"So the Night sisters chose you to train as a Dream Warrior," the Night Guard asked as he guided Mark through the halls of Canterlot castle.
"Not just me," he said as he fell into step with the guard. "There will be six of us."
"Six huh, so why are you the only one showing up?"
"I'm not really sure, something about wanting to see me before the special training begins tonight."
"huh," the guard gave a sigh as they came to a 'T' junction in the hall. "To think that humans will be crawling around the dream realm…"
"Hold on a sec," Mark paused, tilting his head slight. "Do you hear that?"
"huh," the Night Guard asked, his own ears perking up.
"It sounds like…" the man slowly turned around in a tight circle, before marching off down a side hallway. "That's human music."
"But General Durnkinscoff," the guard quickly trotted after. "Princess Luna and Princess Moon are waiting the other way…"
"And they will wait for me, I assure you," Mark said as he came up to a door that had a rhythmic thumping coming from it. Pulling the door open he and the guard were assaulted less by the music, then by the sight before them.
"Down, down, do your dance, do your dance (let me see, let me see ya do the cupid)
Down, down, do your dance, do your dance (do the shuffle baby yeah)
Down, down, do your dance, do your dance (woah woah oh oh)
Down, down, do your dance, do your dance (hey hey hey hey yeah yeah)"
"That's it Tia," Max called out over the music. "Now put some bounce in that booty!"
"Oh my," the Sun Princess giggled, using her wings the same way Max used his arms to shimmy from side to side. "This is so exhilarating!"
"To the right, to the right, to the right, to the right
To the left, to the left, to the left, to the left
Now kick, now kick, now kick, now kick
Now walk it by yourself, now walk it by yourself (let me see you do)"
"Holy…" Mark's jaw nearly hit the floor as he watched Max and Celestia dancing to the Cupid Shuffle. Now, of all the dance songs that they could have used, at least the shuffle was something that ponies could groove to. Unfortunately for the General, both the dancers had their backs to him so he had an unobstructed view of the sun princess shaking her white rump to the beet.
"Now you see what I'm talking about
I represent for the dirty south
Where we known for swinging out
I'm gone show you what I'm talking about…
Down, down, do your dance, do your dance (hey hey)
Down, down, do your dance, do your dance (a let me see ya do the cupid, shuffle the cupid cupid shuffle)"
Down, down, do your dance, do your dance…
"I…I…" the guard repeated over and over as Mark shut the door. Both were starring at the closed obstacle numbly.
"I did not need to see that," the human shook his head and sighed, headed back the way he came.
"She was…" the pony murmured as he followed. "It was a very nice view though."