We see the girls walking to school, "Haven't put my uniform on in awhile." Twilight said, Sunbeam then noticed something, "It's Rainbow, Rainbow good morning!" she said, Rainbow turned around to reveal she looked...elegant, "Oh, Twilight Sparkle, Sunbeam, good day to you." she said politely, making them jump, "Oh Sunbeam your ribbon is crooked." she said fixing it, "Uh thanks!" Sunbeam said, "Gonna hurl..." Twilight said, looking to the side, "What brought this on?" Sunbeam asked, "Oh I've been watching Marimite." Rainbow said, keeping the polite voice on, "What are you, a filly?" Twilight asked, Rainbow just giggled.
"Hey, don't start copying their costumes too." Twilight said, "Isn't that called cosplay?" Sunbeam asked, "I wouldn't go that far." Rainbow said, having her normal voice back, "I already do a lot of that at work." she said, "Oh yeah, you work at one of those places..." Twilight thought, "But if Rainbow was a high class mare..." Sunbeam said, they both tried to think about it but couldn't, "Feels so wrong, even I can't picture it." Twilight thought.
"Baseball games have been going on over schedule lately, why do ponies watching the new anime get shafted?' Rainbow asked, "If you wanna watch Anime so badly, you could get cable." Twilight said, "If I could, Celestia knows I want to, but the cable colts were all like you can't get cable..." Rainbow said disappointingly.
We then see Fluttershy sigh, "Good morning, Fluttershy." Sunbeam said, "Good morning Sunbeam." Fluttershy said, "You look down, what's wrong?" Sunbeam asked, "Actually I went to have my cavity taken care of." Fluttershy said, holding her cheeks, "Oh, you went to the dentist, impressive!" Sunbeam said, "Why are there so many follow up trips after a visit to the dentist?" Fluttershy asked, "I know what you mean! and it isn't just one or two trips!" Sunbeam said, "Fluttershy, good day." Rainbow said, going back to her elegant self, "Good day." Fluttershy said, not noticing Rainbow's change, "Have you been well?" Rainbow asked, "Thank you for asking." Fluttershy said, "Fluttershy's so amazing, she's talking the same way but it doesn't feel weird at all, and she isn't even questioning the way Rainbow is talking." Sunbeam said, "This is the first time I've ever seen anypony say good day in real life!" she said, "Really? it appears to be a regularly used greeting at the mares' school my friends go to." Fluttershy said, "A real school for rich mares is something else, how refined." Rainbow said, "Cheerilee told me to collect summer homework for her." Silver Spoon said, "Good job, Emily." Rainbow said, "Emily?" Silver Spoon asked, raising an eyebrow, "Maids should be named Emily, do you not agree?" Rainbow asked, "You do get that impression." Sunbeam said, "Tell me a funny Story Emily." Rainbow said.
"Okay, vacation just ended, but you don't have time to goof off, start thinking about your future, and put an effort into studying." Cheerilee said, "By fututre does she mean choosing a major? I guess elementary school is a temporary stopping point." Twilight said, "But you haven't done much thinking for the future, right?" Rainbow asked, "What! don't insult me!" Twilight snapped, "Because you chose liberal arts to be in the same class as everypony else right?" Rainbow smirked, this made Twilight widen her eyes, 'SUNBEAM, YOU BLABBED!" she said, "Sorry..." Sunbeam said, "And you told her, of all ponies!" Twilight said, "Come on you should have just been honest, you hate being lonely don't you?" Rainbow asked, stroking her mane, "SHUT UP!" Twilight yelled.
Later that night, Rainbow was trying to do her homework, just then her door opened and reveal Cloud Kicker, 'I'm back!" she said, "CLOUDY!" Rainbow said, making Cloud Kicker jump, "For my summer homework, I did as you said and wrote down things that sounded similar to the answer, and now I have to redo it all, save me!" Rainbow said, "Um, if I help you, you'll probably have to redo it again..." Cloud Kicker said, "Extended homework without extended summer vacation maybe I should borrow Twilight's notes..." Rainbow groaned, then fell asleep.
The next morning she woke up, "The sounds of cicadas always puts me to sleep." she said, then turned her tv on, tilted her head a bit and checked the tv guide, "Oh yeah the schedule's a bit off since the baseball game went over, I guess it can be useful sometimes." she said, then realized something, "My recorder's off!" she said, turning it on, "What's wrong, Fluttershy?" Sunbeam asked, "I have something in my eyes, so I can't see very well, I'm sorry but could I borrow your notes?" Fluttershy asked, "Sure." Sunbeam smiled, "You still got the clumsy thing going." Rainbow said, later she tried reading Rainbow's notes but her hoofwriting was messy, she tried reading Sunbeam's notes but they were so detailed she didn't get everything down.
"They really are useless..." Twilight sighed as Fluttershy told her what happened, then lifted her notes with magic, "Here." she said, "Thank you." Fluttershy said, "Good thing we have the same teacher." Twilight said, "But please keep this secret, I wouldn't want to ruin their good intentions." Fluttershy said, making Twilight sigh.
"I'm starving!" Rainbow said as they went into class, "Fluttershy let's have lunch!" Sunbeam said as all three came up to her, "Oh, thank you for lending me your notes." Fluttershy said, "Nah, no need to thank us." Rainbow said, "I never expected Fluttershy to borrow my notes." Sunbeam said, "It won't happen again." Twilight whispered, as Rainbow ate, she kept staring at Fluttershy, "Is there something on my face?" Fluttershy asked, "In games, when a character shows up to school without glasses, they suddenly become popular, but I guess that doesn't happen in real life." Rainbow said, "It really doesn't, unfortunately." Fluttershy said, "Don't cornets look like drills?" Twilight asked, looking at Rainbow's cornet, "D-Drills..." Sunbeam said with a scared look, "Didn't we discuss what the head of a cornet was?" she asked nervously, "How the thin end looked like the bottom." she said, "On second thought, the fat end looks like the bottom." Rainbow said, "Bottom?" Twilight asked then envisioned a fat version of herself, "That's one big bottom and layers of stomach..." she said, "When the lower part of your body gets fat, it becomes difficult to buy skirts and the like." Fluttershy said, "That's right, if you use your wait measurements, you can't get it over your flank, if it fits perfectly, it gets loose around your flank." Sunbeam said, "You have no choice but to buy one too big for your waist, and when you walk in it, it starts spinning." Fluttershy said, "That's right!" Sunbeam said, "A body with layers of stomach looks like a cornet, if you turn it on the side, you can play it like a cornet, if you turn it again, you can put it on your head like a cornet." Rainbow said, "Was that supposed to be funny?" Twilight asked.
"Weren't you dieting to make up for the weight you gained this summer, sis?" Sunbeam asked, "But my weight went down without my flank or waist changing." Twilight said, "No Twi, I can see the fruits of your diet." Rainbow said, "Really?" Twilight asked with a slight blush, "It's plain to see," then looked at her legs, "They say that when you diet, you lose weight in places you don't wanna lose weight." Rainbow said, "Ok enough already!" Twilight said.
We see Fluttershy attempting to read the chalkboard in class, "I get it..." Rainbow thought, "I heard when ponies with bad eyesight get nasty expressions that scare other ponies, but I guess it depends on the pony." Rainbow said, "Hey, when you said it depends on the pony, you glanced over at me didn't you!?" Twilight asked, "I heard thinner eyes make you look prettier, it makes you look so mature." Sunbeam said, making all of them put their eyes thinner, "Hey, stop that!" Twilight said.
We see the twins waiting at the bus station, "She's late! stupid Rainbow..." Twilight said, "Oh there she is!" Sunbeam said as Rainbow flew up to them, "Sorry I'm late!" she said, "Way late! somepony who always complains about night games lasting too long shouldn't waste time!" Twilight said, "Well all the games have been off schedule so I guess it infected me..." Rainbow said, "Like it's contagious! why were you late, overslept?" Twilight asked, "No, I'm not a filly." Rainbow said, "Then give me a full grown mare reason why you were late." Twilight said, "Well there was still time when I was ready, so to kill time I was playing games and couldn't stop." Rainbow said, "You suck, you're worse than a filly." Twilight said irritably, soon they were eating, "There are a bunch of festivals and sport competitions during second semester right?" Sunbeam asked, "And we have tests soon." she said, "Rainbow is athletic so she'd so well in sports." she said, "I don't like sports because they make me tired." Rainbow said, "Pretty rare to see a stay-inside-all-day athlete." Twilight said.
"I wonder what our class will do for the festival." Sunbeam said, "There isn't anything I'd wanna do." Rainbow said, "These things can never be decided unless somepony wants to do something." Twilight said, "And the pony who brought the idea up usually gets put in charge, so nopony's willing to talk." Sunbeam said, "And you have to stay after school to help prepare." Twilight said, "You won't be able to watch evening Wonderbolts." Rainbow said, "Knew you'd say that." Twilight said.
We see Opal yawn, "Lucky Ponies." all 4 said.
"It's my turn to cook dinner tonight, have to stop by the store to shop." Rainbow said looking at a list, "What're you gonna make?" Sunbeam asked, "Everypony's favorite broccoli surprise!" Rainbow said, "Everypony in my family love broccoli." she said, "Broccoli huh? sounds good." Twilight said, "I heard that letting broccoli sit overnight helps it taste better." Sunbeam said, "It works well, I'll make some extra so I can have some for lunch tomorrow, since there'll be leftovers anyways." Rainbow said.
We see Rainbow on the phone, her ears drooped, "Hello, this is the Sparkle residence." Sunbeam answered, 'Sunbeam..." Rainbow said, 'Rainbow, why are you calling so early?" Sunbeam asked, "The broccoli...I let it sit over night and it spoiled." Rainbow said, "No way." Sunbeam said, 'yeah..." Rainbow said, "Broccoli doesn't go bad in one night though." Sunbeam said, "Yeah but when I opened it there was mold!" she said.
We see her eating her usual lunch, a chocolate cornet, "Another cornet?" Twilight asked, "They taste good, so it's ok.' Rainbow said, "If you say so." Twilight said, "Oh yeah, I just noticed, but the difference between when your lunches are made properly or made frugally is really obvious." Rainbow said, "S-Sunbeam and I take turns making lunches, I'm not good with housework, it always ends up being simple!" Twilight said with an embarrassed blush, "So you're the type of pony who can blow up a pot when it cooks?!" Rainbow asked eagerly, "Nopony in Equestria can do that." Twilight said.
"Fluttershy's lunch looks great again!" Sunbeam said, "Not at all, these are just left overs from last night." Fluttershy said, "Dinner at Fluttershy's place is really fancy..." Rainbow thought, "And these are just the leftovers..." Twilight thought, "Uh, what's inside these fried eggs?" Sunbeam asked, "We had some spinach left over so I added them in." Fluttershy said, "You don't usually see leftovers for spinach." Sunbeam said, "The only thing left over at my house is moldy broccoli." Rainbow said, "Your house isn't normal." Twilight said.
The next morning, they met at the bus station, "Morning!" Rainbow said, "Good morning!" Sunbeam said, "Look look, they bought me a cell phone!" she said, proudly holding up a purple flip phone, "Good for you." Rainbow said, "Because I did well on my exams for once." Sunbeam said, "Give me your number, I'll give you mine." Rainbow said, Sunbeam struggled to find her number, but got really confused, "Rainbow yo have a pone?" Twilight asked, "Usually I leave it at home, since dad's the only one who ever calls." Rainbow said, "Doesn't that defeat the purpose of having a phone?" Twilight asked, "Soaren!" Sunbeam said, showing Rainbow the Soaren charm she had on her phone, "Isn't it cute? they bought it with the cell phone." she said, "Oh yeah, there was a filly in our class who had a bunch of straps on her phone, they weighed it and the straps along were 800 grams." Twilight said, "That much?" Sunbeam asked, "That's heavy." Rainbow said, "Once she took the straps off, her stiff shoulders were cured," Twilight said, "Sounds like making a phone call would be like weight lifting." Rainbow said, "Isn't it exciting when you never know when you'll get a call on your cell phone?" Sunbeam asked, "Really?" Twilight asked, "I hope I get a call soon." Sunbeam said, "There's no need to get excited over a cell phone nowadays." Twilight said, "By the way, did you find your number?" Rainbow asked, making Sunbeam jump.
"In London, there was a large fight between two dog clans, this became the fight known as The Awful Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles,"(1) Cheerilee said until a cell phone began to ring, "M-Mine!?" Sunbeam asked, "Somepony finally called me!" she said, then opened it with her magic, "Who is this?" she asked but Cheerilee grabbed it, "I'm sorry, Sunbeam but I must confiscate it, pick it up at the office after school." she said, making Sunbeam gasp, then we see her running out with it, "What a relief, she gave it back!" Sunbeam said, "But junk mail already?" Rainbow asked, then Twilight answered her phone, "Dad? I was talking with Rainbow and Fluttershy and lost track of time...yeah ok, bye." Twilight said then hung up, then Sunbeam's phone rang, "Hello? oh dad, I'm with Twilight and the others." Sunbeam said, Twilight got an annoyed look, "You'd think he'd get the idea with one of us." she said, "Fathers are only looking out for their daughters." Rainbow said, we see Rainbow's phone ringing in her room, her dad is trying to call it, unaware she left it.
We see them on the bus, "We sure get a lot of junk mail these days." Twilight said, "It's better to make sure your address is hard to guess, that's how I did it." Rainbow said, "It's hard to guess? In what way?" Twilight asked, "My email is in Roman letters, IluvSpitfire." Rainbow said making Twilight jump as other ponies looked at them, "I wanted to go with Daring Do but it was already taken." Rainbow said, "Hold it right there, we get it, your conversation is worse than the junk mail!" Twilight said, we see Rainbow's dad still trying to call Rainbow.
We see Twilight at the bus stop with a crying Sunbeam, "Morning!" Rainbow said, "Hey." Twilight said, Rainbow noticed the crying Sunbeam, "What's wrong Sunbeam?" she asked, "M-my cell phone..." she said, "She left it in her pocket..." Twilight said, the image of a washing machine came up, "It's gone to a better place huh?" Rainbow asked, "I wonder if they'll buy me another one..." Sunbeam said, Rainbow noticed the Soaren charm was on her binder, "This one survived..." she said, then realized something, "Then the email that said Twilight wanted her notes back was the last one you sent?" she asked, "Yeah, did you reply?" Sunbeam asked, "Uh..." Rainbow said, making Twilight groan, "You never respond quickly when you get an email, do you?" she asked, "I don't reply to ponies I can talk to whenever I want." Rainbow said, "Respond to emails with emails." Twilight said, "We see each other everyday." Rainbow said.
"Sunbeam I'm coming in." Twilight said then opened the door to Sunbeams' room, only to see her crying, "What's wrong?" she asked, "The manga I borrowed from Dashie made me burst into tears." Sunbeam said, wiping her eyes, then we see them at school, "Thanks for the manga Dashie." Sunbeam said, handing it back to the cyan pegasus, "Wasn't it so stupid and funny?" rainbow asked, "It moved me to tears!" Sunbeam said, "Hard to believe youre talking about the same manga." Twilight said, "here, if you're with Sunbeam, you'll cry, if you're with me you'll laugh." Rainbow said, "No thanks, I'm not into mangas." Twilight said, "Well then, how did you react to Attack Number 1?" Twilight asked.
"Cried." Sunbeam said
"Laughed." Rainbow said.
"What's your favorite manga?" Twilight asked, "Sgt. Frog." they said, "I can't tell if these two are similar or not..." Twilight thought with a sigh, "Why don't you join a manga club, Dashie?" Sunbeam asked, "Well, it'd be a good use of time..." Rainbow said, then began to draw something, "Did you even try on this?!" Twilight asked as she and Sunbeam looked at it, "Incidentally, what is this a picture of?" she asked, "That's Sunbeam." Rainbow said, pointing to a poorly drawn unicorn, "That's Fluttershy." she said, pointing to what was supposed to be a pegasus, "I could stretch and say you got her shyness." Twilight said, then pointed to an angry unicorn, "That's Twilight." she said, "So I can breathe fire?" Twilight asked, obviously irritated, "I thought it fit you perfectly, such a frightening filly." Rainbow said, "STOP IT!" Twilight said looking like the drawing of herself.
"There's a new volume of MLH out." Twilight said, "I'm heading to Gamers, wanna come?" Rainbow asked, "Sorry, I'm gonna head to a bookshop." Twilight said, Rainbow hugged onto her, making her jump, "You're supposed to come as a sign of our friendship!" she said, "What is it? you're sure clingy today, and you shouldn't use words like friendship." Twilight said (says the Element of Magic...), "I wanted you to give me purchase points as a sign of our friendship." Rainbow said, " So that's your idea of friendship..." Twilight mumbled.
We see Opal sleeping, "Lucky Ponies." the 4 said.
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We see Silver Spoon having two braids instead of one, and Diamond Tiara looking ticked off, "She's quiet...is it because I decided to change my look and went with two braids?" Silver Spoon thought, then saw something, "What? me? to Diamond? you sure? ok, I got it." she thought again, "Uh..." she said, "It started already..." she said to Diamond Tiara, but she ignored the gray filly, "Ok, no choice, before they change the channel..." then the theme played, "GOOD LUCKY!" Silver Spoon said, "Uh just kidding, just wanted to say it, I'm Silver Spoon!" she said with a nervous chuckle, "Diamond's in a bad mood so-" she said, but got cut off by Diamond slamming her hoof on the table, making SIlver jump and go quiet, "You said your name before mine..." Diamond hissed, "Do you not understand what natural order is?" she asked, "N-No, that's..." Silver said but was cut off by Diamond growling.
"Looks like those braids of yours have been getting ridiculously popular in some places." Diamond said, "I-I wouldn't call it popular..." Silver said, "DOn't be getting full of yourself!" Diamond snapped, "I'm sorry!" Silver squeaked, "besides, ponies were expecting Project Diamond Fashion with me in braids right, so what's this?!" Diamond asked, "It's just as you asked!" Silver said, "I'll go with twin drills!" Diamond snapped, "Twin drills?" Silver asked, then imagined herself with two drills on her head, "Number two huh?" Diamond asked, "The ages of braid is over! the new thing is twin drills! isn't that what rainbow said? 'Drills are a man's romance?'" she asked, imitating Rainbow perfectly, "Is it now...?" Silver asked, the theme played again, "well everypony! you can catch the rest of this on the radio show and the homepage!" Diamond said happily, "S-See you next time." Silver said nervously, the title card popped up.
"Say, about those braids..." Diamond said.
"The ones I have?" Silver asked.
"The ones in the picture...didn't you have sunflowers on?"
"Uh..."
"They looked familiar..."
"You can't mean..."
"The ones from a few years back..."
"EW EWW!"
(1). I've been obsessed with CATS for awhile now, so when the chance popped up to make a reference, I jumped at it!
this fanfic is my poor, underloved baby :C I'll be sure to update more often! R&R please!