Lights. Camera. Romance.

by OtakuBrony47

Chapter: Seven and a Half.

Author's Note:

It's a day late, but better late then never. This is a short chapter to explain what went on in Chapter Seven behind the scenes. Chapter eight should be up and posted by next Sunday. Until then, I hope you guys find this one enjoyable.

Also note: This is an adaptation of the anime Love Stage! Please support the official manga/anime by Eiko "Eiki Eiki" Naitō

Rainbow looked up at Twilight, who turned back to face her face her. She was not happy. "WOULD YOU KINDLY TELL ME HOW THE HELL YOU ENDED UP IN THIS MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!!" she barked. Rainbow Dash laid back on the seat with eyes wide opened.

"Well..." she said faintly, with an awkward grin on her face, "It's sort of a Long Story..."

[2 Hours and 22 minutes ago]

“HELLO~ AND WELCOME TO CHANNEL 15’s 4th ANNUAL STAND-UP COMPETITION!!”

Cheering ensued from a live studio crowed, as cameras and spotlights panned down to the stage below, shining down on our two hosts: both female, and in their mid-20’s.

“I’m your lovable host #1, Bon-Bon!”

“And I’m your Lovable Host #2… Well you already know me.”

The crowd laughed slightly. Bon-Bon shook her head. “Come on Lyra, introduce yourself. Don’t be lazy” she encouraged. Lyra replied with a playful wink; Bon-Bon rolled her eyes. “Let’s just introduce our judges” said Bon-Bon.

“Okay, Bon-Bon” replied Lyra. “And HERE~ they are folks, our lovely panel of judges!”

The spotlight panned over the Judges. 3 of them, all sitting in a row. The crowd cheers as the Judges wave to the crowd. “They’re the same people as last year!” announced Lyra. The audience laughs. The judges turn to Lyra with surprised looks on their face.

“Lyra!” grumbled Bon-Bon playfully.

“Well it’s true!” she replied smugly.

“Well I can’t argue with you there Lyra” Bon-Bon replied. “But in all seriousness, let’s introduce our 2 Celebrity Guest Judges for this event!”

“Great Idea!” replied Lyra.

“Our first celebrity judge”, announced Bon-Bon, “Is a famous little tomboy with rainbow hair.”

“That’s right Bon-Bon” joined Lyra, “She’s rough; she’s tough, but cute and lovable. But most of all, she’s the Lead Vocalist of the popular band the Sonic Rain-Booms. Give it up for, Rainbow~ DASH!”

The crowd cheers as a spotlight shines on Rainbow Dash: reclining on the 4th chair on the judge’s panel, with her feet up on the table. She happily smiles and waves at the crowd. Lyra and Bob-Bon address her.

“We’re so glad you agreed to do this for us, Rainbow Dash” sad Bon-Bon.

“No prob, Bon” said RD with a wink, “I’m happy to be here. I love Comedy.”

“And we love you Rainbow Dash” said Lyra.

“YEAH!” cheered the crowd.

“WE LOVE YOU RAINBOW DASH!”

“Okay,” began Bon-Bon, “And our second guest judge. You all might know her.”

“She’s a fiery haired girl with leather jacket, and a license to sell sports drinks” said Lyra.

“She’s the actress in Canterlot P.I.’s Cora Fireflame, and has been a commercial icon since the day she was in elementary school.”

“Please help us welcome…”

“Sunset~ SHIMMER!”

The crowd roared with praised as spotlights shined on Sunset. The audience was clapping and cheering as Sunset…Sat on her butt in the judges’ panel oddly still with a numb look on her face and did move a muscle?

The cheering slowly stopped. Everything was quiet. A deafly aura of silence filled the room with awkwardness. “Uhh so, we hear you like Stand-up Comedy Ms. Shimmer, care to comment” said Bon-Bon, trying to break the silence. Sunset replied with moan, still keeping that blank expression on her face. Rainbow Dash looked at her with glee.

“What’s wrong Sunset? Rehearsing your lines as an extra for The Walking Dead?” she teased.

Every one laughs.

Sunset slowly comes to reality. “Huh, oh n-no. I’m happy to be here” she slurred. “I like a good joke.”

“Okay, then” said Lyra, “Let’s begin!”

“Okay, folks start by introducing our first contestant…” said Bon-Bon.

As the Lyra and Bon-Bon went on, Rainbow looks at Sunset with an intrigued face. Seeing her rival all disconsolate for some reason gave her a feeling of satisfaction. After all this was the girl who sexually assaulted her sister we’re talking about. Rainbow stared as Sunset slowly slouched on her hair and sighed.

“Hmm, I guess Sunset is going through a little thunder storm” thought Dash. “Couldn’t imagine why?” *smirk.

[Back to reality]

“So, you were making a guest appearance as a celebrity judge in a Stand-Up Comedy completion?” asked Twilight.

“Pretty much” replied Dash.

“And Sunset was there?”

“Mmm Hmm.”

“Well then, keep going,” said Twi, “what happened after that?”

Rainbow leaned back on her seat and rested her head behind arms, looking up at the ceiling of the limo. “Okay, let’s see,” she thought aloud, “After the first contestant, the studio went to commercial break. That’s when I was walking down the hallway to my dressing room…”

Rainbow Dash was on her way to her dressing rooms when she noticed she was walking by Sunset’s dressing room door. Her curiosity was peaked. “Wonder what Sunset is up to?” she thought. After the “incident” that happened, Dash wanted to keep a close eye on her. She slowly approached the door and was about to knock only to be stopped by the sound of voices.

Dash raised an eyebrow. She slowly placed her ear on door to try and overhear the conversation. The voice speaking sounded like a woman’s voice. Sure enough, it was Sunset’s manager, Coco. She sounded a little uneasy. “You need to pull yourself together!” her voice muffled. Dash slowly smirked. This looked interesting.

Inside the dressing room, Sunset sat on a chair in the corner facing the wall. Her manager, Coco, paced the room in a nervous panic.

“I can’t…” Sunset moaned.

“Don’t worry, you’ll be fine” Coco replied, “Besides the event isn’t a live broadcast. I’m sure they’ll edit it to the parts where you’re funny…I hope.”

Sunset sighed softly. Rainbow Dash, still listening through the door, slowly began to frown. “Hmm, what’s gotten into you Sunset? Feeling a little guilt” she thought. Rainbow pondered for a moment, then her smirk returned to her. “Looks like I did a pretty good job avenging Fluttershy” she thought. However, her smirk is about to become a frown again.

“…to apologize…” Sunset’s voiced muffled.

Rainbow slowly frowned as her eyes slowly opened widely. She pressed her ear against the door closer to try and see if she hear right. All was a bit quiet. Then she heard Coco voice replying.

“What?” she asked.

“I want to apologize to Fluttershy…” restated Sunset.

Rainbow Dash was surprised by what she heard. A series of mixed emotions kicked in: empathy, confusion, and anger. She slowly turned the knob to see if the door was unlocked. To her convenience it was not. She quickly swung open the door and stared at Sunset. Coco looked as Dash walked in and approached her client with an angered look.

“And what good would that do now?” asked Rainbow.

Sunset didn’t reply; her back was turned against the wall. Coco stared concern for Sunset. Dash went on, “I bet you don’t even care about her! You just want to ease your guilty little perverted conscience!” Coco gasped.

“Ms. Rainbow Dash!” she cried, “Why would you say that?”

At this point, Sunset slowly turned back look at Rainbow. Dash smirked, “Oh look who decided to show her…” as Dash was about to complete her sentence her eyes caught the attention of Sunset’s. They were blood red, and leaking in tears. Her noise was also stuffy, signifying that she had been crying for quite some time.

“I…I’m a failure as a human being…” she sobbed.

Dash and Coco looked on with devastated faces.

“I’M A FAILURE AS A HUMAN!” Sunset continued, screaming and crying, “I’M A FALIURE AS A WOMAN! MY LIFE AS NO VALUE! MY EXSISTANCE HAS NO VALUE! I’M A DIRTY WORTHLESS PIECE OF WASTE! I’M LOWER THAN GARBAGE~!!!”

“What! W-W-Wait a minute!” Dash interrupted.

She walked over towards Sunset and kneeled down to her position holding her hands together tightly. “You are NOT a lower than garbage Sunset, you’re a great actress, and you work hard at your job!” she encouraged. She wiped some of the tears in her eyes.

“B-B-But, I’ll n-never g-get Fluttershy to forgive me, e-ever!” she sniffled.

Dash rolled her eyes. “Fine! I’ll let you to meet so you can apologize and explain yourself, on one Condition: if I’m there to “Chaperone” you.”

“R-really?” asked Sunset.

“Really,” she said, “I still don’t trust you alone with her.”

Sunset slowly smiled as she wiped the tears from her eyes and gave Rainbow Dash a big hug. “OH THANK YOU! Thank you, thank you SO~ much!”

“ACK! OKAY, OKAY! LET ME GO!” Dash begged.

[Back to the present]

“So long story short, we ditched the show and went to the school to wait for Fluttershy. She showed up, panicked, and ran away. Sunset followed, and I was swarmed by fans, and needless to say…I lost them both.” Rainbow Dash concluded.

“I see,” thought Twilight, “So you have no idea where they are?”

“Nope.”

Twilight clicked her teeth. “I figured this might happened” she said, as she reached under her seat and pulled out a laptop. Rainbow Dash slowly leaned in to see what Twilight was doing.

“Uh, hey Twi, what’s with the laptop?”

“Well, I figured something like this might occur, so I planted a tracking device on Fluttershy’s phone” responded Twilight.

“Really?” asked Rainbow Dash.

“Yes really,” replied Twi, “Let me just load this…and type in her phone number…There!”

“So, where is she?” asked Dash.

“Hmm” pondered Twi, “It looks like she’s in…Canterlot Heights?”

“What? You mean that high end retail shopping district?” asked Rainbow.

“This doesn’t make any sense” though Twilight. “Why would a shy and timid otaku girl like Fluttershy be doing there?”

[To be Continued]

Comments

[diablo4000]

Pretty sure Susnet took fluttershy there to treat her and make up for what happeed.

[Blue Sugar]

It's mainly because of you I got introduced into the world of yaoi, although, being a more manga person I am, there are scenes my innocent little eyes weren't ready for XD

But anywho, your story is going well, grammar can be fixed although not really as bad. I've actually been reading it despite going to a whole new ship, and it isn't so bad as an experience!

One complaint though is that I've noticed is how unnatural the characters are behaving, or how unlike them they are. Yes, it might not be fitting for a Love Stage parody without the same characteristics, still it can still work if you made little twitches here and there, and it's even cuter if Izumi- I mean Fluttershy was "shyer" and quiet here, although I'll let the mental break down through after she had been assulted XD

Anywho I'm excited to read more! :3

(BTW y'know Citrus? If you've been reading manga, yuri section and all XD)

[flareon2095]

Is this story dead? If so it needs a revival.

[Artistkun]

This is a really good story. Is this dead? cause I wanna see more of this

[OtakuBrony47]

9623533
No, I'm just procrastinating. Haven't really found the right time to continue it really.