Week One: Announcement Week
The Night Mare Night Tour
Chapter One: Announcement Week
Saturday, 10:30PM, Ponyville
"PON-3... PON-3.... PON-3..." Vinyl leaned her head back and looked up at the ceiling. Her blue-shaded mane fell back out of her eyes as she did. These were the moments that she loved the most, the moment when all she can hear are the screams of her fans as they try to urge her on.
Her eyes then moved down so that she could see some of the spectators underneath her raised turntables, their own eyes shined from the neon as the gazed in awe.
These moments always felt like bliss to her, each one seemed to make time slow with each second preparing for the approaching energy.
Sure enough, Vinyl swung her head down suddenly until the ends of her mane brushed against the pure black finish of her console. She then quickly brought her head back up before bringing it down again to the beat. Two large amps that stood on each side of her shook as the bass drop rocked the entire club.
Ponies all over the building followed Vinyl's action's while also jumping like a massive sea of bodies. The varying colors of ponies also created an almost psychedelic effect on the DJ's mind and she loved every bit of it...
1:30AM
Vinyl looked out up from her turntable and smiled at the still growing mass of ponies filling the dance floor in front of her. Next to her stood a light brown stallion with a short mowhawk-like mane and a soul patch on his chin. The stallion picked up a microphone and shouted to the crowd.
"Alright everypony! Ya'll ready for the real party to get goin'?!" He yelled with a smirk.
"YEAH!" The crowd replied enthusiastically, the dance floor was now packed with as many ponies as possible.
"I know you are! But you gotta make sure she knows too!" The stallion motioned towards Vinyl who winked behind her large, purple shades.
"PON-3! PON-3 PON-3!" Before anypony could react, the club shook as Vinyl immediately switched to her next track and turned the bass up to 3/4 of its max power.
~1
Cheering continued as the crowd's noise almost rivaled the music's. Colored lasers shot around the dance floor as smoke began to fill the room. The pure white DJ's body began to bob up and down to the beat as the music once again took over her body.
Sliders and knobs seemed to move on her own as Vinyl's hooves zoomed over her consoles. The stallion next to her jumped onto a platform behind them and began to add vocals seamlessly to her tracks while also taking sips from a bottle of beer.
Before anypony knew it, two hours of music and partying had passed when Vinyl deemed it time to slow things down as she put on a softer track to help calm the crowd down. She felt a poke on her shoulder and turned to find a microphone touching her nose.
"I think they deserve to hear your own talent tonight." The stallion smiled down at her and pulled Vinyl up on to the stand with him.
Her cheeks began to feel hot as the microphone was thrust into one of her hooves.
"I don't know about this Charm... Maybe we should wait one more week..."
"Are you kidding? We've been waiting all month to do this and we can't do it if nopony knows how great you are! Listen to them, they'll love your voice just as much your DJing!" The stallion nodded to an assistant standing nearby, the skinny colt took Vinyl's spot and switched the track to a song she knew well.
~4
The two sung in the harmony that only true hard work could obtain. The crowd began to sing along as well before a roaring applause followed the song's end. Both Vinyl and Charm waved as they hopped off the platform and exited while her replacement began to add his own songs.
Once the pair had entered their dressing room, Charm leaped onto a small green sofa and stretch his limbs across the furniture. Vinyl took a seat in front of a small window and sat her shades on to a table in front of her before rubbing her eyes. Small wrinkles could be seen around her eyelids.
"That was amazing Vinyl! The crowd absolutely loved ya tonight!"
"You think so Charm?"
"Of course! You couldn't get them to stop cheering your name if you killed them!" Charm laughed and lit his horn as a bottle of alcohol lifted off a nearby end table and floated to his lips.
"It's definitely time to announce our plans after how successful tonight was!"
"You're right, but it's going by so quickly. Do we have everything set up for it?"
"Don't you worry about the background stuff! I have everything under control as long as you let us announce it already!"
"Alright alright, go out and announce it!"
Charm's eyes lit up as he sprung off the couch and dashed out the door towards the stage. He motioned towards the backup DJ, making the music die down slowly. The crowd looked up when they noticed their jams were gone and that a spotlight shined down on Charm.
"Ok everypony listen up! Ya'll love our homegrown, beat blastin', party smashin' superstar DJ right?!"
"RIGHT!"
"Now don't you think it's a shame that all this talent can't be seen by the rest of the world?"
"YEAH!"
"Well that's about to change next week! Due to clear popular demand, the newly legendary DJ PON-3 and her group are setting course for a trip across Equestria, a series of night shows that will rock the world from Appleloosa to Manehattan and shake you down to your very bones! The Nightmare Night Tour!"
Loud screams and cheers rang so loud that they could be heard across the street told Charm that the crowd was excited.
"That's right, DJ PON-3 is finally ready to show off her talents to the rest of the world and let everypony know that Ponyville is the real party town! But we need your help to get the word out! Tell your friends, your family, the random ponies that you run into the street, tell everypony! We'll be leaving next week everypony!"
With that, Charm exited the stage once again to the resounding shouts of approval from the crowd. He found Vinyl leaning against the back exit, a smile spread on her face.
"Well, it's time Vinyl, we better get ready! I'll finish setting up the schedule and we'll leave in five days!
End of Announcement Week