The three headed off to Sugarcube Corner, noticing how eerily silent it was. When they went in, they noticed a lot of fog and a synth beat, and Pinkie stood with her back to the door, wearing a werewolf costume. In front of them were a vampony costume, a mummy costume, and a seapony costume.
"Put them on," Pinkie said as the music picked up, "NOW!"
The three hurriedly put their costumes on, and none too soon, for Pinkie began singing:
Everypony!
(yeah)
Come and show me!
(yeah)
Everypony!
(yeah)
Show me how, alright
How we dance TONIGHT!
And then Pinkie led them out of the bakery as the beat dropped, revealing a flash mob of ponies dancing, which they tried to join in
with, with some success. Syko got a feeling inside of him and started:
Hey, yeah!
Oh Celestia we're partying hard
Gonna earn that party card
Gonna sing about it everywhere
Gonna belt my voice into the air, yeah!
Rarity joined in with
Am I instinctual?
(yeah)
Pinkie piped up with
Am I a solo act?
(yeah)
Twilight flew up and sang
Am I magical?
(Yeah)
And then they all sang together with
Am I everything you need?
You better show me how
Everypony!
(yeah)
Come and show me!
(yeah)
Everypony!
(yeah)
Show me how, alright
How we dance TONIGHT!
Pinkie then proceeded to lead what seemed like the entire town in a dance which involved some fancy hoofwork, holding their hooves out limply in front of them and bobbing their heads side to side. Twilight ran up a wall and flipped off, floating down. Syko felt the urge to sing well up inside of him, and went
Why can't I stop singing
Even thought my ears are ringing?
I wanna stop, but I gotta keep on
Until my voice is gone
Yeah!
Twilight chimed in with
Am I instinctual?
(yeah)
Pinkie piped up
Am I a solo act?
(yeah)
Rarity sang
Am I magical?
(yeah)
Then they all joined in with
Am I everything you need?
You better show me how!
Everypony!
(yeah)
Come and show me!
(yeah)
Everypony!
(yeah)
Show me how, alright
How we dance, TONIGHT!
Everypony was dancing now, rocking to the rhythm.
Everypony!
(yeah)
Come and show me!
(yeah)
Everypony!
(yeah)
Show me how, alright
How we dance, TONIGHT!
Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie and Syko struck a pose as did everyone collected. They then broke away and continued about their business. Pinkie turned to Syko, beaming.
"That," Pinkie started, "was AMAZING!l
"Yeah," Syko said, "I didn't know I had it in me but when the music started-"
"And you just went up and DESTROYED it! You bucking killed it! You rocked that crowd like-"
"Like a boss! Who knew that theater major would pay off like that!? I was just in the song, and I couldn't-"
"Help how awesome you were! You were like 'yeah' and the crowd was like 'yeah' and-"
"Ahem," Rarity cut them off as both Syko and Pinkie stared at her, "I believe you have some business to discuss, hmmm?"
Syko looked at Rarity, then collected himself. "Pinkie, I'm a journalist who would love to do a piece on the six of you-"
"Ok!" Pinkie beamed.
"But I didn't even tell you what magazine I-"
"Don't care!" Pinkie said, "Anypony who could seamlessly join a flash mob like that is A-O-K in my book!"
"Pinkie, it's Playcolt." Twilight informed her.
Pinkie's eyes widened, then she started smiling, "You mean the magazine with all the rappers, rockstars and actors interviewed? Double sign me up! We're finally famous!" she yelled, bouncing into the air.
"Pinkie, we're already famous," Twilight interjected, "or have you forgotten about Nightmare Moon, Discord, and the Crystal Empire?"
"Yeah, but that's history book famous," Pinkie complained, "but now we'll be FAMOUS famous, like with paparazzi and cool coltfriends and waking up with enough pony tranquilizers in your system to put down a bull minotaur famous!" she exclaimed excitedly.
All three of the ponies stared at her blankly. Rarity then started, "Darling, just because you're famous doesn't mean that you have to do drugs."
Pinkie chuckled."I know that, silly! But I'll be famous enough to get away with it-"
Rarity interjected with, "But you won't. Right?"
"Of course not! I've got enough skip in my step that I don't need any more!" Pinkie beamed.
Syko stepped up and asked, "By the way, how often do you do this?"
"Do what?" Pinkie queried.
"...break out into song like this."
Rarity answered with, "I'd say about once a month,"
Syko looked up thoughtfully. "But how did we know the words?"
Twilight said, "It's Pinkie Pie. You're better off not knowing."
"Uh-huh," Syko replied, "so where do we go next?"
Rarity chimed in with, "Around now, Rainbow Dash should be up a tree. And I know which one..."
----
"Rainbow!"
Rainbow Dash kept her eyes closed, hoping the vocal assailant would go away.
"Rainbow!"
No such luck. She shook the cobwebs out of her head and opened up her eyes to-
"DASHIE!"
Rainbow Dash instinctively reared back at Pinkie Pie's verbal and visual assault, forgetting she was up a tree. She fell on the ground with a huge WHUMP! But the ground was lumpy. She stood up and saw that she had fallen on an orange pony with a green mane.
"Hey Pinkie," Rainbow Dash grumbled, "who's this joker?"
"He's awesome!" Pinkie exclaimed, "I secretly planned a flash mob, and he KNEW THE WORDS I WANTED HIM TO SING! Isn't that amazing!? He was like 'yeah' and everypony was like 'yeah' and-"
"Let me try to explain this," Rarity cut in, helping Syko up, "Rainbow Dash, this is Syko, a journalist with a reputable magazine, and he'd like to write an article about the six of us and our friendship."
Syko nodded.
"What's the catch?" Rainbow asked warily.
"Well, the magazine is a...gentlecolt's magazine," Rarity waffled.
"You mean like Gentlecolt's Quarterly?" Rainbow queried.
"Think lower-brow..." Rarity said.
"Playcolt," Twilight cut her off, "the magazine is Playcolt."
"PLAYCOLT!?" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she reared, "No way! They'll never let me be a Wonderbolt if I'm shown in that rag!"
"Are you sure, because my first interview was Spitfire..." Syko intoned.
Rainbow looked flabbergasted. "S-s-s-spitfire was in Playcolt!?"
"Yep," Syko said, "and she even did full. Frontal. Exposure."
Rainbow was aghast, then quickly collected herself. "Well, if she did it, then I'll do it," Rainbow gulped, "full frontal."
Rarity interjected, "Now Rainbow Dash, you don't..."
"Yes I do! Or do you think I'm not sexy enough?" Rainbow accused.
"No, it's just that the rest of us will be clothed, and you'll look like an absolute trollop!" Rarity spat.
Rainbow Dash looked confused.
"Harlot?" Rarity offered helpfully.
"What do romance novels have to do with anything?"
"Strumpet?"
"Do you mean trumpet?"
"Streetwalker?"
"I'm a flygirl, baby!" Rainbow punctuated by flying around the tree.
"Working girl?"
"Well, we're all working girls, right?"
Syko couldn't help but stifle a giggle.
"What's so funny, Syko!?"
Syko explained, "What I think she's trying to say is that you're a fallen mare,"
"Is that another 'Rainbow Crash' crack?"
Rarity was giggling, "What we mean is that you're a mare of the evening,"
"Only on Nightmare Night!"
Syko and Rarity were rolling around in laughter.
"What's so funny!?"
Syko chimed in with, "We're trying to say that you're a hussy,"
"Ok, now I'm confused. What do griffon military units have to do with this!?"
Rarity and Syko looked up, their turn to be confused.
"Hussars," Twilight cut in, "A nineteenth century griffon cavalry force known for their brutality. Rainbow Dash thought that you said 'Hussar'"
"So what does any of this have to do with the griffon military?"
Twilight said, "It doesn't. They were calling you a hustler."
Rainbow was up a tree. "What does ANY of that have to do with gambling?"
Twilight frustratedly explained, "No, like an...escort, a-"
"-slore," Pinkie interjected, "They were calling you a slore."
Rainbow stared angrily at Rarity and Syko, who grinned sheepishly. Twilight's face bore a look of confusion, looking at Pinkie for
help.
"A slut and a whore at the same time," Pinkie explained helpfully.
"But how can you be a slut and a whore at the same time?" Twilight mused, "a whore denotes payment for sevices rendered, whereas a slut just gives it up for free, unless..."
"Turn of phrase. Don't think about it too hard," Pinkie replied.
"Yeah," Rainbow Dash interjected, "you might pop your precious alicorn brain," she said acerbically. She then stared at Rarity and Syko with a vicious glare, then broke down laughing. Rarity and Syko looked at each other confusedly.
"What's so funny?" Syko asked.
Rainbow Dash calmed down. "Anyone who could keep up a barrage of insults that I don't even know is ok in my book!"
"But I..."
"Oh, come on, Syko! Rarity's too high-class to know that many synonyms for slore!"
Rarity and Syko looked at each other. Syko then said, "Yeah, let's go with that."
Rarity collected herself and announced, "Alright, now, next on my list is Fluttershy. Celestia knows how we'll pull this one off..."