I hope you like the ideas I have for this chapter. One idea in particular may be very jarring, but it’s quite necessary.

-Four Days Later- --Time: 6:00 pm--

“See ya tomorrow Danny! Can’t wait for the concert!” I hear Vinyl yell after me as I walk out her door. I had just recorded the soundtrack to my concert, which she loved. I knew the songs still had to be secret, so immediately after she printed the album, I used a simple memory-wipe spell to selectively wipe her memory of every song.

I am walking down the street, heading to Rarity’s place to pick up my mau5head. I’ve been here for alm- no, I’ve been here for a full week. Its one day until my concert, and I’m tying up any loose ends here and now. I pass by a wall with a copy of the poster I designed for my concert; ‘All Nightmare Long’ Awwwww Yeeeaaaaahhh!!!

The album that I released was a gigantic hit; selling more than three hundred copies in the first day! (That’s a lot for a small village). I had raised enough money to buy even more lights. My stage is all set up right in the field across from my house. I’ve got four blinders, 10 searchlights, two smoke machines, four strobes, and two laser machines. For the past three days, I had been spending most of the day mixing and most of the night synching the lights. I didn’t spend much time in town, as I was dedicating whatever free time I had to practicing some magic. It was kind of hard, as I only got to see Dashie about one or two hours every day, while I was eating. I got an average of five hours of sleep per night. It will all be worth it, however, when the concert starts.

My largest worry over the past few days hasn’t been about my music, it has been about whether or not Fluttershy would ever talk to me again. Thankfully, I ran into her early today. She was scared at first, but I managed to justify my actions against the manticore and I was able to earn a hug from her. (P.S. Her mane is softer than cotton). She said that she would come to the concert, as long as that’s okay.

The concert, oh my god! It’s been hyped more than Avatar during the past few days, with ponies buying copies of the poster so that they can put it on their walls at home. Word on the street is that even Princess Celestia and Luna are coming! I talked to Twilight about this earlier this morning and she actually confirmed these rumors. I still remember the conversation I had with her.

---Flashback---

“The Princesses want to see you Danny, and what better time to see you, they thought, than at your concert?” I remember Twilight saying, “Also, Luna said she wanted to see you perform. I sent her a copy of that last record and, according to what Princess Celestia says, she loves it.”

“That’s awesome!” I said, surprised that even Luna enjoyed the mau5, “Did she tell you what her favorite songs were?”

“Well, Celestia says she won’t stop playing ‘Cthulhu Sleeps’.” Twilight said, explaining the answer.

“Great to know, I love that song too!” I say in an excited voice.

---End of Flashback---

My attention is brought out of my recollections and back into present day, however, as I am now standing outside Rarity’s boutique. I hear a noise coming from inside the boutique and recognize it as Sweetie Belle’s singing. This is the first time I’ve heard her sing since I got here.

I gently open the door and quietly sneak in. The first sight I am greeted to is Sweetie Belle, standing across the room from me. I recognize the song she is singing as ‘Raise Your Weapon’.

Rippin’ my heart was so easy, so easy

Launch your assault now, take it easy

She sings each and every note perfectly, her voice never crackling or breaking. Way better than the original, and not just because it’s pony. Thankfully, she hasn’t noticed me yet, so she continues singing.

Raise your weapon, raise your weapon

One word, and it’s over

I am completely speechless at her perfection and tone quality. I wonder if she actually knows what this song means.

Rippin’ through like a missile

Rippin’ through my heart

Rob me of, this love

Raise your weapon, raise your weapon

And it’s over

My jaw is practically on the floor due to this performance. I can’t stand it anymore; I begin to clap my hands together in applause. The white filly turns around to see me, and blushes nervously. Oh my dawww.

“Oh, you saw that.” She says in a Fluttershy-esque whisper, continuing to blush fiercely.

“Yes, and it was amazing. You have an amazing voice, the best female voice I’ve ever heard.” I compliment her, causing her to blush further, “I think I’ve found your cutie mark; Singing. You should record with my sometime, I’d love to get your cover of that song on a Vinyl.”

“Thanks, I’d love to.” She smiles brightly, her blushing mostly gone by now, “And did you mean what you said about my cutie mark? That it could be singing?”

“Of course! It’s what you’re best at, everybrony on my world knows that.” I continue to state the obvious, “In fact, I think you may be the only pony who doesn’t know that you have an amazing voice.”

“So you think I should practice more?” She tilts her head quizzically.

“Yeah, totally. I can’t wait to hear what your voice will sound like once it’s refined.” I say enthusiastically.

“Maybe you’re right Danny.” She says, happy. Looks like this subject has been covered.

“Yeah, so by the way…what’s your favorite song on my album?” I ask her, wanting to get a feel for my audience.

“Well, I like ‘Raise Your Weapon’ the most, then I really like ‘The Reward Is Cheese’, but all of your songs are really good.” She states happily, “I can’t wait for your concert tomorrow! Rarity is taking me and the crusaders, it’s gonna be great!”

“I sure hope so; I’ve been working pretty friggin’ hard on it. By the way, these aren’t my songs, they belong to Deadmau5.” I explain to her, not wanting to take credit for the mau5’s genius, “I saved some of his best songs for this concert, so expect to find some new faves.”

Just then, I notice Rarity walking downstairs. Upon noticing me, she flashes a bright smile.

“Why hello Danny, what a fabulous surprise! What brings you here?” The white fashionista asks in her usual accent.

“Actually, I kinda came to pick up my mau5head and my sweater. My concert’s tomorrow, after all.” I see her face go through several stages of shock, then finally; relief.

“Oh yes, I finished your ‘mau5head’ yesterday, a bit tougher than I expected. I have your sweater hanging over here on this rack.” She says, walking over to a doorway. I follow her into the room and see that is really a large walk-in closet. I spot my sweater and my mau5head easily, as they stand out quite easily. The mau5head looks awesome, totally awesome with a red body and pitch black eyes. It looks like it’s made of some sort of soft fabric.

“Hey Rarity, did you ever hear Sweetie Belle sing?” I ask this question, still astounded by her voice.

“Why yes, and I’m quite astounded at her voice.” She says in a proud tone.

“Yeah, she was singing Raise Your Weapon when I came in and I can’t believe how good her voice is. I mean, it’s good on the show, but it’s a totally different thing, hearing her in person.” I say, grabbing my sweater, which has a Rainbow Dash-themed mau5head proudly displayed on the front. I put the awesome sweater in my backpack.

“I’m glad you enjoy her voice, she’s been singing that song quite a bit.” Rarity says, flattered.

“What songs do you like the most, out of my album?” I ask her, curious as to what the ponies think of Deadmau5.

“Well, Raise Your Weapon is quite the fabulous song, and I like relaxing to The 16th Hour.” She says, happy to reply, “Most of the songs are quite good, however.”

“Nice, those are two good songs. Who am I kidding? Most of Deadmau5’s tracks are great!” I exclaim. I grab the mau5head and think for a second. I can’t just let everypony see this! I need to hide it. Processing…Processing…Ding! Fabric.

“Hey, could I maybe have a piece of cloth to cover this head with? I really don’t want everypony to see this until tomorrow.” I ask Rarity, who nods and levitates a somewhat-large piece of fabric using her magic.

“Sure Danny, take this. I can’t wait for the concert, I’m sure it will be simply divine.” She states to me, dropping the fabric in my outstretched hand.

“Oh yeah, something like that.” I say sarcastically. Thankfully, she didn’t catch my sarcasm, “Well, I’ve gotta go now, thanks for everything.”

“No problem Danny, anything for my hero.” Hero… that word again. I shook of the feeling and walked out the door, clutching the mau5head. Oh my god this is gonna be amazing! I feel like a kid again, on the night before Christmas.

I quickly realize that I have no way of getting home, at least not without spending a long time walking.  Son of a bitch! I really don’t feel like lugging this hugeass mau5head all the way home.

I sigh, realizing the predicament I’m in. Looking up into the sky, I notice a cloud that doesn’t fit in. Hmmm. After a few seconds of using another of my spells, zoom vision, I easily spot the chromatic tail of Rainbow Dash hanging over said cloud. I decide that this is a great time to test my newest spell; throw voice.

“Hey Dashie!!!” I yell while under the influence of the magic, causing a roaring boom to echo not from my mouth, but from right around Dashie. She jumps to attention, wildly looking around until she notices my wildly waving form. She descends upon me with an annoyed look on her face.

“What the hay Danny? Why did you have to wake me up?” She says, obviously irritated.

“Well, I’ve gotta get home, and I left my dirtbike at my house accidentally.” I scratch the back of my head awkwardly, as I feel a tad stupid at the moment, “I was wondering if maybe you could, I dunno, help me out here?” I finish with a smile.

“Yeah sure, thought you were just pranking me there for a second.” She giggles and begins to fly back into the sky, “One sec, I’ll bring back a cloud for ya!”

Damn, she’s still awesome! I can’t wait to be able to spend even more time with her once the concert’s over! I think about all the thing that I could do with her. Maybe I could go see the Wonderbolts! Yeah, now there’s an idea!

My thoughts are cut short when Rainbow Dash flies back to me with a larger-than-normal cloud in tow. She brings it down to waist level and I climb on, sitting instead of lying down. Dash seems to be staring at my mau5head.

“What’s that thing?” She asks, confused at the cloth-wrapped package.

“It’s something for my concert, Rarity made it for me.” I take a quick look around and notice a few ponies within earshot of me and Dash, “I’ll tell you in a less crowded place, ‘kay? Could you go a little slower this time? I don’t wanna drop it.”

“Okay Danny, whatever you say.” Dash says, looking a tad annoyed at my request. She begins to speed up until we reach a speed of roughly 10 miles per hour. After about a minute, she begins to talk to me,

“So can you show me what’s in the package now?” She says, sounding quite curious.

“Sure, whatever.” I answer, not wanting to argue with Dashie, “Just come over here and I’ll show you.”

She slows down the cloud until it is nearly standing still, then hovers over to the unoccupied space next to me and sits down. She never once, while doing this, takes her eyes off the package. I begin to unwrap the head until the sheet is just hanging over the helmet.

“Behold, the mau5head!” I announce, pulling off the final layer of cloth, “Pretty cool, huh? I’m gonna wear it tomorrow while I do my concert!”

“That’s pretty cool Danny, I like the colors! Red and Black go awesome together.” She smiles, “Like fire at night!”

“Yeah, I love those two colors.” I say, happy that she likes the head, “I’ve also got something else that Rarity made me in my backpack. I think you might like it.”

“Oh yeah? Let’s see it!” The cyan speedster says in a confident voice, as if she is ready to judge whether it’s cool or not.

“Not until we get to my house, don’t wanna risk dropping it.” I say while carefully re-wrapping the mau5head, “I promise I’ll show you once we get there.”

“Okay then Danny, let’s go!” She says, pushing the cloud with more speed than before. I have to hang on with one hand and clutch the mau5head against my body with the other.

After roughly another minute, the cloud slows to a stop. I step off the cloud, my feet landing on the soft grass of my concert stage area. I can see my house right across the street, even though it’s getting dark out. Ahh, good to be back here!

“So, what’s in the bag?” I hear Dashie ask, apparently still curious about the ‘other’ item.

“Fine, I’ll show you.” I say, setting down the mau5head on the stage and taking off my backpack. Opening the pack, I take out the sweater. Dashie gasps a little when she sees the colors of the logo.

“Is that…me?” She asks, confused and astounded.

“Yeah, I kinda told Rarity that I wanted the logo to be in your color scheme. I’ve gotta wear something awesome and cool, after all.” She blushes heavily at this compliment.

“That’s really cool of you Danny, thanks a ton.” She says, still blushing, “So, what do you wanna do now?”

“Well, I kinda just wanna kick back and relax a little bit. I’ve got to have a lot of energy for the concert tomorrow.” I say, stifling a yawn, “Wanna come back to my house and hang with me?”

“Yeah, totally! I haven’t hung out with you for, like, forever!” She says, extremely happy to be able to hang out with me some more, “Come on!”

“Alright, alright. Jeez!” I say laughing as I pack up my stuff and head towards the house with Dashie ahead of me.

The moon is especially large tonight, the light from it nearly making up for the lack of sun. It sets a dim glow upon the landscape, illuminating Dashie particularly well. She looks absolutely beautiful with the moonlight reflecting off her mane. She looks back at me, showing her face. Her eyes are normally amazing, but thanks to the full moon tonight, they look even more beautiful than usual. Wow, she’s amazing. And she’s with ME!

“H-hey Dash.” I begin to talk, stuttering due to her sudden beauty.

“Yeah? What’s up?” She says, smiling.

“I-I just wanted to say that you look amazing tonight. You’re really beautiful.” She blushes and hooves the ground a bit, embarrassed.

“Thanks, you’re look pretty nice too.” I know that she’s bluffing; at least I think she is. I move closer to her, happier than I have been in the last three days. I move my mouth closer to Dash’s and kiss her on the lips. Her eyes bolt open in shock, but quickly close again. It tastes just like candy, yet again, but it’s even better this time. I end the gesture and smile softly at her for a second.

“Come on, let’s go.” I say, resuming the walk towards my house, “I’m gonna play some Xbox. Gotta cool down and chillax after a long day.”

“Can I watch?” She asks, curious.

“Yeah, of course. I am inviting you over to hang out, right?” I answer somewhat sarcastically as we walk up the driveway to my house.

“Oh yeah, right.” She begins to rub the back of her head with her hoof as a sign of embarrassment.

I open the door to my house, letting Rainbow Dash in and then stepping in for myself.

What a wild night this is gonna be…

Sorry if any of you bronies out there didn’t like the idea of a time skip. I could NOT keep writing build up for seven or eight more chapters, though. The ‘Party’ will commence soon! I am very proud of my story, and I want to thank you all for sticking with me through thick and thin. I actually made that pic, here's the link to my deviantart. Random quote: