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Afterparty

At the end of the concert, Bonny led her friend onto the stage to meet Rick Astley.

"I'm so happy to finally meet you!" squealed Lyra.

Rick smiled warmly. "And I'm so happy to meet you, Miss--"

"A real live human!" Lyra jumped up and hugged Rick like she was trying to scare away a whole family of windigos.

"Huh," Rick said. "I've met a lot of fans, but never a fan quite like you."

"I know! I've been wanting to meet you my entire life!"

"Miss Lyra, there's something I've always wanted to do. Maybe this is my chance to have fun with two of my fans at once."

"No problem!"

Bon Bon gave Rick and Lyra a skeptical look.

Rick added, "On stage."

"I'm sure it's fine!"

Bonny seemed even more skeptical.

Rick looked around the stage. "It'll be easier if I sit here." He sat on a folding chair. Lyra hopped up and curled into an adorable ponyball on his lap.

But because she filled his entire lap, there was no room left for Bon Bon.

Bon Bon said, "No! This won't work!"

"Bon Bon!" Lyra cried. "I didn't mean to make you feel jealous."

The earth pony said, "Just keep each other company for a minute until I'm ready. Rick? Scritch my girlfriend's head! And rub her ears. But don't start the belly rubs until I come back."

"Yes, Mare'm." As he started scritching with his strong, sensitive fingers, Rick whispered to Lyra, "I've secretly always wanted to do this to a cartoon pony's ears and mane. I wrote a song about it, but I had to change the lyrics...because people wouldn't understand."

Rick started singing "This Must Be Heaven." But he didn't sing the regular lyrics, which you might have heard in a commercially released album. Instead, he sang the SECRET lyrics, which described his dreams of visiting a world of adorable ponies.

A few minutes later, Bon Bon dragged a large couch onto the stage.

"Ooh!" Lyra said. "That looks perfect!"

"I borrowed it from Rarity." Bon Bon dragged the couch until it was in the warm spotlight. She jumped onto the back. "What are you waiting for, Rick?"

Rick said, "I've been waiting my whole life for this moment." He picked up Lyra in both of his strong arms that ended in hands. He held the unicorn tightly against his chest as he walked to the couch and sat down.

Bon Bon jumped up to join her best friend and their new human friend. The three friends started snuggling in an entirely E-rated way.

Half an hour later, a stallion walked out onto the stage. "Excuse me," he said.

"Oh," Rick replied. "Is it time to clear the theater? Do you need us to go?"

"It's just...that couch looks so comfortable. May I join your E-rated snuggle?"

Rick said, "I like making new friends." He improvised a brand new song on the spot. His creation would soon become a popular hit all across Equestria:

"I used to wonder what friendship could be.
Until you all shared its magic with me..."

Ever since that day, the friendship has never stopped. The only problem was, Rick put his career in the human world on hold, so he could spend his days singing to and cuddling with adorable cartoon ponies.

So now you know why the "Rickroll" started.

It was started by jealous humans, who were upset because they had to go years at a time without seeing new performances by Rick Astley. Humans tried to fill the hole in their lives with the best substitute they could find.

But as pranks and angry protests go, "Rickrolling" is still pretty nice.

If you learn to sing that sweet little song yourself, you can join in and Rickroll someone today!

Author's Note
Happy March 32nd!
Is this a faithful adaptation of AtomicClop's "Vinyl Scratch Humps Bruno Mars?" Sure, for a rather different meaning of the word "faithful."
Another story that isn't much like this one is Mica's "Ranch."