I woke up at 6:00, went to the bathroom, got dressed and went downstairs to the kitchen. I wanted to bake pancakes to start the day off. As I was baking, I heard Pinkie Pie say behind me, “Good morning! How come you're up so early?”

“Hey Pinkie. If you could be a little quieter, I would appreciate that and so would Puppet. He’s still sleeping. I’m just baking pancakes. How come you’re up so early?” I asked.

“Well, I wanted to know if you were going to play music at the party, and I got so excited that you might, that I had to come here as soon as I could!” She said excitedly, still hopping.

“Yes, I will be playing four songs at the party. Puppet will also be playing with me if you don’t mind. We’ll be over at Sugar Cube Corner at noon to bring the gear over.”

“Alright.” She said hopping her way back down to the portal room.

I finished the pancakes and was eating them, when Puppet came down the stairs.

“Hello. How are you?” I asked.

“I’m doing good.” he said. “Like I said last night, thanks for letting me stay the night. They're going to dig their own graves one day.”

“No problem. I want to talk to you about a few things first.”

“Alright.” He sat down at the other end of the table.

“First, Pinkie Pie came over this morning asking if we were playing at the party tonight.”

He nodded.

“I told her yes, and that we would be over at 12:00 to set up, so we’ll need to leave at 11:55.”

“Alright. You said there was something else?” He said.

“Yes. Have you decided if you’ll be living here?”

“I put some thought into it, and I decided I will be living here.”

“Really!?” I gasped.

“Yes.”

“Alright, we’ll celebrate tomorrow, since we already have a full day.”

At 11:55, Puppet and I went through the portal at Twilight’s castle. We walked through the castle and when we got to the
front doors, Twilight spotted us.

“Hey guys,” She smiled, “how are you?”

“We’re doing fine, how are you?” I asked as she walked over to us.

“We're doing swell. What are you two doing here?”

“We’ll be playing songs at the ‘Welcome to Equestria’ party tonight, but I don’t have Sugar Cube Corner in my Gersh Devices, so we had to go through your portal to get here. If you want to come with us you can, but we’ll mainly be setting up our gear and doing a soundcheck.”

“Sure, I’ll come.”

As we were walking to Sugar Cube Corner, I asked Twilight, “Don’t take this the wrong way, but are there drugs in
Equestria?”

We all stopped and Twilight looked at me with a concerned look on her face.

“No, I don't mean it like that. I don't do drugs, that's a promise. One of the songs that I was thinking of doing for the soundcheck is about how meth is bad for you, so I wanted to know if you guys would get the message behind it.”

“Alright. Yes, unfortunately, there are drugs like methamphetamine in Equestria.”

We got to Sugar Cube Corner at 12:00 and Pinkie was waiting outside for us.

“There you are! So what are we doing first?” she asked.

“Puppet and I need to find a place to perform.”

After taking a look around, I sighed, “Honestly, we could play right in front of Sugar Cube Corner.”

I then pulled out a Gersh Device, input Sugar Cube Corner as a place in it, and opened a portal to home. Puppet and I spent fifteen minutes getting the gear and setting it up. Then, Puppet and I started tuning our instruments, and I tuned the drums and piano. We played chords to make sure it wasn’t too loud or too quiet.

After all that, we needed to play a song just to make sure it sounded good. Puppet and I started playing “Geek Stink Breath” by Green Day, and as we were playing we started gathering a crowd who started dancing and cheering. After we finished, they cheered for us and told us to keep playing.

“We’ll play one more song.” I accepted.

I started playing “Brain Stew” by Green Day, and as I was playing, Puppet yelled “Hey!” a few times, and the crowd joined in, like how the crowd did in the live show. We played "Brain Stew" and the crowd danced for that as well. When we finished, they cheered for us.

“That’s it for now, but if you want to hear more, we’ll be playing later at 9:00 tonight.”

Puppet and I arrived at the party at 7:30. It was really cool. The ponies were nice and I got to know their names, but only remember a few, like Lyra Heartstrings, Sweet Drops, and Cherry Punch. The food and punch was good as well. It was really funny. After I said hello to Lyra, she got super excited, since she belived that humans did exist. We became good friends. Vinyl was playing some good music as well, and Puppet and I were dancing a lot.

8:55 came fast, and at that time, I told Pinkie we were going to head outside to get ready, and at 9:00 to tell them to come out. Puppet and I went outside, got the gear on and did a quick test. At 9:00 on the dot, I could hear Pinkie say on a megaphone to head outside for a surprise. Everypony came outside, and saw us. When they crowded around Puppet and I, I said on the microphone, “Hello there, I’m Johnny, but you already know that, and I’ll be playing with my best friend, Puppet.”

After I said that, the crowd cheered.

I stepped on a button to start the drums. The drumsticks against each other to tell Puppet and I the tempo. Puppet and the drums started playing “She”, and the crowd started cheering again. When I started singing, some of the ponies in the crowd started dancing. When we got to the chorus, that’s when ponies really started to go crazy. Practically the entire crowd was dancing now. I even noticed the Mane Six dancing in the back, Twilight was trying to dance. I’m guessing Twilight told them I would be playing tonight, because I don’t remember telling them, which I felt bad about.

When we sang the chorus the third time, I believe I heard ponies singing with me and Puppet. When we ended the song, everypony was cheering.

“Thanks everypony,” I said into the mic, “I’m glad Puppet and I aren’t the only ones enjoying this mini concert. So, that last song was called 'She'...” The crowd started to roar. “...and this next song, what is the next song we’ll be playing Puppet?”

“Well Johnny, this next song is called 'Welcome To Paradise' By Green Day.”

The crowd went wild.

“Alright, you ready?”

The crowd started screaming.

I stepped on the button and started playing. This time, the drums were set up so they would play after I played a certain part in the song. The crowd started cheering again. Nothing else really happened until we got to the bass solo. When we did, I started shouting “Hey” repeatedly so the ponies would catch on and say “Hey” as well.

When we finished that, the crowd cheered again.

“Thank you guys so much. I’m really glad that you guys are enjoying this show. Alright, this next song is called “J.A.R.” by Green Day.”

I stepped on the button before shouting, “Hit it Puppet!”

Puppet started playing a bass line before the drums and I kicked in. Everypony started dancing again. After we sang the chorus, I yelled “Jump!” and started jumping, and everypony started jumping as well.

When we finished, the crowd was screaming at this point. I also noticed a lot of other ponies were here now.

“If everypony can calm down for a moment…” The noise of the crowd died down. “...unfortunately, there’s only one more song for tonight.”

Everypony started to get upset. “But, since you ponies, I, and I’m pretty sure Puppet have enjoyed the last…” I looked down at my watch, “... thirteen minutes, I, and hopefully Puppet, will probably be doing more shows in the future.”
The crowd went ballistic.

“We have one more song to sing, but we’ll need a few minutes to tune and set up.”

We tuned and I put my guitar on a robot to play the song.

“As you can see, I don’t have my guitar on me. Not because the song doesn’t have a guitar part in it, but because I will be playing the piano. “

The crowd started cheering.

“For this song, when I say “Sing” I want you everypony to sing something.”

I told them what to sing, I sang it to them, and they sang it back.

“Alright, let’s do this.”

I went over to the piano, and started playing. The crowd went crazy. I got to a part of the intro where I could stop, so I did. I stood up and sang the part, and stopped. The crowd started to cheer. I placed the mic back on the stand, and continued playing. When I finished the intro, everypony cheered again. I stepped on a button, took the mic off the stand and walked over to the drums.

I said, “Ready?”

The crowd screamed.

I picked up a drumstick and hit one of the cymbals four times, sending a signal to the drums to start playing, also letting Puppet know to start playing. I started to sing and the crowd cheered and danced. When we got to the part, I said sing, and they did. I did it again, since it happens twice in the song, and they sung it again. It feels amazing when you can control an entire crowd.

When we finished the song, the crowd was screaming so loud, I’m pretty sure Canterlot could hear it.

“I’m glad you guys enjoyed the night. It’s been an amazing night for us as well. Have a good rest of your night everypony!” Puppet and I walked off stage to find the Mane Six and Starlight there.

“You guys were amazing!!! I knew you guys would be good, especially with your vocals,” Pinkie Pie screamed, “but I didn’t know you would be that good!”

“Thanks Pinkie!” I said.

“I can’t wait to hear more of your singing!” Starlight joined in.

“Thanks guys! Puppet and I are going to head back to my place because we got some stuff to do tomorrow." I pulled out a Gersh Device.

I put in “Home” and as Puppet and I went through the portal, I said to the Mane Six and Starlight, “Have a good night guys!”

“Have a good night!” They said.

I closed the portal once we were through, and Puppet asked, “So, what are we doing tomorrow?”

“Well, since you came back, I decided we could have a fun time tomorrow and go to a few places.”

“Alright. I’m down.”

“But first we need to go to Twilight’s castle tomorrow, ‘cause I’m going to give her a piece of paper telling her the coordinates of where we’ll be.”

“Alright.” Puppet went to bed to the bedroom he slept in last night, and after taking a shower, brushing my teeth and writing down what we did today I went to bed as well.

Author's Note

So for this chapter, I wasn't entirely sure how to type this since FIMFiction doesn't allow you to put copyrighted lyrics in your stories. I might go back and edit it every so often if I think I can make it better, so if you see any changes, that's why. I think I did the best I could. If you have any advice, please let me know.