Planetshine's Space Odyssey Book 1
Songbird Serenade's Concert
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'Coming,' I shouted back,' What's the news.'
'There is going to be a new mission to Eve, it's in 3 days, and the engineers in the VAB are still fine-tuning the rocket to get there.'
'Cool, can I go there?'
'You're already on the roster, as the administration know you would definitely go on the mission.'
'Any other ponies?'
'Silverstream, Sandbar and Starry Night.'
'Ok, anyways, I'm going Cloudsdale today to meet Rainbowshine.'
'Good travels!'
I flew south, to Ponville first to tell the other astronauts that I would be going to Eve, the purple looking planet that had the really thick clouds. Everypony was surprised that I was going to another planet all in one week. It sounded very hectic, but I could manage it.
The next thing I did was to find Cloudsdale. Rainbowshine told me that Cloudsdale was north-west of Ponyville at the time, and so I traveled that direction. I finally got to Cloudsale, I headed for the weather factory, which was where Rainbowshine worked. I busted in, flying towards Rainbowshine, who was pouring in a mixture to make rainbows.
She was nearly done with her job today, and she told me to wait until she was done with her job. I had to wait a long time, getting bored after a while, but after she completed her job, she was able to go out for some fun. She asked me a question, to begin with, 'Why are you in your spacesuit?'
'Not bothered to take it off and on, anyways, it's a flight suit, not spacesuit.'
'Oh, I get it, so anyways, I got some news for you, Sia is performing tonight!'
'Hey, that's nice, I'm up for another mission in 3 days, this time to Eve.'
'Space travel, I just don't get it.'
'Me too, but I like it.'
We walked out of the factory and flew over to Rainbowshine's home. When I entered, I was amazed by the new technology in her home, the last time I was in her home, it looked primitive compared to now. 'Hey, Rainbowshine, just asking, but how did the new tech come to be like this?' I asked her.
'I'm not exactly sure, but I think it's from another dimension, Princess Twilight and I think Sunset Shimmer ported the tech to here in Equestria.'
'So you're saying all the new tech is from another dimension.'
'Yeah, I guess so.'
She walked up to her living room table. There were two tickets to Sia's performance tonight in Cloudsdale. 'Uh, Rainbowshine, what song is she performing?'
'Chandelier, I think.'
I knew Chandelier, it was one of her most renowned songs, well, all of them are, but Chandelier was very renowned. We spent time at Rainbowshine's home, watching TV for a while and then taking a few pictures. When It was nearly night, and Princess Luna would raise the moon, or spin Equestria, I'm not too sure, we went out of her house. The concert was held in the Cloudsdale stadium, pretty weird place to even hold a concert.
We flew over, I saw lots of ponies, even earth ponies and unicorns. I pondered to myself how they were able to stand on clouds, but it was probably just magic. I wasn't very good at magic, well, it's sorta obvious if you're not a unicorn or alicorn. We flew over to the entrance, which we handed in our tickets. It took a while to find the best seats possible, but we finally found one.
Some other ponies around me were looking at me. I didn't know why they did that, but it was either my flight suit I was wearing or it was because I was a famous astronaut. The next thing that happened was the Lyra and Bon Bon came, somehow walking on clouds. I flew up, yelling out, 'Lyra, Bon Bon, here!'
Hey heard me, and they squished in beside me with Rainbowshine. 'Why are you here?' Bon Bon said, 'I thought you would be at the space center doing stuff.'
'I have a personal life too,' I complained.
'We already know,' Lyra replied.
After a while of waiting, Sia finally got on the stage. The stadium can be easily modified to become anything really, for plays, for concerts, anything, because clouds can be easily manipulated to suit needs. Usually, the stadium's interior would be having cloud rings or pillars.
'Fillies and gentlecolts,' the speakers announced, 'Please welcome Songbird Serenade.'
I still had problems with her name, Songbird Serenade, maybe it was me getting too used to calling her by her real name Sia. The music started, and she started singing in her sweet singing voice. My voice was coarser and not as nice as her's. The first verse was great, the props kicking into action.
Party girls don't get hurt
Can't feel anything, when will I learn
I push it down, push it downI'm the one "for a good time call"
Phone's blowin' up, they're ringin' my doorbell
I feel the love, feel the loveOne, two, three, one, two, three, drink
One, two, three, one, two, three, drink
One, two, three, one, two, three, drinkThrow em back, till I lose count
Then the chorus came, which really showed off her voice.
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist
Like it doesn't exist
I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
After the song was complete, everypony cheered, and all four of us went backstage with nopony noticing. Rainbowshine and I carried Bon Bon and Lyra under the stadium and backstage. There, security guards looked at us, asking why we were doing that, but then Sia came in.
She said to the security guard, 'Don't need to matter with them, Rainbowshine and Planetshine are my friends.'
Sia then let us backstage and let us see the props and under her signature wig. I've already seen what's under her wig, but it was the first time backstage that I've seen it. Her real mane wasn't long enough to cover part of her face, so she used a wig to do so. We talked about lots of things, especially our daily lives.
For the next three days, I spend it all in Cloudsdale, sleeping with Rainbowshine, then flying over to the space center with her on the third day.
Author's Note
How the rainbows are made is not shown for obvious reasons. And I just had to put in things from real life. Chandelier because I was just listening to it when I was writing this chapter.
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