Where the Wind Goes

"Hurry up, Classy!" shouted Cobalt. How much I hate that nickname. "Look in the sky! I will try on the street," He ordered. I nodded. I had never liked him when giving orders, but in times of need I could make an exception on making any comment.

We stopped at the entrance of the alley we had crossed before to arrive to the hotel. We were looking for Sun Seeker. Apparently, she had been left behind in a neither point nor Cobalt nor I had noticed. We realized that she was missing when we were almost at the end of the main street, so we went down all the way to the hotel looking for her. So far we didn’t have any luck.

I looked at the clouds following Cobalt's orders. All color of pegasi flied over us in the sky: blue, red, orange, gray, black, white... Curiously, there were just a few yellow pegasi. I don't know if that made my quest easier or harder.

I supposed that she wasn't flying up there, so I helped Cobalt to look for her down on the street, but it was just worse. A huge multitude of all kinds of ponies (and others) were walking down the street and crossing the bridge to go to the Sweet Apple Acres, the place where the concert was going to be. The great majority was wearing if not dark red or gray hoodies, vests, or shirts with the logo of the concert on the back- The hoodies! Right! She was wearing a dark red one!

I turned up again at the sky with new instructions in mind, there were just few pegasi wearing them. There! Found her! Right up in a cloud, close to one building. She was apparently looking for us too from up there. Obviously she had not spotted us yet. I waved at her, hoping she would eventually see me. After a few seconds of intense waving she finally turned on my direction and spotted me and waved me back. She then jumped off the cloud and planned towards us, landing a few hooves in front of me.

She made a nervous face, like apologizing for suddenly disappearing, but not saying any word. I nodded at her and turned to Cobalt. He was looking at the other direction still looking for her, obviously he hadn’t noticed anything.

“Found her, let’s keep moving,” I said without looking at his face, just walking with the multitude.

“Wha- What? Where? Oh!” I heard him saying behind me. The obvious question came from his lips.

“Where were you?”

*** ***** ***

As I mentioned earlier, the concert was going to be on Sweet Apple Acres. We were just arriving to the main gate. There was a huge line to enter, and it was moving slowly. As it used to happen, there were peddlers seeking the opportunity to sell the stuff they had brought on their wagons to the ponies that formed the line. Some police ponies we're scaring them out of the way using their batons.

All the way long, Cobalt and Sun Seeker had been involved on a chat in which I voluntarily hadn’t any participation, but I had been hearing them anyways. And for what I heard, the motive of her sudden disappearance was because she had been “interviewed” by some camels, which didn’t let her go from the alley we had to cross before to arrive to the main street until they got the information they were looking for. Expected from a camel, they are very curious. I have been used to them back on the academy in Canterlot. It is one of their main stops, specially the library and the archive.

We finally stopped beside the huge line. It was so long that it crossed the entire highway and even entered to the parking lot on the other side. I waited for my friends to stop besides me.

"Too good that we don't have to do the line," said Cobalt. He was right.

Like two weeks ago he contacted me and Sun Seeker to invite us to the concert. He was the one who came with the idea. And I accepted, even offering myself to buy the tickets, which he agreed to do. I knew that these concerts (particularly the ones involving known celebrities) are awfully crowded, so I decided to buy the passes that set us on first line, quick line, and backstage. Basically, VIP (Very Important Ponies).

Nevertheless, I must admit I don't enjoy the genre that this particular musicians play. And for me I could have bought any other normal passes, but Cobalt and Sun Seeker (especially her) do like it, and father allowed me to do them the favor of buying the expensive passes too, so I had nothing to lose.

We moved to the fast line entrance. The line was considerably shorter. We didn't stayed there for too long, it advanced quickly. At the improvised box office of the entrance the pony in charge changed the golden tickets I gave him for three equally golden badges, which we placed around our necks. Cobalt (maybe for the emotion) couldn't stop playing with it.

We now were inside the Sweet Apple Acres, and moving towards the improvised stage that laid close to the barns. We walked through a small metal fence and it's respective gate, which had a small plaque reading "400th anniversary". That had been ages ago. I still lived on the city when the event was, but well... maybe the intention was to keep it there until they could change it to the "500th anniversary" plaque. I personally know the actual owner of the Sweet Apple Acres, Apple Harvest. That old mare could surely had left the plaque there just to feed her proud of taking the old farm this far.

"Hey, Classic! Where does the seats-" Cobalt was asking me when a loud sound of air being cut by rotating blades was heard over, shooting off any other noise. The sky was dark now, and the reflectors of the stage pointed at the object moving over us: it was a motor-chopper, a big one, white and red, and it had the logo of the news channel on it. Surely the newsmare of the city was on board: Winter "Windy" Fresh, “the mare that all the city love”. They surely were here to film the event, it was something big for the city. As the copter flew away up the stage Cobalt restarted his question.

"Where are the seats?" he asked. And it would be spots to be more exactly, there weren’t any chairs or benches at all. I supposed that we would have to watch the entire concert standing up.

"On the first line, of course," I said pompously, omitting my other thoughts.

"Really!?" Sun Seeker asked excited. She couldn't believe herself, I know. At least for her, Red Spark was an idol... or was it Laser Lights? I couldn't make it clear.

We got closer to the stage, as all the rest of the multitude. I looked around to see it better, it was amazing... it was really crowded around the stage. There were even some stands on the borders. I was looking around, not paying attention to my friends when I heard a familiar squeaking voice coming from behind me.

"Hello Cobalt! Glad to see you here!" said the voice, one I knew very well... China Cup.

I turned around to see the white porcelain mare, her big water blue eyes, and her shining cooper mane, which he combed as a ponytail with a blue ribbon. She was showing her double white cup Cutie Mark almost under the silvery gray vest of the concert she had on. She greeted my friends first before turning at me.

"Hello Classic! Good to see you again too!" she said cheerfully.

China Cup had been an student of our old group here at Ponycity's school #2, miss Pollen's one. She surely wasn't part of our trio, but she had always being around since ever. China Cup or just "China" has two brothers, which I truly prefer to meet on the street than her.

"Hello China! A pleasure," I said faking a smile and a happy tone. It is not personal, but I don't like her. Nothing. It's rather complicated to explain why. And right now she was there, in front of me... smiling with that hateful smile.

A small awkward silence formed between us, as nopony didn't want to say anything, but Cobalt interrupted it before anything else.

"Sooo... who do you came with?" he asked.

"Ahm... with TC and Arty," she said as "trying" to sound she couldn't remember easily. Why does she do that? How can harder can it be? If somepony asked me who did I come with I wouldn't take too much to answer. "With Cobalt Value and Sun Seeker" end of the story.

"And where are they?" continued Cobalt.

"I don't know... maybe on the bathrooms? Or they probably went to buy some snacks at the barn market before the concert? No, in the bathrooms... yeah," she answered, never leaving the wide smile on her face.

"Very good," said Cobalt.

Suddenly the reflectors around the stage turned off, leaving us, the audience, almost in total darkness.

"Ups! Sorry, I got to go!" China said and disappeared into the multitude.

"Oh! It’s going to begin!" Sun Seeker said impatiently, flapping her wings and leaving the ground for some seconds.

Even with the lights off, the sound of a chattering multitude could be heard around. We probably would need to raise our voices to hear us.

The lights of the stage suddenly lighted on, pointing at the center of it. There was just a moment of silence before the subsequent hysterical shouts of the audience, mostly mares. I knew that Sun Seeker joined them.

Smoke machines filled the scenario, and a silhouette appeared on the middle as background music, lights, and sound effects filled the stage.

"POOONYCITY!" a voice was heard. "ARE YOU READY FOR REAL GOOD MUSIC???" it shouted. A silhuette appeared on the center of the stage.

The Smokes failed to cover one of the legs of the pony speaking in the middle of the stage, which was standing on two legs and holding the microphone with one of his front limbs. It was red, dark red. We were at the first line, and Sun Seeker, who was obviously paying attention, contained a shout of emotion.

The multitude answered cheering at the silhouette.

"THEN GET READY! WE ARE GOING TO START!" said the voice.

The smoke dissipated, but the audience only saw a glimpse of the red coat of the DJ until he reached his machine. When the smoke was totally gone we saw him completely. Right in front of us, a few steps and over the scenario was DJ Red Spark.

The music started immediately, the rhyme of the first song caused the crowd to stomp hard on the floor at the rhythm of the song. I joined them after a while because I noticed I was the only pony there wasn't stomping too.

The song ended abruptly, like being cut intentionally. A new beat started, everypony around me looked confused. Even I could notice that it wasn't Red Spark's style. The reflectors of the stage turned off to then turn on again on a crimson and silver shade.

A voice sounded on the speakers around the improvised stage. "WELL, WELL, WELL... DO YOU CALL THAT AWFUL BEAT "REAL MUSIC?" JAJAJA" the voice's laugh sounded a little goofy.

A reflector pointed at the multitude, moving all around as some loud cheers were heard.

"LET'S TEACH THIS "DJ" A SMALL LESSON OF MUSIC!" The voice shouted.

I had been too busy looking around and at my friends that I never saw when the other pony entered to the stage. I looked at him. The steam was dissipating around him, a unicorn, just like the other. This one was showing a silver coat, and a metallic red mane. His horn was tainted in black on the point, and he had electric blue eyes and a red rays notes Cutie Mark. He was elegantly porting a black tie, contrasting the other one, who only was wearing his white earphones around his neck. If I knew who was this pony on the stage it only was because of all the things that Sun Seeker and Cobalt tell me about the two DJs. This one was Laser Lights.

*** ***** ***

I won't make it longer. The concert was good, yeah. After the intro the music battle began, obviously with an undecided winner, because there were as much ponies here for Red Spark (the ones wearing red clothes) that ponies for Laser Lights (grey or silver clothes). The concert ended with a song played by both DJs at the same time, everypony danced, sang along, and cheered at them as they fade away on the smoke that was realized during the song.

We left our spots after that to the meeting with Red Spark on backstage, as our golden passes allowed us. After passing the forced (and useless) revision of the security guards we joined a small group of ponies (and a gryphon) to meet him.

We did, and it was quite nice. It had been kind of an interview. Sun Seeker and other mare on the group, an orange earth pony, almost fainted there. But at the end, it all went well.

We were now leaving the backstage. I noticed that the motor-copter we saw before the concert was parked close to the barn on a small improvised platform. If that was there... that would mean that the news team would be close. We three turned the corner of the stage. They were there, interviewing some members of the previously formed group. A trio formed by the orange mare, the gryphon, and a black pegasi were being interviewed in front of us by Windy Fresh.

"...And how do you think is in real life, you know, like out of the stage?" I heard Windy's voice asking. I knew very well that voice, it was the one I heard almost every morning on the daily news.

We surrounded them to pass and entered into the small market close to the entrance, it was crowded. I saw some familiar faces there, especially ex-students from our old school group. We didn't bother to greet all of them, but I only didn't want to meet...

"Hello again!" said China from behind us. Well buck...

I turned. Thankfully, she was still far away enough. She wasn't alone this time, her brothers: Tea Cup (T.C.) and Art Canvass (Arty) came with her, TC mounting her back, as she was still pretty small to do so.

"Classic, it's it okay if I wait you outside? I want to meet somepony I think I saw," I said, not more or less than a lie.

"If you want..." he said.

"Great, meet me at the main gate," I instructed him and left before China arrived to us.

"Cobalt! How was the concert?" I heard her cheerful and annoying voice, but I was far enough to mix myself into the crowd.

The small mounted stands were selling mostly food, some small souvenirs of the concert, and some CDs. I couldn't spot anypony so far, and China may have been still with them. Maybe I just had to take a breath. Yes, I would do it. I walked to the entrance and left the place behind. Curiously I didn't saw anypony outside, not even the police. I walked, almost touchung the highway, no cars seemed to pass by. It was completely alone, and unusually cold…

What was that? I swear I saw something, somepony right there, just passed by me. It felt like a sudden cold breeze, maybe a pegasi flying really fast.

However, I looked at my pocket watch, which I had placed inside my hoodie. Almost 1 am. I just wanted to go to have a rest I was tired of this. Where do Cobalt could be? Surely still speaking with China Cup… if I knew something about that annoying mare is that she could spent hours and hours talking. I have never liked her anyway… Never…

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Oh my! I can't believe it! I seriously can't believe it! I was at the first line of the concert of my favorite DJ and I meet him! Best night ever.

I was walking besides Cobalt and behind Classic, returning to the hotel. At these hours of the night the streets were almost empty, except for other ponies that had gone to the concert and now returning to their houses or hotels.

By now, the encounter with the camels seemed long ago and now forgiven. The horrible scare I got back there was replaced completely by all the emotion of the backstage. He even called me by my name! I almost fainted of the emotion on that one, yeah...

We were walking in silence back to the hotel. We didn't had nothing more to talk about. The street lights of the city made me smile, just like the good old times.

I was tired, and besides all the happiness and emotions of tonight, the only thing I really wanted was to sleep. A good night’s rest, yeah...

Some minutes passed and we finally arrived to the hotel, the lights of the lobby where still on, but there wasn't anypony on the reception. We walked the stairs and into our floor. Classic opened the door to our room carefully and silently. We entered and he closed it behind with the same care. I was the first one to speak.

"I have to use the bathroom," I said and quickly grabbed my saddlebag, but I entered it not waiting for an answer. I hope they didn't want to answer...

I yawned, and look myself in the mirror... where was? Ah, true... I took of the hoodie. I looked at it smiling one more time before placing it on the bag. I washed my hooves and my face quickly. Looking myself at the mirror again I noticed that I seemed dirty and disheveled a bit from my mane, my coat, and my feathers. I carefully removed the loose feathers from my wings and slightly fixed my coat and mane with the brush I took from the saddle bag. I took all what felt from me and placed it on the trashcan.

I opened the bathroom's door, only to find myself face to face with Classic. He looked upset, somehow angry. What does his eyes had? He was staring me like... I don't know... wrong, bad, with hate.

"Well I don't understand how can you mares take so much time inside there," he said with a hard tone on his voice and entered the bathroom, closing the door harshly in front of me.

"But I..." I wanted to say, but it was too late. Why did he have done that? I didn't did anything wrong, did I?

"Don't mind him," Cobalt said from the bed, "he is just tired, and he wanted to use the bathroom since we left the concert."

"He would have said something..." I said. He shrugged. I didn't like that from Classic... just to think that I would have to spend the night with him...

"Well Sunny, I think I have to go now..." Cobalt said and stood up from the bed. I remembered what he said when we got the room. It wasn't for three, but... I didn't want to pass the night with Classic alone.

"No, wait!" I said quickly, he turned at me. He was almost at the door with his saddlebags.

"Don't worry, Sunny. I'll be back early in the morning," he said.

"B-but you don't have to go! I have an idea," I said quickly, thinking of something that I could try to make him stay the night.

"What are you thinking?" He asked.

"I can go for a cloud to sleep right now, I will return in just a second," I said, it was the first idea that came to my mind.

"Are you sure Sunny? Don't you prefer the bed?" Cobalt asked.

"Yeah, it won't be a problem,"

"Well... If you want," he said. I smiled relieved. He would stay.

"Okay, I'll return in a few seconds, open the door of the balcony when I return, please," I said and entered it. I unfurled my wings and flapped, elevating into the air.

The air was still slightly cold, but it didn't matter, I was already used to it. The lights of the city helped me to see around in the dark night sky, especially the ones coming from the cloud district of the city. It wasn't difficult to spot a cloud big enough for me. It was high on the sky and close to another one bigger. I flied to it, taking some minutes to arrive. I flew some circles around before stepping on it. Yes, it was perfect to sleep the few hours that rest to dawn. It wasn't compared to any bed, specially the hotel ones, those where the softest, but at least I would sleep comfortable tonight.

I lay on it and used my limps to grab the whole cloud. I lay there some seconds, feeling it under my coat. Maybe it was because I was already tired, but it really was soft and... comfortable... maybe I... ZZZzzzz

ZZZzzzz...

A sudden cold wind waked me up and made me shiver to the bones. What? Where? I felt like somepony just happened to fly close to me. I looked around to see. The darkness of the night didn't allow me to see clearly, we were considerably above from the city, but I think I saw somepony moving. It was a very very light blue pony, almost crystal. It flied all the way towards the south like galloping in the air. Galloping? I thought that antique way of flying its... well, very old! Very very VERY old. And I couldn't see his wings, maybe due to the night sky. That was strange. I watched him until he disappeared into the night.

However, I was taking too much time and I didn't want to worry Cobalt. I grabbed the cloud with my body and flied again to the hotel room. The balcony door was open. I flied slowly and carefully through it, making me sure that the cloud would not touch anything rough or else it will just *poof!* disappear. Also, not Cobalt or Classic could touch it too.

When it was completely inside the room Cobalt closed the balcony door. I then let the cloud go floating inside the room. I placed it between the right bed and the television furniture. That's it, I was ready to sleep. Before I did, though, I noticed that Classic still missed.

The door of the bathroom suddenly opened and Classic walked outside from it. Did he took all this time? Just to think that he claimed me that I took too much time made me slightly more upset at him. That stupid unic-... No, sorry.

He had stopped a few seconds when he saw the new cloud close to the beds. However, he didn't make any major sign of surprise and walked to his bed. I noticed he wasn't wearing his hoodie or the sunglasses anymore, surely something strange to see him without any cloth at all. I turned to the cloud just in time to see Cobalt about to touch it.

"No!" I shouted before he did what he intended to. He stopped and looked at me amused. I covered my mouth with my hooves. It wasn't supposed to shout inside an hotel! "Sorry, no. Remember that if you touch it will disappear..." I said on a soft, really soft tone of voice, trying to compensate my first shout.

"Yeah, sorry," he said equally softly and with a small blush. I looked at Classic, who was had almost fell asleep already on a strange uncomfortable position. "We better sleep then, I want to go to the city square with you in the morning before we take the train," Cobalt said and entered into his bed. "Good night Sunny, it was a good night."

"It was..." I answered greeting him with a smile, surely it had been great. Cobalt turned off the lights of the room from the switch beside his bed on the night table, leaving everything dark around me.

It laid again on the cloud, placing my face on its soft surface. I closed my eyes thinking of all what happened today, starting from the beginning: the train... the concert... the meeting... the blue pony... Classic... the three camels... ZZZzzz

ZZZzzz