It is a peaceful day in the human world version of Equestria. A world where, instead of mystical creatures such as ponies, griffins, zebras, and dragons reside, it is their human or animal selves that live in the world they call home.
This world is also the home of seven teenage girls who are magical heroes that protect the world from magical chaos and evil villains: Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy.
Oh yeah, and let's not forget their talking canine sidekick: Spike.
Yes sir. Today is starting out peacefully. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and there are even some dogs chasing a squirrel up a tree.
Everything is quiet, until...
"UUUUUUUUUUGGHH!" someone screams angrily.
That scream of anger is so loud, it's enough to make the dogs abandon their squirrel chasing, and the birds cut their singing practice short.
Who'd make a scream that would ruin such a beautiful day as this?!
Well, let's find out.
The scream has come from inside of a house, where a frustrated girl seems to be having some kind of trouble. She's Sunset Shimmer, and it looks like she's having some trouble with her computer, as when she tries to type something in, she keeps getting a message saying, "Sorry. Your request is invalid."
"Oh! Come on! Why won't you work?!" Sunset Shimmer yells at the computer.
She feels very agitated. Ever since last night, her computer hasn't been processing anything she typed. She's also stuck on the same page, unable to move to the next part. She's been trying to use it so that she can complete her history test for school, but so far, her computer is preventing her from finishing, even while she's so close. When it happened last night, she at first thought that everything would be alright in the morning. But she thought wrong. Now, she has been sitting here for what felt like an hour, and still her computer won't work.
As a last resort, she repeatedly types the letter 'g' out of frustration. Then, a slight miracle happens when a large number of the letter she is typing appears on the screen. She gasps when seeing that finally, her computer is giving off some activity. She smiles, knowing that her computer is finally working, and relaxes in her chair with her hands behind her head, even though the letter 'g' kept coming on the screen.
But suddenly, her computer does another thing that's extremely unexpecting. Her computer screen all of a sudden turns a bright green. The light of the color is bright enough to shine around her room, but not enough to make her cover her eyes or squint.
"Huh? What the heck?" Sunset Shimmer says in confusion at the sight.
Then, without warning, the computer shuts itself down, with the screen ending with a little light green dot before it disappears, leaving a light dinging sound before it becomes completely black.
That means...her computer has stopped working!
Sunset is dumbfounded. Her mouth agape from the events that just transpired.
Unable to know what to do now, the best she can think of is to shake her computer to try getting it to work again.
"Oh no no no! Come on, please don't quit on me now! Please!" Sunset shouts while desperately shaking her computer.
Finally, with a head slam on her desk, Sunset gives up on her fruitless efforts to bring her computer back to life.
What is she going to do now?! Her history test is due on Friday and she has a lot to do in order to pass?! Who can help her with such a thing like this? Who can she turn to?
Then, a thought hits her, and when it does a smile comes on because she just figured out who she can turn to for help and guidance.
"Of course," Sunset says to herself, "I'll call my friends. I'm sure they can help me with my problem."
Right away, she picks up her cell phone from her pocket, and texts each and every one of the friends she has. Help is on the way.
Thirty minutes later...
Sunset is outside on her lawn, anxiously waiting for her friends to come after texting them to come over right away. As she waits, she is tapping her right foot on the ground, her fingers are twitching uncomfortably, and she bites her lip as she keeps waiting for the rest of the gang, everything being because of anxiety from the events that have happened with her computer this morning.
"Oh, where are they? I hope they got my text." Sunset anxiously says to herself as she looks at her phone again.
"We did, Sunset!" a high-pitched and bubbly voice suddenly says from beside her.
"Huh?"
To see where the voice has come from, Sunset turns around to find the smiling face of a girl beside her.
"Ah!" she screams before jumping in fright.
She's immediately surprised. One of her friends is here already, and without her even knowing it too. It's Pinkie Pie. Now normally, Pinkie popping out of nowhere is really not shocking to her, but, what really surprises Sunset is that she's upside down, and off the ground too.
"Hey Sunset," Pinkie greets with a wave of her hand.
"Hey Pinkie," Sunset greets back, "H-How are you-"
"Upside down!" Pinkie says for her with a giggle, "It's all thanks to my Super-Duper Flying Party Machine, for when I want to get to my friends or a party I'm throwing super-duper fast."
Sunset looks above Pinkie to see what she's talking about, and finds that Pinkie is telling the truth. She is using a flying machine that looks like a cupcake, using the landing bars to hang with her feet.
With no problem, Pinkie uses her feet to swing up in the air, and land on the seat of her flying machine. She presses a small yellow button that commands the machine to land on the ground and stop working. After that, she gets off of the seat of her machine.
"I was only trying it out really, so the others aren't far behind," Pinkie tells Sunset.
"Sunset!" another voice calls out.
Turning their attention to the direction of the voice, Sunset and Pinkie spot Twilight Sparkle, Spike the Dog, Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy quickly heading their way, all of them coming at Sunset's request of needing help immediately.
"We came as quickly as we could," Twilight told Susnet.
"Whatever is the matter, darling?" Rarity asks with concern. "Are you having a dress problem?"
"Is Ray not feeling well?" Fluttershy asks with worry.
"Is there something from Equestria that needs to be taken out?" Rainbow Dash asks with concern.
"Do you have a squirrel problem?" Spike asks while wagging his tail.
"Do you need frosting for your cupcakes?!" Pinkie asks with an anxious gasp.
Sunset's friends (save Applejack) start to talk at the same time, each wanting to know what it is that Sunset needs them for. Much to Sunset's fears, she can't understand a word that they're saying. But lucky for everyone, Applejack decides to calm things down by getting everyone's attention.
"Now hold on ya'll," she says.
With that, everyone turns their heads in attention.
Applejack walks up to Sunset, and places a hand on her shoulder.
"Sunset. What's wrong? Whatever it is we're here for ya," Applejack assures.
Sunset sighs, glad that Applejack has asked the right question for the situation.
"It's hard to tell you all about it in words," Sunset told them, "But come inside and I'll show you why I called you all to come over here."
She motions for them to follow her into her house, and they all follow.
A minute later…
"Well, here it is. The reason I called you all here, and the problem I'm having," Sunset says while showing her friends the computer.
Her friends look at the computer that she is showing them. But the moment they look at it, the more confused each of them become, as they don't know what the problem is concerning a large piece of technology like that. Especially since it looks like nothing is wrong.
For a moment, none of them really know what to say, until Rarity is the first to break the ice.
"Um, Sunset, not to be too blunt or anything, but…"
"What's wrong with that there computer, exactly?" Applejack interrupts.
Sunset is silent for a moment before answering. To her, telling them what she's showing them will be very painful, but, it's the least she can do.
"I don't know exactly what's wrong with it, but, all I can say is that it's broken." she tells them.
"Broken? Why is it broken?" Fluttershy asks.
"Last night, I was trying to complete my history test for school this Friday. But when I tried to use it, it literally didn't cooperate with me at all. It wouldn't work right. So, I decided to wait until this morning to work on my homework since I thought it would be okay by now."
"I take it waiting until morning didn't work, then. Huh?" Rainbow Dash said.
"No. It didn't. All morning, it hasn't been taking any of my commands or my requests. It wouldn't even do any kind of activity to help me complete my test. But the worst part is, it suddenly blacked out after the screen turned bright green, and it won't turn back on."
While she says that, her frustration about her computer becomes apparent to her friends, as they can see the stress that is building up on her face. But Sunset composes herself by taking a deep breath, her signs of stress disappearing as she breathes.
"So that's why I called you all here," she tells them, "I need your help. I don't know how I can fix it and I really want to complete my homework."
"Sunset, of course we'll help you," Rarity tells her, "But, don't you have a laptop or something that you can use instead?"
"I do. I normally use it for when I'm out of the house or if there's a situation like this one here. But, I want to see if this computer can be fixed before doing that."
"Ah, well, that's certainly understandable."
"Twilight. You're an expert on computers and all that kinda stuff, right?" Applejack asked.
"Of course." Twilight responds.
"Can you fix it?"
"I wish I could, but I can't. This computer is one of the very old versions that was made years ago and went out of stock because of the current versions. I know a lot about laptops and all sorts of present technology, but not ones like these."
"Aw come on, Twilight," Spike says, "I'm sure this computer is no different than the one at your house."
As soon as he says that, Spike goes over to the back of the computer to investigate it in order to see if anything back there is the cause of Sunset's problems. He starts to mess with some wires to see if that would help get the computer back into shape, much to the concern of the girls. He tangles some wires with his paws, and also grabs one of them with his mouth before speaking with his mouth full.
"I mean, really, all you gotta do is just do a little this and that around here, and..."
But before he can finish his sentence, the wires in his mouth shock him with electricity, causing him to shake all over while making noises, and the electricity to shine on his fur.
The commotion causes the girls to rush straight to where Spike is and gape in shock with their eyes wide. When they see what is happening to him, they're straight out frightened for his safety. They keep watching until finally the electricity stops and Spike plops on his belly onto the ground with his tongue lolling out of his mouth.
"Spike!" Twilight shouts with worry.
Right away, Twilight picks her dog up off of the ground and cradles him like a baby. The rest of the girls gather around, hoping that nothing extremely awful happened to him.
"Spikey-Wikey! Are you alright?!" Rarity shouts with concern.
When there is almost no response from the dog, Rarity leans closer to him, and pets his belly to see if that can give any kind of reaction from him. A reaction comes when one of his back legs twitches at the feeling of being petted.
Spike shakes his head to come back to reality, and blinks like he has just taken a nap. When his eyes clear of any kind of blur obscuring his vision, he finds himself looking into the eyes and face of Rarity, his heart skipping a beat and his tail wagging because he has never seen Rarity this close like this.
"Are you alright?" Rarity asked.
"It's okay, Rarity. I'm alright." He responds to her.
Spike's eyes form into hearts, revealing that he is now very love struck by Rarity.
Rarity and the others smile, knowing now that Spike is okay. But the attention of everyone is drawn back to the computer, and their smiles disappear.
"Now I definitely know I can't fix it." Twilight says.
"That's understandable." Rainbow speaks up.
"Then what are we going to do? How can my computer be fixed if neither of us can fix it ourselves?" Sunset Shimmer asks.
"Um, I think I may have-" Fluttershy softly speaks.
"Obviously we're going to need an expert on these kind of doohickies to help us." Applejack interrupts.
"Yes, we do, and I-" Fluttershy says softly.
"But who are we going to find? We really don't know anyone who can help us, and we don't have any connections either." Rarity interrupts.
"Which is why I think I know-" Fluttershy says quietly.
"Oh! Oh! I know someone! I know someone!" Pinkie shouts.
When Pinkie says that, everyone's attention immediately directs to her. Even Fluttershy's attention despite trying to say something to her friends.
"Really, Pinkie? Who?" Sunset asks.
Hearing Sunset's question, Pinkie puts her hand inside her poofy hair, and digs into it as if she is looking for something. She smiles with her mouth agape when she finds what she's looking for. She pulls it out to show everyone what it is. It's a white business card that contains a phone number and company name. Seeing the card, Sunset walks over to Pinkie to get a closer look, and Pinkie hands it to her so that she can look for herself.
"Quick Fix's House and Electricity Fixer-Uppers Inc.," she reads, "Where did you get this, Pinkie?"
"Weeeeeell. A while back, while my granny was visiting my place, my Dad was trying to fix my house's wire compartment because all week and every night at 8 p.m, the power would for some reason go out for a short time. But he couldn't fix it himself, soooo, my granny gave him this card to call Mr. Quick-Fix for help, and he sent someone down right away." Pinkie told them.
Everyone else, except for Fluttershy, blinks in response to what Pinkie has just told them, deeply fascinated by the fact that she knows someone who can help. Fluttershy just looks away for a little bit while speaking softly about something to herself.
"That's who I was going to suggest."
No one else is paying attention to her of course.
"What happened after that, Pinkie?" Twilight asked.
"Well, after the repair guy fixed the compartment, everything went back to normal, and we got to make tons of rock soup after that. Quick-Fix's repair shop really helped us out, and they never fail in a task."
Everyone is astonished. They never thought that Pinkie would have a business card to a place that's so successful, and that the computer could be fixed with no problem.
"Wow. Pinkie, you're a genius," Sunset thanks her with a smile.
"Thanks," she responds, "Wait? Don't geniuses normally wear hats or glasses?"
In response to Pinkie's question, the other girls laugh at how funny the question is and Pinkie asking that.
"Okay, so with Mr. Quick-Fix in mind, all we gotta do now is call him, ask him to send somebody down to fix this broken-down dinosaur here, and he'll send someone here to help us." Rainbow Dash says.
"Dash is right. It's not like we have a choice anyway since his company is the only one we have a connection to." Applejack says.
Sunset smiles at the plan that is building up around them, especially with Rainbow, Pinkie, and Applejack being the first to build it.
"It's the perfect plan. His company obviously has professionals, and that's what we need for my computer problem." Sunset says.
"I second the motion." Rarity says with her hand raised.
"Me too." Fluttershy says in a clear voice.
"I'm not sure if dogs can vote or have a say in these kind of situations, but, I'm definitely up for that solution." Spike says, before he scratches his ear.
All attention is turned to Twilight, who has yet to say anything in agreement or disagreement about hiring someone from Quick-Fix's House and Electricity Fixer-Uppers Inc.
Twilight takes a moment to think about the solution that everyone else is agreeing with so far. Using a calculator to calculate the probability of the flaws and mends of it all, she deducts that it is the most ideal idea that they have. She smiles, knowing that their solution cannot fail.
"According to my calculations, the current notion that we have come up with just now is the best one we have and can do without a problem. So I say, let's go for it."
The other girls cheer, knowing that Twilight is also in agreement on how to go about their computer problem, and that everyone is on the same page.
"So we're all in agreement then. We call Quick-Fix and he'll send someone to my house to help us out." Sunset says.
"Right!" the others shout in response.
But talking no longer becomes the only sound in the room. Out of nowhere, a loud growling sound comes out of nowhere. It's coming from each of the girls' stomachs, and they take notice of that right away. Spike's stomach growls as well. Apparently all the excitement has made them hungry. It doesn't take long for everyone's stomachs to stop growling.
"Uh, how about we grab a bite to eat first?" Spike asked.
Everyone looks at each other, realizing that they each need some lunch before they ever get started on calling the repairman.
"Come on, let's go grab some lunch. I have plenty of food downstairs." Sunset says.
"Good idea. Can't call them on an empty stomach." Applejack agrees.
"Yay." the others agree.
And with that, everyone goes downstairs to grab some grub. But little do they know, that there is going to be more than a broken computer heading their way.