Jolterix had led Luna back to the clear area near the arena and they took off on his light sail. Luna was amazed at how Chukxil appeared from the air: the streets were lit up and the buildings seemed to reach, trying to touch them. Luna heard several clicks in her helmet and suddenly some music came on. She looked at Jolterix who turned back to her.
“This is a four hour flight, and I don’t want to sit here in absolute silence,” he said as they rose swiftly above the buildings.
“We can talk,” Luna suggested.
“We can talk over the music,” he told her. After a pause he said, “Er…that probably didn’t come out right.”
“It’s fine,” Luna laughed, “It kind of adds to the moment,” she looked down at Chukxil and the soft music added to the sense of flying. She continued to look down at the beautiful city, realizing there were none on her side of the planet that looked anything like it. Its blue and white glows providing an island of light in the ocean of darkness; a darkness not even Luna cared much for. For once, she enjoyed the light, and she also enjoyed this Florian music. To her, the Florians appeared to be expert fighters, nocturnal like her, enjoyed great music, and were militaristic: her kind of people, although the pyromania of Jolterix and Tennerac was something she could do without. The small plane leveled off and she continued to stare at Chuxil’s beauty. It was a wonder to her that the creatures of the night didn't try to invade, trying to get to such beautiful light.
“Well, well,” Jolterix thought, “The Equestrian Princess of the Night is a romantic. That’s interesting.”
Suddenly, the music picked up and so did Jolterix’s flying. He increased the speed noticeably and rolled the plane completely over. Soon Chukxil was behind them, leaving a strong afterglow.
“I like to fly in time with music,” Jolterix said, “I suppose it might be too much to play a more violent song?”
“For now, yes,” Luna said shaken by the surprise of the aileron roll, “I think I’d like the calm flying better.”
“I know I do,” Jolterix agreed. He pushed the throttle forward slightly and the small plane increased its speed, although the dark ground gave no indication of this. “Hang on, we’re about to start moving,” he said as he lay on the center console. Luna bent down with him and suddenly, the small plane began to change shape. Its wings shrunk slightly, covering less area, and a canopy appeared over them: a white layer on bottom, then glass all around, and then a white top.
Luna glanced forward and saw what she assumed was the speed indicator. She couldn't read the numbers but there were three of them. If the Florian number system was anything like Equestria’s, which it was probably better, then they were moving at least five times that of an airship, although it was apparent they were moving much faster than that. “How fast are we going?” Luna asked.
“Uh…about five hundred thirty knots,” Jolterix replied.
“What?” Luna asked.
“Oh…uhh…about seven hundred miles per hour,” Jolterix said, “If you watch outside, you’ll be able to see the Mach cones.”
“The Mach cones?” Luna asked.
“We’re about to break the sound barrier,” he replied like it was nothing.
Luna was astonished, however. Only one person that she had heard of had ever broken the sound barrier, and now she was about to, but her pilot acted like it was no big deal. She stared outside and could see vapor begin to form around the wings and when she leaned around Jolterix, she could see vapor forming around the nose. Soon the entire plane seemed to be covered in the cloud, then it all vanished and there was a loud boom. “Did we do it?” she asked.
“We certainly did,” Jolterix replied. He knew light sails weren't specifically designed to go supersonic, but he had known many pilots who did it anyway and they had no problems. “I think this’ll cut an hour off our trip.”
“Oh, good,” Luna said. She wanted to get away from the dark place in between the cities as quickly as possible. Despite being the goddess of the moon, snakes that could swallow her whole still scared her. She relaxed as best as she could, given her position, and tried to enjoy the music. The songs changed, but it seemed to be the same musician, indicating this was a record, or the Florian version of it. This reminded Luna of the Equestrian musicians: most played instruments, but every once in a while there was one who used electronics. This Florian music appeared to be a combination of both. “Perhaps Vinyl and Octavia should get together and make something like this?” she thought to herself. “Jolterix, have you got any electronic music?”
“Sure,” Jolterix said. He thought for a few minutes about how Luna could know of any kind of electronic music, but remembered that some Florian had sold her the gaming system, so it seemed likely a Florian had sold an Equestrian musician a synthesizer or computer. He pressed his finger against the center console and a display came up. After a few button pushes, he came to the music section where he picked another song. A voice came on before any instruments, and then suddenly there was percussion, obviously electronic however.
“This is…interesting,” Luna said when the low bass began. It was unlike anything Vinyl had produced, and seemed to be skipping. Whenever Vinyl’s records skipped, it meant there was something wrong. “I think your music player is broken.”
“No, this is glitch hop, it’s supposed to sound like this,” Jolterix replied.
“Oh,” Luna said. “Well maybe this Florian music isn't all good,” she thought to herself.
“Should I turn it off?” Jolterix asked her sensing she wasn't too thrilled by it.
“No,” Luna said, “I want to hear the whole song before I make any judgment.”
“Alright,” Jolterix said. He like glitch hop well, and this particular song was one of his favorites of the genre. The music eventually picked up and Luna found she enjoyed it better at that point, but still preferred the other song.