In V/N's void, Midnight Sparkle dreadfully walked over to Demon Shimmer and Gaia Everfree after getting her punishment from Hollow.

Demon Shimmer: So, what'd he do?

Midnight Sparkle: A lot of things I'd rather not say.

She said as she rubbed her wings and badges all around her body.

Midnight Sparkle: Word of advice to the both of you, do not get on Hollow's bad side. He doesn't pull any punches with those punishments.

Demon Shimmer: ** It's what happens when you have an ego. Trust me, I know.

Gaea Everfree: I've been wondering, how come you two are on both V/N's and Y/N's side? Do you like to mess with them or something?

Demon Shimmer: I'm not Sunset Shimmer and she isn't Twilight Sparkle. We're separate entities.

Gaea Everfree: Oh, I see and how did you both come into place?

Demon Shimmer: Sunset put on a crown and then I was born. She was so desperate for power and ruling over others but she's like the worst villain.

Midnight Sparkle: Really? That seems a little rough on yourself, don't you think?

Demon Shimmer: I'd agree if it wasn't true. Her plan was plain stupid. I mean, seriously. Wanting to take over Equestria with a bunch of teenagers when the three princesses and the freaking god of chaos lived? She wouldn't last an hour in the war if you can even call it that. I tried talking some sense into her but she was all busy moping about how awful her life is to really care. What about you both? What's your predecessors' excuses for bringing you to life?

Midnight Sparkle: Sci-Twi was pressured into studying the magic she collected in that spectrometer. I mean, there was Shadow who tried to stop me from being born but that didn't last thanks to V/N.

Hollow Moonlight: And apparently, thanks to V/N's idiotic counterpart, he's got his own harem of medeocrity.

The three jumped when they saw Hollow intrude as they stepped back.

Midnight Sparkle: U-Uh! Hey, Hollow! How much have you heard?

Hollow Moonshine: Everything. I admit, I probably went a little far with your punishment but when you're the right hand man of V/N, you can't pull any punches. Plus, he created me so I owe him my life.

Demon Shimmer: That doesn't mean he can just torture you for simply being loyal to him.

Hollow Moonshine: It's better you don't argue with him. He's got a way worse temper than I do. He's massacred thousands in Equestria.

Demon Shimmer: Thousands?! Wait, he... he couldn't be... the Scourge of Equestria, could he?

Hollow Moonshine: Yup. That's him alright and have you heard about the traitorous umbrum he formed an alliance with?

Midnight Sparkle: They do sound familiar, but do remind us anyway.

Hollow Moonshine: Like Y/N, V/N had a partner in crime which I suppose you could technically say they were childhood friends since they knew each other growing up but then, the leader of the Umbrum decided to turn on him when V/N started that war between the sirens and ponies.

Midnight Sparkle: Wait... he caused that? I thought the sirens attacked when a group of sailors crashed their boat into their nursery.

Hollow Moonshine: Yes, however the sirens who we all know as the Dazzlings had lured that boat to their territory and that was because V/N disguised himself as a siren to persuade them into doing so. If you are familiar with The Lion King, V/N is basically Scar.

Demon Shimmer: What... what exactly did he hope to achieve by causing such strife and chaos.

???: True world order, of course.

They heard a voice as they looked and saw V/N stepping in through another rift as Hollow bowed respectfully to him.

Hollow Moonshine: Lord V/N.

(V/N): Rise Hollow.

He did as he was told and stood back up.

Demon Shimmer: True world order, you said?

(V/N): Yes. I don't know if you noticed, Demon Shimmer, but what exactly has free will done for everyone? I hope you weren't going for something positive. You see, all it's done is cause nothing but death, misery, and strife for all as every living creature was born violent.

Midnight Sparkle: Umm, you know that living creatures die from old age, cancer, and diseases, right?

(V/N): True, but they also die from savagely killing each other. I, on the other hand, wish to put an end to all that.

Demon Shimmer: But if you really wanted true world order, why would you start a war between the ponies and sirens?

(V/N): To demonstrate a point, of course. To show just how violent every creature is when just one bad thing happens to them.

Gaea Everfree: Doesn't that also include you when you were betrayed by the Umbrum?

(V/N): That was different. I had a good reason to be angry. They betrayed me when I needed them.

Demon Shimmer: And you think that the sirens having their newborns killed isn't a good reason?

(V/N): They could have always repopulated. Besides, they would have eventually become a nuisance to me if I let them thrive.

Midnight Sparkle: That sounds really controversial, V/N. You want to bring world order and cause wars between races at the same time?

(V/N): Sacrifices must be made to ensure true peace, Midnight. And I'll admit, I did let myself get carried away before, but I'm trying to change myself from that. I suggest that you don't question my logic. Unless you want a similar punishment like before.

Hollow cracked his knuckles while glaring at Midnight who shuddered.

Midnight Sparkle: N-No...

(V/N): Good. Now, as for the matter of your predecessor, Hollow, I do believe I have a way of dealing with him indefinitely.

Hollow Moonshine: And what is that, sir?

(V/N): In case you don't know, Crystal Prep is planning to have their Spring Fling on a yacht and there won't be any doubt that Shadow will be there. I'll be sending a creature that I've been experimenting with to go and retrieve Shadow and bring him back here. That's when we'll take it from him.

Hollow Moonshine: And if this creature fails?

(V/N): I'll let you handle his punishment.

Hollow Moonshine: Very well, sire. I won't let you down.

(V/N): I know you won't. Now, that was one of the things I wanted to say. The other is that I've decided to add more to this void since it's just plain boring being all black. It reminds me of the Umbrum and I'm sure you all know how much I loathe them, especially Shadowlight.

Demon Shimmer: Who's Shadowlight?

(V/N): The leader of the Umbrum. He created the Pony of Shadows and King Sombra and he was the supposed best friend that I had. That is until he had gotten soft and started believing in mercy and restraint. But, no worries, my subordinates. I have a means of dealing with him as well. Hollow, are you familiar with the most powerful artifact to ever grace Equestria? The Infinity Amulet?

Hollow Moonshine: The project you and him worked on together?

(V/N): Exactly. With it, I will gain just enough power to bring him to his knees. You see, the amulet itself has multiple pieces to it. One of them being the Alicorn Amulet which was created by the Umbrum themselves. This will guarantee total dominance over them.

Hollow Moonshine: But sir, that project was an utter failure. If I remember correctly, it could destroy it's wielder if it was used too much.

(V/N): Unless you had the will to wield it, in this case, I do. I've been through trial and tribulation to achieve my goals. Not to mention being created by the foulest, most powerful evil entity in all of Equestria. The amulet will surely accept me. However, if we ever hope to assemble the true amulet itself, we will need the Disharmony stones.

Hollow Moonshine: Which ones? I remember hearing that you both made multiple versions of them. There were those ones you worked on with Shadowlight to create the Disharmony Saber.

(V/N): We'll need the following items: A fraction of power from Discord the spirit of chaos, the Time Twirler, a shard from the crystal heart, a piece of the crystal mirror, the Alicorn Amulet itself, a piece of Queen Novo's pearl and one final object...Shadow's pendant.

Hollow Moonshine: What do you need his pendant for?

(V/N): If I fuse this amulet with the power of Umbrum, I will be able to withstand larger and stronger armies and Shadowlight will come to his senses.

Hollow Moonshine: You really think he would?

(V/N): Let's just say... he won't have a choice.

He winked at him as Hollow got the message and smirked before frowning.

Hollow Moonshine: Wait...will he replace me?

(V/N): Of course not, Hollow. Out of all these worthless miscreants, you are the one I can always rely on. There's no chance at all that I'd replace you. Especially with an insufferable, traitorous, scumbag like him.

Hollow Moonshine: Well, in that case, I'll do what I can to assist, Lord V/N.

(V/N): But first, before anything else, Y/N must be dealt with. While Shadowlight is powerful, he doesn't hold a candle to what Y/N's capable of.

Hollow Moonshine: That makes sense, seeing as how his greatest strength is numbers.

(V/N): Exactly. Now, I have some personal matters to attend to. Meanwhile, the rest of you carry out your tasks.

Hollow Moonshine: As you command, sire.

He bowed respectfully before turning to the others.

Hollow Moonshine: Well, you heard him, get going!

Demon Shimmer: ** And there's the old Hollow we know and loathe.

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Almost a month had passed since your week of dating the Rainbooms. In between that time, you were trying to raise money to help out with repairs at Camp Everfree. Right now, you and the Rainbooms were having a car wash at CHS.

Pinkie Pie: ** To the right! To the right! To the left! To the left! Now up! Now up! Bring it down! Spin it around! Wash that car like you mean it! Come on!

She directed as Sunset and Applejack were running and scrubbing Big Mac's truck quickly on all sides. Once the car was nice and lathered, Fluttershy used a hose to spray the soap off. After she was finished, Rarity used a hair dryer to dry some of the water off. Pinkie then used two buffers to polish the car in various places until the car was completely squeaky clean. Rainbow went up to Big Mac as he was sitting in the driver's seat as he gave some money to her.

Rainbow Dash: Hah! Thanks, Big Mac.

He nodded before driving away.

Rainbow Dash: Sweet! More cash to add to the stash!

Pinkie Pie: Woo-hoo!

Rarity: ** How about a little break? All of this sunshine and suds are doing a number on my hair.

She suggested as everyone else agreed as they walked over to a cooler that contained cold bottles of Aunt Orange smoothies.

Rainbow Dash: Hey, anybody seen Sci-Twi lately?

(Y/N): I'm pretty sure she's inside counting our earnings.

Just then, you hear a voice call out as you all turned and saw Sci-Twi approaching you all.

Sci-Twi: I'm here. I was just going over the numbers again.

Sunset Shimmer: Have we raised enough to make all the repairs to Camp Everfree?

Sci-Twi: We've only raised half. I counted the money four times just to be sure.

(Y/N): ** At this rate it'll take us til Christmas to cover the costs and by then, no one would be at the camp.

Applejack: It's all right, hon. We can just wash more cars. There's gotta be some we missed.

You all looked and saw that the parking lot was completely devoid of cars as evidenced by a tumbleweed rolling by.

Sunset Shimmer: I, uh, think we're gonna have to come up with a new plan.

Rainbow Dash: But we're running out of time! The camp fundraising deadline is next week. And Pinkie Pie's already hosted a bake sale, Sci-Twi and Fluttershy had that doggie day care, Y/N and Shadow had that livestream charity event, and Sunset Shimmer and I planned this car wash.

Rarity: Not to worry, darlings. It's my turn to devise a plan, and I already have something amazing in mind. It will be the most profitable of all of our fundraising events! The pièce de résistance!

(Y/N): Well, knowing you Rares, it'll most likely work out for us.

Rarity: Trust me, love. It'll be the plan to end all plans.

Applejack: Hee-yoo! Now we're talkin'! What's your idea?

Rarity: Meet me in the music room later this afternoon, and I will explain everything.

Rainbow Dash: Uh-huh!

Pinkie Pie: Hee-hee!

All of you except for Rarity and Spike went back inside as he went up to her and smirked at her.

Spike: You got nothin', huh?

She looked back down at him nervously.

Rarity: How did you know?!

Meanwhile, at Crystal Prep, the entire student body has gathered into the auditorium for a student meeting and all of them were talking amongst themselves about it. We zoom over to the Shadow Six as Sunlight Shimmer was seen wearing a Crystal Prep uniform and a pair of glasses.

Lemon Zest: Uh, Sunlight? Did you go blind or something?

Sunlight Shimmer: Huh? What do you mean, Lemon?

Lemon Zest: Why are you wearing glasses?

Sunlight blushed a little before she shook it away and cleared her throat.

Sunlight Shimmer: W-Well, uh...you know how Shad had crushes on Moondancer and Sci-Twi? I assumed he was into cute nerds so...I may have tried my best to look like one.

Sugarcoat: So, they're not real glasses?

Sunlight Shimmer: Ehehehe. There's no lenses in them but I thought that it might look appealing to him.

Sunny Flare: You want to appeal to him, dearie? Then, that look really isn't what you're looking for. Here, let me fix that.

She said as she took off Sunlight's glasses, buttoned up her CPA blazer and pulled a hair tie out of her pocket and used it to put Sunlight's hair in a ponytail and added a hairclip similar to the one she normally wears except that it was red and yellow instead of red and black. As she was doing this, most of the other boys started to look in their direction as Sunlight grew an uneasy look.

Sunlight Shimmer: U-Uhhh, Sunny? The boys are staring.

Sunny Flare: That means it's working, dearie. If they take the time to admire your look then I'm sure Shadow will too. Besides, I've lived with him for most of my life so I know what will draw him in.

Sunlight Shimmer: I hope you're right about that. Because I'll be honest, this is kind of outside my comfort zone. I'm not really used to having so much attention brought to me.

Sunny Flare: Trust me, Sunlight. When you're incredibly attractive, you tend to get used to it after a while. Just give it about a month I'd say.

Sunlight Shimmer: A month?!

Lemon Zest: Shhh, Principal Cadance is stepping up on stage.

She shushed them as their principal went up to the stand and tapped the mic as some feedback came through..

Principal Cadance: Good afternoon everyone. I'm sure this is rather unorthodox for us to hold an assembly before dismissal but it was the only available time your student governor had. So, without further ado, please welcome, Shadow Moonlight to the stage!

With that a loud round of applause emitted from the students, making Shadow wipe a tear as he got up on stage and took the microphone from Principal Cadance.

Shadow Moonlight: Thank you for that introduction, Principal Cadance. Hey, everyone, how are you all feeling? Good I hope, but if you aren't, I have some news that might hopefully change that. So, I know things have really been different this year in terms of how the Friendship Games had played out on top of our supposed "rivalry" with CHS. Personally, I think we've come a long way from the experience but anyway, as you all know the Friendship Games were the only event CPA's ever participated in ever since Principal Cinch changed for the worst. Now that she's come to her senses and stepped down, I took it upon myself to bring back all of the dances and other events and to make up for all the absences of those events, the student government plans to have the Spring Dance on a yacht.

Everyone in the auditorium cheered from that as Shadow chuckled a little from the sight.

Shadow Moonlight: I knew that would lift their spirits.

He thought as Starlight Glimmer walked over to him with a raised eyebrow.

Starlight Glimmer: Do you really think this was a good idea, Shad?

Shadow Moonlight: I don't see how it wasn't.

Starlight Glimmer: We don't even have the budget for the yacht. Why give them false hope when we're not even sure if it'll happen?

Shadow Moonlight: I'm certain we'll get it, Star. We're Crystal Prep Academy.

Starlight Glimmer: I love the enthusiasm, but we can't blow that kind of money on something like this. If the school used the amount of funds they have to pay for it, they'd have to lay off some teachers and even lower the quality of the school lunch and I'm sure we can both agree that Crystal Prep serves some high quality food.

Shadow Moonlight: It's gonna be fine, Star. We'll find a way to get it, trust me.

Starlight Glimmer: Well, I think it's better to tell them our situation rather than lie straight to their face.

Shadow Moonlight: Well, go ahead then. Knock yourself out.

He said as he handed her the microphone.

Starlight Glimmer: Unfortunately, we don't really have the funds to pay for it so that's why we're looking for volunteers to help us raise money for the yacht. Is there anyone willing to participate?

All of CPA went quiet as you could hear crickets chirping in the ambience. Starlight sighs at this.

Starlight Glimmer: Come on, everybody. We just need someone, anyone to do it.

Meanwhile in the row where the Shadow Six were sitting, Lemon was busy jamming to the music in her headphones before she threw a fist pump in the air that stood out behind all the other students which caught Starlight's eye.

Starlight Glimmer: Lemon Zest! How nice of you to volunteer!

Lemon Zest: Wait, what?

She asked as she took off her headphones.

Lemon Zest: Uhh, what's going on?

Shadow Moonlight: ** You just put yourself and the others through a living nightmare.

Starlight Glimmer: You fist pumped so I assumed that was an enthusiastic agreement.

Lemon Zest: Uhhh... for what exactly?

Shadow Moonlight: For volunteering to raise money for the yacht.

Lemon Zest: Wait... we're going on a yacht?!

He facepalmed at that.