Sorry for the wait, really! Things got really busy and I meant to finish yesterday, but my brother swallowed a penny. So, since I can't do those line thingys I'm just gonna say "skip to" or Later or In (insert place here). Sometimes, tech rly gets on my nerves. Anyway, I hope ya'll enjoyed that pivotal chapter and I also wonder if you noticed anything strange happening around midnight…. Hehe!

Rainbow sat up in bed. The blue flashes were gone and she felt glad. Boy were they annoying. She'd gone to bed fully dressed, so she took a quick shower and changed. Grabbing her bags, she raced out her front door meeting Sunset Shimmer, Rarity, and Fluttershy. The foursome hurried to school, trying to make it before the bell rang. Since Sunset normally rode her bike, Rainbow took her scooter and Fluttershy carpooled with Rarity, things were much slower today.

Thirty minutes later

"Finally!" Applejack exclaimed when the group walked up to the front doors. "Where've ya'll been?" Rarity cringed at the horsey smell and grammar.

"Hey, Applejack!" Rainbow grinned. "Sorry, we just got a slow start today."

Pinkie shook her head. "No silly! You're almost thirty minutes early for school. You're almost late for band practice!" Rainbow's eyes widened in understanding as Pinkie mussed her colorful locks.

"Sorry, I had a headache last night, kinda disoriented," she half-lied. Well, she had had a headache, but she wasn't disoriented.

In the music room

Rarity smiled happily. This version of Pinkie Pie and Applejack were almost exactly the same. Along with this, playing the piano and guitar wasn't much different from that in Equestria. Rarity glanced sideways at Fluttershy. All the way to school, she'd barely said a word, and now, the only sounds any of them heard from her, were the rhythmic jangles of her tambourine.

"Alright, let's run through that again," Rainbow instructed. Picking up their instruments, the Main Six began playing their trademark song that they played every morning, Better Than Ever. Then it was on to Awesome as I Wanna Be and of course the customary request from Fluttershy to play one of her songs.

"No, let's go through Awesome as I Wanna Be again, shall we?" Rainbow asked. But it was really more of her telling them to do it than her requesting permission and they all knew it. Sunset grinned. Well, no matter what world, the girls still seemed to mix the same way they always did.

Suddenly, right in the middle of Awesome as I Wanna Be, the intercom crackled. "Sunset Shimmer, please report to the main foyer." Sunset checked her watch.

"Yeah, guys, I've gotta run," she said with an apologetic look. "I agreed to show some new students around, so they'd get to see the new me…. before they hear about the old me."

"Don't worry darling," Rarity assured her. "You'll be fine." Rainbow waved Sunset off and the last thing she heard before exiting the door was, "Let's run through Awesome as I Wanna Be again." The wails from the rest of the band could be heard through the door.

Sunset walked down the halls, dodging angry glares from other students until she reached the main foyer. Three girls stepped out from the shadows of the sun. Sunset tilted her head slightly. The new students (Adagio, Aria, and Sonata if she remembered correctly) seemed to have a strange affinity with spikes. Quickly, she forced her mouth into a smile.

"Hi, I'm Sunset Shimmer!" She held out her hand. "Welcome to Canterlot High!" The girl in front, with bright orange hair and yellow streaks, stared at her outstretched hand disdainfully. Sunset let her hand drop.

"Well, I'll show you around the school then," Sunset said awkwardly. There was definitely something off about these girls. Sunset strolled through the halls, pointing out the various classrooms and clubs that were in session, including the Rainbooms practice room. She was just talking about the chemistry classroom when she noticed the matching necklaces on the girls' necks.

"Oh, those are so pretty!" she exclaimed, reaching out a hand to touch the bright red necklaces. Adagio instantly snapped her hand forward and forcefully pushed Sunset's hand away. Suddenly, the realization began to dawn on Adagio's face as she laughed awkwardly.

"Oh, I'm sorry," she said quickly. "These necklaces are a one-of-a-kind and very special to us. We wouldn't want them to break." Sunset nodded; odd, but she was supposed to be being friendly.

"We know who you are, Sunset Shimmer," Adagio sneered.

The three girls walked away, leaving Sunset to head to the cafeteria. Ignoring the murderous stares from the rest of the school, she found her friends and sat down. Sunset buried her head in her hands.

"How was the tour?" Applejack asked though Sunset was fairly sure she knew already.

"Someone got to them before me," she moaned. "So much for making a good first impression." The table went silent, nobody quite sure what to say. The doors burst open and….

Well, I feel like that was a horrible cliffhanger. Anyway, if you've seen Rainbow Rocks, you should know what happens next. Please review, I'm considering skipping over most of the Rainbow Rocks plotline until after the Sirens and stuff. So please let me know what you think