Three mares, a stallion, a baby dragon and a minotauress carrying her son on her arms passed through the gates of the Castle, all wearing t-shirts and carrying memorabilia with the logo of the band Monarch, “wow Spike, you were right, this band Monarch it’s great and the Ponyville plaza was packed.”
“What did I tell you? I knew they were going to become great from the moment I heard their first song and I had to listen to them live again after going to their concert back on Canterlot with Twilight and the girls.”
“Trixie didn’t know that they were the ones that made that song that everypony and their grandma are singing about giving a little respect.”
Starlight rolled her eyes, “they didn’t made the song Trix, they made a cover, that’s actually an alien song that Rainbow and Tube listened and accidentally let out in the open, it has gotten pretty viral now and several artists are making covers, like Sapphire Shores and Countess Coloratura, they are making their own version of the song.”
“I tell you, that song is like a virus, I’ll have it stuck on my head for a while again, if you excuse me, I’ll put Tinker to bed and call it a night as well.”
“Tube Tester, aren’t you going to accompany us? We were going to listen to a few songs on the music box.”
“No Moondancer, my little one is already asleep and I have had enough music today, besides I don’t want to have another alien song stuck on my head, I also want to wake early tomorrow morning, I’m going back to Laburinthos for a day.”
Sunburst levitated his mementos from the concert and placed them on a table, “what are going for, Tube Tester?”
“I’m going to the Toshi station to get some power converters, I have an idea that could solve an issue with my solar panels,” Tube Tester waved and left with her son in arms.
“The Great and Powerful Trixie believes that we should listen to the songs already, it’s getting late and she needs her beauty sleep.”
“Alright, alright Trix, let’s turn on the music box, who wants to do it?”
Spike raised his claw, “oh can I do it? I haven’t had a turn in ages.”
“Sure spike,” Starlight said while the drake pressed the button when a menacing tune and vocals began playing.
“Dreadful?” asked Spike, “what do they mean?”
“Dreadful head?” replied Starlight, “do they mean they have a bad mane?”
Sunburst fixed his glasses, “this is pretty interesting, dreadful speak give, it doesn’t make sense, do you think there is something wrong with the spell?”
Moondancer approached the console testing the spell with her horn, “no, the spell is stable and there hasn’t been any changes since the last time Twilight used it and it worked perfectly.”
“Now there are no lyrics, this song confuses Trixie.”
Spike chuckled, “it still sounds awesome, it feels like what would sound in the movies, when the main character and the villain are fighting to save or destroy the world.”
“You are right Spike, hey Glimmy, when was the last time we went to the movies?”
“It’s been a while Trix, you know the closest theater is in Canterlot, it is not like we can take the train and go there every weekend.”
“Hopefully, they will finish that movie theater on the edge of the town soon.”
“Sunburst, do you mean that building next to the Sweet Apple Acres terrain is a movie theater?” asked Moondancer who was sitting next to the stallion.
“Yeah, when I was at the market I heard Mayor Mare and Filthy Rich talking about the new building, it’s supposed to be as big as the Royal Cinema in Canterlot but as modern as the Ponymax in Manehatten.”
“It was about time Sunny, that’s great and powerful news!”
“Um… Trixie, please don’t call me-”
“Shhh, it started again,” said Starlight silencing Sunburst, “dreadful speak give battle dreadful, it still doesn’t make any sense!”
Moondancer scratched her chin, “dreadful raging speak give purify going, nope, I don’t think this song is making any sense whatsoever.”
“Trixie thinks that they just picked the words and added them to the song because they sound good.”
“That can’t be possible Trix, why would they make such a good song with lyrics that don’t make sense?”
“I don’t know Starlight, maybe Trixie is on to something here, as much as I want to make heads or tails of this, I can’t in any way find any meaning for the words, dreadful like taking separate going loss like taking dreadful speak give, in a context that makes sense, but you got to admit it sounds aesthetically exciting.”
“Yay, Moonie agrees with me!”
“Well if you put it that way Moondancer, wait, I remember there was a group that did something of the sort, they took a poem in Old Ponyish, grabbed some words that sounded good together and made a song, I guess we can agree that there is a good chance for this to be the same case.”
“You know, lately most of the movies in theaters are about aliens invading Equum, if Twilight ever reveals the existence of the aliens to the creatures of this planet, there might be a huge chaos that could overwhelm the populace.”
Moondancer fixed her glasses, “you are right Sunburst, is a good thing that the information about this aliens has been released little by little, once enough creatures that we can thrust know about them, then Twilight would be able to reveal it so the many ones that we reveal it before will help keep everypony calm.”
“Yeah, but the movies are not helping at all hahaha,” Spike laughed knowing that it might be a while until they told enough creatures about the existence of these aliens, “hey the song is over, can we listen to another one?”
“Yeah let’s listen to another song, but the Weak and Hungry Trixie will need some snacks,” everypony moved their heads to stare at the purple dragon.
“What? Are you expecting me to cook snacks for you?”
Trixie walked to the young dragon and dramatically plummeted in front of him, tears on her eyes she grabbed his legs, “oh please Spike, moons ago you masterfully cooked on this castle, now the current inhabitants beg you on the struggle against starvation, I regret that I can’t cook for them but my cooking skills are subpar and I’m afraid that if we let anypony here cook then it would be a fail, this is our most desperate hour, help me Spike the Dragon, you are our only hope.”
Trixie lowered her head releasing Spike’s legs as if she was fainting, Spike rolled his eyes meanwhile everypony else clapped their hooves and Moondancer even shed a tear for Trixie’s performance, “FINE, I’ll be right back,” the young dragon left the room heading to the kitchen to prepare some snacks.
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Later Spike returned with many snacks for everyone and some gems for himself, he sat on his spot again, “so who is next?”
“I-I-I’ll press the button,” Sunburst pressed the button and a male voice came out of it.
This is Walter J. Shortman, personal log number… sixty nine… nice.
Finally I managed to complete the program for the capsules, I will present this to Mister Musk tomorrow, I can’t believe it took almost a year to develop the programs that will make sure the capsules keep the information safe and then reproduce it with ease.
I’m going to have some drinks with Suzy tonight to celebrate, she finally got over her break up with the delivery guy, you know what? I’m tired of it, I’ll tell her how I feel tonight and it will be amazing, then the rest of our life will begin… oh who am I kidding, I will always be just her childhood friend… end recording.
“Wow I feel so bad for him, I wonder if he ever told her how he feels about her?”
“Not likely Glimmy, if it’s true that they are childhood friends then he had the chance to do it for a long time and he never did, there is no way he grows a spine out of nowhere.”
“Come on, Trix, you lack romanticism, I imagine that he confesses on one of their trips to the beach, wouldn’t that be romantic Sunburst? You should take Moondancer to the beach someday.”
Sunburst cringed a bit, he wasn’t a fan of the beach, his weak physique looked terrible against the locals with their toned bodies, and he couldn’t swim either, “I-I-I...”
Moondancer interrupted Sunburst, “I can’t stand the beach, I don’t like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere,” she then looked at Sunburst, rubbing his hoof she said, “not like here... here everything is soft and smooth.”
Sunburst smiled, “I don’t like the beach either… um, so are we going to listen to another song?”
“Oh no, you made me do all these snacks so we better listen to at least another song, who will press it?”
“I guess I could do it,” Moondancer stood and walked to the music box, she pressed the button and a loud tune startled all of them.
“WOW, that was loud,” moondancer said while fixing her glasses, “that sounds like a nice fanfare, maybe presenting something or somepony important.”
“I know right? It feels like something important is about to begin, something that will change the world, a story that will connect many souls through time and space, souls that will form a force like no creature ever seen before and not a force that could be seen, a force that gives life, a force that surrounds us, penetrate us, one that binds the galaxy together!”
“That was pretty dramatic Spike, Trixie is impressed, but you are right, this song sounds just like a great story is about to begin.”
Starlight stared at her friends enjoying the beautiful melody, she smiled closing her eyes, “and to think that this beautiful music we are enjoying today, was created by aliens a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.”
“But Starlight, given that this galaxy is many light years long, there is a chance that the aliens that created this music box are from this galaxy as well...”
“Yeah you are probably right Moondancer, I don’t even know why I say that, it just felt right.”
Sunburst rubbed his goatee, “this song doesn’t seem to have any lyrics, apparently is pure instrumental, I enjoy this kind of music, is fast paced but still has a relaxing touch once in awhile, like it wants to make you feel safe but then throws you into adventure.”
“The composer of this piece must have been a genius.”
“You are right Moony, I wish there was music like this before my shows, they would be the bomb.”
Everypony and dragon enjoyed the rest of the song in silence, eating the snacks that Spike made for them and talking about the movies and their future plans once the new theater opens.
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At the Star Gazer’s Laboratory for Planetary Studies in the Institute of Sciences of Canterlot, Star Hunter was looking through the giant telescope, “hey Tracker,” he called out to his partner.
“What is it?”
“Remember your big fuzzy looking body we saw?”
“The one we couldn’t focus on?”
“Yeah.”
Star Tracker looked at his notes, “shouldn't there be at least another couple of moons before it’s on its closest point?”
“Yeah, but now is just a bit more clear, what I wanna tell you is I just saw something weird in here, come take a look.”
Star Tracker watched through the lens, “wait a minute, is that thing… that is not possible, we need to report this.”
“We need to call Lord Gazer first, he should report it to the Princess.”
“Maybe we should go directly with the Princess, she knows me you know. Did I ever tell you about the time I was on the same cruise as her?”
“Ah don’t start with that again, let’s go! We need to get Lord Gazer right NOW!”
The pair of stallions ran around the campus to give the news to their mentor.
To be continued