An Equestria in Red

You are walking down the sidewalk towards the club your friend invited you to. Around a block away you can feel the vibration of the bass in your hooves. You smile to yourself as you think of how fun and crazy it was last time you were here. You arrive at the front door where a bouncer meets you. He looks at you expectantly. "What’s your name."

"Grey Beat."

He looks down his list of names.

"Go on in." He says.

As you make your way inside the noise hits you like a cart full of hay. You instantly smile as the music hits your ears. a nice fast tempo with a steady bass. You look around at the crowd of ponies jumping up and down to the music. "GREY!" you hear a mare call."GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE!"

You look to your left and see a green and orange mare waving at you. You smile as you make your way over to her at the bar.

"THIS PLACE IS FUCKING AMAZING MAN, THANKS FOR THE DIRECTIONS!" She screams

You sit down at the bar and look at the button on the table. You press the button and everything goes quiet.

"Those activate noise canceling crystals." Dawn says. "They block out sound so people can have conversations without screaming"

"I know, I work here." You said with a grin."I would have a drink with you but I've got to go on stage in a few minutes.

"You work here!?" She asks in disbelief. "As in you’re going to be playing some of the sick shit this guy is playing?"

"Yeah, but I only play for an hour. I'm the local veteran at this joint." You say proudly.

"That's some pretty sick shit dude. Anyway... I was wondering if I could crash at your place for the night.”

"Why?" you ask surprised.

A pale red crosses her face "I like hanging out with you" She smiles.

"Yeah, it's fine if you stay over." You smile at her.

She gets up and hugs you "Thank you."

"So Mrs. Dawn Clover." Asks the bartender. "The drink will be five bits"

"Don't worry Dawn I've got it." You say after opening your saddlebag with your magic, levitating five golden coins to the bartender. "Want to come backstage and see my setup?" You ask her.

"Really?" She asks astonished. "That would be the coolest!"

"Okay then lets go."

You lead her through the crowd looking at the ponies around you. You see two ponies at a table quickly trade a few bits for a bag of pills. You looked disgusted at the deal that just happened. You walk to the door that leads backstage and see another bouncer, a big stallion whose muscles were bulging through his black t-shirt. "Names." The stallion said

You give an annoyed sigh "Grey Beat and my friend Dawn Clover."

He looks through his list and gives you a nod. "Go on in."

You lead Dawn through the door and immediately get welcomes from other DJ's. You see a large mirror to the left of the room and walk towards it. You see your reflection. A slim stallion with a white coat and black mane. Your mane is straight down and hangs down in front of your blue eyes. Your cutie mark, a quarter note. "Hello, Equestria to Grey Beat, come in Grey Beat." You hear to your right.

You look at the grinning mare next to you.

"You looked like you were mind-fucking your reflection." She said laughing a little.

"At least I don't have a clover on my ass." You say to her. Only making her laugh harder.

"Anyway this is my set up." You say leading her into your dressing room.

It's a small room with tan wallpaper with a desk and mirror. In the corner is your most prized possession, your deck. On the desk are your sunglasses. Tinted black so no one can see your eyes.

"Whoa." Dawn says in amazement. "This place is awesome."

"Yeah, well I've got to go on stage now so if you want to listen to this sick beat go out and find somewhere where you won't get trampled."

You look around and take out your contacts, revealing your grey eyes. Smiling proudly at your eyes you put on your sunglasses. You walk on stage with your black and white deck. As soon as you emerged on stage the crowd blows up in a fit of cheers. You smile, happy to see all your fans cheering at your mere presence. You grab the mic off the stand. "IS EVERYPONY READY?" You shout. The crowd yells in response. "WELL THEN LET'S BRING THE NOISE!"

You go over to your deck and press a button, activating a soft "dun dun dun dun" continuously. You slowly slide a bar forward increasing the tempo and volume of the beat you have set already. You press another button which speeds up the pace of the beat. Then you quickly throw a few switches and turn a few knobs and press some buttons and at the climax of the beat you have set up a large "BOOM" erupts from the speakers as the rest of the track plays out. The crowd goes nuts as the club is filled with your music. You see Dawn in the back smiling at you while dancing to the music. As the track comes to an end it occurs to you that your boss, Spinning Record, is motioning you to go over to him. You grab the microphone and say. "We are experiencing technical difficulties from backstage. I'll be back in a second."

You walk over to meet Record. A medium sized stallion with a pitch black coat and charcoal mane with red eyes.

"Yeah, boss?" you ask, mildly annoyed.

"There are some problems in the club and we are closing it down for a few weeks for repair and shit like that." He said

"Oh, well damn." You said, a little depressed

"You will still get payed the same amount you do for an hour at the club and we will send you a one-hundred bit paycheck every week." He said. "But you won't be able to come here for a little while. So at this time we are asking everyone to leave."

"Okay well let me pack up real quick." He nods and you quickly get to your deck and pick up the microphone. "Looks like we have to cut this one short. But there will be some more noise in a few weeks, don't worry."

There was a series of "awe's" and you walked off stage with your deck in a white glow. As you get to your dressing room you see Dawn waiting there with a smile on her face. You smile as you see her. "That was some awesome shit man." She said happily. "lets get going."

"Yeah, I agree." You say. "Well lets go I guess"

You take off your glasses and put in your contacts as quickly as possible so Dawn doesn't notice. As you two make your way out of the club you walk over to the stallion dealing the drugs. He smiles as you walk over to him. "Hey man want to meet my friend, Molly?" He says.

You respond by taking his head and slamming it into the table with enough force to crack the wood. You pick up his head and see he is missing a few teeth. You assume you broke his nose as well.

"You come back here and I will rip your godessdamned throat out." You look over to a shocked Dawn.

"Damn, man that was brutal."

"He shouldn't have been selling drugs." You say while making your way out of the club.

You make your way outside and look to your left. You smile at the sign saying "Manehattan night club." You are at your apartment building about 3 blocks away from the club when you arrive at the complexes front door. You make your way to the elevator and hit the number 3. You get off the elevator and go down the hallway until you see the door numbered "317". You unlock the doors and say. "Welcome to the Casa de Grey Beat." Dawn laughs and enters your apartment.

"Nice place. Where do you want me to crash?" She asks

"Take any place you want really." You say. As you drop you saddlebags and climb into bed.

"Okay." She says as she jumps up into bed with you and cuddles closer. "It's been an awesome night man, thanks."

You smile. "No problem Dawn." where the last words you say before drifting off into sleep.