“AAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!! FLURRY!!” shouted Pumpkin.
“Pump, wait up!” Pound called back.
Pumpkin dashed out of Sugarcube Corner at high speeds, carrying two small tickets with her magic. Pound flew after her, trying his best to keep up. Pumpkin ran around, zooming by a few ponies that were walking in the streets of Ponyville.
“S’CUSE ME! COMING THROUGH! SORRY!” Pumpkin told them as they stumbled and almost fell back.
A pony couple was sitting at a table near a restaurant that Pumpkin leaped over. She nearly caused them to spill their drinks but barely missed them. The ponies scolded her.
“I say!” said the female pony.
“Hey, watch it, kid!” her husband added.
“Sorry about my sister, everypony!” Pound told them, nervously.
Pumpkin kept leaping over other objects in her way as she continued to run with a huge smile on her face.
“Geez, Pump! Might wanna slow down before you wreck the place!” Pound teased.
“I’M SORRY, BRO, BUT I CAN’T HELP IT!! THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER!!” she replied.
As they neared the edge of town, they continued down the path to the crystal palace where their friends were. Inside the palace library, Flurry was reading a magazine with Spike sitting next to her, munching on a gem candy bar. Stormy was playing a small hoof-held video game with Chip and Annie watching him while Starlight, Sunburst, and Trixie all sat at a table talking. The door then swung open. Pumpkin ran inside screaming with Pound close behind her. Stormy jumped and nearly broke his game.
“AGH! Pumpkin, you made me lose my last life!” Stormy said, angrily.
“FLURRY!!” Pumpkin shouted as she walked over to the alicorn princess. “You will not believe what just happened!”
“What is it, Pumpkin?” Flurry asked.
“Guess who just convinced her mother to get two tickets for the upcoming Ponyville concert?”
“Judging by the fact that you’ve got those two tickets, I’m guessing you did?”
“Correct! And guess who I just found out is gonna be the featured singer for said concert!”
“Um…”
“Ok fine, I’ll give you a hint: only the greatest, most fabulous, most talented pop-singer in all of Equestria!”
“You…you mean…”
“That’s right!”
“NIGHT SHADE!! AAAAAAGGGGGHHHH!!” they both shouted in unison as they twirled around.
“Night Shade is coming to Ponyville to do a concert?!” Starlight asked. “I LOVE HIS MUSIC!”
“Oh gosh! It’s just hard to believe they got somepony so popular for a concert in little old Ponyville!” Sunburst added.
“Alright, you two. Settle down,” Spike laughed as he tried to calm Flurry and Pumpkin down.
“Spike, you have no idea how big of a deal Night Shade is!” Flurry said.
“Oh believe me, I do. I think every pony does. Night Shade’s huge all over Equestria!”
“Wow! Lucky Pumpkin and Flurry!” Chip said.
“Urrrgggh…” Stormy grumbled.
“What’s the matter, Stormy?” Annie asked.
“I can’t stand Night Shade’s music. I always have to plug my ears every time that lady’s voice comes on the radio!”
“Lady!? Stormy, you silly goose! Night Shade is a boy!” Pumpkin laughed.
“What? Night Shade’s a boy?! HAHAHA! I thought it was a girl this whole time! He sure sings like one!”
Stormy fell back on the ground and flailed his legs around as he laughed.
“Oh don’t listen to him. Flurry, all that matters is that you and I have these tickets and we’re going to use them to see the Prince of Pop himself tomorrow night!”
“I’m so excited, Pumpkin! I remember the day I first heard his music when I walked in on Mom cleaning her bedroom while dancing to My Heart Can’t Stop Beating For You! She let me listen to the rest of his album and I was hooked!”
“I had a feeling you and Pumpkin would really bond once I found out you were into Night Shade too,” Pound told Flurry. “Pumpkin knows everything about that guy. She’s got albums, t-shirts…the whole nine yards.”
“Night Shade is the epitome of talent!” Pumpkin went on as she brought over a magazine with an article about him. “He’s one of the best-selling artists of all time and continues to place #1 in the charts! His contributions to music, dance, and fashion have made him a huge figure in pop culture! His highest-rated albums are Treacherous and Wicked! I own all of them of course!”
“And the song My Heart Can’t Stop Beating for You is sooo catchy!” Flurry added.
“So is Instiller, especially if you listen to it around Nightmare Night!”
“Well Flurry, I’m guessing they would have just let you in free, but you guys can use those tickets if you want. I think my royal advisor status is enough to let me get a free pass since I need to accompany you anyway,” said Spike.
“OOOH OOOH OOOH! We can all come in too! We’ll get our own tickets!” Starlight shouted excitedly as she pointed to Sunburst and Trixie.
“I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing him perform in concert for once!” Sunburst said. “Now that I know he’s here, I’ll go get myself a ticket. You want in, Trixie?”
“Eh, probably not if you don’t mind. Pop music is all right, but the Great and Powerful Trixie would prefer listening to something classical and empowering. Something that makes her feel like she can take on the world! Like she’s a living goddess that no one stands up to!”
Starlight and Sunburst giggled while everyone else stared at Trixie.
“What? Oh come on. I can’t be the only one who does that.”
“Chip, Annie, you guys interested?” Pumpkin asked the Apple Twins.
“Eh, Night Shade’s pretty good, but you guys go ahead without us,” Chip replied.
“Chip and I are more into country,” Annie added, smiling bashfully.
“Country? BLEGH! Doesn’t anypony in here appreciate rock and roll?” Stormy said as he went airborne and pretended to play an electric guitar.
“Alright Stormy. Let the girls have their fun,” Pound said, putting his hoof on Stormy’s shoulder. “Flurry, Pumpkin, I think we’ll sit this one out, but you girls have fun at the concert.”
“Yeah, why don’t you two go on without me. Get a little time to yourselves and all,” Trixie told Sunburst and Starlight as she winked to them.
“Uh…time to ourselves?” Sunburst replied, blushing.
“EEEH! We’re gonna have so much fun there, Sunburst!” Starlight squealed as she squished Sunburst’s cheeks together and brought him in close to her face.
Pumpkin then jumped on top of the table and used her magic to bring over a boom box. She placed a cassette tape inside and pressed the play button.
“Now I think it’s only appropriate that we all celebrate with some Night Shade music!” she called as My Heart Can’t Stop Beating for You started playing.
“NOOOO!” squawked Stormy as he covered his ears with his hooves.
“Aw come on, Stormy! This song is technically a rock song!” Pound told Stormy.
“I DON’T CARE!”
Pumpkin held the boom box on top of her hooves as she let it play the music. Flurry jumped on next to her and sang into a rolled up magazine like it was a microphone. On the floor, Starlight was really getting into the music and got Sunburst to dance with her as Trixie watched them in amusement. Everyone else except Stormy even began to dance a little.
“Hehe. Those two are gonna have the time of their lives,” Spike laughed as he watched Flurry and Pumpkin.
Lol you got to love the fangasm lol
Well I mean there are couple of dudes who have a higher pitch like Panic at the Disco, Maroon 5, Michael Jackson, Prince I can name a couple but you get what I mean there's sometimes people can confuse them especially younger singers
Lol I get it
Ohhhh 😉 Starlight and Sunburst by themselves 😏 yeah that's right I ship them as well and I'm not ashamed
I can see Flurry and Pumpkin are total fangirls for Night Shade. Everyone else has their own opinions on music too. Personally, my favorite is Rock and Roll.
Seems like there's always a new #1 musical sensation in Equestria, lol. First there was Sapphire Shores, then Coloratura, then Songbird Serenade, and now Night Shade. A concert experience for not just Flurry and Pumpkin, but Starlight and Sunburst as well? This is gonna be fun. =)
I haven't listened to too many Michael Jackson songs myself, but I do like Thriller, Billie Jean, Beat It, and Smooth Criminal. Of course, I also love the Weird Al parodies based on MJ songs, Eat It and Fat. =P
As for my own personal musical tastes, I enjoy a variety, mostly stuff from the 80s/90s, orchestral/instrumental pieces, video game music, songs from movie soundtracks or musicals, that sort of thing. =)
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I didn't know who Michael Jackson was when I was little, but if I did, knowing me, I'd probably think he's a girl or at least hear him singing and think it's a girl, so Story's reaction is kind of just a reference to how some of us assume like that when we are kids. XD
Ohh this is a very interesting start of a story and I probably will get some of the reference of the songs since I know most of them but anyway it looks like pumpkin was pretty excited and want to show to flurry heart and once she got to the castle of friendship she told her that one of the famous pop singers is coming here and this pony named nightshade which two of the girls screamed their heads off kind of reminds me of my sister when she got so excited with the Backstreet Boys coming to town and it was a pretty good concert anyway pumpkins got two tickets to see him and it looks like Starlight wanted to go as well and sunburst despite not knowing some of the songs he doesn't mind going along with her which Trixie kind of see something between them but everybody was pretty excited so they were started to dance and sing and poor stormy he really doesn't like that music well everybody has their different Taste of music I wonder what's going to happen I guess we'll find out next time
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You know it would be funny if cheese sandwich crashed the party and sing one of those songs that would be very funny
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Trixie definitely ships them. :3
Awww, what an innocent little start. I love it do far, but I hope Flurry and Pumpkin won't be too badly disappointed, based on the summary...
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Yeah, I'm with Stormy and Trixie on this one. Rock and classical are probably my 2 favorites.
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Yeah, it does change a lot, but then again, that's only cuz people have different opinions and everyone else says something different. I wasn't originally planning on having Starlight, Sunburst, and Trixie play any major roles in this, but I couldn't let go of the idea of Starlight being a fangirl and dancing with Sunburst. :3
Yeah, I am not a really devoted MJ fan, but those songs are the ones I gravitate to the most, especially Smooth Criminal.
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Lol, that would be funny. XD
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It might get a bit emotional.
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Same lol when I heard it in the cassette tape I thought he was a girl too it's just like how I thought Cher was a boy when I heard the song called believe because she has a deeper voice which it was amazing and one of her biggest hit songs and I did remember during the American Idol there was a country singer named Scotty McCreery he was 16 years old during that time and he has the deepest voice ever at a younger age
sometimes singers can surprise you what their capability is when it comes to the voice
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I hope Stormy can handle the feels
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Heck yeah 👊
By any chance is this a reference to the G1 episode featuring a pony of the same name?
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Weird Al is a national treasure. XD
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Duh!
ok who clicked the dislike button. This story just started bro
Funny enough I thought Micheal Jackson was a girl once when I was little
Anyways can’t wait for more
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Could be a hater or someone who gets a bit too judgmental about writing style and grammar and stuff. That is better to save for when the story is done though.
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I think a lot of us might have. Stormy's a silly little kid so it's no surprise he'd think that. XD
Yeah, I kid you not. I thought that as when a heard some of Micheal Jackson's songs. The 'Just Dance: Micheal Jackson version' convinced me otherwise, but at the same time I thought: 'Is he a boy or a girl?'
Nice starting point for this tale, gotta love Flurry/Pumpkin fangirling here! (much to Stormy's charing) Looking forward to see where it goes from here!
A nice begininng to this episode.
The excitement Pumpkin and Flurry are feeling over seeing one of their favorite singers was very well conveyed, and both endearing and funny, as was Stormy grumbling that he lost a life over Pumpkin's sudden interruption. I will confess that him thinking Night Shade was a mare was a little bit less funny to me, in that my voice has been mistaken for a woman's a few times, but rest assured, I wasn't offended, and I do get why such a thing may happen, as I do know of one case of a male singer who was mistaken for a female one and of another whose voice could somewhat pass for a woman's with anyone who didn't know better.
Also, it's sweet how all of their friends are just so genuinely excited for the two of them in that they get to go watch Night Shade on a live performance. Starlight and Sunburst being excited to do the same was also endearing, and with a funny note in the end when Sunburst starts blushing at the thought of going 'alone' with Starlight while she's just so adorable excited to go with him. And it's good Spike is going with Flurry and Pumpkin, because then Starlight and Sunburst can make time for themselves. I only hope he's right when he says he doesn't need a ticket.
Also, while I get this may be her last appearance in this episode, I loved Trixie's moment, both when she conveyed her music preferences and how they make her feel (which was both funny and relatable, as well as endearing) and when she played shipper on deck for Starburst, so to speak.
All things considered, on a surface level, the stage seems set for pretty much everypony to have a good time... but one can only imagine that things will get a bit more complicated than that soon, though I fully admit I have no idea why so far.
All in all, I'm very much enjoying this episode so far, and looking forward to the next part!
Bro I'm actually happy to see this :0 we need more g1 characters as g4
*look at story premise*
The major point of the original episode was that Night Shade was ultimately a front man and a pawn for his backers (who in reality needed him far more than he needed them).
Hey there. Thanks very much for getting this story started. Looks like it could be pretty entertaining. Definitely appreciated the work that went into the exchanges, characterizations and future chapter set-ups. And, yes, I CAN see fans getting that crazy. Of course, given the rumors concerning the actual Michael Jackson, this gives me a pretty bad feeling reading the description (even if, given that this is an "Everyone" rated story, I rather doubt the stuff is going to get anywhere near as bad as the stuff the actual Michael Jackson was accused of).
Anyway, definitely looking forward to more of this.
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I will not be referencing any such thing in this story at all as that’s never been proven about Jackson and Nightshade is only based on his style and look.
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There are a lot of G1 characters I plan to use for this series!
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Yeah, that part was mostly to point out how much of a kid Stormy really is since I feel like this is a mistake I would make with how oblivious I was when I was that age growing up in the 90s. XD
I wasn't originally planning on using Starlight, Sunburst and Trixie for this one, but I couldn't the idea of Starlight having that same reaction out of my head and dancing with Sunburst while Trixie watches them both, knowing what seems to be building up.
I'm not sure what other roles Trixie might have in this story, it will mostly focus on Flurry and Pumpkin and how Night Shade interacts with them, but I do want to try to use Trixie more down the road and maybe give her an episode with a more prominent role to play.
THanks again for the lovely comments! :)
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I love seeing all of your art! And think it's kinda cool for what you are doing, I just love the stories xp
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Thank you! Glad you enjoy it! :)
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I get you. I wasn't above such mistakes when I was young either, and I'm certainly not having a worse opinion of Stormy or of you over including that scene.
Well... I admit I'm a bit biased when it comes to Starlight and Sunburst, as I do like them both individually and as a couple, so... well... the best I can say is 'guilty as charged'.
If you do use Trixie more, I look forward to seeing what you'll do with her, but it's entirely up to you, and I'll keep following this series one way or the other. :)
And you're welcome!
is Erebus gonna be in it? cause this feells like it wil be like those episodes from g1 tho i am inteterested
Sunset Shimmer's favorite Night Shade song is probably "Mare in the Mirror."
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You’ll see! :D
Hello, Alex, it's Turtlebaby. Are you okay? You haven't update the next chapter for a few days. Is everything okay? I'm worried some people's dislikes in other stories hurt you and you lost interest in this story. I'm sorry if some people hurt your feelings. I hope you'll get back soon.
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Uh……..okay?
You know it’s only been one week right?
I apologize if I freaked you out.
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please don't bother me about getting this series done. Recently you asked me if everything is ok and if I will continue the series or if something has happened to me even though it had been only one week since the last chapter had been uploaded. I have a life and a job and I can't have all the time in the world to work on these things so you have to be patient. If I get anymore comments like this, I will delete them because it is stressing me out.
Who’s talking here, Spike?