Luna the Miracle Boy: Rainbow Rocks

Luna the Miracle Boy: Rainbow Rocks is an animated story episode story in the Luna the Miracle Boy series. It is the second official story episode of the Luna the Miracle Boy series that features a "Battle of the Bands" at Canterlot Presidential University and the Donetsk Amphitheater on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. This story episode recounts before its animated short segments.
==Summary==
===Prologue: The Curse of Princess Aulia===
The story opens at Adolf's Restaurant. The numerous café patrons argue among themselves as a strange green mist swirls around their feet. In the corner booth, three sirens in hoods sing and absorb the green mist into the red gems on their necklaces. Cecil de Puce grumbles that she's "tired of fast food" and needs a meal. Her boss – Princess Aulia, laments that the energy in the republic that she means the Republic of Petrovburg.
As the wolf-coated boy – Duc Volpe joins the conversation and gets into a light argument with De Puce, Aulia notices an explosion of light in the distance. She races out of the café and watches the magical rainbow energy burst into the sky, grinning evilly when she realizes what it is. She explains to De Puce and Duc Volpe that her curse magic has found its way into the republic, and they're going to use it to make everyone adore them.
===Frihetens' Effort===
On Monday – 23 September 2019, at Canterlot Presidential University, the presidential civilians are busy making banners in the auditorium for the upcoming presidential musical showcase. Luna offers to help the Cutie Mark Crusaders with their banner, they decline him politely but Luna keeps himself patient. When Vincent calls Luna over to join him and his friends, the other presidential civilians glare at Luna and then gossip about his rival girl. Tobias quickly changes the subject and shows Luna the banner they made for the showcase (which Celestia used cake frosting on instead of paste).
Princess Finlandia and Principal Tony then enter, and Finlandia says how pleased she is by the amount of student participation in the showcase. However, when Finlandia mentions that the presidential civilians' glare at Luna (they actually hate Roman for her arrogance) and Luna hides his face in humiliation.
Later, in the campus band room, Luna laments when Roman never live her past mistakes down. His friends, now in a five-part band called the Friheten Rainbooms, express how to say they've hate Roman by her conspire with Princess Aulia, then they cheer Luna up with a rehearsal of Better Than Ever. As they sing, the five bandmates sprout pony ears and wings and longer hair, which disappear when they stop playing. Tobias and Dennis express disbelief at the strange phenomenon, but Jason cares little, letting his band leader's egotism show.
Zoey enters, having heard the band playing from outside the room, and compliments their sound. When Jason criticizes Tobias and Dennis' playing, they give an annoyed look. Zoey asks if "our president presents today" will be coming to the showcase. The Friheten Rainbooms tell him they're not sure if President Diana will be present, and Zoey awkwardly excuses himself. Tobias is amused by Zoey's behavior, but she stops herself when she remembers that Zoey was a sergeant of Canterlot Presidential Army. Luna explains by himself that Roman never liked Pavel romantically and further regrets her past actions. As Dennis cheers him up, a speaker announcement by Principal Tony summons Luna to the campus foyer. Luna leaves the room, having promised to give a tour to other Petrovburger delegates and the Friheten Rainbooms go back to rehearsing. Polina asks if they can sing a song she wrote, to which Jason replies that they'll get to it later.
===Enter of the Dazzlings===
At the university's entrance, Luna meets with Aulia and her Dazzlings personnel and shows them around the campus. During the tour, they pass by a flyer for the Canterlot Presidential Musical Showcase; Luna talks about the event, and the Dazzlings are intrigued, with Volpe nearly revealing their true nature. When Luna notices the three's gem necklaces and reaches for De Puce's, Aulia grabs Luna's wrist in sudden offense. Aulia then catches herself and apologizes, explaining that their pendants mean a lot to them and they don't want anything to happen to them. The three sirens walk off, leaving Luna to ponder their strange behavior.
Later in the presidential cafeteria, Luna joins his friends and mentions that there is something "off" about the new sirens, worrying that they know about the events of the Miracle Contest. Outside the cafeteria doors, Aulia and her Dazzlings personnel have a brief argument before they enter. With their beguiling voices and a rousing song, the sirens convince the civilians of Canterlot Presidentials to turn the musical showcase into an all-out Battle of the Bands. As they sing, tensions rise among the presidential civilians, causing them to argue. As each vows victory in the competition, green mist forms around them, which De Puce, Aulia, and Duc Volpe absorb into their pendants. Only Luna and his friends of the Petrovburg Heroes are unaffected by the song.
===Suspecting the Dazzlings===
Luna and the Friheten Rainbooms suspect that Aulia and her Dazzlings personnel are using dark magic on the presidential civilians and go to alert the principals. However, Princess Finlandia and Principal Tony believe that the sirens – now calling themselves the Dazzlings, are innocent and even praise them for their Battle of the Bands idea. For a brief moment, the captains' eyes glow green, indicating that they have also fallen under the Dazzlings' spell.
The Friheten Rainbooms deduce that the magic that causes them to transform while playing music also makes them immune to the Dazzlings' spell. With the rest of the campus under the Dazzlings' control, the Frihetens consider getting President Diana to return and help. The closed portal prevents him from returning, but Luna has an idea. In his locker, he finds an old book with his cutie mark on the cover and explains that he used it to write messages to President Diana which would appear in a book in the presidential library. Hoping to get a message from Diana, Luna opens the book and begins to write, starting with the six words he hadn't written in a long time.
===President's incoming aids to Canterlot Presidentials===
In the university's courtyard, Jason starts to lose hope that Luna returned with the magics from President Diana. Luna suddenly appears from the throne room (bring Spike and some magic spells from President Diana). His friends meet him in a group hug. Later at the Primavera Cafe, the Frihetens all catch-up, with Spike revealing Luna's new status as the "Prince of Friendship". Once Luna learns of what they're up against, he comes up with a plan to ambush the Dazzlings at the pre-Battle of the Bands party being held in the presidential auditorium.
At the band meetup, Luna bumps into Pavel and stammers in his presence. Once the Dazzlings arrive, Luna and his friends declare their evil plans finished and attempt to stop them with a magic of friendship attack. However, nothing happens, allowing the Dazzlings to feed on even more of the competitors' negativity. Having humiliated themselves, Luna and his friends excuse themselves, but the Dazzlings decide to keep an eye on them, calling them "special".
Luna and the others regroup outside the palace and try to figure out what went wrong. They reason that, since they can only channel their magic when playing music, only a counter-spell in the form of a song will break the Dazzlings' spell, making the Battle of the Bands the perfect venue. They also decide Luna should be the Friheten Rainbooms' lead singer, much to Jason's chagrin. In telling about when Sergey retires to the presidential library during his last visit to Canterlot Presidentials, Celestia proposes a slumber party at the Vernadsky Family House.
===Slumber party at the Vernadsky Family House===
That midnight, as his friends enjoy themselves around him, Luna has considerable difficulty writing a counter-spell. Later, after everyone falls asleep, he works on it in the kitchen and is soon joined by Vincent. As the two boys over the similar problems they each face, Vincent is startled when Moravia comes in to get a snack for Boulder.
On Tuesday morning – 24 September 2019, the Friheten Rainbooms practice their musical counter-spell in the barn next to the Applejack House. Unfortunately, Luna's singing is so off-key that Jason only manages a small bit of transformation. Before long, hostility continues to grow between the Friheten Rainbooms regarding Tobias' costumes and Jason's insisting that the band is his. With the Battle of the Bands starting soon, the Friheten Rainbooms soon agree to perform other songs and stall for time until Luna can complete his spell. In addition, they decide to keep their magic a secret from the Dazzlings for as long as possible.
===Presidential Music Event===
The Battle of the Bands gets underway, with Snips and Snails performing a hip-hop duet that earns only confused looks from the audience and reprimanding from Princess Finlandia when they drop the microphones. When the time comes for the Friheten Rainbooms to perform, Tobias takes the stage in a hippie-inspired outfit with metal fringes. During their performance of Shake Your Tail!, other competitors try to sabotage them: Joko Sikumbang and the Sikumbang Snapshots manipulate Tobias' movement with a magnet, and Snips and Snails take advantage of Celestia's stage fright by holding a spotlight over her.
The Friheten Rainbooms manage to advance to the next round, but they continue to squabble over petty issues. Later, even Pavel starts to show hostility toward Luna, considering him to be an enemy because he is on a rivaling band. As they part ways, a heartbroken Luna walks away in patience. At the other end of the hallway, Vincent confronts Aulia and the Dazzlings about their evil schemes, but the Dazzlings play to Luna's fragile emotions and make him feel useless in his friends' eyes.
In the following montage set to the Dazzlings' Under Our Spell song, competing bands are eliminated one by one, from the Crusader Girls to Trixie Courtois to Luciano and the Sweetie Drops to even Flash Sentry Band. In the semifinals, the Friheten Rainbooms face Cecil and the Illusions to decide who faces the Dazzlings in the final round.
As Cecil and her band perform Tricks up My Sleeve song, Luna still has yet to finish his counter-spell song, so Jason takes over as lead singer and the Friheten Rainbooms perform Awesome as I Wanna Be song. However, Jason gets carried away and starts to transform, prompting Luna to leap in and cut the song short. The crowd is convinced that Roman hasn't come yet, adding more fuel to the fire of hatred for the Dazzlings to feed on.
===Chic tricks===
Through the Dazzlings' manipulation of the presidential principals, the Friheten Rainbooms advance to the final round instead of Cecil's Illusions. An embittered Cecil is later approaches the Dazzlings, Aulia tells Cecil by giving the idea of removing Luna and his Friheten Rainbooms from the competition so that Cecil's Illusions can take their place in the finals.
During the Friheten Rainbooms' mic check on the stage where the finals are to take place, Cecil and the Illusions arrive to carry out their plan: a lever opens a trap door on the stage, Luna and the Friheten Rainbooms fall inside. Spike, the only one not to become trapped, rushes off to find help.
===Lord Twilight Sparkle strikes back===
That night, Cecil and the Illusions perform in the finals following the Friheten Rainbooms' supposed forfeit. Afterward, the Dazzlings take the stage for their final performance and continue feeding off the crowd. Below the stage, tempers, and tensions finally boil over between the Friheten Rainbooms and a five-way argument breaks out, allowing the Dazzlings on stage to feed on their hatred.
Vincent notices what's happening and finally intervenes, pointing out that their arguing has warped the magic of friendship into something that the Dazzlings can feed on. Luna is ashamed that he hadn't realized it sooner, and Vincent tells him "no one is supposed to have all the answers, but friends can help you find them". The Friheten Rainbooms thus make amends and finally come to a compromise. Sergey arrives to rescue them with the help of DJ Una, whose headphones shielded their bodies from the Dazzlings' spell.
===Welcome to the Show===
The Dazzlings continue feeding on the crowd on stage and transform, giving them pony ears, tails, and translucent wings. As the Friheten Rainbooms (now wearing the Hauteville Army uniforms) watch from atop a hill, wondering how their song can reach the crowd, Sergey and DJ Una arrive with further assistance: a car that converts into a DJ station. The Friheten Rainbooms start to play their counter-spell song over the Dazzlings' song and take on half-pony forms with colors similar to that of the Petrovburg Heroes' Rainbow Power. Refusing to be stopped, the Dazzlings summon astral versions of their true siren forms and manage to overpower the Friheten Rainbooms.
As the Friheten Rainbooms fall, Luna's microphone rolls next to Jason's feet, and Luna says they need his help. Jason finds new resolve and, upon removing his jacket, starts to sing. Before long, the rest of the Friheten Rainbooms join him, and their combined magic creates a rainbow shockwave that weakens the Dazzlings and severs their spell over everyone, much to Aulia's disbelief. The magic of friendship builds inside Luna, granting him a half-pony form of his own. All of the presidential civilians then join in, and as the Dazzlings look on in shock and horror, the magic coalescing in the sky takes the form of a giant alicorn that destroys their astral projections as well as their gem pendants.
With their power sources destroyed, Aulia and the Dazzlings are unable to even sing and re-cast their spell. The enraged civilians boo, jeer, and pelt them with fruits and vegetables, forcing them to flee in shame and disgrace. Zoey, now free of the Dazzlings' influence, meets Luna in a happy and warm embrace as a bodyguard. However, Cecil still upset about her competition loss makes it clear that she isn't done with the Friheten Rainbooms yet. As for Luna which he reveals: at least President Diana still has some diplomatic duties in Equestria, Jason allows Luna permanently to join the band in especially after Luna reveals he is now can play the guitar.
===Dear President Diana===
For the appreciation to President Diana, which he promises to visit whenever he can now that the portal can be opened at any time. Later, as the Friheten friends tune up their instruments, Luna uses his old journal to write the friendship lesson he learned to Diana, ending it with the closing statement:
As the story closes, Luna picks up his guitar and joins his band mates in a performance of Shine Like Rainbows sing. Behind the scenes of this story episode, Luna is seen having now been promoted as the "best student" of the university, as the Cutie Mark Crusaders help him with his books and walk with him and Trixie helps him get Angel Fluttershy down from a hard-to-reach perch.
===Epilogue: Roman's condition after the banishment from Canterlot Presidentials===
In a post-credits scene, Roman Rosalina is seen documenting strange events that are all connected around Canterlot Presidentials in her personal room at the Seborga High – called the "Sunset Shimmer Office". She confides in the presidential dog (as she kidnapped one that similar to it) "something strange [is] going on at the campus...".
==Involved characters==
===Main characters===
*Celestia Diane
*Dennis Idmayanti
*Jason Esofita
*Luna Vernadsky
*Tobias Ratnasari
*Vincent Fluttershy
===Supporting characters===
*Batiara Medvedeva
*Bellvania Kerzhakov
*Cutie Mark Crusaders
*Dennis Oktavia
*Dmitry Elfa
*Dmitry Una
*Finlandia Salsabila
*Joko Sikumbang
*Luciano Itsuki
*Maya Nofianti
*Moravia Pratiwi
*Pavel Vedrona
*Polina Fluttershy
*Sergius Aluna Norgesic
*Snips and Snails
*Spike
*Tony Imelda
*Trixie Courtois
*Vladimir Diana (mentioned only)
*Zim Hideyoshi
===Antagonists===
*Cecil de Puce
*Cecil Lulamoon
*Duc Volpe
*Princess Aulia (primary antagonist)
==Quotes==
:Cecil de Puce: [sighs] That was barely worth the effort, Aulia. I'm tired of fast food. I need a meal. 
:Princess Aulia: The energy isn't the same as in this Petrovburg. We can only gain so much power here.
:Cecil de Puce: Ugh! I wish we'd never been banished to this awful country as Lord Sweyn had done to us!
:Cecil de Puce: [sarcastically] Really? I love it here!
:Duc Volpe: For realizes? Because I think this country is the worst.
:Cecil de Puce: I think you're the worst, Volpe.
:Duc Volpe: Oh, yeah?! Well, you're—
:Princess Aulia: Ergh! I'll tell you one thing, being stuck here with you two isn't making this republic anymore [through clenched teeth] bearable.
:Princess Aulia: [gasps] Did you feel that?! Do you know what that is? 
:Duc Volpe and Cecil de Puce: I 'unno.
:Princess Aulia: It's my curse magic!
:Luna: Want some help?
:Colin: Uh, no, Brother Luna, thanks.
:Tobias: Quite the eye-catching advertisement, if I do say so myself.
:Celestia: And it smells like cake!
:Vincent: It does? [sniff, sniff]
:Celestia: I used frosting instead of paste.
:Polina: You were pretty good at beating Princess Roman at the Miracle Contest.
:Luna: Thanks, Lina. The country has been saved now.
:Celestia: As Princess Aulia's henchman, Princess Roman tried to turn everyone in this palace into teenage zombies for her own personal army!
:Tobias: Oh, Luna, you're the real miracle boy! You saved us and our country, and we've forgiven Princess Roman for her past… ahem… booboos.
:Principal Tony: Luna! Please report this to the main foyer!
:Luna: Gotta run, captain. I volunteered to show some new students around the palace. Thought it'd be good for them to get to know the new me before they heard all the stuff about Princess Roman.
:Duc Volpe: [to Luna] Hello, boy? We sing, like, all the time! It's how we get people to do what we want.
:Princess Aulia: [growls]
:Duc Volpe: Wha-What did I say?
:Princess Aulia: What you meant to say was that being in a musical showcase sounds like a great way to meet other civilians!
:Duc Volpe: Ohhhh, yeah. Th-What he said I meant to say. That's what I meant. To say.
:Cecil de Puce: [scoffs] And what you would have said if you weren't the worst.
:Duc Volpe: You are!
:Princess Aulia: I'll have to excuse them. They're idiots.
:Cecil de Puce and Duc Volpe: Hmph.
:Dennis: So, how was the tour?
:Luna: I don't know. I mean, those girls, they were... there was something off about them.
:Celestia: Like, off like this? Or off like this? Or... oh, oh! Like...
:Jason: Maybe we should just let him tell us.
:Princess Aulia: This is it, guys. The moment we've been waiting for.
:Duc Volpe: Lunch?!
:Princess Aulia: [groan] The chance to get my curseful magic back.
:Duc Volpe: But we can get lunch after though, right? It's Taco Tuesday!
:Luna: Mom! Captain! I could see why Princess Aulia might think that, but—
:Jason: That's not what's happening! We saw all of those go down in the cafeteria too!
:Princess Finlandia: Yes, but isn't your band supposed to be part of the Musical Showcase, Jason?
:Jason: Yes, ma'am.
:Principal Tony: Perhaps you're all just worried that Princess Aulia and the Dazzlings will steal our state's government.
:Jason: So, let's take them down! It's not like we haven't tangled with dark magic before and totally whooped its sorrow! But uh, no offense.
:Luna: [sighs] No problem.
:Vincent: But that was when Princess Roman was here. There may be 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... whoop anybody.
:Tobias: [sighs] If only we could get a message to President Diana. Maybe he could tell us how to break the spell that Princess Aulia has spread in our beloved country.
:Rest of the Petrovburg Heroes: Luna!
:Luna: Oof. I'm back.
:Rest of the Petrovburg Heroes: [embracing Luna together]
:Luna: According to Uncle Diana, we've got some facts about Princess Aulia and her allies.
:Dennis: We've got nothin' to worry about now that Luna's coronation as the Miracle Contest ambassador on last March 8th. Of course, that day was Good Friday.
:Pavel: Whatever, Cecil! We are the Flash Sentry! The best band from Seborga High!
:Princess Aulia: Luna and his Friheten Rainbooms shall be capable of falling apart as anyone else. They just need a little... push in the wrong direction. I hope that everyone here is going to be lining up to give them a shove.
:Pavel: [to the Flash Sentry bandmates] Uh, you guys hear something?
:Donald Liza: Uhh-uhh.
:Victor Arsil: Uh, nope.
:Luna: Pavel! I said, we have to stop—
:Vincent: AULIA!!! You're never gonna get away with this!
:Princess Aulia: Why? Because you didn't? Oh, we know all about Luna. He has got quite the reputation at this Canterlot Presidentials.
:Vincent: Luna's changed! He's in a much better place now!
:Mr. Zoey: There's Roman! The bad girl that we love to hate!
:Cecil Lulamoon: Good show, "Rain-brooms". I especially liked the part where Luna, in his fit of jealous rage, knocked out Jason's mid-guitar solo!
:Luna: [to Cecil] It wasn't a fit of jealous rage, lady! That was Aulia's bad sabotage!
:Principal Tony: The band that will be joining the Dazzlings in tonight's finals... The Friheten Rainbooms!
:Cecil Lulamoon: WHAT THE F***?!
:The Petrovburg Heroes: Huh?
:Celestia: Did they just say, "Friheten Rainbooms"?!
:Cecil Lulamoon: This isn't over!
:Princess Finlandia: Congratulations, my daughter. You deserve it.
:Celestia: Seriously, mommy?! We didn't even finish our—
:Princess Aulia: See you at tonight's big show, V-Rainbooms. We are really looking forward to it.
:The Petrovburg Heroes: Sergey!
:Sergey the Twilight Sparkle: Sorry guys, we took so long. With the aid of Spike, I had to find somebody who wasn't under Aulia's curseful spell to help me get you out.
:Luna: Sergey, who's that disc jockey? Why he isn't under Princess Aulia's curseful spell?
:Sergey the Twilight Sparkle: He is DJ Una – Dmitry Una Hastavi. Never takes off his headphones.
:Dennis: Come on, guys! Sergey the Twilight Sparkle has come! He has rescued us all! Time to join him and prove we've still got the magic of friendship inside us!
:Luna: And there's only one way to do it! [to Celestia] Right, Tia?
:Celestia: We're getting the band back together?
:Jason: We're getting our band back together!
:Sergey the Twilight Sparkle: Good job, guys!
:Mr. Zoey: Victory! We have defeated Princess Aulia for the first time! That's amazing!
:The Frihetens, Luna, Sergey, Mr. Zoey: [giggling]
:Cecil Lulamoon: You may have vanquished Aulia and her Dazzlings, but you will never have the amazing, show-stopping ability of the Great and Powerful Cecil!
:Roman: No doubt about it, Spike. There's definitely something strange going on at this presidential palace.
:Spike: [barks]
==Gallery==
==References==
#Main course
#*https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/My_Little_Pony_Equestria_Girls:_Rainbow_Rocks
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