A/N: Hello everyone! Here is the next and newest chapter for the story.

I'm going to back to FanExpo again this September after hearing the news that Tara Strong will be there, so I'm getting really excited to go and meet my childhood voice actress and the voice of my number 1 favorite character Twilight! I plan on drawing a picture of Twilight for her to sign just like I did with Princess Luna for Tabitha to sign. Don't worry, I will make sure that I will tell you all about it.

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Should Sunset Shimmer go back to Equestria?

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"Um, the story?"

Right, sorry about that. Well, gotta run now, but I will update as soon as I can.

The next morning rose up over the eastern horizon of the town with its golden sun shining brightly over the flat plain of houses in various rows. I was lying back in bed, having my eyes closed and dreaming all about my friends back in Equestria. Quite clearly, I couldn't really tell you what happened in my dream because I seem to forget them easily with the exception of one other dream I had. The alarm clock on the nightstand table beside the top end of the bed where my head was resting upon a white pillow begins to blare out.

I started to open my eyes. I let out a quiet groan and my tired eyes and head turn towards the alarm clock making that noise. My left hand moves towards the top of the device and presses onto a button that rests upon it to turn off the alarm. The sounds coming from the alarm immediately stop ringing out and everything is silent once again except for the beautiful sound of chirping birds flying outside and above the house. I exhale a small breath and I felt rather better than I had been in years.

I lie back in bed once again, allowing my ears to listen in on what was going on outside while I slip the bed sheets from off of me and crawl forward on the bed to look and observe outside of the window. A warm smile trickles on my face, feeling a bit of the sun's rays coming in through the unblended window.

Outside the window, I could see the neighborhood street alit by day, and there were a few of the ponies- I mean… people, walking along the sidewalks: probably to get to Canterlot High for another day there. That's what I am thinking. A few bluebirds and robins are flying about in the blue painted sky, making a small dance of nature. A few of them sing from the trees where their nests most likely were.

I observe outside for a few more minutes and then slip right out of bed. I make the bed and head onto the other side of the room. I open up the door and leave the room. I can smell breakfast cooking from downstairs, and I walk down the steps of these stairs at the end of the second floor hallway to get to the first floor where that familiar smell was illuminating. After getting down the stairs, I make my way down the hall and to the left where the kitchen was, where I had pizza dinner with the girls last night.

Rarity, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash were sitting at the table, chatting to one another about various topics like school or how peaceful it was now that there was nothing to endanger Canterlot High. Sunset, Pinkie and Applejack were over past the kitchen counters, most likely having something on the frying pan since my ears could hear the sizzling of the pan.

Rarity turns her head towards the direction I came in and sees me there under the maple arch. "Good morning Brayden," She says to me. Fluttershy and Rainbow turn to look at me with smile on their faces. "I trust that you slept well."

"I did. I've never slept that well in years." I said to her. I approach them near the end of the table and take a seat there. "How was your sleep?"

"Quite the dream last night I'd say," Rarity says to me. "I dreamt that my designs were the talk of the town."

"That kind of figures," I said to her. "After all, doesn't everyone want to be famous for what they do at some point, fashion or not?"

"Of course-" Rarity says before Pinkie Pie popped up between the both of us and interrupted what Rarity was saying.

"Just so you all know, breakfast is almost just about ready," Pinkie says to the both of us in her usual excited tone. Her face is even beaming with the same happy state she would always be in. "And once breakfast is done, we can continue our dream talk on the way to Canterlot High. We have yet to show him all around there and get him to meet Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna."

"One at a time Pinkie," Sunset says, leaning from the kitchen counter. "The first thing upon getting him into Canterlot High is just introducing himself to where everything is. After all, we don't want him to lose his way around the school."

"Speaking of breakfast," I had asked getting Sunset and Pinkie's attention. "What is cooking this morning?"

"Just bacon and toast," Sunset says to answer my question. "Pinkie ran out of eggs as it turns out, but she did find the fresh strip-loads of bacon that had just about enough for us to have."

Rarity commented "I just hope the bacon don't get my hands all dirty."

Wait a minute… Bacon? The human equivalents of my friends back in Equestria eat meat here?! I mean, I am not a vegetarian and I can eat bacon and any other meat just fine. But I am just in a bit of a shock from this. From what I know, everypony in Equestria is a vegetarian since they are eating products like daisy sandwiches, but Sunset here is eating bacon as if it is nothing. If anypony found out she was eating meat, she'd probably be deemed a 'not-going-to-say-it' and sent back into the mirror world. (Though I shouldn't really panic at the moment, but I should question it to her.)

"Sunset?" I questioned. Her head perked up and her eyes take a look at mine. "Do you mind if both me and you just step into the hallway to talk privately for a few moments?"

Sunset nods with a smile on her face. I get up from my chair and joins beside me as we head past under the wooden arch and into the hallway. Sunset notices my questioned face that also looked quite confused by this revelation I stumbled upon of her eating meat. She takes a few steps forward past me and turns around to look at me. She keeps her weak smile for a few moments but then it fades and looks a bit concerned.

"What is it?" She asked. "Do you not like bacon?"

I shook my head and looked at her. "No, it's not that," I said to her. The tone in my voice sounded not upset but rather surprised. "It's just me being a bit surprised. You're eating bacon and I'm not sure if you realize that it is meat. I mean no offense."

"Of course I know this," She says to me. "And none is taken so don't worry. If I was in my original form other that what I am now, the second I swallowed meat is when I would start to get sick and ill. Pony bodies aren't compatible with the essence of eating any type of meat except fish after it is cooked. Because I am in this form according to the mirror world, my body is all of a sudden capable of eating and swallowing meat. I'm not sure, it's a mystery to me."

"I see," I said to her. "I guess I'm too worried a bit about the fate of one and many others."

"It's no problem Brayden," She said. "I don't think Equestria would punish me in drastic measures if I were to come back for eating meat here in the mirror world. They do not forbid that, it's only in Equestria that it happens. Even then, any who eat any type of meat there would get sick as I had said."

"Celestia invented that rule I assume?" I questioned, turning my head a bit.

She shook her head for a brief moment. "No, these rules were already in place long before Celestia came into rule."

I nod my head and I understood well what she told me. Though, I still yet have to learn about the history of Equestria and its other lost secrets, if it has any left of course. "Anything else that you want to ask me or is that it?" She asks.

I smile. "Nothing else," I said to her with assurance that I sounded no longer worried. "But I feel like I should tell the girls about why I came through the mirror to get from Equestria to here."

"You're going to tell them that you're not from Equestria?" Sunset asks with an eyebrow rose in surprise.

I scratch the back of my head. "Well sort of," I said. "My friend Pinkie in Equestria did give it away which is still something I don't know on how she found out to this day. So I can predict that Pinkie here would know about it too."

"Alright, give it your best shot." Sunset says, a soft smile on her mouth has appeared and it looks rather confident. "I'm sure that they'll understand if it was just a simple visit after all-"

"It's not just that though…" I said to her. Her face looks a little confused, and though she is probably not going to believe me for what I would say next: I think it will be worth a shot. "I also came from Equestria to check up on you."

"Me?" She asks. "But why?"

"It's hard for me to explain and I know that I think to myself that you won't believe my side of the story; but I am going to tell you," I said to her, but take my eyes off of her and my head looks down at the ground.

"Brayden…" I hear her voice tell me softly. She moves her right hand towards and onto my left shoulder, and I still pause there for a few moments before my eyes finally turn up to look at Sunset. She looks rather concerned. "Please tell me. I will try my best to understand why."

I let out a bit of a sigh that went rather silent. I tilted my head upwards to look at her. There and then with her convincing, I just began to explain why she is one of those reasons. "The reason why I also came here to see you is because the last time I saw you on the television back on Earth, you were already on punishment for turning into a she-demon and trying to take over Equestria. Over time, I began to worry about what happened to you for a while. That is why I came, to check and see if you were alright. Also, don't take any offense if I did mention about that she-demon part."

"So that does explain why you came all the way from Equestria here for one of those reasons," She states to me with a small smile. "And no offense has been taken. My past including that is way behind me so it is all good."

"Ah," I said and turn my eyes towards the open archways into the kitchen. "I suppose now is as good a time to act and tell the other girls."

I can feel Sunset's hand being placed onto my left shoulder. I turn my eyes back towards her and she gives off a look that makes me feel rather confident about telling the girls this news. "You'll do fine." She assured me. Sunset joins alongside me again when I turn around and begin making our way back into the kitchen.

All of the girls were at the table and the big plates with bacon on one white shining plate and fresh buttered toast on the other plate. All of the girls were at the table, serving themselves to each two slices of toast and a few slides of bacon. The saliva starts to build up slowly inside of my mouth as I stared right at the delicious bacon yet to come in there when I sit down. Something else should be on my mind though.

"So, is everything all good between the both of you?" Rainbow Dash asked the both of us, gathering breakfast onto her plate.

"I believe that Brayden has something to tell all of you." Sunset says to her and the rest of her friends at the table.

Fluttershy is the first to speak up. "What's on your mind Brayden? Is everything okay?" The tone of her soft voice, sounds a little bit both concerned and questioned.

I take a look at the five girls, plus Sunset who just took a seat at the table to gather some breakfast onto her plate. I gather enough courage in this silent moment between all of them and me. "Well, you see, it's a long story, but I will give you the short version." I told them. Pinkie, of course raised her hand and think I knew put me into a silence and she stood from her chair at the table, inhaling a large breath of air. I knew just about what was coming next.

"You're not actually from Equestria after all. It turns out that you are actually from another world called Earth that looks just like this world, but just different. Then you are magically whisked away by a princess that somehow is like Vice Principal Luna to Equestria. Little did you know that you were chosen to go there because she saw how troubled you were in your eyes and by how special a gift you were born with has on you. But you also came here to check up on Sunset Shimmer since you were still a bit worried about her and what she was going through." Pinkie managed to get out before beginning catching her breath after all that talking.

"You're pretty much on the dot Pinkie." I said to her with a smile on my own mouth. "Looks like I didn't have to tell you after all. After all, I'm not sure how you managed to know all about that."

Pinkie just shrugs. "Just a lucky guess I suppose." She tells me, afterwards smiling and letting out a 'squee' sound.

"Well, I didn't suspect you were from another world Brayden," Rarity says to me, while Applejack served her plate to her. Well, she didn't want to get her hands dirty from the bacon's grease. "But this feels just like when we first met Twilight."

"I know. It feels like it, as if I were reliving it in her eyes." I confessed.

"It's a strange coincidence sometimes Brayden," Applejack said to me after she gulped down a small piece of bacon she bit off from part of a bacon. "But Ah'm glad that this is all out. After all, ya gotta tell the truth sometimes."

"Of course," I said to her. "I always come out honest, though sometimes I have to force myself to lie because I'm afraid to let out the truth."

"Never be too afraid Brayden," She says to me. "Ya still got a lot to learn even at your older age."

"You're from another world?" Rainbow Dash says to me. "That is so awesome!" There we go, another trademark line said once again by Rainbow herself.

"Easy on the questions now," Sunset says to the girls. "Breakfast is still fresh and hot on the table and I think Brayden is a bit hungry at the moment. I suggest when we get to Canterlot High, he'll answer a few more questions."

I nod in agreement with Sunset and take my seat at the table between both Pinkie Pie and Rarity. I made sure that I had gotten my fill of bacon and buttered toast onto my plate before beginning to eat away at the meaty bits. And yes, holy cow it was delicious! Okay, I'm getting a little too overhead of myself with these bacon; but it is a favorite breakfast food of mine so whatever. I'll be getting a tour of Canterlot High after this is all done anyway.

Adagio's POV

My eyes are peeking in through the window of the pink brat's house to keep a close eye on the girls and this supposed new boy that arrived into town just last night. My eyes felt envied and still held a bit onto the anger that I had towards these six girls for what they did to meet and the other two sirens accompanied with me.

Curse them for stopping our big plan that started out small. I can't believe that there was another girl, but she's apparently disappeared after our defeat in the Battle of the Bands. If only we still had our precious jewels around our necks, we would have been able to devour the magic and succeed in dividing the community of this pathetic world. So much for having two other sirens… okay Aria I am fine with, but Sonata is completely a dimwit- never mind.

The other girls are seated at the table with this mysterious boy that appeared. He looked rather different from their appearance, even my own. Curiously enough, I first found out about this boy through the rumors the students around Canterlot High. Oh, they're still mad at us no doubt, but they were talking loud enough for us to hear the news. This boy sitting with them was told to have arrived here in this pathetic world from a portal that connects between here and Equestria.

Hearing news of a portal connecting as a bridge to cross into Equestria put a rather delighted smirk on my face. Even though the students talking about it were trying to keep silent about it, they failed to keep it too quiet. Now I think I know what plan I would have set into motion for escape from here. Sure, we might not have our gems to absorb the power of hatred and fighting, but our appearance would rather set them off as terrifying. Again, it should be enough to get them to kneel before us. Besides us three, the others from Siren Cove would be rather impressed if anyone there still remembers us before our banishment.

"Do you have a plan in mind, Adagio?" Aria asked in that rather dull sounding accent while keeping a close eye on that boy with me. "We don't even know that boy's name or any clue about him."

I turned from the window to face Aria, taking my eyes off of the boy to look at her. "I will explain a plan I just developed to you from what we heard." I said to her. Aria perks a small smile and Sonata is listening carefully. "This boy seems to be acquainted in some way to Equestria. If we can capture the boy while the girls don't have their eye on him: we can force it out of him to tell us where this portal to Equestria is that he came out of."

"He could resist against telling you," Aria carefully advised me. "You should have an alternative plan in case he does refuse to tell you."

"Indeed I do," I replied to her. "We could hold him for ransom. We wait for the girls to come and save him. We hold him for the offer that if we let him go, they will give us the portal's location, and then… freedom."

Aria was holding her worry behind her, but still seemed questioned on how this plan would work after their first plan failed. "What about the boy? What shall we do with him after we get him?"

I let out a small chuckle. "Oh why else would I not have a plan?" I said to her. "We will hold him in the nearest abandoned building by the school. The girls will not suspect that he is gone."

"I don't know about you, but he seems like he is completely innocent and friendly like the pink one, just not as energetic." Sonata commented. I turn around to her pointing at the boy through the window. The girls are too busy chatting with one another so they do not realize we are her, thank goodness.

I take a step forward, approaching Sonata for a brief moment and then saying. "Innocent indeed… If it is like that, then it should be easy if it is based on his personality." I told her with a smirk.

"Canterlot High is the best place where we could easily grab him from behind and knock out," I could hear Aria talk to the both of us from behind. "We should be careful if we were to do that. Bringing harm to him could result in the girls being more hostile to us and become less tolerant of us."

"That is why we will be careful," I explained. Thanks to Aria, a plan is already being set out carefully. "Remember, when we grab him… ONLY knock him out from the top of his head. Do not hurt him in any way possible. Sunset would not be too happy about the visitor being in harm's way if one of us screws up or lets him escape."

I turn my head towards Sonata just in case because she always seemed to be the more easygoing and friendly to others at Canterlot High minus how she is the most- never mind, but you probably get the picture of what I would be coming at.

"What?" Sonata questions while I am shooting an 'I'm-watching-you' look. I suspect that Aria is also doing the same as well. "It's not like I'm going to turn against you girls. I think this plan sounds like it will be the best."

A smile once again perks on my face. "Then I trust no one in here will go against this plan at all. That is good," I said to them sounding rather confident about this being put in motion. I take one last peek at the boy who is laughing with a few of the girls and then turn around to leave. "Come on you two, let us make it to Canterlot High before them and act like we were never there and still in the same place we were after our defeat. We cannot lose this time."

"Alright, but can we go get some tacos after we kidnap him?" I could hear Sonata's whining voice behind me when we all began to walk away from that pink girl's house.

All I could hear Aria do is groan and quietly comment "Shut up Sonata."

In all honesty, I really do hope that this plan works out… if it doesn't then nothing will return the three of us back home for revenge against Equestria. This boy is our only hope now.

Brayden's POV

I open the front door of Pinkie's house for all of the girls to walk out of first. Just like in Equestria, I would always hold open the door for anypony who was female there. As usual when they pass by me, they would thank me for holding the door open for them. Applejack is the last to come out with me following behind her. As usual, I close the door behind me and I join up with them, being between both Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy.

Most of the walk there was rather silent or resulted in a little bit of talk about their classes or assignments that they had to catch up on. However Rarity as usual would go on about how business at her shop the Carousel Boutique downtown was doing thanks to the customers coming in and out pretty much every day after stopping the sirens. I still wish I was here when Twilight and the girls stopped them so I could physically see what these sirens looked like. I was in Manehattan seeing Coco Pommel, one of my loves to heart next to Twilight so unfortunately no, I couldn't make it.

I took a look around the environment. It looked just about like Earth to me in my final days there. There were cars being driven around, but no motorcycles riding about the road. I did see a few young cyclists riding on their way to Canterlot High. Cell phones were also a common sight to see, but it was not like the usual upgraded phones today, for it was mostly in the way they were when you flip them open or closed, so apparently they are still using the old style cell phone. I guarantee though through evolution that they'll use the upgraded eventually.

There it was just after a few blocks of neighborhoods and streets, Canterlot High stood right there on the green with the recognizable horse statue where the portal was located in case I wanted to get ready to go after my visit. After all, it is my first day here in the mirror world. Both I and the girls cross the empty street to get to the sidewalk between the open concrete paths to the steps of Canterlot High.

"This is Canterlot High, Brayden." Sunset says to me, even turning to the portal. "And that is the portal's location in case you want to go back to Equestria at any time."

I nod my head in understanding. The portal did not make any movements as I had normally read about in other books. Very clever to have it located behind a wall on the bottom of the monument of the horse. I turn my head away from the portal and walk up the stone steps onto the main floor of the school we would be coming in through. Pinkie, ahead of us pushes and holds the door open for all of us. I allow the girls to go ahead of me first and then pass by Pinkie last.

"Thank you very much Pinkie." I thanked when I stepped ahead past Pinkie for holding open the door. She closes the front school door behind her followed with the sound of a squee.

Holy cow, this is just how I imagined Canterlot High to be like when Twilight first came into the world. It was big, and it seemed rather confusing at first, but it looks like things have changed especially after Sunset turned into a demon version of herself and wanted to take over Equestria after brainwashing everyone in the high school. Thankfully, it did not come to that completely and I am glad that Twilight had Sunset come to her good senses after all from what she told me. Why do I miss out on the important stuff she goes through? That, I will never really know.

"This is the Main Hall, or rather the entrance of Canterlot High," Sunset narrated me through to begin the tour. "I've gone here many times, and this is where I am able to greet new students that come around."

"Ah," I said, putting a smile on my face and looking at her. "How is that going along with you?"

Sunset turns to look at me and says "It's going great. A few days ago, some new young students came in and they were a rather joyful bunch. It's always great to get new students into the schoolyard."

"Yeah," Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "Especially if I can find some that are able to get onto the athletics team."

"Back where I came from, I would be able to see a few new faces that came into the school that I was from," I said, feeling like I should share a bit of backstory on me for a brief moment. "But you never really knew what kind of things they would be interested in. Some would be interested in the things I was in, but there would be others who just hated that and went onto different stuff that was based on their personality. Only a few didn't want to tell me because I think a few I met were quiet."

"They were probably shy that they would get judged immediately," Fluttershy said to me. "I mean, I sometimes feel like it sometimes, but as long as I have my friends here that understand, they know and do not judge about my interests." She lets out a very soft smile at me.

"I was judged too many times from where I came from," I told them. My voice had dropped down a little from sounding rather happy. "But I don't really want to talk about it though. I think it is best to leave it behind in the past."

"You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to Brayden," Sunset says to me sounding rather truthful, with only a little bit of concern. "But at the same time don't bottle up your anger or sadness as I was told many times by Princess Celestia when I was still her student. Bottling it up can destroy or tear you apart from the inside, or worst."

"I know Princess Celestia herself, and she did mention you about one time if I can remember after having saved Equestria." I said to her.

Sunset's face turned a little surprised. "She mentioned me?" She asked, sounding a little quiet and shocked at the same time. "What did she say? She still remembers me from what I know but I am curious on how she is doing without me there."

I, she and the rest of the girls continue to walk together down the right wing hallway as I found the words inside me to explain the truth to her. "It was when I faced Nightmare Moon, after telling her I would never kill Nightmare Moon and the black mare was in tears. She begged me for forgiveness which I would always accept. She begged to both Celestia and Luna for their forgiveness. She told Nightmare that she would forgive her even after making a terrible mistake that wouldn't ever be forgotten. Her mention of you said that you were to go back to Equestria someday… she will forgive you as well." I had explained to her while Sunset carefully listened to the information I was telling her from my point of view.

"She will forgive me?" Sunset questioned to herself in that hushed and quiet tone in her voice. I could see her soft smile grow a little bit. "I've missed her so much, but going back to Equestria has not been on my mind a lot."

"You never know Sunset. You'll eventually make the decision based on your heart's choice to head back there," I told her. "You don't have to come, but Princess Celestia would be happy to see you again should you decide to come back."

Sunset paused quietly for a few moments while all of us were walking down the hallway and past a few rows of lockers with the locks of many students placed on each one of them. There would be a few left unoccupied, so I sense there will be eventually some new students to take those lockers when they decide to attend. "I really need to give it some thought Brayden," Sunset told me. "But thank you at the same time for telling me this." She has a smile upon her lips.

"No problem Sunset," I said to her. "The invitation is always open to you and you are always welcome to come back to Equestria."

All of us continue down the hallway, passing a few other hallways and eventually making it to a double door that said "Music Room" at the top of the doors. Applejack opens the door for all of us to enter into the room. By the time I come in after Pinkie, I took a look at the room with that surprised but yet excited expression on my face by the time one of the girls behind me turns on the lights.

The room look all geared up with a complete drum set with double bass drums. The four amps turned off. These amplifiers were mostly for Rainbow Dash's guitar, Sunset's guitar, Applejack's bass and Rarity's keytar. The four of their musical instruments were all placed into the stands which represented the player by their own color. Fluttershy's tambourine was resting there on the table, having not been touched just yet.

"Wow…" I said rather amazed by how unique the room looked. It was like I was almost in rock band heaven. "This room looks absolutely great!"

"Thank you darling," Rarity says to me. "I gave the room a nice touch of paint, did I not?"

I turn towards Rarity and nod to her with a smile abloom upon my own mouth. "A nice touch? It looks like I am already in heaven!" I said to her, sounding happier than I ever was before.

The group of girls get over to their instruments and both Rainbow and Sunset grab their electric guitars from their stands and turn on their amps to begin testing their guitars for sound. Applejack turns on her bass amp for that sweet sounding bass of hers. It absolutely sounds crisp and perfect. Rarity turns on her keytar and amp and gives it a test. The sound of the keytar almost illuminates one of the greatest metal bands I heard while I was back on Earth.

"Do you play the guitar yourself Brayden?" Rainbow Dash asks me. "We have a few spare guitars in the closet in the stands if you want to get one."

"Well, I nowadays do play once in a while and the guitars are back in Equestria, so I didn't bring them with me, so sure why not?" I said to her and walk towards the closet. I can see Fluttershy take hold of her tambourine with her right hand. I can occasionally hear Pinkie on the drums behind me testing out the cymbals, bass drums or snare.

I grab the handle of the closet's doorknob and open it up. Inside of the room were some rather fabulous looking guitars in various different colors or designs on the guitar's body itself. I take a look around to see what I can find to use. Each guitar in the stand is supplied with a cord and an extra amplifier. There are many designs here just like on Earth. Then, that guitar catches my eye.

The guitar that caught my eye was none other than the infamous Razorback guitar. My eyes shined for a moment and I got a guitar strap that was on the rack with the other straps available to me. I use it to place them around the iron pins on the body of the Razorback and then lift it up out of the stand and up and over to take hold of it. Satisfied with the guitar of my choice, I take it and the rest of the equipment required out to use.

Applejack and Fluttershy helped me out with the setup of the amplifier which seemed rather easy after just plugging it in. Mostly after that, I was just setting up the settings such as how much gain I wanted, treble, bass and a bit of reverb to my sound. I turn on the amplifier and strum a D chord just to test it out. The sound is rather beautiful that is emulated from the strings and through the pickups to the amp. I go ahead and add in distortion/overdrive to give it that usual hard rock sound.

"Alright Brayden, do you have a song in mind?" Rainbow asked me with a confident smile on her face. "Me and Sunset will back you up for rhythm, which means for this, you'll be in charge for the lead guitar role for this one."

I turn to her and smile. "Of course I do," I said to her and sounding as if I was going to do something dangerous and crazy. "Applejack, are you ready?"

Applejack nods. "Of course Ah am, Pinkie will give us the signal when ya are good n' ready to go." She tells me.

"Pinkie, will you do the honor and count us in?" I asked her with a smile.

Pinkie does a bit of a roll on the lowest tom of the kit. "Of course I will!" She says and sounds rather excited. She uses her drum sticks to start the cymbal count. "Here we go! 1… 2… 3… 4!"

I put on a clean tone with some reverb on it. I play a rather clean riff while the pick I hold picks at the strings for this riff that I am playing, following the bass and drums playing along with this rhythm. Rainbow Dash pulls off a few powerful harmonics with quite a punch. Finally, after a few bars of music Sunset joins in a palm-muted string picking. I finally opened my mouth and began to sing.

Out of touch, out of reach, yeah

You could try to get closer to me

I'm in love, I'm in deep, yeah

Hypnotized, I'm shaking to my knees

I got to know tonight

If you're alone tonight

Can't stop this feeling

Can't stop this fire

Oh, I get hysterical, hysteria, oh, can you feel it, do you believe it?

It's such a magical mysteria

When you get that feeling better start believing

Because it's a miracle, oh, say you will, ooh babe

Hysteria when you're near

Out of me, into you, yeah

You can hide, it's just a one way street

Oh, I believe I'm in you, yeah

Open wide that's right, dream me off my feet

Oh, believe in me

I got to know tonight

If you're alone tonight

Can't stop this feeling

Can't stop this fire

Oh, I get hysterical, hysteria, oh, can you feel it, do you believe it?

It's such a magical mysteria

When you get that feeling better start believing

Because it's a miracle, oh, say you will, ooh babe

Hysteria when you're near

This was then followed by a breakdown with me and the girls and afterwards I said "Come on…" into the microphone and began to shred into a melodic solo. Rainbow and Sunset have smiles on their faces when they see me playing for the next couple of bars. Finally after I had ended the solo, I got right backto singing.

I got to know tonight

If you're alone tonight

Can't stop this feeling

Can't stop this fire

Oh, I get hysterical, hysteria, oh, can you feel it, do you believe it?

It's such a magical mysteria

When you get that feeling better start believing

Because it's a miracle, oh, say you will, ooh babe

Hysteria when you're near

I get hysterical, hysteria

When you get that feeling, you'd better believe it

Better start believing, because it's a miracle

Oh, say you will, oh babe, say you will

Get closer to me, get closer baby

Baby, closer, get closer, closer to me

Once the song had come to an end, I turned around and took a look at the girls. They were clapping their hands together as in congratulating me. I smile at them while they are clapping their hands. Pinkie puts down her drumsticks to clap her hands together repeatedly and was rather giddy looking.

"Your singing is great Brayden!" Pinkie exclaimed while she was clapping the both of her hands.

"I'll agree there with Pinkie," Sunset says to me. She walks over to me and places her hand onto my left shoulder. "You indeed have some special talent."

"Thanks." I said to Sunset. "You did a great job backing me up on rhythm."

"It's no problem Brayden," She says to me. "And thank you as well."

I take the guitar off of me and place it into the stand that I brought out, turning off the amplifier. I turn towards Sunset again after doing these things. "Sunset, I hope you don't mind if I ask you. But do you where the men's room might be?"

Sunset moves a little closer and says "Down the hall, to the left."

"Thank you," I said to her and then got to the door. "I'll be back really soon, I just need to use it. So keep playing for a few minutes."

They nodded in understanding and I turn back around to the double doors again. I place my hand onto the right door's handle and pull the trigger on the other side of the door's handle to open up and pull the door open. The door goes open and I slip outside of the music room, making sure to close the door behind me. I turn to the left of the hallway that Sunset told me to go and I began to start walking down swiftly and calmly to head to the bathroom.

Along the way, I could see a few of Canterlot High's students chatting amongst each other and sometimes occasionally taking a peek to look at me. I saw the humanified version of Lyra, but I think she was really busy with chatting with Bon Bon or writing down some stuff inside that book she was writing in. I end up bumping into Derpy. She confusedly looks at me for a few brief moments and then walks by. But again, in this mirror world they probably wouldn't know me, so I would definitely be standing out by my own appearance.

I could see the bathroom door on the end of the hallway as Sunset had told me. I manage to rush inside as fast as I could and made sure to do my business. What? You didn't expect me to go into detail about using the bathroom, did you? So anyways, I do my business and get out of the stall to wash my hands and then make my way out of the bathroom through the door.

"You must be that new human that Sunset said arrived," I heard a male voice call out to me. Oh no… please don't tell me who I think that is. I turn around to see that blue-haired fellow standing right there, leaning right against one of the lockers with a rather weak but impressed smile. "So you must be the one who came out of the portal to Equestria where my out-of-town friend is."

Yep, in case you're wondering I might as well just get it over with on who it is just talking to me. None other than… Flash Sentry himself. But I will just brave up and keep my cool this time. Since Twilight isn't here, I'm not going to get too suspicious, so I don't have to have my eye on him… for now.

"It's all true by now, I must be the talk of Canterlot High by now." I said, raising the both of my hands innocently.

"Well, it's cool to see another come from there. I am Flash Sentry." He introduces himself and brings out his hand forward towards me to give it a handshake.

Now normally I would just not shake it, but I don't see why not. He did however help bail out Twilight from trouble when I last remember. That I will have him spared from my 'I'm watching you' gesture. I move my hand forward and give his hand a handshake. "It is nice to meet you Flash, I am Brayden."

"It is good to meet you Brayden." He said to me with that usual smile on his face.

I did not really think of anything else I thought of saying to Flash Sentry himself, because I really needed to get back to the music room to join up with Sunset and the girls again. "Now I would really like to stay and chat with you Flash, but I think Sunset and the girls are waiting for me back in the music room." I told him with that honest tone in my voice.

"Of course," Flash said with a chuckle coming from him. "I heard you playing the guitar when I was passing by and I got really curious if that was really you and that good voice."

"Yes, it was me," I told him. "But it's nothing that special."

"Don't be silly," Flash says to me, chuckling once again. "You sure have a good talent with the skills of playing guitar and singing. The girls are still waiting for you, so I will see you later." He moves up from leaning against the lockers and walks past me with a smile on his face, he turns his head to look at me.

"Okay, I'll see you then." I reply to him as he is moving past and distantly out of the scene.

I begin moving yet again away from the bathroom. The hallways have become rather silent and empty, so I would assume that the students have already gone off to another area of the school. The only sound I could really hear was the footsteps from the boots I wear were making. I turn down towards an empty hallway. I can hear what seem to be a few pairs of footsteps coming from behind me so I begin to walk a little faster.

Eventually when reaching the end of this hallway of lockers, the footsteps are gone. I let out a silent sigh of relief and peek out over the end of the hallway's corner to see the music room right there and the muffled sounds of the girls in there probably jamming out instrumentally. I step out from another the corner but the footsteps come again, but it sounds like they are running. Could it be that there are some students following me?

The answer is never answered, and I am clueless about it. But I do find myself rather surprised when I feel what seem to be six hands grabbing me and then one hand letting go to bonk me over the head with something that really hurts.

This results in me blacking out from the hard blunt to the head by this large metal that I felt upon my fragile head.

"Wake up!"

I could feel a big splash of very cold water come over me and impacting me from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet. This definitely forces my eyes open and I could see the water dripping from the top of my hair and down my fair in droplets that gave me a freezing chill when it makes their crawl down my skin. My vision is still a bit blinded by the water, but I could tell that the open window above me shone down the full moon at me in its beloved light.

I move upward and try to start moving, but I find myself tied up from the legs, feet and even my hands. I could hear my breathing exhaling and inhaling from my mouth as I was shaking the water off of my head and out of my hair to see a little better. In the darkness of this room, I heard a small bit of chuckling and at the same time I was curious as to who placed me inside and tied me to this chair. Perhaps this was an interrogation even though I knew what they weren't going to be talking about if it were students just fooling around with me.

"Who's there?" I asked loudly, sounding a little threatening in case this was a joke being played on me after all. "Release me and show yourself!"

"You mean…" I can see as least three student-like figures step out of the darkness and into the light of the moon. "Ourselves, hm?"

I couldn't believe what I was seeing with my own eyes. It was these three female student-like figures looking right at me with both glares and they were smiling at the same time. The girl in the middle looked like she was planning something with that smile. The girl on her left looked more rather relaxed, but had her arms crossed as if she had some torturing that she would eventually do with me. The girl on the right looked rather giddy and though she seemed to have a rather cute smile, she looked rather relaxed like the girl on the left but seemed like it was nothing to this at all.

"Who- who are you girls?" I asked them, still struggling a bit in the chair. "I mean, who are you and why am I even here?!"

The one in the middle lets out a chuckle and moves closer towards me, placing her finger underneath my chin, making me feel really uncomfortable. "Oh, you'll know very well soon enough what we want from you, human boy." She tells me in that voice that reminded me of Rarity's singing voice. "We three are none other than the Dazzlings."

The Dazzlings… aren't they the ones who were- No… no I know what they want to get out of me, but I refuse to tell them anything whatsoever. No matter how long they keep me here, I will not speak to them. But nevertheless, I am still looking at them and hearing what the 'leader' was telling me.

"Oh, oopsie I forgot to introduce myself and the other two," She says to me. "I am Adagio Dazzle, the one on your left is Aria Blaze and the one on your right is Sonata Dusk."

"If you are the Dazzlings, shouldn't your last names be Dazzle too?" I questioned to them as part of a joke.

Adagio sighs, probably being annoyed by this joke I just pulled off. "Don't be a fool to us, we're here because we want information from you!" She commanded at me, but keeping her cunning smile and glare. To be honest, it was starting to creep me out.

"Yeah, so we can get back to Equestria and back to Siren Cove." Sonata comments very loudly for all of us to hear.

"Shut up Sonata." Aria responded to her, sounding rather annoyed even in her dull voice.

Sonata turns to look at her. "Well come on, all of us want to go back there anyway in our true Siren form. We might not have our singing powers, but we have the ability to spread terror in the skies of Equestria!" She shouts annoyingly to her.

"Maybe if you keep quiet, it will happen." Aria says dully, turning from Sonata and leaving a sad expression on Sonata herself.

Adagio moves in the way of my sight from seeing them. "You'll have to excuse those two, they're both idiots." She tells me with a surprised look on her face and then turning it to a bored look as she says this.

"I can clearly see that." I said to her with a sarcastic tone in my voice as if I really did care about what Adagio said again. But in secret, I actually felt a little bad for Sonata.

"Well, I suppose you're wondering what we want after all involving Equestria," Adagio says to me, making me uncomfortable again when she moved closer to me. "We know that you know about a portal that bridges between this pathetic world and Equestria itself. You are going to tell the three of us where it is."

"I'm not saying anything to you," I said to her with the calmest possible voice that I could as I didn't want to lose my temper. "All you want is to bring ruin to my new home, so I'm not telling you anything."

Adagio raised an eyebrow and I turn my head away from her, refusing to even look at her. A few moments pass us both in the silence and I could hear Adagio again just chuckle lightly to herself as if what I told her was quite a light breeze.

"You don't have anything to say about the portal, hm?" Adagio questioned me. "Well, as a siren… I can wait forever until you tell us an answer."

"Wait until I am dead then you siren…" I said to her in my coldest voice that would scare them into letting me go. "You'll never get an answer then."

"Oh we got other ways to find the portal if you end up in that fate." I could hear Aria's dull voice say and her footsteps growing closer. Sonata remains where she is, just watching everything. "If we still had our gems on us, we would torture you endlessly until you gave us an answer. By any means, you would end up telling us anyway…"

"Then what if you did?" I asked.

Aria places her hand onto the top of my hand, making me feel very uncomfortable. "Well, afterwards you wouldn't be of use to us when we find that portal and we would continue to torture you with our powers until you would follow us and listen to our command."

"Like a powerless husk?" I shouted, starting to get a little angry on how they would torture me if they still had the gems. "Your gems are destroyed; you will never be able to perform your curses again!"

Adagio turns to Aria. "Don't worry about this Aria," She says to her sounding calmer than usual. "It is all part of the interrogation session. Seeing how it is late at night, we all need to get some sleep. I'm sure that this human boy will tell us what we need to know tomorrow."

"I have a name… my name is Brayden…" I growled angrily before just bursting out, just making Sonata jump back a bit. "YOU WILL REFER TO ME AS BRAYDEN ONLY, NOT HUMAN, NOT HUMAN BOY… NOTHING! JUST BRAYDEN!"

Adagio and Aria are surprised by this for a few moments and then begin laughing for another few moments before finding their words to tell me something. "Oh the anger you just did… that's only the first stage into breaking out the truth to us." Adagio says to me.

"You let me go this instant!" I exclaimed angrily struggling to get right out of there and avoid them. I didn't have any plan on placing a fist into them because they are girls. It is not kind for a man to hit a girl and it is not in my blood to do that. "Sunset and the girls will find me and have you in trouble for this!"

"Sunset and the others will never know you are gone Brayden," Aria says to me with a smile over that dull tone that is raised a bit in an "I'm impressed" stance. "After all, you belong to us from now on until you tell us where the portal is. As soon as you tell us, you're free to go."

"Spend your time here tonight Brayden," Adagio says to me in that rather clever voice of hers. She moves back from the chair with Aria following her. "I can wait forever and ask you every single day until you break the truth to us. After all, a siren can live almost as eternally as an alicorn. I'm patient as well."

I tried to say something, but the first time dealing in a situation with this, I could not get any kind of words to come out from my mouth. All Adagio and Aria could do was chuckle, while Sonata just watches with a look on her face that could tell she felt bad about me.

"Sonata, you're watching this boy," Adagio commands to her. "Make sure he does not in any way try to escape. I and Aria will form the plan about what will happen next."

Sonata nods her head and turns to watch as Adagio and Aria leave in through the darkness. The only ones in the room now are me and Sonata herself just watching me.

I am far too mad to even try to interact but mad at the same time as well at the Dazzlings for demanding me to try and get answer out of me for where the portal back to Equestria would be. No way in hell am I going to risk the lives of Equestria to tell the location of the portal to the sirens themselves. I lower my head and I am unable to look up at the full moon in the night time sky. I can hear Sonata moving closer to me.

"I'm sorry Brayden…" She managed to get out and then touched my hand.

I shrug it off and just angry mutter loudly "Don't touch me." She looks a little disappointed from what I couldn't see, but this is what I am just guessing to myself. She takes her hand off of me and moves away from the chair and takes a seat over at the bench to keep an eye on me.

I move my head upward for a few brief moments to take a look at that wonderful and great moon that was almost Luna's moon back in Equestria. A bit concerned on how I treated Sonata, I turn my head towards her. Her face looks a bit sad and she is holding the both of her hands together as if it was coming off to that she was only trying to apologize to me. But what was she apologizing for?

I turn my head back around into the line of the moon's sight. I lower my head and close my eyes then and there, desperate to get some rest.

Sunset wherever you and the girls are now… Please hurry before they force the truth out of me.