Since the incident that led to the meeting of Earth and Equestria, Luna, Celestia, Twilight and just about every other high-ranking official in Canterlot have been scrambling to work out how to introduce humans and their culture to Equestrians. Thus far, human interaction with ponykind has been kept deliberately sparse outside inter-governmental talks. Human and pony civilians are advised to keep contact to a minimum until the details are worked out.

So when Twilight takes a break from her duties to clear her head, she is taken rather aback by the sudden presence of a human record store in an alley. This deserves investigation!

Ginko is called upon by Adashino to investigate reports of strange activity coming from the forest surrounding a small village. He finds more than he bargained for.

As a result of a psychedelic experience with friends, Marcus Szekely makes contact with the recently reformed Discord, who (surprise, surprise) wants Marcus to shake things up a bit for the residents of Ponyville. Being a connoisseur of music of all Earthly varieties, Marcus is able to awaken the Equestrians to the true power of music that nopony has quite managed before due to certain... limitations, along with knowledge of the universe that is awe-inspiring, as well as quite shocking. Expect lots of music links.

Notes: I know the first half of Chapter 1 reads a bit like an entry on the Erowid Experience Vault, but trust me, it's important! As such, however, it may not be quite suited for younger readers. Also, I doubt I will be able to update frequently, what with school and all. Do not despair, though! I will update when I can.

FYI: Each chapter title is a song reference. Kudos if you get them.

UPDATE: I'm still alive people. But don't expect a new chapter just yet. I'll be doing some editing and retconing to clean the story up a bit before any new chapters.