Hello, fellow readers! Welcome back! Last day before renovations, what's on the menu?
TheBeatles211: Thanks! I'm glad you liked those, I tried to keep it with characters that compliments their own strengths into one.
hnh058513: Really? I can see it.
All right, people! Let's do this!
Epilogue: The Past isn't Today
Adagio stirred awake as her surroundings were out of focus, seeing a pair of boots walk over to where she was. She recognized the boots and remembered what happened earlier as she hears Sunset's voice.
"Your gems shattered, which means your powers are gone too." Her statement immediately got Adagio's attention.
Aria and Sonata were waking up now as she looks at the ground in front of her, confirming her fears. The gems were now nothing but fragments, voided of any magic they obtained.
"No, no, nononono..." Adagio scrambled to get the fragments, hoping that they may still work.
Aria and Sonata sees their own shattered gems and collects their shards as Adagio got up to her feet, seeing Sunset's group look at them with an indifferent expression.
"Even if you still have magic, your true forms are gone. There's no need to continue this." Yu had a good point.
"...We don't need your pity." Adagio growled as the other two stood by her side.
The three then tried to sing once more, only to hear themselves severely off-key.
[The Dazzlings]
We will be... adored...
The group and the crowd wince at their voices, the three stopping soon after.
"It seems that your voices were artificial all this time." Joker commented, "The Sirens from our world were natural singers."
Adagio looked like she was about to lash out, only to take a couple of deep breaths before straightening her dress. "I'm fine, I'm cool, I'm fine." She muttered to herself.
"We lived with the gems as apart of ourselves. We never sang without them." Aria explained.
"And now we have nothing!" Sonata wailed, practically crying into her hands now.
The group were caught off guard by this. Before, they were manipulative and caused conflict whenever they could. Now, they were just normal girls.
"Stop, Sonata. Not in front of them." If that wasn't enough, Adagio spoke calmly to her as she placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah, we won't give them the satisfaction." Aria muttered, wiping away a tear that was about to form.
"Come on, let's go. While we still have some dignity." Adagio said.
The group only looked on as the three walked off the stage. It was silent as they watched them go before hearing a familiar voice.
"Guys!" They turned to see Flash come up onto the stage, "That was awesome!"
He raised his hands up for high fives, which he got from Yu all the way to Sunset and even Spike and Mona.
"Now that they are powerless, everyone that was under the spell should be back to normal." Twilight recalls what was said in the history book back in her world.
"Spell? Was that what they were doing?" Flash was unaware on what they were saying.
"Yeah. Their singing made the school act all cuckoo!" Pinkie summarized for him.
"That explains why everything was just a blur until now." Flash couldn't remember what he did yesterday.
Suddenly, Trixie appeared in between Twilight and Sunset. "You may have vanquished the Dazzlings, but you will never have the showstopping ability of the Great and Powerful Trixie!"
After her declaration, she threw a smoke bomb on the ground, making a smoke cloud surround the group for a moment before dispersing. Pinkie was the first to notice her disappearance.
"She's gone!" Sounding like deja vu, Joker sees Trixie running up the stairs in the bleachers. "There she is."
The group watched as she jumped onto the wall at the top, only to lose her balance and fell. "Trixie is okay." They heard her call out.
"You know, since Twilight is gonna go back home soon, that leaves a spot open in our band." Rainbow brought up, mainly towards Sunset.
Sunset smiles at that before seeing a lone guitar leaning on one of the speakers. The smile turning into a smirk, she walks over and picks it up, strap over her shoulder before swiftly playing a sweet riff. Upon finishing it, she stood straight with her smile back.
"I also play guitar." She simply said.
The group were surprised and impressed as Flash spoke, "I see you still got it."
"Whoa... that was awesome!" Rainbow complimented as she puts her arm over Sunset's shoulder, "Welcome to the band."
The other girls then gave her a group hug, with Spike hugging Rarity's leg, as the guys took that moment to recuperate. Joker reverted back to Ren as Yu simply puts his glasses away with Mona still in his bipedal form when they heard a cheer from somewhere in the crowd.
"Rainbooms rock! YEAH!"
Next thing they knew, the crowd was giving them a roaring round of applause for their performance. The group looked on in amazement with Flash joining in with a smile on his face, "You guys deserve it."
The girls smiled at that as Yu and Ren chuckled to themselves when the crowd transitions to a chant, "Encore! Encore! Encore!"
The surprises never end as Flash spoke their thoughts, "They still want more?"
"Could you blame them? They just saw a magic duel with music!" Mona had a good point, "How about it, girls?"
They looked at each other as they pondered the question, "Might as well give them what they want." Rainbow was the first to answer before looking at Sunset, "How's this for your first show?"
"R-Really? This is happening so fast." Sunset wasn't wrong about that.
"If you can make a comeback like earlier, then you got this." Applejack reassured.
Rainbow then checked a mic to make sure it works before speaking into it, "You guys want an encore!?"
The crowd screamed in approval as Rarity then turned to Yu and Ren, "Do you two want to join us this time?"
"Well, the night is still young." Ren simply answered.
"Sounds like fun." Yu didn't see why not.
"Hey, Fluttershy. I know I promised your song for the finale, but is it possible that you wrote more than one?" Rainbow was curious about how many she has without her knowing.
"I may have written a little bit more..." Fluttershy was being a bit vague with her answer.
As they were getting their equipment from Vinyl set up on stage, Rarity was making outfits for Yu and Ren along with Mona. They were impressed by the fact she is able to make attire in such a short time, mainly since she got their measurements from before. Only a few minutes passed before they wore the final product of her work.
Ren wore a red-buttoned black blazer left open with the sleeves rolled up over a black shirt, red plaid trousers with a red rag sticking out of the right side pocket, red gloves, and red shoes with the finishing touch of black and red headphones around his neck.
Yu wore an outfit that resembled his school uniform from Yasogami High, wearing a black jacket with the sleeves rolled up over a white collared shirt and a yellow bandanna wrapped around his right sleeve, black pants and gray shoes with yellow laces. He also had the finishing touch of yellow headphones around his neck.
Mona still had his Thief attire, but now has a white t-shirt with a gold M logo, a red scarf, black sneakers, a golden chain bracelet on his left wrist, and a golden crown on his head.
After learning the lyrics, the three were ready as the Rainbooms finished setting up. Rainbow got her mic and called out to get the crowd focused on them, "How's everyone doing tonight!?"
The crowd cheered in response, "Awesome! This song is out to you guys and was written by my good friend, Fluttershy." She gestures to who she was referring to.
Fluttershy stood still as the crowd focused on her for another cheer, trying her best not to run before Rainbow took back their attention. "You guys ready!?"
The crowd roared in excitement before she asked her friends, "Are you guys ready!?"
"Yeah!" Her friends were pumped for this.
"Then let's do this!" Rainbow then pointed at Pinkie, who caught the signal. "One, two, three, four!"
The song starts as the lights above the stage changed into various colors and the Persona trio tapped their feet to the rhythm before starting their dance routine.
[Applejack]
Once upon a time
You came into my world and make the stars align
[Rarity]
Now, I can see the signs
You pick me up when I get down so I can shine
[The Rainbooms]
Shine like rainbo-o-ows
Shine like rainbo-o-ows
[Rainbow, Fluttershy]
Friends, you are in my life
And you can count on me to be there by your side
[Sunset, Twilight]
And when the music comes alive
You sing us songs to lift us up so we can shine
[The Rainbooms]
And the sound that we hear in our hearts
Makes a crescendo-o-o
And the light that ignites in the dark
It makes us all glo-o-ow
And shine like rainbows
We shine like rainbows
Twilight then gestures for the trio to sing with her as the song continued.
[The Rainbooms, Yu, Ren, Mona]
Together we stand
As the rain begins to fa-a-all
And holding our heads up high
As the sun shines through it a-a-all
And the sound that we hear in our hearts
Makes a crescendo-o-o
And the light that ignites in the dark
It makes us all glo-o-ow
Now, the crowd joins in as the entire amphitheater was filled with their singing and small flames waving above them from anyone that had a lighter.
[Everyone]
And shine like rainbo-o-ows
We shine like rainbo-o-ows
Shine like rainbo-o-ows
We shine like rainbo-o-ows
We shine like rainbo-o-ows
The crowd applauded and cheered as the group were smiling throughout, glad to see everyone was back to their selves again.
The next day, the group were back in their regular clothes as they stood in front of the statue in the high school courtyard. Morgana was back in cat form as he stood next to Spike while Yu and Ren stood behind Twilight.
"Wish you could have stayed a bit longer." Applejack was the first to speak up.
"Me too. But, I have responsibilities back in Equestria that I have to get back to." Twilight explained as Pinkie sneaked behind her to then stick her head in the portal, immediately pulling it out after feeling dizzy.
"And we got our own lives back in our world." Yu added.
"Yeah. Don't worry, I can go through the portal whenever I need to. This isn't goodbye, we'll see each other again." Twilight then turns to Spike, "Ready?"
"Ready." He responded back as he went into the portal first.
Twilight stood there for a moment as she looks at Sunset, who was waving her bye with the others, and gave a simple nod. Sunset smiles at that before Twilight entered the portal as well.
Yu and Ren had their bags back from Pinkie's hair as Morgana spoke up, "Actually, I just thought of something. If we come here whenever Twilight shows up and the portal is now opened permanently, does the same apply to us?"
"If so, then expect us to show up when we're bored." Ren commented.
"I'll gladly have a party for when you guys do show up, then! That way, you'll be having fun whenever you're here!" Pinkie reassured.
"And I'll be sure to keep you guys on your toes. I'm curious to see what other sports you play." Rainbow added.
"Not that many, I'll tell you that." Yu admits.
"This will also give me a chance to make you some more clothing. I don't really practice that much on males." Rarity mentioned.
"I can't wait to see what you come up with." Ren agrees with her.
"Don't forget, I still want to take you on a nature walk." Fluttershy remembered.
"Sure thing, it's a date." Ren teased, much to her embarrassment as she nervously twirled her hair.
"OK, y'all. We all have plans for them. But right now, I think they want to head back." Applejack reminds them.
"Before they do..." Sunset spoke up, getting their attention. "I want to thank you guys properly. I know Twilight and all of you helped me too, but you three were there to make sure my shadow didn't go out of control. When I accepted it, it was like I faced my old self. The 'queen' is no more, now I'm just me."
To their surprise, she then pulled them into a hug. "So... thank you very much."
"Glad to see that you've changed." Yu agreed.
"Told ya they'll see the new you." Ren added.
Once the hug ended, Morgana hopped onto Ren's shoulder as they walked over to the blue door. With a final wave goodbye, the trio walked into the door back home.
The two reappeared back in the concert hall as Margaret and Lavenza greeted them, "Welcome back."
"Nice to be back." Ren said.
"Though, we saw that time flows differently over there." Yu pointed out.
"That's to be expected since that is another world from our own." Margaret explained.
"Then either the portal for us is when the world is in danger or whenever Twilight goes." Morgana deduced, adding more to his portal theory.
"How curious. Is that what you call 'miracles'?" Lavenza guessed.
"Not far off, actually." Yu said.
"It also seems that the portal itself had stabilized while you were there. This new development could allow you to visit anytime." Margaret's words confirmed the portal theory Morgana had.
"Aha, I thought so." He had a smirk on his cat face.
"Now, we did some discussing about the Wild Card ability you two have." Lavenza started, "It seems that the reason why you only have one Persona each might be the Wild Card canceling each other out."
"Like an equal and opposite force?" Yu summarized.
"You could say that. However, we still need more information before trying anything." Margaret admits, "Now, I believe our time is up. Until next time."
Yu, Ren and Morgana then felt their eyes getting heavy before disappearing back to the real world.
It's after school as Sunset and her friends were hanging around the steps of the school, writing in her journal a new entry.
Dear Princess Twilight,
Missing you already. And hoping you'll be back soon. Things are looking up for me here, but I know I still have a long way to go. Hope you don't mind if I write to you for advice every now and again.
I'll admit, I'm excited that magic is showing up on this side too. I want to figure out how exactly does it work and what caused it to remain here. Your Element of Harmony is back in Equestria and the Personas are an entirely different subject.
Anyways, I hope you guys visit without a threat looming over us next time. Be nice to get to know more about you guys.
Your friend,
Sunset Shimmer
After finishing it, she closed the journal before she heard Rainbow's voice. "Hey, Sunset!"
She looks up to see the group a bit ahead of her as Rainbow asked, "Wanna go to the Sugar Shoppe?"
"Sure!" Sunset then puts her journal in her bag before walking over.
The six walked together as the sun shined down upon them in the clear sky.
And done! Wow, this was a lot longer than I wanted it to be. But, I wanted to have "Shine like Rainbows" in here and establish a few plot points for later stories. Speaking of plot points...
I was actually thinking of the next story being an original one, serving as an in-between for this and the third movie. I'm actually really excited for this one, so I hope you guys like it too.
And yes, the attire the trio wore is basically their outfits from the dancing games.
AND, I just proved that I can actually do more than one story for a series! YES!
I'm also curious. What do you think of this series so far? What parts did you like? Were there anything you thought I should have tried or elaborated on more? Feel free to tell me and help me improve!
With all that said, thanks for reading and see ya next story!