//------------------------------// // Act 7: A Musical Battle // Story: My Brave Pony Starfleet Humans STARPOPS // by DakariKingMykan //------------------------------// ACT SEVEN That night, Celesto and his team had been working hard on the station, inside and outside, and were not nearing completion of their work. Celesto himself had gone away from the station to inspect and adjust the computer chips of a nearby satellite that orbited near the station, and he was tethered down tight so he wouldn’t float away. As he worked, he paused a moment, and felt a deep sickening feeling in the pit of his stomach; a feeling that only came when he felt something was really wrong somewhere, or that something bad was about to happen. He was so lost in his worries, that his tether line gave a small snapping jerk, and he dropped a spanner he was hold. “Ah, nuts!” he groaned as he watched the little wench tumble and fall down to Earth below. “Hey, Celesto…” Jenkins called over the radio “You okay? What’s the matter?” “Oh, everything’s fine… I just lost a spanner, that’s all. Let’s get back to work.” All the astronauts did as they were told and resumed work, but Celesto still felt something wasn’t right, as his spanner bellow burned up in the atmosphere… …making a shoot star effect everyone at camp could see, but then Councillor Celestia cleared her throat as she stood on the stage, capture everyone’s attention. “Welcome campers, to the very first Battle of the Bands here at Star Camp. I think I can safely speak on everyone’s behalf by saying, this truly shall be an event to remember.” The campers all cheered and hooted with joy, while the Demonites and the Sirens snickered softly. “An event to remember…” Blaze muttered softly “You don’t know how right you are.” “Keep in mind though…” said Vice Councillor Luna “As this is a contest, we can only choose one team to be the big winner; only one!” The campers sneer and scorn at one another again, which caused their negative energies to emit stronger than ever, and be absorbed into the glass orb under the stage. The Sirens absorbed some of it to keep their own powers in check, and their gems were shimmering brightly. “Can you feel it girls?” said Adagio “I haven’t felt this full in a long time.” The three girls snickered, but the boys weren’t amused. “We only let you do this to help out with the contest.” said Boomer “Don’t let it go to your heads.” “We’re not trying to win some silly contest here.” Slick reminded them “We got other plans.” The other Demonites all agreed. “Whatever.” said Aria “You’ve only reminded us a billion times.” “Now that will do…” said Blaze “Save your voices for the performances.” From afar, the Rainbows and the Starpops glared at evil groups. “Whether or not the win the contest, I’m sure they’re going to make their moves after us.” said Lightning. The last four were in the following order; the Dazzlings, the Rianbow Rocks, the D-Man-Knights, and finally the Starpops. “What if it’s already too late by then?” Starla wondered aloud. This was one thing that whole group was fretting over; even Lightning wasn’t sure about this, he was actually gambling on a belief that if the Demonites were as greedy as he thought they were, they wouldn’t make their move until all the bands had gone, so they could absorb as much energy as they possibly could. “Oh, I almost forgot…” Rarity said, and she pulled out a long rack of costumes she had quickly made that afternoon, for the whole gang to wear. “How did you do this so quickly?” asked Buddy. “Well, I always was good with a sewing machine.” Rarity gloated. After changing, everyone looked fabulous. All the Starpops wore track pants with matching tank tops and cool rhinestone studded vests. Each was their own respective colors. Starla: Pink Buddy: Red Artie: Orange Rhymey: Yellow The Twins: Brown As for Lightning, his track suit was white, but his vest was gold coloured, like a born head singer would look like; different from the rest. As for the Rainbows, they looked awesome in their outfits. All the colors mixing together in near psychedelic waves, like the rainbows they were made to represent. “Wow, you all look fantastic.” said Sunset, but then she noticed there was one costume left on the rack, but everyone else was already dressed. “Who’s that one for?” The girls all giggled cheekily, and the Starpops snickered softly. “What’s going on?” asked Sunset. “It’s for you, silly.” said Pinkie. “What? Me?” Sunset felt very surprised “But I’m not in either of the groups.” “Sure you are…” said Rainbow “You’re our special lead singer for the Rainbow Rocks. It was actually Artie’s idea though.” Artie felt a little embarrassed and blushed softly, but he nodded and admitted “You’ve heard us rehearsing, and you know the words. Besides, this could be a real sporting chance for you to get on people’s good sides, by singing with us… and… well… you do have a pretty voice.” Sunset’s checks turned bright red. All the others nodded in agreement, and as hesitant as she was, she took her costume and disappeared behind the bushes to change out of her councillor uniform, then came again fully dressed in her costume, which was pretty much her normal everyday outfit, but without her jacket. “Oh, darling, you look simply divine!” cried Rarity. “Muy encantadora. -- Very Lovely.” said the Twins. Artie was heart strung and how lovely she looked, and almost fell into one of those soft and blurry dazes. “Whoa…” Some of the others couldn’t but giggle at how cute Artie looked the way he was acting. He even snapped a picture of Sunset with his phone which he intended to make into a full-sized painting later… …if there was a later! Then, it was show time! Many bands went all out with the best they had, among them were Trixie… The Crusaders… Even Snails and Snips with their own duo band singing “Camptown Races” they didn’t get a very positive applause though. Some bands were beat-box rapping; others were just playing musical numbers with simple instruments. They weren’t too bad, but not the favourites of all. Then Flash’s group went up, but when the band started playing, Flash didn’t strum a single note on his guitar. He was still struggling madly trying to suppress his powers; this resulted in the group’s forfeiting the contest. The other band members were furious with him. “What’s your problem, guy?” “We were counting on you!” Flash took no notice of them and stormed off, still holding his aching head, much to Blaze’s delight “It won’t be long now.” he hissed softly. Then, The Dazzlings were up… “Good luck, kids!” Adagio mocked as she and her friends took the stage. “Yeah, you’ll need it.” hissed Sonata. Aria gave her a small nudge. “Ow!” Then, they sang… Of course, thanks to the spell, everyone cheered and screamed with joy for the “Lovely Song” they heard, even Celestia and Luna were so deeply entranced by the magic. Adagio laughed softly but wickedly as the song ended. As for Blaze, he checked the meter on his watch “Perfect…” he cried with Glee “Just one more little burst of energy. That’s all we need.” His comrades snickered wickedly. After their turn they planned to, literally, bring down the house, but they would have to wait, as the Rainbow Rocks were on now. “Before we begin…” Rainbow Dash announced “We’d like you all to welcome someone very special here; our guest singer and the camp Junior Councillor: Sunset Shimmer!” The spotlight shone on her, and though she was nervous, she held her mic bravely and smiled to the crowds, though they seemed less than enthusiastic to see her, because of the spell, she and the others didn’t let it get to them. “Let’s rock!” shouted Sunset, and they all began to play Fluttershy’s song Sunset sang beautifully during her parts, the Starpops were very pleased as they watched from afar. Artie stood with his eyes half open and stars twinkling in his eyes. “This settles…” he said to himself “…I’m going to go for it.” As the song played, the campers began to snap out of their trance. At first they felt funny, but began to get deeply into the song. “What is thissss?” hissed Scales “The spell is weakening!” cried Tempest. As the song continued, the girls began to transform as their wings and pony ears and tails grew out, and the crowds began to cheer with joy and happiness as the pure energy began to flow. “Energy?!” cried Boomer “Pure… positive energy?! No…!” His spikes and the spell Tempest had cursed the air with were already absorbing the energy being emitted, which was contaminating the negative energy under the stage. Blaze checked the meter, which was already beginning to drop as the energy became more corrupted by the second. “No, not when we were so close!” “Hold on…” said Slick “Remember, we still haven’t gone up there yet. We can still save the energy by re-infecting it.” “Right… standby.” said Blaze. The song ended, and everyone cheered and applauded loud and strong for the Rainbows, and the girls on stage jumped for joy and cheered like crazy, even the rivalling bands had to cheer for them. Flash heard everything from afar, and he felt his headaches getting better. “Well, what d’ya know about that.” He said, and he applauded along with everyone else. The Starpops were, by far, the most impressed as they cheered and hooted with so much joy, you’d think they never knew how not to. The Rainbows came down from the stage and regrouped with their friends, all of them jumping for joy, hugging and complimenting on what a great performance that was. “I can’t believe everyone really loved my song.” said Fluttershy. Rhymey held her hands together in his and said… “I knew your hard work and faith would pull through. My dear Fluttershy, I am proud of you.” She smiled, blushed, and tears rolled down her cheek. In gratitude she swung him round, dipped him back and kissed him hard! “Aw!” the others all exclaimed. Suddenly, all the lights on the stage went dark as the next group prepared to perform. First there was a big intro theme… And one-by-one, each of the boys leapt out onto the stage and did a wicked dance pose and shouted out their names, as bright coloured flashes flared behind them. “Slick…!!” “Boomer…!!” “Tempest…!!” “Ssssscales…!!” “Blaze…!!” The spell was already starting to take effect again, especially thanks to the Dazzlings using their magic to intensify things. The people gazed up at the stage at the boys and began to cheer like crazy… due to the spell. “WE ARE… THE D-MAN-KNIGHTS…!!” Blaze use his powers to simulate powerful, but harmless illusions of flames as the boys stood altogether in a group and the crowds went wild. “Oh, no… I don’t like this.” said Lightning. The others felt the same, and at that moment, the song began. (Sung to Lady Gaga's POKER FACE [Blaze] We feel the power starts to course right through our veins [Scales] The light will perish as only the evil reigns [Tempest] Defiance ain’t no option, baby, let that stick into your head [Boomer] You have a choice to surrender, or you’ll end up real dead! [ALL] Whoa-ooo-aaaa-ooh! [Slick] The sound is overflowin’ and our powers are sure growin’ [ALL] Whoa-ooo-aaaa-ooh! [Slick] The music now entrances as we take our rightful stances [Blaze/others] Can’t defy Can’t defy The magic music of the Demonites Can’t defy Can’t defy The magic music of the Demonites De De De Demonites De De Demonites De De De Demonites De De Demonites The gang didn’t like this one bit as they could see the negative energy starting to flow as the song continued. [Blaze] You hear the music as is transfixes your mind [Scales] And soon your world’s most precious times will be all left behind [Tempest] We Demonites are the high and mighty overlords of all [Boomer] We’ll wipe out humans, conquer Earth, and then we’ll have a ball [ALL] Whoa-ooo-aaaa-ooh! [Slick] The energy is strong and vicious, and it’s perfectly bodacious [ALL] Whoa-ooo-aaaa-ooh! [Slick] Revenge is sweeter than the sweet of chocolate you eat [Blaze/others] Can’t defy Can’t defy The magic music of the Demonites Can’t defy Can’t defy The magic music of the Demonites De De De Demonites De De Demonites De De De Demonites De De Demonites The crowds were cheering loudly and wonderfully for the boys, because of the spell, and more of their energy was being absorbed. “This is bad!” said Buddy Rose “At this rate we won’t have time to perform.” “What can we do? What can we do? WHAT CAN WE DO?!” cried Pinkie. Lightning came along carrying extra huge speakers and equipment in his arms-- his super strength made it look so easy “The only thing we can do…” he said as he put everything down and set up “We’re going on right now! It’s our only shot to really dispel the magic and re-contaminate the energy before they absorb it.” With that agreed, and time running short, they all set up as quick as they could. [Blaze] The sing is nearly through, and now the time is near [Scales] We demons will rule a world with darkness, hate and fear [Tempest] No one will ever stop us cause’ the just lack the right stuff [Boomer] You’ll find that when it comes to us, that we are all real tough [ALL] Whoa-ooo-aaaa-ooh! [Slick] The energy has reached its peak, just in time for our winning-streak [ALL] Whoa-ooo-aaaa-ooh! [Slick] The song is nearly done, and we’ll start the real fun. [Blaze/others] Can’t defy Can’t defy The magic music of the Demonites Can’t defy Can’t defy The magic music of the Demonites De De De Demonites De De Demonites De De De Demonites De De Demonites “Okay… ready…?” said Lightning. Everyone nodded and stood ready for action. “Let’s do it.” The band started to play… The boys stopped singing when they heard the music, and when the people in the audience turned to face East… as the sound of the music counteracted the spell. The first light shone on Starla, as she shook her head, waving her hair loosely… [Starla] One day I thought of us and my heart began to whirl felt like I was floating on a cloud. Then Lightning appeared in a second light, and joined Starla by her side. [Lightning] I feel the love is real as such I can’t conceal so I’ll voice it out strong and loud [Both] (Oooooh-ooo-ooo-ooooh) But can I show it, My feelings deep and true Gotta let my heart roam free (Oooooh-ooo-ooo-ooooh) No other way feels right I know this isn’t wrong I’ll voice out so musically (Musically-Musically) [ALL] Just know Love is in my music It’s real The lyrics of the heart and soul Just know Love is in my music Baby show the magic The music is only for you The crowds began to cheer, as the seven singers all began to dance around like professional pop stars that they were acting like, and the Rainbows played the music solo. As the cheering got louder, the people’s pure energy began to flow stronger than ever, much to the baddies chagrin. Already the energy down below was too pure for them to absorb. However, Blaze then signalled for the boys to slip off with him into the shadows for a secret plot not even the Dazzlings were aware of. [Lightning] The mix is playing cool Givin’ my heart its fuel It’s a sign that’s sent from a star [Starla] The love flows through my ear I’ve got nothin’ to fear We both know it’s just as real as we are. [Both] (Oooooh-ooo-ooo-ooooh) Let my voice flight Let us both do what is right Gotta keep the magic so strong (Oooooh-ooo-ooo-ooooh) As we stand side-by-side We won’t let the feeling hide The love I feel is here in this Song (Song-Song-Song) [ALL] Just know Love is in my music It’s real The lyrics of the heart and soul Just know Love is in my music Baby show the magic The music is only for you The magic was starting to flow brighter than ever as everyone; even Lightning seemed to don wings, tails, pony ears and even horns for some. The Sirens watched from behind the stage. “They’re ruining everything!” growled Adagio. “What are we going to do?” cried Sonata. “I say we give them a song they’ll never forget!” said Aria, and her friends agreed, but just as they prepared to unleash their magic. Krysta swopped down from a tree, and swiped each of their red gems from their necks. “Hey!” snapped Sonata. Krysta then dropped the jewels into Sunset’s hands. She had slipped away while the group performed, having the idea how to stop the Sirens from making a counter spell. “Concert’s over girls.” she said, and the Sirens watched as she pitched their gems straight towards where the Starpops were just finishing their song, and the gems disintegrated in the waves of magic coming from the music. With the destruction of the gems, the spell was broken entirely, and the audience begun to sing along with the Starpops, even Flash who felt much better with the spell gone. Just know Love is in my music It’s real the lyrics of the heart and soul Just know Love is in my music Baby show the magic the music is only for you Just know Love is in my music It’s real the lyrics of the heart and soul Just know Love is in my music Baby show the magic the music is only for you The song was through, and the whole group stood together in the spotlight as the crowd thundered with extreme applause. Spike even howled cheerfully. Krysta and Sunset cheered as well, but all the others could do was just smile and take a well-deserved bow.