Chapter 6 – Hows it going Ponyboy?
The music that you heard outside is nothing like what your ears are being filled with as you take your first steps into the large two story room. The ground has splashes of all kinds of colors but you can't really tell what kinds seeing as how the lighting in the room keeps changing to the beat of the music. To one side of the large room there’s a few hallways next to what looks like some kind of abstract bar with a few chairs pushed up to it. The other side of the room has a large what looks like dance floor up on a stage next to a dark glass box where you would guess the dj would be.
But the smile and beat of the music running through your body with every pulse makes the happy smile turn into a wide grin as you follow Shining further into the room.
Theres tables scattered around the room with hundreds of smiling ponies looking around the room, or just enjoying their night.
Shining finally takes a seat near the back of the room in a large booth like table, you and Rainbow slide in beside him as you continue to look around the large room. But your gaze around the room is brought back to Shining as he talks, "Ya I liked it here when I came because they play good music and its pretty different for Canterlot."
Rainbow puts her two front hoofs to the table as she talks, "I'll say! This place is awesome!"
"HI Shining!"
You and Rainbow turn your heads to a high pitched feminine voice as a unicorn mare comes over towards your table floating a tray of drinks next to her, "...Long time no see, what can I get you ponies?"
Your silent for a moment as you look over the mare standing in front of the table, her mane has pink highlights through a mint blue color and you know her coat is a pale blue but you really wouldn't be able to tell seeing as how she’s dressed in some kind of skirt like maid outfit that even has a little hat and shoes with see through high socks.
Shining smiles to her as he talks, "I'll have a-..."
His voice is cut off as the music drops down to a stallion's voice coming in place of the music, the mare at the table turns her head with a smile as you watch a red unicorn with white and bright blue streaks of mane coming onto to the stage like thing with a microphone hovering next to him."Good evening Canterlot, i'm your Dj Lab Rat and while I take a break I want you ponies to enjoy our fine dancers! And a special shout out to a very special guest in here tonight, yes folks i'm talking about Prince Blueblood himself! Give it up everypony!"
The name that was spoken goes unnoticed to you because at the end of the stallion's voice a heavy beat song starts up as you watch a few mares trotting onto the stage wearing very tight bright outfits. You feel a slight heat run through your cheeks as you look over the mares from your close table that Shining picked. The tight clothing clings to their bodies curves, and each mare has a very short tails thats being held up by a few colorful bands that match their outfits.
You don't know why ponies with any kind of clothing on would make you feel so...uneasy seeing as how ponies don't often wear clothes anyways. But the fact that they are is for some reason making you blush, however you find yourself unable to really move your eyes from them as you watch a few of them starting to whip their tails around as they begin to take on a bending motion quickly being followed by a smile as a few start to almost turn their back sides towards the front of the stage.
But your sight of them is quickly lost as you turn yourself away as you look to the two ponies at your table.
Rainbow seems to share your shocked expression you would guess as you look over her jaw dropped wide eyed stare with her wings fully sprawled out.
Shinning on the other hoof just squints a little confused to the scene.
The mare beside you speaks back up as she turns her smiling face back to you three, "So what can I get you three?"
Your quite as Rainbow's voice comes out, but her first words are a little high pitched as she talks, "I-I would like some cider...largest cup you got?"
The mare squints to the request as she talks, "Cider? We don't have any weak stuff here sorry."
Rainbow's tomboyish batter comes back to her as she squints to the mare's words, "Weak? What do you have then?"
The mare taps her hoof to her mouth as she talks, "Mhhh, how about a a long Manehatten tea?"
Rainbow lets out a laugh as she tries to fold her wings back down a little, "Ya a tea is strong, sure i'll take three of those."
"Three?" The mare blinks to her as she stares a little stunned.
But Shining's voice snaps the mare out of her funk as he speaks up, "I'll have one to."
The mare nods her head and turns to you, with a slight pause you just copy everypony else, "Same" as you wait for her to trot away. As she does you continue to hold your gaze away from the blast of the music and the mares that still are on stage.
Rainbow slightly follows your stare to Shining as the white stallion shifts his head between you two, "...I uh...I haven't been here in a while." He gives a slight smile as he looks between you two.
But you're not able to answer him as a male voice comes up from behind you, "Hey, do I know you?"
You turn your head to the red stallion you saw on the stage a little while ago and you keep your eyes to him as you shake your head, "I don't think so."
The stallion now has bright neon glowing sticks around his neck, his eyes are half closed almost really relaxed looking, "Ya I do!" He gives a slight laugh as he pats you on the back a little hard, "You're that pony that can do magic right!? Right?" His eyes open wide almost with the same brightness as his smile as he waits for your response.
But you have no idea who this stallion is as you again shake your head, "H-how do you know me?"
The red stallion rolls his hoof as he blows to the comment, "Pff, its not everyday that you see a earth stallion doing magic." He comes a little closer to you and you get a whiff of his weird grass smelling breath as he talks, "Hey man and you know that was the day Discord came back." He pats you on your back again as he talks.
You can't tell if he's trying to whisper to you because his voice is still pretty loud for being so close but you listen to him just like the other two ponies at the table, "...But Celestia and Luna are having a conspiracy dude...they don't want us to know Discords back." He taps his head as he talks, "But I know man."
His eyes get big as he looks back to the table, "Hey I know you." The stallion lifts his hoof up towards Rainbow as he talks, "You where in the jail with me and this guy to." Again his hoof comes and pats you on the back as he lets out a laugh.
Rainbow blinks to his words as she squints to him, "Uh...what's your name?"
The stallion nods his head as he talks, "I got like all kinds of names, but my dj name is Lab Rat."
Rainbow's ear flicks as she cocks her head, "You're the dj here right?"
"Ya man, I took over when Viney left." He continues to nod his head even though his comment has stopped but his voice comes back as he smiles to you, "So man dude bro, what brings you here? You looking for some heat or something?"
Shining cuts in before Rat finishes as he speaks up, "No, we were just stopping by for a little bachelor party."
Rat nods his head as he talks, "Right on dude bro, whos marrying?"
You smile to him as you speak up, "I am."
Rat's happy mellow tone changes as he looks at you, "Oh dude...that sucks...how long do you have?"
You squint to his tone as you think to yourself, i'm not dying? "Uh...tomorrow."
Rat shakes his head as he talks, "Whoa...i'm sorry."
Your silent as you just stare to the unicorn in silence, but he continues to bob his head as his happy tone comes back, "Hey I know let me get you a dance." He turns around as he calls to a white mare with blond mane wearing a silk white dress with fake wings and gold halo hat above her mane, "Hey Lilly."
You wave your hoof to him as you talk, "No i'm ok I thin-..."
"Nonsense dude, you help me get out that day, all I had to say was that I was one of your friends...so I owe y-..." He bobs his head again as he looks to Shining, "Hey, you where the stuck up guard I told...you wanna dance too my friend?"
Shining stares become a little stern faced as he talks, "No."
But before the mood could change the maid outfitted mare comes back with the drinks you ordered as she starts to place them down to the table. She puts one extra as she talks, "Sorry Lab Rat I kind of got mixed up on yours so I don't know which is which."
Rat nods his head as the mare trots away, he looks around the table as he talks, "Well it looks like there's a mystery drink here my friends..." The music drops as his sentence ends, and he looks to the stage as he talks, "Whoa, looks like I need to go..."
As he leaves Shining leans forwards a little, "Sorry about this, I guess they changed the dj."
You squint to his comment as you try to think, was everything else the same? You hold that comment as you watch a few mares torting off stage close to your table. But you move your eyes away as a thought runs through your mind, note to self NEVER let Violet wear these kinds of things...As the thought rolls in your mind you come to another mental picture that doesn't really make you feel much better as you look around to all the stallions around the room, what would I say? You're not going out looking like that, take all of it off?
Rainbow reaches for one of the drinks as she speaks up in her tomboyish sarcasm, "Pff, I bet this stuff isn't even good, look how small this stuff is." She takes the whole small glass down with one gulp as she finishes her sentence. But her confidence doesn't stay too long as she tries to blink her eyes hard.
As the normal music starts up you begin to feel yourself starting to calm down as you look over the cyan mare's face, "Well?"
She gives a slight laugh as she places the cup back down, "D-don't even taste anything."
Shining floats one of the cups over to himself as he talks, "Well we still need to make the Wonderbolts show so lets just go ahead and drink these."
You move your hoof to one of the three remaining cups as you take it to you, you can already smell how hard it is but you also know that you hate the taste of cider but love its smell. You take most of the drink down like Rainbow did as you tilt it back to you.
Its not sweet or bitter like apple cider and its not dry like wine, strangely it has a good taste to it.
The maid dressed mare comes back with three more drinks as she trots over to the table to place them down.
"Oh, we didn't order any of these." Shining's voice comes up from the table as she places them down.
"Oh yes, well these are on the house...somepony already bought them for you three."
You look over the blue shaded drink as you speak up, "What is it?"
The mare taps her hoof to her mouth as she talks, "I think these are the Los Pegasus surprise." She doesn't stay for too long as she trots away.
You would reach for another one of the drinks you already had but as you do you notice Rainbow pulling the last two closer to her as she talks, "I think i'll stick with this light stuff...no telling how weak that other stuff is."
You roll your eyes as you move your hoof to the other drink and bring it up to yourself, there's a pungent sweet smell as you hold it to yourself for a moment, but you don't hold it for long as you take a sip of it. The sweet smell unlike apple cider was not a lie as you take in the extreme sweet taste that stings against your taste buds...Even though it was a surprise you take another sip as you start to let the music become enjoyable as your night starts.
End of chapter 6