How the Beatles Saved Equestria

“I don’t know why the Princess didn’t tell me about this sooner; everything’s already a huge disaster!” Twilight exclaimed in worry and panic as they made their way across a vast green valley. Spike was happily sleeping away on her back, letting out a few muffled snores every now and then.

“You know you really shouldn’t worry so much, they say it’s bad for your health.” George lectured as he shook his head at the anxious unicorn.

“Well how can’t I worry?! Discord’s probably been released again, and Luna’s turned into Nightmare Moon! We beat them before, but just barely. There’s absolutely no way we can take them all on.”

“And so what? Worrying about it won’t solve anything.” The stallion smiled at her before placing a reassuring hoof on her shoulder. “Whenever I’m all stressed out I just play some music, and then bam! I’m feeling right as rain!”

Twilight sighed, letting the mysterious stallion’s words sink into her head. “I guess your right… Oh, you’re a musician right? Could you play me a song, that might calm me down!” She urged, her worried eyes silently pleading with him.

George grinned then nodded his head vigorously at her, “That’s what I’m talking about! But I don’t have any instruments, can’t really have music without instruments…”

Twilight turned to stare directly at him, once again becoming lost in his adorable brown eyes. “Well could you just sing then? I’d love to hear what music’s like in your world.”

The quiet Beatle placed a hoof under his chin and thought for a moment. “Well I guess I could sing one, this one’s not quite down yet though. So don’t judge it too harshly.”

(To achieve the full effect, open the youtube link to listen to the song while you read. Something)

George took in a sharp breath of air, then after a brief moment he began singing.

Something in the way she moves

Attracts me like no other lover

Something in the way she woos me

I don't want to leave her now

You know I believe and how

Even after only a few verses Twilight became hypnotized by his soft, calming voice. She could only stand in awe, letting his soothing voice ease every tension in her body.

Somewhere in her smile she knows

That I don't need no other lover

Something in her style that shows me

I don't want to leave her now

You know I believe and how

You're asking me will my love grow

I don't know, I don't know

You stick around now it may show

I don't know, I don't know

Each syllable that fell on her ears felt like a gentle breeze, casting back the annoying worries that were constantly attacking her troubled mind. The music was like nothing she had ever heard, so unlike the classical music and techno sounds that the various musicians in Equestria produced.

Something in the way she knows

And all I have to do is think of her

Something in the things she shows me

I don't want to leave her now

You know I believe and how

As George finished his song, Twilight slowly closed her gapping mouth and smiled at him. “That was… beautiful. Your music so unlike ours, yours is just filled with so much emotion and passion. Who did you write that song about anyway?”

“Who?” George repeated, quite surprised at the sudden question. “Well I didn’t really write it about anybody, I just sat down one day when we was done recording and I wrote it.”

“Really? You wrote something that passionate about nothing? Wow, you really are talented!”

At this George frowned then quickly resumed his previous pace through the valley. “You should try telling tell the others that… Maybe then they’ll finally release some of my music…"

“The others don’t like your music? But it’s so good, how could they reject it?” Twilight asked with a genuine curiosity as she started following him.

“Well John and Paul write most of the music, thought they don’t take half of my music seriously… But don’t get me wrong, their great guys, all of them. We’re kinda like brothers.” George replied with a reminiscent smile as he thought of his close friends.

“Well then let’s not waste any more time, let’s find your band mates!” Twilight exclaimed before galloping past him. She let out a cute giggle as he made chase, the two of them quickly reaching the top of the hill.

“That’s a pretty weird world you got yourself there partner…” Applejack remarked with a surprised look as they mysterious stallion finished his story.

“Well, I’d say the same about this place.” John mumbled as he looked around at the oddly colorful world. “Everything’s just so bright and colorful…”

“Well you’re lookin at Equestira mah friend!” The cowpony exclaimed as she laid a hoof on his shoulder. “The best place in the entire world far as Ah’m concerned!”

The lead Beatle continued to stare in awe at the landscape, the distant tall peaks that reached towards the heavens standing out more than anything. Vast fields of green were all one could see past the apple orchard, accompanied perfectly with the gorgeous blue sky that hung above them. “It’s beautiful really… I feel so inspired by looking at it, I could just write a song…”

“A song eh?” Applejack cocked an eyebrow at him. “Are you one of those fancy musicians? Ah know one of them; she’s kinda uptight and snooty though…”

“Well weren’t not all like that. But yes, I’m a musician. As I said earlier I’m part of The Beatles. We’re a band that spreads love and peace around the world!”

“Shucks that sounds like a mighty nice thing to do.” Applejack grinned as she continued to stare at him. “But where’s the rest of yer band?”

John Lennon scratched his chin before spinning back towards the earth pony. “I have no idea… I’ll have to find them soon, because to be quite honest they’d be lost without me. Paul would try to take control; George would start throwing his songs all over the place and Ringo well… Ringo would probably stay the same.” The stallion let out a chuckle as he imagined the band without him. However the humor quickly left him, as he began to feel a slight worry for the others. They spent practically all their time together, and it was rare when they were apart for more than a few hours.

“Well sounds like we better find em quick! The best place to start is probably Ponyville, so let’s get going!” Applejack exclaimed as she led John out of the apple orchard and onto the old dirt road. Squinting his eyes he could just see the outline of buildings in the distance, know doubt the town the cowpony was talking about. They were just about to set off when a yell came from behind them.

“Hey Applejack! You’ll never guess what who I just met!” They two spun around to see a lavender unicorn coming down a hill, soon followed by a scruffy looking earth pony.

Applejack grinned as she saw her friend. “A musician from another world?”

Twilight’s mouth fell agape as she paced over to them, her eyes darting to the stallion beside her. “Is that-”

“John? Is that you mate?!” George cut her off as he galloped down the hill, coming to a full stop in front of his band mate. “I can’t tell, all of these ponies look so alike!”

“Yeah it’s me George! Oh thank god I found you. How’s the band doing? Is it in shambles yet?” John asked as he cocked an eyebrow at him, wondering with curiosity as to how they had held up without him.

George laughed as he gave his friend a gleeful smile. “I don’t know, I haven’t seen them. But I suppose they would be in a pretty bad state, not much of a band without any guitarists.”

“But Paul can play the guitar, you’ve seen him."

“Well then who would play bass?”

“I guess Ringo could, but then who play the drums?”

“They could always get Pete Best again, though he probably won’t be so keen seeing as we kicked him out and all.”

“Yeah but Pete’s a-”

“Will you two stop babbling? We have an urgent situation to deal with, we can’t be arguing about petty things!” Twilight cut them off, her earlier relaxation now slowly wearing off.

John and George both gave her a confused look before staring back at each other. “What’s her problem?” John asked, giving her a disgruntled glare.

“Ah she’s just worried thats all, something about the end of the world or something.” George stated simply with a shrug of his shoulders.

Twilight ignored the two and instead turned to Applejack. “Listen the Princess needs our help; we need to find the rest of the band!”

“And why’s that? What’s so special about this here band anyway?” The country mare questioned before giving the two musicians a confused glance.

“Let’s head into town, I’ll explain on the way…”

“This place is worse than America; I haven’t seen a single fish and chips stand!” Paul complained as he continued his trek through the unknown town. “Though they probably wouldn’t give me anything, seeing as how I’m broke any none of these blooming ponies recognize me…”

The bassist turned a corner and stepped onto yet another busy street. While most of the buildings were of the same cookie cutter design, one in particular stood out to him. It was a large building on a corner, its exterior covered in pink paint. It resembled somewhat a store, so as his stomach grumbled loudly he made his way towards the building.

As he was about to open the door, it was swung forward and a jabbering pink pony exited the building, soon followed by an oddly familiar red earth pony.

“So is the rest of your band nice? Well I guess they must be, while else would you be with them? Oh oh, do they all have big noses like you? Not that having a big nose is bad; actually I wish I had a big nose!  Can you smell better with that thing?”

Ringo sighed as Pinkie continued to blabber on and on and on. The drummer actually began nodding off as she spoke, not even noticing his band mate as they past him. However after a few more seconds of staring Paul finally recognized their drummer.

“Ringo my good man, is that you?” Paul questioned, his voice instantly causing Ringo to glance up.

“Paul? You’re a pony too? Well I’m glad I’m not the only one.”

“Yeah it’s weird isn’t it? Not the weirdest thing mind you; remember when we were playing at the Cavern Club back in 63? And that big nasty bloke from the docks threw that bag of milk at us?”

“Yeah that twit ruined my good suit!” Ringo muttered with an annoyed expression as he was reminded of the incident.

“It was all John’s fault too because his girlfriend kept staring at him.”

“I always told John he was too handsome, bound to get us in trouble some day.”

Pinkie Pie sighed and shook her head at the both of them. “Man you guys talk a lot! How do you ever get anything done when you just babble on like that?”

Ringo and Paul glanced back at each other before suddenly breaking out into an unstoppable laughter. After a straight minute of laughing they abruptly stopped, causing the pink pony to give them a confused look.

“Man you guys are weird…”

“Who are you exactly, and why did you kidnap poor Ringo here and force him to listen to your banter?” Paul questioned, giving the eccentric mare a serious glance.

“Oh I didn’t kidnap him; I was just helping him find the rest of his band! I’m Pinkie Pie by the way!” She held out a hoof, Paul cautiously grabbing it after giving it a worried stare.

“Uh Paul McCartney, nice to meet you.” Paul stated while they shook hooves. “I’m the bassist for The Beatles.”

“Oh really, that’s great! One down uh, how many more to go?”

“Two.”

“That’s awesome, we’re already half done! Where were we going again? Or right Twilight’s, let’s go!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed before rushing onto the street.

“We ditch her at the first chance we get.” Paul whispered to his companion as they watched her gallop down the street, stopping to stare back at them.

“Agreed.”

“Why are we just sitting here? Shouldn’t we be out there fighting?! You said yourself we could easily take Celestia!” A jet black creature demanded, slamming one of her hooves onto the stone table.

“Well of course we could, but what’s the rush? Celestia and her kingdom aren’t going anywhere soon.” A twisted, freighting figure said as he leaned back in his seat. A sly grin crossed his terrifying face as he glanced at the playing cards in his hand.

“But why wait?! Let’s end her now!” The creature exclaimed, already fed up with her new companion and his annoying attitude.

Discord chuckled as he laid down his hand. First a six of diamond was placed, soon followed by a four, nine, jack and finally a joker. “Ah I win yet again.”

Across the table sat an identical Discord, who upon seeing the hand groaned and threw his cards in anger.

“Will you stop doing that? It’s so weird watching you play cards with yourself…”

Discord sighed before snapping his talons, the clone of himself immediately disappearing into thin air. “Chrysalis my dear, have a little faith. We’ll get Celestia eventually; we just need to build up our army first. That’s why Luna- I mean Nightmare Moon, is out recruiting right now.”

“Speaking of her, how did you turn her so quickly?”

Discord laughed at the thought, turning to the Changeling Queen with a humorous grin. “Simple, her mind was as easy to bend as it was a thousand years ago. She’s a simple minded pony; it was a piece of cake to invade her thoughts.”

“Hmph, well this plan of yours better work Discord! I didn’t commit my troops to your army for nothing.” Chrysalis said with a heavy sigh.

“Oh it will, there’s absolutely nothing that can stop us now. The Elements are far too weak to beat all three of us. We can handle anything Celestia throws at us…”

“I’m just saying George; I think a song about ponies would be great! I never would have guessed they were such nice people. Well, except for when you tied me up.” John said, giving the cowpony behind him a glance.

“Yeah but ponies John? I don’t think the critics would like it very much, not to mention most people don’t know that they can talk. What’s the deal with that anyway? Do all of you talk, or just some?” George asked, his question directed at the bookish unicorn.

“Well of course all of us talk. Why, are there ponies in your world? Are they anything like us?” Twilight questioned, now greatly intrigued at this new prospect.

“Uh not really…”

The rest of the trip was quiet, none of them uttering a word until they entered the town a mere five minutes later. Both John and George were surprised to see dozens upon dozens of other ponies bustling about, all of them busy with their daily lives.

John grinned as he leapt up near a sign, wrapping around it with one hoof and pointing into the two with another. “So where are we to lads? Dandelion Grove,” John paused to read the names on the signpost. “Hay Drive or Mane Street?”

“Mane Street, we’ll go see Rarity first and then we can get Pinkie.” Twilight stated while giving the odd pony a glance.

“Mane Street it is, once more uton the breach! For King and Country!” He yelled eccentrically before jumping off the sign and galloping down the street, soon followed by the equal as excited George. Many ponies, including Twilight and Applejack, gave them very weird looks. It wasn’t often they saw such peculiar ponies running around their town.

Before long both John and George came screeching to a halt as they reached the presumed center of town. It was a large open area, with various stands and shops set up for merchants to sell their goods. At the far end sat a large deserted wooden stage, most likely only used for special events.

“Now where is the dastardly devil that’s captured poor Paul and Ringo?” John smirked, his accent changing into a strong London dialect.

“Well how about we start asking some ponies? Someone must have seen them, and most girls don’t forget a face like Paul’s.”

“A smashing idea chap, now let’s get to work!”

When Applejack and Twilight finally entered the town center they were surprised to see the two musicians missing. After a few moments of looking around they found them bothering citizen and merchant they came in contact with.

“You, you must have seen my friend! Where is he?” John questioned a yellow mare who couldn’t take her eyes off him. She simply ignored his question and continued to stare at him.

“Hey, I’m married you know!” John stated, his words doing nothing to cease her gaze.

Across the row was George, who was shaking one of his hooves at a stallion. “Hey I have hooves you know, and I’m not afraid to use them!” The stallion merely growled and shot a scowl at him, his large freighting appearance quickly causing George to back off. “Uh you probably haven’t seen them, sorry for the mix up sir.”He turned around and started talking to another pony.

“Why are they so weird? Are all of their species like this?” Twilight pondered as she stood watching them.

“Ah don’t know sugarcube, are you really sure these are the legendary warriors the Princess was talkin’ about?”

“I’m beginning to wonder that myself…” She stated simply, finally having enough with the two as they scared off a group of colts.

“That’s right you kids, we’ve had enough of your skateboarding!” John lectured as they ran off, turning to George with a grin. “Sure showed them didn’t we pal?”

“We sure did, but don’t you think we should get back to looking for Paul and Ringo?”

“Oh right, back to the questioning!” John spun around and came face to face with Twilight and Applejack. “You good women,” He said pointing a hoof at the yellow mare. “Have you seen my friends?”

The two mares sighed heavily. “Listen you guys, we’ll go get my friends here in town while you guys stay here. And can you please not bother people so much?”

The two friends exchanged a quick glance before turning back to them. “Sure thing Twilight, you get your friends and we’ll get ours!” George exclaimed as they once again began harassing random ponies.

Twilight let out yet another sigh as she turned away, soon followed by Applejack. “Let’s just hope the other two aren’t so weird…”