//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Twilight Ketchup // Story: A Beatboxer's Life In Ponyvile // by StrikerFX //------------------------------// Chapter 2 Twilight woke up from her desk, she was sleep reading again. "Man I have to stop doing that." The fact that she was sleep dreaming didn't surprise her, but what did was when she heard the date on the radio. "I SLEPT FOR TWO DAYS?" Twilight was surprised by this so much, that it took her awhile to realize who was talking. "Wait... That voice, that’s Striker! Oh my goodness! He is on the radio?" Twilight then decided to ketchup on things before she went to out. The good thing about sleep reading is that she remembers everything she read, so rereading would be a problem. "Ok time to start a check list, SPIKE!" Suddenly, spike ran into her office. "Morning twilight, you were asleep for a while." said Spike. "Yes I understand, it’s time to start a checklist." "Fine." Spike didn't want the day off to end. Twilight started the checklist one by one, everything from eating breakfast to writing a letter to the princess about her sleep reading problem. "Ok that should be it" said Twilight. "Ok, oh and twilight." "Yes spike." "You missed a lot while you were asleep." "A lot huh, well fill me in as we go.''' They both were heading to Rarity's to congratulate Striker on his new job. Spike told her everything that happened the past two days, as they were trotting towards the boutique. "That is a lot spike, add "help out with event" to the checklist." said Twilight. "On it!" When they finally made it to boutique, Rarity was almost done with her stage curtains. Hello Twilight, I haven't seen you the past two days, were have you been darling?" said Rarity. "Oh uh... Well I kind of-" "Twilight slept in for two days!" Spike cut off Twilight. "Spike!" "Oh uh he he sorry." "Oh my how did that happen to you?" "Twilight was sleep reading." "For two days?" "Well yeah I guess I kind of read the entire G section" "Well you must be awfully hungry, how about we go for lunch?" "That sounds wonderful, but we came to go congratulate striker on his new job." "Oh that’s right you weren’t awake at the time. Well he’s at his job right now. He comes back at 4:00pm." "Oh that’s fine, we were going to help out with the event, but a lunch sounds fine." "Don't bother pulling out your bits, this one is on me" "Why thank you Rarity! You are the most generous pony." They walked off to the dinner to get something to eat. The 3 talked about everything that happened the past two days. When Twilight heard about Striker performing, she was all over it. "Wow that sounds amazing! Did he tell you what he was going to perform?" Twilight began. "Well he did say he was going to do a loop station routine." "A loop station?" "Why yes, darling, it’s one of those things that loop audio, and you can make music by putting them together." "Oh that seems right, is he going to do a cover or..." "He said it was a surprise, but he swore it’s going to make the ladies beg for more." Twilight giggled "has he ever had a marefriend?" "He said no, but I really think he’s lying." "Well, let’s hope he finds one, does he have anyone in mind?" "Oh, he told me that there was this one cute mare that smiled at him." "Oh who was it?" "It was from a distance so he couldn't tell, but I bet 20 bits that she’s going to be at the event." "He is such a lady killer." "You gals are nuts." Spike chuckled They all laughed at Spike's reply. He was just eating his hay fries and ignoring everything that they were talking about. He only paid attention to the "lady killer" part. Meanwhile at the radio, Striker was talking to Vinyl about the event and how he was going to be a part of it. "Oh sweet, you too, I'm performing with Neon lights!" said Vinyl. "You too?" "Yeah, oh man with you and us in the event performing, the event will be awesome!" "What are you going to perform Vinyl?" "Oh just a little mix Neon and I came up with, what are you performing?" "I'm doing a loop station." "Sweet, is it going to be with beatboxing?" "Of course, don’t tell anyone but" He leaned into her ear. "I’m playing daft punk." "Dang, you going to get laid after that concert from like 15 different mares!" "What a response." They both chuckled. "Hey why don't you say that on the radio?" "Hmm, that would be some good news, I'll tell you what, I could report mine and you could report yours, you need a say in this!" "Oh I don't know." "Common, you would be perfect, just say "Yep and I'm performing with neon lights right after Striker's performance." "Hmm, I guess that would be ok." "Perfect, we got about 30 seconds." Thirty seconds later they were on. They did the regular news and reported about their performance at the event. Meanwhile, Twilight and Rarity heard about this on the Radio, and so did that mysterious mare. "Well I guys everyone knows now." said Twilight. "Oh maybe that mare Striker spotted would hear about it." They both laughed. But they didn't know that the mare was in the other table behind them. She blushed and starting thinking to herself. Wow he’s a radio host and a performer? I have got to go see that. Wait he knows what I look like! Oh I can’t go there, what if he sees me? What if he doesn't like me? Oh this is too confusing. Her head was spinning; she couldn't take the pressure, so she started to run home. The girls noticed the mare running and lifted an eyebrow. "What’s up with her?" said Twilight. "I have no idea, wait, doesn't that pony look familiar?"