There I was, arriving at the decked-out barn of Sweet Apple Acres, which was crowded with ponies, and decorated right. Ponies everywhere were dancing, and DJ PON-3 was DJing like there was no tomorrow. Twilight walked over to me and asked, "Do you like the party so far? I think it's pretty nice."
"Actually, I just arrived."
"Oh." The purple pony then commented, "You know what? I haven't seen Pinkie Pie at all."
"Well, that's very unnatural."
"Actually, before I left, she said she had something very important to do."
"I'm sure whatever it is-!"
"Hey, look!" Somepony shouted out, pointing to the small stage in front. "Applejack's gonna make an announcement!" Everypony stopped dancing, turned to look at her, as DJ PON-3 moved out of the way for AJ to speak. The orange earth pony then announced, "Okay, y'all. I have some things I'd like to say before this party continues. First, I'd just like to thank everypony for showin' up, and I'm sorry to say that I haven't seen Pinkie Pie at all tonight. I hope she's okay…" Murmurs of worry and trouble shot up from the crowd. Even I knew it was unnatural for Pinkie to not be at a party, especially one hosted by one of her friends.
"But," Applejack went on, drawing the crowd's attention back in, "I'm sure whatever that mare's doin', it's important to her and needed to be done. The second thing I wanted to say was that I'm gonna be hostin' a singing competition. I mentioned it in some of the invites, so I hope y'all are prepared." Rainbow Dash poked Twi's shoulder, and one of them whispered something to the other about the singing competition, and they both headed someplace out of the way.
I had never found it good for myself to sing in public. And I absolutely couldn't dance. Applejack said, "Alright, I'm gonna start us all out with a giant crowd dance that I know my friends from Appleloosa will love!" The music started and AJ started to sing along:
"Boom Boom Clop Boom De Clop De Clop
Boom Boom Clop Boom De Clop De Clop
Boom Boom Clop Boom De Clop De Clop
Boom Boom Clop Boom De Clop De Clop
Try It With Me Here We Go
Boom Boom Clop Boom De Clop De Clop
That's Right
Boom De Clop De Clop
Boom Boom Clop Boom De Clop De Clop
1, 2, 3 Everybody Come On, Off Your Seats
I Gonna Tell You, About A Beat, That's Gonna Make You Move Your Hooves
I'll Give The Bar-B-Q, Show and Tell You How To Move
If your 5 or 82 This Is Something You Can Do…" At these lines, everypony got up and danced to the following verses.
Pop It, Lock It, Polka-Dot-It
Countrify, then Hip-Hop it
Put Your Hawk In The Sky, Go Side To Side
Jump To The Left, Stick It, Glide
Zig, Zag 'cross The Floor, Shuffle in Diagonal
When The Drum Hits, Hooves On Your Hips
One Hoof In, 180 Twist
And Then a,
Zig Zag, Step, Slide, Lean In Left, Clop 3 Times
Shake It Out, Head To Hoof
Throw It All Together, That's How We Roll
Do The Hoedown…"
"Throw down…" The audience sang
"Do The Hoedown…"
"Throw down…"
"Do The Hoedown…"
"Throw down…"
"Throw It All Together, That's How We Roll!"
We Get To 4, 5, 6
And Your Feeling Busted
But It's Not Time To Quit,
Practice Makes You Perfect…"We all danced in-sync as the orange earth pony repeated the verses. I just did whatever the mare in front of me was doing. When the song was over, everypony clopped for Applejack, and Fluttershy timidly made it onto the stage. The shy Pegasus started out by saying, "Well, um, this is a song that I've finally chalked up the courage to sing in public. I hope you all like it. It may not be a dance song, but, um, I hope you like it." DJ PON-3 gave Fluttershy the mike, and placed it gently in her hooves. I then noticed she was dressed in a sparkly black dress. The yellow pony noted, "This song isn't dedicated to anypony special." She then pointed for the DJ to start playing the tune. She sang beautifully:
"It's been said and done
Every beautiful thought's been already sung
And I guess right now here's another one
So your melody will play on and on, with best of us
You are beautiful, like a dream come alive, incredible
A centerfold miracle, lyrical
You've saved my life again
And I want you to know baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
And I keep it in re-pe-pe-peat
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
And I keep it in re-pe-pe-peat
Cursing me, boy you played through my mind like a symphony
There's no way to describe what you do to me
You just do to me, what you do
And it feels like I've been rescued
I've been set free, I am hypnotized by your destiny
You are magical, lyrical, beautiful
You are…I want you to know baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
And I keep it in re-pe-pe-peat
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
And I keep it in re-pe-pe-peat
No one compares
You stand alone, to every record I own
Music to my heart that's what you are
A song that plays on and on
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
And I keep it in re-pe-pe-peat
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I love you…like a love song…" When it was over, everypony clopped for her, and she exited off the stage, backing away. Rainbow Dash and Twi jumped on the stage, bursting with energy. They were dressed in shirts, vests, and skirts, each of their outfits stating who they were. Now I realized why they left me earlier. RD grabbed the mike, and shouted, "Hey ponies of Equestria! We're here to get you guys moving off your hooves and jazzing to our tunes!" Twilight then pulled the mike out of the rainbow mare's hooves with magic and explained, "She just said we're here to sing for you guys." DJ PON-3 started playing the suggested tune, and the blue Pegasus and purple unicorn started singing together.
"I don't need no one to tell me how to feel the groove,
I don't need no groove to tell me how to move my hooves
just go and do what you do, 'cause there's nothin' to prove
I'm just being me, watch me do me, me, me, me
Light up the floor
Play me one more
Let me hear that
Click clack on the high high heat of this vibe
Feel the room rock
Light up the floor
Just like before
Let me hear that
Please stop from the boom box
Makin' us stop
feel the room rock
I'm doing what I want to do
and I won't stop until I can't move
I'm just being me, watch me do me, me, me
I'm ready, I'm, I'm ready to go, go, go!
Light up the floor
Just like before
Let me hear that
Please stop from the boom box
Makin' us stop," Rainbow chuckled at this, because it was part of the song, and the two then continued.
"I'm doing what I want to do
and I won't stop until I can't move
I'm just being me, watch me do me
watch me do me
watch me, watch me!" The crowd applauded them, when all of a sudden, we heard a high-pitched "Whoo-hoo!" Many looked around in confusion, but in a minute, everyone saw an explosion of confetti, which came from the stage.
It was Pinkie Pie, who had probably stayed behind to make a grand entrance like this. She was wearing a yellow dress, and had a hat placed over her head. DJ PON-3, who was probably in on the prank, started playing music. The pink mare put a hoof and giggled, "Party with Pinkamena, baby!" She then tossed the hat into the crowd and sang:
"I wanna party
I wanna samba
I wanna party
I wanna samba
I wanna party
And live my life
I wanna party
And fly!
I'm gonna fly, fly just like a bird!"
"But you are a bird," DJ PON-3 said, as it was part of the song.
"Oh yeah, you're right
So let me fly just like a rocket then." At these lyrics, two ponies launched Pinkie Pie into the air, catching her when she came back down.
"Fly so high where I need to come down for oxygen
'Cause once we started, filly, ain't no ain't no stopping then
'Cause I just wanna live my life and party
All I want is to be free, and work my body
Been around the world and wanna live my life
In Eque, eque,
Equestria!
I wanna party
I wanna samba
I wanna party
And fly!" DJ PON-3 stepped in to rap.
"I'm that samba, samba master, master
Master master master
Push all sound from my ghetto blaster, blaster
Blaster blaster blaster
You dance fast, but I dance faster, faster
Faster faster faster
You're too slow,
You need to catch up" The two mares sang together before Pinkie sang solo again.
"You can dance,
And dance,
But I?"
"I wanna party
I wanna samba
I wanna party
I wanna samba
I wanna party
And live my life
I wanna party,
And fly!" I was so tempted to sing along, or at least try to. It was such a beautiful song, but I was afraid. But for just a moment, all that fear went away. I sang a nonsensical, vocalizing melody that went along with the song.
A few ponies around me took notice of my singing. Ponies surrounding those few took notice when their friends turned. Eventually, everypony turned to me, the one who chose to sing along. Pinkie and DJ PON-3 took notice too, and immediately stopped the song and singing. It was terrifying, everypony staring at me. I was so scared they would judge me.
I felt tears welling up in my eyes.
I ran, bawling my eyes out. Nopony followed me, and all of them went back to dancing and singing, not paying attention to the mare that just made a foal of herself inside. I decided to sit on the fence outside, alone to think this out.
"What happened in there?" Apparently, I wasn't alone. I saw right next to me, a stallion with a yellow coat and a light blue mane, and his cutie mark….actually, it was too dark to make out. I sighed, and answered him, "I was inside, and they were playing this amazing song, and I just had to sing. So I did, and I ended up making a foal of myself. So now, I'm out here, with a complete stranger, sulking."
"I'm sure it's not that bad." He replied, putting an arm around my neck.
"Everypony ended up staring at me."
"Oh…." Was his only answer, realizing the graveness of the situation. He cleared his throat, and said, "Well, maybe this will cheer you up." Only then did I realize that this stallion was a unicorn, and his horn glowed with blue light. I heard faint music playing. Not from the party inside, but from somewhere else. Lights then appeared, but they weren't just lights.
"Fireflies…" I whispered, realizing what they were. But the yellow mare paid no heed to my response, as he was in a deep trance of magic. The music suddenly got louder, and the unicorn started to sing.
"You would not believe your eyes,
If ten million fireflies,
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
'Cause they fill the open air
And leave teardrops everywhere
You'd think me rude, but I would just stand and stare…" The unicorn woke up from the trance, his horn still glowing, and I finally asked him, "Are you the one causing all of this?" He nodded, and explained, "I do this because my father writes these amazing songs, and through my unicorn magic, I can find a deeper meaning in them and make amazing illusions."
"Cool," was my only response, trying to take the beauty of it all in. The fireflies started to disappear as the music died down, and my five friends I had made this week came out to cheer me up. Twilight, who was leading them, was first to speak, "That must've been embarrassing, all those ponies staring at you."
"That was the coolest singing I've ever seen anypony do!" Was Rainbow Dash's response.
"That was some mighty fine singin' back there, Sugarcube," agreed Applejack.
"I wonder if singing is, like, a hidden other talent or something," Pinkie Pie chimed in. I could feel the hot blush on my face. I giggled, "Aw, shucks, guys. It was nothing. I didn't mean to steal your spotlight, Pinkie."
"It's okay, DD." She smiled. "In fact, I think you made the song even better!"
"Yeah, like, 20 percent cooler!" RD added. Twilight explained, "We want you to come back to the party with us."
"Oh, no, I couldn't…." I said, them all knowing I'd made a foal of myself. Pinkie Pie shouted, "Oh, come on, DD! We can sing together! I have the perfect song for us to sing." She took out a vinyl record and, looking at the title, my eyes grew wide and I shook my head. "Oh, no, I don't know a lot of Katy Ponny."
"Oh, come on! It'll be fun!"
"Nope. Not gonna do it." The mares surrounding all gave their best cute faces, and I finally caved into the cuteness. "Alright, fine! I'll sing, but only if I have some backup."
"Okie dokie lokie!" Pinkie Pie agreed. My friends went before me, and I followed them. As I went into the barn and headed for the stage, I heard murmurs of my folly and cruel words, but I got over them as I got on stage. My friends were the background dancers. DJ PON-3 popped the disc on the player, and I belted out in song:
"There is a place
Where the grass is what's for dinner
Charmed, fun, and wild
There must be something in the water
Sipping rainbow juice
Talking Elements of Harmony
Our bronies hang out too
'Cause they know we're awesome fillies
You could travel the world,
But no one can groove
Like the girls with the hooves
Once you party with ponies,
You'll be seeing rainbooms!
Equestria girls, we're kinda magical,
Boots on hooves, bikinis on top,
Furry coats, so cute, we'll blow your minds!
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!
Equestria girls, we're pony-fabulous,
Fast, fine, fierce, we trot 'til we drop!
Cutie marks represent, now put your hooves up!
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh!" Spike then appeared on stage, wearing a pair of shades much like DJ PON-3's. He rapped:
"Break it down, DJ PON-3
These are the ponies I love the most
I wish you could all be Equestria girls…" Everypony cheered, taking back their former statements. At that moment, I'd never felt more proud of myself.
(Author's Note: Songs are from whoever owns them, I mean no form of plagerism by that, and review is recommended for this chapter.)