RAIM/MLP crossover
Chapter 24 – Droppin' the Bass once again
A few months later...
Over the last few months things have been moving nicely, except for the fact that raising children is a living nightmare! I can't get a minute of sleep. Not only that but Vinyl and I's economic situation was spiraling downwards too, so one day we made the decision that we were getting back in the game. Vinyl called up her producer in Las Pegasus to set up our next tour, and we succeeded, this time we were able to get a world tour! Our first tour location was to be in the capital of the United Griffin Kingdom on Nightmare Night. Vinyl and I also decided that Octavia, Neon should come too, and that we should take the kids. It was several days before the first concert, we were all piling aboard Neon's tour bus, readying up for the trip ahead. We were putting the last of our luggage on the bus when Shining Armor and Princess Cadance showed up, I looked at them confused about their presence when a suitcase fell on top of me. I picked it up and asked "What are you two doing here?" Shining Armor took out his Guitar and said "I would like to go on the tour, my amazing guitar skills and Cadance's amazing singing voice, I thought it might make for a good show" I thought about it and said "What the heck, get on here" they got on the bus as I loaded the last suitcase and shut the door. Once Candance and Shining armor were on the bus, Cadance immediately went over to where Concordia and Adam were sleeping and said "Are these you kids? They are so cute" Vinyl nodded and said "The girl's name is Concordia, the boy's name is Adam" Cadance smile and said "Concordia means harmony doesn't it?" Vinyl nodded. That's when Octavia said "Next stop, the UGK!" And Neon floored it.
A few days later we arrived in the capital of the United Griffin Empire. Vinyl and I walked towards where the arena would be when Vinyl saw someone that made her furious, he was a grey colt with a blue mane and that had red colored ends, he also wore a pair of blue headphones and had brown eyes. Vinyl scowled and said "You!" He turned and looked at Vinyl and said "We'll if it isn't my old partner, now rival and princess, Vinyl Scratch" Vinyl replied "We'll if it isn't the douche who stole the credit for one of my best songs, The Living Tombstone" he smirked, looked at me and said "And this must be your current partner, Robert, is it?" I replied "Yes" He grinned and said "I can't wait to face you two tonight, I can't wait to see you fail" as he was about to walk away Vinyl said "If your're here then that means the other guys are here too" he smirked, then walked away. I frowned and said "What a dick" Vinyl nodded and said "You don't even know" we entered the large arena to see two stages set up, one on each side of the arena. Vinyl laughed a little and said "So this is a DJ face-off" I thought for a little and asked "So who are these 'other guys'" she laughed and said "My old crew, Wooden Toaster, Mic the Microphone, and I Bring Da Lulz, not to mention Living Tombstone. We called ourselves Twenty Ten" "What happened?" "The Living Tombstone stole the credit for a few songs that we had made, no one in the crew backed me up, so I left. I am going to win this face off, the victory will be so sweet" I smiled and said "Then lets start preparing".
As show time was quickly approaching, we had decided that we were all going to go on stage. Vinyl and I would be on the DJ set, Neon Lights would handle lights, Shining Armor would do guitar, Cadance would sing, and Octavia would do Violin. All of this together would make for an awesome concert. I was later told that Twenty Ten has four members, and all of them can DJ and sing, and one of them is a rapper. So naturally we would need to beat them at their own game, with music and singing. Twenty Ten would be starting first, then we will try to do better and so on and so forth.
It was several minutes before the concert, and we were set and ready to start. Vinyl and I were behind the DJ set, I looked at her and said "Let's drop the bass on these guys" she grinned and nodded "I always do, and these beats are going to be Vinylicious" I kissed her and smiled. We looked at the large area between the two stages, as all of the audience gathered in the center, ready to judge either side on their performance. That's when the lights of the other stage turned on. In their DJ setup was The Living Tombstone, and an orange pony who I suspected to be I Bring Da Lulz. The music they played was spooky, as the host of the concert walked on stage and said into the microphone "Hello UGK, and welcome to a DJ face off like no other, we have a special treat for you today... On my side we have the DJ group, Twenty Ten!" Part of the huge crowd of thousands cheered. The announcer continued "And on the other side we have a newly formed group of very well known and talented musicians... We have the grand DJ duo of DJ PON-3 and R-Step, along with DJ W1SH, and the talented violinist Octavia Melody. The last two musicians in their group are a surprise, so stay tuned. Let's get this rave started! First up... Twenty Ten" I looked at the other stage as the creepy piano music continued, dry ice mist covered the other stage as a grey pony with a black and red mane came out rapping, I guessed the was Mic the Microphone. Vinyl scowled and said "They are starting out with Nightmare Night, they are gonna hit us hard" in the middle of the song a projection of a yellow pony with green eyes, and a green and yellow mane, appeared singing. I was told that he was named Wooden Toaster. His voice was electronic like.
Their song ended and the crowd was roaring in acceptance and excitement. The lights on our stage lit up, as Shining Armor and Octavia went on stage with their stringed instruments, the audience cheered in excitement that the Prince of the Crystal Empire was to be playing guitar with one of the greatest violinists. Octavia started playing slowly, followed by Shining Armor joining in playing power chords, then Shining Armor said into the microphone "Are you ready for the greatest concert of your life?" The crowd cheered a positive response. Shining Armor smiled and continued playing, as Princess Cadance walked on stage and started singing. The retention from the audience grew as the Princess walked on stage. The singing and the playing of stringed instruments was followed by Vinyl and I introducing trance music into the mix, causing the crowd to sway and move with the music as the rhythm mesmerized them.
As our song stopped, the crowd responded to us more then they did to Twenty Ten's performance. The light shined on the announcer as he said "It is time for the second half of this competition, a DJ off... I will play a rhythm and a baseline, and which side can play along with it best will win this round. Both sides can play at the same time. In my opinion the last round was one by the new group, so first round goes to DJ PON-3 and the group! Here is the bass line, and ready, set, mix!" Vinyl and I started playing along with the bass line as did they, but they had more DJs, so they had more styles to work with. We battled for several minutes, when I noticed a split second opening and took that opportunity to do the bass drop. Vinyl and I took control of the bass line and transformed it into one of our songs and started playing Vinylicious, Vinyl grabbed the mic an said "D to the J to the P-O-N three, and ain't no other pony drop the bass like me!" And we did exactly that, we dropped the bass.
The song ended and the energy in the crowd was almost quintupled that of what it was at the beginning of the concert. The Announcer said "Clearly the win again goes to Vinyl, but you broke the bass line, so the win has to go to Twenty Ten" the crowd responded negatively to the verdict, but the host shook his head and said "It's the rules... The final round is the tie breaker... This round is on showmanship, as in lights, SFX and theatrics with music, Twenty Ten won the last round so they go first." They started playing Nightmare Night again as a projection of Nightmare Moon appeared, scaring the life out of the unsuspecting audience. This was followed by Wooden Toaster appearing in the fog again singing. Their song ended and I gave the thumbs up to Neon Lights. Vinyl and I played our single, Dimensions, as Neon made a laser and light show that illuminated the sky with musical notes and bass visualizations. Shining Armor started playing guitar, as a 3D projection of him appeared in the sky playing guitar with notes coming out of every chord. The crowd was loving it, causing all of them to huddle to our side of the arena.
The music and light show ended and the host announced "By crowd demand, and voting, the win goes to Vinyl Scratch and the group" Twenty Ten threw a fit. As the crowd called for an encore, the host said "It is customary that he losers play a song before the end of the concert" Living Tombstone got in the DJ booth as Wooden Toaster stepped on stage. The music was again eerie and creepy. The song started out as Wooden Toaster singing "Now a rainbow's tail isn't quite as nice, as the story we knew of sugar and spice, but a rainbow is easy once you get to know it with the help of a magic Pegasus device" the music continued with very eerie and creepy lyrics. We all decided to leave since our time was over, the rest of the crowd followed as we won and the concert was over.
When we received the prize money and the money made on the concert alone, the amount was outstanding! But right before we left we received a call from our producer in Las Pegasus he told us that our next location was to be in Cloudsdale. Vinyl looked at DJ tour dates and noticed that we would again be met with Twenty Ten, but not in a competition format. As we were about to leave Wooden Toaster showed up by the bus and said "I heard you guys are going to Cloudsdale, when you get there, would you all like a free tour of the Weather facility?" All of us except for Neon Lights and Octavia would be too busy to go, but they accepted the offer. Octavia and Neon said "Sure we will go, thanks Wooden Toaster, but everyone else will be too busy setting up" Wooden Toaster smiled and said "You don't have to call me that just call me Glaze" he then walked away. But as we drove away I looked behind the bus to see him with a devilish grin on his face. I thought to myself 'something isn't right about that guy' and then looked forward again.
As we were driving, I asked at random "What is the weather facility?" Cadance responded "The weather control facility in Cloudsdale is where they create all of the weather around Equestria" Vinyl continued "Rumors have it that dark stuff happens there, and that no pony who goes in ever returns, muahahaha!" Shining Armor replied "But we have disproven that, we have been inside, there is nothing unorthodox going on in there, it is just a rumor used to scare people" I asked in reply "So is that what the song was about? The legend." Vinyl nodded. As we continued towards our next location, everyone continued to teach me about Cloudsdale and the Pegasi.
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Me: All of you that know of the tale of the Rainbow Factory will love the next one or two chapters, and all of you that dont know of the tale, look it up. note that all of the DJs mentioned in the group Twenty Ten are actual brony DJs, look em' up!