MLP: The Portal 2
Chapter 14: Festival
"Haha, alright. Thanks for coming by, you guys. See ya, Starlight. Nice meeting you again, Alex. We'll see you again and come up with some songs for you." Sunset said with a chuckle, waving the both of them off.
"Haha, sure thing. See you around, Sunset." Alex said before stepping through the portal. Starlight followed him out, and they stepped out on the other side as ponies again.
It was nighttime now in Equestria as they stepped out. Alex chuckled a bit as he and Starlight made their way back out.
"That was so much fun. We have to go back again." Alex said.
"Oh, we definitely will, especially now that you're part of a band now! That's cool!" Starlight said, nudging him with an enthusiastic giggle.
"I know right? I definitely wasn't expecting that." He said as they began to come back out. As they stepped outside, they heard cheering.
"Oh shoot, we're gonna miss the Friendship Festival!" Starlight exclaimed.
"What? How long were we gone?! Hey, wait up!" Alex called out, chasing after Starlight who had rushed ahead suddenly.
They galloped out just in time to see a pony onstage not far from the castle, addressing the crowd before beginning to sing. As they made their way into the crowd, Alex looked up curiously, not recognizing her.
"Who is that?" He asked Starlight.
"That's Songbird Serenade. She's the main event." Starlight answered, trying to move along through the crowd towards where Twilight and the others were. Alex grabbed onto her.
"Wait wait, hold up. I want to hear this." Alex stopped her. She nodded, standing by him as Songbird Serenade began to sing Rainbow.
As Alex listened, he was very quickly surprised by the familiar voice he heard singing, but then proceeded to get lost in the beat of the song, swaying and nodding back and forth and nodding along.
"This is really good!" Alex said to Starlight over the music. She nodded in agreement.
"It's her hit song!" She explained.
Songbird Serenade suddenly took off into the air, beginning to fly around as she sang. The crowd looked up, following her flight path. Alex noticed that the crowd had loosened up, and gestured for Starlight to follow him as they weaved through.
As they made their way through the crowd, sphere-shaped fireworks began to burst high above them. The two of them snuck glances upwards at them, in awe of how pretty and unique they looked.
"This party is lit man!" Alex said with a laugh as they finally reached a clearing, where they saw Twilight and the others ahead of them speaking with another pony that also looked unfamiliar to them.
"Hey, Twilight!" Starlight said, reaching them first with Alex shortly behind her.
"Starlight! Are you alright? Where have you been?" She asked quickly.
"I was just hanging out with Alex. I brought him to the festival as my plus one, since you forgot to invite him." She pointed out in a teasing manner. Twilight chuckled a bit.
"I didn't forget to invite him, I already knew you were gonna bring him for me." Twilight said.
"This party is lit man!" Alex said to Twilight, still moving to the music a bit as he joined them.
"Thanks, Alex!"
"Hey, are you alright?!" Rainbow Dash came to him, hugging him tightly. Alex chuckled and hugged her back.
"Yeah, RD, I'm alright. I was just hanging out with Starlight." He said, giving her a quick peck on the cheek.
"Ooh, perfect timing! You can meet our new friend!" Pinkie grinned, gesturing to the unfamiliar mare that was with them. Alex nodded and offered his hoof out to her.
"Hey, I'm Alex. And you are?" Alex asked as the two shook hooves.
"Um, Fizzlepop Berrytwist." She introduced herself. Alex began to chuckle a bit, trying to stifle it.
"Fizzlepop Berrytwist? That's your name?"
"Yeah…?"
"That is…one of the best names I have ever heard." Alex said with a grin.
"Oh. Thank you." Fizzlepop nodded and smiled, looking caught off guard by his reaction.
"No, thank you. I will always call you Fizzlepop Berrytwist from now on. Full name, every time." Alex said with a giggle. She rolled her eyes and chuckled at this.
"I guess that's alright." She said with a smile forming.
"So, I guess you're new then? I mean, unless you're an old friend of one of the girls and they've just never mentioned you before." Alex asked. Fizzlepop Berrytwist shook her head.
"No, I'm a-a new friend here. Just…you know, it's a new development." She explained with an awkward giggle. Alex smiled and nodded.
"Alright. Well, cool. Do you mind me asking what happened to your horn? That looks kinda…ow." Alex said, cringing a bit as he looked at it.
"It was an accident a long time ago."
"Ah, yeesh. Scar too, huh?" Alex asked. She nodded.
"Yeah." She said with a small sigh.
"I understand. Well, hey, it makes you look cool and edgy. It just screams, 'Fizzlepop Berrytwist'." Alex said with a chuckle. She chuckled as well.
"Whatever you say."
"Oh shoot, I missed all of that?" Alex asked in surprise as he and Rainbow Dash entered his apartment back on Earth. She nodded.
"Yeah, dude, we were gone for a while. When did you get to the festival?" She asked.
"Just before Songbird Serenade started singing that song that's still stuck in my head: Rainbow." Alex answered.
"Jeez, well then yeah, you pretty much missed everything."
"Ah man, a villain called the Storm King comes and I friggin miss the whole thing? That's probably a good thing, but still!" Alex grumbled in disappointment as the two sat down and relaxed.
"It's okay, maybe next time." She said with a chuckle. Alex smiled and wrapped an arm around her.
"Either way, I'm glad that you're okay. Sounds like you've been through a lot." Alex said. Rainbow Dash nodded, smiling a bit as she leaned against him.
"Heheh, yeah. I'm tired." She said with a yawn.
"Yeah, me too. Wanna go to sleep?" Alex asked.
"Yeah." She said, looking up and kissing him. He kissed back, wrapping his arms around her.
Breaking away from the kiss, Rainbow Dash rested against him, and he found himself falling back onto the couch as she rested more and more of her weight on him. Alex just closed his eyes, letting her get comfortable and falling asleep as well…