Chapter 5 – Call me cheesy
The day since you have gotten to Canterlot has gone by pretty fast, for most of the time you have been helping Velvet understand hoofing. But the day now draws to its close as you move your eyes to the window of the house and notice the sun starting to set, Twilight's still not back but from what Shining has told you Rarity went all out to keep you and Twilight away from the castle for most of the day.
Of course most of the time may have been nice and mellow but you still get a slight uneasy feeling at how nice Night Light has been to you since he came home.
But as you look out the window another thought comes to your mind as you watch the armored stallion trotting over towards the doors of the house, "You ready to go?"
You look over the silver armored chest and back plating he has on as you think to yourself, if that's required I don't think I want to go. You stand from your spot on the couch as you nod your head, "Ya sure."
Shining turns his head to the white mare and filly you were sitting beside as he talks, "Tell Cadance and Twilight we'll meet them at the castle tonight."
Velvet nods her head but she doesn't even take her eyes from the little filly as she continues to try and follow through some of the hoof motions you taught her. But you can tell from Violet's tired eyes that the white mare only has a few good minutes before Violet falls asleep in front of her.
You rub the little filly's head as her eyes come back to their full awake stare to your voice, "I'll see you tonight Violet."
As your voice escapes your mouth for the last words the filly's eyes start to droop down a little. You bring your pace back to Shining's as you both walk towards the door and leave the house.
Once the door closes behind you, you turn to the stallion as you talk, "So where are we going?"
He stops his pace for a moment as he answers you, "Don't worry I know a few places from back when I was a young guard."
Your ears perk up to his voice as you follow after him again, you still slightly think that he might be taking you to a library or something but at the same time you don't.
The city streets from what you can tell have gotten darker from the shadows of the tall buildings that cover most ends of the streets. You've never been out in Canterlot at night but from what you're noticing as you get ready to turn onto the main street it's got the same amount of busy looking ponies as in the day.
But you and Shinning both lose your pace as a tomboyish voice calls out to where you two trot. It doesn't take a moment for the owner of the voice to catch up with the call as a slight gust of nippy air rolls to your coat.
The cyan mare doesn't even wait for an acknowledgment as she starts to speak up, "Man can you believe these ponies here? They actually have a height limit to how high you can fly in the city?!"
Shinning is silent as he looks over the cyan mare most likely trying to place her, you on the other hoof already speak up as she ends her comment, "Hi Rainbow, shouldn't you be setting up at the castle?"
She cocks her head to you as she talks, "Hey, how'd you know about that? I didn't even know about it until Spike and Rarity told me at the castle?"
You shrug the comment off as you answer, "Cadence told us."
Rainbow lets out a laugh as she nudges you, "Well anyways don't worry about the setting up, Twilight's lists that she gave us couldn't have been any easier."
Shining's voice comes back to him as he speaks up, "Oh you're one of Twilight's friends right? Sorry I didn't recognize you." He gives a slight chuckle as he finishes his comment.
"No sweat Shining." Rainbow rolls her hoof to the white stallion as she turns back to you, "So you already know about her surprise bachelorette party and you still didn't want to do anything for yourself?"
You shake your head, "Well I didn't know about the party until today."
Rainbow straightens up her posture as she talks, "Well you're in luck." Her perfectly straight posture doesn't last long as she quickly flares her wings out and takes on an almost lunging stance, "...Because this pony won the Wonderbolts challenge today." She lets out a laugh as she turns her side to you and hoofs to a small blue and gold bag around her, "Ya this baby is signed and I got two free tickets to their show tonight."
A sigh comes over her as she lowers her eyes to a half gaze and looks to her hoof, "Ya they pretty much told me I should join the wonderbolts."
You roll your eyes to her comment as you talk, "Nice."
She picks her eyes from her hoof as she looks at you, "So you want to go to the show? Its going to be pretty cool and seeing as how you don't have any real stallion friends at least this way you can have done something tonight." She shoots you a wide smile as she waits for your response.
But you don't have to answer as Shining speaks up, "Thats one of the places we were going to go, after Club Luna."
Your ear's perk up to his words as you think, no way did he just say something without the word library? You do a mind double take as you realize what he said, "Club?" You squint to the word even leaving your mouth as you try to think over it, theres no way ponies have clubs? You stop your though as you think over a few things, well they have lights and trains...
Rainbow cocks her head to Shining as she talks, "Club Luna? What's that?"
The white stallion gives a slight smile as he talks, "I found out about the place from when I became the captain of the royal guard, my buddies took me there to celebrate...you welcome to meet us at the wonderbolt track, I thought we would only stay there for a little."
"Oh no no no." Her hoof points to you as she gives a slight tomboyish laugh, "If this place is going to accept this pony, then i'm pretty sure they would let me in."
Shining slightly loses his smile as he looks her over, "Uh...are you sure you want to go I don't think you would like it?"
"Pff, I think i'll be ok."
Shining nods his head as he turns back around, "Alright then lets get going, they open the doors when it gets dark out, and tonight's a Celestia half day so it should be open when we get there."
Rainbow and you follow after the stallion but as you realize who you're walking next to the idea of a club is starting to get a little less appealing as you think, i'm going to celebrate with my bride's brother and one of her best friends?...You give a slight sigh as you push the thought aside, oh well hopefully a wonderbolt show won't be bad. You hold your thought to it as you try and remember if you've ever seen one before as the name brings mixed feelings to your head.
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The walk through Canterlot was a little longer than you had thought and the area around you is someplace you've never been before. But you haven't really gotten a chance to soak up all the buildings around you as your mind fights with that and listening to the cyan mare beside you continuing her story about how she won her signed bag and tickets.
But you start to drift from her voice as you set your eyes to a building towards the end of the street, you move your eyes to the large bright sign being lit up by what looks like dark blue lights. You're still kind of far away but the sign's name you can read perfect, 'Club Luna, we know your favorite dreams'.
You drift down to the decent sized crowd that has formed behind a red roped line, all the ponies face away from you but as you look them over you realize that just about everyone of them is a stallion. Which is pretty weird seeing as how from the size of the line you probably wouldn't be too far from saying half of the stallions in Canterlot are here...but you know thats probably wrong.
The gap between you three and the building starts to be filled but Shining stops for a second as he turns to you two, "I don't usually like to use how i'm a prince now to get into places but I don't want Cadance and Twilight thinking we're going to be out all night." He floats the ticket you gave him earlier out from a slit in his armour as he talks, "I have my wedding ticket and you gave me yours so we should be able to get in pretty easy."
He looks over Rainbow as he talks, "Do you have your ticket?"
Rainbow shakes her head no as Shining speaks back up, "Well they should still let you in with us, come on."
Shining's pace comes back to him as he moves to the other side of the red roped waiting area. As you move closer to the building your ears pick up a familiar sound as you try to listen in on it, "Is that...bass?"
"Hey ya!" Rainbow's wide smile comes back to her as her wings sprawl out, "IS this Vinyl Scratch's home club?"
Shining nods his head as he gives a slight chuckle.
"Alright! She came to Ponyville last Winter Wrap up eve to play." She nudges you as she talks, "Don't you remember that?"
You blink to her words as you talk, "Uh....no?"
"Oh ya...you and Twilight didn't go."
You cock your head to her as you give a slight laugh, "Do you remember everything?"
"Pff, trust me once you hear Vinyl Scratch you won't want to hear anything else."
You think over her comment as you walk past the line of slightly glaring ponies, "So he's like uh...Skilltrex err Srollx?" You struggle with the old thought but you can't get the name right as you stumble through a few more nonsense words.
"No? SHE is like no other dj." Rainbow folds her wings back down as she props her head up, "Just let me and Shinning do the talking."
Shining cuts in with a laugh as he talks, "I hope you don't talk for too long, we still have a few other things I thought we could do."
You reply with a slight laugh but not to the comment as you think, whoa Shinning does mental list like Twilight too.
The front of the line comes into view as you look over a large bright yellow earth stallion standing in front of the rope line, his bright coat and nice looking colorful pink eyes don't really compare to his blank expression as he turns his eyes to the three of you.
The depth of the music coming from the two bright red doors is now a little louder and you have a slight smile to the beat seeing as how its not too bad.
"Can I help you?"
You lose your smile as the deep voice comes from the stallion, his dull expression has changed to a question stare as he looks over Shining’s glowing horn.
"Hi." Shining floats the tickets towards the stallion's extended hoof as he waits for him to read of them. After a few seconds the stallion nods his head as he hoofs the tickets back, "Have fun." The stallion moves away from the door for a moment as you and Rainbow follow after Shining as he tucks the tickets back into his armour's pocket.
Chapter 5 end