Revelations BOOK 1: A Night To Remember - Pipsqueak

by VGI

Chapter 15: Pipsqueak - My Account Of The Show

“Now, you may begin, Pip,” Ms. Cheerilee says.

“Ok, finally!” I sigh with relief. “Well, much has been said about the show already. And...well, I have nothing much to say other than tell you how it was to be with Princess Luna all night.”

“Actually, no,” Scootaloo says bluntly, “nothing much has been said about the show itself. Dinky told us about her time with a gryphon boy named Kite....”

Sweetie Belle followed suit. “Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon told us about the business ponies their parents rubbed elbows with and showed us some fine jewelry...”

“...But the show itself, nothin'!” Apple Bloom says as she shrugs.

Ms. Cheerilee agrees. “Hmmm, that is right, isn't it, class? And Pip, since you are the one with the show's playbill, maybe you could give us a short description of each of the musical pieces?”

“Use my CD!” offers Dinky.

“Oh, yes! Pip, you may use Dinky's CD!” Ms. Cheerilee says as she trots to the supply closet to get the radio CD player.

Well, seems like my “props” are going to be useful after all...combined with Dinky’s CD, that is.

Long story short, I tell them how the four Princesses opened up the sky light with their combined magic, and how Luna practically “grabbed” the moon with that intense beam from her horn to hold it above the Canterlot Cultural Center.

Then, I tell them, with help from my playbill and Dinky's CD, about each one of the musical pieces.

“Don't you dare leave out stuff about you and Luna, Pip!” says Silver Spoon with just a pinch of threat in her voice.

“Yeah, we want to know the scoop!” Sil is seconded by - would you believe it? - Sweetie Belle, with Apple Bloom nodding in agreement.

So, as for my time with Princess Luna, I begin from when I first saw her. Luna was there greeting ponies and gryphons with Princess Celestia. Mum and I came to pay our respects, and she asked Mum if I could be with her for the whole show.

More on that later. I have to say stuff about the show too.

After gathering my thoughts and waiting for the class to settle down, I start from the beginning.

“The show begins with ‘The Anthem.’ Ms. Fiddly Faddle was the lead violinist and had an acting part while playing her violin. It was really cool! So it starts out in darkness up there in the stage, and then a single lit candle carried by a hooded Ms. Fiddly Faddle can be seen, and then the Royal Canterlot Symphony played from out of that darkness, like, behind the darkness!”

“Oooh,” the class reacts.

“‘The Anthem’ was great, grand, and big on instruments, as if it always has to be played by an orchestra.”

“The next piece was about a tragic love story set during the time of the Three Tribes.” Sweetie Belle really loves that piece “My Love, My Heart's Desire” even if it doesn’t have a happy ending.

Sweetie sighs and says, “I am so glad that the ‘three tribes’ nonsense is over. Now ponies can love any kind of pony they like.” I take a quick gander at Button. True enough, he’s glad too.

“‘The People of the Alliance’ was pure Royal Canterlot Symphony. Pure orchestra with grand sweeping illusions of popular locations of both kingdoms by Ms. Trixie. Powerful music. All about two different peoples – Gryphons and Equestrian Ponies.

“Next, Ms. Octavia Melody played ‘The Anthem - Quartet version’ with two other ponies and a gryphon drummer. They were really good. That was the only time that ‘The Anthem’ was played by so few musicians.

“Then there were the performances during intermission. The first was ‘Lover's Cave.’ Ms. Lyra Heartstrings played it in the middle of the foyer with another unicorn musician, a violinist named Viola Violet. Another love story during the Three Tribes era, but the setting was different. There was no animosity, no resentment, no bad blood between the villages of the two lovers. Still, it ended in tragedy.

“After ‘Lover’s Cave,’ Ms. Lyra Heartstrings then did a solo entitled ‘For Future Kingdoms.’ She was raised up on a pillar that came up from under her, and from that height she played her music.”

“That's probably around the time when Pinkie Pie gave me a honey berry shot,” I comment.

“And Luna?” asks Scootaloo.

I sigh. “Believe it or not, most of the time, I just stood by her side as she fellowshipped with nobles and gryphons.”

Ms. Cheerilee comments, “That's politics for you.”

“Anyway, a few moments after that, there were Spanish guitars everywhere. I mean, you could hear Spanish guitars coming from all directions. It was probably magic.

“Princess Luna told me that it was a surprise for Princess Cadance by her husband Prince Shining Armor. And true enough, Princess Celestia and Princess Twilight escorted a bewildered Princess Cadance to the foyer, which was now free of ponies, except for the royal couple.

“Actually, it was a surprise for everyone except for the Prince, Princess Celestia, Twilight, and Luna...I think. See, the playbill doesn't say anything about the royal couple dancing. On that part of the playbill, only their cutie marks are shown together, but what does that mean, right? There's no description whatsoever.”

I show the class that part of the playbill.

I add a few details. “The Prince approached Princess Cadance with this...Casanova look on his face, right? And since Princess Cadance didn't know about this surprise, she was caught off-guard and just stood there awkwardly in the middle of the foyer, practically shaking in her shoes.”

And right on cue, most of the fillies were giggling, from Twist to Apple Bloom. Even Ms. Cheerilee. Except for the class tomboy Scootaloo. She is making gagging gestures, opening her mouth as if she's going to put her hoof in it to gag.

“...aaaaand then they dance moving on!” I say as fast as I can. Look at their faces turn from swooning to “grrrrr.” Hehehehe. It’s fun being cheeky!

“Oh look!” I say, holding up the CD cover. “The Spanish guitar music is here on the CD! Let's hear it!” I loudly state.

Everypony cheers and we listen. And everypony in class enjoys. Looking at them, I think they are all trying to picture how the Prince danced “all Casanova-like” with the Princess of Love.

“After dancing, many ponies went to the Royal Couple to praise their impromptu dance. Ponies continued fellowshipping with each other,” I say. “Then Princess Luna had to go somewhere to meet somepony – or someponies? – then left me with Princess Celestia and Princess Twilight.”

“Why?” Snips asks.

“Youh where ththeir ethcort, thoo?” asks Peppermint Twist with her trademark lisp.

That's just ridiculous! “What?! No! Princess Luna had to meet somepony...or someponies.”

“Who could it have been?” Button asks. “That sounds so mysterious.”

Scootaloo is quick to point out, “Well, she is the Night Princess – ergo, mysterious.”

I then told them how I tried to sneak away from Princess Celestia and Twilight while they were having fellowship with ponies, to try and follow Princess Luna.

Ms. Cheerilee asks with concern, “Well, did you?”

“I almost did, Teacher, I almost did. Then I decided to turn back. *Sigh* It still bothers me that I didn't. I could have found out who she had to meet.”

“Assassins!” says Button.

Sweetie Belle is quick to retort, “Oh don't be silly!”

“Well, whoever it was,” Ms. Cheerilee says, “I'm glad you turned back. It’s not nice to be a nosy pony. What's important is you trusted the Princess and gave her privacy. She is a Princess, and there are things they need to do that only people in authority has the responsibility to do.”

“That's kinda what Twilight said when I came back. She figured out that I tried to sneak away and told me that it would have been naughty of me.”

“Oh my gosh!” Silver Spoon cries out. “If you pulled it off, then you would officially be Princess Luna's stalker!”

“Ew! Pipsqueak, Princess Luna's stalker?” says Diamond Tiara.

“Well, think about it...” says Silver Spoon before I interrupt them.

“What's a stalker?” I ask.

“Pipsqueak, please move on,” says Ms. Cheerilee. “Sil, Dai, a quick word with you after class.”

“Oooh!” The class is quick to react. I know that reaction. What’s going on here?

“Uh, what's a stalker? And why is Sil and Dai in trouble? I'm confused...”

“They are not in trouble, Pip,” Ms. Cheerilee says.

“Oh, thank Celestia!” both Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon sigh in relief.

“Whatevah, never mind. Moving on!” I say, quickly losing interest. A stalker?

Button puts a hoof to his face and gives out a frustrated, over dramatic sigh. “A stalker is a Protoss unit, a war machine controlled by the shadow essence of a Dark Templar. They are known for their ‘blink’ ability, making them effective in ambushes and at catching fleeing foes.”

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...I can hear a cricket. Is there a cricket in the classroom?
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“Dork,” Silver Spoon says with a smile. I don’t know why, but Button is also smiling...at Sil? Weird. He’s smiling at Sil after she called him a dork. I’d be frowning at Sil if she called me a dork. On the other hoof, I wouldn’t be saying dorky, geeky things like Button does.

Silver Spoon doesn’t seem to notice Button smiling at her, but I know he is. I can see him and everyone else plain as day. He thinks he can hide his face, but really, Ms. Cheerilee can see anyone in class from here. And right now, so can I.

I take a deep breath. Moving on. “Rrriiight. Where was I?”

“You didn’t follow Luna but went back to Twilight instead,” says Scoots, ever the tomboy.

“Ah! Yes. Then, just like that, Princess Luna snuck up on me and Twilight and said, 'Naughty of Pip?' and both me and Twilight almost jumped out of our coats! It was amazing! Nopony can do a scare like Princess Luna!”

I then tell them about the other performances and how the call back to our seats was made. “It came from the stage, and the doors to our seats were all wide open, and the music echoed into the foyer.

“So, we were back in our seats...”

Then Apple Bloom interrupts. “More about you and Princess Luna, please.”

Oh for Celestia’s…“I just did, didn’t I? I just told you guys about how Princess Luna scared both me and Twilight. I’m gonna get there, just wait. I have to say stuff about the show too, you know.”

“Oh, but we want it naa-ow!” Apple Bloom cries out in that southern accent of hers, complete with a pleading face.

“My night with Princess Luna was just me being close to her, actually, now that I think about it. Like, by then intermission was over, and I'm sitting next to her in her special seat that’s big enough for a pony to lie down on. We were both on our tummies and she had her wing over me and it was nice. No biggie!”

“Her ‘wing’ was ‘nice’?” Sweetie Belle asks with a bright smile.

I nod heartily, with a smile as well. Her wing was nice.

Wait a minute…

This is a prelude to the class’s “Oooh!” reaction, a prelude to a tease! I hastily shake my head.

“Well, which one is it, Pip? Yes or no?” Diamond Tiara asks.

“Uh, what I mean is, all of it was nice,” I say, which, to tell you frankly, didn't help. All of it was nice? Blithering nincom...

“Her whole body was nice?” asks Snails. What? Okay, this is getting ridiculous.

I put a hoof on my face. “What I mean is this – being close to the Night Princess was like…

I open my eyes reluctantly and look at my classmates. “How's that? Did I describe her good enough? Do you get it now?”

Twist was the first to swoon with her lips lisping swooningly. “Oh, how poeththic! Ith sthe rheally lihke thath?”

“Oh yes,” I say, matter of factly. “May I continue?”

The class is quiet. No teasing? I think they do get it.

Right, moving on. “The next performance is a two-for-one. Both have ‘Discord’s Defeat’ in the title, but the first is called ‘Children of the Night.’”

I pause for dramatic effect.

“Classmates, Princess Luna sang this one.”

“Wow!” they say in amazement.

“Sadly, classmates, Ms. Trixie isn't here to perform that virtual reality-type illusion she did,” I say as I shake my head.

“Virtual...reality?” asks Button.

“Yeah, dude! I mean, it was awesome! The theater and the audience disappeared...more like everyone, except Princess Luna, became invisible. And the inside of the theater became an ancient castle overlooking a small medieval town. It was like watching a movie from the inside!”

“Children of the Night...” Ms. Cheerilee thought for a moment. “Is that about the time when Princess Luna took foals to start a new colony but was told not to by Princess Celestia, but Luna did it anyway?” asks our Teacher.

“Yes, Ms. Cheerilee. And we saw it as if we were there! I couldn’t tell if Princess Luna was acting or was really reliving that part of her life.”

“Ok,” Sweetie Belle says, “we can't see this virtual reality thing, but we can still listen to...”

“...THE MUSIC! YAAAAY!” The class is positively excited! This is turning out to be one of my better class reports.

“Quick! Play it!” says Snips.

The song is Princess Luna singing to little foals, to take them to a special place. My classmates and I listen in earnest. Needless to say, we are very moved.

“Princess Luna loves little foals, doesn't she, class?” Ms. Cheerilee asks after the track ended.

“Yeah, she's awesome!” Scootaloo says confidently...as if...as if, she had her own adventures with the Night Princess. I wonder...

Anyway, I continue. “‘Flight Of The Orphans’ was about Princess Celestia and Princess Luna and the same bunch of foals. So, Princess Celestia made her younger sister return the foals, because she knew that all of them had parts to play during that time in Equestria's history, in making our kingdom great. But before that, they had at least that special night in the night sky flying toward the moon. Plus, it’s not like Princess Luna wasn't a part of their lives as they grew up. So, it was happy, actually.”

I told them how Luna and Celestia touched horns together during the show. “Nopony saw that but me, I think.

“‘Chronicles of First Contact: The Tale of the Pony Bard and Gryphon Knight’ was even more exciting than the first performance of ‘The Anthem’. There were fight scenes between a gryphon and a young mare.

“And then...” Pause for dramatic effect! “The Royal Guards, Night Guards, and Crystal Guards, along with the leader of the Gryphon Knights and Prince Shining Armor, sang ‘Together In Vigilance – Till the End’ and boy how they sang! Not on stage, but from where they were, at their posts!”

Diamond Tiara pipes in. “Oh yes! I don't think I can ever forget Sir Hal's singing,” she says, blatantly imagining that part of the night, her eyes sparkling as she looks up into the ceiling.

“Mee toooo!” Silver Spoon says, swooning, of course.

...Rrriiight.

Gosh. Everypony is enjoying my account of the show. I have to thank Dinky. She could have used the CD herself for her own presentation...but I guess everypony was more interested in the boy gryphon she met.

“Next was ‘Vision of the Future,’ played again by Ms. Octavia. But somehow, Ms. Vinyl was also involved, as well as a gryphon named ‘Ethereal Whisper.’ What that gryphon sang was pre-recorded, and Ms. Vinyl ‘pre-mixed’ some of the music. Only Ms. Octavia played live on stage, and it was the most modern among all the performances.”

“Unfortunately, classmates, that's as far as I can go. The next piece is when I fell asleep. Maybe I should have had another honey berry shot...” Yeah, I should have had one more.

“Awwww!” whines everypony.

“There'th goththa bhe mohre!” longingly says Twist.

“Hmmm,” I think deeply. “Actually, Princess Luna fell asleep first...yeah, yes she did!”

“Whoa!” says Snails.

“Seriously?” says Button.

“NO Way!” Scootaloo says adamantly with disbelief.

Then Diamond Tiara exclaimed, “Yeah! That's right! I saw her. She just slumped over next to Pip.”

“Guess she was really zonked, huh?” I ask.

“Guess so...” Diamond Tiara says. “But then you slumped next to her right after.”

“I did? Yes...I did. Heh, fancy that.”

“What's with the next piece? Was it a lullaby or something? Who performed it anyway?” asks Scoots impatiently.

What does my playbill say...

“...Uh, let's see. Says here it’s by a pegasus cellist named Woody Luthier...” Then I recall. “But it was played by Ms. Octavia.”

“Oh! That's the part where she turns into a werepony!” Dinky says loudly.

“Ah! Yes! My Mum told me all about that!” And I still feel bad about missing it.

Dinky continues, “I cannot believe you missed it, Pip! You would have loved it! Total Nightmare Night material!”

“Thank goodness Dinky bought the CD, huh?” says Snails.

“Now you get to listen to it,” says Snips.

“Yeah *sigh*, let's, shall we?” I say, still feeling down.

“Pip, what's wrong?” Ms. Cheerilee asks, concerned as to why I sighed.

“Well, Teacher, I missed that performance. Ms. Octavia turned into a werepony for Celestia's sake! And from what Mum told me, the moonlight crept slowly onto the stage, and covered Ms. Octavia from her hind hooves to her head, and then she turned into a werepony, and I missed all those special effects because I didn't take another swig of honey berry shot.”

“Wait,” Sweetie Belle says, deep in thought. “At the start of the show, Luna stopped the moon right above Canterlot Cultural Center, right? That was part of the show...” Everypony was looking at her. “...then she fell asleep during this musical piece. Then, you fell asleep right after her. Were you part of the show?”

“N..no…” I say, flummoxed. Everypony was thinking and wondering.

Sweetie Belle continues, “Then, the moonlight crept onto the stage…”

“...Which means...?” says Snips.

“...She lost control?” Snails asks with disbelief.

Sweetie Belle goes on, “Was all of that part of the show, Ms. Cheerilee? I mean, Luna and Pipsqueak falling asleep?”

I look at Ms. Cheerilee, and she looks concerned.

Diamond Tiara thinks and says, “It can’t be! Pip isn’t part of the show!” 

“Play the music!” says Snips.

“I don't think that's a good...” Ms. Cheerilee starts to say, but it’s too late.

I already pressed play.

For a few moments, it was just music. “Yeah, I remember this. It was just Ms. Octavia playing her cello. Then Luna...tensed up then...relaxed...and just laid her head next to me...Then I...also started feeling... sleepy...”

It’s...all...coming back...

“Next thing I know...”

“What?!” ask some of my classmates.

“*Yawn*...I was sharing a dream with her...”

Yes...I was...sharing a dream...with her....