It was a rainy Tuesday evening in the streets of Liverpool, in 1965. There was only a single car in street and that car belonged to the world famous band, the Beatles. The were in the back seat while their personal driver was driving them to there next gig. John, Paul and George all sat with their guitars and Ringo with his drum sticks.
John was the leader of the group, very witty and known for his sarcastic, dry sense of humor. His mop-top is slightly shorter than that of the rest of group. He has a fairly large and rounded chin with small brown eyes.
George was a very calm and stoic character, he didn't say too much. He is quite distant at times and frequently hanging around other band member, Ringo. He is tall and slender and his mop-top is longer in the back.
Paul was the voice of reason in the group but will just go along with what John says. His faec is very fine and his eye brows are far apart. His eyes are usually half closed due his stress. Oddly enough, rather than walking, he skips. He is left handed.
And finally, Ringo was the comic relief with a goofy laugh to match. He is the drummer of the band. Just like Paul, he is left handed as well. If you had ever seen him, you would notice that his most noticeable feature would be his huge nose; he could poke someone’s eye out if they get too close.
Despite some of their major differences, you could call them the best of friends and fortunately they're success hasn't gone to their heads. So their personalities haven't altered much since they first became famous.
In the car, George played on his guitar idly while Ringo whistled tunelessly.
"Alright boys, we're gonna start off the evening with Not a Second Time and then jump right to Twist and Shout." John directed the others. Today they would be performing for the Queen and other people of high rank in the country. "And maybe I'll warm the audience up with a few of my jokes in between."
"Yeah, you'll really knock 'em dead." George said flatly. John blew a raspberry at him.
Paul rolled up his sleeve and checked his watch. "We have a little bit of time left to make it. We've wasted quite a bit of time being chased by those screaming girls at the last stop."
Ringo smirked, "Well, I certainly didn't mind." He did his signature laugh and Paul quickly jabbed him in the side.
The four Beatles kept to themselves as they neared their destination. Then there was a low rumbling noise coming from the vehicle's engine.
"John is that your stomach?" Ringo asked, deadpan.
"No, not this time."
Then the driver pulled the car over to check out the engine. He lifted up the hood and saw the smoke coming from the engine. Paul rolled his eyes as he checked his watch again. "Now I'd say we have no time left." He estimated.
"Well I suppose we should go get some help right about now." George said, stepping out of the car.
"In this rain?" John demanded. As if on cue, when he said that, there was a crackle of lightning and a thunder clap. As soon as John stepped outside, there was a downpour of rain on him. His clothes were completely soaked and his black hair was matted down. He narrowed his eyes as Ringo laughed at his folly.
"We should head out before it starts to really downpour." Paul said, starting to run.
"Too late," John grumbled, running after him. George and Ringo shrugged and then follwed suit.
Paul ran through the mud puddles almost slipping on the cold, wet, ground. He came to an abrupt halt just before an open manhole. He bent over and looked down into it. Paul let out a sigh a sigh of relief, "Great Scott! If I hadn't stopped that would've been a bloody accident--"
"Watch out, Paul!"
John ended up bumping into Paul anyway, knocking them both in the manhole. That's when George and Ringo arrived at the manhole. Not sure of what to do, Ringo took a nose dive into the manhole after them. George slapped his forehead. He stuck his head into the manhole and called to him.
"Ringo! Come back!" And of course, he jumped right in with them.
----
A little while later, John slowly opened his eyes and awoke from his deep slumber. He felt the grass below him, which was odd. He then remembered what had happened to he and his friends before this. They each fell into that open manhole and somehow he had ended up on the grass.
He tasted a soggy wet substance in his mouth... like raw sewage. He coughed and spat out the raw sewage. John slowly stood up on shakey legs and looked around, there were his friends but he didn't recognize any of his surroundings. They sure weren't in Liverpool anymore, no, this place was much too colorful.
Eventually, the others woke up and were just as confused as he was. "Where are we?" George asked.
"Must be some type of field... Though none of this adds up," Paul pondered.
Then all of a sudden, the four Beatles heard a squeak. John cupped his right ear, "Who did that?"
Ringo pointed out in the distance at a group of small bushes, "Probably that pink and yellow fuzz ball in the bushes?"
There was something, or someone, in those bushes that made it rustle. From where they were standing, they couldn't tell who or what it was but they were compelled to find out.
"What in blazes?"
Paul tip-toed quietly toward the bush with the pink and yellow creature hiding in it. He slowly grew closer and closer and as he got closer, the rustling in the bush grew louder and louder. Paul was just about to close in on it, but the thing jumped out from its hiding place and ran away as fast as it could. It almost certainly knocked Paul down on his behind.
"... I didn't see it either, George!" Ringo claimed, scratching his head.
"You done scared it away, Paul!" John exclaimed.
Paul was speechless. And a little confused as well. All he saw was a blur; it was too fast for him to see clearly. But for a second he thought he had seen a pair of wings. He quickly shook his head to dispel that thought.
John lifted a finger up and stated boldly, "I'd say we should go in the same direction it went. Maybe then we can find out where we are."
"If we had our instruments, I would've suggested a montage to make the time go by faster." George said as-a-matter-of-factly.
"What a shame," Ringo remarked.
----
Twilight Sparkle the purple mare was in her study in the Golden Oakes Library at her desk with a quill and parchment at the ready with an open book next to her. She would be reading about the founding of Equestria and taking notes on the topic. Just as she was about to flip a page with her magic, the door swung open and she heard loud hoofsteps clopping on her floor.
Twilight turned around and saw her pal Fluttershy looking as if she had just seen a ghost. "Fluttershy, are you alright? You look pretty pale."
Fluttershy shook her head, panting heavily. "I saw... I saw them..." She managed to say.
Twilight cocked her head. "Saw who?"
"Them! Tall, hairless creatures who stand on two legs with sharp teeth! There were four of them! I was just about to feed the bears when one of them was coming to get me! I was so scared, I didn't know what to do, so I just ran away!" Fluttershy explained all in one breath.
"Whoa, slow down, Fluttershy. Are you sure?" She nodded eagerly. "It was probably nothing at all, just your imagination." She shook her head.
"Oh no Twilight, I saw them with my own two eyes!" Fluttershy reassured her.
Twilight Sparkle sighed exasperatedly and rolled her eyes. "Alright, Fluttershy. I'll see what I can do, but I really need to finish this assignment."
Fluttershy tried to hide behind her mane. "Oh, I can see that you are very busy. I'm sorry to have bothered you." And with that she backed up and went out the door.
"Finally!" Twilight shouted. And with that, she just went back to her reading and note taking. The gruesome creatures Fluttershy described could wait; her studies were more important right now.
She turned the page and came to section with mythologic creatures of old Equestrian folklore. There were Cyclops, Colossus, Fire and Ice Giants, Cerberus, and this one creature she hasn't quite heard of before. Humans. Twilight had already heard of them a while ago from her friend Lyra who seemed to be obsessed with them. She read that they were about five to seven feet tall and wore clothes to cover them selves daily. And, of course, they were bipedal.
That reminded Twilight of the creature Fluttershy claimed to have seen the description fit, just that these humans didn't seem to be very vicious. She shrugged it off. This was all fake mythology. Previous sightings of the other creatures were all a hoax so Fluttershy couldn't have been right.
----
"See anything yet, John?"
John squinted his eyes and looked out into the horizon, "I think I see a building!" He claimed, as his eyes widened. They all jumped up and cheered. "Well what are we waiting for? Let's go already!"
The four of them ran at full speed to the set of buildings they saw in the distance. They noticed the buildings sort of looked liked buildings from medieval times but at this point they couldn't care less. They were glad to have found civilization. When they finally arrived they couldn't believe their eyes.
"Colorful horses?" John suspected rubbing his chin.
"Our eyes must be playing tricks on us." George said thoughtfully.
"A civilization made entirely out of equines? Sure why not." Paul said, shrugging his shoulders.
"Well it doesn't seem like anything we can't handle. You guys aren't afraid of a few horses are you?" John said with a smirk.
Ringo smirked, "Well if you're so big and brave, why don't you go up to one?"
"Heh, will do. They'll probably just want my autograph." He said smugly.
John marched on over to one cream colored mare with a blue and pink curly mane, carrying to saddlebags over her shoulders. She looked up at him. "Can I help you?"
John jumped at that. "You speak!" The harsh reality of it all hit him like a sack of bricks.
The mare, by the name of Bonbon, looked up at him perplexedly, "Of course, I'm speaking clear Equestrian." Bonbon looked him up and down and arched her brow. He sure is one ugly pony; why are his hindlegs bent so weird?
"This is a joke!" John shouted, exasperatedly. He threw his hands up in defeat. Maybe I'm just crazy...
"A joke? Oh, I get it. Why don't you try another one of your jokes out on me? I laugh at everything!" Bonbon said, chuckling.
John slapped his forehead frustratedly. He went back over to the other Beatles leaving the mare alone. "Was that the joke?" She asked.
"Well we are certainly no longer in Liverpool."
"Oh really, you don't say?" Paul said condescendingly. John glared at him with narrowed eyes. Paul cleared his throat. "Well, I'd say we should split up so maybe one of us can find out where we are."
"Oh and look for any strange characters!" John added.
"The only strange characters here are us!" Ringo said.
----
Ringo walked deeper into the town. He was now in some marketplace with other ponies doing their grocery shopping. It looked like pretty much any other suburban neighborhood. He walked up to an apple stand. Ringo was kind of peckish; it had been a while since he last ate something. He decided to take one. Then the orange mare running the stand turned around and jumped when she caught a glimpse of him.
"Hoo boy! You sure scared me a might! Hankerin' for an apple, are ya?" The mare asked with a thick western accent. Ringo nodded. "That'll be two bits."
Two bits? That kind of makes sense. They most likely would have a different currency. "I'm afraid I haven't got any bits on me."
The country mare scowled and then waved a hoof dismissively. "That's okay, Sugar Cube. This one's on the house. Ah'm Applejack." She introduced, while tipping her hat out of respect.
"I'm Ringo Starr."
He reached out for an apple and put it in his pocket. Applejack extended a friendly hoof to her newfound friend. He reciprocated. Then she noticed to extra appendages on his arm. She arched a brow. Applejack remember that they were called fingers, she knew Spike had them.
"... Uh, yer not a dragon, right?"
"What? No!"
"If not... Then what are you exactly, Sugar Cube? You ain't look like a pony Ah've ever seen."
"I'm a human...?"
"What in the hay?"
"You know... What are they called, Homo Sapiens?"
“Homo say what now?” Applejack slowly backed away while eyeing him suspiciously.
“What? Is there something in my teeth?”
----
“I’m afraid that right now the Queen isn’t the only one that needs saving.” Paul muttered to himself.
He was now in a more residential area; one house after another. Everything here was so much lower to the ground. Most doors only came up to his chest. And Paul was short compared to the other Beatles save for Ringo, but when walking around these ponies, he felt as if he was going to step on someone.
And speaking of the ponies, Paul could’ve sworn he saw some them with wings and some with a horn. He must’ve been dreaming and still in the sewers somewhere as grotesque as that sounds.
Up ahead, he saw a sign that said “Golden Oakes Library.” It was just what he needed. A library would undoubtedly have the answers to his questions. He skipped along over and began knocking on the small door. He heard a feminine voice call from the inside, “It’s open!” Paul nodded and grabbed onto the door knob. It wouldn’t budge. He tugged on it as hard as he could to no prevail. He just ended up falling down.
“Is it locked or what?” He asked himself. The door knob was apparently just there for decoration. That did make sense since ponies probably couldn’t grip it with their hooves.
This time, he tried forcefully to ram the door down. But he was not expecting it to open so easily. He ran through the library and straight into the wall leaving a Paul McCartney shaped dent. Paul got back on feet and shook his head to stop the room from spinning.
Twilight Sparkle put down her book in front of her to check on the poor guy. “Oh my, are you alri--” She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw him.
Paul dusted himself off. “Quite alright. It might as well have been a lot worse.”
Twilight approached him slowly. The resemblance was uncanny. He was certainly no pony. He had to be a human just like she had read not too long ago. Perhaps Fluttershy was right.
“Uh, is there a problem? I think I can pay for that dent in the wall, sorry about that by the way.”
She saw his teeth, they weren’t sharp and jagged at all. Perhaps Fluttershy did exaggerate a bit but she was telling the truth when she said she saw them. Paul noticed her staring and scratched his head.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Are you... a human?”
“Well of course I am. I wouldn’t be a very attractive pony, now would I?” He responded.
“But this makes no sense, my text book says that humans don’t exist and they’re just Equestrian folklore.” Twilight said.
Paul cocked his head to the side. Were he and the other Beatles even on Earth anymore? Well, this really wouldn’t be the strangest journey he’s been on... Not since Yellow Submarine. “Well, I’m not from your world and I have no idea how I got here.”
“Was it some sort of magic that got you here?”
Paul just shook his head. “... There’s not a whole lot of magic where I’m from.”
Twilight rubbed her chin and thought for a moment. Remembering her manners, she went ahead and introduced herself. She extended her hoof. He carefully shook it with his own.
“I’m Paul McCartney.”
“Um, say that again?”
“Paul McCartney.”
“Haul MyCartNeigh?”
“Just call me Paul!” He insisted.
Then Twilight remembered something. “Did you happen to have three friends with you?”
Paul snapped his finger. “Oh yes, John, George, and Ringo! We split up.”
“Yeah, Fluttershy said she saw the four of you,” Twilight said to herself.
“Fluttershy?" Paul thought for a moment to the time when he and his friends first woke up in this place. "Does she happen to be yellow with pink hair?” Paul asked. Twilight nodded. “Yes, we ran into her earlier. We must’ve given her quite the fright.”
“Oh it’s nothing to dwell upon, she’s terrified of her own shadow.”
Paul chuckled, “Is she really?”
Then Spike came downstairs and the first thing he saw was Paul towering over him. He realized he was even taller than Twilight.
"Uh... Twi-Twilight? Who's your friend?" He asked hiding behind her hindleg.
Twilight grinned, "Spike, this is Paul. A human." Paul waved at the little creature. "This is my assistant, Spike. He's a--"
"A baby dragon, I presume?" He patted Spike on the head in a belittling manner. Spike pushed his hand away.
"That's right. I always thought humans were just old pony tales. I guess I owe Lyra an apology." Spike said, shrugging his shoulders.
"That's just the thing. Humans aren't real in our world, but Paul and his friends aren't from our world."
"That's confusing," Spike mumbled.
Then they heard the door open and clopping footsteps on the floor. They belonged to Twilight’s friend Applejack. And with her was Ringo Starr.
Paul rolled his eyes. “Only twenty minutes and you’ve already gotten yourself in trouble.”
"Oh, so you've already met one, Twi." Applejack said sheepishly, while rubbing the back of her head.
"That would be Ringo," Paul informed Twilight.
Applejack stomped her hoof impatiently, "Would somepony please tell me what in the hay is going on around here?"
"Well, that's the thing. I don't exactly know. Paul, what happened before you came here?"
"The four of us, our band, we were going to play the Queen of England. Our car broke down and I guess we all sort of fell through a manhole." Paul explained. Twilight and Applejack stared at him perplexedly.
"I wonder whatever happened to George and John." Ringo said.
----
George trudged along with his hands in his pockets passing by ponies of many different hues and races. According to his watch, his concert for the Queen started twenty minutes ago. He decided on stopping at the next house. Maybe he could find someone there.
He knocked three times while asking if someone was in there. Soon enough the door opened. It was a green unicorn mare. When she opened the door, all she saw were George's scrawny legs and waist. She looked up and saw his face. She gasped.
"I'm George."
And she fainted right on the spot. George looked around confusedly. Did he do that. He knelt down and gently shook her. Then another mare came up to him.
"Oh, I know you! You were with that guy I was talking to earlier!" BonBon exclaimed. Now George remembered. He stepped inside and BonBon dragged her unconscious friend, Lyra, over on the couch. "You really shouldn't wear a human costume around this one. She has a bit of an obsession."
"Huh? I am a human."
"C'mon you can't fool me with the same joke twice." BonBon stood on her hindlegs and put her forehooves on George's face. She tried taking off his 'mask' by stretching his face with her hooves.
"Yow!" George yelped.
"What, is it super glued on?"
"I really am a human!"
BonBon backed away and looked at him with narrowed eyes, "Wait... So you mean to tell me Lyra was right when she said humans were real?"
"I would guess so."
"Wow, so this is what a human looks like? Man, all this time, we just thought Lyra was crazy!"
After that, Lyra finally woke up. She noticed that the human was now in her own home! What once was just a dream and a fantasy to her now was very real! She trotted right over to George eagerly. She smiled from ear to ear at him with hearts in her eyes. "I have so many questions to ask you! You know, this is my exact birthday wish from when I was 15!"
"Ask away, I suppose."
"What is your society like? Do you have a leader? What type of government? What wars have you been in? What is your favorite color?" Lyra flooded him with questions.
----
"Um, excuse me?"
"Have you gone mad, pony!" John demanded, sitting in a a mud puddle. He was in the park for a little site-seeing when completely out of nowhere, a flying pony rammed into him.
"I have a name you know, it's Rainbow Dash." She said. She grabbed a heavy cloud from the skies above and made it release the condensed water it held. After he was soaking wet, she flew around him in circles at an incredible which dried him right quick. Though John may have gotten an unwanted afro instead of his normal mop-top. Luckily, he always carried a comb with him.
"Thanks for the help," He said flatly. "Name's John Lennon."
The only thing weirder than him, is this the guy's name, Rainbow Dash thought to herself. "You don't look like your from around here."
"That's right, I'm not. I'm from Liverpool." John replied.
"Never heard of it."
"You know, back where I'm from, everyone knows who I am. My friends and I, we were a band called the Beatles."
"Oh really? How about you play a song for me." Dash requested.
"I would but I don't have my guitar with me, and I have no idea where the others are."
"Bummer,"
"Oh, and before I forget, would you mind telling me where I am?"
Rainbow Dash looked at him with a raised brow, "Ponyville, Equestria.
John failed at stifling his laughter, "Ha! So that's what you call it! Of course!" By this point, he was rolling on the ground, laughing.
Rainbow Dash scoffed. She crossed her forehooves, "Well... Liverpool sounds like a pool full of liver!"
John opened his mouth to make a big retort, but he stopped and just scowled. "I don't have time to argue with a pony, I have to go find my friends now."
Rainbow Dash sighed. "Well, sorry about ramming into you I guess. I was going fast and just didn't have time to look where I was going, you know?" She nervously rubbed the back of her head. "How about this: would you wanna come with me the see the talent show the kids are participating in? Everypony's going."
"A talent show, eh? Why not!" John agreed. He raised his hand for a high five. He realized what he was trying to and was about to put his hand back down, but before he could do just that, Rainbow Dash slapped his hand with her wing in a friendly manner. They both shared a laugh. John was sharing a laugh with a talking pegasus pony. He thought maybe he had gone crazy. "Say, can we grab a bite to eat? I'm starved!"
"Yeah, I know just the place."
Rainbow Dash ended up taking John to Sugarcube Corner. She knew Pinkie Pie had her day off today, so she'd probably just be off partying Celestia knows where. As they walked in the door, the bell rung. At the front counter was Carrot Cake.
"Evening, Rainbow Dash. What would you and your friend like to eat?"
"I'll have a blueberry muffin and my friend with have a slice of Pound Cake if you know what I mean! Heheh!" Rainbow Dash joked. Carrot Cake stared at her with eyes widened. Rainbow Dash scratched her head awkwardly. "Uh... It was a joke! He'll just have a pumpkin pie..." John heard her murmur something about no one getting her sense of humour but it was mostly inaudible.
Rainbow Dash paid him the right amount of bits and then they took their seats at a table near the window. Shortly after they settled down, Cupcake walked over to them with a tray in her mouth and dropped it on the table.
"Who's your friend, Rainbow Dash?" Mrs. Cake asked.
She took another bite of her muffin and then answered, "This is my new friend, John Lennon." Rainbow Dash introduced.
Mrs. Cake smiled warmly at the two of them. "Well, it's nice to meet you John. You two have a good rest of the evening." She trotted back into the kitchen to do some work.
Rainbow Dash and John continued on with their without a single hitch. After a few more minutes of small talk, they were about to leave and head over to the talent show which would start soon.
"Rainbow Dash!" a sickeningly sweet voiced called out to her.
Dash's eyes widened with pure fear. She shouldn't be here. With a gulp, she slowly turned her head around there was the fluffy pink devil she had feared the most right behind her.
"Oh shi--" She whispered.
Pinkie Pie cut in, "Rainbow Dash! It's good to see you!"
"Pinkie! What are you doing here? It's not your shift!"
Pinkie giggled and waved a hoof dismissively. "I know that, silly. I have to pick up my payment for the week. And other than that, I just love LOVE this place so I couldn't stay away. You know I come by here everyday even when it's not my shift just to stop and say hello. Do you ever do that Rainbow Dash? Do you ever stop by at the weather station in Cloudsdale just to say hi? And... and... and..." She stopped speaking suddenly when she locked eyes with the man sitting across from Rainbow Dash. She just stared at him with a blank face. The gears in her head were churning. She just stood there in silence, motionless making John feel the least bit uncomfortable.
Then there was an explosion which rivaled the force of a Sonic Rainboom. Pinkie Pie jumped up and down with a squeal. "Rainbow Dash," she exclaimed, "how could you not tell me there was a new pony in Ponyville! I'm so glad that I stopped here; there's so much to prepare for now! I have to give your friend a welcome party and and introduce him to everypony in town wearing a griffon suit! But it'll all have to wait until after the talent show... It'll be like an after party! Everypony'll be going! I'll see you there. Have a good meal with Dashie." Pinkie Pie spoke so fast she had no room for breaths. She hopped out of the shop with her paycheck in hoof leaving John and Rainbow Dash dazed and confused.
Not a second later, Pinkie Pie popped back up, from out of nowhere, behind John. "I'm Pinkie Pie by the way, what's your name?"
John was stunned, temporarily forgetting who he was. "Uh... John."
"Nice to meet you, John. Gotta dash!"
"... What was that!?!" John demanded as soon as Pinkie had left.
"That," Rainbow Dash began, "was Pinkie Pie." John cocked his head. "Let's just go." Rainbow Dash left a few bits on the table for a tip and then she and John took off.
----
"At last, a talent show for the children, now we can sit and enjoy Ponyville for what it really is." Paul said, with Ringo, Applejack, Spike, and Twilight Sparkle with him. They were all at the Ponyville School Talent Show outside waiting for the show stopping experience to begin.
"It has been quite a while since I've participated in one of these myself. It was a very heated performance... I've only set the curtains on fire. Heheheh, yeah..." Ringo joked. Paul rolled his eyes.
"Well, well, well. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at a children's talent show. Well, dig that!"
Paul and Ringo recognized the voice. They looked to the left and found John with Rainbow Dash. "Then why would you be here?" Paul demanded, crossing his arms.
"I've only got nothing better to do." John replied, shrugging his shoulders.
"Twilight, this would be John Lennon." Paul said, gesturing toward him.
"I can see you've already met Rainbow Dash." Twilight remarked.
"Indeed. Where's George?" John asked.
Ringo shrugged, "Don't know. Haven't seen him since the split up."
"Well, I'll be backstage with the girls." Twilight said.
The six of them, along with the rest of the audience, turned to the stage when they heard the voice Cheerilee talking into the microphone. "Hello, everypony, and welcome to the first annual Ponyville School Talent Show where the little fillies and colts put their talents to the test. Let's begin shall we. First up, is the SNS Magic Act!"
In response to the show starting, the audience clopped their hooves on the ground, save for the three out of four Beatles who just clapped their hands. Then the two unicorn colts walked out on stage. One was short and stubby and the other tall and slender. They were both adorned with a cape and a top hat.
"Oh yeah, this should be good!" Rainbow Dash said, trying to stifle back her laughter but failing in the process.
The magic trick went off as expected, failing miserably. Snips and Snails were planning on changing a rabbit to a carrot underneath a magic hat. The trick failed because Snips, unfortunately, ate the carrots they were going to use for the illusion. And they galloped off the stage as the audience broke out into laughter. Cheerilee hurriedly walked out on stage.
"Well, that was certainly an," she cleared her throat, "interesting performance. That was the SNS Magic Act, everypony!" The audience applauded.
"It's funny how they're two unicorns and yet they can't do any magic." Rainbow Dash commented.
Paul claimed, rubbing his chin. "The acting could've been improved on. I didn't truly believe that they were two skilled magicians, no, what I saw was two colts pretending to be magicians."
"Reminds me of that time when the four of us acted out Shakespeare." Ringo pointed out.
"We must never speak of that again." Paul said somberly.
"Next up," Cheerilee said, looked at her clipboard in hoof, "is Sunny Days and Peachy Pie reciting their favorite poem... On inline skates!"
Sunny Days and Peachy Pie went on their way to the stage with their fancy inline skates on. Backstage was also Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, Dinky Do, Twilight, BonBon, and Lyra too. As they past the three Cutie Mark Crusaders in their costumes, Sweetie Belle called, "Break a leg!"
And somepony did. Sweetie Belle ended up distracting Peachy Pie so she didn't see where she was going and ran over Dinky Do who was levitating her guitar over her head. Peachy completely knocked the wind out of Dinky as she dropped to the floor and she fell right on top of her. It was a cringing sight. Dinky lost concentration on her magic so she dropped the guitar on the floor, but it was still in one piece.
"Sweetie Belle! What a thing to say!" Apple Bloom gasped.
"Uh, in theater it means 'good luck'?" Sweetie Belle said sheepishly.
"OMG! Are you, like, okay Dinky?" Sunny Days asked, helping her up.
"No... I think my hoof is broken." Dinky deadpanned. Cheerilee, Twilight, Lyra, and BonBon rushed over to her.
"I told you two to be careful with those inline skates on. I knew somepony would get hurt." BonBon scolded. The main reason why Lyra and BonBon were there was because they had volunteered to help out with the performances this talent show.
"We're, like, so sorry for what happened." Sunny Days lamented. Peachy Pie nodded.
Dinky limped over to the three Cutie Mark Crusaders with all her strength. "I'm sorry guys, I can't be in your act, I seem to have coincidentally broken my hoof right before the performance." Dinky was supposed to play the guitar for the CMC's song and dance, but of course now she couldn't do it. And now Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon's group may as well show them up.
"I feel as though this were all my fault" Sweetie Belle said with her head downcast.
"Buck yeah it is! What are we gonna do now?" Scootaloo said, throwing her hooves up in defeat.
Cheerilee said that the show must go on so Sunny Days and Peachy Pies went on with their performance. And then Diamond Tiara's group was next. In her group was Silver Spoon along with two colts by the names of Skylark and Silver Hoof. They would be singing acapella in four part harmony. When Diamond Tiara noticed the CMC misshap, she couldn't help but gloat.
"Not so high and mighty now, Cutie Mark Crybabies." She and her group laughed whole-heartedly. "Alright that's enough." She said strictly, stamping her hoof. And just like that they stopped laughing at her command. "Hearth's Warming Carol on my count." She ordered, tapping her hoof to the tempo. It was like Diamond Tiara was a drill sargent and they were her well trained army.
"How in Equestria can we compete with that?" Apple Bloom complained. They seriously thought about that long and hard.
"Well, we have style?" Scootaloo said hopefully.
"True, very true, but just style alone won't make us win." Sweetie Belle claimed.
"Are you three alright? What happened back here?" A voice asked.
Apple Bloom sigh, "Well, we was supposed to have Dinky play the electric guitar for our act, but then she went an' broke her front hoof! What are we gon' do now?"
They turned around, and only saw his ankles. They looked up and saw him standing at about six feet.
"Whoa..." The three fillies said in unison, "You're tall!"
"I could play guitar for you three."
Scootaloo beamed up at him and stood on her hindlegs. "You could really do that?"
"Yeah, my friends and I are in a band together." George added.
The three CMC hoof bumped each other enthusiastically. They all gave him they're thanks and then went to teach him the Cutie Mark Crusaders theme song. After Diamond Tiaras' group had finished their singing act, Cheerilee called the CMC and George onto the stage.
As the lights dimmed, the CMC took off their cloaks and stood in the center of the stage while George stood off to the side with an electric guitar. Then the music began.
Look here, are three little ponies,
Ready to sing for this crowd.
Listen up, 'cause here's our story!
I'm gonna sing it very LOUD!
Scootaloo had practically screeched that last line hurting the ears of many in the audience and George as well but he continued to play. In audience, Rarity cringed once she saw the atrocious costumes her own sister had designed for them. Applejack tried to put on a smile, watching Apple Bloom dancing, but it was rather a forced smile.
George began to play a short guitar phrase. It was a completely different style then he normally played; it was way ahead of his time. But nonetheless, he still played it with precision and to the best of his abilities which was pretty good.
Paul actually caught a glimpse of George on the far right of the stage playing his guitar. he rubbed his eyes, not believing it. So then, quick as lightning, he ran back stage. He grabbed George by the shoulders and turned him around.
"George what are you doing?" Paul pried.
"I'm playing guitar for them. I was supposed to be playing tonight and that's exactly what I'm gonna do." George answered in a whisper, continuing to play.
Paul scowled at him with his hands on his hips. Then he let out a sigh, "Alright, let me grab a bass."
Paul took a bass from the back of the room and quickly put the strap on. He listened closely tried to play along with the CMC and George.
When you're a younger pony,
And you're flank is very bare,
Feels like the sun will never come
When your cutie mark's not there.
And so the three of us will fight the fight!
There is nothing that we fear!
We'll have to figure out what we'll do next,
Until our cutie marks are here!
Rainbow Dash, aside from all the others, was actually enjoying the performance. She actually enjoyed hearing the kid who worshipped her sing. She thought it took guts and guts was something she saw in Scootaloo.
After the chorus, Sweetie Belle turned on the smoke machine and then grabbed her drawing of a clock on cardboard in her mouth and galloped in front Scootaloo as she sang 'when the time is really right!'. But then when Scootaloo stuck her hoof out she tripped and landed on her behind. Sweetie got back up again and went right to the light and moved it towards Apple Bloom. Apple Bloom did her dance, but then she accidentally kicked a hole one of Sweetie's drawings of a tree.
At the next chorus, when Sweetie Belle was running onto the stage, she by accident, turned on a fan which made some of the scenery begin to fall. She did her best to hold up the house and the tree as Scootaloo finish the song. And as if on cue, all their decorations practically collapsed down on them. From the side, George and Paul blocked their eyes and they stopped playing.
The CMC emerged from the pile of debris and waited for the audience's positive reaction. Well, it wasn't exactly negative. The entire audience broke out into laughter, embarrassing the fillies. That's when the fillies realized they may have overdid it and walked off the stage with their heads downcast as the audience continued to laugh at them.
"Wow, that did not go off as I expected!" Scootaloo said.
"Ah caint' believe they're laughin' at us!" Apple Bloom added.
"Was it... That bad?" Sweetie asked.
Paul and George went up to them and kneeled down to their eye level. "No, it wasn't all that bad. Sweetie Belle, I quite liked your special effects." Paul complimented, patting Sweetie Belle on the head. That brought a small smile onto the filly's face.
Cheerilee and Spike walked up the three CMC with smiles on their faces."Back on stage girls! It's time for the awards!"
"Back on stage?" Sweetie Belle questioned, "They'll just laugh some more!"
"Yeah! What's the point?" Scootaloo added.
"Now girls, let's be good sports. You made a great effort. You should be proud." Cheerilee said in an attempt to lift the fillies' spirits. "Now come on!" She exclaimed as she and Spike walked back on stage.
"You three oughta do as she says." Paul said, George nodded in agreement.
Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Scootaloo nodded slowly and reluctantly went out on stage. The audience began clopping their hooves on the ground in appreciation for the children's efforts.
"Our first award goes to..." Cheerilee said, looking at her clipboard, "Snips and Snails! Best magic act!"
The two unicorn colts gasped in surprise and went to claim their award. The both received a medallion with three golden stars on them. They walked off the stage while arguing over whose medal was better even though they were both pretty much indentical to each other. Cheerilee was annoyed at first but then she went on to announce the others. The three blank flank fillies hid behind Sunny Days and Peachy Pie to hide their embarrassment.
"Next award goes to... Sunny Days and Peachy Pie for best dramatic performance!" The medals for this one had the tragedy masks on them.
Spike put both medallions over their heads and you could see the stars in both of their eyes. Sunny Days was on the verge of tears, she was so happy.
"Oh my gosh, I'm, like, so happy right now! Thank you all so much!" Sunny Days and Peachy Pie both ran off the stage.
All that was left now was the CMC and Diamond Tiara's group. "Next up, for best musical performance is... Diamond Tiara's Acapella Group!"
Diamond Tiara smirked and gloated some more to the CMC. "Heh, great performance, blank flanks!"
Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Skylark, and Silver Hoof all received their medals which had two bridged eighth notes on them. "Was there even a shadow of doubt?" Skylark said smugly.
Diamond Tiara spoke, "Well, first of all, I'd like to thank my father Filthy Rich for teaching me everything I know, and I'd also like to thank all the fillies and colts I had to step on to get my way." Then she and her group walked off the stage.
Cheerilee laughed thinking that Diamond Tiara had only been joking. "She is quite the kidder. And now... The final award goes to..."
Applejack, in the audience sighed and shook her head. The CMC kept their heads down not daring to even look at the audience.
"The Cutie Mark Crusaders!"
"Huh? What?" They all questioned in unison. They looked back to George and Paul but they just shrugged.
"For best comedy act!" Spike presented them with the medals that had the comedy masks molded onto them. The audience continued to cheer for them. "Your song and dance wasn't bad at all! It left a number of ponies in the audience out there practically humming to themselves!"
The Cutie Mark Crusaders blushed and then took a bow. Scootaloo trotted backstage. She grabbed onto George's sleeve with her mouth and dragged him out on the stage. Paul followed close behind. "You two need some credit too!" Spike gave them two more medals.
In the audience, Fluttershy was with Rarity and Pinkie Pie. She was suddenly filled with fear when she saw Paul and George on stage. They were the very same monsters she saw earlier in a field. "Run everypony, run! Monsters on the stage! Help!" Fluttershy whisper shouted.
The pony next to her, Berry Punch, heard her. "She's right! I haven't seen anything like them! Run!"
And then more ponies heard her. "Of course they're monsters! They look hideous!" Carrot shouted, standing on her hindlegs and rolling her forelegs in front of her.
"Hey! You wouldn't exactly win any fashion contests yourself!" Ringo called.
"You're one to talk, Ringo." John said.
And then there was mass hysteria. Everypony except for the mane six, Spike, Cheerilee, Lyra and BonBon, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders ran away and hid. John and Ringo tried to calm some of the ponies down, but they only scared them more in the process. Paul and George saw Fluttershy hiding behind the stage in one of the chests.
"John, Ringo! Grab some instruments!" George called. He looked back to the little fillies still in their costumes. "Alright girls, we're gonna some them some tricks we can do." The Cutie Mark Crusaders nodded eagerly.
John took an electric guitar and Ringo pushed a drum set to the center of the stage. George, John, and Paul stood in front of it. George and Paul shared a mic while John had his own like always.
"I Saw Her Standing There on my count! 1-2-3-4!" Paul counted off. The four of them began playing their parts for the intro.
It stopped the ponies who were running away dead in their tracks. They turned back around and went back to the stage to see where the music was coming from. It was from those four monsters. Perhaps they weren't so bad after all, some of the ponies thought to themselves. Even Fluttershy, from behind the stage, came out of the chest and began tapping her hoof to the beat. Paul began to sing.
Well she was just seventeen,
And you know what I mean.
And the way she looked was way beyond compare!
How could I dance with another?
Oooh!
When I saw her standing there!
As they continued on, the audience began cheering them on. Twilight heard that they were in a band but she had no idea that they were that good. Rainbow Dash thought so too. Pinkie Pie took Rarity and began dancing with her.
Well she looked and me,
And I, I could see.
That before too long,
I'd fall in love with her!
She wouldn't dance with another!
Oooh!
When I saw her standing there!
Backstage, Lyra nearly fainted again. She was just flustered. Everything was happening so fast! Four humans came to see her and now they were playing a song she thought was about her. BonBon rolled her eyes at her roommate. Though the cream-colored mare admitted that the fab four sounded amazing.
Then George began to play his guitar solo. The audience cheered even louder. Some of the teenage mares were overwhelmed and took back ever thinking that they were monsters. They actually thought they were kinda cute.
Then the song concluded. Lyra went out on stage with another microphone levitated above her. She put it down next to Ringo. She gave him a wink before returned back stage. Ringo blushed.
The Beatles began to play a song that sounded a bit Surf Rock. It was a song written and sung by Ringo called Boys. It was a simple song but still a good one.
I been told when a boy kiss a girl,
Take a trip around the world.
Hey hey! (Bop shuop! M'bop bop shuop!)
Hey hey! (Bop shuop! M'bop bop shuop!)
Hey hey! (Bop shuop! M'bop bop shuop!) Yeah, she say ya do! (Bop shuop!)
My girl says when I kiss her lips,
Gets a thrill through her finger tips!
Hey hey! (Bop shuop! M'bop bop shuop!)
Hey hey! (Bop shuop! M'bop bop shuop!)
Hey hey! (Bop shuop! M'bop bop shuop!) Yeah, she say ya do!
Well I talk about boys! (Yeah yeah boys!)
Don't you know I MEAN boys! (Yeah yeah boys!)
Ahhh boys! (Yeah yeah boys!)
"Alright George!"
George played another epic guitar solo which made the audience scream. While playing, he looked over at the Cutie Mark Crusaders and smiled at them. The Crusaders smiled back and jumped up down, really liking the song.
When that was over, all four of them walked to the front of the stage and took a bow. The sound of an audience cheering their names and whistles was familiar but also a good feeling.
Rarity cheered over all the mares in the audience, "They're gorgeous! They're better than I imagined!"
Stallion wearing a business suit cleared his throat. "Well would you look at that! We just found the next best thing!" He said to his assistant. After those songs, he just had to be their agent and book them gigs.
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After the talent show had ended, just about everypony and the Beatles were at Pinkie Pie's after party. They were all either dancing, eating cake, or just talking amongst themselves. Pinkie Pie was standing beside a door to her room. She knocked on it. "John, are you ready to come out?"
"The reason why I agreed to this was because I thought you'd be the one wearing the griffon suit!"
"No silly!"
John sighed exasperatedly and opened the door. He costume had brown and white feathers and he had yellow gloves on his hands that resembled talons. There even was a little tail stapled to the back of it.
"Let's just get this over with."