Chapter 1
An Old Friend
3 days after the Mortal Kombat tournament, Twilight Sparkle and her friends were preparing an organization known as the Helping Hooves Music Festival. Applejack was overseeing the organization and she mentioned that setting up for a concert is pretty much the same as setting up a rodeo.
Pinkie Pie had connections with many performers in Equestria and she was trying to book performers for the Ponypalooza Rock Concert. Neo had agreed to perform for the festival and Pinkie Pie had been trying to get more performers.
Later, Pinkie Pie returned to Ponyville and told her friends and town ponies that she had some excellent news. She said that she went through a lot of trouble to do this, but she had managed to book the most famous pop singer in Equestria known as Countless Coloratura.
Everypony was excited to hear the news, except for Applejack,
"Who in the hay is Countless Coloratura?" she asked.
Everypony gasped at what she said, even Pinkie Pie couldn't believe what she heard. Everypony was so freaked out by the fact that Applejack had never heard of Countless Coloratura.
Applejack said when she was a filly, she knew a pony named Coloratura, but she had no idea that this Countless Coloratura was the same pony as the filly she knew years ago. Pinkie Pie said that it was the same pony and she was a very demanding pony. Applejack also mentioned that she always referred to Coloratura as Rara.
Applejack had a flashback of a time when she and Rara were fillies. They meet each other at Camp Friendship and they quickly became friends.
During the camp, Rara sang in a talent show as Applejack played a guitar and she sang a song called, "Equestria, The Land I Love."
Soon after that, Applejack lost touch with Rara and never saw her again, but Applejack couldn't believe that Rara was now a famous pop singer.
30 minutes later, Countless Coloratura arrived in Ponyville. Everypony was every excited to see her. Various ponies dressed like Punk Rockers showed up with Countless Coloratura right behind them, She was a mint coated earth pony wearing a purple outfit with metal studs on it, she also wore a long wig in a ponytail and had a black veil over her face.
Applejack wasn't sure this was the same Rara she knew. Applejack approached her and asked her if she remembers her, Coloratura remembered her right away and was happy to see her after all these years.
They talked for a few minutes until Coloratura was called over by a male pony in a suit, she went over to him and he seemed to be annoyed to see her interacting with Applejack. The pony's name was Svengallop and he was Coloratura's manager.
He asked Pinkie Pie about the preparations and he made a bunch of demands. He seemed like a very rude and demanding manager. Applejack was suspicious about this pony. Svengallop wanted to watch Coloratura rehearse for her upcoming concert.
Applejack thought this manager was very demanding and Coloratura didn't seem like the pony she used to know. Rarity tried to comfort Applejack by telling her that friends can change sometimes and she'll think different about Coloratura once she sees her rehearse.
Neo also came to watch the rehearsal and Applejack introduced Neo to Coloratura. Coloratura was honored to meet the famous human that she's heard so much about. He was just as famous as she was, not just because he's the only human in Equestria but also because he's a famous singer just like her.
Svengallop told everypony to settle down and wanted to get on with the rehearsal. Neo sat with Applejack and she mentioned to him that she was very concerned about Coloratura and she didn't know about this manager. Neo had a bad feeling about this manager as well. He told Applejack to relax and he'll keep on eye on the manager's behavior.
And then it was time to begin the rehearsal.
End of chapter 1.