EQUESTRIA GIRLS - THE FRIENDSHIP GAMES

THE ATHLETIC CONTEST

RARITY DRAGGED THE RAINBOOMS FOR AN OUTFIT CHANGE TO THE MUSIC ROOM. ON THE WAY, SHE SAW SUNSET LOOKING GLUM. 'ANYTHING WRONG, DARLING ?' SHE ASKED. 'NOTHING. IT'S JUST THAT MAGIC IS RANDOMLY POPPING UP DURING PEP RALLIES AND COSTUME CHANGES AND........I SUSPECT TWILIGHT.' 'IT'S OK DARLING, LET'S GO NOW.' 

ON THE OTHER END OF THE HALLWAY, TWILIGHT OPENED HER AMULET ONLY TO SEE THE INTERIOR DESIGNED LIKE A COMPASS. SHE FOLLOWED THE NEEDLE TO THE MUSIC ROOM, AND SAW THE RAINBOOMS EXCEPT RARITY DRESSED UP IN SILLY OUTFITS. 'THAT'S PUTTING IT MILDLY DARLING. DO YOU WANT A COSTUME CHANGE TOO ?'RARITY ASKED AS SHE CLOSED HER POWDER BOX.

'NO, NO THANKS.' TWILIGHT BACKED AWAY AND CLOSED HER AMULET. SHE THEN RAN OUT OF THE ROOM. BACK IN THE GROUND, THE EVENTS BEGAN, FIRST OFF WAS ARCHERY. SINCE CHS WAS THE VENUE OF THE GAMES, IT WAS DECIDED THAT CADANCE WOULD ANCHOR. 'SO IF BOTH TEAMS ARE READY,' CADANCE BLEW THE HORN. FLUTTERSHY AND SOUR SWEET QUICKLY SPRINTED AND APPLEJACK AND TWILIGHT TOOK THEIR PLACES. 

'EACH MEMBER MUST HIT A BULLS EYE BEFORE THEIR TEAM MATES CAN START THE NEXT LEG OF THE RELAY.' THE WHOLE TIME CADANCE WAS SPEAKING, SWEET GRABBED A QUIVER OF ARROWS, JUMPED OVER A BALE, ROPE-SWINGED OVER A PIT OF MUD, ROLLED OVER ON THE LAST PLATFORM WHILE PICKING UP THE BOW AND SHOT THREE ARROWS. ONE OF THEM HIT THE BULLS EYE.

 SHE LOOKED AT TWILIGHT, WHO WHILE JUMPING OVER THE BALE, ACTUALLY STEPPED ON IT. THE BALE SLIPPED BACK, PUSHING TWILIGHT FRONT, SHE CAUGHT THE ROPE FOR SUPPORT, SWINGING FORWARD IN THE PROCESS. SHE CAUGHT THE EDGE OF THE PLATFORM WITH HER FOOT AND WAS TRYING TO MAINTAIN BALANCE WHILE SOUR SWEET PUT UP A 'WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING !?' LOOK. 

MEANWHILE, FLUTTERSHY WAS TRYING HER BEST TO HIT THE BULLS EYE. AFTER TWO FAILED ATTEMPTS, SHE LOOKED AWAY, EYES SHUT AND SHOT AN ARROW. BULLS EYE !!. FLUTTERSHY SIGNALED TO APPLEJACK. APPLEJACK JUMPED OVER THE BALE AND SWUNG OVER. FLUTTERSHY HANDED HER THE BOW AND APPLEJACK SHOT A BULLS EYE IN THE FIRST SHOT BUT........ANOTHER ARROW HIT THE SAME BULLS EYE AT THE SAME TIME. APPLEJACK TURNED TO SEE THE BOW IN TWILIGHT'S HAND. 

SOUR SWEET HAD IMPATIENTLY PULLED TWILIGHT AND HANDED HER THE BOW. BOTH HAD SHOT THE ARROW AT THE SAME TIME. 'I'M AFRAID THIS GAME HAS BEEN A TIE.' CADANCE SAID. NEXT UP WAS SKATING. RARITY, PINKIE PIE, LEMON ZEST AND SUNNY FLARE TOOK THEIR POSITIONS AT THE START LINE.

 'THE RULES OF THIS EVENT ARE VERY SIMPLE. WHOEVER COMPLETES TWO LAPS AND REACHES THE FINISH LINE FIRST, THEIR TEAM GETS THE POINT.' SAID CADANCE.'READY. SET. GO !' THE FOUR GIRLS STARTED SKATING AT A RAPID SPEED. RARITY WAS IN TOUGH COMPETITION WITH SUNNY FLARE WHILE LEMON ZEST BLOCKED PINKIE PIE'S WAY. AT THE END OF THE FIRST LAP, SUNNY KNOCKED OUT RARITY, WHO FELL ONTO THE SIDELINES. 

'PINKIE ! ALL HOPES ARE ON YOU NOW !' SUNSET CALLED. 'B...BUT THE GAMES ARE ABOUT HAVING FUN AREN'T THEY ?' APPLEJACK FACE-PALMED. RAINBOW HAD AN IDEA.'BUT............WINNING IS MORE RIGHT ?' SHE SAID. PINKIE'S EYES WIDENED.'(MUMBLING) AND LOSING IS NO FUN AT ALL............. (LOUDLY) I'M GONNA WIN AND HAVE MORE FUN THAN YOU DUFFERS COULD EVER IMAGINE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' PINKIE ZOOMED PAST LEMON, WHO WAS SPINNING IN THE PROCESS. SHE WAS NOW IN A TIGHT COMPETITION WITH SUNNY. THE LAP WAS COMING TO AN END. PINKIE WAS STARTING TO LOSE HOPE.

'PINKIE ! YOU HAVE TO DO THIS ! FOR US ! FOR CANTERLOT HIGH ! FOR RARITY !' SUNSET SHOUTED. PINKIE TURNED TO RARITY BY THE SIDELINES. SHE WAS LOOKING BACK AT PINKIE. TEARS SEEMED TO FORM IN HER EYES. PINKIE TURNED BACK AT THE TRACK. SHE FROWNED HEAVILY. SHE ONCE AGAIN SKATED AHEAD, 10 TIMES THE SPEED WHEN SHE HAD STARTED SKATING. PINKIE EASILY OVERTOOK SUNNY, WHO, SURPRISED, STOPPED SHORT. THERE WAS NO WAY SHE COULD BEAT THAT. PINKIE CROSSED THE FINISH LINE. DUE TO HER SPEED, SHE SKID ABOUT A METER BEFORE SHE STOPPED.ALL THE WONDERCOLTS WERE CHEERING FOR PINKIE. RARITY, BEING SUPPORTED BY APPLEJACK AND FLUTTERSHY, WALKED TO PINKIE AND BOTH SHARED A QUICK HUG. 

'AND, THE WINNER OF THIS ROUND IS.............THE WONDERCOLTS !' PRINCIPAL CINCH WAS CLEARLY UNHAPPY. THE WONDERCOLTS SHONE IN THE NEXT ROUND, AS SUNSET AND RAINBOW EASILY CROSSED THE OBSTACLES AND THE FINISH LINE TOGETHER ON THEIR MOTORBIKES. HOWEVER, THEY LOST BADLY IN THE RELAY RACE AND OBSTACLE COURSE. 

'SO..........OVERALL, IT'S A TIE.' CADANCE ANNOUNCED.'TOMORROW, WE HAVE THE TIE-BREAKER. THE CAPTURE THE FLAG EVENT.' THE STUDENTS GLARED AT EACH OTHER.