Find the music in you... And love as well.

by Lightning Mix

Rating: teen
Tags: Romance
Length: 3841

When Fluttershy meets another musician at the Gala and they start a project together, they realize that maybe they're more than friends...

Fluttershy goes to the Gala, and meets a musician of a different style. They decide to work together on a new song. When they do, they realize that they have more in common than they first thought, and like each other… But do they, maybe, like each other more than friends? And meanwhile, Sweetie Belle has her own romance brewing…
Rated teen for references in later chapters

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2015-09-17 15:13:23 UTC

Chapter 4: Afterparty

Fluttershy watched as they rode off, and then turned to the Gala ballroom, where the DJ was packing up. She walked up to him as he grabbed the cart and pushed it out the door.

"Um, excuse me?" Fluttershy asked.

"Yeah?" he asked. "What is it?"

"Well, me and some of my friends are in a band, and we would like a fresh perspective?" Fluttershy asked quietly.

He stopped. "You'd like some help? Well, sure! I'd love to!"

"Well, could you come and meet us on Friday night?"

He said with a smile; "Ok then! I'll get ready!"

A colt with a disheveled mane wandered up. "Hey, what time is it?"

Lightning looked at a clock that suddenly formed from the cart. "It's 11:47, on the morning after the Gala," he replied.

"Oh horseapples!!! My mom is gonna KILL me!!!" he yelled, after galloping off in the direction of Ponyville. As he left, he slammed into a door. He started crying. "Waaahhh! MOOO- ooh! A bit!"

Lightning said; "Hey kid, I'll fly you there!"

"Really? Thanks!"

"Don't mention it! Anytime!" he said, before the metal reshaped into a pair of wings, which then attached to the colt's back. The three of them flew quietly back, except for the colt't terrified screams of: "Why did I agree to this! HELLPP MEE!"

Chapter one: At the Gala... Again!

            It was the day of the Grand Galloping Gala. In Ponyville, at the Carousel Boutique, there was a group of ponies getting ready. Those ponies were the Mane 6 and the CMC. This time, though, the Cutie Mark Crusaders had their own tickets, or at least, Applebloom and Sweetie Belle did.

"Why can't I have my own ticket," Scootaloo complained. "It's not fair!"

Applebloom replied with, "If we all had our own tickets, we'd have to find three ponies to come with us. Now we only have to find one. Sweetie, didn't you say that you had somepony willing to come?"

Sweetie blushed, and said; "They'll be waiting for us when we get there."

Scootaloo teased her, saying; "Maybe it's your Special Somepony!"

"Girls! Your dresses are ready! Go put them on!" Rarity interrupted. With that, the CMC ran to get ready.

              Twilight said; "This Gala will certainly be better than the last ones. I hope Discord won't bring the Smooze this time," to which the others nodded assent.

               Sweetie Belle, Applebloom, and Scootaloo trotted out in their new dresses. "You look Fabulous!" Rarity screamed.

"Time to go!" said Twilight, and they walked out the door on their way to the best (hopefully) Best Night Ever. Right outside, they encountered a Pegasus stallion listening to music on large, blue headphones, and flying a cloud with several large metal objects strapped onto it in the direction of Canterlot, and the Gala.

"Who's that?" asked Rarity.

"He looks like the Pegasus, stallion version of Vinyl Scratch!" said Twilight.

"Yeah, he TOTALLY looks like the Pegasus stallion version of Nowacking!"

"Nowac-a what now?" asked a confused AJ.

"Oh, it's nothing," said Pinkie, clearly meaning something. They boarded another horse drawn horse drawn carriage summoned by Twilight, and pulled by some stallions asked by Rarity. Finally, they pulled away from Ponyville and disappeared behind the rolling hills that surround Ponyville.

              On the way there, they were talking about what could happen, what they want to happen, and general Gala-related stuff.

"-and then we beat the changelings and they fly off again," finished Rainbow.

"AWESOME!!!" yelled Scootaloo.

"That doesn't seem very likely," stated Twilight. "Chrysalis lost a lot of her power, and we proved that Equestria is strong enough to resist any Changeling attacks in the near future, unless-" Twilight was cut off by Rainbow's hoof being shoved in her mouth.

"Every time you say something like that, it happens, and we have to clean up the mess. Battling bad guys is fun and all, but it's kinda annoying to do it every week."

"YEAH!!!" yelled Pinkie, while looking straight off into nowhere.

"Uh...Pinkie? What are you looking at?" asked a confused Dash.

Pinkie answered; "Oh, I'm just looking at the little girls, bronies, and pegasisters that are watching the show that we're the main characters, and at the words of the romance story about what's going on right now on FimFiction.com! Get it?"

"Uh, not really," said a still confused Rainbow, with her best, "Well, it's Pinkie, who cares about logic or the fourth wall" face on.

"Well, I guess you're ri-"

Twilight tried to break the awkward silence that followed, but was cut off yet again by Rarity's excited scream of; "Canterlot! We're here!"

"At the Gala. At the Ga-"

Twilight was cut off for the third time by Rainbow's; "We don't have time for a musical number right now. It's time to go in!"

And with that, the group of fillies and mares headed in for a night of fun, while Spike headed to Donut Joe's for a long night of donut eating.

"Bye girls! Hope you have fun at the Gala!" Spike yelled. "And I'm going to be having a night of fun at Donut Joe's," Spike said to himself as he started walking down the street, with thoughts of all the different donuts he was going to eat.

Chapter 2: inside the GGG (Grand Galloping Gala)

           Inside the doors, the heralds called out; "Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends have arrived"

As soon as he finished his sentence, however, he was distracted by Applebloom and Scootaloo buzzing around him, chattering loudly.

"Wow, look at his trumpet!"

"Ooh, shiny buttons!" The herald looked to Celestia, unsure.

             Celestia let out a laugh, and came trotting over to the unfortunate guard.

"Girls, why don't you go out to the gardens and let out a little energy! It looks like you want to get guard inspector cutie marks!"

"Ok, Celestia," said Applebloom. "Hey Scoots! Let's do it!"

"We can't do this without Sweetie Belle here! Wait, Where is she anyway?"

"She's with the other pony that she invited, remember?"

"She wouldn't do a crusade without us, but fine, let's do it."

"Three. two. one… CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS GUARD INSPECTORS, YAY!!!" they yelled. "Uh, we mean Cutie Mark Crusaders Guard Inspectors, yay," they said quietly, and then they ran out into the gardens.

              Sweetie Belle, though, was outside meeting a colt completely unrecognizable from his daily self. Tuxedo, bow tie, the only things similar were his hat and his smile, as well as a Minecraft pin. Sweetie Belle ran over to him, grinning hugely...

"Pinkie Pie!" Twilight yelled.

"What is it Twilight?" Pinkie asked.

"Would you stop popping up in random places and pulling things out of nowhere? It's freaking out the other guests."

"Okie dokie Loki!" Pinkie said, bouncing up and down with a grin, and monumental amounts of frosting with sprinkles, on her face.

             "Hey, there's that guy with the stuff we saw earlier!" Twilight followed Pinkie's gaze and saw the bright stallion.

"Where's all the stuff?" a confused Twilight asked.

Pinkie replied with; "Oh, it's over there, and there, and there, and there, and there and there, and right over here!" Pinkie said, pointing frantically.

"Now, if we only knew what it's for...Oh wait, I've got it!"

"What is it for, Twilight? Is it for making a cake, is it for sound, is it for breaking the fourth wall, what! TELL ME!!! The suspense is unbearable!"

"Well, Pinkie-"

"YES?"

"These devices are for-"

"YES!?!"

"Pinkie, please don't interrupt me."

"Is this going to be a cliffhanger ending?"

"What?"

"Never mind!"

"These objects are for..."

"HEY! Where are you guys going? Don't let this chapter end on a cliffhanger! Noooooooooo!"

Chapter 3: Inside the GGG; Part Two

        "Pinkie! Who were you yelling at?"

"Just get on with it!!!" Pinkie yelled.

Twilight said; "Anyway, it's for... Everything!"

Pinkie was confused. "Everything?" she asked with a frown. "How can it be for everything?"

"Well Pinkie, I'm glad you asked. You see, these are made of form metal. The metal is fallen stars, and after and during forging it's touched by magic" Twilight said, drawing diagrams in the air with her hooves.

              Right after Twilight finished, the objects started to morph into laser projectors, speakers, and a booth, into which the stallion headed. A door closed behind him, and the projectors started to beam wildly. A voice emanated from the speakers; "Yeah! Let's get this party started! I'm going to take requests if you want me to play something. Slow music, dubtrot, even...ahem... Minecraft music."

As soon as he said he last one, a young couple ran to the booth.

"Play any Minecraft song you want," said the brown colt

"As long as it doesn't have any creepers in it," said the white filly, shivering involuntarily.

The colt had a thought that the voice coming from the speakers sounded familiar. "Have I played with you before?" he asked.

"Why, yes! My name is Lightning Mix, and I'll be your DJ for the night," he responded, and then music came from the speakers. "Don't mine at night; I know you're looking at that cave, and you're feeling kinda brave; gonna bet you'll be alright; Don't mine at night.

"Hey, we did this song once!" Both the filly and colt said in unison.

               The fun continued throughout the night, everypony dancing and singing, with more requests and all sorts of music. Even Celestia and Luna joined in!

"Well sister, I think this is one of the most fun Galas we've had in years," Celestia commented. Right before dawn, there was a final, slow, song. As soon as that ended, Celestia and Luna had to leave to lower the moon and raise the sun, although Celestia had maybe just one too many appletinis, and the sun spun in circles and, finally, wobbled into it's position in the sky.

           "That was actually a fun Gala for once; no Smooze eating all the gold and jewels, no boring letdown, it was great," Twilight commented. "We should go get Spike after our long night of singing and dancing, and his of donut-eating!"

Fluttershy told the group; "I'd like to get that pony's help on a project with the Pony Tones. Would that be ok with you, Rarity?"

"Why of course, Darling. We can always use new opinions to help us with our songs!" Rarity answered. "Anyway, where are those silly fillies?

               "Here we are!" cried Applebloom and Scootaloo.

Rarity looked around. "Have you seen Sweetie Belle anywhere?"

Scootaloo looked confused. "We thought she was with you!"

"Here I am!" Sweetie Belle said to Rarity, with a grin.

Rarity was startled by her sudden appearance, and rushed over to Sweetie. "I wondered where you were," and hugged her.

"Owww!" Sweetie exclaimed, and Rarity let go.

"What's wrong!"

Sweetie replied; "My neck is sore," but to herself, she said; and everything else as well.

"I'm sorry to break up your 'tearful reunion'," said Rainbow, "But we have to go now. Fluttershy, see you back in Ponyville!" They left Canterlot Castle, got in the carriage, picked up Spike, and left.

Chapter 5: The Journey Home

As they were flying, Button's cries stopped. "Hey, this is pretty cool! I think I'm getting the hang of thi-DUCKS!!!" he screamed, right before he took a Mallard to the face.

"Dude, chill!" said Lightning. "They're just ducks!"

"Just ducks? JUST DUCKS!?! I GOT HIT IN THE FACE!!!" he cried, and then broke down in tears.

Lightning made an exasperated face, then pushed a button(no pun intended), and a needle popped out of the metal encircling Button. It poked him in the neck.

"OWW! Hey, what was that for?!?" Button cried.

"Three, two, one, zero," the DJ counted.

"Wow! My face doesn't hurt anymore! What was that?"

"Pain reliever," LM replied. "Look, we're here!" They touched down outside of Ponyville. "Well, it looks like it,s time to part ways," he said with a smile. "See you later!" Fluttershy left for her cabin, and Lightning headed off for a cloud home in the distance.

"Well, it looks like I'm the only one here. Crud, I missed breakfast!" Button said, and departed for home.

Chapter 6: Press for trouble(and make it double)

"Button!" A voice came out of an open door to a house.

"Uh oh, she sounds mad!" Button thought. "Yeah mom?"

His mother stood in the doorway, giving him a look that could melt lead and cause even Celestia to bow down. "Where were you? You should have been home hours ago!"

"Uh, I, um, slept in," he stuttered slowly, and mouthed a protective spell from one of his video games.

"Well, I'm taking away your Joyboy for a month!"

"No, mom! Anything but that!" His face fell into a bottomless pit of doom.

"It's either that or being grounded for two months!"

Love Tap yelled. Button headed up to his room, and brought his prized Joyboy down. Wordlessly, he set it on the counter. He then took off his hat, and slowly, solemnly, walked up to his room while humming a funeral song.

"You were a good friend. May you rest in peace," he said.

"Button, enough with the funeral already! It's only a month!" yelled up his mother.

Button ran into his room, closed and locked the door, and pulled out a laptop and a gaming headset. He opened Skype. "Are you there, team? Sound out! Masher here!"

"LuunyGamercorn here!"

"BelleOfTheBall here!"

"LMDJ here!"

"Then let's go!" Today, they were playing Call of Duty: Black Ops. "Watch your back!" -Masher

"I died? WHAT?" -LGC

The rest of the team let out a groan. "Oh no, not this again!"

"YOU DARE KILL US?!? YOU WILL SUFFER ETERNAL AGONY!!!" -LGC

"Not the Royal Equestrian voice!"-Masher

"I think my ears are bleeding!!!"-BOTB

"Not me, I muted and put on music!"-LMDJ

"NOT HELPING DUDE!!!"-BOTB & Masher

"Let's keep playing, shall we?"-LMDJ

They played until five o'clock, then called it a day. "See- or rather, hear you tomorrow!"

"Bye!"

LuunyGamercorn has left the game.

LMDJ has left the game.

"Minecraft?" Button asked.

"I thought you'd never ask!"

Masher and BelleOfTheBall have left the game.

Button signed into Minecraft, and logged into a private server, one with another pony already there.

Later…

Masher tried to hug a creeper.

"Next time, don't log out when you see a creeper! You have FULL DIAMOND ARMOR!!!"

"Sorry! They freak me out!" A distinctively female voice said.

Another female voice was speaking, but this was close. "Button! Open your door NOW!"

"Eep!" he exclaimed. "I'vegottogobye!" he said into his mic, and then quit. He walked over to the door, and unlocked it. "What do you want?"

"You've been in here all day! I want you to go outside for some fresh air for at least an hour before bed."

"Aww, but Momm!"

"Button, no buts! You spend too much time in your room, playing on your devices. Go outside now, or you won't get your Joyboy back for TWO months!"

"Okay, fine," Button mumbled. He headed outside.

"Whatcha doing?" a filly asked, popping out of a bush.

"AAAHHHHH!!!" Button yelled. "Don't do that!"

"Let me guess, your mom kicked you off your computer and sent you outside, and now you have nothing to do?"

"Well...ahem...Eeyup![i/]" he replied. "How'd you get here so fast?"

She said;"Well, experience tells me that when you make a noise like that, and then leave, you either forgot something, or your mom sent you outside!"

"Okay, so...what now?" Button asked.

"Well, Rarity finally caved in and got me an Xbox, so…we could play back at the boutique!" Sweetie Belle said with a smile.

"Great!" They then headed off for the Carousel Boutique.

Chapter 8: Morning in Ponyville Shimmers, Morning in Ponyville Shines...

It was morning in Ponyville. The sun was shining, birds were chirping, and all was quiet and peaceful. Suddenly, the peace was shattered by two alarms going off.

"Mmph. One more minute." Button Mash was half asleep, and hated getting up in the morning. "Just SHUT UP!!!" he yelled, smashing the clock with his hoof. He succeeded in turning it off, but another alarm was going off downstairs. "Seriously? What is that?!" Button headed downstairs, and found the kitchen full of smoke. "What...Cough...is going on...Cough cough," he managed to choke out.

Sweetie Belle replied with; "Just cooking some breakfast!"

Rarity stumbled downstairs. "Sweetie Belle, I thought I told you not to cook! You remember the last time this happened!"

Sweetie was taken aback. "But look, I actually made the juice this time!" She held up a glass of orange juice. "See?"

"Well, drink your juice, it's time for school!" Rarity said brightly.

Sweetie handed another glass to Button. "Here!" she said. "It's good!"

Button took his glass, and downed it in one gulp. Sweetie did the same, and they ran outside towards school. "I wish Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon would be nice for once," Button said wistfully.

They made in the door just as the bell rang, and took their seats. Cheerilie started their lesson.

Time passed. The class was bored. Button was playing video games in his head. Scootaloo was banging her head on the desk. Applebloom was thinking about Granny Smith's pies, and Sweetie Belle was thinking about crusades to do after school. "So, if we carry the two into the hundreds place, you can see that we end up with three hundred and seventy-two. Any questions?" Cheerilie finished up the math lesson, and the bell rang. "Class dismissed!" The CMC ran out the door, and headed to their clubhouse. Before they got there, however, they were cut off by none other than Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.

"Where are you going, blank flank losers?" Diamond said. Silver Spoon mocked them, saying; "Oh, we're just off to fail at getting our cutie marks, and stay blank flanks FOREVER!!!"

Both Scootaloo and Button had been getting visibly angrier at this, and had to be held back by their friends. Scootaloo screamed; "Come on, just one little punch for each of them!", while Button was cursing at them in Humgonian.

"(Translation) You miserable, slimy, little WRETCHES! I will personally destroy you, and rip your bucking bodies to shreds!" Button yelled. He was glad that they couldn't understand him, or he would be suspended for sure, and worse, get every video game he owned taken away by his mom!

Applebloom tried to calm Scoots down. "Come on, let's just leave!" Sweetie said much the same things.

Luckily for them, Applejack came by. "Hey you, stop bullying my li'l sis and her friends!"

DT was shaken at being treated like this by an adult. "C...Come on Silv...Silver!" Both bullies ran off.

As soon as they were gone, Applejack turned to them. "Are y'all okay?"

Everypony was happy that AJ came along, otherwise things might have gotten much worse for them. Applebloom said; "We're okay, thanks sis!" And with that, the Cutie Mark Crusaders trotted off to their clubhouse.

Chapter 9: Trees Like Animals

At the edge of the Everfree Forest, Fluttershy was taking care of her animals. It was feeding time, and all the animals were hungry.

"Here you go! Now, eat up! You need your food to grow big and strong!" She gave food to all her animals. Angel was not eating his food again. "Now, now, Angel. You need to eat! I don't want to use The Stare, but I will if I have to." Angel was about to eat, but he was saved by a big crash coming from behind the cottage. Fluttershy jumped. "Oh my! What was that?" She headed outside and saw the CMC trapped between a rock wall and a lion.

"Why did we have to do parachuting, Scootaloo!?!" Applebloom cried.

Scootaloo yelled: "Because it's fun!" The lion roared and advanced.

Fluttershy called the lion to her, saying: "Jimmy, please stop terrifying those fillies, it's feeding time!" The lion ran inside the house. Fluttershy was concerned. "Girls, are you okay?"

Button was annoyed. "I'm not a girl! What time is it?" he asked.

Fluttershy said: "It's five thirty. Why do you want to know?"

Button jumped up. "Dinner! C'mon guys!" He ran home, the rest of the Cutie Mark Crusaders on his heels.

Fluttershy heard a crash from inside. She turned around, and headed in. The inside was chaos(not Discord, just anarchy). "Stop!!!" Fluttershy yelled. All the animals froze. "I turn around for one second and you do this? I'm ashamed of you." She turned her back to the animals. Angel came over and tugged on her leg. When she looked down, he hugged her leg. "Alright, I'll give you one more chance!"

Chapter 7: At the Boutique

"One of my best tests and they let plants grow here? Can you believe this? You can't test plants! We tried. They just sit there, never showing pain nor fear." Voices and sound echoed from the speakers of Sweetie Belle's TV. The foals had been playing Xbox for a while now, jumping between games and having fun.

"What should we play next?" Sweetie Belle asked. "We played 'My Little Portal', 'Mareden 15', and even 'Cloudy With a Chance of Hayballs'!"

Button was in a "solid gold gaming chair," which was actually a normal chair painted gold. "Well, I brought one game that we could play, but..." He trailed off.

"But what," Sweetie asked. "We already played all the games I have!"

"It's 'Grand Theft Auto V'. Rarity might not want us to play it…" Button said.

Sweetie Belle was confused. "Isn't that only one person offline?"

Button answered; "Yes, but we could take turns. "C'mon, it'll be fun!" He did the cutest pleading face he could make.

Sweetie laughed, and said; "You know that doesn't work on me," but what she was really thinking was: "C'mon, C'MON! Don't crack! … too…adorable…Oh, I give up! "Fine, we can play!"

"Yayy!" Button said.

"Button dear? Your mom is on the phone!" Rarity interrupted them.

"Okay, Rarity!" Button said, and trotted down the hall.

"Now, Sweetie, how is it going with you and your coltfriend?" Rarity asked

"RARITY!!!" Sweetie yelled, blushing. "He's not my coltfriend! We're just friends!"

"Are you sure?" Rarity asked. "The two of you seem very close!"

"What? No! Why does everypony always assume that...ARGHH! I give up!" a flustered Sweetie said, right before Button walked in.

"Guess what? Mom says I can sleep over tonight!" Button was relieved that he could stay over at the boutique, instead of at home with his brother.

Sweetie Belle was also happy "Yay! I'll grab your spare sleeping bag!"

Rarity was more than happy to have Button over, as long as they actually slept. "One rule though, no more gaming tonight! You need some sleep!"

Both Sweetie and Button were disappointed. "Aww, come on Rarity! We have one more game left to play!"

"No buts you two! Sleep!" Rarity commanded.

"Okay, fine," Button grumbled. They got into bed and sleeping bag respectively, and, after a while, fell asleep.