Chapter 7: Online Fame to Friendship
Walking around the park, Applejack is simply looking around the park when she hears a bell ringing. Everyone hears the sound, knowing that the parade is going to start in a little bit.
Applejack knows this too, and panics, "The parade's about to start! Ugh! If only I had done somethin' or said somethin' different! Maybe none of this woulda happened."
Applejack sighs, and sadly adds, "I really screwed things up with Rarity."
Suddenly, she hears a familiar voice calling out, "Applejack!"
Applejack turns around to see Wire Wolf running with Rarity on his shoulders, and holding Sun
Applejack gasps, "Rarity! Sun! Wire Wolf!"
She runs towards then three and they stop together. Wire Wolf puts Sun down, and help Rarity of his shoulders.
"Don't go!" Rarity begs.
"Uh…" Applejack begins to say something.
But Rarity says, "You were right. I got carried away and let this stupid parade become the only thing that mattered to me! And I let Vignette manipulate me with false flattery into forgetting what really matters… my friends."
"Come on, now. Your talent puts you so far beyond the need for flattery," Applejack complements.
Rarity blushes, and screams, "Stop flattering me! I've not finished apologizing!
Rarity takes a few deep breath, and continues to apologize, "I'm sorry I lost sight of why we applied for jobs here in the first place."
Then Applejack apologizes, "And I'm sorry I got jealous. All this time I thought I was bein' honest with you about not likin' Vignette. I wasn't bein' honest with myself. I felt like I was losin' my best friend.
Rarity walks to Applejack, and says, "You didn't."
Then the two girls hold hands, and both blush a little
"Caramel apple girls to the end?" Rarity asks.
Then the two give each other a hug, and glad their friendship isn't over.
Suddenly, Rarity gasps and remembers, "Our friends! Vignette has them all trapped in the internet! She confessed! We have to get them out! We have to save them!"
"She's right, she got the girls in her phone, and Adagio got herself suck in to save Rarity," sun adds.
Then Wire Wolf says, "And the only reason why Vignette hired Rarity in the first place was to use her idea to inspire her own. To her we're nothing but ways to expand her online success."
"What?! What that little low down back stabbing… " Applejack angrily shouts.
But quickly says, "Well why are we standing here for, we need to come up with a rescue plan… and fast."
Suddenly, they hear someone shouting, "I'M SO GONNA KILL HER!"
That sound really spooked them.
"Um, was that Aria screaming just now?" Sun asks.
"Yeah," Wire Wolf answers.
The girls and Wire Wolf look around to hear the girls voicing. It sounds like they want Aria to calm down.
"I can hear them. They're somewhere close by," Applejack says.
The friends walk around to hear the noises. Finally, Rarity turns to one of the doors to hear the racket going on.
Rarity calls out, "I think they're in there."
Sun runs open, and open the door. The four outside are shocked to see Aria face is red, and everyone else heads turn towards the door.
"Really, y'all?" Applejack bluntly asks.
Sonata cheers, "Hooray! We're rescued!"
Sonata runs over, and gives Sun a hug.
Then notices the dress, "I love the dress you're wearing. Rarity and Adagio did a really good job."
"Thanks," Sun replies.
"Sooooo, the phone just sent to a white room somewhere in the park," Twilight replies.
"We were just sitting in a white room the whole time?!" Falling Star shouts in anger, thinking this
"Wait, you guys didn't know that?" Pinkie asks.
Falling Star face turns read as she is ready to yell at Pinkie for not saying anything.
Rarity walks to Adagio, "i'm glad you all are alright. And I can't believe you took the fall for me."
"That what friends do. I was worried she was going to delete you or something," Adagio says.
Suddenly, someone has digitally appear at them, and it's Micro Chips from the caramel apple stand.
"Micro Chips?!" Twilight explains.
She gasps in realization, "Did Vignette take your picture just now?"
"I was just minding my own business making perfect caramel apples, when suddenly, Vignette saw me and said I wasn't as cool a nerd as she thought. Then she took my picture, and I ended up here, violating all known laws of space and time," Micro explains, still confused about the sudden event.
Knowing what it means, Sun says in a serious tone, "Guys, this is bad! It means Vignette is on the parade route, and she's using her phone to change whatever she doesn't like!"
"What happens if she decides she doesn't like the crowd?" Fluttershy worriedly asks.
"Everyone in the park is watching that parade! If her phone teleports that many people into this tiny room at the same time...!" Twilight explains.
Pinkie gasp, and exclaims as she squishes Fluttershy and Rainbow Face against with her own, "Squish city!"
"Our friends are in that crowd! Sweetie Belle is in that crowd!" Rarity explains in shock.
Then Falling Star adds, "And our families! Remember, we send them a text telling them that we'll be in the parade!"
"We've got to stop her!" Rarity declares.
"You do realize if we stop the parade, no one will see all your hard work," Applejack points out.
Rarity smiles, and says, "Someone reminded me that none of that matters without my friends."
Applejack blushes to hear the comment.
Then Sun says, "We'd better hurry! I'm sure Vignette's getting more corrupted by Equestrian magic every minute!"
"Either that, or is too caught up with her online success to know the danger she is putting people in," Wire Wolf remarks.
"Either way, I think it's time to teach Vignette a lesson about messing with our friends," Aria says with fire in her eyes.
The girls, Wire Wolf, and Micro Chips hurry out of the room. As Sun leaves, she notices that her medallion, that she receives from the chest and asks ADagio and Rarity to put on… is starting to glow. She doesn't know what it is, but that has to wait. Right now, they have to Vignette.
Many people are lining from different sides of the road to see the parade going by. Everyone cheer for excitement to see the amazing light up floats and when the Rainbooms float come rolling by, everyone begin to stop cheering. Vignette sings her song, and her singing is off key.
Vignette Valencia:
Be yourself, but better
Or don't be yourself at all
Follow Vignette on SnapGab
That's V-I-G-N-E-T-T-EEEEEEE!
Vignette stops singing to see the people not cheering for her. Everyone are not liking this part of the parade at all. They talk about how bad it is, and are covering their ears to the bad music.
Vignette is not pleased at all, and says, "This crowd isn't cheering enough for my taste. Luckily, that can be tweaked with the flick of a finger."
She brings out her enchanted cell phone, and says, "Say 'cheese,' everyone!"
Vignette is about to press the button that will send everyone into her phone, and unaware that will send them to the small room. Suddenly, the float stops and has been lifted into the air. That is done by Applejack and her super strength. Vignette looks to see Rarity, Sun, Wire Wolf, and the rest of the girls at front of the float.
"Sorry to rain on your parade!" Rarity remarks.
Applejack puts the float back down, and complements, "Nice one!"
Sun says, "Sorry Vignette, but I'm afraid this parade is canceled."
"Now be a good girl, and turn off your phone and hand it over," Adagio says.
Everyone are becoming confused and are talking the event that is happening.
"Are you honestly asking a social media star to hand over her phone?" Vignette angrily asks.
Everyone gasp in surprise.
"Yeah. They are,"Applejack sternly says.
But Vignette says to Rarity, "Rarity, this is the version of your friends that will be popular. I have the metrics to back that up."
Rarity and Applejack rolls her eyes in reply.
"Doesn't matter if they're real. It's what you show people online. This is your chance to be everything you've always wanted!" Vignette adds.
But Rarity denies it, "No! It's a chance to look like everything I've always wanted! What I really want has been right in front of me the whole time! My friends!"
With a smile, Rarity and Applejack hold each others hand, and a magic spark appear on their geodes. Twilight, Falling Star, and Sun does the same. Pinkie, Fluttershy and Rainbow follow. And Finally, Adagio, Aria, and Sonata hold hands. Soon all eleven hold each other's hands, and their marks show on their cheeks.
The magic of their friendship cause them to transform into their pony forms and into the same outfits that has appeared in the Memory Stone incident.
Vignette gasp in shock to see what she is seeing. Wire Wolf is amazed to see the girls transform the way they are now.
"No amount of online success is worth it without my real life friends to share in it!" Rarity loudly says.
She then smiles to her friends. Soon purple sparks appear on their geodes and travels to Rarity. Just then, Sun's medallion appears in front of Rarity as her hand begins to show blue sparks. Then the medallion changes to a blue diamond, and creates a handle. Rary grabs it, and it transform into a blue electric whip. She swings it towards Vignette.
Vignette gasp as the electric whip hits her phone, knocking off her hand. She looks down to see her phone is broken and change back to its original form. Then the holograms disappear.
Upset, Vignette shouts, "What have you done?! Now how can things ever be perfect?!"
Rarity and the others float down to Vignette as Wire Wolf climbs on the float to join them. Sun hugs Wire Wolf in doing so..
"I love nothing more than someone telling me I made a perfect outfit, but I'd say you got a bit carried away," Rarity says.
"I-I... guess so," Vignette sketicly says.
"You guess so?!" Wire Wolf says, sounding unamused.
Then Wire Wolf angrily says, "You used Rarity so you can inspire your own vision and not her vision for the parade.
"You created virtual holograms of our friends into the look that you want them to be," Adagio adds.
Then Applejack shouts in anger, "And you almost sent an entire crowd of people to squish city!"
Soon everyone are not very pleased for what they are hearing about Vignette, and are not pleased with her.
"But, B.Y.B.B…" Vignette sadly says.
But Sun says, "Vignette, there is nothing bad with wanting to be or do better, but not at the expense of others."
"And especially not your friends," Rarity adds.
"Friends?" Vignette questions.
She sadly sighs, and says, "I have three million followers, but no real friends."
She turns around and sadly adds, "How pathetic is that?"
"Hmmm. You've got one. If you want," Rarity says, reaching her hand out to her.
Vignette turns her head in surprise.
Applejack comes in, and says, "Make that two."
"Three," Sun adds.
"And four," Adagio adds.
Vignette smiles, and takes Rarity's hand. Suddenly, everyone begin to applaud and cheer, causing the girls and Wire Wolf to be confused.
"Why are they clapping? Do they even know what's going on?" Pinkie asks.
"Eh," Fluttershy answers shrugging her shoulders.
Rainbow takes out her phone to see the post.
Rainbow surprisingly exclaims, "Whoa! The Rainbooms are trending on SnapGab!"
Pinkie looks at the phone, and happily cheers, "People are saying that rainbow laser thing was the coolest light parade show they've ever seen!"
Soon people are taking pictures and sending them into SnapGab and other sites.
"Hey, maybe the parade ain't ruined after all!" Applejack says.
Sun says, "We do still have our real instruments up there."
Rainbow asks Fluttershy, "You're not too nervous?"
"I should ask you the same thing," Fluttershy remarks.
Rainbow gives Fluttershy a slight punch on her arm.
Rarity turns to Applejack, and asks, "If you're up for it?"
Applejack quickly nods her head. Soon the girls hook up the instruments and microphones on, and begin to play their music.
Rarity:
A blemish on the surface
Of a perfect happy pic
Just add a fancy filter
And that's an easy fix
But behind that perfect snapshot
Are the people who you love
Don't forget those happy moments
Are because of
Applejack:
Our memories together
Rarity:
They can last forever
Applejack:
We won't let this break us
The Rainbooms:
We'll get through whatever
Side by side on this adventure
Our friendship will never, ever end
Side by side, besties forever
We know that it's more than just a trend
Applejack:
'Cause it's you
Rarity:
And me
The Rainbooms:
This is how it should be
Applejack:
The whole world stands before you
Full of things to see
Pay attention or you'll miss it
Life's best is always free
Don't lose sight of what's important
Give more than you can take
There's so much to strive for
So many friendships you can make
Rarity:
All those likes can't measure
Applejack:
The fun we have together
Rarity and Applejack:
When we're in the moment
The Rainbooms:
Everything is better
Side by side on this adventure
Our friendship will never, ever end
Side by side, besties forever
We know that it's more than just a trend
Rarity and Applejack:
This is how it should be
The gang end up having a great time in Equestria Land. They go on the swinging ride, the roller coaster, ferris wheel, and more. They also play different games. Finally they go into a photo booth and get their pictures with each other. The pictures shows what great friends they are. Still, the all have a wonderful time in Equestria Land, and end up with a new friend.
