"The Gathering"

　　She apparated into view in the comfort of her own room back at the the Canterlot Castle. Landing on all of her hooves, she gives herself a quick second to take a deep breath, before she starts to jump in place.

　　“Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh! That was so fu-.....uh-......AWESOME!!”

　　She covers her mouth with her hooves, not wanting to wake up any other ponies who were sleeping next to her room. She needed to keep her composure, but had trouble doing so, knowing that she just spied on a pony hours ago. But she good reason as to why she did. She never knew how the music of hardstyle was created. She never even knew how electronic music was made entirely. But now that she has had a peek at it, her mind started to erupt with curiosity.

　　“Ok. Calm down Cadence. First thing. Where’s my computer?” , she said quietly to herself as she turns her head both ways, scanning the area for her desktop.....in the dark.

　　“Oh.” , she realized.

　　With a the sound of a chime, she lit up her horn and illuminated the room. She was able to spot the lamp near her knightstand. She walked over and turned it on, allowing her horn to stop glowing in return. She then walked over to the computer, sat down, and moved the mouse over to wake it up. She immediately logged on the media streaming site of Ponytube, and typed in exactly what she heard at that house.

　　Hard with ponystyle.

　　“Now......where can i find him.......oh my gosh! Here he is! F*ck! Yes! H-....”

　　She covered her mouth with her hooves once again. This was the second consecutive time she has sworn out loud within the past hour. Regaining her composure, she scrolls down the set of videos that are associated with the words “Hard with ponystyle.” She finally comes across a channel, who’s image looks like the one Pegasus she was eyeing just an hour.

　　The name of the channel read, “HardwithPonystyle Recordz”

　　A picture of a dull yellow pegasus in front of a large crowd with lasers is seen to the side. Giddy with excitement, she shuffles her desk to grab her headphones. She puts them on and clicks on a live set that the pony performed during one of the K-Dance events of the summer of 2013.

　　“Mares & Stallions..........PUT YOUR MOHTERF*CKING HOOVES UP, FOR THE MANE EVENT, QLLLLIIIIIIMAAAAAAAXXXXX!!!”

　　The crowd erupted into a massive roar of cheers as the MC in the video, announced the next DJ that was to perform. And to Cadence’s surprise, the very same pegasus flew onto the stage. With a wave to the audience, he pull a vinyl seemingly out of nowhere, and slapped it on the mixer. With a press of a button, the music began.

　　2 hours and 56 minutes later, the pegasus had finished his set. With the MC signing him off, he stood up on the DJ table on two hooves, and gave a bow to the audience, who erupted in cheers once again. Princess Cadence was sweating like a rag doll. Her hair was literally matted across half her face. She had been dancing to the beat of the music half the entire time. Panting with satisfaction, she sat back down in her chair and gave out a deep sigh.

　　“Oh-.....*pant*....my....that was.......a-amazing........I haven’t been this excited since-.........my wedding.”

　　With that sole reminder, the small bit of happiness she had worked up over the course of the 3 hours, had faded away in an instant. She continued to scroll down on the recommended video that were aside of the main video she had just watched. She saw another video. This time, the thumbnail showed the pegasus, in the same room that she had spied on him in earlier. Giddy with curiosity once again, she clicked on the video and waited for it to buffer.

　　“What’s up my name is Qlimaxx with HardwithPonystyle Recordz. I’m gonna show you a new track I’m working on using a couple instruments that I just for most of my songs. The Sylenth 1 and the Nexus Pro.”

　　Cadence watched with awe as he showed what different sounds he was able to generate with those virtual instruments. It almost felt like she was actually watching him in his room. Mainly because where the point of view the camera was, was the same point of view that she had seen him earlier. For some reason, she felt calm. She felt secure. She was not worried about what was to come in the early hours of tomorrow. With royal duties and all, helping the two sister with current affairs, she had let all of that go as she was more entranced and interesting into seeing how this pony made his music. With a yawn, she closed the window, got up from the computer, and walked over the bed. Climbing in, she pulled the covers over her, turning around to stare at the massive view of the moon.

　　She was wondering.

　　“I wonder if he ever noticed........that there was somepony watching him.”

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　　The rays of Celestia’s sun beamed into the open window of one of the royal chambers. Cadence squinted her eyes before slowly opening them. Her hair was already a mess, having more the several split ends.

　　“Ugh......what time is it....?” , she groaned out as she turned around the look at the clock.

　　9:57 am.

　　She had only slept for two hours.

　　“Ugggh.......” , she groaned out again as she flopped her head in the pillow.

　　Knowing that she needed to get up in order to be in early attendance for the Canterlot Public Affairs meeting that was scheduled one hour from now, she threw off the covers and got up. Stretching her legs, she gave out another yawn.

　　“Okay, to conserve time, should I take a shower, or should I not. Hell, I need to brush my hair though. Yeah, its a mess, and that’s not gonna fly with the pu-...”

　　There was a knock on the door. A male voice sounded.

　　“Princess Cadence, are you in there? Are you alright?” , the voice asked in concern.

　　It was clearly one of the guards. Remembering the events of last night, she addressed out.

　　“Yeah. I’m fine. Sorry for giving you guys a hard time last night. I wasn’t......feeling to well. I just needed some fresh air.”

　　The voice on the other end of the door responded with sympathy and understanding.

　　“No worries your highness. We were only concerned for your safety. After what had happened earlier-.....”

　　He stopped talking right there, knowing that it was going to be quite painful to bring up that event again. Cadence ears dropped as she felt her heart sank.

　　The voice pipped up again, “We would’ve have tried him and had him thrown in the most harshest of prisons in Equestria. All you have to do is give us the command and we will find him for you, and bring him to justice.

　　Princess Cadence cut him off.

　　“No.....it’s.....okay. Let him go. Leave him.”

　　Princess Cadence was not the type of pony who wanted to been seen as seeking revenge towards one another. But she had every right to do so. Even the press and media would understand if she had made that decision to go after her ex-husband and have him arrested. But she was not looking forward the unknown drama that would ensue. All she wanted to do was to have somepony in her life to make her happy.

　　That somepony, had came and went.

　　“As you wish your highness. Oh, and just a reminder, the meeting is in ten minutes.”

　　Her eyes widened.

　　“F*ck!”

　　She covered her mouth with her hooves once again.

　　The guard on the other end, stopped in his tracks at her loud comment. Waving the matter away, he walked off to leave her to her privacy.