Chapter 29: Contestation Amounts Inside

"WHAM!". A wild Sticks the Badger jumped in the air of the cafeteria, Amy, Cream and Chris Thorndyke with her as the badger steered clear of Lola after what had happened with her. The 12th member had no intentions on talking to her as the time passes by, but the bunny was hesitant of the nature of the mobian badger. Sticks currently had her staff in her disposal. "I slapped 'em with my stick in tow, my swordhand proudly admires me so!".

"That is how you managed to take down Eggman all by yourself?". Chris, sat at the wall behind Amy and Cream asked, the Dorm 12 student making sure of her story.

"Tell me, does an average wild jungle nut like me have any associations with a tech-savvy plant like Eggman? You only met him on a few occasions".

"Back in Central City, right?".

Sticks paused and gently rolled her eyes.

"Moving on...". The badger walked back to the table. The pink hedgehog soon saw the badger in her concerning look and knew that something was wrong? Why wasn't she spending more time with the Harmonizers like she always does? Granted, Sticks does hang out with her mobian friends and Chris from time to time, but Dorm 49 was her prime hotspot of activity in someplace that wasn't her own dorm or the Sanctuary Garden with students like Wallflower or Brandy.

"Can I address the elephant in the room?". Amy started to speak.

"Who? Me? But we're best friends!".

"No! No! No! I'm talking about someone in this academy. I see it in your eyes you are hurt over something. What is it?".

Sticks soon grew angry over the issue surrounding the can opener.

"Lola was the reason why I'm spending more time with you guys! You didn't get to see what she did to me!".

"What was it?". Cream spoke.

"She placed a can opener on my totem shrine, where I don't think about government conspiracies making me go cuckoo every single day!".

Amy rolled her eyes.

"The can openers? Of course".

"They give me the creeps just hearing those words, man!". The badger entered her frenzy. "I can't have a good time in this god forsaken place without a can opener greeting me wherever I go! Things like that just tick me off!".

"Where's Lola now that she's out of your sight, Miss Sticks?". Cream responded kindly, catching the 12th member's attention.

"Probably gone to worship her government cabal!".

Amy, Cream and Chris looked at her with a blank face, not understanding Sticks' improved vocabulary made possible by the girl that she fought with.

"She has minds in the back of her head!". Sticks further added, crazy as she always was.

"Everybody has minds in the back of their heads, Sticks". Amy answered, vaguely.

"Why don't you spend some time with us". Chris suggested. "Tikal and Marine haven't seen you in a long time".

"Mister Chris, are you sure mentioning Marine in front of Sticks is a good idea?". The rabbit turned to him.

"I got used to Marine's attempt to sniff at me during class. That mildly sets my alarm bells to overdrive". The badger exited her frenzy beforehand.

"That explains why you're tame as the years pass". Amy clarified as she turned to the badger, still stood up. "Marine's constant attempts to notice you gave way and you accepted it as normal academy life".

"She kept callin' me senpai, but I digress". The badger shrugged and she sat down at the table next to Chris with her orange soda in tow. She moved onto another subject afterwards. "Do you guys wanna try out my Archery Range when we're all set?".

"I already tried the range out when you was in Biology class that one time". Amy explained. "But I don't suppose Cream and Chris could play too".

"The range might be too high for me to aim. I have to manually fly with my ears to shoot the targets". The gentle six year old explained.

"That's the problem. You do the same, but then there's Cream with the flying type stuck to her name. Not that it offends me or anything". Sticks added. "Take me for example, I run the Speed type primarily, but I also fill in for the Power type".

"A prominent Team Rose composition, if I do say so myself. Unless Big is willing to join us again, you, Blaze or Vector is our replacement!". The pink hedgehog winked at her best friend from Bygone Island. This made Sticks smile, telling her that she had other best friends to tender to. It wasn't just about the Harmonizers when it wasn't about them, but other students who had similar interests and the odd conspiracy theories that Sticks kindly filled in for.


Rarity, Applejack and Lola were walking in the Canterlot City's downtown district toward Carousel Boutique. It was Lola's second visit to the city in days, after she directed DJ Candy to an alternative option for her sound-check. That was with Sticks, who she sees as a betrayer in the aftermath of the can opener thing. Did she really do this to her? She couldn't tell the differences. The 7th member was walking at the back of their little faction of three with Applejack not far in front of her.

"Everytime I try and walk through the academy when Sticks is there, I feel a sense of unnerve from my senses. This is concurrent since she yelled at me". Lola explained.

"This didn't concern you from the moment you signed up to be a student at the academy, when she was still unknown from the rest of the student body?". The farm girl responded.

"Since we met in the Christmas holidays of 2014, she was a good pal of mine, a comfortable and yet, energizing asset of the family. Taking that apart from me gives me the impression that I have to watch my step. Because when she's angry, boy does she get angry".

"We can talk more about this at Rarity's boutique, Lola". Applejack smiled before turning to Rarity. "Am I right, partner?".

"You most certainly are, darling".

"See? It's no worries! Me and Rare go a long way back. You have problems fading away once I team up with your strongest bond to help bring the hope you've lost from Sticks!".

"I'll see... I'm not promising what I expect to truly happen though. We'll enter the boutique, organize some stuff, then we'll talk once we've made our customers happy".

"Now that's what I'm talking about!". Applejack concluded as the three girls were catching sights on Carousel Boutique. This was it - a chance to prove Lola that she can temporarily be happy and forget the occurrence between her and Sticks. But it wasn't going to be easy fixing it.


That's the end of this chapter. Both Lola and Sticks finding alternative plans to ease them after the dispute between the two, with the latter hanging out with Amy, Cream, Chris and the rest of the mobian crew. What will happen next? Read on to find out. Please review.