Every Dark Night Turns Into Day

Sunny Flare

“You want us to go to a rock concert?” I asked in confusion. Lemon Zest nodded eagerly as she took her headphones off. “I’m not really into rock music, I’ll pass.”

“Hey!” Sour snarled and I jumped slightly, looking at the girl in front of the computer. “You dragged us to that stupid orchestra concert. You’re going!”

“It was not stupid!” I grumbled and folded my arms. “It was beautiful! How can you say that about the Canterlot Orchestra?”

“Easily!” Sour snapped and twirled a pencil between her fingers.

“It put me to sleep!” Indigo snapped as she spun around in her chair. “Best sleep I’ve gotten.”

“It was nice,” Sugarcoat stated as she adjusted her skirt and glasses. I gave her an appreciative nod.

“Thank you Sugarcoat! At least you’re on my side!” I said as I glared at the others. “We have culture unlike you three!”

“If culture is a bunch of boring instruments like we saw the other day, I’m glad I have none!” Lemon shouted as she flipped me off. I gasped and gave her a dirty look. If I wasn’t anti violence, I’d have smacked her for the rude gesture.

“Quiet please!” Miss Cheerilee called out from her desk. “We have students studying here.” We all jumped as we all gave her a sheepish smile and Indigo rubbed the back of her neck nervously. Principal Twinkleshine had been very stern about us all not getting in trouble since we were technically guests.

“Sorry!” Indigo called out and stopped spinning around. “You’re going end of story. We all agreed to do an activity we all liked. We came to that stupid ass orchestra, you’re coming to the concert Lemon wants. We all agreed reluctantly to go with her.”

“And I already bought the tickets,” Lemon snapped angrily and held them up. “They weren’t cheap either.”

“Fine I’ll go,” I conceded and sighed. “You guys have a point. I did have you all come with me, least I can do is go to what you want. Who are we seeing exactly?”

“You’ll see,” Lemon grinned and shoved the tickets in her backpack. “You’ll see when we get there. It’s gonna be loud, it’s gonna be awesome!” May the lord have mercy on my soul. The loudness is just what I’m worried about.

“I’ll give ya a hint,” Indigo sighed. “One of them is Sunset Shimmer.”

“That narrows it down so much,” I muttered with an eye roll. “When does it end?”

“Three am,” Sour said helpfully.

“Seriously?” I glared at her.

“Bro it’s a Saturday night! We’re young stil!” Indigo exclaimed as she wrapped an arm around me and gestured around us. “Let’s have fun, get wasted!”

“Yeah we’re not doing that,” Sugarcoat said dryly as she closed her math book. “Definitely not getting wasted.”

“Fine let’s get back to work,” I grumbled and stared at the math homework in front of me. “I have to get the most perfect outfit for tomorrow night!”

All of my friends groaned as Indigo slammed her head on the table.

“Good god almighty,” Sour muttered as they stared at me. “What are you wearing?”

“A dress!” I exclaimed as I twirled around a bit, the edge of my purple dress spinning around. “Isn’t it gorgeous?”

“Yeah actually,” Sour admitted reluctantly. “It’s a bit formal for a rock concert though. I expected jeans and a black shirt like Lemon is wearing.” I gave a disgusted look at Lemons ripped jeans and rolled my eyes. I wouldn’t be caught dead in that.

“Let’s just get inside,” Indigo rubbed her face as we walked inside and I instantly flinched. It was so loud and crowded in here. Mainly our chs counterparts and a few cpa students surprisingly.

“Wow,” Sugarcoat said simply as she pushed her glasses up.

“Is that Twilight?” I asked in surprise as we all gazed at Twilight in confusion on stage.

“Wow,” Indigo muttered. “Do you still have the paper of what songs they’re doing Lemon?”

“Mhm!” Lemon waved the paper around and scanned it. “Apparently Twilight joined the Rainbooms. She and Sunset have a few songs, Sunset has a few songs.”

“I didn’t know Twilight could sing,” I mused as Rainbow started playing her guitar.

“I spent so much time searchin, lookin’ for somethin more. Diggin’ holes too deep and opening every door. And when you stand too close, yeah the picture’s never clear. And when you look too far away it all but disappears.” I stared in stunned silence at our former classmate.

“Wow Twis good,” Lemon whispered.

“And it was right there in front of me. Just too close for me to see. Sometimes the things you want are not the things you need. And it was right there in front of me.”

“I thought this was a rock concert,” Sugarcoat muttered as she looked at Lemon. “This is practically the opposite of rock.”

“There was a time before I didn’t know where I belonged. I thought I needed more and that I couldn’t get along,” Sunset’s surprisingly good singing voice washed over me as I stared.

“But who I am was all I ever needed. And when I faced that test, I finally succeeded,” Twilight joined Sunset’s singing.

“And it was right there in front of me. Just too close for me to see. Sometimes the things you want are not the things you need. And it was right there in front of me,” the rest of the Rainbooms joined in as I raised an eyebrow. This wasn’t really what I was expecting when Lemon told me we were all going to a rock concert.

“And it’s all I’ll ever need,” Sunset chimed in with Twilight and nodded subtly to us. “And it’s all I’ll ever need.”

“And it was right there in front of me. All this time, it was right there in front of me,” Rainbow finished as I gave Lemon and Indigo confused looks.

“Don’t worry, it’s about to get even more awesomer!” Lemon exclaimed.

I ignored the urge to tell her that wasn’t even a word.