The six ponies looked in awe at the stage in front of them. There was a train car and a backdrop of a dusty road. There was a fan just offstage.

"So, what's alla this fer?" Caseyjack queried.

"I suppose it's a stage of sorts, meant to represent careening down a railway..." Rarity mused.

"But how would that make sense?" Twilight asked.

"It doesn't have to, it's a music video," Tom said from behind them, "now I want Twilight Nails on guitar, Rarity Crowley on bass, Rainbow Sparks on drums-"

"Aw, come ON!"

"Them's the breaks, Rainbow," Tom informed, "and..." he grinned evilly, "Flutter Tesla on vocals,"

"Me!?" Flutter Tesla protested, "why would you want ME to sing!?"

"Come on, now, Flutter," Tom cajoled, "it's just a music video. The only ponies who'll see you sing are the crew,"

"Um, OK," Flutter Tesla said as she flew up with Twilight, Rainbow carrying Rarity to the top of the train car. They took their positions and waited.

"OK," Tom called out, "turn on the fan!"

The fan started whirring as it built up speed, eventually building up to a speed where it blew their manes about.

"Three, two, one, GO!" Tom called out.

The guitar picked up, playing a wistful melody, drums and bass backing it up. Flutter Tesla's cue came on.

You sit there in your heartache

Waiting for some beautiful mare to

Change you from your old ways

You play forgiveness

Watch it now...here she comes!

She doesn't look a thing like Luna

But she talks like a gentlemare

Like you imagined when we were young..

----

They say that Discord's water, it ain't so sweet

But you don't have to drink right now

But you can dip your hooves

Every once in a little while..

Tom Dan twitched.

----

What's the hook, the twist

Within this verbose mystery?

I would gladly bet my life upon it.

That the ghost you love, your ray of light

Will fizzle out without hope.

We're the empty set just floating through, wrapped in skin

Ever searching for what we were promised.

Reaching for that golden ring we'd never let go,

but who would ever let us put put our filthy hooves upon it?

Flutter Tesla's screaming was surprisingly good, given her soft spoken nature, Twilight thought as she strummed along, watching Flutter's hair thrash around.

Hey Miss Mareder can I?

Hey Miss Mareder can I?

Make beauty stay, if I

Take my life?

Whoah-oh-oh!

Hey Miss Mareder can I?

Hey Miss Mareder can I?

Make beauty stay, if I

Take my life?

Whoah-oh-oh!

Flutter Tesla's hair calmed down as she stopped singing, falling to her haunches as the band finished out their parts.

"Brava, all of you!" Tom cried as he applauded, "especially that bit when you dropped at the end! Pure showmareship!"

"Um, thank you," Flutter Tesla said weakly, "but I dropped because I'm tired of singing that way."

"Fine, then, I guess a little break would be fine for the encore..."

"ENCORE!?"

"Yes, Luna Black. Or did you not remember?"

Flutter Tesla groaned as she propped herself up on her mic stand. "Hit it, Tom."

"But maybe we-"

"I SAID HIT IT!" Flutter screamed scratchily.

Everypony stared, shocked at the sudden outburst.

"Threetwoonego!" Tom said hurriedly as Rainbow Spark's drums lead off, followed by Twilight's strumming and Rarity's rhythmic bass. Flutter Tesla started singing throatily, more from a lack of being able to sing anyway else.

I see a red door and I want it Luna Black

No colors anymore, I want them Luna black

I see the colts come by dressed in their summer clothes

I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I see a line of carts and they're all Luna black

With flowers and my love both never to come back...

----

"Great set, girls!" Tom cheered, "now after editing, it should take about three months to hit the market.

The girls all groaned.

"Three months!?" Rainbow Sparks shot out.

"We coulda done a concert with our time!" Caseyjack cut in.

"Oh, trust me, girls," Tom winked, "you girls will simply explode in popularity after this hits the airwaves..."

"Ok, but we're trusting you," Twilight warned.

3 MONTHS LATER

"We're all over the airwaves!" Pinkori squealed, "you know what this means!?"

"Nah, but I suppose you'll tell us," Caseyjack intoned.

"It means I get to throw a 'Congratulations-we're-popluar' party!"

Twilight walked into the treehouse. "Girls, I just finished talking to Tom." She looked giddy as all get-out.

"Twi, ya look as giddy as all get-out," Caseyjack said, "What's all the hoo-ah?"

"Well," Twilight said hurriedly, "Tom said that everypony loved it, and that even Princess Celestial loved it, and she wants us to perform in the Canterlot Philharmonic Concert Hall!"

The girls whooped at that.

"Canterlot, here we come!"