1 00:00:13,476 --> 00:00:15,410 - What?! - ( overlapping chatter ) 2 00:00:16,545 --> 00:00:18,446 ( vocalizing ) 3 00:00:33,595 --> 00:00:36,827 That was barely worth the effort, Adagio. 4 00:00:36,862 --> 00:00:40,237 I'm tired of fast food. I need a meal. 5 00:00:40,272 --> 00:00:43,570 The energy in this world isn't the same as in Equestria. 6 00:00:43,605 --> 00:00:46,408 We can only gain so much power here. 7 00:00:46,443 --> 00:00:49,675 Ugh, I wish we'd never been banished to this awful place. 8 00:00:49,710 --> 00:00:52,744 Really? I love it here. 9 00:00:52,779 --> 00:00:56,781 For realsies? Because I think this place is the worst. 10 00:00:56,816 --> 00:00:59,157 I think you're the worst, Sonata. 11 00:00:59,192 --> 00:01:01,588 Oh, yeah? Well, I think you're-- 12 00:01:01,623 --> 00:01:04,393 ( groans ) I'll tell you one thing-- 13 00:01:04,428 --> 00:01:06,197 being stuck here with you two 14 00:01:06,232 --> 00:01:09,497 isn't making this world any more bearable. 15 00:01:29,255 --> 00:01:31,387 ( gasps ) Did you feel that? 16 00:01:33,556 --> 00:01:36,260 Do you know what that is? 17 00:01:36,295 --> 00:01:37,393 Both: Uh-uh. 18 00:01:37,428 --> 00:01:40,165 It's Equestrian magic. 19 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:43,498 But this world doesn't have Equestrian magic. 20 00:01:43,533 --> 00:01:44,796 It does now. 21 00:01:44,831 --> 00:01:48,239 And we're going to use it to make everyone 22 00:01:48,274 --> 00:01:52,144 in this pathetic little world adore us. 23 00:01:58,317 --> 00:02:00,251 ( music playing ) 24 00:02:07,293 --> 00:02:09,788 ♪ We used to fight with each other ♪ 25 00:02:09,823 --> 00:02:12,164 ♪ Oh, whoa-- whoa-- whoa ♪ 26 00:02:12,199 --> 00:02:14,265 ♪ That was before we discovered ♪ 27 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:16,531 ♪ Oh, whoa-- whoa-- whoa ♪ 28 00:02:16,566 --> 00:02:18,599 ♪ Back when your friendship was real ♪ 29 00:02:18,634 --> 00:02:20,634 ♪ Oh, whoa-- whoa-- whoa ♪ 30 00:02:20,669 --> 00:02:23,802 ♪ Yeah, you just say what you feel ♪ 31 00:02:23,837 --> 00:02:26,376 ♪ And the music ♪ 32 00:02:26,411 --> 00:02:28,279 ♪ Yeah, the music ♪ 33 00:02:28,314 --> 00:02:30,246 ♪ Gets us to the top ♪ 34 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:36,815 ♪ As we learn how the rainbow ♪ 35 00:02:36,850 --> 00:02:38,850 ♪ Rainbow rocks ♪ 36 00:02:47,696 --> 00:02:49,960 ♪ You can pick up the bass ♪ 37 00:02:49,995 --> 00:02:51,962 ♪ Oh, whoa-- whoa-- whoa ♪ 38 00:02:51,997 --> 00:02:54,437 ♪ And you can play the guitar ♪ 39 00:02:54,472 --> 00:02:56,736 ♪ Oh, whoa-- whoa-- whoa ♪ 40 00:02:56,771 --> 00:02:58,903 ♪ You can bang on the drums ♪ 41 00:02:58,938 --> 00:03:00,806 ♪ Oh, whoa-- whoa-- whoa ♪ 42 00:03:00,841 --> 00:03:04,216 ♪ Or you can sing like a star ♪ 43 00:03:04,251 --> 00:03:05,844 ♪ And the music ♪ 44 00:03:05,879 --> 00:03:08,319 ♪ Yeah, the music ♪ 45 00:03:08,354 --> 00:03:10,618 ♪ Gets us to the top ♪ 46 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,361 ♪ As we learn how the rainbow ♪ 47 00:03:17,396 --> 00:03:19,330 ♪ Rainbow rocks ♪ 48 00:03:23,303 --> 00:03:25,798 ♪ As we learn how the rainbow ♪ 49 00:03:25,833 --> 00:03:27,899 ♪ Rainbow rocks. ♪ 50 00:03:39,847 --> 00:03:41,649 ( chatter ) 51 00:04:08,678 --> 00:04:12,284 - Want some help? - Uh, no, thanks. We're good. 52 00:04:13,617 --> 00:04:15,584 Oh, okay. 53 00:04:16,686 --> 00:04:19,291 Sunset Shimmer, over here! 54 00:04:21,460 --> 00:04:24,054 ( chatter continues ) 55 00:04:24,089 --> 00:04:26,958 ( gasping, whispering ) 56 00:04:29,963 --> 00:04:33,701 ( sighs ) I had no idea the whole school would be here. 57 00:04:37,069 --> 00:04:40,345 Quite the eye-catching advertisement if I do say so myself. 58 00:04:40,380 --> 00:04:41,940 And it smells like cake. 59 00:04:41,975 --> 00:04:44,877 It does? ( sniffs ) 60 00:04:44,912 --> 00:04:47,044 I used frosting instead of paste. 61 00:04:47,079 --> 00:04:50,883 Uh, Fluttershy, you've got a little something... uh... 62 00:04:53,426 --> 00:04:56,394 - Did I get it? - Not exactly. 63 00:04:58,563 --> 00:05:00,431 Good afternoon, students. 64 00:05:00,466 --> 00:05:02,631 I just wanted to tell you all 65 00:05:02,666 --> 00:05:05,095 how pleased I am that so many of you 66 00:05:05,130 --> 00:05:07,537 are going to participate in the first ever 67 00:05:07,572 --> 00:05:10,067 Canterlot High School musical showcase. 68 00:05:10,102 --> 00:05:12,740 ( cheering ) 69 00:05:14,106 --> 00:05:16,348 This is a wonderful opportunity 70 00:05:16,383 --> 00:05:18,911 to raise money for all our after-school programs 71 00:05:18,946 --> 00:05:20,517 here at CHS. 72 00:05:20,552 --> 00:05:22,816 So keep working on those signs and posters. 73 00:05:22,851 --> 00:05:24,587 I think it's going to be 74 00:05:24,622 --> 00:05:27,623 one of the most exciting events we've had at CHS 75 00:05:27,658 --> 00:05:30,087 since the Fall Formal. 76 00:05:41,804 --> 00:05:44,805 I am never gonna live that down. 77 00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:47,742 You were pretty bad at the Fall Formal. 78 00:05:47,777 --> 00:05:51,812 A demon. I turned into a raging she-demon. 79 00:05:51,847 --> 00:05:54,419 And tried to turn everyone here into teenage zombies 80 00:05:54,454 --> 00:05:56,454 for your own personal army. 81 00:05:56,489 --> 00:05:59,149 Oh, darling, you have us. 82 00:05:59,184 --> 00:06:02,691 And we've forgiven you for your past-- ahem-- boo-boos. 83 00:06:02,726 --> 00:06:05,155 To be honest, I'd say the whole experience 84 00:06:05,190 --> 00:06:08,763 brought everyone at Canterlot High closer than ever before. 85 00:06:08,798 --> 00:06:10,567 One, two, three. 86 00:06:10,602 --> 00:06:12,668 ♪ There was a time we were apart ♪ 87 00:06:12,703 --> 00:06:14,703 ♪ But that's behind us now ♪ 88 00:06:14,738 --> 00:06:17,167 ♪ See how we've made a brand-new start ♪ 89 00:06:17,202 --> 00:06:19,037 ♪ And the future's looking up ♪ 90 00:06:19,072 --> 00:06:20,511 ♪ Oh, oh ♪ 91 00:06:20,546 --> 00:06:21,941 ♪ And when you walk these halls ♪ 92 00:06:21,976 --> 00:06:24,482 ♪ You feel it everywhere ♪ 93 00:06:24,517 --> 00:06:27,419 ♪ Yeah, we're the Wondercolts forever ♪ 94 00:06:27,454 --> 00:06:28,717 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 95 00:06:28,752 --> 00:06:31,522 ♪ We are all together ♪ 96 00:06:31,557 --> 00:06:33,051 ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ 97 00:06:33,086 --> 00:06:35,922 ♪ Now is better than ever ♪ 98 00:06:35,957 --> 00:06:37,693 ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ 99 00:06:37,728 --> 00:06:39,464 ♪ You can feel it ♪ 100 00:06:39,499 --> 00:06:44,568 ♪ We are back and I'm so glad that we're better ♪ 101 00:06:44,603 --> 00:06:46,570 ♪ Better than ever ♪ 102 00:06:46,605 --> 00:06:48,704 ♪ Oh, wha, oh, wha, oh ♪ 103 00:06:48,739 --> 00:06:50,970 ♪ Oh, yeah, we're better than ever ♪ 104 00:06:51,005 --> 00:06:54,072 ♪ Oh, wha, oh, wha, oh ♪ 105 00:06:54,107 --> 00:06:58,483 ♪ There was a time we couldn't see past the differences ♪ 106 00:06:58,518 --> 00:07:02,685 ♪ That separated you and me and it left us on our own ♪ 107 00:07:03,952 --> 00:07:05,820 ♪ But now you walk these halls ♪ 108 00:07:05,855 --> 00:07:07,855 ♪ And friends are everywhere ♪ 109 00:07:07,890 --> 00:07:10,957 ♪ Yeah, we're the Wondercolts forever ♪ 110 00:07:10,992 --> 00:07:12,222 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 111 00:07:12,257 --> 00:07:15,060 ♪ We are all together ♪ 112 00:07:15,095 --> 00:07:16,765 ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ 113 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,229 ♪ Now is better than ever ♪ 114 00:07:19,264 --> 00:07:20,901 ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ 115 00:07:20,936 --> 00:07:24,575 ♪ Now that we are back on track ♪ 116 00:07:24,610 --> 00:07:28,546 ♪ Yes, I'm so glad that we're better ♪ 117 00:07:28,581 --> 00:07:30,515 ♪ Better than ever ♪ 118 00:07:30,550 --> 00:07:32,143 ♪ Oh, wha, oh, wha, oh ♪ 119 00:07:32,178 --> 00:07:34,651 ♪ Oh, yeah, we're better than ever ♪ 120 00:07:34,686 --> 00:07:36,653 ♪ Oh, wha, oh, wha, oh ♪ 121 00:07:36,688 --> 00:07:38,787 ♪ Oh, yeah, we're better than ever ♪ 122 00:07:38,822 --> 00:07:40,954 ♪ Oh, wha, oh, wha, oh ♪ 123 00:07:40,989 --> 00:07:43,792 ♪ Oh, yeah, we're better than ever. ♪ 124 00:07:46,632 --> 00:07:50,128 ( laughs ) I still can't believe that happens when we play. 125 00:07:50,163 --> 00:07:53,065 Ooh, I've got to look into some new accessories. 126 00:07:53,100 --> 00:07:55,573 Something that looks good in a longer ponytail. 127 00:07:55,608 --> 00:07:57,509 Ooh, maybe some clip-on earrings 128 00:07:57,544 --> 00:07:59,775 for when I get those adorable pony ears. 129 00:07:59,810 --> 00:08:02,239 I just wonder why it happens. 130 00:08:02,274 --> 00:08:05,110 Princess Twilight took her crown back to Equestria. 131 00:08:05,145 --> 00:08:07,750 Shouldn't that mean she took all the magic back with her? 132 00:08:07,785 --> 00:08:10,148 Who cares why it happens? 133 00:08:10,183 --> 00:08:12,854 It makes my band totally awesome. 134 00:08:12,889 --> 00:08:14,856 Oh, your band? 135 00:08:14,891 --> 00:08:17,562 Duh, it was my idea to start the Rainbooms 136 00:08:17,597 --> 00:08:19,058 so we could be in the showcase. 137 00:08:19,093 --> 00:08:21,093 Plus, I'm the lead singer and guitarist. 138 00:08:21,128 --> 00:08:22,160 ( knock on door ) 139 00:08:22,195 --> 00:08:24,195 Heard you outside. 140 00:08:24,230 --> 00:08:26,131 You guys are sounding really tight. 141 00:08:26,166 --> 00:08:28,067 Uh, we're getting there. 142 00:08:28,102 --> 00:08:30,707 Rarity's still coming in a little late on the second verse 143 00:08:30,742 --> 00:08:33,776 and Applejack's bass solo could use a little work. 144 00:08:33,811 --> 00:08:35,943 They'll get it together in time for the showcase. 145 00:08:37,749 --> 00:08:39,309 Uh, I don't suppose 146 00:08:39,344 --> 00:08:43,115 any of our friends from out of town might come? 147 00:08:43,150 --> 00:08:45,282 It being a special charity event and all. 148 00:08:45,317 --> 00:08:48,791 Sorry, Flash, I don't think Twilight's gonna be back 149 00:08:48,826 --> 00:08:50,793 at Canterlot High any time soon. 150 00:08:50,828 --> 00:08:53,059 Oh, yeah. Okay. 151 00:08:53,094 --> 00:08:55,325 Just, you know, thought I'd ask. 152 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,097 Uh, keep on rocking it. 153 00:09:01,069 --> 00:09:04,807 Well, someone is quite the smitten kitten. 154 00:09:04,842 --> 00:09:06,743 Ooh, sorry. 155 00:09:06,778 --> 00:09:09,746 I always forget you and Flash used to be an item. 156 00:09:09,781 --> 00:09:10,945 It's okay. 157 00:09:10,980 --> 00:09:12,111 Flash is a great guy and all, 158 00:09:12,146 --> 00:09:14,179 but I never really liked him liked him. 159 00:09:14,214 --> 00:09:16,819 I was just using him to become more popular. 160 00:09:16,854 --> 00:09:20,020 ( sighs ) The old me really was just awful, wasn't she? 161 00:09:20,055 --> 00:09:22,253 - ( muttering ) - Yup. 162 00:09:22,288 --> 00:09:25,355 But the important thing is that you've turned yourself around. 163 00:09:25,390 --> 00:09:26,556 Thanks, Applejack. 164 00:09:26,591 --> 00:09:30,866 But I'm not sure everyone else at CHS feels the same way. 165 00:09:30,901 --> 00:09:33,968 Woman on P.A.: Sunset Shimmer, please report to the main foyer. 166 00:09:34,003 --> 00:09:37,642 Gotta run. I volunteered to show some new students around the school. 167 00:09:37,677 --> 00:09:39,908 Thought it would be good for them to get to know the new me 168 00:09:39,943 --> 00:09:43,208 before they heard all the stuff about the old me. 169 00:09:44,882 --> 00:09:47,212 We've still got a few minutes before lunch starts, 170 00:09:47,247 --> 00:09:49,984 what do you say we do "Awesome as I Wanna Be"? 171 00:09:50,019 --> 00:09:52,019 Um, Rainbow Dash, 172 00:09:52,054 --> 00:09:55,286 I was wondering if we maybe could play the song I wrote. 173 00:09:55,321 --> 00:09:57,255 We'll get to it. 174 00:09:57,290 --> 00:09:59,026 Oh, okay. 175 00:10:00,392 --> 00:10:02,931 Hi. Are you the girls I'm supposed to show around? 176 00:10:02,966 --> 00:10:04,900 We are. 177 00:10:06,838 --> 00:10:08,772 Canterlot High is a great school. 178 00:10:08,807 --> 00:10:10,037 You're really gonna love it. 179 00:10:10,072 --> 00:10:11,338 Oh, yes. 180 00:10:11,374 --> 00:10:15,779 We really sense there's something magical about this place. 181 00:10:20,951 --> 00:10:22,379 That's the science lab. 182 00:10:22,414 --> 00:10:24,249 Computer lab is in there. 183 00:10:24,284 --> 00:10:27,824 Ooh, we're having a big musical showcase this weekend. 184 00:10:27,859 --> 00:10:30,288 The whole school is pretty much rallying around it. 185 00:10:30,323 --> 00:10:34,028 A musical showcase? 186 00:10:34,063 --> 00:10:36,767 I'm sure since you're new, Principal Celestia 187 00:10:36,802 --> 00:10:38,901 will let you sign up if you're interested. 188 00:10:38,936 --> 00:10:42,135 We have been known to sing from time to time. 189 00:10:42,170 --> 00:10:45,270 Hello? We sing, like, all the time. 190 00:10:45,305 --> 00:10:47,811 It's how we get people to do what we want. 191 00:10:47,846 --> 00:10:50,781 - ( groans ) - What did I say? 192 00:10:50,816 --> 00:10:52,684 What you meant to say 193 00:10:52,719 --> 00:10:54,785 was that being in a musical showcase 194 00:10:54,820 --> 00:10:57,722 sounds like a great way to meet other students. 195 00:10:57,757 --> 00:10:59,152 Oh, yeah. 196 00:10:59,187 --> 00:11:00,956 What she said, I meant to say. 197 00:11:00,991 --> 00:11:03,189 That's what I meant... to say. 198 00:11:03,224 --> 00:11:08,293 - And what you would have said if you weren't the worst. - You are. 199 00:11:08,328 --> 00:11:11,362 - You have to excuse them. They're idiots. - Both: Hmmph. 200 00:11:18,206 --> 00:11:20,470 Sunset: Those are pretty. 201 00:11:20,505 --> 00:11:23,374 Where did you-- 202 00:11:23,409 --> 00:11:25,442 ( laughs ) 203 00:11:25,477 --> 00:11:28,786 Sorry. These pendants mean an awful lot to us. 204 00:11:28,821 --> 00:11:31,217 We'd just hate for anything to happen to them. 205 00:11:38,127 --> 00:11:40,061 ( chatter ) 206 00:11:47,070 --> 00:11:49,972 - So how was the tour? - I don't know. 207 00:11:50,007 --> 00:11:51,974 I mean, these girls, they were-- 208 00:11:52,009 --> 00:11:53,976 there was something off about them. 209 00:11:54,011 --> 00:11:55,879 Like off like this? 210 00:11:55,914 --> 00:11:57,276 Or off like this? 211 00:11:57,311 --> 00:11:58,882 Or-- ooh, like-- 212 00:11:58,917 --> 00:12:02,446 Maybe we should just let her tell us? 213 00:12:02,481 --> 00:12:05,251 That's just it. I can't put my finger on it. 214 00:12:05,286 --> 00:12:08,859 They just acted sort of strange around me. 215 00:12:08,894 --> 00:12:11,257 Maybe someone already talked to them. 216 00:12:11,292 --> 00:12:13,028 Told them about what I did. 217 00:12:13,063 --> 00:12:16,130 ( sighs ) So much for making a good first impression. 218 00:12:16,165 --> 00:12:18,396 Uh-huh. 219 00:12:18,431 --> 00:12:21,102 Ooh, that's probably not it. 220 00:12:24,239 --> 00:12:25,810 This is it, girls. 221 00:12:25,845 --> 00:12:27,438 The moment we've been waiting for. 222 00:12:27,473 --> 00:12:28,773 Lunch? 223 00:12:28,808 --> 00:12:32,883 ( groans ) The chance to get our true Equestrian magic back. 224 00:12:32,918 --> 00:12:35,248 Oh, right. 225 00:12:35,283 --> 00:12:36,986 Our voices are just strong enough 226 00:12:37,021 --> 00:12:39,417 to make them want something so badly, 227 00:12:39,452 --> 00:12:41,925 they'll fight to get it. 228 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:45,027 So we're just gonna do what we always do? 229 00:12:45,062 --> 00:12:47,865 Stir up some trouble and then feed off the negative energy? 230 00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:49,867 Some plan, Adagio. 231 00:12:49,902 --> 00:12:52,298 It won't be the same as the times before. 232 00:12:52,333 --> 00:12:54,564 There is Equestrian magic here. 233 00:12:54,599 --> 00:12:58,436 Their negative energy will give us the power we need 234 00:12:58,471 --> 00:13:01,879 to get this entire world to do our bidding. 235 00:13:01,914 --> 00:13:04,178 But we can get lunch after, though, right? 236 00:13:04,213 --> 00:13:06,917 It's Taco Tuesday. 237 00:13:06,952 --> 00:13:09,414 - Just follow my lead. - Or my lead. 238 00:13:09,449 --> 00:13:11,350 My lead. 239 00:13:17,061 --> 00:13:18,962 ( vocalizing ) 240 00:13:36,245 --> 00:13:40,016 ♪ We heard you want to get together ♪ 241 00:13:40,051 --> 00:13:44,383 ♪ We heard you want to rock this school ♪ 242 00:13:45,991 --> 00:13:49,454 ♪ We've got something that is better ♪ 243 00:13:50,996 --> 00:13:54,866 ♪ Something that changes all the rules ♪ 244 00:13:56,265 --> 00:13:58,936 ♪ Why pretend we're all the same? ♪ 245 00:14:00,203 --> 00:14:03,974 ♪ When some of us shine brighter ♪ 246 00:14:05,538 --> 00:14:08,407 ♪ Here's a chance to find your flame ♪ 247 00:14:10,213 --> 00:14:13,445 ♪ Are you a loser or a fighter? ♪ 248 00:14:14,646 --> 00:14:17,251 ♪ Me and you, you and me ♪ 249 00:14:17,286 --> 00:14:20,089 ♪ Why don't we see who is better? ♪ 250 00:14:20,124 --> 00:14:24,456 ♪ We don't have to be one and the same thing ♪ 251 00:14:24,491 --> 00:14:29,131 ♪ Oh, what's so wrong with a little competition? ♪ 252 00:14:29,166 --> 00:14:34,466 ♪ Are you afraid of failing the audition? ♪ 253 00:14:34,501 --> 00:14:37,337 ♪ You're a star and you should know it ♪ 254 00:14:39,242 --> 00:14:42,441 ♪ Now you rise above the rest ♪ 255 00:14:43,950 --> 00:14:46,885 ♪ It doesn't matter who you hurt ♪ 256 00:14:48,713 --> 00:14:51,648 ♪ If you're just proving you're the best ♪ 257 00:14:51,683 --> 00:14:53,584 ( vocalizing ) 258 00:14:55,456 --> 00:14:59,293 ♪ Battle, you want to win it ♪ 259 00:14:59,328 --> 00:15:01,361 ♪ Let's have a battle ♪ 260 00:15:01,396 --> 00:15:04,166 ♪ Battle of the bands ♪ 261 00:15:04,201 --> 00:15:06,036 ♪ Let's have a battle ♪ 262 00:15:06,071 --> 00:15:09,039 ♪ We'll go all in it ♪ 263 00:15:09,074 --> 00:15:11,074 ♪ Let's have a battle ♪ 264 00:15:11,109 --> 00:15:13,472 ♪ Battle, battle ♪ 265 00:15:13,507 --> 00:15:15,309 ♪ Battle of the bands... ♪ 266 00:15:15,344 --> 00:15:17,146 I can beat you. 267 00:15:17,181 --> 00:15:19,412 - ♪ Battle... ♪ - Ha! You wish. 268 00:15:19,447 --> 00:15:21,953 - ♪ Battle... ♪ - I so want this. 269 00:15:21,988 --> 00:15:24,186 - ♪ Battle... ♪ - Not if I get it first. 270 00:15:24,221 --> 00:15:26,716 ♪ Me and you, you and me ♪ 271 00:15:26,751 --> 00:15:29,587 ♪ Why don't we see who is better? ♪ 272 00:15:29,622 --> 00:15:34,097 ♪ We don't have to be one and the same thing ♪ 273 00:15:34,132 --> 00:15:39,003 ♪ Oh, what's so wrong with a little competition? ♪ 274 00:15:39,038 --> 00:15:43,304 ♪ I'm going out there, winning the audition ♪ 275 00:15:43,339 --> 00:15:45,075 ♪ Battle ♪ 276 00:15:45,110 --> 00:15:47,308 ♪ We want to win it ♪ 277 00:15:47,343 --> 00:15:49,442 ♪ Let's have a battle ♪ 278 00:15:49,477 --> 00:15:52,214 ♪ Battle of the bands ♪ 279 00:15:52,249 --> 00:15:54,579 ♪ Let's have a battle ♪ 280 00:15:54,614 --> 00:15:56,746 ♪ We'll go all in it ♪ 281 00:15:56,781 --> 00:15:58,748 ♪ Let's have a battle ♪ 282 00:15:58,783 --> 00:16:01,388 ♪ Battle, battle ♪ 283 00:16:01,423 --> 00:16:03,995 ♪ Battle of the bands. ♪ 284 00:16:07,495 --> 00:16:10,661 Oh, they're that kind of off. 285 00:16:15,272 --> 00:16:18,735 Those three are definitely in possession of some kind of dark magic. 286 00:16:18,770 --> 00:16:22,376 - How else could you explain what happened back there? - Don't worry, y'all. 287 00:16:22,411 --> 00:16:24,510 We let Principal Celestia know all about this 288 00:16:24,545 --> 00:16:27,018 and those girls will be kicked to the curb in no time. 289 00:16:27,053 --> 00:16:30,120 Last thing she needs is another CHS event 290 00:16:30,155 --> 00:16:33,618 almost ruined by some power-crazed lunatic. 291 00:16:33,653 --> 00:16:35,191 Uh, no offense. 292 00:16:35,226 --> 00:16:37,160 ( sighs ) None taken. 293 00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:42,594 Dark magic? 294 00:16:42,629 --> 00:16:45,366 I find that very hard to believe. 295 00:16:45,401 --> 00:16:47,269 Those girls came into my office earlier 296 00:16:47,304 --> 00:16:49,271 and were absolutely delightful. 297 00:16:49,306 --> 00:16:51,405 Perhaps Sunset Shimmer 298 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,111 is just eager to make someone else out to be a bad element 299 00:16:54,146 --> 00:16:57,378 so that her actions at the Fall Formal will become old news. 300 00:16:57,413 --> 00:16:59,479 I could see why you might think that, but-- 301 00:16:59,514 --> 00:17:01,217 That's not what's happening. 302 00:17:01,252 --> 00:17:04,154 We saw all of this go down in the cafeteria, too. 303 00:17:04,189 --> 00:17:06,486 Yes, but isn't your band 304 00:17:06,521 --> 00:17:09,588 supposed to be part of the musical showcase? 305 00:17:09,623 --> 00:17:10,820 Yes. 306 00:17:10,855 --> 00:17:12,723 Perhaps you're all just worried 307 00:17:12,758 --> 00:17:14,593 that the Dazzlings will steal your spotlight. 308 00:17:14,628 --> 00:17:16,595 The Dazzlings? 309 00:17:16,630 --> 00:17:18,597 It's the name of their musical group. 310 00:17:18,632 --> 00:17:20,533 That's why they came by my office earlier. 311 00:17:20,568 --> 00:17:21,868 To sign up for the showcase. 312 00:17:21,903 --> 00:17:25,439 Even sang a little song to Vice Principal Luna and I. 313 00:17:25,474 --> 00:17:28,211 - They did? - Yes. 314 00:17:28,246 --> 00:17:30,279 And we think having a battle of the bands 315 00:17:30,314 --> 00:17:32,677 instead is a marvelous idea. 316 00:17:40,357 --> 00:17:42,852 I can't believe they got to Principal Celestia 317 00:17:42,887 --> 00:17:44,854 and Vice Principal Luna, too. 318 00:17:44,889 --> 00:17:46,559 They've gotten to everybody. 319 00:17:46,594 --> 00:17:49,793 - Not everybody. - Pinkie Pie's right. 320 00:17:49,828 --> 00:17:51,630 We were there when the Dazzlings were singing 321 00:17:51,665 --> 00:17:53,335 and we weren't affected. 322 00:17:53,370 --> 00:17:55,304 It was like we were protected somehow. 323 00:17:55,339 --> 00:17:57,207 So let's take them down. 324 00:17:57,242 --> 00:18:00,243 It's not like we haven't tangled with dark magic before 325 00:18:00,278 --> 00:18:02,806 and totally whupped its sorry butt. 326 00:18:02,841 --> 00:18:05,182 Uh, no offense. 327 00:18:05,217 --> 00:18:07,547 ( sighs ) None taken. 328 00:18:07,582 --> 00:18:08,878 Again. 329 00:18:08,913 --> 00:18:10,847 But that was when Twilight was here. 330 00:18:10,882 --> 00:18:13,322 There may be some kind of magic inside us, 331 00:18:13,357 --> 00:18:15,390 but it only comes out when we play music. 332 00:18:15,425 --> 00:18:17,656 I sure don't know how to use it 333 00:18:17,691 --> 00:18:21,528 to "whup anybody's butt." 334 00:18:21,563 --> 00:18:24,135 If only we could get a message to Twilight. 335 00:18:24,170 --> 00:18:26,137 Maybe she could tell us how to break the spell 336 00:18:26,172 --> 00:18:27,765 the Dazzlings have cast on our friends. 337 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:29,701 Well, that's not gonna happen. 338 00:18:29,736 --> 00:18:32,242 The portal's closed. 339 00:18:32,277 --> 00:18:33,243 ( screams ) 340 00:18:33,278 --> 00:18:34,706 And I get the feeling 341 00:18:34,741 --> 00:18:37,676 they don't exactly have cell phones where she's from. 342 00:18:40,252 --> 00:18:41,713 I may have an idea 343 00:18:41,748 --> 00:18:43,814 how we can get in touch with Princess Twilight. 344 00:18:51,659 --> 00:18:54,693 When I was Princess Celestia's student back in Equestria, 345 00:18:54,728 --> 00:18:57,663 she gave me this. 346 00:18:57,698 --> 00:19:00,765 Even after I abandoned my studies, I held on to it. 347 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,834 Deep down, I guess I knew I was making a big mistake 348 00:19:03,869 --> 00:19:06,441 and I still wanted a way to reach out to her. 349 00:19:09,215 --> 00:19:10,874 Maybe it still works. 350 00:19:10,909 --> 00:19:12,942 Rarity: That's a book, darling. 351 00:19:12,977 --> 00:19:15,252 What do you mean maybe still works? 352 00:19:15,287 --> 00:19:17,551 It used to be that if I wrote something here, 353 00:19:17,586 --> 00:19:21,423 it would appear in the pages of a book back in Princess Celestia's library. 354 00:19:21,458 --> 00:19:23,425 I get a message to her, 355 00:19:23,460 --> 00:19:26,197 then she can get a message to Princess Twilight. 356 00:19:26,232 --> 00:19:29,200 So what are you waiting for? Get to writing. 357 00:19:35,538 --> 00:19:37,373 Huh. 358 00:19:37,408 --> 00:19:40,211 Been a long time since I've written these words. 359 00:19:41,511 --> 00:19:44,248 "Dear Princess Celestia." 360 00:20:18,482 --> 00:20:22,286 Excuse me, Princess, where do you want all these books from Princess Celestia? 361 00:20:22,321 --> 00:20:25,256 The library. Third door on the left. 362 00:20:25,291 --> 00:20:27,720 Even this one that's glowing and vibrating? 363 00:20:39,305 --> 00:20:40,766 What is it, Twilight? 364 00:20:40,801 --> 00:20:43,769 It looks like a message to Princess Celestia 365 00:20:43,804 --> 00:20:45,573 from my friends at Canterlot High. 366 00:20:45,608 --> 00:20:48,279 How is that even possible? 367 00:20:48,314 --> 00:20:49,577 I have no idea, 368 00:20:49,612 --> 00:20:52,415 but it sounds like they need my help. 369 00:20:55,948 --> 00:20:57,849 The way Sunset Shimmer described them, 370 00:20:57,884 --> 00:21:00,016 I think these new girls sound an awful lot like 371 00:21:00,051 --> 00:21:02,689 the Sirens. 372 00:21:02,724 --> 00:21:04,790 Not the Sirens! 373 00:21:04,825 --> 00:21:08,024 I don't actually know what that is. 374 00:21:08,059 --> 00:21:11,665 The Sirens were three beautiful but dangerous creatures 375 00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:14,800 who had the power to charm ponies with their music. 376 00:21:14,835 --> 00:21:16,401 But to maintain this power, 377 00:21:16,437 --> 00:21:19,871 they had to feed on the negativity and distrust of others. 378 00:21:19,906 --> 00:21:22,709 The more of this negative energy they consumed, 379 00:21:22,744 --> 00:21:24,975 the stronger their voices became 380 00:21:25,010 --> 00:21:27,747 and the farther they could spread their dark magic. 381 00:21:27,782 --> 00:21:30,519 I don't think I like this story very much. 382 00:21:30,554 --> 00:21:32,719 Twilight: If the Sirens had their way, 383 00:21:32,754 --> 00:21:35,425 they would have divided and conquered all of Equestria. 384 00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:38,857 But a certain Star Swirl the Bearded wasn't having it. 385 00:21:38,892 --> 00:21:42,861 Rumor has it he found a way to banish them to another world. 386 00:21:42,896 --> 00:21:45,831 One where he believed their magic power would be lost. 387 00:21:48,132 --> 00:21:51,408 That world must have been the one where my Canterlot High friends live. 388 00:21:51,443 --> 00:21:54,543 But Star Swirl must have sent them there ages ago. 389 00:21:54,578 --> 00:21:56,611 How come they're just surfacing now? 390 00:21:56,646 --> 00:21:58,811 I don't know, but if my hunch is right 391 00:21:58,846 --> 00:22:01,517 and it is the Sirens who have come to Canterlot High, 392 00:22:01,552 --> 00:22:04,454 this spell they've cast is just the beginning. 393 00:22:04,489 --> 00:22:07,655 My friends need me. I have to get back to them. 394 00:22:07,690 --> 00:22:09,690 I hate to burst your bubble, Twilight, 395 00:22:09,725 --> 00:22:12,088 but the connection between their world and Equestria 396 00:22:12,123 --> 00:22:15,465 will still be totally cut off for a super long time. 397 00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:18,028 Okay, first of all, if there was bubble blowing going on, 398 00:22:18,063 --> 00:22:19,799 why wasn't I told about it? 399 00:22:19,834 --> 00:22:23,099 And secondly, if the connection is totally cut off, 400 00:22:23,134 --> 00:22:26,839 how was Sunset Shimmer able to get a message to Twilight? 401 00:22:26,874 --> 00:22:30,744 ( gasps ) Pinkie, you're a genius. 402 00:22:30,779 --> 00:22:32,614 Yeah, I get that a lot. 403 00:22:32,649 --> 00:22:34,451 Now about those bubbles. 404 00:22:48,797 --> 00:22:50,995 Twilight: ...and the interval between the two points is defined 405 00:22:51,030 --> 00:22:53,129 as the square root of the sum of the squares of the separation 406 00:22:53,164 --> 00:22:55,604 between the points along three spatial dimensions. 407 00:22:57,773 --> 00:22:59,971 - Say what now? - Duh. 408 00:23:00,006 --> 00:23:03,876 She's gonna take the magic in here and put it in there. 409 00:23:03,911 --> 00:23:06,615 That'll make the portal open up so that whenever she wants to, 410 00:23:06,650 --> 00:23:08,452 she can go from here to there. 411 00:23:08,487 --> 00:23:10,652 There to here. Here-there. 412 00:23:10,687 --> 00:23:13,853 - There to here. Here to there. There-- - We get the idea. 413 00:23:15,956 --> 00:23:18,154 Now to see if it actually works. 414 00:23:30,234 --> 00:23:32,542 All: Ooh. 415 00:23:57,602 --> 00:23:59,833 All: Ahh. 416 00:23:59,868 --> 00:24:03,903 - Don't suppose we could join you this time around? - Better not. 417 00:24:03,938 --> 00:24:06,708 It could make things pretty confusing if Canterlot High 418 00:24:06,743 --> 00:24:08,875 all of a sudden had two of all of you. 419 00:24:10,142 --> 00:24:12,109 ( all "oh" ) 420 00:24:12,144 --> 00:24:13,847 But I still get to go, right? 421 00:24:13,882 --> 00:24:15,981 There isn't another one of me at Canterlot High. 422 00:24:16,016 --> 00:24:18,687 And you never know when you might need your trusty assistant. 423 00:24:18,722 --> 00:24:20,557 Mm-hmm. 424 00:24:21,692 --> 00:24:22,757 Yes! 425 00:24:22,792 --> 00:24:24,627 We won't be gone long. 426 00:24:24,662 --> 00:24:26,893 ( overlapping chatter ) 427 00:24:26,928 --> 00:24:28,829 And don't forget to dress well. 428 00:24:32,604 --> 00:24:34,967 Ready, Spike? 429 00:24:36,102 --> 00:24:37,574 Ready. 430 00:25:02,326 --> 00:25:05,866 ( sighs ) I'm starting to think she's not coming. 431 00:25:07,903 --> 00:25:09,298 All: Twilight! 432 00:25:09,333 --> 00:25:12,510 Ooh. I'm back. 433 00:25:20,212 --> 00:25:22,982 All: Oh, Twilight. 434 00:25:23,017 --> 00:25:25,952 I've got some bad news about those new girls. 435 00:25:25,987 --> 00:25:27,690 ( all groan ) 436 00:25:32,224 --> 00:25:34,862 Oh, I do hate that you had to return at a time of crisis. 437 00:25:34,897 --> 00:25:37,194 We have so much catching up to do. 438 00:25:37,229 --> 00:25:41,033 For starters, a certain blue-haired guitar player was just asking about you. 439 00:25:41,068 --> 00:25:44,168 Flash Sentry was asking about me? 440 00:25:44,203 --> 00:25:47,941 Ahem. Isn't that nice? 441 00:25:47,976 --> 00:25:51,681 Perhaps you could give us just the slightest bit of gossip from your world? 442 00:25:51,716 --> 00:25:53,650 She's got an official title now. 443 00:25:53,685 --> 00:25:58,083 ( mimics trumpet fanfare ) The Princess of Friendship. 444 00:25:58,118 --> 00:26:00,888 Wow, that's really impressive. 445 00:26:00,923 --> 00:26:04,188 Guess you really were Princess Celestia's prize pupil. 446 00:26:04,223 --> 00:26:06,289 She's even got her own castle. 447 00:26:06,324 --> 00:26:07,961 A castle?! 448 00:26:07,996 --> 00:26:09,732 You have your own castle?! 449 00:26:09,767 --> 00:26:12,031 Uh, ahem. 450 00:26:12,066 --> 00:26:13,967 Oh, lovely. 451 00:26:14,002 --> 00:26:15,068 What's new here? 452 00:26:15,103 --> 00:26:17,641 I mean, besides your school becoming the target 453 00:26:17,676 --> 00:26:20,105 of dangerous magical creatures from Equestria. 454 00:26:20,140 --> 00:26:22,976 Yeah, so that isn't exactly 455 00:26:23,011 --> 00:26:25,242 the only strange thing that's happened since you left. 456 00:26:25,277 --> 00:26:29,213 - ( music playing ) - ♪ ...and I'm so glad that we're better... ♪ 457 00:26:29,248 --> 00:26:31,754 Pretty sweet, huh? 458 00:26:31,789 --> 00:26:34,185 It happens to all of us when we play. 459 00:26:34,220 --> 00:26:37,254 Hmm. My crown was returned to Equestria, 460 00:26:37,289 --> 00:26:40,356 but some of its magic must have remained here at Canterlot High. 461 00:26:40,391 --> 00:26:42,160 Now that we're all back together, 462 00:26:42,195 --> 00:26:44,129 we can use that magic on the Sirens. 463 00:26:44,164 --> 00:26:46,296 Just like when we were able to use it on Sunset Shimmer 464 00:26:46,331 --> 00:26:50,300 when she turned into that horrifyingly awful winged monster. 465 00:26:50,335 --> 00:26:51,807 No offense. 466 00:26:51,842 --> 00:26:54,139 None taken. 467 00:26:54,174 --> 00:26:55,943 I'm used to it. 468 00:26:55,978 --> 00:26:58,143 They'll never even know what hit 'em. 469 00:26:58,178 --> 00:26:59,848 ( grunting ) 470 00:27:02,182 --> 00:27:04,952 We've got nothing to worry about now that Twilight's back. 471 00:27:04,987 --> 00:27:08,956 Oh, I'm pretty sure I could find something to worry about. 472 00:27:08,991 --> 00:27:10,991 But it won't be the Sirens. 473 00:27:11,026 --> 00:27:12,894 The sooner we do this, the better. 474 00:27:12,929 --> 00:27:14,896 Any idea where the Dazzlings might be? 475 00:27:17,802 --> 00:27:20,803 ( slurps ) Ahh. 476 00:27:20,838 --> 00:27:23,971 There's a big party tonight for all the bands who signed up to be in the showcase. 477 00:27:24,006 --> 00:27:25,742 That would include the Dazzlings. 478 00:27:28,879 --> 00:27:31,077 Looks like we've got a party to crash. 479 00:27:32,817 --> 00:27:34,751 ( chatter ) 480 00:27:47,964 --> 00:27:50,063 ( sighs ) I'm gonna get more punch. 481 00:27:52,364 --> 00:27:54,166 Twilight? 482 00:27:54,201 --> 00:27:56,333 Oh, bumped into-- 483 00:27:56,368 --> 00:27:58,137 always doing... 484 00:27:58,172 --> 00:28:00,139 What are you doing here? 485 00:28:00,174 --> 00:28:02,075 You came back for the big competition, right? 486 00:28:02,110 --> 00:28:04,077 Something like that. 487 00:28:04,112 --> 00:28:06,750 Not that there's going to be any real competition. 488 00:28:06,785 --> 00:28:09,786 No one here wants this as bad as my band does. 489 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:22,458 ( chatter ) 490 00:28:23,868 --> 00:28:25,868 Can you excuse me for just a minute? 491 00:28:36,914 --> 00:28:38,848 ( overlapping conversations ) 492 00:28:43,888 --> 00:28:47,087 Adagio: Oh, no. No one's mingling. 493 00:28:47,122 --> 00:28:50,024 It's like there's some kind of underlying tension 494 00:28:50,059 --> 00:28:52,290 that could bubble to the surface at any minute. 495 00:28:52,325 --> 00:28:53,962 It's the fruit punch, isn't it? 496 00:28:53,997 --> 00:28:56,030 I knew I used too much grape juice. 497 00:28:56,065 --> 00:28:58,967 It's not the fruit punch, it's us. 498 00:28:59,002 --> 00:29:01,299 But the punch is awful, too. 499 00:29:01,334 --> 00:29:05,237 - What do you know about good fruit punch? - More than you. 500 00:29:05,272 --> 00:29:07,404 - Do not. - Do, too. 501 00:29:07,439 --> 00:29:10,143 This is just the kickoff party, girls. 502 00:29:10,178 --> 00:29:12,244 Imagine what a tizzy they'll be in 503 00:29:12,279 --> 00:29:14,851 by the time the battle of the bands starts. 504 00:29:14,886 --> 00:29:17,887 There isn't going to be a battle of the bands. 505 00:29:17,922 --> 00:29:19,350 We're gonna make sure of that. 506 00:29:20,925 --> 00:29:24,223 All right, girls, let's do this. 507 00:29:27,459 --> 00:29:31,131 Friendship is magic. 508 00:29:41,506 --> 00:29:45,508 Uh, weren't there rainbows and lasers and stuff last time? 509 00:29:45,543 --> 00:29:47,312 I don't understand. 510 00:29:47,347 --> 00:29:48,951 We're all together again. 511 00:29:48,986 --> 00:29:51,118 Why isn't this working? 512 00:29:56,488 --> 00:29:58,323 You, uh, really need to go ahead 513 00:29:58,358 --> 00:30:00,490 and do that whole "magic of friendship" thing now. 514 00:30:00,525 --> 00:30:01,791 I'm trying, Spike. 515 00:30:01,827 --> 00:30:04,329 I thought the six of us standing together against the Sirens 516 00:30:04,364 --> 00:30:06,595 would bring out the magic we needed to defeat them. 517 00:30:06,630 --> 00:30:08,597 That's what happened before. 518 00:30:08,632 --> 00:30:11,336 Talk about throwing down the gauntlet. 519 00:30:11,371 --> 00:30:14,977 This group is obviously serious about winning. 520 00:30:15,012 --> 00:30:16,913 A little cocky, though, aren't they? 521 00:30:16,948 --> 00:30:19,212 Claiming there won't really be a battle. 522 00:30:19,247 --> 00:30:23,447 Seems they think they've already got this thing all locked up. 523 00:30:23,482 --> 00:30:28,023 Not if the great and powerful Trixie has anything to do with it. 524 00:30:28,058 --> 00:30:29,552 Whatever, Trixie. 525 00:30:29,587 --> 00:30:31,356 We're the best band at CHS. 526 00:30:31,391 --> 00:30:34,260 No. The Crusaders are gonna win. 527 00:30:34,295 --> 00:30:36,229 ( overlapping chatter ) 528 00:30:52,016 --> 00:30:55,050 Adagio: I think we may have found what we're looking for. 529 00:30:55,085 --> 00:30:58,152 Or rather, it found us. 530 00:31:02,290 --> 00:31:05,126 Magic. Don't you see? 531 00:31:05,161 --> 00:31:08,030 Everyone else has fallen under our spell. 532 00:31:08,065 --> 00:31:10,098 But not these girls. 533 00:31:10,133 --> 00:31:12,562 These girls are special. 534 00:31:17,041 --> 00:31:19,008 It doesn't make any sense. 535 00:31:19,043 --> 00:31:20,636 I should have been able to create the spark 536 00:31:20,671 --> 00:31:22,209 that would help us break their spell. 537 00:31:22,244 --> 00:31:24,409 That's how it worked before. 538 00:31:24,444 --> 00:31:28,182 But to defeat me, you drew magic from the crown I was wearing. 539 00:31:28,217 --> 00:31:31,614 The Sirens' magic comes from their music... 540 00:31:31,649 --> 00:31:35,684 so maybe you have to use the same kind of magic to defeat them. 541 00:31:35,719 --> 00:31:37,653 Or maybe not. 542 00:31:37,688 --> 00:31:41,459 - No, I think you're onto something. - Really? 543 00:31:41,494 --> 00:31:44,561 It's when you play music that you transform now, right? 544 00:31:44,596 --> 00:31:47,366 Yup. Ears, tails, the whole shebang. 545 00:31:47,401 --> 00:31:50,237 So maybe the way to use that magic to defeat the Sirens 546 00:31:50,272 --> 00:31:52,305 is by playing a musical counterspell. 547 00:31:52,340 --> 00:31:55,308 - You mean like a song? - Uh-huh. 548 00:31:55,343 --> 00:31:58,311 And in order to free everyone who's been exposed to the Sirens spell, 549 00:31:58,346 --> 00:32:00,181 we'll need them all to hear it. 550 00:32:00,216 --> 00:32:01,985 All: Hmm. 551 00:32:02,020 --> 00:32:05,120 ( gasps ) The band competition. 552 00:32:05,155 --> 00:32:06,682 That's the next time we can be certain 553 00:32:06,717 --> 00:32:09,190 everyone will be in the same place at the same time. 554 00:32:09,225 --> 00:32:11,588 Guess the Rainbooms are the band to beat. 555 00:32:11,623 --> 00:32:13,557 And I believe, you, Twilight, 556 00:32:13,592 --> 00:32:17,066 just became the Rainbooms' newest member. 557 00:32:17,101 --> 00:32:19,002 ( giggling ) 558 00:32:22,073 --> 00:32:24,007 So what do you want to play? 559 00:32:24,042 --> 00:32:26,042 Triangle? Sousaphone? 560 00:32:27,144 --> 00:32:29,078 - Theremin? - ( music playing ) 561 00:32:33,084 --> 00:32:35,711 So magical. 562 00:32:35,746 --> 00:32:37,614 I might take a little too long 563 00:32:37,649 --> 00:32:39,616 to learn how to play something with these. 564 00:32:39,651 --> 00:32:41,222 I'll just sing. 565 00:32:41,257 --> 00:32:43,224 Like as in lead singer? 566 00:32:43,259 --> 00:32:45,589 'Cause that's usually my gig. 567 00:32:45,624 --> 00:32:47,327 This being my band and all. 568 00:32:47,362 --> 00:32:49,131 It's our band. 569 00:32:49,166 --> 00:32:51,067 And of course as lead singer. 570 00:32:51,102 --> 00:32:54,301 She's the one with the magical knowhow to help us pull this thing off. 571 00:32:54,336 --> 00:32:56,336 Okay, yeah, that's cool. 572 00:32:56,371 --> 00:32:58,206 I'll just use this as a chance 573 00:32:58,241 --> 00:33:01,671 to hone my already insanely good lead guitar skills. 574 00:33:01,706 --> 00:33:03,706 It's only temporary. 575 00:33:03,741 --> 00:33:06,082 And we don't have to win the battle of the bands. 576 00:33:06,117 --> 00:33:09,151 We just have to perform during the first round of the competition. 577 00:33:09,186 --> 00:33:11,714 So let's get to learning that musical counterspell. 578 00:33:11,749 --> 00:33:14,750 Well, that's just it. I don't know any. 579 00:33:14,785 --> 00:33:16,422 ( all sigh ) 580 00:33:16,457 --> 00:33:19,260 But I'm sure I could figure out how to write one. 581 00:33:19,295 --> 00:33:22,593 Totally. Twilight can write a spell like it's nobody's business. 582 00:33:22,628 --> 00:33:25,695 That's pretty much how she got to become a princess in Equestria. 583 00:33:25,730 --> 00:33:28,269 Technically, I helped finish a spell. 584 00:33:28,304 --> 00:33:30,469 And there was a little more to it than that, Spike. 585 00:33:30,504 --> 00:33:32,570 Yeah, whatever. 586 00:33:32,605 --> 00:33:34,110 I've got this. 587 00:33:34,145 --> 00:33:35,408 Come on. 588 00:33:35,443 --> 00:33:37,278 Where are you going? 589 00:33:37,313 --> 00:33:38,642 Well, last time we were here, 590 00:33:38,677 --> 00:33:40,545 Spike and I spent the night in the library. 591 00:33:40,580 --> 00:33:42,349 Are you crazy? 592 00:33:42,384 --> 00:33:44,384 We're besties now. 593 00:33:44,419 --> 00:33:46,122 Slumber party at my house. 594 00:33:50,326 --> 00:33:53,261 Status update-- okey dokey, Loki. 595 00:34:08,377 --> 00:34:10,773 Hey. I was about to beat you. 596 00:34:10,808 --> 00:34:12,280 I doubt it. 597 00:34:12,315 --> 00:34:15,118 So, Twilight, how's that counterspell coming? 598 00:34:15,153 --> 00:34:18,187 Huh? Oh, uh, good. Great. 599 00:34:18,222 --> 00:34:20,717 Thanks for letting me use your notebook, Fluttershy. 600 00:34:20,752 --> 00:34:23,258 I really like the song you wrote for the Rainbooms. 601 00:34:23,293 --> 00:34:24,820 Thanks. ( sighs ) 602 00:34:24,855 --> 00:34:27,625 Hopefully one day, we'll get a chance to play it. 603 00:34:27,660 --> 00:34:29,495 - ( laughing ) - Hey! 604 00:34:31,466 --> 00:34:34,203 Twilight, I think I speak for all of us when I say 605 00:34:34,238 --> 00:34:37,437 I don't know what we would've done if you hadn't come back to help us. 606 00:34:37,472 --> 00:34:38,702 All: Uh-huh. 607 00:34:38,737 --> 00:34:40,407 ( doorbell rings ) 608 00:34:40,442 --> 00:34:42,079 Pizza's here. 609 00:34:51,684 --> 00:34:53,321 ( sighs ) 610 00:34:53,356 --> 00:34:55,092 Don't you want any pizza? 611 00:35:08,833 --> 00:35:11,174 ( snoring ) 612 00:35:40,370 --> 00:35:42,304 No, that's not gonna work. 613 00:35:43,373 --> 00:35:46,275 Hey, Twilight. You're up late. 614 00:35:46,310 --> 00:35:48,937 Just looking over the counterspell. 615 00:35:48,972 --> 00:35:52,248 We only get one shot at this. It has to be perfect. 616 00:35:52,283 --> 00:35:54,745 We really are lucky you're here. 617 00:35:54,780 --> 00:35:56,945 That's what everyone keeps telling me. 618 00:35:56,980 --> 00:36:00,487 Who could possibly need this much whipped cream? 619 00:36:00,522 --> 00:36:02,258 It must be nice to have everyone 620 00:36:02,293 --> 00:36:04,953 always looking to you for answers to their problems 621 00:36:04,988 --> 00:36:07,923 instead of waiting for you to cause a problem. 622 00:36:07,958 --> 00:36:10,431 Just because everyone expects something from you 623 00:36:10,466 --> 00:36:12,367 doesn't mean it's guaranteed to happen. 624 00:36:12,402 --> 00:36:14,732 But that doesn't stop them from expecting it. 625 00:36:14,767 --> 00:36:16,338 Which only make things harder 626 00:36:16,373 --> 00:36:18,538 because the last thing you want to do is... 627 00:36:18,573 --> 00:36:20,870 Both: Let everybody down. 628 00:36:24,678 --> 00:36:26,678 ( screams ) 629 00:36:26,713 --> 00:36:28,746 Boulder was hungry. 630 00:36:36,954 --> 00:36:40,560 I still can't get over the fact that she's related to Pinkie Pie. 631 00:36:40,595 --> 00:36:42,925 You and me both. 632 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,664 ( yawns ) I better get some sleep. 633 00:36:45,699 --> 00:36:47,336 Good luck with the counterspell. 634 00:36:47,371 --> 00:36:48,733 Not that you'll need it. 635 00:36:48,768 --> 00:36:50,702 This must be nothing compared to the stuff 636 00:36:50,737 --> 00:36:54,343 you're expected to deal with as a princess in Equestria. 637 00:36:54,378 --> 00:36:56,642 Sunset Shimmer... 638 00:36:59,416 --> 00:37:01,515 Never mind. It's not important. 639 00:37:05,851 --> 00:37:09,292 No, I have to be able to do this. 640 00:37:09,327 --> 00:37:10,821 I have to. 641 00:37:12,825 --> 00:37:15,925 - ( music playing ) - ♪ Hey, hey, listen ♪ 642 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:19,698 ♪ We've got a message for you ♪ 643 00:37:19,733 --> 00:37:22,866 ♪ We're not all alike ♪ 644 00:37:22,901 --> 00:37:26,837 ♪ But our friendship is true ♪ 645 00:37:26,872 --> 00:37:30,379 ♪ Yeah, we're really different ♪ 646 00:37:30,414 --> 00:37:34,317 ♪ But we still get along ♪ 647 00:37:34,352 --> 00:37:36,352 ♪ So, hey, hey ♪ 648 00:37:36,387 --> 00:37:40,620 ♪ Listen to our song ♪ 649 00:37:40,655 --> 00:37:44,525 ♪ You may think you're in control ♪ 650 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:48,397 ♪ But we're here to prove you wrong ♪ 651 00:37:48,432 --> 00:37:51,796 ♪ With the friendship of our music ♪ 652 00:37:51,831 --> 00:37:55,536 ♪ With the power of our song ♪ 653 00:37:55,571 --> 00:37:59,672 ♪ Gonna stomp our feet, clap our hands ♪ 654 00:37:59,707 --> 00:38:02,609 ♪ With our magical friendship ♪ 655 00:38:02,644 --> 00:38:06,712 ♪ Gonna stop your evil plan. ♪ 656 00:38:13,457 --> 00:38:15,523 Eh, that sounded way better 657 00:38:15,558 --> 00:38:18,328 than the last five times you played it. 658 00:38:18,363 --> 00:38:20,297 - ( chuckles ) - Nope. 659 00:38:21,696 --> 00:38:23,894 I think it's pretty obvious 660 00:38:23,929 --> 00:38:25,962 what's going wrong with this counterspell. 661 00:38:25,997 --> 00:38:29,768 You're turning what should be the chorus into a five-minute guitar solo? 662 00:38:29,803 --> 00:38:32,441 I have to pick up the slack somehow. 663 00:38:32,476 --> 00:38:33,904 Are you guys even trying? 664 00:38:33,939 --> 00:38:35,477 I'm trying. 665 00:38:35,512 --> 00:38:37,512 It's fine. I'll be fine. 666 00:38:37,547 --> 00:38:38,876 One more time from the top. 667 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,518 Or perhaps we could take a short break-- 668 00:38:43,553 --> 00:38:46,455 try on some of the wardrobe choices I put together. 669 00:38:46,490 --> 00:38:48,622 I'm particularly fond of this one. 670 00:38:50,461 --> 00:38:53,363 Of course we could always go with something a bit more modern. 671 00:38:53,398 --> 00:38:55,860 We're trying to save our school here. 672 00:38:55,895 --> 00:38:57,466 Enough with the costumes. 673 00:38:57,501 --> 00:38:59,996 You can never have enough costumes. 674 00:39:00,031 --> 00:39:02,504 She just wants to make things fun. 675 00:39:02,539 --> 00:39:04,869 Isn't that what being in a band is supposed to be? 676 00:39:06,103 --> 00:39:07,536 You don't have time for any of this. 677 00:39:07,571 --> 00:39:11,678 You're supposed to check in at the battle of the bands in 15 minutes. 678 00:39:11,713 --> 00:39:13,812 - ( all gasp ) - Oh, no! 679 00:39:13,847 --> 00:39:15,880 But-- but it's not ready. 680 00:39:15,915 --> 00:39:18,652 If we play the counterspell in the first round and it doesn't work, 681 00:39:18,687 --> 00:39:20,115 the Sirens will know what we're up to 682 00:39:20,150 --> 00:39:21,787 and make sure we don't get a chance to play it again. 683 00:39:24,627 --> 00:39:27,023 Then we'll have to buy ourselves some time 684 00:39:27,058 --> 00:39:28,596 so you can keep working on it. 685 00:39:28,631 --> 00:39:30,664 And how do you propose we do that? 686 00:39:30,699 --> 00:39:33,502 We compete in the battle of the bands for real. 687 00:39:33,537 --> 00:39:36,901 I take over lead vocals again and we stay alive until the finals. 688 00:39:36,936 --> 00:39:38,705 We unleash the counterspell then. 689 00:39:38,740 --> 00:39:41,411 You'll have figured it out by the finals, right? 690 00:39:41,446 --> 00:39:43,039 Of course she will. 691 00:39:43,074 --> 00:39:45,679 Twilight Sparkle's never met a problem she couldn't solve. 692 00:39:45,714 --> 00:39:48,616 - Right, Twilight? - Right. 693 00:39:48,651 --> 00:39:51,454 Then let's go win us a battle of the bands. 694 00:40:02,467 --> 00:40:04,027 Welcome to the first ever 695 00:40:04,062 --> 00:40:06,535 Canterlot High School battle of the bands. 696 00:40:06,570 --> 00:40:09,505 I believe I speak for everyone when I say 697 00:40:09,540 --> 00:40:11,672 it is by far the greatest thing 698 00:40:11,707 --> 00:40:14,136 we have ever done here at this school. 699 00:40:14,171 --> 00:40:15,577 ( cheering ) 700 00:40:18,175 --> 00:40:21,143 We are so glad our three newest students 701 00:40:21,178 --> 00:40:23,178 encouraged us to turn this event 702 00:40:23,213 --> 00:40:25,587 into something exciting. 703 00:40:25,622 --> 00:40:28,117 But as this is now a competition, 704 00:40:28,152 --> 00:40:30,559 we can only choose one winner. 705 00:40:30,594 --> 00:40:33,023 Who is it going to be? 706 00:40:33,058 --> 00:40:34,662 ( chatter ) 707 00:40:44,641 --> 00:40:46,069 You feel that, girls? 708 00:40:46,104 --> 00:40:48,709 Our true power is being restored. 709 00:40:48,744 --> 00:40:49,974 ( laughing ) 710 00:40:53,881 --> 00:40:55,584 Adagio: And that's before 711 00:40:55,619 --> 00:40:57,982 we've tapped into the strongest magic here. 712 00:40:58,017 --> 00:41:01,051 But the Rainblossoms-- or whatever they're called-- 713 00:41:01,086 --> 00:41:03,020 aren't under our spell. 714 00:41:03,055 --> 00:41:06,188 How exactly are we supposed to get to their magic? 715 00:41:06,223 --> 00:41:08,564 The Rainbooms are just as capable 716 00:41:08,599 --> 00:41:10,698 of falling apart as anyone else. 717 00:41:10,733 --> 00:41:14,229 They just need a little push in the wrong direction. 718 00:41:14,264 --> 00:41:16,704 I have a feeling everyone here 719 00:41:16,739 --> 00:41:19,509 is going to be lining up to give them a shove. 720 00:41:21,546 --> 00:41:22,973 ( beatboxing ) 721 00:41:27,046 --> 00:41:30,113 Oh, yeah. Snips and Snails in the house, yo. 722 00:41:30,148 --> 00:41:32,951 ♪ They call me M.C. Snips and it ain't no lie ♪ 723 00:41:32,986 --> 00:41:35,217 ♪ My favorite food is like pumpkin pie ♪ 724 00:41:35,252 --> 00:41:37,857 ♪ I'm D.J. Snazzy Snails, I like whales ♪ 725 00:41:37,892 --> 00:41:40,288 ♪ When I go to the beach, I always bring my pail ♪ 726 00:41:40,323 --> 00:41:42,796 ( beatboxing ) 727 00:41:42,831 --> 00:41:45,095 ♪ Everybody knows my favorite color is orange ♪ 728 00:41:45,130 --> 00:41:48,197 ♪ My rhymes are so fly, they're better than, um... ♪ 729 00:41:48,232 --> 00:41:49,902 ♪ Than an orange, yo ♪ 730 00:41:49,937 --> 00:41:52,036 - ♪ Yeah, represent ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪ 731 00:41:52,071 --> 00:41:54,269 ( beatboxing ) 732 00:41:57,340 --> 00:41:59,043 What do we-- what do we do now? 733 00:41:59,078 --> 00:42:01,045 Get off the stage, I'd like to leave right now. 734 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,080 ( beatboxing ) 735 00:42:04,182 --> 00:42:05,786 Bam. That just happened. 736 00:42:05,821 --> 00:42:08,690 - Yeah, we out. - Snip and Snails outta here. 737 00:42:09,792 --> 00:42:11,220 ( feedback ) 738 00:42:13,664 --> 00:42:15,631 Please do not drop the microphones. 739 00:42:15,666 --> 00:42:18,029 - Yeah. - Bam. 740 00:42:18,064 --> 00:42:21,802 In your face, Rainbooms. 741 00:42:21,837 --> 00:42:25,333 At least we know one group who won't stand in the way of us getting to the finals. 742 00:42:25,368 --> 00:42:27,269 Let's get ready to rock. 743 00:42:27,304 --> 00:42:28,941 Wait, where's Rarity? 744 00:42:28,976 --> 00:42:32,582 Ooh, here. I'm here. ( panting ) 745 00:42:40,823 --> 00:42:42,955 We will be performing in front of an audience. 746 00:42:42,990 --> 00:42:45,958 I'm not going to wear something fabulous? Hmm. 747 00:42:45,993 --> 00:42:47,861 ( groans ) 748 00:42:49,194 --> 00:42:51,128 ( chatter ) 749 00:42:53,396 --> 00:42:56,166 Remember, we have to be good enough to make it through, 750 00:42:56,201 --> 00:42:59,268 but not so good we let the Sirens see the magic within us. 751 00:42:59,303 --> 00:43:01,710 They could realize we plan to use it against them. 752 00:43:01,745 --> 00:43:03,910 Got it. Be cool enough to win, 753 00:43:03,945 --> 00:43:06,143 but not so cool that we end up showing off 754 00:43:06,178 --> 00:43:08,310 the whole ears and tails and rainbows thing. 755 00:43:08,345 --> 00:43:11,786 So about 20% less cool. 756 00:43:11,821 --> 00:43:14,855 - One, two. - ♪ We just got the day ♪ 757 00:43:14,890 --> 00:43:16,857 ♪ To get ready ♪ 758 00:43:16,892 --> 00:43:19,794 ♪ And there's only so much time to lose ♪ 759 00:43:19,829 --> 00:43:23,699 ♪ Because tonight, yeah, we're here to party ♪ 760 00:43:23,734 --> 00:43:26,229 ♪ So let's think of something fun to do ♪ 761 00:43:27,903 --> 00:43:31,267 ♪ We don't know what's gonna happen ♪ 762 00:43:31,302 --> 00:43:34,842 ♪ We just know it's gonna feel right ♪ 763 00:43:34,877 --> 00:43:36,305 ♪ All our friends are here ♪ 764 00:43:36,340 --> 00:43:41,277 ♪ And it's time to ignite the lights ♪ 765 00:43:41,312 --> 00:43:45,149 ♪ Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight ♪ 766 00:43:45,184 --> 00:43:48,020 ♪ Shake your tail, shake your tail ♪ 767 00:43:48,055 --> 00:43:52,123 ♪ Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight ♪ 768 00:43:52,158 --> 00:43:54,961 ♪ Shake your tail, shake your tail... ♪ 769 00:43:54,996 --> 00:43:58,800 - ♪ So what you didn't get it right the first time? ♪ - Boring. 770 00:43:58,835 --> 00:44:01,803 ♪ Laugh it off, no one said it is a crime ♪ 771 00:44:01,838 --> 00:44:05,708 ♪ Do your thing, you know you're an original ♪ 772 00:44:05,743 --> 00:44:08,843 ♪ Your ideas are so funny that they're criminal ♪ 773 00:44:08,878 --> 00:44:11,439 - ♪ Ohh, ahh ♪ - ( coughing ) 774 00:44:11,474 --> 00:44:15,047 ♪ We've just got the day to get ready ♪ 775 00:44:15,082 --> 00:44:18,017 ♪ And there's only so much time to lose ♪ 776 00:44:18,052 --> 00:44:21,691 ♪ Because tonight, yeah, we're here to party ♪ 777 00:44:21,726 --> 00:44:24,056 - ♪ So let's think of something fun to do ♪ - ( chuckling ) 778 00:44:24,091 --> 00:44:26,190 Awesome. 779 00:44:26,225 --> 00:44:27,862 ♪ We don't know ♪ 780 00:44:27,897 --> 00:44:29,798 ♪ What's gonna happen ♪ 781 00:44:29,833 --> 00:44:33,065 ♪ We just know it's gonna feel right ♪ 782 00:44:33,100 --> 00:44:34,935 ♪ All our friends are here ♪ 783 00:44:34,970 --> 00:44:39,742 ♪ And it's time to ignite the lights ♪ 784 00:44:39,777 --> 00:44:43,339 ♪ Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight ♪ 785 00:44:43,374 --> 00:44:46,716 ♪ Shake your tail, shake your tail ♪ 786 00:44:46,751 --> 00:44:50,214 ♪ Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight ♪ 787 00:44:50,249 --> 00:44:53,217 ♪ Shake your tail, shake your tail ♪ 788 00:44:53,252 --> 00:44:56,759 ♪ Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight ♪ 789 00:44:56,794 --> 00:45:00,389 - ♪ Shake your tail, shake your tail ♪ - ( gasps ) 790 00:45:00,424 --> 00:45:03,733 ♪ Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight ♪ 791 00:45:03,768 --> 00:45:06,934 ♪ Shake your tail, shake your tail ♪ 792 00:45:06,969 --> 00:45:10,938 ♪ Shake your tail 'cause we're here to have a party tonight. ♪ 793 00:45:10,973 --> 00:45:11,972 ( crying ) 794 00:45:12,007 --> 00:45:13,908 ( applause ) 795 00:45:16,341 --> 00:45:18,407 Ruined. 796 00:45:18,442 --> 00:45:20,376 Absolutely ruined. 797 00:45:20,411 --> 00:45:23,379 Rarity, were you trying to make us lose out there? 798 00:45:23,414 --> 00:45:25,414 What-- this was not my fault. 799 00:45:25,449 --> 00:45:27,988 This was an act of sabotage. 800 00:45:28,023 --> 00:45:30,320 Yeah, well, whoever did this couldn't have done this 801 00:45:30,355 --> 00:45:33,994 if you didn't insist on dressing like-- like this. 802 00:45:34,029 --> 00:45:35,462 We need to sound good. 803 00:45:35,497 --> 00:45:38,295 Is there some reason that concept seems to escape you? 804 00:45:38,330 --> 00:45:41,397 And what was with the confetti, Pinkie Pie? 805 00:45:41,432 --> 00:45:44,840 How am I supposed to shred if there's paper stuck in my frets? 806 00:45:44,875 --> 00:45:47,403 - It was pretty distracting. - Ah! 807 00:45:47,438 --> 00:45:50,175 Says the girl who was running from a light the whole time. 808 00:45:50,210 --> 00:45:51,473 A light! 809 00:45:51,508 --> 00:45:53,376 You still sounded much better 810 00:45:53,411 --> 00:45:54,982 than most of the other bands. 811 00:45:55,017 --> 00:45:56,819 I'm sure you'll make it to the next round. 812 00:45:56,854 --> 00:46:01,021 But it won't matter if you don't have that counterspell ready. 813 00:46:01,056 --> 00:46:03,991 You all find a place to practice where the Sirens can't hear you, 814 00:46:04,026 --> 00:46:06,191 I'll keep an eye on things around here. 815 00:46:14,872 --> 00:46:16,366 I don't think we should use a classroom. 816 00:46:20,306 --> 00:46:23,373 We really need to stop bumping into each other like this. 817 00:46:24,882 --> 00:46:26,442 Uh, you guys hear something? 818 00:46:26,477 --> 00:46:28,147 - Uh-uh. - Uh, no. 819 00:46:28,182 --> 00:46:30,919 I said we have to stop-- 820 00:46:30,954 --> 00:46:33,317 There it is again. So annoying. 821 00:46:33,352 --> 00:46:35,418 Why are you acting like this? 822 00:46:35,453 --> 00:46:37,255 I thought we were friends. 823 00:46:37,290 --> 00:46:39,455 Yeah, and then you decide to come back here 824 00:46:39,490 --> 00:46:41,523 just so you can beat me in the battle of the bands. 825 00:46:41,558 --> 00:46:44,394 I want this, Twilight, and you're trying to take it from me. 826 00:46:44,429 --> 00:46:46,330 Some friend. 827 00:46:46,365 --> 00:46:49,333 - That's not why-- - Come on, Twilight. We've got things to do. 828 00:46:49,368 --> 00:46:51,236 You really think you're gonna help them? 829 00:46:51,271 --> 00:46:53,568 I bet you have no idea what you're even doing. 830 00:46:58,047 --> 00:47:00,179 ( snickers ) Tears already? 831 00:47:00,214 --> 00:47:02,280 This is only the first round. 832 00:47:02,315 --> 00:47:05,349 ( laughing ) 833 00:47:05,384 --> 00:47:07,285 Principal Celestia: The next band to take the stage 834 00:47:07,320 --> 00:47:09,617 will be Trixie and the Illusions. 835 00:47:09,652 --> 00:47:13,390 Better head back. We're supposed to go on after Trixie. 836 00:47:18,496 --> 00:47:20,562 You're never gonna get away with this. 837 00:47:20,597 --> 00:47:22,872 Why, because you didn't? 838 00:47:24,469 --> 00:47:28,009 Oh, we know all about you, Sunset Shimmer. 839 00:47:28,044 --> 00:47:30,473 You've got quite the reputation at Canterlot High. 840 00:47:30,508 --> 00:47:33,212 I've changed. I'm in a much better place now. 841 00:47:33,247 --> 00:47:36,215 Waiting in the wings while your friends have all the fun? 842 00:47:36,250 --> 00:47:39,449 Oh, yes, you girls are so tight. 843 00:47:39,484 --> 00:47:42,925 And yet they didn't ask you to be in the band? 844 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:45,455 Probably afraid no one would want to see them play 845 00:47:45,490 --> 00:47:47,589 if she was in the group. 846 00:47:47,624 --> 00:47:49,063 Too bad. 847 00:47:49,098 --> 00:47:50,427 So sad. 848 00:47:50,462 --> 00:47:52,165 Adagio: If it's any consolation, 849 00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:54,530 no one is going to remember you at all 850 00:47:54,565 --> 00:47:56,367 by the time we're done. 851 00:48:05,312 --> 00:48:07,543 Remember, girls, we want to save the good stuff 852 00:48:07,578 --> 00:48:10,150 for when our full power has been restored. 853 00:48:12,484 --> 00:48:15,155 - ( music playing ) - ♪ Oh, whoa, oh, whoa ♪ 854 00:48:15,190 --> 00:48:17,289 ♪ You didn't know that you fell ♪ 855 00:48:17,324 --> 00:48:19,456 ♪ Oh, whoa, oh, whoa ♪ 856 00:48:19,491 --> 00:48:21,590 ♪ Now that you're under our spell ♪ 857 00:48:21,625 --> 00:48:24,329 ♪ Blindsided by the beat ♪ 858 00:48:24,364 --> 00:48:26,529 ♪ Clapping your hands, stomping your feet ♪ 859 00:48:26,564 --> 00:48:28,696 ♪ You didn't know that you fell ♪ 860 00:48:28,731 --> 00:48:30,940 ♪ Oh ♪ 861 00:48:30,975 --> 00:48:33,437 ♪ Now you've fallen under our spell ♪ 862 00:48:33,472 --> 00:48:35,703 ♪ Oh ♪ 863 00:48:35,738 --> 00:48:38,442 ♪ We've got the music, makes you move it ♪ 864 00:48:38,477 --> 00:48:40,609 ♪ Got the song that makes you lose it ♪ 865 00:48:40,644 --> 00:48:43,183 ♪ We say, "Jump," you say, "How high?" ♪ 866 00:48:43,218 --> 00:48:45,284 ♪ Put your hands up to the sky ♪ 867 00:48:45,319 --> 00:48:47,517 ♪ We've got the music, makes you move it ♪ 868 00:48:47,552 --> 00:48:50,058 ♪ Got the song that makes you lose it ♪ 869 00:48:50,093 --> 00:48:52,324 ♪ We say, "Jump," you say, "How high?" ♪ 870 00:48:52,359 --> 00:48:54,458 ♪ Put your hands up to the sky ♪ 871 00:48:54,493 --> 00:48:56,460 ♪ Oh, whoa, oh, whoa ♪ 872 00:48:56,495 --> 00:48:58,968 ♪ You didn't know that you fell ♪ 873 00:48:59,003 --> 00:49:01,102 ♪ Oh, whoa, oh, whoa ♪ 874 00:49:01,137 --> 00:49:03,335 ♪ Now that you're under our spell ♪ 875 00:49:03,370 --> 00:49:05,733 ♪ Listen to the sound of my voice ♪ 876 00:49:05,768 --> 00:49:07,603 ♪ Oh ♪ 877 00:49:07,638 --> 00:49:10,573 ♪ Soon you'll find you don't have a choice ♪ 878 00:49:10,608 --> 00:49:12,344 ♪ Oh ♪ 879 00:49:12,379 --> 00:49:15,281 ♪ Captured in the web of my song ♪ 880 00:49:15,316 --> 00:49:16,744 ♪ Oh ♪ 881 00:49:16,779 --> 00:49:20,220 ♪ Soon you'll all be singing along ♪ 882 00:49:20,255 --> 00:49:21,617 ♪ Oh ♪ 883 00:49:21,652 --> 00:49:24,488 ♪ We've got the music, makes you move it ♪ 884 00:49:24,523 --> 00:49:26,721 ♪ Got the song that makes you lose it ♪ 885 00:49:26,756 --> 00:49:29,229 ♪ We say, "Jump," you say, "How high?" ♪ 886 00:49:29,264 --> 00:49:31,429 ♪ Put your hands up to the sky ♪ 887 00:49:31,464 --> 00:49:33,761 ♪ We've got the music, makes you move it ♪ 888 00:49:33,796 --> 00:49:36,203 ♪ Got the song that makes you lose it ♪ 889 00:49:36,238 --> 00:49:38,370 ♪ We say, "Jump," you say, "How high?" ♪ 890 00:49:38,405 --> 00:49:40,636 ♪ Put your hands up to the sky ♪ 891 00:49:40,671 --> 00:49:42,506 ♪ Oh, whoa, oh, whoa ♪ 892 00:49:42,541 --> 00:49:45,014 ♪ You didn't know that you fell ♪ 893 00:49:45,049 --> 00:49:47,148 ♪ Oh, whoa, oh, whoa ♪ 894 00:49:47,183 --> 00:49:49,513 ♪ Now that you're under our spell ♪ 895 00:49:49,548 --> 00:49:52,021 ♪ Oh, whoa, oh, whoa ♪ 896 00:49:52,056 --> 00:49:54,386 ♪ You didn't know that you fell ♪ 897 00:49:54,421 --> 00:49:56,454 ♪ Oh, whoa, oh, whoa ♪ 898 00:49:56,489 --> 00:50:00,029 ♪ Now that you're under our spell. ♪ 899 00:50:00,064 --> 00:50:01,756 ( cackling ) 900 00:50:14,441 --> 00:50:17,079 This is it, last round and you're in the finals. 901 00:50:17,114 --> 00:50:20,280 Unless you think the counterspell is ready to be played now. 902 00:50:21,745 --> 00:50:24,614 Don't worry, Twilight, finals aren't until tonight. 903 00:50:24,649 --> 00:50:27,650 We'll get in a little more practice before we're supposed to hit the stage. 904 00:50:27,685 --> 00:50:30,389 - We won't let you down. - All: Yeah. 905 00:50:30,424 --> 00:50:33,161 You won't let me down. 906 00:50:33,196 --> 00:50:35,658 Fluttershy: Um, I was just wondering, 907 00:50:35,693 --> 00:50:39,134 we haven't played any of my songs yet and-- 908 00:50:39,169 --> 00:50:40,432 It's the semifinals. 909 00:50:40,467 --> 00:50:41,829 We've gotta do "Awesome as I Wanna Be." 910 00:50:41,864 --> 00:50:44,832 I don't know why I even asked. 911 00:50:44,867 --> 00:50:46,768 ♪ ...got tricks up my sleeve ♪ 912 00:50:46,803 --> 00:50:52,708 ♪ See me dominate 'cause I'm powerful and great. ♪ 913 00:50:54,646 --> 00:50:57,581 Oh! Fantastic. 914 00:50:59,816 --> 00:51:04,489 You're never gonna top that performance, "Raingoons." 915 00:51:04,524 --> 00:51:06,194 You shouldn't be allowed to 916 00:51:06,229 --> 00:51:08,757 when you have such a big advantage over the rest of us. 917 00:51:08,792 --> 00:51:10,792 My superior guitar playing 918 00:51:10,827 --> 00:51:13,234 and off-the-charts awesome singing voice? 919 00:51:13,269 --> 00:51:15,269 Oh, don't be ridiculous. 920 00:51:15,304 --> 00:51:16,831 I mean her. 921 00:51:16,866 --> 00:51:19,801 If you were really all that, Rainbow Dash, 922 00:51:19,836 --> 00:51:22,606 you wouldn't have needed to bring in some magical ringer 923 00:51:22,641 --> 00:51:24,212 to have half a chance. 924 00:51:24,247 --> 00:51:26,148 Everyone's talking about it. 925 00:51:26,183 --> 00:51:27,776 Ha! Please. 926 00:51:27,811 --> 00:51:29,679 I could win this thing as a solo act 927 00:51:29,714 --> 00:51:32,517 and everybody knows it. 928 00:51:32,552 --> 00:51:34,090 Sure, you could. 929 00:51:36,556 --> 00:51:37,786 ( coughing ) 930 00:51:39,493 --> 00:51:41,856 She's gone! 931 00:51:41,891 --> 00:51:44,100 Oh, wait. There she is. 932 00:51:45,334 --> 00:51:47,796 Principal Celestia: Next up, the Rainbooms. 933 00:51:50,438 --> 00:51:53,373 - Knock 'em dead, Rainbooms. - I'll be here. 934 00:51:53,408 --> 00:51:56,112 Just watching. 935 00:51:59,315 --> 00:52:04,780 - ♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪ - ♪ Awesome as I wanna be ♪ 936 00:52:04,815 --> 00:52:08,916 ♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪ 937 00:52:08,951 --> 00:52:10,654 ♪ Awesome as I wanna be ♪ 938 00:52:10,689 --> 00:52:13,393 ♪ First you see me riding on a sonic boom ♪ 939 00:52:13,428 --> 00:52:15,923 ♪ Got my guitar shredding up my latest tune ♪ 940 00:52:15,958 --> 00:52:18,596 ♪ There is nothing you can do to beat me ♪ 941 00:52:18,631 --> 00:52:21,368 ♪ I'm so good that you can't defeat me ♪ 942 00:52:21,403 --> 00:52:24,272 ♪ Yeah, I'm awesome, take caution ♪ 943 00:52:24,307 --> 00:52:26,934 ♪ Watch out for me, I'm awesome as I wanna be ♪ 944 00:52:26,969 --> 00:52:29,772 ♪ Yeah, I'm awesome, take caution ♪ 945 00:52:29,807 --> 00:52:32,610 ♪ Watch out for me, I'm as awesome as I wanna be ♪ 946 00:52:32,645 --> 00:52:37,252 ♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪ 947 00:52:37,287 --> 00:52:41,685 ♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. ♪ 948 00:52:49,893 --> 00:52:51,596 ( screams ) 949 00:53:00,442 --> 00:53:02,970 Now that's the bad girl we love to hate. 950 00:53:03,005 --> 00:53:05,841 - ( cheering ) - I knew she was still trouble. 951 00:53:05,876 --> 00:53:08,613 Boy: The real Sunset Shimmer is back. 952 00:53:09,979 --> 00:53:11,880 No, it isn't like that. 953 00:53:15,787 --> 00:53:17,853 What was that? 954 00:53:17,888 --> 00:53:19,525 You were showing them your magic. 955 00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:21,362 I didn't know what else to do. 956 00:53:21,397 --> 00:53:23,892 Close the curtains. Unplug her amp. 957 00:53:23,927 --> 00:53:25,795 Give us a chance to deal with the situation. 958 00:53:25,830 --> 00:53:27,995 I'm sorry. I just wanted to help. 959 00:53:28,030 --> 00:53:29,865 Yeah, well, you didn't. 960 00:53:29,900 --> 00:53:32,901 None of this would've happened if you weren't trying to show off. 961 00:53:32,936 --> 00:53:34,474 As usual. 962 00:53:34,509 --> 00:53:36,806 Good show, "Rainbrooms." 963 00:53:36,841 --> 00:53:39,479 I especially like the part where Sunset Shimmer, 964 00:53:39,514 --> 00:53:41,382 in a fit of jealous rage, 965 00:53:41,417 --> 00:53:44,748 knocked out Rainbow Dash mid guitar solo. 966 00:53:44,783 --> 00:53:46,915 It wasn't a fit of jealous rage. 967 00:53:49,854 --> 00:53:51,755 If you say so. 968 00:53:51,790 --> 00:53:54,791 Ooh, looks like they've already decided 969 00:53:54,826 --> 00:53:56,628 who'll be moving on to the finals. 970 00:53:56,663 --> 00:53:59,697 I'm guessing it wasn't too difficult a decision. 971 00:54:00,898 --> 00:54:02,799 ( vocalizing ) 972 00:54:06,805 --> 00:54:09,509 - Huh? - Rarity: What can we do? 973 00:54:09,544 --> 00:54:11,973 There isn't gonna be another opportunity for us to play. 974 00:54:12,008 --> 00:54:15,779 And I had the most gorgeous outfit for the finals. 975 00:54:15,814 --> 00:54:18,848 Yup, 'cause that's the real tragedy here, Rarity. 976 00:54:18,883 --> 00:54:20,652 That you won't get to play dress-up. 977 00:54:20,687 --> 00:54:22,852 You know perfectly well that is not what I meant. 978 00:54:22,887 --> 00:54:24,854 You guys wanna keep it down? 979 00:54:24,889 --> 00:54:27,560 - They're about to announce who's moving on. - Who are you kidding? 980 00:54:27,595 --> 00:54:29,529 You know it isn't gonna be us. 981 00:54:32,633 --> 00:54:36,305 The band that will be joining the Dazzlings in tonight's finals... 982 00:54:36,340 --> 00:54:38,406 the Rainbooms. 983 00:54:38,441 --> 00:54:39,968 - What?! - All: Huh? 984 00:54:40,003 --> 00:54:42,003 Did they just say "The Rainbooms"? 985 00:54:43,105 --> 00:54:45,446 This isn't over. 986 00:54:47,516 --> 00:54:49,648 Congratulations, girls. 987 00:54:49,683 --> 00:54:51,650 You deserve it. 988 00:54:51,685 --> 00:54:53,982 Seriously? We didn't even finish our-- 989 00:54:56,360 --> 00:54:59,526 See you at tonight's big show, Rainbooms. 990 00:54:59,561 --> 00:55:02,892 We are really looking forward to it. 991 00:55:02,927 --> 00:55:05,631 Yeah, well, not as much as we are. 992 00:55:05,666 --> 00:55:07,831 ( crowd booing, jeering ) 993 00:55:07,866 --> 00:55:10,339 This never should have been you, Rainbooms. 994 00:55:22,749 --> 00:55:24,716 This is a travesty. 995 00:55:24,751 --> 00:55:26,718 A travesty! 996 00:55:26,753 --> 00:55:28,390 It really is. 997 00:55:28,425 --> 00:55:30,788 The Rainbooms don't deserve to be in the finals. 998 00:55:30,823 --> 00:55:33,857 Not when your band was so much better in the semis. 999 00:55:33,892 --> 00:55:36,123 And wanted it so much more. 1000 00:55:36,158 --> 00:55:38,631 Alas, this is the way it's going to be. 1001 00:55:38,666 --> 00:55:40,897 Dazzlings versus Rainbooms. 1002 00:55:40,932 --> 00:55:43,504 Unless, of course, the Rainbooms don't manage to make it to their set 1003 00:55:43,539 --> 00:55:45,737 were held up for some reason. 1004 00:55:45,772 --> 00:55:47,607 Hmm? ( laughing ) 1005 00:55:55,815 --> 00:55:58,317 Check one, two. Testing. Testing. 1006 00:56:02,184 --> 00:56:04,085 - Testing. - ( feedback ) 1007 00:56:07,827 --> 00:56:09,860 This doesn't make any sense. 1008 00:56:09,895 --> 00:56:11,532 We were awful. 1009 00:56:11,567 --> 00:56:13,765 Doesn't anybody else think it's strange 1010 00:56:13,800 --> 00:56:16,130 that we're the ones that made it to the finals? 1011 00:56:16,165 --> 00:56:19,166 Very strange. 1012 00:56:19,201 --> 00:56:21,168 What are you doing here, Trixie? 1013 00:56:21,203 --> 00:56:24,446 Pretty sure the losers are supposed to be up there in the cheap seats. 1014 00:56:24,481 --> 00:56:26,778 The great and powerful Trixie 1015 00:56:26,813 --> 00:56:29,484 is the most talented girl at Canterlot High. 1016 00:56:29,519 --> 00:56:32,179 It is I who deserve to be in the finals. 1017 00:56:32,214 --> 00:56:34,918 And I will not be denied. 1018 00:56:34,953 --> 00:56:37,690 ( all scream ) 1019 00:56:46,162 --> 00:56:47,568 ( cackling ) 1020 00:56:49,539 --> 00:56:51,704 See you never. 1021 00:56:58,174 --> 00:57:00,713 Told you someone would give them a shove. 1022 00:57:00,748 --> 00:57:03,078 She didn't shove them, she pulled the lever. 1023 00:57:03,113 --> 00:57:05,784 Oh, go back to sleep, Sonata. 1024 00:57:07,788 --> 00:57:11,625 ♪ You better believe I've got tricks up my sleeve ♪ 1025 00:57:11,660 --> 00:57:15,596 ♪ And I captivate 'cause I'm powerful and great ♪ 1026 00:57:17,732 --> 00:57:21,899 ♪ You'd better believe I've got tricks up my sleeve ♪ 1027 00:57:21,934 --> 00:57:26,871 ♪ See me dominate 'cause I'm powerful and great... ♪ 1028 00:57:32,879 --> 00:57:34,780 Applejack: Give it up, Rainbow Dash. 1029 00:57:34,815 --> 00:57:38,014 You've been trying at this for hours. It's not gonna open. 1030 00:57:40,183 --> 00:57:42,722 Maybe it doesn't even matter that we're trapped down here. 1031 00:57:42,757 --> 00:57:45,120 I don't think the counterspell would've worked anyway. 1032 00:57:45,155 --> 00:57:46,990 'Course it would've worked, Twilight. 1033 00:57:47,025 --> 00:57:50,026 Assuming a certain band member didn't try to hog the spotlight 1034 00:57:50,061 --> 00:57:51,731 the whole time we were trying to play it. 1035 00:57:51,766 --> 00:57:53,865 Hey, if you want to tell Twilight 1036 00:57:53,900 --> 00:57:57,066 she's getting a little too caught up trying to be the new leader of this band, 1037 00:57:57,101 --> 00:57:59,574 you don't have to be all cryptic about it. 1038 00:57:59,609 --> 00:58:03,578 She was talking about you, Rainbow Dash. 1039 00:58:03,613 --> 00:58:04,876 Me?! 1040 00:58:04,911 --> 00:58:06,680 I'm just trying to make sure my band 1041 00:58:06,715 --> 00:58:08,649 rocks as hard as it needs to. 1042 00:58:08,684 --> 00:58:10,750 All: Our band! 1043 00:58:10,785 --> 00:58:12,653 But why wasn't it working? 1044 00:58:12,688 --> 00:58:14,050 I should know what to do. 1045 00:58:14,085 --> 00:58:15,887 How can I not know what to do? 1046 00:58:15,922 --> 00:58:17,856 How could I have failed like this? 1047 00:58:17,891 --> 00:58:20,254 It might've been your idea to start a band, 1048 00:58:20,289 --> 00:58:23,026 but it's not just your band, Rainbow Dash. 1049 00:58:23,061 --> 00:58:25,160 I'm the one who writes all the songs. 1050 00:58:25,195 --> 00:58:28,669 I write songs. You just never let us play any of them. 1051 00:58:28,704 --> 00:58:31,573 I had the most perfect outfits for us to wear. 1052 00:58:31,608 --> 00:58:33,300 Again with the costumes. 1053 00:58:33,335 --> 00:58:35,104 No one cares what we're wearing. 1054 00:58:35,139 --> 00:58:36,639 I care, Applejack. 1055 00:58:36,674 --> 00:58:40,615 So sorry if I enjoy trying to make a creative contribution to the band. 1056 00:58:40,650 --> 00:58:43,079 Hey, anybody here remember fun?! 1057 00:58:43,114 --> 00:58:44,718 I'll give you a hint-- 1058 00:58:44,753 --> 00:58:48,051 it's the exact opposite of being in the Rainbooms! 1059 00:58:48,086 --> 00:58:51,054 I wish I never asked any of you to be in my band. 1060 00:58:51,089 --> 00:58:55,795 - I wish I never agreed to be in it! - Both: Me neither. 1061 00:58:55,830 --> 00:58:57,731 ( overlapping yelling ) 1062 00:59:08,942 --> 00:59:10,810 ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ 1063 00:59:10,845 --> 00:59:14,814 ♪ Better believe I've got tricks up my sleeve ♪ 1064 00:59:14,849 --> 00:59:20,754 ♪ See me dominate 'cause I'm powerful and great. ♪ 1065 00:59:23,187 --> 00:59:25,022 ( crowd cheering ) 1066 00:59:30,700 --> 00:59:32,601 Try to top that. 1067 00:59:32,636 --> 00:59:35,802 Oh, gosh, I don't know if we can. 1068 00:59:35,837 --> 00:59:38,035 ( laughs ) 1069 00:59:47,409 --> 00:59:49,145 ( music playing ) 1070 00:59:56,957 --> 00:59:58,891 ( vocalizing ) 1071 01:00:14,810 --> 01:00:16,744 ( overlapping yelling continues ) 1072 01:00:18,781 --> 01:00:21,716 Stop! You have to stop! 1073 01:00:21,751 --> 01:00:24,114 This is what they've been after all along. 1074 01:00:24,149 --> 01:00:26,919 They're feeding off of the magic inside you. 1075 01:00:26,954 --> 01:00:29,119 How can they be using our magic? 1076 01:00:29,154 --> 01:00:30,659 It's the magic of friendship. 1077 01:00:32,421 --> 01:00:34,663 Ever since you started this band, 1078 01:00:34,698 --> 01:00:36,764 you've been letting little things get to you. 1079 01:00:36,799 --> 01:00:39,899 I never said anything 'cause I didn't feel like it was my place. 1080 01:00:39,934 --> 01:00:43,430 Not when I was so new to this whole friendship thing. 1081 01:00:43,465 --> 01:00:45,872 I still have a lot to learn. 1082 01:00:45,907 --> 01:00:47,907 But I do know that if you don't work out 1083 01:00:47,942 --> 01:00:50,206 even the smallest problems right at the start, 1084 01:00:50,241 --> 01:00:53,275 the magic of friendship can be turned into something else. 1085 01:00:55,081 --> 01:00:57,147 I can't believe all this tension was happening 1086 01:00:57,182 --> 01:00:59,347 right under my nose and I didn't realize it. 1087 01:00:59,382 --> 01:01:01,756 I'm supposed to be the one with all the answers. 1088 01:01:01,791 --> 01:01:05,353 And all I've done since I got here is let you down. 1089 01:01:07,093 --> 01:01:09,929 I don't think anyone is supposed to have all the answers. 1090 01:01:09,964 --> 01:01:13,196 But you can count on your friends to help you find them. 1091 01:01:15,365 --> 01:01:17,068 I think you already have. 1092 01:01:17,103 --> 01:01:19,103 Come on, we need to get out of here. 1093 01:01:20,469 --> 01:01:23,041 ( all grunting ) 1094 01:01:23,076 --> 01:01:25,142 ( knocks ) 1095 01:01:25,177 --> 01:01:26,275 Spike! 1096 01:01:28,510 --> 01:01:30,785 Sorry I took so long. 1097 01:01:30,820 --> 01:01:33,414 I had to find somebody who wasn't under the Sirens' spell to help me get you out. 1098 01:01:35,286 --> 01:01:37,726 Why isn't she under their spell? 1099 01:01:37,761 --> 01:01:38,958 Never takes off her headphones. 1100 01:01:40,456 --> 01:01:42,225 Come on, y'all. 1101 01:01:42,260 --> 01:01:44,766 Time to prove we've still got the magic of friendship inside us. 1102 01:01:44,801 --> 01:01:46,735 And there's only one way to do it. 1103 01:01:46,770 --> 01:01:48,462 We're getting the band back together? 1104 01:01:48,497 --> 01:01:50,497 We're getting our band back together. 1105 01:01:50,532 --> 01:01:53,808 - Whee! - Oh, which version of the counterspell 1106 01:01:53,843 --> 01:01:54,974 are we going to play? 1107 01:01:55,009 --> 01:01:57,240 I don't think it matters what song we play 1108 01:01:57,275 --> 01:02:00,507 as long as we play it together as friends. 1109 01:02:00,542 --> 01:02:02,047 I know just the song. 1110 01:02:03,347 --> 01:02:05,754 Fluttershy's written a really great one. 1111 01:02:06,955 --> 01:02:08,922 We're about to save the world here. 1112 01:02:08,957 --> 01:02:12,057 Personally, I think we should do it in style. 1113 01:02:12,092 --> 01:02:14,895 - Rarity? - I thought you'd never ask. 1114 01:02:16,866 --> 01:02:18,767 ( vocalizing ) 1115 01:02:26,403 --> 01:02:30,944 ♪ Welcome to the show ♪ 1116 01:02:30,979 --> 01:02:35,949 ♪ We're here to let you know ♪ 1117 01:02:35,984 --> 01:02:40,184 ♪ Our time is now ♪ 1118 01:02:40,219 --> 01:02:43,352 ♪ Your time is running out ♪ 1119 01:02:43,387 --> 01:02:45,321 ( vocalizing ) 1120 01:02:48,590 --> 01:02:51,800 How are we supposed to play over them from up here? 1121 01:02:51,835 --> 01:02:52,768 ( horn honks ) 1122 01:02:54,068 --> 01:02:55,903 ( honks ) 1123 01:03:02,076 --> 01:03:04,340 ( cheering ) 1124 01:03:04,375 --> 01:03:07,244 ♪ Feel the wave of sound ♪ 1125 01:03:07,279 --> 01:03:09,950 ♪ As it crashes down ♪ 1126 01:03:09,985 --> 01:03:12,150 ♪ You can't turn away ♪ 1127 01:03:12,185 --> 01:03:15,021 ♪ We'll make you wanna stay ♪ 1128 01:03:15,056 --> 01:03:17,991 ♪ We will be adored ♪ 1129 01:03:18,026 --> 01:03:20,125 ♪ Tell us that you want us ♪ 1130 01:03:20,160 --> 01:03:23,029 ♪ We won't be ignored ♪ 1131 01:03:23,064 --> 01:03:25,229 ♪ It's time for our reward ♪ 1132 01:03:25,264 --> 01:03:27,495 ♪ Now you need us ♪ 1133 01:03:27,530 --> 01:03:30,201 ♪ Come and meet us ♪ 1134 01:03:30,236 --> 01:03:35,206 ♪ Nothing can stop us now ♪ 1135 01:03:35,241 --> 01:03:38,143 - ( music playing ) - ♪ Oh, whoa ♪ 1136 01:03:38,178 --> 01:03:40,475 ♪ I've got the music in me ♪ 1137 01:03:40,510 --> 01:03:42,818 ♪ Oh, whoa ♪ 1138 01:03:45,185 --> 01:03:47,350 ♪ Don't need to hear a crowd ♪ 1139 01:03:47,385 --> 01:03:50,320 ♪ Cheering out my name ♪ 1140 01:03:50,355 --> 01:03:54,489 ♪ I didn't come here seeking infamy or fame ♪ 1141 01:03:54,524 --> 01:03:57,228 ♪ The one and only thing ♪ 1142 01:03:57,263 --> 01:03:59,164 ♪ That I am here to bring ♪ 1143 01:03:59,199 --> 01:04:01,166 ♪ Is music, is the music ♪ 1144 01:04:01,201 --> 01:04:03,498 ♪ Is the music in my soul ♪ 1145 01:04:03,533 --> 01:04:05,137 ♪ Gonna break out ♪ 1146 01:04:05,172 --> 01:04:08,536 ♪ Set myself free, yeah ♪ 1147 01:04:08,571 --> 01:04:10,472 ♪ Let it all go, go ♪ 1148 01:04:10,507 --> 01:04:13,145 ♪ Just let it be, yeah ♪ 1149 01:04:13,180 --> 01:04:15,642 ♪ Find the music in your heart ♪ 1150 01:04:15,677 --> 01:04:18,051 ♪ Let the music make you start ♪ 1151 01:04:18,086 --> 01:04:22,583 ♪ To set yourself apart ♪ 1152 01:04:22,618 --> 01:04:26,587 So the Rainbooms want to turn this into a real battle of the bands? 1153 01:04:26,622 --> 01:04:28,523 Then let's battle. 1154 01:04:28,558 --> 01:04:30,558 ♪ What we have in store ♪ 1155 01:04:30,593 --> 01:04:33,363 ♪ All we want and more ♪ 1156 01:04:33,398 --> 01:04:35,530 ♪ We will break on through ♪ 1157 01:04:35,565 --> 01:04:38,566 ♪ Now it's time to finish you ♪ 1158 01:05:17,442 --> 01:05:20,080 ♪ Oh, oh... ♪ 1159 01:05:22,117 --> 01:05:24,249 ( vocalizing ) 1160 01:05:54,644 --> 01:05:57,348 Sunset Shimmer, we need you. 1161 01:06:06,656 --> 01:06:08,524 ( music playing ) 1162 01:06:10,462 --> 01:06:14,101 ♪ You're never gonna bring me down ♪ 1163 01:06:14,136 --> 01:06:17,500 ♪ You're never gonna break this part of me ♪ 1164 01:06:17,535 --> 01:06:21,240 ♪ My friends are here to bring me around ♪ 1165 01:06:21,275 --> 01:06:24,507 ♪ Not just singing for popularity ♪ 1166 01:06:24,542 --> 01:06:26,608 ♪ We're here to let you know ♪ 1167 01:06:26,643 --> 01:06:28,346 ♪ That we won't let it go ♪ 1168 01:06:28,381 --> 01:06:31,547 ♪ Our music is a bomb and it's about to blow ♪ 1169 01:06:31,582 --> 01:06:33,384 ♪ And you can try to fight ♪ 1170 01:06:33,419 --> 01:06:38,224 ♪ But we have got the light of friendship on our side ♪ 1171 01:06:38,259 --> 01:06:41,260 ♪ Got the music in our hearts ♪ 1172 01:06:41,295 --> 01:06:44,725 ♪ We're here to blow this thing apart ♪ 1173 01:06:44,760 --> 01:06:48,696 ♪ And together, we will never ♪ 1174 01:06:48,731 --> 01:06:52,205 ♪ Be afraid of the dark ♪ 1175 01:06:52,240 --> 01:06:55,670 ♪ Here to sing our song out loud ♪ 1176 01:06:55,705 --> 01:06:59,245 ♪ Get you dancing with the crowd ♪ 1177 01:06:59,280 --> 01:07:04,679 ♪ As the music of our friendship survives ♪ 1178 01:07:04,714 --> 01:07:06,516 ♪ Survives ♪ 1179 01:07:06,551 --> 01:07:09,684 ♪ Got the music in our hearts ♪ 1180 01:07:09,719 --> 01:07:13,424 ♪ We're here to blow this thing apart ♪ 1181 01:07:13,459 --> 01:07:17,164 ♪ And together, we will never ♪ 1182 01:07:17,199 --> 01:07:20,563 ♪ Be afraid of the dark ♪ 1183 01:07:20,598 --> 01:07:24,237 ♪ Here to sing our song out loud ♪ 1184 01:07:24,272 --> 01:07:27,570 ♪ Get you dancing with the crowd ♪ 1185 01:07:27,605 --> 01:07:32,773 ♪ As the music of our friendship survives ♪ 1186 01:07:32,808 --> 01:07:38,416 ♪ Survives, survives ♪ 1187 01:07:57,899 --> 01:08:01,208 ( singing off-key ) ♪ We will be adored ♪ 1188 01:08:01,243 --> 01:08:03,210 ♪ Tell us that you want us ♪ 1189 01:08:03,245 --> 01:08:05,575 ♪ We won't be ignored ♪ 1190 01:08:05,610 --> 01:08:09,249 - ( booing ) - ♪ It's time for our reward... ♪ 1191 01:08:14,652 --> 01:08:17,752 Guess that explains why these were so special to them. 1192 01:08:17,787 --> 01:08:21,261 Without those pendants and the magic you brought here from Equestria, 1193 01:08:21,296 --> 01:08:23,725 they're just three harmless teenage girls. 1194 01:08:23,760 --> 01:08:27,366 Rainbooms rule! That was amazing. 1195 01:08:28,930 --> 01:08:31,139 ( giggling ) 1196 01:08:34,870 --> 01:08:37,310 You may have vanquished the Dazzlings, 1197 01:08:37,345 --> 01:08:40,676 but you will never have the amazing showstopping ability 1198 01:08:40,711 --> 01:08:43,382 of the great and powerful Trixie. 1199 01:08:44,880 --> 01:08:46,550 ( coughing ) 1200 01:08:48,455 --> 01:08:50,290 She's gone! 1201 01:08:51,788 --> 01:08:53,689 Oh, wait. There she is. 1202 01:08:55,495 --> 01:08:58,595 ( groans ) Trixie's okay. 1203 01:08:58,630 --> 01:09:01,664 You know, Twilight is going back to Equestria soon. 1204 01:09:01,699 --> 01:09:03,435 The Rainbooms could really use 1205 01:09:03,470 --> 01:09:06,174 someone to help Fluttershy on backup vocals. 1206 01:09:11,907 --> 01:09:13,577 I also play guitar. 1207 01:09:17,715 --> 01:09:19,220 We'll see. 1208 01:09:29,397 --> 01:09:31,265 Sure wish you could stay longer. 1209 01:09:31,300 --> 01:09:33,894 Me, too, but I have responsibilities 1210 01:09:33,929 --> 01:09:35,962 in Equestria that I have to get back to. 1211 01:09:35,997 --> 01:09:39,306 Its citizens need me. 1212 01:09:39,341 --> 01:09:42,573 But now I can go through the portal whenever I need to. 1213 01:09:42,608 --> 01:09:46,478 This isn't good-bye, it's just good-bye till next time. 1214 01:09:46,513 --> 01:09:49,217 - Ready? - Ready. 1215 01:10:01,330 --> 01:10:03,825 "Dear Princess Twilight, 1216 01:10:03,860 --> 01:10:07,565 missing you already and hope you'll be back soon. 1217 01:10:07,600 --> 01:10:10,931 Things are definitely looking up for me here at Canterlot High, 1218 01:10:10,966 --> 01:10:14,869 but I know I still have a lot to learn about friendship. 1219 01:10:14,904 --> 01:10:18,004 Hope you don't mind if I write to you for advice when I need it. 1220 01:10:18,039 --> 01:10:20,908 Your friend, Sunset Shimmer." 1221 01:10:20,943 --> 01:10:23,779 - You ready or what? - Ready. 1222 01:10:25,519 --> 01:10:27,519 One, two, three, four. 1223 01:10:27,554 --> 01:10:29,488 ( music playing ) 1224 01:10:36,530 --> 01:10:39,564 ♪ Once upon a time ♪ 1225 01:10:39,599 --> 01:10:43,634 ♪ You came into my world and made the stars align ♪ 1226 01:10:45,308 --> 01:10:48,540 ♪ Now I can see the signs ♪ 1227 01:10:48,575 --> 01:10:52,643 ♪ You pick me up when I get down so I can shine ♪ 1228 01:10:52,678 --> 01:10:56,779 ♪ Shine like rainbows ♪ 1229 01:10:56,814 --> 01:11:02,356 ♪ Shine like rainbows ♪ 1230 01:11:02,391 --> 01:11:05,920 ♪ Friends, you are in my life ♪ 1231 01:11:05,955 --> 01:11:10,991 ♪ And you can count on me to be there by your side ♪ 1232 01:11:11,026 --> 01:11:14,764 ♪ And when the music comes alive ♪ 1233 01:11:14,799 --> 01:11:19,065 ♪ We sing our songs to lift us up so we can shine ♪ 1234 01:11:19,100 --> 01:11:22,871 ♪ And the sound that we hear in our hearts ♪ 1235 01:11:22,906 --> 01:11:27,711 ♪ Makes a crescendo ♪ 1236 01:11:27,746 --> 01:11:31,550 ♪ And the light that ignites in the dark ♪ 1237 01:11:31,585 --> 01:11:35,950 ♪ It makes us all glow ♪ 1238 01:11:35,985 --> 01:11:40,427 ♪ And shine like rainbows ♪ 1239 01:11:40,462 --> 01:11:45,828 ♪ We shine like rainbows ♪ 1240 01:11:45,863 --> 01:11:49,733 ♪ Together we stand ♪ 1241 01:11:49,768 --> 01:11:55,739 ♪ As the rain begins to fall ♪ 1242 01:11:55,774 --> 01:11:58,709 ♪ And holding our heads up high ♪ 1243 01:11:58,744 --> 01:12:02,812 ♪ As the sun shines through it all ♪ 1244 01:12:02,847 --> 01:12:06,684 ♪ And the sound that we hear in our hearts ♪ 1245 01:12:06,719 --> 01:12:11,590 ♪ Makes a crescendo ♪ 1246 01:12:11,625 --> 01:12:15,055 ♪ And the light that ignites in the dark ♪ 1247 01:12:15,090 --> 01:12:19,730 ♪ It makes us all glow ♪ 1248 01:12:19,765 --> 01:12:23,965 ♪ And shine like rainbows ♪ 1249 01:12:24,000 --> 01:12:28,508 ♪ We shine like rainbows ♪ 1250 01:12:28,543 --> 01:12:32,776 ♪ Shine like rainbows ♪ 1251 01:12:32,811 --> 01:12:37,550 ♪ We shine like rainbows ♪ 1252 01:12:37,585 --> 01:12:41,719 ♪ Shine like rainbows. ♪ 1253 01:13:05,514 --> 01:13:07,415 No doubt about it, Spike. 1254 01:13:07,450 --> 01:13:10,946 There's definitely something strange going on at that school.