My Little Family

The first day we were there was great. Thorax and Chrysi got to know each other, and Discord, Puppet, and I got to see the place we were performing, and it was big. The stage was about 30 feet wide, so we had a lot of room to move around. The next day, we started with “Panic Song” like we said we were going to. Puppet was on stage first, and started of the song, and before we started, Discord teleported us into our positions, and we started. I’m pretty sure everyone was expecting to just play instrumentals, because when I started singing, everyone was shocked. It could’ve been that I sounded so good, or a mixture of both. When we finished, everyone got on their hooves and feet and started clapping and cheering.

“How is everyone doing today?” I asked.

They were screaming and cheering now.

“That’s good to hear. So, that last one was called, “Panic Song”, it was written by a band called Green Day. It was written about Billie Joe Armstrong, the guitarist, Mike Dirnt, the bassist's, panic attacks. Speaking of bass, can we have a round of applause for my friend here, Marionette, for playing that hard bassline?”

The crowd cheered, screamed, and clapped.

“I should probably introduce the band to you guys. So, like I said, we have Puppet playing bass,” the crowd cheered, “the person you might be the most familiar with, Discord, playing drums,” The crowd screamed. “and me on guitar and trumpet. Speaking of trumpets, let’s get to the next song. Give me one minute, I just need to get ready. I got my things on and whispered to Discord from behind the curtain, “Hit it.”

Discord hit the drumsticks, and when they started playing, I walked out playing my trumpet. When the crowd saw me, some were laughing, some were cheering, and some were clapping. During the first chorus, I threw my scarf into the middle section on the left side, during the second, I threw my tie as far as it could go on the right side, and during the third chorus, I gave my sunglasses to a changeling in the front row in the middle. Also during the second and third chorus, I got the crowd to say “King For A Day!” When we finished, the crowd was screaming.

“So that song was ‘King For A Day’,” I said and the crowd cheered, “which is actually about a crossdresser. This next song is ‘Brain Stew,.” I started if off, then Discord and Puppet joined in. During the break in between the verses, I jumped up and played the parts. Somehow, just somehow, my crown stayed on. When we finished, we kept the instruments going, and I started playing “Christie Road”. Like I played it at the party, I played the first part by myself, then during the second, Discord and Puppet came in. We finished, the crowd cheered.

“That last song was called ‘Christie Road’,” the crowd cheered. “This next song is called ‘East Jesus Nowhere’.” During the intro, we sang “Hey oh” the rhythm of the intro. We played it and everyone enjoyed it. During the second to last line of the second verse, Puppet, Discord, and I held up our uniforms we were wearing. I played the solo, and they seemed to enjoy it. We finished and they cheered.

"Alright, for this next song, I would like to see everyone up and dancing for this next song. It's called 'Waiting'."

When we got to the part where we were all playing, everyone and everypony started dancing. They really seemed to enjoy it. When we got to the part where it was just me and the guitar, Puppet and Discord started clapping and everyone else did as well. When we got to they last "Wake Up", Puppet and I both sang it. We ended and everyone was cheering.

"Alright, the songs we've been singing have been from Green Day, but we have four songs from another rock band called 'Blink 182'." The crowd cheered. "The next two songs are from Blink 182, then two more from Green Day, then two from Blink 182, then the rest are from Green Day. This next song is called 'The Rock Show'."

When we were playing, I said, "Let's dance!" We played that, and we lay the instruments ring, before we started playing "I Miss You". Like at the party, Puppet sang the first verse and the "I miss you"'s, I sang the second verse and the choruses, and we played it like Blink played it at the Pepsi Smash.

When we finished, I said, "Alright, for this next song, I would like to apologize if I cry because the lead singer of Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, wrote this about his father who died when Billie was ten years old. I have a personal connection with this song, so if you see me crying, that's why.” I put down my electric guitar and picked up my acoustic, and said, “This song is called ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’.”

I started playing while Discord was using drumsticks with cotton balls on the end to play the drums for the first verse, and I’m guessing Puppet had his hands in the air and was waving them, because the crowd started doing that. When we got the second verse, my eyes started to water and I’m pretty sure by the end of the second verse, there was a stream of tears going down my face. On the third verse, I messed up and stopped singing for a second. We ended, and the crowd started cheering and some were crying, so that cheered me up a little bit.

“This next song is called ‘21 Guns’.” I said and the crowd cheered.

I stepped on a button, and the intro started. We played the song and got the crowd to sing "21 Guns" when the chorus came. After we played the bridge, the piano started playing, and I sang the chorus again. The audience joined in, and they had their hooves and claws up in the air. They sang part of the chorus again, and when we were finished, they were screaming.

“Alright, unfortunately, we only have three songs, one that’s sad, one that’s upbeat and happy, and one that is kind of sad. This next song is called ‘Adam’s Song’.”

I started it off with the guitar riff and then Puppet and Discord came in. We played that, then at the end we let it continue for a few seconds before we went into “All The Small Things”. For each verse Puppet and I went to a different side of the stage, and for the last chorus, we got next to each other and sang into the same microphone. We also did the same thing we did at the party, where for the last line of the chorus for the first two choruses, we stopped the instruments, and I sang the line.

When we finished “All The Small Things”, Puppet and Discord got off the stage. “Before, I play the last song of today, I think I speak for all three of us when I say this, but thank you for your participation throughout the last hour, I think it’s been an hour. But thank you for all your cheering, your screaming, your applause, and your singing. It has been an amazing time for us, and I believe you guys as well. So a little bit of backstory, Billie Joe wrote this for his then girlfriend because she wanted to move to Ecuador, but he didn’t, so she moved without him. It’s supposed to be a sarcastic song, but people use it as goodbyes to good friends and such because some of the lyrics are, ‘It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right, I hope you had the time of your life.’ Though, I’m not using it in the first way, because I wouldn’t want to say goodbye to you guys, I hope to see you when we get famous. I’ll stop talking now, this song is called ‘Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)’.”

I started playing, and I could hear Puppet and Discord singing along with me. I played it like Billie did in “Bullet In A Bible”, especially in between the second to last and the last chorus, where I played it as fast as I could, which was really fast. I heard some cheers when I played it really fast. I also heard some people singing along with me for the last chorus. When I played the last note, everypony and everyone was screaming. As I walked off stage, I passed Thorax and said, “I’ll clean up later.” I went to my room, and just laid on my bed for a while. I was really tired. I didn’t even change or anything, and I didn’t even take off my crown (I wasn’t going to anyways, but still). I was so tired that as soon as I hit my bed, I fell asleep three seconds later, even though it usually takes me about half and hour to fall asleep.

I woke up a while later, or that’s what I’m guessing, because it was dark out. I looked at the clock, and it was 10:30 PM. ‘Shoot, I have to pack the stuff up.’ I thought to myself. I got up and went down to the theater (that’s what Thorax called it), and the stuff was still there. I went backstage, and turned on the lights above the stage. I pulled out a Gersh Device, and set it for “Home”. I opened it and brought in the guitar and bass first, and then realized that I probably wouldn’t be able to bring in the amps by myself.

“So that’s who’s down here.” Said a voice. I looked, and it was Thorax at the right entrance to the theater. “I was wondering who was here.”

“Hey Thorax, what are you doing up?”

“Well, when you become a ruler, one thing that’s helpful is having one ear open so you can be prepared for anything. You need any help?”

“No, I’ve got it. Thanks though!” I tried to show that I can do it, but I obviously couldn’t. After a few seconds of trying, he asked, “Are you sure?”

“I might need some help.”

We got the things back into the recording room at my house, then we sat down on stage leaning against a wall.

“Thanks.” I said.

“No problem. I got you this.” Thorax said, hovering a plate with a few brownies on it with his magic.

“Thanks!” I said grabbing the plate.

“Yeah, we had dinner, and I came into your room to wake you up, but you looked really tired, so I figured I’d let you sleep.”

“Thanks, I probably would’ve been grumpy or something if you didn’t let me sleep.”

“I can believe it. Did you know you sing in your sleep?”

“Really? That’s interesting. But, with how much I love music, I can believe it.”

“You did a good job today.”

“Thanks.”

“It was really fun, especially ‘King For A Day’.”

“Since we were coming here, we had to put on a good show. I think we did a good job at it.”

“You certainly did.”

“What was your favorite song?”

“Probably either ‘Panic Song’ or ‘King For A Day’.”

“‘Panic Song’? Really?”

“Yeah. I loved were it started out with Puppet, then you and Discord came in. It actually shocked me when you came in a few minutes later. I thought you would have started only a few seconds after. You have amazing vocals, by the way.”

“Thanks.”

“I remember seeing tears on your cheeks while singing ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’. It must be really personally to you.”

“Yeah, it is.”

“How come? If you don’t want to answer you don’t have to.”

“I'd rather not answer. If you would like to know, then I recommend asking Twilight.”

“Alright, I'll ask her tomorrow. Is it fun being a musician?”

“It’s pretty fun, especially performing, but it also has its side effects. Like, you can mess up performing, you can run out of breath while performing, or forget the lyrics. There’s a lot that can go wrong.”

We continued talking until the sun came up, then we had breakfast and talked some more, until it was finally time to go.