>the music was bumping, the fridge was getting emptied, and the lights were going all over the place
>four to five groups of mares and stallions populated the bustling condo in various locations, loudly talking and ingesting their own brand of substance
>a saturday night house party, celebrating the victory of five particular ponies
>green fn being one of them adorned with a flashy gold medal
>and another player hosting in their spacious inner city condo overlooking the court where so many battles took place among each other
>what travel-ball money can buy you
>green stays in a crowd around the kitchen bar setup, chattering and bullshitting over a cider while also leisurely observing
>she played a lotta games today to get that medal

>one mare caught her eye, looking flamboyantly out of place
>a dark blue bat, lounging with a few of the grungier looking ponies, spiked collar, black and pink socks, and a very punk-ish mane
>"brooooo. that shit was hilarious he was SO salty after you laid him out"
>"he thought he was so nasty with that through the hooves move then BOOM"
>"hey bro. do you know that blue batpony over there? green eyes..."
>"no idea bro she's gotta be someone's +1"
>"yeah i dont know why Heat keeps inviting all those emo colts they never hang out with us"
>the sliding door scraped open
>"HEY PONIES the radio's done charging if you wanna plug your players in"
>"oh HELL yeah"
>green followed the crowd outside as they all clamored to show their stuff
>it was tradition to show off whatever stuff you found on this thing called "Limewire" at their hangouts
>ever since somepony figured out how to find these magic scrolls called "MP3" and "MP4" files you could use a basic computer to download them
>under the cool term "pirating," it exploded in popularity
>"alright ill go first, this shit got me HYPED for this tourney"
>some record scratches overlayed some blasting bass notes
>"CHOCOLATE STARFISH."
>several nervous laughs and "the fucks?" echo'd in the party
>"KEEP ON ROLLIN BABEHHHH."
>slowly but surely, heads started bobbing and everypony realized this was kind of dope
>green also knowing this was a certified hood classic
>"MOVE IN NOW MOVE OUT..."

>everyone got their shot, but by the law of fpbp, they cycled back to the 'keep rollin rollin rollin' song about every 5 to 10
>"waitwaitwaitwait i got something REAL good yall are gonna like this"
>"oh yeah? whats it called"
>"its called 'in the end' but it doesnt say the artist"
>"well pop it on"
>the stallion in question put his mp3 player on and hit play
>and the whole party was stunned by the extremely loud and vulgar moans of a porno
>after 5 seconds of fumbling he yanked the cord out and the sounds of fornicating stopped
>there was another eternal second of silence, and everypony bust out laughing in hysterics
>J. Butler, the swoop-maned stallion, flushed purple with embarassment
>"AHAHAHA-oh my god you got BAITED SO HARR-AHAHAHAHAHAH" green yelled out
>she was one of the colts after all
>"HEY JAY-AHAHAH..."
>the laughter stifled into quiet giggles
>"was that a lady, a fella, or somepony WHO DONT GIVE A FUCK! AAHAHAHAHHAAH"
>laughter erupted again
>and after everypony finished their ab workout, Heat Wave fixed the radio and permanently banned Jay from the aux cord
>all in good fun, as Jay was still in the crowd laughing with them
>"you know i feel like Greenie's got some good stuff, pop yours on!"
>green could handle the spotlight, but preferred to stay just outside of it in parties
>"i dunno if i can follow THAT up haha..." green brushed off
>"nahh come on somethings gotta get you going"
>"'specially for back to back 30 point games holy shit"
>"ok well, you colts like metal?"
>"like enter sandman? yeah"
>"its kinda like that" greenie said as she put her own player on the aux

>0-0-5-0-7-0-8-0-10-8-0-7h8h7-10
>a certain bat's withered ears perked up at the riff
>and saw the rest of the sportsbros listening intently as the song got into gear
>some head bobbing and 'ok's coming from them
>could they be...
>"I TRIIIIIIIIED-"
>somepony immediately hit pause
>and now the crowd started jeering the black and green mare
>"he sick and trying to clear his throat!? hahaha..."
>"you gonna come to next game with a swoop over one eye now?-
>-I HATE YOU AND I HATE MYSEEEELF" bwahahahhaha" he mocked with a death metal growl, holding the front of his mane over his eyes
>"yeah because i only need one eye to bang threes unlike you!" green clapped back
>"he aint bangin' any threes with both eyes OR that haircut!"
>and the loud bantering kept on rolling
>but that mare knows more than shes letting on
>so the liberty-spiked bat took out a cig and decided to post up on the balcony, a comfortable distance  from the rambunctious group
>until at a random moment, the herd started migrating back inside, probably to get more cider
>"hey you" the bat did a 'whats up' nod to green
>and even amongst the noise green singled herself out and rose her eyebrows back
>"what's your name?"
>"Green FN, you?"
>the sliding door party shut, muffling the sounds of the music and leaving the two pones in the relatively quiet city ambience
>and under the streetlight green could get a good look at this mysterious guest
>two sharp canines, a tall, linear, spikey mane leaning over her head, a similarly jagged tail, 
>a spiked dog collar, two rings in the upper lobe of her right ear, and laser green eyes that while never fully open, still aimed straight through Green's snowpity and immediately found 10 different roasts
>"im blue dream, want a smoke?"
>"im good, thanks"

>"guess dare program got to you before i did" blue commented in a deadpan tone
>green forcefully exhaled through her nose
>dream took a long chuff and zoned out for a second
>just as green was about to fill the space
>"come'ere. i got something you'll like"
>green shimmied a little closer
>"you like unholy confessions right?"
>"fuck yeah i do, thats my hype song"
>"check this out"
>blue dream whipped out her mp3 player, a bit chunky, onyx black and with the phrase "IM BROKEN" with the BR and EN crossed out and a sketched broken heart for the O
>right next to a sticker of a pink and black outlined vinyl scratch
>this was too much to be ironic
>"i got the whole album"
>green looked intently
>at a list of all 12 tracks of an album called "waking the fallen," with a jpegged skull and bat wings as the cover
>"ooOOoo and theyre all like that one?"
>blue dream gave a nod
>"ohhhh mare you gotta give me the link for that" green egged on
>"only if you dont show it to those posers." blue seriously commanded
>"pffft. as if those doofuses look past the first page of google"
>blue dream gave a full smirk
>"how did you end up here anyway?"
>"well i can see how you did" blue dream rose her eyebrows at green's medal
>"oh this? aint shit. weve rinsed this tourney for years"
>no response
>"everypony else was wondering where you come from, sitting all mysterious on the couch"
>turns out the lack of response was because blue was quietly laughing to herself
>her bat tounge flicked out and back in like a snake's
>"let me tell you somethin' greenie" she said slyly, and leaned in
>green leaned her head in to listen
>"heat wave has a massive crush on one of my friends. she managed to find his-"
>a choir of "oooooOOOOOH"s sounded from behind the glass door
>green turned around to meet the 8 pairs of eyes staring at her from the bar
>and one of her teammates catcalled through his hooves, the door muffling exactly what he said
>green stood up and pulled the door open to settle business
>"next time ask a *mare* how to wheel one and maybe she'd date you!"
>the group erupted in OHHHHH's like the wrong number vine

>green forced the door shut and went back to keep getting the scoop
>"sorry about them"
>"i like the cut of your gib."
>"huh?"
>"nevermind, so..."
>blue dreams voice dropped to a soft mumble to get green fn to come closer
>"my friend Deep Rest..."
>dream pointed her eyes to a slate gray and purple maned pony chatting on the couch
>"...found out that Heat Wave runs an art page as his humansona. they started chatting over PoniSpace and he is *soo* into her" blue said with a delightfully devillish smile,
>"look! there he is"
>blue dream jerked her head sideways
>green casually turned her head and eyes the rest of the way
>the ballbros were all shooting dice in the center of the room
>the buff red and blonde stallion known as heat wave very obviously trying to worm his way out the back of the crowd
>and doing the 'i really wanna ask this mare out but have no idea what to say' stare and shuffle in place
>deep rest just casually hanging out
>until she suddenly jumped up and went outside
>phone glued to her ear
>"uh huh. uh huh. yep. conscious? vitals? . . . shit over shit. fuck, ok. be there in 10."
>in a well rehearsed maneuver, she whipped out a 5 hour energy and, breaking the seal with her teeth, downed the whole thing in a matter of seconds
>letting out a sharp exasperated 'ahhhhh...'
>heat wave was swooning from the living room
>"somepony's dying?" blue dream asked,
>"you know it." rest responded, locked tf in
>"catch ya later" blue dream responded and gave her a brohoof.
>then she hurried out of the party, almost making a point to brush by Heat Wave
>said stallion emotionally busting a nut at that contact
>followed by absolute dejection as his chance went out the door
>green was eating this up with a bag of popcorn
>and looked back at blue dream with the most shit eating grin
>they were gonna be good friends, she could already tell

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>fast forward a couple of fridays
>'U comin?' came up on greens phone around lunchtime
>from a very pixellated emo skull with heart eyes
>the hearts rocking back and forth in a 2 frame looped gif
>blue dreams got money if she paid 2 bits for an animated profile picture
>9-9-9, 3-3, 2, send
>and that was green's ticket to hanging out with her later that night
>to which she was currently en route, under the beaming white half moon
>far above the rooftops, she made a bee-line northwest, watching the sleek tall buildings and decorated courtyards thin out into tightly packed apartments, bodegas and warehouses
>'northwest until 70th, west a few blocks past the train tracks, its the long U-shaped building with 3 satellite dishes'
>kept repeating in greens head during her solo mission
>"i think thats it?" she audibly said to herself
>it was the only building that looked like a boxy U among a few blocks
>there seemed to be some ponies hanging around
>she stuck her wings out and spiraled down to earth in a long, glide, touching down at the gate of the courtyard

>beyond the fence, 5 long haired stallions occupied a small concrete slab, two of them tooling around on skateboards doing kickflips
>some other groups of 2-3 ponies were in their own clusters, others going back and forth between a stairwell in the corner
>leading up to a certain open apartment door with plenty of bat ponies hanging around it
>everypony, and i mean everypony, was a bat
>underlying all the chatter was a mix of 'saturday night' from the skateboarders radio and another song emanating from the open door that green couldnt make out
>some party, time to see what blue dreams all about
>a couple flaps up to the balcony, and green started counting off the doors up until 217
>221... 220... utility closet... 219...
>...thats where the party is isnt it
>green was picturing something a little more personal, but fuck it we ball
>all of the dark and muted batponies shot the new mare a look as she wormed her way to the door
>even being jet black, green felt like a sore thumb as the crowds of bat ponies sized her up

>the black and neon pegasus sauntered into what was presumably blue dreams apartment and through two layers of bead curtains
>'...are the biggest pussies EVER. i got one from cloudsdale prep the other night who called an ambulance over a splinter. a FUCKING. SPLINTER.'
>a grey batpony was going off to a crowd of other bats crowded on a couch
>blue dreams eyes caught greens immediately as she rounded the corner
>"Green! im happy you showed up"
>the other 3 batpones shot her a look not unlike the crowds outside
>green didnt know who to address
>"mares this is Green FN, dont be fooled shes no poser"
>maybe its the hat and hoodie combo
>"yeah i remember you" the chatty grey bat immediately pointed out
>"you had the..." she motioned down the V of her chest referring to the medal she was wearing at heat wave's party
>green just nodded
>"im Deep Rest, good to meet'cha" she offered a brohoof that green returned
>"come on over! get comfy" blue dream waved her over to a gap on the couch right next to her
>'tears dont fall' was blasting from the TV over her voice, and made for a chaotic environment with everypony moving around
>green plopped her rump right in the space, her big, dense frame squishing the ponies on either side
>"hey uh, Deep" green called out before she could get going again
>deep rest looked straight at her

>"you werent talking about a sky-ball player werent you?"
>"OH MY 'TIA YESSSS. you see dreamie? i like this mare already."
>i mean, that was only one sentence
>"...and the whole time he was whining and bitching and moaning like 'tHaTs NoT hOw OuR tRaInEr DoEs It' like BRO. YOURE TWENTY TWO. GET A GRIP"
>green knew all too well, sky-ball prep school colts were more insufferable than canterlot food critics
>she could do nothing but laugh
>"now EARTH-BALL players? unfff so hot."
>green blushed slightly, but knew she was probably referring to stallions
>"all the athletes i dated were absolute knuckleheads" dream butted in
>"yeah but like theyre such goofballs and its SO CUTE when they start talking about their last game if they won, especially if its like a *big hulking defense-stallion*"
>oh luna she has a type
>"i think green here knows somepony like that" blue dream gave a wink of know-what-i-mean to her fren
>"what, heat wave? nahhh, hes weird. his parents got money though so id let him take me out"
>if green was looking for ammo for their rivalry, she just got a whole bazooka served to her on a silver platter
>also, Deep Rest has no shame whatsoever
>"mare you literally have a SaucyArt account" blue dream pointed out
>"I LIKE COOL DRAWINGS OK!?!?"
>"I saw she liked one of those human x pony drawings" an unidentified batpony chimed in,
>"Greenie." deep rest blew that off and turned her attention
>how does everypony arrive at that nickname so fast?

>"whats with the knee brace?"
>for being off the wall and catty, this mare seemed to know a lot of medical stuff
>shes gotta be a-
>"im a nurse, not a cop. you can tell me"
>knew it
>"i blew out my knee a couple years ago"
>"holdon holdon, take it off real quick"
>green hesitated
>"come on, you aint walkin are ya?"
>"no... its just tough to get back on"
>"ill help you dont worry"
>rest had already gone around to greens back right leg
>this is gonna be some party trick isnt it
>so green started to slowly slide her external stabilization off her leg
>the lime green athletic bands around the tops of her legs still shining bright in the dark room
>deep rest pulled it off the rest of the way
>as blue dream quietly giggled to herself and did a tounge flick
>"putch'er leg right here" deep rest patted the tops of her kneeled legs
>green complied
>"now tell me if it hurts"
>and then the grey bat started pressing certain spots around her knee between her hoov-
>AHHHCK!

>"LCL and Meniscus, KNEW IT!"
>green felt exposed, but laughed in good spirits with blue dream
>"its ok green, i get these all the time~" deep rest said in a caring tone, starting to slip her brace over hoof nail
>green leaned over and started to pull upward
>"its always the canterlot doctors and the ortho surgeons who get ALLL the credit, but when shit goes sideways and isnt exactly how their fancy-schmancy textbooks say it is, thats when the nurse saves the day, and what do we get for it? 28 bits an hour with no OT apparently!" deep rest preached to the choir of her fellow bats, mindlessly aligning and pulling up greens brace with perfect precision
>that hit a sore spot, since she got 36 to drink on the job and have steamy mare cuddles with the intern all day
>deep rest hit a sticking point 3/4 way up greens calf
>"can... you... help me?" deep said mid wheeze
>green reached down and started to help her pull
>and after much heaving and hoeing, green had her brace back on
>"WHOOoof! that aint no 20 bit Eck-herd's brace!"
>green still felt a little self concious after her new friends' rant
>obvious enough that the grey bap came up close to her
>"i talk a lot of shit, dont pay me much mind. i love my job~" deep rest gave green a boop on her snoot and sauntered over to a now open chair

>"yall got any cider?" green spoke up
>"you mean that angry water? hell no we drink mango wine." deep rest chirped
>"you ever had mango wine?"
>"no"
>blue dream handed her a 3/4 full 5th with a picture of a mango colored mare on it
>"you sure?" green didnt want to just up and take her drink
>"yeah, ill share it"
>green popped the lid and took a swig
>though she could handle her liquor, the oddly sweet yet sour and fizzy taste illicited a funny face out of her
>"its, interesting"
>"all sorts of funny faces" blue dream said and pointed her eyes at greens drink
>"is this like a batpony thing or..."
>no response
>then suddenly green felt something spilling on her hoof
>"AH!" green cartoonishly jumped and stuck her mouth over the spout to stop the bubbling overflow
>"ahhhh i remember my first cider" blue dream said in an exasperated boomer tone, sprawling out and back
>"you want a nipple for that too?" deep rest jeered from behind
>green pulled her face up
>"NO!" green did a marescrunch to the two laughing batmares, the look in their eyes as if they just found new blood
>"youre cute when youre nervous." blue dream commented
>green was flanked by two catty batponies and had no good response
>blue dream was gonna lay one on her at some point
>"well keep lookin' cuz i got a marefriend" was what she could pull out of her ponut
>"she doesnt bite the bit, does she?"
>green almost spit her drink out
>this mother fucker.

>for being a fish out of water, green was handling herself well and getting settled
>blue dream had some clout it seemed
>a few less than welcoming residents turned on a dime once she gave them her seal approval
>green even got to mingle with a few other bat crowds
>all of them seeming to focus their eyes on her exposed forehooves, judgementally
>the more amicable of them quick to point out her lack of socks on them
>of all the days she chose not to wear them
>while floating between circles, something caught her eye
>blue dream out having a smoke on the balcony
>green had been waiting 2 weeks for a chance to hang out with her one on one
>so she excitedly hustled out there, wings flared, but taking care not to bump into anypony
>green slid open the flimsy door and shut it behind her
>then tried to turn on her nonchalant mode again

>"hey dreamie!"
>"sup"
>"i listened to that album"
>"you like it?"
>"oh yeah. it kicks so much flank"
>"glad ya do"
>"it very, like, harsh, so i gotta listen to it a few more times to like, absorb it, but chapter four kicks flank, and that second heart... the one after eternal rest,"
>"second heartbeat?"
>"yeah-that ones SO GOOD oh my tia"
>green had dropped the cool mare act in favor of fangirling as soon as she got the chance
>blue dream looked almost unfazed
>the near crease of her snoot only very slightly curling up into a satisfied smile
>"hey uhm, do you know Alice in Reins? i know thats more like, Neighattle grunge,"
>bluey nodded
>"liked 'em more than neighvana."
>"nAmE tHrEe SoOoNgS" green mocked
>blue dream forcefully exhaled through her nose
>"i went to Clash of the Titans last year when they came back with the singer, they got kinda screwed cuz My Little Romance was on at the same time"
>"i saw them down in Fla-Rita a while ago."
>green processed the statement, did the math, and realized if they were on the same page...
>"wait a sec, how old are you?" she crassly asked
>bluey took a long chuff and slowly blew it out for dramatic affect
>"im 34."

>green wasnt so much taken aback but drawn in
>"woah... so youre like, one of the ORIGINAL fans"
>it was true, while green was learning her ABCs in the 1st grade blue dream was witnessing Mayne Staley right before he exploded onto the scene
>in the same city she grew up in nonetheless
>she was envious, in the best way possible
>"did you not realize you were hangin' out with a bunch of old heads?" blue dream asked coyly
>"not really, you and Deep Rest look young"
>she did a cutesy eyebrow flick, "thank you~"
>"oh yeah, i shoulda told you to wear your socks tonight, my bad on that" dream apologized for some of the more dismissive behavior from her friends
>it was true, about 75% of the baps there had striped socks covering their front hooves
>blue dream included, the hot pink stripes between the black sticking out noticeably in the night
>and here green was, already not a bat and missing the memo
>"why only the fronts though?"
>"a lot of the ponies here cut..."
>a wave of offputting noise came up behind green

>it started off akin to a choir of frogs croaking loudly in the night
>but as more and more joined in, pitch frequencies just beyond the range of greens hearing started to leak into her ears
>the high ones piercing between her eardrums, the low ones rattling her bones straight down to her heart
>blue dream, completely entranced with eyes half shut, was looking straight up into the sky and joining the choir, her throat pulsating with every croak
>green ducked and covered her ears to stifle the cacophony, and tried to look around for a source of solace
>everypony
>and i mean everypony
>was crooning

>60 long seconds later, the noises ended in another wave
>and the party picked up right where it left off
>"look whos never been with a bat at midnight!"
>fuck you
>"you good green?"
>"yeah, what the 'tart was that?"
>"its midnight."
>true that, luna's moon was a perfect 180 degrees up from where green was standing
>well, now it was half a degree toward the West
>"anyway, so, a lot of ponies here cut their forelegs, especially the other bats" blue informed in a you-oughta-know tone
>green thought that was only a rumor about emos and didnt know how to respond
>"wow uh... im sorry to, hear that. are you, like, ok? do you need somepony to talk to?"
>"oh yeah, you cant help it when your fangs start growing in. see?"
>dream tugged her right sock down just a bit
>light blue scar lines criscrossed each other in haphazard skinny patterns down blue dreams dark leg as she took a drag
>green was really uncomfortable, and seriously wondered if she should be seeing this
>"well uh, im... glad you... never went down the lane"
>blue dream coughed out her smoke and covered her face in her hoof, laughing her ass off
>"whaaat?" green asked
>blue dream laughed into her sock for a minute
>pointed her green eyes back at her friend in silence for a few seconds
>then proceed to resume her asthma attack
>"whaaaaAAAAaaat!?" green probed again, almost whining
>"oh my tia.." blue dream laughed again as she pulled herself together
>afterwards doing a long tounge flick, the faintest hiss falling out
>"you crack me up."
>green blushed
>the screen door violently scraped open

>"i got graveyard shift, love ya Dreamie" Deep Rest gave her a nice tight hug that dream reciprocated
>"mmmmmmMMMWA!" they said in unison
>then she walked over to Green, determined
>pulling her into a similar hug that caught Green off guard
>"mmmmmmMMMWA!" only Deep Rest this time
>"be good greenie." almost a command, empashized by a mane ruffle
>and as quickly as Deep Rest was in, she was out
>green was still blushing from the last complement
>blue dream gazed in the path of her friend as she marched out of the party
>"so." blue dream started again
>green perked up
>"you ever been to a warehouse show?"
>"i wanted to, i never had anypony to go with"
>kind of a stretch, ponies always talked about them in rumor-filled whispers
>"i got 4 tickets for APX in a couple moons, you wanna go?"
>"EEEEEEEE-HEE-HEE-HEEEEEE!" echoed in the night as they both watched Deep Rest excitedly take off into the night sky
>"fuck yeah i do"
>that was quick
>blue dream smiled big and did a tounge flick
>green was fitting like a glove into her friend circle

2 moons later...

>bowrain knocks on the door
>at their last hang out, she finally caved
>it took a lot of resolve, even live music makes her bug out when she walks down the street at night
>now here she is about to go to an underground ""metalcore"" rave, whatever that is
>greens been hyping it up all week and now saturday nights here
>among two other mystery pones
>the door opens, and theres the dark blue bat known as Blue Dream
>spiked collar
>leaning liberty spikes
>pink and black socks
>"can i help you?" she asks blankly
>bowrain kind of stood there in shock. she thought this only existed in movies
>"who is it?" greens voice from behind a wall
>"some blue pony that looks like rainbow dash" blue said back blankly
>"oh thats bowrain, hi bowrain!" greens voice called out kind of singsongy
>"h-hi, im bowrain dash" she awkwardly stammered out and offered a brohoof
>"sup" blue dream returned the hoof, and the two went in
>greens door is closed, so the two chill on opposite ends of the living room/kitchen
>bow's hung out in groups with blue dream, but never one on one
>her flamboyant emoness was already intimidating, and now shes about to be surrounded by nothing but that
>"hey dreamie pass me the scissors real quick" green poked her head out
>flock of seagulls mane
>bang over the eye
>an even more punk looking spike collar
>and a spiked bar just above the corner of her eye
>bowrain didnt even know she had a piercing
> "sure thing slime" dreamie obliged
>what the fuck was she getting into

>as the two of them hung out, blue dream stood up and went into greens room
>bowrain came close to listen in
>"last time i saw them they were SO GOOD oh my 'tiaaaa" another unfamiliar voice said behind the door
>"nah but it cant beat when they did warped tour in los maregeles" green responded
>"thats when i saw them"
>"NO BUCKING WAY YOU WERE THERE!?!?"
>bowrain snuck in to see the two fangirling pones
>green looked on the verge of exploding with excitement
>so did the mysterious grey bat with a red streak in her mane
>covered in eyeliner, shadow, fishnets, and more spikes that were carefully crafted for hours before now
>"hey bowrain~ you excited?" green said with a smonch
>"yeah, ive never been to a rave before so this'll be interesting"
>"well youre in good hooves, you met blue dream-"
>blue gave her a quick salute
>"and this is miss eri, shes actually my neighbor"
>"hi nice to meet you!" she said welcomingly
>the amount of pure concentrated emo in this room was making bowrain's head spin
>"anyway, i hope they play desecrate that song is SOO good" green kept going
>"yeah holy shit im gonna put my face through the wall if they play that"
>"especially that part thats like DUDU DUDU DUDUDUDU" green was imitating a really deep chugging guitar
>"holdon holdon, how does my scream sound?" eri asked
>green stopped fixing her accessories and turned her attention
>GRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>bowrain was impressed
>"damn thats pretty good, hows mine?"
>GRRRRR-
>"hey girls, its 10 o clock we gotta go!" blue dream announced
>the other two mares quickly gathered themselves to go
>green finished her craft with a quick improv
>as they start to leave
>"hey hold up, bowrain is this really the best you got?" green jeered
>bowrain felt the spotlight shift onto the wallflower
>only wearing her blue coat and rainbow mane

>"uhh yeah i dont really have anything emo" bowrain responded
>"here, take my socks" blue dream said as she pulled off her rear pink and black socks
>before bowrain could politely decline, they were already in her hooves
>"put them on your forelegs, trust me" dream said with a wink and sly smile
>"look up at me" green said, suddenly right next to bowrain, "hold still"
>in about 10 seconds, green slathered on some thick eyeliner below bowrain's eyes
>once that was done
>"here take this too" eri said handing her a black ball cap, which bowrain quickly put on
>green finished putting on her iconic leaf ray hoodie and came over
>"lemme see.." she turned bowrains hat around and tilted it to the left
>"THERRRE YOU GO 'TART YEAHH" green approvingly roared with the other two joining in
>"you look emo as HECK" green finished, "alright now lets gtfo"

>after about 10 minutes of flying, the two pegasi and two bats touch down in the indistrial park
>bowrains initially confused as to why theyre in the warehouse district for a concert
>until she saw a pale white pony in all black fishnets and makeup cross the street in the direction they were going
>bowrain tried not to stare at her like an art exhibit
>as the 10 minute walk went on more and more ponies funnelled into the sidewalk
>all in varying degrees of black dressing and makeup
>the fashion cue seeming to be striped socks on the front hooves
>a lot of them had jackets with a very certain logo
>the head of bat mare with wings on either side
>as the other three pones chattered amongst themselves, bowrain took it all in with green by her side
>the chattering of other groups, occasional cloud of cigarette smoke, the full moon in particu-
>AGH
>"what happened?"
>"stepped on something" bowrain said, inspecting her hoof for a glass shard and seeing nothing
>"oh yeah, that bottle in the sidewalk's been there for ages, watch your step" blue dream informed
>finally they reached the line, leading into what looked like a blown out brick warehouse
>"oh my 'tia im so hyyyyyyped" eri said giddly
>the crowd noise was palpable and starting to rattle bowrain a bit
>green and her two frens talked normally as if unaffected
>its not too late to turn-
>bowrain felt a caring hoof around her leg
>green gave a reassuring smile and a nod once their eyes met
>"you nervous?" blue dream bluntly asked
>bowrain didnt want to admit it
>"you like my kind of music right? youll have fun" green stated caringly
>"just get in there and get a drink youll be fine" green added on
>"i remember my first rave, i was gun-shy too" blue dream finally opened up
>"just dont take anything somepony gives you out of a plastic bag" she ominously stated and scoffed
>"ok... ill keep that in mind" bowrain didnt know how to respond
>but she didnt have to, they were at the front of the line

>a hulking stallion flipped through the four tickets like playing cards, not even taking half a second before gesturing towards the door
>and once through
>emos, emos everywhere
>bow thought she stuck out like a sore thumb being bright blue and rainbow colored, but about 1 out of 50 ponies were some bright shade with similar socks, eyeliner and accessory
>about 100 yards away was the stage, drum kit in place, three mic stands, and massive amps up to the ceiling
>the four pones stuck in a close cluster, carefully maneuvering around similar groups en route to the drink stand
>smells of sweat, cigarettes, weed smoke, cheap liquor, and occasional perfume wafted up into the rafters of the warehouse
>and all 3 of bow's friends looked right at home there
>blue dream took the lead and got 4 massive mugs of pure apple whiskey
>once distributed
>"Cheers!" blue called out
>"Cheeeeers!" everyone reciprocated and everyone took a hearty pull
>holy moly this stuff was strong

>and the other three pones took it like champions
>bowrain just kept observing as the four chattered while sipping the rest of her mug
>then out of nowhere, the lights darkened
>"oh snap the shows starting, gogogogogo!" green quickly stammered, grabbed her marefriend and blue dreams hooves and started racing towards the front
>literally racing about 3 other groups
>worming through the crowd in a 4-pony conga line, bowrain just held on to green in front and blue dream in back until they found a clearing about 10 yards from the front
>finally dispersed, the four pones had about 10 square feet of breathing room
>the sensory chaos had already fried bowrain's brain circuits, but the booze had well kicked in enough to make her not care

>a droning piano started to bellow out of the speakers
>a pony's voice started speaking enchanting words, something about souls and redeeming and darkness
>all the while giant skulls and bats lit up white with strobe lights, smoke pouring in to truly mesmerize everypony in the room
>as the piano finished its performance, suddenly a guitar pick drag screeched out of the speakers
>followed by somepony going absolutely berserk on the drum set
>the spotlights kicking on to show the same batmare on the bass drum, "AVENGED PONYFOLD" across the top and bottom
>green, blue, eri and everypony else erupted in a choir of excited screams as the guitarist hammered out a million pound riff
>bowrain could feel the bass behind her eyeballs
>ponies started to move and undulate around her as now two guitarists were playing in sync, bowrain just thoroughly focused on the show in front of her
>and on the second time through the dark, haunting melody, bow knew exactly what song this was, one of greens favorites
>and one that she could now belt out with about 1,000 other ponies
>bowrain now knew what it was like to ride the hype of a crowd as the singer came out and got this show going
>"CONCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIVED."

>a few songs in, somepony needed to use the bathroom
>sticking together seemed to be crucial, so if one of them went all 4 were going
>so they wormed out of the crowd in a conga line
>and were worming their way back in
>bowrain being towed by the three others, green up front
>just focus on her tail-
>"hey nice hat!" some stallion caught her eye with the complement
>she didnt even realize she stopped
>it only clicked then that the hat eri gave her had the batmare logo on it
>"thank you! its actually my mare friend..."
>poof. gone like the wind
>dont panic
>"did you find out about this from warped tour?" he inquired, assuming bowrain was a diehard fan,
>bowrain didnt even know what a warped tour was
>"uhhh igottafindmyfriends byee!"
>"no prob, rock on!"
>dontpanic dontpanic dontpanic
>they were in the middle of a slow part so bowrain could focus a little bit
>just go forward and a little to the right
>cant be that many black and green pegasi right?
>until she bumped into a white mare, looking way too chilled out for an intense metal concert
>"hey... how are you tonight?" the lax mare said
>"im-im kind of trying to find my friends right now" bow stammered 
>"sh sh sh sh... you need to relax if you want to find them, cleanse your energy..." she put a hoof to shush the blumare
>"you want a gummy?" she held out what looked like any other fruit gummy
>bowrain quickly remembered what blue dream said
>"what is it?" bowrain asked
>"its just a fruit gummy silly, can ponies not be nice to each other? haha..." she said and laughed a bit, obviously stoned
>convincing enough, so bowrain ate it
>"now, lets go try to find them, what do they look liiiiiiiiiiii..."
>suddenly all the colors got brighter for bowrain
>brighter than they already were in equestria
>every sound was clear
>the blasting bass started to ripple through her body orgasmically
>the world seemed to flow to the notes from the lead guitar
>and her head felt like a balloon floating above the crowd
>anchored to the ground by her lower jaw, which was aching from the effort
>she didnt even notice they were going back to the bathrooms
>they probably went back there anyways, and this song SLAPS

>the two mares were now sitting on the sink
>someone turned down the volume so bow and this mysterious hippie could talk
>"youre feeling gooood right now right?"
>"mmhmmmmmm"
>bowrains sat up on the decrepit bathroom sink table against the far wall
>her new companion sitting indian style across from her
>"you know... i feel our energies are connected, like were destined to meet each other..."
>mares streamed in and out of the bathroom, none paying attention to the tomfoolery right next to them
>"but i know you have your own friends, so i thought id leave you with a parting gift"
>the white mare pulled a small case out of her saddlebag, when did that get there?
>and opened it up to reveal a bunch of colorful cartoon stickers
>"take your pick, first one's on me"
>"what are they?" bowrain innocently asked
>"you eat them, and theyll align your spirit to your body, everything will become clear"
>the words didnt matter, the sound of them made her warm and fuzzy
>enough that it was tough to focus on all the cool designs
>"take your time... i want you to be comfortable" she soothed
>there was one that looked like a melting sonic rainboom that caught bowrain's eye
>that must be a-
>"POPPY SEED. GET THE **FUCK** AWAY FROM MY MAREFRIEND."
>every mare in there shut up and looked at the door
>Green FN

>it was crystal clear who she was talking to
>and she dropped the act immediately, frozen like a caught flim flam brother
>"i-i-i-i..." poppy stammered
>"I NOTHING. GET THE FUCK OUT"
>green literally grabbed her by the ear and hauled her one hoofed out of the filly's room, one of them gladly holding the door open
>once green slammed the door behind her, she sat up on the sink to tend to bowrain
>"ohmycelestia im so sorry i left you blumare, did she give you anything?"
>bowrains mood started to sink like a rock in water
>"she gave me some fruit gummy that looked normal"
>green tried to hide her panic the minute she heard that
>"oh no... here look at me real quick"
>mood is approaching rock bottom at terminal velocity
>bow didnt have a choice, since green forcibly grabbed her head under the chin
>pupils as big as dinner plates
>teeth clenched so hard her jaw veins were showing
>"ok she just slipped you some molly, thats not too bad-"
>bowrains face immediately sank into ugly cry mode
>"IM SO SPBBBORRY GREEN" bowrain burst into treats and collapsed into the black mare
>a few mares looked in shock, the rest knew exactly what was happening and sympathetically averted their gazes
>"IM SUCH A PBBAD MAREFRIEND *hic* *snoof* I ShOULDVE PPPLISTENED TO BLUE DREEEEaaaam"
>green just held her like she always does and gently swayed back and forth
>the sobs stopped as quickly as they started
>through the walls, the bass of 'desecrate through reverence' started to reverberate
>so much for that
>"hey renbo mare"
>"wuuuut..."
>"its ok, you didnt know what you were getting into, i shouldnt have let you get stranded like that, or... forced you to come in the first place..."
>the buzz was killed, of course as Green's favorite song was being performed live ~50 feet away
>like ecstasy does though...
>"are you kidding!?!? this is SO. MUCH. FUN!" bowrain's mood finished the hard stop and reverse

>and started mlemming greens face like a golden retriever
>liccing so hard that green could feel bowrain's nose shoved against her skull
>of course the greenmare burst out laughing
>and earned some weird looks from the pones still streaming in and out of the bathroom
>"OK OK! haha, lets go back out there then! this is one of my favorites!"
>back in the warehouse
>the other half of the squad reached blue dream and miss eri right in the middle of the first chorus
>blue immediately stopped singing along
>"where the tartarus were you!?" she asked green, showing more emotion than ever
>"bowrain met poppy seed. shes ok just on molly"
>the mare in question was bouncing up and down to the rhythm with a huge dumb grin on her face, pupils still wide as ever
>"i was so mad you have no idea" green rambled out
>"swear to fucking luna next time i see her go after bowrain i see her im gonna buck her fucking-"
>the chorus just ended
>"MY PRESEEEEEEEEEEENCE. WONT BE IGNOOOOOOOOORED..." green belted out with all the other diehard fans surrounding them

>the molly wore off long before the setlist ended
>but thats what bowrain needed to finally cut loose and throw herself into the moshpit
>of course not without green and co right at her side
>with a terse "THANKS PONIES FUCK YEAH," avenged ponyfold vanished into the backstage and the 4 pones left with lost voices, sore hooves and a lot of rage off their shoulders
>a certain blumare being extremely thirsty, and downing an gallon of water as they flew away
>a night like this only called for one place to finish it off
>waffle house
>which is where we join the 4 of them
>"newbie now that i see you in the light, you look emo as *fuck* right now" eri announced to bowrain across from her
>a very tired green fn having glued her head to the blumare's shoulder
>"lemme see" bowrain said, slightly nervous to see what the result of her meltdown was
>eri obliged by turning the salt thing sideways so bow could see herself in the reflection
>her eyeliner did indeed run
>but it made two perfectly symmetric tear lines that framed her face like a deviantart profile pic, with one more poking just below her right eyelid
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>"what *hhm* was the deal with that white pony anyway? poppy seed or whatever?" bowrain asked with a hoarse (lolpun) voice
>"oh her? shes some druggie that hangs around and scams ponies at those shows. everypony hates her" eri answered, "just like me"
>"she got me really good" blue dream said in a deadpan voice
>"really?" bowrain asked
>blue dream looked the most seasoned of all of them
>"yeahh.. *mhmm*" green chimed in with a crackly whisper, being the last shreds of her voice

>after an extremely aggressive throat clear
>"she gave blue dream a xanax pill *coof* and then a tab of acid, the whole time talking about spirits n' chakras n' shit *MMHmm*"
>"then once she was tripping hoofas, she told bluey that it was 200-"
>"-300-" blue dream chimed in
>"-300 bits to bring some back for her friends, then basically took her money and *mhm* ran, leaving her *ack* bombed out of her brain on the sidewalk." green finished the story
>"wow, thats low" bowrain reacted
>"i know, she only targets noobs now cuz she knows were all onto her" eri filled in
>"yeah it might look like a lot of ponies but everypony knows everypony in there. we all look out for each other" blue dream added on
>"why dont you like kick her out or ban her or something?" bowrain questioned
>the three ponies just shrugged with no reasonable answer
>just in time for the waffle house mare to appear with their food and the mukbang to begin