Sunny

I sipped my water and inhaled. It was about two am and almost time to go. I was exhausted and had a migraine. Apparently after the final song, we were allowed to go backstage with Roseluck and her sisters.

Roseluck groaned as she stretched and smiled. She was surprisingly friendly along with Daisy and Lily. I will admit I don’t know much about plants but I learned more than I ever expected tonight.

“I’ve given up on society, up on my family, up on your social disease,” Lavender started singing. “I’ve given up on the industry, up on democracy, done with all your hypocrisy. All of the chaos and all of the lies I hate it. I’m wasting here can anyone wash it all away? I’m waiting here for anyone to wash it all away. Wash it all away!”

“I’ve given up on the media feeds my hysteria sick of living down on my knees,” Vinyl sang with a grin.

“I’ve given up on morality. Feeds my brutality, fuck what you think about me,” Lavender sang as she pointed at herself angrily. “All of the chaos and all of the lies I hate it. I’m wasting here can anyone wash it all away? I’m waiting here for anyone to wash it all away. Wash it all away!”

“I won’t change for you and I can’t take the pain. There’s nothing you can do and there’s nothing you can say,” Twilight sang as Lyra held up a flag with Fluttershy and I strained to see it. Stupid shortness.

“What’s the flag say?” I asked in frustration. I hated being short, man. Indigo and Sour Sweet are super lucky.

“Support our troops,” Sugarcoat stated and smoothed her skirt down as Trixie and Octavia saluted.

“I’ve given up on everything, up on everything, up on everything!” Sonata shouted as Derpy twirled her drum stick with surprising dexterity.

“I’m wasting here can anyone wash it all away? I’m waiting here for anyone to wash it all away. Wash it all away!” Lavender sang as she mimicked a wave with her hand and knelt down to high five someone. “I’m wasting here with everyone just wash it all away. I’m waiting here for anyone to wash it all away. Wash it all away!”

“Wash it all away!” Rainbow shouted as she and Trixie stood back to back, playing their guitars.

“I didn’t know they were a pro military band,” I mused in surprise. “Not that there’s nothing wrong with that of course!”

“Trixies dad is active army,” Roseluck explained. “She doesn’t see him that often.” That would explain it.

“She never mentioned that to us,” Indigo commented with the same confused we all wore.

“It’s not something she tells people much. She wasn’t really mean per se just really arrogant. She still can be but not as bad she used to be. It was like a coping mechanism or something,” Daisy admitted. “We only know because we overheard her telling Lyra about it one day.”

“Is he like there now?” Lemon asked with a surprisingly serious expression.

“Yeah. Who knows when he’s going to come back,” Lily shrugged. “Apparently it’s his fourth tour or something.”

“Damn,” Indigo whistled with an impressed. “My respect for Trixie has just increased by a lot.”

“Agreed,” Lemon elbowed Indigo who yelped. Rainbow approached the microphone as I mentally prepared myself

“Got the top down, gonna baptize you bitches cause you know you cop out. Calm down, all you motherfuckers do is talk loud. You sold out, and every single one of you is cold now. My town, thirty deep, about to fucking roll out,” Rainbow sang as I sighed quietly. This is entirely what I expected.

“Look alive as I light up the sky and pump up the twelve gauge and blow off your disguise. No surprise, there ain’t no compromise. They doped up these motherfuckers, hit ‘em straight in the eyes,” Adagio sang coldly.

“And the one-eyed man is king in the land of the blind it’s told you wanna live forever, but today you will die,” Rainbow sang.

“It’s your time,” Lightning added.

“Here you lie as they crucify. You’re the boy who will cry, and I’m the wolf who’ll get by,” Rainbow sang.

“And every single page is drawn in blood, can’t you see?” Adagio chimed in.

“Front seats because you’re triple six feet in the deep,” Rainbow added.

“And I’ll send you straight to the afterlife for fucking with me. Hollywood to the death, Undead put you to sleep!” Rainbow shouted.

“It’s a cover of a Hollywood Undead song,” Lemon said helpfully. “Really good one too.”

“Can’t fall, can’t die. Tonight we’re so alive. Singing, we own the night. We own the night. We call, you rise. With you, we never die. Singing, we own the night. We own the night!” Lyra and Octavia sang.

“Broken words so often told. If you wanna throw some blows we can go toe to toe, kick the door and throw it open,” Lightning sang as I focused on her and Aria standing with their own mics.

“No one knows? I thought I told ‘em thought you had it, now you’re choking. People dropping, bodies folding. Stay Undead, two coffins open,” Aria sang.

“Praying to that Holy Ghost. He can’t save you, there’s no hope. Looking through that barrel smoke. Pull the trigger, let it go.”

“The game is done, set in the closer. You can’t sink down any lower. We couldn’t get any colder. With these devils on our shoulders,” Aria added.

“There’s someone popping shots now, our fucking rival pulling up,” Lightning sang.

“And when the dust settles, you know we gon’ be on top.”

“They are singing kinda weird,” Sugarcoat muttered.

“It’s because Lightning and Aria are rapping duh!” Lemon exclaimed eagerly.

“Smoking till I’m under six feet on the dot. Welcome to the jungle, we got beef on the block.”

“Aria rolling through your hood,” Aria added.

“Lightning at her side!”

“Looking like a fucking pimp parade passing by. And we’re hopping out the Jeep if you fuckers wanna die,” Aria continued.

“Fucking with us is like committing suicide!” Lightning sang as the two finished their verse.

“Can’t fall, can’t die. Tonight we’re so alive. Singing, we own the night. We own the night. We call, you rise. With you, we never die. Singing, we own the night. We own the night!” Lyra and Octavia sang again.

“This time, this time we will all rise. All rise for the lost lives. Lost lives for the last time,” the Illusions and Rainbooms sang.”For the last time, we will all rise. For the last time, we will all rise. For the last time, we will all rise. For the last time, we will all rise.”

“Can’t fall, can’t die. Tonight we’re so alive. Singing, we own the night. We own the night. We call, you rise. With you, we never die. Singing, we own the night. We own the night!” Lyra and Octavia finished with grins.

“That was definitely not my taste of music,” I muttered and Daisy nodded her agreement.

“Same here.”

Author's Note

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