Ashleigh Ball: Applejack, Rainbow Dash
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Quotes
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Applejack : So how was the tour?
Sunset Shimmer : I don't know. I mean, these girls, they were... There was something off about them.
Pinkie Pie : Like off like this?
[makes her hair into a beard]
Pinkie Pie : Or off like this?
[puts two carrots in her teeth like fangs]
Pinkie Pie : Or... Oh, oh! Like...
Rainbow Dash : Maybe we should just let her tell us.
Sunset Shimmer : That's just it, I can't put my finger on it. They just acted sort of... strange around me. Maybe someone already talked to them. Told them about what I did.
[sighs]
Sunset Shimmer : So much for making a great first impression.
Fluttershy : Uh-huh.
[the others glare at her]
Fluttershy : Oh... that's... probably not it...
[she lowers her head]
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Twilight Sparkle : Alright, girls, let's do this! Friendship is magic!
[nothing happens]
Rainbow Dash : Uh, weren't there rainbows and lasers and stuff last time?
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Rainbow Dash : I hate to burst your bubble, Twilight, but the connection between their world and Equestria will still be totally cut off for a super-long time.
Pinkie Pie : Okay, first of all, if there was any bubble-blowing going on, why wasn't I told about it? And secondly, if the connection is totally cut off, how was Sunset Shimmer able to get a message to Twilight?
Twilight Sparkle : [gasps] Pinkie, you're a genius!
Pinkie Pie : Yeah, I get that a lot.
[to Rainbow Dash]
Pinkie Pie : Now about those bubbles!
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Sunset Shimmer : [a while into the Dazzlings' performance and the Rainbooms' arguing] Stop! You have to stop!
[They suddenly stop arguing]
Sunset Shimmer : This is what they've been after all along! They're feeding off the magic inside you!
Applejack : How can they be using our magic? It's the magic of friendship!
Sunset Shimmer : Ever since you started this band, you've been letting... little things get to you. I didn't say anything because I didn't feel like it was my place. Not when I'm so new to this friendship thing. I still have a lot to learn. But I do know that if you don't work out even the smallest problems right at the start, the magic of friendship can be turned into something else.
Twilight Sparkle : I can't believe all this tension was happening right under my nose and I didn't realize it. I'm supposed to be the one with all the answers, and all I've done since I got here is let you down.
Sunset Shimmer : I don't think anyone is supposed to have all the answers. But you can count on your friends... to help you find them.
Twilight Sparkle : I think you already have. Come on, we need to get out of here!
[They all push themselves up at once at the door to no avail, they collapse to the floor, then a knock on the door is heard, then it opens, Spike standing outside]
Twilight Sparkle : Spike!
[Picks him up and hugs him]
Spike : Sorry I took so long. I had to find someone who wasn't under The Sirens' spell to help me get you out.
[Vinyl Scratch comes into view]
Twilight Sparkle : Why isn't she under their spell?
Spike : Never takes off her headphones.
[Vinyl Scratch does a "thumbs up" and smiles]
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Fluttershy : [referring to Dazzlings] I can't believe they got to Principal Celestia and Vice Principal Luna, too!
Rainbow Dash : They've gotten to everybody!
Pinkie Pie : Not *everybody*!
Applejack : Pinkie Pie's right. We were there while the Dazzlings were singin', and we weren't affected. It was like we were protected somehow.
Rainbow Dash : So let's take them down! It's not like we haven't tangled with dark magic before and totally whupped its sorry butt!
[to Sunset Shimmer]
Rainbow Dash : Uh... no offense.
Sunset Shimmer : [sighs in an aggravated tone] None taken... again!
Fluttershy : But that was when Twilight was here. We may have some kind of magic inside us, but it only comes out when we play music. I sure don't know how to use it to..."whupp anybody's butt"...
Rarity : [while polishing her nails] If only we could get a message to Twilight, maybe she could tell us how to break the spell The Dazzlings have cast on our friends.
Rainbow Dash : Well, that's not gonna happen. The portal's closed.
[Throws her soccer ball at the base of the pony statue where Rarity is sitting, she ducks out of the way as it bounces back to Rainbow Dash and she drops her nail polish brush, which leaves a magenta mark on her upper arm before it lands on the ground, she gasps]
Rainbow Dash : And I'm pretty sure they don't have cellphones where she's from.
Sunset Shimmer : I have an idea how we can get in touch with Princess Twilight!
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Twilight Sparkle : Maybe it doesn't even matter that we're trapped down here. I don't think the counter spell would have worked anyway.
Applejack : 'Course is woulda worked, Twilight!
[Turns to look at Rainbow Dash]
Applejack : Assumin' a certain band member didn't try to hog the spotlight whole time we were tryin' to play it!
Rainbow Dash : Hey! If want to tell Twilight she's getting to a little too caught trying to be the new leader of this band, you don't have to be all criptic about it.
Rarity : She was talking about *you*, Rainbow Dash!
Rainbow Dash : Me! I'm just trying to make sure my band rocks as hard as it needs to.
Applejack , Rarity : Our band!
Twilight Sparkle : But why wasn't it working? I should know what to do. How can I not know what to do? How can I have failed like this?
Applejack : It might have been your idea to start a band. But it's not just your band, Rainbow Dash!
Rainbow Dash : I'm the one who writes all the songs!
Fluttershy : I write songs. You just never let us *play* any of them!
Rarity : I had *the* most perfect outfits for us to wear.
Applejack : Again with the costumes! Nobody cares what we're wearin'!
Rarity : I care, Applejack! So sorry if I enjoy trying to make a creative contribution to the band!
Pinkie Pie : Hey! Anybody here remember fun!
[shouting at the top of her lungs]
Pinkie Pie : I'll give you a hint! It's the exact opposite of being in the rain booms!
Rainbow Dash : I wish I'd never asked any of you to be in my band!
Rarity : I wish I'd never agreed to be in it!
Applejack , Fluttershy : Me neither!
[All except for Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle start arguing incoherently as their negative energy and distrust starts to drift up towards the stage where The Dazzlings are about to perform at as Sunset Shimmer starts to look concerned]
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Principal Celestia : [about the Dazzlings] Dark magic? I find that very hard to believe. Those girls came into my office earlier and were absolutely delightful.
Vice Principal Luna : [scoffs] Perhaps Sunset Shimmer is just eager to make someone else out to be a bad element so that her actions at the Fall Formal will become old news.
Sunset Shimmer : I could see why you might think that, but...
Rainbow Dash : [interrupting] That's *not* what's happening! We saw all of this go down in the cafeteria too!
Principal Celestia : Yes, but isn't your band supposed to be part of the Musical Showcase?
Rainbow Dash : Yes.
Vice Principal Luna : Perhaps you're all just worried that the Dazzlings will steal your spotlight.
Applejack : The Dazzlings?
Principal Celestia : It's the name of their musical group. That's why they came by my office earlier - to sign up for the Showcase. Even sang a little song to Vice Principal Luna and I.
Applejack : They did?
Principal Celestia : Yes. And we think having a Battle of the Bands instead is a marvelous idea.
[Celestia and Luna's eyes briefly flashed green; meaning they're under the Dazzlings' spell]
