Unicorns have all the Fun

by nachtetraume

Rating: everyone
Tags: Slice of Life
Length: 1058

Demeter is a unicorn talented with music. He does not believe in his abilities to perform for the Grand Galloping Gala, but his friends certainly do.

Demeter had been engrossed in his music composition for most of the morning. It was barely ten when a noise caught his attention. It was the sound of the music hall doors being slammed open unceremoniously. He gritted his teeth at the uncomfortable sound as he looked up to see who was bothering him at this hour. It just so happened to be one of his friends, Primrose. The pegasus seemed to have some sort of reason for visiting as she was using her wings to propel herself through the audience seats.

"Prim, you really need to be quiet when you enter. There may be a practice, performance or… composition in session." The unicorn said as he narrowed his teal colored eyes at her. Primrose simply grinned. "I know, I know. I just really wanted to visit you as soon as possible." Demeter set down his quill and tilted his head to the side. "What reason would that be?" The pegasus kept her smile as she pulled a piece of paper from her saddle bag. With muffled words she managed to speak, "The Grand Galloping Gala!"

Demeter sighed used his magic to lift his quill and went back to his writing. "Not interested."

"Seriously 'Meter, I think you could perform anywhere you wanted." The purple colored pegasus remarked to the gray unicorn. The unicorn in question didn't seem pleased at all. He shook his black and blue mane and looked at the pegasus. "Prim, I could not perform at the Grand Galloping Gala even if Celestia paid me." Prim sighed as her teal and burgundy mane covered her orange eyes. "You don't realize how great of a talent with music that you have." She said peeking an orange eye from behind her mane. Demeter still didn't seem thrilled as his horn lit with its teal aura as he looked through his stack of composition paper. "I don't intend on accepting the invitation."

"Why don't you give it a chance?" Prim said ruffling her feathers. "If it makes you happy… I'll think about it." The stubborn unicorn replied as he searched through his papers. This perked Prim up as she flapped her wings. "Great! I'll go tell Slight that you'll do it!" She flew out of the window and out of sight. It took a moment for what she said to sink in. "Wait!" He stood on his hind legs as to see how far she had gone but knew it was too late. "I just… don't want to disappoint him…" Demeter said with a sigh as he sat down on the stage floor. Slight Light was a stallion in town whom he had developed feelings for. It wasn't something he was proud of since the fellow unicorn was a friend. Relationships that stem from friendships often never last, for which was a fear of his.
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Later that afternoon Demeter took the chance to leave the theater as to see if Prim had actually gone to see Slight Light. Among the ponies of Ponyville there were few that stood out were the elements of harmony ponies; Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Apple Jack, and Pinkie Pie. These six mares were constantly saving Equestria from some sort of disaster monthly it seemed. However nothing had gone wrong just yet.

At a slow trot around town, the gray unicorn had no luck finding the purple pegasus. One would think you would spot that teal and burgundy mane anywhere. It seemed like that was impossible today. Demeter sighed as he past the library. On occasion he would drop by to look at the classic sheet music that was on hoof. Other times it would be an excuse to talk to Twilight. With a mare like her around, you couldn't help but like her. If it wasn't the sheet music, books or Twilight it was a bigger excuse to see Slight Light. The white unicorn would use Twilight's balcony for observation of the sky if he was not at Star Gaze Hill just outside of town.

"What's your problem 'Meter?" A new voice rang. He picked his head up real quick to see his younger sister, Nightdream. A mostly black pegasus with swirling white markings and white mane and tail. Compared to most ponies that he had ever seen, Night was one of the darkest. It was not often that a black or really dark pony was seen in the sea of pastel fur colors. It was equally strange to be the only pegasus amongst unicorns. At least that's how he thought of her. Regardless of her being adopted, he still appreciated her time. She ruffled her white and black feathers and looked down at him. "Are you going to spit out the message like Spike or is Celestia still writing?"

At this he smiled and stood up again. "Prim tried to get me to perform at the Grand Galloping Gala. She says I could do it but I don't think so." Demeter finally replied. Night folded her wings and looked at her brother. "And you doubt your abilities? Just because you write and conduct doesn't mean you lack talent." His ice blue eyes looked into her purple ones. All the truth was evident.

"I guess I'm nervous is all. Celestia seems intimidating to me." Night giggled so hard at this it came out as a short. "She's as intimidating as a fly! She's very nice for an alicorn." 'Meter shrugged. "Anyway, Prim brought Slight Light into this too." Night rolled her eyes. It wasn't a secret that Demeter had a colt crush on Slight. The unicorn was every bit as attractive as Rarity is. "Don't worry, you're not the one playing the instruments, other ponies are." Night said nuzzling her snout against his.

"Cheer up buttercup." She said smiling. He couldn't help but smile at her. "Alright, you're right." He said with a slight laugh in his voice. "Now go find Prim before she gets you mixed in something you don't want." He nodded and trotted off to look for Prim. Nightdream watched him go and shook her head.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2014-12-09 01:12:56 UTC

Unicorns have all the fun ch 2

"Where in the name of Equestria is Prim?!" He groaned as he flopped down on the ground outside of Sugarcube Corner. A bell rang as the front door opened. "Turn that frown upside down!" A happy pink earth pony said. Demeter picked up his head and glanced at Pinkie. "Have you seen Prim?" The pony thought for a moment and shook her cotton candy mane. "Nope. Why? Are you looking for her?" Meter nodded as he stood up and shook his mane back into place. "I saw her flying around though! It looked like she was racing Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie said bouncing with excitement. The gray unicorn looked into her blue eyes. "How long ago?" Demeter asked. "Hmm... About five minutes ago?" She said looking up at him. "Thanks Pinkie. Catch you later!" He said going at a full gallop toward Slight Light's observatory in the canopy of Twilight's library.

As the great Rainbow Dash would say, Demeter got to the library in 'ten seconds flat'. One would think with the amount of running he did the unicorn would be out of breath. Not at a time like this he wouldn't! Trying to control his breathing, Dem thumped a hoof against the door. "Twilight! May I come in?" He called to the door. In a manner of moments the door was opened by a small purple and green reptile. A baby dragon to be precise.

"Hello Demeter. Did you come by to see Twilight?" Spike asked as he opened the door entirely for the stallion. "Actually I was hoping to find Prim and Slight here." The unicorn said looking down at the dragon. "Are they here by chance?" Spike closed the door and turned to look at the gray unicorn. "Yes, they are upstairs in the observatory. I think Twilight is up there too." "Thanks Spike!" Demeter said as he trotted to the stairs and ascended into the canopy of the tree house.

"... I know! He won't listen to me though." Prim said to the unicorns. The white unicorn shifted his mane to uncover his red eyes. "He does have talent. Octavia performs his pieces for a reason." The purple female unicorn sat with a book open on the floor. "The few of his works I have are wonderful. He really should perform this year." Demeter hung his head low when he reached the top of the stairs. Do they truly mean that? I didn't think Octavia was that picky. Is it true I really do have talent? He thought to himself. Had he really been doubting himself that much?

"Dem! Just the pony we wanted to see!" Prim said flapping her wings and hovered slightly above the deck. The gray unicorn trotted over and looked at the others. "Why is that?" He asked. "Prim was informing us of the invitation you received from Celestia." Slight Light said swaying his tail to the rhythm of Prim's beating wings. "We were speaking of how you should take the offer." Twilight said getting up from the floor. Demeter glanced to Primrose. "So I take it I should reply to Celestia?" "Of course!" The other ponies replied in unison. Demeter blinked his icy eyes with surprise. "As a matter of fact, I think you could write a letter to Celestia about friendship while you're at it, Demeter." Twilight said making quill, paper and ink appear out of nowhere.

The gray unicorn chewed on the inside of his mouth. "What should I say?" He asked the others. "I usually tell Spike what experience I had with friendship... Today you experienced your friends cheering you up and believing in your talents." The purple unicorn said as she glanced to Demeter and then the others. "Spike?" Demeter said over the banister to the dragon. "Yes?" The dragon replied from downstairs. "I want to write a letter to Princess Celestia." The unicorn said again. The patter of feet were heard as the dragon reached them. "Whenever you're ready." He said taking the quill and paper into hand. "Dear Princess Celestia," Demeter began and then paused. "I accept your kind offer to perform at the Gala. I only ask to have tickets for my friends. Nine tickets in all please." He then said after a moment.

The sound of quill on paper was heard as Spike wrote the dictation. "I also had an experience with friendship. Friends stand together to keep each others spirits lifted. Even when they doubt themselves." Demeter continued once Spike caught up. "Primrose, Slight Light and Twilight are the best friends a pony could ask for. Sincerely, Demeter B. Clef" The gray unicorn said at last. Prim landed beside him. "Aw Meter you're so nice!" She said before wrapping her front hooves around his neck in a hug. Demeter smiled a bit. "You're far nicer than I, Prim."

Slight Light smiled at the sight and glanced to Spike. "May want to send that off as soon as possible." The baby dragon nodded and took a deep breath and blew a jet of emerald flame. The letter disintegrated and flew out of the window. Demeter watched this and looked to the dragon. "How does that work exactly?" The dragon shrugged. "Not a clue, it just works some how." Demeter looked around the others and bowed his head. "I will be going now. Thank you for everything everyone." The other ponies waved the unicorn goodbye with a mix of their voices.

Demeter made his way out of Twilight's library and walked down the street. He made sure not to bump into anypony and got to thinking. If he were to perform at the Gala, he would have to put together something even better than what he currently had written. He sighed and kicked his movement into high gear to go into a gallop back to the theatre. It took a few minutes to return and make his way back inside.

The unicorn sat himself back at his piano and read over his current work. His eyes narrowed as he attempted to read what he had written. "What in the world is this?" He said as he scribbled out an entire line of work and crumpled up the sheet and found a new sheet of composition paper and got back to writing a fresh piece.