I stayed up in my room for a few more minutes after my talk with Starswirl, if only because I realized that I forgot to do my makeup and was hurrying to do that. When I did finally come down, everyone's head turned towards me as they all started stomping in applause. Not surprising, seeing how I am the princess. What was a bit of a shocker was the first to meet me when I came down. It wasn't Starswirl, or Celestia, or even Chrysalis, it was Discord.

"Oh, there you are! There's a certain pony whose been dying to talk to you all night! And I think you'd be interested in talking with him as well," he said with a smile.

I combed the room to see what the other three were doing as Discord brought me to this "certain pony." I saw Celestia being assaulted with "thank you"s and "congratulations"s, I felt pretty bad for her.

A few feet away, saw Starswirl chatting it up with Chrysi. I got so scared that he might be talking to her about me that I nearly ran up to them and yelled, "It's not true!" But I trusted Starswirl enough with this little secret of mine to not do that... plus, it would only make me look more guilty. Chrysalis was nearly hiding behind her mother, as she normally did when she wasn't around me. Next to Starswirl was a colt, looked to be around my age. He was a black unicorn with the tiniest bit of red on his horn. I could see myself thinking he was kind of cute if I didn't already have my sights on a "certain pony." It didn't help that I wasn't into colts anyways.

Finally, Discord got me to point B and there was a strange unicorn with a powdered wig on his head.

"Why do I have this thing on my head," he asked Discord with a hint of annoyance.

"Because it makes you look more presentable," Discord replied. He then turned to me and said, "This is Keynan, your new piano teacher!"

"Pleasure to-," Keynan cut himself off to shake the obvious wig off his head. He clears his throat as he continues, "Pleasure to meet you, Princess Luna. I assure you that by the time I'm done with you, you'd be able to play Coltsart like it's nothing!"

With the wig off him now, I could get a good look at him. He had a straight, slightly dark brown mane with streaks of light brown to boot. His coat was completely light blue with quarter and eighth notes jumping on a piano as a cutie mark. He spoke as formal as a surfer dude could speak. It was clear that he was from Coltifornia, but he still had the voice of a business guy as well. Like the Colt from The Big Lipony in a business suit. He also gave off a coltband-esc kind of vibe. Just by looking at him, I got more of an impression of P-Sync rather than Coltsart. So, naturally, I instantly became friends with him!

"Believe me, the pleasure's all mine," I said with a grin. I continued, "Discord's told me so much about you!" That was a lie, Discord has told me jacksquat about him.

I was just hoping to start some kind of conversation with him, luckily, Discord never chewed me out about that white lie. I think he was too distracted staring at my sister in her new dress. I also think she noticed, as she then started shaking her plot at him. I immediately regret taking my eyes off of Keynan, even for a split second.

I guess my plan worked since his very next sentence was, "Oh, in that case, I'm sure you heard that I'm a huge fan of Billy Goat. Especially that one song, We Didn't Start The Friendship." That was something I wasn't expecting, I thought he'd be into REO Speedchariot or Colts II Stallions, not... Billy Goat. Eh, I'm just happy he has a good taste in music.

"Ah, I love Billy Goat! Though, I'm a much bigger fan of The Breezies," I replied.

"The Breezies? Personally, they're not my cup of tea, but I still have to admit that about half of their songs are genius." I take back what I said earlier, he has a horrible taste in music.

"Actually, one of the members went on to compose a song that I've really wanted to play." As I told him what song it was, I saw his expression turn from calm to shocked.

"I-I'm honored, b-but we just met and I don't know-"

"I don't want to play it for you," I said, cutting him off. His face went from shocked to embarrassed and his face went from a cool blue to completely red, like it was sunburned.

"Then who is it for, someone doesn't want to play a song like that for no reason?"

I tilted my head in the direction of my crush.

"Starswirl?"

I facehoofed as I said, "No, Princess Chrysalis!" I was starting to not only get annoyed, but also question his IQ.

"Oh, OH, OOOHHH!" I could only imagine what was going through his head as he was realizing that the princess of the night was a lesbian. His face, on the other hoof, changed between different levels of surprised understanding. By the last "oh," his eyes were so bulged out that I was sure they were prepared to jump out at me.

"Yeah, so can you help me out?"

"Well, a song like that isn't impossible, but it's also very difficult to get right. I think I can get you to master it in about a year, especially considering that I also need to teach you how to play the piano first."

I was very excited by this answer, but there was still one question I needed answering first, "Good! So, how good are ya?"

"What?"

"I bought a grand piano when I was out shopping with Discord. That same piano is up on the stage with the musicians. I'm going to ask them to leave the stage for a few minutes. When I do that, I want you to go up there and show me what you got! I do want to make sure my piano teacher is brilliant at what's on his mark, after all! But, if you're not-"

"Sure," this time, he cut me off.

I went up to the stage as soon as they played the last note in the song they were currently playing and kindly asked them to leave the stage for a short amount of time. Though, they seemed pissed at first, they also seemed to understand.

After Keynan took a seat next to the piano, I was slightly surprised at what the first thing I heard come off of the stage. It wasn't the piano or him introducing himself, it was him singing, and singing a familiar tune as well.

As he sang, "A long, long time ago, I can still remember how that music used to make me smile," I (along with several others) realized what song he chose, Equestrian Pie by Don McClean. Everyone turned their heads in shock and awe, including Discord, as if he wasn't paying any attention to the talk Keynan and I had. I was also surprised at how good his piano skills were. Don't get me wrong, I assumed he'd be pretty good, but not this fantastic. Even his mistakes weren't noticeable, as they were quickly covered up with a masterpiece of music.

By the second verse, the guitarist of the group I kicked off was galloping up to the stage. I thought she was going to stop him in protest, so I quickly started after the guitarist. But before I could get one hoof in front of the other, one of the other band mates put her hoof on my shoulder, stopping me in my tracks. When I looked back at the mare with a hoof on my shoulder, she had a face that softly spoke, "Don't worry." And I believed her.

When the guitarist got up, she didn't scream and shout, she played along. It's obvious that the mare didn't memorize the song as well as Keynan, but they were both more than talented enough to make up for that fact. By the fourth verse, the entirety of the band was up there, playing and having fun (at least it looked like they were). By the third chorus, everyone, including myself and the band, were singing along. It was the most fun I've ever had at the Gala and it was the most I've ever seen these tightwads come out of their shells.

As a side note, Chrysi is a stunningly fantastic singer.

By the end of it all, my jaw was wide open at the astonishing performance I just bare witness to. The entire room of ponies stomped in delight and seemed genuinely saddened when Keynan had to leave the stage. I guess he felt bad about leaving this adoring crowd wanting more, because he sat right back down and starting playing Somepony To Love by Princess. I was just surprised that this normally stuck-up group was actually loving this.

I felt Discord put his claw on my shoulder and ask, "Well?"

The only word I could muster at the time was, "Perfect."

Author's Note

I'm back bitches!

Now, I'm sure you've all been wondering where I've been. Simply put, I've been busy. I'm still in school & I've been working very hard on my YouTube channel. I just haven't had the time to write for Worlds Apart. But, I'll see if I can cut my YouTube work a bit, if only to work on this more.

With that said, I know the title of the chapter doesn't work well with the anybody/anypony spoof. But to that, I say, who gives a shit!? It's the chapter title, at least I bother giving these chapters titles to begin with.

Also, I kind of dis REO Speedwagon in this chapter. In case anybody cares, no I don't hate them, they're alright. But Boys II Men does suck hard. And if you think there's too many references in this, it's because I've been working on an MLP Analysis recently, & those always get me in a referencing mood.

Okay, some fun facts about the chapter. Keynan was originally named Pitchyotto after Pigeotto in Pokemon. I quickly realized that was literally the dumbest sounding name ever & settled on naming him after Kenan from Kenan And Kel. I also listened to American Pie & We Didn't Start The Fire about a million time while writing this because referencing them made me want to listen to them. If you're not familiar with either of them, listen to them both immediately. They are brilliant!

Also, since I'm sure he's reading this even though he's not a brony, happy birthday to my good friend Matthew Broderson from 52 Yangma on YouTube! He's an asshole, but a lovable asshole... barely.

That should be about it, so, thank you all for reading & I hoped that you've enjoyed! Especially since you probably had to deal with the first 2 piece of shit chapters to get here!