Twilight stood still, wide eyed and mouth agape. Canterlot architecture was impressive, yes, but this... this was outstanding. Before her, in the center of a large, circular plot of land was a massive white building comprised of two stories. It rounded the entirety of the plot with a dome shaped ceiling connecting its sides. Large V-shaped columns supported a small overhang, each lit up with a rapidly changing light. Red, green, blue, yellow... the outside was an ever changing rainbow. Between these columns were upside down pyramids, all suspended in midair with purple tethers of pure unicorn magic suspending them from the surrounding pillars.

"Hey Twi, ya comin?" Rainbow called out behind her.

She shook her head and focused on her friend. Rainbow Dash was already zooming across the street, her sleek coat whipping through the nighttime air to the large double glass entry doors. She landed on the sidewalk and cantered down the long stretch of red velvet carpet that spanned the distance between the two. It was severed with a red rope that was supported with a series of poles. Pony after pony was arriving and flooding in, creating quite the line. Yet Rainbow walked past them all, down the empty line on their left.

Twilight giggled, looked both ways across the bustling cobblestone street, then crossed. The moon was full tonight, lighting her up with a bright lavender glow. She smiled at her radiance as she stepped onto the sidewalk, swerved past the lining up chariots, and made her way down the same line as Rainbow.

At the end of the line, she and Rainbow nodded to each other, then turned to a large grey stallion who had a list in his hooves. He was scanning the pages, occasionally letting a pony in, but more often than not, denying a pony access. Rainbow was the first to approach him, an eager smile on her face.

"Hey dude," she said, grabbing his attention. He looked down to her, thick black shades blocking his eyes from sight. "We're friends with Vinyl."

"Scratch?" he asked.

"Mhm, yes sir," Twilight said as she too approached.

He looked behind him, into the foyer. Twilight and Dash looked too, cocking their heads over the huge bouncer. What they saw brought eager smiles to them both. It was an expansive hallway with stairs at its end that raised to a huge golden arch, atop which was a huge gold neon sign that read Levitation in calligraphy.

On the white tiled floor, a golden carpet split down the middle, and on either side platinum records hung on the wall in little glass boxes. On the stairs, a particular white unicorn with an electric blue mane and deep purple shades was approaching. She nodded, and the bouncer turned around.

"All right then. In you go," he said in a thick, gruff voice. Both mares nodded and darted past him. Twilight threw the two glass doors open with her magic, and they soon traded the freezing night air for the warmth of the indoors. A light booming filled their ears now, a stark change to the city night outside.

"Dash, Twilight! I'm glad you two could come," Vinyl said as she casually sauntered down the golden carpet. Ponies on either side were turning their heads to see who the famous DJ was talking to.

"Ha, glad to come," Rainbow said, swooping up and over to hoof-bump her friend.

"Yeah we are! This is great Vinyl," Twilight said, extending her hoof. Vinyl took it and shook, a polite smile on her face. "Congrats on the new club."

"Hey, thanks! The record guys thought it was a bad idea, but they can suck my horn," she said, shrugging. "Y'know, I thought you two weren't coming. Had me worried there for a second."

Rainbow nudged Twilight with a sly grin. "Yeah, Twi here didn't want to at first. But...ah, well a bit of spanking here, a bit of toying there-"

Twilight gasped. "Rainbow!"

"Aw chill Twilight," Vinyl said. She used her hooves for emphasis now. "You know, Tavi wasn't gonna come either. But then I took her cello's bow, and when she was bent over lookin' for it, I rammed it right up her-"

"Vinyl Scratch!" Octavia's voice boomed from behind her. She snapped around, finding the cellist atop the stairway, her face red and tight.

Looking around frantically, she said, "Yep, so, um, I'll, um-" She fled, swinging down one of the side hallways and disappearing from sight.

Octavia darted down the stairs, her face still steaming. "You just wait until I get a hold of your glowsticks!" she shouted, rounding the same corner. Just before she disappeared, Twilight and Rainbow heard her shout, "You won't sit for months!"

As soon as they were gone, Rainbow turned back to Twilight. "Hey. Hey Twi."

"Yes?" she responded, still looking down the hallway.

"What d'ya think; Vinyl's new nickname - Glowbutt. Has a nice ring to it," she said with a chuckle.

Twilight giggled. "That's... nasty! Good use of colorful language though."

"Eh, what can I say?" She shrugged. "I guess I just kinda pulled it outta my butt."

They both chuckled. As they started for the stairs, Twilight turned to her friend. "Look, I do have one request; please don't bring up our bedroom activities."

"Oh c'mon, it's all in good fun."

Twilight stopped. "Rainbow, we're not even in an official relationship. We just have... benefits."

"Yeah, but-"

"Do it again and I'll tell Pinkie about your icing fetish."

Rainbow Dash bit her, lip looked away, stood up tall and began walking again. "...So... this is a nice place."

"It is," Twilight said, catching up to her friend with a victorious smile. They headed up the small set of stairs, cresting the top and running into two more bouncers who stood at either side of a large golden door. The large, brown stallions looked down on them with flat, intimidating glances, but said nothing.

The pair moved by them. Behind the door, the booming was loud and forceful. The voices of hundreds of ponies echoed loudly, even though they were muffled by the bass. Twilight looked to the pegasus beside her. "I'm a bit nervous," she admitted, looking down as a crimson heat wave filled her cheeks.

Dash put her hoof under the mare's chin, forcing them to lock eyes. "Hey, don't worry. I've done this plenty of times. All ya gotta do is relax and go with the flow. Don't worry, I'll be right next to you."

"Well... it's just that I'm not really a... partier..."

"Duh. Eggheads don't party. That's why I'm here for ya!" she said with a wink.

"All right..."

"That's the spirit!" Dash said, leaning on the golden door. It swung open with ease, sending her into the next room.

Twilight's jaw dropped. The room was a huge, tri-level dome, each level acting as a ring. From the looks of it, they were on the second floor. She stepped out into the room, the music blasting, each beat bringing chills down her spine. The carpets here were purple, aglow with the blacklights. Finely adorned tables lined the glass railing of the ring and were seating at least a hundred ponies.

Rainbow took a seat at one nearby, making sure to pull out a chair for Twilight before taking her own. Twilight took her seat opposite of her friend, examining everything; the blacklights on the ceiling, the ring above her, the open area between them all, and even the white, glowing tablecloth and napkins at the table. The smell of liquor, perfume, sweat and cinnamon filled the air.

"See?" Rainbow said, barely audible above the music. "Pretty cool, huh?"

"I guess," Twilight said - practically shouted - back. "But I thought we were dancing or something."

"Well, we are. But not here. This is just a lounge area." She nodded down to the bottom ring. "That's the dance floor."

Twilight peered over, leaning on the glass siding and looking down. Her eyes widened for the third time tonight as she took in the sight. A sea of ponies was bouncing on the bottom floor, rippling like waves. They all had glowstick horn rings, glowing wing bracelets, hoof bracelets and glowsticks in their mouths. It was a flood of neon dancing, all centered around one sectioned off circle, on which all the multicolored lights - each bolted to the separate rings - were focused.

There, behind a large turntable and mixing board, bobbing her head and glowstick-adorned, was Luna.

The fist-pumping alicorn bent down to the mic stand. "Let the music penetrate thine ears and jiggle thy brain like pudding!"