My Little Pony: Life in Equestria

The Last Concert

Part 1

It was a beautiful morning in Equestria, Celestia's sun was shining brightly down on Ponyville, over in the town square, a crowd of ponies had gathered to watch Neo perform for them, Neo was performing a song for the ponies ("Du Hast" by Rammstein), the ponies watched Neo perform with happy smiles, and some fillies and colts were watching him with bigger smiles, the fillies and colts moved their heads to the song, some ponies stomped their hooves to the melody of the song, the mane 6 and Spike were in the front of the crowd, watching him perform, Neo was practicing and rehearing a few songs because he had entered a competition in Canterlot called, "Battle of the Bands," when Neo finished his song, the ponies cheered and clapped for him, the Cutie Mark Crusaders even came up and snuggled against his legs, even though the music he performed was strange, everypony loved hearing him sing and seeing him perform, the next day was the day that Neo was to depart to Canterlot to participate in the Battle of the Bands competition in Canterlot, the competition was 5 bands would perform at a stadium, and the 1st place winner would win $20,000, Rainbow Dash and Derpy Hooves were decorating the town hall with banners and decorations wishing Neo good luck in the competition, sadly, the town hall was falling apart and it was in badly needs of repairs, especially the roof, Rainbow Dash hung up a banner of the town hall, Derpy Hooves was jumping up and down on a black rain cloud, she made lighting zap by Rainbow Dash, she got concerned and said, "Now careful, Derpy, you don't want to do any more damage than you've already done," lightning zapped again, Derpy said, I just don't know what went wrong," Rainbow Dash said, "Yeah, it's a mystery," Derpy flew over and she accidentally bumped a window, causing it crack, then she fell on the lower roof of the town hall along with Rainbow Dash, Rainbow Dash fell through the roof, Derpy put her head in a hole and said, "You okay, Rainbow Dash, anything I can do to help," pieces of the roof fell through, Rainbow Dash flew back up to the roof and said, "No, nothing, in the name of Celestia, just sit there and do nothing," Derpy sat down and fell through the roof of the town hall, she shouted, "Oops, my bad," then a crowd of ponies gathered at the town hall for an announcement from the mayor, the crowd was chanting Neo's name as they waited for the mayor to speak, when the mayor asked for everypony's attention, the crowd stopped chanting and listened, the mayor said, "Yes, we are all here to send Neo to compete in this year's official battle of the bands competition in Canterlot," the crowd cheered for Neo as Neo came out and stood next to the mayor wearing his white hockey mask, the ponies stomped their hooves on the ground as they cheered, then the mayor said, "And I want to thank Neo in advance for generously offering up his prize money to repair the town hall," the crowd cheered again, up at the town hall roof, Derpy shouted, "Yeah Neo, WHOO-HOO," and she fell through the roof, the ponies cheered and stomped their hooves for Neo, Pinkie Pie was hoping that Neo would make a speech before he leaves, Neo said he wasn't much for speeches but he wanted to say one thing, all the ponies, especially Pinkie Pie focused their attention on Neo, Neo said, "I just wanted to thank you all for believing in me and wishing me luck as I go off to perform in the competition, and since all of you have been such wonderful friends, I wish to donate my prize money to repair the Ponyville town hall, I swear that I will make all of you proud," the crowd cheered for Neo, around 4:00 p.m. Neo was about to depart from Ponyville on his motorcycle, some ponies came to wish him farewell, Twilight said to Neo, "Neo, we're gonna miss you while you're gone, but I just wanted to tell you we all believe in you and we know you will do your best," the mayor stepped in front of Twilight and said, "And bring back all that money," Neo said, "Of course mayor," Pinkie Pie said, "And have fun and don't be nervous, or if you are, use that nervous energy to do even better than you already would, and eat peanuts and popcorn and taffy and taffy gives lots of nervous energy," Neo said, "Are you kidding, I'll throw up if I do that," Twilight said to Neo, "Just do your best, and be yourself," Neo said, "Thank you Twilight, I'll do the best I can," Neo gave Twilight a goodbye hug, the ponies awed at the sweet moment, they were going to miss him, Neo said, "I'd better get on the road," Neo gave Twilight a kiss on the cheek, which made Twilight blush, Neo got on his motorcycle and started it up, Rainbow Dash said, "See you in 5 days," Pinkie Pie said, "With a shiny gold trophy," the mayor said, "And lots of money," Neo waved goodbye to the ponies and took off, the ponies shouted goodbye to him, some of them galloped by him as he rode off just to take one last look at him, then they watched him ride off into the distance until he was out of sight, every day Neo was gone, the ponies missed him, especially the mane 6, they just couldn't wait for him to come back to Ponyville, on the day that Neo was to return to Ponyville, several ponies were setting up a party to welcome back Neo in Applejack's barn, Fluttershy went on about how she hopes that Neo will be surprised by the party, but not so surprised that it will startle him, just being herself, Pinkie Pie was practicing a big surprise for when she sees Neo come in with a winner's trophy, when they thought Neo was coming, they turned off the lights, then a knock came at the barn door, Twilight looked outside and saw it was a mailpony, Twilight opened the door, the mailpony said, "Telegram," Twilight used her magic to take the telegram and she said thank you, Derpy said to Twilight, "Who's it from, Twilight, what's it say," the telegram was from Neo, Twilight read the telegram to the ponies, "Hello my little ponies and my Ponyville friends, listen I know I promised I would be back today, but sadly, the competition is taking longer than I expected, so I won't be coming back to Ponyville for a few more day, don't worry about me, I will be sending money soon, I miss you all and I love you, sincerely yours, Neo Anderson," the ponies were disappointed, they were all sad, Neo didn't mention why the competition was taking so long, it was only for 5 days, Derpy said, "Neo's... not coming back," Rainbow Dash said, "What do you mean Neo's not coming back, he loves Ponyville," Lyra said, "And he loves his friends," Bon Bon said, "And he loves all of us so much," she felt like crying, Rarity gasped and said, " Oh dear, something just dreadful must have happened to Neo to make him not return," Fluttershy said, "Maybe he's hurt, or sad or scared," Rainbow Dash got impatient and said, "So, what are waiting for, let's go find him," the mane 6 agreed, Twilight said with a determined face, "Don't worry, we'll search all of Equestria if we have to, we'll bring him back" Derpy said, "You girls are the best," Lyra said, "Thank you girls," the mane 6 looked back with a promising look on their faces, they promised that they would bring Neo back to Ponyville, after they left, Lyra said with a sad face, "It won't be the same without Neo, I finally found a friend that has a lot in common with me," she hoped that the mane 6 would bring Neo back to Ponyville, the mane 6 rode the train to Canterlot, when they got to Canterlot, they went to stadium where the battle of the bands competition was held, they asked various ponies if they had seen Neo, they even showed ponies a picture of him, but none of the ponies had any answers or said that hadn't see him, right when they were about to give up, a pony wearing a cowboy hat and had a guitar as her cutie mark saw Neo's picture, she said that she had seen Neo, she told the ponies that Neo went to perform at a carnival that was 3 miles away from Canterlot, the ponies thought it was strange that Neo went to perform at the carnival without telling them, the mane 6 got on the train to go to the carnival, as they were riding, they had a feeling that they might not find Neo, after all, even though he is the only human in Equestria and wouldn't be very hard to spot, it might be hard to find him in a crowd of ponies,Rainbow Dash said, "I hope this lead doesn't turn out to be a dead end, I don't wanna go home empty-hooved after promising we'd find him, "Fluttershy said, "I don't know how we'll break it to Neo's friends," Twilight said, "I don't know how we'll break it to Ponyville, "Pinkie Pie was squeezing her legs hind legs together and she said, "I don't know how I'll make it to the next stop," she had drank 5 glasses of chocolate milk and she had to pee really bad, a few minutes later, the train made it to the carnival, the mane 6 got off the train, Twilight said, "Let's fan out and try to find him," Pinkie Pie looked for the nearest outhouse, she found one that was occupied, she knocked on the outhouse door, jumped up and down on her hind legs and said, "hurryhurryhurryhurryhurry," the sound of somepony throwing up in the outhouse was heard, Pinkie Pie knocked on the door again and said, "Hurry it up in there," then the door slammed opened and Neo walked out of the outhouse, cursing to himself, he had been throwing up in the outhouse, Pinkie Pie dashed into the outhouse, but then she looked out and saw Neo, she said, "Neo," she got so excited that she found Neo, she bounced around the mane 6 saying, I found him, I found him, I found him, I found him," the girls followed Pinkie Pie, she pointed at Neo, Neo said, "Dammit, that's the last time I smoke before going on a ride," then Neo saw the mane 6, they galloped over to see him, they were so happy that they had found Neo, Rarity said, "Oh Neo, thank heavens," Fluttershy said, "We're so glad you're okay," Pinkie Pie was still shouting, "I found him, I found him, I found him, I found him," then she froze, remembering that she had to pee, she smiled and said, "Be right back," the mane 6 gathered around Neo, he said, "Hi girls, what are you doing here," Rainbow Dash said, "Why didn't you come back to Ponyville," Rarity said, "Yes, why are you here," Applejack said, "Yeah, what's going on, we've been worried about ya," Fluttershy said, "Are you okay," Pinkie Pie came out of the outhouse and said, "Do you have any snacks," Twilight said, "Tell us what happened at the competition Neo," then a pony came out of a tent and came over to Neo, she had a yellow coat and a red mane, and her cutie marks were yellow and red cherries, she said to Neo," Neo dear, are these some your friends from Ponyville," Twilight said, "Yes ma'am, we are," Rarity said, "And you are," the pony said, "Why I'm Cherry Jubilee, I run the rodeo for this livestock show, hasn't Neo told you, I saw him compete at the battle of the bands competition in Canterlot, I thought he was very talented and very impressive," Neo said, "Thanks Ms. Jubilee, I appreciate that," Cherry Jubilee said, "Neo told me he was looking for some temporary work, so I got him a temporary job here as a performer for this carnival, he said he was fine working her for a while, plus he mentioned he's had many years of experience, so I thought he would be perfect for the carnival, so I got him the job, well, I'll let you catch up with your friends, I'll see you in a little while," the ponies were surprised at what they just heard, Neo actually wanted to work away from Ponyville, the ponies had a feeling something was going on, Rainbow Dash said, "Okay Neo, what's going on," Neo said, "Look girls, this isn't a big deal, I'm just working here temporarily, I'm sorry that I have to work away from Ponyville for a while, I just needed some extra work, so I accepted the job here, that's I all I can say, end of story," Pinkie Pie said, "That's all you're gonna tell us, that's a terrible story," Neo said, "I'm sorry, but that's all I'm gonna tell you, I appreciate you girls checking on me, but you can all go home now, tell everypony I said hi and I miss them and I'm doing fine for now," Neo started to walk off, but Rainbow Dash flew in front of him and said, "Excuse me, Neo, but we didn't travel all over Equestria searching for you to come home without you," Neo said, "Well I didn't ask you girls to come looking for me, I've got nothing to tell you and I'm not coming back to Ponyville yet, now if you'll excuse me, I've got a show to perform," Neo walked off, leaving behind a group of sad ponies, as Neo left, Twilight said, "I don't care what he says, Neo's not telling us something," Rainbow Dash agreed, she said, "Twilight's right, we gotta get him to spill the beans," Pinkie Pie gasped and said, "What, he had beans, ugh, I told him I was snacky," end of part 1.