The Song From Space
“Wow, there is a lot of ponies out there,” said Spike as he looked out the window of the castle he shared with Twilight. “I can’t believe so many of them want to listen to this song.”
“Well, besides being the first transmission from outer space, it is a rather catchy tune. Even if we cannot understand it,” said Twilight as she put the final pieces in order for the machine she created.
She could remember the first time she heard the alien song about a month ago. She and her friends were listening to the radio while hanging out in the map room when the radio went static for a few minutes. Before Twilight could fix it, a brand new sound unlike anything she ever heard had erupted from the speakers. The beat was catchy and the music was lively. Pretty soon Pinkie had gotten everypony to dance to it. What really caught her attention were the lyrics. They were so strange, and in an language that Twilight had never heard before. She had studied every language both modern and ancient from around the world, but never heard such strange words like the one the music played.
However, it wasn’t just her radio. Every radio is Equestria was playing the strange song. All over Equestria, ponies stopped what they were doing to listen to the music, and many were dancing to it. One radio station managed to record the song and began to play it again after the song ended on the radios.
Soon, every station around Equestria was playing it and everypony was jamming to it. The problem was nopony knew who made the song. A few artists tried to come out and lie about it, seeking to gain attention and fame for something so new and hip, but they were quickly exposed as frauds.
When it became evident that nopony knew where the song was coming from, Twilight theorized maybe it wasn’t coming from Equestria at all, but from outside of it. Far outside. It was theorized that certain transmission waves could carry across space, but never had it been proven before. Using some of her equipment, and a bit of help from other scientists in Canterlot, she was able to determine that the song was indeed from space.
A song from an unknown civilization on a different planet.
Needless to say, the song became even more famous as “The Alien Song”.
“You know, I kinda have to wonder why you bothered even trying to translate it. The song is fine on its own,” said Spike.
“Yes, but think about what we could discover if we did translate the lyrics! We could be learning the cultural aspect of an entire civilization that could be thousands if not millions of miles away from us in space!” explained an excited Twilight. She was literally bouncing off her hooves like a certain party pony to the point where Spike wondered if she and Pinkie were related in some way. “What if it’s some national anthem of a nation of great advancement in terms of science and technology? What if it’s a song about love and friendship that could help us understand peace and love? What if it’s a song about empowerment and finding courage against great odds? They say music can define a civilization and we could learn so much about these aliens if we can understand what they are trying to say! Maybe even find a way to communicate back with them!”
“Okay, I get it. It’s a big deal, though I don’t know why you invited nearly half of the country over to listen to this,” said Spike as he pointed out to the growing crowd outside the window. There had to be ponies from Appleloosa all the way to the Crystal Empire out there.
“Well, that would be because of the Princesses,” answered Twilight, rubbing the back of her head. “They thought that such a momentous occasion should be shared with as many ponies as possible. There is even a world wide radio broadcast for this.”
Using her magic, Twilight brought out what seemed to be their radio only it was attached to a record player with glowing wires, several batteries, glowing rocks that made Spike’s mouth water, and an orb of red lightning. “With this, we can finally understand what the song is saying. So let's get to it, Spike! History awaits!"
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The crowd was much bigger than anypony anticipated and many familiar faces could be seen. Cheerilee had brought the entire school with her as a field trip to learn about the music from the aliens. The Wonderbolts were there up in the clouds with other pegasi, planning to use the song, and it’s lyrics, for a special show later this week. The princesses were naturally there, including Shining Armor and Cadance who had brought Flurry Heart with them since she seemed to love the song and it helped her sleep at night. Even representatives from other races like Gilda, Iron Will, Ember, and Thorax were there to listen and give the news to their respective people.
Getting up on stage with her device, Twilight cleared her throat. “Hello, everypony! I bet you are all excited as I am to witness this historical event!” The crowd roared with excitement. “Now is everypony ready?!”
An even louder cheer went out.
Twilight nodded to famous DJ Vinyl Scratch to start the song that was recorded on her DJ Booth. Activating the translation machine, she and everypony both at the castle and around the world waited with halted breath for the lyrics to be played.
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Needless to say, the next day the song became outlawed by the Princess with all attempts to communicate or hear transmissions from space denied. Cheerilee, and many other adults ,were forced to answer uncomfortable questions to fillies and colts as cursing rose up by sixty percent that year. Twilight Sparkle spent three months in her castle, refusing to come out even during a monster invasion which was thwarted by The Great and Powerful Trixie who was named the temporary new Element of Magic until Twilight returned. However, any future mentioning of the transmission would cause her to return to a catatonic state for several hours.
Flurry Heart also learned her first sentence: “Fuck you in the ass!”