The Dazzlings and Melody arrived at the stadium where the finals would be held. Melody looked around for the Rainbooms and Sunset Shimmer but didn't see them. She looked at the play list and saw 'Rainbooms' crossed out and 'Trixie and the Illusions' written under it.
"Hey, why are the Rainbooms not playing?" Melody asked Principle Celestia.
"They never checked in so we had to find another band, and since Trixie and the Illusions were their opponents in the semis we put them in instead." She answered.
"Oh. OK." Melody thought 'they didn't check in? Oh, maybe they got held up. I just hope that they get here soon.'
Trixie and the Illusions played.
[The Illusions]
Oh, whoa, oh-oh-oh-oh
[Trixie Lulamoon]
Ya better believe
I got tricks up my sleeve
See me dominate
'Cause I'm powerful and grea-ea-eat
[The Illusions]
Oh, whoa, oh oh oh oh
In the storage room under the stage the Rainbooms and Sunset were still trapped.
Rainbow Dash was repeatedly shoving the door but it wouldn't open.
Applejack told her "Give it up, Rainbow Dash. You've been tryin' at this for hours. It's not gonna open."
"I don't think that it matters that we're stuck down here. I don't think the counter-spell would have worked anyway." Twilight said sadly.
"Of course it would have worked, Twilight. Assumin' a certain band member didn't try to hog the spotlight the whole time we were tryin' to play it!" Applejack implied.
"Hey! If you wanna tell Twilight she's getting a little too caught up trying to be the new leader of this band, you don't have to be all cryptic about it." Rainbow Dash said.
Twilight backed up.
"She was talking about you, Rainbow Dash!" Rarity told her.
"Me?! I'm just trying to make sure my band rocks as hard as it needs to!"
"OUR BAND!" Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie yelled.
Twilight was backed against the wall. "But why wasn't it working? I should know what to do. How could I not know what to do? How could I have failed like this?"
Applejack got in Rainbow's face. "It might've been your idea to start a band, but it's not just your band, Rainbow Dash!"
"I'm the one who writes all the songs!" Rainbow said back.
"I write songs! You just never let us play any of them!" Fluttershy told her.
"I had the most perfect outfits for us to wear!" Rarity said.
"Again with the costumes! No one cares what we're wearin'!" Applejack said, agitated.
"I care, Applejack! So sorry if I enjoy trying to make a creative contribution to the band!" Rarity said defensive.
Pinkie Pie then showed up between them. "Hey! Anybody here remember fun?! I'll give you a hint: It's the exact opposite of being in the Rainbooms!"
"I wish I never asked any of you to be in my band!" Rainbow Dash said.
"I wish I'd never agreed to be in it!" Rarity said.
"Me neither!" Fluttershy and Applejack both said.
Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity and Pinkie Pie started arguing and producing a green mist that went through the ceiling. Sunset gave a worried look.
Back above Trixie and the Illusions were finishing their song.
[Trixie Lulamoon]
Ya better believe
I got tricks up my sleeve
See me dominate
'Cause I'm powerful and grea-ea-eat!
Fireworks then appeared and the crowd cheered. The Dazzlings and Melody were watching as Trixie walked by.
"Try to top that!" Trixie said.
"Oh, gosh! I don't know if we can!" Adagio said sarcastically.
The Dazzlings and Melody started laughing. Adagio does a 'cut off' jester with her hands and Aria, Melody, and Sonata stop laughing.
As they went to the stage they saw the negative energy the Rainbooms produced. The Dazzlings smiled wickedly. Melody pulled a fake smile and thought 'I guess I have to. I hope my friends read the note I set out.'
The Dazzlings and Melody, who was next Aria, walked out on stage and started singing.
[The Dazzlings and Melody Minor]
Ahh, ah-ah, ahh
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
The four girls absorbed the negative energy into their glowing red pendants.
Back in the storage room Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity and Pinkie Pie were arguing.
"Stop! You have to stop! This is what they've been after all along! They're feeding off of the magic inside you!" Sunset shouted.
"How can they be using our magic? It's the magic of friendship." Applejack asked.
"Ever since you started this band, you've been letting little things get to you. I never said anything 'cause I didn't feel like it was my place. Not when I'm so new to this whole 'friendship' thing. I still have a lot to learn. But I do know that if you don't work out even the smallest problems right at the start, the magic of friendship can be turned into something else." Sunset told them.
"I can't believe all this tension was happening right under my nose and I didn't realize it. I'm supposed to be the one with all the answers. And all I've since I've got here is let y'all down." Twilight said.
"I don't think anyone is supposed to have all the answers." Sunset told her. "But you can count on your friends to help you find them."
"I think you already have. C'mon! We need to get out of here."
All 7 girls pushed on the door and it opened. Spike was at the front.
"Spike!" Twilight said. She picked him up and hugged him.
"Sorry I took so long. I had to find somebody who wasn't under the Sirens' spell to help me get you out." Spike said.
Vinyl Scratch appears in the doorway.
"Why isn't she under their spell?" Twilight asked.
"Never takes off her headphones."
Vinyl gave a thumbs up.
"Come on, y'all! Time to prove we've still got the magic of friendship inside us!" Applejack said.
"And there's only one way to do it!" Twilight said.
"We're getting the band back together?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"We're getting our band back together!" Rainbow Dash answered.
"Whee!"
"Ooh, which version of the counter-spell are we going to play?" Rarity asked.
"I don't think it matters what song we play, as long as we play it together as friends." Twilight said.
"I know just the song. Fluttershy's written a really great one." Rainbow said.
Fluttershy squealed.
"We're about to save the world here. Personally, I think we should do it in style. Rarity?" Applejack said.
"I thought you'd never ask!" Rarity said enthusiastically, while pulling out a line of rock star clothes out of nowhere.
[The Dazzlings and Melody Minor]
Ah-ha, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ha, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
[Adagio Dazzle]
Welcome to the show
[Sonata Dusk, Aria Blaze, and Melody Minor]
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah
[Adagio Dazzle]
We're here to let you know
[Sonata Dusk, Aria Blaze, and Melody Minor]
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
[Adagio Dazzle]
Our time is now
[Sonata Dusk, Aria Blaze, and Melody Minor]
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah
[The Dazzlings and Melody Minor]
Your time is running out
Ah, ah, ah
Ah-ha, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah...
On top of the hill in front of the stadium the Rainbooms were in their costumes and looked nervous.
"How are we supposed to play over them from up here?" Rainbow Dash asked.
A car horn honks and the car turned into a dj system with laser lights. The Rainbooms cheered.
[The Dazzlings and Melody Minor]
Feel the wave of sound
As it crashes down
Giant red waves appeared and crashed down, hypnotizing all the students.
[The Dazzlings and Melody Minor]
You can't turn away
We'll make you wanna sta-a-a-ay
A flash of bright light appeared out of their four pendants.
[The Dazzlings and Melody Minor]
We will be adored
They then became engulfed in a red energy.
[The Dazzlings and Melody Minor]
Tell us that you want us
We won't be ignored
It's time for our reward
Their bodies became space like and grew pony ears and extended pony tails composed of light.
[The Dazzlings and Melody Minor]
Now you need us
Come and heed us
Their space like bodies then shattered. Adagio and Sonata grew pink fin like wings, Aria grew light green fin like wings, and Melody grew purple fin like wings. And all their clothes sparkled.
[The Dazzlings and Melody Minor]
Nothing can stop us now
The Dazzlings and Melody then got a look of confusion as they heard voices singing. Adagio looked at Sonata with frustration and Sonata gave a 'I don't know' look. Then Aria pointed to the hill. Adagio then became frustrated even more. They all turn to see the Rainbooms playing.
[The Rainbooms]
Oh-oh, oh-whoa-oh
I've got the music in me
Oh-oh, oh-whoa-oh
[Twilight Sparkle]
Don't need to hear a crowd
Cheering out my name
I didn't come here seeking
Infamy or fame
[The Rainbooms]
The one and only thing
That I am here to bring
Is music, is the music
Is the music in my soul
Gonna break out (Out!)
A flash of light appeared.
[The Rainbooms]
Set myself free, yeah
Let it all go (Go!)
Just let it be, yeah
Find the music in your heart
Let the music make you start
To set yourself apart
The Rainbooms grew pony ears, extended ponytails with bright color strips, and Twilight, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash grew wings.
"So the Rainbooms want to turn this into a real Battle of the Bands? Then let's battle!" Adagio said from the stage.
[The Dazzlings and Melody Minor]
What we have in store (ah-ah)
All we want and more (ah-ah)
We will break on through (ah-ah)
Now it's time to finish you!
Adagio' eyes turned red. Then sound waves emitted from Adagio's pendant and entered Aria's and Sonata's pendant and their eyes turned red too. But not Melody's pendant. Then a bright red light appeared.
Then a dark red energy came out of Adagio's, Aria's, and Sonata's pendants. A yellow sea horse with a gem in it's chest projection appeared above Adagio. A purple sea horse with a gem in it's chest projection appeared above Aria. And a blue sea horse with a gem in it's chest projection appeared above Sonata. Then the projections came at the Rainbooms.
The projections circled the Rainbooms and then prepared to attack. Rarity blasted a shower of diamonds from her key-tar at Aria's projection. Fluttershy blasted Sonata's projection with a beam of butterflies from her tambourin. Twilight the vocalized a blast of stars at Adagio's projection.
On stage Adagio looked irritated. Just before the stars hit her projection Adagio's projection then vocalized, sending the stars away and pushing Twilight back a bit. Then Aria's and Sonata's projections appeared next to Adagio's projection and then all three projections vocalized, which the Dazzlings on stage are doing the actual vocalizing. The vocalizing intensifies, sending the Rainbooms to the ground. Twilight lost the microphone and it landed next to Sunset Shimmer, who nervously picked it up. The Dazzlings then gave a evilish smiles.
"Sunset Shimmer, we need you!" Twilight said.
Sunset then took off her jacket and started singing.
[Sunset Shimmer]
You're never gonna bring me down
You're never gonna break this part of me
My friends are here to bring me 'round
Not singing just for popularity
The Dazzlings then became angry.
[Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle]
We're here to let you know
That we won't let it go
[The Rainbooms]
Our music is a bomb and it's about to blow
The projections then came rushing towards the Rainbooms.
[Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle]
And you can try to fight
But we have got the light of
[The Rainbooms]
Friendship on our side!
Got the music in our hearts
We're here to blow this thing apart
A rainbow then appeared and pushed back the projections, snapped the students out of the spell, and hit the Dazzlings. Adagio's eyes turned back to normal and gave a sad face.
[The Rainbooms]
And together, we will never
Be afraid of the dark
Sunset then started to levitate and then glowed.
[The Rainbooms]
Here to sing our song out loud
Get you dancing with the crowd
As the music of our friendship
Survives, survives!
Sunset grew pony ears and a extended ponytail. Then a rainbow shot up and created a glowing sphere.
[All sans Dazzlings]
Got the music in our hearts
We're here to blow this thing apart
And together, we will never
Be afraid of the dark
Here to sing our song out loud
Get you dancing with the crowd
As the music of our friendship
A giant alicorn with a rainbow main appeared and the Dazzlings gave a worried look.
[All sans Dazzlings]
Survives, survives, survives!
Then the alicorn blasted a rainbow from its horn at the Dazzlings. The Dazzlings's projections shattered and then their pendants started cracking and eventually broke into pieces. But Melody's pendant wasn't affected. The Dazzlings were back to normal and on the stage floor rubbing their heads. They opened their eyes and saw with horror that their pendants were broken.
"What have you done?!" Adagio said in horror as she picked up pieces of her broken pendant.
"This is horrible!" Aria said.
"We're dead! We are so dead!" Sonata said.
The Rainbooms were coming to the stage.
"Is it just me, or do they seemed terrified of something?" Twilight said.
Adagio turned to Melody, who was still in her transformed form, and said with fear,"Melody, you need to run, NOW!"
"Why? What's going on?" Melody sounded confused.
Then the ground started to shake and Adagio's pendant pieces started to glow red.
"Oh no! He is coming back!" Aria said fearfully.
"Who's He?" Melody asked.
"He is our Da-" Sonata was about to say when a voice came out of the pendant pieces.
"Finally! Free! Once again I am free!" The voice said.
Then a red energy came out of the pieces. A giant green sea horse with a gem in his chest appeared.
"Who is that?!" Twilight said with fear.
"I am Achelous! The most powerful sea creature ever! And father of the Sirens!" He said.
And that rapps up this chapter. Where you shocked?