Equestria Girls: the Spring Fling - Ch24 - Part 3

Meanwhile, all of the students of Canterlot High School were finishing getting settled into their seats in the school’s outdoor amphitheater, including Crafty Arts, Wensley, Noble Wind, and even Spike himself. The four of them had managed to snag some seats together in the middle of the amphitheater, so where they were located wasn’t too far away from the front of the stage. In fact, it was just right.

While sitting in the crowd, Crafty Arts noticed some people sitting right next to them that seemed very familiar to her. There were 3 girls: the first girl was lemon-yellow with light teal hair and dark pink eyes and wore a purple sundress with a symbol of blue and green hearts on, another girl was porcelain-white with pink hair and blue eyes and wore a green blouse and matching skirt with a symbol of three twinkling stars on the blouse, and the last girl was sky-blue with primary blue eyes and navy-blue & white streaked hair and wore brown shorts and a red t-shirt that had a symbol of a yellow hourglass on it.

All of those 3 girls were about the same ages as the Rainbooms were, which meant they were about a couple of years older than Crafty Arts.
After staring at them for a few minutes, Crafty Arts slowly approached the sky-blue girl with the hourglass t-shirt, "Excuse me. Hi, I'm sorry to bother you, but I think I've seen you someplace before."

“Huh? ” the hourglass shirt girl replied, then took a good look at Crafty Arts, “Wait a minute… aren’t you… Crafty Arts?  O.O ”
"Yes, I am, but… do I know who YOU are? I think I might, but…" Crafty replied, a little confused and unsure.
The hourglass shirt-wearing sky-blue girl laughed delightfully as she held both of Crafty’s hands and said, “Oh, my gosh! Crafty! I can’t believe it’s really you! It’s me! Minuette! ^^ ”

"Minuette…? Minuette!! O.O    Oh, WOW, it's been so long! " said Crafty Arts, as she pulled Minuette into a big hug.
“And I trust you remember Twinkleshine and Lemon Hearts here, too? ” Minuette said to Crafty, pointing to the other two friendly girls next to her.

"Of course I remember them, it's great to see you girls again!" Crafty Arts said excitedly.
“I can’t believe it really is you, Crafty! ” said Twinkleshine, as she and Lemon Hearts hugged her tightly.
“We’ve missed you so much,” Lemon Hearts added.
"I've missed you, too! I had no idea you girls go to this school," Crafty Arts replied.

“Hold on!” said Wensley, “Crafty Arts, you KNOW these three girls? ”
"Yeah, we were best friends back in elementary school when I was still in Manehattan,” said Crafty Arts, “But then they all moved away in the same year before I even met you, Wensley. Come to think of it, I guess I might have forgotten that the place they were all moving to was Canterlot Town, until now that is. Well, anyway, girls, this is my boyfriend, Wensley. "

"Nice to meet you," Minuette said cheerfully as she shook hands with Wensley.
“Nice to meet y’all too,” said Wensley.

Spike took a good look at Minuette, Twinkleshine, and Lemon Hearts as he thought to himself in his mind, “Huh… these three girls here… they all seem very familiar to me… OH, wait, I recognize them! These three girls must be the Human versions of Twilight’s old Canterlot friends back in Equestria! Hmm… I guess I should tell Twilight about these girls- I mean, the Canterlot girl ponies she knew back before she first moved to Ponyville, and I should tell her about them sometime after she and I get back to our home-world of Equestria. But in the meantime…”

Spike then walked over to Minuette, Twinkleshine, and Lemon Hearts, looked up at all three of them, then barked hello to them as he wagged his tail somewhat adorably.

All three of the girls looked at Spike with adoring eyes.
"Awww, this puppy is so cute!" said Minuette, as she gently pet Spike upon his furry forehead and ears.
“Yes he is, yes he is~ ^3^ ” said Lemon Hearts.
“Hey, wait, isn’t this that puppy dog that Twilight Sparkle girl always has around her? ” Twinkleshine asked.

“Yeah,” said Noble Wind, “But we’re looking after him for Twilight while she’s onstage with the Rainbooms.”
“OH, hey, you’re Noble Wind, right? ” Twinkleshine asked him.
“Yep, that’s me ” said Noble Wind, while holding up and making with his right hand and fingers the peace sign.

"Oh! Remember what we used to call ourselves, Crafty? " Minuette asked Crafty Arts.
"Yeah, we were the Fab Four! " answered Crafty, as all four girls started laughing at the memory.

“The Fab Four? ” Noble Wind and Wensley asked at the same time.
"It's what we called ourselves since we were always together," explained Minuette.
“Well, I bet you three were adorable back then ^^ ” said Noble Wind, “You must have been like three big sisters always being there for your littlest sister, huh? ”

“We sure were ^^ ” answered Minuette.
“Maybe after the concert, we can take some pictures at the photo stand ” said Crafty Arts.
“Sounds good to me! ^3^ ” Minuette, Twinkleshine, and Lemon Hearts all said together.

This made all four girls start giggling happily together as they made another big group hug.

“Well, isn’t that nice to see? ” Noble Wind said.
“Yeah,” said Wensley, “But something tells me Crafty’s old friends here are just a LITTLE too cheerful than they normally should be. ”



Just then, everyone could hear Principla Celestia’s voice as she spoke over the microphone while she and Vice Principal Luna walked on stage, "Greetings, everyone! Welcome to the C.H.S. Spring Fling Day Concert!"

Everyone cheered together in complete joy and excitement.
"So far, this event has turned into one of the best that C.H.S. has ever had!" Principal Celestia continued.
Vice Principal Luna added, “And we have all of you students to thank for it, for all of your wonderful and incredible hard work! Give yourselves a round of applause, our little Wondercolts! ”

That made everyone in the crowd cheer even more.
“And to make things even better,” said Celestia, “We also are graced with the presence of an old, dear friend of ours… a famous graduate from our beloved Canterlot High School… The Princess of Pop herself, Miss Sapphire Shores! ^^ ”

That made everyone cheer at their very loudest, with Bulk Biceps yelling out very loudly, “WE LOVE YOU, SAPPHIRE!!!”

"Now then… let's get this show started!" said Principal Celestia, as she then got off the stage with Vice Principal Luna while all of Canterlot High School was cheering as loud and excitedly as they possibly could, ready to rock.



The amphitheater’s curtains then opened up to reveal three different mini-stages on the main stage itself: the center mini-stage was for the Rainbooms, the right mini-stage was for the Flash Drive, and the left mini-stage was for both Sapphire Shores and the Dazzlings.

As they were ready to sing their catchy little song together – a song simply known as “Spring Start Up” – Pinkie Pie then hit her drumsticks together above her head and said, “One, Two, Three, Four!”


* catchy drumbeats are made by Pinkie Pie, followed by Drumbeat of the Flash Drive himself, then Sunset Shimmer strums on her rock guitar, followed later by Rainbow Dash, and then finally Flash Sentry *


Sunset Shimmer: After spending months in the cold with not much to do
Rainbow Dash: We finally get a chance to stay warm and hang out with friends, and family too

Flash Sentry: These past few months haven’t been easy, not even in the slightest way
Sapphire Shores: But now we all finally get a break, so let’s make the most of it every day!

Twilight: The time has come for all of us to welcome Spring Break
Rarity: But it's also time to say goodbye to the snow and icicle-steaks

Arrow Swift: It’s vacation time, we’ve all earned it, so let’s get out of our wintery ruts
Sonata Dusk: Let’s sing it loud, sing it proud, that Spring Break is starting up!


* rock music really kicks it up a notch as it enters the chorus *


Rainbooms, Flash Drive, Sapphire Shores, and Sonata:
Spring Start Up, Spring Start Up!

Pinkie Pie: Let's celebrate our school holiday cheer!

Rainbooms, Flash Drive, Sapphire Shores, and Sonata:
Spring Start Up, Spring Start Up!

Fluttershy: Because as of today, Spring Break is here.

Rainbooms, Flash Drive, Sapphire Shores, and Sonata:
Spring Start Up, Spring Start Up!

Applejack: C’mon, let’s go, it’s you and me.

Rainbooms, Flash Drive, Sapphire Shores, and Sonata:
Spring Start Up, Spring Start Up!
Spring Fling Time, baby!


* Sapphire Shores turns to Adagio and Aria, wanting to let them give a try, though they’re a little skeptical about it, as well as VERY nervous, but Sunset Shimmer smiles at both Dazzling sisters to help them start off slowly *

Adagio: Having fun on the beach… swimming, and laying on the sand…
Sunset Shimmer: Making new friends and hanging out, giving someone a helping hand

Aria: Outdoor grilling… and shopping at the mall…
Drumbeat: Surfin’ the waves, go-karting, building sandcastles ten feet tall

Twilight: There are so many possibilities to start the spring right
Flash Sentry: So c’mon, Wondercolts, let’s get started today and tonight!

Rainbooms, Flash Drive, Sapphire Shores, and Sonata:
Spring Start Up, Spring Start Up!

Fluttershy: Let's celebrate our school holiday cheer.

Rainbooms, Flash Drive, Sapphire Shores, and Sonata:
Spring Start Up, Spring Start Up!

Pinkie Pie: Because as of today, Spring Break is here.

Rainbooms, Flash Drive, Sapphire Shores, and Sonata:
Spring Start Up, Spring Start Up!

Rainbow Dash: C’mon, let’s go, it’s you and me.

Rainbooms, Flash Drive, Sapphire Shores, and Sonata:
Spring Start Up, Spring Start Up!
Spring Fling Time, baby!
(Sapphire Shores: Alright, y’all, let’s fling it good!)

* Rainbow Dash rocks out on her guitar, followed by Rarity on her electric keytar, then Flash on his rock guitar, then both Applejack and Arrow Swift on their basses, Sunset Shimmer then rocks out the hardest on her electric guitar loudly and proudly while Vinyl Scratch adds in some synchronous dub-step beats and lights to Sunset’s guitar solo, making Sunset look practically gorgeous as she slowly transforms into her magic Equestria Girl form and awestriking everyone brilliantly, but unfortunately makes the Dazzlings start feeling belittled, which Sonata actually notices quite easily, and so does Sunset Shimmer as she then jumps over to all three Dazzlings and sings gently yet sincerely to them *

Sunset Shimmer:
Don't worry about the past, you have friends now, and we're here to make the party last ‘til the end of time…
So, show them all what's really on the inside, and you Dazzlings will be able to shine!


* The Dazzlings are all surprised by Sunset Shimmer’s kind words, as they look at each other, all of their new friends on the amphitheater stage, and the audience, then Sonata smiles and gently holds Adagio’s left hand and then Aria simply shrugs and sighs as she holds Adagio’s right hand, then the Dazzlings slowly sing together, taking it one step at a time but the song’s tempo slowly and steadily returns to its original pace as the Dazzlings sing *

The Dazzlings:
Spring Start Up, Spring Start Up…

Sonata: Let's celebrate our school holiday cheer.

The Dazzlings:
Spring Start Up, Spring Start Up…

Aria: Because as of today, Spring Break is here.

The Dazzlings:
Spring Start Up, Spring Start Up

Adagio: C’mon, let’s go, it’s you and me.

The Dazzlings and Sunset Shimmer:
Spring Start Up, Spring Start Up
Spring Fling Time, baby…


Rainbooms, Flash Drive, Sapphire Shores, and Dazzlings:
Spring Start Up, Spring Start Up!

Adagio: Let's celebrate our school holiday cheer!

Rainbooms, Flash Drive, Sapphire Shores, and Dazzlings:
Spring Start Up, Spring Start Up!

Sunset Shimmer: Because as of today, Spring Break is here.

Rainbooms, Flash Drive, Sapphire Shores, and Dazzlings:
Spring Start Up, Spring Start Up!

Twilight: C’mon, let’s go, it’s you and me.

Rainbooms, Flash Drive, Sapphire Shores, and Dazzlings:
Spring Start Up, Spring Start Up!
Spring Fling Time, baby!


* song ends on a very epic note, as multi-colored smokescreens and lights all go off together around the amphitheater stage with a bang *



With that awesome concert done, the entire school of Canterlot High was cheering their lungs out for the Rainbooms, Flash Drive, Sapphire Shores, and even the Dazzlings themselves.

Sunset Shimmer then simply said to all three of the Dazzlings, “See? Now that wasn’t so bad or hard, now was it? ”

Adagio simply just rolled her eyes with a small smile on her face, while Sonata giggled and Aria smiled a little too while looking away from everyone.


A few minutes later, Noble Wind, Spike, Crafty Arts, and Wensley all met up with their friends backstage.
"Wow, guys, that was amazing!" said Crafty Arts.
"Yeah, Couz, you were all awesome!" said Wensley to Applejack.

“Well, thank y’all kindly, sugarcubes,” Applejack replied.
"Glad you enjoyed it " said Twilight .
"Of course we did,” said Crafty Arts, “And you Dazzlings were great, too. ^^ ”
“You… really think so?” Aria asked gently, but then realized HOW she was asking it and quickly looked the other away flustered while saying, “N-not that we care or anything! >////<  ”

That made everyone in the room start laughing a little, including even Sonata and Adagio.

“So…” said Noble Wind, “Adagio, Aria, Sonata… you three just actually sung well together for real WTIHOUT having to manipulate anyone nor have everyone turn against each other like you did in the past, and it led to you three finally being on the right track to becoming the TRULY GOOD singing idols I know you’re destined to become because you’re doing so IN THE RIGHT WAY now. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NEXT? ”

"I'm going to be spending time with my Noby-Woby! ^3^ " answered Sonata, quickly grabbing Noble’s arm.
“Okay then <:///) ” said Noble Wind, “Adagio? Aria?”

Adagio and Aria looked at each other, not really sure how to respond to that.
Then Adagio said, “Honestly… I don’t know… After the dark side of our Siren magic was taken away, possibly forever… we never thought we’d end up getting back on our feet like THIS.”

“Well, if you want,” said Arrow Swift with a sincere smile, “There’s always the big Spring Fling Dance tonight. And trust me, if Canterlot High’s Spring Flings really are so much better AND more enjoyable AND more sociable than Everfree High School’s are, then you can bet I’ll be there. ”
“Well, you kinda have to,” Flash pointed out, “We’re supposed to do the night dance concert also.”
“Same with us Rainbooms,” said Sunset Shimmer, “But wait, Flash… is Drumbeat going to be there, too?”

Drumbeat replied, “Uh, yeah… why do you ask??”
Sunset Shimmer answered, “Well, it’s just that Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna told me, Crafty Arts, and Wensley that while both Crafty and Wens were allowed to attend the Spring Fling Festival together, Wensley couldn’t be allowed at the dance because he’s not even in high school yet, even if he is just a visitor here at Canterlot High. So, why is Drumbeat allowed to the dance tonight when he’s around the same school grade level as Wensley?”

“Because he’s an important member of my band,” said Flash, “Celesita and Luna said that Drumbeat could attend the dance as long as he’s attending it as a band member for the concert tonight.”

Both Sunset Shimmer and Flash’s eyes then widened as they got a big idea.
Flash then smiled as he asked Sunset Shimmer, “Sunny? You thinkin’ what I’m thinkin’?”
“OH, yeah, I am ” Sunset Shimmer answered.

Twilight shifted her eyes between Flash and Sunset, as the Princess of Friendship asked a bit concernedly, “What, uh… w-wh-what ARE you two thinking? ”

"We're going to make Wensley able to come to the dance after all!" answered Sunset Shimmer.
"What do you mean?" asked Crafty Arts.
“Simple,” said Flash, “Wensley, how good are you with musical instruments?”

“Oh,” said Wensley, “Uh, well… I’m sure I can whip up a mean harmonica solo.”
Noble Wind brought out his dark brown backpack, reached into it to bring out his own harmonica and threw it over to Wensley.
Wensley caught the harmonica and started playing on it quite skillfully for about 30 seconds, to which Flash responded to afterwards by saying, “Hmmm… I think we can make that work somehow. Congrats, Wensley, you’re now a temporary harmonica player for the Flash Drive, so it looks like you’ll be able to come to the Spring Fling Dance tonight with Crafty Arts after all, though you two probably won’t do any dancing together until AFTER the dancing and partying is over completely, but still.”

"This is great, Wensy! ^3^ " said Crafty excitedly, as she hugged Wensley.
“YEAH, it is! ” said Wensley, as he hugged Crafty Arts back and starting spinning around with her in his arms.
Wensley then stopped and said, “Flash, Sunset Shimmer, thank ya both so much for this.”

“Well, you should really thank Drumbeat here,” said Sunset Shimmer, “He gave us the idea.”
“I did? ” Drumbeat asked.
Flash patted Drumbeat on the back and said, “You sure did, little bro! ^^ ”

"Looks like ya'll get ta party and dance after all!" Applejack said to Crafty and Wensley.
“Yep ” said Wensley, “And thank you too, Drumbeat, for the idea here.”

“Oh, uh, well, no problem, glad to help <:///)” Drumbeat said, scratching the back of his head, as Crafty Arts and Wensley both hugged him, Sunset Shimmer, and Flash. Everyone suddenly made a big group hug together, including Vinyl Scratch, Noble Wind, Sapphire Shores, Arrow Swift, and even the Dazzlings, though Adagio and Aria were kinda forced into it by Sonata.

Aria then said, “What is with you people and group hugs?! >///<; ”
“Don’t spoil the moment, Aria,” said Adagio, who was now snuggling upon Arrow Swift’s chest, “I for one am actually not complaining~”

Arrow Swift felt awkwardly embarrassed and uncomfortable, while Sonata snuggled up to Noble Wind and the blue Dazzling girl said to Adagio, “I agree~ ^//3//^ ”

Noble Wind simply looked to the side while blushing and smiling due to Sonata being so dang stinkin’ cute right now.
Aria then groaned and said, “Seriously?? You two are such tools right now.”

“Well,” said Sunset Shimmer, “If you’re wanting a date for the dance tonight, Aria, I could set you up with Snips or Snails or Bulk Biceps…”
Aria’s eyes widened, knowing well enough exactly WHO Sunset Shimmer was referring to, and then Aria said, “…Thanks, but I’m good with being single.”

That remark made everyone start laughing together.


A little while later, everyone went their separate ways, leaving Canterlot High School so that they all could go get ready for the Spring Fling Dance that night.

Flash, Wensley, Drumbeat, and Arrow Swift all left and went back to their own houses to get ready for that night, while Twilight, Spike, Sunset Shimmer, Sapphire Shores, Crafty Arts, Vinyl Scratch, all of the rest of the Rainbooms, and all three Dazzlings headed for the best boutique in Canterlot Town to get ready for the very big dance that night.

But little did any of them know, that not too far away, a certain “great and powerful” young girl was plotting something in the shadows… yet again… something greatly and powerfully terrible…