The Roadie and the Show Stopper

by Br0nyb0y123

Chapter 8: The After Party

"So tell me about your manager" Braeburn said as he picked up and yellow slip off of one of the bunks of the cart we were currently in.

"Oh Seth? He's just a really horrible pony. He's a pervert, a psycho and I can't fire him. I know that sounds weird but I just.....I just can't" I replied to him.

"Why, because he's knows about some drug addiction?" Braeburn asked.

"How do you know about my..?" I began to ask in surprise and shock.

"He called you a junkie" He interrupted me.

"Oh..." I paused.

I went over to sit on a bunk in the cart, he sat on the bunk opposite the one I was sitting on and put the yellow slip in an inside pocket of his jacket,

"Don't worry, your secret is safe with me" Braeburn told me.

"It's not really a secret anymore, Braeburn. I don't do drugs anymore. They weren't illegal either, it was performance enhancers" I explained.

"Ah, I see" He replied, "So if you fire Seth, then he'll let out the secret that you used to take drugs?"

I nodded, "Yeah, he also knows other stuff about me too which I don't really want to be let out"

Braeburn nodded contentedly, he understood why I couldn't fire him. He then squinted his eyes and seethed his teeth, as if he was looking at something painful,

"What is it?" I asked.

"That bruise on the side of your head, it looks painful" He told me, "Seth must have hit you pretty hard"

"I was crying" I said.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to bring it up again" He apologized.

"No, no. It's okay. I would've been in a much worse situation if it wasn't for you" I told him.

"Hey look, if Seth is bothering you again, you can always tell me" Braeburn said, "I'll set him straight"

I chuckled slightly, "I'll make sure of that" I smiled, "You know it's funny, most ponies who aren't either my friends or family usually act like fanboyish or fangirlish around me"

"Well, truth be told, I've never actually heard of the Wonderbolts until yesterday" He told me.

"Really?" I asked with a slight giggle, I mean he's really never heard of me before, it's kind of weird.

"Yeah, really" He chuckled.

"I thought we were popular everywhere?" I said, puzzled.

"Well, not in Appleloosa, Spitfire. I mean, we live in the middle of nowhere, hardly anything goes around there anymore" He replied.

"Anymore?" I questioned.

"Yeah, we used to be at....well....I wouldn't say war, but the locals of Appleloosa had tension between the native buffalo of the desert. And since we're at peace, it's gotten boring" He explained.

"Ah, I see" I said.

Braeburn got up from the bunk he was sitting on, he gave out a quiet yawn and then adjusted his jacket and hat,

"Excuse me, Spitfire. But you wouldn't happen to know where the medical tent is, right?" He asked me, "My friend asked me to hand in this slip in my pocket to the tent, she says she forgot to hand it in"

"Yeah, sure. I'll show you" I told him.

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Me and Spitfire made our way out of my cart, she was leading me to the medical tent, just so I can hand Melody's slip in and then I'll possibly join up with the others at the tent where the party is being held,

"Follow me" Spitfire told me.

"Sure" I replied.

As we walked to the main flying grounds, we noticed that not a single soul was there, it was just me and Spitfire, everypony else must be at the party, maybe I should ask her about the parties the Wonderbolts have,

"So, are the parties fun?"

"Yeah, they are. You'll enjoy them" She told me, "Usually we would be doing shows in a large stadiums, but since Ponyville isn't the largest place, we can't do it in a stadium, and afterwards, we'd be having the party in the hotel we'd be staying in, but since there isn't really good hotels here we have to party in a large tent"

"Ah right. You a party pony?" I asked.

"Yeah" She nodded, "I love to dance. What about you?"

"I party when I can" I told her.

We both made it up to the medical tent and then Spitfire said,

"Well, do what you need to do. I'll just wait out here"

"Alright then" I replied.

I quickly went inside and found the nearest table towards me, I got the yellow slip out of my pocket and placed it gently on the table, and then I exited the tent in a flash,

"You were quick" Spitfire said.

"I just needed to place it on the table and that was it" I told her, "So, you ready to party?"

She nodded, "Yeah. I'm not sure what to say to my friends about my bruise though"

"Just say you bumped your head if you're not wanting to talk about Seth to your friends" I said to her, "But if you want my honest advice, I'd tell them about what happened with you and Seth"

"I would, but I don't want my friends worrying about me, Seth will find out I told them and even if he gets arrested he'll tell the paparazzi I was addicted to drugs and I...I don't want that pressure" Spitfire told me.

I understand why she doesn't want to do it. Poor gal. It's a shame, either let this asshole stay and possibly do bad things to her, or get him fired and imprisoned and let out her personal secrets. I'll help her whenever I can,

I nodded and then said, "Look, Spitfire. Again, if you need help, if Seth is on your case again, I'm still around" I told her, "I'll be around I mean. Cart 5, that's my quarters I'm staying in"

Spitfire smiled, "Thank you, Braeburn"

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[Best to play whatever song you want for this scene, if you want to, make it catchy as well]

Me and Braeburn made it to the tent where the party was being held, the music was loud and booming from the DJ's sound speakers, I saw my friends in the tent, in multiple places, I saw Soarin speaking to new female recruits and Silver speaking to some as well, I guess The Soar and The Lining are at it again, I saw High Winds speaking to Pout and I saw Fleetfoot, who just noticed me come in,

"Hey Spitfire!" She called for me.

I turned to face Braeburn,

"I got to go and speak to my friend, I'll catch you later, yeah?" I said.

"Sure, see ya" He replied.

I nodded at him and then I made my way to Fleetfoot, whilst he made his way to where he was going. Once I made to Fleetfoot, she was happy to see me, maybe because she was alone and had no one to talk to as everyone else was doing something different,

"Hey Fleetfoot" I greeted her.

"Hey Spitfire" She greeted back, "Ouch. What happened to your head?"

"Bumped my head, hurt like a bitch" I lied to her.

"Poor you" Fleetfoot uttered.

"So, what's everyone been up to in my short absence?" I asked her.

"Well, Surprise and most of the Wonderbolts are dancing, I'm waiting for the right song. Soarin and Silver were still arguing and are having a contest on hitting on girls and Windy is speaking to Pout about something, I don't know which" Fleety told me, "Why don't you tell me what's been going on in your absence?" Fleetfoot asked with a sly smile.

"Pardon me?" I asked.

"I noticed you came in here with tall, dark blonde and handsome there" Fleetfoot said as she tilted her in the direction of Braeburn.

"Oh, him? He was just walking to the party, and I ended up speaking to him, so I guess we just walked and talked together" I lied again.

"Did you get his name?" Fleetfoot asked.

"Yeah, um...Braeburn" I replied.

Fleetfoot then gave Braeburn a few glances, whilst biting her bottom lip. This means Fleetfoot likes him, as with many, many, many other stallions. I mentioned before she's able to get lovestruck really easily, but sometimes I debate to myself if it really is love,

Fleetfoot whistled, "Well, I'll admit, Braeburn's pretty cute. Wouldn't you agree?"

"I...I...I guess he's kind of cute" I staggeringly admitted and shrugged.

At this point, Soarin and Silver came over to where we were,

"Hey, guys. Did any of you 'pull'?" Fleetfoot asked sarcastically.

Soarin shook his head,

"Nah, we didn't" Silver said, "What happened to your head, Spitfire?"

"Bumped it" I said.

"Ah right" Silver replied.

"Oh yeah, instead you guys doing any 'pulling', Spitfire here got herself a catch" Fleetfoot told them jokingly.

"No Fleety..." I began.

"Oh really?" Silver said.

"You pulled a girl?" Soarin asked confused.

"No dumbass. She pulled a guy" Silver told him, "Or did he pull you?" Silver grinned.

"No, I didn't do any pulling, he didn't pull me, we just walking and talking" I explained.

"We only have your word for that" Fleetfoot chuckled.

I looked annoyed as my friends continued to chuckle and giggle at me. I don't like that, but at least they were just joking around. The tent went silent for a little bit until a different song came on and it happened to be a personal favorite of mine,

[put this song on, maybe twice]

"Oh gosh, I love this song" Fleetfoot said.

"Me too" I said.

"What to take it to the dance floor?" Fleetfoot asked.

"Jeez, don't say 'take it', it reminds me too much of college" I told her.

"Want to dance then?" Fleetfoot asked.

"Yeah, I do. Also, say that instead of 'take to the dance floor'" I told her.

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It took me a while to find Melody to tell her that I did her favor. I looked behind me to see if anyone else was around who was in my cart, but I couldn't see them, I then saw Spitfire dancing along with her friend, I think it was Fleetfoot, if I remember from Rainbow Dash, I continued walking whilst looking behind me and then I accidentally bumped into somepony, and it just so happened to be Melody,

"Oh hey, Braeburn" She greeted.

"Hi, Melody. I handed the slip in" I told her.

"Thank you Braeburn" She thanked me.

"Where is everyone else?" I asked.

"At that bar there. Firelight and Magenta went out for a cigarette out back, I came back from mine" Melody explained.

"Ah right"

And so, the both went over to the mini set-up bar at one of the far sides of the tent and saw the rest of the guys there, JD, Peanut, Brittle and Star there was approximately eleven stools for us to sit on, I sat beside Star Shine and Melody then sat beside me,

"Hey guys" I greeted them.

"Oh hey man" JD greeted.

"Hi Braeburn" Peanut and Brittle said in unison.

"How's it going, man?" Star Shine smirked.

"It's been going fine. Do you owe JD your twenty yet?" I asked.

"Nah, not yet. He hasn't gotten a kiss from any Wonderbolt yet" Star chuckled.

"Piss off, man" JD exclaimed as he took a sip of cider from a bottle, "I'll get a kiss from one of them, just you fucking wait, old man"

"Language, JD. A short-tempered child such as yourself shouldn't be using such foul words" Brittle joked.

"And a Unicorn such as yourself shouldn't be making bad pranks or jokes" JD replied to him.

"Hey Braeburn. We saw you enter here with Spitfire" Peanut uttered.

Oh fuck,

"Oh yeah" JD laughed, "Getting in with Madam Spitfire, eh?"

"He has better chance than you do, JD" Melody joked.

"Fuck off" JD told her as he took another sip.

"So, apple-man, what were you and Spitfire doing?" Star asked me.

"Just chatting and walking to the tent, I just happened to see her whilst coming out of the medical tent" I lied.

"Is that so?" Melody asked, she didn't ask in a joking tone like the others.

"Yeah" I nodded.

"Do you like her, man?" Star nudged me.

"Em...pardon?" I questioned.

"Do you find her attractive, do you like her?" Star asked again.

"I guess....she's kind of...hot?" I replied in a confused manner.

We all turned around to glance at Spitfire dancing to the song and then JD said after we turned back,

"I'm telling you, guys. I'd give my life for Spitfire, she's so damn hot" JD uttered.

"You'd give your life for five bits, JD" Brittle replied.

"Yeah, I would. But Spitfire is better than five bits" JD admitted.

"Hmm" Peanut hummed and nodded.

I looked back behind me and saw Spitfire dancing, she was quite good at it actually. Melody nudged me and then whispered,

"You do like, don't you?"

"She's just a friend" I quietly replied, "She's okay I guess"

"Hey bartender! Another bottle of cider please, I need to get shitfaced before I enjoy this party!" JD shouted.

Maybe I should get a drink as well, it could be fun whilst being drunk,

"Make that two bottles, buddy!" I called out to the bartender as I raised my hoof, "One for me please"

Comments

[-Brutus]

Let's see what happens with Spitfire's manager now.

[Rubakor]

Easy enough to deal with Seth. Tear his horn off, ram it in his skull to kill him, then dump the body in Everfree forest.

[Br0nyb0y123]

4357330 woah, man. I'm not going to ruthlessly kill him off like that