It had been weeks since Spike had saved the Empire. Lives went back to normal. Twilight and her friends solved problem after problem after problem. Silver, however, was never able to do anything with them.
Silver normally spent her days teaching herself how to fly or getting used to using her hooves. It took a lot of ppractice but she managed to get the hang of it. She would earn money, mostly by helping Applejack on the farm, to but sketch pads, pencils, and colored pencils so she could get back into drawing. She mainly drew sights on the Apple Farm.
On one such a day, she had set up an easel with paper and pencils to draw ponyville with a small bit of the apple orchards in it.
"Storybook endings... Fairytales coming true..."
She had gotten in the habit of singing while she drew.
"Deep down inside... We all wana make it too..."
Winging helped her focus on her drawing, causing her to get much better. Cheerily even asked if she would teach the foals art in exchange for her art supplies and her own apartment. She had been living on Sweet Apple Acres since she came.
"Back way from the start... It's out favorite part of the story..."
She set her pencils down.
"Let's just admit we all wana make it too!... Ever ever after!"
She starts doing a little jig.
"If we just don't get it our own way! Ever ever after! It may only be a wish away... Ever ever ever after!"
Her song had finished as quickly as it started.
"Keep singing like that and you'll have things going for you!" Apple Jack said as she carted some apples behind her in a wagon, "Ah wouldn't be surprised if ponies started asking you to sing at parties or something. Maybe even ask you to be in the Ponytones!"
Silver hid a blush, "no, I'm not that good. Besides, I like drawing much better."
"Such a talent shouldn't be wasted." A grey stallion with deep red hair said.
"And you are?" Silver asked hesitantly.
"Somber. Somber Tale," he said as he shook her hoof, "if you wanted, I could set you up with a big producer."
"This guy works with a friend off mine" Apple Jack said before she started heading back for Sweet Apple Acres, "trust me. He's good."
"I'll think about it," Silver said as she packed up her stuff, "but for now I have some ponies waiting for me."
"Very well," Somber said as he headed for ponyville, "let me knowby the end of the week.tthat'swhen iI head back for Canterlot."
"Very well," Silent said as she watched him go. Once he was gone, "that's totallySombra." She deadpanned."
"Ya think?" Apple Jack said as she unhooked herself from her cart.
~*~
"Sombra is in town?"Rainbow asked.
" he's in descise..." Silver said while rolling her eyes, "just like in most of the fanfics, new hoping to swoop in when I need help, get me to fall for him, and he can be 'happy.'"
"Sounds horrible, darling," Rarity said as she added a pinch of baby blue mascara, "remind me what a fanfic is."
"Its a story written by a fan of something. The fan takes the characters and turns them into a random story of their choosing," I hid a blush, "they, also, can involve...well... Porn like stories."
"Oh my goodness!" Fluttershy said as her face turned red, "you haven't written any of those... Have you?"
"Nah," I said as everyone sighed, "I wrote normal once shipping Discord and Twilight. Apple Jack and Soarin, rarity and Fancy Pants, Sweetie and Rumble. Yada yada yada." She laughed at the expressions on her friends faces. "Anyways, Twilight, can I borrow some books about Equestrian history?"
Her ears perked up, "sure! Come over sometime and I'll hook you up!"
"Great, thanks."
"Hold up!" Rainbow said, banging a hoof on the table, "you're just gonna let the fact that Sombra is here slide?!"
"It's not like I have a choice," Silver said with a cookie in hoof, "all the fanfics claim he's not gonna stop. Can we change the subject?"
"Sure!" Twilight butted in, "Silver, you wouldn't happen to want to sing at the gala, would you?"
"Really?" Silver gasped, "it would be an honor!"
"Darling," Rarity said as she poured herself some tea, "whatever would you sing? You don't really know the equestrian singing styles..."
Silver cleared her throat.
"She spins and she sways, to whatever some place,
Without a care in the world.
And I'm sitting here feeling the weight of the world on my shoulders!
It's been a long day and there's still work to do.
She's pulling at me saying dad I need you,
There's a ball at the castle, and I've been invited, and I need o practice my dancing!
Oh please... Daddy please!
So I will dance with Cinderella!
While she is here in my arms...
Cause I know, something the prince never knew!
Oh oh oh ohhh!I will dance with Cinderella!
I don't want to miss even one song...
Cause all to soon, the clock will strike midnight....
And she'll... Be.... Gone..."
"That..." Rarity said, at a loss for words, "that was magnificent!"
"Then its set!" Twilight exclaimed, "Silver can sing some of the songs from where she's from!"
~*~
Silver was backstage, she was nervous. In just a few moments she was supposed to go sing and she had forgotten every song she had planned to sing. Now was not the time to panic! Now was the time to wing it!
"And now! I present to you our singer, Silver Wind!"
Silver gulped, this was it. Had tried to think of a song offofthe top of her head... The stars did look lovely through that window- wait... Stars! Silver walked on stage, knowing exactly what song she was going to sing.
"Close your tired eyes, relaxing them,
Count from one to ten, and open them.
All those heavy thoughts, will try and weight you down, but not this time...
Way up in the air,you're finally free and you can stay up there,right next to me.
All this gravity, will try and weight you down, but not this time..
When the sun goes down and the lights burn out then its time for you to shine!
Brighter than a shooting star!
So shine no matter where you are, tonight!"