they left and turned around to face her friends.
"Fluttershy, why do you even hang out with that guy? He's a total music know-it-all," Rainbow complained.
"Oh, he just likes classic rock Rainbow," Fluttershy explained, "but he's a nice guy once you really get to know him. You might like him, he is a lot like you," Fluttershy added.
"Whatever, rock is a dying breed, pop is the new king of music," Rainbow replied and slipped her backpack over her shoulder. "Meet me at my house at 5:00, we need to start practicing, and I'll sign us up, Rarity, you start thinking of poster ideas," the athletic girl ordered her friends as she exited the school.
"So, is anyone going to tell me the joke, I still didn't get it," Pinkie Pie blurted out.
(With Casey and Vinyl)
The two hadn't left the school just yet. Casey had sat down on a concrete bench outside the courtyard of the school while Vinyl slid on one headphone cup over her left ear so she could hear her boyfriend. "Don't worry Vinyl, they didn't get to me," Casey chewed on his eraser.
"Oh I know Casey, but don't you wanna sign up? With my backbeat, your singing and awesome guitar solos, I think we could rock the showcase," Vinyl played with his ear. Casey smirked and continued to doodle on his journal page, coming up with not only a band logo, but a name as well.
"I wouldn't mind it, but I'd rather have a full band, no offense to you babe," Casey reassured Vinyl.
"Eh, I get what you're sayin' Casey, but where are we gonna find two or three other people who'll want to join a band with no name?" The DJ replied and switched songs on her iPhone. Casey gasped and started to scribble something down on one of his doodles and grinned like the Joker.
"I don't know about other members, but I think I found us a name Vinyl," Casey shoved his notebook into Viny's face.
"That's rad Casey, but where'd you come up with it?" Vinyl handed the notebook back to her boyfriend where he shoved it into his backpack. Before he answered, he gathered up the balled up pieces of paper that fell out of his backpack and threw them into the nearby rubbish bin.
"It was the original name for Def Leppard's fourth album before calling it Hysteria," Casey replied and swung his backpack around his shoulder. "Wanna grab a coffee at Starbucks real quick?" He offered.
"Nah, I'm gonna go home and work on my keyboarding," Vinyl responded and kissed Casey on the lips. "See ya around Loverboy, text me later tonight," Vinyl took off her sunglasses and winked at Casey with her magenta eyes. She put her headphones on completely and turned up the volume to drown out the street traffic.
"See ya around babe," the Brit replied and turned heels to make way for the local Starbucks. While walking, Casey couldn't help but think of his dream to be one of the greatest rock stars in the world with his girlfriend. Def Leppard had always been his favorite band, being a British to boot, and had always been an inspiration of never giving up, no matter what obstacle got in their way. However, he did have an obstacle standing in his way. "Who else can we recruit for our band?" He asked himself and ran a hand through his jet black hair.
The cool evening air felt like heaven to him as a slight breeze bustled through the air. Rounding a street corner, Casey kept thinking of which songs they could play for the showcase, having written numerous hard rock to metal songs, choosing only three, maybe four at the max, wouldn't be an easy feat. But, the guitarist shoved those thoughts back into his mind as he came upon the location he was looking for. Once he got closer to the coffee shop however, the distinct sound of three familiar voices penetrated the airwaves.
"Ah can't believe our sisters are too busy ta give us pointers on music," a southern accented voice complained. Casey turned around to see the younger sisters of Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Rarity slowly walking down the street.
"Yeah, I know they're a full time band now, but they could at least help us get better, remember how bad our first music video did on WeToob?" Sweetie Belle replied. A streetlight above Casey's head turned on immediately, just at the same time he came up with an idea.
"We can rock pretty good, we just could use a little direction. My drumming is awesome, your bass playing is getting there Sweetie Belle," Scootaloo pointed out, "and your guitar playing is almost as good as Rainbow Dash's Applebloom," the little orange girl exclaimed.
"We could try and sign up fer the Musical Showcase, I mean we aren't that bad, are we?" Applebloom replied, "Ah think we could do okay."
"But we need a lead singer too, I won't be afraid to admit none of us could multi-task like that," Scootaloo added. Casey smiled and approached the trio, his idea finally coming to fruition.
"Hey girls, can I get you all a cup of hot chocolate or something?" Casey questioned. The trio turned their heads to see the British guitarist heading their way.
"Oh hey Casey, uh sure, we could go for some hot chocolate," Sweetie Belle replied. Casey held the door open for the three as they all entered the coffee shop and ordered their drinks. After finding a table, Casey laid down his idea for the three.
"Now look, I know we're somewhat good friends right?" He sipped his coffee.
"Yeah I guess. You help us with homework sometimes and you did get Diamond Tiara to stop harassing us," Scootaloo ate some whipped cream off her cocoa with a spoon.
"Right, so I have a proposition for you, how would you girls like to join Vinyl Scratch and myself in our band for the musical showcase?" Casey set down his coffee cup. Scootaloo, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle's spoons clattered to the table in shock.
"You want us to join you and Vinyl? Why?" Sweetie Belle questioned. Casey added some sugar to his coffee quickly before responding.
"Well, I have the guitar and lead vocals locked up, and Vinyl has the keyboard; we just need a bassist, a drummer and a second guitarist for our songs," Casey explained. "And I heard your predicament outside, I'm willing to help you guys in the right direction if you really want to start a music career, or if you just want to do this for fun."
"Ah don't know Casey, we did wanna try this ourselves," Applebloom wiped some whipped cream off the table.
"You don't have to if you don't want to, it was just an idea," Casey downed some more of his coffee. "And it's not because I want to show off or beat your sister's band, I just want to have fun playing music, like all Rock 'N Roll bands of the past."
"Hold on Applebloom, this may be a good chance to show our sisters we do have what it takes to be good rock stars," Scootaloo excitedly said.
"Right, and who knows, we may be better than them!" Sweetie Belle added.
"Hold on there girls, we don't want to show off to anybody, we just want rock out," Casey assured them. The three girls huddled together and hid their mounts so Casey couldn't hear what they were saying. Casey just sipped his coffee and drummed his fingers on the table while the girls talked things over.
"Okay Casey, we'll do it," Scootaloo said after breaking the huddle with Sweetie Belle and Applebloom.
"Awesome! Show up at Vinyl's after school tomorrow, she has all the instruments you'll need, do you think you can learn half a dozen songs by Friday?" Casey questioned and set his now empty coffee cup down.
"You got it, but keep this a secret from Fluttershy, she'll tell our sisters and the surprise'll be ruined," Applebloom requested.
"Alright, so I'll see you three tomorrow at Vinyl's?" Casey asked and tossed his cup into the garbage.
"Yep, see ya later Casey!" Scootaloo called as Casey held the door open again. "Oh, excuse us," Scootaloo added when three teenage girls entered the coffee shop. Casey shut the door as the three girls were inside and then began his trek home.
"Geez Aadagio, are we really going to drink at this coffee shop again? The one on fifth street plays music!" One of the girls said.
"Will you stop complaining for five seconds Aria? We have work to do," the apparent pack leader said and all three began to softly chant.
(Cut to Opening Credits.)
A song started up as the screen faded to black. Suddenly, a rainbow of colors showered the screen as silhouettes of the characters from the previous film showed up on the background of colors.
[The Rainbooms]
We used to fight with each other
(Oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh)
That was before we discovered
(Oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh)
That when your friendship is real
(Oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh)
Yeah, you just say what you feel
And the music, yeah, the music
Gets us to the top
As we learn how the rainbow...
Rainbow Rocks!
A giant logo with the words "Rainbow Rocks" appeared as the beat from the drums pulsated many colors in the background. Suddenly, the words 'Long Live Rock 'N Roll' smashed the logo for Rainbow Rocks.
[Applejack]
You can pick up the bass
Starring: Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle
[The Rainbooms]
(Oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh)
[Rainbow Dash]
And you can play the guitar
Ashleigh Ball as Rainbow Dash and Applejack
[The Rainbooms]
(Oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh)
[Pinkie Pie]
You can bang on the drums
Andrea Libman as Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy
[The Rainbooms]
(Oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh)
[Twilight Sparkle]
Or you can sing like a star
Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity
[The Rainbooms]
And the music, yeah, the music
Gets us to the top
Cathy Weseluck as Spike
As we learn how the rainbow...
Rainbow Rocks!
Rebecca Shoichet as Sunset Shimmer
As we learn how the rainbow...
Rainbow Rocks!
Maryke Hendrikse as Sonata Dusk
Diana Kaarina as Ara Blaze
Kazume Evans as Adagio Dazzle
The screen flashed by all the different members of both The Rainbooms and the Dazzlings when suddenly, the music ceased and the screen shattered to reveal a third band waiting in the shadows. A tall male figure stood at the front of the group of four females, a portable microphone strapped to his head and a guitar held in his hands. The music restarted, but instead was playing the guitar riff from 'Pour Some Sugar on Me.'
Pour some sugar on me
Guest Starring: Rick Savage as Casey Knight The camera panned around to the girl near the back with a keyboard standing in front of her.
Ooh, in the name of love
Ann Wilson as Vinyl Scratch The camera panned around again, this time to show the silhouette of the drummer.
Pour some sugar on me
Madeleine Peters as Scootaloo The camera then switched to show the second guitarist standing next to the lead singer
C'mon, fire me up
Michelle Creber as Applebloom The camera panned around a final time to show the bassist for the band.
Pour your sugar on me
Claire Corlett as Sweetie Belle
Oh, I can't get enough
The guitar riff ended just as The Rainbooms and Dazzlings reappeared next to the mysterious third band and the screen faded to black again.
End Chapter 1
So, what do you guys think? Do you like my alternate version? Please review and tell me, just no flames. Constructive criticism is welcome.
I do not own, Rainbow Rocks or Pour Some sugar on me
Explanations:
1) Rick Savage is the bass player for Def Leppard
2) Ann Wilson is the lead singer of Heart